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NXT UK results: Webster & Andrews vs. Grizzled Young Veterans

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped at The Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England on October 5, 2019

Quick results —

– Joe Coffey pinned Tyson T-Bone in a quick match.

– Isla Dawn defeated Killer Kelly in a fun match. This was Kelly’s return to the ring after a knee injury suffered over the summer.

– A video profiled Piper Niven, who said she wanted to be a role model to anybody not comfortable with themselves. In another video, Kassius Ohno stated he would take out Tyler Bate next week.

– A very good main event between The Grizzled Young Veterans and Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster ended in a double DQ when Gallus attacked the Veterans and Imperium attacked Webster & Andrews.

Gallus and Imperium eventually squared off. Ilja Dragunov, who Alexander Wolfe had tried to recruit last week, then also entered and eventually sided with Gallus. The two factions brawled as the show went off the air.

Full rundown —

The show opened with a graphic plugging tonight’s main event of The Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster.

Joe Coffey pinned Tyson T-Bone after All the Best for the Bells (4:52)

They traded fists early until T-Bone evaded a lariat and hit a kick and a crossbody. Coffey came back with a belly-to-belly and a backbreaker. He applied an armbar and grounded T-Bone for a while, including rolling through on a hip toss.

Coffey evaded an elbow in the corner, hit a crossbody off the second turnbuckle, and followed with the Glasgow Sendoff and All the Best for the Bells for the victory.

– Alicia Taylor interviewed Xia Brookside, who said she was working the hardest she ever had and would show Kay Lee Ray what she was really made of.

– A video plugged the upcoming debut of Ridge Holland.

– An in-depth look at Piper Niven aired. Niven said she first fell in love with wrestling when she was home from school sick and stumbled upon an Undertaker match. She started training at 16.

Niven said she had her sights set on the NXT UK Women’s title and wanted to be a role model for young people not feeling confident about themselves.

Isla Dawn pinned Killer Kelly with a bridging German suplex (4:24)

Kelly tried going for a kick, but Dawn evaded her and applied a single-leg Boston crab, focusing on Kelly’s previously injured knee. Dawn followed up with a dropkick.

Kelly came back with some ground and pound, kicks, and a clothesline. Dawn came back by slamming Kelly repeatedly into the corner, then went for a Saito suplex that was blocked. Dawn hit a knee and then got a suplex in for a near fall.

Kelly fled to the apron, snapped Dawn’s neck on the top rope, and followed up with two shotgun dropkicks. Kelly went for the Carnation Revolution, but Dawn countered into a bridging German suplex for the pinfall victory.

– In a WWE.com exclusive video, Dawn talked about her win.

– A graphic plugged Kassius Ohno vs. Tyler Bate for next week. A video of Ohno then aired, where he questioned what British Strong Style was. Ohno said strong style was created by Antonio Inoki and British Strong Style thought it sounded cool and took the name. All the while Ohno was showing what real British wrestling looked like.

Ohno said Dunne was gone, Seven was in shambles, and only Tyler Bate was left. He said he would extinguish British Strong Style and see Bate next week.

– In another WWE.com exclusive video, Bate replied and stated he’d knock Ohno down a peg.

– A graphic plugged Xia Brookside vs. Kay Lee Ray and Travis Banks vs. Ligero for next week.

Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) ended in a double DQ (19:30)

Gibson and Webster started out with Gibson manhandling the smaller man. Webster came back with a side headlock and grounded Gibson for a while. Gibson finally got a leglock in and tagged Drake, who briefly took over.

Webster tagged out and Drake fled to ringside. Drake and Andrews traded quick pinfall attempts. Andrews and Webster tagged in and out quickly and trapped Drake in their corner. Gibson managed to blind tag in, but the Veterans were quickly stopped with double dropkicks. The faces isolated Gibson and hit their standing moonsault/somersault senton combo.

The Veterans then came back and took turns working over Webster, including an assisted backbreaker with Drake jumping over the top to the outside.

Webster was in peril for a while and got worked over by both Grizzled Young Veterans. Gibson applied his modified Cobra Clutch, then Drake worked over Andrews’ back. Webster finally managed to hit the Rude Boy Block from a whip into the corner. He was inches from tagging Andrews, but Gibson pulled him off the apron. Drake hit a backbreaker on Webster for a two count, as Gallus casually strolled down the aisle from the back.

Webster finally managed to tag in Andrews, who proceeded to clean house on both Veterans. He hit a moonsault into a tornado DDT on Gibson, then hit an assisted standing 450 for a near fall. The Veterans came back with a running enzuigiri by Drake, followed by a superkick-assisted neckbreaker by Gibson.

Drake went for a springboard dropkick off Gibson’s back, but Andrews turned it into a powerbomb. Quick offense by both teams followed at a breakneck pace, with both being on the verge of victory at times.

The Veterans went for a Doomsday Device on Andrews, but he rolled through for a victory roll. Andrews hit a reverse rana on Drake and all four men were down. At that point, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel walked out and had words with Gallus. Gallus stormed the ring and took out the Veterans while Imperium disposed of Andrews and Webster.

Imperium and Gallus squared off on opposite sides of the apron, then Alexander Wolfe and Joe Coffey backed up their partners. Finally, WALTER’s music played and he walked out.

Both teams were facing off in the ring when Ilja Dragunov’s music played. He walked out and entered the ring on Imperium’s side and stood beside them, but then walked over to Gallus’ side and helped them even the odds as a big brawl between the two factions broke out and the show went off the air.

Next week —

The final set of matches from this taping air. Ligero meets Travis Banks in a rematch from their double pin result a few weeks ago, NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee Ray faces Xia Brookside, and Kassius Ohno takes on Tyler Bate.

NXT UK results: Trent Seven vs. Noam Dar

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped at The Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England on October 4, 2019

Quick results:

Imperium had words with Gallus, who mocked the most dominant stable in NXT UK and claimed the brand was their kingdom.

The Grizzled Young Veterans beat Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter in a good match, then also had word with Gallus backstage.

Xia Brookside said she wanted a piece of Kay Lee Ray.

Travis Banks and Ligero went to a draw off a double pin in another entertaining match.

In the main event, Trent Seven and Noam Dar had their long-awaited rematch, with Trent Seven being victorious in a great and action packed bout.

NXT UK will take place at 4 PM GMT/11 AM ET next week, due to Crown Jewel taking place during its usual time slot. It might be 5 PM GMT or 12 PM ET though, as Europe switches from summer time to regular time this Saturday night and for a few weeks, the time difference between the UK and the US will be four instead of five hours.

Full rundown:

Imperium in-ring segment

The show opened with Imperium coming out in full force. Barthel said: “Imperium continues to proof that we are the most dominant force on this brand. Speaking of dominance, the most impressive and most dominant champion of NXT UK history wished to address his kingdom.” WALTER then took over and continued: “There is no man and there is no group that can continue with the might of Imperium. We are here to show you that this mat is sacred to us…”

At that point Gallus came out and laughed at Imperium, mocking WALTER calling NXT UK his kingdom and made fun of Imperium’s motto of “the mat is sacred.” Joe Coffey said they wanted to come out and congratulate Imperium on getting rid of British Strong Style. Mark Coffey said “Since day one, since Jolly Wolly set foot in NXT UK we said that Gallus was coming for gold. NXT UK is our kingdom. You’re either Gallus, or you against us” The crowd chanted Jolly Wolly and the two groups glared at each other.

Xia Brookside shot a selfie vide at the NXT UK Performance Center and talked about beating Nina Samuels last week. She talked about Kay Lee Ray costing her a title shot when she eliminated her from the contendership battle royal back in June. She said she wanted to get her revenge.

Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) beat Ashton Smith & Oliver Carter after hitting Ticket to Ride on Smith (7:54)

Smith early on showed his power, picking Drake up from the mat and hitting a dropkick, before he pulled him up for a ripcord slam into a suplex. After a tag, Carter took over with a ushigoroshi off an electric chair setup. Drake finally managed to tag Gibson, but got hit with with an overhead belly-to-belly by Carter after he back flipped off Gibson in the corner.

Drake finally took over with punches and threw Carter to ringside where Gibson picked him up and Drake launched himself over the top rope with an elbow. The Veterans took turns working over Carter, who finally hit a quebrada and tagged in Smith, who ran wild. Gibson pulled Drake out of the ring, but Smith hit a somersault plancha on both of them.

He hit a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near-fall, but got overwhelmed off a blind tag. Drake took out Carter in the corner, by launching himself off Smith’s back and hitting a flying kick. The Grizzled Young Veterans then hit Ticket to Mayhem on Smith for the pin fall victory.

The Veterans proceeded to beat their opponents down after the match, but Mark Andrews an Flash Morgan Webster made the save and scared them away.

Tyler Bate was interviewed about his future backstage. He mentioned new faces like Ilja Dragunov and Oliver Carter, but said he was especially interested in A-Kid and seeing where he would go.

We saw that during the break, the Grizzled Young Veterans made their way backstage and were confronted by Gallus. Gibson told them not to get used to their belts and worry less about Imperium and more about them. Gallus shrugged them off.

El Ligero and Travis Banks wrestled to a draw after a double pin (7:49)

Ligero had the advantage early on, getting Banks down with a pinning combination of a test of strength. banks took over with a wrist lock and an arm bar, wearing Ligero down. Ligero caught Banks in mid-air for another cover, but couldn’t kep him down. Banks came back with a small package off a suplex attempt, as both men traded pinning combinations.

Banks hit a flying knee and a barrage of chops but Ligero powered up and both exchanged chops, elbows and hard shots. Ligero finally hit a kick to to Banks that sent the Kiwi Buzzsaw tumbling to the mat. Ligero missed a senton, allowing Banks to go for a Slice of Heaven, but Ligero rolled him up, then went for another elaborate pinning combination and followed with a back slide.

They battled for another backslide and both rolled over, prompting the referee to count both men’s shoulders to the mat for the double pin.They shook hands after the referee declared the bout a draw.

A video recap aired of the brewing dispute between Jordan Devlin and Dave Mastiff, a graphic then plugged them facing off next week.

Another graphic plugged the debut of A-Kid for next week, which was a blatant lie as he already debuted on April 20 with long-time partner Carlos Romo, losing a squash match to Gallus.

Trent Seven beat Noam Dar pinned Burning Hammer (13:10)

Dar hit a baseball slide on Seven’s head as he rolled into the ring, then threw him into the ring steps and tied his hand to the ring post using Seven’s trademark towel before hitting a basement dropkick to Seven’s head. The referee checked on Trent as he was writhing in pain. The referee asked is he wanted to start the match to which Seven agreed.

As the bell rang, Seven hit a hard lariat on Dar right away for a near fall, then ran wild, making sure to protect his injured arm. He went for the Burning hammer, but Dar raked his eyes and charged Seven in the corner, but got caught with a one-armed slam. Seven went to the top rope, but Dar came flying in and took out his legs, sending Seven crashing down hard. Dar followed with fisherman’s buster, then snapmared the senior member of Moustache Mountain into the ropes.

Dar locked in a modified STF and worked over Seven’s fingers, mocking Pete Dunne in the process. He crotched Seven on the top rope, sending the older man tumbling to ringside. Dar kept mocking British Strong Style, this time grabbing an imaginary moustache and trying to hit a Tyler Driver ’97, but Seven escaped the move.

Seven hit a snap dragon suplex and followed with a suicide dive on Dar on the outside. Seven went to the top rope, but favored his knee. he hit a corkscrew senton, but Dar rolled out of the way. Dar avoided the Seven Star Lariat and hit a Flatliner for a two count. They ended up on the apron with Dar hitting a number of kicks before getting his leg caught.

Seven feigned an attack, then hit a DDT on the apron for a near fall of his own. Both men tried for Seven Star Lariats but neither could hit the move, until Seven evaded on, hit a snap German suplex and finally hit the move, but Dar kicked out of the cover on two.Seven missed a kick into the ropes, after which Dar took out his legs and hit a double foot stomp on Seven’s injured knee.

Dar locked in a knee bar and kicked at Seven, who was on the verge of submission and narrowly reached the ropes. Dar got Trent’s towel and put it around his shoulders, mocking Seven some more. Seven rolled him up with a schoolboy, but could only achieve a two-count.

