As always the show opens up with the crowd chanting NXT. The first match was scheduled for one fall, with the participants being "Prince Pretty" Tyler Breeze taking on Adam Rose. The two opponents make their way to the ring and as Rose makes his way to the ring he starts to talk about how he's going to poop on the NXT universes party. Now just to clarify Rose had a party animal gimmick a while back, and now he's going through a gimmick change where he no longer wants to party because everyone took him as a joke. Once both participants are in the ring Bull Dempsey interrupts the match before it can begin. He then makes his way to the ring and challenges Breeze to match after what Breeze had done to Dempsey the following week (Breeze beat up Dempsey after their loss to Gargano and Ciampa). Adam rose then tells Dempsey to back down and then eventually slaps him. This doesn't sit well with Dempsey as he then beats down Rose and throws him out of the ring, leaving Dempsey alone inside the ring with Breeze. Dempsey almost gets his hands on Breeze but Prince Pretty quickly leaves the ring. Dempsey is then yelling for a one-on-one match, which was announced that he will be getting next week on the September 23rd edition of NXT.
Our next match features "The Perfect Ten" Tye Dillinger facing off against Danny Burch. This match is to get Dillinger back on the right track, and start winning matches again. Dillinger has been around NXT for quite sometime now and he has finally accepted what he really is, a perfect ten. Dillinger showed off why he calls himself such by showing off his wrestling ability and agility. Then to end the match he removed his kneepad and drove it to the temple of Burch. Dillinger was just someone who could put on a great match with anyone, until he found this gimmick. It seems like we will be seeing a lot more of "The Perfect Ten," in the weeks to come.
In our third match we will see Apollo Crews taking on a formidable opponent in Solomon Crow. This would be the first real test for Crews as he has been facing off against people who aren't highly ranked in NXT. Solomon Crow has a great in ring presence with an offence that will make you want to see more. The match starts off with the two shaking hands. As they go through tie ups it would end with Crews coming out on top. Crews then lets crow on his feet and tries to go for another hand shake, this time Crow kicks his hand away as he seemed to be getting a little frustrated. Crews was just too agile and strong for Crow to handle, so he decided to pull a little underhanded move when he trapped Crews under the ring apron and dishing out heavy blows to the vulnerable Crews. Crow then slowed the pace down by getting Crews into a sleeper hold. This eventually backfired as Crews reversed with a Jawbreaker and picked up momentum to finish Crow with his Gorilla Press Standing Moonsault combination earning the three count and winning the match. This was a fun match to watch because it was the first time since his debut that he was up against a formidable opponent. It was a fun match to watch and was especially good because we're seeing a little bit of a heel turn coming from Solomon Crow. I think this could help crow as he has been something of an after thought since his debut. He is an amazing worker, but so far has not been used to often. I hope this match will give us a Crow/Crews rivalry, but only time will tell.
The match to follow is a second round tag match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic between Baron Corbin & Rhyno going up against Gargano and Ciampa. Gargano and Ciampa started the match on a high note by taking it too the two larger competitors. With their fast pace they were able to get the upper hand landing some devastating blows and a couple of dives to the outside, getting the NXT crowd hyped up. This ended though as Corbin stopped Ciampa in his tracks with a massive body slam. Corbin slowed down the pace keeping Ciampa away from his corner. This worked for some time, until Ciampa finally got free and was able to make a tag to his partner. Gargano wasted little time as he dove into the ring and hit Corbin with an over the top rope tornado ddt. It seemed as though Gargano and Ciampa would come out victorious but Corbin had other plans as he landed the end of days on Gargano and won the match for him and his partner. Corbin and Rhyno are now in the semifinals in the tournament, is there anyone who can stop their momentum?
The Final match of the night was a homecoming event, as Bayley (the newly crowned NXT women's champion) made her way to the ring. She was facing off against newcomer Sarah Dobson, who was looking to make a name for herself by taking on the new champion. Sarah wasted no time and went on the offence getting the better of Bayley, but the champ wasn't going to lose so easily. She quickly turned things around and showed Dobson exactly why she is champ. Bayley then did her finisher the belly-to-bayley and won the match in outstanding fashion. She then did a victory lap around the ring and even got one of her fans to join her. All seemed good until "The Boss" Sasha Banks came out to ruin the party. Sasha was telling Bayley how their match for the title was the best match of the night and NXT Takeover Brooklyn. She went on to say the Bayley was only better then her for 3 seconds and that she wanted to beat Bayley, but not just once. She wanted to beat Bayley over and over again. Bayley was ready for the fight then and there until General manager William Regal made his way to the stage and announced that at NXT Takeover Respect, Sasha Banks would get her rematch for the NXT Womens Title in the first ever 30 minute iron woman match. Not only that, but the two women would be the main event. This is monumental in that there has never been a women's match main event any big event such as this. This is a big step forward for women's wrestling in the WWE and I personally am super stoked about it. NXT Takeover Respect will happen October 7. Mark your calendars because this one you won't want to miss.
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