{"id":3672,"date":"2018-04-11T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T01:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2018-05-03T21:36:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T03:36:58","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-444","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-444\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 444"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE NXT<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 444<\/strong><br \/>\n#WWENXT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: April 11, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: April 7, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <span style=\"color: #800080;\">New Orleans<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #800080;\">LA<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Smoothie King Center<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Mauro Ranallo, Percy Watson, Nigel McGuinness<\/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 \/>\nThis past Saturday, new champions were crowned at Takeover: New Orleans. Also, Johnny Gargano overcame Tommaso Ciampa and earned his way back onto the NXT roster.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intro Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Resistance&#8221; by Powerflo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Kairi Sane vs Lacey Evans<\/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_69f3620db68ea','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_69f3620db68ea\" 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_69f3620db68ea\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Kairi Sane wins via pinfall after an Insane Elbow<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 7:44<\/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. I&#8217;m not a huge fan of Lacey Evans yet, but she did well here. This was a very good match for Kairi Sane too. She showed heart and resilience in the face of adversity by mounting a comeback and doing it in her own exciting style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe first ever NXT North American champion was crowned at Takeover as Adam Cole survived and excelled in the 6 Man Ladder match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAt Takeover, Roderick Strong turned on Pete Dunne and joined the Undisputed Era, securing their win in the Tag Title match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nCathy Kelley asks Adam Cole if he can explain Roderick Strong&#8217;s actions. Strong whispers something to Cole, and the Undisputed Era walks away without saying a word to Cathy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter RAW, Mike Rome asked Akam and Rezar why they left Paul Ellering. AoP says this isn&#8217;t about Ellering. Ellering walks up, and he wants answers. He doesn&#8217;t really get any, and AoP walks away from Ellering again.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nA recap of the Gargano\/Ciampa match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nKayla Braxton congratulates Shayna Baszler on her title victory. Baszler isn&#8217;t impressed by Braxton&#8217;s well wishes. This isn&#8217;t a bandwagon. She knows who has supported her from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage from RAW<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nMike Rome asks Ember Moon about her RAW debut. Moon regrets leaving NXT with Baszler at the top, but she knows the NXT women&#8217;s division will dethrone her.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nA recap of the Almas\/Black NXT Title match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Heavy Machinery vs Riddick Moss &amp; Tino Sabbatelli<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Tom Castor)<\/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_69f3620db69df','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_69f3620db69df\" 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_69f3620db69df\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: the match ends in a No Contest when the War Raiders attack<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 6:08<\/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 \/>\nThis was pretty good, but it was mostly just an excuse to introduce War Machine, or as they&#8217;re now being called, the War Raiders. Up until they interfered, Heavy Machinery looked good and fun as usual.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThere was only one real match (Sane vs Evans), but at least it was good. The rest of the show was a recap of Takeover. For that it was fine, but this was a mostly missable show. Watch the first match of the night, then just check social media for any clips of interviews.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Kairi Sane vs Lacey Evans<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match, and hopefully the real beginning of a nice run for Kairi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results:?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2018-04-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2018-04-11<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While mostly a recap of Takeover, this episode of NXT had a fun debut and a good match between Kairi Sane and Lacey Evans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,297,622],"tags":[648,1040,1067,718,883,1146,999,644,1969,1759,1149,719,1257,1511,737,871,1518,638,567,1138,852,1130,1039,1096,801,645,1429,1519,1097,829,1761,1927,7],"class_list":["post-3672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nxt","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-adam-cole","tag-akam","tag-authors-of-pain","tag-bobby-fish","tag-cathy-kelley","tag-darryl-sharma","tag-ember-moon","tag-hanson","tag-heavy-mahinery","tag-kairi-sane","tag-kayla-braxton","tag-kyle-oreilly","tag-lacey-evans","tag-louisiana","tag-mauro-ranallo","tag-mike-rome","tag-new-orleans-la","tag-nigel-mcguinness","tag-nxt","tag-otis-dozovic","tag-paul-ellering","tag-percy-watson","tag-rezar","tag-riddick-moss","tag-roderick-strong","tag-rowe","tag-shayna-baszler","tag-smoothie-king-center","tag-tino-sabbatelli","tag-tucker-knight","tag-undisputed-era","tag-war-raiders","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672","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=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3674,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/3674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}