NXT TakeOver Stand and Deliver Night 1: Results, live updates and ratings

WrestleMania is a two-night extravaganza, so why cannot NXT TakeOver be one too? Stand and Ship, 2021’s WrestleMania-week NXT pay-per-view, is a two-night affair for the primary time ever. Night time 1 is presently airing on the USA Community and NBC’s Peacock, whereas Night time 2 will probably be unique to Peacock. That is Peacock, not the WWE Community.

The Io Shirai defending her NXT Girls’s Championship towards Raquel González headlines Night time 1, and there is additionally Walter versus Tommaso Ciampa to sit up for.

Examine again to this web page from 5 p.m. PT/eight p.m. ET, as I will be updating with outcomes and evaluation from NXT TakeOver: Stand and Ship Night time 1.

6-man gauntlet match

The gauntlet match for a shot on the North American Championship is up subsequent.

Isaiah “Swerve” Scott attacked Leon Ruff earlier than the match started, however Ruff bought the higher hand earlier than throwing Swerve again within the ring. The match then started as we come again from a industrial break. They wrestle a high-octance jiffy, together with a depraved flying cutter from Ruff to Scott off the announcer’s desk, earlier than the third man, Bronson Reed, enters the competition. The massive man muscle tissues down the 2 excessive fliers, culminating in a cool double german suplex on each. Cameron Grimes then enters because the fourth participant. 

Grimes and Scott type an alliance — after Grimes pays him off — they usually take out each Ruff and Reed. Ruff makes use of some superior acrobatics to flee Grimes’ clutches, however he cannot outrun each and is caught with a suplex by Scott. Scott then hits a pleasant pump kick on Reed on the skin. Then, as Dexter Lumis enters because the fifth competitor, Scott pinned Ruff following an unseen transfer from Grimes. Lumis then clears home, together with himself when he clothelines himself and Grimes outdoors of the ring and flies over the ropes within the course of. LA Night time then enters as the ultimate competitor.

Pete Dunn pins Kushida

The grudge match between Pete Dunn and Kushida opened the present. It was a incredible opener, with nice submission wrestling and comfortable strikes, and was received by Pete Dunn after he hit the Bitter Finish on Kushida.

It began scorching, with Kushida going for a flying armbar straight off the bat. That set the tone for a lot of the motion: These two have been attempting to out wrestle one another all through. There have been fixed submission makes an attempt, and submission counters. An excellent spot got here when Dunn tried a leaping Kimura lock on Kushida, just for Kushida to counter it with a Kimura of his personal. Later, Kushida tried the identical transfer on Dunn — a leaping Kimura, or in his case a Hoverboard Lock — however Dunn used his free hand to seize the ropes. Kushida then switched and attacked that arm with a Hoverboard Lock. Good spot.

It wasn’t simply submissions although, because it additionally included loads of hard-hitting pictures. Each males tried to weaken the opposite’s arms — since armlocks have been highly regarded on this bout — so comfortable kicks to elbows, arms and shoulders have been widespread. Dunn additionally used his joint manipulation assaults rather a lot, and there was some brawling on the doorway ramp that noticed Kushida nail a springboard elbow off the ropes.

The end got here after Dunn stomped each of Kushida’s arms. Kushida powered up and hit Dunn with a punch, however he was then surprised by this injured hand. Dunn then hit a Bitter Finish for the pin.

Score: 3.75 stars.