NXT hasn’t been hitting the mark with me for the last few weeks. Nothing has really been pulling me in except maybe Ethan Page and his really cruel shenanigans but let’s see how they do tonight.
We see A-Town Down Under, Oba Femi, Jakara Jackson, Lash Legend, Bianca Bianca and Naomi arriving at the arena earlier in the day.
(NXT Women’s Champion) Giulia and Bayley vs. Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade
To her credit Bayley approaches this set-up as she would a massive arena show. The crowd chants her name lighting a fire under her. Vic reminds Booker that he won his first tag team championship in the very building they are in now, Center Stage. Booker wants everyone to stand up and recognize the greatness of Perez.
The match begins with both teams brawling. Bayley calls Perez a “little idiot”. Giulia misses with her big knee. Perez almost rolls her up into a pin. Perez pulls Giulia’s hair so Giulia does the same back. Bayley is cheered when she tag in. Perez pops Bayley in the face. She backpedals immediately tagging in Jade. The faces double suplex the heels as the crowd cheers for Giulia. Perez wipes out Giulia and Bayley on the floor. Jade leaps onto them as well. Jade and Perez pose on the ring apron.
Jade and Perez begin working over the champion driving her down again and again. Bayley finally tag in. She slams down both Jade and Perez. Jade kicks out of a roll-up. Bayley flies into Perez’s well-placed knee.
Jade knocks Bayley off the top rope with a running knee. A furious Giulia complains to the official. Jade and Perez kick, punch and stomp Bayley. Perez mocks Bayley by mimicking her former persona, waving her arm about before charging into a corner. Bayley catches her and slams her.
Jade accidentally clobbers Perez. Giulia almost pins a confused Jade. The match breaks down into a brawl in the middle of the ring. Bayley whips Perez into the steel barricade on the floor. Bayley pins Jade with her flying elbow smash off the top rope. Bayley and Giulia shake hands but Bayley gives the NXT Women’s Championship a long, hard stare before leaving the ring.
Winners: (NXT Women’s Champion) Giulia and Bayley
Eddie Thorpe is standing by a campfire. He is hearing the voices of his ancestors. You cannot write Eddie Thorpe off and he will make his mark in NXT. “Eddie Thorpe cannot be broken,” he says.
The Grayson Waller Effect with WWE NXT Champion Oba Femi
Waller is booed severely but Theory is cheered as he is from Atlanta. The crowd is behind Oba. Waller says the fans in Atlanta “aren’t that smart”. Waller and Theory go over Femi’s accomplishments but don’t think he will ever make the main roster. Femi reminds them that neither of them have been NXT Champion. “I have achieved more in a year than you two both did in NXT,” says Femi. Waller reminds Femi they have competed in WrestleMania. He never has.
“We are on Monday Night Raw. Raw and Smackdown are the big leagues. A guy like you? We have seen it a million times. A top draft pick? Someone like you ends up in catering and six months later you ass is in the indies trying to sell t-shirts,” says Theory.
The crowd starts chanting: “Turn on Grayson!” to Theory.
“Your lips keep writing checks that your hands cannot cash,” says Femi stating he is building a dynasty.
Femi challenges them to a NXT World Championship match at Vengeance Day as Trick Williams watches in the back. Femi just wonders which of them will step up to the plate to face him.
Waller steps up and out comes Ava. She wants everyone to dial things back.
“You don’t make the matches around here. I do,” Ava warns Femi.
Before she can finish Trick Williams comes down to the ring.
“That title is mine and you know it!” he says to Ava as he passes her by.
Williams stands face to face with Femi.
Williams takes out both Waller and Theory as they try to jump him. Femi slams Williams. The crowd boos Femi.
Izzi Dame is interviewed by Sarah Schreiber. Sarah wants to know what is going on between Dame and The D’Angelo Family, specifically Tony. Dame says there is nothing going on. They aren’t even friends. They just share a common enemy. Out comes Ridge Holland. He doesn’t believe a word Dame is saying. “You’re a liar,” he growls. Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo butts in. He wonders if there is some sort of problem.
“You don’t talk to a lady like that,” he warns Holland.
Holland calls Stacks a “lackey”. Holland walks off as Stacks has to be held back by security.
Wes Lee vs. Trick Williams
Williams can barely make it back to his feet after being attacked by Femi. Williams agrees to start the match. Lee drop kicks and stomps Williams. Lee lays in haymakers. Williams heaves Lee into a corner and hammers him. Williams catches Lee coming off the top rope but Lee pounds on Williams’ ribs causing him to drop him.
Lee slams Williams’ back into the ring apron. Lee hits a meteora off the apron driving Williams’ back into the announce desk. Lee puts Williams into a Camel Clutch back in the ring and a single leg crap.
“He will give up eventually. I have got all day,” says Lee looking at an imaginary watch on his wrist.
Williams kicks his way out of the hold. He battles back with a series of haymakers. a clothesline and a slam.
