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WWE NXT live results: Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic begins

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The road to the 2024 Dusty Cup begins on WWE NXT tonight.

On tonight’s NXT episode, the first two matches in the 2024 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will take place. Former rivals Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin are teaming up for the first time ever against Gallus. In the other tournament match, Axiom & Nathan Frazer are facing Hank Walker & Tank Ledger.

The team that wins the Dusty Classic earns a shot at the NXT Tag Team titles. Those belts are currently held by Tony D’Angelo & Stacks, who have a title defense against Bronco Nima & Lucien Price tonight.

Cora Jade vs. Gigi Dolin and Blair Davenport vs. Nikkita Lyons have also been announced.

Plus, we’ll get a look at Tiffany Stratton’s day working as a ranch hand for Fallon Henley. Stratton had to work on Henley’s farm for 24 hours as a stipulation of her loss to Henley last week.

Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

The shows begins with a recap from New Year’s Evil, which was last week’s episode. Opening the show is a grudge match that started as a fight in the parking lot.

Nikkita Lyon is jumped “moments ago” by Blair Davenport. They are supposedly separated, and each goes to their locker room. The two start brawling again after they have their gear on, and they conveniently brawl their way on to the sound stage. 

They brawl to the ring just in time to be the opening match on a nationally televised episodic professional wrestling program of sport entertainment.

Blair Davenport defeated Nikkita Lyons

Davenport pinned Lyons, after Davenport targets an injury. Their fight ends up outside the ring. Lyons goes for a roundhouse kick, but Davenport moves out of the way, and Lyons smacks the ring post with her leg. That spot would lead into the finish, playing off a previous injury suffered by Lyons.

As Lyons was going back through the ropes, Davenport strikes with a chop block on Lyons’ injured knee. Davenport then delivers her knee strike finisher, and Davenport covers Lyons for a three count. 

Cody Rhodes voiced over a video package that hyped the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. The tag tournament is set to begin after a commercial break.

When the show returns from the break, Carmelo Hayes is in the locker when he gets “good news” for himself and Trick Williams. Yet, Williams questions whether he wants to hear the news. 

Hayes goes on to ask if Williams knows how long Ilja Dragunov will be out. Williams does not know, so Hayes tells him that Hayes secured them the last spot in the Dusty Classic. Williams is again unsure, as Williams says he still needs to focus on his upcoming title match with Dragunov. 

Hayes continues to hype up Williams, vowing they will win the tournament. Then, they will go on to win the tag titles. Trick will win the singles belt, and Hayes proclaims him “Two Title Trick” ahead of time. Williams like the sound of that. 

Baron Corbin & Bron Breakker defeated Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang with Joe Coffey) in a first round mach if the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

Corbin pinned Mark Coffey to win the match. Corbin & Breakker advance to the semifinal round. 

In a spot similar to the opening match, Corbin smacks the ring post. This time it was an errant punch by Corbin. Gallus capitalizes after Corbin punches the ring post, and they target Corbin’s hand.

Gallus works over, until a hot tag brings in Breakker. Gallus bumps all over for Breakker. They do a convoluted spot where Breakker does a suplex on both Wolfgang and Coffey.

For the finish, Corbin executes End of Days on Coffey, and Corbin covers Coffey for a pinfall.

Fallon Henley is at a horse barn, waiting on Tiffany Stratton to arrive for her role as a ranch hand. Stratton is late, but Henley is ready to make her work hard. Stratton arrives dressed like she on the set of Barbie. Stratton refuses to wear the work clothes Henley has for her, despite Stratton having trouble walking in high heels. Stratton is also freaking out by the thought of “mucking” the stalls, and any mention of horse manure. To be continued…

NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria is in the ring for a monologue. Valkyria wonders who she will face in four weeks at the next NXT PLE. Valkyria announces a 20-woman battle royal to decide the number one contender, but with a “twist” as Valkyria puts it. When the battle royal comes down to the final four, it becomes a fatal four-way. Why? Because why not, I guess. 

Valkyria is interrupted by Lola Vice and Elektra Lopez. Vice still has her contract she can cash in at any time. Vice and Lopex confront Valkyria. There is a terrible back-and-forth dialogue by Valkyria and Vice. Valkyria issues a challenge for a title match right now. They square up just about the time Lopez blindsides Valkyria. Lopez and Vice jump Valkyria, until Tatum Paxley runs in for a save. Paxley fights off the heels, and they flee. This would seem to clearly set up a tag match. 

NXT North American Champion Dragon Lee is talking with Ava when they are interrupted by Lexis King. Lee signs a contract for a title match tonight, without letting a lawyer look at it first. That is a horrible business decision, but not as horrible is these skits tonight. Another horrible skit set up the next bout.

Josh Briggs defeated Oro Mensah (with Noam Dar, Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend)

Briggs pinned Mensah, in what was a showcase match for Briggs. Noam Darr interfered at one point. He tried again, and it backfired on him. That led to Mensah missing a kick in a corner, and Briggs hits him with a Stan Hansen Western Lariat. Briggs hooks and leg and covers Mensah for a pinfall. Briggs glares a Dar after the match, so they are clearly setting up a match there.

A video montage shows Tiffany Stratton doing chores around the barn. Stratton is then ordered to bath a horse. When Stratton thinks she is done, she is then made to “muck” the horse stalls. She is basically being forced to clean up manure and such. To be continued…

NXT Tag Team Champions The Family (Tony D’Angelo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo with Adriana Rizzo) defeated OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price with Scrypts) to retain the titles

The match goes through a commercial break. Modified Doomsday Device on the floor by OTM, and Stacks is in trouble as the show goes into the break. Stacks is being worked over as the show returns from commercials. 

Hot tag to Tony D, and he cleans house. However, Tony D is soon cut off. Stacks fights his way back into the ring. 

Scrypts tried to interfere, but his interference was thwarted by Rizzo. Stacks does a dive moments before Tony D executes a fisherman’s buster suplex. D’Angelo then pins Price to win the match and retain the titles.

Oba Femi is being interviewed by Kelly Kincaid when they are interrupted by Lexis King. They is some bickering and bad dialogue.

Another backstage skit sets up a match between Ridge Holland and Joe Coffey.

Cora Jade defeated Gigi Dolan

For the finish, Dolan went for her crucifix bomb finisher. Jade grabs the referee to counter the move. Jade then delivered a double-arm DDT, and Jade covered Dolan for a pinfall. Jade continues to get a big push.

Nathan Frazier & Axiom defeated Hank Walker & Tank Ledger in a first round match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

This was a good match that was fun to watch. Lots of action throughout. Hank & Tank have charisma as a team. Too bad they can’t seem to get a push.

A parade of dives and high spots led into the finish. As they go home, Frazier executes a Phoenix Splash on Walker. Frazier then covers Walker for a pinfall. 

Axiom & Frazier advance to the semifinals where they meet the team of Baron Corbin & Bron Breakker. 

Back at the barn, where Tiffany Stratton is cleaning the horse stalls. Fallon Henley and her friends laugh and mock Stratton. Henley says Stratton is done, yet the stall still looks dirty. Whatever. Stratton is cutting a promo, only for her to slip in horse manure. Stratton takes a bump into a water trough. 

The skit ends with an angry Stratton kicking, screaming and splashing water, while Henley and her friends walk away. Jimmy Garvin and the Von Erich did this whole angle far better in World Class, or at least I remember it that way. Tonight’s version was not even funny. 

Edris Enofe & Malik Blade cut a promo on Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams ahead of their Dusty Classic match next week. Someone doing a personal trainer gimmick bursts in wanting to train Enofe & Blade. She promises they will have six-packs in no time. They show her they already have six-packs.

Dragon Lee defeated Lexis King to retain the NXT North American Championship

Dragon Lee has now apparently been dubbed “the future of lucha libre.” 

Trey Bearhill came to ringside to cause a distraction. He has an ongoing beef with King.

King is working over Lee when King begins to taunt Lee. That fires up Lee, and he makes a comeback. They go on to trade near falls. 

Lee counters King just before the finish, where Lee does a title-a-whirl into a slop drop. Lee the covers King to win the match and retain the title.

Oba Femi marches down to ringside after the match. Femi cashes in his contract for a title match, thus starting an impromptu title match.

Oba Femi defeated Dragon Lee to win the NXT North American Championship

Dragon Lee took the fight to Femi, but Femi was too much. Lee even got a near fall, only for Lee to take a Last Ride powerbomb. Femi then covered Lee for a three count. And new… 

Oba Femi celebrates by holding his newly won North American title belt over his head, as he stands over a fallen Dragon Lee.

WWE NXT live results: NXT Underground match

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On the final NXT episode of 2023, Eddy Thorpe and Dijak look to settle their rivalry.

Dijak and Thorpe are facing off in an NXT Underground match tonight. The two have been at war for months, including Thorpe recently costing Dijak the Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline. Their most recent match ended in a disqualification when Dijak used a turnbuckle and the ring ropes to attack Thorpe.

There will be no ropes tonight in the MMA-inspired NXT Underground match. It’s the second time the stipulation has ever been used. Thorpe defeated Damon Kemp in the first NXT Underground match this July.

Cora Jade, who made her return at Deadline, will be in action against Karmen Petrovic tonight.

There will also be a Heritage Cup Championship match with Josh Briggs challenging Noam Dar. Briggs has said that, even though Dar will have Meta-Four with him, Briggs needs to do this on his own and doesn’t want Brooks Jensen or Fallon Henley getting involved.

Plus, both semifinal matches in the Men’s Breakout Tournament will take place. Our coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Taped before a live studio audience from a sound stage at the Performance Center in Orlando, the show opens with an “all of nothing” tag team match.

OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price with Scrypts) defeated Chase U (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson)

The “all or nothings” stipulation relates to Chase U’s debt. If Chase U won this match, all of their debt would be wiped out. They lost, so their debt doubles, or something like that. This storyline where Saved by the Bell meets The Sopranos is a bit convoluted. 

NXT Tag Team Champions The Family (Tony D’Angelo & Stacks) watch from a perch overlooking the ring, as they have a stake in Chase U’s debt. 

Heat on Chase that leads to a hot tag. In comes Hudson like a house of fire. Scrypts jumps on the apron, and Hudson gives him a hip toss into the ring. With Hudson distracted with Scyrpts, Chase makes a bling tag. 

Chase assures Hudson, “I got this!” However, Chase did not. He eats a superkick from Price. Nima then tags in, and Price assists him in executing a tandem spinebuster. Nima then covers Chase for a three count. 

Hudson was noticeably upset with Chase after their loss.

The first winners of the NXT Year-End Awards are announced with very little fanfare, as a generic voiceover announces the winners. Tag Team of the Year is The Creed Brothers. Female Superstar of the Year is Tiffany Stratton. Male Superstar of the Year is Ilja Dragunov. Fan voting was supposed to determine who won the awards, but I am not sure if that is a shoot.

Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams meet up backstage, and they talk about the injury to NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov. Williams is thinking of postponing the match, but Hayes urges him to not to postpone. Hayes urges to take the shot, thus taking advantage of an injury to win the title.

Heritage Cup Champion Noam Dar (with Lash Legend, Jakara Jackson & Oro Mensah) defeated Josh Briggs via disqualification to retain the trophy

Briggs gets DQ’d in the fourth round, and Dar is awarded the win. Although Dar had his Meta-Four entourage in his corner, Briggs in storyline was adamant that he do this alone without his pals. That decision likely cost him the match.

The match itself was pretty good, but just the audience is getting invested, it ends with a lame DQ. Could have done it in the second of third round, and saved us all that time.

Briggs dominated in the first round, but Dar was saved by the bell. Briggs was about to powerbomb Dar when the bell rings to end the round. 

Dar tries to counter with a triangle in the second round, but Briggs powers out. Briggs goes on to deliver a Western Lariat, and Briggs covers Dar for a pinfall to end round two in under 90 seconds.

Much of round three is during a split-screen commercial break, and Dar cuts off Briggs. The show returns from the break with 30 seconds remaining in the third round. Dar and Briggs are fighting on the apron, and Dar gives Briggs on DDT. Dar delivers a finisher on the floor to Briggs as the round ends.

Briggs bled from the nose and/or mouth. Briggs is on rubber legs as round four begins. Dar capitalizes with a fast paced attacks, but Briggs keeps kicking out of covers.

Briggs fires up with a big boot for a near fall. A moment later and Dar targets Briggs’ leg. Dar jumps off the top rope on the Briggs’ leg. Dar goes for an ankle lock, but Briggs escapes. 

Briggs levels Dar with a right hand, and Dar hits the mat like falling timber. As the referee goes to check on Dar, Legend jumps on the apron. She hits Briggs in the back of the head with a spit bucket, and Briggs crumples to the mat. Dar hooks a leg, but Briggs still kicked out. 

Jakara Jackson tries tossing Dar the bucket, but Briggs takes it away from Dar. Briggs hits Dar with the bucket in full view of the referee. The ref signals for a DQ, and Briggs loses the match as a DQ automatically ends the bout (instead of the score being 1-1).

Cora Jade defeated Karmen Petrovic

This match was set up after a dispute over a locker. Petrovic was upset at Jade for disrespecting her and stealing her locker. Petrovic got a lot of offense, but Jade cuts her off. Jade then delivers a double-arm DDT, and Jade covers Petrovic for a three count. 

Jade acts like she is going to pummel Petrovic more after the match, but Gigi Dolan runs down to make a save. Jade flees to fight another day.

Riley Osborne defeated in a semifinal match in the NXT Breakout Tournament

King was looking dominate when out comes Trey Bearhill. He was carrying a metal folding chair, and was seemingly out for revenge on King. King is distracted by the Bearhill, allowing Osborne to execute a shooting star press on King. Osborne then scores a pinfall on King. Osborne advances to the tournament final.

Bearhill, who looks similar to a larger, more angry Post Malone, attacks King after the match. In storyline, King took Bearhill’s spot in the tournament after attacking him. Now Bearhill is out for revenge. King is taking a beating, but he slithers out of the ring to escape a beatdown. 

More NXT Year-End Awards: Match of the Year is Carmelo Hayes vs. Ilja Dragunov at NXT No Mercy (September 30) and Moment of the Year is Undertaker arrives in NXT.

Ava, who is now an official spokesperson of NXT, tells reporter Kelly Kincaid that there is no update on the condition of NXT Champ Ilja Dragunov.

Bron Breakker defeated Nathan Frazier

Baron Corbin was scouting the match from a monitor backstage.

The story of the match was a variation of David vs. Goliath. Similar to the Dar-Briggs earlier in the show, the dynamic was at least different here as Goliath was a heel in this match (rather than the face in the earlier bout). It worked much better here, and this was arguably the best match on the show so far.

The match goes through a commercial break. Frazier is getting pummeled as the show returns from the break. He eventually makes a comeback, and Frazier does a dive through the ropes. Breakker is sent crashing into the ring steps. 

Frazier jumps off the top rope into the waiting arms of Breakker, and Breakker slams him hard. Breakker measures for a spear, but Frazier cuts him off with a superkick. Frazier goes for a Phoenix Splash, but Breakker moves. Frazier rolls through and is back on his feet. Not for long, as Breakker mows him down with spear. Breakker then hooks a leg for a three count.

Drew Gulak and the No Quarter Catch Crew cut promos on Dragon Lee and the LWO. By the way, “No Quarter Catch Crew” is a terrible name in my opinion, for whatever that is worth. Too many words in one name.

Fallon Henley, Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs meet backstage, and the apparently agree to go their separate ways. They all want to go singles. Why can’t they be friends anymore? They at least say they love each other.

In a skit with Arianna Grace and Ava, Grace finds out Roxanne Perez is her opponent in a match next week at New Year’s Evil.

NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria and Blair Davenport sat down for a “face-to-face” segment. They bickered, argued and insulted each other. This was supposed to hype up their title match next week. Not sure it did that, but whatever. Their match should be good.

Oba Femi defeated Tavion Heights in a semifinal match in the NXT Breakout Tournament

Vic Joseph on commentary remarks that most people thought these two would meet in the finals, instead of the semifinals. That makes no sense if you know how brackets work.

They had a hoss fight in the match itself. Femi eventually executes a pop-up powerbomb, and Femi covers Heights for a pinfall. Femi advances to face Riley Osborne in the tournament final, which happens next week at New Year’s Evil.

NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov shows up wearing a neck brace. He tells Kelly Kincaid that he is looking for Trick Williams. 

Joe Gacy defeated Joe Coffey (with Mark Coffey & Wolfgang)

Gacy enters through the crowd like he is Raven on a episode of Nitro in ’97, minus all the fanfare. Last week he was under the ring like Hornswoggle. His gimmick make less sense to me as the weeks go by, but at least this match somewhat makes sense as Gacy cost Coffey a match on a previous episode. Plus, this was the battle of two guys named Joe.

Hank Walker & Tank Ledger run down to ringside during the match, and they brawl with Mark Coffey & Wolfgang. Meanwhile, Gacy with the Upside Down finisher, and Gacy covers Coffey for a pinfall. 

Eddy Thorpe defeated Dijak in an Underground match

Despite some silly things, this was otherwise a good match. Thorpe has good charisma. His face was painted for this match, giving him a modified look for this gimmick match. 

Of course, with the “Underground” setting, no ropes on a ring surrounded by what are essentially lumberjacks in pro wrestling parlance. Their main job was pounding on the mat, which gave the setting a Pit Fighter vibe. 

If they were supposed to act like lumberjacks in a lumberjack match, they failed miserably. That was a gimmick in early versions of the “Underground,” but Thorpe and Dijak brawled around ringside with no interference. Those at ringside parted like the Red Sea, as they allowed Dijak and Thorpe to keep brawling on the floor. Later, there would be a stunt at ringside.

At one point, Thorpe gives Dijak a German suplex. Diajk is suplexed out of the ring, but he (sort of) lands on his feet at ringside. Dijak then lifts Thorpe on his shoulder for the Feast Your Eyes finisher. Thorpe is laid out on the floor. 

For some reason, an angry Dijak rages on the lumberjacks. Dijak mows down several of them at ringside, but that allows Thorpe time to recover. Thorpe backdrops Dijak back into the ring. In the mean time, Dijak has wrapped his hand with a belt he used earlier in the match.

Thorpe blocks a punch with the wrapped hand, and Thorpe delivers an implant DDT referred to as “Manifest Destiny.” With a receipt from earlier in the match, Thorpe whips Dijak with the belt. Thorpe applies a sleeper, but Dijak rams Thorpe into a ring post to break the hold.

