NXT Thread

Candice LeRae asks Johnny he's doing it again, she hopes he knows what he's doing. Gargano says to trust him, but Candice wants no part of it this time

Vanessa Borne & Aliyah vs Taynara Conti & Xia Li:

Conti with a Pump Kick, Step-Up Knee, Monkey Flip into a pin for a 2 count, Borne & Aliyah with a Double Northern Lights Suplex for a 2 count, Straightjacket, but Conti is able to break the grip, Li with a Superkick, Yakuza Kick, pair of Spinning Heel Kicks for a 2 count, Borne holds Li in place over her knee as Aliyah hits The Swing Meow (Running Flipping Neckbreaker) for the win

Velveteen Dream is greeted by Undisputed ERA as he arrives as Cole promises to win the North American Championship from him and says reDRagon are the future Tag Team Champions & Dusty Cup winners. Dream says Cole has a big mouth & wonders if he would do as much talking if his friends wasn't there to back him up, but he doesn't have time for them. This enrages ERA and says everyone has time for them

The final 4 teams for the Dusty Classic are: Ricochet & Aleister Black, The Brit-Am Brawlers, DIY & Moustache Mountain

The first Round match-ups

A Block
Moustache Mountain vs Street Profits
Brit-Am Brawlers vs Forgotten Sons

B Block
DIY vs reDRagon
Aleister Black & Ricochet vs Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel

Regal says if Belair & Shirai both think they deserve a title shot then in 2 weeks they can fight it out and the winner goes on to face Baszler in New York

WWE Women Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks & Bayley have come back home to NXT

Sasha asks if the fans missed them and says it feels good to be home, she said you don't forget where you come from and their journey started in NXT. Bayley says the last time they were in an NXT ring at TakeOver Respect in the first Iron-Woman Match and says it was important to come there and share the titles with the fans & says their journey has just begun and they want the titles to be the most sought after titles in WWE and says they'll defend all over the world from Raw, to Smackdown, to NXT. Bayley tells all the ladies in the back to step up and next time they come to NXT they'll be defending their titles

The Brit-Am Brawlers & Humberto Carrillo vs The Forgotten Sons:

Lorcan with a Running Blockbuster on Cutler then a Running European Uppercut on Blake before he wipes out all 3 of the Sons with a Pescado, Carrillo with a Barrell Roll into an Imploding Moonsault, but Blake rolls to the floor before he can get a cover, Ryker with a blind tag then a nasty Spinebuster, Kneedrop for a 2 count, Cutler elevates Blake onto the back of Carrillo for a near fall, Blake & Cutler with a Double Inverted Neckbreaker & Ryker follows with a Diving Headbutt for a near fall, Cobra Clutch, Carrillo with the Bret Hart counter into a flash pin for a near fall, Burch with a Crossface on Cutler, but Ryker breaks the hold, Carrillo with a second rope Missile Dropkick on Ryker, Lorcan with a Cactus Clothesline on Blake, Carrillo with a Tope Suicida, but Ryker shoves Blake out of the way & Carrillo wipes out Lorcan by mistake, The Sons surround Burch, he's not going down without a fight, but the numbers catch up with him, Carrillo goes for a Springboard, but Ryker blasts him out of the sky with a Polish Hammer, Blake & Ryker with a pair of Bucklebombs on Burch & Carrillo into the knees of Cutler, then Ryker with a double Inverted DDT to hold them in place for Blake & Cutler to hit a Leaping Double Inverted Curbstomp & Blake covers Burch for the win

Cathy Kelly asks Shanya Baszler if she feels any remorse for attacking the Pirates of the Sky the past few weeks, Shayna says her remorse is buried in the sand with Kairi & Io, Kelly then asks if the strategy is because Shirai has pinned Shayna, but she hasn't pinned Io this sets Baszler off & she slaps the mic out of Kelly's hand before leaving with Duke & Shafir

Matt Riddle vs Adam Cole is announced for next week

O'Reilly says Garagano is officially the luckiest man in history, he says it's obscene and his luck has to run out eventually, Fish says Johnny's on borrowed time, but this isn't about last week and much more about next week, Roddy says Cole is going to waste Riddle, Cole says ERA are stronger than they've ever been they're badder, they're tougher & focus on the future not the past, they focus on next week, not the fact that Roddy dropped the ball last week. Strong takes issue with that and walks off as the others ask him where he's going. They're music cuts off, Cole asks if Roddy can't take a joke like a man or a a loss like a man, Fish sides with Roddy and says he's sure Strong can take a joke just fine, but Cole's timing is off, Cole says it was a joke as Fish says he's going to get Roddy, O'Reilly sticks with his Future Shock partner and says it was clearly a joke and tells Cole they're going to get through this

