WWE NXT Live Results – January 20, 2021

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WWE NXT Live Results – January 20, 2021
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Hello and welcome to WrestleTalk’s live coverage of NXT. Tonight’s is headlined by Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher in the fight pit. That match should be the best match on television tonight. It should be brutal and fun to watch.

Here is the advertised card:

  • Tommaso Ciampa to battle Timothy Thatcher in the NXT Fight Pit
  • Kushida & Leon Ruff face Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory in Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic First-Round Match
  • Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter battle Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez in Women’s Dusty Classic
  • Lucha House Party set for intriguing Dusty Classic battle with Imperium

10:08pm

Fight Pit - Timothy Thatcher def. Tommaso Ciampa

Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher brawled atop the Fight Pit platform. The first portion of this match was just the two men brawling on the platform. When they returned from the commercial they were in the ring.

Thatcher had gotten the upper hand, throwing Ciampa into the cage wall. Thatcher tried to break Ciampa’s fingers but Ciampa sent Thatcher into the cage wall. Thatcher tried with a sleeper but Ciampa hit a low blow.

Ciampa then hit an elevated DDT using the referee as a step. Ciampa went for the Fairytale Ending but Thatcher sent him into the cage. Thatcher then stuck Ciampa’s leg in the corner of the cage and locked in a stretch muffler for the submission win.

Honestly, I didn’t think there was a ton to this match. The last Fight Pit match definitely had more to it than this one. Anywho that will do it for tonight’s live results of WWE NXT!

 

9:45pm

Drake Maverick and Killian Dain promo

Drake Maverick says last year got off to a really rough start but now he has someone who will have his back. He says no one but them is going to win the Dusty Classic. This was a really good promo.

9:42pm

Santos Escobar Promo

Santos Escobar says he is the champion of champion. He says he doesn’t need to beat a curse like Johnny Gargano and he doesn’t have a glass jaw like Finn Balor. He says he doesn’t need the pomp and circumstance that Karrion Kross has.

He has beaten everyone he has faced. Even Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado tried to beat him and failed. Now, Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde will face them in the Dusty Rhodes Classic.

Metalik and Dorado came out and got beaten up by Legado del Fantasma. Before Escobar could take out Dorado, Curt Stallion made the save.

 

9:38pm

Finn Balor visits Undisputed Era

Balor says they’re all grown men and Kyle O’Reilly knows why he is there. He asks if KOR is in or if he is still sucking his meals through a straw.

Kyle says he is in and will see him next week. They have a very tense staredown.

9:33pm

Someone owes Finn Balor a favor

Finn Balor wants to fight Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan but needs a partner. He says some people owe him a favor and it is time to pay them a visit. My guess is Kyle O’Reilly and the Undisputed Era.

9:31pm

Bronson Reed def. Tyler Rust

Tyler Rust did his best early to grapple with Bronson Reed but Reed just proved to be too large. Reed trucked Rust and sent him to the outside. This happened again as Reed hit an inverted fallaway slam.

Rust didn’t get much in this match other than an assisted Samoan Drop for a nearfall. Reed hit a senton and the Tsunami splash for the win. Again this was pretty one-sided.

9:25pm

Catanzaro and Carter celebrate

McKenzie Mitchell was backstage giving an update on Ashonte Adonis’ status after his match with Karrion Kross when she was interrupted by Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter. They were very excited.

They said no one thought they could do it but they are gonna win the whole thing.

9:18pm

Women's Dusty Rhodes Classic Match - Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter def. Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez

Toni Storm and Kayden Carter started but Mercedes Martinez and Kacy Catanzaro tagged in and Martinez started throwing her weight around with the much smaller Catanzaro.

Back from commercial and Martinez and Storm were still getting the heat on Catanzaro. Catanzaro hit a frankensteiner to drop Martinez. Storm tagged in but Carter got the hot tag as she ran wild on both heels. Carter rolled up Storm before hitting a dropkick for a nearfall.

Catanzaro threw Martinez out of the ring and hit a big corkscrew plancha to put her down. Storm got control again and locked in a half-crab. Martinez was attacked by Io Shirai as Shirai threw her onto the announce table.

