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Mitchell’s WWE Deadline Results & Report! (12/7/24)
And we’re on the clock!
Whose time is it?
Deadline returns and so does the Iron Survivor Challenge! Who makes it through the most exciting 25 minutes of action to head for the top of NXT?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge: Wes Lee VS Je’Von Evans VS Nathan Frazer VS Ethan Page VS
Eddy Thorpe???; Oba Femi wins and will challenge for the NXT Championship. - NXT Underground: Jaida Parker VS Lola Vice; Lola wins.
- NXT Tag Team Championships: Nathan Frazer & Axiom VS Myles Borne & Tavion Heights; Frazer & Axiom win and retain the titles.
- NXT Championship: Trick Williams VS Ridge Holland; Trick wins and retains the title.
- Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge: Sol Ruca VS Stephanie Vaquer VS Zaria VS Giulia VS Wren Sinclair; Giulia wins and will challenge for the NXT Women’s Championship.
PLAY BY PLAY
It’s the WWE Deadline Countdown Show!
Join Megan Morant & Sam Roberts in discussing, analyzing, and predicting all the action set for the last Premium Live Event of 2024!
BREAKING NEWS from Ava Raine!
“Due to the heinous attack he suffered this past Tuesday, Eddy Thorpe has been out of the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge. We still don’t know who attacked Eddy and we’re continuing to look into it. However, for Deadline tonight, I will find a suitable replacement to take Eddy’s place in the Iron Survivor Challenge.” Another whodunnit for WWE, who took out the Alpha Wolf in hopes of joining this golden opportunity?
Backstage interview with Wes Lee.
Sarah Schreiber with the cold-hearted Cardiac Kid and says he is in tonight’s Iron Survivor Challenge. Has he had time to digest the news of Eddy being taken out? No, he has not, but he can certainly sympathize. Having the biggest opportunity of your career taken away from you, he knows Eddy must be pissed. Wes knows Eddy is watching, and tells him to look on the bright side: Eddy wasn’t winning this anyway! HAH! Eddy is just now realizing what everyone else already knows: It is cutthroat around here! And Wes will show that he is the MOST cutthroat of them all. No one is willing to go to the lengths to win this like he is. NO ONE.
Then Sarah has to ask: Did he take Eddy out? He just said it is cutthroat around here. Well, that’s not a no. Yeah, she’s right. Wes leaves, is he taking credit for an attack? Or did he just confess?
NXT shares Trick Williams’ video from last night.
“What’s good, everybody? Just an update for you. I have checked out of the hospital. And I have been cleared to compete tomorrow at Deadline.” As we all saw, Ridge got the best of Trick on Tuesday. Ridge took Trick’s neck to hell and back, but he is NOT taking the title. Trick is doing this for Chase U, for NXT, and for himself. See you tomorrow. Is Tricky Two-Time Two-Time going to make it through Deadline at far less than 100%?
Backstage interview with Nathan Frazer & Axiom.
Sarah is now with the NXT Tag Team Champions and says this is the biggest night in their careers. Not only do they defend the tag titles tonight against, but Frazer is first going to be in the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge. Yes, a big night for Frazer! First thing is, who replaces Eddy in the Iron Survivor? Oh, that’s the first thing? Y-Yeah, until the tag title match. He’ll first win the Iron Survivor, then Fraxiom defends the tag titles like they always do! Axiom points out this is Myles & Heights, both technical standouts who got past six other teams, and this is their first shot so they’re gonna go all out.
Just like Axiom knows Frazer will to win the Iron Survivor, so Axiom hopes he doesn’t have to carry this team. Frazer says relax, amigo, he’ll be fine, it’ll be fine. And for real, Frazer wrestling twice is a concern, but he’ll give everything he’s got. Axiom knows Frazer will. Then back to the Eddy situation, Sarah is sure the fans noticed them looking to each other Tuesday night. Did either of them take Eddy out? They’d never do that! It sucks for Eddy, but hey, maybe Axiom could get tagged in as his replacement. Then they won’t have to be upset with each other. Axiom is a bit flummoxed but that is a good point. Could Fraxiom pull a double double duty?
Sit-down interview with Ridge Holland.
Blake Howard is with Yorkshire Grit and thanks him for his time. To get right to it, Ridge’s return to NXT was not how he envisioned. But time flies, and the main thing Ridge wanted was opportunity to show us what he could do. But no matter how hard he tried, the people weren’t accepting him. Ridge has had controversy, slip-ups, and it showed how merciless the NXT fans can be. But despite all that, Ridge decided to use all that as fuel. Then flashback to August: Ridge and Andre Chase win the tag titles. When did the switch flip? When did Ridge… Ridge says be careful, Blake. There was no switch. This is who Ridge is.
Chase U was using Ridge to get ahead. They wanted to win the big one but they were soft, so Ridge had to go and change the culture. He’d been in a group before, so he was sick of being used. Ridge’s needs were not being met. So he had to destroy Chase U before they destroyed him. Well his “destroying” Chase U led to the biggest win in his career in the 2300 Arena. But does Ridge have any resentment toward Trick Williams? Yes, of course he does. Ridge watched Trick’s rise. He was spoon fed everything! Ridge tried to be a company man, do everything right, and he never got an ounce of the love Trick got. That ate Ridge up.
Nothing taken away from Trick, he is a great athlete. But he played American football. Ridge played rugby, a real man’s game! The toughest team sport on the planet. Trick got the soft glove treatment, with no respect for wrestling or even the title he wears. Trick is using it all for clout. And because of that, tonight, Ridge takes the title to set NXT on the course it needs to be on. Then last question: with Eric Bischoff stirring the pot, it got heated on Tuesday. Ridge hitting that Redeemer DDT on the desk, was Ridge trying to injury Trick? Oh, Blake. Trick struck first. Ridge just responded. That silver tongue got Trick in trouble.
But Trick should count his lucky stars that he can still walk right now, because he won’t be walking out tonight. Ridge will win the title. The fans can shout and dance and sing, but it won’t be “Whoop Dat Trick,” it will be “Smash That Trick!” Ridge is about to unleash all of his bitterness and brutality, will Trick even survive to 2025?
BREAKING NEWS!
The replacement for Eddy Thorpe has been found! But the surprise will be waiting for us all as Deadline kicks off in just literal minutes! Who’s the fifth man, brother?
It’s that time of year…
…where we embrace joy and peace. But in NXT, it is all about surviving! The clock is ticking, and it is time to make history once again. Every precious moment counts both in the ring, or in the Underground. With a reign in danger, watch out or time will run out. When order is shattered by chaos, the fate of NXT hangs in the balance. And for ten superstars, the dream of achieving championship gold is in their reach. But when it comes to strategy, the most critical element tonight is time. Only two can be the Iron Survivors, and they’ll have a chance to forge a new era. Tonight is the Deadline!
Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge: Wes Lee VS Je’Von Evans VS Nathan Frazer VS Ethan Page VS ???
Eddy Thorpe was riding high after winning the Last Chance Fatal 4, and yet someone took him out! But who it was comes second to who will take his place, and how the change to this match will change the outcome! Who opens tonight by winning a golden ticket to the NXT Championship?
The first two out, who must run the 25 minute gauntlet, are the Young OG and the cutthroat Cardiac Kid! This is already going to be fast paced but will it get bouncy? The bell rings and the first five minutes is counting down, and the two r4un up! Je’Von sunset flips, TWO! Je’Von says it was that close! Wes brushes that off and runs up, but into a DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Je’Von brings Wes up to CHOP, then he follows Wes to CHOP again! Je’Von CHOPS again, then whips, but Wes reverses. Je’Von KICKS Wes, then runs up to FLYING FOREARM! STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, TWO!
Wes scrambles to his feet and he clinches Je’Von. Wes fires body shots, then throw sin knees. Je’Von elbows back, blocks a kick, then flips Wes. Wes lands on his feet, then trips Je’Von into a corner! SUPERKICK to the back! Wes hits an INVERTED EXPLODER! Je’Von lands hard but Wes adds a STANDING SKY TWISTER! Cover, TWO! Je’Von goes to a corner, Wes RAMS into him, then digs his shoulder in. Je’Von CLUBS Wes, the fans taunt Wes, “WES LEE SUCKS!” Wes picks Je’Von up for a SPINEBUSTER, then jackknife bridge, TWO! Je’Von stays out of the Penalty Box but Wes stays on him.
Je’Von fires body shots and haymakers! Wes ROCKS Je’Von right back! Wes CLUBS Je’Von down, then stalks him to a corner. Wes KICKS Je’Von in the side! Je’Von writhes in pain but Wes pushes him down. Wes clamps onto the legs to tie them up, then he throws down shots into the kidneys! Wes CLUBS Je’Von in the back! The fans boo but Wes soaks it up. Je’Von fires hands, whips, but Wes reverses. Je’Von goes up and up and FLYING RANAS! The fans fire up as we pass three minutes, but Wes dodges the dropkick to DOUBLE STOMP Je’Von on the back! The fans boo but Je’Von bails out. Wes builds speed to DIVE! Down goes Je’Von at the ramp!
The fans cheer for “NXT! NXT!” as Wes puts Je’Von in. Wes goes up, steadies himself, and MARIPOSAS! Cover, TWO! Je’Von keeps Wes from scoring, then he fires hands! The fans rally as we have a minute to go! Je’Von whips then LARIATS Wes! Je’Von rallies, picks Wes up, but Wes fights the back suplex! Je’Von shoves Wes, then scoops, BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Wes stays out of the Penalty Box, but Je’Von gets moving! Springboard, OG- NO!! Wes stops the cutter and shocks Je’Von! But Je’Von shifts to STUNNER, go to the ropes, but Wes trips him! High stack with ropes! Wes scores!!
Lee: 1; Je’Von: 0
And just as the time is up! Here comes Frazer! Frazer rushes right in, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and FLYING LARIATS! The fans fire up while Wes wobbles, and Frazer CHOPS! Frazer whips, Wes reverses, but Frazer ducks ‘n’ dodges to QUEBRADA DDT! The fans fire up as Frazer hurries up top! FROG SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Wes stays out of the box, and Je’Von still has 45 seconds to go. Je’Von cheers Frazer on for the time being and Frazer storms up on Wes. Frazer whips, Wes reverses, but Frazer goes up and over! Frazer handsprings away, then baits Wes into a BUCKLE SHOT! Wes flops out of the ring, Je’Von has 20 seconds!
Frazer DIVES but Wes moves! Frazer lands safe, but Wes ROLLING HEEL KICKS! Ten seconds for the Young OG, Wes SHOTGUNS Frazer into barriers! Here comes Je’Von! He FLIES over the corner to take them both out! Je’Von drags Wes up and in as the fans lose their minds! Je’Von hurries but Wes scrambles away. We pass 7 minutes total but Je’Von goes for Frazer. Je’Von puts Frazer in, blocks a kick, but not the DRAGON WHIP! Je’Von rebounds, rebounds, and ROLLING KICKS! Cover on Frazer, but Wes runs up! Je’Von moves so the SENTON hits Frazer! Wes runs, tilt-o-whirls, but Je’Von blocks that!
Je’Von uses his uncanny strength to SIDEWALK SLAM! Cover, TWO! Je’Von shrugs that off to go up a corner. Wes SHORYUKENS! Wes climbs up after Je’Von, we’re at 8 minutes, and the two throw hands! Je’Von ROCKS Wes and he tumbles to the floor! But Frazer’s right up to get Je’Von! Je’Von fights with hands, Frazer backflips to then get away from Je’Von! SLINGBLADE! Cover, TWO! Frazer hurries to bring Je’Von to a drop zone and goes up, but has to avoid Wes! Frazer ELBOWS Wes, Je’Von rolls Frazer, TWO! Frazer sunset flips Je’Von, TWO! Je’Von kicks, Frazer ducks and rolls Je’Von up, TWO!
Je’Von runs, Frazer dodges and LARIATS him out onto Wes! Je’Von uses that to hoist Wes up! But Wes RANAS Je’Von into the apron! The fans fire up as we pass 9 minutes, and Frazer DIVES! Direct hit on Wes and Je’Von that almost wasn’t, and the fans are thunderous! Thirty seconds left before another entry, so Frazer hurries to get Wes up. Frazer ROCKS Wes, then he CLUBS Je’Von. Wes CHOPS Frazer! The countdown is back, Je’Von SUPERKICKS Wes! Next added is… Ethan Page! All Ego gets no love from Minneapolis but he doesn’t care. Ethan runs to BOOT Je’Von! And LARIAT Wes! And BOOT Frazer!
Ethan puts Frazer in, hurries after, but Frazer cradles him! FRAZER ASCORES!! Ethan is shocked, cuz now he’s in the box!
Lee: 1; Je’Von: 0: Frazer: 1; Ethan: 0
The fans cheer but Ethan SHOVES Frazer in frustration. The fans boo but Ethan has to reluctantly go to the Penalty box. He doesn’t want to, but Frazer DROPKICKS him! Je’Von SHOVES Ethan into the box, and then says “SUCK IT!” Wes rolls Frazer! TWO!! Wes BOOTS Frazer, DECKS Je’Von, but Frazer rolls Wes! TWO and Je’Von BOOTS Frazer! Je’Von ROCKS Wes, brings Frazer up and suplexes, but Wes body shots! Wes shoves Frazer so he can drag Je’Von in. But Frazer runs and runs and LARIATS Wes into giving Je’Von the DDT! Cover on Je’Von, TWO! Frazer is frustrated but he still has his choice.
Ethan has another 30 seconds and he’s complaining the entire time. Frazer brings Wes up but Wes ROCKS him! Frazer ROCKS Wes, then turns him to suplex, ANARCHY! Frazer hurries to a corner and climbs! Ethan is released while Frazer hit a PHOENIX SPLASH! Cover, Ethan rolls Frazer to SCORE!
Lee: 1; Je’Von: 0; Frazer: 1; Ethan: 1
Ethan returns the favor and loves it, then goes to cover Wes, TWO! Je’Von is back to ROLLING BUZZSAW! Ethan flounders away but Je’Von goes after him. Je’Von ELBOWS Ethan, then goes up and up and APRON CUT- NO! Ethan stops Je’Von, Wes runs up, Je’Von ducks! The triangle jump DROPKICK takes out Ethan! Wes SCOPRION KCIKS Je’Von, and Ethan has Je’Von in the Electric Chair! Wes runs, TOPE DOOMSDAY!! The fans lose their minds, we have 30 seconds for Frazer and a minute for the final entry! Wes and Ethan brawl, Je’Von is back to FLY! Direct hit on Ethan and Wes!
Je’Von hurries to put Ethan in and he climbs! The fans fire up as Je’Von hits a FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH! Cover, WES BREAKS IT! Frazer is released but he takes his time. We have 30 seconds before the final man is in! Frazer AX HANDLES Ethan, everyone is throwing shots! Ethan blocks a kick to sends it into Je’Von! Ethan KICKS Frazer! Wes BOOTS Ethan! Je’Von KICKS Frazer! Frazer KICKS Je’Von! QUADRUPLE ROUNDHOUSES!! The fans are thunderous and here is the moment of truth! The fifth man is… OBA FEMI!? The Ruler has returned to NXT, and everyone else knows that’s a problem!
Ethan SHOVES Je’Von out in hopes Oba gets him first! He CLOBBERS Je’Von, UPPERCUTS Wes, CLOBBERS Ethan, repeat! The fans fire up as Oba runs, but Frazer BOOTS him! Frazer goes up, leaps, but into an UPPERCUT! Oba sees Je’Von return, FLYING FOREARM! Oba staggers around so Je’Von goes up and up, SUPPER- UPPERCT!!! Cover, Oba scores!
Lee: 1; Je’Von: 0; Frazer: 1; Ethan: 1; Oba: 1
Je’Von goes to the box but Ethan fires off on Oba! Ethan whips, Oba reverses and clinches, URENAGE BACKBREAKER! Cover on Ethan, Wes SUPERKICKS it apart! Wes fires hands, then runs, handsprings, but Oba catches him! SHOTPUT!! Cover on Wes, Frazer breaks it! Oba glares at Frazer, runs up, but Frazer dodge! Oba hits buckles, Frazer springboards, but Oba stops the rana! FALL FROM GRACE!!! Cover, Ethan YANKS the ref out! Oba is furious and so are the fans. Oba storms up on Ethan, grabs him by the neck, and Ethan wants mercy! Je’Von say s do it! Oba RAMS Ethan into the box door! And now Je’Von is stuck inside!
Wes DIVSE, but Oba catches him! Oba RAMS Wes into the apron, then throw shim into Ethan! Frazer DIVES, Oba catches him! Frazer slips free and POSTS Oba! Je’Von CLIMBS! SUPER SWANTON takes out Oba and Frazer!! The fans are thunderous as Je’Von hurries up a corner, springboards, FLYING CUTTER on Wes!! Cover, Je’Von scores! EVERYONE has a point!
Lee: 1; Je’Von: 1; Frazer: 1; Ethan: 1; Oba: 1
The fans fire up as Je’Von is on the board, and we have SIX MINUTES left in this! Oba then stares Je’Von down. Je’Von backs up from the ropes as Oba storms in. Oba pushes Je’Von with his forehead, then eggs him on. Je’Von snarls and fires hands! The fans fire up as Je’Von bobs ‘n’ weaves and fires shots! JUMP PUNCH! But Oba grabs Je’Von by his neck! Frazer DROPKICKS Oba! Frazer RAMS Oba, Je’Von joins in and they mug the biggest man in this! But Oba SHOVES Je’Von! Je’Von comes back to ROCK Oba! Thirty seconds on Wes, we hit 20 minutes total as Oba continues to fight off Je’Von and Frazer!
Oba puts Frazer up top, ROCKS him, then brings him around. Je’Von storms up but Oba fireman’s carries! He adds Frazer to it! Wes is free and he SUPERKICKS Oba! Oba drops the others, they DOUBLE KICK! Wes BUZZSAWS Oba! Then Frazer SUPERKICKS! Wes SUPERKICKS! Je’Von SUPERKICKS! Oba DECKS Je’Von! Frazer & Wes DOUBLE SUPERKICK! But Oba just ROARS!! DOUBLE LARIAT!! The fans are thunderous as Oba hauls Je’Von up, whips him, and pops him up! FALL FROM GRACE!! But Ethan rolls Oba! ETHAN SCORES!!
Lee: 1; Je’Von: 1; Frazer: 1; Ethan: 2; Oba: 1
The fans boo as Ethan has the lead, and now laughs as he runs away! Oba goes out to the box and Ethan blows a kiss. But Frazer SUPERKICKS Ethan! Ethan falls onto Je’Von! TWO but into a ghost pin! JE’VON SCORES!
Lee: 1; Je’Von: 2; Frazer: 1; Ethan: 2; Oba: 1
Ethan is confused, and now he has to go to the box, with Oba in it! Ethan panics but Oba wants to be fed! The refs usher Ethan over, and Ethan grabs the door frame! Oba grabs Ethan! And throws him around! The fans fire up as Ethan begs for his life! Ethan climbs the box, but Oba drags him back down! It’s like the goat with the T-rex in Jurassic Park! We hit 23 minutes, and the ref lets Oba out. Oba CLOBBERS Frazer! Oba stands on the apron but Wes HANDSPRING KICKS! And SUPERKICKS! But Oba TOSSES Wes out of the ring! Oba stalks Wes, but then Je’Von DIVES! Oba is sent into desk!
Je’Von goes up and up, OG- NO, Oba blocks the cutter! The door opens for Ethan but he’s unconscious! Oba beats Je’Von up, then TOSSES him against the box! Oba gets in, Frazer runs up, but Oba scoops! Wes saves Frazer, but Oba TOSSES Wes again! Oba grabs Frazer but Frazer HOTSHOTS! Wes clamps on with a SLEEPER! We’re under 45 seconds but Oba RAMS Wes into buckles! Oba catches Frazer, but Wes ROCKS Oba! Oba CLUBS Wes! Final 30 seconds! Oba YANKS Frazer up but Frazer PELES! Oba rushes Wes, Frazer runs up, Oba has them both! DOUBLE CHOKE SLAMS!! Cover on them both! OBA DOUBLE SCORES!!!
Lee: 1; Je’Von: 1; Frazer: 1; Ethan: 2; Oba: 3
Oba has the lead with 5 seconds! SUPER CUTTER!!! But Je’Von can’t cover!!! TIME’S UP!!! OBA WINS!!!!
Winner: Oba Femi (NEW #1 Contender to the NXT Championship)
Je’Von was literally a second too late! This one came down to the wire, but The Ruler takes over! Whether it is Trick Williams or Ridge Holland in the New Year, will Oba still make himself the NEW NXT Champion?
Lexis King speaks.
“I didn’t qualify for the Iron Survivor Challenge, I’ not even on the Deadline card. And yet here I am in freezing cold Minneapolis. Then why’re you here, King? What’re you doing here? I’m here because this city has a place in my heart. Not a special place, not a feel good one, but a pit int eh bottom of my heart. Because this is the place, this is the city where my life would change forever! This is the place where I would be left out on the side of the road in the freezing cold. With no guidance, no role model to speak of. Yet here I am all these years later, you probably think I’m out here chasing ghosts. But I’m not!
“I’m here to prove to everyone each and every day that I wake up that I’m not the same, I’m different. And I’m gonna exceed far beyond anything he EVER did! And yet now I struggle more than ever. I struggle to change this perception about myself. I struggle more than I ever did growing up alone. But y’know what? It’s a fight worth fighting. It’s worth it to be out here and feel that cold chill on my skin. Because nothing feels better than that warm air of satisfaction!” The King is ready to prove himself, will he be far from a loose cannon?
NXT Underground: Jaida Parker VS Lola Vice!
As if their battle in the 2300 Arena wasn’t wild enough, Miss Parker and the Mayor of Vice City are going to run it back. There will be no rules, no ropes, no weapons, and no stopping either of these two from tearing the other apart! This may not be the Iron Survivor Challenge, but who will be the one that survives the Underground?
With NXT prospects surrounding ringside, these two step onto the ring, and we get our big fight introductions. The bell rings and it’s go time! Lola KNEES Jaida down, then rains down fists! Jaida shoves Lola away, blocks a kick, and hits a SPINEBUSTER! Jaida then drags Lola by her hair! Jaida is still ding this Street Fight style, but Lola KICKS her, then BOOTS her onto the prospects! Jaida staggers up, Lola LEAPS onto her! They hit the desk, Lola fires more hands, but Jaida RAMS Lola into the apron! Jaida pushes Lola onto the ring, storms up, and she brings Lola up to scoop and SLAM! Jaida wants Lola to get up, and then she scoops to SLAM again!
Jaida wants more, and she scoops Lola again! SLAM! Jaida storms around, brings Lola up again, but Lola fights the lift! Lola turns things into a TRIANGLE HOLD! Jaida endures, tries to stack Lola but has to HAMMER away! Lola guards against that but Jaida still fires shots. Jaida then deadlifts Lola to POWERBOMB! Jaida is free but Lola stands first. Lola bobs ‘n’ weaves, then fires a flurry! Jaida staggers, drops to a knee, and Lola KICKS her! And KCISK her! And KICKS, but Jaida blocks! Jaida hits that BACK ELBOW! Jaida took Lola out with that on Tuesday but Lola’s still awake. Jaida rains down shots but Lola gives counter punches!
Lola KICKS Jaida away, and both women slowly rise. Jaida storms up, but into a toehold! KNEEBAR!! Jaida endures but Lola twists the foot! No ropes means no ropebreaks, but Jaida still claws her way for the edge! Lola cranks that foot but Jaida makes it to grab a prospect! The ref reprimands, Lola BOOTS the guy away! Then she SPIN KCIKS again and again! Jaida staggers back, Lola THRUST KICKS her to the floor! Lola storms after Jaida, but Jaida ducks the backhand! Lola hits POST! Lola clutches her hand, Jaida CLUBS the hand against the apron! Jaida traps the hand in the apron skirt, runs up, HIP-NOTIC against the apron!
Jaida drags Lola up and onto the ring! Jaida goes after that bad hand to SMASH it with her knee! Jaida then grabs on for a short arm scissor! Lola fires hands but Jaida throws down elbows! Jaida pulls off Lola’s glove to have that hand exposed! Jaida stomps away on that hand, then she puts that glove on! Jaida wants to show she can fight like an MMA star! Jaida winds up, Lola stands, and Jaida fires hands! Lola guards as best she can but Jaida has her on the defense! HAYMAKER! Lola falls, Jaida goes for a ground ‘n’ pound! Lola hits back from the other side! Jaida grabs the bad hand and SLAMS it on the mat!
Jaida drops a KNEE on the hand! Lola writhes but Jaida goes to get Lola’s blackbelt! Jaida wraps the belt around Lola’s hand and drags her to a corner! Jaida YANKS Lola into the post! And YANKS her in again! Then Jaida pushes Lola onto the apron so she can tie Lola up! Lola endures as Jaida pulls! Jaida wants Lola to quit but Lola refuses, so Jaida hops down. But Lola YANKS Jaida into the post! Jaida falls in a heap and the prospects rally behind Lola! Both women get on the ring, and Jaida fireman’s carries! Lola slips free and reels Jaida in, short arm LARIAT! And another LARIAT! And another!
Lola and Jaida tug-o-war, and they DOUBLE HEADBUTT! Both women wobble but Jaida storms back up. Fireman’s carry, SAMOAN DROP! Jaida storms over to the steel steps and brings them around. Jaida flips the top half off and drags Lola over! Jaida CHOPS Lola and Lola sits on the steps. Jaida goes up the corner!? SUPER TEARDROP!! Lola gets crushed on the steel! The fans fire up for NXT but Lola refuses to give up! Jaida drags Lola up to the ring again, and covers, but the ref reminds her, that’s not how the Underground works! Jaida drives KNEE after KNEE into the bad hand! Jaida then drags Lola around to CLUB her!
Jaida steps over and has the bad arm in a MOUNTED ARMBAR! Lola endures as Jaida sits on her! But Lola powers up and grapevines a leg! Lola JAMS up that knee, and now she has a rear mount! REAR NAKED CHOKE!! Jaida fights up with Lola as a backpack, and BACKPACK SENTONS! Jaida hobbles around, goes to the apron, and she goes under to bring out… THE BRICK!! Jaida brought her little friend from Philly, but Lola ROUNDHOUSES her down!!! Lola clamps on the REAR NAKED CHOKE!!! Jaida can’t reach her brick! Lola kicks the brick away! Roll and facelock, for a snap suplex! Jaida flounders, and Lola grabs that brick!!
But Jaida grabs Lola! GERMAN SUPLEX!! Both women flounder and now Jaida gets her brick! But Lola URAKENS!!! Even with the bad hand!! Lola is in pain but Jaida is dazed! GATOR ROLL!! Jaida is stuck in the ANACONDA!! JAIDA IS OUT! LOLA WINS!!
Winner: Lola Vice, by submission
And that is why the Mayor of Vice City is the Queen of the Underground! Will Lola use this win to head for a golden opportunity of her own in 2025?
Frazer finally regroups with Axiom.
And he is in rough shape! Freakin’ Oba man! Axiom says it’s fine, he’ll do the heavy lifting. They’re the best tag team in the world! Vaminos! Fraxiom heads to gorilla, but will they be able to survive as 1.5 against 2?
NXT Tag Team Championships: Nathan Frazer & Axiom VS Myles Borne & Tavion Heights!
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if Fraxiom can go the distance against Myles & Heights!
The teams sort out and Myles starts for the NQCC, but Frazer insists he can go. Axiom lets him start, and the bell rings. They tie up, Frazer headlocks, but Myles endures. Myles powers up and out but Frazer whips. Myles runs Frazer over and Frazer writhes in pain! Frazer scrambles away to tag Axiom! Axiom is a little surprised, but he steps in. Heights tags in and he circles with Axiom. They tie up, Tavion gets a leg but Axiom slips away. They go again, Tavion again gets the leg but the two roll and go back and forth with holds. Axiom gets a facelock but Tavion slips around. Axiom wrenches and Tavion is frustrated.
Axiom hooks Tavion to a MOUSE TRAP! TWO, but Axiom still has an arm. Axiom wrenches, but Frazer isn’t ready for a tag, and Tavion suplexes Axiom away! Gator roll, cover, TWO! Tavion has the arm and he grinds Axiom down. Axiom endures, rolls, bridges, and stands to DROPKICK! Myles tag sin but Axiom spins him to snapmare. Myles wrenches, Axiom SOBATS! Tag to Frazer, Fraxiom whips to wrench and IRON OCTOPUS! Frazer runs to DROPKICK Myles! The fans fire up and Frazer nods, but wait, OTM is here? Bronco Nima & Lucien Price almost won the tag battle royal so they’re here to troll everyone.
Myles DECKS Frazer, tags Tavion, and Tavion RAMS Frazer into the corner! Tavion RAMS into Frazer again and again, but lets off as the ref counts. Tavion drags Frazer up, whips him corner to corner, but Frazer goes up and RANAS! Tavion tumbles to the floor, Myles runs up, btu Frazer dodges! Axiom runs in, gets the boost, and he DROPKICKS Myles! Myles ends up outside, Axiom DIVES onto him! Then Frazer DIVES onto Tavion! The fans fire up as Axiom DIVES again! Myles goes back down, but Frazer can’t keep up the pace! Tavion LARIATS Axiom! Tavion hurries to get Myles up and in!
OTM and NQCC talk trash, but then Frazer runs up! Tavion catches him to BELLY2BELLY Frazer out and onto OTM! The fans fire up with Tavion and he goes to fetch Frazer. The refs come out to get OTM to leave ringside, and Tavion storms in to rain down shots on Frazer! The fans taunt OTM, “Hey Hey Hey! Goodbye~!” Tag to Myles, whip and SNAP POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO!! Frazer survives but Myles KNEES him in the back! Myles clamps on a chinlock and he thrashes Frazer around! The fans rally, Frazer endures, but Myles KNEES him in the back! Myles stomps Frazer, KNEES him again, then brings him into the chinlock.
Frazer still endures but he’s also fading! The fans rally up, Frazer fights, and he rises up to JAWBREAKER! Myles falls back, Frazer rises up, but Myles back suplexes! Frazer lands out, Myles grabs a hand! Frazer fires forearms but Myles holds on! Frazer still reaches, but Myles reels him in! POP-FLIP POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO!! Myles tags Tavion and NQCC hits another POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO!! Frazer survives and NQCC is a bit annoyed. Tavion slaps Frazer around, talks trash, and Frazer goes to a corner. Tavion runs in, but Frazer clinches! BUCKLE SHOT! The fans fire u pas Frazer drags himself up!
Frazer climbs, leaps, but into another OVERHEAD BELLy2BELLY! Tavion CLOBBERS Axiom! The fans boo but Tavion hits a DOMINATOR on Frazer! Cover, TWO!! Frazer is digging deep to stay in this, but Tavion watches him closely. Tavion drags Frazer up to waistlock, but Frazer fights! Tavion still GERMAN SUPELXES, but Frazer lands out! Frazer BLASTS Myles, dodges Tavion, but Myles tags in! Myles gets a leg but Frazer ENZIGIRIS! Frazer hurries, hot tag to Axiom! Axiom climbs, Tavion runs up, CROSSBODY! Axiom ROCKS Myles, SUPERKICKS Tavion, then fires forearms and CHOPS on repeat!
The fans fire up, Tavion sends Axiom at Myles! Myles puts Axiom up to CHOP! But axiom FLYING ARM-DRAGS! Myles runs into Tavion, Axiom LARIATS Tavion into giving Myles a DDT! PENALTY KCIK! Cover, TWO! The fans rally for Axiom as he rises again. Axiom KICKS Tavion down again but Tavion shakes his head. Axiom KICKS Tavion, talks trash in return, but Tavion ducks the next kick! Roll-up, TWO and Axiom has the omoplata! Axiom wants the other arm, but Tavion fights to stack Axiom! TWO, deadlift and SPINNING POWERBOMB! High stack, TWO!! Axiom survives but Tavion stands him up.
Tavion CHOPS Axiom, then he ROCKS him! Axiom leans on ropes but Tavion CHOPS him again! Axiom is getting fire dup and he CHOPS, CHOPS, and fires hands! Tavion whips, Axiom reverses, but Tavion avoids the dropkick! Tavion storms up, Axiom BOOTS him away, but Tavion rebounds, rolls, and DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO! Axiom survives but Tavion tags Myles. Myles drags Axiom but Axiom KICKS him away! And KICKS him again! Tag to Tavion, and Myles drags Axiom under ropes! Axiom fights and he FLINGS Myles out onto Tavion! The fans fire up and Axiom hurries, hot tag to Frazer!
Frazer builds speed to FLY! Down goes NQCC! The fans are fire dup as Frazer puts Tavion in, then Frazer climbs! Springboard 450 SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Frazer is frustrated, but he’s pushing himself past his limits! Frazer goes up, up, but Myles anchors him! Frazer KICKS Myles away, but Tavion trips Frazer up! Tavion climbs up, but Frazer fires elbows! Tavion falls back, Frazer adjusts, but Tavion gets him! SUPER GERMAN SUPLEX!! Tavion calls to Myles, tag to Myles! Feed to the lift, DROPKICK POWERBOMB COMBO!! Cover, AXIOM BREAKS IT! The fans fire back up as Axiom helps Frazer to safety.
Tavion whips Axiom! Axiom rolls and comes back, V-TRIGGER! Tavion falls, Myles runs up, but Axiom dodges! Axiom springboards, but into a DROPKICK! Myles runs up on Frazer but Frazer puts him up top! GAMANGIRI! Axiom tags in and climbs up! Frazer tags back in and he goes up the other corner! SUPER SPANISH FLY! PHOENIX SPLASH!! Cover, TAVION BREAKS IT! GOLDEN RATIO for Tavion!! The fans are thunderous for NXT while all four men are down! Axiom hurries to his corner and Frazer tags him in. “This is Awesome!” as Axiom goes up! But Myles sends Frazer into the MISSILE DROPKICK!
Axiom is stunned, but Myles LARIATS Axiom down! Tavion gives Frazer an APRON DEATH VALLEY!! Tag and NQCC drags Axiom up! Fireman’s carry and DDT combo!! Cover, TWO?!?! Axiom survives the TKDDT and the fans are thunderous! Tavion crawls to his corner, hot tag to Myles! NQCC drags Axiom up again, whip and- DESTROYER from Axiom!! Myles hurries to ghost pin Axiom, TWO! Cradle from Axiom, FRAXIOM WINS!!
Winners: Nathan Frazer & Axiom, by pinfall (still NXT Tag Team Champions)
The NQCC came so close, and yet they were still so far from becoming champions! Axiom meant it when he said he’d do the heavy lifting, because he powered through to keep his team in this! If these two can hold onto the gold even under these conditions, will no team ever stop them?
Backstage interview with Je’Von Evans.
