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TakeOver Results: NXT Women’s Championship
Following the crowning of a new NXT North American Champion (find that here), it was time for a rematch of the inaugural Mae Young Classic Finals as Kairi Sane challenged Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women’s Title.
The catch wrestling champion went to the ground game right off the bat, but Kairi showed she could also grapple with some quick near falls before picking up the speed. The challenger was able to stay out of the grasp of ‘The Queen Of Spades’, however it didn’t last for very long as Shayna finally got her hands on her and began manipulating joints, more specifically the right leg. It was a gruesome sight as Baszler twisted the challenger’s foot in ways it isn’t supposed to go, but Kairi would begin firing up and unload with strikes on the champion.
A strong spinning back fist and multiple rolling neckbreakers would get Shayna back peddling into the corner to succumb to a sliding forearm. Sane tried to go upstairs for the Insane Elbow, but got caught with a roundhouse kick and then planted with a super gutwrench suplex, leaving both women prone on the canvas. Both would struggle to their feet as they exchanged stiff forearm shots, a kick to the bad leg gave Baszler the advantage, who followed with a running knee that nearly put it away. As she lifted the challenger for a suplex, ‘The Pirate Princess’ would slip free and connect with the Interceptor, then follow with a 2nd rope Insane Elbow. Shayna rolled to the floor to escape, but the challenger took flight with a top rope crossbody to the outside before depositing Baszler back inside.
Kairi up top once again for the Insane Elbow that only found a 2 count, so instead she attempted The Anchor looking for a tap out that was quickly countered into the Kirabuta Clutch. While the champion thought she had the match won, ‘The Pirate Princess’ found the bottom rope to force the break, but then got caught in a heel hook on the damaged leg. The challenger once again was able to escape, finally planting Shayna with an Alabama Slam and looking for the Insane Elbow once again. While Baszler got the knees up and slapped on the Kirabuta Clutch again, Kairi flipped the momentum to stack the champion up into a pinning predicament to steal the victory and the title.
The #PiratePrincess is ready to get her hands on The #QueenOfSpades! @KairiSaneWWE #NXTTakeOver pic.twitter.com/f0TZ7BWzfC
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 19, 2018
♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️#NXTTakeOver @QoSBaszler pic.twitter.com/zoYEEIgrbw
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 19, 2018
The POWER of @QoSBaszler on display! #NXTTakeOver pic.twitter.com/ofTo07KKjk
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 19, 2018
HOW did @QoSBaszler kick out after that #InsaneElbow?!@KairiSaneWWE #NXTTakeOver pic.twitter.com/AGUptk05b2
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 19, 2018
⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️@KairiSaneWWE is your NEWWW #WWENXT #WomensChampion! #NXTTakeOver pic.twitter.com/D2PEqBm4CO
— WWE (@WWE) August 19, 2018
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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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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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