{"id":56216,"date":"2018-03-04T21:11:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T03:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=56216"},"modified":"2018-03-04T21:33:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T03:33:08","slug":"3-4-nxt-indianapolis-ind-fish-apparently-injured-helped-back-gargano-vs-almas-sendoff-aleister-vs-cole-shine-stellar-match-plus-velveteen-lars-larae-pat-mcafee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/04\/3-4-nxt-indianapolis-ind-fish-apparently-injured-helped-back-gargano-vs-almas-sendoff-aleister-vs-cole-shine-stellar-match-plus-velveteen-lars-larae-pat-mcafee\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/4 NXT in Indianapolis, Ind.: Fish apparently injured and helped to back, Gargano vs. Almas sendoff, Aleister vs. Cole shine in stellar match, plus Velveteen, Lars, LaRae, Pat McAfee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2904239996\" 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>NXT LIVE EVENT<br \/>\nMARCH 4, 2018<br \/>\nINDIANAPOLIS, IND.<br \/>\nREPORT BY JACK LONDON, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please sent a report to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Include photos of the ring, of wrestlers, or the atmosphere in the arena and entrance stage, too.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I paid $27 for a standing room only ticket\u00a0The seats were all full, but the standing room had plenty of empty space. A video aired of Triple H welcoming us to NXT.<\/p>\n<p>(1) Lars Sullivan beat Chris Dijak. Chris is Donovan&#8217;s new first name.\u00a0Lars is smaller than I thought in person.\u00a0Lars won with his finisher. Very stiff strong-style match.<\/p>\n<p>A video aired from Undisputed Era cutting a promo about their match tonight and letting everyone know that Indianapolis Colts player Pat McAfee is the special guest. They insulted him in the promo.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Candice LaRae beat Dakota Kai. Both appeared to work as babyfaces. Candice got a nice pop. In a cool spot, they rolled themselves into a ball and got about 20 one-counts from the referee. They both fell down dizzy afterward, as did the referee. Lots of &#8220;Women&#8217;s Wrestling!&#8221; chants.\u00a0Candice won a good match with her top rope swinging neckbreaker.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Kassius Ohno beat\u00a0Cesar Benoni via DQ when Cesaro&#8217;s manager interfered. Ohno got the biggest pop of the night to this point. They both beat up Ohno until Lars came in and made the save. KO and Lars fist-bumped and then Lars hit the Freak Accident on Ohno, turning on him.<\/p>\n<p>A video aired of The Street Profits and Velveteen Dream arguing to set up a match.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Velveteen Dream beat Angelo Dawkins. Dream came out to a huge pop. He is way over. Lots of &#8220;Say his name!&#8221; chants. There were some &#8220;D-Lo&#8221; chants aimed at Dawkins. Dawkins worked as a heel. Lots of mat holds. Too many. Match overstayed its welcome. 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When Cole turned around, he was greeted with an amazingly stiff Black Mass for the win.<\/p>\n<p>Intermission<\/p>\n<p>(6) Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish &amp; Kyle O&#8217;Reilly) beat Heavy Machinery to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles.\u00a0They announced that general manager William Regal made it a championship match and the crowd chanted &#8220;Why?&#8221; There were chants of &#8220;Steaks and weights&#8221; and &#8220;Otis&#8221; chants a vocal drunk corner of the room. There was a very nice Bam Bam Bigelow style cartwheel by Otis in a good comedy spot. Fish appeared to suffer a legit injury at ringside. The ref threw up the &#8220;X&#8221; arm signal to the back. Cole rushed out and caused a distraction. Fish left limping with help.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Shayna Baszler beat Kairi Sane.\u00a0Very stiff chops from Sane.\u00a0Baszler has killer body language and\u00a0plays a great heel opposite Sane in peril. \u00a0Baszler won by tapout with her finisher. There was a standing ovation for Kari after a spirited loss.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of &#8220;Rusev Day!&#8221; chants while they plugged Smackdown coming here in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>(8) Johnny Gargano beat Andrade &#8220;Cien&#8221; Almas (w\/Zelina Vega). Gargano is fulfilling his NXT contractual obligations. Zelina. Zelina grabbed the mic and said, &#8220;This is Johnny\u2019s last match because of Cien.&#8221; Johnny snatched the mic attacked him and said, &#8220;This is my last night so I\u2019m kicking his ass all over Indianapolis.&#8221; They fought into the standing room only crowd. Johnny hit Almas with a trash can and a full box of popcorn, then ate some. Then they fought back to the ring and the bell rang. Awesome back and forth action elicited &#8220;Holy shit!&#8221; and &#8220;This is awesome!&#8221; chants. Lots of interference from Zelina so eventually out came Candice. They fought all over the ring all the way to the back. After many false finishes Johnny won with his submission. &#8220;Thank you, Johnny&#8221; chants followed.\u00a0Afterwards Jonny gave a speech and shook all the fans&#8217; hands and posted for selfies.<\/p>\n<p>FINAL THOUGHTS:\u00a0I have been to Raw, Smackdown, and several WWE pay-per-views and this was by far the best wrestling show I have ever been to. Granted, the room was an intimate setting and less glitz and production values, but the moves were more crisp the storylines they developed throughout the night made sense and, on many occasions, it looked more like fighting to win and less planned spots. The slaps, punches, and knees were louder and every move seemed to mean something. Although these weren\u2019t the name-value Randy Ortons and John Cenas, they worked harder and smarter. I\u2019m going to Smackdown Live\u00a0on Mar. 13 here in Indy and I feel like after seeing this it will be hard to enjoy the main roster BS they expect us to just eat and be quiet.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1521212329\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please sent a report to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Include photos of the ring, of wrestlers, or the atmosphere in the arena and entrance stage, too.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS PREVIOUS REPORT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/03\/3-3-nxt-royal-oak-mich-gargano-larae-vs-almas-vega-velveteen-vs-aleister-kairi-vs-baszler-plus-undisputed-era-dakota-kai-lars\/\">3\/3 NXT in Royal Oak, Mich.: Gargano &amp; LaRae vs. Almas &amp; Vega, Velveteen vs. Aleister, Kairi vs. Baszler, plus Undisputed Era, Dakota Kai, Lars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3000303531\"><div id=\"pwtor-1816911631\"><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 MARCH 4, 2018 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 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