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WWE NXT REPORT: NORTH AMERICAN TITLE MATCH, KROSS AND BALOR GO PRIME TARGET, GRIMES GETS DIBIASE-ED, MOTHER-DAUGHTER SPA DAY, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2021-05-18 22:03:00

We begin with a voice over for tonight's show.

We are at the Capitol Wrestling Centre and your announcers are Wade Barrett, Vic Joseph, and Beth Phoenix.

Match Number One:  Toni Storm versus Zoey Stark

Toni slaps Zoey and Zoey runs Toni into the corner.  Zoey with kicks and forearms.  Stark with more kicks in the corner.  Storm pushes Stark away but Stark with a drop kick and Toni goes to the floor.  Stark with a pescado onto Storm.  Stark sends Storm back into the ring and Stark hits a springboard drop kick.  Stark goes to the apron and Storm pulls Stark down on the apron.  Storm sends Stark shoulder first into the ring post.  Storm with a running hip to Stark against the ring steps.  Storm gets back into the ring while the referee starts her count.

Stark gets back into the ring and Storm with boots to Stark followed by forearms.  Storm with kicks in the corner.  Stark with a forearm and Storm with a suplex for a near fall.  Storm works on the neck.  Storm with a boot to the head and she gets a near fall.  Stark with elbows and a knee to the midsection.  Storm with a punch and she sends Stark into the turnbuckles.  Storm biels Stark across the ring by the hair.  Stark with a kick and Storm kicks back.  Storm with a back breaker and she stretches Stark over her knee.  Storm gets a near fall.  Storm with a forearm and Stark fires back.  Storm with European uppercuts and Stark with a back slide for a near fall.  

Stark with forearms and an enzuigiri.  Stark with a clothesline and running knee into the corner.  Stark with a snap mare and she gets a near fall.  Stark sends Storm into the turnbuckles and she kicks Storm in the corner.  Storm with a reverse atomic drop and a European uppercut.  Storm with a snap mare and a near fall.  Stark with a chop and Storm sends Stark to the floor.  Stark returns to the ring and she connects with an elbow and gets a near fall with a jackknife cover.  Storm with a front face lock.  Storm sends Stark to the mat and conencts with an elbow drop for a near fall.

Storm and Stark exchange forearms.  They exchange kicks and then they go back to forearms.  Stark with the advantage and Storm with an irish whip but Stark with a thrust kick in the corner.  Stark sends Storm to the mat and hits a sliding clothesline followed by a sliding knee for a near fall.  Storm blocks a half and half suplex.  Stark with a rana to block Storm Zero for a near fall.  Stark with a half and half suplex for a near fall.  Stark with knees to the head.  Storm lands on her feet on a reverse suplex attempt.  Storm with a German suplex and Storm Zero for a near fall.  Storm with a hip lock bomb for the three count.

Winner:  Toni Storm

The lights go out and . . . 

Franky Monet makes her way to the stage.  She will have her in ring debut next week.

Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde are in the back and McKenzie asks about Santos Escobar.  Wilde says they are here to talk about MSK and they want their tag title match.

Timothy Thatcher and Tommaso Ciampa show up and Ciampa says that MSK has never beaten them and Legado del Fantasma never beat them.

Thatcher says Los Gatos no tienes zapatos.

The challenge is accepted.

We see Cameron Grimes arriving at the guilding and he tosses his keys to Jake Atlas to park his car but Grimes is told by Atlas that Ted DiBiase has his parking space.  Grimes tells Atlas he will not be laughing after their match tonight.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we are with the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions on a spa day.  Candice says they deserve it.  She says Johnny is going to take care of Bronson.  Indi says that Candice was right about Dexter.  He keeps popping up wherever she is.  They call him a loser while Dexter is massaging Indi.  He walks away.

We go to Finn Balor sitting down.  Kross wants the footage to be run.  Balor says he did not underestimate Karrion Kross at all.  Kross says he was walking it off for week.  He says he couldn't believe that Balor got out of the choke.  Jimmy Smith says that Balor was not finishing off Kross with things he normally won with.  Balor says his conviction would be his biggest strength and he felt it.  Kross says he was trying to put his fists through Balor's head.  It was kill or be killed.

Kross says it was a matter of time.  Balor saying staying down kills us.  

McAfee talks about how Kross showed his dominance since day one.  He says Balor has been a champion wherever he has been.  The fact we are getting this match on Tuesday on USA is a dream come true.  He says Finn will walk out as champion.

