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WWE NXT UK REPORT: IS IT TIME TO SAY "YES BOY"?, SATOMURA/RAY NEXT WEEK, MATTHEWS/BATE, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2021-02-25 16:20:00

Tonight, the NXT UK Tag Titles will be defended by Gallus against Pretty Deadly. We have a video package for that match.

We are in London, England and your announcers are Andy Shepherd and Nigel McGuinness.

Match Number One: Xia Brookside versus Nina Samuels in a Loser Must Be the Winner’s Personal Assistant for A Month Match

Brookside with a drop kick as the bell rings and she follows with forearms and kicks to Samuels. Brookside with a forearm and Samuels with forearms of her own. Brookside with a kick and forearm. Samuels with a double leg take down and she punches Brookside. Xia with a kick to the arm pit and then she wraps the arm in the ropes. Xia with a kick to the shoulder.

Xia continues to work on the arm and snap mares Nina to the mat and kicks the arm. Samuels goes to the floor and Xia with forearms and kicks on the floor. Samuels backs Xia into the apron and ringside barrier. Samuels with forearms and Xia with a double thrust. Nina kicks Xia into the bags at ringside and they return to the ring.

Samuels with kicks to Xia’s back. Nina chokes Xia in the ropes. Xia kicks Nina away in the ropes. Nina sends Brookside into the turnbuckles and follows with a slam for a near fall. Nina with a body scissors and Xia tries to escape but Nina with forearms to the back and a rear chin lock. Nina with a reverse chin lock and body scissors.

Nina with a hammer lock using the leg and an arm bar. Nina works on the legs and sets for a bow and arrow. Xia counters with a lateral press for a near fall. Xia with forearms to Samuels followed by a neck breaker for a near fall. Samuels rolls to the apron and then to the floor. Xia with a baseball slide that sends Samuels into the ringside barrier. Xia with kicks to the shoulder followed by forearms. Samuels backs Xia into the ringside barrier and then Samuels swings Xia into the ringside barrier.

Xia rolls in before the ten count. Samuels kicks Xia and the referee warns Nina. Nina demands a bag from Henry and Samuels kicks Xia. Samuels yells at Henry for not helping her. Samuels brings a handbag into the ring and she swings and misses. Xia kicks the bag away an Xia with a bridge for the three count.

Winner: Xia Brookside

We see Gallus in the back as they prepare for their match against Pretty Deadly.

We go to a video package for Trent Seven. He says he has been pleased with the way things have gone mentally. There have been some times when he hasn’t gotten off the sofa but the world is a different place now. There are fewer options.

He says he needs to do the best with what he’s got. We see Trent training with his dogs. He says he hasn’t been trying to stress himself out with the dieting. He says he needs to eat clean. It is testing some days. He says he has to do it and he hopes the juice is worth the squeeze. He says he has been happy with his mental approach and he is pushing himself out of his comfort zones. He says the cherry on top of the cake is beating Jordan Devlin for the Cruiserweight Championship.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Ilja Dragunov is asked about his match against Tyson T-Bone. He says he cannot lose control, but he has someone next to the ring blaming him.

Sam Gradwell says that Ilja shouldn’t be blaming him and Ilja asks if Sam is challenging him. Ilja says he has no problem with that.

Next week, we will have Kay Lee Ray against Meiko Satomura for the NXT UK Women’s Championship.

Tyler says he is following the natural way of things and so far so good. He wants a real challenge. He wants an opponent.

Match Number Two: Bailey Matthews versus Tyler Bate

They lock up and Matthews with a take down. Bate with a monkey flip but Matthews holds on to the wrist lock. Bate with a wrist lock take down but Matthews holds on to the wrist lock. Matthews with a hammer lock and Bate with an escape and wrist lock. Bate works on the shoulder and takes Matthews down with an arm wringer. Matthews with a hammer lock take down and head scissors. Bate with a boot to try to get out of the hold and Bate with a headstand and he escapes and applies a side head lock but Matthews returns to the head scissors.

