A lot of history is being made tonight!

The NXT UK Championship Tournament Semifinals wrap up on one night, and Mark Coffey settles things with Noam Dar over the Heritage Cup!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Vacated NXT UK Championship Tournament, Semifinals: Trent Seven VS Oliver Carter; Seven wins and advances to the finals.
• Vacated NXT UK Championship Tournament, Semifinals: Tyler Bate VS Joe Coffey; Seven wins and advances to the finals.
• NXT UK Heritage Cup: Mark Coffey VS Noam Dar; Dar wins and becomes the new NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion.

PLAY BY PLAY

Vacated NXT UK Championship Tournament, Semifinals: Trent Seven VS Oliver Carter!

The last time these two met, it was for the NXT UK Tag Team Championships, and yes, the Hottest Tag Team Under the Sun took the titles from Moustache Mountain! But things change quickly around here, and now they fight for a chance at THE NXT UK Championship! Will the Artful Dodger prove he is British Strong Style? Or will the Freshest Flavor prove Seven is not the savior of British sports but a false prophet?

The bell rings and fans rally behind Carter as he circles with Seven. Seven mocks Carter, goes for the leg but Carter keeps away. They keep circling, Seven gets the leg but Carter clubs him away. Fans taunt Seven, Seven goes for the leg again but Carter headlocks. Seven powers out, Carter holds ropes and Seven runs in. Seven blocks the boot but not the ENZIGURI! Carter then throws Seven out and PLANCHAS him down! Fans fire up but that was double-edged for the bad leg! Carter hobbles up and over to Seven to put him in the ring. Carter shakes out the bad leg, gets on the apron, but Seven KICKS the bad leg!

Fans boo but Seven KICKS the leg again! Seven grabs the leg for a DRAPING DRAGON SCREW! Carter falls into the ring, Seven KICKS him while he’s down! Seven drags Carter up, scoops and SLAMS him, then covers, TWO! Seven is annoyed and he kicks Carter more. Fans rally but Seven drags Carter back up for another scoop and SLAM into the ropes! The leg is tweaked more but fans tell Seven, “You Suck!” Seven KICKS the bad leg, drags Carter around, and puts the bad leg on ropes to stand on it! Then HIP DROP on it! Fans boo but Seven just hits another HIP DROP! The ref counts, Seven goes for another, but Carter rolls him up! TWO!!

Carter stands but Seven KICKS the leg out! Seven KNEES and KICKS, but Carter throws hands! Seven CHOPS Carter in the corner, puts the bad leg in the ropes and KICKS it! The ref reprimands, but Seven CHOPS Carter! Seven throws hands, then drops a knee on the knee! Carter hobbles and flounders but Seven is a shark with blood in the water. Seven drags Carter up to CHOP the leg! Seven then brings Carter around, grab the leg, and hits a SHIN BREAKER! Seven holds onto the leg and keeps Carter standing. Carter swings at Seven but can’t reach, so Seven CLUBS the bad leg, and lifts again, but Carter sunset flips! TWO!!

Seven stands but Carter CHOPS! And CHOPS! Then clinches Seven, but Seven fights with elbows. Seven fakes Carter out, but Carter wrenches out of the facelock! Only for Seven to kick the bad leg out! Fans boo while Carter clutches the knee, but Seven SMASHES that knee into the mat! Carter writhes more but Seven stomps him down. Seven has the bad leg, he steps through, but Carter BOOTS him away! Carter then CLOBBERS Seven! And again! Fans fire up as Carter blocks a kick, spins Seven and LARIATS Seven down! Fans chant “Always Forward!” as Carter stalks Seven. Carter whips, Seven reverses but Carter reverses back!

Seven blocks the kick and flips Carter, but Carter uses that for the ROLLING HEEL KICK! But double-edged again as Carter needed to brace himself! Fans rally, Carter stands and he manages to springboard and LIONSAULT! Cover, TWO!! Seven survives but fans rally up, “OLI OLI OLI! OI OI OI!” Seven flounders, Carter drags himself up the ropes, and Carter runs, but Seven dodges the Scissor Kick! The bad leg jams up again, and Seven hits a SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Then a scoop to EMERALD FLOSION! Cover, TWO!! Carter survives and fans are fired up again! Seven is furious but fans taunt him with “You Suck!”

