Commentators: Tony Dawson & S. William Regal. Ring announcer: Byron Saxton.
Justin Gabriel vs. Leo Kruger: The South Africans have never seen eye-to-eye dating back to their FCW days...Regal says they even had the same trainer(Donny Britz). Headlock exchange to start...Kruger pulls the hair so Gabriel returns the favor, showing more aggression than usual. A shot to the throat slows Gabriel down and Leo targets the arm, keeping him down with an old-fashioned hammerlock. A mid-ring collision out of nowhere leaves both men down and they slug it out from their knees, but Kruger hits the spinebuster...for two. Leo goes for his London Dungeon submission hold but Gabriel backdrops his way out of the setup, starting the full-fledged comeback...a nice flying kick off the second rope gets a near-fall for Gabriel. Cue Educated Feet(tm Jim Ross)...but Leo still kicks out a two. Blue Thunder Bomb...gets two. Kruger tries to crawl out but Gabriel pulls him back in the ring to hit an STO. 450 Splash...no, Leo rolls to the apron, then thumbs Gabriel in the eye when he grabs him. Big clothesline from behind sets up the London Dungeon in the middle of the ring...but Gabriel somehow manages to reach the ropes! Unique hammerlock version of the Stroke sets up his finishing hold again...and this time Gabriel has nowhere to go but Tapout City. PSYCHOLOGY~!
Renee Young interviews Audrey Marie about her rivalry with Sasha Banks...now Sasha knows the identity of her rival and can't do anything about it.
Regal enters the ring to address his issue with Kassius Ohno...he apologizes for interjecting himself into Ohno's business in recent months. He doesn't want Ohno to turn into someone like him who has to live with a lifetime of regrets...this disappoints Ohno as he once idolized Regal. Ohno remembers traveling with that C.M. Punk guy to learn from Regal way back in the day...and Regal helped him get on WWE's radar. However, Ohno now feels like he doesn't need Regal's advice any more and thinks Regal has become a joke in the "twilight" of his career. Ohno says the legacy of Regal's career was joining Vince McMahon's "club"...prompting a punch that puts him on his backside! Ohno backs off as Regal agonizes over losing his cool once again...
Paige Knight vs. Bayley Rose: Bayley is making her NXT debut after working the indy circuit as Davina Rose...this is Paige's return to action after being injured by Summer Rae. It's no understatement that Paige is one of the most popular wrestlers on NXT, male or female. Bayley quickly targets the previously-injured arm and makes a fine accounting for herself...but Paige takes her down by the leg out of nowhere and gets the tapout with the Texas Cloverleaf. Summer Rae tries a run-in, but Paige sees her coming and Summer backs off.
Tag Team Champion Adrian Neville vs. Luke Harper(w/ Bray Wyatt & Erick Rowan): With Neville's partner Oliver Grey on the shelf thanks to the Wyatt Family, Adrian challenged one or both members of the Family to get his payback. Neville launches a dropkick right out of the gate but a simple fist to the face from Harper slows him down a bit. Neville tries to speed things up again with the Educated Feet, but he gets Stungunned and Protobombed...for two. Luke slows things down for a while and wears him with a Body Breaker, prompting Regal to drop Bruno Sammartino's name as The Living Legend once used that hold. Neville fights out but IT'S THE BIG FOOT...for two. Harper keeps going for pin covers, forcing him to exert energy to kick out...PSYCHOLOGY~! Neville finally rallies against his larger opponent with a big roundhouse kick from the apron, then a springboard dropkick...for two. Rowan approaches the ring but Neville sees him coming and takes him out with a somersault plancha! Low-bridge sends Harper to the floor and Neville follows him out with a springboard moonsault! Back in the ring, Neville tilt-a-whirls into a DDT as Wyatt's literally on the edge of his rocking chair seat...and he jumps up to argue with the ref as Neville goes to the turnbuckles. Neville fights off Rowan but Harper uses the opening to slam Neville off the top rope...discus lariat follows and that's the ballgame!
The Wyatt Family members look to do some post-match damage...the injured Oliver Grey tries to help but is quickly beaten down. Bo Dallas enters the fray and now IT'S BREAKING DOWN IN ORLANDO! The Tag Champs get it together long enough to double-clothesline Rowan out of the ring, leaving the good guys to stand tall at the end of the show.
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