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WWE NXT REPORT: KROSS/BALOR II, MONET DEBUTS, REED SPEAKS, GRIMES AND DIBIASE FACE/OFF, AND MORE

We are back and we see Karrion Kross preparing in black and white.

Cameron Grimes makes his way to the ring.

Ted DiBiase makes his way to the ring.

Grimes says everyone wants to know why?  Grimes says he wasn't always rich.  He didn't have this lavish lifestyle.  I started to climb a little bit and then you showed up and embarrassed me and started outbuying me.  I look up to you.  I saw, because of you, with money, I could treat people terribly and people would like me.  A kid can dribble a basketball and I could kick it across the arena because I have money.  Grimes says it is true that you should never meet your idols.

Ted says he likes Cameron.  He says they have a lot more in common than you think.  Ted says he put Grimes through all that hell because I see a little bit of myself in you?  Why am I here?  I am looking for that one individual who embodies everything the Million Dollar Man stands for.  This is not all about the money or being able to humiliate people.  It is about performance in the ring.  Ted says Cameron's got it, but since you became rich, you have lost your focus.

LA Knight's music plays and he makes his way to the stage.

Knight wants to talk to you.  He says he hears Ted talking about his million dollar legacy and Knight says he sees a million dollar opportunity.  He says a man who gets the job done is walking down this ramp.  The man who didn't just strike it lucky with virtual money but is walking, talking gold.

Grimes tells Knight not to get in the ring, but Ted says to let Knight talk.

Knight says Grimes is right.  He is not a millionaire yet, but he can put the last piece of the puzzle and take someone who is the right person to continue the million dollar legacy.

Ted says he is aware of who LA Knight is.  He knows that Knight has had a lot of success.  Ted says that Knight could become a megastar.  He says Knight has a million dollar body and mindset.

Grimes says we get that Knight has a million dollar body but he is no Cameron Grimes.  Grimes tells Knight to get out of the ring or he will kick Knight's ass to the moon.

Knight with a kick and a snap mare driver.  Knight leaves the ring.

Ted stands over Grimes and he tells Grimes he is never going to get it.  Ted laughs.

DiBiase and Knight head to the back together.

Franky Monet is in the back getting ready for her debut match.  

We go to commercial.

We are back and Indi Hartwell is looking for Dexter Lumis while McKenzie is trying to interview her.  

Indi interrupts Ever Rise Live while Indi looks for Dexter.  Matt asks Indi if she wants to take a swing at her.  Drake Maverick shows up and says that he saw Dexter a few hours ago and she goes into a room and when the light comes on, there are images of broken hearts and then a drawing of a knife in his heart while Indi calls him a loser.

Match Number Four:  Franky Monet versus Cora Jade

They lock up and Monet backs Jade into the corner and pats her down in the corner.  They lock up and Monet sends Jade to the mat.  Jade with a boot and Monet with a forearm.  Monet with chops in the corner.  Monet sends Jade into the turnbuckles and follows with a running double knee strike to the back and a running hip in the corner.  Monet with a running double knee strike to the head.  Monet with a chop.  Monet with a back heel kick and a knee followed by a clothesline.

Jade with a forearm and more forearms.  Jade with a side Russian leg sweep for a near fall.  Monet with a spear.  Monet with a sit out power bomb.  Monet with an Implant Buster for the three count.

Winner:  Franky Monet

Zack Gibson says last week was nothing personal for Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher.  It was a receipt to put you in your place.  Drake says they didn't travel around the world to feud with chair throwing hooligans.  We came to challenge for the titles.  Gibson says we are going to watch MSK next week in their tag title match.  They are who the division needs and they will be the next NXT Tag Team Champions.

We have a video package for Bronson Reed after his victory last week.

We see Bronson Reed and KUSHIDA at a photo shoot and then Bronson walks away as we go to commercial.

We are back with a video package for Imperium and their removal of Alexander Wolfe from the group.  WALTER says they need to continue to set things straight.  They need to right the first wrong, losing the tag titles.  WALTER wants to know if they are serious.  They are showmen while you are professional wrestlers.  You will be restoring the honor of our sport because to us, the mat is sacred.

North American Champion Bronson Reed makes his way to the ring.

Bronson says fourteen years to get here.  It wasn't an easy road to become the North American champion.  It wasn't fourteen years of climbing the mountain.  It was fourteen years of falling and getting back up and falling and getting back up.  He says he had a lot of doubters.  There were a lot of people who told him no.  This title is proof that you don't have to take no for an answer.  If you grind it out, you will become a champion.  Now that I have it, good luck trying to take it from me.  If you think you have a shot, I had a big mountain to climb, but you have a colossal mountain to climb.

Legado del Fantasma makes their way to the ring and they applaud Reed.  Escobar says that Bronson has a tele novella story coming.  He brought tears to their eyes.  Escobar says he can't relate to anything you just said.  I was born a champion.  I wasn't even born to belong in this business.  This business belongs to me.  After your victory, something caught my eye.  It wasn't your colossal mass, it was the North American title.  I am the Emperor of Lucha Libre.  I run the bingo.  That is why I took the Cruiserweight TItle.  I see the North American title and I see USA and Mexico.  Wilde asks about Canada.  Escobar tells Wilde that Canada doesn't count.