Dar then took another page out of Pete Dunne’s book with a kick to the back of the neck for a near fall of his own. Seven then hit a square punch to the jaw, snapped Dar’s fingers and finally hit the Burning Hammer (and grabbing back his towel mid-move) for the victory.

Next week:

Jordan Devlin will face Dave Mastiff and A-Kid makes his proper, singles match debut. The show will air at 4 PM GMT/11 AM ET next week. Or an hour later, since WWE obviously can’t figure out the summer/regular time switchover in Europe this weekend.

NXT UK results: Piper Niven vs. Jazzy Gabert

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped at The Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, Essex, England on October 4, 2019

Quick results —

Tom Philips is Nigel McGuinness’ new broadcast partner, with Vic Joseph moving on to Raw.

The Hunt defeated Pretty Deadly, but they got called out by Imperium after the match. The Hunt initially had the upper hand in the ensuing brawl, but Alexander Wolfe helped out his Imperium brothers to turn the tides.

Jordan Devlin defeated Jack Starz, then was called out by Dave Mastiff. Devlin backed off, and Mastiff then beat Kenny Williams.

NXT UK Tag Team Champions Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews addressed the fans and were interrupted by Gallus, who told them they would win the titles next week.

In the main event, Piper Niven defeated Jazzy Gabert. Niven got the win after Rhea Ripley attacked Gabert at ringside when Jinny interfered. Ripley and Niven look to have put their past issues behind them.

Full rundown —

Tom Philips and Nigel McGuinness are our new announce team, as Vic Joseph is now on Raw. Philips was excited to be there and they announced that next week, Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster would defend their NXT UK Tag Team titles against Gallus.

The Hunt (Wild Boar & Primate) defeated Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley & Sam Stoker)

Wild Boar and Howley started off. Boar tripped him up off a whip, then hit a back senton and tagged out Primate, who drove Howley into the canvas and gave him a hard suplex slam. He tagged Wild Boar back in and threw him on top of Howley.

Stoker was tagged in and pounded on Boar, then smashed him into the turnbuckle. Pretty Deadly briefly took over with quick tags and some double-team effort. Howley laid into Primate on the apron, but he got distracted and ate a high-angle German suplex by Wild Boar.

Primate tagged in and ran wild on both members of Pretty Deadly. The Hunt then hit double flying headbutts from the top on Stoker for the win. 

As The Hunt celebrated, Imperium’s music played and Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner walked out. Barthel said that all he saw was animals defecating on that mat that was so sacred to them. Primate rushed Barthel and Boar joined in, with them briefly getting the upper hand on Imperium.

The tables were quickly turned when Alexander Wolfe joined his brothers and they beat down The Hunt, sending Boar and Primate head-first into the steel steps. Imperium stood victorious over their victims as their music played again.

– With Jinny looking on, Jazzy Gabert was seen shadow boxing backstage in preparation for her match against Piper Niven later tonight.

– A hype video promised Ilja Dragunov would return on NXT UK next week.

Jordan Devlin defeated Jack Starz

Devlin tripped up Starz right away and kept him in a wristlock, but Starz kipped up and spun out of the hold, then slammed Devlin to the mat. Devlin sent Starz into the ring post shoulder-first and punched him, but got caught in a gorilla press coming off the ropes.

The Irish Ace came back right away, stomping Starz in the corner and hitting a shoulder breaker. Devlin hit the uranage/standing moonsault combo, then smashed his elbow into the top of Starz’s head. He hit a high-angle drop, then locked in a top wristlock on Starz and repeatedly stomped him.

Starz fired up and came back with European uppercuts, but got taken out again with a cutter and some Kawada-style kicks. Devlin then hit Devlinside for the win.

Devlin cut a promo after the match, asking how often he had to do this until people realized he was the star of the brand. As he talked himself up against people such as Tyler Bate, Joe Coffey, or WALTER, Dave Mastiff’s music played and he walked out.

Devlin rolled out of the ring and wanted none of The Bomber. Mastiff said he was about to have his match right now, but could make time for another match with the so-called greatest superstar of the company. Devlin walked off.

Dave Mastiff defeated Kenny Williams

Mastiff threw Williams halfway across the ring, then easily resisted a whip-in attempt. Williams tried to use his speed, but got caught off a crossbody attempt. He managed to turn it into a crucifix and then hit a springboard back elbow that rattled Mastiff.

The Bomber still launched Williams over the top rope and Williams rolled his ankle. He tried going to the top back in the ring, but his ankle gave out. Mastiff initially backed off, but then attacked Williams as he went to continue.

Mastiff locked in a modified Cobra Clutch on the mat, but Williams made it back to his feet. Williams got back body dropped from the corner into the middle of the ring, but Mastiff missed a senton when Williams rolled out of the way. Williams tried to hit a springboard stunner. He couldn’t get a hold on it and hurt his ankle some more, but still hit a slingblade for a two count.

Williams went for a wheelbarrow-style takedown, but got launched into the corner and squashed with the rolling cannonball senton for the win. Mastiff and Williams shook hands after the match.

– Backstage, Xia Brookside was speaking into the camera to her followers when Nina Samuels interrupted and mocked her. Brookside then challenged Samuels to face her in the ring.

Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster in-ring promo

The NXT UK Tag Team Champions came out to a good reaction, and McGuinness reminded us about their upcoming title defense against Gallus next week.

Andrews addressed the fans, said they won because of each and every one of them, and thanked them for their support. Webster said they wanted to make the brand’s tag division the best in the world and would defend their titles anytime, anywhere, against anyone.

Gallus’ music interrupted them and Mark Coffey and Wolfgang appeared behind the announce desk. Coffey told them to stop sucking up to everyone before Gallus took their titles next week. He said the only reason Gallus didn’t come to the ring was because they wanted to have something left from the champions in their title match. Webster then told them he and Andrews would kick both their asses next week.

– NXT UK backstage reporter Alicia Taylor was with Noam Dar, talking about his match with Trent Seven. He said he was moving on, but Seven interrupted him and a number of referees separated the two. Sid Scala was also in the middle of the melee, and Dar sucker-punched Seven. Scala told them they’d settle their issues in the ring next week.

– A clip of Piper Niven’s backstage interview from last week aired. She was interrupted by Jinny and then attacked from behind by Jazzy Gabert. Niven was then seen preparing for her match backstage.

– A video hyped next week’s Tag Team title match between Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster and Gallus. Taylor talked to the champions backstage, but they were interrupted by The Grizzled Young Veterans. Zack Gibson & James Drake said that — no matter who won next week — they’d take their titles back.

Piper Niven defeated Jazzy Gabert (w/ Jinny)

Gabert stood in the center of the ring with her arms folded, waiting for Niven to walk up. They locked up with neither getting an advantage. They separated, then Niven ran into Gabert and eventually sent her to her knees and through the ropes on her third attempt.

Jinny got involved on the apron, distracting Niven as Gabert attacked her from behind. She worked Niven over with hard punches to the neck and back. Niven came back with a few elbows out of the corner, but Gabert picked up Niven and slammed her to the mat, then went for some ground and pound. She stepped on Niven’s spine, then applied a surfboard submission hold. Niven made it back to her feet and powered out of the move, but Gabert kept being in control.

Niven finally hit a few headbutts and a body slam of her own, then hit a diving crossbody splash on a sitting Gabert. Jinny got involved once more, but Niven pulled her into the ring and took her out with a headbutt. As the referee was distracted, Rhea Ripley ran down and hit Gabert with a running boot to the head at ringside, then rolled her back into the ring.

Niven used the opportunity to hit a running senton on Gabert for the pinfall win.

Niven joined Ripley at ringside. She smiled at Ripley, who briefly smiled back. Jinny and Gabert licked their wounds in the ring as Niven walked to the back.

Next week —

Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster defend their NXT UK Tag Team titles against Gallus (Wolfgang & Mark Coffey). Also, Ilja Dragunov will appear.

NXT UK results: Kay Lee Ray vs. Tegan Nox

Posted on by Iain Oliver

Big Takeaways —

  • Tegan Nox put up a brave fight against the current NXT UK Women’s Champion in the main event. But after focusing on Nox’s recent injured knee throughout the match, it was Kay Lee Ray who grabbed the opportunity and picked up the victory.
  • Piper Niven overpowered the reluctant Isla Dawn in the opening contest and got the win with the Michinoku Driver.
  • Alexander Wolfe defeated fan favorite Saxon Huxley with a sit-down powerbomb.

Full Recap —

Nigel McGuinness and Vic Joseph welcomed us to Cardiff, Wales for this episode of NXT UK. 

Piper Niven defeated Isla Dawn

Both women told a great story of the bigger vs. smaller opponent here. A simple and well-executed story of the smaller Isla Dawn trying to gain some sort of advantage over the larger Piper Niven — only for Niven’s size and strength to be too much for her in the end.

The crowd was behind both women from the start of the match. Dawn escaped a hammerlock but couldn’t flip the larger Niven over. Niven dominated the early exchanges, using her strength and size to her advantage. Fighting out of a headlock, Dawn tried to lift and suplex Niven but only got her off her feet for a second.

Niven hit a low crossbody for a two count and then went back in control with an armbar and a short-arm clothesline. Dawn fought to her feet out of a straightjacket submission, powered up, and hit her back suplex this time. She followed up with a big boot for a two count of her own.

Dawn fired up with a low-level meteora and kept Niven on the mat with a front face lock. But the stronger Niven fought to her feet and escaped the hold with a headbutt and finished Dawn off with a Michinoku Driver for the win.

– We saw Ilja Dragunov coming out of the trainer’s room. He is still not medically cleared and still can’t fight. Alexander Wolfe bumped into him and with a sly smile on his face said it was a shame he isn’t cleared. Wolfe said he liked him, and to take a rest because he will take his place in the ring tonight.

Wolfe finished by looking Dragunov up and down and telling him he should think about his future…are Imperium looking to recruit?

– Niven was being interviewed after her victory and was interrupted by Jinny, who called herself the next NXT UK Women’s Champion. This was just a distraction for Jazzy Gabert to jump Niven from behind and beat her down.

Later, we saw a tweet from Johnny Saint letting us know Gabert will take on Niven next week.

Alexander Wolfe defeated Saxon Huxley

What looked like it could have been a quick squash for Wolfe turned into a quite a competitive back-and-forth match. Huxley fired up a few times to the delight of the crowd, but Wolfe got the better and put him away with a sit-out powerbomb.

“Lets go Jesus” chants started immediately for Huxley and continued — in various formats — throughout the match. Wolfe pulled Huxley’s knee pad down early on and booted him right in the face when he bent down to pull it up.

Wolfe blocked a suplex straight into an armbar and continued his assault with an uppercut and a suplex. He then pulled at Huxley’s nose and ground his forearm over his face. Wolfe wore him down some more with a chinlock and then clobbered him with a step-up enzuigiri as Huxley got to his feet.

With the crowd cheering him on in different biblical ways, Huxley fired back with a big Thesz press. He hit a dropkick as the crowd was on its feet chanting “Jesus,” but the glory went to his head and he missed a big boot and got caught on the rope.

Wolfe jumped at the chance and smacked him with a pump kick and then a German suplex (or I guess he just calls it a suplex?). He then finished off Huxley with a sit-down powerbomb. 

– Ashton Smith was interviewed earlier in the day. The Grizzled Young Veterans interrupted and started talking about win-loss records, slagging Smith off in the process.

Smith fired back by stating that the Veterans had lost their last two NXT UK Tag Team title matches. Smith said they are not locker room leaders as they have no followers. He walked off after saying he will see what happens next.

Mike Bird vs. Jack Starz never got started

Bird came out as the hometown hero here, but the match did not take place as his opponent, Jack Starz, was then dragged out unconscious by Gallus members Wolfgang and Mark Coffey.

Mark had a mic and said the match wouldn’t be taking place as “Jack is seeing Starz.” He listed off Bird’s accomplishments, including training NXT UK Tag Team Champions Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews. He sarcastically tried to shake Bird’s hand, but Wolfgang jumped Bird and began beating him down. 

The aforementioned tag champs ran in for the save, but they were followed by Joe Coffey. Joe grabbed Webster before he could slide into the ring. This let Andrews get beat down two-on-one in the ring by Wolfgang and Mark while Joe put the boots to Webster. They then threw Webster into the wolves and finished the planned assault three-on-two.

NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee Ray defeated Tegan Nox in a non-title match

Both wrestlers would have known all about each other as they have previously crossed paths numerous times, but it was the champion’s unrelenting focus on Nox’s injured knee that got her the win here. 

KLR tried to leave early on, but Nox caught her on the entranceway and dragged her back to the ring. KLR went low and attacked the knee, which would be the story of the match. KLR wrapped Nox’s leg in the bottom rope and started kicking away at the knee. A face-first suplex got KLR her first two count. 

KLR went up top but took too long and missed a senton bomb. She then speared the ring post when Nox moved at the last minute. The momentum looked like it was shifting. 

They exchanged right hands to “Boo/Yay” chants from the crowd. Nox fired up with clotheslines, a back elbow, and a running uppercut in the corner. Nox then went up top and hit a Molly-Go-Round for a close two count. 

In a great exchange, Nox missed her Shining Wizard, KLR hit a superkick, and Nox then reversed a Gory Bomb and hit a superkick of her own for another close two count. 

KLR then hit a step-up tilt-a-whirl DDT and locked in a guillotine choke with a leg scissors, but Nox eventually fought up and slammed KLR out of it.

The initial lock took too much out of Nox, so KLR had the opening to lock it in again straight away. But Nox again courageously dug deep and dragged them both to the ropes to break the hold.

Out of nowhere, Nox caught the champ with a chokeslam for a big near fall. She went up top, but KLR crotched her this time, twisted her knee around the top rope, and gave her a kick for good measure. KLR then picked her up for the Gory Bomb. Nox fought out once more and hit a Canadian Destroyer — but KLR kicked out at the last moment. 

The crowd was getting right into this main event now and right behind their Welsh hero. Nox hit the Shining Wizard and it looked like she had the win in the bag, but KLR at the last moment got her foot on the bottom rope to break the referee’s count.

They fought to the apron, with KLR dodging a running kick and causing Nox’s leg and knee to collide with the steel ring post. KLR then quickly dragged her back into the ring and hit the Gory Bomb for the win. 

Next Week —

  • Piper Niven vs. Jazzy Gabert

NXT UK results: Ohno vs. Scala British Rounds match

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

The following was taped at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales on September 1.

**Quick results**

– Travis Banks beat Tyson T-Bone in a hard fought battle, taking the first step to redeem his TakeOver loss against Noam Dar.

– Rhea Ripley quickly squashed Debbie Keitel and then got confronted by Jinny and Jazzy Gabert as she cut a promo on wanting the women’s title back.

– In another short match, Joseph Conners beat Kenny Williams.

– Kassius Ohno beat Sid Scala in a British Rounds rules match one fall to zero after the six rounds were up.

**Show recap**

The show opened with a recap of the Ohno/Scala match from two weeks ago and the setup for tonight’s rematch under British Rounds rules.

Travis Banks pinned Tyson T-Bone (4:38)

They locked up and Banks immediately turned the tables on a corner attack by T-Bone and aggressively beat him down. He followed with three clotheslines and a running basement dropkick into the corner. T-Bone came back with a hard punch, slam into the corner, and running bodypress. T-Bone hit some body shots that hurt Banks, then hit a bodyslam for a two count.

Banks tried hitting a few kicks to the body, but was hit with a slingshot suplex. He came back with running knees that sent T-Bone to the outside, and then followed with a dive that sent T-Bone up the entrance ramp. Banks hit a springboard double foot stomp from the turnbuckle, but got caught with a half-and-half off an attempt to hit Slice of Heaven. T-Bone worked him over some more, but Banks turned a suplex attempt into a small package for the win.

— Radzi Chinyanganya was backstage, presumably with an update on the whereabouts of Toni Storm. He had no new info and was immediately interrupted by Gallus in the form of Mark Coffey and Wolfgang who demanded a rematch for the NXT UK tag team titles, stating that they had never been beaten in the three-way match at TakeOver.

Rhea Ripley pinned Debbie Keitel (1:23)

Keitel (from Ireland) started in 2017 and was trained by Emi Sakura and Marty Jones. She wrestled for OTT, RevPro, and Pro Wrestling: EVE, among others, in the past.

Ripley immediately backed Keitel into the corner and then nonchalantly shook off a bodylock attempt and chugged her away with a gut wrench. Keitel slapped Ripley, who struck her down with one blow, hitting Riptide for the quick victory.

After the match, Rhea cut a promo in the ring, She said it was about time she got her NXT UK women’s championship back and that nobody could break her mentally or could compete with her physically. This brought out Jinny and Jazzy Gabert. Jinny made fun of Rhea’s look, calling it 90s and stating her accomplishments were from the past as well and this was where Ripley belonged. Jinny said she was the future and would be the women’s champion. She said in the present though, she had a bigger problem for Ripley to deal with.

Gabert got on the apron and grabbed her by the neck, but Rhea slapped her hand away and hit a head kick which sent Gabert staggering back to the floor. Jinny then pulled Jazzy off and took her backstage.

— Noam Dar was hiding in the car park with a megaphone and started berating Trent Seven as he entered the building. Seven told him to grow up and Dar continued his antics, leading to them getting into a scuffle which quickly was broken up.

— Johnny Saint got Scala ready for his match later tonight.

Joseph Conners pinned Kenny Williams (5:12)

Conners beat him down right away and threw him into the corner, following up with a short-arm clothesline for a near fall. Williams came back with body shots, leaped over Conners, and used his momentum coming off the ropes for a roll-up for a near fall of his own. Williams went for a springboard, but Conners hit the ropes, sending Williams crashing to the mat. Conners took back over, showing more of his aggressiveness. He applied a surfboard stretch and berated Williams, calling out to the entire NXT roster to beat him. Williams came back with chin breaker and a sling blade for another two count.

“The Luckyan” followed up with a springboard back elbow and head kick, evading another attempt of Conners to foil his springboard. He hit a springboard back elbow that connected and then went for another roll through cover, but Conners grabbed the bottom rope to break the fall. Conners then thwarted another attack and hit Don’t Look Down for the win.

— A video looked back at Ilja Dragunov’s match with Cesaro at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff.

— A video on Oliver Carter aired. He said his debut didn’t go as planned, but he would be back in action next week.

— We got a taped interview with Kay Lee Ray. She called Teagan Nox a bird with broken wings who was no challenge. A graphic announced a match between the two in two weeks.

Kassius Ohno defeated Sid Scala 1:0 at the end of round six (20:00) in a British Rounds rules match.

The rules for the match were six three minute rounds with 30 second rest periods. To win, you either had to get two pins or submissions or knock out your opponent. If the match went all six rounds, whoever was ahead would be the winner.

They shook hands, but Ohno then kicked Scala’s hand off.

Round one (Ohno 0, Scala 0)

Ohno had the early advantage with a headlock takedown, but Scala wrestled his way out of it with a hammerlock. Ohno locked in a cravat and then took Scala down with a snapmare, applying a chin lock. Scala grabbed his own foot to break the hold, taking a page out of Johnny Saint’s playbook. Ohno took Scala down, then applied an ankle lock, but Scala worked his way out of the hold and took down Ohno as the round ended.

Round two (Ohno 0, Scala 0)

Scala locked on a cravat, but Ohno reversed out of it. They rolled each other up, but both men escaped before a pin fall could be counted. Ohno forced Scala’s hand to the mat, stepped on it and started stretching him, transitioning into a surfboard stretch. Scala escaped and rolled up Ohno just as the round eded. Ohno attacked him after the bell, causing the referee to force the break.

Round three (Ohno 1, Scala 0)

Ohno locked in a side headlock right away and hit palm strikes to Scala’s forehead. Scala came back with punches and European uppercuts, but Ohno struck him down with a throat strike. Scala hit three consecutive dropkicks to send Ohno staggering, but Ohno came back with the Rolling Elbow for the first pinfall of the match at 1:29 of the round.

Round four (Ohno 1, Scala 0)

Scala was hardly back on his feet when the 30 second rest period was up. Ohno attacked right away, bodyslamming him to the mat and then locking in another cravat and trash-talking Scala. Scala escaped and hit a headbutt, but ate another hard elbow that sent him right down to the mat. Ohno locked in another cravat that took Scala almost out of the match. Ohno got in a final chop just as the round ended.

Round five (Ohno 1, Scala 0) 

Scala came out aggressive, but Ohno quickly stepped into an abdominal stretch and yanked his neck for good measure. He transitioned into a half straight jacket, but Scala hit a punch to the gut, followed by a flurry of offense. But, he quickly got thrown through the ropes to the apron. Ohno wanted to follow, but the referee forced him back into the ring, allowing Scala to hit a crossbody off the top for a near fall. Ohno hit a senton, but Scala pulled his knees up and then hit a number of running elbows as the round ended.

Round six (Ohno 1, Scala 0)

Scala came out like a house of fire, but Ohno hit a Kamikaze Plunge for a two count. Ohno clamped in another chinlock but Scala managed to force his hands apart, allowing Ohno to hit another hard elbow to the back of the head. Ohno picked Scala up on his shoulders, but Scala managed to roll through for a victory roll for a near fall and then followed with a crucifix for another near fall. Scala then pulled Ohno over for a backslide and had a visual three count, but time expired just as the ref was about to count three.

Next week: 

Oliver Carter will be in action.

NXT UK results: Grizzled Young Veterans get their Tag title rematch

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales on September 1, 2019

Quick results —

Imperium opened the show with a promo, proclaiming their dominance, then Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner quickly disposed of two enhancement wrestlers (Danny Jones & Harry Green).

Jordan Devlin defeated Ashton Smith in a very good match that showcased Smith’s strength and explosiveness.

Tegan Nox returned to television for the first time since her injury in August of 2018 and made her NXT UK debut, quickly squashing Shax in under 30 seconds. Kay Lee Ray then berated her after the match and a challenge was issued by Nox.

Noam Dar held a press conference, celebrating himself and drawing the ire of Trent Seven. A British Rounds match between Kassius Ohno and Sid Scala also was announced for next week.

In the main event, Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster successfully defended their newly won NXT UK Tag Team titles against former champions The Grizzled Young Veterans. The match was good and very entertaining but a level or two beneath the three-way at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff.

Full rundown —

All four members of Imperium came out to start the show. The crowd chanted “You still suck” and then sang “Tyler Bate” at them as Marcel Barthel grabbed the mic and stated: “Our arrival in NXT UK was necessary. Your champions — just like your nation — is a symbol of weakness. You may not comprehend why you need us, but you will learn, accept, and respect our rules, our teachings, and our way of life.”

Alexander Wolfe followed by saying: “Imperium are here to protect the honor of the mat and we are here to protect the honor of our sport. And if you’re not willing, and if you reject, you will endure pain, you will experience suffering. You will fall.”

WALTER then concluded with a promo of his own: “At NXT UK TakeOver in Cardiff, I disposed of Tyler Bate. We disposed of British Strong Style. There’s no one left to step up to this group of supreme athletes. You all need to accept that we are your future. I am your WWE United Kingdom Champion. This is the era of Imperium.”

Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner) defeated Danny Jones & Harry Green after hitting a European Bomb (3:23)

Jones, 23 started wrestling about six years ago and is a regular with ATTACK! and Dragon Pro Wrestling in Wales and Pro Wrestling Chaos in Bristol. He also did a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling back in 2017.

Green, who also wrestles as Beano, mostly worked for the same promotions and started in 2016. He was trained at the Dragon Pro Wrestling Academy by the likes of Mark Andrews, Flash Morgan Webster, and Wild Boar. 

Barthel and Aichner immediately attacked the two youngsters before the bell and the referee had to check on them to start the match. Barthel beat on Jones and slapped him hard, sending him staggering to the corner, where Barthel followed with an uppercut, a double underhook suplex, and a running kick.

Aichner followed up with a couple of backbreakers, then threw Jones to his corner so he could tag in Green. Green briefly fought back, but he quickly found himself in a wheelbarrow position by Barthel and ate a DDT off the second turnbuckle from Aichner. Barthel and Aichner then quickly finished off Green with the European Bomb.

After the match, Wolfe and WALTER destroyed Jones some more, with Wolfe holding him up and WALTER taking his head off with a lariat.

– A video recapped Kassius Ohno beating Sid Scala last week. Scala then stated that Ohno was somewhat underhanded in the match. Scala said Johnny Saint ordered them to have a rematch and next week they would do just that. It will be a British Rounds match, the first in NXT UK history.

