{"id":63966,"date":"2018-08-01T20:15:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T01:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=63966"},"modified":"2018-08-01T20:15:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T01:15:38","slug":"8-1-nxt-tv-report-ciampas-first-appearance-as-nxt-champion-baszler-vs-lerae-ec3-vs-reeves-heavy-machinery-vs-the-mighty-moustache-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/08\/01\/8-1-nxt-tv-report-ciampas-first-appearance-as-nxt-champion-baszler-vs-lerae-ec3-vs-reeves-heavy-machinery-vs-the-mighty-moustache-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/1 NXT TV REPORT: Ciampa\u2019s first appearance as NXT Champion, Baszler vs. LeRae, EC3 vs. Reeves, Heavy Machinery vs. The Mighty, Moustache Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1040233042\" 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 TV REPORT<br \/>\nAUGUST 1, 2018<br \/>\nORLANDO, FL AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Commentary: Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The show opened with graphics in memory of Niolai Volkoff and Brian Christopher.<\/p>\n<p>-Video package on last week\u2019s main event and Johnny Gargano accidentally helping Tommaso Ciampa win the NXT Championship.<\/p>\n<p>-Opening theme.<\/p>\n<p>-In the arena we opened with the sounds of construction. Tucker Knight was returning for the first time since The Mighty attacked him at the gym and put him on the shelf. The Might have new black and white ring gear and long coats. They threw their coats at Heavy Machinery and the teams brawled. When Thorne and Dozovic ended up alone in the ring the referee called for the bell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) THE MIGHTY (Shane Thorne &amp; Nick Miller) vs. HEAVY MACHINERY (Tucker Knight &amp; Otis Dozovic)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dozovic lifted Thorne for a bodyslam but spun around in a circle for many rotations before slamming him. Thorne took over with a basement dropkick before tagging to Miller. Miller mocked Knight as The Mighty double-teamed Dozovic. Frequent tags back and forth from the Aussies. Miller with a rear chinlock. The fans clapped to get Dozovic out of it while Knight just stood on the apron. Hot tag to Knight. Right hands to Miller and he pulled Thorne in over the top rope. Double clothesline and double back slams. Dropkick to Thorne cleared him from the ring. Double arm overhead suplex to Miller. Thorne pulled his partner to the floor to try to save him but Knight took them both out with a cannonball off the apron. Thorne distracted Knight as he re-entered the ring, allowing Miller to hit a chop block. Miller knocked Dozovic off the apron and Street Profits\u2019 music hit.<\/p>\n<p>Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford danced through the crowd as their music continued to play. The Mighty put all eyes on the Profits, allowing Dozovic to make the tag. Compactor ended it.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1143847077\" 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>WINNERS: Heavy Machinery in 5:14. [C]<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: The Mighty are coming along nicely in their new heel roles and the revamped look is a big aid. The other two teams here feel like they\u2019re treading water, though. We haven\u2019t really seen or learned anything new from HM or SP in many months and there remains a big disparity between these mid-card teams and the perceived main event teams of The Undisputed Era and War Raiders.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) MOUSTACHE MOUNTAIN (Tyler Bate &amp; Trent Seven) vs. STATE LINE (Matt Knox &amp; Brandon Taylor)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bate started against Knox and clowned around before hitting his patented sucker punch. Tag to Seven. He solid his leg still being hurt from when they lost the tag titles, allowing the enhancement team to take over and make a tag. Taylor fell to a dragon suplex, though. Clothesline in the corner and tag to Bate. Exploder suplex. Running shooting star press. Bate with double knees to Taylor, who was held up in a fireman\u2019s carry position by Seven.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Moustache Mountain in 2:29.