Brand(s): NXT
Date: April 7, 2018
City: New Orleans, Louisiana
Venue: Smoothie King Center
Other on-screen personnel | |
Role: | Name: |
English commentators | Mauro Ranallo |
Nigel McGuinness | |
Percy Watson | |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Marcelo Rodríguez | |
Ring announcer | Mike Rome |
Referees | Tom Castor |
Drake Wuertz | |
Eddie Orengo | |
Darryl Sharma | |
Pre-show panel | Charly Caruso |
Sam Roberts | |
Pat McAfee |
Matches:
Ladder match for the inaugural NXT North American Championship: Adam Cole vs EC3 vs Killian Dain vs Lars Sullivan vs Ricochet vs Velveteen Dream. Winner: Adam Cole became the inaugural NXT North American Champion. Rating: Outstanding
Singles match for the NXT Women’s Championship: Ember Moon (c) vs Shayna Baszler. Winner: Shayna Baszler won the Championship by submission. Rating: Good
Triple threat tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship and Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic trophy:
The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly) (c) vs The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) vs Pete Dunne and Roderick Strong. Winner: The Undisputed Era retains the NXT Tag Team Championship after Roderick Strong turn heel on Pete Dunne. Rating: Good
Singles match for the NXT Championship: Andrade Cien Almas (c) (with Zelina Vega) vs Aleister Black. Winner: Aleister Black won the NXT Championship. Rating: Very Good
Main Event:
Unsanctioned match
Since Gargano won, he was reinstated to NXT. Johnny Gargano vs Tommaso Ciampa. Winner: Johnny Gargano won by submission. Rating: Excellent
Overall Show Grade: What A Amazing Show
Yes: inaugural NXT North American Championship Ladder match, NXT Championship Match between Andrade Cien Almas vs Aleister Black, Roderick Strong turning heel & the Excellent Main event.
No: NXT Women’s Championship match & the NXT Tag Team Championship match.