I played catch-up yesterday but now having a better look, I was surprised at some results. Just when I thought it could not get any better, it did.
**Dusty Rhodes Cup final with Braun Brekker/Barron Corbin facing Carmelo Hayes/Trick Williams. It was a dogfight that could have gone either way. ( I couldn’t see them giving Melo/Trick the win along with the NXT men’s title later on)
**Dijak facing Joe Gacy in a No Disqualification match. These matches make me cringe. The stars can get legitimately hurt in matches like this. They pulled out all the stops in this match but it would be Diajk in the end with the win.
**Tag Team match with OTM facing The Family (Tag Team champs)(Tony D and Stacks) Mixed tag team.
**Womens NXT Title Match — Roxanne Perez facing Lyra Valkyria (title holder) The ladies are evenly matched and I was really looking forward to this faceoff. Lola Vice out to cash in her Breakout Contract. Tatum Paxley gets rid of Roxanne so it’s a one-on-one to help Lyra pin Lola. Turning things into a 3-way match. Lyra manages to hold off both Roxy/Lola for the win.
***NXT RoadBlock is Tuesday, March 5
**North American Title on the line between Dragon Lee and Oba Feme. To this point, I’m my book this was the match of the night. It was a David Verses Gloith kind of match. Obi outweighs Dragon by 100 pounds.
**Main Event — Trick Williams facing Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Men’s title. I knew this match would get ugly to say the least. To look at Ilja you would not think he is as strong as he really is. Trick/Ilja were both bloodied in the match but they seemed to get stronger as the match went on. (I had a feeling that Carmelo would play a part in this, trying to help but it would eventually backfire) Carmelo was up on the rope trying to argue with the Ref when Trick took out the original ref, Trick pinning Ilja for the win but the new Ref arrived too late. Ilja somehow managed to get one final hit in to be able to pin Trick for the win. Ilja keeps the title. Once Ilja had departed the ring, Carmelo turned on Trick damaging his knee. (to be honest, I was not surprised this happened. With the show going off the air, Melo was yelling at the audience “This is your fault, you made me do this”
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