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WWE NXT results: Who was the last woman standing?

Posted on by Arya Witner

The Big News: Asuka took two nasty bumps that could have believably led to her defeat, but somehow, some way, she persevered and retained her NXT Women’s Championship in a last woman standing match against Nikki Cross.

The Medium News: Hideo Itami and Oney Lorcan wrestled twice. Lorcan first got the better of Itami as the match was called off via ref stoppage, but then Itami won the immediate rematch.

The Little Beaver-sized News: In two weeks, Heavy Machinery challenge The Authors of Pain for the NXT tag titles.

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The show began with Nigel McGuinness introducing the returning Mauro Ranallo as the newest NXT announcer.

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Velveteen Dream defeated HoHo Lun

This was a very basic encounter. Lun has never really gotten the chance to show what he’s got, and tonight was no exception. Dream won with a jackhammer and a top rope elbow, which may be called the Purple Rainmaker. Ranallo called it that, but that may just be his hyperbole.

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Asuka was being driven to the arena and being asked stupid questions. Suddenly, Nikki Cross leapt onto the hood of the car and began screaming at the champ. Asuka screamed at her in Japanese.

Since the windows were tinted, I wonder how many cars Cross did that to until she got the right one?

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Heavy Machinery were in William Regal’s office yelling at The Authors of Pain. AOP were just standing there staring at them. Mr. Regal told them to knock it off and made a title match between AOP and Heavy Machinery for two weeks from now.

Regal told Paul Ellering to have his boys well prepared for their match.

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Oney Lorcan vs. Hideo Itami was called off due to a ref stoppage

This was a rematch from three weeks ago. Itami had laid out Lorcan with three different Go to Sleeps and was in no hurry to make a cover until Kassius Ohno broke it up.

Lorcan exploded out of the corner at the bell to attack Itami. The bell had rung to start the match, but the referee pulled Lorcan back and called the doctors in to check on Itami five seconds into the match. Lorcan busted Itami’s nose up.

We actually got a ref stoppage. I was hoping they would pull the stool out from under Itami, but alas this wasn’t a total Bellator moment.

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Next week it is Roderick Strong challenging Bobby Roode for the NXT Championship on the 400th episode of NXT. We got a PPV-quality video package to build the match up.

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Hideo Itami defeated Oney Lorcan

Itami stormed to the ring after the commercial break and demanded a rematch. Lorcan didn’t mind, so we got another match.

This time Itami attacked at the bell and it was on! Lorcan took a nasty bump to the floor where he was sitting on the top rope and Itami clotheslined him off the ropes and to the pretty black mats. Actually, on the way down he kicked the cameraman in the head too.

These two work really well together and this is easily the best series of matches Itami has had since debuting. The finish saw Lorcan injure his knee. I think most thought he was feigning the injury as a reversal of their first match, but instead Itami hoisted him up, hit a Go to Sleep, and picked up the win.

After the match, Itami called Kassius Ohno to the ring. Itami and Ohno went face-to-face when suddenly Nikki Cross ran to the ring and distracted the two men, which led to Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain hitting the ring and laying out Itami and Ohno!

Wolfe cut a promo saying they are ending all these lies and forced friendships with chaos. Wolfe was exuberant, which seemed to irk Dain. Wolfe said Eric Young was away on his master plan.

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It should be noted that they aired a commercial for the Great Balls of Fire PPV with one major error. They showed video of Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman, but the audio of the commercial was from Brock Lesnar vs. Samoa Joe. They made a boo boo.

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SAnitY will face Kassius Ohno & Hideo Itami in a tag team match next week.

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NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Nikki Cross in a last woman standing match to retain her title

This was set up two weeks ago when Asuka’s winning streak ended when her and Nikki Cross went to a no contest in a triple threat elimination match. I know I am arguing semantics, but she is undefeated, even though she lost her winning streak.

Cross got the early advantage by catching Asuka in the ring apron. We went to commercial with Cross pulling a dozen chairs out from under the ring. Coming back from the break, Cross threw Asuka into the steps and Asuka just bounced off of them. Seconds later, Cross bounced off a different set of steps. Maybe these steps were bolted to the floor?

Asuka pulled out a trash can, which, shockingly enough, elicited an “ECW” chant. Asuka put the can on Cross and kicked it before using a missile dropkick, knocking her challenger down.

Cross came back and used a neckbreaker on the ring apron, which is the hardest part of the ring. Remember those chairs Cross pulled out? Well they took turns giving each other a back suplex into the pile of chairs.

They got rid of the chairs and Cross hit a series of swinging fisherman neckbreakers. Asuka barely got to her feet before 10, but used said feet to kick Cross in the head.

Turns out those chairs were put back outside the ring and Cross powerbombed Asuka off the ring apron onto the chairs, causing Asuka to slam the back of her head on the ramp. That literally should have been the end. She still never would have been pinned and gone out with an amazing bump that believably could knock you out for 10 seconds, but Asuka dragged herself to her feet at nine.

They fought up the ramp and ended up near the announce position. Asuka managed to kick a lighting rig and Cross gave her a spinning neckbreaker on a crash pad on the floor, but it still looked nasty. Again, that could have been the finish, but Asuka just barely got to her feet.

The finish saw Cross set up a table on the floor and splay Asuka across it. Then she set up a ladder and began climbing, but Asuka got up and climbed up after her. Asuka then hit a suplex off the ladder and through the announce table, which they were near. Asuka barely got to her feet at nine and Cross never moved, giving Asuka the win.

Ladies and gentlemen, Asuka is still the reigning, defending, undisputed NXT Women’s Champion, and on this night she was the last woman standing. Until next week, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

NXT TV taping spoilers: All three titles on the line

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Images: @JJWilliamsWON. Check out JJ’s Flickr album for more photos from the tapings.

– Triple H introduced Mauro Ranallo as the new commentator before the show.

– Bianca BelAir defeated Aliyah in a Mae Young Classic qualifying match

Female referee Jessika worked this match. BelAir (previously Bianca Blair) got a huge reaction instantly for smacking Aliyah with her braided hair. BelAir won with a spear.

– Velveteen Dream defeated HoHo Lun

Velveteen Dream used a flying elbow to get the victory.

– Hideo Itami vs. Oney Lorcan was stopped

Lorcan ran in to fight and caught Itami with a shot, then the referee backed Lorcan away and we saw that Itami was bleeding. The referee and doctors wiped him down and waved the match off.

– Vanessa Bourne defeated Jayme Hachey in a Mae Young Classic qualifying match

Bourne was formerly known as Danielle Kamela and Hachey was Jayme Jameson. This was a quick match that Bourne won to advance to the Mae Young Classic.

– Johnny Gargano made his return to Full Sail and talked about what Tommaso Ciampa did to him. He said that he’s going to get back to wrestling and he has to be at TakeOver: Brooklyn.

– Hideo Itami defeated Oney Lorcan

The match that they were supposed to have earlier got re-taped here. Itami hit a GTS to win one of the best sprints in recent memory. It had great action, then Itami called out Kassius Ohno to talk after the match. Before they could, SAnitY destroyed them both.

– No Way Jose defeated Cezar Bononi

Jose got the victory with his pop-up knockout punch. Andrade “Cien” Almas and Thea Trinidad showed up at ringside, with Almas jumping Bononi and destroying him. He then pointed down Jose before bailing out of the ring.

– Ember Moon defeated Ruby Riot

The crowd was hot for this one, with them doing dueling chants early. Riot hit a top rope rana for a close near fall, but Moon ended up winning with The Eclipse. The crowd was into this one the whole time.

– SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe & Killian Dain) defeated Hideo Itami & Kassius Ohno

SAnitY worked over Itami throughout. The story was that Ohno was out of position for the tag whenever Itami needed him, so Itami seemed weary of him. Dain hit a running crossbody splash on Itami for the finish. Ohno was frustrated as he looked down Itami after the match. They both then made their way to the back.

– Oney Lorcan defeated Danny Burch

Lorcan submitted Burch with a single-leg crab to win another physical match. Burch wanted a rematch in the future and Lorcan seemed to agree.

– NXT Champion Bobby Roode defeated Roderick Strong to retain his title

The crowd was hot for this one as well. Strong had the early advantage, including when they were fighting outside of the ring. Roode ended up cutting him off and started working over the knee viciously. Strong fired up and fought valiantly, even kicking out of the Glorious DDT.

Strong hit a double knee backbreaker for the visual pin, but Roode had his foot under the ropes so the match continued. Roode then retained after hitting his DDT in the middle. This was a match worthy of a TakeOver main event and it told a great story with Strong’s fiancee at ringside. Strong sat in the corner devastated by the loss.

– Aleister Black defeated Bobby Fish

Ring announcer Mike Rome announced Fish as making his NXT debut and he received a full entrance. The crowd was quiet early and were unsure how to react until Black hit Black Mass for the victory.

– NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Heavy Machinery to retain their titles

As expected, they had a physical match. The audience was behind Heavy Machinery with a “Steaks and Weights” chant, but the champions retained with their double team stand-up lariat.

SAnitY’s music hit after the match and they made their way to the ramp and had a staredown with AoP.

– Jeet Rama defeated Johnny Vandal

Rama won this one very quickly.

– Drew McIntyre defeated Killian Dain in a number one contender’s match

Dain had the advantage early. He wore his opponent down until McIntyre fired up and hit the Claymore Kick to win. He will now face Roode for the title in Brooklyn.

– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Nikki Cross in a last woman standing match to retain her title

This had all types of brutality, with suplexes on chairs, Asuka putting Cross in a trash can and kicking it in, and more. Cross hit Asuka with repeated swinging neckbreakers, though they both kept making the ten count and continuing. Asuka hit four German suplexes in a row and a spin kick, but Cross kept getting up.

The brawl went out of the ringside area and made its way to the production and commentary side. Asuka suplexed Cross off of a ladder and through the commentary table. The champion made the 10 count and retained her title.

Bobby Roode vs. Roderick Strong set for NXT TV tapings

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Both of NXT’s top titles will be on the line at Friday night’s television tapings.

It was announced during this week’s episode of NXT TV that Bobby Roode would defend his title against Roderick Strong on Friday, with the match scheduled to air on the WWE Network on July 5th.

Roode and Strong have feuded since Roode retained his NXT Championship against Hideo Itami at TakeOver: Chicago. An angle where they got into a brawl after Roode taunted Strong and his family aired on last night’s show. Roode offered Strong a title shot at any time or place.

WWE is hyping that the July 5th show is the 400th episode of NXT.

It was previously announced that Asuka would defend her Women’s Championship against Nikki Cross in a last woman standing match at Friday’s tapings. That was set up when they went to a no contest in a triple threat elimination match after Ruby Riot had been eliminated. Their last woman standing match will air next Wednesday.

With nearly three months between TakeOver specials, this week’s tapings should move on from some TV angles and begin building others for TakeOver: Brooklyn. The Barclays Center will host that event on August 19th.

WWE NXT results: Triple threat elimination match

Posted on by Arya Witner

The Big News: Asuka and Nikki Cross crashed through a table to end their Women’s Championship elimination match in a no contest.

The Medium News: Kassius Ohno is going to wrestle Aleister Black next week.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Akam defeated his opponents in a handicap match this week as Paul Ellering kept Rezar on the floor.

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Drew McIntyre defeated Rob Ryzin

Great way to kick off NXT this week, with the former WWE Intercontinental and TNA World Champion. Ryzin is deceptively tall, but all that means is McIntyre had to lift his foot up higher to kick him in the yap. Ryzin slapped McIntyre in the face, which sent him into a rage.

Like every other match he’s had since his return, McIntyre picked up the win with the Claymore Kick.

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Our first match for next week was signed, as Ember Moon will wrestle Peyton Royce.

