In the third match on the main card, WALER put his NXT United Kingdom Championship on the line against Ilja Dragunov at NXT TakeOver 36.
Dragunov landed the first two chops on WALTER to start the match. WALTER landed some knees to the ribs and some hard forearms to the head. Dragunov came back with a submission attempt and a slam. Dragunov followed up with a headlock and some hard forearms. About 5 minutes in and WALTER was not yet able to land a chop.
WALTER was finally able to land a vicious palm to the chest after he placed Dravunoz on the top turnbuckle. WALTER followed up with a powerbomb on the ring apron and a sleeper attempt. Dragunov broke free by getting to the ropes but WALTER executed a German suplex. WALTER locked in a Boston Crab submission in the middle of the ring and then he transitioned into the STF submission.
WALTER followed up with a kick to the back. Both men traded chops and WALTER locked in another sleeper but Dragunov was able to break free and flip WALTER onto his back. Dragunov came back with a flurry of offense but WALTER countered with a t-bone suplex. WALTER landed a nasty sounding chop that rocked, followed by a boot to the face. They traded blows and Dragunov hit some knees to the chest along with open hand backhand slaps to the neck and face. WALTER picked up Dragunov but Dragunov broke free and hit a hard knee to the head. WALTER came back with two consecutive lariats and almost pinned Dragunov.
Dragunov’s adrenaline kicked in and he hit a German suplex. Moments later, Dragunov picked up and dropped WALTER and then he went for a pin attempt. Dragunov hit a double dropkick off the top and he followed up with senton from the other top turnbuckle on the other side of the ring. He followed up with a running uppercut but WALTER caught him in a sleeper but Dragunov slipped out and WALTER landed on his neck. Dragunov hit a running uppercut to the back and to the front. This was a very close near fall.
More back and forth chops, WALTER went to the top but Dragunov caught him to hit a superplex. Dragunov hit a dropkick off the top. WALTER hit a dropkick and a powerbomb into the cover but Dragunov kicked out. WALTER hit two slaps to the face, a knee to the face and another powerbomb. WALTER hit a splash off the top but Dragunov kicked out of the cover. Dragunov hit a headbutt off the top and then followed with elbows and a sleeper but WALTER broke out. Dragunov hit more elbows to the back and locked in the sleeper again. Dragunov followed up with more kicks and strikes to the head and then he forced WALTER to tap out. New champion.
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