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Mitchell’s WWE NXT Results & Report! (10/28/25)
Who makes an Impact on NXT?
Kelani Jordan and Jordynne Grace each #CrossTheLine!
The Standout accuses The Juggernaut of jealousy, but they’ll settle things in a match for the TNA Knockouts World Championship!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- WWE Speed Championship #1 Contender’s Match: Axiom VS Jasper Troy; Jasper wins and will challenge El Grande Americano for the title.
- WWE Evolve Women’s Championship: Kendal Grey w/ Wren Sinclair VS Lash Legend; Kendal wins and retains the title.
- Myles Borne VS Tavion Heights; Myles wins.
- NXT Women’s Championship: Tatum Paxley w/ The Culling VS Lola Vice; No Contest, Tatum retains the title.
- TNA Knockouts World Championship: Kelani Jordan VS Jordynne Grace; Kelani wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
Trick Williams is hijacking the show!
He’s shouting at the production crew backstage and telling them not to press anything! Mind your business while grown folks is talking! This is his house, he’s been running things for years! You gonna try this today? HELL NAH! Hands off buttons! Today is the day. Stop playing with him! Ricky Saints, don’t get too comfortable! Trick’s coming for you! Get out his way, stupid! Trick rants all the way as he storms around the outside, even shoving people aside! Trick storms into the main building now, and he goes right to ringside! The fans chant “Trick Got Whooped!” Trick tells them to shut up! He’s been running things here for YEARS! He’ll say what he’s gotta say!
The fans still taunt Trick but Trick says ew all know what happened! He gave Ricky the best he had! 99 outta 100 times, Trick beats Ricky’s ass! They all saw, right? He beat Ricky like a drum! He beat Ricky like the bum that he is! Trick has no problem proving how much of a bum Ricky is! One more time! He wants his title match! He ain’t leaving ’til he gets his match! But instead of Ricky, Ava Raine and security storm out here. Ava says if Trick wants to have a real conversation like adults, they can do that. But throwing a temper tantrum gets Trick nowhere. And she “hates” to break it to Trick, but there wasn’t a single controversy on Saturday. Trick simply lost.
The fans cheer but Trick says no, no! We saw what happened! Trick is still the biggest star NXT’s ever had! The fans chant “Trick Got Whooped!” Oh, is that so? Well, since Ricky likes talking résumés, Trick has his! Iron Survivor! he defeated the Mad Dragon! He showed Melo who is H1M! Threw hands in the Underground! Took Ethan Page and beat him down in the Devil’s Playground! He showed Pete Dunne he is the Last Man Standing! Trick is goated, let’s talk about it! But then Ricky Saints does make his way out here. Real big talk for a guy who got his ass beat Saturday! Ricky gets in there, the two brawl, but security gets in there to stop them!
The fans wan to “LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!” but that ain’t happening! But IF these two are to fight again, when and where will it happen?
Axiom speaks.
“They say styles make match-ups. And this one is a tale as old as time: Size VS Speed; David VS Goliath. Jasper, you can’t beat what you can’t touch. I am just one win away from a chance at the Speed title. And tonight, I make it happen.”
Jasper Troy responds.
“Axiom, a lethal aerial artist, a savant inside that ring. But there’s no counter for power! I can’t wait to snatch you out the sky, punish you, and beat you. And then my path of destruction leads right to you, El Grande Americano, and that Speed Championship.” Axiom and Jasper are ready, but who takes the golden ticket to the title in three minutes or less?
WWE Speed Championship #1 Contender’s Match: Axiom VS Jasper Troy!
NXT returns as The Undeniable Truth makes his entrance, followed by the LFG Season 1 Champion. The bell rings and we’re on the clock! Axiom DROPKICKS, but Jasper stays up. Jasper whips, Axiom ducks ‘n’ dodges to KICK, KICK, and KICKS! Jasper snarls and Axiom is wary. Axiom fires hands, but Jasper guzels! Axiom breaks free and SLAPS Jasper! Jasper just glares at Axiom, but Axiom fires more hands! Axiom slips around to have a SLEEPER! The fans duel as Jasper RAMS Axiom to a corner. Axiom shoves him away, leaps over him, then is again wary. Rayo y Bravo Americano watch from the crowd, scouting for El Grande Americano.
The two circle, axiom dodges and he fires off fast hands! The fans cheer, the ref backs Axiom down, but Jasper picks Axiom up! And RAMS him into a corner! We hit the two minute phase with the orange lights, and Jasper hits a BACKBREAKER! And he bends Axiom back against the knee! Jasper CLUBS Axiom again and again, then shouts at him to get up. Axiom staggers up, Jasper CLUBS him back down. Jasper HEADBUTTS Axiom and Axiom tumbles out. Jasper storms up, but Axiom DRAGON SCREWS a leg! Axiom goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! Both men are down and the fans rally up! Even Bravo y Rayo snap fingers in applause.
Axiom hurries to fire Kawada Kicks, but now we hit the final minute! Axiom SLEEPERS, Jasper THROWS him away! Axiom comes back to KNEE Jasper! Then Axiom aims, GOLDEN- LARIAT from Jasper! Jasper whips, BLACKHOLE- NO, Axiom slips through to have the SLEEPER! The clock is ticking away as Jasper endures! 30 seconds, Axiom runs, LARIAT again!! Jasper sputters, reels Axiom in, WORLD’S STRONGEST SLAM!! And then a whip for the BLACKHOLE SLAM!! Cover, Jasper wins!
Winner: Jasper Troy, by pinfall (NEW #1 Contender to the WWE Speed Championship)
With seven seconds to spare, Jasper troy smashes his way through! Did Rayo & Bravo figure out anything to help El Grande? Or is the language of physical dominance universal?
Ava Raine meets with #ZaRuca.
The NXT General Manager apologizes that they couldn’t meet earlier, but she spoke to the doctor, and they say Sol’s making great progress with that knee. How is Sol feeling about it? Sol says she feels better. Still needs the brace, but she’s off the crutch, so that is a good thing. Ava brings up how the doc wasn’t sure about Sol’s exact in-ring readiness timeline, and he wanted to stress not to rush it. But that means they need to talk the Women’s Speed Championship. Saturday didn’t go as planned for the North American title, does Sol still want a proxy for the Speed title…? Sol and Zaria look to each other, and Sol says no, there needs to be a fighting champion. Sol will relinquish it.
Zaria is a bit taken aback, and Ava is also a little surprised. Sol says she wants to focus on rehab, she intends on getting back in the ring ASAP to win back both her titles, which she never lost in the first place. Zaria is really upset by that and storms out of the room. Ava takes the title from Sol and says there will be a new Women’s Speed tournament starting next week. Ava says this is one of the worst parts of her job, but she doesn’t wanna see Sol get hurt again so please, do not rush things. Sol promises that. But while her leg is on the mend, did Sol just break up #ZaRuca with her passive aggressive comments?
The Culling is here!
The fans chant, “You Deserve It!” for Tatum Paxley as she leads Izzi Dame, Shawn Spears & Niko Vance out as the NEW NXT Women’s Champion! Tatum grabs the mic to say, “Well… WE DID IIIIT~!” The fans cheer Tatum, and she says she has dreamt about this moment for so long! She finally stands here as the NEW NXT Women’s Champion! Halloween Havoc was the best night of her entire life, and all she could think was how it’d feel to come back here to Orlando. But this isn’t about her holding this title. This is about what this title represents. Tatum will never forget the heartache that she went through to get to this exact moment.
“What it felt like waiting for that chance, when it seemed like that chance was going to come.” The fans cheer Tatum on, and Tatum says opportunities like this are rare. When she got hers, she made the most out of it. She knows she can be a little too much, maybe even too trusting, “but if this creepy little weirdo can be NXT Women’s Champion, than anyone can be!” The fans cheer that! Tatum says that is why she wants to be the type of champion that gives everyone an opportunity! She wants to open up a fair door to every woman in that locker room so that they can feel what- Izzi interrupts Tatum there. She can’t believe Tatum is serious!
Izzi just doesn’t picture Tatum as the type of champion to just hand out opportunities to anyone and everyone, and risk losing the title as fast as she won it. Izzi wants Spears & Niko to back her up, but the fans say, “Turn Her Mic Off!” Izzi continues by saying she says this with love: It’s been a long four years for Tatum, but Tatum made it! She’s our champion! And no one here is happier for her than Izzi! But Tatum has to remember something: She’s been chasing this title for a long time, and she came up every other time. Does she really want to risk losing it so soon? If it were Izzi, she’d make people earn the shot at the title, just like Tatum earned hers.
But Tatum says no. She will do this, and it’ll be amazing! Listen, listen! She heard everyone was upset we didn’t bring back the wheel for Halloween Havoc. So… She will! With a twist, of course. She’ll spin the wheel, and whatever name it lands on, that’s who gets her title shot against Tatum, TONIGHT! The fans really do like that idea! Izzi panics, but Tatum is already on stage with the wheel! Izzi says this isn’t a good idea, but then Spears points out… Izzi’s not on the wheel… Tatum says no, of course not. They’d never fight over this title! Tatum doesn’t want it to come between them. Tatum reaches for the wheel and Izzi again panics.
Izzi says she wouldn’t want the title to come between them, either, but does Tatum really want to do this- SHE SPINS! And the lucky challenger is… LOLA VICE! Tatum is so happy for her! Lola VS Tatum for the title, TONIGHT! Tatum and the NXT Universe is having fun, but The Culling sure doesn’t feel it. Will Tatum prove them wrong by winning her own gamble? Or will the Mayor of Vice City finally have her moment?
Trick is hunting for Ricky!
Trick asks OTM if they’ve seen Ricky or Ava. They don’t care about all that, and Trick says he ain’t got time for this. Trick moves on, shouts for Ricky, then goes around the way. Meanwhile, Kendal Grey talks with Wren Sinclair. Kendal says Wren’s asked if she’s ready a dozen times already. Yeah, but that’s cuz Lash is big and strong and mean. Okay, is Wren giving her a pep talk or a reason to back out? Wren apologizes for stressing, she just wants this to go well since it’s kinda her fault Kendal’s defending her title now. Kendal says she’s done her homework, she knows Lash is one of the most dominant women in NXT.
But Kendal Grey doesn’t back down from a fight. She will put herself on the map. Wren says hell yeah she is! Lash is about to enter the Grey Area. Oh, and also, the WrenQCC thing- Sorry, they can talk about that later, it’s almost time. Right, okay… Well, isn’t Wren coming along? Wait, really? Yeah, they’re in this together! Wren is excited, and she goes to gorilla with Kendal. Will the Arm Breaker prove Lash isn’t ready to Evolve? Or will Lash pump on the brakes like SKRRR~?
WWE Evolve Women’s Championship: Kendal Grey w/ Wren Sinclair VS Lash Legend!
NXT returns as the Bougie Bully makes her entrance first, followed by the champion and her NXT BFF. The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if Kendal survives her first title defense!
