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WWE NXT REPORT: IO VERSUS RHEA, WAR GAMES IS COMING, LEON SHOWS HE IS A PROFESSIONAL, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2020-11-18 22:03:00

After the match, LeRae and Hartwell attack Moon and Storm.  Gonzalez with a choke slam to Moon and then to Storm.

We see a vehicle arrive at the building and it is the McAMobile and they block in an ambulance.  They enter the building because they want to hear what the champ has to say.

We see Io Shirai preparing for her title match.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look back at Finn Balor versus Kyle O'Reilly from Takeover.

Match Number Six:  Timothy Thatcher versus August Grey

Thatcher with punches and Grey punches back.  Grey with a left to the jaw and he wants Thatcher to get up.  Grey goes for a backslide and he gets Thatcher over for a near fall.  Thatcher with a belly-to-belly suplex.  Thatcher with a rear chin lock followed by a European uppercut.  Thatcher gets a near fall.  Thatcher kicks Grey in the corner.  Thatcher wwith a hammer lock and punch to the midsection.  Thatcher with a front face lock suplex.  Thatcher gets a near fall.  Thatcher covers Grey's mouth to affect his breathing and Thatcher gets a near fall.  Thatcher with a European uppercut or two.  Grey with a punch and chops.  Thatcher with a knee to the back.

Thatcher with a double wrist lock and Grey tries to block it but Thatcher with a punch to the ribs.  Thatcher with an Achilles Lock but Grey escapes.  Grey with punches.  Thatcher sends Grey to the apron and Grey with a super kick and he goes for a springboard move but is met with a European uppercut followed by a butterfly suplex.  Thatcher with a Grommet and Grey taps out.

Winner:  Timothy Thatcher

Thatcher says the next lesson is don't pick a fight with someone you cannot beat.

He tries to choke out Grey and Tommaso Ciampa's music plays.

Thatcher says he has no problem with Ciampa and Thatcher leaves the ring.

We see Damian Priest walking in the back.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we see Tommaso Ciampa being ambushed by McKenzie about what he did before the break.  Ciampa says he wants to fight Thatcher.

Match Number Seven:  Damian Priest versus 

Gargano attacks Priest before Damian's opponent comes to the ring.  Priest with knees and he sends Gargano into the turnbuckles.  Priest with a punch and Gargano with a drop kick.  Priest with kicks and a rolling elbow.  Priest sends Gargano into the announce table and Priest gets the table ready for Lana to be sent through.  Priest puts Gargano on the table and punches him.  Gargano kicks Priest off the table and Gargano with a flying forearm off the announce table.  Priest with a boot to Gargano.  Priest sends Gargano back into the ring and Priest gets a chair.

Leon Ruff with a drop kick to knock Priest off the apron.  Gargano with a head scissors that sends Gargano into Priest.  Ruff with a super kick to Gargano.  Priest misses a boot and gets caught on the ropes.  Ruff drop kicks Gargano into Priest and Priest is knocked off the apron.  Ruff with a back body drop to Gargano onto Priest.

Ruff realizes he has pissed off two men and Ruff does his R Truth impression and gets out of Dodge.

Wade mentions that Kevin Owens will be filling in for Wade Barrett on commentary next week.

We take a look back at what happened to Boa last week.

We see footage of William Regal last night and he goes to Boa's home to check on him.  Boa says he was told 'no training' and he says 'he's coming'.  Regal asks where has Xia been.  Boa says she's coming.

We go to the Tale of the Tape for the NXT Women's Championship Match.

We see Leon Ruff during the commercial break and William Regal asks him if he knows what he is doing.  Leon says people think he is a joke so the punchline is that he will face both of them.

Match Number Seven:  Rhea Ripley versus Io Shirai for the NXT Women's Championship

They lock up and Ripley sends Io to the mat.  Io with a kick to the back of the leg.  They lock up and Ripley backs Io into the corner but Io uses the turnbuckles for an arm drag.  Io with a drop kick.  Io with chops and Rhea with an Irish whip.  Rhea gets Io up but Io goes for a sunset flip and Rhea blocks it.  Rhea with a shoulder tackle.  Io has a kick blocked and Io lands on her feet and connects with a forearm.  Io iwth a drop kick to send Rhea to the floor.  Io goes for a suicide dive but Rhea with a forearm.  Rhea pulls Io to the floor and drops her face first on the apron.

