Thursday, March 22, 2018

NXT + Impact

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, & "Showtime" Percy Watson.
-Tommaso Ciampa made his third recent appearance on NXT...like the previous two times, he couldn't get a word in edgewise before the fans booed him down.  He finally shouted out that Johnny Gargano was GONE and they wouldn't see him again...and he tore up fan signs for Gargano on the way out.  However, one of those fans took off his lucha mask to reveal Gargano himself and jumped the guardrail to attack Ciampa...referees and security had to restrain him and physically eject him from the building.
-Due to a knee injury, Tyler Bate had to withdraw from the Dusty Classic along with tag team partner Trent Seven.  Roderick Strong pushed to be added to the tourney along with a partner of his choice...
-Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic:  United Kingdom Champion "The Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne & Roderick Strong d. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch when Strong pinned Burch after the End Of Heartache(Falcon Arrow backbreaker) (7:19 aired).
-Coming soon:  Ricochet!
-NXT Women's Champion Ember Moon d. Aliyah Areebi(non-title) after the Eclipse(flying Stone Cold Stunner off the top rope) (2:58); Shayna Baszler made an appearance to do guest commentary.
-Raul Mendoza's scheduled match never officially started as NXT Champion Andrade "Cien" Almas(w/ Zelina Vega) attacked Mendoza on the entrance stage.
-Backstage:  General Manager S. William Regal said that he would be making a Major Announcement(tm) on next week's show that would change the landscape of NXT.
-Adam Cole d. Kassius Ohno after a Shining Wizard to the back of the head (9:34 aired).
-Next week:  Street Profits(Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. Authors Of Pain(Akam Dhinsa & Rezar Selmani) and Sanity(Eric Young & Alexander Wolfe) vs. Dunne & Strong in the Dusty Classic semifinals, plus Lars Sullivan returns to action and Aleister Black will be in the house.

TNA/GFW Impact

-Commentators:  Josh Mathews & Sonjay Dutt.
-Trevor Lee(w/ Caleb Konley) d. Fallah Bahh by rolling him up off the second rope to counter a Banzai Drop attempt (5:27).
-X-Division Champion "Rebourne" Matt Sydal(w/ Josh Mathews) d. Rohit Raju(non-title) with the shooting star press (7:33 aired).
-Allie Dennis d. Sienna Kay via superkick to retain the Women's Title (3:51).  Braxton Sutter tried to patch things up with Allie after the match, but Allie was attacked by the debuting "Undead Bride" Su Yung.
-Kongo Kong(w/ Jimmy Jacobs) d. Abyss(w/ Father James Mitchell) in a Monster's Ball Match after chokeslamming Abyss onto a barbed-wire board, then finishing with the top-rope splash with Abyss still laid out on the board (7:47 aired).
-The Feast Or Fired briefcases were opened:  Eli Drake got the Tag Team Title shot, Petey Williams got the X-Division Title shot, Moose got the Heavyweight Title shot, and Ethan Carter III was fired.
-Next week:  Bobby Lashley vs. "They Call Him A Machine" Brian Cage.

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