Make it 15 straight NXT Level Up wins for Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo.
The Underboss of The D’Angelo Family was laser-focused as usual, though the gargantuan Jasper Troy sent him crashing to the mat simply by stepping in his way after Stacks bounced off the ropes.
The former offensive lineman from Northern Iowa earned a long two-count with a swinging side slam, but Stacks climbed the ropes to rain down right hands and soon sealed the win by landing a superkick followed by Cement Shoes.
Winner: Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo
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The D’Angelo Family having a training montage. Tony D’Angelo was working out, doing pull-ups, rope climbs and such to get ready to face Oba Femi. At one point, Tony D’Angelo pushed a pickup, then he boxed a random person in the gym. D’Angelo got knocked out at first, but then made a comeback and knocked the guy out.
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Tony D’Angelo w/The Family vs. Alexander Hammerstone
Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Angelo backs Hammerstone into the turnbuckles. Angelo is throwing haymakers at Hammerstone. Hammerstone explodes out of the corner with a running clothesline. Strong lockup. Angelo applies a side headlock. Hammerstone launches Angelo to the corner. Oba Femi is watching this match from the locker room. Angelo ducks a clothesline from Hammerstone. Angelo with Two Side Belly to Belly Suplex’s. Angelo drops Hammerstone with The SpineBuster.
Hammerstone with two haymakers. Hammerstone whips Angelo across the ring. Angelo kicks Hammerstone in the chest. Hammerstone hulks up. Hammerstone clotheslines Angelo. Hammerstone scores the elbow knockdown. Hammerstone drives Angelo back first into the turnbuckles. Hammerstone buries his shoulder into the midsection of Angelo. Hammerstone with a chop/forearm combination. Angelo kicks Hammerstone in the face. Hammerstone with The Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex. Hammerstone tells Angelo to bring it. Angelo regroups on the outside. Angelo proceeds to walk out of this match.
Winner: Alexander Hammerstone via Count-Out
Back from the commercial break, The Family confronts The DON. He says that he’s fine. He’s just afraid. He’s supposed to be the Don of the NXT, afraid of no-one, but it’s different with Oba Femi. He’s not human, he’s a machine, and The DON can’t beat him.
Adrianna Rizzo is trying to give The DON some encouragement. It’s not time for him to be a coward. The Family believes in him. Rizz says that The Don needs to believe in himself.
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Luca Crusifino (w/The D’Angelo Family) vs. Niko Vance.
Vance applied a headlock to Crusifino but Crusifino rallied with a crossbody to take control. Crusifino applied an armlock as Vance looked to power out driving Crusifino’s face into the top turnbuckle. Vance scooped up Crusifino and drove him chest first into the corner for a near fall.
Crusifino hit a German suplex for a two count of his own but Vance came straight back to apply a chinlock to wear down Crusifino. Crusifino applied a flash rollup for two before both men dropped each other to the mat. Adriana Rizzo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo shouted encouragement to Crusifino from ringside as Crusifino hit Vance with a kick and a lungblower to put the big man away.
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Wren Sinclair vs. Adriana Rizzo (w/ Stacks and Crusifino)
Lockup to start and Rizzo ends up controlling with a hammerlock. Wren escapes, but Rizzo maintains arm control. She takes Wren down and gets a one count. Dropkick from Rizzo and Wren rolls to the ropes. Backslide from Wren gets a one count. Rizzo escapes and slam, but misses a charge in the corner. Wren ends up getting an abdominal stretch and then turns it into a roll-up for one. She maintains control and takes it to the mat for another one count. Rizzo gets caught with an elbow in the corner. They start trading counters and pin attempts with nobody getting more than a one count. Roll-up from Rizzo for a one count but she comes off the ropes with a front flip into a butt splash
Winner: Adriana Rizzo
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Tony D’Angelo puts over each member of the family. D’Angelo says he faced the hardest challenge ever in Ilja Dragunov. Before D’Angelo can finish, The No Quarter Catch Crew interrupts. Charlie Dempsey says they don’t appreciate their business dealings with The D’Angelo being aired on live TV. D’Angelo says NQCC hired The D’Angelo Family to take care of one of their own .
The NQCC still hasn’t paid The D’Angelo Family. Dempsey refuses to pay. The NQCC thought The D’Angelo Family was doing it for the good of the wrestling business. D’Angelo hints at wanting the Heritage Cup. Dempsey says he won’t let a gangster in wrestling boots anywhere near that Cup. D’Angelo decks Dempsey. A huge brawl breaks out. The D’Angelo Family clears the ring.
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We then head to the back, where Charlie Dempsey comments on competing at Bloodsport. Dempsey says their situation with their friends is getting sorted. Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo and The Family then interrupt and tensions rise, setting the stage for a match.
Tag Team Match:No Quarter Catch Crew (Myles Borne and Damon Kemp) vs. The Family (Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo and Luca Crusifino)
The match starts off with The Family taking control early on. The Family then hits some double-team offense on the No Quarter Catch Crew. Dempsey then saves Borne from a cannonball, which leads to Stacks crashing into the corner. Borne then takes the fight to Stacks. Kemp then hits Stacks with an inverted suplex. Borne and Kemp then double-team Stacks. Crusifino then tags in and takes control with a flurry of offense. Dempsey then tries to interfere, but Stacks takes him out. The Family then hits a flapjack-codebreaker combination on Kemp for the win.
Winners: The Family
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“The Don Of NXT” Tony D’Angelo is then shown in his locker room with the rest of his family as he is preparing for his WWE NXT Championship Match against Ilja Dragunov later this afternoon.
