PWInsider - WWE News, Wrestling News, WWE

 
 

WWE NXT UK REPORT: LOOKING AT GALLUS

By Richard Trionfo on 2020-06-04 21:08:00

Your host is Andy Shepherd.

Tonight, we will look at the Scottish trio who has been dominating this brand. We take a look at Gallus. It was a matter of when, not if when the Coffey brothers would make their mark on the NXT UK roster. They targeted Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster and then they were joined by Wolfgang. Joe Coffey looked for the WWE UK Championship held by Pete Dunne.

 

Match Number One: Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, and Wolfgang versus Trent Seven, Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne (from January 9, 2019 Episode of NXT UK)

Bate and Joe start things off. They lock up and go to a stalemate. They lock up again and go to another stalemate. They go for a test of strength and Coffey gets the advantage but Bate with a bridge. Bate bridges when Joe gets a near fall. Bate with another bridge when Joe goes for a near fall. Bate keeps the bridge when Joe tries to use his body weight on Bate. Bate gets back to his feet and he ties to take Joe to the mat but Joe with a kick.

Joe with an arm bar and wrist lock. Bate with a drop kick and all six men get in the ring. The referee tries to regain control and it actually works. Wolfgang and Trent tag in. They lock up and Wolfgang with a side head lock. Wolfgang with a shoulder tackle but Trent with a cross body. All six get in the ring and the referee is still able to maintain control.
Mark and Dunne tag in. They lock up and Mark with a side head lock. Dunne with a clothesline and Wolfgang goes after Dunne and then the referee finally loses control. All six men battle in the ring. Wolfgang and Mark are sent to the floor and then Joe is back dropped over the top rope to join his fellow Gallus members.

Dunne with a drop toe hold to Mark and Dunne with a hammer lock and then he goes for the fingers. Dunne goes for a surfboard but Mark blocks it so Dunne stomps on the knees. Trent tags in. Trent slams Mark and gets a near fall. Bate tags in and Trent with a slam followed by a senton from Bate for a near fall. Bate with a side head lock. Bate knocks Woflgang off the apron and Mark with a suplex. Mark sends Bate into the turnbuckles and he tags Joe into the match. Joe sends Tyler into the turnbuckles and then he tags Wolfgang in and Wolfgang with kicks and punches.

Wolfgang with a knee to the chest and an Irish whip. Joe tags in and he punches Bate and Irish whips him into the corner. Joe with a double underhook on Bate and he lifts Tyler off the mat. Joe with an arm bar. Joe with a nerve hold on Bate. Bate with elbows to get way. Joe with an Irish whip that sends Bate sternum first into the turnbuckles. Woflgang tags in and he connects with a knee. Bate tries to get to his corner but Wolfgang stops him. Seven is able to tag in and he chops Wolfgang. Seven with a back body drop and he knocks Joe off the apron. Trent with a suicide dive onto Wolfgang. Trent with a running chop into the corner. Mark tries to interfere and Trent with a Dragon suplex. Mark hits a moonsault that accidentally hits Wolfgang when Trent moves.

Trent is kicked to the floor and Joe sends Trent into the ring steps while the referee deals with everyone in the ring. Wolfgang with a spear to Trent for a near fall. Mark tags in and he stomps on Trent’s chest. Joe tags in and he applies a front face lock. Joe with punches to Trent and Mark tags in. Mark with a front face lock. Mark with forearms and Joe tags in. Joe punches Trent while Wolfgang holds on to Trent in the corner. Joe with a front face lock.

Wolfgang tags in and he comes off the turnbuckles with a double sledge to the back. Joe tags in and goes up top. Trent fights off Wolfgang but Joe grabs Trent by the hair. Trent with a punch and he goes to the turnbuckles for a superplex and hits it. Dunne tags in and he hits an enzuigiri on Wolfgang. Dunne with a snap German suplex on Mark and hits a clothesline folowed by an X Plex. Dunne with a knee bar on Wolfgang. Wolfgang crawls to his corner and tags in Mark but Mark with an elbow drop and Dunne counters into a triangle and head scissors.

Wolfgang tags in and he goes for a swanton but Dunner catches him in a cross arm breaker. Dunne with a double wrist lock and body scissors. Wolfgang gets to his feet and he hits a suplex to escape. Bate tags in and so does Joe. Bate with European uppercuts and Bate with a knee. Bate with a corkscrew uppercut out of the turnbuckles. Bate with a running European uppercut. Joe with an Irish whip but he misses a boot. Joe with an elbow and he misses a double jump cross body. Bate with a standing shooting star press for a near fall.

