4/19/17 WWE NXT Recap: Roode/Itami Confrontation, Almas in Action; Dillinger vs. Young in a Steel Cage

We see the NXT opening video and then go into the NXT Arena at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida where Tom Phillips, Percy Watson, and Nigel McGuinness welcome us to the show.

Bobby Roode’s music hits and the glorious NXT Champion makes his way to the ring. Roode says for the second year in a row, he made WrestleMania Week simply glorious. Roode says he single-handedly sold out the Amway Center in Orlando. He says he gave those 15,000 people the treat of a lifetime because he allowed them to sit there and bare witness to the biggest box office draw in the business today. He says he snuffed out the final little star that was left over from the old NXT and proved that the fate of NXT is in his control. He says the transformation of Bobby Roode’s NXT was finally complete. He says that was until last week when he had to watch Shinsuke Nakamura get into his ring again and receive a standing ovation from the fans and the NXT Superstars. He says we didn’t see him standing on the stage because he wasn’t going to stand there and listen to the crap that came out of Nakamura’s mouth. Roode says Nakamura didn’t leave NXT, he forced Nakamura out of NXT. He says none of the people deserve to be in his NXT and the people on the stage last week don’t belong in his NXT. Roode says they can choose to hop on board and be a part of Bobby Roode’s NXT or they can hit the bricks just like Shinsuke Nakamura did. Hideo Itami’s music hits and he makes his way to the ring.
Itami stares Roode down and then slaps him across the face. Roode laughs and mouths at Itami a bit. Roode sets the title down and takes off his jacket. Roode continues to mouth Itami, but Itami grabs him and nails him with the Go To Sleep. Itami stands tall over Roode as his music hits and we go to replays. Itami picks up the NXT Championship belt and looks at it before setting it back down and leaving the ring.

We are reminded of tonight’s main event: Eric Young vs. Tye Dillinger in a Steel Cage Match and we also see that Liv Morgan and Aliyah will team up to take on Peyton Royce and Billie Kay.

We go backstage with Kayla Braxton, who introduces the WWE United Kingdom Champion, Tyler Bate, and Jack Gallagher, who will go one-on-one next week on NXT in a match for the WWE United Kingdom Championship. Bate and Gallagher go back and forth for a bit and then shake hands to end the segment.

We go back to the ring and Bobby Roode is still down. He gets helped to his feet by the trainer and a few referees. He grabs the NXT Championship belt and his jacket and then we see footage from Heavy Machinery’s workout in the Performance Center earlier today. They are interrupted by Andrade “Cien” Almas interrupting Drew McIntyre’s workout and challenging him to a match for next week.

Match #1: Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. Danny Burch
Burke tosses Almas into the ropes, but Almas holds on and poses in the ropes. They tie up and Almas applies a wrist-lock. Burch counters and takes Almas down to the mat. Burch applies a wrist-lock of his own and Almas backs him against the ropes. Almas goes for a leap-frog, but Burch catches Almas and delivers a flapjack. Burch comes off the ropes, but Almas counters with an elbow shot. Amas takes Burch to the corner and slaps him across the chest. Almas stomps down on Burch in the corner and then stomps on his back. Burch fights back with right hands, but Almas catches him in the back of the head with a forearm. Almas drops Burch with a right hand and then delivers double knees in the corner. Almas drops Burch with the hammer-lock DDT and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Andrade Cien Almas.

We take a look back at Asuka retaining the NXT Women’s Championship against Ember Moon at NXT TakeOver: Orlando. We then see the footage of Asuka asking “Who’s left?” We then see footage of the other women in NXT taking about how dominant Asuka is but then talk about how cocky she has become lately. The footage ends with all the women saying they will be the one to end Asuka’s reign. We see that Aliyah and Liv Morgan will take on Peyton Royce and Billie Kay is up next.

We are reminded of tonight’s main event: Eric Young vs. Tye Dillinger inside of a steel cage, and then we see the video hype package for the feud between Young and Dillinger.

