Match Number One: Matt Riddle versus Adam Cole for the NXT Men’s Championship

Riddle with waist lock take downs on Cole. Riddle goes for the arm bar but Cole gets to the ropes to force a break. They lock up and Cole kicks Riddle on the break. Riddle with a gutwrench suplex and he holds on and rolls through for two more. Riddle gets a near fall. Riddle kicks Cole in the chest. Riddle kicks Cole through the ropes to the floor. Riddle goes to bring Cole into the ring but Cole with a jumping kick and it sends Riddle to the floor. Cole sends Riddle into the ring steps. Cole sends Riddle into the turnbuckles and Cole kicks Riddle.

Riddle gets Cole on his shoulders but Cole escapes and hits a back elbow. Cole with a neck breaker for a near fall. Cole with a punch but Riddle with strikes. Cole avoids a kick and Cole hits an Ushigoroshi for a near fall. Cole with a reverse chin lock. Cole with a knee to the back. Cole with a figure four head scissors. Cole with a bicycle kick. Cole with forearms and Riddle strikes back. Riddle with a kick and a falling kick to the head. Riddle with a running forearm and a second one. Riddle with an exploder. Riddle misses a running kick but hits a back senton and a running kick for a near fall. Riddle gets Cole up but Cole counters with a sunset flip. Riddle misses a kick. Cole escapes a power bomb.

Riddle with a pump knee and a fisherman’s buster for a near fall. Riddle with a German suplex for a near fall. Riddle with a kick to the chest. Riddle gets Cole on his shoudlers but Cole with elbows to get back to the mat. Riddle gets Cole up but Cole counters into a lungblower for a near fall. Riddle and Cole exchange forearms as they go from their knees to their feet. Riddle with the advantage but Cole stomps on the feet. Riddle with a kick to the injured wrist and Cole with a super kick. Riddle with a knee and Cole with an enzuigiri. Riddle with a German suplex but Cole with a brainbuster neck breaker for a near fall.

Cole misses a punch and Riddle with a round kick. Riddle goes to the apron and Riddle gets Cole on his shoulders but Cole gets into the ring and kicks Riddle off the apron. Cole goes to the apron and he is met with a knee as Cole comes off the apron. Riddle sends Cole back into the ring and Riddle goes up top for a twisting senton but Cole gets his knees up. Cole with a Panama Sunrise for a near fall. Cole pulls down the knee pad for Last Shot but Riddle collapses. Cole goes to the turnbuckles for another Panama Sunrise but Riddle catches him and hits Bro 2 Sleep followed by a power bomb and knee. Riddle goes up top and hits a twisting senton for a near fall.

Riddle goes up top and Cole gets back to his feet and he crotches Riddle on the turnbuckles. Riddle with forearms and Cole fires back as they fight on the turnbuckles. Riddle chops Cole off the turnbuckles and then Riddle slingshots into the ring and Cole with super kicks and Panama Sunrise. Cole misses Last Shot and Riddle with the BroMission. Cole rolls through and gets a near fall with a rollup. Riddle with a Fujiwara arm bar Cole with a rollup for a near fall. Riddle with a Fujiwara arm bar on the other arm. Cole escapes and he hits Riddle with the cast and then hits Last Shot for the three count.

Winner: Adam Cole (retains Championship)

After the match, Finn Balor makes an appearance on the stage and to the ring.

Balor says as of now Finn Balor is NXT.

Match Number Six: Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins versus Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly for the NXT Tag Team Championships

Kyle and Dawkins start things off and they lock up. Dawkins with a front face lock but Kyle escapes a slam and Dawkins with a shoulder tackle. All four men are in the ring and then the champions go to the floor to regroup. Fish tags in and they lock up. Ford tags in and he applies a wrist lock and arm wringer. Fish with forearms but Ford with a knee. Ford sends Fish to the floor. Ford with a forearm and Fish fires back. They continue the exchange until Fish goes with kicks to the leg. Kyle tags in and he applies a side head lock and holds on when Ford tries to send him off the ropes. Kyle with a side head lock take down.

Ford with a side head lock and Dawkins tags in with a shoulder tackle. Kyle goes for an arm bar but Dawkins gets a near fall with a rollup. Fish tags in and Dawkins with a take down. Ford with a drop kick after a tag and he gets a near fall. Ford wit han arm bar. Dawkins tags in and he comes off the turnbuckles with a double sledge. Ford tags back in and he hits a leap frog splash to the arm. Ford with an arm bar. Fish tries to escape but Ford holds on to the arm bar. Fish with a knee to the back of the leg but Ford holds on to the wrist lock.

Fish with a forearm and an Irish whip. Ford floats over and hits a drop kick on Fish and Kyle. Fish misses a kick but hits a back elbow. Fish kicks Ford into the corner and he punches Ford. Kyle tags in and he kicks and punches Ford. Kyle with elbows and knees to the ribs. Kyle with more forearms after showing his dance skills. Ford with a near fall but Kyle with a leg sweep and Fish tags in and gets a near fall. Fish with punches and a snap mare followed by a slingshot senton and a near fall. Fish sends Ford into the turnbuckles and Kyle tags in and they hit a double suplex. Kyle gets a near fall. Kyle with forearms to Ford. Kyle with a knee to the midsection.