– A breaking news graphic announced that Noam Dar would hold a press conference tonight.

Jordan Devlin defeated Ashton Smith after hitting Devlinside (5:34)

They fought for position, with Devlin flipping out of a wristlock, then slapping Smith, who fired up and fought back. He lifted Devlin off the mat, then hit a dropkick that sent Devlin to the apron.

Devlin came back by snapping the top rope into Smith’s face, then worked him over with strikes and forearms. Devlin locked in a kneeling abdominal stretch and hit his uranage/standing moonsault, but Smith got his knees up.

Smith followed with a running dropkick and a rolling fireman’s carry slam. He then caught a body press by Devlin and turned it into a vertical suplex, showcasing his strength.

Devlin then escaped a slam with a knee to the face, evaded a charge, and hit a springboard cutter for a near fall. He went for a moonsault, but Smith superkicked him out of mid-air.

As Smith ran the ropes, Devlin caught him with a standing Spanish Fly, then hit a few Kawada kicks and pulled Smith up and into Devlinside for the victory. Smith looked pretty impressive here.

– Radzi Chinyanganya was looking to talk to Toni Storm backstage, but she was nowhere to be found. As he threw the segment back to the commentators, Nina Samuels walked up and took the spotlight. She said TakeOver: Cardiff was almost two weeks in the past and The Nina Samuels Show was the future.

– A graphic announced Tegan Nox’s NXT UK debut would be next.

– A video segment previewed next week’s Ohno vs. Scala British Rounds match. Nigel McGuinness, William Regal, Robbie Brookside, and Johnny Saint talked about the history and heritage of the sort of match we would be seeing and also ran down the rules for the match.

Tegan Nox pinned Shax after hitting a shining wizard (0:28)

Nox tried to shake Shax’s hand but received a slap instead. She then quickly won with a fallaway slam and a shining wizard in just under 30 seconds.

After the match, Kay Lee Ray walked out and ran down Nox, then talked about how she had won the NXT UK Women’s Championship at TakeOver. But after the match, nobody wanted to talk about KLR and all people wanted to talk about was Nox.

KLR said she would do to Nox what she did to Toni Storm if Nox stood in her spotlight. Nox then replied that if KLR wants to fight, she would fight her anytime, anywhere.

Noam Dar press conference

Dar basically called a press conference to talk about how he is the greatest wrestler in NXT UK. The journalists couldn’t believe it and Dar started throwing them out when somebody asked about the Tag Team title match at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff.

Trent Seven was then shown talking on the phone in the background and made fun of Dar. He presumably talked to Drake Maverick on the phone and said he knows Maverick didn’t want Dar on 205 Live, but they don’t want him here either and begged him to take Dar back. Dar then stormed off.

– A video recapped the Dave Mastiff vs. Joe Coffey last man standing match from TakeOver: Cardiff. They said both men still were out with injuries.

NXT UK Tag Team title match: Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster retained against The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) when Andrews pinned Drake after hitting a Shooting Star Press (12:39)

Gibson and Andrews started things off, with Andrews using his athleticism to get Gibson to the mat, but he quickly turned things around and tagged Drake. Andrews hit a number of arm drags, then tagged out to Webster. Webster and Andrews quickly tagged in and out and hit the standing moonsault/somersault senton on Drake.

The Grizzled Young Veterans then quickly came back, including Drake hitting a step-up kick on Webster on the apron. They hit some unique double-team moves on Andrews as Webster tried interfering to no avail. Andrews ended up on the outside and found himself of the receiving end of a shoulder breaker, assisted by Drake launching himself over the top.

Drake and Gibson then took turns working over Andrews’ shoulder. Andrews at one point managed to hit the Stun Dog Millionaire and make the tag to Webster, who ran wild on Drake.

Webster hit a dive on Gibson, then hit a double underhook facebuster on Drake for a near fall. Gibson came in off a distraction but quickly was foiled, with Andrews hitting an assisted 450 for another near fall.

The Grizzled Young Veterans came back, hitting a Doomsday Device on Webster for another near fall as Andrews made the save. A quick tag later, Andrews hit a top rope reverse rana on Drake, who narrowly managed to kick out of the pin.

Drake attacked Andrews’ shoulder and tagged in Gibson, who worked over the shoulder some more. Andrews tried hitting Stun Dog Millionaire, but he couldn’t get a hold on Gibson, who locked in the Shankly Gates. As Andrews was close to tapping out, Webster came off the top with a somersault senton to break the hold.

Andrews tagged out and Webster hit a moonsault on Gibson. The Grizzled Young Veterans went for Ticket to Mayhem, but Andrews pulled Gibson out of the ring. Webster rolled through on Drake for another two count.

Webster missed a springboard dropkick and found himself in position for Helter Skelter. Webster evaded and managed to pull Gibson into a superkick by Drake. Webster slammed Drake, then Andrews hit a Shooting Star Press off the top to retain.

Next week —

Sid Scala takes on Kassius Ohno in a British Rounds match.

NXT UK results: Piper Niven vs. Rhea Ripley

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped August 31 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales

Quick results —

This was mostly a highlight show with clips from UK TakeOver: Cardiff and had just two matches. In the opener, Rhea Ripley, fresh off issuing a challenge to Shayna Baszler on NXT US television, avenged her previous loss to Piper Niven by beating her clean with Riptide.

Kassius Ohno was supposed to face Jack Gallagher in another rematch from a few weeks back, but Gallagher wasn’t able to wrestle. Johnny Saint decided on a surprise replacement who turned out to be his assistant GM, Sid Scala. Scala showed some heart, but Ohno easily beat him.

Full rundown —

The show opened with an NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff highlight video running down all the matches and results.

A graphic plugged a rematch between Kassius Ohno and Jack Gallagher for later tonight.

Rhea Ripley defeated Piper Niven after hitting Riptide (8:34)

They locked up right away and tried getting each other down, with Niven eventually tackling Ripley to the mat. Ripley came back by repeatedly shouldering Niven in the corner, then kept working over her back.

Ripley locked Niven in a modified Camel Clutch while simultaneously cranking her neck, then followed up with her inverted clover leaf. Niven was on the brink of submission until she managed to trip Ripley’s leg and locked in a leglock.

Ripley followed up by slamming Niven’s head into the mat, then went back to her previous submission hold. Niven managed to power out, get on her feet, and fall backwards on Ripley. They traded chops, then Niven hit a belly-to-back suplex and followed with her cannonball senton into the corner. She went to the second turnbuckle and hit a Vader Bomb for a near fall.

Niven went to slam Ripley but her back gave out, allowing Ripley to come back and go for Riptide, but Niven powered out. Niven then hit a headbutt and a crossbody on a seated Ripley for another two count.

Niven tried to go for another move, but Ripley elbowed her in the back of the head in the ropes. Ripley hit Riptide to score the victory.

– Radzi Chinyanganya was talking to Sid Scala, who announced that Jack Gallagher was not medically cleared to face Kassius Ohno tonight. Ohno interrupted Scala and told him to find him a suitable replacement so the main event would not fall through. Ohno said he’d go to the ring now. Johnny Saint whispered something into Scala’s ear and he asked if Saint was sure.

– A clip aired of Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster winning the NXT UK Tag Team titles at TakeOver. Zack Gibson and James Drake walked up to Saint’s door and asked him for a rematch. Gibson said they were a throwback to an era where Saint made his name. Saint said he’d think about it. A graphic then announced the rematch would take place next week.

– Another highlight video with clips from TakeOver aired.

– Footage aired from Joe Coffey and Gallus talking after Coffey’s match against Dave Mastiff from TakeOver. Then another clip aired of Dave Mastiff talking to The Hunt backstage. Both men were being comforted by their friends.

– Next was a clip of Kay Lee Ray winning the NXT UK Women’s title and video of Trent Seven comforting Tyler Bate after his close loss to WALTER after their tremendous match.

– A graphic plugged the return of Tegan Nox to the ring and said she’d debut on NXT UK next week.

Kassius Ohno pinned Sid Scala after hitting the Dream Crusher (7:14)

Ohno came out first, then Scala’s music played and he came to the ring while taking off his tie and jacket. He rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and was ready to compete against Ohno wearing dress pants, a shirt, and dress shoes.

Ohno took Scala down with a wristlock. He easily prevented a cravat by Scala, but Scala rolled out of Ohno’s path. Scala used his speed to evade Ohno, then hit a sunset flip off the second turnbuckle for a near fall.

Ohno kept manhandling Scala. He ripped Scala’s shirt off, wrapped it around Scala’s leg, and dragged him around. Ohno grounded Scala on the mat and stepped on his ankle, but Scala once more managed to roll up Ohno for a two count.

Ohno attacked Scala more in the corner, but Scala snapped Ohno’s neck over the top turnbuckle. Scala tried following up by launching himself onto Ohno at ringside, but he got taken down in mid-air by a spear.

Scala tried going for a tornado DDT, but Ohno caught him again mid-move and gave him a knee breaker and an outside dragon screw. As Scala limped back onto his feet, Ohno followed up with the Dream Crusher to the back of the head for the win.

Next week —

Tegan Nox makes her NXT UK debut. The Grizzled Young Veterans will also get their NXT UK Tag Team title rematch against Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster.

NXT UK results: TakeOver Cardiff go-home show

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped July 20 at Plymouth Pavilions in Plymouth, England

Quick results —

Ilja Dragunov defeated Tyson T-Bone in a competitive match, earning redemption for his recent loss to Kassius Ohno. Joseph Conners defeated the debuting Oliver Carter, who looked good in his televised NXT UK in-ring debut. In a good main event, Jordan Devlin pinned Kenny Williams.

After the main event, The Grizzled Young Veterans, Gallus, and Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster brawled in the ring, leading up to their Tag Team title match this weekend.

The show also was heavy on video packaged for NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, plus we were promised rematches between Kassius Ohno and Jack Gallagher and Rhea Ripley and Piper Niven for next week’s episode (probably to be taped before TakeOver).

Full rundown —

– The show opened with a graphic announcing that Kenny Williams would face Jordan Devlin tonight.

Ilja Dragunov pinned Tyson T-Bone after hitting Torpedo Moscow (5:50)

T-Bone started out very aggressive, locking Dragunov in a side headlock and catching him off a crossbody, which Dragunov still managed to turn into a cover. Dragunov followed up with a senton, then locked in a cravat, a throwback to his match with Kassius Ohno two weeks ago.

T-Bone applied a shoulder lock and hit a number of strikes, but Dragunov powered out. T-Bone came back with a crossbody of his own and a half-and-half suplex for a near fall. Dragunov came back with the Konstantin Special, a German suplex, and went for Torpedo Moscow, but he got caught with a right hand by T-Bone.

T-Bone then missed a corner charge, allowing Dragunov to hit a big senton off the top rope. Dragunov then did his UN-BE-SIEG-BAR chant in the corner and hit Torpedo Moscow for the pinfall victory.

– Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness talked about the championship matches at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff. They took a close look at the Toni Storm and Kay Lee Ray rivalry, recapping Storm winning the NXT UK Women’s Championship at UK TakeOver: Blackpool and KLR winning the women’s battle royal back in June at Download Festival.

The video package recapped KLR getting into Storm’s head, bringing up issues in her personal life, and just being an overall prick to her.

– A great hype clip for TakeOver: Cardiff was shown.

– A pre-taped promo by Jack Gallagher was next, with Gallagher talking about his match with Kassius Ohno and how Ohno moved his foot from under the ropes. Gallagher said he’d be here next week to prove that he is the better British wrestler.

Joseph Conners pinned Oliver Carter after Don’t Look Down (6:26)

Carter, who also wrestled under the less fortunate gimmick of “Mr. Exotic Erotic,” started out in 2012 in his home country of Switzerland with Swiss Championship Wrestling and was trained by Marshal T, who in turn was trained by Claudio Castagnoli (Cesaro), Ares, and Mike Quackenbush.

Carter regularly wrestled for wXw (WWE affiliate and biggest promotion in Germany), NEW (Alex Wright’s promotion), and GWF (based out of Berlin), who are the three major promotions in Germany and had matches with many smaller German promotions, as well as PROGRESS and RevPro in the UK.