Joe with a Giant swing but Bate with a victory roll for a near fall. Bate with an airplane spin to Joe. Bate with an accordion slam and Bate collapses from the number of rotations. Joe blocks Tyler Driver 97 and then Bate hits a jab and both men go down.

Mark and Trent tag in and Mark with an enzuigiri to the arm but Trent with a clothesline. Bate tags in and then Dunne tags in. They hit a power bomb and lungblower combination for a near fall. Trent is sent to the floor. Bate with a jab to Wolfgang and he goes to the floor. Bate with a suicide dive onto Wolfgang. Dunne with a kick and Joe grabs the title belt and distracts Dunne. Mark with a rollup for a near fall. Joe tags in and he hits a power bomb. Seven breaks up the cover. Trent sends Wolfgang to the floor and Bate hits a rebound clothesline to Mark. Joe clotheslines Tyler. Joe and Dunne with rapid fire punches to each other. They puase and Dunne with a forearm and then Dunne stands on the hands and stomps on them followed by a kick. Joe with a diving head butt to the midsection. Joe runs into a boot from Dunne and both men are down.

Dunne grabs the fingers of Joe and hyperextends them. Wolfgang makes the blind tag and Dunne hits Bitter End on Joe. Bate tags in and hits a rana on Wolfgang that sends him to the floor. Bate goes up top and he hits a corkscrew senton onto everyone. Bate and Wolfgang return to the ring and Joe makes the tag. Bate with a rolling kick to Wolfgang. Bate goes for Tyler Driver 97 on Joe but Joe with a back drop and Tyler lands on his feet. Bate goes for the rebound clothesline but Joe hits the clothesline first and gets the three count.

Winners: Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, and Wolfgang

After the match, Joe Coffey and Pete Dunne stare each other down.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Andy mentions that Joe had set his place as the leader of Gallus.

Match Number Two:  Last Man Standing Match: Dave Mastiff versus Joe Coffey (from Takeover Cardiff)

Coffey tells Mastiff to come after him at the stage and Coffey has a chain.  Mastiff goes after Coffey and the match starts.  They exchange forearms and then enter the ring.  Mastiff with punches and Coffey punches back.  Coffey punches Mastiff in the liver.  Mastiff gets Coffey on his shoulders but Coffey escapes.  Mastiff with a forearm to the ear followed by a hard Irish whip and the turnbuckle comes off the ring post.  The referee starts his count.  Mastiff hits Coffey with the  turnbuckle.  Mastiff puts the turnbuckle in Coffey's mouth and sends him face first into the mat.  Coffey blocks a German suplex and Coffey with elbows.  Coffey misses a shoulder and he stops short of the corner.  Coffey tries to come off the middle rope and Coffey falls to the mat.  Mastiff puts the turnbuckle in Coffey's mouth again.  Coffey with punches and Masfiff pushes him away.  Coffey with punches and clotheslines.  Coffey with a Saito suplex.

Mastiff with a German suplex and Coffey goes to the floor.  Coffey sends Mastiff into the ringside barrier.  Coffey hits Mastiff with a pool cue.   Coffey goes under the ring and he has found the Gallus bag of tricks.  Coffey runs Mastiff into the ringside barrier.  Coffey gets a table from under the ring and puts it against the ringside barrier.  Coffey with a kick to Mastiff but Mastiff with a back body drop.  Mastiff has a cricket bat and Coffey avoids Mastiff's swing.  Coffey uses another pool cue and jabs Mastiff with it and then hits Mastiff in the back with the cue.  Coffey tries to stab Mastiff with the broken cue but Mastiff blocks it.  Mastiff hits Coffey in the back with the cricket bat.  Mastiff hits Coffey again with the cricket bat.

Mastiff biels Coffey on the floor and sets for a spear but Coffey with a leap frog.  Coffey with a flying head butt to send Mastiff through the table.  Coffey misses a discus clothesline with the chain and Mastiff with a German suplex on the floor.  Mastiff grabs the chain and whips Coffey in the back with it.  He whips Coffey across the chest.  Mastiff iwth another shot using the chain.  Mastiff gets a table from under the ring and sets it up against the ringside barrier.  They have a tug of war with the chain.  Mastiff lets go and Coffey falls down and Mastiff with a cannonball that sends Coffey through the table.  The referee starts his count.  Coffey gets back to his feet and then he goes into the crowd.  Coffey has a chain but Mastiff uses a chair to stop Coffey.  Mastiff hits Coffey with the chair.  Coffey punches the chair and then hits a discus clothesline with the chain. 

