July 6th NXT Great American Bash

WWE NXT GREAT AMERICAN BASH RECAP – July 6, 2021

(1)  MSK defeat Ciampa/Thatcher…to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship… Wes Lee grabs an inside cradle to roll up Thatcher for the win (15:27).

*Charging battery is at 90%!

*Regal & Samoa Joe in the ring…Gargano & Kross out…plenty of unkind words exchanged…they will face each other next week for the NXT Championship with Samoa Joe as the special guest referee.

(2)  LA Knight defeats Cameron Grimes…to retain the Million Dollar Championship…“BFT” (Cravate Cutter) for the win (13:11)…Grimes must now become Knight’s Butler for an unspecified amount of time.

*Breakout Tournament participants are introduced: ¹Trey Baxter, ²Carmello Hayes, ³Andre Chase, ⁴Josh Briggs, ⁵Ikemen Jiro, ⁶Joe Gacy, ⁷Odyssey Jones, ⁸Duke Hudson…next week Jiro vs. Hudson starts the tournament!

(3)  Io Shirai/Zoey Stark defeat Candice/Indi…for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship…LIGHTS OUT…battery is at 100%…LIGHT ON: Tegan Nox returns…Candice looks like she’s seen a ghost…Io dropkicks Candice/Indi into each other…Zoey flips Indi into her belly-to-back GTS for the win (11:31)…AFTER…Tegan chases Candice away…Dexter Lumis carries Indi off.

*Toni Storm backstage with McKenzie…Raquel is ducking her…and of course Sarray wants a match with her, but she’s not on Toni’s level so the answer is “no.”

*Hit Row’s North American Championship Cypher Celebration…whatever that is…oh, it’s a rap performance…yay!

(4)  Adam Cole defeats Kyle O’Reilly…a second Panama Sunrise followed by the Last Shot knee for the win (24:21).

WWE NXT PREVIEW – July 13, 2021

+ Karrion Kross (c) vs. Johnny Gargano – NXT Championship (guest ref: Samoa Joe)

+ Breakout Tournament: Ikemen Jiro vs. Duke Hudson

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