Zaria pleads with Sol Ruca as the two make up. Zaria pushes SR onto table (missing the other one) as Zaria wins. Zaria vs. SR is admittedly the most invested I've been in an NXT match in a while. One has to wonder if this thread gets picked up later. Zaria's likely main-roster sometime. #WWE #WWENXT
Sol Ruca gets back up. Zaria has a Slim Jim table set up. SR suplexing. SR moves the table but Zaria recovers & sets up another table. SR uses a piece of the desk as a weapon. SR is on the balcony. Zaria is soon on the balcony. Zaria is springboard Sol Snatched. The 2 fight & kick. #WWE #WWENXT
Sol Ruca is technically now (Raw), which I forgot to mention. SR spears Zaria through balcony. There is actually a camera inside the balcony this time. Zaria stands up at 9. Zaria & SR fight in crowd. The NXT Announce Desk area sees SR & Zaria fight, & Zaria F5s SR to "holy shit" chants #WWE #WWENXT
Robert Stone talks to Tony D'Angelo. Keanu Carver isn't the next NXT Championship challenger, but D'Angelo has been warned. Zaria vs. Sol Ruca is the main event, Last Woman Standing. No preamble this match. Zaria chokes SR out with cable wire. Trash can lid is a buffer. SR kendos Zaria. #WWE #WWENXT
EK Prosper wants a rematch. Dorian Van Dux sets up a match as Prosper & Dux take on BirthRight members. NXT Chronicle focuses on Kendal Grey talking about amateur wrestling in Las Vegas against guys. She got hit by a foul ball & a dog bit her lip off. Ricky Saints* beats up Shiloh Hill. #WWE #WWENXT
Lola Vice says "those woman" in plural. Vice is ready to be the "realest" champion in NXT. Izzi Dame (The Culling) is booed. Dame's watching & learning for the mistakes Vice will make. Dame's gonna rip Vice apart. Vice thinks Dame is hesitating. The Culling is 2 steps ahead & shows how. #WWE #WWENXT
Cemetery Drive hit by Tatum Paxley on Blake Monroe and her diamonds. Paxley closes the casket to retain the NXT Women's North American Championship. Jackson Drake talks to a female corpse dissector. Shiloh Hill's AI bot won't stop Vanity Project shenanigans. Lola Vice makes audience ola #WWE #WWENXT
Both Tatum Paxley & Blake Monroe enter the casket. Paxley & Monroe fight on casket before Paxley Spanish Flies Monroe off it. Monroe assumes she won the Women's North American Championship, but the fake NA Championship gets in the way. Monroe uses belt as a weapon before diamond time. #WWE #WWENXT
Tatum's Dollhouse is brought out as a weapon. Blake Monroe kicks Tatum Paxley into the Dollhouse. Monroe attempts to wear Paxley down, whipping Paxley into the Dollhouse. Monroe with suplex, WWE making sure you associate Casket Matches with Panda Express. Paxley performs a German suplex #WWE #WWENXT
Vanity Project deals with being ghosted. Rebound happens fairly quickly for Jackson Drake. Saquon Shugars secures a rematch...for himself re: the NXT North American Championship vs. Myles Borne. Tatum Paxley (C) vs. Blake Monroe now for the NXT Women's NA title in a Casket Match. #WWE #WWENXT
EK Prosper vs. Lexis King (BirthRight), WWE Speed Tournament Final, which due to Elio LeFleur's injury means it's also for the WWE Speed Championship. BirthRight with early interference. King eats apron the diagonal way. Arianna Grace slaps EK Prosper. Distraction, Coronation, King wins #WWE #WWENXT
Joe Hendry fallaway slams Keanu Carver. Carver with clothesline & spinebuster before punching Hendry enough to stop the match. Carver is winner after referee stoppage. NXT Spotlight focuses on the debut next week of Lizzy Rain. She likes metal. She's Rayne Leverkusen from the UK scene. #WWE #WWENXT
Blake Monroe shoos off Vanity Project ahead of her Casket Match later tonight with Tatum Paxley. Saquon Shugars pursues convincing Robert Stone about another match while Shiloh Hill talks about the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Joe Hendry vs. Keanu Carver. Carver wears down JH. #WWE #WWENXT
Dion Lennox kicks steps before tossing Myles Borne into them. No 3 for Lennox. Sit-down powerbomb? from Lennox, no 3. Vic Joseph brings up Booker T in Misfits in Action for SOME reason. Lennox with superplex, Borne stops cover. Saquon Shugars with distraction. Borne Again, Borne retains #WWE #WWENXT
