Stemming from an angle the two have been shooting on social media, Matt Cardona vs. Joey Janela has been announced for The Wrld on GCW pay-per-view on Sunday, January 23.
Playing off the Ric Flair-Randy Savage angle from WrestleMania VIII, Cardona and Janela have been going back and forth on Twitter regarding Cardona’s wife Chelsea Green. With Janela in the role of Flair, Cardona in the Savage role, and Green as Miss Elizabeth, Cardona demanded a match with Janela. That match is now set for the Hammerstein Ballroom on the 23rd, and Green will be in Cardona’s corner.
It was announced earlier today that The Wrld on GCW will be available on traditional pay-per-view in addition to FITE TV. Cardona vs. Janela is one of four matches now official for the card. Here is the lineup:
Matt Cardona (w/Chelsea Green) vs. Joey Janela
Ruby Soho vs. Allie Katch
ROH World Championship: Jonathan Gresham vs. Blake Christian
Team Bandido (Bandido, Laredo Kid & ASF) vs. Team Gringo (Gringo Loco, Demonic Flamita & Arez)
Chelsea Green has won the NWA Women’s Invitational, setting up tomorrow’s Women’s Championship match.
The last two participants in the ring were Green and Tootie Lynn, a hometown favorite. The finish had Green go for the unprettier, but Lynn countered it with a backslide. Green connected with a ripcord elbow then pinned Lynn with the unprettier to win the match. With that win, Green will now challenge Kamille for the NWA Women’s title at the NWA 73 show that will take place on Sunday.
Other participants in the match included Bianca Carelli, Debbie Malenko, Lady Frost, Jamie Senegal, Jennacide, Kiera Hogan, Masha Slamovich, and Thunder Kitty.
The full card for Sunday’s show is the following:
Nick Aldis vs. Trevor Murdoch for the NWA World Heavyweight title – if Murdoch loses, his career is over
Kamille vs. Chelsea Green for the NWA Women’s title
Chris Adonis vs. James Storm for the NWA National title
Aron Stevens and JR Kratos vs. Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf 450 for the NWA World Tag Team titles
Thom Latimer vs. Crimson vs. Tim Storm in a “Brawl in the Lou” match
12-man gauntlet battle royal to determine the number one contender for the NWA National title
Chelsea Green and WWE are in the process of resolving a dispute over the trademarking of her birth name.
On Sunday, Green tweeted, “I never thought I’d be in a legal battle for my birth given name” and that she would discuss it more on the Monday edition of her podcast.
She had given WWE consent to allow them to file a trademark on her name last November upon signing a new contract as she was called up to the main roster for SmackDown.
She then got injured and was released in April. However, WWE was apparenly trying to keep ownership of the trademark despite that being her real name.
Fightful reported that WWE reached out to Green and said they were going to release the trademark so she could use it which they also confirmed with Green. She said would elaborate more on her podcast.
Green is currently working with both Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor.
Chelsea Green will be making her NWA debut at this month’s Empower pay-per-view.
During an Instagram Live video on Tuesday night, Mickie James announced that Green will be part of the NWA Women’s Invitational Cup at Empower. The Women’s Invitational Cup will feature 10 participants, with the winner advancing to challenge for the NWA Women’s World Championship at the NWA’s 73rd anniversary PPV the next night.
Kamille is the current NWA Women’s World Champion. She’ll be defending her title at Empower.
Empower is taking place at the Chase Park Plaza hotel in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, August 28. NWA 73 will be held at the venue on Sunday, August 29.
The Women’s Invitational Cup will be the main event of Empower. Tootie Lynn and Jamie Senegal have also been announced for the battle royal.
James is the executive producer of the all-women’s Empower PPV. James has said she won’t be wrestling at Empower but will be wrestling at NWA 73.
It’s been announced that Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo will be in action at Empower.
James and Green were both released by WWE this April.
Green returned to Impact Wrestling at last month’s Slammiversary PPV. Green was also supposed to be one of the participants in ROH’s Women’s World Championship tournament, but she wasn’t cleared to compete by the Maryland State Athletic Commission. Green did commentary for the first tournament match on the latest episode of ROH TV.
