Date: 01/06	7:00 PM
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WWE NXT Results for Jan. 6, 2021. It's the first NXT of 2021, and tonight the black and gold brand goes evil! It's New Year's Evil and the superstars are up to no good. Finn Bálor defends the NXT Championship against Kyle O'Reilly. Rhea Ripley and Raquel González battle in a Last Woman Standing Match as well. Also, Dexter Lumis will be the host... NXT is back in the Capitol Wrestling Center! Hit F5 or refresh as often as you like for the latest updates!

Dexter Lumis, the host of tonight, is seen staring at the CWC in the dark, then he goes up some stairs to a production area and plays with the lights. All he really needed to do was flip the switch, and everything is ready to go! Lumis is even dressed for the occasion. Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett welcome us to the show (as well as Beth Phoenix via Zoom) and they are ready to get everything in motion.

* Damian Priest vs. Karrion Kross

They lock up tussling around the ring, through the ropes, on the floor, against the plexiglass, and a clean break on the apron. They block each other's kicks, Priest gets one in, side-steps him in a corner and goes to work with lefts and rights. Kross picks him up, slams him down, then goes to work on the imminent beatdown, a clotheslines him in the cornrer, another clothesline, exploder suplex, and Priest gets his shoulder up before the ref counts. Kross puts him in a surfboard stretch, clotheslines him out the ring, throws him into the steel steps, Priest fights him off, back in the ring Kross dominates over his fellow tall competitor. Priest eggs him on, hits a big forearm that rocks Kross, throws haymakers, bell clap, flatliner, jumping back elbow in a corner, combination kicks and elbow, clothesline, and hits the broken arrow for 2. Priest misses a spin kick, blocks the Saito suplex, kicks and knees, another flatliner, and puts him in an armbar. Scarlett gets frustrated on the outside, Kross counters to get a 2-count, hits elbows to the ribs, they trade punches and kicks, Priest connects on the springboard cannonball and gets a 2-count.

Kross clotheslines him, covers for 2.5, holds his left arm close to his chest, stomps on Priest's limbs, puts him in the tree of woe, lowers his kneepad, and a knee to the ribs. Kross gets up on the turnbuckles, Priest blocks the suplex, headbutts him, then delivers the RAZOR'S EDGE!! Priest covers, Kross kicks out at 2.5, they fight in the ropes, Priest kicks him, Kross blocks the choke slam, Priest boots him in the head, hits the springboard plancha, throws him back in, connects with the diving spinning heel kick, delivers the South of Heaven choke slam, and gets another near-fall! Kross counters The Reckoning, delivers a northern lights suplex, shoulder block to the midsection, hits the JACKKNIFE powerbomb, and covers for 2.9! Priest rolls out the ring, hits the spin kick twice, Kross doesn't go down, catches him and rams him into the steel structure, then body slams him onto the steel steps! Back in the ring again, they lock eyes, Kross kicks him in the head, delivers the Doomsday Saito suplex, a forearm to the back of the head, and covers for 3! WINNER: KARRION KROSS!

We get a short video package to hype up the Cruiserweight Title match coming up next.

We get a list of teams competing in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament: Undisputed Era, Ever-Rise, Breezango, Curt Stallion & August Grey, Drake Maverick & Killian Dain, and Imperium are announced so far. The first round begins next week. Undisputed Era's Roderick Strong and Adam Cole learn that they face Breezango in the first round. Cole reminds us that he's the longest NXT Champion in history, and Strong is a former NXT North American Champion. They recognize that Breezango can get the job done when necessary, but they will continue a new prophecy which will include Kyle O'Reilly winning the NXT Title tonight.  McKenzie Mitchell mentions that that title match will be commercial-free. The Grizzled Young Veterans are seen in the crowd behind the fence looking on, surely they will be in the tournament as well.

* NXT Cruiserweight Championship: Gran Metalik vs. Santos Escobar {C}

Lince Dorado comes down with Metalik, while Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza join Escobar to the ring. Escobar wears his luchador mask on his way down, but takes it off before once he stands in the center of the ring. The match gets underway, they lock up, clean break, lock up again, and a little backstory is that these two were teammates in Mexico and never faced off until now. Metalik with a headscissors takedown, trips, running hurricanrana, and a standoff. Escobar ducks a backflip, Metalik does a springboard hurricanrana, Escobar tosses him onto the apron and slaps him, then Metalik jumps over a baseball slide and hits a springboard moonsault to the floor! Metalik throws him back in, hits a springboard senton bomb, covers for a near-fall, slams him down with the Wasteland, rolls through a diving moonsault, tosses the champ onto the apron, kicks him in the head, goes for a hurricanrana, Escobar catches him but slips on the apron and they nearly fall down, but Escobar saves it by swinging him into the barricade!

