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We start off with a look back at last week's episode of NXT.
We are at Full Sail University and your announcers are Tom Phillips and Beth Phoenix..
Match Number One: Shotzi Blackheart (with her tank) versus Dakota Kai (with Raquel Gonzalez)
Dakota and Shotzi have words before Kai pie faces Shotzi. Shotzi with a double leg take down but Kai kicks Shotzi away. Kai goes for a monkey flip but Shotzi pushes Kai to the mat. Kai with a waist lock and Shotzi with a standing switch. Kai with a leg sweep but she misses a kick and Shotzi with a rollup for a near fall. Kai with a near fall. Shotzi with a rollup for a near fall. Shotzi with a reverse atomic drop and Shotzi with the Ball Pit leg drop. Shotzi sends Kai to the mat and snap mares Kai. Shotzi with an arm breaker and a rollup for a near fall. Shotzi with a leg pick into a figure four on the legs and she lays down on Kai and stretches her.
Kai with an arm bar but Shotzi blocks its full application. Shotzi with an arm drag and forearm. Kai with a forearm and she sends Shotzi into the turnbuckles and chokes Shotzi. Kai wtih a face wash and suplex for a near fall. Kai with forearms in the corner. Kai chokes Shotzi in the ropes. Shotzi with a drop toe hold that sends Kai into the ropes. Gonzalez gets on the apron to distract Shotzi and Kai with a uranage back breaker. Kai sends Shotzi into the turnbuckles and then Kai with a running boot in the corner. Kai with another running boot in the corner for a near fall. Shotzi with punches to Kai but Kai goes for the hair and sends Shotzi to the mat. Kai gets a near fall.
Kai with a bow and arrow but Shotzi escapes and gets a near fall with a lateral press. Kai with a clothesline. Shotzi with a boot and then she goes to the turnbuckles for a sunset flip and gets a near fall. Kai with a forearm and she gets a near fall. Kai with a seated abdominal stretch. Shotzi with an arm drag and Kai misses a boot. Shotzi leaps over a charging Kai and hits a drop kick. Shotzi with a splash into the corner and a wraparound bulldog. Shotzi with a knee and forearm. Shotzi with an enzuigiri. Shotzi with a back senton into Kai against the ropes. Shotzi with a Tiger suplex for a near fall. Shotzi runs into boots from Kai. Kai with a hip toss for a near fall.
Kai gets Shotzi on her shoulders and Shotzi escapes and sends Kai to the apron. Kai avoids a shoulder and kicks Shotzi to the apron. Shotzi with a kick to the knee as they fight on the apron. Kai with forearms. Shotzi blocks a kick on the apron and Shotzi with a kick and Shiranui on the apron. The referee checks on both women. Shotzi goes for a dive to the floor but Gonzalez trips Shotzi and Rhea Ripley comes out and attacks Gonzalez. Officials take Rhea to the back. Kai misses the running boot into the corner and Shotzi with a rollup for the three count.
Winner: Shotzi Blackheart
Santos Escobar and Isaiah Scott are in split screen for an interview.
Tom asks Scott about having Escobar's number. Scott says he has had opportunities at the title, but he did not think they were fair. He feels that he is the better competitor. He is the only man in WWE to pin Santos Escobar. When we step in the ring on Sunday, I will come out on top.
Escobar is asked if Scott is right about being able to win a fair fight. Escobar calls Swerve a parasite. You continue to linger no matter what I do. I hate things that linger. You are a loose end and I tie up loose ends. If you want to talk about what is fair and unfair. The match at Takeover will be fair.
Scott says he does not believe that it will be a fair fight. Something is always happening during your match. It is either Legado del Fantasma or a loaded mask. Escobar says he only hears excuses. When it matters, you do not deliver. Scott says what you call excuses are reality. I have adapted to everything in this business and in my life. I will take whatever you throw at me. Scott says he is ready to showcase what he is truly capable of. I will also show that Santos Escobar is a fraud.
Escobar says that is the difference between me and you. You have made this all about yourself. That is why you will fail. Since I have won the title, I have built the entire division in my vision and infused it with lucha culture. A culture that you have no respect for. At Takeover, all of your showcasing will not be enough. Your bag of tricks is what I call a century of tradition and I will bury you with it.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the mystery person saying you can never go back home. Too many roads in life to take. Sometimes you have to stop and look around to see if the place is the same when you left it. What will be your destiny.
