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Tyler Breeze has it out for Samoa Joe ever since Joe won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic along with Finn Balor, and says that if he's not number one contender for the NXT Championship, neither is Samoa Joe. If Joe wants to fight him, all he has to do is find him.
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady beat Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder when Amore gets a small package pin on Scott Dawson. After the match, Dash and Dawson decimate Enzo and Big Cass, with Big Cass falling victim to the Shatter Machine.
We get a special look at Rhyno.
Eva Marie is still on vacation in Paris. She plans on returning soon.
In what is perhaps one of the biggest surprises of 2015, "The Cowboy" James Storm makes a surprise appearance in NXT, fights in an NXT ring and beats Danny Burch.
Apollo Crews opens up about his early life.
Alexa Bliss beats Peyton Royce. After the match, Alexa Bliss mockingly congratulates Bayley before warning her that her Woman's title reign is about to come to an end.
Next week: Samoa Joe vs. Tyler Breeze!
Baron Corbin beats Rhyno.
Samoa Joe calls Tyler Breeze "the epitomy of a desperate man" and tells Breeze to take a picture of himself as he will never look the same again after next week.
NXT starts with Tyler Breeze making his appearance, followed by Adam Rose telling the NXT Universe he's ready to take a nice, big steaming poop all over their party. Before the match can happen, however, Bull Demspey shows up and calls out Tyler Breeze, telling him he's going to make him wish the retaliatory beating he's about to get for attacking him last week was an accident, unlike the on-purpose beating Breeze gave him. Breeze yells at Bull for interrupting the match, but Bull lays on the top rope Tyler Breeze-style. Breeze calls costing him the Tyler Breeze Tag Team Classic as well as the day Bull was born "accidents." Bull asks Adam Rose to give him the ring, but Adam refuses, as he plans to poop all over Breeze's party for what he did to him months ago. Rose fights with Bull, but Bull tosses him out of the ring. Breeze brawls with Bull, too, but Breeze ends up retreating, much to Bull's chagrin.
Tyler Breeze accepts Bull Dempsey's challenge for a match.
Tye Dillinger beats Martin Stone.
Rhyno and Baron Corbin aren't worried about an upset victory against them. They're more worried about the damange they're going to do to Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.
Well-known Japanese women's wrestling star Kana - now going by the name Asuka - comes to NXT next week!
Apollo Crews beats Solomon Crowe.
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa think their chances in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic are pretty good, and plan to crush Rhyno and Baron Corbin to make it to the next round.
Emma and Dana Brooke have noticed that Bayley is back, new Divas are arriving, and they're missing out on the fun...so they've decided to shake things up by proving they're the ones in charge.
Sasha Banks has arrived at Full Sail University...
We recap the progress of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic so far. The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) beat Alexander Wolfe and Noah Kekoa to advance, while The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) beat Blake and Murphy to continue. The Vaudevillians will take on Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson in Texas for next week's show.
Baron Corbin and Rhyno beat Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) plan to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with the tag titles, but Alexa Bliss shows up with Blake and Murphy, announcing they are exercising their rematch clause next week.
Bull Dempsey vs. Tyler Breeze is official for next week.
Bayley appears on NXT for the first time since the winning the NXT Women's title. She parades through the NXT Universe with the championship and even gets 10-year-old front-row Bayley superfan Izzy a minute in the ring.
Bayley beats Sarah Dobson in her first NXT match since winning the NXT Women's Championship. After the match, Bayley gets the microphone but Sasha Banks shows up before she has much of a chance to speak. Banks congratulates Bayley, saying that ever since Brooklyn, all she's heard about is her and Bayley stealing the show, how it was match of the year and how it was the greatest women's wrestling match the company has ever seen, which is great for everyone...except for her. She's here to win titles and prove herself the best female wrestler in the company. She admits that Bayley earned her respect, and that Bayley was better than her for three seconds. Bayley knows that Banks wants to exercise her rematch clause, and Bayley says the rematch is on. Banks she wants to make a point: she wants to beat Bayley again...and again...and again. William Regal shows up and makes the championship rematch official for NXT TakeOver on October 7th, and for the first time in NXT history, their match will be the main event. That's not all, however, as for the first time in NXT history, two women will face each other in an Iron Man Match. Bayley and Sasha Banks shake hands after the announcement.
