WWE/NXT Live Event Reports, April 18-23: South Africa Tour, WrestleMania Rematch, Kacy Catanzaro Debuts, Much More!

John MoorehouseApril 25, 2018, 2:00 pm

WWE made a historic tour of South Africa and the main roster returned to the road in full force this past week.

This week also marked the first house shows for the main roster since WrestleMania, which also included the first title defenses for new Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander, new Raw Women's Champion Nia Jax and new Smackdown Tag Champions the Bludgeon Brothers.

The Raw crew, which is in the midst of a brutal travel stretch, went to South Africa for four shows. They then returned to St. Louis for last night's Raw, then got back on planes for the Greatest Royal Rumble this coming Saturday in Saudi Arabia.

Smackdown was in action in the Southeast U.S., with all three events topped by a WrestleMania rematch between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Title. The finishes were the same; Nakamura got disqualified for low blowing the champ.

NXT had two different crews in action. The touring roster included new NXT champ Aleister Black, who defended against the man he dethroned, Andrade Almas. Almas was joined by fellow new main roster call-up No Way Jose. The Florida loop of NXT included new Raw additions like Ember Moon and the Authors of Pain. The Florida tour also marked the in-ring debut of Kacy Catanzaro, who worked under her real name. The former American Ninja Warrior standout only reported to WWE in January, making her debut after about three months of training at the Performance Center.

Here are all the results.

RAW

April 18, Cape Town, South Africa

Bray Wyatt & Matt Hardy def. Balor Club (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) and The Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus) in a Triple Threat Tag.
Cedric Alexander def. Drew Gulak to retain the Cruiserweight Title.
Bayley def. Sasha Banks.
Seth Rollins def. Finn Balor to retain the Intercontinental Title.
Titus Worldwide (Apollo Crews & Titus O'Neil) def. Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel.
Nia Jax def. Sonya Deville to retain the Raw Women's Title.
Roman Reigns def. Braun Strowman and Elias in a Triple Threat.

April 19, Cape Town, South Africa

Finn Balor & Seth Rollins def. Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel.
Braun Strowman def. Elias.
Cedric Alexander def. Drew Gulak to retain the Cruiserweight Title.
Bray Wyatt & Matt Hardy def. The Bar.
Asuka def. Bayley and Sasha Banks in a Triple Threat.
Titus Worldwide (Apollo Crews & Titus O'Neil) def. Balor Club (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows).
Nia Jax def. Mandy Rose to retain the Raw Women's Title.
Roman Reigns def. Samoa Joe

April 20, Pretoria, South Africa

Bray Wyatt & Matt Hardy def. The Bar.
Cedric Alexander def. Drew Gulak to retain the Cruiserweight Title.
Braun Strowman def. Samoa Joe.
Asuka def. Bayley and Sasha Banks in a Triple Threat.
Titus Worldwide (Apollo Crews & Titus O'Neil) def. Balor Club (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows).
Nia Jax def. Sonya Deville to retain the Raw Women's Title.
Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Finn Balor def. Elias, Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel.

April 21, Johannesburg, South Africa

Finn Balor & Seth Rollins def. The Bar.
Cedric Alexander def. Drew Gulak to retain the Cruiserweight Title.
Asuka def. Bayley and Sasha Banks in a Triple Threat.
Bray Wyatt & Matt Hardy def. Balor Club (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows).
Titus Worldwide (Apollo Crews & Titus O'Neil) def. Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel.
Nia Jax def. Mandy Rose to retain the Raw Women's Title.
Braun Strowman & Roman Reigns def. Elias & Samoa Joe.

SMACKDOWN

April 21, Johnson City, TN

The Bludgeon Brothers def. New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) and The Usos in a Triple Threat to retain the Smackdown Tag Titles.
Sin Cara def. Shelton Benjamin.
Naomi def. Lana.
Jeff Hardy & Randy Orton def. Aiden English & Rusev.
Big Cass def. Tye Dillinger.
Carmella def. Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat to retain the Smackdown Women's Title.
AJ Styles def. Shinsuke Nakamura by DQ to retain the WWE Title.

April 22, Chattanooga, TN

April 23, Bowling Green, KY

NXT

April 19, Washington, DC

Oney Lorcan def. Chad Lail by DQ.
Oney Lorcan, Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford def. Chad Lail, Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake.
Candice LeRae & Nikki Cross def. Bianca Belair & Lacey Evans.
Ricochet def. The Velveteen Dream.
Tommaso Ciampa def. Kassius Ohno.
EC3 def. No Way Jose.
Shayna Baszler def. Kairi Sane to retain the NXT Women's Title.
Aleister Black def. Andrade Almas to retain the NXT Title.

April 19, Sanford, FL

Reina Gonzalez def. Kacy Catanzaro.
Lio Rush def. Kona Reeves.
Dakota Kai & Steffanie Newell def. Aliyah & Kavita Devi.
Lars Sullivan def. Fabian Aichner.
Adrian Jaoude, Cezar Bononi & Taynara Conti def. Big Boa, Rocky & Xia Li.
Ember Moon def. Vanessa Borne.
Authors Of Pain def. TM-61.

April 20, Jacksonville, FL

Raul Mendoza def. Jeet Rama.
Steffanie Newell def. Vanessa Borne.
Tino Sabbatelli def. Mars Wang.
TM-61 def. Brennan Williams & Christopher Dijak.
Adrian Jaoude & Cezar Bononi def. Big Boa & Rocky.
Dakota Kai def. Taynara Conti.
Roderick Strong def. Lio Rush.

April 20, Bethlehem, PA

No Way Jose def. Chad Lail.
Bianca Belair def. Candice LeRae.
EC3 ef. Kassius Ohno.
Street Profits def. Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake.
Kairi Sane & Nikki Cross def. Lacey Evans & Shayna Baszler.
Tommaso Ciampa def. Oney Lorcan.
Aleister Black & Ricochet def. Andrade Almas & The Velveteen Dream.

April 21, Bel Air, MD

Oney Lorcan def. Chad Lail by DQ.
Oney Lorcan, Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford def. Chad Lail, Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake.
Bianca Belair & Lacey Evans def. Candice LeRae & Kairi Sane.
EC3 def. No Way Jose.
Tommaso Ciampa def. Kassius Ohno.
Ricochet def. The Velveteen Dream.
Shayna Baszler def. Nikki Cross to retain the NXT Women's Title.
Aleister Black def. Andrade Almas to retain the NXT Title.

April 22, Johnstown, PA

No Way Jose def. Chad Lail.
Candice LeRae def. Bianca Belair.
EC3 def. Kassius Ohno.
Street Profits def. Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake.
Kairi Sane & Nikki Cross def. Lacey Evans & Shayna Baszler.
Tommaso Ciampa def. Oney Lorcan.
Aleister Black & Ricochet def. Andrade Almas & The Velveteen Dream.