WWE NXT Highlights: Adam Cole defeats Finn Balor, Rhea Ripley new NXT Women's Champion

This week’s WWE NXT saw some incredible matches and new storylines being introduced. night began with a match between Adam Cole and Finn Balor for NXT Championship and ended with Rhea Ripley facing her long-time rival Shayna Baszler for NXT Women's Championship. show also featured a match between Damian Priest and Killian Dain.

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WWE NXT: Top matches that took place

Adam Cole defeats Finn Balor, retains his NXT Championship title

match saw both superstars showing ir best, but throughout match, Finn Balor was able to show more dominance. After Finn Balor kicked out of Last Shot delivered by Adam Cole, it looked like NXT Champion is going to fall. But that didn’t happen as surprising appearance of Johnny Garga left ' Prince' in shock and gave Adam Cole time to secure an unlikely win. After Adam Cole left ring, Garga grabbed a chair and punished Balor with it.

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WWE NXT: Damian Priest defeats Killian Dain

From start of match, Killian Dain targeted Damian Priest’s ribs and punished him till middle of fight. ' Archer of Infamy' was unable to do anything, but a single mistake by ' Beast of Belfast' gave Damian Priest eugh time to recover. Damian Priest n fought back and countered a Vader Bomb by Killian Dain. He delivered a Reckoning to secure a win.

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WWE NXT: Rhea Ripley defeats Shayna Baszler, becomes new NXT Women's Champion

match started with Rhea Ripley delivering a superplex to Shayna Baszler, but a distraction by Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke gave champion a chance to take over. Shayna Baszler punished Rhea Ripley for a long time, but challenger countered and referee went down. Before referee could recover, Champion attacked Ripley with a steel chair. challenger kicked out and delivered an avalanche Riptide for win.

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