Rhyno and Baron Corbin beat The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic after Corbin stops The Fall of Man.
Devin Taylor interviews Neville and Solomon Crowe. Neville has high respect for Dusty Rhodes, who says that Rhodes is the reason for where he is where he is and has eternal gratitude for him. Crowe considers it an honor to be in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but an even bigger honor to be teaming with Neville.
Alexa Bliss beats Blue Pants.
William Regal is talking to two men when Tyler Breeze shows up. Breeze wants to know who these two men are, and wants a partner who will help him win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Regal tells him that the two men that he was talking to are Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa...and that he and his partner will face them next week. He also reveals his partner is none other than Bull Dempsey.
After her win last week, Emma says that without her and Paige, there would be no Divas Revolution.
Apollo Crews beats Martin Stone.
Devin Taylor interviews Jason Jordan and Chad Gable. They plan to make history when they beat Solomon Crowe and Neville. Also, Gable finally gets JJ to say his name at last.
Devin Taylor interviews Finn Balor, who will be defending the NXT title in Texas. Balor is excited to be there when NXT debuts there for the first time. We also learn that Finn Balor is teaming with Samoa Joe in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, as Joe shows up and says that he plans to win it all. Both men shake hands.
Eva Marie beats Billie Kay.
The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley), Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady were thrilled to get the victory last week, but says there's nothing like the crowd in Brooklyn.
Next week: Finn Balor and Samoa Joe face The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic!
Jason Jordan and Chad Gable beat Solomon Crowe and Neville to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) beat Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder.
Devin Taylor interviews Becky Lynch. Lynch will be out with a few weeks due to injury, but she'll be back for the NXT Women's Championship.
Baron Corbin quickly beats Tucker Knight.
We learn more about Finn Balor: his love for Finn Balor fan art and how he always drew his favorite wrestlers while in school, his time in NXT, the origins of the Finn Balor name, learning his entrance, and his feelings about both coming back home to Ireland after a year and returning to Japan to compete for WWE on both occasions.
Earlier today, Eva Marie performed for William Regal and NXT trainer Sara Amato.
Emma beats Carmella with the Emma Lock.
Bull Dempsey almost breaks a vending machine with a chair out of anger...but William Regal stops him and notices the food stains on his cheek. Regal tells him to get himself together, or he won't like what happens the next time they talk.
Devin Taylor interviewed Jason Jordan last week. Enter Chad Gable, who says that JJ is better than what he's been doing and wants to prove to the world that that JJ isn't a loser. All he asks is that he be allowed to play his part.
Tyler Breeze beats Tye Dillinger.
Sasha Banks confronts both Emma and Dana Brooke in the locker room. She challenges them to a match next week, and says she'll find a tag team partner when they tell her to get one.
Finn Balor and Samoa Joe beat Rhyno and Kevin Owens.
Solomon Crowe says he’s going to come back better than ever, and that he’ll claim the NXT Championship.
Dana Brooke is currently in a fitness competition, and will be back in NXT soon.
Ring announcer Greg Hamilton introduces Eva Marie. She was at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable for the NXT Divas, and proclaims they are revolutionizing the business. She plans to hopefully compete in NXT.
William Regal announces that a live show will be broadcast on July 4th on the WWE Network…and there will be an NXT presence in the form of Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship.
Alexa Bliss grabs the rope to beat Carmella with a roll-up.
Rhyno says it was fun to take on Baron Corbin, but he’s looking ahead to his battle with Finn Balor on his road to the top.
We catch up on Sami Zayn and the status of his shoulder surgery.
The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) beat Jason Jordan and Marcus Louis.
Finn Balor is proud to be back in Japan for one night, but he’s got his eyes on the prize and plans to take the NXT Championship from Kevin Owens.
Finn Balor beats Rhyno. After the match, Rhyno Gores Balor from backstage.
