{"id":4771,"date":"2019-02-20T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2019-03-08T20:31:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T02:31:44","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-493","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-493\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 493"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE NXT<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 493<\/strong><br \/>\n#WWENXT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: February 20, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: January 30, 2019<\/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, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson<\/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 \/>\nJohnny Gargano is the North American Champ, but Velveteen Dream has earned a title shot. Tonight, the title is on the line.<\/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>Aleister Black vs Roderick Strong<\/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_69e7524d5b241','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_69e7524d5b241\" 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_69e7524d5b241\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Aleister Black wins via pinfall after Black Mass<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:26<\/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 \/>\nVery good match. Strong looked very good and had Black reeling throughout the match. Black answered the challenge well, but Strong looked like he was pulling ahead. Still, Black is only ever one Black Mass away from a win. This match set a very good tone for tonight&#8217;s episode.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, the Undisputed Era runs to the ring and attacks Aleister Black. Ricochet runs dow to the ring to help Black. Ricochet is hobbled by a hurt knee, but he and Black manage to fight Undisputed Era out of the ring. Undisputed Era backs away up the ramp.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAt the Performance Center, Serena Deeb and Sara Amato are excited about new recruits. However, Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir, and Jessamyn Duke start a shouting match with some of the trainees (Mia Yim, Lacey Lane, Jessie Elaban, MJ Jenkins, and Jessika Carr). Deeb and Amato escort Baszler and her friends out of the room.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBianca Belair complains about not winning at Takeover. She also complains about Io Shirai and Kairi Sane. Belair refuses to step aside for Shirai. She also (incorrectly) states that she&#8217;s undefeated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Mia Yim vs Xia Li<\/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_69e7524d5b34a','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_69e7524d5b34a\" 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_69e7524d5b34a\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Mia Yim wins via pinfall after Protect Ya Neck<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 3:55<\/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 \/>\nPretty good match. It was short, but I think they matched up well. Yim did her best to stay away from Li&#8217;s kicks and strikes, and it most worked out for Yim. There was one spot they had to do twice to get it right, but they transitioned out of the first attempt well. Other than that, the match was short yet pretty solid. I liked the finish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, Shayna Baszler run down and attacks Mia Yim. Shafir and Duke join Baszler. After a few seconds, Jessie Elaban, MJ Jenkins, and Lacey Lane run out to help Yim. The trainees succeed in distracting Baszler, Duke, and Shafir for a moment, but they are quickly overwhelmed. After dealing with the trainees, Duke and Shafir hold Yim so Baszler can hit her with a running knee strike.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nJohnny Gargano is warming up for his match when Candice LeRae walks up. Tommaso Ciampa also walks up and tells Gargano that if Gargano needs him, Ciampa will be there. Gargano says he won the North American title on his own. He looks at LeRae and says everything he needs is right here. Gargano walks away with LeRae. To himself, Ciampa says he will be watching.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nJeremy Borash has a sit-down interview with Matt Riddle. Riddle talks about being who he is, taking out Kassius Ohno, and being unstoppable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>North American Title Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Velveteen Dream vs Johnny Gargano<\/strong> (NA Champ)<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_69e7524d5b39d','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_69e7524d5b39d\" 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_69e7524d5b39d\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Velveteen Dream wins via pinfall after the Purple Rainmaker and becomes the new North American Champ<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 20:42<\/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 \/>\nGreat match! Dream frustrated Gargano early in the match, but after a while the action started to even out. Both men looked like champs in this match. The action continually built up to the finish, and the winner made a definitive statement with the way he ended the match. This was one of the better NXT matches of the year so far, and that&#8217;s saying a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Show Impressions<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nVery good show. This one was stacked with good matches.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dream vs Gargano<\/strong><br \/>\nBecause of course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2019-02-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2019-02-20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Velveteen Dream challenges Johnny Gargano for the North American Title on a very good episode of NXT that also features Mia Yim vs Xia Li and Roderick Strong vs Aleister Black.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,297,622],"tags":[648,1162,1882,718,213,1146,549,1478,671,941,2084,1815,1929,775,1149,719,2125,2085,2083,737,2173,2122,638,567,1953,1130,715,801,2245,1928,1429,747,1761,1357,1477,7,2162],"class_list":["post-4771","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-bianca-belair","tag-bobby-fish","tag-candice-lerae","tag-darryl-sharma","tag-eddie-orengo","tag-florida","tag-full-sail-university","tag-jeremy-borash","tag-jessamyn-duke","tag-jessie-elaban","tag-jessika-carr","tag-johnny-gargano","tag-kayla-braxton","tag-kyle-oreilly","tag-lacey-lane","tag-marina-shafir","tag-matt-riddle","tag-mauro-ranallo","tag-mia-yim","tag-mj-jenkins","tag-nigel-mcguinness","tag-nxt","tag-nxt-north-american-title-match","tag-percy-watson","tag-ricochet","tag-roderick-strong","tag-sara-amato","tag-serena-deeb","tag-shayna-baszler","tag-tommaso-ciampa","tag-undisputed-era","tag-velveteen-dream","tag-winter-park-fl","tag-wwe","tag-xia-li"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771","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=4771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4774,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions\/4774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}