What’s next for NXT Champion Aleister Black?

NXT Champion Aleister Black will appear live on WWE NXT for the first time since retaining his title at NXT TakeOver: Chicago II. What will The Dutch Destroyer have to say after taking Lars Sullivan’s best in The Windy City?





We are at Full Sail University and your announcers are Mauro Ranallo, Percy Watson, and Nigel McGuinness.

Mauro and Nigel mention that Tyler Bate and Trent Seven are the new NXT Tag Team Champions.

NXT Champion Aleister Black makes his way to the ring.

Black says adversity and how you deal with adversity is what defines you as a champion. Adversity in Chicago was called Lars Sullivan. Lars did something he did not think was humanly possible. Faced with that adversity, he made it fade to black.

Tommaso Ciampa makes his way to the stage.

Ciampa says you stood face to face with adversity. Now it is time you stand face to face with the devil. He sees through Black and he says you can cover it up with all of the candles and lights. You are the NXT Champion, but there is an old saying, the title doesn't make the man, the man makes the title. Ciampa says the title makes Aleister Black. At Takeover Chicago, you barely got past Lars Sullivan. In the main event, he beat Johnny Freaking Wrestling.

Ciampa says here is the best part, he beat him with his hands tied behind his back. Now that the Gargano fairy tale is behind him, he can focus on business. He can focus on that shiny little title around your waist. Ciampa says that Black has something he wants.

Black says if Mr. Regal decides to make this match happen, you will realize that like everyone else, he will kick his ass.

Ciampa tells Black to be careful about what he says. There is a mystique around Aleister Black. When he steps in the ring with him and beats him, you lose more than that title. That mystique, just like those candles, are gone. Ciampa says he just needs one opportunity, one moment. Ciampa sits down to mock Black and he says in that moment your title reign will fade to black.

Ciampa waves at Black and gets back on his feet as Black leaves the ring and goes up the ramp.

We go to commercial.

We are back with comments from earlier today with Vanessa Borne. She says she will be the NXT Women's Champion. She wants to know why does Kairi dress like a pirate. Vanessa says it is stupid. She says that you adore and admire Kairi for that. You should admire and adore her. She says she will take Kairi into the ring and she will make sure that Sane does not walk out.

Kona Reeves vs Max Humberto

They lock up and Reeves slaps Humberto on the break. They lock up again and Reeves with an arm drag. They lock up again and Reeves with a side head lock. Reeves with a hammer lock into a side head lock take down. Humberto with forearms and Reeves with a snap mare. Reeves with a kick and he sends Humberto to the floor. Reeves sends Humberto into the apron and then he punches Humberto in the head. Reeves with punches in the corner and the referee warns him. Reeves with a butterfly suplex and then he hits an elbow drop from the turnbuckles.

Reeves rubs Humberto's face into the mat and connects with forearms to the back of the neck. Humberto with punches and Reeves with a running boot. Reeves with a Samoan drop for the three count.

Winner: Kona Reeves

We see footage from the end of the NXT Tag Title Match from Royal Albert Hall in London when Tyler Bate and Trent Seven defeated Roderick Strong and Kyle O'Reilly.

They will be wrestling tonight.

We go to commercial.

Candice LeRae vs Lacey Evans

They lock up and Evans with a side head lock. Evans with a shoulder tackle and she gets a near fall. Evans with another shoulder tackle. Candice trips Lacey but Lacey with a back heel kick. Evans gets a near fall. Candice with arm drags and a Japanese arm drag. Candice with a drop kick for a near fall. Evans sends Candice into the turnbuckles but Evans is sent to the apron. Evans grabs the arm and kicks Candice in the leg. Evans trips Candice and wrings the arm into the ring post. Evans gets a near fall.

Evans runs her knee across Candice's injured arm. Lacey with a kick to the arm and then she drops a knee onto the arm for a near fall. Candice with a rollup for a near fall. Lacey with an arm wringer as she sends Candice to the mat. Lacey wraps the arm in the ropes and the referee warns Lacey. Lacey with a head scissors while continuing to work on the arm in the corner. Lacey with a hesitation bronco buster for a near fall.

Lacey with a Cobra Clutch on Candice. Lacey pulls Candice to the mat when Candice gets back to her feet. Candice with a snap mare to escape followed by an elbow and snap mare. Candice with a leap frog neck snap and drop kick. Candice with forearms and chops. Candice with forearms and chops in the corner followed by an elbow into the corner. Candice goes to the turnbuckles and hits a bulldog. Candice with an Unprettier followed by a quebrada for the three count.

Winner: Candice LeRae

Johnny Gargano is asked about Takeover and his recovery from his match. Johnny says it is hard to focus because he keeps playing the match in Chicago over and over again. He watched the match again and to see Tommaso rip the wedding ring off his finger and then spit on it and throw it into the crowd. This is far from over. He beat him once, and Tommaso has beaten him once. Johnny says he will talk to Mr. Regal and they will do it one more time. He says he does not care if it is in Brooklyn, the streets, or a grocery store. It does not end until he ends.

