Worlds Collide (2019)

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Worlds Collide
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Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)205 Live
NXT
NXT UK
DateJanuary 26 and 27, 2019
(aired February 2, 2019)
CityPhoenix, Arizona
VenuePhoenix Convention Center
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The 2019 Worlds Collide was the inaugural Worlds Collide professional wrestling show and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live brand divisions. The event took place on January 26 and 27, 2019 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona as part of that year's Royal Rumble weekend. The event aired on tape delay as one single event on the WWE Network on February 2, 2019.

The event featured the 15-man Worlds Collide tournament, with the wrestlers being equally divided amongst the NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live rosters. The prize was a championship match of the winner's choice. The tournament was won by NXT's Velveteen Dream, who chose to challenge Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Championship.

Production[]

Background[]

In early January 2019, WWE announced that they would be hosting an interbrand tournament to take place during the weekend of that year's Royal Rumble pay-per-view and would stream on the WWE Network. The tournament was a two-day event, held on January 26 and 27 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, and aired on tape delay on February 2.[1][2][3] The event hosted a 15-man single-elimination tournament, called the Worlds Collide Tournament, which was evenly divided between wrestlers from the NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live brands. The winner of the tournament received a future match for a championship of their choice, with the choices being the NXT Championship, the NXT North American Championship, the WWE United Kingdom Championship, and the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (the latter only being an option if the winner was within the 205 lb. weight limit).[4]

Storylines[]

Other on-screen personnel
Role Name
Commentators Tom Phillips
Vic Joseph
Byron Saxton
Nigel McGuinness
Ring announcers Greg Hamilton
Mike Rome
Sarah Schreiber
WWE Global Headquarters host Charly Caruso
Referees Tom Castor
D.A. Brewer
Drake Wuertz
Chris Sharpe

The card included 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 205 Live, NXT, and NXT UK brands,[5][6] with storylines produced on WWE's weekly television shows, NXT, NXT UK, and the cruiserweight-exclusive 205 Live.[7]

On January 10, a 15-man battle royal was announced for the event. The order of elimination in the battle royal determined the first-round matches for the Worlds Collide tournament. The winner of the battle royal would receive a bye to the second-round.[8]

Participants[]

  – NXT
  – NXT UK
  – 205 Live
Wrestler Date
Adam Cole January 10, 2019[2]
Velveteen Dream January 10, 2019[2]
Dominik Dijakovic January 10, 2019[2]
Keith Lee January 10, 2019[2]
Shane Thorne January 22, 2019[2]
Mark Andrews January 10, 2019[2]
Tyler Bate January 10, 2019[2]
Travis Banks January 10, 2019[2]
Jordan Devlin January 10, 2019[2]
Zack Gibson January 10, 2019[2]
Cedric Alexander January 10, 2019[2]
Tony Nese January 10, 2019[2]
Drew Gulak January 10, 2019[2]
TJP January 10, 2019[2]
Humberto Carrillo January 15, 2019[9]

Tournament bracket[]

  First Round
Royal Rumble Axxess (1/26)
(Aired 2/2) 		Quarterfinals
Royal Rumble Axxess (1/26)
(Aired 2/2) 		Semifinals
Royal Rumble Axxess (1/27)
(Aired 2/2) 		Final
Royal Rumble Axxess (1/27)
(Aired 2/2)
                             
  Jordan Devlin Win  
  Drew Gulak 11:43  
Drew Gulak Win  
Mark Andrews 8:29  
  Jordan Devlin 12:23  
  Velveteen Dream Win  
Humberto Carrillo Win  
Zack Gibson 6:18  
  Humberto Carrillo 11:23
  Velveteen Dream Win  
Velveteen Dream Win
Tony Nese 9:05  
  Velveteen Dream Win
  Tyler Bate 16:09
Adam Cole Win  
Shane Thorne 11:10  
  Adam Cole Win
  Keith Lee 10:24  
Travis Banks 5:06
Keith Lee Win  
  Adam Cole 10:30
  Tyler Bate Win  
TJP 8:57  
Dominik Dijakovic Win  
  Dominik Dijakovic 9:23
  Tyler Bate Win  
Tyler Bate Win
Cedric Alexander 10:37  

Aftermath[]

The "Worlds Collide" name was subsequently adopted for a WWE Network series that aired in April 2019. During the Royal Rumble 2020 weekend announcements, WWE revealed that a second Worlds Collide event would air live on the WWE Network on January 25, 2020, and held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, though unlike the 2019 event, it would only feature the NXT and NXT UK brands and not also 205 Live. Also unlike the 2019 event, there was not a Worlds Collide Tournament with a future championship opportunity at stake. Instead, the card's matches were interbrand matches pitting wrestlers from NXT against those from NXT UK. This would also be the final Worlds Collide event.[10]

Results[]

January 26[]

No. Results Stipulations Times[11]
1D Flash Morgan Webster defeated James Drake Singles match[12] -
2 Jordan Devlin defeated Adam Cole, Cedric Alexander, Dominik Dijakovic, Drew Gulak, Humberto Carrillo, Keith Lee, Mark Andrews, Shane Thorne, TJP, Tony Nese, Travis Banks, Tyler Bate, Velveteen Dream, and Zack Gibson 15-man Battle Royal to determine the first-round matches for the Worlds Collide tournament[12][13]
Since Devlin won, he received a bye to the second round 		19:29
3 Drew Gulak defeated Mark Andrews Worlds Collide tournament first round match[12] 8:57
4 Dominik Dijakovic defeated TJP Worlds Collide tournament first round match[14] 11:00
5 Keith Lee defeated Travis Banks Worlds Collide tournament first round match[14] 5:06
6 Humberto Carrillo defeated Zack Gibson Worlds Collide tournament first round match[12] 6:18
7 Velveteen Dream defeated Tony Nese Worlds Collide tournament first round match[14] 9:05
8 Adam Cole defeated Shane Thorne Worlds Collide tournament first round match[14] 11:10
9 Tyler Bate defeated Cedric Alexander Worlds Collide tournament first round match[14] 10:37
10D Walter defeated Danny Burch Singles match[12] -
11 Jordan Devlin defeated Drew Gulak Worlds Collide tournament quarterfinal match[14] 11:43
12 Velveteen Dream defeated Humberto Carrillo Worlds Collide tournament quarterfinal match 11:23
13 Adam Cole defeated Keith Lee Worlds Collide tournament quarterfinal match 10:24
14 Tyler Bate defeated Dominik Dijakovic Worlds Collide tournament quarterfinal match 9:23
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

January 27[]

No. Results Stipulations Times
1D Candice LeRae defeated Xia Li Singles match[15] -
2D Fabian Aichner defeated Ligero Singles match[15] -
3 Tyler Bate defeated Adam Cole Worlds Collide tournament semifinal match[15] 10:30
4 Velveteen Dream defeated Jordan Devlin Worlds Collide tournament semifinal match[15] 12:23
5D Mia Yim and Taynara Conti defeated Chelsea Green and Vanessa Borne Tag team match[15] -
6D Trent Seven defeated Gentleman Jack Gallagher Singles match[15] 10:00
7D The Coffey Brothers (Joe Coffey and Mark Coffey) defeated Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster Tag team match[15] -
8D Walter defeated Kassius Ohno Singles match[15] -
9D James Drake and Zack Gibson defeated Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan Tag team match[15] -
10 Velveteen Dream defeated Tyler Bate Worlds Collide tournament final match[15] 16:09
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

References[]

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