NXT Women’s Championship Match: Shayna Baszler (c) vs Kairi Sane
Baszler tries to go behind Sane. Sane counters into a hammerlock. Sane rolls Baszler into a leg bar. Baszler gets to the ropes. Baszler smiles at Sane. Baszler tries a gut wrench. Sane counters it and rolls Baszler into the stretch muffler. Baszler gets to her feet. Sane and Baszler trade punches. Head scissor takeover by Sane. Baszler tumbles to the outside. Flying elbow off the apron by Sane. Sane sends Baszler back into the ring. Sane hits the rope but Baszler dropkicks Sane’s knee. Sane lands on her head. Baszler traps Sane’s leg and stomps on hit. Baszler kicks Sane in her injured leg. Baszler snaps Sane’s leg on the middle rope. Baszler ground and pounds Sane. Baszler bends Sane’s ankle in ways it just shouldn’t bend. Baszler steps on Sane’s foot. Sane fires up and screams in Baszler’s face.
Sane blast Baszler with a flurry of strikes. Spinning back fist by Sane. Rolling neck snap by Sane. Sane chops Baszler in the corner. Sane tries to stomp her leg back to health. Sane hits the sliding D! Baszler kicks out. Sane goes up top. Baszler cuts Sane off. Baszler gut wrench suplexes Sane off the top rope! Sane and Baszler trade strike. Baszler kicks Sane in the knee. Step up knee by Baszler. Sane manages to kick out. Sane surprises Baszler with the interceptor. Sane hits a second rope inSANE elbow. Sane goes up top for another one. Baszler rolls outside. Crossbody off the top by Sane. Sane hits another inSANE elbow but Baszler kicks out! Sane puts Baszler in the Anchor. Baszler reverses it into the Kirifuda Clutch! Sane eventually gets to the ropes. Baszler puts Sane in a kneebar. Sane reverses that into a deathlock. Baszler crawls between the ropes. Sane puts Baszler in the Anchor through the ropes. Alabama Slam by Sane. Sane tries the inSANE elbow by Baszler kicks Sane in the elbow in midair. Baszler goes nuts and locks in the Kirifuda Clutch! Sane backflips into a pin and gets the three count!
Winner and NEW NXT Women’s Champion, Kairi Sane!
NEW @WWENXT WOMENS CHAMPION @KairiSaneWWE!!!
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