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Mitchell’s WWE NXT Results & Report! (3/11/2020)
WWE NXT is live from the PC!
NXT strikes gold in the Performance Center!
For the first time ever, NXT will be live from the WWE Performance Center! And with both North American and Tag Team Championship matches!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- NXT North American Championship: Keith Lee VS Cameron Grimes; Lee wins and retains the NXT North American Championship.
- NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifier: Mia Yim VS Dakota Kai w/ Raquel Gonzalez; Yim wins and advances to the TakeOver: Tampa Ladder match.
- KUSHIDA VS Raul Mendoza; KUSHIDA wins.
- NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifier: Tegan Nox VS Deonna Purrazzo; Nox wins and advances to the TakeOver: Tampa Ladder match.
- NXT Tag Team Championships: The Broserweights VS The Undisputed Era; The Broserweights win and retain the NXT Tag Team Championships.
PLAY BY PLAY
NXT North American Championship: Keith Lee VS Cameron Grimes!
The Limitless One heard a lot of words coming out of the Carolina Caveman’s mouth when this match was announced, but now it’s time for Grimes to put his money where his mouth is. Will Grimes finally have his Breakout moment with the biggest Cave In ever? Or will NXT continue to #BaskInHisGlory?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and the PC has its first ever championship match!
Grimes and Lee circle and some fans chant, “Let’s Get Grimy!” Many more fans boo those chants down. Grimes rushes Lee with a kick but Lee catches it to flip Grimes! But Grimes lands on his feet and gets to a corner. Grimes moves around but Lee shows no wasted movement. Grimes grabs a leg but Lee pries him off it with a lift! Lee swings and throws Grimes away! Grimes composes himself and moves around again. He goes for the legs again but Lee again grabs him. They end up on the ropes and the ref calls for the ropebreak. Grimes waistlocks instead, but he can’t lift Lee. So he clubs Lee on the back and whips. Lee blocks that to whip Grimes into a corner.
Grimes dodges Lee and runs, but into Lee’s grip! Lee whips but Grimes holds ropes. Grimes kicks but Lee GRIZZLY MAGNUM CHOPS! Grimes falls to his knees but fans want “One More Time!” Lee drags Grimes up but Grimes throws forearms. Lee shoves Grimes out of the ring! Fans cheer as Lee goes out and fetches Grimes to throw him back in the ring. Grimes boots Lee off the apron then jumps to the apron. Grimes Penalty Kicks! And leaps, but the tumbleweed is caught! Lee brings Grimes up but Grimes grabs ropes to save himself, and STOMP Lee’s head on the apron! Fans chant, “You Suck!” as Grimes builds speed. Grimes DIVES, but into Lee’s arms! Lee holds Grimes up but again Grimes uses ropes. But this time, Lee sweeps the legs!
Lee drags Grimes up and into the ring but Grimes goes to an apron. Lee stalks up behind Grimes and brings him up. Grimes throws elbows but Lee bumps Grimes off buckles. The hat falls! Grimes’ top hat is on the ground but Lee climbs up. Lee drags Grimes up by his hair, but Grimes resists the superplex. Grimes slips free to enziguri! And sweep the legs! Lee hits buckles on the way down, Grimes goes back up, and hits a BIG crossbody! Grimes can’t cover so he KNEES Lee in the head! NXT goes picture in picture as Grimes grinds Lee into the mat.
Grimes has Lee against the ropes but the ref backs him off. Grimes keeps on Lee by pulling his ear. The ref reprimands so Grimes grinds his forearm into Lee’s face. The ref counts and Grimes lets up. Lee powers up but Grimes digs his elbow into the side of Lee’s head! Grimes STOMPS Lee down! Lee goes to ropes but Grimes is right on him with a choke! The ref counts but Grimes lets up at 4. Grimes kicks Lee in the leg, and again, then fish hooks the face! Again the ref counts but Grimes again lets up at 4. Grimes brings Lee up but Lee pushes him away. Grimes KICKS the leg, but Lee throws a big body shot! Lee stands, puts Grimes in a corner, and then throws body shots! Grimes elbows back but Lee point-blank splashes in the corner!
Lee THROWS Grimes across the ring! And then runs corner to corner, but Grimes trips him up into the buckles! Grimes drags Lee up with a camel clutch! Lee endures as Grimes cranks back. Lee fights his way up to his feet, but Grimes KICKS a leg out! And stomps Lee down! Grimes stomps on the leg and Lee writhes to the ropes. Grimes grinds his boots into Lee’s head but the ref backs him off. Lee sits up and Grimes starts throwing kicks. Grimes kicks Lee in the front, then the back, then hooks on for an Iron Octopus! Lee endures as Grimes pulls back on the arm. Lee fights his way up as NXT returns to single picture.
Fans rally and Lee fireman’s carries Grimes. Grimes elbows Lee over and over and Lee starts to kneel. But Lee stands right back up! Grimes slips off the back, waistlocks and lifts, but Lee is too much! Lee pries out, standing switches, but Grimes elbows. Grimes is free and runs, but Lee hurdles over! Lee ducks under and Grimes has to hop, and then Lee CROSSBODIES Grimes! Fans are fired up as Lee ROCKS Grimes in a corner! Grimes flounders, Lee runs, but Grimes boots back! Lee wobbles but he still blocks a punch! Lee fireman’s carries but Grimes slips out to kick. Again Lee blocks the kick and then kicks back. He brings Grimes in and up, but Grimes slips out of the bomb to SUPER FOREARM!
Grimes ducks a punch to give kicks but Lee swings again. Lee back hands, Grimes ducks it to SUPERKICK! And SUPERKICK! And GERMAN SUPLEX!? Bridging cover, TWO!! Lee survives and the PC is fired up for “NXT! NXT!” Grimes and Lee slowly rise, and Grimes is up first. Grimes brings Lee up to kick, then he hops up the corner. MOONSAULT, but Lee catches him! Lee spins Grimes around, but Grimes makes it a DDT! Cover, TWO!! Grimes grits his teeth as he looms over Lee. Grimes stomps in the corner and Lee rises. No Cave In as Lee catches Grimes’ leap! But again Grimes slips out of the bomb, to SUPERKICK! But Lee runs to POUNCE! Fireman’s carry, BIG BANG CATASTROPHE! Cover, Lee wins!!
Winner: Keith Lee, by pinfall (still NXT North American Champion)
The Limitless Reign continues! The First of His Kind is on a roll as NXT heads down the Road to WrestleMania. But wait! Damien Priest appears and CLUBS Lee with that baton!! The Archer of Infamy CLUBS Lee again! But here comes Dominik Dijakovic! The Croatian Colossus runs Priest off, his knee brace showing the damage done by that same baton. But then Dijakovic spots the title belt. He picks it up and brings it to Lee, but Lee takes his anger out on Dijakovic with a SPIRIT BOMB!! Priest has made Lee angry, and no one will like Lee when he’s angry. Will Lee trample everyone under his feet to solidify his dominance?
NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifier: Mia Yim VS Dakota Kai w/ Raquel Gonzalez!
The Head Baddie in Charge owes the venomous snake that is King Kota for a distraction that cost her against Xia Li. Plus, taking Dakota down a peg from a cage match that she only won thanks to her new sidekick. With five spots left, who joins Chelsea Green in the coming contender’s match in Tampa?
The bell rings and Dakota rushes Mia, but Mia avoids the dropkick. Mia Oklahoma Rolls Dakota, TWO! Mia tries a school girl, TWO! Dakota runs into a waistlock but bucks off the roll to SLAP Mia! Mia CHOPS back! And again! Mia throws forearms and then puts Dakota in a corner to throw her across the ring! Mia keeps on Dakota with knees from all sides, and then another CHOP! Dakota goes to another corner but Mia whips her. Dakota reverses, Mia dodges and throws more forearms! Fans are on Mia’s side as she CHOPS again. Mia whips but Dakota reverses. Mia redirects and trips up Dakota to then basement dropkick! Cover, TWO!
Mia rains down forearms on Dakota and covers, TWO! Mia keeps her cool as she puts Dakota in a corner. She bumps Dakota off buckles then SLAPS her back! Mia goes corner to corner to BOOT Dakota down! Mia boots Dakota again, then whips her corner to corner. Dakota puts Mia on the apron but Mia dodges the kick to kick the bad knee! Dakota screams in pain and the ref checks on her, and Raquel steps to Mia. Mia kicks but Raquel blocks it, and yanks Mia onto her shoulder for an apron snake eyes! Fans boo but Raquel gets away with it as NXT goes to break.
NXT returns as Dakota kicks Mia around. Mia blocks one but Dakota clubs her to a corner. Dakota goes Around the World, but Mia dodges! Dakota hurries after but Mia dodges the ax kick. Mia sweeps the legs and now Dakota crawls away. Fans rally as Mia runs in and rallies with lariats and a boot! And a jumping neckbreaker! Mia fires herself up and she shotgun dropkicks Kai into a corner! CANNONBALL! Mia drags Dakota into a matchbook cover, TWO! Mia drags Dakota up but Dakota throws her into ropes! Fans boo as Dakota whips but Mia reverses to forearm! Mia runs but Dakota follows to forearm back! Dakota shouts, “I’m going to TakeOver!” Dakota runs, but knows Mia follows so she elbows. Then Dakota hops on, for KAI-ROPRACHTOR! Cover, TWO!!
Dakota and Raquel are shocked that Mia survives! But the PC rallies up for the HBIC even as she writhes. Dakota drags Mia up but she’s dead weight! Dakota still kicks away on Mia’s face! But Mia dodges the field go to roll Dakota up, TWO! Dakota puts Mia in a corner, goes side to side, but misses again! Mia lifts Dakota up, but Dakota holds ropes for deaf life! Mia BOMBS Dakota off, then matchbooks, but Raquel pulls Mia’s feet out from under her! Fans boo as Raquel gets away with this again. Mia glares at Raquel but Raquel plays dumb. The ref questions Raquel, but Dakota rolls Mia up! But the arguing keeps the ref from seeing the cover!! Dakota gets mad, but she walks into PROTECT YA NECK!! Cover, Mia wins!!
Winner: Mia Yim, by pinfall (advances to the TakeOver: Tampa Ladder Match)
But of course, Raquel attacks! Fans boo as Raquel looms over Mia. Raquel checks on Dakota, then goes back after Mia. Single leg SLAM!! The Daughter of the Desperado helps Dakota take her leave, but they’re still not heading to Tampa. Will Mia be able to recover and be ready for that very important ladder match?
NXT Media has Tommaso Ciampa’s arrival.
What is his response to Johnny Gargano’s claims that tonight, they do things Gargano’s way? Ciampa says, “His way?” Sounds like the Blackheart isn’t going to stand for that. What goes down as these two are again headed on a collision course?
NXT receives another new cryptic message.
A television with static. A voice speaks, but what does it say? The moon, crows, vultures, an eclipse and a sunset, as well as a clock. Apocalypse. What does it all mean?!
KUSHIDA VS Raul Mendoza!
The Time Splitter returns to NXT, and he’s ready to test the Mendoza Line! Will Kushida’s time away be a factor tonight?
The bell rings and Mendoza goes after Kushida right away! The two throw forearm after forearm but Mendoza knees low. Mendoza whips but Kushida reverses. Mendoza goes up and over and keeps moving. Kushida hurdles but Mendoza handsprings, and Mendoza huricanranas but Kushida handsprings, too! Things keep moving, Mendoza handsprings out of the hip toss to dropkick Kushida down! Mendoza brings Kushida up to CHOP him in the corner! He whips Kushida corner to corner but Kushida puts him on the apron. Mendoza throws forearms and goes up top to leap, into a FAST BALL! Mendoza falls out but Kushida FLIES! Direct hit at the ramp!
Kushida brings Mendoza up and puts him in the ring. Kushida enziguris Mendoza from a corner then climbs up top. Mendoza stands but gets under the missile dropkick to back kick. Mendoza hits an anarchy suplex! LIONSAULT! Cover, ONE!! Mendoza grits his teeth and drags Kushida up. Mendoza cranks Kushida’s neck then wraps on a chinlock. Kushida endures as fans rally up, but Mendoza knees low. Mendoza back suplexes but Kushida lands on his feet! Kushida fires off forearms and a CHOP! Kushida whips but Mendoza reverses, only for Kushida to handspring back elbow! then a mule kick to a Penalty Kick on the arm! Somersaults but no DDT. Mendoza runs, Kushida hip tosses to cartwheel dropkick!
