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Andrade 'Cien' Almas(c) vs Johnny Gargano - NXT Championship
The two started with some back and forth exchange and some impressive chain wrestling, getting a good reaction from the crowd. The agility of both men was evident outside as they managed to evade all of each other's flips and attacks.
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Andrade had control of Gargano and even went for the double stomp but Gargano avoided it and set up the comeback, which saw him hit a slingshot spear on the champion Almas.
Almas countered a head scissors to plant Gargano face first and even countered his charge with a nasty elbow. Gargano then sprung back up to superkick Almas, neutralising them.
Almas went for a top turnbuckle DDT that won him the NXT title, but Gargano superkicked him in between his legs. Gargano went for the slingshot after Almas missed but got caught and planted him. The crowd got up on their feet and gave the two performers a thunderous ovation and chants of "NXT!".
The two were on the apron and Gargano jumped over the top rope and planted Almas with a DDT on the apron. Gargano went for the Gargano escape but Almas locked his hands together and hit a jawbreaker on the challenger. Gargano still fought back and sent Almas flying face first into the turnbuckles.
Zelina Vega tried distracting Gargano. Although Almas did hit him with a dropkick, he still went for the roll-up pin and hit his "DIY" superkick, only for the champion to kick out.
Almas caught Gargano on the top turnbuckles and hit a double stomp to the outside. He attacked Gargano and back inside the ring, hit the running knees. Gargano kicked out to a thunderous response and "fight forever" chants.
Gargano had the Gargano escape locked in and seemingly won the match but Zelina Vega distracted the referee and stopped the submission. Almas raked Gargano's eyes and sent him out, where Zelina hit him with a hurricanrana. Inside the ring, Almas hit a hammerlock DDT to Gargano, who shockingly kicked out.
Gargano rolled out of the ring and Zelina looked to attack Gargano again, but Candice LeRae, Gargano's wife and WWE's most recent signing jumped in and started attacking Vega, chasing her all the way to the back. The crowd erupted into "Thank you Candice" chants.
Now that the playing field was even, Almas hit the double knees to the ring post on the apron and he hit a top turnbuckle hammerlock DDT, retaining the NXT Championship in an instant classic.
Andrade 'Cien' Almas defeated Johnny Gargano to retain the NXT Championship
After the match, Candice LeRae was with Gargano and as they were making an exit, Tommaso Ciampa attacked him viciously with a crutch and walked away.
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