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NXT TakeOver: WarGames II takes place this Saturday night live from Los Angeles and sees four huge matches from the developmental roster as the NXT Championship and Women's Championship will be on the line. The annual WarGames match takes place and Aleister Black finally gets an opportunity to exact some revenge on Johnny Gargano when the two step in the ring one on one.
This was the final recorded episode of NXT ahead of this weekend's TakeOver: WarGames but even though the final card has already been announced, it was still expected to be a stacked episode from Full Sail University.
#1 Bianca Belair vs Mia Yim
Bianca Belair faced a tough test this week as she took on Mae Young Classic star Mia Yim, who showed off a number of interesting submissions and knee strikes as the commentary team talked up the fact that Yim was once roommates with NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler.
Belair was dominated in the opening exchanges in a way that the EST has never been breached before, but she managed to pull the advantage back into her favor as she worked the neck of Yim and kept her grounded.
Belair showed a lack of respect when it came to her challenger and the trash talking almost cost her the match. Yim took full advantage by making a number of interesting pin attempts and almost got the win off a gut wrench suplex, but she was unable to be the first woman to pin Bianca Belair, since the EST of NXT managed to hit the K.O.D from out of nowhere.
This win could easily put Belair's name into the conversation when it comes to a challenger for the NXT Women's Championship following this weekend's WarGames event.
Backstage War Raiders, Pete Dunne and Ricochet were arguing backstage about who should face Kyle O'Reilly tonight in their WarGames advantage match. Dunne and Ricochet believed that they were the right people for the job, but in the end, it was Hanson who stepped up and stated that he will take care of business.
Matt Riddle was then seen backstage talking to Cathy Kelley before he was interrupted by Kassius Ohno who was still waiting on his answer to his challenge for a match. Ohno called "The Broshow" trash before Riddle then accepted his challenge for next week.
#2 Karissa Rivera vs Lacey Evans
The second women's bout of the night saw The Lady of NXT take on Karissa Rivera as she much like Bianca Belair was looking to push herself into that NXT Women's Championship picture.
Evans calls herself a lady but there was nothing ladylike about her offense against Rivera as she dominated the match from the get-go and used her strength to her advantage. Rivera tried to fight back with a few double handed chops and a dropkick, but this just made Evans angry and she then turned up the aggression on her unprepared opponent.
The Women's Right came from out of nowhere once again as Rivera was left lying and Evans had her hand raised. After the match, Lacey cut a promo about how classless the women of NXT are and how she now leads by example. She then sent out a message to the women who didn't adhere to her level of class and manners with her threat of the Women's Right.
#3 Kyle O'Reilly vs Hanson - War Games advantage match
Saturday night at WarGames, Undisputed Era will take on Ricochet, Pete Dunne and War Raiders inside the steel structure and ahead of that match, Hanson took on Kyle O'Reilly in order for one of these teams to gain an advantage when it came to the order of entry.
Hanson had an obvious power advantage over Reilly, but the smaller man looked to chop down the brast with punches and kicks to the mid-section. Hanson then completely bulldozed O'Reilly with a number of splashes and clubbing punches to the chest, which proved forceful enough to knock him out of the ring.
O'Reilly finally chopped the big man down after he targetted the left knee and this then led to The Undisputed Era star focusing his offense on his injured limb.
Hanson was closing in on the victory before Adam Cole made his way out to ringside and provided the distraction, which then allowed O'Reilly to look for a pin but after the kick out he locked in the ankle lock.
Rowe then headed out to neutralize Adam Cole at ringside, but Roderick Strong and Bobby Fish attacked before Pete Dunne made his way out to even the odds. The brawl on the outside allowed O'Reilly to hit Hanson with his title belt and secure the pin, which means that Undisputed Era will get the advantage at WarGames.
