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WWE NXT TAKEOVER PHOENIX REPORT: FOUR TITLE MATCHES, RIDDLE VERSUS OHNO, BOBBY FISH SAVES THE KICKOFF SHOW, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2019-01-26 21:30:00

We see Velveteen Dream in the front row with his female companions.

Match Number Five:  NXT Men's Championship Match:  Tommaso Ciampa versus Aleister Black

They lock up and go to the floor while still locked up.  They go to stalemate and return to the ring.  Ciampa with a chop and Black with a waist lock take down and front face lock.  Ciampa gets to the ropes and Black releases the hold.  They lock up and Ciampa with a wrist lock and Black rolls through but Ciampa keeps Black on the mat with a pull of the hair.  Ciampa slams the arm into the mat.  Ciampa with a wrist lock and Black backs Ciampa into the turnbuckles.  Ciampa with an Irish whip and Black floats over.  Black gets a near fall.  Black with a side head lock take down.

Black with a back body drop and Black with a side head lock take down.  Ciampa with a break but he punches Black.  The referee tries to pull Ciampa out of the corner and Ciampa misses a punch.  Black with punches and Ciampa with a knee.  Black lands on his feet on a back body drop and connects with a knee.  Ciampa goes to the floor and Black teases a dive to the floor.  Black goes for Black Mass but CIampa avoids it.  Ciampa goes to the mat and Black sits down next to him.  Ciampa kicks Black and continues with the kicking.

Black bounces off the ropes an he sends Ciampa to the floor.  Black with a front face lock and Ciampa goes to the floor.  Black with a plancha and they return to the ring.  Black with kicks to CIampa.  Ciampa begs for mercy and he goes for a kick but Black blocks it.  Black with a kick and quebrads for a near fall.  Ciampa goes to the floor and he returns to the apron.  CIampa pulls Black to the floor and Black with a kick.  Ciampa tries to send Black into the ring steps but Black stops short.  Ciampa sends Black's head into the ring steps and then he sends Black into another set of ring steps and Black's knee hits the steps.

Ciampa suplexes Black's legs into the ring steps.   They return to the ring and Ciampa drives the injured leg onto CIampa's knee that has the brace.  He does it again.  Ciampa with a step over toe hold and he rolls through and sends Black to the mat.  Ciampa kicks Black in the leg.  Ciampa with punches and he drops a knee on the injured leg that is put on the middle rope.  Ciampa with more knee drops and he ties the leg up in the ropes.  Ciampa pulls Black while Black's leg is in the ropes and Ciampa with a knee to the leg.

Ciampa wraps the leg around the ring post and he punches Black.  Ciampa wrings the leg into the ring post.  CIampa does it a second time.  Ciampa breaks the referee's count and then he slams the leg into the post, but focusing on the other side of the knee.  Ciampa with an atomic drop onto the announce table.  Ciampa applauds his performance and pats himself on the back.  Ciampa mocks Black and partakes of a beverage.  Black with a kick to the chest and both men are down.

Ciampa gets back into the ring and Black limps into the ring.  Ciampa with a drop kick to the injured knee.  Ciampa slams the leg into the mat.  Ciampa chokes Black with his boot and then he stomps on Black.  Ciampa with an STO and then Black rolls to the corner.  Ciampa puts Black on the turnbuckles and he is put in the tree of woe.  Ciampa kicks Black in the corner and then goes to the turnbuckles for knees to the leg.  Black kicks Ciampa and Black gets to the mat.  Ciampa with a punch from the turnbuckles and Black hits a running enzuigiri to send Ciampa to the floor.

Black with punches and a knee.  Black goes for a suplex but his knee gives out.  Black with a kick.  Black with a round kick and forearm.  Black with a back elbow and clothesline.  Black with a round kick and he gets a near fall.  Ciampa with an inside cradle for a near fall.  CIampa goes for Fairy Tale Ending but Black escapes.  Black misses Black Mass. Black lands on his feet on Fairy Tale Ending and Ciampa with an elbow to block Black Mass.  Black drops down on a sunset flip for a near fall.  Black with two round kicks and a German suplex for a near fall.  

Black tries to pull Ciampa up for Black Mass but Ciampa falls to the mat.  Ciampa with a dragon screw leg whip and a single leg crab.  Black escapes and Black with a single leg crab of his own.  Black has to release the hold due to the pressure on the injured knee.  Ciampa goes to the apron and he grabs the leg.  Black with a spinning back elbow.  Black goes to the apron for a slingshot move but his knee gives out and Ciampa with a Tower of London on the apron for a near fall.  

Ciampa with a running knee to the head for a near fall.   Ciampa pulls Black up with his boot and Black with a jumping knee.  Ciampa with a jumping knee of his own.  Ciampa with punches.  Black with a forearm.  They go back and forth.  Ciampa with a boot to the head but Black with a boot.  Ciampa with a rollup for a near fall.  Ciampa with another near fall.  Black with kicks but Ciampa with a clothesline.  Ciampa misses the knee when Black blocks it.  Black pulls down the knee pad and he hits a double stomp when he avoids a drop kick to the knee.  Black blocks a kick and Black with a jumping knee to the back.

Black with a brainbuster for a near fall.  CIampa rolls to the floor.  Black goes to the apron and hits the moonsault onto Ciampa.  CIampa gets back to the ring and Black slips in the water at ringside.  Ciampa with Fairy Tale Ending for a near fall.  Ciampa goes to the floor and he pulls up the same mat that Johnny Gargano pulled up earlier in the night but Ciampa does it for the whole length of the side of the ring.  Ciampa pulls Black over the apron and he argues with the referee.  Black with Meteora off the apron and Ciampa hits the exposed floor.  Black with Black Mass but Black has to crawl to make the cover but Ciampa rolls to his chest.

They get back to their feet and Black goes for another Black Mass but Ciampa pulls the referee into the way.  Black with a knee but Ciampa rolls Black into the ropes and hits a hanging DDT followed by Fairy Tale Ending for a near fall.    Ciampa sets for another Fairy Tale Ending and hits it.  CIampa holds on for another one but Black with a round kick and he misses Black Mass and his knee gives out.  CIampa with Fairy Tale Ending for the three count.

Winner:  Tommaso Ciampa (Retains Championship)

After the match, Ciampa clutches Goldie close to his heart.

Ciampa leaves the ring and Johnny Gargano joins Ciampa on the stage.

Gargano raises his title belt and so does Ciampa.

We go to credits.

 


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