– Lacey Evans & Ruby Riot defeated Mandy Rose & Bianca Blair in 10:37.
– Kassius Ohno defeated Oney Lorcan in 8:52.
– DIY defeated Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss in 10:17.
Sabbatelli and Moss cut a promo before the match saying that they’re an elite tag team and Triple H is spending big money for them to be in the NXT tag team division.
– Drew McIntyre defeated Patrick Clark in 8:39.
– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Sonya Deville in 8:35 to retain her title.
– Tye Dillinger & Hideo Itami defeated NXT Champion Bobby Roode & Andrade “Cien” Almas in 17:22.
The main event was supposed to be Roode defending his title against Dillinger, but he got the mic and said that NXT is his show and he wouldn’t defend it in a dump like Phoenix. He said that he has a partner and Dillinger better have one too. Almas came to the ring as Roode’s partner.
Dillinger responded by saying that he knew Roode would pull something like this. He said that Roode is going to get his ass kicked for talking trash about Phoenix and introduced Itami as his partner.
This was another great match. Riot almost got the biggest pop of the night.
– NXT Champion Bobby Roode defeated Tye Dillinger to retain his title
Dillinger got the pop of the night. In the middle of the match, Roode put on a Nashville Predators hockey jersey. Dillinger responded by putting on a St. Louis Blues jersey. The Blues are the local team and they’re facing the Predators in the playoffs.
Roode tried to beat down Dillinger after the match, but Dillinger got revenge to end the show.
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– Kassius Ohno defeated Kona Reeves
This was a short opener, with Reeves getting most of the heat with slow offense before a flurry of big strikes and a roaring elbow from Ohno for the win.
Reeves refused to leave the ring after unless someone made him. Dan Matha then came out with no titantron and delivered a chokeslam across his knee as the crowd wondered who he even was.
– There was a segment where The Revival came out of Bobby Roode’s locker room and debated which member would be Roode’s teammate in the main event.
– Ruby Riot & Kimber Lee defeated Mandy Rose & Daria Berenato
This got a decent amount of time but was pretty sloppy. Riot pinned Berenato after her Pele kick finisher.
– Aleister Black defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas
They had a solid back and forth match. Black won with his spin kick finisher.
– Hideo Itami defeated Patrick Clark
Clark generated heat by asking for no kicks, no mat wrestling, and then offering to sumo wrestle instead. It was a short, fun match that Itami won with a GTS. He posed with Clark’s headband after.
– NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain defeated DIY to retain their titles
The champs got the better of DIY in the end after having a great match.
– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Ember Moon to retain her title
Asuka retained after a ref bump spot and reversing a top rope crossbody. They had a stiff match with a lot of back and forth action.
– Shinsuke Nakamura & Tye Dillinger defeated NXT Champion Bobby Roode & Scott Dawson
The match started with a lot of comedy moments based on the “10” chants, hugging tag partners (and the ref after a lengthy “hug the ref” chant), and Dash Wilder stealing the ring bell. Roode and Dawson did good heel work with Dawson being pinned after a Kinshasa.
Roode berated Dawson after the match and trash talked Dawson’s family in the front row. Dawson went to attack him, but Roode escaped only to be thrown back in by Nakamura and Dillinger. Dawson and Dillinger each gave Roode a stunner and Shinsuke hit a Kinshasa.
The locker room (sans Andrade “Cien” Almas and Aleister Black) came out to applaud The Revival, Dillinger, and Nakamura as this was scheduled to be their last house show with NXT. Dillinger got on the mic and thanked the crowd for chanting “10” and helping him make it to SmackDown.
Nakamura thanked the crowd for supporting him over the past year. Wilder gave a brief speech before letting Dawson close it out by playing up his Carolina roots. He ended his speech with “Top Guys out,” before leading the crowd in some “Friends in Low Places” karaoke and giving Roode a second stunner to end the show.
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– Kassius Ohno defeated Kona Reeves
Reeves got heat by hiding from Ohno for a large portion of the match. The match was nothing spectacular, but it was a fun opener to set the tone and Ohno won with some big strikes.
– Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated Dan Matha
Matha is huge and Almas mostly played face in this. The crowd was probably least active during this match. Almas won with the hammerlock DDT after hitting his double knees in the corner.
– A video was shown with The Authors of Pain leaving Bobby Roode’s dressing room.
– Ruby Riot & Ember Moon defeated Kimber Lee & Mandy Rose
This was a great, well worked tag match. Riot and Lee looked as good as during their indie days. Rose actually held her own. Moon got the pin with the flipping stunner.
