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WWE finishes setting the stage for No Mercy on tonight’s go-home edition of NXT.

NXT’s Global Heritage Invitational concludes with Group A winner Butch facing Group B winner Joe Coffey in the finals. The winner advances to challenge Noam Dar for the Heritage Cup at No Mercy this Saturday.

Carmelo Hayes is putting his NXT Championship on the line against Ilja Dragunov at Saturday’s event. Dragunov earned the title shot with a victory over Wes Lee. Tonight, Hayes and Dragunov meet for a contract signing.

We’ll hear from NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Tiffany Stratton ahead of their title match. Stratton is getting her shot to win back the title in an extreme rules match at No Mercy.

Bron Breakker vs. Baron Corbin has been made official for No Mercy. Corbin is facing Josh Briggs on tonight’s show.

Eddy Thorpe vs. Dijak in a strap match and Gigi Dolin vs. Blair Davenport are also part of the lineup for tonight’s NXT. Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Cold open, meaning no introductory video package aside from the “Together” montage. The show opens live from the soundstage at the Performance Center in Orlando with the finals of a weeks-long tournament.

Butch defeated Joe Coffey (with Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) in the Global Heritage International tournament final

Butch pinned Coffey in a great opener. They capped off the tourney with a strong match. Butch now moves on to challenging Noam Dar for the Heritage Cup at No Mercy.

Butch goes to work on an arm. He targets the arm with stomps. Wolfgang interferes and hits Butch with a right hand cheap shot. Butch soon fights back, and he does a dive that wipes out Wolfgang & Mark Coffey. The Gallus cornermen are soon ejected by the referee, just as the show cuts to its first commercial break.

The wrestle through the a split-screen break, and they are fighting in the ropes as the show returns. They end up on the apron traded blows. Coffey gets DDT’d on the apron, but Coffey recovers rather quickly. Coffey springboards into a high cross as Booker T mistakenly calls him “Joe Gacy” on commentary. That clip might make it on Botchamania. 

The battle continues in the ring. Coffey delivers a Glasgow Sendoff, and he winds up for a lariat finisher. Butch counters with an enzuigiri, only to eat a lariat. Butch plays possum like Bret Hart, and Butch suddenly pops up to grap Coffey in an armbar. Butch goes for his finger break spot, but Coffey escapes.

Coffey with a powerbomb, Glasgow Sendoff, and his discus lariat finisher. Butch gets a shoulder up for a near fall. The fight soon spills outside the ring, and Coffey crashes into the ring steps. Butch capitalizes with the Bitter End, and he covers Coffey for pinfall.

In winning, Butch earns a shot at Noam Dar’s Heritage Cup on Saturday at No Mercy. 

McKenzie Mitchell informs NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio  that he will defend his title on Saturday against the winner of a triple threat match on tonight’s show. Mysterio was unaware and caught off guard, as that interfered with his plans to sit at home with “Mami” and eat “chicken tendies.” I can understand his frustration.

NXY Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo & Stacks are joined Humberto Carillo and Angel Garza for a skit at a restaurant. To be continued later in the show, as other teams are coming to the sit-down.

Trick Williams defeated Joe Gacy (with Ava)

Some rope running to start out the match. With the soundstage as a backdrop, the rope running reminded me of studio wrestling of a bygone era. There was also a chinlock, furthering the nostalgia. Likewise, this match was short like a lot of studio matches. 

Gacy got to pummel Williams some, but Williams soon has a few move comeback that included a Booker T-style leg lariat. Gacy tries to cut him off, only to eat a running knee strike. Williams then covers Gacy for a three count.

Kelly Kincaid joins Williams in the ring afterwards for a post-match interview. Williams says he is ambidextrous because he can “whoop ass with both hands.” Williams is asked about Carmelo Hayes defending his NXT title, and Williams predicts Hayes is retaining on Saturday. Williams concludes by saying he is looking for a championship of his own.

Blair Davenport threatens Gigi Dolan in a backstage interview. 