Fans cheer this fast paced action as Mendoza crawls to a corner. Kushida aims and runs corner to corner, but Mendoza dodges! Mendoza runs into a boot! Kushida hops up but Mendoza handspring ENZIGURIS! Kushida wobbles up top and Mendoza climbs from the outside. Mendoza throws forearms as he goes up top. Kushida hits back and the two brawl. Mendoza gets under Kushida to fireman’s carry, but Kushida elbows back. Kushida cranks the arm for the Hoverboard! SUPER ARMBAR TAKEDOWN!! Mendoza taps, Kushida wins!!
Winner: Kushida, by submission
The Super Junior wins big in his return! Will Kushida find his way to a title in no time at all?
NXT Media interviews Tyler Breeze.
Mackenzie Mitchell asks Prince Pretty about NXT’s first live night from PC. He was here since day one, so what does the Performance Center mean to him? “I hear all the time about this first class that built the Performance Center.” In reality, the PC built them. There’d be no Tyler Breeze without it. But then Austin Theory comes by and says he’s a huge fan. He watched Breeze on WWE Breaking Ground. That was of course years ago when Austin was in high school, but hey, no disrespect. Theory knows the PC builds superstars, “but it also made people mega stars.” And that is a high level that not everyone reaches. Tyler takes a quick pic of Austin. He looks great, “for a flash in the pan.” Both men deal out bold words, but will Breeze be able to go #AllDay?
Rhea Ripley is here!
The NXT Women’s Champion heads to the ring ahead of her historic WrestleMania match with Charlotte Flair. Rhea gets a mic and says, “If Charlotte Flair thinks that she can psyche me out before WrestleMania, well, Charlotte’s gonna have to come up with a better game plan.” She gets it, though. This is the biggest match of Rhea’s career. She does feel the pressure, but what gets her through it is “knocking the Queen on her royal ass!” So come Mania- Charlotte is here! Rhea showed up on Raw, so it seems The Queen will return the favor by returning to NXT!
Fans “WOO~!” as Charlotte struts on stage with a mic of her own. Fans troll with “You Don’t Go Here!” but she points out she made here. Charlotte says she has no problem admitting Rhea’s got guts. But Rhea, you need to focus. This is WrestleMania! It is too much too fast and too soon. And it isn’t even the stadium or the 80+ THOUSAND people chanting Rhea’s name! What Charlotte means is this. Charlotte herself will be too much to handle! Charlotte is going to take Rhea to the deep end and drown “the fastest rising star in the WWE,” and Rhea can’t do a thing about it! But Rhea does do something, by attacking Charlotte the second she’s in the ring!
The Queen and the Nightmare brawl but Charlotte gets the edge! Until Rhea turns it around! Charlotte pushes Rhea off and BOOTS her down with those high-heel boots! Fans troll with “Go Back to Raw!” but Charlotte goes for the Figure Four. Rhea boots Charlotte into buckles! Charlotte bails out but she drags Rhea out to throw a leg into the post! And again! And again! Fans boo as Charlotte puts Rhea in a HANGING Figure Four!! Rhea is bent against and around the post! Referees rush out to pull Charlotte off Rhea and Rhea flops to the floor! Charlotte dusts her hands off before picking up the NXT Women’s Championship. She drops it on Rhea before standing over her. “You didn’t even save anything for WrestleMania!” Fans troll with “You Don’t Go Here!” but Charlotte might rule here after history is made in Tampa!
NXT takes a closer look at NXT UK Champion, Walter.
“I am the Ring General, and I am your United Kingdom Champion. Today, and forever.” The chops, the boots, the throws and agility. All the experience and talent, the precision and dominance, there is no wasted movement. Walter is different. But why does it feel so familiar? Finn Balor says that lies travel faster than the truth. But the Prince is heading to the UK! Will he take over when he arrives in Walter’s world?
NXT Media catches up with Mia Yim outside.
She’s been waiting for an opportunity like this! Finally, Tampa will be her redemption. But a car drives up fast, and two golden masked luchadors grab Mendoza?! What are we witnessing!? Where are they taking Mendoza?!
NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Qualifier: Tegan Nox VS Deonna Purrazzo!
The third spot in the Six Woman Ladder Match is about to be filled! The girl with the Shiniest Wizard won’t have to worry about her former friend thanks to Mia, but that’s only if she can overcome the Armbar Virtuosa! Who joins the HBIC and the Robert Stone Brand’s Hot Commodity in Tampa?
The bell rings and Deonna circles with Tegan. They tie up, Deonna wrenches the arm and yanks on it. Tegan throws forearms with her free arm but Deonna keeps wrenching. Tegan forearms until she’s free, then choke grips! Deonna breaks free of that to wring out Tegan’s bad arm and slam her on the mat! Tegan gets to a corner but Deonna rams her shoulder in. The ref backs Deonna off but she comes back. Tegan goes up and over but swings into an EXPLODER! Cover, TWO! Deonna is already frustrated but she drags Tegan up to wrench more. She uppercuts the bad arm and Tegan goes to a corner. Deonna stomps Tegan down and stomps a mudhole in. The ref backs her off but she’s right on Tegan with a CHOP!
Deonna CHOPS Tegan harder, then whips corner to corner. Tegan manages to reverse and hit an uppercut! Tegan sweeps the legs and runs in with the CANNONBALL into knees! Deonna BOOTS Tegan down then covers, TWO! But Deonna gets the FUJIWARA! Tegan writhes, endures, and manages to slip around to a roll up, TWO! Tegan HEADBUTTS Deonna, then SHINIEST WIZARD outta nowhere!! Cover, Tegan wins!!
Winner: Tegan Nox, by pinfall (advances to the TakeOver: Tampa Ladder match)
And in a flash, it’s lights out! Tegan gets one step closer to an NXT Women’s Championship opportunity, but will she be able to climb with one bad arm? Who else will join the three in three weeks?
NXT Tag Team Championships: The Broserweights VS The Undisputed Era!
TakeOver: Portland revisited as Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne give Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly a rematch! Will reDRagon be able to redeem themselves and again make the titles Undisputed? Or will the wild stallions ride on down the Road to Tampa with belts and Dusty Cup in hand?
But before the champions make their entrance, Velveteen Dream makes his presence known! Dream talks from the balcony as “we have four men standing in the middle of the PC ring. How many? We have four. One little, two little, three little, four little men standing in the middle of the PC ring.” Yet Dream only has eyes for Adam Cole. It has always been about Cole and the NXT Championship. Because if they think for one “dirty dog-gone second” Dream cares about Roddy Strong and his family, “you’ve got another thing coming.” Strong, they were just tights with faces painted on them. Get over it. Dream is not so vile. Strong is just dumber than he looks. And he looks pretty dumb.
But Dream looks past Strong while they’re all looking at Dream, and here we all are looking at the NXT Championship main event for TakeOver: Tampa. Cole tells Dream to shut up, and says that Dream has earned NOTHING. But congrats, you tricked Cole into getting in the cage. Dream still lost! He did NOT earn an NXT Championship match. Because everyone is looking at “the greatest NXT Champion there has ever been.” And next week, Cole is going to celebrate what he has earned. Because next week, Cole officially becomes longest reigning NXT Champion of all time! So for tonight, Cole and Strong are going to end the charade. Not even in your dreams, Cole. Here’s a wake up call, “Bro…” Riddle and Dunne make their entrance, and this Portlandia sequel begins!
The belts are raised and the teams sort out. It’s Dunne and Kyle with the bell. They tie up and Kyle wristlocks to wrench. Dunne spins through and stands on Kyle’s foot as he trips him up. Dunne cranks the other leg in a standing toehold while fans troll Fish with the infamous tongue twister. Kyle gets up, gets around and goes after Dunne’s leg. Dunne stays out of Kyle’s grip, and the two stand off. Now Fish and Riddle tag in, and the two circle. Fish gives testing kicks but Riddle fires back! Riddle gets Fish in a guillotine but Fish slips out to get around to a facelock. Riddle sips out to waistlock and he throws Fish! Fish gets up fast and fans chant, “Riddle’s Gonna Smoke~ You!” Smoked fish?
Fish and Riddle circle and tie up. Fish kicks low but Riddle gets the gut wrench! He suplexes Fish once, then Dunne intercepts Kyle, for DOUBLE Gut Wrench Suplexes! The Broserweights both kip up as reDRagon bails out! The Undisputed regroups and is frustrated as NXT goes to break.
NXT returns as Riddle hits a corkscrew senton and Dunne adds a basement dropkick! Riddle covers, TWO! Fish is furious but Riddle gives Kyle Bro Kicks! “Bro! Bro!” But Kyle blocks one to throw forearms! Riddle CHOPS, and the two brawl! Riddle throws forearms then boots, but Kyle puts him on the apron. Fish runs over but Riddle decks him, then Riddle ducks Kyle’s punch to deck him. Fish goes to sweep, Riddle jumps over but Kyle BOOTS Riddle down! Riddle hits railing and Fish tags in to go after him. Fish throws Riddle into more railing then throws body shots. He puts Riddle in the ring to then clinch and muay thai knee. He throws more strikes in the corner then tags Kyle.
Kyle adds his own strikes on Riddle but the ref counts. Kyle lets up at 4 and Riddle falls to the mat. Fans rally but Kyle rams knees and elbows into Riddle’s ribs. Kyle runs to sliding KNEE! Now he grounds ‘n’ pounds! Cover, TWO! Kyle keeps on Riddle and tags Fish in. They mug Riddle with body shots, then Fish snap suplexes Riddle down. Cover, TWO! Fish keeps close to Riddle but Riddle CHOPS back! Riddle and Fish brawl and Fish rocks Riddle. Fish whips but Riddle holds ropes. Fish kicks Riddle down then drags him away from Dunne for more forearms. Snapmare and slingshot for a slingshot senton! Cover, TWO! Fish keeps his cool and drags Riddle over to the corner. Tag to Kyle and reDRagon double snap suplexes! Cover, TWO!
Kyle has Riddle in a mounted wristlock, then rams his knees in again! He drags Riddle back and gives him muay thai knees. Tag to Fish but Riddle fires off forearms again. Fish throws body shots and knees then whips. Riddle reverses, Fish breaks free to give more knees, but kicks into a PELE! Kyle tags in and he keeps Riddle from Dunne, but not for long! Dunne rallies, dodges Fish and gives him a rebound German! STOMP to the hands, BUZZSAW tot he head! Kyle is up, Dunne boots him back then hops up to dropkick the leg out! Fans fire up with Dunne as he brings Kyle up, X-Plex into armbar! Kyle scrambles around but ends up in a Triangle Hold! Kyle reaches and Fish help shim get the ropebreak! The ref counts, Dunne lets go at 4.
Kyle regroups with the UE, but Dunne is a step stool as Riddle runs over. BRO IN MOTION!! The Tope Bro-jilo takes out the Undisputed Era! Riddle puts Strong and Cole in but those are the wrong Undisputed Era members! But Dunne improvises and pulled an Eddie Guerrero! He makes a loud WHAP noise, and pretends Cole hit him! The ref isn’t sure what to think but Strong demonstrates how easy it is to fake all that! Riddle gets in and claims he saw Cole superkick Dunne! The ref tries to sort this out, and he has a solution. He EJECTS Cole and Strong! The PC is thunderous and the Broserweights just shrug. But this main event is far from over, and NXT goes picture in picture.
Kyle rushes in but Dunne gets him with a drop toehold! Dunne grabs a hand and tortures the fingers! Hammerlock STOMP! Kyle writhes but Dunne stalks up. Kyle throws Dunne out, Fish tags in and runs at him but Dunne dodges to mule kick! Dunne goes to the apron but Kyle gets the leg for a dragon screw! Fish sweeps the other leg and Dunne crashes down! Fish brings Dunne up and in and grabs the leg. He tweaks the knee then boots Dunne into the corner. Fish throws strikes all around then tags Kyle. Kyle adds on stomps then tags Fish back in. Fish drags Dunne up to throw more knees and then whips corner to corner. Dunne hits buckles and Kyle tags in. Fish runs in but Dunne puts him on the apron. Kyle runs in as Fish crashes down, but Dunne elbows Kyle away.
