WWE NXT live results: Fatal four-way Tag Team title match

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Bryan Rose

The fourth week of NXT 2.0 takes place tonight.

The NXT Tag Team titles will be on the line as MSK defend against Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen, Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams, and The Grizzled Young Veterans in a fatal four-way match. The match was originally announced as an eight-man tag before being changed.

Tonight’s show will also feature Odyssey Jones vs. LA Knight, Indi Hartwell vs. Mei Ying, Ikemen Jiro vs. Joe Gacy, Cora Jade in action, the debut of Tony D’Angelo, and Mandy Rose vs. Ember Moon.

Rose vs. Moon will kick off tonight’s show. Last week, Rose set her sights on the NXT Women’s Championship as Toxic Attraction attacked Raquel Gonzalez following her title defense against Franky Monet. Rose laid out Gonzalez with a knee strike and then posed with Gonzalez’s NXT Women’s title belt.

We may also find out what’s next for NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa and Bron Breakker, who are on a collision course toward a match against each other.

Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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The show opened with Vic Joseph explaining that the original eight-man tag was turned into a four-way tag team match because nobody could get along.

Mandy Rose (with Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolan) defeated Ember Moon

A fine, albeit short match. Not feeling hopeful for Ember’s future in this new NXT.

Moon gained control early in the match, putting Rose in a tree of woe position. The rest of Toxic Attraction pulled her out of the ring. Moon responded with a tope suicida that took out Jayne. Rose cut off Moon as she was re-entering the ring and hit a reverse suplex for a two count. Rose was in control until Moon cut her off with a punch.

Moon went to the middle rope and connected with a codebreaker for a nearfall. She missed the Eclipse then walked right into a knee strike by Rose and was pinned.

On commentary, Beth Phoenix said that Adam will handle their business, in reference to the angle on SmackDown where Seth Rollins invaded Edge and Beth’s house.

Legado Del Fantasma bragged about taking out Hit Row, who are now moving to SmackDown as a result of the Draft. Escobar challenged Swerve for the NXT North American Championship.

LA Knight defeated Odyssey Jones

Basic match, but I thought Jones looked very good here for what they want him to do. The finish was WWE 101 booking where the guy is on offense for the bulk of the match then loses after taking one move, which is ludicrous.

Crowd chanted for Jones as the match started. Jones splashed Knight and threw him around like a ragdoll in the ring. Knight exited the ring as Jones stalked Knight, who found an opening by tripping Jones, sending him to the middle turnbuckle.

Knight remained in control until he tried to bodyslam Jones, who responded by splashing Knight in a counter. Jones hit a knee to the gut when Andre Chase appeared on the apron to distract Jones. This allowed Knight to plant Jones with a reverse cutter for the win, with Chase holding down Jones’ foot.

McKenzie Mitchell interviewed Cameron Grimes, who put over all the current romances going on in NXT. He said that he was on a search to find a lucky lady. Pete Dunne and Ridge Holland walked in. Dunne said he was the baddest man in NXT. He challenged Grimes to a match. Grimes ignored him and instead started to chat with some ladies nearby.

Kyle O’Reilly walked up to Von Wagner in the locker room and asked why he’s had his back for the last two weeks. Wagner referred to himself in the third person strangely and said that O’Reilly has heart. O’Reilly said after the last year, he doesn’t trust anybody and told Wagner to stay out of his way.

Tommaso Ciampa came out for a promo. He said Halloween Havoc returns October 26 on NXT, and the champ needs an opponent. He mentioned one man in particular who says he’s not a patient man and that he wants to be the flag bearer in NXT. Ciampa said actions speak louder than words. He asked who had the balls to take the NXT title from him.

This brought out Bron Breakker. He told Ciampa that he’s shown nothing for respect for him. He wants to be the NXT Champion. He said he has the biggest balls in the locker room and that he and the crowd want the title shot. Ciampa said the difference between him and Breakker is that Breakker wants the NXT title, but Ciampa needs it. He told Breakker that he has three weeks to go from an intern to a PHD, accepting his challenge.

It is hilarious that Breakker is a Steiner with a capital S, looking like his father, wrestling like a Steiner and cutting promos just like Scott, yet everyone on TV is banned from stating the obvious. The WWE Universe is a universe completely disconnected from ours.

Joe Gacy in a backstage promo said that while social media crashed, he knew one platform that won’t crash: NXT 2.0. He will use the ring as our safe space, conflict can be resolved peacefully and that yes, there can be two winners.

Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta were talking about how many condoms Hartwell used during her honeymoon backstage when they opened a creepy door they saw was filled with smoke. Mei Ying and Boa were inside, with Boa telling them to get out.

Joe Gacy defeated Ikemen Jiro

Another short match. They are 100% into this Gacy gimmick.

