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Grizzled Young Veterans vs Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher on NXT
Team Dad set their sights on the NXT Tag Team Titles recently, and that meant they had to get through two-time Dusty Cup finalists, the Grizzled Young Veterans.
Tommaso Ciampa dominated James Drake early, and Timothy Thatcher made it look easy when Zack Gibson got in the ring. Thatcher targeted Gibson's right arm, hitting a series of arm breakers and tight arm wrenches. Zack got away from Thatcher's grasp momentarily, going for a heel hook.
Thatcher countered this with a sleeper attempt. Drake tried to break it up, but the boot to the face only angered Toothless Timmy. Thatcher and Ciampa laid out the former NXT UK Tag Champions as we cut to break.
When we returned to NXT, James Drake and Zack Gibson dropped Thatcher with the flatliner/missile dropkick combination. The Veterans worked over the heel of the Thatch-as-Thatch-Can instructor but couldn't keep him away from his partner. Tommaso Ciampa came in like a house on fire, demolishing both of his opponents.
Drake found himself in the wrong corner as Ciampa and Thatcher took turns wailing on him. Thatcher looked for the single-leg Boston Crab, but couldn't lock it in. Gibson tagged in and was immediately taken to the mat with a belly-to-belly suplex. Former NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa joined the fray, leading to a four-man brawl.
Ciampa and Drake fell to the floor, leaving Gibson and Thatcher battering one another with European uppercuts and chops. Thatcher and Gibson traded pinfall attempts before Thatcher managed to force a submission with a Fujiwara Armbar. Thatcher, though, used Wade Barrett's shoe, who inadvertently lost his shoe during the match, before locking the armbar in.
Results: Timothy Thatcher and Tommaso Ciampa defeated Grizzled Young Veterans via submission on NXT.
Grade: A
Backstage, Austin Theory and Johnny Gargano were looking to bust down William Regal's door. Gargano was still trying to get his match with Bronson Reed cancelled, but it was a no-go.
Not only that, but Theory would face Karrion Kross next week on NXT. Don't mess with Scarlett, eh?
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