WWE NXT Star Earns North American Title Shot, Akira Tozawa Vs. Hideo Itami Update, Ruby Riott Games
- Ruby Riott and Xavier Woods finish up their Turtles In Time gameplay with this new video from Woods' UpUpDownDown YouTube channel.
- The dark match before tonight's WWE NXT TV tapings at Full Sail University saw Lio Rush defeat Marcel Barthel. Rush earned a title shot from NXT North American Champion Adam Cole that will take place at Thursday's TV tapings. Rush won the match with a Frogsplash.
- The feud between former WWE 205 Live partners Hideo Itami and Akira Tozawa continued on social media with Tozawa taking a shot at Itami when responding to a WWE tweet from last night's show, which featured a video package with Triple H, Paige and others praising Itami. Itami said he didn't feel like he needed a partner and didn't like teaming up with Tozawa. You can see Tozawa's response below:
"@TozawaAkira doesn't deserve it. Tozawa made a big mistake." – @HideoItami was NOT happy about teaming up with Akira Tozawa on #205Live... pic.twitter.com/5fknYGc6x2
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 9, 2018
Well...I am former cruiser weight champion , you're NOT.
You have failed to know your place. https://t.co/rwqSnuNTW6— Akira Tozawa (@TozawaAkira) May 9, 2018