MATCH 3: BLAKE & MURPHY © VS. LUCHA DRAGONS (NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS)
Sin Cara starts with Buddy Murphy, Rich Brennan talks about the similarities between Blake & Murphy's title win and The Lucha Dragons' win against The Ascension back at NXT TakeOver: Fatal Four Way Sin Cara works a headlock, and Wesley Blake gets a quick tag. Sin Cara is sent off the ropes and he ducks under each opponent before hitting them with a double dropkick. Blake takes a kick to the hamstring and Sin Cara springs back from the second rope with a flying headbutt. He brings Blake to his feet, lighting his chest up with chops. Blake shoves Sin Cara away for space and Sin Cara botches a headscissors, sending himself to the mat. Blake stomps Sin Cara over by the champions' corner, but Sin Cara fights back to the middle of the ring. Sin Cara locks in a gory special but Blake is able to get back on his feet. Another knife-edge chop sends Blake into one corner, with an irish whip sending him across the ring. Sin Cara hits a running back elbow in the corner. Wesley Blake reverses an irish whip but Sin Cara's second attempt at a headscissors goes to plan.
Kalisto enters the ring to neutralise Buddy Murphy, sending him out of the ring with a dropkick. Kalisto almost trips over the ropes but saves himself on the way to hitting a slingshot plancha. Sin Cara misses a charge in the corner, but catches a monkey flip, putting Blake on the top turnbuckle. Sin Cara hits an enziguri before bringing Blake down to the mat with a victory roll for an awesome nearfall. Sin Cara lets Blake tag in his partner, and he tags in Kalisto, who immediately springs off the ropes with an arm drag and a standing dropkick. Kalisto grabs control of the arm and tags out to Sin Cara, they both snapmare the Australian down and kick him in the chest. Sin Cara wheelbarrows Kalisto into a senton on Murphy making the most of the tag count. Sin Cara covers but only gets two, so he grabs a chinlock on the mat. Murphy is quick to his feet, and he tries to get to his partner. Sin Cara brings him back by the tights but Murphy lands on his feet from a back suplex attempt. Standing switch by Sin Cara, but Murphy makes it to the ropes and gets the tag. They lift Sin Cara for a double back suplex but he's dropped into a neckbreaker by Blake! Blake covers but only gets a nearfall.
Wesley Blake stalks Sin Cara and stomps him in the corner before getting another tag. He slams Sin Cara to the mat and Murphy comes in with a tope con hilo, Murphy covers but Sin Cara immediately kicks out. Sin Cara escapes a chinlock with a jawbreaker and gets the tag. Kalisto ducks a clothesline, coming back off the middle rope with a corkscrew crossbody, Murphy rolls through but gets hit with the Listo kick. Kneeling Frankensteiner by Kalisto! Kalisto takes his time instead of covering, and Corey Graves is screaming at him. Solida del Sol is countered by Murphy, Kalisto counters into a tornado DDT, another counter and they struggle for position on their feet, powerbomb, another counter into a sloppy hurricanrana! Kalisto gets a nearfall, He rolls Murphy up with a crucifix for 2! a roll-up sequence ends in both guys being pinned and their partners both save it. They get the double tag and Sin Cara flies from the top! Blake rolls through, 1, 2, no! Sin Cara counters a suplex with a small package for a nearfall, he falls on Blake with a crossbody for another. Sin Cara ducks a clothesline, rolling Blake up, but he lifts him for a powerbomb, Blake counters with a sunset flip for 2. Sin Cara kicks Blake in the head and he staggers into his own corner. Buddy Murphy gets the blind tag, running into a one-armed powerbomb! 1, 2, no. Sin Cara climbs the turnbuckles, bringing Murphy down with a Lucha arm drag, but knocks Kalisto off the apron. Blake gets the tag and climbs to the top rope as Murphy hits Sin Cara with a running suplex. Blake hits a frog splash from the top rope to retain the championships.
WINNERS: BLAKE & MURPHY (STILL NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS)
Kalisto can't work the pace with people he seems to want to, making some of his work here look sloppy. If he hadn't have caught himself on the plancha attempt early in the match who knows where or how he could have landed? Besides that and the constant nearfalls at the end, this was a decent enough match, although it tried too hard to make Blake & Murphy look cunning, so it's left me unsure how excited I am to see more of their run here. WORKRATE: 2/5 PERSONAL ENJOYMENT 2.75/5 OVERALL 4.75/10
During the celebration, the feed is hijacked telling us to tune in next week. Unfortunately, it doesn't cut out dance theme #23,932.
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