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WWE NXT kicked off with the Dusty Cup Semifinals between The Creed Brothers and The Grizzled Young Veterans. We got a quick promo for Toxic Attraction and Mandy Rose before heading to the action in the ring.
WWE NXT Results (February 8th, 2022): The Creed Brothers vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans - Dusty Rhodes Classic Semifinal Match
Brutus and Drake kicked off the match and the Creeds had the early advantage. Gibson was tagged in and Julius came in as well as the Creeds continued their dominance with holds and a big dropkick.
Drake was in and had the Guillotine locked in before taking a big powerslam but Gibson broke up the pin. The Veterans got the Doomsday Device for a near fall before Brutus came in and hit a spinebuster on Gibson.
The Creeds got a double-team move before Brutus picked up the win with a sliding clothesline on Gibson.
Result: The Creed Brothers def. The Grizzled Young Veterans
Grade: B
Cora Jade was in a backstage interview and said that she was feeling confident with Gonzalez on her side. Yulisa Leon and Valentina Feroz showed up to talk trash about her before NXT continued.
It looked like Wendy Choo and Amari Miller went on a shopping spree after last week with Stratton's dad's credit card and ended up with a lot of loot.
Tiffany Stratton vs. Wendy Choo on NXT
Stratton yelled at Choo before the match kicked off about how Wendy and Miller were wasting her money. She wanted the credit card back but Choo went ahead and hit her with a Bulldog into a submission.
Choo got a couple of near falls before Stratton reversed her offense. Tiffany got some strikes in and managed to break a nail in the process. She yelled at Choo some more before getting the win off a Corkscrew Vader Bomb.
Result: Tiffany Stratton def. Wendy Choo
Grade: B-
Pete Dunne vs. Draco Anthony on NXT
Draco started off strong on NXT and locked in a hold before getting a vertical suplex early on after we returned from a break. Dunne recovered and took control of the match before going for the fingers of Draco.
Anthony took some chops and replied with a huge forearm before getting a big slam for a near fall. Tony D'Angelo showed up with a crowbar but got wiped out at ringside by Dunne. Pete headed back to the ring and hit a Bitter End before picking up the win.
Result: Pete Dunne def. Draco Anthony
D'Angelo attacked Dunne once more after the match but Pete took him down on the apron and brought out a steel chair, a box of tools, a cricket bat, and various other weapons before declaring that their match at Vengeance Day should be a weaponized steel cage match.
Grade: B
Stark and Shirai were backstage and Io had an idea about who to ask to join her for the Women's Dusty cup. Zoey asked her who it was but Shirai didn't want to spill the beans.
Backstage on NXT, Dakota Kai was going through Choo's new clothes and said that 'all those clothes wouldn't buy her the victory.'
LA Knight vs. Sanga on NXT
Knight got some big strikes in but was tossed into the corner before Sanga unloaded on him. Knight was thrown out of the ring before he managed to send Sanga face-first into the steel ring post.
Back in the ring, Sanga got a near fall after blocking the stunner before Knight got some big clotheslines and a missile dropkick in.
Waller distracted the referee and Knight got a chop to the throat before taking down Sanga for good with a neckbreaker.
Result: LA Knight def. Sanga
After the match, Waller rushed the ring and got taken down with some big strikes by Knight before he left the ring.
Grade: B
Duke Hudson was growing his hair back and talked trash about Dante Chen backstage on NXT before wishing Indi and Persia luck in their Tag Team Title match.
Bron Breakker and Santos Escobar were out for the Championship Summit as NXT continued.
NXT Championship Summit gets gatecrashed by Dolph Ziggler
Escobar and Breakker got into a battle of words on NXT and Dolph Ziggler made his entrance. Ziggler sat down between the two stars and congratulated Breakker before asking who the hell he was.
