A Shocking Battle Royal Finish
Lola Vice, Jaida Parker stroll through the parking lot as Zaria and Sol Ruca are backstage in a garage.
NXT World Champion Ricky Saints heads to the ring to address the NXT Universe. Saints has some kind of nasty scrape or bruise on his head. He refers to Trick Williams as origami. He folds under pressure. Saints calls his shot. He wants to put up the NXT World Championship against Trick Williams at Halloween Havoc.
Williams appears on the video screen. He claims that Saints is just following in his footsteps. “You want Trick Williams to be a three time champion? You will do it on MY time. Let’s talk about it,” says Williams.
Saints mocks Williams for not coming out to face him like a man.
Je’von Evans and Leon Slater are jawing backstage. They chat in a friendly way about their match at Bound for Glory. TNA and NXT World Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boys arrive. They believe Dark State is messing with Evans and Slater to get to them. “What you did is give people a sneak peak at the future of pro wrestling,” says Matt Hardy. Matt claims The Hardys are going to get some payback for everyone at Halloween Havoc.
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Josh Briggs versus Matt Cardona
Cardona is on the attack right away. Taking it to Briggs. Cardona hits Briggs with a drop kick knocking him to the floor. Cardona dives through the ropes kicking Briggs in the face. Briggs dumps Cardona off the top rope. Briggs stomps on Cardona’s back.
The crowd chants: Briggs, go away! Matt, you can stay!
Briggs plays to the crowd too much as he mocks Cardona. He gets dumped over the top rope to the floor. Cardona dives onto Briggs taking him out on the floor.
When Cardona kicks out of a powerbomb Briggs rips the chain off his neck wrapping it around his fist. The official takes it away. Cardona hits Radio Silence. Briggs kicks out at 2 and a half.
The crowd: “Ref, you suck!”.
Cardona leaps off the top rope. Briggs catches him in a powerbomb. A big boot off the ropes pins Cardona.
Winner: Josh Briggs
Hank and Tanks are backstage with Chase U and Lyra Valkyria. Lyra is looking for Tatum Paxley. Tatum appears. Lyra and Tatum hug until The Culling break them up. Izzi Dame dismisses Hank, Tank and Chase U. Spears and Vance should be the next challengers. Hank and Tank, Chase U agree to ask GM Ava for a three-way match to determine that. Dame cannot wait to win the battle royal and the NXT Women’s Championship. Lyra asks: “What about Tatum?”. Dame answers she will be with her through it all.
A promo video features Fatal Influence. Fallon and Jayne rip into Nyx as a disappointment. Lainey Reed welcomed as their new member.
(Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Champion) Dr. Wagner Jr. versus Lexis King
Both men try to outdo each other with their acrobatics. King embarrasses Wagner by walking over him when he drops down. King dumps Wagner over the top rope landing hard on his knee. Lexis gives him a knee breaker on the ring apron. King begins working over the knee. Lexis misses a dive off the top rope. Wagner hits him with a Shining Wizard and a Michinoku Driver for the win.
Winner: Dr. Wagner Jr.
Wagner calls out Ethan Page. Page answers the call. Wagner cannot wait to face him for the NXT North American Championship at Halloween Havoc.
Zaria and Sol Ruca cut a make-up commercial backstage. Zaria is surprised Ruca is in the battle royal. How many titles does she need? Zaria is frustrated. She is going to take on Blake alone tonight. She doesn’t want Ruca’s help.
TNA’s Director Of Authority Santino is backstage with GM Ava, Je’von Evans and Leon Slater. Slater and Evans want to know if there are any teams they can face at Halloween Havoc? Stacks and Ariana Grace interrupt, holding hands. Ariana whispers into Santino’s ear. Santino wants to book an TNA X Division Championship opportunity for his “future brother-in-law” Stacks at Halloween Havoc. Ava agrees.
There is a massive commotion. Williams stands over a fallen Saints. GM Ava calls for medical assistance.