Kyle keeps Dunne from Riddle, then whips him away. Dunne goes up and over and hurries, but Fish trips up Riddle! Kyle hits a BIG forearm on Dunne, then BOOTS him down! Cover, TWO!! Kyle grows frustrated but he drags Dunne up. Dunne CHOPS, Kyle forearms, repeat. NXT returns to single picture as the brawl continues. Dunne forearms, but Kyle throws a strike fest! Leg sweep brings Dunne down, then Kyle drags him over. Snapmare and tag to Fish, Fish slingshots but onto knees! Both men are down and Fish tags Kyle. Kyle drags Dunne away again, but Dunne goes to enziguri, only for Kyle to duck. But Dunne uses both legs to push Kyle away, hot tag to Riddle!
The Bro rallies with kicks on reDRagon! And forearms! And then a DOUBLE KNEE! Riddle forearmS Fish in one corner then BROSPLODERS! Forearm and BROSPLODER for Kyle! Brotons for both Fish and Kyle! Penalty Kick for Fish! Riddle dead lift Fisherman BUSTERS Kyle! Cover, TWO!! Kyle survives but the chant of “Riddle~! Riddle~!” echo out. Riddle tags in Dunne then brings Kyle up in the fireman’s carry. Kyle slips out to deny the com-bro-nation and he shoves Riddle into Dunne! Kyle waistlocks Riddle, Fish waistlocks Dunne, DOUBLE GERMAN SUPLEXES! But both Broserweights land on their feet! Stereo knee and BUZZSAW! Dunne drags Kyle up for a POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO!!
Fans rally up as Dunne brings Kyle around, for Danielson Stomps! Kyle manages to push Dunne away but Dunne avoids the kick to ROCK Kyle! Kyle knees, Ax ‘n’- ENZIGURI from Dunne! But Kyle yoyo’s to LARIAT! Both men are down but the PC is fired up as both men crawl. Hot tags to Fish and Riddle! Fish spins Riddle, fireman’s carry but Riddle slips out to fireman’s carry Fish. BRO TO- NO! Fish has the full nelson but Riddle breaks free to snapmare. Riddle ripcords to FINAL FLASH! Riddle dead lifts but Kyle holds onto Fish’s arms! That also counts as a tag, but Riddle still GERMAN SUPLEXES Fish! Kyle is up top and FLYING KNEE DROPS onto Riddle’s bridge! Cover, Dunne breaks it just in time!
All four men are down as fans rally and duel. Dunne goes to the apron to MOONSAULT, but Fish gets clear. Kyle leaps off the apron with a flying knee! Dunne gets sent into the crowd but Kyle goes to the ring. Tag to fish, they bring Riddle up, CHASING THE DRAGON! Cover, TWO!! Riddle survives but Fish tags Kyle back in. They bring Riddle up but Riddle chops and kicks away on them both! Fish boots, Kyle clubs, but Riddle avoids annihilation to DOUBLE SPEAR! All four men are down again but fans rally with “RIDDLE~!” Wait, here come the Grizzled Young Veterans! Dunne returns to regroup with Riddle, but Fish tackles Dunne out!
Kyle waistlocks, Fish standing switches, James Drake distracts the ref! Kyle throws Fish off and Gibson THROAT CHOPS! Roll up, TWO!?! No grizzled screw job here and that angers GYV! FINAL FLASH! Drake slides in but Dunne drags him out, to BLAST him with a forearm, and he knocks into Gibson! Fish runs at Riddle but is thrown out onto Gibson and Drake! Tag to Dunne and they enziguri knee Kyle in the corner! BROSERWEIGHT TO SLEEP!! Cover, Broserweights win!!
Winners: The Broserweights, by pinfall (still NXT Tag Team Champions)
Riddle and Dunne survive cheat after cheat, and are still on top of the NXT Tag Team Division! But are the Grizzled Young Veterans SOON to be recognized as their next contenders?
Next week’s NXT promises to be big!
For one, Adam Cole’s NXT Championship Celebration is confirmed! How will Cole celebrate his historic accomplishment? Plus, the next NXT Women’s Championship Contender Qualifier will be Candice LeRae VS Mercedes Martinez! Whose long wrestling journey brings them one step closer to the title?
Tommaso Ciampa heads to the ring!
The Blackheart was clearly defiant in his arrival earlier tonight, and now he is even more daring as he walks down the ramp. What will Ciampa have to say about Gargano after NXT returns from one more break?
NXT returns once more and fans chant “Daddy’s Home!” as Ciampa grabs a mic. “Johnny, I don’t know if you can hear my voice, I don’t know where you are, but I sure as hell know you hear all these people.” Gargano gave these people a promise, and he gave Ciampa a promise. He said we’d all find out why! So time’s up. And Ciampa knows why, but the people- Gargano speaks via titantron! And Gargano says Ciampa doesn’t know a single thing about Gargano, but Gargano knows everything about Ciampa. Gargano also said that they’d do things his way. So now it is time for fans to admit they were wrong about Ciampa! Or did everyone forget the past three years? Gargano didn’t. He didn’t forget what Ciampa did to him, to the fans, to NXT! “Tommaso Ciampa is the worst person in NXT History!”
Ciampa has had enough of listening to Gargano from some random boardroom so he goes in search of Gargano! Gargano says that Ciampa leaves for six months and now everyone just loves him! Everyone chants “Daddy’s Home!” But where was the apology? What redeemed Ciampa? Gargano didn’t realize Ciampa had left the ring, and now Ciampa spots Gargano! Gargano shoves a chair at Ciampa, and the brawl is on! Ciampa shoves Gargano into a wall so hard it breaks, and then he throws Gargano over the boardroom table! Gargano gets up but Ciampa SMACKS him with a laptop! The chase is on through the office space, and Ciampa BOOTS Gargano down. Ciampa SMACKS Gargano with one of the framed PPV posters!
The chase ends up in the PC’s medical area and superstars like Kushida and Tegan have to get clear. Gargano grabs a crutch, a fitting choice given this rivalry, but Ciampa shoves a medical cart into him first! Ciampa has the crutch now and SMACKS Gargano on the back with it! Ciampa stalks Gargano but Security runs in, so Ciampa DECKS them! Gargano scurries away but Ciampa still pursues. Ciampa throws trash bins as Gargano ends up in the gym. Gargano throws Ciampa into one of the machines! Gargano whips but Ciampa reverses and sends Gargano crashing into a garage door! Referees want them to stop but Gargano flounders against more cards. Ciampa staggers over but Gargano sprays something in his eyes!! And then throws Ciampa through glass!
More security hurries over but Gargano decks and throws them aside! Ciampa crawls blindly from whatever Gargano used. Gargano mocks “Daddy” as he throws him over a tractor tire. Ciampa writhes but Gargano says the “liar” lied to everyone. Gargano kicks Ciampa while he’s down then drags him back up. Gargano brings Ciampa up and throws him into a rack of bench press weight bars! Referees keep trying but Gargano tells them to get back. Gargano rains down punches on Ciampa and dares Ciampa to look him in the eyes. Gargano is seething as he sees a weight just lying around. He picks it up, and aims at Ciampa, but Ciampa kicks low! The weight goes flying into other weights, but now Ciampa picks it up, to JAM into Gargano’s stomach!
Gargano crawls but Ciampa picks up a smaller weight. And he THROWS it! Gargano gets clear and the weight SMASHES the mirror on the wall!! Gargano hurries over to PC lockers, and he punches back. Ciampa punches, but Gargano keeps fleeing. They end up by the rings now, and Gargano goes up to the bleachers. Ciampa throws hands and we have a brawl in front of the NXT fans! Gargano SUPERKICKS Ciampa back! Gargano takes a fan’s towel to mock the rallying. Ciampa BOOTS back! And bounces Gargano off chairs! Ciampa folds a chair, has fans give him space, and then he comes running in to SMASH Gargano through railing! They both fall onto people down below!! Fans lose their minds as Ciampa gets up and shouts, “This is MY house!”
Ciampa looks for Gargano but Gargano has started retreating again. Ciampa catches up and brings Gargano over to commentary! But Gargano powers out of the bomb to shove Ciampa into railing! Gargano hurries away again but Ciampa will not stop pursuing him. They go up to the perch! Gargano realizes it’s a dead end and Ciampa punches him over and over! Ciampa tries go dump Gargano over the edge, but Gargano rakes Ciampa’s eyes! Gargano SUPERKICKS Ciampa again! Gargano moves railing aside now, and he drags Ciampa over. Fans are again losing their minds, but Ciampa holds on for dear life. More railing comes off and the two start brawling. Gargano tries to slip under the railing but Ciampa KNEES him down!
Referees try to reason with both men but Ciampa only sees the table below. But Gargano puts on GargaNO Escape! Gargano pulls hard on the bad neck and a referee goes up to pull Gargano off Ciampa. Gargano DECKS the ref!! That’s a fine right there. Fans boo as Gargano catches his breath, to SUPERKICK Ciampa again! Ciampa is hanging over the edge but Gargano brings him back up. “I want you all to see this. This is a teachable moment.” He brings Ciamap up, but Ciampa lifts Gargano!! SUPER AIR RAID CRASH THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE DESK!! Fans again lose their minds, but have these two lost all semblance of sanity?!
My Thoughts:
Incredible stuff from tonight! There was a lot of advancement in many stories, and even a new one popping up. Is anyone else really intrigued about where this Mendoza story is going? Cheesy as it might seem for two men in lucha masks forcing Mendoza go with them, like something out of a crime drama movie, I want to know what that’s about. Also what great timing to have Kushida back, as I hope he is part of Team NXT for the coming Cruiserweight 5v5 Elimination match on 205 Live. The interview setting up Theory VS Breeze was also good, that sounds like it’ll be a great match.
Opening with the North American Championship was great, Grimes still looked really good against Lee. Commentary did a good job of making it out to be Lee misunderstanding the situation, thinking Dijakovic attacked so he could get the title. I feel even more now than last week that the North American Championship could be on the line in a Triple Threat for Tampa so that all of this is settled at once. The cryptic message was very confusing, I had no idea if the voice was saying words that we could even understand. Still no idea who this is hyping, which actually makes it even better. And the Balor episodes of NXT UK are finally airing, so I actually hope that they aren’t going to rush this for WrestleMania and actually take this to TakeOver: Dublin. It just makes more sense somehow.
Yim VS Kai was a really good qualifier for the coming Women’s Ladder Match, and it’s great for Mia to get this win. It mostly means we won’t have to worry about Raquel helping Dakota all throughout the match in Tampa. Nox VS Purrazzo was good but quick, but that works towards Nox’s favor as far as rankings. LeRae VS Martinez next week could go either way, and I’m still hoping Io Shirai can return to get into the Ladder match. Rhea and Charlotte had a solid segment, but NXT fans sure are rowdy. They were really trying to troll Charlotte, but she handled it well. The fight and Charlotte standing tall surely tips things back in Rhea’s favor, but it’d make for quite the shake-up if Charlotte won and returned to NXT full-time.
Everything surrounded the Undisputed Era was great. Dream calling out Cole, the Broserweights getting one over on Cole and Strong, GYV trying to do the same and it backfiring, all great stuff. Everyone can surely guess Cole’s celebration will be crashed by Dream to further egg Cole on into giving Dream that NXT Championship match at TakeOver. As for the NXT Tag Team Championships, it is obvious GYV moves up now to see if they can become the first team to have held both prime and UK tag titles in their careers. I can’t be sure they will with the roll Riddle & Dunne have been on, but it could be another big shake up they have in mind. Rhea got to do it in the women’s division, why not a tag team now? And GYV are a great choice as far as perhaps some of the purest Heels going right now.
And wow, that ending with DIY. I was hoping we’d get another brawl and we got a BRAWL. That could’ve easily just been their payoff right there but to think there’s still a match after this. We still don’t know the reason(s) why but Gargano was hinting at something when he called Ciampa a liar. It is one thing for Gargano to make this about the past, or at least the past we’ve seen on screen. There must be some new twist that they’re waiting until a week or two from now to spring on us because it’s that big. Hopefully it’s worth the wait.
My Score: 9.4/10
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With Nathan Frazer & Axiom still NXT Tag Team Champions, they need new contenders for New Year’s Evil! Who wins a Fatal 4 Way to head for LA?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Stephanie Vaquer VS Cora Jade; Vaquer wins.