Fish tags in and he punches Ford but Ford with forearms to Fish and Kyle. Fish with a suplex and he holds on for a second one. Fish with a third suplex for a near fall. Kyle tags in and Ford fights off both men until Kyle and Bobby hit a round kick. Kyle with an abdominal stretch on Ford. Kyle sends Ford to the floor and Fish with a knee. Fish sends Ford into the guardrails. Fish with a chin lock and body scissors.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Fish with a waist lock on Ford. Ford with elbows and Fish with a round kick. Fish and Kyle with an Irish whip and Ford with an elbow to Kyle and a kick to Fish. Ford with a uranage to Kyle and both men are down. Fish pulls Dawkins off the apron and Kyle with rolling butterfly suplexes. Fish tags in and they hit an elevated Butterfly DDT and Fish with a German suplex for a near fall. Fish with punches and kicks. Kyle with shots to the midsection and Fish tags in. Fish with kicks and an abdominal stretch. Kyle adds pressure until the referee sees it. Kyle adds some pressure and support for Fish and the referee warns the champs. Kyle tags in and Ford floats over Kyle.

Dawkins tags in and he hits clotheslines on everyone. Dawkins runs through a double clothesline and clotheslines Kyle and hits a bulldog on Fish. Dawkins with a spinning splash on Kyle and then on Fish. Dawkins POUNCES Kyle into Fish. Dawkins with a spear to Fish. Kyle with a knee and kick but Dawkins with a forearm. Kyle with a rebound clothesline but Dawkins with a leg capture suplex for a near fall. Dawkins sets for a spear but Kyle with a knee to the head. Kyle blocks a kick and connects with punches in the corner. Fish with a dragon screw leg whip in the ropes. Dawkins back drops Kyle onto Fish on the floor. Kyle goes up top and hits a knee drop to the leg and applies a heel hook. Fish pulls Kyle into the center of the ring and Fish with forearms to Ford and a slap. Fish with a guillotine on Fordand Ford sends Fish onto Kyle to break up the hold.

Kyle with a kick to the leg while Dawkins with forearms. Dawkins with an enzuigiri and Fish tags in. Fish goes up top and Ford is tagged in and Fish misses a frog splash. Ford with a frog splash for a near fall. Dawkins gets Fish up and Kyle chop blocks Dawkins. Fish and Kyle try to escape. Dawkins with a punch and Ford with a plancha over the ring post onto everyone. Ford goes up top and Strong tries to stop Ford. Dawkins spears Strong on the apron. Fish knocks Ford off the turnbuckles. Kyle and Fish with a high low combination for the three count.

Winners: Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish (retain Championship)

After the match, Adam Cole makes his way onto the stage.

Tommaso Ciampa’s music plays and he makes his way to the stage and Ciampa circles Cole.

We go to credits.

The Undisputed Era makes their way to the ring and bringing up the rear is the new NXT Men’s Champion Adam Cole.

Cole starts off by saying told you so. He said that in 2019, the Undisputed Era would be draped in gold. Adam says this is the start of fulfilling that prophecy. They do not start at the bottom and hope that all of their hard work pays off. They attack the guy at the top. They do and take whatever they want. If you decide to get in their way, you will regret it. Adam says starting with this, we are going to remake the NXT Universe into an Undisputed Image. Adam says he thinks this is how the show should start every week, and we see a video with just the Undisputed Era.

Kyle says not to brag, but it was something he threw together last night. Adam says that is what he was talking about. That is why they run this place. They have all the power. Undisputed power. This is a message to the NXT North American Champion and the NXT Tag Team Champions. He wants them to be shined up nice and pretty for Roddy, Bobby, and Kyle. They will have all the gold in 2019. They will have all the power and they won’t stop until they get it. Nobody will be able to touch them. No one in the locker room. Not Mr. Regal. Not even HHH. They will have every piece of power in the company.

WWE NXT North American Champion Velveteen Dream interrupts and makes his way to the stage.

Dream asks Adam if no one can touch him, but he would like to touch Adam. Dream says it is adorable that you think the Undisputed Era is why NXT has risen to new heights. It is due to one factor . . . dream over. You look good with the gold, but Dream looks better. That NXT Championship would look amazing paired with his North American Championship.

Strong says you holding the NXT Championship . . . dream on. In fact, you don’t deserve to be the North American champion. You don’t deserve to be in the presence of the Undisputed Era.

We get a BRO and Matt Riddle comes out.

Matt asks Strong how hard did he hit him at Takeover? He beat Strong and he has beaten the champ too . . . bay bay.

Cole tells Riddle that you stand there and continue to run your mouth about something you know nothing about.

Matt says he is insanely good looking and he is a stallion.

