WWE NXT 4/26/2022
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/wwe-nxt-4192022.html
Nikkita Lyons vs Lash Legend
Lash runs right in and they trade shots. Lyons hits kicks then does a nice spin kick to the face. Lash then leapfrogs and back elbows her. Lyons Thesz presses her then pounds on her. Lyons sits on her and gets pushed out of the ring, possibly taking a header on the outside.
Lash back elbows her off the apron then throws her into the steps. Lash grounds and pounds her and is rolled up for 2. Lash spinning sideslams her. Lyons blocks a pump kick then hits some leg kicks and suplexes her. Lyons hits a german. She goes for corner punches and Lash tries to powerbomb her but gets hurricanrana'd. Lyons then spin kicks her to the body and wins it. Natalya then jumps Lyons from behind then Cora Jade makes the save, hitting Lash with the skateboard. Cora tries to hit Natalya with it and misses then Lyons kicks Natalya out of the ring.
I liked the match. It was fast paced and the crowd really liked Lyons.
Tony D said he was supposed to face Xyon Quinn, but he can't wrestle tonight and now faces Von Wagner instead. He said when he gets done with him, he'll be sleeping with the fishes and said, "Santos, you know what I'm talking about, right guy?"
Diamond Mine talked. Strong said they are too good to crumble like his last group did. Strong said they have been struggling. He said the Creed's have been acting like champs when they didn't win the titles yet. Brutus defended his team and Strong said it was an excuse. Strong said he set up a match with The Creed's vs The Viking Raiders. The Viking Raiders then came in and The Creed's said they would see them next week. That should be good.
We saw clips of Gacy pushing Bron off the seats last week and then we saw the druids take him.
Tony D'Angelo vs Von Wagner
Wagner takes him down early and Tony comes back with punches and knees. Von then hits some clubs to the back and some knees to the gut. Tony kicks Von out of the ring then lariats him out. Von runs his back into the ring apron then backdrops him on the apron. We then went to PiP break. We return with Tony taking a sloppy slam for 2. Tony then hits a nice overhead belly to belly and a regular belly to belly.
Tony spears him into a takedown then hits an exploder suplex on him. Von comes back with a lariat. Tony gets backdropped over the top but lands on the apron and then falls off of it. LdF come down and fight with Tony's goons then Santos Escobar crowbars Tony in the leg. Tony gets back in and takes a running face kick and Von wins it.
Von didn't look good here and the logic and selling wasn't too good on Von's end. I liked that they at least furthered the LDF/Tony feud though.
Persia, Indi and Roxanne were talking then Toxic Attraction came in. They said Roxanne got lucky last week and Roxanne said a win is a win. Roxanne said she'd give them a rematch and Mandy said she'd show them the difference between a champion and someone who wants to be a champion.
We saw clips of Nathan Frazer, who debuts next.
Briggs, Jensen and Fallon were in the back. Fallon said she's tired of LdF and said it's time to take care of business. The blonde that is aligned with Robert Stone then passed by and Jensen was distracted. Briggs told him to to get it together.
Chase U were in the audience.
Nathan Frazer vs Guru Raaj
Grayson Waller jumped Frazer's opponent as he entered. Waller said no one cares about him or his debut. He said this is his NXT and said he doesn't need Sanga, it's The Grayson Waller Show. He said he does what he wants, when he wants. He then called Chase U idiots. He said Chase's University was a scam and said the sorority girls are built like refrigerators. Frazer then springboard dropkicks him and dropkicked him out of the ring. Frazer then hit a great tope on him.
Chase U then came in and said this is a teachable moment. Frazer then hugged Bodhi and shook hands with Chase.
The match never started here.
They announced an NXT Women's Breakout Tournament. We got a package on Arianna Grace. She is a former beauty pageant queen and has trained mma and boxing. She said she isn't afraid to take chances and said she will throw caution to the wind. I like new talent, so I'm cool with this.
Tiffany Stratton was interviewed. She called Sarray a little cheater. Grayson waller then walked in and yelled about Nathan Frazer. Tiffany said he looks homeless and has a terrible accent. They talked and were getting along then walked off together.