Thorpe counters a powerbomb with a hurricanrana. Dijak takes a bump out of the ring, and he lands with a thud on the floor. Thorpe follows up with a flying elbow drop off the apron. Dijak takes another “Manifest Destiny” DDT, but this time Thorpe gives him the DDT on the floor. Dijak in a corny manner yells he will not give up.

Thorpe mounts Dijak and again applies the sleeper. Dijak tries to break the hold, and somehow Dijak manages to climb up a set of ring steps. The steps are conveniently set up beside the announce desk. They tease a Nestea Plunge through the desk, but Thorpe let go of the sleeper. Thorpe then does a DDT that sends him and Dijak crashing through the announce desk. Thorpe gets to his feet, but Dijak is unable to do the same. Thorpe is awarded the match.

The show closes with a contract signing with Trick Williams and Ilja Dragunov. They are backstage seating at a table across from each other. As he signs the contract, Williams says they can postpone the match. Dragunov responds by taking off his neck brace and saying nothing can stop him. Dragunov signs the contract and they have a stare down as the show fades to black. 

WWE NXT live results: Dragon Lee North American title defense

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Looking to be a fighting champion, Dragon Lee puts his North American title up for grabs on NXT tonight.

Dragon Lee will defend his championship against a member of the No Quarter Catch Crew. The group consists of Drew Gulak, Charlie Dempsey, Damon Kemp, and Myles Borne.

At NXT Deadline earlier this month, Lee defeated Dominik Mysterio to win the North American Championship. He’s already made one successful title defense against Tyler Bate. Lee is also set to defend the title against Butch on SmackDown this Friday night.

A grudge match will take place as Tiffany Stratton goes one-on-one with Fallon Henley. Thea Hail & Jacy Jane vs. Kiana James & Izzi Dame is also set, along with Hank Walker & Tank Ledger vs. Gallus.

Plus, the first round of the Men’s Breakout Tournament will continue with Lexis King vs. Dion Lennox and Tavion Heights vs. Luca Crusifino.

Our live coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

A taped episode of NXT opens with a grudge match several weeks in the making.

Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton

Henley pinned Stratton in a good match, albeit short. Not long, but it did not need to be. Stratton dropped the fall, so she got a lot offense in return. Stratton attacks Henley after the match to keep the feud going.

Setting up the finish, they were trading near falls. Henley kicked out of a powerbomb, and they began exchanging cradles with each reversing the other. Henley won the match when she scored a pinfall after a reversal. 

Stratton attacks Henley after the bell. Henley’s head is rammed into the announce desk. Stratton drags Henley backstage, and Stratton continues to pummel her. 

Calling her trash while doing so, Stratton wipes a mop on Henley’s face. Stratton then dumps a full trash can on Henley. Stratton calls her a loser and she leaves. 

Trick Williams meets Carmelo Hayes in the locker room. Hayes apologizes to Williams, but Trick says no need. They are good. Williams asks Hayes if he really saw who hit him. Hayes says he did not see him, but nobody hit him as hard as Dragunov. So it must be him. 

Hayes proposes that they make the NXT title match at New Year’s Evil as triple threat match. Williams ponders why would they do that. Hayes responds they do not have to fight each. They can get revenge and take the title home with them. 

Williams tells Hayes he does not even really know if who attacked him, and Williams goes on to say he won at Deadline to earn himself a shot. Hayes says it does not matter who wins the title. Williams wants to win the title one-one-one just like Hayes did. Williams tells Hayes he wants Hayes to help him train. 

Meanwhile, NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov is headed to the ring for a monologue. Dragunov starts by saying he does not know how he got caught up in the Hayes and Williams saga. 

Dragunov goes on to talk about winning the title. He is a human who sacrifices himself because that title deserves it. Suddenly, Dragunov is interrupted, because seemingly nobody can finish a monologue in NXT without an interruption.

Out comes Ridge Holland to the ring. He is looking to redeem himself after many setbacks. Holland wants to prove himself. Holland says Dragunov can help. Dragunov asks if he is asking for a title shot. Holland replies that he will basically work his way up the roster to a shot. This is the first chapter in Holland’s redemption.

Dragunov is impressed by Holland, so he grants Holland a match tonight. Williams confronts Dragunov backstage after a commercial break. Williams is upset that Dragunov gave someone else a match. Dragunov says the champion dictates to the challenger. Williams warns Dragunov he is only champ until New Year’s Evil.

Lexis King defeats Dion Lennox in the first round of the NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament

King took the fight to Lennox, but Lennox fought back. King flees the ring and grabs the Breakout contract that was on display at ringside. As if that is legally binding. No matter, as Lennox went outside to cut off King. Maybe it was ploy by King, as he is the one to cut off Lennox when they were back in the ring.

King rams Lennox shoulder first into a ring post. King then executes a swinging neckbreaker. Vic Joseph on commentary called the move a “coronation,” while Booker T calls it a “sleeper.” It assuredly was not a sleeper hold. Regardless, King then covers Lennox for a pinfall.

Trey Bearhill runs out after the match. He rushed the ring looking for revenge on King, who jumped Bearhill last week. That led to King replacing Bearhill in the tournament. If the match was this week, and Bearhill is okay to do a run in. Then, why did King replace him in the first place? Just because he attacked him last week? That makes little sense.

In a vignette, Eddy Thorpe challenges Dijak to a NXT Underground match next week. 

Kiana James & Izzi Dame defeated Thea Hail & Jacy Jane

Despite being a taped show, there is a production error with the graphics. Izzi Dame was billed on a graphic as being “with” Kiana James, as if Dame was in James’ corner instead of her tag partner. 

Hot tag to Hail, and she runs wild. The Chase U section was cheering her on, but that distracts her. Apparently, the distraction was mainly Hail’s crush being in the crowd. James cuts off Hail, but Hail is able to counter. However, a bling tag is made and Hail is unaware. Hail locks in a Kimura lock on James, but James is not legal. Dame is legal, and she boots Hail in the face with a high kick. Dame then covers Hail for a pinfall. 

Andre Chase and Duke Hudson are grambling in a dice game with Bronco Nima and Lucien Price. This sets up a tag match for next week, and Chase is doubling down his bets in hopes of paying off his debt.

NXT North American Champion Dragon Lee defeated Charlie Dempsey  (with Drew Gulak, Damon Kemp & Myles Borne) and Joe Coffey (with Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) to retain the title

This started off as a open challenge where Lee thought he was facing someone of Gulak’s stable. Gallus interrupts, and Joe Coffey tells Lee to pick between Coffey and Dempsey. Lee says both, making the match a triple threat. 

For some reason, Mark Coffey & Wolfgang are at ringside dresses in attire that made them look like the Killer Bees tag team. The yellow-and-black striped shirt are probably supposed to look like soccer jerseys, but looks like the Killer Bees to me.

Lots of action as one can imagine in the match itself. It goes through a commercial break. Even more action after the break, with some nifty three-way spots. Some really good stuff, aside from some corny gimmick with Joe Gacy.

Still not sure what to make of Joe Gacy’s new gimmick. Last week he was doing the Black Top Bully heckling gimmick. This week he stole Hornswoggle’s gimmick. Gacy appears from underneath the ring. Moments later, Joe Coffey is dragged underneath the ring, presumably by Gacy.

In the ring, Lee is one-one-one with Dempsey. Lee executes Operation Dragon (running sliced bread-type move) and Lee covers Dempsey for a pinfall.

Gulak and his crew jump Lee after the mach. Wilde and Cruz of the LWO run down to make a save. They run off Gulak and his crew. This would seem to set up a tag bout or possibly a trios match.

Tavion Heights defeated Luca Crusifino in a first round match in the NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament

Heights won after pinning Crusifino with a belly-to-belly suplex. This match looked so indie. Crusifino’s gimmick is he is a lawyer. It was so indi-rific. This did not belong on national television, but it was nonetheless.

Height advances to the semifinals, where he faces Oba Femi. 

A video package hypes the upcoming title belt with NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria defending against challenger Blair Davenport. 

Nikkita Lyons defeated Tatum Paxley

Lyons pinned Paxley in what was Lyons return match after being away for so long. It was an okay match, and not pretty at times. Paxley works on arm, but this was more of a showcase match for Lyons. She made a comeback, and Lyons delivers a combo kick to set up the pinfall.

Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang with Joe Coffey) defeated Hank Walker & Tank Ledger

Mark Coffey pinned Walker to win the match. The finish involved the tag rope. Ledger tried to tag in, while Walker was being worked over in the ring. However, Ledger was not holding on to the tag rope, so the tag did not count. Meanwhile, Walker gets booted in the face, and Coffey covers him for a three count.

Joe Coffey is inexplicably back from being dragged underneath the ring, as he was in Gallus’ corner. His eyes dart around, and he keeps looking scared of something. Joe Gacy was in the Chase U student section for whatever reason. What the heck is up with Gacy’s new gimmick? 

Dijak accepts the challenge by Eddy Thorpe for NXT Underground.

Tiffany Stratton cuts a promo on Fallon Henley, and Stratton challenges Henley to a stipulation match. If Stratton wins, Henley becomes Stratton’s servant.

NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov vs. Ridge Holland in a non-title match ended in a no-contest

At least I think it was no-contest. It was not made clear, as they did an injury angle. This plays off others being injured in a Holland match, which includes legit injuries such as Big E suffering a broken neck.

Holland DDT’s Dragunov into the mat, and Dragunov sells like he is seriously injured, The referee checks on Dragunov, and out comes medical staff with a stretcher. Dragunov is placed in a neck brace and carried away on a stretcher. Holland is distraught over having caused the injury. That is the cliffhanger angle that closed the show. To be continued next week on NXT.

WWE NXT live results: The fallout from Deadline

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Tonight, NXT moves on from Deadline and begins the build to New Year’s Evil.

Trick Williams and Blair Davenport emerged as the winners of this year’s Iron Survivor Challenge matches, earning them future title shots. Ilja Dragunov vs. Williams for the NXT Championship and Lyra Valkyria vs. Davenport for the NXT Women’s Championship will both take place at New Year’s Evil on Tuesday, January 2.

Though Davenport is next in line for a shot at Valkyria, Cora Jade also has her eyes on the gold. Jade made her NXT return by ambushing Valkyria at Deadline.

Dragunov retained the NXT Championship by defeating Baron Corbin in Deadline’s main event.

Dijak was one of the other men’s Iron Survivor Challenge competitors, but his rival Eddy Thorpe interfered to cost Dijak the match. Thorpe vs. Dijak is set for tonight.

A six-person tag match with Fallon Henley, Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen facing Lash Legend, Noam Dar & Oro Mensah has been announced for tonight. Nikkita Lyons is also set to make her return. Plus, the 2023 Men’s Breakout Tournament will begin.

Our live coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

A Tonya Harding angle opens the show. It begins with the arrival of Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. The press stop them to ask some questions. Hayes blows them off, and he goes inside the building, Meanwhile, Williams fields some questions.

After a highlight reel from Deadline, cut to the backstage area where Hayes has been ambushed. Hayes clutches his knee, and Williams rushes in to check on his buddy. Something tells me Hayes will be cleared to wrestle by Friday, when he is scheduled for a match on Smackdown. 

The returning Cora Jade is in the ring for a monologue. She brags on herself before being interrupted, because no monologue can go uninterrupted in NXT. Out comes NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria to confront Jade, and soon there is another interruption.

Blair Davenport joins the confrontation in the ring, as Davenport earned a title shot as the Iron Survivor. Yet another interruption as Nikkita Lyons rushes into the ring to join the party. Lyons is looking for revenge against Davenport for jumping her, which was the way Lyons was written off the show because of an injury.

A brawl erupts, and a melee ensues. This would seem to set up the returning Lyons teaming up with Valkyria against the returning Jade and Davenport.

New NXT North American Champion Dragon Lee is interviewed by Kelly Kincaid. Dragon Lee basically sets up an open challenge for later on.

Fallon Henley, Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen defeated Meta-Four (Lash Legend, Noam Dar & Oro Mensah with Jakara Jackson) in a six-person tag team match

Meta-Four jumps the babyface rednecks before the bell. The match goes through a split-screen commercial break. 

Tiffany Stratton is at first shown watching the match on a monitor. She is supposedly scouting Henley, as the two are programmed together. Stratton later runs down to ringside, where she tangles with Henley. They fight up the aisle and out of sight.

Jensen is in trouble, and Dar hits him with a finisher. However, Jensen falls into his corner. Hot tag to Briggs, and he cleans house. Briggs signals for a finisher, and then Briggs delivers a Stan Hansen Western Lariat on Dar. Briggs then covers Dar for a pinfall. 

Hayes and Williams are in the trainer’s room. The trainer tells Hayes he is cleared to wrestle on Friday. It’s a miracle! 

The participants in the NXT Men’s Breakout tournament are introduced. Noted in their introduction was the university they came from before signing with NXT. There was even someone from Chase U, which is kind of silly if they are trying to be serious about college backgrounds.

Lexis King runs in during the introductions to attack Trey Bearhill. King pummels Bearhill with a metal folding chair, and Kind has a stand-off with the rest of the field. I guess King wants to be a “breakout” star too, or something like that.

Oba Femi defeated Myles Borne in the first round of the Breakout Tournament

Borne worked over Femi during the body of the match, but Femi makes a comeback. Femi powerbombs Borne, and Femi covers Borne for a three count. 

On commentary, Femi was put over as a favorite to win the tournament. He was certainly booked strong. Femi now moves on to the semifinal round. 

Tiffany Stratton cuts a promo on Henley. Stratton is better than her, and Stratton also threatens Henley. This is like class warfare, with someone rich against the working class.

NXT North American Champion Dragon Lee defeated Tyler Bate to retain his title

Bate answers the open challenge for Dragon Lee’s first title defense. These two work good together, as their styles blend well. 

Stalemate as the show cuts to a commercial break. The back-and-forth action continues after the break. Bate takes control, and he gets to shine. Bate even does a dive to the outside. Dragon Lee fights back, and he does a dive of his own.

They trade near falls, and they tease finishers and signature moves. Really good finishing sequence. Lee is eventually able to execute “Operation Dragon” (which is sort of like a running sliced bread). Lee then pinned Bate, and Lee retains the title. Lee and Bate shake hands after the match in show of sportsmanship.

Josh Briggs wants to challenge for the Heritage Cup. Brooks Jensen questions that, but he ultimately agrees Briggs should challenge Noam Dar.

Lexis King and Ava are in a skit where Ava reveals that Kind will replace Trey Bearhill in the Breakout Tournament. Kind hits on Ava, and she does not seem impressed with him.

Eddy Thorpe defeated Dijak by disqualification

A grudge match ends in a DQ, which would seem to set up another mach in the future. 

They brawl around ringside before the bell rings to officially start the match. Setting up a stunt, Dijak rams Thorpe into a corner. The turnbuckle snaps, somebody is bleeding.

Dijak picks up the loose turnbuckle, with the rope still attached to it. Dijak hits Thorpe with the the turnbuckle and the referee calls for the bell. Dijak was apparently DQ’d for attacking Thorpe with the buckle. At least that is what I assume is the official ruling, as it was never made official. 

The attack by Dijak targeted Thorpe’s ribs, and Thorpe sold big as he clutched his side. This seems to set up a return bout, possibly with a stipulation of some sort.

Riley Osborne defeated Keanu Carver in the first round of the Breakout Tournament

This was billed as Carver’s in-ring debut. He looked decent enough, yet he still lost. 

Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne skipped a class lecture to go watch Osborne, and the two women watched the match from the Chase U student section. Hail apparently has a crush on Osborne. She marked out over him in a skit after the match.

Carver delivered a Monty Brown Pounce just before the finish. It looked impressive, but Osborne recovered to set up a shooting star press. Osborne does the shooting star, and he covers Carver for a pinfall. 

A backstage skit looks to set up a North American title match with Dragon Lee against either Drew Gulak or his charges Damon Kemp, Charlie Dempsey or Myles Borne. Lee won’t find out which of the four until next week.

Cora Jade & Blair Davenport defeated Nikkita Lyons & NXT Women’s Champion Lyria Valkyria 

This is billed as the main event match, but an unrelated angle will actually close the show. 

Lyons looked strong at the start, but she is cut off and worked over. Hot tag to the champ, and Valkyria gets to shine. Tatum Paxley appears at ringside to distract Valkyria.

A distracted Valkyria falls prey to the heels. Davenport delivers a Falcon Arrow, but Lyons makes a save. Lyons is knocked out of the ring. Blind tag brings Jade back into the match. She collides with Valkyria. Davenport then delivers her knee strike finisher, but Lyons pulls Davenport out of the ring before Davenport can capitalize.

Lyons and Davenport are fighting on the floor, while Jade steals a pinfall in the ring. Jade gets a three count on Valkyria. So, Jade has now scored a pin on the current champ. 

After the match, Tatum Paxley runs in to embrace Valkyria. That freaks out Valkyria. It likely confuses everyone else. Also confusing is the new character makeover for Joe Gacy. He is up next in a wacky segment.

Hank Walker and Tank Ledger have a backstage confrontation with Gallus. Ledger and Walker face Mark Coffey and Wolfgang in a tag match set for next week. Joe Coffey assures them he will not get involved. Joe Gacy then appears dressed as a construction worker. He delivers a comedy line and leaves. Gallus looked confused, as did I. 

Other matches announced for next Tuesday include Thea Hail & Jacy Jayne against Kiana James & Izzi Dane in a match set up with in skit earlier on. Also announced for next week is Fallon Henley facing Tiffany Stratton in a grudge match. In addition, Dragon Lee defends his North American title against a member of the No Quarter Catch Crew next Tuesday on NXT.

Other lineups announced for New Year’s Evil, which takes place three weeks from tonigh. Two titles matches were announced, in which the two Iron Survivors get their respective title matches. That includes Lyra Valkyia defending the NXT Women’s Championship against challenger Blair Davenport. On the men’s side, Ilja Dragunov defends against Trick Williams.

Dragunov and Williams meet tonight in a confrontation that will close the show. First, Williams cuts a solo promo. He is then joined by NXT Champ Dragunov. 

Dragunov addresses Williams, reminding us of a confrontation the two had weeks ago. Dragunov congratulates Williams on being the Iron Survivor. Dragunov says Williams’ great journey ends at New Years Evil in the tile match. Williams responds by vowing to win the title.

Dragunov apologizes, but he says he will anything to remain champion. That is Carmelo Hayes’ cue to interrupt the confrontation. Hayes said earlier in the show be planned to confront his attacker. 

