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WWE NXT REPORT: A PLETHORA OF CHAMPIONS, OPEN CHALLENGES, RUFF VERSUS SCOTT, AN EIGHT PERSON TAG MATCH, AND A "LOVE CONNECTION"?

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

NXT Men's Champion Karrion Kross and his muse Scarlett make their way to the ring.

Karrion is given the mic.  He says I told you.  Time always comes full circle.  It was a matter of time that I would be standing in this ring, my ring with this title, my title, as the NXT Champion.  As for Mr. Balor, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the greatest to step in this ring of all time. Everywhere he has gone, championships have followed.   Unfortunately Finn thought that his emotions would be a weakness.  Balor didn't understand that anything can be a driving force if you control it.  I control everything.  Understand this.  Now that time has allowed the course to correct itself, I am in command of NXT until I say so.  When you are at the top, there is nowhere else to go but down.  That is a complete and total lie.  No one will outwrestle men and NXT has the hungriest guys and girls on this planet.

I'm starvin' and I am insatiable.  This is how it is going to go.  You want this, step up and roll the dice and I will roll off all of your heads.  I don't care who you are or where you have been, what you feel you are entitled to, or how many zeros are on your check, I will take care of you until there are none left.  No matter where the time is told, in the end, everyone pays the toll.

We take a look at highlights from Takeover.

Match Number One:  Killian Dain and Drake Maverick versus Wes Lee and Nash Carter for the NXT Men's Tag Team Championship

Dain and Carter start things off and Carter with a kick to the leg.  Dain blocks a kick and gets Carter down with a waist lock and he gets a near fall.  Dain with a suplex for a near fall.  Maverick tags in and Drake trips Carter and Dain with an elbow drop to the back and Maverick gets a near fall.  Carter with a jaw breaker and Lee tags in and Lee stomps on Maverick's back when Lee leap frogs Maverick.  Maverick with a drop kick to the knee and then he sends Lee into the turnbuckles.  Maverick misses a splash into the corner and Drake with a knee and somersault senton for a near fall.

Carter tags in and hits a bronco buster.  Carter gets a near fall.  Carter with a boot to the chest and he tags in Lee.  Lee with a knee to the midsection and Carter tags back in.  They go for a double belly-to-back suplex but Maverick lands on his feet and Dain tags in.  Dain is sent to the floor and Lee goes for a suicide dive but Dain sends Lee into the apron and then Dain with a running cross body on the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Drake keeps Lee from making the tag but Lee kicks Drake and tags in Carter.  Maverick with punches but Carter with knees and a running kick to Maverick.  Carter kicks Dain off the apron and then Carter hits a wheelbarrow German suplex.  Lee tags in and Carter with a splash but Dain breaks up the cover and he tags in.  Lee and Carter with punches and kicks to Dain.  Carter with a double stomp to the back.  Lee tags in and Dain misses a shoulder in the corner.  Lee and Carter with double kicks to Dain and Lee with a twisting splash for a near fall.  Carter tags in and Dain pushes Carter into Lee.  Carter goes for a sunset flip and Lee goes for a kick but Dain bocks it and Dain catches Lee and Dain drops down on Carter for a near fall.

Maverick with a satellite DDT on Cater.  Dain with an Irish whip and elbow followed by a splash from Maverick.  Dain and Maverick with kicks.  Dain with a power bomb and Dain tries to power bomb Maverick onto Lee but Carter pushes Lee out of the way.  Dain sends Carter away and Lee kicks Dain to teh floor.  Maverick with an inside cradle for a near fall.  Lee tags in and they hit the blockbuster and spinebuster combination for the three count.

Winners:  Wes Lee and Nash Carter (retain championship)

After the match, Alexander Wolfe makes his way to the ring and he talks to Dain and that allows Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel to attack Dain from behind.  Aichner with a choke slam and Barthel with a kick.  

Robert Stone is in the back with Aliyah and he talks about getting another tag title match for Jessi and Aliyah.  Mercedes Martinez wants her money and she chokes Aliyah but Jessi comes to make the save.  Mercedes asks if Jessi wants to step up to her and Jessi says she wants to step on Mercedes.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look at Roderick Strong and Marina Shafir arriving at the building.

We take a look back at the Unsanctioned Match between Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly with a video package.

We see Adam Cole being stretchered out of the building while Kyle collapses as he makes it to the back.  We see footage of both men being wheeled into the local medical facility together.  Cole tells Kyle that he is dead and that he is finished.  

