

Kushida had a nice transition of a hip toss to a Juji Gatame. Roderick Strong (w/Diamond Mine) for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. Strong and Kush started the match with technical chain wrestling. John’s Thoughts: Taylor doing the formal in-ring introductions gives me a bit of hope that Hunter’s NXT isn’t totally dead.ġ. Alicia Taylor handled the formal in-ring introductions for the championship match… Whenever Samoa Joe comes back we better get Breakker cutting a math promo on Joe, just like uncle Scott when Scott had a 133% chance of beating Samoa Joe at TNA Sacrifice.Įntrances for the Cruiserweight title match took place. Breakker continues to show a lot of upside and is picking up the promo style of his quirky uncle Scott. He’s a badass in the ring, he makes a strong heel when he has to be heel, but as a babyface he can flip the switch and be someone that can be a flagbearer for a brand. He essentially cut the Paul Levesque “We are NXT” promo, but at the same time he did a stellar job at it. Ciampa cut an AMAZING 1st promo for a world champion. John’s Thoughts:A bit condensed and hectic but I really liked the segment and this segment was carried in huge part by Tommaso Ciampa as world champion. Vic Joseph hyped up the advertised Cruiserweight title match for later in the show… Breakker called Holland and Dunne “a couple of bitches” and challenged them to a tag match against himself and Ciampa… Back in the ring, Breakker and Ciampa dumped Dunne and Holland to ringside. The camera cut to some women wrestlers brawling backstage. Dunne and Holland were dumped from the ring. Eventually Dunne and Holland were left in the ring with Ciampa and Breakker (I assume this will be a tag team match down the road). Ciampa threw the first punch at Dunne and a brawl ensued in the ring. Dunne said they should take his advise and make a name for themselves, but all Dunne sees are a bunch of geezers in the ring afraid to throw the first punch. Dunne had the mic and pointed out that there were fresh new faces in the ring. Pete Dunne and Ridge Holland made their entrance.

Knight was cut off by Odyssey who pointed out Knight lost twice last week. Knight said all the incels in the room should be chanting that Knight deserves a title shot. Joe Gacy tried to cut off Grimes, but Gacy was cut off by LA Knight making his entrance. Grimes said the NXT Championship will be the fuel that makes his rocket go “to the moon”. Ciampa told the crowd that the crowd better scream loud and make the world hear because “We are NXT!!!”.Ĭameron Grimes made his entrance and said he’s fired up. Ciampa said with Ciampa holding the title, NXT is the A show. Ciampa said he’s so damn happy to be here.

Ciampa said the fans are also NXT.Ĭiampa said they are the reason why Ciampa is in the ring and why Ciampa does what he does. Ciampa said Alicia Taylor is still NXT, Vic, Bad News, and Auntie Beth are still NXT. Ciampa said you can call this place 2.0, but the passion of the people haven’t changed. Ciampa named off Carmelo, Odyssey, and Breakker as people who are going to stand out. Ciampa said the new faces in the ring are about to show the world how great they are. Ciampa said told the fans that it was an honor to say that “Tommaso Ciampa is your NXT Champion!”.Ĭiampa told Goldie the belt “I missed you too”. Ciampa talked about how he took his spot at the top of the mountain after 908 days and how he never even lost that spot in the first place. Ciampa milked the crowd for “Ciampa” chants. NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa made his entrance wearing a tank top and cargo pants. Random WWE developmental wrestlers were in the ring (names like Odyssey Jones, Bron Breaker, Trick Williams, Carmelo Hayes, etc). Vic Joseph, Wade Barrett, and Beth Phoenix were on commentary with Alicia Taylor as the ring announcer… Highlights from last week’s NXT aired followed by the Wale NXT opening theme… Orlando, Florida at the WWE Performance Center
