While appearing on Busted Open Radio, Jacy Jayne discussed her breakout moment from last week’s NXT.
Toxic Attraction imploded with Jayne turning against Gigi Dolin in the main event angle of NXT last Tuesday. The split had been building for weeks and finally happened after Jayne and Dolin unsuccessfully challenged Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women’s Championship in a triple threat match at NXT Vengeance Day.
Jayne was asked during her Busted Open Radio appearance if she feels like she’s starting to get more credit recently and if people are now understanding where she’s coming from.
I think recently I’ve been starting to get more credit for everything, especially honestly after Mandy [Rose] left. Like, as sad as that whole situation was — and we tried to make the most of it going forward — I feel like that kind of helped me break out of this Toxic Attraction shell. Now people were paying attention to me more and listening to what I had to say. I do think it’s been — I haven’t gotten a lot of credit while we were all together. But now I’m starting to show my character and how much I’ve grown over the last year and a half, two years. I think this was honestly my breakout moment. Even at Vengeance Day, it was kind of sink or swim for us. Like, ‘Now you’re on your own. You have to prove that you can do it by yourself.’ So I went into that match with that mind frame. Like, ‘You need to kill this performance because if not you don’t know what’s going to happen going forward.’
In a scene similar to the breakup of The Rockers, Jayne sent Dolin head-first into a door when she turned against Dolin. Jayne told Busted Open Radio that she got Shawn Michaels’ blessing to “redo some history” with the angle.
So I actually didn’t really know much going into that day. They were kind of very hush-hush about everything happening. All I really knew was I was going to be on ‘Ding Dong, Hello!’ So that’s a lot of pressure having Bayley come back. It was the first time she even had that show in — I think — like two years. It was also the first time it was ever in front of a live audience because that was always done during the pandemic era. So I feel like there was a lot of pressure going into that alone.
And then kind of getting Shawn’s blessing to redo some history there. That’s a big deal for me. I didn’t want to mess it up. I didn’t want to screw up. I wanted to make a memory. I think everybody knew Toxic Attraction was going to explode soon. But to make it memorable, we had to go big. So we wanted it to be vicious. We wanted it to be memorable. We wanted people to talk about it. Not just something like, ‘Oh, that was a good segment. Yeah, whatever. Now they’re by themselves.’ Like, no, we want people to remember this and be like, ‘Oh, this is a new coming for two new superstars on a solo route.’
Bayley will return to WWE NXT on Tuesday to host her “Ding Dong Hello” talk show.
WWE announced on social media on Sunday that Bayley will host Ding Dong Hello on Tuesday’s show, with her guests being Toxic Attraction’s Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne.
Dolin and Jayne challenged Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women’s Championship at Saturday’s Vengeance Day event in a triple threat match, where Perez pinned Jayne to retain the title.
Prior to appearing on NXT on Tuesday in Orlando, Bayley will face Becky Lynch in a steel cage match on Monday’s Raw show, also set for Orlando.
Bayley and Lynch had been scheduled to face off in a cage match on Raw’s 30th anniversary episode in Philadelphia on January 23, but the match was switched to an angle, reportedly due to time constraints on the show.
Lynch re-issued a challenge to Bayley for the cage match in a promo segment on last week’s Raw.
An appearance by Women’s Champion Mandy Rose will open Tuesday’s episode of NXT.
WWE has announced that Toxic Attraction (Rose, Gigi Dolin, and Jacy Jayne) will kick off NXT this Tuesday night. The appearance comes after Rose retained her NXT Women’s Championship against Alba Fyre in a Last Woman Standing match this past Tuesday.
Rose defeated Fyre after Isla Dawn made her surprise NXT debut by interfering in the match. As Fyre was about to jump off of a ladder and put Rose through the announce table, Dawn appeared out of nowhere and spit mist into Fyre’s eyes. Dawn pushed Fyre off the ladder, sending her crashing through the announce table after Rose was able to move out of the way.
WWE.com wrote:
Mandy Rose is the Last Woman Standing, and the NXT Universe will bask in her greatness to kick off this week’s show.
The NXT Women’s Champion overcame another challenge from Alba Fyre last week but not without a shocking assist. As the challenger scaled a ladder, Isla Dawn appeared seemingly from thin air to throw Fyre through the announce table and seal the victory for Rose.
What will happen when Toxic Attraction rolls out the red carpet to begin NXT?
Don’t miss the trio’s appearance this Tuesday at 8/7 C on USA Network!
Here’s the updated lineup for Tuesday’s show:
NXT North American Champion Wes Lee defends against Carmelo Hayes
Cold open, meaning no introductory video package aside from the Together montage that opens every WWE show.
Fresh look from the start with a new commentary combination for the night. Wade Barrett introduces Byron Saxton and Sudu Shah.
Barrett says Vic Joseph is not there tonight, because he is “stuck in immigration.” Joseph recently got married to McKenzie Mitchell in Italy, but that was not mentioned on the show. Joseph will be back soon on commentary.