– Aleister Black defeated Patrick Clark
Clark got heat by calling the town other local places. Black looked great and won quickly after hitting a springboard moonsault and Black Mass.
– Shinsuke Nakamura & Hideo Itami defeated The Revival
The response for The Revival was loud. The response for Nakamura was louder. They had a fun match, with good comedy spots and great action. The crowd got to see everything but the Shatter Machine.
Itami hit a GTS on Dash Wilder before Nakamura hit the Kinshasa on Scott Dawson. The Revival pretended to come back for a handshake, but then moved their hands and left. The crowd was singing or chanting for the entirety of this one.
– NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain defeated DIY to retain their titles
Paul Ellering wasn’t present for this. They had a strong match, with Johnny Gargano taking most of the beating. AoP threw them around a bit and won with the Last Chapter.
– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Daria Berenato to retain her title
This went longer than might be expected and Berenato got some stuff in. They did lots of submissions and counters. Asuka came out on top with a roundhouse kick.
– NXT Champion Bobby Roode defeated Tye Dillinger to retain his title
The crowd went insane for this and they both had cool entrances. There was a lot of comedy. Dillinger kicked out of a Glorious DDT, then hit a bare knee Tye Breaker. The Authors of Pain interrupted, leading to Roode hitting a second Glorious DDT for the win.
Nakamura came in for the save. The Revival then came in, with no one quite sure what they were doing. They teamed up with Dillinger to take care of AoP and surprise Roode. There was a fun bionic elbow by Dawson into a face plant from Roode. The show closed out with Dillinger, Nakamura, and The Revival cutting promos in the ring. They thanked the fans and each other.
Dawkins and Ford used a double team DDT for the victory.
NXT TV taping spoilers —
– Aleister Black defeated Corey Hollis
A roundhouse kick ended this pretty quickly. Black’s entrance was a great visual.
– DIY defeated an unnamed enhancement talent & Dylan Miley
Miley destroyed his partner and stormed off after the match.
– Ruby Riot defeated Kimber Lee
Nikki Cross tried to distract Riot but it didn’t work.
– Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated Danny Burch
Almas got the pin after a keylock DDT.
– Drew McIntyre defeated Oney Lorcan
There was a huge reaction for McIntyre, who has new music. He won a good, hot match with a Claymore kick.
– Shinsuke Nakamura cut an in-ring promo thanking us. The entire locker room went to the stage to send him off. Finn Balor and Triple H also joined him in the center for photo ops. Nakamura ran around ringside recording a video with the fans.
– NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain defeated Kassius Ohno & Roderick Strong
The champs won with their double team lariat on Ohno.
– Jeet Rama defeated John Skyler
The crowd had a lot of fun with Rama. He won after hitting a belly-to-back suplex.
– Bobby Roode came out to the ring for a promo about sending Nakamura packing. Hideo Itami interrupted and laid out Roode with a GTS.
– WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate defeated Jack Gallagher to retain his title
They did excellent chain wrestling and counters early on. It was a good, long match with a lot of grappling. Bate retained after hitting the Tyler Driver.
– Aliyah & Liv Morgan defeated Billie Kay & Peyton Royce
Aliyah caught a roll through pin to win.
– Nikki Cross called out Ruby Riot and they had a brawl in front of the ring as security failed to separate them for some time.
– Drew McIntyre defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas
This was a hard-hitting match with unbelievable chops and slaps. McIntyre used a Claymore kick to win it.
– Aleister Black defeated Kona Reeves
Black again used a roundhouse kick to the head.
– Ruby Riot was making her way to the ring when she was attacked by Nikki Cross. They brawled all over the stage and ramp until security carried Cross away.
– Tye Dillinger defeated Eric Young in a cage match
The crowd was hot for Dillinger throughout. This was a battle where they got thrown into the cage at every turn. Young hit an unbelievable elbow from the top of the cage. Dillinger hit a crossbody off the top and escaped the cage to win.
Dillinger locked the cage behind him to keep SAnitY locked in as he celebrated with Ohno and Strong, who had tried to run off SAnitY themselves. After the match, Dillinger talked about how much he loved us. He said that he’s officially on SmackDown and we got him there. This was great stuff.
As WWE attempted to add importance to the SmackDown after WrestleMania, two of NXT’s most popular wrestlers debuted on last night’s show.
Tye Dillinger first answered an open challenge issued by Curt Hawkins. Shinsuke Nakamura then made his way out to the ring a bit later as The Miz and Maryse were leaving after mocking John Cena and Nikki Bella.