Katana Chance and Kayden Carter vs Valentina Feroz and Yulisa Leon
Katana is the former Kacy Catanzaro. They hired Kacy because she was famous off of Ninja Warrior and now changed her name because they are on a run where they don't want people using their real names. It's dumb stuff.
Leon does some rolls early and dances then Kayden walks on her back and does it to her. Leon flips out of a hiptoss and dropkicks her then picks up Feroz into a headscissors on Kayden. Feroz then dances in celebration and chases Kayden. Kayden catches her with a springboard boot when she gets in.
Chance hits an interesting rortation splash on Feroz then Feroz hits some arm throws. Feroz leg scissors her into a triangle and Chance 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her. Feroz takes a double kick to the face on the ropes. Kayden slingshot sentons Feroz for 2 and grounded abdominal stretches her.
Leon gets in and top rope dropkicks Kayden. Leon gorilla presses Feroz onto Kayden for 2. Chance is pulled off the apron. Leon misses an asai moonsault then Chance is back on the apron. She 450's Feroz into a Carter neckbreaker and they win it.
This was a little longer than usual and was the best outing I've seen of Leon and Feroz. Both looked decent here and maybe there is some potential to their team after all.
Jensen is down in the back holding his hand. Briggs fires up saying he knows LdF did this as Jensen tries to explain that he can fight.
Alba Fyre gets a video. She is dragging her ball bat and says she is a warrior and a champion. She lights her bat on fire and says it represents where she comes from. They then had Wade Barrett basically acknowledge that she is taking up a new name.
3v2 Handicap Match - Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde, Cruz del Toro and Elektra Lopez) vs Josh Briggs and Fallon Henley
Briggs and Fallon jump LdF to start then take them out of the ring. Lopez slams her then gets dropkicked. Briggs gets in and throws Toro over the top into a backbreaker then suplex throws Wilde onto his partner. Fallon enzugiri's Lopez then Fallon and Briggs slide outside and do the double punch spot that Briggs and Jensen do. Toro flies off the top and gets caught by Briggs, then Wilde clips Briggs.
Wilde holds down Briggs so Toro can slingshot senton him. Wilde takes some corner moves then is double backdropped. Wilde then gets on Toro's shoulders and is dropped down into a splash on him.
Briggs makes a comeback by popping up Toro and punching him. He then falls backwards and does not make the tag, but they allow it anyway because Toro tagged in Lopez. Henley hit some fast paced offense on Lopez. Briggs got back in kicked Toro off the apron then hit a splash on Wilde for 2. Fallon mounted and pounded Lopez, then they fought outside and brawled into the crowd. Wilde walked the top rope into a dropkick on Briggs then LdF hit the step-up enzugiri/russian legsweep combo to win this.
A handicap mixed tag is a new one. I don't know if I've ever seen that before. It was super fast paced and I thought it was decent. No idea why it was a handicap match though. They didn't do any intergender stuff, which is fine by me.
Natalya and Lash Legend are interviewed. They said they would fight Cora Jade and Lyons next week. Natalya said Cora is immature and has a stupid, little skateboard. She said she put the women's locker room on notice but did notice Lash Legend. Lash called Natalya a legend and said this isn't over with Lyons. Lash said she would take the momentum of beating Lyons into the Women's Tournament.
Trick Williams with Carmelo Hayes vs Solo Sikoa
Cameron Grimes is on commentary. Trick backflips out of a wristlock and works the arm. Trick runs Solo's shoulder into the buckles. Solo comes back with a nice shoulder block then slams him. Trick spin kicks him and slams him. Trick hits a nice dropkick then hits Solo with a Mcguillicutter. Trick goes back to the shoulder and Solo hulks up then backdrops him.
Solo hits some shots then corner splashes him. Trick does a samoan drop variation on him then hits a top rope splash for the win.
Trick looked better here than in prior outings but he still does have some general akwardness due to his long legs. Trick worked the shoulder here most of the match then Solo made his comeback and won it. Nothing wrong with this.
Cameron Grimes then came in and went face to face with Solo. Hayes pushed Solo out of the way then Solo went for a superkick but Hayes moved and Grimes got nailed.
