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WWE NXT results: A tale of chaos and SAnitY

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The Big News: Instead of competing for the NXT Championship, Johnny Gargano spent the night in a local medical facility as Tommaso Ciampa laid him out.

The Medium News: Aleister Black beat Eric Young in a substitute main event.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli continued their slow-moving breakup, as Sabbatelli walked out on their tag team match.

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The show began with The Undisputed Era coming to the ring for a promo. Cole pointed out all their championship belts and said this is what happens when you back them into a corner. NXT’s mission has been to prevent this from happening, yet here they stand. Bobby Fish said they were thrown to the wolves at War Games and, again, in New Orleans, but they are one step above everyone else.

Roderick Strong was next, mocking the fans for asking why he joined Undisputed Era. He said for once he did something for himself and made the best decision of his career. He said if he had won the titles with Pete Dunne, how long would it have been until Dunne turned on him since he only cares about the UK Championship? Suddenly, in the middle of the match, he had an epiphany. Why fight by himself and come up short, when they could fight together and take over NXT.

Kyle O’Reilly said they are done being backed into a corner — and no matter what the powers that be do, they cannot be stopped. Times are changing and they are leaving everyone in the dust.

Cole said they will prove it as he defends his North American title by himself against Oney Lorcan. He actually laughed about needing help to beat Lorcan.

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NXT North American Champion Adam Cole defeated Oney Lorcan to retain his title

This was the first televised title defense for Cole. It was more competitive for Cole than he was expecting — as Lorcan went after Cole’s DDP-trademarked taped ribs. Cole sold them for the duration of the match.

The fans liked Lorcan, but no one felt he had a chance to win here. He dropped Cole ribs-first across the top rope and Cole was injured! Oh no, what a horrible thing to happen to him. O’Reilly ran down with a paramedic to check on his leader. Strong gave Lorcan a back suplex on the apron when suddenly — it was a miracle! Cole got up and finished off Lorcan, retaining the title.

After the match, Strong and O’Reilly continued the beatdown. Danny Burch ran down for the save, but he got overpowered by all three men.

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Up next was a video package for Shayna Baszler.

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Last week, Candice LeRae defeated Zelina Vega after a double Gargano Escape, with Gargano doing it to an interfering Andrade “Cien” Almas.

LeRae will wrestle Bianca Belair next week, so we got a video package for Belair.

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Heavy Machinery defeated Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli

These two teams squared off two weeks ago, but that match didn’t have a finish due to the War Raiders debuting and destroying both teams.

These teams actually work pretty well together and we had some good four-way brawling to start the match. It broke down into a tag team match with Otis Dozovic playing the role of Ricky Morton tonight. He made the hot tag to Tucker Knight, who ran wild on Moss. Sabbatelli was knocked off the apron, accidentally, by his partner.

Sabbatelli did his best Sid impersonation by reaching for a tag to his ailing partner, before dropping off the apron and walking away. All that was missing was for him to threaten to punch Brutus Beefcake. Anyway, Dozovic beat Moss with The Compactor.

After the match, Heavy Machinery vowed to eat all the steaks and lift all the weights — and then they will kick the asses of the War Raiders.

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We had a video package looking at potential challengers for Shayna Baszler, including Nikki Cross, Aliyah, and Kairi Sane.

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Dakota Kai was interviewed by Cathy Kelley regarding Shayna Baszler earlier today. She refused to talk about Baszler. Kelley kept asking questions and Kai kept deflecting them until Baszler walked in. Baszler intimidated her and informed her that Baszler running the women’s division is Kai’s worst nightmare.

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Kona Reeves is coming.

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Lacey Evans, Vanessa Borne, and LeRae also vowed to defeat Baszler if they get the chance.

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Next week:

  • TM61 vs. The Street Profits
  • Pete Dunne vs. Roderick Strong

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Johnny Gargano came to the ring for his championship match with Aleister Black, when he was attacked by Tommaso Ciampa. Ciampa threw Gargano into the stage, but he fought back and delivered a running crossbody off the announce table. Gargano continued to punch away before Ciampa booted him low and shoved him down. The fans chanted that Ciampa tapped out until Ciampa hit the Randy Orton punt to the head of a downed Johnny Wrestling.

Referees finally came out, but Ciampa ignored them and hit an Emerald Fusion through some production tables set up nearby.

The EMTs and medical staff came out to stretcher Gargano away. Kassius Ohno was one of the people helping out. As they loaded Gargano into the ambulance, Black arrived and watched the scene unfold. As the ambulance drove away, the camera zoomed out and there was Ciampa on top of a ring truck.

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Back in the arena, Black stormed to the ring and grabbed a mic. He was prepared to offer a challenge to Ciampa, but SAnitY came out instead. Eric Young said that Gargano’s hope was taken away by chaos. Out of chaos, EY said, we will find hope and we will find sanity. Before Young could continue, Black cut him off and challenged him to an immediate title match.

NXT Champion Aleister Black defeated Eric Young to retain his title

A bell rang and the match was on. The announcers weren’t sure if this was an actual title match, but the bout itself was on. This was a basic match and was probably designed as a sendoff for SAnitY in addition to a showcase for the new champion.

Alexander Wolfe tried getting involved early, but he got kicked out of the ring. Young did not enjoy being kicked in the thigh, but there was nothing he could do to stop it, as Black turned EY black and blue. Young did the Ric Flair corner flip and slid back into the ring, but he got laid out with Black Mass for the pin.

Wolfe and Killian Dain slid in and both took the Black Mass for their troubles.

So, that does it for another episode of NXT. Until next week, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers.

NXT Johnstown, PA, live results: Tag team main event

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Submitted by reader Travis Larrabee

– No Way Jose defeated Chad Lail

Jose had the crowd going with his conga line. This was a decent opener with Jose winning with his pop-up punch.

