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The Creed Brothers (Brutus & Julius) (with Malcolm Bivens) vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake And Zack Gibson) — Dusty Rhodes Classic Semifinals
— Brutus and Drake start this one off, Brutus gets the better of the exchange, Drake makes a tag to Drake, who works over Brutus' leg before making a quick tag back to Drake as Brutus tags-in Julius, who whips Drake around the ring with a few suplexes, Drake sneaks away and tags in Gibson, who tosses Julius aside, Julius sneaks-in a tag and to Brutus and Gibson nails him with an elbow and makes another quick tag to Drake, who used a distraction to rake Brutus' eyes and tosses him to the outside where he and Gibson use the double-team advantage to drill Brutus throat-first into the metal brace underneath the ring. Drake tosses Brutus back into the ring and works over Brutus' now-injured neck before making the tag to Gibson, who slides Brutus' throat across the top rope and locks-in a head lock before dragging him over to the corner to make another tag to Drake. Brutus overpowers Drake and wallops him with a massive suplex but Drake makes a quick tag to Gibson, who doesn't allow Brutus to make the tag but Brutus powers out of a head-lock and makes the tag to Julius, who starts cleaning house and locks-in the Stretch Muffler on Drake but Drake flips out, goes for a guillotine choke but Julius powers out and slams Drake before going for the cover but Gibson makes the save. All four men brawl, Drake dives through the ropes and lays out Julius. Gibson tosses Julius back in the ring and GYV hit the Doomsday Device, Drake goes for the cover but Julius is able to slide his foot underneath the bottom rope to stay alive. Drake goes for a flying front-kick but Julius ducks out and makes the tag to Brutus, Gibson tags himself in and they both start to unload heavy shots before Brutus takes him down, knocks Drake off the apron but Gibson comes firing back with a chop to the throat. Drake's now tagged-in and begins to wallop Brutus with heavy right hooks. Drake goes up top, Gibson holds Brutus underneath him but Julius uses Gibson as a launch pad and leaps onto the top turnbuckle and plants Drake with a super-plex before he and Brutus lay Gibson out with a double slam and Brutus blasts Gibson with a sliding clothesline for the 1-2-3 and the win!
Winners - Creed Brothers (Brutus & Julius) (advance to the Dusty Rhodes Classic Finals)
— Backstage, we see Cora Jade with McKenzie Mitchell, where McKenzie asks Cora what it means to finally have earned Raquel Gonzalez's respect and what she thinks about them teaming up to enter the Women's Dusty Classic. Cora says it means a lot to her to have earned Raquel's respect and she's excited to team with her in the tournament.
Tiffany Stratton vs. Wendy Choo
— Choo works over Stratton's arm, Stratton launches herself off the ropes to break the hold, Choo takes her down, locks in a head-lock, Stratton powers out, misses a kick, Choo rolls her up but Stratton kicks out at two. Choo launches herself into the corner and hits Stratton with a splash and then a running elbow before going for the cover but Stratton kicks out yet again after a two-count. Stratton comes firing back and lays out Choo with a clothesline but Choo knocks her back into the corner and goes for a an elbow but Stratton knocks her off and yells at Choo because she just broke off one of her nails. Stratton tosses Choo into the corner and lays into her with a springboard elbow then a pair of kicks into the chest and follows it up with a corkscrew bomb off the middle rope for the win!
Winner - Tiffany Stratton
— Backstage we see Pete Dunne with McKenzie Mitchell, who asks Pete about his cage match against Tony D'Angelo next week. Dunne says D'Angelo's biggest problem is that he talks too much and next week he'll finish it where it started...inside of a cage. Draco Anthony pops up and says Tony D'Angelo may not respect him, he [Draco] respects the hell out of him and it'll be an honor to share the ring with Pete tonight.
Pete Dunne vs. Draco Anthony
— Anthony with a suplex to start, Dunne trips him and delivers a stomp onto Anthony's hands then a super-kick before going for the cover but Anthony kicks out at two. Dunne goes right back to working over Anthony's hands, Anthony fights back with a pair of elbows and a few more strikes before tossing Dunne out of the ring. Tony D'Angelo comes out of nowhere and tries to hit Dunne with a crowbar but Dunne avoids it and launches D'Angelo into the ring post. Dunne gets back into the ring and takes out Anthony with a German suplex followed by The Bitter End which gets the 1-2-3 and the win!