New white and gold graphics as part of the new color scheme. Same for the soundstage, as the set is upgraded with the updated color scheme on the ring skirt and posts. The set design is otherwise essentially the same.
The British are coming … and so are The Brawling Brutes
NXT Tag Team Champions Pretty Deadly come out dressed like Redcoats of British Colonial times. It is time for the “State of the Commonwealth Address” from Pretty Deadly.
This is rather silly. They crack jokes and such. Everything is tongue and cheek, and seemingly played for laughs. Lord Steven Regal and Sir Robert Eaton did this gimmick far better as The Blue Bloods.
Pretty Deadly cuts a promo on the NXT tag division. To me this was dying a death, until they are interrupted by a surprise appearance.
The Brawling Brutes from Smackdown interrupt Pretty Deadly’s promo. Ridge Holland and Butch are here to confront the NXT tag champs after Pretty Deadly tweeted jokes about Sheamus.
Pretty Deadly claim they were hacked, but the Brutes are not buying that. They attack Pretty Deadly, and the Brutes are apparently looking for a title shot. Pretty Deadly powder and flee. This sets up a tag title match as tonight’s main event.
Just as the angle is over, out comes Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. Hayes is set for action in the opening match on tonight’s card. But first, another angle.
Alba Fyre attacks Toxic Attraction
A skit from earlier today is set in what is referred to on commentary “the most dangerous place in NXT,” meaning the parking lot. A lot of angles and attacks do take place there.
The skit spoofs the infamous angle from Jim Crockett Promotions, where the Horsemen ambush Dusty Rhodes with a baseball bat in a parking lot.
Toxic Attraction arrives in a SUV, and they are attacked with a baseball bat by Alba Fyre. She hits Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolan with the bat. Fyre then gets into the SUV and speeds away. This changes the advertised six-woman tag match.
Carmelo Hayes (with Trick Williams) defeats Oro Mensah
Hayes pins Mensah in a good match.
Mensah is getting to shine when Williams jumps on the apron to interfere. Mensah knocks Williams off the apron with a kick, but the distraction allows Hayes to deliver a codebreaker.
Hayes then climbs the turnbuckles, and he leaps off the top rope with a guillotine legdrop. A three count later, and Hayes wins the match.
Hayes grabs a headset after the match, as he is joining commentary for the next match. He is going to see who else is joining him for the ladder match at Halloween Havoc.
Andre Chase (with Bodhi Hayward & Thea Hail) defeats Von Wagner (with Mr. Stone) in a North American Championship Qualifying Match
Wagner pins Chase. Thus, Wagner qualifies for the five-way ladder match at Halloween Havoc for the NXT North American Championship
During the match, Mr. Stone as an altercation with Chase U. Stone takes the Chase U flage from Hayward, and Stone hurls the flag onto the floor. Thea Heal in retaliation, bodyslams Stone on the floor at ringside.
Chase beams with pride at his students, but he takes his attention off Wagner. False finish as they play off the ending of the first match on the show. This time around, there is a counter after the distraction. Chase counters for two count. From there they head home.
Although Chase gets a near fall, he then turns around and eats a big boot from Wagner. Chase is dropped by the high kick, and Wagner covers him for a pinfall.
Wagner is added to the ladder match at Halloween Havoc.
Hayes is talking trash on commentary when he is attacked by Wes Lee. Referee separate Lee and Hayes in a pull-apart brawl.
Veer Mahaan joins Sanga backstage during a pre-taped skit. They both are wearing very nice suits.
In another skit from “earlier today” (even though it was filmed at night), Grayson Waller arrives at the building driving a Hummer, and he meets with his security detail.
Wendy Choo defeats Lash Legend
Choo pins Legend in a return match from a previous episode. Choo gets the win this time around.
For the finish, Legend misses a pump kick. Choo counters with kicks of her own. Choo climbs to the top turnbuckle and she leaps into a super Vader splash. Choo then wins via pinfall.
Kelly Kincaid is interviewing Wes Lee backstage when Lee is confronted by Channing “Stacks” Tatum. Stacks looks to avenge Tony D’Angelo, who was injured in a match with Lee on a previous episode of NXT. The confrontation her tonight sets up a match next Tuesday with Lee against Stacks.
Gallus in a video package warns they will soon return to NXT. They are suspended in storyline.
NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Kayden Carter & Katana Chance are featured in a vignette.
Zoey Stark & Nikkita Lyons defeats Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolan & Jacy Jayne) in a number one contenders match
Lyons pins Dolan. In winning, Lyons & Stark become the next challengers for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship.
The match goes through a commercial break, as they are given plenty of time. They build to a hot tag after the break. The heels work over Lyons, until she tags out. Stark runs wild on Toxic Attraction, and the babyface team is making a comeback.
Several near falls where the tag partner jumps in to make save by breaking the count. Toxic Attraction go for a tandem finisher, but Lyons trips Jayne. Stark & Lyons both then deliver their finishing moves.
Stark with her version of a GTS, and Lyons does the splits into a legdrop. Lyons then covers Dolan for a pinfall.
