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WEEK 5
Welcome to Week 5 of 2021. This week we had the 1st WWE Network Special event, WWE Superstar Spectacular. The wrestlers that made their WWE debut will be listed as NXT wrestlers since they are training there. Next week is the 1st PPV of 2021, the WWE Royal Rumble, so check out the Royal Rumble Preview here. Also, next week will begin February, so stay tuned for our 1st Month in Review of 2021, with a look at January.
Now without further ado, here are the Win-Loss Records for this week, followed by the results of the week that was. Please send all feedback comments to my Twitter Account (@hbkid718) & to review all of this week’s Tweets, Search “#DBWL”. Thanks.
OVERALL RANKINGS
WRESTLER (BRAND) (W-L-D)
1. Big E (SD) 5-1-0
2. AJ Styles (RAW) 5-3-0
3. Daniel Bryan (SD) 4-2-0
4. Finn Balor (NXT) 3-0-0
5. Angel Garza (RAW) 3-0-0
6. Apollo Crews (SD) 3-1-0
7. Shinsuke Nakamura (SD) 3-2-0
8. Riddle (RAW) 3-2-0
9. Sheamus (RAW) 3-2-0
10. King Corbin (SD) 3-4-0
11. James Drake (NXT) 2-0-0
12. Zack Gibson (NXT) 2-0-0
13. Nash Carter (NXT) 2-0-0
14. Karrion Kross (NXT) 2-0-0
15. Wes Lee (NXT) 2-0-0
16. Drew McIntyre (RAW) 2-0-0
17. Otis (SD) 2-0-0
18. Bronson Reed (NXT) 2-0-0
19. Timothy Thatcher (NXT) 2-0-0
20. Lince Dorado (RAW) 2-1-0
21. Kushida (NXT) 2-1-0
22. Bobby Lashley (RAW) 2-1-0
23. Keith Lee (RAW) 2-1-0
24. Jaxson Ryker (RAW) 2-1-0
25. Slapjack (RAW) 2-1-0
26. Curt Stallion (205/NXT) 2-1-0
27. Gran Metalik (RAW) 2-2-0
28. Ricochet (RAW) 2-2-0
29. Xavier Woods (RAW) 2-2-0
30. Cesaro (SD) 2-3-0
31. Jeff Hardy (RAW) 2-3-0
32. Tyler Bate (NXT UK) 1-0-0
33. Rampage Brown (NXT UK) 1-0-0
34. Joe Coffey (NXT UK) 1-0-0
35. Adam Cole (NXT) 1-0-0
36. Jordan Devlin (NXT UK) 1-0-0
37. Ilja Dragunov (NXT UK) 1-0-0
38. Santos Escobar (205/NXT) 1-0-0
39. Amir Jordan (NXT UK) 1-0-0
40. Kofi Kingston (RAW) 1-0-0
41. Mace (RAW) 1-0-0
42. Mansoor (205/NXT) 1-0-0
43. Raul Mendoza (205/NXT) 1-0-0
44. Randy Orton (RAW) 1-0-0
45. Kevin Owens (SD) 1-0-0
46. Adam Pearce (SD) 1-0-0
47. Rinku (NXT) 1-0-0
48. Robert Roode (SD) 1-0-0
49. Saurav (NXT) 1-0-0
50. Dilsher Shanky (NXT) 1-0-0
51. Roderick Strong (NXT) 1-0-0
52. T-BAR (RAW) 1-0-0
53. WALTER (NXT UK) 1-0-0
54. Giant Zanjeer (NXT) 1-0-0
55. Ashante Adonis (205/NXT) 1-1-0
56. Ben Carter (NXT UK) 1-1-0
57. Tommaso Ciampa (NXT) 1-1-0
58. Killian Dain (NXT) 1-1-0
59. Matt Martel (205/NXT) 1-1-0
60. Dave Mastiff (NXT UK) 1-1-0
61. Drake Maverick (NXT) 1-1-0
62. Kyle O’Reilly (NXT) 1-1-0
63. Chase Parker (205/NXT) 1-1-0
64. Leon Ruff (NXT) 1-1-0
65. Tyler Rust (NXT) 1-1-0
66. Sha Samuels (NXT UK) 1-1-0
67. Cedric Alexander (RAW) 1-2-0
68. Shelton Benjamin (RAW) 1-2-0
69. Humberto Carrillo (RAW) 1-2-0
70. August Grey (205/NXT) 1-2-0
71. Elias (RAW) 1-2-0
72. Johnny Gargano (NXT) 1-2-0
73. Rey Mysterio (SD) 1-2-0
74. Dolph Ziggler (SD) 1-2-0
75. Ariya Daivari (205) 1-3-0
76. The Miz (RAW) 1-3-0
77. John Morrison (RAW) 1-4-0
78. Fabian Aichner (NXT) 0-1-0
79. A-Kid (NXT UK) 0-1-0
80. Mark Andrews (NXT UK) 0-1-0
81. Marcel Barthel (NXT) 0-1-0
82. Wild Boar (NXT UK) 0-1-0
83. Tyler Breeze (NXT) 0-1-0
84. Danny Burch (NXT) 0-1-0
85. Oliver Carter NXT UK) 0-1-0
86. Angelo Dawkins (SD) 0-1-0
87. Fandango (NXT) 0-1-0
88. Montez Ford (SD) 0-1-0
89. Saxon Huxley (NXT UK) 0-1-0
90. Oney Lorcan (NXT) 0-1-0
91. Dexter Lumis (NXT) 0-1-0
92. Jinder Mahal (WWE) 0-1-0
93. Josh Morrell (NXT UK) 0-1-0
94. Tony Nese (205/NXT) 0-1-0
95. Guru Raaj (NXT) 0-1-0
96. Jeet Rama (NXT) 0-1-0
97. Dante Rios (NXT) 0-1-0
98. Primate (NXT UK) 0-1-0
