Several WWE NXT and NXT UK matches took place at Royal Rumble Axxess from the Phoenix Convention Center on Friday night. The following matches took place, some to air at a later date:
* Heavy Machinery defeated Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner (dark)
* Triple H came to the ring to hype up Royal Rumble weekend (dark)
* Noam Dar defeated Jordan Devlin with an assist from Travis Banks. There was a post-match brawl (for NXT UK TV)
* Jinny defeated Mia Yim (for NXT UK TV)
* Samoa Joe came out and praised the NXT UK brand, and commented on how he will win the Royal Rumble on Sunday (dark)
* Kacy Catanzaro defeated Reina Gonzalez (dark)
* Tony Nese defeated Mark Andrews (dark)
* Dave Mastiff defeated Riddick Moss (possibly taped for NXT UK TV)
* Triple H hosted an in-ring Q&A (we will have highlights later)
* Travis Banks defeated Fabian Aichner (for NXT UK TV)
* Trent Seven defeated Shane Thorne. WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne came out after the match and congratulated Seven, then cut a babyface promo (for NXT UK TV)
* Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch defeated The Coffey Brothers of Gallus, Joe Coffey and Mark Coffey with Wolfgang (for NXT UK TV)
* Kavita Devi defeated Chelsea Green (dark)
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