NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Damian Priest (c) vs. Johnny Gargano
Winner: Damian Priest
KUSHIDA vs. The Velveteen Dream
Winner: Kushida
NXT CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Santos Escobar (c) vs. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
Winner: Santos Escobar
NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Io Shirai (c) vs. Candice LaRae
Winner: Io Shirai
– After the match, the music hits as Shirai recovers. We go to replays. Shirai raises the title in the middle of the ring now. NXT UK Superstar Toni Storm suddenly appears on the big screen and congratulates Shirai. Storm also wants to make sure Shirai and everyone else has their head on a swivel because as of right now, Storm is back in NXT. She promises to turn NXT upside down and inside out, and reminds everyone that NXT has, and always will be, Toni Time. She will see us soon. Shirai nods her head and gives a thumbs up to end the segment.
We see the mystery figure arrive to the building on a motorcycle, with the same interface we’ve seen over the past few weeks in the teaser promos. Shirai is shown watching in the ring. The mystery person enters the arena and stands on the stage as the lights come up. They remove their helmet and it’s Ember Moon, making her return to TV. She stares back at the ring and acknowledges the crowd as Shirai looks on to end the segment.
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Finn Balor (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly
– After the match, the crowd gets louder as the music hits. Balor, with blood also coming from his mouth now, snatches the NXT Title belt from the referee and stands tall. Balor puts the belt around his waist as we go to replays with the referee raising his arm. We come back from replays and Balor is approaching O’Reilly, who is still down in the corner. Balor extends his arm to help O’Reilly up and O’Reilly lets him. They do a show of respect as the “NXT!” chant breaks out. O’Reilly raises Balor’s arm in victory as they stand together.
We suddenly see Ridge Holland standing on the other side of the barrier, staring at O’Reilly and Balor. He has a knocked out Adam Cole over his shoulder. Balor and O’Reilly turn and see Holland standing there with Cole. Holland drops Cole over the barrier, to the floor at ringside. A furious Roderick Strong and Bobby Fish run down to check on Cole but Holland has disappeared. The 31st Takeover event goes off the air with Balor and The Undisputed Era tending to Cole at ringside, furious at Holland getting away.
The Rascalz vs. XXXL
Winners: The Rascalz
Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Meyers
Winner: Brian Meyers
Defeat Rohit Challenge For The X-Division Championship
Rohit Raju (c) vs. Willie Mack
Winner via count out: Willie Mack
Tenille Dashwood vs. Jordynne Grace
Winner: Tenille Dashwood
UNSACTIONED MATCH
Heath and Rhino vs. Reno Scum
Moose vs. Trey Miguel
Winner: Trey Miguel
Ace Austin vs. Josh Alexander vs. Karl Anderson vs. Alex Shelley
Winner: Josh Alexander
IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Susie
Winner and still Knockouts Champion: Deonna Purrazzo
IMPACT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Eric Young (c) vs. Eddie Edwards
Winner and still Impact Champion: Eric Young
DATE: October 4, 2020 at 7:00 PM ET (Preshow at 6:30 PM ET)
LOCATION: Full Sail, Winter Park, Florida
AVAILABLE ON:WWE Network (first month free for new subscribers)
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Finn Balor (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly
NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Io Shirai (c) vs. Candice LaRae
NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Damian Priest (c) vs. Johnny Gargano
NXT CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Santos Escobar (c) vs. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
KUSHIDA vs. The Velveteen Dream
DATE: October 3, 2020 at 8/7 C
AVAILABLE ON: IMPACT Plus
IMPACT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Eric Young (c) vs. Eddie Edwards
IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Susie
UNSACTIONED MATCH
Heath and Rhino vs. Reno Scum
Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Myers
Tenille Dashwood vs. Jordynne Grace
Who will answer the Defeat Rohit Challenge?
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX will air live from the Amway Center in Orlando, FL with fallout from last Sunday’s Clash of Champions pay-per-view.
WWE reportedly has tentative plans in place to move WrestleMania 37 from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
It was reported today by Gary Cassidy of Inside The Ropes that WWE has the plans in place for WrestleMania 37 to be held at the original location for WrestleMania 36, before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the event to be moved to the WWE Performance Center. The news was originally reported by Ringside News earlier this summer.
WrestleMania 37 was previously announced for Inglewood with the “WrestleMania: Hollywood” name.
There’s no word yet on why the location is being changed, but word is that WWE has “locked down” most of the buildings in the Tampa area for potential events to take place during WrestleMania 37 Weekend.
WrestleMania 37 is scheduled to take place on March 28, 2021.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
The October 23 WWE SmackDown on FOX episode is scheduled to be preempted due to Game 3 of the MLB World Series. It will likely air on FS1.
FOX Sports released their October schedule this afternoon and it shows that SmackDown will be preempted on October 23 due to Game 3. It also indicates that the October 16 SmackDown on FOX episode could be preempted for Game 5 of the MLB National League Championship Series, if necessary.
SmackDown on FOX was also preempted on October 25, 2019 due to Major League Baseball. That episode aired on FS1, which meant it was live for both coasts. There was also a replay of SmackDown at 11pm ET on FS1 that night, following a special edition of WWE Backstage. Backstage is no longer airing, so there’s no word yet on what that means for a potential replay.
The October 23 SmackDown show will be the go-home episode for the Hell In a Cell pay-per-view, which takes place on October 25.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Wrestling Inc. reports that Vince McMahon sent an email to talent this week reminding them that they have until this Friday, October 2nd, to sever any unauthorized business relationships with third parties. It was noted that talent who fail to comply could be fined, suspended or terminated.
It was reported in September, McMahon issued an edict instructing talent that they can no longer engage with third parties. The company later clarified the edict, stating that talent could maintain Twitch and YouTube accounts under their real names, however they would still need to inform the company of those accounts.
Wrestling Inc. has also learned that talent were told this week that the company will be taking control of their Twitch accounts in four weeks. WWE will own those accounts, however talent will receive a percentage of the revenue, which counts against their downside guarantees.
Former Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang openly criticized the edict when it was first revealed last month, and said that he would take action if Joe Biden were to be elected President. Yang spoke with Wrestling Inc. recently about why he feels that WWE has been able to get away with some of their labor practices.
“A lot of it is that wrestlers are afraid to speak out, and I’ve had wrestlers past and present reach out to me and say that Vince has been getting away with exploitation of wrestlers calling them independent contractors while controlling their activities for years and years,” Yang said. “A lot of it is just that they are a quasi-monopoly, and wrestlers fear that if they do try and unionize or organize in any way that Vince doesn’t like, that it will never work again.”
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says on social media that XFL plans to return in spring of 2022.
The Rock is part of group that paid $15 million in August to purchase the league, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April following suspension of operations amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and ended inaugural season on March 20 after Week 5 games.