Back in the ring, Carter got Storm back on the mat and Catanzaro hit a corkscrew 450 moonsault for the win. That was legitimately one of the most ridiculous finishers ever. Huge upset too.

9:04pm

Beth Phoenix introduces the Women's Dusty Cup

Beth Phoenix gave a speech and named all the trailblazing women who wrestled in NXT. She essentially named every NXT Women’s Champion. It was hard to gauge as she really didn’t get a response to anything she said.

8:56pm

Thatcher vs. Ciampa weigh-in

They showed clips from the Timothy Thatcher and Tommaso Ciampa weigh-in earlier. There was nothing to this. Thatcher was about 20 lbs heavier than Ciampa. Ciampa asked for a handshake and Thatcher shoved him.

8:54pm

Dusty Rhodes Classic Match - Lucha House Party def. Imperium

Lince Dorado and Marcel Barthel grappled to begin the match and Barthel got the early advantage. He grounded Dorado until Dorado tagged in Gran Metalik. Metalik hit a big splash off the shoulders of Dorado in a very cool spot.

Fabian Aichner tagged in and got the heat on Metalik with stomps and chops. Aichner hit a backbreaker for the nearfall before Metalik got the hot tag to Dorado. The two hit big moves before Aichner caught Dorado on a dive and slammed him on the floor. Imperium had the upper hand as they went to commercial.

Back from commercial and Dorado began to fight back and hit a big tornado DDT before getting the hot tag to Metalik. Metalik hit a tight-rope hurricanrana and a springboard moonsault before Imperium hit a tag team DDT. Things broke down and both teams started trading tag finishers before Lucha House Party got control.

Metalik hit a moonsault to the outside to take out Aichner and Dorado hit his 450 Splash for the win. Surprising result but it means we get Legado del Fantasma vs. Lucha House Party which should be great.

After the match Alexander Wolfe was on the stage and he gave a stare to the rest of Imperium.

8:40pm

Mercedes Martinez & Toni Storm are backstage

Mercedes Martinez and Toni Storm said you don’t have to be friends to win and tonight Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter will enjoy their first-round exit.

8:32pm

MSK vignette

MSK are shown backstage doing an annoying voice but they played it up as just them being friends. They had NXT stars saying nice things about them and they came off like stars who had swagger. Good stuff.

It should genuinely be exciting to see what these two can achieve on NXT. They should have a high ceiling.

8:31pm

Karrion Kross def. Ashonte Adonis

Ashonte Adonis tried to start the match by kicking Karrion Kross but Kross just hit a big throw and then his forearm to the back of the head for the win in about a minute. Nothing much to it.

8:28pm

Malcolm Bivens and Tyler Rust are backstage

Malcolm Bivens calls Tyler Rust the future of NXT. Rust says he talked to William Regal and got a match with Bronson Reed tonight. Bivens wasn’t happy about it but he said what’s done is done.

8:24pm

Pete Dunne is coming for Finn Balor

Pete Dunne had a vignette air where he said he and Finn Balor are cut from the same cloth. He also said that he has been compared to Balor while he built NXT UK. Now, it is time for Dunne to take the title from Balor.

8:21pm

Dusty Rhodes Classic Match - Kushida & Leon Ruff def. The Way

The show begins with a number of opening videos hyping up the Dusty Classic as well as tonight’s Fight Pit.

Austin Theory and Leon Ruff started this match with Theory muscling Ruff around. Ruff was able to use his agility to get the better of Theory until he tagged in Kushida. Kushida then grappled Theory until Theory tagged in Johnny Gargano.

Gargano was very rough stomping on Kushida and he and Theory got the heat on Kushida thoroughly. Kushida tried to get some offence in but it wasn’t until Ruff got the hot tag that they got some momentum.

Ruff had a very nice sequence until he dove onto Theory’s shoulders in a torture rack position. Gargano and Theory continued to get the heat on him through the commercial. Ruff finally got the hot tag to Kushida who ran wild but again The Way regained control of the match very quickly.

Finally, Ruff hit a dive to take out Theory and Kushida hit a bridging hammerlock suplex for the pin. Interesting finish but it makes sense for the story they are telling.

7:35pm

The Dusty Classic continues

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