Matthews adds more pressure to the head scissors. Matthews with an elbow in the back to keep Bate in the head scissors. Bate escapes with a side head lock. Matthews escapes and applies a wrist lock and takes Bate to the mat and applies an arm bar with a hammer lock. Matthews gets a near fall. Matthews with a cravate and a take down. Matthews is sent into the corner and Matthews with a shoulder tackle and a back slide for a near fall.

Matthews with a front face lock. Bate with a European uppercut and Matthews with a European uppercut and double thrust to the throat. Matthews with a gutwrench suplex for a near fall. Bate with a series of European uppercuts. Matthews with forearms and European uppercuts. Bate kicks Matthews from the mat and Bate with an exploder. Bate with a shooting star press for a near fall.

Bate gets Matthews on his shoulders for an airplane spin but Matthews with an O’Connor Roll for a near fall. Bate with a rollup for a near fall. Matthews with a European uppercut and Bate comes off the ropes with a rolling kick. Bate with Tyler Driver 97 for the three count.

Winner: Tyler Bate

We take a look at Lucky Kid. He says he was a lucky kid. He grew up in one of the poorest part of Berlin. It was his job to get a job to care for the family. He had no friends. He knew that one day everyone would honor, and respect him.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look at Joseph Conners earlier in the week and Piper Niven ambushes his interview and she wants to know where Jinny is. Joseph says that Piper is always looking for Jinny because that is what a woman is. Conners starts to call Piper common and Piper hits Conners. Jinny shows up and attacks.

Piper demands a match with Jinny and Joseph Conners but Sid says he cannot do that. Piper grabs Jack Starz and says that he is her partner and she demands the match.

We see Pretty Deadly in the back as they prepare for the title match.

Match Number Three: Lana Austin versus Aoife Valkyrie

They lock up and Valkyrie with a take down but Austin holds on to the lock up. Valkyrie with a take down. Austin with a forearm but Valkyrie with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Valkyrie with a body scissors take down for a near fall. Valkyrie with a wrist lock but Austin with a reversal. Valkyrie with a reversal.

Valkyrie with an arm wringer into the mat and she goes through the legs and hits a shoulder to the midsection. Valkyrie with a snap mare and a rollup for a near fall. Valkyrie with a kick to the back of the leg. Austin blocks a kick and sends Valkyrie face first into the mat and hits a drop kick for a near fall. Austin punches Valkyrie. Austin sends Valkyrie into the turnbuckles and Valkyrie blocks a second attempt. Valkyrie with chops and forearms. Valkyrie with a jumping swinging neck breaker for a near fall.

Austin backs up and Valkyrie stops an attempted kick. Austin with an inside cradle for a near fall. Austiin with a rollup for a near fall. Austin with a back slide for a near fall. Valkyrie with a running enzuigiri and Valkyrie with kicks in the corner. Valkyrie with punches and kicks. Valkyrie with a spinning heel kick and Valkyrie goes to the turnbuckles for the leg drop to the back of the head and the three count.

Winner: Aoife Valkyrie

We are told that Tyler Bate will face Dave Mastiff in two weeks.

We will also have Piper Niven and Jack Starz versus Jinny and Joseph Conners in two weeks.

Xia Brookside is asked how she feels after her win. She says she is feeling great but she doesn’t know about her assistant. Xia tells Nina she asked for it. Nina has some problems with Xia’s bags.

Kenny Williams and Amir Jordan are asked if they are going to watch the main event. Amir says they are excited to watch the match and with Kenny almost at 100%, but Kenny says he is back to 100% so next week they will be facing Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter.
We go to commercial.

We have a video package for next week’s NXT UK Women’s Championship Match between Kay Lee Ray and Meiko Satomura.

Next week Noam Dar will return with Supernova Sessions with his guest Tyler Bate.

Match Number Four: Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker versus Mark Coffey and Wolfgang for the NXT UK Tag Team Championships

Stoker and Coffey start things off. They lock up and go to a stalemate. They lock up again with the same result. They lock up again and Coffey backs Stoker into the corner. Coffey with a clean break. They lock up and Coffey pushes Stoker away. Howley tags in. They lock up and Coffey with an arm drag into an arm bar. Wolfgang tags in and Howley hits Wolfgang in the back of the head. Wolfgang with a hip lock take down and a wrist lock take down. Coffey tags in.

