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COMPLETE WWE NXT TAKEOVER 31 REPORT: FOUR TITLE MATCHES, A FEW RETURNS, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2020-10-04 18:29:00

We are in Orlando, Florida and your announcers are Vic Joseph, Beth Phoenix, and Wade Barrett.

Match Number One:  NXT North American Championship Match:  Damian Priest versus Johnny Gargano

Priest misses a punch and Gargano with punches.  Priest misses some kicks when Gargano backs away and he goes to the floor.  Priest follows but Gargano gets back into the ring and kicks Priest.  Priest with an Irish whip and Gargano floats over.  Priest with a spinning heel kick.  Priest with a punch and kick.  Priest punches Gargano in the corner.  Gargano avoids a back breaker and Gargano tries to get Priest to the mat.  Priest goes for the Reckoning but Gargano escapes.  Priest kicks Gargano in the corner.  Priest with a jumping back elbow for a near fall.  

Priest with a wrist lock and he goes to the turnbuckles to go Old School but Gargano pushes Priest to the apron.  Gargano kicks Priest in the knee and he goes for a power bomb into the fencing but Priest avoids it.  Gargano pulls Priest off the apron.  Gargano with a suicide dive that sends Priest into the fencing and then Gargano sends Priest into the ring steps.  Gargano returns to the ring to break the referee's count and then he goes back to the floor.  Priest with a forearm.  They return to the ring and Gargano kicks Priest in the ropes.  Gargano with a forearm while Priest is hanging in the ropes.  Gargano with a drop kick while Priest is in the ropes.  Gargano goes to the turnbuckles for a senton onto the back for a near fall.

Gargano with a single leg crab.  Priest kicks Gargano away and Johnny goes to the floor but gets back in.  Priest with punches an Gargano with a kick to the leg.  Priest sends Gargano into the turnbuckles.  Gargano goes for a tornado DDT but Priest pushes him away.  Priest kicks Gargano away.  Priest with forearms and kicks.  Priest boxes the ear and hits a leaping flatliner.  Priest with a running elbow into the corner and follows with a second one.  Priest with a third elbow into the corner and a Broken Arrow for a near fall.  

Gargano avoids a power bomb attempt and Gargano with a back elbow.  Gargano goes for the rolling kick but Priest blocks it and he punches Gargano.  Priest gets Gargano up for a full nelson and sends him to the mat.  Gargano counters a Razor's Edge into a Code Red for a near fall.  Gargano with forearms to Priest.  Priest with a punch and Gargano with a clothesline but Priest stays on his feet.  They go back and forth.  Gargano with an enzuigiri but Priest with a thrust kick and Priest with a springboard punch to Gargano.  Priest misses a cyclone kick and Gargano sends Priest into the ring post.  Gargano clotheslines Priest over the top rope to the floor.  Gargano with a suicide dive but Priest catches Gargano.  Gargano gets to the apron and he kicks Priest.  Priest with a kick to the leg to trip Gargano on the apron.

Priest with a Razor's Edge onto the apron.  Priest gets a near fall.  Priest misses an elbow in the corner and Gargano clips Priest.  Priest with a clothesline.  Gargano with kicks to the head and he tries to get Priest to the mat.  Gargano wit a kick and Priest goes for The Reckoning but Gargano with a Shiranui.  Gargano with a forearm to the back for a near fall.  Gargano mocks Priest and Priest blocks a super kick.  Gargano with a victory roll for a near fall.  

Gargano goes to the apron and connects with a shoulder and goes for One Final Beat but Priest blocks it.  Priest catches Gargano on a sunset flip attempt.  Priest with South of Heaven for a near fall.  Priest goes up top and Gargano rolls to the floor.  Priest with a plancha onto ringside security when Gargano moves.  The referee calls for help for security and Gargano with a low blow and they return to the ring.  Gargano with a super kick for a near fall.  Gargano with a La Mistica and he applies the GargaNo Escape but Priest is able to escape.  Gargano returns to the GargaNo Escape.  Priest gets to the ropes to force a break.

