August 24, 2021
Report by Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.com
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Cameron Grimes and “The Millon Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase arrive in a limo. Grimes and Dibiase make their way into the arena.
In-Ring Segment: Cameron Grimes and “The Millon Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase
DiBiase says he came here looking for that special someone who can carry on the legacy of The Million Dollar Man. DiBiase says quitters never win and winners never quit. Grimes has heart and that is why he is the Million Dollar Champion. Grimes says when DiBiase first arrived he drove him nuts. DiBiase says he was testing Grimes. Grimes thanked DiBiase for the test. Grimes said there was no way he was going to allow LA Knight to make DiBiase his butler. Grimes asks where they should go now. DiBiase says to the moon! Money cannons go off in the arena. The bills have Grimes face on them.
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— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 25, 2021
Hit Row arrives backstage.
Ridge Holland w/Pete Dunne vs. Timothy Thatcher w/Tommaso Ciampa
Thatcher and Holland trade European uppercuts. Thatcher bounces off the ropes into Holland but Holland doesn’t budge. Holland runs over Thatcher. Thatcher lands a few more uppercuts. Thatcher takes Holland down. Thatcher mounts Holland and lays in a few claps. Holland fights to his feet. Thatcher tries a backslide but Holland floors him with an elbow strike. Holland slams Thatcher into the ropes. Thatcher hurts his leg in the process. Holland works over Thatcher. Thatcher fires up and lands a few punches. Thatcher hits a belly-to-belly. Thatcher tries to lock in an armbar.
Holland tries to fight it off. Thatcher floors Holland with a stiff knee to the gut. Holland grabs Thatcher and hits a head and arm Taz-plex. Holland tries to waist lock Thatcher but Thatcher almost turns it into an armbar. Holland almost decapitates Thatcher with a short-arm clothesline. After the break, Thatcher slams Holland into the ropes. Holland clutches at his previously injured leg. Thatcher locks holland in a single-leg crab. Holland kicks his way out of it. Holland blocks an enziguri. Holland headbutts Thatcher. Holland hits the Snow Plow for the win.
Winner- Ridge Holland
Holland tries to attack Thatcher after the match but Ciampa makes the save. Dunne tries to get involved but is quickly taken out by Ciampa. Oney Lorcan and a returning Danny Burch attach Thatcher outside the ring. Holland hits Thatcher with a club.
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— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 25, 2021