Seven wristlocks Carter, SLAPS away on his back, then ripcords. But Carter comes back with a SUPER FOREARM! And a SUPERKICK! Carter goes up while Seven wobbles, MISSILE DROPKICK! Fans are thunderous as Carter kips up! Carter fights through the pain to SCISSOR KICK! Cover, TWO!?!? Seven survives and Carter can’t believe it! Fans are fired up for what “NXT! NXT!” is giving them. “C’mon, Oli! C’mon, Oli!” Seven and Carter are in opposite corners, and Carter grits his teeth. Carter forces himself to run, but the leg gives up! Seven grins and grabs the leg, but Carter reels him into a cradle! TWO!!

CHOP BLOCK to the leg!! Seven has Carter now, for the FIGURE SEVEN!! Carter endures, fans rally for him, but he’s caught! Carter drags himself back, reaches out, but Seven drags him away from the ropes! Carter throws hands but Seven throws hands, too! It’s a brawl while in the leglock! It picks up speed and fans rally up! Seven get the edge, Carter is on his shoulders, TWO!! And Carter SLAPS Seven!! Seven THRASHES the hold, HAMMERS away on the knee, Carter taps!! Seven wins!!

Winner: Trent Seven, by submission (advances to the finals)

It wasn’t dirty tricks, it was just dirty! Seven is in the finals and will fight for the vacated NXT UK Championship, but who meets him at the top of the mountain? We must wait for Tyler Bate VS Joe Coffey to see!

Vacated NXT UK Championship Tournament, Semifinals: Tyler Bate VS Joe Coffey!

And speaking of! The Big Strong Boy was the inaugural NXT UK Champion, he is the first and only NXT UK Triple Crown Champion, but he could make history by becoming a TWO-TIME NXT UK Champion. Will he be able to do that while also getting revenge on Seven? Or will the Iron King, who has tried and tried to get this title, finally make this Gallus’ Kingdom?

The bell rings and the two stare down while fans sing, “Tyler’s Our Champion~! Tyler’s Our Champion~!” Do they know something we don’t? Bate and Joe circle, but then shake hands to show there is respect here. They tie up, Bate wrenches, wristlocks, but Joe rolls and kips up! Joe wrenches, Bate rolls and wrenches back. Joe tries to fight the wristlock but Bate holds on. Joe spins through, wrenches, but Bate rolls, wrenches and wristlocks again. Joe breaks free, rolls Bate up, but Bate fights the Boston Crab! Bate rolls and throws Joe away but Joe cartwheels through. They tie up again and Joe headlocks.

Bate powers out but Joe goes up and around, and he fights off the snapmare! Bate keeps trying but Joe keeps fighting. Joe throws Bate away, they RAM shoulders, and neither falls! Bate runs, they RAM shoulders again, but Joe stays put! Bate tries again and again Joe stays still! Fans rally but Joe says the Big Strong Boy is no match for the Iron King! Joe runs but into a DROPKICK! Fans fire up and Bate CHOPS Joe to a corner. Bate whips corner to corner but Joe reverses. Bate goes up and under and then knuckle locks to spin, waistlock, bait and flip Joe over! Cover, TWO! Joe is up and he HEADBUTTS low!

Joe EuroUppers Bate, throws body shots, then whips corner to corner. Bate goes up but into a GLASGOW SENDOFF! Cover, TWO!! Joe almost had Bate there but he drags Bate up. Joe whips Bate hard into the corner, then out and back in just as hard! Scoop and BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Fans rally but Joe drags Bate up. Bate throws body shots, then leaps, but into a BEARHUG! Joe thrashes Bate but Bate endures! Bate throws elbows, but Joe shoves Bate to ROCK him in the back! Joe Electric Chair Lifts Bate but Bate victory rolls it! TWO, and Joe CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO!