Match #2: Liv Morgan and Aliyah vs. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce
Billie and Liv start the match and Billie applies a headlock. Billie drops Liv with a shoulder block and runs the ropes and then drops Liv with a hip-toss. Billie goes for a clothesline, but Liv ducks under and takes Billie down with a roll-up. Liv rolls Billie around the ring a few times and goes for another cover, but Billie kicks out at two. Aliyah tags in and connects with a top rope leg drop to Billie. Aliyah goes for the cover, but Billie kicks out at two. Billie comes right back with a right hand and goes for the cover, but Aliyah kicks out. Peyton tags in and they double-team Aliyah for a bit. Peyton goes for the cover, but Aliyah kicks out again. Aliyah rolls Peyton up from behind, but Peyton kicks out. Peyton kicks Aliyah in the face and goes for the cover, but Aliyah kicks out at two. Peyton tosses Aliyah into the corner and charges, but Aliyah counters with an elbow shot. Billie helps Peyton, but Liv dropkicks Billie to the floor. Peyton kicks Aliyah in the face and goes for the cover, but Aliyah kicks out at two. Aliyah comes right back and shocks Peyton with a roll-up and gets the pin fall.
Winners: Aliyah and Liv Morgan.

We se Tye Dillinger backstage warming up for his steel cage match, which is up next.

We see that Aleister Black will be in action next week, as well as the match between Drew McIntyre and Andrade Cien Almas being confirmed for the show.

Match #3: Steel Cage Match – Tye Dillinger vs. Eric Young
Dillinger slams the door shut himself and stops Young from trying to escape. Dillinger sends Young into the corner and then takes him down with a back-body drop. Dillinger sets up for the Tye-breaker, but Young counters with a rake of the eyes. Young slams Dillinger face-first into the steel cage and stomps away on him as we head to a break.
We’re back and Young is still in control. Young kicks Dillinger’s face against the cage and then walks towards the door. He turns around and drops a forearm on Dillinger. Young slams Dillinger in the corner and applies a rear choke hold. Young drops an elbow on the back of Dillinger’s next and goes for the cover, but Dillinger kicks out at two. Dillinger fights back and goes for a superkick, but Young takes him down. Young slingshots Dillinger into the corner, but Dillinger catches the cage and begins to climb. Young grabs him and pulls him back down to the ring. Dillinger counters with some left hands, but Young takes him down with a power bomb. Young goes for the cover, but Dillinger kicks out at two. Young calls for the door to be opened, but changes his mind again and turns his attention back to Dillinger. Young begins to climb the cage, but Dillinger stops him. Dillinger slams Young down to the mat and both men are down in the ring as we head to another break. Dillinger slams Young into the steel cage a few times and Young is busted open. Dillinger stomps down on Young and then delivers a superkick. Dillinger begins to climb and gets to the top, but Young catches up to him. Young pulls Dillinger back into the ring and they exchange shots on the top rope. Young gets on top of the cage and he and Dillinger exchange shots again. Young knocks Dillinger all the way back down and then drops an elbow from the top of the cage. Young goes for the cover, but Dillinger kicks out at two. Young gets to his feet, but Dillinger grabs his foot to keep him from walking. Young trash talks Dillinger, but Dillinger counters and connects with the Tye-breaker. Dillinger crawls towards the door, but Nikki Cross, Killian Dain, and Alexander Wolfe rush the ring. Dain slams the door shut and Roderick Strong, Kassius Ohno, and Ruby Riot come out to even the odds on the outside. Dain takes Ohno and Strong down and begins to climb the cage. Dillinger dropkicks him off the cage and Young takes Dillinger down form the back. Dillinger tosses Young into the cage and knocks Wolfe down to the floor. Dillinger climbs up, but Wolfe begins climbing on the outside again. Dain gets into the cage and grabs Young, but Dillinger takes them both down with a cross-body. Wolfe climbs into the ring, but Dillinger rolls through the door and hits the floor.
Winner: Tye Dillinger.
After the match, Ohno and Strong lift Dillinger on their shoulders as Young, Dain, and Wolfe look on from inside the cage as NXT comes to a close.