Blade and Enofe were in the back. Blade said they had a big opportunity tonight against the Viking Raiders and Enofe said they got this. Enofe put him in front of a mirror and talked about his strengths ala Cool Runnings. Enofe made him say it louder and with more energy. Blade said he sees speed, power and heart. I think Enofe had new sunglasses and a new robe here but I'm not sure.
I'm a fan of the VR's, though I don't watch the main shows so I don't see them much. Blade runs into Ivar and goes down. Enofe climbs on Erik's back then dropkicks him. Blade and Enofe then hit a boot and back elbow combo.
Erik runs into Enofe with a running forearm smash then the VR's pound on Enofe. Erik knees Enofe hard in the face and Enofe does such a good sell that it might have been legit. Erik misses a double knee in the corner then Blade gets the hot tag in. He hits some flying offense and a dropkick then top rope crossbodies him. He gets caught and Enofe crossbodies them to complete the move.
Enofe takes a butt drop in the corner and Ivar back body drops Blade. Enofe takes a pop-up knee then Blade takes a double single arm powerbomb for the VR win.
This was decent with the VR's using heavyweight offense against the faces flying offense. The knee Erik hit was pretty sick and Blade and Enofe are progressing well in their role.
They shake hands after then the Creed brothers come out. They yell at each other.
Wes Lee is at the beach alone. He said it took 6 months to get the tag titles back and talked about the titles being taken from hin and not lost. He said he can't forget his past, but he can only rely on himself. He said he could complain or knuckle up and make the waves that he is destined to make.
Toxic Attraction was headed to the ring.
Tony D is interviewed. He said Santos should have been smartened up a long time ago. He said he's the one who makes the threats around here. He said he made some calls and said his crew is here. He then brought out his goombah's - Troy "2 Dimes" Donovan and Channing Lorenzo aka Stacks. He said mixing it up with Tony D is bad for Santos' health. He said him and Santos need to do this man to man at Spring Breakin' before he takes this into his own hands.
Troy and Channing already debuted on NXT Level Up a few weeks ago, but these are new characters than what they started with.
Roxanne Perez vs Mandy Rose
RP gets some offense early and headscissors her from the back roll. Mandy hits a forearm to the face and is rolled up. Mandy gets her finger bitten then is rolled up again. RP is thrown out and they fight outside. RP bangs Mandy's hand off the steps.
We go to PiP break with RP working on Mandy's hand. We return and Mandy does an interesting back body drop on her. Mandy stretches her back over her knee. Mandy catapults her into the top rope and RP bounces back onto Mandy's knees. Mandy slams her and RP Thesz presses her off the 2nd rope. RP leg sweeps her then does her unusual backflip move on her. RP crossbodies her then takes a pumping knee for the Mandy win.
I didn't think this was anything too special and Mandy had the usual divas sloppiness that you'd expect.
Wendy Choo pops up on the apron after and tries to spray T-A with waterguns. They run then Wendy drops a net on them from the ceiling. They get out then T-A gets hit with silly string. This was silly and not too believable.
Sloane Jacobs got a video package for the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament. She said she is 19, is the underdog and learned how to fight through her sisters. She said she will be the youngest champ in NXT history and starts the path here.
Joe Gacy is with the druids and says, "Let's go change the world".
Joe Gacy comes out. He said NXT is the clay of acceptance that he has been molding. The druids then surround the ring and said the mission isn't accomplished yet. He said he doesn't think everyone buys in yet and says it is time for people to commit to his vision. He said he thinks Bron Breakker isn't cleared to defend the NXT Title because of what he did and said he will be crowned NXT champ.
Rick Steiner then came out, not using the Steiner Brothers' theme. Rick said Bron is cleared to compete and will defend his title. The druids surrounded the ring then Bron Breakker came out. He took out the druids then took a lariat from Gacy. The druids passed down Bron's belt and Joe held it up to end the show.
It wasn't great or anything and Harland was not there for some reason.
Overall thoughts: There were some highs and lows with the in-ring stuff tonight and there was more in-ring stuff than usual. Neither the main event or the show closing angle really delivered though and I was disappointed that we were promised a Nathan Frazer match but didn't get it.
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