{"id":3818,"date":"2018-05-30T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T01:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=3818"},"modified":"2018-06-03T20:42:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T02:42:18","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-451","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-451\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 451"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE NXT<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 451<\/strong><br \/>\n#WWENXT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: May 30, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: May 9, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n(available on the WWE Network)<\/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, Nigel McGuinness<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Kayla Braxton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nLast week, Johnny Gargano returned to NXT to make an announcement. He ended up calling out Tommaso Ciampa, but Candice LeRae got hurt in the scuffle.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAleister Black heads to the ring. Black says winning the NXT Title has been life changing. There&#8217;s been some discussion about who his next challenger will be, but all Black needs is one shot to make his opponents fade to black. Lars Sullivan heads to the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan says he will be Black&#8217;s first challenger. Sullivan says Black is good, but Black has never faced anyone like him. In Chicago, Sullivan will take everything Black has worked his entire life for. Sullivan then grabs Black. Black goes for a kick, but Sullivan catches it. Sullivan hits Black with a Freak Accident and holds up the NXT Title.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>War Raiders vs George Hickson &amp; Cody Vincent<\/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_69e6036438347','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_69e6036438347\" 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_69e6036438347\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Rowe pins Cody Vincent after Fallout<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 2:48<\/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 \/>\nSquash.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nDakota Kai is scared of Shayna Baszler, but she&#8217;s fighting to overcome her fears.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nCathy Kelley congratulates Lacey Evans on her win last week and asks her about her tie-breaker with Kairi Sane next week. Evans doesn&#8217;t care if Kairi won the Mae Young Classic, Lacey Evans has her right hand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>EC3 vs Fabian Aichner<\/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_69e60364384ef','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_69e60364384ef\" 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_69e60364384ef\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: EC3 wins via pinfall after The One Percent (TKO)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 2:36<\/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 almost a squash, but not quite. Aichner had some offense early, but EC3 quickly turned things around. After a minute or so, Johnny Gargano walked over to the announce table to announce that he signed a contract for a Street Fight with Ciampa at Takeover, and that distraction allowed Aicher to hit a diving cross body to the floor on EC3, but again, EC3 turned things around. This was okay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBianca Belair talks about her childhood and always being good at everything.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Ricochet vs Chris Dijak<\/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_69e603643854f','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_69e603643854f\" 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_69e603643854f\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Ricochet wins via pinfall after a 630 senton<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 2:15<\/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 \/>\nIt was very short, but I liked it. Dijak showed some impressive agility, and Ricochet showed some impressive strength. Both men kind of played against expectations, and that was fun to see. Also, this was a nice debut for Dijak. He definitely made an impression.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, Ricochet says Velveteen Dream deserves the spotlight. The spotlight shows how good Dream is, but it also shows his flaws. Ricochet calls Dream a &#8220;punk&#8221; for what he did last week. Velveteen Dream comes out to the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Dream says tonight is Ricochet&#8217;s spotlight, but last week the spotlight was their&#8217;s. Last week, everyone saw that anything Ricochet can do, Dream can do better. Ricochet says the only thing Dream is showing tonight is how much of a coward he is. Dream walks down to the ring, but he doesn&#8217;t enter. Instead, Dream says he&#8217;ll see Ricochet in Chicago. Dream again says he can do everything better than Ricochet, so Ricochet somersaults out of the ring and lands on his feet on the floor. Ricochet tells Dream to &#8220;prove it.&#8221; Dream looks stunned as he walks away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>NXT Women&#8217;s Title Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Dakota Kai vs Shayna Baszler<\/strong> (NXT Women&#8217;s Champ)<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_69e60364385aa','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_69e60364385aa\" 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_69e60364385aa\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Shayna Baszler wins via submission with the Kirifuda Clutch<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 5:31<\/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 \/>\nI liked this match for what it did. It allowed Kai to face her fears, and even though she might not be completely over them, hopefully getting in the ring with Baszler will help to begin getting her into a more confident position. Kai did mount a sequence of offense during the match, but most of this title defense was dominated by Baszler. Baszler is great as a bully, and that&#8217;s what she was doing here. I like how things are progressing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, Baszler puts Kai back into the Kirifuda Clutch. Nikki Cross runs to the ring and pulls Baszler off of Kai. Baszler stares at Cross for a while before picking up her title belt and leaving the ring. As Baszler walks away, Cross runs after her, steals her belt, and carries it back to the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Baszler slowly gets back into the ring and tries to pick up her belt from the mat, but Cross grabs it again. Cross gives the title belt to Kai, telling her to referee a match. Cross hits Baszler with The Purge, and Kai counts to three. Cross then celebrates her &#8220;victory&#8221; with the fans and apparently leaves with the belt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWhile last week&#8217;s show was consistently good throughout, this week was really all about the main event. None of tonight&#8217;s matches were very long, and pretty much all of them were one-sided. Still, the main event was good and all of the story elements made it interesting.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>NXT Women&#8217;s Title Match<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile this was almost completely a dominant performance from Baszler, the story made this fun to watch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results:?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2018-05-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2018-05-30<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dakota Kai challenges Shayna Baszler for the Women&#8217;s Title, Chris Dijak debuts against Ricochet, and Aleister Black finds out who his next challenger will be on a pretty good episode of NXT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,297,622],"tags":[1162,1882,883,2047,2046,1814,539,942,933,2045,644,1929,775,1149,1257,1480,737,638,1095,567,558,1130,715,645,1429,1133,1357,1927,7],"class_list":["post-3818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nxt","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-aleister-black","tag-bianca-belair","tag-cathy-kelley","tag-chris-dijak","tag-cody-vincent","tag-dakota-kai","tag-drake-wuertz","tag-ec3","tag-fabian-aichner","tag-george-hickson","tag-hanson","tag-jessika-carr","tag-johnny-gargano","tag-kayla-braxton","tag-lacey-evans","tag-lars-sullivan","tag-mauro-ranallo","tag-nigel-mcguinness","tag-nikki-cross","tag-nxt","tag-nxt-womens-title-match","tag-percy-watson","tag-ricochet","tag-rowe","tag-shayna-baszler","tag-tom-castor","tag-velveteen-dream","tag-war-raiders","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818","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=3818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3822,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818\/revisions\/3822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}