Paul Heyman says everyone on Smackdown has an interest in this match, even Roman Reigns.  Paul says Kross versus Balor for the title, it's a little too close to call.  Jimmy Smith says it is a redemption story if Balor gets his title back, but if he loses, it is a tragedy.  

Cameron Grimes says everyone thinks it is funny that Ted DiBiase keeps embarrassing Cameron Grimes, but wait until you see the real Ted DiBiase.  We see a video package of everything DiBiase did.when he failed.

Grimes gets a good laugh at the video.

Match Number Two:  Jake Atlas versus Cameron Grimes

Atlas attacks Grimes and sends him to the floor.  We go to commercial.

We are back and the match was started during commercial.  Grimes and Atlas exchange punches.  Atlas kicks Grimes but Grimes with a back elbow.  Atlas kicks Grimes and hits a springboard hesitation arm drag and follows with an enzuigiri.  Atlas with a head scissors for a near fall.  Grimes kicks Atlas away .  Grimes gets Atlas up and sends him to the apron.  Atlas with a shoulder and he flips over but Grimes with a knee.  Grimes with a clothesline for a near fall.  

Grimes kicks Atlas in the corner.  Grimes with an elbow but Atlas with forearms and chops.  Grimes with a kick to the chest and Atlas blocks a kick.  Atlas slaps Grimes and he Irish whips Grimes sternum first into the turnbuckles.  Atlas with a German suplex as we see a limo arrive at the CWC in the picture in picture.  Atlas with a jumping knee and a clothesline.  Atlas gets a near fall.  Atlas goes to the turnbuckles but Grimes jumps to the turnbuckles but Grimes goes to the mat.  Atlas leaps over Grimes and Grimes with a Spanish Fly splash.

Ted DiBiase's music plays and he makes his way to the stage and Grimes forgets that HE IS IN A WRESTLNG MATCH and Atlas with a rollup for the three count.

Winner:  Jake Atlas

After the match, DiBiase laughs loudly and then goes to the back.

Atlas punches Grimes when he tries to get back into the ring.

Grimes jogs awkwardly to the back and he wants to know where did DiBiase go.  Grimes tries to get into the limo and Ted says that Grimes is still no Million Dollar Man.

Ted drives away.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Bronson Reed talks about his first match on May 18, 2007 and now 14 years later, he has the biggest match of his life for the North American Championship.  I had to go through Austin Theory and the Way.  He talks about wrestling all over the world and the type of matches he has had to get here.  He will not let Johnny Gargano stop his destiny.  He will win and then go to his wife and tell her after fourteen years, we did it.

We go to Pete Dunne with Aresh Markazi.  He asks Pete about calling out the entire roster and he is asked who he wants to face next.  He's beaten KUSHIDA.  He has unfinished business with WALTER.  That is his title.  He beat Johnny Gargano once and he will beat him again.  He says he will even go after Karrion Kross.

Pete says he lets his work speak for himself.  He has never had a bad match.  He says people leave different after walking in the ring with him.  

Aresh asks Pete about his style because it resembles MMA.  Pete says he uses traditional British wrestling and mixes it with wherever he has been.  He wants to make it more violent and aggressive.  

Pete is asked about his connection with the fans.  Pete says everyone knows what it feels like when you have your finger twisted. 

Pete is asked about his goals.  Pete says he just goes after opportunities.  He wants to go after the NXT Title.

Match Number Three:  Alexander Wolfe (with Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) versus Killian Dain (with Drake Maverick)

They lock up and go to a stalemate.  Dain with punches but Wolfe with a knee and boot to the head.  Wolfe with punches to Dain and he follows with kicks.  Wolfe with a European uppercut or two.  Dain with a European uppercut of his own.  He connects with a few more.  Dain with punches and forearms in the corner.  Dain with an Irish whip and splash.  Dain with a short arm clothesline.  Aichner gets on the apron and he pushes Maverick off the apron.  Dain with a bicycle kick to Aichner.  Barthel gives Wolfe a chair but the referee stops him.  Wolfe grabs the chair and Dain with a cross body for the three count.

WInner:  Killian Dain

After the match, Imperium is in the ring and they pose but Aichner and Barthel attack Wolfe from behind.  Aichner and Barthel hit the Imperium Bomb.  

We go to commercial.

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