Wrestling Lockup With Brandon 4/20/17: NXT Recap

By Brandon Albright, @B_Rock1978

One week removed from Shinsuke Nakamura's NXT goodbye and now it's time for NXT to say goodbye to Tye Dillinger, as he moves on to Smackdown Live. Dillinger promises to settle things with his arch enemies Eric Young and SAnitY before he leaves as he steps inside a steel cage with SAnitY's mastermind.

** This Weeks Card **
- Andrade "Cien" Almas battled Danny Burch.
- Liv Morgan and Aliyah battled Billie Kay and Peyton Royce.
- Tye Dillinger battled Eric Young in a Steel Cage Match.

** Promos From: NXT World Champion Bobby Roode.

** NXT **

- Bobby Roode Promo: Roode takes full credit for NXT Takeover: Orlando being successful. Roode says he refused to be apart of Shinsuke Nakamura's goodbye last week because he didn't want to listen to Nakamura's lies. Roode mocks Nakamura and says he beat Nakamura twice and made him tuck tail and run out of NXT. Hideo Itami returns to NXT and interrupts Roode. Itami goes face to face with Roode and then lights Roode up with a slap to the face. Roode takes off his jacket, rolls up his sleeves and goes to attack Itami. Itami catches Roode and lays him out with Go 2 Sleep.

- Backstage, WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate and Jack Gallagher hype their title match for next week's NXT.

- Video footage is shown from earlier at the NXT Performance Center. Andrade "Cien" Almas mocks Drew McIntyre as McIntyre is lifting weights. McIntyre wants to fight, but Heavy Machinery hold McIntyre back as Almas laughs and walks off talking on his phone. 

- Andrade "Cien" Almas vs. Danny Burch: The match closes out with Burch unloading on Almas. Almas lands a forearm to the back of Burch's head. Almas sends Burch into the corner and then hits the running double knees on Burch. Almas hits the Hammerlock DDT on Burch and scores the pinfall.
Winner: Andrade "Cien" Almas, by pinfall.

- Liv Morgan and Aliyah vs. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce: The match closes out with Billie and Peyton working over and double teaming Aliyah. Liv finally seen enough and drop kicks Billie off the apron. Aliyah rolls up Peyton and gets the surprise pinfall.
Winners: Liv Morgan and Aliyah, by pinfall.

- "Steel Cage Match": Tye Dillinger vs. Eric Young: The match closes out with Young trying to escape the cage, but Dillinger stops Young. Dillinger delivers the Tye Breaker, lays Young out and goes to escape through the cage door. Wolfe and Dain of SAnitY hit ringside, take out the referee and stop Dillinger from escaping the cage. Kassius Ohno and Roderick Strong hit ringside and attack Wolfe and Dain. Dain climbs the steel cage wall, but gets drop kicked off by Dillinger. Dillinger takes out Young and then climbs to the top of the cage wall. Dillinger leaps off and takes out Young and Dain with a cross body. Wolfe climbs into the cage to go after Dillinger, but Dillinger escapes through the cage door and to the floor to win the match. After the match, Dillinger celebrates with Ohno, Strong and the NXT fans one more time to end the show.
Winner: Tye Dillinger, by escaping the steel cage.