Literally seconds away from tying up the match, Je’Von felt it in his grasp, but it was Oba. Even so, the Iron Survivor was fire, right? Je’Von fist bumps the prospects and even roughhouses with a few. But hey, Je’Von will make 2025 his year! But then Wes storms in and can’t believe Je’Von is acting like this after a loss. Is Je’Von stupid or just dumb? J’eVon says calm down. Wes ha da fire performance, too, but now he’s just salty! Wes say sone day, J”eovn will be jsut like him. Um no, pass. Wes SLAPS Je’Von! Security rushes in before it gets any wilder, will Wes make it his mission to crush Je’Von’s positive spirit in the New Year?
NXT Championship: Trick Williams VS Ridge Holland!
From the 2.0 Era to the “White ‘n’ Gold,” from being Carmelo Hayes’ friend to being the TWO-TIME NXT Champion, Trick knows about making something of himself when no one else saw it. And in some way, that makes him and Yorkshire Grit the same. But the major difference is that while Trick overcome being held down by a “friend,” Ridge has deluded himself into thinking he’s in the right for how he treated his former friends in Chase U. These parallel paths have now crossed, and the fate of NXT is on the line! Will the Black ‘n’ Silver still belong to #WhoopDatTrick? Or will Ridge change things right on the Deadline?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if love or hate paves the way into the future!
The bell rings and the two run up! But Ridge RAM STrck into the corner! Ridge fire shands, then EXPLODERS! Trick floudners, Ridge drags him up, and REDEEM- NO, Trick fights ffree! Trick wrenche sand UPPERCUTS, then fires haymakers! Ridge staggers around but Trick fires off in the corner! The fans fire up but the ref counts, and Trick stops at 4. Ridge throat chops! Ridge UPPERCUTS Trick down, but he storms back up on him. Ridge stomps Trick, the fans boo, but Ridge hauls Trick up. Ridge whips, Trick reverses and DROPKICKS! The fans fire up and Trick TACKLES Ridge! Trick rains down fists but Ridge fights free.
Trick runs and TACKLES Ridge again! Trick rains down more fists, but Ridge shoves him away. The fans fire up while Trick fires more hands on Ridge! Trick whips, Ridge revesres, Trick ducks one lariat but not the SOUTHPAW! Cover, ONE!! Trick shows some grit of his own, but Ridge scoops him. Trick slisp free, shoves, and kicks low to then UPPERCUT! Trick runs to FLYING LRIAT! The fans fire up, but Trick has to check his neck. Trick is fine, Ridge runs up, but Trick TOSSES Ridge out! Trick goes out after Ridge, but Ridge CLOBBERS Trick first! The fans boo but Ridge grins as he paces. Ridge drags Trick up to clinch, but Trick fights with headbutts!
Trick is free, and he POSTS Ridge! The fans fire up as Ridge falls, and Trick storms up on Ridge again. Trick puts Ridge in the ring, bumps him off buckles, then bumps him off more buckles. The fans cheer as Trick brings Ridge around to bump off more buckles! JUMPING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Ridge stays in this but Trick stalks him to ropes. Trick grabs Ridge’s legs, puts Ridge under ropes, and he ROPE GUILLOTINES! Ridge sputters but Trick says that’s what Ridge gets. Trick storms up again, scoops Ridge and SLAMS him! Trick runs, SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!
Trick is frustrated but he drags Ridge up again. Ridge fights the back suplex, but Trick SAIDOS through! Trick roars, the fans fire up, and Trick STINGER SPLASHES! Then he whips, runs up, but Ridge dodges the splash! Ridge runs up, blocks boots, and he puts Trick in ropes! DRAPING NECKBREAKER! Ridge stomps away on Trick at the ropes but the ref counts. Ridge steps away, the fans boo, but Ridge tells them he’s winning this. Ridge drops a KNEE on Trick’s neck! Ridge drags Trick up, and he hits a BELLY2BELLY! Trick flounders, the ref checks him, but Trick won’t let the match end like this.
Trick crawls to ropes but Ridge CLUBS him! Ridge hits an EXPLODER! Trick tumbles and flounders while Ridge soaks up the heat. Ridge stalks Trick, then stands on Trick’s neck at the ropes! The ref counts, Ridge steps off, and then Ridge drags Trick to a cover. ONE, and Ridge is annoyed. Ridge clinches again, but Trick fires elbows! Trick pushes Ridge away, Ridge runs back up, buy Trick BOOTS him! Trick runs up, but Ridge fireman’s carries! SNAKE EYES! Ridge then kicks Trick, turns him, NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Trick is still in this but Ridge stays focused. Ridge drags Trick up while fans rally.
Ridge hauls Trick to the top rope, then positions him just right. Ridge brings Trick back into a Tree of Woe, and Ridge stomps him! Ridge slides out so he can pull Trick’s neck back! The fans boo, the ref counts, but Ridge lets go at 4. Ridge soaks up more heat, then he rolls in to storm up, and he CROSSBODIES Trick against the corner! Ridge stomps a mudhole, but he stops as the ref counts. Trick tires to get free, but Ridge drag shim along the ropes to trap that leg! The fans boo, Trick manages to get free, but Ridge is there to cover, TWO! Ridge drags Trick up and hits a GUT BUSTER! Ridge holds onto the facelock to grind Trick down!
Trick fights up but Ridge turns him, NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Trick is still in this, and the fans still rally, but Ridge is pulling away the tape! Ridge CLUBS away on Trick’s neck, then he paces around. The fans boo more, but Trick fires body shots! And haymaker! But Ridge kicks low! Ridge turns Trick again, but Trick slips free and DDTS! The fans fire up while both men are down! Trick rises as the fans chant “WHOOP DAT TRICK!” Trick stands but so does Ridge, but it’s Trick who fires shots first! Trick ROCKS Ridge again and again, then he LEG LARIATS! And LEG LARIATS! Trick dodges to then FLAPJACK!
Ridge flounders but Trick kips up! Trick clinches, but no Bookend as Ridge wrangles Trick into a CROSSFACE! Ridge rolls to a cover, TWO! Trick clinches, BOOKEND!! Cover, TWO!! Ridge stays in this, but Trick stays focused. Trick rises, runs up, but Ridge dodges the shot to roll up! Trick rolls through, but Ridge hauls him up into a POWERBOMB! Trick flounders, Ridge has him again, fireman’s carry! AIR RAID CRASH! Cover, TWO! Ridge’s shot at Sheamus and the White Noise does not win it for him, but Ridge goes to a corner. Ridge climbs while the fans boo, but Ridge still DIVING HEADBUTTS, AND FLOPS!!
Trick comes back, CYCLONE KICK! Cover, TWO!! Ridge survives but Trick hurries to a corner. The fans rally as hard as they can for Trick, and both men stand back up! Trick runs in, so does Ridge, his BOOT hits first!! Cover, TWO!! Ridge flops over and it’s a cover on Trick! TWO!! The fans fire up as both men stay in this one! “This is Awesome!” as Trick and Ridge go to opposite ends. Ridge bails out, but so does Trick, and it is Trick that storms up! But Ridge RAMS Trick into the apron! And then THROWS him into steel steps! Ridge clears the desk! The fans boo and the ref reprimands, but Ridge brings Trick over!
Ridge puts Trick on the desk, climbs up to bring him in, but Trick fights the lift! Ridge tries, but Trick BACKDROPS Ridge to the floor! The fans fire up with Trick as he storms after Ridge. Trick puts Ridge in the ring, and he runs up, only for Ridge to TOSS Trick! Trick gets tangled up in ropes, and it’s CHOKING his neck!! Ridge grins as the ref struggles to free Trick. Trick gets out and the fans cheer, but Ridge is a shark with blood in the water! REDEEMER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Ridge is as shocked as anyone that Trick survives! Ridge throws a fit, but he doesn’t stop! Ridge drags Trick up, GOTCH LIFT- NO, Trick trips Ridge! Jackknife bridge, TWO!!
Ridge runs up, Trick dodges and Ridge POSTS himself! TRICKY KICK!! Ridge staggers around, Trick runs up, TRICK SHOT!! Cover, Trick wins!!
Winner: Trick Williams, by pinfall (still NXT Champion)
It was scary in the middle there, but Trick turns it around to stay on top! Will Ridge have learned his lesson from this defeat? And as for Trick, we now know he’ll have to turn around and prepare for Oba Femi! Will Trick be able to whoop The Ruler when they battle for this top prize? Or will we still have a new champion in the New Year?
NXT Media catches up with Ethan Page.
The reporter asks him about his loss in the Iron Survivor Challenge, and All Ego says that this was supposed to be his chance. This was supposed to be how he got back into title contention. Eighteen years. Eighteen YEARS, it took him to get here and climb the mountaintop. But it also took him those eighteen years to figure out that Ethan Page has no clue how to get back up. Then what is he saying? Ethan isn’t sure. He just can’t do this. Ethan storms out, what will his future in NXT look like?
Backstage interview with Ava Raine.
Sarah is with the NXT General Manager and brings up Ethan’s remarks. Ava says she doesn’t always see eye-to-eye with Ethan, but she admits, that was a hell of a performance tonight. She is sure his emotions are just running high. Sarah agrees there, she saw Wes and Je’Von get at it earlier. Ava also saw that and it speaks volumes to how Oba getting in the match really changed things. But this Tuesday will be the perfect place for Wes and Je’Von to have it out. Yes, they’ll be back in Orlando, and then on the road to Lowell, Massachusetts. Yes, the Lowell Memorial Arena is a historic place in wrestling, and Ava plans for even bigger things in 2025!
For the first NXT of 2025, January 7th, will be New Year’s Evil in Los Angeles! NXT is going to kick the year off with a bang! And then in steps Tiffany Stratton!? What’s Miss Money in the Bank doing here? Well, Minneapolis is her hometown, duh! And she’s Ms. MITB, so she can go anywhere she wants. Double duh. And uh, she heard there’s a title match at New Year’s Evil, the Iron Survivor VS Roxanne Perez. Is that correct? Yes, it is. Interesting… GASP! Tiff just had a Tiffany Epiphany! Maybe in “La La Land,” it’ll be Tiffy Time! Tootles! Um, is Tiffy really going to cash-in and return to NXT?
Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge: Sol Ruca VS Stephanie Vaquer VS Zaria VS Giulia VS Wren Sinclair!
The NXT Women’s Division continues to prove it is the best in the world today, and just looking at this match, that should be obvious. Will the Sol Surfer, the Dark Angel, the Agent of Change, the Beautiful Madness, or the very lucky #WrenQCC last the 25 minutes to be THE Iron Survivor?
First out for the match to run the gauntlet are Giulia and Wren! The bell rings and the countdown begins. Wren and Giulia circle, tie up, and Wren rolls Giulia! TWO, and Wren says it was close. Giulia and Wren go again, Giulia rolls Wren, TWO! Wren brushes that off to reset with Giulia. They feel things out, Wren wants a knuckle lock, so Giulia accepts. They have a Test of Strength, and Giulia is pushing Wren down. Wren powers up and the fans rally. They both fight to turn things, then they go shoulder to shoulder! The fans rally as Wren bends Giulia! But Giulia powers up to push Wren back! Giulia bends Wren, but Wren powers up!
The fans rally as Wren rolls back, flips Giulia into a cover, TWO! Giulia sits on a cover, TWO! Wren has it, TWO! Giulia rolls free and jackknife bridges, TWO! The fans cheer and Giulia headlocks. Wren fights up, we’re two minutes in, and Giulia hits a headlock takeover. Giulia traps an arm, then floats to have the wristlock. Giulia rolls and wrangles Wren into an omoplata, and she has the other arm! RINGS OF SATURN! Wren endures, fights to a cover, but Giulia makes it a ghost pin! TWO, and Giulia facelocks! The fans rally and duel as Wren fights up, cradles, TWO! Giulia is free, but Wren backslides! TWO!
Giulia blocks a kick, slips around and backslides, TWO!! Wren gets free in time but Giulia grins. Wren stands and resets with Giulia. They tie up collar ‘n’ elbow, Giulia puts Wren on ropes but Wren turns it around, They go along the ropes, Giulia has Wren’s arms wrapped around them, and then pulls! Giulia lets go, but Wren avoids the haymaker! Wren headlocks, the fans cheer, but Giulia slips out the back. We’re past 4 minutes, Wren switches with Giulia, but Giulia trips her! Giulia has a toehold but Wren kicks at her. Giulia drops back into a HEEL HOOK, but Wren CLUBS away on Giulia!
Wren gets up, whips Giulia, but Giulia rolls over the dropdown. Giulia bypasses Wren, Wren whips Giulia, but Giulia CLOBBERS Wren! The fans cheer and we’re under 20 seconds before another entry arrives. Giulia drags Wren up but Ren warm-drags! Giulia comes back, IRON OCTPUS! Wren endures, and hits a SLAM! But now we add… SOL RUCA! The fans cheer as Sol hurries up and springboards in, DOUBLE MISSILE DORPKICK! Sol rallies, handsprings, and then SUPERKICKS Wren! Giulia blocks a kick, spins Sol, but sol gets around to lift and SMACK Wren with Giulia’s feet! Sol keeps the spin going before the SLAM!
The fans fire up as Sol hangs ten on Giulia’s back! Wren runs to LEAP, but Sol catches her! Sol pops Wren around to SLAM her onto Giulia! Cover on them both, TWO!! Giulia & Wren stay in this but Sol brings Wren up. Wren grabs ropes to fight the suplex, but Sol yanks her free! Wren victory rolls to a FACEBUSTER, then she grabs the arms! CATTLE MUTILATION! Sol endures being bent, and Wren spider walks around and around to add more pressure! Giulia waits to YANK Wren over, and then she has a DOUBLE CROSSFACE!! Wren and Sol both endure, and Wren keeps Sol from tapping by grabbing that arm!
Wren ELBOWS Giulia away, but then Giulia comes back to have a SLEEPER! We’re past 7 minutes, Sol has a SLEEPER on Giulia! The fans fire up as Wren and Giulia both fight up, Wren DOUBLE JAWBREAKERS free! Sol and Giulia stagger, Wren wrangles Sol into a FUJIWARA ARMBAR! Sol endures, Giulia runs up, but Wren TRIPS Giulia! HEEL HOOK!! Giulia SLAPS away on Wren, Wren SMACKS Giulia! Sol adds a HEADSCISSOR SQUEEZE on Wren! Giulia slips free and she clamps onto Sol’s arm! Sol fights, but still ends up in a GROUND COBRA TWIST! Wren is now free, and she runs up to DROPKICK them both down!
The fans rally up, Wren runs at Sol in a corner. Wren whips, Sol reverses, and then Sol runs up. Wren goes up and over, comes back and CLOBBERS Sol! Then BASEMENT BULLDOG! Cover, Giulia breaks it! Giulia bumps Wren off buckles, but Wren ROCKS Giulia! Wren goes to whip Sol but Sol blocks! Giulia ROCKS Sol, she and Wren double whip, but sol slides out! We’re over 9 minutes, Giulia whips Wren, only to KNEE her low! The fans are torn, but th en Giulia TOSSES Wren into Sol’s GAMANGIRI! Giulia BOOTS Sol, Wren rolls Giulia! TWO!! Giulia escapes but Wren KNEES her low! Giulia scoops Wren for a NORTHERN LIGHTS BOMB! Cover, Giulia scores!
Giulia: 1; Wren: 0; Sol: 0
But Sol rolls Giulia! TWO and Giulia ROCKS Sol! But ten minutes hits and here comes… ZARIA!! The powerhouse from down under is running right into the ring! She dodges Sol to LARIAT Giulia! BOOT for sol, then a corner SPLASH for Giulia! Zaria whips Giulia into Sol and SPLASHES them both! Zaria keeps moving, but the others dodge her lariats! They kick low and reel Zaria in, but Zaria DOUBLE SUPLEXES! The fans fire up as Zaria RAMS sol in a corner, then whips her back in! BACKDROP! But Sol lands out?! Giulia runs up, dodges, and HEADBUTTS! Zaria wobbles, but Sol runs up! DOUBLE SOL SNATCHER!!
But Giulia AND Zaria both flop out of the ring! Sol can’t believe how close she was! The fans rally for NXT, and Wren is set free! Wren hurries up but Sol gives her a SOL SNATCHER!! Cover, Sol scores!
Giulia: 1; Wren: 0; Sol: 1; Zaria: 0
Wren goes back to the box, and Sol brings Zaria up. Zaria whips Sol, Sol goes up the apron and handsprings. Zaria avoids a kick to Electric Chair! Zaria SMACKS Sol off the box, then off the post! But Sol POSTS Zaria in return! Sol and Zaria goes to the apron, they brawl on the edge! Sol ROCKS Zaria, then waistlocks! Zaria holds ropes to fight the suplex! Zaria ELBOWS Sol away, but Giulia gets under Zaria! Zaria kicks Giulia away, so Giulia & Sol work together! DOUBLE POWERBOMB through the desk!! The fans lose their minds as Zaria gets taken out! Even Wren’s freaking out from inside the box!
Sol kicks at Giulia but Giulia blocks! Giulia puts Sol on the apron, avoids another kick, and then has Sol for a DRAPING NECKBREAKER to the floor! Wren is free but she’s not sure she wants to be here. Wren hurries to drag Zaria but she’s big. Wren drags Sol up but she’s just limp! Wren gets Giulia up but Giulia puts Wren in! “This is Awesome!” as Wren bails out and Giulia pursues! Giulia aims form the apron to MISSILE DROIPKICK! We’re at 14 minutes and Sol builds speed! Sol FOSBURY FLOPS! Direct hit on Wren and Giulia! The fans are thunderous and Sol is feeling it! But Sol has to hurry, the clock is ticking!
Sol gets Wren up and into the ring, then hurries after her. Sol drags Wren into an O’Conner Roll, TWO! Wren LARIATS and Sol falls over! Wren hurries to TOSS Sol to the apron! Sol goes up, TARANTULA! Giulia hurries in to get Sol for a CROSSFACE!! Sol fights free, KICKS Giulia down, and at 15 minutes, we add… STEPHANIE VAQUER! La Primera runs in to springboard and CROSSBODY on Sol! SUPERKICK for Wren! Wrench on Sol, SOLE FOOD! Vaquer sits Sol down in a corner, BOOTS Wren in the other, then comes back to METEORA Sol! Vaquer covers Sol, TWO!! Sol stays in this but Vaquer tries again, TWO!
Vaquer runs up but Wren BOOTS her! That just upsets Vaquer! Vaquer grabs the legs, puts them in ropes, DRAPING DRAOGN SCREW! Cover, Giulia YANKS Vaquer away! The fans fire up as these friendly rivals aren’t gonna be so friendly anymore. They circle, but ZARIA RISES! Zaria YANKS Vaquer out and THROWHS her at the box! Giulia runs up, Zaria shoves her back and CLOBBERS her! GERMAN SUPELX for Wren! Sol springboards into a SPEAR!! Zaria roars and the fans are with her! Giulia runs up to jump on, SLEEPER! Zaria endures, fights around, but Vaquer adds on! Vaquer has a SLEEPER on Giulia but the weight’s on Zaria!
Zaria RAMS Vaquer into buckles but Giulia holds on! So Zaria CANNONBALLS into Vaquer, using Giulia as added power! Then Zaria scoops Giulia, F5! Cover, ZARIA SCORES!
Giulia: 1; Wren: 0; Sol: 1; Zaria: 1; Vaquer: 0
The fans rally as Zaria has targets in all corners. Sol runs up to ROCK Zaria! Wren ROCKS Zaria! Vaquer ROCKS Zaria! Wren & Sol DOUBLE LARIAT Zaria! But Vaquer rolls Sol! Wren rolls Vaquer! Sol trips them both, double jackknife! TWO!! Vaquer hits a CODE BREKER on Wren! Sol hits a FACEBUSTER on Vaquer! The fans fire up as Vaquer flops out of the ring, Sol crawls to Wren. Sol drags Wren up but Zaria is up top!? Zaria QUEBRADAS them both down! And we’re at 19 minutes! Cover on Wren, TWO! Cover on Sol, TWO! Even so, “This is Awesome!” Giulia is set free and she rushes back in!
Giulia dodges Zaria to tilt-o-whirl and RANA! Sol runs up but is sent into Zaria! Wren runs up but Giulia catches her! Kick for Sol, DOUBLE DDT! Giulia BOOT WASHES Zaria! Giulia drags Zaria into the drop zone, goes up top, and she MISSILE DROPKICK SENTON COMBOS!! Cover on Zaria, but Wren YANKS Giulia back! We pass 20 minutes, Sol SUPERKICKS Wren onto Zaria! Giulia drags Wren off to hammerlock and spin, GLORIOUS BUSTER! cover, Vaquer SUPERKICKS it apart! The fans fire up as now the rivals meet again. The fans fire up, but Saria and Sol join in! So Giulia & Vaquer give them HEADBUTT after HEADBUTT!
Sol and Zaria are sent into teach other, then Vaquer and Giulia SHOTGUN! Giulia and Vaquer grab each other by the hair, and they throw HEADBUTTS into each other! Vaquer reels Giulia in, tucks, but Giulia slips free of the driver! Giulia CLUBS Vaquer, but Vaquer hoists Giulia up, BIG back suplex! Then headscissors for the DRILLER! The fans fire up as Vaquer lets Giulia off, and we have three minutes LEFT! Vaquer goes up, but Giulia is after her! They fight up top, but Giulia hits a SUPER HALF HATCH!! Sol SPRINGBOARE DPLASHES! But Zaria deadlifts Sol for a GERMAN SUPLEX! Wren returns but Zaria runs up!
Wren dodges and Zaria POSTS herself! Wren goes for Vaquer but Vaquer makes it a victory roll! Vaquer SCORES!
Giulia: 1; Wren: 0; Sol: 1; Zaria: 1; Vaquer: 1
Wren freaks out as the ONLY one without a point! Giulia, Sol and Vaquer throw hands on each other in rotation! Giulia runs up, Sol gets her for a STUNNER! Then she rolls Vaquer, TWO! Sol runs up on Giulia but Giulia ROCKS her! Giulia & Vaquer whip, bypass, hurdle, and trip Sol onto ropes! But Sol ducks the 619! Sol ROCKS Giulia, KICKS Vaquer, and springboards, DOUBLE LARIAT!! Cover, TWO!! Vaquer survives, bails out, and Wren is chomping at the bit. She still has 20 seconds to wait but we’ve only got one minute! The fans are thunderous as Wren is released! Sol is ready for her, fireman’s carries, but Wren rolls Sol up! WREN SCORES!!
Giulia: 1; Wren: 1; Sol: 1; Zaria: 1; Vaquer: 1
We have a five way tie! But Vaquer kicks Wren, only for Wren to wrench free! TWO!! Vaquer is up, 30 seconds left! ZARIA DOUBLE SPEARS!! Zaria hauls Wren up, fireman’s carry, F5!! But Giulia CLOBBERS Zaria!! Cover, GIULIA SCORES!
Giulia: 2; Wren: 0; Sol: 1; Zaria: 1; Vaquer: 1
But Vaquer rolls Giulia! TWO!! She tries again, but TIME IS UP!! GIULIA WINS!!!
Winner: Giulia, by pinfall (NEW #1 Contender to the NXT Women’s Championship)
The Beautiful Madness thrives in the chaos, and now she has her second chance at the championship! Confetti and streamers fly as Giulia celebrates becoming the 2024 Iron Survivor! Will Roxanne Perez be ready for another round with Giulia? Or will Roxie have to say “arrivederci” to her title?
My Thoughts:
An awesome WWE Deadline, which is a surprise itself because that makes it seem like this is more than just an NXT event, even though it wasn’t. At most, we got a cameo from Tiff to weirdly tease she’ll be in LA for New Year’s Evil 2025. Granted, she could be Women’s US Champion by then, and will still have her MITB contract, but having Tiff cash in on Roxie VS Giulia is not how to raise NXT up to be a third brand, it’s just a way to lower Tiff back down when she’s already been NXT Women’s Champion. If Tiffy’s cashing in on any championship while in LA, it should be the top champ on Raw as part of the Netflix debut.
But with that said, awesome Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge in the main event, and a touch better than the men’s since the result was much more up in the air. As soon as Eddy’s replacement turned out to be Oba, it was pretty much decided Oba would win. The Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge was still very exciting, but there was also the fact Frazer was not winning with how he also had the tag titles to defend and how we’ve seen Ethan Page challenge for the NXT Championship plenty already. On the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge, I almost thought they were going to give us overtime with how everyone had a point and time was running out. Maybe they pull that idea off next year.
Trick VS Ridge was really good stuff, especially with that risky rope spot where Trick got stuck. But in the end, Trick wins so that justice is served on Ridge. Both Trick VS Oba and Roxie VS Giulia are going to be great, and it feels like they really could have both titles switch on New Year’s Evil to start 2025 with a whole new landscape. And I’m a little surprised we didn’t get new tag team champs tonight. Frazer’s damaged body could’ve been an easy way for Myles & Heights to win, but Axiom somehow pulled it out for them. I could see them now being passive aggressive with each other, and maybe Axiom turns on Frazer during their next title defense. Otherwise, this is going to take many teams and maybe even a Ladder Match.
Jaida VS Lola was a great Underground match, with them doing a great job referencing their past matches. The brick being their focal point item is some good stuff, but it makes a lot of sense that Lola won. First, Jaida won at NXT 2300 so this was Lola getting that one back. Second, Lola is basically taking ownership of NXT Underground, she deserves to be undefeated in that stipulation. I’m not saying to come up with an NXT Underground championship, but this should at least get Lola in the Women’s North American Championship story.
My Score: 9.1/10
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NXT isn’t just First Class, it’s Glamorous!
While Trick Williams teams with TNA’s First Class, Mariah May officially becomes Blake Monroe as she signs her NXT contract!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- NXT Women’s Championship Evolution Eliminator: Thea Hail VS Jaida Parker; Jaida wins and advances.
- NXT Women’s Championship Evolution Eliminator: Kelani Jordan VS Lash Legend; Lash wins and advances.
- Six Man Tag: Trick Williams
& First ClassAJ Francis & Wes Lee w/ High Ryze VS Elijah, Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura; Elijah, Briggs & Inamura win. - NXT Women’s Championship Evolution Eliminator: ZARIA w/ Sol Ruca VS Izzi Dame w/ The Culling; Izzi wins and advances.
- NXT Women’s Championship Evolution Eliminator: Jordynne Grace VS Lola Vice; Grace wins and advances.
PLAY BY PLAY
NXT Women’s Championship Evolution Eliminator: Thea Hail VS Jaida Parker!
The first big match of the night is here! Chase U’s valedictorian was just trying to be a friend to Tatum Paxley, among others, and Miss Parker had to go and rain on that parade. But will Thea make it hail on Jaida’s? Or will Jaida prove being a “grown-ass woman” doesn’t compare to being the baddest b*tch in NXT?
Well hold on now, because Thea attacks during Jaida’s entrance! The fans go wild as Thea SMACKS Jaida off the apron! Jaida kicks back, CHOPS, then THROWS Thea into barriers! Jaida says this is HER ring, but Thea fires body shots! Jaida CLUBS Thea, puts her in the ring, and then storms in. The bell rings, Thea dodges and hits a THESZ PRESS! Thea rains down fists, Jaida shoves her into ropes, and then Jaida HIP ATTACKS against the ropes! Jaida rains down fists now as Thea is on the ropes, but the ref backs Jaida off. Jaida grabs Thea’s arms and pulls them against the ropes! The ref counts, Jaida steps off, and the fans duel.
Jaida runs up but Thea TOSSES her out! Thea DIVES and Jaida is sent into the desk! Thea RAMS Jaida into the apron, RAMS her again, then puts her back in the ring. Thea climbs up, up, and CROSSBODIES! The fans fire up with Thea and she clinches for an EXPLODER! Cover, TWO! Thea drags Jaida up and fires forearms! Thea whips, Jaida reverses, and Jaida scoops to SIDEWALK SLAM! Cover, TWO! Jaida stays on Thea, digs her knee into Thea’s back, and she bends Thea! The fans rally, Thea fights up, but Jaida wrangles Thea! The fans rally and duel as Thea fights up again. Thea arm-drags Jaida, but Jaida holds onto the headlock!
Jaida leans on Thea, thrashes her around, but Thea still endures. The fans duel more but Jaida throws forearms into Thea’s back! Jaida clamps on again, but Thea fights up, fires body shots, and then arm-drags! Jaida still holds on! Thea stands, but Jaida SWINGS Thea in the facelock! Cover, TWO! Thea toughs it out but Jaida clamps on with a chinlock! Thea endures but Jaida leans on her. The fans rally, Thea fights up again, and Thea RAMS Jaida into buckles! Thea RAMS Jaida again, is free of the hold, but Jaida throat chops! Jaida snap suplexes! Then she dragon sleepers for the INVERTED SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!
The fans rally as Jaida brings Thea up. Jaida suplexes but Thea wrenches free and WRINGS Jaida out! SLIDING LARIAT! Thea snarls, Jaida bails out, but Thea pursues. Jaida runs back in, but she’s sent into steel steps! The fans fire up while Jaida is down, and NXT goes picture in picture.
Jaida writhes and clutches her elbow. Thea storms over, drags her up, and puts Jaida in the ring. Thea climbs, aims, and DIVING BODYÂ FLOPS as Jaida moves! Thea flounders but Jaida brings her up. Jaida bumps Thea off buckles, fires off hands, then RAMS into Thea! Jaida bumps Thea off buckles, runs and hits a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Jaida drags Thea up, fires knees, then clamps on a COBRA TWIST! Thea endures and fights around, to switch the twist onto Jaida! Jaida powers up and out, sends Thea to a corner, but Thea ELBOWS her back! Thea bumps Jaida off buckles, then whips, only for Jaida to roll and trip Thea!
Jaida SMASHES Thea’s knee, then drops an ELBOW! Cover, TWO! Jaida drags Thea up and into the Cobra Twist! But Thea snapmares free! Jaida runs up, but into a cradle! TWO, and Jaida runs up again! Thea rolls Jaida, TWO! Thea fires body shots and forearms, then a HEADBUTT! Thea runs to LARIAT! Jaida goes to a corner, Thea runs in, but Jaida dodges! Jaida puts Thea in the ropes, CHOPS her, then runs side to side for the TEARDROP! Jaida high steps it as NXT returns to single picture. Jaida waits on Thea, runs up again, but Thea rolls Hip-notic into the KIMURA!! The fans rally as Jaida endures!
Thea has the body scissors and she cranks on the arm! Jaida crawls her way over, drags Thea along, but Thea turns her from the ropes! KIMURA!! Jaida still endures and fights to her feet! The fans fire up as Jada RAMS Thea into buckles! Jaida is free, but Thea leaps back on! KIMURA!! Jaida RAMS Thea again, Thea leaps right back on! The fans fire up, JAIDA TAPS, but out of view!! Thea tries to explain to the ref, but a HIP-NOTIC gets her!!
Winner: Jaida Parker, by pinfall (advances to the #1 Contender’s Fatal 4 Way)
Miss Parker may not have attended Chase U, but she used a high IQ level move there. Will Jaida not only get out the mud, but will she finally get some gold?
Josh Briggs, Yoshiki Inamura & Elijah talk backstage.
The Bullhead Brawler says he can’t wait to get his hands on Trick & First Class tonight. Briggs didn’t think it could get any more annoying than Trick, but literally no one can stand AJ & KC! Inamura says exactly! Those three are in for an ass kicking! Briggs says bingo, and Elijah says he likes how that sounds. But First Class is the worst. They are making TNA look bad teaming with Trick while Trick disrespects TNA’s title. It is sickening! Elijah’s gonna tune his guitar up, he’ll se them later. The Drifter heads on, and in step Hank ‘n’ Tank! They ask if Briggs & Inamura are ready to rock it, and Briggs says you know it.
Tank says on the other side of this match, Briggs & Inamura have themselves a tag title match waiting. Briggs & Inamura like the sound of that. Hank says any time, any where. And then in steps Oba Femi. The tag champs welcome The Ruler, and Tank commends Oba on that match last week with Jasper Troy. Hank says that was a straight up hoss fight. Oba thanks them for that and admits, Jasper Troy is the most powerful contender he has been in the ring with. But Oba is still The Ruler, and that is not going to change any time soon. But then Oba turns around, and there’s Trick Williams.
Trick grins at Oba, and Oba says, “Champ.” Trick says, “Champ.” Oba says his money is on Briggs, Inamura & Elijah. Trick says Oba’s gonna be one broke ruler then. Why y’all got all that leather on? Briggs tells Trick to shut up. Briggs tells Inamura it is time to lock in. They head out, Hank ‘n’ Tank look to each other and agree, that was weird. But will Briggs & Inamura be victorious when they #WalkWithElijah? Or will the #TrickNA Champion look to go after Oba’s throne again?
Blake Monroe prepares for tonight.
She smiles as she walks through her wardrobe and sprays on perfume. The narrator says, “When The Glamour signs on the dotted line, it’s not just a signature, it’s an event. And she needs a dress as stunning as her contract.” Blake finds what she’s looking for and says, “Perfect!” A little black dress indeed, and now The Glamour is going to seal the deal with more than just a firm handshake. She officially signs with NXT tonight. Will nothing stop Blake Monroe from stealing the spotlight?
NXT Women’s Championship Evolution Eliminator: Kelani Jordan VS Lash Legend!
Another qualifier, another bit of beef between opponents. The Standout can’t stand the Bougie Bully always standing in her way, and in some cases literally pushing her aside. But Lash isn’t the first to dislike Lani’s new ‘tude. Will Lash add to her legend by taking a step closer to Evolution? Or will even Lash see that no one does it like Lani?
The bell rings and there’s some trash talk before Lash SHOVES Lani! Kelani is mad and she fires forearms! Lash KNEES low, scoops Kelani, then SLAMS her! Lash DRIBBLES Lani off the mat, then SLAMS her! Lash runs but Kelani avoids the splash! Kelani BOOTS, BOOTS, and SUPERKICKS! The fans rally, Kelani runs and ROLLING THUNDER! Not the cleanest but Kelani still lands on Lash. Kelani hurries to headlock to keep Lash in the ring. Lash powers up and lifts, but Kelani holds onto the headlock! Lash powers up but Kelani holds on! Lash powers up and back suplexes, but Kelani lands out to shove her!
Kelani runs and RANAS Lash! Then she DROPKICKS Lash outta the ring! The fans fire up as Kelani goes up, out, and ASAI MOONSAULTS! Down goes Lash and the fans fire up with Kelani! Kelani talks trash on Lash while NXT goes to break.
