WWE NXT Results: May 8th, 2019

Adam Cole took on Matt Riddle in an incredible main event
Adam Cole took on Matt Riddle in an incredible main event
Riddick Moss returns
Riddick Moss returns

Shayna Baszler was seen at the PC helping train Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir. While they were tied up, Io Shirai attacked Baszler from behind. The ring was filled with several trainers and performers in order to break up the brawl.


Raul Mendoza vs Riddick Moss

Riddick Moss made his return to the ring tonight after tearing his Achilles tendon back in 2018. Moss overpowered Mendoza early, but the smaller star tried to use his speed to outmaneuver him. Moss shot him off into the ropes. A handspring backflip sent him over the big man, and he avoided an attack in the ropes, stunning him with an enziguri and sending him across the ring with a springboard hurricanrana.

Mendoza followed up with a running Shooting Star Press. Moss kicked out. Another springboard maneuver allowed Moss to catch him, curling the superstar several times before sending him overhead with a fallaway slam. A shoulder block in the corner took the breath out of Mendoza.

Moss drove Mendoza into the ground with a military press spinebuster, but he kicked out. Moss took time for a water break. He offered Mendoza some, and the luchador knocked it out of his hands. He followed Mendoza into the turnbuckle and was kicked in the legs, sending him into the middle pad face first.

A flying headscissors sent him into the corner again, following that with a step-up enziguri. Moss tried to interrupt a top rope dive, but Mendoza jumped back on the apron, rocking him with another enziguri, sending Moss crashing to the mat. He finished off the returning superstar with a slingshot corkscrew splash.

Results: Raul Mendoza defeated Riddick Moss via pinfall.


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