{"id":75538,"date":"2019-02-21T00:50:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T06:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=75538"},"modified":"2019-02-28T21:21:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:21:28","slug":"weekly-overview-nxt-thru-2-21-top-stories-of-week-major-show-lineups-live-event-results-schedule-of-live-events-noteworthy-social-media-posts-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/02\/21\/weekly-overview-nxt-thru-2-21-top-stories-of-week-major-show-lineups-live-event-results-schedule-of-live-events-noteworthy-social-media-posts-more\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKLY OVERVIEW \u2013 NXT (thru 2\/21): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4265281691\" 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><i>The following is the latest in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/category\/prowrestlingnews\/weekly-overviews\/\">a new series of\u00a0weekly in-depth articles<\/a>\u00a0exclusive to PWTorch which will help put in perspective major wrestling promotions with a weekly overview, looking at news and roster developments, results, future line-ups, social media activity, key interviews, plus a timely commentary at the end. We will be featuring similar features on other promotions each week and each will be updated weekly.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Top Stories of the Week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The WWE\u2019s top story of the week was the main roster debut of NXT\u2019s top Superstars. NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa, NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano, Ricochet, and Aleister Black on made their main roster debut this past Monday on Monday Night Raw. All four were also in action Tuesday night on Smackdown and there has been no word on exactly what the plan is going forward.<\/li>\n<li>The Velveteen Dream captured his first NXT Championship when he defeated Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Championship during this week\u2019s NXT TV show. Where that title, Velveteen Dream, and Johnny Gargano go from there is anyone\u2019s guess at this point.<\/li>\n<li>NXT Women\u2019s Champion Shayna Baszler will take on Mia Yim in non-title action next week after Baszler, Marina Shafir, and Jessamyn Duke destroyed Yim and the rest of the mid card NXT women in a post-match beatdown.<\/li>\n<li>NXT announced the return of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic after a one year hiatus. There will be eight teams competing and four participants have already been announced. The Street Profits, The Forgotten Sons, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel, and The Undisputed Era are in and the other four teams will be named next Wednesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022NXT Live Event Results<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Feb. 16 St. Augustine, Fla.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Punishment Martinez beat Brennan Williams<\/li>\n<li>Deonna Purrazzo beat Chelsea Green<\/li>\n<li>Adrian Jaoude (w\/Cezar Bononi) beat Eric Bugenhagen<\/li>\n<li>Kassius Ohno beat Denzel Dejournette<\/li>\n<li>Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch beat Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner<\/li>\n<li>Mia Yim and Jessie Elaban beat Aliyah and Vanessa Borne<\/li>\n<li>Matt Riddle beat Babatunde<\/li>\n<li>War Raiders and Aleister Black beat The Forgotten Sons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Results courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/wwe-results\/nxt-st-augustine-fl-live-results-six-man-tag-main-event-277156\">f4wonline.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 21 Sebring, Fla.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Street Profits beat Cezar Bononi and Adrian Jaoude<\/li>\n<li>Lacey Lane beat Reina Gonzalez<\/li>\n<li>Kavita Devi and Jeet Rama beat Vanessa Borne and Kona Reeves<\/li>\n<li>Keith Lee beat Jaxson Ryker<\/li>\n<li>War Raiders beat Denzel Dejournette and Eric Bugenhagen to retain NXT Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>MJ Jenkins beat Aliyah<\/li>\n<li>The Velveteen Dream beat Luke Menzies to retain NXT North American Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Results courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lordsofpain.net\/nxt-live-event-results-from-sebring-fl-2-21-19\/?ez_cid=CLIENT_ID(AMP_ECID_EZOIC\">lordsofpain.net<\/a>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Upcoming Major Show Line-up: NXT TakeOver New York<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NXT TakeOver New York<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>April 5, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Brooklyn, NY (Barclays Center)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Projected Lineup:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>War Raiders (NXT Tag Team Champion) vs. Winner of Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Tournament<\/li>\n<li>Who knows the rest of the card?!?!?!?!