WWE NXT: Finn Balor, Kyle O Reilly form unlikely alliance
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Jan. 28 (UPI) NXT Champion Finn Balor and Kyle O Reilly put their differences aside to take on a common enemy in NXT Tag Team Champions Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch on WWE NXT.
Balor and O Reilly formed their unlikely alliance on Wednesday and competed against Lorcan and Burch in the main event. Balor and O Reilly have been feuding with the tag champs in recent weeks and their partner, Pete Dunne.
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Balor and O Reilly, despite previously having two epic battles for Balor s NXT Championship, worked well together.
O Reilly picked up the victory after he impressively caught Burch s foot following a second-rope Dropkick. O Reilly applied a Leg Lock submission hold, causing Burch to tap out.
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Tonight’s WWE NXT episode on the USA Network will see the Men’s & Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournaments continue.
WWE previously announced Curt Stallion vs. NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar for tonight’s show, with the title on the line, but the match is not listed on the WWE website as of this writing. It remains to be seen if that match will still take place tonight.
WWE has announced the following for tonight’s show: Kyle O’Reilly and NXT Champion Finn Balor vs. NXT Tag Team Champions Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch in a non-title match
WWE NXT Cruiserweight Title Match Update For Tonight
It looks like the WWE NXT Cruiserweight Title match is on for tonight’s NXT show.
As noted, Curt Stallion vs. NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar was announced last week, but was removed from the WWE website and is still not listed on the official NXT preview as of this writing.
However, Stallion took to Twitter this morning and issued a final warning to the champ.
“People used to think I was crazy for the amount of effort I put into my career and yet, here we are. See ya out there, Santi,” wrote Stallion.
NXT s Tegan Nox Gives Injury Update
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NXT fans were sad to see Tegan Nox go down with an Achilles injury last year, which didn t occur during a match but instead during training. Nox was written off television after a segment with Candice LeRae where LeRae shoved a large cart into her leg and foot over and over again, and she s been working her way back to the ring ever since. We got an update on her progress on today s episode of The Bump, and the news is good on all fronts. She said she is now off crutches and is ahead of schedule, which she partly credits from having to go through this process several times.