Cole calls Riddle a moron and he says that Riddle is jealous because Cole has held every championship in NXT. You are jealous because Roddy has been a champion and you are not. You are jealous because you have dropped the ball every time you had a title match. You can go back to writing about wrestlers from the Attitude Era. That era is over. The fact is your era will never ever come because you and everybody else is living in the Undisputed Era.

Tyler Breeze interrupts and makes his way to the stage to join Dream and Riddle.

Tyler says he was in the back listening to all of this while talking to Mr. Regal. He says he doesn’t care about what is undisputed or who is better looking, because it is him. What he does care about is you guys trying to take credit for a brand that he built before any of you idiots were even here. So, Mr. Regal took his suggestion and it will be the three of them against any three of you, tonight in the main event.

Match Number Three: Matt Riddle, Tyler Breeze, and Velveteen Dream versus Roderick Strong, Adam Cole, and Bobby Fish

Dream, Breeze, and Riddle debate the merits of each of them starting the match and Riddle wins. He will start against Cole. Riddle with a waist lock take down and he holds on for another waist lock take down. Riddle goes for a knee bar and Strong gets in the ring to stop Riddle. Cole with a forearm and kicks in the corner. Fish tags in and he punches and kicks Riddle. Strong tags in and he chops Riddle. Riddle with a gutwrench suplex and he holds on and rolls through for a second one and Riddle gets a near fall. Riddle with a front face lock and Dream tags in and hits a double sledge off the turnbuckles. Dream with a drop kick. Dream goes to the floor and punches Strong. Strong punches Dream in the midsection as Dream comes off the turnbuckles.

Fish tags in and he punches and kicks Dream. Dream punches back and Fish with kicks to stop Dream. Dream with an elbow and a double sledge off the turnbuckles. Dream with a bulldog and quebrada for a near fall. The referee checks on Fish and Dream with a punch. Breeze tags in and Fish runs Breeze into the turnbuckles to allow Cole to tag in and he punches Breeze. Breeze with a drop kick and he tags Riddle back in. Riddle with a kick to the arm followed by a fisherman’s suplex and bridge for a near fall. Riddle with knees to the ribs. Riddle goes for a German suplex but Cole blocks it. Riddle with a knee to Cole and a running forearm. Riddle with an Exploder but he misses a kick and moonsault, but he hits a back sneton. Fish with a running back elbow when Cole distracts the referee.

Strong tags in and hits a back breaker. Strong with a chop. Strong with a back breaker and Fish tags in. Fish with a forearm and punches to the midsection. Riddle with punches but Fish with kicks to send Riddle to the mat. Cole tags in and snap mares Riddle and Cole with knees to the back. Cole with a reverse chin lock. Riddle with strikes and then he gets Cole on his shoulders but Cole gets to his feet. Cole counters a suplex into a lungblower for a near fall. Strong tags in and he kicks Riddle. Strong with a back drop driver for a near fall. Strong with knees and Fish tags in.

Fish with a slingshot senton and he tries for a cover but Riddle is under the ropes. Fish with a suplex for a near fall. Fish with a body scissors and chin lock. Fish with a kick to the head and Cole tags back in. Cole knocks Dream off the apron but Riddle with palm strikes. Cole stomps on the foot and Cole with a thrust kick to the knee and Riddle with a knee as Cole comes off the turnbuckles. Breeze and Fish tag in and Breeze with forearms to Fish and Strong. Breeze with a thrust kick to knock Cole off the apron. Breeze with an enzuigiri and forearm into the corner. Fish gets Breeze on his shoulders but Breeze escapes and hits a Beauty Shot but Strong makes the save by pulling Fish out of the ring.

Dream makes the tag and Breeze argues with Dream about the tag. Cole super kicks Riddle off the apron. Breeze and Dream with super kicks to Cole. Strong with a jumping knee to Breeze followed by End of Heartache for the three count on Dream.

Winners: Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Roderick Strong

We go to credits.

Adam Cole says he is sick of hearing they had a bad start to 2019. Have you heard of ups and downs or speed bumps. Kyle says step one is regain the Tag Titles and step two is prove that they are the best tag team. Bobby Fish says they are the Undisputed Era. They claim and take what is theirs. Strong says this excites them. Bobby and Kyle getting the tag titles again means that he can get some singles gold. They will all be dripping in gold in 2019. Adam says they will have all the gold that NXT has to offer. Cole says it starts with Ricochet tonight. He is a one trick pony and a flash in the pan. They will show NXT and Ricochet that 2019 is the Year of the Undisputed.

Match Number Four: Ricochet versus Adam Cole

They lock up and go around the ring. Cole with a kick on the break and he connects with more kicks and a forearm. Ricochet with a back elbow and punches. Cole with a kick and forearms. Ricochet with a handstand head scissors take down and drop kick that sends Cole to the floor. Ricochet with a suicide dive and then he punches Cole on the ramp. Ricochet sends Cole back into the ring and Cole with a knee. Ricochet with an enzuigiri. Ricochet goes to the turnbuckles and Cole stops him and tries for a sunset flip power bomb but Ricochet holds on to the ropes. Cole with a thrust kick and Ricochet’s left leg is caught in the turnbuckles and Cole with more kicks. Cole wrings the injured leg into the ring post.

