{"id":7071,"date":"2019-11-27T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2019-12-01T15:40:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T21:40:19","slug":"nxt-recap-review-episode-536","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/nxt-recap-review-episode-536\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 536"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE NXT<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 536<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: November 27, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: November 27, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n(aired live on USA)<\/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: Tom Phillips, Nigel McGuinness, Beth Phoenix<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Alicia Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThis past Saturday, WarGames happened.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAs Josiah Williams raps, the locker room empties and heads to the ring to celebrate NXT&#8217;s victory at Survivor Series. The Undisputed Era crashes the party. Adam Cole says the only reason NXT was successful this past weekend was because the Undisputed Era carried them to victory.<\/p>\n<p>In the ring, Tommaso Ciampa (flanked by Keith Lee, Matt Riddle, and Dominik Dijakovic) says Cole is talking a lot for someone who lost at WarGames. This past Saturday was the beginning of the end for UE, and tonight the collapse continues.<\/p>\n<p>Finn Balor comes out and walks past the Undisputed Era. Balor says he is standing in Ciampa&#8217;s way as Ciampa focuses on taking Cole&#8217;s NXT Title. Ciampa challenges Balor, and Balor seems to accept. After a few moments, Keith Lee invites Fish and O&#8217;Reilly into the ring for their scheduled Tag Title defense.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>NXT Tag Team Title Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Dominik Dijakovic &amp; Keith Lee vs Roderick Strong <\/strong>(NA Champ)<strong> &amp; Kyle O&#8217;Reilly<\/strong> (Tag Champ)<br \/>\n(referee: 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_69e60364a9cdf','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_69e60364a9cdf\" 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_69e60364a9cdf\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Roderick Strong pins Dominik Dijakovic after Total Domination<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 13:24<\/strong> (2 breaks)<\/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. This was supposed to be Fish and O&#8217;Reilly defending the titles, but Fish was injured during the first minute of the match. After a commercial break, Roderick Strong had replaced Fish so the match could continue. That replacement definitely gave the match a lot of tension since it seemed like Lee and Dijakovic would be able to take advantage of someone who wasn&#8217;t ready to compete tonight and wasn&#8217;t even in his ring gear. O&#8217;Reilly and Strong were tag champs together before though, so they didn&#8217;t really miss much of a beat.<\/p>\n<p>Lee and Dijakovic worked together pretty well, but they still seemed to have some tension between them. Strong and O&#8217;Reilly were able to capitalize on Lee and Dijakovic&#8217;s lack of cohesion as a team, and a sacrifice by Adam Cole late in the match further exposed the rift between the two giant rivals. This was a fun match all around. I just hope Bobby Fish is okay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nCathy Kelley asks Candice LeRae about Dakota Kai. All LeRae keeps thinking about is being trapped in the WarGames cage while Kai attacked Tegan Nox. LeRae is pissed, and she&#8217;s going to take it out on Kai tonight.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nLio Rush warms up.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAkira Tozawa also warms up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Shane Thorne vs Mansoor<\/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_69e60364a9e7a','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_69e60364a9e7a\" 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_69e60364a9e7a\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Mansoor wins via pinfall after a slingshot neckbreaker<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 3:02<\/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 a nice match. It definitely felt like a showcase for Mansoor, but Thorne did get in some nice moves to make Mansoor work for it. The match was short, but I liked what both men did in it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Candice LeRae vs Dakota Kai<\/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_69e60364a9edd','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_69e60364a9edd\" 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_69e60364a9edd\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Candice LeRae wins via DQ when Kai hits LeRae with Tegan Nox&#8217;s knee brace<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:07<\/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. Kai was very aggressive in her newfound persona. Kai&#8217;s style (i.e.: lots of kicks) lends itself well to a bad guy, and she kicked LeRae a bunch tonight. LeRae was angry though, and she gave as much damage as she took. It didn&#8217;t feel like anything would be settled tonight, and sure enough, nothing was settled by the end of the match. Still, despite a cop-out finish, this was a good match for both women.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, Kai slams LeRae into the ring steps. Kai grabs a chair, but Rhea Ripley stops Kai before she can attack LeRae any more.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nCathy Kelley welcomes Tommaso Ciampa. Ciampa says it&#8217;s Balor&#8217;s mistake to stand in Ciampa&#8217;s way.