NXT Roadblock (2022)

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NXT Roadblock
Promotion
WWE
Brand(s)NXT
DateMarch 8, 2022
CityOrlando, Florida
VenueWWE Performance Center
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The 2022 NXT Roadblock was the third Roadblock professional wrestling event 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 on the USA Network. The television special took place on March 8, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. 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,

no-contest, thus Imperium retained the NXT Tag Team 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, 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, 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 included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

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, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT, and the supplementary online streaming show, Level Up.[6][7]

On the February 8 episode of NXT,

triple threat match, and the match was scheduled for Roadblock.[11] Prior to Roadblock, Breakker wrestled his first match on the main roster on the March 7 episode of Raw, where he teamed with Ciampa to take on Ziggler and Roode in a winning effort when Breakker pinned Ziggler.[12]

At NXT Vengeance Day,

Marcel Barthel).[9] The match was later scheduled for Roadblock.[11]

In late 2021,

Last Man Standing match, and Waller accepted. The match was subsequently scheduled for Roadblock.[11]

During NXT: New Year's Evil, the 2022 Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic was announced to begin in February.[22] On March 8, it was revealed that both semifinal matches would take place at Roadblock.[23]

Event

Preliminary matches

The television special began with

NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) attacked González while the referee was distracted, injuring her leg. The injury caught up to González at the end of the match when she attempted a Chingona Bomb on Kai, but failed because of the injury. Kai performed a Yakuza kick on González followed by a Vader Bomb by Choo and a top-rope double foot stomp by Kai to advance to the finals.[24]

Afterwards, footage was shown of The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) being laid out in the parking lot.[24]

In the second match,

Sarray performed a dropkick on Stratton while the referee was distracted, and Henley performed a Shining Wizard on Stratton to win the match. Later that night, Stratton vowed to break Sarray's face and her medallion the following week.[24]

Next, Grayson Waller took on LA Knight in a Last Man Standing match. During the match, Knight knocked Waller off of an elevated platform, but Waller was caught by Sanga, who no-sold a chair shot from Knight and

elbow drop on Knight through the announce table. Waller used Sanga to make it to his feet, but Knight was unable to beat the ten count, thus Waller won.[24]

In the fourth match,

NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose, along with Malik Blade and Edris Enofé, was seen watching the match from the "Toxic Lounge". After an evenly contested match between the two teams, Catanzaro blocked a double suplex from Shirai and Ray before Carter sent Shirai out of the ring. Carter then lifted Ray up and Catanzaro performed an inverted frankensteiner on Ray, but Shirai broke up the pin and sent Carter into the steel ring steps. Back in the ring, Shirai sent Catanzaro into a kick from Ray, and Ray performed a KLR bomb followed by a moonsault by Shirai to advance to the finals. Following the match, Cora Jade attacked Rose.[24]

In the penultimate match, Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) were originally scheduled to defend the NXT Tag Team Championship against The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed), but due to the latter being attacked in the parking lot, they were replaced by MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) during the Last Man Standing match. The match ended when The Creed Brothers attacked both teams, ending the match in a no-contest with Imperium retaining the titles.[24]

Before the main event,

Ikemen Jiro and Kushida complementing his statements.[24]

Main event

In the main event, Bron Breakker defended the NXT Championship against Dolph Ziggler (accompanied by Robert Roode) and Tommaso Ciampa. Ciampa performed a

superkick on Breakker to win the title for the first time.[24]

Aftermath

On the following episode of NXT, NXT Champion Dolph Ziggler was a guest on The Miz's talk show, "Miz TV". After Ziggler thought that Breakker wouldn't challenge him after footage showed him leaving the Performance Center after he was unable to find Ziggler, LA Knight interfered. A match between Ziggler and Knight for the NXT Championship was made official for that episode's main event, where Ziggler retained. Afterwards, Breakker returned and challenged Ziggler to a match for the NXT Championship at NXT Stand & Deliver, and Ziggler accepted.[25]

Also on NXT, Cora Jade knew that Raquel González was injured at the hands of Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne, and Jade thought that Toxic Attraction would come after Jade afterwards, so Jade stole all of the title belts from Toxic Attraction (Dolin, Jayne, and NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose). Throughout that episode, Dolin and Jayne were trapped when they tried to retrieve the tag title belts. Later that night, as Jade was about to leave the Performance Center with the NXT Women's Championship belt, she was attacked by Rose, who spray-painted the back of Jade. A match between Jade and Rose for the NXT Women's Championship was subsequently made official for NXT Stand & Deliver.

fatal four-way match.[26] On the March 29 episode, González returned to save Dakota Kai from a three-on-one beatdown from Toxic Attraction, setting up a match pitting Dolin and Jayne against González and Kai for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship at Stand & Deliver.[27]

The Creed Brothers (Julius Creed and Brutus Creed) demanded to know who attacked them backstage at Roadblock. MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) then claimed that they did not attack them, but they deserved a match for the NXT Tag Team Championship. Defending champions Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) interrupted and attacked both teams, and stated that they will defend the tag titles against both teams as they did not fear anyone. Later that night, a

triple threat tag team match between the three teams for the NXT Tag Team Championship was scheduled for Stand & Deliver.[25]

A-Kid and Kushida would have their match on the following NXT, where A-Kid was victorious. This match was also to determine who would be in the following week's qualifying match for the NXT North American Championship ladder match at Stand & Deliver.[25]

Also on NXT, Tiffany Stratton attacked Sarray while the latter was making her entrance, allowing Stratton to easily defeat Sarray in less than a minute.[25] Two weeks later, Sarray distracted Stratton during the latter's match, causing her to lose.[28] On the April 19 episode, Stratton defeated Sarray again.[29]

After their loss to Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray, Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter would eventually return their focus to the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship. After defeating Valentina Feroz and Yulisa Leon on the April 26 episode of NXT,[30] they were scheduled to take on defending champions Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) for the titles at In Your House.[31]

A second NXT Roadblock was confirmed for March 7, 2023, thus establishing Roadblock as an annual March event for NXT.[32]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
Triple threat match for the NXT Championship[36][34]
12:24
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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