Baron Corbin defeated Josh Briggs (with Brooks Jensen & Fallon Henley)

Corbin pinned Briggs in another short match. Corbin is being build up for a match on Saturday with Bron Breakker, and Corbin cuts a promo on Breakker after the win over Briggs. Breakker confronts Corbin, leading to a post-match pull-apart scuffle.

Briggs was looking strong, until a Corbin uses a dirty tactic to turn the tide. Corbin uses the referee as human shield, and then he cheap shots Briggs. Corbin with a flying clothesline followed by End of Days. Corbin then hooks a leg for a pinfall on Briggs.

Corbin cuts a promo on Breakker after the match, and out comes Breakker to interrupt. Breakker marches into the ring and starts a fight with Corbin. There is a pull-apart brawl, further heating up their match on Saturday.

Trick Willaims is seen walking into Shawn Michael’s office.

A video package hypes up the NXT Women’s Championship match at No Mercy, where Becky Lynch defends against former champion Tiffany Stratton in a no hold barred match.

OTM (Lucien Price & Bronco Nima with Scrypts) defeated Hank Walker & Tank Ledger

Price & Nima look promising, while Hank & Tank are really good together. Tank is very impressive, and he seemed to have more charisma than the others. Too bad his team lost the match, but it helps to push Price & Lima. I am just sad Tank dropped the fall. Push the guy for goodness sake, he has got something.

Just before the finish, Scrypts gets involved when he ties up Walker. Meanwhile, Tank has Nima lifted on his shoulders, when Price comes in to superkick Tank. Nima & Price then execute their double-team finisher on Tank, and Nima covers him for the pinfall. The wrong guy took the fall here. 

The Creeds join the dinner with the tag champs and the team formerly knows as Los Lotharios. 

Trick Williams informs Axiom and Tyler Bate than the triple threat match they were in is now a fatal four way that includes Williams. 

Eddy Thorpe defeated Dijak in a strap match

Thorpe pinned Dijak to win the match. None of those dumb touch the corner rules, which is an improvement over past WWE strap matches. The finish itself seems sort of anti-climatic, even if Thorpe won. Dijak got his heat back after the match. Dijak was also busted open just before the finish.

Thorpe’s family were in the front row, which plays into the story of the match.

Some typical strap match fodder at the start as they have a tug-o-war. Thorpe dives through the ropes to the outside with a tope. Back and forth as they get back into the ring. 

Dijak whipped Thorpe with the strap, and Thorpe is thrown outside the ring. He is in trouble as the show cuts to a commercial break. Dijak trying to choke Thorpe as the show returns from the break.

Thorpe fight back with a flurry of offense. Dijak grabs him in a guzzle, and Thorpe responds with a Cactus Jack clothesline that sends them both over the ropes to the floor. Dijak holds on to the guzzle, and he chokeslams Thorpe on the apron.

Dijak taunts Thorpe’s family, and Dijak whips Thorpe with the strap in front of his family. Because the long leather strap is not enough, Dijak takes off his own belt. It is the white leather belt previously used in a angle to set up this strap match. Dijak wraps the white belt around his fist, but to no avail.

Thorpe fires up and makes a comeback. Thorpe whips Dijak with receipts from earlier, and then some. Thorpe leaps off the middle rope to deliver a flying elbow drop, and Thorpe covers Dijak for a three count.

Dijak with a sneaky post-match attack on Thorpe, giving Thorpe the Feast Your Eyes. Dijak superkicks Thorpe, and Thorpe is trapped in a the tree-of-woe. Dijak further traps Thorpe by tying his legs with the long leather strap. Dijak then takes the white belt and whips Thorpe in front of his family.

Blair Davenport hijacks a headset from Vic Joseph, and she cuts a promo saying her match tonight with Gigi Dolan is off. Davenport had attacked Dolan in an angle earlier tonight. 

