WWE NXT Results and Grades 6 May 2020: Did Adam Cole extend his NXT reign?

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WWE NXT Results and Grades: This NXT was packed with some amazing matches that were worth featuring on a PPV.

The biggest one was Adam Cole defending his NXT World title against Velveteen Dream. Dream had been causing a lot of problems to the Undisputed Era in recent weeks, and he finally had a chance to claim the gold.

Adam Cole took on Velveteen Dream this week
Adam Cole took on Velveteen Dream this week (WWE)

There was another important match between Charlotte Flair and Io Shirai for the Women’s title too. Karrion Kross also made his debut on NXT and the Cruiserweight round-robin tournament continued too.

Without further ado, here are the results and grades from this week’s WWE NXT.

Dijakovic vs Gargano

Ever since last week when this match was announced, Dominik Dijakovic has hit out at Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae.

Johnny Gargano came out to face Dominik Dijakovic
Johnny Gargano came out to face Dominik Dijakovic (WWE)

Dijakovic has posted some rather unflattering things about the husband-wife pair, and finally got his hands on Gargano.

It was Dijakovic that got the best of the early going but LeRae was more than ready to distract him throughout the match.

That allowed Gargano to use an exposed turnbuckle and then hit the One Final Beat to win.

Gargano beats Dijakovic

Grade B

This might have been a surprise match setup but it was a decent enough watch. Dijakovic had his moments but it was interesting to see Gargano use a lot of heel tricks to pick up the win, which goes well with his new persona.

Tozawa vs Gallagher

It was Akira Tozawa taking on Jack Gallagher in the Cruiserweight Championship match. While Tozawa hasn’t had a lot of great moments on Raw or SmackDown lately, he was impressive against his rival.

The Stamina Monster hit a DDT and then a top-rope senton to pick up the win and go 2-0 in his group.

Tozawa beats Gallagher

Grade B

The match felt a bit rushed but the result was interesting for Tozawa’s time on NXT. It is strange that he gets crushed on the main roster but is doing well in their tournament.

The Robert Stone Brand is back

Chelsea Green was with Robert Stone as she took on Xia Li next. Although Green got some great offence in the important moment came a little later.

Robert Stone helped out Aliyah after the match
Robert Stone helped out Aliyah after the match (WWE)

Aliyah came out to distract Li and Green took her chance to pick up the win.

Green beats Li

Grade C

This was another match that felt too rushed and having another clash with distractions didn’t work out. Sure, Li and Aliyah have their rivalry and all, but it felt like Green was just the sideshow for the main story.

Karrion Kross is here

Just weeks after attacking Tommaso Ciampa, Karrion Kross was in action against Leon Ruff.

Karrion Kross and Scarlett Bordeaux
Karrion Kross and Scarlett Bordeaux came out together (WWE)

Scarlett Bordeaux was also by ring-side as Kross destroyed Ruff. Ruff was hit by two Doomsday Saito suplexes before he tapped out to the Kross Jacket.

Kross beats Ruff

Grade B

Kross is being made to look like some monster and that is exactly what WWE achieved from this.

Squash matches aren’t always great and Ruff didn’t get anything from this clash, but Kross needed to look good in his first NXT outing, and he did.

Women’s title on the line

Charlotte Flair has been excellent since picking up the NXT Women’s title at WrestleMania 36. However, she got a real taste of a rising star as Io Shirai went head-to-head with the more experienced Queen.

Shirai also seemed to have Charlotte struggling before the Queen started beating her rival with the kendo stick.

That caused a DQ and handed Shirai the win but not the belt. Rhea Ripley then came out to make the save.

However, Shirai wasn’t impressed by all this and confronted Ripley for coming out to save her.

Shirai beats Charlotte by DQ

Grade B

Shirai vs Charlotte was going well until they decided to do the DQ. While this allowed for a future bout between the pair, bringing Ripley back makes for an interesting clash too.

Ripley hasn’t got her rematch since losing at WrestleMania and we could see a triple threat clash in the future.

Kushida vs Atlas

Kushida is another star who has been excellent in the Cruiserweight round-robin tournament. He was up against Tony Atlas and got his rival to tap out easily to an armbar.

The win helped Kushida go 2-0 in his group as the Timesplitter spoke about winning the interim Cruiserweight crown.

Kushida beats Atlas

Grade C

Another match that was rushed as NXT packed a lot of clashes. Kushida could have gotten more time to show-off his skills but it is interesting that he is also 2-0 in his group. The Timesplitter hasn’t received a huge boost since making his NXT debut but that seems to be changing now.

Grimes in action

Finn Balor first came out to promise he would destroy the attacker who assaulted him before we got a match between Cameron Grimes and Denzel Dejournette.

Finn Balor and Cameron Grimes
Finn Balor attacked Cameron Grimes after Grimes’ match (WWE)

Dejournette actually got a few hits in on the Technical Savage but it was Grimes who picked up the win.

However, Grimes decided to have some fun with Balor and the Prince wasn’t pleased. He came out and silenced Grimes and also sent a message to his attacker.

Grimes beats Dejournette

Grade B

While the win for Grimes wasn’t the important aspect of this section, it was Balor’s aggression towards the end.

His attack at the end shows how focused he is on taking care of a rival, but Grimes needs more to do on NXT as he is one of their better performers.

NXT World title on the line

Cole vs Dream had the hallmarks of being a classic but there were some shenanigans during the match.

Velveteen Dream vs Adam Cole was the main event for this week's WWE NXT which got a one of the highest grades and also produced one of the shocking results
Velveteen flies off the top rope as he tries to win the NXT title (WWE)

Cole constantly taunted Dream as the rival tried to get the belt. However, Roderick Strong and Bobby Fish came out to distract Dream.

This allowed Dexter Lumis to make a weird appearance as he tried to even the odds. However, one attack from Lumis sent Strong into the referee.

Dream hit the Purple Rainmaker on Cole but the referee couldn’t recover in time to make the three count. This gave Cole a chance to hit the superkick and he followed it up with the Last Shot to keep the title.

Cole beats Dream

Grade B

This wasn’t the kind of ending people expected, especially with Cole and Dream being excellent performers.

Bringing Lumis and the two members of UE might mean that Dream gets another shot at the gold. But the main question is, what is Lumis’ role in all this? What does he get to achieve by helping Dream or is he just targeted the UE?

NXT TV Ratings

NXT came in second in the TV ratings war regarding their Wednesday rivalry with AEW Dynamite.

This week, NXT got in 663,000 viewers, which was a growth from last week, but it wasn’t enough to beat AEW.

Dynamite got 732,000 viewers (h/t Showbuzz Daily) and won another week of the Wednesday Wars.

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