NXT Level Up Results – January 27, 2023
Dante Chen vs. Kale Dixon
Match starts off with a lock up before Kale Dixon flusters Dante Chen early and forces him to chase. Another lock up and Chen clowns Dixon to make them even. Chen snaps off some arm drags and hooks an armbar. Dixon reverses to a headlock but Chen powers out and goes back to the armbar. Dixon escapes again but again Chen counters and goes back to the hold. Dixon breaks for good and gets a belly 2 back suplex.
He fires Chen into the corner, and something seems off, so he does it again and then brings Chen out with a suplex. Dixon hooks a body scissors and rolls Chen on his back for a two count. Chen rocks side to side to roll to his knees and carries Dixon around on his back and falls backwards to break the hold. Chen lands some strikes and gets his own belly 2 back suplex. Inverted atomic drop followed by a Pump Kick then t double chop gets the win.
Winner: Dante Chen
Backstage Lola Vince introduces herself and says we may know her from MMA.
Dani Palmer vs. Lola Vice
Dani Palmer gets a headscissors but Lola Vice escapes and gets a side headlock. Vice lands a shoulder tackle and twerks. They fight in the corner and Vince lands a spin kick followed by a scorpion kick.
Snap suplex from Vice gets a two count. She goes to a bow & arrow which Palmer is able to flip out to escape. She hits a few splashes in the corner and gets a slam. Standing moonsault gets a two count.
Palmer heads up top but Vice moves. Palmer lands on her feet but eats a head kick that gets two. Vice throws some knees, but gets caught with a jackknife for the win.
Winner: Dani Palmer
Oro Mensah vs. Scrypts
Scrypts controls with a side headlock but Oro Mensah gets an up kick and gets a side headlock. Scrypts rolls Mensah back for a two count. Mensah with a headscissors take down and he sends Scrypts to the floor with a clothesline. Slingshot crossbody to the floor from Mensah. Scrypts flips out of a suplex and gets a hair pull down. He hits a running Whoopie Cushion for two. Spinning crossbody gets two.
Scrypts hooks a headlock as the crowd rallies Mensah but Scrypts goes back to the hair. Dropkick from Scrypts and then he uses the middle rope to choke. Mensah back with a boot to the face. Scrypts ducks a clothesline and shoves Mensah from the middle rope over the top to the floor. Scrypts is content to take a count out but Mensah beats the count.
Scrypts stomps a mud hole and gets a two count. Scrypts goes back to a chinlock. Mensah breaks and gets a running forearm followed by a clothesline. Scrypts blocks a charge with a boot but Mensah gets a submission hold in the ropes.
Mensah gets a springboard missile dropkick but Scrypts rolls to the floor. Scrypts hangs Mensah on the top rope and heads up top. They battle over a roll-up before Scrypts got 1 to stick for the victory.
Winner: Scrypts