The North American title represents Mexico so it belongs to me.  Your celebration is over . . . mate.  I will do what I do best and that is take what is mine.

MSK makes their way to the ring and they join Reed in the ring to take care of Wilde and Mendoza.  Reed with a body block to Escobar.

We see Finn Balor in the back as we go to commercial.

We are back and William Regal mentions tonight's main event for the World Title.  He says we will need a new Number One Contender.  Kyle O'Reilly will face Pete Dunne and Johnny Gargano in a Triple Threat match with the winner facing the NXT Champion at In Your House.

We will also see MSK versus Legado del Fantasma for the Men's Tag Titles.

Match Number Five:  Karrion Kross (with Scarlett) versus Finn Balor for the NXT Men's Championship

Balor with kicks to the leg and a side head lock.  Balor holds on when Kross tries to send Balor off the ropes.  Kross with a shoulder tackle but Balor with a forearm.  Kross with a knee and he sends Balor to the floor but Balor gets back into the ring and he connects with a forearm.  Balor with a drop kick to the knee and Kross goes to the floor.  Kross returns to the ring and Balor tries to kick Kross in the leg but Kross blocks it.  Kross with a waist lock take down and Balor with a reversal and he floats over and they get back to their feet.  Balor goes for the leg and Kross stays on his feet.  Kross with a cross arm breaker but Balor with a rollup for a near fall.

Balor works on the legs and then applies a front face lock.  Balor with a wrist lock and he starts to work on the arm.  Kross tries for a slam but Balor gets to his feet and he returns to the arm bar.  Balor with an arm drag and a wrist lock.  Balor with an arm bar.  Kross with a slam to Balor.  Kross sends Balor into the turnbuckles and he kicks Balor in the chest.  Kross sends Balor into the turnbuckles.  Kross with a suplex.  Kross stomps on the ankle.  Kross with a boot to the chest.  Kross with a rear chin lock.  

Kross sends Balor to the mat and then he misses a short arm clothesline but Balor with an abdominal stretch with forearms to the ribs.  Balor works on the back and he gets a near fall.  Balor with forearms to the ribs.  Kross with shoulders in the corner.  Kross with shoulders to the lower back as well.  Kross with a running boot to the back.  Kross with a series of German suplexes to Balor.  Balor with a cross face on Kross.  Balor with forearms and kicks to the ribs.  Kross blocks a kick and Balor with a rollup and a double stomp.  Balor with chops to Kross and shoulders to the midsection.  Kross with a forearm to the back and then he sends Balor to the floor.

Balor pulls Kross off the apron and puts him in the ring skirt while punching and kicking Kross.  Balor with a baseball slide to Kross.  Balor with a running forearm to Kross against the plexiglass.  Balor with kicks to Kross on the floor.  Balor breaks up the count and then he goes back to the floor and kicks Kross against the ringside barrier.  Balor sends Kross bakc into the ring.  Kross kicks Balor.  Kross stomps on the arm.  Kross with elbows to the collarbone and a suplex.  Kross picks up Balor and Balor with forearms.  Balor with a Northern Lights Suplex but Kross with a short arm clothesline for a near fall.  Balor blocks a power bomb and then Kross with a sunset flip but you don't sunset flip Balor and Balor rolls through with a drop kick.

Balor and Kross exchange forearms.  Kross runs Balor into the turnbuckles and sets for the Oklahoma Stampede for a near fall.  Kross gets Balor up for a power slam but Balor counters with an elevated elbow drop for a near fall.  Balor with a double leg take down and a double stomp but Kross with the straitjacket.  Balor gets to the ropes to force a break.  Kross sends Balor to the floor.  Kross sends Balor's head into the plexiglass.  Kross sets for a Razor's Edge into the plexiglass.  They return to the ring before the count.

Kross goes for a power bomb but Balor counters with a DDT.  Balor with Slingblade and then he sends Kross to the floor.  Balor with a flip dive but Kross pops up and Kross with a back drop driver onto the announce table.  Balor punches Kross but Kross pushes Balor away.  Balor with a double stomp.  Balor drop kicks Kross into the turnbuckles and Balor goes up top and misses Coup de Grace and Balor's knees give out.  Kross runs Balor into the turnbuckles and hits a German suplex.  Kross with a Saito suplex.  Kross goes for the forearm to the back but Balor with a rollup for a near fall.  Balor with an abdominal stretch into a rollup but Kross keeps his shoulders off the mat.  Kross with forearms to the back of the head.  Balor with forearms to the back of the neck.  

The referee checks on Kross and then Scarlett says something to Kross but Balor with a sleeper while Kross has his hand on the ropes.  Balor adds a body scissors as they fall into the ring.  Balor kicks Kross in the ribs but Kross escapes the hold.  Balor with a triangle and Kross starts to fade.  Kross' arm does not go down the third time and Kross with the one arm power bomb.  Kross with a forearm to teh back of the head and a second one in the center of the ring.  Kross with boots to the back of the head.  Kross with a sleeper and Balor is out.

Winner:  Karrion Kross (retains championship)

We go to credits.

 

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