– They aired a pre-tape with Andrade “Cien” Almas and Zelina Vega. She mentioned that tonight is his last chance to get his hands on Aleister Black. They ran into Velveteen Dream, who wanted Almas to wear a tank top he had just made. Vega told him there was no way.

– Candice LeRae defeated Bianca Belair

The match was okay but had great heat. LeRae hit a Lionsault to win.

– A video aired with EC3 issuing an open challenge; saying he could beat anyone from Sidney Crosby to Paul Newman (this was the arena where they filmed Slap Shot).

– EC3 defeated Kassius Ohno

This was a good match thanks to Ohno’s selling and strikes. EC3 won with the One Percenter.

– The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler)

These two teams had their working shoes on. Lots of great false finishes led into Montez Ford hitting a top rope splash onto Blake for the win. Great match that had the crowd going.

– Kairi Sane & Nikki Cross defeated Lacey Evans & NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler

They still billed Cross as representing SAnitY, even though she’s staying in NXT while the rest of the group comes up to the main roster. This match was pretty good but had a botched ending. Sane hit a flying clothesline on Evans. She looked like she was going to kick out but didn’t in time, so the ref counted three and called for the bell.

Baszler didn’t do much other than a couple minutes of ground work. Cross showed Sane how to be crazy for a few moments after the match.

– Tommaso Ciampa defeated Oney Lorcan

Once again (like every night on this tour), Ciampa came out to Johnny Gargano’s theme music, calling all of the fans puppets and himself the puppet master. He said Gargano wasn’t cleared to wrestle, was banned from the arena, and challenged anyone to face him.

Another really great match built off of false finishes. The crowd didn’t seem to know Lorcan when he came out, but he won them over after kicking out of everything (including Project Ciampa and a top rope Air Raid Crash). Lorcan also had the crowd going with a single-leg Boston crab that was turned into a full Walls of Jericho before Ciampa finally made the ropes. Ciampa won with a running knee after Lorcan kicked out of the Air Raid Crash.

After the match, Ciampa continued attacking Lorcan until Gargano ran through the crowd to a monstrous pop. They had a pull-apart brawl that ended with Gargano standing victorious in the ring with his wife and The Street Profits.

– NXT Champion Aleister Black & Ricochet defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas (w/ Zelina Vega) & Velveteen Dream

Before the match, Dream again asked Almas to wear the tank top he made for him. Vega constantly said no.

Great match but a bit of a letdown considering who was involved (it also had difficulty following the previous match/segment). The crowd went wild for Ricochet’s athleticism and also when he made the hot tag to Black. Ricochet hit a Shooting Star Press on Almas before Black hit Black Mass for the pin.

After the match, there was a quick staredown and handshake between Ricochet and Black which the crowd just ate up.

NXT Bel Air, MD, live results: Aleister Black vs. Andrade Almas

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– The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) & Oney Lorcan defeated The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler) & Chad Lail

Very basic opener, but The Street Profits get better every time I see them live. Lorcan did a dive onto Blake and Cutler and then the Profits hit their spinebuster/frog splash combo.

– A vignette aired on the tron with Zelina Vega telling Andrade “Cien” Almas that tonight in Bel Air was his last chance to win the NXT Championship and take it to SmackDown.

– Lacey Evans & Bianca Belair defeated Candice LeRae & Kairi Sane

The crowd loved Sane and LeRae. This was a basic and back-and-forth match, which was won by Evans when LeRae was coming off the top rope and she caught her with a punch.

– EC3 cut a promo on the tron where he was in downtown Baltimore. He called the city a dump before saying he was making an open challenge tonight

– EC3 defeated No Way Jose

EC3 won with a fireman’s carry into a cutter. He jumped out of the ring and headed to the back immediately afterwards, with Jose getting to have a bow/curtain call as the fans chanted “Thank you Jose!”

– Johnny Gargano’s music hit and the place went nuts, but then it stopped and Tommaso Ciampa came out to nuclear heat. He called the fans puppets and said Gargano wasn’t medically cleared to be there, but that Ciampa would knock out any opponent who came out to face him.

– Tommaso Ciampa defeated Kassius Ohno

They had a great back-and-forth bout which saw them kick out of tons of big moves. Ohno even got to kick out of a loaded punch from Ciampa before being finished off by a running knee to the back of the head (Ciampa’s half of the DIY finish).

– After intermission, they showed a backstage segment where Velveteen Dream confronted Ricochet and called himself the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” and implied he was from here. Ricochet reminded him that Dream is actually from Washington D.C.

– Ricochet defeated Velveteen Dream

This was the match of the night. They worked slow at the start, then moved onto showing that they were evenly matched athletically. After plenty of near falls, Ricochet won with the 630 senton.

– NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler defeated Nikki Cross to retain her title

They told a good story with Baszler trying to grapple early and Cross being too crazy and wild to contain. Baszler worked over her arm for most of the match before Cross made a comeback. Baszler retained with a sit-out suplex into the rear-naked choke.

– As they were starting to announce the main event, Gargano ran in from the crowd with a soft neck brace on. He said he didn’t care if he was medically cleared or not, he wanted to fight Ciampa. Ciampa came out and they brawled until wrestlers and referees came down to break it up.

They would each break free and try to get at each other again. Ciampa eventually went to the back and Gargano, LeRae, No Way Jose, and Lorcan stayed in the ring and raised each other’s hands as Gargano’s music played. The place went nuts for Gargano, who had never appeared in Bel Air for NXT before.

– NXT Champion Aleister Black defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas (w/ Zelina Vega) to retain his title

Another very good match — tons of near falls and Vega interfering to get the heat. The finish came when Almas grabbed the NXT title belt and went to hit Black with it, but Black hit the Black Mass kick and won. The crowd really reacted to Black like a star before, during, and after the match. 

