{"id":75202,"date":"2019-02-15T16:36:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=75202"},"modified":"2019-02-15T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:36:16","slug":"2-10-nxt-in-kingston-r-i-gargano-vs-velveteen-riddle-vs-dijakovic-belair-vs-purrazzo-plus-ricochet-duke-shaffir-war-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/02\/15\/2-10-nxt-in-kingston-r-i-gargano-vs-velveteen-riddle-vs-dijakovic-belair-vs-purrazzo-plus-ricochet-duke-shaffir-war-raiders\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/10 NXT in Kingston, R.I.: Gargano vs. Velveteen, Riddle vs. Dijakovic, Belair vs. Purrazzo, plus Ricochet, Duke &#038; Shaffir, War Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-380087947\" 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 \/>\nFEBRUARY 10, 2019<br \/>\nKINGSTON, R.I.<br \/>\nREPORT BY PAUL WEIGLE, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please send results in the format of the following report to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Ryan Center is typically a basketball arena, so a third of court and seats were curtained off for the wrestlers\u2019 entrances, a configuration I\u2019ve not seen before.\u00a0 The upper deck was tarped off completely, and there were only a few rows of chairs on the floor itself, but the rest of the seats seemed packed, so perhaps 2,000 in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Kayla Braxton hosted the show, and inspired an \u201cNXT\u201d chant from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>(1) Matt Riddle defeated Dominic Dijakovic via submission.\u00a0This match started out with Domenic on top, getting Riddle in position for a vertical suplex but then throwing him across the ring.\u00a0 He later did a dragon suplex, and an impressive-looking superkick.\u00a0 However, Matt eventually turned the tables with a &#8220;Bro-to Sleep,&#8221; followed by a powerbomb and then tapped Dijakovic out to the Bromission.\u00a0 A decent match to start things off, with a fairly hot crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Fabin Aichner and Marcel Barthel came out to mild boos.\u00a0 Aichner took the microphone and demanded \u201cDo you know who we are?\u201d which prompted the crowd to reply with a resounding \u201cNo!\u201d\u00a0 Aichner continued, noting that ignorance is what defines America, and it makes him sick.\u00a0 Barthel spoke in German, which drew a lot of boos and heckling.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Bianca Belair beat Deonna Purrazzo.\u00a0Purrazzo was nearly unrecognizable with bleached hair and new ring gear. Many fans didn\u2019t seem to recognize her and she only got a mild reaction.\u00a0 Belair got a stronger reaction, although the crowd didn\u2019t know to treat her as a face or a heel. She acted like a heel during the match. \u00a0Some chanted \u201cOverrated!\u201d at her. Purrazzo kept going for the armbar during the match, with Belair escaping.\u00a0 Eventually Belair hit the Belair Driver for the victory. Afterwards she taunted Purrazzo with her own bowing gesture.\u00a0 It was an okay match.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Oney Lorcan &amp; Danny Burch defeated Fabin Aichner &amp; Marcel Barthel.\u00a0Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch were introduced, to a fairly good pop, many fans knew their \u201c1, 2\u201d catch phrase and chanted along with them.\u00a0 \u00a0This was a fun match, with Aichner and Barthel drawing a lot of heat while beating down Burch and keeping him away from the tag.\u00a0 Eventually he made a hot tag to Lorcan, who came in with tremendous fire, delivering a double blockbuster to both opponents, and later performed a suicide dive outside the ring onto both.\u00a0 Eventually they nailed the wheelbarrow DDT for the pin.\u00a0 Afterwards, they imitated Hulk Hogan\u2019s poses to a good response from an appreciative crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The Velveteen Dream appeared onscreen to give a promo for the main event, where he promised to win the NXT United States Championship.\u00a0 It seemed that the promo was taped earlier in the day at the Ryan Center.