Hayes accuses Dragunov of attacking him and Williams. Hayes outright says Dragunov attacked them, but Dragunov denies it. Hayes insists Dragunov is trying to cause a rift. Dragunov still denies it, but the tone in his voice now sounds a little more guilty.

Dragunov question whether Hayes was attacked at all. Dragunov then points the finger at Hayes, as Dragunov tells Williams he should be suspicious of Hayes. 

Hayes grabs for the title belt, causing a tug-o-war with Dragunov over the strap. In the process, Hayes inadvertently hits Williams with the belt. The show goes off the air with a three-way stare down as the live studio audience chants “Melo’s guilty.” 

WWE NXT live results: Deadline go-home show

Posted on by Chris Aiken

With Deadline just four days away, NXT’s Iron Survivor Challenge lineups will be finalized tonight.

Tonight’s go-home show is set to feature a pair of last-chance qualifying matches to determine the final Iron Survivor Challenge participants. Carmelo Hayes, Eddy Thorpe, Joe Coffey, and Tyler Bate are competing for the last men’s spot. The last women’s spot will go to either Roxanne Perez, Kiana James, Fallon Henley, or Thea Hail.

Dijak, Trick Williams, Josh Briggs, and Bron Breakker have qualified for the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge, while Tiffany Stratton, Lash Legend, Blair Davenport, and Kelani Jordan have qualified for the women’s bout.

At Deadline this Saturday, Ilja Dragunov is defending his NXT Championship against Baron Corbin. There will be a face-to-face confrontation between the two tonight.

A six-person tag match will take place tonight with Alpha Academy’s Chad Gable, Otis & Maxxine Dupri facing off against Meta-Four’s Noam Dar, Oro Mensah & Lash Legend.

There will also be a Chase U special assembly with Andre Chase addressing the recent controversy surrounding the school.

Opening the show is a last chance qualifier for the Iron Survivor Challenge live from the sound stage at the Performance Center in Orlando. 

Fallon Henley defeated Thea Hail (with Jacy Jayne), Roxanne Perez and Kiana James in a fatal four way last chance qualifier 

Perez and James continue their feud during the bout. Shown before this match was an altercation supposedly from yesterday at the PC. During the match, James used her loaded handbag to hit Perez.

NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria was seen watching this match on a monitor backstage, and the champ was being stalked as well. She turned around thinking she was being watched, just as the figure disappeared. 

The match goes through a commercial break. Perez was outside selling the shot from the handbag for the entire break, as James dominates in the ring. Three of them (minus Perez) execute a Tower of Doom superplex spot after the show returns from the break.

Perez makes a fiery comeback out of nowhere, with her focus on James. They fight on top of the barricade to set up a plunge through the announce desk. The live studio audience chants “holy s***,” which is bleeped on the USA Network. Perez and James sell it big, taking them out of the match.

Matches comes down to Hail and Henley. Hail goes for an O’Connor roll, but Henley kicks out. Henley then delivers a shining wizard, and Henley covers Hail for a pinfall. 

Henley wins the last chance qualifier, so she goes on to the Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline this Saturday.

NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov is shown arriving to the building. He is well dressed in a suit and tie, but if we are to believe this is live, he seems tardy in his arrival. 

Meta-Four and Alpha Academy have some TikTok videos, but I made need someone younger explain what the heck those were all about.

NXT Women’s Champ Lyra Valkyria is being interviewed by Kelly Kincaid. Since nobody can seem to finish an interview in NXT without an interruption, in comes Lola Vice and Elektra Lopez. Vice has a standing contract for a title shot, and she threatens to cash it in on Valkyria anytime. Tatum Paxley interject herself into the argument, which sets up a match later on between Paxley and Vice. 

A tale of two Lees (no relation) and two Mysterios

Wes Lee is in the ring for an emotional monologue. He stood with the help of a crutch. A visibly upset Lee starts by saying he was looking forward to beating Dominik Mysterio on Saturday. Lee goes on to thanks the fans for their support. Lee is shaking and nearly in tears as he says the fans’ support will not help him right now.

Lee talks about not having feeling in his legs, and the “excruciating” pain he feels just standing in the ring. He needs surgery to heal. With tears in his eyes, Lee says he does not know when he will return, but just as he “rose from the ashes” to become one of the best champions ever in NXT, he vows to do it again. 

Lee says this is not goodbye. “For now, I’ll see you later,” said Lee.

Because this is pro wrestling, the emotional speech then becomes an angle. Out comes NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio to interrupt Lee’s moment. Mysterio gets in the ring while cutting a promo on Lee.

Mysterio remarks that he must have the night off on Saturday, with Lee no longer able to be the challenger. Dom says he is going to “just chill with Mami.” Lee tells Dom to pump the breaks. Lee then throws to a video message from Rey Mysterio.

Rey informs Dom that Dragon Lee will replace Wes Lee as the challenger on Saturday. Rey says he will be in Dragon Lee’s corner at Deadline. Dragon Lee then enters the sound stage to confront Dom. Dragon Lee and Dom brawl and run through some spots, before Dom powders and flees the ring. 

Perez and James are brawling again, this time in the trainer’s room. They are separated as they scream at each other about fighting on Saturday. Ava yells at them, and she storms off to get the match booked for Saturday. That would lead to Perez and James being booked in a cage match at Deadline.

Lola Vice (with Elektra Lopez) defeated Tatum Paxley

Vice pinned Paxley after a roundhouse kick.

Baron Corbin is interviewed on his way inside the building, and Corbin says he was Dragunov right where he wants him. 

Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams are seen in surveillance footage, and Hayes appears to be plotting something behind Williams’ back.

Joe Gacy is in the front row marking out for Vic Joseph, who is seated at the announce desk. Gacy repeatedly screams “we love you” at Joseph. If they are trying to get Gacy over, it is hard to tell with this new gimmick.

Alpha Academy (Chad Gable, Otis & Maxxine Dupri with Akira Tozawa) defeated Meta-Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah & Lash Legend with Jakara Jackson) in a six-person tag team match

The match goes through a commercial break. Arguably the best match on the show so far, with a lot of fun spots. Legend even slams Otis at one point, resulting in a big pop from the live studio audience. Moments later, Legend is knocked off the apron. Otis catches her in his arms, and she is not feeling it. 

Just before the finish, Durpi jumps off Gable’s shoulder into a dive to the outside. Back in the ring, Gable traps Dar in an ankle lock. Dar tapped out, and Alpha Academy wins the match.

Hank Walker & Tank Ledger come to Gallus’ pub looking to challenge Gallus to  a match. The Gallus group agrees to match with Hank & Tank for next Tuesday.

Ava announces that Perez against James on Saturday will be a cage match. 

Byron Saxton hosts a “summit” with the women who qualified for the Iron Survivor Challenge. Each woman gets an opportunity to say why they will win on Saturday. Tiffany Stratton, Kelani Jordan, Lash Legend and Fallon Henley all get to speak. They also get to bicker. After watching and listening, I now have less interest in the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge. 

Byron gets upset and yells at them for arguing with each other. What else did you expect from a go-home segment, Byron? That was Henley’s cue to get up from her seat and hit Stratton. A brawl erupts as they all brawl, minus Byron. He smartly high-tailed it out of the ring. The wild action of the brawl could not save the segment from being a dud. 

Axiom and Nathan Frazer wrestled to a no-contest

This is supposed to be a friendly rivalry, with their story hinting at a full-fledged feud brewing between them. They were just getting started with having a good match, when the women from the Iron Survivor continue their brawl. Their fighting spills back into the ring as Axiom and Frazer are wrestling, resulting in the referee calling for the bell and throwing the match out.

Blair Davenport was taunting the others from the aisle at ringside. In runs a returning Nikkita Lyons to blindside Davenport. Lyons lays out Davenport in Lyon’s return to NXT.

Meanwhile at Chase U, Andre Chase addresses an assembly of students. A dejected student body hears Chase take the blame. Chase U is also being placed during “academic probation” over misuse of funds and gambling. Thea Hail is not surprised, as the riff between her and Chase U continues. Wacky skit for a wacky storyline. 

Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams tease a rift in a skit before the main event match.

Lexis King cuts a promo on Hayes, in a video posted to The X Formerly Known as Twitter.

Eddy Thorpe cuts a promo vowing revenge on Dijak for attacking him. Thorpe has his rips taped to sell the attack from Dijak.

Tyler Bate defeated Joe Coffey, Eddy Thorpe and Carmelo Hayes in a fatal four way last chance qualifier

This was a good match, and there was plenty of action. They wrestled through a commercial break, and they got plenty of time. However, the fatal four way multi-person match is just a tired gimmick. 

Hard to get excited over it anymore. It was cool 20-something years ago, but now it seems more like a cliche. Regardless, everyone in this four-way tonight worked hard to have a good match.

Thorpe was on a roll when Coffey gives Thorpe an Arn Anderson spinebuster on a section of metal ring steps. Thorpe already had his ribs taped, so he greatly sells that area. Thorpe is out, which basically turns the match into a triple threat. 

Bate fired up in the closing moments, and he cleans house. Hayes and Coffey both attempt high flying moves off the top rope. Bate mows down both with uppercuts. A lariat on Coffey is followed by a Tyler Driver ’97, and Bate pins Coffey for a three count. 

In winning, Bate becomes the final qualifier for the Iron Survivor Challenge. Bate begins cutting a promo after the match, Bate is interrupted by Dijak, since no one in NXT can seem to finish a speech. 

Dijak also finds time to assault Thorpe. Referring to Thorpe as garbage, Dijak says to get the trash out of here.

Yet another interruption. This time it’s Bron Breakker. He is then interrupted by Josh Briggs, who cuts a promo on everyone. Briggs is betting on himself, and he vows to shock the world at Deadline.

The studio audience begins chanting “whoop that trick.” That brings out Trick Williams. He gets into the ring and decks Dijak. A four-way pull-apart brawl erupts, and referees and officials pour in to separate everyone.

The go-home segment to close the show is a face-to-face between champion and challenger. NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov and his challenger, Baron Corbin, are seating behind a table.

Dragunov jumps to his feet at the start, and he cuts a promo on Corbin. Dragunov is upset that Corbin made in personal. Corbin brings up that Dragunov left his son to go wrestle here in the US. 

Corbin keeps trying to goad Dragunov. It works, as an angry Dragunov takes off his jacket like he is ready to fight. Dragunov calls Corbin a “materialistic son of a bitch.” Corbin responds this is instead about vindication. They are losing me here with all of this hyperbole. 

Corbin tries to goad Dragunov into a fight by insulting Dragunov’s son. Corbin turns his back to Dragunov, and Corbin dares him to attack. Corbin calls Dragunov a coward. Dragunov grabs Corbin, but he looks to be more of a hug than an attack.

Dragunov says, “The only one who can destroy the dragon is the dragon himself.”

With that, Dragunov lets go of Corbin. Dragunov and Corbin then have a staredown. The men’s side of the Iron Survivor brawl their way back onto the sound stage, much like a the women did earlier.

The show ends with a wild brawl with all five from the Iron Survivor. In the melee, Bron Breakker spears Trick Williams through a table propped in a corner. Bate fires up just as the show fades to black, as Bate is the last one standing.

WWE NXT live results: Johnny Gargano, Bronson Reed, Cameron Grimes return

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Three former North American Champions return to NXT tonight for a fatal four-way bout.

To earn a North American title match against Dominik Mysterio, Wes Lee has to defeat Johnny Gargano, Bronson Reed, and Cameron Grimes tonight. Dominik refused to grant Lee a title shot and said the only way he could earn the opportunity is by defeating Gargano, Reed, and Grimes.

The NXT Tag Team titles will be on the line as Tony D’Angelo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo defend against Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo. Garza & Carrillo ambushed D’Angelo & Stacks last week after a D’Angelo Family dinner.

Two more wrestlers will earn their spots in the Iron Survivor Challenge matches at NXT Deadline. Tonight’s qualifying matches are Bron Breakker vs. Eddy Thorpe and Kelani Jordan vs. Kiana James. This week’s participants were chosen by Jerry “The King” Lawler.

Dijak, Trick Williams, and Josh Briggs have already qualified for the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge. Tiffany Stratton, Lash Legend, and Blair Davenport are the first three names to be confirmed for the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge.

Our live coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

The show opened with the Tag Team title match competitors brawling on their way to the ring as Vic Joseph & Booker T welcomed us to NXT.

NXT Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo & Stacks Lorenzo defeated Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo to retain the titles

Tony D & Stacks retained in a solid outing. Both have improved greatly in the last year-plus, and Garza & Carrillo have been fantastic for years.

Tony D & Stacks dominated the early part of the bout. They teased the Pwer & Glory/FTR superplex splash spot, but Garza & Carrillo cut them off and took over. Garza & Carrillo worked Stacks over through a picture-in-picture ad break.

Tony D got a hot tag after the break. Stacks tagged back in and got cut off again. Garza hit a nice missile dropkick off the top as Carrillo held Stacks for a near fall.

Garza hit a low blow and covered Stacks for a two count. Stacks hit a low blow to Garza in kicking out.

Tony D & Stacks hit the Bada Bing Bada Boom. Tony D launched Stacks out of the ring onto Carrillo on the floor, then covered Garza for the pin to retain the titles.

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A backstage confrontation between NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov & Nathan Frazer from earlier in the day aired setting up a match between the two. This video also aired on WWE’s social media channels earlier in the day.

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A Johnny Gargano hype video aired highlighting his NXT career.

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They aired Jerry Lawler announcing the Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying matches for the night in a video from his home that dropped Monday on WWE’s YouTube channel.

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Fallon Henley, Josh Briggs, and Brooks Jensen were celebrating Briggs qualifying for the Iron Survivor Challenge backstage. Briggs did some heel turn foreshadowing here.

Lexis King entered and congratulated Briggs on advancing thanks to his help, then hit on Henley and mocked Jensen for not being chosen for a qualifying match. Jensen made a crack about King’s beard.

Briggs continued his slow burn heel turn by volunteering Jensen for a match against King later tonight.

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Videos of Nikkita Lyons kicking, stretching, and kicking on her social media channels aired. Lyons was then shown in the crowd and it was announced that she will return soon from injury.

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A Cameron Grimes hype video played.

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Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match: Kelani Jordan defeated Kiana James

They kept this simple until it was time for Jordan’s comeback when she started to incorporate more of her athleticism. A fine match with a terrible finish.

Jordan used headlocks and basic offense to control the first part of the contest. James sent Jordan into the announce table to take control prior to an ad break.

Jordan’s comeback began during a picture-in-picture commercial break. Jordan hit an axe kick and a rocker dropper for near falls.

James blocked a superplex and hit a 401K for a near fall.

For the finish, Roxanne Perez rang the ring bell. This distracted James and allowed Jordan to hit a kick and split-legged moonsault for the pin.

This gave Jordan a nice win and furthered the Perez-James issue, but Perez is booked like an obnoxious jerk and not the old school babyface that she was born to play. It’s fascinating.

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Alpha Academy challenged Meta-Four to a six-person mixed tag team match for next week’s episode and said they wanted an answer by the end of the night.

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Video aired from the NXT Anonymous social media account showing Lexis King following Trick Williams prior to Trick being attacked last month. The prime suspects as to who attacked Trick still appear to be King & Carmelo Hayes.

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Andre Chase breaks his silence —

Chase stepped to a podium with Thea Hail, Jacy Jayne, and Duke Hudson beside him. He thanked the investigators for their communication as they investigated Chase U.

Chase said that Chase U was being accused of misappropriating funds to pay gambling debts. Chase said this was true, and he’s taking full responsibility. He said that the scandal is endangering the future of Chase U, but that he is working hard to pay back the debt.

Chase refused to say how much money he owed, but that it was “significant.” He also declined to say who he was in debt to.

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Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match: Bron Breakker defeated Eddy Thorpe

This was at a different level than everything else on the show to this point. Just the crispness and confidence with which these guys run the ropes, their polish, their movement and positioning, everything.

This wasn’t quite a squash as Breakker gave Thorpe a little bit of offense, but it was a showcase for Breakker.

Breakker dominated with his throws, shoulder tackles, and suplexes. Thorpe hit a series of suplexes as he made his comeback, but sold his taped-up ribs in landing each one.

Breakker cut him off with a spear for the pinfall.

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A brawl broke out in the women’s locker room as Roxanne Perez learned that there will be a last chance women’s Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match on next week’s episode. Ava (Simone Johnson) delivered the news to Perez. RIP to The Schism.

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A hype video for Bronson Reed played.

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Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes discussed the Lexis King video from NXT Anonymous and agreed that King is their next collective target.

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NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov defeated Nathan Frazer in a non-title match

This was practically a squash. Dragunov won after hitting three H-Bombs.

Baron Corbin appeared on the video wall after the bout and said that he and Dragunov will go face-to-face next week.

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Hall of Famer McKenzie Mitchell interviewed NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria about her next potential challenger in the winner of the Iron Survivor Challenge.

Fallon Henley interrupted and said she intends to win the Last Chance qualifying match next week.

Tatum Paxley peeked around the corner during Valkyria’s interview and insinuated that she was going to challenge Valkyria.

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A Karmen Petrovic hype video aired. She promised to defeat Arianna Grace. Their match is next.

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Meta-Four accepted Alpha Academy’s mixed tag challenge for next week’s episode in a pre-taped promo.

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Joe Gacy cut a promo from under the ring and said he is ready to unleash on his next enemy, though he may or may not know who that is. This was odd. 

Booker and Vic discussed which of them should go under the ring to see if Gacy was still under the ring. I think they should both go under the ring and stay there. Don’t take the mics with you. Just go. 

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Arianna Grace defeated Karmen Petrovic

This was a wrestling school match that served more as a backdrop for the Gacy angle.

Gacy climbed out from under the ring and stole the bell prior to an ad break.

Grace and Petrovic continued to set the women’s evolution back decades after the commercial. They pulled each other’s hair, then Grace used an eye rake that the referee missed and a fireman’s carry slam for the pin.

There was no bell.

Gacy rang the bell like a maniac from the audience. The crowd loved this.

This Gacy character is no bueno. This show dove off a cliff after Dragunov’s match.

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Wes Lee cut a promo with McKenzie backstage & promised to become the new number one contender to the North American title tonight.

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Lexis King defeated Brooks Jensen

Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams were shown watching this on a backstage monitor.