Cole kicks Ricochet as Ricochet tries to protect his injured leg. Cole wraps the injured leg in the ropes. Cole kicks the leg. Cole with a dragon screw leg whip. Cole kicks Ricochet in the back of the leg to send Ricochet back to the mat. Cole avoids an enzuigiri and Cole drives the knee into the mat. Cole kicks Ricochet in the leg and then he drops down on the knee after a step over toe hold. Cole kicks Ricochet in the hamstring. Cole with more kicks and then the referee warns Cole. Cole with a knee bar. Ricochet kicks Cole in the head to escape the hold. Cole with a drop kick to the injured knee.

Cole kicks Ricochet in the back and then tries for an atomic drop to the knee but Ricochet with a punch. Ricochet lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt but his knee gives out. Ricochet goes for a rolling jumping DDT but his knee gives out. Ricochet with a clothesline and kick. Ricochet sends Cole into the turnbuckles and then hits a Tiger Feint Kick. Ricochet with a European uppercut off the turnbuckles followed by a standing moonsault for a near fall. Ricochet cannot get Cole on his shoulders. Cole with a kick to the knee and he follows with forearms. Cole puts Ricochet on the turnbuckles. Ricochet kicks Cole and Cole kicks back and hits an Ushigoroshi for a near fall.

Cole with a front face lock and Ricochet blocks a suplex attempt. Cole with a forearm to the back and Ricochet lands on his feet on a suplex attempt. Ricochet with a Northern Lights suplex and he tries for another suplex but Cole with a brainbuster shoulder breaker for a near fall. Cole pulls down the knee pad but misses the Last Shot and Ricochet with a rollup for a near fall. Cole with a thrust kick to the knee but he misses the Last Shot and Ricochet with a reverse rana. Ricochet struggles to get to the apron and the turnbuckles but his knee gives out as he climbs. Ricochet with a one leg springboard senton to the legs for a near fall. Ricochet cannot get Cole on his shoulders and Cole with an elbow. Cole with a forearm and Ricochet fires back. Ricochet with a European uppercut.

Cole with a kick to the injured knee but Ricochet with an uppercut. Cole with a kick and Ricochet with a jumping knee. Cole with an enzuigiri and Ricochet misses a Pele Kick. Cole with a super kick for a near fall. Cole with a front face lock and he hits Ricochet with a forearm. Cole puts Ricochet on the turnbuckles and connects with a forearm. Ricochet gets to his feet and he stops Cole. Ricochet goes to the ropes and Cole with elbows to the knee. Ricochet is knocked off the turnbuckles. Cole picks up Ricochet but Ricochet with punches. Ricochet with a Frankensteiner and axe kick to the back of the head. Ricochet with a Northern Lights suplex and he rolls through into a suplex and he hits Vertigo for the three count.

Winner: Ricochet

After the match, Strong, O’Reilly, and Fish attack Ricochet.

Aleister Black makes his way to the ring and Cole with a super kick to Black and Strong with End of Heartache.

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Match Number One: Hanson and Raymond Rowe versus Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly for the NXT Tag Team Championship

Strong and Rowe start things off and Rowe goes for a gutwrench but Strong with a waist lock. Rowe with a standing switch and Strong gets to the ropes. Strong with a rake of the eyes and the referee warns him. Strong with a kick and Kyle tags in. They double team Rowe and Irish whip him into the corner but Rowe with a double clothesline. Hanson tags in and Kyle goes for the leg but Hanson pushes him away. Hanson stops Strong too. Kyle with a kick to the leg and a front face lock. Strong tags in and Hanson runs through a double clothesline and hits a double clothesline of his own.

Rowe tags in and he wants Strong and O’Reilly to get back into the ring. Rowe with a waist lock take down on Strong and then he chops Kyle. Strong gets away from Rowe and makes the blind tag. Kyle with a heel hook but he cannot get Rowe down and Rowe picks up Kyle and sends him to the mat. Rowe with a back body drop to Strong while he goes for a gutwrench on Kyle. Rowe slams Kyle and then he slams Hanson onto Kyle. Hanson kicks Strong and the War Raiders send Strong into Kyle.

Kyle backs away from Rowe and Strong tries to ambush him but Rowe avoids it. Rowe with chops to Strong and Kyle. Kyle runs into a clothesline but Strong goes after the knee while Rowe gets back into the ring. Kyle kicks Rowe in the knee. Strong tags in and Strong with a back breaker for a near fall. Strong kicks Rowe and pulls him into the corner. Strong with a step over toe hold and he stomps on the knee. Kyle tags back in and kicks Rowe in the leg. Kyle sends Rowe into the turnbuckles and he kicks Rowe in the leg. Kyle wraps the injured leg in the ropes and Rowe tries to fight off Kyle and Strong.