Joe grows annoyed but Bate sputters from that impact. Fans rally and sing “Gallus Boys! Gallus Boys on top~! Lalalala lala la!” Joe RAMS Bate into a corner, holds on with the bearhug, and thrashes Bate again! Bate endures and fans rally up, and Bate throws hands! Bate gets free and then fireman’s carries for the AIRPLANE SPIN! Bate goes around 10 times but Joe sunset flips it! TWO! Bate runs in, sunset flips back, but Joe rolls through to get the legs! GIANT SWING! Coffey gets about seven before he THROWS Bate! Fans taunt Joe, “Tyler Does It Better! Tyler Does It Better!” Both men flounder and stand up, then bump into each other.

Joe throws body shots but Bate gives them back. Joe throws hands but so does Bate! They go back and forth, faster and faster, shot for shot! Fans rally up but Joe gets the edge! Bate ROCKS Joe with that counter right! Both men fall over and fans go back to singing “Tyler’s Our Champion~! Tyler’s Our Champion~!” Bate gets to a corner, Joe runs in and blocks a boot! Bate KNEES back, goes up the corner, and leaps for a FLYING UPPERCUT! Joe flounders to a corner, Bate runs in to UPPERCUT! Bate reels Joe in for an EXPLODER! Fans fire up for the kip up and STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, TWO!

Fans continue to rally while both men are down. Bate stands and he calls for another spin! Bate fireman’s carries but Joe slips off and waistlocks. Bate elbows free, but runs into a clinch and OVERHEAD Belly2Belly! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up for Tyler as he and Joe stir. Joe underhooks Bate to TOSS him to a corner! Joe runs in but blocks another boot. Bate KNEES him again, goes back up, but leaps into a waistlock! Joe GERMAN SUPLEXES Bate up and over! Cover, TWO! Fans cheer for the “UK! UK!” as Joe stomps Bate. Joe then turns Bate over into the BOSTON CRAB! Bate endures as Joe sits deep!

Bate powers up and fans fire up! Bate crawls his way forward, reaches out, but Joe drags him from the ropes! Joe sits deep again but Bate keeps fighting! Bate turns over, rolls, and he kicks away at Joe! Joe lets go and both men are down! Fans continue to rally as both men stand. Bate uppercuts but Joe ROCKS him with a forearm! Bate UPPERCUTS, Joe wobbles! Bate runs in, but Joe alley-oops him to a corner! Joe runs in but Bate dodges! Joe elbows Bate, goes up and up and CROSSBODIES! But Bate rolls it! TWO!! Both men are down again and fans are thunderous for “NXT! NXT!”

Joe and Bate go to opposite corners. Both men stand, run in, and DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Neither man falls so they DOUBLE LARIAT again! Joe HEADBUTTS Bate down! Then yanks Bate up, but Bate ducks the short arm lariat! Bate rebounds, but into ALL THE BEST FOR THE BELLS!! But Joe can’t cover from exhaustion! Fans are thunderous again as Joe crawls but Bate rolls away! Joe is furious that he missed his chance! Joe drags Bate up, tells him he’s leaving a mark, and then he ROCKS Bate with a haymaker! Bate rebounds to the ROLLING KICK! Bate fires up, underhooks Joe, but Joe back drops Bate away! Bate lands on his feet!

Bate runs the ropes, but into a pop-up! But Bate catches the uppercut to backslide! BATE WINS!!

Winner: Tyler Bate, by pinfall (advances to the finals)

Once again, Joe falls short! And now, it will be Seven VS Bate! And Seven walks out on stage to stare Bate down. Fans taunt him with “Tyler’s Gonna Kill You~!” and “Let’s Go, Tyler, Let’s Go!” Seven stomps his way up the steel steps, but then back down them. Seven says Bate and everyone will have to wait for the title match. The story of Moustache Mountain will come full circle! Will mentor or student be the better man when it comes down to the NXT UK Championship?

Sid Scala speaks.

