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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

Match Number Five:  :NXT Men's Championship Match:  Finn Balor versus Kyle O'Reilly

Kyle with a kick to the leg.  They go to a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock and Balor with a waist lock but Kyle with a wrist lock into a hammer lock and side head lock.  Balor with a waist lock take down and Kyle with a front face lock.  Balor with a head scissors and Kyle escapes.  They lock up and Balor with a side head lock.  Balor holds on to the side head lock when Kyle tries to send Balor off the ropes.  Balor with a shoudler tackle for a near fall.  Balor with a side head lock take down.  Kyle with a rollup for a near fall.  Kyle with a belly-to-back suplex but Balor holds on to the side head lock.  Balor holds on to the side head lock again when Kyle tries to send him off the ropes.

Balor with a sunset flip but Kyle does not go over and he goes for a submission but Balor gets to the ropes.  Kyle with a wrist lock and he works on the shoulder.  Kyle with an arm bar.  Kyle with a double wrist lock.  Kyle with a hammer lock into a divorce court.  Kyle with knees and elbows to the arm and ribs.  Kyle with a sliding knee to the ribs and shoulder.  Balor with a take down but Kyle with a hammer lock.  Balor gets his foot on the rope to force Kyle to release the hold.

Kyle with a wrist lock take down and Balor with knees to the head.  Kyle with a wrist lock and Balro with a back body drop and Kyle with a sunset flip but Balor rolls through and hits a drop kick.  Balor with a kick to the back.  Balor stomps the arm.  Balor with a wrist lock on Kyle and he plays the air guitar on the arm.  Balor furher works on the arm.  Balor with a hammer lock.  Balor with a knee to the arm in the hammer lock.  Balor with another knee and he starts to work on the shoulder.  Balor with an elbow and he wraps the arm in the ropes.  Balor with a chop.  Balor with another chop and kick to the leg.  Balor with an Irish whip and chop in the corner.  Balor with another Irish whip and chop.

Balor with an Irish whip and Kyle with a knee out of the corner.  Balor with a chop and Kyle with a pop up round kick and Kyle follows iwht knees and kicks.  Kyle with a leg sweep.  Kyle with a knee to the midsection and he follows with rolling butterfly suplexes and a double underhook DDT for a near fall.  Balor with elbows but Kyle with a kick to the knee.  Kyle with knees and forearms.  Kyle with a knee to the midsection.  Balor with a forearm and Kyle returns fire.  Balor with a kick and Kyle goes down to the mat and the referee checks on Kyle.  Balor kicks Kyle and the referee tells Balor to back up.  Balor with more kicks to the midsection.  

Balor sends Kyle into the turnbuckles and connects with shoulders.  Balor with a sternum first Irish whip and Kyle goes down.  Balor with a chop and he puts Kyle in the ropes.  Balor with a forearm to the back and a kick to the ribs.  Balor kicks Kyle.  Balor with a seated splash to the back.  Balor gets a near fall.  Balor with an Irish whip and Kyle goes for the leg but Balor stops Kyle and he goes for an abdominal stretch but Kyle escapes and gives Balor a hip toss.  Kyle with a jumping knee to the midsection and a RegalPlex for a near fall.  Balor with a forearm to the back and a reverse DDT for a near fall.

Balor with slingblade and he sets for the running drop kick but Kyle with a drop kick to the knees.  Kyle goes for the leg but Balor with an abdominal stretch as Kyle bleeds from the mouth.  Kyle with an atomic drop to the knee and a heel hook.  Balor with a sharpshooter on Kyle.  Kyle crawls to the ropes to get there to force a break.  Balor moves slowly to Kyle and then he kicks Kyle in the collarbone and head.  Balor with a boot to the back of the head.  Balor with a kick to the ribs.  Balor with more kicks in the corner.  Balor with a boot to the head but Kyle blocks it and he connects with forearms.  Balor with a kick to the midsection but Kyle with a kick to the leg.  Kyle with Axe and Smash but Balor with a Pele Kick.

Kyle almost falls out of the ring but holds on and hits a clothesline.   Kyle kicks Balor in the chest.  Balor with a slap and Balor blocks a suplex.  Kyle with a guillotine on Balor.  Kyle with a knee to the chest and a brainbuster.  Kyle gets a near fall and Kyle goes for a cross arm breaker but Balor blocks the application.  Kyle gets the cross arm breaker applied and Balor rolls through and stomps on Kyle.  The referee checks to see if Balor wants to continue.  Balor with forearms to the back.  Balor with 1916 for a near fall.  

Balor goes up top and Kyle kicks Balor to crotch him.  Kyle goes to the apron while Balor hangs on the top rope.  Kyle with a dragon screw that sends Balor to the mat.  Kyle with a dragon screw in the ropes.  Kyle with a knee drop off the turnbuckles with Balor's leg in the ropes.  Kyle with a knee drop to the back of the knee and Kyle with a heel hook.  Kyle with an achilles lock.  Balor kicks Kyle to try to get out of the hold but Kyle grabs the other leg. 

Kyle reapplies the hold using both legs.  Balor tries to get to the ropes and he finally gets there.  Both men struggle to get back to their feet.  Kyle with a kick to the back of the leg.  Kyle sets for a kick but Balor falls back and he holds his knee.  Balor iwth a double leg take down and double stomp.  Kyle with a knee and German suplex but Balor rolls through and hits a double stomp.  Balor goes up top for the Coup de Grace and hits it for the three count.

Winner:  Finn Balor (retains championship)

After the match, Balor stands over Kyle and he offers his hand to Kyle and Kyle is helped to his feet.

Kyle and Balor raise each other's hand and we see Ridge Holland holding Adam Cole over his shoulder and he is thrown into the ringside area.  Strong and Fish show up and they want to know what happened and they want help.

We go to credits.


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