WWE NXT Results, Live Updates, Highlights & Commentary online from NXT (22nd July 2020)

WWE NXT Results (July 22nd, 2020): Winners, Grades, and Video Highlights

Oh! And, the full recap will be up shortly! Take care and stay safe!

Thanks to everyone who hung out tonight. I'll see you all next week. Have a great weekend, everyone!

So... that was one of those NXT episodes that kind of hard everything. The ending of that last match was kind of hard to watch, but that was also kind of the point. And, unlike the Eye For An Eye match at Extreme Rules, which sent my daughter running screaming out of the room, she was able to sit through this one - albeit with her eyes covered.

Karrion Kross defeats Dominik Dijakovic
Timothy Thatcher defeats Oney Lorcan
Bronson Reed defeats Johnny Gargano and Roderick Strong
Shotzi Blackheart defeats Aliyah
Breezango defeats Ever-Rise
Dexter Lumis defeats Killian Dain

So... let's take a look at the actual match results of this pretty dang excellent NXT episode.

Yeah, that's the thing I was talking about...

Too far, @WWEKarrionKross. #WWENXT @DijakovicWWE @Lady_Scarlett13 pic.twitter.com/tKCE1cL2UK
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 23, 2020

Kross chokes out Dijakovic...

Result: Karrion Kross defeats Dominik Dijakovic

Kross throws Dijakovic into the ring and begins to absolutely destroy him. Keith Lee comes to the ring to support him. Lee wants him to quit, Dom refuses. "It's on me."

This is only slightly less hard to watch than the Eye For An Eye match if this tells you anything....

Then.... how do I explain this... Kross basically kicks the steel steps into Dijakovic's head.

Dijakovic attempts to throw Kross into the steel stairs, but Karrion reverses it.

Dijakovic with a chokeslam and gets a 2 count.

Kross is tearing it up, and Dijakovic nails him in the face with a desperation straight punch to the face.

We should all be afraid when @WWEKarrionKross is "smiling." #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/7snx5rmdFh
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) July 23, 2020

.@WWEKarrionKross is feasting. 👀#WWENXT @DijakovicWWE pic.twitter.com/CXz6eJ8tB5
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 23, 2020

After some pretty even back and forth, Dijakovic goes for Feast Your Eyes but Kross slips out.

Careful, she bites.#WWENXT @WWEKarrionKross @Lady_Scarlett13 pic.twitter.com/Q9Q5PxXaZj
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 23, 2020

Timothy Thatcher.@DexterLumis.

You've been warned.@FinnBalor has his eyes on the #WWENXT #NorthAmericanTitle. pic.twitter.com/e1u2GlOkCF
— WWE (@WWE) July 23, 2020

Karrion Kross and Scarlett hit the ring with the best wrestling entrance going today.

Bronson Reed defeats Johnny Gargano and Roderick Strong to qualify for big Ladder Match at NXT Takeover: XXX

Next Triple Threat is Dexter Lumis vs Finn Balor vs Timothy Thatcher

In the back, Robert Stone is nursing his run-over leg. Mercedes Martinez approaches him, tells him that she needs someone to handle her paperwork and behind the scenes stuff but will break both of Stone's legs permanently if he oversteps his bounds.

Martinez is part of the Robert Stone Brand. Dang.

Lorcan goes for an armlock on Thatcher but Tim flips him over and gets the pin.

Result: Timothy Thatcher defeats Oney Lorcan

I'm joking around but this is actually a really hard hitting, intense match. Both of these guys are awesome.

Subtle yet painful. #WWENXT @ONEYLORCAN pic.twitter.com/IfCrvpPK55
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 23, 2020

Oney Lorcan sounds like some kind of cyst you need surgery to get removed.

Timothy Thatcher sounds like the name of a character in a Charles Dickens novel.

#TimothyThatcher and @ONEYLORCAN are absolutely WHALING on each other on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/X76v3MbqJQ
— WWE (@WWE) July 23, 2020

First Finn blows it against Keith and stops me from becoming Double Champ and now Rick Strong gets squished by some guy named THICC BOI so I'm not in the North American Title Ladder Match?!!!!

Triple Threat Matches SUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
— Johnny Gargano (@JohnnyGargano) July 23, 2020

The body is 𝒏𝒐𝒕 supposed to bend like that! 😬#WWENXT @ONEYLORCAN pic.twitter.com/Y1nVz1nmfj
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 23, 2020

Did both of these guys agree to wear this much blue at the same time?

Timothy Thatcher, whose character is "I like to hurt people with technical wrestling" vs Oney Lorcan, whose character is "I'm bald and I type in all caps on Twitter."

This is gonna be good. We can already feel it. #WWENXT @ONEYLORCAN pic.twitter.com/qMYGRUtMSh
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) July 23, 2020

Here comes Oney Lorcan and apparently a grocery store brand version of Dropkick Murphys did his theme song.

Here we go again...

THATCHER vs. LORCAN... NEXT! #WWENXT @ONEYLORCAN pic.twitter.com/8hfdLVdRiw
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 23, 2020

YOU DESERVE IT!@bronsonreedwwe defeats @roderickstrong & @JohnnyGargano to compete at his FIRST #NXTTakeover in the #WWENXT #NorthAmericanTitle #LadderMatch! pic.twitter.com/KrREcY5RVV
— WWE (@WWE) July 23, 2020

Gargano hits the slingshot DDT but Reed breaks it up with a top rope splash. Reed gets the pin!

Result: Bronson Reed defeats Johnny Gargano and Roderick Strong

Gargano lawn darts Strong's face right into the second turnbuckle.

Strong with a running kneestrike onto Reed, followed up by a powerbomb onto the floor by Gargano and it looks like Reed is out of the equation, as Mauro put it, for the time being.

Who will earn a spot in the Ladder Match at #NXTTakeOver: XXX to crown a NEW NXT North American Champion???@bronsonreedwwe, @roderickstrong and @JohnnyGargano are going to WAR on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/rc5vkA5Zy7
— WWE (@WWE) July 23, 2020

💪💪💪💪💪💪#WWENXT @bronsonreedwwe @roderickstrong @JohnnyGargano pic.twitter.com/s3muD4BzNE
— WWE (@WWE) July 23, 2020

Rough night.#WWENXT @bronsonreedwwe @roderickstrong @JohnnyGargano pic.twitter.com/Psk3pBWHBH
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 23, 2020

Strong manages to get an Olympic Slam on Reed after a Gargano superkick. Before Strong can go for the pin, Gargano tosses him out of the ring and goes for the pin. Only gets a 2.

All confidence, only one winner.#WWENXT @bronsonreedwwe @JohnnyGargano @roderickstrong pic.twitter.com/hI7KsXwEbR
— WWE (@WWE) July 23, 2020

Keith Lee responds after relinquishing the NXT North American Championship

Reed has been pretty dominant so far this match, and as soon as I type that, his two opponents take him down.

Oh, now they're working together.

So, since we're on an ad break... anybody else playing Neon Abyss? It's like Enter the Gungeon and Dead Cells and Binding of Issac. I like it.

Commercial time!

Gargano and Strong are... trying to work together, but they don't trust each other. So Reed just stomps on Johnny's fingers and pulls Strong into the ring.