Refusing to wait for her scheduled matchup against Piper Niven later in the evening, Rhea Ripley stormed into the squared circle at the top of the show and called out her opponent to decide, right there and then, who the most dominant female competitor is in the NXT UK. She didn’t have to wait long, as Niven quickly emerged to meet the challenge.

Although The Mosh Pit Kid held a painful advantage over her foe for the majority of the subsequent contest, a disrespectful slap by the first-ever NXT UK Women’s Champion awoke something within her fierce adversary. And after Ripley failed to get her opponent up for the Riptide, Niven unleashed an all-out onslaught that ended with the Michinoku Driver and a huge win.

In his daunting in-ring NXT UK debut, Imperium’s Alexander Wolfe took great pleasure in inflicting unrelenting anguish upon Jack Starz, stopping a momentary bit of opposition with the DVD before finishing him off with an earth-shattering powerbomb. In the aftermath, Wolfe demanded that Starz leave the ring immediately so that he could stand alone in victory.

Last January at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, Zack Gibson & James Drake stunned the NXT UK Universe when they overcame Tyler Bate & Trent Seven in the tournament finals to become the first-ever NXT UK Tag Team Champions. In a highly anticipated rematch, The Grizzled Young Veterans once again went to war against Moustache Mountain for the illustrious titles.

From the start, both tandem left everything they had on the mat. But, just as it looked as if “Big Strong Bois” might be gaining a decisive advantage over the hard-hitting titleholders in the height of the action, Imperium suddenly came calling. After handcuffing Trent Seven to the ring post, Alexander Wolfe stood guard over their captive as WALTER and his merciless faction unleashed an all-out slaughter on Bate outside the ring.