The 2022 NXT Roadblock was the third

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event produced by

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. 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

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. The

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took place on March 8, 2022, at the

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. The event's title is a reference to its position on the road to

NXT Stand & Deliver Stand & Deliver is a professional wrestling event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. Established in 2021, it is held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT and takes place annually during WrestleMania wee ...

, 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,

Dolph Ziggler Nicholas Theodore Nemeth (born July 27, 1980) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under his real name, stylized as Nic Nemeth, where he is one-half of the TNA World Tag ...

defeated defending champion

Bron Breakker Bronson Rechsteiner (born October 24, 1997) is an American professional wrestler and former football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Bron Breakker. He is a former two-time WWE Intercontinenta ...

and

Tommaso Ciampa Tommaso Whitney (born May 8, 1985) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Tommaso Ciampa () and ...

to win the

NXT Championship The NXT Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion, promotion WWE, defended as the top men's championship of NXT (WWE brand), NXT, the promotion's Farm team, de ...

. In other prominent matches,

Grayson Waller Matthew Farrelly (born 21 March 1990) is an Australian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Grayson Waller, and is in a tag team with Austin Theory as A-Town Down Under, where he is ...

defeated

LA Knight Shaun Edward Ricker (born November 1, 1982) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name LA ...

in a

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, and

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(

Fabian Aichner Fabian Aichner (born 21 July 1990) is an Italian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Giovanni Vinci. Aichner signed with WWE in 2017 and joined the group Imperium, becoming a two-t ...

and

Marcel Barthel Marcel Barthel (born 8 July 1990) is a German professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Ludwig Kaiser and is a member of Imperium alongside Gunther. He previously wrestled under the ring n ...

) vs. MSK (

Wes Lee Deveon Everhart Aikens (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT and Evolve brands under the ring name Wes Lee and is the leader of The High Ryze stable. He is a former one-t ...

and

Nash Carter Zachary Green (born April 29, 1994), better known by his ring name Zachary Wentz, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a member of The Rascalz tag team. He also makes appearances ...

) ended in a

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, thus Imperium retained the

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Production

Background

is a

event established by

in 2016. The inaugural event was held in March that year and aired exclusively on the

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. The event's name was a reference to its position on the "Road to WrestleMania". In July 2016, WWE reintroduced the

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, 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

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-exclusive event under the title Roadblock: End of the Line. It aired on

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(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'', 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

, 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

airing on March 8 on the

. The event took place at NXT's home base of the

Storylines

The card included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...

villains A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...

, or 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''. On the February 8 episode of ''NXT'',

roster member

appeared to crash the championship summit between

Santos Escobar Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly (born April 30, 1984), is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Santos Escobar and is the leader of Legado Del Fantasma. He is a former member ...

and NXT Champion

. Ziggler confronted Breakker over his comments on

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, and said that he never held the NXT Championship before. The segment ended with Ziggler and

brawling at ringside, leaving Breakker to get powerbombed through a table by

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(

Joaquin Wilde Michael Paris (born October 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand, under the ring name Joaquin Wilde. He is a member of the Latino World Order. He was a former founding member o ...

and

Raul Mendoza Raúl Mendoza (born November 25, 1991) is a Mexican professional wrestler. As of 2016, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the name Cruz Del Toro and is a member of the Latino World Order. He was a former founding me ...

). At NXT Vengeance Day, Breakker defeated Escobar to retain the title; during the match, Ziggler interfered on Escobar's behalf, but later engaged in a brawl with Ciampa that spilled out of the ring. That same night, a match between Ziggler and Ciampa to determine the number one contender for the title was scheduled for the following week, which Ziggler won after interference from a cameraman, later revealed to be Ziggler's tag team partner,

Robert Roode Robert Francis Roode Jr. (born May 11, 1976) is a Canadian retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is a Producer (professional wrestling), producer and was formerly an in-ring performer. Roode is known ...