Overall, this was probably the best NXT show top-to-bottom that they’ve put on in Bel Air (this was their fourth time coming to the APG Credit Union Arena). A really excellent show all around.

NXT Bethlehem, PA, live results: Aleister Black teams with Ricochet

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Submitted by reader Bryce James

– No Way Jose defeated Chad Lail

The match itself was nothing special, but it was a fun opener to hype up the crowd. 

– Bianca Belair defeated Candice LeRae

Belair showcasing her impressive strength was the highlight of the match.

– EC3 defeated Kassius Ohno

EC3 cut a cliche promo before this started where he dissed the city of Bethlehem. He’s very good at promos, but his in-ring work was just okay. Ohno carried the match and put EC3 over.

– The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler)

Both teams looked great, but Ford came off especially well. His athleticism and ability to entertain the crowd stole the match.

– Kairi Sane & Nikki Cross defeated NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler & Lacey Evans

Sane’s elbow drop was the best part of what was a pretty forgettable bout, but Cross also brought a lot of excitement. Evans took most of the bumps and was pinned. She has a great look and character and could be a star when she gets more experienced in the ring.

– Tommaso Ciampa defeated Oney Lorcan

Ciampa came out to Johnny Gargano’s music, which pissed everyone off. He then cut an excellent heel promo.

This was the match of the night by far. Ciampa looked like he almost killed Lorcan with a ring apron spot. Gargano attacked Ciampa and got the better of him following the match.

– NXT Champion Aleister Black & Ricochet defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas & Velveteen Dream

This picked up at the end after a lackluster start. Ricochet had the best spots and the faces got the win to close the show.

NXT Washington, DC, live results: Aleister Black vs. Andrade Almas

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– Oney Lorcan defeated Chad Lail by DQ

The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler) caused the disqualification when they interfered on Lail’s behalf. The Street Profits made the save, leading to a six-man tag match.

– Oney Lorcan & The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated Chad Lail & The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler)

This was a basic match most of the way, but Lorcan ran wild when he got the hot tag and looked great.

– Tommaso Ciampa did a backstage promo bragging that Johnny Gargano wasn’t at the show. Kayla Braxton reiterated that Gargano wasn’t there, which pretty much gave away that he was going to show up.

– Nikki Cross & Candice LeRae defeated Bianca Belair & Lacey Evans

Cross got a great reaction. There were some mistimed spots with Belair in the beginning, but the match settled down. LeRae took the beating, then Cross got the hot tag and pinned Evans.

There were some fun interactions with Cross and LeRae as the odd couple, including LeRae trying to calm Cross down and Cross getting LeRae to imitate her crazy mannerisms.

– Ricochet defeated Velveteen Dream

Dream got big cheers for being from the D.C. area, though the crowd cheered both men. This was by far the match of the night and had the most heat. Ricochet did a lot of high flying moves and teased a People’s Elbow but hit a standing moonsault instead.

There were lots of near falls and the crowd chanted “This is awesome.” Ricochet won with the Shooting Star Press. After that, Ricochet offered to shake hands but Dream refused and actually got cheered heavily for it.

– Tommaso Ciampa defeated Kassius Ohno

Well worked and they kept the crowd’s attention despite following the previous match. Ohno bled hard way near the end and there was a brief pause where the referee wiped off the blood. 

Ciampa kept attacking Ohno after the match, with Gargano running out of the crowd with a neck brace on. LeRae, The Street Profits and Lorcan ran in to break it up and they all celebrated afterwards.

– EC3 defeated No Way Jose

There was some comedy early, but this was nothing special.

– NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler defeated Kairi Sane to retain her title

Baszler and Ciampa were the only heels to get serious boos from the crowd. Sane got very little offense in and was selling most of the way. She had a brief comeback and went for the Insane Elbow, but Baszler got her leg and foot up.

Baszler then went for the pin but held her up before the three count and choked her out instead. Solid match but it was more Sane putting over Baszler strong than an exciting back-and-forth bout.

– NXT Champion Aleister Black defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas to retain his title

Zelina Vega wasn’t at ringside with Almas. There were actually a few mistimed sequences — it was a good match overall but not as good as it was at TakeOver. Black retained with the Black Mass.

WWE NXT results: Aleister Black vs. Killian Dain

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The Big News: Aleister Black will challenge NXT Champion Andrade “Cien” Almas at TakeOver: New Orleans after defeating Killian Dain.

The Medium News: The Authors of Pain beat TM61 to advance in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Pete Dunne teased a face turn by standing up to The Undisputed Era.

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The Authors of Pain defeated TM61 in a Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic first round match

These two teams squared off in the finals of the 2016 Dusty Classic, which was won by The Authors of Pain. Shane Thorne actually went into the match with his knee already injured, but still dove off a lighting rig onto Akam and Rezar. Nigel McGuinness pointed out that the color of TM61’s gear was a tribute to Jun Akiyama (Nick Miller’s blue) and Kenta Kobashi (Thorne’s orange).

Thorne flew again early, as he dove over the top rope with a tope, but their advantage didn’t last long as Miller got cut off. Thorne got the hot tag and eventually got the crowd behind him as he hit a Falcon Arrow on Rezar. Miller got a near fall with a moonsault, but that was as close as they were getting.

Thorne was powerbombed over the top rope and onto the ring apron, which is the hardest part of the ring. Miller was given an exploder suplex into the corner and pinned after The Last Chapter.

They will face the winners of next week’s match between The Street Profits and Heavy Machinery.

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Earlier today, William Regal was asked who he thought would win the Dusty Classic, but he wouldn’t pick a favorite and left. Pete Dunne showed up and said Roderick Strong took him to the limit, but the United Kingdom Championship is staying in the UK.

