{"id":93698,"date":"2020-02-24T01:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T07:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=93698"},"modified":"2020-02-24T01:04:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T07:04:52","slug":"2-23-nxt-in-st-paul-minn-ciampa-dream-broserweights-vs-undisputed-era-keith-lee-vs-finn-balor-ciampa-celebrates-tenth-anniversary-of-nxt-singing-happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/02\/24\/2-23-nxt-in-st-paul-minn-ciampa-dream-broserweights-vs-undisputed-era-keith-lee-vs-finn-balor-ciampa-celebrates-tenth-anniversary-of-nxt-singing-happy-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/23 NXT in St. Paul, Minn..: Ciampa, Dream &#038; Broserweights vs. Undisputed Era, Keith Lee vs. Finn Balor, Ciampa celebrates Tenth Anniversary of NXT singing Happy Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3466050998\" 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 REPORT<br \/>\nFEBRUARY 23, 2020<br \/>\nST. PAUL, MINN.<br \/>\nREPORT BY KELLY WELLS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please send results with details on the matches, crowd reactions, and attendance to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Estimated Attendance: 1,500 (venue holds around 4,000).<\/p>\n<p>Tonight I caught the NXT show at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. I was fortunate enough to sit ringside, so check out some shots I took on twitter @spookymilk.<\/p>\n<p>(1) Dominik Dijakovic defeated Damian Priest in 8:00.\u00a0The match started with Dijakovic dominating with headlocks for a few minutes. One fan yelled \u201cboring\u201d and Dijakovic yelled back \u201cyou\u2019re boring.\u201d Priest repeatedly said \u201cOw\u201d and \u201clet go\u201d when he was in a headlock. Dijakovic won after Feast Your Eyes. Good reception for both guys.<\/p>\n<p>-Before the next match, a Rik Bugez vignette played on the tron. It was a local spot, shot outdoors. Bugez said he was comfortable in the cold, as a midwestern boy himself. The camera panned down as he reached for a snowball, and he wasn\u2019t wearing pants; he was wearing black briefs.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Bianca Belair defeated Kayden Carter in 7:00.\u00a0Strong face reaction for Bianca, who played with the crowd well. Largely a squash, other than a couple of brief hope spots for Kayden, and Bianca showed out with her power throughout the match.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Dexter Lumis defeated Rik Bugez in 6:00.\u00a0Lumis continues to play the dead-eyed creep he was portraying during the Breakout Tournament. Lumis rolled up Bugez with a handful of tights to win in six minutes. After the match, Bugez went to the ring and called ring announcer Alicia Taylor to the ring. She hesitated, but joined him and they both did air guitar. Bugez convinced referee Drake Wuertz to do the same, and they made a little air band in the ring to a good reaction (Wuertz transitioned to air drums after a moment.)<\/p>\n<p>(4) Dakota Kai &amp; Raquel Gonzalez defeated Mia Yim &amp; Tegan Nox in 11:00.\u00a0Very good action &#8211; best of the night to this point &#8211; with Kai pinning Yim after outside interference from Gonzalez in about eleven minutes. Kai jawed with the crowd a lot, responding to someone demanding she use the tag ropes with \u201cno, you guys, it\u2019s fine.\u201d Spirited work by all four.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3424870052\" 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>(5) Finn Balor defeated NXT North American Champion Keith Lee by DQ in 13:00.\u00a0Biggest pops to this point, of course, were for these two (though Bianca\u2019s was also strong). There was a ref bump and Finn hit Lee with a low blow. Dominik Dijakovic hit the ring and laid out Balor to a mixed reaction. The ref saw the attack and awarded Finn the match by DQ in about thirteen minutes. After Finn cleared out, Dijakovic got the North American Championship and slowly held it out to Lee. Lee looked long at Dominik before taking it. They fist-bumped and the show went to intermission. The featured merch items on the show were autographed photos of Finn Balor, Matt Riddle and Undisputed Era. Upon return from intermission, she handed one signed photo each to fans at ringside who were wearing the corresponding talents\u2019 shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Intermission.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Kushida defeated Cameron Grimes via tapout in 7:00.\u00a0Kushida and Grimes naturally spent a long portion of the match exchanging counters. Kushida wore Grimes\u2019s hat for part of the match, spurring a \u201cput the hat on\u201d chant after he took it off, which a fan responded to with \u201cfocus on winning.\u201d Kushida got Grimes to tapout with his Hoverboard.<\/p>\n<p>(7) NXT Women\u2019s Champion Rhea Ripley defeated Chelsea Green (w\/Robert Stone) in 6:00.\u00a0Stone got some mic time on the way to the ring, to solid heat. A fan near me baited in Stone by claiming while Rhea dominated that the ref was crooked. Stone leaned in and said \u201cI like where your head\u2019s at. Let\u2019s talk\u201d and gave him a business card, which sent our section into laughter. Green stayed in it via Stone shenanigans, but after the ref tossed Stone it was just moments before Rhea hit Riptide for the win.<\/p>\n<p>(8) Tommaso Ciampa &amp; Velveteen Dream &amp; The Broserweights defeated The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole &amp; Kyle O&#8217;Reilly &amp; Bobby Fish &amp; Roderick Strong) in 19:00.\u00a0Match of the night. Ciampa finished Fish to win as the other UE members were held at bay by the rest of the faces. Big reactions for all participants. No single person had to spend a ton of time in the ring, though Pete Dunne ended up playing face in peril for a heat segment before a hot tag to Riddle.<\/p>\n<p>-After the match, Tommaso Ciampa mentioned that this was the exact ten year anniversary of NXT, a fact that wasn\u2019t promoted at all and was news to us in the crowd. Ciampa led the crowd in a rendition of \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to NXT so the video could be sent to Triple H.\u00a0Ciampa also called out a cousin of his in the front row and had the fans cheer her name before heading out to talk with her and her friends. Ciampa, Riddle, and Dunne stayed for a good while at ringside, posing for selfies and bumping fists (a fistbump from a fired-up Pete Dunne will stay with you for a while). Ciampa spent a long time talking with a young kid who said he was his favorite wrestler. Every time I see Ciampa at a live event, it verifies why he\u2019s so trusted at the top of NXT.\u00a0I\u2019ve been to four NXT shows at this venue, and this one was by far the best top to bottom.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please send results with details on the matches, crowd reactions, and attendance to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. 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