His family originally comes from Ghana and Carter visits his relatives there on a regular basis. He got on WWE’s map when wXw invited him to take part in a closed circuit training with Robbie Brookside last September and they subsequently invited him to take part in their multi-day tryouts in Cologne last November, where they signed him to an NXT UK deal. He is a former NEW and SWE (Swiss Wrestling Entertainment) Heavyweight Champion and held Tag Team titles in GWF and SCW.

Carter locked up with Conners right away, backing him into the corner, but Conners immediately came out with a number of punches. Carter came back with strikes of his own, then back body dropped Conners and hit a quebrada, which Conners evaded but Carter landed on his feet.

Carter threw Conners to ringside and stalked him, then hit a European uppercut and a high dropkick back in the ring. Conners came back with a number of clobbering forearms, beating Carter to the mat.

Conners locked in a submission, then followed up with some creative offense, including a kind of reverse snapmare while Carter was belly-down on the mat. Carter eventually made his comeback, hitting an enzuigiri from the apron, then followed up with double knees from the top rope and an overhead belly-to-belly suplex.

They went back and forth until Carter missed another quebrada, allowing Conners to hit Don’t Look Down for the win.

– A music video for “Hate You” by Boston Manor, an official NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff theme song, was shown. It was followed by graphics running down all the matches scheduled for the card

– A WWE.com exclusive video from backstage at Raw aired. An interviewer asked Cesaro about catching a plane to China. Cesaro said he wouldn’t just go to China, but he’d also visit Cardiff, Wales as he heard a lot about NXT UK and was going there to have a look of his own and maybe take a more “hands-on approach.”

– A video recapped the history of Piper Niven and Rhea Ripley over the past few weeks of NXT UK television. This was followed by a tweet by Johnny Saint, announcing Niven/Ripley II for next week on NXT UK.

Jordan Devlin defeated Kenny Williams after hitting Devlinside (12:30)

They traded holds early on, with Devlin getting the slight advantage after taking Williams down off an arm lock. Williams paid him back by taking him down off a wrist lock, then followed up with a back body drop and a clothesline that sent Devlin over the top rope and to the outside.

Devlin looked like he was going to walk out, prompting Williams to run after him and force him back into the match. Devlin smashed Williams into the apron and the barriers, then worked him over with stomps. Devlin followed up with his over-the-shoulder backbreaker and continually worked over Williams’ back.

Devlin channeled his inner Lex Luger, locking Williams in a torture rack. He then hit a soccer kick to Williams’ back after Williams finally managed to escape. Williams fired up, then hit a kick of his own, followed by a running kick to Devlin’s jaw. Williams followed that with a springboard back elbow off the turnbuckles and a suicide dive to the outside.

Williams looked to hit another aerial maneuver, but Devlin rolled out of the ring and outsmarted Williams. He tried for a Spanish Fly off the apron, but Williams threw him off. Williams hit a running back elbow from the apron to the outside and a high flying back elbow off the top rope for a near fall.

Williams went for a wheelbarrow bulldog, but he received a half-nelson suplex for his troubles that put both men out of commission for a short while. Williams went for a clothesline, but got caught in a Spanish Fly by Devlin for another near fall.

Devlin looked to go for a Finlay Roll off the second rope. Williams escaped and hit a top rope hurricanrana, but Devlin rolled through on a cover.

Devlin rammed Williams into the corner, then hit a moonsault right onto Williams’ lower back. Devlin went for Devlinside, but Williams held onto the bottom rope. Devlin hit a number of stiff kicks to Williams’ wrist, then hit Devlinside for the win.

– Joseph and McGuinness talked about the main event for Saturday: WALTER vs. Tyler Bate for the WWE United Kingdom Championship. A video recapped WALTER and Imperium’s dominance on the brand, starting with WALTER’s title win over WrestleMania weekend and the formation of Imperium and the various clashes between Imperium and British Strong Style.

They recapped WALTER destroying Bate at the Download Festival tapings and the destruction of all the British Strong Style members. The video culminated with Bate’s comeback, him subsequently being named WALTER’s challenger for UK TakeOver: Cardiff, and hitting the Tyler Driver ’97 on WALTER last week.

– As Joseph and McGuinness talked more about the match, The Grizzled Young Veterans came out and complained about Johnny Saint making their title match a triple threat and having Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews qualifying in single matches.

Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) came out — followed by Webster & Andrews — as all three teams brawled in the ring as the episode went off the air.

This Saturday:

I will be providing live coverage for NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff for the site, starting with the pre-show at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. Follow along for match recaps and analysis as the show goes on, or catch up later if you opt to watch New Japan’s Royal Quest on Fite TV instead, which pretty much goes on head-to-head.

If you’re not a regular viewer or want to get up to date information on recent developments on NXT UK leading up to the show, there also is a Prime Target: NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff special on the WWE Network, which premiered today before the go-home episode.

The scheduled matches are —

  • WWE United Kingdom Champion WALTER defending against Tyler Bate
  • NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm defending against Kay Lee Ray
  • NXT UK Tag Team Champions The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) defending against Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) and Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster in a triple threat match
  • Travis Banks vs. Noam Dar
  • Dave Mastiff vs. Joe Coffey in a last man standing match
  • Plus, Cesaro promises to be on hand and has teased taking a “more hands-on approach”

Next week —

In two rematches from a few weeks ago, Jack Gallagher will meet Kassius Ohno and Piper Niven will square off once more with Rhea Ripley.

NXT UK results: TakeOver Cardiff build continues

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped July 20, 2019 at Plymouth Pavilions in Plymouth, England

Quick results —

Imperium defeated The Hunt in a fun opener, proving their superiority, but they got beat down by a mysterious attacker after the bout as they entered their locker room.

Kay Lee Ray quickly disposed of newcomer Shax, then trash-talked Toni Storm, prompting the champ to come out. KLR kept talking down to her until Storm exploded and sent the challenger packing, but Storm was visibly shaken up by the personal nature of the verbal attack.

In the final match of the night, Mark Andrews defeated James Drake, therefore earning a spot for himself and partner Flash Morgan Webster in the Tag Team title match at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff. Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) will defend their titles against Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) and Andrews & Webster in a triple threat match.

A match between Travis Banks and Noam Dar has also been announced for TakeOver.

In this week’s main event segment, an announced WALTER and Tyler Bate face-off turned into a wild brawl, with Trent Seven returning and neutralizing Imperium’s numbers advantage. In the melee that ensued, Bate hit the Tyler Driver ’97 on WALTER, proving that the outcome of the TakeOver main event may not be as clear as many supposed.

Full rundown —

Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) defeated The Hunt (Primate & Wild Boar) when Aichner pinned Wild Boar after a powerbomb/European uppercut combo (7:43)

Aichner and Primate started out and tried tackling each other down. Aichner showed superior ring intelligence and kneed him in the gut off a whip-in. Primate came back by biting Aichner’s face and tagged Wild Boar.

Imperium again outsmarted The Hunt as Barthel blind-tagged in and promptly took Boar down. Boar briefly came back, but got the snot beaten out of him in the corner in retaliation. Aichner hit two impressive backbreakers on Wild Boar, deadlifting him for the second one. They hit a spinebuster/running soccer kick combo on Boar for a near fall, then Barthel locked in a chinlock. Boar finally managed to hot-tag in Primate, who ran wild on both members of Imperium for a bit.

Boar was back in and hit a senton on a kneeling Aichner, threw Barthel to ringside, and hit a running senton into the corner before missing a spear. Primate tried getting involved, but ate a spinebuster on the apron and a baseball slide by Aichner. Imperium then finished off Wild Boar with their powerbomb/European uppercut finisher for the victory.

– Sid Scala announced a new match for NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff. Travis Banks will face Noam Dar after the two butted heads repeatedly over the past few weeks.

– A video for said TakeOver special aired. Boston Manor’s song “Hate You” was also announced as another theme song for the event.

– Radzi Chinyanganya was waiting outside WALTER’s locker room, hoping to catch a word with the champ. Aichner and Barthel were just coming back from their match and berated Radzi a bit in German. They entered WALTER’s locker room but were promptly beat up by an unknown assailant. The camera feed briefly went out and we saw just a pair of sneakers walk off.

Kay Lee Ray defeated Shax​​​​​​ after hitting a Gory Bomb (3:31)

Shax started training in 2013 and was taught, among others, by Paige’s parents, Sweet Saraya and Ricky Knight. She wrestled for their WAW and Bellatrix promotions as well as Southside and Pro Wrestling Chaos, where she held the Queen of Chaos title up until a few weeks ago.

KLR backed her in the corner right away, but Shax returned the favor a few more seconds in. KLR beat up her smaller opponent, locking in an armbar and slamming her around. As KLR went for a suplex, Shax managed to get a small package — but KLR easily kicked out.

KLR hit a hard chop that had Shax doubling over. Shax came back with another brief flurry, but she got hit with a superkick coming off the second turnbuckle, then KLR quickly put her away with a Gory Bomb.

After the match, KLR cut a promo, talking about facing Toni Storm at TakeOver. She said she’s known Storm for a long time and knows all her weaknesses. She said she’ll beat her, prompting Storm to come out.

KLR mocked Storm, calling her “the Rock ‘n’ Roll star of NXT UK.” KLR said she knows why Storm likes to spend so much time around wrestling, as KLR goes home to her fiance, family, and friends, while Storm had no one and just had the championship belt.

KLR said for years she was Storm’s best friend and heard all the sob stories, but maybe it wasn’t everybody else, maybe it was Storm. As she started talking about Storm’s father abandoning her, Storm slapped her hard and KLR walked away.

– A video recapped the rivalry between Dave Mastiff and Joe Coffey, showing both of them preparing for their last man standing match at TakeOver.

– A hype video for Oliver Carter aired, announcing his debut for next week.

 – Jordan Devlin complained about not being on the TakeOver card. He was interrupted by Kenny Williams, who challenged him for a match next week. There was some commotion in the background and WALTER and Alexander Wolfe were arguing in German about what an unorganized place NXT UK was.

WALTER asked Radzi where the structure and order in this place was. He told him to go find Tyler Bate as he was a man of his word and would face off with him later tonight.

Mark Andrews (w/ Flash Morgan Webster) pinned James Drake (w/ Zack Gibson) after hitting Stun Dog Millionaire and rolling him up (11:12)

Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness said that if Andrews wins here, Andrews & Webster would get added to the NXT UK Tag Team title match between The Grizzled Young Veterans and Gallus at TakeOver.

Drake worked over Andrews’ arm early on, but Andrews came back with a number of arm drag takeovers. He followed with a few kicks, a rana, and a standing moonsault. Drake came back by ramming Andrews’ head into the corner, then proceeded to decimate his smaller opponent with constant offense, a suplex, and a series of vicious backbreakers.

Andrews rolled through on another attack, then hit Stomp 182, slid under Drake, and hit an enzuigiri that sent Drake to the outside. Andrews followed up with a tope, then hit a snap DDT off a convoluted moonsault attempt. He hit another bulldog and went to the top. Zack Gibson tried sneaking up, and Andrews was distracted long enough for Drake to hit a running dropkick into the corner. He repeatedly tried getting a pin on Andrews, but Andrews proved resilient.

As Drake trash-talked Andrews, he came back with punches and chops. Andrews hit a reverse rana for a close near fall. Gallus suddenly came out and beat down Webster, then got into Gibson’s face. Andrews used the distraction to hit Stun Dog Millionaire and rolled up Drake for the victory.

– Joseph and McGuinness talked about the Tag Team title match, then got into the NXT UK title picture. As they talked, Trent Seven suddenly appeared out of the crowd and entered the ring to “Trent Seven Army” chants.

WALTER came running out, followed by Alexander Wolfe. Suddenly, Tyler Bate appeared with a steel chair and beat down Wolfe, then attacked WALTER. The champ came back with chops but was immediately hit by Bate’s springboard lariat.

Bate then impressively hit the Tyler Driver ’97 on WALTER and posed with the WWE UK Championship belt to massive cheers as his music played and the show went off the air.

Next week —

Oliver Carter makes his televised NXT UK in-ring debut. Jordan Devlin faces Kenny Williams.

