Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 2, 2019 1:05:48 GMT -5
That's right, it's Wednesday again and that means ONLY one thing... That you, fine wrestling fans, now have THE CHOICE. On this side of the battlefield is NXT, coming to you as always from Full Sail and now LIVE for two hours on USA Network! To properly kick off this new era for NXT, three championship bouts have been scheduled for tonight.
The first of these is for the NXT Championship, as Adam Cole defends against Matt Riddle. Riddle earned #1 Contender rights after tapping out Killian Dain in a street fight last week, and subsequently followed that up by doing the same to Cole after he confronted The Original Bro post-match. Cole goes into this match as damaged goods, but as has been well and truly proven over the last year, Cole has that extra gear once the gold is up for grabs.
The next featured match will see the NXT Women's Championship on the line as Shayna Baszler defends against Candice LeRae. Baszler has been one of WWE's most dominant champions, fending off challenger after challenger either through sheer malice or by the assistance of her Horsewomen allies. This time, she faces somewhat of a ghost from her past in LeRae, the pair having met in the first Mae Young Classic tournament in a match that LeRae nearly got the win in. But both have come a long way since then. Can The Queen Of Spades continue her reign, or does Tenacious C have a little kick of destiny on her side?
Our third championship match tonight is a rematch from August as The Undisputed Era's Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly defend the NXT Tag Team Championship against The Street Profits. The tag team specialists of the championship quartet, Fish and O'Reilly have proven time and time they are one of the most cohesive units in tag team wrestling, but for their comparative differences in experience, Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford are closing in way fast. Will the famed O'Reilly golden guitar still be sounding off in victory? Or can The Street Profits bring the smoke en route to bringing home the gold once again?
Another match scheduled for tonight will see Johnny Gargano take on Shane Thorne in singles competition. Gargano had found himself at a crossroads after failing to regain the NXT Championship, but a run-in with the ornery West Australian only served to reaffirm Johnny Wrestling's commitment to the NXT banner. Can Gargano get himself back into the winner's circle? Or can Thorne claim the biggest scalp of his singles career?
Finally, we are scheduled to be graced by the presence of the Velveteen Dream. Sans the NXT North American Championship he may be, he has promised to give the NXT fans the Velveteen Dream Experience tonight (no relation to The Viking Experience... man, we're never letting that one go, are we?). What that specifically entails is unknown, but mystery and mystique... it's kind of his thing.
All that, and a lot less time to squeeze in that run to the toilet, TONIGHT on NXT! Both hours on USA!
The first of these is for the NXT Championship, as Adam Cole defends against Matt Riddle. Riddle earned #1 Contender rights after tapping out Killian Dain in a street fight last week, and subsequently followed that up by doing the same to Cole after he confronted The Original Bro post-match. Cole goes into this match as damaged goods, but as has been well and truly proven over the last year, Cole has that extra gear once the gold is up for grabs.
The next featured match will see the NXT Women's Championship on the line as Shayna Baszler defends against Candice LeRae. Baszler has been one of WWE's most dominant champions, fending off challenger after challenger either through sheer malice or by the assistance of her Horsewomen allies. This time, she faces somewhat of a ghost from her past in LeRae, the pair having met in the first Mae Young Classic tournament in a match that LeRae nearly got the win in. But both have come a long way since then. Can The Queen Of Spades continue her reign, or does Tenacious C have a little kick of destiny on her side?
Our third championship match tonight is a rematch from August as The Undisputed Era's Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly defend the NXT Tag Team Championship against The Street Profits. The tag team specialists of the championship quartet, Fish and O'Reilly have proven time and time they are one of the most cohesive units in tag team wrestling, but for their comparative differences in experience, Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford are closing in way fast. Will the famed O'Reilly golden guitar still be sounding off in victory? Or can The Street Profits bring the smoke en route to bringing home the gold once again?
Another match scheduled for tonight will see Johnny Gargano take on Shane Thorne in singles competition. Gargano had found himself at a crossroads after failing to regain the NXT Championship, but a run-in with the ornery West Australian only served to reaffirm Johnny Wrestling's commitment to the NXT banner. Can Gargano get himself back into the winner's circle? Or can Thorne claim the biggest scalp of his singles career?
Finally, we are scheduled to be graced by the presence of the Velveteen Dream. Sans the NXT North American Championship he may be, he has promised to give the NXT fans the Velveteen Dream Experience tonight (no relation to The Viking Experience... man, we're never letting that one go, are we?). What that specifically entails is unknown, but mystery and mystique... it's kind of his thing.
All that, and a lot less time to squeeze in that run to the toilet, TONIGHT on NXT! Both hours on USA!