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Quick Results
Joseph Conners pinned Tristan Archer in 6:01 ( ¼)
Sam Stoker & Lewis Howley pinned Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster to retain the NXT UK Tag Team Championship in 15:46 ( ¼)
With a reported-legitimate injury having led to the postponement of WALTER vs. Ilja Dragunov (which had been hyped for a few weeks), this isn’t the show some were expecting. Even though they announced the cancellation last week! They recap that here, revealing WALTER’s broken his left hand, and announce the tag title match is our new main event instead.
We’re at the BT Sport Studios in London, with Andy Shepherd and Nigel McGuinness on the call… but first, the assistant to the regional manager hammers home WALTER/Dragunov 2 is off. He’s even less specific than Andy was at the top of the show. We get comments from William Regal, Triple H and Shawn Michaels in Florida, who reveal that WALTER vs. Dragunov for the NXT UK title will take place… at NXT Takeover 36 next month. What,
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As we reported earlier this afternoon here on eWn, WALTER’s WWE NXT UK Championship match against Ilja Dragunov that was scheduled for next week has been postponed after the current champion suffered a “severe hand injury.” According to a report from Pwinsider, WALTER’s injury is legitimate and is not a work. );
BREAKING NEWS
WWE medical staff has confirmed @NXTUK Champion @WalterAUT has suffered a severe injury to his left hand and has been deemed unfit to compete for his scheduled rematch with @UNBESIEGBAR ZAR.
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Report
The show opened with a graphic dedicated to the late, great Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff.
Triple H then talked about how on October 29, 2020 the world had seen one of the best and most brutal matches in WWE history and how WALTER was the longest-reigning champion of the modern era, who defended his championship both in the UK and the US. He also called Ilja Dragunov one of the hardest working men in wrestling and an enigma and was proud to give us the rematch of that epic battle next week.
We then cut to the champion and his challenger sitting at a table in the ring alongside Sid Scala to sign the contracts for their match next week.