We go to commercial.

We see Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight talking about how they want Miller and Thorne. Otis says they are coming for The Mighty. Tucker says no more games.

William Regal announces that Johnny Gargano will face EC3 since he has to move on from Tommaso Ciampa.

Candice LeRae was asked about dealing with what is going on with her husband. Candice says it is distracting a little. She made the mistake before of letting everything going on with him to take away from her dream. She says it is time to focus on her and her future and goals. Johnny's passion to achieve goals has motivated her to go after the NXT Women's Championship.

Tyler Bate and Trent Seven vs Dave Dixon and Carl Axelrod in a Non Title Match

Axelrod and Dixon are attacked by The Undisputed Era. They send Dixon and Axelrod off the stage.

Kyle says that what happened at Royal Albert Hall was a fluke. Roderick calls them phonies and he says that since your UK dorks are not here to hold you up, they are coming after them. Cole says that when you leave for the UK, you will not leave with your pride and you will not leave with your titles.

They surround the ring and Ricochet makes his way to the ring to help out Seven and Bate.

We go to commercial.

Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly, and Adam Cole vs Ricochet, Tyler Bate, and Trent Seven

Kyle and Bate start things off and Kyle with a waist lock. Bate with a wrist lock and Kyle with a drop toe hold and wrist lock. Bate with a drop kick to Kyle followed by one to Strong. Bate with a wrist lock and Seven tags in. He knocks Strong down and then he tags Bate in and Bate with a senton onto Kyle and then Ricochet takes care of Strong. Seven tags in and Kyle blocks the Seven Stars Clothesline. Cole tags in and Seven with chops. Seven gets Cole to flinch and Seven with a DDT for a near fall. Bate tags in and Cole with kicks and forearms. Seven with a slam and Strong tags in. Bate slams Strong and then Bate sends Seven onto Strong and Cole with a back senton. Ricochet tags in and Bate flips Ricochet for a moonsault and he gets a near fall on Strong.

Bate with jabs to Strong, Cole, and Kyle. Strong gets Bate on his shoulders but Strong escapes. Bate tries to rebound off the ropes and Cole kicks Bate. Strong with a half nelson back breaker and Cole tags in. Cole kicks Bate and Kyle tags in. Kyle with kicks, knees, and a forearm in the corner. Kyle kicks Bate and tags Strong in. Strong with a chop and kick. Strong with a reverse chin lock and he turns it into a camel stretch. Bate with a snap mare but Strong with a drop kick for a near fall. Cole tags in and he connects with elbows. Cole with a suplex and he gets a near fall.

Cole with a reverse chin lock. Bate gets back to his feet and he connects with punches and a head butt. Cole with a back elbow and Kyle tags in. Kyle kicks Bate and connects with a forearm and hammer lock. Kyle with elbows and knees. Kyle with a sliding knee to the ribs. Kyle plays with Bate's mustache and then he tags Strong back in. Strong with a shoulder breaker for a near fall. Strong with a top wrist lock and Bate with punches and a head butt. Strong with a forearm and back elbow. Strong runs into a boot and Bate with a knee. Bate with an exploder and both men are down.

Kyle and Ricochet tag in and Ricochet with a clothesline and he trips Cole on the apron. Ricochet with a head scissors on Kyle. Ricochet kicks Strong and then he hits a neck breaker and DDT combination. Ricochet with an elbow in the corner and then he sends Kyle into the turnbuckles and hits a Tiger Feint Kick followed by a clothesline off the turnbuckles for a near fall. Kyle with elbows to Ricochet and he applies a guillotine but Ricochet with a Northern Lights suplex. Kyle counters into a guillotine. Seven tags in and he applies a full nelson on Kyle. Kyle escapes and he connects with a forearm. Seven with a spinning back fist followed by a Michinoku Side Slam. Cole pulls Bate off the apron.

Strong with a knee and Cole with an Ushigoroshi. Kyle with a kick and Ricochet breaks up the cover. Ricochet and Strong battle on the floor while Cole pulls down the knee pad. Seven with a clothesline and both men are down. Ricochet tags in and he gets Cole on his shoulders for a Cradle Shock but Kyle breaks up the cover. Strong with a knee to Seven but Bate with a rolling kick to Strong. Kyle takes care of Bate. Ricochet with a knee to Kyle. Cole with a super kick to Ricochet and Ricochet with a jumping knee to Cole.

Bate and Kyle battle on the apron while Seven and Strong are on the other side of the ring. Cole and Ricochet exchange forearms in the ring. Kyle with a knee to Bate off the apron while Strong drops Seven on the apron. Ricochet with a clothesline and then Ricochet avoids Kyle and Strong with a back flip. Ricochet with a kick and leaping flatliner. Ricochet goes up top for the 630 splash and he hits it but Kyle pulls Cole out of the ring.

Kyle realizes he made a mistake and Ricochet with a suicide dive. Strong with End of Heartache onto the apron and then Cole gets the three count.

Winners: Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, and Adam Cole

We go to credits.