NXT UK results: Ilja Dragunov vs. Kassius Ohno

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped July 19 and 20 at Plymouth Pavilions in Plymouth, England

Quick results —

Flash Morgan Webster defeated Mark Coffey in a fun opener, getting his team with Mark Andrews one step closer to an NXT UK Tag Team title match. Travis Banks pinned Kenny Williams, but his victory was soured by Noam Dar mocking both men on commentary. Nina Samuels also defeated Isla Dawn.

WALTER was shown at the wXw Academy in Germany, beating up a number of students and telling him they weren’t worthy of being there. He challenged Tyler Bate to meet him in a face-to-face segment next week.

In a great, hard-hitting main event with good psychology, “The Wrestling Genius” Kassius Ohno handed Ilja Dragunov his first NXT UK loss. This was probably the best NXT UK match to date not involving any combination of wrestlers in British Strong Style or Imperium.

Full rundown —

– The show opened with a graphic that promised us exclusive training footage of WALTER from Germany.

Flash Morgan Webster (w/ Mark Andrews) pinned Mark Coffey (w/ Wolfgang) after a small package (5:28)

On last Wednesday’s show, Johnny Saint informed Webster & Andrews that they’d need to prove themselves over the next few weeks to earn a Tag Team title shot. Webster used his speed and agility early to send Coffey to ringside. He went for a plancha over the top. Coffey avoided it, but Webster landed on his feet.

Wolfgang and Andrews briefly got involved, but the situation quickly was defused as Coffey took over back in the ring. He manhandled Webster, wore him down with some submissions, and hit a huge slam at one point.

Webster came back with leg kicks that hurt Coffey, but he managed to throw the smaller man to ringside. As Coffey argued with Andrews outside, Webster caught him with a dive and hit a nice moonsault back in the ring for a near fall. Coffey came back with an enzuigiri and a chokeslam for another near fall of his own.

Webster came back and went to the top, but was distracted by Wolfgang, resulting in him missing a top rope somersault senton. Andrews had seen enough and took out Wolfgang at ringside. In the chaos that ensued, Webster managed to small package Coffey for the win.

– Radzi Chinyanganya interviewed NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm backstage and asked about Kay Lee Ray stating she knew all about Storm’s secrets. Storm was so excited about TakeOver being in Wales that she lost her train of thought and had to ask what the question was. She thought a long time about KLR and finally just said that at TakeOver, she’d be ready for her.

– A video of “Brick by Brick” by Mark Andrews’ band Junior aired, proclaiming it the official theme song for NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff

– Jordan Devlin was being interviewed backstage when suddenly there were loud screams and Piper Niven and Rhea Ripley brawled into the room. They had to be separated by a number of officials.

Travis Banks pinned Kenny Williams after hitting the Kiwi Crusher (5:34)

Just as the match was about to start, Noam Dar’s music hit and he came out, waving to the competitors in the ring. Dar joined Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness on commentary, which delighted McGuinness to no end.

Banks managed a backslide right off the bat for a two count. They traded holds and counter-holds in classic babyface vs. babyface match fashion. Dar made fun of both men on commentary as Banks hit a running knee in the ring for another cover. Dar reiterated that Williams never beat him.

As Joseph said Banks might be worthy of being on TakeOver, Dar said he also beat him at Royal Albert Hall. Williams threw Banks to the outside. He then tried to go for a dive, but Banks slid back into the ring, hit a dive of his own, and followed up with a double foot stomp from the top for another near fall.

Williams came back with a snapmare driver for a two count, then traded shots with Banks. Meanwhile, Dar on commentary asked what a Kiwi Buzzsaw even was.

Williams hit a jumping back elbow off the ropes, then hit a dive to the outside and hit a top rope back elbow from off the top once Banks was back in the ring. Banks then suddenly came back with A Slice of Heaven and hit the Kiwi Crusher for the win.

Banks fist-bumped Kenny Williams on his way out, then stared at Dar, who mockingly clapped for him. Banks went over to confront him, but Dar would have none of it.

– Kassius Ohno laced up his boots in preparation for his main event match.

Nina Samuels pinned Isla Dawn after hitting the Nina-goroshi (5:38)

They locked up and traded holds early, with Dawn impressively escaping various wristlocks until Nina grabbed a fist of hair and pulled her down. Samuels had Dawn in a straightjacket hold, but as she released it, she ate a dropkick from Dawn.

Samuels rammed Dawn’s head into the turnbuckle, then added more punishment on top. Dawn came back with some kicks and got a two count off a knee strike. Samuels ended up on the apron but hit a head kick and launched herself over the top with a spinning splash for another close two.

Dawn immediately came back with a bridging German suplex, but she couldn’t get more than a two count either. Samuels then picked her up and hit the Nina-goroshi for the win (this was the second match these two had at this set of tapings, with Dawn originally winning, so it looks like they re-taped it to get the result they wanted).

– The finishing stretch from last week’s Dave Mastiff vs. Joe Coffey match aired, including both men brawling after their double countout. Sid Scala and Johnny Saint announced Mastiff and Coffey would have a rematch at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff in a last man standing match.

– Ilja Dragunov was shown preparing backstage for his match against Ohno.

WALTER training segment

A video from the wXw Academy aired, with WALTER training a number of wrestling students. He berated them and told them none of them belonged here, asking them if they wanted to play fight. He said this was a professional wrestling school and if they wanted to fool around, they could go to England.

WALTER let some students hit him with European uppercuts, then chopped them down. He singled out one student and told him he reminded him of Tyler Bate.

He beat the student down, then stepped on his throat and told him to say “I’m Tyler Bate.” He looked into the camera and dared Bate to meet him on NXT UK next week for a face-to-face segment.

– A graphic announced the WALTER/Tyler Bate face-off as well as Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner vs. The Hunt for next week.

Kassius Ohno pinned Ilja Dragunov after hitting the rolling elbow (15:01)

Dragunov was super intense, but Ohno managed to keep him at a distance early on. He then locked in a headlock, but Dragunov quickly countered it into Ohno’s signature cravat hold. Ohno caught Dragunov off a body press, but Dragunov managed to still turn it into a cover.

Ohno hit a chop, which only pumped up the Mad Russian and he quickly struck Ohno down, hit a hard senton, and locked in another cravat, forcing Ohno to flee to the corner in order to break the hold. Dragunov ended up on the apron and Ohno drove him into the ring post, then followed up with a big boot on the shoulder.

Ohno kept working over the shoulder and elbow of Dragunov, transitioning into a overhead wristlock. Dragunov came back briefly, but Ohno used Dragunov’s momentum and drove him head-first into the middle rope, which looked brutal.

Ohno used some innovative offense to further work over Dragunov’s arm. Dragunov briefly escaped, but was immediately caught in a guillotine and hammerlock combination.

Dragunov finally managed to hit a huge vertical suplex, but this took a lot out of both men. Dragunov hit a few clotheslines into the corner and then tried a few consecutive lariats, but clearly was hurt. He finally hit another clothesline with his good left arm, then hit the Konstantin Special but only was able to get a two count.

Dragunov went for a Gotch piledriver, but he couldn’t get Ohno up. Ohno double-legged the Russian, then focused on the arm once more, including picking him up for an over-the-shoulder backbreaker, then threw him to the mat right on Dragunov’s injured shoulder.

Ohno gave himself a chant of “Wrest-ling-Gen-ius,” but he took too much time, allowing Dragunov to hit a German suplex after a brief struggle. Dragunov hit a big dive through the ropes, which took him all the way to the beginning of the ramp. He hit a another huge dropkick from the top, hitting Ohno’s wrist and then managing to get another two count.

Dragunov went to the top once more, but got stopped by Ohno, who applied a cravat on the top, looking to hit a cravat suplex. Dragunov managed to somersault over Ohno and hit a powerbomb off the ropes, but Ohno kicked out at two again.

The crowd broke into a loud NXT chant at this point. Dragunov went to the top again, but Ohno smartly positioned the referee between himself and his attacker, then pushed Dragunov off the top, sending him crashing shoulder-first into the post, then rammed his shoulder into the post on the outside once more.

As Dragunov was dazed back in the ring, Ohno hit the rolling elbow to the back of the head for the pinfall victory.

Next week —

WALTER and Tyler Bate will go face-to-face. Imperium will also be in action, with Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner taking on The Hunt.

NXT UK results: Joe Coffey vs. Dave Mastiff

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped July 19 at Plymouth Pavilions in Plymouth, England

Quick recap —

Noam Dar defeated Ashton Smith in a fun opener, but not before getting a taste of his own medicine of playing possum. Dar then said he’d be at TakeOver, which Travis Banks later questioned.

The Grizzled Young Veterans were challenged by both Gallus and Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster, with no clear direction being given. Andrews & Webster later talked to Johnny Saint and were given a chance to proof themselves over the next few weeks.

Jinny & Jazzy Gabert defeated Xia Brookside & Piper Niven after Rhea Ripley came down and brawled to the back with Niven, leaving Brookside to become an easy victim.

In the main event, Joe Coffey and Dave Mastiff had a battle that led to both men being counted out.

Full rundown —

– The show opened with WWE’s very nice Harley Race tribute video.

Noam Dar pinned Ashton Smith after hitting the Nova Roller (5:43)

They went back and forth to start. Smith tried a kip-up but briefly got caught in an arm lock. Dar kept the pressure on with some unfair tactics, but Smith hit a nice dropkick coming off the ropes. Dar pretended he had been caught in the eye, then used the distraction to send Smith to the outside.

Dar took back over with some pinning combinations and submissions on the mat until Smith finally hit him with a stiff clothesline, a knee in the corner, and a flying leg kick. Dar came back and set up for the Nova Roller, but this time Smith played possum and cradled Dar for a near fall. Smith missed a leg lariat off the top and Dar finally hit the Nova Roller for the win.

Radzi Chinyanganya interviewed Dar post-match. Dar said he signed with NXT UK because he got benefits — such as being a star player at all the big games. Dar announced that he’d be at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff.

– Tyler Bate was interviewed coming out of the trainer’s room. He said while Trent Seven may not be back at full health yet, he’s at 100 percent and he won’t allow WALTER to disrespect the WWE UK title any longer. Bate vowed to become the first two-time champion.

Grizzled Young Veterans in-ring segment

Zack Gibson said that a little bird told him Gallus were campaigning for a title match in Cardiff. He said Gallus had been impressive. But while the Grizzled Young Veterans beat the best teams in the world, Gallus hadn’t beaten anyone.

Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) came out and said they were not campaigning — they were taking a title shot. At that point, Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster came out.

Andrews said they also wanted a title match and would not sit on the sidelines in their home town of Cardiff. As they argued, Gibson announced that Johnny Saint makes the matches and whatever happens, the titles would stay “grizzled.”

– A video aired where various talent talked about what NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff meant to them and what they wished to accomplish by participating in the event.

– Radzi caught Travis Banks coming out of Johnny Saint’s office just as Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster went in. Banks said he talked to Saint — and Noam Dar’s spot at TakeOver was not guaranteed. Banks said Dar would have to earn it just like everyone else.

Radzi then talked to Andrews & Webster, who said Saint told them they’d have to prove themselves over the next few weeks to earn a shot at the Grizzled Young Veterans.

Jazzy Gabert & Jinny defeated Piper Niven & Xia Brookside when Gabert pinned Brookside after a Dominator (9:39)

Brookside and Jinny started the match, with Brookside immediately flooring her with a dropkick. The faces quickly tagged in and out, but Jinny managed to hit a hurricanrana on Brookside, sending her into Gabert’s corner.

Gabert came in and threw Brookside around a bit, then tagged back out so Jinny could take back over. Brookside managed to tag out to Niven, who steamrolled Jinny, then caught another hurricanrana attempt and powerbombed Jinny into the corner.

Jinny tagged out and Gabert and Niven faced off. Niven got the better of the exchange and hit a running crossbody on a sitting Gabert. She tagged Brookside and threw her on top of Gabert. Brookside went for a spinning headscissors, but Gabert easily caught her and hit a side slam before tagging out again.

At that point, Rhea Ripley came out and distracted Brookside, prompting Niven to attack her. Niven and Ripley brawled all the way to the back, leaving Brookside alone with the opposing team.

Jinny landed a head kick on Brookside for a near fall. Brookside came back with a backstabber on the arm, then realized her partner was gone.

Brookside hit a spinning headscissors and Broken Wings on Jinny, but she couldn’t get the pin. Gabert then tagged in without Brookside noticing. Brookside still hit a crossbody on both of her opponents, but she soon fell victim to a Gabert clothesline and finally the Dominator.

