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WWE NXT Results – March 24, 2021

By Liam Stewart. Published 24th March 2021.
WWE NXT Results

WWE NXT Results will be updated live as they occur so check back throughout the show!

Keep up with all of tonight’s WWE NXT results, as the show’s 448th episode emanates from The Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida and features the WWE NXT in-ring return of WALTER.

Matches and segments announced for the show include:

Live Results and Analysis Provided by ITRWrestling Writer: Liam Stewart

Summarised Results:

  • Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez defeat Io Shirai & Zoey Stark via pinfall (One-Handed Powerbomb).
  • Bronson Reed defeats LA Knight via pinfall (Tsunami).
  • Karrion Kross [w/Scarlett] defeats Oney Lorcan via pinfall [Hidden Blade]
  • Io Shiari vs Raquel Gonzalez confirmed as NXT TakeOver Stand and Deliver Night 1 Main Event.
  • Johnny Gargano will defend the North American Championship against the winner of next weeks Battle Royal at TakeOver.
  • WALTER [w/ Imperium] defeats Drake Maverick via Referee Stoppage, WALTER vs. Ciampa set for TakeOver
  • Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon (c) defeat Aliyah & Mercedes Martinez to retain the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship
  • Jordan Devlin defeats Kushida via pinfall (Roll-Up), Ladder Match confirmed for NXT TakeOver.
  • William Regal confronts Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly, Unsanctioned Match confirmed for NXT TakeOver
  • MSK will take on GYV and Legado Del Fantasma for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championships at TakeOver

Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez defeat Io Shirai & Zoey Stark via pinfall (One-Handed Powerbomb).

  • Raquel Gonzalez vs. Io Shirai will main event NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver Night 1.
  • Picture perfect Huracanrana/Hurricanrana from Stark allows her to take down the much larger Raquel Gonzalez before having her momentum shut down quickly due to a well timed Shoulder Block by Gonzalez.
  • Shirai and Kai exchange a series of roll-up attempts before the NXT Women’s Champion tags Stark back into the match who utilises her explosive offense to gain control for her team.
  • Barrett references Gonzalez’s pinfall victory over Shiari within WarGames late last year.
  • Shirai hits the Missile Dropkick onto Gonzalez who tags in Stark who follows up with a Dropkick of her own.
  • Gonazlez counters a Bicycle Knee attempt from Stark into the One-Handed Powerbomb but refuses to go straight for the pin, instead sending Shirai a message as she Big Boots Shirai out the ring and hits a second One-Handed Powerbomb onto Stark for the win.
  • Post-match Gonzalez hits Shirai with a huge One-Handed Powerbomb onto the Announce Table.

Bronson Reed defeats LA Knight via pinfall (Tsunami)

  • Pre-match promo – Knight is here to show Reed what happens when you mess with LA Knight and why you dont take what you can’t afford and that’s just a face of life.
  • Knight is able to survive Reed’s initial dominance and begin to wear down the bigger man before disrespecting the Australian Superstar with a slap across the head.
  • Bronson Reed stops Knight’s momentum with a stiff elbow to the jaw before hitting a huge Corner Splash.
  • Reed hits Tsunami to pick up the shock win over Reed and gain momentum heading into Stand and Deliver.
  • Post-match commentary announce that at NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver, MSK will take on GYV and Legado Del Fantasma for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championships.

Karrion Kross [w/Scarlett] defeats Oney Lorcan via pinfall [Hidden Blade]

  • Lorcan comes into the match incredibly fired up, blaming Kross for his lack of a NXT Tag Championship.
  • STARDESTROYER hits a flawless Single-Legged Dropkick to the jaw of Kross, sending the former NXT Champion into the turnbuckle.
  • As Kross places Lorcan in a headlock he tells the former NXT Tag Team Champion that he loves what happened to Danny Burch and he wishes he could do it again.
  • Kross defeats Lorcan via the Hidden Blade following the Saito Suplex.
  • Following the match, Kross states that when he destroyed Balor last week he realised that his skull feels like just like anyone else’s and that he isn’t so special after all.
  • Balor comes out stating that he learnt to control his emotions, his demons and if Kross does not do the same he will fail at TakeOver.
  • Regal announces post match that on next weeks show there will be a 12-Man Battle Royal, the last men 6 standing will enter a 6-man Gauntlet Eliminator the winner of which will challenge Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver for the North American Championship

WALTER [w/ Imperium] defeats Drake Maverick via Referee Stoppage, WALTER vs. Ciampa set for TakeOver

  • Match lasts less than one minute, Powerbomb & the Single Legged Boston Crab is enough to force the referee to call the match and award WALTER the win.
  • Ciampa comes out post match wearing Thatcher’s merch to confront the NXT UK Champion.
  • Tommaso Ciampa has challenged WALTER for the NXT UK Championship at TakeOver.
  • Imperium beat down Ciampa before WALTER brutalises him with a huge chop across the chest, WALTER accepts.

Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon (c) defeat Aliyah & Mercedes Martinez to retain the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship

  • Match originally set to be Aliyah and Jessi Kamea however Kamea was forced out due to injury hours before the show.
  • Before the match, Robert Stone is shown paying off Martinez to team with Aliyah.
  • Martinez kicks-off the match and although Moon and Blackheart are able to ground her early on eventually the ring veteran regains control and tags in Aliyah.
  • Aliyah attempts to cut off the ring however Blackheart powers through and tags in the fresh Ember Moon who immediately cleans house.
  • Ember Moon hits the Eclipse to pin Aliyah and retain theNXT Women’s Tag Team Championship
  • Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell confront the Tag Team Champions setting up a possible Championship match.

    Jordan Devlin defeats Kushida via pinfall (Roll-Up), Ladder Match confirmed for NXT TakeOver.

  • Devlin hits the ‘Knee High Boots and Jeans’ Standing Moonsault and Uranage combo early on.
  • The ‘true’ Cruiserweight Champion hits a huge Moonsault to the outside to maintain control over Kushida.
  • Kushida attempts to lock in the Arm Bar however Devlin rolls-out and follow up with a Spring Board Cutter onto Kushida.
  • Legado pull Devlin out the ring trapping him on the ramp however Devlin gets back in the ring throws Kushida into Legado and rolls-up Kushida.
  • Angered by their involvement in the match Kushida takes out Legado on the apron and leaves Escobar and Devlin alone in the ring.
  • Post-match Shawn Michaels makes his way to the ring and unveils a ladder form underneath the ring, Escobar vs Devlin at TakeOver will now be a Ladder Match.

William Regal confronts Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly, Unsanctioned Match confirmed for NXT TakeOver

  • Cole states that O’Reilly is nothing but a sidekick, a lapdog and that’s why he was desperate to be friends with Balor.
  • O’Reilly states he simply grew up, took accountability and got tired of always being the bad guy.
  • Cole states that without him O’Reilly is nothing, O’Reilly states with Cole he finally sleeps at night.
  • The two sign the contract wavering NXT’s responsibility for the match and are held back from blows as the segment ends.