The NXT Universe is a little less brighter. We saw Lola Vice say her goodbye last week and the black, gold brand lost another great talent. I understand that the main roster is getting moldy but thinning out NXT is not the answer. As we have seen, some of those talents should have stayed exactly where they are for more training and experience.
Backstage, Lizzy Rain is in a tizzy. Shawn Spears is nowhere to be found. Izzi Dame and Niko Vance cackle. They warned her this would happen.
“It looks like I am going in alone,” says Lizzy.
The Culling (Izzi Dame and Niko Vance) versus Lizzy Rain
Rain starts the match alone against Izzi. Booker T says it ain’t no big thing. Vance cannot get involved because…well…we know why.
A big boot puts Lizzy down. Izzi then spears her in a corner. Izzi and Lizzy trade shots to the face. Booker and Vic argue about whether this should be turned into a singles match.
Izzi backs off tagging Vance in. Lizzy doesn’t back down. EK Prosper’s music hits. He splashes Vance off the apron. The official lets it go. Prosper chops Vance into a corner. A big head butt from Vance stuns Prosper.
Lizzy and Prosper chop The Culling in opposite corners. On the floor, Izzi slams Lizzy’s head into the steel steps. Prosper leaps over Izzi. Lizzy gives her a flying head butt. Izzi climbs up Vance kicking him in the head. Prosper’s running knee smash and moonsault from the top rope gets him and Lizzy the victory.
Winner: Lizzy Rain and EK Prosper
A medical professional tell women’s champ Kendal Grey that it will take another week for her ear to be healed from last week’s Underground match.
Prosper explains backstage that he stepped in to be Lizzy’s partner because the men’s division has to step it up.
Kali Armstrong comes out microphone in hand. She wants her title shot. Kelani Jordan’s music plays. Jordan says Armstrong has no case to be the next challenger. What has she done in NXT? Jordan says she pinned Armstrong.
Grey hits the ring. She brings out a contract delivering it to Jordan. It is for a title match between the two.
“Pick a time and pick a place,” says Grey telling Armstrong she will be next in line.
Jordan picks Heat Wave as when she wants to challenge for the title.
Armstrong keeps going on and on. Wren Sinclair steps up to her. Armstrong takes a swing at Sinclair but hits Grey instead. Wren goes after Armstrong and Jordan. The numbers are too much and Wren gets beaten down.
Cruz Montana is backstage with GM Robert Stone. Cruz thanks Stone for the match tonight. Keanu Carver interrupts. He is pissed that Cruz has “jumped the line”. He gets in Cruz’s face and pats him on the shoulder.
Carver walks away. Stone catches up to him. Carver tells Stone he hasn’t seen nothing yet.
Dion Lennox versus Saquon Shugars
Shugars has Lennox confused and off his game. Dark State tries to pull Shugars out of the ring. Lennox tosses Shugars onto the ropes throat-first and nails him with a clothesline to the back of the head.
The other members of Dark State confront Shugars. He pulls out a baseball bat from behind the steel steps. Lennox reaches over the ropes pulling the bat out of Shugars’ hands. Lennox swings at Shugars but misses him. Lennox slams Shugars down winning the match.
Winner: Dion Lennox
Dark State attacks Shugars. He suffers the big toss, powerslam.
Stone is on the phone with Rey Mysterio. Stone agrees that it would be great if Rey Fenix could defend his AAA World Cruiserweight Championship in NXT during the next two weeks.
Stone will hold a Fatal Fourway match to determine a contender. Mysterio suggest Prosper be part of that match and La Parka.
Shugars is in the back getting medical attention. Grayson Waller rips him for allowing Dark State to run all over him.
“How about you stop feeling for yourself and do something about it?” says Waller.
Shugars grabs his bat limping off.
Wren Sinclair versus Zaria (c) – Women’s North American Championship Match
Zaria stands on the second rope grabbing Wren by the throat. Wren knocks her off, drop kicking her to the floor. Zaria spears Wren.
Lennox and Shugars battle into the arena. Lennox rolls Shugars into the ring. Shugars takes Lennox over the top rope. Wren drop kicks James Cutler who is wielding a steel chair. Zaria pins Wren with an F5.
Winner: …and still Women’s North American Champion, Zaria.
Mason Rook versus Kam Hendrix
Hendrix removes a top turnbuckle. He kicks out a Blue Thunder Bomb by Rook. Hendrix slams Rook head-first into the exposed buckle. Hendrix gives Rook a Showtime Kick into the buckle for the three count.
Winner: Kam Hendrix
Stone meets with The Vanity Project. The Project pushes themselves as the best of the best in NXT. New NXT Tag Team Champions Tavion Heights and Myles Borne enter the frame.
Stone declares that if Jackson Drake can win a singles match next week against Shiloh Hill he will get a North American Championship match and Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes will get a Tag Team Championship match.
Bronco Nima and Lucien Price chat. Price says he’s got this.
Lucien Price versus Lexis King
Despite the interference by BirthRight, Price wins with a powerbomb.
Winner: Lucien Price
Grey and Wren meet with Stone. Wren wants another crack at Zaria. Stone needs to think about it. Wren wants a unification match at Heat Wave. Stone agrees.
Jaida Parker and Thea Hail are all cute and bubbly backastage.
Romeo Moreno and Noam Dar also chat. Stone has picked Moreno to be the final participant in the Fatal Fourway next week. Dar gives Moreno a pep talk. Tristan Angels stops by. He says he is going to win the Fatal Fourway match.
Grayson Waller versus Cruz Montana – NXT World Championship Number One Contender’s Match
The champ, Tony D’Angelo, is on commentary.
Waller backs Cruz into a corner punching him in the face. A clothesline rattles Waller’s teeth though as does a big suplex.
Waller backs Cruz off with a double thrust to the throat. Waller suplexes Cruz over. They trade kicks and punches. Cruz chops Waller from corner to corner. Cruz plants Waller knocking the wind out of his with a senton.
Cruz’s dives sends Waller over the announce table.
Waller drops to the floor guillotining Cruz’s throat over the top rope. Waller rolls back into the ring and gets clotheslined by Cruz.
Before Cruz can cover Waller, Zilla Fatu slides into the ring!
Pop-up Samoan Drop on Cruz. Superman Punch (of sorts) on Waller. Fatu splashes Cruz from the top rope and then Waller.
Fatu points at D’Angelo.
Winner: Match Thrown Out
