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In the parking lot, Edge met Karrion Kross, who said that if he challenged for the NXT Championship, he'd be facing Kross, not Finn Balor or Pete Dunne.
NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Quarter-Final: The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole and Roderick Strong) vs. Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher
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Former NXT Champions Tommaso Ciampa and Adam Cole kicked off the main event, with Ciampa getting several near falls over Cole. The Fairy Tale Ending almost saw an early ending, but Cole managed to break away before it could connect.
Timothy Thatcher and Roderick Strong tagged in, with the Thatch-as-Thatch-Can instructor facing off against a fellow mat specialist. Strong managed to get the better of Thatcher, leading to The Undisputed Era taking Thatcher to their corner. Thatcher was able to get to Ciampa in a few short moments, and the Psycho Killer came in like a house on fire.
Roderick Strong was battered by Thatcher and Ciampa, with the newly formed tag team hammering the former NXT North American Champion with strong and stiff strikes. We saw all four men enter the ring, leading to a stalemate before the final break.
Timothy Thatcher had Roderick Strong in the middle of the ring, wearing down the Messiah of the Backbreaker. The Fight Pit Crew (work in progress) again took turns tearing Strong to pieces. Strong had to fight and crawl to make it to Cole, and he had to fight for every inch.
Strong managed to break away finally after a superplex, leading to Tommaso Ciampa and Adam Cole running ni. Cole was on fire, laying out Thatcher and catching Ciampa with a backstabber for a two-count. An ushigoroshi earned Cole another close call.
Ciampa countered the Panama Sunrise and managed to tag out to Thatcher. The NXT Triple Crown Champion caught him, though, locking him in a heel hook. Ciampa managed to break it up after fighting off Roderick Strong.
Strong was the legal man again but was taken down with a massive chop to the face by Timothy Thatcher. After a German suplex, Ciampa was in next for one of his own. More suplexes and a running knee from Ciampa laid out Strong as the former NXT Champ set up for the Fairy Tale Ending. Strong countered, hitting the Angle Slam instead.
Cole ran in and superkicked Thatcher, and Ciampa was knocked out with a superkick/high knee combination. It still wasn't enough. Strong hit
Thatcher yanked Cole out before he could connect with the Last Shot and took Cole down. Strong got some revenge but was caught in the ropes by Ciampa for Willow's Bell.
Results: Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher defeated The Undefeated Era via pinfall on NXT.
Grade: A+
Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher will face the Grizzled Young Veterans in the semi-finals of the NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. As they looked over the trophy, James Drake and Zach Gibson entered frame.
We'll get this hard-hitting brawl of a match next week, but that didn't stop Ciampa from throwing hands to end the night.