Strong walked up and said he couldn’t wait to do it again. Undisputed Era then came in, and Adam Cole mocked Strong for losing a lot. Dunne began what appears to be a babyface turn and told Cole he hasn’t won anything since he’s been here. Before fisticuffs could be exchanged, Mr. Regal returned and broke it up.

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SAnitY were hanging out backstage. Eric Young said chaos rules in this universe. Alexander Wolfe said their chaos would continue in this year’s Dusty Classic because “United we burn.”

Killian Dain stared menacingly into the camera and told Aleister Black that tonight chaos would win.

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Bianca Belair defeated Dru Renee

Renee got no offense and was pinned with a falling powerbomb. At least she didn’t get whipped by Belair’s hair.

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Lacey Evans cut a promo about her match next week with Dakota Kai. She said she’s here to show that she is the classiest woman in NXT and Kai has no class. Evans is planning on testing Kai’s injured arm.

Speaking of Kai’s injured arm, Shayna Baszler stormed into the interview area, which caused Evans to leave. Baszler said she has been waiting for several weeks for Ember Moon to reply to her challenge. Baszler stated that when a fighter is challenged, they reply and this proves what kind of woman Moon is.

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Heavy Machinery were grunting and lifting weights. They said they’re going to win the Dusty Classic.

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Tommaso Ciampa walked out to the arena with no music and dragging his crutch. The fans let him know that they were not happy and felt his skills were not up to par before chanting for Johnny Gargano. Ciampa eventually made it to the ring for his first promo since May. Well, he tried several times to cut his first promo since May, but every time he held the microphone to his mouth the fans would boo him even louder.

A small number of fans chanted derogatory statements about Gargano, but they were drowned out. Ciampa became the most popular wrestler in the company briefly when he threw down the mic without saying anything. As Ciampa slowly walked around the ringside area, the fans sang the “Hey Hey Goodbye” song and chanted “Delete” at him. Ciampa got huge heat by ripping a Gargano sign out of a fan’s hands, ripping it up and attacking it with his crutch before leaving.

Again, Ciampa took a sign and attacked it with his crutch to successfully get heat.

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Next week:

  • WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne defends against Adam Cole
  • SAnitY vs. Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss (who got back together after breaking up three weeks ago) in a Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic first round match
  • The Street Profits vs. Heavy Machinery in another Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic first round match

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Aleister Black defeated Killian Dain

This was an unofficial number one contender’s match between two people who oh-so-desperately want to challenge Andrade “Cien” Almas for the NXT Championship. Black is allegedly still undefeated despite being pinned by Johnny Gargano in a fatal four-way match in December.

Dain exploded at the bell with a running dropkick and a series of corner splashes. Black finally moved out of the way of a charging Dain before chopping him down with kicks and a moonsault outside the ring to get the brief advantage. Dain took over and used his giant body to damage Black.

Dain made the mistake of letting Black get to his feet, so Black beat him down some more. Black used an Asai moonsault for a near fall. Black came off the top rope, but got clotheslined out of his boots.

Dain punched Black in the ribs time and time again, so Black kicked him in the hand. Dain used a Wasteland and a Vader Bomb, but Black kicked out. Dain went for the Ulster Plantation, but Black rolled through and took Dain’s head off with the Black Mass for the win!

An excellent main event capped off a really good episode of NXT, which actually only went 46 minutes this week, as opposed to 52-58. After the show, WWE confirmed that Black will be challenging Almas at TakeOver: New Orleans on April 7th.

Until next time, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

WWE NXT results: Undisputed Era vs. Strong & Aleister Black

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The Big News: After Adam Cole laid out Aleister Black, William Regal booked them in an extreme rules match at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia.

The Medium News: Before that, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly retained the NXT Tag Team titles by defeating their replacement opponents, Roderick Strong & Aleister Black.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Shayna Baszler stomped the elbow and forearm of Dakota Kai to win her NXT debut.

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The Undisputed Era started the show with a pre-taped promo welcoming us to 2018. Kyle O’Reilly said they will take out SAnitY tonight, while Adam Cole said that he will take out anyone who stands in the way of him becoming the NXT Champion.

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WCW Saturday Night has broken out as we have invaded Center Stage in Atlanta for the next few weeks!

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Shayna Baszler defeated Dakota Kai via referee stoppage

We saw video of Baszler bullying people at the Performance Center last week. One of the women trainees was being taught how to do a rear naked choke, so Baszler volunteered to put it on her but didn’t let go after she tapped. Kai found this appalling and made the challenge for this match.

The crowd, which popped for Kai, didn’t think she stood a chance, chanting “Shayna’s gonna kill you.” Baszler used a double wrist lock and wrenched the hand and fingers of Kai. She stomped Kai’s forearm and elbow, which caused the referee to stop the match.

After the match, Baszler slapped the rear naked choke on Kai, which the referee could not break up. Finally, Ember Moon ran in and Baszler let go. Moon challenged Baszler, but she laughed and walked away.

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Akam and Rezar cut their own promo, only partly in English, saying they are going to beat both SAnitY and Undisputed Era. Paul Ellering finished by saying they will win the Tag Team titles.

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Christy St. Cloud attempted to interview Baszler, but they were interrupted by Mr. William Regal. Regal said that he sees through whatever games she is playing. Baszler just walked away, completely disrespecting the GM.

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Kassius Ohno defeated Raul Mendoza

Mendoza looked good here, but Ohno may not have been the best opponent to showcase his offense as he went over slowly a few times for his smaller, quicker foe. Ohno used a reverse Gory Special, but Mendoza sat up and used a victory roll for a two count.

Ohno ended up picking up the win with a high tension elbow strike.

