NXT Level Up results, Aug. 16, 2024: Rizzo takes down Dame in hard-hitting collision

Mark Coffey def. Cutler James

Cutler James has made no secret about his desire to be tested early in his NXT career, and he got his wish against the callous Mark Coffey, a former NXT Heritage Cup Champion, NXT Tag Team Champion and NXT UK Tag Team Champion.

The bout was personal for Coffey, who took issue with James quickly making his way to NXT after Coffey himself required 15 years, and he took out his anger in the form of a hangman over the top rope and a savage reverse elbow to the jaw.

James nearly scored the upset after landing a jaw-dropping suplex from the apron to the center of the ring, but Coffey landed a gruesome knee to the face and secured the three-count with a bull hammer.

Adriana Rizzo def. Izzi Dame

A pair of no-nonsense competitors collided in NXT Level Up’s main event, as Adriana Rizzo and Izzi Dame each brought a mean streak, trash talk and plenty of fisticuffs to the fight.

“The Rizz” targeted Dame’s arm throughout the bout, bending it in an unforgiving direction and slinging it across the top rope, though “The Great Dame” answered with a nasty tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.

Despite having her back brutalized by Dame, Rizzo fought through the pain and earned the three-count by connecting with a standing summersault splash into a unique pinning combination.