Winner - Pete Dunne
— After the match, D'Angelo attacks Dunne but Dunne snaps his fingers and starts launching weapons into the ring from underneath. D'Angelo scurries to the entrance ramp and Dunne says not only will their match be a cage match next week, it'll be a weaponized steel cage match! LA Knight makes his way to the ring and we head to a commercial break.
LA Knight vs. Sanga (with Grayson Waller)
— Sanga displays some power early, Knight fights back and takes the big man with a suplex, goes for a cover but Sanga kicks out and launches Knight across the ring. Waller uncovers the top turnbuckle while the referee was counting, Sanga hurls himself toward Knight but Knight ducks out of the way and sends Sanga face-first into the exposed turnbuckle and plants the big man with a neck-breaker for the win!
Winner - LA Knight
— After the match Waller rushes the ring but Knight takes him out and scurries off before Sanga can help out before we head to a commercial break.
— Back from the break and it's time for the Championship Summit between NXT Champion Bron Breakker and his challenger for next week, Santos Escobar, which will be hosted by Wade Barrett. Escobar is already in the ring alongside Joaquin Wilde, Raul Mendoza and Elektra Lopez. Barrett introduces Escobar and welcomes out the NXT Champion Bron Breakker, who makes way down to the ring. Barrett asks Bron why he's so sure that he'll retain his title next week. Bron says he respects Santos but next week he's going to beat him and there's not a damn thing Santos can do about it. Bron says they both know how contract signings usually go so why don't they just skip to the part where they flip the table and start fighting. Santos says he doesn't expect any other answer from someone so new and naive. Santos says he pulls all the strings and always has everything under control. Santos says while people like Paul Heyman are calling Bron the future of WWE, people like himself are plotting to end his career before it even starts...and out comes former World Heavyweight Champion and current RAW superstar Dolph Ziggler! Ziggler makes his way to the ring, takes a seat and puts his feet up as the crowd chants 'holy shit!' Ziggler says what a night tonight is, NXT on SyFy and the NXT Champion and his challenger are ready to throw down...until he showed up. Ziggler congratulates Bron on having a Twitter account and a cell phone and since he's wondering if Dolph works Tuesday's...apparently now he does, thanks to a nice bonus from 'Johnny Ace'. Ziggler says time is money and he's not paid by the hour and he's got a plane to catch, so he'll make this short and sweet...Ziggler asks Bron who the hell he is, Bron says he's the NXT Champion and he's the reason that Ziggler's there. Bron says he'll handle Ziggler after he handles Santos. Ziggler says that's an amateur move by looking past his opponent, that's something he'd do but Bron isn't him. Ziggler says he could list all of his accomplishments but that'd take up the entire show, Ziggler says every 100 matches or so, 99 tend not to go his way but everyone knows what he's capable of...any day of the week. Ziggler says he has all of those accolades but there's one title that he he's never had...the NXT Championship. Ziggler says he doesn't have to be better or smarter than Bron...and Tommaso Ciampa's music hits. Ciampa comes down to the ring and says what a big moment is, to see Ziggler in an NXT ring. Ciampa says Dolph Ziggler as NXT Champion is a hard pass. Ciampa calls Ziggler kid and says he loves his spirit but if he thinks he's gonna walk into his home...and Santos interrupts and asks what the hell Ziggler is doing there. Santos says once he becomes the new NXT Champion he'll handle both Ziggler and Ciampa, who says if he interrupts him again, he won't make it to next week. Ciampa says he's next in line unless Ziggler has a problem with that. Ziggler says no matter what Ciampa does, the same '100 people in Florida' clap like seals every time he comes out to the ring every Tuesday night. Ciampa attacks Ziggler, Legado del Fantasma attacks Bron, who takes out everyone except Santos. Bron and Santos stare each other down and brawl. Bron's about to put Santos through the table but Wilde and Mendoza comeback and put Bron through the table. Santos says everything happens on HIS time...and this is HIS time.
