• Complete Results From Tonight’s NXT
– Kushida (c) vs. Roderick Strong for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship got canceled due to Kushida not being medically cleared. Strong issued an Open Challenge instead. Ilja Dragunov accepted.
– Ilja Dragunov def. Roderick Strong (Dragunov got busted open during the match. After the match, Ilja called out NXT UK Champion WALTER, but he didn’t come out.)
– Santos Escobar told NXT North American Champion Isaiah “Swerve” Scott to meet him in the parking lot alone if he wants his grill back. Swerve went, but it’s a trap and he got attacked by Legado Del Fantasma. Hit Row backed up Swerve and he takes back his grill.
– Cameron Grimes def. Josh Briggs (After the match, Million Dollar Champion LA Knight attacks Grimes)
– Zoey Stark thought her friendship with Io Shirai is improving. Io told Zoey that they are not friends and that she doesn’t like her. Io just wants to defend their NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles.
– InDex (Dexter Lumis & Indi Hartwell) def. Robert Stone & Jessi Kamea in a Mixed Tag Team Match (Indi proposed to Dexter Lumis after the match and he accepted)
– NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai had an exchange of words before their Title match at NXT TakeOver 36 this Sunday night.
– Carmelo Hayes def. Duke Hudson (It will be Odyssey Jones vs. Carmelo Hayes in the Finals of the Breakout Tournament)
– MSK (c) def. Imperium to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship (After the match, WALTER & Ilja Dragonuv got into a brawl, with WALTER left standing tall)
– Ridge Holland challenged Timothy Thatcher to a match for next week.
– NXT Champion Karrion Kross & Samoa Joe met face-to-face before their Title match at NXT TakeOver 36. They got into a brawl. Security tried to separate them, but they kept fighting and went through the barricade.
SECURITY BE DAMNED. #WWENXT @SamoaJoe @WWEKarrionKross pic.twitter.com/TKFELbmw0K
— WWE (@WWE) August 18, 2021
A teaser. #WWENXT #NXTTakeOver @WWEKarrionKross @SamoaJoe pic.twitter.com/kJBzGiz7Wr
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 18, 2021
You can't stop them. You can only hope to contain them.@WWEKarrionKross and @SamoaJoe are tearing the CWC apart ahead of #NXTTakeOver. #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/yveJnKYAQD
— WWE (@WWE) August 18, 2021
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• ON THIS DAY IN WRESTLING HISTORY (August 17, 1980) – AWA All-Star Wrestling
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on August 17, 1980, Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association aired an episode of their weekly TV Show ‘AWA All-Star Wrestling’.
The show featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments featuring several 1980 AWA Superstars.
Here’s the card:
Lights Out Match: The Crusher vs. Jerry Blackwel
Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura vs. Mad Dog Vachon & Super Destroyer Mark II
Greg Gagne vs. Bobby Heenan
Joyce Grable vs. Judy Martin
Dino Bravo vs. John Studd
Tito Santana vs. Buck Zumhofe
Steve Olsonoski vs. Chris Markoff