WWE NXT Championship Match: “The Mad Dragon” Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. The D’Angelo Family’s “The Don Of NXT” Tony D’Angelo
The match starts off with both men spilling to the outside twice. Both men then trade clotheslines and strikes in the middle of the ring. Dragunov then goes for a move, but buckles under the pressure of his injured hand. D’Angelo then takes advantage with a Superman Punch. Dragunov then goes for a move through the ropes, but can’t complete it due to his finger hurting. D’Angelo then hits a Gut-wrench Suplex on Dragunov and both men crash and fall to the outside of the ring.
Dragunov then delivers a few chops to D’Angelo, but hits the steel ring post on the final chop. D’Angelo then slams Dragunov back-first into the ring post. Dragunov then drops D’Angelo on his back on the outside. Both men then re-enter the ring and Dragunov hits a series of German Suplexes on D’Angelo. Dragunov then hits a pop-up Enziguiri on D’Angelo followed by a running knee for a two count. Dragunov then hits D’Angelo with a clothesline for a near fall. Dragunov then goes for a Sunset Flip Bomb off the top rope, but instead hits a power bomb on D’Angelo halfway across the ring. Dragunov then goes for the H-Bomb, but D’Angelo stands up to prevent it. Stacks then hands D’Angelo some brass knucks, but D’Angelo hands them back to Stacks. Dragunov then stomps on Stacks’ hands.
Dragunov then lands a bunch of chops on D’Angelo in the corner before hitting him with forearms to the back of his head. Dragunov then does it once more in front of Stacks’ face as he is daring Stacks to do something about it, but D’Angelo tells Stacks to stand down. D’Angelo then hits a headbutt on Dragunov before nailing him with a Thesz Press. Dragunov then hits two kicks on D’Angelo, but they didn’t seem to faze him. Dragunov then hits a suplex and a belly-to-belly on D’Angelo.
Dragunov then hits a kick to D’Angelo’s head, but D’Angelo stops Dragunov’s momentum with a Lariat. D’Angelo then hits a German Suplex on Dragunov as Dragunov clutches his fingers. D’Angelo then hits a huge throw on Dragunov off the top rope, sending him out of the ring on the opposite side. Both men then both clear the announce tables. Both men then trade shots in front of the Spanish Announce table. D’Angelo then goes for a powerbomb, but Dragunov hits him with an H-Bomb. Dragunov then places D’Angelo on the Spanish Announce table and climbs on the ringside barricade. Dragunov then hits an H-Bomb on D’Angelo to break the table. Dragunov then sends D’Angelo back in the ring. Dragunov then hits a Senton on D’Angelo off the top rope for a near fall. D’Angelo then stomps on Dragunov’s hand and then Curb Stomps him with Dragunov’s mouth on the second rope. D’Angelo then hits a Uranage on Dragunov for a near fall. Both men then trade slaps until D’Angelo gets a near fall with a roll-up. Dragunov then hits Torpedo Moscow on D’Angelo. Dragunov then climbs to the top rope and hits a Super H-Bomb to D’Angelo for the win.
Winner: Ilja Dragunov
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Ilja Dragunov vs. Channing Lorenzo w/Adriana Rizzo
Lorenzo blocks a Running Boot from Dragunov. Lorenzo with two haymakers. Dragunov applies a wrist lock. Dragunov with boxing elbows. Dragunov ducks a clothesline from Lorenzo. Lorenzo blocks The German Suplex. Dragunov goes for The O’Connor Roll, but Lorenzo holds onto the ropes. Lorenzo dropkicks Dragunov. Lorenzo is raining down haymakers in the corner. Lorenzo with a short-arm clothesline. Dragunov unloads three knife edge chops. Lorenzo answers with a forearm smash. Lorenzo dodges The Step Up Enzuigiri. Lorenzo with a Running Uppercut. Lorenzo is putting the boots to Dragunov. Lorenzo slams Dragunov’s head on the top turnbuckle pad.
Lorenzo with a straight right hand. Lorenzo goes for a Corner Mount, but Dragunov counters with a PowerBomb. Lorenzo kicks Dragunov in the face. Lorenzo stomps on the right hand of Dragunov. Dragunov HeadButts Lorenzo. Dragunov with a knife edge chop. Lorenzo drops Dragunov with The Tornado DDT for a two count. Lorenzo works on his joint manipulation game. Lorenzo with a knee drop. Lorenzo viciously attacks the right hand of Dragunov. Lorenzo drops his knee on the right hand of Dragunov. Dragunov responds with a back fist. Dragunov with a Leaping Boot. Dragunov with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Dragunov follows that with a Release German Suplex. Dragunov PowerBombs Lorenzo. Dragunov connects with The Torpedo Moscow to pickup the victory.
Winner: Ilja Dragunov
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Tony D’Angelo, Ilja Dragunov Talk NXT Stand & Deliver
We head to another commercial break. When we return, we see a quick check-in with Gigi Dolin backstage. We then return inside the CWC where Tony D’Angelo and The Family make their way out to the ring.
“Da Don” talks about Luca Crusafino being the brains in The Family to go with their muscle. He says now that that’s out of the way, it’s time to address Ilja Dragunov and Stand & Deliver. He talks about respecting him but says he has no clue what he’s capable of.
Dragunov appears on the big screen and brings up D’Angelo leaving him on a bridge. D’Angelo warns him that there’s a lot more he can do between now and April 6 in Philly. He announces Stacks vs. Dragunov for next week.
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Real Name: Anna Keefer Ring Name: Adriana Rizzo Role: Wrestler / Manager Current Stable: The Family Trained By: WWE Performance Center Born: December 26, 1998
Anna Jade Keefer was born in St. Michael Albertville, Minnesota on December 26, 1998. She is currently a Manager and Wrestler, working for WWE on the NXT brand, under the ring name of Adriana Rizzo. – Read More
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