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["Shoot My Shot" by Jay IDK playing]

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[man 1] The king of kings!

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[man 2] We

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are…

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[man 3] …still in a state of war.

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[man 4] 1.0, 2.0.

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The mission's the same.

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[man 3] With confidence I assert…

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[man 5] There's a new school

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on the rise.

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[crowd cheering]

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[man 5] The game has changed.

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[crowd cheering]

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[man 4] NXT 2.0!

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["Shoot My Shot" by Jay IDK playing]

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[Grimes] But you want to talk
about big stakes?

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At War Games?

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Hair versus hair.

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[Gacy] Roderick Strong has created

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a toxic cruiserweight division.

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And I don't care about any weight limit.

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[Bivens] At War Games, Roderick Strong
is going to shut you up

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for good.

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[sirens wailing]

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[crowd cheering]

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[Wade] Bad blood
between these eight women.

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[crowd cheering]

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Toxic Attraction and Dakota Kai.

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We're going to win.

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[Ray] Prepare.

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We are ready for War Games.

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[man 5] These four guys
put NXT on the map.

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[man 6] At War Games,
you're looking at the future.

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[man 4] Team 2.0.

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There's NXT Black & Gold!

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[man 3] I declare a state of war.

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[sirens wailing]

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[narrator] And now the new
WWE Credit One Visa presents

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NXT War Games.

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[alarm sounding]

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[crowd cheering]

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[Vic] Since 2017 NXT superstars
have fought at a battleground

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consisting of two rings, one cage.

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That battlefield is known simply
as War Games.

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Welcome to the ringside, I'm Vic Joseph
alongside Wade Barrett

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and WWE hall of famer Beth Phoenix.

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Beth, we know it's your last night.

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You're going out with a bang.

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Do not make me cry again, Vic.

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I will always love my NXT family
with all my heart,

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but you're right, tonight
we are going out with a bang!

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It's time to go to war!

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And not only that, Wade.

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Two championship matches
and hair versus hair.

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Oh, yes.

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Veterans have got a chance
to cement their places

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right here in NXT.

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The young blood though,

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they have a chance
to step their careers up

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to an entirely new level tonight.

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Everything is on the line at War Games.

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Let's not waste any more time.

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Let's get to arena
to Alicia Taylor to kick things off!

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[bell rings]

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[Alicia] The following is
the women's War Games match.

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The rules of the match are as follows,

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two teams will be contained
in separate cages

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with one member from each team
starting the match.

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After five minutes, a member
from the team with the advantage

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would be released to enter the match.

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After a three-minute period,

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alternating members from each team
will enter the match

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until all competitors are inside the cage.

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Once all competitors have entered,

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War Games officially begins.

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The only way to win the match
is by pinfall or submission.

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And now

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let the War Games

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begin!

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[crowd cheering]

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[electronic music playing]

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[Alicia] Introducing first Io Shirai!

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[crowd cheering]

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[crowd chanting "Io"]

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[skater rock music playing]

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[Alicia] Next Cora Jade!

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[crowd cheering]

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[heavy metal music playing]

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[Alicia] Raquel González!

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[Vic] What a way to kick off
War Games tonight, Beth.

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How important is
the War Games advantage going to be?

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[Beth] Vic, it's not just important,
it's a total game-changer.

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For Lee Ray's team,
they're going to have an advantage

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for three minutes every time
another teammate enters the fray.

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It's a constant headstart.

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Team Toxic is going
to be swimming upstream

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for the entirety of this matchup.

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[Wade] Yes, I completely agree
with Beth on that one.

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It's going to be hell
whichever side you're on.

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Whether you're at an advantage or not.

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And I will continue once we get
this entrance underway.

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[electronic music playing]

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[Alicia] And Kay Lee Ray!

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[Vic] See, Beth, Wade was afraid of,

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if he continued to talk,
what Lee Ray would do this Tuesday.

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[Beth] I can't blame him.

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[Wade] She's carrying a baseball bat.

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She's an intimidating individual.

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That's ended up in the ring,
don't let that go unnoticed.

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You've got an uphill battle from the go

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if you have the disadvantage
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which before lies
with the team Toxic for the moment.

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The advantage
is only as good as you make it.

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If team Toxic could minimize
the damage they incur

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in the lopsided portions of this match,

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survive through
until the numbers are even,

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then and only then do they have a chance.

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[Vic] How about Ray with a baseball bat?

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Let's remember, everything
inside War Games, it is all legal.

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[rock music playing]

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[Alicia] And their opponents.

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First, the NXT women's tag team champions,

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Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin

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and the NXT women's champion
Mandy Rose, Toxic Attraction.

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[Vic] I mean, Wade,
we know where your loyalty lies,

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but some think that team Toxic
are the underdogs tonight

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in the women's War Games.

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[Wade] I understand that perspective

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considering they don't have the advantage.

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The numbers game
is going to be against them,

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but I am yet to be convinced
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are the underdogs tonight.

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Quite simply, team Toxic run
the women's division here in NXT.

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They hold the tag team championship,
they hold the women's championship

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as they are proudly displaying
on our screens right now.

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In my opinion, they are far from outsiders
or underdogs at this point.

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They have cohesion,
and that could mean everything

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in a match like this.

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[Beth] Putting all the extreme bias aside
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they do not have the numerical advantage,

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again, with the War Games advantage.

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[Alicia] And Dakota Kai!

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[Beth] The scales are weighed
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Shirai and González.

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Team Toxic is dealing
with the questionable emotional state

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of this woman, Dakota Kai.

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We've seen Kai's erratic choices
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putting Toxic in the first place.

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[Vic] Wait, Dakota Kai
realizing that Kay Lee Ray

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is holding a bat,
she's bringing an equalizer.

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[Wade] About 15 equalizers,

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that was a bunch of kendo sticks there.

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This one is going to start
really, really ugly,

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and in my opinion, I sang
the praises of Toxic Attraction.

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In my opinion, this woman right here,

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Dakota Kai was the MVP of last year's
War Games women's matchup.

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Dakota Kai, do not underestimate
this woman at all.

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Unhinged? Yes.

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All quality 100%.

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[Vic] I want to ask you upfront,

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what's the strategy for both these women
and their teams early on?

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As you could see, both teams,
entering their cages,

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there is team Toxic,
there is Raquel, Cora and Io.

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You can hear the NXT Universe.

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[bell rings]

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[Beth] I can't imagine
the claustrophobic feeling of that.

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Feeling that door shut.

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[Vic] Five-minute countdown
to the first superstar,

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which will come from Ray's team,

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then every three minutes,
an alternating superstar,

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but what's the strategy upfront?

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[Wade] It's simple.

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For the team with the advantage,
the numbers game,

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that's obviously Kay Lee Ray's team,

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it is all about dishing out
as much damage as you can

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ahead of the match, officially starting
when it becomes four-on-four.

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Once you get that numbers advantage,
you have to make it count.

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On the flip side of that,
though, for team Toxic,

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that's Dakota Kai's team,

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the ones with the disadvantage
is all about survival.

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Can you make it through
to the four-on-four part of the match

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still standing?

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If you can do that, you have a chance.

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[Beth] That's a lot of rational logically,

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but Dakota is throwing strategy
out the door.

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She's reckless.

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We've seen her unhinged,
unpredictable as is Kay Lee Ray,

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not afraid to dig deep
into the pockets of her offense.

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[Vic] You're not kidding.

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Kay Lee Ray right off the bat
taking it right to Dakota Kai.

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Beth, kind of hinted about it.

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Dakota Kai, somewhat
of a wildcard for her team,

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and she's starting things out here
with Kay Lee Ray in control.

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[Beth] Kai isn't on the same page
with Toxic,

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but we've seen the contention
between those three.

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They don't understand Kai's reactions.

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I mean, if you ask me--

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[Vic] Oh, nice DDT out of the corner!

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Kay Lee Ray starting
to inflict damage early on.

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[Beth] Mandy knows it's better
to have Kai on your side.

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[Vic] Three and a half minutes

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until the next superstar
will enter the fray,

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and that is not good news for Dakota.

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[Wade] Listen, Dakota Kai,
she might be seen as a wild card.

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She's clearly unhinged.

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She has been since--

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[Vic] Oh, no.

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[Wade] Break up with Raquel González,
and that was taken

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to a whole new level since losing
to Raquel at NXT takeover 36.

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[Vic] Ray tasting
the steel for the first time.

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Beth, you bring that up,
the downward spiral for Dakota,

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it began last year at War Games,

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as the second time,
Kai sending face-first Kay Lee Ray.

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[Wade] Last year
it was the beginning of the rise

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of Raquel González
in the women's division here in NXT.

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It was engineered in my eyes
completely by this woman, Dakota Kai,

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as we take another look
here of Dakota Kai dishing out

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some punishment
to the scary queen of Scots, Kay Lee Ray.

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Unfortunately, for Dakota Kai,

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Dr. Frankenstein's monster
turned on the creator

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and Raquel pushed Kai to the side
and wanted the spotlight for herself.

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That is what essentially has caused
Dakota Kai to become so unhinged.

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[Vic] Oh, and again.

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[Beth] Come on. Let's turn back the clock
and historically speaking,

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we watched Dakota Kai turn
on her own friends at War Games before.

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There's something about War Games

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that brings out the worst in Dakota Kai.

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[Vic] Listen to this.

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[crowd cheering]

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[Wade] Oh!

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[Vic] It brings out the worst
in Dakota Kai,

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but as Wade pointed out,

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Dr. Frankenstein
putting together quite the plan

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in the center of these two rings.

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What is on the mind of Dakota Kai?
Kai with under two minutes.

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Wade, you mentioned all about survival,

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because she knows
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it'll be two-on-one,

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this is a dangerous type of match.

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Beth, how dangerous is War Games?

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[Beth] Everything about it is dangerous.

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The environment, the ability
to use all of your weapons,

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it's steel top to bottom.

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You can be very creative
in a variety of ways

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to implement destruction.

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[Vic] We've already seen
Kay Lee Ray taste the steel face first.

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Now, Dakota Kai,
bad intentions in her mind.

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As you can see her team,
team Toxic looking on.

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Oh, Kay Lee Ray able to counter.

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Kay Lee Ray right now,
both will have to go the distance.

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One of those three women will be making
their way into War Games cage here

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in a matter of moments.

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Uh-oh, Dakota Kai and a baseball bat.

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Oh, Kay Lee Ray!

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[applause]

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It's all about sacrifice
inside the War Games match.

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[Wade] Just as Dakota Kai
managing to build

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with a head of steam against Kay Lee Ray,

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Lee Ray back with a vengeance.

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This is what Kay Lee Ray does.

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She loves smashing things up apparently.

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It doesn't matter
if it's inanimate objects

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or indeed opponents
as we're witnessing right now.

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[Vic] As we mentioned
this past Tuesday, smash room,

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War Games cage, this is right up
Kay Lee Ray's alley.

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[Beth] Remember, Kay Lee Ray
calling her shot in such a--

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[Vic] Oh!

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[screams]

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[Beth] Kay Lee Ray
put herself on this team.

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We saw her come up with the baseball bat,
threaten Mandy Rose,

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winning the War Games
advantage ladder match

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and now taking it to Dakota Kai.

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[crowd counts down]

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[Vic] Wade brought up the strategy
early on, survival for Dakota Kai,

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but now she has to deal
with Kay Lee Ray and Cora Jade.

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One word comes to mind

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when you think of Cora Jade
as she gets her skateboard, it's Moxie.

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[Beth] I like this creative offense.

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We're about to see the youngest competitor
in the history of War Games.

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At 20, you still have

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your best days ahead of you,
you can bounce back.

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[crowd screams]

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[Beth] And Jade, innovative right here.

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[Vic] Dakota Kai going to have
to crank up her offense

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as now you see every three minutes
an alternating member

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from each team will enter the fray.

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Dakota Kai right now,

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this will be the longest three minutes.

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[Wade] This is going to be
a miserable experience.

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It's all about survival.

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Remember, last year she was
the first entrant in the War Games match

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and the most durable superstar
in the women's division in my opinion.

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She needs every ounce
of that durability today

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because she is really going to war
tonight.

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[Vic] Right now, Beth, we take a look
on Cora Jade and Kay Lee Ray

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working together.

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This is the importance
you were talking about the advantage.

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[Beth] This is where the numbers game
come into play,

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giving Kay Lee Ray a moment
to breathe, a little reprieve here,

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and now you're going to see
some double team.

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They got to take advantage.

302
00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:48,280
[Vic] Oh, I don't know
how mean those kendo stick are.

303
00:15:48,347 --> 00:15:51,317
How about that kick right to the spine?

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Slow, methodical.

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Beth, to your point, Kay Lee Ray
and Cora Jade have to be loving

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every second, savoring
what they're doing to Dakota Kai.

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[Beth] Not to mention the damage Kai took

308
00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:05,331
three days ago in that ladder match.

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You can see Toxic Attraction here
sweating some bullets, Wade.

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[Wade] Absolutely.

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Working in the bit of the mess right now,
but that's inevitable.

312
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That is the point of the advantage ladder
match we saw last week that Lee Ray

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is victorious in,
therein lies the advantage.

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Now we see Cora Jade taken under the wing

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of Kay Lee Ray, and the rest of her team.

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Perhaps, they see something in Cora Jade,

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want to help her advance her career
in the right way.

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Things are looking really good right now.

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[Vic] War Games doesn't officially begin

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until all competitors
have entered the matchup.

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Beth, if you were
Kay Lee Ray and Cora Jade,

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you'd be licking your chops.

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[Beth] They're doing what they should,

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they're pacing themselves,
they're recovering,

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and they're delivering
consistent damage to Dakota Kai.

326
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[crowd boos]

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[Beth] This is excellent strategy.

328
00:16:56,048 --> 00:16:58,751
[Wade] I don't agree.
Look at her grudging smile,

329
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this is your opportunity
to make this time count.

330
00:17:02,254 --> 00:17:05,624
Don't start laughing
at the other team in their cage

331
00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:07,659
locked in there unable to help out.

332
00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:11,063
Go out and do as much damage
as you can to Dakota Kai.

333
00:17:11,130 --> 00:17:14,133
If you fail to do that,
you're going to come across--

334
00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:16,869
-[Vic] Oh!
-[Wade] Just like I was saying.

335
00:17:16,935 --> 00:17:21,440
[Vic] Dakota Kai
with some act of desperation.

336
00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:24,877
[crowd chanting]

337
00:17:24,943 --> 00:17:28,313
[Vic] This was an absolute turnaround
for Dakota Kai.

338
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Boom!

339
00:17:29,515 --> 00:17:32,885
To Wade's point, Dakota Kai
was able to weather the storm

340
00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:35,454
and now with just over ten seconds,

341
00:17:35,521 --> 00:17:39,858
things are going to be even out
here at two superstars a piece.

342
00:17:39,925 --> 00:17:42,995
But which superstar will enter the match?

343
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[crowd counts down]

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[music playing]

345
00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:52,438
[crowd cheering]

346
00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:55,307
[Vic] Looking through the NXT Universe…

347
00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:56,575
[crowd chanting "Gigi"]

348
00:17:56,642 --> 00:17:59,645
[Vic] Gigi Dolin is making
her way into the ring

349
00:17:59,711 --> 00:18:02,881
and this is
a huge opportunity for one-half

350
00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:07,286
of the NXT women's tag team champions.

351
00:18:07,352 --> 00:18:09,888
[Wade] Nobody else got
into this match empty-handed,

352
00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:12,724
so Gigi is now
about to buck the trend here,

353
00:18:12,791 --> 00:18:15,861
garbage can and apparently a bag.

354
00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:18,730
-[Vic] What's in the bag?
-[Wade] It's my big concern.

355
00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:21,066
[Vic] It's all legal inside War Games.

356
00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:22,101
Oh!

357
00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:27,406
Beth, this is an opportunity for Dolin
and Jade to step up and step out.

358
00:18:27,473 --> 00:18:30,275
[Beth] The quickest way
to add credibility to your resume

359
00:18:30,342 --> 00:18:34,713
is to compete and succeed
in the War Games match.

360
00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:36,882
Although, you may walk out of this matchup

361
00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:39,151
a different person that walked in.

362
00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:41,687
[Vic] This is important for team Toxic

363
00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:45,257
for Gigi Dolin to string together
some offense to allow Dakota Kai

364
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to regroup, refocus herself.

365
00:18:47,659 --> 00:18:50,195
[Wade] Here's the deal
throughout this matchup--

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[Vic] Nasty.

367
00:18:51,363 --> 00:18:54,733
[Wade] The team of Kay Lee Ray
and Cora Jade have had the advantage.

368
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,170
You would not know it by looking
at the mess in the ring right now.

369
00:18:58,237 --> 00:18:59,638
It's all about team Toxic.

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[crowd chanting "let's go, Gigi"]

371
00:19:01,573 --> 00:19:05,344
[Vic] Gigi Dolin, talk about evil
intentions burning through her mind.

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00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:08,480
As now Cora Jade is going to get caught

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and get dropped by Dolin.

374
00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:15,854
Oh, and all of a sudden, things quickly,

375
00:19:15,921 --> 00:19:19,892
in just a matter of moments,
Beth, have turned around for team Toxic.

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00:19:19,958 --> 00:19:23,095
[Beth] I would love to see some urgency
here from Gigi and Dakota

377
00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:26,865
because things are about to swing
the other way very quickly.

378
00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:30,936
They've got to take this advantage
and really grind down Kay Lee Ray--

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-[Vic] under two minutes--
-[Beth] Cora Jade.

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[Vic] Until the next superstar
will enter the fray.

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Will it be Io Shirai
or will it be Raquel González,

382
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because those two women
are looking on and seeing

383
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the complexion of this matchup

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drastically change

385
00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,988
at the hands of Gigi Dolin

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00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:51,657
and Dakota Kai.

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00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:54,693
Now in stereo, in sync,

388
00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,929
Dolin and Kai.

389
00:19:56,995 --> 00:19:58,897
[Wade] Two Alpha females still locked

390
00:19:58,964 --> 00:20:01,266
in the cage one of whom

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00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:04,002
will be in this matchup next.

392
00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:07,839
You really can't go wrong,
but it can't come

393
00:20:07,906 --> 00:20:11,176
soon enough for the team
of Raquel González et al.

394
00:20:11,243 --> 00:20:13,478
Because they are taking
a pasting right now.

395
00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:16,114
[Beth] Guys, it was interesting
to see Dakota Kai

396
00:20:16,181 --> 00:20:17,449
and Gigi on the same page.

397
00:20:17,516 --> 00:20:21,453
We've yet to see that chemistry
develop between Toxic Attraction and Kai.

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00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,022
[Vic] Right now you're getting
this firsthand look

399
00:20:24,089 --> 00:20:26,258
at how quickly the pendulum can swing

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00:20:26,325 --> 00:20:28,360
in this women's War Games matchup,

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as Cora Jade,
getting her third win in this matchup.

402
00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:34,333
We're going to say this word
a lot tonight: survivor.

403
00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:35,534
[Beth] Uh-oh.

404
00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:37,636
[Vic] It's all about surviving upfront

405
00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:41,306
and Cora Jade, laying it all on the line!

406
00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:42,574
[crowd shouting]

407
00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:44,042
[applause]

408
00:20:44,109 --> 00:20:47,145
[Vic] We're going to see a lot
of innovative unique offense.

409
00:20:47,212 --> 00:20:51,416
[Beth] Yes, I can recall Io Shirai
being pitted with a trash can last year.

410
00:20:51,483 --> 00:20:53,752
-[Vic] Looking for that KLR bomb.
-[Wade] No.

411
00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:56,622
[Vic] Ooh! You're talking
about a two for one.

412
00:20:56,688 --> 00:20:59,458
Think about this, guys, as the clock

413
00:20:59,524 --> 00:21:01,360
continues to tick,

414
00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:03,495
it's going to be an advantage

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00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:07,065
for Cora Jade and Kay Lee Ray
in just a matter of moments.

416
00:21:07,132 --> 00:21:10,035
[Wade] The pendulum truly
has swung in this one,

417
00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:12,337
all the ladies seemingly
down at the moment.

418
00:21:12,404 --> 00:21:14,606
A lot of damage has already been incurred

419
00:21:14,673 --> 00:21:16,508
by four women's bodies

420
00:21:16,575 --> 00:21:20,112
and it's about to get a hell
of a lot worse for Dakota Kai.

421
00:21:20,178 --> 00:21:27,152
[crowd counts down]

422
00:21:27,886 --> 00:21:29,788
[Vic] Gigi Dolin.

423
00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:32,391
Here comes Io Shirai.

424
00:21:32,457 --> 00:21:35,894
Perhaps the most decorated
woman superstar in this match.

425
00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:38,797
[Beth] Io Shirai has main specials
against Sasha Banks,

426
00:21:38,864 --> 00:21:40,866
a women's champion, tag champ.

427
00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:43,368
She's been
an unforgettable moment-maker in NXT,

428
00:21:43,435 --> 00:21:45,237
and she's got the fearlessness

429
00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:46,838
that you got to have

430
00:21:46,905 --> 00:21:49,474
to walk into a match
with this kind of brutality.

431
00:21:49,541 --> 00:21:51,310
[Vic] She's not leaving empty-handed.

432
00:21:51,376 --> 00:21:52,411
[Wade] Why would she?

433
00:21:52,477 --> 00:21:53,612
Nobody else has.

434
00:21:53,679 --> 00:21:55,347
Take some goodies with you.

435
00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:57,249
[Vic] This is absolute brutality.

436
00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,552
This is what women's
War Games is all about.

437
00:22:01,787 --> 00:22:05,624
[Wade] Last year, Io Shirai dived
off the top of the War Games structure

438
00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:08,727
inside one of those steel bins.

439
00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:10,929
[Vic] Beth, when it comes to Io Shirai,

440
00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:13,065
there is no risk she will not take.

441
00:22:13,131 --> 00:22:14,933
Oh, no!

442
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,337
[Wade] Well, that was a risk,
showing off with a garbage can

443
00:22:18,403 --> 00:22:20,739
with that furious Dakota Kai in the ring.

444
00:22:20,806 --> 00:22:24,609
[Vic] Whoa! Did you see
that nasty landing for Shirai?

445
00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:29,448
[Beth] Many wear the rules of War Games
for the rest of their careers

446
00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:32,551
and flesh hits that steel.

447
00:22:32,617 --> 00:22:34,986
[Vic] We talked about the second
and third wind,

448
00:22:35,053 --> 00:22:37,989
but how about Dakota Kai thriving

449
00:22:38,056 --> 00:22:39,725
at this juncture in the matchup?

450
00:22:39,791 --> 00:22:42,861
For having started this matchup,
she changed the it around.

451
00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:45,997
This was welcome to War Games, Io Shirai.

452
00:22:46,064 --> 00:22:47,966
[crowd cheering]

453
00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:49,801
[Beth] The damage continues here

454
00:22:49,868 --> 00:22:53,271
with Io Shirai's body
crashing against the steel.

455
00:22:53,338 --> 00:22:54,840
Shirai's in trouble.

456
00:22:54,906 --> 00:22:58,310
[Wade] I've spoken glowingly
about Dakota Kai's ability

457
00:22:58,377 --> 00:22:59,611
to absorb punishment.

458
00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:02,848
Usually, in the ring,
the bigger the superstar,

459
00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:05,851
in my experience,
the better they are at being durable,

460
00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:07,252
at taking that punishment.

461
00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:10,389
Dakota Kai has a slight frame,
but wow, can she absorb a beating,

462
00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:12,858
get up, and keep on swinging.

463
00:23:12,924 --> 00:23:15,694
[Beth] Dakota Kai, as tough as they come.

464
00:23:16,828 --> 00:23:19,030
Right here, speaking
of as tough as they come,

465
00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:23,268
putting an elbow
to the temple of Cora Jade.

466
00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:25,971
[Wade] Welcome to the bigtime, Cora Jade.

467
00:23:26,037 --> 00:23:28,940
[Vic] Now, Cora Jade grabbed
a skateboard immediately

468
00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:30,842
and Dakota Kai shutting her down,

469
00:23:30,909 --> 00:23:33,211
but you're talking about Dakota Kai,

470
00:23:33,278 --> 00:23:37,382
we're talking about Kay Lee Ray,
about the resiliency of these women.

471
00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:40,252
It was a smart strategy
to put those two on their teams

472
00:23:40,318 --> 00:23:41,753
to start them in the War Games.

473
00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:45,157
[Wade] Two of the most unhinged superstars
in Kay Lee Ray

474
00:23:45,223 --> 00:23:46,858
and Dakota Kai, durability,

475
00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:47,926
experience,

476
00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:51,663
that is exactly who you want
kicking this kind of matchup.

477
00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:53,532
[Vic] Oh!

478
00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:56,468
And face-first goes Dolin,
but look at Kay Lee Ray,

479
00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:57,836
walked into Dakota Kai.

480
00:23:57,903 --> 00:24:02,073
Cora Jade trying to climb
as fast as she can,

481
00:24:02,140 --> 00:24:03,575
bodies everywhere

482
00:24:03,642 --> 00:24:05,944
inside the War Games.

483
00:24:06,011 --> 00:24:08,513
Wow!

484
00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:11,783
[Beth] That's a narrow space there.

485
00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:14,052
[Vic] Oh, Jade's not done.

486
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,655
[crowd shouting]

487
00:24:16,721 --> 00:24:17,989
[Vic] Dolin!

488
00:24:18,056 --> 00:24:20,759
Where did Gigi Dolin come from?

489
00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:23,995
[Wade] Turn your back at your peril
in this kind of matchup.

490
00:24:24,062 --> 00:24:27,399
If you can, keep your back
to the fence at all times.

491
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:29,234
It's almost impossible.

492
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:31,570
[crowd chanting "Gigi"]

493
00:24:31,636 --> 00:24:34,372
[Vic] When you look at all the women
in this matchup,

494
00:24:34,439 --> 00:24:36,041
the one thing they all have

495
00:24:36,107 --> 00:24:41,213
in common
is a deep-rooted hatred for one another.

496
00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:48,253
[crowd counts down]

497
00:24:49,721 --> 00:24:51,756
[music playing]

498
00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:53,525
[Vic] Mandy Rose sending out

499
00:24:53,592 --> 00:24:56,127
the next troop, that is Jacy Jayne,

500
00:24:56,194 --> 00:24:58,930
the other half
of the women's tag team champions.

501
00:24:58,997 --> 00:25:01,466
With Jayne and Dolin,
women's tag team champions

502
00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:03,335
in this matchup,

503
00:25:03,401 --> 00:25:06,271
the match has to go
in favor of team Toxic, Beth,

504
00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:07,439
at this juncture.

505
00:25:07,505 --> 00:25:10,642
[Beth] Gigi and Jayne looking
for an opportunity to level up

506
00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:13,178
the next step, wow!

507
00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:17,048
Things are about to get even more brutal
in that War Games cage.

508
00:25:17,115 --> 00:25:21,520
[Wade] Let's bring in some more toys
as if it wasn't dangerous enough.

509
00:25:21,586 --> 00:25:25,357
[crowd chanting "we want tables"]

510
00:25:25,423 --> 00:25:27,893
[Vic] You ask,

511
00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:31,897
and the War Games mach will answer.

512
00:25:34,065 --> 00:25:37,068
What more can these women bring
into this matchup?

513
00:25:37,135 --> 00:25:40,105
The War Games cage wasn't enough?

514
00:25:40,171 --> 00:25:42,173
[Wade] If there's anything else sitting

515
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:43,842
under that ring right now

516
00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:46,645
because right now,
it is a bomb site in there,

517
00:25:46,711 --> 00:25:49,414
utter destruction, chaos,

518
00:25:49,481 --> 00:25:52,117
and it's only going
to get worse from here.

519
00:25:52,183 --> 00:25:56,121
[Vic] Kay Lee Ray bouncing off
of those solid steel chairs

520
00:25:56,187 --> 00:25:57,989
and we talked about team Toxic,

521
00:25:58,056 --> 00:26:00,859
Jacy Jayne is the freshest
of all the competitors.

522
00:26:00,926 --> 00:26:03,562
Her and Dolin, Beth, have a rapport.

523
00:26:03,628 --> 00:26:07,432
[Beth] Absolutely. As tag team champions,
they have plenty of time to build

524
00:26:07,499 --> 00:26:10,268
that chemistry and you're seeing
an example of it here.

525
00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:13,905
[Vic] Oh, and a knee right under the jaw.
It could be the knockout blow.

526
00:26:13,972 --> 00:26:15,173
[Wade] Great point.