NXT returns and Lash has Lani up in a stalling suplex, only for Lani to make it a cradle! TWO and Kelani gets away to a corner. Lash storms up, goes for a leg, but Kelani CLUBS away on Lash! The fans duel as Lash puts Kelani up top. Kelani kicks and BOOTS Lash down! Kelani RAMS Lash, then slingshots up and over to sunset flip! Lash flails and stays up! Lash YANKS Kelani just to THROW her down! And then the PUMP KICK! Cover, TWO! Lash is frustrated but the fans rally up. Lash drags Kelani up, reels her in, and hoists her up for a Canadian Rack! Lash makes it am Argentine Backbreaker rack but Kelani endures being thrashed around!
Kelani pries at Lash’s grip, then slips down to jump up, CODE BREAKER! Both women are down and the fans fire back up! Kelani and Lash stir while the fans cheer “NXT! NXT!” Lash and Lani go to opposite ends, then Lani rallies with forearms and a DROPKCIK! Kelani then dodges Lash to cartwheel BACK ELBOW! The fans fire up and Kelani kips up! Kelani runs up, cravats, and SLICED BREAD! Kelani goes up, up, and FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH! Cover, TWO!? Lash survives that splash and the fans fire up! Kelani has the legs, kicks at Lash, but Lash rolls! Kelani cartwheels through, but Lash ROCKS her with a right!
Kelani goes to the ropes, Lash runs up, and Lash blocks the boot. But Kelani goes up to STOMP Lash down! Then she goes up, but Lash CLUBS her down! Lash climbs up and picks Kelani up, SUPER BACK- CROSSBODY!! Cover, TWO!! Kelani almost had Lash and she’s growing frustrated. Kelani hurries to the corner again, climbs back up, and 450 SPLASHÂ onto knees! Lash racks Kelani for the LASH EXTENSION! Cover, Lash wins!
Winner: Lash Legend, by pinfall (advances to the #1 Contender’s Fatal 4 Way)
Two down, two to go! Jaida and Lash are riding high, who else will join them in that furious Fatal 4 Way?
Tony D’Angelo paces backstage.
The Don is anxious, and he hears Luca Crusifino talking on the phone as he walks up. “As Consigliere, I approve this.” Luca hangs up as Tony spots him, and Tony asks where Luca’s been! Luca tries to explain, he’s been here all night. Tony says he’s already heard enough. He’ll see Luca in the ring. In the ring? What’s that supposed to mean? Tony storms off without explaining, is he going to get to the bottom of everything?
NXT returns and…
Tony D is already in the ring, mic in hand. He says, “See, as The Don, you have to be aware at all times. You gotta keep your head on a swivel. You gotta be aware of enemies coming at you from every angle. You have to be aware of… being stabbed in the back. Now a few months ago, Stacks stabbed me in the back. Rizzo went into hiding, and Luca got clipped. Or so I thought. See, listen, I dunno what the Hell is going on right now. Up is down, down is up, whatever. All I want from Luca is his trust and his loyalty, and I’m not getting it. So Luca, you’re gonna get your ass out here, and we’re gonna talk man to man.” The fans cheer that!
Luca makes his entrance and he has a mic to say whoa, whoa, T, is this really how they’re gonna do this? Tony says yes it is! Listen to him! If you’re gonna lie, you’re gonna lie to him and all these people out here. Luca says he’s not lying. Tony says okay, then what happened with Luca and Stacks in the desert? Luca says he already told Tony that. They got outta the SUV, two guys tied Luca up and put him in the trunk of a car for who knows how long, only to let him out in the middle of the desert. Tony asks what Stacks said to him. Luca claims Stacks said that it was his “lucky day.” Stacks then took Luca’s phone and leaves him, no human in sight.
Tony says okay, let’s say Tony believes that. But Luca made it to Battleground, and just stared at Tony like an idiot. Can Tony trust Luca? Luca says damn right he can! The fans aren’t so sure, but Tony asks why Luca didn’t hit Stacks! Why didn’t he help Tony? What was he doing? Luca admits, he should have. But he didn’t know what to do. They lost at Stand & Deliver, Tony was mad, Luca didn’t know if he was gonna make it out of the desert alive. Luca is a consigliere, he is to advise people on what moves to make and what not to make. This is the first time since joining the family that Luca was on his own.
Tony accepts that, and Luca brings up how Rizzo is usually his soundboard, but no one’s seen her in just as long. Tony says yeah, okay, enough. They say that the eyes never lie. So Tony needs Luca to look him in the eye and tell him: “Are you with Stacks?” Luca promises Tony that he- WAIT, Stacks is here! The Underboss has a crew with him as he says Tony’s still out here, seeking the truth. Tony is pathetic without Stacks! Tony has the truth, he just doesn’t wanna accept it. Luca IS Tony’s consigliere, yet Tony won’t believe him. Luca, in all the years they’ve known each other, has Stacks ever NOT believed in him? Unlike Tony here in the last month.
Has Stacks every questioned Luca and his loyalty? Luca, there is a reason Stacks saved you from the desert in Vegas. Tony asks what that is supposed to mean, and Luca says no, Stacks left him out there! Stacks says Luca was never gonna be good enough to be Tony’s Consigliere. Luca, you know what to do next. The goons step into the ring, Tony thinks Luca is a snake, but then Luca ROCKS the goons! The fans fire up, but it is 4v2! Luca still clears the ring of the goons, then he grabs Stacks! But Stacks dodges and the HAYMAKER hits Tony!! The fans are stunned and Tony is upset, but Stacks grins. Has Luca sealed his fate?
Trick Williams warms up backstage.
Trick lifts weights and his belt. AJ Francis then walks in chanting “First Class Trick! First Class Trick!” Trick likes it, and asks if they’re ready for tonight. AJ says one thing, though. KC Navarro got hurt training for this match, so he isn’t cleared for the Six Man Tag. KC apologizes and Trick asks how they gonna wait until right before the match that KC can’t go!? KC puts this on AJ but AJ says he’s never led Trick astray. First Class doesn’t present problems, they present solutions. Then where are they? Well, KC can’t go tonight, but they found someone who can. In steps Wes Lee. And Wes says while he and Trick have history, nobody here knows TNA like Wes does.
All that aside, it is good to see that title on a real superstar. AJ & KC say that’s true. Trick says yeah, they’ve been through a lot. The whole “head of the locker room” and the smack in the face. Trick owns up, “My bad.” Trick was tripping, no excuses. But hey, Trick’s down with High Ryze. So tonight, they’re all First Class Trickin’ on the Wes Side! They all shake hands and AJ says that smells like… MONEY, MONEY, MONEY~! Wes says he’s gonna get ready, and Trick still tells KC to be better about this stuff. Don’t do this to him! KC apologizes, but will things still go off smoothly? Or will this last minute change help Elijah, Briggs & Inamura?
Class is in session at Chase U.
Mr. Chase welcomes everyone to class and officially introduces Kale Dixon & Uriah Connors. Uriah says they’re finally on time and ready to go! But per the montage, hard to say that’s true. They do their best to keep up with the lecture, and Kale blows his eraser shavings at the kiss-up from last time. Chase says it is summertime, and while other schools get to relax, Chase U has a strict curriculum. Kale has a question but Chase says hold on. Chase wants everyone to know that here, they lead by example. And while his methods may not be traditional, he takes great pride in- Kale has a question. How often do they-
Chase stops Kale again and says Kale needs to be ready to bleed black ‘n’ red. Chase U is their priority! Be ready to hear things you don’t wanna hear, and to thrive under pressure. Kale still has a question… Chase tells Kale that this is a #TeachableMoment. Chase U doesn’t adjust to you, you adjust to Chase U! Because if you wanna make it in this world, you gotta do more than learn. You gotta get EFFIN’ TOUGH! Kale closes up his book and leaves, Uriah following. Uriah says shame on Mr. Chase. Chase asks WTF! Is it Kale that needs to change? Or does Mr. Chase need to change if he wants to reach these kids?
Ethan Page & The Vanity Project watch the Ricky Saints throat smash footage.
Ricky Smokes says Ethan messed Ricky Saints up! Jackson Drake says Ethan cooked the Absolute. Ethan says to be honest, boys, this might be his best work yet. Brad Baylor says hundos, bro! But wait, Ricky Saints steps into the room. The Absolute says he will be medically cleared for next week. And he wants it to be known, he’s coming after Ethan. Ethan & Vanity Project laugh that off. Has Ricky not learned his lesson yet? Well, if he wants to get to Ethan, he has to go through Evolve’s hottest faction, the group taking over Wednesday nights and Tubi, The Vanity Project.
Ashante THEE Adonis says hey to everybody, and he agrees. Why is Ricky always so angry? Maybe he needs to chill out? Because adonisly, Ashante thought he and Ricky had something in common. But since Ricky can’t talk the talk no more, what’s he doing? Look around at the numbers game. The odds are not in Ricky’s favor. Um, Ethan & Vanity Project left… But see you real soon. Ashante sticks his foot in his mouth, but will he end up with Ricky’s boot up his ass?
Je’Von Evans, Tavion Heights & Wren Sinclair talk backstage.
Tavion is still upset that Charlie Dempsey refuses to listen. Didn’t Wren say she’d talk with him? Wren says difficult conversations can be challenging with him. It requires nuance. Je’Von asks what the hell is “nuance.” Did she talk to him or not? Wren says she did not… Je’Von and Tavion are disappointed, but then Jasper Troy passes by. The Young OG says hey to the Season 1 LFG Champion, and commends him on doing his thing 1v1 against Oba Femi. Now, he may have taken the L, but his time’s coming. Not before Je’Von, though! Just trust- Troy says stay out of his way. Troy heads out and Je’Von says okay, just saying.
Je’Von goes back to Tavion & Wren, and Charlie has appeared! And he’s annoyed seeing Je’Von back. Je’Von says hey, “C-Money,” understand that T here doesn’t wanna be in NQCC anymore. Well, seeing as how Je’Von is hanging around so much, how about this? Je’Von and Tavion have a match. If Tavion wins, he’s out of NQCC. Really? Yeah, why not. Je’Von says that’s rough. Je’Von’s not gonna lose, so Tavion’s stuck with Dempsey a little longer. Tavion says oh no, not if he can help it. They shake on it, and Je’Von tells Charlie he needs a hug. Wren offers and slowly pulls him in. Tavion, get in on this. He does not.
But will Tavion get out of NQCC by beating his new pal? Or will the Young OG prove he’s moving on up by leaving Tavion behind?
Six Man Tag: Trick Williams, AJ Francis & Wes Lee w/ High Ryze VS Elijah, Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura!
The guitar strums, and, “Hello, I am Elijah. First Class Trick~, more like Last Place Trash. Wes Lee can’t even get outta the kiddy weight class. So I brought Inamura & Briggs to walk this path, when we kick Trick’s, AJ’s and Wes Lee’s ass! And I have got one question for everybody here tonight… Who wants to walk with Elijah?!” The fans cheer that! Elijah knows two men who will! Briggs & Inamura make their entrance, will these three righteous men be victorious? Or will the prideful trio be unstoppable? We find out, after the break.
NXT returns and First Class makes their entrance first. Wes Lee & High Ryze are next, leaving the TNA World Champion for last. The trios sort out, Inamura starts against Wes, and they circler. Wes slips around Inamura to KICK, KICK, and headlock. Inamura powers up and out but Wes dropkicks the legs out! Wes then dropkicks the leg again! Wes runs but Inamura CLOBBERS him! Inamura drags Wes up, CHOPS him, then tags Briggs. Briggs & Inamura double whip to FLAPJACK! Then DROPKICK CHOP COMBO! Cover, TWO! Briggs brings Wes up, scoops him, but Wes slips free, hot tag to AJ Francis!
Wes dodges Briggs, slides out, and Francis runs in and CLOBBERS Briggs! The fans are torn but Francis runs in at the corner, only for Briggs to BOOT him! Francis hurries away, Trick tags in, and Trick runs up, but into a scoop and SIDEWALK SLAM, to the SPLASH! The fans fire up, Briggs tags Elijah, and they mug Trick. Elijah wrenches and wristlocks but Trick rolls, handsprings, and wrenches back. Trick has a top wristlock but Elijah uses the ropes to flip through! Elijah wrenches and headlocks. Trick powers up and out, Elijah reverses the whip but Trick spins that around. Trick hurdles but Elijah LEAPING LARIATS!
The fans fire up and Elijah brings Trick up. Elijah knuckle locks, goes up top, and he goes Old School so Trick will #WalkWithElijah! FLYING KNEE DROP! Cover, TWO! Trick toughs it out but Elijah brings him up. Elijah whips, Trick reverses, and Trick LEG LARIATS! The fans fire up while Elijah bails out. Briggs & Inamura check on Elijah while Trick soaks up cheers and jeers. Elijah trips Trick, drags him out, and THROWS him into barriers! The fans fire up, but Wes FLIES! Briggs & Inamura catch him! But wait, Francis wants to try! But then he stops and laughs at the fans who thought he would. But then Briggs & Inamura BOOT DOUBLE CHOP COMBO!!
Elijah goes up!? And he MACHO ELBOWS onto Francis! The fans fire up as Elijah, Briggs & Inamura fire up! The First Class Tricks regroup outside, and NXT goes picture in picture.
The ref has things calm down, but Trick is looking to leave? Elijah tags Briggs, and Briggs catches up to Trick on the ramp! Briggs brings Trick around, puts him in the ring, and then storms up. Briggs ROCKS Trick, DECKS Trick, then puts Trick on ropes to stomp him down. Trick wants mercy but Briggs YANKS him up to whip and ELBOW down! Cover, TWO! Trick stays in this but he’s far away from his team. Briggs tags Inamura and Inamura CHOPS! Inamura wrenches and grinds the arm but Trick fights up. Trick wrenches and arm-drags Inamura for a wristlock. Inamura fights up but Trick tags in Wes.
Wes goes up but Inamura avoids the flying stomp to the arm! Inamura DOUBLE CHOPS Wes inside-out! Inamura sets up in a three point stance, and he fires off the SUMO PALM STRIKES! Inamura puts Wes in the corner to JAB and CHOP on repeat! The ref counts, Inamura stops at 4 to hoist Wes up top. Inamura climbs, Tyriek gets on the apron, Elijah goes after him, but that lets Tyson go after Inamura! Tyson anchors Inamura on the corner and Wes slips free to YANK Inamura down! Wes then ENZIGIRIS, ENZIGIRIS again, and goes up, up, and FLYING DOUBLE STOMPS! Inamura falls, Wes covers, TWO!
Inamura toughs it out but Wes brings him over. Wes whips Inamura to the First Class corner, but Inamura dodges in return! Inamura runs back in, but Wes dodges! Wes UPPERCUTS Inamura, tags Francis, and then Francis sends Wes back in for a back body block! Feed to Francis’ BOOT, then Francis pops Wes up for a SPLASH! Francis adds a SENTON and he covers, TWO! Inamura survives and NXT returns to single picture. Francis clamps onto Inamura’s arm but Inamura fires body shots! Inamura CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Inamura fires a flurry of forearms, then he ROCKS Francis! Inamura runs, RAMS Francis, but Francis returns to TFL SPEAR! Cover, TWO!!
Inamura survives but Francis soaks up heat. Then he runs side to side to KNEE Inamura so hard, Francis flips up and out of the ring, and lands on his feet! Tag to Wes and Wes slingshots to PLANCHA! Cover, TWO! Inamura stays in this but Wes looms over him. Wes taunts Briggs and Elijah, then he ROCKS Inamura! And ROCKS him again! Inamura goes to a corner and snarls as he stands up. Wes runs up, Inamura dodges, but Wes BOOTS! ROUNDHOUSES! ENZIGIRIS! But then Inamura scoops for the SPIN-OUT SLAM! The fans fire up while both men are down! They crawl for their corners, hot tags to Trick and Briggs!
The fans fire up as Briggs BOOTS Trick! And then runs, dodges, and CROSSBODIES! Just enough of a hit on Trick and Elijah tags in! Elijah rallies on Trick now and he bumps Trick off buckles! Elijah CHOPS and ROCKS Trick on repeat! The fans fire up, the ref counts, and Elijah stomps a mudhole in! The ref backs Elijah off but he is still fired up! Elijah suplexes Trick for ANARCHY! Cover, Wes & Francis break it! Briggs & Inamura storm in, it is a brawl! The ref reprimands, but Francis DECKS Inamura and Wes HEEL KICKS Briggs! Elijah CHOPS Trick, Wes runs upon Briggs but Briggs TOSSES him out!
Trick ROCKS Elijah, SPIN KICKS Briggs, Elijah TOSSES Francis! JUMP KNEE for Francis! Trick catches Elijah, nelsons him, and Wes goes up. Briggs gets Elijah outta there, Wes’ WHISPER IN THE WIND hits Trick! The fans are thunderous as Wes doesn’t realize what happened, and Elijah TOSSES Wes onto Ty & Ty! Inamura tags in and climbs up while Briggs PLANCHAS onto Francis! GREAT RUSH SPLASH!! Cover, Inamura’s team wins!!
Winners: Josh Briggs, Yoshiki Inamura & Elijah, by pinfall
A huge win for the big men, and Inamura pins THE TNA World Champion! Will Inamura look to be more than just an NXT Tag Team Champion in the near future?
#ZaRuca walks ‘n’ talks backstage.
Sol says last week was so much fun, and Zaria says now they can do it in a match. Their views are a bit up and down, no thanks to Lash and Wren. Sol says they can just retry later, after Zaria wins her match. Word challenge, go! Three, two, one, WINNER~! See? Sol has Zaria’s back. But speaking of, Tatum Paxley creep up from out of a road case?! Tatum wants to talk with Sol & Zaria but they head out already. Tatum is still lonely, but will she find a way to connect? Will the Agent of Change be a real gamechanger on the road to Evolution?