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NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain defeated Anthony Dominguez & Wilmer Freyday

Rezar and Akam, celebrating their one-year anniversary, took part in a squash match this week. I really should say Akam did, since Paul Ellering had Rezar stand outside and let Akam destroy both men. Akam pinned Dominguez with a Death Valley Driver. After the match, Rezar got in and delivered a Super Collider to their foes.

It was then time for an interview. Paul Ellering said Heavy Machinery is as foolish as they are large. Ellering listed every team they defeated over the past year and said Heavy Machinery won’t even be a footnote in the Book of Dominance.

Out came Heavy Machinery for a confrontation. The four men looked ready for a fight, but Ellering pulled his men away.

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Undaunted by being turned down by Bobby Roode last week, Roderick Strong took to social media to state that he just needs one opportunity to beat Roode.

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Sonya Deville (the former Daria Berenato) is going to get another chance at debuting and will be in action next week.

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Velveteen Dream defeated Raul Mendoza

Boy oh boy, Mendoza, who was last seen in the Cruiserweight Classic, was back to do battle with Velveteen Dream.

Of course, Dream did not have much of a better reaction from the crowd than he had a few weeks ago in Chicago. Mendoza made a little bit of a comeback, but Dream laid him out with a rolling DVD and won with the top rope elbow.

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Broadcaster Kayla Braxton interviewed Kassius Ohno in regards to what happened last week with Hideo Itami. Ohno said he sunk to Itami’s level. Itami is not a bad guy, but Ohno is going to get his own aggression out next week by wrestling Aleister Black.

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“Breaking” news: John Cena is a free agent and will be on SmackDown July 4th.

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Your unofficial number one contender, Ember Moon, will return next week and face Peyton Royce.

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NXT Women’s Champion Asuka and Nikki Cross went to a no contest after Ruby Riot had been eliminated

Ruby Riot and Asuka were nice enough to wait for their entrance music to turn on before coming to the ring. Cross just slithered to the ring during the announcement of Moon’s return.

Our announcers tried to make it sound like Asuka was at a disadvantage since she’d have to beat both of them in an elimination match. That seems ridiculous since she can’t lose her title and the undefeated streak in a BS method. Plus, she pinned them both AT THE SAME TIME at TakeOver. Both challengers went head-first at each other, but would stop long enough to knock Asuka down before turning to each other.

Of course that didn’t last too long, as the Empress of Tomorrow could not be stopped. They did tease the TakeOver finish, but Riot caught Asuka’s foot on a kick. Cross used a spinning fisherman’s suplex on Asuka, but we’ll never find out if that would have finished her off, as Asuka rolled outside. Cross pinned Riot with a spinning neckbreaker off the top rope.

Dominating Riot and dominating Asuka are two different things, as Asuka turned her full attention to the female member of SAnitY. Asuka dominated everywhere, in the ring, on the apron, on the floor, and up the ramp. Asuka and Cross fought to the backstage area and the referee, instead of following them, announced it was a no contest?

Exiting the arena, Asuka and Cross were still fighting in the loading dock. A bunch of referees tried to talk reason into them as Asuka slammed Cross’ head into the wall. They ended up back in the arena and Cross shoved Asuka face-first into ice water.

Back in front of people, they fought on top of the tech area before Cross flung herself into Asuka and both crashed through a table!

That is how the show ends, and that does it for another week. Until next week, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

WWE NXT results: Women’s battle royal; Itami returns to the ring

Posted on by Arya Witner

The Big News: Asuka will face Ember Moon, Ruby Riot, and Nikki Cross in a fatal four-way at NXT TakeOver: Chicago after she didn’t allow a finish in the number one contender’s battle royal.

The Medium News: Roderick Strong will face Hideo Itami next week, with the winner challenging Bobby Roode at TakeOver.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Heavy Machinery cut a bad promo and were mocked by DIY for it.

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Killian Dain defeated Danny Burch

SAnitY kicked off the show this week. Killian Dain was here to face Danny Burch. Burch went from NXT jobber to released to brought back for the UK title tournament after a run on the indies and now was back to jobbing on NXT.