Kyle with a jumping knee and kick followed by a leg sweep. Kyle gets a near fall. Kyle with palm strikes to Rowe and Strong tags back in. They make a wish on Rowe but Rowe with head butts to Strong. Strong with a baseball slide and he gets a near fall. Strong with punches to Rowe and Kyle tags in. Kyle kicks Rowe in the corner and Strong with chops. Kyle with a dragon screw to Rowe and then he applies a standing figure four and sends the knee into the mat. Strong tags back in and Rowe with a kick. Rowe with an elbow but Strong holds on to Rowe to keep him from making the tag.

Kyle tags in and he hits a dragon screw. Strong tags back in and he works on the knee with an Indian Death Lock. Rowe with forearms to get out of the hold. Kyle clips Rowe and keeps him from making the tag. Rowe with a uranage in the corner as Kyle charges at him. Strong and Hanson tag in and Hanson with a back body drop and side slam. Hanson with a cross body to Strong and then he punches Kyle. Hanson kicks Strong. Hanson with a seated splash to Kyle and then he does a cartwheel to avoids Strong and hits a clothesline. Hanson with a bronco buster to Strong for a near fall.

Rowe makes the tag but Kyle with a sleeper on Hanson. Rowe with a double knee strike and then Hanson slaps Rowe to add more impact to a splash in the corner. Hanson with a back breaker to Strong and then Rowe with a sit out power bomb for a near fall that is broken up by Kyle. Rowe with a forearm that sends Kyle to the floor. Hanson tags back in and Rowe holds Strong up for a springboard clothesline.

Adam Cole comes to the ring and Hanson blocks a punch and Hanson punches Cole and sends him to the floor. Rowe tags back in and he tries to get Strong up but he cannot do it due to the damage on the leg. Strong with an Olympic Slam for a near fall. Kyle tags in and Rowe with a knee to Strong but Kyle with kicks to Rowe’s leg. Kyle with a knee bar and he turns it into an ankle lock. Hanson catches Strong and slams him onto Kyle.

Hanson tags in and Kyle with a boot and slaps but it only angers Hanson. Rowe and Hanson with a pop up power slam and Hanson with a suicide dive onto Strong. Hanson goes up top for Fallout and Bobby Fish with a chair to Hanson. The referee calls for the bell.

Winners: Hanson and Raymond Rowe (by disqualification) [Undisputed Era Retain Championship]

Fish hits Hanson and Rowe with the chair and then Strong and Kyle hit Total Elimination on Rowe.

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We see the Undisputed Era outside of Full Sail while Kyle O’Reilly gets ready for his match. They see the camera and Adam Cole tells the cameraman to leave.

Match Number Four: Kyle O’Reilly versus Pete Dunne for the WWE UK Championship

Kyle goes for the injured leg but Dunne avoids him. Kyle with a kick to the leg. They go to a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock and Kyle goes to the mat and he takes Dunne to the mat and gets a near fall. Dunne with a bridge and he goes for a double wrist lock but Kyle escapes and goes for an arm bar. Dunne with a hammer lock but Kyle escapes. Dunne with a cartwheel and then he pulls at the fingers for some joint manipulation and then he applies a head lock and stomps on the hand.

Dunne with a clothesline and Kyle tries to go to the floor but Dunne stops him. Kyle with elbows and he goes to the floor but Dunne kicks the left arm. Dunne with an X Plex onto the apron. Dunne sends Kyle back into the ring and he applies a surfboard with a fish hook. Dunne works on the left hand and then drives the knees into the mat. Kyle with an Irish whip and Kyle kicks Dunne in the back of the leg as he tries to flip out of the corner.

Kyle with kicks to the injured leg and he sends Dunne to the mat with a running kick to the leg. Kyle works on the shoulder and he hits an atomic drop to the knee adn he applies an Achilles Lock. Dunne goes for Kyle’s ankle and they both release the hold. Dunne slaps Kyle but Kyle kicks Dunne in the injured hamstring. Dunne with an enzuigiri and both men are down. Dunne with punches to Kyle as he backs the challenger into the corner.

Dunne flips out of the corner and he goes for a German suplex but Kyle with a standing switch. Dunne lands on his feet on the German suplex and he kicks Kyle in the back. Dunne with a sit out power bomb for a near fall and Kyle with a triangle after kicking out. Dunne gets a near fall when Kyle’s shoulders are on the mat. Dunne with a kick to the arm and he goes for a double wrist lock and body scissors. Kyle counters with a head and arm triangle. Kyle with a kick to the chest and he gets a near fall. Kyle with a brainbuster for a near fall.

Kyle kicks Dunne in the head and Dunne knocks the kicks away. Kyle kicks Dunne in the injured leg and follows with a punch and knee to the head. Kyle misses a leg sweep but Dunne connects with a forearm and it sends Kyle into the corner. Dunne goes for Bitter End but Kyle counters into a guillotine and body scissors. Dunne goes for the wrist lock and he sets for an X Plex into an arm bar. Kyle escapes and applies an ankle lock.