The match continues picture-in-picture, as we see Escobar stretching him against the ringpost. Escobar gets a 2-count, applies a half-crab to wear down the high-flyer, hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, and gets a 2-count.

We're back full-screen to see Escobar kick him in the head, drops him across the top ropes, covers for 2, and applies the Romero Special, even getting a 2-count. Metalik does a roll-up for 2.9, Escobar clotheslines him, stomps, Metalik puts a boot up, reverse sling blade, runs the ropes for a missile dropkick, and hits a ring-assisted somersault dive! He rolls the champ back in the ring, hits a springboard body splash, covers and gets a near-fall. Metalik slaps him, kicks him from the apron, springboards and Escobar hits a knee strike in mid-air, then delivers a torpedo strike suicide dive. Escobar gets a 2-count in the ring, beats him up around the ring, Metalik fights him off the turnbuckles, Escobar knocks him down, Metalik trips him on the ropes, Lince Dorado takes out the rest of Legado Del Fantasma, Metalik hits a springboard hurricanrana, and covers for 2.9! Escobar trips him up on the ropes, hits the double-arm facebuster, picks him up, and hits the Phantom Driver for the victory. WINNER and STILL NXT Cruiserweight Champion: SANTOS ESCOBAR!

Rhea Ripley is doing push-ups and lifting dumbbells backstage, while Raquel González is stretching to get ready for their match. Xia Li is back, next.

We get words from Merceedes Martinez saying it feels good to be back, and doesn't care about the awards she won. The only title that she does care about is the NXT Women's Title.

The mysterious woman is here in the Capitol Wrestling Center as she sits in her chair, to be accompanied by Xia Li and Boa before they head to the ring. Xia Li sports a new look, attitude, aggression, and just a whole new transformation.

* Xia Li vs. Katrina Cortez

Xia misses a head kick, but connects with a throat thrust and a roundhouse. Xia bows to the woman in the chair, back kick to Katrina's midsection, but Cortez punches her in the ribs. Xia blocks the pain, hits a jumping knee, hits a spinning kick to the face, and covers for 3. WINNER: XIA LI.

We learn that Timothy Thatcher has been deemed unable to compete in tonight's scheduled Fight Pit, and Mr. William Regal confirms that when Thatcher heals then he will compete in the FIght Pit against Tommaso Ciampa at a later date. Bronson Reed gets interviewed right after and he says when he stayed home he has built-up frustration and aggression. He also says he's got his money on Rhea Ripley in her match, which is next!

* Last Woman Standing Match: Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel González

Ripley dropkicks her at the opening bell, shoulder thrusts in a corner, Thesz Press with punches, González reverses positioning for punches, and hits a big clothesline! González delivers a fallaway slam, another fallaway slam, a third fallaway slam, and knee strikes to the midsection. Ripley kicks and trips her, basement dropkick, they battle outside the ring, Ripley pulls out a chair and kendo stick from under the ring, hits Raquel with the kendo, González with a forearm shot, Ripley goes for a running dropkick but González swats her away with the chair!

González throws her into the steel fence and whacks her with the kendo stick. Ripley fights back slamming her into the plexiglass, puts her her in handcuffs, slaps her on the chest, González kicks her away, and RIPS THE CUFFS OFF THE FENCE! González punches Rhea in the head with the piece of the fence still handcuffed to her, Ripley shoves her into the ringpost, González blocks the ringbell hammer, and smacks her head off the bell. The referee begins his count, 3, 4, 5, 6, Ripley is back up, González takes apart the announce table, and gives her a back body drop onto the announce table with a bad landing! Raquel throws everything she can onto Rhea to prevent her from getting up. The referee is counting up to 6 until Rhea makes her way out and up at 9. González can't believe what she's seeing, so we'll go to commercials.

We go to picture-in-picture, González escapes her cuffs, suplexes her, a spinning powerslam, clothesline, and clotheslines her out the ring. González takes the top half of the steel steps, Ripley kicks it, González falls on top of it, and Ripley hits a DDT on the steps! The ref counts both women, and González is up first.

