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WWE NXT results: A new number one contender is decided

Posted on by Arya Witner

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: Hideo Itami vs. Oney Lorcan

Posted on by Arya Witner

The Big News: Killian Dain won his first televised singles match, defeating No Way Jose completely clean in Jose’s big return.

The Medium News: Hideo Itami and Oney Lorcan beat the ever loving hell out of each other before Kassius Ohno stuck his nose in it.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Bobby Roode and Roderick Strong officially began their rivalry.

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Heavy Machinery defeated Victor Andrews & Lars Sullivan

Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic are back to having the beeping noise in their theme song. Andrews cut a pre-match inset promo saying he was ready for this opportunity, but Sullivan slapped his shoulder and asked if he was ready.

Sullivan got more offense than anyone ever has against Heavy Machinery, including catching Knight on a crossbody and dropping him with a powerslam. Andrews insisted on tagging in and it all went downhill from there. Andrews got no offense and was the victim of the “tossing bear hug” where Knight has him in a bear hug and tosses him in the air to Dozovic.

The babyfaces kept their winning streak going with The Compacter (the assisted big splash) while Sullivan watched angrily from the apron.

After the match, Sullivan got back in the ring to put the boots to Andrews. He lifted him up and dropped him with a chokeslam, then tortured him with an over-the-shoulder backbreaker.

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Last week, No Way Jose returned and prevented Killian Dain from interfering in the Roderick Strong vs. Eric Young main event. Christy St. Cloud told them about this week’s main event afterwards. Dain said that No Way Jose is not safe.

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Roderick Strong was out next for a promo. He said the last year has been a roller coaster. He’s here on NXT, he has a beautiful fiancee and a handsome baby boy, but what took his breath away was telling everyone his story and everyone accepting him.

He thanked the fans and said his life has never been better, but the one thing he wants and needs is the NXT Championship.

This brought out the NXT Champion, Bobby Roode. It took him a full 40 seconds to walk from the curtain to the middle of the entrance ramp. He really is trying to break “slow walk” records. He pretended to cry as he said the great things Strong has. He’s finally winning matches (which got a gasp), he has a moderately attractive fiancee, and a relatively normal son.

Now Strong wants to play the Bobby Roode Lottery. In Bobby Roode’s NXT you don’t click your heels together to get title shots, you earn them. He said Strong is a good hand and maybe one day he’ll even take a selfie with Strong to show his son. His last piece of advice would be to not play the Bobby Roode Lottery because he is not man enough to win.

Strong had no rebuttal.

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Nikki Cross was banging on a locker and then violently slammed her jacket on the ground screaming about Asuka and Ruby Riot. Next week it is Asuka vs. Cross vs. Riot in a triple threat elimination match for the NXT Women’s Championship.

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We had a video package for The Authors of Pain, narrated by Paul Ellering.

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Peyton Royce defeated Sarah Logan

Logan used to wrestle a goat when she was a child — or so says Nigel McGuinness. Goat wrestling did not help her much, as Royce took her head off with a spin kick, screwed it back on, and locked on an STF.

Logan got out of it and began her comeback with a headbutt and punches to the chest. Royce came back, hit a running knee to the face, and won with a Perfect Plex.

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After last week’s loss, Andrade “Cien” Almas was going out to party when he ignored an announcer who tried to ask about his losses. Thea Trinidad came up and slapped him in the face for being a loser.

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Hideo Itami and Oney Lorcan went to a no contest

Earlier today, Itami said he is not going back to Japan after losing at TakeOver. Itami used the same hard strikes he always uses, but apparently this time it means he is taking out his frustrations on Lorcan. Percy Watson kept calling it “Kobayashi style.”

Lorcan then beat the snot out of Itami. Itami went for a GTS, but Lorcan was having none of that. He slapped and chopped Itami with full vim. Itami sold an injured knee — but he’s okay! It’s a miracle! He kicked Lorcan in the knee, stood up, and hit the Go to Sleep.

