Before this week’s episode of NXT can even get going GM Robert Stone tells his head official that Naraku and Tony D’Angelo are not to have any contact before their match. There has to be a decisive winner.
Thea Hail wants to speak to Stone. Stone tells her it is going to be a crazy night. Nattie storms in next.
“Storm, tonight I am ending Jaida Parker!” says Nattie before heading off to wherever.
What did she need to speak to Stone about again?
Stone walks out on Thea. Awwww.
Noam Dar, Romeo Moreno and Saquon Shugars versus Dark State
A brawl breaks out before the bell even rings. Moreno and Dar work well as a team, really well, actually. Shugars picks up Dion Lennox and slams him through that wall that everyone goes through on NXT. You know the one I am talking about.
The match is now two-on-two. Dark State pins Moreno with their big slam.
Officials try to keep Saquon and Dion apart.
Winners: Dark State
Lizzy Rain complains in the locker room that she was too preoccupied in kicking Dame’s ass last week. She didn’t expect NXT to be as chaotic as the mosh pits back home. A frustrated Thea Hail is also complaining…about not being able to speak with Robert Stone.
“At least you have gotten another opportunity. I haven’t gotten anything,” says Hail.
Skylar Rae hopes she can start gaining some momentum tonight.
Jaida Parker says that Nattie isn’t even part of NXT and she is causing so much chaos.
NXT Women’s Champion Kendal Grey: “Aren’t you the reason we are dealing with Nattie?”
Hail wishes Jaida and Rae luck.
Grey and Wren Sinclair head to the ring. Out comes Lola Vice. Vice calls Grey insecure and needs the belt for validation. Vice promises to expose Grey. Grey challenges Vice to an Underground match for the title. Vice accepts saying Grey is overstepping.
Keanu Carver versus Hank Walker
Tank is there the whole match cheering Hank on. Carver has had enough. He pitches Tank into the steel steps. Hank leaps off the top rope for a clotheslines but misses. Carver pounces Hank and pins him with his pendulum slam.
Winner: Keanu Carver
After the match, Carver puts the boots to Hank. Tanks comes to the rescue but gets slammed on the announce table.
Carver picks up some steel steps. EK Prosper appears from out of nowhere. He gives Carver a double stomp to the back. In the ring, Hank and Tank crush Carver with their double belly avalanche. They hit their finisher and Prosper splashes Carver off the top rope.
Nattie meets with Hail backstage. Nattie tells her she is happy to help her, train her in the Dungeon.
“I can make you relevant again…What you are doing on your own really isn’t working,” says Nattie. “You can aspire to be a legend like me or a soft bitch like Jaida Parker.”
Hail tells Nattie she doesn’t like her.
Shiloh Hill meets with Danhausen in his laboratory. He needs help with Tristan Angels but first he needs his missing tooth replaced. Danhausen loves that Hill is a “tooth guy”. Hill wonders if Danhausen has any extras floating around. Danhausen has all sorts.
Danhausen tells Hill that will cost him “human monies” though. Hill want to pay with bit coin. Danhausen agrees to the deal.
“I hope that wasn’t a cursed tooth. That would be bad for everyone. Not me though. Who cares?” says Danhausen to himself.
Jaida Parker versus Nattie
Parker takes Nattie down right away with a ground and pound.
Miss Parker. Miss Parker
Nattie’s minions Karmen Petrovic and Nikkita Lyons interfere often. Parker just bowls over Nattie.
“Who’s tough now?” asks Parker.
Parker is about to hit Hipnotic. Petrovic and Lyons pulls Nattie out of the ring. Parker slides out of the ring nailing Petrovic. Nattie gives Parker a chop block from behind.
Nattie sucks! Nattie sucks!
Nattie puts Parker in the Sharpshooter. Parker has to roll out of the ring. Parker whips Nattie into the steel ring steps hurting her knee. Parker puts the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring.
