Below are quick results and highlights for Tuesday’s episode of WWE NXT that aired live on the USA Network.
The show opened up with a video package from last week showing the return of Samoa Joe as the enforcer to General Manager William Regal. There was then a brief run-down of the card for the show. They then cut live to inside the Capitol Wrestling Center at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL with Vic Joseph, Wade Barrett and WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix.
– Adam Cole defeated Carmelo Hayes by pin with with the Panama Sunrise
– Io Shirai and Zoey Stark defeated Aliyah and Jessi Kamea by pinfall with Shirai off the top rope with a moonsault on Kamea
– Johnny Gargano and Austin Theory defeated Oney Lorcan and Pete Dunne by pinfall. The win came with Gargano hitting the Final Beat to Lorcan.
Post Match: NXT Champion Karrion Kross attacked Gargano from behind with a big forearm shot.
– Franky Monet defeated Elektra Lopez with the Road to Valhalla for the pin to win
– Hit Row defeated Ever-Rise after “Top Dolla” AJ Francis assisted Ashante “Thee” Adonis with a neck-breaker on Matt Martel for the pin to win
– Kyle O’Reilly defeated NXT Cruiserweight Champion Kushida Kyle O’Reilly in a non-title match by pinfall when he turned the Hoverboard Lock into a roll-up
Post Match: Kushida and O’Reilly stand together now. O’Reilly pushes Kushida to the side as he sees Adam Cole coming to attack him from behind. Cole and O’Reilly brawled to ringside and over the announce table. Security then ran down to break them up. A mystery man attacks Kushida in the ring and beats him down. The man then was revealed to be Roderick Strong. Tyler Rust watched from the apron, along with Hideki Suzuki. Malcolm Bivens the entered the ring and brought the NXT Cruiserweight Title belt in, showed it to Strong and then put it over Kushida. Bivens then said this is The Diamond Mine. They all stand together over Kushida as NXT goes off the air.
.@roderickstrong, IS THAT YOU?!? #WWENXT @KUSHIDA_0904 pic.twitter.com/TXysAgQPnO
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) June 23, 2021
.@DiamondMineWWE just put @KUSHIDA_0904 and the entire #WWENXT Universe on notice. @roderickstrong @TylerRust_WWE pic.twitter.com/fmGWwJaMtK
— WWE (@WWE) June 23, 2021
Welcome back, @roderickstrong. #WWENXT #DiamondMine @Malcolmvelli @TylerRust_WWE pic.twitter.com/S0yogfqZnu
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) June 23, 2021
The #DiamondMine is now open for business. 💎 #WWENXT @roderickstrong @Malcolmvelli @TylerRust_WWE pic.twitter.com/ZrLSTpRtnN
— WWE (@WWE) June 23, 2021