We are in Winter Park, Florida and your announcers are Rich Brennan, Jason Albert, and Corey Graves.
Sami Zayn makes his way to the ring to address the fans.
Sami listens to the crowd chant for him and he decides to toss the mic down and leave the ring to go into the crowd.
Sami returns to the ring and he wants to talk about what the title belt means. He says in the hands of anyone else, this means that you are the best. In his hands, it means something entirely different. It means you can do it your way. It means you don’t have to listen to what they say you have to be. You don’t have to listen to what they say you have to do. You just have to do it better than anyone else and the proof is right here.
He says this is the cheesy part. He says that he has to get it off his chest. He says the title is not ‘mine’. It is ‘ours’. He says he is not just a wrestler. He is not just a WWE Superstar. He is in a band. That band is Sami Zayn and the Zayniacs. Everyone plays an instrument. They make the music that makes the whole world sing.
He says Takeover should have been the best night of his life. It was, but it did not end the way he wanted it to. It ended with Kevin Owens coming out here, sweating and crying and bleeding. Hugging him in the ring. It was a moment. It was 100 percent real. He killed it. Kevin hurt him. Sami tells Kevin he hurt him, but he did not end him. He is right here and he is back.
Sami says he has the belt with him and he is ready to defend it any time and any where.
Adrian Neville’s music plays and he makes his way out to the ring.
Neville tells Sami sorry. He says that he didn’t mean to interrupt him, but he wanted to say it to him a few weeks ago. Adrian says the last time they were in the ring, they had a battle. They tore each other to pieces and gave their best. On that night, Sami was the better man. He says that he saw a new Sami, Sami the champion. Adrian congratulates Sami and shakes his hand.
Sami tells Adrian that it means a lot after all they have been through. He tells Adrian he doesn’t know every rule, but he thinks Adrian is entitled to a rematch. They have not been 100 percent . . .
William Regal makes his way onto the stage.
William tells the crowd to stop chanting for him because it is about Sami and Adrian, not him. He says that he wants to thank them for their match because it was one for the ages. It makes him proud that they compete under the NXT banner. Adrian is due a rematch for the NXT Title. Next week, the NXT Title will be defended when Sami Zayn faces Adrian Neville.
Rich mentions that NXT will be on Wednesday night next week for that rematch.
We see the Vaudevillains in the back and Aiden says that they get to right the wrong. They thank William Regal for that opportunity. They will show why they deserve to be tag team champions.
We go to commercial.
Match Number One: Curtis Axel versus Hideo Itami
They lock up and Axel backs Itami into the corner and he punches Itami in the ribs. Axel has something to say to Hideo on the break. They lock up and Axel with a knee and elbow to the back of the head. Axel with a chop but Itami with a flying boot to Axel. Itami with kicks ot the chest and head. Axel with a running forearm to the head. Axel runs into boots from Itami but Axel puts Itami in the ropes and hits a series of clotheslines to the back of the head.
Axel kicks Itami and connects with forearms on the mat. Axel with a drop kick. Axel with an elbow to the top of the head and then he runs his boot across the face. Axel locks in a reverse chin lock on Itami and takes him to the mat. Itam gets to his feet and connects with elbows. Axel with a running knee to the head and he gets a near fall.
Axel runs his forearm across the face and then he returns to the reverse chin lock. Axel sends Itami to the mat and he shows no respect to Itami and follows with an elbow drop to the back and he chokes Itami with his shin. Axel with an arm bar. Itami with elbows but Axel with a knee and he tries for a slam but Itami lands on his feet. Itami with a waist lock but Axel with an elbow. Itami with a flying clothesline.
Axel with an Irish whip but Itami gets his feet up. Itami with a tornado DDT and he drops Axel on the top rope. Itami goes up top and hits a clothesline for a near fall. Itami with a series of kicks including a spinning back heel kick. Axel tries for the Perfectplex after blocking a kick but Itami counters with a snap mare and a round kick for the three count.
Winner: Hideo Itami
We see Natalya and Tyson Kidd in the back and Byron wants to talk to Tyson but she says Tyson is getting ready for their match next week against Finn Balor. Tyson interrupts Byron asking Natalya about Total Divas and he wants to know about their cats. He reminds Natalya that he feeds them when they are sick. Tyson tells Natalya to check on the cats.
Tyson says that he is not looking past Finn Balor next week, but he is looking past him at the NXT Title. He says that he will not only be the face of NXT, he will replace Sarah McLaughlin as the face of the ASPCA.