<\/p>\n<p>-The ex-champions found some microphones. Seven pointed out that they\u2019re back at Full Sail and said that last time didn\u2019t work out how they\u2019d wanted. Seven apologized to Bate and the fans. He said he spoke to Regal and they have a plan. Bate claimed Undisputed tried to tear their team apart. Bate said he threw in the towel because Seven\u2019s well-being means the world to him. They\u2019re on a mission to get back the NXT tag team titles and they\u2019re invoking their rematch clause at <em>TakeOver: Brooklyn IV<\/em>. [C]<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: No sign of War Raiders to protest that match being booked but maybe that will be next week. It\u2019s worth nothing that NXT doesn\u2019t usually have a guaranteed rematch clause. There have been many occasions where people have lost their titles and the new champion has moved on to other challengers, and not just on the occasions when the ex-champion was moving up to <\/em>Raw <em>or <\/em>Smackdown<em>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) \u201cTHE FINEST\u201d KONA REEVES vs. EC3<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2335503349\" 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<p>Loud \u201cNX3\u201d chant before the bell. They traded catchphrases like we were seeing Bobby Roode vs. Tye Dillinger again. Side headlock from EC3. Reeves tried to shove him off but couldn\u2019t. Shoulder tackle put down Reeves, then a hip toss, body slam, and elbow drop. Reeves came back with a shot to EC3\u2019s throat and a running big boot. Suplex. Cobra clutch. Reeves dumped to the floor. Left hands from EC3. Charging forearm in the corner. Somersault neckbreaker and Velveteen Dream\u2019s music hit.<\/p>\n<p>He walked slowly out onto the stage in a white dress shirt and black tie with a microphone. He said there\u2019s someone in the building tonight who still can\u2019t get over Royal Albert Hall. He asked EC3 if he wanted to talk about it. He said he\u2019d have to come to the Dream\u2019s world, though. If he\u2019s lucky, maybe he can bask in the experience. Dream exited, snapping his fingers to turn the video wall from his logo back to the NXT logo.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves finally tried to capitalize off the distract with a Hawaiian Drop but EC3 kicked out. The One Percent a moment later ended things.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: EC3 in 5:50.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: And the award for Heel Of The Night goes to the guy in the production truck who keeps playing other people\u2019s music and videos in the middle of matches. Seriously, have some respect. Mark this as the moment Reeves\u2019 string of enhancement victories came to an end and he became the 2018 version of CJ Parker, Bull Dempsey, etc. I hope Dream can pull something interesting out of EC3 because I have no idea what his character is supposed to be and fully believe that Full Sail is cheering him more for the work he did in TNA than anything he\u2019s done since coming to NXT as EC3.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-It looked like were going to commercial but instead we were suddenly backstage where EC3 was seated on a packing crate, drinking a bottle of water. Sarah Schreiber approached him. She asked if he\u2019s going to accept Dream\u2019s offer. He said whether it\u2019s a summit, a discourse, or a conversation\u2026 it will become a fight. He\u2019s the best here, there, anywhere. Then he rattled off some of those cheesy catchphrases that Triple H apparently loves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) NXT WOMEN\u2019S CHAMPION SHAYNA BASZLER vs. CANDICE LERAE \u2013 NON-TITLE MATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baszler held open the ropes for LeRae to leave. LeRae dropkicked her to the floor instead. Sliding dropkick sent Baszler into the barricade. Arm drags from LeRae in the ring and a third dropkick. She tried to run the ropes but Baszler pulled her stomach-first across the top rope and bouncing to the floor. Baszler threw her into the ring steps. Baszler worked over LeRae\u2019s arm and hit some clubbing blows to the head. She twisted LeRae\u2019s arm vertically and stomped on the elbow. Baszler lazily kicked her into the corner. LeRae came back with a slap but Baszler went right back to the arm with a hammerlock. Enziguiri from LeRae. One-armed attacks from LeRae. Running back elbow in the corner. LeRae climbed to the second rope and leapt into a move that drove Baszler face-first into the mat. Suicide dive from LeRae to Baszler on the floor. She went up top and jumped into a diving DDT. Baszler kicked out at two. LeRae went up top again but was met by Baszler. LeRae looked for a second rope stunner but was pulled into Baszler\u2019s Kirifuda Clutch on the way down. Luckily LeRae was close enough to grab for a rope break. Small package for a two-count for LeRae. Baszler looked for the Kirifuda Clutch again but LeRae rolled through with a double stomp. Unprettier put down the champ but LeRae missed a springboard moonsault. Baszler with the Kirifuda Clutch again and LeRae tapped out.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Shayna Baszler in 7:59.