527
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,276
In my opinion, these two teams--

528
00:26:18,343 --> 00:26:20,445
[crowd chanting "let's go, Toxic"]

529
00:26:20,512 --> 00:26:22,814
[Vic] Yes. You see Mandy Rose flaunting,

530
00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:26,918
but here, Jacy Jayne turning
things around in a hurry.

531
00:26:26,985 --> 00:26:29,854
[Wade] Well, what a shocking landing
for Kay Lee Ray.

532
00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:32,290
[crowd chanting "let's go, Toxic"]

533
00:26:32,357 --> 00:26:35,460
[crowd chanting "Toxic sucks"]

534
00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:37,262
[Vic] NXT Universe is splitting.

535
00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:39,698
Jacy Jayne mocking Io Shirai.

536
00:26:39,764 --> 00:26:41,933
[Wade] Called her own tag partner Flash.

537
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,536
[Vic] Got a miscommunication
and now Shirai

538
00:26:44,602 --> 00:26:46,605
starting to answer back in this matchup.

539
00:26:46,671 --> 00:26:49,541
Look, the one thing
we can mention though, Beth,

540
00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:51,977
Shirai really hasn't gotten
out of the gate.

541
00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:54,546
If Shirai can start to string
together some offense,

542
00:26:54,612 --> 00:26:55,981
like she is right now,

543
00:26:56,047 --> 00:26:58,316
she's going to turn
things around by herself.

544
00:26:58,383 --> 00:27:01,186
[Beth] There's a reason
she's called the genius of the sky.

545
00:27:01,252 --> 00:27:03,288
No one is more comfortable
on that top rope,

546
00:27:03,355 --> 00:27:05,190
top of the cage.

547
00:27:05,256 --> 00:27:07,292
[Vic] Oh!

548
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,127
She is a spitfire!

549
00:27:09,194 --> 00:27:13,098
[crowd chanting]

550
00:27:13,164 --> 00:27:15,367
[woman screams]

551
00:27:15,433 --> 00:27:16,968
[Wade] Oh, my God!

552
00:27:17,035 --> 00:27:19,137
[woman screams]

553
00:27:19,204 --> 00:27:21,239
-[Vic] Oh!
-[crowd screams]

554
00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:24,442
[applause]

555
00:27:24,509 --> 00:27:27,045
[crowd cheering]

556
00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:30,649
[Vic] Oh, the feint kick from Shirai!

557
00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:31,850
Rose isn't happy.

558
00:27:31,916 --> 00:27:32,951
González is fired up.

559
00:27:33,018 --> 00:27:36,488
Shirai is in control.

560
00:27:36,554 --> 00:27:38,723
[crowd chanting "Io"]

561
00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:42,727
[Vic] And Jacy Jayne
does not like the odds,

562
00:27:42,794 --> 00:27:45,030
and, Beth, there's no time-outs
in War Games.

563
00:27:45,096 --> 00:27:46,765
[Beth] Nowhere to run either.

564
00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:49,167
[Wade] Now, we got
a tug of war on our hands.

565
00:27:49,234 --> 00:27:51,569
[crowd shouting]

566
00:27:51,636 --> 00:27:55,173
[Vic] Team Toxic losing in the tug
of war battle.

567
00:27:55,240 --> 00:28:00,211
And Jacy Jayne could be moments
from being wiped out of War Games.

568
00:28:00,278 --> 00:28:03,081
[crowd cheering]

569
00:28:03,148 --> 00:28:05,517
[Vic] This is how dangerous War Games is.

570
00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:07,419
This is how unpredictable.

571
00:28:07,485 --> 00:28:08,753
Kay Lee Ray and Shirai--

572
00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:09,687
[Beth] Hold on.

573
00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:12,791
[Vic] Were trying to figure out--
Cora taking it upon herself.

574
00:28:12,857 --> 00:28:15,527
We talked about the Moxie of Cora Jade.

575
00:28:15,593 --> 00:28:18,863
[Wade] Oh, no. Do not do it, Cora.

576
00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:21,466
[Vic] Jade throwing caution to the wind.

577
00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,802
[Wade] Youthful exuberance. No!

578
00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:25,670
[crowd shouting]

579
00:28:25,737 --> 00:28:29,774
[crowd cheering]

580
00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:36,815
[crowd chanting "holy shit"]

581
00:28:42,787 --> 00:28:46,791
[Vic] You can see
the look of the NXT Universe.

582
00:28:46,858 --> 00:28:49,260
At what cost?

583
00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:50,895
[Wade] Forget the NXT Universe.

584
00:28:50,962 --> 00:28:53,998
Look at the faces
of Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray.

585
00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:56,000
Cora Jade is in a world of hurt.

586
00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:57,669
That left shoulder of hers

587
00:28:57,735 --> 00:29:02,373
from such a high-risk move
from the top of the structure.

588
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,511
[Vic] We've talked about the dangers

589
00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:08,246
of this sort of matchup.

590
00:29:08,313 --> 00:29:10,982
There's Kay Lee Ray right in
on Dakota Kai.

591
00:29:11,049 --> 00:29:14,319
We were talking about the dangers,
but again, Beth, just watch.

592
00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:16,788
-[Beth] Check out the rotation here.
-[Vic] Oh!

593
00:29:16,855 --> 00:29:18,723
[Wade] This is just Cora Jade trying

594
00:29:18,790 --> 00:29:21,593
to prove herself
to the other veterans on her team

595
00:29:21,659 --> 00:29:24,129
and coming up close in the process.

596
00:29:24,195 --> 00:29:25,330
A sickening landing.

597
00:29:25,396 --> 00:29:26,831
It was bad enough for Jayne.

598
00:29:26,898 --> 00:29:28,800
Jayne hasn't moved ever since then.

599
00:29:28,867 --> 00:29:30,969
For Cora Jade, you see her

600
00:29:31,035 --> 00:29:33,171
coming down at a horrible angle

601
00:29:33,238 --> 00:29:35,540
on that left shoulder.

602
00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:38,376
[crowd chanting "Cora"]

603
00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:39,778
Just 20-years-old,

604
00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:43,615
the youngest competitor
in the history of War Games.

605
00:29:43,681 --> 00:29:46,017
Is this where the matchup ends
for Cora Jade?

606
00:29:46,084 --> 00:29:48,419
[Beth] I don't know
how Jade can continue competing.

607
00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:51,122
She can't even move that arm.

608
00:29:51,189 --> 00:29:53,525
[Vic] As this match is continuing,
Kay Lee Ray

609
00:29:53,591 --> 00:29:56,427
looking on for her teammate
to keep Dakota Kai down

610
00:29:56,494 --> 00:29:59,831
because only two women
are left to enter the fray.

611
00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:03,535
One being Raquel González,
the other is Mandy Rose.

612
00:30:03,601 --> 00:30:06,070
-Io! Io!
-I got it. I got it.

613
00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:08,907
Wait. Watch the shoulder.
Watch the shoulder.

614
00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:12,110
[Wade] We got medical staff
running to check on Cora Jade.

615
00:30:12,177 --> 00:30:14,846
[Vic] Io Shirai said, "I got this."

616
00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:17,348
Io! Come on.

617
00:30:17,415 --> 00:30:18,883
I got it.

618
00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:20,418
[screams]

619
00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:27,525
[man] No, no, no!

620
00:30:27,592 --> 00:30:28,927
Io, wait! Io!

621
00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:30,728
Come on!

622
00:30:30,795 --> 00:30:37,435
[crowd cheering]

623
00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:39,070
[screams]

624
00:30:39,137 --> 00:30:40,939
[Wade] Oh!

625
00:30:41,005 --> 00:30:42,640
What the hell is she doing?

626
00:30:42,707 --> 00:30:45,376
[applause]

627
00:30:45,443 --> 00:30:47,178
[weeps]

628
00:30:47,245 --> 00:30:49,614
[crowd chanting "Io"]

629
00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:53,551
[Vic] Shirai keeping Cora Jade
in the fight with ten seconds to go.

630
00:30:53,618 --> 00:30:57,121
[Beth] I think Shirai might have popped
Jade's shoulder back in.

631
00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,423
[Wade] Dr. Shirai?

632
00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:01,960
[Vic] Nonetheless,
Cora Jade screaming in pain,

633
00:31:02,026 --> 00:31:04,996
that is what happens
when you step into War Games.

634
00:31:05,063 --> 00:31:07,899
And here comes Raquel.

635
00:31:07,966 --> 00:31:09,834
[Wade] Big mami cool.

636
00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:11,903
[crowd cheering]

637
00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:16,074
[Vic] And González,
War Games 2020, the launching point

638
00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:18,843
in the career
of the former NXT women's champion.

639
00:31:18,910 --> 00:31:21,946
[Beth] González became
the most dominant champion in history.

640
00:31:22,013 --> 00:31:25,049
It all began
after her performance at War Games.

641
00:31:25,116 --> 00:31:27,585
She pinned Shirai
to get the victory for her team.

642
00:31:27,652 --> 00:31:29,754
Many consider that pivotal moment

643
00:31:29,821 --> 00:31:32,457
as a shift in the entire women's division.

644
00:31:32,523 --> 00:31:36,227
[Wade] Yes. Well, this is the final
opportunity now for Raquel González

645
00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:40,632
and the rest of her team to take advantage
of that numbers game.

646
00:31:40,698 --> 00:31:45,336
A lot of time being eaten up here
with a potential injury to Cora Jade,

647
00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:47,605
and now Raquel González
searching desperately

648
00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:50,375
under the ring for more toys
to fire into the ring.

649
00:31:50,441 --> 00:31:53,311
[Vic] It's important to note too,
there's that shovel.

650
00:31:53,378 --> 00:31:54,779
[Beth] A familiar weapon.

651
00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:56,381
[Vic] And there's Dakota Kai.

652
00:31:56,447 --> 00:32:00,952
Kai does not want to feel
the wrath of Raquel.

653
00:32:01,786 --> 00:32:03,955
[Beth] Raquel looking for retribution.

654
00:32:04,022 --> 00:32:05,423
It was that shovel that cost

655
00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:07,625
Raquel González
the NXT women's championship.

656
00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:10,795
[Vic] It put the gold
around the waist of Mandy Rose.

657
00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:13,131
[Wade] What a smart move from team--

658
00:32:13,197 --> 00:32:14,065
Oh!

659
00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:15,934
[Vic] Talk about smart move.

660
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,802
Heads up by González.

661
00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:19,070
Finally,

662
00:32:19,137 --> 00:32:24,242
Raquel, Io, Jade, Kay Lee Ray, their team

663
00:32:24,309 --> 00:32:26,577
is entirely in War Games.

664
00:32:26,644 --> 00:32:29,314
[Wade] I would not want to be
in that ring right now

665
00:32:29,380 --> 00:32:31,316
if I was part of team Toxic.

666
00:32:31,382 --> 00:32:33,117
The clock is ticking,

667
00:32:33,184 --> 00:32:35,186
but it is a long way until these numbers

668
00:32:35,253 --> 00:32:37,055
get evened up.

669
00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:39,891
[Beth] Hold a second.

670
00:32:39,957 --> 00:32:42,827
[Vic] Raquel could be looking
to take out the trash.

671
00:32:42,894 --> 00:32:45,196
[Wade] Oh, an act of humiliation.

672
00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:46,597
[crowd cheering]

673
00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:48,566
Dakota Kai through the can!

674
00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:49,734
[Wade] Contortionist.

675
00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:50,868
No.

676
00:32:50,935 --> 00:32:52,904
Oh, my God.

677
00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,807
[applause]

678
00:32:55,873 --> 00:32:58,409
[Vic] Beth Phoenix,
in your hall of fame career,

679
00:32:58,476 --> 00:33:00,678
have you ever seen anything like that?

680
00:33:00,745 --> 00:33:03,548
[Beth] I can say
with absolute certainty never.

681
00:33:03,614 --> 00:33:07,885
[Vic] You saw González and Shirai,
we talked about last year,

682
00:33:07,952 --> 00:33:12,790
it was González who pinned Io Shirai,
is González looking on to Cora Jade?

683
00:33:12,857 --> 00:33:14,192
[Wade] Cora is in a mess.

684
00:33:14,258 --> 00:33:16,327
She needs to be taken out of this match.

685
00:33:16,394 --> 00:33:18,963
She's became a distraction to her team.

686
00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:20,765
[Vic] That's not going to happen.

687
00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:23,301
Where in the hell is Io Shirai headed?

688
00:33:23,368 --> 00:33:27,372
[Beth] Shirai at the top of the cage
with a garbage can looks awful familiar.

689
00:33:27,438 --> 00:33:29,374
[Vic] Dakota Kai has seen that movie,

690
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,909
didn't like the ending,
trying to change it now.

691
00:33:31,976 --> 00:33:34,779
Just under two minutes
into the final superstar,

692
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:36,881
being NXT women's champion, Mandy Rose,

693
00:33:36,948 --> 00:33:38,483
will enter the matchup and then

694
00:33:38,549 --> 00:33:42,153
the women's War Games match
will officially begin.

695
00:33:42,220 --> 00:33:43,721
[Beth] This is a scramble.

696
00:33:43,788 --> 00:33:45,089
[Vic] Oh, no.

697
00:33:45,156 --> 00:33:47,692
[Wade] Six women balanced precariously.

698
00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:51,496
The most important thing of all
at the bottom and Raquel González.

699
00:33:51,562 --> 00:33:54,532
Double powerbomb.

700
00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:56,934
[Vic] And González again with her hands.

701
00:33:57,001 --> 00:33:59,337
[crowd] Oh!

702
00:33:59,404 --> 00:34:01,773
[Beth] Rough landing for Dakota Kai.

703
00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:05,810
[Vic] Well, I don't think
the rough landing's quite over, Beth.

704
00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:09,347
[Wade] Dakota Kai has that look.

705
00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:11,549
[Vic] Genius of the sky!

706
00:34:11,616 --> 00:34:13,251
[screams]

707
00:34:13,317 --> 00:34:14,619
[Beth] Shirai

708
00:34:14,685 --> 00:34:18,156
willing to destroy herself to bring
a victory home for her team.

709
00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:22,393
[Vic] González quickly back over to Cora
with all the competitors down

710
00:34:23,594 --> 00:34:25,830
we all know that this match
doesn't officially

711
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:28,266
until Mandy Rose makes it
into the matchup.

712
00:34:28,332 --> 00:34:30,234
Is this wise of Raquel?

713
00:34:30,301 --> 00:34:33,104
After we see this:
Io Shirai's moonsault one more time.

714
00:34:33,171 --> 00:34:36,641
Is it wise of Raquel
to be checking on Cora Jade?

715
00:34:36,707 --> 00:34:40,611
[Beth] At this point, Cora Jade may
have a--take a look at this impact

716
00:34:40,678 --> 00:34:44,182
from the side again
across the chest of Io Shirai.

717
00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:48,352
Cora Jade could have a separated shoulder
and that's a teammate of Raquel González.

718
00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:51,022
It would leave her to do more on her own.

719
00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:55,993
[Vic] Look, War Games
is officially about to begin.

720
00:34:56,060 --> 00:35:01,699
[crowd counts down]

721
00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:03,234
[music playing]

722
00:35:03,301 --> 00:35:07,738
[Vic] Here comes the NXT women's champion
who flaunts her experience, Wade.

723
00:35:07,805 --> 00:35:10,107
She's never experienced War Games.

724
00:35:10,174 --> 00:35:11,843
[Wade] Oh, here we go.

725
00:35:11,909 --> 00:35:14,679
Now the numbers are about to be evened up

726
00:35:14,745 --> 00:35:17,582
as the leader of team Toxic
enters the matchup.

727
00:35:17,648 --> 00:35:20,118
Listen, there's nothing
that can match the fear

728
00:35:20,184 --> 00:35:23,588
and trepidation of stepping

729
00:35:23,654 --> 00:35:27,091
inside this structure,
but Mandy has competed at WrestleMania.

730
00:35:27,158 --> 00:35:30,528
She's competed in elimination chambers,
in royal rumbles.

731
00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:34,398
She is used to the spotlight,
the high pressure.

732
00:35:34,465 --> 00:35:38,569
That is where the experience
came kicking for Mandy Rose.

733
00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:41,906
[Beth] She's also used to targeting
an injured superstar.

734
00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:42,974
[Vic] Yes. Come on.

735
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,643
[Wade] That's about the smartest thing
you can do.

736
00:35:45,710 --> 00:35:47,812
Does your arm hurt? Yes?

737
00:35:47,879 --> 00:35:49,080
Does it hurt?

738
00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:50,381
[screams]

739
00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:52,817
[Vic] Mandy Rose trying
to pick up the scraps,

740
00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:54,952
Shirai having none of it.

741
00:35:55,019 --> 00:35:56,287
[crowd cheering]

742
00:35:56,354 --> 00:35:57,788
[Vic] Can you question unity?

743
00:35:57,855 --> 00:35:59,824
You question a team, Shirai,

744
00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:02,894
González sticking up
for their fallen teammate.

745
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,629
[Wade] I'm a little surprised.

746
00:36:04,695 --> 00:36:08,799
These teams are polar opposites
in terms of cohesion.

747
00:36:08,866 --> 00:36:12,270
[crowd chanting "War Games"]

748
00:36:12,336 --> 00:36:14,138
[Vic] This is the scene,

749
00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:17,275
women's War Games is officially underway.

750
00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:20,011
[women shouting]

751
00:36:20,077 --> 00:36:23,648
[Wade] Who on earth wants to make
the first move here?

752
00:36:23,714 --> 00:36:25,750
[Vic] Battle lines have been drawn.

753
00:36:25,816 --> 00:36:30,021
[Wade] For all intents and purposes,
it is now down to three on four.

754
00:36:30,087 --> 00:36:33,324
[woman shouting]

755
00:36:33,391 --> 00:36:36,060
You'll never be as good as us.

756
00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:38,963
We're better competitors.

757
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:41,098
Who are you?

758
00:36:41,165 --> 00:36:43,768
[Wade] What's Kay Lee Ray doing?

759
00:36:46,470 --> 00:36:47,572
[crowd] Oh!

760
00:36:47,638 --> 00:36:52,376
[Vic] Well, Kay Lee Ray giving Cora Jade
the ultimate equalizer.

761
00:36:52,443 --> 00:36:53,511
It is on.

762
00:36:53,578 --> 00:36:55,479
[Wade] Cora Jade looked petrified,

763
00:36:55,546 --> 00:36:57,515
but I think Lee Ray had good intentions.

764
00:36:57,582 --> 00:36:58,783
[Vic] Whoa, whoa, whoa.

765
00:36:58,849 --> 00:37:03,354
So much action, bodies spilling
over both these rings.

766
00:37:03,421 --> 00:37:04,956
Cover, cover.

767
00:37:05,022 --> 00:37:07,458
Now Io Shirai has to break things up
because now

768
00:37:07,525 --> 00:37:09,393
War Games is officially underway.

769
00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:11,295
The referees are in the ring to--

770
00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:13,331
Oh! See someone submit.

771
00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:14,498
[Wade] Absolute chaos.

772
00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:16,601
[Vic] Shirai off the German suplex.

773
00:37:16,667 --> 00:37:18,970
This time, Jayne has to break things up.

774
00:37:19,036 --> 00:37:22,640
[Beth] It could all be over
in a matter of three seconds.

775
00:37:22,707 --> 00:37:25,676
This spectacle continues to unfold.

776
00:37:25,743 --> 00:37:29,580
[Vic] Oh! Spinebuster
right on the steel chair.

777
00:37:29,647 --> 00:37:31,549
You got to wonder for a moment

778
00:37:31,616 --> 00:37:35,186
for Kay Lee Ray,
is Raquel González turning things around?

779
00:37:35,252 --> 00:37:36,420
How are each of them

780
00:37:36,487 --> 00:37:40,524
going to be able to continue
to compete this late into the game?

781
00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:43,995
Here's González with one arm,
overpowering Dolin.

782
00:37:44,061 --> 00:37:45,263
Oh!

783
00:37:45,329 --> 00:37:48,432
[Wade] To me, at this point,
it has to be down

784
00:37:48,499 --> 00:37:50,534
to Raquel González and Mandy Rose

785
00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:53,004
to win this matchup
for their respective teams.

786
00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:56,007
They are the freshest people
in the matchup.

787
00:37:56,073 --> 00:37:59,176
[Vic] No way. No way.

788
00:37:59,243 --> 00:38:00,411
Oh!

789
00:38:00,478 --> 00:38:01,779
[Wade] Right, no way.

790
00:38:01,846 --> 00:38:05,883
That is the power of team Toxic
and Toxic Attraction.

791
00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:07,518
What a cohesive unit.

792
00:38:07,585 --> 00:38:10,087
[crowd chanting]

793
00:38:10,154 --> 00:38:12,957
[Vic] Now Mandy Rose, Jayne, Dolin

794
00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:16,761
wearing down, Wade,
who you called the strongest competitor

795
00:38:16,827 --> 00:38:17,928
in the matchup.

796
00:38:17,995 --> 00:38:19,530
[Wade] It's punishment time.

797
00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:22,466
This is the absolute smartest thing
that Mandy Rose

798
00:38:22,533 --> 00:38:24,335
and her ladies can do at this point,

799
00:38:24,402 --> 00:38:26,904
take out the biggest woman in the matchup,

800
00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:30,274
at the former NXT champion,
Raquel González.

801
00:38:30,341 --> 00:38:32,443
-That is the danger--
-[Vic] Rose, Rose.

802
00:38:32,510 --> 00:38:35,646
Rose quickly into the cover
along with Jayne, yet somehow,

803
00:38:35,713 --> 00:38:37,715
Cora Jade breaking things up.

804
00:38:37,782 --> 00:38:40,151
Cora Jade has only one arm.

805
00:38:40,217 --> 00:38:43,354
She's got only one arm
to fight through War Games.

806
00:38:43,421 --> 00:38:45,656
[Beth] Only one arm, but a huge heart.

807
00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:48,559
Cora Jade putting her body on the line.

808
00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:50,661
[crowd chanting "Cora"]

809
00:38:50,728 --> 00:38:52,830
[Wade] That might be the biggest mistake

810
00:38:52,897 --> 00:38:56,500
of Cora Jade's short career here in NXT.

811
00:38:56,567 --> 00:39:01,605
[crowd chanting "this is awesome"]

812
00:39:01,672 --> 00:39:04,342
[Beth] Well, I don't like
the looks of this.

813
00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:06,477
[Vic] I hate to agree with Wade Barrett.

814
00:39:06,544 --> 00:39:10,047
Cora Jade, if she's going down,
she'll do it swinging for the fences.

815
00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:13,417
[Wade] It's four on one here.

816
00:39:13,484 --> 00:39:15,686
[Beth] Jade managed to take them out.

817
00:39:15,753 --> 00:39:19,423
[Vic] The numbers advantage just too much,
overcoming Cora Jade.

818
00:39:19,490 --> 00:39:23,094
[Wade] In the den of the lionesses.

819
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,496
[women screaming]

820
00:39:25,563 --> 00:39:26,964
[Wade] Oh!

821
00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:30,234
Just catching the side
of the jaw of Cora Jade.

822
00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:31,469
[Vic] This may be it.

823
00:39:31,535 --> 00:39:35,239
Jade somehow kicked out.

824
00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:39,276
Rose is shocked.

825
00:39:39,343 --> 00:39:41,912
Jade almost shocked herself.

826
00:39:41,979 --> 00:39:47,952
[Beth] Jade showing that resilience
that her teammates knew she had in her.

827
00:39:48,018 --> 00:39:49,920
[Vic] Jade with just one arm.

828
00:39:49,987 --> 00:39:52,790
How is she going to be able
to overcome the odds?

829
00:39:52,857 --> 00:39:54,558
Now Mandy Rose.

830
00:39:54,625 --> 00:39:56,994
Again, if Cora Jade submits,
this match is over.

831
00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:58,896
[Wade] Cora needs an ambulance.

832
00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:02,333
[Vic] No, she got something better,
Io Shirai.

833
00:40:04,502 --> 00:40:09,774
[Beth] Io Shirai with a kendo stick,
a sight I would never want to confront.

834
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:13,010
[Vic] Jayne with the steel chair,
which it is all legal

835
00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:14,945
at this juncture of the matchup.

836
00:40:15,012 --> 00:40:19,283
One more time, Kay Lee Ray
bouncing off the steel cage!

837
00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:20,518
[Vic] Wow!

838
00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:24,221
[Beth] Chingona bomb from Raquel González!

839
00:40:24,288 --> 00:40:26,123
[Vic] Oh!

840
00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:29,760
Both women, same idea,

841
00:40:29,827 --> 00:40:32,563
taking each other out.

842
00:40:32,630 --> 00:40:37,668
[Wade] All eight women down and out there,
but Cora Jade's still hurt.

843
00:40:37,735 --> 00:40:41,972
[crowd chanting "NXT"]

844
00:40:42,039 --> 00:40:46,510
[Vic] Jade into the cover,
shoulders down. Io!

845
00:40:46,577 --> 00:40:48,045
Jade did it!

846
00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:49,613
[bell rings]

847
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:51,182
[music playing]

848
00:40:51,248 --> 00:40:55,519
[Alicia] Here are your winners,
the team of Io Shirai,

849
00:40:55,586 --> 00:41:01,058
Raquel González,
Kay Lee Ray, and Cora Jade!

850
00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:05,996
[Wade] Well, get Cora Jade
some medical attention asap

851
00:41:06,063 --> 00:41:09,867
and when that's finished,
get her a bottle of champagne.

852
00:41:09,934 --> 00:41:11,502
What a shocker.

853
00:41:11,569 --> 00:41:14,104
[Vic] She's only 20.
It'd be a little bit too early.

854
00:41:14,171 --> 00:41:16,774
They can put it on ice for another year.

855
00:41:16,841 --> 00:41:19,543
What a victory for Cora Jade,

856
00:41:19,610 --> 00:41:23,080
Raquel González,
Kay Lee Ray and Io Shirai.

857
00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,716
Cora Jade, one arm and all.

858
00:41:25,783 --> 00:41:30,054
Look, we talked about high risk,
we talked about high rewards

859
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,324
for Cora Jade, for this team,
for all eight women.

860
00:41:33,390 --> 00:41:38,262
They do the dangers of entering
in the War Games match,

861
00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:41,732
and Cora Jade laid it all on the line.

862
00:41:41,799 --> 00:41:43,100
[Beth] Take a look.
Here's a moment.

863
00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:47,638
Cora Jade finding her moment to shine,
but unfortunately a rough landing.

864
00:41:47,705 --> 00:41:50,341
This would begin the injury for Jade.

865
00:41:50,407 --> 00:41:53,344
One more look, you can see
the rotation and how she landed.

866
00:41:53,410 --> 00:41:55,713
This would be the beginning
of the trouble.

867
00:41:55,779 --> 00:42:01,085
[Vic] Look, here is Io Shirai,
as Wade put it, Dr. Shirai popping,

868
00:42:01,151 --> 00:42:04,688
putting back into place, we assume,
Cora Jade's injured shoulder.

869
00:42:04,755 --> 00:42:08,092
Shirai waived off medical,
she shut the cage, said, "we have it,"

870
00:42:08,158 --> 00:42:09,894
but as this match progressed,

871
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,396
we questioned
what was Kay Lee Ray thinking.

872
00:42:12,463 --> 00:42:14,265
Kay Lee Ray swinging for the fences,

873
00:42:14,331 --> 00:42:16,133
giving Cora Jade

874
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,904
the opportuniy to continue
the fight in this matchup.

875
00:42:19,970 --> 00:42:22,606
I mean, this match was hard-hitting,

876
00:42:22,673 --> 00:42:25,175
it was chaos all over both these rings.

877
00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:28,779
Somehow though,
Cora Jade continued to fight.

878
00:42:28,846 --> 00:42:32,449
[Beth] Cora Jade continuing to fight,
but Toxic Attraction

879
00:42:32,516 --> 00:42:36,253
trying to think about the weakest link
with Cora Jade,

880
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:40,190
but this shocking moment right here,
Jade showing that resilience,

881
00:42:40,257 --> 00:42:43,027
showing what she's made of
and somehow took the win.

882
00:42:43,093 --> 00:42:45,663
[Vic] It raised all eyebrows
on the announce desk.

883
00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:49,633
Raquel González hit
that huge chingona bomb, boom,

884
00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:51,769
isolating herself along with Gigi Dolin

885
00:42:51,835 --> 00:42:53,837
and that allowed Cora Jade,

886
00:42:53,904 --> 00:42:56,206
wise beyond her years,

887
00:42:56,273 --> 00:42:58,509
to crawl into the cover,

888
00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:00,511
overcome all the adversity

889
00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:03,781
she did in this matchup
and send her team home

890
00:43:03,847 --> 00:43:06,250
with the War Games victory.