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Zelina Vega told the press that Andrade “Cien” Almas would defeat Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia. Vega said Gargano is not a fighter, but an opportunist. Three people beat the crap out of each other and Gargano picked up a win over the right guy at the right time.

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St. Cloud interviewed Gargano about his upcoming title match. Gargano said a lot of people didn’t think he had a chance. Before he could continue, he was interrupted by Velveteen Dream. Dream demanded Gargano thank him, since Dream’s injury let Gargano into the tournament. Dream said Gargano doesn’t deserve his spot — Dream does — and told him to remember that.

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Lars Sullivan destroyed Lio Rush

Rush’s best offense was a good defense, and that defense was running away and not getting hit. That was a great idea for about 30 seconds. 31 seconds into the match, Sullivan caught him and it was over. Sullivan took his head off with a clothesline and then pinned him with the Freak Accident.

Sullivan cut a post-match promo saying all his opponents have fallen by his hands. He met a force he’s never faced before two weeks ago, but now he wants to destroy this force. He finished by saying he’s talking about Killian Dain. That should be a heck of a match.

Sullivan sent a message to Dain by giving Rush a Freak Accident from the middle rope.

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We were magically whisked away to the backstage area and were shown that Undisputed Era had laid out all three members of SAnitY.

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Next week: The Authors of Pain face The Street Profits.

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Undisputed Era came out, theoretically for the main event, as Fish & O’Reilly were scheduled to defend against SAnitY, but the trio seemed to have put a stop to that.

They mockingly searched the crowd for SAnitY, asking if maybe they forgot. Cole began bragging that they “kicked the chaos” out of SAnitY when Nikki Cross exploded from backstage. They needed two referees to drag her away.

Regal finally came out to confront the Tag Team Champions. He said they will be defending the belts tonight, which brought out Roderick Strong and Aleister Black! They stormed the ring and we had a fight.

Black and Strong cleared the ring and the referee rang the bell, so it was on.

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NXT Tag Team Champions Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly defeated Roderick Strong & Aleister Black to retain their titles

Black and Strong ran wild on both men for several minutes until Fish dropkicked Black on the ring apron, which is the hardest part of the ring, to take the advantage. Undisputed Era chopped down Black and worked on his leg.

Mauro Ranallo mentioned that when Fish and O’Reilly debuted Black defeated them both in singles matches. Strong finally got the hot tag and made his foes wish they were wrestling SAnitY instead. Black recovered long enough to boot Fish into the ring steps.

Cole ran in from out of nowhere to punch Black, so Black stalked Cole into the stands. With Black far away from the ring, O’Reilly and Fish laid out Strong with Total Elimination, picking up the win.

Black ran back to the ring and went on the attack, but Cole wasn’t far behind. The tag champs held Black as Cole delivered elbow strike after elbow strike, and Black was then the victim of Total Elimination. O’Reilly put a chair in the ring and Cole gave Black an AA onto the chair.

Undisputed Era celebrated up the ramp until Regal came out and informed Cole that his match with Aleister Black at TakeOver: Philadelphia would be an extreme rules match.

That does it for the first NXT of 2018. What will happen next week? Until then, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

WWE NXT results: A new number one contender is decided

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The Big News: Johnny Gargano won the number one contender’s fatal four-way to get a shot at Andrade “Cien” Almas’ NXT Championship at TakeOver: Philadelphia.

The Medium News: The Undisputed Era cost Aleister Black the title shot, setting up yet another person to be mad at them.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Shayna Baszler debuted by choking out Kairi Sane, who was challenging Ember Moon to a title match.

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The Street Profits defeated Chris Star & Riley Apex

Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford kicked off the final NXT of 2017, putting their recent winning streak on the line against Star & Apex, who were teaming on NXT for the very first time. Nigel McGuinness kept calling Apex “JBL” due to a similar physique, but this wasn’t the night for him. Ford polished him off with the Frog Splash quickly.

After the match, Dawkins and Ford went into the crowd to cut a promo. They vowed to conquer in 2018, dissing SAnitY, The Authors of Pain, and Undisputed Era, They said they’re coming for the Tag Team titles.

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NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon defeated Sonya Deville to retain her title

Asuka is the second NXT Women’s Champion forced to vacate the title when she got called up to the main roster. So, with that in mind, why would Deville be getting a title shot? If she wins she’ll be forced to vacate it. That’s one of those rules that we just constantly conveniently forget. Like how the tournament after Paige vacated the title featured four women on the main roster, which would have rendered the tournament moot if they won.

Deville locked on a kneebar in the first 30 seconds, but Moon fought free and the match was on. The fans weren’t really into Deville since no one really believed she was going to win. Shockingly, Moon retained with The Eclipse.

Kairi Sane came out after the match to imply that she wanted a title shot. Moon seemed to accept, but Shayna Baszler appeared from out of nowhere and put Kairi in a rear naked choke! Referees all ran out to finally pry the Queen of Spades off the Pirate Princess. Baszler has not forgotten the Mae Young Classic.

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Paul Ellering and The Authors of Pain were backstage. Ellering cut a promo about all the great things they have done before turning to The Undisputed Era. He said that AOP will write the next chapter. They are the law, the judge, the jury, and the executioner, finishing by saying that Undisputed Era are on borrowed time.

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Christy St. Cloud ran up to Moon to ask her opinion of what just happened. Moon didn’t really care about what Baszler did to Sane and instead said they need to make a statement in the ring if they wanted a title shot.

Not sure if this was supposed to be the start of a heel turn, but it sure came across that way.

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Next week is a two-hour NXT year-in-review episode.

In two weeks, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly defend the NXT Tag Team Championship against SAnitY.