. Afterwards, Breakker attacked the two and, along with Ciampa, challenged Ziggler and Roode to a tag team match for the March 1 episode. On that episode, Ciampa and Breakker defeated Ziggler and Roode when Ciampa pinned Ziggler. As a result, Ciampa was added to the match, making it a

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, and the match was scheduled for Roadblock. Prior to Roadblock, Breakker wrestled his first match on the main roster on the March 7 episode of ''

'', where he teamed with Ciampa to take on Ziggler and Roode in a winning effort when Breakker pinned Ziggler. At NXT Vengeance Day,

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( Brutus Creed and

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) defeated MSK (

and

) to win the 2022 Men's

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament held by the American promotion WWE, and is featured on its NXT brand, having first been established in 2015. In subsequent years, wrestlers from the NXT U ...

and earn themselves a match for the

, which was held by

(

and

). The match was later scheduled for Roadblock. In late 2021,

began feuding with

. On the October 19 episode of ''NXT'', Knight defeated Waller to earn the right to host

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. At the event, however, Waller took over hosting duties for most of the event, with Knight joining the fray afterwards. On the November 23 episode of ''NXT'', a double turn took place: Waller turned heel by berating the fans, and Knight turned face by displaying fighting spirit attitude. Also on that same episode, Knight was attacked by Waller before Knight's match, resulting in a brawl that spilled backstage. At

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on December 5, Knight's team (Team Black & Gold) lost to Waller's team (Team 2.0) in a

WarGames match WarGames is a specialized steel cage match in professional wrestling. The match usually involves two teams of four or more wrestlers locked inside a steel cage that encompasses two rings placed side by side. The cage may or may not have a roof, de ...

. On the December 14 episode of ''NXT'', Knight was attacked by Waller in the parking lot. Knight returned on the January 11, 2022, episode of ''NXT'', where he attacked Waller after the latter's match. The following week, Waller presented a restraining order against Knight, who in turn scheduled Waller to face

Dexter Lumis Samuel Robert Shaw (born January 17, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Dexter Lumis ( ) and is a member of The Wyatt Sicks faction. He is also known fo ...

. Waller won after an "insurance policy" attacked Lumis. On the January 25 episode, the "insurance policy" was revealed to be

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. The following week, Knight lost his match after interference from Waller and Sanga. This led to a match between Knight and Sanga on the February 8 episode where Knight was victorious. Following the match, instead of lifting the restraining order, Waller threatened that Knight would be arrested for breaking it. At NXT Vengeance Day, Waller told the police to arrest Knight, stating that the restraining order was set up after Knight's attack on Waller after the latter's match on the January 11 episode, but Knight showed footage of Waller breaking the restraining order two weeks ago with an attack on Knight. Waller then stated that the restraining order was void. Knight then laid out Waller and Sanga, leading to a match between Waller and Knight being scheduled for the February 22 episode, where Waller won, but after the match, Knight attacked Waller and Sanga. On the March 1 episode, Knight challenged Waller to a

, and Waller accepted. The match was subsequently scheduled for Roadblock. During ''NXT'': New Year's Evil, the 2022 Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic was announced to begin in February. On March 8, it was revealed that both semifinal matches would take place at Roadblock.

Event

Preliminary matches

The television special began with Raquel González and

Cora Jade Brianna Coda (born January 14, 2001) is an American professional wrestler. She is performing on the independent circuit under the ring name Elayna Black. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Cora Jade. ...

taking on

Wendy Choo Karen Yu (born January 18, 1992) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT and Evolve (WWE brand), Evolve WWE brand extension, brands under the ring name Wendy Choo. She is also kno ...

and

Dakota Kai Cheree Georgina "Charlie" Crowley (born 6 May 1988) is a New Zealand professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in the WWE, where she performed under the ring name Dakota Kai. Prior to her signing with WWE, Crowley performed under t ...

in the first of two Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic semifinals. During the match,

NXT Women's Tag Team Champions The NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling Women's professional wrestling championship, women's tag team championship created and promoted by the United States, American professional wrestling promotion, promotion WWE. It w ...

Toxic Attraction Toxic Attraction was an American villainous professional wrestling stable in WWE on the NXT brand. The group originally consisted of Mandy Rose, Gigi Dolin, and Jacy Jayne. After Rose was released from her WWE contract in December 2022, Toxic ...

(

Gigi Dolin Priscilla Lee Kelly (born June 5, 1997) is an American professional wrestler and former reality television personality. She is best known for her tenure in WWE where she performed under the ring name Gigi Dolin. She is a former record-tying two- ...

and

Jacy Jayne Taylor Grado (born June 2, 1996) is an American professional wrestler. , she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Jacy Jayne, and is the current NXT Women's Champion in he ...

) 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. Afterwards, footage was shown of The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) being laid out in the parking lot. In the second match,

Fallon Henley Theresa Schuessler (born September 25, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. , she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Fallon Henley, and is a member of the Fatal Influence stable. She is a former one ...

took on

Tiffany Stratton Jessica Lynn Woynilko (born May 1, 1999) is an American professional wrestler and former gymnast. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Tiffany Stratton and is the current WWE Women's Champion in he ...

