William Regal Makes Major Announcement Regarding NXT Titles at Takeover Orlando Tonight, Tyler Bate Defends at Axxess (Video)

April 1, 2017

During today’s WrestleMania Axxess events, NXT General Manager William Regal announced that he will be presenting the winners of tonight’s NXT Takeover Orlando matches with new Championship belts. So it appears as if the current champions will be entering tonight’s matches with their old titles, and leaving with new ones.

Additionally, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat conducted a fan Q&A, and the following matches took place:

-Tony Nese defeated Gran Metalik

-Sarah Bridges defeated a new WWE PC recruit

-Tyler Bate defeated Joseph Conners to retain the WWE UK Title. After the bout, Pete Dunne came out and attacked Bate, then grabbed the mic and said he is taking the title from Bate at Axxess tomorrow.

Prior to the above, the following matches took place this morning:

-Mustafa Ali and Rich Swann defeated South Pacific Power Trip

-Kishan Raftar defeated Chris Atkins

-TJ Perkins defeated Drew Gulak

-Toni Storm defeated Jimmy in a Progress Women’s Match

-Brian Kendrick defeated Jack Gallagher

-Akira Tozawa defeated Ariya Daivari

You can watch all of today’s Axxess action in the video players below:

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.