Ilja Dragunov is featured in a great vignette building up the NXT Championship match at Halloween Havoc, where Dragunov and JD McDonagh challenge NXT Champion Bron Breakker in a triple threat match.
The Grayson Waller Effect with faceoff between Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez
Basically a modern day Piper’s Pit, and the guests this week are bitter rivals. Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez meet in a face-to-face confrontation. They sit down opposite each other at a desk, with Waller seated between them.
There is lots of bickering, including from Grayson Waller. He announces a match a Halloween Havoc with Perez against Jade. Waller also adds a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal stipulation.
Waller goes on to declare he will spin the wheel right now to decide the stip at Halloween Havoc. Waller tells his security detail to stay with Jade and Perez, seemingly to keep the peace.
Waller spins the gimmicked wheel, and it lands on a “Weapons Wild Match,” whatever that means. Meanwhile, Perez and Jade get into a pull-apart melee.
Apollo Crews suddenly appears at ringside, and Crews drags Waller underneath the ring. Waller crawls back out with his eye bleeding.
Julius Creed defeats Duke Hudson
Creed pins Hudson in a short match. Julius looks dominate before landing a sliding lariat, and he then covers Hudson for a pinfall.
This was set up earlier in the show when Hudson confronted Creed in a backstage skit. No other members of Diamond Mine are at ringside, per Julius’ request. He wanted it win all on his own.
Brutus Creed runs out after the match, and he attacks Hudson. Ivy Nile and Julius have to pull Brutus off Hudson to end the beatdown.
Suddenly, Damon Kemp interrupts from a perch overlooking the ring. The Creeds and Kemp cut bad promos on each other, leading to Kemp saying Brutus is “my bitch.” This of course angers Brutus greatly, and he is restrained by his brother and Ivy Nile.
Kemp proposes a stipulation for his upcoming match against Julius. Kemp agrees to give Brutus a rematch with him if Julius can beat Kemp, under one other condition. If Julius loses to Kemp, then Brutus must leave NXT.
Julius adds another stip, making the match an ambulance match. Stips galore in this match at Halloween Havoc.
JD McDonagh is the focus of a vignette that hypes the triple threat title match at Halloween Havoc.
Hank Walker is getting a pep talk from his fellow security guards ahead of Walker’s match tonight.
Axiom is featured in a video package that build up the third match in the best of three series with Nathan Frazier. The deciding match in the series takes place next week.
Xyon Quinn defeats Hank Walker
Walker in storyline was just signed a contract with the NXT brand, so he now has music and a full-fledged entrance.
Much like Jerry Lawler pulling down the straps on his singlet, Walker rips his shirt off before he fires up.
Walker makes a comeback on Quinn, but Walker is soon cut off. Quinn delivers a Tito Santana flying forearm smash, and he covers Walker for a three count.
Quinn goes to attack Walker again after the match, but Quincy Elliott makes a save as he confronts Quinn in the ring. Quinn backpedals and leaves the ring. This makes Walker and Elliott friends now in storyline.
Cameron Grimes is attacked by The Schism in a backstage assault. Grimes is beaten with a trash can, after being set up by a mystery person wearing a red hoodie. After the hooded person lures Grimes into a trap, Joe Gacy welcomes that person into his cult.
In yet another skit, NXT Champion Bron Breakker challenges Javier Bernal to match for next Tuesday on NXT. A cocky Bernal interrupts an interview with Breakker, so Breakker says he is requesting a match for next week.
NXT Tag Team Champions Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) defeat The Brawling Brutes (Ridge Holland & Butch) to retain their titles
Pretty Deadly retain the titles after interference by Imperium.
Decent enough match, although it was missing something. Maybe it was just overbooked, like much of the show. There were several great near falls.
Imperium interfere, which costs the Brutes the match. Pretty Deadly execute their Spilt Milk finisher, and Prince pins Holland to win the match.
The Brawling Brutes and Imperium brawl their way out of the soundstage. My guess is they fight all the way to Smackdown on Friday.
Edris Enofe & Malik Blade enter the soundstage after the match for a staredown with the tag champs. Pretty Deadly had mentioned Enofe & Blade in their promo earlier in the show.
Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen also show up on a perch overlooking the ring. This seems to set up a triple threat tag match, but nothing is made official. The show closes with the three-way standoff.
Overall, a very lackluster episode of NXT. A lot happened, but it was maybe too much at times.
Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne could soon be coming up to the WWE main roster.
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that there’s been talk of Dolin & Jayne moving from NXT to the main roster. Dolin & Jayne were in action on SmackDown two weeks ago, losing a tag team match against Raquel Rodriguez & Aliyah.
“There has at least been talk of Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne moving to the main roster,” Meltzer wrote. “It’s been talked about for a while.”
Dolin & Jayne are part of Toxic Attraction with Mandy Rose in NXT. Rose is the current NXT Women’s Champion.
Dolin & Jayne have held the NXT Women’s Tag Team titles twice.