Kyle misses a punch and Pete has the hands and Dunne with a head butt and both men are down. They back into each other and they both connect with punches. Kyle with a knee but he misses a stomp. Kyle with an axe kick but Dunne with an enzuigiri. Dunne with a forearm to the head as O’Reilly charges at him. Both men are down. Dunne grabs the fingers and he punches Kyle but Kyle punches back. Kyle tries to pick up Dunne but he sends him back to the mat with forearms. Kyle takes Dunne’s mouthguard out and Dunne hits Bitter End for the three count.

Winner: Pete Dunne (retains Championship)

After the match, Strong and Cole attack Dunne and kick him.

Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch make their way to the ring and they take care of Strong and Cole. Dunne with punches to Strong and Cole pulls Dunne to the floor to save Strong. Dunne with forearms and punches to Cole as they go to the back. The four men who will be battling for the tag titles brawl in the ring until Burch and Lorcan send them to the floor.

Proving to be a fighting champion, Undisputed ERA’s Adam Cole will defend the NXT North American Title at the EVOLVE 107 wrestling event in Melrose, Mass., later this month.

The Panama City Playboy’s opponent will be announced this Monday.

Presented by the WWN and EVOLVE Wrestling, EVOLVE 107 takes place at the Melrose Memorial Hall on Sunday, June 24. In addition to the NXT North American Title Match, the event will include a title defense by WWN Champion Austin Theory, as well as bouts featuring former UFC fighter and reigning EVOLVE Champion Matt Riddle, renowned Austrian powerhouse WALTER and more.

Cole’s title defense is the latest example of WWE’s working relationship with EVOLVE, one of the world’s leading independent wrestling organizations. EVOLVE has hosted WWE luminaries, from NXT General Manager William Regal and WWE Performance Center coach Robbie Brookside to Sami Zayn and NXT Champion Aleister Black, at its events in the past. EVOLVE wrestlers also competed at this year’s WrestleMania Axxess in New Orleans, featuring title defenses by then-WWN Champion Keith Lee and EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Chris Dickinson & Jaka.

Click here for ticket information and other details about EVOLVE 107, and follow EVOLVE on Twitter for further updates as the event nears.

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The Undisputed Era are in the back and Adam Cole says that last week was a fluke. The funniest part of last week was that they will hang their hats on that victory their entire careers. Roderick says they should not be facing them at Takeover. Kyle says it is Pete Dunne’s fault for giving them false hope. They didn’t even know who they were. Bobby says the charade comes to an end in Chicago. Roderick says he has no patience and he waits for no man. He wants Mr. Number Two Daniel Burch. He will show Burch that last week was a fluke and they are way out of their league.

Before Adam Cole heads to the Smoothie King Center for NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, this Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on WWE Network, I chatted with him about how much he’s learned during his time in NXT, what makes the NXT crowds special and what it was like to meet Shawn Michaels.

About a year ago you said that if you made the jump to WWE that you would want to start off in NXT as opposed to going right to the main roster, flash forward to now and you’re an established star in NXT. Is this part of your journey everything you thought it would be?

“Yeah for sure. When I come into a situation, especially like this one in NXT, my goal is to get to perform in front of these fans, to get to wrestle with these guys, who are in my opinion, some of the best wrestlers in the entire world. I felt like I could fit really well in this environment and I think I have. To get the chance to do what I’ve done here so far has been a total blast and so much fun.

But at the same time it’s exceeded my expectations in many ways. I’ve gotten to do things in NXT, and even WWE, that I didn’t imagine I would get the chance to do. Very happy with the journey so far.”

In what ways have you grown as a performer since coming to WWE?

“There’s just such a better understanding of who I am actually as a performer. You fall kind of into … I don’t want to say a routine because you’re always trying to improve and get better, but when you wrestle for certain organizations time-and-time again, you kind of fall into this routine of performing a certain way and having matches a certain way. Also, after a while you’ve wrestled everyone over-and-over again.

Getting to come here and getting to wrestle a bunch of new talent, some guys I’ve met before and some guys that I’ve never met before. It puts you in a situation where you learn to adapt and change, whether it be character wise, things that you do in the ring. It just gives you new challenges.

I’m teaming a lot more with Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly, so that throws me into a different situation as far as learning to wrestle as part of a team as opposed to working solo most of the time.

Also the fans, I’ve noticed in each and every promotion, even though there are a lot of similarities in many different ways, NXT is a totally different animal.

Overall, adapting has been the biggest growing point for me.”

Interesting, in what ways are the NXT crowds different from the other promotions you’ve worked for.

“The NXT fans to me are in love and so infatuated with the characters. So to me when you see a guy like Velveteen Dream or No Way Jose and the way that they’re so invested in them as performers, not even necessarily with what they’re doing between the ropes, but in their entrances.

