Authors of Pain(c) vs The Revival vs #DIY – Triple Threat Tag Team Elimination Match for the NXT Tag Team Championship
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The New NXT Tag Team Championships were presented before the match.
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As the three teams stood head to head, DIY and The Revival both turned towards the Authors of Pain and teamed to take the champions out.
DIY then took out a table and went after Akom, who was attempting to get the former champions down. After DIY and Revival took out Akom and Rezar respectively, they went at it inside the ring. As the two teams went at each other, the Authors of Pain got back in the ring and took out Dash Wilder and Tomasso Ciampa.
Revival made sure to stay outside the ring for a short while but came right back in as they took Ciampa out of the ring and hit Rezar with a DDT. As AOP was taken out, Johnny Gargano returned to the ring with a spear on Scott Dawson. As he was on the ring apron, he and Ciampa took out the Revival. This followed up with Gargano hitting a flying DDT on Dawson. This was met with huge “Johnny Wrestling” chants.
It didn’t take long for AOP to make their dominance felt as they took Gargano and slammed him against Ciampa, who was attempting a suicide dive. Inside the ring, AOP was rag dolling Gargano. Gargano tried to free himself to get to Ciampa, eventually successfully getting the tag. Ciampa played the hot tag, but it took a lot of effort to get them down but did eventually do so with a snap suplex, followed by another suplex and then a knee strike.
Ciampa attempted to powerbomb Rezar outside to the table, but he clung on. Gargano joined but he still didn’t budge. The Revival finally came in and struck him, leading to him getting power bombed through a table.
Back inside the ring, Akom was steamrolling through the four competitors, but Dawson got a submission hold on Akom’s legs. Gargano was about to break it up but realised the situation he was in. He then applied his own submission hold, but Rezar came in and broke the submission despite attempts from Wilder and Ciampa to hold him back.
The four competitors worked together, and a spot came where Wilder and Gargano did the double superkick on Akom, while Rezar was met with a shatter machine by Dawson and Ciampa.
The alliance seemed too good to be true, and it turned out that way as the two teams who didn’t see eye to eye began to brawl. It didn’t take long for the alliance to get back as Dawson and Gargano hit a suicide dive to AOP outside. As the action was outside, Dawson suplexed Ciampa from the top turnbuckle onto all the competitors outside.
Back in the ring, AOP finished Ciampa with The Last Chapter to eliminate DIY
Authors Of Pain eliminated #DIY
The Revival had a struggle against the champions but got the better of them with a series of suplexes. Despite getting the better of them for a time, AOP still bulldozed The Revival. They attempted the last chapter on Dawson, only to be struck by Dash, who was then met with a clothesline.
AOP then hit power bomb on both members of The Revival. Rezar had Dawson in the ring, while Wilder was outside the ring with Akom. The Revival had two attempts at pinning AoP but failed. AOP finished the match after hitting the double powerbombs on The Revival.
Authors of Pain defeated The Revival and #DY to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships
