MATCH 3: TYLER BREEZE VS. SAMI ZAYN (#1 CONTENDER NXT CHAMPIONSHIP)
The two men circle as the bell rings, with Breeze keeping out of Sami's reach, Sami is able to get hold of Breeze, but Breeze easily breaks it. Zayn has wrestled in 30 different countries and is a firm favourite of the NXT faithful. Tyler Breeze knows the championship will get him the spotlight, so he's taking it slow against the veteran journeyman. Breeze with the go behind and looks to have a waistlock, but Zayn's trapped his left arm. Breeze able to reverse it and get control of Zayn's arm, but Zayn's speed puts him back at the advantage, flipping Breeze down to the mat and holding him down with a top wristlock, and using his knee against Breeze's shoulder. Breeze eventually able to fight for space and rolls back, reversing some of the leverage. Breeze makes it to his feet and rakes at Sami's face. Again Breeze goes for the arm wrench, and he pushes Zayn's shoulder down. Zayn still fighting back, and he stays on his feet before Breeze sends him across the ring. Zayn springboards off the bottom rope and over Breeze before hitting a pair of arm drags, picking up the pace. Zayn ducks a clothesline and transitions into another deep arm drag, this time keeping Breeze down on the mat. Breeze is able to make his way back to his feet as the fans chant “Ole” in firm support of Zayn.
Breeze backs Zayn into the corner to try and make him break the hold, including pulling his hair. Zayn decides if Breeze can pull hair, so can he, and that brings both men out of the corner, with Zayn still in control of the arm. Breeze forces Zayn back into the corner, but he comes out with a headlock, moving both men to the centre of the ring. Breeze fires off some rights and lefts trying to break free but a clubbing blow by Zayn puts a stop to that. Irish whip by Zayn and he hits a calf kick sending Breeze to the mat. Zayn sends Breeze headfirst into the corner and Zayn's getting frustrated at Breeze. Breeze reverses an irish whip sending Zayn into the corner, but Zayn meets him with a back elbow. Zayn jumps up to the middle rope as Breeze tries to close the gap, Breeze catches Zayn's boot and swings his leg away, causing Zayn to fall right to the arena floor!
Breeze stays in the ring to try and take the count out victory, Zayn slowly makes his way back to the ring and uses the apron to lift himself up before getting in at 7. Breeze immediately brings Zayn to his feet and sends him into the turnbuckle before kicking away at his midsection. The referee breaks it up before Breeze gets disqualified, and Breeze has some choice words for him. He goes right back to Zayn, choking him in the corner with his boot. Again the referee has words for Breeze, Breeze brings Zayn to the middle of the ring and hits a knee drop before covering for a 1 count. Zayn gets back to his feet but he's still reeling as he backs himself into the corner. Right hand by Breeze and he brings Zayn out of the corner with a side headlock. Breeze runs to the corner and bulldog's Zayn, sending his skull into the middle turnbuckle! Breeze goes for the cover but only gets another 1 count as the commentators talk about Sami Zayn's popularity and how he could feed off the crowd too much. This makes Breeze jealous. Strikes to the back of Zayn's head and his head getting slammed to the mat get Breeze his first nearfall of the match.
William Regal talks about Zayn hitting the back of his neck as he fell to the floor earlier, and that's created a target for Breeze as he works a front facelock, known as a Gromit in England, something I didn't know, and I'm from England! Zayn tries to get to his feet, but Breeze has it on tight, and forces Zayn back down. Zayn eventually does make it to his feet, and he picks Breeze up, Breeze still has a standing front facelock in. Again Zayn tries to break the hold, and on the third attempt, he sends Breeze across the ring. Zayn has to take a minute to catch his breath, using the ropes to stay vertical. This gives Breeze just enough time to recover, but Zayn sees the clothesline coming and ducks it. Zayn backs into the ropes and low-bridges Breeze, sending him out to the floor. Zayn rolls out to the apron and hits a sitout springboard moonsault on Breeze! NXT chants by the fans and Zayn sends Breeze back into the ring and hits a high crossbody off the top rope! 1, 2, NO! Breeze still kicks out. We get a replay of the moonsault and crossbody as Sami Zayn gets to his feet.
Zayn sets up for the Blue Thunder Bomb but Tyler Breeze blocks it. Elbows to the back of the head by Tyler Breeze and he tries to run to the ropes but Zayn still has hold of the tights. Zayn hits the Blue Thunder Bomb on the second attempt and covers for another nearfall. Zayn stomps on Breeze on his way to the top rope, but Breeze gets to his feet. Breeze charges but Zayn leaps over him, only to run into a superkick to the midsection! Spinning elevated DDT by Tyler Breeze gets 2 as the fans are still behind Sami Zayn. This match really taking a lot out of both guys now, taking them both longer to get to their feet, and Zayn's using the ropes to conserve energy.Breeze crawls over to Sami Zayn and grabs his ankles, Zayn tries to wriggle free but he can't avoid the alley-oop powerbomb! 1, 2, 2.999, Zayn still kicks out! Breeze back to his feet first and he beats Zayn down with right hands in the corner. The referee backs him off before he gets disqualified but as soon as he can get around the referee he continues the assault, sending Zayn down in the corner. The referee backs Breeze off again, but he brings Zayn to his feet in the corner, Zayn is ready for Breeze and he hits the XPLODER in the corner! Both men are down and the ref begins to count.
We get a replay of the Xploder as both men slowly get to their feet, beating the count at 7. Tyler Breeze hits a right hand starting a slugfest, won, at the delight of the crowd, by Zayn. Breeze reverses an irish whip then puts on the brakes and sends Sami the other way, Sami avoids colliding with the referee but Breeze rolls him up for a crafty nearfall. Breeze flips out of a Blue Thunder Bomb attempt and we get standing switches on a waistlock. Breeze runs to the ropes and breaks the hold, sending Sami across the ring. SUPERKICK BY BREEZE! COVER! 1, 2, 2.99999, NO! Both men slowly get back to their feet, and Breeze goes back on the attack with right hands. Zayn slaps Breeze in the face, and Breeze hits a flurry of strikes, finishing off with a clubbing blow to the back. Breeze tries to send Zayn across the ring, but Zayn holds on to the rope. Breeze tries again but Zayn's having none of it. Zayn attempts the Orange Crush but Breeze rolls through, Zayn rolls through squared! He hits it! 1! 2! HOW THE FUCK!?!?
Tyler Breeze is out on his feet, but he's still on his feet. He staggers to the corner and Zayn sets up the Helluva Kick, Breeze clocks it and scrambles out of the ring, but Zayn switches direction and hits a somersault plancha over the top rope! Zayn sends Breeze back in the ring to win the match properly. Zayn charges for the Helluva Kick to finish it but Breeze ducks and gets his arms up “inadvertently” hitting Zayn low. Beauty Shot spinning leg lariat by Breeze finds it's mark and earns him an NXT championship shot.
WINNER: TYLER BREEZE (#1 CONTENDER NXT CHAMPIONSHIP)
This was a good match to show the resiliency of both men. Tyler Breeze's pretty boy gimmick can sometimes make it difficult to get a real high gear intensity in his matches, but he really put it all on the line tonight to get a shot at Adrian Neville's championship. It was perfect putting him in there with Sami Zayn, who took everything Breeze had before finally succumbing to a low blow, looking great in a losing effort. Sami Zayn is bulletproof with the NXT crowd. He could do pretty much anything and get one of the best reactions of the night. Not just a “pop” but a reaction that lasts the whole match, at least. I'll rate the match 6.4/10
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