The bell rings, the fans cheer Kendal on, and the two tie up. Lash powers Kendal to a corner, Kendal slips out and headlocks. Lash back suplexes, Kendal lands out, and she goes for the leg! ANKLE LOCK, but Lash has the ROPEBREKA! Lash then BOOTS Kendal away, runs up, and UPPERCUTS Kendal down! The fans boo but Lash taunts Kendal. Kendal shoves Lash, then shoots in for the leg! Lash stays up, pries Kendal off the leg with a chinlock, and Lash THRASHES Kendal around. Kendal endures, the fans duel, and Wren coaches Kendal, only for Lash to SWING Kendal in the sleeper!
Lash lets Kendal go and Kendal goes to a corner. Lash runs up, but Kendal goes up to ELBOW her away! Then she goes up, out, slides under, and runs to redirect Lash, only to get caught! Lash SHOVES Kendal right outta the ring! Wren hurries to check on Kendal but Kendal is still in this. Kendal shakes that off, storms up, and avoids Lash to then slip through and roll-up! TWO, and Kendal arm- NO, Lash stops the arm-drag to throw Kendal back! Kendal slips around to crucifix and takedown, TWO! Lash picks Kendal up, but Kendal sunset flips! Lash stays up, and she YANKS Kendal up to SMACK her off the mat!
Lash pushes Kendal around, talks some trash, then SMACKS her off the mat! Lash then runs up, but Kendal avoids the elbow drop! Kendal slingshots to STOMP, but Lash catches her! Lash bench presses Kendal to THROW her up and out! Kendal hits apron then floor, and Lash goes out to BOOT her down! The fans go wild and Lash talks some trash while NXT goes to break.
NXT returns again and Lash storms up on Kendal. Kendal fires body shots and CHOPS, then kicks low! And SUPERKICKS! Lash still reels Kendal in and DECKS her! Cover, TWO!! Kendal survives but Lash drags her up with a wristlock. Kendal endures the hold, the fans rally behind her, and Kendal powers up. Kendal puts Lash on the ropes but Lash turns things around. Kendal pries the hold open, but Lash short arm LARIATS! Kendal flounders away, Lash runs in, SPLASH! Lash whips corner to corner, Kendal goes up and CROSSBODIES! The fans fire up and Kendal DROPKICKS Lash! Both women are down and the fans fire up more!
Kendal and Lash stir, and Lash is up first. Lash brings Kendal up but Kendal fires body shots! Lash drags Kendal around by her hair! Kendal UP KICKS! She kicks low, fires forearms and more kicks, then whips! Lash blocks, reverses, but Kendal ELBOWS her! Kendal runs to ELBOW again! Lash wobbles Kendal runs again, btu into the guzel! SLAM DUNK CHO- NO, Kendal slips free, shoves, and SNAP GERMANS! The fans fire up for Kendal and she runs up on Lash! She slides, grabs a leg, but Lash kicks Kendal away! Kendal hurries back up, avoids a haymaker, and she kicks low! Leg sweep, and slingshot STOMP! Direct hit!
The fans fire up but then Lash flops out of the ring! Kendal builds speed and she slides, but Lash blocks the dropkick! But Kendal blocks the apron bump to SMACK Lash off the apron! Kendal runs up, but Lash pops her up! Kendal rebounds off the ropes to DDT Lash to the floor! The fans fire up again and Wren is loving it! Kendal hurries to get Lash in the ring! Kendal has Wren and the fans behind her as she climbs, CROSSBODY, but into Lash’s arms! Lash pops Kendal up to a fireman’s carry, SNAKE EYES Off ropes! Then a BOOT but Kendal dodge! Lash gets stuck on the ropes, FLATLINER!! Cover, Kendal wins!!
Winner: Kendal Grey, by pinfall (still WWE Evolve Women’s Champion)
Kendal showed Lash her #ShadesOfGrey, and she still holds onto the gold! Kendal is still on top of Evolve, but who else will step to the champ?
Lola Vice talks with Tatum backstage.
Lola congratulates Tatum on winning the title, they hug, and Tatum congratulates Lola on the wheel choosing her. Lola now has a fair opportunity at the title! Lola says Tatum earned her title. Lola would be champion if not for Lainey Reid, but now thanks to Tatum, Lola finally does get a fair chance. But Tatum… As happy as Lola is for Tatum, Lola has to say this: she will knock Tatum out and become the NEW NXT Women’s Champion. Tatum says she loves Lola’s passion, she really does. But Lola should understand that Tatum worked her ass off this, and her reign won’t end so quickly. Not for Lola, and not tonight.
Izzi walks in, asks what’s going on, and Tatum says everything’s perfect! Izzi still has to say, trusting Lola is not her best idea. Tatum asks why, this is great! Her first title defense! Let’s go! Tatum frolics her way back to gorilla, but will Izzi do something about this? Or will she accept that it just is what it is?
Myles Borne VS Tavion Heights!
Both men were once No Quarter Catch Crew. Both men had high hopes and great expectations for themselves, and they’ve both stumbled and fallen short. Both men have something to prove, and there can only be one “number one.” Who takes that crucial next step while having to step over their brother in arms?
The bell rings and Tavion offers a fist bump. Myles gives it, and the fans cheer the sportsmanship. The two circle, tie up, and they go around. Myles pushes Tavion back, but Tavion turns things around. Tavion waistlocks, trips Myles, and floats to a headlock. Myles fights up, pries at the hold, and he turns things around on Tavion for a headlock. The fans duel, Tavion endures the grind, and Tavion powers up. Myles grinds the hold a bit harder but Tavion still fights. Tavion trips Myles, has the legs, but Myles kicks him away. Tavion rolls to jackknife and deadlift! But Myles sunset flips that, TWO! Both men stand, and Tavion rolls Myles! TWO!
Myles stands, dodges a lariat, crucifix takedown, TWO! Tavion hurries to Oklahoma Roll, TWO! The two stand again, Myles counters uppercut into backslide, but Tavion flips that! Myles rolls through and the fans cheer the standoff. Tavion runs up, Myles slips around to O’Conner Roll, but Tavion rolls through, only for Myles to roll it through! The ref says they’re in the ropes so Myles hops off. Myles and Tavion nod and the fans cheer. They shake hands out, but then Tavion uses that to get a headlock! Myles endures the grind, powers up, but Tavion hits a takeover. Myles headscissors, but Tavion kips free.
Tavion hits another headlock takeover, Myles hits another headscissors, Tavion kips free again, and then Tavion hits another takeover! Myles endures the grind and the fans rally up. Myles fights to his feet again, steps on Tavion’s leg, and he pries free of the headlock to headlock in return. Now Myles hits the takeover, and he denies the headscissors. Tavion powers through to headscissors after all, but Myles kips free. Myles then ducks ‘n’ dodges, and he CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Myles headlocks again, but Tavion fights up. Tavion grinds forearms into Myles’ face while the fans rally. Myles grinds the hold again, but Tavion back suplexes!
Myles lands out! Myles shoves Tavion, but Tavion handsprings over the backdrop, and he LARIATS on return! Cover, TWO! Myles survives but Tavion grins. The fans cheer as these two back off again, and NXT goes picture in picture.
Tavion storms up on Myles, headlocks, and hits another takeover. Myles endures the grind, keeps his shoulders up, and grinds forearms into Tavion’s face. Tavion keeps the hold on, but Myles rises up. Tavion hits another takeover, he grinds the hold again, and then fights up. Myles powers up and out, but Tavion drops down on the dropdown! Tavion has another headlock, but Myles fights back to his feet. Myles powers up and out, Tavion drops down on the dropdown, but Myles uses that to roll Tavion around and around to a cover! TWO, and Tavion still has the headlock. Myles fights back up, powers up, and hits a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO!
Tavion survives but Myles clamps on with a headlock. Tavion powers him to the ropes, the ref counts, but Tavion powers up, only for Myles to hold on as he tries to power out! Myles grinds the hold, but Tavion lifts for a back suplex BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Myles survives and Tavion grows frustrated. Tavion clamps right back on with the headlock. Myles fights up again, steps on Tavion’s leg again, and he powers out to have the headlock again. Tavion powers up and out, but then Myles turns him for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Wait, why is Josh Briggs making his way out here?
Myles drags Tavion up but Tavion fires hands! And KNEES! Tavion whips Myles to a corner hard, then storms up to stand Myles up. Tavion whips Myles back into the corner and Myles slumps against the ropes. Tavion huffs ‘n’ puffs while NXT returns to single picture. Tavion finally notices Briggs is on commentary now, and the fans sing, “Briggs, Go Away~! Briggs, Go Away~!” Briggs says the fans think this is their show when Briggs is the star here. Tavion whips, Myles reverses, and Myles storms up to whip again. Tavion reverses, but Myles goes up and QUEBRADAS! Cover, TWO! Tavion survives but Myles whips again. Tavion SLINGBLADES!
Tavion then gets a leg for the ANKLE LOCK! The fans duel as Myles endures, and Myles fights forward. Myles rolls to send Tavion into buckles! Myles and Tavion fire forearms, then Tavion fires a flurry! Tavion runs, but into a SNAP POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! Tavion survives again but Myles gets moving, only for Tavion to OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Cover, TWO! Tavion bails out, tells Briggs to watch himself, but Briggs says get back in the ring or Briggs will break his jaw. Tavion goes to the ring, but then Briggs runs up! Tavion DECKS Briggs! But then Myles LARIATS Tavion up and out!
Myles sees Briggs is there, so he PLANCHAS onto Briggs AND Tavion! The fans fire up, Myles puts Tavion in, DROPKICK! Tavion goes to ropes, Myles runs up, BORNE- NO, Tavion holds the ropes to deny #BorneAgain! Tavion runs and clinches, pop-up, but Myles turns the suplex into a cradle! MYLES WINS!!
Winner: Myles Borne, by pinfall
Tavion is shocked, but he then has to smile and nod in respect. Myles got the better of him here, and they shake hands. But then Briggs YANKS Tavion right out of the ring! Tavion fires hands on Briggs, they brawl up the ramp, but wait! TRICK SMACKS MYLES WITH A CHAIR!? The fans boo and Trick grabs a mic! “You feel what I’m saying now, Ricky!? If you scared, say you scared! Do what you do, but gimme my title back!” The fans boo but Trick keeps talking trash, until Ricky slides in from the crowd side! And he fires hands on Trick! Trick kicks and TOSSES Ricky out! Security and refs rush out here but fans want to “LET THEM FIGHT!”
Trick and Ricky want to fight, but security stays between them! Until Ricky gets loose to LEAP off the steps! The brawl is on, but how can the show go on with these two running wild?
Ethan Page walks ‘n’ talks with Chelsea Green.
“Slaygent A” Alba Fyre keeps a lookout as The Hot Mess congratulates All Ego on retaining his title. Ethan says thank you, and congratulations are in order after defeating Wagner III in his own match. Chelsea says well done ripping Wagner’s mask up. But she swears if she saw his face, she would’ve vomited. Ethan says let’s not vomit and keep everyone at 100%. They have a big match this Sunday for the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championships. Chelsea pictures it now: Mixed Tag Champion Chelsea & Double Champ Ethan Page! Their celebration will be muy grande. Imagine stars like them with that much gold?