We take a look at Bull Dempsey and Baron Corbin.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Two: Alexa Bliss versus Sasha Banks (with Becky Lynch)
Sasha asks about the nose that she broke and Alexa with forearms and an Irish whip followed by a float over into a sunset flip for a near fall. Bliss goes for a head scissors but Sasha counters with a back breaker for a near fall. Sasha kicks Alexa and stomps on her hand. Sasha slams Alexa’s face into the mat and follows with forearms to the upper chest. Sasha gets a near fall.
Sasha tries for a slam but Alexa counters with an inside cradle for a near fall. Alexa with a crucifix for a near fall. Sasha puts Alexa in the ropes and hits a double knee drop to the chest. Sasha with a cross arm lungblower into the Bank Statement and Alexa taps out.
Winner: Sasha Banks
We go to commercial, but we are told that Tyler Breeze is back from his vacation and he will be on next.
Match Number Three: Tyler Breeze versus Chad Gable
Tyler does not appear too impressed with his opponent before the bell rings.
They lock up and Gable with a waist lock take down. He connects with another waist lock take down and he applies a front face lock. Breeze tries to escape but Gable holds on. Breeze backs Gable into the ropes and he punches Gable. Breeze with kicks in the corner. Breeze with a snap mare and knee drop for a near fall.
Breeze argues with the referee about the cadence of his count. Breeze with a reverse chin lock and he leans back to add more pressure. Gable with an elbow and an arm drag but Breeze with a kick. Gable with a punch and he applies a cross arm breaker while in the ropes. Breeze with the Beauty Shot for the three count.
Winner: Tyler Breeze
Finn Balor is asked about his match with Tyson Kidd. Finn says that he has looked up to Tyson his entire career. They have trained in a lot of the same places and Tyson did train at the Hart Dungeon. Tyson might like his cats, but he will need nine lives to beat Finn Balor. That is a fact.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we are shown an image in the background after Tyler Breeze’s match.
Match Number Four: Simon Gotch and Aiden English versus Sin Cara and Kalisto for the NXT Tag Team Titles
Kalisto and Gotch start things off and Kalisto with a springboard cross body and punches followed by a drop kick. Cara tags in and Kalisto with a snap mare and double kicks followed by a senton out of a wheelbarrow position by Kalisto before Cara gets a near fall. Cara with a punch and chop. Cara with a Gory Special on Gotch and he gets a near fall out of it. Cara with a kick to the chest but Gotch runs Cara into the corner.
English tags in and he punches Cara and drops a knee across the chest and gets a near fall. English says the titles are coming back with them and he connects with a kick and knee. English with an Irish whip but he runs into an elbow. English rolls Cara through the ropes to the floor but Cara pulls English to the floor. Kalisto drop kicks Gotch off the apron. Cara and Kalisto with stereo suicide dives onto English and Gotch.
Cara gets a near fall on English and we go to commercial.
We are back and Kalisto with a knee drop to English’s arm. English with an Irish whip but Kalisto with a boot and then he knocks Gotch off the apron. Kalisto with a multi-jump arm drag but Gotch holds on to English and he tags in. Gotch with a Regalplex and he gets a near fall. English tags in and he kicks Kalisto and gets a near fall.
English has Kalisto in the ropes and he runs his forearm across the face. Gotch tags in and he punches Kalisto. Gotch with a boot to the back and he applies a rear chin lock and he works on the neck. Gotch kicks Kalisto and he tags in English. They hit clotheslines from the front and back and English with a near fall. English with an Irish whip but Kalisto with a rollup for a near fall. English traps the arms and gets a near fall with a rollup and he keeps Kalisto from making the tag.
English with a reverse chin lock. English takes Kalisto back down to the mat. Kalisto gets back to his feet and he kicks English. Cara makes the tag on a head scissors by Kalisto. Cara with a diving head butt and a springboard cross body followed by a head scissors. Cara drop kicks Gotch off the turnbuckles. English with an Irish whip and Cara puts English on the turnbuckles and this a Sunset Bomb for a near fall.
Kalisto makes the tag and Cara with a one arm power bomb while Kalisto hits a corkscrew senton for the three count.
Winners: Sin Cara and Kalisto
We go to credits for the final time on Thursday nights. See you next Wednesday at 8:00 PM Eastern
Source: PWInsider