Ava Raine meets with Stevie Turner and Robert Stone.
The NXT General Manager tells the Evolve “Prime Minister” that she is very proud of her. Stevie thanks Ava, and Stone agrees that Evolve has been great lately. But he does have to ask… Do they hear that? Stevie says nice one, Rob. No, he means it. There’s something going on. Ava checks the hallway, and Tony is angry with Luca. Luca explains that the punch was an accident! Oh, well, guess we’ll see. Tony says hey, Ava, glad you’re here. She saw the punch to the mouth, right? Luca says it was meant for Stacks! Then maybe Ava can make a match of Luca VS Stacks. Luca says he doesn’t wanna fight stacks. Yeah, because he’s working with Stacks, right!?
Luca says Tony needs to trust him, but Tony says Luca needs to prove it to him! Ava says okay, enough. Tony is fed up with all that happened, but Ava can’t give Luca a match with Stacks anyways. And why’s that? Is Ava working with Stacks, too? No! She’s the GM, she isn’t working with anyone. Stacks has a match, against Noam Dar for the Heritage Cup. Wait, why does Stacks get a Cup match? Because the last person he beat was a former Heritage Cup Champion in Tony D. And because his consigliere signed off on it. His what?! Luca says it wasn’t him! Tony doesn’t trust that, given the phone call we heard earlier. But if Luca isn’t Stacks’ man, then who is?
NXT Women’s Championship Evolution Eliminator: ZARIA w/ Sol Ruca VS Izzi Dame w/ The Culling!
Evolution is all about change, so naturally the Agent of Change should want to be part of it! Will she be one step closer to matching Sol Ruca as a champion? Or will The Culling’s femme fatale prove Zaria is too weak to survive?
The bell rings and the two tie up. Izzi rolls Zaria, ONE, but Izzi BOOTS Zaria down! Zaria is up but Sol coaches her. Izzi runs up, Zaria dodges and fires off hands! Zaria ROCKS Izzi, Izzi ROCKS Zaria, repeat! The fans fire up as the big shots go back and forth! Zaria then BOOTS Izzi down! Izzi flounders to a corner, Zaria runs up to SPLASH! Zaria suplexes Izzi away, covers, TWO! Zaria bumps Izzi off buckles again and again, then fireman’s carries! Izzi slips free, shoves and BACKDROPS, but Zaria sunset flips! TWO, and Izzi KNEES low! Izzi RAMS Zaria to the corner, RAMS her again and again, then digs her shoulder in.
The ref counts, Izzi lets off, and Zaria grabs Izzi for a HEADBUTT! Zaria goes up, up, and the fans rally behind Zaria as she has Izzi in a HANGING SLEEPER! Zaria drops Izzi, the fans fire up, and Zaria aims to FLYING LARIAT! Cover, TWO! The fans rally while Izzi crawls away, and NXT goes picture in picture.
Izzi drags herself up with the ropes, but Zaria is right on her! Zaria puts Izzi through the ropes, pulls her back, and then lets go at 4 to hit a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Izzi stays in this, but Zaria stays on her by tying up the legs. Zaria bends Izzi, not quite a Bow ‘n’ Arrow, but Izzi endures. Zaria CLUBS Izzi, clamps on a chinlock, but Izzi fights up to throw body shots. Zaria holds on and thrashes Izzi, but Izzi powers up to pry at the hold. Izzi opens the chinlock but Zaria fireman’s carries! Izzi slips to a sunset flip, but Zaria sits on the cover! TWO and Izzi has the cover, TWO! Zaria high stacks, TWO!
Izzi and Zaria stand, Izzi kicks low! But Zaria cradles! TWO, and Izzi cradles! TWO, and Izzi clamps onto Zaria’s neck! Zaria breaks free, BACK ELBOWS Izzi, then runs, but into a LARIAT! Izzi huffs ‘n’ puffs and puts Zaria on ropes to throw ELBOW after ELBOW! Izzi brings Zaria around, NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Izzi is frustrated but she drags Zaria up. Izzi turns Zaria for a NECKBREAKER, covers again, TWO! Zaria is tougher than that and Izzi grows further frustrated. Izzi clamps on a chinbar and armlock, but Zaria fights up. Zaria pries the hold open but Izzi scoops for a BACKBREAKER!
Izzi snarls while Zaria writhes. Izzi bumps Zaria off buckles, fireman’s carries and hits SNAKE EYES! Izzi talks trash on Zaria, kicks her around, then stands her up. Zaria ROCKS Izzi with a right hand! NXT returns to single picture as Zaria ROCKS Izzi again and again! Zaria waistlocks, Izzi runs to ropes, but Zaria holds on! Izzi fights, Zaria yanks her back, but Izzi resists the suplex! Izzi runs to a corner to HOTSHOT Zaria off the top rope! Izzi goes up, up, and FLYING CODE BREAKERS! Zaria stagger sup, Izzi RAMS her in the corner! Izzi fires forearm after forearm then adds some CHOPS! Izzi runs and BOOTS Zaria down!
The fans rally, Izzi scoops and SLAMS Zaria, then covers, TWO! Sol coaches Zaria, Shawn Spears & Niko Vance coach Izzi, and Izzi choke grips Zaria! VOLLEYBALL SPIKE CHOKE SLAM! High stack cover, TWO!! Zaria survives “the kill” and Izzi is losing her mind! Izzi runs in, but Zaria DUMPS her out! The fans fire up, Izzi hurries up, but Zaria ROCKS her first! Zaria HIP TOSSES Izzi and the fans fire up! Zaria LARIATS! And LARIATS! And then BOOTS! Zaria roars, scoops, and SLAMS! The fans fire up as Zaria waistlocks for a GERMAN SUPLEX! Zaria fires up more and the fans are with her!
Izzi rises, but Tatum spooks Sol with a surprise hug! Zaria is distracted, and Izzi hits a SKY HIGH!! Cover, IZZI WINS!!
Winner: Izzi Dame, by pinfall (advances to the #1 Contender’s Fatal 4 Way)
Tatum says oops, and Sol asks what is going on. But Izzi takes advantage of the confusion, #ItIzWhatItIz. But will she cull the weak from the Fatal 4 Way to head for Evolution?
Briggs & Inamura regroup backstage.
Briggs is fired up! First win since joining back together, and Inamura pinned Trick Williams! Inamura has proven he deserves a TNA World Championship match! And both of them know Santino Marella was watching that one. Inamura nods, and he says Briggs is still his friend. If Briggs wishes, they can do the tag team title match first. Is Inamura sure? Yes, Inamura says they should aspire to something more! Imagine one of them as TNA World Champion, and the other as THE NXT Champion! Briggs says that IS bigger. So, hell yeah! Let’s do that! Briggs is onboard for a Two Man Power Trip, will this be their time to shine?
NXT Women’s Championship Evolution Eliminator: Jordynne Grace VS Lola Vice!
Three spots filled, one remains, and they might’ve saved the best for last. These two have had their chances at the title and have fallen short, but you never say never! Will the Juggernaut bulldoze through Vice City? Or will Jordynne learn that Lola’s a knockout in her own right?
The bell rings and the two circle. They feel things out. Grace goes for a leg, but Lola holds her off. They switch on the mat, go around, and Lola escapes the facelock. The fans applaud the opening exchange and the two go again. They feel things out, clinch, and Lola waistlocks. Grace headlocks, Lola powers out but Grace whips. Lola ducks ‘n’ dodges then tilt-o-whirls to RANA! The fans fire up and Lola brings Grace up, only for Grace to TOSS her out! Grace goes up, out, but Lola slides back in! Grace RAMS Lola, Lola ducks a haymaker and has the SLEEPER! Grace HOTSHOTS free, then slingshots back in, only for Lola to SPIN KICK!
Lola fires LIGHTNING KICKS! Lola puts Grace in the corner, and reminds us, “I’M A LATINA~!” HIP ATTACK! Grace sputters, Lola welcomes her to Vice City, and NXT goes to break.
NXT returns and Lola has Grace in a GUILLOTINE FACELOCK! Grace powers up and lifts Lola, but Lola swings that into a DDT! Lola top mounts, Grace pushes free and goes to a corner. Lola runs up, Grace BOOTS her away, but Lola comes back. Grace goes up and over, runs corner to corner and goes up and over again! Grace fireman’s carries Lola for a ROLLING DEATH VALLEYH! SLIDING D! Cover, TWO!! Lola survives that double impact but Grace stays focused. The fans rally up, Grace drags Lola to her feet, and the fans rally. Grace scoops to POWERSLAM Lola into the drop zone! Grace then goes up, VADER BOMB into a TRIANGLE HOLD!
Lola holds on tight and the fans rally! Grace endures, reaches out, but she’s fading! Grace gets a second wind and high stacks Lola. Grace deadlifts Lola to POWERBOMB! Grace is free but both women are down! The fans fire up for “NXT! NXT!” Grace rises up, she brings Lola up and fires forearms. Grace pump handles but Lola fights off the lift! Grace THROWS Lola to the corner, hoists her up top, and CHOPS! The fans fire up while Lola sputters. Grace climbs, brings Lola up, but Lola fires body shots. Lola powers out to have the double wristlock! Grace endures, fires body shots, but Lola hits a SUPER ARMBAR DDT!!
Lola rises to SPINNING ROUNDHOUSE!! Cover, TWO?!?! Grace survives and Lola cannot believe it! The fans can’t believe it, either! Lola demands Grace get up! Grace sits up, Lola aims, HEEL- NO, Grace blocks and makes it a FISHERMAN BUSTER! Then a BEAST MODE DRIVER!! Cover, Grace wins!!
Winner: Jordynne Grace, by pinfall (advances to the #1 Contender’s Fatal 4 Way)
Lola put Grace under pressure, but she couldn’t break her! Jordynne is now joining Jaida, Lash and Izzi in the Fatal 4 Way, who defies the odds to face Jacy Jayne at Evolution?
#ZaRuca and Tatum are backstage.
Zaria is upset with Tatum doing that because it cost her! Tatum knows, she didn’t mean for it to happen, she’s sorry! Sol says she knows, but Zaria says it doesn’t matter now that Zaria isn’t in the Fatal 4 Way. Izzi walks over and says Tatum should remember what she told her: Zaria & Sol aren’t Tatum’s real friends. If they cared about Tatum, they’d include her in their little TikTok games. Izzi knows she would. Izzi leaves and Tatum follows! Zaria stops Sol from following, Tatum isn’t their concern. And then Blake Monroe struts by on her way to gorilla. The contract signing is coming, will it go off without a hitch?
Noam Dar speaks.
“The Heritage Cup has brought a different style of wrestling to NXT, and to America, crossing two brands. Eight of the best in-ring competitors have had the honor of carrying her. And it gives me great pride that my name has been on this trophy more than anyone else. For almost 800 days, Noam Dar has been the gold standard for the Heritage Cup. And Supernova 11 plans on keeping it that way.” He is ready for his fourth reign to be his best, but will it be his shortest if Stacks can help it?
BREAKING NEWS for next week!
Just as Inamura told Briggs, BRIGGS will have the TNA World Championship match against Trick, even though Inamura pinned the champ! Will this favor from his friend help Briggs finally win the big one?
Ava Raine is in the ring.
The fans cheer the NXT General Manager, and she says, “NXT has the best women’s division in all of professional wrestling. And tonight, I continue to add to that as the hottest free agent in sports entertainment joins an already stacked women’s roster, and officially signs her NXT contract. Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome to the ring, The Glamour, Blake Monroe!” The fans cheer as Miss Monroe makes her first entrance ever here on NXT. She blows kisses to the crowd and steps into the ring. She picks up the mic to say, “The moment you’ve gushed, gasped, and glammed for is finally here.”
The fans cheer, and Monroe says this IS the best women’s division in the world. She’s been dreaming of hopping into bed with that kind of talent. And it is no secret, but the WWE has always been her dream. And now that she’s here, this women’s division is all hers! The fans cheer that, too! Because the Glamour raises the bar, turns heads, and redefines what it means to be a star! So, ladies, surely you’re listening. The spotlight is now firmly on The Glamour, Blake Monroe. The fans cheer again, and Monroe takes out her own pen. She signs on the dotted line, only for The Fatal Influence to storm out here.
The fans boo but Jacy Jayne waves hi to Ava & Monroe. Jacy says, “Ava, darling, quick question for you. Why’re you out here kissing the newbie’s ass like this?” The fans boo more but Jacy says the last time she checked, Fatal Influence has been running this division all year. And did they ever get some kind of celebration? Did they? Fallon says nope, not once. And sure as hell not for Fallon’s NXT Women’s North American Championship. Jazmyn says of course not! And now, she won’t lie to Monroe, it is impossible to keep their eyes off her. This is so cute! But if Monroe thinks she came here to take what Fatal Influence has built, then she’s delusional.
Monroe says, “Oh… Oh, dear. The rumors are true: Fatal Influence are as insecure as they are b*tches.” The fans cheer that! Fallon frowns and Jacy says alright, alright, reality check. This division doesn’t need Monroe. She’s just another new flavor of the month. Jacy has seen girls like Monroe walk in here time and time again, and- Monroe stops her and asks if she’s ever tried this one: SLAP!! The fans fire up as Fallon and Monroe brawl! Monroe throws a flurry, but then the ROLLING ENCORE hits her! The fans boo and Fallon drags Monroe up. She and Jacy DOUBLE POWERBOMB Monroe down through the table!
Ava is upset and so are the fans. But will even The Glamour end up under The Influence? Or will Jacy, Fallon & Jazmyn come to regret bullying the “newbie?”
My Thoughts:
A great NXT with a lot of action and still plenty of good story. Mariah May, now Blake Monroe, got quite a bit of hype for her contract signing, and I figured Fatal Influence would “crash the party.” They get themselves a lot of heat beating down the new girl that comes in with a lot of love, but like… Does this undercut the whole point of an Evolution Eliminator? Or will Jacy and Monroe have a title match for NXT Great American Bash since it is 24 hours ahead of Evolution? Then the winner of that meets the winner of the Fatal 4 Way, all sorts of possibilities there.
The four “eliminator” matches were all great, and I do appreciate that they just cut to giving us the grudge matches at this point in the little mini-tournament rather than leaving them for the Fatal 4. Jaida really had a clever way around losing, I don’t know if I’ve ever really seen something like that.
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Will this become King of the YEET?
Though he lost the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Jey Uso has a chance to be King of the Ring, if he can beat Sheamus, Rusev and Bronson Reed!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Queen of the Ring Tournament Fatal 4 Way: Stephanie Vaquer VS Raquel Rodriguez VS Ivy Nile VS Asuka;Â Asuka wins and advances to the next round.
- AJ Styles VS JD McDonagh w/ Dominik Mysterio; Styles wins.
- Liv Morgan VS Kairi Sane; Kairi wins, by stoppage.
- King of the Ring Tournament Fatal 4 Way: Sheamus VS Rusev VS Bronson Reed VS Jey Uso; Jey wins and advances to the next round.
PLAY BY PLAY
Liv Morgan & Dominik Mysterio are here!
Green Bay is a bit torn as the Bonnie & Clyde of WWE go to the ring together, proudly wearing their belts. And Liv seems extra proud of herself after insulting and then knocking out Nikki Bella last week. Liv grabs the mic to say, “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Monday Night Morgan~! And please make some noise for the most gorgeous man in WWE. He is the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time, Dominik Mysterio~!” The fans make noise, but it isn’t all positive. Dom has the mic and thanks Liv, but tonight is not about him. Tonight is all about Liv! The fans boo again but Liv thanks Dom for that.
Liv says respect is the thing she is out here to talk about. Everyone needs reminding that this is LIV’s division! And when you talk about her division, you talk about HER! See, Nikki Bella had to learn that the hard way, and now she’s home all beat up, watching Liv on her TV, which is where she should be! Wanna know what was worse than that? The fact that Iyo Sky claimed Nikki paved the way for them all. What a joke. No one paved the way for Liv, and especially not Nikki! Liv paved her own way, and she became the history-making, record-breaking, FOUR-TIME WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion!
The fans boo a bit more but Liv asks the fans if they know what that makes her. What it makes her is the greatest WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion of ALL~ TIME! So she is not asking for respect anymore, she’s demanding it! Just like she is demanding for a rematch she never got over the Women’s World Championship. So Iyo, they can do this the easy way or the hard way. Well, here comes Iyo! The fans cheer the Genius as she holds up the Women’s World Championship and goes to the ring. Iyo grabs herself a mic while the fans cheer her on. Iyo tells Liv, “Do everyone a favor, and shut your mouth!”
The fans cheer and Liv is upset, but Iyo says all Liv does is whine and show disrespect. Iyo rants in Japanese a second and the fans appreciate that. But Iyo says Liv disrespected Nikki Bella, and she disrespected Iyo! If Liv wants to fight, then Iyo is right here! The fans cheer that and Liv says okay, okay. She does wanna fight her, but only for the title. But if Iyo is scared because Liv has beaten her more than any other woman in the WWE, then Iyo can just hand the title over, Liv doesn’t mind. Liv smiles and Iyo sneers. Iyo is not handing Liv anything. If Liv wants it, she has to earn it. Liv can’t just steal it like she stole Dirty Dom from Rhea!
Dom says hold on, hold on! The fans boo Dom but Dom says let’s just make this easy for Liv and give her what she wants! Like Dom does every single day! Liv tells Iyo to listen to Dom, he’s smart. Just shine the belt up and hand it over, thanks. Oh, Liv wants it? Yes, she wants it. Iyo says alright, she can have it. Catch! Liv catches the belt, and then she gets a DROPKICK! And a BUZZSAW! Dom is upset but then Iyo ROUNDHOUSES him! The fans fire up as Iyo holds up her title while Dom & Liv run away! Liv still has to face Kairi Sane later tonight in a rematch of their own, will the Pirate Princess just add insult to injury?