Charlotte beats Emma. After the match, Bayley shows up and hugs Emma...before putting her in the Belly-To-Bayley. She then takes the "I'm A Hugger" shirt and her headbands back.
We see Becky Lynch's road to where she is now in NXT.
Michael Cole has a heated interview Kevin Owens. Owens states and insists that everything he's done with Sami Zayn as well as NXT in general has been personal, and it was all to survive and put food on his family's table.
Rhyno destroys Bull Dempsey. After the match, Rhyno says he's an unstoppable force and says he wants to take out another unstoppable force at TakeOver: Baron Corbin.
Sasha Banks tells Becky Lynch that she made her and that she can break her, and that she plans to do the latter at TakeOver.
Coming soon to WWE: Uhaa Nation!
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder are supposed to face Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, but Enzo and Big Cass don't show up. It is soon revealed that they're being attacked backstage by Blake and Murphy, with Carmella getting them to stop to no avail.
Michael Cole interviewed Sami Zayn. Zayn knows it's personal between him and Kevin Owens, and says he's coming to the ring next week looking for the truth from Owens.
William Regal hosts the contract signing between Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks. Lynch tells her life story, then says the mistakes and sacrifices she has made were worth it. She signs the contract. Sasha Banks rubber stamps her signature on the contract, then throws it at Lynch's face and attacks her before standing on the table with Lynch's head underneath her foot. Banks flips the table over, then tries to attack her again only for Lynch to nearly break her arm with a submission hold.
Alex Riley announces he's getting a second knee operation. A disenchanted Riley feels that the NXT Universe and William Regal are against him, as he feels people want to see him get destroyed in the ring.
Dana Brooke says she hates the WWE Tapout commercial because Charlotte is in it, she'll run circles around her and run her out of NXT when she sees it.
Finn Balor sits at ringside for the next match.
Hideo Itami beats Tyler Breeze, but not before tossing Breeze into Finn Balor and accidentally kicking him in the head. After the match, an angry Balor shows up and focuses on Hideo after tossing Breeze away, but Breeze answers with a Supermodel Kick to Balor and a Beauty Shot on Hideo to end the show.
Finn Balor beats Tye Dillinger. After the match, Tyler Breeze shows up on the TitanTron and isn't overly impressed, telling Finn it's time to meet someone who's really dominating in NXT.
Dana Brooke calls her debut last week the rebirth of the NXT Women's Division.
Kevin Owens admits that Alex Riley put up a pretty good fight last time, but says that tonight, he's going 2-0.
Becky Lynch beats Bayley and Charlotte in a Triple Threat as she covers Bayley, who is locked in a Figure Eight Leg Lock by Charlotte.
Hideo Itami beats CJ Parker.
Rhyno beats a random guy.
Blake and Murphy sing to Carmella until Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady show up. Enzo and Big Cass then notice Carmella is wearing jewelry.
Kevin Owens beats Alex Riley. After the match, Kevin Owens almost attacks Alex Riley again but Sami Zayn makes the save and both Zayn and Owens go at it.
Sami Zayn appears for the first time in a little over a month. Even while he was on tour in Abu Dhabi, Kevin Owns was the only thing on his mind and he says that Kevin Owens isn't the same guy he knew two years ago. He plans to have his rematch against Kevin Owens.
Rhyno quickly Gores a random opponent in a matter of seconds. He then says he's here for the NXT Championship, and he'll tear anyone in his path in half to get it.
Dana Brooke debuts in two weeks!
After last week's match, Kevin Owens says nobody will take the NXT title from him.
Bayley beats Emma after reversing Emma's nonchalant pin that results from Emma seemingly not taking Bayley seriously. After the match, Emma stands in the ring, wondering where she went wrong.
Becky Lynch wants a NXT Women's Championship title shot against Sasha Banks.
Blake and Murphy beat The Lucha Dragons by taking advantage of the ref's distraction.
Rhyno runs into Sami Zayn, telling him the line to the NXT Championship starts behind him.
Jason Jordan beats Tye Dillinger in their first match since their unamicable split.
Tyler Breeze beats Hideo Itami 2-1 in a Two out of Three Falls Match.
