This new episode of WWE NXT – Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic special – opens this Wednesday, January 13, 2021 live from the CWC at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, with the entry of Shotzi Blackheart and Candice LeRae. They will clash, right away.
Match simple
Candice LeRae (w/Indi Hartwell) bat Shotzi Blackheart
by fallen
Blackheart climbs onto the third string and Hartwell steps in to distract her and allow LeRae to assign a spinning neckbreaker for the count of three and the win.
Pete Dunne and NXT Tag Team Champions Danny Burch and Orney Lorcan arrive by car at the Performance Center.
NXT Champion Finn Balor sits in the ring. Microphone in hand, Balor says his opponent from last week, Kyle O’Reilly, is very good but not up to his level. It is his turn to eat his meals with a straw. He challenges the rest of the roster and the Pete Dunne theme rings out. With Lorcan and Burch by his side, Dunne says he watched the game last week confident that it would one day end with one between them.
The only reason Balor is champion is because they haven’t faced each other yet. Recently, Balor told Dunne to fall into line and Dunne doesn’t want to wait any longer. Dunne, Lurch and Lorcan attack Balor, before the champion is saved by O’Reilly then Adam Cole and Roderick Strong. The heels flee and Balor confronts the Undisputed Era at length to conclude the segment.
Behind the scenes, Austin Theory interrupts Johnny Gargano’s interview to give him a gift. This gift is an envelope and comes from Dexter Lumis. It contains caricatures of Gargano and Theory, which does not please Gargano at all who takes it very badly.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic – Round of 16
The Grizzled Young Veterans beat Ever-Rise
by fallen
Drake and Gibson assign their finisher, the Ticket To Mayhem, to Martel and Gibson pinpoints him to clinch their place in the quarterfinals.
Match simple – non title
Johnny Gargano (w/Austin Theory) bat Dexter lumis
by fallen
Theory attempts to intervene in the match and Lumis takes a bite out of the hook, allowing the NXT North American Champion to roll up for the final pinfall. After the match, Lumis attacks Theory. Gargano intervenes and tries to hit Lumis with a chair, but Kushida arrives and stops him. He assigns an armbar to Gargano, who taps. Kushida picks up the belt and looks at it carefully before handing it to Gargano to conclude the streak.
An interview with Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher by Wade Barrett is broadcast. They talk about and promote the Fight Pit II, which will take place next week:
For the second DRTTC eighth game of the evening, the identity of the MSK team is finally revealed. They are Wes Lee and Nash Carter, better known as Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz. They together formed the team named The Rascalz at IMPACT Wrestling.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic – Round of 16
MSK beat Jake Atlas & Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
by fallen
MSK assigns their double finisher to Scott and Carter pinches Scott to win their ticket to the quarter-finals.
A new thumbnail of Karrion Kross and Scarlett is released:
Match simple
Xia Li (w / Boa) bat a local competitor
by fallen
A few seconds and two kicks in the face of his unknown opponent are enough for Li to clinch the victory. After the match, a mysterious and strange person sits on a throne on the stage and forces Li to attack his opponent.
Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter announce their participation in the Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Behind the scenes, Atlas and Scott are on the verge of hitting each other but officials intervene. Bronson Reed also intervenes to separate them and asks Scott to calm down. The latter takes it badly and thinks that Reed has chosen his side.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic – Round of 16
Undisputed Era (w/Kyle O’Reilly) beat Breezango
by fallen
Dunne, Burch and Lorcan attack Kyle O’Reilly late in the game before Finn Balor arrives, who tries to stop them, but to no avail. Despite the distraction, Strong and Cole clinch the victory thanks to a super kick from the latter over Fandango. Both sides – one standing on the stage and one on the ground in front of the ring – gaze at each other to conclude this episode of WWE NXT.
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