Ember Moon challenges Raquel González, Cameron Grimes & L.A. Knight vie for Ted DiBiase’s affection, and Xia Li targets Mercedes Martinez for Tian Sha.
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Shinsuke Nakamura defeated King Corbin – [ ]
Dominik Mysterio defeated Robert Roode – [ 1/2]
Apollo Crews defeated Big E, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn to retain the IC Title – [ ]
Bloodline Drama:: This was what passed for a full on narrative for the event, but it came across well enough. Roman refusing to be part of a parade of title holders because there is only one champion, Paul Heyman’s wonderful ass kissery, Jimmy trying to get his tag team with Jey back up and running while Jey still isn’t sure what the future holds for them. All of it was pretty darn great from a writing and acting perspective.
Advertised for the show:
Franky Monet debuts
Pete Dunne vs. Bobby Fish
Raquel González & Dakota Kai vs. Ember Moon & Shotzi Blackheart
New North American champion Bronson Reed speaks
As usual, here are our five questions about NXT tonight:
1) What happens to the loser of tonight’s main event?
We’ve been speculating on how long both Karrion Kross and Finn Bálor would remain on the black-and-gold brand for more than a year.
The Prince’s second NXT run was given second life by a strong title run, but at 39 years old, how much more of his career does he want to dedicate to what it clearly WWE’s least popular nationally televised show? Bálor gave a pretty clear indication this week on FOX Sports’