WWE NXT Recap (11/25): Bayley Vs. Eva Marie Title Match, Tag Title Match, Finn Balor, Samoa Joe
Welcome to this week's coverage of WWE NXT here at WrestlingInc! Tonight's show is a huge one, and features two championship matches, including Bayley vs. Eva Marie!
- Michael Cole is in the ring, serving as interim GM for the healing William Regal. He announces Bayley vs. Eva Marie for tonight, and brings out Finn Balor and Samoa Joe for the contract signing. Balor says he's going to kick Joe's teeth out. Joe's music hits, he signs the contract and immediately leaves without looking Balor in the eye. When Balor leaves, Joe jumps him. Balor fights back in the ring, but he gets choked out.
NXT Tag Team Championship
Dash and Dawson (c) vs. The Vaudevillains
Dash and Dawson isolate Aiden English in their corner and work over his arm as we go to a commercial break. We come back to see Gotch get a hot tag, which leads to a sunset flip and a belly-to-back suplex on Dawson for two. Gotch walks righ into a big lariat, but English saves Gotch from the elevated Codebreaker.
Dawson avoids the Whirlish Dervish, put almost gets pinned. English walks into the elevated Codebreaker, and that's a wrap.
Winner: Dash & Dawson via pinfall (Elevated Codebreaker) to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship
Enzo and Cass return, and beat up Dash and Dawson, sending the champions retreating to the back.
- Eva Marie is backstage, and she's taken over Regal's office as her locker room. She shows off gifts that Total Divas fans bought her, and reveals that she's become friends with Nia Jax.
- Asuka vs. Dana Brooke is supposed to happen, but Emma comes out and she and Brooke jump Asuka. Emma applies the Emma Lock.
- Bayley is backstage and cuts a promo on Eva, saying she's going to show her what a true champion is tonight.
- Sami Zayn return vignette. JOY.
Apollo Crews vs. Jessy Sorenson
A big dropkick and suplex from Crews has Sorenson reeling, but he fights back. Crews plants Sorenson with an insane belly-to-back sitout powerbomb for the win.
Winner: Apollo Crews (Belly-to-Back-Bomb)
Crews accepts Corbin's challenge for NXT Takeover: London. Corbin is shown backstage saying that Crews will just be a footnote.
- We see an Elias Samson vignette.
- Charles Robinson comes to the ring, and it's announced that WWE Corporate sent him to make sure there's no controversy in tonight's main event.
NXT Women's Championship
Bayley (c) vs. Eva Marie (w/ Nia Jax)
"If Eva wins, we riot" chants to start things off. Bayley grabs a headlock. Eva gets out of it and clocks Bayley, before taunting her. Eva lands a snap suplex for a quick two. Bayley-to-Belly, but the ref is pulled out by Nia Jax. Eva Marie rolls up Bayley, and Charles Robinson counts the two.
Robinson is distracted and Nia Jax headbutts Bayley, and Eva only gets a few two counts out of it. Bayley goes for a couple of pins, but ends up getting stomped. Bayley fires back with a clothesline and hits a suplex, but Charles Robinson stops her from charging the corner. Bayley gets hit with Sliced Red but Bayley kicks out. Charles Robinson gets taken out.
Bayley has Eva on the top rope, but Nia pulls Bayley out! Bayley attacks Nia Jax, and lands the Super Bayley-to-Belly. A referee slides in and counts the pin. Bayley wins!
Winner: Bayley via pinfall (Super Bayley-To-Belly) to retain the NXT Women's Championship
Post-match, Nia Jax attacks Bayley, landing a leg drop.