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Last week's episode of NXT concluded with No Way Jose aligning himself with Kassius Ohno and ‘the Messiah of the Backbreaker’ Roderick Strong. How would they fare against SAnitY this week? We also learned that Oney Lorcan would take on Hideo Itami this week. Without wasting any time, let’s dive straight into the action right away.
Heavy Machinery vs. Victor Andrews & Lars Sullivan
We saw a video package before the match where Sullivan (formerly known as Dylan Miley) dropped a mammoth hand on the shoulder of Andrews, making the latter look frightened. Sullivan locked up with Knight, whom he dwarfed in sheer size. Shoulder tackles followed with neither man gaining the advantage. A clothesline from Sullivan dropped Knight, but a dropkick from Knight evened the odds. Then Sullivan power slammed Knight and tagged his partner, Victor Andrews in.
Andrews was immediately locked in a bear hug first by Knight and then by Otis Dozovic. Andrews tried to get some offence in, but a huge belly-to-belly suplex launched him into the corner. He was then squashed by the members of Heavy Machinery to a pulp. An arm drag from Knight, a splash in the corner from Andrews and ‘The Compactor’, their finisher followed.
Heavy Machinery def. Victor Andrews & Lars Sullivan
Following the match, Lars Sullivan turned on his partner Andrews for costing them the match and absolutely destroyed him with some serious power.
Killian Dain reacted to No Way Jose’s return in a backstage wwe.com exclusive interview by saying no one was safe, especially No Way Jose!
We came back from commercial with Roderick Strong coming out to address the NXT Universe. As the crowd chanted for Roddy, he confessed that the past few months have been an emotional roller coaster for him. He thanked the NXT Universe for accepting him, even after hearing his story (something he was ashamed of).
Roddy confessed that he came to NXT for one reason only- The NXT Championship and was then interrupted by the NXT Champion, Bobby Roode. Roode appeared to be crying, mockingly. He had some scathing comments for Roddy and his family and told him that at the end of the day, Roddy just wasn't man enough to win.
Before we went to commercial, we saw a crazed Nikki Cross in some industrial location, beating a jacket to the ground and possibly weeping, ahead of her triple threat match against Asuka and Ruby Riot next week on NXT.
We came back from commercial to see Paul Ellering cutting a promo about the dominance of the Authors of Pain, and we even glimpsed the entire landscape of the NXT tag team division within the promo.
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Sarah Logan vs. Peyton Royce
Peyton Royce started by toying with Logan (formerly Crazy Mary Dobson) and even delivered a big kick before Logan reversed it with an arm drag and started working on Peyton’s arm. Royce retaliated with a huge spin kick, but Logan kicked out. Royce followed it up with two suplexes and a big power move, but Logan kicked out yet again.
Logan fought back with headbutts, chops and even punches. A big knee by Logan got a near fall on Royce, but she retaliated with some powerful elbows. A beautiful looking Fisherman’s suplex from Royce finished Logan for good.
Peyton Royce def. Sarah Logan
We saw Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas in a backstage segment, celebrating even after his big loss last week on NXT. While he led a pack of lovely ladies around town, one woman did not seem to approve and slapped him on the face after asking if this was what Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas had become. Ouch!
Hideo Itami vs. Oney Lorcan
Before the match, the cameras caught up with Itami who was asked if he was going back to Japan. Itami said that he his work in WWE wasn’t done. The two men seemed evenly matched, until the first rope break when Itami caught Lorcan with a slap. Itami followed this up with two hard knees to Lorcan’s gut. The two men traded offence until Lorcan gained the advantage with an impressive Blockbuster. Lorcan’s dive to the outside was stopped with a stiff kick, but Lorcan kicked out during Itami’s attempt at a pinfall.
Itami escaped a pinfall attempt from Lorcan, and no sold many of his chops. Lorcan escaped a GTS attempt and slapped Itami hard repeatedly, thereafter delivering a flurry of uppercuts. Lorcan hit a high spot, and Itami was dazed. He played possum, only to seize advantage when Lorcan entered the ring and then attacked him viciously.
Itami hit Lorcan with the GTS multiple times until Ohno had to intervene and confront this newly converted heel. Itami pushed Ohno, and then Ohno pushed Itami, only to have Itami back off leaving Ohno in the middle of the ring.
Result: No contest
We saw a video package with Drew McIntyre and then went to a backstage interview with Ember Moon, who has been cleared to wrestle. Ember spoke about failing the first time around and vowed that her next opportunity, would be the opportunity.
No Way Jose vs. Killian Dain
The crowd erupted as No Way Jose made his return to Full Sail University, and they were awed by Killian Dain's majestic new theme song. The two men faced off initially, with Dain clearly having the strength advantage. Jose retaliated with many hard shots, including one from the top turnbuckle, but Dain still did not lose his footing. We went into commercial with a boot from Jose knocking Dain outside the ring.
We returned from commercial to see that Dain had the upper hand as he delivered a flying crossbody. He stomped on Jose in the corner and dropped four deadly elbows on Jose. Jose tried to mount some offence in, but to no avail. No Way Jose tried to fight back as Dain twisted his head around, in a move that looked immensely painful. Dain delivered his signature Belfast Blitz, but Jose kicked out in the nick of time.
A few blows later, Dain signalled for the end. Jose fought back with many fists, but could not get the monster off his feet. Finally, he delivered a TKO but Dain kicked out. As Jose lined up for his finisher, Dain delivered a head butt and then a vicious drop kick. Dain won the match with the Ulster Plantation.
Killian Dain def. No Way Jose
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