Escobar wraps a chair around Kross’ injured arm and slams it into the ring post. Escobar DDTs Kross on a chair. Escobar sends Kross back into the ring and gets a two count. Kross fights off Mendoza and Wilde. Escobar surprises Kross with a suicide dive. Escobar continues his assault. Kross counters Escobar’s suplex with a t-bone. Kross lands another one-armed suplex. Escobar rolls out of the ring. Escobar tries to slams Kross’ arm into the ring post but Kross reverses it. Escobar’s is laying on the ringsteps. Wilde narrowly pulls Escobar’s head out of the way of a chair shot by Kross. Kross suplexes Wilde.
Mendoza leaps off the steps and ends up getting power bombed into the barricade. Kross hits a filthy Doomsday Saito through the announce table. Kross drags Escobar back into the ring. Kross hits another Doomsday Saito. As Escobar stumbles to his feet, Kross obliterates him with an elbow strike to the back of the head. Kross pins Escobar.
Winner- Karrion Kross
During a video package, LA Knight says he is going to debut when on his own time.
In-Ring Segment: Adam Cole
Cole watches footage from his attack on Finn Bálor and Kyle O’Reilly. Kyle O’Reilly has herniated disks in his back and neck and is not medically cleared to compete. Cole says he came out here to explain what happened to O’Reilly. After watching that footage, Cole feels sick to his stomach. Cole says everyone knows how important the NXT Championship is to him. At first he was pissed off that O’Reilly continued to get opportunity after opportunity at the title and he just kept failing. Cole says he is sorry and he wishes he could be having this conversation face to face.
Cole talks to the camera and says he knows O’Reilly is watching. Cole says he was wrong. Cole made a stupid, stupid mistake. Cole hates himself for it. Cole says he is so, so sorry. He is going to do everything in his power to fix this. Cole is going to do what he can to fix this. Roderick Strong walks out on the stage and says Cole is sorry after 10 days? Strong says Cole shattered their trust. Strong tells Cole that O’Reilly is going to heal and he has no idea what he will be able to do to save Cole from what O’Reilly is going to do to him.
Finn Bálor runs down to the ring and attacks Cole. Strong pulls Bálor off Cole. Bálor and Strong fall out of the ring. Cole pushes Bálor into the barricade. Cole superkicks Bálor. Strong clotheslines Cole in anger. Cole starts to cry and says he is sorry. Strong apologizes to Cole for hitting him. Cole and Strong hug. Cole low blows Strong. Cole tells Strong that he’s dead to him. Cole rips off Strong’s dog tags and superkicks him.
SAITO SUPLEX INTO THE TABLE. ?⏳
It's @WWEKarrionKross' time now. #WWENXT @EscobarWWE pic.twitter.com/ELlYmIMTAA
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) February 25, 2021
Are @roderickstrong & @AdamColePro still ?????????? friends? #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/rCvxrKksE7
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) February 25, 2021
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