Gargano with knees to the shoulder.  Gargano sees the ring steps on the floor and Gargano punches Priest while hanging on the apron.  Gargano runs into a forearm.  Priest tries to suplex Gargano to the floor but Gargano with forearms.  Priest with a kick and he comes off the ropes into a super kick followed by a second one.  Gargano goes for One Final Beat but Priest blocks it.  Priest with The Reckoning for the three count.

Winner:  Damian Priest (retains championship)

We see Finn Balor and Undisputed Era arrive at the building earlier today.

Match Number Two:  KUSHIDA versus Velveteen Dream

KUSHIDA attacks Dream before the bell rings.  KUSHIDA kicks Dream and Dream goes to the floor and he grabs a chair and throws it into the ring.  The referee keeps KUSHIDA from using the chair.  

The referee starts te match and KUSHIDA with a waist lock.  Dream with a take down and KUSHIDA with a front face lock into an mar bar and punches.  Dream with a waist lock but KUSHIDA with a wrist lock and Dream gets to the ropes.  KUSHIDA mocks Dream and Dream backs up and then he follows KUSHIDA around the ring.  KUSHIDA with a back heel kick and a handspring kick to knock Dream down on the apron.  KUSHIDA with a running divorce court.  KUSHIDA misses a splash into teh corner and KUSHIDA with a reverse atomic drop and he tries for a drop toe hold but KUSHIDA with a wrist lock take down.  KUSHIDA traps the arms and drops back.  

Dream sends KUSIHDA to the floor and connects with a forearm from the turnbuckles.  KUSHIDA is sent into the fencing.  Dream tells Marty to get back into the ring.  Dream with a double sledge to the back.  Dream with a European uppercut for a near fall.  Dream with forearms and a bronco buster to KUSHIDA.  KUSHIDA has a kick blocked but KUSHIDA iwth forearms.  Dream blocks a handspring back elbow and applies a sleeper.  KUSHIDA backs Dream into the corner and then connects with an elbow.  Dream and KUSHIDA exchange punches and forearms.  KUSHIDA with a double leg take down and he punches Dream.  KUSHIDA with a hip toss and cartwheel followed by a drop kick.

Dream avoids a stomp and gets a rollup.  KUSHIDA with a punch and he stomps on the back of the head.  KUSHIDA with boots to the chest.  Dream sends KUSHIDA to the apron and KUSHIDA grabs Dram and pulls him shoulder first into the ring post.  KUSHIDA pulls Dream's shoulder into the ring post again and then he drops kicks the steps into the arm.  Dream with a super kick.  Dream goes up top  and goes for the elbow drop but KUSHIDA catches Dream and applies a cross arm breaker and Dream gets to the ropes.  Dream punches KUSHIDA while the referee counts.  Dream with a thumb to the eye because the referee was looking the wrong way.

Dream with a power bomb for a near fall and KUSHIDA with a cross arm breaker.  KUSHIDA releases the hold.  Dream with a Dream Valley Driver and then he goes back up top.  Dream with the Purple Reignmaker but he cannont capitalize due to the damage done to his left arm.  Dream gets a near fall.  Dream with a short arm clothesline.  Dream goes up top but KUSHIDA goes to the turnbuckles with forearms.  KUSHIDA with a hammer lock take down into the Hoverboard Lock and Dream gets to the ropes but KUSHIDA holds on and rolls through into the middle of the ring.  Dream gets KUSHIDA up for a Dream Valley Driver but KUSHIDA holds on to the Hoverboard Lock and Dream taps out.

Winner:  KUSHIDA

After the match, KUSHIDA attacks Dream and connects with elbows to the head.  KUSHIDA with a cross arm breaker and Dream taps out like there is a match going on.

Referees come out and try to block KUSHIDA from Dream but that does not work and KUSHIDA with another cross arm breaker and Dream taps like it is going out of style.

We will have NXT Halloween Havoc hosted by Shotzi Blackheart on October 28th.

Johnny Gargano gives his wife, Candice LeRae a pep talk while we see Io Shirai preparing for her match.

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