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NXT s Rhea Ripley vs Raquel Gonzalez Rematch Teased After They Overpower an Army In Crazy Brawl
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Tonight s NXT featured a throwdown between Rhea Ripley and Dakota Kai, who last did battle at TakeOver WarGames, where Kai came out the victor as part of Team LeRae. This time Raquel Gonzalez was banned from ringside though, so it was just these two stars one on one, but from the outset Kai made a point to show she doesn t need anyone backing her up to be a threat. Despite an early barrage from Ripley, Kai went right to work knocking Ripley down and grounding her, and then slammed her into the post.
Tonight s NXT featured the return of two big stars, though one of them was completely unexpected. At one point during the night, Io Shirai answered Toni Storm s challenge by heading to the ring and setting up a chair, waiting for Storm to come to meet her. That never happened though because Shirai [.]
We look at New Japan s road to the Tokyo Dome and the first group of major shows in 2021 as the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We look at the realities of business, the set up, the announced matches, and the last few shows leading up to the Dome events. We also have complete coverage from the Budokan Hall show and Super J Cup.
The new issue also covers:
TLC show, Smackdown live and taped shows, new television shows being considered, WWE Network special offer, Bill Goldberg talks who he d like to wrestle, details on a new contract negotiation, more about wrestlers being sent for regular training, upcoming NXT matches, Hall of Fame, injury updates, new signing, new TV show, international ratings, how WWE & AEW fare compared to sports programming, new TV character identified, WWE market value and the most-watched shows on the WWE Network.
WWE NXT And AEW Dynamite Both Down In Viewership With No Head-To-Head Competition
Photo Credit: AEW
Week 63 of the Wednesday Night War saw AEW Dynamite defeat WWE NXT in viewership and ratings.
Wednesday’s taped “Holiday Bash” edition of Dynamite drew 775,000 viewers (-3.85% from last week) on TNT, topping the 698,000 viewers (-8.9%) garnered by last night’s live “A Very Gargano Christmas” edition of NXT on the USA Network by 11%, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily.
AEW ranked #5 in the Cable Top 150, while NXT ranked #40. AEW ranked #68 in viewership, while NXT ranked #71 in viewership.
Last week’s Dynamite show drew 806,000 viewers and ranked #3 in the Cable Top 150, and #62 in viewership. Last week’s NXT drew 766,000 viewers and ranked #34 in the Cable Top 150, and #67 in viewership.
It will be A Very Gargano Christmas on tonight s episode of NXT.
Two days before Christmas, The Way (NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell, and Austin Theory) will present A Very Gargano Christmas on NXT tonight. Last week s show saw Gargano & Theory defeat Leon Ruff & Kushida, while LeRae and Hartwell also laid out Shotzi Blackheart after Hartwell lost to Blackheart by disqualification. Hartwell got disqualified for hitting Blackheart with the trophy that Gargano gave LeRae after NXT TakeOver: WarGames.
A Tag Team Championship street fight will open tonight s show as Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch defend their NXT Tag Team titles against Killian Dain & Drake Maverick. Both teams were involved in a four-way brawl last week that also included Adam Cole & Roderick Strong and Breezango.