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Drake Maverick defeats Kushida
- Updated: May 20, 2020
Drake Maverick defeats Kushida: NXT May 20
Result: Drake Maverick defeats Kushida
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Match
Kushida nails Maverick with a handspring back elbow. Maverick evades the hoverboard lock, but Kushida stretches him in a different way continuing to focus on the arm. Kushida hits the cartwheel dropkick as NXT went to commercial.
Back from commercial, Maverick and Kushida exchanges trikes in the center of the ring. Maverick hit a drop toe hold sending Kushida into he bottom turnbuckle. He followed up with a dropkick, but couldn’t secure the pinfall.
Kushida hit the wind up punch and an open palm strike. After a knee drop across the arm, Kushida tossed Maverick to the floor. Back in the ring, Kushida went right back to the arm. As Kushida went for an arm bar, Maverick made it to the ropes. Kushida went straight back to a submission and Maverick screamed at the referee to not stop the match.
As Kushida and Maverick came off the top rope, Kushida attempted to lock in the cross arm breaker. Maverick leaned up and over and pinned Kushida.
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