{"id":5041,"date":"2019-05-01T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T23:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=5041"},"modified":"2019-05-06T18:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T00:46:23","slug":"worlds-collide-brands-battle-recap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/worlds-collide-brands-battle-recap-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Worlds Collide: Brands Battle &#8211; Recap &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE Worlds Collide<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Brands Battle<\/strong><br \/>\n#WorldsCollide<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: May 1, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: April 7, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n(available on the WWE Network)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=brooklyn-new-york-ny\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Brooklyn<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=new-york-ny\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">New York<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=new-york\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">NY<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=brooklyn-pier-12\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Brooklyn Pier 12<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Vic Joseph, Percy Watson<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Alicia Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Battle Royal<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Bianca Belair vs Taynara Conti vs Kacy Catanzaro vs Deonna Purrazzo vs Io Shirai vs Jessamyn Duke vs Marina Shafir vs Jessie vs Lacey Lane vs Xia Li vs Kavita Devi vs Kay Lee Ray vs Mia Yim vs Piper Niven vs Reina Gonzalez vs Aliyah vs Vanessa Borne vs Toni Storm<\/strong> (NXT UK Women&#8217;s Champ)<br \/>\n(outside referees: Tom Castor, Chris Sharpe, 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_69f4897a2c806','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_69f4897a2c806\" 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_69f4897a2c806\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Bianca Belair wins<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 18:26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-70\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-70\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Order Eliminated<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Wrestler<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Eliminated By<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Time in the Ring<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Eliminations<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lacey Lane<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jessamyn Duke<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:37<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jessie<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2:58<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kay Lee Ray<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Piper Niven<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4:17<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Xia Li<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Deonna Purrazzo<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5:57<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kacy Catanzaro<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Reina Gonzalez<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">6:51<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Deonna Purrazzo<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Io Shirai<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7:20<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kavita Devi<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Reina Gonzalez<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9:04<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jessamyn Duke<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Marina Shafir<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10:42<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mia Yim<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Marina Shafir<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10:51<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Taynara Conti<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Io Shirai<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11:34<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Marina Shafir<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bianca Belair<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">12:41<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Piper Niven<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Aliyah<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">13:42<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Vanessa Borne<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Io Shirai<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">13:54<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Aliyah<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Toni Storm<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">13:55<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Reina Gonzalez<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Io Shirai<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">15:34<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Toni Storm<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bianca Belair<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">16:01<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Io Shirai<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Bianca Belair<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">18:26<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Winner<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Bianca Belair<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">18:26<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/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. There were a few surprises throughout, but nothing too big. I think there were a few clear favorites in the match, and they all lasted about as long as I thought they would. I&#8217;m fine with the winner, though I was pulling for someone else.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Battle Royal<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ariya Daivari vs The Brian Kendrick vs Dave Mastiff vs Drew Gulak vs Fabian Aichner vs Eric Bugenhagen vs Humberto Carrillo vs Joe Coffey vs Mark Coffey vs Dominik Dijakovic vs Ligero vs Matt Riddle vs Rinku Singh vs Saurav Gurjar vs Roderick Strong vs Wesley Blake vs Steve Cutler vs Akira Tozawa vs Travis Banks vs Tyler Bate<\/strong><br \/>\n(outside referees: DA Brewer, Tom Castor, Chris Sharpe)<\/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_69f4897a33a55','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" 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Dijakovic<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:57<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Akira Tozawa<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dominik Dijakovic<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">2:14<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Humberto Carrillo<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dominik Dijakovic<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3:19<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ariya Daivari<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Eric Bugenhagen<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3:39<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Eric Bugenhagen<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Saurav Gurjar<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4:21<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ligero<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Wesley Blake<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5:07<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Travis Banks<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Rinku Singh, Saurav Gurjar<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">5:48<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mark Coffey<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Steve Cutler<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7:05<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dominik Dijakovic<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Matt Riddle<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">7:49<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Drew Gulak<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dave Mastiff<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">8:20<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Steve Cutler<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Dave Mastiff<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">8:20<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rinku Singh<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Saurav Gurjar<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9:27<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Wesley Blake<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">The Brian Kendrick<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">9:51<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">The Brian Kendrick<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Joe Coffey<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10:17<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dave Mastiff<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Roderick Strong<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">10:42<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Joe Coffey<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tyler Bate<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">11:19<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Matt Riddle<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Saurav Gurjar<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">12:22<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Saurav Gurjar<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tyler Bate<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">13:10<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tyler Bate<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Roderick Strong<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">19:29<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Winner<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Roderick Strong<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\">19:29<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/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 good. Most of the match felt like a typical, but still fun, battle royal. There was at least one odd choice in the match, but the final two participants but on a very good mini-match at the end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nI got exactly what I was expecting, so it was a fine show. Both battle royals were fun, even if they were meaningless.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Men&#8217;s Battle Royal<\/strong><br \/>\nI would say both battle royals were on par with each other, but the final five minutes of the men&#8217;s match was a lot more fun than the women&#8217;s. Both were good, but the men&#8217;s match felt like it had an extra one on one match tacked onto the end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/worldscollide\/2019-05-01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/worldscollide\/2019-05-01<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men and women from 205 Live, NXT, and NXT UK battle in two battle royals during Wrestlemania weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[297,2386,622],"tags":[1129,892,2497,751,875,752,1882,2502,980,1766,2454,2240,2292,1660,2237,678,2333,903,2392,933,2108,2346,2176,1378,2084,2503,2233,2139,1957,1427,2125,2247,2085,2234,2083,2173,1474,1767,567,2229,1130,2452,2140,2159,801,2160,831,1958,1133,1375,2249,1136,1761,1656,1365,909,2381,7,2162],"class_list":["post-5041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-show-results","category-worlds-collide","category-wwe","tag-205-live","tag-akira-tozawa","tag-alicia-taylor","tag-aliyah","tag-ariya-daivari","tag-battle-royal","tag-bianca-belair","tag-brands-battle","tag-brian-kendrick","tag-brooklyn-new-york-ny","tag-brooklyn-pier-12","tag-chris-sharpe","tag-coffey-brothers","tag-da-brewer","tag-dave-mastiff","tag-deonna-purrazzo","tag-dominik-dijakovic","tag-drew-gulak","tag-eric-bugenhagen","tag-fabian-aichner","tag-forgotten-sons","tag-gallus","tag-humberto-carrillo","tag-io-shirai","tag-jessamyn-duke","tag-jessie","tag-joe-coffey","tag-kacy-catanzaro","tag-kavita-devi","tag-kay-lee-ray","tag-lacey-lane","tag-ligero","tag-marina-shafir","tag-mark-coffey","tag-matt-riddle","tag-mia-yim","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-ny","tag-nxt","tag-nxt-uk","tag-percy-watson","tag-piper-niven","tag-reina-gonzalez","tag-rinku-singh","tag-roderick-strong","tag-saurav-gurjar","tag-steve-cutler","tag-taynara-conti","tag-tom-castor","tag-toni-storm","tag-travis-banks","tag-tyler-bate","tag-undisputed-era","tag-vanessa-borne","tag-vic-joseph","tag-wesley-blake","tag-worlds-collide","tag-wwe","tag-xia-li"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041","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=5041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5049,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions\/5049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}