One week after a hellacious NXT Championship Match, both Adam Cole and champion Hideo Itami are in action. Cole looks to prove one of his doubters wrong as he faces Apollo Crews, while Itami takes on Cedric Alexander in our main event, who is looking to rebound from his own loss last week. Plus, Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate in tag team action, and Carmella goes one on one with Nikki Cross.
Universe Mode
NXT
July 5th, 2017
Location: Full Sail University
Adam Cole vs Apollo Crews
Apollo Crews unleashed a hail of trash talk during last week's main event, calling Adam Cole a "loser" and "cheap imitation of a professional wrestler". Cole would subsequently challenge Crews to meet him in the ring, leading to a quite vicious encounter to open NXT. The Elite Athlete Apollo Crews was obviously looking to make an example out of Adam Cole, to prove that he is championship caliber. Despite taking a lot of offense throughout the match, the Panama City Playboy proved his resilience, and scored a huge rebound win when he dodged a big lariat into a small package.
This result obviously wasn't going to stick well with Apollo Crews, who immediately tried to jump Adam Cole after the bell. In a surprise turn, Cole fended off Crews, dumping him out of the ring before celebrating with the fans, infuriating a frustrated Apollo.
Winner: Adam Cole
Hype Bros vs Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate
Before the match, manager William Regal officially announced Dunne and Bate as "British Strong Style", declaring that they were here to take over NXT. The two young Brits were dominant once more, but did commit a near costly mistake when they connected on their Brainbuster/Roundhouse Kick combo to Mojo Rawley, but forgot to stop Zack Ryder from breaking up the pin. But the true danger of this team was then shown, as they learned from their mistake. They connected once more with their biggest move, and this time Dunne dragged Rawley into his corner, getting the three count.
Winners: British Strong Style
Carmella vs Nikki Cross
Carmella can talk a big game, but we've seen her struggle to back it up in the ring, and that was the case again here tonight. The unhinged Nikki Cross was all over from the very start, and put the match away in mere minutes with a devastating whiplash neckbreaker.
Afterward, the dangerous Cross seemed to take exception to the attitude of Carmella, continuing the beatdown. However, it was the former Women's Champion Ember Moon that would come to Carmella's rescue, fending off the female leader of Sanity, before taking to the mic to declare that she isn't finished with the Women's Championship or Natalya.
Winner: Nikki Cross
Hideo Itami vs Cedric Alexander
Hideo showed a bit of a more aggressive attitude last week against Adam Cole, and would show more of it against Cedric Alexander in NXT's main event. He could have and should have won this match several times, but instead looked to inflict as much damage as possible. Itami nearly cost himself the match with this strategy, as Alexander came very close to picking up the shock win. In the end, it wasn't enough, as the NXT Champion delivered two Go to Sleep's in succession for the win.
Winner: Hideo Itami
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Universe Mode
NXT
July 5th, 2017
Location: Full Sail University
Adam Cole vs Apollo Crews
Apollo Crews unleashed a hail of trash talk during last week's main event, calling Adam Cole a "loser" and "cheap imitation of a professional wrestler". Cole would subsequently challenge Crews to meet him in the ring, leading to a quite vicious encounter to open NXT. The Elite Athlete Apollo Crews was obviously looking to make an example out of Adam Cole, to prove that he is championship caliber. Despite taking a lot of offense throughout the match, the Panama City Playboy proved his resilience, and scored a huge rebound win when he dodged a big lariat into a small package.
This result obviously wasn't going to stick well with Apollo Crews, who immediately tried to jump Adam Cole after the bell. In a surprise turn, Cole fended off Crews, dumping him out of the ring before celebrating with the fans, infuriating a frustrated Apollo.
Winner: Adam Cole
Hype Bros vs Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate
Before the match, manager William Regal officially announced Dunne and Bate as "British Strong Style", declaring that they were here to take over NXT. The two young Brits were dominant once more, but did commit a near costly mistake when they connected on their Brainbuster/Roundhouse Kick combo to Mojo Rawley, but forgot to stop Zack Ryder from breaking up the pin. But the true danger of this team was then shown, as they learned from their mistake. They connected once more with their biggest move, and this time Dunne dragged Rawley into his corner, getting the three count.
Winners: British Strong Style
Carmella vs Nikki Cross
Carmella can talk a big game, but we've seen her struggle to back it up in the ring, and that was the case again here tonight. The unhinged Nikki Cross was all over from the very start, and put the match away in mere minutes with a devastating whiplash neckbreaker.
Afterward, the dangerous Cross seemed to take exception to the attitude of Carmella, continuing the beatdown. However, it was the former Women's Champion Ember Moon that would come to Carmella's rescue, fending off the female leader of Sanity, before taking to the mic to declare that she isn't finished with the Women's Championship or Natalya.
Winner: Nikki Cross
Hideo Itami vs Cedric Alexander
Hideo showed a bit of a more aggressive attitude last week against Adam Cole, and would show more of it against Cedric Alexander in NXT's main event. He could have and should have won this match several times, but instead looked to inflict as much damage as possible. Itami nearly cost himself the match with this strategy, as Alexander came very close to picking up the shock win. In the end, it wasn't enough, as the NXT Champion delivered two Go to Sleep's in succession for the win.
Winner: Hideo Itami
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