Samoa Joe made his entrance first. He got a good initial pop but the crowd seems to be buying him as the heel. The heartbeat sounded and the lights cut out. The familiar Jack the Ripper graphic appeared on the screen and slashed the screen, which then kicked into Finn Bálor's entrance. Finn the Ripper was out in a top hat and overcoat with the demon paint underneath. He made his lengthy entrance before both competitors received full in-ring introductions. Joe was booed roundly and the champion was heavily embraced by the UK crowd.

NXT Champion Finn Bálor vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship

Joe overpowered Bálor to the mat early as the crowd dueled with chants for both guys, probably 70/30 for Bálor. Bálor nailed Joe with a dropkick early and as Joe looked to take a powder, Bálor pounced with a baseball slide and a soccer kick from the apron. Bálor looked to capitalize in the ring, but Joe rolled right through to the other side of the ring. Bálor pursued and sent Joe crashing into the ring steps with the shotgun dropkick. Bálor set Joe up on the steps and looked for the stomp off the apron, but Joe avoided it and destroyed Bálor with a ura-nage at ringside.

Joe teed off on Bálor back in the ring. Bálor showed some fight, returning several shots, but the larger Joe put him right back down with a hard shot and rocked him in the corner with an enzugiri. Joe remained in control, connecting with his trademark knee drop sequence a short time later. Bálor continued to show fight, but Joe hit a hard face wash kick in the corner and Bálor was selling like his eyes were glazed over. Joe continued to roll on offense before Bálor avoided a senton attempt from Joe.

Bálor hit a high kick from the apron and looked to capitalize, but Joe knocked him to ringside and then wiped him out with the elbow suicida. That was good for a two-count back in the ring. Joe hit a wicked powerbomb and held on, transitioning into the high-angle crab and then a crossface when Bálor kicked out. Joe sank the crossface in deep mid-ring and transitioned into an armbar stretch, but Bálor reached the ropes with his feet. Out of nowhere, Bálor caught Joe with a desperation DDT and both guys were down.

Bálor came flying into Joe with a hard forearm smash and followed up with running chops in the corner. Joe appeared to reverse, but when he went up to the second rope, Bálor sprang up and knocked him down to ringside with a high kick. Finn hit the ropes and wiped out Joe at ringside with a huge flip dive over the ropes. Finn waited for Joe to get to his feet before diving off the top with a wicked double stomp to the back of the neck for a near-fall.

Bálor hit a wicked spinning kick and then connected with the Slingblade, Bálor retreated and stalked for the Shotgun Dropkick, but Joe reversed and looked for the Muscle Buster. Bálor managed to slip out and connected with the Pele Kick to put both guys down for a nine-count. Back on their feet, the two traded wicked sequences of strikes. Joe avoided the Pele and looked for the Clutch, but Bálor ran him head-first into the turnbuckles to break it. Bálor looked to capitalize from the apron, but Joe caught him in the Clutch again and dragged him into the middle of the ring. Somehow, Bálor managed to fight out and hit a jumping double stomp for another double-down.

Joe charged, but Bálor connected with another Slingblade. Bálor hit two Shotgun Dropkicks, but Joe showed fighting spirit and fired up before taking a third shotgun dropkick to the back. Bálor went up top looking to finish, but there was a battle on the top rope. Eventually, Bálor knocked Joe to the mat and came down with the Coup de Grace for the win.

Finn Bálor defeated Samoa Joe in about 18:20 to retain the NXT Championship