Steve Notes NXT Great American Bash 2021

Steve Notes Great American Bash

Dusty Rhodes voice does the intro, which is kinda cool

Thankfully the crowd is WAY more hyped tonight.

A stellar match with a bunk inside cradle finish, Wes Le pinning Thatcher after he almost taps out to an ankle lock yeah yeah we get it, MSK supposedly earned Ciampa/Thatcher's respect 

***½

Samoa Joe and Regal come out, Regal demands Kross and Gargano come down

Does John have new theme music

Gargano immediately says YOU SUCK, I’ve been living rent free in your head for weeks and there’s a lot of space, at takeover you realized you’re not in my league, you’re terrified to get in this ring cuz I’ll expose you.

Regal says next week a title match

Kross: You think I’m afraid of you? I didn’t try to run you over with a car, you were just in the way. I’m not just bigger than you, I also have stronger convictions, When I wake up, I think the same three things:  1. Never lose the nxt title, main event mania, win the wwe title. What do you do? Put on your wife’s jeans? This isn’t a comic book movie, this is real life and in real life, people like you get beat up my people like me. And thats just the way it really is. Next week will be no different.

Regal says to make sure things go right next week, there will be a special guest ref, samoa joe- John cheers on, he says its funny you mention my wife’s pants, considering you couldn’t lace my wife’s boots.

LA Knight vs. Cameron Grimes

Knight dominates much of this

Grimes gets the title, argues with the ref, Grimes tries to roll him up, Knight reverses, Grimes gets out, Grimes hits poison rana for 2

Grimes loads up Cave In, La Knight goes outside, hits DDT onto his million dollar title

Grimes barely makes the count, but once he gets in, Knight hits his finish for the win

***

NXT Breakout tournament participants announcement

They have two technically current champions in Joe Gacy (CZW) and Josh Briggs (Evolve)

The Way vs Io Shirai/Zoey Stark

Finish saw The Way in control, the battery appears, it’s Tegan Nox, she appears on stage, freaks out Candice, Io comes to, as Indi tries a springboard, she gets kicked, Io takes out Candice, Zoey hits her finish on Indi for the win, AND NEW

***½

Tegan runs after Candice, gets her in the ring and attacks, they run off

Toni Storm interview

How can Gonzalez set her sights on the likes of Shotzi when Toni deserves a match? I’ll tell you why, if she steps in the ring with me, she loses. It’s cute Sarray called me out, it was random like she picked my name out of hat. I won more matches in Japan than she’s had in her life. The answer is no, cuz she’s not on my level.

North American Cypher Celebration

Man. This is insanely good. I figured that shit with Swerve in the studio was like, kayfabe. But holy shit.

Regal/Joe interview

Regal says it’s been a fantastic night, MSK has earned Thatcher/Ciampa’s respect, new Women’s tag champs, the return of tegan nox, grimes has a new occupation, still have cole/o’reilly to go, and I’m looking forward to next week’s title match.

Joe, on Kross/John: As long as I’m not provoked, everything should be ok.

Kyle O’Reilly vs. Adam Cole

Cole works O’Reilly’s knee

Cole counters a heel hook attempt with a figure four, KO is able to counter to a heel hook, Cole gets to the ropes, KO hits Cole with a bunch of strikes, hits a running knee strike so hard he falls to the outside, so Cole hits Panama Sunrise from the apron to the outside, rolls KO in and gets 2 cuz KO gets his foot on the rope

KO misses knee drop from the top, gets hit with last shot for 2

Cole goes for PS, KO throws him off the top, Cole hits KO with strikes, tries PS, eats a knee to the chest, but KO used his injured knee, so Cole goes back up, PS, then last shot for 3

****