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NXT Spoiler Results – May 25th, 2017

<p>WWE taped the following tonight for next week’s episode of NXT that will air on the WWE Network:</p><p>* Patrick <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/clark/" title="Clark">Clark</a></strong> debuted as “The Velveteen Dream” and defeated Robert Anthony.</p><p>* Drew McIntyre defeated <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/wesley-blake" title="Wesley Blake">Wesley Blake</a></strong> with a running kick.</p><p>* Aleister Black defeated <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/curt-hawkins" title="Curt Hawkins">Curt Hawkins</a></strong>.</p>

The Rock Comments on Possibly Running for President

<p>While appearing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/the-rock" title="The Rock">The Rock</a></strong> discussed his new movie Baywatch and possibly running for president of the United States. While he didn’t confirm anything, Rock said that he would have “more poise, less noise” as president.</p>

DJ Z Hospitalized

<p>DJ Z mentioned on Twitter that is he is back in the hospital. No details on exactly why he is tehre but we wish him a speedy recovery.</p><p>As previously noted, DJ Z was hospitalized last month after taking a 450 splash at a show in Mexico. He ended up suffering a ruptured colon and had to undergo surgery.</p>

What to Expect at Tonight’s NXT Takeover: Chicago

<p>WWE heads to Chicago tonight for NXT Takeover. The following matches are confirmed for the event:</p><p><strong>NXT Championship</strong><br />Bobby Roode (Champion) vs. Hideo Itami</p><p><strong>NXT Women’s Championship – Triple Threat Match</strong><br />Asuka (Champion) vs. Ruby Riot vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/nikki-cross" title="Nikki Cross">Nikki Cross</a></strong></p><p><strong>NXT Tag Team Championship – Ladder Match</strong><br />Authors Of Pain (Champions) vs. #DIY</p><p><strong>WWE United Kingdom Championship</strong><br /><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/tyler-bate" title="Tyler Bate">Tyler Bate</a></strong> (Champion) vs. Pete Dunne</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/roderick-strong" title="Roderick Strong">Roderick Strong</a></strong> vs. Eric Young</p><p>Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage.</p>

Tommaso Ciampa Suffers Injury

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/tommaso-ciampa" title="Tommaso Ciampa">Tommaso Ciampa</a></strong> suffered an injury at Thursday’s NXT Live Event in Highland Heights, KY.</p><p>Ciampa and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/johnny-gargano" title="Johnny Gargano">Johnny Gargano</a></strong> were facing Sanity and after a few minutes into the match, Ciampa dived off the ring apron onto Sanity and hurt his left leg. The match was stopped and ruled a no-contest. Ciampa hopped to the back yelling, “get me the f–k out of here.”</p><p>Ciampa and Gargano are scheduled to face NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain for the titles at NXT: Takeover this Saturday. It’s unknown at this time if that match is still taking place. We will keep you updated.</p><p><strong>Update:</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/triple-h" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></strong> brought up Tommaso Ciampa’s injury during today’s conference call and said that Ciampa turned his ankle but there was no break or fracture. The match for tomorrow night is still on but the medical team will make the final decision if Ciampa will be cleared to wrestle or not.</p>

Original Plans for the WWE Universal Title at WrestleMania

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/chris-jericho" title="Chris Jericho">Chris Jericho</a></strong> revealed on Busted Open Radio that original plans for him at <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/event/wwe-wrestlemania-33/" title="WrestleMania 33">WrestleMania 33</a></strong> saw him winning the WWE Universal Title from Kevin Owens. This obviously didn’t happen and plans got changed because Vince McMahon wanted to put the title on Goldberg instead.</p><p>According to Jericho, he would have defeated Owens and then drop the title to <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/brock-lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></strong> at the next RAW-brand pay-per-view event, Payback.</p><p>Also during Jericho’s appearance on Busted Open Radio, he revealed that he pitched the idea of wrestling a match against Shinsuke Nakamura at WrestleMania.</p>