99. Damian Priest (NXT) 0-1-0
100. Ashton Smith (NXT UK) 0-1-0
101. Jack Starz (NXT UK) 0-1-0
102. Tyson T-Bone (NXT UK) 0-1-0
103. Morgan Webster (NXT UK) 0-1-0
104. Sam Gradwell (NXT UK) 0-2-0
105. MVP (RAW) 0-2-0
106. Dominik Mysterio (SD) 0-2-0
107. Isaiah Scott (205/NXT) 0-2-0
108. Jey Uso (SD) 0-2-0
109. Jake Atlas (205/NXT) 0-3-0
110. Drew Gulak (RAW) 0-3-0
111. Akira Tozawa (RAW) 0-3-0
112. Sami Zayn (SD) 0-3-0
113. Samir Singh (205) 0-4-0
114. Sunil Singh (205) 0-4-0
WOMEN’S RANKINGS
WRESTLER (BRAND) (W-L-D)
Charlotte Flair (RAW) 4-3-0
Lacey Evans (RAW) 3-0-0
Shayna Baszler (RAW) 3-2-0
Nia Jax (RAW) 2-0-0
Xia Li (NXT) 2-0-0
Shotzi Blackheart (NXT) 2-1-0
Candice LeRae (NXT) 2-1-0
Carmella (SD) 1-0-0
Kayden Carter (NXT) 1-0-0
Kacy Catanzaro (NXT) 1-0-0
Raquel Gonzalez (NXT) 1-0-0
Indi Hartwell (NXT) 1-0-0
Ember Moon (NXT) 1-0-0
Kay Lee Ray (NXT UK) 1-0-0
Sareena Sandhu (NXT) 1-0-0
Alexa Bliss (RAW) 1-0-1
Bianca Belair (SD) 1-1-0
Sasha Banks (SD) 1-1-0
Jinny (NXT UK) 1-1-0
Ruby Riott (SD) 1-1-0
Peyton Royce (RAW) 1-1-0
Bayley (SD) 1-2-0
Dana Brooke (RAW) 1-2-0
Liv Morgan (SD) 1-2-0
Natalya (SD) 1-2-0
Asuka (RAW) 1-2-1
Aliyah (NXT) 0-1-0
Katrina Cortez (NXT) 0-1-0
Gigi Dolin (NXT) 0-1-0
Valentina Feroz (NXT) 0-1-0
Cora Jade (NXT) 0-1-0
Jessi Kamea (NXT) 0-1-0
Mercedes Martinez (NXT) 0-1-0
Piper Niven (NXT UK) 0-1-0
Rhea Ripley (NXT) 0-1-0
Marina Shafir (NXT) 0-1-0
Zoey Starks (NXT) 0-1-0
Toni Storm (NXT) 0-1-0
Tamina (SD) 0-1-0
Mandy Rose (RAW) 0-3-0
TAG TEAM RANKINGS
TAG TEAM (BRAND) (W-L-D)
Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) (NXT) 2-0-0
The Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik) (RAW) 2-0-0
MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) (NXT) 2-0-0
Finn Balor & Kyle O’Reilly (NXT) 1-0-0
Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax (RAW) 1-0-0
Bayley & Carmella (SD) 1-0-0
Shotzi Blackheart & Kushida (NXT) 1-0-0
Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon (NXT) 1-0-0
Daniel Bryan & Otis (SD) 1-0-0
Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro (NXT) 1-0-0
Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher (NXT) 1-0-0
Apollo Crews & Big E (SD) 1-0-0
Elias & Jaxson Ryker (RAW) 1-0-0
Lacey Evans & Peyton Royce (RAW) 1-0-0
Charlotte Flair & Sareena Sandhu (WWE) 1-0-0
Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai (NXT) 1-0-0
Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) (205/NXT) 1-0-0
Keith Lee & Sheamus (RAW) 1-0-0
The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) (RAW) 1-0-0
Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley & Sam Stoker) (NXT UK) 1-0-0
Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler (SD) 1-0-0
The Undisputed ERA (Adam Cole & Roderick Strong) (NXT) 1-0-0
The Way (Indi Hartwell & Candice LeRae) (NXT) 1-0-0
Asuka & Charlotte Flair (RAW) 1-1-0
Killian Dain & Drake Maverick (NXT) 1-1-0
August Grey & Curt Stallion (205/NXT) 1-1-0
Kushida & Leon Ruff (NXT) 1-1-0
The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott) (SD) 1-1-0
The Miz & John Morrison (RAW) 1-2-0
Aliyah & Jessi Kamea (NXT) 0-1-0
Mark Andrews & Morgan Webster (NXT UK) 0-1-0
Jake Atlas & Isaiah Scott (205/NXT) 0-1-0
Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair (SD) 0-1-0
Bayley & Natalya (SD) 0-1-0
Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) (NXT) 0-1-0
Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose (RAW) 0-1-0
Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan (NXT) 0-1-0
Oliver Carter & Ashton Smith (NXT UK) 0-1-0
Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura (SD) 0-1-0
