NXT + Impact

WWE NXT

Commentators:  Tom Phillips & Brad Maddox.  Ring announcer:  Byron Saxton.

Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Family(Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) vs. Travis Tyler & Sawyer Fulton, non-title:  Bray Wyatt is absent as he's preparing for the battle royal...don't think it'll matter as I don't like the newbies' chances.  Tyler helpfully has "TT" on his tights...we've had a lot of debuts lately, so I need all the help I can get to keep them straight.  Tyler gets destroyed, then Fulton tags in only to run into IT'S THE BIG FOOT from Harper.  Avalanche and discus lariat mercifully end it.  Wonder why Wyatt's in the battle royal and his cohorts aren't...hmm.

Executive Vice-President Stephanie McMahon announces the start of a tournament to crown the first NXT Women's Champion...that starts next week!

Emma Tayla vs. Audrey Marie:  If Fandango started a dance craze, Emma's keeping it going on this show.  She even calls for her music after the opening bell so she can dance some more...but Audrey stops that in a hurry.  Audrey goes after the arm as Brad bemoans how that'll affect her dancing ability...gutwrench suplex gets an early two-count but Emma gets a backslide for her own near-fall.  Emma maneuvers into a modified Tarantula, then hits a low cross-body with Audrey slumped in the corner.  She catapults Audrey onto her face in the middle of the ring, then transitions straight into the Emmalock(inverted STF) for the tapout!  Well, that was decisive...fare thee well, Audrey.

Renee Young interviews Garrett Dylan & Scott Dawson(now channeling their inner rednecks)...but French manager Sylvester Lefort does the talking for them.  That's an...odd combination.

Jake Carter & Brandon Traven vs. Garrett Dylan & Scott Dawson(w/ Sylvester Lefort):  It's been a while since I've seen Dylan...Dawson debuted a few months ago in a losing effort against Adrian Neville, then dropped back off the map.  Carter is quickly victimized...don't bet against the team that got promo time(and don't bet on the team that didn't get an entrance, though they DID get theme music).  Traven finally gets the tag and goes to work, but Dylan avoids a wild swing and Dawson stops Traven with a big clothesline.  Dawson hits a spinebuster, then Dylan hits a double-axhandle drop of sorts off the second rope...that'll do it as Dylan gets the 1-2-3.  Fare thee well, Traven.

NXT Champion Big E Langston vs. Derrick Bateman, non-title:  Bateman got a haircut...and Dean Ambrose kinda-sorta borrowed his finisher so things don't look good for him.  CHALK UP~!  Bateman goes on offense with a corner dropkick and some chops, but Big E literally dumps him to the mat after that.  Vader Smash, straps down, Big Ending, and three.  That would seem to be two counts low for Langston's liking...another Big Ending is delivered and he makes his own five-count.  Fare thee well, Bateman...liked ya on Seasons 4 & 5.

18-Man Battle Royal:  The winner gets the next shot at the NXT Title...Big E joins the broadcast team for this one.  People who get televised entrances:  Corey Graves, Bray Wyatt, Kassius Ohno, Adrian Neville, Bo Dallas, and Mason Ryan.  That's most of the people who have a shot at winning this thing...and here we go!

Ohno and Wyatt pair off quickly....Ryan tosses Kazma Sakamoto fairly quickly and sends Briley Pierce right out to join him(fare thee well, both of you).  Curt Hawkins is the next to go(again via Ryan).  You'd think the long-absent Alexander Rusev would be able to match power with Ryan...but you'd be wrong as Ryan sends him floorward.  Finally everyone figures out that they need to deal with Ryan NOW...but he still deposits Baron Corbin, Knuckles Madsen, Mojo Rawley, Yoshi Tatsu, AND Dante Dash out of the ring!  Aiden English tries an attack from behind...nope, goodbye.  Sami Zayn goes after him and gets military-pressed and tossed onto the humanity at ringside.  Just like that, we're down to seven...Ryan tries to powerbomb Neville, but gets rana-ed out of the ring to end his run of dominance!  So we're down to Graves, Wyatt, Ohno, Neville, Dallas, and Conor O'Brian...

O'Brian and Wyatt square off and Wyatt gets BOOTed through the ropes, but that's obviously not an elimination.  Meanwhile, Maddox is gloriously sucking up to Langston at the broadcast table...bwahahaha.  Conor lays waste to everyone but Graves & Ohno finally slow him down a bit...and they double-team him out of the ring!  However, Wyatt takes the opportunity to alley-oop Graves and Ohno out of the ring from behind!  We're down to the final three...Wyatt avalanches Dallas and plants him with the Sister Abigail, but Neville stuns him with an enzuigiri and tosses him out!

We're down to the recent tag partners Dallas and Neville...a low-bridge move sends Bo to the apron, but he hangs on before touching the floor.  Bo drags Adrian over the ropes and HE'S left hanging by a thread...Neville manages to fight back to the apron with only ONE foot touching the floor.  The two slug it out as the fans are clearly behind Neville...after some more close calls, Neville sends Dallas to the mat with a roundhouse kick from the apron.  Corkscrew shooting star press...hits nothing but knees!  That's finally enough for Bo to toss Neville out of the ring for the win!

Next week:  Wyatt Family vs. Kassius Ohno & Corey Graves, plus the NXT Women's Title tournament begins.

TNA Impact

-Commentators:  Mike Tenay, Todd Keneley, & Taz.
-Sting & Joseph Park d. Team 3-D(Heavyweight Champion Bully Ray & T.V. Champion Brother Devon).  Abyss' music distracted Team 3-D, leading to Sting getting the pin on Devon after the Scorpion Death Drop.
-Samoa Joe(w/ Brutus Magnus) vs. Garett Bischoff(w/ Doc Gallows & Wes Brisco) ended in a no-contest when the Aces & Eights trio beat down Magnus outside the ring and Joe took them all out with a suicide dive.  Joe said the two of them would team up with the returning Jeff Hardy against the three at Slammiversary.
-Tag Team Champions Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Shawn Hernandez, James Storm, & Phil Gunner d. Bobby Roode, Austin Aries, & Bad Influence(Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) when Gunner made Aries submit to the torture rack.
-Chris Sabin & Taryn Terrell d. X-Division Champion Kenny King & Gail Kim when Sabin pinned King with the crossed-leg Ki-Krusher.  Suicide saved Sabin from a post-match attack and hit King with his double-chickenwing lungblower.
-A.J. Styles d. Ken Anderson by DQ when Kurt Angle attacked A.J.  The Aces & Eights hit the ring which brought out Joe, Magnus, Park, and Sting...Sting and Ray got into a confrontation which led to Devon breaking up a Scorpion Deathlock.  Ray and Devon hit the 3-D on Sting to finish the show.
-Slammiversary is this Sunday!  (Remind me to double-check my posted show dates more often... :P)