WWE NXT UK Results for 5/20/21 Tyler Bate Defeats A-Kid to Become the New Heritage Cup Champion
The NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship is on the line today at 3pm EST exclusively on Peacock!
Good afternoon Fight Fans, and welcome to our coverage for today’s edition of WWE NXT UK!
Rampage Brown vs Wolfgang (w/ Gallus (Joe Coffey & Mark Coffey)
Joe and Rampage lock up before Wolfgang takes Rampage down briefly with a cravat before Rampage gets to his feet and rocks Wolfgang with a dropkick before they exchange strikes and Wolfgang dropkicks Rampage. Wolfgang whips Rampage into the corner and sends him into the post before locking in a body scissors before Rampage breaks free and Wolfgang hits a diving splash onto the back of Rampage for two. Rampage then slams Wolfgang before Wolfgang spears him for a near fall before Rampage sends him into the post and hits a lariat into a Doctor Bomb for the pin and the win.
Winner: Rampage Brown defeats Wolfgang via pinfall.
– Earlier this week Ashton Smith is interviewed at the UK PC before he’s interrupted by Teoman.
– We get a video package promo by Aoife Valkyrie as we go to commercial.
– Backstage Rampage meets with Gallus and Joe says that they have unfinished business and when he’s healed he’ll be waiting.
Amale vs Xia Brookside
Xia drives Amale into the corner and drops her before hitting a monkey flip before Amale sweeps her and drags Xia out of the ring and sends her into the apron and the barricade. Back inside Amale beats on Xia on the mat before slamming her and hitting a face wash in the corner before hitting a running clothesline in the corner for two. Amale then hits a bridging suplex for two before ripping Xia down from the second rope and hits a spine buster for the pin and the win.
Winner: Amale defeats Xia Brookside via pinfall.
– Backstage Sha Samuels is reading a newspaper before Nathan Frazer shows up and the two nearly come to blows before Nathan challenges Sha to a match for next week and he accepts as we go to commercial.
– We get a video package for the upcoming NXT UK Women’s Championship match between the champion Kay Lee Ray and the challenger Meiko Satomura in their rematch.
– We get this week’s edition of the Supernova Sessions with special guest Ilja Dragunov where Dar mocks Ilja and makes everything peaceful and tranquil before Ilja says that Dar is a clown. Ilja says that his position on NXT UK is violence and he can hurt him very badly if he’s trying to trigger him before Dar says that Ilja is a fake and that he’s afraid of him. Ilja and Dar then exchange words before he show ends and Ilja leaves before coming back and taking the support dog stuffed animal with him.
– Backstage Sam Gradwell barges into the office of Sid Scala who talks about how he was attacked by Trent Seven who he wants payback against before Sid says he’ll speak to General Manager Johnny Saint as we go to commercial.
– We come back from the break to Sid announcing Dar and Ilja and Joe Coffey and Rampage Brown for two weeks time.
NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship Match
A-Kid (c) vs Tyler Bate (w/ Trent Seven)
Round 1
Tyler and A start the match off by exchanging wrist and headlocks in a feeling out process as the round ends.
Round 2
Round two starts off at a brisker pace with the two grappling on the mat before they exchange arm drags and Tyler controls A with a head scissors before he turns it around into an ankle lock as the round ends.
Round 3
Round three starts with A controlling Tyler before they exchange pin attempts for two before A locks in a bow and arrow that Tyler counters into a pin for two. Tyler then sends A out of the ring and hits a tope before neither man can get back into the ring as the round ends.
Round 4
A gets two off of a bridging suplex before getting two off of a back slide and Tyler hits an airplane spin before A locks in a sleeper before hitting a PK for a near fall. A goes back to a sleeper before Tyler gets free and knocks A out of the air with an uppercut before A locks in a guillotine that Tyler powers out of into a suplex as the round ends.
Round 5
Tyler hip tosses A down onto the mat and pins the shoulders of A down onto the mat before hitting a bridging suplex for two before hitting the Tyler Driver ’97 for a near fall. A dodges a corkscrew senton and locks in a submission before transitioning from one to the other until Tyler nearly verbally taps and Trent nearly throws the towel in as the round ends.
Round 6
Before the round starts Tyler makes Trent swear to not throw the towel in no matter what before Tyler hits a springboard uppercut and A counters a Tyler Driver into a head scissors for two. A then superkicks Tyler before Tyler stacks him up and pins A for the win out of nowhere.
Winner: Tyler Bate defeats A-Kid via pinfall to become the new Heritage Cup champion.