<\/p>\n<p>-Baszler celebrated with her title before attacking LeRae with the Kirifuda Clutch again. Referees ran out and pried her off. Kairi Sane was right behind them and got in Baszler\u2019s face as the referees stood between them. Baszler looked to be leaving but returned for a kick to the back of Sane as she checked on LeRae. Sane went into Asuka mode, standing up slowly and glowering at Baszler while the refs held her back. The champion quickly hustled up the ramp as Sane stared daggers.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Good match. It seems like LeRae\u2019s going to be getting the full Gargano treatment in NXT, complete with losing more often than not and being presented as the plucky underdog. It\u2019s a fine trope but anyone familiar with intergender queen, deathmatch-wrestling LeRae will likely find it a bit hard to swallow. In fact ever since LeRae wasn\u2019t booked to fight Ciampa or at least brawl with him during her involvement in the Ciampa-Gargano feud she\u2019s felt a little hazy and out of sync. Losing in eight minutes isn\u2019t going to help that even if it\u2019s against the champ.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Outside the building Moustache Mountain were asked by an unseen man if they have any tricks up their sleeves for their next match against Undisputed. War Raiders walked up. Hanson said it doesn\u2019t matter who leaves TakeOver as champions. Rowe said they\u2019re taking the titles either way.<\/p>\n<p>-NXT General Manager William Regal was in his office. He announced Dream vs. EC3 and Ricochet vs. Adam Cole for the NXT North American Championship at <em>TakeOver: Brooklyn IV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>-Tommaso Ciampa\u2019s video wall lit up and the NXT Champion walked out slowly with the belt at his side. \u201cAsshole\u201d chants from the crowd with a stray \u201cidiot!\u201d shouted by an obnoxiously over the top woman. \u201cYou suck\u201d chants as he paraded the title around ringside. In the ring Ciampa pretend the belt was talking to him and telling him how much they deserve each other. He kissed the belt. \u201cThis is my NXT now.\u201d He said that all he needs is one moment and he\u2019s a man of his word. \u201cShut the hell up\u201d chant, which paused him. Ciampa said he looks so good with the title. He deserves it. He went to ringside and spoke to recognizable NXT fan Anita Smith. He wanted to let her know that he\u2019s her NXT Champion. \u201cYou\u2019re an asshole\u201d chant. Ciampa bragged about ending Gargano and now being the only person in NXT to pin Aleister Black in a one-on-one match. He said they can bicker about who\u2019s #2 because he\u2019s #1 and he\u2019s untouchable. Now NXT is the A show and Tommaso Ciampa is the greatest sports entertainer of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Black\u2019s music hit and he walked quickly to the ring but Gargano ran down the ramp past him and tackled Ciampa. Gargano clotheslined Ciampa to the floor. He grabbed his title and hightailed it away through the crowd. Gargano said it\u2019s not Ciampa\u2019s NXT so long as he\u2019s breathing. Black stood in the ring behind Gargano. Gargano repeated multiple times that the only reason Ciampa\u2019s champion is because of him. He turned around into a Black Mass. Gargano lay on the mat, holding his jaw, as Black glared at him. \u201cYou deserve it\u201d chant from the crowd. Black sat down cross-legged next to him. Black agreed that the only reason Ciampa\u2019s champion is because of Gargano. Black\u2019s music played to end the segment.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Ciampa is masterful. It\u2019s so wonderful to have followed his evolution and to see what he\u2019s grown into and what he\u2019s capable of when he\u2019s given the ball to run with. He lets the fans interact with his promos but they never derail him and he almost never acknowledges them directly. Instead he\u2019s the visage of someone patiently biting their tongue and waiting for the other, more-animated person to get everything out of their system, only for him to imply \u201cAnyway\u2026 as I was saying\u2026\u201d The rest of the segment was expected but in a good way. We\u2019re on the road to a triple threat in Brooklyn and the story is an interesting one with Ciampa and Black both angry at both opponents while Gargano will likely spend the entire match locked in on Ciampa and only fighting Black when he\u2019s forced into it.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Next week: Ricochet is in action and it\u2019s the NXT debut of Keith Lee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2238428582\"><div id=\"pwtor-1510209071\"><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 TV REPORT AUGUST 1, 2018 ORLANDO, FL AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY REPORT BY HARLEY R. 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