There were three non-televised matches before WWE NXT began live on The CW and internationally on Netflix.
Elijah Holyfield defeated Romeo Moreno.
Thea Hail defeated Zena Sterling.
Noam Dar defeated Harley Riggins.
After the main event, Ricky Saints got in the ring and spoke thanking Matt Bloom/Shawn Michaels as well as various production, trainers, merchandise department and more. He thanked the fans for having his back from day 1 when he showed up in the crowd chanting “Ricky Starks” to winning the NXT North American Title to winning the NXT title. He mentioned that he hopes that his fans that have been with him continue to follow him to watch him on Smackdown. Ricky went around ringside to high five fans as he left.
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