{"id":78085,"date":"2019-04-12T16:03:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=78085"},"modified":"2019-04-12T16:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:03:18","slug":"weekly-overview-nxt-thru-4-11-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\/04\/12\/weekly-overview-nxt-thru-4-11-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 4\/11): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-438943158\" 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>Johnny Gargano is your new NXT Men\u2019s Champion after he defeated Adam Cole in a two out of three falls match at NXT TakeOver:New York. Where the title picture goes from here is anyone\u2019s guess but I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll be one hell of a ride.<\/li>\n<li>Two big matches were announced for NXT TV next week. The first match is NXT North American Champion Velveteen Dream, coming off a successful title defense against Matt Riddle at NXT Takeover:New York, taking on former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy. Murphy lost his Cruiserweight Championship at WrestleMania to Tony Nese.<\/li>\n<li>The other big match announced for next week is NXT Women\u2019s Champion Shayna Baszler defending her title against Kairi Sane. The stipulation to this match is that if Sane loses, she can never challenge for the NXT Championship again.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve known for a long time but WWE made it official with a post on their twitter account that Kushida has signed and will be under the NXT umbrella. Dream matches await.<\/li>\n<li>The Worlds Collide matches will take place this Sunday on the WWE Network featuring wrestlers from NXT, NXT UK, CruiserWeight, and the main roster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022NXT Live Event Results<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NXT TAKEOVER:NEW YORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The War Raiders beat Aleister Black and Ricochet to retain NXT Tag Team Championships<\/li>\n<li>Velveteen Dream beat Matt Riddle to retain NXT North American Championship<\/li>\n<li>Walter beat Pete Dunn to become NEW NXT UK Men\u2019s Champion<\/li>\n<li>Shayna Baszler beat Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, and Kairi Sane to retain NXT Women\u2019s Championship<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Gargano beat Adam Cole to become NEW NXT Men\u2019s Champion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Upcoming Major Show Line-up: NXT TakeOver San Jose<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NXT TakeOver San Jose<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>June 8, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>San Jose, Cal. (Event Center Arena)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Projected Lineup:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shayna Baszler (NXT Women\u2019s Champion) vs. ?<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Gargano (NXT Men\u2019s Champion) vs. ?<\/li>\n<li>Velveteen Dream (NXT North American Champion) vs. ?<\/li>\n<li>The War Raiders (NXT Tag Team Champions) vs. ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Upcoming Events<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Friday Apr. 12 \u2013 Minnreg Hall (Largo, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday Apr. 13 \u2013 Sanford Civic Center (Sanford, Fla.)<br \/>\nThursday Apr. 18 \u2013 Lakeland Armory (Lakeland, Fla.)<br \/>\nFriday Apr. 19 \u2013 Maxwell Snyder Armory (Jacksonville, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday Apr. 20 \u2013 University Area CDC Gymnasium (Tampa, Fla.)<br \/>\nThursday Apr. 25 \u2013 Orlando Live Events (Casselberry, Fla.)<br \/>\nThursday Apr. 25 \u2013 Ralston Arena (Omaha, Neb.)<br \/>\nFriday Apr. 26 \u2013 Rivercenter (Davenport, Iowa)<br \/>\nSaturday Apr. 27 \u2013 Turner Hall Ballroom (Milwaukee, Wis.)<br \/>\nSaturday Apr. 27 \u2013 Dade City Armory (Dade City, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday April. 28 \u2013 Roy Wilkins Auditorium (St. Paul, Minn.)<br \/>\nFriday May 3 \u2013 Palm Beach County Convention Center (West Palm Beach, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday May 4 \u2013 Havert L. Fenn Center (Fort Pierce, Fla.)<br \/>\nFriday May 10 \u2013 Highlands Today Center (Sebring, Fla.)<br \/>\nThursday May 16 \u2013 Sands Event Center (Bethlehem, Penn.) JUST ADDED<br \/>\nFriday May 17 \u2013 The Fillmore Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Penn.) JUST ADDED<br \/>\nFriday May 17 \u2013 St. Petersburg Armory (St. Petersburg, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday May 18 \u2013 APG Federal Credit Union Arena (Baltimore, Md.) JUST ADDED<br \/>\nSunday May 19 \u2013 Asbury Park Convention Hall (Asbury Park, New Jersey) JUST ADDED<br \/>\nThursday May 23 \u2013 Bartow Armory (Bartow, Fla.)<br \/>\nFriday May 24 \u2013 Fieldhouse at Watsco Center (Coral Gables, Fla.)<br \/>\nSaturday June 8 \u2013 NXT TAKEOVER:SAN JOSE (San Jose, Cal.)<br \/>\nSaturday June 29 \u2013 Venice Community Center (Venice, Fla.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Latest TV Highlights: 4\/3 NXT TV Report<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(1) Candice LeRae beat Aliyah by pinfall (4:31 \u2013 8:56)<\/li>\n<li>Kushida contract signing (15:20 \u2013 16:45)<\/li>\n<li>(2) Jaxson Ryker beat Danny Burch by pinfall (19:44 \u2013 23:13)<\/li>\n<li>(3) Street Profits beat European Union (Aichner and Barthel) by pinfall (41:00 \u2013 47:00)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Check out PWTorch\u2019s NXT TV Report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/10\/4-10-nxt-tv-report-recaps-street-profits-vs-aichner-barthel-burch-vs-ryker-larae-vs-aliyah\/\">HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022NXT in the media<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mr. \u201cI\u2019ll never do podcasts\u201d Tommaso Ciampa actually sat down with Edge and Christian for Edge and Christian\u2019s Podcast of Awesomeness. When describing his idea for him and Johnny to wrestle in the inaugural Cruiserweight tournament (which was their first head to head match under the WWE\/NXT umbrella), \u201cI just put ideas out into the universe and see what happens with them, I pitched the idea to Triple H and he went along with it.\u201d Must listen for NXT fans. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westwoodonepodcasts.com\/pods\/ecs-pod-of-awesomeness\/\">LINK<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A trio of NXT Superstars were featured on WWE\u2019s Table for 3 program this week. Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, and Ricochet all sat down for a meal to discuss life on the road, their wrestling beginnings, and much more. If you have the WWE Network, which I\u2019m assuming you all do, you have to check it out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Latest NXT Podcast \u2013 \u201cPWT Talks NXT\u201d PWTorch Livecast<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In this episode of PWT Talks NXT, Kelly Wells and Justin James consider new challengers to Gargano, look forward to Buddy Murphy&#8217;s challenge of Velveteen Dream, debate the height of the Forgotten Sons, and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t130309488\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">-On Tune In Radio <a href=\"http:\/\/tun.in\/ti24x0\">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><div id=\"pwtor-578265219\" 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>\u2022Top NXT Tweets of the Week<\/h3>\n<p>Ciampa Tweet of the week (I\u2019m not crying\u2026you\u2019re crying)<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProjectCiampa\/status\/1114651007152209921<\/p>\n<p>Twitter beefs that lead to A+ matches are ok in my book.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/VelveteenWWE\/status\/1115684863389122561<\/p>\n<p>Please, next year\u2026please make it happen, WWE.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperKingofBros\/status\/1115372579135610880<\/p>\n<p>He has arrived and the anticipation is building.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After making his name known around the world, @KUSHIDA_0904 has officially signed with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWENXT<\/a>. Go behind the scenes of his contract signing with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TripleH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TripleH<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKingRegal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealKingRegal<\/a>, and hear Kushida&#39;s reaction to joining NXT.<\/p>\n<p>FULL VIDEO LINK: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FVw3QppZYt\">https:\/\/t.co\/FVw3QppZYt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mqbuY85YD8\">pic.twitter.com\/mqbuY85YD8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE Recruit (@WWERecruit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWERecruit\/status\/1114578265086287872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022Thoughts and Comments<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What. A. TakeOver. I ranked it as the best TakeOver to date. Just a ton of star power, and I love how completely different each match was. Kudos as always to NXT, the best damn wrestling brand in the world.<\/li>\n<li>Where does Adam Cole and the Undisputed Era go from here? I\u2019m begging WWE to not just have Michael Cole utter the words, \u201cThe Undisputed Era will be joining SmackDown Live\u201d with a stupid graphic on the TV. They deserve better. I mean, in a tag team division with Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins as tag team champions, I\u2019d think the Undisputed Era might have a lot to offer. I have absolutely no faith the main roster will treat them right.<\/li>\n<li>Can they just send Sasha Banks back to NXT already? There were rumors circulating this week that she almost quit WWE after finding out there was a last minute change to take the women\u2019s tag team titles off her and Bayley. I don\u2019t blame Sasha at all for this. Vince McMahon has made a habit of changing plans last minute and it is NEVER a good idea. If Sasha was told that she and Bayley were going to get a good run with the titles and they had her appearing on NXT saying they were going to defend them everywhere to just have them ripped away from her for no good reason, then shame on Vince. Send her back to NXT where there are no legitimate challengers for Baszler\u2019s NXT Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Velveteen Dream and Matt Riddle put on a psychological classic at TakeOver. I\u2019m such a mark for Velveteen\u2019s Hulk Hogan impression; I legit get giddy every time he does it. Never change, Dream, never change.<\/li>\n<li>Who\u2019s stepping up to challenge War Raiders for the tag team titles? NXT did such a disservice to the tag team division by allowing Aleister Black and Ricochet to win the Dusty and face War Raiders at TakeOver. They basically pushed all other tag teams aside for an exhibition match. Not smart.<\/li>\n<li>With Black and Ricochet officially off the NXT roster, there are only a handful of top men\u2019s single competitors to challenge for two titles. In no particular order, you have Matt Riddle, Adam Cole, Keith Lee, Donovan Dijakovic, and Kushida as top tier singles competitors. Not a lot of depth, and NXT either must build some new talents up or borrow from the main roster ranks (i.e. Buddy Murphy). Seems like a good time for the Bruiserweight to take his rightful place at the top of the NXT mountain.<\/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><div id=\"pwtor-2551119277\" 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><strong>OR JUMP TO LAST WEEK\u2019S WWE OVERVIEW:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/06\/weekly-overview-nxt-thru-4-4-top-stories-of-week-major-show-lineups-live-event-results-schedule-of-live-events-noteworthy-social-media-posts-more\/\">WEEKLY OVERVIEW \u2013 NXT (thru 4\/4): 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-798598290\"><div id=\"pwtor-76803381\"><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\/04\/12\/weekly-overview-nxt-thru-4-11-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 4\/11): 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":[2,13,6075],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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\/78085","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=78085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78090,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78085\/revisions\/78090"}],"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=78085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}