Lee is pulled out of the ring by Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe before Williams can hit his finisher. Williams goes out to the floor rolling Lee right back into the ring. Tyson enters the ring to interfere. Williams knocks his ass back out. Lee charges at Williams. Williams arm drags him over the top rope onto Tyson. Williams dives onto both Tyson and Lee then heaves Lee back into the ring.
Williams nails Tyson as he enters the ring…again. Williams won’t stop stomping Lee in a corner. The official intervenes. An angry Williams tosses him aside. Williams is disqualified. Tyson brings a steel chair into the ring. Williams kicks it into his face. Everyone flees the ring as Williams starts smashing everything in sight with the chair.
Winner: …via DQ, Wes Lee.
Ava is shown watching a monitor in her office backstage rolling her eyes at what went down. Obi Femi enters.
“Oh, don’t bother knocking. No problem,” she snipes. She warns Femi not to “overstep” her.
She announces that it will be Oba Femi versus Austin Theory versus Grayson Waller at Vengeance Day. Ava excuses herself as she needs to go speak with the former champion in Williams.
Ava storms into the men’s locker room. The men there don’t appreciate that. Ava rips into Williams for his actions this week and last week. Ava tells Williams he isn’t in the championship match at Vengeance Day.
“What the hell did they do to deserve a shot?” asks Williams.
Ava books Williams and Oba Femi versus Theory and Waller next week.
Fallon Henley (c) vs. Shotzi – NXT Women’s North American Championship Match
Henley begins the match slapping Shotzi in the face. Shotzi takes her to the mat pummeling her. A kick to the head stuns Henley. Henley dodges Shotzi’s charge. Shotzi ends up tangled in the ropes. Fatal Influence pulls Henley out of the ring. Shotzi dives on them all on the floor. Henley’s pals and Shoti’s pals brawl on the floor leaving the ringside area. Henley catches Shotzi’s kick sending her leg into the steel ring post. She then shot blocks her injured leg, knee. Henley works over the knee for the rest of the match. Shotzi goes for a running DDT. Henley counters putting Shotzi into a Tree of Woe. The pressure on Shotzi’s knee has her in agony. Exploder Suplex and a Hoe Down pins Shotzi.
Stephanie Vaquer comes out. She stares Fallon down.
Winner: …and still NXT Women’s North American Champion, Fallon Henley.
Kelani Jordan and Karmen Petrovic run into each other in the dressing room. Karmen thanks Kelani for helping her last week. Kelani sports a bit of an atittude. She didn’t do it for Karmen. She hates Jaida. She calls Karmen “delusional” about Ashante. “It is just a matter of time before he leaves your ass,” she advises and leaves. “What a bitch!” says Karmen of Kelani.
Cedric Alexander vs. Ethan Page
Page wins the match in short fashion with a neck breaker drop. Page rips off a bottom turnbuckle. Je’Von Evans hits the ring before Page can punish Alexander any further. Page is punched right out of the ring. Page flees the scene.
Winner: Ethan Page.
Fatal Influence warns Stephanie Vaque that you don’t ever cross them. Jacy Jayne is going to challenge her next week.
Josh Briggs is thankful Yoshinki Inamura welcomed him to Japan when he wrestled for Noah recently. He gives Inamura a leather vest as a gift to welcome him to America. It looks a tag team has been formed.
Bianca Belair and Naomi (c) vs. Jakara Jackson and Lash Legend – WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match
Business picks up when Legend and Bianca are tagged in. Legend just shrugs off Bianca. Bianca picks up and slams Legend. Legend picks up Bianca driving knees into her back, a backbreaker and a moonsault for a two. Both miss drop kicks and bounce back to their feet before talking some more trash. Naomi cuts Legend down to size with kick after kick. Legend gives Naomi a Snake Eyes in the corner. This pisses off Bianca who steps into the ring. That distraction gives Jackson time to lower the boom on Naomi. The fans boo her.
Jackson drops knee after knee on Naomi. Jackson and Legend splash Naomi in a corner. Naomi lays in some punches. Legend shrugs them off and takes Naomi down with one punch.
As the match is going on, we split-screen Cora Jade cornering Ava in the back. She wants a word with her. We can barely hear though as the match commentary is still being aired at the same time.
Bianca makes the hot tag. She drop kicks Legend off the apron and gives Jackson a stalling suplex. She lines up Jackson in a corner laying in haymaker after haymaker as the crowd counts. Jackson splashes Bianca on the floor. Jackson and Legend hit their finisher on Naomi. Bianca saves the match and titles for her team by diving into the ring just in time. Legend picks up and slams Bianca. Naomi counters a powerslam with an X Factor on Legend. All four women are down.
Legend elbows Bianca off the apron. Naomi runs off the ropes just to take a boot to the face. Naomi worms out of another tag team finisher. Bianca throws Legend into the steel stairs. Bianca and Naomi hit their finisher on Jackson for the win.
Winners: …and still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, Bianca Belair and Naomi.