Becky Lynch Addresses Total Divas Rumors

<p>While speaking to <a href="http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/05/becky-lynch-wwe-smackdown-charlotte" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Josh Barnett of USA Today</a>, <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/becky-lynch" title="Becky Lynch">Becky Lynch</a></strong> was asked about the rumors of her possibly joining the cast of WWE Total Divas now that there has a spot open on the cast.</p><p>When asked about the rumors, Lynch responded, <em>“Honestly, you’re the first person that’s said that to me. I haven’t heard anything about that. … I think there’s a certain – not a <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/whole/" title="whole">whole</a></strong> lot – but a certain amount of mystery of me that I don’t really envision that as the best option for me to take part in. It’s a tremendous opportunity for those that do it, I just don’t know that it’s my thing. When I envisioned my life as a little girl, that was never in my horizons. I’m going to stay with what I want in the future. I don’t see that being reality TV.”</em></p><p>As previously reported, <a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/2017/05/16/charlotte-appearing-next-season-total-divas/">Eva Marie is done appearing on the show</a> and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/paige" title="Paige">Paige</a></strong>’s status on the show is in question. Charlotte has been rumored as one of the replacements on the show.</p>

Finn Balor Teases Bullet Club Reunion

<p>WWE posted a gallery of unseen photos from various shoots by WWE Superstars. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/finn-balor" title="Finn Balor">Finn Balor</a></strong> shared the photo below on Twitter teasing a possible Bullet Club reunion with <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/luke-gallows" title="Luke Gallows">Luke Gallows</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/karl-anderson" title="Karl Anderson">Karl Anderson</a></strong>.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Imagine …. <a href="https://twitter.com/KarlAndersonWWE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@KarlAndersonWWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LukeGallowsWWE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@LukeGallowsWWE</a> <a href="https://t.co/Azl6FEwe4b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Azl6FEwe4b</a></p> <p>— Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) <a href="https://twitter.com/FinnBalor/status/865308765968633856" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">May 18, 2017</a></p> </blockquote>

Speculation on Sister Abigail Coming to WWE

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/erick-rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a></strong> posted a cryptic photo of a female wearing a trademark Wyatt Family mask. This has led to online speculation that that individual pictured could possibly be the long teased Sister Abigail character that <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/bray-wyatt" title="Bray Wyatt">Bray Wyatt</a></strong> is always talking about in his promos.</p><p>As of this writing, we haven’t heard of any plans for WWE to have a Sister Abigail character, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that there won’t be plans in the future. We will keep you posted if we hear anything.</p>

Reason Summer Rae Hasn’t Returned to WWE Television Yet

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/summer-rae" title="Summer Rae">Summer Rae</a></strong> has been out of action since August after suffering an injury and is finally ready to return to action.</p><p>Dave Meltzer reported on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio that Summer is ready to return and was backstage at television last week. It’s being said that the reason she hasn’t returned on television is because the company needs to find a spot to <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/place/" title="place">place</a></strong> her.</p><p>The feeling is right now that both RAW and SmackDown have enough active females so they need to find a place to write her in on television. It’s unknown which brand she will end up on. We will keep you updated.</p>

Backstage Update on Paige’s WWE Status

<p>Dave Metlzer discussed <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/paige" title="Paige">Paige</a></strong>’s status with WWE following her suspension and neck injury on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio.</p><p>Meltzer mentioned that she is still under contract with the company and is still recovering from her recent neck surgery. He noted that she would not be used again if not for the WWE Studios production, Fighting With My Family.</p><p>Meltzer did not indicate exactly when the company plans to <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/bring/" title="bring">bring</a></strong> her back. If we hear anything new, we will keep you updated.</p>

Bray Wyatt Does Jury Duty In Full “Bray Wyatt” Character

<p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/bray-wyatt" title="Bray Wyatt">Bray Wyatt</a></strong> revealed in the new book, “NXT: The Future Is Now”, that he once went and did jury duty in full character. Here is a transcript of what Wyatt said:</p><p><em>“Bray began with my real-life lunacy, I’ve always been an against-all-authority kind of child. I was a big fan of Rage Against the Machine, they were a big influence on my life as a child, so when I started working with Dusty Rhodes, I began losing my mind on a very real level. I became obsessed with this character.”</em></p><p><em>“I was going to jury duty in my hometown, and Dusty made me go to jury duty as Bray. Dusty told me, ‘This is the perfect exercise, become Bray.’ I literally went to jury duty as Bray Wyatt. I was so immersed in the character that I didn’t break once. Obviously, I didn’t get picked for jury duty, but I had the <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/white/" title="white">white</a></strong> pants, Hawaiian shirt, the <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/whole/" title="whole">whole</a></strong> nine yards. There were no fragments of Husky Harris, Husky Harris was dead and he was to stay dead. I was Bray Wyatt, we were one.”</em></p>

Could A Major Swerve Occur At Backlash?

