{"id":4779,"date":"2019-02-27T19:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T01:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2019-03-10T14:45:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T20:45:35","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-494","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-494\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap & Review – Episode 494"},"content":{"rendered":"

WWE NXT<\/strong><\/span>
\nEpisode 494<\/strong>
\n#WWENXT<\/p>\n

Original Air Date: February 27, 2019<\/strong>
\nEvent Date: February 20, 2019<\/strong>
\n(available on the WWE Network)<\/p>\n

City: Winter Park<\/span><\/a>, FL<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\nVenue: Full Sail University<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Commentary: Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson<\/strong>
\nRing Announcer: Kayla Braxton<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Intro Video<\/em><\/span>
\n“Resistance” by Powerflo<\/p>\n

Ring Area<\/em><\/span>
\nJohnny Gargano heads to the ring. Gargano comments on the last few weeks being interesting. Not only has he made his main roster debut, but he also lost the North American Title to Velveteen Dream. Gargano finally became Johnny Champion, but he failed in his first defense. He failed himself, and he failed the fans. Gargano still feels like a champ though, even if he doesn’t have a championship. Johnny is about to reveal the reason why he even became champ in the first place when Tommaso Ciampa comes out to the stage.<\/p>\n

As he walks to the ring, Ciampa says Gargano is at his best when Ciampa is in his life. Whenever they are together they win. But last week, Gargano chose to fight alone, and he lost. Losing the title doesn’t have to be a bad thing though. Johnny realized that he needs Ciampa, and that’s not a bad thing. Johnny doesn’t have a title, but it doesn’t have to be that way. William Regal recently announced the return of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. The Classic is where the DIY dream started. Together, DIY can win it all.<\/p>\n

Ciampa holds out his hand for Gargano. Gargano shakes on it.<\/p>\n

Backstage<\/em><\/span>
\nCathy Kelly congratulates Ricochet on his main roster debut, but she says he still has unfinished business with the Undisputed Era. Ricochet says that when you fight one member of Undisputed Era, you fight all of them. But now, Ricochet has Aleister Black on his side. Cathy asks Ricochet how he plans to deal with UE. Ricochet says that Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish are in the Dusty Classic, so he’s going to ask Regal to put himself and Aleister Black in the tournament as well.<\/p>\n

Backstage<\/em><\/span>
\nMia Yim gets ready for a fight.<\/p>\n

Outside the Venue<\/em><\/span>
\nTommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano exit the venue together. Candice LeRae is waiting for them. Ciampa walks away. Gargano tries to talk to LeRae, but she doesn’t want to hear it. Frustrated, LeRae tells Gargano that he better know what he’s doing.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Match 1<\/strong><\/span>
\nVanessa Borne & Aliyah vs Taynara Conti & Xia Li<\/strong>
\n(referee: Jessika Carr)<\/p>\n\n

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