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Your hosts are Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker.
Lewis says to take a look back at the greatest moments of 2021, but they say to show the best moment of 2021.
We take a look at the video package for the tag title match between Gallus and Pretty Deadly.
Match Number One: Mark Coffey and Wolfgang versus Sam Stoker and Lewis Howley for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship (from February 25 2021 epsiode)
Stoker and Coffey start things off. They lock up and go to a stalemate. They lock up again with the same result. They lock up again and Coffey backs Stoker into the corner. Coffey with a clean break. They lock up and Coffey pushes Stoker away. Howley tags in. They lock up and Coffey with an arm drag into an arm bar. Wolfgang tags in and Howley hits Wolfgang in the back of the head. Wolfgang with a hip lock take down and a wrist lock take down. Coffey tags in.
Coffey with a wrist lock and he works on the arm. Howley with a forearm and Stoker tags in but Coffey with an arm drag into an arm bar. Howley makes the tag and Coffey with an arm drag. Howley is kicked by Coffey and Coffey with a wrist lock. Wolfgang tags in and he works on the arm. Howley with a side head lock. Wolfgang tries to escape but Howley holds on. Wolfgang goes for the leg and then he tags in Coffey and they send Howley into the turnbuckles with a Cornish Toss. Stoker is sent to the floor and Howley and Stoker discuss strategy.
They lock up and Coffey with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Howley with a hip toss and shoulder tackle. Coffey with a hip toss and he gets a near fall. Wolfgang tags in and he connects with a forearm and he Irish whips Howley but Stoker makes the save and Wolfgang hits the turnbuckles. Stoker tags in and they hit a double back elbow on Wolfgang and then Wolfgang with forearms to Stoker and Howley. Howley pulls Stoker off Wolfgang’s shoulders and all four men are in the ring.
The referee sends Howley and Coffey to the apron. Wolfgang with forearms and a biel to Stoker. Wolfgang with another biel and clothesline in the corner. Stoker with a running knee to the back while Howley distracts Wolfgang and Wolfgang goes to the floor. Howley sends Wolfgang shoulder first into the ring post while the referee sends Coffey back to his corner. Howley helps Wolfgang back into the ring and then Howley tags in. Wolfgang with elbows but Howley and Stoker with a double back breaker for a near fall. Howley kicks Wolfgang. Stoker tags back in and he punches Wolfgang and gets a near fall.
Howley tags back in and he kicks Wolfgang in the head and follows with elbow drops and gets a near fall. Howley works on the shoulder and he sends Wolfgang shoulder first into the turnbuckles while the arm is in a hammer lock. Wolfgang with punches but Howley backs Wolfgang into the corner and Stoker tags in and hits an elbow in the corner. Stoker gets a near fall. Howley tags in and he connects with an elbow to the back. Wolfgang with forearms but Stoker grabs Wolfgang and that allows Howley to recover and knee Wolfgang in the corner.
Howley puts Wolfgang on the turnbuckles but Wolfgang with a punch and Shadows over Hell. Stoker makes the tag and Wolfgang with a back body drop. Howley tags in and so does Coffey. Coffey with clotheslines and shoulder tackles followed by a slam to Howley and a suplex to Stoker. Coffey with punches to Howley and and Irish whip and running European uppercut and clothesline in the corner. Coffey with a bulldog off the turnbuckles for a near fall. Coffey with a side Russian leg sweep for a near fall.
Howley with a sunset flip for a near fall. Coffey misses a clothesline and Stoker tags in and Coffey with a kick and atomic drop for a near fall. Coffey grabs Stoker by the throat but Stoker escapes. Howley tags in while Coffey goes for an O’Connor Roll. Howley drops Coffey onto Stoker’s knees and Howley gets a near fall. Coffey blocks a suplex and hits an enzuigiri. Wolfgang gets back on the apron and he is tagged in.
Wolfgang with a catapult into a Samoan drop by Coffey. Wolfgang with a moonsault for a near fall. Wolfgang sends Stoker to the apron and Stoker is choke slammed onto the apron by Coffey. Howley with an inside cradle for a near fall. Wolfgang with a uranage for a near fall. Coffey tags back in and Stoker is attacked by Coffey. Howley clotheslines Coffey and Wolfgang takes care of Howley. Stoker slaps Wolfgang and Wolfgang chases Stoker but Howley with a running European uppercut to send Wolfgang over the ringside barrier.
Stoker tags in and he hits a Codebreaker off Howley for a near fall. Howley tosses Stoker a title belt and the referee does not see Howley try to hit Coffey. Stoker with a tornado DDT on the title belt. Howley tags in and they hit Spilled Milk for the three count.
Winners: Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker (new champions)
Lewis says that was the greatest moment in their lives. Sam talks about the other things they did in 2021.
We see what happened to the tag team division at the end of the year with Moustache Mountain taking the titles from Pretty Deadly.
We see New Years resolutions from Dave Mastiff, Jack Starz, Ashton Smith, Saxon Huxley, Primate, and A-Kid.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we have a video package for next week’s NXT UK Women’s Championship match between Blair Davenport and Meiko Satomura.
Next week, we will also see Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter against Symbiosis in the Number One Contender Tournament.
We get New Year’s resolutions from Ilja Dragunov, Oliver Carter, Rohan Raja, Sam Gradwell, Nathan Frazer, and Amale.
We take a look at the NXT Men’s Championship from 2021.