Last month, Dolin & Jayne also made a main roster appearance when they took part in WWE’s Women’s Tag Team title tournament. Dolin & Jayne replaced Nikkita Lyons & Zoey Stark in the tournament and defeated Natalya & Sonya Deville in the first round. But Dolin & Jayne then had to be pulled from the tournament due to Dolin suffering a concussion.
Toxic Attraction returned to SmackDown, but failed to beat the current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.
Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne appeared on Friday’s show, wrestling WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez and Aliyah. Mandy Rose, the other member of Toxic Attraction, was not there with them. However, they lost the match, Rodriguez scoring the win for her team after hitting the Tejana bomb on Jayne.
Jayne & Dolin appeared on SmackDown last month, defeating Natalya and Sonya Deville to advance to the next round of a tournament that would crown new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. However, they were removed after Dolin suffered an injury. Deville & Natalya won a four-way match to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to eventual winners Rodriguez & Aliyah.
Rose is the current NXT Women’s Champion. She unified the title with the NXT UK Women’s Championship at Worlds Collide last Sunday, defeating Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport in a three-way match.
A solid episode of NXT 2.0 took place this week that featured an awesome match between Roxanne Perez and Meiko Satomura, Toxic Attraction in action, JD McDonagh attacking Tyler Bate, Bate and Breakker teaming, and much more!
If you want to stay up to date with the happenings of NXT 2.0, tune into Speak Now Pro Wrestling with Denise Salcedo!
Toxic Attraction are out of the WWE Women’s Tag Team title tournament.
WWE announced prior to Raw on Monday that Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne are out of the tournament due to “injuries suffered by [Gigi Dolin]”. A ‘second chance’ fatal four-way spot will take place on Friday’s SmackDown that will determine the final spot in the semifinals.
BREAKING NEWS: Due to injuries suffered by @gigidolin_wwe, Toxic Attraction is out of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament.
The four teams that have not advanced in the tournament are Tamina & Dana Brooke, Nikki A.S.H. & Doudrop, Xia Li & Shotzi, and Natalya & Deville. Dolin and Jayne replaced Nikkita Lyons & Zoey Stark, who were pulled out of the tournament after Stark suffered a concussion during her NXT Women’s Championship match against Mandy Rose at NXT Heatwave last Tuesday.
The winners of the tournament will be crowned the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions after the former champions, Sasha Banks and Naomi, were stripped of the titles and suspended indefinitely for walking out of Raw back in May.
Toxic Attraction have advanced to the next round of the WWE Women’s Tag Team title tournament.
On Friday’s SmackDown, Gigi Dolin and Jacey Jayne defeated Natalya and Sonya Deville. The finish of the match had Natalya go for the sharpshooter on Dolin, but didn’t notice that Dolin had tagged in Jayne, who then rolled up Natalya for the three count.
Dolin and Jayne now advance to the semifinals of the Women’s Tag Team title tournament. They will face Aliyah and Raquel Rodriguez, who won their first round match last week after defeating Shotzi and Xia Li.
Zoey Stark and Nikkita Lyons were originally scheduled to be in Toxic Attraction’s spot. However, Dave Meltzer has reported that Zoey Stark suffered a concussion during her match against Mandy Rose at NXT Heatwave on Tuesday and was pulled from the match. The company also didn’t realize that Nikkita Lyons was not vaccinated and as a result was unable to cross the border into Canada, as Friday’s SmackDown took place in Montreal.
Shawn Michaels announced on social media Friday that Toxic Attraction would replace Stark and Lyons.
Get the week started with on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she reviews NXT 2.0 The Great American Bash 2022! There was a lot that happened on this show including new Women’s Tag Team Champions, a mystery QR code, rubbing alcohol, and an NXT Championship match.
Three title matches have been added to next week’s Great American Bash edition of NXT.
Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez will challenge Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacey Jayne) for the NXT Women’s Tag Team titles, while Carmelo Hayes will defend the North American title against Grayson Waller. Meanwhile, The Creed Brothers will defend the NXT Tag Team titles against fellow Diamond Mine members Roderick Strong and Damon Kemp.
Additionally, Wendy Choo will take on Tiffany Stratton, while Trick Williams will face Wes Lee.
Jade and Perez won tonight’s number one contendership match, defeating Katana Chance and Kayden Carter. The two teams confronted one another last week, leading to a brawl over who should face Toxic Attraction next.
On this week’s NXT, Grayson Waller asked Hayes if he could sign some memorabilia. Hayes agreed, but later found out that he had unwittingly signed a contract for a title defense.
Roderick Strong and The Creed Brothers confronted one another in a backstage segment on tonight’s show after dissension during a tag team match against The Dyad and Joe Gacy led to a defeat. Strong was upset and challenged The Creeds to a title match for next week.
Here is the lineup so far for next week’s Great American Bash:
WWE NXT Great American Bash, Tuesday, July 5, 8 p.m. Eastern time —
NXT Championship: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Cameron Grimes
NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship: Toxic Attraction (c) vs. Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade
NXT North American Championship: Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Grayson Waller
NXT Tag Team Championship: Creed Brothers (c) vs. Roderick Strong and Damon Kemp
A six-woman tag team match headlines tonight’s episode of NXT.
