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WWE NXT REPORT: KYLE AND BALOR VERSUS LORCAN AND BURCH, THE DUSTY CLASSIC CONTINUES, WHO IS NEXT FOR IO, AND WE MAY GET THE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AT SOME POINT BEFORE NBCSN GOES AWAY

By Richard Trionfo on 2021-01-27 22:00:00

We are back and Ruff with a forearm and Drake tries to send Ruff into the corner but Ruff with a sunset flip for a near fall.  Drake with a clothesline.  Ruff is sent to the floor and Gibson tags in and Drake with a pescado while Gibson hits a back breaker.  Ruff escapes a slam and hits a neck breaker.  Drake tags in and he stops Ruff from making the tag.  Ruff tries to go through the legs but Drake holds on to Ruff.  Ruff with an elbow and KUSHIDA tags in and hits a chop off the turnbuckles.  KUSHIDA with a reverse atomic drop followed by a hip toss and cartwheel followed by a drop kick.  KUSHIDA with a drop kick to the arm.  KUSHIDA goes for a butterfly suplex but Drake blocks it.

Gibson tags in and goes for a suplex but KUSHIDA lands on his feet and hits a forearm.  KUSHIDA with an octopus but Gibson escapes and gives KUSHIDA a hip toss followed by a double thrust to the throat.  Drake tags in and Drake with a Doomsday Device for a near fall.  Drake punches KUSHIDA.Gison tasg in and they go for Ticket to Mayhem but KUSHIDA escapes and KUSHIDA with a handspring double back elbow.  Ruff tags in and hits a missile drop kick on Gibson and then he hits a suicide dive to Drake that sends him into the announce table.  Ruff with a senton onto Gibson on the floor.  Ruff with a rebound clothesline and he goes up top.

Drake pulls Gibson out of the way when Ruff goes for a swanton.  Drake tags in and kicks KUSHIDA off the apron and then they go for Ticket To Mayhem and hit it for the three count.

Winners:  James Drake and Zack Gibson (advance to face winner of Undisputed Era versus Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher)

After the match, Johnny Gargano and Austin Theory attack Leon Ruff and KUSHIDA.  Ruff is sent to the floor and Gargano with a super kick to KUSHIDA.  Theory with a forearm to Ruff on the floor.  Gargano goes for the slingshot DDT and hits it on KUSHIDA.

Dexter Lumis shows up behind Austin Theory and Theory tells Gargano that Lumis is here.  

We go to the back and Curt Stallion is down and he says that Legado Del Fantasma cut him.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Vic Joseph says the Cruiserweight Championship match is off.

Santos Escobar says it is really unfortunate that the match will not happen.

William Regal storms in and wants to know what did they do to Curt Stallion.  Regal says the match will happen next week and if Curt is not able to compete, you three will suffer the consequences.

A tarot card is on top of Santos' bag and he says he is near.  Santos laughs it off and they leave.

Toni Storm makes her way to the ring.   She tells Io Shirai when she wants something, she does not wait her turn.  She says when she wanted to become the NXT UK Women's Champion, I took it from Rhea Ripley.  When I wanted the Mae Young Classic, I took it from you.  You took my dream of winning the first Women's Dusty Classic.  I want to hurt you and I want to take the NXT Women's Championship from you.

Io Shirai's music plays and she comes to the ring.

Io tells Toni I will fight you anywhere.  I already beat Rhea.  I don't like you.

Toni with a double leg take down and punches.  They exchange punches and Io with a drop kick to send Toni to the floor. Mercedes Martinez attacks Io from behind and hits a choke slam.

Martinez picks up the title belt.  Shirai with a drop kick to Storm and Martinez and then she hits a running double knee strike in the corner.  Io goes up top and Toni drops Io on the turnbuckles.  Storm pulls Martinez out of the ring to safety but she clotheslines Martinez.  Storm with running hip strikes in the corner.  

Storm holds the title belt.

We go to Isaiah Scott and McKenzie asks him about what he said to Bronson Reed.  Isaiah does not want to have to deal with this question before his match.  He says he is figuring out the landscape.  Everyone wants to point their finger at Swerve.  He asks McKenzie to point at him and then he asks her how many fingers are pointing back at her.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a video for Imperium.  Alexander Wolfe says Imperium stood together on American soil and showed they were the force.  Things changed.  They were isolated.  WALTER has ruled as the NXT UK champion and they have held the NXT Tag titles.  That is not enough.  Their strength is in their unity.  Their unity will lead to domination.  Wofle says his arrival is only the beginning.

Adam Cole and Roderick Strong are asked about their match against Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher.  Cole says they know about Ciampa.  If Thatcher is like he was in Fight Pit, they will have a fight on their hands.  Strong says Ciampa and Thatcher are tough guys, but Strong says as a team they are tougher and have more experience.  There is no way those two dorks will stop them from becoming two time Dusty Cup Champions.