However, instead of pinning Lorcan, he dragged him to his feet and hit a second one. Itami was still angry, so he picked Lorcan up a third time and laid him out with a third GTS.

He went for a fourth one, but Kassius Ohno jogged out to stop him. Itami shoved Ohno, so Ohno shoved him right back. Ohno looked to be on the verge of tears as Itami rolled out of the ring and walked away.

The referee called for the bell and the match ended in a no contest.

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We had a Drew McIntyre video, which led to the announcement that he will be in action next week.

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Christy St. Cloud asked Ember Moon about what she thinks about the Women’s title match next week. Moon said she is going to watch the title match, but is going to take care of Billie Kay and Peyton Royce first before going back for the title.

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Killian Dain defeated No Way Jose

It was time for the main event. This is No Way Jose’s first match since SAnitY attacked him at Axxess before NXT TakeOver: Orlando. SAnitY has new theme music and it is quite awful. We were informed that Jose loves to have fun. I seriously want heel promos where they talk about how much they hate fun.

Jose got the early advantage, booting Dain to the outside. Dain stayed just long enough so we could see a commercial for 205 Live and for the first annual Great Balls of Fire. After that, Dain was back in the ring and hammering away on Jose.

Jose fought out of the Ulster Plantation (One Winged Angel) and hit a TKO, but Dain kicked out at the last possible second. Jose went for the wind-up punch, but Dain headbutted him, hit a corner dropkick, and then the Ulster Plantation for the win.

Noted by the announcers is that Dain was out here all by himself, with SAnitY backstage.

That does it for this week. Can the reigning, defending, undefeated, and undisputed NXT Women’s Champion, Asuka, retain her championship one more time next week? Until then, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

Killian Dain added to Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Posted on by Joseph Currier

In addition to the previously announced Tian Bing, at least one more wrestler from NXT will be taking part in the 2017 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on Sunday.

WWE announced on Saturday night that Killian Dain would be making an appearance in the battle royal on the WrestleMania 33 pre-show. Formerly known as Big Damo, Dain signed with WWE in 2016 before eventually being given a new in-ring name.

Dain was added to the SAnitY stable alongside Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, and Nikki Cross after he debuted on NXT TV. Those four were in action in an eight-person tag match in the opener of NXT TakeOver: Orlando on Saturday, with Dain getting the pin for his team.

This year’s Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal will be the fourth edition of the match to take place after it debuted at WrestleMania 30. Cesaro, Big Show, and Baron Corbin are the previous winners.

Dain’s addition to the match was announced in a video by Cathy Kelley:

WWE NXT results: SAnitY vs. Dillinger, Strong & Jose

Posted on by Arya Witner

The Big News: The main event six-man tag ended in a double disqualification and Heidi Lovelace (theoretically under her new name, Ruby Riot) debuted afterwards, taking out Nikki Cross.

The Medium News: After defeating Oney Lorcan in an excellent match, Andrade “Cien” Almas was told he would face Aleister Black at TakeOver: Orlando.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Kassius Ohno and Elias Samson agreed to a loser leaves NXT match.

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Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated Oney Lorcan

This match was set up last week when Almas was bullying HoHo Lun and Lorcan made the save for the little guy. These two have wrestled multiple times, with Almas winning on almost every occasion. Will that continue tonight?

Almas tried to avoid Lorcan like the plague until Lorcan tried to dive off of the ring steps outside the ring, but Almas caught him and dropped him with a powerslam to get the heat. Lorcan made a hot comeback and almost got the win with a running blockbuster, but Almas kicked out.

Almas blocked the half-and-half suplex, but got sent flying out of the ring after a series of European uppercuts.

Lorcan didn’t give Almas a breather and dove off the top rope with a senton. Back in the ring, Lorcan hit three running corner forearms and feigned exhaustion before hitting two more and hitting the half-and-half suplex…and Almas kicked out!

