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This week's NXT UK was another action-filled hour. The NXT UK Heritage Cup was on the line in the main event between inaugural champion A-Kid, and number one contender Tyler Bate.
The Heritage Cup match showed off the amazing talent that the UK brand of WWE has to offer. Rampage Brown and Wolfgang kicked off proceedings in a hard-hitting match.
Also on the show, Xia Brookside took on Amale. The match between the two was set up following Amale's vicious attack on Brookside which left her unable to compete for a shot at the NXT UK Women's Championship a few weeks ago.
As well as this, the NXT UK audience were treated to another installment of Super Nova Sessions with weekly host Noam Dar. Multiple matches were also announced for upcoming editions of the show, following some of the outcomes and incidents of this week's installment.
Here are the winners, grades and highlights of this week's NXT UK.
NXT UK opened with Rampage Brown vs Wolfgang (accompanied by Gallus)
This week's opener kicked off with Rampage Brown quickly taking down Wolfgang with a vicious dropkick. Wolfgang then managed to return the favor and down Rampage Brown in the ring.
The action then moved to the corner when Wolfgang was launched into the turnbuckles, and the two men then spilled out to the outside of the NXT UK ring.
Rampage Brown appeared injured clutching on to his midsection at this point. The pair then returned to the ring, where Wolfgang held Brown to the mat, grasping him around the middle with his legs.
Brown then broke the lengthy hold, and hit Wolfgang with a sharp elbow strike. Wolfgang then leapt onto Wolfgang from the middle rope and drove him into the mat once more.
Rampage Brown continued to fight through his apparent injury, holding himself around the middle.
Wolfgang hit Brown with a Spear, but Brown got back on the attack, despite his obvious struggle at this point. Brown then hit Wolfgang with a clothesline followed by a Gory Bomb to pin Wolgang for the three count and take home the win.
Winner: Rampage Brown
Grade: C+
Amale vs Xia Brookside on NXT UK
The rivalry between Xia Brookside and Amale on NXT UK began when Amale attacked Brookside two weeks ago, leaving her unable to compete in the gauntlet match. As a result, Amale even robbed her of the opportunity to compete for the NXT UK Women's Championship against Kay Lee Ray.
The match began quickly, with the two women coming at one another furiously. Xia Brookside focused on the arm of Amale to begin with, starting the contest in control of proceedings.
However, The French Hope of NXT UK started to take the upper hand when she escaped from Brookside's arm hold outside the ring, and began attacking her with a series of fierce strikes.
Amale then cornered Xia Brookside by the turnbuckles and hit her with a barrage of kicks whilst she was down. She then ran and launched herself at Brookside with a huge knee strike to the face.
Amale began to taunt her rival, which prompted Brookside to fire herself back up and take down Amale with a hurricanrana, followed up with a neckbreaker. She attempted to pin Amale, who kicked out at two.
It looked all but over for Xia Brookside when Amale made a comeback with a suplex and a pin, but Brookside kicked out at two. Amale then whipped Xia Brookside into the corner, who then hit back with a powerful kick to the midsection.
The kick only seemed to rile up Amale even more, as she grabbed Xia Brookside and hit a spinebuster on her, before managing to pin her for the win.
Winner: Amale
Grade: B
Super Nova Sessions on NXT UK
Super Nova Sessions is back on this week's edition of NXT UK. Host Noam Dar welcomed his latest guest, Ilja Dragunov to the show, wanting to discuss his recent anger issues.
Noam Dar introduced the "Super Nova Spa," with nature sounds playing, and donning a fluffy robe, before gifting a child-size robe to his guest.
Noam Dar pressed Dragunov about his NXT UK Championship match against WALTER, asking if this was where his anger problems came from. Dragunov claimed that he was not "that person" anymore.
Dar then gave Dragunov another gift - a stuffed dog called Lenny. He claimed that the dog was a therapy dog to take to home to Russia, Germany or even Wigan.
Ilja Dragunov responded, saying that he could still hurt Noam Dar, who then said that Ilja Dragunov was scared of him. The two men stared one another down as the Super Nova Sessions then played out.