Queen of the Ring Tournament Fatal 4 Way: Stephanie Vaquer VS Raquel Rodriguez VS Ivy Nile VS Asuka!
The final Fatal 4 Way for the Queen of the Ring is here, with Alexa Bliss awaiting the winner! But will it be La Primera making big moves in her “rookie year” on Raw? Will Big Mami Cool make up for Liv falling short? Will this tournament soon be American Made? Or will the Empress of Tomorrow have a massive return?
Raw returns and Raquel gets ready backstage. Liv finds her and tells her to win, no matter what. Raquel says got it, then she makes her entrance. Ivy is already in the ring, so that leaves Asuka to make her entrance for the first time in just over a year! The fans fire up to see her back, from classic theme to the face paint. The bell rings, Raquel rushes Asuka and Ivy is after Vaquer! They brawl, and then Ivy and Raquel whip! Vaquer reverses, Asuka CLOBBERS Ivy, and then the two work together against towering Raquel! KICK after KICK, then DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! The fans fire up and chant, “Welcome Back! Welcome Back!”
Asuka and Vaquer tie up, Vaquer ducks a kick to shove, then follow. Vaquer dodges a lariat, sweeps to cover, ONE! Asuka sweeps to cover, ONE! The two standoff and the fans cheer. But Ivy CLOBBERS Vaquer! Raquel puts Asuka in a corner, but Ivy tries to roll Raquel up! Raquel YANKS Ivy up to PUSH her away! Asuka headscissors, but Raquel uses that to POWERBOMB Asuka onto Ivy & Vaquer! Ricky Desperado stands tall while the fans boo, and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Vaquer ROCKS Ivy! Vaquer fires more hands, then runs, itl-ow-rhils and rolls Ivy up, TWO! Ivyh swings, but Vaquer spins her and snap suplexes her! But Raquel is up, only for Vaquer to serv eher SOLE FOOD! Asuka is back, Vaquer dodges to mule kick! Vaquer runs and METEORAS Raquel in a corner! Vaquer runs up, blocks Asuka’s boot, and DRAPING DRAGON SCREWS her! Asuka writhes but she goes to a corner. Ivy runs up, but into a BIG back suplex! Vaquer grins as she wraps on the headscissors! The fans fire up for the DEVIL’S KISSES! AH AH AH AH, but then Raquel KICKS Vaquer in the side!
Raquel drags Vaquer up, suplexes, but Vaquer slips free! Vaquer wrenches, snapmares, and now she puts Raquel in the headscissor! DEVIL’S KISSES, but Raquel Electric Chair Lifts! The fans fire up for that feat of strength, but Asuka runs in! Raquel BOOTS Asuka, but Vaquer RANAS Raquel to the apron! And she holds on, for DEVIL’S KISSES on the apron!! AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH, YEEEEAH~! The fans fire up and Vaquer smiles. Raquel flounders around, Vaquer climbs and springboards, CROSSBODY! Asuka is in to clinch, chicken wing, but Vaquer fights the rest of the Asuka Lock!
The two fight for control, Vaquer pulls hair but can’t get a grip. Vaquer RAMS Asuka into a corner, Ivy RIDER KICKS Vaquer down! Ivy then fires off on Asuka! Ivy whips Asuka, Asuka KICKS back! Ivy staggers, Asuka runs up, but Ivy dodge! HIP ATTACK for Raquel! Ivy cradles Asuka, TWO! Ivy waistlocks to GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Asuka stays in this and Ivy is surprised! Ivy says she was that close, and talks trash on Asuka while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns once again and Vaquer has Asuka up top. Ivy joins in, Asuka blocks the suplex, but then Raquel joins in! Raquel Electric Chair Lifts both Vaquer and Ivy, and Asuka MISSILE DROPKICKS them all down! The fans fire up as Asuka rises! Asuka KICKS Vaquer, KICKS Ivy, and repeat! Asuka SUPERKICKS Vaquer, then spins to BUZZSAW Ivy! Raquel runs up, Asuka bobs ‘n’ weaves, fires off palm strike after palm strike, and then a SOBAT! And a front KICK! CODE BREAKER! Raquel staggers, Asuka fires up and the fans are with her! Asuka runs up and SOBATS! ROUNDHOUSE for Ivy! Asuka waistlocks, Ivy takes a swing, but gets a POP-UP KNEE for it!
Asuka covers, but Vaquer breaks it! The fans fire up as these two meet again. Vaquer and Asuka smile as they circle. Vaquer dodges a shot to fire of fa flurry! Vaquer whips, Asuka reverses, and Vaquer RAMS Asuka! Asuka fire sup, so the shots keep going! The fans fire up with Asuka, but Vaquer fires HEADBUTT after HEADBUTT! Vaquer runs, Asuka UPPERCUTS her at the ropes! Asuka grins, runs, but Vaquer KNEES her low! Vaquer whips just to reel Asuka in, snap suplex! Vaquer goes to a corner, takes aim, but Asuka runs up! Vaaquer goes up and over, DROPKICKS Asuka, then shakes out her own leg.
Vaquer underhooks, lifts, and TIGER BUSTER! Cover, Ivy drags Vaquer away! Ivy TOSSES Vaquer, scoops Asuka, SWINGING POWERSLAM! Cover, Vaquer breaks it up! Vaquer underhooks Ivy now, but Ivy wrenche sout. Vaquer JAWBREAKERS and ROUNDHOUSES! But Raquel BOOTS Vaquer! Raquel drags Vaquer up, “This is Awesome!” TEXANA BOMB!! Cover, RHEA DRAGS RAQUEL OUT! The fans go nuts for Mami as she waves hi. Rhea BOOTS Raquel, then hits a RIPTIDEÂ to the floor!! Rhea then tosses Raquel back in for someone, anyone! Asuka runs up with the HIP ATTACK! Cover, Asuka wins!
Winner: Asuka, by pinfall (advances to the semifinals)
The #EmpressImpact certainly made an impact, but so did Rhea! Will Rhea and Raquel have to run back their own classic feud to put this to rest? Cathy Kelley interviews Asuka in the ring to congratulate her on this huge return win. How is Asuka feeling? Asuka smiles and the fans cheer, and Asuka says, “The fire didn’t die! It’s still alive! I will be the Queen of the Ring! No one is ready for Asuka!!” The fans cheer that! And will this big win help Asuka turn this into The Empress of the Ring? Or will Alexa Bliss “welcome” Asuka back by eliminating her from the tournament?
Judgment Day regroups in the clubhouse.
Roxanne Perez talks with Dom, Finn & JD about some things, Raquel ices from her match, and Liv says they need to go talk strategy for fighting Kairi. Raquel says she’s not really cleared for anything more tonight. Liv says oh, okay, she’ll go handle it herself then. Liv storms off, Dom wants to follow her, but JD has Dom hold on. Isn’t Dom supposed to help JD & Finn get the tag titles? Oh, yeah, but AJ Styles has been breathing down Dom’s neck. So JD can handle AJ for him, then they can get the tag titles. Finn agrees, he’ll be out there to have JD’s back. Actually… Finn was supposed to handle Styles last time, but he didn’t, so…
Dom suggests Finn stays back to hold down the fort. Finn frowns, but then he says Dom is right. He will stay in the back. But then Dom should go out there to watch JD’s back and make sure things go well. Dom agrees and heads out with the Irish Ace. Will JD handle the Phenomenal One so Dirty Dom doesn’t have to? Finn meanwhile talks with Raquel about that stuff with Liv. Don’t worry about her, things are going to work out. Raquel thanks Finn for that, and Finn tells Roxie that while Liv said she wants to handle things herself, but Finn has an idea. Finn and Roxie go off to talk, what is The Prince getting up to tonight?
Gunther is here!
Green Bay is rather conflicted seeing Der Ring General as World Heavyweight Champion again, but Gunther smiles as he makes his way to the ring. Gunther shows off the belt around his waist, and even eggs the fans on with their cheers and jeers. Gunther even gives the belt a kiss before holding it up, and off goes celebratory pyro! Gunther then grabs himself a mic, and while the fans boo, he says, “At WrestleMania…” The fans boo more and Gunther chuckles. “Look, guys, I’m man enough to admit that at WrestleMania, Jey Uso was the better man. He was the better man for one night! Because on every other single night, I am UNTOUCHABLE!”
The fans boo more, but Gunther just grins. Gunther continues by saying he has heard all the rumors and the chatter about what is next for him. The fans chant, “GOLD~BERG! GOLD~BERG!” Gunther says no, no, definitely NOT that guy! Gunther punked Goldberg out in front of his family, Goldberg learned his lesson! Gunther doesn’t care about rumors, he cares about reality. Seth Rollins has that Money in the Bank contract, and Gunther has what he wants! Gunther tells Rollins that he’ll say this directly to him. “A few weeks ago, you said to me when I win your World Heavyweight Championship back, I’m a target.
“Well, since I’m a target, I wanna make it very easy for you. I am right here! So don’t waste anymore time.” WAIT! GOLDBERG IS HERE?! Green Bay fires up as the living legend steps out on stage, gets his pyro, then storms down to the ring! Goldberg thanks the fans for that, and then he tells Gunther don’t be confused, it is all good. Tonight is Gunther’s night! Tonight, Goldberg is here to celebrate Gunther winning the World Heavyweight Championship. Goldberg’s been there before, he knows how Gunther must feel. So congratulations! But y’know what? Before Goldberg leaves, a few months ago, Gunther started something with Goldberg’s family in Atlanta!
And Goldberg is gonna make sure that he ENDS it, in Atlanta! So July 12th, Saturday Night’s Main Event, “You’re MINE! Because YOU’RE NEXT!” Gunther frowns but the fans all cheer on “GOLD~BERG!” Will Goldberg get himself one more win in his storied career? Or will Gunther make sure July 12th is Goldberg’s last match, period?
AJ Styles VS JD McDonagh w/ Dominik Mysterio!
The Phenomenal One has been chasing the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the last few months, and with no spot in the King of the Ring tournament left to him, he’s come back around to try again. But will he be able to trump the Irish Ace? Or will the Judgment Day use their usually dirty tricks to deny him again?
The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, Styles puts JD in a corner, but JD pulls the hair to put Styles in the corner. The fans rally for Styles as JD lets off. Styles dodges a haymaker to hit a headlock takeover. Styles grinds JD down but JD fights up. JD powers up and out to then reel Styles in for a headlock. Styles powers up and out, but JD RUNS him over! Things keep moving, but Styles trips JD to then float to a headlock. JD rolls to a cover, ONE, and Styles holds on. JD powers up and out, Styles sunset flips, TWO! JD hurries to high stack, TWO! Styles pops JD into the sunset, TWO! Styles arm-drags!
The fans fire up, JD headscissors, but Styles flails. Styles moves around to headstand then jackknife, TWO as JD bridges up! JD powers through to spin Styles for a backslide! Styles rolls through but JD gets away before the Clash! The fans oddly sing for “Dirty, Dirty Dom~!” while JD and Styles tie up. JD kicks low, then stomps away in the corner! JD digs his boots in, the ref counts, and JD steps off. JD soaks up heat, then he stalks Styles to the ropes. JD CHOPS Styles, whips him corner to corner, but Styles catches JD to a COBRA TWIST! JD resists, Styles rolls JD and has the CALF CRUSHER! JD scrambles around, but Styles rolls him away!
Styles pulls on the leg, JD fights the other way, and Dom pushes the ropes forward! The ref reprimands but JD still makes the ROPEBREAK! Dom helps JD out of the ring, but Styles goes out there. Styles storms up on Dom, they go running around the outside! Dom tries to get to the crowd but Styles grabs that vest! JD FLIES in over the barriers to wipe Styles out! Dom applauds and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns and JD has Styles in the chinlock. The fans rally, Styles fights up, and Styles fires body shots. JD THROWS Styles down by his hair! The fans boo but JD stands on Styles’ hair! The ref reprimands but JDÂ pulls Styles’ arms to also pull hair! The fans rally for Styles, the ref counts, and JD stops at 4. Just to do it again! The ref counts again, JD stops, and Styles KICKS JD from below! Styles rises to fire off a Phenomenal Blitz, with the LARIAT! And SLIDING FOREARM! The fans fire up while JD goes to a corner. Styles runs and LARIATS, then fireman’s carries for an USHIGOROSHI! Cover, TWO!
JD stays in this and Styles frowns. The fans rally, Styles reels JD in, but JD wrenches out to HEADBUTT! JD suplexes, for a BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Styles survives and JD is furious! The fans rally up again as JD brings Styles up. JD puts Styles in a corner, ROCKS him, then hoists him to the top rope. Styles fires hands on JD, but JD CHOPS! JD climbs, Styles fires hands, and JD drops back. JD ROCKS Styles again, climbs back up, but Styles fires body shots! Styles HEADBUTTS and JD falls! Styles steadies himself on the top rope, adjusts, then aims, but Dom gets on the apron! Styles scares Dom off, but JD kicks Styles low!
JD hits a ripcord, but Styles turns that into a headlock takeover! Styles deadlifts JD into the STYLES CLASH!! Cover, Styles wins!
Winner: AJ Styles, by pinfall
Dom runs up, Styles dodges! PELE! Dom staggers around, Styles runs up, but Dom puts him on the apron! Styles ROCKS Dom, but Finn rushes out here! Finn gets Dom outta there, but the belt was left behind! Styles picks the belt up and the fans cheer! Will Styles make this title phenomenal? Wait, Finn and Dom coordinate, and JD is up. Judgment Day flanks the ring, but Styles slips right past them all! Styles still has the belt in hand, but will he finally get his shot at it?
Sheamus prepares backstage.
The Fella spots The Alpha Academy walking over and asks Natalya, Maxxine & Tozawa what’s the crack. How’s Otis doing? Doing better, he’ll be back soon. But they know Sheamus has a match tonight, so how is he feeling? Natty says from one vet to another, he has to take care of Rusev. No problem there, Natty. Sheamus will bully the bully. Tozawa shouts, “Sheamus! Kick his ass!” The Celtic Warrior nods, will he get revenge for the Alpha Academy?
Bayley heads to gorilla.
The Role Model wants revenge of her own on Becky Lynch, but uh, what’s going on over here? New Day stands with Grayson Waller as Waller argues with Austin Theory. A-Town Down Under is falling apart, but will Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods be the reason it all ends?
Bayley goes to the ring!
Raw returns as The Role Model makes her entrance, and Green Bay cheers her on. Bayley grabs a mic and says, “Ding dong, Green Bay!” The fans cheer again, and Bayley says it feels so amazing to be back. She missed the fans so much! She smiles as the fans sing and chant for her, and she says we all know that classic quote: You don’t know what you have ’til it’s gone. But every time Bayley gets in this ring, she knows exactly what she has. She knows what it feels like to be here, and she doesn’t take any of it for granted. Every single time she gets an opportunity to be in front of the fans, she revels in it! This is what she was born to do!
The fans cheer, and Bayley says this is what is most important to her, what she puts her heart and soul into every single night. And two months ago, Bayley was stripped of an opportunity. She was robbed of a WrestleMania match! The fans boo, and Bayley says she was robbed of her tag title shot, a division she holds near and dear to her heart. But luckily for her, Bayley doesn’t come in here day in and day out, Raw, SmackDown, NXT, losing sleep and putting her body on the line, just for one night of the year! She doesn’t do it just for the big moments, the titles, or WrestleMania, but for nights like tonight and for people like the fans in Green Bay!
The fans cheer Bayley on more, and she says, “So Becky Lynch… If you think you taking me out for WrestleMania hurt me, if you think it broke me, I want you to know that you’re wrong. It healed me, Becky! It made me better, Becky! That it made me stronger!” The fans cheer again and Bayley paces. Bayley says, “Now, I may have said in the past, hell, right up to WrestleMania, how much it bothers me, how much you’ve been a chip on my shoulder, how you’ve always been just two steps ahead, you’ve always been just two rungs ahead of me and I could never make it there. Yeah, that at at me, Becky!
“But y’know what? I’m climbing that ladder, Becky, and I’m coming straight for you. I’m knocking you down, and I’m taking everything that you took for me! So you better get your ass out here right now!” The fans cheer that! And then here comes Becky! The fans are torn as The Man struts out in Chicago Bears merchandise, holding up her title belt. Becky joins Bayley in the ring and grabs her own mic while the fans boo. Green Bay chants, “Bears Still Suck! Bears Still Suck!” Becky says the Bears still beat Green Bay last time. And Becky has always been a chip on Bayley’s shoulder? No, Bayley, you and Becky are the same!
Becky and Bayley were “never meant to be at the top of this division,” yet here they are! The difference is, Bayley accepts being second fiddle, Becky does not! Y’know, kinda like the Packers. Bayley would rather have her group of friends than a legacy. Becky would rather have a legacy than a group of fake friends! Legacy!? Bayley did build a legacy! She’s a future Hall of Famer! Right, Michael Cole? That’s right! She built her legacy, and is so confident in it, she doesn’t mind helping the locker room. She doesn’t mind bringing people up that need help. Oh, okay, the people, right. Bayley fights for the people~!
