Backstage, Kayden Carter is with Kacy Catanzaro while she is being worked on by a doctor. Gargano and LeRae walk by. LeRae tells Catanzaro and Carter that this is the new NXT.
Dexter Lumis vs. Shane Thorne
Thorne gets in a bit of offense but most of it is ineffective. Thorne dropkicks Lumis into the corner. Running cannonball by Thorne. Thorne charges into a spinebuster by Lumis. Uranage by Lumis. Lumis locks in an arm triangle. Thorne passes out.
Winner- Dexter Lumis
After the match, Lumis strokes Thorne’s head in a way that is simultaneously loving and creepy.
Last week, Jake Atlas tells Drake Maverick that he is great.
Backstage, Keith Lee says he took Priest’s best shot. His larynx is damaged. Priest says he wants to live in infamy… So too, will the beating Lee gives Priest.
Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship Tournament Match: Drake Maverick (0-1) vs. Tony Nese (0-1)
Nese pounds on Maverick in the corner. Nese stuns Maverick on the top rope. After the break, Nese stomps on Maverick. Maverick fires up. Nese slams Maverick into the corner. Maverick dropkicks Nese into the corner. Maverick lands a second rope dropkick. Nese escapes Maverick’s Sliced Bread #2 attempt. Nese suplexes Maverick into the corner. Nese trash talks Maverick. Maverick avoids Running Nese. Maverick lands the Acid Drop. Nese kicks out. Maverick misses a diving elbow and injures his elbow in the process. Nese goes up top. Maverick cuts Nese off. Maverick lands a wheelbarrow bulldog off the top for the win!
Winner- Drake Maverick (1-1)
After the match, Maverick says he told everyone he could do it and he did. You can call him the “Wolf of Wallstreet” of NXT. Maverick isn’t going anywhere!
HE DID IT!!!!
@WWEMaverick defeats @TonyNese to get his FIRST win in the Interim #WWENXT #Cruiserweight Championship Tournament! pic.twitter.com/4pNRFeoFyL
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) April 30, 2020
