Posted on 4/29/126 by Bob Magee
Myles Borne vs. Saquon Shugars (with DarkState) for the NXT
North American Championship
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Fast start with a quick pace. Shugars powders, which leads
to Borne doing a flip dive over the top rope to the floor on
DarkState. Shugars’ cohorts try to interfere, but Borne
fights them off. He is soon cut off, and Shugars has
momentum. Shugars works over Borne during the break.
As they fight on the ring apron, Shugars pulls Borne into a
turnbuckle. On commentary, Vic Joseph claims the metal
turnbuckle was exposed. Borne sells his throat from the spot
as the show cuts to a commercial break.
Soon after the show returns from the break, Borne comes back
as they trade near falls. Borne with a rally and his is
fired up. Dion Lennox tries causes a distraction to allow
Shugars to gain an underhanded advantage. Shugars lands on
is own head on a modified Northern Lights suplex.
Cutler James and Osiris Griffin distract the referee as
Lennox stalks Borne with a metal folding chair. Before
Lennox can use the chair as a weapon, Shugars rushed out the
ring to stop him. Shugars yells at Lennox as he takes the
chair away from Shugars. As they argue, Borne shoves Shugars
into Lennox. Borne thwarts the interference of Lennox, and
Borne soon thereafter uses his Borne Again finisher on
Shugars. Borne then covers Shugars to win the match.
Match result: NXT North American Champion Myles Borne
defeated Saquon Shugars via pinfall to retain his title.
In a post-match angle, Tristan Angels debuts with a
microphone to cut a promo on Borne. Angels introduces
himself as “Mr. England”, and he says we will see much more
of Angels on NXT.
As Angels is cutting his promo, Kam Hendrix from LFG runs in
to ambush Borne. Hendrix lays out Borne as Angels looks on
from afar.
— WWE Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey
are talking backstage when Kelani Jordan interrupts them.
They bicker until Sinclair challenges Jordan to a match for
later tonight.
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EVIL debuts to confront NXT Champ Tony D
NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo enters the sound stage for an in-
ring monologue. The main focus of his promo is the mystery
box he received last week. This leads to the surprise debut
of EVIL. A cloaked and hooded figure appears through fog to
confront D’Angelo in the ring. The mysterious figure offers
a shirt with something written in Japanese on it.
The figure then reveals himself as EVIL, although he was
never called by that name. On commentary, he is referred to
as a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion. Vic Joseph wonders
aloud if the gift is given to Tony for admiration, or if it
is “gift of pure evil.”
EVIL leaves the ring with Tony D holding the gift, and the
impact of the debut is immediately lessened when Tavion
Heights ambushes D’Angelo. Heights gives Tony D a belly-to-
belly suplex. Heights is fired up as he leaves the ring.
While he is leaving, an unidentified individual (Will Kroos)
in a WWE hoodie climbs the turnbuckles and does a moonsault
press on D’Angelo.
— Tatum Paxley and Shiloh Hill are featured in an outdoor
skit where they are burying Blake Monroe’s casket in a
wooded area. They hope her soul find peace wherever she ends
up. The conversation shifts to Hill’s match tonight against
Ricky Saints. Hill ran a series of simulations on how to
defeat Saints. Hill then leaves, and Paxley lays down next
to the grave.
— Out comes BirthRight for an in-ring promo. WWE Speed
Champion Lexis King speaks while flanked by Arianna Grace,
Stacks and Uriah Connors. King throws to a video clip from
earlier today where Grace films BirthRight attacking Dorian
Van Dux in an injury angle. That leaves EK Prosper without a
partner for a tag team match against BirthRight.
Prosper storms the ring and takes the fight to BirthRight.
They gang up on Prosper until Sean Legacy runs in for a
save. Prosper has a tag partner after all.
EK Prosper & Sean Legacy vs. BirthRight (Uriah Connors &
Stacks with Lexis King & Arianna Grace)
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Hot start by the babyfaces, and a lots of high spots and
dives before a commercial break. BirthRight with an
advantage as the show cuts to commercials. Legacy is being
worked over as the show returns from the break. Legacy
creates separation after an avalanche backdrop.
Hot tag to Prosper, and he runs wild on the heels. Near fall
for Prosper with a Michinoku Driver. Connors with a swanton
bomb for another near fall. Parade of high spots down the
stretch. Legacy executes a crazy finisher that combines a
Burning Hammer with a twisting neckbreaker. Legacy then
covers Stacks for a pinfall. On commentary, the outcome is
called an upset.
Match result: Sean Legacy & EK Prosper defeated Uriah
Connors & Stacks when Legacy pinned Stacks.
— In a post-match angle, BirthRight gang up on the babyface
team for a beat down. Tate Wilder runs in to make a save.
Wilder marks another debut on the show, and I have already
lost count on the run-ins so far.
— Kali Armstrong has words with Jaida Parker in a locker
room skit, which sets up a match between the two for next
week. The match is later made official for next Tuesday on
NXT.
— Shawn Michaels voices over a plug for the new deal with CW
to air NXT premium live events. Not exactly a “premium” for
the shows when the supercards air on free broadcast
television, but the supercards are nonetheless begin airing
on CW this summer.
