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                    April 15th Episode of NXT

                    April 15th Episode of NXT

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                    April 15th Episode of NXT Results

                    Results will begin at 10 PM Eastern Time.

                    Video Recap of the Ladder Match and the Gargano / Ciampa Matches

                    Finn Balor defeats Fabian Aichner

                    Balor and Aichner jostled for position in the early moments of the match until Aichner lifted Balor up into the air and tossed him across the ring. Barthel hopped up on the apron distracting Balor and allowing Aichner to jump his opponent. Balor quickly took the advantage back hitting a sling blade and tossing Aichner to the outside as NXT went to a commercial.

                    Back from commercial, Aichner got a short burst of offense at times utilizing the distraction from Marcel Barthel. Aichner attempted to hit a running knee strike against the stairs, but Balor evaded, hit Barthel with a sling blade and a missile dropkick into the barricade.

                    Back in the ring, Aichner missed a moonsault. Balor followed up with a dropkick, coup de gras, and the 1916 DDT. Balor secured the pinfall victory.

                    Charlotte Flair Backstage Promo

                    Winning the championship will solidify her legacy because she will have dominated the past, present, and future.

                    Xia Li defeats Aliyah

                    Xia Li kicked Aliyah as soon as the bell rang and then hit her with several fists. Aliyah used the official to distract Li and then hit a pump kick to secure an advantage. Xia Li eventually found an opening and hit a whole bunch of strikes before using a dropkick to take Aliyah down to the mat. Using a spinning kick, Xia Li earned the pinfall victory.

                    Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne on the Phone

                    Riddle doesn’t know who the identity of his tag team partner.

                    Akira Tozawa defats Isaiah Swerve Scott

                    Tozawa hit a pump kick to send Scott to the outside. With Tozawa standing on the apron, Scott leaped up and used his heels to pull Tozawa off the apron to the floor. Back in the ring, Tozawa hit a missile dropkick from the top rope for a near fall. Tozawa followed up with an octopus that he transitioned into a guillotine. Scott countered out of the guillotine and connected with a brain buster. Scott hit a German suplex and the house call, but Tozawa kicked out of the pinfall attempt.

                    Tozawa caught Scott running into the corner and suplexed him into the turnbuckle. Akira Tozawa took advantage of the situation hitting his top rope senton for the pinfall victory.

                    Tegan Nox defeats Raquel Gonzales

                    Gonzales used her power to hoist Nox up in the air by the arm and then slamming her into the canvas. After being manhandled for the first couple moments, Nox landed a few strikes. That really wasn’t enough to make a difference. Dakota Kai hopped up on the apron and kicked Nox while the referee’s back was turned. This drew Shotzi Blackheart out. After Shotzi took out Kai, Gonzales turned her attention to Blackheart. Nox rolled up Gonzales for the pinfall.

                    Profile on El Hijo Del Fantasma

                    Talks about him being a second generation superstar and that he wrestled all over Mexico.

                    Profile on Keith Lee

                    Traces his footsteps by telling the story of his parents not approving his choice to become a wrestler. He also talks about his struggle to get WWE. It was a short profile.

                    Dexter Lumis defeats Tehuti Miles

                    Lumis side stepped Miles and forearmed him in the back. Miles answered with a pair of dropkicks and an uppercut, but Lumis nailed him with a spine buster to stop Miles’ momentum. Dexter Lumis locked in the anaconda vice for the submission victory.

                    Adam Cole Shown by the Pool

                    He wants to protect the reality of the world. The reality is that nobody deserves a shot at the NXT championship. He isn’t coming to NXT for a face to face meeting. He also told us that it will be Roderick Strong and not Kyle O’Reilly in the tag match.

                    Velveteen Dream Comes Out

                    He says it is typical of Adam Cole to no-show. Dream also says Adam Cole may be the greatest NXT champion of all time, but he wants to take the last title from the Undisputed Era. Finn Balor comes out to say that when you talk about the Greatest NXT championship of all time, you’re looking at him. Dream then challenges Balor to a match for next week.

                    Bivens Backstage Interview

                    He recommends the people of India. Whoever walks out with the titles will be handing them to Bivens Enterprises.

                    Match Announcements for Next Week

                    • El Hijo Del Fantasma vs. Jack Gallagher – CruiserWeight Championship Tournament
                    • Kushida vs. Tony Nese – CruiserWeight Championship Tournament
                    • Drake Maverick vs. Jake Atlas – CruiserWeight Championship Tournament
                    • Shotzi Blackheart and Tegan Nox vs. Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzales

                    The BroserWeights defeat the Undisputed Era

                    Pete Dunne comes on the screen to introduce his substitute. Matt Riddle’s mystery substitute partner is revealed as Timothy Thatcher.

                    Riddle started with Bobby Fish, but NXT went to commercial. When we return from commercial, Thatcher got in the match with Strong and went to work stretching with a series of submissions. Thatcher and Riddle hit tandem gut wrench suplexes on the undisputed era.

                    As the Undisputed Era isolated Matt Riddle, Dexter Lumis was shown staring at the ring. NXT went to commercial soon afterward and the Undisputed Era maintained control through the entire break. Eventually Riddle hit a fisherman buster and got the tag to Thatcher. Timothy Thatcher hit the Undisputed Era with a series of suplexes and strikes.

                    Thatcher used the fujiwara arm bar on Roderick Strong to retain the tag team titles.

                    Tommaso Ciampa Backstage Promo

                    He says he’s done with all of it. He congratualted Gargano on being the better man. Before Ciampa could finish, Killer Kross attacked him. We saw Killer Kross kneeling over Ciampa as NXT went off the air.

                    April 15th Episode of NXT Preview

                    Finn Balor (5-0) vs. Fabian Aichner (0-0)

                    On last week’s episode of NXT, Finn Balor let Walter know that the pandemic has stopped him from making his next move. When it’s over, we can count on a big confrontation between Walter and Finn. In the meantime, Finn Balor battles Imperium’s Fabian Aichner on tonight’s episode of NXT.

                    Finn has five consecutive singles victories and no losses in 2020. Balor has defeated Trent Seven, Johnny Gargano, Ilja Dragunov, Joaquin Wilde, and Imperium’s Alexander Wolfe.

                    Fabian Aichner has not had a singles match yet this year.

                    Will Charlotte Flair Confront Io Shirai

                    Io won the ladder match to become number one contender to the NXT championship last week. Charlotte talked about Io Shirai on Raw Monday. Will they confront each other on this week’s episode of NXT.

                    Adam Cole Invites Velveteen Dream to a Face to Face Chat

                    The feud between these two NXT Superstars has been building for quite some time. Adam Cole used twitter to invite the Dream to a face to face chat. As we prep for an eventual match, here are the win loss records for each competitor.

                    Cruiserweight Championship Tournament Begins

                    The Round Robin Cruiserweight Championship Tournament Begins this week. I devoted an entire post to the Cruiserweight Championship Tournament. The below graphic pretty much summarizes the individual records. One update from that post: WWE fed Akira Tozawa to Austin Theory on Monday’s Raw, so he now sits at 0-3 for the year (graphic updated). The records below are the individual competitors records heading into the tournament (not their tournament records).

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