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WWE NXT results: Corey Graves says goodbye to NXT

Posted on by Arya Witner

The Big News: It was Corey Graves’ last night so they aired a lengthy tribute video to him.

The Medium News: Tyler Bate made his first appearance since the UK Championship tournament and defeated Oney Lorcan.

The Little Beaver-sized News: Kassius Ohno returned in a backstage segment, consoling Shinsuke Nakamura after Nakamura lost the title.

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The show started with a video recapping NXT TakeOver: San Antonio. As I mentioned on Saturday, this show greatly exceeded expectations and I would make sure to check it out if you haven’t already.

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Corey Graves is still on the show. I know this was taped before TakeOver, but they did imply that Nigel McGuinness would be taking over this week.

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Ember Moon defeated Aliyah

Aliyah is seemingly an unknown babyface. She got almost no reaction coming out except for a few people booing who assumed she was a heel.

Moon used an abdominal stretch where she pushed Aliyah’s head down further, to the point that her body was completely bent over. Aliyah got some offense, just enough to show that she is far from ready for a bigger role. Moon walked up the ropes with a moonsault press for a two count and then finished off Aliyah with The Eclipse.

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We got an Eric Young promo from after TakeOver. Then they showed Tye Dillinger in the Royal Rumble and him being excited about taking part. They also had a post-match promo where he said that the whole experience was surreal.

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That brought us to the Asuka video package. Asuka said her match was tough, but she is still champion. Asuka laughed about Ember Moon challenging her, asking if Moon actually works here.

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Ember Moon cut a promo after being told what Asuka said about her. The interviewer recited the question in record speed. Moon said she is happy Asuka won because she wanted to be the one to dethrone her and Asuka will know who Ember Moon is.

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WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate defeated Oney Lorcan

Bate walked to the ring waving to everyone. This was a solid match that the crowd got into. Bate used the airplane spin and then the Tyler Driver ’97 for the win. Bate did the same thing he did in the UK tournament where he did the spin, stopped and teased being too dizzy, and then continued for a few more rotations.

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Roderick Strong cut a post-TakeOver promo, saying beating Andrade “Cien” Almas was a statement and he is continuing his quest to be NXT Champion.

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We move to the NXT Tag Team Championship match from Saturday. Paul Ellering, after the match, said they are the new sheriff, the new law, they will show no mercy and take victory at all costs.

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Then we got the recap of the NXT title match. We got footage of after the show went off the air where Shinsuke Nakamura was helped to the back and treated by the trainers. Chris Hero/Kassius Ohno made his return on TV, telling Nakamura that the situation really sucks.

Bobby Roode was elsewhere and offended that he would be asked if he still would’ve won if Nakamura hadn’t been injured. Roode said that when he debuted he said this was his NXT and now the Bobby Roode era has begun. Of course, he finished by saying his title reign would be glorious.

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Next week will be Bobby Roode’s glorious celebration.

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Tom Phillips wished good luck to Corey Graves, since tonight is his last night on commentary in NXT. We got a lengthy video package covering Graves’ career, from in the ring and then to the broadcast booth.

This was a really good video package. It’s available to watch below:

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No Way Jose defeated Elias Samson

Graves spent minutes flipping out that the last match he was calling featured The Drifter. As always, Samson got the go away heat from people not wanting to hear his song.

Samson ran across the ring with a dropkick at the start of the match, but Jose took over quickly. Graves was suddenly thrilled with leaving Samson, Tom Phillips, and Percy Watson behind when he was reminded that he still had to deal with Byron Saxton.

Samson finally got the heat when he crotched Jose on the top rope. Jose made his comeback, hitting chops and won with the pop-up punch to the face.

So that does it for this week. Thank you all so much for reading and until next week, remember to say your vitamins and take your prayers!

NXT TakeOver San Antonio live results: Nakamura vs. Roode

Posted on by Arya Witner

Preview by Joseph Currier

WWE kicks off Royal Rumble weekend in San Antonio tonight with NXT TakeOver taking place at the Freeman Coliseum.

The show will be headlined by what is sure to be a spectacle before the match even begins, with Shinsuke Nakamura facing off against Bobby Roode. Nakamura will defend his NXT Championship against Roode after Roode won a fatal four-way match on TV to earn the title shot.

NXT’s other titles will be on the line as well. After winning last year’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, The Authors of Pain will get their title shot against DIY. And the Women’s Championship will be up for grabs as Asuka defends her belt against Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, and Nikki Cross in a fatal four-way match.

Tonight’s show will also see the TakeOver debuts of Roderick Strong and Eric Young. Strong will face Andrade “Cien” Almas, while SAnitY’s leader takes on Tye Dillinger.

Our live coverage kicks off at 8 p.m. ET.

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Pre-Show Notes:

– Corey Graves stepped down as an NXT announcer and will be replaced by Nigel McGuinness

NXT Awards:

  • Breakout Stars Of The Year: Peyton Royce & Billie Kay
  • NXT Match Of The Year: DIY vs The Revival from NXT TakeOver: Toronto
  • Tag Team Of The Year: The Revival
  • Female Competitor Of The Year: Asuka (which was stolen by Peyton Royce and Billie Kay)
  • Male Competitor Of The Year: Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Overall Competitor Of The Year: Shinsuke Nakamura

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Tom Phillips, Percy Watson and Corey Graves are calling the action. I guess Nigel takes over on Wednesday.

Eric Young def. Tye Dillinger

Young won with the Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker after Dillinger laid out the rest of SAnitY.

Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dane were at ringside and interfered throughout the match. This was a hot opener with the fans super into Dillinger, who looked good once again. They told the story that Young trained Dillinger, but at the time, that was a different Young. Dillinger began his comeback with the Tongan Death Grip of all things and later hit a belly-to-belly suplex off the top rope.

Dillinger laid Wolfe out with the Tye Breaker and gave Dane a superkick before hitting Young with another Tye Breaker, but Wolfe put EY’s foot on the ropes. Dillinger hit a dive onto SAnitY leading directly to the finish.

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Samoa Joe was seen sitting ringside.

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Roderick Strong def. Andrade “Cien” Almas

Strong won with the Sick Kick by reversing out of the Hammerlock DDT in a match that exceeded expectations.

Almas kept going for his big moves, but only hit the running double knees in the corner on the third try. Previously, he had missed another Hammerlock DDT attempt and Strong had rolled out of the way of the Double Moonsault.

Strong hit a pair of backbreakers including one where he caught Almas’ foot and yanked him in the air and then dropped Cien across the top turnbuckle.

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Michael Hayes was shown sitting at ringside.

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The Authors of Pain def. NXT Tag Team Champions DIY to win the titles

Authors of Pain became the 12th NXT Tag Team Champions, winning an excellent match with The Last Chapter.

Gargano and Ciampa did a really good job carrying the AOP to their best match ever. DIY flew all over the ring, both in selling and while on offense. Ciampa and Gargano hit one hot move after another on the big men and the monsters sold big for the first time ever.

Ciampa did a running knee off the apron where he jumped right over the cameraman in a cool visual. The AOP got the heat when they knocked Gargano off the apron and he crashed onto the guardrail in a move reminiscent of what Bret Hart used to do.

Before the finish, the champs got on the double submission that they used on The Revival in Toronto. However, Rezar picked up Gargano and bodyslammed him on top of Ciampa, who had an armbar on Akam.

After taking dozens of punches, the AOP fought out, hit the Super Collider, and hit the Last Chapter to win the match and the belts. The fans booed loudly when they sensed the finish was coming.

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Seth Rollins appeared from out of the crowd and announced he was taking over the show. He demanded HHH come out. He stated that this is where he started, he knew Hunter was here, and would not leave until he came out.

HHH came out and while we thought we might finally get the confrontation that has been teased since August, he sent security down instead. Rollins destroyed four of them, but got taken down by seven. So for future reference, seven is the optimum number of security guards to take down wrestlers.

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NXT Women’s Champion Asuka def. Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, and Nikki Cross in a four-way to retain

Asuka pinned Royce after a series of kicks to both Kay and Royce’s heads. This was not in the same league as other TakeOver women’s title matches, but it was quite enjoyable, all things considered.

Billie and Peyton both kept getting laid out by Asuka, but kept coming back for further beatings. The highlight was Asuka giving both of them a German Suplex at the same time. Cross and Asuka squared off evenly, but Billie and Peyton would run in at what they thought was a perfect time to break things up.

Cross and Asuka worked pretty well together. Cross had Asuka up for a draping DDT on the apron, but instead used a draping Roll Of The Dice before using a diving crossbody from the top rope to the floor on Kay and Royce.

Kay and Royce took over, dragged Cross away from the ring, and suplexed her through a table conveniently set up next to the announcers’ table. This took Cross out of the match.

The mean girls then literally ran back to the ring and went after Asuka. Asuka blocked the Royce bulldog to Kay’s knee, but Royce got a near fall with a Widow’s Peak. Royce freaked out and that led to the finish.

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Triple H will be on Facebook Live after the show.

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WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate was sitting at ringside and it didn’t seem like a lot of people knew who he was with a fan mocking his waving at everyone. He was part of the pre-show activities.

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Bobby Roode def. Shinsuke Nakamura to win the NXT Championship

Roode was accompanied to the ring by eight models in dresses that matched his robe. Meanwhile, Nakamura glided to the ring on a platform.

Roode became the 12th NXT Champion, pinning an injured Nakamura after a second Glorious Impaler DDT. The story was Nakamura had the match won with a Kinshasa, but he had hurt his knee earlier and couldn’t make the cover.

Roode had teased winning several times, but Nakamura had several dramatic kickouts. The early part of the match was slow with Roode and Nakamura setting the stage for a hot finish.

At one point, Nakamura was sitting on the top rope when he went for a kick, but Roode caught his foot and threw him off the top rope to the floor. Nakamura missed his corner knee strike on the first attempt, but hit it the second time, as well as the inverted Exploder Suplex.

Nakamura went for the Kinshasa, but Roode was laying on the mat, feigning unconsciousness. Roode got a schoolboy with a handful of tights and then hit a Spinebuster for a pair of two-counts. Nakamura went for a Kinshasa the second time, but Roode got his boots up and would have won the title with a roll up, but the referee saw his feet on the ropes for leverage.

Nakamura took offense to this attempted cheating and kicked Roode like there was no tomorrow. Nakamura locked on a triangle choke, but Roode got out of it.  

In the big spot, Nakamura went to the second rope, but Roode rolled to the apron. Nakamura stepped to the outside of the ropes and hit a Kinshasa on the apron. On the way down is where they sold that Nakamura injured his knee.

The doctor was called into the ring to check on the injury as Roode recovered. Nakamura pleaded to the doctor that he had heart and wished to continue. Roode used a Half Crab that Nakamura turned into a Triangle Choke before the finish.

Matt Bloom (Albert/Tensai/Jason Albert, referred to as Bloom) came out as “Acting NXT GM” since Mr. Regal was ill, but he didn’t play into the finish.

This was a very good match and capped off a TakeOver that exceeded the low expectations going in.