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nCameron Grimes hangs out in a swamp as he talks about how good he is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>NXT Cruiserweight Title Match<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Akira Tozawa vs Lio Rush<\/strong> (Cruiserweight 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_69e60364a9f3f','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_69e60364a9f3f\" 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_69e60364a9f3f\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Lio Rush wins via pinfall after the Final Hour<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:45<\/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 \/>\nGreat match. Tozawa came into the match displaying a RAW t-shirt, so Tozawa wrestled as a bad guy tonight. He was very aggressive, and that seemed to make Lio Rush more aggressive as well. There were some huge, dangerous-looking moves throughout the match. At one point it looked like Tozawa was nearly knocked out. Rush also hit Tozawa with some stiff kicks and an elbow strike that led into the final sequence of the match. This was a lot more hard-hitting than I expected, and I loved it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nCathy Kelley welcomes Finn Balor. Balor will welcome Ciampa to his world tonight, and his world is very dark.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 5<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Xia Li vs Vanessa Borne<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Stephon Smith)<\/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_69e60364a9f9b','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_69e60364a9f9b\" 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_69e60364a9f9b\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Xia Li wins via pinfall after a spinning kick<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 1:11<\/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 expected more from this since Li put Borne&#8217;s friend Aliyah out of action, but this was a very dominant squash by Li. Li looked very strong tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke, and Marina Shafir attack Xia Li. Li does her best to fight back, but she is overwhelmed. Baszler hits Li with a running knee strike.<\/p>\n<p>With Li gone, Baszler talks about beating both the RAW and SmackDown Women&#8217;s champions at the same time. Rhea Ripley interrupts as she heads to the ring. As Ripley enters the ring, Baszler and her friends leave. Ripley calls Baszler back to the ring to congratulate her on beating Bayley and Becky. Ripley then reminds Baszler that she beat Baszler in WarGames. Next time Ripley beats Baszler it will be for the NXT Women&#8217;s Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Baszler has heard this all before. The reality of the situation is that Ripley will be tapping or napping just like everyone before her. Ripley challenges Baszler to do it right now, but Baszler declines the invitation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 6<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Tommaso Ciampa vs Finn Balor<\/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_69e60364a9ff7','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_69e60364a9ff7\" 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_69e60364a9ff7\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Finn Balor wins via pinfall after 1916<\/strong> (also after a kick from Cole to Ciampa)<br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:02<\/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 \/>\nVery good match. I&#8217;d like to see this again when they could maybe give us a shenanigan-free ending, but I understood why the match ended like it did. Adam Cole came down to the ring late in the match and made his presence felt, but before that we got a very good match between to very good wrestlers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ring Area<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAfter the match, Adam Cole enters the ring and stands beside Balor. Both men look down at Ciampa and pose, but Balor hits Cole with a surprise overhead kick. Balor leaves the ring with both Cole and Ciampa down as the show ends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was a very good show. It was a nice starting point for the post-WarGames an post-Survivor-Series story lines.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Akira Tozawa vs Lio Rush<\/strong><br \/>\nI probably could have picked the main event as well, but the shenanigans during the finish of Balor vs Ciampa led me to pick the Cruiserweight Title match instead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2019-11-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/2019-11-27<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tommaso Ciampa challenges Finn Balor in the main event of a good episode of NXT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,297,622],"tags":[648,892,2497,345,718,2657,213,883,1660,1814,1146,2333,539,655,1478,671,2084,1929,2560,971,719,966,2391,2085,2083,638,567,2887,851,2123,801,912,1429,2947,570,747,1761,1656,1477,7,2162],"class_list":["post-7071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nxt","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-adam-cole","tag-akira-tozawa","tag-alicia-taylor","tag-beth-phoenix","tag-bobby-fish","tag-cameron-grimes","tag-candice-lerae","tag-cathy-kelley","tag-da-brewer","tag-dakota-kai","tag-darryl-sharma","tag-dominik-dijakovic","tag-drake-wuertz","tag-finn-balor","tag-florida","tag-full-sail-university","tag-jessamyn-duke","tag-jessika-carr","tag-josiah-williams","tag-keith-lee","tag-kyle-oreilly","tag-lio-rush","tag-mansoor","tag-marina-shafir","tag-matt-riddle","tag-nigel-mcguinness","tag-nxt","tag-nxt-cruiserweight-title-match","tag-nxt-tag-team-title-match","tag-rhea-ripley","tag-roderick-strong","tag-shane-thorne","tag-shayna-baszler","tag-stephon-smith","tag-tom-phillips","tag-tommaso-ciampa","tag-undisputed-era","tag-vanessa-borne","tag-winter-park-fl","tag-wwe","tag-xia-li"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071","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=7071"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7078,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions\/7078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}