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3412502989\" 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>(4) Riker (w\/Blake, Carter) beat Mansoor. First\u00a0Mansoor came out to little reaction.\u00a0 His opponent was Riker of the Forgotten Sons, accompanied by Blake and Cutler. In this match Mansoor showed fired, but struggled to knock down the monster Riker.\u00a0\u00a0 On a couple occasions Mansoor got the advantage, only to be cut off by cheating from Blake and Cutler.\u00a0 Before long, he was caught coming off the top rope by Riker, who slammed him down, and then followed up with a powerslam for the pin.\u00a0It was an okay squash match, with the Forgotten Sons generating some fair heat, and a crowd chant of \u201cWe forgot you!\u201d\u00a0The Forgotten Sons then called for the microphone and put NXT on notice, that they would be the next NXT Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the War Raiders came out to a big response from the audience, who chanted \u201cWar\u201d in unison.<\/p>\n<p>(5) The War Raiders beat Forgotten Sons\u2019 Blake &amp; Cutler. The War Raiders took the early advantage, stacking up both opponents in the corner to receive a running senton. Initially the War Raiders seemed unaffected by the Sons\u2019 offense, but eventually cheating by Riker helped them gain the advantage. Rowe played face in peril for a short time, until he was able to tag in Hanson.\u00a0 Both of the Forgotten Sons used a cartwheel to \u00a0escape Hanson\u2019s offense, and Hanson responded by cartwheeling himself in a fun spot. \u00a0Hanson stacked both Sons on his shoulder and slammed both.\u00a0 The Raiders hit the Fallout for the pin.\u00a0A fun match, the crowd was very into it.<\/p>\n<p>They flashed a graphic for a local Evolve show featuring Ricochet.<\/p>\n<p>There was a short intermission, in which silhouettes of various WWE wrestlers were shown on the screen, challenging attendees to guess \u201cWho Am I?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kassius Ono came out and immediately grabbed the microphone, to some jeers.\u00a0 He said that he is tired of hearing the sounds of disrespect and ignorance.\u00a0 He is a wrestling genius, but only hears about how he lost in six seconds to Riddle.\u00a0 He said he is done leading by example, and now plans to make an example out of someone else. \u00a0There was lots of booing from the crowd.\u00a0 Ricochet\u2019s music played.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Ricochet beat\u00a0Kassius Ohno.\u00a0Before the match started, Kassius attacked Ricochet savagely for several moments before being separated by the referee.\u00a0 Soon after the bell rang. Ohno charged in and was rolled up immediately and pinned in about five seconds.\u00a0 The crowd cheered, and Ricochet posed briefly before leaving. Ohno remained, to chants of \u201cyou suck.\u201d\u00a0 He grabbed the microphone again and announced \u201cI don\u2019t suck, you do.\u201d He noted that the audience lost the privilege of seeing him wrestle, and he\u2019s leaving.\u00a0 The crowd sang \u201cNa na na na \u00a0hey hey hey goodbye\u201d at him, to Ohno&#8217;s\u00a0great chagrin. Ohno\u00a0did a great job playing a tantrumming heel here.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Io Shirai &amp; Kairi Sane beat Jessamyn Duke &amp; Marina Shafir (w\/Shayna Baszler).\u00a0Before the match Duke and Sharif stomped on Sane\u2019s pirate hat, which caused her to pout for a bit.\u00a0 This was a fun match, similar to the one they\u2019d recently had on NXT TV.\u00a0 They played for comedy at times.\u00a0 Jessamyn and Marina were a bit clumsy at times, but the contrast between their brutal style and the high-flying of Io and Kairi was enjoyable.\u00a0 Shayna interfered twice, once by pulling her friend out of the ring to avoid a pinfall. Eventually Kairi lept off the top rope onto all three Horsewomen who were outside of the ring.\u00a0 Io Shirai hit a moonsault for the pin.\u00a0 Afterwards, the victors hugged repeatedly. \u00a0Shirai repeatedly motioned that she should have the title, while Sane made no such motions.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1508289429\" 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>(8) Johnny Gargano beat Velveteen Dream.\u00a0Dream came out first.