Steve Notes NXT 5/25/21

Kai/Gonzalez vs. Shotzi/Ember

Gonzales dominates, Kai gets them in trouble, Gonzalez has to pull her out of it

Damn, EMber counters the Single arm power bomb with an eclipse on Raquel, Shotzi and Ember get the win pinning Kai

***

After the match, Raquel wrecks EMber, Kai holds her down as Raquel makes EMber watch her destroy Shotzi, power bombing her into the barricade twice

Ciampa, says we made a mistake calling out MSK, GYV took us out, but that’s ok, there are many paths. You won round 1, we won round 2, there will be a third round. Thatch says I AM GOING TO ENJOY BREAKING YOUR LIMBS.

Pete Dunne vs Bobby Fish

Fish has new music. All three members of UE have unused demos of UE theme as their music.

Great, exhausting match, Dunne finishes Fish with a Bitter End

***½

After the match, Lorcan attacks Fish, drapes his bum arm over the apron, stretches it with his leg standing on it

Mercedes promo, did I win? No DID I LEARN YES. Back on the road to the title! Boa shows up behind her.

Hit Row promo, Swerve says all eyes are on the nxt title match, he calls out Bronson Reed, Top Dolla calls out Legado/MSK and Adonis calls out KUSHIDA.

Mercedes Martinez vs. Zayda Ramier

Martinez wins with Air Raid Crash, fun stuff

**¾

After the match, Martinez’s music stops, in its stead was Tien Sha stuff

Dibiase is backstage talking to Toni Storm, then walks off and Robert Stone Brand accosts him. Dibiase throws money at them and walks off laughing

MILLION DOLLAR FACE OFF!!

Grimes says everyone wants to know… why? I was always rich, I didn’t always have this lifestyle, then I start to flaunt a bit, you start embarrassing me. I look up to you. And I saw because of you, with money, I could treat people terribly and they would still like me. Its true what they say, never meet your idols.

Dibiase says I like you, we have more in common than you think. Would you consider that the reason you put through that hell, I see a little bit of myself. I’m here Cameron because I am looking for that one individual who embodies everything the million dollar man stands for. It’s not all about the money, it’s about performance right here in this ring. You got it. I’ve seen it. Since you’ve become rich, you’ve lost your focus. LA KNIGHT INTERRUPTS.

LA KNIGHT: I hear you Ted talking about your million dollar legacy, LET ME TALK TO YA. WALKING DOWN THIS RAMP IS A MAN WHO HAS KAVORKA, IS A PERPETUAL MOMENTUM MACHINE OF BADASSERY YAH.

Grimes calls him nickel and dime.

Knight says if you’re looking for someone to take you to the next level, your legacy, there is one name la knight.

Dibiase says you have a shot of becoming a megastar here in nxt, you do have a million dollar body, a million dollar mindset.

Grimes interrupts, says yeah he has the body, but get out of this ring or I’m gonan kick your ass to the moon. Knight hits his finish on Grimes. DIbiase says KID, you’re just never gonna get it HAHAHAHAH

Backstage, Indi is looking for Dexter, she finds Ever Rise live, Martel  gives her the you wanna take a swing at me treatment, Drake comes in, tells her he saw her in a room nearby, she goes in and the walls are littered with art of his broken heart.

Franky Monet vs. Cora Jade

Franky dominates this match, finishing with a glam slam

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GYV: CIAMPA & THATCHER, that was a receipt, we are done with you, msk we are not done with you, we will be watching you very closely, because we are the champions this division desperately need, if they were wrestling in our garden, we would close the curtain, cuz we are grizzled young…

Bronson Reed talks representing Australia

Hologram Walter tells Imperium to get their shit together, Wolfe was a weakness, they need to take out Breezango for taking their tag titles

Reed promo: 14 years, it was falling, getting back up, climbing that mountain. I had a lot of doubters. This is proof that you need to need to take no for an answer. Work hard, grind it out, become a champion. Now that I got this, good luck taking it from me. To anyone in the locker room, I had a big mountain to climb, you have a colossal mountain. LEGADO comes out.

Santos: Bravo, you got some telenovela story going there. Brought tears to our eyes. They wupe their eyes with tissue. I gotta say tho, I can’t relate to any of what you said. I was born a champion. I wasn’t even born to belong to this business, this business belongs to me. After your victory, something caught my eye. Not your colossal mass. The North American title. I am the emperor of lucha libre. I see the NA title and I see USA and Mexico. Wilde says what about Canada? Canada doesn’t count, I thought we agreed on that. NORTH AMERICA represents MEXICO, which means it belongs to me. Your celebration is OVER MATE, I’m gonna do what I do best, take what’s mine. MSK make the save when Legado attacks.

Balor vs. Kross

Kross in control much of this, Balor hits some double foot stomps, Kross converts one to a Kross jacket, Finn gets to the ropes, they go outside, Kross slams Balor back-first into the barricade glass. COmes back in, power bomb attempt, Balor hits DDT to counter, then sling blade, lariat to the outside, tope to Korss on the outside, Kross no sells, puts Balor thru the table. Back inside, Balor gets some offense in, goes for CDG, Kross gets up, evades, german suplex, Saito UGLY landing for Finn, Kross goes for forearm, Balor counters with rollup, Balor locks in a submission, Kross mounts his back, Balor gets out, mounts Kross’ back, ground and pound, the REF TAKES BALOR OFF? Balor locks on his own choke clutch, Balor gets a triangle, the ref checks his hand, Kross holds on to the ref’s hand, power bombs Balor off him. Balor gets up, they face off, Kross clothesline, forearm to the back, again, stomps Balor’s head, kross jacket, Balor passes out. Kross wins.

***¾