Tom Phillips and Jimmy Uso are on commentary, this is a pretaped match from Providence, Road Island. The Lucha Dragons enter first, with Samoa Joe being the first of their opponents to make it to the ring. Finn Balor is the current NXT Champion, he's going to start the match with Sin Cara.
SAMOA JOE & FINN BALOR VS. LUCHA DRAGONS
(Dusty Rhodes Classic Round 1)
NXT Episode 295 (9th September 2015)
Sin Cara and Balor shake hands before they lock up, they make it to the corner and break as the crowd chant for NXT. They lock up again and Sin Cara gets a waistlock but Balor turns it into a wristlock. Sin Cara rolls out and gets one of his own, dropping Balor to a knee. Finn Balor gets to his feet but can't counter, so Cara sends him back down into the mat. Finn Balor gets to his feet and counters, sending Sin Cara down with an arm drag. Sin Cara gets to his feet in the arm drag and brings Balor down in a headlock. Finn Balor's shoulders go down for a count but he rolls to his feet and sends Sin Cara off the ropes, prone to leapfrog then Balor helps Sin Cara along, Sin Cara runs into a dropkick. Kalisto jumps into the ring but Finn Balor sends him right back outside. Sin Cara is still finding his feet as Finn Balor hits him with a slingblade. Sin Cara gets sent to the corner but gets a boot up to Finn Balor's charge. Sin Cara perches himself on the top rope but a kick sends him down to the arena floor. Running no-hands Swanton by Finn Balor knocks both of the Lucha Dragons down as we go to commercial.
Samoa Joe is the legal man for his team when we come back, sending Sin Cara into the corner. Samoa Joe jabs Sin Cara in the corner, rapid-fire shots to the midsection and an overhand chop send Sin Cara down as Tom Phillips talks about Balor and Joe knowing each other in Japan. Finn Balor tags in, Samoa Joe slams Sin Cara and Balor gets a nearfall. Finn Balor chops Sin Cara in the corners, Sin Cara reverses an irish whip but Balor floats over but runs off the ropes into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for 2. Kalisto tags in, diving onto Balor from the bottom rope for a nearfall of his own. Kalisto uses his knee on Balor's kidney area and covers again but Balor immediately kicks out. Kalisto brings Finn Balor over for the tag and a double-team effort gets the Lucha Dragons another nearfall. Sin Cara keeps Finn Balor on the mat with a waistlock, Balor works to his feet but gets slammed to the mat. Sin Cara boots Finn Balor in the ribs and tags out, monkey flipping Kalisto onto Finn Balor for a nearfall. Finn Balor sends Kalisto into the corner but that allows Sin Cara to get another tag. Sin Cara slams Balor to the mat again, going back to the waistlock. Finn Balor is able to stand again and the fans get behind him as he elbows his way free. Sin Cara knees Finn Balor in the ribs but Balor hits the bicycle kick!
Finn Balor slowly gets to Samoa Joe, who tags himself in. Samoa Joe jabs at Sin Cara, sending him into the corner. Samoa Joe charges, hitting a back elbow in the corner and the jumping enziguri drops Sin Cara. Kalisto comes in, but Joe catches his leg and flips him backwards, Kalisto lands on his feet but gets decapitated by Joe's boot and squashed with a running back senton so he rolls out of the ring. Samoa Joe turns his attention back to Sin Cara with strikes but runs into a back elbow in the corner. Sin Cara hits a tornado DDT out of the corner but Finn Balor breaks up the pin with a dropkick. Finn Balor sends Sin Cara off the ropes but Sin Cara ducks a clothesline, hitting an Asai moonsault on Balor. Cara goes back to Joe, but Samoa Joe blocks a monkey flip and turns Sin Cara around onto the top turnbuckle. Samoa Joe chops Sin Cara to set up for the Muscle Buster but Sin Cara rolls through. He can't get Joe down for a pin so he kicks at the leg as they reach their feet. Samoa Joe isn't fazed slapping Sin Cara. Kalisto gets the blind tag as Cara is sent back into the ropes, Sin Cara dives through the ropes onto Finn Balor as Joe stops Kalisto getting him over, Kalisto gets him over for a hurricanrana but only gets 2. Samoa Joe is sent into the ropes, but he climbs out the ring, sliding immediately back in and hitting Kalisto with an STO. Sin Cara gets knocked off the apron with an enziguri. Finn Balor tags back in mid-Muscle Buster and hits the Coups de Grace for the win.
WINNERS: FINN BALOR & SAMOA JOE
This match was taped at a Raw show, it somehow negatively affected it for me. Also taking a break in the middle of a match that was pretaped in its entirety bugs me, especially the fly-out the ring commercial breaks NXT have a lot. The match didn't seem to get into gear and I felt they held a lot back in the match. – WORKRATE: 2/5 PERSONAL ENJOYMENT 1.75/5 OVERALL 3.75/10
After the match, Finn Balor and Samoa Joe embrace and celebrate
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