Recap: A gang of gritty punchlines, festering personals, rich set-ups, righteous (Swaggtanna: “And I shoulda charged y’all a check, you see I adverstise spraying the nose, I even showed y’all what to do when they say ‘NXT’!”) mayhem and Colosseum Battle League cred are the main themes of this fiery and competitive battle between West-coast battler NXT and Brooklyn emcee Swagtanna. Close throughout with plenty of salutes from the crowd when they heard a hot bar, a slightly more haymaker-lit Swagtanna takes the 1st round before the more consistently spicy NXT edges the 2nd. Round 3 was another stickler, yet for all of NXT’s loud and piercing punches, the more low-key and storytelling, but still potent Swagtanna was able to meet his opponent’s quotient for dope, quality punches to make this one debatable.
Verdict: Debatable
Favorite line: NXT – “C&C all bloody, I’m Airbnb, you know where I stay!”