I feel the connection with the audience is just so much greater than anything I’ve felt before. It’s pretty incredible, especially when you’re at TakeOver events.”

When I watch the backstage segments with you, Kyle, and Bobby, they come off like old school nWo style promos. Obviously the music playing in the background, which sounds like a new age nWo theme, and the camera angles help, but it’s the natural chemistry you guys have on camera because it seems like you’re just having fun and being yourselves on camera. I would imagine it has to be awesome to just bounce off of each other while filming those.

“Oh man yeah, it’s so much fun. I think that’s exactly why it comes off that way. Me, Bobby, and Kyle are as close as it gets. That’s not just a performance. I’ve known Kyle O’Reilly since 2009 and I was in his wedding. I’ve known Bobby Fish for years and years, we used to travel together all of the time. We talk every single day.

So when we’re there and we’re talking in front of the camera, that’s just us having a good time and I think that’s a big reason why the group works so well. It’s very natural because it’s very real. So I think in turn how we project ourselves comes off as fun because we are genuinely having a great time together.”

Speaking of coming off natural, you come off so natural on the microphone. I talked with Ronda [Rousey] this week about where she’s at in terms of speed while talking in front of the live audience and then I asked Roman [Reigns] about it and he talked about how he was able to process the idea of taking his time to make sure he stopped rushing through his material.

Is the speaking part of the business something that you were able to gravitate towards and get comfortable with quickly?

“I think so. There is a constant growth process. I think that’s why I love this job so much. There’s no such thing as completely perfecting every area of it, you’re always trying to get better at it.

For me, I picked up the promo aspect of pro wrestling much faster than the actual wrestling part of it. I was always fairly athletic and I could do things even from the beginning of my career, when I was 18 and 19 years old. I was always the guy who could always string words together and found what I was saying to be actually believable however I was trying to come across, whether that be somewhat likeable or somewhat of a jerk.

I don’t know why that is, but I remember as a kid just being so fascinated by guys who were good talkers. Even in movies. I used to love the way James Bond villains would act and how cool they came across and how awful they seemed, but what they were saying was so believable.

I’ve always been fascinated by guys, especially bad guys, who were able to talk a certain way, tell stories with their words and just paint this beautiful picture for that you just completely rode along with. I’ve focused a fair amount of time on making sure that promos were something I really focused on.”

Your in-ring style is very interesting to me. You’re a smaller guy, but you work a style that is similar to a lot of bigger guys and it’s because of this slower pace that the spots actually mean something, especially when you build up to the climax of a match. Is that a pace that you’ve always had, or was there a certain point where you were like, OK I need to slow down now and figure out what works for me?

“That was something I developed over time. When I first started, I was definitely a guy that was doing every move under the sun and I was going a million miles an hour and just trying to wow the fans as much as I could. I thought that was the way to get them invested in me. Don’t get me wrong, that style is very impressive, but I on purpose work a certain style. It’s very important for me to do that.

It’s obvious that I’m not the biggest guy in the world, but I want to have the biggest personality in the room and part of that personality isn’t just on the microphone. That’s the way I have to project myself in the ring as well.

All of my favorites in this business really took their time. They made everything they did mean something. Every movement they made had a purpose and that’s the type of performer I’m most comfortable being and that’s the type of performer I want to be too.”

There are so many performers doing unbelievable things we’ve never seen before on what feels like a weekly basis now, but after 20, 30 minutes go by and the match ends, I’ve seen so many big spots that it just feels like a blur, where as your matches build up to a few big spots that are easy to remember.

For instance, I watched your match with AJ [Styles] in Ring of Honor recently and you guys worked such a slower pace, but it built up to a huge finishing spot that is going to stick with the viewer. When I come across a match like that one it just feels so different in comparison to a lot of the matches we’re seeing nowadays.

“Sure, sure. You bring up AJ and he’s the king of that. AJ is a guy that can do anything under the sun. He’s one of the most athletically gifted guys there is, but AJ is able to place his stuff and put it in situations where he has the fans completely in the palm of his hand.

He knows he can do anything, but he knows that the biggest reaction he’s going to get from the audience is working a certain style and taking them on this ride by building a story within the match.

Doing a million things is very impressive, but if you forget 90 percent of it, it’s kind of a shame.”

How many times has someone come up to you at the Performance Center and said you look like Shawn Michaels?

“(Laughs) More times than I can count. Whether that be at the Performance Center, whether that be fans. I think I get at least five or six tweets a week about how I look like Shawn Michaels. To me it’s just a giant compliment.”

Has he said that to you?

“Yeah! When we first met he said, ‘A lot of people tell me that you and I look alike and now that I met ya I see what they mean.”

Who is somebody in NXT that you haven’t had the opportunity to work with yet that you’re looking forward to getting in the ring with?

“I’ll tell you what, I would love the chance to have any sort of a program with Velveteen Dream. I think that guy has so much potential. He’s so good now. His understanding of the industry for his age is unbelievable. His natural talent is the same. I watch him, I’m captivated by what he does, so to get the chance to be in there with him in some capacity would be great.”

