Finn Bálor vs. Neville

The fans chant ‘This is awesome’ before the two even lock up. Balor and Neville feel each other out in the opening stages but Balor eventually gets his opponent down to the mat. Neville gets back up and hits a hiptoss , performs a cartwheel and then a dropkick. Lots of very cool flips in the early parts of this match, and Balor gets his own back for the dropkick earlier with one of his own. Snap suplex from Neville for a kickout. Neville throws Balor into the corner, forcing him to fall over as we head to a break.

 

Neville still has the upperhand when we get back and has Balor in a sleeper hold. Balor nearly fights out but is taken back down by a clothesline. Neville has Balor in the corner, and when ‘the man that gravity forgot’ goes to run at the NXT Champion, Balor forces Neville over the top rope and onto the outside. He gets back in at the count of 8 and the two now find themselves both outside of the ring. Neville is standing on the apron and jumps off the middle rope, backwards, onto Balor.

 

They’re both back in the ring and Neville is controlling the match. Balor forces his way back in with a series of kicks and slaps and then gives The Geordie a Pele kick. Balor throws Neville from one corner to another, giving him a chop to the chest in each corner. Neville is now on the outside again, and Balor hits a dropkick through the ropes before running along the apron with a kick to the head. Balor goes for Bloody Sunday but Neville reverses and ends up hitting a German Suplex. He gets another German resulting in a 2 count.

 

Neville goes for the top rope looking for the Red Arrow but Balor gets up to stop. Neville knocks him back down with a kick to the head and goes looking for it again, but Balor denies him again with a kick to the head that knocks him out of the ring. Balor dives over the top of the ropes and onto Neville. He throws him back in the ring, looking for Coup de Grace but Neville stops him. The two are now both on the top rope and Neville hits a hurricarana from there. He looks for his finisher again but Balor rolls out the way. Neville lands on his feet but runs into a swingblade. Neville nearly steals the match with a pin out of no where for a 2 count. Balor hits a massive clothesline, a dropkick, then the Coup de Grace and finally Bloody Sunday for the victory.

 

Winner: Finn Bálor

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Backstage Finn Bálor says Crews will not have to wonder any longer. What would have happened when they first faced off will happen tonight.

Finn Bálor vs Apollo Crews
Bálor and Crews spends the first minute or so feeling each other out. Bálor ends up with a side headlock on Crews. Crews tries to get some separation by hitting the ropes, but Bálor holds on to the headlock. Crews stands up and almost suplexes Bálor, but Bálor rolls through and headlock takeovers (pun intended) Crews. Bálor has successfully grounded Crews to this point, which is an excellent strategy.

After a short break Bálor rolls through a Crews’ sunset flip attempt and drop kicks him right in the face. Bálor immediately slaps on an arm bar. Bálor seems to be targeting Crews’ head and shoulder area. Bálor penalty kicks Crews for another two count. That was a vicious strike. The match could have been over after a move like that on a lesser opponent.

Crews surprises Bálor with a clothesline out of the corner. Bálor tries to avoid the charging Crews by going to the outside. Crews moonsaults off the apron, but Bálor moves out of the way. Bálor dives over the top onto Crews. Crews gets back in the ring but Bálor goes up top and hits the diving double foot stomp to the back of Crews’ head. Crews somehow manages to kick out. Bálor charges Crews but runs right into a Samoan drop. Crews misses the high enzguri and Bálor sling blades him. Bálor eats a big boot by Crews. Crews gorilla press slams Bálor and the standing moonsault for a long two count.

Crews tries the tossing powerbomb, but Bálor flips out of it. Bálor sling blades Crews again, followed by the bullet drop kick into the corner. Bálor goes up top and destroys Crews with the Coup de gras. Crews is already stirring on the mat. Bálor picks up Crews and obliterates him with the bloody Sunday. That’s all she wrote.

Winner- Finn Bálor

After the match Bálor and Crews shake hands.

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Finn Bálor and Apollo Crews vs Samoa Joe and Baron Corbin

Bálor tries to start the match with Joe, but Joe tags in Corbin. Bálor hits the ropes and drop kicks Corbin. Bálor tags in Crews, but Corbin tags in Joe. Crews almost decapitates Joe with a high angle drop kick. After a short break Joe and Corbin are working over Crews. Corbin ripcord suplexes Crews for a two count.

