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Where?
The Cox Business Center Exhibit Hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the Orlando Armory.
What happened?
Tulsa
- No Way Jose def. Murphy
- Manny Andrade def. Chris Girard
- Bayley def. Eva Marie
- Austin Aries def. Tye Dillinger
- Asuka def. Alexa Bliss to retain the Women's title
- Shinsuke Nakamura def. Tyler Breeze
- American Alpha def. Sawyer Fulton & Alexander Wolfe to retain the Tag titles
- Samoa Joe def. Finn Bálor to retain his NXT championship
Orlando
- Nia Jax & Mandy Rose def. Aliyah & Daria Berenato
- Josh Woods def. Kishan Raftar
- In-ring interview with Shane Haste & Mikey Nichols of TMDK
- Elias Samson def. Cezar Bononi
- Tino Sabatelli def. Angelo Dawkins
- Patrick Clark def. Dan Matha
- Adrienne Reese def. Peyton Royce
- The Vaudevillains def. The Revival
What caught our eye?
Geno is now writing All Red Everything's introduction for Tom Philips:
.@natalieevamarie has @TomPhillipsWWE properly introduce the #RedQueen in #NXTTulsa pic.twitter.com/74DDcpqZh8
— WWE (@WWE) May 8, 2016
Asuka kneed Alexa in the face a lot, busting her open. Is it just me or does that woman get a lot of bloody noses?
WORLDSTAR
— King Of Pop Style (@CollegeDropout_) May 8, 2016
Asuka left Alexa leakin! #NXTTulsa pic.twitter.com/DAyCS2JMdN
When in Oklahoma, or, no heel turn yet:
FINNS IN LOW PLACES! #NXTTulsa #GarthBrooks pic.twitter.com/qrH68N5czt
— Mike Ray (@mikeray) May 8, 2016
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Great to see Aiden English & Simon Gotch in Florida (and maybe a bit of concession to the regulars upset about the television acts being on the road tour?), but why do all deposed tag champs immediately do so much losing (I know it's a house show in front of 300 people, but let me be a sad mark for a second).
What's next?
More split squad action on Thursday, May 12 as the big names go all the way to Seattle, and the Florida gang heads to Bartow.
Thanks to MaryAnn "GravenBabies" Mason for the header image!