Dakota Kai vs. Sarray
— Sarray gets the momentum to start and locks up multiple submission on Kai before also tosses her aside and lays into Sarray with a trio of knees while in the corner, goes for the cover but Sarray kicks out at two. Kai continues to lay in the strikes but Sarray rolls out and drills Kai with a double stomp, then goes up top and lands a missile drop-kick on Kai, who kicks out of the ensuing pin attempt after a count of two. Sarray misses a kick, Kai drills her with a super-kick, goes for the cover but Sarray lifts the shoulders at two. Sarray rolls Kai up out of nowhere, Kai kicks out, Kai rolls her back, Sarray kicks out, Sarray with another roll-up but Kai kicks out again. Sarray with double kicks, sends Kai to the apron and Sarray drills her with a sliding kick to the face and then nails Kai with a back suplex for the 1-2-3 and the win!
Winner - Sarray
MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) vs. Malik Blade & Edris Enofe — Dusty Rhodes Classic Semifinals
— Blade and Wes start this one off, Wes gets the better of the exchange with some high-flying offense then makes the tag to Carter. Blade takes Carter down after kicking out of a quick pin attempt then makes the tag to Enofe, who locks-in a head-lock on Carter. Enofe launches himself towards Carter, Carter tosses him over the top rope onto the apron but Enofe leaps back into the ring and lays out Carter and both men make a tag. MSK lay out both Enofe and Blade with some double-team offense and we head to a commercial break. Back from the break and Enofe takes Lee out, he tags in Blade, they slam Carter, Blade tags back in Enofe who goes go top and he drills Carter with a splash but Lee comes in and breaks up the count to save MSK. Carter drills Enofe with a drop-kick, Lee goes up top and leaps over Carter and plants Enofe with a back-cutter for the three-count and the win!
Winners - MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) (advance to the Dusty Rhodes Classic Final)
— We then see a video package highlighting Cameron Grimes' career in NXT leading up to his NXT North American Championship match against champion Carmelo Hayes, next week. A video package hyping up the March 11 release of WWE 2K22 is then shown before we head to a commercial break ahead of our main event of the evening.
— Back from the break, NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose is backstage being flanked by Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne but Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta attack Dolin and Jayne and Mandy has to make her way to the ring alone.
Mandy Rose (C) vs. Kay Lee Ray — NXT Women's Championship
— Rose goes on the attack early but KLR comes back and drops the champion with a clubbing uppercut, goes for the cover but Rose kicks out. KLR goes up top, Rose slides out of the ring but KLR dives through the ropes and takes Rose out, tosses her back into the ring, goes for the cover but Rose keeps her title reign alive for the moment as she lifts the shoulders at two. Rose fires back and tosses KLR face-first into the corner and applies a choke against the ropes before the referee makes her break the hold. Rose drills KLR with a spine-buster, goes for the cover but KLR's able to kick out. McKenzie Mitchell chimes in from the back and announces that Indi Hartwell and Persia Pieotta have been escorted out of the building by security following their attack on Gigi Dolin and Jacey Jayne. Back in the ring, Rose slams KLR, goes for another cover but KLR's able to kick out at two. KLR powers back, slams the champion down, goes up top and nails Rose with a moonsault, goes for the cover but Rose kicks out. KLR immediately latches on a submission, Rose rolls her back to go for a pin, KLR kicks out but Rose evades the submission attempt because of it. KLR plants Rose with a front-suplex, goes for a super-kick, Rose rolls her up, KLR kicks out and this time, drills Rose with a super-kick, goes for the cover but Rose kicks out at two-and-a-half. Jacy Jayne comes down and distracts the referee, Rose drills KLR with a running knee and gets the 1-2-3 for the win!
Winner - Mandy Rose (C)
— After the match, Dolin, Jayne and Rose attack KLR, Rose is about to hit KLR with her own bat but Io Shirai rushes down to the ring and takes out both Dolin and Jayne, Rose sneaks behind Shirai but KLR makes the save and lays out Rose as the show goes-off-the-air.