- NXT Heritage Cup Championship: Charlie Dempsey w/ No Quarter Catch Crew VS Lexis King; King wins and becomes the new NXT Heritage Cup Champion.
- Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx w/ Fallon Henley VS Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn; Alba & Isla win.
- Ashante THEE Adonis VS Dion Lennox; Adonis wins.
- NXT Tag Team Championships #1 Contenders Christmas Chaos Fatal 4 Way: Myles Borne & Tavion Heights VS Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo & Luca Crusifino VS OTM VS Hank ‘n’ Tank; win(s) and will challenge Nathan Frazer & Axiom for the titles.
PLAY BY PLAY
Santa Claus is here!
Lowell, Massachusetts is excited that Kris Kringle is going around ringside, but enough about him, it’s time for action!
Stephanie Vaquer VS Cora Jade!
The Dark Angel is here on this not so silent night to shut up her opponent. The Generation of Jade doesn’t care that she’s on the naughty list, but will she get herself on the short list of contenders to a women’s title? Or will Vaquer give Cora a nightmare before Christmas?
The bell rings and Vaquer circles with Cora while the fans rally up. They tie up, Cora pulls hair, but the ref reprimands. Cora puts Vaquer in a corner, lets off, but then Vaquer rushes up. Vaquer waistlocks and SLAMS Cora, then clamps on a facelock. Cora fights up, wrenches out and steps over, La Magistrol! TWO, Vaquer turns things over to a cover, ONE! Vaquer sweeps legs, cover, ONE! Cora sweeps legs, covers, ONE! Cora knuckle locks but Vaquer fights up and RAMS Cora. Cora cranks the wrist but Vaquer RAMS her again. Vaquer then goes up, ARABIAN PRESS ARM-DRAG! Cora staggers away while fans fire up.
Vaquer runs up on Cora, victory rolls her, TWO! Cora scrambles away but Vaquer eggs her on. Cora runs up, tilt-o-whirls and RANAS, then she runs at the ropes! Vaquer dodges, then comes back to 6- NO, Cora ducks the 619 and wags her finger. The fans cheer, Vaquer smirks, and the two rush in. Vaquer catches and wrenches Cora to a snap suplex! Vaquer drags Cora into the headscissors! The fans fire up as Vaquer turns Cora over, but Cora rolls and rolls to get the ROPEBREAK! Vaquer lets Cora go and Cora bails out to the outside. Vaquer hurries after Cora, they cat ‘n’ mouse around the ring, but then Vaquer and Cora slide into the ring.
The fans fire up as things speed up, Vaquer ducks ‘n’ DROPKICKS! Cora sputters, the fans fire up, and Vaquer smirks as she looms over Cora. Vaquer pushes Cora down to then IMPLODER KNEE DROP! Something similar to Cora’s move set, and Vaquer whips Cora to a corner. The fans rally, Cora goes up but waits to lure Vaquer in! BACKSTABBER! Cora laughs at Vaquer and fans boo, but NXT goes to break.
NXT returns and Cora has a motorcycle stretch on Vaquer. The fans rally as Vaquer endures and fights to her feet. Vaquer turns things around, arm-drags Cora away, and Cora goes to a corner. Vaquer runs up, Cora dodges then comes back to SHINING WIZARD! Snapmare and cover, TWO! The fans rally but Cora clamps onto Vaquer with a chinlock. Vaquer endures, even as Cora leans on the hold. The fans rally again and Vaquer fights up. Vaquer turns around to JAWBREAKER free! Cora blocks a kick, ROCKS Vaquer, but then Vaquer pulls hair to reel Cora in! BIG back suplex and the fans fire up!
The ref checks, both women stir, and they go to corners. Cora runs in but Vaquer dodges the shining wizard! SOLE FOOD! Vaquer runs corner to corner to LARIAT! Cora sits down, so Vaquer goes again, METEORA! Vaquer drags Cora to center, then wraps on the headscissors! The fans fire up but Cora rolls and rolls to ropes again! Vaquer just puts on the squeeze, and rolls Cora back! HEADSCISSOR DRILLER! Cover, TWO! Vaquer brings Cora up but Cora pulls hair! The fans boo, Cora kicks but Vaquer blocks it! Vaquer turns things into a STANDING STF!! Cora endures, hops on one foot, and she THROWS Vaquer onto ropes!
Cora runs to BACK ELBOW! And then GUT WRENCH PLEX! Cover, TWO! Vaquer stays in this and Cora shrieks. The fans boo Cora’s tantrum, but Cora hauls Vaquer up. Vaquer fights the underhooks to ROCK, SOBAT and underhook in return! PRIMERA BACKBREAKER! Cover, Vaquer wins!
Winner: Stephanie Vaquer, by pinfall
Cora gets coal for Christmas in the form of a loss, but that’s not all! Kelani Jordan runs out here to SMACK away on Cora with a kendo stick! Vaquer has Kelani stop, if only to keep from wearing out that kendo stick. The Standout still wants to stomp Cora out, when and where will she get her fight with the Generation of Jade?
The D’Angelo Family speaks.
Stacks likes Luca’s vest, and Luca likes Stack’s jacket. Tony D tells his guys that they’ve been doing great, and Luca thanks The Don for getting them an early Christmas present. They have a spot in the Christmas Chaos Fatal 4 Way! Tony says it’s about time the entire family has some gold. That reminds Stacks of Christmas Eve as a kid: staying up late, camping on the couch, waiting for Santa to come. Stacks remembers one night when he was half asleep, seeing Santa digging through his gifts like a raccoon in a dumpster! Santa was shaking ’em around and acting like he owns the place! Before Stacks could do anything, his mom runs in with a broomstick and starts hitting Santa in the face!
Adriana Rizzo says Diana Lorenzo is a saint among women. Stacks says, “A saint? She’s a freakin’ enforcer!” But turns out, it was just Mr. Fabrizio from down the street. He didn’t go Christmas shopping, the cheapskate. Tony says no one should be snoopin’ around like The Grinch. The point is, “presents under the tree, a tag team title opportunity for Luca and me. So Hank ‘n’ Tank…” “NQCC…” “And OTM… You try to take that from us, we’ll bash your heads in like my mother.” Like his mother! The warning has been issued, will someone be sleepin’ with the fishes for Christmas?
Lexis King prepares backstage.
Mr. William Regal walks over to say hello. He has been watching Lexis these past few months, and both his growth and dedication have been remarkable. Lexis deserves this opportunity. Regal would be honored to be in Lexis’ corner again this time. Lexis really appreciates that, he is very honored, because he is finally becoming the best version of himself. So then, is he going to do it? Yes, of course. Lexis will become the NEW Heritage Cup Champion! Lexis heads out, and Regal brings out the brass knuckles. Regal says that wasn’t what he was asking. Will the Drama King claim his crown the right way? Or will he do it regally?
NXT Heritage Cup Championship: Charlie Dempsey w/ Wren Sinclair VS Lexis King w/ William Regal!
It is another clash of second generation superstars, each trying to prove they’re not like their fathers. Though, that only makes it all the more intriguing that Dempsey’s father is trying to help his opponent. Will Lexis finally have his moment? Or will Regal still expect the worst out of him?
The introductions are made, the cup is raised, and we see just how far the King has come!
The bell rings and round one begins. The fans rally as these two tie up, and then King headlocks. Dempsey powers right out, and King goes toa corner. The two reset, tie up, and King waistlocks then headlocks. Dempsey powers up and out, but King runs him over! Things keep moving, King turns hip toss into takedown, roll, ghost pin! TWO, but King is right up, only for Dempsey to deflect the dropkick! Dempsey grabs a leg, ANKLE LOCK! King rolls free, but Dempsey RAMS him, then whips. King reverses and DROPKICKS! Dempsey flounders, the fans fire up with King, but Regal has a point that King needs to focus on Dempsey.
King and Dempsey reset, tie up, and Dempsey waistlocks. King breaks that to switch, but Dempsey drop toeholds into a HEEL HOOK! King hurries to turn but Dempsey floats to the arm! FUJIWARA! King rolls, arm-drags and has the wristlock! King makes it a cording hold and the fans rally. Dempsey bridges, rolls back, then stands. They fight for wristlock control but Dempsey spins, slips through and wrenches for a wristlock! Dempsey wrangles King, twists that arm around, and we hit a minute. King reaches up but Dempsey fights the headscissors. They both stand, and Dempsey shifts to a cravat neck wrench.
King endures, powers up and out, and King hits a hip toss! Cover, TWO as Dempsey bridges, then CRAVAT PLEXES! Cover, TWO, but Dempsey keeps that cravat. King fights up and we’re at 30 seconds. Wren coaches Dempsey but King scoops to SLAM! Dempsey still drags King down! The neck wrench is on tight but King fights up. Ten seconds, King fires hands as the fans count it down. King gets his headlock on Dempsey, the bell sounds for the round!
Round 1 – Dempsey: 0; King: 0
King holds on and thrashes Dempsey, but then Dempsey hits a BACKBREAKER! The ref reprimands them both, and tells them to listen better. Both men refresh in their corners, and now it’s round two! Dempsey runs up but King dodges! King CHOPS and CHOPS and whips corner to corner. Dempsey reverses with a BRIDGING whip! King hits buckles hard! Dempsey storms up to KNEE King in the side! King goes to a corner but Dempsey brings him out. Dempsey fires forearms and UPPERCUTS, then ROCKS King again. King hits back but Dempsey KNEES and GUT WRENCH PLEXES! Cover, TWO!
Dempsey keeps on King with a shove and a forearm to the back! King hobbles to a corner but Dempsey is on him. Dempsey digs a knee in, the ref counts, but Dempsey lets off to CLUB King. Dempsey UPPERCUTS King int he back! King CHOSP! And CHOPS! Dempsey knees low then CLUBS King again! Dempsey hauls King up with a GOTCH PLEX! Cover, TWO! King stays in this but Dempsey stays on him with a HALF CRAB! King endures, uses his free leg to push up, but Dempsey digs his elbow into the lower back! Dempsey makes King drop to his stomach and then sits deep on the hold! King endures, we drop under a minute, and King fights!
King turns, kicks free, and goes to another corner. Dempsey CLUBS him again! Dempsey fires a forearm, whips corner to corner, but King SUPERKICKS! King goes up to FLYING SUNSET FLIP! High stack, TWO!! Dempsey gets lucky, and then he blocks a kick! DRAGON SCREW! Dempsey waistlocks and GERMAN SUPELXES! Bridging cover, TWO!! King escapes that one but we hit 10 seconds as Dempsey has the BOW ‘N’ ARROW! King endures, so Dempsey stomps away! The bell rings to end the round!
Round 2 – Dempsey: 0; King: 0
Dempsey gets more stomps in but the ref backs him off! The ref warns Dempsey, this is two rounds in a row that there’ve been extracurricular activity. But at the same time, two rounds and no score, that is rare for Dempsey. King crawls his way to Regal to refresh while Wren helps “Charles,” and NXT goes to break.
NXT returns and apparently round three all happened during break! No one scored a fall, so this is already round 4!
Round 3 – Dempsey: 0; King: 0
The bell rings on this fourth round, and both men run up! King CLOBBERS Dempsey! And CLOBBERS him again! The fans fire up as King ducks a shot to then BACK SUPLEX BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! King stays on Dempsey with a chinlock and he grinds Dempsey down. Dempsey fights around, the fans rally up, and Dempsey fights up. Dempsey fires body shots, then he snapmares free. Dempsey CHOPS, so King CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS! King whips Dempsey corner to corner hard, and the fans fire up as King runs in! LARIAT, then CHOP, then NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO!
The fans rally and Regal seems impressed as King climbs. Dempsey stands, and King CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! King is frustrated but he and Dempsey rise again. Dempsey UPPERCUTS King, King UPPERCUTS Dempsey, repeat! They go back and forth, again and again! King CHOPS, UPPERCUTS, but Dempsey hooks the arms! King fights it so Dempsey spins him around! King fights the underhooks and SUPERKICKS! Dempsey rebounds to KNEE! We’re under a minute as both men run! DOUBLE ROLLING ELBOWS!! Both men fall and the fans fire up! Wren shouts at “Charles” to get up, and the ref tells her to get off the apron.