But things might get hairy in Mexico, so if Chelsea wouldn’t mind figure out the security detail… She has it under control. Right, Alba? R-Right! You won’t see them, but they’ll see you. Oh, Ethan likes that. But what about all her Help Wanted posters? Still trying to fill the spot? Chelsea cannot just give the position of Special Slaygent to just anyone. She has been scouting the globe, from London to Paris to Tokyo. Thea Hail scampers by singing, “I believe in Joe Hendry~!” And TADA, from out of the recycling bin, it’s Hendry! Alba shields Chelsea as Chelsea panics.
The Inspirational One says he has a word of advice. Chelsea and Ethan need to worry more about beating Mr. Iguana y La Hiedra before crowning themselves champions. Chelsea says she thought Alba swept the premises! She did! But that’s Hendry’s thing, he just appears! Ethan isn’t in the business of taking advice from people who jump out of garbage cans, so just wrap this up. Chelsea says yes, next time you see them, they’ll be Mixed Tag Team Champions. The Canadians leave, and Thea returns to say, “Let’s go, Joe.” Thea wheels Hendry away while singing the song. But will All Ego & The Hot Mess really return to NXT next Tuesday as new champions?
NXT Women’s Championship: Tatum Paxley w/ The Culling VS Lola Vice!
#TuesdayAddams decided to spin the wheel and make the deal, despite what Izzi kept telling her. But will Tatum defy the odds and survive her first title defense? Or will NXT finally belong to Vice City?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who gets a fair shake.
The bell rings and the two feel things out. They tie up, Lola headlocks, and the fans duel. Lola hits the takeover, Tatum fights around to roll Lola to a cover, ONE! Lola grinds the hold, Tatum rolls it again, ONE! Lola still holds on but Tatum fights up. The fans sing the Addams Family theme for Tatum as she wrenches out and headlocks back. Tatum hits a takeover now but Lola fights around. The fans rally, Lola headscissors, but Tatum endures the squeeze. Lola pushes up to put on the pressure, and even some “kisses” a la Vaquer. Tatum still fights around, headstands, but Lola drops her down into the ARMBAR!
Tatum flails, clasps hands, and stacks Lola up, ONE! Tatum SHOTGUNS Lola down! The fans fire up and Lola goes to a corner. Tatum runs up and CROSSBODIES in the corner! Then a whup corner to corner, but Lola dodges this time! Lola blocks a shot to CHOP Tatum, and CHOP, and then she goes to the ropes, slingshot arm-drag! Lola CLOBBERS Tatum, wrenches her, but Tatum endures the wristlock. Tatum powers her way through to NORTHERN LIGHTS! Tatum has the top wristlock now, but Lola keeps her shoulders up. The fans rally, and now we spot Fatal Influence storming up to the building!
Jacy Jayne is NOT happy that Tatum is just out and out having a title defense before Jacy even gets her rematch! Who do they think they are? Lola drags Tatum into a TRIANGLE HOLD! Tatum fights around, stacks, TWO! Both women stand, Lola ducks ‘n’ dodges, then whips, but Tatum slides under the roundhouse! The fans fire up as the two stand off, but here comes The Influence! They beat up Izzi, and RAM her into the steps! The fans boo but then they THROW Izzi into barriers! Tatum and Lola aren’t sure what to do, they can’t have a match like this! They stand back to back to watch Influence flank the ring.
The fans fire up, hoping “LYRA! LYRA!” is here tonight. But no, Fatal Influence attacks 3v2, ruining the match!
No Contest; Tatum retains the title
The fans boo more but Lola trips Lainey, only for Fallon to get her! Jacy HAMMERs away on Tatum, then she KNEES Lola down! Jacy has Fallon & Lainey get Lola up, and they POST Lola! But Tatum fires off on Jacy! Only for Fallon & Lainey to CLOBBER her! They mug Tatum 3v1! The fans boo more but the Influence stands Tatum up for a ROLLING ENCORE! The Toxic Rockstar still does whatever she wants, even without the title. But what will Ava have to say about this?
Blake Monroe speaks.
The NEW NXT Women’s North American Champion enjoys another bubble bath while also trying out the Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink in red. It is perfect for her, just like Halloween Havoc. Blake didn’t just win a title, she tore apart a dream, and stole Sol’s soul when she pinned her lackey, Zaria. This title isn’t just Blake’s, it is her mirror. It reflects the envy, the scandal, the obsession that follows her wherever she goes. And for every woman in the locker room still breathing hope for a shot at the title, remember this: When you test the Glamour, Hell is never too far behind. She is not a hero, she is a reminder that beauty can bleed, yet still smile while doing so.
Every step Blake takes with this title, let it be a warning: She can take everything you love and make it hers. Isn’t that right, Sol? But Blake has decided, her first defense will be in a place befitting of Blake: New York City! When the lights hit her there, and the world thinks it is ready for her, it’ll be too late. Because nothing burns brighter, and darker, than Blake Monroe. Her starlight curse will live forever. Mwah~! Then who will meet The Glamour in the Big Apple for the Gold Rush?
NXT Anonymous is watching…
And they spotted Je’Von Evans talking with Leon Slater on the phone, talking about the crazy night so far. Trick and Ricky keep throwing hands, bro! Leon says those boys are on sight tonight! Je’Von then brings up Tatum brought out the Havoc wheel just to choose her first opponent, and guess who she got? Lola Vice! Yo, that’s fire! Je’Von asks Leon what he’s got going on. Leon says not much, but he is waiting on a meeting with Santino Marella in a couple minutes. Word! Leon says you know he gonna drop some hints on them going for tag titles, you feel him? Je’Von knows that! He’ll ask Ava on his end, you know he’s got you.
Leon says he appreciates Je’Von. Leon was looking at- Oh, Santino’s calling. He’ll catch Je’Von later. Yeah, all good. The phone call ends, but in steps DarkState! Je’Von asks what they want, and Osiris Griffin says Je’Von must miss hanging with his best buddy, Leon, huh? Dion Lennox says that was a cute little exhibition match with La Parka and Iguana on Saturday, but if Je’Von & Leon think that makes them ready for the ones that beat the GOATs, you must be out your minds. No, Dion’s out his mind. When Leon gets done with X-Division business, just know they’ve got something for all y’all’s goofy asses.
Oh, is that so? Shugars knows Je’Von knows he and Leon don’t strike fear in their hearts. How about they shoot the ones and see if Je’Von even makes it to a tag title match. Je’Von tells Shugars, “Say less.” Cutler says see you real soon, Young OG. DarkState leaves Je’Von be, but will #SugarMan Saquon leave Je’Von tasting bitter defeat? Or will the Young OG prove he and Leon are more than ready to be the ones?
Backstage interview with #ZaRuca.
Kelly Kincaid catches up with Sol & Zaria as they are headed out, and she asks them how they feel about Blake’s- Sol interrupts to say she can’t stand seeing Blake with Sol’s title. Zaria sighs and says she has to apologizes. Zaria is entering that Speed tournament. She is winning back that title for Sol, herself, and the both of them. But then JACY barges in and says they can both shut up! They’re not the only ones that lost a title this weekend. ZaRuca leave, not wanting to deal with this, and Jacy rants to the camera that she has been overlooked for too damn long and has worked way too hard to let her title go like that.
So Lola, Izzi, Tatum, see you next Tuesday! Now MOVE, cameraman! Jacy pushes past the camera, Lainey & Fallon following. Will they stop at nothing until NXT is back under The Influence?
TNA Knockouts World Championship: Kelani Jordan VS Jordynne Grace!
After Ash By Elegance had to vacate this title, The Standout came out on top of the Knockouts Battle Royal to name a new champion. It was perhaps a surprise to everyone, but so was Kelani’s bad attitude returning. Will The Juggernaut humble her and take this title back? Or will we see that no one, not even Jordynne Grace, does it like Lani?
NXT returns as Kelani makes her entrance. The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who’s ready to #CrossTheLine!
The bell rings and the two circle. The fans rally, the two tie up, and Grace pushes Lani back, but Lani turns it around to put Grace in the corner. The ref counts, Grace powers Lani back, and she headlocks. Grace hits the takeover, but Lani keeps her shoulders up. Lani headscissors, Grace kips free, and the fans duel as Grace headlocks again. Lani powers up and out, but Grace whips Lani. Lani hurdles the backdrop, then hurdles again, but Grace RAMS her! Back suplex, but Lani lands out! Lani ducks ‘n’ dodges to then tilt-o-whirl and RUSSI- NO, Grace powers out! Lani dodges to swing, but Grace denies the crucifix!
Grace swings Lani, has a leg, but Lani breaks free, and then SLAPS Grace! The fans are torn but Grace just scowls. Grace roars to THESZ PRESS! Grace rains down fists, but stops to throw off her elbow pads. Grace goes up, out, but Lani avoids the stomps! Grace RAMS Lani, then goes up, but Lani denies the suplex! Lani CLUBS Grace, has her in the ropes, and ROUNDHOUSE! Lani goes up, up, and GUILLTONE SPLASHES! Grace pinballs in the ropes then flops to the floor! Lani then slingshots up and out to ASAI MOONSAULT! Direct hit on Grace and Lani kips right up! The fans fire up again and Lani drags Grace up.
Lani aims for steps but Grace stops the bump to ELBOW Lani! Lani staggers, but she runs back up. Lani blocks Grace’s mule kick to then KICK the leg into the steel steps! Grace falls and writhes while Lani talks trash, and NXT goes picture in picture.
The ref checks on Grace but she is okay to continue. Lani drags Grace around and puts her in the ring. Lani then puts Grace back on the apron to SLAM the leg off the edge! Grace flounders away but Lani storms in. Lani stomps away on Grace’s leg, then DDTS the foot! Grace writhes again but Lani looms over her. Lani drags Grace up, bumps her off buckles, and then puts the bad leg in the ropes. Lani pulls the leg, but Grace BOOTS her away with the other! And then ELBOWS her! Lani still comes back to kick Grace low! Lani bumps Grace off buckles, blocks a kick, and hits a KNEE JAMMER! Grace drops to her knees, but Lani drags her back up.
Lani SMACKS Grace off the apron, then has the leg for a LEG DROP! And then another LEG DROP on the leg! And a third! Lani covers, TWO! Lani is annoyed but she stalks Grace. Lani clamps onto the leg, and she works to turn Grace over. Grace resists but Lani stomps her into the HALF CRAB! Grace endures, powers up, and reaches out, only for Lani to drag her away! Lani pulls on the leg, but Grace still crawls her way forward. Grace tucks and rolls to send Lani into buckles! Grace fires up and runs back in, but Lani ELBOWS her away! Lani goes to another corner, Grace storms up, and Grace blocks boots!
NXT returns as Grace has Lani in the Reverse Alabama Lift! And then REVERSE ALABAMA SLAM! Lani sputters and the fans fire up, but Grace clutches her bad leg. Grace grits her teeth while the fans rally up, and Grace storms up on Lani. Grace fires a forearm, Lani fires back! Grace fires another, Lani fires back! They fire shots, Lani kicks low, then KICKS, KICKS, and clinches, only for Grace to fight that off! Grace blocks a kick, ducks a slap, and SLAPS back! Then scoop and SLAM! The fans fire up with Grace and she scoops to SLAM again! And then scoops to- NO, Lani slips free, and CHOP BLOCK!
Grace flounders to a corner and Lani runs up. Grace dodges, RAMS Lani into the corner again and again, then backslides! Lani rolls through, but into a short arm LARIAT! And short arm LAERIAT! Lani dodges the next one, shoves then follows, but Grace SPINEBUSTERS! Cover, TWO!! The fans duel, “N X T!” “T N A!” as both women are down. Both women rise, Grace clamps onto Lani, but Lani fights the pump handle. Lani swings out, but Grace ducks the roundhouse, only for the CALF KICK to hit! Lani sweeps the legs, then runs, SPLASH! But Grace rolls right through! Grace uses her good leg to deadlift, even as Lani fires elboews!
Grace pops Lani up for a fireman’s carry, btu Lani handsprings through the throw! Lani ducks ‘n’ dodges, and handsprings to SIT-OUT STUNNER! Grace falls, Lani hurries to cover, TWO!! Grace survives and Lani is beside herself! The fans rally and duel again as Lani drags Grace up. Grace fights the lift, wrenches out, and they both ROCK each other! Grace goes to a corner, Lani runs up, but Grace goes up and over! Grace hobbles with the bad leg, but she still ELBOWS Lani back! Grace scoops to POWERSLAM Lani into the drop zone! Grace goes up, but the bad leg gives out! Lani is right on Grace for WOE STOMPS!! Cover, TWO!!
Grace survives but Lani hurries to put her in the drop zone. Wait, Lani wants to turn Grace over, but Grace kicks at her with the good leg. Lani staggers back, rebounds to jackknife and Ala- NO, Grace turns Alabama into Canadian Rack, JACKNIFE BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Lani survives and Grace is beside herself! “This is Awesome!” as Grace thinks on what to do next. Lani staggers up, Grace torture racks, and even with the bad leg, she spins, only for Lani to swing through! Victory roll, TWO!! Grace escapes, but Lani SUPERKICKS! Grace falls, the fans rally, and Lani hurries after Grace. But Grace BOOTS Lani, and skins the cat!
Grace is on the apron, she ROCKS Lani, then goes for a corner. Lani sputters while Grace climbs, but then Lani hurries to GAMANGIRI! Lani climbs up, CLUBS away on Grace, and the irony is fans are chanting “Jordynne! Jordynne!” while Jordan brings Grace to the very top! SUPER DUPER SPANISH FLY!! Cover, TWO?!? Grace survives and Lani is shocked! WHOA, Trick and Ricky are brawling AGAIN! They end up out here, security and other refs trying to stop them! Trick RAMS Ricky through barriers! The main ref is busy yelling at everybody else, and Lani grabs the title belt! Lani aims at Grace with it!
The fans boo, but then Lani reconsiders. Not like this, Lani! She puts the belt down, but Grace RAMS her into the corner! O’Conner Roll and CHAOS THEORY!! Bridging cover, TWO!!! The delay saves Lani and no one can believe it! Now the brawl gets in the ring, and Ricky SPEARS Trick! Ricky rains down fists, then he LARIATS Trick and himself up and out! Lani NOW says go for broke! She has the belt, and she CLOBBERS Grace!!! Cover, LANI WINS!
Winner: Kelani Jordan, by pinfall (still TNA Knockouts World Champion)
Lani TRULY crosses the line as she stoops to new lows! Is THIS how she’s gonna be a champion now? As for Trick and Ricky, they just keep going! Trick POSTS Ricky, then he DECKS security guard after security guard! But Ricky SPEARS Tricky through the perch wall!! Everyone loses their minds, and only now do things settle down! Ricky drags out from the wreckage, but so does Trick. Ava shouts for them to listen to her! If they wanna fight so bad, FINE! Do it until one of them can’t stand anymore! In two weeks, NXT Gold Rush, the NXT Championship will be LAST MAN STANDING!!
The fans cheer that! And then the brawl just reignites! They still have so much fight left in the tanks, but who wins the human demolition derby in New York City?
My Thoughts:
A great episode of NXT as both aftermath to Halloween Havoc and a pivot to Gold Rush. And clearly they were going to do a lot with Trick and Ricky with how Trick started the show and acted like he deserved another shot. It was a bit odd because even Ava said that there was no controversy for him to complain about, but Ricky was clearly willing to beat Trick up more if Trick was gonna keep whining. Their brawling again and again was also a good foreshadowing of what was coming, but I didn’t think they’d get involved with the main event. Lani turning full Heel with that belt attack was good stuff, though it is a shame for Grace. Maybe Grace can go after Blake to get that North American title…
Speaking of that, real good promos from ZaRuca to add more and more tension to the friendship. I should’ve figured Sol would vacate the Speed title while also being passive aggressive to Zaria. Zaria really should win that title, but it’ll count as her title, not Sol’s and then maybe if Sol is healthy enough before the end of the year, they fight over that title, keeping them both from the Deadline Iron Survivor story. Great stuff from The Culling and Tatum wanting to be a fighting champion, but I feel like the wheel gimmick is already over with Fatal Influence “ruining” Tatum’s first defense. That Six Woman Tag will be a great match, and I wonder if Izzi ditches Tatum to help set up Tatum VS Jacy 2 at Gold Rush.
Great title match for Kendal and Lash, and it seems the #WrenQCC is on its way. Maybe Carlee Bright can join in since she’s Kendal’s Evolve bestie. Then great stuff from the former NQCC members, Myles and Tavion had a great technical match. Briggs being part of this is a logical move, and while Myles won, it feels like Tavion gets the match with Briggs to settle things. Maybe if NXT dragged the lake to find the Heritage Cup, Myles could win that off Stacks to get some technical wrestling British Rounds matches going again. And that’s also because clearly, Joe Hendry looks to be stepping up for the North American Championship given that great promo with Ethan Page and Chelsea Green. Thea Hail should also get in on that, we’d get a great Mixed Tag of Hendry & Hail VS The Canadians.
Very good promos from Axiom and Jasper before their very exciting Speed match. Great win for Jasper, and I feel like he’ll have a great showing against El Grande Kaiser, but I’m not sure the odds of him winning. It really feels like Rayo & Bravo will distract to literally waste time in the match so that it is a time limit draw and Grande surviving rather than a real loss. At the same time, if the Speed Division is now part of NXT, maybe Jasper should be the NXT star that holds onto it instead of El Grande, who travels on Raw?
And very good promo from Je’Von while being spied on by NXT Anonymous. DarkState also talking some trash on Je’Von & Leon was interesting. But Je’Von VS Shugars 1v1 next week is going to be awesome stuff, can’t wait to see it. The tag title match is easily going to be part of Gold Rush in three weeks, but I don’t see DarkState dropping the belts to Je’Von & Leon, those four aren’t going to be transitional champions and they’ll just use their numbers game again to win.
My Score: 8.9/10
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The Last Time is Now on SmackDown!
LA Knight is in the Last Time is Now Tournament, determined to meet John Cena at Saturday Night’s Main Event, but who is his opponent?! Time to find out, YEAH!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- The Last Time is Now Tournament Opening Round: Jey Uso VS The Miz; Jey wins and advances.
- WWE Untied States Open Challenge: Ilja Dragunov VS Axiom; Ilja wins and retains the title.
- The Last Time is Now Tournament Opening Round: LA Knight VS Zack Ryder; Knight wins and advances.
- Jade Cargill VS B-Fab; Jade wins.
- Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes VS Bronson Reed w/ Paul Heyman; Cody wins, by disqualifications, and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
Rhea Ripley AND Iyo Sky are here!
Albany, New York fires up as Mami & The Genius are both here on SmackDown following the chaos on Raw. Because at Survivor Series, Rhea said it herself: WARGAMES! Rhea & Iyo each get a mic and the fans cheer them both on. Rhea says, “Since I’ve been out with a broken nose, the Kabuki Warriors, they’ve been causing a little bit of chaos. And now that they’ve managed to get their hands on the Tag Team Championships, they think they’re pretty much untouchable.” The fans boo, but then Rhea says throw Nia Jax & Lash Legend into the mix, which the fans boo also… “And now they think they are untouchable again because they have the ‘numbers advantage.'”
But the funny thing about numbers is you just end up with more enemies. Iyo says, “A lot of enemies. But they always catch up to you. And now, there is nowhere to hide! WARGAAAMES~!” The fans cheer as Iyo & Rhea go wild for that. Rhea says, “And y’know what? We’re not going in alone. So I would like to introduce two of our teammates: Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss!” The fans cheer as the former tag team champions make their way out to the ring, Charlotte in a modern art suit with her pyro, and then followed by Alexa in her goth preppy fusion. #Charlexa stands with Rhea & Iyo in the ring, mics also in hand.
The four hug it out and the fans “WOO~!” Alexa says if the Kabukis wanna play dirty, fine. If Nia & Lash wanna jump in, too, great! And they can get all four at once, it is so on! Those four started this fight, these four will end it! The very second Rhea said, “WarGames,” Alexa knew they were in. Right, Charlotte? The fans “WOO~!” and Charlotte says, “Lexi, I can’t do this. I can’t pretend anymore.” What? “Look, Rhea. I don’t like you.” The fans boo and Iyo is shocked. Charlotte says she doesn’t trust Rhea, and she thinks Rhea is a snake. But Rhea doesn’t like or trust Charlotte and probably thinks she’s the snake, and Charlotte doesn’t blame her.
There is too much history here, too much bad blood. Just because they have the same enemies doesn’t change that. Charlotte cannot look past it. Alexa is Charlotte’s friend, she trusts Alexa. So if Alexa wants to do this, that’s fine. But count Charlotte out. What!? The fans boo as The Queen steps away, but Alexa calls after her. Charlotte goes up the ramp, Alexa apologizes to the others and tries to figure out why Charlotte did this. Can Alexa get Charlotte to change her mind before it’s time to go to war?
Jey Uso is in the concourse!
And he asks them to please, please, play his music! UH UH, YEET!! The fans fire up and bounces along as Main Event Jey Uso makes his entrance, ready for The Last Time Is Now! But will it be Albany, New YEET? Or will the Hollywood A-Lister put all that fire from last week to good use?
The Last Time is Now Tournament Opening Round: Jey Uso VS The Miz!
SmackDown returns and the fans continue to YEET, and then they want the encore! But instead, The Miz makes his entrance. The bell rings and the fans rally up as the two circle. They tie up, are in a deadlock, but Miz KNEES low! Miz CLUBS Jey, then talks some trash. The fans rally for Jey but Miz brings Jey around. Jey blocks the buckle bump to fire off haymakers, “YEET! YEET! YEET!” Jey whips, Miz reverses, and Miz hits a kitchen sink KNEE! The fans boo but Miz soaks up the heat. Jey goes to ropes, Miz storms up on him, and Miz fires haymakers of his own! Miz soaks up more heat as he backs p, then he runs in, but Jey turns lariat into backslide! TWO!
