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We are in Winter Park, Florida and your announcers are Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, and Beth Phoenix.
Poppy performs on the stage and then she plays Io Shirai's entrance music as Io makes her way to the ring.
Match Number One; Io Shirai versus Candice LeRae
Io pie faces Candice and Candice with a forearm. Io goes to the floor and Candice follows after her. Io with a kick on the apron followed by a suicide dive. Candice with a suicide dive of her own. Candice with a kick and neck breaker in the ropes. Candice with a step up back senton to the back for a near fall. Io kicks Candice into the turnbuckles and Io with a Codebreaker. Io with kicks and she chokes Candice in the corner. Io with a hesitation kick in the corner. Io gets a near fall. Io with a rear chin lock and she sends Candice to the mat. Io with a hesitation drop kick.
Candice with forearms and Io with a forearm of her own. Candice with a sunset flip for a near fall. Candice with a jaw breaker and head scissors take down but Io lands on her feet. Candice with an enzuigiri to sending Io to the apron. Io blocks a suplex on the apron and Io with a forearm. Io rakes at the bloody nose and Io tries for a German suplex on the apron. Candice with elbows to send Io back into the ring. Io stops Candice on the turnbuckles and Io goes up. Io goes for a superplex but Candice blocks it.
Candice knocks Io to the mat. Io drop kicks Candice off the turnbuckles to the floor. The referee checks on Candice on the floor. Io gets a near fall. Io with forearms to the back. Candice with a rollup for a near fall. Io with a kick and she connects with a punch. Candice blocks a punch and connects with a punch of her own. Io gets Candice up and runs her into the turnbuckles before hitting an Air Raid Crash for a near fall. Io misses a running knee into the corner when Candice moves.
Candice with punches and Io blocks a punch and goes for a crossface. Candice with a rollup for a near fall. Candice with a side Russian leg sweep into a Koji Clutch. Io leans back to get a near fall. Candice with a kick and she misses a clothesline. Both women go for cross body presses at the same time and both go down. Candice with clotheslines and a running drop kick. Candice with a shoulder into the corner followed by a snap mare. Candice goes to the turnbuckles and hits a tornado DDT for a near fall. Io is put on the turnbuckles and Candice goes up and tries for the swining neck breaker off the turnbuckles but Io sends Candice to the mat. Io with a moonsault that connects with Candice's knees.
Candice with punches and forearms followed by an inside cradle for a near fall. Io with an uppercut and she rolls through into the cross arm breaker and she turns it into a head scissors. Candice gets her foot on the rope to force a break by Io. Io goes under the ring for a chair and the referee takes it from her. Candice with a rollup for a near fall. Candice with a full nelson twisting gourdbuster followed by a kick that sends Io onto the chair. Candice misses a quebrada and lands on the chair. Io gets the three count.
Winner: Io Shirai
After the match, Io attacks Candice and connects with a series of punches.
Io gets the chair and Rhea Ripley stops Io and she goes after Io with the chair.
Io gets to the floor.
We are told about Keith Lee and Matt Riddle's match against Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish in tonight's main event.
We go to Finn Balor's comments from WWE Backstage. He is interviewed by TMZ and says that Johnny had it coming. We hear Finn talk about how there is nowhere to hide in NXT and you cannot hide behind the lights like you can on Raw and Smackdown.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a look at Pete Dunne and Damian Priest from a few weeks ago.
Next week, Pete and Damian will meet again.
Finn Balor makes his way to the ring and when he does his first pose to the lights, he turns them into finger guns.
Finn takes the mic.and he says it's funny how things work out. Two months ago, he is laying down for what is the hottest thing in the business because he put on a new mask. Finn says he took off his mask and he is the hottest thing in the business. As usual, everybody has their opinions. The fans got their opinions. The office got their opinions. The boys in the back got their opinions. A bunch of Twitter tough guys out there. The problem is that there are too many fans in the locker room and they should be sitting out here. Finn says he does not watch this business, this business watches him. This brings him to Johnny Gargano.
Finn congratulates Johnny for getting out of the hospital, but if he wants his go, he will be sent back. He will go from Johnny Wrestling to Johnny Watches Wrestling . . . like it should be.
We take a look at the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Kairi Sane and Asuka.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a video package for Tyler Bate.
Match Number Two: Shane Thorne versus Bronson Reed
Thorne with a drop kick as the bell rings and he follows with a second one. Thorne with a cannonball into the turnbuckles. Thorne charges at Reed but Reed with a clothesline and back senton. Thorne with a chop and Reed chops back. They go back and forth. They continue the chop exchange. Reed with a forearm to Thorne but Thorne with a round kick to the temple followed by a Saito suplex for a near fall. Thorne with kicks to Reed's chest and the lower back. Thorne with more kicks. Reed blocks a kick and Reed with a punch and clothesline. Reed floats over and hits a German suplex followed by rear tombstone for a near fall.
The straps go down and Reed goes up top. Thorne with a round kick to stop Reed. Thorne goes up top and hits Reed. Reed pushes Thorne to the mat when Thorne goes for a Frankensteiner. Reed with a frog splash for the three count.
Winner: Bronson Reed
We go to Cathy Kelley in the back with Tegan Nox and Dakota Kai. She asks Tegan and Dakota for their thoughts. Dakota says they have worked hard to come back from injury and they are going to bring the fight to the Kabuki Warriors. Tegan says she is looking forward to winning the titles with her best friend.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a video package for Mia Yim.
Match Number Three: Tegan Nox and Dakota Kai versus Kairi Sane and Asuka for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships
Asuka and Tegan start things off and they lock up. Asuka with a side head lock. Asuka kicks Tegan when Tegan tries to roll through. Kairi tags in and she chops Tegan. Sane with another chop. Tegan with a chop of her own. Sane chops back. They go back and forth. Sane stomps on the foot and sends Nox to the mat. Nox with a drop kick and then Kai with a drop kick to Asuka. Nox and Sane go to the floor and Asuka takes care of Kai but Nox takes care of Asuka. Sane sends Nox into the ring steps as we go to commercial.
We are back and Nox sends Asuka to the mat and Kai tags in. Kai with a forearm and Nox with an uppercut. Kai with a leg sweep and Nox with a back senton into the corner. Kai gets a near fall. Kai with an arm drag or two. Kai with a snap mare and kick for a near fall.
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