{"id":78456,"date":"2019-04-20T21:14:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T02:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=78456"},"modified":"2019-04-20T21:14:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T02:14:53","slug":"weekly-overview-nxt-thru-4-18-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\/20\/weekly-overview-nxt-thru-4-18-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\/18): Top stories of week, major show lineups, live event results, schedule of live events, noteworthy social media posts, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1051818291\" 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>Two big matches were announced for NXT TV Wednesday. NXT Tag Team Champions War Raiders will take on Street Profits for the NXT Tag Team Titles. Also, NXT Champion Johnny Gargano will take on The Undisputed Era\u2019s Roderick Strong in a non-title match.<\/li>\n<li>The War Raiders made their main roster debut Monday night on Raw under a new name (The Viking Experience) and won an 8 man tag match alongside former NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival.<\/li>\n<li>Kairi Sane also made her main roster debut on Smackdown Live this week as part of a tag team with former NXT Champion Asuka. Sane gave her emotional goodbye to the NXT roster and fans last week.<\/li>\n<li>WWE officially announced the arrival of their three newest recruits to the performance center. Kushida, Shane Strickland, and Humberto Garza all reported this week and will be performing on Wednesday nights in the very near future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022NXT Live Event Results<\/h3>\n<p><strong>April 12 Largo, Fla.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nick Comoroto beat Samuel Shaw<\/li>\n<li>Vanessa Borne and Aliyah beat Lacey Lane and Kacey Catanzaro<\/li>\n<li>Danny Burch beat Elliot Sexton<\/li>\n<li>Jermaine Haley beat Eric Bugenhagen<\/li>\n<li>Babatunde, Jeff Lee, and Matt Parker beat Mansoor Al-Shehail, Rinku Singh, and Saurav Gurjar<\/li>\n<li>Albert Hardie Jr. beat Kona Reeves<\/li>\n<li>Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel beat Raul Mendoza and Humberto Carrillo<\/li>\n<li>Reina Gonzalez beat Rachel Evers<\/li>\n<li>Velveteen Dream beat Adam Cole and Matt Riddle to retain NXT North American Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Results courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/411mania.com\/wrestling\/nxt-live-event-results-from-largo-velveteen-dream-defends-in-triple-threat\/\">411mania.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 13 Sanford, Fla.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brenna Williams beat Jeet Singh<\/li>\n<li>Reina Gonzalez beat Kavita Devi<\/li>\n<li>Danny Burch beat Brendan Vick<\/li>\n<li>Riddick Moss, Luke Menzies, and Sam Shaw beat Jeff Parker, Albert Hardie Jr., and Matt Lee<\/li>\n<li>Punishment Martinez beat Trevor Lee<\/li>\n<li>Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke beat MJ Jenkins and Candice LeRae<\/li>\n<li>Velveteen Dream beat Dan Matha to retain NXT North American Championship<\/li>\n<li>KUSHIDA! and Matt Riddle beat The Undisputed Era<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Results courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/lordsofpain.net\/nxt-live-events-from-sanford-florida-4-13-19\/\">lordsofpain.net<\/a>)<\/p>\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 Live Events<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thursday 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><div id=\"pwtor-2481638017\" 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: 4\/17 NXT TV Report<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(1) Velveteen Dream beat Buddy Murphy by pinfall to retain NXT North American Championship (5:39 \u2013 20:35)<\/li>\n<li>Street Profits edition of Street Talk (25:18 \u2013 27:22)<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Gargano in ring promo (27:25 \u2013 35:10)<\/li>\n<li>Interrupted by The Undisputed Era (30:32)<\/li>\n<li>(2) Donovan Dijakovic beat Aaron Frye by pinfall (39:05 \u2013 39:18)<\/li>\n<li>Cathy Kelly interviews The Undisputed Era backstage (41:02 \u2013 42:22)<\/li>\n<li>(3) Shayna Basler beat Kairi Sane by DQ (49:49 \u2013 58:07)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Check out PWTorch\u2019s NXT TV Report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/04\/17\/4-10-nxt-tv-report-dream-murphy-dijakovic-baszler-sane\/\">HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u2022NXT in the media<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>WWE.com sat down with NXT Tag Team The Street Profits for a Q&amp;A this week. The Street Profits believe their time is now in NXT and want a title shot against the War Raiders (and that\u2019s exactly what they were granted on this weeks NXT TV episode). Is this a Q&amp;A with the next NXT Tag Team Champions??? Only time will tell. Check out the interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/article\/street-profits-we-want-our-nxt-tag-team-title-match\">HERE<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>MUST READ!!!! Amazing column on the WWE\u2019s performance center in Sports Business Journal this past week. Ever wonder what the top NXT starts make? Well, wonder no more in this in-depth look at what it takes to become a WWE superstar. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessdaily.com\/Journal\/Issues\/2019\/04\/15\/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies\/WWE.aspx\">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: 40px;\">In this episode, Kelly Wells and Tom Stoup ponder how bad &#8220;The Viking Experience&#8221; really is, get hyped about new title challengers, and cover a very bizarre dream about an aquatic Rikishi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t130527177\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">-On Tune In Radio <a href=\"http:\/\/tun.in\/ti3Za7\">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>Two. Weeks. I\u2019m predicting a Gargano, Kushida, Cole triple threat at TakeOver:Toronto.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The wait is almost over.<\/p>\n<p>@KUSHIDA_0904 will make his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWENXT<\/a> debut in 2 WEEKS! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWENXT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rHHBtq9xPi\">pic.twitter.com\/rHHBtq9xPi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1118676530467495937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Translation: It is a dream standing in the same ring as Asuka and Paige.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/KairiSaneWWE\/status\/1118473464648744960<\/p>\n<p>Bugenhagen took over Evolve. I need more Bugenhagen in my life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Social media Ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CandyCartwright?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CandyCartwright<\/a> catches up with @metalHAGEN before he rocks  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TAMPAOrpheum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TAMPAOrpheum<\/a> !!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9AicmGcyuE\">pic.twitter.com\/9AicmGcyuE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EVOLVE Wrestling (@WWNEVOLVE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWNEVOLVE\/status\/1117217903571537920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ok, Erik. Haha. God, I hate Vince and his ridiculous, unnecessary name changes.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1645808405\" 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RAW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/superstarshakeup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#superstarshakeup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wwe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wwe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wwenxt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wwenxt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vikingexperience?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#vikingexperience<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/moderndayvikings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#moderndayvikings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ourvikinglife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ourvikinglife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jointheraid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jointheraid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yJSfvNOwPs\">pic.twitter.com\/yJSfvNOwPs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erik (@Erik_WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Erik_WWE\/status\/1118330749088825344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 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>So many thoughts and comments coursing through my brain right now. Just a few questions that immediately jump out. Why have they not built up at least one tag team in the division over the last few months? Why did The Viking Experience (hahahahahahahaha) retain the NXT Tag Titles at TakeOver if they were immediately going to get called up? Why were they not wearing the NXT tag belts during their Raw appearance? Finally, why The VIKING EXPERIENCE?!?!? When nothing makes sense, there\u2019s only one answer: Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Please go away, Vince. Just. Go. Away.<\/li>\n<li>New opening for NXT TV, and it contains some new faces. Everyone featured in the opening should factor heavily in the new NXT landscape\u2026 Everyone except for maybe Bugenhagen.<\/li>\n<li>Phenomenal promo by Johnny Gargano this week on NXT TV. He looks mighty comfortable with that championship belt around his waist.<\/li>\n<li>R.I.P. Sanity. The WWE Creative team responsible for the main roster tag team division should be ashamed of themselves. Quick list of the NXT Tag Teams brought up over the last 4+ years that have been failed miserably by creative. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll be able to add The Viking Experience to this list in a few months.\n<ul>\n<li>Ascension<\/li>\n<li>Sanity<\/li>\n<li>Enzo and Cass<\/li>\n<li>American Alpha<\/li>\n<li>Vaudevillians<\/li>\n<li>Authors of Pain<\/li>\n<li>The Revival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>EC3 has to be questioning his decision to sign with WWE. Just another indictment on the WORST \u201ccreative\u201d team in professional wrestling right now.<\/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\/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\/\">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<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4034585184\"><div id=\"pwtor-2198825807\"><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\/20\/weekly-overview-nxt-thru-4-18-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\/18): 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-78456","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\/78456","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=78456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78463,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78456\/revisions\/78463"}],"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=78456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}