The episode also featured Erick Rowan returning to Bray Wyatt’s side, Alexa Bliss challenging Naomi for the SmackDown Women’s Championship, and Dean Ambrose and Baron Corbin facing off in a non-title street fight.
On a night of debuts, former NXT standout Tye Dillinger was officially called up to WWE and made his SmackDown debut Tuesday night at the Amway Center in Orlando, FL.
His debut came against Curt Hawkins in a match he won via pinfall in the first hour of the show.
The 36-year-old has been in the business since 2002 and first was signed to a WWE developmental deal in 2006, working in OVW and FCW before getting called up to the ECW brand for several months. He was released in January 2009, but was re-signed in September 2013 after several years on the indies that included stops with TNA and Ring of Honor.
Returning under the name Tye Dillinger, the Canadian eventually gained popularity with the “Perfect 10” gimmick and made his official WWE debut at this year’s Royal Rumble, drawing #10. He took the pin in the eight-person tag team match that opened up NXT TakeOver last Saturday night.
Tonight’s show was in front of a packed crowd of 400 people.
– Roderick Strong defeated Cezar Bononi
The crowd loved Strong. He hit a Sick Kick to win it.
– Patrick Clark defeated Dan Matha
Matha was actually the face here. He hit a huge Rock Bottom backbreaker, but Clark was able to survive and hit a famouser to win.
– Hideo Itami defeated Oney Lorcan
This was one of the better matches on the Florida loop this year, with hard-hitting chops and strikes. Itami looked great and Lorcan is always the most intense wrestler on the card. Itami won with the GTS.
– Daria Berenato defeated Aliyah
Berenato won with an enzuigiri after they had countered each other with a few near falls.
– Tye Dillinger assisted Kayla Braxton in naming who won the WrestleMania raffle that’s been going on this month down here. After they named the winner, we heard those guitar strings and The Straggler (The Drifter under a mask) taunted Dillinger and the crowd. Riddick Moss then joined The Straggler (or Straggs as he called him) and wanted to take on Dillinger as well. Dillinger then asked if anyone in the back wanted to team with him and that led to the next match.
This was the most exciting match in Florida so far this year. Nakamura tried to remove Straggler’s mask, but there was a second mask underneath, so Nakamura put the mask on himself and proceeded to do some excellent lucha with arm drags, rolls, and he even teased a dive. Moss snatched the mask off Nakamura and Nakamura was devastated. Solid action followed and a Kinshasa won it for the good guys.
– Montez Ford (w/ Angelo Dawkins) defeated Brennan Williams
Williams used nice looking power moves. Dawkins caused a distraction, which allowed Ford to steal a quick pin.
– Ember Moon defeated Kimber Lee
Moon won the match with a sit-out driver of some type.
– No Way Jose, Kassius Ohno & Ruby Riot defeated SAnitY (Killian Dain, Alexander Wolfe & Nikki Cross)
This had action all over the place. Riot hit a dive to the outside. Ohno and Dain had a slugfest. Jose took the hot tag and hit his wind-up punch on Wolfe to win and send the crowd home happy.
These teams are always entertaining. Moss and Sabbatelli riled up the crowd, taunting and putting a beating on the crowd favorites. Dawkins and Ford ran wild and hit a double team DDT on Moss to win it.
– Patrick Clark defeated Adrian Jaoude
Jaoude almost had it won with an ankle lock, but Clark was still able to hit a famouser to get the pinfall victory.
– Oney Lorcan defeated Kona Reeves
This was a physical match. Lorcan won with a running blockbuster.
– Ember Moon, Macey Estrella & Aliyah defeated Mandy Rose, Billie Kay & Peyton Royce
Female independent wrestler Kennadi Brink was the referee for this match. The crowd loved the action. The heels worked over Estrella and used distractions to keep the advantage, then the finish saw Moon take a hot tag and hit a big slam on Rose for the win.
– Dory Funk Jr. did an in-ring interview but was interrupted by Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler. They talked up all of the people Funk has trained and then put down that Funk hasn’t helped them one bit. Hideo Itami made the save and put Blake down with the GTS before proclaiming he was back in NXT.
– Austin Aries defeated Tony Nese
The crowd loved Aries and chanted for him throughout. He won it with a rebound elbow off the ropes.
– Johnny Gargano (w/ Tommaso Ciampa) defeated Dash Wilder (w/ Scott Dawson)
The crowd was on fire here, with “You’re a Chicken” chants to Wilder the entire way. Someone even had a “Chicken” sign because this is an Ocala tradition to insult The Revival as such. There were loud “Johnny Wrestling” chants when Wilder had the advantage. Gargano was able to make Wilder submit to a crossface.
