My Thoughts on NXT (7/5/17): Let Them Eat Cake

• Kassius Ohno & Hideo Itami vs SAnitY-Ohno & Alexander Wolfe start off by fighting into the corner. Ohno hits a step-up knee before tagging in Itami. The two kick away at Wolfe in the corner before Itami drops a few knees. Itami kicks Wolfe in the face before hitting a tornado DDT into the top rope. However, a distraction by Killian Dain allows Wolfe to hot shot Itami down onto the top rope. Dain tags in and beats down Itami in the corner before the commercial break. We come back to Wolfe beating down Itami. SAnitY controls the match until Itami slips out of a bodyslam by Dain. At the same time, Wolfe distracts Ohno and lures him off the apron. Itami strikes Dain down and tries to tag out, but Ohno is on the other side of the ring. This allows Dain to splash Itami in the corner for a near fall as Ohno gets back on the apron. Itami strikes back at Dain but doesn't go for the tag this time. Wolfe tags in, but Itami runs wild on him before taking out Dain on the apron. Itami hits an awesome deadlift fisherman's suplex for a near fall, but Wolfe grabs the ropes to break the fall. Ohno asks for a tag, but Itami brushes him off and hits the Falcon Arrow suplex. Dain breaks up the fall with a senton across Itami's back, only to eat a big boot from Ohno and get sent out of the ring. Ohno asks for the tag again, only to get booted off the apron by Wolfe. Itami boots Wolfe into SAnitY's corner, allowing Wolfe to tag out to Dain when Itami picks him up for the GTS. Itami hits the GTS on Wolfe, only to instantly eat a crossbody from Dain, who gets the three and the win.
• Ember Moon gets interviewed in the Performance Center. She says she's ready to earn another shot at the NXT Women's Championship. She is interrupted by Ruby Riot, who says she got her shot at the title and so did Nikki Cross, and she wants her own shot. Riot goes back to her workout before Moon continues her interview and says she'll take on anyone who gets in her warpath.
• Drew McIntyre gets interviewed. He says tonight's NXT Championship match should be fantastic, but the next title match will be his. He says the NXT Champion is talked about as the guy to lead this industry and he that's why he wants to be NXT Champion. He says it doesn't matter who the champion is because all the roads lead to him as champion.
• Next week, Johnny Gargano returns to NXT.
• Kayla Braxton interviews Billie Kay & Peyton Royce. They say they're disrespected because Billie's birthday was recently and nobody but Peyton celebrated. In the background, Andrade "Cien" Almas and Thea Trinidad argue, so Billie shushes them. Billie says she just want cake, so Peyton takes her to get cake. Braxton heads over to Almas & Trinidad, who both storm off from eachother.
• Kayla Braxton interviews Roderick Strong. She asks him what on his mind going into his title match tonight. He only says one word; victory. After Strong walks through the curtain, Braxton interviews Bobby Roode. He says Strong has been living a fairytale for the last few weeks, and tonight he faces his reality. He ends by saying that reality is...and then walks off as his entrance music starts.
• Bobby Roode (c) vs Roderick Strong-NXT Championship-Roode starts off in control with a headlock before taking Strong down to the mat. Roode spins on Strong's back before slapping his head. Roode prepares to "GLORIOUS" right in Strong's face, but Strong catches him with a dropkick before hitting another dropkick for one. Roode rolls out of the ring, so Strong follows him out and brings him back in. Roode catches Strong getting back in the ring with forearms and stops, but Strong is able to come back with a back breaker for a near fall. Roode rolls out of the ring before the commercial break. We come back to Strong hitting another backbreaker for a near fall. Strong beats down Roode in the corner until the referee pulls him off, allowing Roode to boot Strong in the face before hitting a Blockbuster. Roode stomps away at Strong before chopping Strong in the corner. Roode continues to beat down Strong before going for a suplex. Strong lands on his feet though and hits another backbreaker, prompting Roode to roll out of the ring again. Strong boots him up the ramp with a wrecking ball dropkick before chopping him around ringside. Strong steps up on the ring apron, only for Roode to wedge his leg in between the steps & the ring post.
  
  Roode seizes the opportunity and boots the stairs into Strong's leg. Roode beats down Strong in front of Strong's wife & mother, who are sitting at ringside. Back in the ring, Roode targets Strong's leg, beating down, stomping, and dropping elbows across it over and over again. Roode controls the match, cutting off any attempt at comebacks by Strong by taking out the leg again. Strong eventually throws Roode into the corner face first and runs through him before hitting an Olympic slam. Roode is able to cut off Strong's momentum with a back elbow and goes up to the second rope, only for Strong to yank him off right into a backbreaker for a near fall. Strong goes for a fireman's carry, but Roode slips out and takes out Strong's leg with a chop block. Roode continues to attack the leg and goes for a spinning toe hold, but Strong blocks it and rolls up Roode for a near fall. Roode quickly fires back with a Double R Spinebuster for a near fall and calls for the Glorious DDT, but Strong counters it and hits a fireman's carry double knee gutbuster for a near fall. Roode rolls him out of the ring pulls Strong down before ramming Strong's knee into the ring post. Roode goes to the top rope, but Strong catches him with an enziguri before dropping Roode back first on the top turnbuckle. Roode quickly rolls out of the ring, but Strong brings him right back in for a near fall. Strong goes for the End of Heartache, but Roode blocks it. The two trade blows before Roode sidesteps a jumping knee and hits the Glorious DDT, but Strong kicks out. Roode taunts Strong's wife & mother, only to get caught with a jumping knee by Strong. Strong follows up with a step-up knee in the corner and a running slam before hitting the End of Heartache before the referee counts three. New NXT Champion Roderick...
  
  NOPE! Roode gets his foot under the bottom rope before the three count. The referee calls off his decision as Strong celebrates with his wife & mom. In all the commotion, Strong hops up on the ring apron, only for Roode to shove him off and into the guardrail further injuring Strong's leg. Roode pulls off the ultimate heel move, hitting the Glorious DDT right in front of Strong's wife & mother before rolling Strong back in the ring. Roode hits another Glorious DDT for good measure and gets the three and the win to retain the NXT Championship. Fantastic main event.