This was techinically fine. King cut Jensen off. Jensen made a Shawn Michaels comeback complete with an inverted atomic drop and sweet chin music.

Hayes ran in and distracted Jensen and the referee under the guise of trying to distract King, but this could be taken either as Hayes messed up, or Hayes and King are in cahoots.

King hit the Coronation on Jensen for the pin.

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A video package played explaining the Iron Survivor Challenge rules for Deadline, and detailed that there was one spot left in both the men’s and women’s matches. Those spots will be decided in Last Chance fatal four-ways next week.

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Dominik Mysterio joined the commentary desk prior to the number one contender’s match main event, which is up next.

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NXT North American Championship number one contender’s four-way: Wes Lee defeated Bronson Reed, Johnny Gargano & Cameron Grimes

A fun main event with a ton of action. This was well laid-out with spots designed for everyone to have their own showcase moments. Reed was arguably the star of the match even in defeat.

The match began and they immediately went to a picture-in-picture commercial break.

Reed dominated with a delayed vertical suplex, a uranage, and more power offense. The other three teamed up to send Reed outside. Grimes got sent outside and Gargano & Lee shook hands before squaring up.

Reed climbed back in and all three again teamed up. Gargano hit Reed with a low blow and Reed again rolled to the floor. Grimes hit a double tijeras on Gargano & Lee. Lee hit a dive. Grimes hit a dive. Gargano hit three dives on all three of the competitors as the crowd chanted for Johnny Wrestling.

Lee hit meteoras on Grimes and Gargano. Reed cut Lee off as he went for a meteora and hit a DVD for a near fall on Lee. Grimes came off the top with a crossbody on Reed for a near fall.

Gargano went for a satelite DDT on Reed, but Reed blocked. Reed held Gargano in a powerslam position, then Grimes climbed on his back in Samoan drop position, then Lee climbed on Grimes and Reed hit all three with a Samoan drop for a near fall. The crowd went nuts for the triple Samoan drop spot.

The other three teamed up to powerbomb Reed off the second rope out of the corner. Reed rolled outside again as the other three traded strikes in the center of the ring. Lee and Grimes had some miscommunication on a spot. They tred it again and hit it.

Gargano used a submission on Grimes, but Lee broke it up. Reed hit a buckle bomb on Lee and sentons on Gargano and Grimes.

Reed hit a pop-up slam on Lee, throwing him into Grimes and Gargano.

Reed went to the top for Tsunami, but Ivar of the Viking Raiders ran in and attacked Reed. Those two fought off to the back.

Lee hit a crucifix bomb on Grimes for two. Gargano hit a superkick. Grimes hit Cave-In for a near fall on Gargano, then Lee hit Grimes with the Kardiac Kick for the pin.

Lee and Mysterio has a stare-down.

**********

Roxanne Perez & Kiana James brawled in the parking lot as security tried to pull them apart as the show closed.

Next week —

  • Ilja Dragunov & Baron Corbin face-to-face ahead of their NXT Championship match at Deadline
  • Iron Survivor Challenge Last Chance qualifying match: Carmelo Hayes vs. Tyler Bate vs. Joe Coffey vs. Eddy Thorpe
  • Iron Survivor Challenge Last Chance qualifying match: Fallon Henley vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Kiana James vs. Thea Hail
  • Alpha Academy (Chad Gable, Otis & Maxxine Dupri) vs. Meta-Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah & Lash Legend) in a mixed tag match

WWE NXT live results: Two championship matches

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Two championship matches are set to air on tonight’s Thanksgiving week edition of WWE NXT.

In her first title defense, Lyra Valkyria puts the NXT Women’s Championship on the line against Xia Li. Valkyria claimed the title by defeating Becky Lynch at Halloween Havoc four weeks ago. Li is coming off a loss to Lynch on last night’s Raw.

Li confronted Valkyria earlier this month and has her sights set on winning NXT gold.

The Heritage Cup Championship will be defended tonight as main roster star Chad Gable challenges Noam Dar.

Two Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying matches are taking place tonight. Carmelo Hayes will look to secure his NXT Deadline spot as he faces off against Josh Briggs. Blair Davenport clashes with Thea Hail with a place in the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge on the line. This week’s competitors were selected by JBL.

Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo vs. Edris Enofe & Malik Blade has been announced for tonight as well, along with Eddy Thorpe vs. Charlie Dempsey.

There is notable post-production on this show, as Vic Joseph’s voiceovers are clearly different than the commentary recorded live with him and Booker T. 

Ring introductions open the show, as champion and challenger are already in the ring. 

Noam Dar (with Lash Legend, Jakara Jackson & Oro Mensah) vs. Chad Gable (with Maxxine Dupri, Akira Tozawa & Otis) for the Heritage Cup Championship ends in a draw

Heritage Cup goes Broadway on NXT in a great opener. Dar and Gable tie 1-1 after six rounds, thus the match is ruled a draw. Dar retains in that case. Gable had Dar in an ankle lock as time expires in the sixth round, and Dar was tapping out as the bell rings. Still ruled a draw.  

Some good wrestling in the first round, but no falls in round one. Good wrestling continues into the second round, except this time there is a fall. Not clean, though as Dar would go up by one fall after outside interference by Mensah. 

Mensah kicks Gable in the head with under a minute remaining in round two. Dar then delivers his Nova Roller, and he covers Gable for a three count.

Much of the third round happens during a split-screen commercial break. Under 30 seconds in round three as the show returns from the break. They trade near falls after a superplex as the third round winds down. 

Double down as both are on the mat selling, and their corners have to help them up between rounds.

Action intensifies in the fourth round. Some close near falls, and they even tease a count-out. They are trading strikes on their knees as the fourth round ends

Fifth round is all Gable, and he makes short work of Dar to even the score at one fall apiece. Rolling koppo kick by Gable, followed by a series of German suplexes. Gable bridges on a suplex, and Gable evens the score via pinfall.

Legend starts an argument with Dupri between rounds, which distracted Gable. With Gable’s attention diverted, Dar hammers Gable with a cheap shot. 

Gable is rocked with 90 second left in the sixth round. They keep trading near falls as the clock continues to run. With 30 seconds remaining, Gable goes for a moonsault press, and Dar tries to keep his boots up to block the moonsault. Gable counters the counter, and he grabs Dar’s leg to apply an ankle lock.

Gable has the ankle locked in with seconds remaining. Time appears to run out on six round as Gable still applies the hold. Dar taps out as the bell is ringing to end the round. Time had run out, as the official decision is a draw.

Post-match angle that teases something between Otis and Legend. Otis catching Legend after she is slapped by Dupri. Legend sells it with disgust and she freaks out. 

JBL announces his picks for the Iron Survivor qualifier, which takes place later tonight.

WWE has a cross-promotional with the Big 12 Conference for a tie-in at the Big 12 football championship game.

NXT Tag Team Champions The Family are welcomed by their family for a meal. They toast. To be continued…

Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes seem to be on good terms again in a brief locker room skit.

Xia Li attacks NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria before their match even has its ring introductions. Li jumps Valkyria during the champ’s entrance. That delays the women’s title match, as viewers are to wonder if Valkyria is able to defend her title tonight.

Humberto Carillo & Angel Garza defeated Edris Enofe & Malik Blade

 This was supposed to be a standby match, but it is really a showcase for Carillo & Garza. They are getting a renewed push, yet it is still missing something. They could benefit with more character development, as their wrestling itself is great.

Josh Briggs defeated Carmelo Hayes in an Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match

Briggs pins Hayes, and Briggs qualifies for the Iron Survivor. Lexi King runs in at the finish to cause a distraction, leading to the pibfall.

Breakout moment for Briggs. He is given a pep talk before the match, but he does not need it. Briggs is a monster from the outset of the bout. He shows a ton of fire with a more aggressive style. 

Just before a commercial break, Briggs is teases putting Hayes through the announce desk, but Hayes escapes. Hayes goes on to open hand slap Briggs, which enrages Briggs. In a fit of rage, Briggs bounces Hayes on the ropes to set up a lariat. Briggs then flings Hayes over the announce desk as the show cuts away to commercials.

Briggs is working over Hayes as the show returns from commercials. Hope spot dashed as Briggs is fired up again. Hayes eventually makes a comeback, amidst some great action. 

Lexi King runs down in the closing moments, and King jumps on the apron. Hayes levels King with a kick, and King takes a bump off the apron. That moment of distraction allowed Briggs to capitalize. Hayes goes for a springboard, and Briggs wipes him out with a lariat. Briggs then climbs the turnbuckles and leaps off into a moonsault press. Briggs covers Hayes to win and advance to Deadline.

McKenzie Mitchell interviews NXT Women’s Champ Lyra Valkyria, who is holding an ice pack on her shoulder. Mitchell asks Valkyria if the title match for tonight is off. Valkyria rises to her feet and exclaims the bout is still on. 

Von Wagner comes to Mr. Stone’s house for dinner. Wagner brought brownies, but he ate some on the way. Wagner says he wore his best tank top. Wagner bounds with Stone’s kids as Wagner eat dinner with the family. The kids stare at the scars on Wagner’s head, but they still become fast friends. This was supposed to be comedy I guess. 

Wes Lee comes to the ring for a monologue, where he issues a challenge for another title shot against NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio. Out comes Dom to interrupt up, even with no “Mami” to accompany Dom.

Lee and Mysterio bicker back-and-forth for a little bit. Mysterio then tells Lee he is booked in a match next week against three former North American champs. If Lee beats all three former champs in matches, then Lee earns a title shot against Mysterio. Lee of course accepts the challenge and the stips.

Blair Davenport defeated Thea Hail (with Jacy Jayne) in an Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match

Hail did well with Jayne’s support, but Hail failed to capitalize when she was on a roll. Hail was briefly distracted by the Chase U student section and their lack of support. Jayne urges Hail to forget about them, but it was too late. Davenport delivers her knee strike finisher, and Davenport covers Hail for a pinfall. In winning, Davenport qualifies for the Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline.

A video package hypes the NXT Championship match at Deadline. The feature compares the two different lives and lifestyles of NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov and challenger Baron Corbin. The two meet in a title match at Deadline.

Eddy Thorpe defeated Charlie Dempsey (with Drew Gulak & Myles Borne)

The trend of good wrestling continues with this bout. This is such a wrestling-heavy show. 

Thorpe scores a pinfall on Dempsey to win the match, but Thorpe is jumped by Gulak & Borne after the match. Dempsey, Gulak & Borne leave Thorpe laying after the match.

Humberto Carillo & Angel Garza jump The Family in another beatdown. Tony D’Angelo & Stacks are leaving their family dinner when they are attacked by Carillo & Garza. This seems to set up Garza & Carillo challenging for the tag titles at Deadline.

Arianna Grace is the focus of a vignette. 

NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria defeated Xia Li to retain her title

“Stone Cold” Valkyria came back from a supposed injury to win the match and retain the championship.

Valkyria wrestled great for someone that was supposedly injured earlier in the show. She is a house of fire at the outset of the match, but Valkyria is soon cut off by Li. 

Li works over Valkyria through a commercial break. Valkyria eventually makes a comeback, and she has Li in a fireman’s carry when Valkyria drops her into a Michinoku Driver. Valkyria then covers Li for a three count to retain her title.

WWE NXT live results: Chase U defend Tag Team titles

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On NXT tonight, Chase U make their first Tag Team title defense.

Andre Chase & Duke Hudson won the NXT Tag Team titles from Tony D’Angelo & Stacks at NXT Halloween Havoc last month. Tonight, D’Angelo & Stacks get their rematch. The match comes after Chase U received a letter last week informing them that they’re under investigation. 

The road to NXT Deadline continues tonight with two more Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying bouts. This week’s matches were selected by WWE legend Lita. Roxanne Perez faces Lash Legend, while Trick Williams takes on Joe Coffey.

Tiffany Stratton and Dijak have already qualified for the Iron Survivor Challenge matches at Deadline, which is taking place on December 9.

Also tonight, Wes Lee faces off against Baron Corbin. Both wrestlers are aiming to become the next challenger for NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov.

NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria will take part in a Warriors Tea Ceremony with Xia Li tonight. Alpha Academy are also set to appear as Noam Dar’s guests on Supernova Sessions.

The opening video package spoofed an old news reel, while also spoofing the recent controversy with American football coach Jim Harbough. Reporters met Chase U on their way into the building, as Andre Chase appears to be under investigation. 

Chase himself looked disheveled, while Duke Hudson was beaming with school pride. Jacy Jayne wore big sunglasses and a hood. She mostly looked down, as did Thea Hail. The Chase U student section among the studio audience also seemed bummed out. Some students would later walk out during the opening match.

Chase U has to defend the tag titles in tonight’s opener, but they all look as if they would rather be anywhere else. 

The Family (Tony D’Angelo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo) defeated NXT Tag Team Champions Chase U (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson with Jacy Jayne & Thea Hail) to win the titles

Tony D & Stacks recapture the tag titles in an entertaining match. It was far more about the story of the match, rather than the moves. Nevertheless, they still got plenty of high spots in as well.

Chase U were not fairing well from the start, and they were in more trouble as the show cuts to its first commercial break. Just before the break, Tony D hiptosses Stacks over the ropes into a flip dive on Chase & Hudson.

Hudson seemingly had to carry Chase U on his back in this mach. He struggled to make a tag. Hudson finally got close enough to make a tag, but Chase was too distracted with the students walking out on the match. Chase soon thereafter came in after a hot tag.

Chase ran wild briefly, but he was cut off. Meanwhile, the studio audience chants “walkout” during the bout. Hudson does a nifty slingshot German on Stacks. He goes for the same on Tony D, but that end up costing Hudson more. 

Tony D trips up Hudson and rams him into the ring steps. Flying off the apron is Chase with a somersault senton to wipe out the Tony D. Chase is unable to capitalize, and The Family is able to execute the old Power & Glory (Paul Roma & Hercules) finisher on Chase for a near fall. Hudson is able to make a save by breaking the count.

Chase makes a comeback, and he sets for his version of the Garvin Stomp. Where he can complete that, he is distracted by more students walking out. Chase takes the Bada Bing Bada Boom finisher, and Stacks covers Chase for a three count. The Family has regained the tag straps.

It is Lita’s turn to book some matches this week for the Iron Survivor qualifiers. She does a cellphone video where she runs down her matchmaking picks. Lita books Roxanne Perez against Lash Legend. She also books Trick Williams and Joe Coffey in a match on the men’s side.

Meta-Four faced off with Alpha Academy in a Supernova Sessions talk show segment. Noam Darr is hosts Supernova Session alongside Lash Legend, Jakara Jackson and Oro Mensah. The Heritage Cup trophy is in a glass case with a chain criss-crossing it so no one can steal it again. That was silly, which fit the vibe, as this whole segment was beyond silly.

Silly or not, the talk show gimmick sets up a Heritage Cup Championship match for next week with Dar defending against Gable. To start the segment, out comes Alpha Academy — Chad Gable, Otis, Akira Tozawa and Maxxine Dupri. There is some silly banter and bickering, before Dar is goaded into accepting a challenge to put the Cup on the line.

They all play this so over the top. Dar then tries to cheap shot Gable, but Gable ducks. Gable then headbutts Dar, laying him out on a couch that was part of the set. Borrowing some phrasing from Jim Ross, this segment was goofy as a pet raccoon. Really, the whole show has been that way so far. 

Meta-Four would hang around for the next match.

Lash Legend (with Noam Dar, Oro Mensah & Jakara Jackson) defeated Roxanne Perez in an Iron Survivor qualifying match

Legend pinned Perez, after a bunch of outside interference by Jakara Jackson and Kiana James. In winning, Legend qualifies for the Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline. 

Jackson interfered at one point, and the referee ejects her and the rest of Meta-Four from ringside. Apparently, not for long, though. Legend works over Perez, until Perez eventually makes a comeback. Legend cuts her off again, but she is unable to capitalize. 

Suddenly, Jackson appears again despite being ejected earlier on. She distracts the ref while Kiana James runs in to interfere. That costs Perez the match, allowing Legend to hit Perez with a high kick. Legend goes on to do a chokeslam/powerbomb pop-up combo, and she covers Perez for a pinfall.

NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria meets Xia Li for a tea ceremony. The wackiness continues on this show. I liken this to a modern day version of wacky sketch on Tuesday Night Titans. Regardless, the tea ceremony is apparently how Li’s ancestors challenged their rivals. This sets up a title match next Tuesday where Valkyria defends against Li.

McKenzie Mitchell is interviewing Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes. Mitchell is so good in her role. She is the new Mean Gene, maybe even better. 

Mitchell asks them about the elephant in the room, referring to Williams punching Hayes last week. Williams claims the punch was not intentional, and Hayes acts like he is over it. Hayes does say he will be in Williams corner for his match, which is up next.

But before the next bout, Mitchell also interviews Bron Breakker. They are interrupted by Dijak. This seems to set a future match with Dijak opposing Breakker, which could quite possibly include them both being in the Iron Survivor.

Trick Williams (with Carmelo Hayes) defeated Joe Coffey (with Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) in an Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match

Williams pinned Coffey. This was the first match so far that was not wacky. It was far more serious, and the worked. The studio audience seemed very into it. In winning, Williams qualifies for the Iron Survivor at Deadline.

Williams is over huge with the studio audience, and Williams looks strong as the match gets under way. Williams punches both Mark Coffey and Wolfgang at ringside, but that ends up backfiring on Williams. Joe Coffey is able to ambush Williams. 

Williams is in trouble and in peril as the show cuts to a commercial break. Coffey works over Williams, and Coffey grounds Williams with holds. Comeback by Williams, but Gallus again interfere. This time around, Hayes comes to Williams’ aide as Hayes tries to trip up Wolfgang. In doing so, a low bridge is inadvertently created, and Williams goes crashing to the outside.

Hayes is seemingly trying to help Williams back into the ring when Coffey comes flying out through the ropes with a tope. Hayes steps away, leaving Williams to take the brunt of it. Coffey gets a near fall on Williams in the ring with a signature combo. Williams out of nowhere delivers a jumping knee strike, and Coffey is pinned for a three count.

NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov and Wes Lee met in a backstage skit. The wackiness returns. That did not take long, and neither did this skit.

The Brawling Brutes (Ridge Holland & Btuch) vs. OTM (Lucien Price & Bronco Nima with Scrypts)

Butch pinned Nima to win the match. Thankfully, this was another match that was not silly. OTM looked better than ever. It helps to be in the there with some vets. This was arguably the best match so far in the short careers of Price & Nima. Brawling Brutes carried the match, and it was good.

