{"id":50862,"date":"2017-11-12T21:44:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T03:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=50862"},"modified":"2017-11-12T21:44:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T03:44:53","slug":"1111-nxt-riverside-calif-aleister-drew-vs-almas-velveteen-royce-vs-moon-vs-kairi-vs-cross-vs-royce-cole-vs-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/11\/12\/1111-nxt-riverside-calif-aleister-drew-vs-almas-velveteen-royce-vs-moon-vs-kairi-vs-cross-vs-royce-cole-vs-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/11 NXT in Riverside, Calif.: Aleister &#038; Drew vs. Almas &#038; Velveteen, Royce vs. Moon vs. Kairi vs. Cross, vs. Royce, Cole vs. Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2293021469\" 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><h3 dir=\"auto\">NXT LIVE EVENT<br \/>\nNOVEMBER 11, 2017<br \/>\nRIVERSIDE, CALIF.<br \/>\nREPORT BY MIKE B &amp; COHEN B, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENTS<\/h3>\n<p>(1) The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins &amp; Montez Ford) defeated Riddick Moss &amp; Tino Sabatelli when Dawkins pinned Moss. The\u00a0Street Profits are fun, Ford is super-entertaining. Fans were all in on the Street Profits. Big time babyface potential. Moss &amp; Tino have improved each time I\u2019ve seen them.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(2) Billie Kay defeated Vanessa Bourne via pinfall.\u00a0I\u2019m not one to say a match is bad, but this match wasn\u2019t great. Lots of mistakes, mostly on Bourne\u2019s end from my vantage point. Wouldn\u2019t solely blame her, though. The two didn\u2019t click at all. Very rough.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Velveteen Dream promo.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Heavy Machinery defeated Steve Cutler &amp; Wesley Blake when Otis pinned both Blake &amp; Cutler.\u00a0My god is Heavy Machinery also fun. They relied a lot of comedy, but it worked tonight. The fans loved them some Otis. Blake &amp; Cutler played typical heels. They were fine, but nothing noteworthy.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Adam Cole pinned Roderick Strong.\u00a0A very &#8220;WWE LIVE EVENT&#8221; type of feel in this one. I was super-excited when Adam Cole came out (a match card wasn\u2019t announced prior this time), but the match was just average based on what we\u2019ve come to expect from these two incredible wrestlers. Battle chants galore though in this one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; INTERMISSION &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>(5) Lars Sullivan pinned Kassius Ohno.\u00a0LARS. SULLIVAN. Good god. This guy has such a rare feeling to him, and Ohno was amazing putting him over here. Good guy for him to work with. Stiffest match of the night, no question. A very good match. Lars was supposed to work heel, but like Braun Strowman, he has so many big cool power spots for anyone to really boo. Match of the night, until&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(6) Peyton Royce defeated Ember Moon and Kairi Sane and Nikki Cross when Peyton Royce pinned Nikki Cross after Billie Kay ran out to help Peyton Royce.\u00a0MATCH OF THE NIGHT, hands down. This was the only match that that got a &#8220;This is Awesome&#8221; chant, and not because of any spots. Nikki Cross was by FAR the most over worker. Like most, this was my first time seeing Kairi live. I feel like the comparison to Asuka is an easy one. However, while her in-ring work is very good, she is nowhere near Asuka\u2019s level of character work in my opinion. She was awesome in this match, and people popped for her teasing the elbow drop (which she eventually hit to break up a pin), but she was easily the least over in this incredible match. These woman went to work tonight. As the match ended, a &#8220;Women\u2019s Wrestling&#8221; chant began, and it was well deserved. This could have main evented.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Aleister Black &amp; Drew McIntyre (c) defeated Andrade &#8220;Cien&#8221; Almas (w\/Zelina Vega) &amp; The Velveteen Dream when McIntyre pinned Almas.\u00a0Solid match, started at about 9:30 p.m. and ended at about 10:00 p.m., but tons of stalling. I want to say the first ten minutes was just tagging in and out. Dream is ALL IN on his character. Love him so much. Black and McIntyre did their spots, as did Almas. Clearly with Takeover in a week, they weren\u2019t going to go all out in this one.<\/p>\n<p>McIntyre thanked the fans to end the night.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2157979359\" 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><strong>Biggest Pops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Adam Cold<br \/>\n(2) Roderick Strong<br \/>\n(3) Street Profits<\/p>\n<p>Most Heat<\/p>\n<p>(1) Velveteen Dream<br \/>\n(2) Steve Cutler &amp; Wesley Blake<br \/>\n(3) Riddick Moss &amp; Tino Sabatelli<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS:<\/strong> All in all, good show. This is the third NXT Show I\u2019ve been to at the venue within the last eight months, but it was easily my least favorite. The show was fine, but nothing spectacular.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS REPORT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/11\/10\/1110-wwe-raw-hamberg-germany-new-day-invade-raw-house-show-joe-seth-dean-work-together-joe-vs-jordan-balor-vs-bray\/\">11\/10 WWE Raw in Hamberg, Germany: New Day invade Raw house show, Joe and Seth and Dean work together, Joe vs. Jordan, Balor vs. Bray<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-210763829\"><div id=\"pwtor-816446978\"><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>NXT LIVE EVENT NOVEMBER 11, 2017 RIVERSIDE, CALIF. 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