Backstage, Greg Hamilton was standing by with Nia Jax. Jax began to talk about her strategy before Asuka walked onto the set and stared Jax down. Asuka slowly walked away and Jax closed by vowing to dominate and destroy Bayley... A video package aired with Bayley reading the letter that she wrote to herself when she was a child spliced in with her winning the Championship and defending against people like Sasha Banks and Eva Marie and Alexa Bliss. Bayley said respect is earned...

Back in the arena, Nia Jax made her entrance. They paused to let anticipation swell before Bayley made her entrance to a huge reaction from the fans in London. Both ladies received formal in-ring introductions. Big boos for Jax and Monster ovation for Bayley, as expected.


NXT Women's Champion Bayley vs. Nia Jax for the NXT Women's Championship

The crowd was serenading Bayley with "Hey Baby (I Wanna Know If You'll Be My Girl)", but Bayley seemed appreciative. Bayley evaded Jax early and even managed to land a few shots, but Jax overpowered and outmatched Bayley at nearly every turn. Jax hit a kneeling shoulderbreaker and then whipped Bayley around in a Cobra Clutch. Bayley fought out and slipped into a mounted dragon sleeper, but Jax once again powered out.

Bayley hit several of her signature back elbows in the corner and then hit a dropkick to the knee. Bayley hit a Chono-style shining front kick and came off the second turnbuckle several times with diving back elbows, staggering Jax repeatedly but not toppling her. Bayley caught Jax in a triangle from the bottom, but Jax stood up, hoisted Bayley up, and placed her on the top turnbuckle with ease. The two battled up top with Bayley finally sending Jax plummeting to the mat before following up with a flipping senton bomb off the top. She looked for the pin, but Jax just sent her flying through the ropes to ringside.

Back in the ring, Jax caught Bayley and planted her with a hard Samoan drop for two. Jax hit a second Samoan drop, and then whipped Bayley off the ropes and hit a third. Jax followed up with her standing leg drop, but Bayley managed to kick out before three. Jax continued to ragdoll Bayley around before hitting a Rocker Dropper style shoulder breaker. Jax followed up with three super weak looking leg drops to the back of the head and the crowd let her know that they were not okay. It looked like the end, but Bayley once again kicked out. The crowd continued to sing for Bayley, but Bayley continued to be abused by Jax.

Jax hoisted Bayley up to the top rope and looked for a super Samoan drop, but Bayley slipped into a guillotine choke. Bayley sunk the hold deep mid-ring, but Jax whipped Bayley down with the spinebuster. Jax wasted time and knelt in, allowing Bayley to slip in the choke once again. But once again, Jax planted her with a spinebuster. Rinse and repeat with Jax failing to capitalize and Bayley slipping in the choke. Bayley sank it in so that Jax was seated and Bayley was sitting on her lap with body scissors sunk in deep, and after a lengthy struggle, Jax finally submitted.

Bayley forced Nia Jax to submit in about 13:20 to retain the NXT Women's Championship

The commentators put over Bayley's resourcefulness and heart in becoming the first person to defeat Nia Jax. Replays aired and Bayley was still selling the effects of the match in the ring. Jax walked out under her own power and left the ring to Bayley... Blake and Murphy vs. Jason Jordan and Chad Gable was hyped for next week... Samoa Joe was shown preparing backstage... A video package hyped the main event title match...