Gacy offered a handshake, with Jiro accepting. After Ikemen connected with a strike, Gacy told Jiro to hit him again. Commentary mentioned that Gacy has received national attention as a result of what WWE thinks are woke promos. Gacy hit a clothesline in the corner, then a suplex. Ikemen cut him off with a sloppy DDT then used his jacket for a comeback.

Ikemen hit a nice hurricanrana off the top rope but missed a knee strike. Gacy springboarded off the ropes then planted Ikemen with a clothesline for the win.

After the match, Gacy lifted Ikemen to his feet and hugged him. Ikemen looked confused. As Gacy was walking to the back, a creepy bald man stared at him in the stands. Turns out, the creepy bald man was in fact Parker Boudreaux, who looked unrecognizable. He is going under the name Harland in NXT.

Cora Jade, whose gimmick is “skateboarder”, is up next.

Duke Hudson is now a professional poker player. In Duke’s Poker Room, we don’t discriminate, you see. THIS IS 1990s WWF SUPERSTARS.

Cora Jade defeated Franky Monet

Another short match. Like with Ember, I think things aren’t looking good for Franky if she isn’t called up soon.

Cora Jade came to the ring on a skateboard with a song that was straight up off of a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game from 1999. Virginia Perry, who was supposed to wrestle her, was suddenly jumped by Franky Monet, who was just standing there for…reasons?

Monet was in total control from the start, hitting knees in the corner. Trey Baxter suddenly popped up at ringside supporting Jade. Jade missed a splash in the corner and tried to rally back but Monet cut her off. Monet went for her finish but Jade rolled her up and pinned Monet.

All the tag teams in the tag team title match attacked one another backstage. Vic Joseph said that the title match was now elimination style.

Ciampa was cutting a promo when Gacy walked up to him and said he had toxic energy. He speaks for a voice struggling to be heard and basically said he wanted a title match. Ciampa said if Gacy beats him next week, he can be in the Halloween Havoc title match. Ciampa told Gacy that the ring won’t be a safe space for him next week.

Raquel Gonzalez looked mad as she was walking into the Performance Center.

Pete Dunne defeated Cameron Grimes

I liked this while it lasted, but it did not last long, the theme to most NXT TV matches these days.

Grimes started in control, but Dunne cut him off with a clothesline. He manipulated Grimes’ fingers but Grimes fought back, only to get taken down. Dunne missed a knee in the corner, allowing Grimes to make his comeback. He went to the top rope with a clothesline for a nearfall.

The two traded offense until Holland took Dunne out of the ring. O’Reilly was the latest person to appear out of thin air to attack Holland, who responded by throwing O’Reilly over the announce table. Amongst all the confusion, Dunne was able to hit the Bitter End on Grimes for the win.

O’Reilly jumped Dunne after the match, but he and Holland quickly took him out like he was nothing.

Tony D’Angelo, who has connections, is up next.

Hit Row vignette. Top Dolla made it clear they were not running away from Legado Del Fantasma. B-Fab told Elektra next time she won’t be so nice. Swerve accepted Escobar’s North American title challenge.

Von Wagner was shown helping O’Reilly to his feet after he was laid out.

Tony D’Angelo defeated Malik Blade

Not good at all. D’Angelo is nowhere near close to be on NXT television. However long this match went, it needed to be cut in half.

D’Angelo came to the ring wearing a velvet tracksuit. The crowd liked D’Angelo. Blade cut him off, hitting a dropkick that sent him out of the ring. D’Angelo was able to make a comeback. D’Angelo is not ready for NXT TV by any stretch of the imagination. Blade cut him off again and hit a crossbody for a nearfall. D’Angelo tripped Blade into the turnbuckle, hit a belly-to-belly suplex, then pinned Blade with a northern lights suplex, then slowly followed with a twisting fisherman’s buster.

Backstage, Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams talked about the tag team title match. Hayes brought up he didn’t even cash in his Breakout title contract. Williams clarified they were bout it bout it.

Indi Hartwell defeated Mei Ying

Bad. Add the 10,000 year old lady who was trained by dragons to the list of people not long for this version of NXT.

The two had a very long feeling out process until Ying was able to take control with a neck hold, then eventually a nerve choke. Mei Ying shoved Hartwell into the turnbuckle outside of the ring. Persia Pirotta was the 36346th person to appear out of thin air and distracted Mei Ying, leaving the opening for Hartwell to post her in the corner. This allowed Hartwell to pin Ying after a springboard elbow.

Backstage, Lash Legend said if you thought last week’s show was great, next week she will spill some hot tea that will make the Urban Meyer story seem tame. I am not a football guy, but Meyer I believe is a coach for the Jaguars. Who owns the Jaguars? Hmm. Anyway, Tony D’Angelo walked in and wanted to be part of next week’s show. Lash seemed interested, then talked about how she shut down Facebook and Instagram yesterday.

A Diamond Mine promo aired introducing every member of the stable, I guess for those who are new. Considering last week’s rating, there are not many new people watching this.

