Steve Cutler vs Roderick Strong
Strong locks in a top wrist lock. Cutler tries to roll out of it, but Strong trips Cutler. Cutler forces Strong into the corner. Cutler whips Strong into the ropes, but Strong catches him with a dropkick. Strong levels Cutler with a stiff chop to the chest. Cutler telegraphs a back body drop. Strong leap frogs him, hits the ropes and runs right into a stun gun. Cutler whips Strong chest first into the turnbuckle. Basement head kick from Cutler. Cutler locks in a sleeper, but Strong forces him into the corner. Strong surprises Cutler with a big boot. Strong enzuguris Cutler, then gord busters him. Strong sends Cutler into the corner, then charges in with a running knee. Modified flapjack followed by the Sick Kick by Strong to put Cutler away.
Winner- Roderick Strong
After the match, Strong says he doesn’t care about what Andrade Almas had to say about him. Strong came here for one reason, the NXT Championship.
Backstage, Ember Moon says Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, and Liv Morgan pulled at the strings of fate to get a women’s title match. When the battlefield clears, she will be there waiting for the winner. Liv Morgan interrupts and says she understands where Moon is coming from. Morgan challenges Moon to a match to see who is the better woman. Moon accepts.
