Recap: NXT versus Elijah Strait on URL’s UM4 was a close one as both battlers brought a near equal amount of heat with the fiery wordplay, intricate schemes, potent punchlines and daunting mayhem. Add in some spicy semantics regarding religion with the ability to score with more haymakers and it’s ever loud and aggressive NXT who edges the opening rounds here for the win before Strait’s best round of the battle, his 3rd, makes this a 21.
Verdict: NXT (W) 2-1
Favorite line: NXT – “It gotta be a Dream if they say Elijah won [Olajuwon]!”