Raquel Gonzalez came down to the ring for a promo. She dared Mandy Rose to try and touch her title again. This brought out Toxic Attraction. Rose said she used to admire Gonzalez, but now she just comes off as desperate, knowing her title reign is about to come to an end. She said Toxic Attraction are taking over. Gigi Dolan said that they are championship material, and you can’t stop but look in awe of us. Gonzalez brought up the stitches she gave Dolan last week, which Dolan did not like.

Jacey Jayne said that we can add jealousy to go with being desperate. Jayne said that they are all over Raw and SmackDown and we are the face of NXT. Soon, they’ll be holding all the gold in NXT. They are not just Toxic Attraction, they ARE the attraction.

The trio then circled around the ring as Rose asked if they should have some fun. Zoey Stark and Io Shirai entered for the save, daring Toxic Attraction to attack. They backed down as the babyfaces stood in the ring.

O’Reilly was icing his shoulder when Von Wagner walked up to him and said whether he likes it or not, he is the only one that has O’Reilly’s back and they are taking on Pete Dunne and Ridge Holland next week.

Gonzalez, Stark, and Shirai were backstage talking about how they didn’t like Toxic Attraction more than they didn’t like each other. Hartwell and Pirotta walked up and told the Tag Team Champions that they wanted a title match as well. I guess Johnny Garango and Candice LeRae have just disappeared and we’re moving on from The Way.

MSK defeated Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake), Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs, and Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams to retain the NXT Tag Team titles

This had no choice but to be the best match on the show. Everyone looked good, even Jensen and Briggs. They are clearly green, but they looked good and did what they needed to do to be the powerhouse team in the match.

Everyone tagged in early and did their stuff. Most of it looked good. Briggs and Jensen ended up gaining control, and allowed Wes Lee to hit a running tope con hilo to the floor, taking out Hayes and Williams. MSK pinned Williams with an assisted neckbreaker off the top rope, scoring the first elimination.

Back from the break, Zack Gibson of the Grizzled Young Vets controlled Wes Lee. Drake was tagged in and took control, but MSK cut them off, with Nash Carter hitting a moonsault off the turnbuckle and to the floor, taking out the GYV. Jensen was able to tag in and quickly pinned Gibson with an assist from Briggs. That left MSK and Jensen & Briggs.

Briggs hit Lee with a big boot, with Jensen planting him with a side Russian leg sweep at the same time. The two controlled Lee, hitting a double chokeslam. Carter hit a big crossbody to the floor, taking out Jensen. In the confusion, Lee was able to get a victory roll over Briggs for the pin and to retain the titles.

Jensen and Briggs grabbed the titles after the match. They gave them to MSK as they left, establishing themselves as babyfaces. As they were leaving, Imperium (Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner) ran in and attacked MSK. Jensen and Woods came in and chased away the heels, helping MSK to their feet as the show ended.

Final Thoughts:

Well, let’s see what I can remember.

I said this on Twitter as the show was going on, but this was like if WCW Nitro booked by Vince Russo had a lovechild with 1992 WWF Superstars. Goofy gimmicks, wrestlers not even close to being ready for national television, 2 minute matches and lots of tall, good-looking people are all over this show. It’s hard to absorb anything when so much happens. I think it’s the end result of a bunch of corporate people plus Kevin Dunn and Bruce Prichard trying to figure out how to draw in the 18-49 demographic. This is what they think will work. I guess we’ll see if they’re right.

On the plus side, we have some things announced for Halloween Havoc in a few weeks and there’s a clear direction. So there’s that. The old NXT guard isn’t going to like this. But WWE doesn’t want the old NXT guard. They’ve given that floor to AEW to run away with after years of attempting, and utterly failing, to thwart them. WWE corporate wants…this. And this is what they’ll get.

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WON NEWSLETTER: October 4, 2021 Observer Newsletter: WWE Extreme Rules review, G1 Climax updates

WWE’s Extreme Rules show on 9/26 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH was decent. Most of the matches were good, but there was nothing blow away.

The show was built around two bouts, Roman Reigns vs. Demon Finn Balor for the Universal title and Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair for the women’s title. Both had gimmicked finishes.

The Demon match ended with Demon ont the top rope when the top rope suddenly collapsed and he fell into the ring injured, and got pinned by a spear. The bout had been the most exciting on the show, but at one point the idea was that Demon had died. Then his music played and he acted as though he was resurrected, and in fact, that was the verbiage used, and he made a comeback until the rope broke.

In the Smackdown women’s title match, Belair powered out of the disarmer and set up the KOD when Sasha Banks ran into attack Belair for the DQ. Banks also laid out Lynch after the match to set up a three-way program.