The referee starts his count.  Mastiff stands against the ringside barrier and Coffey thinks about charging at him.  Mastiff has two chairs and he gives one to Coffey.  They both get into position for a chair jousting match and both men go down.  Both men get back to their feet and Coffey tries to get away from Mastiff.  Mastiff is sent into the railing by the announce table and Coffey goes for a German suplex but Mastiff escapes.  Mastiff gives Coffey a hip toss into the area of the announce table.  Mastiff rearranges the announce table.  Mastiff and Coffey go onto the announce table.  Mastiff gets Coffey up on his shoulders and he hits a Finlay roll onto the announce table.  

Coffey and Mastiff go above the announce table onto the preshow platform.  Coffey with a punch and Mastiff with a punch.  They go back and forth and Mastiff with punches.  Mastiff tries for a suplex but Coffey blocks it.  Mastiff with a head butt and both men fall off the platform through a table.  The referee starts his count.  Coffey gets to his feet but Mastiff cannot get back to his feet before the ten count.

Winner:  Joe Coffey

Gallus won the tag titles in October when they defeated Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster. They joined Kay Lee Ray as Scottish champions. Then Nikki Cross and Drew McIntyre joined the club.

Andy had a chance to talk to them in a virtual roundtable.

Andy mentions that they live within 40 miles of each other and are all champions. He asks how did it feel to sign your WWE Contracts.

Mark Coffey says he was buzzing and his family was proud of him. You can pat yourself on the back and he says it was a dream you never thought you would achieve. When you look at what you sacrificed to get there, it validates everything because you got to where you wanted to be.

Wolfgang says if he is in Scotland watching this, it is something that they can believe is achievable. If you want to be a wrestler in the WWE or be an actor in Hollywood, don’t let them tell you that you can’t achieve it because of where you are from.

Andy asks what has the reception been from the fans. Wolfgang says everyone from Scotland was proud. There is an outpouring of pride for what they have been able to achieve. It has inspired others and given the people something to celebrate during these times. He says this wasn’t available when he was young.

Next week, we will get more Superstars picks.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Three:  WWE NXT UK Tag Team Championship Match: Gallus (Wolfgang and Mark Coffey) versus Imperium (Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner) versus Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) versus Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster (from Takeover Blackpool II)

All four teams look around and they try to figure out who will make the first move.  Gallus goes after Imperium while the other two teams battle.  Gibson, Drake, Andrews, and Webster are in the ring while the other four are on the floor.  Webster and Andrews double team Drake and then they knock Gallus off the apron.  Webster with punches to Gbison.  Gibson and Drake work over Webster and then send Andrews to the floor.  Coffey and Wolfgang go after Gibson and then Wolfgang with a splash to Drake.  Barthel sends Wolfgang into the ringside barrier.  Aichner with a spinebuster to Coffey while Barthel kicks Coffey.  Webster with a head sicssors to Barthell and Andrews with a satellite head scissors to Aichner.  Webster and Andrews with moonsaults to Aichner.  Webster kicks Barthel off the apron.  Webster and Andrews are sent into the ropes but Drake and Gibson.

Drake goes for a ladder but Gibson brings out a few chairs instead.  Gibson and Drake hit Webster and Andrews with chairs and then they knock Aichner and Barthel off the apron.  Gallus stop Gbison and put Drake in the tree of woe.  Coffey and Wolfgang put the chairs against Drake's head and then Aichner and Barthel pull Woflgang and Coffey out of the ring and Imperium with a double drop kick to Drake's head.  Aichner and Barthel go for a ladder but Webster and Andrews with planchas onto Aichner and Barthel.  Andrews and Webster put the ladder in the ring and Aichner throws Andrews over the top rope and then Barthel sends Webster to the floor.  Gallus uses another ladder to knock Aichner and Barthel off the ladder.

Wolfgang tries to throw a ldder into Barthel but Barthel blocks him.  Aichner with a belly-to-back suplex to Coffey.  Webster with an elbow and reverse DDT to Barthel.  Aichner Irish whips Webster at a ladder and Webster goes over it into the corner.  Barthel with a drop kick into the ladder and it hits Webster in the ribs.  Barthel catapults Webster into the bottom of the ladder.  Andrews slides under a ladder carried by Aichner and Barthel and he kicks them.  Drake and Gibson back Andrews into the corner and Drake with a drop kick to Andrews but he lands on the ladder.  Coffey and Wolfgang kick Drake.  Coffey with a choke slam to Gibson onto the ladder.  Wolfgang with a catapult of Drake to Coffey for a Samoan drop on the ladder.  

