NXT Tampa live results: JD Drake appears, Tino Sabbatelli returns

Friday night’s estimated attendance: 450 people.

– Joaquin Wilde defeated Brendan Vink

Vink went for a buckle bomb, but Wilde rolled through and scored a quick pin.

– Xia Li defeated Santana Garrett 

A buzzsaw kick got the win for Li. 

– Killian Dain defeated Babatunde 

Dain hit a series of sentons and a Vader Bomb to keep the giant down for three.

– Shane Thorne was making his way to the ring when NXT UK’s Pretty Deadly (Sam Stoker & Lewis Howley) showed up. They proceeded to jump Thorne until Bronson Reed made the save.

– The Forgotten Sons defeated Rinku Singh & Saurav Gurjar

Jaxson Ryker got the win with a big slam.

– JD Drake defeated Dio Maddin

Former WWN Champion JD Drake appeared as a surprise and wrestled in NXT for the first time here. These two had a mean guy match and traded huge moves down the stretch before Drake got the win.

– Shane Thorne & Bronson Reed defeated Pretty Deadly

Reed got the win for his team.

– The returning Tino Sabbatelli did an in-ring interview. He noted that nobody cared that he was out over a year, nobody behind that curtain checked in on him, and he doesn’t need to be here. He said he has an ESPN resume and said everyone back there is sh*t. They can’t compete with him and he’s an elite athlete. 

– Aoife Valkyrie defeated Aliyah

Like Pretty Deadly, new NXT UK talent Valkyrie made her Florida loop debut on this show. She picked up the win against the returning Aliyah.

– Cameron Grimes defeated Rik Bugez

– Kushida defeated Ridge Holland