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NXT Gold Coast Live Event Results (12/12): Nakamura & TM61 vs Joe & Revival, Dillinger vs Roode, Asuka vs Ember Moon (Photos Included)

By Nick Paglino

NXT Gold Coast Live Event Results
12/11/16
Gold Coast, Australia
Results courtesy of WZ reader Anthony Phung

1. Akira Tozawa v Andrade Cien Almas

I did not expect people to know who Akira Tozawa was, but he received a good pop upon entrance. A good paced match, not a lot of high flying, but a lot more technical than expected. Both of these guys are wonderful and the natural charisma that oozes from the both of them could be seen.

Tozawa ended up getting the pin on Almas.

2. Liv Morgan & Aliyah v Billie Kay & Peyton Royce

Before the start of the match, Billie announced that they wanted to be billed from Orlando, Florida from now on and that they certainly didn’t want to be billed from the Gold Coast. That instantly turned the cheers they received into boos.

A decent enough match. You can see that both Liv and Aliyah are still trying to get their timing right. Billie was good, but Peyton probably carried the workload a bit more tonight and stood out. The Aussie pair picked up the win with a pin on Aliyah.

Will be interesting if they try and heel it up in Sydney, which is of course, their home town.

3. Oney Lorcan v Patrick Clark.

Oh god. The crowd just absolutely loved hating on Clark tonight, and he did a fantastic job as bringing the jeers, boos and hate. If he can continue his improvement in the ring, then he’s got all the tools to be a good heel in future. There are some things that he still does that make it a bit too obvious what he’s trying to do, so learning a bit of subtlety will help him a lot.

Good, physical match. Lorcan with the win. His physicality really was a sight to behold, but Clark was the standout here.

4. Elias Samson v Buddy Murphy

Love Elias Samson. Started with a song, but couldn’t get past the first two lines before the crowd broke out in their own song, which stopped him. After ragging on us, he continued before Murphy interrupted.

Murphy got a really good pop, as expected, and showed his athleticism. Won with a roll-up. Going forward, I think there may be an upside with Murphy as a face. Those familiar with his work pre-NXT will know he’s got some moves that are very baby-face like.

5. DIY v Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli for the NXT Tag Titles.

God, the crowd loved DIY. Lapped it up. Ciampa carried most of the workload here, with Gargano getting the hot tag. Finished with their combo for the win.

Moss is good and he’s got a bright future, whilst Sabbatelli obviously has the look and is improving. Both showed some character tonight, interacting with the crowd throughout the match.

Intermission

6. Tye Dillinger v Bobby Roode.

Decent match, but both took it very easy. The set up to this match was that Tye and The Revival had a face off backstage. The end of the match saw the Revival interfere. Tye was able to fight them off, but Roode caught Tye, then used the ropes as leverage (with one of the Revival holding Roode’s feet down onto the ropes for assistance) for the win.

7. Ember Moon v Asuka.

Crowd loved Asuka, and they were unsure about Ember. For a crowd that seemed like they were smarks, they didn’t seem to know much about Ember.

So this was an insight into the potential future feud between these two, and can I say that the match was fantastic. Probably close to match of the night. Both pulled out big moves, and brought the crowd in and made them become invested. Asuka makes Ember tap out to the Asuka Lock, before they both hug on the outside.

During the first part of the match there was a guy who yelled out something quite disrespectful to Asuka. He tried it again soon after and the crowd just shot him down in flames. Then someone tried to start an Ellsworth chant and that got shut down by the rest of the crowd as well.

A small group then started a ‘Women’s Wrestling” chant which got a bit of support, but as the match came on the chants started becoming more relevant and respectful to these two. I’m pretty sure that this match was the only one that got a “This is Awesome” chant happening, which was nice.

This match was a good example of how to get an uninterested crowd invested, and credit must go to both Asuka and Ember for doing that.

8. Main Event:

The min event was advertised to be Nakamura & DIY v Samoa Joe & The Revival, but that was changed on the night to Nakamura & TM61 v Samoa Joe & The Revival.

Before Nakamura could make his entrance, the heels beat down on TM61. Tye then came out to help, which brought out Roode. The heels stood tall, then Nakamura’s music hit.

Tye challenged the heel to an 8-man tag, which was eventually accepted after some coaxing by Nick Miller.

The Revival are great. Honestly. You don’t get to appreciate their true greatness until you see them live. Dawson in particular just gets it. They, along with TM61 worked the majority of the match, with some involvement between Roode and Tye, and not a lot by Joe.

Nakamura finished the match with Kinsasha to Roode, after Roode accidentally hits Joe.

Overall it was an extremely enjoyable event.

Biggest Pops:
1. Nakamura
2. Asuka
3. DIY
4. Joe (the fans love him when they first saw him)
5. Roode (his theme song is lovable) & Tye

Biggest heat:
1. Joe
2. The Revival
3. Almas
4. Samson
5. Clark

Nick Paglino
Nick Paglino

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.

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