Match Number Five: NXT Men’s Championship: Johnny Gargano versus Adam Cole

They lock up and go around the ring until Gargano gives a clean break. Gargano with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Gargano goes for a head lock but Cole escapes and hits a shoudler tackle. Gargano with a sunset flip but Cole moves. Cole misses a Shining Wizard and both men have a staredown. Cole goes to the floor. Cole returns to the ring and they lock up. Gargano goes for a chin lock but Cole with a wrist lock. Gargano with a reversal and he takes Cole to the mat. Cole traps the arms and he works on the head with a chin lock. Gargano with a crucifix for a near fall. Cole with a forearm.

Gargano with a forearm and they go back and forth. Cole with a kick but the forearms resume. Cole with kicks and an Irish whip but Gargano floats over. Gargano with a spike rana and Cole goes to the floor. Gargano goes to the apron and he avoids Cole. Cole misses a bicycle kick and Gargano misses a kick. Gargano with a cannonball off the apron. Cole misses a move to the floor and Gargano with a kick to the arm from the apron followed by a double stomp onto the arm. Gargano slams the arm into the apron. Gargano works on the shoulder and he hits a leg drop on the arm.

Gargano gets a near fall. Gargano with a cloverleaf with the arm in a hammer lock using the leg. Gargano with a splash onto the arm. Cole goes to the turnbuckles and Gargano follows. Cole escapes and hits a super kick to the leg and Gargano falls to the mat. Cole kicks Gargano in the leg. Cole with a KneeDT to Gargano. Cole follows with a knee bar to add more pressure to the leg. Gargano tries to kick Cole away. Cole with a double sledge and he kicks Johnny. Gargano with forearms. Cole with a kick to the knee and Cole goes to the turnbuckles for a missile drop kick to the knee.

Cole with a dragon screw leg whip to Gargano as he continues to work on the leg. Cole sends Gargano into the turnbuckles and puts the leg in the ropes and Cole kicks the leg. Gargano with punches but Cole with a leg trip and he goes for a figure four leg lock but Gargano counters with an inside cradle for a near fall. Cole goes to the turnbuckles and comes off but Gargano catches Cole and hits a sit out power bomb, but Gargano could not capitalize.

Cole with a forearm and Gargano fires back. They continue the exchange. Gargano with clotheslines and an overhead belly-to-belly throw. Gargano with a rollup and round kick. Gargano with an enzuigiri in the corner and Gargano with a tornado Flatliner for a near fall. Gargano with a slingshot spear for a near fall. Gargano with a chop and he puts Cole on the turnbuckles. Gargano goes to the turnbuckles for a superplex but Cole stops him and slams Gargano’s head into the turnbuckles. Cole sets for a sunset flip power bomb but Gargano holds on to the ropes. Gargano comes off the turnbuckles but Cole with a lungblower for a near fall.

Cole sets for a suplex but Gargano with a knee to escape. Cole has Gargano on his shoulders but Gargano gets to his feet. Gargano with a kick but Cole with an enzuigiri. Cole with a burning hammer facebuster for a near fall. Cole goes to the turnbuckles and Gargano grabs the leg to stop Cole. Cole with forearms to the back. Cole misses a move from the turnbuckles. Gargano with a clothesline and Cole with a clothesline. Gargano and Cole with super kicks and Cole comes off the turnbuckles into a super kick. Cole rolls to the floor and so does Gargano.

Cole and Gargano both hit super kicks on the floor and both men are down. Both men struggle to get back into the ring but they beat the count. Gargano with a slingshot DDT for a near fall. Gargano goes for a full nelson and he kicks Cole in the arm. Cole goes for a clip but Gargano moves. Gargano with a double stomp. Gargano sets for a super kick but Cole rolls to the floor. Gargano goes to the apron and Cole kicks Gargano’s leg. Cole with a brainbuster shoulder breaker on the floor followed by one in the ring for a near fall.

Cole goes to the turnbuckles again and he sets for a Panama City Destroyer but Gargano blocks it. Gargano sets Cole shoudler first into the mat and Gargano with a La Mistica into the GargaNo Escape. Cole grabs the leg and he goes for a figure four leg lock and applies it. Cole gets a near fall when Gargano’s shoulders fall to the mat. Gargano reverses the hold and Cole gets to the ropes to force a break of the hold. Cole goes for the knee but Gargano avoids it and he punches Cole. Cole with punches and he sends the knee into the mat. Cole slams the exposed knee into the mat and then continues to stomp on the knee.

Cole is kicked to the floor by Gargano on a figure four attempt. Gargano with a hanging DDT in the ropes and Cole falls to the floor. Gargano sets for a suicide dive but he catches the ropes and is met with a super kick. Cole hits the Panama City Destroyer off the apron to the floor. Cole pulls Gargano back into the ring and Gargano kicks out. Cole tells Johnny it is over. Cole sets for the Last Shot and Gargano ducks it and Gargano goes for the GargaNo Escape but Cole applies the GargaNo Escape on Gargano.

Gargano escapes and hits Last Shot on Cole for a near fall. Cole and Gargano with forearms. Cole with a series of kicks but Gargano with a clothesline that flips Cole. Cole with a super kick but Gargano with a super kick and reverse rana. Cole with Last Shot for a near fall. Cole goes to the floor and he looks under the ring and gets a chair. The referee tells Cole he cannot do that. The referee takes the chair and we have a tug of wawr situation and Gargano with a suicide dive that hits the referee.

Cole misses Gargano with the chair and Gargano super kicks the chair into Cole and they return to the ring but there is no referee. Gargano checks on the referee and Cole signals to the back and Gargano gets the chair.Gargano gets back to the apron and Cole with a piledriver in the ropes for a near fall. Cole picks up Gargano and Cole goes for Last Shot but Gargano falls to the mat. Gargano with GargaNo Escape and Cole fights through the pain. Cole tries to get to the ropes and Gargano rolls Cole back into the center of the ring. Cole with elbows to the knee. Cole with a thrust kick to the knee and a thrust kick to the head.

Cole goes for the Panama City Destroyer but Gargano drops down for a near fall. Cole hits the Panama City Destroyer followed by Last Shot for the three count.

Winner: Adam Cole (new Champion)

After the match, The Undisputed Era pick up the new NXT Men’s Champion as we see Johnny Gargano against the ring steps.

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