Joe Gacy is still trying to find his purpose, and he cuts a promo about it. Gacy shows he is finally at the Performance Center, and he is on the roof. Not sure where this is going, but I can only hope for a monster truck tug-o-war on the roof like this is Halloween Havoc ’95. 

Gigi Dolan defeated Arianna Grace

Dolan pinned Grace in match that seemed like filler. This match was set up with a locker room skit that featured some terrible acting. 

Grace tries to cheat by putting her feet on the ropes during an attempted pinning combination. The ref caught her in the act, and she was admonished over it. Dolan then executes her finisher on Grace, and Dolan covers Grace for a pinfall.

A pretty good video package told the story of Von Wagner and Mr. Stone, from when they met as both were pictured together in a photograph from their signing day with WWE. After the video package, Mr. Stone invites Wagner to Thanksgiving dinner at Stone’s home. Wagner accepts the invite, but he wants them to hold the asparagus. 

Eddy Thorpe is being interviewed by McKenzie Mitchell when they are interrupted by Drew Gulak and company. Charlie Dempsey threatens to stretch Thorpe in a match. Those two tangle in a bout next week. 

Andre Chase is being hounded by reporters when Jacy Jayne makes a save, and they speed away.

Baron Corbin defeated Wes Lee

Corbin pinned Lee in what was arguably the best match on the show. In some ways, the match did not fit the show as it was not wacky enough. It was mostly serious. Corbin is apparently headed into a title program.

NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio agreed in a skit earlier in the show to have Corbin’s back. Mysterio involvement would then help Corbin win the match. 

Mysterio basically took a bullet for Corbin when Lee leaped over the ropes with a flip dive. Lee then jumps Mysterio, only for Lee to nearly get counted out. Lee barely breaks the count as he rushes back into the ring, where Lee is caught in the clutches of Corbin. Lee takes the End of Days, and Corbin covers Lee for a pinfall. 

Corbin pummels Lee after the bell, which brings out NXT Champ Ilja Dragunov to make a save. Corbin is able to thwart the champ, and Corbin poses over Dragunov with the title belt. 

As Corbin is leaving, Dragunov would crawl over to grab a microphone. Dragunov then vows to defend the title against Corbin at Deadline.

WWE NXT live results: Lyra Valkyria returns

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Lyra Valkyria returns to WWE NXT tonight for her first appearance as Women’s Champion.

At Halloween Havoc night one two weeks ago, Valkyria picked up the biggest victory of her career by defeating Becky Lynch for the NXT Women’s Championship. It was a historic match with two Irish women facing off for a WWE championship for the first time ever.

Lynch, whose NXT run has come to an end, has said that the future is in good hands with Valkyria as champion. We’ll see who emerges as Valkyria’s first challenger.

With NXT Deadline a month away, Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying matches begin tonight. Tiffany Stratton faces off against Fallon Henley in a women’s qualifier. Dijak clashes with Tyler Bate in a men’s qualifier.

A grudge match between Von Wagner and Bron Breakker is also set for the episode.

In tonight’s opening match, Akira Tozawa challenges Noam Dar for the Heritage Cup Championship. Alpha Academy’s Chad Gable & Otis will be appearing on NXT to support Tozawa in his Heritage Cup challenge.

Our live coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Opening the show is a singles championship match.

Noam Dar (with Oro Mensah, Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend) defeated Akira Tozawa (with Chad Gable, Otis & Maxxine Dupri) for the Heritage Cup Championship 

Dar retained his Heritage Cup in a really good bout. In past Heritage Cup matches, there have been seconds in the corners. Tonight they each had an entourage. Meta-Four interfered during the finish.

First round ends with no falls. They did a superplex just before the bells rings to end the round. The entourages bicker with each other between falls. which would come to a head later in the bout.

Dar scores the first fall, after a schoolboy roll-up on Tozawa in the second round. Dar held the trunks, and he got an underhanded three count to go up by one fall. Dar then drops Tozawa with a cheap shot just before the show cuts to a commercial break. 

Third round went the entire split-screen commercial break. Lots of action as time winds down on round three, but neither can capitalize. Round ends just as the break is over.

Round four begins after the show returns from the break. Tozawa does a big flip dive the outside that takes out Mensah at ringside. Dar posts Tozawa, but Dar then kicks the ring post when Tozawa ducks out of the way. Dar is selling his ankle as they roll back in the ring.

Tozawa evens the score, after submitting Dar in round four. Tozawa applies an ankle lock, and Dar taps out. Tozawa is on fire as round five begins, but he is soon cut off by Dar.

Tozawa thwarts interference by Mensah, but that serves as a distraction. The referee is distracted with Mensah, and the ref does not see Legend pull Dar out of harm’s way as Tozawa is going for a senton. Tozawa crashes and burns. Dar then delivers his shining wizard finisher, and Dar scores the deciding pinfall in the fifth round.

Mensah argues with Dupri after the match, and she slaps him. Gable then gives Mensah a German suplex, and Otis does a splash on Mensah. 

The announcers, Vic Joseph and Booker T, plug tickets being on sale for NXT Deadline in Bridgeport, CT. Featured on that is show is a gimmick match called the Iron Survivor Challenge. 

The announce team then throws to a clip of Mick Foley, who is a booking qualifying matches on tonight’s card. Foley’s picks include Tiffany Stratton facing Fallon Henley in the women’s qualifier, and a men’s qualifying matches with Tyler Bate against Dijak. 

New NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria enters the sound stage for her first monologue since winning the title.  Pretty decent promo by Valkyria as she puts over the former champ (Becky Lynch), and Valkyria also compliments the live studio audience. 

Xia Li, from the Raw roster, comes down to ringside through the crowd. Valkryia tells security to let Li into the ringside area. Xia Li attacked Becky Lynch last night on Raw, and the now Li is back in NXT to confront Valkyria.

Li warns Valkyria that she is here to take her title. A security geek tries to push Li back, and he eats a superkick from Li. He goes down like fallen timber. Valkyria and Li get face to face as the segment ends.

Tyler Bate cuts a promo ahead of his qualifying match later tonight against Dijak.

Alpha Academy is coming back to NXT next week as guest on Noam Dar’s Supernova Sessions. A backstage skit also sets up Drew Gulak against Otis for later on.

A referee coming out of Shawn Michaels’ office says Michaels instructed the ref to use his discretion in the match tonight with Von Wagner against Bron Breakker. 

Ava is seen in the background going to Michael’s office as the referee is being interviewed.  

Tiffany Stratton defeated Fallon Henley in an Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match 

Stratton is the first to qualify, after pinning Henley in a pretty decent match. 

Henley looked strong in the first half of the match. She stands tall before the show cuts to a commercial break. Henley worked over Stratton’s leg with a half crab, and Stratton would soon turn the tide and work over Henley’s leg.

Henley takes a wild bump after the the match, when Stratton dumps Henley out of the ring through the ropes. Henley takes a nasty bump on the floor. It got a “holy s**t” chant from the studio audience, but the bump was unnecessary. Geez, this is supposed to be a work.

After Henley takes that ugly bump, Stratton smacks Henley’s leg on the ring post. Stratton works the leg for a short time, until Henley makes a comeback. 

Stratton goes for moonsault finisher, but no water in the pool. She rolls through, only to be rolled up Stratton for a near fall. Stratton then targets Henley’s injured leg with a chop block. Henley’s knee buckles, and Stratton executes her “Prettiest Moonsault Ever.” Stratton goes on to cover Henley for a pinfall.

McKenzie Mitchell interviews a returning Wes Lee. They are interrupted by Baron Corbin, who insults Lee. This sets up a match between Corbin and Lee. 

Dijak cuts a promo ahead of his match tonight against Tyler Bate.

Bron Breakker defeated Von Wagner (with Mr. Stone) 

Breakker pinned Wagner to win the match, but Wagner powerbombs Breakker on the announce desk after the match is over.

Gorilla Monsoon would have likely referred to this as the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object. Vinny V might call it a “hoss fight.” It was definitely a grudge match. 

Breakker was the aggressor early on, and he applied a Steiner Recliner. Wagner escapes the hold, and Wagner hulks up.  Wagner with a spear for a near fall.

The fight spilled outside the ring. Wagner teases giving Breakker a powerbomb on the announce desk, but Breakker counters. Breakker sends Wagner crashing into the ring steps. Mr. Stone gets involved, and Breakker gives Wagner a low blow.

Breakker lifts Stone in a military press, but Wagner makes a save. Wagner is checking on Stone when Breakker delivers a spear to Wagner on the floor. Breakker does a second spear in the ring, and Breakker hooks a leg to cover Wagner for a three count. 

After the match, Stone hits Breakker with a metal folding chair. Breakker stalks Stone and grabs him by the throat. Wagner steps in to again save Stone. Wagner then powerbombs Breakker through the announce desk. They play up Wagner doing it like it meant more than losing the match. Wagner and Stone hug after the table spot.

Carmelo Hayes denies attacking Trick Williams in the Tonya Harding incident from a few weeks ago.

Brawling Brutes — Ridge Holland & Butch — are featured in a vignette. This was part of a build to match against OTM next week on NXT.

Roxanne Perez & Kelani Jordan defeated Lola Vice & Elektra Lopez 

This tag bout was set early in the show during a badly acted locker room skit. Arianna Grace comes out during her Miss NXT gimmick, and she wished both teams luck. She then watched the match from a chair set up in the aisle. 

Perez carried the load for her team, but Jordan still did well for herself. Hot tag to Jordan, and she runs wild. Perez executes Pop Rocks on Lopez, and Perez takes out Vice with a tope suicida. Jordan botches her finisher at first, but ultimately she springboards into a split-legged moonsault. Jordan then scores a three count on Lopez. 

Arianna Grace interrupts the post-match celebration by trying to take over the ring announcing duties. For her trouble, Grace is blindsided by Karmen Petrovic in a sneak attack. Petrovic shouts out Grace to shut up. 

Not sure is Petrovic was supposed to be a babyface of a heel, but shutting up Grace is a babyface move in the context of this show. 

Joe Gacy gives a creepy warning in a pre-taped promo. It was better than his cult leader stuff, but not by much. Regardless, Gacy has good delivery and plays his character well. He just needs a better character, so at least he is getting a makeover.

WWE Champion Ilja Dragunov cuts a promo on Baron Corbin, which is the next title program for better or worse. 

Otis (with Chad Gable, Akira Tozawa & Maxxine Dupri) vs. Drew Gulak (with Charlie Dempsey, Damon Kemp & Myles Borne)

Otis pinned Gulak after a powerbomb. Good TV match that looked much more like something on the main roster than NXT. This bout was set up with a backstage skit earlier in the show.

Kiana James and Tiffany Stratton brag on each other while burying everybody else, but they are very catty with each other.

Jacy Jayne intercepts a package from Tony D’s Family meant for Andre Chase. Jayne is caught by Chase snooping in the envelope. Jayne now knows something the rest of Chase U does not, but she keeps it a secret for now.

Dijak defeated Tyler Bate in an Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match

Dijak pinned Bate to become the first qualifier for the men’s Iron Survivor.

Good match. They played on the size difference at times, but that was not the story of the match. Back-and-forth action and they traded several near falls. 

Bate eventually falls victim to a Feast Your Eyes. Bate was able to counter the first attempt at Dijak’s finisher. Moments later, Bate leaps off the ropes into the arms of Dijak. That set up the Feast Your Eyes, and Dijak covered Bate for a pinfall. 

The main event segment is a face-to-face confrontation between Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes. They would be interrupted by Lexis King.

Before the interruption, Hayes starts by trying to plead his case. Williams rebuffed Hayes’ reasoning, as Williams relays he wants Hayes to be there for him like he was there for Hayes.

Hayes insists he had Williams’ back, but Williams asks Hayes where Hayes was when Williams needed him. Williams goes on to say he does not know who attacked him, but the first voice Williams heard afterwards was Hayes’ voice. Hayes ponders that, and asks again if Williams never say his attacker. They would then soon have an interruption.

Williams eventually flat out asks Hayes if Hayes was the unknown attacker. Hayes was just about to answer when Lexis King interrupts. King looked like a modern version of Van Hammer, which I assume is not the desired look. But maybe it is. 

King barges into the ring and gets between Hayes and Williams. King hints that he might be the unknown attacker. King then goads Williams into an act of violence.

Williams goes to seemingly punch King, but Williams instead punches Hayes. After being decked by Williams, Hayes sells big.

Williams to offers Hayes a hand up, but Hayes at first slaps away Williams’ hand. After a second offer, Hayes accepts Williams’ help up. They embrace, but Hayes has an angry look on his face as the show goes off the air.

WWE NXT live results: Halloween Havoc week one

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Halloween Havoc 2023 kicks off on NXT tonight.

For the first time ever, Halloween Havoc is a two-week special. Night one will see Becky Lynch defend her NXT Women’s Championship against Lyra Valkyria. Lynch is coming off a title defense against Indi Hartwell on Raw. Lynch has successfully retained the title four times since becoming champion.

The NXT Tag Team titles will also be on the line in a match between Tony D’Angelo & Stacks and Chase U’s Andre Chase & Duke Hudson. Chase U earned the title shot by winning a Bada Bing Bada Boom battle royal last week.

Two Halloween-themed stipulation matches are set for tonight. Gigi Dolin and Blair Davenport will settle their rivalry in a Lights Out match. Roxanne Perez and Kiana James are facing off in a Devil’s Playground match.

We’ll get our first look at Lexis King (Brian Pillman Jr.) in a WWE ring. He’s making his NXT in-ring debut on the episode.

Tonight’s show airs live on USA Network starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

The band New Years Day kicked off the show with their song ‘Vampyre.’

Scarlett & Shotzi welcomed us to the Halloween Havoc. Shotzi was dressed as Pinhead from Hellraiser. Scarlett was dressed as Marie Antoinette, I think.

Vic Joseph & Booker T* previewed the card before throwing it to the ring for the first match.

*One of the all-time terrible commentary teams 

Devil’s Playground match: Roxanne Perez defeated Kiana James

Roxanne got some shine early with a variety of pinning combinations including a sunset flip off the steps onto the floor for a near fall. Kiana cut Roxanne off with a laptop shot and took control heading into a picture-in-picture commercial break.

A variety of weapons were used including a chain, a garbage can, a swing set, a sliding board, a see-saw, a picket fence.

Roxanne missed a side Russian leg sweep off the barricade. Kiana missed a moonsault off the barricade. Roxanne hit Kiana with Kiana’s loaded purse and followed up with Pop Rocks onto the loaded purse for the pin.

Roxanne is indeed a prodigy, and Kiana has nights where she looks like a good wrestler and nights where she looks lost. This was overly choreographed, but a fine opener where they spent almost the entirety of the bout on the floor.

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Carmelo Hayes interview

Vic Joseph held a sit-down interview with Carmelo backstage. He asked if Carmelo attacked Trick Williams. Carmelo asked if this was an interrogation.

Carmelo said if he would have had to go through Trick to win that four-way last week for a title shot, he would have. He said his motivation is not just the NXT title, but the title of “Him,” and how can he be “Him” without the NXT title.

Carmelo said “Justice for Trick” and walked off the set while Vic tried to ask more questions and was ignored.

Much more of a heelish edge to Carmelo here than anytime recently, obviously. This was not a good promo.

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Meta-Four were backstage with Shotzi & Scarlett. Akira Tozawa stole the Heritage Cup while Meta-Four argued with one another about a ouija board.

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Lexis King’s in-ring debut: Lexis King defeated Dante Chen

King entered on a throne. He said “Brian Pillman is dead, long live Lexis King.”

They had a simple and short match that King won with a draping, spinning neckbreaker after a superkick.

“My way, my life,” King said after the match.

Lexis King sounds like the name of a credit bureau. Nothing about this did King any favors.

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Chase U backstage segment

Chase U were backstage preparing for their Tag Team title match. Thea Hail promised not to throw in the towel. The Family came in to wish Andre Chase & Duke Hudson luck.

NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament semifinals: Kelani Jordan defeated Arianna Grace

Jordan won after an impressive legdrop and a split-legged moonsault.

As with all the matches in this Breakout Tournament so far, they kept it simple and did well.

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Mr. Stone & Von Wagner segment

Mr. Stone & Von Wagner had a heart-to-heart at the physical therapy facility. Stone said he’s going to avenge his friend next week as he tries to land one punch or one slap against Bron Breakker. Wagner said “we’re friends?” Stone said “yes, we’re friends.”

Wagner said he’s still not feeling up to cornering Stone next week.

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Shotzi & Scarlett welcomed us back from commercial in new costumes. They plugged their YouTube show.

The Creeds & Ivy Nile interrupted and wanted a match against Angel & Humberto. Shotzi said they should spin the wheel to decide what kind of match they should have.

Next week The Creeds will face Angel & Humberto in a Tables, Ladders & Scares match.

Shotzi was Edward Scissorhands, Scarlett was apparently a vampire, but just looked like a lingerie model to me.

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NXT Tag Team Championship match: Chase U’s Andre Chase & Duke Hudson (w/Thea Hail & Jacy Jayne) defeated Tony D’Angelo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo to win the titles

Stacks hit an impressive dive onto Chase & Hudson as they went to a commercial break early in the bout.

Back from break, Stacks missed an elbow drop to allow Chase to tag Hudson and switch the momentum. Hudson hit a boss man slam for a near fall.

Stacks escaped a Fratliner and managed a tag to Tony D. Stacks & Tony D reestablished the advantage as they cut Chase off in their half of the ring. Stacks & Tony D did their version of the Power & Glory superplex spot for a near fall with Hudson breaking up the pinfall attempt on Chase.

Stacks & Hudson fought to the floor. Jayne tried to pass a foreign object to Chase, but he refused to use it. Chase sent Tony D into the ropes and bumped Jayne off the apron, then caught Tony D in a pinning combination to win the titles.

Jayne & Hail celebrated with Hudson & Chase in the ring as the Chase U student section went crazy.

Stacks & Tony D are good & Chase U is a fun act, God bless everyone involved.

Nathan Frazer’s Hard Hitting Home Truths

Frazer said he was going to beat Dominik Mysterio for the North American title next week if Mami let Dom take his balls out of her purse. Frazer said last year’s Halloween Havoc was a bad night for him but he’s back stronger and faster than ever. 

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A video package aired with Irish fans weighing in on social media regarding the all-Irish main event on tonight’s show.