King Corbin & Sami Zayn (SD) 0-1-0
Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese (205) 0-1-0
Gigi Dolin & Cora Jade (NXT) 0-1-0
Ever-Rise (Matt Martel & Chase Parker) (205/NXT) 0-1-0
Jeff Hardy & Ricochet (WWE) 0-1-0
The Hunt (Wild Boar & Primate) (NXT UK) 0-1-0
The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin) (RAW) 0-1-0
Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) (NXT) 0-1-0
Mercedes Martinez & Toni Storm (NXT) 0-1-0
Natalya & Tamina (SD) 0-1-0
Marina Shafir & Zoey Stark (NXT) 0-1-0
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (SD) 0-1-0
The Way (Johnny Gargano & Candice LeRae) (NXT) 0-1-0
The Way (Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory) (NXT) 0-1-0
The Bollywood Boyz (Samir & Sunil Singh) (205) 0-2-0
RAW (1/25/21)
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair defeated Shayna Baszler by Disqualification
Shayna Baszler, Lacey Evans, & Nia Jax defeated Dana Brooke, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair, & Mandy Rose in a 6-Woman Tag Team Match
Xavier Woods defeated Slapjack
Sheamus defeated John Morrison
The Miz & John Morrison defeated Sheamus in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match
AJ Styles defeated WWE 24/7 Champion R-Truth in a Non-Title Match
Riddle defeated The Hurt Business (WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin & MVP) in a Gauntlet Match
WWE Raw Women’s & Women’s Tag Team Champion Asuka wrestled Alexa Bliss to a No Contest
WWE SUPERSTAR SPECTACLE (1/26/21)
NXT Champion Finn Balor defeated Guru Raaj in a Non-Title Match
Rey Mysterio, Ricochet, Dilsher Shanky, & Giant Zanjeer defeated Cesaro, King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura, & WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion Dolph Ziggler in an 8-Man Tag Team Match
AJ Styles defeated Jeet Rama
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair & Sareena Sandhu defeated Bayley & Natalya
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre & Indus Sher (Rinku & Saurav) defeated The Bollywood Boyz (Samir & Sunil Singh) & Jinder Mahal in a 6-Man Tag Team Match
NXT (1/27/21)
MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) defeated Killian Dain & Drake Maverick in a 2nd Round Match of the 2021 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai defeated Aliyah & Jessi Kamea in a 1st Round Match of the 2021 Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
Tyler Rust defeated Dante Rios
Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) defeated Kushida & Leon Ruff in a 2nd Round Match of the 2021 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
Bronson Reed defeated Isaiah Scott
NXT Champion Finn Balor & Kyle O’Reilly defeated NXT Tag Team Champions Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan in a Non-Title Match
NXT UK (1/28/21)
Ben Carter defeated Sam Gradwell
Sha Samuels defeated Josh Morrell
Pretty Deadly (Lewis Howley & Sam Stoker) defeated Mark Andrews & Morgan Webster, Oliver Carter & Ashton Smith, & The Hunt (Wild Boar & Primate) in an NXT UK Tag Team Championship #1 Contender’s Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match
MAIN EVENT (1/28/21)
Angel Garza defeated Humberto Carrillo
Elias & Jaxson Ryker defeated Jeff Hardy & Ricochet
SMACKDOWN (1/29/21)
Bianca Belair defeated Bayley
King Corbin defeated Dominik Mysterio
Daniel Bryan defeated AJ Styles by Disqualification
Daniel Bryan, WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E, & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Cesaro, AJ Styles, & Sami Zayn in a 6-Man Tag Team Match by Disqualification
