The May 11, 2021 episode of WWE NXT aired live on the USA Network from Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center.
WWE NXT Results
- Karrion Kross def. Austin Theory
- MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) def. Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango).
- Raquel Gonzalez def. Mercedes Martinez to retain NXT Women’s Title
- Kyle O’Reilly def. Oney Lorcan.
- Kushida def. Santos Escobar to retain Cruiserweight Title
Here are the takeaways from this week’s show:
Non-Title Match
NXT Tag Team Champions MSK vs. Breezango in a non-title match took place.
There was a spot where the referee did a leap frog to avoid Breeze running him over. MSK ended up winning with their finisher.
Two weeks ago on NXT, MSK & NXT Cruiserweight Champion Kushida lost a six-man tag match to Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) in a six-man tag team match.
The finish saw Mendoza pin Carter to win the match. Last week, Mendoza & Wilde cut a promo saying that they want a title match against MSK. Thus, it appears this match will be happening sooner rather than later.
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Oney Lorcan
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Oney Lorcan was booked in a singles match.
The match was a stiff back and forth match. It ended in a victory for Kyle who hit a flying knee strike off the top rope. Post-match, he was attacked by Dunne until the returning Bobby Fish ran out to make the save.
WWE set up this match by doing an angle earlier today where Lorcan interrupted an interview with O’Reilly as O’Reilly was arriving at the building. This is where Lorcan told him that he can’t beat Karrion Kross, Finn Balor, or Pete Dunne and that he couldn’t also beat him. Thus, O’Reilly challenged Lorcan to face him in the ring.
Last week, O’Reilly, Balor, and Dunne all interrupted NXT Champion Kross on last week’s NXT.
Cruiserweight Title Match
Santos Escobar got his rematch for the NXT Cruiserweight Title when he took on Kushida. This was a best two out of three falls match.
The match saw Escobar get the first follow and shortly after, Kushida got the second fall. The third fall saw Kushida pin him with a bridge suplex.
Escobar became the champion when he beat Jordan Devlin in a ladder match to become the Undisputed Champion at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver last month.
On the April 13th edition of NXT, Kushida answered Escobar’s open challenge. This is where Kushida shocked him by winning the title.
Two weeks ago, Kushida was laid out by Escobar and Legado Del Fantasma. Last week, Kushida showed up to challenge Escobar to a title bout. Escobar had no issue accepting the challenge.
Karrion Kross In Action
Karrion Kross battled Austin Theory in singles competition. This was a non-title match for the NXT Champion.
Last week, there was an in-ring segment with Kross interacting with the likes of Kyle O’Reilly, Finn Balor, and Pete Dunne where they all made their cases for why they should get a title shot.
A brawl broke out with Theory and North American Champion Johnny Gargano then getting the jump on Kross so they laid him out. NXT General Manager William Regal announced the match later in the show.
The match opened the show. Theory did get some offense in with cheap tactics, but Kross mostly dominated the match. Kross locked in the rear-naked choke for the win. Post-match, Balor came out to the ring and told him that he doesn’t wait in line, he wants his rematch. Kross agreed, but no date was given.
Women’s Title Match
NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez defended the title against Mercedes Martinez.
The match was good and back and forth with each star getting their spots in. It was a fight between two powerful wrestlers. Raquel won with her finisher.
WWE confirmed this match booking last week after Gonzalez beat down Martinez when Martinez faced Gonzalez’s tag team partner Dakota Kai and it ended in a DQ when Gonzalez attacked Martinez.
Martinez faced Gonzalez’s tag team partner Dakota Kai on tonight’s NXT, but the match ended in a disqualification when Gonzalez attacked Martinez. Gonzalez was at ringside during the match.
This attack came after Martinez had called out Gonzalez, but had to face Kai first. Martinez called Gonzalez a lapdog and said she would take out Kai so that nothing would be standing in the way.
Gonzalez became the champion when she defeated Io Shirai in the main event of TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night one last month.