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Mia Yim was interviewed backstage, asking what she thinks about the Queen of Spades. Yim said that she may be unstoppable, but hasn't exactly won her last several matches on her own. The HBIC then said that she'll get an opportunity soon and prove why she's a threat to Shayna Baszler's NXT Women's Championship reign.
Johnny Gargano vs Roderick Strong
Strong tackled Gargano to open the match, looking to keep the NXT Champion grounded with a gator roll and a headlock. Gargano shoved him off but was knocked down by a shoulder block. Gargano avoided a kick and went for the Gargano Escape. Strong rolled him up, forcing him to break the hold.
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Strong had to escape to the outside once Gargano took over. He rushed inside, but was taken care of with an arm drag followed by a clothesline to the outside. A superkick from the apron stunned Strong as he walked around the ring trying to shake the cobwebs. Gargano looked for a baseball slide, but Strong caught him, connecting with a backbreaker assisted by the ring apron.
Inside the ring, Strong set Gargano up in the corner, attacking his abdomen with shoulder thrusts. Gargano tried to fight out with a chop but was put down with a gutbuster. After kicking out of the pin, Strong tried to work over his back with various strikes and submission holds. Gargano made it back to his feet but was dropped with another backbreaker.
In the corner, a massive chop across the chest took Gargano off his feet, forcing the champion to land on his head. As he struggled to get to the apron, he was locked in a modified Figure-4-Leglock while in the ropes. Strong placed Gargano in the Gory Special. Gargano broke out and fought out of the corner with a strong elbow.
Strong was sent outside, but dragged Gargano out and tried to sling him into the barricade. Gargano countered into an arm drag into the barricade, forcing the former Tag Team Champion to retreat to the inside. An enziguri and slingshot spear nearly won Gargano the match.
Strong tried to roll up Gargano, but was met with a rolling kick to the jaw. Both men found themselves on the outside. Strong tried to connect with the wrecking ball dropkick, but Gargano avoided and lept onto him with a rolling senton. The champion set up for the Slingshot DDT. Strong countered, holding him in the fireman's carry position. Gargano escaped with a hurricanrana and connected with a superkick to the jaw.
In the corner, Strong was punished with several stiff knife-edge chops to the chest and face. Gargano looked for the lawn dart into the opposite corner, but Strong escaped. An Angle Slam was countered. Both men traded attempts at their signature moves, ending with Strong catching Gargano in another attempt at the slingshot spear, dropping him with a double underhook backbreaker.
In the middle of the ring, both men delivered vicious strikes. Elbows, kicks, and clotheslines hammered both men. Strong avoided Gargano's patented kneeling superkick and connected with a series of harsh backbreakers. Gargano kicked out. Strong looked to lock Gargano in another submission hold, but was trapped in the Gargano Escape. Adam Cole attempted to interfere, as did the rest of the Undisputed Era.
However, Matt Riddle made the save, taking out Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly. Cole sent him into ground with a right hand and tried to superkick Gargano. His foot found the jaw of Roderick Strong, though, allowing Gargano to finish him off with the Slingshot DDT.
Results: Johnny Gargano defeated Roderick Strong via pinfall.
As the Undisputed Era argued in the middle of the ring, Matt Riddle and Johnny Gargano celebrated at the top of the ramp. Fish and O'Reilly tried to play peacemaker. Thankfully for the group, cooler heads prevailed, and the Undisputed Era walked out as a unit.
