Wednesday, May 20, 2020

NXT + AEW

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Mauro Ranallo, Byron Saxton, & "The Glamazon" Beth Phoenix.
-R.I.P. Shad Gaspard.
-Karrion Kross(w/ Scarlett Bordeaux) d. Liam Gray with the Kross-Jacket(sleeper with bodyscissors) (0:49).  Tommaso Ciampa confronted Kross after the match, setting up a match at Takeover.
-Interim Cruiserweight Title Tournament:  El Hijo Del Fantasma d. Akira Tozawa with the Phantom Driver(fireman's-carry Michinoku Driver) (8:13 aired).
-"The Blasian Baddie" Mia Yim d. Santana Garrett after the Protect Ya Neck(trapped-arm Codebreaker) (1:16).  After the match, Yim was met by Johnny Gargano & Candice LeRae...the trash-talking led to a fight with NXT North American Champion "Limitless" Keith Lee showing up to back up Yim.
-Roderick Strong d. Dexter Lumis; Lumis blocked a Stronghold(Boston crab) attempt, but Strong turned it into a crossed-leg victory roll pin (8:11 aired).  Lumis grabbed Strong in a post-match head-and-arm triangle hold, leading to NXT Champion Adam Cole & "The Infamous" Bobby Fish attacking Lumis..."The Velveteen Dream" Patrick Clark made the save.
-Oney Lorcan & "The Guv'nor" Danny Burch d. Ever-Rise(Chase Parker & Matt Martel); Lorcan made Parker tap out to a half-crab as Burch caught Martel in the Crippler Crossface (1:33).
-Interim Cruiserweight Title Tournament:  Drake Maverick d. "The Timesplitter" Yujiro Kushida by countering a cross-armbreaker into a rollup pin (8:42 aired); Jake Atlas watched the match from ringside.
-"The Genius Of The Sky" Io Shirai d. "The Nightmare" Rhea Ripley by DQ when NXT Women's Champion Charlotte Flair attacked Shirai (7:27 aired).  Charlotte took out Ripley as well before posing with her title belt to end the show.
-Interim Cruiserweight Title Tournament standings:
Block A:  Drake Maverick/Yujiro Kushida/Jake Atlas 2-1, Tony Nese 0-3
Block B:  El Hijo Del Fantasma(block winner)/Akira Tozawa 2-1, Jack Gallagher/Isaiah "Swerve" Scott 1-2
-Next week:  "The Original Bro" Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher in a cage fight(winner by knockout or tapout only), plus Kushida vs. Maverick vs. Atlas in the tiebreaker match to determine the A Block winner of the Interim Cruiserweight Title tournament.

AEW Dynamite

-Commentators:  Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, & Excalibur.
-Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley d. "#10" Preston Vance(w/ "The Exalted One" Brodie Lee)(non-title) after an elevated Paradigm Shift(double-underhook DDT) (4:30).
-Maxwell Jacob Friedman(w/ "Mr. Mayhem" Michael Wardlow) d. "Mr. Fun Size" Marko Stunt with the Salt Of The Earth(Fujiwara armbar) (5:58).
-Rey Fenix d. "Freshly Squeezed" Orange Cassidy(w/ Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor of The Best Friends) after "Superbad" Kip Sabian distracted Cassidy, leading to a low blow behind the referee's back before Fenix finished with a forward-roll Diamond Cutter (10:32).  Everyone brawled post-match with SoCal Uncensored("The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels, "The Heavy Metal Rebel" Frankie Kazarian, & Scorpio Sky) dumping Sabian off a ringside ladder before Jimmy Havoc and Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana joined the fray.
-Women's Champion "The Native Beast" Nyla Rose & Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. d. Hikaru Shida & "The Galaxy's Greatest Alien" Kris Statlander when Nyla pinned Shida with the Beast Bomb(sitout powerbomb) (9:40).
-"Broken" Matt Hardy d. "The Spanish God" Sammy Guevara with the Twist Of Fate (13:17).  The show ended in chaos as Chris Jericho & "The Big Hurt" Jake Hager attacked Tag Team Champion "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega in another part of the building; Hardy attempted to go to Omega's aid, but The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson) made their return to save Omega.  Proud & Powerful(Angel Ortiz & Santana Draztik) joined the fight on the side of The Inner Circle, but Tag Team Champion "Hangman" Adam Page arrived to help The Elite & Hardy and the good guys stood tall.
-Added to Double Or Nothing:  "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes vs. Shawn Spears.

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