WWE NXT Recap: Number One Contender Battle Royal, Women's Championship Tourney, More
This week's episode of NXT opens with Emma making her entrance.
NXT Women's Championship Tournament
Emma vs. Charlotte
They lock up. Charlotte backs Emma to the corner. They lock up again, and Charlotte does the same thing. She pushes Emma to the ropes. They lock up again briefly, and Emma takes Charlotte to the mat. Charlotte whips Emma to the corner. Emma bails to the apron. Charlotte hits her to the floor. She tosses Emma back inside and gets a two count. Charlotte locks in a head scissors on the mat. Emma bridges into a pin attempt. Charlotte knocks her to the mat.
Charlotte locks in another head scissors. She slams Emma's head into the mat with it still locked in her legs. Emma boots Charlotte in the corner and lands a clothesline. Emma pulls her pink cobra out of her boot. Sasha Banks gets up on the apron, and Emma hits her with the cobra. Charlotte pins Emma quickly off the distraction for the win.
Winner: Charlotte
Back from commercial and the Legionnaires make their entrance.
The Legionnaires vs. El Local and Kalisto
LeFort and Local start off. They tie up. LeFort works on Local's arm. Local reverses out. He locks LeFort in a side headlock. Louis tags in. Local takes him out with a strike. Local goes for the cover. Louis rakes Local's face near the ropes. LeFort tags in. He hits Local with a neckbreaker. Louis tags in. They double slam Local into the corner. Louis lands a strike to the head. LeFort tags back in. Louis body slams him before exiting. LeFort slams Local into the corner and tags in Louis.
Louis knees Local in the stomach and clubs his back. He cranks Local's head. Local fights free. He kicks Louis in the head. Kalisto and LeFort tag in. Kalisto lands a crossbody. He kicks LeFort. Louis breaks up a pin attempt, and Local sends him outside. Local takes out Louis with a dive. Back in the ring, Kalisto kicks LeFort in the head. He hits a springboard enziguri thing for the win.
Winners: El Local and Kalisto
Back from commercial and Camacho makes his entrance.
Camacho vs. Captain Comic
Camacho hits a leaping dropkick to the mid-section. He punches Comic in the face and stomps on him. Camacho drives Comic back first to the mat. He hits Comic with a standing leg drop. Comic battles back with body shots, but Camacho lands more shots to the head. Camacho locks Comic's head in from behind. Comic breaks free, but Camacho lands a running Samoan drop. Camacho hits a running powerslam for the win.
Winner: Camacho
After the match, Adam Rose runs down to the ring as Camacho is advancing on Comic. Camacho rolls out of the ring, and he stares Rose down.
Then, both Alexa Bliss and Alicia Fox make comments from backstage about how they're going to win the NXT Women's Championship Tournament.
NXT Women's Championship Tournament
Alexa Bliss vs. Alicia Fox
Bliss and Fox circle around each other. Fox tosses Bliss across the ring. Bliss lands a back elbow. She goes up top and flips off at Fox, but Fox moves. Bliss lands a knee to the chest. Fox comes back with a back breaker. She goes for a pair of pins on Bliss. Fox lands a snap mare. She hits Bliss with a northern lights suplex. Fox tosses Bliss into the corner and lands several elbows to the head. She takes Bliss back to the mat and keeps her head locked in. Bliss fights free. She kicks Fox in the mid section and lands a few forearms to the head. Bliss hits a quick pin out of nowhere for the win.
Winner: Alexa Bliss
Then, Devin Taylor is backstage with Adrian Neville. She asks his thoughts on tonight's Battle Royal. He says he commends whoever wins that match because it's a difficult match. He brings up Cesaro eliminating Big Show to win the Andre the Giant battle royal. He says that he looks forward to whoever wins the match, and looks forward to the competition.
NXT Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal
Everyone starts brawling. The fighting is focused in the corners. Brodus Clay eliminates Oliver Grey. Clay eliminates Curt Hawkins. Tyson Kidd and Tyler Breeze start double-teaming Clay. Everyone joins in to help eliminate Clay. Aiden English eliminates Danny Burch. Mason Ryan eliminates English by tossing him into Burch as things go to commercial.
Back from commercial and El Local has been eliminated over the break. Baron Corbin tries to eliminate Camacho but can't. Xavier Woods eliminates LeFort and Kalisto. Sami Zayn nearly gets eliminated. Mojo Rawley and Breeze try to eliminate Colin Cassidy by teaming up, but can't. Camacho and Woods exchange chops in the middle of the ring. Woods clotheslines Camacho outside, eliminating them both in the process.
Jason Jordan eliminates Mojo. Corbin knocks Jordan to the apron. Jordan leaps up on the ropes to attack Corbin, and Corbin hits him off, eliminating him. Bo Dallas eliminates Corbin. Bo follows up by eliminating Yoshi Tatsu. Bo eliminates Ryan, and then Cassidy. Bo tries to eliminate Kidd, but Kidd reverses and eliminates Bo. Breeze hits Kidd with the beauty shot. He tries to eliminate Zayn, but Zayn reverses and tosses Breeze to the apron. Zayn gets sent outside, and barely hangs onto the rope. Kidd runs at Breeze, and Breeze tosses him over the top rope too. He hangs on, just like Zayn. Breeze tries to eliminate them, and Kidd pulls him over the top rope. All three fall down and eliminate each other at the same time.
No Winner
The refs start discussing who was the last to be eliminated as the crowd chants triple threat. Breeze, Zayn, and Kidd start shoving each other around.
Triple H's music hits and he comes down to the ring. He says they need a number one contender, and asks the crowd what they should do. They chant triple threat. Triple H says obviously the crowd knows what's best for business. Next week, there will be a triple threat match, and the winner will be the number one contender.