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Where? The Palatka Armory
What happened?
- Mojo Rawley defeated Alex Riley
- Angelo Dawkins defeated Patrick Clark
- Liv Morgan defeated Aliyah
- Tye Dillinger defeated Kenneth Crawford
- American Alpha defeated Alexander Wolfe & Sawyer Fulton
- Chris Atkins interview
- Levis Valenzuela defeated Steve Cutler
- Manny Andrade defeated Riddick Moss
- Bayley vs. Asuka vs. Peyton Royce vs. Billie Kay in a fourway elimination match ends in a no contest after Royce & Kay are eliminated and re-enter to attack
What caught our eye? Obviously, the way they're building to Asuka & Bayley's inevitable showdown, even in front of 100 people on a Friday night. According to JJ Williams' report for the Observer, the Hugster pinned Royce and the Empress of Tomorrow submitted Kay, then the champ and presumptive challenger looked great locking it up for a few minutes before the heels ran back in and protected both of them with the NC. The faces chased them off, and then Asuka backed away from a staredown so the Hugster could do her thing and send everyone home happy.
Atkins is an Australian bodybuilder, who told Alex Reyes he plans to become not just NXT, but WWE champ:
There it is.My debut doing a promo in a @WWENXT ring.Felt amazing!Thanks #NXTPalatka and @JJWilliamsWON 4 the pic. pic.twitter.com/KlX8MBzKBy
— Chris Atkins (@chris89_WWE) March 12, 2016
Props to Dillinger for continuing to work his heel gimmick despite cheers. He reportedly turned on the crowd by complaining about the drive to Palatka from Orlando.
What's next? Tonight (Mar. 12) in Fort Pierce, Florida... for those who aren't running through the 6ix.