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Baron Corbin promo

McKenzie Mitchell interviewed Baron backstage. She asked if he attacked Trick Williams last week, which Corbin denied. Corbin said he came this close to earning a shot at the NXT Championship last week.

A good promo.

Lights Out match: Blair Davenport defeated Gigi Dolin

The crowd chanted for tables. Davenport teased setting one up, but then denied the fans.

The big spot of the match was Davenport hitting a falcon arrow off the announce desk through another table to set up the pinfall victory.

They had a decent weapons brawl with straps, chairs, tables, etc.

Ilja Dragunov sit-down interview

Vic interviewed Ilja backstage. He said Carmelo is a desperate man and not focused enough to regain his title next week. Ilja said the intangibles will be the difference in their match.

Carmelo was shown watching the interview on a monitor. Scarlett & Shotzi approached dressed as the twins from The Shining & said that all signs point to him being Trick’s attacker last week. Carmelo said they should go bother somebody else.

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Tiffany Stratton & Fallon Henley promo

Sarah Schreiber interviewed Tiffany. Tiffany said said she likes Sarah better than McKenzie already. Fallon Henley interrupted dressed as Tiffany for Halloween and did a pitch-perfect Tiffany impression. The two brawled, likely setting up a match for next week.

NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament semifinals: Lola Vice defeated Karmen Petrovic

They exchanged the advantage with a series of kicks early. They did a lengthy sequence of irish whip reversal spots that led to Vice being sent to the floor. Petrovic hit a nice dive to the floor.

Immediately off the dive, they got back in the ring and Vice hit a high kick for the pin.

The finish came out of nowhere. Both competitors have good strikes. Booker T said that Lola is spicy and you want to put that spice on everything.

Chase U celebration

Andre, Duke, Thea, and Jacy were celebrating their victory backstage when Chelsea Green & Piper Niven interrupted in costume. Thea & Jacy said they were going to ask Shawn Michaels for a Tag Team title shot against Chelsea & Piper.

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Lyra & Becky were shown backstage as they prepared for the main event, which is next.

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Meta-Four segment

Meta-Four were complaining to a security guard that they didn’t have video surveillance to determine who stole the Heritage Cup. Lash Legend showed Noam Dar a photo of Tozawa with the Heritage Cup and Dar freaked out.

Carmelo Hayes & Bron Breakker backstage

Bron said he and Melo would be fighting for the top spot in the industry for decades. Bron said that whether or not Carmelo attacked Trick, he did what he had to do. He said that once he puts away Mr. Stone & Carmelo beats Ilja next week, they can get back to their rivalry.

Jade Cargill arrives

Cargill made a grand entrance to watch the main event from a platform in the arena.

NXT Women’s Champonship: Lyra Valkyria defeated Becky Lynch to win the title

There were loud dueling chants.

They went 50/50 to establish Valkyria as a credible challenger. Becky used her matrix escape from a pinfall attempt, then Lyra did the same. They hit simultaneous crossbodies into a double down.

Becky blocked one northern lights suplex attempt, but Lyra continued to fight for it and finally hit one. Becky countered with a Bexploder. Becky teased a leg slice off the ropes, but Lyra escaped. Lyra avoided a baseball slide and hit a dropkick through the ropes to the apron with Lynch on the floor.

Lyra hit the leg slice that Becky teased earlier for a two count. Lyra avoided the Manhandle Slam and hit a missile dropkick for another near fall. Lyra avoided a Disarm Her. Becky used sliced bread out of the corner for a near fall of her own.

Lyra again avoided the Manhandle and they traded cradles. Becky got an armbar applied, but Lyra escaped and stacked Becky up for two.

Lyra hit a fisherman’s suplex for two. Lyra went to the top rope and missed a splash. Becky got the Disarm Her, but Lyra reached the ropes to force a break.

Lyra hit a sit-out powerbomb out of the corner for two, then went back to the top rope. Becky cut her off and hit a superplex into a DDT for another two count.

Lyra fought out of a powerbomb attempt out of the corner and hit a spinning high kick for a near fall.
Becky blocked a kick and turned it into a Manhandle Slam, but Lyra kicked out at two.

Lyra escaped another Manhandle Slam and trapped Becky’s shoulders for the pin and the upset victory.

The two hugged and Becky raised Lyra’s arm, then left the ring to Lyra to celebrate her title win.

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I’m going to miss Becky having great title matches on the show every other week if this is the end of her NXT run, but this was another in a series of classics that she put on as NXT Women’s Champion.

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Next week —

  • NXT Championship: Ilja Dragunov defends against Carmelo Hayes
  • NXT North American Championship: Dominik Mysterio defends against Nathan Frazer
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Chelsea Green & Piper Niven defend against Thea Hail & Jacy Jayne
  • Tables, ladders & scares match: Creed Brothers vs. Angel Garza & Humberto Carillo
  • Women’s Breakout Tournament finals: Kelani Jordan vs. Lola Vice
  • Bron Breakker vs. Mr. Stone
  • Tiffany Stratton vs. Fallon Henley

WWE NXT live results: Triple threat contender’s match

Posted on by Chris Aiken

After a huge episode last week, tonight’s NXT will set the stage for Halloween Havoc.

Halloween Havoc is a two-week event taking place on October 24 and October 31. Tonight, we’ll find out Ilja Dragunov’s NXT Championship challenger for Havoc. Carmelo Hayes, Baron Corbin, and Dijak are facing off in a triple threat number one contender’s match.

Dragunov won the NXT Championship from Hayes at No Mercy.

A “Bada Bing Bada Boom Battle Royal” on tonight’s show determines which team will challenge Tony D’Angelo & Stacks for the NXT Tag Team titles at Halloween Havoc.

NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch is defending her title against Lyra Valkyria at Halloween Havoc week one. Valkyria faces Tegan Nox one-on-one tonight.

Nathan Fraizer looks to be the next challenger for NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio after the two got into an altercation after Raw.

Last Tuesday, Cody Rhodes served as the special guest general manager of NXT. Rhodes has teased that he made one final decision as guest GM last week that will be revealed tonight.

Opening the show is the 10-team battle royal. The Creed Brothers get an entrance, but few others do. NXT Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo are on perch overlooking the ring. The tag champs are seated at a table eating a pasta dish, while they watch the gimmick match that will determine their next challengers.

Chase U (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson) win the Bada Bing Bada Boom Battle Royal to become number one contenders

Chase U found themselves as one of the final two teams in the battle royal, setting up an immediate tag team match against Humberto Carillo & Angel Garza. Chase & Hudson go on to win the tag bout, after interference by the Creed Brothers.

If you have seen a battle royal, you have seen much of the early portion. Battle royal spots galore, with a few stories woven into the match. For example, the Creeds eliminated Gallus, which plays off a previous rivalry. The finish itself sets up the Creeds against Carillo & Garza as an upcoming program.

Another future match set up is Butch & Ridge Holland against Bronco Nima & Lucien Price. All four were tied up in a wad when Scyrpts jumped on top of the pile. Everybody went tumbling over the ropes, eliminated both teams. They all brawl at ringside as the match continues in the ring.

That left three teams remaining in the ring. Julius Creed dumped Humberto Carillo over the ropes, eliminating Carillo & Angel Garza. Or so it seemed. The referees apparently missed the elimination, as the refs were all busy trying to stop the brawl at ringside. Garza & Carillo rush back in and throw out the Creeds. The refs actually see that elimination, and the Creeds are out. 

The final two teams came down to the Chase & Hudson against Garza & Carillo. With two teams remaining, now the match becomes a traditional tag match. Out comes Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne with pom poms, acting as cheerleaders for Chase U. 

The tag bout goes through a commercial break, and Carillo & Garza are in control after the break. They work over Chase, and Hudson is also knocked off the apron. When Chase finally creates some separation, Hudson is not there for the tag, as Hudson is still selling on the floor. Hudson would eventually get back in the corner for a hot tag.

Hudson cleans house after the hot tag. Hudson is on fire. Chase recovers and joins in the fun, while flying back into the ring with a high cross. Chase is on a roll, but Hudson is given a DDT on the floor. Chase fights on, but he is now outnumbered by the other two.

The Creed Brothers run down to ringside. Brutus Creed distracts the referee while Julius Creed interferes in the match. Julius pulls Carillo out of the ring. That allows Chase to cradle Garza for a pinfall. Chase U is victorious. They go on to challenge the tag champs at Halloween Havoc.

Blair Davenport challenges Gigi Dolan to a match at Halloween Havoc.

Lexis King is the focus of another vignette. He talked about how wrestlers in the locker room would tell him they loved his father Brian Pillman. King said he lied to them, saying he loved his father too. King in reality doubts he love him. King says he is no one’s shadow. This is the start of his career, not the continuation of someone else’s career. King vows to make his name bigger than his father. King debuts next week.

Triple threat match becomes a fatal four way … or so it seems

Carmelo Hayes, in street clothes and a leather jacket, comes to ring for a monologue. Hardly anyone ever gets to finish an in-ring monologue in NXT, so Hayes faces several interruptions. Hayes is bragging about him being in the ring last week with John Cena and Undertaker. Hayes is supposed to be a babyface, but there is a subtle heel element in the way he brags. 

Baron Corbin, also wearing a leather jacket, interrupts Hayes. Corbin accuses Hayes of being a fanboy. They bicker about it, with Corbin basically accusing Hayes of marking out for the legends. Their bickering is interrupted by Dijak, which leads to even more bickering.

Dijak storms the ring, and he too is wearing a leather jacket. Dijak bickers with Hayes and Corbin. Suddenly, NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov appears on the Titantron, and he announces the triple threat match set for later in now a fatal four way. Dragunov then reveals the fourth possible contender.

Out comes Trick Williams, and Hayes is in shock. He is shook. His associate is now going against him in a number one contender’s fatal four way. Williams comes out wearing a letterman jacket. Although it was not completely leather, it does have leather sleeves. Join the meeting of the leather. Williams jacket was way too small for him, though.

Dijak and Corbin try to pit Williams and Hayes against each other. Williams is accused of stabbing Hayes in the back. Corbin jumps Williams, and Dijak jumps Hayes. Williams and Hayes throw the other two out of the ring. There is a tease Hayes will turn on Williams, but they instead embrace in a united front. 

After all this, turns out the fatal four way would become a triple threat again. In a swerve after a Tonya Harding angle later on, Williams would be taken out of the match by an unknown assailant.

Tiffany Stratton and Fallon Henley have words in a locker room skit

Karmen Petrovic defeated Jaida Parker in a first round match of the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament 

Petrovic submitted Parker to win the match. Petrovic advances to the next round, where Petrovic meets Lola Vice. 

In an in-set promo, Petrovic says she is bringing her 23 years of combat experience along with her 3rd degree black belt. Petrovic also had a sword for her entrance.

They tried, but the match probably went too long. Arguably, they are probably not ready for a live match on national television. Both still show a lot of promise.

In a locker room skit, Natalya surprised Tegan Nox. Nattie will be in Nox’s corner for her match tonight, just like Nox had Natte’s back last night on Raw.

Lyra Valkyria defeated Tegan Nox (with Natalya) 

Valkyria pinned Nox to win the match. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green & Piper Niven came down to ringside just before the finish. This was a much better match than the previous women’s bout. Levels above even.

The match goes through a commercial break. When Green & Niven come down to ringside, Nox leaves the ring to briefly argue with them alongside Nattie. Nox then gets back into the ring, and she runs through some spots before Valkyria hits her with a spin kick. Valkyria then covers Nox for a pinfall. 

In a post-match promo, Valkyria cuts a promo on NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch. Valkyria is clearly the next contender for the title. Lynch appears on the video screen, and Lynch responds to Valkyria. Great promo by Lynch. She welcomes Valkyria to “the big time.” They meet next week in the main event of the first week of Halloween Havoc.

Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes bicker in a locker room skit, but they make some amends. However, there is tension heading in their match tonight.

An announcement plugged ticket going on sale for Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. I could not think of a worse time to visit the Middle East than right now. 

Gigi Dolan responds to Davenport’s challenge from earlier. Dolan ups the stakes, making it a “Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal.” Dolan then spins the wheel and makes the deal. The wheel stops on a “light out match,” thus setting up a gimmick match for Halloween Havoc.

Von Wagner is focus of a vignette showing him doing physical therapy. Wagner in storyline is recovering from the injury angle weeks ago. Mr. Stone was helping to motivate a depressed Wagner. 

Kiana James, who has a new entrance routine, enters the soundstage for a grudge match set up last week. 

Shotzi defeated Kiana James

Shotzi pinned James, thanks in part to interference by Roxanne Perez.

The match runs through a commercial break. There was a wacky DDT spot on the apron, and thankfully no one was injured doing it. 

Just before they go home, Roxanne Perez appears at ringside. She goes over to James’ loaded bag. Perez pulls out a brick from the bag, but Perez puts drops the brick back into the bag as James snatches the bag away. 

Perez is on the apron arguing with the referee about the loaded bag. Shotzi takes the bag away from James, and Shotzi waffles James with the bag. Shotzi then does an Eddy Guerrero spot where she tosses the loaded bag to James, and Shotzi takes a phantom bump. The ref turns around to see James holding the bag, and the ref has a tug-o-war over the bag with the ref. 

The ref takes the bag away, and James then runs shoulder first in the ring post. Shotzi leaps off the top rope with a back senton, and Shotzi covers James for a three count.

Akira Tozawa is in a wacky skit with Oro Mensah and Lash Legend, who are the phone with Noam Dar. Jakara Jackson is out with an injury, and Dar is taking care of her. Meanwhile, Tozawa wants it known he is looking for Dar.

Next up is a Tonya Harding angle. Trick Williams was ambushed, and he is down selling his knee like Nancy Kerrigan. Carmelo Hayes is there to check on Williams, and Hayes acts like he is super concerned, but he supposedly does not know who jumped Williams. 

Reporter Kelly Kincaid offers an update after a commercial break. Williams was taken to a local hospital, and he is out of the main event. The fatal four way is now once again a triple threat match.

McKenzie Mitchell interviews NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio. Nathan Frazier interrupts and starts a brawl with Dom. They brawl around the backstage area. They brawl their way on the set and into the ring. Frazier is getting the better of Dom, and Frazier sets up for Phoenix Splash. Rhea Ripley runs down and pulls Dom out of the ring, as “Mami” saves her man. 

A skit with Shotzi and Roxanne Perez sets up another Spin the Wheel gimmick. Perez spins the wheel, and it stops on “Devil’s playground match.” That stip is added to the grudge match at Halloween Havoc between Perez and Kiana James.

Arianna Grace, dressed like she won a beauty pageant, cuts a promo in the ring. Grace, wearing a sash that reads “MISS NXT,” talks about Jakara Jackson being injured. Grace wants to “gracefully” accept her bye in the tournament now that Jackson is out. The bookers have other ideas.

Arianna Grace defeated Brinley Reece in first round match of the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament 

Grace cheated with an eye rake just before the finish. Grace then suplexed Reece, and she pinned her to advance. Grace now moves on the semifinals, where Grace meets Kelani Jordan next week at Halloween Havoc. 

McKenzie Mitchell interviews Bron Breakker, and Mr. Stone walks in to interrupt Breakker. Stone cuts a promo on Breakker over Von Wagner’s condition. Breakker laughs at Stone, and that angers Stone even more. 

Breakker dares Stone to do something about it. Stone blurts out a challenge for a singles match at Halloween Havoc. Breakker accepts the challenge, and Breakker threatens to put Stone in the hospital. So, it’s Stone against Breakker at Halloween Havoc.

Carmelo Hayes defeated Dijak and Baron Corbin in a number one contender’s triple threat match

Hayes pinned Dijak to win the match. Good match, and easily the best bout on tonight’s card. 

The early portion of the bout is Hayes basically having a handicap mach against the two larger men. Dijak and Corbin eventually tangle with each other. Hayes still attacks them both like he is a David facing two Goliaths. 

After a commercial break, the match is more typical of a triple threat, with more fighting among all three. Several near falls along the way, as they run through a bunch of high spots.

Hayes teases his finisher, but Corbin pulls Hayes down off the top rope. Corbin gives Hayes a Spicolli Driver on the floor. Even more near falls as they get back in the ring, and several were really good near falls. They build to a Tower of Doom, in which Corbin does an avalanche German on Dijak while Hayes powerbombs Corbin.

Closing moments were great, as Dijak went for Feast Your Eyes. Corbin counters to deliver End of Days on Dijak. Before Corbin can capitalize, Hayes leaps in for Nothing But Net on Corbin. Hayes then covers Dijak and hooks a leg for the deciding pinfall. 

Hayes becomes number one contender, and he goes on to face Dragunov in a title match in the main event at Halloween Havoc in two week’s time.

Lyra Valkyria is seen watching the match from a monitor in a locker room. Valkyria takes a picture down from her locker of her with Becky Lynch. Valkyria rips up the picture, and Valkyria vows to win the women’s title next week.

Jade Cargill then appears on the screen, and Cargill points to her wristwatch as the show comes to a close. Her time is soon.

WWE NXT live results: John Cena, Paul Heyman, Cody Rhodes, Asuka appear

Posted on by Chris Aiken

A loaded-up edition of WWE NXT takes place tonight.

With the show going head-to-head against AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday, WWE has announced a stacked card for tonight’s NXT. It includes appearances by John Cena, Paul Heyman, Cody Rhodes, and Asuka. It’s also been teased that The Undertaker will be showing up tonight.

Cena and Heyman will be in opposite corners for a match between Carmelo Hayes and Bron Breakker. Cena will be in Hayes’ corner, while Breakker will have Heyman by his side.

Rhodes is set to make a “special announcement” when he appears tonight.

Asuka will be in action on the show, taking on Roxanne Perez. It’s Asuka’s first NXT match in four years.

Butch, Ridge Holland & Tyler Bate vs. Gallus in a Pub Rules match has also been announced.

The first 30 minutes of tonight’s show is airing commercial-free. Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Opening the show is the entrance of Cody Rhodes. Wearing a suit and tie, Rhodes enters the soundstage at the Performance Center in Orlando. The live studio audience sings along to his theme song. 

Rhodes began his monologue by addressing the audience, doing his line where he asks what we want to talk about. He goes on to say he never thought he would be in a NXT ring, but here he is. 

Cody moves on to his announcement, or rather announcements — plural. Rhodes talks about tournaments in NXT, which leads to him referring to the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. The studio audience chants “DUSTY” at Cody, just before Cody announces the Dusty Classic is coming back.

