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WWE NXT REPORT: TAG TITLE MATCH, TWO TITLE MATCHES NEXT WEEK, A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT WEEK, AND MORE

Nia with another stretch muffler and she swings Kai into the turnbuckles.  Nia gets a near fall.  Nia catches Kai off the turnbuckles and Baszler tags in and and knocks Raquel off the apron.  Nia drops Kai to the mat and Shayna with a running knee for a near fall.  Kai with an elbow to Shayna and a kick to Nia.  Shayna stops Kai but Kai with a kick and a thrust kick.  Raquel tags in and she drop kicks Shayna and follows with a shoulder tackle and fallaway slam.  Raquel with another fallaway slam and splash into the corner.  Raquel with a spinning power slam for a near fall.  

Shayna escapes a choke slam and tags in Nia.  Nia with a head butt and she misses a splash and Raquel with shoulders in the corner followed by kicks.  Nia knocks Raquel down after Shayna distracts Raquel.  Shayna with a knee to the jaw for a near fall.  Shayna with the Kirifuda Clutch   Raquel with a boot to Shayna and Kai tags in.  They hit Go 2 Kick for a near fall.  Raquel and Nia battle but Nia sends Raquel over the top rope with a clothesline.  Kai tries to get Shayna up but her knee gives out.  Dakota goes for Go 2 Kick but Shayna blocks it and Shayna with the Kirifuda Clutch.  Kai rolls over and gets a near fall.  Shayna reapplies the Kirifuda Clutch and Nia tries to distract the referee but Gonzalez tags in and kicks Nia off the apron but takes out the referee as well.

Nia sends Raquel into the apron but Raquel sends Nia and herself over the announce table.

Shayna has Dakota in the Kirifuda Clutch and Adam Pearce comes out and sends a referee to the ring and he sees Dakota is out and calls for the bell.

Winners:  Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax (retain championship)

We go back to the therapy session and Austin is asked about Dexter.  He says Dexter just needs a friend.  Candice says that Dexter doesn't want friends.  Austin knows why Candice might not like Dexter.  Indi says he is okay.  Candice reads text messages from Johnny and the therapist sends Candice and Indi into the hallway again.

The therapist tells Austin this is a safe space and she asks him what happened during those three days with Dexter Lumis.

LA Knight walks in the back as we go to commercial.

We are back with Isaiah Scott in the studio.  He says he wants to talk about opportunities.  Leon Ruff seems to have fallen into the North American Championship.  Swerve says he has to claw and scratch for no opportunities.  Leon, do you think this is a Fantasy World?  This is the CWC.  This is Swerve's House.  You don't want to go to war with someone who cares less than you.  Swerve is just different.  I just care any more.

LA Knight makes his way to the ring.

Knight says he has waited entirely too long to stand in this very ring and stare down the barrel and say let me talk to you.  You don't understand.  I am not going to talk about childhood dreams.  Do you think this is a dream?  This is business.  This is my business.  My business is whipping someone else's ass when they step in the.  I changed the game at Takeover.  People say I am the Tom Brady of wrestling but Tom Brady wishes he could be LA Knight.  I didn't come in here as the first round draft pick, but I will be the one setting trends and records.  

You have your Johnny Garganos, your Kyle O'Reillys, your Adam Coles, and your Finn Balors.  They have their kicks, flips, and dives.  I ain't going to meet you with flash or pizzaz.  I did not come here to do anything fancy, but i get the job done.  I am the last of a dying breed.  

You have people saying that LA Knight might be the greatest NXT Superstar.  Don't call me the G.O.A.T.  If you want to call me the thing that sets me apart from everyone else, call me LA Knight.  That is just a fact of life.

Match Number Four;  Bronson Reed versus Cameron Grimes

Grimes tells Reed he has a deal for him.  Grimes starts counting off some money and Reed punches Grimes.  Reed gets Grimes up but Grimes gets to his feet.  Reed blocks an Irish whip and then catches Grimes and drops him onto the apron and then to the floor.  Grimes goes for a sunset flip but Reed holds on to the ropes and then drops down and gets a near fall.  

We go to commercial.

We are back and Reed sends Grimes back into the ring.  Grimes with an enzuigiri and tries for an O'Connor roll but Reed holds on to the ropes.  Grimes with a Spanish Fly Cross Body for a near fall.  Grimes punches Reed and Reed pushes Grimes away.  Grimes with a knee to the ribs and applies a rear chin lock.  Grimes with a knee to the head.  Grimes stomps on the hand and kicks Reed in the chest and head.  Grimes with more kicks but Reed starts to block kicks and he connects with forearms.  Reed with a running body block.  Reed with a splash into the corner followed by a choke slam attempt but Grimes with an elbow and forearm.  Reed with a clothesline.

Grimes kicks Reed in the head and Reed runs into a boot in the corner.  Grimes goes to the apron.  Grimes takes his hat and he leaves but Reed with a suicide dive onto Grimes.  Reed sends Grimes back into the ring but LA Knight tosses Grimes' hat in the ring. The referee takes the hat and turns his back on the action in the ring.  Knight drops Reed on the top rope and Grimes with Cave In for the three count.

