{"id":108899,"date":"2022-01-26T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=108899"},"modified":"2022-01-24T15:53:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T20:53:17","slug":"devlin-dragunov-nxt-uk-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/01\/26\/devlin-dragunov-nxt-uk-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: NXT UK (1\/27\/22) &#8211; Devlin vs. Dragunov, NXT UK Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jordan Devlin<\/strong> will get his first shot at the NXT UK Championship since 2018 when he challenges <strong>Ilja Dragunov<\/strong> this week. Enjoy our <strong><em>NXT UK<\/em><\/strong> preview for the full rundown on what\u2019s on the show. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>NXT UK<\/em> will air on Peacock and the WWE Network at 3 PM ET\/8 PM GMT.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>NXT UK Announced Card (1\/27\/22)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>NXT UK Championship Empty Arena Match: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ilja Dragunov vs. Jordan Devlin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Six-Man Tag Match: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gallus vs. Die Familie\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Devlin vs. Dragunov in Empty Arena Match For NXT UK Championship<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ilja Dragunov fought against his personal demons to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/22\/ilja-dragunov-nxt-united-kingdom-championship-takeover\/\" target=\"_self\">win the NXT UK Championship last year<\/a>. He has since declared that he will defend the title for his family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was all the information that Jordan Devlin needed to cajole Dragunov into defending the NXT UK Championship against him. Devlin claimed if the two met in the ring, he would make sure Dragunov\u2019s young son would have to grow up looking after him. Devlin sees himself as the Ace of NXT UK and believes it\u2019s his right to own the championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The Irish Ace&#8221; also claims it wouldn\u2019t be an even match if Dragunov had the support of the fans in the BT Sport Studios. A challenge was made and accepted so we will now get Devlin vs. Dragunov in an empty arena match for the NXT UK Championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNBESIEGBAR_ZAR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@UNBESIEGBAR_ZAR<\/a> is set to defend his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTUK<\/a> Championship in a highly personal clash with @Jordan_Devlin1, next week on NXT UK. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OosCV79QzS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OosCV79QzS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NXT UK (@NXTUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NXTUK\/status\/1484269670362460174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Gallus Und Die Familie Meet <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Teoman<\/strong> and <strong>Rohan Raja<\/strong> have been aggravated by <strong>Wolfgang<\/strong> and <strong>Joe and Mark Coffey<\/strong> for a few months now. The former team finally evened the playing field when <strong>Charlie Dempsey<\/strong> joined forces to form <strong>Die Familie<\/strong>. Dempsey even scored a one-on-one victory against Gallus top boy Joe Coffey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But this did little to put the <strong>Gallus<\/strong> lads off from messing with Teoman and Raja. A Gallus interference cost Teoman and Raja a win in their NXT UK No.1 Contender eliminator match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, the six men will all finally meet in the ring to try and settle their score.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bitter adversaries <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gallus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Gallus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DieFamilie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DieFamilie<\/a> prepare themselves for a turbulent Six-Man Tag Team Match to determine the dominant faction, next week on <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:\/\/t.co\/ZN64xMW2HB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ZN64xMW2HB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NXT UK (@NXTUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NXTUK\/status\/1484268332517933056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Let\u2019s Hope For Jinny vs. Amale<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jinny<\/strong> and <strong>Amale<\/strong> will definitely be thrashing out their feud in the <em>NXT UK<\/em> ring soon. Jinny resents Amale\u2019s message of hope and her story of overcoming hardship. Amale, understandably, wants to show her that she means business. It is unconfirmed when this match will take place but this week seems a decent bet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe tweet NXT UK\u2019s resident bookmaker and see what odds he\u2019ll offer you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;18868&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for 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 <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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Devlin will get his first shot at the NXT UK Championship since 2018 when he challenges Ilja Dragunov this week. Enjoy our NXT UK preview for the full rundown on what\u2019s on the show. NXT UK will air on Peacock and the WWE Network at 3 PM ET\/8 PM GMT. 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