Wednesday, April 15, 2020

NXT vs. AEW

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Tom Phillips & Byron Saxton.
-Finn Bálor d. Fabian Aichner(w/ Marcel Barthel) after the 1916(elevated DDT/brainbuster) (8:31 aired).
-Xia Li d. Aliyah Areebi after the corkscrew enzuigiri with Aliyah on all fours (3:13).
-Interim Cruiserweight Title Round-Robin Tournament, Block B:  Akira Tozawa d. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott with the top-rope senton bomb (8:01 aired) (Tozawa 1-0, Swerve 0-1).
-Tegan Nox d. Raquel Gonzalez(w/ Dakota Kai) via rollup after a distraction from "The Ballsy Badass" Shotzi Blackheart (3:17).
-Dexter Lumis d. Tehuti Miles with the head-and-arm triangle hold (1:46).
-"The Original Bro" Matt Riddle & Timothy Thatcher(subbing for "The Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne who was unable to travel from the United Kingdom) d. The Undisputed Era(Roderick Strong & "The Infamous" Bobby Fish) to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles when Thatcher made Strong tap out to the Fujiwara armbar (15:20 aired).
-The show closed with Tommaso Ciampa saying that Johnny Gargano was the better man after his win last week...but he was attacked by the newly-renamed Karrion Kross(w/ Scarlett Bordeaux)!
-Next week:  The Interim Cruiserweight Title Round-Robin Tournament continues with El Hijo Del Fantasma(debuting) vs. "The Extraordinary Gentleman" Jack Gallagher, Jake Atlas vs. Drake Maverick, and "The Timesplitter" Yujiro Kushida vs. "The Premier Athlete" Tony Nese.  Also, Tegan Nox & Shotzi Blackheart face Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez.

AEW Dynamite

-Commentators:  Tony Schiavone, Chris Jericho, & Jim Ross(for the main event).
-TNT Title Tournament:  "The Murderhawk" Lance Archer d. Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana with the Blackout(reverse Razor's Edge-style powerbomb) (8:23 aired).
-Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. d. Cassandra Golden after an advanced curbstomp with Golden draped over the bottom rope (1:13).
-"The Spanish God" Sammy Guevara d. "Suge D" Sugar Dunkerton with the torture-rack Go 2 Sleep (6:00).  Darby Allin saved Suge D from a post-match beating.
-"Superbad" Kip Sabian(w/ "The Bad Girl" Penelope Ford) d. Chuck Taylor(w/ "Freshly Squeezed" Orange Cassidy) via rollup after Ford interfered with a flying rana off the top rope behind the referee's back (10:26).
-Shawn Spears d. Justin Law with the C-4(running Death Valley Driver) (2:22).
-Jon Moxley d. "The Big Hurt" Jake Hager in a no-holds-barred match to retain the Heavyweight Title after hitting the Paradigm Shift(double-underhook DDT) onto a chair (21:52 aired).
-Next week:  "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes vs. Kip Sabian and Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara in the TNT Title Tournament, plus Orange Cassidy vs. Jimmy Havoc.

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