Regal takes this distraction as an opening to slide the brass knuckles right into King’s hand! King is dazed, but he knows what those are! King argues with Regal that this is not how he wants to do this! We’re under 25 seconds as REGAL DECKS KING?!? The fans boo but Dempsey sees the knuckles! Dempsey picks those up, we hit 10 seconds, but the ref sees Dempsey with the knuckles, too! The ref assumes the worst and DISQUALIFIES Dempsey!!! That’s an automatic WIN for King!!!
Winner: Lexis King, by disqualification (NEW NXT Heritage Cup Championship)
That’s right! No Champion’s Advantage in a Heritage Cup match! Regal ended up helping King after all, but not in the way anyone thought! King kisses the cup, and even Regal is shocked, though also a bit amused. Will this Christmas miracle lead King to become not only the best version of himself, but the best Heritage Cup Champion yet?
OTM speaks.
Bronco Nima says everyone’s excited about the holidays. But for them, OTM gives it to you real as the realest tag team in NXT. And for them, the holidays ain’t nothing but a facade. Lucien Price says tomorrow, you’ll wake up, open presents, and be disappointed when it hits you like a brick. You’ll look at your family, tell ’em all thanks, knowing damn well what they got you was trash. And let’s be honest, you probably don’t even like your family. You can’t wait for them to leave! Just like NQCC, Hank ‘n’ Tank and the D’Angelo Family. OTM can’t wait for them all to be out of this tag title picture. OMT have next!
And unlike Frazer & Axiom, OTM doesn’t pretend to have each other’s backs, they are for real. And this Christmas Chaos is about to be real. All three other teams will move out the way! Best believe that in 2025, OTM will be the NEW NXT Tag Team Champions! Will Nima & Price drag the rest of the division down so that they can get #OutTheMud?
Kelani Jordan argues with Stephanie Vaquer backstage.
The Standout says La Primera had no right to stop her from going after Cora. Respectfully, Kelani does not need Stephanie to protect her. Stephanie had her match with Cora, she won it, congratu-freakin’-lations! Lola Vice walks over to calm Kelani down. Stephanie was just looking out for her. Kelani tells Lola that Lola cannot tell her to calm down. Lola is the last person to tell someone to calm down! Lola interfered in every single one of Jaida Parker’s matches to get at her, and it’s FINE~! Lola says Jaida started that beef. Kelani says no, they both started it. Kelani says, “Don’t don’t even get me started on you,” Stephanie.
Stephanie and Giulia were best friends one week, fighting the next, and it’s FINE~! But now that Kelani wants retaliation on Cora, now Kelani’s the problem? How about they all practice what they preach and get outta her face! Kelani storms off and both Lola and Vaquer are stunned. Is the Standout about to stand alone against the world?
Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx w/ Fallon Henley VS Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn!
The Fatal Influence are a bunch of haters hating on the “freaky” girls, such as Tatum Paxley, Gigi Dolin and Shotzi Blackheart. But according to the Unholy Union, at least those three have unity while Jacy, Jazmyn & Fallon are just faking it. Will Jacy & Jazmyn make sure this NXT homecoming is very toxic for the former tag team champions? Or will Fyre & Dawn make sure there’s a mean girl meltdown for Christmas?
NXT returns as the Fatal Influence makes their entrance. The fans boo but the Influence just soaks it up. Oh hey, “Santa” is in the upper deck, and he has some special guests! It’s KC Squared, Katana Chance & Kayden Carter! They’re also home for the holidays, will they like what they see out of all these former rivals? The teams sort out and Isla starts against Jazmyn in a battle of the pigtails. They circle, tie up, and go around. Jazmyn powers Isla to a corner, the ref counts, and Jazmyn shoves Isla. So Isla SHOVES Jazmyn! Jazmyn runs up, but Isla puts her in the corner and KICKS her!
Isla snapmares Jazmyn then UPPERCUTS her in the back! Cover, TWO! Isla whips Jazmyn, DROPKICKS her down, but Jazmyn flounders away. Tag to Jacy and she tells Isla to back off. Jacy runs up, but Isla dodges! Isla wrenches and SAIDOS! Jacy flounders, Isla runs up and ELBOWS her! Isla sits Kacy down, tells Jazmyn to kiss this, and then she HIP ATTACKS Jacy! Tag to Alba and she drags Jacy up to send her at the corner! Isla catches Jacy into a TARANTULA, and then Alba SUPERKICKS Jacy! Jacy falls, Alba covers, TWO! Alba drags Jacy up but Jacy mule kicks! Jacy shrieks, whips, but Alba wrenches to HOOK KICK!
Alba CHOPS Jacy, CHOPS her again, but Jacy catches a shot to swing around. Alba stays up, swings Jacy but Jacy arm-drags Alba. Alba comes back but Jacy ducks under. Jazmyn sneaks a tag before the RANA! Then PENALTY KICK! Cover, TWO! Alba stays in this, Kayden & Katana are mildly amused, but Jazmyn KICKS Alba in the back. Jazmyn clamps on a chinlock and she grinds Alba down. The fans rally, Alba endures and fights up, and Alba fires elbows. Jazmyn throws Alba down by her hair! The fans boo and the ref reprimands but Jazmyn talks smack as she drags Alba up again. Jazmyn snapmares and KICKS Alba again!
Jazmyn taunts Isla, drags Alba up again, but Alba CHOPS! And wait, here come Tatum, Gigi & Shotzi! Jazmyn ROCKS Alba, but now the “freaks” outnumber the mean girls 5v3. Wait, now we see Shawn Spears, Brooks Jensen & Niko Vance watching this backstage. The Chair Man still wants female representation in his faction, who could he be scouting this time? As for ringside, Fallon shouts at “the freaks” to go away, but no, they’re here to stay. As for in the ring, Alba rolls up Jazmyn! TWO!! Jazmyn escapes, Alba JAWBREAKERS her! Tag to Isla, and then they GOURD BUSTER to METEORA! The fans fire up with the “freaks” while NXT goes to break.
NXT returns and Jazmyn taunts Isla while pulling her hair. Isla takes swings on Jazmyn but Jazmyn CLUBS her down. Jazmyn whips Isla to the corner, then tags Jacy. Jacy stomps a mudhole into Isla, digs her boots in, but lets off as the ref counts. Jacy taunts everyone, then runs up to STOMP Isla! Jacy drags Isla up, snapmares her and KICKS her in the back! Then mule kicks her down! Jacy howls, the fans boo, and Jacy does a two-step. Jacy KNEES and ELBOWS Isla, then clamps on a chinlock. Isla endures, the fans rally, and Isla fights up. Isla fires elbows into Jacy, breaks free, then rolls her up! TWO, and Jacy CLOBBERS Isla!
Fallon applauds but the fans boo as Jacy rains down fists. Jacy traps Isla’s arms to rain down more shots, then she lets off to talk more trash. Jacy bumps Isla off buckles, digs her boots in, but lets off to tag Jazmyn. The Influence mugs Isla, then Jazmyn whips Jacy in. Jacy ELBOWS Isla, then feeds her to Jazmyn’s drop toehold. Jazmyn says kiss this, and she hits a FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect but Jazmyn CLUBS Isla. Isla hits back with body shots and forearms! Jazmyn ROCKS Isla, then runs, but Isla dodges! Jazmyn CALF KICKS first! Cover, TWO! The fans rally but Jazmyn stays on Isla with a chinlock.
Isla endures, fights up, and fires body shots! Jazmyn KNEES low, whips Isla to the corner, but Isla BOOTS Jazmyn! And ELBOWS Jacy! Fallon freaks out but Isla dodges Jazmyn! Jazmyn hurries to grab a foot, but Isla hops up, reaches out, but Jazmyn drags her back! Isla turns around to ENZIGIRI! The fans fire up as Isla crawls, Kayden & Katana are now on the ground floor. Jazmyn grabs legs again, Isla BOOTS her away! Hot tag to Alba! Alba is on fire as she DOUBLE CHOPS again and again! Then she scoops to SLAM Jazmyn! Jacy gets in but Alba SUPERKICKS! Alba wrenches Jazmyn, KICKS Jacy, TORNADO DDT on Jazmyn!
Alba keeps going, GOURD BUSTER! Alba tells Jazmyn to get up, and then SUPERKICKS her down! Cover, Jacy breaks it! The fans boo but Isla TOSSES the toxic rockstar! But then Jacy drags Isla out and SMACKS her off the apron! Jazmyn ENZIGIRIS Alba! Hot tag to Jacy, and Jacy runs up to BOOT Alba! Jacy vows to end this! Jacy whips, Alba reverses, DOUBLE HEADBUTTS collide!! The fans fire up while everyone in the match is down. As for everyone else, Fallon argues with Kayden & Katana about why they’re even here. Jacy BOOTS Alba from the corner, but Gigi SHOVES Jacy down! Tag to Isla!
Alba hooks Jacy up, SOMETHING WICKED!! Cover, Unholy Union wins!!
Winners: Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn, by pinfall
Fallon freaks out, realizing what just happened! She got distracted by everyone else and left her supposed friend hanging! And while the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships are out there, there is a title much closer in the NXT Women’s North American Championship. Will the walls close in on the toxic cowgirl? Or can Fallon keep NXT under the Influence?
Myles Borne & Tavion Heights prepare backstage.
They’re both upset over the Heritage Cup match. Dempsey got robbed! Disqualified for something he didn’t even do. Now King has the Cup. Heights says it’ll be fine, Dempsey will figure something out. But for them, they gotta win the Fatal 4 Way tonight so they can go after Frazer & Axiom again! And after how close Deadline was, Fraxiom doesn’t want a round two with NQCC. Myles says yeah, but for tonight, they’ll focus on the Christmas Chaos. Heights says there will be bodies and presents flying everywhere! It’ll be like Christmas growing up for him. What was Christmas like for Myles? Myles says Christmas was always pretty quiet.
Myles says he’ll go get taped up, and Heights thinks on that last part. But can Myles & Heights go the distance against three other teams?
Zaria and Sol Ruca talk backstage.
After last week’s loss to Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson, the Agent of Change has to know: Did Sol mean to push her out of the way of that boot? Sol says yes, she did. Then… thanks. Zaria knows they don’t know each other that well, but- But losing to Meta Four sucks? Yeah, it does. But then in steps Izzi Dame, and she says these two are prime examples of why Izzi doesn’t team up with anyone. She learned early on that she’s better off alone. But then in steps Spears and his team. He says that just because Izzi is alone doesn’t mean she has to be alone. No one should be alone this time of year. Okay, ew, is Spears stalking her?
Plus, what has being with anyone ever done for Izzi anyway? Just leave her alone. Spears and his group move on, and Izzi tells Zaria that she’s better off alone. Zaria tells them all that she’s good for right now. But will things change in the New Year?
Ashante THEE Adonis VS Dion Lennox!
The NXT romcom/dramady/whatever it’s supposed to be continues, but now a misunderstanding has turned Adonis against his “best friend.” Dion says he’s done with the drama, but will he at least leave things with a win? Or will we see that Adonisly, love conquers all?
NXT returns and Adonis makes his entrance. Lowell boos, they apparently don’t like guys who can’t just commit. The bell rings, Dion tries to explain to Adonis that the hug was just a hug. Adonis doesn’t believe him, and he shoves Dion! Dion shoves back, so Adonis UPPERCUTS! Dion drops to a knee, Adonis feels bad because that’s still his friend, but then Dion FLAPJACKS Adonis real high! Then Dion DROPKICKS Adonis and Adonis goes to a corner. Dion runs up, Adonis BOOTS him, then Adonis fires off hands! Adonis ROCKS Dion, whips, but Dion reverses. Dion BACKDROPS Adonis away!
The fans fire up while Adonis flounders to ropes. Dion storms up, scoops Adonis, but Adonis slips free and throat chops! The fans boo but Adonis stomps and KNEES away! Wait, here comes Nikkita Lyons! Fans like seeing the Lyoness, but Adonis doesn’t appreciate her being out here. Lyons says she’s cheering Adonis on! Adonis CLUBS Dion, KICKS him around, then soaks up heat. Adonis drags Dion up and turns him, but Dion turns that into a backslide! TWO, and Adonis CLOBBERS Dion! Cover, TWO! Adonis is frustrated and conflicted, but he kicks Dion around. Dion goes to a corner, but then he fires hands!
