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WWE NXT REPORT: IO VERSUS NOX, KEITH LEE'S FIRST TITLE DEFENSE, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2020-07-15 22:00:00

Match Number Three:  Dominik Dijakovic versus Keith Lee for the NXT North American Championship and the NXT World Championship

Dijakovic circles Lee before locking up iwth a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock.  They go to a stalemate.  Lee backs Dominik into the ropes and he gives a break.  They lock up and Dijakovic with a clean break.  They lock up again and go around the ring.  Lee with a wrist lock and he stands on the other arm.  Lee slams the arm to the mat but he misses a splash to the arm and an elbow drop onto the arm.  Dijakovic with a cover.  Dijakovic offers his hand to Lee and Lee pulls Dijakovic into a side head lock.

Dijakovic tries to escape and he applies a side head lock.  Dijakovic with a shoulder tackle and Lee does not move.  Lee stays in place on another shoulder tackle attempt.  Tries three through five are just as unsuccessful.  Dijakovic offers his hand again and Dijakovic pulls it away and chops Lee.  Lee smiles and he chops DIjakovic across the chest and Dijakovic goes down.  Lee goes up top  and Dijakovic stops Lee and gets him on his shoulders for Feast Your Eyes but Lee gets to his feet.  Dijakovic tells Lee he came close.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Dijakovic with a rear chin lock.  We see footage from the commercial break when Lee hit the turnbuckles followed by a forearm to the back from Dijakovic.  Lee escapes the hold but Dijakovic with forearms to the back.  Dijakovic with a front face lock and he goes for a suplex but Lee blocks it.  Lee powers out of the hold and Lee with a wrist lock and he punches Dijakovic.  Lee with a shoulder tackle and a second one that lifts Dijakovic into the corner.

Dijakovic goes to the floor and Lee follows.  Lee sets for a splash but Dijakovic moves and Lee stops short of the plexiglass.  Lee with a chop but Dijakovic with a side slam for a near fall.  Dijakovic goes for a discus clothesline but Lee catches Dijakovic and hits a swinging reverse DDT for a near fall.  Lee puts Dijakovic on the turnbuckles and Lee with a punch.  Lee climbs the turnbuckles and he grabs Dijakovic by the throat.  Dijakovic with punches to stop Lee.  Dijakovic head butts Lee off the turnbuckles.  Dijakovic with a Blockbuster for a near fall.

Dijakovic with forearms and a cyclone kick for a near fall.  Lee with a chop as Dijakovic comes off the turnbuckles.  Lee with a choke slam and then he gets Dijakovic up for Big Bang Catastrophe for the three count.

Winner:  Keith Lee (retains Championships)

After the match, Lee helps Dijakovic up and Dijakovic hugs Lee.

The lights go out and Scarlett appears under a spotlight and she has a bag with her.  Scarlett makes her way to the ring and she pours the contents of the bag on the apron and it is the destroyed hourglass.

Scarlett walks away.

We go to commercial.

We are back and NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai is preparing for her match against Tegan Nox.

Dominik Dijakovic is in the interview area.  Dominik says that Keith is on another level and Karrion Kross is not on that level.

Karrion Kross shows up and he makes a challenge to Dijakovic and Dijakovic accepts.  They brawl in the back and Kross with a backdrop.

Match Number Four:  Timothy Thatcher versus Denzel Dejournette

They lock up and they go around the ring.  Thatcher with a forearm and Dejournette with a forearm.  Thatcher with a front face lock take down.  Denzel with a take down into a rollup for a near fall.  Thatcher with a wrist lock into a double wrist lock and knee.  Thatcher with a reverse chin lock but Denzel escapes.  Denzel with a reverse chin lock.  Thatcher with a single leg take down and Denzel with kicks but Thatcher with a single leg crab and Denzel taps out.

Winner:  Timothy Thatcher

After the match, Thatcher reapplies the single leg crab.

Oney Lorcan makes his way to the ring and he hits Thatcher from behind.  Lorcan kicks Thatcher to the floor.  

