WWE NXT Recap: Adrian Neville Vs. Corey Graves, Mason Ryan Vs. Sylvester LeFort, More
This week's episode of NXT opens with Sin Cara making his entrance. Tensai, Byron Saxton, and Tom Phillips are on commentary.
Sin Cara vs. Alexander Rusev (with Lana)
They lock up. Rusev shoves Cara against the ropes. Cara kicks him in the legs. Rusev knocks Cara down. Rusev charges Cara in the corner, but Cara moves. Cara charges, and Rusev backdrops him to the apron. Cara goes up and leaps off, taking Rusev out. He kicks Rusev in the legs and goes for a springboard something, but Rusev hits him with a dropkick in mid air. Rusev kicks Cara in the mid section several times. He tosses Cara into the corner and lands more kicks. Rusev kicks Cara in the face and knees him in the chest. Rusev drops his head on Cara. Rusev locks in Cara's arm.
Cara comes back with a back elbow and a DDT. Cara lands a springboard crossbody. He hits Rusev with a hurricanrana and a springboard back elbow. Cara comes at Rusev, and Rusev tosses Cara behind him. He kicks Cara. Cara leaps on Rusev's shoulders, and Rusev plants him face first to the mat. He locks Cara in the accolade, and Cara taps.
Winner: Alexander Rusev
Rusev takes a long time to break the hold after the match.
Alicia Fox vs. Emma
Renee Young gets on commentary for this match.
Fox slaps at Emma's hands as Emma dances. She locks up and goes to work on Emma's arm. Emma reverses and locks in Fox's arm. Emma hits a shoulder tackle. Fox lands a dropkick. She whips Emma into the corner and charges. Emma reverses and tries to lock in the tarantula, but can't lock it in. Fox chokes Emma through the ropes. Fox lands a northern lights Suplex. Fox whips Emma and charges. Emma leaps over Fox and gets a pin attempt. Emma trips Fox into the corner. Emma hits her running corner crossbody. She slingshots Fox face first to the mat, and then locks in the Emma lock. Fox taps.
Winner: Emma
Emma picks up the mic and wishes Paige a quick recovery from injury, because when Paige is fully recovered she will be sending out her rematch for the NXT Women's Championship. She dances around. Sasha Banks runs into the ring to attack her, and Emma tosses her outside. Summer charges as well, and Emma takes her out. Then, Fox comes back in and attacks Emma too. Charlotte runs down and joins in the attack and soon they're all beating on Emma. Natalya and Bayley run down to the ring to even up the numbers, and they clear the ring with Emma.
Back from commercial and Sylvester LeFort makes his entrance. If he can beat Mason Ryan, Ryan will become LeFort's new client.
Sylvester LeFort vs. Mason Ryan
They lock up. Ryan backs LeFort into the corner. LeFort battles back with punches. Ryan shoves him back in the corner and charges. LeFort puts his boots up. He hits Ryan with more strikes. Ryan lifts LeFort up and tosses him onto the ropes. He then hits LeFort with a running big boot. Ryan lands a cobra clutch slam for the win.
Winner: Mason Ryan
Then, Aiden English is shown backstage. He says that last week he threatened a man in a wheelchair but he is not ashamed because when Enzo ran over his foot he took it to the next level. English repaid the favor to Big Cass. The curtain has fallen on that act, and he can look onto his next challenge tonight: Tyson Kidd.
Back from commercial and Sylvester LeFort is shown during the commercial. Someone asks about Mason Ryan, and LeFort says he doesn't want to work with him anymore, and that he will get revenge on him.
Aiden English vs. Tyson Kidd
They lock up. Kidd monkey flips English. He leaps at English, English moves, and Kidd collides with the ropes. English unloads with strikes. English slams Kidd back first into the mat. He locks in Kidd's arm. Kidd gets out. English charges Kidd in the corner. Kidd puts an elbow up. He hurricanranas English into the top turnbuckle and then lands kicks and strikes. He dropkicks English in the head. Kidd kicks English in the chest and flips to the apron. English knees Kidd in the head. He hits Kidd with a vertical Suplex. Colin Cassady comes down to ringside and puts on English's hat and scarf. He distracts English, and Kidd hits English with a top rope neckbreaker for the win.
Winner: Tyson Kidd
Back from commercial and Adrian Neville makes his entrance.
Adrian Neville vs. Corey Graves
Graves tries to kick Neville, but Neville grabs Graves's foot. He locks Graves in a side headlock. Neville hits a shoulder tackle. He hip tosses Graves, and Graves rolls to the outside. Neville follows. Graves rolls back inside, and attacks Neville when Neville comes back in. Graves elbows him in the back of the head. They exchange chops. Graves strikes and kicks Neville in the corner. He hits Neville with a big chop. Graves lands a snap mare and goes for an elbow drop, but Neville moves. Neville locks in Graves's head. Graves backs Neville to the corner to force the break, and he strikes Neville. Neville comes back with a hip toss. Graves rolls outside again. Neville goes to leap out, but Graves moves and Neville lands on the apron. Neville gets back in the ring, runs across it and takes Graves out with a dive. He sends Graves back inside, and Graves kicks out Neville's knee when Neville gets on the apron.
Back from commercial and Graves has Neville locked in a leg submission. He wraps Neville's leg in the ropes and drops down on it. Graves keeps up the attack on Neville's leg. Graves puts his boot on Neville's head. He kicks Neville in the chest and puts his leg on the bottom rope. Graves drops down on Neville's leg. He tries again, and Neville rolls him up. Graves kicks out Neville's leg. Graves lands a dragon leg screw. He keeps working on Neville's leg. Graves hits a big backbreaker.
Graves tosses Neville outside. Graves follows and picks up Neville in a piledriver position on the outside, but Neville tosses Graves over and behind him. Neville goes back inside. Graves follows, and Neville kicks him from the corner. Neville knocks Graves down. He hits Graves with a back elbow and goes up. Neville hits a missile dropkick. Graves comes back with a chop block to the knee. Neville rolls to the apron. Graves tries to pull Neville up, and Neville kicks him in the head. Neville goes up top and hits the corkscrew shooting star press for the win.
Winner: Adrian Neville
Bo Dallas's music hits and he comes down to the ring. Dallas is about to get in the ring, and Triple H's music hits. Triple H says he is glad that Bo is out here and given him the opportunity to talk to both of them at the same time. He gets into the ring with Dallas and Neville, and picks up the NXT Championship. He says that on February 27th, they're going to go to war over the title. He says that that is going to be a special night, and he wants to make it memorable. He says that Bo Dallas will defend the NXT Championship in NXT's first ever ladder match. He wishes them luck, and gives the belt back to Dallas. Dallas holds it up to Neville as the show ends.