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Friday Feb. 22 \u2013 Havert L. Fenn Center (Fort Pierce, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday Feb. 23 \u2013 Midtown Cultural and Educational Center (Daytona, Fla.)<br \/>\nThursday Feb. 28 \u2013 Express Live! (Columbus, Ohio)<br \/>\nThursday Feb. 28 \u2013 University Area CDC Gymnasium (Tampa, Fla.)<br \/>\nFriday Mar. 1 \u2013 The Stage AE (Pittsburgh, Penn.)<br \/>\nFriday Mar. 1 \u2013 Orlando Life Events (Casselberry, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday Mar. 2 \u2013 Maxwell Snyder Armory (Jacksonville, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday Mar. 2 \u2013 Agora Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio)<br \/>\nSunday Mar. 3 \u2013 Royal Oak Music Center (Detroit, Mich.)<br \/>\nThursday Mar. 7 \u2013 Minnireg Hall (Largo, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday Mar. 9 \u2013 Crystal River Armory (Crystal River, Fla.)<br \/>\nThursday Mar. 14 \u2013 St. Petersburg Armory (St. Petersburg, Fla.)<br \/>\nFriday Mar. 15 \u2013 Venice Community Center (Venice, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday Mar. 16 \u2013 Rerserve Pavillion at Hilton Ocala (Ocala, Fla.)<br \/>\nThursday Mar. 21 \u2013 Sanford Civic Center (Sanford, Fla.)<br \/>\nFRIDAY APR. 5 \u2013 BARCLAYS CENTER (BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) NXT TAKEOVER BROOKLYN<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1426905969\" 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<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Latest TV Highlights: 2\/20 NXT TV Report<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(1) Aleister Black beats Roderick Strong by pinfall (4:39 \u2013 13:06)\n<ul>\n<li>Cole, O\u2019Reilly, and Fish run in (13:50)<\/li>\n<li>Ricochet run in\/stand tall with Black to end segment (14:09 \u2013 14:53)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Video footage of Baszler\/Shafir\/Duke starting fights with entire women\u2019s locker room (15:07 \u2013 15:42)<\/li>\n<li>Bianca Belair video package (16:32 \u2013 17:45)<\/li>\n<li>Highlights from NXT Debuts on Raw and Smackdown and announcement of Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Tournament (17:47 \u2013 20:00)<\/li>\n<li>(2)Mia Yim beat Xia Li by pinfall (21:45 \u2013 25:40)\n<ul>\n<li>Baszler\/Duke\/Shafir run in (25:52)<\/li>\n<li>Random trainees from the women\u2019s locker room run in and get dominated (26:12 \u2013 27:40)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Gargano\/Candice LeRae\/Tommaso Ciampa backstage segment (27:41 \u2013 28:42)<\/li>\n<li>Matt Riddle preview of youtube interview (30:32 \u2013 32:25)<\/li>\n<li>Velveteen Dream beat Johnny Gargano by pinfall to win the NXT North American Championship (37:14 \u2013 57:55)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(PWTorch TV Report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/02\/20\/75420\/\">HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>NXT in the media<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeremy Borash (Yes the former TNA Jeremy Borash) sat down with the King of Bros Matt Riddle this week to discuss all things Bro. The single most interesting and important thing to come out of this interview was Matt Riddle\u2019s continued persistence that he will be the one to retire Brock Lesnar. Make. It. Happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJ3xKK_NvyU\">LINK<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The new NXT North American Champion Velveteen Dream had a Q&amp;A with WWE\u2019s Byron Saxton after capturing his first WWE Title. It was a very quick interview but Velveteen Dream gave the most Velveteen Dream answers possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/article\/velveteen-dream-interview-nxt-north-american-championship\">LINK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Latest NXT Podcast \u2013 \u201cPWT Talks NXT\u201d PWTorch Livecast<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In this episode, Kelly Wells, Tom Stoup, and Justin James cover the call-ups and how they undo the #DIY storyline, a Velveteen Dream-Johnny Gargano main event that woke up the crowd, the function of various championships, and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t129473479\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">-On Tune In Radio <a href=\"http:\/\/tun.in\/tiZy3Z\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n-On Apple Podcasts <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-torch-livecast\/id354947346?mt=2\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n-Or <strong>search \u201cPWTorch\u201d or \u201cPro Wrestling Torch\u201d<\/strong> on your podcast app of choice<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Top NXT Tweets of the Week<\/h3>\n<p>Ciampa Tweet of the Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectCiampa\/status\/1097138117700665344<\/p>\n<p>I could get used to seeing Johnny three nights a week.