Dion fires haymakers and backs Adonis down! Dion whips, Adonis reverses and he ELBOWS Dion down again! Adonis swaggers, Lyons likes what she sees, and Adonis clamps onto Dion with a chinlock. Adonis squeezes tight, the fans rally up, and Dion rises. Adonis throws Dion down and grinds the chinlock tighter. Dion endures, fights back up, and he throws body shots. Adonis clamps on another chinlock but Dion powers out! Dion THRWOS Adonis into a corner, Adonis staggers out, and Adonis takes a swing! Dion ducks it to DECK Adonis! And DECKS him again! Dion runs corner to corner to LARIAT!
Adonis almost goes up and out of the ring, but Dion brings him in to OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Dion kips up, and he hits a SPINEBUSTER! Dion is all fired up and the fans are with him! Dion scoops Adonis to POWERSLAM! Cover, Lyons helps with the ropebreak! The fans boo but Lyons acts all innocent. Dion suspects something and argues with the ref. Adonis tries to tell Lyons that he didn’t need help, but Dion O’Conner Rolls him! TWO and Adonis has it, bridging back! Adonis wins!!
Winner: Ashante THEE Adonis, by pinfall
Lyons celebrates with her man, but Adonis keeps trying to refute that. Actions speak louder than words, but will Karmen Petrovic have something to say?
Hank ‘n’ Tank speak.
The smell of peppermint is in the air, and “it’s giving candy cane.” Hank corrects Tank, that’s more like a cinnamon smell. Cinnamon cookies in a peppermint forest? And chocolate chip! It’s that time of year for sure. How much does Tank love Christmas? “Uh, I dunno, Hank, it’s the one time of the year that we get to eat, drink and be merry! You could even say it’s the MO-” Hank stops Tank there. No singing. Okay, good call. But it is the most wonderful time of the year, and how much does Hank like… chaos? Chaos?~ You mean eight men, smashing into each other, anything goes, like a jingle bell mosh pit?!
Yeah, Hank likes that. Then how about adding some stakes. Steaks? Sirloin? No, no, stakes. High stakes! Something on the line! Because when Hank ‘n’ Tank win tonight, they will be the #1 contenders to Fraxiom. Oh, that’s a present Hank wants in his stocking. Then let’s bring those titles ho-ho-home in 2025! Three teams are waiting out there for Hank ‘n’ Tank to deliver that Yuletide HONK HONK! Let’s go! Milk ‘n’ cookies, golden tickets, will Hank ‘n’ Tank have it all for Christmas?
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The Hollywood A-Lister’s got his own nightmare before Christmas!
Christmas is just a few days away, but things aren’t merry and bright for Raw! The Miz must face his fears as he faces Dexter Lumis 1v1!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Opening Round Triple Threat: Natalya VS Alba Fyre VS Iyo Sky; Iyo wins and advances to the next round.
- Chad Gable w/ Team American Made VS Akira Tozawa w/ The Alpha Academy; Gable wins.
- Dominik Mysterio VS Damian Priest; Damian Priest wins, by disqualification.
- The Miz VS Dexter Lumis; Lumis wins, by disqualification.
- Sami Zayn VS Drew McIntyre; McIntyre wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Drew McIntyre walks to gorilla.
The Scottish Terminator makes his way through the curtain and to the stage, and the fans have a mixed reaction as he goes to the ring. McIntyre grabs a mic, and he says, “After Hell in a Cell, I’ve never been so beat up in my entire life. 16 staples in my head, my back almost broken from landing on the steel steps. And I went home to Scotland. The reason I went home, and I haven’t really talked about it publicly, is because a very close family member passed away. Some people probably feeling sympathy right now. Some guys in the back are probably talking to each other, saying, ‘I didn’t know.’ Maybe if you cared enough, you would’ve asked.
“Over these past two months, guess how many people phoned me to check. Not how I was doing mentally but how I was doing physically after Hell in a Cell. ONE PERSON! These past 17 years, I’ve been led to believe we’re all a big happy family in the back. We’re brothers and sisters, we travel the world together, we spend more time with each other than with our actual families, but it’s all BS! My brother, John, in Scotland wouldn’t stab me in the back to take my spot, but people like Jimmy, Jey and Sami 100% would.” The fans boo that, then chant “YEET! YEET! YEET!” McIntyre says that proves his point.
After watching everything The Bloodline did, Jey says he is a changed man. He does a cute hand sign, he says a made-up word, and the fans just forget about it and move on. That’s the other thing McIntyre realized: He has given and given and given all this time, and the fans turned on him for a guy who was gone for years and has told the WWE fans to go screw themselves! McIntyre was fighting for the fans, he thought they believed in him, so he believed in the fans! McIntyre bled out in the cell, and while he was gone, the fans instantly forgot him! The fans boo, that’s not true! But McIntyre says from now on, he gives no more for anybody!
McIntyre will take and take and he will tell the truth! The real villains are Roman Reigns and CM Punk! And if you choose to prop them up, as he already said, Jey, Jimmy & Sami, the things Roman did to you… Roman took a vacation, then simply snapped his fingers and they were by his side again! McIntyre suggests everyone who ever wronged McIntyre should sleep with one eye open. But wait, here comes Sami Zayn! The fans cheer and sing for Sami but Sami says hey, McIntyre is angry, he doesn’t have to believe Sami in place of believing everyone has ulterior motives. Sami doesn’t blame him.
But personally, man to man, Sami did not know what happened with McIntyre’s family. They figured he was recovering from one of the most vicious matches of all time. Sami thought that, all the guys ‘n’ girls in the back thought, and that’s all the fans thought. Believe that or not, fine, but Sami wants to level with McIntyre. Talk about 17 years, Sami has 22 years in this game. Sami’s been through what McIntyre’s been through. Sami’s had losses. Trust him. He has had losses he had to put on the side and go to work that week. The same sacrifices, from birthdays to weddings to funerals that he should’ve been at? Sami’s done it all.
Sami has put unnecessary stress on his wife, on his kid, and why? Because this is the life that they both chose! They are WWE SUPERSTARS! The fans cheer that! And as such, they are LUCKY to be WWE Superstars! And you think this is just your story or Sami’s story? Y’know who else has stories like this? Every single person sitting in the stands. Every single person at home! The kids who struggle at school, the adults who struggle at work, who struggle economically, physically, and they have their losses and sacrifices, but they still get up every day to do what they gotta do to soldier on, without pointing a finger at everyone else!
The fans fire up for that passion. Sami says McIntyre dares pointing a finger at the fans for forgetting him?! They didn’t forget, brother! They MADE McIntyre! And McIntyre still thinks the world revolves around him just because once upon a time, someone told him he was “The Chosen One.” But newsflash, just because you’re mad doesn’t make you special. And now McIntyre thinks everyone else is somehow tied to him? What Jimmy does has nothing to do with McIntyre. What Jey does has nothing to do with McIntyre! What SAMI does has nothing to do with McIntyre!
But McIntyre, if you want to still walk around all angry and pointing fingers at the fans, at Sami, at Jey, at Jimmy, at Punk, at Roman, and still be mad about The Bloodline, fine. No one is stopping McIntyre. But Sami has no problem being McIntyre’s problem and facing him in this ring right now! McIntyre says if Sami wants to know the truth… IT isn’t just anger. McIntyre’s anger comes from pain, and he doesn’t doubt what Sami just said. There was so much truth and passion, but it’s never the whole truth, is it? Sami has a way of spinning things. Because Sami can fly back home every week to his family. McIntyre is halfway across the world from his!
And no one here in Boston ever leaves Boston, they’re with their families 24/7! McIntyre doesn’t have that luxury! The fans boo that veiled insult, but McIntyre says he will remain calm and ask Sami why he wants this fight. They both know the result, we saw it time and time again, Sami has NEVER beaten McIntyre. So McIntyre suggests, given Sami isn’t 100%, and Sami’s wife and kid are here tonight… Sami should just walk back there, take their hands, and leave this arena. Of all those in the Bloodline, Sami is the least of McIntyre’s worries.
Sami says McIntyre is right about a couple things. When it comes to win-loss records, McIntyre has Sami’s number. And Sami is not 100%. Haven’t been since Saturday Night’s Main Event. And yes, the smart thing would be to just go home, celebrate and get healthy over the holidays. But Sami would so much rather do this. Sami fires hands! The fans fire up but McIntyre shoves Sami away. McIntyre swings, but gets caught! Sami lifts but McIntyre fights free, then GLASGOW KISS HEADBUTT! McIntyre takes aim, but here comes JEY USO! The fans fire up as Jey runs down the ramp, slides in, and then dodges McIntyre to SUPERKICK!
The fans fire up as Jey & Sami DOUBLE LARIAT McIntyre up and outta the ring! The fans “YEET! YEET! YEET!” with Jey & Sami Uso! Will the Scottish Terminator’s mission be ended when Sami and/or Jey shut him down?
Adam Pearce is met by Pure Fusion Collective.
The Raw General Manager asks Sonya Deville what he can do for her and she says not much. She knows how stressful this job can be since she once had it. She’s just here to make things easier. And how’s that? Well, Kairi Sane is not cleared to compete, there is an opening in the tournament, and Sonya wants it. Oh, is that so? Y’know, Sonya, that is a terrible idea. They caused this scenario so he’s just gonna reward them? Are they outta their minds? And zip it! Plus, he already filled that vacancy with Iyo Sky. Happy Holidays! PFC is upset by that since Iyo just lost to Liv Morgan, but will there be nothing to stop the Evil Genius now?
WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Opening Round Triple Threat: Natalya VS Alba Fyre VS Iyo Sky!
Just as Pearce said, PFC taking out the Pirate Princess will not mean they get away with murder! The Queen of Harts and the Fire Keeper must now figure out how to handle this change to the program. Will Iyo redeem herself for losing Saturday Night’s Main Event by moving on to the next round?
Raw returns and Alba makes her entrance, Isla Dawn seeing her to the ramp, and then Natalya makes her entrance. The bell rings and Alba kicks Natty then ELBOWS Iyo! Alba whips but Natty reverses and Alba tumbles out of the ring! Iyo rolls Natty, TWO! Iyo whips, Natty dodges in the corner and gets Iyo up! REBOUND SIT-DOWN, and then Natty steps on Iyo, only for Alba to trip Natty up! Alba brings Natty out to send into steel steps! But then Iyo DIVES onto Alba! The fans fire up with Iyo and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Natty brawls with Abla. Alba knees low, but Iyo CROSBODIES them both down! The fans fire up and Iyo SHOTEIS Alba! And SHOTEIS her again! And then DROPKICKS her down! Iyo brings Alba around, whips, but Alba reverses. Iyo goes up and out, then blocks a shot to ROCK Alba! The fans fire up, Iyo spirnboards, and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Iyo handsprings up and the fans fire up again! Iyo gets the fans going, but Alba wrenches and facelocks, TORNADO DDT! Alba gets Iyo up again to GOURD BUSTER her onto Natty! Alba then rearranges them into the drop zone!
Alba goes up, the fans are torn, but Alba grins as she SWANTON BOMBS! Cover on Iyo, TWO! Cover on Natty, TWO! But into a KOJI KLUTCH! Natty endures, flails, fights around, but Alba holds on tight! Natty pushes, stacks Alba, TWO!! Natty has the legs! Alba flails now, but Iyo runs up! Natty trips Iyo onto Alba, and she has them both! Natty turns them both over, DOUBLE SHARPSHOOTER!! Iyo and Alba both flail, both claw at the mat, and Alba gets the ROPEBREAK! No disqualifications so Natty can hold on! But now Iyo drags herself under the ropes, and there’s no room left, so Natty has to let go!
Natty rises up and she stalks Iyo to the apron. Natty drags Iyo up but Iyo HOTSHOTS Natty! Natty staggers, rebounds, but Iyo jumps the baseball slide! Natty hits Alba down, and then Iyo PENALTY KICKS Natty! Iyo fires up and springboards, ASAI MOONSAULT! Direct hit on both targets and the fans fire up! Iyo hurries to get Natty up and into the ring, then she drags Natty into the drop zone. Iyo climbs, but Alba CLUBS Iyo first! Alba snarls as she climbs up, but Iyo holds onto ropes! Natty CLUBS Alba and she adds on! SUPER GERMAN SUPLEX on Alba! But Iyo stays up top to go OVER THE MOONSAULT! Cover, Iyo wins!
