{"id":2504,"date":"2017-05-24T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2017-05-25T07:33:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T13:33:38","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-394","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-394\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 394"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>May 24, 2017<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 394<\/strong><br \/>\n(taped May 20, 2017)<br \/>\n#WWENXT<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: Rosemont, IL<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: Allstate Arena<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Tom Phillips, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Mike Rome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nClips from Takeover: Chicago this past Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intro Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Rage&#8221; by CFO$<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Aleister Black vs Curt Hawkins<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Darryl Sharma)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e7524da1ee5','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e7524da1ee5\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e7524da1ee5\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Aleister Black wins via pinfall after a Black Mass kick<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 2:51<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nDefinitely one of Black&#8217;s better matches. Black showed some nice speed and fluidity. Hawkins didn&#8217;t get much offense, but he helped make Back look good. I liked this one even though it was short and almost completely one sided.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nClips from the tag team ladder match and Ciampa&#8217;s attack on Gargano from Takeover.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nFrom before Takeover, Ember Moon has to sit on the sidelines while Asuka defends her title.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nClips of the Women&#8217;s Title match from Takeover.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nFrom Takeover, Kayla Braxton asks Asuka &#8220;what&#8217;s next?&#8221; Asuka says no one can stand against her.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe Velveteen Dream premieres next.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nClips from Strong versus Young at Takeover.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nFrom Takeover, Kayla Braxton asks Roderick Strong about pinning Eric Young. Strong says he&#8217;s overcomes the odds his whole life. Bringing Strong&#8217;s family into their issues was a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Robert Anthony vs Velveteen Dream<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Drake Wuertz)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e7524da205e','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e7524da205e\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e7524da205e\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Velveteen Dream wins via pinfall after a diving elbow drop<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 2:28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nA squash. Dream looked fine, but there was nothing really special about the match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nClips from the UK Title match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nFrom Takeover, Kayla Braxton asks Pete Dunne about how he feels as the new UK Champ. Dunne says everything is now his.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nClips from the NXT Title match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nFrom Takeover, Kayla Braxton congratulates Bobby Roode on his victory. Roode says he proved that Itami isn&#8217;t even in his league. He also says he&#8217;s going to relax and take some time off.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Drew McIntyre vs Wesley Blake<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Eddie Orengo)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e7524da20c0','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e7524da20c0\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e7524da20c0\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Drew McIntyre wins via pinfall after a running single leg dropkick<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:08<\/strong> (1 break)<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match. This was maybe McIntyre&#8217;s most competitive match in NXT so far, but he still didn&#8217;t seem to have too much trouble. Blake got some offense and looked good, but McIntyre&#8217;s strikes and moves were all very strong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was an okay show. The main event was fine, but otherwise the matches weren&#8217;t anything special. There was a lot of recap going on as well. This really did just feel like a recap show with a few matches thrown in.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Drew McIntyre vs Wesley Blake<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;d like to see Blake get more matches. I think he&#8217;s pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s show was basically a recap of Takeover: Chicago, but it did contain the debut of the Velveteen Dream and a decent match between McIntyre and Blake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,297,622],"tags":[1162,556,854,302,1146,539,182,549,1149,871,638,567,1130,1148,1356,801,570,1357,909,7],"class_list":["post-2504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nxt","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-aleister-black","tag-asuka","tag-bobby-roode","tag-curt-hawkins","tag-darryl-sharma","tag-drake-wuertz","tag-drew-mcintyre","tag-eddie-orengo","tag-kayla-braxton","tag-mike-rome","tag-nigel-mcguinness","tag-nxt","tag-percy-watson","tag-pete-dunne","tag-robert-anthony","tag-roderick-strong","tag-tom-phillips","tag-velveteen-dream","tag-wesley-blake","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions\/2506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}