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NXT Weekly Recap for the January 16, 2019 Episode of NXT
Hour One
Tag Team Match: The Street Profits vs Chris and JC Metro
Result: Montez Ford pins JC Metro
- Ford hits a double Leap Frog
- Ford pins JC with the Frog Splash
After the match, The Forgotten Sons attack The Street Profits. Crowd’s not having it. Cutler tells Ford and Dawkins they won’t be forgotten anymore.
Cut to backstage for an interview with Matt Riddle and Keith Lee. Riddle says he isn’t clear to compete, so he will not be at ringside for Lee’s match. But he will be in the audience.
Aleister Black, in a smokey room, tells Tommaso Ciampa he will win back the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Phoenix.
Bianca Belair comes to the ring. She tells Shayna Baszler she will beat her for the NXT Women’s Championship because she is the “EST of NXT.” Shayna comes to the ring with Marina Shafir and Jessamine Duke. She tells Bianca she thinks she’s overrated. Bianca says she will hold the title over her head at TakeOver: Phoenix. Shayna says Bianca’s all talk and won’t actually fight her. Bianca slaps Shayna like a chump. Marina Shafir and Jessamine Duke go after her, but Bianca escapes. Then Bianca tells Shayna to come fight her… after she fled the ring… Doesn’t make a lot of sense.
One on One Match: Adrian Jauode vs Dominik Dijakovic
Result: Dijakovic pins Jauode
- Dijakovic wins with the Inverted GTS
War Raiders promo from a field. They tell The Undisputed Era they will win the tag team titles. They light a beacon on fire that has “CFO” steel chairs sitting on top.
One on One Match: Johnny Gargano vs Humberto Carrillo
Result: Gargano pins Carrillo
- Gargano pins Carrillo after the Slingshot DDT
Tommaso Ciampa cuts a promo backstage. He says Aleister will never understand the champ only fights on the biggest stage. Ciampa says he is a main event player and Black will never understand what that is. He says with their title match, Aleister should be careful what he wishes for.
One on One Match: Kassius Ohno vs Keith Lee
Result: Ohno pins Lee
- Lee hits a Springboard Crossbody
- Lee hits the Pounce
- Ohno lowblows Lee, then hits the KO Elbow for the win
Matt Riddle runs down to the ring but Ohno rolls out before anything happens.
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