{"id":93062,"date":"2021-06-03T11:32:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=93062"},"modified":"2021-06-03T11:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:33:31","slug":"preview-nxt-uk-6-3-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/06\/03\/preview-nxt-uk-6-3-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: NXT UK &#8212; Dar vs. Dragunov and Brown vs. Coffey (6\/3\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NXT UK will kick off a new month of programming with four of its biggest stars in action as <strong>Noam Dar<\/strong> tangles with <strong>Ilja Dragunov<\/strong> and <strong>Rampage Brown<\/strong> takes on <strong>Joe Coffey<\/strong>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dar is the only one of the four men not to have been given a shot at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/02\/19\/walter-longest-reigning-wwe-nxt-united-kingdom-champion\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>WALTER<\/strong> and his NXT UK Championship<\/a>. This episode could be a good one to keep an eye on to see who might step up to challenge WALTER next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NXT UK will air on the WWE Network and Peacock at 8 pm GMT\/3 pm EST on May 20. Fans in the UK can also watch the show a day later on BT Sport at 10 pm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Madman and The Clown: Dragunov vs. Dar\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This match features two superstars with the most clearly defined characters on the NXT UK roster. Dragunov is a nice guy who respects and values his fellow competitors. But he is also highly prone to extreme rage blackouts in the ring that result in him seriously harming his opponents.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dar loves to wind people up as often seen on his &#8220;Supernova Sessions.&#8221; He also doesn\u2019t enjoy being overlooked as a credible grappler. This match between the two was set when Dar tried to antagonize Dragunov on his chat show by presenting him with a stuffed \u2018Lenny The Therapy Dog.\u2019\u00a0 Dragunov kept his calm but called Dar a clown. This provoked Dar enough for him to brag he would prove he wasn\u2019t a joke in the ring against Dragunov.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Storyline aside, these two both have pretty much consistently great matches so this is sure to be a fantastic bout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even Lenny the Therapy Dog couldn&#39;t relieve the tension between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoamDar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NoamDar<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNBESIEGBAR_ZAR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@UNBESIEGBAR_ZAR<\/a> during Supernova Sessions!<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\/EJP9JqpP3i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/EJP9JqpP3i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1395464492910325765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Unfinished Business Between Brown And Coffey\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This match was set a few weeks ago when both men agreed they had unfinished business. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rampage Brown defeated Joe Coffey when they last met in February. That victory set Brown up to be the next challenger to WALTER\u2019s NXT UK Championship. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/08\/nxt-uk-prelude-results-and-analysis-4-8-21\/\" target=\"_self\">Brown lost against WALTER<\/a> and will be looking to prove he\u2019s still got it against Joe Coffey. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coffey can\u2019t really take another loss to Brown. It\u2019ll reflect that Brown has his number and is deserving of another shot at WALTER before Coffey. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Coffey gets the win here it\u2019ll almost definitely set up a deciding match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rampage Brown, Joe Coffey set to run it back: NXT UK, May 27, 2021\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWuPUHko9Wg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>What Else Could Happen?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can expect plenty more over the NXT UK hour on top of Dar vs. Dragunov and Brown vs. Coffey. We should get the final hype for the NXT UK Women\u2019s Championship match between <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/16\/who-is-kay-lee-ray\/\" target=\"_self\">Kay Lee Ray<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Meiko Satomura<\/strong>, which will take place next week.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, <strong>Jack Starz<\/strong> is on the hunt for a tag team partner to challenge <strong>Pretty Deadly<\/strong> to their titles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Subculture<\/strong> will likely respond to <strong>Joseph Conners<\/strong> and <strong>Jinny<\/strong>, who trash-talked them last week. We will also get a third match but that has yet to be announced.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get ready for more splendid, hard-hitting action today on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTUK<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>TODAY at 3 PM ET\/8 PM BST<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peacocktv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@peacockTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWENetwork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hcGqS96nrw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/hcGqS96nrw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NXT UK (@NXTUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NXTUK\/status\/1400467849160933382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>More from LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/h4>\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<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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