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This week’s NXT UK featured the finals of the Heritage Cup between the veteran Trent Seven and the up-and-comer, A-Kid. The history-making match provided one of the best matches in the company’s history.
Amir Jordan had a shot at Jordan Devlin’s NXT Cruiserweight Championship, and Isla Dawn took on Jinny.
Amir Jordan vs. Jordan Devlin for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship on NXT UK
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The first match of the night was Amir Jordan challenging Jordan Devlin for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.
This match was Devlin’s first title defense in eight months and a massive opportunity for Jordon who had the chance to become the first-ever Pakistani champion in WWE history.
The bell rang, and the two locked-up. The Champion, Devlin would take control with a headlock takedown. Devlin was fierce and focused from the get-go and applied pressure on Jordan continuously. A knee to the midsection and a huge shoulder barge was followed by a big backdrop and a series of slicing knife edge chops.
Jordan would fight out and fight back, but the NXT UK's Irish Ace would smash him with a uranage into a standing moonsault for a two count.
Devlin began to target the shoulder, which was heavily taped. Big shoulder drop followed by an abdominal stretch would allow Devlin to pose and continue to trash talk. Jordan would hiptoss out of it and fight back with a barrage of strikes and a back body drop. Jordon on the offense would hit Devlin with a clothesline out of the ring. He would keep up the attack with suicide dive. The Champion would get back into the ring and Jordan would hit a rolling face plant for a two count on Devlin.
A tussle up top would allow Jordan to hit an electric chair for another two count. Devlin would get his knees up to counter a top rope senton from Jordan, and the Irish Ace would take the victory with a Four Leaf Clover submission.
Result: Jordan Devlin retains the NXT Cruiserweight Championship against Amir Jordan on NXT UK
Grade: B
We head to the NXT UK Performance Centre where Rampage Brown and Saxon Huxley have a confrontation planting seeds for a match between the two heavyweights.
Then we see Eddie Dennis and The Hunt arrive, but just as they enter the NXT UK building, Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews savagely attack them.
Isla Dawn vs. Jinny on NXT UK
The second match of the show had NXT UK's White Witch, Isla Dawn taking on The Fashionista, Jinny.
The NXT UK two competitors lock up and trade headlocks at the start of the match. Dawn would take control with several aggressive kicks and diving knees to Jinny’s sternum. Dawn would go for a penalty kick, but Jinny would evade. The Fashionista would strike back with a running wheel kick that hit right on the button, taking Dawn out. Jinny would lay in more heavy strikes in the corner before dragging her dazed opponent into the center of the ring to strap in an Octopus lock.
Jinny would turn up the aggression with a standing armbar and several kicks to the face. Dawn would escape and attack Jinny with a flurry of explosive offense that included a nasty running knee strike into the ropes.
Jinny would catch Dawn’s leg and flip her into a front face breaker onto her knee in a tremendous and innovative move. This attack would spell the end for the White Witch as Jinny would lock in an STF for the submission victory over the tenacious Dawn.
Result: Jinny beat Isla Dawn on NXT UK
Grade: C+
Backstage, Alexander Wolfe interrupts NXT UK GM, Sid Scala to demand and match against Joe Coffey, which he gets but under one condition. Both Gallus and Imperium are barred from ringside.
Also announced for next week The Hunt vs. Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster in a grudge match.
Trent Seven vs. A-Kid in the NXT UK Heritage Cup Tournament Final
Trent Seven against A-Kid. Experience versus youth. NXT UK history was about to be made. The competitors in the ring, the lights dim, and introductions are made. The two finalists stare one another down before shaking hands and preparing to fight.
Round 1. Tie up and fight for control. A-Kid’s speed and technique were countered by Sevens, power and experience, and vice versa. Great mat-based and submission counter wrestling on show by both guys. The action picks up just as the seconds tick away and the round ends. Very even round to kick off this intense NXT UK affair.
Round 2. Straight back to where we left off with a good old fashioned Roman knuckle lock test of strength. Both ground one another. A-Kid gains control with a surfboard stretch. A-Kid rolls in a kneebar as Seven desperately looks for an escape. The round comes to close and Seven slips in a nice punch at the bell.
Round 3. A-Kid comes out all guns blazing with stiff strikes and kicks and gets the better and hits a big PK for a two count. A-Kid would gain the advantage with a flying superkick to the NXT UK stalwart for the first fall of the match.
Round 4. A-Kid goes for the kill with another fierce kick from the bell. Seven would kick out of a pinfall, but A-Kid would trap him into a grinding headlock into an armbar. Seven would fight back, but A-Kid would tenaciously clutch on his arm. Seven powers out into a powerbomb as the round finishes.
Round 5. Both NXT UK warriors were looking a little worn go right back into grappling. A-Kid would counter a DDT with a beautiful Northern Lights Suplex. Seven would hit a huge DDT but only for a two count. Seven would keep on the pressure with a big clothesline into the corner. A-Kid up top but Seven would chop him down. Seven up top. A fight back. Seven with a top rope backdrop but A-Kid countered into a cross-body block. One, two, NO, the round ends canceling out the pin.
Round 6. Final round and the action is intense. NXT UK is known for its brutal and brilliant matches but this might just the best in the brand's history. Seven hits several moves in an attempt to level the match. A big backdrop, a small package, and a huge lariat all fail to get the pin. Seven hits a vicious burning hammer, but A-Kid's foot was under the ropes. Seven fires up and hits another colossal clothesline for another near fall. Seven is exhausted and frustrated, which gives A-Kid the chance to snatch in an armbar. Seven counters into a pin to take the match into sudden death.
Sudden Death. Trent Seven and A-Kid have been to hell and back but will now have to go to that next level to end this is epic NXT UK encounter. They trade nasty smacks and kicks until Seven hits a clothesline. A-Kid wisely heads out to the apron. Massive chop from Seven into a disgusting gut-wrench powerbomb from the apron to the floor and somehow A-Kid gets back into the ring.
Seven Star Lariat into a burning hammer countered into a superkick and flying kick. Seven traps an armbar. A-Kid counters into his own. Seven won't tap out, but A-Kid applies further pressure by tying up his second arm. The unbearable pain forces Seven to submit and crown A-Kid as the first-ever NXT UK Heritage Cup winner and a worthy winner from this enthralling, epic, and excellent match.
Result: A-Kid defeats Trent Seven in the NXT UK Heritage Cup Tournament Final
Grade: A+++
