Wednesday, February 17, 2021

NXT + AEW

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Vic Joseph, "The Glamazon" Beth Phoenix, & Wade Barrett.
-Ember Moon & "The Ballsy Badass" Shotzi Blackheart d. "The Poison Pixie" Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell; NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano did commentary.  Gargano left the table and brought out "All Day" Austin Theory(who had been abducted by Dexter Lumis) at Takeover, but the distraction led to Ember rolling up Indi for the pin (13:03 aired).
-Leon Ruff d. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott with the crucifix bomb (5:27).
-Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter d. The Robert Stone Brand(Aliyah Areebi & Jessi Kamea)(w/ Robert Stone); Kayden pinned Aliyah after she and Kacy hit a reverse neckbreaker/frog splash combo (2:37).  Xia Li(w/ Boa Wang) confronted Kacy & Kayden after the match.
-"The Timesplitter" Yujiro Kushida d. Tyler Rust(w/ Malcolm Bivens) with the Hoverboard Lock(kimura); Rust didn't submit but Bivens called for the official to stop the match on his protege's behalf (7:56 aired).
-Zoey Stark d. Valentina Feroz with a belly-to-back Go 2 Sleep (2:32).
-"The Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne & NXT Tag Team Champions Oney Lorcan & "The Guv'nor" Danny Burch d. NXT Champion Finn Bálor, Kyle O'Reilly, & Roderick Strong; Adam Cole interfered against Bálor and his former stablemates, leading to Dunne pinning Bálor after the Bitter End(pumphandle Flatliner) (12:03).
-Next week:  Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar vs. Karrion Kross(non-title).
-In two weeks:  Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch vs. The Mean Street Kids(Wes Lee & Nash Carter) for the NXT Tag Team Titles, plus "The Queen Of Spades" Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax vs. Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez for the Women's Tag Team Titles.

AEW Dynamite

-Commentators:  Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, & Excalibur.
-"Hangman" Adam Page & "Big Money" Matt Hardy d. The Hybrid2(Jack Evans & Angélico) when Hardy pinned Angélico after the Twist Of Fate (7:05).  Page and Hardy had a post-match confrontation to set up a match at Revolution; Isiah Kassidy and TH2 joined Hardy in attacking Page, but The Dark Order made the save.
-Women's Title Contender Tournament:  Riho Abe d. NWA Women's Champion Serena Deeb(non-title) with a Gedo Clutch(camel clutch rolled forward into a pin combo) (14:46).
-"Freshly Squeezed" Orange Cassidy(w/ Chuck Taylor) d. "The Original Deathdealer" Dr. Luther(w/ Serpentico) after the Orange Punch(Superman Punch) (1:51).
-The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson) d. Proud & Powerful(Angel Ortiz & Santana Draztik) to retain the Tag Team Titles when Nick Jackson pinned Ortiz with a small package (13:08).  The rest of the Inner Circle("The Demo God" Chris Jericho, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, "Mr. Mayhem" Michael Wardlow, & "The Big Hurt" Jake Hager) joined Ortiz & Santana in attacking the Bucks afterwards...Brandon Cutler tried to help but the numbers were too great.  TNA Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers("Machine Gun" Karl Anderson & "The Big L.G." Doc Gallows) made a somewhat delayed save.
-Fear The Revelation(Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) d. "Rebourne" Matt Sydal & "The Yoga Monster" Mike Sydal; Dax pinned Mike after he and Cash hit the Big Rig(Flapjack-into-Codebreaker) (8:55).  F.T.R. threatened to cut Mike's hair until The Jurassic Express(Luchasaurus, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, & "Mr. Fun Size" Marko Stunt) arrived to fight them off.
-Jon Moxley, "The Murderhawk" Lance Archer, & Rey Fenix(w/ Jake "The Snake" Roberts) d. "The Mad King" Eddie Kingston, "The Butcher" Andy Williams, & "The Blade" Braxton Sutter(w/ "The Bunny" Allie Dennis) when Moxley pinned Kingston after the elevated Paradigm Shift(double-underhook DDT) (11:56).  The Good Brothers attacked Moxley after the match, then Kenny Omega & Don Callis made a grand entrance to confront him.  Omega said that Moxley has a contractually-obligated title rematch, but Omega will name the stipulation:  An exploding barbed-wire death match!
-On Monday via YouTube:  The Women's Title Contender Tournament continues with the quarterfinal matches:  Taynara Conti vs. "The Native Beast" Nyla Rose, "#99" Anna Jay vs. Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D., Ryo Mizunami vs. Aja Kong, and Yuka Sakazaki vs. Emi Sakura.
-Next week:  "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Isiah Kassidy, The Varsity Blondes("Bulletproof" Brian Pillman Jr. & "The Ivy-League M.V.P." Griff Garrison) vs. "They Call Him A Machine" Brian Cage & "Absolute" Ricky Starks, Brandon Cutler vs. Jake Hager, and the Women's Title Contender Tournament semifinal in the U.S. Bracket.
-In two weeks:  "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes & Red Velvet vs. Shaquille O'Neal & Jade Cargill, Jurassic Express vs. F.T.R. & Tully Blanchard, and the Women's Title Contender Tournament final.

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