Daniel Bryan, WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E, Shinsuke Nakamura, Otis, & Sheamus defeated Cesaro, The Miz, John Morrison, AJ Styles, & Sami Zayn in a 10-Man Tag Team Match
205 LIVE (1/29/21)
Ariya Daivari defeated Jake Atlas & August Grey in a Triple Threat Match
Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon defeated Marina Shafir & Zoey Stark in a 1st Round Match of the 2021 Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
GIMMICK MATCHES (TOTAL FOR 2021:6)
1. (1/29/21 205 LIVE) Ariya Daivari defeated Jake Atlas & August Grey in a Triple Threat Match
TITLE MATCHES (TOTAL FOR 2021: 10)
There were no Title Matches this week
TITLE CHANGES (TOTAL FOR 2021: 1)
There were no Title Changes this week
RE-MATCHES (TOTAL FOR 2021: 6)
1. Asuka VS Alexa Bliss (2) (1/18/21 RAW, 1/25/21 RAW)
2. Dominik Mysterio VS King Corbin (2) (1/22/21 SD, 1/29/21 SD)
WWE 24/7 CHAMPIONS OF THE WEEK (TOTAL FOR 2021: 1)
There were no 24/7 Title Changes this week
TRIVIA:
RAW
· Charlotte Flair VS Shayna Baszler was both Flair & Baszler’s 4th week in a row on Raw, Flair’s 3rd week in row in the Raw opener, & Baszler’s 1st Raw opener of 2021, & their 1st ever 1-on-1 match against each other, & was the 5th Disqualification of 2021 & the 3rd week in a row on Raw
· Dana Brooke, Charlotte Flair, & Mandy Rose VS Shayna Baszler, Lacey Evans, & Nia Jax was the 3rd 6-Person Tag Team Match of 2021 & the 2nd week in Brooke, Evans, & Jax’s 1st Raw since January 11, Rose’s 3rd week in a row on Raw, Flair & Baszler were the 1st time since January 11 that someone wrestled multiple times on Raw, the 4th week in a row that Raw had 2 Women’s Matches, & since it was re-started, it won’t be the 1st Count Out of 2021
· Xavier Woods VS Slapjack was Woods’ 4th week in a row on Raw & was the 1st time in his career that Woods wrestled 3 Singles Matches in a row & was Slapjack’s 1st Raw of 2021
· Sheamus VS John Morrison was both Sheamus & Morrison’s 1st Raw since January 11, & was the 7th 1-on-1 Match between them, with their 1st match taking place on Raw on September 13, 2010 & their last match prior to Raw taking place on Raw on January 10, 2011, which was won by Morrison, so now in their 7 matches, Sheamus has won 2 Morrison has won 3, & 1 match ended in a Double Count Out, & was the 50th Singles Match in WWE, NXT, NXT UK, & 205 Live in 2021
· Sheamus VS The Miz & John Morrison was the 1st Handicap Match of 2021, Miz’s 1st Raw since January 11, & Sheamus & The Miz were the 1st time since January 11 that multiple matches had multiple people wrestling multiple times on Raw in 2021
· R-Truth VS AJ Styles was Truth’s 1st Raw of 2021 & 1st match overall of 2021, Styles’ 4th week in a row on Raw, & though they wrestled in another organization, it was the 1st time that they wrestled each other in WWE in their career
· Riddle VS The Hurt Business was the 2nd Gauntlet Match of 2021, the 1st since Smackdown on January 8, & the 1st on Raw since the Money In The Bank Qualifier on May 4, 2020, Riddle’s 4th week in a row on Raw, & his 1st ever Gauntlet Match in his career, giving him a Gauntlet Match Record of 1-0-0, Cedric Alexander’s 2nd week in a row on Raw & his 1st ever Gauntlet Match in his career, giving him a Gauntlet Match Record of 0-1-0, Shelton Benjamin’s 2nd week in a row on Raw & his 4th Gauntlet Match in his career & 1st Gauntlet Match since the Money In The Bank Qualifier on Raw on May 4, 2020, giving him a Gauntlet Match Record of 0-5-0, & was MVP’s 1st Raw since January 11, & was his 2nd Gauntlet Match in his career, & was his 1st Gauntlet Match since a Tag Team Gauntlet at Extreme Rules on April 25, 2010, giving him a Gauntlet Match Record of 0-2-0
