NXT kicked-off with Tom Phillips who was flanked by Percy Watson and the outgoing Corey Graves. We were informed that WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate would be making his NXT debut in a match against Oney Lorcan.
Ember Moon vs Aliyah
The Texas crowd was firmly behind their fellow Texan, Ember Moon, who hails from nearby Dallas. Aliyah started the match with an early pinning attempt but Moon soon took firm control of the match. She hit Aliyah with stiff kicks before hitting a beautiful double underhook suplex before locking in a painful looking abdominal stretch.
Aliyah eventually managed to break out and hit a hip toss and followed it with a neckbreaker. Aliyah continued her momentum with a head scissors only for Ember Moon to hit back with a brutal clothesline. Ember made short work of Aliyah and followed the clothesline with an Eclipse (Twisting Stunner) before pinning her for the 3-count. Another impressive performance from Ember Moon.
Ember Moon def. Aliyah
Ember Moon’s win was followed by footage of Tye Dillinger’s match with Eric Young from TakeOver: San Antonio. Young spoke after the footage, saying that Dillinger had to be taken out for not joining SANITY. He added that Dillinger had had a choice but he had made the wrong one and that choices were coming for everybody.
This was followed by footage of Tye Dillinger coming out at #10 during the Royal Rumble match which was followed by Tye Dillinger commenting about his appearance.
This was followed by footage of the Fatal-4-Way NXT Women’s Championship match from TakeOver. This was followed by an interview with Asuka after the match. She said that even though the match was hard, the title was still in her grasp. When informed that Ember Moon wanted a title shot, Asuka replied, “She works here?”.
Tyler Bate vs Oney Lorcan (Non-title match)
The match started off with a test of strength between Bate and Lorcan. We eventually got a clean break from it and Bate followed it up by distracting Lorcan with his right hand before hitting him with the left. Bate then goes for an early attempt at the Tyler Driver 97 but an enraged Oney Lorcan just threw him into the corner and hit him with a series of strikes.
Bate fought back and hit his airplane spin followed by a bicycle kick. Bate finally hit the Tyler Driver 97 to pick up the win after a short match.
Tyler Bate def. Oney Lorcan
Elias Samson vs No Way Jose
Elias Samson came down to the ring first and asked the fans at San Antonio if they wanted to hear him sing. As he was about to strum his guitar. No Way Jose’s music hit and he made his way down to the ring.
The action starts as soon as the bell rings as an incensed Elias Samson hit No Way Jose with a dropkick. Jose hits back with a series of strikes followed by a clothesline. Jose continues with strikes before hitting a double axe-handle. Samson rolled out of the ring but Jose took him out with a baseball slide and hits him with a massive forearm as we headed to a commercial.
When we came back we saw Samson hitting Jose with a jumping knee strike followed by a clothesline. Jose hit back with a neckbreaker before ending the match with a pop-up punch.
No Way Jose def. Elias Samson
