Posts Tagged ‘NXT TakeOver: Rival’

NXT’s Greatest Matches DVD Set To Include More Non Televised Matches

Today, WrestlingDVDNetwork.com posted their latest update on the upcoming NXT’s Greatest Matches set that WWE Home Video is releasing on Blu-Ray and DVD on March, 2016. Joining the CM Punk & Seth Rollins vs. Kassius Ohno (Chris Hero) & Cesaro dark match announced earlier in the week as well as various TV matches will be more non televised matches in various forms:

  • Paige vs. Becky Lynch (NXT Takeover: Fatal Four Way dark match September 11, 2014)
  • Adrian Neville vs. Cesaro (Columbus, OH house show March 5, 2015)
  • Hideo Itami vs. Tyler Breeze (“Arena Cam” from the San Jose, CA house show on March 27, 2015 – Itami uses the Go 2 Sleep)

They join these matches which were already announced:

  • NXT Championship Finals: Seth Rollins vs. Jinder Mahal (NXT August 29, 2012)
  • Ladder Match for the NXT Championship: Bo Dallas vs. Adrian Neville (NXT ArRival February 27, 2014)
  • NXT Championship Match: Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens (NXT Takeover: Rival February 11, 2015)
  • NXT Women’s Championship Finals: Paige vs. Emma (NXT July 24, 2013)
  • NXT Women’s Championship Finals: Charlotte vs. Natalya (NXT Takeover May 29, 2014)
  • Fatal Four-Way Match for the NXT Women’s Championship: Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch vs. Bayley (NXT Takeover: Rival February 11, 2015)
  • CM Punk & Seth Rollins vs. Antonio Cesaro & Kassius Ohno (NXT October 17, 2012)
  • Chris Jericho vs. Bray Wyatt (NXT May 1, 2013)
  • William Regal vs. Antonio Cesaro (NXT December 25, 2013)

Also, as noted earlier, the initial cover art for the set was released today.

NXT’s Greatest Matches DVD Set Update: Day 3 Of Bout Announcements

The crew at WrestlingDVDNetwork.com continued their week of match reveals for the upcoming NXT’s Greatest Matches Vol. 1 DVD and Blu-Ray set today by announcing that these three will be included:

  • NXT Championship Finals: Seth Rollins vs. Jinder Mahal (NXT August 29, 2012)
  • Ladder Match for the NXT Championship: Bo Dallas vs. Adrian Neville (NXT ArRival February 27, 2014)
  • NXT Championship Match: Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens (NXT Takeover: Rival February 11, 2015)

They join these matches, which we told you about yesterday:

  • NXT Women’s Championship Finals: Paige vs. Emma (NXT July 24, 2013)
  • NXT Women’s Championship Finals: Charlotte vs. Natalya (NXT Takeover May 29, 2014)
  • Fatal Four-Way Match for the NXT Women’s Championship: Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch vs. Bayley (NXT Takeover: Rival February 11, 2015)
  • CM Punk & Seth Rollins vs. Antonio Cesaro & Kassius Ohno (NXT October 17, 2012)
  • Chris Jericho vs. Bray Wyatt (NXT May 1, 2013)
  • William Regal vs. Antonio Cesaro (NXT December 25, 2013)

The set will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 8, 2016 and can be pre-ordered now.

 

Jim Ross Blog: NXT TakeOver: Rival Thoughts, Kevin Owens, Fast Lane

The following are highlights of the latest Jim Ross blog:

On NXT TakeOver: Rival: “Enjoyed the NXT show this week on @WWENetwork from start to finish. The announcing was strong, kept me on point and paying attention. The broadcasters did their best to embellish the talents, both winners and losers, and they all seemed to be on the same page and well prepared.

The in ring talents stayed true to the fundamentals of the genre inasmuch as the villains cheated to gain unfair advantages, were vicious when the opportunity presented itself and showed timely cowardice. The fan favorites did not cheat first and they never gave up on their fans and kept fighting until the end no matter the outcome.

The genre of sports entertainment or pro wrestling or whatever you choose to call it, it essentially a simple business when executed properly and when the fundamentals are stressed and adhered to by all involved including the referees.

I was proud of all involved and love the talent’s aggression and physicality. Being aggressive and physical cures many deficiencies.”

On Kevin Owens: “I think that Kevin Owens is going to be an excellent champion for NXT and he, along with a handful of others are going to be WWE ready much sooner than later. WWE signing some talents with experience from the Indies, etc and then refining their game in Orlando has been a strategic move.”

