NXT Super Tuesday

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NXT Super Tuesday
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Promotion WWE
Brand(s) NXT
DateAugust 26 and September 8, 2020 [1]
(aired September 1 and 8, 2020)
City Winter Park, Florida
Venue Full Sail University
Attendance0 (behind closed doors) [Note 1]
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NXT Super Tuesday was a two-week long professional wrestling television special episode of WWE's weekly television series NXT , broadcast on the USA Network. It took place on September 1 (taped August 26) and September 8, 2020 at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

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Production

Background

Because of a scheduling conflict with the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs on USA Network in NXT 's normal Wednesday night time slot, the show was temporarily moved to Tuesday night for a two-week period. As with WWE's other NXT events during the COVID-19 pandemic since mid-March, the two-week event was presented from a behind closed doors set at NXT's home base of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. [2]

Storylines

NXT Super Tuesday featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. [3]

At NXT TakeOver XXX, Karrion Kross successfully defeated Keith Lee to win the NXT Championship. [4] However, after the match, it was learned that Kross had legitimately separated his shoulder at some point during the bout, forcing Kross to relinquish the championship on the August 26th episode of NXT, due to an inability to be medically cleared to compete. [5] [6] Later in the show, NXT general manager William Regal announced a 60 minute Fatal 4-Way iron man match between Johnny Gargano, Finn Bálor, Tommaso Ciampa, and Adam Cole to crown a new champion on Super Tuesday. [7]

Reception

NXT Super Tuesday averaged 849,000 viewers with a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 key demographic for the first week and 838,000 viewers with a 0.22 rating for the second week. The first week was #10 in the top 10 programs watched on cable, while its position fell to #15 for the second week. These were their best viewership and key demo numbers since their last TV special, The Great American Bash. [8] [9]

Results

NXT Super Tuesday (September 1)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [10]
1 Isaiah "Swerve" Scott & Breezango (Fandango & Tyler Breeze) defeated Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza) Six man tag team street fight 11:53
2 Candice LeRae defeated Kacy Catanzaro (with Kayden Carter) Singles match 3:00
3 Timothy Thatcher defeated Bronson Reed Singles match 4:46
4 Tommaso Ciampa vs. Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Finn Bálor ended in a tie between Cole and Bálor at 2-2-1-1 Fatal 4-Way iron man match for the vacant NXT Championship 60:00
NXT Super Tuesday II (September 8)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [11]
1 Finn Bálor defeated Adam Cole Singles match for the vacant NXT Championship 23:09
2 Velveteen Dream defeated Ashante "Thee" Adonis Singles match 1:35
3 Bronson Reed defeated Austin Theory Singles match 10:48
4 Roderick Strong (with Bobby Fish) defeated Killian Dain Singles match 4:05
5 Rhea Ripley defeated Mercedes Martinez (with Robert Stone) Steel cage match 14:21

Iron man match

ScorePoint WinnerDecisionNotes [12] Time
1–0–0–0 Finn Bálor Pinfall Bálor pinned Cole after a Coup de Grace 25:29
1–0–1–0 Johnny Gargano PinfallGargano pinned Bálor after a Fairy Tale Ending 33:19
1–1–1–0 Adam Cole PinfallCole pinned Gargano after a Panama Sunrise 35:19
1–1–1–1 Tommaso Ciampa PinfallCiampa pinned Cole after a Fairy Tale Ending37:15
2–1–1–1Finn BálorPinfallBálor pinned Ciampa after a Coup de Grace59:41
2–2–1–1Adam ColePinfallCole pinned Bálor after a Last Shot 59:59

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The event was held without a paying audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, though it featured a live crowd of WWE wrestlers and trainees.

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  10. ↑ "9/1 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Finn Balor vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano in a 60-minute Ironman match for the vacant NXT Championship, Legado Del Fantasma vs. Isaiah Scott, Tyler Breeze, and Fandango in a Street Fight, Bronson Reed vs. Timothy Thatcher". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  11. ↑ "9/8 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Super Tuesday II featuring Finn Balor vs. Adam Cole for the vacant NXT Championship, Rhea Ripley vs. Mercedes Martinez in a cage match, Bronson Reed vs. Austin Theory, Killian Dain vs. Roderick Strong". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
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