Toxic Attraction (Mandy Rose, Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne) will take on the team of Roxanne Perez, Cora Jade & Indi Hartwell. Last week, Hartwell came to Perez and Jade’s defense and saved them from a beatdown by Toxic Attraction.
Perez defeated Tiffany Stratton last Tuesday to become the winner of the inaugural NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament. In winning the tournament, Perez earned a contract for an NXT women’s title match.
Toxic Attraction confronted Perez and Jade after the Women’s Breakout Tournament finals. Hartwell then made her way out to help Perez and Jade even the odds.
NXT Tag Team Champions The Creed Brothers will make their first title defense tonight as they face Malik Blade & Edris Enofe. Plus, Wes Lee takes on Xyon Quinn in a rematch from two weeks ago. Quinn called Lee’s victory a fluke and has promised to prove that in their rematch.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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Cold open with no introductory packages. Wade Barrett and Vic Joseph are ringside to welcome viewers to the show, which is kicking off with a tag team title match.
The champions and challengers are already in the ring as the show opens, and the bell soon sounds to start the match.
The Creed Brothers (Champions Julius & Brutus Creed) defeat Malik Blade & Edris Enofe to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship
Brutus pins Blade, and the Creed easily retain in their first title defense.
Lots of mat wrestling and grappling early on, and that gave way to power moves by the Creeds. Enofe took a bump over the ropes where his back lands on the apron, and that looked painful.
The match goes through a commercial break. Another hard landing for Enofe after being thrown around by Brutus. Then it is Julius’ turn to suplex the challengers.
Brief rally after Blade hits a flying forearm smash. Blade looks to run wild, but he is soon cut off when Julius catches him on a dive. Julius then drops him when going for a rolling powerslam of sorts, which they immediately redid. Blade is planted into the mat by Julius, and Brutus delivers a sliding lariat. Brutus goes on to covers Blade for a pinfall.
In a backstage skit, Indi Hartwell bemoans not having a best friend anymore, after she sees the camaraderie between Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade. Hartwell offers advice from a “wily veteran,” telling them “this place is crazy.” Jade and Perez console her, and they agree they all have a common enemy in Toxic Attractions. High fives all around.
A vignette shows Apollo Crews reflecting on his return to NXT. Crews is in a diner when another patron is giving the staff a hard time. Crews comes to their aid by attacking the patron.
Henley pins Stratton after outside interference by Wendy Choo. Both Henley and Stratton show lots of fire from the outset, but the match itself was rather short.
Choo is seen hopping across the stage during Stratton’s entrance, unbeknownst to Stratton. Choo later bounces down to ringside on a hippity hop ball, and Choo throws confetti in Stratton’s face in full view of the referee. The ref lets the interfere go, and Henley uses an inside cradle for a pinfall.
NXT Champion Bron Breakker is backstage when Duke Hudson goads him into making a title match for tonight. Breakker defends the title against Hudson later in the show.
Lash Legend cuts a promo on Alba Fyre, and Legend runs down her impressive athletic background.
Wes Lee defeats Xyon Quinn
Lee pins Quinn after a twisting senton off the top rope. Another great win by Lee, as his push continues.
Lee shoots in at the start, and Quinn soon overpowers him. Lee uses his quickness to counter. He drops Quinn with a kick, and Lee leaps off the top rope with a twisting corkscrew senton bomb. Lee then covers Quinn for a pinfall.
Nathan Frazier talks about his background in a vignette. This is good character development.
The Dyad (with Joe Gacy) defeat Dante Chen & Javier Bernal
The Dyad is a fancy name for the druids that lurk around Gacy. They wrestle while wearing hoods, and they make big, exaggerated movements. This campy stuff looks like a gimmick from a bygone era. The Dyad would fit better on a WWF show from 1995.
They execute a double team DDT on Bernal, and he is pinned by one member of The Dyad.
Gacy enters the ring for a post-match promo. Oh joy. He says a lot of words only for him to blame the fans. The Dyad are apparently heels because of the fans. Does Jim Valley know about this?
Sanga and Xyon Quinn have a confrontation backstage. Quinn storms off as Sanga remarks he has found his next opponent.
Nikkita Lyons is featured in a video package where she vows to return from injury.
Tony D’Angelo hosts the promotion of Stacks and Two Dimes
Kind of a lame duck segment considering Two Dimes was released from WWE by the time this show airs on television.
D’Angelo waxes about how much Stacks and Two Dimes have done for the family. They get promoted from “associates” to “soldiers of the family.” D’Angelo gifts them an expensive watch.
Joining them in the ring for this segment is Santos Escobar and Legado del Fantasma, who all are now in the D’Angelo “family” after losing a stipulation match.
D’Angelo lays down the law to Escobar and company. They all shake D’Angelo’s hand, but they are clearly not happy about doing it.