The Assistant NXT UK General Manager has a message concerning the NXT UK Women’s Championship. “It’s clear that each of these individuals,” i.e. Blair Davenport, Amale, Eliza Alexander and Isla Dawn, “are at odds with each other. So next week, we will see Blair Davenport, Isla Dawn, Amale, and Eliza Alexander in a 4 Way ELIMINATION match to find our new #1 contender to the NXT UK Women’s Championship.”

Blair again takes full credit for taking out Meiko Satomura and Sarray before their title match, so that makes Blair the #1 contender by default! And if the others want to get involved, that’s fine with her. She’ll gladly take them out, too, because she is going for the gold! Isla says the Fatal 4 Way is exciting. She can’t wait to welcome these beauties into her world! The French Hope says she is ready to be the first-ever French born women’s champion in WWE, and in French, she adds that “Nobody will prevent me from accomplishing my destiny.” And #LizzyEvo says she’s from Liverpool. Taking on three others in a fight is just an average Saturday night! Who will be the last lady standing in the ring to move on and challenge the Final Boss?

HUGE news for the WWE!

As of last week, it was announced that the NXT brand will expand its global reach past even the United Kingdom with the creation of NXT EUROPE! Coming in 2023, ARE YOU READY!? Of course, this does mean the brand we know as NXT UK will be coming to an end. What will that mean for all the champions and superstars here? You’ll just have to wait for when worlds collide!

NXT UK Heritage Cup: Mark Coffey VS Noam Dar!

As the current champion sees it, #AirMark90 and the Supernova 11 are 1-1, and just like any Heritage Rules British Rounds match, it’s first to two who truly wins. This is the tiebreaker, the rubber match, the blow-off for all the beans! While Joe Coffey may have lost, will this Gallus Boy stay on top? Or will the Scottish Supernova prove he really is the best Heritage Cup Champion ever?

The introductions are made, the cup is raised, and in a battle of Scots, there can only be one!

The first round begins and fans duel. Dar and Mark circle, Dar tests the waters with kicks but Mark shrugs it off. They tie up, Dar goes for the roll up, ONE! Dar backs off fast but he grins as Mark gets up. They circle again, tie up, and Mark puts Dar on ropes. The ref counts, Mark lets off cleanly, and the two reset. They feel out knuckle locks, Dar rolls and wrenches to wrangle Mark to the mat. Dar SLAPS the hand, keeps on the wristlock, but Mark moves around and stands back up. Mark rolls, drop toeholds and ties the legs up. Dar reaches out, and he gets the ROPEBREAK! Mark lets off while Dar complains, and the two reset again.

They tie up again, and Dar goes after the arm. Dar wristlocks, Mark spins through and headlocks. We’re under a minute and Dar chinbars Mark to ropes. The ref counts, fans still duel, and Dar lets off slowly. Dar tries a kick but Mark avoids it! And the elbow! Mark knows Dar’s tricks and that frustrates Dar. Fans rally as the two go again, tie up collar ‘n’ elbow, then Mark waistlocks to SLAM Dar down. Dar fights up, Mark holds on, Dar goes to ropes and bucks Mark. Ten seconds, Mark CLOBBERS Dar! And arm-drags! Cording hold but the round is done!

Mark: 0; Dar: 0

The ref keeps Dar back and Dar cools off. Dar and Mark get a refresher from their corner men, and then we go to round two! Dar and Mark circle again and fans continue to duel. They tie up, Dar arm-drags fast, and he has the cording hold now. Mark endures but Dar hammers him down. Mark fights up, wrenches Dar to a wristlock then an arm-drag! Mark has the cording hold now but Dar stands up. Mark wrenches, Dar rolls, Dar reaches around but Mark blocks the fireman’s carry takeover. Dar shifts to a single leg takedown and floats right to a headlock. Mark fights up, Dar snapmares and chinlocks but Mark slips right out!