· Asuka VS Alexa Bliss was the 1st Raw Women’s Championship Match of 2021 & the 1st since Asuka defeated Lana by Disqualification on November 23, 2020, was Asuka’s 2nd week in a row on Raw, Bliss’ 2nd week in a row on Raw, their 2nd week in a row in the Raw main event, her 1st Championship Match since she lost to then Smackdown Women’s Champion Bayley at Stomping Grounds on June 23, 2019, & was her 1st Raw Women’s Championship since she lost to then Champion Ronda Rousey at Hell In A Cell on September 16, 2018 & her 1st Championship Match on Raw since she defeated Mickie James to retain the Raw Women’s Championship on October 30, 2017, was Asuka’s 7th Raw Women’s Championship Defense, so if she would have lost, she would have been the 1st Raw Women’s Champion to lose the Championship in 7 Defenses, as of Raw, Asuka’s Raw Women’s Championship Reign has lasted 155 Days, so if she would have lost, she would have been the 1st to lose the Championship in 155 Days, & is the 4th Longest Raw Women’s Championship Reign of All-Time after Becky Lynch (398 Days, 4/8/19 – 5/10/20), Ronda Rousey (231 Days, 8/19/18 – 4/8/19), & Alexa Bliss’ 2nd Reign (222 Days, 8/28/17 – 4/8/18), was the 5th 1-on-1 Match between them after Raw on January 1, 2018, which was won by Asuka, Raw on March 19, 2018, which was won by Asuka by Count Out, Smackdown on March 27, 2020, which was won by Bliss, & Raw on January 18, 2021, which was won by Bliss, so now in their 5 matches Asuka has won 2 & Bliss has won 2, & 1 match ended in a No Contest, & was their 1st ever Title Match against each other, was the 2nd week in a row a match took place 2 weeks in a row on Raw, & was the 3rd week in a row Raw had 3 Women’s Matches, & was the 1st No Contest of 2021, so therefore it was the 1st Raw of 2021 to have a Disqualification & a No Contest
WWE SUPERSTAR SPECTACLE
· Finn Balor VS Guru Raaj was Balor’s 1st Network Exclusive Special of 2021 & was Raaj’s WWE debut, & both of their 1st Network Exclusive Special opener of 2021
· Rey Mysterio, Ricochet, Dilsher Shanky, & Giant Zanjeer VS Cesaro, King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Dolph Ziggler was the 1st 8-Person Tag Team Match of 2021, Mysterio, Ricochet, Cesaro, Corbin, Nakamura, & Ziggler’s 1st Network Exclusive Special of 2021, & was Shanky & Zanjeer’s WWE debut
· Jeet Rama VS AJ Styles was Styles’ 1st Network Exclusive Special of 2021 & was Rama’s WWE debut
· Charlotte Flair & Sareena Dandu was Flair, Bayley, & Natalya’s 1st WWE Network Special, Sandhu’s WWE debut, the 1st time that Bayley & Natalya teamed up since they lost to Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair at Tribute to The Troops on December 6, 2020, & was the 1st time that Flair teamed up with someone other than Asuka since she & Chelsea Green defeated Rhea Ripley & Io Shirai on NXT on May 27, 2020
· Indus Sher & Drew McIntyre VS The Bollywood Boyz & Jinder Mahal was the 4th 6-Person Tag Team Match of 2021, the 2nd night show in a row after Raw, & the 1st time there was an 8-Man Tag & 6-Man Tag on the same show in 2021, McIntyre, Samir & Sunil Singh’s 1st WWE Network Special, Indus Sher’s 1st match since they defeated Enhancement Talent on NXT on June 10, 2020, Mahal’s 1st match since he defeated Akira Tozawa on Main Event on May 22, 2020, the 1st time that Mahal & The Bollywood Boyz teamed up they lost to The Lucha House Party on Main Event on March 15, 2019, & was the 1st time that McIntyre & Mahal were opponents since they were in 3MB, so McIntyre has now wrestled both of his 3MB Partners, as he defeated Heath Slater on Raw on July 6, 2020