D’Angelo says it is now time for him to have a championship. That was the cue for NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes, who is flanked by Trick Williams.
Hayes and Williams cut promos on D’Angelo. They exchange word with D’Angelo, and he claims to be “The Don of NXT.” Apparently that gives D’Angelo booking power like he is Hulk Hogan in WCW. D’Angelo books himself in a title match next week against Hayes.
Also set up is a tag match later on with Stacks and Two Dimes against Hayes and Williams.
Toxic Attraction cuts a promo on their opponents in the six-woman tag team match set for tonight’s main event.
NXT Champion Bron Breakker defeats Duke Hudson to retain his title
Breakker decisively beats Hudson via pinfall in a short match.
Hudson attempts to jump Breakker before the bell, but that backfires on Hudson. Breakker explodes into a fury. After flying shoulder tackles and a Rick Steiner powerslam, Breakker mows down Hudson with a spear.
Breakker lifts Hudson in a military press, and drops him into a powerslam. Breakker then scores a three count.
Grimes challenges Breakker during post-match confrontation
Cameron Grimes interrupts Breakker’s victory celebration. Grimes and Breakker had a brief interaction earlier in the show that foreshadows Grimes heeling on Breakker.
Grimes addresses Breakker, telling Breakker the reason he is champion is because of his last name. I am assuming he means Breakker’s real last name, not the name “Breakker” itself. Unless I am somehow unaware about the lineage of Breakkers in the wrestling business.
Grimes tells Breakker he respects him, but Grimes notes Breakker’s father is a legend. That is Grimes’ problem with Breakker. Everyone knows who Breakker’s father is, but no one knows about Grimes’ own father.
Grimes’ anger grows as he talks about his father not getting to watch his title win like Breakker’s father being able to see his son win a title.
Grimes says he is catchphrases and such. Grimes challenges Breakker to a title match at The Great American Bash. Breakker accepts the challenge, making the match official for the Bash.
A Diamond Mine skit with bad acting shows more tension within the faction. The Creeds have booked Roderick Strong and Damon Kemp in a tag match next week, much to the chagrin of Strong.
McKenzie Mitchell interviews Von Wagner, who is joined by Mr. Stone and Sofia Cromwell. Stone and Cromwell speak for Wagner. Next week Wagner meets Brooks Jensen in a match where their sides are barred from ringside.
Giovanni Vinci defeats Guru Raaj
Vinci pins Raaj after a sit-out powerbomb in what is a re-debut.
Vinci is a new character portrayed by Fabian Aichner. He looks impressive in the ring as usual, but the jury is still out on the character remake.
For the finish, Vinci executes a Last Ride where he sit-outs when delivering the powerbomb. Vince scores an easy three count.
Solo Sikoa challenges Grayson Waller to a match next week, and Waller reluctantly agrees to the bout next Tuesday.
Grimes is backstage where he confronts Enofe & Blade. He cuts a promo on them for losing their match earlier tonight. Grimes is mad they are leaving before the main event. Grimes claims they are not hungry, but he knows they have potential. Is this the makings of new stable?
NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams defeat Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo and Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan
Hayes scores a pinfall to win the match, after he and Williams fight off outside interference.
D’Angelo during the match causes a distraction, allowing the heels to gain control. They work over Hayes after D’Angelo distracts him.
Hot tag to Williams, and he cleans house in the ring. Cruz Del Toro attempts to interfere by doing a springboard into the ring. His flying crossbody backfires, and Williams clotheslines Del Toro out of the ring.
Williams tags in Hayes, and Hayes leaps off the top rope with a guillotine legdrop. Hayes then scores a pinfall.
Later after a commercial break, D’Angelo dresses down Legado del Fantasma as he blames them for the family’s loss tonight.
Matches announced for next Tuesday on NXT include:
Carmelo Hayes defends the NXT North American Championship against Tony D’Angelo
Perez pins Dolan to win the match for the babyface trio.
The heel trio huddles after they powder, and they regroup for an attack. The babyface trio thwarts the heels as the show cuts to a commercial break. The heels look to gain control, but they keep getting thwarted by the face team.
Eventually the heels gain an advantage. Heat on Jade as Toxic Attraction work her over. Hot tag to Perez, and she is a house of fire.
Rose tries to jump in, but Hartwell level her with a strike. Hartwell then tosses Rose out of the ring. Hartwell also shoves Jayne off the top rope. Rose pulls Hartwell out of the ring, but Hartwell hits her with a lariat at ringside.
Perez tags Jade, and Jade climbs the turnbuckles. Jade off the top with a senton where she lands hard on Dolan. Dolan might have gotten hurt, judging by the finish. Jade tags Perez back into the match, and she covers Dolan for the deciding pinfall. Perez might have been going for another move, but after some quick discussion in the ring, Perez quickly covers her instead.
Tonight’s NXT will set the stage for Saturday’s in Your House event.
Two matches for In Your House will become official tonight as Toxic Attraction have a “Women’s Championship Summit” with Wendy Choo, Katana Chance, and Kayden Carter. Mandy Rose is defending her NXT Women’s Championship against Choo at In Your House, while Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne will put their NXT Women’s Tag Team titles on the line against Chance & Carter.