– A video on Toni Storm and Kay Lee Ray aired, looking at all the matches they had in promotions such as wXw, PROGRESS, and ICW. Storm said she wanted to be like KLR as soon as she first saw her.

KLR once again said no one knew Storm better than her and she’d take the belt off Storm. Storm said the NXT UK Women’s title was the most important thing in her life and she has to fight for it because her life depends on it.

– Ilja Dragunov was getting ready to be interviewed backstage in a darkened room. Kassius Ohno came in, turned on the light, and mocked Mr. “Unbesiegbar.”

– A graphic announced Dragunov vs. Ohno and Flash Morgan Webster vs. Mark Coffey for next week.

Dave Mastiff vs. Joe Coffey ended in a double countout (7:59)

Both men smashed into each other at the bell, then traded elbows and punches until Mastiff finally hit a hip toss for a cover. Mastiff tried to hit a German suplex and finally succeeded, though Coffey fought tooth and nail to avoid it.

Coffey came back with a running spear into the corner, driving Mastiff into an exposed turnbuckle. Coffey then took over with shots and throwing Mastiff into the corner, then followed up with a backbreaker. Coffey trapped Mastiff’s arm and hit him with body shots. Mastiff finally managed to slam Coffey, but Mastiff clearly was hurt.

Mastiff managed to hit another release German suplex, a back body drop, and a big forearm that sent Coffey outside. He hit Coffey in the ear, sending him off his feet before rolling him back into the ring.

Mastiff then locked in a chinlock and rained down elbows to the side of Coffey’s head. Mastiff hit a senton for another two count and smashed into Coffey once more.

They fought some more on the apron and Coffey launched himself into Mastiff with a spear, sending Mastiff into the ring post but also sending Coffey down to the floor. They punched each other down one more time and the referee counted both men out.

The rest of Gallus came out to carry Joe away as Mastiff went crazy and shouted at Joe to keep fighting him as the show went off the air.

Next week —

Ilja Dragunov faces Kassius Ohno in the main event. Flash Morgan Webster tries to prove himself against Mark Coffey.

NXT UK results: WALTER vs. Tyler Bate set for TakeOver Cardiff

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped July 19 at Plymouth Pavilions in Plymouth, England

Quick results —

Imperium interrupted Sid Scala and Johnny Saint in the opening segment. WALTER was attacked by Tyler Bate, who got the better of the scuffle. WALTER defending his WWE United Kingdom Championship against Bate was then announced as the main event for NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff.

Gallus defeated Lewis Howley & Sam Stoker in a quick squash match, then called out NXT UK Tag Team Champions the Grizzled Young Veterans. Rhea Ripley disposed of Dani Luna in another quick squash.

We heard from Eddie Dennis, freshly coming off surgery to repair his torn pec. He blamed the fans for what went wrong for him.

In the main event, Alexander Wolfe defeated Jordan Devlin in a good match.

Full rundown —

– Sid Scala and NXT UK General Manager Johnny Saint opened the show mid-ring. They started talking about NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff when Imperium walked out. Marcel Barthel said Scala and Saint were not in charge anymore and were not needed any longer. Barthel told Scala and Saint to “step off that mat that is so sacred to us, or we will make you.”

Alexander Wolfe then took the mic away from Scala and handed it to WALTER. WALTER said he destroyed everyone and wanted to know who was going to face the Ring General in Cardiff. Tyler Bate’s music hit and Barthel and Aichner positioned themselves in the aisle to stop Bate from coming out, but Bate entered through the crowd and attacked WALTER.

Bate then took out Wolfe, Barthel, and Fabian Aichner as they were looking to enter the ring. Bate got the better of WALTER during the brawl and Saint called for backup, with a lot of officials and wrestlers coming out to break the two up and prevent the rest of Imperium from entering the ring.

Scala announced that Bate would challenge for WALTER’s WWE UK Championship at UK TakeOver: Cardiff.

– A video announced “Brick by Brick” by Junior, the band of NXT UK’s Mark Andrews, as the official theme song of UK TakeOver: Cardiff

Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) defeated Lewis Howley & Sam Stoker when Coffey pinned Howley off a combined enzuigiri/powerslam (3:13)

Wolfgang and Howley started and Wolfgang made quick work of his opponent, prompting him to tag in Stoker, who didn’t fare much better. Coffey then proceeded to pound Stoker into the mat and applied a modified chinlock. Gallus sent Stoker flying with a double monkey flip.

Stoker finally made the hot tag, but Coffey immediately destroyed him with a full-nelson slam. Gallus then finished him off with a combined enzuigiri/powerslam.

After the match, Gallus called out the Grizzled Young Veterans, mocking Zack Gibson’s catchphrase and stating that the NXT UK Tag Team titles would “soon be Gallus.”

– Jordan Devlin confronted Sid Scala and asked what he would have to do to get another shot at WALTER. Scala told him he could prove himself tonight by taking on Imperium’s Alexander Wolfe.

– Dave Mastiff spoke to reporters backstage and said Johnny Saint told him he could sort things out with Joe Coffey next week. Mastiff said he’ll batter Coffey. We were told this would be our main event next week.

Rhea Ripley defeated Dani Luna with Riptide (2:00)

Ripley right away took Luna’s head off with a huge kick, then proceeded to smash into her in the corner. Luna came back with a flurry of offense but quickly got thrown off halfway across the ring and ate some ground and pound as retribution.

Ripley hit a dropkick, a few more strikes, and finally Riptide for the quick win.

Kay Lee Ray/Toni Storm video package

A video package looked at the history between Toni Storm and Kay Lee Ray. KLR said they met at a show years ago and hit it off right away. Storm talked about KLR being like a sister to her and how happy she was when she learned that Kay Lee was coming to NXT UK.

Storm said something felt off about KLR and she was not the same person Storm had known. Storm noted that she didn’t like to admit it, but KLR knows her better than anyone else. KLR said that at TakeOver: Cardiff, she will take the NXT UK Women’s Championship from Storm.

– A clip taped on April 29 aired, with Eddie Dennis entering the hospital for surgery to repair his torn pec. After successful surgery, Dennis blamed each and every judgmental fan who never stepped into the ring and bullies wrestlers even though they did nothing wrong. 

– Graphics advertised Jazzy Gabert & Jinny vs. Piper Niven & Xia Brookside and Dave Mastiff vs. Joe Coffey for next week.

Alexander Wolfe defeated Jordan Devlin with a sit-down powerbomb (11:31)

They locked up, with the bigger Wolfe getting the better of it. He worked over Devlin’s arm, but Devlin escaped and slapped Wolfe hard across the face. Devlin played some mind games, leaving and re-entering the ring a few times.

Devlin took back over with a back elbow to the face and running double knees on a downed Wolfe. Devlin tried to go for his uranage, but Wolfe blocked it and gave him a crazy stare, then took down Devlin with some offense of his own, working over Devlin’s ribs.

Wolfe applied an abdominal stretch, then ground his fists into Devlin’s side, but Devlin managed to throw him off with a hip toss. Wolfe caught Devlin off a springboard attempt, then dead-lifted him into a suplex and threw him across the top rope.

Wolfe mocked Devlin’s injured ribs, but Devlin managed to hit a roll through and then a double foot stomp. Devlin hit his uranage/standing moonsault combo and finally hit a jumping cutter for a near fall.

They traded slaps while still on their knees, then traded elbows and uppercuts. Devlin escaped a powerbomb attempt and hit a headbutt to Wolfe’s shoulder, then tried for his Devlinside suplex, but couldn’t get Wolfe up due to his injured ribs.

Devlin then stomped at Wolfe’s head and it looked like Wolfe momentarily was out of it. Wolfe went for a clothesline, but Devlin turned it into a Spanish Fly for another close near fall.

The crowd actually was behind Devlin as Wolfe tried to go for his Death Valley Driver, but Devlin escaped — only to be hit with a bridging German suplex for a close two count. Devlin hit a sunset flip off another powerbomb attempt by Wolfe, then went for a moonsault and missed. Wolfe capitalized on Devlin’s mistake and hit a big sit-down powerbomb for the win.

– Backstage, the camera caught Bate coming out of the dressing room. Bate said that WALTER will see that it’s not so easy to put him down. Bate said he’ll embarrass WALTER at UK TakeOver: Cardiff, make him look like a novice, and take the UK Championship that WALTER holds so dearly.

Next week —

Piper Niven teams with Xia Brookside to take on Jinny & Jazzy Gabert. In the main event, Joe Coffey will meet Dave Mastiff.

NXT UK results: WALTER vs. Trent Seven

Posted on by Markus Gronemann

Taped June 16, 2019 at Download Festival in Leicestershire, England

Quick results —

Noam Dar pinned Kenny Williams after employing some cheap tactics. Kay Lee Ray, Jinny & Jazzy Gabert teamed together and defeated Xia Brookside, Piper Niven & Toni Storm, with Jinny pinning Brookside after Gabert again helped her out.

In a brutal main event war, WALTER defeated Trent Seven by referee stoppage after destroying Seven with powerbomb after powerbomb.

Full rundown —

– Trent Seven was asked about his thoughts on his match with WALTER later tonight. He said he would take WALTER’s head off. Seven reiterated that he was “here.”

Noam Dar defeated Kenny Williams after a low blow and the Nova Roller (10:10)

They did some back-and-forth action early on, with Dar getting the slight advantage. Dar and Williams each mocked the other when one outsmarted the other.

Things heated up with Williams diving leg-first through the ropes, then sliding to the outside for another attack on Dar. Dar countered with a stiff clothesline off the apron to get back on top. Williams got back in control with a springboard single-leg foot stomp and a jumping back elbow off the top.

Dar rolled up Williams for a near fall, evaded a springboard body press, and hit a fisherman’s buster for another close fall.

Dar locked in a kneebar, then transitioned into an ankle lock, but Williams kicked him off. Dar hit a combination on Williams, but Williams hit a rebound lariat and both men were down for the count. Dar turned another skinning-the-cat type of move into a kneebar, forcing Williams to slowly inch his way toward the ropes and finally force a break to the hold.

Williams’ shoe came off, but he rolled Dar up anyway for a near fall. Dar went to use the shoe as a weapon, argued with the referee, and finally threw the shoe out of the ring, distracting the ref and allowing Dar to hit a low blow, followed by the Nova Roller for the win.

– Radzi Chinyanganya was trying to catch up with the Grizzled Young Veterans. Zack Gibson said they beat Moustache Mountain twice and are the NXT UK locker room leaders. He told Radzi not to ask rhetorical questions and ordered him to find them proper opponents — since Johnny Saint obviously was having a hard time.

– We took a look back at the battle royal to determine the number one contender for the NXT UK Women’s Championship, with Kay Lee Ray winning and last week announcing that she’d face Toni Storm at UK TakeOver: Cardiff on August 31. KLR said she would make Storm’s life a living hell until then.

Jazzy Gabert, Jinny & Kay Lee Ray defeated Piper Niven, NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm & Xia Brookside when Jinny pinned Brookside after an X-Factor (7:38)

KLR and Brookside started out, but Storm quickly blind-tagged herself in, causing KLR to also quickly tag Jinny. Jinny slapped Storm hard, then hit a few punches, but quickly ate a boot for her troubles.

Both women tagged out to Gabert and Niven respectively. Gabert hit a hard forearm, then shoulder blocked Niven to the mat. Brookside and Jinny were in next, with Niven wheelbarrow suplexing Brookside on top of Jinny. After falling victim to a hurricanrana off the second turnbuckle, Jinny tagged in KLR. The heel trio then proceeded to work over Brookside for a few minutes.

Brookside finally managed the hot tag, allowing Storm to run wild on Jinny, hitting a number of German suplexes and a clothesline on her for a two count. KLR tried a sneak attack, but got taken out by Niven. Storm then hit a dive through the ropes on Jinny and Gabert, followed by a cannonball off the apron by Niven and a top rope crossbody by Brookside.

Back in the ring, Storm hit a shining wizard on Jinny, but was attacked by Gabert as she went for Storm Zero. Niven then took out Gabert. Storm tagged Brookside, who tried another attack off the turnbuckle, but Gabert grabbed her leg, allowing Jinny to hit the X-Factor off the turnbuckle for the win.

