Posted on 7/15/126 by Bob Magee
You know onight is gonna be great because Lillian Garcia is
here! Beyond that, its gonna a big night with two title
matches and a #1 contender situation to sort out. To begin
though:
NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Vanity Project (c) (Brad
Baylor and Ricky Smokes) vs Sean Legacy and Dorian Van Dukes
The challengers took it to the champions right form jump and
right through the beginning few minutes of the match. Van
Dukes used the ropes to springboard Legacy about 15 feet
into the air to dive onto Baylor and Smokes on the outside.
Jackson Drake got involved to cause a distraction allowing
Vanity projec tto turn the tables. Smokes isolated Legacy in
the VP corner and peppered him with double teams and hard
strikes. Legacy tried to fight back, but neither Smokes or
Baylor were giving him an inch.
Legacy threw a back elbow and tried to break out, but Baylor
nailed him with a high knee followed by a dropkick
spinebuster combo, but could only get a two count. Legacy
trid to get a tag, but Baylor cut him off. Legacy dodged
some offence and finally got the rolling tag to Van Dukes wo
jumped in and cleaned house.
Van Dukes went up top, but Baylor dodged and tagged in
Smokes who hit a slingshot spear, but Legacy broke up the
pin attempt. Van Dukes sent Baylor into the ropes knocking
Smokes onto the turnbuckle. He hit him withat superplex and
then Legacy hit a springboard 360 but they could only get a
two count.
A fully of tags happened and the champions ended up on the
outside for Legacy to dive onto them. Van Dukes got attacked
on the outisde and then thrown back into the ring for Smokes
to make a quick pin and get the win to retain their titles.
Match Result: Vanity Project defeated Sean Legacy and Dorian
Van Dukes
-Backstage, Miles Borne and Tavion Heights were talking
about how they are going to have a great night when they
were interrupted by Cam Hendricks who’s health meter was at
86.2%. Heights said that he’s never been healthy and then
said he and Borne should think about the tag titles.
-Back from break, Saquon Shugars was looking for help in his
match against DarkState next week. He asked OTM if they
would do it but they said no and then walked over to where
Birthright was standing. Lexis King shot off his mouth and
told them to stop coming for Birthright, because OTM’s
foundation is cracking.
-Then Tristan Angels was in the ring. He talked smack about
Shiloh Hill for a moment, sayin that the Good Lord sent
Angels as an apology for Hill. Angels then produced Hill’s
missing tooth, which was no weird at all. Angels called Hill
a creepy hill billy wierdo (uhm who’s the one holding
another man’s tooth, dude?) and then crushed the tooth on
the ring steps.
Hill appeared on the video screen and said that losing his
tooth actually made him saner. Then he screamed that the fog
is coming which seemed to really scare Angels.
-But enough of all that talking, Nattie and her crew need to
talk in Robert Stone’s office. Stone made a fatal four-way
match for the Women’s North American title for tonight. I’d
tell you who’s all involved, but we will get to that later,
after several more talking segments.
Also, while we are discussing talking, I love Booker T. I
always have and I always will, but he needs to be fired, out
of a cannon and into a wall. Trying to follow what’s going
on while he screams gibberish is virtually impossible.
Commentary in general needs to talk about what is happening
on the screen, when it is happening, in sentences that make
sense.
Tate Wilder vs Naraku
To put a point on that, we were a full 3 miniutes into this
match before they even talked about who was in the ring,
when Wilder took a massive forearm from Naraku. Wilder
fought back though, stomping Naraku’s spine.
The ref checked on Naraku, but it was all just a ruse to
lure Wilder in for some pump kicks to the outside. Naraku
pulled Wilder back in and suplexed him followed by a
neckbreaker.
Naraku beat Wilder from pillar to post, clubbing and
suplexing him around the ring. Naraku put Wilder in a
crossface. He broke it to pull Wilder back from the ropes
and Wilder went for a quick rollup but couldn’t get the pin.
Naraku shot Wilder off the ropes and Wilder came back with a
Sling blade on Naraku. He executed a sling blade backbreaker
and went for a pin, but could only get a two gount. He went
up top and managed to hit Naraku with a crossbody for
another two count.
Naraku countered and hit a leg-sweeping slam to get the pin
and the victory.
