{"id":3594,"date":"2018-04-18T19:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T01:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=3594"},"modified":"2018-04-25T18:56:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T00:56:05","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 445"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE NXT<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 445<\/strong><br \/>\n#WWENXT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: April 18, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: April 11, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/network.wwe.com\/video\/v1950715183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">available on WWE Network<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=winter-park-fl\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Winter Park<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=florida\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">FL<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=full-sail-university\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Full Sail University<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Mauro Ranallo, Percy Watson<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Kayla Braxton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intro Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Resistance&#8221; by Powerflo<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nJohnny Gargano and Candice LeRae head to the ring. Gargano has been dreaming of this moment. He has overcome Ciampa, and he is back where he belongs. He thanks the fans for having his back, and he thanks Candice LeRae for being by his side. Johnny also says that he and Candice have one more piece of unfinished business. Candice takes the mic and says she will face Zelina Vega tonight. Johnny says that after ALmas and Vega are out of their lives, Johnny will be Aleister Black&#8217;s first challenger for the NXT Title.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Outside the Venue<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nKillian Dain says Lars Sullivan took something from him at Takeover, so Dain is going to take something from Sullivan tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Ricochet vs Fabian Aichner<\/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_69e74e99333d1','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_69e74e99333d1\" 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_69e74e99333d1\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Ricochet wins via pinfall with a 630 senton<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 4:38<\/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 \/>\nThis wasn&#8217;t a squash, but it was definitely an exhibition for Ricochet. Aichner got a little offense, but it was mostly just so Ricochet could mount a small comeback on his way to a high-flying finish. As a small taste of what Ricochet can do, this was a good match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nKayla Braxton asks Ricochet how he feels debuting at Full Sail. He feels great. He&#8217;s watched as many superstars made a name for themselves here, and now it&#8217;s Ricochet&#8217;s turn.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nA package promo for EC3.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Outside the Venue<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nLars Sullivan laughs about having a match with Killian Dain tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>War Raiders vs The Metro Brothers<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: DA Brewer)<\/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_69e74e99334d6','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_69e74e99334d6\" 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_69e74e99334d6\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Hanson pins JC Metro after Fallout<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 1:51<\/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 \/>\nSquash, but a fairly entertaining one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nEarlier this week, Shayna Baszler showed up late to a meeting of the NXT women&#8217;s division. Baszler announces that it is her division now. She rips Ember Moon&#8217;s name from one of the lockers and replaces it with a queen of spades card. Dakota Kai walks out as Baszler asserts her dominance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nSoon, everyone will be calling Kona Reeves the finest of NXT.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Outside the Venue<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nPete Dunne will let everyone know what he thinks about Roderick Strong in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=no-dq-match\"><strong>No Disqualification Match<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Lars Sullivan vs Killian Dain<\/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_69e74e993350d','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_69e74e993350d\" 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_69e74e993350d\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Lars Sullivan wins vis pinfall after a Freak Accident on a pile of chairs<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 10:48<\/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 \/>\nDespite not really liking Lars Sullivan, I really liked this match. It was big and violent, just like both of the men fighting in it. I think Dain definitely put together the better sequences of offense, and he made Sullivan look good. With Dain moving over to SmackDown, I know Sullivan needed this win a lot more. So I&#8217;m not upset with how this turned out. Even if I was, the match was very entertaining regardless.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe history of the animosity between Candice LeRae and Zelina Vega.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe Undisputed Era talk about how great they are and have their picture taken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Candice LeRae vs Zelina Vega<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Jessika Carr)<\/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_69e74e993353f','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_69e74e993353f\" 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_69e74e993353f\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Candice LeRae wins via submission with a Gargano Escape<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 3:27<\/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 \/>\nThis was fun. Almas came down to the ring and distracted LeRae soon after the match started, so Gargano came down to ringside as well. The match was quick and a bit chaotic, but it did what it was meant to do. It gave Gargano and LeRae some closure and allowed them to move on to the next phase in their careers. It was good to see Vega in the ring as well, even if this will be her only match in NXT now that she and Almas are on SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, Gargano challenges Black for the NXT Title. Aleister Black immediately comes out to the stage. Black says Gargano will get his shot next week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGood show. It wrapped up a lot of loose ends for people who are leaving NXT, and it started moving the show into new and exciting directions. I think this was a good transition show.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Lars Sullivan vs Killian Dain<\/strong><br \/>\nThe main event had the most intrigue, but as far as action, the No DQ match was better. I&#8217;d be more likely to watch this match again rather than LeRae versus Vega, even though LeRae versus Vega easily made me smile more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results:?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2018-04-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2018-04-18<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae close the chapter on Andrade Almas and Zelina Vega, and Killian Dain battles Lars Sullivan in a No DQ Match in a very good episode of NXT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,297,622],"tags":[648,1162,850,718,213,1711,1660,1814,1146,539,933,1478,671,644,1712,1929,775,1149,1160,719,1480,737,1710,1122,567,1130,1148,715,801,645,1928,1429,1761,1927,1477,7,1675],"class_list":["post-3594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nxt","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-adam-cole","tag-aleister-black","tag-andrade-cien-almas","tag-bobby-fish","tag-candice-lerae","tag-chris-metro","tag-da-brewer","tag-dakota-kai","tag-darryl-sharma","tag-drake-wuertz","tag-fabian-aichner","tag-florida","tag-full-sail-university","tag-hanson","tag-jc-metro","tag-jessika-carr","tag-johnny-gargano","tag-kayla-braxton","tag-killian-dain","tag-kyle-oreilly","tag-lars-sullivan","tag-mauro-ranallo","tag-metro-brothers","tag-no-dq-match","tag-nxt","tag-percy-watson","tag-pete-dunne","tag-ricochet","tag-roderick-strong","tag-rowe","tag-serena-deeb","tag-shayna-baszler","tag-undisputed-era","tag-war-raiders","tag-winter-park-fl","tag-wwe","tag-zelina-vega"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594","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=3594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3633,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3594\/revisions\/3633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}