Follow along with our review of Wednesday’s episode of WWE NXT.
On Wednesday night, it was time for the latest episode of WWE NXT. We are that much closer to NXT TakeOver: Orlando, which should be a terrific event to highlight the pre-WrestleMania 33 festivities. Build toward that was seen from the latest episode of the show from UCF, including a match to determine Shinsuke Nakamura’s opponent on Saturday, Apr. 1.
The main event, which is the previously-noted match, would see Bobby Roode make his first NXT Championship defense. He faced Kassius Ohno, who had his first TV in-ring showing since returning to the company. With the winner moving on to Orlando, who would walk out a winner?
The NXT Tag Team Division heated up with the announcement of a match for TakeOver. The Authors of Pain will be defending their belts in this, but against who? We know DIY and the Revival have eyed the tag team titles for the past few months, so are they both in the mix?
Two vignettes were played for either debuting or hyped up Superstars — one was new and the other old. Who will be appearing in NXT soon?
All of this would be seen in the latest episode of WWE NXT. Let’s see what happened on the Wednesday, Mar. 15 show: