WWE NXT Recap (12/14): Steel Cage NXT Championship Match, No. 1 Contender Qualifying Matches, More

Thank you for joining WrestlingInc’s recap of this week’s WWE NXT. Tonight will feature another rematch between Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura for the NXT Championship, but this time from a steel cage.

– NXT opens with a look at last week’s match and Nakamura’s journey back to Japan. Nakamura was victorious in his homecoming, becoming two-time NXT Champion.

– Not wasting any time as we go straight to the NXT Championship match. The cage is lowered and the participants enter the steel structure, both to great reactions from the crowd.

Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (C) (NXT Championship Match)

They get the spotlight treatment as they’re introduced to give it the big match feel. They size each other up early on. Nakamura with a single leg take down, but Joe able to block and regains a base. They stay locked up on the ropes since there are no 5-count break ups in a cage match. Nakamura showboats a bit and is feeling some good vibrations. Joe picks up the champ and tosses him back first into the cage. Joe then pins Nakamura to the cage with a big splash. Joe opts to not escape with the champ down. Nakamura fights back with a flurry of strikes via elbow and knee. Joe able to block multiple submissions, but not the big German Suplex from Nakamura. Shinsuke lines up for a Kinshasa, but is met by a power slam from the challenger. Both men duking it out in the middle of the ring with the boo/yay strike spots. Joe locks in a Coquina Clutch from a standing position. Nakamura slips out and uses his knees to his advantage once again. Nakamura turns over into a cover but Joe out at two.

Nakamura looking to escape the cage, but Joe joins him on the top and preps for a Muscle Buster from the second rope, but Nakamura able to block and hit a power bomb although not cleanly. Shinsuke balances himself on the middle of the top rope and hits a springboard Kinshasa, but unable to make a cover. Joe looks to be busted open as the official reaches for the gloves. Nakamura has an option to head out of the cage, but says no. He opts to close the cage and nails another Kinshasa. Joe back up, and Nakamura seals the deal with a third and definitive Kinshasa. One, two, three, and the champ retains.

Winner via Pinfall: Shinsuke Nakamura

– We take a look at the 8-man tournament that will take place tonight. Winners go into a fatal four-way for …

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