Kyle O'Reilly says he first stepped into a wrestling ring in British Columbia and I took to it like a fish to water. Even if I never made it to NXT and I wrestled for five dollars every other weekend, I would be doing it with all of the love and passion. The Undisputed Era is the best thing to happen to me personally and professionally. They are three of my best friends in and out of the ring. Adam Cole says he has known Kyle for 12 years and he knows he is one of the best. Kyle says they have gone to war but hit is real.
Adam says that Kyle wants to be the NXT Champion and there is nothing more important to him right now. Kyle says he has had his sights set on Finn Balor. When I got to Japan, he went to NXT. When I got to NXT, he was on Raw. To have this match as the main event of Takeover, that is what it has all been about. It is all building to this match at Takeover.
Kyle says if I win, the same thing that happened to Undisputed Era when Adam Cole won the title will happen. We will stay together.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a medical update on Tegan Nox. We are told that Tegan suffered a torn ACL.
Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae are with Sarah Schreiber. She asks them about Tegan's injury. Johnny says Tegan broke his TV and she broke her ACL so it is fair. Johnny says NXT's Power Couple is teaming up and he wants to be addressed that way. Johnny says destiny is on our way. We are going to be the first team to be champions at the same time. Candice says it starts tonight. On Sunday, it will be finished.
Cameron Grimes comes out and he says he is not in the best mood right now. He had all of the opportunities last week but it was all taken away in a Gauntlet Eliminator. Whose idea was that? It couldn't have been Mr. Regal's idea because he would have come up with something better. Cameron Grimes can cheer up. He is going to make up a match. It will be the Cameron Grimes Invitational Stepping Stones to the Moon Match and he has hand picked his opponents.
Match Number Two: Cameron Grimes versus Joey Pistachio
Grimes with a Cave In for the three count.
Winner: Cameron Grimes
Match Number Three Cameron Grimes versus Joey Strong
Ridge Holland attacks Joey Strong and sends him to the floor.
Grimes introduces himself to Ridge and he says he is a big fan of his and he is really good, but he is not part of the Cameron Grimes Invitational. He offers to shake Ridge's hand and Holland with a head butt.
Match Number Three: Ridge Holland versus Cameron Grimes
Holland with forearms and kicks to Grimes and the referee stops the match for not listening to his warning.
Winner: Cameron Grimes (by disqualification)
Austin Theory says his match last week against Damian Priest shouldn't have happened. Austin says he should have been in the Gauntlet match that Kyle won. Austin talks about the video and how Kyle has taken 15 years to get a title match. I was 22 and I wrestled at Wrestlemania and they are calling Kyle the future? Kyle is trying to catch up to me.
KUSHIDA says that moving to the United States has been the biggest thing for his family and it has been tough. Now he can focus on the ring and he mentions that he has had some setbacks with injuries. It is time to step things up. At Takeover you will see me explode. You will be my stepping stone Velveteen Dream. The new KUSHIDA is vicious.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Four: KUSHIDA versus Tony Nese
Nese poses and KUSHIDA with a kick to the head. KUSHIDA with a kick to the head and a kick to the elbow. Nese holds on to the ropes on an Irish whip and Nese with a shot to the throat and then he leaps over the top rope to drop KUSHIDA on the top rope. KUSHIDA sends Nese into the ring post. KUSHIDA with a kick to the shoulder and arm. Nese goes for a pump handle but KUSHIDA with a double wrist lock and an arm bulldog. KUSHIDA with another arm bulldog. KUSHIDA stomps on the chest. KUSHIDA with the hoverboard lock and Nese taps out.
Winner: KUSHIDA
After the match, Dream appears on the GameTron. He wants the real KUSHIDA to stand up because the spotlight will be too bright for you on Sunday. The Dream puts on his best performance under the bright spotlight. See you on Sunday.
Cameron Grimes is in the back holding his eye and he doesn't want to talk to anyone.
Grimes turns into Dexter Lumis and asks him if he knows where William Regal is and Lumis says nothing. Grimes calls him a freak and walks away.
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