González picks up the steps again, charges the steps into Rhea's arm, then hits a running big boot on the stage. Ripley falls down the stairs of the stage, the fight goes backstage, Ripley fights back, and charges her through a glass door! Both women stand up at the count of 8, Ripley kicks her in the head, slams her head against a locker, lays her on top of a catering table, climbs way up, does the DX crotch chop and hits a SWANTON BOMB THROUGH THE TABLE! The referee counts all the way up to 7, now 8, then Dakota Kai shows up and starts whipping Rhea in the back with a kendo stick! Ripley gets back up, fight them both off attacking Dakota more, slams the locker door in her face, then shoves her into a locker and barricades it!

Back on the stage, Raquel González smacks Rhea Ripley with the steel chair and tries to shove her into the legs of it, but Ripley blocks it and headbutts her, then puts her in the inverted Cloverleaf putting her head in the chair! González kicks her off, Ripley bounces off the stage prop, the ref counts up to 7, Ripley back drops her into the LED board causing it to glitch, the ref counts again, Ripley is up at 7, and González is up at 8. González drops her face-first on the steel step, hits a POWERBOMB THROUGH THE STAGE!! The referee starts counting, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, González is comes up at 8, 9, Raquel stands up, 10! WINNER: RAQUEL GONZÁLEZ!

Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae have police escort through the streets surrounding their limo. We go to picture-in-picture to watch Rhea Ripley being helped up. The Garganos continue through the streets, and Ripley is being helped to her feet.

Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett send a welcome to South Korea watching the broadcast with IB Sports. The Way make their way into the CWC and head to the ring to celebrate Gargano breaking his curse of losing title defenses. Gargano, with his NXT North American Championship, prasies his own entrance and the fact that he successfully defended his title last week, and claims his curse is over. Candice is happy for him and presents a plaque for him commemorating his win. Ausin Theory calls him a real-life superhero, Indi Hartwell unveils a painting of The Way as superheroes, and Gargano is super excited. Gargano announces that he and Austin Theory are entering the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic!

Shotzi Blackheart enters the CWC next turning her attention to Candice. Theory intervenes, so Shotzi fires a shot from her tank into Austin's theory! Shotzi makes a beeline for Candice and kicks her in the head taking out Indi in the process. Gargano threatens to get involved, but KUSHIDA pulls him off the apron and stands ready to fight! A bell dings, and it's the HOST of New Year's Evil, Dexter Lumis, with a referee! Lumis points to the big screen and it's a picture of Kushida and Shotzi vs. Johnny and Candice!

* Candice LeRae & Johnny Gargano {North American Champion} vs. Shotzi Blackheart & Kushida

The bell dings to start the match, Candice and Shotzi start, Blackheart hits an enzuigiri, covers for 2, and LeRae rolls out the ring. We go to picture-in-picture to watch The Way regroup on the outside, with Theory still nursing his balls. LeRae with a rear waistlock, Blackheart counters, LeRae drops her arm over the ropes, shoves her into the ringpost, throws her back into the ring and gets a 1-count.

When we come back, Blackheart tries to fight her off, but LeRae slams her down and gets a 1-count. Dexter Lumis is on commentary and Wade Barrett is mortified, even complimenting his suit. LeRae applies a sleeper hold, Blackheart counters with an armbreaker, and makes the hot tag. Kushida hits a diving axe handle to Gargano, inverted atomic drop, hiptoss, cartwheel into a dropkick, ducks the head kick, Gargano punches him, Kushida does a hiptoss into the cross armbreaker, Gargano counters for the Gargano Escape, but Kushida counters back to the cross armbreaker! Gargano gets his feet on the ropes, blocks a German suplex, Kushida hits the bulldog armbreaker, Gargano chops him, Kushida kicks him and hits the wind-up right cross.

Candice cuts off Kushida, challenges him putting her hair up in a ponytail, Kushida ducks Gargano who almost collides into Candice, and Kushida punches him again. Kushida assists Blackheart with a standing Sliced Bread to Candice, hits Gargano with a roaring elbow, they hit simultaneous armbreakers, and soccer kicks to the arms. Kushida hits Gargano with a handspring kick to knock him off the apron, and Blackheart follows up with a suicide dive flying through Candice! Kushida and Blackheart throw them back into the ring, Indi Hartwell pulls Shotzi off the apron, Theory shoves Kushida off the top turnbuckle, and the referee yells at him for being on the apron. Kushida gets his revenge pulling him into the ring, does a drop toehold to Gargano into Theory's crotch, then rolls Gargano up for 3! WINNERS: KUSHIDA & SHOTZI BLACKHEART!