891
00:43:06,317 --> 00:43:08,485
[Wade] Cora,
that is how you earn the respect

892
00:43:08,552 --> 00:43:11,822
of the veteran talent here in NXT.

893
00:43:11,889 --> 00:43:13,457
Hats off to you.

894
00:43:13,524 --> 00:43:16,961
[Vic] Biggest win of Jade's career
here at War Games.

895
00:43:17,027 --> 00:43:21,298
[skater rock music playing]

896
00:43:23,367 --> 00:43:25,603
[Christmas music playing]

897
00:43:25,669 --> 00:43:28,772
[kids] Yay!

898
00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:32,242
[kid] Empty boxes?

899
00:43:32,309 --> 00:43:34,044
[narrator] Sorry, kids.

900
00:43:34,111 --> 00:43:35,479
It's not Santa's fault.

901
00:43:35,546 --> 00:43:37,047
It was the supply chain.

902
00:43:37,114 --> 00:43:38,415
[kids] Aww.

903
00:43:38,482 --> 00:43:39,750
Oh.

904
00:43:39,817 --> 00:43:43,287
[narrator] There is one box
you didn't open.

905
00:43:43,354 --> 00:43:45,289
That small one right there.

906
00:43:46,890 --> 00:43:49,460
WrestleMania tickets!

907
00:43:49,526 --> 00:43:52,730
[narrator] The only gift
that guarantees a merry Christmas.

908
00:43:52,796 --> 00:43:57,034
Live from AT&T stadium in Dallas, Texas,

909
00:43:57,101 --> 00:43:59,036
WrestleMania 38,

910
00:43:59,103 --> 00:44:01,839
the most stupendous two-night
WrestleMania in history.

911
00:44:01,905 --> 00:44:04,575
[Christmas music playing]

912
00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:07,511
[kids celebrating]

913
00:44:13,450 --> 00:44:17,421
[woman] Journal entry,
Tiffany's epiphanies.

914
00:44:19,957 --> 00:44:22,660
Since the day I was born,
my daddy called me

915
00:44:22,726 --> 00:44:24,928
his little princess.

916
00:44:24,995 --> 00:44:28,065
And a princress
should always drive the coolest cars,

917
00:44:28,132 --> 00:44:30,134
shop at the nicest boutiques,

918
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:32,036
and wear the hottest clothes.

919
00:44:35,406 --> 00:44:37,908
Who looks at the price tag
of anything anyways?

920
00:44:37,975 --> 00:44:41,078
-[buzzer]
-They're just a bunch of numbers.

921
00:44:41,145 --> 00:44:44,982
Where I shop, Black Friday
and Cyber Monday doesn't exist.

922
00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:50,154
My dad says I can be anything I want,
and I want to be an NXT superstar.

923
00:44:50,220 --> 00:44:54,425
[rap music playing]

924
00:45:01,432 --> 00:45:05,469
Look, a lot of people
are asking me about my story.

925
00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:06,770
So here it is.

926
00:45:06,837 --> 00:45:09,073
I grew up in Alabama. I love…

927
00:45:09,139 --> 00:45:11,642
[Briggs] Sports is always my outlet.

928
00:45:11,709 --> 00:45:14,244
I wasn't always the best,
but I was always the…

929
00:45:14,311 --> 00:45:18,082
…meanest, but that's
the way my dad taught me.

930
00:45:18,148 --> 00:45:20,784
He also taught me how to cook a steak.

931
00:45:20,851 --> 00:45:24,121
I'll leave this thing on so long,
daddy would come out.

932
00:45:24,188 --> 00:45:27,691
[Briggs] Medium rare, the only way
a man should eat a steak.

933
00:45:27,758 --> 00:45:30,961
Speaking of men, I'll tell you
a story about when I became a man.

934
00:45:31,028 --> 00:45:33,230
One player tried
to take a cheap shot at me,

935
00:45:33,297 --> 00:45:36,633
so I beat him down so bad with my helmet
that he ended up in the…

936
00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:37,968
…hospital.

937
00:45:38,035 --> 00:45:41,638
Sometimes I beat them so bad
I drove them there myself.

938
00:45:41,705 --> 00:45:43,907
I showed them what a real man…

939
00:45:43,974 --> 00:45:46,510
…looks like.

940
00:45:46,577 --> 00:45:49,379
At least, that's what my dad says anyways.

941
00:45:49,446 --> 00:45:51,014
He didn't really care too much

942
00:45:51,081 --> 00:45:53,584
about me getting kicked off
the football team.

943
00:45:53,650 --> 00:45:59,690
He was just happy that I didn't tarnish
the family name by looking weak.

944
00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:01,258
That's the only thing…

945
00:46:01,325 --> 00:46:02,793
That brings me happiness.

946
00:46:02,860 --> 00:46:05,863
That and kicking the shit out of somebody.

947
00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:07,765
Whether it's at the county fair--

948
00:46:07,831 --> 00:46:10,033
Or on the football field or in the ring,

949
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:13,570
we might not always win,
but we will make you second guess…

950
00:46:13,637 --> 00:46:16,039
Getting in the ring with us.

951
00:46:23,580 --> 00:46:27,184
[speaking in Chinese]

952
00:46:52,976 --> 00:46:58,582
[narrator] NXT 2.0 has arrived
and we brought some new drip.

953
00:47:02,052 --> 00:47:06,723
NXT shop, yes, it's like that.

954
00:47:06,790 --> 00:47:10,260
Tonight only,
Black Friday pricing returns.

955
00:47:10,327 --> 00:47:14,531
Save up to 75% off only at nxtshop.com

956
00:47:20,704 --> 00:47:23,941
I can't believe we lost
the tag team title.

957
00:47:24,007 --> 00:47:26,844
Yeah, but do you think
that this is going to work out?

958
00:47:26,910 --> 00:47:28,178
We have to still see him.

959
00:47:28,245 --> 00:47:31,381
He is a master of tag team.

960
00:47:31,448 --> 00:47:32,783
Nothing can get in our way.

961
00:47:32,850 --> 00:47:34,718
Let's go see the shaman.

962
00:47:34,785 --> 00:47:35,919
Let's go.

963
00:47:39,089 --> 00:47:40,757
I can't see a thing.

964
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,663
It's him.

965
00:47:51,568 --> 00:47:54,872
-Boys, War Games.
-Huh?

966
00:47:54,938 --> 00:47:56,874
-I said War Games.
-Yes.

967
00:47:56,940 --> 00:47:58,075
Guys, I'm excited.

968
00:47:58,141 --> 00:48:00,177
I've been waiting for years
for this match.

969
00:48:00,244 --> 00:48:03,847
This is my first, might be my last,
but I couldn't think

970
00:48:03,914 --> 00:48:05,782
of a better group of guys.

971
00:48:05,849 --> 00:48:08,819
These guys have done it before,
but one thing we've all done

972
00:48:08,886 --> 00:48:11,655
is we've all had the big match feeling
we got there now.

973
00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:14,958
The other locker room,
you've got a bunch of scared little boys

974
00:48:15,025 --> 00:48:18,395
because they had never felt this,
but they have that glimmer of hope,

975
00:48:18,462 --> 00:48:21,098
thinking, "oh, we have
the one-man advantage, right?"

976
00:48:21,164 --> 00:48:24,234
No, no. Somebody told them
the wrong damn story.

977
00:48:24,301 --> 00:48:25,469
Yes.

978
00:48:25,535 --> 00:48:29,506
Bruiserweight, he's beautiful.

979
00:48:29,573 --> 00:48:34,044
Guys, tonight is big for us, big for you.

980
00:48:34,111 --> 00:48:38,081
Tonight, it's not just our moment,

981
00:48:38,148 --> 00:48:40,684
tonight is your moment.

982
00:48:40,751 --> 00:48:45,656
[clapping]

983
00:48:45,722 --> 00:48:47,591
[sniffs]

984
00:48:47,658 --> 00:48:49,059
[rock music playing]

985
00:48:49,126 --> 00:48:50,527
[Vic] After that start,

986
00:48:50,594 --> 00:48:54,431
I cannot wait
for the men's War Games match.

987
00:48:54,498 --> 00:48:55,966
[bell rings]

988
00:48:56,033 --> 00:48:58,669
[Alicia] The following contest
scheduled for one fall

989
00:48:58,735 --> 00:49:02,005
is for the NXT tag team championship.

990
00:49:02,072 --> 00:49:08,178
Introducing the challengers,
Kyle O'Reilly and Von Wagner.

991
00:49:08,245 --> 00:49:09,946
[Vic] Beth, O'Reilly and Wagner

992
00:49:10,013 --> 00:49:15,218
earned this championship opportunity
here tonight this past Tuesday.

993
00:49:15,285 --> 00:49:17,854
[Beth] Yes, we saw them defeat
Legado del Fantasma

994
00:49:17,921 --> 00:49:19,389
after a heart-stopping contest,

995
00:49:19,456 --> 00:49:22,626
but what I love is they really found
some chemistry as a team.

996
00:49:22,693 --> 00:49:24,728
They've been gaining momentum,
it puts them

997
00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:28,298
in a great position coming
in tonight's massive opportunity.

998
00:49:28,365 --> 00:49:29,966
[Vic] That's hard to argue.

999
00:49:30,033 --> 00:49:33,637
This team is starting to gel,
whether it's been in the ring,

1000
00:49:33,704 --> 00:49:37,574
whether it's been out of the ring,
Von Wagner, Kyle O'Reilly,

1001
00:49:37,641 --> 00:49:41,178
only time will tell
if their success and bond

1002
00:49:41,244 --> 00:49:43,447
can grow and blossom

1003
00:49:43,513 --> 00:49:47,551
into a championship moment
here tonight at War Games.

1004
00:49:47,617 --> 00:49:54,424
[violins playing]

1005
00:50:05,969 --> 00:50:10,774
[Alicia] And their opponents,
they are the NXT tag team champions.

1006
00:50:10,841 --> 00:50:12,442
Imperium.

1007
00:50:12,509 --> 00:50:14,044
[Vic] They are the champions,

1008
00:50:14,111 --> 00:50:16,446
but are they overconfident
heading into tonight?

1009
00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:19,649
[Wade] Listen, you're not brash,
you're not arrogant

1010
00:50:19,716 --> 00:50:22,219
if you can constantly back it up.

1011
00:50:22,285 --> 00:50:24,721
Are they confident?
Yes, of course, they are.

1012
00:50:24,788 --> 00:50:27,591
They're two-time NXT tag team champions.

1013
00:50:27,657 --> 00:50:30,694
They have a history of excellence in-ring,

1014
00:50:30,761 --> 00:50:33,330
and that comes as standard with Imperium.

1015
00:50:33,397 --> 00:50:34,965
They never cause faults.

1016
00:50:35,031 --> 00:50:38,001
Are they overconfident? I don't think so.

1017
00:50:38,068 --> 00:50:40,871
The history of Imperium
is long and storied.

1018
00:50:40,937 --> 00:50:44,541
The history of Kyle O'Reilly
and Von Wagner is about four weeks old.

1019
00:50:44,608 --> 00:50:47,511
[Vic] And tonight,
courtesy of NXT's official partner,

1020
00:50:47,577 --> 00:50:49,913
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1021
00:50:49,980 --> 00:50:53,316
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in a free-to-play NXT pools.

1022
00:50:53,383 --> 00:50:56,686
Make your picks for the men's
War Games main event matchup,

1023
00:50:56,753 --> 00:50:57,854
which team will win,

1024
00:50:57,921 --> 00:51:00,390
who will be the WWE superstar
that records the win,

1025
00:51:00,457 --> 00:51:02,292
what foreign object will be brought.

1026
00:51:02,359 --> 00:51:03,660
If you get enough correct,

1027
00:51:03,727 --> 00:51:07,497
you'll earn your share
of a guaranteed $10,000 cash prize.

1028
00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:08,899
Be sure to download the app,

1029
00:51:08,965 --> 00:51:12,002
sign up the code NXT
and play free tonight.

1030
00:51:14,971 --> 00:51:18,642
Right now, it is
all about the #nxttagteamtitles.

1031
00:51:18,708 --> 00:51:20,644
[Wade] Yes, don't they look fantastic?

1032
00:51:20,710 --> 00:51:23,680
That is European elegance at its finest.

1033
00:51:23,747 --> 00:51:26,783
The house of Burberry,
Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent.

1034
00:51:27,951 --> 00:51:31,621
All of them have gone
into building this team,

1035
00:51:31,688 --> 00:51:33,890
European class.

1036
00:51:33,957 --> 00:51:36,626
I might be slightly biased,
obviously, just slightly.

1037
00:51:36,693 --> 00:51:38,361
[Beth] A lot of bias for me.

1038
00:51:38,428 --> 00:51:41,998
We talked about confidence
with Imperium, but they always go

1039
00:51:42,065 --> 00:51:43,233
too far.

1040
00:51:43,300 --> 00:51:45,135
They look down on the division.

1041
00:51:45,202 --> 00:51:48,071
It's gotten me concerned
that they're taking them lightly.

1042
00:51:48,138 --> 00:51:50,006
[Wade] I don't think they are.

1043
00:51:50,073 --> 00:51:53,477
The Kyle O'Reilly
and Von Wagner experience thus far,

1044
00:51:53,543 --> 00:51:56,213
apart from last week,
which you gloated about,

1045
00:51:56,279 --> 00:51:59,116
against Legado del Fantasma,
it's been littered

1046
00:51:59,182 --> 00:52:00,784
with miscues and false starts.

1047
00:52:00,851 --> 00:52:01,885
This could end up

1048
00:52:01,952 --> 00:52:03,954
being a very easy defense

1049
00:52:04,020 --> 00:52:06,323
for Imperium if things do not click

1050
00:52:06,389 --> 00:52:08,492
for Von Wagner and Kyle O'Reilly.

1051
00:52:08,558 --> 00:52:10,794
[Beth] When I'm saying things,
it's gloating?

1052
00:52:10,861 --> 00:52:12,696
When you say it, it's spitting facts?

1053
00:52:12,762 --> 00:52:14,831
Barrett, you're a little biased.

1054
00:52:14,898 --> 00:52:16,700
[Vic] That's a very good point.

1055
00:52:16,766 --> 00:52:17,968
Point, Beth Phoenix.

1056
00:52:18,034 --> 00:52:21,771
The one phrase and a couple
of key buzzwords, so to speak,

1057
00:52:21,838 --> 00:52:24,808
a lot of members of the NXT
and WWE Universe bring up

1058
00:52:24,875 --> 00:52:28,945
when they talk about Barthel
and Fabian Aichner, Beth, are "brash",

1059
00:52:29,012 --> 00:52:31,381
the word "arrogant" comes to mind as well.

1060
00:52:31,448 --> 00:52:34,551
They're going to have to really bring
their A-game here tonight.

1061
00:52:34,618 --> 00:52:37,487
O'Reilly quickly trying
to transition to a submission.

1062
00:52:37,554 --> 00:52:41,057
Barthel realizing it
and O'Reilly has to reliquish the hold.

1063
00:52:41,124 --> 00:52:43,059
[Beth] That's a frequent attitude.

1064
00:52:43,126 --> 00:52:46,096
Like I said, the way they look down
on everybody else,

1065
00:52:46,163 --> 00:52:49,466
but nobody doubts their technical prowess,
they're fantastic.

1066
00:52:49,533 --> 00:52:51,535
Aichner's an incredible hybrid athlete.

1067
00:52:51,601 --> 00:52:53,937
He can do everything,
but no reason to say it

1068
00:52:54,004 --> 00:52:56,273
all the time, just show me,
do it in the ring.

1069
00:52:56,339 --> 00:52:57,841
[Vic] The tag team division

1070
00:52:57,908 --> 00:53:00,410
is looking on
to this championship showdown.

1071
00:53:00,477 --> 00:53:01,978
Oh, wow!

1072
00:53:02,045 --> 00:53:04,581
[Beth] Talk about Legado del Fantasma,

1073
00:53:04,648 --> 00:53:08,418
Briggs and Jensen, GYV,
all have their eyes on the champions.

1074
00:53:08,485 --> 00:53:10,554
Imperium's got a target on their backs.

1075
00:53:10,620 --> 00:53:12,322
[Wade] I want to be clear here.

1076
00:53:12,389 --> 00:53:15,058
I'm not taking anything away
from Kyle O'Reilly,

1077
00:53:15,125 --> 00:53:17,794
former three-time tag team champion here

1078
00:53:17,861 --> 00:53:19,729
in NXT with different partners.

1079
00:53:19,796 --> 00:53:22,799
Who's to say he can't do it again
tonight with Von Wagner?

1080
00:53:22,866 --> 00:53:25,435
I'm not sold yet on Von Wagner.

1081
00:53:25,502 --> 00:53:28,505
Does he have the ability
to follow Kyle's lead?

1082
00:53:28,572 --> 00:53:30,907
Yes, he's big, he's strong, he's powerful,

1083
00:53:30,974 --> 00:53:32,475
got a lot of potential,

1084
00:53:32,542 --> 00:53:35,345
I just don't know
if he's quite ready to make that leap

1085
00:53:35,412 --> 00:53:37,347
to championship-caliber just yet.

1086
00:53:37,414 --> 00:53:40,450
[Vic] Well, right now,
Wagner tagging in, and, oh,

1087
00:53:40,517 --> 00:53:43,687
singlehandedly taking apart Aichner
into the cover for the titles,

1088
00:53:43,753 --> 00:53:46,323
and Aichner able to kickout at two.

1089
00:53:46,389 --> 00:53:50,527
Beth, is it a breakthrough
for the team of Wagner and O'Reilly,

1090
00:53:50,594 --> 00:53:52,529
a second cover of the match for Wagner,

1091
00:53:52,596 --> 00:53:55,398
another kickout, with that win
over Legado del Fantasma,

1092
00:53:55,465 --> 00:53:57,434
have they found that winning combination?

1093
00:53:57,500 --> 00:53:58,635
[Beth] It's massive.

1094
00:53:58,702 --> 00:54:01,504
With the landscape
of the tag division and playing safe,

1095
00:54:01,571 --> 00:54:03,707
to have an opportunity
like this just speaks

1096
00:54:03,773 --> 00:54:05,909
to how much they're getting
on the same page.

1097
00:54:05,976 --> 00:54:08,345
[Vic] Now you're seeing them
on the same page.

1098
00:54:08,411 --> 00:54:11,548
[Wade] I could not disagree more
with Beth on that point.

1099
00:54:11,615 --> 00:54:14,317
Let's not get too carried away
with one victory

1100
00:54:14,384 --> 00:54:15,919
against Legado del Fantasma.

1101
00:54:15,986 --> 00:54:18,655
Even a stopped clock
gets it right twice a day.

1102
00:54:18,722 --> 00:54:20,924
I'm still to be convinced

1103
00:54:20,991 --> 00:54:23,460
that the victory
against Legado del Fantasma

1104
00:54:23,526 --> 00:54:25,929
last week was not a stopped clock moment

1105
00:54:25,996 --> 00:54:28,231
for Kyle O'Reilly and Von Wagner.

1106
00:54:28,298 --> 00:54:31,468
Add to that, there was
a distraction in that particular matchup

1107
00:54:31,534 --> 00:54:34,270
when Xyon Quinn came down to ringside,

1108
00:54:34,337 --> 00:54:37,540
caused all sorts
of a kerfuffle on the outside,

1109
00:54:37,607 --> 00:54:39,576
so forgive me for not being as excited

1110
00:54:39,643 --> 00:54:41,778
as everyone else about this new tag team.

1111
00:54:41,845 --> 00:54:44,314
[Vic] That's a scrabble word he pulled up,

1112
00:54:44,381 --> 00:54:47,450
but now it's Kyle O'Reilly
and the distraction from Barthel,

1113
00:54:47,517 --> 00:54:49,052
as slight and small as it was,

1114
00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:51,688
opening the door,
Aichner turning it around

1115
00:54:51,755 --> 00:54:53,923
with that snap suplex
and in comes Barthel.

1116
00:54:53,990 --> 00:54:58,428
And now, Imperium,
right where they want O'Reilly to be.

1117
00:54:58,495 --> 00:55:02,332
[Beth] You're downplaying their win,
but they're in a championship match.

1118
00:55:02,399 --> 00:55:04,567
It takes one win to hold the gold tonight.

1119
00:55:04,634 --> 00:55:08,738
[Wade] I ain't denying that for a second,
but one win against Imperium

1120
00:55:08,805 --> 00:55:11,041
is pretty hard to come by.

1121
00:55:11,107 --> 00:55:13,410
[Vic] Now, Barthel measuring O'Reilly.

1122
00:55:13,476 --> 00:55:14,678
Oh!

1123
00:55:14,744 --> 00:55:17,347
O'Reilly caught Barthel
right under the jaw.

1124
00:55:17,414 --> 00:55:20,650
[Wade] Perfectly to the point,
but look at the recovery ability

1125
00:55:20,717 --> 00:55:23,486
of Marcel Barthel, former amateur boxer,

1126
00:55:23,553 --> 00:55:25,722
and you can tell this man can take a whack

1127
00:55:25,789 --> 00:55:27,691
to the jaw and keep ticking.

1128
00:55:27,757 --> 00:55:32,662
[crowd booing]

1129
00:55:32,729 --> 00:55:34,898
[screams]

1130
00:55:34,964 --> 00:55:37,567
[Vic] Barthel, we talked
about that overconfidence,

1131
00:55:37,634 --> 00:55:40,704
at the end of the day, Wade,
for Imperium, yes, they are

1132
00:55:40,770 --> 00:55:44,040
the NXT tag team champion
and they're on this quest to restore

1133
00:55:44,107 --> 00:55:46,376
order as Wagner
checks back into the match.

1134
00:55:46,443 --> 00:55:49,813
[Wade] They are on the quest
to follow the general Walter's

1135
00:55:49,879 --> 00:55:52,082
instructions from a couple of months ago.

1136
00:55:52,148 --> 00:55:55,285
At this point, it's Von Wagner
showing an impressive display

1137
00:55:55,352 --> 00:55:56,720
of strength and power,

1138
00:55:56,786 --> 00:55:59,289
trying to take control of this matchup,

1139
00:55:59,356 --> 00:56:00,957
stopped me in my tracks.

1140
00:56:01,024 --> 00:56:04,527
[Vic] Walter would not be very happy
with what he's witnessing,

1141
00:56:04,594 --> 00:56:08,131
but here's Wagner
trying to overpower Barthel.

1142
00:56:08,198 --> 00:56:10,934
Barthel quickly and wisely makes
the tag, in comes Aichner,

1143
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:12,602
the powerhouse of the two.

1144
00:56:12,669 --> 00:56:14,537
Now take a look at these two.

1145
00:56:14,604 --> 00:56:16,873
[screams]

1146
00:56:16,940 --> 00:56:18,641
[Vic] Swing and a miss.

1147
00:56:18,708 --> 00:56:21,878
In comes Aichner
who just caught Von Wagner.

1148
00:56:21,945 --> 00:56:25,081
[Wade] Pound for pound
the strongest man in NXT

1149
00:56:25,148 --> 00:56:26,783
and that is why

1150
00:56:26,850 --> 00:56:31,020
capturing a flying Von Wagner
like it was nothing.

1151
00:56:31,087 --> 00:56:34,157
[crowd cheering]

1152
00:56:34,224 --> 00:56:36,893
[Vic] Absolute, Beth, unreal strength.

1153
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:40,630
[Beth] I can't believe my eyes,
just catching 240 pounds

1154
00:56:40,697 --> 00:56:42,932
and just easily crossing

1155
00:56:42,999 --> 00:56:45,001
that weight back up and then delivering

1156
00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:47,971
this incredible 360 slam.

1157
00:56:48,037 --> 00:56:50,406
[Wade] That was
some solid deep squats there.

1158
00:56:50,473 --> 00:56:52,642
We need to get you hitting
some squats soon.

1159
00:56:52,709 --> 00:56:54,711
You got those spindly legs we need to fix.

1160
00:56:54,778 --> 00:56:58,248
[Vic] Well, I'm focused on the NXT
tag team titles at this moment.

1161
00:56:58,314 --> 00:56:59,582
[Wade] Decapitation.

1162
00:56:59,649 --> 00:57:01,885
[Vic] Tag was made and in comes O'Reilly.

1163
00:57:01,951 --> 00:57:04,387
Look, O'Reilly taking out Fabian Aichner.

1164
00:57:04,454 --> 00:57:06,423
We've talked about O'Reilly's past

1165
00:57:06,489 --> 00:57:07,924
in the tag team division.

1166
00:57:07,991 --> 00:57:11,294
Teaming with Wagner,
I talked to O'Reilly earlier, and he said

1167
00:57:11,361 --> 00:57:13,396
he spent time talking
to Wagner about keeping

1168
00:57:13,463 --> 00:57:15,064
the emotions in check.

1169
00:57:15,131 --> 00:57:17,534
[Beth] O'Reilly has been
on this stage many times.

1170
00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:20,437
He's been victorious
in War Games main event matches.

1171
00:57:20,503 --> 00:57:23,373
He's talked to Wagner
about keeping his emotions in check.

1172
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:24,908
A lot of these 2.0 superstars

1173
00:57:24,974 --> 00:57:27,477
haven't performed
under a microscope like this.

1174
00:57:27,544 --> 00:57:30,046
There's more eyes watching
and it's time to level up.

1175
00:57:30,113 --> 00:57:32,382
[Vic] Combination offense now by O'Reilly,

1176
00:57:32,449 --> 00:57:35,185
starting to chop down Marcel Barthel.

1177
00:57:36,319 --> 00:57:39,422
[Wade] Just textbook Brazilian jiu-jitsu,

1178
00:57:39,489 --> 00:57:42,125
muay thai skills from Kyle O'Reilly.

1179
00:57:42,192 --> 00:57:44,727
[Vic] O'Reilly talking
a little bit of trash too.

1180
00:57:44,794 --> 00:57:46,029
Oh, come on.

1181
00:57:46,095 --> 00:57:47,931
[Wade] Yes. He comes before it.

1182
00:57:47,997 --> 00:57:49,232
That's the mistake.

1183
00:57:49,299 --> 00:57:50,967
Imperium will sucker you in,

1184
00:57:51,034 --> 00:57:54,471
they'll antagonize you
with their sour-faced antics,

1185
00:57:54,537 --> 00:57:57,507
but that is where you need
to remain focused.

1186
00:57:57,574 --> 00:57:59,409
[applause]

1187
00:57:59,475 --> 00:58:01,544
[Beth] Well, take a look at this impact

1188
00:58:01,611 --> 00:58:04,614
to Kyle O'Reilly, boom,
right across the collarbone.

1189
00:58:04,681 --> 00:58:07,484
Imperium also adept at doing it
behind the referee's back.

1190
00:58:07,550 --> 00:58:10,053
[Vic] You talked
about behind the official's back,

1191
00:58:10,119 --> 00:58:12,722
we've seen Wagner,
we've seen O'Reilly in the past,

1192
00:58:12,789 --> 00:58:14,090
well, get bit

1193
00:58:14,157 --> 00:58:16,125
by officials, so to speak.

1194
00:58:16,192 --> 00:58:19,095
I should say Legado del Fantasma
has the beef on that.

1195
00:58:19,162 --> 00:58:22,131
[Wade] They lack the fluidity
of a team that has been around

1196
00:58:22,198 --> 00:58:25,735
seemingly forever like Imperium.

1197
00:58:25,802 --> 00:58:29,038
That's why these guys
are the absolute Alpha dogs,

1198
00:58:29,105 --> 00:58:32,208
they're the top of the ladder
in NXT tag division.

1199
00:58:32,275 --> 00:58:33,543
One more time.

1200
00:58:33,610 --> 00:58:37,647
[Vic] You just hear the forearms
from Aichner, the powerhouse.

1201
00:58:37,714 --> 00:58:39,983
Beth, you mentioned earlier you thought

1202
00:58:40,049 --> 00:58:42,552
Imperium would be overlooking
their challengers.

1203
00:58:42,619 --> 00:58:45,622
[Beth] 100% and you see
that trash-talking right there.

1204
00:58:45,688 --> 00:58:48,358
This is the overconfidence
coming into play.

1205
00:58:48,424 --> 00:58:50,360
If you can get a pinfall, a submission.

1206
00:58:50,426 --> 00:58:52,629
Why not do that? Why drag it out?

1207
00:58:52,695 --> 00:58:55,398
[Vic] We hear the NXT Universe
split between them.

1208
00:58:55,465 --> 00:58:59,569
O'Reilly just wiped out
Barthel and Aichner

1209
00:58:59,636 --> 00:59:01,938
and this is the moment now
for Kyle O'Reilly.