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Match Number Four: Adam Cole (with Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish) versus Pete Dunne for the WWE UK Championship

They lock up and Dunne backs Cole into the corner but Cole with a clean break. Dunne goes after Kyle on the floor and Bobby tells Dunne to stay back. Dunne returns to the ring and Cole kicks Dunne. Cole with a front face lock and Dunne gets to the ropes. Dunne with a forearm and he tells Kyle and Bobby to come into the ring. Dunne with a kick to the head and then he pulls at the fingers and then puts the hand on the mat and stomps on the elbow. Dunne puts the hand on the mat again and Dunne kicks the elbow this time. Cole goes to the apron and Dunne follows. Dunne with a waist lock but Cole with a back elbow. Dunne goes to the turnbuckles and comes down with a boot to the injured arm.

Dunne with a suplex throw onto the apron and then they return to the ring. Kyle and Bobby get on the apron and Cole pushes Dunne off the turnbuckles and Cole pushes him to the floor as we go to commercial.

We are back and Dunne with an X Plex. Cole and Dunne with forearms and Cole with a kick. Cole with an Irish whip and Dunne flips over Cole and hits an enzuigiri. Dunne with a boot to the elbow from the turnbuckles. Dunne with a sit out power bomb for a near fall. Dunne with a kick to the head and then he sets for the Bitter End but Cole escapes and hits a lungblower. Both men are down on the mat.

Cole goes for a suplex but Dunne counters into a guillotine and a double wrist lock with a body scissors. Cole gets out of the hold and hits a bicycle kick and an Ushigoroshi for a near fall. Cole taunts Dunne and pie faces him. Cole with a forearm but Dunne with a forearm that sends Cole into the corner. Fish and O’Reilly check on Cole. Dunne blocks a super kick and Cole with an enzuigiri. Cole with a super kick. Dunne with an enzuigiri. Dunne comes off the turnbuckles with a moonsault but Cole with a kick to the head and Cole gets a near fall.

Cole misses the Shining Wizard and Dunne hits a German suplex. Dunne goes for the Bitter End but Fish and O’Reilly get on the apron. Dunne takes care of them. Cole with a super kick and Cole hits Last Shot but Dunne kicks out at two. Dunne pulls at the fingers and Cole misses a round kick. Dunne tries for Bitter End but Kyle hits Pete from behind and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner: Pete Dunne (by disqualification)

After the match, Kyle and Bobby attack Dunne and Cole with a super kick. Roderick Strong comes out and he goes after Cole, Fish, and O’Reilly. The numbers are too much for Strong. Dunne recovers and Strong and Dunne clean house.

Strong offers his hand to Dunne but Dunne does not shake it. Dunne leaves the ring.

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In the parking lot, The Undisputed Era tries to speak with Roderick Strong. We can’t hear any auto of the confrontation but Strong doesn’t seem to be interested in whatever Adam Cole is selling.

Six Man Tag Match: The Undisputed Era vs SAnity

Fish kicks Wolfe in the leg. Fish tries it again but Wolfe catches Fish’s foot. Wolfe decks Fish. Fish tags in O’Reilly. Wolfe picks up O’Reilly and toss him clear across the ring. Young tags in and hits an elbow. Dain is in. Dain splashes O’Reilly in the corner. Running elbow by Wolfe. Fish distracts Young long enough for O’Reilly to land a flurry of strikes. Fish sends Young into the corner. Young grabs Cole by the throat Fish kicks Young in the back of the head. Young falls to the outside. After a short break, Cole is raining down punches on Young. Cole, Fish, and O’Reilly take turns working over Young. Double suplex by Fish and O’Reilly. O’Reilly knocks Wolfe off the apron with a running boot. O’Reilly charges at Young but Young moves out of the way.

O’Reilly crashes into the corner. Young crawls to tag in Dain. Fish cuts Young off but Young escapes and tags in Dain. Dain clear the ring. Dain blast O’Reilly with a front dropkick. Dain lands on Fish in a senton. Dain Samoan drops O’Reilly and fall away slams Fish at the same time. Senton splash by Dain. Dain hits a Vader Bomb on Fish but Cole breaks up the pin. Young and Wolfe hit a leaping neck breaker/back suplex combo on O’Reilly. Fish and O’Reilly are down so Cole is all alone. SAnity surrounds Cole. Dain brings Cole back into the ring by his head. Young, Wolfe, and Dain set Cole up in what looked to be a double powerbomb/leg drop combo. Before SAnity can hit their finish, The Authors of Pain’s music hits. The AoP and Paul Ellering storm down to ringside. Wofle runs right into a big boot by Rezar. Young dives through the ropes but Akam sends Young into the ramp face first. Akam and Rezar double team Dain then hit the Supercollider on Wolfe and Young. Ellering hands Akama and Rezar the tag titles as Cole, Fish, and O’Reilly look on in terror.