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Cathy Kelly caught up with Shayna Baszler backstage and told her that because of her actions, she'd be facing Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, and Kairi Sane in a Fatal-4-Way match at NXT TakeOver: New York.
Aleister Black & Ricochet vs DIY
The NXT Champion began the match with his last challenger, former champion Aleister Black. Ciampa was in Black's head but eventually was met by Black's knee and a kick to the jaw. Black brought Ciampa into his corner, tagging in Ricochet.
Ricochet worked over Ciampa's shoulder with an armbar, but Ciampa rolled out and rocked him with a big boot. Johnny Gargano tagged in and connected with a dropkick to the back of Ricochet's head.
Ricochet landed on his feet after a running hurricanrana from Gargano. They traded back in forth in a series, but Ricochet eventually connected with a dropkick, sending Gargano to the outside. Ciampa pushed Gargano out of the way of a Ricochet dive, but the One and Only noticed in time and flipped back to the middle of the ring. Gargano did the same when Black looked for a dive, with Black mirroring Ricochet.
Back in the ring, Gargano caught Ricochet with a DDT while Ciampa took out Black. In DIY's corner, they began tearing apart the former NXT North American Champion. Ciampa and Gargano snapped Ricochet's legs like a wishbone, hoping to limit his high-flying move set.
Ciampa dropped Ricochet with a neckbreaker and taunted Black. Tagging Gargano back in, he drove Ricochet's head into his partner's feet. Gargano bent Ricochet's arm backwards and stomped on the elbow before tagging Ciampa back in, who continued to weaken Ricochet with a side headlock.
Ricochet fought out but Ciampa held onto his arm, preventing a tag to the Dutch Destroyer. A step up enziguri on the apron set up the slingshot DDT, but Ricochet caught him. He went for Ciampa instead of focusing on Gargano or tagging Black, allowing Gargano to bring him back into their corner. A running knee to a seated Ricochet nearly put him away.
Ricochet managed to take out both members of DIY and tagged in Black, dropping Gargano with repeated forearms and a low sweep, followed by a kick to the head. Ciampa ran in but Black took both men out with a springboard moonsault. Gargano got back on top for a second but as he went for the slingshot spear, Black caught him in the air with a knee to the head.
Gargano was barely standing in his corner, but Ciampa tagged in and stunned Black with a knee of his own. Ciampa hit a Tower of London on the apron and Gargano followed up with the slingshot DDT. Black kicked out and Gargano didn't give him any time to recover, locking in the Garga-No escape while Ciampa set Ricochet up in the Fujiwara Armbar.
Ricochet overpowered Ciampa and dropped him onto Gargano with the Death Valley Driver. Ricochet's move seemed to injure Gargano's left knee, and he rolled to the outside. Ciampa, concerned, checked on him before getting back inside the ring.
He and Ricochet were the only two left standing, but that didn't last long as they traded some pretty heavy blows, leaving them down on the mat.
Ricochet taqged out to Black, but Ciampa didn't have that luxory. Black escaped the Fairy Tale Ending and rocked Ciampa with the Black Mass, tagging Ricochet in for the 630 Splash.
Results: Ricochet & Aleister Black defeated DIY via pinfall.
The finals of the Dusty Rhodes Classic will see Black and Ricochet take on the Forgotten Sons, with one of them moving on to New York to challenge the unstoppable War Raiders.
Candice LeRae and Tommaso Ciampa checked on Johnny Gargano, helping him back up the ramp. Ciampa comforted Gargano, letting him know that he wasn't upset. They left to a big ovation from the Full Sail Crowd. Ciampa then tried to send Gargano into the screen at the top of the ramp, but Gargano saw it coming, and had been faking the knee injury the whole time.
Gargano threw him into the screen instead and finished Ciampa off with a superkick to end the show.
Teddy Long snaps when Swerve Strickland's race is brought up HERE
