WWE NXT – 6/1/16
-The Revival kicks off episode two with promos to hype their tag team title match at Takeover. They are cut off by NXT’s newest indie darling team of Johnny Gargano and Tomasso Ciampa, who want to lay their own claim at the tag titles. Revival talks a big game and tells them to go “back to the bingo halls” but end up backing down. Gargano taunts them and Revival rushes the ring only to get knocked back down with dropkicks before they tuck tail and run.
(1) Tye Dillinger def. Murphy. No Blake or Alexa Bliss for Murphy tonight. It’s been the same at the house shows as well. “Where’s Alexa?” chant.
(2) Austin Aries def. Elias Samson. Samson got massive heat as he has been getting for his “Drifter” gimmick. Not sure if it’s “good” heat or “bad” heat, but he’s definitely getting a reaction. Either way he lost, hard.
-Time for a contract signing between Asuka and Nia Jax. What could possibly go wrong? Asuka is actually out in street clothes, with no face paint. Nia is as well, and she cuts a promo about how she’s not scared of Asuka and how she broke Bayley and is the most dominant force to come after the title yet. Asuka signs and tells her she talks too much, and that she SHOULD be afraid of her. The segment, of course, ends with the two going at it, and the challenger gets the better of the exchange with a powerbomb.
(3) Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa def. The Revival. Kind of a surprise, upset win here considering the title match on Sunday. The Revival beat down the babyfaces after the match to get their heat back, and destroy Ciampa with a Shatter Machine. American Alpha rushes the ring to make the save and we get a post-match brawl and a pull-apart to end the TV tapings.
Dark Match #3: Adrienne Reese (Athena) def. Nikki Storm
Dark Match #4: Samoa Joe & Tye Dillinger vs. Finn Balor & Shinsuke Nakamura
