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Roll the footage. >> Going into Stand and Deliver,
I didn't underestimate Karrion Kross.
I knew exactly what I was stepping in the ring with.
>> Most men would be in a state of terror,
staring across the ring at Karrion Kross.
>> Now he's just trying to piss Kross off.
>> Well this is right into what [INAUDIBLE] said, the emotion of Kross.
>> Firing up Karrion Kross may well have backfired here for Finn Bálor.
>> Bálor able to sidestep the running forearm.
Kross, again this time to the back.
>> Kross is down and Bálor to the outside.
>> The champ rocking and rolling, perhaps a Coup de Grâce.
>> Connects!
>> I was walking that off for weeks, felt like he went right through me.
>> Bálor crawling into the cover, hook of the leg,
championship on the- >> [NOISE]
>> Wait a minute, wait a minute,
Kross has turned around, he's got Finn Bálor.
>> But after that stomp, I couldn't get this choke the way I needed it to be.
I can't believe he got out of this.
>> The problem for Finn Bálor is when stuff you normally do that will finish
a fight isn't working, you start wearing down.
You start wondering what's it gonna take to put this guy away.
And I saw that look in Finn Bálor's eyes.
>> Kross said that his conviction would be his biggest strength.
Well I felt the force, the power, and the speed of that conviction firsthand.
>> I was gonna put my arm to the back of his head right here and now, I was ready.
You need to be able to go there.
Empathy, sympathy, everything goes out the window.
[INAUDIBLE] no, it's killed or be killed.
>> Champion, center of the ring.
Again to the back of the neck goes the challenger.
Kross into the cover, hooks the leg.
And Karrion Kross is the new NXT champion.
>> It's just a matter of time.
>> But falling down is how we grow.
Staying down is how we die.
And Finn Bálor isn't dead.
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>> Tuesday, May 25th, the two-time NXT champion and
reigning NXT champion Karrion Kross, with Scarlett in tow,
will battle against Finn Bálor.
Karrion Kross, a man who immediately upon arriving at NXT, proclaimed dominance.
One of the most intimidating humans in the history of this business.
Defending against the great Finn Bálor,
a man who's been a champion at every single place he's been to.
Japan, Raw, SmackDown, NXT.
The fact that we are getting this match on Tuesday, on USA, is a dream come true.
And I think Finn walks out of there as the champion.
But it's gonna be an epic battle.
Good luck to both of them.
>> So, you want me to comment on Karrion Kross versus Finn Bálor?
Everyone here on SmackDown has an interest in this match,
even your tribal chief Roman Reigns.
I'm known for giving, not predictions, but spoilers.
Kross versus Bálor for the NXT title?
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It's a little too close to call.
>> If Finn Bálor defeats Karrion Kross, he gets his title back.
It's a redemption.
If he loses, it's a tragedy.
That's not what he came back to NXT for.
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>> I proven myself time and time again that I am the best wrestler in the world.
>> You're full of [BLEEP]. >> Nobody is gonna out train me.
Nobody's gonna out grind me.
No one is going to out wrestle me.
>> And Bálor stepping
up to the champ.
Everything's [INAUDIBLE]
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