WWE NXT Takeover XXX Results
August 22, 2020
Report by Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.com
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Kickoff Show
Tag Team Championship Number One Contender’s Match: Legado del Fantasma vs. Breezango vs. Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan
After clearing the ring, Fandango floors Wilde with a lariat. Fandango powerbombs Wilde over the top rope onto everyone else. Fandango and Lorcan trade strikes. Both men fall to the outside. Mendoza flattens everyone with a sky twister press to the outside. Wilde and Mendoza drop Lorcan with a combo DDT. Lorcan manages to tag in Burch. Burch clears the ring. Burch picks up Wilde for a doomsday day device but Wilde escapes. Burch and Lorcan hit their finish on Wilde. Mendoza breaks up the pin. Medoza catches Breeze with a standing Spanish fly. Wilde follows that with a 450 off the top. Fandango breaks up the pin. Lorcan surprises Wilde with a roaring European uppercut. Breeze immediately superkicks Lorcan for the win.
Winners- Breezango
Main Card
Finn Bálor vs. Timothy Thatcher
Bálor attacks Thatcher as soon as the bell rings. Thatcher rolls Bálor into a full mount. Bálor counters into an armbar. Bálor and Thatcher trade submission holds. Bálor back body drops Thatcher over the top rope. Thatcher rolls back into the ring. Thatcher takes Bálor down and locks in an ankle lock. Bálor turns it into the pin. Thatcher kicks out. Thatcher continues his assault on Bálor’s injured leg. Bálor fires up but he ends up walking right into a double wrist lock. Bálor struggles to escapes. Thatcher drives his knee into Bálor’s back. Thatcher locks Bálor in a butterfly lock. Bálor turns it into a pin. Thatcher kicks out. Thatcher tries a sunset flip. Bálor rolls through and dropkicks Thatcher in the face. Bálord Thatcher trade strikes. Bálor surprises Thatcher with the overhead kick. Bálor manages to hit 1916. Thatcher kicks out. Bálor lands the shotgun drop. Bálor tries his finish, but Thatcher moves out of the way. Bálor lands on his feet, but his knee gives out. Thatcher puts Bálor in a single leg crab. Bálor manages to escape. Thatcher and Bálor go back in forth with submission after submission. Thatcher locks Bálor in an ankle lock. Bálor turns it into a double stomp. Bálor goes up top. Bálor hits the Coup de Gras. Bálor lands 1916 for the win.
Winner- Finn Bálor
What a way to kick off #NXTTakeOver: XXX!
An absolute HARD-HITTING battle between two of #WWENXT's finest…Timothy Thatcher & @FinnBalor! pic.twitter.com/KZMwRHdyDV
— WWE (@WWE) August 22, 2020
