Wednesday, March 10, 2021

NXT + AEW

 WWE NXT

-Commentators:  Vic Joseph, "The Glamazon" Beth Phoenix, & Nigel McGuinness.
-On the heels of winning the Dusty Rhodes Women's Tag Team Classic Tournament, Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez were crowned the first NXT Women's Tag Team Champions.
-"The Genius Of The Sky" Io Shirai d. Toni Storm via Crippler Crossface to retain the NXT Women's Title (11:58).
-"The Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne d. Jake Atlas via hammerlock/armbar combo (4:24).
-Ember Moon & "The Ballsy Badass" Shotzi Blackheart d. Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez to win the NXT Women's Tag Team Titles when Shotzi pinned Dakota with a bridging O'Connor Roll (12:17).
-Xia Li(w/ Boa Wang & Mei Ying) d. Kayden Carter(w/ Kacy Catanzaro) by DQ when Kacy hit Xia with her crutch (2:08).
-Legado Del Fantasma(Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza) d. The Grizzled Young Veterans("Liverpool's #1" Zack Gibson & "Mr. Mayhem" James Drake); The Mean Street Kids(Wes Lee & Nash Carter distracted Gibson & Drake by entering in astronaut suits(emulating a recent entrance by Tyler Breeze & Johnny Fandango), leading to Wilde sunset-flipping Drake for the pin (1:43).  Breeze & Fandango joined M.S.K. in fighting off Legado Del Fantasma and the Veterans after the bell.
-Finn Bálor d. Adam Cole with the Coup De Grace(top-rope double-stomp) to retain the NXT Title after a distraction by Kyle O'Reilly (20:09).  O'Reilly beat down Cole with the referee brigade trying to keep them separated, then Karrion Kross arrived to stare down Bálor.
-Next week:  Leon Ruff vs. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Dexter Lumis vs. "All Day" Austin Theory, Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher vs. Imperium(Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel), and L.A. Knight's in-ring debut.

AEW Dynamite

-Commentators:  Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, & Excalibur.
-Rey Fenix(w/ "The Bastard" Pac) d. Tag Team Champion Matt Jackson(w/ Nick Jackson) after the sitout Tombstone (14:17).
-"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes(w/ "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson) d. Seth Gargis with the figure-four leglock (0:50).  Penta El Cero Miedo(with the aid of a translator) trash-talked Cody after the match, leading to a pull-apart brawl.
-"All Ego" Ethan Page d. "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson(w/ "God's Gift" Q.T. Marshall) after the Ego's Edge (7:44).  Page attacked Johnson after the match with Marshall making no effort to help his protege; "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes finally ran off Page as Marshall walked away.
-Women's Champion Hikaru Shida, Ryo Mizunami, & Thunder Rosa d. "The Native Beast" Nyla Rose, Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D., & "The Cutest In The World" Maki Itoh(w/ Vickie Guerrero & Rebel) when Rosa pinned Itoh after the Michinoku Driver (7:54).
-Darby Allin d. Scorpio Sky to retain the TNT Title by countering a TKO attempt into a small package for the three-count (13:15).  Sky snapped and attacked Alin after the match, locking him in a heel hook.
-The show ended with the Inner Circle "war council"..."The Spanish God" Sammy Guevara showed hidden camera footage of Maxwell Jacob Friedman plotting with Proud & Powerful(Angel Ortiz & Santana Draztik) & "The Big Hurt" Jake Hager to turn on "The Demo God" Chris Jericho.  However, the Inner Circle sided with Jericho as Jericho revealed they'd kept in touch the whole time and knew the situation.  M.J.F. said that he didn't want to take over Jericho's group...because he was busy building his own.  LIGHTS OFF LIGHTS ON and M.J.F. was joined in the ring by Fear The Revelation(Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)(w/ Tully Blanchard, "Mr. Mayhem" Michael Wardlow, & "The Chairman" Shawn Spears.  M.J.F.'s new faction destroyed the Inner Circle with Spears curbstomping Guevara into a chair, F.T.R. and Tully taking out Ortiz & Santana with a doube spike piledriver, and M.J.F. leaving Jericho bloody after hitting him with the Dynamite diamond ring.  It ended with Wardlow powerbombing Jericho off the entrance stage and through a table.
-Next week:  Jon Moxley/"The Mad King" Eddie Kingston vs. The Good Brothers("Machine Gun" Karl Anderson & "The Big L.G." Doc Gallows), Cody Rhodes vs. Penta El Cero Miedo, Jurassic Express(Luchasaurus, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, & "Mr. Fun Size" Marko Stunt)/Bear Country(Bear Bronson & Bear Bolder) vs. "Big Money" Matt Hardy/Private Party(Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy)/"The Butcher Andy Williams/"The Blade" Braxton Sutter, Thunder Rosa vs. Britt Baker in an anything-goes lights-out match, and Jade Cargill in action.

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