MSK def. Legado del Fantasma in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Semifinals
Red-hot NXT newcomers Nash Carter & Wes Lee battle Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde for the right to advance to TakeOver. Watch WWE action on WWE Network, FOX, USA Network, Sony India and more. MSK once again treated the NXT Universe to smorgasbord of jaw-dropping maneuvers, but they ran into an equally explosive team for the first time in their scintillating tournament run. Wes Lee followed Nash Carter s moonsault off the apron with a flying tope to the outside, and Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde later answered with a springboard missile dropkick followed by a huge poison rana. However, MSK s double-team blockbuster proved to be the difference, pushing Carter & Lee one victory away from an NXT Tag Team Title opportunity.
As we previously reported, AEW Beach Break defeated NXT in the ratings yet again, and improved on last week’s numbers by 90,000 viewers. Dynamite had 844,000 viewers and a 0.32 rating (408,000 viewers) compared to NXT’s 610,000 viewers and 0.15 rating (197,000 viewers). NXT finished just outside of the top fifty (at #51), so some of the numbers are not available. Head-to-head prior to NXT’s overrun, they had 609,000 viewers and 195,000 in 18-49. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has a detailed ratings breakdown for both shows.
Dynamite placed third, beating the NBA head-to-head (701,000 viewers, 0.23 rating) on ESPN and the NHL game on NBC Sports Network (633,000 viewers, 0.18 rating). It was only behind MTV’s
Tonight s NXT featured the one and only Rated-R superstar Edge, though we weren t sure when he would pop up. We got our answer though during a verbal sparring match between NXT Champion Finn Balor and Pete Dunne, where Balor accepted Dunne s challenge for the Championship at TakeOver. Before it [.]
NXT s Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez Move On to Dusty Cup Finals
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Tonight s NXT kicked off with the first match in the Women s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Quarterfinals, as Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter battled Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai for the right to move onto the finals. Kayden and Kacy showed up big time, delivering on their promise that they were more than capable of handling Gonzalez and Kai, and several times it appeared as if they would be the ones to move on. Unfortunately, Gonzalez and Kai were able to turn the tables one last time, taking the pin and the win.
NXT Reveals Valentine s TakeOver Is Called Vengeance Day
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NXT is giving wrestling fans a special Valentine s Day gift, as February 14th will be the date of the next NXT TakeOver, and now the big event has an official title. Today NXT revealed that the full name of the next TakeOver is NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day, and will hit the WWE Network starting at 7 PM EST. WWE even created a fancy logo for the event, which you can check out in the image below.
We don t currently know the full card for Vengeance Day, though we do at least know of one match that will be on the card. As we revealed last week, Vengeance Day will include a Triple Threat Match for the NXT Women s Championship and will feature Women s NXT Champion taking on Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez for the title.