{"id":5491,"date":"2015-12-12T22:54:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T04:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2015-12-12T22:54:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T04:54:16","slug":"5491","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/12\/5491\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/12 WWE NXT in Sheffield &#8211; Detailed report on top matches, reactions, &#8220;us vs. WWE,&#8221; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-159307367\" 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 Results<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>December 12, 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sheffield, England at Motorpoint Arena<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Report by Adam Leggott,\u00a0long-time PWTorch reader<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma;\">After a Triple H opening video, Greg Hamilton handled the introduction to the show as we kicked off with&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma;\"><b>(1) Enzo Amore &amp; Colin Cassidy beat Blake &amp; Murphy (w\/Alexa Bliss). <\/b>The c<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma;\">rowd was super hot for Enzo &amp; Cass throughout the match which began with the two of them on offence before gradually transitioning to the heels beating down Enzo. \u00a0Hot tag brought in Big Cass and eventually Enzo got the pin with a Cass-assisted top rope splash. \u00a0Longer match than I would have anticipated, but very solid opener. \u00a0Blake &amp; Murphy played their roles well, with Bliss running interference once during the match. \u00a0They&#8217;re a pretty good heel unit.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma;\"><b>(2) Bull Dempsey beat Tye Dillinger.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">Both guys were over with the crowd with plenty of &#8220;Bull Fit&#8221; and &#8220;10!&#8221; chants. \u00a0There was even one chant of &#8220;Bull is gorgeous.&#8221; \u00a0Really. \u00a0This match was pure comedy from start to finish but very well done by both guys in the roles they were given. \u00a0Tye played the heel for the most part. \u00a0Bull won\u00a0with a big splash.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><b>(3) Samoa Joe beat Apollo Crews.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">From the comedy of the previous match to what was, in my opinion, the match of the night. \u00a0Crews&#8217;s athleticism is incredible to see in-person and Joe makes everything he does look solid and legitimate. \u00a0I think there was a slight issue in that the crowd was into both guys and didn&#8217;t really know who to cheer over the other, which maybe slightly hurt both guys&#8217;s reception but there was no doubting that both men were over. \u00a0Joe picked up the win via the Musclebuster to keep the #1 contender strong before <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1040801627\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Wednesday&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Takeover.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><b>(4) NXT Women&#8217;s Championship &#8211; Bayley beat Emma (w\/Dana Brooke).\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">Aside from a small but vocal section supporting Emma, Bayley was very over with fans. A tad more comedy in this match than I&#8217;d have liked (given these two&#8217;s respective portfolio), but fun and enjoyable nonetheless. \u00a0Some chants for Dana Brooke broke out halfway through and she didn&#8217;t seem certain how to react, settling eventually on putting her hands to her ears. \u00a0Brooke was ejected from the match for interference and shortly after, a Bayley-to-Belly suplex won it for the champion.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">Intermission. \u00a0During which, ten\u00a0highlights from Smackdown were shown. \u00a0The two featuring Roman Reigns were booed heavily as was the advert for TLC (a generic advert, not featuring any specific talents, which may reflect the feeling towards the main product as a whole).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">NXT General Manager <b>William Regal<\/b>\u00a0came out to deliver a brief speech of thanks to the crowd for their support in helping NXT evolve to what it is today.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><b>(5) NXT Tag Team Championship &#8211; Dash &amp; Dawson beat Jason Jordan &amp; Chad Gable.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">Absolutely unbelievable how popular Jordan &amp; Gable are. \u00a0At times I genuinely think even Jason Jordan looked blown away with their reception. \u00a0The chants barely stopped throughout the match, either for Jordan &amp; Gable or against Dash &amp; Dawson. \u00a0Scott Dawson got a &#8220;Perry Saturn&#8221; chant at one point and Dash Wilder received a &#8220;Which one are you?&#8221; chant. The champs got the win via a roll-up holding the tights on Gable. \u00a0I&#8217;m beginning to really like Dash &amp; Dawson&#8217;s throwback style, although cheating to win as heels really should not be considered &#8220;throwback.&#8221; \u00a0Jordan &amp; Gable are definitely future tag champs and might even be the ones to dethrone Dash &amp; Dawson.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><b>(6) Asuka beat Carmella.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">Interestingly, Carmella seemed just as over as Asuka, mostly through the &#8220;How you doin&#8217;?&#8221; catchphrase though. She also declared herself the Princess of Sheffield before the match. \u00a0Asuka won via submission in a fairly low-key match, though I was impressed with how Asuka carries herself in the ring. She just makes it all seem like it comes naturally for her.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><b>(7) NXT Championship &#8211; Finn B\u00e1lor beat Baron Corbin and Sami Zayn.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\">Zayn was introduced last but the secret was most definitely out about his return as &#8220;Ol\u00e9&#8221; chants were in full voice before both Corbin&#8217;s and B\u00e1lor&#8217;s entrances. \u00a0In fairness B\u00e1lor was also very popular and I believe the addition of Corbin to the main event allowed fans to focus their boos and support both faces equally. \u00a0Overall a very good main event utilising the triple threat format well. \u00a0B\u00e1lor won with the Coup de Grace onto Baron Corbin whilst he was pinning Sami Zayn &#8211; a nice finish. During the match, Sami Zayn fell into Greg Hamilton, who spent the rest of the match with a towel to his mouth, so I&#8217;m not sure whether that was a planned spot. It didn&#8217;t seem like it. \u00a0In any event it sparked a brief &#8220;Greg&#8217;s hardcore&#8221; chant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Over<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Sami Zayn<br \/>\n(2) Jordan &amp; Gable<br \/>\n(3) Finn B\u00e1lor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Heat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Baron Corbin<br \/>\n(2) Dash &amp; Dawson<br \/>\n(3) Blake &amp; Murphy<\/p>\n<p><b>Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Having attended three main roster events over the last three years, I can say this NXT show was far and away better than any of them in terms of wrestling quality, crowd engagement, and overall value for money. \u00a0And I mean that more in praise of NXT than as a criticism of the other shows, which I have mostly enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p>I never attended an ECW show but I imagine it would have had a similar feel to this. \u00a0There was very much an &#8220;us&#8221; mentality about the crowd here as several &#8220;NXT&#8221; chants and the booing of the TLC adverts would suggest. \u00a0In addition, the crowd were invested in every wrestler and every match which was good to see.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1994793697\" 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>It wasn&#8217;t until the main event that the first &#8220;this is awesome&#8221; chant appeared. \u00a0It was nowhere near as prevalent as it is during main roster shows, which I&#8217;m sure will please Wade Keller!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2266044815\"><div id=\"pwtor-978774183\"><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 Results December 12, 2015 Sheffield, England at Motorpoint Arena Report by Adam Leggott,\u00a0long-time PWTorch reader After a Triple H opening video, Greg Hamilton handled the introduction to the show as we kicked off <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/12\/5491\/\" title=\"12\/12 WWE NXT in Sheffield &#8211; Detailed report on top matches, reactions, &#8220;us vs. WWE,&#8221; more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[124,1317,71,123],"class_list":["post-5491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nxt-live-events","tag-nxt","tag-nxt-uk-tour","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-nxt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2015\/12\/NXTUKTour_3x2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5491"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5500,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5491\/revisions\/5500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}