Green appeared as Matt Cardona’s mystery partner at tonight’s Slammiversary PPV. Green and Cardona defeated Brian Myers and Tenille Dashwood in a mixed tag match.
It has been a busy week for Green, as she also appeared on this past Sunday’s Ring of Honor PPV, Best in the World. Green stated at Best in the World that she wanted to wrestle on that show, but was deemed unfit by the Maryland State Athletic Commission due to her wrist injury, originally suffered on WWE SmackDown in November 2020. Green was released by WWE on April 15, 2021.
Returning to her “Hot Mess” persona, Green wrestled with a cast on her arm at Slammiversary, but it was announced on the broadcast that she had been cleared for competition.
Green had a prior stint in Impact from 2016 to 2018, wrestling primarily as Laurel Van Ness. She claimed the Impact Knockouts Championship one time, beating Rosemary to win the vacant title in 2018.
While rumors had her joining Impact Wrestling, Chelsea Green’s first stop post-WWE will be in Ring of Honor as she debuted during Sunday’s Best in the World.
In her promo, the “Hot Mess” said she wanted to wrestle tonight but the Maryland Athletic Commission deemed her unfit to compete. She said when her cast came off in a month, we wouldn’t have to wait 90 days to see her in action. Fightful had reported that she had requested an early release from WWE.
She will not be part of the upcoming Women’s title tournament which kicks off on July 31st on ROH TV. Quinn McKay can earn the spot left open when Maria Kanellis-Bennett removed Vita Vonstarr if McKay can beat Mandy Leon in an upcoming match.
Green was released by WWE in April as part of a group of cuts that included Samoa Joe and The Iiconics. Green suffered a broken wrist last November while making her Smackdown debut and hasn’t been in the ring since.
In a new interview, Chelsea Green described her experiences with WWE creative, a long meeting she had with Vince McMahon and finding out when she was released last week.
Green told Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful that she was surprised by her release as she had been waiting for a return since breaking her wrist in a Survivor Series qualifying match last year on SmackDown in her main roster debut.
“I actually was totally shocked, not going to lie,” she said. “I was totally shocked. I understand it…I wasn’t used. When I was used, I broke my arm. So, I was definitely shocked.”
She noted that she didn’t go to WrestleMania 37 due to COVID-19 restrictions, but had been planning on going to SmackDown this past Friday prior to the releases that took place Thursday afternoon.
She had been called up from NXT in late 2019, but was not used on television for months. A number of ideas had popped up, including being Charlotte Flair’s protege, a “Pussycat Dolls meets Charlie’s Angels” group with Vanessa Borne and Santana Garrett, and a storyline where she would stalk Mickie James in an angle similar to the James/Trish Stratus storyline from 2005.
In regards to meeting Vince McMahon, Green recalled trying to get a meeting him, which she was able to do after waiting outside his office after four weeks. She was eventually able to pitch fifteen to twenty different ideas for her character over a half hour meeting.
“We talked about each one,” she said. “We talked about what ones would work and what wouldn’t. He asked me why I thought certain things would work and why I thought certain things wouldn’t. Two weeks later, I was in that Survivor Series qualifying match.”
When asked if she thought she would have been released if she hadn’t broken her wrist, she said no. “I’m not really one to dwell on what-ifs,” she said. “There’s a couple of what-ifs in my career that I linger on, but that’s life. And not only is that life, that is definitely pro wrestling.”
Green confirmed that she was offered a contract renewal prior to her injury and re-signed with the company for three years. She also confirmed that it was John Laurinaitis who called her with the news that she was released, citing budget cuts.
A look at how WrestleMania tickets, the COVID situation, UFC running Jacksonville all tie together is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer.
We look at WWE’s attendance goals, foreign attendance, ticket prices, Super Bowl COVID spreading, Spring break, the WrestleMania card updated, Dana White’s decision to run a full house indoor show, his planned big card, why so many people UFC fighters have gotten COVID than wrestlers, as well as a look at the most recent COVID outbreak in NXT.
Also in this issue:
New Japan Cup with coverage of all the shows of this past week, with results, notes and star ratings for all the Cup matches.
