Backstage, Rhea Ripley says she thought she was done with the Robert Stone Brand. Ripley wants Mercedes Martinez in a steel cage match.
Bronson Reed vs. Timothy Thatcher
Thatcher tries to lock in an armbar. Reed easily tosses Thatcher across the ring. Thatcher and Reed trade strikes. Thatcher lands a few kicks from the ground. Reed responds to Thatcher’s leg kicks with a senton. Thatcher locks Reed in a modified hammerlock. Reed gets to his feet. Reed lands a few punches. Reed floors Thatcher with an elbow strike. Thatcher falls to the outside area. Reed hits a suicide dive, but he bangs his elbow on the ground. Reed sends Thatcher back into the ring. Austin Theory attacks Reed from behind. Theory sends Reed back into the ring. Thatcher puts Reed in the Fujiwara armbar. Reed taps out.
Winner- Timothy Thatcher
Backstage, Martinez accepts Ripley’s challenge.
4-Way 60-Minute Iron Man Match to determine the NEW NXT Champion: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Adam Cole vs. Finn Bálor
Gargano rolls out of the ring. Ciampa attacks Cole. Ciampa stomps Cole in the corner. Bálor lights Cole and Ciampa up with chops. Ciampa catches Bálor with a back elbow. Ciampa hits Gargano and Bálor with running knee strikes. Bálor falls to the outside. Ciampa hits another knee strike that sends Bálor through the barricade. Ciampa knees Gargano into a chair. Bálor launches Cole into the plexiglass. Back in the ring, Ciampa works over Bálor. Cole and Gargano are out on the floor. Ciampa is dumped to the outside. Bálor drives Cole into the corner. Gargano tries to get back in the ring but Bálor knocks him off the apron. Cole tries a sunset flip on Bálor. Bálor rolls through and lands a basement dropkick. Gargano stomps Bálor before he can continue his assault. Gargano dropkicks Cole in the back of the head. Gargano starts working over Cole’s arm.
Cole fires up and lands a leaping neck breaker on Gargano. Cole does the same to Bálor. Bálor double stomps Cole. Ciampa hits the ring and eats a final cut from Bálor. Ciampa kicks out. After the break, Cole pump kicks Gargano. Cole drops Gargano with the Ushigoroshi. Gargano kicks out Cole superkicks Bálor and Gargano. Cole lands an enziguri on Ciampa but Ciampa responds with a flash knee. Cole goes up top. Ciampa cuts him off but Bálor sends Ciampa out of the ring. Bálor tries a superplex. Ciampa hits the tower of doom. Gargano crotches Ciampa on the ring post. Bálor hits 1916 on Gargano. Gargano kicks out. Bálor misses the double stomp off the top. Ciampa sneaks in and crushes Bálor with the kryptonite crunch.
(cont)
.@AdamColePro was milliseconds away… but we still don't have ANY falls in this 60-Minute 4-Way Iron Man Match to crown a new #NXTChampion. #WWENXT #NXTSuperTuesday @JohnnyGargano @NXTCiampa @FinnBalor pic.twitter.com/7LiDivoy2k
— WWE (@WWE) September 2, 2020