The fans fire up as Jey stands, but Miz blocks a kick! Miz spins Jey, the DRAGON WHIP hits! Miz ends up on the apron, but he slides under Jey to sunset flip! TWO, and Miz catches Jey now! Jey fights the Finale with ama r-drag, but Miz avoids the superkick! So Jey LARIATS Miz up and out! The fans fire up and “YEET!” Jey builds speed and DIVDSE! Miz is send into the desk! Albany fires up while Jey snarls and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns again and Miz stalks Jey. The tide has turned and Miz storms up, but Jey ELBOWS him away! Jey goes up, but Miz kicks the legs out! DRAPING CODE BREAKER! Then a DDT! Jey gets spiked! Miz covers, TWO! Jey survives and Miz is stunned! Miz snarls as Jey sits up, and then Miz KICKS! And KICKS! And KICKS! The fans say “YES! YES! YES!” to the It Kicks, and Miz winds up, only for Jey to duck the buzzsaw! POP-UP NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Miz survives and crawls to a corner while Jey shakes his head. The fans rally as Jey goes to the other corner. “UCE! OH! UCE! OH!” Jey runs up, but Miz dodges!
Miz runs up and SHOULDER TAKCKLES! And SHOULDER TACKLES! Miz parodies John Cena with the SPIN-OUT BOMB! The fans fire up as Miz says when his hand goes up, your mouths go shut. “You Can’t See Me!” FIVE KNUCKLE SHUFFLE! The fans are torn as Miz now fireman’s carries Jey! But Jey fights free, shoves Miz, SUPERKICK! Then a fireman’s carry in return! Miz slips free, SKULL CRUSHING FINALE!! Cover, TWO!?! Jey survives and everyone is shocked, especially Miz! Jey flounders, stands, and goes to a corner. Albany is thunderous for Jey but Miz storms right up on him.
Miz puts Jey up top, then climbs up after him! Miz full nelsons again! But Jey fires elbows! Then he fireman’s carries Miz! The fans are thunderous as Jey hits a TOP ROPE RACK DROP! Then he gest moving, SPEAR!! Jey doesn’t stop there, he goes up the corner again! USO SPLASH!! Cover, JEY WINS!
Winner: Jey Uso, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Albany YEETS again as Jey stays alive in the tournament! But who else will join him, Sheamus, and Rusev on the road to Washington, DC?
Ilja Dragunov talks with Nick Aldis.
The Mad Russian Dragon is glad he gets to have another Open Challenge, but then in walks Tommaso Ciampa. The Sicilian Psycho hopes Aldis is explaining to “our so-called fighting champion” how to respect the rules of an Open Challenge. Aldis says the champion has every right to dictate the rules how he sees fit, but Johnny Gargano asks if Ilja has the right to call his best friend a jackass. Candice LeRae asks if Ciampa looks like a jackass! Enough with calling him a jackass! The only jackass here is Ilja denying the one man answering the challenges! Make it make sense! Well, they were just discussing this, so listen very carefully!
When Ilja took on the legacy of the United States Open Challenge, Ilja promised to do things the right way. And the right way mean sto not give opportunities to… jackasses! But to fight warriors who are willing to fight with respect and honor. And there is nothing honorable about Ciampa. So tonight, Ilja will give this opportunity to a man who fights with honor, and someone Ilja respects. Oh no, seriously?! AXIOM steps in! Ciampa accuses Ilja of cowardice, but Axiom thanks Ilja for this opportunity. Aldis wishes them both the best of luck, then moves on, only for Paul Heyman and Bronson Reed to be waiting outside his office.
Heyman smiles, a big contract folder in hand, and he asks Aldis, “How’re you doing? We need to talk to you for a minute.” Aldis says please, step inside. These three go into the office to talk, but what exactly about?
SmackDown returns and…
Aldis calls in extra security for his office. He tells Heyman that before The Vision is escorted from the building, what can he do for them? Heyman says that’s awfully dramatic, Aldis. But this is the WarGames agreement, which allows Heyman to “take any talent that is under WWE contract across all brands. Tha tincludes SmackDown, your brand. My heads-up to you, you’re welcome.” Any talent across all brands? Yes, thank you for coming all the way to Albany to confirm what was already in the paperwork. This could’ve been an email, Heyman. So unless there’s anything else to discuss, he would like to ask them kindly to leave. Because The Vision will NOT be disrupting Aldis’ show.
And security steps in on cue. Heyman says oh goodness, look who it is! Cody Rhodes steps in, and Heyman says, “It’s the golden goose who’s being afforded all this protection.” Cody asks, “Mr. Heyman, what do you wanna talk about?” Heyman wants to talk about Cody getting involved with Vision business on Raw. Cody doesn’t know about this golden goose stuff, but he saw on Raw that they were putting his friends in the fire, which means he was next through the flames, but Heyman already knew that. But this is Friday Night SmackDown, and the business of today… is right here. “And if you’re not here to fight, then you should leave.”
Bronson says he’ll fight. Cody asks Aldis to make the match: Bronson Reed VS Cody Rhodes… TONIGHT! Aldis says that works, but Heyman asks why they’d give this away and not make it a title match? Cody says fine, book it. Aldis gets worried now, but Cody says, “BOOK IT!” Then it is official. Cody VS Bronson for the Undisputed Championship. Heyman smiles and thanks both Mr. Aldis and “Champ” Cody. Did Cody just get goaded into losing the gold? Or will the American Nightmare find a way to slay the Colossal Aussie?
WWE Untied States Open Challenge: Ilja Dragunov VS Axiom!
Speaking of titles, The Czar didn’t appreciate the Sicilian Psycho getting salty all over again, so he again passed on Ciampa to face Axiom. But will Ilja be able to deny the Undeniable Truth? Or will Axiom finally have singles gold on SmackDown?
The bell rings and the fans rally as the two circle. They feel things out, Axiom rolls to wrench and wrangle Ilja. Axiom has the armlock but Ilja fights up. Ilja wrenches in return, then cording holds for a HIP TOSS! Cover, ONE, but Ilja holds onto the arm. Axiom kips up, slips around, and spins Ilja to snapmare and headlock. Ilja slips out to armlock in return and the fans cheer the technical exchange. Ilja knuckle locks to straight arm lever and SLAM Axiom! Axiom fights up but Ilja wrenches him again. Ilja whips Axiom to a corner, but Axiom dodges the lariat! Axiom waits on Ilja and he says it was that close. Ilja and Axiom reset, knuckle lock, and Axioim headlocks.
Axiom hits the takeover but Ilja keeps his shoulders up. Ilja CLUBS at Axiom from below, then fights up. Ilja powers up and out, Axiom RAMS him, but Ilja RUNS Axiom over! Cover, ONE, and Ijoa gets moving! Axiom trips Ilja up, but Ilja blocks the hip toss! Ilja slips through but Axiom fights the backslide! The fans rally as the two fight for control, and then they spin around. Ilja ROCKS Axiom with a forearm! Axiom ROCKS Ilja! Ilja BOOTS Axiom down! The fans rally, but Axiom catches the hammer into the ARMBAR! Ilja fights to stack, and he deadlifts Axiom! Axiom lets go, but Ilja ducks the enzigiri to SLAP Axiom down!
The fans rally and Axiom dodges to then DROPKICK back! Ilja staggers, Axiom GAMANGIRIS him up and out! The fans fire up while Ilja sputters, and Axiom takes aim. Axiom runs, GOLDEN- NO! Ilja stops the triangle moonsault as he CLUBS Axiom on the back! Axiom is stuck up top, Ilja CHOPS him! Axiom kicks at Ilja, Ilja CHOPS, and repeat! The fans rally as these two brawl on the apron. Ilja HEADBUTTS Axiom right back into the ring! Then Ilja climbs, aims, and SUPER SENTONS! Cover, TWO! Axiom survives, Ilja is a bit surprised, and SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Ilja snarls as he rises up, and he paces around Axiom. Axiom slowly sits up, Ilja fires up, but he turns around into a CHOP from Axiom! So Ilja CHOPS Axiom right off his feet! Cover, TWO! Ilja keeps close and brings Axiom up to CHOP again! And again! And then HEADBUTT! And CHOP! HEADBUTT! CHOP! Ilja then reels Axiomi in for a BIG suplex! Cover, TWO! Ilja still keeps axiom down with a facelock. Axiom endures, fights around, and he wrenches out to headlock back. Axiom waistlocks, Ilja bucks the O’Conner, but axiom kips up, into a CHOP! Cover, TWO! Axiom survives again but Ilja stays focused.
Ilja puts Axiom in a corenr, CHOPS him, and Axiom flops against the ropes. Ilja drags Axiom back up, whips corner to corner, and Axiom hits hard! Ilja runs up to KNEE low, then he runs side to side to BOOT WASH Axiom right outta the ring! Ilja roars and the fans cheer. Ilja goes out to BOOT Axiom, then follows him around the way. They go back into the ring, Ilja brings Axiom around, and Ilja waistlocks, only for Axiom to fight the lift. Axiom switches, Ilja fights the lift, and Ilja wrenches out to HEADBUTT! And HEADBUTT! And then Gotch lift POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! Axiom is toughing it out bu tIlja is not deterred.
Ilja clamps on with a rear bearhug and he squeezes tight, Axiom endures so Ilja ELBOWS him down! And ELBOWS again and again and again! Ilja just HAMMERS away on Axiom, then clamps back on with another bearhug. Axiom still endures, fights back to his feet, but Ilja GERMAN SUPLEXES! Ilja holds on, drags Axiom back up, and SmackDown returns to single picture. Fans chant for “One More Time!” and Ilja GERMAN SUPLEXES! Ilja still holds on, Albany wants another, so Ilja drags Axiom up. Axiom switches, but Ilja again bucks the O’Conner! Axiom kips up, but he ducks the chop to NORTHERN LIGHTS!
The fans cheer while both men are down! The fans rally as Ilja stands, and he swings, but Axiom CROSS COUNTERS! Ilja falls back, Axiom goes to a corner, but Ilja storms up. Axiom BOOTS Ilja down, hops up the corner, and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Cover, TWO! Ilja survives and Axiom grows frustrated but the fans rally up. Axiom rises, Ilja roars to give him more, so Axiom KICKS! And KICKS! Ilja wants more so Axiom KICKS, KICKS, and KICKS! Ilja blocks to SLAP, ROCK, boxing elbows, and BOOT! Axiom falls and the fans fire up again! Ilja powers up, runs, CONSTANTINE- NO, Axiom catches him to an ARMBAR!
