WWE NXT Results: Edge confronts Finn Balor; shocker in the Dusty Classic

By Greg Bush
Modified Feb 04, 2021 09:16 IST
Edge has a face-to-face with several top NXT stars; Io Shirai watches over her challengers
Edge has a face-to-face with several top NXT stars; Io Shirai watches over her challengers

We got a vignette on NXT for Tian Sha, apparently the name of the woman leading Xia Li and Boa. According to the video, Sha is thousands of years old, among other things. Tian Sha seems to be all about instilling fear, something she's done quite well since appearing on NXT.

NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Quarter-Finals: Legado Del Fantasma vs. Lucha House Party

Lucha House Party looked strong in the opening here, with Raul Mendoza struggling to get out of the way of their phenomenal high-flying offense. Once he made it to Joaquin Wilde, though, the story changed. A double spinebuster planted Lince Dorado.

Legado Del Fantasma took Dorado to their corner and slowed things down exponentially. Mendoza was, again, the one to lose control as Dorado got to Gran Metalik. However, he quickly made up for his mistake, rocking Metalik with a step-up enzuigiri as he climbed up the ropes. Wilde followed up with a suicide dive as we cut to commercial.

Back from the break, Mendoza was taken off the to with a sunset flip powerbomb, giving Gran Metalik a chance to get to his partner. Dorado and Wilde tagged in, with The Golden Lynx getting the better of Wilde. After a series of misdirects, a diving crossbody nearly put Wilde away. The Golden Rewind also almost sent Legado Del Fantasma out of the tournament.

Wilde managed to put a stop to some tandem offense from LHP, even spiking them with a double springboard DDT. Metalik kicked out, and LHP set Mendoza up on the ropes for Metalik to hit a jaw-dropping assisted hurricanrana, sending him into Wilde below.

Dorado followed up with a moonsault. Back inside the ring, though, Dorado met his end with Legado Del Fantasma's Russian leg sweep/flying roundhouse combination.

Results: Legado Del Fantasma defeated Lucha House Party via pinfall on NXT.

Grade: A+

After the match, NXT's newest high-flying duo MSK came out to talk some trash with their semi-final opponents. Wes Lee and Nash Carter said that Legado Del Fantasma are simply in their way because MSK will be the 2021 NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Winners.

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