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NXT Taping Results (4/11/18)

Published

6 years ago

April 12, 2018

Stephen Moree

WWE was in Winter Park, FL at Full Sail University on Wednesday night for the NXT TV tapings. Here are the spoilers:

Dark Match: Lio Rush defeats Chico Adams

Spoilers for the April 18 episode:

– Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae come out. He says it’s good to be home and that for too long he was defined by his relationship with Tommaso Ciampa, but after 37 minutes at Takeover, Gargano has his life back. Gargano says to Candice that the last few months have been tough on them and thanks her for standing by him and he loves her. They have unfinished business, tonight it’s Candice vs Zelina. Gargano says he will be the next challenger for the NXT Title.

– Singles Match: Ricochet defeats Fabian Aichner. Post-match, Ricochet says he is in NXT to kick things up a notch and make a name for himself.

– Tag Team Match: War Raiders defeat The Metro Brothers

– No DQ Match: Lars Sullivan defeats Killian Dain

– Singles Match: Candice LeRae defeats Zelena Vega

Spoilers for the April 25 episode:

– Johnny Gargano challenges Aleister Black to a match for the NXT Title. Black says next week Gargano can have his shot.

Undisputed Era walked out with Roderick Strong announced as one of the Tag Team Champs with Kyle O’Reilly. Adam Cole said that the Undisputed Era is one step ahead of the curve, they are dripping in NXT Championship gold. Strong says Pete Dunne only cares about himself and that it’s always been Roddy vs The World but he doesn’t have to do it alone, he’s doing it with his brothers.

– North American Title Match: Adam Cole defeats Oney Lorcan. Post-match, Danny Burch runs in to make the save but is overwhelmed by Undisputed Era.

– Tag Team Match: Heavy Machinery defeated Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss when Tino walked out on Riddick, Heavy Machinery wins. Post-match, Heavy Machinery call out War Raiders.

– Singles Match: Kairi Sane defeats Shazza McKenzie

Spoilers for the May 2 episode:

– Lacey Evans comes out, and apologizes to Kairi Sane. She said that says Kairi belongs in NXT then offers Kairi her hand, but then knocks Kairi out with the microphone.

– Tag Team Match: TM61 defeat Street Profits with a roll up and feet on the ropes.

– Singles Match: Kona Reeves defeats Patrick Scott.

– Singles Match: Bianca Bel Air defeats Candice LeRae.

– Singles Match: Pete Dunne defeats Roderick Strong by DQ after Undisputed Era attacked him. Post-match, Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch make the save.

Spoilers for the May 9 episode:

– Ricochet is out for a promo. He has one thing on his mind, the NXT Championship. Velveteen Dream out next. Dream basically says Ricochet is good but he hasn’t experienced The Velveteen Dream one on one yet.

– Singles Match: EC3 defeats Raul Mendoza.

– Singles Match: Dakota Kai defeats Vanessa Borne. Post-match, Shayna Baszler walked out and stares down Kai into the corner then attacks Vanessa Borne.

– As Johnny Gargano is coming out for his title match but Tommaso Ciampa comes out and beats the crap out of him.

– Tag Team Match: War Raiders defeat Heavy Machinery.

– Singles Match: Tommaso Ciampa defeats Kassius Ohno.

– NXT Title Match: Aleister Black © defeats Eric Young. Post-match, Black lays out Sanity on his own.

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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