{"id":46814,"date":"2019-05-23T05:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T09:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=46814"},"modified":"2019-05-23T09:12:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T13:12:46","slug":"the-nxt-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/05\/23\/the-nxt-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"The NXT Recap (5\/22\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"

More matches were announced for NXT TakeOver XXV as things heated up in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s division this past week on NXT.<\/p>\n

Tag Division<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NXT kicked off this past week with a recap of last week\u2019s NXT Tag-Team championship main event where the Street Profits scored a \u2018pin\u2019 over the outgoing Tag-Team champions, the War Raiders. That match culminated in chaos with both the Forgotten Sons and the team of Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan getting involved.<\/p>\n

General Manager William Regal in his office was the first segment of the show. Regal announced that at TakeOver there would be a four-way Ladder Match for the vacant NXT Tag-Team championship. Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins (the Street Profits) vs Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan vs Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler (representing the Forgotten Sons) vs the only former NXT Tag-Team champions in the match, the team of Kyle O\u2019Reilly and Bobby Fish (representing the Undisputed Era).<\/p>\n

Undisputed Era<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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They only featured in backstage segments last week but NXT\u2019s biggest heel stable was back to their old shenanigans this week as they made their way out for the first in-ring segment of the show. There appeared to be no remaining problems in the UE with Roderick Strong well and truly an integral part of the group once again.<\/p>\n

Adam Cole got on the mic and stated that the Era was going nowhere. They would run the place very soon and be draped in championship gold. Before Cole\u2019s impassioned promo could go on any longer, he was interrupted by the NXT Champion, Johnny Gargano.<\/p>\n

Gargano came out to tell Cole that the only reason he was happy to have his group back in harmony is because he knows he can\u2019t beat Johnny Wrestling on his own. Johnny Wrestling then went on to give a very edgy and risky math promo given wrestlers and their sketchy history with math promos \u2013 just ask Scott Steiner. The NXT champ reminded Cole of their scorecard in past matches with Gargano crucially getting the better in their last title-decider.<\/p>\n

Riddle Revenge<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, before the promo could proceed further, Matt Riddle came through the crowd and attacked the Undisputed Era in the ring. After being laid out by Roderick Strong in the back last week, the King of Bros was looking for payback.<\/p>\n

Gargano ran to the ring to even the odds as the babyfaces cleaned house. Riddle and Gargano bumped fists as the segment came to a close.<\/p>\n

Backstage, an irate Undisputed Era was seen coming out of GM Regal\u2019s office with Regal soon to follow as he told Cathy Kelley that Roderick Strong will now face Matt Riddle in less than two weeks at NXT TakeOver XXV. Regal also announced a big main event for later in the night as Riddle would team up with Johnny Gargano to take on Kyle O\u2019Reilly and Bobby Fish.<\/p>\n

Rising Star<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Saudi Arabian import Mansoor went one on one with a resurfacing Sean Maluta. Maluta was last seen on NXT at least two years ago though he has made sporadic appearances on 205Live. As Mauro Ranallo pointed out on commentary, Maluta is the nephew of WWE Hall of Famer, Afa. Maluta competed on the inaugural edition of the Cruiserweight Classic as well, losing in the first round to Kota Ibushi.<\/p>\n

The NXT management is clearly high on Mansoor given that this was another in a flurry of recent NXT TV appearances. He was given big segments in the past, in losing efforts to monster heels Dominik Dijakovic and Jaxson Ryker, with this being his first moment to shine.<\/p>\n

Maluta got some good offense in early on before Mansoor made a comeback and finished the Samoan-American star off with a jumping version of what looked like Cody Rhodes\u2019 Cross-Rhodes finisher.<\/p>\n

The Velveteen Dream and an NXT OG<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr. Flamboyance himself, the Velveteen Dream, came out looking as captivating as ever. Nigel McGuinness called him the \u201cPurple Prince of Pugilism\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Dream got on the mic and said the people want \u201cto touch the dream\u201d, such was his high demand. However, the Velveteen Dream was soon interrupted by familiar music.<\/p>\n

Tyler Breeze! Tyler Breeze made his way out to interrupt the NXT North American champion, a few months after confronting another former NA champion in Ricochet. Full Sail erupted as it welcomed a beloved former hero.<\/p>\n

Breeze got on the mic and said \u201cPrince Pretty is home\u201d to a huge ovation. Breeze proceeded to call the Dream \u201ca cheap knockoff\u201d. Dream responded with the line of the night by first saying that the spotlight deserved to shine on \u201ca real man\u201d and \u201cnot a boy, especially not a boy who plays cops and robbers.\u201d He would then add, in a very chilling presentation as he delivered this line by standing behind Tyler, that \u201cjust because you couldn\u2019t cut it on Monday and Tuesday nights, doesn\u2019t mean you get to come to NXT and demand a spotlight.\u201d Mic drop.<\/p>\n

Prince Pretty rejected those claims by aiming a thinly-veiled dig at WWE creative, calling himself \u201cuninspired\u201d on the main roster. He went on to add that the Dream and his North American title inspires him.<\/p>\n

The Dream then cheekily asked Breeze if he would like a selfie with the champ. Tyler responded in the affirmative before knocking the North American champ down with a cheap shot before exiting the ring.<\/p>\n