{"id":84023,"date":"2019-07-31T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=84023"},"modified":"2019-07-31T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T01:15:00","slug":"7-31-nxt-tv-report-strong-vs-dunne-reed-vs-grimes-surprise-return-two-womens-matches-at-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/07\/31\/7-31-nxt-tv-report-strong-vs-dunne-reed-vs-grimes-surprise-return-two-womens-matches-at-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/31 NXT TV Report: Strong vs. Dunne, Reed vs. Grimes, Surprise Return, Two Women&#8217;s Matches at TakeOver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3928854330\" 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 \/>\nJULY 24, 2019<br \/>\nTAPED IN ORLANDO, FL. AT FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY<br \/>\nSTREAMED ON WWE NETWORK<br \/>\nREPORT BY KELLY WELLS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Announcers: Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness and Beth Phoenix<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Opening credits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Tyler Breeze\u2019s music played as Mauro ran down how close Tyler came to winning the NXT North American championship. Ryker was out second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>(1) TYLER BREEZE vs. JAXSON RYKER<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ryker\u2019s goons were with him, of course. Blake and Cutler got in Tyler\u2019s face while Ryker did the usual pose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tyler moved in slowly. Collar-and-elbow and Ryker shoved Breeze to the corner. Repeat, and Ryker tossed Breeze across to the opposite corner. Breeze went behind for a headlock but Ryker tossed him off and kicked Breeze, who fought back with rights. Mudhole in the corner, but Ryker caught Breeze for a uranage. Forearm chops to the downed Breeze. Kicks and strikes in the corner. Running knee. Pendulum backbreaker in the middle of the ring for a short two. Chinlock, but Breeze fought to his feet and elbowed Ryker in the stomach but got hit with another backbreaker. Ryker kicked Breeze\u2019s head and implored him to fight back. High knee and dropkick out of nowhere by Breeze and he reversed a powerbomb into a rollup for a surprise three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WINNER: Breeze at 3:21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-The Forgotten Sons triple-teamed Breeze right after the match to boos. \u201cStay forgotten\u201d chant. Fandango made a genuinely surprising return and he fought off Blake and Cutler and tossed them from the ring. Breezango hit stereo superkicks on Ryker to toss him from the ring. Big hug for Breezango to a great reaction. Fandango\u2019s music played. He\u2019s in great shape.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-765385118\" 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><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Kelly\u2019s Analysis: This breathes life both into Breeze, who had been used to enhance thus far, and the tag division. Great to see Fandango back and it will be interesting to see how much more serious the Breezango act looks on NXT)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Rundown of Shirai-Catanzaro with the Candace LeRae run-in last week. Outside at present, LeRae paced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Snippet of NXT TakeOver\u2019s official theme, a song from Slipknot that sounds like all the others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>(2) BRONSON REED vs. CAMERON GRIMES &#8211; Breakout Tournament Semifinal Match<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reed was introduced first to a good reaction. More tepid crowd reaction for Grimes, who will be the heel here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tie-up heads to the turnbuckle where Reed overpowers Grimes but Grimes shoves him off. Reed hits a waistlock and slams Grimes. Headlock from Grimes but Reed escapes, shoulderblocks Grimes and hits a headlock. Grimes stomps Reed\u2019s feet to escape and hits his own headlock. Reed lifts Grimes but he flips over Reed\u2019s back to escape, but Reed took him down with a back elbow. Reed slapped Grimes in the corner and beat him down to the outside. Grimes bailed and Reed followed, and got hit with the basement dropkick as he chased Grimes into the ring. Grimes hit a dropkick and lariat for two. Armlock but Reed fights up and fights off a dropkick. Armbar by Grimes and strikes won\u2019t take Reed down. Powerslam by Reed. Bionic elbows. Splash in the corner by Reed followed by a Samoan Drop. Senton. Two count but Grimes gets a foot on the rope. Grimes uses the ropes to avoid Reed and yanks Reed into the ropes, and the two trade blows in the center of the ring. Both guys go off the ropes and Grimes hits a high knee for the win, a bit out of nowhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WINNER: Grimes at 5:55.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Kelly\u2019s Analysis: That was a lot shorter than I expected. The final wasn\u2019t worked on the taping, so until I hear differently I\u2019m going to assume it goes on the post-TakeOver episode of NXT. Grimes-Myles is a few steps away from what I guessed at the beginning, but I think this is a straightforward finish and Grimes takes down Myles to win the tournament)<\/span><\/i><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2068144748\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Hype for Cole-Gargano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-An interviewer asked Matt Riddle what he made of Killian Dain\u2019s attack. Riddle said Dain needs to meet him in the ring. They\u2019ll meet next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Kelly\u2019s Analysis: Not at TakeOver? Wow)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Shayna Baszler strode to the ring angrily (more so than usual). \u201cMia Yim &#8211; you went over there and delivered a message. Well, I got it.