Posted on 5/13/126 by Bob Magee
NXT is back on the air in front of a live studio audience
from a sound stage at the Performance Center in Orlando.
Opening the show is a women’s tag team match.
NXT Women’s North American Champion Tatum Paxley & Lizzy
Rain vs. Nikkita Lyons & Zaria
Lizzy Rain continues to be the best new character on NXT in
my opinion. Her character is fun. Pro wrestling is best when
it’s fun to watch.
This tag match culminates in an angle where Zaria turns on
her tag partner, leading to Lyons dropping a fall to Rain.
Good opener.
In the match, the babyface duo clean house before stereo
wrecking ball dropkicks outside the ring as the show cuts to
a commercial break.
Paxley in trouble after the show returns from the break, but
she creates separation and crawls over for a hot tag. Rain
runs wild, and she is a house of fire. Moments later, double
down with Lyons and Paxley out on their feet as they crawl
to tag out.
Lyons is nearly to her corner as she leaps to make a tag.
Zaria pulls back her outstretched hand and jumps backwards
off the apron, which leaves Lyons hanging in the ring. Lyons
is alone as she takes Rain’s finisher, and Rain pins her.
Match result: Tatum Paxley & Lizzy Rain defeated Nikkita
Lyons & Zaria when Rain pinned Lyons.
— In a plug for two nights of AAA Triplemania 34 on
September 11 in a location TBA and September 13 in Mexico
City, it is referred to as the “first-ever two-night”
Triplemania. AAA ran multiple Triplemania cards in different
cities during many years in the past, but whatever.
— Another plug advertises Penta, Bayley and Grayson Waller
for NXT house shows this weekend.
— Speaking of special appearances, out comes Lince Dorado
for a match against the wrestler formerly known as Evil.
Naraku vs Lince Dorado
Dorado is currently a trainer in WWE, and here he puts over
Naraku in a glorified enhancement match designed to get
Naraku over in his in-ring debut. Dorado gets some offense,
but not for long. Handspring into a cutter by Dorado, but
that was the beginning of the end. Naraku eats him up and
drops Dorado with a STO. One…two…three.
Match result: Naraku defeated Lince Dorado via pinfall.
— In a pre-taped skit, Nattie Neidhart is filming a promo
for LFG when she is interrupted by Jaida Parker. They have
words in a confrontation that clearly sets up a match
between them.
Birthright (Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connors & Stacks with
Lexis King & Arianna Grace) vs. EK Prosper, Sean Legacy &
Tate Wilder in a six-man tag team match
The match goes through a commercial break and has a lot of
action much of the time. To me, this match is proof that PWG
has a lasting impact on pro wrestling. Wild match with high
spots galore. For the finish, Wilder shrugs off a tag, much
to the chagrin of Legacy and Prosper. Wilder proceeds to
leap off the top with a moonsault. No water in the pool.
Connors and Stacks then execute stereo kicks, and and
Connors pins Wilder.
Match result: Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connors & Stacks
defeated EK Prosper, Sean Legacy & Tate Wilder when Connors
pinned Wilder.
— Tristan Angels has words with Shiloh Hill in a backstage
skit that also featured Lizzy Rain and Tatum Paxley. Hill is
chatting with them when Angels confronts Hill and cuts a
promo on him. Angels reveals his in-ring debut is next week
on NXT. Judging by this skit, Angels is being programmed
with Hill for a match in the near future.
— Izzi Dame and The Culling are the focus of a personality
profile.
Mason Rook moonsaults and inks his NXT contract
NXT General Manager Robert Stone introduces Mason Rook for a
contract signing, which leads to an interruption by NXT
Champion Tony D’Angelo. First, Rook cuts a promo where he
mentions wrestling overseas. He turns heads everywhere,
including John Cena. He is not only the best super-
heavyweight, he is the best at any weight. Try to stand up
to a tank and get crushed.
