Worlds Collide (2020)

Worlds Collide was a professional wrestling show and WWE

Network event produced by WWE for their NXT and NXT UK
Worlds Collide
brand divisions. It took place on January 25, 2020 at the Toyota
Center in Houston, Texas and was streamed live on the WWE
Network.[1] It was the second event promoted under the Worlds
Collide chronology.

Six matches were contested at the event, including one on the

Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Imperium (Walter, Fabian
Aichner, Marcel Barthel, and Alexander Wolfe) defeated The
Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish, and
Roderick Strong) in an eight-man tag team match.

Contents
Production
Background
Storylines
Event
Pre-Show
Preliminary matches
Main event
Results Promotional poster featuring various
References NXT wrestlers
External links Promotion WWE
Brand(s) NXT
NXT UK
Production
Date January 25, 2020
City Houston, Texas
Background Venue Toyota Center

Worlds Collide is a series of professional wrestling shows that began WWE Network event chronology
on January 26, 2019, when WWE held an interbrand tournament ← Previous Next →
featuring wrestlers from their NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live NXT UK Royal Rumble
brands.[2][3][4] The "Worlds Collide" name was subsequently
TakeOver:
adopted for a WWE Network series that aired in April 2019. During
Blackpool II
their Royal Rumble weekend announcements, WWE revealed that a
second Worlds Collide event would air live on the WWE Network Worlds Collide chronology
on January 25, 2020.[1]
← Previous Next →
2019 —
Storylines
The card included six 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, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT and NXT UK
brands.[5][6] Storylines were produced on the WWE NXT and NXT UK television programs.

Event
Other on-screen personnel
Pre-Show Role: Name:

On the pre-show, Mia Yim collided with Kay Lee Ray. In Tom Phillips
Commentators
the end, Ray rolled up Yim while grabbing the ropes to Nigel McGuinness
win.[7]
Carlos Cabrera
Spanish commentators
Marcelo Rodríguez
Preliminary matches
Alicia Taylor
Ring announcers
The actual pay-per-view opened with Ilja Dragunov facing Andy Shepherd
Finn Bálor. In the end, Bálor performed the 1916 DDT to
Drake Wuertz
win the match.[7]
Referees Darryl Sharma
Next, Angel Garza defended the NXT Cruiserweight
D. A. Brewer
Championship against Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Jordan
Devlin and Travis Banks in a fatal 4-Way match. In the Interviewer Cathy Kelley
end, Garza performed the Wing Clipper on Scott, however, Charly Caruso
Devlin broke up the pin by delivering a headbutt to Garza
and threw him out of the ring. Devlin then performed the Pre-show panel Sam Roberts
Devlin Side on Scott and pinned him to win the Andy Shepherd
championship for the first time.[7]

After that, Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) faced DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso
Ciampa). In the end, Ciampa and Gargano performed their old tag finisher, Meeting in the Middle (running
knee smash/superkick combo) on Seven to win the match. After the match, both teams shook hands and
hugged, with Ciampa and Gargano raising Bate's and Seven's hands afterward.[7]

The penultimate match was Rhea Ripley defending the NXT Women's Championship against Toni Storm. In
the end, after Storm missed the Frog splash, Ripley performed the Riptide to retain the championship.[7]

Main event

In the Main Event: Imperium, which consisted of NXT UK Champion Walter, Fabian Aichner, Marcel
Barthel, and Alexander Wolfe, defeated The Undisputed Era, which consisted of NXT Champion Adam
Cole, NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish, and Roderick Strong, in an Eight-man tag
team match despite being outnumbered 4-3 after Wolfe suffered an injury early in the match.

Results
No. Results Stipulations Times[7]

1P Kay Lee Ray defeated Mia Yim Singles match[8] 9:15

2 Finn Bálor defeated Ilja Dragunov Singles match[9] 14:00

Fatal 4-Way match for the

Jordan Devlin defeated Angel Garza (c), Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, and
3 NXT Cruiserweight 12:05
Travis Banks
Championship[10]
DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) defeated Moustache
4 Tag team match[11] 22:55
Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)
Singles match for the NXT
5 Rhea Ripley (c) defeated Toni Storm Women's 10:15
Championship[12]
Imperium (Walter, Fabian Aichner, Marcel Barthel, and Alexander Eight-man tag team
6 Wolfe) defeated The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, 29:50
match[13]
Bobby Fish, and Roderick Strong)

(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

References
1. "WWE Worlds Collide preview, Jan. 25 2020: NXT and NXT UK clash during Royal Rumble
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s://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/worlds-collide-stream-wwe-network-february-2).
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5-live-nxt-uk-worlds-collide-tournament-royal-rumble-axxess). WWE.com. January 10, 2019.
Retrieved January 10, 2019. "The WWE Worlds Collide Tournament, which will be taped for a
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vs. Ilja Dragunov, DIY vs. Moustache Mountain" (https://prowrestling.net/site/2020/01/25/wwe-
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9. Benigno, Anthony (January 25, 2020). "Finn Bálor def. Ilja Dragunov" (https://www.wwe.com/s
hows/worldscollide/wwe-worlds-collide-2020/article/ilja-dragunov-finn-balor-results). WWE.
Retrieved January 25, 2020.
10. Benigno, Anthony (January 25, 2020). "Jordan Devlin def. Angel Garza, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott
and Travis Banks to become the new NXT Cruiserweight Champion (Fatal 4-Way Match)" (http
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s-results). WWE. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
11. Benigno, Anthony (January 25, 2020). "#DIY def. Moustache Mountain" (https://www.wwe.co
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External links
WWE Worlds Collide Official Website (https://www.wwe.com/shows/worldscollide/)

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