{"id":17211,"date":"2016-04-22T21:40:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T02:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17211"},"modified":"2016-04-22T21:47:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T02:47:39","slug":"422-wwe-nxt-in-kingston-r-i-quick-results-from-samoa-joes-first-night-as-nxt-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/22\/422-wwe-nxt-in-kingston-r-i-quick-results-from-samoa-joes-first-night-as-nxt-champ\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/22 WWE NXT in Kingston, R.I. &#8211; Quick Results from Samoa Joe&#8217;s first night as NXT champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1086939772\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>WWE NXT Live Results<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>April 22, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kingston, R.I.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Report by\u00a0PWTorch correspondent J.A. D&#8217;Amato<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three-fourths capacity crowd at the Ryan Center.<\/p>\n<p>(1) Chris Girard (Biff Busick) beat Mojo Rawley.\u00a0Huge pop for local favorite Gerard. Girard pinned Rawley in a hot four-minute opener.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Bayley &amp; Carmella beat Dana Brooke &amp; Alexa Bliss.\u00a0Bayley and Carmella had amazing teamwork that fired up the crowd. Bayley pinned Brooke with the Bayley to belly in about nine minutes of hot action.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Manny Andrade beat Riddick Moss.\u00a0Andrade got the crowd hyped with some unique high-flying moves and pinned Moss with a double knee in about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>(4) NXT Tag Team champions American Alpha (Jason Jordan &amp; Chad Gable) beat The Revival (Scott Dawson &amp; Dash Wilder). After a false finish, American Alpha got the victory in an awesome 15-minute spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>[Intermission\u00a0was made more enjoyable with a couple of Prince tunes.]<\/p>\n<p>(5) Austin Aries beat Tomasso Ciampa.\u00a0Aries pinned Ciampa with his\u00a0splash off the top rope <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1974230307\"><span class=\"aQJ\">in 10 minutes<\/span><\/span>. Solid, non-stop, back and forth action with several two counts.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2261401492\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>(6) NXT Women&#8217;s champion Asuka beat Peyton Royce.\u00a0Asuka tapped out Royce with the Asuka lock <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1974230308\"><span class=\"aQJ\">in 10 minutes<\/span><\/span>. Royce got more offense in than expected.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Finn Balor &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura beat new NXT Champion Samoa Joe &amp; Elias Sampson.\u00a0Ridiculously insane entrances for Nakamura and Balor. Joe teased taking on both, but tagged out to Samson repeatedly before any contact. Nakamura mocked Samson&#8217;s guitar playing. Joe finally tagged in and worked over Balor with kicks and strikes. Samson did not seem to belong, and Balor finally pinned Samson <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1974230309\"><span class=\"aQJ\">in 13 minutes<\/span><\/span>. After the match, Balor thanked the crowd, who chanted &#8220;See you <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1974230310\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday<\/span><\/span>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Great night of entertainment, as all of the matches were above-average to great and the crowd was awesome the whole night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1361817731\"><div id=\"pwtor-1522821322\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE NXT Live Results April 22, 2016 Kingston, R.I. Report by\u00a0PWTorch correspondent J.A. D&#8217;Amato Three-fourths capacity crowd at the Ryan Center. (1) Chris Girard (Biff Busick) beat Mojo Rawley.\u00a0Huge pop for local favorite Gerard. 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