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Johnny Gargano defeated Aleister Black, Killian Dain, and Lars Sullivan in a number one contender’s fatal four-way match

Sullivan ran wild early and caught both Black and Gargano when they attempted suicide dives on him. He threw them into the ring apron, which is the hardest part of the ring. Surprisingly, Dain’s suicide dive was not caught and Dain stood tall early on.

Sullivan continued his dominance over Black and Gargano as he heaved both of them off the entrance ramp. The ramp is, maybe, four feet in the air and they managed to shoot it like Sullivan was this gigantic monster just tossing the denizens from the top of a building.

Gargano and Black teamed up to do what they couldn’t do by themselves, as they kicked and kneed Sullivan, laying him across the announce table. Dain then appeared from out of nowhere with a running splash from the stage through Sullivan on the table.

This left Gargano and Black. Black was cheered quite a bit, but Gargano was clearly the crowd favorite and these two had such an excellent few minutes together that it made you really want to see a full match with them. Dain appeared out of nowhere to break up a Gargano Escape and ran wild until they teamed up to drop Dain with a double-team powerbomb.

At this point, Sullivan dragged himself to his feet and back to the ring. Sullivan flung Black and Gargano from the ring and then squared off with Dain. This was a true monster match, with the two Goliath men raging at one another. Black got a fifth wind and booted both of them all over the place. He hit Sullivan with Black Mass and was about to win, but Undisputed Era ran down to break it up.

Black took out Fish and O’Reilly, but Adam Cole got the best of him. Black ended up giving the big knee to the ring apron and then being laid out with a brainbuster. Gargano hit a suicide dive to Cole, sending Undisputed Era running. Outside the ring, Gargano threw Dain and Sullivan into the ring steps before hitting a slingshot DDT into the ring on Black for the win!

Johnny Gargano, who has had a roller coaster of a year to say the least, has finally won a big match. He is now the number one contender for the NXT Championship and will go to TakeOver: Philadelphia and challenge Andrade “Cien” Almas for the title.

That does it for NXT this week, and that does it for 2017! Happy New Year and thank you for another great year! I will be back in two weeks for the first new episode of 2018. Until then, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

WWE NXT results: Aleister Black takes on Adam Cole

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The Big News: Aleister Black pinned Adam Cole in the main event, advancing to the upcoming fatal four-way number one contender’s match.

The Medium News: Both Andrade “Cien” Almas and Ember Moon won their first matches after winning their respective championships.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Moon’s match was exclusive to the WWE Network, so no Moon vs. Peyton Royce on the USA Network version of the episode.

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NXT Champion Andrade “Cien” Almas (w/ Zelina Vega) defeated Fabian Aichner in a non-title match

The most unlikely NXT Champion ever kicked off the show this week as El Idolo went one-on-one with Fabian Aichner. Aichner was in the Cruiserweight Classic and has since packed on muscle and no longer qualifies for 205 Live.

In his first match since winning the title, Almas almost got upset. Aichner showed he still has some moves in him as he busted out a springboard plancha to the outside and a springboard DDT back in the ring for a near fall. Vega interfered to distract Aichner long enough for Almas to take over and eventually win with the hammerlock DDT.

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SAnitY were discussing scars and unfinished business. Eric Young said War Games was beautiful, but the outcome was not ideal. They have not left the battlefield, and next week they will finish what they started with Undisputed Era.

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The Authors of Pain defeated Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch

Once upon a time, Lorcan and Burch lost to everyone on the roster individually. Then they had a couple matches with one another and found out they hate beating the crap out of each other. So now they’ve formed a tag team that has won as many matches in NXT as I have. Meanwhile, AOP were undefeated for 14 months and have lost only one televised match.

Lorcan and Burch put up a good fight, and for one minute they looked competitive. Unfortunately, this match went longer than a minute. AOP hit the Super Collider and then pinned Lorcan with the Last Chapter.

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A video package aired for the Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate match next week. They showed highlights from their tremendous match in Chicago, which reminds me, you still need to go and watch it.

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NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon defeated Peyton Royce (w/ Billie Kay) in a non-title match

So, remember last week when I went on about NXT being on the USA Network and finished up by writing that you’re going to get to see Peyton Royce on the USA Network? Well, it turns out that when you’re right 52 percent of the time, you’re wrong 48 percent of the time and this match was exclusive to WWE Network.

Both wrestlers were fast from the start, but Moon got the best of it, culminating in a plancha to the floor on to both members of the Iconic Duo. Royce got the heat when Kay distracted Moon on the apron and Royce used a 619 to the back and ribs.

Royce looked good, but not in a way that led you to believe she would actually win. Moon picked up the win with The Eclipse.

After the match, Kay pouted but then went bat crap crazy, with her nearly booting Moon’s head off! The Iconic Duo double teamed Moon until Nikki Cross ran in for the save. Cross destroyed both Royce and Kay and sent them packing before gazing at the NXT Women’s Championship and running away.

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Last week on WWE.com, the Street Profits debuted a new segment called “Street Talk” where they talked to fans outside the arena. They bribed a kid with a free Solo cup to make him say the Street Profits would take over in 2018.

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Shayna Baszler is coming soon.

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Next week:

  • SAnitY vs. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly for the NXT Tag Team Championship
  • Pete Dunne vs Tyler Bate for the WWE United Kingdom Championship

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Aleister Black defeated Adam Cole to advance to the fatal four-way number one contender’s match

What happens when you take two people who have never lost and put them in a match where one of them has to win? You get the main event this week on NXT.

This was a well-fought match between two supremely talented wrestlers, who obviously need to learn how to work and thus are in developmental. Cole had a crossface locked on, then held it on for as long as he could to wear down his foe when Black got in the ropes. Cole should have kept his yap shut as he was running wild until he decided to trash talk, which led to Black gaining the advantage.

Cole tried to go up top for a big move, but he got kicked in mid-air. This led to an excellent series of near falls by both as they hit big move after big move and got two count after two count. Black won, almost surprisingly, with Black Mass after Cole screamed “What have you got?” at him.