WWE’s move to Peacock and the functions, Eric Bischoff Hall of Fame story, Charlotte Flair movie starring role, Tyson Fury vs. Drew McIntyre, WWE Network gift cards, how WWE & AEW did against sports programming this past week, Canadian WWE ratings, Danny Burch injury, new WWE signees, A&E schedule for WWE programming, UFC star talks going to WWE, WWE market value, most-watched shows on WWE Network and Paul Weight talks how WWE nixed his business idea.
Saturday’s UFC show, with the stories from the fight, future direction as well as match-by-match coverage.
A story that isn’t there now, but based on things being worked on that will greatly change all combat sports as well as pro wrestling and look at what changes can and can’t be done.
A major feature on Buddy Colt, one of the biggest pro wrestling stars of the 1970s, who passed away last week. We look at his career, his similarities with an all-time legend and the plane crash that led to the end of his in-ring career. We go into detail on the crash, the injuries he and the others had, his thoughts on the business, his interaction with Muhammad Ali, his breaking in Brian Blair and what he taught him, the first interracial match in Georgia, the death of Eddie Graham and the end of Championship Wrestling from Florida and much more.
More into detail on the ratings than any other source, we have how every segment on NXT and AEW did as well as how it did with different age groups, genders and more, plus a look at all other wrestling shows of the past week.
Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week.
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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE
Garrett Gonzalez and I will be talking the latest news tonight on Wrestling Observer Radio and have John Arezzi as a guest.
UFC 262 announced on 4/24 with Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler for the vacant lightweight title (I give my thoughts on that one in the current issue) will be held at the Toyota Center in Houston and they will attempt to sell more than 18,000 tickets in the building. SportsBetting.ag is listing Oliveira as the -155 favorite.
The New Japan Cup semifinals will be at 4 a.m. Eastern tomorrow morning live from Sendai in New Japan World. The finals will be at 1 a.m. Eastern late tomorrow night also from Sendai. We’ll be doing weekend polls on both shows as well as the WWE Fast Lane show, so you can vote thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle for each show and a best and worst match to [email protected]
The lineup for the semifinal show:
Juice Robinson & Yuya Uemura vs. Jeff Cobb & Great O’Khan
Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi & Sho vs. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & Jadeo
Tetsuya Naito & Sanada & Bushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi & Douki
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White & KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi
Will Ospreay vs. David Finlay
Shingo Takagi vs. Evil
The New Japan Roku Channel stuff for this week has Hiromu Takahashi vs Ryu Lee and Sho & Yoh vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Desperado from last year in Osaka.
There is a video of Julija Stoliarenko of UFC, who fainted twice at weigh-ins going around. She made weight at 135.5, then collapsed. She was helped up and collapsed a second time. The doctors canceled her scheduled fight tomorrow against Julia Avila. This is a broken record but something needs to be done about weight cutting or there will be a major tragedy.
Tomorrow’s UFC show starts at 7 p.m. Eastern on ESPN +. At 10 p.m. the show will air on both ESPN 2 and ESPN+:
Bruno Silva (126) vs. JP Buys (126)
Montel Jackson (136) vs. Jesse Strader (137.5) – Strader forfeits 20 percent of his purse to Jackson for missing weight
Trevin Giles (185.5) vs. Roman Dolidze (185)
Leonardo Santos (155.5) vs. Grant Dawson (156)
Marion Reneau (136) vs. Macy Chiasson (136)
ESPN2 fights:
Tai Tuivasa (264.5) vs. Harry Hunsucker (249)
Kenan Song (171) vs. Max Griffin (170.5)
Adrian Yanez (1135) vs. Gustavo Lopez (136)
Cheyanne Buys (115) vs. Montserrat Ruiz (115)
Gregor Gillespie (155.5) vs. Brad Riddell (155.5)
Derek Brunson (185) vs. Kevin Holland (183)
Smackdown tonight has Michael Cole doing a face-to-face with Big E and Apollo Crews prior to their IC title match on Sunday. Edge vs. Jey Uso with the winner being the special enforcer for Sunday Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan Universal title match is the main event, plus Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax for the Smackdown women’s title.
Chelsea Green is backstage at Smackdown tonight. That doesn’t mean she’s on the show, but she is there. She’s been out of action with a broken wrist.
