NXT 2.0 Results: Top Champion pinned; Kay Lee Ray makes impressive return

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Carmelo Hayes and Kay Lee Ray were pushed to their limits tonight
Carmelo Hayes and Kay Lee Ray were pushed to their limits tonight

NXT 2.0 kicked off with a six-woman tag team match and Mandy Rose and Kayden Carter were in the ring to start it off.

Toxic Attraction vs. Io Shirai, Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro on NXT 2.0

Mandy had the upper hand early on and tagged in Dolin who picked up the pace before tagging in Jacy.

Shirai came in and managed to turn things around with a Dragonscrew before Kacy and Kayden came back in for a big sequence of shots. Toxic Attraction were showboating when Catanzaro came in and attacked them, only to have her momentum stopped quickly.

Kacy was locked in a submission but managed to tag Shirai. Io got some big moves in before going for a moonsault but Mandy's team saved her. Carter headed up a finisher but Jayne ran the distraction before Dolin picked up the win off a reverse Crucifix Powerbomb or the Iconoclasm.

Result: Toxic Attraction def. Io Shirai, Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro

Grade: B


Pete Dunne called out Tony D'Angelo backstage at NXT 2.0 before Carmelo and Trick walked up to him. Melo and Dunne got into each other's faces and Pete said that he was going to break Hayes' fingers tonight.

Back after a break, MSK were still looking for their destination after missing the bus last week. They reached the place they thought they had to go to but it turned out that their destination had been moved.


Kay Lee Ray vs. Sarray on NXT 2.0

Ray started off strong and hit a DDT early on before Sarray came in with a quick roll up. Ray was caught in a Single Leg Crab before taking a Fisherman's Suplex for a near fall.

Ray dodged Sarray's finisher off the ropes and took her outside. The former NXT UK Women's Champion hit the KLR Bomb on the announcer's desk before taking her back in the ring and hitting it once more for the win on NXT 2.0.

Result: Kay Lee Ray def. Sarray

Grade: C


Backstage on NXT 2.0, Joe Gacy sent a message to Harland and told him to reach out to him.


Boa vs. Joe Gacy on NXT 2.0

Boa wore face paint and started off the match with some big moves, reversing a drop over the ropes to roll Gacy over for a near fall. Joe hit a vertical suplex for a near fall of his own before he was slammed out of the corner to the center of the ring with a slingblade.

Boa got some big boots in and took Gacy down before going to the corner and the lights flickered. Boa choked Gacy on the ropes for a bit as the referee called for a disqualification.

Result: Joe Gacy def. Boa via DQ

After the match, Boa looked at his hands like they were being controlled by someone or something else; possibly even regretting his actions in the match.

Grade: C


Solo Sikoa was backstage with Grayson Waller who told him LA Knight had been making fun of him behind his back. Knight came in to clear his name but Solo said he liked to solve his problems in the ring before challenging them both to a triple threat match on NXT 2.0.


Ikemen Jiro & Kushida (Jacket Time) vs. The Creed Brothers on NXT 2.0

Kushida and Ikemen Jiro were back to take on the much less cheerful Creed Brothers as NXT 2.0 continued. One of the Creeds got the drop on Ikemen and locked in a bearhug before Kushida came in for a double team.

Kushida was isolated by the Creeds as the match went on and took a vertical suplex before managing to reverse a big double-team move. Jiro was back in and tossed the Creeds out of the ring with the help of his teammate before we headed for a break.

Back to the match, the commentary team was referring to Kushida and Jiro as Jacket Time. Roderick Strong interfered in the match with a cheap shot from the apron before the Creed Bros. picked up the win.

Result: The Creed Brothers def. Ikemen Jiro & Kushida

Odyssey Jones attacked Diamond Mine after the match before they inevitably attacked Jacket Time.

Grade: B


Toxic Attraction cut a promo on NXT 2.0 saying no one could beat them. However, Raquel Gonzalez came in on her bike and delivered a warning to Mandy Rose.