Enter the champ, Tony D’Angelo. Stone pleads with him, and
Tony D assures him he is not there to fight. Tony D is
cutting a promo from the aisle when he is ambushed again by
Kam Hendrix. They brawl at ringside as security tries to
separate them. Rook capitalizes by climbing the turnbuckles
and doing a moonsault to the floor on a pile of bodies. He
rolls back into the ring to sign his contract and pose —
while the champ glares at Rook.
— Romeo Moreno gives a pep talk to Noam Dar, who is
returning to the ring in NXT for the first time in a long
while. Dar doubts himself, but Moreno puts over Dar’s
accomplishments.
Noam Dar vs. Jackson Drake (with Vanity Project)
Dar fought valiantly, but he suffers from outside
interference. Dar fights off Vanity Project when Brad Baylor
and Ricky Smokes attempt to interfere. However, Lockwood
holds Dar’s trunks, allowing Drake to land a knee strike.
Drake follows up with a 450 splash on Dar, and Drake scores
a three count.
Match result: Jackson Drake defeated Noam Dar via pinfall
after outside interference.
In a post-match angle, Darkstate enters the arena looking to
confront Vanity Project. The show cuts to commercials during
the foreboding entrance of Darkstate.
— NXT North American Champion Myles Borne has a disagreement
with Tavion Heights after Myles informs Heights about a tag
match next week. Robert Stone booked Borne teaming with Tony
D’Angelo against the team of Mason Rook and Kam Hendrix.
Heights is upset with Borne, as Heights perceives him as
big-leaguing his former teammate. Borne tries to reason with
Heights, as Borne did not lobby for the match. Heights
storms off.
— Back to the ring where Darkstate wants to challenge Vanity
Project for the NXT Tag Team Championship. Next comes a
convoluted segment where Dion Lennox and Saquon Shugars are
announced as the team challenging Vanity Project for the tag
titles. The story coming into this segment involved
dissension and tension between Shugars and Lennox. Osiris
Griffin announces Shugars and Lennox are partners. The
segment ends after the heels try to ambush Darkstate, but
Vanity Project powders instead as they are dispatched by
Darkstate.
— Backstage, Stone shakes hand with Naraku. Stone then walks
into his office to find Kan Hendrix and Mason Rook. They are
informed they are booked as a team next week. In walks Tate
Wilder, followed by Keanu Carver. This sets up another match
for next week with Wilder booked against Carver.
— Kali Armstrong is interviewed backstage, which leads to a
brief confrontation with Kendal Grey Wren Sinclair (as they
head to the ring for the main event).
Kelani Jordan vs. Kendal Grey (with Wren Sinclair)
WWE Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair is on crutches at
ringside in Grey’s corner. The match itself goes through a
commercial break. Jordan flew during the match, and Grey
leaps off the top turnbuckle with a high cross to the floor
before the show cuts to commercials.
Double down as the show returns from commercials. They trade
near falls. Jordan goes for a springboard off the ropes, but
Grey instead catches her in an ankle lock. Moments later,
Grey goes for an armbreaker, but Jordan escapes. They trade
more near falls before going home.
During the match, Izzi Dame is seen backstage brawling with
Lola Vice, which would play into the finish of the ongoing
match. Nearing the finish, Spanish Fly off the top for
another near fall. They are perched on the turnbuckles
setting up spot when Vice and Dame fight their way to
ringside. Referees pour out in an attempt to separate them.
During the melee, Sinclair is knocked down and loses her
crutches.
Back in the ring, Grey is tripped up on the ropes. Jordan
with a split-legged moonsault, and she covers Grey for a
three count.
Match result: Kelani Jordan defeated Kendal Grey via
pinfall.
— Afterwards, Lola Vice goes to check on Sinclair. Grey is
upset with Vice, and she shoves her. Vice and Grey yell at
each other before Vice is ambushed by a sneak attack from
Izzi Dame. She floors Vice with a running boot. Dame poses
with Vice’s title as the show goes off the air.