1210
00:59:02,005 --> 00:59:05,275
He is a long way away
from Von Wagner, but desperately,

1211
00:59:05,341 --> 00:59:07,577
O'Reilly needs to make

1212
00:59:07,644 --> 00:59:11,681
a tag if he and Wagner want to win
the NXT titles, but there's Aichner,

1213
00:59:11,748 --> 00:59:14,250
right place, right time, I spoke too soon.

1214
00:59:14,317 --> 00:59:17,754
[Wade] Well, what a nice idea
from Aichner, but it wasn't to be.

1215
00:59:17,820 --> 00:59:19,489
The big man is back.

1216
00:59:19,556 --> 00:59:22,025
Von Wagner about to clean house.

1217
00:59:22,091 --> 00:59:26,296
[Vic] Look at Wagner, who's just changing
this matchup singlehandedly.

1218
00:59:26,362 --> 00:59:27,797
Nice high running knee.

1219
00:59:27,864 --> 00:59:29,999
Now turns his attention to Barthel.

1220
00:59:30,066 --> 00:59:32,869
Von Wagner, who's hitting
anything that moves.

1221
00:59:32,936 --> 00:59:35,038
Whoa, and ooh!

1222
00:59:35,104 --> 00:59:39,709
[Wade] Just effortless explosive strength
from Von Wagner.

1223
00:59:39,776 --> 00:59:43,012
[Vic] Nice gutwrench from Wagner
and again we got to remember

1224
00:59:43,079 --> 00:59:46,916
Von Wagner in his first night
here in NXT was a half a second

1225
00:59:46,983 --> 00:59:50,353
away from crowning himself NXT champion.

1226
00:59:50,420 --> 00:59:53,623
[Wade] He is fired up
and so is this arena.

1227
00:59:53,690 --> 00:59:56,659
They smell a tag title change tonight.

1228
00:59:56,726 --> 01:00:00,530
I'm yet to be convinced,
but this is impressive from the big man.

1229
01:00:00,596 --> 01:00:03,166
[Vic] Wagner, Beth,
just mowing down Imperium.

1230
01:00:03,232 --> 01:00:05,234
[Beth] Continuing
that aggressive exchange,

1231
01:00:05,301 --> 01:00:07,403
Wagner is on the right track.

1232
01:00:07,470 --> 01:00:09,706
You cannot give Imperium
any space to breathe.

1233
01:00:09,772 --> 01:00:12,175
-[Vic] Uh-oh.
-[Wade] He is kicking ass now.

1234
01:00:12,241 --> 01:00:13,676
Good for him.

1235
01:00:13,743 --> 01:00:15,244
Come on!

1236
01:00:15,311 --> 01:00:19,148
[Vic] You can feel the passion oozing
as Kyle O'Reilly's back to his feet…

1237
01:00:19,215 --> 01:00:20,550
Oh!

1238
01:00:20,616 --> 01:00:22,318
Just measured and dropped

1239
01:00:22,385 --> 01:00:24,354
Aichner and you can see how the rings

1240
01:00:24,420 --> 01:00:27,290
are located here tonight.

1241
01:00:27,357 --> 01:00:28,925
They're in a different spot…

1242
01:00:28,992 --> 01:00:31,127
Oh! Wagner,

1243
01:00:31,194 --> 01:00:33,463
into the cover, center of the ring,

1244
01:00:33,529 --> 01:00:36,733
and just able to kick out was Barthel,

1245
01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:38,167
but I mentioned

1246
01:00:38,234 --> 01:00:41,504
where the rings were located,
Kyle O'Reilly realizing that,

1247
01:00:41,571 --> 01:00:45,274
and take a look at the knee, bam,
and then the landing for Aichner.

1248
01:00:45,341 --> 01:00:48,111
[Beth] The veteran experience
of O'Reilly giving Wagner

1249
01:00:48,177 --> 01:00:51,914
the opportunity to hit
that spectactular Olympic slam,

1250
01:00:51,981 --> 01:00:54,984
but it would not be enough
to keep Barthel down.

1251
01:00:55,051 --> 01:00:58,755
[crowd cheering]

1252
01:00:58,821 --> 01:01:00,123
[Vic] Listen to the shots.

1253
01:01:00,189 --> 01:01:03,893
[Wade] Just windmill shots
from Marcel Barthel

1254
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:06,896
absorbed by the big man Von Wagner.

1255
01:01:06,963 --> 01:01:09,399
[Vic] Wagner just too powerful.

1256
01:01:09,465 --> 01:01:13,436
Just dropping Marcel Barthel.

1257
01:01:13,503 --> 01:01:15,171
Oh, no!

1258
01:01:15,238 --> 01:01:17,907
And somehow Aichner back to his feet.

1259
01:01:17,974 --> 01:01:20,176
[Wade] This is what Imperium do best,

1260
01:01:20,243 --> 01:01:22,278
count them out at your peril.

1261
01:01:22,345 --> 01:01:26,582
Always finding a second,
maybe a third wind.

1262
01:01:26,649 --> 01:01:30,319
I guarantee you Von Wagner
has never experienced that before.

1263
01:01:30,386 --> 01:01:32,789
[Vic] Aichner into the cover
to retain the gold

1264
01:01:32,855 --> 01:01:36,092
and Wagner able to get
the left shoulder just off the mat.

1265
01:01:36,159 --> 01:01:38,694
[Beth] Imperium like a well-oiled machine.

1266
01:01:38,761 --> 01:01:41,030
[Beth] The fresh man in,
we know what's coming.

1267
01:01:41,097 --> 01:01:43,766
[Vic] This could be--
oh, I thought I was going to say

1268
01:01:43,833 --> 01:01:46,002
the imperial bomb but instead, Wagner

1269
01:01:46,069 --> 01:01:48,071
changing everything around.

1270
01:01:48,137 --> 01:01:50,707
[screams]

1271
01:01:50,773 --> 01:01:53,142
[Vic] Wagner again mowing down Imperium.

1272
01:01:53,209 --> 01:01:55,511
There's the tag and in comes O'Reilly

1273
01:01:55,578 --> 01:01:58,114
and he's been in this situations before,

1274
01:01:58,181 --> 01:01:59,849
where he's got to switch gears.

1275
01:01:59,916 --> 01:02:03,086
[Wade] He is barely able to stand up
and going high risk though,

1276
01:02:03,152 --> 01:02:04,854
attacking the ankle.

1277
01:02:04,921 --> 01:02:06,756
[Vic] Now looking for that heel lock.

1278
01:02:06,823 --> 01:02:08,291
[Wade] Slapped it on,

1279
01:02:08,357 --> 01:02:10,493
center of the ring, Barthel in agony.

1280
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:13,329
[Vic] Submission, center.
Is Barthel going to tap out?

1281
01:02:13,396 --> 01:02:16,833
Are we going to crown
a new NXT tag team champions tonight?

1282
01:02:16,899 --> 01:02:19,936
[Wade] This could be it for Kyle O'Reilly,

1283
01:02:20,002 --> 01:02:22,572
four-time tag champion,
he can taste the gold.

1284
01:02:22,638 --> 01:02:24,407
[Vic] Barthel fighting the pain.

1285
01:02:24,474 --> 01:02:25,975
So close to the bottom rope.

1286
01:02:26,042 --> 01:02:28,811
Wait a minute, Aichner.

1287
01:02:28,878 --> 01:02:31,280
[Wade] Oh!

1288
01:02:31,347 --> 01:02:32,882
[applause]

1289
01:02:32,949 --> 01:02:36,652
The strength of a super heavyweight,

1290
01:02:36,719 --> 01:02:40,056
the balance, the poise of a luchador.

1291
01:02:40,123 --> 01:02:42,792
[crowd cheering]

1292
01:02:42,859 --> 01:02:44,093
[Beth] Look, guys.

1293
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:47,230
Take a look at the precision
right here to execute

1294
01:02:47,296 --> 01:02:49,499
this moonsault, just total perfection.

1295
01:02:49,565 --> 01:02:52,802
[Wade] That's not a fresh Aichner either,
that is an Aichner

1296
01:02:52,869 --> 01:02:55,138
who has taken an absolute beating.

1297
01:02:55,204 --> 01:02:57,507
To pull that off
at this point in the matchup

1298
01:02:57,573 --> 01:02:59,675
at the most critical moment.

1299
01:02:59,742 --> 01:03:01,644
[crowd cheering]

1300
01:03:01,711 --> 01:03:03,713
[Vic] Tag was made. Aichner is now legal.

1301
01:03:03,779 --> 01:03:05,414
Aichner running interference,

1302
01:03:05,481 --> 01:03:07,049
whipping out Wagner,

1303
01:03:07,116 --> 01:03:08,551
O'Reilly all by himself.

1304
01:03:08,618 --> 01:03:10,486
Oh, whoa, whoa!

1305
01:03:10,553 --> 01:03:11,888
KNT!

1306
01:03:11,954 --> 01:03:14,457
Wagner just wiped out Barthel. Guillotine.

1307
01:03:14,524 --> 01:03:16,926
-[Wade] Kyle O'Reilly can--
-[Vic] Is that a tap?

1308
01:03:16,993 --> 01:03:18,361
Is Aichner tapping?

1309
01:03:18,427 --> 01:03:19,962
Referee is in great position.

1310
01:03:20,029 --> 01:03:21,531
Aichner starting to fade.

1311
01:03:21,597 --> 01:03:25,501
[Wade] No way, a tap out--Apparently not.

1312
01:03:25,568 --> 01:03:27,803
[Vic] The inside cradle, shoulders down.

1313
01:03:27,870 --> 01:03:29,338
Cover. Count.

1314
01:03:29,405 --> 01:03:31,741
Wait a minute, Barthel!

1315
01:03:31,808 --> 01:03:33,276
[Wade] Oh, wow!

1316
01:03:33,342 --> 01:03:37,814
Call the ending of this one if you dare.

1317
01:03:37,880 --> 01:03:39,949
[Beth] Oh, my heart is racing.

1318
01:03:40,016 --> 01:03:43,452
[crowd cheering]

1319
01:03:43,519 --> 01:03:45,922
[Vic] O'Reilly, Aichner.

1320
01:03:45,988 --> 01:03:47,223
Oh!

1321
01:03:47,290 --> 01:03:48,858
Same page.

1322
01:03:48,925 --> 01:03:51,360
And both men down.

1323
01:03:51,427 --> 01:03:54,564
[applause]

1324
01:03:54,630 --> 01:04:01,571
[crowd chanting "NXT"]

1325
01:04:02,438 --> 01:04:05,107
[Vic] You can hear the appreciation
from the NXT Universe

1326
01:04:05,174 --> 01:04:06,943
as O'Reilly makes a tag.

1327
01:04:07,009 --> 01:04:08,311
In comes Wagner,

1328
01:04:08,377 --> 01:04:10,913
on the other side in comes Barthel.

1329
01:04:10,980 --> 01:04:15,651
[Wade] This matchup could have ended
about 15 times in the past 60 seconds.

1330
01:04:15,718 --> 01:04:20,122
[Vic] What it means to be
a tag team champions here in NXT.

1331
01:04:20,189 --> 01:04:22,592
[Beth] Now it's
a good old-fashioned slugfest.

1332
01:04:22,658 --> 01:04:25,561
[Vic] Oh, Aichner from behind.

1333
01:04:25,628 --> 01:04:29,198
[Wade] Chop block just as Von Wagner
was finding some flow.

1334
01:04:29,265 --> 01:04:34,537
[Vic] The official trying to regain
control in this matchup

1335
01:04:34,604 --> 01:04:36,505
as Wagner trying

1336
01:04:36,572 --> 01:04:37,940
to overcome

1337
01:04:38,007 --> 01:04:39,709
and oh, the high low.

1338
01:04:40,443 --> 01:04:42,278
-[Beth] Oh, my God!
-[Vic] Connects.

1339
01:04:42,345 --> 01:04:43,779
Cover. Come on!

1340
01:04:45,548 --> 01:04:47,116
Oh!

1341
01:04:47,183 --> 01:04:51,587
[Wade] Just a bit too long,
referee had his back turned there.

1342
01:04:51,654 --> 01:04:54,223
If he had turned around
a split second faster,

1343
01:04:54,290 --> 01:04:56,125
we'd have new tag champions.

1344
01:04:56,192 --> 01:05:00,663
[crowd chanting "NXT"]

1345
01:05:00,730 --> 01:05:03,766
[Vic] You don't get much closer
than that, Beth Phoenix.

1346
01:05:03,833 --> 01:05:05,268
[Beth] Oh, man.

1347
01:05:05,334 --> 01:05:07,870
You're not kidding
and the NXT Universe agrees.

1348
01:05:07,937 --> 01:05:12,575
[Vic] O'Reilly back to being the superstar
in this matchup for his team.

1349
01:05:12,642 --> 01:05:14,910
[Wade] Barthel has no idea
where he's at now.

1350
01:05:14,977 --> 01:05:16,712
He's ripe for the pickings.

1351
01:05:16,779 --> 01:05:18,281
[Vic] And now--wait a minute.

1352
01:05:18,347 --> 01:05:20,182
Wagner running in.

1353
01:05:20,249 --> 01:05:23,486
Wagner just got isolated by Barthel.

1354
01:05:23,552 --> 01:05:24,887
[Beth] Barthel on instinct.

1355
01:05:24,954 --> 01:05:26,355
[Vic] O'Reilly on rubber legs.

1356
01:05:26,422 --> 01:05:28,524
Tag was made, in comes Aichner,

1357
01:05:28,591 --> 01:05:32,194
and Aichner focusing on O'Reilley.

1358
01:05:33,930 --> 01:05:35,798
Oh!

1359
01:05:35,865 --> 01:05:40,369
[crowd cheering]

1360
01:05:40,436 --> 01:05:42,672
[Vic] Aichner taking the time
to wipe out Wagner.

1361
01:05:42,738 --> 01:05:44,040
Wagner is on the outside.

1362
01:05:44,106 --> 01:05:46,909
O'Reilly's all by himself.

1363
01:05:46,976 --> 01:05:49,745
Look for that KNT again--

1364
01:05:49,812 --> 01:05:50,946
Wow!

1365
01:05:51,013 --> 01:05:52,715
Brain buster, center of the ring,

1366
01:05:52,782 --> 01:05:56,485
cover, count, new champions.

1367
01:05:56,552 --> 01:06:00,656
Transition into a submission,
looking for the tap is O'Reilly.

1368
01:06:00,723 --> 01:06:04,293
[Wade] Cross and breaker, center
of the ring, but somehow Aichner

1369
01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:06,662
managing to block it himself.

1370
01:06:06,729 --> 01:06:09,165
[Vic] Another transition
into another submission.

1371
01:06:09,231 --> 01:06:11,667
Aichner's starting to fade,
triangle locked in.

1372
01:06:11,734 --> 01:06:14,270
O'Reilly trying to squeeze Aichner.

1373
01:06:16,605 --> 01:06:21,043
Everything he's got left for O'Reilly,
trying to help, trying to squeeze.

1374
01:06:21,110 --> 01:06:24,914
[Wade] Just a textbook way
of moving through those submissions.

1375
01:06:24,981 --> 01:06:26,415
[Vic] Aichner's out.

1376
01:06:28,417 --> 01:06:33,522
No way, again where is Aichner
getting this strength from?

1377
01:06:33,589 --> 01:06:35,091
[Wade] There's the tag.

1378
01:06:35,157 --> 01:06:36,459
[Vic] Barthel's legal.

1379
01:06:36,525 --> 01:06:37,860
Boom!

1380
01:06:37,927 --> 01:06:41,197
Imperial bomb, cover, count!

1381
01:06:41,263 --> 01:06:43,332
-[crowd counts down]
-Barthel and Aichner.

1382
01:06:43,399 --> 01:06:44,800
Retain.

1383
01:06:44,867 --> 01:06:46,569
[classical music playing]

1384
01:06:46,635 --> 01:06:53,609
[Alicia] Here are your winners and still
the NXT tag team champions, Imperium.

1385
01:06:53,676 --> 01:06:57,680
[Wade] Oh, I need a cold shower
after that match.

1386
01:06:57,747 --> 01:07:00,082
What a technical masterpiece.

1387
01:07:00,149 --> 01:07:05,121
What a masterpiece
of tag team competition, but ultimately

1388
01:07:05,187 --> 01:07:08,157
that European elegance
that I talked about,

1389
01:07:08,224 --> 01:07:12,395
Imperium standing tall
with the championships.

1390
01:07:12,461 --> 01:07:16,599
[Beth] No doubt a stunning back
and forth, a spectacle.

1391
01:07:16,665 --> 01:07:19,769
You said it best, Barrett,
I hate to say this but that was

1392
01:07:19,835 --> 01:07:23,606
a technical masterpiece.

1393
01:07:23,672 --> 01:07:26,042
[Vic] Let's go back
to some of this action, Beth.

1394
01:07:26,108 --> 01:07:30,913
Fabian Aichner was just
absolutely flying all around the ring.

1395
01:07:30,980 --> 01:07:33,049
[Beth] Firing on all cylinders.

1396
01:07:33,115 --> 01:07:35,985
The precision right here, the athleticism.

1397
01:07:36,051 --> 01:07:37,353
I mean.

1398
01:07:37,420 --> 01:07:41,357
[Vic] having the presence of mind to stop
on a dime on the top rope.

1399
01:07:41,424 --> 01:07:43,325
[Beth] I mean, but this moment here,

1400
01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:47,396
I was sure Aichner was out,
but then coming to that wide base,

1401
01:07:47,463 --> 01:07:50,066
somehow hoisting the body of Kyle O'Reilly

1402
01:07:50,132 --> 01:07:53,602
after everything he's been through
and Imperium displaying

1403
01:07:53,669 --> 01:07:56,839
that tag team efficiency like always

1404
01:07:56,906 --> 01:07:59,341
and delivering the victory

1405
01:07:59,408 --> 01:08:01,177
maintaining the tag team titles.

1406
01:08:01,243 --> 01:08:03,078
-[bell rings]
-[Vic] Unreal match.

1407
01:08:03,145 --> 01:08:05,548
[Wade] I expect greatness
from Imperium, but we saw

1408
01:08:05,614 --> 01:08:08,918
a very different side
from Fabian Aichner tonight.

1409
01:08:08,984 --> 01:08:12,988
What on earth else has he got
in his pocket? But hats off to these two.

1410
01:08:13,055 --> 01:08:14,924
They've convinced me tonight.

1411
01:08:14,990 --> 01:08:18,394
[Vic] And the tag team division,
no doubt continues to be purified--

1412
01:08:18,461 --> 01:08:24,633
[crowd chants]

1413
01:08:24,700 --> 01:08:29,905
[Vic] Hats off to the team
of Wagner and O'Reilly

1414
01:08:29,972 --> 01:08:32,575
here tonight, who really stepped up.

1415
01:08:32,641 --> 01:08:35,244
-[Wade] Oh!
-[Beth] What?

1416
01:08:36,245 --> 01:08:38,180
[Wade] Oh!

1417
01:08:38,247 --> 01:08:43,819
[shouting]

1418
01:08:43,886 --> 01:08:46,622
[Vic] What did we just witness?

1419
01:08:46,689 --> 01:08:52,928
[crowd cheering]

1420
01:08:52,995 --> 01:08:56,932
[Wade] Another tag partner
turning on Kyle O'Reilly,

1421
01:08:56,999 --> 01:09:01,537
or at least trying to,
but it backfired for Von Wagner.

1422
01:09:01,604 --> 01:09:07,676
[heavy metal music playing]

1423
01:09:17,386 --> 01:09:24,126
[agitated music playing]

1424
01:09:58,060 --> 01:10:00,696
I'm Ikemen Jiro.

1425
01:10:00,763 --> 01:10:05,201
Welcome to Ike mansion.

1426
01:10:06,368 --> 01:10:12,575
[electronic music palying]

1427
01:10:12,641 --> 01:10:15,578
When you think of a Japanese superstar,

1428
01:10:15,644 --> 01:10:18,914
you think of "strong style,"

1429
01:10:18,981 --> 01:10:21,684
but when you think of Ikemen Jiro,

1430
01:10:21,750 --> 01:10:24,787
you think of "style strong."

1431
01:10:24,853 --> 01:10:29,391
A lot of people ask me,
what does "ikemen" mean?

1432
01:10:29,458 --> 01:10:34,463
Ikemen means, "handsome man."
I am ikemen, handsome man.

1433
01:10:34,530 --> 01:10:36,966
[laughs]

1434
01:10:37,032 --> 01:10:40,803
A handsome man needs handsome jackets.

1435
01:10:40,869 --> 01:10:47,009
[electronic music playing]

1436
01:10:49,478 --> 01:10:53,515
Thank you for visiting the ike mansion.

1437
01:10:53,582 --> 01:10:57,319
Remember, "style strong."

1438
01:11:05,327 --> 01:11:09,064
[speaking Spanish]

1439
01:11:09,131 --> 01:11:11,300
Those were the first words

1440
01:11:11,367 --> 01:11:14,570
I ever heard in this business,

1441
01:11:14,637 --> 01:11:17,840
and I've always been blessed by it.

1442
01:11:17,906 --> 01:11:21,310
Class, sophistication,

1443
01:11:21,377 --> 01:11:25,114
and raw power to command respect.

1444
01:11:25,180 --> 01:11:31,120
I am Santos Escobar
and no one can touch me.

1445
01:11:38,627 --> 01:11:41,196
It was a special era,
so much good entertainment.

1446
01:11:41,263 --> 01:11:44,166
That's what ruthless aggression is.

1447
01:11:44,233 --> 01:11:48,370
You will bear witness
to the elimination chamber.

1448
01:11:48,437 --> 01:11:50,939
I am money in the bank.

1449
01:11:51,006 --> 01:11:56,745
[Vic] Edge is cashing in
when John Cena is at his weakest.

1450
01:11:56,812 --> 01:11:59,415
I didn't want to be that girl
on the side anymore.

1451
01:11:59,481 --> 01:12:02,184
I wanted to be in the ring,
being a badass.

1452
01:12:02,251 --> 01:12:04,053
I hadn't been in the ring in four years.

1453
01:12:04,119 --> 01:12:06,221
[man 1] The heartbreak kid is back.

1454
01:12:06,288 --> 01:12:08,891
[man 2] The next generation of that
is everything.

1455
01:12:08,957 --> 01:12:12,461
[man 3] It had to evolve.

1456
01:12:12,528 --> 01:12:14,163
Ruthless aggression.

1457
01:12:20,569 --> 01:12:22,771
Legado del Fantasma, Santos Escobar,

1458
01:12:22,838 --> 01:12:25,174
a huge match for you
this Tuesday against Quinn.

1459
01:12:25,240 --> 01:12:26,909
Your thoughts?

1460
01:12:26,975 --> 01:12:30,546
Let me put it this way, Xyon Quinn.

1461
01:12:30,612 --> 01:12:35,384
[speaking Spanish]

1462
01:12:35,451 --> 01:12:39,555
He bit off more than
he can chew, and this Tuesday,

1463
01:12:39,621 --> 01:12:42,958
reality is going to hit him in the face.

1464
01:12:43,025 --> 01:12:45,094
Well, with that and with everyone here,

1465
01:12:45,160 --> 01:12:48,831
what about Elektra meeting up
with Xyon Quinn last week?

1466
01:12:48,897 --> 01:12:54,303
McKenzie, as you very well know,
we are la familia.

1467
01:12:54,370 --> 01:12:56,572
Much like any family,

1468
01:12:56,638 --> 01:13:01,009
our affairs are resolved
behind closed doors.

1469
01:13:01,076 --> 01:13:05,547
Just so we're clear,
I am a grown-ass woman.

1470
01:13:05,614 --> 01:13:11,453
What I do in my time is none
of McKenzie's business.

1471
01:13:11,520 --> 01:13:18,093
[crowd booing]

1472
01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:20,829
["Shoot my Shot" by Jay IDK playing]

1473
01:13:20,896 --> 01:13:23,832
[Vic] You're listening
to "Shoot my Shot" by IDK & Offset

1474
01:13:23,899 --> 01:13:28,070
from the album "You See Yourself,"
the official theme of NXT War Games.

1475
01:13:28,137 --> 01:13:31,707
Available now on Apple Music and Spotify.

1476
01:13:31,774 --> 01:13:35,110
[Beth] From shooting your shot
to cashing in your chips,

1477
01:13:35,177 --> 01:13:38,046
what started as a game of poker
ended in total humiliation

1478
01:13:38,113 --> 01:13:39,415
for Cameron Grimes.

1479
01:13:39,481 --> 01:13:42,785
Hudson and Grimes will settle
the grudge tonight with high stakes

1480
01:13:42,851 --> 01:13:47,189
as they both put their hair on the line.

1481
01:13:47,256 --> 01:13:51,860
[jazz music playing]

1482
01:13:51,927 --> 01:13:53,462
Hey, Duke Hudson here.

1483
01:13:53,529 --> 01:13:58,534
NXT superstar, professional poker player,
the two go hand-in-hand.

1484
01:13:58,600 --> 01:14:03,138
See, it doesn't matter whether it's
the squared circle or a poker table.

1485
01:14:03,205 --> 01:14:05,073
If I can play with your mind,

1486
01:14:05,140 --> 01:14:08,210
then I've beaten you
before it even begins.

1487
01:14:08,277 --> 01:14:10,345
[laughs]

1488
01:14:10,412 --> 01:14:13,048
-What's up?
-Hey, tough luck with the ladies.

1489
01:14:13,115 --> 01:14:14,550
Sorry. You got that money?

1490
01:14:14,616 --> 01:14:16,318
Do I still got that money?

1491
01:14:16,385 --> 01:14:18,620
You still got them cards?

1492
01:14:18,687 --> 01:14:20,055
[Duke] Yes, yes, yes.

1493
01:14:20,122 --> 01:14:22,691
I'll see you next week
in Duke's poker room.

1494
01:14:22,758 --> 01:14:25,761
[Beth] Gentlemen, welcome
to the poker showdown.

1495
01:14:25,828 --> 01:14:27,029
One final round of betting

1496
01:14:27,095 --> 01:14:29,765
will take place and the players
will reveal their hands.

1497
01:14:33,235 --> 01:14:35,237
I'm all in.

1498
01:14:35,304 --> 01:14:36,939
I'll live to fight another day.

1499
01:14:37,005 --> 01:14:38,941
I fold.

1500
01:14:39,007 --> 01:14:43,445
[laughs] I didn't even know
you could fold.

1501
01:14:43,512 --> 01:14:46,048
[laughs]

1502
01:14:46,114 --> 01:14:48,350
I need to know how good your flush was.

1503
01:14:48,417 --> 01:14:50,586
[Grimes] You don't want to see that.

1504
01:14:50,652 --> 01:14:51,954
You bluffed me.

1505
01:14:52,020 --> 01:14:53,622
You bluffed me, Grimes.

1506
01:14:53,689 --> 01:15:00,262
[rap music playing]

1507
01:15:05,767 --> 01:15:10,973
[crowd boos]

1508
01:15:13,842 --> 01:15:18,180
I kept this hair
and this beard to remind me

1509
01:15:18,247 --> 01:15:20,649
of my humble beginnings.

1510
01:15:20,716 --> 01:15:24,686
Duke Hudson,
you took all that away from me.

1511
01:15:24,753 --> 01:15:26,622
I'm helping you, Grimes.

1512
01:15:26,688 --> 01:15:29,892
I'm trying to transform you
to somewhat of a normal human being.

1513
01:15:29,958 --> 01:15:33,795
Let's go all in. You want the rest, Duke?

1514
01:15:33,862 --> 01:15:40,135
Duke Hudson, Cameron Grimes, NXT War Games,

1515
01:15:40,202 --> 01:15:44,239
hair versus hair.

1516
01:15:44,306 --> 01:15:46,375
You're on.

1517
01:15:50,646 --> 01:15:53,482
Apparently when you humiliated me
and I humiliated you back

1518
01:15:53,549 --> 01:15:56,385
by giving you a haircut, Internet says

1519
01:15:56,451 --> 01:15:59,254
all I did was make you more handsome.

1520
01:15:59,321 --> 01:16:01,089
We're going to change that.

1521
01:16:01,156 --> 01:16:02,925
At War Games,

1522
01:16:02,991 --> 01:16:05,127
I'm going to take the hair,

1523
01:16:05,193 --> 01:16:06,929
I'm going to take the beard

1524
01:16:06,995 --> 01:16:09,164
and, Grimes, on Sunday,
I'll shave you as bald

1525
01:16:09,231 --> 01:16:10,966
as the day that you were born.

1526
01:16:11,033 --> 01:16:15,003
War Games, Duke.

1527
01:16:15,070 --> 01:16:17,906
I'm shaving you bald.