Mark wrenches Dar’s arm, Dar spins through and snapmares again. Dar chinlocks, but Mark slips right out again! Mark has the wristlock, Dar fights to his feet and slips through, only for Mark to twist the wrist. Dar goes the other way, snapmares, and changes it up with a mule kick! Dar headlocks, Mark fights his way up, and Mark powers out. Mark RAMS shoulders with Dar, headlocks him, but Dar powers out now. Mark runs Dar over this time! Dar kicks a leg out! Dar avoids the sliding forearm, Mark avoids the Buzzsaw from the left, and the right! Mark wants the arm, Dar rolls out, we’re under a minute again as Mark rolls Dar! TWO!

Dar stands, Mark blocks the kick but not the ELBOW! Dar runs in at the corner but into an ELBOW! Mark goes up to FLYING- NO, Dar dodges the bulldog! Dar aims, SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Thirty seconds in the round and fans rally up. Dar and Mark sit up, Dar drags Mark by his arm and stomps it down! Ten seconds but Dar stomps the other arm. Dar has the leg and stomps that, but then the round is over!

Mark: 0; Dar: 0

Dar is frustrated as he has to let off the other leg, but he respects the rules this time. Another refresher and both men are ready for round three. Mark and Dar circle as fans rally back up. They tie up, Mark pushes Dar but Dar puts him in a corner. Mark avoids the corner and CLOBBERS Dar! Then runs him over! Mark picks Dar up to TOSS him! Fans rally as Dar goes to a corner, and Mark runs in. Dar dodges the elbow, then leaps on for a GUILLOTINE! Mark TOSSES Dar right off, drags Dar up, but Dar wrenches an arm. Mark avoids the leg sweep but not the mule kick! Dar has Mark on his knees, but Mark dodges the roundhouse, only for the BACKHAND to take him down! Cover, TWO!!

Dar is frustrated but the fans continue to rally and duel. Dar puts pinkies out and aims from the corner! Mark slowly rises and Dar gets frustrated. Dar storms over, but Mark rolls him up! Dar rolls through but Mark gets moving, SLIDING FOREARM! Cover, Mark scores first!

Mark: 1; Dar: 0

The Supernova got impatient and that cost him! Will this count as a knockout? No, Dar is conscious, the corner man checks him while medics wait on standby. Dar says he’s fine so the fourth round begins! Dar staggers up, flops down, and Mark isn’t sure what to make of this. Dar shakes out the cobwebs and stands back up. Mark eggs Dar on, Dar shoots in, but Mark gets a half nelson! Dar powers Mark to ropes, whimpers as he tells the ref to back Mark off, and Mark lets off on the nelson. Dar then clinches Mark! Dar has Mark in a corner but the ref counts the ropebreak. Dar lets off slowly, but swings on Mark! Mark catches Dar, puts him up top, but again lets off.

Dar ROCKS Mark with a sucker punch! Is Dar just acting or is he desperately fighting? Either way, Mark UPPERCUTS him in the corner, runs back in and BACK BODY BLOCKS! Dar flops down, Mark goes up, but then Dar tumbles out of the ring! Mark is annoyed, he goes out after Dar, and he puts Dar in the ring. Mark hurries back up the corner but now the ref checks Dar. Mark hops down, still unsure what to make of this. Fans boo, they don’t trust this either. Dar says he’s fine so Mark brings Dar around, only for Dar to throw a forearm! Mark hits Dar back, runs, but Dar flops down! It’s still not clear how much of this is an act!

Fans rally up while Mark wants after Dar. Dar again says he’s fine, but victory rolls!! TWO, but into CHAMPAGNE SUPER KNEEBAR!! This has just been an act!! We’re under a minute, Dar CLUBS the leg and pulls! Mark endures, sees the time, and he TAPS! Dar ties it up!!

Mark: 1; Dar: 1

Mark is furious that he got tricked by Dar. But Mark also let Dar have that fall to save his leg, and now both men refresh before the fifth. Mark runs in but Dar dodges! Dar runs in but into a POLISH HAMMER! Mark runs in to BACK BODY BLOCK! Mark shoves Dar, goes up the corner, but thinks better of it given his leg. Mark hits a regular BULLDOG, covers, TWO! Fans rally up while Mark drags Dar up. Mark half nelsons but Dar victory rolls. Mark uses that to get a CROSSFACE! Mark wants the Gator Lock but Dar resists! Dar reaches out with a foot, Mark drags Dar from ropes and tries again!