Ilja fights, ends up in a TRIANGLE HOLD, but he works to stack Axiom! Axiom fights that off, but Ilja deadlifts Axiom again! POWERBOMB! Axiom flounders, Ilja snarls, and Ilja aims from the corner. Ilja powers up, the fans rally, H-BOMB FOR- NO, Axiom uses that to spring up and MOONSAULT DDT!!! Cover, TWO!?! No one can believe what they saw, nor that Ilja survived! “This is Awesome!” as Axiom has Ilja in a corner. Axiom ROCKS and CHOPS and hoists Ilja up. Ilja fights back with SLAPS and Axiom staggers. But then Axiom GAMANGIRIS! Axiom goes up after Ilja, but Ilja fires RIDGE HAND CHOPS!
Ilja and Axiom go to the very top, but Axiom hits the SUPER DUPER SPANISH FLY!! And then GOLDEN RATI- NO!! TORPEDO MOSCOW!! AND H-BOMB FOREARM!! Cover, Ilja wins!!
Winner: Ilja Dragunov, by pinfall (still WWE United States Championship)
It was all in a blink of an eye, but Ilja snatches victory from the jaws of defeat! Another instant classic is under Ilja’s belt, and he shows respect to Axiom for giving him this fight. The fans cheer that, but who will be next to challenge The Mad Russian’s reign?
R-Truth meets with Nick Aldis.
Truth knows last week that it was a heavy load, and Truth’s load was lost in the shuffle, but he is imploring to Aldis as employee to boss, please put Truth in the John Cena tournament. Aldis tries to tell Truth again, but Truth says don’t worry, he shined up his (lottery) balls so they’ll look real nice on TV. All he asks is Aldis handles them with care. Aldis again tries to get it through to Truth but Truth says just take his balls. FINE! Aldis takes them, and then Chelsea Green walks in. She asks if she heard John Cena’s name dropped. She did. Then speaking of legends, she has no idea why SHE didn’t get pyro when she won the Women’s US Championship.
But putting a pin in that, when is her championship celebration happening tonight? Aldis goes to say it’s not but she says that’s right, he CANCELLED it! She’d all of it prepared and ready to go! But all will be forgiven if this “injustice system” that is WWE would just give her a celebration next week, with pyro. Yes, he can make that work. Just for right now, hold onto these for him. Aldis hands Chelsea the Truth balls, and Alba says they do look nice. But will The Hot Mess really get everything she demand- er, wants?
SmackDown shares footage from the break.
As Axiom was on his way back up the ramp, Tommaso Ciampa attacked him! The Psycho Killer took out all his anger out on Axiom, only for Frazer to chase him off! Ciampa is only showing everyone Ilja is right about him, but will Ciampa not stop until he gets his opportunity?
Sami Zayn is here!
The fans cheer and sing along with the song as #BigMatchSami heads to the ring. Sami gets a mic and asks, “How we doing tonight, Albany? We good?” The fans cheer, and they chant for “Sami! Sami!” Sami takes a moment before he says, “I gotta tell ya. Since I’ve come to SmackDown, there have been some extremely high highs, and some extremely low lows. As soon as I came over to SmackDown, the first thing I said I would do is I said I would beat Solo Sikoa for the United States Championship.” The fans cheer that, and Sami says he did do that! He got to do amazing things with that title, like wrestle John Cena in his last match on SmackDown!
Sami got to go toe-to-toe with the best talent SmackDown has to offer week in and week out. The fans cheer again, and Sami says that was all great. But he won’t lie, the last four weeks have been extremely challenging. he has had to watch from the sidelines, hurt and not medically cleared, as Solo & MFT run roughshod every single week! The fans boo, and Sami says he’s had to sit and watch, unable to do anything, while MFT attacked Sami’s friends, those Sami liked and respected. And Sami gets it, Aldis told him not to get involved, don’t get hurt, and so Sami did. He sat back week after week. But he is here to tell us that that ends TONIGHT!
The fans cheer and Sami continues by calling out Solo! He knows Solo has a problem with him, and he sure has a problem with Solo, so let’s deal with it face to face! Solo & MFT make their way out here, and Solo has a mic in hand. Solo tells Sami, “You really think you knwio who you are, huh? You think you know, but you don’t. I know the real Sami, I know the real you. Yeah. He’s pathetic, a liar, desperate, and when you’re desperate, you do desperate things, which makes you so damn selfish!” The fans boo, but Solo says Sami only cares about Sami! Sami doesn’t care about the guys in the back, or even the fans here in Albany.
The fans boo, but Solo says for himself, what he cares about is his family. Solo cares about the men standing behind him and their loyalties to him. Unlike Sami! Sami knows nothing about loyalty when it comes to family. In fact, watch who you’re talkinga bout before he gets in there and kicks Sami’s ass! Don’t forget, Sami, you’re still wounded. The fans boo as MFT now flanks the ring, and Solo says this can end very badly for Sami. Solo could drop Sami right here and now, but he won’t. He will wait until Sami is 100% and medically cleared. Then once that happens, understand this: Solo is coming after you!
The fans boo, but Sami says, “Well, the good news for you, Solo, is you’re not gonna have to wait very long. Because as of tonight, I am officially 100% medically cleared! So if you wanna do something about it, go ahead and do something about it right now!” Sami calls Solo’s bluff, so Solo takes off the jacket But then Sami says before that, Solo needs to know this: Sami didn’t come here alone. And just as he says that, Rey Fenix, Shinsuke Nakamura & Motor City Machine Guns all YANK MFT off the apron! The brawl is on and the fans fire up! Solo panics, Sami shrugs, and Solo takes a swing! Sami fires counter punches!
The fans fire up as Sami fires off on Solo in a corner! Sami stomps a mudhole, then he goes to the far corner! The fans fire up, but Talla gets Solo outta the ring! The fans boo but then JC Mateo CLOBBERS Sami! JC, Tama & Loa all mug Sami, but Sami’s friends get them! They TOSS the Guerrillas and even LARIAT Loa up and out! The fans fire up as now Fenix goes up, up, and TORNILLO CROSSBODIES MFT! Fenix regroups with Sami and friends! Will Sami and his team soon cut down Solo’s “Family Tree?”
Cody Rhodes prepares backstage.
Jey Uso says hey and Cody congratulates him on the win in the tournament. Jey says he just heard about Bronson’s title shot at Cody tonight. It might get a little slimy, so Jey’s got his back. Of course! Cody and Jey shake hands on that again, and then Jimmy Uso steps in. #BigJim says hey, Uce. Any time you can get your hands on The Vision sounds like a party to Jimmy, so count him in, too. They shake on that, and Jimmy says he spoke with Punk earlier. Count him in for WarGames, too! The three shake hands, The Usos head out, but will Cody be able to fire the first shot in that war? Or will a Tsunami end the reign of the American Nightmare?
Solo Sikoa argues with Nick Aldis backstage.
Solo demands that with Sami 100% healthy, he wants a match with him tonight! Aldis says first, there’s no more time on the card, that can’t happen. And second, Solo clearly has more enemies than just Sami. So how about this? In two weeks, SmackDown before WarGames, it’ll be MFT VS Sami, Fenix, Nakamura & MCMG in a 5v5 Survivor Series style Elimination Tag! Now if you’ll excuse him. Aldis leaves, and there’s a Wyatt Sick6 glitch on screen. And in fact, Uncle Howdy is lurking in the shadows. Will the Wyatts be watching that 10 Man Tag very, very closely?
The Last Time is Now Tournament Opening Round: LA Knight VS ???
The Mega Star knows what this tournament is all about, and he knows everyone wants to be John Cena’s final opponent, but what he doesn’t know is who will be his first round opponent! We’re all about to learn that in the matter of moments, but will it not matter when this is LA Knight’s game? Or will what you don’t know actually hurt you?
Everyone waits and watches the stage. “WOO! WOO! WOO! YOU KNOW IT!” It’s Matt Car- well, no, he’s ZACK RYDER again!? Long Island Iced Z returns to the WWE, but will he prove he’s #AlwayZReady? The bell rings, the fans cheer and “WOO WOO WOO!” Knight and Ryder circle, Ryder gets the “WOO WOO WOO!” going hotter, and the two tie up. Ryder rolls Knight, TWO! Ryder says it was that close, and Knight says yeah, okay. They go again, tie up, and now Knight wrenches Ryder to YANK, YANK, YANK the arm! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight wrenches, Ryder ducks, but then Knight switches.
Ryder bucks the O’Conner, but Knight avoids the Rough Ryder! Knight returns, but Ryder tosses him out! The fans cheer as Ryder smiles, and SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns and Ryder whips corner to corner. Knight hits buckles hard, then drops to his knees. The fans cheer Ryder as he pushes Knight to the corner, then whips him again. Knight reverses and BACKDROPS! The fans fire up while Ryder flounders, then he goes to the apron. Knight storms over, Ryder ROCKS Knight first, and then Ryder goes to supelx! Knight supelxes but Ryder slips free! Knight dodges to JAB, JAB, and JAB! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Then ROLLING ELBOW! Knight clinches to RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Knight whips, Ryder hits buckles hard, and Knight hits the JUMP NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!
Ryder survives but Knight nods. Knight brings Ryder up, kicks low, then fires hands. Knight bumps Ryder off buckles, then whips him to ropes. Knight scoops, Ryder slips free, and Ryder ROCKS Knight! And CHOPS! And ROCKS! And then whips, but Knight reverses. Ryder turns backdrop into FACEBUSTER! Big forearm in the corner, and Knight sits down! The fans pump their fists with Ryder, “WOO WOO WOO! YOU KNOW IT!” BROSKI BOOT! Cover, TWO! Knight survives but the fans rally up as Ryder aims from a corner. Ryder hooks Knight’s arms, turns him, but Knight RAMS Ryder into buckles! Dragon sleeper, REVERSE DDT!
The fans fire up while both men are down! Knight then rolls back to his feet and the fans cheer. Knight goes up the corner, and he spells it out, “L! A! KNGIHT! YEAH!” BOX JUMP ELBOW- NO, Ryder moves, runs up, ROUGH RYDER!! Cover, TWO!! Knight survives and the fans are shocked! Ryder is also surprised, but he hurries to watch Knight. “This is Awesome!” and Ryder reels Knight in, Knight wrenches out and kicks, B F- NO! Ryder rolls Knight up, TWO! Knight runs up, but into KNEES! Ryder goes up, up, RADIO SILENCE into a POWERBOMB!! Then Knight hauls Ryder up, B F T!! Cover, KNIGHT WINS!
Winner: LA Knight, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
YEAH! Knight didn’t care who it was gonna be, he fought and won his spot in the second round! Knight, Jey, Sheamus, Rusev, who else will advance in this historic tournament?
Alexa Bliss, Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky talk backstage.
They still can’t get their heads around why Charlotte just walked out on them. Charlotte also isn’t texting back or anything. Rhea knew they had beef, but she thought Charlotte would put it all aside like she did. Tonight just shows they gotta now find two more people for the team. Alexa says she has someone to call, Iyo says Charlotte was their best bet, though. But then Asuka, Kairi, Nia & Lash all attack! The brawl is on, Rhea HEADBUTTS Kairi down, but Lash DECKS Rhea! Then Nia sends Iyo into Lash’s KNEE! Lash then sends Iyo into a road case! And then same for Rhea! Security rushes in, Asuka says okay, okay, they’re good.
