American Wrestling Trivia

WWE NXT 2017

2017

NXT Takeover: San Antonio

2017-01-28, Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, Texas, USA

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  1. Eric Young [w/Alexander Wolfe & Killian Dain] def. Tye Dillinger
    Young pins Dillinger with a neckbreaker after his Sanity associates distracts Dillinger.
  2. Roderick Strong def. Andrade "Cien" Almas
    Pinfall after a running boot.
  3. NXT tagteam championship:
    Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) [w/Paul Ellering] def. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) (ch)
    Rezar pins Ciampa after the Super Collider, to win the titles.
  4. NXT Women's championship, Fatal 4-Way:
    Asuka (ch) def. Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Nikki Cross
    Royce and Kay takes out Cross by sending her through a table, but despite Royce delivering the Widow's Peak on Asuka inside the ring, they are unable to take her out. Asuka covers Royce after a kick to the side of the face to get a pinfall to retain the title.
  5. NXT championship:
    Bobby Roode def. Shinsuke Nakamura (ch)
    Nakamura hits the Kinshasa on Roode but hurts his leg and is unable to get a pinfall. Roode gets up and works Nakamura's leg and is able to slam Nakamura to get a pinfall victory.

NXT Takeover: Orlando

2017-04-01, Amway Center, Orlando, Florida, USA

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  1. 8-Person tagteam match:
    Sanity (Eric Young & Alexander Wolfe & Killian Dain & Nikki Cross) def. Tye Dillinger & Kassius Ohno & Roderick Strong & Ruby Riot
    Ohno replaced No Way Jose, who was attacked by Sanity at WrestleMania Axxess earlier in the day. Dain pins Dillinger to gain the victory.
  2. Aleister Black def. Andrade "Cien" Almas
    Black pins Almas after the Black Mass.
  3. NXT tagteam championship, Triple Threat Elimination Match:
    The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) (ch) [w/Paul Ellering] def. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa), The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder)
    Despite The Revival and DIY working together to try eliminate AOP, DIY is the first team eliminated as Ciampa is pinned. The AOP then makes quick work of The Revival, and hits a Super Collider, and pins them to retain the titles.
  4. NXT Women's championship:
    Asuka (ch) def. Ember Moon
    Asuka retains the championship with a pinfall after a kick to the neck.
  5. NXT championship:
    Bobby Roode (ch) def. Shinsuke Nakamura
    Roode pins Nakamura after a DDT, to retain the championship.

NXT Takeover: Chicago

2017-05-20, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, USA

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  1. Roderick Strong def. Eric Young [w/Alexander Wolfe & Killian Dain]
    Strong pins Young after a suplex into a double-knee backbreaker.
  2. WWE UK championship:
    "Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne def. Tyler Bate (ch)
    Dunne pins Bate and becomes the new champion.
  3. NXT Women's championship, Triple Threat:
    Asuka (ch) def. Ruby Riot, Nikki Cross
    Asuka knocks out and covers both Cross and Riot to get a pinfall victory, retaining the championship.
  4. NXT championship:
    Bobby Roode (ch) def. Hideo Itami
    Roode retains the championship after reversing Itami's GTS into a DDP drop.
  5. NXT tagteam championship, Ladder match:
    Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) (ch) [w/Paul Ellering] def. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)
    AoP takes out the ladder with DIY on them, and instead climbs themselves, grabbing the belts to retain the championship. After the match, Ciampa turns on Gargano.

NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III

2017-08-19, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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  1. Andrade "Cien" Almas [w/Zelina Vega] def. Johnny Gargano
    Almas pins Gargano with a Hammerlock DDT after Vega throws a DIY T-shirt into the ring.
  2. NXT tagteam championship:
    SAniTY (Eric Young & Alexander Wolfe) [w/Killian Dain & Nikki Cross] def. Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) [w/Paul Ellering] (ch)
    Killian Dain started out on ringside, but when Wolfe tagged out, he left his spot for Eric Young, to surprise their opponents. Nikki Cross attacked Akam outside the ring, leaving Rezar alone in the ring. After a double-team move, Wolfe pins Rezar to win the title.
  3. Aleister Black def. Hideo Itami
    Black pins Itami after a kick to the head.
  4. NXT Women's championship:
    Asuka (ch) def. Ember Moon (subm.)
    After a long and gruelling match, Moon taps to the Asuka lock, leaving the championship with Asuka.
  5. NXT championship:
    Drew McIntyre def. Bobby Roode (ch)
    McIntyre pins Roode after a kick to the head, to win the championship.

NXT Takeover: War Games

2017-11-18, Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, USA

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Qualifying matches for the vacant NXT Women's Championship:

  1. Kairi Sane, by virtue of winning the Mae Young Classic
  2. 2017-10-11: Peyton Royce def. Nikki Cross, Liv Morgan
  3. 2017-10-18: Ember Moon def. Ruby Riot, Sonya Deville
  4. 2017-10-25: Nikki Cross won a battle royal (beating Abbey Laith, Aliyah, Bianca Belair, Billie Kay, Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Lacey Evans, Mercedes Martinez, Reina González, Rhea Ripley, Sage Beckett, Santana Garrett, Sarah Logan, Taynara Conti, Vanessa Borne, Zeda)

Matches on the event itself:

  1. Lars Sullivan def. Kassius Ohno
    Sullivan pins Ohno for the victory.
  2. Aleister Black def. Velveteen Dream
    Black pins Dream after the Black Mass.
  3. NXT Women's championship, Fatal 4-Way:
    Ember Moon def. Nikki Cross, Kairi Sane, Peyton Royce
    The title was vacant after Asuka had relinquished the title due to injury after TakeOver Brooklyn III. Moon pins Cross to win the championship.
  4. NXT championship:
    Andrade "Cien" Almas [w/Zelina Vega] def. Drew McIntyre (ch)
    Almas pins McIntyre after a DDT.
  5. War Games:
    The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) def. Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young & Killian Dain), The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) & Roderick Strong
    Period one Adam ColeRodderick StrongEric Young
    Period two Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly
    Period threeAkam & Rezar
    Period four Alexander Wolfe & Killian Dain
    One member from each team starts the match, with the rest being released later. The match can only be won after everyone has entered. Adam Cole pinned Young for the victory.
Peter Krefting / $Date: 2023-09-09 17:06:36 $ / peter@softwolves.pp.se