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NXT Million Dollar Ladder Match: LA Knight vs Cameron Grimes
The NXT crowd in the Capital Wrestling Center was split down the middle on this one. LA Knight dropped Cameron Grimes with a shoulder block, but Grimes responded with a leg trip and a "Kiss my grits" taunt, which got the crowd chanting "Kiss his grits." Folks, if you can get a crowd to chant that, you've made it.
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Grimes rocked Knight with a clothesline and began to build steam. A hurricanrana sent Knight to the floor. A little too much taunting cost Grimes control, though, as Knight decapitated him with a clothesline of his own. With Grimes dumped to the floor, Knight brought in a ladder.
Grimes came in with a ladder himself, leading to a ladder joust. Grimes lost his, but ducked the fatal blow and sent Knight to the floor with a boot. They fought over a ladder, and NXT's Hillbillionaire managed to sandwich Knight between a ladder and the barricade. However, Grimes may have cost himself when he didn't go for the Million Dollar Championship.
Looking to dish out some more damage, Grimes was knocked off the apron by Knight, who slung a ladder into his face. Knight bragged about his work to Ted Dibiase, who was sitting at ringside. Knight launched Grimes into the part of the wall that had been broken by Bronson Reed earlier in the night.
Somehow Grimes was able to recover and nearly sent a ladder into his opponents. Knight jumped to his feet to avoid it, and dropped Grimes with a neckbreaker on the ladder.
NXT's resident trash talker set up a ladder and tossed Grimes face first into it. When he set up a ladder perpendicular to the top rope, he aimed to finish Grimes off, but Grimes instead launched him skull first into the steel. A series of roundhouse kicks peppered Knight, and Grimes dropped him on another ladder with a back body drop.
Grimes launched Knight onto another ladder before going for the "gold" ladder. After struggling to set it up, Grimes was half way up when Knight chased him up the other side. Grimes launched Knight off the ladder, but Knight bounced back and sent Grimes into the top rope. As Knight went in for a clothesline, Grimes splattered Knight with the Collision Course.
Knight fell to the floor and hid from Grimes by getting behind Dibiase's security. Knight tossed Grimes into a ladder, which Grimes climbed up, then into the truss, which Grimes again climbed up before hitting a flying crossbody.
All that was left was to set up the ladder and take the Million Dollar Championship. Knight rushed in one last time, looking for a powerbomb over the ropes. Grimes countered with a hurricanrana and rushed the ladder once again.
Just as Grimes was at the top, Knight had a second wind, rushing in and sending Grimes crashing into a ladder on the NXT TakeOver ramp. With that, LA Knight was the new Million Dollar Champion, securing a major win at NXT TakeOver.
Results: LA Knight defeated Cameron Grimes at NXT TakeOver: In Your House
Grade: A
After the match, NXT's newest champion was awarded the Million Dollar Championship by Ted Dibiase. LA Knight was on top of the world tonight.
