WWE NXT Recap (7/15): Huge NXT Women's Championship Match, Sami Zayn Appears, New Tag Team, More
Welcome to our WrestlingINC.com WWE NXT coverage. Tonight's main event features a huge NXT Women's Championship match between Charlotte and Sasha Banks.
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable vs. Elias Samson and Steve Cutler
After hesitating, Jordan tags in Chad Gable, who wrestles circles around Samson. Cutler tags in and puts the boots to Gable, but Gable and Jordan hit a nice back suplex combo for the win.
Winners: Jason Jordan & Chad Gable via pinfall (assisted back suplex)
- We see a recap of the NXT women debuting on Raw this week.
Samoa Joe vs. Axel Tischer
Joe grabs an arm ringer and punishes the arm of Tischer, but gets kicked a few times. Tischer's offense is short lived, as he eats an inverted atomic drop, senton, uranage, Muscle Buster and Kokina Clutch. That's it.
Winner: Samoa Joe via stoppage (Kokina Clutch)
- We see a look at Baron Corbin, who is really heeling it up. He says he won conference football championships by himself, made it to the NFL and got paid way more than indy darlings that are in NXT did. He is also shown golden gloves boxing and medaling in NAGA grappling tourneys.
- Eva Marie announces her NXT debut will happen next week.
Blake & Murphy (w/ Alexa Bliss) vs. Angelo Dawkins & Sawyer Fulton
Murphy gets jabbed by Dawkins, but kicks him and the tag champions double team Dawkins in the corner. The two work over Dawkins methodically, and Murphy pulls Fulton off the apron before a tag can be made. Blake and Murphy hit a running suplex and a frog splash for the victory.
Winners: Blake & Murphy via pinfall (frog splash)
After the match, the champions beat down their opponents. They lift Alexa up for an assisted Sparkle Splash.
- Sami Zayn comes out in a sling, and says he hasn't forgotten about the fans. He says things have kind of sucked for him, and it's been rough. He says 2014 was the best year of his career, and 2015 has been the worst, and it won't get better because he's out for the year. He said his goal is to come back and win the NXT Championship again. He tells Kevin Owens that no matter what, Owens has been linked to him for the last 12 years, and he's going to make sure that's how it is for the next 12.
- We see highlights of NXT at the San Diego Comic Con. Balor an Owens are trashing each other.
NXT Women's Championship
Sasha Banks (c) vs. Charlotte
The two start out by locking up and going stagnant as neither can gain an advantage after rolling around. Charlotte avoids Sasha several times before hitting a headscissors and rolling Sasha up for a two count. Sasha turns the tides with another knee, then hits double knees in the corner for a two count as we go to a commercial.
We come back to see Sasha in control, hitting the straitjacket backbreaker, and holding it. Sasha then locks on Charlottes own headscissors move and drives Charlotte's face into the mat repeatedly. Charlotte ends up turning the head scissors into a giant powerbomb, but she's down as well.
The two trade strikes until Charlotte scores with a neckbreaker and a spear for 2. Sasha gets a backslide for two, and smacks Charlotte and screams that she's better. Charlotte drops Sasha with a big boot, but gets rolled up on a Figure 8 attempt. Sasha then gets a reverse Code Red for two.
Charlotte locks in a Figure Four, and some of her extensions come out. Sasha reaches the ropes, but Charlotte rolls to the outside with the hold still on before breaking it. The two trade pin attempts until Sasha locks on the Bank Statement. After a solid minute, Charlotte taps.
Winner: Sasha Banks via submission (Bank Statement) to retain the NXT Women's Championship
Charlotte and Sasha Banks embrace to end the show.