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Advertised for tonight: Rhea Ripley looks for revenge against the woman who betrayed her WarGames team, Damian Priest & Killian Dain continue their battle from TakeOver, Adam Cole responds to Finn Bálor’s attack, Lio Rush & Angel Garza’s personal rivalry continues, more!
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WWE NXT RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR DEC. 4
Mauro’s back! After a recap of last week, Ranallo welcomes us to Full Sail, but he’s cut off by Killian Dain. Since Damian Priest isn’t man enough to work through an injury and face him, he’s not leaving the ring until someone shows up to face. Someone does, and that someone is the Bruiserweight!
Killian Dain vs. Pete Dunne
Dunne charges right into the ring and blasts the bigger man with a forearm. Another sends Dain to the floor to regroup. Back in, Dunne starts with his finger work; he stays in control, but is struggling with a knee “injury” he suffered in Chicago. Running cross body from the big Irishman flips the script, and we get a few minutes of Dain wearing Pete down. The corner backflip opens the door for Dunne, then a dropkick off the middle rope connects to Dain’s knee. He adds a German suplex for two.
Outside, Dunne misses a moonsault and lands awkwardly, selling the knee. The Beast of Belfast takes him out with a terrifying dive as we go PiP for some ads. During the break, Dain’s in control until a battle up top ends with a Dunne superplex. The Bruiseweight stomps on the digits and kicks Dain in the head, then covers for two. Dunne succeeds on his next moonsault to the floor, but Killian retaliates with a backdrop onto the apron. He follows that with a running senton, and a cannonball into the steel steps.
Back inside, Dunne catches the Vader Bomb into a triangle choke. Dain powers out and turns it into a powerbomb. Pete fights him to the top and applies a sleeper, but the bigger man falls back on top of him to get the win in a neat twist on how the former UK champ won at TakeOver.
Killian Dain def. Pete Dunne via pinfall
Cathy Kelley interviews Dakota Kai about the changes we’ve seen in Kai since WarGames. Tegan Nox isn’t worth her time, and Rhea Ripley can’t get it through her thick skull that Dakota just gave her exactly what she asked for. Tonight, she takes out Rhea just like she did that “hoodrat” Mia Yim.
After a commercial for TakeOver: Portland, the Undisputed ERA (minus Bobby Fish) are here. Adam Cole (BAY BAY) get on the mic. TUE had a November to remember. They took over Raw, took over SmackDown, and embarrassed them at Survivor Series. The year might almost be over, but the year of the prophecy is just beginning. They’re the workhorses of NXT, and how does NXT repay them? By putting them in a match where Fish hurts his neck, and allowing Keith Lee to pounce Cole into the stands like a rag doll. He is not a rag doll! The crowd wants Keith! But Cole moves on to Finn Balor, who kicked him in the face. The champ isn’t leaving the ring until he gets answers from Finn. Instead, they get the Limitless One!
Kyle O’Reilly welcomes Keith with a dad joke about Lee making moments, calling him Keith “Momentari-Lee”. He runs down Lee down as the bell of the Survivor Series weekend ball, but a loser who couldn’t beat Roman Reigns. Keith says some of what he says is true, but he also turned their leader into a viral GIF, and stood on the winning side at WarGames. And it’s true he doesn’t have any gold, but he’s just trying to decide which of their belts he should take first.
Cole says they want to make a moment, when the ERA beats Keith down and ends his career. Lee fires back by blasting the champ with a big right hand, but KOR and Roderick Strong jump him... for a second, before Keith clotheslines them down. Cole bails and backs up the ramp, but Tommaso Ciampa is here! He knocks down the champ from behind, and throws him to Lee in the ring. Keith lifts him for a Spirit Bomb, but Roddy and Kyle save him. They head out through the crowd, but leave the NXT title. Ciampa stares at Goldy, then he and Lee glare at Undisputed to end the segment.
Xia Li gets a pre-taped promo. Last week, Shayna Baszler tried to bully her. Tonight, she’ll introduce the champ to the warrior.
Kushida gets a video explaining that his biggest match ended with a broken wrist. That two months off with his wife and daughter. That reminded him he doesn’t just fight for himself any more, he fights for them. Tonight, Kushida is back.
Xia Li vs. Shayna Baszler
The champ is out sans Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir. This starts with a kicking exchange Li gets the better of, but Shayna responds with a takedown. Each woman goes for a submission, then a kick knocks Baszler to the apron. When Xia ties to pull her back in, the champ snaps her arm over the bottom rope. The Queen of Spades follows up with the elbow stomp, and working over the arm, then goes to a single-leg crab for good measure. Li rolls out and lands a kick with her good leg, then presses forward with strikes with her good arm. Baszler overpowers her and sets the Chinese wrestler up on the top turnbuckle. Li fights free and tries to a sunset flip, but Shayna fights it off. Xia manages to land the powerbomb, but a follow-up tornado kick misses. The champ locks on the Kirifuda Clutch, and that’s it.
Shayna Baszler def. Xia Li via submission
The Greatest British Wrestler is back, as Kassius Ohno is back from his NXT UK excursion. Since Worlds Collide is coming up, he thought he’d come back to this side of the pond and see if anyone wants to challenge the Wrestling Genius.
Adrian Alanis & Leon Ruff vs. Forgotten Sons
Jaxson Ryker accompanies Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler to the ring, but he wasn’t needed as this squash is over in about a minute with a tandem move on Alanis.