– A graphic announced that Dave Mastiff would speak out next week, answering Joe Coffey’s challenge.

Non-title match: WWE United Kingdom Champion WALTER defeated Trent Seven by referee stoppage after WALTER kept powerbombing Seven (14:30)

Seven immediately dove onto WALTER as he was still standing in the aisle and proceeded to ram him into the barricades. Back in the ring, the ref finally rang the bell and WALTER came back with some strikes, but Seven threw him to the outside again and hit another dive.

WALTER took over and went to powerbomb Seven onto the apron, just as he had done to Tyler Bate a few weeks ago, but Seven managed an escape via back body drop. Seven went for a Rainmaker-style elbow, but WALTER ducked, locked in a sleeper, and hit a German suplex on Seven.

WALTER hit a few brutal shots and kicks, wearing Seven down, but he would not go down without a fight and hit a chop out of defiance. A body slam later, Seven was back among the ring dust though.

A barrage of chops by Seven later, WALTER’s boot once more connected with Seven’s face, and WALTER’s fists proceeded to cave Seven’s chest in. WALTER locked in a single-leg Boston crab, then transitioned into a reverse chinlock until Seven finally made the ropes.

WALTER missed a kick into the corner, allowing Seven to hit a snap dragon suplex, a number of lariat-type strikes, and finally a super-stiff lariat that sent WALTER to the mat.

WALTER was visually dazed, allowing Seven to hit a number of rapid-fire chops until the ref separated the two off a five count. WALTER then hit a single stiff chop that sent Seven crashing to the mat.

Seven tried fighting back, but WALTER hit a big knee that sent Seven crumbling to the mat again. Seven hit a desperation back fist that sent WALTER stumbling to ringside. Seven wanted to follow up with an aerial attack, but he took too long to reach the top rope, allowing WALTER to send him crashing back into the ring.

WALTER went on top himself, but Seven followed and they fought up top. WALTER went for a top rope powerbomb, but Seven escaped and hit a huge superplex for a two count.

They ended up on the outside once more and Seven tried to hit the Burning Hammer but collapsed. WALTER then powerbombed him on the apron and rolled him back inside. The big Austrian then hit a second powerbomb in the ring, but refused to go for the pin. Instead, he hit a third powerbomb as Marcel Barthel, Fabian Aichner, and Alexander Wolfe walked out and posed in front of the ring.

WALTER hit a fourth powerbomb, then pulled Seven up and hit yet another powerbomb as the referee looked on concerned. WALTER hit one last powerbomb, finally prompting the referee to stop the match.

The show faded to black with WALTER posing in the ring with the WWE UK Championship and the rest of Imperium posing in front of the apron.

Next week —

Dave Mastiff answers Joe Coffey’s challenge. A number of matches taped last weekend in Plymouth will also air.

NXT UK results: Kassius Ohno vs. Mark Andrews

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Taped June 16, 2019 at Download Festival in Leicestershire, England

Quick results —

Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) defeated Saxon Huxley & Tyson T-Bone in impressive fashion. Jinny defeated Xia Brookside, with Jazzy Gabert helping her out by distracting Brookside.

Toni Storm talked about Kay Lee Ray, who announced that she would cash in her title shot at NXT TakeOver: Cardiff on August 31. In a very good main event, Mark Andrews withstood a good deal of punishment and pulled off the win against the larger Kassius Ohno.

Full rundown —

– Sid Scala opened the show and ran down this week’s card. He also announced Toni Storm would have something to say.

Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) defeated Saxon Huxley & Tyson T-Bone when Barthel pinned Huxley after a powerbomb/uppercut combo (4:53)

Aichner immediately took down the bigger T-Bone and made it look easy. T-Bone came back with a right and a clothesline but got caught in mid-air by Aichner and dropped with a powerslam.

A double tag later found Huxley at the receiving end of a running soccer kick by Barthel. Barthel kept attacking Huxley relentlessly in the corner. Huxley took a lot more punishment and crawled for the hot tag, but Aichner also tagged in, sneaked around ringside, and pulled T-Bone off the apron and kneed him into the steps.

Aichner and Barthel then finished Huxley off with a combined powerbomb/European uppercut off the second turnbuckle.

– Radzi Chinyanganya talked to Travis Banks, who said he was disappointed about losing to WALTER but will come back strong

Jinny (w/ Jazzy Gabert) defeated Xia Brookside with a roll-up (4:35)

Aiden English compared Jinny and Gabert to Cersei Lannister and The Mountain from Game of Thrones. Brookside started strong with a roll-up and a dropkick, then followed up with a crossbody a minute later. Jinny missed a running charge into the corner and got double knees to the back of the head, then found herself tied up in a tree of woe, but escaped.

Jinny fled to ringside and Brookside faced off with Gabert, but Jinny used the distraction and pulled Brookside up by the hair from the ring. Gabert then briefly attacked Brookside and threw her back into the ring. Jinny took over and locked in a version of a surfboard, but Brookside made the ropes.

Brookside hit a hurricanrana off the ropes, but Jinny and Brookside collided and Jinny was thrown into the ref, who briefly was distracted, allowing Gabert to grab Brookside’s legs. Jinny rolled her up for the win.

– A cameraman went into Imperium’s trailer, and they were not amused. Barthel said they disposed of British Strong Style and took out Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate and all that was left was Trent Seven.

Alexander Wolfe said Seven better be careful what he wished for and that WALTER accepts his challenge. WALTER said in German that he would break Seven and repeated the same in English, saying he would snap Seven’s back. They then threw out the cameraman.

– Kenny Williams talked about Noam Dar, saying he’d snap off the wing Dar wanted to take him under.

– They showed clips from after last week’s main event, where Dave Mastiff dared Gallus to step back into the ring with him. A reporter went into Gallus’ trailer and Joe Coffey said they tamed The Hunt and that he would take down Mastiff as well.

Toni Storm in-ring promo

Storm came out to the crowd chanting her name. She said she thought Kay Lee Ray was one of her best friends and mentioned how KLR helped her out when she first moved to the UK. She said KLR didn’t need to get her attention, she got it and was ready whenever KLR was. Storm said she was sick of her mind games, but was then interrupted by KLR’s music.

Kay Lee Ray said she was more prepared than Storm and teased having their match right now. Storm prepared, but KLR said this was not going to happen. KLR said she was going to make Storm wait until the biggest show they’ve ever had — NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff. KLR said until then, she would make Storm’s life a living hell.

– Scala said this would not mean Storm and Kay Lee Ray would not be in action until TakeOver. He announced Storm, Piper Niven & Xia Brookside vs. Kay Lee Ray, Jinny & Jazzy Gabert for next week.

– Kenny Williams vs. Noam Dar and WALTER vs. Trent Seven were announced for next week.

Mark Andrews defeats Kassius Ohno (13:05)

Ohno showed off his mat prowess early, then locked Andrews in a cravat. Andrews eventually countered it into a front facelock, but quickly found himself back in the hold. Andrews showed off a few cartwheels, then hit a few dropkicks and a dive to the outside, but Ohno caught him mid-flight and slammed him throat-first into the exposed part of the turnbuckle.

Ohno took over and beat down Andrews for a while, including choking him in the ropes and locking in a another variation of the cravat. 

Ohno sat on Andrews in the corner, then shoved Andrews off the second turnbuckle, sending him tumbling to ringside. He screamed at Andrews that he didn’t belong in the ring with him and that Ohno was a wrestling genius. Ohno threw Andrews back into the ring, but got hit with three enzuigiris and a somersault plancha into a hurricanrana on the outside.

Back in the ring, Andrews hit another top rope hurricanrana and a standing moonsault for a near fall. Andrews slid under an Ohno strike, then went to hit the Pele kick, but got elbowed into the back of the head for a close near fall.

Andrews ended up on Ohno’s shoulders and got smashed face-first onto the mat. Ohno chopped Andrews, who was trapped in the ropes, but Andrews powered up and hit a number of strikes. Eventually, Andrews landed an inverted rana for a close two count.

Andrews managed to hit the Stun Dog Millionaire, then turned a moonsault block that got caught into a spinning DDT, but it still was not enough to beat Ohno. Andrews hit a Shooting Star Press, but on impact, got caught in a cravat and ate a nasty cravat slam, followed by a spinning big boot.

Ohno got cocky and didn’t got for the pin, but rather wanted to hit a tombstone piledriver. As he had Andrews up for the move, Andrews rolled through and got the pin. Ohno was shocked in the ring as Andrews celebrated on the stage.

Next week —

Toni Storm, Piper Niven & Xia Brookside face off with Kay Lee Ray, Jinny & Jazzy Gabert, Kenny Williams wrestles Noam Dar, and WALTER takes on Trent Seven.

NXT UK results: Gallus vs. The Hunt & Dave Mastiff

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Quick Results —

Ilja Dragunov quickly defeated Ashton Smith. NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm defeated Candy Floss in a non-title face vs. face match, then Kay Lee Ray made her presence felt. Trent Seven said Tyler Bate was in the hospital and challenged WALTER.

In the main event, Gallus defeated The Hunt & Dave Mastiff

Full Rundown —

The show opened with a recap from last week’s Grizzle Young Veterans vs. Moustache Mountain match and Imperium interfering. Still shots showed the aftermath of Tyler Bate & Trent Seven getting taken to the back.

Ilja Dragunov defeated Ashton Smith with Torpedo Moscow (4:42)

Smith used a headlock early, but Dragunov escaped and hit a crossbody on a charging Smith. Dragunov followed up with a senton. Smith worked over Dragunov’s legs, but he didn’t have much success.

Aiden English said “Unbesiegbar” was Russian for invincible, but it’s German for invincible. Dragunov hit a Gotch-style powerbomb. Smith came back with a fisherman’s suplex, but Dragunov hit a dropkick, then the Konstantin Special and Torpedo Moscow for the win.

– A graphic plugged the six-man tag main event.

– A video recap of Xia Brookside’s history with Jazzy Gabert and Jinny aired. Radzi Chinyanganya interviewed Brookside about their history. She said she’d face Jinny next week.

– Nina Samuels did a skit where she interviewed fans at Download Festival. One said Samuels was his favorite.

Non-title match: NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm defeated Candy Floss with Storm Zero (5:55)

Storm outwrestled Candy Floss early. They one-upped each other with poses on the mat, then Candy Floss tried a quick pin. Storm showed approval for Candy Floss when she went for another one.

Candy Floss worked Storm’s arm and shoulder, but she got taken out with a kick. There was more offense from Candy Floss, but Storm hit a clothesline and Storm Zero for the win.

As Candy Floss walked to the back, Kay Lee Ray came out and attacked her. Storm came to her aid and KLR left.

– Another Ligero promo video aired, focusing on him losing his latest matches.

Trent Seven speaks

Seven talked solemnly and said usually he doesn’t speak alone. He said Bate was hospitalized and injured, but Seven’s here and always has been. He said this was built on British Strong Style.

Seven said Imperium claimed the mat was sacred — but “this is our mat.” He said he’d cut the head off the snake and was coming for WALTER, and it would be for Pete Dunne, Bate, and the Trent Seven Army. He got intense and started screaming “this will be for us!”

– Mark Andrews accepted Kassius Ohno’s call-out, saying he had been a “Hero” of his. They’ll face off next week.

Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) defeated Dave Mastiff & The Hunt (Primate & Wild Boar) when Joe Coffey pinned Wild Boar after a lariat (12:25)

All six guys brawled right at the bell, with Gallus being beaten to ringside. The Hunt worked over Mark Coffey with some unique offense until he tagged in Wolfgang. The heels isolated Primate and Joe Coffey put him in a submission.

Primate finally tagged Wild Boar, who ran roughshod on Mark Coffey. Mark hit a chokeslam and tagged Wolfgang. Boar was the face in peril for a while and got beaten up. He finally tagged Mastiff, who beat up Gallus on his own, including hitting a big German suplex on Mark and an overhead suplex on Joe.

Mastiff hit a Finlay roll with Mark onto Wolfgang. Joe turned things around for a bit, but Mastiff took back over. He hit the somersault senton onto Mark in the corner as The Hunt hit stereo dives to the outside.

Primate hit a top rope splash on Joe, but he wasn’t the legal man. Wolfgang rolled Boar back inside — and Joe hit his rolling lariat for the win.

Next Week —

Mark Andrews faces Kassius Ohno.