Rhodes has one other announcement. Shawn Michaels made Rhodes the guest general manager. Vic Joseph on commentary says Rhodes now has “the pencil,” which is an insider term for being the booker.

Out comes NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov to join Cody in the ring. Dragunov apologizes for interrupting Rhodes, but Dragunov wanted to welcome Rhodes to NXT. Dragunov puts over Rhodes, and Dragunov basically says he wants to be like Rhodes. 

Interrupting them is WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio. Dom cuts a promo putting himself over while he is heavily booed by the studio audience. Dom insults Dragunov, and Mysterio says he is “the one true” champion. Mysterio then insults Cody. Bad idea to insult the booker.

Dragunov responds by saying his father worked in prison, so he knows how to “turn a barking dog into a sweet little puppy.” Rhodes whispers something in Dragunov’s ear, just before Dom challenges Dragunov to a NXT title match tonight.

Rhodes says what he is hearing is Dom does not want to put his own title on the line. That comment led to Ripley interjecting to say Dom has carried WWE on his back for the past year. Dragunov cut off Ripley, and Dragunov accepts the challenge to a NXT Championship match. Rhodes make it official, and the match is set for later on. 

But Rhodes is not done yet, as he also has one last impromptu announcement. Rhodes adds LA Knight as the guest referee tonight in the NXT title match, to counteract Judgment Day.

Kelly Kincaid is backstage as a roving reporter. She reports those in the NXT women’s locker room have all gathered around the monitor to watch the next match.

Shotzi Blackheart joins Booker T and Vic Joseph at the announce desk for guest commentary on the next bout. Blackheart announces she is set to return as the host for Halloween Havoc, and Scarlett is also joining Blackheart as a co-host.

Asuka defeated Roxanne Perez

Asuke pinned Perez in a good TV match. Perez got to shine at times. She was going for a cradle when Asuka trapped her in the Asuka Lock. Perez rises to her feet, and she escapes the submission hold. However, Perez is hit with some kicks. Asuks measure for one final kick, and that drops Perez. Asuka then covered Perez for a pinfall.

In a show of respect, Asuka bows to Perez before leaving the ring. Perez is then jumped by Kiana James in a sneak attack from behind. Blackheart leaves the announce desk to make the save. Blackheart sends James packing, and Blackheart checks on Perez.

Butch, Tyler Bate & Ridge Holland defeated Gallus (Mark Coffey, Wolfgang & Joe Coffey) in a “Pub Rules” six-man tag team match

Bate pinned Joe Coffey, after Coffey took a Shield powerbomb through a table. Wild brawling throughout with plenty of weapons. The babyface team wrestled in their usual ring gear, while Gallus dressed in jeans and t-shirts like this was a bunkhouse match. Gallus also taped their fists.

This was basically what used to be called a “hardcore match,” where weapons are littered around the ring for no good reason other than to be used in combat. 

For the “pub” part, there was a table set up on whiskey barrels like a bar. Gallus all three lift Butch and put him through the table, just before the show cuts to its first commercial break.

They fight through a split-screen break, and the show returns to full screen with a standoff. That led into a slugfest. The babyface trio all do the Sheamus forearm spot to Gallus. Less weapons are used when the show returns from the break. 

Wolfgang goes for a flip dive over the ropes, and he hits his back hard on the apron. The babyface trio did a triple submission spot. Moments later, Butch accidentally hit Bate with a kick. Wolgang then powerslams Butch, and Mark Coffey piles on top of Wolfgang as they both cover Butch. In flew Bate with a swanton to break up the pin.

Another table is set up in the ring by the babyfaces, but the heels would seemingly be the first to put someone through it. Joe Coffey puts Butch on the table, and Coffey leaves the ring to retrieve a mug of beer. Coffey gets back into the ring with the beer, and he is standing over Butch when Bate makes a save. Bate takes the mug away from Coffey, and Bate hits Coffey with the mug. Glass shatters, and Butch snaps one of Coffey’s fingers. The babyface trio then do the Shield powerbomb, as they put Coffey through a table. Bate then covers Coffey for a three count.

A video package hypes Becky Lynch defending her NXT Women’s Championship against Lyra Valkyria at Halloween Havoc.

McKenzie Mitchell is interviewing Valkyria backstage when they are interrupted by Tegan Nox. God forbid anyone finish an interview or monologue on NXT. Nox wants another title shot at Valkyria, and Nox says Valkyria’s title shot can wait. Valkyria cuts a promo on Nox, basically punking her out.

Jone Cena enters the soundstage like the superstar he is, and it is very surreal to see Cena on an episode of NXT. Of course, his promo is interrupted by someone, but Cena gets a monologue before Bron Breakker interrupts.

Cena puts over being in NXT, and he puts over NXT, along with putting over the NXT crowd. The studio audience thanks him with a chant, and someone in the crowd also did a dueling chant of “Cena sucks” when the rest of the audience chanted “thank you Cena!”

Cena begins talking about being in Carmelo Hayes’ corner later tonight, and out comes Breakker to interrupt the monologue. The studio audience chant at Breakker, telling him he sucks. Breakker is apparently delusional, as he says the crowd is there to see him, not Cena.

Breakker is cutting a promo on Cena, as the studio audience chants “bulls**t” at Breakker. That is bleeped out on USA Network.

Cena takes the high road, wishing Breakker luck in his match tonight. Cena extends his arm for a handshake. Breakker looks down at Cena’s hand, and Breakker looks back up just before attacking Cena. 

Breakker is drops Cena with punches, and Breakker measures for a spear. Cena avoids the spear, and he lifts Breakker in a fireman’s carry. Breakker escapes and hightails it out of the ring.

NXT Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo meet up with Cody Rhodes in a backstage skit. The Family pitches an idea to Cody for a 10-team battle royal. The final two teams remaining in the battle royal would then have a tag match. The overall winners would  go on to face The Family at Halloween Havoc in a tag title match. Rhodes likes the idea, and he books the battle royal for next week. Rhodes also gives it a name — the “Bada Bing Bada Boom Battle Royal.”

Baron Corbin, in a backstage interview, cuts a promo about the NXT title match later tonight. Thankfully, the theme song for LA Knight interrupts Corbin, and he stops talking. LA Knight then enters the soundstage.

NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov defeated NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio (with Rhea Ripley) to retain the NXT Championship, with LA Knight as guest referee 

Dragunov pinned Mysterio to retain the NXT title. Knight pretty much called it down the middle, until he got involved by thwarting interference by Judgment Day. Baron Corbin and Dijak would also get involved in a post-match angle.

When Dom got in trouble, Ripley jumps on the apron to distract Knight. That allowed Dom to cut off Dragunov with a thumb in the eye. Dragunov is down selling as the show cuts to a commercial break.

Dragunov makes a comeback when the show returns from the split-screen break. Meanwhile, the studio audience chants “YEAH” in reference to Knight. Dragunov takes a hard chop from Dom, and that awakens a beast. Dragunov chops down Dom. 

Dragunov dodges a 619, but takes the move on a second attempt by Dom for a near fall. Dragunov fires up again, leading to a superplex. Dom rolled out to apron as Dragunov teased doing one of his finishers. Dom gives Dragunov a DDT on the apron, but Dragunov fights back yet again. Dragunov powerbombs Dom, and Dragunov follows up with the H-Bomb finisher. 

Dragunov is going to deliver his other finisher when Finn Balor and Damian Priest run in. Instead of calling for a DQ, LA Knight fights off Judgment Day. Ripley goes to hit Dragunov with a belt shot, but Dragunov ducks. Trick Williams runs down to grab Ripley off the apron. Meanwhile, Dragunov levels Dom with Torpedo Moskau. Dragunov then scores the deciding pinfall.

Corbin comes out to confront Dragunov. Before Corbin can get in the ring, Dijak jumps Dragunov and hits the champ with a sneak attack. Dijak leaves Dragunov lying in the ring, and Dijak then confronts Corbin. Dijak apparently believes his is the next challenger because he attacked first. Not sure that is how that works, but whatever.

John Cena is in the locker room talking with Carmelo Hayes. In walks Trick Williams, and he introduces himself to Cena. Hayes tries to apologize to Williams, and they do some comedy with Cena. Willaims does not look happy as Hayes leaves. Cena asks Williams if he is good, and Williams asks Cena when he knew it what his time. Cena then takes Williams under his wing to talk. 

Paul Heyman is seen talking with Ava.

Arriving to the building in a white SUV is Jade Cargill. She exits the vehicle, and she is greeted by Shawn Michaels, and they enter the building.

Baron Corbin confronts Cody Rhodes, and Corbin wants Rhodes to book a Corbin against Dragunov in a title match at Halloween Havoc. Rhodes instead books a number one contender’s triple threat match for next week with Corbin against Dijak and the winner of Hayes-Breakker later on.

Lola Vice (with Elektra Lopez) defeated Dani Palmer in a first round match in the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament 

Vice pinned Palmer to advance in the tournament. Palmer had countered a triangle to have Vice in a pinning combination. Vice kicked out and then booted Palmer with a kick. A three count followed, and Vice is moving on in the tournament.

Thea Hail rejoins the class at Chase U, but Hail is joined by Jacy Jayne. Hail and Jayne interrupt the lecture by talking among themselves. Andre Chase flips out on the students and Jayne. She in turn announces that Chase and Duke Hudson will be part of the 10-team battle royal. This skit seemed like a way to get all of these people on an already loaded show.

Paul Heyman is hyping up Bron Breakker with a pep talk that only Heyman can do. As a pumped up Breakker leaves, Heyman commands his cellphone to call Roman Reigns.

Lexis King (Briam Pillman Jr.) is the focus of another vignette. King is watching old wrestling clips, which includes a bunch of Brian Pillman highlights. King heels on his father, and King talks about being unable to escape the business that inflicted so much pain on him. He will now inflict pain on it. King also says he is nobody’s “junior,” and King says he will take the name of the man that actually raised him. Thus the name change to Lexis King.

Carmelo Hayes (with John Cena) defeated Bron Breakker (with Paul Heyman)

Hayes pinned Breakker, after Cena thwarted interference from a run-in by Solo Sikoa. Undertaker returns as his “American Badass” character, complete with motorcycle, in a post-match angle.

Heyman does the ring introduction for Breakker as only Heyamn can. Hayman dubs him “Bad Ass” Bron Breakker. That would play into to the closing angle after the match.

Hayes was a house of fire at the start. Breakker was reeling as the show cuts to a commercial break. Back-and-forth after the break as they trade near falls.

They go for a high spot off the top rope, maybe a Frakensteiner, but they botch it. They try to sell it like a modified facebuster. More near falls after other high spots. 

The fight spilled outside the ring, and Breakker picks up the a section of the ring steps. Cena takes the steps from Breakker, and Cena boots him in the gut. Solo Sikos runs in, and Cena smacks him with the section of steps. Cena and Sikoa brawl their way up the ramp to the backstage area.

Hayes gives Breakker a codebreaker on the floor, and Hayes goes to follow up by climbing the turnbuckles. Hayes leaps off with Nothing But Net, and Hayes covers Breakker for a pinfall.

Breakker gets his heat back after the match by spearing Hayes. Breakker stands over Hayes and proclaims their is only one “bad ass” in NXT (which plays off the Heyman intro from earlier). When Breakker utters those words, a gong sounds and the lights flicker. A motorcycle is heard cranking up, and “American Badass” by Kid Rock plays inside the soundstage. 

Undertaker rides out on a chopper. The “American Badass” is back on his motorcycle. Undertaker gets face-to-face with Breakker in the ring. Breakker calls him an “old timer,” before also telling ‘Taker there is only one bad ass here. The studio audience chants at Breakker, cautioning Breakker that he “f’ed up” with that. 

Undertaker gets on a house microphone to tell Breakker he will be a special talent one day … but that “ain’t today.” With that, ‘Taker dropped Breakker with a right hand. Breakker then takes a chokeslam, and Undertaker stands over a prone Breakker. The studio audience chants “holy s**t,” and then they explode into an Undertaker chant. 

‘Taker gives Breakker a piece of advice. There is a always a bigger, badder bad ass waiting around the corner. Breakker just met the baddest of them all. Undertaker stands tall as the show goes off the air. What year is it?

Not sure I have ever seen any promotion hot shot a territory like WWE did with NXT tonight. It made for a fun show, but the legends and the main roster stars mostly overshadowed the NXT roster. 

WWE NXT live results: The fallout from No Mercy

Posted on by Chris Aiken

NXT moves on from No Mercy and starts the build to Halloween Havoc tonight.

A new North American Champion was crowned when Trick Williams defeated Dominik Mysterio last Saturday. Tonight, Dominik gets his rematch for the title. If Dominik doesn’t win the championship back, he’ll have to answer to Rhea Ripley. Ripley has warned Dominik not to come home without gold.

It’s the start of a new era for NXT with Ilja Dragunov as champion. Dragunov won the title from Carmelo Hayes at No Mercy.

Becky Lynch retained her NXT Women’s Championship at No Mercy by defeating Tiffany Stratton in an extreme rules match. Despite not currently being cleared to compete due to an arm laceration, Lynch is scheduled to kick off tonight’s show.

The 2023 NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament begins tonight. The winner of the tournament earns a future title shot.

After Gallus cost him a chance to become Heritage Cup Champion, Butch teams up with Tyler Bate against Mark Coffey & Wolfgang tonight. A grudge match between Gigi Dolin and Blair Davenport is also set. Dolin vs. Davenport was originally supposed to happen last week, but Davenport instead took Dolin out in a backstage attack.

The show begins with a recap highlighting NXT No Mercy from last Saturday. 

NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch opens the show with her entrance to the soundstage. “The Man has come around to N-Bex-T,” declares the champ. The live studio audience chants “N-X-T.”

Lynch mentions she is not medically cleared to wrestle after her successful title defense at No Mercy. Lynch notes her opponent, Tiffany Stratton is also not cleared to wrestle tonight because on Saturday, as Lynch puts it, they “beat the ever-loving piss out of each other.”

Lynch says she would not have it any other way, as she wants to give her all when defending the title. She goes on to basically talk about how she is a fighting champion, and she is eyeing night one of the Halloween Havoc special for another title defense.

Lyra Valkyria suddenly interrupts Lynch’s monologue, and Valkyria gets in the ring with Lynch. Valkyria tells a story from June 2014, when Lynch made her NXT debut. That is the first episode of NXT that Valkyria watched, and she began training to wrestle that week. Valkyria says Lynch’s debut help “kick start” Valkyria’s career.

Valkyria asks Lynch is she know what she mean to Irish wrestling fans. Valkyria keeps putting Lynch over, mentioning that Lynch grew up not from from where Valkyria is from, and Lynch went on to be one of the first women to main event WrestleMania. Fast forward, and Valkyria was standing beside Lynch in the main event of No Mercy.

Valkyria then says she is also wondering what it would feel like to stand face-to-face with the champ. Lynch begins to agree with Valkyria when they are interrupted by Indi Hartwell. 

Hartwell comes to the ring bragging on herself, and Hartwell notes she never lost the NXT Women’s Championship. Lynch is not the only one that can come home. Now, Hartwell is back for something she never lost. 

Yet another interruption as out comes Roxanne Perez. She is booed by the studio audience. Perez cuts a great promo challenging Lynch, and Perez vows to take back her title at Halloween Havoc.

This all leads to Lynch booking a triple threat match tonight with Lynch on guest commentary. The winner of the three-way gets a title shot on the first night of Halloween Havoc.

A video package hypes the participants in the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament.

Tyler Bate & Butch defeated Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang with Joe Coffey)

Bate pinned Mark Coffey, as Bate and Butch get a rather dominate win. Gallus jump the babyface duo after the match, leading to Ridge Holland running in for a save. 

Bate and Butch clear the ring and stand tall as the show cuts to a commercial break. The show returns with Bate in trouble, after Joe Coffey interferes by hitting Bate with a cheap shot. Hot tag to Butch, and he cleans house.

Butch drops Mark Coffey with a shining wizard, and Butch pounds him forearms doing a Sheamus spot. Butch then does a plancha to outside on Joe Coffey. As Butch gets back into the ring, he is cut off by Mark Coffey. However, Bate is able to soon tag in and come to the aid of Butch.

Butch moonsaults off the middle turnbuckle to the floor on Wolfgang. Moments later, Bate dives over the top rope on Wolfgang. Butch tags back in for the finish. 

Butch and Bate partner up for a double team hip toss/powerbomb combo. Bate then covers Mark Coffey for a three count. Immediately after the pinfall, in comes Joe Coffey to get Gallus’ heat back. Wolfgang and Mark Coffey join in, and they outnumber Bate and Butch. Gallus is administering a beatdown when Ridge Holland runs down to even the odds.

Holland helps Bate and Butch in clearing the ring of Gallus. This seems to clearly set up a six-man tag match.  

New NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov comes to the ring for his first live appearance on television since winning the title at No Mercy. Dragunov addresses the audience.

Dragunov puts over the former champion, saying Carmelo Hayes brought the fight to him at No Mercy. Dragunov can barely stand, but he stands. Even in pain, Dragunov stands before the audience as their champion. He promises to take the title to another level, and vows to protect his promise with his life.

“Long live the czar,” Dragunov declares just before he is interrupted by another new champion. Wouldn’t you know it, someone interrupts. 

New NXT North American Champion Trick Williams get in the ring to confront Dragunov, while the audience chants “WHOOP THAT TRICK!” 

Williams thanks Dragunov for him showing Williams something in himself when they wrestled several weeks ago. Williams now has gold and says he is only going up from here. Dragunov tells Williams that he is proud of him. Dragunov drops Williams catchphrase, and the studio audience pops.

Out comes former NXT champ Carmelo Hayes, who limps out to the ring to confront the two new champs. Hayes is upset with Williams for thanking Dragunov. Hayes claims he has encouraged Williams for much longer, and Hayes declares he is proud of Williams.

Hayes tells Williams that winning the title is one thing, but defending it as another. Hayes tries to defend his comment when Dragunov interjects. Dragunov then bows out so Williams and Hayes can talk. Before they can hash things out, Dominik Mysterio is out to interrupt. 

Williams insults Mysterio then jabs about “Mami.” Mysterio and Williams bicker when Hayes says he was Williams’ back tonight. Hayes says he will be in Williams corner tonight. Mysterio responds by asking Williams if he is still in Hayes’ shadow. Williams then declines Hayes’ offer to have him in the corner. Hayes says he won the title by himself, and he will defend it on his own.

