Hi and welcome back to the blog. It's a 2 for 1 special, I'll be recapping NXT and SmackDown. Let's begin with NXT right now.
NXT Recap
Tyler Breeze defeated Austin Theory in the opening match of the show.
Killian Dain defeated Tehuti Miles.
Cameron Grimes defeated Tony Nese.
Up next was a qualifying match, for the number one contenders ladder match for the women's championship. Aliyah vs. Xia Li. The match should've taken place but Xia Li was taken out backstage and wasn't medically cleared to compete. Io Shirai returned to take Li's place. The winner of this match was Io Shirai.
The North American Champion Keith Lee was up next to talk about recent events on NXT. Lee was interrupted by Dominik Dijakovik and then by Damien Priest. It seems to me that they are building up to a triple threat later down the road. Update: This match is official for this Wednesday.
Adam Cole was up next to celebrate being the longest reigning NXT Champion.
Tag team match time playas. Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch faced Shane Thorne and Brendan Vink. The winners via submission were Lorcan and Burch.
The other qualifying match for the number one contenders ladder match for the women's championship was Candace LaRae vs. Kayden Cross. The winner of this match was Candace LaRae.
The ladder match and other matches originally scheduled for TakeOver Tampa will now be shown on NXT TV over the coming weeks.
The last match on this episode was Matt Riddle vs. Roderick Strong. The winner of this match was Matt Riddle. After the match, Matt Riddle was attacked by an unknown tag team.
In the main event segment, Triple H addressed the situation between Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano. The Game announced that Ciampa and Gargano will face each other in two weeks. We then saw a vignette about Killer Kross which ended the show.
SmackDown Recap
SmackDown kicked things off with Sasha Banks and Bayley, they talked about the now fatal five way elimination match for the SmackDown Women's Championship. They were interrupted by Lacey Evans, Naomi and Tamina, Tamina stood tall at the end of this segment.
Drew Gulak vs. Shinsuke Nakamura was next. The stipulation was, if Gulak wins, Daniel Bryan receives an Intercontinental Championship Match at WrestleMania against Sami Zayn. The winner of this match was Drew Gulak. Daniel Bryan is going to WrestleMania.
Backstage, Otis tried to confront Dolph Ziggler but was stopped by officials. Ziggler challenged Otis to a match at WrestleMania.
Elias played a song about Corbin and was attacked by him afterwards. Elias was sent flying down to the floor.
In the second match of the night Alexa Bliss defeated Asuka.
They replayed Triple H vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship from WrestleMania 32.
Up next was a brand new episode of the Firefly Funhouse. During this episode Bray challenged John Cena to a Firefly Funhouse match at WrestleMania.
The main event was a tag team match playa. The New Day vs. The Usos. The winners will get an opportunity for the SmackDown Tag Team titles at WrestleMania. The was no winner of this match because Miz and Morrison beat up New Day and Usos.
Towards the end of the show, Michael Cole received news that Miz and Morrison will face New Day and Usos in a ladder match for the SmackDown Tag Titles at WrestleMania. That is it for the recaps. Hope you enjoyed, Until next time, thanks for reading.