Finn Bálor vs. Adam Cole and Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm plus two huge announcements from William Regal. Break down the entire Mar. 10, 2021 WWE NXT episode with us - right here.
Hamilton’s Best of Grizzled Young Veterans in PROGRESS Report (12.12.20)
A reminder: these are old reviews, and while I’ve not updated any names from what they were announced as on the night, I’ve done my best to remove mentions of people here who are on that suspected persona non-grata list…
Zack Gibson & James Drake vs. Mark Andrews & Eddie Dennis – from PROGRESS Chapter 54: Go To Your God Like a Soldier (August 27, 2017)
Both of the Vets have new jackets… and I swear Drake’s is way too big for him. There’s no promo from Gibson, which may have been a let down… but still, it’s a welcome return for Mark Andrews to the Ballroom after being out for a few months with a neck injury.
Shelby native debuts in All Elite Wrestling
Shelby s own JD Drake, real name James Drake, recently made his debut on All Elite Wrestling s web show, AEW Dark.
Drake s debut, which can be watched on All Elite Wrestling s YouTube page, saw him square off against AEW wrestler Eddie Kingston, whom Drake has wrestled countless times at promotions all over the globe.
For nearly 10 minutes the two men exchanged heavy chops, punches and kicks. Kingston eventually won the match after Drake missed a flipping dive, opening himself up for a finishing blow. I couldn’t imagine anyone better to make my debut against, said Drake. When we got started there could have been a million people watching, and it wouldn’t have mattered. We were so intense and locked in, we had just an Eddie and Drake fight.
Though their scheduled title defense is off, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch will still be in action on this week s episode of NXT.
WWE has announced that NXT Tag Team Champions Lorcan & Burch will face Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher in a non-title match on NXT this Wednesday. Lorcan & Burch were originally set to defend their titles against men s Dusty Classic winners MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) on the episode, but that is unable to take place due to Lee suffering a broken hand.
WWE posted a video on Tuesday night where Lorcan & Burch confronted MSK as they were being interviewed about Lee s injury. Ciampa then approached Lorcan & Burch and challenged them to a match against him and Thatcher. Lorcan & Burch said they ll face anyone, but only a select few can get an NXT Tag Team title shot. Ciampa said it would be non-title because giving him and Thatcher a title match would require Lorcan & Burch to have a set of bollocks.