Lyra Valkyria defeated Indi Hartwell and Roxanne Perez in a number one contender’s tripe threat match

Valkyria pinned Hartwell to win the match. Kiana James runs in just for the deciding pinfall, and James attacks Perez. 

The match goes through a commercial break. All three got to shine at times. Valkyria especially got to shine in the later stage of the match. She is knocked out of the ring.

Perez has Hartwell rolled up for a pin when Kiana James runs in to pull Perez out of the ring. James attacks Perez, but James eats a superkick from Lynch at ringside. Meanwhile, Valkyria recovers and climbs the turnbuckles. Valkyria leaps off the top rope with a Superfly splash on Hartwell, and Valkyria hooks a leg for a pinfall. 

After the match, Lynch gets in the ring with Valkyria when out comes Tegan Nox. She is Lynch’s next challenger, facing the “The Man” on Raw this coming Monday night. The winner of the match defends against Valkyria on night one of Halloween Havoc.

Bron Breakker meets up with Carmelo Hayes in a backstage skit. Breakker is playing mind games with Hayes, trying to lure Hayes to the dark side of the force. 

Baron Corbin confronts NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov in a backstage skit where Corbin vows to win the NXT title. In doing so, Corbin insults and belittles Dragunov, which leaves the champ seething in anger.

Gigi Dolan pinned Blair Davenport

Dolan pinned Davenport with a roll up in a grudge match.

This match was supposed to happen last week, but they shot an angle where Davenport attacked Dolan. In turn, Dolan returns the favor by jumping Davenport before the bell in there match this week.

Dolan was a house of fire from the start, until Davenport cuts her off. Dolan eventually fights back. The fight spills outside the ring as they brawl around the announce desk. Davenport grabs a metal folding chair, but Dolan is able to dodge a chair shot. 

Dolan fires up as they get back into the ring. After a near fall, Dolan rolls out to retrieve the folding chair. Dolan goes to swing the chair, but the referee steps in. Davenport is able to get the chair, and she goes to swing it, but the ref stops her by grabbing the chair. Dolan then rolls up Davenport with a schoolgirl for a pinfall. 

Davenport gets her heat back by fishhooking the ref, as Davenport screams that this is not over.

McKenzie Mitchell is trying to interview Kiana James, who is on the phone with someone. James tells them she is wiring money, and it will be worth their time. Sounds like a good old fashioned Harley Race “take the money” bounty. This leads to James revealing that Asuka is returning to NXT for a match next week.

James cuts a promo on Roxanne Perez, saying she will not give Perez another chance to win the title. That is reason for the run-in earlier. James then reveals Asuka as the opponent for Perez next Tuesday. If Perez wins, then she faces James in a match.

Participants in the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament are introduced in front of the live studio audience. Those being introduced include Lola Vice, Dani Palmer, Arianna Grace, Jaida Parker, Jakara Jackson, Karmen Petrovic, and the two women kicking off the tournament — Kelani Jordan and Izzi Dame.

Kelani Jordan defeated Izzi Dame in the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament 

Jordan pinned Dame after a split-leg moonsault in the first tournament match.

Duke Hudson and Andre Chase run into Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne as the two women are warming up backstage for their match. Chase asked if he and Duke could help Thea Hail with her match tonight. Hail scoffs at the notion, but Jacy Jayne surprisingly things it is a good idea. Jayne even leads them in a Chase U chant. Odd indeed.

Coming back from a commercial break, another vignette airs teasing the debut of Brian Pillman Jr. 

Thea Hail & Jacy Jayne (with Andre Chase & Duke Hudson) defeated Elektra Lopez & Lola Vice

Hail submitted Lopez with a kimura. Hail and Jayne looked pretty dominate as a team in winning, as Chase and Hudson look on. 

Carmelo Hayes says he had a phone call with John Cena. Hayes reveals that Cena will be in Hayes’ corner next week, when Hayes faces Bron Breakker in a match on NXT next Tuesday. 

Dominik Mysterio defeated NXT North American Champion Trick Williams to win the title

Mysterio pinned Williams after interference from Judgment Day. JD McDonagh also ran in. There were a lot of smoke and mirrors, but it was still an entertaining match. WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley was in Dom’s corner the entire match. Finn Balor and Damian Priest would emerge later in the bout.

The match goes through a split-screen commercial break. After returning from the break, out comes Damian Priest and Finn Balor of Judgment Day. They were seemingly there to motivate Dom, as Ripley had also told him to bring the title back home or do not come home at all.

Dom is able to work over Williams, only for Williams to soon fight back. Ripley slides the women’s title belt into the ring, and Williams bends over to pick it up. Dom rushes in to DDT Williams on the title belt, and Dom slides the belt out of the ring. Yet, Williams gets a shoulder up to break a count.

Dom dials up a 619, and Dom goes to follow up with a frog splash. Williams gets his knees up, and a moment later he delivers a jumping knee strike. JD McDonagh suddenly runs in, and he is sent packing by Williams.

Priest slides his Money in the Bank briefcase into the ring, and Dom goes to use it as a weapon. The referee plays tries to get the briefcase from Dom. The briefcase was a red herring, as Balor jumps on the apron and hits Williams with a belt shot. Williams falls face down on the mat, and Dom follows up with a frog splash. Dom then covers Williams for a three count, and the former champ has regained his title. 

Paul Heyman cuts in with a pre-taped promo that closes the show. Heyman announces that WWE Champion Roman Reigns will be in Bron Breakker’s corner in his match against Carmelo Hayes, who has John Cena in his corner.

Next week is a super loaded show on NXT, in what is possibly the most star-studded lineup in the history of the NXT brand. 

WWE NXT live results: No Mercy go-home show

Posted on by Chris Aiken

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. 

WWE NXT live results: Becky Lynch appears, Carmelo Hayes vs. Dominik

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The Man comes around to NXT tonight for her first appearance on the show since becoming the champion.

In last Tuesday’s main event, Becky Lynch defeated Tiffany Stratton to win the NXT Women’s Championship. This is Lynch’s first-ever reign with the title. 

She’s promised to be a fighting champion, and then went on to successfully defense over Natalya on Raw last night. 

WWE has also announced that Lynch will kick off tonight’s episode of NXT.

A non-title clash between NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes and North American Champion Dominik Mysterio also highlights tonight’s action.

The Group A winner in the Global Heritage Invitational will be determined when Tyler Bate and Butch face off. A Group B match between Joe Coffey and Duke Hudson is also set. Coffey is the current leader in Group B.

Plus, Lola Vice will compete in a singles match against Roxanne Perez.

Our live coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

The Man comes around…

NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch enters the soundstage at the Performance Center in Orlando. The live studio audience greets her with a big pop and chants of her name.

The champ exclaims, “The Man has come around to N-Becks-T!”

Lynch says her world tour continues, “because we bring the fight every damn night!”

No matter the name, same game. Lynch name drops Gigi Dolan, Elektra Lopez, Thea Hail, and Roxanne Perez, in a rhyme similar to Lanny Poffo fame.

“I’ll be here a while, and I go the extra mile,” raps Becky, “So how about we have a scrap, Ivy Nile.”

Lynch name drops a few more before saying she is the mountain to climb,  “welcome to the big time.” 

The studio audience chants Becky’s name, and she thanks them. Lynch says it feels good to be back and represent the fans. 

Lynch then brings up the former champion, Tiffany Stratton. 

“‘Tiffy Time’ is over, ” proclaims Lynch. With that, the studio audience chants “Becky Time.”

Lynch promises that Stratton will get a rematch for the title, even if “she may be an idiot, and she may be an arsehole,’ but…”

Out comes Stratton to interrupt and interject. Stratton talks about how she deserves a rematch. Stratton acknowledges Lynch is a main eventer and a top star, but “I am Tiffany STRATT-TAN!”

Lynch rolls her eyes. Stratton challenges Lynch to a title match tonight. The audience starts a “YES” chant, and Stratton immediately heels on them. She says the match is not happening tonight. 

“These losers cheered me every week up until you came here,” Stratton says to Lynch. “I want a bigger match on a bigger stage.”

By that she means Bakersfield, California.

Lynch says Stratton can have the rematch she wants, but the results will remain the same. Not because Stratton is not good enough, rather she is not “hungry enough” to regain the match.

Lynch accuses Stratton of being entitled, and what it comes to is who wants it more. Stratton has a smart alec remark. Just she begins to ramble, Lynch says instead of going “word for word with The Man, we got punch for punch.”

Lynch lunges towards Stratton and a brawl ensues. Kiana James jumps in to attack Lynch. James hold Lynch so that Stratton can try to hit Lynch with a metal folding chair. Lynch escapes and fights back. “The Man” grabs the chair and swings it at the fleeing heels. This would lead to a handicap match as the main event for later tonight.

NXT Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo talk cuisine, an they try to decide on their next challengers. They decide to let the teams fight it out. What a concept.

Ilja Dragunov is being interviewed by McKenzie Mitchell when in walks Lynch. She asks Dragunov is she can interrupt, and be obliges her. An angry Lynch glares into the match as she challenges Kiana James and Tiffany Stratton to a two-on-one handicap match tonight.

Kelly Kincaid interviews Noam Dar and Meta-Four in a wacky skit I assume is based on The Matrix or something. This went way over my head. Luckily, out comes Butch to interrupt. He has a match coming up after the commercial break, but first another skit.

NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio has a confrontation with Trick Williams. Mysterio likens him getting out of his father’s shadow with Williams playing second fiddle Carmelo Hayes. Mysterio trying to cause dissension.

Butch defeated Tyler Bate in a Group A match in the Global Heritage International tournament

Butch pinned Bate to conclude a really good bout. The win gives Butch two more points, giving him a one point lead over Bate in the overall standings. Thus, Butch advances to the tournament final by one point.

They wrestled through a commercial break, and teased going to a time limit draw. Under 60 second as Bate goes for his signature corkscrew senton, but Butch gets his knees up to block. 

Butch with a Bitter End, but Bate kicks out as the clock ticks down to under 30 seconds. Butch then does a modified tombstone version of a Bitter End, and he coves Bate for a three count. With the win, Butch earns the most points overall in his group, meaning he advances to the finals. 

Updated Group A standings:

  • Butch – 5 points
  • Bate – 4 points
  • Axiom – 1 point
  • Charlie Dempsey – 0 points

In a pre-taped skit, Thea Hail goes shopping for a new wardrobe alongside Jacy Jayne. Hail tries on several outfits, but Jayne says she needs more leather. They finally settle on an outfit, but viewers do get to see it yet. The reveal will happen at a later date.

Duke Hudson (with Andre Chase) defeated Joe Coffey (with Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) in a Group B match in the Global Heritage International tournament 

Hudson played spoiler, after pinning Coffey with a schoolboy roll-up. The match was kept short. The reason for that would be revealed later on, as Hudson and Coffey go on to wrestle in a another match later on tonight.

Coffey needed a win to advance, and Hudson was the “bracket buster” in Group B. Although there was no actual bracket, Hudson’s win did make him part of a three-way tie atop the Group B leaderboard. 

Just before they were going home, Coffey lands a missile dropkicks. He then follows up with a “Glasgow Sendoff” and an attempted discus lariat. Hudson ducks the clothesline, and Hudson rolls up Coffey for a pinfall. 

Updated Group B standings:

  • Joe Coffey – 4 points
  • Nathan Frazier – 4 points
  • Duke Hudson – 4 points
  • Akira Tozawa – 0 points

Kelly Kincaid is interviewing Frazier for his reaction to the three-way tie. Frazier assumes that means a triple threat match. Kincaid gets word that the three-way is happening later tonight. An excited Frazier runs off to get ready.

Roxanne Perez defeated Lola Vice

Perez pinned Vice with a cradle. In the closing moments of a short match, Perez countered a submission to pin Vice. Perez went for Pop Rocks, and Vice had countered with the submission attempt, but Perez had a counter of her own. Vice worked the arm during the match.

Perez would later in a backstage skit ask to be Becky Lynch’s partner tonight, but Lynch politely decline the offer. 

In a vignette, Eddy Thorpe challenges Dijak to a strap match. The angle is a modern version of the “Indian strap match” gimmick, without all the cultural appropriation of years past. The strap match is later made official for next Tuesday.

NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes vs. NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio in a non-title champion vs. champion match ended in a no-contest

Ilja Dragunov was doing guest commentary at ringside when he ran in a rage. Dragunov hits both Hayes and Mysterio, so I am assuming the match was ruled a no-contest. 

Gorilla Monsoon would often say after a match, “let’s get the official word.” The ring announcer would then give an official result. That was so quaint. None of that here. We are just left to wonder and speculate as to the official word. So, I just assume no-contest. 

Hayes was posing as part of his entrance when he is ambushed by Msyertio. “Dirty Dom” poses with the NXT title, and that fires up Hayes. The bell to start the match eventually sounds.

Hayes pummels Dom, and Dom is begging off as the show cuts to a commercial break. The match continues after the break, with Dom eventually cutting off Hayes. Not for long, as Dom eats a codebreaker. 

Hayes climbs the turnbuckles, and he slips. Hayes tumbles off the turnbuckles, and he falls to the floor. Looked as if Dom was supposed to trip him up, but Hayes slips before that.

Reversing a whip, Hayes sends Dom sailing over the announce desk into the lap of Dragunov. After taking a bump in a chair, Dragunov is hit again when Dom sends Hayes crashing into Dragunov for a double noggin knocker. Dom rolls Hayes back into the ring, and Dom then slaps Dragunov across the face. That would awaken a beast.

An enraged Dragunov storms into the ring to attack Mysterio. After inadvertently getting hit by Hayes moments earlier, Dragunov inadvertently gives Hayes a finisher. Meanwhile, Dragon Lee runs down to superkick Mysterio. 

Joe Gacy and Ava proposition Trick Williams in a skit. Though it could have been taken as something from a late night Cinemax movie, I assume Gacy and Ava were actually trying to recruit Williams into their cult. Maybe there is a movie about that too.

Andre Chase gives Duke Hudson a pep talk in another skit.

Lucien Price, Bronco Nima and Scrypts are playing a dice game in a stereotypical inner city skit, and they win a load of cash. They count their winnings and brag on themselves.

McKenzie Mitchell interviews Hank Walker and Tank Ledger. They accept a challenge to a match against Price and Nima.

Joe Coffey defeated Duke Hudson and Nathan Frazier in a triple threat tie-breaker for Group B in the Global Heritage International tournament

Coffey pinned Hudson to win the match. In winning, Coffey advances to the tournament final next week.

Like of a lot of tripe threat matches, there was a lot going on at times. Lots of nifty high spots as well. They went through a commercial break, before wrapping up with an action-packed finish.

Hudson teases another roll-up flash pin on Coffey, but Coffey kicks out this time. All three go on to do a flurry of high spots down the home stretch. Near falls galore, with several pins being broken up by the odd man out.

In the closing moments, Coffey tossed outside the ring by Hudson. Frazier cuts off Hudson, and Hudson is spiked by a Frankensteiner. Hudson with a wacky sell. Frazier follows up with a Phoenix Splash, and Frazier goes for a pin cover. The pinning attempt is broken up by Coffey, and he throws Frazier over the top rope.

After knocking Frazier off the apron, Coffey hits Hudson with a discus lariat. Coffey then covers Hudson for a pinfall, and Coffey wins Group B block. Butch against Coffey is set for the tournament final.

Mustafa Ali is interviewed by McKenzie Mitchell. Ali is in a self-professed “uproar” over a North American title match booked for Raw. Ali cuts a heel promo on both Dominik Mysterio and Dragon Lee, as they have match set for Monday night. Ali is upset someone he beat gets a title shot before him. Ali vows to deal with both of them Monday on Raw.

Josh Briggs barges in while Brooks Jensen and Fallon Henley are watching footage from their loss last week. Briggs blames Henley for him and Jensen suffering the loss. Briggs and Henley argue over Myles Borne. These three have become a dysfunctional group of friends. I guess no one told them life was gonna be this way…

Baron Corbin comes in to ask what they are arguing about, except Corbin does not want an answer. He just wants them to shut up. Briggs smarts off to Corbin, and they have words. This looks to set up a match between Briggs and Corbin.

Announced for next week is a contract signing between Hayes and Dragunov for the NXT Championship bout at No Mercy. Also made official is a strap match with Dijak against Eddy Thorpe.

NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Tiffany Stratton & Kiana James in a non-title handicap match never happens

James and Stratton are seen planning something in a backstage skit before the match. Turns out the plan was to jump Lynch before the bell in a sneak attack. Stratton and James both ambush Lynch during the champ’s entrance.

Lynch is being double-teamed when Lyra Valkyria runs down to make a save. Seems like that would be a disqualification due to outside interference, but the bell had apparently not sounded yet. No official start to the match before the melee.

Stratton and James do not like the odds being even, so they turn to leave. They are chased down by Lynch and Valkyria. The bell finally sounds, beginning an impromptu tag match. The sudden change in booking is supposedly at the “discretion” of the referee. “Poetic license” is more like it.

NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch & Lyra Valkyria defeated Tiffany Stratton & Kiana James

Valkyria pinned James to win the match. Valkyria gets the rub. An angle after the match has Stratton attacking Lynch with a folding chair.

The babyface team is on a roll as the show cut to its final commercial break. Lynch is being worked over as the show returns from the break. Stratton goes for her Muta elbow, but no one is home.

Hot tag and Valkyria jumps into the ring. The two heels bump and feed into Valkyria onslaught. Moments later when Valkyria goes for a springboard, Stratton trips her up from outside the ring. Stratton was not the legal woman at the time. 

Vic Joseph played it up on commentary as Stratton getting away with something nefarious. Give me a freaking break, dude. When is that ever an issue these days ?

James deadlifted Valkyria for a powerbomb. Stratton follows up with a senton bomb on Valkyria. Lynch jumps in to break up a pin cover. That was supposed to be her team’s one save. Why not talk about that rule, Vic?

Lynch with a double slop drop on Stratton and James. Lynch goes to apply an armbar on James, but James escapes the hold. Manhandle slam by Lynch, and Lynch tags out. Valkyria leaps off the top rope for a flying body press, and Valkyria covers James for a three count.

Stratton grabs a metal folding chair, and she attacks Lynch after the match. Lynch gives her back for Stratton to hit her with the chair. Stratton retrieves the NXT title belt, and Stratton’s poses with the women’s title. 

As Stratton goes to leave, Lynch gets to her feet. Lynch is given a house mic. Stemming from the attack with the chair, Lynch announces an “extreme rules” stipulation her title rematch against Stratton at No Mercy.