Wednesday, January 17, 2018

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, & "Showtime" Percy Watson.
-Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss d. Heavy Machinery(Otis Dozovic & Tucker Knight) when Moss rolled up Knight with his feet on the ropes (4:39).
-Backstage:  Adam Cole & NXT Tag Team Champions reDRagon(Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish) went over their agenda:  Cole is facing Aleister Black in an Extreme Rules Match at Takeover, while O'Reilly & Fish will defend against the winners of tonight's main event.
-Roderick Strong vs. Fabian Aichner with the Stronghold(Boston crab) (3:57 aired).  After the match, Strong said he wanted to keep facing the best in NXT and challenged Lars Sullivan.
-Returing soon:  TM-61(Nick Miller & Shane Thorne).  Hey, Harley Race and World League Wrestling get a mention!
-Lacey Evans d. Aliyah Areebi after a knockout punch (3:18).  After the match, Lacey talked about cleaning up the women's division...but she was confronted by Shayna Baszler and decided to take her leave.  Baszler entered the ring and took down Aliyah in the Kirifuda Clutch(sleeper with bodyscissors); NXT Women's Champion Ember Moon ran out and Baszler backed off.  Ember wanted to settle things in the ring, but Baszler only wanted to do it if the title was on the line...Ember was okay with that and Baszler told her to bring the title to Philadelphia.
-Backstage:  General Manager S. William Regal was interviewed about what just happened; Regal said it was against his better judgment, but Ember vs. Baszler was official for Takeover.  Enter Zelina Vega, who complained that Johnny Gargano didn't deserve his NXT Title shot at Andrade "Cien" Almas...since "Velveteen Dream" Patrick Clark didn't get his opportunity to compete for the title shot, maybe Gargano should put his title shot on the line against him.
-Returning next week:  "No Way" Jose Valenzuela.
-Johnny Gargano made his way to the ring as the commentators were talking about the Takeover card...he wasn't fond of people talking about him behind his back.  Gargano said he would put his title opportunity on the line against Velveteen Dream on next week's show.
-The Authors Of Pain(Akam Dhinsa & Rezar Selmani)(w/ Paul Ellering) d. The Street Profits(Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford); Rezar pinned Ford after he and Akam hit the Last Chapter(Russian legsweep/lariat combo) (6:06 aired).

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