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WWE

The eight-man tag match that was previously planned for tonight’s NXT is now off. Instead, a four-way tag team match between MSK, Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams, Grizzled Young Veterans, and Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen will take place. Mei Ying vs. Indi Hartwell has also been added.
A number of wrestlers were not drafted following the conclusion of the 2021 WWE Draft last night on Raw. Those wrestlers include Asuka, Bayley, Elias, Eva Marie, Gran Metalik, Lacey Evans, Lince Dorado, Shane Thorne, Titus O’Neil, John Cena, and Shane McMahon. Per the rules of the draft, they are now free agents and can sign with the brand of their choosing.
Dana Brooke commented on the reaction to Corey Graves’ comments regarding her on Raw. Writing on Instagram: “You cannot entertain everything regardless if its INDIRECT or DIRECT! Let people do what they do best. TALK. Ya’ll act like ya’ll gone die because somebody said something about you. IT IS NOT THAT DEEP! You cannot stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. ONCE you entertain a clown, you BECOME ONE.
Matches taped for WWE Main Event include Karrion Kross vs. Ricochet and T-Bar & Mace against The Viking Raiders.
Escape the Undertaker, an interactive WWE film featuring Undertaker and The New Day, is now available for streaming on Netflix.
Big E talked to ComicBook about filming the new movie, while also talking about becoming the WWE Champion. When asked if he has had the chance to take in the moment, Big E replied “A little bit. I’m not sure it’s entirely sunken in yet. It’s still very cool. As much as I think I’m ready for this, and I feel very confident in that in many ways, and I keep saying this but, in many ways, I still harken back to being a failed former football player who took this job on a whim. I’m just a guy who likes being obnoxious, doing splits in rings and making people laugh. For some reason, they took me seriously enough to put me in this position. That is pretty cool. But yeah, it’s only been a couple weeks, maybe a little over a couple weeks, but it’s been, I think it’s been a good start. Like you said, man, already, in these few weeks, we’ve done stuff. We’ve had a tag match, a dream match with The Bloodline, a triple threat that you could also, that’s a WrestleMania caliber match with Roman (Reigns) and Bobby (Lashley) and, like you said, the cage match with Bobby.I feel like I’ve had four months’ worth of programs and pay-per-view caliber matches in a few weeks, but I’ve had a lot of fun doing it. It’s been a lot of work, as they tell you, with interviews and media, but it’s been fun, man, and everyone’s been so kind. I’m trying my best not to squirm and bristle and deflect with the compliments. I’m trying to do a better job accepting my flowers. So, it’s been really cool to have so many people be so kind, and it’s been a good start so far.”
Rhea Ripley spoke to Sports Illustrated about being herself in WWE.
Tommaso Ciampa spoke to Metro about meeting Vince McMahon and Triple H for the first time.
Drew McIntyre talked to DAZN about future programs with Roman Reigns and Big E.
McIntyre also spoke to Sportskeeda on his plans for the Royal Rumble
The King of the Ring special that aired on Fox this past Saturday is now available for streaming on Peacock.
The company is currently hiring for a Senior Production Assistant – Social Media, NXT, and Manager, Live Event Booking.
Matches added to WWE’s YouTube page include AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura from the May 18, 2018 edition of SmackDown, JBL vs. Batista from WWE No Mercy 2008, and Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels from Cyber Sunday 2007.

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AEW’s Road to Dynamite for this week, focusing on the Sammy Guevara vs. Bobby Fish TNT title match and Hikaru Shida looking for her 50th AEW win.
GCW owner Brett Lauderdale on Twitter: “I try not to be that guy but sometimes there are exceptions. I will be making a major announcement, the biggest announcement in GCW history, on Saturday in Atlantic City at #MOXvsGAGE.”
ABC 6 in Philadelphia has a story on Bryan Danielson prior to Dynamite heading to the area on Wednesday. He talked about the differences between AEW and WWE. I mean there’s a litany of differences. But I think this is one of the things that drew me to AEW and why I kind of wanted to come to AEW: It’s that AEW is a wrestling-first company; it’s a wrestling company for wrestling fans. Sometimes WWE is more just based on general entertainment where they want to reach as many casual viewers as possible, where I think AEW is like ‘hey, if you love wrestling, here’s this.’ But also even if you’re not a wrestling fan, we’re putting on wrestling, and the wrestling itself is going to bring you in. If you were to do a comparison just watching the shows, you’ll see that there’s a lot more wrestling in the two hours of Dynamite than there is even in a three-hour WWE Raw. Sometimes there’s more wrestling on an AEW Dynamite show than there is in RAW and SmackDown combined. So that’s one of the things that drew me to it because as a fan, when I was in high school everybody loved the Rock and (‘Stone Cold’) Steve Austin. They were my least favorite people because all they did was talk.
Britt Baker was a guest on Oral Sessions with Renee Paquette. Baker said that Adam Cole had told her that WWE was interested in her. “It’s no secret because he’s [Adam Cole] already said it by now so cat’s out of the bag, I’m not gonna get in trouble — that WWE was definitely poking the bear a little bit through him recently, when I was still signed with AEW,” she said (h/t Post Wrestling). You know, ‘Let Britt know we’re really interested in her.’ Without teetering the lines of contract tampering, they definitely let me know they had interest in me but, wasn’t a mutual thing. I’m very happy at AEW and very content and thankful for all the opportunities I’ve had there and this is where I wanna stay.”
The Philadelphia Enquirer has a paywalled article on CM Punk.
Slam Wrestling has an article on Jim Davies, the former Stampede Wrestling announcer that passed away in August due to COVID-19 complications.
Heels on the Starz network averaged 73,000 viewers on Sunday, down from 93,000 a week prior.
AEW wrestlers will be part of the New York Comic-Con taking place this weekend.
Sammy Guevara’s latest vlog.
David Arquette is teaming with Remarkable Entertainment to open up his own circus.