1528
01:16:24,846 --> 01:16:30,552
[Wade] Oh, yes, that is where the magic
is going to happen tonight.

1529
01:16:30,619 --> 01:16:32,654
The clippers, the barber's chair.

1530
01:16:32,721 --> 01:16:35,757
You can be sure that lady luck
will be back on the side

1531
01:16:35,824 --> 01:16:38,226
of the king of stud poker tonight,

1532
01:16:38,293 --> 01:16:41,964
the six-foot-five Antipathy Hank

1533
01:16:42,030 --> 01:16:44,800
with the buns and the nerves of steel.

1534
01:16:44,866 --> 01:16:46,702
[dramatic music playing]

1535
01:16:46,768 --> 01:16:48,170
-[crowd booing]
-[bell rings]

1536
01:16:48,236 --> 01:16:51,273
[Alicia] The following
is a hair versus hair match.

1537
01:16:51,340 --> 01:16:53,008
Introducing first, Duke Hudson.

1538
01:16:54,710 --> 01:16:56,545
[Beth] Sure he has buns of steel?

1539
01:16:56,612 --> 01:16:58,013
[Wade] He told me.

1540
01:16:58,080 --> 01:17:01,016
[Vic] Moving on from that,
why are you so confident in Hudson?

1541
01:17:01,083 --> 01:17:03,785
[Wade] Listen,
I like a lot about the Duke.

1542
01:17:03,852 --> 01:17:07,022
The man is six-five,
as I mentioned, he's shredded,

1543
01:17:07,089 --> 01:17:10,392
he's a dominant competitor,
he's as smooth as they come.

1544
01:17:10,459 --> 01:17:14,529
He is the master of stud poker
with a calm temperament.

1545
01:17:14,596 --> 01:17:18,033
Just a natural-born winner
and a level of class above Grimes.

1546
01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:21,903
[Vic] We want you to remember,
don't forget there's still time.

1547
01:17:21,970 --> 01:17:25,107
You can play for free right now
for your share of $10,000

1548
01:17:25,173 --> 01:17:28,543
in prizes from draft kings
in the free-to-play NXT pool.

1549
01:17:28,610 --> 01:17:31,613
Download the app right now,
make your picks on the main event

1550
01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:33,749
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1551
01:17:33,815 --> 01:17:36,685
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of a guaranteed $10,000 cash prize.

1552
01:17:36,752 --> 01:17:38,553
Be sure to download the app.

1553
01:17:38,620 --> 01:17:41,256
Sign up with the code NXT
and play free tonight.

1554
01:17:41,323 --> 01:17:43,558
[Beth] You know,
I can recall an appearance

1555
01:17:43,625 --> 01:17:45,594
by Wade "the barber" Barrett in 2013.

1556
01:17:45,661 --> 01:17:48,397
That didn't work out very well
for you, did it, Barrett?

1557
01:17:48,463 --> 01:17:50,666
Didn't you get your beard shaved off?

1558
01:17:50,732 --> 01:17:52,501
[Wade] This might be your final night

1559
01:17:52,567 --> 01:17:54,770
but I'm not going to let you
get away with that.

1560
01:17:54,836 --> 01:17:59,574
This is 2021 now,
let's get in the here and now. 2013.

1561
01:17:59,641 --> 01:18:01,677
[Beth] Hee ha!

1562
01:18:01,743 --> 01:18:07,849
[country music playing]

1563
01:18:07,916 --> 01:18:12,621
[Alicia] His opponent, Cameron Grimes.

1564
01:18:12,688 --> 01:18:15,223
[Vic] I'll miss Beth
taking cheap shots at Wade.

1565
01:18:15,290 --> 01:18:17,893
But we've got to get serious
about this matchup

1566
01:18:17,959 --> 01:18:20,729
because for the superstar
making his way to the ring

1567
01:18:20,796 --> 01:18:24,966
there's lot more on the line
than just hair for Cameron Grimes.

1568
01:18:25,033 --> 01:18:27,669
[Beth] Totally, I mean,
this is about a man's pride.

1569
01:18:27,736 --> 01:18:30,272
Grimes is fun-loving,
the NXT Universe likes him,

1570
01:18:30,338 --> 01:18:32,207
he connects, he relates to everyone

1571
01:18:32,274 --> 01:18:34,943
but Grimes has said
that that hair, that beard,

1572
01:18:35,010 --> 01:18:37,746
it's part of where he came from,
a tribute to his roots.

1573
01:18:37,813 --> 01:18:39,614
This is meaningful and it's all

1574
01:18:39,681 --> 01:18:42,050
about giving Duke Hudson
what's coming to him.

1575
01:18:42,117 --> 01:18:44,886
[Wade] Sometimes you outgrow your roots

1576
01:18:44,953 --> 01:18:48,390
and whatever humble beginnings
Cameron Grimes came from,

1577
01:18:48,457 --> 01:18:50,826
he is a superstar here in NXT

1578
01:18:50,892 --> 01:18:53,261
and he needs to leave
that garbage in his past.

1579
01:18:53,328 --> 01:18:56,631
He looks way better
without that straggly beard.

1580
01:18:56,698 --> 01:18:59,267
[Vic] Coming right out of the gates
Hudson and Grimes.

1581
01:18:59,334 --> 01:19:01,403
This has turned into a personal vendetta

1582
01:19:01,470 --> 01:19:05,540
over the last several months,
bringing it to tonight here at War Games

1583
01:19:05,607 --> 01:19:08,910
as Hudson right now just taking it
to Cameron Grimes.

1584
01:19:08,977 --> 01:19:11,780
Look, the bold challenge
of hair versus hair, Beth,

1585
01:19:11,847 --> 01:19:14,049
it was made by Cameron Grimes.

1586
01:19:14,116 --> 01:19:17,652
[Beth] What was Grimes going to do?
Hudson forced his hand.

1587
01:19:17,719 --> 01:19:19,855
Grimes got one over on him
by outsmarting him

1588
01:19:19,921 --> 01:19:21,690
and got powerbombed through a table.

1589
01:19:21,757 --> 01:19:25,193
I mean, that just speaks
of the type of trash human Duke Hudson is.

1590
01:19:25,260 --> 01:19:26,361
[Vic] Oh!

1591
01:19:26,428 --> 01:19:29,598
[Wade] Did you say a bold challenge
or a baldy challenge?

1592
01:19:29,664 --> 01:19:32,467
Because either way,
someone's getting shaved bald tonight.

1593
01:19:32,534 --> 01:19:35,337
[Vic] Well, you just see
the nasty landing for--

1594
01:19:35,403 --> 01:19:37,405
we talked about how there is two rings.

1595
01:19:37,472 --> 01:19:40,275
The steel steps not typically there
and you can see

1596
01:19:40,342 --> 01:19:43,812
the welts forming
on the back of Cameron Grimes.

1597
01:19:43,879 --> 01:19:45,981
[Wade] Yes, real nice start for Grimes

1598
01:19:46,047 --> 01:19:49,184
at the site, being close.
Cameron Grimes. Of course--

1599
01:19:49,251 --> 01:19:50,919
[Vic] I think you said it right.

1600
01:19:50,986 --> 01:19:52,420
A great start by Grimes.

1601
01:19:52,487 --> 01:19:55,323
[Wade] Grimes has had
a little lady luck here and there,

1602
01:19:55,390 --> 01:19:56,992
but now he's got overconfident.

1603
01:19:57,058 --> 01:20:00,529
He's overreaching at this point
and he's going to come crashing

1604
01:20:00,595 --> 01:20:03,865
back down to earth
along with that mope of greasy hair

1605
01:20:03,932 --> 01:20:05,300
at the end of this match.

1606
01:20:05,367 --> 01:20:08,436
[Vic] Referee at seven
as Duke Hudson making his way back in.

1607
01:20:08,503 --> 01:20:11,606
Look at no wasted motion
from Cameron Grimes and, Beth,

1608
01:20:11,673 --> 01:20:15,076
you hit on so much for Cameron Grimes,
more than just hair and look,

1609
01:20:15,143 --> 01:20:18,480
Cameron Grimes has been overcoming
the odds his entire life.

1610
01:20:18,547 --> 01:20:24,152
Oh, no, is he going to overcome
one arm and all the strength

1611
01:20:24,219 --> 01:20:26,254
from Duke Hudson?

1612
01:20:26,321 --> 01:20:28,490
This goes back
to what Wade was talking about.

1613
01:20:28,557 --> 01:20:31,126
The impressive physique
of Hudson who right now

1614
01:20:31,193 --> 01:20:33,829
is just trying to send
a message to his opponent.

1615
01:20:33,895 --> 01:20:37,065
[Wade] The man is an animal
in there, just battering

1616
01:20:37,132 --> 01:20:41,903
Cameron Grimes as we take
another look at this effortless ura nage

1617
01:20:41,970 --> 01:20:45,340
in the corner there from the big man.

1618
01:20:45,407 --> 01:20:50,579
Duke Hudson all 6'5 feet of that frame
used to maximum advantage there.

1619
01:20:50,645 --> 01:20:52,747
[Vic] If Grimes doesn't want to be bald,

1620
01:20:52,814 --> 01:20:54,783
he'll have to overcome another obstacle.

1621
01:20:54,849 --> 01:20:57,352
[Beth] Hudson is a mountain
of a man, but Grimes

1622
01:20:57,419 --> 01:20:59,354
is used to climbing mountains and--

1623
01:20:59,421 --> 01:21:00,555
[Vic] Oh, come on!

1624
01:21:00,622 --> 01:21:02,924
-[Beth] A cheap shot.
-[Wade] Not a cheap shot.

1625
01:21:02,991 --> 01:21:04,025
[Vic] Oh, oh, oh!

1626
01:21:04,092 --> 01:21:06,328
Roll through, shoulders down
and a kick out.

1627
01:21:06,394 --> 01:21:10,131
[Wade] When his head gets shaved bald,
nobody will ever be able to do

1628
01:21:10,198 --> 01:21:11,499
that to Grimes again.

1629
01:21:11,566 --> 01:21:13,735
[Beth] Don't speak too soon, Barrett.

1630
01:21:13,802 --> 01:21:15,904
Grimes talked about his father,

1631
01:21:15,971 --> 01:21:18,206
his childhood, his journey, his obstacles.

1632
01:21:18,273 --> 01:21:20,108
He's someone that we can relate to.

1633
01:21:20,175 --> 01:21:21,843
[Vic] Moonsault off the top rope.

1634
01:21:21,910 --> 01:21:24,145
Is Hudson about to be bald?
And a kick out.

1635
01:21:24,212 --> 01:21:27,115
[Beth] Not many
can do a moonsault that pretty.

1636
01:21:27,182 --> 01:21:29,451
[Wade] I'm spotting
a partisan vibe from you.

1637
01:21:29,517 --> 01:21:31,486
You're clearly in favor of Grimes.

1638
01:21:31,553 --> 01:21:34,122
We are supposed to be neutral
here just like I am.

1639
01:21:34,189 --> 01:21:35,323
[Beth] How can you--

1640
01:21:35,390 --> 01:21:37,459
[Vic] The pot calling the kettle black?

1641
01:21:37,525 --> 01:21:39,427
How can you not like Cameron Grimes?

1642
01:21:39,494 --> 01:21:42,364
The guy works hard, great attitude.

1643
01:21:42,430 --> 01:21:44,266
There's nothing to not like about him.

1644
01:21:44,332 --> 01:21:47,902
[Vic] Hudson finally trying
to head for higher ground,

1645
01:21:47,969 --> 01:21:50,005
but look at Grimes right out after him.

1646
01:21:50,071 --> 01:21:51,973
[Wade] Sucking in Cameron Grimes

1647
01:21:52,040 --> 01:21:56,845
there, catching the boot,
and once again that 6'5 feet tossing

1648
01:21:56,911 --> 01:21:59,381
Cameron Grimes onto the concrete.

1649
01:21:59,447 --> 01:22:03,051
This is where Duke Hudson
has to capitalize and make the most

1650
01:22:03,118 --> 01:22:06,955
of this momentum
that he's starting to build.

1651
01:22:07,022 --> 01:22:08,723
[Vic] Hudson would love to take

1652
01:22:08,790 --> 01:22:13,628
a count-out victory in this sort
of matchup as the referee

1653
01:22:13,695 --> 01:22:16,531
is continuing to inch closer to ten.

1654
01:22:16,598 --> 01:22:18,800
Cameron Grimes not even back to his feet.

1655
01:22:18,867 --> 01:22:21,603
You can hear the official,
the referee now at eight.

1656
01:22:21,670 --> 01:22:24,773
Cameron Grimes, is he going to be
able to beat the count?

1657
01:22:24,839 --> 01:22:26,908
Just gets back into the ring.

1658
01:22:26,975 --> 01:22:30,679
[Wade] That was the slowest count
I've ever heard from any referee.

1659
01:22:30,745 --> 01:22:32,314
That was an absolute disgrace.

1660
01:22:32,380 --> 01:22:36,184
The management of NXT
should fine this referee after the match.

1661
01:22:36,251 --> 01:22:37,652
[Beth] I don't know what--

1662
01:22:37,719 --> 01:22:40,388
You should have had
one of the pieces of chocolate.

1663
01:22:40,455 --> 01:22:42,857
You've been in a rotten mood all day.

1664
01:22:42,924 --> 01:22:46,127
[crowd chanting]

1665
01:22:46,194 --> 01:22:49,431
[Vic] The NXT Universe trying
to get under the skin of Hudson.

1666
01:22:49,497 --> 01:22:51,766
Look, Wade, Hudson was outsmarted,

1667
01:22:51,833 --> 01:22:54,169
he was out strategized by Cameron Grimes.

1668
01:22:54,235 --> 01:22:56,638
Why can't he just admit
he wasn't the better man?

1669
01:22:56,705 --> 01:22:58,807
[Wade] Because that's bs, Vic Joseph.

1670
01:22:58,873 --> 01:23:00,842
He was never outsmarted at any point.

1671
01:23:00,909 --> 01:23:03,712
Hudson was frustrated
that he was beaten by somebody

1672
01:23:03,778 --> 01:23:06,848
with pure luck and I will make this clear:

1673
01:23:06,915 --> 01:23:09,284
when you beat somebody
at anything by luck,

1674
01:23:09,351 --> 01:23:12,821
it is the least classy way
to earn any form of victory.

1675
01:23:12,887 --> 01:23:15,523
Cameron Grimes,
when he beat Duke Hudson at poker

1676
01:23:15,590 --> 01:23:16,992
in a fluke victory,

1677
01:23:17,058 --> 01:23:19,828
should have apologized
for winning in such a cheap way

1678
01:23:19,894 --> 01:23:22,998
and instead, he decided to gloat,
and now he's going to get--

1679
01:23:23,064 --> 01:23:24,499
[Vic] He beat him twice.

1680
01:23:24,566 --> 01:23:26,067
Oh, come on.

1681
01:23:26,134 --> 01:23:27,502
That's the second time,

1682
01:23:27,569 --> 01:23:30,205
we have seen Duke Hudson cut a corner.

1683
01:23:30,271 --> 01:23:31,506
[Beth] I'm not surprised.

1684
01:23:31,573 --> 01:23:34,042
Duke Hudson is
extremely rattled by the fact

1685
01:23:34,109 --> 01:23:37,245
that he could walk out
of this match tonight bald.

1686
01:23:37,312 --> 01:23:40,382
[Vic] Some believe Hudson
crossed a line several weeks ago

1687
01:23:40,448 --> 01:23:42,617
when he took some clippers
to Cameron Grimes,

1688
01:23:42,684 --> 01:23:45,353
which really escalated
this personal vendetta.

1689
01:23:45,420 --> 01:23:47,288
[Beth] I'm one of those people.

1690
01:23:47,355 --> 01:23:49,524
No reason for Hudson to take the low road.

1691
01:23:49,591 --> 01:23:51,693
He could have done some self-reflection,

1692
01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:54,029
but instead, he's just a big, mean loser.

1693
01:23:54,095 --> 01:23:56,731
[Wade] Cameron Grimes
looks ten times better

1694
01:23:56,798 --> 01:23:59,267
now he's had this makeover.

1695
01:23:59,334 --> 01:24:01,002
He should be thanking Hudson.

1696
01:24:01,069 --> 01:24:03,438
It's the nicest thing
anybody has done for Cameron.

1697
01:24:03,505 --> 01:24:05,840
[Vic] Wait. Inside cradle,
shoulders down and…

1698
01:24:05,907 --> 01:24:08,009
Oh, near fall.

1699
01:24:08,076 --> 01:24:12,080
Duke Hudson was a half-second away,
but Hudson quickly mowing

1700
01:24:12,147 --> 01:24:13,581
Cameron Grimes down.

1701
01:24:13,648 --> 01:24:15,817
[Wade] Beth, I noticed you checking out

1702
01:24:15,884 --> 01:24:17,018
the buns of steel

1703
01:24:17,085 --> 01:24:20,021
of Duke Hudson
as we check out that barber's chair

1704
01:24:20,088 --> 01:24:22,590
that is going to come
into employment very soon

1705
01:24:22,657 --> 01:24:23,725
when this match ends.

1706
01:24:23,792 --> 01:24:28,396
[Beth] Barrett, I think I'm going to shave
your head on the way out tonight.

1707
01:24:28,463 --> 01:24:30,198
I'm going to shave you bald!

1708
01:24:30,265 --> 01:24:32,434
[crowd booing]

1709
01:24:32,500 --> 01:24:34,469
[Vic] Beth, we heard from Wade Barrett

1710
01:24:34,536 --> 01:24:38,606
talking about the frustration
of Duke Hudson.

1711
01:24:38,673 --> 01:24:40,909
Is Cameron Grimes playing

1712
01:24:40,975 --> 01:24:43,845
the cards again very close to his vest?

1713
01:24:43,912 --> 01:24:46,214
Is he trying to just frustrate
Duke Hudson?

1714
01:24:46,281 --> 01:24:47,882
Does he know something we don't?

1715
01:24:47,949 --> 01:24:50,018
[Beth] You know that Grimes is so good--

1716
01:24:50,085 --> 01:24:51,386
I talked about it earlier.

1717
01:24:51,453 --> 01:24:54,322
He's overcome so many obstacles
and if there's one thing

1718
01:24:54,389 --> 01:24:57,025
I know, is you can never count out
Cameron Grimes.

1719
01:24:57,092 --> 01:25:00,929
He's got a lot in the gas tank
and Duke Hudson better be careful.

1720
01:25:00,995 --> 01:25:03,364
[Vic] Something Cameron Grimes
can count on

1721
01:25:03,431 --> 01:25:06,201
is forcing the hand of Duke Hudson

1722
01:25:06,267 --> 01:25:08,603
into making a mistake

1723
01:25:08,670 --> 01:25:13,007
as now we see Duke Hudson though
continuing to apply the pressure.

1724
01:25:13,074 --> 01:25:15,009
[Wade] Here's what I like about Hudson,

1725
01:25:15,076 --> 01:25:17,412
it's just complete mental control.

1726
01:25:17,479 --> 01:25:20,315
The pacing is all dictated by Hudson.

1727
01:25:20,381 --> 01:25:24,185
Competition in that ring
is as much mental as it is physical

1728
01:25:24,252 --> 01:25:25,653
and among that Hudson

1729
01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:26,955
has it all under control.

1730
01:25:27,021 --> 01:25:30,425
[Beth] Now it's about fists
and Grimes used it to break that hold.

1731
01:25:30,492 --> 01:25:32,727
This is the space Grime needs
in this moment

1732
01:25:32,794 --> 01:25:34,629
to swing the pendulum in his favor.

1733
01:25:34,696 --> 01:25:37,899
[Vic] Grimes back to his,
but look at Hudson quickly smashing--

1734
01:25:37,966 --> 01:25:39,567
Oh, wait a minute.

1735
01:25:39,634 --> 01:25:42,137
It's Cameron Grimes able to stay

1736
01:25:42,203 --> 01:25:43,638
one step ahead for the moment

1737
01:25:43,705 --> 01:25:46,908
and I think Duke Hudson's eyes
got really big when he looked

1738
01:25:46,975 --> 01:25:50,111
and saw that barber's chair
in the second ring.

1739
01:25:50,178 --> 01:25:52,447
He doesn't want his destiny
to be bald here

1740
01:25:52,514 --> 01:25:54,215
and an enziguiri.

1741
01:25:54,282 --> 01:25:58,820
And now Cameron Grimes starting
to build some momentum in this matchup.

1742
01:25:58,887 --> 01:26:01,689
[Wade] Big man Hudson starting to--

1743
01:26:01,756 --> 01:26:03,191
What on earth?

1744
01:26:03,258 --> 01:26:04,893
[Vic] Into the cover is Grimes.

1745
01:26:04,959 --> 01:26:08,630
Grimes is into the cover
and Hudson just kicked out.

1746
01:26:08,696 --> 01:26:12,433
How do you fling a man
who is 6'5 feet inches tall,

1747
01:26:12,500 --> 01:26:17,639
250 pounds around
at 360 degrees like this?

1748
01:26:17,705 --> 01:26:21,876
[Beth] Well, it's because Cameron Grimes
is not your typical competitor.

1749
01:26:21,943 --> 01:26:24,045
He was called the "technical savage"

1750
01:26:24,112 --> 01:26:26,047
pulling out maneuvers like that.

1751
01:26:26,114 --> 01:26:28,883
You saw Duke Hudson's eyes
bugging out of his head.

1752
01:26:28,950 --> 01:26:31,019
[Vic] It was like he saw a ghost.

1753
01:26:31,085 --> 01:26:33,521
And Cameron Grimes
rallying late in this matchup

1754
01:26:33,588 --> 01:26:35,590
showcasing his own strength,

1755
01:26:35,657 --> 01:26:37,225
showcasing his own power.

1756
01:26:37,292 --> 01:26:42,063
[Wade] Nice return there from Duke Hudson
though, power of his own.

1757
01:26:42,130 --> 01:26:44,999
A little shocker perhaps
for Cameron Grimes.

1758
01:26:45,066 --> 01:26:46,501
Spun it around into a DDT.

1759
01:26:46,568 --> 01:26:49,370
[Vic] Well, how about that for a shot?

1760
01:26:49,437 --> 01:26:53,441
Cover, count,
and another near fall and, Beth,

1761
01:26:53,508 --> 01:26:58,213
you can just feel the energy here
amongst the NXT Universe.

1762
01:26:58,279 --> 01:27:00,014
Do you feel the momentum starting

1763
01:27:00,081 --> 01:27:02,183
to slip away from Duke Hudson?

1764
01:27:02,250 --> 01:27:03,785
[Beth] Oh, 100%.

1765
01:27:03,851 --> 01:27:06,454
Cameron Grimes thrives
in these underdog situations.

1766
01:27:06,521 --> 01:27:08,056
[screams]

1767
01:27:08,122 --> 01:27:12,694
[Beth] He knows how to dig deep
and we've seen Grimes pulling out before.

1768
01:27:12,760 --> 01:27:14,963
[Wade] First rule, don't count your money

1769
01:27:15,029 --> 01:27:17,899
when you're sitting at the table,
Vic Joseph and Beth.

1770
01:27:17,966 --> 01:27:20,201
Nothing is clear at this point,

1771
01:27:20,268 --> 01:27:22,470
both men very much still in the match.

1772
01:27:22,537 --> 01:27:23,905
[thud]

1773
01:27:23,972 --> 01:27:26,608
[Vic] Oh, Grimes trying to take over,
oh, can Hudson--

1774
01:27:26,674 --> 01:27:27,809
There you go.

1775
01:27:27,875 --> 01:27:31,713
[Wade] Oh, I hate this referee,
he's the worst.

1776
01:27:31,779 --> 01:27:33,748
[Vic] Grimes turning things around.

1777
01:27:33,815 --> 01:27:35,883
Another near fall.

1778
01:27:35,950 --> 01:27:39,254
Grimes almost putting away Hudson.

1779
01:27:39,320 --> 01:27:41,656
[Beth] Is he the worst
because he's doing his job?

1780
01:27:41,723 --> 01:27:43,324
[Wade] He was counting slowly.

1781
01:27:43,391 --> 01:27:45,793
He's favoring one man in this matchup.

1782
01:27:45,860 --> 01:27:48,263
[Vic] Superkick under the jaw,
Hudson is rocked

1783
01:27:48,329 --> 01:27:50,031
and it doesn't matter if you're 6'6

1784
01:27:50,098 --> 01:27:52,667
or the same size-- hurricanrana by Grimes!

1785
01:27:52,734 --> 01:27:55,903
[Wade] Coming down hard on the back
of the neck was Duke Hudson.

1786
01:27:55,970 --> 01:27:57,905
He is in la la land right now.

1787
01:27:57,972 --> 01:28:00,775
[crowd cheering]

1788
01:28:00,842 --> 01:28:04,345
[Vic] Listen to the NXT Universe

1789
01:28:04,412 --> 01:28:08,416
fully behind Cameron Grimes.

1790
01:28:08,483 --> 01:28:11,452
High crossbody connects off the top rope.

1791
01:28:11,519 --> 01:28:15,690
Is it enough to put Hudson away
and another near fall.

1792
01:28:15,757 --> 01:28:19,327
[Wade] Such a tight pinfall attempt there
from Cameron Grimes

1793
01:28:19,394 --> 01:28:22,363
as we take another look
at the sickening landing

1794
01:28:22,430 --> 01:28:26,100
for the 6'5 feet inch Duke Hudson.

1795
01:28:26,167 --> 01:28:29,137
[Vic] A high crossbody almost wiped

1796
01:28:29,203 --> 01:28:32,206
of the hair off the head of Duke Hudson.

1797
01:28:32,273 --> 01:28:34,842
[Beth] Let me guess.
Was that a slow count?

1798
01:28:34,909 --> 01:28:37,178
[Wade] I'm focusing
on the here and now, Beth,

1799
01:28:37,245 --> 01:28:39,313
let's not go back in time.

1800
01:28:39,380 --> 01:28:41,849
[crowd booing]

1801
01:28:41,916 --> 01:28:46,087
[Vic] Oh, oh, there's
that boss man slam. Cover.

1802
01:28:46,154 --> 01:28:48,756
No, not like this, and Grimes kicks out.

1803
01:28:48,823 --> 01:28:53,027
[Wade] Winds have changed there
from Duke Hudson, not quite enough.

1804
01:28:53,094 --> 01:28:54,829
He cannot believe it.

1805
01:28:54,896 --> 01:28:56,497
[Beth] Could imagine images

1806
01:28:56,564 --> 01:28:59,000
of a bald Duke Hudson
going through his mind?

1807
01:28:59,067 --> 01:29:02,136
He could see that barber chair
sitting in the spotlight.

1808
01:29:02,203 --> 01:29:05,406
The future for one of these men.

1809
01:29:05,473 --> 01:29:09,610
[Vic] And Hudson
could be singling the end right now.

1810
01:29:09,677 --> 01:29:12,547
[Wade] Final ace in the pocket,
razor's edge.

1811
01:29:12,613 --> 01:29:13,981
[Vic] Oh!

1812
01:29:14,048 --> 01:29:16,317
[Wade] Reversed
at the last second by Grimes.

1813
01:29:16,384 --> 01:29:17,418
[Vic] Grimes, cover!

1814
01:29:17,485 --> 01:29:18,953
Cover!

1815
01:29:19,020 --> 01:29:20,421
[bell rings]

1816
01:29:20,488 --> 01:29:23,358
Hudson on the river!

1817
01:29:23,424 --> 01:29:25,693
[rap music playing]

1818
01:29:25,760 --> 01:29:29,664
[Alicia] Here's your winner,
Cameron Grimes!

1819
01:29:29,731 --> 01:29:34,302
[Wade] How on earth did that referee
not spot the blatted handful

1820
01:29:34,369 --> 01:29:36,637
of tights by Cameron Grimes?

1821
01:29:36,704 --> 01:29:39,006
I told you that's a partisan referee.

1822
01:29:39,073 --> 01:29:41,509
[Vic] Don't let the facts
get away with a good story.

1823
01:29:41,576 --> 01:29:44,812
Grimes is going to shave Duke Hudson bald.

1824
01:29:44,879 --> 01:29:47,348
[Beth] Oh, yeah, get the aftershave ready.

1825
01:29:47,415 --> 01:29:49,450
I've got him some moisturizer.

1826
01:29:49,517 --> 01:29:51,919
We can get to make sure
he gets a nice shine.

1827
01:29:51,986 --> 01:29:54,856
[Wade] Absolutely not.
That's not how this is done.

1828
01:29:54,922 --> 01:29:57,825
That is not classy.

1829
01:29:57,892 --> 01:29:59,761
Restart the matchup.

