They won the Dusty Cup and now they will face the NXT Tag Team Champions tonight. Can Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno win gold and defeat The Vanity Project?
Will Chantel Monroe cosplay Blake Monroe some more?
Will Wren Sinclair teach Izzi Dame for doing whatever she did to her last week to piss her off?
Will E.K. Prosper and Kam Hendrix learn to stay out of each other’s business?
Let’s find out.
CM Punk’s music plays…but..PSYCHE!
It’s NXT Champion, Grayson Waller!
He has a t-shirt mocking CM Punks. It is yellow and green with a kangaroo. Funny stuff.
Waller takes credit for making the championship so important that main roster stars are coming to challenge for it. What’s next for Grayson Waller? He calls himself the best in the world.
Shiloh Hill comes out. He didn’t like Waller telling him to “stick to his science experiments” last week. Apparently, you done run your mouth about Hill. Waller tells Hill he is not ready for title match and leave.
Mason Rook is back! He attacks Waller from behind. He throws him back into the ring where Hill gives him a pop-up haymaker. Rook slams Waller in a corner as Hill throws the belt on him.
Kam Hendrix is still mad that he wasn’t invited to the John Cena Classic. He is going to take out his frustrations on Prosper. Prosper says Hendrix is going to pay for interfering in his business.
John Cena is backstage with Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno. He praises Dar for sharing his wisdom and experience with Moreno. Cena invites them both to the John Cena Classic. He gives them two briefcases.
The Vanity Project has a meltdown that Dar and Moreno were invited to the John Cena Classic and they weren’t. They start arguing among themselves. Myka says if they are pissed they should do something about it.
E.K. Prosper versus Kam Hendrix
Prosper climbs to the top rope. Hendrix knocks him down. Hendrix gets a two count with a Death Valley Driver. A drop kick stuns Hendrix. He charges Prosper. Prosper moves out of the way. Hendrix hits the steel post. Prosper wins with a moonsault from the top rope.
Winner: E.K. Prosper
Hendrix throws a fit. He smashes up the announce table and throws steel chairs around.
Myles Borne joins Tony D’Angelo staring off that bridge. Tony claims he is done thinking. Borne asks Tony if he is going to go home. Tony says he is going to work. They storm off in opposite directions…
What the actual hell??!?!
Backstage, the Vanity Project celebrates with Dar and Moreno by throwing them into equipment cases and beating them with garbage cans.
Wren Sinclair versus Izzi Dame
They are calling Dame the “Witch of NXT” now.
Wren gets a two with an inside cradle. Wren puts Dame into that bridging arm lock. Dame rolls through. Wren goes for an Alabama Slam but her back gives out. Dame gets the pin with a big knee to the face.
Winner: Izzi Dame
Zaria nails Dame with a spear and an F5.
John Cena is backstage handing out more invitations to his Classic. NXT Women’s Champion Kelani Jordan receives hers in the make-up area.
Blake Howard chats with Zilla Fatu about what’s next for him. He is focused on the NXT Championship and he is calling his shot. At the end of the night, he is calling Waller out.
Jordan addresses the NXT universe. Man, she has come a long way with her promos, that’s for sure. She talks about having to meet expectations all the time and the pressure that comes with perfection. Kendal Grey interrupts. She makes a case for a rematch. GM Stone comes out and makes the championship match for next week.
Tony D’Angelo arrives for work, bag in hand.
GM Stone is waiting outside medical. He is given the bad news. Dar and Moreno cannot compete in the main even tonight. Here comes the Vanity Project to gloat. Stone tells them they will still defend the titles tonight.
Lizzy Rain vs. Chantel Monroe
Rain charges at Monroe. Monroe dodges. Rain runs into a turnbuckle. Moroe rolls up Rain and holds onto the ropes. The official calls Monroe out. While Monroe argues, Rain hits her with the Headbanger’s Ball and Thunderstuck for the win.
Winner: Lizzy Rain
Blake Howard catches up with Mason Rook. Rook “busted his ass” to return ahead of schedule and he is picking up where he left off. He puts everyone on notice.
Blake Howard is a busy man. He chats with Hendrix in the locker room. Hendrix claims he is still the best athlete in NXT. He mocks Tony D’Angelo saying he had his chance. Tony tells Hendrix to watch his mouth. He then gets back to whatever he was doing. Hendrix tells Howard to cut the camera. Hendrix beats Tony to the ground.
The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes) (c) versus Hank and Tank – NXT Tag Team Championship Match
Hank and Tank surprise The Vanity Project by entering the ring from the other side and blindsiding them.
Hank and Tank belly splash Baylor in the middle of the ring. Tank does a cartwheel clotheslining Baylor and then catches Smokes with as knee to the jaw as he comes back into the ring.
Tank gets a two count with a swanton bomb from the top rope on Baylor.
Decked out in bandages, Dar and Moreno storm the ring. In the confusion, Smokes pushes Tank off the top rope as Myka does the same thing to Hank. Baylor rolls up Hank for the win.
Winners: …and still NXT Tag Team Champions, The Vanity Project.
Hank and Tank are furious with Dar and Moreno. There’s some pushing and shoving.
Zilla passes by Hill as he makes his way to the ring.
Lyla Diggs is with Thea Hail. Hail is explaining alopecia areata, the autoimmune condition she has that causes hair loss. Diggs feels sorry for Hail. Monroe walks by and calls them both losers and says that she could lose every night and not be as bad as Hail losing her hair. She sweeps her hand through Hail’s hair revealing a bald spot. Not cool.
Zilla would love nothing more to go into the John Cena Classic as the NXT Champion. The lights go down. DarkState arrives. Zilla says that Dion should be worried about the whooping him and his crew took last week. Dion says they are the ones who are going to put Zilla on the shelf.
They are about to surround the ring when BirthRight comes out. Lexis King doesn’t remember the last time they were even relevant. BirthRight are the top dogs now. They enter the ring.
Zilla interrupts. He wants Dion next week. Zilla then addresses Dempsey calling for dogs. He points to Karmen Petrovic in the audience and out comes Perros Del Mal: Angel, Berto and Daga.
Zilla is now surrounded on three sides. He dives out of the ring as a brawl breaks out.