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WWE NXT video highlights: Tag title matches, in-ring debuts, more

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Joseph Currier

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Last night’s NXT was the final episode of the show before the brand’s revamp kicks off next week.

An NXT Tag Team title match headlined the episode, with MSK retaining their titles against Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch. Pete Dunne and Ridge Holland then turned against Lorcan and Burch and laid them out after the match. In a post-show interview, Dunne and Holland explained that they attacked Lorcan and Burch because they were dead weight.

The NXT Women’s Tag Team titles were also on the line last night. In their first title defense, Io Shirai & Zoey Stark defeated Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter. Mandy Rose, Gigi Dolin, and Jacy Jayne then attacked Catanzaro and Carter on the stage.

Tian Sha’s Mei Ying and Diamond Mine’s Julius & Brutus Creed made their NXT in-ring debuts on the show. Plus, Kay Lee Ray defeated Ember Moon, Santos Escobar defeated Carmelo Hayes, and we saw footage from InDex’s bachelor and bachelorette parties ahead of their wedding next week.

Two matches were also announced for next Tuesday’s NXT. A fatal four-way match between Dunne, Tommaso Ciampa, Kyle O’Reilly, and LA Knight will decide the first challenger for Samoa Joe’s NXT Championship. The NXT Women’s Championship will be on the line next Tuesday as Raquel Gonzalez defends against Franky Monet.

More coverage from last night —

WWE NXT video highlights —

Ember Moon vs. Kay Lee Ray

Indi Hartwell’s bachelorette party

Carmelo Hayes vs. Santos Escobar

A fatal four-way number one contender’s match will decide Samoa Joe’s first challenger

Julius & Brutus Creed vs. Chuckie Viola & Paxton Averill

Legado del Fantasma won’t catch Hit Row slipping again

Shirai & Stark vs. Catanzaro & Carter for the NXT Women’s Tag Team titles

Dexter Lumis’ bachelor party

Franky Monet will challenge for Raquel Gonzalez’s NXT Women’s Championship next week

Mei Ying vs. Virginia Ferry

MSK vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch for the NXT Tag Team titles

NXT fallout: Dunne and Holland say Lorcan and Burch were dead weight

NXT fallout: Diamond Mine celebrate Julius & Brutus Creed’s debut

NXT fallout: Kay Lee Ray is headed all the way to the top

NXT fallout: Legado del Fantasma send a message to Hit Row

NXT fallout: Dexter Lumis helps Johnny Gargano dominate in Skee-Ball

Tag Team title match announced for NXT Great American Bash

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Joseph Currier

The NXT Tag Team titles will be on the line at the Great American Bash.

On tonight’s NXT episode, it was announced that MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) will defend their NXT Tag Team titles against Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher at the Great American Bash. The show is taking place on Tuesday, July 6 and is a special episode of NXT.

Ciampa & Thatcher were set up as the top contenders to MSK’s titles by defeating The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) in a tornado tag match in the main event of last week’s NXT.

Ahead of Great American Bash, there will be a face-to-face segment with MSK and Ciampa & Thatcher on NXT next Tuesday.

MSK have been NXT Tag Team Champions since winning the titles in a triple threat match against The Grizzled Young Veterans and Legado del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver this April. The titles were vacant heading into that match.

It was also announced tonight that NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell will defend their titles at the Great American Bash. Io Shirai & Zoey Stark, NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai, and Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon will face off in a triple threat tag match on NXT next Tuesday to determine LeRae & Hartwell’s challengers for the Great American Bash.

Here’s the updated Great American Bash card:

Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly
NXT Tag Team Champions MSK defend against Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher
NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell defend against either Io Shirai & Zoey Stark, Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai, or Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon

Winner-take-all six-man tag set for NXT TakeOver: In Your House

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Joseph Currier

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The NXT North American Championship and NXT Tag Team titles will be on the line in a winner-take-all six-man tag match at TakeOver: In Your House.

