NXT Largo, FL, live results: Dream vs. Cole, Strong vs. Strickland

From the Minnreg Hall with an estimated attendance of 300

– Kushida defeated Adrian Jaoude

– Marina Shafir (w/ Jessamyn Duke) defeated Xia Li

 Shafir choked out Li for the submission victory.

– The Street Profits defeated Jermaine Haley and Brendan Vink (w/ Court Moore)

Haley accidentally hit Vink with a splash before Montez hit a splash of his own to pin Vink.

– Babatunde defeated Sam Shaw

A big slam by Babatunde got him the win.

– Robert Strauss lead Nick Comoroto into destroying Eric Bugenhagen

– Roderick Strong defeated Shane Strickland

This was the live event debut of Strickland here at the historic Largo venue. Strong made his entrance using his singles music and blue T-shirt with no mention of The Undisputed Era.

This was a great match and a top NXT singles match of the year here in Florida, continuing the tradition of top talents coming in and having incredible debut matches. Roddy applied the Stronghold elevated crab for the submission victory. I would love to see this match make TV someday.

Albert Hardie Jr. defeated Mansoor

The crowd made this an amazing moment by singing “Albert Hardie Jr”  to the tune of the White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army which upset Mansoor as he wanted the crowd to sing jus for him. This only made the people boo angrily before singing again for Hardie. It was one of those incredible Florida loop bubble moments. Hardie won with his bridging suplex.

Aliyah and Vanessa Borne defeated Jessie and Kacy Catanzaro

We got a new double team finish by Aliyah and Vanessa where they lift their opponent into a vertical suplex only to slam them forward to a back bump.

North American Champion Velveteen Dream defeated Adam Cole to retain

Dream Valley Driver by the Dream scored the three. Post match, Dream thanked the crowd for being the hottest in Florida and declared that we are NXT.