— Robert Stone has an encouraging words with Tate Wilder
backstage. NXT Women’s Champion Lola Vice walks by and she
vows to call out Izzi Dame.
NXT Women’s Champ Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana thwart The Culling
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Vice storms the ring and calls out Dame. Shawn Spears
appears on the Titantron, which serves as a distraction
while Izzi Dame and Niko Vance sneak up behind Vice. The
heels have the tables turned on them when Mr. Iguana sneaks
up on them with La Yesca. Of course, Iguana and Vice are the
AAA Mixed Tag Team Champions.
Mr. Iguana and Vice send the heels packing. The Culling
flees, and this would seem to set up a mixed tag match for
the near future. Later in the show the mixed tag is made
official for next Tuesday, albeit it appears to be non-
title.
— DarkState argue among themselves in a backstage skit.
Shugars argues with Lennox, and they are yelled at by
Griffin and James. Besides teasing dissension, the point of
the skit is DarkState is going for tag team gold again.
Lizzy Rain vs. Nikkita Lyons
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Rain debuts with a voiceover that proceeds her ring entrance
in which Rain vows that she and heavy metal will never die.
The heavy metal gimmicks very much fits Rain as she is the
niece of Iron Maiden’s original drummer Clive Burr.
Lyons in a pretaped promo vows to ruin Rain’s debut, only
for Lyons to put over Rain in her in-ring debut in NXT. In
the match, Lyons briefly gets heat on Rain. Comeback by
Rain, and she is fired up. She chops Lyons while the studio
audience chants “make it rain” in unison.
Rain is briefly cut off, but she soon makes another
comeback. Rain executes her finisher, which is called
“Thunderstruck”. Rain then covers Lyons for a pinfall to win
her debut match in NXT. Fun debut for Rain, and she brings a
ton of energy.
Match result: Lizzy Rain defeated Nikkita Lyons via pinfall.
— Myles Borne bickers with Tavion Heights over Heights’ run
in from earlier. This teases a potential match between the
former associates. Borne turns around to find Keanu Carver
confronting him. Carver issues a warning to Borne.
— Vanity Project is backstage chatting, and they agree that
Jackson Drake should make an impact. Jasper Troy then
confronts Drake. They get face-to-face, and Troy challenges
Drake to a match next week. The match is made official in a
plug later in the show.
WWE Women’ Speed Champion Wren Sinclair (with Kendal Grey)
vs. Kelani Jordan in a non-title match
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Being a non-title match, no Speed time limit. Thus, they
were given a lot of time. They made the most of it. The
match goes through a commercial break. Doing a dive before
the break, Sinclair looks to have apparently tweaked her
left knee. She shrugs off concern while telling the ref she
can continue.
Jordan is working the left leg as the show returns from the
break. Sinclair sells the leg but still makes a comeback.
They go back-and-forth. Sinclair goes for her “Final Wrench”
submission hold (cattle mutilation), but Sinclair’s knee
buckles. She sells big before taking an Olympic slam from
Jordan. She follows up a split-legged moonsault, and Jordan
covers Sinclair for a pinfall. With Jordan pinning the Speed
champ, this would seem to set up a title match.
Match result: Kelani Jordan defeated WWE Women’s Speed
Champio Wren Sinclair via pinfall in a non-title match.
— Zaria is focus of a video package, along with Sol Ruca.
Zaria voices over the package, which was heavily edited with
special effects and such. Seemingly, this is meant to get
Zaria over as a killer heel.
Shiloh Hill vs. Ricky Saints
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They are having a decent enough match when Hill goes under
the ring. Saints goes to pull out what he thinks is Hill.
Instead, Saints puts out a dummy dressed like Hill with a
hockey mask similar to horror movies monster Jason. With the
clothing, the dummy may have looked more like Casey Jones
from TMNT fame. Regardless, Saints is distracted by the bait
and switch tactic. Hill then leaps off the ring steps with a
somersault senton.
AS the show cuts to a commercial break, Hill props the dummy
on the barricade so it can watch the rest of the match.
Saints cuts off Hill during the break, but Hill fights back.
When the show returns from the break, they are having a
slugfest.
They trade numerous near falls down the stretch. Saints
bumps into the referee, who hits the ropes. That causes
Shiloh to crotch himself on the top rope. Ref bump leads
into Saints executing a superplex for yet another near fall.
They soon go home after an “Old School” spot. Saints first
slaps Hill across the face, and Hill’s false teeth go
flying. Saints then attempts to walk the top rope like he is
The Spoiler. Hill losing his false teeth only serves to hulk
him up.
Saints cuts off Hill to give him a Dominator on the floor.
Saints tries to use a metal folding chair, only for that to
backfire on Saints. Hill trips Saints, and Saints takes a
bumps on the chair. Hill executes his falling neckbreaker
finishing move, and he covers saints for a pinfall.
Match result: Shiloh Hill defeated Ricky Saints.
— A fired up NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo cut a promo on the
recent choas. D’Angelo appears to yell “let’s f****** go!”
That was censored, and the show goes off the air.