1830
01:29:59,827 --> 01:30:03,064
[Beth] I brought some sunglasses
so we can avoid the glare off

1831
01:30:03,131 --> 01:30:04,565
of that cue ball head.

1832
01:30:04,632 --> 01:30:11,572
[Vic] Realization of what's to happen
starting to set in for Duke Hudson.

1833
01:30:11,639 --> 01:30:13,975
[rap music playing]

1834
01:30:14,041 --> 01:30:17,178
Nice try. Nice try, Hudson.

1835
01:30:17,245 --> 01:30:19,180
You got a date

1836
01:30:19,247 --> 01:30:22,817
with the barber, that being barber--Oh!

1837
01:30:22,884 --> 01:30:24,852
[Wade laughs]

1838
01:30:24,919 --> 01:30:28,723
Don't talk so fast,
Vic Joseph, my, oh, my.

1839
01:30:28,790 --> 01:30:31,959
[crowd booing]

1840
01:30:32,026 --> 01:30:33,327
[Wade] Oh, yes.

1841
01:30:33,394 --> 01:30:35,329
No. I like where this is going.

1842
01:30:35,396 --> 01:30:37,565
-[Vic] Come on, no.
-[Wade] Yes.

1843
01:30:37,632 --> 01:30:40,301
I told you, lady luck was back

1844
01:30:40,368 --> 01:30:42,937
on the side of Duke Hudson.

1845
01:30:43,004 --> 01:30:46,774
How the tables have turned.

1846
01:30:46,841 --> 01:30:48,676
[laughs]

1847
01:30:48,743 --> 01:30:50,278
[Vic] Oh!

1848
01:30:50,344 --> 01:30:52,380
[Beth] What were you saying
about lady luck?

1849
01:30:52,447 --> 01:30:54,916
[Vic] They've turned indeed.
There's a cave-in.

1850
01:30:54,982 --> 01:30:57,218
[crowd cheering]

1851
01:30:57,285 --> 01:30:59,854
[Vic] Oh, Grimes
is not going to allow Duke Hudson

1852
01:30:59,921 --> 01:31:01,522
to ruin this tonight.

1853
01:31:01,589 --> 01:31:03,624
[Wade] We need some security down here.

1854
01:31:03,691 --> 01:31:08,963
[crowd cheering]

1855
01:31:09,030 --> 01:31:12,967
[Vic] Cameron Grimes victorious tonight.

1856
01:31:13,034 --> 01:31:16,237
And to the Victor go the spoils.

1857
01:31:16,304 --> 01:31:21,008
[crowd chanting "shave him off"]

1858
01:31:21,075 --> 01:31:23,411
-[Wade] No.
-[Beth] Yes.

1859
01:31:23,478 --> 01:31:25,379
-[Wade] No.
-[Beth] I love it.

1860
01:31:25,446 --> 01:31:27,949
[applause]

1861
01:31:28,015 --> 01:31:29,684
It's an improvement.

1862
01:31:29,750 --> 01:31:31,752
[Vic] Grimes should leave it like that.

1863
01:31:31,819 --> 01:31:33,120
Whatever.

1864
01:31:33,187 --> 01:31:35,990
-[Wade] He looks ridiculous.
-[Beth] Fantastic.

1865
01:31:36,057 --> 01:31:38,593
[crowd cheering]

1866
01:31:38,659 --> 01:31:40,928
[Wade] He's giving him a skullet.

1867
01:31:40,995 --> 01:31:42,196
[Vic laughs]

1868
01:31:42,263 --> 01:31:45,466
[Wade] Lady luck is a complete bitch.

1869
01:31:45,533 --> 01:31:48,169
[Vic laughs]

1870
01:31:48,236 --> 01:31:50,705
[Beth] I think you mean Karma.

1871
01:31:50,771 --> 01:31:53,074
Let's just revel in this.

1872
01:31:53,140 --> 01:31:55,209
[Vic] It was so nice
I want to see it twice.

1873
01:31:55,276 --> 01:31:56,811
[Beth] Oh, come on, Barrett,

1874
01:31:56,878 --> 01:32:00,147
you got to admit,
it's a great style, a trendsetter.

1875
01:32:00,214 --> 01:32:02,917
I know you'll be in line next
to get the same look.

1876
01:32:02,984 --> 01:32:04,285
Looks fantastic.

1877
01:32:04,352 --> 01:32:06,487
[Vic] Then, you have Grimes cut your hair,

1878
01:32:06,554 --> 01:32:09,023
give you a little shave this Tuesday.

1879
01:32:09,090 --> 01:32:13,160
[Wade] The hottest man in NXT is no more.

1880
01:32:13,227 --> 01:32:16,464
[crowd cheering]

1881
01:32:16,531 --> 01:32:22,637
[rap music playing]

1882
01:32:28,709 --> 01:32:32,146
It is I, Cashios, god of cashback.

1883
01:32:32,213 --> 01:32:35,983
-Greetings, fierce mortal.
-I'm Charlotte Flair.

1884
01:32:36,050 --> 01:32:37,952
Greetings, fierce Charlotte Flair.

1885
01:32:38,019 --> 01:32:40,788
I almost mistook you
for one of my godly cousins.

1886
01:32:40,855 --> 01:32:43,724
All that glitters is gold, Cashios.

1887
01:32:43,791 --> 01:32:46,961
Thanks to my official
WWE Credit One Visa card

1888
01:32:47,028 --> 01:32:48,963
-from Credit One Bank.
-Yes.

1889
01:32:49,030 --> 01:32:52,934
Get this exclusive card, discounts
on WWE gear, and so much more.

1890
01:32:53,000 --> 01:32:57,004
You can even win a trip
to a WWE event to see me in the ring.

1891
01:32:57,071 --> 01:32:59,373
It's like a battle royal.

1892
01:32:59,440 --> 01:33:01,008
How shall thou will prepare?

1893
01:33:01,075 --> 01:33:03,544
Well…

1894
01:33:03,611 --> 01:33:05,546
You'll need to keep your energy up.

1895
01:33:05,613 --> 01:33:09,450
Yes, molten gold drizzled
upon crispy crunchies.

1896
01:33:09,517 --> 01:33:10,685
Oh.

1897
01:33:10,751 --> 01:33:13,321
And you'll want to look the part.

1898
01:33:13,387 --> 01:33:15,590
These cashback rewards,
they're fit for a…

1899
01:33:15,656 --> 01:33:17,558
-Queen?
-Yes.

1900
01:33:17,625 --> 01:33:20,661
Your battle grind must be most formidable.

1901
01:33:20,728 --> 01:33:24,098
-Wooh!
-[chuckles]

1902
01:33:24,165 --> 01:33:28,502
[Charlotte] Visit ultimatewwecard.com
for more details.

1903
01:33:34,308 --> 01:33:35,676
Where are we going?

1904
01:33:35,743 --> 01:33:37,645
I'm absolutely starving.

1905
01:33:37,712 --> 01:33:39,246
-You're hungry, yes?
-Yes.

1906
01:33:39,313 --> 01:33:41,582
Good. That's exactly why we're here.

1907
01:33:41,649 --> 01:33:43,718
Come with me.

1908
01:33:46,120 --> 01:33:50,257
Well, lad, get your eyes on this.

1909
01:33:50,324 --> 01:33:53,661
This is you, you're on the ground,
hurt your knee.

1910
01:33:53,728 --> 01:33:57,064
Along comes a stooge, he sees you,
he's a good guy, wants to help.

1911
01:33:57,131 --> 01:33:58,699
Here's me, waiting in the winds

1912
01:33:58,766 --> 01:34:01,702
while you distract him,
I take the phone, access the app,

1913
01:34:01,769 --> 01:34:03,804
access the food, they deliver the food,

1914
01:34:03,871 --> 01:34:06,107
get all the scram, we win.

1915
01:34:06,173 --> 01:34:08,809
We munch it all down all day long.
How's about that?

1916
01:34:08,876 --> 01:34:13,114
I like that, yes.

1917
01:34:13,180 --> 01:34:15,583
You understand now?

1918
01:34:15,650 --> 01:34:20,454
If you can distract complete stranger,
you can distract a referee.

1919
01:34:20,521 --> 01:34:22,289
Cheers.

1920
01:34:22,356 --> 01:34:24,125
[laughter]

1921
01:34:24,191 --> 01:34:26,594
-That's good.
-It's a good day.

1922
01:34:26,661 --> 01:34:28,429
It's a good day.

1923
01:34:37,138 --> 01:34:40,041
[Katana] When Kayden and I
aren't kicking ass in the ring,

1924
01:34:40,107 --> 01:34:42,376
we hit up as many music
festivals as we can.

1925
01:34:42,443 --> 01:34:44,178
[Kayden] Last week was EDC Orlando.

1926
01:34:44,245 --> 01:34:46,080
It was time to let loose and rage out.

1927
01:34:46,147 --> 01:34:48,582
There's such an amazing feeling
in these festivals.

1928
01:34:48,649 --> 01:34:49,950
It's a unique vibe.

1929
01:34:50,017 --> 01:34:51,886
Listening to the music, getting lights,

1930
01:34:51,952 --> 01:34:53,721
and letting out your inner crazy.

1931
01:34:53,788 --> 01:34:56,791
I mean it's something
you can't even explain.

1932
01:34:56,857 --> 01:35:00,161
[Katana] It's about having fun,
being yourself, and for a few minutes,

1933
01:35:00,227 --> 01:35:01,729
or a few hours of your life,

1934
01:35:01,796 --> 01:35:05,066
forgetting your problems
and getting lost in the experience.

1935
01:35:05,132 --> 01:35:08,302
[Kayden] We've had a lot of downtime
to think, and we've realized

1936
01:35:08,369 --> 01:35:10,504
we want to share this with the audience.

1937
01:35:10,571 --> 01:35:13,040
[Katana] Seeing a community
of thousands of people

1938
01:35:13,107 --> 01:35:15,910
coming together to be themselves
and have a good time,

1939
01:35:15,976 --> 01:35:17,878
that's what we want to bring to NXT.

1940
01:35:17,945 --> 01:35:22,850
We are the life of the party
and we're bringing the party to everyone.

1941
01:35:27,855 --> 01:35:31,258
[Draco] Those who talk the most usually
have nothing to say,

1942
01:35:31,325 --> 01:35:33,928
but NXT is different,

1943
01:35:33,994 --> 01:35:38,599
a locker room full of superstars
who back it up.

1944
01:35:38,666 --> 01:35:43,804
I'm not going to talk about
what I'm going to do, I'll just show you.

1945
01:35:43,871 --> 01:35:46,741
I'm not what NXT wants,

1946
01:35:46,807 --> 01:35:50,044
I'm what NXT needs.

1947
01:35:50,111 --> 01:35:52,012
I'm Draco Anthony,

1948
01:35:52,079 --> 01:35:55,883
and my actions speak
louder than your words.

1949
01:36:04,959 --> 01:36:11,932
["Auld Lang Syne" playing]

1950
01:36:17,705 --> 01:36:24,645
[exciting music playing]

1951
01:36:35,923 --> 01:36:38,292
Wow, what a way
to kick off 2022 here at NXT

1952
01:36:39,994 --> 01:36:41,061
with new year's evil.

1953
01:36:41,929 --> 01:36:43,898
This year has been an absolute blast.

1954
01:36:43,964 --> 01:36:47,935
I promise you 2022
is going to top it, I cannot wait.

1955
01:36:48,002 --> 01:36:50,504
How about just a few days
before our new year's day,

1956
01:36:50,571 --> 01:36:52,673
it's day one, Roman reigns,

1957
01:36:52,740 --> 01:36:56,110
Brock Lesnar for the universal
championship alive from Atlanta

1958
01:36:56,177 --> 01:36:58,779
streaming exclusively on Peacock,

1959
01:36:58,846 --> 01:37:01,715
but we can talk about 2022 in a few days,

1960
01:37:01,782 --> 01:37:05,052
we got to talk about tonight
because team 2.0 is getting ready

1961
01:37:05,119 --> 01:37:08,556
to enter the War Games match.

1962
01:37:08,622 --> 01:37:12,593
They don't want us to win.

1963
01:37:12,660 --> 01:37:15,396
[Vic] Bron Breakker, Tony D'Angelo,

1964
01:37:15,462 --> 01:37:20,601
they are putting in final preparations
for a match

1965
01:37:20,668 --> 01:37:24,939
none have ever stepped foot in,
and how are they going to prepare

1966
01:37:25,005 --> 01:37:26,740
for our main event tonight?

1967
01:37:26,807 --> 01:37:30,077
But we got to continue on,
and coming up in a matter of moments,

1968
01:37:30,144 --> 01:37:32,980
Roderick Strong wanted a big-money match

1969
01:37:33,047 --> 01:37:35,115
which he certainly has gotten in the form

1970
01:37:35,182 --> 01:37:38,819
of a very outspoken challenger.

1971
01:37:41,956 --> 01:37:46,894
The world should be
a happy place, but in reality,

1972
01:37:46,961 --> 01:37:50,564
we live in a world where the goal
is to drag people down.

1973
01:37:50,631 --> 01:37:54,935
And the NXT cruiserweight championship

1974
01:37:55,002 --> 01:37:58,105
is an example of exclusivity

1975
01:37:58,172 --> 01:38:00,541
and weight shaming.

1976
01:38:00,608 --> 01:38:03,143
I am Joe Gacy and I'm here

1977
01:38:03,210 --> 01:38:08,916
to Usher in the world to a new normal.

1978
01:38:08,983 --> 01:38:11,118
[Bivens] You done messed up now, Joe.

1979
01:38:11,185 --> 01:38:14,355
Diamond Mine is
the most dominant group of athletes

1980
01:38:14,421 --> 01:38:17,191
in sports entertainment,
and Roderick strong is

1981
01:38:17,258 --> 01:38:19,660
the centerpiece of Diamond Mine

1982
01:38:19,727 --> 01:38:23,497
and he is your NXT cruiserweight champion.

1983
01:38:23,564 --> 01:38:29,336
Respect is not something
I have for Roderick Strong.

1984
01:38:29,403 --> 01:38:33,674
I don't care about any weight limit.

1985
01:38:33,741 --> 01:38:36,277
My next money match
is standing right here.

1986
01:38:36,343 --> 01:38:40,214
Let's make this happen
so I can embarrass this dork.

1987
01:38:40,281 --> 01:38:45,486
I look forward to resolving
this issue as one.

1988
01:38:45,552 --> 01:38:49,890
[Bivens] At War Games, Roderick Strong
is going to shut you up for good.

1989
01:38:49,957 --> 01:38:52,126
We'll walk in the same way we'll walk out,

1990
01:38:52,192 --> 01:38:55,896
and that is with the cruiserweight
championship.

1991
01:38:55,963 --> 01:39:01,101
Strong has created
a toxic cruiserweight division

1992
01:39:01,168 --> 01:39:06,340
and I will bring wonderful inclusivity.

1993
01:39:06,407 --> 01:39:11,578
At NXT War Games, I give you
an all-inclusive beat down.

1994
01:39:16,617 --> 01:39:20,354
[guitar music playing]

1995
01:39:20,421 --> 01:39:23,290
[Vic] All right now, this
is a big moment for Joe Gacy.

1996
01:39:23,357 --> 01:39:27,728
Look, the weight limit of 205 lbs,
Beth, it's been lifted here tonight.

1997
01:39:27,795 --> 01:39:30,397
[Beth] Well, according to Gacy,
if he wins tonight,

1998
01:39:30,464 --> 01:39:33,067
that weight limit restriction
will be lifted forever.

1999
01:39:33,133 --> 01:39:35,836
This is all part of his agenda
he continues to push through

2000
01:39:35,903 --> 01:39:38,872
pretending that he's doing
something altruistic in the world,

2001
01:39:38,939 --> 01:39:42,443
but we all know what his intentions are.

2002
01:39:42,509 --> 01:39:47,114
[Vic] Gacy not coming alone tonight
here at NXT War Games

2003
01:39:47,181 --> 01:39:50,918
which is presented by the official
WWE Credit One Visa card.

2004
01:39:50,985 --> 01:39:54,888
Get closer to the action with benefits
like meet-and-greets, sweepstakes,

2005
01:39:54,955 --> 01:39:57,257
early ticket sales
for select events, and more.

2006
01:39:57,324 --> 01:40:01,829
Visit wweultimatecard.com
to see if you prequalify now.

2007
01:40:01,895 --> 01:40:03,564
Terms apply.

2008
01:40:03,630 --> 01:40:07,201
[Wade] Listen, Beth, you are such
a hater when it comes to Joe Gacy.

2009
01:40:07,267 --> 01:40:10,337
I don't understand at all,
I don't always agree with Gacy,

2010
01:40:10,404 --> 01:40:13,874
but he's had me thinking on this one
because the cruiserweight title

2011
01:40:13,941 --> 01:40:18,679
was one title I was never eligible for
through no fault of my own.

2012
01:40:18,746 --> 01:40:22,750
Why, I ask, should bigger guys
like me, like Gacy,

2013
01:40:22,816 --> 01:40:25,986
like McLaughlin, why should we be
prejudiced against?

2014
01:40:26,053 --> 01:40:28,222
-I like the change.
-[Beth] Prejudice?

2015
01:40:28,288 --> 01:40:30,824
[Wade] If Gacy wins tonight,
they will have to rename

2016
01:40:30,891 --> 01:40:33,560
that championship
the incluisive weight championship

2017
01:40:33,627 --> 01:40:36,697
and I for one think
that is a positive move.

2018
01:40:36,764 --> 01:40:39,299
[Vic] Why does everything
come back to you?

2019
01:40:39,366 --> 01:40:42,503
You always make it about yourself.

2020
01:40:42,569 --> 01:40:47,408
[Beth] I'm sorry you were so poorly done
for, Barrett, no opportunities.

2021
01:40:47,474 --> 01:40:50,244
[Wade] I'll tell you sports
entertainment is tough

2022
01:40:50,310 --> 01:40:52,413
as a bigger superstar.

2023
01:40:52,479 --> 01:40:54,348
[Beth] Oh, cry me a river.

2024
01:40:54,415 --> 01:41:00,454
[Vic] There you see Diamond Mine
fully focused on the action here tonight.

2025
01:41:00,521 --> 01:41:03,991
There's no doubt this is
a tough test for Roderick Strong.

2026
01:41:04,058 --> 01:41:07,594
I wasn't wise of Bivens
to ransom this match.

2027
01:41:07,661 --> 01:41:11,265
[Wade] Listen, Bivens has made it
very, very clear he's about one thing

2028
01:41:11,331 --> 01:41:14,468
and one thing only,
he is about money matches.

2029
01:41:14,535 --> 01:41:18,005
To me, this has become a huge money match

2030
01:41:18,072 --> 01:41:21,075
because it's got the world talking
and the world watching,

2031
01:41:21,141 --> 01:41:23,544
the world questioning their own beliefs,

2032
01:41:23,610 --> 01:41:26,346
and in fairness to him,
the champ Roderick Strong--

2033
01:41:26,413 --> 01:41:28,916
[Alicia] The following contest
scheduled for one fall

2034
01:41:28,982 --> 01:41:34,088
is for the NXT cruiserweight championship!

2035
01:41:34,154 --> 01:41:36,290
Introducing the challenger,

2036
01:41:36,356 --> 01:41:39,460
Joe Gacy!

2037
01:41:39,526 --> 01:41:41,528
[crowd booing]

2038
01:41:41,595 --> 01:41:44,398
[Alicia] His opponent
representing Diamond Mine,

2039
01:41:44,465 --> 01:41:50,804
he is the NXT cruiserweight champion,
Roderick Strong.

2040
01:41:50,871 --> 01:41:52,506
[Wade] In fairness,

2041
01:41:52,573 --> 01:41:55,108
this man the champ
Roderick Strong was the one

2042
01:41:55,175 --> 01:41:57,044
who demanded the matchup last week

2043
01:41:57,111 --> 01:41:59,580
so Bivens really didn't have
too much choice,

2044
01:41:59,646 --> 01:42:03,951
but I think he likes the smell of money
and money is coming from this matchup.

2045
01:42:04,017 --> 01:42:07,421
[Vic] I wonder if Joe Gacy goes
to ultimatewwecard.com

2046
01:42:07,488 --> 01:42:09,957
to prequalify and if he doesn't get
the answer fast,

2047
01:42:10,023 --> 01:42:12,493
he seems like someone that would complain.

2048
01:42:12,559 --> 01:42:15,863
[Beth] Joe Gacy complains
about just about everything

2049
01:42:15,929 --> 01:42:19,466
but he frames it in such a way
that he makes himself into the victim.

2050
01:42:19,533 --> 01:42:21,802
[Vic] He talked his way
into this opportunity.

2051
01:42:21,869 --> 01:42:22,903
[Beth] Totally.

2052
01:42:22,970 --> 01:42:26,206
I've said it in the past
whether it's Trick Williams or Joe Gacy,

2053
01:42:26,273 --> 01:42:28,742
young Joe talked himself
into an opportunity

2054
01:42:28,809 --> 01:42:30,777
on full display continuously.

2055
01:42:30,844 --> 01:42:33,347
Gacy's figured out
how to push everyone's buttons,

2056
01:42:33,413 --> 01:42:34,581
get everyone triggered

2057
01:42:34,648 --> 01:42:36,683
pissed off, swoop in and take for a ride.

2058
01:42:36,750 --> 01:42:37,985
[Vic] Into that point,

2059
01:42:38,051 --> 01:42:40,420
he's trying to peaceably talk down
Roderick Strong.

2060
01:42:40,487 --> 01:42:42,156
It's a championship match.

2061
01:42:42,222 --> 01:42:43,223
[Beth] I don't buy it.

2062
01:42:43,290 --> 01:42:46,026
[Wade] It's okay to start this
in a sporting way,

2063
01:42:46,093 --> 01:42:49,730
men should shake hands before the match
and hopefully after the match.

2064
01:42:49,796 --> 01:42:52,966
I think Gacy is about that,
but here's the point.

2065
01:42:53,033 --> 01:42:57,938
[crowd cheering]

2066
01:42:58,005 --> 01:43:00,541
[Wade] Maybe you can hold this stuff.

2067
01:43:00,607 --> 01:43:02,876
This is throwing Strong off,
he's never come across

2068
01:43:02,943 --> 01:43:05,746
anything like a hug to start a match

2069
01:43:05,812 --> 01:43:09,616
and certainly a slap to the face
will change things in a hurry.

2070
01:43:09,683 --> 01:43:11,652
[Beth] That's Gacy showing his cards.

2071
01:43:11,718 --> 01:43:13,820
He was trying
to bait Strong in with a hug.

2072
01:43:13,887 --> 01:43:15,989
Not everybody's comfortable with a hug.

2073
01:43:16,056 --> 01:43:17,357
[Vic] Nasty backbreaker.

2074
01:43:17,424 --> 01:43:20,827
[Wade] You said Gacy
talked his way into this matchup.

2075
01:43:20,894 --> 01:43:24,264
I've been upset with some
of the 2.0 stars recently getting title

2076
01:43:24,331 --> 01:43:26,567
opportunities that they haven't earned.

2077
01:43:26,633 --> 01:43:29,469
Guys like Trick Williams,
guys like Briggs and Jensen

2078
01:43:29,536 --> 01:43:30,971
in the tag team division.

2079
01:43:31,038 --> 01:43:33,574
Here's why it's different for Gacy.

2080
01:43:33,640 --> 01:43:35,442
He was being prejudiced against,

2081
01:43:35,509 --> 01:43:39,046
it's sizeism, and talking
is how you bring about change.

2082
01:43:39,112 --> 01:43:41,815
There's nothing wrong
with using words rather than fists--

2083
01:43:41,882 --> 01:43:44,117
[Beth] Sizeism isn't a word.

2084
01:43:44,184 --> 01:43:48,021
[Vic] Yes, well, Roderick Strong
was looking for a hug in his own right,

2085
01:43:48,088 --> 01:43:49,590
and now Gacy.

2086
01:43:49,656 --> 01:43:51,892
Running over
the cruiserweight championship

2087
01:43:51,959 --> 01:43:55,329
but can you imagine if Gacy
were to win the cruiserweight title

2088
01:43:55,395 --> 01:43:58,865
the sort of platform he would now have
if he was victorious tonight?

2089
01:43:58,932 --> 01:44:04,771
[Wade] Listen, Gacy lives
and dies by the size of his pulpit.

2090
01:44:04,838 --> 01:44:09,276
Win tonight the pulpit
of Joe Gacy and his belief grows,

2091
01:44:09,343 --> 01:44:13,113
the megaphone gets louder,
champions in NXT, they get invited

2092
01:44:13,180 --> 01:44:17,918
on ESPN, they get invited
to Sam Roberts' Sirius FM show,

2093
01:44:17,985 --> 01:44:21,588
magazine covers, the words,
as we take another look at this.

2094
01:44:21,655 --> 01:44:25,392
Shot from behind
from Joe Gacy, inching closer

2095
01:44:25,459 --> 01:44:28,395
to the inclusive weight championship.

2096
01:44:28,462 --> 01:44:30,797
Magazine covers,
the award shows, win tonight

2097
01:44:30,864 --> 01:44:35,636
and the people who will hear
the message of inclusivity will drop.

2098
01:44:35,702 --> 01:44:39,106
[Vic] Yes, well, right now Roderick Strong
is sending his own message…

2099
01:44:39,172 --> 01:44:40,641
Oh! To Gacy.

2100
01:44:40,707 --> 01:44:44,411
Beth, I'm sure Gacy wants
to get this match over with quickly.

2101
01:44:44,478 --> 01:44:46,780
[Beth] I mean, it's to his advantage.

2102
01:44:46,847 --> 01:44:48,915
Gacy's got to end this soon
because his chances

2103
01:44:48,982 --> 01:44:51,785
will continue to diminish
the longer this goes.

2104
01:44:51,852 --> 01:44:54,921
We all know Strong
has a gas tank like no other in NXT.

2105
01:44:54,988 --> 01:44:59,393
[Vic] Yes, a self-described
cardio monster is Roderick Strong

2106
01:44:59,459 --> 01:45:02,863
who of course won the cruiserweight
championship back in September,

2107
01:45:02,929 --> 01:45:05,198
defending it here tonight against Gacy.

2108
01:45:05,265 --> 01:45:08,168
You got to wonder, Wade,
Roderick Strong had to spend

2109
01:45:08,235 --> 01:45:10,037
some extra time in the Diamond Mine.

2110
01:45:10,103 --> 01:45:13,407
[Wade] He absolutely did,
training hard for this particular matchup.

2111
01:45:13,473 --> 01:45:16,510
Now listen, I spoke
to Malcolm Bivens earlier,

2112
01:45:16,576 --> 01:45:20,547
he was tweaked the training to focus
on the fact that it's a larger opponent.

2113
01:45:20,614 --> 01:45:23,083
Of course, Strong
throughout his career has taken

2114
01:45:23,150 --> 01:45:25,786
on many larger superstars,
so this isn't entirely new,

2115
01:45:25,852 --> 01:45:27,954
although in the last few months,

2116
01:45:28,021 --> 01:45:31,058
he's focused exclusively
on that 205 weight limit,

2117
01:45:31,124 --> 01:45:32,926
so things are different now.

2118
01:45:32,993 --> 01:45:36,463
He's been sparring with the Creed Brothers
to get used to the weight.

2119
01:45:36,530 --> 01:45:38,665
I think he's left a chance
to Diamond Mine.

2120
01:45:38,732 --> 01:45:42,803
[Vic] Gacy is throwing his weight around,
showcasing his own strength.

2121
01:45:42,869 --> 01:45:45,605
Strong able to counter
and Gacy quickly shutting the door

2122
01:45:45,672 --> 01:45:48,742
and following up
with a backbreaker in his own right.

2123
01:45:48,809 --> 01:45:50,977
[Wade] You talk about the size of Gacy.

2124
01:45:51,044 --> 01:45:52,879
The man can move like a cruiserweight,

2125
01:45:52,946 --> 01:45:56,750
so certainly from that regard,
he belongs in this division.

2126
01:45:56,817 --> 01:45:59,386
[Vic] Gacy into the cover
and Strong quickly out

2127
01:45:59,453 --> 01:46:02,656
at one and look,
Gacy's made no secret about it,

2128
01:46:02,723 --> 01:46:04,991
whether it's been on the mic
or on social media,

2129
01:46:05,058 --> 01:46:08,161
he's looking to redefine
what it means to be

2130
01:46:08,228 --> 01:46:11,031
the cruiserweight champion here in NXT.

2131
01:46:11,098 --> 01:46:12,599
[applause]

2132
01:46:12,666 --> 01:46:14,935
Off the suplex,
flowed over into the cover.

