In their first match on NXT 2.0, Pretty Deadly picked apart the exhausted Creed Brothers in the final stage of the Gauntlet Match to win the NXT Tag Team Titles. Plus, Cameron Grimes and Mandy Rose retained their respective titles, but suffered from a pair of surprise attacks following their matches, Natalya stunned the NXT 2.0 Universe by locking Cora Jade in a Sharpshooter and Joe Gacy burned Rick Steiner's WWE Hall of Fame ring in a wild episode of NXT 2.0.
|
NXT North American Championship: NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, Cameron Grimes defeated Solo Sikoa.
Cameron Grimes was in for a fight in his first North American Title defense as Solo Sikoa looked to end the match early with a Samoan Drop. The two Superstars traded blows in the center of the ring as they felt each other out before a huge kick and a somersault splash off the ring apron from Grimes took Sikoa off his feet.
The North American Champion withstood a burst of strength by Sikoa and continued to roll behind a huricanrana and a suplex for a nearfall, but The Street Champion struck back with a running splash in the corner. As Sikoa climbed to the top rope for a splash, Trick Williams ran to ringside and pulled him off the turbuckle only to eat a superkick before Sikoa flattened Williams with a splash. Sikoa rolled back into the ring and right into a Cave-In to suffer the pinfall.
While Grimes celebrated his title retention, Carmelo Hayes jumped him from behind, leaving the North American Champion flat on the mat as he and Williams pummeled the Champion. (Via WWE.com)
The North American Champion withstood a burst of strength by Sikoa and continued to roll behind a huricanrana and a suplex for a nearfall, but The Street Champion struck back with a running splash in the corner. As Sikoa climbed to the top rope for a splash, Trick Williams ran to ringside and pulled him off the turbuckle only to eat a superkick before Sikoa flattened Williams with a splash. Sikoa rolled back into the ring and right into a Cave-In to suffer the pinfall.
While Grimes celebrated his title retention, Carmelo Hayes jumped him from behind, leaving the North American Champion flat on the mat as he and Williams pummeled the Champion. (Via WWE.com)
Joe Gacy destroyed a piece of Bron Breakker’s family legacy.
With his father back home safe, a furious Bron Breakker called out Joe Gacy for kidnapping Rick Steiner, but was annoyed to find out Gacy was not in the building instead responding to the NXT Champion with a video message. Gacy remarked on what he had done to Breakker’s father before letting him go, revealing to the NXT Universe that he had kept Steiner’s WWE Hall of Fame ring before unceremoniously dropping it into a fire pit. (Via WWE.com)
Von Wagner defeated Ikemen Jiro.
Ikemen Jiro showed a lot of heart and strength by stepping into the ring following Von Wagner’s brutal backstage attack before their scheduled match. Jiro fought through the pain to stun Wagner with an enziguri, but Wagner quickly squashed the momentum with a monstrous clothesline. Jiro managed to take Wagner off his feet briefly with a Superkick and a moonsault for a nearfall, but Wagner put an end to the match with a big boot and a swinging body slam for the pin.
Wagner continued the punishment after his win, launching Jiro from the ring into the crowd at the behest of Sofia Cromwell who watched on from the stands. (Via WWE.com)
Wagner continued the punishment after his win, launching Jiro from the ring into the crowd at the behest of Sofia Cromwell who watched on from the stands. (Via WWE.com)
NXT Women's Championship: NXT Women's Champion, Mandy Rose (with NXT Women's Tag Team Champions, Toxic Attraction) defeated Dakota Kai.
Incensed after weeks of interference and attacks, Dakota Kai went straight after Mandy Rose with a series of kicks before wiping out the entirety of Toxic Attraction with a top rope splash to the arena floor.
After Rose turned the tables with a suplex, the NXT Women's Champion decimated Kai with a facebuster before locking in a submission attempt. Kai slipped out of the attempted submission and stormed back with a Scorpion Kick and a running kick in the corner, but Rose once again rallied with a devastating spinebuster.
Following a quick back-and-forth, Kai lined up to deliver a kick to Rose in the corner, but Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne climbed up on the apron to distract her and the ref. Kai knocked Jayne for a loop with a kick, but as she turned around Rose caught her with a running knee to retain her title.
While Toxic Attraction stood tall with all their titles, Kai's former tag team partner Wendy Choo appeared at ringside with a pair of Supersoakers to douse all three women as she walked away laughing. (Via WWE.com)
After Rose turned the tables with a suplex, the NXT Women's Champion decimated Kai with a facebuster before locking in a submission attempt. Kai slipped out of the attempted submission and stormed back with a Scorpion Kick and a running kick in the corner, but Rose once again rallied with a devastating spinebuster.
Following a quick back-and-forth, Kai lined up to deliver a kick to Rose in the corner, but Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne climbed up on the apron to distract her and the ref. Kai knocked Jayne for a loop with a kick, but as she turned around Rose caught her with a running knee to retain her title.
While Toxic Attraction stood tall with all their titles, Kai's former tag team partner Wendy Choo appeared at ringside with a pair of Supersoakers to douse all three women as she walked away laughing. (Via WWE.com)
Natalya surprised and attacked Cora Jade.
In her first appearance since failing to win the NXT Women’s Title at Stand & Deliver, Cora Jade re-affirmed her goal to reach the top of NXT 2.0 and join the ranks of past Superstars who broke barriers in WWE until she was interrupted by one of those women: Natalya. Stunned, Jade exclaimed how Natalya was one of her favorite Superstars growing up before The BOAT turned things around on Jade and locked her in the Sharpshooter until referees were forced to separate the two. (Via WWE.com)
Xyon Quinn defeated Draco Anthony.
Xyon Quinn looked to make it a fair fight between two friends, but Draco Anthony was having none of it, dropping Quinn with a belly-to-belly suplex before blatantly mocking him. The disrespect only fired Quinn up as he leveled Anthony with a swinging Samoan Drop and three straight flying forearms before covering him for the 1-2-3. (Via WWE.com)