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The Hunt vs Pretty Deadly vs Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter vs Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster: No.1 Contenders Match for the NXT UK Tag Team Championships
A chance to challenge for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship was on the line in this match.
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All four teams assembled and the match was underway. Smith and Andrews started the match with a nice sequence of mat wrestling followed by a flurry of quick tags. Pretty Deadly sharply tagged in and out looking to seize their opportunity.
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Andrews tagged Howley who gingerly entered the ring and into a barrage of offence from Smith. Primate tagged himself and attacked Howey. Wild Boar entered and grabbed Stoker. The Hunt planted Pretty Deadly with tandem German Suplexes.
Former NXT UK Tag Team champions, Andrews and Webster entered to square off with their enemies, the Hunt. Before both teams could get into it, all hell broke loose as all eight competitors entered the ring for a wild brawl.
The referee restored control with Wild Boar and Primate singling out Ashton Smith with aggressive and vicious attacks. Smith managed to tag Carter to escape the punishment.
Webster burst into the ring and went straight after Pretty Deadly, resulting in Andrews and Webster hitting a tandem somersault plancha to the other teams outside.
Back in the ring, Smith interrupted a superplex attempt from Stoker with a massive tower of doom spot that took all three men out.
Howey tagged in and attacked Smith, but Smith hit him with a Falcon Arrow that seemed to have the first elimination on the cards, but Stoker made the save.
Surprisingly, the Hunt was the first team eliminated when Primate fell victim to a huge electric chair cutter from Carter and Smith.
Howley jumped in and took out Carter, but some smart and athletic evasion allowed him to tag Smith in, who exploded into the ring and took out both members of Pretty Deadly. An assisted 450 splash seemingly had Pretty Deadly ousted by Stoker. However, they were kicked out.
Andrews jumped into the ring and a beautiful double team Poisionrana, and the knee strike combination eliminated Smith and Carter.
Pretty Deadly and Andrews and Webster go at it with some breathtaking offence that NXT UK showcases on a weekly basis.
Pretty Deadly took control when Howley targeted Andrews’ surgically repaired knee. Stoker got in and started swinging Andrews around by his knee as he screamed in pain. A Figure Four leg lock forced Webster into the ring to break the hold and save the match.
A backdrop to the outside saw Howley clash into his partner, and as Andrews went for a suicide dive, Eddie Dennis appeared and hit him with a steel chair to the knee.
Pretty Deadly seized the opportunity to take out Andrews with Spilt Milk for the victory, and become the No.1 Contenders for the NXT UK Tag Team Championships.
As Pretty Deadly celebrated, the NXT UK Tag Team champs, Gallus, made the entrance to taunt the challengers as the show went off the air.
Result: Pretty Deadly defeated The Hunt, Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter and Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster on NXT UK
Grade: A