2133
01:46:15,001 --> 01:46:18,405
Well, again, Roderick Strong
was able to kick out at one.

2134
01:46:18,472 --> 01:46:21,441
[Wade] You mentioned
redefining the cruiserweight division.

2135
01:46:21,508 --> 01:46:25,445
He's looking to redefine
the entire world of sports entertainment

2136
01:46:25,512 --> 01:46:27,247
starting with NXT.

2137
01:46:27,314 --> 01:46:29,983
It should be a more positive environment.

2138
01:46:30,050 --> 01:46:33,153
The constant toxicity
that sometimes pervades around

2139
01:46:33,220 --> 01:46:35,389
here can be changed.

2140
01:46:35,455 --> 01:46:38,191
[Beth] Making things--
he called us snowflakes.

2141
01:46:38,258 --> 01:46:40,594
[Wade] He never called me a snowflake.

2142
01:46:40,660 --> 01:46:42,429
[Beth] He called everybody a snowflake.

2143
01:46:42,496 --> 01:46:43,797
[Vic] Well, to that point,

2144
01:46:43,864 --> 01:46:47,167
Beth, he started tonight
on social media by saying,

2145
01:46:47,234 --> 01:46:49,770
"we change the world."

2146
01:46:49,836 --> 01:46:51,805
Who's he talking about? Who's "we"?

2147
01:46:51,872 --> 01:46:55,976
[Wade] Regardless of what you
or I or Beth Phoenix thinks

2148
01:46:56,042 --> 01:46:59,579
of the message of Gacy, there are legions

2149
01:46:59,646 --> 01:47:02,082
who believe every word he says.

2150
01:47:02,149 --> 01:47:05,685
Tonight and tonight's
ultimate victory is for them.

2151
01:47:05,752 --> 01:47:08,321
[Vic] Now tonight
might be coming to a quick end

2152
01:47:08,388 --> 01:47:11,458
as Roderick Strong,
the NXT cruiserweight champion,

2153
01:47:11,525 --> 01:47:13,593
all the way to the tippy top.

2154
01:47:13,660 --> 01:47:17,197
Can strong hoist up Gacy?

2155
01:47:17,264 --> 01:47:18,365
Going for the ride!

2156
01:47:18,432 --> 01:47:19,833
Superplex!

2157
01:47:19,900 --> 01:47:22,836
But so much has been taken
on Roderick strong

2158
01:47:22,903 --> 01:47:24,604
in this match so this far,

2159
01:47:24,671 --> 01:47:28,241
this far, crawls into the cover
does strong to retain his title,

2160
01:47:28,308 --> 01:47:31,611
and Gacy this time kicking out at two.

2161
01:47:31,678 --> 01:47:34,915
[Beth] Take a look at this Roderick Strong

2162
01:47:34,981 --> 01:47:37,951
making the difference irrelevant
in this situation,

2163
01:47:38,018 --> 01:47:39,953
able to hoist Gacy over,

2164
01:47:40,020 --> 01:47:42,622
but unfortunately took
just a little bit too much time

2165
01:47:42,689 --> 01:47:43,957
to make the cover.

2166
01:47:44,024 --> 01:47:45,525
[Vic] Got to give credit

2167
01:47:45,592 --> 01:47:49,162
to Strong, he was open
to lifting the weight restriction

2168
01:47:49,229 --> 01:47:51,164
for this championship showdown.

2169
01:47:51,231 --> 01:47:53,166
[Beth] Strong would take on all comers.

2170
01:47:53,233 --> 01:47:56,736
There's no superstar in NXT
that trains harder, is more polished

2171
01:47:56,803 --> 01:47:58,472
or conditioned than Strong.

2172
01:47:58,538 --> 01:48:00,006
[Vic] Oh!

2173
01:48:00,073 --> 01:48:04,010
Strength on display, what a gutbuster,
might not have gotten all of it,

2174
01:48:04,077 --> 01:48:06,847
certainly got enough of it
and then following up on Gacy,

2175
01:48:06,913 --> 01:48:09,716
and Strong now
with Diamond Mine cheering him on,

2176
01:48:09,783 --> 01:48:12,385
crawls into another cover,
another hook of the leg

2177
01:48:12,452 --> 01:48:15,255
and still not able to put away Gacy

2178
01:48:15,322 --> 01:48:18,058
as Bivens starting
to show a little frustration.

2179
01:48:18,124 --> 01:48:21,728
[Wade] I don't think Joe Gacy
was anticipating the level of power

2180
01:48:21,795 --> 01:48:23,530
that Roderick strong can produce.

2181
01:48:23,597 --> 01:48:25,899
Do not underestimate
that cruiserweight division.

2182
01:48:25,966 --> 01:48:28,802
Some real strong characters,
strong performers in there,

2183
01:48:28,869 --> 01:48:32,239
technicians too
as we see this nice Boston crab.

2184
01:48:32,305 --> 01:48:34,274
[Vic] The stronghold locked in.

2185
01:48:34,341 --> 01:48:37,811
Gacy almost with a smile on his face.

2186
01:48:37,878 --> 01:48:39,446
[Wade] A demented grin.

2187
01:48:39,513 --> 01:48:42,048
-[Beth] It's insanity.
-[Vic] Bivens barking at Gacy.

2188
01:48:42,115 --> 01:48:45,085
Gacy reaching so close,
but look at Roderick Strong,

2189
01:48:45,151 --> 01:48:47,454
the veteran pulling out Gacy
one more time.

2190
01:48:47,521 --> 01:48:51,491
Gacy trying anything he can
to get away from Strong.

2191
01:48:51,558 --> 01:48:56,196
Oh, well, that's certainly one way
to break the submission.

2192
01:48:56,263 --> 01:48:59,766
Speaking of submission,
Gacy looking for a crossface.

2193
01:48:59,833 --> 01:49:02,502
Can Gacy make
the cruiserweight champion submit?

2194
01:49:02,569 --> 01:49:06,606
[Wade] Technical skills of his own, Strong
wisely slithering his way out of that.

2195
01:49:06,673 --> 01:49:10,443
Making the rope and the lads
and the Creed Brothers yelling

2196
01:49:10,510 --> 01:49:12,846
to this referee,
"break that hold immediately."

2197
01:49:12,913 --> 01:49:15,448
[Beth] It's the difference
in the grappling skills--

2198
01:49:15,515 --> 01:49:16,516
[Vic] Oh!

2199
01:49:16,583 --> 01:49:19,953
Strong up and over right
at the feet of Diamond Mine.

2200
01:49:20,020 --> 01:49:22,556
[Wade] Joe Gacy would be
well advised to stay clear

2201
01:49:22,622 --> 01:49:24,524
of that part of the ring.

2202
01:49:24,591 --> 01:49:26,993
He's not taking my advice though.

2203
01:49:27,060 --> 01:49:29,863
[Vic] Gacy laying it all on the line

2204
01:49:29,930 --> 01:49:33,867
and to his credit, Beth,
Gacy wants to spread his message.

2205
01:49:33,934 --> 01:49:38,104
He's willing to do whatever it takes
to become cruiserweight champion.

2206
01:49:38,171 --> 01:49:42,409
[crowd cheering]

2207
01:49:44,110 --> 01:49:47,314
[Beth] Oh!

2208
01:49:47,380 --> 01:49:50,617
[crowd] Let it go! Let it go!

2209
01:49:50,684 --> 01:49:57,624
[crowd shouting]

2210
01:49:59,225 --> 01:50:03,096
[Vic] Gacy bringing the peace
and swipes at strong

2211
01:50:03,163 --> 01:50:05,865
and now it's Gacy,
looking to hoist up and plant

2212
01:50:05,932 --> 01:50:08,234
the cruiserweight champion.

2213
01:50:08,301 --> 01:50:09,569
Oh!

2214
01:50:09,636 --> 01:50:11,738
Gacy got all of it. Cover, count.

2215
01:50:11,805 --> 01:50:14,274
Do we have a new champion?
Strong kicks out.

2216
01:50:14,341 --> 01:50:17,811
[Wade] That kick out was more in that way
that we almost had a new champion,

2217
01:50:17,877 --> 01:50:22,215
but that Harland, there is something
I really don't like about him.

2218
01:50:22,282 --> 01:50:26,119
Nice, just when you think he's out,
Roderick Strong bouncing back.

2219
01:50:26,186 --> 01:50:28,688
[Vic] That jumping knee
that has knocked out so many,

2220
01:50:28,755 --> 01:50:34,294
as Strong trying to follow up,
hoisting up Gacy down across the back.

2221
01:50:34,361 --> 01:50:38,031
Strong into the cover to retain his title

2222
01:50:38,098 --> 01:50:43,003
and Roderick Strong silences Joe Gacy.

2223
01:50:43,069 --> 01:50:46,773
[Alicia] Here's your winner, and still
the NXT cruiserweight champion,

2224
01:50:46,840 --> 01:50:49,109
Roderick Strong.

2225
01:50:49,175 --> 01:50:54,447
[Vic] We can take nothing away
from what Joe Gacy brought tonight,

2226
01:50:54,514 --> 01:51:00,687
but in the end, strong was able
to stay one step ahead of Gacy.

2227
01:51:00,754 --> 01:51:03,857
[crowd chanting "Roderick"]

2228
01:51:03,923 --> 01:51:07,527
[Wade] Roderick Strong
just a champion through and through.

2229
01:51:07,594 --> 01:51:10,597
If you want to get to the very top in NXT,

2230
01:51:10,664 --> 01:51:13,733
you've got to get
to the caliber of a Roderick Strong,

2231
01:51:13,800 --> 01:51:17,437
as we take another look
at Harland getting involved here

2232
01:51:17,504 --> 01:51:20,340
with Ivy Nile, who almost got
more than she bargained for.

2233
01:51:20,407 --> 01:51:23,076
Thankfully, Gacy talking him out of it.

2234
01:51:23,143 --> 01:51:26,079
[Beth] A terrifying moment,
we were all holding our breath,

2235
01:51:26,146 --> 01:51:27,914
but back into the ring here,

2236
01:51:27,981 --> 01:51:31,484
Roderick Strong
getting the best of Joe Gacy.

2237
01:51:31,551 --> 01:51:35,555
Again, the backbreaker
across the spine, and once again,

2238
01:51:35,622 --> 01:51:40,660
Roderick Strong showing
why diamonds are made under pressure.

2239
01:51:40,727 --> 01:51:44,431
[Vic] Look, when it comes to Joe Gacy,

2240
01:51:44,497 --> 01:51:47,467
he might have gotten caught up
trying to spread his message,

2241
01:51:47,534 --> 01:51:50,203
but Strong walks in
the same way he walks out,

2242
01:51:50,270 --> 01:51:55,942
cruiserweight champion.

2243
01:51:56,009 --> 01:51:59,713
[Jiro] Ikemen Jiro has a big personality.

2244
01:51:59,779 --> 01:52:05,151
Big personality means big appetite

2245
01:52:05,218 --> 01:52:06,553
and with this app

2246
01:52:06,619 --> 01:52:09,355
they bring the food to me.

2247
01:52:09,422 --> 01:52:11,257
Thank you.

2248
01:52:11,324 --> 01:52:13,226
Tonight on the menu:

2249
01:52:13,293 --> 01:52:15,528
three gallons of ice cream,

2250
01:52:15,595 --> 01:52:17,464
two foot longs,

2251
01:52:17,530 --> 01:52:20,133
one gallon of super slurpee,

2252
01:52:20,200 --> 01:52:23,503
and two super slice.

2253
01:52:23,570 --> 01:52:26,506
It's dinner time.

2254
01:52:26,573 --> 01:52:33,546
[electronic music playing]

2255
01:52:35,915 --> 01:52:37,917
Round two.

2256
01:52:37,984 --> 01:52:43,223
[electronic music playing]

2257
01:52:45,091 --> 01:52:49,129
-[sighs] Excuse me.
-[stomach rumbles]

2258
01:52:49,195 --> 01:52:51,831
I'll be right back.

2259
01:52:57,771 --> 01:53:00,306
[groans]

2260
01:53:00,373 --> 01:53:02,842
[farts]

2261
01:53:02,909 --> 01:53:07,981
Maybe next time just one super slice.

2262
01:53:08,047 --> 01:53:12,585
[water flushing]

2263
01:53:12,652 --> 01:53:14,888
[Christmas music playing]

2264
01:53:14,954 --> 01:53:18,057
[kids] Yay!

2265
01:53:19,859 --> 01:53:22,562
[kid] Empty boxes?

2266
01:53:22,629 --> 01:53:24,697
[narrator] Sorry, kids,
it's not Santa's fault.

2267
01:53:24,764 --> 01:53:26,332
It was the supply chain.

2268
01:53:26,399 --> 01:53:29,035
Aww.

2269
01:53:29,102 --> 01:53:32,572
[narrator] But there is one box
you didn't open.

2270
01:53:32,639 --> 01:53:36,109
That small one right there.

2271
01:53:36,176 --> 01:53:38,745
WrestleMania tickets!

2272
01:53:38,812 --> 01:53:42,582
[narrator] The only gift
that guarantees a merry Christmas.

2273
01:53:42,649 --> 01:53:46,619
Live from AT&T stadium in Dallas, Texas.

2274
01:53:46,686 --> 01:53:48,321
WrestleMania 38.

2275
01:53:48,388 --> 01:53:51,691
The most stupendous
two-night WrestleMania in history.

2276
01:53:51,758 --> 01:53:55,428
[Christmas music playing]

2277
01:53:55,495 --> 01:53:57,530
[kids celebrate]

2278
01:53:58,898 --> 01:54:00,400
[narrator] Tomorrow night.

2279
01:54:00,466 --> 01:54:02,902
[announcer] Awesome!

2280
01:54:02,969 --> 01:54:06,539
[narrator] The A-lister sits down
with the rated-R superstar,

2281
01:54:06,606 --> 01:54:09,042
edge on a special addition of Miz TV.

2282
01:54:09,108 --> 01:54:10,710
Plus.

2283
01:54:10,777 --> 01:54:13,112
Two must see matches.

2284
01:54:13,947 --> 01:54:17,517
Big Time Becks defends
her raw women's championship

2285
01:54:17,584 --> 01:54:19,452
against Liv Morgan.

2286
01:54:19,519 --> 01:54:21,054
I've got death grip on this title.

2287
01:54:21,120 --> 01:54:24,891
Big Time Becks
is really just a big time bitch.

2288
01:54:24,958 --> 01:54:28,628
[narrator] WWE champion Big E,
battles the relentless

2289
01:54:28,695 --> 01:54:32,699
Kevin Owens in a rare
and destructive steel cage match.

2290
01:54:32,765 --> 01:54:36,402
[announcer] Locked
inside that inhumane steel cage.

2291
01:54:36,469 --> 01:54:42,175
[narrator] Raw live,
tomorrow night 8/7 only on USA.

2292
01:54:42,242 --> 01:54:45,411
[crowd cheering]

2293
01:54:45,478 --> 01:54:50,083
Kyle, a tough loss to Imperium,
but what happened after the match?

2294
01:54:50,149 --> 01:54:52,585
You know what happened after the match?

2295
01:54:52,652 --> 01:54:55,154
You know I've been
in this business a long time?

2296
01:54:55,221 --> 01:54:58,324
Von Wagner, if you think
I didn't smell that turn coming

2297
01:54:58,391 --> 01:55:02,695
from a mile away,
you must be stupider than you look!

2298
01:55:02,762 --> 01:55:05,865
Now, this is the first time
in five years that Kyle O'Reilly

2299
01:55:05,932 --> 01:55:10,136
hasn't been in a War Games match,
and I'm hungry for some steel.

2300
01:55:10,203 --> 01:55:13,506
Von, you want to finish what you started?

2301
01:55:13,573 --> 01:55:16,476
Well, on Tuesday, we lead
the cage up because I want you

2302
01:55:16,542 --> 01:55:18,911
inside the steel.

2303
01:55:18,978 --> 01:55:21,514
[crowd cheers]

2304
01:55:21,581 --> 01:55:24,017
[siren wailing]

2305
01:55:24,083 --> 01:55:26,719
[Vic] Well, what a challenge
that is on Tuesday,

2306
01:55:26,786 --> 01:55:28,588
but when you think of cages,

2307
01:55:28,655 --> 01:55:30,890
you think of War Games,

2308
01:55:30,957 --> 01:55:36,829
and it is main event time here tonight.

2309
01:55:36,896 --> 01:55:39,699
And it's the new school
versus the old school.

2310
01:55:39,766 --> 01:55:42,702
Will team 2.0 rise to the occasion

2311
01:55:42,769 --> 01:55:46,606
or will team Black & Gold's
experience be too much

2312
01:55:46,673 --> 01:55:49,242
for 2.0 to overcome?

2313
01:55:52,445 --> 01:55:57,951
[siren wailing]

2314
01:55:58,017 --> 01:56:04,958
[man 1] You're looking
at the future of WWE.

2315
01:56:05,024 --> 01:56:06,759
[man 2] The game has changed.

2316
01:56:06,826 --> 01:56:10,530
You want to overlook team 2.0?
That's fine.

2317
01:56:10,596 --> 01:56:12,632
You bet your ass we're going to bring it.

2318
01:56:12,699 --> 01:56:15,835
[D'Angelo] I show up,
the situation gets resolved.

2319
01:56:15,902 --> 01:56:20,173
[Carmelo] When I shoot, I don't miss.

2320
01:56:20,239 --> 01:56:26,546
Because that's what
a good sports entertainer does in 2021.

2321
01:56:26,612 --> 01:56:29,882
We're ready to take over NXT.

2322
01:56:29,949 --> 01:56:33,453
That spells disaster for you.

2323
01:56:33,519 --> 01:56:38,291
Let's make it NXT 2.0
versus NXT Black & Gold!

2324
01:56:38,358 --> 01:56:41,094
[man] They wouldn't have NXT
to work for if it wasn't

2325
01:56:41,160 --> 01:56:45,098
for our blood, our sweat,
our sacrifices, and that's true.

2326
01:56:45,164 --> 01:56:48,668
[Knight] Let's call it what it is,
they're looking to replace us.

2327
01:56:48,735 --> 01:56:52,638
War is the name of the game,
and whose game is it?

2328
01:56:52,705 --> 01:56:54,841
It's the Black & Gold's game.

2329
01:56:54,907 --> 01:56:57,043
[Dunne] You're looking
at veterans of War Games.

2330
01:56:57,110 --> 01:57:00,847
These lads have no idea
what they're in for.

2331
01:57:00,913 --> 01:57:06,486
[man] You NXT 2.0 kids,
you live in a unicorn fantasy land.

2332
01:57:06,552 --> 01:57:09,756
[Gargano] The Bron Breakkers,
the Carmelo Hayes',

2333
01:57:09,822 --> 01:57:14,160
all of them, yes,
they get handed everything.

2334
01:57:14,227 --> 01:57:17,463
They have the advantage,
and they've had the advantage

2335
01:57:17,530 --> 01:57:19,999
since they set foot in this building.

2336
01:57:20,066 --> 01:57:23,269
[Bron] I earned the advantage
for team 2.0 but, Ciampa,

2337
01:57:23,336 --> 01:57:26,873
I still got my eyes on you
and the NXT championship.

2338
01:57:26,939 --> 01:57:31,044
This War Games more so
than any before, it's personal.

2339
01:57:31,110 --> 01:57:33,446
You've done it all here in NXT.

2340
01:57:33,513 --> 01:57:34,814
[man] They paved the road

2341
01:57:34,881 --> 01:57:37,250
that we're walking on
to War Games right now.

2342
01:57:37,316 --> 01:57:41,254
[Carmelo] Big moments, championships,
action figures, video games.

2343
01:57:41,320 --> 01:57:43,923
[man] But that road has got potholes.

2344
01:57:43,990 --> 01:57:46,292
They've had it all,

2345
01:57:46,359 --> 01:57:48,594
and we want it all.

2346
01:57:48,661 --> 01:57:52,698
[Gargano] Team Black & Gold,
we've all accomplished so much,

2347
01:57:52,765 --> 01:57:54,934
but people keep moving the goalposts.

2348
01:57:55,001 --> 01:57:58,371
[Dunne] There's a fresher, more exciting,
more handsome version

2349
01:57:58,438 --> 01:57:59,872
of you on the scene.

2350
01:57:59,939 --> 01:58:04,177
We're going to find out
what NXT 2.0 is all about.

2351
01:58:04,243 --> 01:58:07,847
[man] War Games is a stepping stone,
there's no rules,

2352
01:58:07,914 --> 01:58:10,083
there's no code of conduct,

2353
01:58:10,149 --> 01:58:12,718
it is war.

2354
01:58:12,785 --> 01:58:19,759
[siren wailing]

2355
01:58:23,529 --> 01:58:25,298
[bell rings]

2356
01:58:25,364 --> 01:58:29,635
[Alicia] The following is
the men's War Games match.

2357
01:58:29,702 --> 01:58:32,271
The rules of the match are as follows.

2358
01:58:32,338 --> 01:58:35,208
Two teams will be contained
in separate cages

2359
01:58:35,274 --> 01:58:38,211
with one member
from each team starting the match.

2360
01:58:38,277 --> 01:58:41,514
After five minutes, a member from team 2.0

2361
01:58:41,581 --> 01:58:43,716
will be released to enter the match.

2362
01:58:43,783 --> 01:58:46,219
After a three-minute period,
alternating members

2363
01:58:46,285 --> 01:58:51,023
from each team will enter the match
until all competitors are inside the cage.

2364
01:58:51,090 --> 01:58:56,062
Once all competitors have entered,
War Games officially begins.

2365
01:58:56,129 --> 01:59:00,066
The only way to win the match is
by pinfall or submission,

2366
01:59:00,133 --> 01:59:06,939
and now let the War Games begin!

2367
01:59:08,641 --> 01:59:14,881
[siren wailing]

2368
01:59:14,947 --> 01:59:21,921
[heavy metal music playing]

2369
01:59:22,989 --> 01:59:27,059
[Alicia] Introducing first, Bron Breakker.

2370
01:59:27,126 --> 01:59:32,165
[Vic] Everyone on their feet
for our main event here tonight,

2371
01:59:32,231 --> 01:59:36,903
and you see the war paint
on the face of Breakker

2372
01:59:36,969 --> 01:59:41,440
and his teammates make their way out,
the question tonight, guys,

2373
01:59:41,507 --> 01:59:47,513
is it a bigger night for 2.0, or is it
a bigger night for team Black & Gold?

2374
01:59:47,580 --> 01:59:52,385
[rap music playing]

2375
01:59:52,451 --> 01:59:56,222
[Alicia] Next, Grayson Waller.

2376
01:59:56,289 --> 01:59:59,959
[Wade] For me, the question you just
asked, who's got the bigger night,

2377
02:00:00,026 --> 02:00:02,962
Black & Gold or 2.0,
by far, it's Black & Gold,

2378
02:00:03,029 --> 02:00:06,365
all of the pressure tonight
is on the veterans.

2379
02:00:06,432 --> 02:00:10,102
Is tonight the changing
of the guard in NXT?

2380
02:00:10,169 --> 02:00:14,607
[rap music playing]

2381
02:00:14,674 --> 02:00:18,077
[Alicia] Tony D'Angelo.

2382
02:00:18,144 --> 02:00:21,948
[Wade] Tonight is a battle
for the soul of NXT,

2383
02:00:22,014 --> 02:00:24,317
the stakes could not be higher.

2384
02:00:24,383 --> 02:00:27,987
As far as I'm concerned,
2.0 have everything to win,

2385
02:00:28,054 --> 02:00:30,556
Black & Gold have everything to lose.

2386
02:00:30,623 --> 02:00:35,161
[rap music playing]

2387
02:00:35,228 --> 02:00:40,333
[Alicia] Accompanied by Trick Williams,
TNT NXT North American champion,

2388
02:00:40,399 --> 02:00:43,669
Carmelo Hayes!

2389
02:00:43,736 --> 02:00:47,073
[Beth] It's no secret, Black & Gold
is just etched on my heart.

2390
02:00:47,139 --> 02:00:50,009
To me, this is going to be their night.

2391
02:00:50,076 --> 02:00:53,813
You can't substitute
the experience in a match like this.

2392
02:00:53,879 --> 02:00:57,049
I love everything NXT 2.0

2393
02:00:57,116 --> 02:01:00,620
bring to the table,
but it's going to be all Black & Gold.

2394
02:01:00,686 --> 02:01:03,789
[Vic] Of course team 2.0
has the War Games advantage.

2395
02:01:03,856 --> 02:01:06,259
It appears the North American champion,

2396
02:01:06,325 --> 02:01:12,098
Carmelo Hayes is going
to start things off for team 2.0

2397
02:01:12,164 --> 02:01:15,868
in the men's War Games match.

2398
02:01:15,935 --> 02:01:19,805
[Wade] One of the most confident
superstars I have ever encountered

2399
02:01:19,872 --> 02:01:22,141
regardless of the experience.

2400
02:01:22,208 --> 02:01:25,745
To be fair to Carmelo,
he has backed up every word

2401
02:01:25,811 --> 02:01:28,948
he's ever uttered since arriving in NXT.

2402
02:01:29,015 --> 02:01:32,652
He's going to want to do that again
tonight in the War Games.

2403
02:01:32,718 --> 02:01:36,055
[Vic] Trick Williams on the outside
and you just saw Carmelo Hayes say,

2404
02:01:36,122 --> 02:01:38,024
"When I shoot, I don't miss,"

2405
02:01:38,090 --> 02:01:40,092
which is to your point, Wade Barrett,

2406
02:01:40,159 --> 02:01:43,496
the motto of the North American champion.

2407
02:01:43,562 --> 02:01:46,165
[Wade] Well, he ain't lying, is he?

2408
02:01:46,232 --> 02:01:49,969
I'm built, I'm ready for this.

2409
02:01:50,036 --> 02:01:54,907
[crowd cheering]

2410
02:01:59,011 --> 02:02:03,516
[heavy metal music playing]

2411
02:02:03,582 --> 02:02:06,085
[Alicia] Their opponents, first,

2412
02:02:06,152 --> 02:02:11,857
the NXT champion, Tommasso Ciampa!

2413
02:02:11,924 --> 02:02:16,128
[Vic] Team Black & Gold believes
2.0 has been handed everything,

2414
02:02:16,195 --> 02:02:21,067
as the NXT champion,
the god of war himself, Tommasso Ciampa

2415
02:02:21,133 --> 02:02:23,669
ready to lead his troops into battle,

2416
02:02:23,736 --> 02:02:29,008
but, Beth, this team Black & Gold,
face an uphill battle tonight.

2417
02:02:29,075 --> 02:02:33,045
[Beth] Of course, they know
the glory is to see DIY reappear tonight,

2418
02:02:33,112 --> 02:02:36,982
but you got to look at this,
2.0 has the War Games advantage.

2419
02:02:37,049 --> 02:02:40,686
We started earlier in the night,
Toxic fell victim to that advantage.

2420
02:02:40,753 --> 02:02:43,289
They were swimming upstream
the entire match,

2421
02:02:43,356 --> 02:02:46,892
and that could be the case here tonight.

2422
02:02:46,959 --> 02:02:50,629
Black & Gold has a hell
of a fight ahead of them.

2423
02:02:50,696 --> 02:02:56,535
[Alicia] Next "the bruiserweight"
Pete Dunne.

2424
02:02:56,602 --> 02:03:00,673
[Vic] Pete Dunne
certainly has been victorious in the past,

2425
02:03:00,740 --> 02:03:04,777
in this sort of match, on this stage,

2426
02:03:04,844 --> 02:03:07,747
but as team 2.0 has said,
it's not about the past,

2427
02:03:07,813 --> 02:03:11,784
it's about the future.

2428
02:03:11,851 --> 02:03:15,921
Dunne is not taking his eyes off
of Carmelo Hayes.

2429
02:03:15,988 --> 02:03:18,557
[Wade] But this man still has

2430
02:03:18,624 --> 02:03:21,594
a long future ahead of him,
the bruiserweight, so young.

2431
02:03:21,660 --> 02:03:24,296
He's got at least 15 years ahead

2432
02:03:24,363 --> 02:03:27,533
of his career, even though
he's already turned a veteran.

2433
02:03:27,600 --> 02:03:33,072
[hip hop music playing]

2434
02:03:33,139 --> 02:03:35,674
[Alicia] LA Knight!

2435
02:03:35,741 --> 02:03:37,977
[Vic] Knight said the advantage

2436
02:03:38,043 --> 02:03:41,981
that 2.0 has is nothing more
than an illusion.

2437
02:03:42,047 --> 02:03:45,618
War Games.

2438
02:03:45,684 --> 02:03:49,522
[Vic] Now, Knight continuing
to talk trash all the way

2439
02:03:49,588 --> 02:03:51,824
to the shark cage.