Match Result: Naraku defeated Tate Wilder
After the match, Tony D’Angelo ran in to try and take out
Naraku. Security flooded the ring, D’Angelo broke free and
charged at Naraku and then, haha, we need to show you a
graphic about the Fata Four Way that’s coming up, so don’t
worry about how that fight finished.
-Back from break, Tank, Hank and EK Prosper talked about
Keanu Carver but were interrupted by Shugars again looking
for tag partners. They also said no.
NXT Women’s North American Championship Fatal 4-Way Match:
Zaria (c) vs Izzi Dame vs Lizzy Rain vs Nikkita Lyons
Lyons and dame went after each other with Dame getting a
backbreaker in for two. Lyons responded with a scoop slam
and Rain and Zaria broke up the pin. Zaria started working
her way through opponents, setting each woman up in the
corner and throwing strikes at them.
They started brawling after that and then they went to a
break, but left the commentary mics on so that was nice and
professional.
Anyways, in the match that was made 20 minutes ago, Zaria
hit a back breaker on Rain for a two count. Zaria put Rain
in a headlock hold and Lyons put Dame in a camle clutch.
Neither one resulted in a tap out.
Rain hit a hurricanrana on Zaria off the top rope but could
only get a two count. Another brawl broke out and Rain
kicked Lyons off the apron. On the other side of the ring,
Zaria kicked Dame in the face and then they collided with a
double clothesline.
Rain hit them both with a dropkick and then chopped Zaria in
the corner. She stacked Dame on Zaria and then suplexed her.
She hit a spine buster on Lyons, then a cutter on Dame for a
two count. Lyons threw a bunch of lariats and tried to pin
Rain, but no luck.
Lyons sent Zaria flying into Rain with a headscissor, then
Zaria hit her with a samoan drop for two. Dame tried to pin
anyone, but couldn’t get it done. Dame hit a backstabber on
Rain then chokeslammed her, but Zaria broke up the pin.
Zaria took out Lyons and then suplexed Rain. She speared
Dame and went for the cover, but Dame kicked out. Then
Nattie and Karmen Petrovic came down to the ring. Rain hit a
head butt on Dame, but Dame countered the dive through the
ropes and they brawled.
Jaiida parker then came running out to join the brawling and
Zaria speared Petrovic. Then Zaria got into the ring hit an
F5 on Lyons and won the match.
Match Result: Zaria defeated Izzi Dame, Lizzy Rain and
Nikkita Lyons
-Backstage, Shugars was complaining to Kendal Grey and Wren
Sinclair about his inability to find partners to face
Darkstate. Nothing was resolved and then Lola Vice showed up
and told Grey she’s getting her title back. Shugars just
left.
-Back from break, we went to Robert Stone’s office where
Tony D’Angelo said that he wants Naraku. Stone said he’s
trying to protect D’Angelo from Naraku. IN THE VERY NEXT
BREATH he said that next week D’Angelo and Naraku will have
a match next week for the NXT Title. D’Angelo said that
wasn’t soon enough and left, with Stone chasing after him.
Tavion Heights vs Jackson Drake
Drake actually entered before the break and I guess just
hung out in the ring until the commercials and Robert Stone
segment were over.
The match started and Drake went right to his amateur
background, but Heights is a former olympian and met him
move for move.
Heights then gave Drake a free shot, but when Drake went for
it, Heights swept his leg and put him in a face lock.
Heights threw Drake in a fisherman’s suplex then went for a
belly-to-belly but Drake countered it and sent Heights to
the corner.
Drake took too long on the charge and Heights was able to
suplex him into the corner. Heights hit a modified one armed
powerbomb and then gripped Drake in a bear hug. Booker T
screamed about sharks and megladons.
Heights went for a pin but Drake kicked out. Heights tried a
dragon sleeper but Drake broke out and hit a senton. Drake
put on an ankle lock, but Heights countered it into a pin
attempt for two. Drake responded with a cutter, but no dice.
Heights hoisted Drake up on his shoulders, but Drake got
free. He pushed Drake into the corner and wrapped his leg
around the ropes before hitting a dragon screw. Drake then
put on an Indian Death Lock but Heights rolled it through.
