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This week’s episode of NXT featured the blockbuster matchup between Aleister Black and Kassius Ohno. The show also featured the return of Ember Moon.
NXT started off with the returning Ember Moon taking on Peyton Royce, who was accompanied by her ‘Iconic’ partner-in-crime Billie Kay. This was Ember Moon’s first match since she returned to action from the shoulder injury she suffered at the hands of Asuka.
Ember Moon vs. Peyton Royce
Ember and Royce started off trading holds before Ember took control with a running forearm in the corner. The Aussies soon started with their crooked ways as Kay pulled Ember arm-first onto the top rope while Royce had the referee distracted.
Moon came back with a leaping springboard crossbody but her momentum was cut short with a boot to the face from Royce. The duo then traded reversals till Ember connected with a head scissors before taking Royce down.
Ember then headed to the top rope to look for the Eclipse but Kay pulled Royce out of the ring right on time. Ember didn’t take well to Kay interfering and leapt off the top turnbuckle and onto her instead.
Royce used this time to hit Moon with the Widow’s Peak in the middle of the ring but a fired up Ember Moon kicked out at 2. A frustrated Peyton Royce got caught in the face with an elbow before Royce hit her with The Eclipse for the pinfall.
Ember Moon def. Peyton Royce
The Ealy Brothers vs Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe
Young and Wolfe represented SAnitY and faced The Ealy Brothers.
SAnitY took control early on as they isolated Gabriel Ealy early on. They traded tags and kept working on Gabriel Ealy in the corner preventing him from tagging in his twin brother. Gabriel finally made his tag after Wolfe missed a splash in the corner.
The Ealys double-teamed Wolfe till Eric Young came in and interjected with a neckbreaker. Wolfe hit the other Ealy with a thumb to the eye before nailing him with a pump kick. Wolfe then lifted him up as EY hit a neckbreaker from the middle rope to end the match.
Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe def. The Ealy Brothers
We got a recap of last week’s show with the brutal sequence between Asuka and Nikki Cross. After that we found out that next week on NXT, we will see a Last Woman Standing NXT Women’s Championship match.
Sonya Deville vs. Rachel Evers
This match barely lasted a couple of minutes with Sonya Deville on top for most of it. The former Tough Enough contestant is getting pushed as a ‘legit badass’ and so far she’s done well.
The two went back and forth but it was Deville’s strikes that did more damage. After taking a boot to the face, Deville took the gloves off, quite literally. She hit Evers with repeated punches to the mid-section before locking in a Seated Double Wristlock as Evers tapped out.
Sonya Deville def. Rachel Evers
Aleister Black vs. Kassius Ohno
A huge main event of this week’s episode as Aleister Black took on Kassius Ohno. The duo started off grappling and Ohno took the advantage early due to his superior strength. Ohno followed it up by taking Black down again, to his frustration.
Ohno then asked Black if he was good or evil which seemed to tick the latter off. He hit a vicious double stomp off of a baseball slide. Black followed it up with his signature kicks to the chest until Ohno caught his leg on one of them and replied with a boot of his own.
The two then traded strikes in the middle of the ring and Ohno sort of got the better of it, going for a cover after the exchange. The duo then traded roll-up nearfalls before we got a neat exchange from the two men as Aleister Black stopped a forearm from Ohno with his foot before Ohno stopped a massive kick from Black with his forearm.
As we entered the ending sequence, the two men looked evenly matched. Ohno then hit a suplex and looked to have Black on the back foot as he geared up for another Rolling Elbow. However, Black met him with a Black Mass out of nowhere and that was all she wrote for Kassius Ohno. Black covered Ohno for the 3-count.
Aleister Black def. Kassius Ohno
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