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SPOILERS: NXT TV Tapings Through Early March

NXT taped TV episodes for February and early March last night at Full Sail University. Below are full spoilers:

2/8 episode:

– SAnitY’s Killian Dain and Alexander Wolfe defeated The Bollywood Boyz. After the match, Eric Young cut a promo on Tye Dillinger while Nikki Cross called Asuka out.

– Liv Morgan beat Billie Kay.

– SAnitY attacks Tye Dillinger backstage after he refuses to join them. They brawl to the ring, and Roderick Strong makes the save for Tye with No Way Jose.

– The Revival beat Heavy Machinery. After the match, Revival challenged The Authors of Pain to a NXT Tag Team Championship match at TakeOver. The AoP come out and Paul Ellering takes the mic but Revival attacks from behind after leaving.

– Bobby Roode has his NXT Championship celebration in the ring. He declares that it’s no longer “#WeAreNXT” but “#MyNXT” as in Bobby Roode’s NXT.

– SAnitY defeated Tye Dillinger, No Way Jose and Roderick Strong.

2/15 episode:

– The Authors of Pain defeated local jobbers.

– Billie Kay and Peyton Royce beat Ember Moon and Liv Morgan.

– DIY is out to address their championship loss at TakeOver last weekend. They start talking about theri rematch when Ellering and The AoP interrupt. The rematch will take place in two weeks. The Revival comes in from the crowd and attacks DIY from behind.

– Tyler Bate beat Trent Seven to retain the WWE United Kingdom Championship.

2/22 episode:

– #1 contenders match: Peyton Royce beat Liv Morgan and Ember Moon in a three-way

– Pete Dunne beat Mark Andrews.

– Bobby Roode beat No Way Jose in a non-title match. Roode attacked after the match but Kassius Ohno ran out for the save, leading to Roode granting Ohno a match. Ohno is taking his jacket off when Roode attacks first. Ohno makes the comeback and clears the ring.

3/1 episode:

– Patrick Clark beat Sean Maluta.

– Kassius Ohno comes out and tells Bobby Roode to get to the ring because it’s not over between them. Roode comes from behind and attacks him.

– Asuka retained the NXT Women’s Championship over Peyton Royce. Peyton & Billie double teamed her after the match until Ember Moon made the save and they cleared the ring. Asuka and Ember had a face off.

– The Authors of Pain retained the NXT Tag Team Championships over DIY by DQ after The Revival interfered

Posted February 2nd, 2017 in News, WWE. Tagged: , , , , .

WWE UK Champion Announced For Fight Club: Pro Event

UK Independent promotion Fight Club: Pro have announced that the WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate will be appearing at the company’s first event of the year ‘All The Best.’ This will be a homecoming for Tyler who cut his teeth alongside Moustache Mountain tag partner Trent Seven in the Wolverhampton based promotion.

Tickets for the event are available at FightClubPro.bigcartel.com.

Posted January 22nd, 2017 in News, WWE. Tagged: , .

UK Promotion Fight Club: Pro Announce Big Easter Weekend Shows

The UK scene has never seen more exposure on a global scale and even some of the smaller promotions on the British Isles are starting to benefit from the boom in popularity over the past year.

One of these promotions is Wolverhampton based Fight Club: Pro who have recently announced a big string of shows on Easter weekend featuring the likes of Zack Sabre Jr, Sami Callihan and Lucha Underground stars Pentagon Jr and Fenix.

Fight Club had a very impressive string of events throughout 2016 that showcased some of the best British talent around, this included WWE UK Tournament competitors Tyler Bate, Pete Dunne and Trent Seven who have made Fight Club their home over the past few years.

If you’ve never had the chance to check out a Fight Club: Pro event then you can purchase one of their shows quite cheaply through Vimeo. Alternatively if you are based in the UK then I would highly recommend going to to either the Wolverhampton or London legs of their Easter tour, check out their Twitter account below for more info:

Posted January 17th, 2017 in News. Tagged: , , , , .

Videos From Tyler Bate’s UK Championship Win, Post-Match Celebration & Interview

Tyler Bate made history on Sunday night when he defeated Pete Dunne to become the first-ever WWE United Kingdom Champion. WWE posted these videos from Bate’s win and the post-match fallout:

Posted January 16th, 2017 in News, WWE. Tagged: , .

WWE UK Tournament – Top Contenders

WWE this week announced the bracket for the first ever UK Championship Tournament set to take place this weekend at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England.

The tournament features some of the best performers on the British scene and here are (in my opinion) the top four men who are likely to go all the way and become the first ever WWE UK Champion.

Pete Dunne

Pete Dunne (known affectionally to PROGRESS fans as ‘PETER’) had the biggest year of his career in 2016. His stellar year included a spot in PWG’s BOLA tournament, facing Yuji Nagata in Rev Pro, winning the PROGRESS Tag Team Titles with Trent Seven and to cap it off he secured the PROGRESS Championship by pinning Jimmy Havoc at Chapter 39.

Dunne has been in the industry around a decade and has established himself as one of the top acts in the UK scene, nicknamed the ‘Brusierweight’ he has a hard hitting style and works predominately as a heel for multiple companies across Britain, he possesses a natural ability to rile up a crowd that harks back to William Regal in his prime. I would absolutely consider Dunne to be the favourite going into the tournament in Blackpool.

Projection: Winner

Trent Seven

Trent is one of the most experienced performers in the tournament. He too has had a breakout year in 2016, highlighted by his PROGRESS Tag Team title run with British Strong Style partners Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate (more info on Tyler below). Having worked the majority of the year as a firm crowd favourite both as a singles star in Fight Club Pro and as a tag team specialist in Moustache Mountain, his heel turn in PROGRESS set the stage for a huge tag team title win at Chapter 36. After the win a new cocky, arrogant side of his character shone through and brought out a different more focused Trent. I expect that he will work as a crowd favourite in the tournament and turn more than a few heads in the WWE fan base.

Projection: Loss to Pete Dunne in Final

Tyler Bate

Tyler is one of the youngest performers in the UK tournament however he too had a hugely successful 2016. As one half of Moustache Mountain he performed around the country as a firm fan favourite, in the latter part of the year he finally joined forces with ‘British Strong Style’ and became one of the top heels in PROGRESS. His style and work in the ring are similar to WWE Crusierweight star Jack Gallagher and I fully expect Tyler to work as a charismatic good guy who will be extremely well liked by the fans inside the Empress Ballroom. I’m expecting Tyler to lose in the semi-final against longtime friend and tag team partner Trent Seven.

Projection: Loss to Trent Seven in Semi-final

Mark Andrews

Known as ‘Mandrews’ during his stint in TNA, Mark Andrews is easily the most world renowned of all of the performers in the competition. He has been a mainstay in PROGRESS since its inception and has worked for companies such as PCW, ATTACK! Pro, wXw and Chikara.

Andrews is an extremely talented in ring worker and he easily has a shot at taking the title this weekend. He was a late addition to the tournament having recently cut ties with TNA and for that reason I am expecting that he will eventually lose to Pete Dunne in the semi-final.

Projection: Loss to Dunne in Semi-final

 

DISCUSSION: Who do you see winning the tournament?

Posted January 10th, 2017 in News, WWE. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , .

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