NXT
· MSK VS Killian Dain & Drake Maverick was Dain & Maverick’s 1st NXT of 2021, was Nash Carter & Wes Lee’s 1st NXT since January 20, & was their 1st opener of 2021, & was the 100th Match on TV or PPV in WWE, NXT, NXT UK, Main Event, & 205 Live in 2021
· Aliyah & Jessie Kamea VS Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai was Aliyah, Kamea, & Kai’s 1st NXT of 2021, Gonzalez’s 1st NXT since January 6, Aliyah’s 1st match overall since she lost to Toni Storm on NXT on October 14, 2020, Kamea’s 1st match overall since she lost to Ember Moon on NXT on October 21, 2020, & was only Kamea’s 2nd Tag Team Match on NXT & 1st since she & Xia Li lost to Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro on September 16, 2020
· Dante Rios VS Tyler Rust was Rust’s 2nd week in a row on NXT & was Dante Rios’s NXT debut, but not his WWE debut, as he wrestled as Danny Garcia in a loss to Drew Gulak on 205 Live on July 17, 2018
· Kushida & Leon Ruff VS Grizzled Young Veterans was Kushida & Ruff’s 2nd week in a row on NXT & was James Drake & Zack Gibson’s 1st NXT since January 13
· Bronson Reed VS Isaiah Scott was Reed’s 2nd week in a row on NXT, Scott’s 1st NXT since January 14, & was a re-match of NXT on December 30, 2020, which was also won by Reed
· Finn Balor & Kyle O’Reilly VS Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan was Burch & Lorcan’s 1st NXT match & main event of 2021, Balor & O’Reilly’s 1st NXT match & main event since January 6, the 1st time in his career that O’Reilly teamed up with someone other than a member of The Undisputed ERA & was Balor’s 1st Tag Team Match since he & Mustafa Ali defeated Andrade & Randy Orton on Smackdown on April 30, 2019 & his 1st on NXT since he & Apollo Crews lost to Baron Corbin & Samoa Joe on December 9, 2015
· This was the 1st NXT of 2021 that Johnny Gargano didn’t wrestle on
NXT UK
· Ben Carter VS Sam Gradwell was Carter’s 1st NXT UK since January 7 & was Gradwell’s 1st NXT UK since January 14, & their 1st NXT UK opener of 2021
· Josh Morrell VS Sha Samuels was Samuels’ 1st NXT UK since January 14 & was Morrell’s 1st NXT match of 2021
· Mark Andrews & Morgan Webster VS Oliver Carter & Ashton Smith VS The Hunt VS Pretty Deadly was the 1st Fatal 4- Way Match of 2021 & only the 2nd Fatal 4-Way Match on NXT UK after Travis Banks defeated Joe Coffey, Jordan Devlin, & Dave Mastiff on June 5, 2019, the 1st Elimination Match of 2021 & the 1st ever on NXT UK, & was the 1st Tag Team Match on NXT UK in 2021, & was Andrews, Webster, Carter, Smith, Wild Boar, Primate, Lewis Howley & Sam Stoker’s 1st NXT UK match & main event of 2021
· Ben Carter & Oliver Carter were the 1st NXT UK of 2021 that 2 people with the same last name wrestled on the same show
· This was the 1st NXT UK since January 14 to not have a Women’s Match
MAIN EVENT
· Humberto Carrillo VS Angel Garza was both Carrillo & Garza’s 3rd week in a row on Main Event & was the 5th 1-on-1 match between them after 205 Live on September 24, 2019, which was won by Carrillo, Raw on February 24, 2020, Super Showdown on February 27, 2020, & Main Event on October 22, 2020 & December 3, 2020, which was all won by Garza, so he has now won 4 out of the 5 matches
