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The bell rings, and they cautiously approach one another. They twist through hammerlock attempts. O’Reilly applies a side headlock, but Bálor whips him off. O’Reilly immediately shoulder blocks him down. Bálor quickly grabs his jaw. They go for a test of strength, but O’Reilly hooks the arm. O’Reilly takes him down and grapevines the face. Bálor kips up and backs to the corner. They circle the ring, and O’Reilly dives for the ankle. Bálor kneels down and applies a rear chin lock. O’Reilly fights up, but Bálor hits a headlock takeover. O’Reilly rolls him onto his shoulders, but Bálor quickly rolls out of a pin. O’Reilly then grapevines the head and applies some torque. Bálor rolls over, but O’Reilly rolls out. O’Reilly then applies an arm bar. Bálor fights up and twists out, but O’Reilly just as quickly takes him back down. O’Reilly hits an arm breaker and shoulders him in the injured shoulder. Bálor counters into an abdominal stretch, but O’Reilly counters with a hip toss and an arm bar. Bálor tries to twist out, but O’Reilly keeps him down. Bálor rolls O’Reilly over and cinches in an abdominal stretch. O’Reilly pulls himself to the ropes, but Bálor turns him to prevent the rope break. O’Reilly bends over and grabs the rope with his mouth to break the hold. Bálor then kicks the rope into O’Reilly’s mouth!
A ringside doctor comes over to check on O’Reilly’s jaw. Balor takes O’Reilly down and applies a chin lock. O’Reilly fights up. Bálor hits the ropes, but O’Reilly takes him down by the arm. O’Reilly drives a knee into the injured arm followed by a sliding kick. O’Reilly holds his jaw in pain. Bálor is on the apron and forearms O’Reilly back. O’Reilly grabs the arm and hits a twisting pull over the ropes. O’Reilly hits the move a second time. O’Reilly grabs him, but Bálor stretches him out on the ropes. Bálor releases the hold before being disqualified… then he goes back to it. Bálor stomps away at O’Reilly’s jaw before hitting a dropkick for a near fall. O’Reilly hits a back suplex, but Bálor holds on and applies a crossface submission. O’Reilly manages to get out of it. Bálor chops him in the corner and grinds the forearm into O’Reilly’s mouth. Bálor sends him into the ropes and hits a running back elbow for a two count. O’Reilly fights back and goes for another back suplex, but Bálor fights it. They hit the ropes, and O’Reilly turns Bálor inside out with a knee to the midsection. O’Reilly avoids some strikes and takes him down before hitting an arm breaker. O’Reilly rolls him over for a two count.
Bálor avoids a running knee in the corner and chops the chest. O’Reilly reverses a whip and kicks Bálor. Bálor hits a kick to the back of the neck, but O’Reilly applies a leglock. Bálor then hits a nasty kick that sends O’Reilly out of the ring. O’Reilly manages to get back in the ring at the count of nine.
Bálor attacks and grabs the arm, but Bálor forearms him. O’Reilly fights back and applies a guillotine submission. Bálor fights it, so O’Reilly transitions to a triangle choke. Bálor punches out, so O’Reilly takes him down and applies a double leg heel hook. Bálor quickly strikes him in the injured jaw to break out of the hold. Bálor hits some dropping forearms and hits a fallaway elbow. Bálor hits the Reverse Bloody Sunday and rolls him over to apply a crossface. O’Reilly manages to break out of the hold.
They’re both on wobbly legs and trade kicks. O’Reilly charges, but Bálor hits a Sling Blade. Bálor takes him down and hits a double stomp to the midsection. Bálor follows up with a Woo Dropkick into the corner. Bálor goes to the top rope, but O’Reilly cuts him off. O’Reilly hits a superplex and goes to roll. Bálor counters into a roll-up and we nearly have a double pin. O’Reilly fights up and hits a suplex before applying a cross arm bar to Bálor! Bálor rolls over and somehow gets to the bottom rope.
Bálor is bleeding from the eyebrow. O’Reilly punches him in the corner and backs up. O’Reilly charges, but Bálor kicks him in the liver. Bálor takes him down with a crucifix and applies a grounded abdominal stretch for the submission.
Winner by Submission and still NXT Champion: Finn Bálor