Winner:  Cameron Grimes

Adam Pearce and William Regal are in an office talking about something.

McKenzie is with Kayden Cross and she is asked about Kacy's injury.  Kayden says it pisses her off to see her friend in pain.  She does not care about Xia Li.  She took my girl out and now I have to take her out.  Does Xia think what she did is going to scare her off?  She only sees red.  No fear and no hesitation.  Next week, she can come and get it.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look at what Karrion Kross did to Legado del Fantasma.  

We return to Theory Therapy as we are down to one on one.  The therapist asks Austin what happened.  Austin says it was a great time.  He says he was in a small room with the windows boarded up.  He watched TV all day and ate cereal.  He is asked if Dexter is a good guy.  The therapist says she talked to Dexter Lumis earlier today.  She says that he couldn't wait to get rid of him.  Lumis said Theory was the most obnoxious person he was ever around.  

Theory starts to cry and he runs out of the room into Johnny's arms.

Johnny calls the therapist a monster and he tells Austin that 

Johnny tells the 'therapist' she was great, especially kicking them out.  She calls them a bunch of idiots.

Match Number Five:  Chase Parker and Matt Martel versus Fandango and Tyler Breeze

As Fandango and Breeze start on the stage, they are attacked by Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde.  They send Breeze happy place first into the ring post.

Parker and Martel applaud what Wilde and Mendoza did and then they realize that Wilde and Mendoza are pissed.  Martel and Parker leave the ring and they say they don't want any trouble.  

Santos Escobar attacks Martel and Parker.  Martel is sent into the plexiglas while Parker is sent into the ring steps.  

Santos Escobar says do not mistake last week's events for weakness.  If you do, this is what awaits you.

Next week, we will see Kayden Carter versus Xia Li in addition to the NXT Women's Championship Match between Io Shirai and Toni Storm and the NXT Men's Championship Match between Finn Balor and Adam Cole.

We take a look at the Men's Championship Match.

Finn Balor says him being the champion makes this the most important title.  Adam Cole says Balor is good, but he is no Adam Cole.

Finn Balor walks in the back and we go to commercial.

We are back and McKenzie and William Regal walk in the back.

William Regal says that because of what happened earlier, he will make an announcement next week that will change the landscape of NXT

Match Number Five:  Finn Balor versus Roderick Strong in a Non Title Match

They lock up and go around the ring.  Balor with a waist lock take down and Strong gets a near fall.  Balor with a front face lock and Strong with a snap mare into a reverse chin lock.  Strong with a forearm and chop.  Balor gets a near fall.  Balor with a reverse chin lock and Balor goes for a triangle but Strong with a near fall.  Strong goes for a Strong Hold but Balor avoids it and applies a side head lock.  Balor with a crucifix for a near fall.  Balor with an arm bar.  Balor turns it into a cobra clutch.

Balor holds on to the cobra clutch while Strong tries to escape.  Strong with a snap mare to escape followed by a back breaker to Balor.  Strong kicks Balor and connects with a forearm to the back.  Strong stretches Balor in the ropes.  Strong kicks Balor.  Strong with a forearm.  Balor with a kick and Strong with a chop.  Strong with a sunset flip but Balor rolls through and hits a drop kick because no one can do a sunset flip any more.  

Balor with a snap mare into an arm bar and hammer lock.  Balor with a hammer lock using his feet and he drops back to the mat to add more pressure to the shoulder.  Balor with an arm bar.  Strong backs Balor into the corner and sends Balor into the turnbuckles.  Strong with chops and he sends Balor into the turnbuckles.  Strong with more chops.  Balor with an arm wringer.  Balor with a kick to the arm and then boots to the head.  Balor with an arm bar.  Balor continues to work on the arm with a hammer lock and he leans back to add more pressure.  Balor continues to drop back onto the mat as he works on the shoulder.  Balor with uppercuts to the arm.

Balor with an arm bar.  Strong with a power slam to get out of the hold and both men are down.  Strong with forearms and knees.  Strong with a back breaker for a near fall.  Strong with another back breaker.  Balor with an arm drag into a cobra clutch.  Strong with punches.  Balor with a chop followed by an Irish whip and chop.  Balor with another Irish whip and chop in the corner.  Strong with a clothesline and both men are down.  Strong with forearms and chops followed by a gourdbuster slam.  Strong with running forearms and an Olympic Slam.  Strong with a Gibson Driver for a near fall.  Balor with slingblade.

Balor goes for a running drop kick but Strong blocks it and goes for a Strong Hold and he turns it into a Liontamer.  Balor goes for a rollup but Strong counters for a near fall.  Strong goes for the double knee gutbuster but Balor counters with a double stomp.  Strong with a kick but Balor with a Pele Kick.  Strong misses a jumping knee and Balor with a reverse DDT.  Balor with a running drop kick and then Balor goes up top for Coup de Grace and hits it.  Balor with 1916 for the three count.

Winner:  Finn Balor

After the match, Balor celebrates his victory in the ring and he looks at the stage and sees Adam Cole standing there.

We go to credits.

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