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Daniel Cormier to guest referee Fight Pit match at WWE Extreme Rules

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier will guest referee the Fight Pit match between Matt Riddle and Seth Rollins at Extreme Rules.

On Saturday evening, Ariel Helwani broke the news on Twitter that Cormier would be the guest referee at Extreme Rules, which takes place on October 8. Helwani also released a statement from Cormier.

“The Rollins-Riddle feud has gotten very intense and personal,” the statement reads. “There’s only one person qualified enough to oversee this brutal match at [Extreme] Rules and it’s me. I’ll see you guys in Philly next Saturday.”

WWE later commented on Twitter that more information would be revealed on Raw Monday.

A face-to-face between Rollins and Riddle is already scheduled for this Monday’s Raw. WWE in storyline has put in a no contact clause, meaning that neither can put their hands on one another or else they will be removed from the match at Extreme Rules.

Here is the lineup for this Monday’s Raw:

  • Contract signing for Bianca Belair and Bayley’s Raw Women’s Championship ladder match at Extreme Rules
  • Matt Riddle and Seth Rollins go face-to-face
  • Rey Mysterio & AJ Styles vs. The Judgment Day
  • Braun Strowman vs. Chad Gable
  • Johnny Gargano vs. Otis
  • Candace LeRae vs. Dakota Kai

WWE NXT video highlights: Ciampa vs. Thatcher Fight Pit match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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Timothy Thatcher’s Fight Pit record improved to 2-0 last night.

In the second-ever Fight Pit match, Thatcher defeated Tommaso Ciampa in the main event of last night’s NXT. Thatcher also defeated Matt Riddle in the first Fight Pit match in May 2020.

The Fight Pit match can only be won by knockout or submission. Thatcher submitted Ciampa with a stretch muffler while Ciampa’s other leg was between the cage and the ring post.

In a post-NXT video, Ciampa learned that Ashante “Thee” Adonis & Desmond Troy are out of the men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Ciampa then went to Thatcher and asked why Thatcher didn’t break his leg when he had the chance to in the Fight Pit. Thatcher responded by saying that he respects Ciampa. Ciampa then told Thatcher that there’s an opening in the Dusty Classic.

The first round of the men’s Dusty Classic continued with Kushida & Leon Ruff defeating NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory and Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado defeating Imperium last night. The women’s Dusty Classic also kicked off with Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter upsetting Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez.

More coverage from last night —

WWE NXT video highlights —

Men’s Dusty Classic first round match: Kushida & Ruff vs. Gargano & Theory

Pete Dunne sends a message to Finn Balor

Karrion Kross vs. Ashante “Thee” Adonis

Meet MSK

Men’s Dusty Classic first round match: Lucha House Party vs. Imperium

Beth Phoenix introduces the first-ever women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

Women’s Dusty Classic first round match: Catanzaro & Carter vs. Storm & Martinez

Finn Balor will team with Kyle O’Reilly against Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch next week

Bronson Reed vs. Tyler Rust

Curt Stallion & Lucha House Party brawl with Legado Del Fantasma

Drake Maverick gives a speech ahead of next week’s Dusty Classic quarterfinal match

Fight Pit match: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Timothy Thatcher

NXT fallout: Tommaso Ciampa gets examined after the Fight Pit match

NXT fallout: Ciampa wants to team with Thatcher in the Dusty Classic

NXT fallout: Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter plan on shocking the world

NXT fallout: Metalik & Dorado are ready to do good lucha things with Legado Del Fantasma

NXT fallout: Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory react to their loss