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SPOILERS Results From Tonight’s NXT Television Tapings (8/23/18)

Published

6 years ago

August 23, 2018

With last night’s episode of WWE NXT being recorded this past Saturday prior to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV, WWE’s third brand returned to its home tonight at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida for a round of NXT television tapings.

Per usual, it’s not known if the events are taped in the same order they will air on the WWE Network, however here are the results courtesy of @MrJacobCohen on Twitter:

Dominik Dijakovic defeated Marcel Barthel
Johnny Gargano comes out on crutches and says he not only failed the fans, but himself. General Manager William Regal makes his way out and asks if Gargano is the one behind Aleister Black’s attack. The Velveteen Dream interrupts and says he’s tired of Johnny’s whining, stating tonight isn’t about Black or Gargano, but him. Regal makes Gargano vs. The Dream for “next week”.
Dakota Kai defeated Aliyah
We go backstage and see Lars Sullivan laying out EC3, Sullivan then comes out for a match with Raul Mendoza, but decimates him before the bell. The match never gets started
Keith Lee defeated Luke Menzies
Ricochet & Pete Dunne are scheduled to face Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly, but The Undisputed Era pulls a switch and Adam Cole partners with Strong instead. Cole & Strong defeated Ricochet & Dunne. After the match The Undisputed Era beats down Ricochet & Dunne, but War Raiders make the save
Kassius Ohno defeated Kona Reeves, then cuts a promo about how there was buzz for his return, but someone new is always coming in. Ohno says the next new man to come in, he will be waiting
The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake) w/Jaxon Ryker defeated Street Profits after The Mighty interferes
Kairi Sane defeated Trish Adora, Shayna Baszler comes out after the match and tells Kairi to enjoy her title reign now because it will end when they have a rematch. This eventually leads to a brawl between the two
The Velveteen Dream defeated Johnny Gargano, the crowd has completely turned on Johnny and chants “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye”
Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch defeated Adrian Jauode & Cezar Bononi
Tommaso Ciampa makes his way out (with new entrance music) and says he’s not the one who attacked Aleister Black, stating he would have done it on the largest scale possible. He goes on to talk about bringing the NXT Championship back to main event status. He then takes a sign from a kid in the crowd and gives it his finisher
Shayna Baszler defeated Violet Payne
Lars Sullivan defeated Raul Mendoza
Bianca Belair vs. Nikki Cross ends in a double count-out when they brawl all over the arena
Aliyah & Lacey Evans defeated Dakota Kai & Deonna Purrazzo
Jaxon Ryker defeated Humberto Carrillo
NXT North American Champion Ricochet vs. WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne – Winner Takes All ends in a No Contest when The Undisputed Era interferes, War Raiders out to make the save. Undisputed Era tries to escape, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch cut them off and the faces all take them out. Cole sneaks away, but Keith Lee is there to meet him and Cole gets taken out

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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 Coverage

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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