Breakker said that he was NXT champ and said that he would take care of him after his match with Escobar. Ziggler listed his accomplishments before saying that he was yet to secure the NXT Title before the crowd chanted for a Triple Threat.
Tommaso Ciampa showed up next and called Ziggler 'kid' before Escobar got up and said that he would win the Title next week before taking care of all of them.
Ciampa said that he was next in line for the NXT Title after Escobar before a brawl kicked off and LDF got involved.
Breakker cleared the ring but the Legado caught him and put him through the table before Escobar taunted him and walked off.
Kay Lee Ray smashed things backstage before Waller said that Knight would be arrested next week for laying his hands on him despite the restraining order.
Sarray vs. Dakota Kai on NXT
Sarray was back on NXT for a match with Dakota Kai. The bout started off during the commercials and when we returned, Sarray was in control with a submission before missing a dropkick and being caught with a trio of knee strikes in the corner.
Kai got a near fall before kicking Sarray down but it only got the Japanese star more fired up as she got a double stomp off a roll through and a near fall off a missile dropkick. Kai got the Scorpio kick and a near fall before they traded rollups. Kai took the dropkick finisher from Sarray before going down for the three-count.
Result: Sarray def. Dakota Kai
Grade: B
Carmelo and Trick cut a promo on NXT where they googled Cameron Grimes at a barbershop.
Gigi and Jacy showed up in Indi and Persia's locker room as they were arguing about Duke Hudson and the champs reminded Persia that Indi and Hudson used to be best friends. A brawl broke out between the two teams and officials had to step in and separate them.
Nikkita Lyons got one more promo on NXT before Brooks Jensen tried to ask Kayden Carter out on Valentine's Day.
MSK vs. Edris Enofe and Malik Blade - Dusty Rhodes Classic Semifinal Match on NXT
MSK had the early advantage after Blade and Lee kicked off the match and Carter was tagged in. Blade took the Bronco Buster before tagging in Enofe as the match continued. Enofe got the headscissors before Lee and Carter got a double-team move.
Back on NXT after a break, MSK got a near fall but it was broken up before Blade took Lee out on the outside and Enofe got a near fall on Carter in the ring. MSK sent Blade outside before getting their finisher on Enofe for the win.
Result: MSK def. Edris Enofe and Malik Blade
Grade: B
Wendy Choo was backstage on NXT and told Kai that picking up the win wasn't as easy as Dakota made it seem.
Toxic Attraction were headed for the ring when Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta attacked them backstage, taking Gigi and Jacy out so that Mandy had to come to the ring alone.
Mandy Rose (c) vs. Kay Lee Ray - NXT Women's Title match
Ray started off strong and got some big moves on the NXT Women's Champ before Mandy grounded her and unloaded on the challenger. KLR got out and hit some strikes to the face before going for a Tornado DDT off the ropes for a near fall.
Mandy got some big kicks after sending Ray headfirst into the turnbuckles and then hit a spinebuster for a near fall of her own. We learned that Indi, Persia, Jacy and Gigi were escorted out of the arena.
Rose got another near fall in the ring before locking in a submission move. Ray took back control of the match and got a moonsault before locking in a hold of her own. Rose countered the KLR bomb before taking a superkick.
Jacy ran the distraction on the ref while Gigi came in and took out KLR, letting Mandy pick up the win.
Result: Mandy Rose def. Kay Lee Ray to retain the NXT Women's title
After the match, Rose and her buddies got the baseball bat and were about to hit Ray with it when Io Shirai came out and wiped all three of them out. Shirai hit double dropkicks before KLR joined her and wiped out Mandy and they claimed the ring as the Toxic trio made their retreat.
Grade: B
Episode Grade: B
We got the semi-finals of the Dusty Cup tonight on NXT with MSK and the Creed Brothers moving up to the finals while Waller threatened to arrest LA Knight next week. The cage match between Pete Dunne and D'Angelo has had a small tweak while KLR got her title match against Mandy Rose on NXT.