Dar rolls through to go for an arm! Dar CLUBS Mark’s grip, ARMBAR, but Mark rolls it! TWO!! Dar feints the kick to BACK ELBOW! Cover, TWO!!! Mark survives and Dar is beside himself! Dar drags Mark to the ropes and puts the bad leg on the bottom rope. Dar climbs up the corner, but Mark springs up to ELBOW Dar! Mark climbs up after Dar, but Dar slips out and KICKS the leg out! We’re under a minute, Dar goes up top, but Mark avoids the stomps to the knee! Mark gets up, Dar avoids his haymaker to KICK the leg then ROUNDHOUSE Mark’s head! Mark wobbles, Dar shoots in, CHAMPAGNE SUPER- NO! Mark rolls it back, drags Dar up, but Dar throws elbows!

Dar drops, drags Mark down, kicks away on his face, but Mark resists the kneebar this time! The round has 20 seconds left and fans duel! Dar rolls Mark around, has a HEEL HOOK, but we’re at TEN seconds! Mark fires off haymakers to stop Dar, but then the round is up before that falling forearm!

Mark: 1; Dar: 1

This could be it! Both men drag themselves back to their corners for one more refresher, and we’re in the sixth and final round! Will we need to go into overtime? Or will it all end here?

Fans rally as Mark and Dar stare down. They step up to each other, fire off forearms back and forth, but Dar KICKS! Dar runs, but DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Dar leaps on for a GUILLOTINE! Mark stays up on his feet, powers out, blocks a kick then lifts Dar up, only for Dar to drop a big ELBOW! Dar runs, but into a LARIAT!! Mark hurries to drag Dar up, but Dar cradles him! TWO!! Mark tries again, HALF NELSON SLAM! And then SLIDING- NO, Dar bails out, knowing what’s coming! But Mark just tries again, SLIDING FOREARM! Dar is sent off the apron and to the floor! Fans fire up as Mark fetches Dar back into the ring!

But wait! The ref is busy checking on Dar and SHA SAMUELS jumps in from the crowd! Sha POSTS Mark!! Dar aims, runs in, NOVA ROLLA!! Cover, Dar wins!!

Winner: Noam Dar, by pinfall, 2-1 (NEW NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion)

The East End Bookie just screwed Mark!! Dar sees Sha is there and understands implicitly what his friend just did for him! Will this turn of fortune be just what these two needed? What will the future hold for the Heritage Cup as NXT UK becomes NXT Europe?

My Thoughts:

A great episode of NXT UK, even with the writing on the wall. They officially acknowledge it here that NXT UK is shutting down or being transformed, whatever the real terminology is, and we’re getting NXT Europe sometime in 2023. We already know from NXT on Tuesday that the plan is to use Worlds Collide 2022 as a way to fuse the current NXT UK titles with their NXT USA counterparts. And now we know what Blair Davenport was talking about being #1 contender, she is definitely going to win that Fatal 4 Way next week. That Fatal 4 will be an awesome one, but the impact is lessened with NXT giving out spoilers the last couple of weeks.

Great matches for the semifinal round of the NXT UK Championship Tournament. Great drama in Seven VS Carter over Carter’s bad leg. And great stuff out of Bate VS Joe, but of course Seven and Bate win. I knew going towards this tournament, we’d get Seven VS Bate, and of course we already know who wins, but it’ll be awesome to see how it goes down. And then we got a great main event for the Heritage Cup. And it seems that Mark Coffey not having the cup with him in NXT was a quieter spoiler as Dar wins this back. Sha helps him, but the irony is that Sha was among the releases in the wake of NXT UK closing down. Maybe WWE can/will bring Sha back once NXT Europe is up and running, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

My Score: 8.6/10