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We are back with a Tale of the Tape for Shayna Baszler versus Rhea Ripley.
Match Number Four: Io Shirai versus Santana Garrett
They lock up and Io with a waist lock and Santana with a standing switch. Shirai with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Santana with a take down and rollup for a near fall. Io has a slap blocked and Santana with a wrist lock. Santna with a forearm and a wrist lock take down off the ropes. Santana with a head scissors but Io lands on her feet. Santana with a kick. Shirai with a flapjack and kicks. Io with a chop in the corner. Io misses a running double knee strike into the corner. Santana with a boot and forearm followed by a side Russian leg sweep for a near fall. Santana with a forearm and a handspring back elbow into the corner. Santana with a suplex and she gets a near fall. Santana with a bridging chin lock.
Io with a drop toe hold that sends Santana into the ropes. Io with a running double knee strike in the corner. Io goes up top for a moonsault and hits it for the three count.
Winner: Io Shirai
Nigel mentions World Collide on January 25th.
Match Number Five: Pete Dunne versus Travis Banks
They lock up and Dunne with a wrist lock. Banks with a wrist lock. Dunne with a wrist lock take down. Dunne with a single leg take down and a side head lock. Dunne with a crucifix for a near fall. Banks with a rollup for a near fall. Banks with a drop kick as Dunne drops down. Banks with kicks to the chest. Dunne with kicks to Banks and then he stomps on the hands and kicks Banks in the head. Dunne with an X Plex onto the apron. Dunne with a chop and they return to the ring.
Dunne puts the lag on the mat and stomps on the shin. Dunne works on the shoulder and then pulls at the hand and stomps on the back of the head. Dunne works on the ankle and then goes for a rake of the eyes and he slaps Banks' head. Dunne drives the knees into the mat. Dunne with a kick and Banks with a chop. Dunne with a boot and then he goes to the turnbuckles for a missile drop kick to the knee. Dunne goes for the nose again and he slaps Banks. Banks with forearms and Dunne chops Banks. They go back and forth. Dunne pushes Banks and Banks with another forearm. Dunne with a forearm and Banks goes down.
Dunne charges into the corner and Dunne is tripped. Banks with a series of running drop kicks and a cannonball. Dunne goes to the floor and Banks with a suicide dive. Banks with a springboard drop kick and a double stomp from the turnbuckles for a near fall. Dunne with a waist lock and Banks with a standing switch. Banks comes off the turnbuckles but Dunne with a forearm and an X Plex for a near fall. Banks with an enzuigiri from the apron and he goes up top. Dunne with a forearm.
Dunne lands on his feet on a sunset flip power bomb attempt. Dunne with an enzuigiri and Banks counters The Bitter End with a DDT and Banks goes for Slice of Heaven but Dunne catches the leg and applies a figure four of the legs and a curb stomp. Banks avoids Bitter End and kicks Dunne. Banks with Kiwi Crusher for a near fall. Dunne catches Banks when he charges into the corner and hits a power bomb. Banks with an enzuigiri and he sets for a superplex but Dunne counters with a X Superplex followed by a kick and Bitter End for the three count.
Winner: Pete Dunne
Cathy Kelley is with Dakota Kai and Dakota agrees that she was put through two tables by Mia Yim and she has eight staples in her head. Dakota reminds Cathy she won and Mia can do what she wants to stay relevant but Dakota won. She says she will continue until she is the NXT Women's Champion.
We see Shayna Baszler getting ready in the back.
We go to commercial.
We are back and next week Roderick Strong will have an open challenge for the North American Championship. Lio Rush and Keith Lee face Damian Priest and Tony Nese.
Match Number Six: Shayna Baszler versus Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women's Championship
Shayna goes for the leg and turns it into a waist lock. Rhea with a wrist lock. Shayna with a reversal. Shayna tries to get the elbow ready for the stomp and Rhea blocks it and Rhea sets for a punch and Shayna falls to the mat. Shayna with a waist lock and she slaps Rhea in the back of the head. Rhea with a boot to the chest followed by a hard Irish whip. Shayna with a rake of the eyes and then she connects with forearms. Shayna with a snap mare and kick to the back for a near fall. Sheayna works on the neck.
Shayna gets a near fall and follows with a clothesline. Shayna gets a near fall. Shayna grabs the wrist and tries to hyperextend the shoulder. The referee checks on Rhea but Shayna kicks her. Shayna with a forearm to the back and she chokes Rhea in the corner. Shayna with an elbow to the back. Shayna with a rear chin lock. Shayna gets a near fall. Shayna with an arm bar. Rhea with punches but Shayna with a forearm to the back.
Shayna with an Iris whip but Shayna misses a knee in the corner. Rhea gets Shayna on her shoulders and she hits Snake Eyes. Rhea with knees and a snap mare. Shayna with a rolling trip followed by forearms. Shayna with forearms but Ripley with a forearm. Rhea puts Shayna on the turnbuckles and Rhea goes up top for a superplex and she hits it. Rhea gets a near fall. Shayna with an elbow to escape a waist lock. Shayna with a series of kicks but Rhea with a belly-to-back suplex.
Marina and Jessamyn try to interfere and Jessamyn is knocked off the apron. Rhea is sent to the floor and Rhea pulls Shayna off the apron. Rhea with a cannonball onto Marina and Jessamyn but misses Shayna. Shayna with a knee to the jaw. Shayna stomps on the elbow on the ring steps. The referee starts his count and Rhea returns to the ring. Shayna with a hammer lock. Shayna twists the wrist and works on it but Rhea does not give up. Shayna with an arm wringer and Rhea rolls to the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Shayna works on the wrist and puts it on the mat and stomps on the elbow and wrist. We see that Marina and Jessamyn were ejected from ringside during the commercial break. We also see Rhea being sent into the ring post by Shayna when Rhea was being checked on by the medical staff.
Shayna with kicks to the chest. Shayna with kicks to the chest but Rhea blocks a kick and Rhea with a forearm and Shayna avoids RipTide. Rhea with a drop kick and Shayna collides with the referee and the referee is out. Rhea with RipTide but the referee is out. Rhea sees that the referee is down. Shayna goes to the floor and Rhea follows but misses a cannonball. Shayna goes for the Kirifuta Clutch but Rhea avoids it and sends Shayna into the guardrails. Shayna grabs a chair and sends it into the ring. Rhea kicks Shayna and Shayna with a DDT onto the chair for a near fall.
Shayna with the Kirifuta Clutch but Rhea escapes but Shayna reapplies the Kirifuta Clutch. Rhea tries to escape but Shayna maintains the hold. Rhea tries to get to the ropes and Shayna traps the arm. Rhea will not give up and she tries to avoid passing out. The referee checks the arm but Rhea does not let the arm hit the mat and she grabs the referee's shirt. Rhea escapes and she stomps Baszler in the head. Rhea with the Prism Trap and Shayna tries to get to the ropes. Shayna kicks Rhea into the turnbuckles. Shayna with a jumping knee in the corner.
Shayna puts Rhea on the turnbuckles. Shayna slaps Rhea and Rhea with a head butt followed by a Super Riptide for the three count.
Winner: Rhea Ripley (new Champion)
After the match, fans and wrestlers celebrate in the ring with the new champion.
We go to credits.
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