Winner: Iyo Sky, by pinfall (advances to the semifinals)
The Genius of the Sky moves on, ready to fly against The Morrigan! Will Iyo be able to get past Lyra Valkyria and head for the title?
Judgment Day sulks in the clubhouse.
Finn Balor tells JD McDonagh that he can’t believe this. This was supposed to be a Merry Christmas, Finn was supposed to be celebrating with two titles, and now he has none! Liv Morgan tells Raquel Rodriguez to tell Finn that the reason she suggested he stay away from Damian Priest is because she knew this would happen. Raquel starts to relay the message, but Finn has JD tell Liv that she’s got her own problems to worry about and to stay off his back. But then Liv tells Raquel to tell Finn that the reason she’s “on his back” is because he lost the tag titles. JD, tell Liv that Christmas is-
Dominik speaks up to stop the arguing. Christmas IS around the corner, and now they’re not even talking to each other? Dom says he’s gonna go talk with Pearce and get a match with Priest! Dom’s gonna step up for this family. Oh, Dom thinks he’s better than Finn? No, it’s not even like that. Dom has a plan. He’ll talk with Pearce then fill everyone in later. Dom heads out, JD prays for one week of no drama while it’s Christmas. Will Dirty Dom make sure The Punisher pays for screwing Finn & JD over? Or will Priest be given the gift of sending Dom South of Heaven?
Sami and Jey regroup backstage.
Sami can’t believe Jey didn’t text or call about the comeback. Jey says, “My bad.” But Sami says it’s fine, he’s happy Jey is back. And thanks for having his back out there tonight and every night, Sami appreciates Jey. Jey thanks Sami for that, and says you know he had to come back for payback. Jey is gonna handle business! Actually, Sami was kinda hoping he could handle McIntyre. Sami talked a big game, he’s gotta back it up. But Sami, you’re not even 100% tonight. Sami knows, but he started something so he has to finish it. Jey says alright. He’s got next! They secret handshake and Jey wishes Sami luck. Will Sami finally get a win on McIntyre in a Christmas miracle?
Chad Gable w/ Team American Made VS Akira Tozawa w/ The Alpha Academy!
As “Master” Gable said last week, it was about time he settled things with his past. Will Gable prove to the world that he was always the reason the Alpha Academy was relevant? Or will he find out he can’t keep up with the Stamina Monster?
Raw returns and the #AlphaBabes make their entrance, showing off that new merch while they’re at it. The bell rings and the fans rally up. Tozawa and Gable tie up, Gable wrenches and talks trash right to Tozawa’s face! Gable CHOPS Tozawa down, stands him up, CHOPS him down again, repeat! Gable whips and CLOBBERS Tozawa, then raises the fist. The fans boo more but Gable talks smack on Otis. Gable drags Tozawa up, suplexes, but Tozawa slips free! Tozawa SOBATS, spins, slides under, and SPIN KCIKS! Gable goes to a corner and Tozawa puts him up! But Gable gets Tozawa for a HANGING ARMBAR!
Otis protests, the ref counts, and Gable lets off at 4. Gable says he didn’t break a rule, and Otis never learns. Gable SLAPS Otis, slides into the ring, but Tozawa victory rolls! TWO, but Tozawa SUPERKICKS Gable down! Tozawa rips the shirt off, goes up top, and SUPER SENTRONS onto knees! Gable saves himself and hauls Tozawa up to GERMAN SUPELX! And then GERMAN SUPLEX again! Gable GERMAN SUPLEXES again! But he isn’t done, Gable spins Tozawa around, and POWERBOMBS him! ANKLE LOCK!! Tozawa flails but he’s so far from the ropes! Tozawa TAPS, Gable wins!
Winner: Chad Gable, by submission
But Gable won’t let go! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Gable just drops into a GRAPEVINE! So Otis storms in and he drags Gable off the leg! Otis TOSSES Gable! The fans are thunderous, but Team American Made steps up to support Gable. Gable says Otis never learns! But Otis’ hips are moving! He’s shaking, quaking, and the fans fire up, but American Made backs off. Will Gable finally fight Otis and put this beef to rest?
The New Day talks backstage.
They still don’t understand how everyone here doesn’t see things their way. But then Dirty Dom walks over, clapping with “New! Day Rocks!” Finally, someone who understands! Dom says he never liked Big E, but uh, no, what they did was crazy. Well, whatever, Broke Ass Tom Selleck! Dom says Tom Selleck wishes! Dirty Dom heads for gorilla, ready to fight for the Judgment Day. But will Dom go from “Broke Ass Tom Selleck” to just broken?
Dominik Mysterio VS Damian Priest!
Judgment Day’s history has always been a rocky one, but it has never been rockier than right now. Betraying Rhea Ripley & Damian Priest probably has a lot to do with it, but will Dom be able to smooth things over by taking Damian down? Or will Priest finally beat some sense into #LatinoCheat?
The bell rings and Dom bails right out! Dom dares Priest to come get him, but Priest says Dom needs to get back in the ring. Priest will even give him a free shot! Dom storms up to the apron, steps in, and takes that swing, but Priest blocks it! Then Priest BELL CLAPS Dom, DECKS him, then DECKS him again! Dom staggers around, Priest picks him up to SLAM DUNK! Dom staggers back up, into a torture rack! Priest bends Dom with the Argentine Backbreaker! Priest then THROWS Dom down and the fans fire up. Priest paces around, powers up his arm, and Dom rises. The fans rally and Priest runs, but Dom ducks a lariat!
Dom kicks, CLUBS and KICKS again! SUPERKICK! Then DROPKCIK! Priest staggers but Dom hurries to stalk behind him. Priest sits up first and glares at Dom. Dom panics, but he DUMPS Priest out! Dom builds speed to DIVE, but into Priest’s hands! FLATLINER onto the desk! The fans fire up and Priest drags Dom up to then POST him! Dom falls in a heap, but Priest puts Dom in the ring. Priest then notices a very suspicious Santa Claus. Priest snatches the beard away, and tada! It’s JD! Priest TOSSES JD and the fans cheer! JD wants mercy but Priest SLIDES him across the desk! The fans fire up as Wade narrowly avoids getting hit!
Priest then has a Spider Sense moment, and he looks under the ring! Carlito spits out his apple in surprise! Priest drags Carlito up and TOSSES him into the timekeeper’s area! But then Finn attacks!
Winner: Damian Priest, by disqualification
Finn fires hands, but Priest blocks the desk bump! Priest body shots and SMACKS Finn off the desk! And again, and again! Priest puts Finn in the ring, Dom runs up, but Priest DECKS him! Priest fires more hands on Finn, but the Judgment Day regroups! They mug Priest 4v1 as usual, and JD even drops elbows! The fans boo but the Judgment Day stand Priest up. WAIT! Here comes the War Raiders! Erik & Ivar fire hands on Dom & Carlito, and Priest TOSSES JD! Finn realizes he’s alone, and Priest SUPERKICKS him down! Priest stomps a mudhole into Finn, the Raiders put Carlito and Dom in the ring!
Ivar KNEES Carlito, then feeds him to Erik’s KNEE! The fans cheer, JD gets up, but Priest LARIATS him inside-out! Dom is fed to the WAR MACHINE!! Finn staggers up, but Priest grabs him! And Finn goes SOUTH OF HEAVEN!! The Judgment Day just got further embarrassed, and that’s not even considering JD’s Santa costume. Will the War Raiders be some unlikely allies for Priest in this ongoing war with the Judgment Day?
Sit-down interview with Seth Rollins.
Jackie Redmond thanks The Visionary for taking this time to talk with her, and he says it is his pleasure. Jackie talked with CM Punk and heard what he had to say, what Punk believes, when it comes to Rollins’ hatred for Punk. And we have heard from Rollins, as well, but Jackie’s still just curious. What is the root cause, the driving force, of this disdain he clearly feels for CM Punk? Rollins says the thing is, he has tried to explain how he feels many times over the years, and it sort of… Well, he won’t say he’s talking into the wind, but Rollins just feels Punk has needed the WWE more than the WWE needed him.
And so that hypocrisy from Punk is what just eats at Rollins. It is hard for Rollins to let that go. Jackie mentions how Rollins has talked about getting rid of it by “cutting it out” and fighting through it, and how this fight with Punk has to happen as a catharsis. What does “cutting” Punk out look like? What should we expect from, not even so much a match, that doesn’t feel like the right word now. Rollins says it’ll be fight. That’s what we’re getting, no question. It is the biggest fight in their sport right now, and Rollins needs it now. After Survivor Series, seeing Punk hand-in-hand with Roman Reigns… Roman’s finger in the air, Punk doing the stupid Go To Sleep thing…
Rollins just wanted to throw the remote through his TV, he was so viscerally, internally destroyed. Rollins felt that was it, no more waiting. The world needs to see it. This is perfect. The Netflix debut, the world will be watching. But to answer the question, he doesn’t know what it’ll look like. You might see a side of Rollins that no one’s ever seen. No pun intended, it will be raw, visceral, violent. Rollins needs to exorcise this demon from his soul, he has to cut the cancer out of his brain, or he is going down. Then the only way to process the betrayal is to go through a fight, and we get that on January 6th, Raw in LA for Netflix.
Jackie thanks Rollins for the time and his honesty. Rollins says yeah, he can’t wait. Will Rollins truly #BurnItDown when it comes to fight CM Punk?
The Miz VS Dexter Lumis!
The Hollywood A-Lister has his own history with the man now turned buzzard, and things are only worse now that this is about the Final Testament and the Wyatt Sick6. Will Miz manage to bury the past once and for all? Or will he get no mercy from Lumis?
Raw returns as Miz waits. A message flashes, “I OPENED THE DOOR,” and then the lights go down. And from that mysterious door to the other side, out steps Lumis. He takes off the Mercy the Buzzard mask, then rushes the ring! Miz scrambles right out as Lumis slithers along the mat! The fans cheer Lumis on while Miz tentatively returns to the ring. The bell rings, Miz wants Lumis to hold on, but Lumis swings hands! Miz bobs ‘n’ weaves, then throws a punch! Lumis just glares at Miz! Miz runs away, Lumis gives chase, and they go around the outside, then back inside! Lumis drags Miz out of the ring to ROCK him!
Miz staggers, Lumis THROWS him into barriers! The fans cheer, Lumis ROCKS Miz again, and then Lumis SMACKS Miz off the apron! Lumis pushes Miz into the ring, Miz bails out, but Lumis goes out to the apron. CANNONBALL! The fans fire up and Lumis brings Miz up. Lumis CLUBS Miz, stalks him, then puts him in the ring. Miz again asks for mercy, but then he tries a cheap kick! Lumis blocks and UPPERCUTS! Lumis scoops, Miz slips free and Miz BOOTS Lumis! Miz runs, but into a THESZ PRESS! Lumis rains down fast hands, then runs to AX HANDLE! The fans fire up and Lumis brings Miz up.
Miz breaks free to throat chop! The ref reprimands but Miz runs, only for Lumis to catch him! URENAGE! Lumis storms around, then goes looks to the corner. Lumis climbs, but wait, the Authors of Pain are here! So Lumis CANNONBALLS onto them! The fans fire up but Kross attacks!
Winner: Dexter Lumis, by disqualification
The Final Testament beats Lumis up and puts him in the ring. Miz stands, confident now that he has reinforcements. Kross says they’ve got Lumis where they want him, but Lumis looks to the sky. Seems it’s the other way around! The lights go down, and when they come up, the rest of the Wyatts are here! They brawl with Final Testament and then send them running! Nikki wants uppies, and Erik Rowan pops her up to POWERBOMB her out onto The Final Testament! Nikki is all fired up as the Wyatts stand together! Will The Final Testament be the one buried and forgotten after all is said and done?
The War Raiders regroup backstage.
Erik & Ivar are fired up after getting the better of Judgment Day, and then Priest walks in. He says what’s up, and they give him some pushes and shoves of excitement. Priest says okay, okay, settle down. But that was good, and he appreciates the save. Ivar says hey, they’ve all known each other a long time. And while they haven’t always seen eye to eye, there has always been honor here. They may not be friends, but Priest had their backs in a big way last week and they don’t forget that. They owed him, they got him. Priest respects that. If the War Raiders are at war with the Judgment Day, then he’ll go to war with them.