\u00a0 He got a very good reaction, but seemed slightly unsure of himself, seemed to have limited charisma in person as opposed to on TV.\u00a0 Gargano came out to a huge positive reaction.\u00a0 Chants of \u201cJohnny wrestling\u201d and \u201cJohnny champion\u201d were very loud.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Dueling \u201cJohnny Wrestling\u201d and \u201cVelveteen\u201d chants.\u00a0 Both wrestlers played to the crowd.\u00a0 Gargano did so in a skeptical manner which appeared to effectively turn the crowd too boo him and embrace Dream.\u00a0 Dream made a lewd gesture to a heckling fan.\u00a0 Gargano became upset at the negative reaction he was getting, and leaves the ring and walks halfway up the ramp before reconsidering and returning.\u00a0 The two were about to lock up when a small but loud contingent of fans chanted \u201ctest of strength.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 The wrestlers took notice and then obliged by starting the match with a test of strength finger lockup.\u00a0 \u00a0Dream cheated on a couple occasion and then made a taunting pose, reminding one more of a heel than a babyface.\u00a0 Gargano took control and then took Dream\u2019s bandana.\u00a0 He wore it like a headband and did the crane kick pose from Karate Kid.\u00a0 He then wiped his backside with the bandana, to loud boos.\u00a0 Dream regained control with the Dream DDT, but one of the wrestlers kicked the ref in the face, knocking him out cold.\u00a0 He hit the purple rainmaker and went for the pin, but there was no ref to count.\u00a0 Thomasso Champa ran into the ring to a loud reaction and attacked Dream, hit him with the Fiarytale Ending.\u00a0 Gargano recovered and the two stood together, with loud \u201cDIY\u201d chants echoing through the Ryan Center.\u00a0 The pair hit Dream with their Meeting in the Middle finisher, and Gargano went for the pin.\u00a0 Champa tried to revive the refereree but was unable to do so.\u00a0 Therefore, Champa stripped the referee\u2019s shirt, put it on himself, and then proceeded to count &#8220;one, two.&#8221; However, dream kicked out before three.\u00a0 Gargano got his title while Champa held Dream.\u00a0 Gargano ran across the ring and hit dream with the belt.\u00a0 Gargano and Champa posed proudly as the crowd booed loudly.\u00a0 Champa again held dream while Gargano ran at him with the belt, but Dream got out of the way at the last moment and Gargano hit Champa instead.\u00a0 Dream dumped Champa out of the ring and hit the Death Valley Driver on Gargano.\u00a0 A new referee ran into the ring and counted, but Johnny kicked out at two.\u00a0 Gargano then rolled up dream for the three count and the win.\u00a0This was a great match, and the multiple false finished and heavily-booked ending made for an excellent main event.\u00a0 The crowd was very engaged throughout. Gargano is a real master of controlling the reactions of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Gargano and Champa beat down Dream.\u00a0 Ricochet came out to even the odds.\u00a0 Kassius Ono came down to attack Ricochet.\u00a0 Finally, Matt Riddle came down and the six brawled until the faces got the upper hand. After Gargan, Champa, and Ono fled, the faces posed.\u00a0 Ricochet grabbed a microphone and thanked fans for coming out.\u00a0 He expressed \u201cI\u2019m NXT\u201d motioning to Riddle and Dream \u201cthey\u2019re NXT\u201d and then to fans \u201cthat guy\u2019s NXT\u201d and finally \u201cwe\u2019re all NXT.\u201d\u00a0 There was a big NXT chant to end the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS:<\/strong> Overall, it was a very enjoyable show.\u00a0 There were many fans wearing Undisputed era T-shirts, so undoubtedly many were disappointed that none of Undisputed Era were at the show.\u00a0 Also a mild disappointment that we didn\u2019t see Black or Street Profits, and didn\u2019t get to see matches from Baszler, Ciampa, or Ricochet (except for six seconds or so).\u00a0 The show was short: perhaps just over two hours.\u00a0 Still, the energy was good throughout, and the crowd was very engaged, went home happy.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please send results in the format of the following report to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. 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