Burch charged into a lockup, but Dain powered him into the turnbuckles. Dain overpowered Burch all through the match, including using the Wasteland. Burch started a comeback, but Dain nailed him with a running dropkick and he picked up the win with the Ulster Plantation (One Winged Angel).

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A video package for the re-debuting Patrick Clark aired. He called himself the Velveteen Dream.

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Heavy Machinery defeated Ricardo Watts & Hector Kunsman

Otis Dozovic weighs 340 pounds “on a good day” (whatever that means) and single-handedly outweighs their opponents. The result was never in doubt. Kunsman got heaved across the ring with a suplex and then Heavy Machinery did their falling body slam/splash finish on both men at once.

They cut a promo after the match, saying they love to eat and lift weights. They got the fans to chant “steaks and weights.” They want the Authors of Pain. So much for a slow build.

Tucker Knight cut most of the promo, while Dozovic growled into the mic.

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Bobby Roode gave advice to Kona Reeves before the next match.

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DIY cut a promo backstage and said Heavy Machinery are big and mocked their entire promo. They said they are still owed a fair “one-on-one” rematch and the line for title matches starts behind them.

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Hideo Itami defeated Kona Reeves

Reeves attacked Itami before the bell, which got big heat from the crowd. The bell finally rang and Reeves was on the attack. Reeves got Itami down, but instead of following up the attack, he mocked Itami, so Itami kicked every exposed part of his body.

Itami got tired of kicking Reeves, so he pinned him after a Go to Sleep.

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A video package for Drew McIntyre aired, showing him in his Chosen One gimmick from 2009, skipping the 3MB era, and skipping ahead to the last month or so.

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Up next was part two in the “Who is Roderick Strong?” video series. It’s still really good:

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William Regal and Bobby Roode were backstage. Mr. Regal went to tell him his TakeOver opponent, but Roode cut him off. Roode said that Hideo Itami is dangerous and doesn’t deserve to face him.

Mr. Regal agreed that he needs to earn the opportunity, and said next week Itami will face Roderick Strong and the winner faces Roode at TakeOver.

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An Aleister Black video package aired. He’ll be wrestling next week.

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A number one contender’s battle royal ended in a no contest when Asuka attacked the three remaining competitors (Ember Moon, Ruby Riot, and Nikki Cross)

Half of the women in this match have rarely, if ever, appeared on NXT before and a couple were from outside of WWE. The order of elimination was: Victoria Gonzales, Bianca Blair, Rachael Evers (Ellering), Sarah Bridges, Sonya Deville (the former Daria Berenato), Lacey Evans, Kimberly Frankele, Candice LeRae, Aliyah, Liv Morgan, Billie Kay, and Peyton Royce.

Kay and Royce were working together from the beginning. Gonzales went after the Iconic Duo at the start, but it didn’t work. Evans kicked Cross in the butt to try to eliminate her. That didn’t work, shockingly enough.

Kay and Royce eliminated several together. Shockingly, the eight women who have very rarely, if ever, been on the show, were the first eight gone. Moon single-handedly eliminated Kay and Royce even when it looked like they would have Kay interfere after being eliminated.

Riot, Cross, and Moon were the last three, and they went for several minutes by themselves. Moon hit Cross with the Eclipse, but couldn’t get her up and out. Riot and Moon looked really good together and will one day have a good match. Moon went up top for another Eclipse, but Asuka appeared!

The referee called for the bell while Asuka destroyed the three remaining women and screamed that no one was ready for her. Moon took a nasty bump out of the ring that looked like a suicide dive into the guardrail. Moon may have injured her shoulder.

Who is going to face Asuka at NXT TakeOver: Chicago after she ruined the battle royal? Mr. Regal came out and announced a fatal four-way for TakeOver as the show went off the air, with Asuka facing Moon, Riot, and Cross.

That does it for this week! What will happen next week as we are on the road to Chicago? Until then, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

WWE NXT results: Tyler Bate defends his title

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The Big News: Tyler Bate defeated Jack Gallagher to retain the WWE UK title.

The Medium News: Nikki Cross and Ruby Riot brawled all over creation on multiple occasions.

