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Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE NXT results for February 12, 2020. The go-home show for TakeOver: Portland featured Johnny Gargano vs. Cameron Grimes, Dakota Kai vs. Candice LeRae, and more. Make sure you’re here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of NXT column.
NXT Results:
1. Roderick Strong defeated Bronson Reed. Velveteen Dream’s lights and music distracted Strong during the match, but Strong was able to counter a top rope splash from Reed with a jumping knee strike to win. After the match, Velveteen Dream showed up on the video screen, showed off his airbrushed tights with Strong’s family on them from last week, and said after he’s gotten revenge on Strong, he’s fulfilling Strong’s wife’s (Marina Shafir) dreams.
– The Broserweights had a series of vignettes featuring them trying to figure out how to get to Portland with the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic trophy.
2. Dakota Kai defeated Candice LeRae with a roll-up. After the match, LeRae tried to go after Kai, but Kai hit her with the ring bell. Before she could do more damage, Tegan Nox arrived and the two brawled.
3. Johnny Gargano defeated Cameron Grimes. Gargano won by submission with Gargano Escape.
– Next week will feature Velveteen Dream vs. Roderick Strong, and Chelsea Green getting a rematch with Kayden Carter during a “relaunch of the Robert Stone Brand.”
4. Number One Contender Match: Lio Rush defeated Angel Garza. Rush countered the Wing Clipper into a small package to win the match and become the new number one contender to the Cruiserweight Championship. After the match, champion Jordan Devlin confronted Rush on the stage and told him that next week, he’ll show him why you “never bet against an ace.”
– Mark Henry narrated a video package for the Keith Lee vs. Dominik Dijakovic North American Championship match at TakeOver Portland.
5. Bianca Belair squashed Santana Garrett. After the match, Belair got on the mic and commented on Rhea Ripley going to Raw repeatedly and looking past her. Ripley came to the ring and said she’s not looking past her, she’s looking at her, and ta TakeOver she’ll run through her. Belair dropped Ripley with the KOD.
– The Broserweights stowed away in the luggage compartment of Triple H’s private plane to get to Portland.
– Tommaso Ciampa cut a promo about Adam Cole and TakeOver Portland from the same auditorium where he had to give up the NXT Championship due to injury.
6. NXT Champion Adam Cole defeated KUSHIDA. Cole pinned KUSHIDA after the Last Shot. After the match, Tommaso Ciampa came to the ring, and he and Cole had a staredown ahead of their championship match at TakeOver: Portland.
Written by: Uproxx