On WWE Fast Lane: “Some one emailed me at our Q&A’s here that they thought that thee WWE Fast Lane PPV was merely going to be a throwaway show & and I couldn’t disagree more or least it shouldn’t be. I’d shoot some major league angles that would lead into WM31 not unlike any major city who had big wrestling cards every month. Always build to the next show, pose more questions than answers and get down and dirty with your key revenue drivers. The competition to see who is going to be in the WWE Title match at WM31 must be keen because nothing in WWE should be more important to any of the talents than being the champion. Sometimes I don’t get that feeling as unless talents are in the immediate mix for the title they rarely mention it.”

Check out the complete interview at JRsBarBQ.com. You can order JR’s Bar-B-Q products online at WWEShop.com.

CM Punk Talks UFC Transition, Hogan Praises Kevin Owens, Edge Puts Over Balor-Neville

– WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan praised Kevin Owens following his NXT TakeOver: Rival match with Sami Zayn on Wednesday evening. Hogan tweeted the following:

– Another WWE Hall Of Famer, Edge, praised the efforts of Finn Balor and Adrian Neville, Edge tweeted out this one:

– In a recent radio interview in Milwaukee, CM Punk spoke about going from WWE to UFC and training with the Roufusport team. Punk noted the following during the interview:

“I don’t think I’ve ever told anybody this. If you watch NASCAR and you want to race in NASCAR, but you give yourself every excuse why in the world not to do it. I have a 9 to 5 job, a wife, kids, I can’t afford it. Too expensive. And then you eliminate all that and just go after what you want to go after. That’s just something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.”

Finn Balor Shows Off Body Paint (Photos), Seth Rollins Puts Over Brock Lesnar

– Seth Rollins spoke about being in the ring with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar during the WWE press conference in Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning. Rollins stated the following:

“I have watched Brock Lesnar for a really long time and I thought I knew how strong he was, I thought I knew how fast he was. Being in the ring with him, he is a completely different animal. He is a beast. They call him the Beast Incarnate and that is real. Whether you are in the Octagon with him trading fists, or in the ring trading German suplexes it is on another level. It was a pleasure and I am glad I got to be in the ring with him and i think I proved to the entire world I can hang with the guy.”

– Finn Balor, who defeated Adrian Neville to become the new number one contender to the NXT Championship at last night’s NXT TakeOver: Rival special, posted the following photos of his body paint on Twitter.

Zayn, Charlotte Comment On NXT TakeOver: Rival Loses, Alicia Fox’s Black History Month Video

– Sami Zayn posted a new tweet commenting on his loss to Kevin Owens at last night’s NXT TakeOver: Rival special, as well as his booking on the main roster for their upcoming tour of Abu Dhabi. Zayn wrote the following:

– Charlotte also commented on her loss in the four-way NXT Women’s Championship match at the NXT TakeOver: Rival special. She wrote the following:

– The latest WWE “Black History Month” video features Alicia Fox talking about being an inspiration to others. You can check that out below.

NBA Legend Calls Out Brock Lesnar (Video), Solomon Crowe’s NXT Debut, Austin Podcast

– The teaser that aired in the middle of the NXT TakeOver: Rival special on Wednesday was for the debut of Solomon Crowe. The teaser simply said to stay tuned to next week’s episode, which was put over by the announcers.

– Part two of Steve Austin’s interview with Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg is now available on the latest edition of his “Steve Austin Show” podcast. The official description for the show reads as follows:

SASu – EP194 – Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg Pt2

“Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg returns to talk pro-wrestling with Steve! The Macho Man vs Ricky Steamboat steel cage match, more Royal Rumble analysis, the Montreal Screw Job, Stone Cold vs Mike Tyson, the hardest & easiest wrestlers to move around in the ring, and pro-wrestling memorabilia include Steve-weiser cans & Bret Hart’s sunglasses!”

You can download the show right now at PodcastOne.com.

– NBA legend and former part-time WCW performer Karl Malone recently challenged Brock Lesnar during an appearance on FOX Sports 1. You can check out the interview below.

NXT TakeOver: Rival Results: 2/11/15 (With Videos)

The following are results of the NXT TakeOver: Rival special, which aired live on the WWE Network on Wednesday, February 11, 2015.

– Hideo Itami def. Tyler Breeze in an excellent opening match. This was a solid match to kick off the special. The crowd was hot for it throughout. In the end, Itami picked up the “W” with a running kick to the face.