\u201d Shayna took Yim to task for attacking Shafir and Duke from behind. This isn\u2019t a street or a back alley &#8211; it\u2019s the biggest stage of Yim\u2019s career. Shayna says she\u2019s going to put Yim to sleep, because street rats don\u2019t survive very long in her world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yim interrupted and stepped out to the ramp. She asked if Shayna was scared. She asked what happened to Jessamyn and Marina. She says game recognizes game and Shayna\u2019s looking real unfamiliar right now. She says she has nothing to lose and everything to gain, so \u201cthis street rat\u201d will bring something Shayna can\u2019t prepare for. Shayna says that under the lights, everyone will see that Yim is nothing but street trash. She held up her championship belt as Yim jawed at her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Candace LeRae met William Regal outside. LeRae demanded a match at TakeOver with Io Shirai, and Regal said he doesn\u2019t blame her, and he gave her the match. That\u2019ll be two women\u2019s matches on TakeOver for the first time in a long while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Kelly\u2019s Analysis: Given the near-total lack of in-ring TV time for the women these past few weeks, it\u2019ll be novel to see them in two TakeOver matches. Both have become hot feuds and have earned their places on the card)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Nigel mentioned the Street Profits &#8211; Undisputed Era match coming up at TakeOver: Toronto. There will be a contract signing next week. That could actually be entertaining given the personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-Roderick Strong was introduced first for the main event with (probably) a good bit of time left on the broadcast. Pete Dunne followed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>(3) PETE DUNNE vs. RODERICK STRONG<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grappling in the center to open. Neither could get the upper hand. Roddy grabbed a headlock but Dunne worked out of it by manipulating Strong\u2019s fingers. Strong fought to the ropes to break the hold. High kick to Dunne and Strong beat Dunne down with punches. Chops were traded in the corner. Strong takes down Dunne and stomped him down. Reset and they both ran the ropes until Dunne clotheslined Strong. Dunne put down the arm of Strong and leaped down on it. Dunne went for it again and instead hit a PK on Strong\u2019s arm. Dunne went up to the corner for a moonsault but Strong chased and took him down with a backbreaker. Strong kicked Dunne in the head and broke Dunne\u2019s back over his knee for two. Dunne fought to the ropes and Strong yanked Dunne\u2019s hair over the ropes. Strong continued beating down Dunne as Mauro stressed that TakeOver would be a different story with a third competitor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dunne got to his feet and tried to chop down Strong with kicks but Strong hit a dropkick for two. Chops in the corner by Strong again and Dunne tried to get back in it but ended up downed in the corner again. Both guys went up to the turnbuckle and Dunne blocked a superplex and threw Strong down, then hit a missile dropkick. Both guys recovered at the eight minute mark. Step-up enzuigiri and a PK by Dunne for two. Stiff kicks by Dunne and a powerbomb for two. Strong bailed. Dunne went up but Strong yanked Dunne to the apron to stymie Dunne completely. Back in for two and Strong gets frustrated. Strong hits a kneelift and strikes to Dunne and a high knee in the corner. Backbreaker for a long two. Strong took his time to follow up and he hit a couple of forearm smashes but Dunne hit an enzuigiri. Olympic Slam by Strong but Dunne quickly responded with a DDT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both guys fought to their feet in the center of the ring. Chops and strikes by Strong. Dunne fought back in kind. Stomps to the downed Strong\u2019s chest. Dunne went up but Strong went up after him. Dunne booted him in the face until he went down but Strong chopped down Dunne with a kick to the leg. Strong followed Dunne up the turnbuckle and went for a superplex but Dunne hit a sunset flip powerbomb but Strong\u2019s back landed on Dunne\u2019s knees. Eeg. Tiger Driver by Strong for two. Strong went for the Stronghold but Dunne kicked Strong in the face to stay alive. Dunne reversed and tore Strong\u2019s fingers apart for an immediate submission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WINNER: Dunne at 15:48.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">-After the match, Velveteen Dream snuck into the ring behind Dunne and acted like he was going to hit Dunne with the belt. Strong said it was his title. \u201cTriple threat\u201d chant by the crowd, who didn\u2019t know yet that the match was booked on TV by this time. Dream put up a finger in the air to taunt Dunne, but he split the fingers and hit the Bitter End. Dunne stood tall as the show came to a close. Mauro pimped TakeOver: Toronto as the show faded out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Kelly\u2019s Analysis: Using history as a guide, Dunne standing tall at the end here suggests he has no chance in the triple threat. Excellent TV main event that eschewed highspots for a nice, stiff affair to whet our collective appetites for TakeOver. This episode did a great job of drumming up excitement for that show.)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>FINAL THOUGHTS: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What can remain as a go-home show after that? Good action leading to a gripping story about Undisputed Era and their quest for all the titles at TakeOver. Follow me on Instagram @spookymilk to keep up with my imminent board game release &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fundead: The Gravest Show on Earth<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1777239007\"><div id=\"pwtor-2607815461\"><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 JULY 24, 2019 TAPED IN ORLANDO, FL. 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