Wednesday, April 7, 2021

NXT Takeover + AEW

WWE NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver (Part 1)

-Commentators:  Vic Joseph, "The Glamazon" Beth Phoenix, & Wade Barrett.
-Zoey Stark d. Toni Storm via small package; Mickie James did commentary.
-"The Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne d. "The Timesplitter" Yujiro Kushida with the Bitter End(pumphandle Flatliner).
-Gauntlet Match:  Leon Ruff & Isaiah "Swerve" Scott started the match, with "The Colossal" Bronson Reed as the third entrant.  Cameron Grimes was fourth and Dexter Lumis was fifth; as Lumis made his entrance, Swerve stole a pin on Ruff after Grimes' Cave-In(flying dropkick/double-stomp) for the first elimination.  L.A. Knight was the final entrant and talked his way to the ring.  Lumis got Grimes in the Silence(head-and-arm triangle hold) but Knight caught Lumis in a jackknife cradle to eliminate him.  Knight was triple-teamed by the remaining competitors and pinned by Reed after a running senton.  Swerve reversed an O'Connor Roll by Grimes and held the tights to eliminate him.  Reed finally scored the win with the Tsunami(top-rope splash) on Swerve.
-"The Ring General" WALTER Hahn d. Tommaso Ciampa after the big chop to retain the United Kingdom Title.
-The Mean Street Kids(Wes Lee & Nash Carter) won a triple threat match with Legado Del Fantasma(Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza) and The Grizzled Young Veterans("Liverpool's #1" Zack Gibson & "Mr. Mayhem" James Drake) to win the vacant NXT Tag Team Titles; Lee pinned Gibson after he and Carter hit a spinebuster/twisting Buff Blockbuster combo.
-Raquel Gonzalez(w/ Dakota Kai) d. "The Genius Of The Sky" Io Shirai with the chokeslam bomb to win the NXT Women's Title.

AEW Dynamite

-Commentators:  Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, & Excalibur.
-"Hangman" Adam Page d. "Platinum" Max Caster(w/ "The Five-Tool Player" Anthony Bowens) after the Buckshot(slingshot somersault lariat) (10:04).
-The Jurassic Express(Luchasaurus & "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry) d. Bear Country(Bear Bronson & Bear Boulder) when Luchasaurus pinned Bronson after the chokeslam and standing moonsault (8:59).
-Darby Allin(w/ Sting) d. "The Blue Collar Badass" James D. Drake(w/ "The Hollywood Hunk" Ryan Nemeth & Cezar Bononi) after the Coffin Drop(blind top-rope senton) to retain the TNT Title (9:18).  "The Butcher" Andy Williams & "The Blade" Braxton Sutter(w/ "Big Money" Matt Hardy & Private Party(Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy)) attacked Daby after the match but The Dark Order made the save.
-Taynara Conti(w/ Women's Champion Hikaru Shida & The Dark Order) d. "The Bunny" Allie Dennis(w/ "The Butcher" Andy Williams, "The Blade" Braxton Sutter, & "Big Money" Matt Hardy) with the DDTay(hammerlock DDT) (7:47).
-Heavyweight Champion "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers("Machine Gun" Karl Anderson & "The Big L.G." Doc Gallows) d. Jon Moxley & Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson); the Bucks hesitated to finish off Omega and then turned on Moxley with superkicks.  "The Mad King" Eddie Kingston tried to defend Moxley but was laid out by Anderson and Gallows; the Good Brothers hit the Magic Killer(double-team elevated neckbreaker) and put Omega on top of Moxley for the pin (16:57).  Don Callis did commentary.
-Next week:  "The Demo God" Chris Jericho vs. Dax Harwood with Mike Tyson as special guest enforcer, The Young Bucks vs. "The Bastard" Pac & Rey Fenix for the Tag Team Titles, Darby Allin vs. Matt Hardy for the TNT Title in a falls-count-anywhere match, and Red Velvet vs. Jade Cargill.
-In four weeks:  The Inner Circle(Chris Jericho, "The Spanish God" Sammy Guevara, Proud & Powerful(Angel Ortiz & Santana Draztik), & "The Big Hurt" Jake Hager) vs. The Pinnacle(Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Fear The Revelation(Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler), "Mr. Mayhem" Michael Wardlow, & "The Chairman" Shawn Spears) in a Blood & Guts Match.

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