The NCAA wrestling tournament semifinals will be on ESPN tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern. The consolation round finals are tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. Eastern on ESPN 2. The finals are at 7 p.m. tomorrow night on ESPN.
ESPN will have a special tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. as the first part of a four-part documentary on Randy Couture. The other three parts will air on ESPN+.
Triiller promotions is announcing that they will allow 100 fans to attend the Mercedes-Benz Stadium show on 4/17 headlined by Ben Askren vs. Jake Paul in a boxing match. The 100 fans will be the only fans allowed in the arena. Too be entered into the giveaway you have to be a registered and active Triller app user, must comment on at least 30 Triller videos over a three-day video and post a video saying why you deserve to attend the show in person. Triller will provide travel, hotel and access to the show to each of the 100 winners and their guests. Complete rules are at TrillerFightClub.com
WWE
Current odds for Sunday’s Fast Lane show from BetOnline.ag
Roman Reigns -1000 vs. Daniel Bryan +525
Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax -300 vs. Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair +200
Drew McIntyre -550 vs. Sheamus +325
Alexa Bliss -200 vs. Randy Orton +150
Big E -300 vs. Apollo Crews +200
There will be a Beth Phoenix ICONS documentary that airs on 3/28 on Peacock.
UFC
Cody Garbrandt vs. Rob Font will headline a show on 5/22.
Former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw returns after a two year suspension for doping to face Cory Sandhagen in a fight that is likely to determine a title contender on 5/8.
Sijara Eubanks vs. Karol Rosa has been announced for a 6/12 PPV show.
AEW
The Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa match on Wednesday peaked at 450,000 viewers in 18-49 which was the high point of either show.
RIOT Lucha’s Coviodiotas show airs at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday from Monterrey on the Luchamania Monterrey YouTube channel. The show is free, but they are asking for donations for talent that has been out of work for a year. There is a big main event with Arez defending his RIOT title against El Hijo del Vikingo. Anyone who donates $25 or more will be put into a raffle for two Humberto Carrillo action figures that he will personally autograph.
SWE Fury TV Show Results from this week’s episode
Justin Credible vs Blood Hunter went to a no contest after Credible came to the match under the influence and unprofessionally left the match 4 minutes in.
Rene Michelle beat Myra Madrid
John Ovari and Mike Anthony beat MOE in Tag Team Competition
Rodney Mac Retained the SWE Television Championship over Chris Liland
Christi Jaynes retained the SWE Women’s Title defeating Sue Yung
Mantell beat Max Castellanos in a street fight
The full show can be seen here. The next SWE Fury TV Taping is this Saturday March 20th at the Canton Civic Center in Canton TX featuring a Battle Royal to crown a Texas Heavyweight Champion, appearances by Mark Henry, Melina, Teddy Long, Selina De La Renta and Charlie Haas. More event information is at SWEFury.com
Cage Fury, which is the promotion that C.M. Punk announces for, has shows on UFC Fight Pass on 4/1 and 4/2 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. The 4/1 show features welterweight champion Bassil Hafez (6-2-1) defending against Evan Cutts (11-4). The 4/2 show has Zulkarnaiyn Kamchybekov (4-1) vs. Jesse Smith (4-0) battling for the vacant lightweight title. Limited tickets will be on asle for both shows.
Pro Wrestling Australia runs 3/27 on FITE TV featuring Robbie Eagles & Aussie Open vs. The Velocities & Matt Diamond, plus Shazza McKenzie appears.
Bare Knuckle Boxing runs tonight on the Bare Knuckle boxing app at 9 p.m. Eastern with Leonard Garcia vs. Joe Elmore as the main event.
The PFL will be streaming content every Friday night at 9 p.m. on the Fubo Sports Network. The hour-long show will promote upcoming shows, air old footage and talk about the goings on with the promotion.
AXS will be airing the 2012 Bound for Glory show on 3/30 which was headlined by Austin Aries vs. Jeff Hardy.
Innovate Wrestling on 3/27 in Kingsport, TN at the Civic Center featuring Chase Owens vs. Gustavo Aguilar and Jordan Kage vs. Toby Farley.
