Recapping American wrestling since 2013. Not only following the current stuff in WWE, Impact and ROH but also going back in time and doing stuff from back then as well.
Johnny Gargano beats "The Drifter" Elias Samson, handing Samson his first-ever NXT loss. Samson takes his anger out on Gargano after the match. Apollo Crews makes the save, pushing Sampson and challenging him. The Drifter slowly backs away as he and the ref check on Johnny Gargano.
Finn Balor beats Rich Swann.
Emma and Dana Brooke say that tonight's match against Asuka will be different, and that Emma will finish the job. Emma says she should be the one with the shot at Bayley's NXT Women's Championship.
We get a look at "The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura.
Alexa Bliss beats Sarah Dobson after the assist from Blake and Murphy.
Samoa Joe isn't in the mood for a backstage interview.
Samoa Joe puts both Bull Dempsey and Danny Burch in the Coaquina Clutch before their match can even begin, and tells Finn Balor that will be him at NXT TakeOver: Dallas.
We learn more about American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable). They have fallen short in their pre-NXT careers, but they're making sure that doesn't happen at NXT TakeOver: Dallas.
NXT starts with Tyler Breeze making his appearance, followed by Adam Rose telling the NXT Universe he's ready to take a nice, big steaming poop all over their party. Before the match can happen, however, Bull Demspey shows up and calls out Tyler Breeze, telling him he's going to make him wish the retaliatory beating he's about to get for attacking him last week was an accident, unlike the on-purpose beating Breeze gave him. Breeze yells at Bull for interrupting the match, but Bull lays on the top rope Tyler Breeze-style. Breeze calls costing him the Tyler Breeze Tag Team Classic as well as the day Bull was born "accidents." Bull asks Adam Rose to give him the ring, but Adam refuses, as he plans to poop all over Breeze's party for what he did to him months ago. Rose fights with Bull, but Bull tosses him out of the ring. Breeze brawls with Bull, too, but Breeze ends up retreating, much to Bull's chagrin.
Tyler Breeze accepts Bull Dempsey's challenge for a match.
Tye Dillinger beats Martin Stone.
Rhyno and Baron Corbin aren't worried about an upset victory against them. They're more worried about the damange they're going to do to Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.
Well-known Japanese women's wrestling star Kana - now going by the name Asuka - comes to NXT next week!
Apollo Crews beats Solomon Crowe.
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa think their chances in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic are pretty good, and plan to crush Rhyno and Baron Corbin to make it to the next round.
Emma and Dana Brooke have noticed that Bayley is back, new Divas are arriving, and they're missing out on the fun...so they've decided to shake things up by proving they're the ones in charge.
Sasha Banks has arrived at Full Sail University...
We recap the progress of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic so far. The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) beat Alexander Wolfe and Noah Kekoa to advance, while The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) beat Blake and Murphy to continue. The Vaudevillians will take on Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson in Texas for next week's show.
Baron Corbin and Rhyno beat Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) plan to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with the tag titles, but Alexa Bliss shows up with Blake and Murphy, announcing they are exercising their rematch clause next week.
Bull Dempsey vs. Tyler Breeze is official for next week.
Bayley appears on NXT for the first time since the Women's title. She parades through the NXT Universe with the championship and even gets 10-year-old front-row Bayley superfan Izzy a minute in the ring.
Bayley beats Sarah Dobson in her first NXT match since winning the NXT Women's Championship. After the match, Bayley gets the microphone but Sasha Banks shows up before she has much of a chance to speak. Banks congratulates Bayley, saying that ever since Brooklyn, all she's heard about is her and Bayley stealing the show, how it was match of the year and how it was the greatest women's wrestling match the company has ever seen, which is great for everyone...except for her. She's here to win titles and prove herself the best female wrestler in the company. She admits that Bayley earned her respect, and that Bayley was better than her for three seconds. Bayley knows that Banks wants to exercise her rematch clause, and Bayley says the rematch is on. Banks she wants to make a point: she wants to beat Bayley again...and again...and again. William Regal shows up and makes the championship rematch official for NXT TakeOver on October 7th, and for the first time in NXT history, their match will be the main event. That's not all, however, as for the first time in NXT history, two women will face each other in an Iron Man Match. Bayley and Sasha Banks shake hands after the announcement.
Kevin Owens shows up, and calls out Sami Zayn after what happened last week. Instead, he gets NXT General Manager William Regal. Regal tells Owens not to use NXT to further his agenda, but Owens tells Regal to go away. Zayn finally shows up, and Regal makes it official: Kevin Owens defends the NXT Championship against Sami Zayn at the next NXT: TakeOver on May 20th. Owens refuses to defend the title as Zayn has "done nothing to deserve a title shot," but Zayn reminds him of last week and uses the same tactics Owens used the last time around to make it a title match...and it works.
Blake and Murphy make their move on Carmella as soon as Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady walk out of the room, but Carmella tells them to buzz off. Alexa Bliss shows up and tells Carmella to handle herself with more class. Carmella swats her away. Blake and Murphy, seeing this take place, go up to Alexa and ask her if she's all right. Alexa says she's fine.
As Sami Zayn is signing the contract for his match on May 20th, Alex Riley shows up and asks William Regal for another opportunity against Kevin Owens. Regal refuses, and Zayn warns him about Owens, much to A-Ry's irritation. As A-Ry and Regal argue, Zayn volunteers to take him on tonight. Riley tells Regal that if he wins, he wants Owens.
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady beat Blake and Murphy.
Becky Lynch says she's going to win the NXT Women's Championship and turn NXT into N-Bex-T.
Emma plays psychological warfare with Bayley by stealing her headbands before her match with Dana Brooke.
Dana Brooke beats Bayley thanks to the distraction from Emma.
William Regal announces that on May 20th there will be a Triple Threat Match between Hideo Itami, Tyler Breeze and Finn Balor to determine a new #1 contender for the NXT Championship.
Hideo Itami beats Adam Rose.
Becky Lynch beats Sarah Dobson (better known as Crazy Mary Dobson) by submission.
Rhyno plans to make Baron Corbin feel pain soon...
Kevin Owens guests on commentary for the next match.
Alex Riley vs. Sami Zayn ends with Kevin Owens attacking Sami Zayn and power bombing Riley onto the apron.