– Tye Dillinger, No Way Jose & Liv Morgan defeated SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe, Killian Dain & Nikki Cross)
This was a great match. Everyone looked like stars here. It was well paced and built to a parade of finishers, as Morgan hit the STO on Cross, Jose hit the wind-up punch on Dain, and Dillinger connected with the Tye Breaker on Wolfe to win the match and send everyone home happy.
– No Way Jose came out for an interview regarding his scheduled match with Elias Samson. Since The Drifter lost in a “loser leaves NXT” match with Kassius Ohno in a previous taping, Jose had no match tonight.
Samson’s music hit and out came “The Wanderer” (Samson in a mask) and he came to the ring and sang about how Cleveland sucked. Jose countered with a song of his own but was attacked by The Wanderer. Jose then challenged him to a match.
– No Way Jose defeated The Wanderer
– Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas
– DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) defeated SAnitY (Killian Dain & Alexander Wolfe) w/ Eric Young
Ciampa let Gargano have the ring to himself to thank his hometown crowd after the match.
– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Liv Morgan to retain her title
– NXT Champion Bobby Roode defeated Tye Dillinger to retain his title
Eric Young came down and interfered to cost Dillinger the match.
Young and Roode were about to beat down Dillinger when Nakamura’s theme hit and he came in for the save. He dumped Young over the top rope and hit Roode with a Kinshasa. Nakamura helped Dillinger up and he thanked Nakamura for the save. Dillinger thanked Cleveland and asked DIY to come out. DIY’s music hit and they came out and posed for the crowd.
NXT was in Fort Pierce tonight with an attendance of 350 people.
– Buddy Murphy defeated Dan Matha
Murphy stacked Matha up with a roll-through pin and escaped before Matha could get a hold of him.
– Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss defeated Heavy Machinery
Moss dropped Tucker Knight neck-first on the ropes and held his feet allowing Sabbatelli to steal a pin.
– Adrian Jaoude defeated Kona Reeves
Jaoude got the victory by submission.
– Patrick Clark cut an in-ring promo. He got the “what?” treatment and “boring” chants. He put himself and the “Patrick Clark Experience” over.
– Ruby Riot defeated Daria Berenato
The former Heidi Lovelace won with her enzuigiri version of Eat Defeat.
– No Way Jose, Oney Lorcan & Kassius Ohno defeated SAnitY
The action was all over the place. The faces ran wild with corner splashes, then the heels took control until No Way Jose finally put away Alexander Wolfe with a pop-up wind-up punch.
– NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain defeated Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford to retain their titles
The Authors were out-paced early by Dawkins and Ford, but in the end the challengers were no match for the power of the champions. AOP used their double team lariat finish for the win.
– Ember Moon defeated Mandy Rose
Rose got a lot of heat with a pre-match promo about how all the men want her and all the women want to be her. Moon got a great reaction to shut Rose up. Moon won with a side slam of sorts, not her usual Eclipse finish.
Roode avoided Nakamura early on, even begging for a tag, then circling Nakamura before tagging out and acting proud of himself. The heels worked over Dillinger’s knee most of the match, then Shinsuke finally took the hot tag and ran wild. He hit a Kinshasa on Almas for the win.
Results and image courtesy of @katieloud, who estimates that there were 250 people in attendance.
– Kassius Ohno defeated Kona Reeves
Death By Elbow for the win by Ohno.
– Babatunde Aiyegbusi was interviewed in the ring. He’s billed as 7 feet tall and towered over the ropes and the ring announcer.
– Heidi Lovelace defeated Macey Estrella
An impressive head kick put Estrella down.
– SAnitY (Killian Dain & Alexander Wolfe) w/ Nikki Cross defeated The Ealy Twins
Cross was ejected from ringside towards the finish, but SAnitY was still able to put the twins away.
– No Way Jose defeated Patrick Clark
Jose hit the wind-up punch to win.
– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka & Liv Morgan defeated Kimber Lee & Mandy Rose
A running knee by Asuka on Kimber scored the pin.
– Elias Samson defeated Buddy Murphy
The finish came after The Drifter hit a swinging neckbreaker.
– Tye Dillinger, Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins defeated NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain & Noam Dar
Dar kept claiming to be a bear in this match, as he was teaming with the much larger AOP. Dar was finally put away by a Tye Breaker to send everyone home happy.