KSW has their super heavyweight match at www.KSWTV.com tomorrow from Lodz, Poland. The main event has their big draw, former world’s strongest man Mariusz Pudzianowki (265 pounds) vs. Bombardier, billed as the Sengalese wrestling legend, who weighed in at 333 pounds. There is also a bantamweight title match with Artun Tacic (135) defending against Sebastian Przybysz (135).sint
Jordan Oliver vs. Simon Gotch has been added to the MLW Never Say Never show on 3/31.
Chelsea Green is undergoing surgery for the injury she suffered during her SmackDown debut.
Green debuted on SmackDown last night but suffered a broken left wrist while facing Liv Morgan, Tamina, and Natalya in a fatal four-way Survivor Series qualifying match. Morgan pinned Tamina to get the win after Green was injured early on and plans for the match had to be adjusted.
In a tweet posted this morning, Green announced that she was heading into surgery: “Just like the rest of my career, I couldn’t have an easy debut! LOL, that just wouldn’t be fit for my wild journey. I’m headed into surgery now. I am beyond devastated but so excited to be a part of @WWE team SmackDown, when I get back!”
Green’s fiance Matt Cardona (formerly known as Zack Ryder in WWE) posted on Instagram last night: “Welp…tonight was bittersweet. I’ve seen her get told no by WWE…to getting hired…to doing nothing in NXT…to finally get a NXT match but breaking her wrist during it…to getting surgery, rehabbing, coming back and still doing nothing…to getting ‘called up’…to going back to NXT…to getting ‘called up’ again…to debuting on Raw but it was a taped episode and segment was cut…to doing nothing…to finally debuting on SmackDown tonight…but breaking her wrist and needing surgery again! JESUS! But @chelseaagreen is a fighter and she will come back again and be the STAR that she is destined to be. I love you.”
Last night was Green’s first match since the May 27 episode of NXT. She had been set to be called up for months prior to debuting last night.
Chelsea Green made her SmackDown debut tonight, but an injury prevented things from going according to plan.
Green faced Liv Morgan, Tamina, and Natalya in a fatal four-way Survivor Series qualifying match on tonight’s show. Morgan won the match by pinning Tamina after Green was injured early on.
In a post on Instagram, Green announced that she broke her arm in tonight’s match : “Just another twist in my @wwe story tonight! If you wondered where I went after my entrance, here’s your answer… another broken arm. Nothing I haven’t dealt with before! I’ll be back before you know it!”
During Friday’s Fatal 4-Way Match for the opportunity to qualify for the SmackDown Women’s Survivor Series team, Chelsea Green suffered a broken left wrist.
Chelsea was taken to a local medical facility for further evaluation.
Check back with WWE.com for further details as they become available.
Green had been set to be called up for months prior to officially arriving on SmackDown tonight. There was a backstage segment on tonight’s show where Adam Pearce told Natalya that he was putting her in another Survivor Series qualifier, but Natalya wanted to be added to the team without having to qualify. After Natalya left, Green appeared in Pearce’s office. It was then announced before the qualifying match that it had been changed from a triple threat to a fatal four-way with Green added.
Prior to tonight, Green hadn’t wrestled since the May 27 episode of NXT. She teamed with Charlotte Flair to defeat Io Shirai & Rhea Ripley on that show. There was a post-show angle following that episode where Green departed the Robert Stone Brand and fired Robert Stone as her manager.
Months after being set for a main roster call-up, Chelsea Green officially debuted on SmackDown tonight.
Green took part in a fatal four-way Survivor Series qualifying match on tonight’s SmackDown. Liv Morgan defeated Natalya, Tamina, and Green in the match. Morgan pinned Tamina to get the win.
Morgan joins Bianca Belair and Ruby Riott on SmackDown’s Survivor Series women’s team. There are two spots left on SmackDown’s women’s team for their five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match against Team Raw. Shayna Baszler, Nia Jax, Mandy Rose, Dana Brooke, and Lana are on Team Raw. Survivor Series is taking place on Sunday, November 22.
Prior to tonight’s match, there was a backstage segment where Adam Pearce told Natalya that he was putting her in another Survivor Series qualifier. Natalya called herself the best of all time and wanted to be added to the team without qualifying. After Natalya left Pearce’s office, Green appeared and put her hand on Pearce’s shoulder.
