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We begin with a look back at last week's episode of NXT.
We are at Full Sail University and your announcers are Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, and Beth Phoenix.
Adam Cole says he knows that Imperium is here and they are ready for a fight.
Match Number One: Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly (with Roderick Strong and Adam Cole) versus James Drake and Zack Gibson in a Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic SemiFinal Match
Gibson and Kyle start things off and Zack with a wrist lock. Kyle with a side head lock. Gibson slaps Kyle on the break and Kyle with forearms and kicks. Kyle with an Irish whip but Drake buffers the impact on the turnbuckles. Gibson with a clothesline. Drake tags in and he connects with a forearm. Drake goes to the apron and connects with a shoulder. Kyle with a dragon screw leg whip when Fish distracts Drake. Fish with a leg sweep to Drake. Fish tags in and he snap mares Drake and hits a slingshot senton for a near fall. Kyle tags in and he connects with forearms and kicks.
Fish tags in and they hit a double suplex. Fish gets a near fall. Fish with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Kyle tags in and he connects with an atomic drop to the knee and he kicks Drake in the back of the leg. Kyle gets a near fall. Drake with a sunset flip and Kyle rolls through but Drake kicks Kyle away. Drake with a jaw breaker and Gibson tags in. Gibson punches Kyle. Kyle with knees and a leg sweep. Drake tags in and Drake trips Kyle and Gibson with a baseball slide to the head. Drake drop kicks Fish off the apron.
Drake with a short arm clothesline. Gibson tags in and he connects with a forearm. Drake with a leg sweep. Kyle with forearms and Gibson fires back. Gibson with a single leg take down. Gibson with a slam and then Drake tags in and Gibson drops Drake on Kyle for a near fall. Drake with a slingshot elbow drop while Gibson hits a back breaker on the floor. Gibson sends Kyle into the guardrails. Gibson with a European uppercut. Drake tags in and he connects with a forearm. Drake gets a near fall. Drake with a reverse chin lock.
Cole gets on the apron and he distracts Drake long enough to allow Kyle to send Drake to the turnbuckles. Kyle with a leg sweep. Drake with an ankle lock. Fish tags in and he connects with back elbows and punches to both men. Fish with kicks to Drake and Gibson followed by an exploder of Drake into Gibson. Gibson goes for a Codebreaker off the turnbuckles but Fish counters and applies a heel hook. Drake allows Gibson to get to the ropes. Fish with an exploder to Gibson. Fish misses a moonsault and Drake tags in. Drake with a running drop kick and Gibson with Helter Skelter for a near fall.
Gibson tags in and Drake gets Fish up but Fish gets to his feet. Drake goes over the top rope to the floor and Kyle with a flying knee off the apron. Kyle tags in and Fish with a back heel kick to Gibson and they hit Chasing the Dragon for a near fall. Fish tags back in and they set for Total Elimination but Gibson with a forearm to Fish. Drake tags in and Drake with an enzuigiri. Kyle with a knee to Gibson and a forearm to Gibson. Fish with a forearm after Drake super kicks Kyle. Drake and Fish exchange forearms. Kyle tags in and they both hit pop up kicks.
The music for Imperium plays and Kyle and Bobby look around instead of worrying about the match.
We see Imperium on the Game Deck. Gibson pulls Fish to the floor and sends him into the guardrails. Drake pins Kyle after Ticket to Mayhem.
Winners: James Drake and Zack Gibson (advance to Finals)
After the match, Undisputed Era is in the ring complaining about what happened.
We have a video package for Rhea Ripley and Toni Storm who will meet for the NXT Women's Championship on Saturday night.
We go to commercial.
We are back with Shotzi Blackheart. She says people are talking about her because she eliminated Shayna Baszler. That is what she does. You can't outcrazy Shotzi Blackheart. She has a devil may care attitude and a big pair of cajones. Wait until she beats Shayna tonight.
Match Number Two: Io Shirai versus Toni Storm
They lock up and Storm with a side head lock and Shirai with an ankle lock. Storm with a side head lock take down. Shirai with a head scissors and Toni escapes. Toni offers her hand and Io tries to slap it away and Toni pulls it back. Storm with a back heel kick and Shirai blocks a kick. Shirai with a drop kick. Storm with a kick and drop kick. Storm with a running boot for a near fall. Storm with a European uppercut or two. Io with elbows and she gets to the floor and hits a running drop kick to Storm.
Shirai gets a near fall. Io with a chop to Storm. Shirai with a kick to the back and then she chokes Toni in the ropes. Io with a rear chin lock with her knee in Toni's back. Shirai with a shoulder tackle. Toni and Io exchange forearms. Shirai with a side head lock take down. Io with a side head lock. Io gets a near fall.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Shirai with a side head lock and Toni with a near fall. Io with a victory roll and double stomp. Io with kicks. Io with a double knee strike. Io runs into a boot from Storm. Toni floats over and Toni with a German suplex. Toni with a running clothesline for a near fall. Toni goes for Storm Zero but Io blocks it and she hits an uppercut. Storm with a clothesline for a near fall. Io avoids a sliding clothesline and Io with a rollup for a near fall. Io with a round kick. Io with a Tiger Feint Kick but Storm blocks it and Toni drop kicks Io to the floor. Toni goes for a suicide dive but Bianca Belair with a forearm and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Toni Storm (by disqualification)
After the match, Bianca continues the attack on Storm and then she knocks Io off the apron. Bianca with a butterfly gourdbuster.
Rhea Ripley's music plays and she makes her way to the ring.
Bianca with a double leg take down and Rhea with punches. Io with a springboard drop kick to Rhea. Bianca goes to the floor when Io moves. Io with an Asai Moonsault onto Bianca and Rhea. Storm with a suicide dive onto Io.
Toni holds the NXT Women's Title belt.
We go to Undisputed Era in the back and Cathy says that Imperium wanted to make a statement.
Kyle asks if they wanted to make a statement or a stupid comment. If it wasn't for Imperium, they would be two time Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners. Cole says they need to focus on Keith Lee and make sure Roddy stays champion. Imperium will pay, whether it is tonight or at Worlds Collide.
We go to commercial.
We are back with Ilja Dragunov talking about what Finn Balor said about him. Ilja says he is driven to beat Finn. You will feel a thousand strikes and it will feel like the sky is falling. The people will know that he is not Finn Balor. He is Invincible. He will not miss.
Match Number Three: Finn Balor versus Joaquin Wilde
They lock up and Balor with a forearm to the back and kicks. Balor stomps on the chest. Balor with more boots to Wilde and the referee warns Balor. Balor with a chop in the corner. Balor with an Irish whip and chop. Balor with an Irish whip and he runs into a boot. Balor with a drop kick. Balor sets for the running drop kick and sends Wilde into the turnbuckles. Balor goes up top for Coup de Grace. Balor with 1916 for the three count.
Winner: Finn Balor
We go to Shayna Baszler with Cathy Kelley. Shayna is asked about facing Shotzi Blackheart. Shayna says Shotzi thinks she made a statement but she just ended her career before it started. If she has to go through every girl in that locker room, she will until she becomes Shayna Three Times. It starts tonight with Shotzi.
We go to commercial.
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