Opening WWE NXT this week…I am not sure why Ethan Page and Chelsea Green are celebrating their Muy Grande Championship, AAA Mixed Tag Team on NXT but there they are walking through the parking lot with Alba Fyre clearing the way. Someone needs to replace Piper Niven soon. Alba looks overworked.
NXT Women’s Champion Tatum Paxley, Izzi Dame and Lola Vice versus Fatal Influence
Lola and Tatum hug but Izzi just stares at Lola when she approaches her. Jacy Jayne throws her jacket in Izzi’s face and that just puts her in a worse mood. Everyone is trash talking in everyone else’s face before the bell ring. The official separates them. Tatum and Jacy start off. Tatum stomps Jacy into a corner tagging in Vice for some knee strikes and body shots. Vice is distracted by the official. Jacy kicks her in the face.
Lainey Reid gets caught in an arm lock until Izzi tags in slamming her and drop kicking her. A slingshot into the ropes by Henley and a haymaker to the face stuns Tatum. Tatum manages to tag in Lola who fights off both Henley and Reid. Tatum and Lola do double hip attacks then dance around. They invite Izzi to join them. She waves them off.
As Henley distracts the official Jacy pulls Lola’s hair from the apron. Reid clocks Lola in the chops. Lola is trapped in the wrong corner and gets seriously worked over.
Lola finally dodges Jacy’s cannonball. Tatum takes out Fatal Influence on her own splash all three in opposite corners. Tatum stumbles into the ropes as Henley kicks her off. Reid punches her from the floor. Henley mows down Tatum. Izzi has to save the match.
Jacy smacks Henley’s back to tag in. Izzi does the same to Tatum. As Izzi and Tatum argue, Jacy hits the Rolling Encore on Izzi for the win.
Winners: Fatal Influence
El Grande Americano and his lackeys invade the NXT locker room. He wonders where his private locker room is. They begin removing Josh Briggs’ stuff. He doesn’t like that. Americano says Briggs is his tonight.
We have an X video from TNA’s Lei Ying Lee who has a bone to pick with TNA Knockouts Champion, Kelani Jordan. Lee says Jordan has brought shame to the title. “I will not let you drag down our division!” says Lee claiming she will take the title away from Jordan.
With Karmen Petrovic and Tyra Mae Steele, Wren Sinclair congratulates Evolve Women’s Champion Kendal Grey on his big win last week. Jordan arrives mocking Grey. She tells the women to go find a monitor and listen to what she is about to say.
In the ring, the crowd boos Jordan for her actions last week. She tells the crowd to shut up. She is confused why if Dominik Mysterio, Cody Rhodes cheats and wins, they cheer him but they boo her.
“Why does everyone have a problem with me? This is why NXT is drowning in hypocrisy,” she says.
She will not be defending her title at NXT Gold Rush. She is taking two weeks off.
She doesn’t understand why others can win championships elsewhere but she is considered a traitor by the fans and people she thought were her friends. She says the women in the locker room haven’t accomplished what she has in NXT. Kelani claims nobody can keep up with her.
“I am the most elite athlete to step foot in the ring,” she says. “You guys aren’t fans you are followers.”
The crowd starts singing her off.
Sarah Schreiber wants to know why OTM attacked everyone a few weeks ago. It is about checks and championships for them. Chase U interrupts. They haven’t forgotten what OTM did to them a few weeks ago. OTM calls them “bench players”. Andre Chase warns his pals not to piss off OTM.
Josh Briggs versus El Grande Americano
This match goes on far, far too long. The fans are actually cheering for Americano which shows you how much they hate Briggs. An arm drag into an arm lock has Briggs grounded. As Americano is on the top rope he sees Jasper Troy with his chain in the audience. Briggs takes over the match. Tavion Heights slides into the ring with some kind of harness, battle pack on? As the official is distracted, the luchadores attack Briggs from behind with a double backstabber. Americano makes Briggs tap out.
Winner: Josh Briggs
More banter from Grey, Sinclair and Jordan in the back. GM Ava wants to speak to Jordan. Ava reminds Jordan that she doesn’t matches in NXT. She does. Jordan reminds Ava she is not the GM of TNA. Tyra Mae Steele has heard enough. She steps up to Kelani. Ava makes a match between Jordan and Steele tonight.
