WWE NXT: Results, Highlights and Grades For November 27th, 2019

In fallout from both NXT TakeOver WarGames & WWE Survivor Series, we get two title matches. Undisputed Era vs Keith Lee & Dominik Dijakovic for the NXT Tag Team Championship. Plus, Lio Rush vs Akira Tozawa for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.

Josiah Williams opens WWE NXT with a live performance and promo on the brand celebrating beating Raw and SmackDown at Survivor Series last Sunday.

Team Ciampa give a speech before Undisputed Era hit the ramp about going the limit at both shows, though Ciampa says he knows what’s going on. He says WarGames was the beginning, but now is the beginning of the end for Undisputed Era. They have all the gold now, but “the collapse continues” when Dijakovic and Keith Lee take their tag belts. Ciampa promises to take the NXT Championship, but Finn Balor comes out proclaiming he’ll stand in Ciampa’s way of that title.

“Prince, you just met your KIng,” Ciampa fires back to issue a one-on-one challenge. Afterwards, Undisputed hit the ring for the NXT Tag Team Championship match, but after Bobby Fish gets “injured” after getting tossed out the ring. Replaced by Strong last minute. Not clear if this was kayfabe or a real injury.

Kyle O’Reilly and Keith Lee start off. They lock up, but Keith Lee uses the strength advantage, favoring KOR’s arm until he reaches the ropes. Dominik makes the tag. KOR attempts a crossbody, but Dijakovic catches him for a backbreaker, then tosses him around.

Back from the commercial break, Strong and KOR use tags to neutralize Dijakovic, but after tossing KOR to his corner, Dijakovic tags Lee in. He dominates KOR. KOR tries to keep Lee in a headlock, but gets tossed around.

Doesn’t take long for a chaotic melee to break between both teams. They lay out their opponents, then Dijakovic suplexs Lee onto both Strong and KOR prone on the ground.

KOR is able to blindside Lee after the fact before tagging Strong. Dijakovic takes KOR out the ring, but Strong chop blocks Dijakovic’s knee with a chop block. Single leg boston crab. Commercial break.

Back from the break, KOR has a leg lock on Dijakovic before getting kicked into Keith Lee. Strong and KOR try to stop Dominik from getting the hot tag, but he does and Lee has one hell of a comeback, tossing both UE members into each other.

KOR saves Strong from a powerbomb and both men attempt a double clothesline, but both men catch a double northern lights instead. UE out the ring, Lee nearly suicide dives on them, but both men evade him and Strong chop blocks.

Keith Lee hot tags to Dijakovic, who has a hot tag of his own, including a gnarly clothesline.

Dijakovic attempts a Feast Your Eyes, but his injured knee UE have been working on gives out. He attempts it once more on Strong, but KOR rolls him up for a two count. UE regroup outside and try to retreat, but

Keith Lee attempts a powerbomb outside, but Strong chop blocks him. Dominik saves his partner with a big ole plancha!

Adam Cole tries to interfere, but Keith Lee pounces him into the whole crowd.

During all of this, UE hit Total Elimination on Dijakovic. Keith Lee tries to make the save, but can’t make it in in time. UE retain.

Grade: B+

Wee bit of a slow start, but it was worth it. Ending was bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

Cathy Kelley interviews Candice LeRae over Dakota Kai’s heel turn. Candice is angry at the betrayal and how Dakota attacked Tegan Nox, her friend. Tonight, Dakota’s going to wrestle “Tegan Nox’s pissed off big sister,” so Candice calls herself.

Mansoor vs. Shane Thorne

Lock up to start. Headlock transition by Manny followed by a sort of Sliced Bread/Headlock combo, which I’ve never seen before. Thorne slams Manny in the corner to break it. Flurry of chops from both men until Mansoor gets a victory roll for a pin attempt, but right after a two count hits a moonsault.

He tries to capitalize with a suicide dive, but Thorne catches him and turns it into a side suplex on the outside. Two count back in the ring.

A modified full nelson by Thorne till Mansoor breaks out and hits a forearms smash, but Thorne is unphased as he hits another side suplex for another two count. He runs at Mansoor, but gets caught with an enzuigiri. Mansoor finally does a suicide dive, tosses him back in the ring, and hits a springboard neckbreaker for the win.

Grade: B-

Nothing too memorable, but I really enjoyed this for what it was. Big fan of both men.

Dakota Kai vs. Candice LeRae

Dakota Kai enters the ring with new music and Tegan Nox’s knee brace.

Fight to start. Candice drops Dakota Kai, followed by a senton. Dakota Kai recovers as she sets LeRae up on the apron for a kick to the side of the head, sending us to a commercial.

Back from break, Candice LeRae mounts a comeback with a series of chops. Launches herself into the corner, followed by a snapmare takedown, climbs to the middle rope, the hits a diving tornado DDT.

