NXT Roadblock (2022)

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NXT Roadblock
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Promotion poster featuring (l to r) Tommaso Ciampa, Bron Breakker, and Dolph Ziggler
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)NXT
DateMarch 8, 2022
CityOrlando, Florida
VenueWWE Performance Center
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NXT Roadblock was the third Roadblock professional wrestling television special produced by WWE. It was held primarily for wrestlers from the NXT brand division. Unlike the previous two Roadblock events, NXT Roadblock aired as a special episode of NXT 2.0. The television special took place on March 8, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and aired on the USA Network. The event's title is a reference to its position on the road to NXT Stand & Deliver, NXT's WrestleMania week event. This was the first Roadblock event since Roadblock: End of the Line in December 2016.

Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Dolph Ziggler defeated Tommaso Ciampa and defending champion Bron Breakker to win the NXT Championship.

Production[]

Background[]

Roadblock is a professional wrestling event established by WWE in 2016. The inaugural event was held in March that year and aired exclusively on the WWE Network. The event's name was a reference to its position on the "Road to WrestleMania".[1] In July 2016, WWE reintroduced the brand extension, where the roster was divided between brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform. Roadblock was brought back that same year in December as a Raw-exclusive event under the title Roadblock: End of the Line. It aired on pay-per-view (PPV) and the WWE Network with its name being in reference to being WWE's final PPV of 2016.[2][3] Roadblock was then discontinued without any further events scheduled.[4] However, during the March 1, 2022, episode of NXT 2.0, it was announced that Roadblock had been revived for the NXT brand under the title NXT Roadblock, with its title being in reference to its position on the road to NXT Stand & Deliver, the brand's WrestleMania week event. Unlike the previous two Roadblock events, NXT Roadblock was scheduled to be held as a special episode of NXT 2.0, with the television special airing on March 8 on the USA Network. The event took place at NXT's home base of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.[5]

Storylines[]

The card consisted of matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand,[6][7] while storylines were played out on NXT's weekly television program NXT 2.0 and the supplementary online streaming show Level Up.

Results[]

No. Results Stipulations Times[8]
1 Dakota Kai and Wendy Choo defeated Cora Jade and Raquel González by pinfall Semifinals tag team match in the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 10:42
2 Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton by pinfall Singles match 2:48
3 Grayson Waller defeated L. A. Knight Last Man Standing match[9] 16:01
4 Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray defeated Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter by pinfall Semifinals tag team match in the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 7:59
5 Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) (c) vs. MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) ended in a no-contest Tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship[10] 5:33
6 Dolph Ziggler (with Robert Roode) defeated Tommaso Ciampa and Bron Breakker (c) by pinfall Triple threat match for the NXT Championship[11] 12:24
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References[]

  1. ^ "WWE Title match official for re-named Network special". Pro Wrestling Torch. March 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "WWE PPV Roadblock: End Of The Line". PPG Paints Arena. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Get WWE Roadblock: End of the Line 2016 tickets now". WWE. October 7, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  4. ^ Silverstein, Adam (December 13, 2017). "WWE schedule, list of PPVs for 2017: Clash of Champions date, location". CBSSports. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  5. ^ Guzzo, Gisberto (March 1, 2022). "NXT Championship Triple Threat, Last Man Standing Match, And More Set For 3/8 NXT Roadblock". Fightful. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  7. ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  8. ^ Moore, John (March 8, 2022). "3/8 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of the Roadblock themed show featuring Bron Breakker vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Title, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel vs. The Creed Brothers for the NXT Tag Titles, LA Knight vs. Grayson Waller in a Last Man Standing match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "LA Knight and Grayson Waller collide in Last Man Standing Match". WWE. March 2, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "Dusty Cup Champions The Creed Brothers to battle Imperium for NXT Tag Team Championship". WWE. March 2, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  11. ^ "Bron Breakker puts NXT Title on the line in Triple Threat Match with Tommaso Ciampa and Dolph Ziggler". WWE. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

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