We get a promo for Valentine's Day - TAKEOVER style! We're getting NXT TakeOver on Valentine's Day, February 14th! After a commercial break, we get word that in the first round of the DRTTC will be Undisputed Era vs. Breezango, and also Ever-Rise vs. Grizzled Young Veterans. Mr. Regal speaks on NXT in 2021, saying that it will a great year for the brand. Lumis holds up a picture as William Regal announces that there will also be a WOMEN'S Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic too! Speaking of tag teams, the NXT Tag Team Champions Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan are in the crowd along with Pete Dunne ready to watch the main event.

* NXT Championship: Kyle O'Reilly vs. Finn Bálor {C}

We get the proper title match introductions for the main event. The bell dings, the match is underway, they lock up, O'Reilly and Bálor trade holds, O'Reilly hits a shoulder block, and Bálor backs up to a corner. O'Reilly takes the arm, applies a head scissors using his legs, Bálor escapes, O'Reilly connects with a head kick, and Bálor backs up again. Bálor stops a leg scramble, puts him in a headlock, takes him down to the mat, O'Reilly rolls him over for 1 and puts him back in the head scissors. Bálor counters but O'Reilly rolls around to avoid a grapple, then puts him in an armbar, Bálor tries to counter, but O'Reilly keeps the pressure on and takes him back down and does an armbreaker. Bálor puts him in an abdominal stretch, O'Reilly counters with a hiptoss into a short-arm scissors, Bálor rolls through to escape the hold and puts him back in the ab stretch. O'Reilly breaks the hold by biting the rope, and Bálor kicks the rope into O'Reilly's jaw! The ringside physician comes over to check on him, but O'Reilly doesn't want it.

Bálor puts him in a side headlock, O'Reilly hammerlocks his arm and kicks it (still nursing his jaw), takes him down by the arm, and hits a sliding knee to the hammerlocked arm. O'Reilly wrenches Bálor's arm over the ropes, Bálor chokes him in the ropes, releasing at the count of 4, bounces off the ropes to stomp on him, hits a basement dropkick, covers for 2, goes to the side headlock, but O'Reilly counters with a back suplex, and Bálor transitions into the Crossface. O'Reilly scoots backwards to get his foot on the bottom rope, Bálor chops him on the chest, hits a back elbow, and covers for 2. O'Reilly kicks him, knees to the midsection, legsweep, armbreaker, kicks his leg with a faceplant, and gets a 2-count into an armbar.

Bálor side-steps him, chop to the chest, O'Reilly blocks an Irish whip, knee, axe kick, Bálor hits the Pele Kick, O'Reilly rolls him into a heel hook, Bálor kicks him off, O'Reilly with a soccer kick and falls out the ring. The referee starts counting O'Reilly out, but O'Reilly gets back in at 9, Bálor hits a forearm smash, O'Reilly takes the arm, goes for the guillotine, Bálor counters, O'Reilly goes for the triangle but turns it into a leglock, and Bálor socks him in the jaw. Bálor hits the spinning elbow drop, reverse 1916, then back to the Crossface! O'Reilly breaks the hold, they trade punches and kicks, Bálor hits the sling blade, double foot stomp, shotgun dropkick, goes up top, O'Reilly cuts him off with a running boot, goes up to him, and delivers a superplex for a near-fall! O'Reilly hits a brainbuster for 2, makes the cover for 2, transitions for the armbar but Bálor blocks it, and O'Reilly gets in a cross armbar until Bálor reaches the ropes. O'Reilly backs him into a corner, Bálor puts his boot up, O'Reilly kneels down holding his ribs, Bálor puts him in the abdominal stretch again, O'Reilly tries to get his foot on the ropes, Bálor grounds him in the ab stretch and locks his hands around Kyle's jaw, and O'REILLY TAPS! WINNER and STILL NXT CHAMPION: FINN BÁLOR!

Finn Bálor is busted open over his eyes, and (by reading his lips) he tells the ref "Give me my fucking belt. Put it in my fucking hands." Bálor is fired up in his victory and doesn't even want the ref to raise his hand. The rest of Undisputed Era are out to check on their friend, who sits slumped in a corner holding his jaw in disappointing defeat. Finn Bálor continues his reign as NXT Champion to begin 2021!