On tonight’s NXT, it was announced that NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed & NXT Tag Team Champions MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) will face Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) in a six-man tag match at TakeOver: In Your House this Sunday. If Reed & MSK win, they’ll retain their titles. If Legado del Fantasma win, Escobar will become the NXT North American Champion and Mendoza & Wilde will become the NXT Tag Team Champions.

Reed defeated Johnny Gargano in a steel cage match to win the North American Championship on NXT three weeks ago. MSK have been NXT Tag Team Champions since winning the titles at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver this April.

Legado del Fantasma confronted Reed on NXT two weeks ago and were about to attack him, but MSK came out to even the odds. Reed and MSK then sent Escobar, Mendoza, and Wilde packing.

Reed returned the favor during MSK’s NXT Tag Team title defense against Mendoza & Wilde last week. After Escobar interfered, Reed charged at Escobar and squished him against the barricade. MSK then defeated Mendoza & Wilde to retain their Tag Team titles.

MSK again came out to back up Reed during a confrontation with Legado del Fantasma on tonight’s NXT. Legado del Fantasma bailed when MSK entered. Escobar then proposed the winner-take-all six-man tag match for TakeOver — and Reed & MSK accepted the challenge.

This is the fifth match to be announced for Sunday’s TakeOver: In Your House event. Here’s the updated card for the show:

NXT Champion Karrion Kross defends against Kyle O’Reilly, Pete Dunne, Johnny Gargano, and Adam Cole in a fatal five-way match’
NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez defends against Ember Moon
Winner-take-all six-man tag match: NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed & NXT Tag Team Champions MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) defend against Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde)
Ladder match for the Million Dollar Championship: Cameron Grimes vs. LA Knight
Mercedes Martinez vs. Xia Li

WWE NXT Tag Team title match set for June 1

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Joseph Currier

Legado del Fantasma are next in line for a shot at MSK’s NXT Tag Team titles.

NXT Tag Team Champions MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) will defend their titles against Legado del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) on the Tuesday, June 1 episode of NXT. The announcement was made by NXT general manager William Regal after Mendoza & Wilde defeated Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher on NXT tonight.

Regal said he’s not quite happy with how Mendoza & Wilde got there, but they’re now the number one contenders to MSK’s NXT Tag team titles. Mendoza & Wilde defeated Ciampa & Thatcher after The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) interfered and attacked Ciampa while the referee’s attention was turned away.

Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Mendoza & Wilde) defeated Kushida & MSK in a six-man tag match on NXT three weeks ago. Mendoza pinned Carter to get the win.

MSK became NXT Tag Team Champions by defeating Gibson & Drake and Mendoza & Wilde in a triple threat match at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver last month. Lee pinned Gibson to win the match. The NXT Tag Team titles were vacant going into that match after Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch had to relinquish them due to Burch suffering a separated shoulder.

MSK have made one title defense since becoming NXT Tag Team Champions. They retained against Drake Maverick & Killian Dain.

NXT TakeOver video highlights: Two new champions crowned

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Joseph Currier

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NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver kicked off with two new champions being crowned on night one.

In the main event, Raquel Gonzalez defeated Io Shirai to become NXT Women’s Champion and end Shirai’s 300-plus day title reign. MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) also defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) and Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) in a triple threat match last night to win the NXT Tag Team titles. The tag titles had been declared vacant after Danny Burch suffered a separated shoulder last month.

WALTER retained the NXT United Kingdom Championship by defeating Tommaso Ciampa in a violent battle, Pete Dunne staked his claim as the best technical wrestler by defeating Kushida, and Bronson Reed won a Gauntlet Eliminator match to become the number one contender to Johnny Gargano’s NXT North American Championship. Reed will challenge for Gargano’s title at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night two tonight.

More coverage from last night —

NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night one video highlights —

TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night one pre-show

Nita Strauss performs the national anthem

Kushida vs. Pete Dunne

Gauntlet Eliminator match

WALTER vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT United Kingdom Championship

Franky Monet is coming to NXT next Tuesday

Johnny Gargano says TakeOver night two will be a different story for Bronson Reed

MSK vs. Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Legado Del Fantasma for the NXT Tag Team titles

Io Shirai vs. Raquel Gonzalez for the NXT Women’s Championship

NXT TakeOver fallout: Io Shirai gets an ovation from the crowd after her loss

NXT TakeOver fallout: Raquel Gonzalez knew she’d be here one day

NXT TakeOver fallout: MSK were destined to do this

NXT TakeOver fallout: MSK appear on the TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Watch Along

NXT TakeOver fallout: Tommaso Ciampa lost again on the big stage

NXT TakeOver fallout: Bronson Reed is representing himself and his entire country

New tag team champions crowned at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Joseph Currier

Less than three months after making their debut, MSK are NXT Tag Team Champions.

At NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night one tonight, MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) and Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) in a triple threat match to win the NXT Tag Team titles. Lee pinned Gibson after MSK hit a double-team corkscrew blockbuster with Lee jumping from the second rope.

