Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs Samoa Joe (for the NXT Championship)
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We got an incredible entrance for Shinsuke Nakamura as the champion made his way to defend his championship surrounded by violinists. The crowd was hot even before the match began, singing Nakamura’s theme relentlessly much to Joe’s annoyance.
Joe and Nakamura started off trading blows from the moment the bell rang beginning with stiff kicks and followed up by fists to the head. Nakamura was on top early, dishing out hard knees to Joe followed up with Nakamura’s trademark grounded corner foot-choke.
Joe rolled out as the two men continued their match outside with the fight even spilling into the crowd for a few seconds. Joe hit back with a corner enzeguiri when both men were back in the ring as Joe looked to regain control. Namakura hit back with another knee but Joe wrested control of the match with a modified Rock Bottom.
Joe followed it up with an elbow drop followed up by some sort of packaged knee drop. Joe continued to work on Nakamura’s knees with repeated kicks to his legs followed by a knee-bar. Nakamura fought his way out of the hold by Joe continued to viciously attack Nakamura’s legs.
Joe followed it up with an inverted Half-Boston Crab. Nakamura managed to kick his way out of it and roll out but Joe met him there with a Suicide Dive. Joe then rolled Nakamura back in the ring and covered him for a 2 count. Nakamura attempted to make a comeback as he hit Joe with a heel kick followed by a series of devastating kicks and knees.
Nakamura then locked Joe in a front face lock but Joe fought out of it and hit a body slam. He followed it up with a running senton and a powerbomb which he modified into a Boston Crab. Joe then transitioned smoothly into a crossface as Nakamura looked like he was in trouble. Nakamura reversed it into a pin attempt somehow for a 2-count.
Nakamura then went to the top rope but Joe hit him with an Enzeguiri as Nakamura fell outside. Nakamura desperately drove Joe off his feet and hit a knee as he lay face first on the apron. The King of Strong Style then hit a knee from the top rope as he took control. He followed It with a German Suplex.
Nakamura went for a running knee to the corner but Joe moved out of the way as Nakamura crashed knee-first into the turnbuckle. Joe then looked to hit a Muscle Buster but Nakamura reversed and hit the Kinshasa. Nakamura only managed a nearfall as the crowd looked at Joe kick out with disbelief. Nakamura went for another Kinshasa but Joe dodged it and went for a Coquina Clutch.
Joe couldn’t lock it in but hit his triple german suplex-dragon suplex-german suplex combination. Nakamura somehow hit Joe with a Kinshasa to the back of the head as Joe rolled out of the ring. Nakamura followed him out and went for another Kinshasa but Joe hit a low blow and followed it up with a modified Rock Bottom on the steel steps.
Joe followed it up with a devastating Muscle Buster as he covered Nakamura for the shock victory. The crowd looked on in shock and awe as a bloody Samoa Joe became the first 2-time NXT Champion.
Samoa Joe def. Shinsuke Nakamura
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