- #DIY vs HoHo Lun & Tian Bing-Yes, Tian Bing, aka Bin Wang, WWE's first ever Chinese superstar makes his debut in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Also, I'm sorry, I love Gargano & Ciampa, but "Do It Yourself" is a pretty bad name a for a tag team. It's kind of hard to do something yourself when you're in a team. Just saying. Ciampa & Bing start with Bing dropping Ciampa with a shoulder tackle followed by a roundhouse kick. Lun tags in, but Ciampa takes control with a forearm strike. Gargano tags in and does a roll-up into an enziguri followed by a neckbreaker by Ciampa for a near fall. Gargano & Lun exchange strikes before Lun hits a dropkick. Bing tags in and he & Lun hit a CM Punk-high knee in the corner each followed by a superkick by Bing and a missile dropkick from Lun for a near fall. Bing works over Gargano with kicks until Gargano dodges a roundhouse and hits an enziguri. Ciampa gets the hot tag and runs wild on Lun, hitting a big lariat before going for a powerbomb. Lun fights out of it, but Gargano makes the tag and hits a slingshot spear. Ciampa takes out Bing and DIY hit the superkick/running knee combo for the win. Fine little match, nothing special. Bing looked pretty solid in his first match in NXT.
- Kota Ibushi & TJ Perkins get interviewed. With Hideo Itami out with an injury, Ibushi was left without a partner, so Perkins filled the void. Ibushi says respect brought them together, and Perkins says he leapt at the chance to team with Ibushi because Ibushi is elite. He says Ibushi brings out the best in him and they'll bring the best out of eachother as a team.
- Samoa Joe gets interviewed. He says he wasn't going to attack Shinsuke Nakamura last week, he was just seeing if what he's done has had an effect. He says he's been evening the odds since coming to NXT, and since Nakamura injured him, he injured him back. He says he's launched a campaign of psychological warfare and that Nakamura is scared of him.
- Aliyah vs Billie Kay-Billie rushes Aliyah to start and beats her down until Aliyah hits a jawbreaker. Aliyah goes for a wheelbarrow, but Billie counters and drops Aliyah on the top rope. Billie beats down Aliyah until Aliyah fights back and hits a low-Blockbuster followed by a running corner ax kick. Aliyah hits a step-up enziguri, but Billie responds with a straight right. Suddenly, Liv Morgan runs down and attacks Peyton Royce at ringside. Billie runs over and she & Morgan play tug-of-war with Royce. The distraction allows Aliyah to get the roll up and the win. Nothing match, short but uneventful. After the match, Morgan takes the fight to Billie Kay, but Peyton Royce gets in the ring and saves Billie. The Aussies beat down Morgan 2-on-1 before Aliyah runs back down to the ring to even the odds. The four brawl, but the heels gain the upper hand, with Royce delivering a running knee strike to Aliyah before bulldogging Morgan into Billie's knee. It's nice to see the NXT women's division is re-shaping nicely after all the call-ups.
- Noah Potjes vs Tye Dillinger-Noah Potjes' entrance video looks like a Spongebob title card. Just saying. Tom Phillips says Potjes has a reputation for being a creep in NXT, so Corey Graves fires back that Phillips is Byron Saxton-levels of creepy, which greatly offends Phillips because it's Byron Saxton. Nobody likes Byron Saxton. The two lock up to start before Dillinger does a snapmare, does a cartwheel, and throws up the 10 right in Potjes' face. Potjes stomps away at Dillinger in the corner, but Dillinger fights back and hits the Tye Breaker for the win. After the match, Dillinger gets interviewed on the stage. He says the only glorious thing Bobby Roode has done lately is run. Roode runs out and blindsides Dillinger before beating him down on the stage, planting him with an implant DDT on the stage before posing over him.
- TM-61 gets interviewed. They say they're prepared to beat Austin Aries & Roderick Strong because Aries & Strong used to be a great team, but they are a great team now. They say the Tag Team Classic is the most important thing in their careers now and they are the team to win it.
- Asuka vs Thea Trinidad-Thea Trinidad, aka Rosita in TNA and Austin Aries' real-life fiancee. I think you know exactly how this match goes. After the two run the ropes for a while, Asuka hits a flying hip attack. Trinidad hits Asuka in the face, Asuka makes her "you're going to die now" face, and Asuka beats the piss out of her. Trinidad gets her knees up at a charging Asuka, only for Asuka to straight up catch Trinidad's foot off a kick without even looking at Trinidad. It's incredible. Asuka locks in an ankle lock before turning it into a German suplex before rolling through and turning that into a Fujiwara armbar for the win. After the match, William Regal comes out and congratulates Asuka on her victory, he announces that Asuka's opponent at Takeover: Toronto will be...MICKIE JAMES! HOLY SH*T! THIS IS AWESOME! She says that Asuka hasn't beaten anyone until she's beaten her and that she's faced & beaten some of the greatest female wrestlers of all time. She says she's coming for the NXT Women's Championship and that she'll see Asuka in Toronto.
- Paul Ellering & The Author of Pain get interviewed. Ellering says he has a vision for NXT and that his strategy will be executed by the Authors of Pain. He says Rich Swann & No Way Jose have a fine future ahead of them in NXT, but they won't advance over the Authors of Pain. The Authors then say something in another language before leaving.
- Mustafa Ali & Lince Dorado vs Kota Ibushi & TJ Perkins-Kota Ibushi got his own entrance video, so I'm hoping that means something good about his future in WWE. Also, strangely enough, Perkins didn't come out with the Cruiserweight Championship. Perkins & Dorado start off and exchange holds before Dorado hits a jumping snapmare. The two go back and forth before Perkins hits an arm drag and goes for a pinning combination, which Dorado turns into a pin of his own. The two go back and forth with fast-paced exchanges, which gets applause from the crowd. The two shake hands before tagging out, bringing in Ibushi & Ali. Ibushi works over Ali until Ali does a springboard flip off the ropes and hits a pop-up dropkick. Ibushi responds with a dropkick of his own before the commercial break. We come back to Perkins hitting a suplex on Ali followed by a side suplex for a near fall. Perkins locks in a kneebar, but Ali makes it to the ropes. Dorado tags in and after getting Perkins on the outside, hits a big tope. Dorado rolls Perkins back in the ring and hits a diving crossbody for a near fall. Ali tags in and works over Perkins, even taking out Ibushi before hitting a roundhouse kick and a somersault neckbreaker for a near fall. Ali continues to work over Perkins until Perkins hits a wheelbarrow bulldog. Ibushi gets the hot tag and kicks Dorado & Ali to death. Dorado avoids a powerbomb attempt and slaps Ibushi, but Ibushi avoids a double team and hits a double Pele kick because he is the absolute best. Dorado comes back with a superkick, but Ibushi responds with a powerslam. Ibushi tags out to Perkins before hitting a second rope moonsault followed by a frog splash by Perkins, but Ali breaks up the pin. Perkins sends Ali out of the ring, allowing Ibushi to hit a double jump moonsault to the outside. Back in the ring, Perkins dodges a corner dropkick by Dorado before dropkicking Dorado into the ropes and hitting a wrecking ball dropkick. Perkins tries to roll through into a kneebar, but Dorado sits down on it for a near fall. Dorado gets the pin off a hurricanrana, but Ibushi breaks it up. Ali tags in and hits a spinning heel kick on Ibushi, but Perkins rolls through and locks in the knee bar for the submission win. Great match, fast paced and very exciting.
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