After a brief flurry, which included a back handspring kick to Lorcan’s head, Almas hit a vicious knee in the corner and picked up the win with the hammerlock DDT. It built to a damn good match.

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DIY cut a promo about traveling the world together. They wrestled because they loved it and this is what they always wanted to do. They said this was fate that Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa, who never teamed before, ended up getting signed by WWE and eventually becoming NXT Tag Team Champions.

They dedicated the upcoming match to all the fans that helped make them who they are.

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Another video package for Aleister Black aired.

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We finally got a video on Billie Kay, who two weeks ago was injured by The Eclipse from Ember Moon. Not sure if this is just becoming a running joke or what, but instead of updating us on Kay, we got a tweet from Liv Morgan predicting a win by Ember Moon at TakeOver.

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NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Priscilla Zuniga

Asuka has been undefeated for 17 months and has been champion for just under a year. Zuniga is not ending the undefeated streak.

Asuka was so unconcerned she cut a promo before the match saying “Ember Moon, this is your head” before kicking Zuniga’s off her shoulders. Zuniga tried to defend herself and slapped Asuka, then she tried to run away by bouncing off the ropes and right into Asuka’s hip attack.

Asuka kicked Zuniga some more, hit a delayed German suplex, and would have won with a kick to the head, but she picked Zuniga up at two. We went from kicks to knees as Zuniga got used as a punching bag and finally we got the Asuka Lock and the submission.

Asuka didn’t want to break the submission afterwards, but did when the referee waved his hands. She cut a promo in Japanese after.

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The Revival cut a promo about how they are better than all the best teams in wrestling history. Ultimately they fight for money and they don’t do flips, but they are the only team to lay out the Authors of Pain.

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Next week: Akam vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Dash Wilder.

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We got a lengthy video package building up Bobby Roode vs. Shinsuke Nakamura. It included the photo of Roode in Team Canada in TNA, with Scott D’Amore in the background. The video thoroughly recapped both men’s year since NXT TakeOver: Dallas and how it brought them both here.

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Tye Dillinger, No Way Jose, and Roderick Strong cut a promo about their six-man tag against SAnitY tonight. They said this is the first time SAnitY doesn’t have the numbers advantage.

No it’s not. They literally had a six-man tag a month ago.

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Heavy Machinery is re-debuting next week.

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Andrea D’Marco interviewed Kassius Ohno last week regarding his loss while he was leaving the arena. Suddenly, Elias Samson appeared and sung that he’ll never win the title.

Ohno said The Drifter needs an ass kicking and Samson said Ohno doesn’t belong here. This led to a challenge for a loser leaves NXT match, which was accepted.

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Aleister Black will debut at TakeOver: Orlando against Andrade “Cien” Almas, which was the subject in Almas’ promo. He said he will make Black believe in him.

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SAnitY vs. Tye Dillinger, Roderick Strong & No Way Jose ended in a double disqualification

It was then main event time. This was a rematch of the six-man tag a month ago that I guess never happened. We got a six-way brawl outside the ring before the bell rang. This somehow led to the smallest babyface, Strong, in the ring with the largest heel, Killian Dain.

Strong fared better against Alexander Wolfe and was able to tag out. He did get back in later and managed to take out Wolfe and Dain on a giant dive over the top.

Eric Young spent the early part avoiding Tye Dillinger, shouting that Dillinger will get his. He finally cut off No Way Jose after a distraction by Nikki Cross. Jose eventually battled back and made the hot tag to Roderick Strong, who went backbreaker happy.

This broke down into a six-way brawl, which caused the referee to throw it out and declare the match a double disqualification.

The babyfaces got the best of the post-match until Cross jumped on Dillinger’s shoulders. She was taken care of when a debuting woman (Heidi Lovelace) ran in and took her out. The babyfaces sent SAnitY running away as the show ended.

That will do it for this week. Next week is already the go-home show for WrestleMania weekend. Until then, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!