Forgotten Sons def. Adrian Alanis & Leon Ruff via pinfall
Afterwards, Ryker viciously powerbombs Ruff onto the apron.
Kai’s entrance video is now black and white footage of her WarGames attack on Nox. Ripley enters with a mic in hand. She says Dakota set them up at TakeOver, but the funny thing about set-ups is... right now.
Rhea Ripley vs. Dakota Kai
Mia Yim flies into the ring and drops Kai, laying in the ground-and-pound. Big boot in the corner, and Dakota falls to the floor, but Rhea throws Kai right back in. Dakota fights back, but doesn’t get control until another trip to the floor where she lands a head kick of her own. Her time in the driver’s seat is short, however, as Mia throws her back and forth between the ramp barricades.
They fight to the back, and Rhea’s looking pleased with herself, but her come the Horsewomen! They jump Ripley, but the Nightmare fights them off. Shayna Baszler manages to get the Kirifuda Clutch in, but the Aussie fights it off once, twice... she almost gets free a third time, but when she gets to the ropes, Duke & Shafir grab her arms and she passes out.
Baszler grabs a mic and makes a title match for Dec. 18.
Kelley tells us General Manager William Regal made a six-man tag for our main event. She asks Ciampa & Lee who their third will be against Undisputed ERA, and Tommaso says this time, they know. Dominik Dijakovic walks up behind them.
A Finn Balor video takes us to commercial. Everyone wants a piece of The Prince. But they’re playing checkers and he’s playing chess.
Kassius Ohno vs. Matt Riddle
KO is not happy the Bro answered his challenge. These familiar foes lock up, and each man goes for takedowns and submissions. Riddle almost gets Ohno up for a suplex, but Kassius lowers his center of gravity to thwart it. Ohno with a neck crankk, but Matt punches free and lowers his own hips this time to land the German Suplex. He presses the advantage and sends KO to the floor, and follows with a PK as we got to commercial.
We’re back in the ring when we return, and Riddle is lighting Ohno’s chest us with kicks. Kassius blocks one, then creates space with a palm strike and blasts Bro with a boot while the referee was screening Riddle. That’s followed with a vicious barrage of strikes in the corner. KO locks in a cravate, and when Bro doesn’t tap, he drops it into a power bomb variant and a nearfall. He follows with a straight jacket, but Riddle powers out and connects with a quick senton. He misses a follow-up PK, but then executes a sequence including the a power bomb, Bro 2 Sleep, Final Flash knee and floating Bro, but Ohno kicks out! KO fights back, and tries to follow a suplex with a Neutralizer, but Riddle fights out. Ripcord knee by Matt, then Bro Derek, and 1 - 2 -3.
Matt Riddle def. Kassius Ohno via pinfall
There’s a WrestleMania special after the show, and voting opens for the NXT Year-End Awards online later tonight, too.
We see the Horsewomen taking out Rhea again, and get confirmation Ripley vs. Baszler for the belt is happening in two weeks.
Kushida vs. Raul Mendoza Cameron Grimes
Grimes blasted Mendoza during his entrance, and Mauro tells us Mr. Regal did make this one official.
A handspring kick and a somersault plancha to the outside wins the first exchange for Kushida. Back inside, the Timesplitter’s speed is too much. It takes three tries but he finally applies the Octopus Stretch. Grimes turns the tide by catching Kushida off a handspring and snapping off a German. He focuses on the hand going forward. The North Carolinian avoids the fastball punch, hits a Superman punch but then gets pulled into a crucifix rollup that ends it in a flash.
Kushida def. Cameron Grimes via pinfall
Kushida exits quickly as Grimes is pissed he got caught.
Video package on the feud between Lio Rush & Angel Garza. They’ll have a Cruiserweight title match next week. We’ll also get an official Yim/Kai match on Dec. 11.
Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee & Dominik Dijakovic vs. Undisputed ERA
Lee and Roddy start, and Strong is quickly bieled into the faces corner where quick tags are bad news for the North American champ. Dijakovic allows Roddy to get to his corner and tag in O’Reilly, but KOR is just the recipent of DD’s offense. A sprinboard move gets two, then Dijakovic uses Kyle as a blunt force weapon to knock Strong and Cole off the apron as we got to split-screen. During the break, O’Reilly and Strong wear the big Croatian down a bit, and the NXT champ light him up with kicks. Roddy is working him over when the action returns to the big screen.
Dom gets free with a clothesline, but all three members of the ERA use the five count to keep him from his corner. It only delays the inevitable, and when Ciampa is tagged in he cleans house. Project Ciampa on O’Reilly gets two. Blind tag Strong allows for a high/low attack, but Dijakovic breaks up the pin, and things break down all around. Lee and Cole eventually are tagged in, and the NXT champ is pounced around the ring. Cole bails before Grizzly Magnum, so Lee goes outside and blasts his partners. The champ hits him with a superkick, then Dijakovic spins from the top to take out everyone..
There’s a big battle in the corner, and Balor is here! He blasts Cole into the ref with a drop kick to his back. He grabs Ciampa for 1916! Finn raises he guns, but Keith rises behind him and stops him from charging with a punch. Balor tries for the slingblade, but gets Spirit Bombed! Cole looks to hit a Last Call knee strike, but Keith sniffs it out and nails him with a jackhammer! Lee pinned the champ!
Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee & Dominik Dijakovic def. Undisputed ERA via pinfall
Regal is out and announces that Cole will defend his belt on the 18th, as well. His challenger will be determined next week in a match between Finn Balor, Tommaso Ciampa, and Keith Lee!