NXT Roadblock 2022 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 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.
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". 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. Roadblock was then discontinued without any further events scheduled. 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 will take place at NXT's home base of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Storylines[]
The card consisted of matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines are played out on NXT's weekly television program NXT 2.0 and the supplementary online streaming show Level Up.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Dakota Kai & Wendy Choo defeated Cora Jade & Raquel González in a Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2022 Semi Final Match (10:42)
- Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton (2:48)
- Grayson Waller defeated LA Knight in a Last Man Standing Match (16:01)
- Io Shirai & Kay Lee Ray defeated Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter in a Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2022 Semi Final Match (7:59)
- Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner) (c) vs. MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) for the NXT Tag Team Championship ended in a No Contest
- Dolph Ziggler defeated Bron Breakker (c) and Tommaso Ciampa in a Triple Threat Match to win the NXT Championship (12:24)
Other on-screen talent[]
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