Good afternoon Fight Fans and welcome to our coverage of today's edition of WWE NXT headlined by a match between Ilja Dragunov and Joe Coffey! Please enjoy the show and I'll see you back here tomorrow night for Smackdown on FOX and 205 Live!
Tyler Bate vs Joseph Conners
Joe rushes Tyler before Tyler teases a bop and a bang, but Joe gets out of the way before they run the ropes and Tyler hits several dropkicks that sends Joe out of the ring. Joe teases bringing a chair into the ring before he throws it down and gets back into the ring and Tyler hits arm drags into a straight arm bar. Tyler hits a monkey flip before Joe knocks him off of the top turnbuckle and down onto the floor before dropping him face first across the apron. Joe rolls Tyler back into the ring for a two count before hitting a wrist lock clothesline for two and drops him with a back elbow for another two count. Joe locks in a chin bar before Tyler gets to his feet and comes back with uppercuts and they have a test of strength until Tyler gets two off of a back slide.
Tyler drops Joe with an uppercut before hitting a suplex into a standing shooting star for two. Tyler rocks Joe with a jab before rolling him up for two and Joe hits a variation of a cutter before missing a moonsault off of the second rope. Joe hits a tilt-a-whirl slam into a clothesline that sends Tyler out of the ring before hitting a slingshot flat liner for two. Joe beats Tyler down in the corner and stomps him into a heap before the referee backs him up. They exchange open hand palm strikes before Tyler drops Joe with a rolling kick and Joe counters the Tyler Driver '97 before hitting a falcon arrow for two.
Tyler then counters Don't Look Down and hits a rebound lariat into the Tyler Driver 97 for the pin and the win.
Winner: Tyler Bate defeats Joseph Conners via pinfall with the Tyler Driver 97.
-We get go backstage to the contract signing for WALTER and Dave Mastiff before WALTER leaves. We then go to the announce desk before Jinny shows up and says that she got rid of Jazzy when she disobeyed her and that she may give someone else a shot to team with her in the future, but for now it's all about her.
Noam Dar vs Josh Morrell
Dar backs Josh into the corner several times before Josh shoves him away and Josh backs Dar into the ropes before they have a test of strength and they chop each other across the chest. Josh dodges a PK and dropkicks Dar before landing on his feet when he goes for a standing shooting star press and a springboard moonsault for two. Josh gets two off of a small package before Dar sends him over the top rope and down onto the apron before kicking his knee out and lifting him back into the ring by the arm. Dar hits a sliding forearm for two before hitting Josh with hammer fists in both sides of the head and choking him. Josh then gets to his feet and Dar kicks and punches him against the ropes before Dar hits the Nova Roller for the pin and the win.
Winner: Noam Dar defeats Josh Morrell via pinfall with a Nova Roller.
-We get a promo by The Hunt behind a cage where they say that they are going to hunt the Grizzled Young Veterans ahead of their match next week before we get a graphic for next week's NXT UK Women's Championship I Quit match between the champion Kay Lee Ray and Toni Storm as we go to commercial.
-We come back to the announcement of a special start time for NXT UK next week at 10am EST before we go backstage to an interview with Jordan Devlin about taking some time off to recover.
Ilja Dragunov vs Joe Coffey
Joe backs Ilja into the ropes, but he spins off and takes Joe down before Joe takes Ilja down with a headlock and drops him with a shoulder block. They have a pose off before Ilja tells Joe to bring it and Ilja lands on top of Joe when he goes for a running cross body before sending Joe out of the ring. Ilja hits a tope and tosses Joe back into the ring before Joe hits a Glasgow send-off and they exchange at ringside. Joe sends Ilja into the steps and sends him end over end and crashing down onto the apron and down onto the floor before tossing him back into the ring. Joe takes the leg of Ilja out and focuses on said leg before hitting a diving leg breaker with Ilja's leg crashing into the knee of Joe.
Joe locks in a Boston crab before Ilja crawls to the bottom rope and Joe takes him down once he gets to his feet with a single leg takedown before Ilja counters a German suplex. Joe counters the Constantine Special before Ilja drops Joe and hits a running knee lift in the corner and what he calls a Russian suplex for a near fall. Ilja hits a dive for a near fall before Joe hits several uppercuts and an avalanche overhead belly to belly suplex. They run at each other, but Joe runs right into a knee by Ilja before they exchange and Ilja counters All the Best for the Bells before Joe misses a Glasgow send-off and goes shoulder first into the corner. Ilja hits a DVD into the corner before Ilja hits a coast to coast dropkick and Joe screams that this is his kingdom before he goes for All the Best for the Bells and Ilja hits him with Torpedo Moscow for the pin and the win.
Winner: Ilja Dragunov defeats Joe Coffey via pinfall Torpedo Moscow.
-After the match Gallus corner Ilja and Joe tells Ilja that he paid his debt and that they're square before leaving as we go off the air.
