• ON THIS DAY IN WWE HISTORY (September 16, 2005) – WWE Friday Night SmackDown!
On this day in 2005, World Wrestling Entertainment aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWE Friday Night SmackDown!’.
It was broadcasted from the Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas and featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWE No Mercy 2005’ PPV.
Here’s the match-card:
– Booker T & Chris Benoit vs. Orlando Jordan & Christian
– Heidenreich & Road Warrior Animal vs. MNM
– Mr. Kennedy vs. Jacque Pilskin
– Rey Mysterio vs. JBL
– Batista vs. Nunzio
– The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton
• Complete AEW vs. NXT Results
Below are the results from tonight’s episode of WWE NXT on the USA Network:
– NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai def. Shotzi Blackheart
– A Battle Royal to crown the #1 Contender for the NXT Women’s Championship will take place on next week’s NXT
NEXT WEDNESDAY at 8/7c on @USA_Network: There will be a No. 1 Contender #BattleRoyal to determine who will challenge @shirai_io for the #WWENXT #WomensTitle! pic.twitter.com/2ElVrzJynU
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 17, 2020
– Tommaso Ciampa def. Desmond Troy (After the match, Jake Atlas said he will show Ciampa how dangerous he can be, next week)
– KUSHIDA def. Austin Theory
– Breezango (c) def. Imperium to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship
– Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter def. Xia Li & Jessi Kamea
– Drake Maverick & Killian Dain def. Undisputed Era via DQ after U.E. brought in a steel chair. Maverick & Dain cleared house, but Dain nailed Maverick with a sucker punch afterwards
– Tommaso Ciampa attacked Jake Atlas, and Kyle O’Reilly came to the rescue
– NXT General Manager William Regal announced the first-ever NXT Gauntlet Eliminator Match for next week, with the winner facing Finn Balor for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver on October 4th
#WWENXT's roster is too stacked to do a regular No. 1 Contender's match for @FinnBalor's #NXTTitle.
Let @RealKingRegal present to you the FIRST-EVER #GauntletEliminator Match: pic.twitter.com/1YSXMxS6I5
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 17, 2020
– Damian Priest (c) def. Timothy Thatcher to retain the NXT North American Championship
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