We take a look at a tweet from Rhea Ripley about her desire to regain the NXT Women's Championship.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Robert Stone is with Killian Dain and he apologizes for what happened with him.  It was Shotzi's fault.  Aliyah shows Robert Stone a drawing from Dexter Lumis.  Dain tells Stone he can make it up to him by giving him a match against Lumis.

Next week, Killian Dain faces Dexter Lumis.  Karrion Kross will face Dominik Dijakovic next week as well.

Match Number Five:  Io Shirai versus Tegan Nox for the NXT Women's Championship

Nox offers her hand during the introduction but Io pushes it away and the match starts.

They lock up and go around the ring.  Nox backs Io into the corner and Nox with a take down as they hold on to the collar and elbow tie up.  Tegan with a wrist lock.  Io with a reversal and Nox with a reversal of her own.  Nox with a hammer lock.  Io with a side head lock and take down.  Nox with a rollup for a near fall.  Nox with another rollup for a near fall.  Nox works on the legs and returns to the side head lock.  Io tries to rollup Tegan but Nox rolls through to hold on to the head lock.  Io with a side head lock.

Nox with an arm drag or two followed by a trip and rollup for a near fall.  Nox with another rollup for a near fall.  Nox sends Io into the turnbuckles and kicks Io.  Io with kicks in the corner.  Io puts Nox in the corner and Io kicks her.  Nox with forearms and kicks in the corner.  Io sends Nox to the floor.  Io misses a baseball slide and Nox returns to the ring.  Io trips Nox and slams Nox face first into the apron.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Io pulls Nox to the mat.  Io pie faces Tegan a few times.  Nox with forearms and European uppercuts.  Nox with an Irish whip but Io with a cross body off the turnbuckles for a near fall by Nox when Nox floats over.  Io kicks Nox in the corner.  Io chokes Nox and hits a hesitation double knee strike in the corner for a near fall.  Io kneels on the hand and applies a rear chin lock.  Io chokes Nox in the ropes.  Io with a slam but she misses an elbow drop.  Nox with an Oklahoma Roll for a near fall.  Io chops Nox a few times.  Nox with a forearm to the midsection and head.  Nox with more punches and Io sends Nox to the mat by the hair.

Io with a hesitation knee drop for a near fall.  Io works on the neck and the referee warns Io.  Nox with a head butt but Io with a flapjack for a near fall.  Io with an Irish whip but Nox gets a boot up.  Io puts Nox' legs in the ropes and Io with a drop kick to the knees.  Io slams the leg into the mat.  Io wraps the leg in the ropes and pulls at it while the referee warns her.  Io with forearms but Tegan with a punch.  Tegan and Io exchange foerarms and Io with a take down into a crossface.Nox leans back and gets a near fall.  Io holds on to the crossface but Nox gets to the ropes to force a break.

Io kicks Nox.  They go to the floor and Io with forearms to Nox.  Io with a head butt and she sends Nox into the ring steps.  Io misses a double knee strike and hits the steps when Nox moves.  Nox sends Shirai back into the ring.  Nox sets for the choke slam but Io with a knee and butterfly back breaker but Io injures her knee.  Nox with an inside cradle for a near fall.  Io with a German suplex for a near fall.  Io goes to the turnbuckles but Nox stops Io and puts Io in the tree of woe.  Nox with a European uppercut to the back followed by the Cannonboar for a near fall.  

Nox chops Io and hits clotheslines.  Io with an Irish whip but Nox floats over and hits a running European uppercut.  Nox with another cannonboar.  Nox goes up top and hits a cross body for a near fall.  Nox sets for the choke slam and she hits it.  Nox gets a near fall.  Nox with a running European uppercut and she follows with a second one.  Tegan goes for a third one but Io moves and Io with a German suplex and Nox lands close to the turnbuckles.  Io with a running double knee strike.  IO with a Tiger Feint Kick followed by a missile drop kick for a near fall.  

Io goes for a butterfly suplex but Tegan blocks it and hits a gourdbuster.  Nox goes up top and hits the Molly Go Round for a near fall.  Io with a Shotei and then Io with a moonsault for the three count.

Winner:  Io Shirai (retains championship)

Io celebrates on the stage and she is met with a boot from Dakota Kai.

We go to credits.

 


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