Gallus set up the ladder in the center of the ring and they climb but Imperium pull them off the ladder and Gallus is sent to the floor.  Imperium is pulled to the floor and Aichner and Barthel are sent into the ring steps.  Andrews and Webster climb the ladder.  Webster with a DDT to Wolfgang and Andrews kicks Coffey away and Andrews with a shooting star press off the ladder.  Barthel climbs the ladder but Andrews and Webster push it over.  Webster is dropped onto the ladder and Aichner with a double jump moonsault onto Webster on the ladder.

Aichner and Barthel set up the ladder but Aichner is holding his arm against his side.  Gibson with a double thrust to Aichner.  Drake sets up a bigger ladder and Barthel kicks Drake.  Wolfgang climbs the ladder and Coffey sets up a different ladder.  We get more ladders in the ring as everyone but Webster is in the ring.  Andrews wedges a ladder off the ropes.  Webster gets a ladder and Aichner and Coffey fall off a far ladder.  Andrews knocks Barthel off the ladders.  Webster is knocked out of the ring and Andrews and Drake fight on the ladder hanging from the ropes.  Gibson grabs Andrews' leg to stop him.  Gibson with forearms and he hits Ticket to Ride.

Drake climbs onto the ladder hanging off the ropes and Drake with a 450 off the ladder onto Andrews.  Gibson tells Drake to climb the ladder.  Gibson gets Drake on his shoulders as Gibson climbs the ladder.  Aichner stops Gibson and he sends Gibson to the floor.  Drake is at the top of the ladder but Aichner and Barthel hit the European Bomb on Drake.  Aichner and Barthel remove the excess ladders from the ring.  Coffey and Wolfgang push Aichner and Barthel off the ladders.  Wolfgang with a forearm to Barthel and then they sandwich Aichner with the ladders.  Gallus does the same to Barthel.  Coffey with an enzuigiri to Drake followed by a power slam from Wolfgang.  Coffey goes over the top rope onto Imperium.

Gallus with the enzuigiri and power slam combination to Gibson on the ramp.  Gallus goes for suplexes of Andrews and Webster into the ring but Andrews with Stundog Millionaire and Webster with a tornado suplex.  Andrews and Webster get a ladder and Wolfgang and Coffey play defense in the ring.  Gallus are pulled to the floor.  Wolfgang with knees to Webster and Coffey sends Andrews into the ringside barrier.  Coffey and Wolfgang grab tables and put them across the apron and ringside barrier.  Wolfgang with forearms to Webster while Coffey with forearms to Andrews.  Andrews and Webster escape and Webster and Andrews put Coffey and Wolfgang on the tables but Coffey falls through the table.  Webster goes up top and Andrews follows.  Andrews and Webster with swantons off the ladder onto Wolfgang and they go through the table.

Andrews and Webster climb a ladder in the ring but Drake with a forearm to Webster.  Andrews is hit in the back with a ladder by Drake and Gibson and Andrews falls to the mat.  Drake and Gibson slam Webster over the top rope to the floor.  Andrews has a kendo stick and Gibson begs for mercy but Andrews shows no mercy and he hits Gibson and Drake.  Aichner and Barthel stop Andrews and Aichner with a brainbuster to Andrews.  Barthel climbs the ladder and he has the belts but Coffey stops Barthel.  Coffey tries for a German suplex off the ladder but Barthel with forearms.  Aichner holds on to the ladder as Coffey falls off.  Coffey with a forearm to stop Barthel.  Aichner comes under and they set for the Euopean Bomb on Coffey but Coffey gets free and Wolfgang runs Aichner through the ladder in the corner.  Coffey knocks Barthel off the ladder onto everyone on the floor.  Coffey climbs the ladders and grabs the title belts.

Winners:  Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) [Retain Championship]

We go to Gallus and they ask how are they doing. Wolfgang says he has been kept inside for months and he has all this aggression. He is waiting for someone to try to take these titles from them. Mark says this isn’t the first time they have been locked down. Mark says don’t let this distract them. If they stay grounded, they will go down in history as champions. Joe says he has fallen a few times but that is not the Gallus way. Confidence is a stain you can’t wipe off. They are going to take everything because it is their Kingdom.

We go to credits.

If you enjoy PWInsider.com you can check out the AD-FREE PWInsider Elite section, which features exclusive audio updates, news, our critically acclaimed podcasts, interviews and more by clicking here!