Wednesday, July 22, 2020

NXT + AEW

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Mauro Ranallo, Tom Phillips, & "The Glamazon" Beth Phoenix.
-General Manager S. William Regal announced that NXT Champion "Limitless" Keith Lee was vacating the NXT North American Title.
-Dexter Lumis d. Killian Dain when Dain passed out in the Silence(head-and-arm guillotine) (10:40).
-Breezango(Tyler Breeze & Johnny Fandango) d. Ever-Rise("Jagged" Chase Parker & "Big Magic" Matt Martel); Breeze pinned Parker after he and Fandango hit a double superkick (3:32).
-"The Ballsy Badass" Shotzi Blackheart d. Aliyah Areebi(w/ Robert Stone) with the top-rope senton bomb (4:41).  Mercedes Martinez attacked Shotzi after the match.
-NXT North American Title Tournament:  Bronson Reed won a triple threat match with Johnny Gargano and Roderick Strong; Gargano hit Strong with the One Final Beat(slingshot DDT), but Reed broke up the pin with the top-rope splash and pinned Strong (14:00 aired).
-Timothy Thatcher d. Oney Lorcan.  Lorcan had Thatcher in a kimura, but Thatcher took him down and maneuvered his shoulders to the mat for the three-count with a handful of tights (9:35 aired).
-Karrion Kross(w/ Scarlett Bordeaux) d. Dominik Dijakovic with the Kross-Jacket(sleeper with bodyscissors) (13:31 aired); NXT Champion "Limitless" Keith Lee came out to ringside to support Dijakovic.
-Next week:  Finn Bálor vs. Dexter Lumis vs. Timothy Thatcher in the NXT North American Title Tournament, plus NXT Women's Champion "The Genius Of The Sky" Io Shirai vs. Dakota Kai(non-title).

AEW Dynamite

-Commentators:  Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, & Excalibur.
-"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes(w/ "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson) d. "The Mad King" Eddie Kingston with the figure-four leglock in a no-DQ match to retain the TNT Title (11:22).
-Maxwell Jacob Friedman(w/ "Mr. Mayhem" Michael Wardlow) d. "The Ivy League M.V.P." Griff Garrison after the Heat Seeker(draping piledriver) (6:06).
-The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson) d. "The Butcher" Andy Williams & "The Blade" Braxton Sutter in a falls-count-anywhere match.  Matt delivered an elbowdrop off one of the entrance tunnels to smash Butcher through a table while Nick hit a swanton bomb off the other tunnel to do the same to Blade; they scored stereo pinfalls after that (13:04 aired).
-Diamante Zuniga d. "La Sicaria" Ivelisse Velez via small package (6:27).
-Tag Team Champion "Hangman" Adam Page d. "#5" Alan Angels(w/ "The Exalted One" Brodie Lee) with a pop-up powerbomb into a pin (8:30).  After the match, Brodie Lee asked Page to join the Dark Order but he refused, leading to a gang attack by other members of the Order(Evil Uno, Stu Grayson, "#3" Alex Reynolds, & "#4" John Silver)...F.T.R.(Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) made the save, with Page's tag team partner "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega showing up a bit late.
-Chris Jericho & "The Big Hurt" Jake Hager(w/ Angel Ortiz & Santana Draztik of Proud & Powerful) d. The Jurassic Express(Luchasaurus & "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry)(w/ "Mr. Fun Size" Marko Stunt); Serpentico hit Luchasaurus with a bat behind the referee's back, allowing Jericho to hit the Codebreaker for the win (17:28).  After the match, Serpentico joined in a post-match beatdown before unmasking to reveal he was really "The Spanish God" Sammy Guevara.  The Inner Circle continued the beatdown en masse until "Freshly Squeezed" Orange Cassidy strolled out to the ring and The Best Friends(Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) made the save.
-Next week:  Omega & Page vs. The Dark Order(Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) for the Tag Team Titles, Women's Champion Hikaru Shida vs. DIamante, Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley & Darby Allin vs. "They Call Him A Machine" Brian Cage & "Absolute" Ricky Starks, and another open challenge by TNT Champion Cody Rhodes.  Also announced at the end of the show:  Orange/Best Friends/Luchasaurus/Jungle Boy vs. The Inner Circle.

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