NXT UK results, Nov. 21, 2018, Episode 2: Ripley and Storm win the right to battle each other for the NXT UK Women’s Title

The high-stakes NXT UK Women's Championship Tournament rages on with an intense Semifinal Match between Dakota Kai and Rhea Ripley.

The high-stakes NXT UK Women’s Championship Tournament Semifinal Match between Dakota Kai and Rhea Ripley began with both competitors feeling out the other, inciting a test of strength and several near-falls. Ripley’s attitude of disrespect was met with a fierce kick from her determined opponent. But out of the battle between Ripley's power and Kai’s fierce arsenal of kicks, Ripley finally caught her opponent with a relentless attack that included a dropkick to Kai’s ear, ramming through Kai in the corner and once again showing amazing strength with her version of the clover leaf submission using the arms.

Kai reached the ropes, though, and when Ripley tried to reapply the maneuver, Kai answered with a series of high-impact kicks and strikes that served as an incredible equalizer to her opponent’s massive power and nearly earned her the pinfall.

Outside the ring, Ripley caught Kai and blasted her face-first into the apron. And, in the final moments, a fierce exchange resulted in Kai missing the crucial kick that opened the door for Ripley to finish her with Riptide to earn her place in the Finals!

After some friction developed between the two forces of nature in recent weeks, Dave Mastiff and Tyson T-Bone go to war in a highly volatile showdown.

After several moments of friction between the two forces of nature in recent weeks, Dave Mastiff and Tyson T-Bone went to war in a highly volatile showdown.

Despite an earth-shattering shoulder block by the “Bomber," the hard, brawling strikes of T-Bone overpowered Mastiff and took the massive competitor off his feet for pretty much the first time on NXT UK. T-Bone’s unprecedented assault on Mastiff continued until “Bomber” suddenly dropped down during his opponent’s pin attempt and noticeably hurt T-Bone’s ribs.

Showing unusual agility for a man his size, Mastiff then left his feet to hit a massive high crossbody. And after returning the beatdown he had received in spades, Mastiff hit his trademark Cannonball in the corner for the victory.

No strangers to each other, Toni Storm and Jinny square off in a high-stakes NXT UK Women's Championship Tournament Semifinal Match to see who will move one step closer to becoming the first-ever NXT UK Women's Champion.

No strangers to each other, Toni Storm squared off against Jinny in the evening’s second NXT UK Women’s Championship Tournament Semifinal Match, with both competitors fighting tooth-and-nail in the opening moments.

Storm soon took down her adversary with a devastating boot before locking in her version of the STF in the center of the ring. Though Jinny would reach the ropes, Storm continued her assault, until The Fashionista of NXT UK blasted her with a serious boot. Jinny’s innovative counter to Storm’s charge then sent Storm crashing to the canvas and opened the door for an aggressive assault of her own. The dangerous Jinny grounded Storm in the center of the ring with a painful armbar and pounded on her with a series of hard shots to the back.

As the intense contest continued, a double headbutt soon took both battlers down, but they fought on, and the subsequent exchange led to a devastating German Suplex by Storm. After Jinny escaped the Fisherman’s Suplex that nearly finished her off, the battle moved up onto the ropes, where Jenny almost put Storm away by dropping her opponent’s face to the canvas with the Facebuster off the ropes. Jinny would hit a devastating ax kick, but Storm somehow got her foot on the ropes. And, in the final moments, Storm avoided Jinny’s charge, hit another German Suplex and claimed the huge victory with Storm Zero.

When Storm was checking out the title she will be fighting for in two episodes, Ripley reemerged to initiate a shoving match with her soon-to-be opponent.