Lyons wants to throw the towel in. Petrovic stops her but…Thea Hail throws it in. I am not sure how that works or makes sense…but…here we are.
Winner: Jaida Parker
Kelani Jordan tries to get Stone’s attention backstage but he is on the phone. On a little lap top, Jordan shows Stone how she was screwed over last week. Stone says a referee’s decision is final. Jordan claims she was robbed and Stone has no integrity.
OTM stops by. Stone tells him next week their tag match is set. Stone needs to discuss with Bronco whether he will be working for NXT or AAA when it comes to Heat Wave weekend. Lucien Price feels left out of the conversation.
Niko Vance versus Shawn Spears
Spears appears behind Vance taking it to him before the bell rings. They battle on the floor. Spears throws Vance into the ring steps and the barricade. Spears trades evil stares with Izzi Dame. Spears is about to slam Vance through the announce table. Izzi distracts Spears. Vance powerslams Spears on the floor.
Spears grabs a steel chair. The official warns him. Dame distracts Spears again. Out comes Lizzy Rain. She and Dame battle on the floor. As the official is distracts, Spears smashes the mat with the steel chair, throws the chair to Vance and falls down. Vance is disqualified.
Winner: Shawn Spears
Stone now meets with Percy Watson. Watson says unfortunately he isn’t fully healed yet. Myles Borne, NXT North American Champion, and Tavion Heights mock Watson calling him a coward. Borne has deal for Stone. He will put up the belt next week if Stone can set him and Heights up with a NXT Tag Team Championship match. Watson pulls out his phone and claims he is cleared to return to the ring now. Stone makes it Watson versus Borne next week.
Skylar Rae versus Reina Volcan
Volcan slams Rae around like a pillow. Volcan crushes Rae with a wicked powerslam. Rae taps to the Natural Disaster torture rack.
Winner: Reina Volcan
Shiloh Hill meets with Stone as they shill for a fried chicken company. Stone hopes the tooth isn’t cursed. Hill says vengeance consumes him and he might not be able to hold the power in any more. The Fog is coming.
Tony D’Angelo (c) versus Naraku – NXT Championship, Street Fight
As soon as the bell rings Naraku spits his mist into Tony’s face. Naraku clotheslines Tony over the top rope to the floor. Naraku throws Tony into an LED board at ringside and the steel steps. Tony is blind and cannot stop any of this.
Naraku slides steel steps, a garbage can, some steel chairs, kendo sticks into the ring.
We want tables!
Naraku batters Tony with a steel chair. Tony tries to fight back but gets slammed on some steel chairs. Naraku lines up some chairs. He suplexes Tony on them for a two count.
Naraku puts Tony’s head on a chair for a stomp but Tony moves just in time. Naraku’s kick destroys the chair though. Tony reverses Naraku’s powerslam backdropping him onto some steel chairs.
A fan hands Tony some water. He washes his eyes out. Tony powerslams Naraku through a barricade. Tony throws a ladder right at Naraku. Tony sets up a table in the middle of the ring. Naraku is hurled into a trash can in a corner.
This is awesome! This is awesome!
Naraku crotches Tony on the top rope and clotheslines him to the floor. Naraku hits Enter The Abyss on the floor and then slams him through the announce table.
Holy s–t! Holy s–t!
Naraku rolls Tony back into the ring for a two count.
Tony D! Tony D!
Naraku loads up some more mist. Tony blocks it with his hands. He rubs the mist in Naraku’s face. Tony goes nuts with a kendo stick on a blind Naraku. Tony uses the kendo stick for a low-blow. Tony chokeslams Naraku off a set of ring steps through a table. Tony D gets the 1, 2, 3.
Winner: …and still NXT Champion, Tony D’Angelo.
While Tony is celebrating, Mike Santana arrives and starts walking through the crowd. The announcers say that is who Robert Stone has been on the phone with the entire time.
Santana stands on the ringside barricade as Tony holds up the belt from the middle of the ring.
“Look who has crossed the line!” says Vic Joseph.
