Kay Lee Ray is still standing tall as the NXT UK Women's Champion after a grueling battle with Piper Niven, though she made have paid the price with a potential knee injury for it. Elsewhere, NXT United Kingdom Champion WALTER defeated Saxon Huxley in his return to the ring and things got physical when Pete Dunne presided over the Heritage Cup Drawing.
Photos | Highlights
NXT UK results, Sept. 24, 2020
NXT United Kingdom Champion WALTER def. Saxon Huxley in a Non-Title Match
After not competing for more than six months, WALTER made up for lost time in a hurry with a viciously dominant win over Saxon Huxley. The Ring General nearly won by count-out after laying Huxley out with a powerbomb on the apron, then later finished him off with a massive butterfly superplex and another powerbomb.
Pretty Deadly def. The Hunt
Pretty Deadly won in cunning fashion, with Sam Stoker capitalizing on a distraction by Lewis Howley to roll up Wild Boar for the victory. They were joined by interesting company afterward in the form of Eddie Dennis, who shared a word with Pretty Deadly, his intentions unclear.
NXT UK Women's Champion Kay Lee Ray def. Piper Niven
This grueling battle between former best friends left both competitors completely spent by its end. Kay Lee Ray appeared to sustain an injury when her running knee strike instead found the steel steps. Officials were set to remove KLR from the match for examination — that was until she blasted Piper Niven with a massive slap and the bout continued.
But KLR's hurt knee proved costly several times, particularly when she tried to execute The Gory Bomb. Later on, The Scary Queen of Scots barely draped her boot across the bottom rope to beat the three-count after Piper Niven hit the Piper Driver.
KLR sacrificed her injured knee when she drove both into Niven's midsection to counter a Vader Bomb attempt. Moments later, The Scary Queen of Scots evaded a running corner senton by Niven, who instead landed back-first on the turnbuckle that had been exposed earlier in the bout. Kay Lee Ray took advantage to cover Niven, ensuring that the longest NXT UK Women's Championship reign in history would continue.
NXT UK preview, Sept. 24, 2020: Kay Lee Ray defends the NXT UK Women’s Title against Piper Niven
A highly anticipated NXT UK Women’s Title showdown and WALTER’s return to in-ring competition are set to highlight a massive edition of NXT UK today.
Kay Lee Ray will put the NXT UK Women’s Championship on the line against her former friend Piper Niven. The Scary Queen of Scots’ reign has stood the test of time as the longest in the history of the title, but Niven got the better of Ray in their face-to-face confrontation last week. Will Niven be the one to finally dethrone KLR?
Elsewhere, NXT United Kingdom Champion WALTER will hit the squared circle to battle the unhinged Saxon Huxley. What will WALTER have in store for his foe, especially with The Ring General likely wanting to send a message to the No. 1 Contender, Ilja Dragunov?
Additionally, former NXT United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne will be on hand as a special guest for the NXT UK Heritage Cup drawing, in which we will learn the initial matchups between Trent Seven, Flash Morgan Webster, Dave Mastiff, Noam Dar, Alexander Wolfe, A-Kid, Joseph Conners and an eighth wildcard competitor yet to be named.
Catch all this and more, streaming today on NXT UK at 3 ET/8 BST on the award-winning WWE Network!
