North American Championship Match: Keith Lee (c) vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Finn Bálor
(Winner will also become the number one contender for the NXT Championship)
Gargano rolls out of the ring as soon as the bell rings. Lee and Bálor lock horns. Gargano tries to attack from behind but Lee runs over Bálor and Gargano. After the break, Bálor puts Lee in a sleeper. Lee eventually tosses Bálor aside. Gargano hops on Lee’s back and locks in his own sleeper. Lee launches Gargano away. Bálor locks in another sleeper. Lee drops to a knee.
Lee drives Bálor into the corner. Bálor and Gargano land multiple strikes to Lee. Lee picks up Bálor and Gargano. Lee suplexes both men at the same time. Lee whips Bálor into the corner. Gargano goes low and drives his shoulder into Lee’s knee. Bálor locks in another sleeper. Gargano puts Lee in a leg lock while Bálor still has the sleeper locked in. Lee dispatches both Bálor and Gargano. Both men end up outside the ring. Bálor surprises Lee with a sling blade. Gargano follows that with a rolling senton off the apron. Gargano and Bálor both send Lee into the ringsteps. After the break, Gargano kicks Lee in the head, then drops Bálor with a slingshot spear. Bálor kicks out. Tope by Bálor to take out Lee. Bálor rolls in the ring and lands the final cut on Gargano. Bálor sling blades Gargano. Lee rises behind Bálor. Lee does a slingshot crossbody and lands on Gargano AND Bálor. Bálor double legs Lee and follows that with a double foot stomp.
Lee picks Bálor up in an electric chair. Bálor reverses that into another sleeper. Gargano superkick Bálor to save Lee. Gargano hits his slingshot DDT finish on Bálor. Lee breaks up the pin. Gargano puts Lee in a guillotine. Gargano turns it into a DDT. Lee falls out of the ring. Suicide dive by Gargano into Lee. Gargano tries another dive to take out Bálor but Bálor catches Gargano. Bálor tries 1916 out on the floor to Gargano. Lee breaks it up with a pounce. Lee falls ontop of Gargano after the Woo dropkick. Gargano almost pins Lee with his feet on the rope. Lee powerbombs Gargano onto Bálor while Bálor is seated on the top rope. Lee hits the Big Bang Catastrophe on Gargano. As Lee is pinning Gargano, Bálor dives off the top for the Coup de Grâce. Lee moves out of the way. Bálor crushes Gargano. Lee picks up Bálor and hits the Big Bang Catastrophe for the win.
Winner and STILL North American Champion, Keith Lee!
*GULP*#WWENXT @FinnBalor @RealKeithLee pic.twitter.com/Cqcmg7atw7
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) June 25, 2020
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