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnyGargano\/status\/1098738420707401728<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen years is a long time to work at anything&#8230; Well deserved, sir.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2987626428\" 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>https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingRicochet\/status\/1097731136464154625<\/p>\n<p>One night and he\u2019s already got the best entrance in WWE.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEAleister\/status\/1097733445072154625<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Thoughts and Comments<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The WWE main roster product is not going to be truly successful until Vince McMahon relinquishes creative control to Triple H. All reports coming out of Monday Night Raw say that the debut of NXT\u2019s four top stars was a last minute decision and even Triple H himself was left scrambling. How are things like this still OK? Could they maybe think of a better way to introduce four potential main event talents? Vince\u2019s rational and thinking are out of date and out of touch. It\u2019s a complete joke.<\/li>\n<li>Where do these call-ups leave the current NXT product? Is a two-year storyline arc with Ciampa and Gargano just suddenly going to be thrown by the wayside because Vince got paranoid about ratings? Is the main roster just going to put them back in a tag team together? These questions are legitimate, and I\u2019m 99.9% sure Vince has no idea where any of this is headed. That\u2019s a scary thought.<\/li>\n<li>One positive to come out of all this roster reshuffling is the fact that Matt Riddle might be thrust to the forefront of the NXT brand sooner than any of us thought. Riddle, Velveteen Dream, and Adam Cole are the three top tier single talents left standing.<\/li>\n<li>The Dusty Rhodes Tag team Classic is making a comeback after a year off, and I\u2019m hoping they use this tournament as a way to push a new tag team into contention. The Forgotten Sons or The Street Profits would be my choice to win the tourney and challenge War Raiders for the title.<\/li>\n<li>Roderick Strong is awesome. The messiah of the backbreaker has had a great run since his heel turn two years ago. His match with Black on NXT TV this week was a must-watch, hard-hitting bout.<\/li>\n<li>Good video package this week from Bianca Belair. She needs to refocus after her championship loss and get back to the cocky, confident, tweener she\u2019s meant to be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT OTHER\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/category\/prowrestlingnews\/weekly-overviews\/\">WEEKLY OVERVIEWS HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR JUMP TO LAST WEEK\u2019S WWE OVERVIEW:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/02\/15\/weekly-overview-nxt-thru-2-14-top-stories-of-week-major-show-lineups-live-event-results-schedule-of-live-events-noteworthy-social-media-posts-more\/\">WEEKLY OVERVIEW \u2013 NXT (thru 2\/14): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3538833579\"><div id=\"pwtor-3592713067\"><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>The following is the latest in\u00a0a new series of\u00a0weekly in-depth articles\u00a0exclusive to PWTorch which will help put in perspective major wrestling promotions with a weekly overview, looking at news and roster developments, results, future line-ups, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/02\/21\/weekly-overview-nxt-thru-2-21-top-stories-of-week-major-show-lineups-live-event-results-schedule-of-live-events-noteworthy-social-media-posts-more\/\" title=\"WEEKLY OVERVIEW \u2013 NXT (thru 2\/21): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15962,"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":[46,2,13,6075],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightarticles","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_nxt","category-weekly-overviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/04\/NXTLiveLogo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75538","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75543,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75538\/revisions\/75543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}