Wrestling Roundup: May 7, 2020 -

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WWE NXT Results

Not one but two big title matches were on NXT’s card Wednesday night. Adam Cole defended his NXT Championship against Velveteen Dream, while Charlotte Flair defended her title against Io Shirai. Did any gold find new homes on NXT? The show also had the in-ring debut of Karrion (formerly Killer) Kross, which has been teased for weeks. Here are the results of NXT this week:

Johnny Gargano def. Dominik Dijakovic
Akira Tozawa def. Jack Gallagher in an Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship Tournament match
Chelsea Green def. Xia Li
Karrion Kross def. Leon Ruff
Io Shirai def. Charlotte Flair © by disqualification in an NXT Women’s Championship match
KUSIHDA def. Jake Atlas in an Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship Tournament match
Cameron Grimes def. Denzel Dejournette
Adam Cole (c) def. Velveteen Dream to retain the NXT Championship

Rhea Ripley is back! After a hard fought NXT Women’s Championship match where Charlotte had to use a kendo stick and get a DQ against Io, Ripley made the save during the post match. Io wasn’t happy to see Ripley at all, and it lead to security separating the two women. With Ripley back in the title picture, NXT’s Women’s division looks very intriguing going forward.

The Rebel Heart is no more. Johnny Gargano debuted some new heel entrance music before his match against Dijakovic. It had to come with the new character, but I will miss Rebel Heart as an entrance theme.

Rebel Heart is no more…

Johnny Gargano has new theme music #WWENXT

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— Straight Edge Wrestling (@SEW_Podcast) May 7, 2020

I cannot properly describe the presentation of Karrion Kross & Scarlett in their debut entrance. It had Sin City vibes, but also reminded me of The Ascension, but was also just incredibly intense. Please do yourself a favor and watch the entrance for yourself. Kross also destroyed Leon Ruff, but you could have guessed that.

AEW Dynamite Results

For the first time in roughly a month, AEW Dynamite was live from Florida. The show featured the in-ring debut of Matt Hardy, teaming with Kenny Omega against Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara. It also had AEW World Champ Jon Moxley in action and the return of everyone’s favorite person: MJF. Here are the full results for this week’s Dynamite.

Cody Rhodes def. Joey Janela
Nyla Rose def. Kenzie Paige
Jon Moxley def. Frankie Kazarian
Lance Archer def. QT Marshall
Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara def. Kenny Omega & Matt Hardy in a street fight

One of the biggest takeaways from this week’s Dynamite was the continued build towards Double or Nothing. The show had multiple matches announced for the pay-per-view, still scheduled to take place on May 23rd. First up was a match between MJF and Jungle Boy, arranged by Tony Khan. As you can tell from the clip, MJF was not pleased.

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What a pair of stories for these two. Give @The_MJF and @Perfec10n a round of applause 👏 #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/rmkfpEy0tm

— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) May 7, 2020

Jon Moxley has a new challenger for the AEW Championship: Brodie Lee. The leader of the Dark Order had his minions attack Moxley after his match before challenging him for the title at Double or Nothing. It was a great beatdown and had a great response from Moxley. Lee & Moxley had great chemistry together in WWE, so they should do well in a prime-time singles bout.

The Exalted One @ThisBrodieLee challenges @JonMoxley 😱 #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/DkqdUMEgDp

— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) May 7, 2020

A Casino Ladder Match was announced for Double or Nothing as well. It will determine a number one contender for the AEW Championship. No participants were announced as of yet, but some will likely be announced by next week’s Dynamite.

Also, after QT Marshall was destroyed by Lance Archer, Jake Roberts brought back his old snake gimmick. It was Brandi Rhodes who was the first to get the snake treatment in AEW, and I feel like she won’t be the last.

.@JakeSnakeDDT brings out the 🐍!

This episode of #AEWDynamite has everything, tune in to @tntdrama to catch the madness!! pic.twitter.com/tMC30Za22R

— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) May 7, 2020

The main event was a wild street fight that went all around Daly’s Place. It was a moonsault by Kenny Omega off of a crane lift that was the best spot of the match, even if Le Champion and Sammy Guevara pulled out the win.

This is the street fight to end all street fights 👏👏👏 #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/DUsjQafqVI

— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) May 7, 2020

One for the Road:

AEW was recently fined $10,000 by the Maryland State Athletic Commission for their match at Full Gear between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley. I’m sure 10k isn’t a big dent for the Khan’s, but it is interesting to note the MSAC following through with their stance against blood in matches.