Steve Notes NXT 9/24/20
Added 2020-09-24 19:27:54 +0000 UTC
Steve Notes NXT 9/24/20
Candice attacks Tegan’s knee before the battle royal, probably means she’s gonna win
Confident Rhea comes out next, which means she won’t win. Camera shows us Raquel, which might mean they’ll have a match instead.
Rhea eliminates Gia
Raquel elimn RAVEN WHATTABOUT ME?? WHATA BOUT RAVEN!
Elie almost murdered herself face first into the guard rail being eliminated by Rhea
Rhea eliminates Shafir, Raquel eliminates Avery
Raquel eliminates another one, who seems to hit her head pretty hard on the floor, then another one, which looks safe.
Rhea elim EMILY
Raquel elim Catalina
Kacy has a Kofi moment, and then another, climbing the barricade jumping to the steps, kicked back by Indi, Carter lets her get on her shoulders
Rhea and Raquel go at it, elim each other
Kacy elim Indi, Candice and Kai double team Kacy, she gets kicked out
Kai & Candice go after Shotzi, who dumps Kai
Candice hits neckbreaker, has Shotzi on apron, Shotzi goes up to second rope, Candice meets her up, they both get dumped on apron- Shotzi pulls Candice’s arm so her head hits the turnbuckle, she lands on the steps, Candice flips Shotzi over to the ground, CANDICE WINS
Damien Priest interview- ASked about Gargano and Theory- he says Theory is better than his record suggests, but tonight he’ll take another L, then tries to hit on Sarah
***
Fandango is up to his old fashion police tricks- he has a white board with names of the tag division, including Fabio Acne, Quinoa, Marty Barty, Robert Strong, Billy Fish, Uno Lorcan
He explains to regal his plan for a series of matches- Mendoza & Aichner vs. Strong/Burch, winning team fights each other, winner of that gets Breezango. Regal is confused, Burch explains it in Brit language code.
Ciampa vs. Jake Atlas
Atlas much more aggressive, looking to do the see saw under the mat thing Ciampa did before, before Ciampa nails him with a clothesline. Atlas eventually gets the advantage and hits a blockbuster, gets 2. He tries that AWFUL cartwheel DDT and Ciampa easily kicks him off the rope and hits his draping DDT, he goes for a pin, but lifts his head and starts mocking Atlas by saying you hungry?? Modified Fariytale Ending gets 3.
**2/3
Ridge Holland tells a story about blacking out and killing four children. He played Rugby, he nurtured the skill of hurting people.
Elimination Gauntlet video package
Roderick Strong/Danny Burcth mess up a simple handshake to kick it off- Strong is the only guy who gets his own entrance
BUrch starts out, gets isolated, Strong gets the hot tag, starts wrecking- until Aichner hits nasty spinebuster
Burch tags in after a Strong knee to Raul, hits a draping cutter on Raul for 3
***
Strong does the handshake fakeout to Burch
Theory is doing resistance bands, Sarah interviews him- Gargano steps in, he pumps him up a bit, says if he softens up Priest before Takeover, he’ll appreciate it.
Austin Theory vs. Damien Priest
Priest takes control early
Theory targets Priest’s knee
Theory hits Blue Thunder Bomb
Theory’s face turned purple
On the outside, Priest hits cyclone kick, then Razor’s Edge on apron, goes inside, Reckoning, 3
***
Gargano attacks Priest after the match
Weird/cool night vision vignette of someone (former champion?) returning 10.4.20
WHO IS IT
Swerve still wants a shot at Santos video
Antonio DeLuca vs. RIDGE HOLLAND
Stretch comes out strong against Ridge, but Ridge pounces him across the mat, belly to belly, Ridge then head-butts him to death
NORTHERN GRIT finisher gets 3
**
Interview with Io- I don’t like Candice, never have never will
Candice and Gargano interrupt, then priest comes in
GAUNTLET ELIMINATOR- oh wow Kyle (spoiler he wins) starts this vs. KUSHIDA
WRESTLING
As time ticks down they exchange forearms, then Bronson Reed comes out next, to yet another new tron video- he does the power thing
Dream hits KUSHIDA with DVD while ref is distracted after a spot where KUSHIDA kicks Kyle off the apron to the floor, allows Reed hit TSUNAMI splash for 3
REED ELIMINATES KUSHIDA
Thatcher is next, followed by Grimes, starts cleaning house, til Reed comes alive again and starts cleaning house- Reed hits a huge clothesline, but all men are down.
Reed hits huge DVD on Thatch, gets 2
Reed hits big power bomb on Kyle, gets 2
KYLE ELIMINATES REED with top rope knee to the back
Kyle gets ankle lock on thatcher, who reverses, gets a knee on him, followed by Grimes hitting german on kyle, but thatch attacks Grimes
Thatch gets Kyle in sleeper, grimes tries to kick, gets caught by Kyle, ankle lock, gets out
Kyle gets ROLLUP on Thatch
KYLE OREILLY ELIMINATES THATCHER
Grimes immediately gets cave-in on Kyle, who puts his foot on the rope, Grimes thinks he won, starts kicking Kyle, yelling at him, saying YOU’RE NOT ADAM!
They run at each other, Grimes hits that spanish fly-power slam thing, gets 2
Kyle whips Grimes ankle, Grimes sets up for cave in, Kyle dodges, Kyle gets ankle submission, Graves taps out KYLE ELIMINATES GRIMES
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