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We see Bobby Roode in the crowd.
Finn Balor comes to the ring dressed as the Demon with Leatherface's chainsaw. Joe is not impressed.
Match Number Five: NXT Heavyweight Title Match: Finn Balor versus Samoa Joe
Joe charges at Balor but Balor moves. Joe sends Balor to the floor but Balor gets back in and he punches Joe. Joe sends Balor to the floor again and Balor gets back in again. Balor punches Joe while Joe is bleeding from the head. Balor sends Joe to the floor and Balor hits a plancha onto Joe. The referee checks on Joe. Balor with a chop to Joe. Joe with a forearm and he sends Balor into the crowd and he takes out a member of the building security.
Balor emerges from the crowd and he hits a forearm off the guardrail. Balor sends Joe back into the ring. Joe does not want the referee to stop the blood and Balor with a forearm. Joe slaps Balor and connects with jabs. Balor kicks Joe away and misses a kick out of the corner. Joe with an enzuigiri followed by a suicide dive and forearm that sends Balor into the guardrails. Joe is checked on by the medical staff and Joe doesn't care. Joe sends Balor face first into the apron. Joe is stopped from going after Balor. More medical staff members check on Joe while Balor is able to recover.
Joe gets back into the ring and Balor goes after the cut. Joe with an STJoe. Joe sets for the choke and he chops Balor in the back of the head. Joe stretches Balor with a surfboard. Balor with a kick but Joe with an Irish whip and enzuigiri. Joe gets a near fall. The referee forces Joe to be checked out. Balor with a forearm but Joe with an elbow. Joe with a jab and chops. Joe with a face wash to Balor with his boot and then he hits a running boot to the head. Joe puts Finn on the turnbuckles and chops him. Joe sets for the musclebuster but Finn stops Joe. Joe with a reverse atomic drop followed by a kick and then he hits another kick and knee drop for a near fall.
Balor with a forearm but Joe with kicks to the head. Balor with a drop kick and both men are down. Finn with forearms but Joe stays on his feet. Finn with a flying forearm and he gets Joe down for a moment. Balor with a running chop in the corner. He does it two more times. Joe with a kick and Joe gets to the turnbuckles. Balor with chops and Joe goes to the floor. Balor with a baseball slide to Joe and Balor with a running kick on the apron.
Balor sends Joe back into the ring and Balor goes for Slingblade but Joe counters with a Saito suplex and a near fall. Joe with forearms to the top of the head. Joe kicks Balor and Balor hits Slingblade but Balor misses the running drop kick. Joe with a back senton for a near fall. Joe sets for a power bomb and hits it and then he turns Balor into a Boston Crab and then the crossface. Balor gets out of the hold and hits a double stomp. Both men are down again. Balor with Slingblade one more time followed by the running drop kick into the corner. Balor goes up top for Coup de Grace but Joe with a strike to the throat. Finn fights off the muscle buster and Joe with an enzuigiri. Joe with the muscle buster for a near fall. Joe waits for Balor to get up.
Balor with a forearm but Joe with a forearm. Joe slaps Balor but Balor with a back heel kick and chop. Joe with a forearm but Balor with a Pele Kick. Both men beat the ten count and Balor with another Slingblade and he hits the running drop kick. Balor with Coup de Grace and then he sets for Bloody Sunday but Joe counters into the choke. Balor starts to lose consciousness but he gets a second wind and he uses the turnbuckles to escape and he gets the three count.
Winner: Finn Balor
After the match, Samoa Joe does not know what to think about the result of the match.
Joe leaves the ring disappointed while Balor celebrates in the ring.
Joe looks at Balor from the top of the ramp and then he goes to the back.
We go to credits.
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