They separated and Drake hit a chop block on Heights’
injured leg, then put him in the figure four. Heights rolled
it over though and put the pressure on Drake, who crawled to
the ropes to break the hold.
They started throwing strikes and Drakje went for a
crossbody but Heights grabbed him and spun him around before
throwing him with an overhead belly to belly that sent him
over the ropes and into Baylor and Smokes at ringside.
Back in the ring, Heights went for a slam, but Drake
countered it and rolled him up for the victory.
Match Result: Jackson Drake defeated Tavion Heights
-Reina Volcon is coming next week. A 2 minute promo video of
her working out and saying motivational phrases told me so.
-Backstage, Noam Dar and his friend were approached by
Shugars. He asked if they would be his partner and Dar was
against it, but then his friend convinced him and they
agreed.
-Then, before anyone could tell us Dar’s friend’s name, the
scene switched to an absolutely nonsensical segment. Wren
Sinclair and Kendal Grey were talking and then they were
interrupted then someone walked by and then Jaida Parker
jumped that person from behind and before I could even
finish makinjg enough sense of that to type it out, the
entrances for the next match began.
-Next was the 27th UnReal promo package of the night (not 27
clips, the same package 27 times over) which gave me a
moment to think about this frankly, pretty rough episode of
NXT. What is going on in Orlando? This show is completely
nonsensical over booked and yet doesn’t seem like anyone is
running it. Why does everyone in NXT just stand around in
the warehouse waiting for a camera to be on them? Why does
everyone who complains to Robert Stone just get whatever
they asked for? How did Saquon Shugars go from a menacing
member of DarkState to a weird comedy act? When did we stop
telling the audience who people are?? What is going on in
Orlando?! Maybe the main event will bring it all together.
NXT Women’s Championship No. 1 Contender’s Triple Threat
Match: Lola Vice vs Kelani Jordan vs Kali Armstrong
Armstrong did well, being the least experinced person in the
match. She went shot for shot with both Jordan and Vice.
Jordan took control and fought off Vice, then went for a
cover on Armstrong. Vice came back and gabbed Armstrong.
Kicking Jordan away, Vice put armstrong in a submission
hold, but Jordan broke it up.
Armstrong slipped off the top rope but got back up and dove
onto Vice and Jordan on the outside. She threw Vice back
into the ring and kicked, punched and kicked and punched
Vice. Then Jordan pulled her off and punched and kicked
Vice. Then Vice tried to roll her up, but didn’t get the
pin.
Armstrong and Jordan formed a loose alliance to take out
Vice. Once they did, Jordan threw Armstrong out of the ring
and stomped Vice. Jordan tried to roll VIce over in a
Liontamer, but Armstrong clotheslined her and took over,
putting Vice into the same hold.
Next, I don’t know if it was an open mic or the ref was just
talking loud, but after a countdown Vice fought back and put
Armstrong and Jordan into the corners for multiple hip
attacks. Jordan fought back from that and held hands with
Armstrong and Vice while kicking their heads.
More elbows in the corner, then more elbows in the corner,
then Jordan hit a splitlegged moonsault onto Vice, but Vice
caught her in a Triangle Choke. Jordan flipped through, but
Armstrong pulled her off then went for a powerbomb, but
Jordan rolled through.
Then Vice did the exact same thing, and put Armstrong in an
armbar when the pin didn’t work. Jordan then hit a frog
splash onto both of them (but we only saw it on replay) and
couldn’t get either of them pinned.
Then they brawled and traded superkicks. Armstrong hit a
powerslam on Vice, then a big shoulder iff the ropes that
sent Vice out of the ring. Jordan tried to roll Armstrong up
and the Ref may have missed a three count. Vice then spammed
backfists, kicked Jordan and fell onto Armstrong for the
pin.
TL;DR: Vice won and is the new #1 Contender for Kendal
Grey’s NXT Women’s title.
Match Result: Lola Vice defeated Kelani Jordan and Kali
Armstrong
Romeo Moreno! They finally got a graphic up to tell me who
Noam Dar’s friend is. After that though, Robert Stone and
Security ran outside to where Tony D’Angelo and Naraku were
rolling around in the parking lot. They separated them and
Stone declared next week’s match between the two a Street
Fight.
So see you there for that!