This week's episode of NXT gave us the first time that the WWE UK Championship was defended as Tyler Bate faced one of his former mentors, the man from Moustache Mountain - Trent Seven. This episode also gave us the tag-team showdown between Billie Kay-Peyton Royce and Liv Morgan, who would be accompanied by a partner of her choosing. For all this and a lot more, read on.
Before we start with the results, let’s see what William Regal had to say to Pete Dunne before his match with Mark Andrews on NXT next week.
Authors of Pain vs Lance Anoa'i and Garrison Spears
Rezar starts off the match with Lance Anoa'i, who is a nephew of Roman Reigns and a cousin of The Usos and made his NXT debut tonight. Rezar clearly didn't care that he was starting off the match with Reigns' cousin and he immediately took out Anoa'i before tagging his partner in.
Rezar and Akam then slammed Anoa'i and Spears into opposite turnbuckles with modified stereo Death Valley Drivers. The Authors then hit the 'Last Chapter' to pick up the easy win.
Authors of Pain def. Lance Anoa'i and Garrison Spears
The Authors continued to make a statement after the match as the hit Anoa'i and Spears with the Super Collider.
We got a message about Shinsuke Nakamura after the opening match. We learnt that the 'injury' he suffered at NXT TakeOver: Orlando will not require surgery and that he has started training to prepare for his in-ring return.
Billie Kay and Peyton Royce vs. Liv Morgan and Ember Moon
Liv's mystery partner for this match turned out to be none other than Ember Moon.
Ember Moon and Billie Kay started the match off. Billie Kay started strong with a nice takedown on Moon. The Aussie tried to take Moon down for a second time but she blocked this attempt and hit a beautiful head scissors.
Ember then hit Kay with a side kick in the corner before heading to the middle rope. Kay and Royce then floored her, following a distracting from Royce.
Royce then got tagged in and the Aussies hit Ember with stereo kicks before Kay got tagged back in. Kay tried to hit a big boot but Ember blocked it and hit a snap suplex as both women made tags.
Liv came in a little slow but she hit Royce with a flurry of offence, which she finished with an STO. Kay came in and broke up the cover before booting Ember Moon out of the ring.
Kay and Royce then double-teamed Liv Morgan with Royce kneeing Liv Morgan in the side of the head after which Kay pinned her.
Billie Kay and Peyton Royce def. Liv Morgan and Ember Moon
#DIY call out the Authors of Pain
#DIY made their way out to the ring after this. They addressed the Authors of Pain and told them that they had seen something in the Authors' eyes at Orlando that they had never seen before - doubt. Gargano and Ciampa then added that they were ready for their title rematch.
In response, Paul Ellering came out with the Authors of Pain. Ellering accepted the challenge and said that #DIY would have their rematch in two weeks. At this point, The Revival came out of the crowd and jumped #DIY from behind. The hit Gargano with the Shatter Machine before scampering as the Authors charged down to the ring.
WWE gave us a vignette for the upcoming NXT return of the former Chris Hero - Kassius Ohno.
Following the vignette, we got a backstage segment where William Regal announced a triple threat #1 contender's match next week on NXT to see who would face Asuka next for the NXT Women's Championship between Ember Moon, Peyton Royce and Liv Morgan.
Tyler Bate (C) vs Trent Seven (for the WWE UK Championship)
The match started off with Bate and Seven locking up which ended with Seven pushing Bate into the corner. After a clean break, Bate tried to take Seven down with a shoulder tackle and failed. Seven egged on his former protege to try again and Bate did try but to no avail, It led to Seven bouncing off the ropes and taking Bate down with a lariat.
Seven followed it up with a running open handed chop in the corner and followed it up with a vertical suplex for a short count. Bate hit back with a dropkick after which he mocked Trent Seven trademark taunt.
We came back from commercial to see Tyler Bate working on Trent Seven's arm. Bate then hit a series of uppercuts but a Trent Seven hit a backslide cover attempt. Seven then went for another chop in the corner but Bate hit him with a knee followed by a corkscrew uppercut from the middle rope, Dudley's finest then hit an over-the-top-rope diver to Trent Seven who had rolled to ringside following the flying uppercut.
Back in the ring, Seven hit a Falcon Arrow but Bate hooked him into the Airplane Spin. Trent Seven regrouped and hit a snap german Suplex followed by a powerbomb which he transitioned into a Half Boston Crab. Bate broke out and hit the switch jab only for Seven to knock him down with the Seven Lariat for a nearfall as the crowd exploded.
Seven then headed to the top rope but Bate hit him with a running dropkick and followed it up with a Super Exploder from the top rope but Trent Seven somehow managed to kick out of it. He followed it up with his patented overhead kick. Sensing the end was coming, Tyler Bate finished Trent Seven off with the Tyler Driver 97.
Tyler Bate def. Trent Seven
The two men shared an emotional moment after the match as we went off-air.