NXT North American Champion Cameron Grimes will defend his title against Carmelo Hayes at In Your House. Tonight, Grimes takes on Nathan Frazer in non-title action.
It was announced that Roxanne Perez and Tiffany Stratton were going to face off in the finals of the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament tonight, but WWE has removed that match from the preview for tonight’s show.
Cora Jade vs. Elektra Lopez is also official for tonight, along with Thea Hail revealing her college decision.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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The show opens with Diamond Mine backstage getting ready for a match. Roderick Strong and Damon Kemp are set to kick off the show as a tag team. Strong tells Ivy Nile and the Creed Brothers they have the night off.
The rift within Diamond Mine continues. Strong & Kemp head to the ring, leaving the rest behind. Nile asks what is going on. Julius Creed remarks, “This is not going to work out.”
Despite tension with the others, Strong has a strong bond with Kemp. Strong is acting as his coach and mentor. Taking him under his wing, which plays into the story of the opening match.
NXT Tag Team Champions Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) defeat Diamond Mine (Damon Kemp & Roderick Strong) in a non-title match
Strong drops the fall after being distracted by outside interference from his own stable. This plays off an previous finish where Strong interfered in a Creed Brothers match, except Diamond Mine won that match. They lost here.
Kemp gets to shine, and he shows a lot of fire. When he first tagged in, he has to struggle for a moment. After taunted by Pretty Deadly, Strong slaps Kemp. This fires up Kemp, and he explodes with a fury.
Diamond Mine remains in control, and they execute stereo backbreakers on Pretty Deadly as the show cuts to a split-screen commercial. When the show returns from the commercial break, the tide has turned.
Pretty Deadly works over Kemp, until he able to tag out. Strong runs wild after the hot tag. Meanwhile, Kemp is down selling at ringside. As he tries to get back on the apron, he is shoved into the ring steps.
A tag belt is brought into the ring as the heel champs attempt to cheat. They try to use the belt as weapon, but the Creeds runs down to the ring. Julius Creed takes the bullet, as he is hit with the belt shot.
Strong attempts to capitalize by using an O’Connor Roll, but he is unable to score a pin. Brutus Creed yells at him from ringside, distracting Strong. Pretty Deadly deliver Spilt Milk on Strong, and he is pinned for a three count.
A pre-taped skit sets up a match for later tonight with Josh Briggs challenging Grayson Waller.
Sit-down leads to a challenge
Tony D’Angelo and his crew arrive at Santos Escobar’s yacht for a sit-down meeting with Legado del Fantasma. The boat head out to sea after Elektra Lopez says to take them somewhere nice.
The conversation turns heated in the meeting between the two factions. This is very well produced, despite being silly at times. Eventually, D’Angelo grows angry. He challenges Escobar to a six-man tag match at In Your House.
D’Angelo sneers at Escobar, telling him to look him in the eye. He also calls Escobar a “prick.” D’Angelo then proposes an added stipulation. Whichever teams loses, they must join the opposing family and takes orders from them.
Escobar accepts the challenge, and tells D’Angelo they have a deal. They shake on it. The six-man tag match is official for In Your House.
Cora Jade defeats Elektra Lopez
Jade pins Lopez to win. Lopez as alone in this match without her faction at ringside. She goes on to loss, after taking almost all of the offense. Jade fights from underneath as a babyface in peril.
They are fighting on the apron when Jade lands a knee strike. Lopez falls backwards to the mat in position for the finish, where Jade jumps off the top rope with a senton bomb. Jade goes on score a three count on Lopez.
McKenzie Mitchell interviews Wes Lee, and Lee throws shade at Xyon Quinn. Sanga enters the scene, and he gives Lee a pep talk. Last week, Sanga turned face after saving Lee from a beatdown.
A vignette profiles Roxanne Perez, and it was great video package. It shows her at a young age meeting the Bella Twins and Natalya before a house show in Laredo. It also features clips of Perez training at Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling academy. Perez details her journey and the sacrifices along the way. She vows to make her dreams come true next week by winning the Women’s Breakout Tournament.
Wes Lee defeats Xyon Quinn
Lee pins Quinn to win, after Lee sold the whole match.
This match finally happened after being delayed several times. Similar story to the women’s match that precedes it on this show, where the babyface is in peril for the whole match. In the the end though, the face counters to win the match.
Quinn bullies and manhandles Lee in the match. Quinn eventually uses a Snake Eyes where he launches Lee into the middle turnbuckle like a lawn dart.
USA Network censors a “holy s***” chant as Quinn signals for his finisher. Quinn takes a bit too long, allowing Lee a last ditch effort. Lee counters Quinn catch him with a roll-up, and Lee scores a pin out of nowhere.
Roderick Strong is in the Diamond Mine locker room, and he is yelling at his stable for interfering in the match earlier tonight. Strong reprimands them for disobeying him. Strong tells the Creeds and Nile that they are out of Diamond Mine if they lose the tag title match at In Your House.