Black now joins Johnny Gargano and Killian Dain as three of the four members in the fatal four-way match to determine a new number one contender.

That does it for this week, but before we go I decided to fast forward my DVR recording of NXT on the USA Network to see what was different. In addition to not airing the Moon vs. Royce match, they also didn’t air the Street Profits segment and the SAnitY interview was after the AOP match, for some reason.

Until next week, thank you for reading and remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

NXT Jacksonville, FL, live results: Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream

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Results courtesy of @SantosDrive4Sho

Estimated attendance: 300 people.

– Oney Lorcan & Big Boa defeated Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli

– Nikki Cross defeated Abbey Laith

– Kona Reeves (w/ Ming) defeated Jason

– Lars Sullivan defeated Chris Dijak (Donovan Dijak)

– Heavy Machinery & Eric Bugenhagen defeated Chad Lail, Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler

– Dan Matha defeated Nick Miller

– Ruby Riot & Sarah Logan defeated Sage Beckett & Lacey Evans

– Aleister Black defeated Velveteen Dream

NXT Largo, FL, live results: Donovan Dijak makes his debut

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Results and image courtesy of @Alexis_b82

Approximately 300 people were in attendance tonight as the Florida house show loop started up again.

– No Way Jose defeated Cezar Bononi

Jose won this one with his pop-up punch.

– Lacey Evans defeated Sarah Logan

Evans hit her “reverse piledriver” finisher.

– There was an in-ring segment with Jessie Elaban (who plays the overly excited nerdy girl) before it was interrupted by Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake. That led to the next match.

– TM61 (w/ Jessie) defeated Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake

Nick Miller and Shane Thorne won it with Thunder Valley.

– Bianca Belair defeated Rhea Ripley

Belair hit a spear to get the victory.

– Heavy Machinery defeated The Ealy Brothers

Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight used their double team strongest slam to end this.

– Nikki Cross defeated Sage Beckett

Cross hit the swinging fisherman’s neckbreaker to get the win.

– Danny Burch defeated Sawyer Fulton

Burch won by submission.

Kassius Ohno defeated Chad Lail

Ohno connected with a rolling elbow strike for the finish.

– Aleister Black defeated Donovan Dijak

This was Dijak’s first match in NXT since signing with WWE. They had a great match, which ended when Black hit the Black Mass.

NXT Ocala, FL, live results: Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream

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Results courtesy of @FLWrestlingFan

There were approximately 200 people in attendance at last night’s show.

– Roderick Strong defeated Fabian Aichner

Strong won with a rollover flapjack.

– Peyton Royce & Billie Kay defeated Dakota Kai & Sarah Logan

Royce pinned Logan after a knee to the head.

– Babatunde Aiyegbusi defeated Demetrius Bronson

Bronson cut a promo in his preacher character before the match. Aiyegbusi called out Lars Sullivan after, but he didn’t show up.

– Lacey Evans defeated Mandy Rose

Evans won by submission.

– Heavy Machinery cut a promo honoring Dory Funk Jr., who usually appears when NXT is in Ocala. Funk thanked Matt Bloom and Steve Corino, then Wesley Blake came out with Steve Cutler and said that he made Funk everything that he is. That led into a tag match between Heavy Machinery and Blake & Cutler.

– Heavy Machinery defeated Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler

– No Way Jose defeated Kona Reeves

Jose hit his pop-up punch to pick up the victory. Reeves had a big bodyguard with a gold chain.

– Oney Lorcan vs. Big Boa never happened

Lars Sullivan came out during Lorcan’s entrance and gave Boa his finisher three times. The crowd actually booed this, which they usually don’t do. Sullivan then responded to Aiyegbusi calling him out, leading to a staredown between the two as Aiyegbusi chickened out. Sullivan was back to getting cheers by the end of the angle.

– Ember Moon defeated Bianca Belair

This was a great match and showcased both. Moon won by submission.

– Aleister Black defeated Velveteen Dream

Black hit him with Black Mass for the win.

Aleister Black vs. Hideo Itami added to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn card

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Another match is official for NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.

It was announced today that Aleister Black would be facing Hideo Itami at the special. The match was set up on last night’s episode of NXT TV after Itami demanded respect and tried to take over the ring before Black’s match with Kyle O’Reilly, with Black then laying out Itami with Black Mass when he tried to attack him from behind.

WWE then uploaded video of a post-show angle where Black and Itami brawled in the parking lot after Itami tried to ambush him. Itami had been feuding with Kassius Ohno before the program with Black began.

Bobby Roode defending his NXT Championship against Drew McIntyre, Ember Moon challenging Asuka for the NXT Women’s Championship, and The Authors of Pain putting their tag titles on the line against SAnitY (Killian Dain & Alexander Wolfe) are also official for TakeOver: Brooklyn at the Barclays Center on August 19th.

Though it hasn’t been revealed on TV yet, Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas is set for TakeOver as well.

WWE NXT results: Kyle O’Reilly makes his debut

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The Big News: Aleister Black completed his sweep of reDRagon by pinning the debuting Kyle O’Reilly in a physical main event.

The Medium News: Roderick Strong still wants a piece of Bobby Roode, even though Roode has moved on to Drew McIntyre.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Asuka disrespected Ember Moon, so Moon dropped the Women’s Champion.

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Johnny Gargano defeated Raul Mendoza

Gargano came out, at first, to the DIY theme, but using the power of pointing, was able to change his theme song and titantron to something new and different. Mendoza cut a good promo (as seen last week) and I was reminded that he was in the Cruiserweight Classic. Despite being a heel last week, Mendoza came out slapping hands and playing to the crowd.

