We come to you from the iconic 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, formerly known as the iconic ECW Arena. That really gives this edition of NXT a lot of character. It shouldn’t be surprising that our first match is…
Yoshiki Inamura vs. Josh Briggs – Philadelphia Street Fight
As the weapons and the damage mounts, a kendo stick and baseball bat come into play with Briggs trying to take out Inamura’s knee. Briggs tapes Inamura’s arms to the ropes and repeatedly strikes him with a kendo stick but Inamura breaks free. With deep welts all over his back he chops down Briggs.
Briggs kicks out of a frog splash through a table. Briggs low-blows using a chain and a low blows Inamura with the table itself. A moonsault pins him. Briggs and Inamura are both busted open and battered, bloody and bruised. A great match for both men.
Winner: Josh Briggs
After much discussion with Santino and Masha Slamovich herself, GM Ava makes Masha the referee for a six-woman tag match.
Ricky Saints heads to the ring and bumps shoulders with Briggs.
Sarah interviews Trick Williams. He will beat Je’Von Evans and send him back to high school.
Jasper Troy vs. Ricky Saints
Saints out-maneuvers Troy throughout the match. He dodges a charge and Troy hits the steel steps. A tornado DDT on the stage and one in the ring pins Troy.
Winner: Ricky Saints
Hank and Tank want to know who they will be facing on Sunday. GM Ava won’t tell them. The Concierge tries his best but he cannot convince Ava to remove Masha from the match.
Jordynne Grace speaks to the NXT universe from the middle of the ring. She reflects on her journey and struggles fitting into WWE and feeling betrayed by someone she thought was a friend: Blake.
Blake interrupts. She has a contract in hand. If Grace lays one finger on her, the match is off. Grace attacks security instead.
Fatal Influence, Lainey Reid, Zaria and Sol Ruca argue backstage.
Sarah speaks with Je’Von Evans. He wants to be champion and neither Trick nor Ova are going to stop him.
Ash By Elegance, Heather By Elegance and M By Elegance versus Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx) (Guest Referee Masha Slamovich)
The Elegance brand holds Nyx in a bow and arrow and then stomps her. Ash hits the double knees but Jayne breaks up the pin. Masha is distracted by brawling on the floor. Ash hits a senton from the top rope and has Nyx pinned. Nyx kicks out. Ash argues with Masha. Jayne pins a distracted Ash with a rolling elbow.
Winners: Fatal Influence
Kendal Grey and Charlie Dempsey chat backstage. Dempsey gives her some advice. Grey explains she has an amateur wrestling background. Wren Sinclair butts in telling Charlie that Grey knows how to wrestle. The entire Culling arrives to mock the NQCC. Izzi Dame says there is no saving Dempsey and Sinclair. They motor on.
There is a table and chairs set up in the ring for the big USA / Canada Peace Summit. The Secret Hervice remove the table for security reasons for Chelsea and Ethan Page. Tyra Mae Steele and Tavion Heights come to the ring. Page praises Heights for leaving NQCC. He complains that Heights doesn’t give him the respect he deserves though and has a big head. Heights counters saying he has done the work and Page is underestimating him. Green says Heights is being rude to Page but Americans are rude. Chelsea says now that she thinks about it Canada is the superior country with the superior athletes. Steele says Green talks a lot but doesn’t have much to say. She tells Chelsea to shut the hell up. Things devolve into a shouting match. GM Ava arrives. She books the four of them in a mixed tag team match. Page and Chelsea attack but the faces turn the tables on them. The Secret Hervice saves Chelsea and Ethan.
Ricky Saints and Myles Borne wonder what is going on with Briggs. Lexis King apologizes to Borne when Saints leaves. He says he was insensitive. He doesn’t know how hard it must be to be both deaf and blind. Borne says there must be some mistake. He isn’t blind. “You are now!” laughs King spraying something into his eyes. Security comes to Borne’s aid.
Lola Vice and Kelani Jordan chat about their varying strategies for this weekend. Lash Legend stomps on in reminding Vice she lost at TripleMania.
DarkState confronts GM Ava. They mention Joe Hendry and he appears out of a locker. Hendry wants to know which two of DarkState will be wrestling this Sunday. He is denied that info.
Je’Von Evans versus Trick Williams – Winner to face NXT Champion Oba Femi at Heatwave
Williams whips Evans around grounding him and busting him open with a kick. Evans’ nose is bleeding. Evans regains the momentum with a drop kick and chops in a corner. Trick reverses things on him. The crowd starts cheering “Oba! Oba!”. Trick gives them a crotch chop. Oba is watching from the crow’s nest. Evans dives onto Trick on the floor.
Evans tries to springboard off the top rope. Trick catches him, shoves him backwards and Evan literally flies through the air and crashes through the announce table! Officials come down to check on Evans to see if he can continue. The referee lays down the count. Evans makes it back to the ring in time. Trick haymakers a dazed Evans to the mat twice. Trick slams Evans to the mat from the top rope. Evans is offering no offense at all.
Trick starts pushing Evans around the ring and mocking him. Evans starts fighting back with punches. One knocks Trick to the floor. Evans dives onto him. Evans gets a two count with a German Suplex and a frog splash. Trick blocks a cutter off the ropes. Pop-up haymaker, Rock Bottom, spin kick and Evans still kicks out.
As Trick goes for the Trick Shot, Mike Santana distracts him from a balcony. Cutter, springboard cutter and Evans wins.
Winner: Je’Von Evans