They all fist bump, and Erik & Ivar say they like the sound of that. Could these three finally tear down Judgment Day once and for all?
The zero symbol returns…
And now it’s joined by a pentagram? What could these clues be leading to?
The New Day barges out to ringside.
And Kofi Kingston tells Joe Tessitore & Wade Barrett on commentary that no no no no! You do not get to speak about them like that! Woods asks what is going on around here? What happened to unbiased journalism? How long has Tessitore even been with the WWE? Not that long, right? Certainly not long enough to know that his job is not to have an opinion but to tell the TRUTH like they have! But it seems in 2024, no one wants the truth! Certainly not these fans. Wade was sympathizing with E as well! Well that’s fine, because Wade and Big E have something in common. They’re not man enough to lace up their boots again and get in the ring!
The fans boo now but Kofi says speaking of getting back int he ring, allow the New Day to do that and continue to tell everyone what they were trying to tell people before. They did NOT put hands on Big E. They could have, laid him out here in the ring, stretchered out of the building again, but they didn’t! So why is everyone so upset!? The fans keep booing but Kofi says this was supposed to be a homecoming for Kofi, and for the woman he bought a plane ticket for to come all the way here to Boston from Ghana, and that is Kofi’s mom! Kofi’s mom is in the front row! Miss Elizabeth Kingston is here, but she doesn’t seem very amused.
Kofi says his mom sat in the middle seat for 20 HOURS, just to see Kofi, and the fans are ruining her experience! This is his mother! The woman who taught him how to be the man that he is today! She does not deserve to see her son get booed out of his own hometown! Woods says they gave the fans ten of the best years of their LIVES…! Kofi steps back outside to apologize to his mom for the fans. She does not deserve this. Kofi doesn’t understand why they’re doing this. Kofi wants a hug. Miss Elizabeth stands up, but she pushes Kofi! She’s upset with HIM, not the fans! Miss Elizabeth takes her coat and leaves! Kofi is confused, what’s this about?
Kofi calls after his mom but she tunes him out. Though, it might be hard to hear over the fans. Will it ever get through to the New Day that they are in the wrong?
The New Day regroups backstage.
And then they cross paths with Rey Mysterio. Woods asks if he’s gonna pile on. Rey says no, it’s not like that. Rey thought about what they said last week, being a locker room leader and all. Rey definitely could’ve handled things better, so he’ll apologize to them. Rey just has the responsibility to help everyone as much as he can. So hey, what New Day did was out of pocket, all foul. And if they want to start fixing things, they can start by apologizing. Whoa, hold up. Them? Apologize to Rey and the locker room? No, they aren’t apologizing, because they didn’t do anything wrong! This is ridiculous!
Rey is just as bad as Big E and everyone else! Why not let Woods pop that mask off again so he can hear them better. New Day did nothing wrong. Rey says okay, fine, que pasa nada. Just don’t say he didn’t try. From this point on, New Day is on their own. And oh, get used to hearing this. “New! Day SUCKS!” With that, Rey takes his leave. After hearing that, will Kofi & Woods have anything but a Merry Christmas?
Sami Zayn VS Drew McIntyre!
The Honorary Uce may have just lost to the Scottish Terminator at Saturday Night’s Main Event, but he isn’t going to give up the fight. Will Sami finally get a win over McIntyre as a Christmas miracle? Or will McIntyre ruin the holidays with a Claymore?
Raw returns and Sami makes his entrance. The bell rings and McIntyre kicks low! McIntyre fires hands, then CHOPS Sami in a corner! McIntyre ROCKS Sami, stands him up, and then CHOPS again! The fans are torn but McIntyre paces while Sami sits down. Sami rises up, and he avoids a chop to fire hands! The fans fire up as Sami CHOPS and fires more punches! The ref backs Sami off, but Sami comes back to stomp and punch! The fans rally behind “SAMI USO!” and Sami whips Mcintyre corner to corner. McIntyre reverses, Sami goes up, but McIntyre KICKS him out of the air!
McIntyre snarls and then he deadlift suplexes Sami! Sami writhes and clutches his back, but McIntyre storms over to him. McIntyre STMOPS Sami’s hands! Then he ROCKS Sami with a right! Sami goes to ropes but McIntyre CHOPS him again! The fans “WOO~!” as that chop echoes out! The fans rally for Sami but McIntyre grins. McIntyre whips but Sami KICKS him in return! Mcintyre comes back but Sami TOSSES him out! The fans fire up and Sami builds speed, but then Mcintyre moves so Sami Arabian Presses to land back inside. Sami smiles as he gets the better of McIntyre, and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Sami is in the corner. McIntyre storms up to stomp away on him again! The ref backs McIntyre off but then McIntyre storms back up. McIntyre drag’s Sami up to the apron, and he suplexes Sami up and into the ring! Sami flounders to the ropes and the ref checks him. Sami says he’s still in this, so McIntyre drags Sami back up. But Sami CHOPS McIntyre! And CHOSP! And fires forearms! Sami whips, McIntyre reverses but Sami ducks ‘n’ dodges, only for McIntyre to tilt-o-whirl BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Sami survives and McIntyre grows annoyed. The fans rally up but Sami writhes form all the damage.
McIntyre stalks Sami to the ropes, eggs him on, and then whips him to ropes. Sami ducks ‘n’ dodges again, and this time Sami tilt-o-whirls to DDT! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Sami and McIntyre both rise up, and McIntyre bails out. Sami storms up to ropes, grits his teeth, and he PLANCHAS! But McIntyre catches him! And then he aims for the desk! Sami fights free, and he DRIBBLES McIntyre off the desk! Sami backs off as the ring count climbs, but Sami goes back for McIntyre. McIntyre stops the step bump to SMACK Sami off the steps! McIntyre refreshes the ring count because he wants to do more damage!
McIntyre stalks Sami up the steps, then lifts him for an APRON BACKBREAKER!! Sami falls and writhes, and McIntyre has a manic look on his face as he watches Sami suffer, but Raw goes to break.
Raw returns once again and Mcintyre has Sami in the Inverted Alabama Lift! INVERTED ALABAMA- VICTORY ROLL! TWO!! McIntyre escapes and runs up, but Sami dodges! McIntyre POSTS himself! The fans fire up as McIntyre flops back, and Sami hurries to the corner! Sami climbs, but his back slows him down! McIntyre ROCKS Sami first! And then CHOPS him! McIntyre climbs up after Sami, fires some shots, then fireman’s carries Sami! SUPER WHITE NOISE! A shoutout to Sheamus and McIntyre covers, TWO!! The fans fire up while McIntyre grows frustrated. Sami stirs but McIntyre watches him closely.
The fans rally and McIntyre drags Sami back up. But Sami cradle counters! TWO! McIntyre GLASGOW KISS HEADBUTTS! Sami falls and McIntyre snarls. McIntyre goes to a corner, and he takes aim at Sami. Here comes the countdown! “THREE! TWO! ONE!” But Sami LARIATS McIntyre! And then a clinch, EXPLODER into the corner! Sami goes to the other side and the fans fire up! Sami aims as McIntyre rises, but that back tightens up. Sami fights through the pain, gets running, but CLAYMORE!! Cover, McIntyre wins!
Winner: Drew McIntyre, by pinfall
That was perhaps the closest Sami’s come, but he was still so far away from victory over McIntyre. 3-0 in 2024, 10-0 overall, and McIntyre stands over Sami to rub it in. Sami is already dazed, but McIntyre rains down fists! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but McIntyre shoves the ref away to HAMMER Sami down! But here comes Jey, just like earlier tonight! Jey runs in, dodges again, and this time, SPEAR!! Jey has Mcintyre down, but now he goes up! But wait! TAMA TONGA SHOVES JEY OFF THE TOP!! Solo Sikoa & The Bloodline are here! McIntyre is just as surprised, but given the truce they called on Friday, McIntyre takes his leave.
The Bloodline beat down Sami & Jey, which McIntyre loves to see. Tama Tonga rains down fists on Main Event Jey in a corner, but the fans chant for “O T C! O T C!” Instead, Jacob Fatu gets running! But Jey dodges the hip attack! SUPERKICK for Tama! Jey fires haymakers on Jacob! “YEET! YEET! YEET!” Solo steps in to swing, but Jey dodges! Jey ROCKS Solo! Jacob SUPERKICKS Jey! The fans boo as the Samoan Werewolf gets all geeked up! Solo adds his SAMOAN SPIKE!! Solo throws off his jacket, sits Jey back up, but Sami gets in! Sami fires hands, but Tama TACKLES Sami! Tama beats Sami down and fans boo again.
Solo tells Tama to set Sami up, and Tama stomps Sami into the corner. Jacob runs in, to HIP ATTACK! Jacob isn’t done, he puts Sami in the drop zone to go up, up and BEST MOONSAULT EVER! The fans boo but Solo adds on another SAMOAN SPIKE!! Solo roars, then he and his Bloodline stand over the OGs. Jacob adorns Solo with the ula fala, will not even Roman Reigns be able to stop the “Undisputed” Tribal Chief? Will all of the WWE have no choice but to acknowledge Solo Sikoa?
My Thoughts:
A great Raw here to build both the last Raw of 2024 and the first Raw of 2025, aka the Netflix debut. Rollins had a very good interview promo to add just a little more to things, but I feel like there’s little left that they need to say. Very good stuff with Judgment Day, such as the classic “X, can you tell Y…” gag from Finn and Liv. Dom thinking their plan to screw Priest over would work is hilarious, as was how it all fell apart. Priest gets the win from disqualification, but then great save from the War Raiders. Good promo from Priest and War Raiders, love the reference to ROH by saying “honor” there, and that’s a solid Six Man Tag right there.
Fun little bit from Pearce with Pure Fusion Collective, and of course Sonya thought she’d get a second chance, and of course Pearce uses real logic to say no way. Iyo Sky replacing Kairi Sane was announced last week on social media, so I guess Sonya didn’t check between shows. Great Triple Threat from Iyo, Alba and Natty, and of course Iyo won or else why put her in there? Iyo VS Lyra next round will be great stuff, as will Dakota Kai VS Zoey Stark, and whatever combination we get for the title match is going to be great. I don’t think we’ll get DMG CTRL VS DMG CTRL, so if Dakota wins, Iyo loses, and then vice-versa.
Great stuff with American Made and Alpha Academy, but of course Tozawa takes the loss. Otis standing up to Gable & The Creeds was a great moment, and I really hope we get Gable VS Otis for the big Netflix debut. Win or lose, Otis should definitely have a moment where he rallies through Gable and both Creeds, really get the crowd hot before the finish. Miz VS Lumis was good but could’ve been better. With only two hours, I guess they had to trim things down to the basics. Another disqualification finish tonight is a bit much, but I guess it keeps things going until we can come up with some kind of new 8 Man Tag, or even a really wild Mixed 10 Person match so Nikki and Scarlett can get involved legally.
Great stuff with New Day, from their interaction with Dom, then their “interrupting” the show to try and get their point across. It was great to have Mama Kingston there, and I just knew she would be disappointed in Kofi. Good promo with Rey, too, as Rey now leaves New Day out in the cold. I feel like we need a big tag team match to not only have Heel New Day show their stuff against like LWO, Alpha Academy, etcetera, and then they earn their way to a match with the War Raiders to revisit their feud, just with flipped Heel and Face dynamics. That could be some really good stuff as Raw on Netflix paves the road to WrestleMania 41.
And great stuff with McIntyre and the extended Bloodline. He and Sami had a great promo to again bring up family and sacrifice, but also how Roman’s OG Bloodline came back together without Roman ever changing a thing. Great brawls, great saves by Jey, and of course McIntyre won the match. Jey will of course get next, probably also for the Netflix debut, but good stuff with Solo Sikoa and his Bloodline showing up. They beat down Jey & Sami to send a message to Roman, who was obviously not going to be here tonight. There will surely be a response in part on SmackDown, but maybe more verbal than physical.
I feel like the “Transfer Window” will need to put all Bloodline members, old and new, on one brand so the story can be told all on one show. It’d just be easier while Jimmy’s foot is healing, because what can Roman do without backup against Solo, Tama & Jacob? And honestly, still waiting on when and where Hikuleo is going to show up. This is a good time to bring him in with Tonga Loa also hurt, so Solo can get the numbers edge on Roman again.
My Score: 8.8/10
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