This was not an easy win for Gargano, as Mendoza got more than his fair share of offense and near falls. Mendoza went for a springboard move, but Gargano rolled outside the ropes and hit his spear into the ring. Mendoza hit a jumping enzuigiri but missed on a 450 splash. Gargano then picked up the win with the Gargano Escape.

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Up next was a video recap highlighting last week’s confrontation between The Authors of Pain and SAnitY. This led to the announcement that the two teams will square off in just 17 days at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.

Paul Ellering cut a promo, saying that he and The Authors of Pain will write the chapter on SAnitY and that SAnitY should be prepared because monsters are real.

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The reigning, defending, undisputed, and undefeated NXT Women’s Champion Asuka came out and said that she beat Ember Moon before and she’ll beat Ember Moon again. Asuka ultimately stated that Moon is not ready for Asuka.

Shockingly, Moon didn’t just sit backstage and listen. She came out to confront the champion. Moon said that ever since TakeOver: Orlando she’s been fighting to be right here where she belongs. Asuka may not agree that she is ready, but she knows she’s ready, as do all these people.

Moon said Asuka knows the truth and deep down she’s afraid of it. The truth is Asuka is not ready for Ember Moon.

Asuka stuck her hand out, but when Moon went to accept, Asuka not only pulled her hand away, but she slapped the taste out of Moon’s mouth! Moon attacked the champ, but Asuka took over again and sent Ember out of the ring in a spot that was reminiscent of the battle royal bump where Moon got injured.

Moon then got back in and laid out the champ with The Eclipse. She teased picking up the title, but decided against it, stating that she’ll get the belt when she earns it.

No one has mentioned how Asuka had to cheat to beat Moon the first time, which I thought was the key to the win in the first match.

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Next, Bobby Roode took part in a sit-down interview. Roode was asked about his cocky behavior after beating Roderick Strong last month. Roode said that Strong doesn’t belong in his NXT. He followed up by saying that Strong played the Bobby Roode Lottery and lost.

Roode laughed about Drew McIntyre being a new man and stated that next week him and McIntyre will have a sit-down confrontation in the ring. Strong exploded into the room, being held back by five guys, angry about Roode disrespecting him and his family.

Roode backed out of the room as Mr. Regal came in and yelled at Strong. Strong said he would do anything if Mr. Regal would give him Roode, but Regal said that there was nothing he could do in regards to TakeOver.

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The Street Profits are debuting next week.

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Sonya Deville defeated Jenna Van Bemel

Nigel McGuinness compared Deville to Holly Holm and Cris Cyborg. Van Bemel had quite the size advantage, but Deville was so quick that she couldn’t land a blow, with Deville doing her best Anderson Silva impersonation and dancing around.

Deville used her knee to knock down Van Bemel and tried to keep her down. Van Bemel got in a punch and an elbow eventually, but she tapped out to a triangle armbar.

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Kayla Braxton interviewed Hideo Itami backstage. Itami was mad that Kassius Ohno does not show him respect, so why should he show respect to him? Itami continued his promo, but Braxton cut him off and stated they needed to go back to the ring.

Itami ripped the microphone out of her hand, marched to the ring, and took it over. He demanded the fans show him respect, which actually quite a few did, making his promo funny in a sad way when he yelled at them for disrespecting him.

Aleister Black came out for his scheduled match, but Itami refused to surrender the ring. In a weird visual, Black was only an inch or two taller than Itami, which is weird since Itami looks a lot shorter than Black appears to be.

Itami feigned walking away, but when he turned around for a sneak attack, Black laid him out with Black Mass.

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Andrade “Cien” Almas will face No Way Jose next week.

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Aleister Black defeated Kyle O’Reilly

Black sat through the commercial break and his reward was facing the other half of reDRagon and the former ROH Champion, Kyle O’Reilly. Black defeated Bobby Fish a few weeks ago, which was also Fish’s NXT debut.

This was an excellent match. O’Reilly was made to look competitive, getting sustained offense on Black, which is not something that everyone gets to do. McGuinness mentioned that O’Reilly was in the ring with Kazushi Sakuraba, which gave Mauro Ranallo a chance to spend several minutes running down the credentials of Sakuraba and why we, as fans who may not know, should care.

O’Reilly locked on a leg lock and exchanged slaps with Black while in it, but Black got out of it with kicks to the arm and face. O’Reilly used a lot of armlocks and holds on Black’s left arm, which the fans were more into than a lot of the recent NXT matches.

Black proved that you don’t need a left arm when you can effortlessly kick your opponent in the face. He went for Black Mass, but O’Reilly caught his foot, hit a number of kicks and a punch to the face for a believable near fall.

They booted each other in the face, which just seemed to energize both men. Finally, O’Reilly booted Black in the back of the head, but Black stood straight up and dropped O’Reilly with Black Mass, giving the Dutchman the win.

That does it for yet another NXT. Until next week, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

NXT Fort Pierce, FL, live results: Aleister Black vs. Wesley Blake

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Image: @WWENXT. Results courtesy of @joshua7520.

Approximately 400 people attended tonight’s sold-out show on the Florida loop.

– Demitrius Bronson defeated Marcel Barthel

– Sage Miller & Victoria Gonzalez defeated Julia Ho & Lacey Evans

Miller was formerly known as Mary Kate in NXT and as Andrea on the indie scene.

– Babatunde Aiyegbusi defeated Sawyer Fulton

– The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defeated The Ealy Brothers

– Heavy Machinery defeated Chad Lail & Fabian Aichner

Lail was Gunner in TNA and was wrestling in his second house show match for NXT after debuting last night.

– No Way Jose defeated Kona Reeves

– Bianca BelAir defeated Dakota Kai

Kai (formerly Evie) was also wrestling in her second house show match after debuting last night.

– Aleister Black defeated Wesley Blake