· Jeff Hardy & Ricochet VS Elias & Jaxson Ryker was Ricochet’s 1st Main Event since January 7, Hardy, Elias, & Ryker’s 1st Main Event of 2021, Ryker’s Main Event debut, Elias’ 1st Main Event since he defeated Kalisto on September 8, 2017, was the 1st Tag Team Match on Main Event since Murphy & Austin Theory defeated Cedric Alexander & Ricochet on June 25, 2020, the 1st time both teams teamed up in WWE, Ryker’s 1st ever 2-on-2 Tag Team Match in his WWE or NXT Career, & was Elias’ 1st 2-on-2 Tag Team Match since he & Braun Strowman defeated Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura on Smackdown on February 21, 2020
· This was the 1st Main Event of 2021 that Akira Tozawa didn’t wrestle on
SMACKDOWN
· Bianca Belair VS Bayley was both Belair & Bayley’s 1st Smackdown since January 1 & was a re-match of Smackdown on December 18, 2020, which was won by Bayley, so they each have won 1 match
· Dominik Mysterio VS King Corbin was Mysterio’s 2nd week in a row on Smackdown, Corbin’s 5th week in a row on Smackdown, making him the only wrestler to wrestle on every Smackdown of 2021, & was the 1st match to take place 2 weeks in a row on Smackdown in 2021
· Daniel Bryan VS AJ Styles was Bryan’s 1st Smackdown since January 15, Styles’ 1st Smackdown since he lost to Jey Uso on October 2, 2020 & he was the 2nd week in a row that someone wrestled on Raw & Smackdown in the same week, & was the 7th 1-on-1 match between them, with their 1st match taking place on Smackdown on April 10, 2018, which ended in a No Contest & their last match prior to Smackdown taking place on Smackdown on June 12, 2020, which was won by Styles, so in their 7 matches, Bryan has won 4, Styles has won 2, & 1 match ended in a No Contest, & was the 6th Disqualification of 2021, the 2nd one this week after Raw, & the 2nd week in a row on Smackdown
· Daniel Bryan, Big E, & Shinsuke Nakamura VS Cesaro, AJ Styles, & Sami Zayn was the 5th 6-Person Tag Team Match of 2021, the 3rd one this week after Raw & Superstar Spectacle, & the 1st on Smackdown in 2021, Cesaro’s 3rd week in a row on Smackdown, E’s 2nd week in a row on Smackdown, Nakamura & Zayn’s 1st Smackdown since January 15, & Bryan & Styles were the 1st since E & Corbin on January 1 to wrestle twice on Smackdown in 2021, & was the 7th Disqualification of 2021 & the 1st time there were 2 on Smackdown in 2021
· Daniel Bryan, Big E, Shinsuke Nakamura, Otis, & Sheamus VS Cesaro, The Miz, John Morrison, & Sami Zayn was the 1st 10-Person Tag Team Match of 2021, & the 1st on Smackdown in 2021, the 1st time someone wrestled 3 matches on Smackdown in 2021, Otis’ 1st Smackdown since January 1, The Miz & John Morrison’s 1st Smackdown since they lost to Jeff Hardy & Riddle on October 9, Sheamus’ 1st Smackdown since a 6-Man Tag on October 16, Miz, Morrison, & Sheamus join Styles to wrestle on both Raw & Smackdown this week, Bryan & Nakamura’s 1st Smackdown main event since January 8, Zayn’s 1st Smackdown main event since January 15, & everyone else’s 1st Smackdown main event of 2021
205 LIVE
· Jake Atlas VS Ariya Daivari VS August Grey was the 1st Triple Threat Match of 2021, Atlas’ 1st 205 Live match & opener since January 1, Daivari’s 2nd week in a row on 205 Live, his 1st opener since January 8, & he was the 1st since The Bollywood Boyz on January 8 & 15 to go from the 205 Live main event to the following week’s opener, & was Grey’s 1st 205 Live since January 15 & 1st opener of 2021
· Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon VS Marina Shafir & Zoey Stark was everyone’s 1st 205 Live match & main event, Moon’s 1st match of 2021, Stark’s WWE debut, & was Shafir’s 1st match overall since a Battle Royal on NXT on September 23, 2020