Raquel Gonzalez was out on NXT 2.0 and called out Dakota Kai for costing her Title. Kai came out and started saying that she enjoyed hitting her but Cora Jade attacked Dakota from behind.

Kai retreated and Jade tried to join forces with Raquel but the former Women's Champ was not having it.


Back at Andre Chase University, Chase was teaching the value of Mental Toughness and one of the students took shots at him for losing his cool last week. Chase tossed the guy out before the segment was over on NXT 2.0.


In another short promo, Zack Gibson was teaching James Drake how to distract people as training for pulling a trick on the referee in the ring.


Cameron Grimes vs. Ru Feng on NXT 2.0

Grimes had the upper hand in the ring early on and Duke Hudson walked out ato ringside, still not happy about Cameron cleaning him out last week. Grimes hit a flying dropkick on Feng before landing the Cave In for the quick win.

Result: Cameron Grimes def. Ru Feng

After the match, Hudson got on the mic and asked if it was dumb luck or if Grimes cheated. Cameron wasn't even sure if he even won and Hudson called him a hick.

Hudson called Grimes an ugly troll and the latter said that he played Hudson last week. Hudson said that no one out-hustles him and challenged him to a ...nope, not a match, a Poker Showdown on next week's NXT 2.0.

Grade: C


Solo Sikoa vs. Grayson Waller vs. LA Knight on NXT 2.0

Sikoa was dominating early on NXT 2.0 but was taken out by Waller and Knight before they focused on beating each other. Knight and Waller teamed up once more after Sikoa came back and the crowd was loving it.

Knight set Sikoa up on the ropes but Waller stopped him from hitting the next move. They talked it out and decided to go for a double team move in the corner but Sikoa recovered and slammed them both down from the corner.

Waller came in with a Stunner on Knight but Sikoa took him out before he could get the pin. Sikoa hit the Splash and picked up the win over Knight.

Result: Solo Sikoa def. Grayson Waller & LA Knight

Grade: B


Backstage on NXT 2.0, Tony D'Angelo gave Indi Lumis a fish as a message to Dexter.


Elektra Lopez vs. Erica Yan on NXT 2.0

Lopez was dominating Yan as the match began and sent her to the ropes and stepped outside to make fun of her and showboat. Back in the ring, Lopez hit a massive powerbomb to wipe Yan out for good.

Result: Elektra Lopez def. Erica Yan

After the match, Lopez called Xyon Quinn to the ring and Quinn walked out before she invited him to join Legado del Fantasma. Quinn said no and Wilde and Mendoza attacked him from behind but got wiped out instantly.

Back in the ring, Quinn blocked a slap from Lopez and things got heated before Quinn retreated backstage.

Grade: C


Pete Dunne vs. Carmelo Hayes on NXT 2.0

Dunne took Hayes down early on in the NXT 2.0 main event and went for the finger stretch submission before Melo got back with a springboard move. Dunne was still after Carmelo's arm before the match went outside where the North American Champion took a suplex on the apron.

Dexter Lumis showed up out of nowhere and joined the commentary team as we headed for a break. Back on NXT 2.0, Dunne was dominating and hit a Powerbomb and a Knee Stomp.

Hayes tried for the GargaNoEscape submission but Dunne got out of it. Pete got a German Suplex in and was about to end the match but Trick Williams tried to hit Dunne with a shoe as he did to Lumis last week.

Dunne caught Trick with a stomp and Dexter was right there at ringside to wipe him out. Hayes sent Dunne into the corner but an arm stuck out from under the ring mat and grabbed Melo by the leg. Dunne hit the Bitter End off the distraction to pick up the win.

Result: Pete Dunne def. Carmelo Hayes

It turned out that the person who came out from under the ring was Johnny Gargano as the show came to a close.

Grade: B+


Episode grade: B+

We got a great triple threat match with Solo Sikoa tonight on NXT 2.0 while the main event did not fail to impress either. Xyon Quinn turned down an invitation to Legado del Fantasma while Raquel Gonzalez called out Dakota Kai on tonight's NXT 2.0.

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