The Little Beaver-sized News: The new backstage interviewer, Christy St. Cloud, introduced herself, which stunned me to the point that I didn’t realize she never actually asked Ruby Riot a question.

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The show started with Nikki Cross running into the ring during the opening theme song, looking out of control. She left the ring and went to the ring announcer and called out Ruby Riot to “come out and play.”

This brought out Riot, who cautiously got in the ring. The fans chanted “fight” as the two women gave them what they wanted. They went clobbering on each other, with referees finally interfering when Cross threw Riot into the ring steps outside the ring. Riot didn’t stay down and they continued to slug away on each other. Every time they seemed to part, Cross would dive off the ring steps onto Riot.

The fans wanted them to keep fighting as the referees finally succeeded in dragging Cross to the back.

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We were reminded of last week’s angle where Hideo Itami returned and laid out the glorious NXT Champion, Bobby Roode, with a Go to Sleep.

Fast forward to today and Kayla Braxton tried to interview Roode, but she was cut off by the champion. Roode said things have changed and this is his NXT. Itami can challenge him all day long, but if he wants a championship opportunity he is going to have to earn it.

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Drew McIntyre defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas

This match was set up last week when Almas was bullying McIntyre at the WWE Performance Center. Thankfully, Heavy Machinery was filming it because we may not have believed such shenanigans and not had this match because of it.

Almas was all about the shenanigans again, but McIntyre was having none of it. The early highlight was Almas laying in the ropes, as he’s prone to do, but McIntyre gave him a running boot.

McIntyre exploded from there, punching Almas down in the corner and coming off the top rope with an elbow to his standing foe. Almas got in some chops, but McIntyre caught him and dropped him with a powerslam before picking up the win with the running boot.

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Mr. William Regal announced Ruby Riot vs. Nikki Cross for later on tonight.

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We had part one of a series of video packages, asking the question “Who is Roderick Strong?” He’s been on NXT for over six months and we’re finally getting introductory videos for the guy.

As always when they do these videos, this was very good and worth going out of your way to see:

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Aleister Black defeated Kona Reeves

The former Noah Kekoa and Noah Pontjes was back to square off with the undefeated Aleister Black. Reeves attacked at the bell, and it was pretty much downhill for him from there. Black blocked his attempt at a turnbuckle smash and kicked him in every part of his body before winning with Black Mass.

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A new announcer, Christy St. Cloud, literally introduced herself before interviewing Ruby Riot. That was so shocking I didn’t even notice that she didn’t actually ask Riot a question. Anyway, Riot said that she rebels against the norm, like SAnitY, but the difference is SAnitY wants everyone else to conform.

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Braxton was running out of the arena to try to ask Almas about losing to McIntyre earlier, but Almas (who showered and dressed in 15 minutes) was leaving the arena with a plethora of women.

Being the person he is, he did offer Braxton a chance to be part of his groupies, but Braxton ignored him the same way Almas ignored her question.

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The match between Nikki Cross and Ruby Riot never actually started

Riot was walking to the ring when she was attacked by Cross. They resumed their crazy brawl from earlier, but this time got to do it by the stage. Finally, a bunch of referees ran back out in an effort to throw them in the ring. Well, this is why you don’t use referees as lumberjacks.

Riot dove off the stage onto Cross, which was as much as the officials would allow, as Riot was dragged away and then Cross was literally carried away by four people.

This might be the first time in wrestling history that you need a cage match just to keep the two of them in the ring.

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Mr. Regal talked to Asuka backstage and told her that we will have a battle royal next week to determine her next challenger. Asuka completely blew it off and walked off.

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WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate defeated Jack Gallagher to retain his title

This is Bate’s second official title defense. I know he defended it at Axxess and I know he defended it on non-WWE shows. I am literally just repeating what was said to me on TV.

As expected, these two put on an excellent wrestling exhibition. These two, almost mirror images of each other, reversed each other’s moves and holds and then reversed their reversals. Back from commercial, Gallagher had taken over with an armbar. Bate tried to fight out of it, but Gallagher held onto that armbar for an extended period of time.