Kai goes for a hurricanrana, but Candice turns it into a sitout powerbomb. Attempts a Lionsault, but Dakota evades it to hit a Kairopractor for a nearfall. Series of close range kicks from Kai before putting her in a fireman’s carry position, that Candice turns into a rollup

LeRae transitions into a Garga-No-Escape. Kai tries to get to the ropes and in rolling over, breaks the hold. She runs to the outside. LeRae goes for a suicide dive, but gets whacked with Nox’s knee brace for the DQ. She continues slamming Candice into the ring steps and tossing her around ringside until Rhea Ripley makes the save. Kai goes to hit Candice with a chair, but Rhea runs in with a flying knee, flying the chair into Kai’s face. Kai goes running to the back as Rhea retrieves the chair.

In a backstage interview with Cathy Kelley, Ciampa says he dislikes the fact that Finn Balor is literally standing in his way of the NXT Championship.

Akira Tozawa vs. Lio Rush (c) – NXT Cruiserweight Championship

Grappling to start before Tozawa takes him down with a takedown. Rush returns the favor with a shoulder block. Hits the ropes but gets caught with a hurricanrana. Rush evades a senton, then Tozawa evades a splash. We are in a stalemate. Both men shake hands before evading each other’s kicks to the stomach. After agreeing to put each other’s feet down, hey go right back into action.

Tozawa sets Rush on the top rope, where he punches the champion in the mouth. Rush to the outside. Tozawa attempts a baseball slide, but Rush evades it. Teases a German Suplex off the apron, but Tozawa holds onto the ropes. Instead, Rush transitions into a sunset flip powerbomb attempt, but Tozawa holds on. Instead, he sentons Rush on the apron to send us into a commercial.

Back from the break, the match goes back and forth. Plenty of strikes from Rush. Deadlift German Suplex from Rush for a near fall. Eventually, Rush hits a Frog Splash off Tozawa’s back, then another Frog Splash to Tozawa’s abdomen.

Finn Balor is interviewed by Cathy Kelley about his match with Tommaso Ciampa. He says that he is a dangerous man and that Ciampa will find that out later tonight. He says that tonight, the Psycho Killer will truly “meet The Prince.”

Xia Li vs. Vanessa Borne

The heel, Borne, is there to avenge her friend Aliyah’s broken nose, which Li gave her awhile back. She bum rushes Li in the corner, but Li is able to evade a second shoulder block, sending Borne into the ringpost before hitting a powerbomb.

Suddenly, Shayna Baszler and her pals hit the ramp. Li hits Borne in the back of the head for a quick win to focus on Shayna and co., who hit the ring and ambush the undefeated Superstar. Li lays Baszler out with a roundhouse kick and tries her best to beat down the rest until the champ blindsides Li. The three on one advantage overwhelms Li.

Baszler grabs a mic to say she had a great weekend after beating Bayley and Becky Lynch. The crowd chant for Rhea Ripley. On cue, Ripley hits the ring to say congratulations. Though, she points out that while she beat Becky and Bayley, Ripley beat Baszler on Saturday and is confident she can do it again for the title.

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Finn Balor

Main event time!

Lockup to the start. Lock up in the corner. Both men fighting for position. Balor smooshes Ciampa in the face. Ciampa shoves him until Balor locks in a headlock. Back and forth until Balor gets a rear naked choke rest hold for the commercial break.

Back from break, Ciampa is able to get back into this. Hard, loud chops to Finn’s chest, then kicks to Finn’s knee. Balor baits in Ciampa. Ciampa runs at him for a knee, but gets caught with a sling blade to the outside. He then teases a Bloody Sunday on the ramp, but Ciampa quickly turns it into an Air Raid Crush on the grate of the ramp. That didn’t look great for Balor’s neck (bah dum tsh, thank you, I’ll be here all week).

Puns aside, Ciampa makes it in the ring, but Balor gets in at a count of 9. Runs into a knee followed by Project Ciampa for a near fall.

Balor recovers with a stomp to the sternum, followed by a dropkick into the corner. He sets up a Coup De Grace from the top, but Ciampa climbs up to hit an Air Raid Crush. Two count.

Adam Cole runs down, but Ciampa drops him. Roll up for a two count. Balor fails to hit Ciampa with the title, but is able to hit a reverse 1916 on the title for a two count. Behind the ref’s back, Cole hits an enzuigiri. Balor hits Bloody Sunday for the win.

Cole and Balor staredown after the match, both wearing grins. Cole retrieves his title and does his UE pose to Ciampa. He pats Balor on the back, but retrieves a Pele Kick. Balor is the one man standing leaving the ring as we go off the air.

Grade: A-

Hell of a main event.

Overall Grade: B+

Really enjoyable, fun show.