Lyra Valkyria Approaches Rhea Ripley, Criticizes Dominik Mysterio
From there, we shoot backstage and we see Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley talking ahead of his title defense of the NXT North American Championship. Up walks Lyra Valkyria, who says she did exactly what Ripley told her to.
She is then critical of Dom-Dom ahead of his showdown with Dragon Lee later tonight, essentially daring him to win without any help from “Mami.”
NXT North American Championship
Dominik Mysterio (C) vs. Dragon Lee
It’s main event time!
We see Dragon Lee and Rey Mysterio walking backstage. It’s almost time for tonight’s NXT North American Championship showdown. We head to a commercial break.
When we return from the break, Rey Mysterio makes his way to the ring by himself to a huge pop. He gets on the mic and introduces who he believes will be the next NXT North American Champion, Dragon Lee.
Dragon Lee’s theme hits and out comes the popular masked man for our final match of the evening. He settles in the ring and his tune dies down. He awaits the arrival of his opponent.
On that note, the familiar sounds of The Judgment Day theme hits and out comes the reigning and defending NXT North American Champion “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio accompanied by his “Mami,” WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. We see some typical back-and-forth action coming out of the gate. From there, Dom starts to settle into the offensive lead until Dragon Lee picks up the pace and knocks Dom-Dom out to the floor, where he follows out with a big diving splash.
From there, we shift gears and head into a mid-match commercial break as this title tilt continues. When we return from the break, we see Dom has Dragon Lee on the mat in a head lock. Dragon Lee fights his way back up and frees himself as the fans try and rally behind him inside the CWC.
Now we see Dom-Dom ground Dragon Lee once again where he starts unlacing the mask of Lee right in front of his father, Rey Mysterio, at ringside. This just angers Lee, who fires up on offense and takes over. He knocks Dom out to the floor and dives over the ropes for a big splash. The fans chant “NXT! NXT!” as Rhea Ripley is shown looking worried.
Lee gets Dom-Dom draped over the middle rope in the corner. He climbs to the top and leaps, connecting with a double stomp on the way down for a close near fall. Rhea Ripley is freaking out at ringside as Dom is barely hanging on. Dragon Lee hoists Dom up for a power bomb but Dom-Dom counters with a big neck-breaker.
After that, Dragon Lee does hit his seated power bomb for a super close near fall. Dom Dom hangs on. Rhea Ripley sneaks the title to Dom. Rey Mysterio tries pointing it out, but all this does is tie up the ref, allowing Ripley to interfere, setting up Dom for the win. Dom retains. Vic Joseph freaks out, “Dom can’t do a damn thing by himself!”
Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Dominik Mysterio
Lyra Valkyria Attacks Rhea Ripley
Once the match wraps up, Vic Joseph freaks out as the replays are shown and then the music fades down as we see Rey Mysterio confronting Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley in the ring. Lyra Valkyria comes out and knocks down Ripley.
“Mami” retreats with Dom up the aisle as Rey, Dragon Lee and Lyra stand tall in the ring. Rey’s theme hits and the crowd roars. That’s how this week’s show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!
