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NXT Women's Title Match: Asuka vs Ember Moon
William Regal unveils the new NXT Women's Title belt before the match (also a beaut), and then the bell rings to start the match. They tie up, Asuka takes Ember ot the ropes, clean break. Feeling out process to start as they trade takedowns and armdrags, but neither gets an advantage. Tom mentions the women's tournament that will be happening this summer on the WWE Network as Ember starts to outmaneuver Asuka and use her speed to her advantage. Repeated shoulderblocks get us nowhere, so Asuka hits a cheap hip attack and Ember comes back with a dropkick, followed by a series of kicks that send Asuka to the floor. Asuka dodges a baseball slide to the floor, quickly slips into the ring, and knocks Ember off the apron as she tries to reenter, driving her into the barricade. Now Asuka is firmly in charge, hitting a series of backfists and a spinkick. Ember blocks another kick and sweeps Asuka onto her face, but Asuka with another flying hip attack, then unloads with a series of HARD ASS kicks. Ember is in trouble, but she manages to escape the Asuka Lock and absolutely PLOW Asuka with a hard forearm that knocks her to the floor. Ember runs up the corner and takes Asuka out with a dive, but then they head back in and Asuka dodges a dropkick and nails Ember, then hammers her with more kicks of her own. Asuka gets the Asuka lock, Ember armdrags out of it, but Asuka goes right back to it. Ember fights to her feet and Asuka gets the bodyscissors, Ember goes down to her knee, and she appears to be fading, but she gets back to her feet and seems about to tap, but she fades out and goes back to her knee. Ember again struggles to her feet and drops backward on top of Asuka, and both ladies are down. Asuka goes for another flying hip attack, but Ember dodges, Asuka hangs herself up in the ropes, and Ember creams her with a superkick, and both of them go down again. Ember gets a flying headscissors, sweeps Asuka's legs, and hits a basement dropkick. Ember with a series of kicks, a fallaway slam, and she goes for a springboard something, but Asuka catches her on the ropes and counters to a German suplex for 2. Ember pops Asuka over with a suplex and covers, Asuka out at 2, Ember goes to the top rope, Asuka blocks her and goes up for a superplex, Ember fights her off and hits a super gourdbuster, Ember goes for the Eclipse...and Asuka shoves the ref into the ropes to knock Ember to the mat. Asuka drills Ember with a knockout kick and covers to retain.
Winner: Asuka
Awesome match! Ember lost, but didn't lose a bit of street cred in the process. Asuka's unbeatable streak continues, and is fast approaching the two year mark.
Hey...Drew McIntyre is in the crowd! It's about f'ing time! Oh, this made my night!
Shinsuke Nakamura is backstage, and he's...SHADOW BOXING! He's getting ready to try and become a three-time NXT Champion, so one video package later, it's...MAIN EVENT TIME!!!
NXT Title Match: Bobby Roode vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Nakamura's entrance was awesome as usual, and they had a couple of great (and really hot) piano ladies playing the intro before Bobby Roode's glorious entrance. Man, NXT has gotten big time. As with the first two title matches, William Regal unveils a new NXT Title belt, and then the bell rings and we're off with our main event! Roode shoots right in on the leg, but Nakamura sprawls out and goes behind. They do some feeling out stuff, then throw each other some lip. Back and forth leads to Nakamura hiptossing Roode and connecting with a kneedrop to the face. Nakamura unloads with kicks to Roode, followed by an enziguiri. Roode goes to the floor, Nakamura sends him back in and tries to suplex Roode to the floor, but Roode blocks and dropkicks Nakamura before shoulder tackling him off the apron and into the barricade. Back in the ring and Roode puts the boots to Nakamura before doing GLORIOUS at the crowd. Roode spends a long time working the neck of Nakamura over, but Nakamura gets free and connects with a kick that drops Roode. They trade shots and Nakamura comes out on top of that exchange, then unloads on Roode with a flurry of kicks. Nakamura connects with a charging forearm in the corner, puts Roode on the top rope, and hits the running knee to the ribs before baseball sliding Roode to the floor. Nakamura hits a running kneelift and then a kneedrop off the apron, rolls Roode into the ring, and covers for 2. Roode blocks a Regalplex, then tears Nakamura's head off with a roaring clothesline. Roode charges into Nakamura's boots, then Nakamura hits a charging dropkick out of the corner. Nakamura sets for his finish, but Roode dodges and clips Nakamura's knee out from under him. Roode wraps Nakamura's leg around the ringpost, then puts the boots to Nakamura's leg. Roode gets a figure four, Nakamura fights like hell and eventually reverses the hold. Roode quickly goes to the ropes, so Roode goes back after Nakamura's knee, goes for another figure four, and Nakamura traps him in a cross armbreaker. Roode tries to clasp the hands, but Nakamura breaks his grip. Nakamura transitions it into a triangle choke and hammers elbows into Roode's head, Roode powers Nakamura up, but Nakamura goes back to the cross armbreaker and has Roode right in the middle of the ring. Roode fights his way to the rope and forces a break. Nakamura is hammering Roode with kicks now, and the referee literally has to push Nakamura back to give Roode some space. Nakamura puts Roode on the top turnbuckle and tris a charging knee, but Roode moves and Nakamura connects with the top turnbuckle, reinjuring the knee. Nakamura is up and unloads a flurry of kicks on Roode, but Roode ducks a big kick and hits a lungblower for 2. They go face to face and IT IS ON! They trade forearms, Roode boots Namakura in the knee and goes for the Glorious DDT, Nakamura blocks and hits a gourdbuster and then a sliding knee for 2. Nakamura sets for his finish, but Roode rolls under the bottom rope and to the floor. Nakamura goes after him and rolls him back inside, but he's too slow getting back in the ring and Roode kicks the middle rope into his ding ding, then hits the Glorious DDT. Roode covers, but Nakamura is out at 2! What a match. Roode staggers to his feet and steps out to the floor, grabs the ring bell, and brings it into the ring. The referee takes it away from him, and Roode turns around right into a kick from Nakamura, who follows up with a Regalplex and sets up for the Kinshasa. He charges...right into a spinebuster from Roode, who covers for 2. Roode is spent, but he crawls over and hoists Nakamura up for another Glorious DDT, but Nakamura drives Roode into the corner, connects with a series of shoulderblocks, but Roode clips Nakamura's knee again, goes to the second rope, and hits a tornado Glorious DDT. Roode slowly rolls on top of Nakamura, hooks the leg, and that's all she wrote.
Winner: Bobby Roode
Absolutely great match, great main event, and Roode won 100% clean to legitimize himself as NXT Champion. Terrific match to end a terrific show.
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