Myles Borne (C) vs. Dion Lennox (DarkState) for the NXT North American Championship is 1st match for Revenge Night 2. DarkState eventually see their opening on Borne as Lennox whips Borne onto the ring structure. DarkState continue to use numbers advantage. RIP Booker T's "Can Man" bit. #WWE #WWENXT
Roman Reigns Spears CM Punk twice. Reigns is the new World Heavyweight Champion. Better match than I expected, honestly. WM milking the Reigns celebration. WrestleMania Night 2 felt shorter than its 3 hour, 30 minute run-time would indicate. Surprising restraint in no cheap debuts #WWE #WrestleMania
CM Punk headbutts Roman Reigns. "Old-school Hagler/Hearns" by Michael Cole, as opposed to the new-school Hagler/Hearns. Yambag maintenance into Go2Sleep fails for Punk. Punk elbows Reigns through the WWE English Announce Desk. Reigns Profanity is censored. GTS, but Punk collapses. #WWE #WrestleMania
Roman Reigns attempts a Go2Sleep but is stopped. CM Punk loads up the fist for a Superman Punch on Reigns, no 3. Anaconda Vice by Punk on Reigns. Reigns smartly punches Punk's face. Guillotine choke by Reigns on Punk. The Ula Fala is brushed to a corner. Chops are now thrown. #WWE #WrestleMania
CM Punk is hurled onto the WWE Spanish Announce Desk. Papers stick to Punk. Punk with the Go2Sleep on Roman Reigns. Reigns Spears Punk, no 3. Punk is by now bleeding but camera cuts blunt it. Michael Cole says "unhuman". That'll get a Grammar Slam. Reigns with GTS motions to Punk. #WWE #WrestleMania
Running knee by CM Punk. Punk mocks Reigns' pose while Reigns is on WWE Spanish Announce Table. On English table, Punk is told off by the referee before Punk fails to deliver an elbow. Superman Punches by Reigns to Punk while Punk is in a tree of woe (I think). Reigns clears table #WWE #WrestleMania
CM Punk sits in the front row in a possum-play. Gotta make those keepsake chairs visible for auction. Roman Reigns tosses Punk from table to floor. Roman Reigns says "it ain't promo day" in an in-match promo. Punk attempts a GTS and is ring-posted. Superman Punch by Reigns, no 3. #WWE #WrestleMania
CM Punk's jacket has names of 3 deceased WWE personnel on side, & a crown on the back representing Harley Race. Roman Reigns & Punk trade shit-eating grins. Punk puts Reigns in a headlock. Lots of trash-talking & an International. Reigns & Punk making up for Announce Desk absence. #WWE #WrestleMania
CM Punk (C) vs. Roman Reigns, World Heavyweight Championship. Reigns' "I Am Greatness" theme is given a prelude, though the instrument-playing looks mimed to me. Surprisingly, the trend of the challenger coming out second isn't observed 'cause Punk has a historical video package. #WWE #WrestleMania
*I'm aware commentary referred to them as midgets, but grammarhausen was not practicehausened. Main event commentary team is cursed. #WWE #WrestleMania
Kit Wilson & The Miz see Wilson get dog-piled by the Littlehausens, while Danhausen Five Knuckle Shufflehausens & yambaghausens The Miz. I think Danhausen legit made John Cena lose a Try Not to Laugh challengehausen. It still means the main event starts 2.5 hours in...hausen. #WWE #WrestleMania
*sorry, reactionhausen #WWE #WrestleMania
John Cena back to announce Night 2's attendance: 55,255. WWE graphics don't bother to spell Allegiant Stadium night. The Miz comes out wanting a WrestleMania moment. Danhausen appears on WM with Littlehausens as Danhausen comes out in the Danhausenmobile. Danhausen gets reaction.* #WWE #WrestleMania
B-Fab & Michin attempt to see who has better interference game. Silent Storm by Jade Cargill on Rhea Ripley, no 3. Iyo Sky backs up Ripley. Ripley headbutt, no Riptide. Polo kick by Cargill. Riptide, Rhea Ripley wins the WWE Women's Championship. Recap of Night 2 & Lesnar retiring #WWE #WrestleMania
Adam Weitsman is in guest attendance for Jade Cargill (C; SmackDown) vs. Rhea Ripley (Raw), WWE Women's Championship. Cargill with early offense. Commentary goes for a brain-fart as Ripley capoeira-kicks Cargill. The two trade slaps before Ripley kicks & face-plants Cargill. #WWE #WrestleMania