Match Number Two:  Mercedes Martinez versus Jessi Kamea (with Aliyah and Robert Stone)

Kamea attacks Martinez before the bell and follows with a drop kick and she kicks Martinez in the corner.  Kamea chokes Martinez in the ropes.  Kamea with a biel and splash into the corner.  Kamea sends Martinez into the turnbuckles and she kicks Mercedes.  Kamea with a springboard elbow drop.  Martinez moves out of the corner and then Kamea misses a splash.  Martinez with a running knee to Kamea and Martinez with an Air Raid Crash Driver for the three count.

Winner:  Mercedes Martinez

After the match, Martinez goes after Stone and she grabs Stone and he gives her the money that she is owed.  

Martinez says congratulations Raquel, but here is a warning.  I am coming for you.

We go to McKenzie Mitchell in the back with The Way.  She asks them about the eight person tag match.  Johnny says this is CooCoo Bananas.  This is all because of William Regal.  This is the first time they are in the ring together.  Austin says tonight he gets his revenge on Dexter Lumis.  Candice says they are going to get revenge on Shotzi and Ember for last week.  Indi says that she wants to get into the ring with Dexter to take care of her business.  They do their Whoa Bundy and Austin goes the wrong way.

Santos Excobar walks in the back with Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza as we go to commercial.

We are back with a look at Isaiah Scott in the studio.  He says he had the starmaking performance in the Gauntlet Elliminator.  He proved that he is a star and he is just different.  He eliminated Cameron Grimes and former North American Champion Leon Ruff.  Tonight, it is time for me to move on but I cannot do it until I am done with you Leon.  After tonight, Swerve and Leon are done.

Santos Escobar says a year ago this was the title of a forgotten division, but no more.  Legado del Fantasma was created and the side show became prime time.  The Emperor of Lucha Libre stole the show at Stand and Deliver.  Santos Escobar is The UNDISPUTED Cruiserweight Champion.  Just like his father was and his son will be.  We are warriors and we don't back down.  We always fight.  That is why I am going to lay out an open challenge . . . 

KUSHIDA makes his way to the ring.

Match Number Three:  KUSHIDA versus Santos Escobar (with Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza) for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship

KUSHIDA with a drop kick before the bell rings and Escobar goes to floor.  

The match starts and KUSHIDA with a leg sweep for a near fall. Escobar with a leg sweep for a near fall.  Escobar misses a drop kick and KUSHIDA goes for the hoverboard lock and Escobar goes to the ropes.  KUSHIDA works on the arm and Escobar goes to the floor.  KUSHIDA with a leg sweep to Escobar on the apron.  KUSHIDA with an arm bar.  KUSHIDA continues to work on the arm and has Escobar in a hammer lock against the ropes.  KUSHIDA is sent to the apron and Escobar drop kicks KUSHIDA off the apron.  Escobar sends KUSHIDA Into the plexiglass a few times.  Escobar returns to the ring and he breaks the count.

Escobar goes back to the floor and he sends KUSHDA into the ring and applies a bow and arrow around the ring post.  Escobar with a slam and he gets a near fall.  Escobar pushes KUSHIDA to the apron and he rolls to the floor.  Escobar stomps on the hand.  Escobar sends KUSHIDA into the plexiglass and then back into the ring.  Escobar with a running clothesline into the corner and he kicks KUSHIDA to the floor.  Escobar swings KUSHIDA's head into the ring steps.  Escobar with a Liontamer around the ring post.  

Escobar kicks KUSHIDA in the head and hits a drop kick for a near fall.  Escobar with a seated abdominal stretch with forearms to the chest.  Escobar with kicks to the chest.  Escobar with a chop and a running double knee strike into the corner.  Escobar puts KUSHIDA on the turnbuckles and sets for a Frakensteiner and hits it for a near fall.   Escobar with a surfboard to KUSHIDA.  KUSHIDA with elbows and chops.  Escobar with a drop kick to KUSHIDA.  Escobar sets for the Phantom Driver but KUSHIDA with elbows.  KUSHIDA with a reverse atomic drop and hip toss followed by a cartwheel and drop kick.  KUSHIDA with a punch and kick to the arm.

KUSHIDA with a front face lock and hammer lock but Escobar escapes.  KUSHIDA with a shotei to Escobar and he puts Escober on the turnbuckles but KUSHIDA is sent to the mat.  KUSHIDA with a kick to the arm and he sets for a hammerlock superplex and he hits a hammer lock Northern Lights suplex and Escobar gets his foot on the ropes to stop the count.  KUSHIDA goes for the hoverboard lock and Escobar with an enzugiiri.  KUSHIDA with a pele kick.  KUSHIDA with forearms and a kick to the ribs.  Both men with kicks to the ribs.  KUSHIDA goes for a handspring move and Escobar with a lungblower.  KUSHIDA with a sunset flip to counter the Phantom Driver.  After a series of rollups, KUSHIDA gets the three count with a rollup.

Winner:  KUSHIDA (new champion)

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