Rhea sends Io back into the ring.  The referee checks on Io and holds Rhea back.  Rhea with a shoulder in the corner as Io holds her ribs.  The referee tells Rhea to stay back so Rhea takes time to pose on the turnbuckles.  The medical staff checks on Io.  Rhea sits on the top turnbuckle while they continue to check on Io.  Io with forearms and Rhea with punches to the injured ribs.  Rhea with a forearm to the back.  Rhea works on the back and applies a body scissors.

Io gets on top and connects with forearms.  Io misses a double knee strike in the corner and Rhea sends Io face first into the mat.  Rhea with boots to Io.  Rhea with an inside cradle and rolls through and hits a suplex for a near fall.  

We see Finn Balor arriving at the building.

Rhea with an abdominal stretch.  Io with punches and she backs Rhea into the corner.  Rhea with a forearm to the back and she puts Io on the turnbuckles.  Rhea punches Io.  Rhea sets for a superplex and Io  blocks it and Io gets to her feet and hits a German suplex.  Io with a running back elbow into the corner followed by an attempted butterfly suplex but Rhea blocks it and back drops Io and Io lands on her feet.  Io rolls through and hits a double stomp.  Io iwth a drop kick for a near fall.  Ripley is bleeding from the ear and Io applies a crossface.  Ripley with a boot to escape.  Io with an arm breaker and she hits a divorce court.

Io with a drop kick to the injured arm.  Io with a wrist lock and Rhea gets Io up and sends her to the apron.  Io drops the arm on the top rope.  Io slams the arm on the apron.  Io with forearms on the apron and Io with an arm wringer that sends Rhea face first onto the apron.  Rhea is sent shoulder first into the ring steps.  Io returns to the ring and so does Rhea.  Io with an arm bar.  Io with a boot to the head and she gets a near fall.  Io goes up top and Rhea stops her.  Rhea with a punch.  Rhea with forearms to the back on the turnbuckels.  Rhea sets for a superplex but Io stops it.  Rhea with more forearms to the back.  Rhea with a superplex.

Ripley gets a near fall.  Io and Rhea exchange forearms and punches.  Rhea with knees to the head followed by a snap mare and drop kick to the shoulder.  Ripley gets a near fall.  Rhea sets for the reverse cloverleaf and she has Io off the mat.  Rhea swings Io and sends her face first to the mat and holds on to the reverse cloverleaf.  Io is able to get to the rope to force a break.  Ripley sets for RipTide but Io counters into a cross arm breaker but Rhea blocks the hold.  Ripley with a rollup into a one arm power bomb attempt but Io is able to lock in the cross arm breaker.  Ripley gets to the ropes to break the hold.

Io misses a Tiger Feint Kick two times and Io with palm strikes.  Io with a Tiger Feint Kick and Io goes up top and hits a missile drop kick. Io gets a near fall.  Io goes to the turnbuckles and misses a moonsault but lands on her feet. Ripley wtih a clothesline for a near fall.  Ripley goes for RipTide but Io counters into a DDT.  Io goes for a suiicde dive into a sunset flip power bomb through the announce table.  Ripley barely beats the count but Io with a moonsault for the three count.

Winner:  Io Shirai (retains Championship)

After the match, Io and Ripley hug on the ramp.  Ripley lets Shirai celebrate her moment.

Finn Balor is in the ring.

Finn congratulates Io on her victory and he wants to get down to business.  The last time you saw me, I defended my title with a broken jaw in two places.  Here I stand with three plates in my jaw that say I am a bad son of a bitch.

Pat McAfee comes out with Pete Dunne, Oney Lorcan, and Danny Burch.  He says a lot has changed over the last six weeks.  You came into our house.  Pat says that you must have seen what we had done.  We took care of Drake Maverick and his Shrek looking friend.  We took care of Breezango.  We are the champs now.  The Undisputed Era, the group that broke your jaw, we took care of them.  

Now you walk back in here with your little belt on your shoulder.  Everyone is wondering what is Finn going to say and what is he going to do.

They get on the apron and Pat tells Finn that he has respect for the business, NXT, and Ireland.  You are going to give that belt to the group that has run this show for the last few weeks or you are going to end up just like the others.

Finn says it is easy for the mice to play when the cat is away but the cat is back.

Look what I just dragged in.

The lights go out and The Undisputed Era make their way to the ring.  They pair off and exchange punches .  Cole with a bicycle kick to McAfee while Dunne goes after Kyle.

We go to credits.

 

 


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