Bate was somehow able to turn it into a test of strength that neither could get the advantage of, and they both had to bridge out of a double pin. Bate got a near fall with the hesitation German suplex, but ended up in another armbar when he went for a suplex.

Bate took over and sent Gallagher to the outside, but when he went for a suicide dive, Gallagher met him with a headbutt and then another one inside the ring for a two count. Can people stop using headbutts? Seriously. Anyway, Bate hit his rolling kick and the Tyler Driver ’97 for the win.

We saw several of the UK wrestlers in the front row after the match. The only one not clapping was Pete Dunne. Instead he just stared a hole through Bate’s head.

Before we go, I just want to say that WWE Network needs to work on their buffering issues. This show went off the air at 8:52 and it took me until 9:14 to watch the whole thing with the constant buffering. I never have issues with other streaming services or with anything in WWE’s on-demand section.

Let’s hope they clear things up, but that will do it from here. I want to thank everyone for reading, and until next week, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

NXT Cocoa, FL, live results: Asuka & Itami vs. Cross & Young

Posted on by JJ Williams

Results courtesy of @DashingDave2112.

Approximately 200 people were in attendance as NXT came to Cocoa on the Florida loop for a Saturday night show.

– Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch defeated The Ealy Brothers

– Lana (w/ Mary Kate) defeated Liv Morgan

– Jeet Rama defeated Kona Reeves

– Buddy Murphy defeated Dylan Miley by countout

– SAnitY (Killian Dain & Alexander Wolfe) defeated Heavy Machinery

– Kassius Ohno defeated Cezar Bononi

– Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated No Way Jose

– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka & Hideo Itami defeated Nikki Cross & Eric Young

NXT Largo, FL, live results: Asuka, Dillinger & Heavy Machinery vs. SAnitY

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Tonight’s show was in front of a sold-out crowd of 350 people.

– Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins defeated The Ealy Brothers

This match had a lot of banter, with the twins calling their opponents “lightweights” to get them riled up. Ford & Dawkins used a double team elevated DDT for the win.

– Steve Cutler defeated Brennan Williams

Cutler was running down everyone for being cowards before the match. Williams stood up for the people and hit a big back drop suplex. This was a physical match that Cutler won with a stomp off the middle turnbuckle.

– Oney Lorcan defeated Kishan Raftaar

A straight jacket Camel Clutch got the submission win for Lorcan.

– Victoria Gonzalez cut an in-ring promo where she talked about checking goals off her list. The crowd was receptive to her.

– Ember Moon & Daria Berenato defeated Heidi Lovelace & Mandy Rose

Very good action here. Moon changed it up and finished this with a sidewalk slam.

– Kassius Ohno defeated Buddy Murphy

Murphy always delivers on live events, and Kassius is Kassius, so this was TV worthy for sure. Ohno hit his Death By Elbow out of the corner for the victory.

– Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated No Way Jose

This had comedy early until Almas took advantage late and hit the hammerlock DDT to win.

– Roderick Strong defeated Elias Samson

Good match. Strong won with the Sick Kick.

– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka, Tye Dillinger & Heavy Machinery defeated SAnitY in an eight-person mixed tag

Incredible atmosphere, with a huge reaction for Dillinger. The big build ups were for the women to face off and for Young vs. Dillinger. Great stuff, and the crowd was into everything. Dillinger hit the Tye Breaker on Young, then Asuka submitted Cross with the Asuka Lock to send everyone home happy.

WWE NXT results: Women’s fatal four-way face off

Posted on by Arya Witner

The Big News: Asuka and Nikki Cross laid each other out in the final segment before their fatal four-way match at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio.

The Medium News: Ember Moon cemented her status as next in line, destroying Liv Morgan.

The Little Beaver-sized News: We’re going to get a feud with No Way Jose and Elias Samson.

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Ember Moon defeated Liv Morgan

Liv Morgan couldn’t just allow Ember Moon to challenge the winner of Saturday’s fatal four-way Women’s Championship match last week, so Morgan is here to be destroyed in the opener. She lasted longer than the 28 seconds she lasted against Asuka, so good for her.