<p>Thanks to the most recent episode of Smackdown Live, my interest in Backlash has reached new highs. Jinder going over AJ (even though he had help) has made me a believer that he really stands a chance against Randy Orton in their WWE Championship match. The Usos dropped one awesome promo on Breezango, and I absolutely loved it despite my ill feelings toward them. Even <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/erick-rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a></strong> showing just what kind of character he can be on Talking Smack has me excited for his match as well.</p><p>While all of these matches are intriguing, it’s the women’s tag match that has me intrigued the most. The newest babyface of Smackdown, Charlotte, will team up with <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/naomi" title="Naomi">Naomi</a></strong> and Becky Lynch to take on The Welcoming Committee of Smackdown Live. It’s weird to see Charlotte as a face, but it’s a nice change on a show where change is welcome. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/natalya" title="Natalya">Natalya</a></strong> and company have made it clear that they do not want Charlotte here, and she shouldn’t be allowed a chance at the Smackdown Live Women’s Championship just because of her past accomplishments on Raw. Technically these women have a point, but they shouldn’t be fighting for the belt either so their opinion is invalid.</p><p>Something about this doesn’t sit right with me. Charlotte seems like the person who should be a natural heel, for her entire career. This is why I see Charlotte turning on Becky and Naomi at Backlash.</p>

Alberto Del Rio Feels WWE Is Ripping Off Their Top Superstars

<p>While speaking with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, former WWE Superstar <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/alberto-del-rio" title="Alberto Del Rio">Alberto Del Rio</a></strong> talked about WWE having a monopoly on the wrestling industry. He also claims that several talents that left the indecent promotions have taken pay cuts up to 80 percent and he feels that several top Superstars of the company are being paid nothing.</p><p><em>“It’s horrible for the business, but you cannot blame that company. That company is <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/doing/" title="doing">doing</a></strong> what a company is supposed to do—monopolize, get the best talent from everywhere, and try to destroy the competition. They’re smart, you cannot blame them. The problem is with the talent. Just going there to be there with the promise of being on TV, but not even charging good money for your work, is not good business. We as wrestlers need to remember that this is a business. We started because we love the business and we stay in it because we have a lot of passion for it, but you have to be rewarded for your work. I was there and saw some of the main guys, new top <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/heels/" title="heels">heels</a></strong>, and new top babyfaces, get paid nothing for their matches. The new talent joining NXT is taking pay cuts to work there, sometimes even 80 percent less. You need to be rewarded for your work in a business.”</em></p><p>You can check out the full interview <a href="https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/05/17/wwe-week-wrestling-marty-scurll-alberto-del-rio-blue-meanie?xid=socialflow_twitter_si" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>

New Match Announced for NXT Takeover: Chicago

<p>WWE has announced that Eric Young will take on <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/roderick-strong" title="Roderick Strong">Roderick Strong</a></strong> in a singles match at NXT Takeover: Chicago.</p><p><strong>NXT Championship Match</strong><br />Hideo Itami vs. Bobby Roode</p><p><strong>NXT Tag Team Championship Ladder Match</strong><br />#DIY vs. The Authors of Pain</p><p><strong>NXT Women’s Championship Triple Threat Match</strong><br />Ruby Riot vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/nikki-cross" title="Nikki Cross">Nikki Cross</a></strong> vs. Asuka</p><p><strong>WWE UK Championship Match</strong><br />Pete Dunne vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/tyler-bate" title="Tyler Bate">Tyler Bate</a></strong></p><p>Eric Young vs. Roderick Strong</p>