NXT Championship Match: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs Samoa Joe
As soon as the bell ring Nakamura kicks Joe in the face. Joe lands a kick to Nakamura’s inner thigh and few punches. Joe and Nakamura clinch and get tied up in the ropes. Nakamura goads Joe into charging him. Nakamura knees Joe in the gut, takes him over with a headlock and hits a flying knee. Good vibrations by Nakamura. Joe rolls to the outside. Joe hits a chop, but Nakamura kicks Joe in the head, which sends him flying over the barricade. Back in the ring, Joe hits a running elbow followed by a falling reverse enziguri. Joe face washes Nakamura. Joe hits the ropes for a running big boot, but Nakamura gets up and knees Joe in the gut. Multiple knees to the head by Nakamura. Nakamura hits a running knee in the corner. Nakamura goes to the well one too many times and runs right into a uranage suplex.
Joe hits the Muta elbow or a two count. Joe picks up Nakamura, but Nakamura knees him in the head. Nakamura hits the ropes, but Joe catches him in the air. Joe crosses Nakamura’s knees and drops Nakamura knees first on the mat. Nakamura tries to kick Joe, but Joe catches Nakamura’s foot and turns it into a rolling knee bar. Nakamura barely makes it to the ropes. Joe locks in a standing crab. Nakamura kicks out of it, but Joe sends Nakamura to the outside. Joe hits a topé suicida. Joe sets up the steps. Joe calls for a uranage on the steel steps, but Nakamura gets out of it. Joe levels Nakamura with a kick tot he chest. Joe rolls Nakamura back into the ring and gets a long two count.
(cont.)
