Our show opens with a recap of the rushed feud between Cruz Montana against Dion Lennox in the main event of the evening.
Will it be retribution or…validation. Dum. Dum. Duuuum.
Tony D’Angelo addresses the NXT Universe. He demands that NXT Champion Grace Waller come down to the ring.
Waller has known since he came back to NXT that it was always going to be him and D’Angelo. They signed, debuted at the same time and were even on the same WarGames team together. D’Angelo says what’s bugging the champ is if it was just one-on-one at Heat Wave, whether he would still be the champion. D’Angelo claims that Waller always looked down at him because he came from the streets. Tony promises Waller will finally see if he can “swim in deep waters”.
Can we get another phrase for this? It has been recycled sooooo damn much?
Izzi Dame is in the locker room. She is miffed that everyone packed up her decorations for Zaria. Layla Diggs doesn’t understand why Dame is making it all about Zaria’s former self. “I am going to pick her apart piece by piece and expose her for what she is,” says Dame. Dame warns Diggs that she will get rid of any distractions that get in her way.
Diggs and Dame has been set for tonight.
BirthRight tells their AAA opponents that it is their…you guessed it…birthright to win the Dusty Cup.
A Blake Monroe type of hype segment from Chantel Monroe. She’s looking in mirrors, she loves attention, etc, etc.
Galeno and El Hijo De Dr. Wagner Jr. (AAA Tag Team Champions) versus BirthRight – Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic – Quarter Finals
Lexis King stuns Wagner with double knees to the gut. Out comes Zilla Fatu wearing a cast on his injured hand. Uriah Connors tries to cut him off. He gets punched in the face. Arianna slaps him in the face. One look from Zilla and she scampers into the ring. A Michinoku Driver and a Frog Splash puts away King.
Zilla clears the ring. Dempsey gets a pop-up Samoan Drop.
Winners: Galeno and El Hijo De Dr. Wagner Jr. (AAA Tag Team Champions)
DarkState is watching a video message from Cruz Montana to Dion Lennox, how he is going to introduce him to all of his “demons”. Lennox says he has a plan to send Cruz back to that “dark place”.
Kam Hendrix does a Mr. Perfect promo to prove he is a better athlete. He catches three footballs, one in each hand and one in the middle. He wraps a shirt around his head and catches a football blindfolded.
It is more yacking as Tavion Heights heads to the ring. He is furious at his former pal for trying to take him out. Myles Borne attacks him from behind. They brawl on the floor. The throw fists all the way back to the parking lot.
The Vanity Project runs into Chantel Monroe backstage. Vanity loved her video. They march into GM Stone’s office. They laugh that Dar and Romeo aren’t a real team. Jackson Drake is informed that he will be defending the NXT North American Champion against EK Prosper.
Izzi Dame versus Layla Diggs
It is weird that Izzi Dame is actually being called “The Culling” now. What happened to the faction itself?
Dame gives Diggs a big boot to the face. Dame climbs to the top rope. Diggs misses her super kick by a mile but Dame still falls down. Diggs misses her Cherry On Top finisher. Izzi lands her running knee smash.
A pissed off Zaria comes out. She is sick of Dame digging up her past. “See you at Halloween Havoc, princess,” laughs Dame.
Winner: Izzi Dame
Hank and Tank versus The Creed Brothers – Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic – Quarter Finals
Julius gives Hank shoulder tackle after shoulder tackle in a corner. Hank punches Julius in the face and knocks Brutus off the apron. Julius drop kicks Hank through the ropes to the floor and then punches Tank off the apron. Hank is tagged in and explodes on Julius with a big clothesline off the ropes and knocks Brutus off the apron with a clothesline. Brutus takes a double avalanche on the floor from Hank and Tank. As the official cuts off Brutus from entering the ring Hank and Tank put Julius away.
Winners: Hank and Tank
The BirthRight is reading GM Stone the riot act about Zilla Fatu interfering in their match.
“Both of your teams lost their opportunities. You are out,” says Stone.
Wren and Kendal walk by. Wren is going to sign her contract for Halloween Havoc. Kendal wishes her luck. Chantel Monroe interrupts. She wants to know if they saw her video too. Wren calls it “something”.
Yay! Even more yacking!
Wren addresses the NXT Universe. At Halloween Havoc the “Stand Out is going to stand down”. She demands women’s champ Kelani come down to the ring. Jordan drags Kendal out after beating her with a steel chair. Kendal’s face is bloody. Wren pounces on Kelani. Kelani flees.
Zilla in the office with Stone. Zilla says that is only a taste of what BirthRight has coming. Stone says he will check with doctors to see if Zilla can take on Dempsey or not. Zilla wants Stone to bring back “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal” for Halloween Havoc.
Chazz “Starboy” Hal, Dar, Romeo, Prosper, Legacy are chatting about how DVD is out of action backstage. Saquon Shugars though has an issue with Sean Legacy’s interference last week. Prosper gets in on it too.
Even more talking! Emily Agard is standing outside the men’s locker room hoping to run into Cruz Montana. Didn’t she set up an interview beforehand?
DarkState circles the locker room. They surround Montana and rip him about his mama. Montana lays a beating on them as everyone else…just watches?
Even more and more yacking! NARAKU explains how his different mists work.
Lizzy Rain chats with Shiloh Hill. He has only a few days to work out a counter to those mists. Chantel Monroe wants to know if they liked her video. Rain flips her off. Halloween Havoc will be hosted by Danhausen next Saturday.
Cruz Montana versus Dion Lennox
Montana doesn’t even try for any wrestling moves as the bell rings. He just haymakers Dion over and over. A belly-to-back suplex and then a spinebuster stops all of that. Montana brings the bout back to street fighting with chops and punches in a corner.
Big cannonball in a corner and a sit-down powerbomb for a two count by Montana. On the floor, Montana is thrown into the steel steps. Lennox rips up the mats on the floor. His powerslam is countered. He is driven into the steel post.
Back in the ring, a big cutter for a two for Montana. A running clotheslines knocks Montana for a loop. Dion bounces Montana off the top rope for a big powerslam of sorts.
Dion tells Montana that what his daughter doesn’t know is that her daddy is his bitch. An angry Montana punches the crap out of Dion on the announce table. He spears Dion though the ringside barricade. Both men are counted out.
Montana starts punking out security guards and officials. He attacks DarkState from behind and slams Dion on the exposed floor and stomps his head into the concrete floor. As he is about to slam the steel steps onto Dion, Cutler James dives in the way taking the shot. Montana belts some more security and officials until what are supposed to be police arrest him.
Winner: Double count-out.
