Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax vs. Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai for the WWE Women's Tag Team ... [+]
WWE NXT advertised the women’s Tag Team Championships on the line as Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler took on Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez, Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher vs. Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch and a live appearance from LA Knight.
Last week’s broadcast of WWE NXT was up with 734,000 viewers compared to 831,000 for AEW Dynamite.
WWE NXT Ratings, Last Five Weeks
- February 24, 2021—734,000
- February 17, 2021—713,000
- February 10, 2021—558,000
- February 3, 2021—610,000
- January 27, 2021—720,000
WWE NXT—Key Competition
- AEW Dynamite
Pro Wrestling Bits—Bobby Lashley, Future WWE Champion
WWE NXT Total YouTube Viewership Last Week: 2,270,432 (Down from 2,840,239 views)
- Most-Viewed: Adam Cole Blasts Finn Balor and Double-Crosses Roderick Strong (605,327 views)
- Least-Viewed: MSK’s Emotional Journey (30,771 views)
- Median Viewership: 155,586 views
WWE NXT Results—Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch def. Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher
This match meant Timothy Burch and Co. were going head-to-head against Shaq. AEW can’t move off Wednesday nights fast enough.
Whenever people get around to watching this match after seeing Shaq’s debut, they’ll be treated to a very fun match.
Roderick Strong Brawls with Finn Balor
Roderick Strong has quietly developed into a halfway decent promo.
I’m looking more forward to Roderick Strong vs. Finn Balor than another match between Finn Balor and Adam Cole.
Ember Moon def. Aliyah
This was a pretty sizable test for the up-and-coming Aliyah and she passed.
For whatever reason, Robert Stone’s speaking roles have been dramatically decreased in NXT in recent months.
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler def. Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai—WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Today I learned Nia Jax was Dakota Kai’s first opponent in WWE NXT.
WWE NXT really played up the butterflies and nervousness among Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez in their first women’s tag team title match.
Dakota Kai was submitted despite not being the legal woman, and Adam Pearce—who ordered the referee to make the decision—may have officially turned heel for no reason.
LA Knight Appears Live
This show was filled with non-wrestling segments.
LA Knight is going to have to convince me to care during this promo because lord knows I didn’t when he was Eli Drake.
LA Knight basically cut a Revival promo without saying “no flips, just fists.”
Cameron Grimes def. Bronson Reed
I could only imagine what a Cameron Grimes Billion-Dollar Championship would look like, but I’m hoping it has at least one rocket ship.
Wade Barrett was talking up how loaded the WWE NXT North American division is (and it is), which makes it so much more jarring that its champion has been reduced to a (very entertaining) comedy character.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Cameron Grimes pick up this victory, and I hope he doesn’t lose until they’re ready to end this gimmick, which shouldn’t be anytime soon.
Legado Del Fantasma Destroys Ever-Rise
It was great to see Santos Escobar and Legado Del Fantasma immediately get their heat back after essentially losing a three-on-one match last week. WWE doesn’t treat just any cruiserweight champion like that because Escobar is so much more.
Finn Balor vs. Roderick Strong
William Regal noted he is going to make an announcement that will “change the landscape” of WWE NXT, and I’m willing to guess it’s the WWE NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships.
Roderick Strong’s new theme music is so generically terrible.
These two beat the hell out of one another, and deserved all the built-in praise this Internet Wrestling Darling showcase would have received anyway.