Crews tags in Bálor as Corbin tags in Joe. Bálor destroys Joe with a few clotheslines and a running punt kick to the head. Bálor goes for the 10 punches in the corner, but Joe almost reverses it into the muscle buster. Bálor wiggles out. Bálor hits the sling blade, followed by the running drop kick. Bálor goes up top, but Corbin pushes him off the top rope. Joe picks up Bálor and Death Valley drivers him. Joe locks in the coquina clutch and Bálor passes out.

Winners- Samoa Joe and Baron Corbin

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Michael Cole opens the show in the ring. Cole is going to be acting NXT General Manger until William Regal returns from neck surgery. Cole lets the crowd know that Eva Marie will in fact get a shot at Bayley’s women’s championship in tonight’s main event. Cole introduces Finn Bálor. Bálor makes his way to the ring to sign the contract for his match with Samoa Joe at Takeover: London.

Bálor says he knows Joe did what he had to do, but at Takeover, he is going to put his foot down Joe’s throat. Joe comes out, gets in the ring, signs the contract and leaves. Joe didn’t even acknowledge Bálor’s presence. Bálor grabs the NXT title and walks up the ramp. Joe attacks Bálor from behind. They fight all the way to the ring before Joe locks in the coquina clutch. Bálor is out cold.

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Samoa Joe makes his way to the ring.

Joe says as he sat in the back, people asked him ‘why did you do what you did’? Joe says he did it because we are defined by two things, the choices that you make and the actions that you take. Finn Balor, you came to me to be part of the Dusty Rhodes Classic as a team and Joe says he made a choice. Joe says he put action behind it. He took Finn by the hand and put him on his back and carried him through the best that NXT had to offer. They won it all.

Joe says he stared Finn in the eye during the celebration. He told Finn to make the right choice. Give him an NXT title shot. Much to your credit, you made the right choice. You gave him the shot, but you put no action behind it. In fact, you let William Regal walk in right in front of you to allow Regal to put him in a battle royal for the shot you gave him. To be put into a battle royal, it was an insult. Joe says that the second he set foot in NXT, he was owed and he was entitled to an NXT title match.

Joe tells Finn because you did not put action behind . . .

Finn Balor’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring but the officials get between Joe and Finn.

Finn tells Joe he used to trust him.

Joe tells Finn ‘good choices’ and then he pushes a referee into Finn and Joe with a punch and then he chokes out Finn Balor.

Joe finally releases the hold and officials tell Joe to leave the ring. Joe picks up the title belt and he stands over Balor.

We go to credits.

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Finn Bálor vs. Apollo Crews – NXT Championship
 
As soon as they lock up Crews rolls up Bálor for a two count. Crews is not wasting any time tonight. Crews puts Bálor in a side headlock. Bálor fights out and drives Crews into the ropes. Bálor whips Crews into the ropes, Crews goes to the mat, kips up, hops over Bálor then does a backflip before drop kicking Bálor. Not to be outdone, Bálor immediately drops kicks Crews. Crews picks up Bálor for a delayed vertical suplex for another two count.
 
Crews misses a jumping elbow drop. Bálor hits a penalty kick to a seated Crews for another near fall. Bálor locks in a cobra clutch, which Crews fights out of. Crews hits the ropes and Bálor sets up for a back body drop, but Crews reverse into a sunset flip. Bálor rolls out of the flip and dropkicks Crews in the face. Bálor puts on another clutch that Crews stands up in. Crews rolls through and kicks Bálor in the face. Crews sits on the top rope, but Bálor kicks him off the top with a enziguri. Bálor dives to the outside with a tope con hilo, which takes Crews off his feet.
 
After a short break Bálor is chopping Crews from corner to corner. Bálor almost hits the Bloody Sunday, but Crews reverse it into a tossing Samoan drop. Crews press slams Bálor, but Bálor slips out and hits the sling blade on Crews. Crews finally hit the gorilla press, but Bálor gets his knees up. Bálor hits the Bloody Sunday, but Crews kicks out. Bálor sends Crews flying across the ring after a running drop kick. Bálor ascends the top rope, but misses the Coup De Grâce. Crews hits an enziguri, but Bálor immediately hits a Pelé kick. As both superstars are on the mat, Baron Corbin hits the ring and destroys both Crews and Bálor, causing the match to be thrown out.
 
Winner- No contest
 
After the match Samoa Joe chases off Corbin. As Bálor gets to his feet Joe clotheslines him! Joe beats down Bálor before hitting the muscle buster to close the show.

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