Joe Gacy in a pre-tape promo says a bunch of gibberish that is supposed to build anticipation for him challenging Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship.
Breakker is doing a backstage interview when the lights flicker and a voice from above haunts him. Breakker picks up a monitor, presumably to smash. He instead sits it back down after realizing Gacy was trying to get into his head. Breakker vows to win at IYH.
NXT Women’s Championship Summit
A table is set up in the ring. On one side is Toxic Attraction, which includes the NXT Women’s Champion and the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions. On the other side of the table are the challengers.
Katana Chance & Kayden Carter are set to challenge Jacy Jaybe & Gigi Dolan for the tag titles at IYH. Wendo Choo also challenges Mandy Rose for the singles title at IYH.
In this “summit” there is a lot of bickering back-and-forth. The challengers keep telling the heel trio to sign the contracts, and the live studio audience starts a chant heckling the heels into signing.
Mandy Rose still manages to get through her promo, and then she signs the contract for her match at IYH. Choo in return hits Rose with a spitwad like this was elementary school.
Rose attacks Choo, and a melee ensues. The table is turned upside down as everyone brawls. Chance & Carter do dives the outside. The babyface trio cleans house, leading to Choo putting Rose through a table with a splash off the top rope. USA Network censors a “holy s***” chant as the babyfaces stand tall.
Kiana James confronts Ivy Nile backstage, and James chides Nile about the Creeds chances at IYH. Nile snaps on James (who has an Alexandra York gimmick), and pushes James against a locker. This sets up a match for later on.
Solo Sikoa defeats Duke Hudson
Sikoa pins Hudson after a Superfly splash. Sikoa’s push continues as he is the next challenger in line for a shot at the NXT North American Championship.
Sikoa shines early on, until he is cut off. Hudson briefly works over Sikoa, but Sikoa soon makes a comeback. Sikoa is a house of fire in the closing moments.
Umaga splash by Sikoa, followed by a Superfly splash. Sikoa then covers Hudson for a clean pinfall.
A vignette highlights Tiffany Stratton ahead of her meeting Roxanne Perez in the finals of the Women’s Breakout Tournament.
Thea Hail graduated from high school last weekend, and tonight she chooses the college she plans to attend. In a swerve, Hail announces she plans to attend Chase University. All those skits with Hail over the last few weeks make sense now, it was all an angle. Clever.
Grayson Waller defeats Josh Briggs
Waller pins Briggs after Von Wagner causes a distraction.
Waller grabs the house microphone, and he insults Briggs before the match. This fires up Briggs.
Baiting in Briggs, Waller uses a cheap shot to gain the upper hand. After a double down, Sofia Cromwell and Mr. Stone enter the soundstage. They come down to ringside.
Comeback by Briggs, and he begins to mow down Waller. Von Wagner appears at ringside, and he jumps on the ring apron to cause a distraction. Waller rolls through and pops up into a cutter on a distracted Briggs.
Capitalizing on the outside interference, Waller goes on to pin Briggs. Wagner jumps Briggs after the match. He is called off by Cromwell.
Ivy Nile defeats Kiana James
Nile pins James to win clean.
The trend on this show continues where the loser of the match gets the most offense during the bout itself. Nile at the finish fires up with a series of kicks, and Nile executes a powerslam to set up the pinfall.
Pretty Deadly comes to the ring after the match, and the cut a promo on Diamond Mine. Pretty Deadly attempts to surround Nile in the ring, but the Creeds come to Nile’s rescue. They face off with Pretty Deadly, and the Creeds send them packing after getting the better of a tussle.
A vignette hypes the arrival of Giovanni Vinci. He is sophisticated and loves to show it. His is coming soon to NXT.
NXT North American Champion Cameron Grimes defeats Nathan Frazier in a non-title match
Grimes pins Frazier in a really fun babyface match. Lots of action in this fast paced match. Frazier is far better in the ring that his win-loss record in NXT might indicate.
Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams are at ringside at the announce desk providing guest commentary. Hayes challenges Grimes in a title match on Saturday.
Babyface match here tonight as neither plays heel. Grimes and Frazier wrestle through a split-screen commercial break. They set a far faster pace than any other match on tonight’s card.
They trade near falls in what is described on commentary as a “high octane” match. Great action in the closing moments as the pace quickened even more.
Frazier was looking strong as he got to shine. Frazier dives through the ropes to the outside just before the finishing sequence. Frazier then climbs the turnbuckles.
Grimes counters Frazier to deliver an avalanche overhead suplex off the ropes. Grimes then delivers a Cave In, and he covers Frazier for the deciding pinfall.
Hayes attempts to jump Grimes after the match, but he is thwarted by Grimes. Williams pulls Hayes out of the ring, and they back away as the show closes.
Final Thoughts
This episode seemed less like a go-home show, and more like filler programming. However, there was clearly a lot of hype on this show for In Your House. Not sure if that translates into a lot of interest.