– Baron Corbin def. Bull Dempsey in a No DQ match. Dempsey dominated a lot of the action throughout the majority of the match, however in the end, Corbin hit his End Of Days finisher for the 1-2-3.

– Wesley Blake & Buddy Murphy def. The Lucha Dragons to retain the NXT Tag-Team Championships. This was a solid tag-team match with a ton of fast-paced, high-flying spots. In the end, Blake hit a top rope frog splash on Sin Cara for the pinfall victory.

– Finn Balor def. Adrian Neville to become the new number one contender to the NXT Championship. Balor did his elaborate entrance, which as usual, received a big reaction from the crowd. Neville dominated a lot of the action throughout, including multiple believable near falls, however in the end, Falor hit a giant double foot stomp off the top rope to score the win.

VIDEO: Triple H Hypes NXT TakeOver: Rival, Talks Zayn vs. Owens, WWE Network

In the latest weekly sit-down video interview with Michael Cole, Triple H hypes tonight’s NXT TakeOver: Rival special on the WWE Network.

HHH told Cole that it’s a great time to be a WWE fan and a WWE Network subscriber, because NXT TakeOver: Rival is free for fans who signed up in February.

He spoke about some of the matches scheduled for tonight, putting over the Hideo Itami vs. Adrian Neville number one contender’s match and calling the Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens NXT Championship match a “very personal and emotional battle.”

You can check out the complete Triple H interview above.

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SETH ROLLINS Addresses His Nude Photo Leak On Twitter From Monday!

DDP Undergoes Throat Surgery, NXT Sells Out TV Taping, Cesaro/Sin Cara Hype Their Match

– The NXT TV taping at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida on February 18th is now officially sold out. As noted, tonight’s NXT TakeOver: Rival and tomorrow night’s NXT TV tapings are also officially sold out.

– Diamond Dallas Page noted on his official Twitter account that he underwent throat surgery at 6am on Wednesday morning. He wrote the following:

Ok kids tomorrow I’ve got to be in surgery at 6am (Damn to I HATE early mornings) Anyway, Throat surgery should be smooth :-) I wanna thank you all for you love and attention and Amazing Heartfelt posts here on my pages… it’s really been quiet humbling smile emoticon I’ll have Bk put a post tomorrow following the surgery later today… DDP

– As noted earlier today, because of the limited crew at the WWE TV tapings on Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio, several matches were extended to help kill time on the shows. On Main Event, Cesaro and Sin Cara had a lengthy match that apparently tore the house down. The two tweeted the following about their match after the taping:

https://twitter.com/WWECesaro/status/565337256807124993

Triple H Hosting Twitter Q&A, WWE Changes Daniel Bryan DVD, Total Divas Preview (Video)

– Triple H will be hosting a Q&A on Twitter at 3pm EST. today to promote tonight’s NXT TakeOver: Rival event. You can send HHH your questions by using the hashtag, “#NXTTakeOver.”

– The new WWE DVD and Blu-ray on Daniel Bryan, which is expected for a June release, will no longer be a simple match-compilation feature. The project will now include an extended version of the “Journey to WrestleMania XXX: Daniel Bryan” documentary that aired on the WWE Network last April. The new synopsis for “Daniel Bryan — Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!” reads as follows:

“Relive Daniel Bryan’s historic Journey to WrestleMania as he prepares for the biggest night of his career. Now with an extended cut, follow the leader of the Yes Movement into New Orleans for the biggest show of the year, WrestleMania 30. Witness the rise of one of the most popular WWE Superstars of all time from his humble beginnings into WWE Champion. Also includes an all-new interview with Daniel Bryan discussing some of the most important matches of his career as well as some exclusive matches in their entirety.”

– Below is a video preview for this coming Sunday’s edition of WWE Total Divas on E!:

Sami Zayn On His Feud With Kevin Owens, NXT Match At WM31, NXT Touring & More

NXT Champion Sami Zayn recently spoke with the folks at the Chad Dukes Wrestling Show to promote his title defense against Kevin Owens at the NXT TakeOver: Rival special, which airs live tonight on the WWE Network.

Below are highlights from the interview:

On his NXT Title win at R Evolution: “Professionally, if anybody had followed my story going into the match, it was the culmination of like a year of chasing for this championship so the payoff was huge for the fans. It’s funny because we’re essentially two good guys, two fan favorites, we’re popular with that audience, but then I think they had just been pining to see me win after coming up short so many times, coming so close and not quite making it, that the atmosphere in the building was just electric.”

