Wednesday, February 10, 2021

NXT + AEW

WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Vic Joseph, "The Glamazon" Beth Phoenix, & Wade Barrett.
-Dusty Rhodes Men's Tag Team Classic Tournament:  The Mean Street Kids(Wes Lee & Nash Carter) d. Legado Del Fantasma(Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza); Carter pinned Wilde after he and Lee hit the spinebuster/running Buff Blockbuster combo (9:37 aired)).
-Xia Li(w/ Boa Wang & Mei Ying) d. "The Sorceress Of Sin" Cora Jade with the spinning roundhouse kick (0:47).  Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter tried to talk to Xia and even confronted Ying on her throne, leading to Ying getting angry with her charges.
-Dusty Rhodes Women's Tag Team Classic Tournament:  Ember Moon & "The Ballsy Badass" Shotzi Blackheart d. The Way("The Poison Pixie" Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell); Indi dove on top of Candice to protect her from Shotzi's top-rope senton bomb and Shotzi pinned Indi after hitting both opponents with the move (joined in progress; 14:21 aired).
-"The Timesplitter" Yujiro Kushida d. "All Day" Austin Theory(w/ NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano) by DQ when Gargano interfered (8:39 aired).  Dexter Lumis assisted Kushida in fighting off The Way.
-Dusty Rhodes Men's Tag Team Classic Tournament:  The Grizzled Young Veterans("Liverpool's #1" Zack Gibson & "Mr. Mayhem" James Drake) d. Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher; Gibson pinned Ciampa after he and Drake hit the Ticket To Mayhem(Tombstone pickup/Codebreaker combo) (11:38 plus pre-match brawling).
-Added to Takeover are the two Dusty Classic Tournament finals:  M.S.K. vs. Grizzled Young Veterans and Ember & Shotzi vs. Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez.
-Next week:  Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar vs. Karrion Kross(non-title).

AEW Dynamite

-Commentators:  Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, & Excalibur.
-Darby Allin d. "The Bad Boy" Joey Janela with the Coffin Drop(blind top-rope senton) to retain the TNT Title (9:50).
-"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes & "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson(w/ "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson) d. "Pretty" Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi when Johnson rolled up Avalon (6:27 aired).
-"The Bastard" Pac d. "The Hollywood Hunk" Ryan Nemeth with the Brutalizer(double-armbar submission) (4:20).
-"The Demo God" Chris Jericho & Maxwell Jacob Friedman(w/ "The Big Hurt" Jake Hager, "Mr. Mayhem" Michael Wardlow, & Angel Ortiz & Santana Draztik of Proud & Powerful) d. The Acclaimed("The Five-Tool Player" Anthony Bowens & "Platinum" Max Caster) when Jericho pinned Caster after the Judas Effect(spinning elbowsmash) (9:03).
-Women's Title Contender Tournament:  Thunder Rosa d. "Legit" Leyla Hirsch with the Michinoku Driver (9:17).
-Heavyweight Champion "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega & KENTA Kobayashi d. Jon Moxley & "The Murderhawk" Lance Archer(w/ Jake "The Snake" Roberts) in an unsanctioned falls-count-anywhere match; Don Callis did commentary.  The Good Brothers("Machine Gun" Karl Anderson & "The Big L.G." Doc Gallows) interfered, leading to Omega pinning Archer after the One-Winged Angel(electric chair Michinoku Driver) (19:58).
-Next week:  The Young Bucks(Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Proud & Powerful for the Tag Team Titles, NWA Women's Champion Serena Deeb vs. Riho Abe(non-title) in the Women's Title Contender Tournament, "Hangman" Adam Page teams with "Big Money" Matt Hardy & Private Party(Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) against The Hybrid2(Jack Evans & Angélico) & Chaos Project("The Original Deathdealer" Dr. Luther & Serpentico), and "Rebourne" Matt Sydal & "The Yoga Monster" Mike Sydal vs Fear The Revelation(Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler).

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