Kassius Ohno vs KUSHIDA:

KUSHIDA is still sporting the Back to the Future gear and gimmick

KUSHIDA offers a handshake, but Ohno kicks his hand away, KUSHIDA goes to work on the arm, Handstand into a Basement Dropkick, Standing Moonsault, but Ohno catches him with a Cravat, they trade flash pins, Ohno says KUSHIDA's good then offers a handshake, hesitantly he accepts only to get kicked in the face then Ohno with another Yakuza Kick, Knee Drop for a 2 count, KUSHIDA lands on the apron then a Leaping Enzugiri, Springboard Tomahawak Chop, Dropkick to the arm, Ohno ducks the Buzzsaw Kick, Electric Chair, Rubix Cube attempt? no just transitions into a Sit-Out Slam for a 2 count & KUSHIDA is bleeding from the nose, KUSHIDA with a Complete Shot into the turnbuckle, Springboard into a Hurricanrana for a near fall, KUSHIDA forces the handshake, handspring, but Ohno with a Rolling Elbow to the back of the head for a near fall, Pump Kick, elbow pad off, he charges, but KUSHIDA with the Fast Ball Special, Penalty Kick to the arm, KUSHIDA goes From Dusk Till Dawn into The Hoverboard Lock & Ohno taps out

KUSHIDA celebrates the win in his debut as the show ends

We go to a sparring session between The Horsewomen as Duke & Shafir were being coached by Baszler, Io Shirai ran in and laid out Shayna, a hots of bodies pull them apart as Shirai has sent another message to the Champ that she's coming for her title

Raul Mendoza vs Riddick Moss:

Before his injury Moss was teaming with Tino Sabbatelli and now looks to be on his own and doing some sort of fitness gimmick as he has Riddick Regimen all over on his tights and entrace gear.

Mendoza with a Running Shooting Star Press for a 2 count, Springboard Crossbody, but Moss catches him, he does curls before tossing him with a Fallaway Slam, Gorilla Press into a Spinebuster for a near fall, he takes a water break, Mendoza slaps the bottle out of his hand, Step-Up Enzugiri in the corner, Leaping Enzugiri then finishes Moss with a Springboard Tornillo for the win

Undisputed ERA are out (Fish isn't in a sling so it looks like the injury at TakeOver is going to be ok)

Cole says he told us so, he said in 2019 the ERA would be draped in gold and this is the start of fulfilling that prophecy. They don't start at the bottom, they attack and start at the top taking what they want and make sure everyone regrets it that gets in their way. They're going to re-make NXT into an Undisputed image and feels the show should start each week then introduces a brand new intro each week that's nothing but ERA clips and highlights

Kyle says it's just a little something threw together last night, Cole says that's why they run this place because they have all the power and tells the Tag & North American Champions to shine those belts up nice because he wants to make sure they look nice and pretty for Roddy, Fish & O'Reilly. They will have all the gold, all the power in 2019 and they won't stop until they get it, and then and only then nobody will be able to touch them, not Regal not even Triple H himself.

Velveteen Dream said he'd like to touch Cole and says the NXT experience is due to him, he says Cole looks good with the gold, but Dream looks better and says he wants the NXT Title

Roddy says when it comes to the NXT Title that he should Dream On and says he doesn't deserve to be North American Champion

Riddle asks how hard did he hit Roddy at TakeOver, he beat him and he beat Cole too, bro.

Cole says Riddle continues to run his mouth, Riddle says he knows he's insanely good looking and a stallion. Cole says Riddle is jealous that he's never held any titles and says Riddle should go back to writing online reviews for wrestlers from the Attitude Era, Cole says that era is over & Riddle's era will never come because everyone is living in the Undisputed ERA

Tyler Breeze says he was talking to Regal, he doesn't care about who's Undisputed or who's better looking, but he does care about them taking credit for building a brand that he helped start before any of them were even there so Regal books the 3 of them against any 3 of ERA in the main event

Next week Baszler/Shirai for the Women Title in a Steel Cage, we go to a video package on the feud

Video package for Mia Yim she says with Shayna targeting the women's division she'll be the protector to defend those who can't, she calls Baszler a bitch and says she'll be both hell and the high-water

Taynara Conti vs Xia Li:

Conti with a flash pin for a 1 count, Li jumps into a Jackknife Pinf for a 2 count, rollup for a 2 count, Conti with a Basment Pump Kick for a 2 count, cocky cover for a 2 count, another hard kick for a 2 count, Monkey Flip into a pin for a 2 count, she rubs Li's face into the mat then another cover for a 2 count, Li Sweeps the legs, barrage of kicks, then blasts Conti with a Spinning Heel Kick for the win