'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,/9j/2wBDAAYEBQYFBAYGBQYHBwYIChAKCgkJChQODwwQFxQYGBcUFhYaHSUfGhsjHBYWICwgIyYnKSopGR8tMC0oMCUoKSj/2wBDAQcHBwoIChMKChMoGhYaKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCj/wgARCAAGAAoDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAFQABAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgf/2gAIAQEAAAAAkrj/xAAUAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAF/9oACAECEAAAADP/xAAUAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAF/9oACAEDEAAAAEv/xAAhEAACAgEDBQEAAAAAAAAAAAACAwEEEgAFEQYHExRRYf/aAAgBAQABPwDtxTTZ6jQbxDwFSJkJFcYzi7jEvsa3CNpt37NlNX1lOaTAQCQxXEzzAx+Rr//EABkRAAMAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAECAwAEEf/aAAgBAgEBPwDZoy04Dn//xAAXEQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAwIA/9oACAEDAQE/AIyxqYp3/9k='%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Opener: Breezango vs The Undisputed Era w/Kyle O'Reilly
Former NXT Champion Adam Cole started things off with Tyler Breeze. After a short back and forth, both men set up for their superkicks, freezing as they saw one another load up. Roderick Strong and Fandango were next. The former NXT North American Champion brought Fandango down and worked over the arm.
Dango escaped, though, and caught The Messiah of the Backbreaker with a rolling heel kick. Breezango looked to take over during the break as NXT's Prince Pretty tagged back in. However, Strong caught him with a backbreaker and tagged in Adam Cole.
The Panama City Playboy took Breeze down with a neckbreaker for the two-count. Dango got back in, and took the fight to the NXT Triple Crown Champion, hanging him up on the top rope. Breezango hit a pair of big boots on the hanging Cole for a two-count. Breeze stopped Cole from tagging out, despite a nasty enziguri. He went for a suicide dive after sending Cole to the floor, but Cole caught him mid-dive with a superkick.
Cole and Breeze made it to their partners. Strong got the better of the hot tag, running through Fandango and catching him with a double underhook backbreaker. He slammed Breeze on top of Fandango before tagging in his partner.
Fireman's carry gutbuster/running boot combination nearly put Fandango away. Cole set up for The Last Shot but missed. Fandango made it to Breeze who was turned inside out with a pump kick. The Ushigoroshi was countered, and an inverted backstabber nearly put Cole away. WIth Strong knocked to the floor, Breezango broke Cole in half with the slingshot/elbow drop/backbreaker combination.
Strong broke it up, leading to a four-man brawl leaving all four men out in the ring. Kyle O'Reilly looked to the ramp and saw Pete Dunne, Danny Burch, and Oney Lorcan coming in. They set O'Reilly up on a truss, looking to kick his jaw through the steel. NXT Champion Finn Balor made the save, but the numbers game was too much. Dunne rocked O'Reilly with an elbow strike and crushed his jaw into the barricade with a running knee.
Cole noticed what happened, and was rocked with a superkick. Strong took Breeze to the floor, and Fandango set up for The Last Dance. Cole shot to his feet, striking Fandango with the superkick just as he lept off the top rope.
Results: The Undisputed Era defeated Breezango via pinfall on NXT.
Grade: A
They won the battle but may have lost the war. The Undisputed Era advanced to the next round of the NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but Pete Dunne was able to reinjure Kyle O'Reilly's jaw. The Era and Finn Balor were left on the ground, Cole and Strong comforting O'Reilly, as Pete Dunne and the NXT Tag Team Champions taunted them from the stage.
Teddy Long snaps when Swerve Strickland's race is brought up HERE