. In the end, Stratton performed a Samoan Drop on Henley, but Sarray performed a

dropkick A dropkick is an Professional wrestling strikes, attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as they ju ...

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. 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

chokeslam A chokeslam is a type of body slam in professional wrestling, in which a wrestler grasps an opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerf ...

med Knight onto the ring apron. Knight then handcuffed Sanga to the ring post. Knight sent Waller out of the ring and through a table, but Waller stood at a nine count. In the end, Waller performed an

elbow drop Strikes can be offensive moves in professional wrestling, that can sometimes be used to set up an opponent for a hold or for a throw. There are a wide variety of strikes in pro wrestling, and many are known by several different names. Professional ...

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. In the fourth match,

Io Shirai is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name (stylized in all caps) and is the current Women's World Championship (WWE), Women’s Wo ...

and

Kay Lee Ray Kayleigh Kerr (née Rae; born 11 August 1992) is a Scottish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Alba Fyre and is a member of The Green Regime stable. Rae began her wrestlin ...

took on

Kacy Catanzaro Kacy Esther Catanzaro (born January 14, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and a former gymnast and obstacle racer. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Katana Chance. Alongside Kayden Carter, ...

and

Kayden Carter Allyssa Lyn Lane (born May 20, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Kayden Carter. Alongside Katana Chance, she is a one-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion, ho ...

in the second of two Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic semifinals.

NXT Women's Champion The NXT Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion, promotion WWE. It is defended on NXT (WWE brand), NXT, th ...

Mandy Rose Amanda Rose Saccomanno (born July 18, 1990) is an American professional wrestler, television personality, and fitness and figure competitor. She is best known for her career in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Mandy Rose, and was ...

, 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

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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 A moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a Professional wrestling aerial techniques, professional wrestling aerial technique. It was innovated by Mando Guerrero. Much of its popularity in both Puroresu, Japanese and professional wrestl ...

by Shirai to advance to the finals. Following the match, Cora Jade attacked Rose. 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. Before the main event,

A-Kid Carlos Ruíz (born May 9, 1997) is a Spanish professional wrestler. He signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Axiom. He is a former one-time and the inaugural NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion as A-Kid and a two-ti ...

hyped his debut on ''NXT'', with

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and Kushida complementing his statements.

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 Project Ciampa on Ziggler for a nearfall. As Ciampa went for a Fairytale ending on Ziggler, Breakker performed a

Spear A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with Fire hardening, fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable materia ...

on Ciampa. Breakker then performed a Spear and a Military Press Powerslam on Ziggler, but Roode pulled the referee out of the ring. Ciampa performed Willow's bell and a Fairytale ending on Breakker, but Ziggler tossed Ciampa aside and pinned Breakker himself for a nearfall. In the end, Ciampa charged at Breakker, but Roode pulled Breakker out of the ring and Ziggler performed a

superkick Strikes can be offensive moves in professional wrestling, that can sometimes be used to set up an opponent for a hold or for a throw. There are a wide variety of strikes in pro wrestling, and many are known by several different names. Professional ...

on Breakker to win the title for the first time.

Aftermath

On the following episode of ''NXT'', NXT Champion Dolph Ziggler was a guest on

The Miz Michael Gregory Mizanin (born October 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name The Miz. Mizanin first gained fame a ...

'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. 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. A week later, Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray, who defeated Dakota Kai and Wendy Choo to win the 2022 Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, challenged Rose for the title, making it a

fatal four-way match Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. ...

. 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. 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. 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 The NXT North American Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended as the secondary men's championship of NXT, the promotion's developmental brand. The current champi ...

ladder match A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item (usually a title belt) is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item. The ladder itself become ...

at Stand & Deliver. 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. Two weeks later, Sarray distracted Stratton during the latter's match, causing her to lose. On the April 19 episode, Stratton defeated Sarray again. 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 Rita Reis (born July 18, 1995) is a Brazilian professional wrestler and judoka. She is best known for her time in the WWE, under the ring name Valentina Feroz. Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Entertainment (2019–2024) In D ...

and Yulisa Leon on the April 26 episode of ''NXT'', they were scheduled to take on defending champions Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) for the titles at

In Your House In Your House was a series of professional wrestling supercard events created by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The events originally aired on pay-per-view (PPV) from May 1995 to February 1999 when the promotion w ...

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

Results

References

External links

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