WWE NXT Results (3/20): Triple H Addresses Future Of NXT Championship, Fatal 5-Way Match

By Joshua Gagnon

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Tonight features Triple H addressing the future of the NXT Championship after Tommaso Ciampa sustained a neck injury.

- The show kicks off with Triple H heading to the ring with the NXT Championship. He gets on the mic, talks up NXT a bit, says dreams can become possibilities in NXT. He says those dreams can end at any moment though, that is the reality. He initially was there to announce NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: New York, but Ciampa needed neck surgery and had to relinquish the title. Gargano will still compete for the title and his opponent will be the winner of tonight's 5-way match: Ricochet vs. Adam Cole vs. Aleister Black vs. Velveteen Dream vs. Matt Riddle. Gargano versus the winner will be a 2-out-of-3 falls match for the title.

- Backstage, Cathy Kelley bumps into Kona Reeves and asks about his reaction to tonight's main event. He says it'll be alright, but won't be the finest. The Forgotten Sons comes and she asks them the same question. They don't care about tonight's match, they care about their Dusty Rhodes Tag Classic finals match against Ricochet and Black, which takes place next week. They are actually happy Black and Ricochet are in tonight's match because they're minds will be elsewhere.

- Backstage, Ricochet and Aleister Black understand there's no hard feelings, it's about going after the most important title in NXT. Ricochet says he might have to pull double duty with the titles, Black says everyone will fade to black. Dream says the spotlight is only big enough for one man and the outcome tonight is "dream over."

- Footage is shown of Ciampa going to Birmingham, Alabama for his neck surgery. The doctors say it could take up to one year to recover from this surgery.

- We hear from Riddle before tonight's match, he says he's worked his "ace" off to get this opportunity, he fully plans on winning and taking the title at TakeOver, bro. Cole says there isn't a person that deserves the title more than him. He reminds us two years ago at the Barclays Center, he made his NXT debut and in a few week he'll be holding the title over his head.

- Backstage, Io Shirai and Kairi Sane are excited to see tonight's main event. Kelley then asks about their upcoming fatal 4-way match, despite being friends they have no problem going against each other to get a shot at the title. Bianca Belair shows up says they shouldn't even get an opportunity for the title, it should be her, so she'll just have to run through both Sane and Shirai to get to the title because her mindset is undefeated.

Adam Cole vs. Velveteen Dream vs. Ricochet vs. Aleister Black vs. Matt Riddle (Winner advances to NXT TakeOver: New York against Johnny Gargano for the NXT Championship)

Crowd with an "all these guys!" chant as they all start swinging on each other. Dream and Ricochet are left alone in the ring, Dream looking for the dream valley driver early on, nope, big kick by Black, but he's tripped up by Cole on the floor. Black with a massive kick to Cole's chest, Dream knocks Black down to the floor. Ricochet heads in and uses his agility to drop Dream and kick him out of the ring. Riddle in the ring, hits three gutwrench suplexes in a row on Ricochet. Cole back in, kick to Riddle's head.

Ricochet and Black team up on Cole, quickly dispatching him, leaving just the two in the ring. Ricochet looks for a handshake, Cole whacks Ricochet from behind, sending Black to the floor. Cole with a neckbreaker on Ricochet, cover, two. Dream goes against Cole, smacks him in the face a bunch, climbs to the top, hits a double ax handled on Black, then lands another on Cole. Dream goes back up to the top rope, Riddle catches him and hits a release german suplex. Riddle looks for the bromission on Black, Dream breaks that up.

Black recovers, hits a second rope moonsault on two opponent, kick to Dream, pin, two-count. He lifts Dream with his foot, but Cole yanks him out to the floor and sends him into the steps. Cole and Riddle face-off in the ring, crowd with a "Bro!" chant as they lands back-and-forth shots. Bromission on Cole, Dream breaks that up, as well. Everyone lands big kicks now, Riddle and Black end up kicking each other at the same time and all five guys are down now. Crowd with a big "NXT" chant. All five end up on the second/third ropes and everyone ends up crashes down to the mat.

Black hits a german suplex on Dream, running senton on Black's midsection by Riddle. Cole gets in the ring, lands a big superkick to Riddle, neckbreaker over his knee, cover, Ricochet able to stop the count. Cole with two superkicks to Ricochet, looks for the last shot, Ricochet ducks hit and nails a reverse-rana on Cole, who ends up rolling out to the floor. Ricochet with a handspring flip to the floor on Cole. Riddle gets the bromission on Dream, but Cole pulls the referee out of the ring. Aleister hits Black Mass on Riddle. Dream nails dream valley driver on Black, heads to the top, but Ricochet flips him down to the floor on the others. Ricochet back up and hits a huge shooting star press on Riddle, cover, last shot by Cole to the back of Ricochet's head, pin, 1-2-3!

Winner: Adam Cole via pinfall and he'll now face Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: New York for the NXT Championship in a 2-out-of-3 falls match.

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