Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff results. The UK brand’s second-ever TakeOver featured a tag-team triple threat, a Last Man Standing Match, plus a bonus grudge match and defenses of the Men’s and Women’s UK titles. Come back next week for the complete Best and Worst of NXT TakeOver: Toronto column.
NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff Results:
1. Noam Dar defeated Travis Banks. Dar pinned Banks after hitting the Nova Roller.
– Kay Lee Ray was seen stretching backstage.
– Backstage, Radzi asked Cesaro who he’d like to fight in the UK locker room. Cesaro said he doesn’t care who it is, he just came for a fight. Ilja Dragunov appeared and breathed at him. Ilja’s music hit, and he came out to the ring and took a mic, calling out Cesaro, who immediately came out for a match.
2. Cesaro defeated Ilja Dragunov. The Swiss Cyborg hit an uppercut and then the Neutralizer for the pin. After the match Cesaro came back to the ring and made everybody think he was going to attack Dragunov, but then he shook his hand and pulled him into a hug instead.
– Adrian Street and his wife Miss Linda were seen in the crowd. Adrian was wearing an NXT UK tie.
– Backstage, Trent Seven was helping Tyler Bate warm up for his match.
3. Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster defeated the Grizzled Young Veterans (c) and Gallus to win the NXT UK Tag Team Championship. Webster had Drake down for the count, but Gibson pulled the referee out of the ring. Andrews leapt out of the ring to attack Gibson, who countered and tagged back. Webster was down after being hit with the Ticket to mayhem, but Gallus was about to get involved, so Drake ran and took a suicide dive at them. Gibson had Webster pinned, but Andrews hit a Fall to Pieces on both of them and flipped the pin to for the victory. The new Welsh champs celebrated with the Cardiff crowd.
– Toni Storm looked a bit emotional backstage, but she put on her sunglasses and took on a look of determination as she picked up her tile and walked away.
4. Joe Coffey defeated Dave Mastiff in a Last Man Standing Match. Naturally, the match went all over the arena and broke multiple tables as well as one of the top rope turnbuckles. In the final moments, both men fell about ten feet and through two tables. They both struggled to stand while leaning against wheeled travel crates, but Coffey kicked the crate Mastiff was leaning on, knocking him to the floor in time to give Coffey the win.
– Walter was seen backstage warming up with Imperium.
– Tegan Nox was in the crowd and very happy to be there.
5. Kay Lee Ray defeated Toni Storm to win the NXT UK Women’s Championship. After kicking Storm in the head, Ray hit the Gory Bomb into the top rope and then quickly hit it again onto the mat for the pin. Toni was seen weeping outside the ring as Kay Lee celebrated.
– Mark Andrews’ bandmates from Junior were in the crowd.
6. WALTER defeated Tyler Bate to retain the WWE UK Championship. It was a long, incredibly hard-fought match. There were countless near falls and Tyler came very close to winning several times. Once both men were incredibly beaten down, WALTER hit a clothesline so hard it flipped Tyler upside down, and finally got the 3-count.
– Imperium joined WALTER to stand victorious on the stage.
– Pete Dunne and Trent Seven came to the ring to help Tyler up. The crowd cheered long and loud for Bate. All three members of British Strong Style embraced as the show ended.