Match Number Two: Ilja Dragunov versus Rampage Brown versus Joe Coffey in a Number One Contender’s Match (from June 24 2021 episode)
All three men circle each other in the ring and Coffey and Brown focus on each other but Dragunov grabs Brown. Coffey with a head butt to Dragunov. Coffey with a back drop to Brown and Dragunov with forearms to Coffey. Dragunov punches Coffey and goes for a waist lock. Dragunov with an elbow to Coffey and Coffey sends Dragunov into the air for a pop up European uppercut. Coffey with a running European uppercut to Brown but he runs into a boot from Dragunov. Brown with a bicycle kick to Coffey and a power slam to Dragunov.
Brown chops Coffey and Coffey with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex to Brown. Dragunov with a jumping knee to Coffey and a running knee into the corner and a suplex out of the corner. Brown gets Dragunov up but Dragunov gets to his feet. Dragunov with a rollup and elbows to the ribs. Dragunov with a front face lock to Brown and Brown tosses Dragunov to Coffey and Coffey with a German suplex.
Brown and Coffey with shoulders and go to a stalemate. Brown with a drop kick. Coffey runs Brown into the corner and then hits a double leg take down. Coffey with a Boston Crab. Dragunov with a forearm to Coffey but Coffey holds on to the Boston Crab. Dragunov with forearms and a chop followed by a boot to the head and Coffey finally releases the hold. Dragunov goes for the wrist and he chops Coffey. Coffey with punches to Dragunov’s ribs followed by head butts. Dragunov chops Brown while Coffey punches Brown. Brown with a double clothesline.
Brown sets for a double suplex of Coffey and Dragunov but they block it and try for a double suplex of their own. Brown blocks it and hits the double suplex. Brown sets for the Doctor Bomb on Coffey but Coffey blocks it. Brown with a forearm to the back but Coffey with a back drop that sends Brown over the top rope to the floor.
Dragunov with a forearm to Coffey followed by a waist lock. Coffey with an elbow and Dragunov with a series of chops and a wrist clutch German suplex for a near fall. Dragunov wants to go to the turnbuckles but he falls down against the ropes. Dragunov kicks Coffey. Dragunov goes to the turnbuckles and Coffey with a running European uppercut to stop him. Coffey with forearms on the turnbuckles while Dragunov punches and head butts Coffey.
Coffey falls to the mat and Brown with a Samoan drop to Coffey. Dragunov with a back senton to Coffey as he leaps over Brown. Dragunov with a matrix and enzuigiri. Brown with a spinebuster of Dragunov onto Coffey and Brown gets a near fall on Coffey. Brown with a forearm to Dragunov and Dragunov with a chop. Brown with a chop and Dragunov goes down. Brown with a forearm. Dragunov tries for short clotheslines but Brown stays on his feet and Brown with a forearm. Dragunov blocks a clothesline and then hits a series of clotheslines but Brown with a kick. Dragunov with a clothesline to Brown.
Dragunov with a knee to Coffey’s head. Dragunov goes to the turnbuckles and he hits a missile drop kick to Brown and Brown goes into the turnbuckles. Coffey with Glasgow Sendoff to Dragunov and he hits Brown in the corner. Brown and Dragunov go to the floor. Brown with a forearm to Dragunov and Coffey with a double jump cross body onto Brown and Dragunov. Dragunov is sent back into the ring by Coffey and Coffey goes up top. Coffey with a missile drop kick to Dragunov.
Coffey gets a near fall. Coffey punches Dragunov in the head and ribs. Dragunov with a jumping enzuigiri but he cannot take advantage. Coffey and Dragunov go face to face and they exchange forearms. Coffey with a clothesline and then both men with clotheslines. Dragunov with a jumping kick and Coffey with a running European uppercut. Coffey with a discus clothesline to Dragunov but Brown with a shoulder tackle that sends him and Coffey to the floor.
Brown and Coffey collide on the floor many times. Brown with a power slam on the floor. Dragunov falls to the mat when Brown prepares for a punch. Dragunov with knees to Brown and a drop kick. Dragunov with a double leg take down and he connects with forearms. Dragunov with a waist lock and a German suplex. Brown with a side head lock and punches but Dragunov with a German suplex. Brown backs Dragunov into the corner and Dragunov with elbows. Dragunov goes for a German suplex but Brown holds on to the ropes. Coffey goes behind Dragunov but Brown with a double German suplex.
Brown misses a kick in the corner and Coffey gets Brown on his shoulders and hits an Electric Chair Drop. Dragunov with a European uppercut to Coffey and Brown. Brown with a Doctor Bomb and Dragunov breaks up the cover on Coffey. Dragunov escapes a Doctor Bomb and Dragunov with Torpedo Moscow from the turnbuckles for the three count.
Winner: Ilja Dragunov
After the match, Ilja celebrates his victory and NXT UK Men’s Champion WALTER makes his way into the ring.
WALTER slaps Ilja and then he picks up Ilja and chokes Ilja out.
Lewis and Sam mention how everyone thought that was the end of Ilja Dragunov, but that only lit a fire within him and he rose from the ashes. This led to a more dominant Ilja Dragunov and he became the champion.
We take a look at highlights from Takeover when Ilja Dragunov defeated WALTER for the NXT UK Championship.
We take a look at Jordan Devlin challenging Ilja Dragunov.
We get New Year’s resolutions from Kenny Williams, Sha Samuels, Xia Brookside, Wolfgang, Eddie Dennis, and Nina Samuels.
Lewis and Sam mention this is not time for a fairy tale ending or a high school musical.
We go to credits.
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