“I can’t even really compare it to anything honestly, it was one of the most unique atmospheres that I’ve been a part of and certainly they were very vocal and gave me their full support which meant the world, so when that 1-2-3 hit the mat the place just exploded. It’s amazing because I almost feel like it transcends what we think about wrestling, it was like a party. When your team wins the cup or your team wins the championship. You’re high-fiving strangers, you know what I mean? It had that kind of atmosphere, which is huge and to be the reason for that is so powerful to me and is why I do what I do. ”

“From a 100% real perspective, when I joined the WWE after 11 years on the independents there were a lot of questions whether I would survive in this environment. Because the independents are the independents you know, anything goes. Okay, you got over out there, this place is gonna chew you up and spit you out. So it was very symbolic on a very real level of conquering a system I was told would chew me up and spit me out. So there was a lot of vindication in winning.”

On an NXT Title Match at WrestleMania: “Part of NXT’s appeal to me especially amongst people like yourself, like you’re saying lifelong wrestling fans who are sort of like discovering NXT and being like ‘Wait, this is the kind of wrestling I used to like’ or ‘I like this.’ It’s succinct. It’s an hour-long, you’ve got some great wrestlers, and you’ve got great storytelling, and it’s simple and it’s gritty.

While at the same time, it’s so funny people forget it’s PG, it’s a PG product, but it’s so real and gritty and people almost lose sight of that. The whole point I’m trying to get at is, it’s sort of carved out its own little niche within this giant wrestling company that is the WWE. We’ve almost carved out our own underground following, it almost has a cult following, which is so strange to say because it’s part of the world’s biggest wrestling company.

So, I think if you were to have an NXT World Championship Match at WrestleMania while obviously for me personally I would be a huge thrill, I don’t think you can necessarily capture the magic of what NXT is and really harness it and put it on full display for the world to understand it, on such a grand scale like that.”

“When you take the product out of its environment and throw it on a grand stage I think it would lose something there.”

On NXT Touring: “These shows in Cleveland, these shows in Ohio, Columbus, this is the start of something definitely in the works I think, and in the plans, to get NXT out on the road a little more and I think people are pining for it obviously. Just working all these WWE live events in towns I’ve never been, I’ve been on Raw once in September, and even at that my music will hit and I’ll get a really good response because NXT’ just building, there’s this undercurrent. So, fans want to see this product and I think they are excited about it. There’s no question in my mind that throughout the course of this year we’ll definitely see NXT going out on the road more often. Obviously that begins with fan support. If the support is there the demand is there we’ll be there.”

On Kevin Owens: “The amount of history we have, Kevin Owens and myself, over the years, never mind guys like Cesaro or Seth Rollins or Daniel Bryan who I met on the independents, Kevin and I broke out of Montreal, the little Montreal independent bubble, in front of 50 people in basements, bars, and pool halls. We broke out of that together. Our names have been synonymous with each other for our entire careers from 2002 on or 2003 on. The connection is very, very deep. It was a very special night [Takeover: R Evolution] for me because obviously, I had sort of arrived in my own sort of way by winning this NXT Championship. I felt like it was a coming out party of sorts. Here I am and a the same time Kevin Owens had debuted earlier that night. So it was like this is our night. Like, holy crap here we are, both of us in WWE. You’re here now, I’m here now, I’ve got the title, we are doing this, and then BAM! So to say that this match is personal or means a lot to me is the understatement of the century here.”

Check out the complete interview at ChadDukesWrestlingShow.com.

Rey Mysterio With Rick Ross & French Montana (Photos), HHH Hosting NXT Conference Call

– Triple H will be hosting a media conference call this coming Tuesday to promote the next NXT live special on the WWE Network, NXT TakeOver: Rival, which airs on Wednesday night. Make sure to check back here on Tuesday afternoon for notes from the call.

– WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio did a photo shoot with noted hip-hop artists Rick Ross and French Montana earlier this week. No other details are known as of this writing. Below are a couple of photos of Mysterio with the famous rappers.

Zayn, Owens Talk About Their History (Video), HHH Calls Them The “Future Of The Business”

– WWE recently added the following video to their official YouTube channel, which features Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens talking about their history together leading into next Wednesday’s NXT TakeOver: Rival live special on the WWE Network.

– Speaking of the upcoming Zayn vs. Owens match, Triple H recently commented on the rivalry, calling the two the “future of the business.” You can read his tweet below.

– To get ready for next Wednesday’s NXT special, you can check out the following video from WWE’s YouTube channel, “NXT TakeOver: R Evolution,” which shows the beginning of their NXT rivalry and recaps the most recent NXT live special in just one minute.