Details: Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards were used at the recent NXT tapings (which were taped for 12/18/13 – 01/08/14) for a week long tryout session. According to the Observer they have not done any medical testing but they are getting a tryout due to William Regal wanting them to get another look at from Triple H. They came in as a tandem and though it is not necessarily a package deal, it was said that Triple H wants emphasis on the tag team division. It was noted that Davey Richards possibly had some issues with ROH management due to an interview he did with Total Wrestling magazine (found here) which then published a follow up to make his statements more clear (here). There was also reported interest from TNA in them as a tag team plus Roderick Strong from Dave Lagana, who made phone calls to them and others. ROH also possibly wanted to turn their going to NXT into some sort of storyline but WWE declined that idea.

Check out some photos of Kalisto (formerly Samuray Del Sol) HERE

Here are the results/SPOILERS from those tapings (Credit ProWrestling.com)

Dark Match: Angelo Dawkins defeated Slate Randall.

* Triple H comes out and welcomes the crowd to the show.

Episode 1: Airing December 18th, 2013:

* Sami Zayn & Tyson Kidd defeated Antonio Cesaro & Leo Kruger.

* NXT Women’s Champion Paige defeated Sasha Banks w/Summer Rae in a non-title match.

* NXT Tag Team Champions The Ascension defeated The American Pitbulls (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards, aka The Americans Wolves) in a non-title match.

* Howard Finkel came out to introduce the main event.

* NXT Championship: Bo Dallas defeated Adrian Neville in a Lumberjack match.

Episode 2: Airing December 25th:

* Alexander Rusev w/Lana defeated Kofi Kingston.

* Emma defeated Natalya in a #1 contenders match.

* Aiden English and Colin Cassady participate in a NXT Sing-off. English attacked Cassady to end the sing-off.

* Tyler Breeze defeated Mason Ryan after a distraction from Sylvester Lefort.

* Leo Kruger vs. Sami Zayn (2 out of 3 falls match) Zayn gets the first fall by pinfall and the second fall by submission.

Episode 3: Airing January 1st:

* Bayley w/Natalya defeated Summer Rae w/Sasha Banks.

* Aiden English defeated Colin Cassady.

* Xavier Woods was introduced but was interrupted by Kane. Kane praises Woods for his match on Raw, but said he can’t go unpunished for being part of the petition to bring back The Big Show. Kane then introduces Alexander Rusev.

* Alexander Rusev w/Lana defeated Xavier Woods.

Off-Air: Kane discusses Survivor Series when Sylvester Lefort interrupts. Kane eventually chokeslammed Lefort after an exchange of words.

* Tyson Kidd defeated Baron Corbin.

* NXT Tag Team Champions The Ascension defeated Camacho & Hunico in a non-title tornado tag match.

Off-Air: The Miz and The Bella Twins are announced for the next set of NXT tapings that will take place January 9th, 2014.

Episode 4: Airing January 8th:

* Adrian Neville defeated Tyler Breeze.

* CJ Parker defeated Jason Jordan.

* NXT Champion Bo Dallas defeated Mojo Rawley in a non-title match.

* Kofi Kingston defeated Alexander Rusev w/Lana. (Re-taped from earlier)

* Antonio Cesaro defeated William Regal.

By chris gst

Long time indie wrestling fan. Started with ROH and just kept going.

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