The NXT Tag Team titles were declared vacant last month after Danny Burch suffered a separated shoulder. Before having to relinquish the titles, Burch & Oney Lorcan had been the NXT Tag Team Champions since October of last year.

MSK (former Rascalz Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) made their NXT debut as entrants in this year’s men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. They won the tournament, defeating Isaiah “Swerve” Scott & Jake Atlas, Drake Maverick & Killian Dain, Legado Del Fantasma, and The Grizzled Young Veterans along the way.

Tonight was the first time MSK have wrestled since Lee suffered a broken hand while facing The Grizzled Young Veterans in the Dusty Classic finals this February. In storyline, Lee’s injury was blamed on an attack by The Grizzled Young Veterans. MSK were supposed to challenge Burch & Lorcan for the NXT Tag Team titles last month, but that was delayed due to Lee’s injury. Burch & Lorcan vs. MSK then never happened due to Burch separating his shoulder.

New NXT tag champs to be crowned at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Joseph Currier

WWE has revealed how NXT’s next Tag Team Champions will be decided.

On tonight’s episode of NXT, it was announced that MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter), The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake), and Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) will face off in a triple threat match at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night one. The winning team will become the new NXT Tag Team Champions.

The NXT Tag Team titles were declared vacant after Danny Burch suffered a separated shoulder while teaming with Oney Lorcan against Finn Balor & Karrion Kross in the main event of last week’s NXT. It was said tonight that Burch is expected to be out of action for six months.

Lorcan & Burch had been NXT Tag Team Champions since winning the titles from Breezango in October of last year.

MSK defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans in the men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals at TakeOver: Vengeance Day last month. MSK were supposed to challenge for Lorcan & Burch’s Tag Team titles on NXT three weeks ago, but that didn’t happen due to Lee suffering a broken hand. In storyline, the injury was blamed on an attack by The Grizzled Young Veterans.

Mendoza & Wilde defeated Breezango on NXT last week.

Legado Del Fantasma’s Santos Escobar is also set for action at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver. NXT Cruiserweight Champions Escobar and Jordan Devlin will face off in a title unification match at night two of the event.

TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night one will air live on the USA Network on Wednesday, April 7. Night two will be live on Peacock in the United States and live on the WWE Network everywhere else. Night one will be headlined by Io Shirai defending her NXT Women’s Championship against Raquel Gonzalez, while night two will be headlined by Balor defending his NXT Championship against Kross.

MSK’s Wes Lee suffered broken hand at WWE NXT TakeOver

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Joseph Currier

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MSK’s Wes Lee suffered a legitimate broken hand at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day last month.

On the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer confirmed that Lee suffered a broken hand on one of his dives during the match where MSK (Lee & Nash Carter) defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) in the men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals at TakeOver: Vengeance Day.

MSK were set to challenge for Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch’s NXT Tag Team titles on NXT this Wednesday, but that match won’t be taking place on the episode due to Lee’s injury. There was a backstage segment on last week’s NXT where The Grizzled Young Veterans attacked MSK. Gibson then cut a promo later in the show saying that Lee suffered a broken hand when The Grizzled Young Veterans used a steel chair during the attack. Drake claimed that The Grizzled Young Veterans had been given a “hefty fine” for attacking MSK.

It was said on last week’s NXT injury report that Lee wasn’t cleared to compete due to his broken hand. Lee also shared pictures of his X-Rays on social media.

MSK (former Rascalz Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) made their NXT debut in this year’s men’s Dusty Classic. They defeated Isaiah “Swerve” Scott & Jake Atlas, Drake Maverick & Killian Dain, Legado Del Fantasma’s Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde, and The Grizzled Young Veterans during the tournament.

This Wednesday’s NXT will feature women’s Dusty Classic winners Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez challenging for Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s WWE Women’s Tag Team titles.

The Grizzled Young Veterans attack MSK on WWE NXT

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Joseph Currier

One of the Tag Team title matches that had been announced for next week’s NXT may no longer be taking place on the episode.

Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) had been set to challenge for Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch’s NXT Tag Team titles next Wednesday, but there was a backstage segment on tonight’s show where MSK were attacked by The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake). Gibson later cut a promo and claimed that Lee’s hand had been broken when Gibson used a chair in the attack.

Drake said The Grizzled Young Veterans had been given a “hefty fine” by NXT general manager William Regal following the attack.

WWE didn’t address the status of the Lorcan & Burch vs. MSK NXT Tag Team title match, but it wasn’t promoted for next week’s show after the backstage attack. Women’s Dusty Classic winners Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez will challenge for Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s WWE Women’s Tag Team titles on NXT next Wednesday.

MSK (former Rascalz Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) made their NXT debut in this year’s men’s Dusty Classic. They defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans in the tournament finals at TakeOver: Vengeance Day earlier this month. This was the second straight year that The Grizzled Young Veterans lost in the Dusty Classic finals. Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne defeated them to win the 2020 tournament.