The qualifying match was about to start as a triple threat between Morgan, Natalya, and Tamina, but it was announced that Green was being added to make it a fatal four-way.
Tonight was the first time Green has wrestled since the May 27 episode of NXT. There was a post-show angle after that episode where Green fired Robert Stone as her manager. WrestleTalk first reported this June that Green was being discussed for a main roster call-up.
The full lineup is set for NXT’s number one contender’s ladder match.
By winning a second chance gauntlet match on NXT tonight, Dakota Kai became the final wrestler to qualify for the ladder match. The ladder match is airing on NXT next Wednesday and will feature Chelsea Green, Mia Yim, Tegan Nox, Io Shirai, Candice LeRae, and Kai.
Shotzi Blackheart defeated Deonna Purrazzo at the start of the gauntlet match tonight. Blackheart then eliminated Xia Li, Aliyah, and Kayden Carter before the match came down to her and Kai.
Blackheart avoided interference by Raquel Gonzalez, but the distraction allowed Kai to get the win.
The ladder match was originally supposed to take place at NXT TakeOver: Tampa. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano will also air on NXT next week, with their match being billed as “Blackheart vs. Rebel Heart: One Final Beat.”
NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley is defending her title against Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 36. The winner of that match will defend their title against the ladder match winner at some point in the future.
The Big Takeaway: Chelsea Green made her Main Event debut, pinning Sarah Logan in a solid opener. Mojo Rawley saw off No Way Jose at the end of the show to round off a pretty meager first Main Event of 2020.
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Chelsea Green defeated Sarah Logan (5:20)
Chelsea Green came out as the heel here to make her Main Event debut. Having made her first appearance on Raw only a few weeks ago, 2020 could be a big year for Green.
Green has worked for most of the major US promotions despite only turning 29 this year. Like Logan, Green came up from NXT where she had mixed success, but they worked well together here.
Logan has certainly improved over the last year, but will still likely find it hard to find a role on the main roster right now. Objectively, it looks more conceivable for Green.
Green used a top rope missile dropkick and wasn’t afraid to trash talk Logan or posture to a crowd that was largely quite indifferent. She finished Logan off with an Unprettier to pick up her first main roster win.
Mojo Rawley defeated No Way Jose (6:36)
After having made a rare Raw appearance in a Christmas street fight against Kevin Owens in December, it was back to Main Event for Mojo Rawley.
Rawley came out and cut a pre-match promo. He buried the crowd, saying that they weren’t smart enough to understand what he meant and said that he was going to embarrass Jose, who he called a “clown.”
They did plenty of back and forth. And for a match that has been on Main Event countless times, they did a few new things. Jose’s top rope crossbody looked really good — even though Rawley needlessly kicked out at one. At one point, he also hit Rawley with a backstabber.
But even with numerous quick camera cuts, the finish looked poor. Rawley had whipped Jose into the corner and then completely missed him with a running forearm. Jose sold it well enough, but overall this was quite sloppy in spots.
After undergoing surgery for a broken wrist in March, Chelsea Green returned to the ring at NXT’s house show in Venice, Florida last night.
Green teamed with Deonna Purrazzo and lost to Lacey Lane & Kacy Catanzaro at Saturday’s event. It was the first time Green has wrestled since suffering the broken wrist during a dark match where she defeated Jessie Elaban at a set of NXT television tapings on March 13.
It was confirmed in October 2018 that Green, who was a former Knockouts Champion as Laurel Van Ness in Impact Wrestling, had signed with WWE. She has yet to make her NXT TV debut.
Here are the results from Saturday’s house show (estimated attendance: 300 people):
– Jeet Rama defeated Dexter Lumis
– Lacey Lane & Kacy Catanzaro defeated Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green
– Cezar Bononi defeated Ridge Holland
– Mansoor Al-Shehail defeated Denzel Dejournette
– Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch won a four-way elimination tag match
Isiah “Swerve” Scott & Dio Maddin eliminated Rocky & Boa, Dorian Mak & Riddick Moss eliminated Scott & Maddin, and Lorcan & Burch won by eliminating Mak & Moss.
