NXT Lakeland, FL, live results: Matt Riddle vs. Kassius Ohno

Thursday night’s estimated attendance: 300 people.

– Keith Lee defeated Kona Reeves

Lee hit his Ground Zero finisher for the win.

– The Forgotten Sons (Jaxson Ryker & Wesley Blake) defeated Nasser Alruwayeh & Mohamed Fahim

The Forgotten Sons won after Ryker hit a powerbomb.

– Big Boa defeated Cezar Bononi (w/ Adrian Jaoude)

Boa rolled Bononi up to steal the win.

– Reina Gonzalez defeated Deonna Purrazzo

Gonzalez won with a lariat.

– Heavy Machinery (Tucker Knight & Otis Dozovic) defeated Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch

The crowd loved all four wrestlers in this match. This was a battle, with Dozovic running wild and even hitting the Caterpillar before tagging in Knight for their Trash Compactor finish.

After the match, the teams shook hands and the audience showed them respect.

– Matt Riddle defeated Kassius Ohno

As you’d expect, these two had a great match. They have a history in EVOLVE that has carried over to NXT.

There was early mat work with Ohno targeting Riddle’s feet. He hit devastating elbow strikes that kept Riddle wobbly throughout. Riddle showed impressive strength by hitting a delayed German suplex, then he hit a running knee strike for the victory.

– Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir & Jessamyn Duke defeated Xia Li, Io Shirai & NXT Women’s Champion Kairi Sane

The Horsewomen used distractions to get Li isolated.

– NXT North American Champion Ricochet defeated Velveteen Dream to retain his title

The fans were into both wrestlers here and Dream was soaking it in. He used his power to keep Ricochet grounded as they continued to play off their “anything you can do, I can do better” rivalry. Ricochet was able to withstand Dream and hit the Cradle Shock to retain.