The Grizzled Young Veterans defeated Drake Maverick & Killian Dain on NXT tonight.

Dusty Classic winners to get title shots on March 3 WWE NXT

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Joseph Currier

WWE has revealed when the men’s and women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners will be getting their title shots.

Both title matches will be taking place on the Wednesday, March.3 episode of NXT. Men’s Dusty Classic winners MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) will challenge for Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch’s NXT Tag Team titles, while women’s Dusty Classic winners Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez will challenge for Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s WWE Women’s Tag Team titles.

At TakeOver: Vengeance Day on Sunday, MSK defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) in the men’s Dusty Classic finals and Kai & Gonzalez defeated Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon in the women’s Dusty Classic finals. A trophy presentation for both teams took place on NXT tonight. It included Jax & Baszler appearing for a confrontation with Kai & Gonzalez.

MSK (former Rascalz Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) made their NXT debut in this year’s men’s Dusty Classic. They defeated Isaiah “Swerve” Scott & Jake Atlas in the first round of the tournament, Drake Maverick & Killian Dain in the quarterfinals, Legado Del Fantasma’s Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde in the semifinals, and The Grizzled Young Veterans in the finals.

Kai & Gonzalez defeated Aliyah & Jessi Kamea in the first round of the women’s Dusty Classic, Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter in the semifinals, and Blackheart & Moon in the finals.

Finals set for WWE NXT men’s Dusty Classic

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Joseph Currier

The 2021 men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is down to its final two teams.

The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) will face MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) in the men’s Dusty Classic finals at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day this Sunday. The winning team will receive the Dusty Cup and a shot at Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch’s NXT Tag Team titles.

The Grizzled Young Veterans defeated Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher in the main event of tonight’s NXT to advance to the finals. The Grizzled Young Veterans had defeated Ever-Rise (Chase Parker & Matt Martel) in the first round of the tournament and Kushida & Leon Ruff in the quarterfinals.

MSK advanced to the finals by defeating Legado Del Fantasma’s Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde on NXT tonight. MSK defeated Isaiah “Swerve” Scott & Jake Atlas in the first round and Drake Maverick & Killian Dain in the quarterfinals.

MSK (former Rascalz members Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) made their NXT debut in this year’s Dusty Classic.

The Grizzled Young Veterans are in the Dusty Classic finals for the second straight year. They lost to Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne in the finals of the 2020 tournament.

Here’s the updated card for TakeOver: Vengeance Day:

NXT Champion Finn Balor defends against Pete Dunne
NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai defends against Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez in a triple threat match
NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano defends against Kushida
Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals: The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) vs. MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter)
Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals: Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon vs. Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez

First two teams advance to WWE NXT men’s Dusty Classic semifinals

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Joseph Currier

The first two teams have advanced to the semifinals of the 2021 men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

The quarterfinals of the tournament kicked off with The Grizzled Young Veterans defeating Kushida & Leon Ruff and MSK defeating Drake Maverick & Killian Dain on this week’s NXT. The Grizzled Young Veterans will face either Undisputed Era (Adam Cole & Roderick Strong) or Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher in the semifinals. MSK will face either Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado or Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde).

The Grizzled Young Veterans defeated Ever-Rise in the first round of the men’s Dusty Classic.

MSK made their WWE debut by defeating Isaiah “Swerve” Scott & Jake Atlas in the first round of the tournament. The former Rascalz members (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) are now using the names Wes Lee & Nash Carter.

The quarterfinals of the men’s Dusty Classic will conclude with Cole & Strong vs. Ciampa & Thatcher and Metalik & Dorado vs. Mendoza & Wilde both taking place on NXT next Wednesday.

The Team that wins the men’s Dusty Classic will receive the Dusty Cup and a shot at Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch’s NXT Tag Team titles.

WWE NXT video highlights: MSK debut

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Joseph Currier

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A new tag team debuted as the 2021 men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic kicked off on NXT last night.

Former Rascalz Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz debuted with new names and defeated Isaiah “Swerve” Scott & Jake Atlas to advance to the second round of the Dusty Classic. Xavier & Wentz are now using the name MSK as a team, Xavier’s new name is Wes Lee, and Wentz is now Nash Carter.

It was announced last month that Xavier & Wentz had signed with WWE. Their farewell to Impact Wrestling aired in November.

Two other men’s Dusty Classic first round matches took place on last night’s NXT. In the main event of the show, undisputed Era’s Adam Cole & Roderick Strong defeated Breezango. The Grizzled Young Veterans also defeated Ever-Rise

Pete Dunne appeared to emerge as NXT Champion Finn Balor’s next challenger. Dunne, Oney Lorcan, and Danny Burch confronted Balor and attacked him until Undisputed Era made the save. Dunne, Lorcan, and Burch then took out Kyle O’Reilly at ringside while last night’s main event was going on. Balor tried to help O’Reilly but was also laid out.