Match announcements for NXT UK
Assistant to the NXT UK General Manager Sid Scala then appeared on screen to announce matches for future editions of NXT UK.
He revealed that after his appearance on Super Nova Sessions, Ilja Draunov will face Noam Dar in two weeks time.
Also in two weeks time on NXT UK, Joe Coffey will go head-to-head with Rampage Brown.
NXT UK headline match - Tyler Bate (with Trent Seven) vs A-Kid, Heritage Cup match
The NXT UK Heritage Cup was on the line in tonight's main event. Challenger Tyler Bate was accompanied to the ring by his Moustache Mountain teammate, Trent Seven.
This week's NXT UK main event kicked off with Tyler Bate quickly downing his opponent with a wrist lock into headscissors to begin with, but A-Kid fought his way out within seconds. Tyler Bate continued to attempt to target A-Kid's wrist. He drove him to the mat as he held on, and drove his knee into his shoulder.
A-Kid then reversed this and managed to down Bate with a wristlock of his own. With seconds to go, Tyler Bate worked his way free. The first round ended 0-0.
Round two of the NXT UK headline match began with A-Kid managing to drive Tyler Bate down to the match with a headlock. Tyler Bate fought free, but then A-Kid grabbed him in another wristlock. Bate freed himself again.
Tyler Bate then took control of the action with a headscissors on the mat. A-Kid took over again, and targeted Bate's arms by pulling them back by his wrists. Bate eventually freed himself by pushing back A-Kid with a kick to the chest. Like the first round, the second ended 0-0.
Round three of the NXT UK Heritage Cup match started with A-Kid seemingly in control again. Bate then gathered momentum and managed to quickly evade and reverse A-Kid's offense.
A-Kid then hit Tyler Bate with a vicious strike across the face. The action picked up more pace at this point, and transitioned from a more technical affair to something more physical.
Tyler Bate came back at A-Kid with strikes of his own, and as Bate went to use the ropes, A-Kid charged at his challenger and both men spilled to the outside of the NXT UK ring. Again, round three ended with another 0-0 score.
NXT UK headline match - Tyler Bate (with Trent Seven) vs A-Kid, Heritage Cup match
This week's NXT UK headliner carried on as the bell rang to begin round four of the Heritage Cup match. Immediately after the round began, Tyler Bate launched himself at the champion A-Kid, and hit him with a barrage of stiff strikes to the midsection.
A-Kid then took down Bate with a vicious-looking double-footed strike to the face. Tyler Bate responded by hitting A-Kid from the second rope. A-Kid tried to roll up the challenger for the pin, but he quickly kicked out.
Tyler Bate hoisted up A-Kid into the airplane spin, but A-Kid managed to move out of this and grabbed Bate into a sleeper hold whilst on his back. A-Kid released the former NXT UK Champion and took him down with a leg strike to the chest.
With another minute of action left in the round, he applied the sleeper hold again. This time, Bate managed to break it himself.
A-Kid came back with a guillotine hold on Tyler Bate, but he escaped this and took A-Kid down with powerslam, but time ran out as he went for the pin.
The fifth round of the NXT UK Heritage Cup match began with Tyler Bate taking control. He attempted to pin A-Kid with a suplex, but he kicked out. Tyler Bate then went for the Tyler driver, but A-Kid reversed this to a pin. However, Bate lifted his rival up and off him with a bridge.
Tyler Bate then managed to hit A-Kid with a Tyler driver. A-Kid kicked out of the subsequent pin. He followed this up by attempting an attack from the top rope, but A-Kid grabbed him in an armbar.
Despite appearing to be in agony, Tyler Bate held on for the last few seconds of the round and resisted the urge to tap out.
The sixth and final round of the NXT UK Heritage Cup match began. Almost immediately, Tyler Bate went for the Tyler driver again, which A-Kid reversed into a hurricanrana. He tried to pin the challenger, but Bate forcefully kicked out.
A-Kid then hit Tyler Bate with a superkick, and attempted a roll-up on him, but Bate turned this into a pin of his own to win the round, and the NXT UK Heritage Cup.
As the show went off air, he celebrated in the ring with Trent Seven.
Winner: Tyler Bate
Grade: A-
