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NXT Main Event - Mercedes Martinez vs. Rhea Ripley (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔 - Steel Cage Match)
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Martinez came out and began removing tons of weaponry from under the ring. Ripley blindsided Martinez, and the NXT main event match hadn't even officially started yet.
Ripley sent Martinez into the cage, followed by a table. The cage was locked up, and the bell was officially rung.
Martinez got the early advantage with a few strikes. She tried to use the chair, but Ripley ducked in time. Rhea sent Martinez crashing into the cage. Ripley got a little creative with her offence as she hyper-extended Martinez's arms against the cage.
Ripley was all over Martinez as she connected with a big boot. She followed it with clubbing forearm strikes to the back.
Ripley attempted the Rip Tide, but Martinez reversed it into a Fisherman's Suplex. That was neat! Robert Stone mocked Ripley on the outside as she tried to get up on her feet.
Ripley countered an incoming chair shot before going up to the top. Mercedes, however, dropped Ripley onto the steel chair for a two-count in the NXT main event.
Back from the break on NXT, Mercedes dropped Ripley with an epic German Suplex from the top turnbuckle. Ripley recuperated and chucked the chair into Martinez's face.
She followed it up with a wild dropkick. Martinez's head got stuck between in gap of the cage. Ripley went up to the top rope, and they both came crashing down with a Superplex. Martinez kicked out at two.
The atmosphere was electric at Full Sail as Ripley got back to a vertical base. Martinez fired back with forearms under the jaw. She delivered the spinebuster, and both women were laid out in the middle of the ring on NXT.
Martinez measured Ripley but missed with a kick. Ripley then dropped Mercedes on her face before locking in the reverse clover leaf.
Martinez broke the submission with quick shots to the thigh with the kendo sticks. Ripley got hold of the stick and cracked Martinez with a big shot. Robert Stone climbed up the cage but he too got a kendo stick shot from the inside from Ripley.
Rhea climbed up to get hold of Stone, but Martinez connected with a kendo stick shot to the back of Ripley. She went up and connected with a huge neck breaker on Ripley from the top.
Ripley somehow got her shoulder up before the three count! Robert Stone was lifeless on top of the cage as Marinez set up the table. Mercedes connected with a chop and a right before setting Ripley on the top. She wanted to drop Ripley through the table with the Fisherman's Suplex, but Ripley created some separation with the headbutts. Ripley then sent Martinez through the table with a Super Rip Tide from the top rope. Pinfall, 1..2..3. Rhea Ripley picked up the win at the end of the brutal match in the main event of NXT.
Result: Rhea Ripley def. Mercedes Martinez
Grade: A
Rhea Ripley ended NXT Super Tuesday 2 by celebrating the win on top of the cage.
Next week's NXT episode is also stacked with several high-profile matches.
Episode Rating: A
It was a well packaged episode and NXT was exciting from start to finish. And we have an interesting show lined up next week as NXT returns to Wednesday nights.
