NXT TV taping spoilers: Kassius Ohno sets his sights on what’s next

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Dark Match —

– Mandy Rose defeated Heidi Lovelace (going by her name Dori Prange)

Rose hit the Angel’s Wings slam for the win.

NXT TV taping spoilers —

SAnitY (Killian Dain & Alexander Wolfe) defeated The Bollywood Boyz

Dain destroyed them for the victory.

– Liv Morgan defeated Billie Kay

Morgan bumped Peyton Royce off the apron and rolled up Kay to win.

– SAnitY brawled with Tye Dillinger out of the side door to the ring before Roderick Strong and No Way Jose made the save.

– The Revival defeated Heavy Machinery

Scott Dawson hit a DDT on Tucker Knight for the finish. Revival then said they want the tag titles back. The Authors of Pain came out and Revival bailed before coming back for a sneak attack to put AOP down on the ramp, then ran off again.

– Bobby Roode came out to tell us that he told us so. This was a very good promo putting himself over as the champion.

– SAnitY defeated Tye Dillinger, No Way Jose & Roderick Strong

There was a wild brawl to start the match and action all over the place. Nikki Cross actually pulled Dillinger out of the ring with a rana, allowing Dain to hit a running crossbody on Strong for the win.

– NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain defeated two enhancement talents in a squash match.

– Billie Kay & Peyton Royce defeated Liv Morgan & Ember Moon

Kay held Morgan in a wheelbarrow position while Royce hit a running knee.

– DIY came out for a promo, but The Revival jumped them from behind and then AOP made their way to the ring to destroy them all.

– WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate defeated Trent Seven to retain his title

This was a physical match, with slugging and even a dive to the outside by Bate. Bate did his airplane spin and Seven used submissions. Bate won with his Tiger Driver.

Incredible match. The crowd chanted “this is awesome” many times and gave it a standing ovation. This was the best match at Full Sail since the Cruiserweight Classic

– Peyton Royce defeated Liv Morgan and Ember Moon for the right to become the number one contender for Asuka’s title.

– Pete Dunne defeated Mark Andrews

Great match. Andrews missed a shooting star press when Dunne got his knees up. Dunne later hit his pumphandle face slam for the victory.

– Bobby Roode defeated No Way Jose

This had a lot of entertainment from Jose until Roode cut him off and took control. They worked a long match that Roode won with his DDT. Kassius Ohno returned to NXT after the match and said he wants what Roode has. They had a scuffle and Ohno sent Roode over the top and told him to get out of his ring.

– Patrick Clark defeated Sean Maluta

– There was seemingly a re-tape of the segment with Ohno and Roode as they brawled in the ring again.

– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Peyton Royce to retain her title

Royce actually had the advantage early and held Asuka down with holds and pulled her hair. Asuka got the submission with the Asuka Lock. Royce and Kay roughed up Asuka after the match until Ember Moon made the save. After they cleared house, Asuka and Moon had a staredown.

– NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain defeated DIY by DQ to retain their titles

The Authors kept control most of the match and they built to a Johnny Gargano hot tag. He ran wild and hit dives and big moves until getting cut off. AOP went for a superplex but Tommaso Ciampa turned it in to a powerbomb for a near fall. Revival hit the ring for the DQ and even hit a Shatter Machine on an Author before leaving. The crowd loved The Revival tonight.

NXT TV taping spoilers: A new number one contender is crowned

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Pre-show —

– A Percy Watson video package was shown and he was then introduced as the third man at the announce desk.

– Tian Bing defeated Beautiful Blonde Blake in a quick warm up match.

TV tapings —

– DIY came out for their tag title celebration. They went into the crowd to celebrate with the fans. The Authors of Pain’s music hit the moment DIY grabbed the mics. The Revival’s music then came on, but they avoided AoP on the stage. They said they wanted another shot at the tag titles but AoP shoved them. Ellering and the big men backed away and The Revival slowly made their way to the back as well.

– SAnitY defeated No Way Jose & Rich Swann

Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe were the pair in action here. They got the heat on Swann before Jose took a hot tag to run wild. Swann did a backflip on to Wolfe on the outside. Big Damo then appeared from the crowd and hammered Jose who was then rolled in the ring and pinned. Damo threw down Fulton’s coat on the ramp after the match.

– Ember Moon defeated Kimber Lee

Moon hit the jumping top rope stunner for the win.

– Otis Dozovic & Tucker Knight defeated two enhancement talents

Heavy Machinery hit their big slam to get the victory.

– Tye Dillinger defeated Eric Young via DQ in a number one contenders fatal four-way qualifying match

Four matches will be taped with the winners advancing to a number one contenders fatal four-way later. Nikki Cross jumped Dillinger from behind to cause the DQ. After Dillinger cleared the ring, Big Damo came from the crowd and destroyed him.

– Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated No Way Jose in a number one contenders fatal four way qualifying match

Almas was no nonsense and hit his leg sweep DDT for the win.

– Roderick Strong defeated Elias Samson in the third of four qualifying matches

The crowd was all over The Drifter, telling him to drift away and drift forever. Strong won with the sick kick.

– Bobby Roode defeated Oney Lorcan in the final of the four qualifying matches

This was a hard-hitting match with Lorcan delivering uppercuts and Roode scoring the win with an impaler DDT.

– Peyton Royce w/ Billie Kay defeated Sara Bridges (the former Crazy Mary Dobson)

Royce won in a quick match.

– Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Patrick Clark

Nakamura hit the Kinshasa to cap off an entertaining match.

– Billie Kay w/ Peyton Royce defeated Daria Berenato

Royce interfered behind the ref’s back to allow Kay to get the win.

– The Authors of Pain defeated two enhancement talents via ref stoppage

One of their opponents got knocked out cold during the match.

– Bobby Roode defeated Tye Dillinger, Roderick Strong, and Andrade “Cien” Almas in a fatal four-way elimination match to earn a title shot at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio

This was a great match. It was elimination style with Strong hitting a sick kick to eliminate Almas, Dillinger hitting the Tye Breaker to get rid of Strong, and finally Roode hitting the impaler DDT on Dillinger to get the win.

– NXT Tag Team Champions DIY defeated The Revival to retain their titles

There were early heel tricks and foul play by The Revival to keep the advantage. DIY hit their double team kick and knee to win what was a well-paced match and sent everyone home happy.