{"id":108635,"date":"2022-01-19T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=108635"},"modified":"2022-01-19T10:10:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T15:10:16","slug":"preview-nxt-uk-noam-dar-a-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/01\/19\/preview-nxt-uk-noam-dar-a-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: NXT UK (01\/20\/22) Noam Dar Defends Against A-Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Noam Dar<\/strong> will defend his NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship against the inaugural champion <strong>A-Kid<\/strong> to headline this week\u2019s<strong> NXT UK<\/strong>. Read our full preview to see what else is on the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Announced NXT UK Card (01\/20\/22): Noam Dar Against A-Kid<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship:<\/strong> Noam Dar vs. A-Kid<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pretty Deadly vs. Sam Gradwell and A Mystery Opponent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Pretty Unpopular\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Pretty Deadly<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Sam Stoker<\/strong> and <strong>Lewis Howley<\/strong> &#8211; took offense to <strong>Sam Gradwell<\/strong> calling them yogurts and demanded a match from <strong>Sid Scala.<\/strong> Scala obliged, setting Gradwell on a quest to find a tag team partner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Elon Musk, Paul McCartney, Stone Cold Steve Austin,<\/strong> and <strong>Liam Gallagher<\/strong> have all ghosted Gradwell after he asked them to be his tag team partner via Twitter. A-Kid and <strong>Nathan Frazer<\/strong> have both personally turned him down. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gradwell has stooped so low as to ask his fast-food drive-thru attendant to be his partner. But &#8211; at the time of writing &#8211; he is still without a teammate for the match. Will it be a handicap match, or will Gradwell find a partner in time?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/sam_gradwell\/status\/1482441990537158659<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dar Defends Against A-Kid\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Current NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship Noam Dar still holds a grudge against A-Kid for eliminating him from the tournament to crown the first champion. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/11\/26\/andnew-a-kid-heritage-cup\/\" target=\"_self\">A-Kid was the first-ever Heritage Cup Champion<\/a> and has been suffering a crisis of purpose since he lost it to <strong>Tyler Bate.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/23\/nxt-uk-matches-of-the-year-2021\/\" target=\"_self\">Dar beat Bate in one of the matches of 2021<\/a>\u00a0and is enjoying his run with the cup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dar hopes to defeat A-Kid and send him further into despair. He also has a side bet with <strong>Sha Samuels<\/strong> that he can beat him in the fourth round. Regardless of who wins, it is bound to be a cracking match.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AKidWrestler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AKidWrestler<\/a> achieve his former glory or will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoamDar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NoamDar<\/a> continue the wave of momentum with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeritageCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HeritageCup<\/a> on the line? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DKUgHZgjV2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DKUgHZgjV2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NXT UK (@NXTUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NXTUK\/status\/1481730966108483584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Anything Else<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Die Familie<\/strong> have challenged <strong>Gallus<\/strong> to a six-man tag match after they interfered in their No.1 contenders elimination match with <strong>Dave Mastiff<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Jack Starz.<\/strong> We could get that match this week, or we might see the final of the NXT UK Tag Team No.1 Contenders tournament between Mastiff &amp; Starz and <strong>Oliver Carter<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Ashton Smith.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There will be a final build-up towards <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/22\/ilja-dragunov-nxt-united-kingdom-championship-takeover\/\" target=\"_self\">Ilja Dragunov<\/a> putting the NXT UK Championship on the line against <strong>Jordan Devlin,<\/strong> next week.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noam Dar will defend his NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship against the inaugural champion A-Kid to headline this week\u2019s NXT UK. Read our full preview to see what else is on the show. 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