Nia says bye, losers~! The Irresistible Four just did a lot of damage. Will they even need a fifth woman to finish off what’s left of Rhea, Iyo and Alexa?
Jade Cargill VS B-Fab!
The Storm finally reigns on the mountaintop of WWE, and she is not playing nice with anyone. Will she strike down someone who was once a friend? Or will B-Fab truly be fab when she gets a win on the champ?
SmackDown returns, B-Fab makes her entrance, Michin staying backstage to let her handle things on her own. The bell rings and Jade dares Fab to try something. They tie up, Fab goes for a leg, but Jade spins her around. CHOKE- NO, Fab slips free and DROPKICKS! And DROPKICKS! Jade is in a corner, Fab runs up, HEEL KICK! Fab fires ELBOW after ELBOW, then fires up! The fans rally, Fab runs up, but Jade blocks the boot! Jade DECKS Fab with a forearm, then drags her right back up. Jade scoops Fab to FALL AWAY SLAM! Jade kips up, fires up, and the fans are with Jade on this one.
Jade waits on Fab, brings her around with the guzel, CHOKE SLAM! Jade tells Fab to stand down, but then she brings Fab up anyway. Jade revels in the cheers, then lifts Fab to POWERBOMB! Jade paces while she tells Fab to stay down, but Fab manages to sit up. Jade says fine, and she brings Fab up again. Fab fights, Jade lifts, POWERBOMB! Jade stands over Fab as she tells her to stay down, but the fans want to see that “One More Time!” Jade drags Fab up, has the chicken wings, and then JADED! Cover, Jade wins!
Winner: Jade Cargill, by pinfall
Jade mockingly checks her imaginary watch, and she says this is who she is! Michin is here now to make sure B-Fab is okay, but then Jade tells them both to get outta here. Mia is upset Jade would be like this just because she’s champion now. Jade tells Mia to know her place, then SHOVES her down! The fans boo but Mia wants after Jade! The ref keeps them apart, Jade steps out, and she smirks as she leaves. Jade says she is #ThatB*tch then, now, and forever, so just keep ’em coming.
Nick Aldis announces the final four first-round entrants.
“Last week on SmackDown, four superstars were selected at random to compete for the most prized career-altering opportunity: To face the Greatest of All Time, John Cena, in his final match at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Tonight, fate will once again decide the superstars that will compete in The Last Time Is Now Tournament. First up, it’s a former first-round draft pick, Carmelo Hayes, taking on The Vision’s own Bronson Reed. And finally, the high-flying luchador, Penta, will go one-on-one with The Prince, Finn Balor. The only thig I have left to say, gentlemen, is good luck.” No Truth, but will the vision be clear as we approach December 13th?
Backstage interview with Carmelo Hayes.
Cathy Kelley is with H1M and brings up him going on record as to how he idolized John Cena growing up and would love this opportunity to go 1v1. What would a win in the opening round mean for him? Melo says first, he has to address this Miz situation. “Mike, you might’ve won the battle, but the war’s just begun. I will see you when I see you. And John Cena… The GOAT, the Last Time Is Now Tournament, you got a long line full of heavy hitters, killers, all wanting to be the one that’s gonna put you down, all wanting to be the one that’s gonna hang your jersey from the rafters. And respectfully, John, I’m one of ’em.
“50% of people might overlook me, 50% of people might think I can get the job done, but 100% of me knows that if I get that shot, I won’t miss.” But then in steps Bronson Reed. He tells Melo that he’s gonna end Cody Rhodes, then he will end John Cena after he ends H1M next week. Bronson heads out, Heyman nods towards Melo, and then The Oracle follows. Will Auszilla be taking it all on the road to the end?
Aleister Black speaks.
“Fear, Damian? That’s so silly that even you don’t believe that. No, no no no. You threw me on top of a table. You tried to throw me through things. And then you took the bottom part of the steel steps, and you tried to crush my head. The only person that fears anything is you. Fear of what we have made you become.” Zelina Vega says, “We said that we would force you to break your code. We said we would corrupt you. And I think we did exactly that.” But enough about him. They have their eyes set on greater things. That brings them to the entire locker room. Namely, those who hold world titles.
Aleister left fear behind the day he stepped foot back into the WWE, and he has become the one thing no one wanted him to become: everyone’s enemy! Does that mean the Dark Father is watching tonight’s main event very, very closely?
Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes VS Bronson Reed w/ Paul Heyman!
The American Nightmare and The Colossal Aussie are both preparing for WarGames, and while it is Cody, Punk & The Usos at four against Bronson, Bron Breakker & Logan Paul at three, this could still tip the scales back in The Vision’s favor. Will a Tsunami wash away the reign? Or can Cody escape from New York with the gold?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who can carry that weight!
The bell rings and the fans rally as the two circle. They tie up, Bronson shoves Cody to a corner, but Cody dodges! Bronson hits buckles, Cody fires hands, then kicks to RHODES UPPERCUT! Cody runs to ROCK Bronson, but then Bronson responds with a BODY CHECK! And ELBOW DROP! The fans boo but Bronson covers, ONE! Cody shows toughness and goes to the outside, but Bronson runs in around the way! BODY CHECK! The fans boo, Bronson snarls, and SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Bronson drags Cody up, HEADBUTTS him, then stalks him around the way again. Bronson storms in after Cody, but Cody BODY BLOWS! Cody fires a forearm, but Bronson HEADBUTTS him down! Bronson raises the one but the fans don’t acknowledge their Tribal Thief. Bronson whips and CLOBBERS Cody! Cover, TWO! Bronson drags Cody into a chinlock and leans on the hold, but Cody fights around. Cody reaches out, fights to his feet, and fires body shots. The fans rally as Cody ROCKS Bronson, but Bronson scoops to SLAM Cody! Bronson snarls again, but Cody avoids the elbow drop! Cody rises up, goes to a corner, but Bronson SPLASHES!
Cody sputters against the ropes but Bronson CHOKES him! The ref counts, Bronson steps off at 4, and Cody sputters again. Bronson storms up and ROCKS Cody! Bronson puts Cody in another corner, BODY BLOWS, then whips corner to corner hard! Cody staggers, falls over, and Bronson drags Cody back up. Bronson has a chinbar, and he stretches Cody with the chinlock. Cody endures, fights back up, and SmackDown returns to single picture. The fans rally but Bronson CLUBS Cody, then back suplexes! Cody lands out, ducks a haymaker, and springboards! BEAUTIFUL DISASTER KICK!
The fans fire up and Cody rises, but so does Bronson. Cody JABS, JABS, JABS, then flip, flop, and fly! BIONIC- NO! Fireman’s carry, JAGGED EDGE! Cover, TWO! Cody survives but Bronson goes up! The fans freak out for the TSUNAMI, but it FLOPS as Cody moves! Cody hurries to springboards again, SUPER CODY CUTTER!! Cover, TWO! Cody fires up and the fans are with him! Bronson is outside, Cody runs and DIVES, but into a forearm! Cody stumbles and staggers o the outside, Bronson runs up, but Cody TOSSES him into the timekeeper’s area! The fans fire up again and Cody refreshes the ring count.
Cody clears off the desk! HE even topples the belt pedestal! But BRON BREAKKER FLYING SHOULDER TACKLES!!
Winner: Cody Rhodes, by disqualification (still Undisputed WWE Champion)
Logan Paul is here, too! They mug Cody, SMACK him off the desk, then put him back in the ring! Was this the real plan all along? The fans boo as Bron rains down fists, then Logan gets his turn! Bron rips his shirt away and wants Logan to set Cody up. Logan does as told, but THE USOS hurry out here! Jey & Jimmy said they’d have Cody’s back, so they get in the ring to brawl with Logan and Bron! The fans fire up, but Bron shoves Jimmy! Jimmy SUPERKICKS Bron! Jey joins in, DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Bron falls, Logan runs up, DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Then the ONE D!! That’s one and done for The Maverick!
The fans fire up as now Jimmy decides to GET THE TABLE! The fans are thunderous as Jimmy puts that in for Jey, Jey sets it up, and the fans are all fired up! Logan is put on the table, the Usos go to the corners, but DREW MCINTYRE SHOVES JIMMY! Isn’t he suspended!? Jey runs up, but he gets a GLASGOW KISS HEADBUTT!! The fans boo as Drew saves Logan’s bacon! Aldis storms out here, asks what the hell Drew is doing here, and Heyman claims this is per the WarGames contract! Heyman could recruit anybody under WWE contract, even suspended superstars! Drew sets the table up in a corner, and he drags Jey Uso!
But Jey breaks free to SUPERKICK! The fans cheer as Jey now lines up a shot, but Drew KICKS first! Bron returns to SPEAR Jey through the table!! Jimmy is back to throw hands, but Logan uses ONE LUCKY RIGHT to knock Jimmy out! The fans boo, but now Cody is back! He throws hands on Drew and Logan, but a CLAYMORE takes Cody out! Drew throws off his shirt, he stares down with Bronson, and then Drew puts Cody in the drop zone! Drew step on Cody before the TSUNAMI hits!! The fans are either booing or desperately calling for CM Punk, but it is clear The Vision was thinking ahead.
Drew takes the contract from Heyman and they shake hands on the deal. The numbers are even, but will the odds be in The Vision’s favor now that they have a Scottish Terminator on their side?
My Thoughts:
A great SmackDown here, with quite a lot of surprises and big moves as perhaps a response to the sinking ratings and sinking interest. Charlotte not automatically being onboard with the team-up was certainly surprising, but given that 4v3 ambush backstage, that will surely compel Charlotte to join up. She’ll see it’s not about her and Rhea getting along so much as as it is them getting to beat up on their enemies, as we knew going into this. Then I would think they still bring in Stephanie Vaquer and Nikki Bella as the fifth members for each side, to help build the title story on top of everything else, jus as I said on Monday.
Obviously Cody wasn’t going to lose the Undisputed Championship tonight, but that was a great move to bolster the show’s card and give an excuse for all the Men’s WarGames build tonight. Logan & Bron being here to help Bronson was a given, and Heyman using a unique WarGames contract to bring Drew McIntyre onboard was certainly a clever move. As I figured on Monday, Jimmy Uso was a natural addition to Team Cody, or maybe it’s Team Punk. And I would certainly think Roman Reigns will also be a natural addition to this match, but I’m curious as to the fifth man for The Vision. Would Lesnar really want to be in WarGames? Well, granted, he’d be the last person to enter the match and “clear house,” but he’d still have to get in there.
Great stuff with the US Championship, such as Ilja continuing to troll Ciampa. Ilja VS Axiom was awesome, through I swear I heard one drunken idiot slurring the word, “BORING~!” That person is the kind of American fan Gunther (and therefore Zack Sabre Jr.) was talking about, IYKYK. But in the end, I figured we’d get more DIY VS Fraxiom, and maybe after that, Ciampa finally gets his match with Ilja. Great promo from Sami with Solo, and great ambush from Team Sami on MFT to set up their own 5v5. I figured that if they weren’t doing the WarGames, they’d get to do the traditional Survivor Series match, and the go-home SmackDown continues to be a substitute for the kickoff show, but in the best way possible.