At one point they ended up in a small package ball and proceeded to roll all over the ring, which at least got a little bit of a response from the crowd. Moon hit a knee to the face and a fallaway slam before locking in the crossface.

A couple fans tried to get behind Morgan, which was enough for her to get out of it. Morgan made her comeback and locked on a guillotine, but Moon picked her up and heaved her over the top rope like a 100 pound sack of potatoes.

Moon threw her back in the ring, hit The Eclipse, and picked up the win. After the match, Moon shook Morgan’s hand before leaving.

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Andrade “Cien” Almas cut a promo for his match with Roderick Strong at TakeOver, saying he will kick Strong in the face.

Strong walked up, taking offense, and daring Almas to kick him in the face. Cien walked off…but then attacked Strong from behind. Almas screamed at Strong in Spanish as he left the former ROH champion lying.

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We got a video package for DIY vs. The Authors of Pain. I think this is going to be a better match than people think.

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No Way Jose defeated Kona Reeves

This match was set up last week when Jose and Reeves had a backstage confrontation. They challenged each other to meet in the ring and then apparently got lost on the way, because we never saw them again. Luckily this week they were pointed in the right direction and we got our match!

Corey Graves accused Kona Reeves of catfishing, where he makes an online profile of someone else in order to meet people. Reeves took the advantage by dancing a little to get Jose to drop his guard, then Reeves took him out. Jose made his comeback, missed the windup punch the first time, but hit it the second time for the win.

Jose tried to be interviewed after the match, but Elias Samson strummed out into the arena. As always, it’s hard to hear what The Drifter says because he gets booed too much. Jose cut him off and told him his music sucked. Jose came up with a song, set to the No Way Jose theme, singing Just Drift Away.

Samson got mad, but then he got punched in the face and walked away.

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In a pre-taped promo, Tye Dillinger said he is going to beat Eric Young no matter who he brings to the ring at TakeOver.

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Eric Young defeated Chris Atkins

Atkins is from Australia and is a good looking guy. Young is from Canada and I am sure there are women who find him attractive. If he has a wife, she is probably one of them. Damo’s new name is Killian Dain. Yeah, Damo sounded better.

Atkins got no offense. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Young picked up the win with the wheelbarrow neckbreaker after a middle rope elbow.

Young cut a promo after the match, saying Dillinger made the wrong choice last week when he was offered a spot in SAnitY. Dane did a running senton to Atkins after.

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We were shown video of TM61’s win over The Revival last week, including Revival injuring the knee of Shane Thorne after the match. They said Thorne will be out for 7-9 months.

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Up next was a video package for Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode in the NXT Championship match this Saturday. They traced it back to Nakamura’s signing last year and brought it all the way to the match this weekend.

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This Saturday, live on the WWE Network, at 8 p.m. ET, it is NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, with this lineup:

  • Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode for the NXT Championship
  • Asuka vs. Peyton Royce vs. Billie Kay vs. Nikki Cross for the NXT Women’s Championship
  • DIY vs. The Authors of Pain for the NXT Tag Team Championship
  • Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. Roderick Strong
  • Eric Young vs. Tye Dillinger

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The main event segment was a face off featuring the four ladies in the four-way. It started with Peyton Royce and Billie Kay saying that they proved they can beat up Asuka and they owe the crazy one (Nikki Cross) a beating.

Cross walked to the ring with her full entrance and then Asuka ran to the ring, causing Royce and Kay to scatter. While Cross and Asuka argued, they were attacked by the other two, but Cross and Asuka sent them both out of the ring.

Security ran down to get between Asuka and Cross, but they beat the heck out of the much larger men. Asuka laid out Cross with a spin kick, so security dragged Asuka out of the ring. Cross, not wanting to be outdone, did a crossbody off the top rope onto the pile. Kay and Royce were shown looking concerned as the show ended.

So that does it for this week, check out TakeOver this Saturday! Until then, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!