Thea Hail (with Jacy Jayne) defeated Dani Palmer

Hail submitted Palmer with a kimura in a short bout. This was basically an enhancement match, helping to get over Hail’s new heel persona. Hail debuted new ring gear, which Jayne helped pick out in storyline. Booker T likens it to Miley Cyrus once being Hannah Montana, but now she is a “wrecking ball.” Hail also has new theme music. 

Trick Williams is excited as he meets up with NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes in the locker room. An enthusiastic Williams is met by a distracted Hayes, who is seemingly preoccupied by his cellphone.  As Williams leaves, Hayes looks up with a look on his face like he failed his friend. 

Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker have another pull-apart brawl, this time backstage. 

Trick Williams defeated Dragon Lee, Tyler Bate and Axiom in a fatal four way match

Williams pinned Axiom to win the match. In winning, Williams earns a title shot on Saturday against Dominik Mysterio for the NXT North American Championship.

Lots of action in this bout. There was a spoof of the multi-person spot made famous by the “three way dance” from The Night the Line Was Crossed in ECW. 

The match goes through a split-screen commercial break. Even bigger high spots when the show returns from commercial. They build to a Spanish Fly, where Axiom gets a near fall on Dragon Lee. Another near fall in return, which is broken up by Williams. A three-way headbutt as Williams, Lee, and Bate all clonk heads. Bates falls off the apron, Lee falls out of the ring, and William falls into a pin cover on Axiom. 

Price & Nima join the tag team dinner with the champs. With whole show-long skit is dying a death. It drags on. Price & Nima threaten Tony D & Stacks. Tony D snaps his fingers, and out comes a bunch of mob henchmen to back up Tony D. 

The skit drags on, and it seemingly sets up a fatal four way match at No Mercy for the tag titles. Kind of lazy booking in a way, but whatever. 

Dominik Mysterio is cutting a promo in a backstage interview when Mysterio is jumped by Dragon Lee.

Hayes finds Williams backstage, and they are all smiles together. They are on good terms again as Hayes heads to the ring for a contract signing.

Ilja Dragunov is the first to enter to the soundstage, and he does his full entrance in full suit. Hayes enters wearing his NXT Championship belt. They sit down at a table set up in the ring. Dragunov glares at the title belt propped up on the table.

Hayes wants them to just sign the contract, claiming there is nothing for them to talk about after their angle from last week. Just sign, and they will see each other at No Mercy. Of course, the go-home segment closing the show will not end that easily.

Dragunov says Hayes was the wrong person at the wrong time, adding that Hayes is also the wrong champion. Hayes responded by noting he previously defeated Dragunov in a title match. Hayes vows to repeat the outcome.

Dragunov threatens that Hayes will feel unbearable pain. Hayes says Dragunov is believing his own hype. They banter some more. That leads to Hayes slipping up by misspeaking, or maybe it was a Freudian slip. 

Hayes catches himself misspeaking as he runs down the opponents Dragunov has beaten. Hayes stops short at “Trick” as Hayes catches himself about to say something he could regret. 

Hayes goes on to cut a promo, just before Dragunov stands up and signs the contract. He walks around the table and slams the contract down on the table in front of Hayes. A red-faced Dragunov cuts a go-home promo on Hayes. 

Standing to sign the contract, Hayes then walks around the table to get in Dragunov’s face. They face off as the show is closing, with them staring a hole through each other. 

“Breaking news” late in the show, as Dragon Lee is announced as the guest referee for the North American title match at No Mercy. 

The go-home angle is a brawl in the parking lot. Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker are fighting again. Referees pour outside trying to break up the fight. Breakker spears a car door. They also put a dent in the vehicle. Corbin is slammed on the hood. 

Breakker is given a low blow, and Corbin chokeslams Breakker on the roof of the automobile. Breakker pops up like the Undertaker, and he grabs Corbin in a choke. The fight their way back into the building, and the brawl continues.

They bust through the wall like two brawling version of the Kool-Aid Man. The break through a wall made sheet rock, and they spill into Shawm Michaels’ office. The show fades to black with a pull-apart, as Breakker screams into the camera.