Match Number Five:  Bronson Reed versus Isaiah Scott

Reed backs Scott into the corner and Reed with a clean break.  Scott with a kick out of the corner and he punches Reed but Reed punches back and sends Scott over the top rope but Scott lands on his feet.  Reed picks Scott up to the apron and Scott with a kick to send Reed to the floor.  Scott with a kick to the head from the apron and he goes for a second one but Reed blocks it and sends Scott to the floor.  Reed with a splash into the corner and he clotheslines Scott over the top rope.  Reed with a suicide dive.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Scott with an arm bar.  We take a look at footage from the commercial break when Reed was sent into the ring post.  Scott returns to the arm bar and adds elbows to the head.  Scott with a reverse chin lock and rake of the eyes.  Scott with punches to Reed and then Scott goes for a rolling move but Reed pushes Scott away.  Reed with shoulder tackles and a running body block and back senton.  Reed with a suplex set up into a Death Valley Driver for a near fall.  Scott escapes a choke slam when Reed cannot get Scott up.

Reed with a boot when Scott charges into the corner.  Scott kicks Reed on the turnbuckles.  Scott with divorce court off the turnbuckles followed by a kick and 450 splash for a near fall.  Scott slaps Reed a few times and Reed with a head butt and clothesline.  Reed goes up top for a frog splash and the three count.

Winner:  Bronson Reed

Tommaso Ciampa says he has been doing this for 16 years.  There are the fights you win and the fights you lose.  Then there are the fights you remember.  The fights that command respect.  Timothy Thatcher sits next to Ciampa.  Thatcher says the Fight Pit changes a man physically and mentally and then they look forward.  Respect grows and that is why I accepted his offer.  Ciampa says the Dusty Cup presents opportunities.  Next week, Undisputed Era, it will be a war.

The other two quarterfinals matches will take place next week on NXT.

Match Number Six:  Kyle O'Reilly and Finn Balor versus Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan in a Non Title Match

Lorcan and Balor start things off and Balor with a side head lock.  Balor with a shoulder tackle and he gets a near fall.  Balor with an arm drag into an arm bar.  Kyle tags in and Lorcan gets away from Balor.  Burch tags in.They lock up and Kyle with a side head lock.  Kyle with a shoudler tackle and he gets a near fall.  Kyle with an arm drag into an arm bar.  Burch with a side head lock and Lorcan tags in.  Burch and Lorcan with chops and Lorcan with European uppercuts.  Burch tags in and they work on the arm and Burch with a Euroepan uppercut.  Burch with a side head lock take down.    Burch with punches to the jaw and Kyle gets a near fall with a rollup.

Burch goes for a slam but Kyle escapes and tags in Balor.  Balor with a kick to the arm and he wrings the arm before tagging Kyle in.  Kyle with an elbow and chop as he continues to work on the arm.  Balor tags in and he connects with a forearm off the turnbuckles.  Kyle tags in and goes to the turnbuckles with a boot.  Lorcan is stopped by Kyle and Finn.  Finn and Kyle with a double back elbow to Burch and he goes to the floor.  

Burch with a kick and side head lock.  Lorcan tags in and he connects with a running European uppercut and then he punches Kyle.  Burch tags in and he works on the jaw.  Burch with a snap mare and kick to the head.  Burch gets a naer fall.  Lorcan tags in and he snap mares Kyle and applies a double wrist lock.  Kyle with forearms but Lorcan with a European uppercut.  Kyle with a snap mare and Balor tags in and hie hits a double stomp on Lorcan.  Balor with kicks to Lorcan and the referee warns Balor.  Balor kicks Burch when he tries to interfere.  Lorcan backs Balor into the corner and Burch tags in and punches balor.  Balor with a forearm and Lorcan tags in.

Lorcan with a wrist lock and divorce court.  Lorcan with punches.  Burch with an arm wringer and punch to Balor followed by an arm bar.  Balor with forearms and Burch with an arm wringer.  Burch with a clothesline into the corner and he gets a near fall.  Lorcan tags in and Balor tries to fight out of the corner.  Burch and Lorcan with a double atomic drop followed by a side Russian leg sweep from Lorcan for a near fall.  Lorcan with a double wrist lock.  Lorcan with a hammer lock take down.  Lorcan continues to work on the arm.  Lorcan with a European uppercut.  Lorcan with another European uppercut but Balor with a Pele Kick and both men are down.

Balor wit a foreamr and he tries to make the tag but Lorcan keeps him away.  Lorcan with an Irsih whip and Balor kicks Lorcan and knocks Burch off the apron.  Balor with slingblade to Lorcan.  Burch and Kyle tag in and Kyle with boots and kicks.  Kyle wihth a knee to Lorcan and kicks to Burch followed by a leg sweep.  Kyle with a running forearm into the corner and he goes for a dragon screw but Burch with a punch.  Kyle with a leg sweep and Burch kicks Kyle in the face.  Kyle with a heel hook and Burch taps out.

Winners;  Kyle O'Reilly and Finn Balor

After the match, Kyle points at the other side of the ring and Lorcan pulls Kyle out of the ring.  Pete Dunne is in the ring and then Dunne, Burch, and Lorcan go after Balor and then they stop Kyle from helping out.  Dunne, Burch, and Lorcan kick Balor.  Dunne kicks Balor in the head and then he pulls at the fingers while Roderick Strong and Adam Cole make their way to the ring.

Balor stands beside the Undisputed Era but Balor backs off to allow it to be a three on three stare down.

We go to credits.


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