Becky used to fight for the people, but the people stopped fighting for her, so that’s why Becky stopped fighting for them! So hey, here’s a secret: The people stopped fighting for Bayley, too. Where’s the proof? It was when Bayley got taken out of WrestleMania and Becky stepped in, and no one gave a DAMN about Bayley! No one cared that Bayley was no longer there, they all cheered for Becky! Bayley asks if Becky can hear herself. She sounds like an idiot! The fans can see it! Becky is so insecure! Becky is so worried about what everyone thinks! She took an entire YEAR off, and she worried about whether fans would cheer or boo, and that’s why Becky took Bayley out!
Becky didn’t know if the fans would care, so she had to make it a surprise! And 24 hours later, it still didn’t sit right. Becky probably couldn’t sleep that night, and then she went and took Lyra out, too, because Becky couldn’t hack it if the fans weren’t going to cheer. Becky says they did cheer for that, too. Bayley asks Becky if she forgot how it is to fight for everything. To fight for WrestleMania, for championships. Or maybe is Becky’s too far up her own ass that she doesn’t know what it is like anymore. Becky says no, she has forgotten what the struggle is like. But has Bayley forgotten what championship gold feels like?
The fans boo but Bayley says maybe she has. Remind her. C’mon, stop hiding and get over here! Becky says no, she’s not turning her back to Bayley. Becky snakes away saying Bayley’s the sneaky one. But if Bayley wants a match, they can have a match. But not here in Green Bay! And not even for the title! See you in Columbus, Ohio! Then Becky SLAPS Bayley! So Bayley DECKS Becky!! The fans fire up as The Man scurries away! Bayley smiles, will she get to do that all over again when she and Becky throw down?
Backstage interview with Jey Uso.
Cathy Kelley is now with Main Event Jey and says it was a bit of a setback last week, losing the world title to Gunther. But how important is it he moves forward with this King of the Ring match tonight? Jey says it is very important. He won his first world title from Gunther, he has Gunther’s respect. Then Gunther won it back, so Gunther got Jey’s respect. So as far as Jey sees it, that makes them 1-1. Gunther can look past Rollins, look past Goldberg, but they’ll run it back one day. If that means winning KOTR, then say less. Four letters, one word, uh uh… YEET! But then, will Jey also make that one word, “King?”
Nick Aldis is backstage.
The SmackDown General Manager is here, and he meets with AJ Styles. Aldis thanks Styles for handing over the Intercontinental Championship, and Aldis will make sure it is returned to Dom in a timely fashion. But good news! Styles has a chance to get this title permanently. It is now official for Night of Champions! Dom VS Styles for the Intercontinental Championship! Styles thanks Aldis for that and heads out. Then Bayley steps in and Aldis says he heard all that out there. So speaking of making it official, Becky VS Bayley will happen. But Aldis is putting a little twist on it. As he sees it, WrestleMania was when Becky took Bayley’s title match.
So now, Bayley is owed a title match in return. Next week, Raw in Columbus, it will be Becky VS Bayley for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship! Bayley thanks Aldis and says this is why she always liked him. But then Lyra Valkyria walks over. The Morrigan welcomes Bayley back, and congratulates her on the title match. Bayley says she’s just trying to do what’s best for her. She is sorry that she didn’t get back to Lyra on the texts or calls, it was a rough two months. But it wasn’t personal. Lyra gets it, this is what is best for Bayley. But Lyra just wants Bayley to know, if Bayley wins the title, then Lyra will do what’s best for Lyra and come after her for it.
Lyra heads out, and things have really escalated. Will the Role Model tear down The Man, only to battle someone else who was once a friend?
Liv Morgan VS Kairi Sane!
The greatest women’s tag team champion of all time has been having a hard time against the Pirate Princess. A loss because Roxie and Raquel argued, then Raquel takes a loss because Iyo got the better of Liv, and then the losses in the Queen of the Ring tournament, no wonder Liv lashed out against Nikki. But will Liv take her frustrations out on Kairi in this rematch? Or will Kairi only add to the misery with another defeat?
Raw returns and Liv is back in the ring. The bell rings, Liv runs up, but Kairi dodges! Kairi then blocks a kick, trips Liv, and floats to a headlock. Liv scrambles to the outside and clutches her arms. Is Liv still hurting from things last week? The ref has Kairi wait while the medics check Liv. Liv’s arm is definitely the concern, and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns, and unfortunately, that rough landing from the takedown did in fact jam up Liv’s arm, she cannot continue. Kairi wins by stoppage, but will Liv’s misery only continue in and out of the ring?
Backstage interview with Sami Zayn.
Cathy Kelley is with the Honorary Uce and she congratulates him on advancing in the KOTR. Friday Night SmackDown will see Sami take on Randy Orton, how is he feeling? Sami isn’t sure. He feels he’s talked about the World Heavyweight Championship so much lately, and now somehow, the opportunity is here. Sami has had the chance a few times to challenge for that title, but something about this time feels different. Karrion Kross walks in and says, “Oh, this is so disturbing! It feels… different? There’s absolutely nothing different about this! Sami, you know you’re an insane person, right?
“You know what an insane person does? They do the exact same thing every day, expecting a different result. Lemme explain to you what’s going to happen. You’re going to go to Friday Night SmackDown, and you’re going to compete against one of the most diabolical people this business has ever seen, a guy who knows how to in, The Viper, Randy Orton. And then, you’re gonna lose! And he’s gonna go on to become a FIFTEEN-TIME World Champion, and you are gonna stay at zero.” Sami smiles and says, “You think I’m crazy? You know what I think you are? I think you’re a coward. I think you hide back here, and you talk, and you hide in the shadows, and you lurk, and you talk in riddles.
“Why? You don’t go out there, because maybe all the big talk when you go out there, maybe you can’t back it up?! Maybe you don’t have the courage to talk a big game, and maybe you fall on your face, and you don’t have the courage to go back out there, cuz trust me, I’ve talked a big game, I’ve gone out there, and I’ve lost, and I have the courage to pick myself back up and go out there again. Can you say the same? I didn’t think so. So I’m done listening to you talk, you understand me? Right now, my focus is the King of the Ring, that’s my priority. But I’m telling you now, the second that’s done, the second that’s done, I am going to Adam Pearce.
“And you and me, we’re gonna have this match once and for all.” Kross says, “It’s about time.” Mr. Doomsday leaves, has Sami just sealed his doom?
Jey Uso enters through the concourse.
The fans young and old are fired up as Jey asks them to play his music! Four letters, one word, UH UH… YEET! Jey heads down the bleachers, and fans show off the new foam YEET hands! Will Jey get his hands on that ticket to the next round? Or will someone else have that semifinal match with Cody Rhodes?
King of the Ring Tournament Fatal 4 Way: Sheamus VS Rusev VS Bronson Reed VS Jey Uso!
Raw returns and Rusev makes his entrance. Following that, The Celtic Warrior enters, leaving the Colossal Aussie for last. Paul Heyman accompanies Bronson, but why is Heyman holding Rollins’ MITB briefcase…? The bell rings and Bronson goes after Sheamus while Rusev goes after Jey! They end up in the corners, Rusev stomps a mudhole into Jey but Sheamus dodges Bronson. Sheamus CHOPS and ROCKS Bronson, but Bronson hits back! Bronson HEADBUTTS Sheamus, then SHOVES Sheamus up and out of the ring! Bronson goes to the apron but Sheamus CLUBS a leg out! Sheamus sends Bronson into barriers!
Rusev keeps beating Jey down, and Bronson sends Sheamus into steel steps! Then into barriers! Rusev drags Jey up to fire body shots on those wrapped-up ribs. Rusev shoves Jey, runs up, but Jey DUMPS Rusev out! Rusev is right up to ROCK Jey, but Bronson YANKS Rusev down! Bronson and Rusev brawl now, and Bronson HEADBUTTS! Bronson whips, Rusev reverses, and Bronson is sent into steps! Jey then DIVES out onto Rusev! The fans fire up and YEET with Jey, and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Bronson is beating up on Jey now. Bronson fireman’s carries Jey but Jey slips free! Jey ROCKS Bronson, counter punches, “YEET! YEET! YEET!” Jey pops, locks, and puts some stank on the HAYMAKER! The fans fire up as Jey mule kicks, then UPPERCUTS! Bronson blocks the next kick, but Jey DRAGON WHIPS! Bronson tumbles out, Sheamus slides in, btu Jey SUPERKICKS Sheamus! Rusev is back, Jey SUPERKICKS him! Rusev wobbles, Jey SUPERKICKS again! Rusev is still up, Jey runs, but Rusev LARIATS! The fans fire up, Sheamus and Bronson brawl, and Bronson whips. Sheamus reverses to POST Bronson!
Sheamus runs up on Bronson, but Bronson DUMPS Sheamus into the crowd! The fans fire up with Sheamus at their feet, and Bronson gloats. But Sheamus rises up to get Bronson’s arms! Sheamus gives Bronson BEATS OF THE BODHRAIN! The fans count along, Sheamus goes TEN! The fans fire up and Sheamus adds another TEN, so that’s TWENTY! The fans fire up with Sheamus, but Jey SUPERKICKS Sheamus at the barriers! But Bronson runs up, only to be sent into barriers! Jey lines up a shot, “UCE! OH!” Jey runs in, but Rusev is there to CLOBBER him first! Rusev roars, the fans are torn, but Rusev goes to the ring.
Sheamus is there, and the fans rally up as these former friends are 1v1. The fans cheer for “RUSEV DAY!” as the forearms fly! They fire hands, haymakers, body shots, and then Sheamus fires off with forearms! Sheamus whips, Rusev ducks ‘n’ dodges to WHEEL KICK! The fans fire up and Rusev watches Sheamus flounder. Rusev runs in at the corner, but Sheamus BOOTS him! Rusev just roars! Rusev runs back in, Sheamus scoops Rusev to POWERSLAM! The fans rally as both men rise up. They throw more haymakers, and the fans duel, “Let’s Go, Sheamus!” “RUSEV DAY!” Bronson CLOBBERS both men because he’s just that big!
Wait, Sheamus and Rusev get up, just to brawl with each other! So Bronson SPLASHES them both in the corner! Jey BOOTS Bronson from the corner! Jey CROSSBODIES, but Bronson catches him! WORLD’S STRONGEST SLAM!! Bronson roars, the fans boo, and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns once again, and Rusev sputters from being thrown onto the announce desk! Sheamus leaves Rusev behind to go after Jey. The fans rally for m ore tables, but Sheamus and Jey fire haymakers! They go shot for shot, then it is fast ‘n’ furious! Sheamus blocks the kick, ducks the Dragon Whip, and fireman’s carries! Jey fights free to the apron, but now Sheamus has Jey on the ropes! Jey fires elbows to stop the Bodhrain, and he GAMANGIRIS! Jey hurries inside, but Sheamus gives him an IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER! But Bronson runs up to HEADBUTT Sheamus down! Bronson wobbles, but he brings Sheamus back up.
Bronson reels Sheamus in, says thumbs down, but Sheamus fights the lift! Sheamus fireman’s carries Bronson!? The fans go nuts for that alone! And then, WHITE NOISE!! Right on the Slim Jim logo! Cover, TWO!! Rusev hurries to stomp Sheamus, and he URENAGES Sheamus onto Bronson! Rusev snarls, the fans are torn, but they do agree, “This is Awesome!” Rusev sees Jey in a corner, runs up, but into a SUPERKICK! Bronson is back up, Jey SUPERKICKS him! And he SUPERKICKS Sheamus! Jey aims again, SUPER- NO, Rusev blocks to ROUNDHOUSE Jey! And then ACCOLADE!! Jey endures, the fans fire up, but Jey gets an arm free!
Rusev traps that arm again, pulls on Jey’s back, but Jey keeps fighting! Sheamus gives Rusev a KNEE CAPPER! Rusev flounders away, Bronson is up but he gets a KNEE CAPPER! MACHKA KICK for Sheamus! Sheamus BROGUES Rusev! Cover, SENTON from Bronson! Bronson hurries up a corner while Sheamus is in the drop zone! The fans are going nuts, TSUNAMI onto Sheamus!! Cover, JEY BREAKS IT!! The fans fire up and Heyman is stunned, but Jey keeps this one going! Bronson snarls, runs up, but Jey dodges! And SPEARS!! Jey topples Bronson, but he hurries to the top rope!
The fans are thunderous, but oh no, h ere comes Bron Breakker!! Bron SHOVES Jey off the corner, and he laughs at Jey! The fans bark, but wait! SAMI ZAYN is after Bron! Sami won’t let them screw Jey over! He POSTS Bron! Sami then lines up a shot, runs in, but Bron catches Sami first! And he military presses Sami to TOSS him onto and over the desk!!! But wait, PENTA FLIES ONTO BRON!! The fans are thunderous as #CeroMiedo gets payback on Bron! But Bronson gives Jey a DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!! Bronson hurries up top, takes aim, but then L A KNIGHT is here! And he SHOVES Bronson off the top, YEAH!!
The fans are going nuts as Jey hurries to SUPERKICK Bronson! And then SPEAR!! Jey hurries back up like he wanted, and he gives Bronson an USO SPLASH!! But Jey won’t stop there, he knows Bronson is tougher than that! So Jey hits another USO SPLASH!! Cover, JEY WINS!!
Winner: Jey Uso, by pinfall
The Mega Star smiles as he screws over the guys who screwed him over, and now Main Event Jey Uso is moving on! But wait! Seth Rollins storms out here now! He is furious that his plan has been foiled! Rollins throws off his Chicago Bears colored jacket and tie, rolls up his sleeves, and has Jey all to himself in that ring. Except CODY RHODES is here! The fans are thunderous as the American Nightmare makes sure Rollins can’t make a move! The fans sing along with Cody’s song while Cody stares down with Rollins. Green Bay is losing their minds as Rollins is about to explode with anger, but then that anger subsides…?
Rollins lets Cody and Jey have their moment, and Rollins’ team regroups on the ramp. The Wise Man says this is the right move, because now Cody and Jey are going to be opponents in the semifinals. Jey and Cody look to each other, knowing that in order to get back to the top, they must go through the other. They shake hands and the fans cheer. But will Cody and Jey be able to stay friends after battling it out next week in Columbus?
My Thoughts:
A great Raw with more great build for Night of Champions. Judgment Day ties stories together, with a very good promo from Liv & Dom with Iyo to hype up a possible title match. Unfortunately, Liv legitimately dislocated that shoulder in her match with Kairi. Hopefully for her sake and everything else going on, it isn’t serious and she can still be on TV. And even if not, there is a way to keep the story going in Judgment Day if they were to have Roxanne Perez step in and help defend the tag titles with Raquel in place of Liv. Maybe half the reason Judgment Day loses those titles is because Roxie and Raquel can’t get along while Iyo & Kairi can.
Great Fatal 4 Way for Queen of the Ring, and nice touch with Rhea going after Raquel. Asuka winning is a great way for her to return. Asuka VS Alexa will be really good but I can’t be sure who wins that when there’s also Jade and Roxie on the other side. But I feel like the Women’s Division has a more open title story than the Men’s, because the main thing is that Naomi is Miss Money in the Bank and can cash-in to “ruin” things for whoever is Queen of the Ring and the champion they’re challenging. Though with that, Jade Cargill is probably still the favorite, especially when she towers over Roxie and Alexa, and could overpower Asuka.
Good stuff with Styles VS JD and how he outsmarted the Judgment Day boys. Aldis being here to make matches was a bit of a surprise, but good on him to make a match for Night of Champions. Styles VS Dom could probably go either way, but it’d be a great moment if Finn screws Dom over in that match. Very good promo from Bayley and Becky, and I appreciate Lyra feeling just a touch disrespected with Bayley getting her title match first. Making the title match for next week is fine, Becky VS Bayley will definitely get ratings and be a great match, but I wonder if something involving Lyra is made for Night of Champions. I only count four matches with KOTR, QOTR, Cena VS Punk and now Styles VS Dom.
Gunther had a good promo, and while he said he doesn’t put stock in rumors, the rumors were true and Goldberg is back. That match not being for Night of Champions is a touch surprising, but I suppose having Goldberg as the hometown hero for Saturday Night’s Main Event works out better. Remember what happened the last time Goldberg had a high profile match in Saudi Arabia? And even without that, two weeks is not enough time for Goldberg to get ready, both in kayfabe and shoot. Pushing it to just under a month is better for Goldberg, and I would certainly hope Gunther retains. Remember the last time Goldberg just suddenly had a title match against a younger talent?
Great promo from Sami with Kross, but I feel like it foreshadows Sami not winning KOTR. Though how great would it be if Sami becomes KOTR, takes the title off Gunther like he did with the Intercontinental Championship, and then Sami and Kross feud over the world title. That aside, also good stuff with the promos going into tonight’s main event. And while I figured Jey would win, they did a great job with the overbooking to help it. Great stuff from Sheamus and Rusev as they’re starting a feud, and then of course LA Knight showed up to screw Bronson Reed. Bron Breakker going Knight and then Penta joining in, that was also great stuff, perhaps we get Penta & Knight VS Bron & Bronson as part of something.
Cody protecting Jey is good stuff, and Rollins standing down works so well. Rollins understands what we should all understand: Cody and Jey will battle, the winner of that is probably the favorite to be King of the Ring, but Rollins could make it to where they’re still challenging him. Cena VS Punk at Night of Champions is the first real tease of where Rollins can strike, because Rollins can’t resist screwing his most hated enemy in Punk and the guy who is retiring anyway in Cena. Then if that doesn’t work out and Rollins still has the briefcase, he could go after Gunther during his match with Goldberg at SNME. Or he just waits until SummerSlam when KOTR challenge whoever it is, and we get the next best “heist of the century.”
My Score: 8.8/10
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