Zaria versus Blake Monroe
Zaria uses her strength to whip Blake around the ring. Blake tries to outwrestle her but Zaria is just too strong. Blake escapes a chokeslam and takes out Zaria’s knee. Blake wraps Zaria’s leg around the ropes wrenching that knee. While standing on the second rope, Zaria lifts Monroe off the mat in a sleeper hold. As they fight on the top rope, Monroe bashes Zaria’s head off a turnbuckle. Zaria falls to the arena floor. Monroe cuts off Zaria’s oxygen with a number of sleeper holds.
Monroe fetches a steel chair. As she hauls back with it, Sol Ruca rushes to the ring pulling it out of her hands. Monroe pulls a hair pick out of her boot. As Ruca argues with the official, Zaria lifts Monroe onto her shoulders. Monroe hits Zarina in the throat with it. The Beauty Shot pins Zaria. A smiling Blake puts the pick back into her hair after the match.
Winner: Blake Monroe
GM Ava announces that the WWE Men’s Speed Championship is coming to NXT next week. Yay…..Axiom will face Sean Legacy. Zachary Wentz will take on Jasper Troy.
Hank and Tank versus The Culling versus Chase U
OTM attacks blasting anyone who gets in their way. The match is thrown out. OTM continues beating everyone.
Winners: Match Thrown Out
Sol Ruca is waiting outside of medical for Zaria. Ruca apologizes. She should have been out there from the start. Ruca gifts Zaria her spot in the battle royal tonight. They share a hug.
Ricky Saints is fit to be tied backstage. GM Ava informs Saints there will be a contract signing between him and Williams next week.
As the entrants for the battle royal are introduced we cut to the back where The Hardy Boys have been laid out by Dark Side.
Battle Royal – No. 1 Contender to NXT Womenâs Title at Halloween Havoc
Sol Ruca is on the floor supporting Zaria.
Karmen Petrovic is out at 1:20 by The Inspiration.
Arianna Grace and Victoria Crawford are out at 2:31 by Jordynne Grace.
LĂ©i YÇng Lee is out at 3:06 by Kali Armstrong.
Wren Sinclair is out at 3:39. On the apron, she grabbed the steel post but lost her grip and fell to the floor.
Cassie Lee is out at 4:46. Kendal Grey backdropped her over the top rope.
Mara Sadé is gone at 5:24. Her former ally Lash Legend tried to pull her back in from the apron. Zaria drop kicks Legend who knocks Sade of the apron.
Xia Brookside is dumped out by Kali Armstrong at 5:50.
Jaida Parker is put out by a big boot from Lash Legend at 6:14. An angry Jaida gives Xia a Hipnotic and then beats on her some more.
Lash Legend is heaved over the top rope by everyone else at 6:57.
Heather By Elegance was dumped out during the commercial break. Time unknown.
Kali Armstrong and Thea Hail are dumped over the top rope by Izzi Dame at 7:53.
Blake Monroe runs down to the ring throwing Ruca into the steel ring steps and then the barricade. She stomps on Ruca.
Zaria eliminates herself by leaving the ring to check on Sol Ruca at 8:49.
Lola Vice is dumped after a stunner by Kelani Jordan and a push by Jessie McKay at 9:18.
Jessie McKay is thrown over the top rope by Kendal Grey at 9:43.
Kelani Jordan lands on her hands after battling with Grace on the apron. She puts her feet under the ropes to pull herself back in. Grace knocks her to the floor at 10:35.
The final four are Izzi Dame, Jordynne Grace, Kendal Grey and Tatum Paxley.
Kendal Grey is thrown over the top rope by Dame at 13:18.
Izzi Dame clotheslines Jordynne Grace to the floor but carries herself over too at 13:38.
Winner: Tatum Paxley
Fatal Influence comes out in a show of force. Lyra Valkyria rushes to the ring to celebrate with Tatum. Dame is furious.
