Here’s the special USA Network broadcast of WWE NXT in case you missed it:
From Full Sail Studios on the campus of Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida:
Hosted by Percy Watson, Mauro Ranallo and Nigel McGuinness.
Percy was a part of NXT Season 2 on the show’s SyFy-era. Nigel McGuinness was known as Desmond Wolfe in Total Nonstop Action (TNA now Impact) Wrestling. He’s also a former Ring of Honor (ROH) Pure and World Heavyweight Champion.
This was aired as part of WWE Week on USA.
The show opened up with Andrade “Cien” Almas’ victory over then-NXT Heavyweight Champion Drew McIntyre/Galloway at last month’s WWE Network event NXT Takeover: WarGames. Drew suffered an injury during the main event, leading to NXT Commissioner William Regal to create a qualifying matches for a Fatal Four-Way Match.
1. NXT Heavyweight Champion Andrade “Cien” Almas with Zelina Vega vs. Fabian Aichner.
THE WINNER: ANDRADE “CIEN” ALMAS.
Before the next match, there was a video showcase of NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon’s rise to the top.
2. TAG TEAM MATCH: Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) with WWE Hall of Famer Paul Ellering.
THE WINNERS: THE AUTHORS OF PAIN.
Next Week’s matches: Tyler Bate will face WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne for the title, and one-half Sanity (Eric Young and Killian Dain) will face the reigning NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (represented by Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) for the belts.
Eric Young was formerly with TNA as a member of Team Canada, and the company’s fourth Grand Slam Champion. Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly are former ROH World Tag Team New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP) Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions as reDragon. Fish and O’Reilly were also the winners of New Japan’s 2014 Super Junior Tag Tournament. Fish is also a former ROH World Television Champion.
Sanity (Eric Young, Killian Dain, Alexander Wolfe and Nikki Cross) made a promo waging war against The Undisputed Era for their loss at WarGames.
A video highlighting the arrival of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Shayna Baszler aired. She was also a participant in The Mae Young Classic.
3. FATAL FOUR-WAY QUALIFYING MAIN EVENT: Adam Cole (Representing The Undisputed Era) vs. Aleister Black.
Fish and O’Reilly were banned from ringside for this match. Adam Cole is a former ROH World Heavyweight and World Television Champion. He and O’Reilly were a tag team in ROH called Future Shock. Cole was also a member as the original version of The Kingdom alongside Michael “Mike” Bennett, Maria Kanellis-Bennett and Matt Taven. He later on joined The Bullet Club.
THE WINNER: ALEISTER BLACK.
Aleister advances to the Fatal Four-Way alongside Johnny Gargano and Killian Dain.
The main event was the Five-Star Match of the night!!!
Adam Cole and Aleister Black are The Wrestlers of the Night!!!
SPECIAL NOTICE: ACCORDING TO INTERNET SOURCES, THE NON-TITLE WOMEN’S MATCH OF EMBER MOON VS. PEYTON ROYCE, WAS NOT AIRED ON USA BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS. IT WAS SEEN ON THE WWE NETWORK.
ANALYSIS: This was a MUCH NEEDED breath of fresh air from the way WWE TV was since the Brand Extension was resurrected last year. It was also needed from this year as well. And from what a lot of people say, NXT delivers.
WWE NXT can be seen every Wednesday night at 8PM ET on The WWE Network.