Another hilarious promo with Truth and Aldis, and Chelsea joining in so we can hype up a celebration certainly teases someone interrupting. Either Giulia is going to crash the party to demand a US Championship rematch, or they plug NXT Gold Rush by having Thea Hail & Joe Hendry get the better of them ahead of the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship match. I’m leaning more towards the former, they’ll build the tag match plenty on NXT. And speaking of Truth, a shame he doesn’t get in on the final part of the bracket, but Melo VS Bronson and Penta VS Finn will be great matches. With Bronson busy with The Vision’s story, I would hope Melo wins, and it’d be great if they teased a Boston VS Boston showdown.
Jade of course beat B-Fab tonight but that was pretty good for what was basically a squash match. Michin probably gets a match with Jade next, and likely loses that. Jade’s first title defense could be Survivor Series to basically be a buffer between the WarGames matches but also to just get one on the books. There’s a lot on hold for right now with the WarGames matches having a lot of great contenders involved, but I would think we get some Charlotte VS Jade build on the other side of Survivor Series.
And of course, great matches for the Last Time is Now tournament. Jey VS Miz was a great match, and Miz hitting Cena’s moves was an appreciated reference. But I figured Jey would win, they wanna tease a rematch of the Royal Rumble finalists from earlier this year. Matt Cardona was a great surprise, though him being Zack Ryder was perhaps even more surprising. People have been talking about Knight being punished and that he was being set up to lose, but if commentary is talking about that concept, then you know that is not the case. Great win for Knight, great showing for Cardona/Ryder, and here’s hoping Ryder gets to do more in WWE from here on.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Andrew’s TNA Live! iMPACT! Results & Match Ratings: 11.13.2025
With a month off, does TNA come back hot or with 87% talking and a show that should’ve been an email?
So last week was the definition of a filler episode with nothing really to speak of except for validating the Dani Luna versus Indi Hartwell match tonight. This is the first real iMPACT! episode since Bound For Glory and…it’s probably opening with Mike Santana talking. TNA needs to stop following the cookie patterns of WWE and you know…start with something interesting after nearly a month off. But let’s listen to talking…
Rascalz vs. The System at #TNATurningPoint!?@TheMooseNation @Myers_Wrestling @TheEddieEdwards @MrsAIPAlisha @DirtyDangoCurty @TheBadReed @ZacharyWentz
WATCH #TNAiMPACT LIVE on TNA+: https://t.co/OPjzyXNgY5 pic.twitter.com/cwwHo3IbwL
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) November 14, 2025
Ratings:
- Dani Luna vs Indi Hartwell: Dani wins via DQ – ** 1/2
- Jason Hotch w/Order 4 vs Cedric Alexander: Cedric wins via Lumbar Check – ** 1/4
- TNA Knockouts Championship: Heather by Elegance w/ M & Personal Concierge vs Kelani Jordan (c): Kelani retains via One of a Kind – (-*) – yes that’s Negative 1
- TNA World Championship: Mike Santana (c) vs Ryan Nemeth: No Contest – NXT Attacks
- TNA World Championship: Mike Santana (c) vs Kaz: Kazarian wins via Roll-Up – * – TITLE CHANGE!!!
Results:
Oh look, it does open with Mike and the crowd gives him the “You Deserve It” and it’s a sparse few minutes and Mike starts his promo in Spanish, so that’s a good way to make people ignore the show in three minutes. I understand Spanish, but let’s be honest, the bulk of people who watch are whiter than copy paper, so the whole “Champ is here in Orlando, for Puerto Ricans, and others…blah blah” is not a smart way to open after a month with no real content. So after Santana says nothing in two languages, Ryan Nemeth comes out to Nic’s music because Nic isn’t there. Ryan tries to talk some shit and go for a cheap shot, Santana catches his hand, emasculates him and then tells Ryan he’s going to tell Santino to make a match between the two of them tonight, and he’s going to drop Ryan. So we’ve got a squash match to look forward too and maybe Nic showing up at the end for a beat down.
Kelani is going to have to go through Heather tonight and M tomorrow at Turning Point. So we get another crappy promo from heel Kelani, giving her free title defenses. Yikes…this is bad, I do kinda like the gimmick of Xia translating for Lei since Xia, Lei and Mara crash the interview. But it just makes me angry that one of those three don’t have the belt. Kelani ain’t worth a damn.
After the commercial we get Santino, Ava and Arianna to promote Gold Rush. And then they showed a video package of it, so a complete waste of 4 minutes aside from noting that Arianna got a chant from the crowd. She’s gotten herself over decently to the TNA crowd.
Dani Luna vs Indi Hartwell
It has been 30 minutes and we get the first match…sheesh.
Indi with back to back Double Legs, Dani is getting worked over, Dani tries a Sunset Flip but Indi stops it and drops an elbow. Dani eats Chops, tries to Whip Indi to the corner, Up and Over and Indi takes Dani down and goes back to the chops. Dani finally blocks a Scoop Slam, but Indi blocks the attempted German Suplex so Dani drives her into the corner and finally gets some offense in. A bit of a botchy looking rope straddle where Indi had to lift herself back up to eat the Lariat. Big Power Whip bouncing Indi out of the corner, sliding Lariat for a near fall.
Jaw Jacker by Indi but she misses the Yakuza Kick, gets hung up, Dani tries to turn it into a Powerbomb but a Frankensteiner Counter and a few strikes forces Dani to powder. Indi tries to throw her into the steps, Dani stops herself and turns back into the Spinebuster. Indi to the top as Dani crawls into the ring and eats a Diving Elbow to the back for a near fall. Dani counters Hurts Donut, Shotgun Kick levels Indi. Dani is on the outside looking for a weapon, throws out the Time Keeper, grabs the chair, Indi catches Dani in the Small Package for 2. Indi grabs the chair and lays into Dani.
Indi…has no facial expressions to make sense of this. This is stupid, poorly acted by Indi but the crowd is eating it up like morons. That was the most boring “take out your aggression” I’ve ever seen. Indi cuts some mid ahh promo in the back about an NoDQ match or something at Turning Point and now The System comes out to guess what? If you said TALK, you’d be correct! Assuming this isn’t a rib, the most interesting thing to come from this is Dango announcing he’s retiring after Genesis, but then The Rascalz music hits.
They say they should give the people what they want, and Dezmond Xavier returns to The Rascalz for a 4 on 4 match. They never mentioned Dez by name, but that is the implication. So with JDC retiring and Dez potentially returning, at least that’s interesting.
Jason Hotch w/Order 4 vs Cedric Alexander
Shoulder tackles and a quick Cruiser style start, Hotch powders mid running to pose and act smart so Cedric Dives to wipe out Jason and hits the Flatliner in the middle of the ring for a near fall. Cedric tries to continue and Hotch pulls the tights to send Cedric through the ropes, Skyler takes a cheap shot. Hotch with the Irish Whip, Cedric puts the brakes on, so Hotch hops the ropes and trips up Cedric, but Cedric comes back when Hotch continues, Dropkick to the back of the head, Lumbar Check attempt, but nope, back and forth, Hotch tries the Chaos Theory but Cedric blocks the Suplex, they throw into the corner, Hotch hops the rope, wants the Gamengiri, but Cedric blocks it and backs up, Rolling Neckbreaker from Hotch gets countered into a Lumbar Check! Cedric wins!
Order 4 attempted beat down, but Hardy Boyz make the save, Swanton on Ali is teased but they pull Ali out for foreshadowing.
TNA Knockouts Championship: Heather by Elegance w/ M & Personal Concierge vs Kelani Jordan (c)
Well talk about mental gymnastics to try and make this match make sense, and list this under “who asked for this” – because I’d rather drink bleach in traffic than watch this match.
Color by numbers powder moment, commercial break immediately and I can feel the coma sinking in. Kelani with a bad kick, Heather with a bad Hip Toss right off the commercial…Christ, end this. Lei, Xia and Mara are watching from the back and they look as bored as I do Heather with a clunky Drop Toe Hold into a Hesitation Dropkick for two. Jaw Jacker from Kelani…I wonder how the Patriots and Jets game is going. Hmm, 14-7 for the Pats, closer than expected.
Heather and Lani do a dumb strike exchange since there’s no hatred, heat or fire in this match, Kelani with a Cartwheel move, Facebuster, all near falls, locomotion Cradles into a bad Super Kick. Heather botches a Satellite DDT, this is one of the worst matches I’ve seen all year. Sloppy, slow, clunky and botchy. One of Kind is hit, no one is surprised. This was a waste of 10 minutes.
Great, now we sit through an Elijah concert for prolly about 10-15 minutes since the Ryan vs Santana match isn’t gonna be a real match. I like Elijah, he’s actually a pretty good singer and the gimmick is fine. But this episode has been complete garbage, so more non-wrestling on the wrestling variety show is too much.
Ali comes out to interrupt and challenge Cedric and Hardyz, Elijah wants to pick the fight, but Ali cracks him in the face with the mic and then guitar shot on the injured triceps. Meh.
TNA World Championship: Mike Santana (c) vs Ryan Nemeth
Ryan grabs a mic and yells at the crowd because they won’t cheer for him, and Santana lets happen because Santana isn’t taking the seriously. Ryan even tries to ask the referee to make them cheer. Eventually the bell rings and Ryan attacks immediately, punches into an Irish Whip and Dropkick. Ryan tries the Whip again, but Up and Over, Santana catches the foot, Ryan shakes his head when Santana berates him and drops him, throws him to the other corner, Cannonball! Ryan wants to Spin the Block, but Nic’s Music Hits, he’s carrying the trophy but someone attacks Nic.
Then a bunch of NXT people spill out of the crowd and attack. Charlie Dempsey, Lexis King…and others. I think Robert Stone is directing traffic for NXT. But this…this is what the show was hinging on, an Invasion/Overrun angle? Bad booking is bad, ya know?
TNA World Champuonship: Mike Santana (c) vs Kaz
Kaz’s music hits, he calls his shot, Fade to Black, but Santana Kicks out. Frankie tries the Chicken Wing, Santana slams him into the corner, wants Spin the Block, but the beatdown stops him from being able to execute the move, Roll-Up, and Santana…loses. Frankie Kazarian is the new World Champion.
Overall Score: 3/10
There was something interesting with Dango being on the retirement tour, The Rascalz bringing Dez home and Lei Ying and Xia’s gimmick is endearing. Plus like I said in the rundown, I enjoy Elijah’s musicianship, but I don’t appreciate a Wrestling Show basically no wrestling. Is it variety? Sure, but it’s a wrestling show first. So a show that has 3 squash matches and a 5 minute X Division match that could’ve been much better with time…the wrestling was forgotten tonight. A month off and they lost the plot on the rebound. Ugh…I’ve had diarrhea more enjoyable than this.
The Invasion/Attack is corny but Kaz managing to pull off the Cash In, is…okay I didn’t see it coming, but it doesn’t save the show being awful.
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