Ricky Starks is heading though the back. He is stopped by Myles Borne. Borne asks Saints to save a piece of Trick for him.
Saints and Trick have a split screen interview. Trick says that Saints ain’t built to carry the title and is killing the brand. Saints tells Trick that he doesn’t care about NXT at all. He has had one foot outside the door since Saints got there. He takes everything for granted like he does.
Things gets so heated that both men leave their posts. They start brawling in the back. Williams nails Saints with a steel pipe. As Saints lays on the ground, Williams warns him he will take his title back next week.
Zaria versus Wren Sinclair – Speed Tournament
It is really a tournament when there are only three matches to decide a winner? Zaria doesn’t submit to an arm lock even though she injured it just awhile ago. Spear and a big slam from Zaria for the win as Sol Ruca looks on with approval from the floor.
Winner: Zaria
TNA Knockouts Champion Kelani Jordan versus Tyra Mae Steele
Jordan works over Tyra’s arm trying to take her strength away. Steele powers out turning thing around on Jordan. Steele heaves Jordan through the air with a big slam. Jordan attempts to pin Tyra by holding onto the bottom rope. Jordan works on Tyra’s arm even more smashing it against the ring and the steel ring steps. Jordan pins her with her split-legged moonsault.
Winner: TNA Knockouts Champion Kelani Jordan
TNA’s Director of Authority Santino appears on the screen. He informs Jordan that she will indeed be defending the championship against Léi Yǐng Lee and Jordynne Grace in a triple threat match.
GM Ava talks to Sol Ruca who says her knee is getting better. She wants to face Blake Monroe at Gold Rush. Ava can only sign off when Ruca is medically cleared. Fatal Influence arrives. Jayne wants her rematch against Tatum at Gold Rush.
Je’Von Evans versus Saquon Shugars
As Dark State comes to the ring, Evan leaps onto them on the floor knocking them all out. Evans whips Shugars into the ring. Shugars catches Evans in the air punking him with a pop-up atomic drop. Shugars lays into Evan’s back hoping to slow him down, take away his agility. A back breaker gets him a two count. Evans drop kicks Shugars out of the ring. Dark State hypes him up then throw him back into the ring. Back on the floor, Evans splashes Shugars. Shugars knocks Evans off the apron into the ringside barricade. Shugars drags Evans around by his hair and drops him face-first on the ring apron.
Shugars gets kicked into oblivion. Dark State drag him out of the ring. Evan leaps over the top rope onto Shugars taking his head off. Springboard kick gets Evans a two count. Shugars crotches Evans on the top rope. Shugars hits a Torture Rack Slam. Shugars misses a splash off the ropes. Evans has Shugars pinned with two cutters. He is dragged out of the ring by Dark State. They swarm Evans. He dodges them left, right and centre. Evans pins Shugars with his splash off the top rope. He flees the ring before Dark State can get their measure of revenge.
Winner: Je’Von Evans
NXT Women’s North American Champion Blake Monroe meets with GM Ava. Monroe wants to defend her title in New York City at Gold Rush. Ava tells Monroe that if Sol Ruca is ready she will face her at Gold Rush. Monroe has to leave. Her “better half” is asking for an interview next week. “Better half?” asks Ava to nobody but herself.
The Culling try to comfort Tatum after her loss earlier in the evening. Izzi warns her not to make decisions with her emotions. She tells everyone that there is one more thing she has to do next week to feel satisfied. She takes off smiling.
Chelsea Green and Ethan Page celebrate their Muy Grande Championship, AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship in the ring. They have a massive cake in the middle of the ring with the Canadian Flag all over it. They say the locker room is just jealous of them. They will take over the entire industry. Page states they will defend their titles against everyone and anyone. Green says she wishes Joe were here so he could eat his words. They surround the cake with kendo sticks. Ethan encourages her to say his name.
Green asks Fyre to say Joe’s name. She does. Hendry appears at the entrance way. Sometimes the straightforward approach is the best way. He wants a shot at the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship. Green reminds him that he needs a partner. Hendry has one. He dares Green and Page to say HER name. Joe’s theme plays with Thea Hail’s name. She pops out of the cake. She hits the champs with pies to the face. Joe brawls with Ethan. Thea leaps off the cake onto Fyre and Green.
