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WWE NXT REPORT: TAG TITLE MATCH, NUMBER ONE CONTENDER MATCH, CHANGE TO THE LADDER MATCH, WHEN THINGS ARE 'COOL' . . . THEY AREN'T, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2020-08-05 22:00:00

We start off with highlights from last week's episode of NXT.

We are at Full Sail University and your announcers are Tom Phillips, Mauro Ranallo, and Beth Phoenix.

Match Number One:  Rhea Ripley versus Dakota Kai in a Number One Contender Match

They lock up and Ripley sends Kai to the mat.  Kai with a side head lock and Ripley blocks a take down attempt.  Kai grabs the hair and chops Rhea.  Ripley with short arm clotheslines and a drop kick.  Ripley with shoulders in the corner.  Ripley chops Kai in the corner and kicks her in the back of the leg.  Ripley misses a chop and Kai misses a chop as well.  Ripley is able to connect with a chop.  Ripley with a delayed vertical suplex and she gets a near fall.  Kai goes for a wheelbarrow move but Ripley counters with a facebuster for a near fall.  

Ripley sends Kai face first into the mat.  Ripley grabs Kai by the hair and then kicks her in the chest.  Ripley with forearms.  Ripley sends Kai face first into the mat.  Ripley works on the back.  Ripley with a body scissors on Kai.  Kai gets a rollup for a near fall.  Ripley with a clothesline and she gets a near fall.  Kai with forearms but Ripley with a kick and she goes for a suplex but Kai lands on her feet.  Kai avoids Ripley and Kai tries to trip Ripley but Ripley stays on her feet.  Ripley kicks Kai in the head.  Ripley blocks a kick from the apron and Ripley drops Kai face first on the apron.

Ripley gets a near fall.  Ripley charges into the corner and Kai with a drop toe hold into the turnbuckles.  Kai with forearms and she gets a near fall.  Kai sends Ripley into the turnbuckles and hits a Yakuza Kick  Kai with a second Yakuza kick and she gets a near fall.  Kai with a straitjacket choke on Ripley.  Kai gets a near fall.  Kai returns to the straitjacket choke.  Kai sends Ripley's head into the mat and gets a near fall.  Kai misses an axe kick and Ripley with an O'Connor Roll for a near fall.  Kai with a bicycle kick for a near fall.  

Kai with a seated abdominal stretch.  Ripley gets a near fall with a rollup.  Ripley avoids a kick and she kicks Kai.  Ripley with clotheslines and knees followed by a snap mare and drop kick.  Ripley gets Kai on her shoulders and hits a sit out gourdbuster from an Electric Chair position for a near fall.  Kai kicks Ripley away and hits a round kick to the temple.  Ripley with punches and a back elbow.  Kai with a scorpion kick and she yells at Ripley but Ripley sends Kai face first to the mat and gets a near fall.  Ripley sets for RipTide but Kai counters with a DDT for a near fall.

Ripley avoids the KaiRopractor and Ripley with a kick and the Prism Trap.  Kai reaches for the ropes and sends Ripley into the turnbuckles to escape the hold.  Kai with the running Yakuza kick in the corner and she sets for a superplex.  Ripley blocks it for a moment.  Ripley with a forearm to send Kai to the mat.

Mercedes Martinez with a boot to Ripley from the apron and she heads to the ack.

Kai with a Go 2 Kick for the three count.

Winner:  Dakota Kai

After the match, Martinez attacks Ripley from behind and hits an Air Raid Crash.

We see the Undisputed Era arriving at Full Sail earlier today.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we see Pat McAfee in the building talking to Shawn Michaels.

Match Number Two:  Bronson Reed versus Shane Thorne

They lock up and Reed backs Thorne into the corner.  Reed with a clean break.  Thorne with a forearm and he connects with another one.  Thorne with a third one and it is Reed's turn and he staggers Thorne with one.  Reed with a second one and Thorne with a drop kick that sends Reed to the floor.  Thorne with a suicide dive onto Reed.  Thorne chops Reed but Reed with a full nelson bomb onto the apron.  Reed goes up top and Thorne tries to stop him.  Thorne with a palm thrust that stops Reed.  Thorne sets for a butterfly superplex but Reed sends Thorne to the mat.  Thorne lands on his feet and hits a drop kick and Reed hangs from the turnbuckles.  

Thorne with a cannonball into Reed followed by a Shining Wizard for a near fall.  Thorne goes for a crossface chicken wing but Reed blocks it and he head butts Thorne.  Reed presses Thorne over his head and drops him to the mat and follows with a back senton.  Thorne with a round kick to the temple followed by a clothesline but he stays on his feet.  Both men with clotheslines at the same time.  Thorne with punches and Reed with a clothesline.  Reed gets Thorne up and Reed with a Death Valley Driver followed by a splash from the turnbuckles for the three count.

Winner:  Bronson Reed

We see Fandango and Tyler Breeze arrive at the building earlier and El Legado del Fantasma arrive in their SUV and they attack Breeze and Fandango.  They take Fandango in the SUV and drive away.

We have a video package for the three participants in the North American Title Ladder Match Qualifier.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Aliyah, Robert Stone, and Mercedes Martinez are ambushed by McKenzie outside to ask about why they attacked Rhea Ripley.  Stone says that Ripley said no to them, but they are not done with her.

We take a look back at last week's Triple Threat Match Qualifier.

Match Number Three:  Ridge Holland versus Oney Lorcan versus Damian Priest in a Qualifying Match for the North American Title Ladder Match at Takeover XXX

Lorcan with a European uppercut to Holland and Holland fires back.  Priest kicks Holland and Lorcan.  Holland misses a clothesline.  Priest with an elbow to Lorcan and Holland with a splash to Lorcan.  Priest with a leaping flatliner to Holland followed by strikes to Lorcan.  Holland with a forearm to Priest and then Holland is sent to the floor and Lorcan with a plancha onto Priest and Holland.  Lorcan with an elbow into the corner but he misses a second one.  Holland with an elbow and then Holland catches Lorcan off the turnbuckles.  Holland with an exploder.  Holland with an arm trap overhead belly-to-belly suplex and then Holland sends Priest to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Priest and Holland exchange forearms.  Holland with a European uppercut and then both men exchange forearms and clotheslines.  Lorcan with a dive off the turnbuckles onto both men.  Lorcan with elbows to both men followed by a double blockbuster for a near fall on Holland.  Lorcan with a single leg crab on Priest.  Priest kicks Lorcan away and Lorcan with a European uppercut to Holland followed by Priest.  Holland with a POUNCE and a belly-to-belly suplex on Lorcan for a near fall.  

Pirest goes for The Reckoning on Holland but Holland blocks it and hits a gutwrench powerbomb for a near fall.  All three men are down on the mat.  Lorcan with a chop to Holland and Holland with a forearm.  Lorcan with more chops and a European uppercut and a second one to Holland.  Priest grabs Lorcan and Lorcan escapes and chops Priest in the back.  Lorcan runs into a clothesline from Holland.  Pirest with a sit out choke slam to Holland.

Priest with The Reckoning to Lorcan for the three count.

Winner:  Damian Priest

We go to commercial.

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