Coffey with a wrist lock and he works on the arm. Howley with a forearm and Stoker tags in but Coffey with an arm drag into an arm bar. Howley makes the tag and Coffey with an arm drag. Howley is kicked by Coffey and Coffey with a wrist lock. Wolfgang tags in and he works on the arm. Howley with a side head lock. Wolfgang tries to escape but Howley holds on. Wolfgang goes for the leg and then he tags in Coffey and they send Howley into the turnbuckles with a Cornish Toss. Stoker is sent to the floor and Howley and Stoker discuss strategy.

They lock up and Coffey with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Howley with a hip toss and shoulder tackle. Coffey with a hip toss and he gets a near fall. Wolfgang tags in and he connects with a forearm and he Irish whips Howley but Stoker makes the save and Wolfgang hits the turnbuckles. Stoker tags in and they hit a double back elbow on Wolfgang and then Wolfgang with forearms to Stoker and Howley. Howley pulls Stoker off Wolfgang’s shoulders and all four men are in the ring.

The referee sends Howley and Coffey to the apron. Wolfgang with forearms and a biel to Stoker. Wolfgang with another biel and clothesline in the corner. Stoker with a running knee to the back while Howley distracts Wolfgang and Wolfgang goes to the floor. Howley sends Wolfgang shoulder first into the ring post while the referee sends Coffey back to his corner. Howley helps Wolfgang back into the ring and then Howley tags in. Wolfgang with elbows but Howley and Stoker with a double back breaker for a near fall. Howley kicks Wolfgang. Stoker tags back in and he punches Wolfgang and gets a near fall.

Howley tags back in and he kicks Wolfgang in the head and follows with elbow drops and gets a near fall. Howley works on the shoulder and he sends Wolfgang shoulder first into the turnbuckles while the arm is in a hammer lock. Wolfgang with punches but Howley backs Wolfgang into the corner and Stoker tags in and hits an elbow in the corner. Stoker gets a near fall. Howley tags in and he connects with an elbow to the back. Wolfgang with forearms but Stoker grabs Wolfgang and that allows Howley to recover and knee Wolfgang in the corner.

Howley puts Wolfgang on the turnbuckles but Wolfgang with a punch and Shadows over Hell. Stoker makes the tag and Wolfgang with a back body drop. Howley tags in and so does Coffey. Coffey with clotheslines and shoulder tackles followed by a slam to Howley and a suplex to Stoker. Coffey with punches to Howley and and Irish whip and running European uppercut and clothesline in the corner. Coffey with a bulldog off the turnbuckles for a near fall. Coffey with a side Russian leg sweep for a near fall.

Howley with a sunset flip for a near fall. Coffey misses a clothesline and Stoker tags in and Coffey with a kick and atomic drop for a near fall. Coffey grabs Stoker by the throat but Stoker escapes. Howley tags in while Coffey goes for an O’Connor Roll. Howley drops Coffey onto Stoker’s knees and Howley gets a near fall. Coffey blocks a suplex and hits an enzuigiri. Wolfgang gets back on the apron and he is tagged in.

Wolfgang with a catapult into a Samoan drop by Coffey. Wolfgang with a moonsault for a near fall. Wolfgang sends Stoker to the apron and Stoker is choke slammed onto the apron by Coffey. Howley with an inside cradle for a near fall. Wolfgang with a uranage for a near fall. Coffey tags back in and Stoker is attacked by Coffey. Howley clotheslines Coffey and Wolfgang takes care of Howley. Stoker slaps Wolfgang and Wolfgang chases Stoker but Howley with a running European uppercut to send Wolfgang over the ringside barrier.

Stoker tags in and he hits a Codebreaker off Howley for a near fall. Howley tosses Stoker a title belt and the referee does not see Howley try to hit Coffey. Stoker with a tornado DDT on the title belt. Howley tags in and they hit Spilled Milk for the three count.

Winners: Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker (new champions)

We go to credits.

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