2440
02:03:51,891 --> 02:03:55,294
[Beth] That's the card, 2.0,
a bunch of scared little boys.

2441
02:03:55,361 --> 02:03:57,930
If that doesn't get under their skin.

2442
02:03:57,997 --> 02:04:00,533
[Wade] I have noticed
you two have started to warm

2443
02:04:00,599 --> 02:04:03,269
to LA Knight 12 months
after I have been telling you

2444
02:04:03,335 --> 02:04:05,304
what a great guy he truly is.

2445
02:04:05,371 --> 02:04:07,573
[Beth] Don't go that far.

2446
02:04:07,640 --> 02:04:13,813
[rock music playing]

2447
02:04:13,879 --> 02:04:20,386
[crowd cheering]

2448
02:04:20,452 --> 02:04:26,725
[Alicia] Johnny Gargano!

2449
02:04:26,792 --> 02:04:29,195
[Vic] Beth, do you hear it?

2450
02:04:29,261 --> 02:04:31,664
The truck has been turned back

2451
02:04:31,730 --> 02:04:33,098
for Johnny Gargano,

2452
02:04:33,165 --> 02:04:37,570
the heart, the soul of this brand
since he arrived.

2453
02:04:37,636 --> 02:04:40,706
He said last week
if it weren't for team Black & Gold,

2454
02:04:40,773 --> 02:04:44,143
team 2.0. wouldn't even have
a ring to stand in.

2455
02:04:44,210 --> 02:04:46,712
[Beth] I whole-heatedly agree with that.

2456
02:04:46,779 --> 02:04:50,115
I can remember
the impact Gargano and his wife,

2457
02:04:50,182 --> 02:04:51,851
Candice LeRae, have had at NXT.

2458
02:04:52,184 --> 02:04:56,155
They are part of the fabric,
the foundation of building this brand,

2459
02:04:56,222 --> 02:04:59,959
carrying NXT forward
to a launch on network television,

2460
02:05:00,025 --> 02:05:02,061
main-evented more big matches than anyone.

2461
02:05:02,127 --> 02:05:04,930
2.0 owes their respects Johnny

2462
02:05:04,997 --> 02:05:08,500
and the road he paved for them
to be seen by the WWE Universe.

2463
02:05:08,567 --> 02:05:12,004
[Vic] No doubt,
the rebel heart will kick things off

2464
02:05:12,071 --> 02:05:14,640
for team Black & Gold.

2465
02:05:14,707 --> 02:05:17,209
For everything Johnny Gargano has done,

2466
02:05:17,276 --> 02:05:19,411
for everything Johnny has experienced,

2467
02:05:19,478 --> 02:05:24,783
he has never stepped foot into War Games.

2468
02:05:24,850 --> 02:05:29,188
[Wade] It's rather ironic here
because all Black & Gold

2469
02:05:29,255 --> 02:05:31,624
have talked about,
in the build-up to this match

2470
02:05:31,690 --> 02:05:36,962
is the comparative difference
in experience between the two teams.

2471
02:05:37,029 --> 02:05:39,598
While Gargano is
on the exact same experience level,

2472
02:05:39,665 --> 02:05:42,034
when it comes to War Games, as 2.0,

2473
02:05:42,101 --> 02:05:44,904
as the rookies,
as they've been dismissively termed,

2474
02:05:44,970 --> 02:05:46,872
yes, he's used to the spotlight,

2475
02:05:46,939 --> 02:05:50,409
the pressure, the main event,
but let's see how he holds up now.

2476
02:05:50,476 --> 02:05:56,282
He's finally, after years here on NXT,
getting to taste War Games.

2477
02:05:56,348 --> 02:06:03,222
[crowd chanting "Johnny wrestling"]

2478
02:06:08,527 --> 02:06:13,933
[Vic] Both teams are locked in,
both will have to wait patiently.

2479
02:06:13,999 --> 02:06:16,068
[bell rings]

2480
02:06:16,135 --> 02:06:18,604
[crowd chanting "Johnny wrestling"]

2481
02:06:18,671 --> 02:06:20,940
[Vic] When the first five minutes
is up, again,

2482
02:06:21,006 --> 02:06:25,744
team 2.0 will have the advantage.

2483
02:06:25,811 --> 02:06:31,917
[crowd chanting "Johnny wrestling"]

2484
02:06:31,984 --> 02:06:36,388
[Vic] Take a look, trending
number one #NXTWar Games,

2485
02:06:36,455 --> 02:06:39,091
and it's all about the men's
War Games matches.

2486
02:06:39,158 --> 02:06:41,660
Gargano getting his hands
on the North American champion.

2487
02:06:41,727 --> 02:06:44,396
Johnny Gargano
is going to have five minutes right now

2488
02:06:44,463 --> 02:06:48,634
to physically, mentally dissect and pick
apart the North American champion.

2489
02:06:48,701 --> 02:06:51,637
The question is, what happens
after that five minutes?

2490
02:06:51,704 --> 02:06:55,007
[Wade] Here is the fascinating part
of War Games,

2491
02:06:55,074 --> 02:06:56,642
take your advantage while you can.

2492
02:06:56,709 --> 02:07:00,512
Right now, one-on-one,
who can get the upper hand here,

2493
02:07:00,579 --> 02:07:02,314
it has to be Gargano, in my book,

2494
02:07:02,381 --> 02:07:05,417
if they're going to have
any chance in this match-up.

2495
02:07:05,484 --> 02:07:07,820
[Vic] Self-proclaimed leader
of the new school has been

2496
02:07:07,886 --> 02:07:09,021
Carmelo Hayes.

2497
02:07:09,088 --> 02:07:12,891
Beth, in this matchup
he's going to have to go the distance.

2498
02:07:12,958 --> 02:07:14,059
[Beth] It's huge.

2499
02:07:14,126 --> 02:07:17,930
Carmelo don't mess, but tonight
now finds himself in a position

2500
02:07:17,997 --> 02:07:20,232
where he might have
to dodge a lot of bullets.

2501
02:07:20,299 --> 02:07:22,968
It's a marathon for him,
in this crew, Tucker.

2502
02:07:23,035 --> 02:07:25,738
I'm curious to see
how he navigates this minefield.

2503
02:07:25,804 --> 02:07:27,306
[Vic] We see Trick Williams,

2504
02:07:27,373 --> 02:07:29,642
of course, on the outside
of the cage shouting

2505
02:07:29,708 --> 02:07:32,711
what we would assume to be words
of encouragement to Carmelo

2506
02:07:32,778 --> 02:07:34,647
as that clock continues to tick.

2507
02:07:34,713 --> 02:07:39,418
Johnny maybe has just seen the clock
that's just over three-and-a-half minutes,

2508
02:07:39,485 --> 02:07:42,554
because he realizes
what's going to happen.

2509
02:07:42,621 --> 02:07:44,490
It's going to be two-on-one.

2510
02:07:44,556 --> 02:07:46,625
There will be an advantage for team 2.0.

2511
02:07:46,692 --> 02:07:49,395
Gargano is going to have
to fight an uphill battle,

2512
02:07:49,461 --> 02:07:51,263
to your point earlier in this match.

2513
02:07:51,330 --> 02:07:53,365
[Beth] 100%, but even out of the blocks,

2514
02:07:53,432 --> 02:07:56,101
you could see Gargano,
calm, cool, and collected.

2515
02:07:56,168 --> 02:07:59,471
Carmelo Hayes pacing back
and forth with a nervous energy.

2516
02:07:59,538 --> 02:08:00,839
Gargano has been

2517
02:08:00,906 --> 02:08:03,575
in these high-pressure situations
many times.

2518
02:08:03,642 --> 02:08:07,713
[Vic] A nearly 50-50 split,

2519
02:08:07,780 --> 02:08:11,550
in the NXT universe,
as Carmelo Hayes with the upper hand.

2520
02:08:11,617 --> 02:08:15,320
Now, Gargano, trying
to turn things around rather quickly.

2521
02:08:15,387 --> 02:08:17,289
[Wade] Both men burning off

2522
02:08:17,356 --> 02:08:21,794
time and energy
in the early goings of this one.

2523
02:08:21,860 --> 02:08:25,330
Not looking to pace themselves,
which perhaps is a surprise,

2524
02:08:25,397 --> 02:08:28,167
from my perspective,
of what cardio machines

2525
02:08:28,233 --> 02:08:30,469
they both have to bring.

2526
02:08:30,536 --> 02:08:32,805
[Vic] You can seehe calm,

2527
02:08:32,871 --> 02:08:37,042
the six superstars that are awaiting
to enter the men's War Games match

2528
02:08:37,109 --> 02:08:42,714
pacing, watching, soaking in the carnage,

2529
02:08:42,781 --> 02:08:44,983
thus far, between Gargano and Hayes.

2530
02:08:45,050 --> 02:08:47,386
Look, Johnny Gargano, he doesn't forget,

2531
02:08:47,453 --> 02:08:50,956
he just recently was in a triple threat
match with Carmelo Hayes.

2532
02:08:51,023 --> 02:08:54,359
[Beth] Absolutely. Gargano knows
what Carmelo Hayes is capable of.

2533
02:08:54,426 --> 02:08:57,329
I would imagine Melo has done
his homework here tonight.

2534
02:08:57,396 --> 02:08:59,131
[Vic] Melo didn't see that coming.

2535
02:08:59,198 --> 02:09:01,667
Certainly didn't do his homework,
but Gargano did,

2536
02:09:01,733 --> 02:09:06,105
and now Gargano just waiting
for Hayes to rise to his feet.

2537
02:09:06,171 --> 02:09:07,840
Oh, no.

2538
02:09:07,906 --> 02:09:13,278
[Wade] Just suckered in by Carmelo there,
just a veteran move from Melo.

2539
02:09:13,345 --> 02:09:18,317
Do not underestimate that man,
do not underestimate the team of 2.0.

2540
02:09:18,383 --> 02:09:21,487
[Vic] The leader of the new school
looking for one final beat,

2541
02:09:21,553 --> 02:09:24,857
Gargano had it countered,
able to land back on his feet.

2542
02:09:24,923 --> 02:09:27,259
Both these superstars one step ahead.

2543
02:09:27,326 --> 02:09:30,295
Sling shot spear though from Gargano.

2544
02:09:30,362 --> 02:09:31,930
[crowd cheering]

2545
02:09:31,997 --> 02:09:34,967
[Vic] Team Black & Gold,
they're fired up, but Gargano has got

2546
02:09:35,033 --> 02:09:37,603
to realize that in 90 seconds

2547
02:09:37,669 --> 02:09:41,473
one member of 2.0 will get into the ring
and this sort of advantage

2548
02:09:42,674 --> 02:09:45,344
that Gargano has
is going to be wiped away.

2549
02:09:45,911 --> 02:09:48,881
[Beth] Fluid movement perfection
from Johnny Gargano,

2550
02:09:48,947 --> 02:09:52,584
NXT universe, eyes are glued
on the action here in War Games.

2551
02:09:52,651 --> 02:09:55,354
[Vic] Oh!

2552
02:09:55,420 --> 02:09:58,790
Hayes a little extra off the top.

2553
02:09:58,857 --> 02:10:01,059
[crowd cheering]

2554
02:10:01,126 --> 02:10:03,795
[Vic] Carmello Hayes
has to realize right now

2555
02:10:03,862 --> 02:10:06,732
in 90 seconds
he's getting a partner, a friend.

2556
02:10:06,799 --> 02:10:09,301
[Wade] All he needs to do
is buy himself some time.

2557
02:10:09,368 --> 02:10:12,304
He's got a position of superiority
against Gargano now,

2558
02:10:12,371 --> 02:10:15,674
if he maintains that
for the next minute or so,

2559
02:10:15,741 --> 02:10:18,610
things are looking really good for 2.0.

2560
02:10:18,677 --> 02:10:21,713
[Vic] This is that early stage
of the match, you can't win it,

2561
02:10:21,780 --> 02:10:24,483
but you can lose the matchup
if Gargano suffered

2562
02:10:24,550 --> 02:10:26,351
too much damage in this next minutes.

2563
02:10:26,418 --> 02:10:28,787
[Wade] Absolutely.
It's all about survivability

2564
02:10:28,854 --> 02:10:29,855
at this point.

2565
02:10:29,922 --> 02:10:33,458
I've got to say, I like the fact
that the self-proclaimed leader

2566
02:10:33,525 --> 02:10:36,228
of the new school
has taken on this leadership role,

2567
02:10:36,295 --> 02:10:38,230
anchoring his team from the start.

2568
02:10:38,297 --> 02:10:39,765
[Vic] Face-first goes Hayes.

2569
02:10:39,831 --> 02:10:43,969
Guys, I'm looking at the War Games cage,
is absolutely shaking

2570
02:10:44,036 --> 02:10:45,771
as Gargano it looking out

2571
02:10:45,838 --> 02:10:48,273
and realizing he's got 30 seconds.

2572
02:10:48,340 --> 02:10:52,177
[Wade] Human skin versus steel,
is any ever one winner.

2573
02:10:52,244 --> 02:10:54,913
I've been there before it,
the worst sensation--

2574
02:10:54,980 --> 02:10:56,281
[Vic] Look at Gargano go.

2575
02:10:56,348 --> 02:10:59,418
[Wade] The experience and Carmelo
is getting to experience it

2576
02:10:59,484 --> 02:11:01,019
50 times in a row.

2577
02:11:01,086 --> 02:11:02,688
[Vic] This is smart for Johnny.

2578
02:11:02,754 --> 02:11:04,489
Oh!

2579
02:11:04,556 --> 02:11:08,460
[Beth] If he can get Carmelo Hayes
down when the next entry comes in,

2580
02:11:08,527 --> 02:11:10,729
Johnny's got a chance.

2581
02:11:10,796 --> 02:11:13,966
[crowd chanting "NXT"]

2582
02:11:14,032 --> 02:11:17,402
[Vic] Who's about to join War Games?

2583
02:11:17,469 --> 02:11:20,505
It is Grayson Waller.

2584
02:11:20,572 --> 02:11:25,344
Waller is tired of those questioning
2.0's inexperience

2585
02:11:25,410 --> 02:11:26,879
heading into this matchup.

2586
02:11:26,945 --> 02:11:31,516
[Wade] I've got to hand it to Waller,
I know exactly how he feels.

2587
02:11:31,583 --> 02:11:34,052
I've been there before with Nexus.

2588
02:11:34,119 --> 02:11:36,722
I was entering as a termed rookie.

2589
02:11:36,788 --> 02:11:39,791
Didn't have the experience,
the respect of veterans,

2590
02:11:39,858 --> 02:11:42,561
that is kind of the position
that this man,

2591
02:11:42,628 --> 02:11:45,664
Grayson Waller,
finds himself in right now.

2592
02:11:45,731 --> 02:11:48,433
[Vic] Waller has drawn
the battle lines in the center,

2593
02:11:48,500 --> 02:11:49,801
baited Gargano in.

2594
02:11:49,868 --> 02:11:51,303
[Beth] Waller has berated,

2595
02:11:51,370 --> 02:11:54,273
pointed the finger
like an entitled little brat.

2596
02:11:54,339 --> 02:11:55,574
[Vic] Whoa.

2597
02:11:55,641 --> 02:11:57,542
[Beth] If he wants no questioning,

2598
02:11:57,609 --> 02:11:59,845
then he can show us
why they're undeniable.

2599
02:11:59,911 --> 02:12:03,248
[Vic] Well, Waller is certainly
showcasing his abilities

2600
02:12:03,315 --> 02:12:06,018
at this juncture as Waller
fresh entering the matchup.

2601
02:12:06,084 --> 02:12:08,854
[Wade] I personally take issue
with the negative slant

2602
02:12:08,920 --> 02:12:12,891
that is getting put
on the superstars of NXT 2.0.

2603
02:12:12,958 --> 02:12:17,362
To me, they're simply looking to earn
the respect of the NXT Universe

2604
02:12:17,429 --> 02:12:21,033
and the Black & Gold veterans
who they are up against tonight.

2605
02:12:21,099 --> 02:12:24,202
[Vic] Let's remind Barrett
there's been some questionable antics

2606
02:12:24,269 --> 02:12:27,172
toward his boy, LA Knight
from Waller over the last months.

2607
02:12:27,239 --> 02:12:29,741
[Beth] I can't believe
you're defending them.

2608
02:12:29,808 --> 02:12:32,177
[Wade] Don't get in
between me and LA Knight.

2609
02:12:32,244 --> 02:12:34,279
I've made my stand
on LA Knight very clear.

2610
02:12:34,346 --> 02:12:38,283
I think he's one of the top superstars
in NXT, deservedly so.

2611
02:12:38,350 --> 02:12:41,820
[Vic] Right now, this is what--
when you talk about the advantage.

2612
02:12:41,887 --> 02:12:45,390
How quickly things can turn around
because just as Gargano

2613
02:12:45,457 --> 02:12:48,860
looked to get started cooking
in this matchup, now, two on one.

2614
02:12:48,927 --> 02:12:51,663
[Wade] Therein lies the issue
of Johnny Gargano himself

2615
02:12:51,730 --> 02:12:56,535
losing the NXT War Games
advantage ladder match

2616
02:12:56,601 --> 02:12:58,270
last week against Bron Breakker.

2617
02:12:58,337 --> 02:13:01,006
This is why he's in this position.

2618
02:13:01,073 --> 02:13:04,643
[crowd shouting]

2619
02:13:04,710 --> 02:13:06,278
[Vic] Come on.

2620
02:13:06,345 --> 02:13:07,913
[crowd shouting]

2621
02:13:07,980 --> 02:13:11,350
[Vic] Don't accept imitations

2622
02:13:11,416 --> 02:13:13,085
from Hayes or Waller.

2623
02:13:13,151 --> 02:13:16,888
Look at Gargano right now,
mowing down the competition.

2624
02:13:16,955 --> 02:13:19,825
Wade, you brought up the word
survival, as LA Knight's

2625
02:13:19,891 --> 02:13:21,226
peering into the ring,

2626
02:13:21,293 --> 02:13:22,861
Johnny has to survive

2627
02:13:22,928 --> 02:13:25,530
for 60 more seconds until the cavalry

2628
02:13:25,597 --> 02:13:27,466
will make its way into the--

2629
02:13:27,532 --> 02:13:29,701
What the--? What's Trick Williams doing?

2630
02:13:29,768 --> 02:13:33,438
[Wade] Trick Williams is
undoubtedly up to no good here.

2631
02:13:33,505 --> 02:13:36,274
[Vic] Come on, referee!

2632
02:13:36,341 --> 02:13:38,043
[Wade] He took out his own man.

2633
02:13:38,110 --> 02:13:40,545
[Vic] That might have been
an issue for Trick.

2634
02:13:40,612 --> 02:13:42,481
[Beth] Is Trick trying to enter this?

2635
02:13:42,547 --> 02:13:44,416
[Vic] Oh, it's all legal, remember.

2636
02:13:44,483 --> 02:13:46,318
Is Gargano with the steelchair,

2637
02:13:46,385 --> 02:13:48,954
that distraction just allowed Hayes

2638
02:13:49,021 --> 02:13:52,090
to knock Gargano down and maybe out.

2639
02:13:52,157 --> 02:13:55,460
-[Wade] There are welts over the face--
-[Vic] Here we go.

2640
02:13:55,527 --> 02:13:59,464
[Wade] Gargano right now and it's
punishment time from the lads in 2.0.

2641
02:13:59,531 --> 02:14:01,566
[Beth] Even with a two-on-one advantage,

2642
02:14:01,633 --> 02:14:05,070
they still have to resort
to that kind of garbage?

2643
02:14:05,137 --> 02:14:08,306
[Vic] Well, we talk
about the dangers of War Games,

2644
02:14:08,373 --> 02:14:11,543
this is right where Johnny Gargano…

2645
02:14:11,610 --> 02:14:15,280
Oh! Felt the heel of Grayson Waller.

2646
02:14:15,347 --> 02:14:17,916
And Gargano is battered,

2647
02:14:17,983 --> 02:14:19,684
bruise and busted.

2648
02:14:19,751 --> 02:14:21,953
[Wade] He might have a broken nose.

2649
02:14:22,020 --> 02:14:24,356
He's got a clouted mask all over him

2650
02:14:24,423 --> 02:14:27,459
and the lads from NXT 2.0
need to capitalize on that.

2651
02:14:27,526 --> 02:14:31,163
If they think Gargano
will not be unapproved, probably not.

2652
02:14:31,229 --> 02:14:34,699
[Vic] Johnny's nose to your point,
Wade, absolutely, you mentioned

2653
02:14:34,766 --> 02:14:38,136
the nose and the face of Johnny Gargano

2654
02:14:38,203 --> 02:14:41,606
that is where he caught
the heel of Grayson Waller,

2655
02:14:41,673 --> 02:14:43,809
but let's talk about a nasty individual.

2656
02:14:43,875 --> 02:14:47,079
How about the baddest man
in NXT wasting no time?

2657
02:14:47,145 --> 02:14:50,916
Here comes
the battle-tested bruiserweight.

2658
02:14:50,982 --> 02:14:54,686
[Wade] Not a man I would ever want
to get in an argument with.

2659
02:14:54,753 --> 02:14:57,722
He's done so much at such young age,

2660
02:14:57,789 --> 02:14:59,891
competed in War Games before.

2661
02:14:59,958 --> 02:15:03,929
This man has the experience,
record-breaking NXT UK--

2662
02:15:03,995 --> 02:15:06,264
-[Vic] Whoa, the elbow!
-[Beth] God!

2663
02:15:06,331 --> 02:15:08,066
[Wade] Sickening blows.

2664
02:15:08,133 --> 02:15:12,504
This man just enjoys dishing out pain.

2665
02:15:12,571 --> 02:15:15,640
[Beth] Hyperextension is his specialty.

2666
02:15:15,707 --> 02:15:19,344
[Wade] Was there ever a man
more born for War Games,

2667
02:15:19,411 --> 02:15:22,614
for chaos and destruction
than the bruiserweight, Pete Dunne?

2668
02:15:22,681 --> 02:15:25,584
[Vic] The X plex from Dunne
and all this has done is allowed

2669
02:15:25,650 --> 02:15:29,955
Gargano, busted nose and all,
to regroup himself.

2670
02:15:30,021 --> 02:15:32,624
Look, as you mentioned, Wade, Pete Dunne,

2671
02:15:32,691 --> 02:15:34,826
he loves to inflict pain.

2672
02:15:34,893 --> 02:15:37,762
[Wade] You'll never see a smile break

2673
02:15:37,829 --> 02:15:40,065
across the face of Pete Dunne.

2674
02:15:40,132 --> 02:15:45,070
[Vic] You are talking about pain--
Oh, the finger is bended back in the cage!

2675
02:15:45,137 --> 02:15:47,472
[Wade] That is disgusting.

2676
02:15:47,539 --> 02:15:50,075
[Vic] Digits aren't supposed
to bend that way.

2677
02:15:50,142 --> 02:15:53,578
[Wade] Attacking the small joints
of his opponent

2678
02:15:53,645 --> 02:15:56,147
is an absolute specialty
for the bruiserweight.

2679
02:15:56,214 --> 02:15:59,918
[Vic] Waller might not be able to tweet,
Instagram, or TikTok after that--

2680
02:15:59,985 --> 02:16:01,520
[Beth] It wouldn't be a bad thing.

2681
02:16:01,586 --> 02:16:05,991
[Vic] Oh, Carmelo Hayes
might have just woken up Pete Dunne.

2682
02:16:06,057 --> 02:16:08,426
[Wade] Certainly a lot brewing
between these two.

2683
02:16:08,493 --> 02:16:12,397
[Vic] Oh, nice neck suplex off the assist
from Gargano and Johnny

2684
02:16:12,464 --> 02:16:14,499
back to his feet.

2685
02:16:14,566 --> 02:16:16,535
[grunts]

2686
02:16:16,601 --> 02:16:19,170
Team Black & Gold,

2687
02:16:19,237 --> 02:16:20,772
they are rocking right now.

2688
02:16:20,839 --> 02:16:23,708
[Wade] Remarkable recovery
from Johnny Gargano,

2689
02:16:23,775 --> 02:16:27,612
a man with 100% bounce-back ability.

2690
02:16:27,679 --> 02:16:31,283
[Vic] Take a look,
the Gargano escape, the crossface.

2691
02:16:31,349 --> 02:16:33,685
When you talk about pain,

2692
02:16:33,752 --> 02:16:37,022
take a look at the faces of Hayes,

2693
02:16:37,088 --> 02:16:38,957
take a look at the face of Waller.

2694
02:16:39,024 --> 02:16:44,496
[crowd cheering]

2695
02:16:46,331 --> 02:16:48,733
[Vic] We're seeing the faces
of those waiting

2696
02:16:48,800 --> 02:16:52,604
to enter, but you take a look
at the face of Johnny Gargano.

2697
02:16:52,671 --> 02:16:54,639
We've talked about the dangers

2698
02:16:54,706 --> 02:16:57,475
of this War Games matchup

2699
02:16:57,542 --> 02:17:00,879
and again, the finger's being bent
back by Grayson Waller.

2700
02:17:00,946 --> 02:17:04,849
[Wade] Next guy out from team 2.0
has to turn the tide here.

2701
02:17:04,916 --> 02:17:08,186
This is going horribly wrong
for these youngsters.

2702
02:17:08,253 --> 02:17:10,288
[Beth] You took the words out of my mouth.

2703
02:17:10,355 --> 02:17:13,925
Brilliant strategy to keep Melo down,
keep Grayson Waller down,

2704
02:17:13,992 --> 02:17:17,262
so that when the advantage
swings back in their team's favor--

2705
02:17:17,329 --> 02:17:19,564
-[Vic] Whoa!
-[Wade] Whoa!

2706
02:17:19,631 --> 02:17:21,766
[crowd shouting]

2707
02:17:21,833 --> 02:17:24,536
[Wade] Sudden burst of athleticism,

2708
02:17:24,603 --> 02:17:26,771
a sudden burst of explosivity

2709
02:17:26,838 --> 02:17:29,941
from that young man,
Carmelo Hayes, is all it took

2710
02:17:30,008 --> 02:17:32,911
to turn the tables until that.

2711
02:17:32,978 --> 02:17:36,448
[Vic] Hayes got caught, Waller,
rolling through with that stunner.

2712
02:17:36,514 --> 02:17:39,084
[Beth] A critical moment
with 13 seconds to go.

2713
02:17:39,150 --> 02:17:43,555
[Vic] Loot at Waller, moving around
and laying out team Black & Gold.

2714
02:17:43,622 --> 02:17:44,990
[Beth] This is huge, guys.

2715
02:17:45,056 --> 02:17:48,927
[Vic] This is not only huge,
this is playing right in

2716
02:17:48,994 --> 02:17:51,863
to what team 2.0 wants.

2717
02:17:51,930 --> 02:17:53,732
With another fresh superstar

2718
02:17:53,798 --> 02:17:55,433
making way to the ring.

2719
02:17:55,500 --> 02:17:59,537
That of course, Tony D'Angelo
who certainly can use some

2720
02:17:59,604 --> 02:18:02,173
of his family traits
in this sort of environment.

2721
02:18:02,240 --> 02:18:04,509
[Wade] The kendo sticks are in there.

2722
02:18:04,576 --> 02:18:07,646
Trick Williams paying
dividends on the outside.

2723
02:18:07,712 --> 02:18:09,180
What on earth is this now?

2724
02:18:09,247 --> 02:18:12,617
The toys are coming out to play,
but you're right, let me preface this

2725
02:18:12,684 --> 02:18:16,154
by saying that the D'Angelo family
are wonderful people,

2726
02:18:16,221 --> 02:18:19,424
I would never cross them,
however, they know methods

2727
02:18:19,491 --> 02:18:21,693
that allow them to make people talk,

2728
02:18:21,760 --> 02:18:24,129
make people do what they want them to do.

2729
02:18:24,195 --> 02:18:27,499
They know how to turn
the thumbscrews, so to speak

2730
02:18:27,565 --> 02:18:30,068
and that could be very valuable
for Tony D'Angelo

2731
02:18:30,135 --> 02:18:31,870
and team 2.0 tonight.

2732
02:18:31,936 --> 02:18:35,907
[Vic] It's something to think about,
the inexperience of team 2.0.

2733
02:18:35,974 --> 02:18:40,378
Beth, they have come into tonight
with a game plan.

2734
02:18:40,445 --> 02:18:42,547
Take a look
at what they're doing right now,

2735
02:18:42,614 --> 02:18:44,182
they are taking a part.

2736
02:18:44,249 --> 02:18:45,950
And Carmelo Hayes,

2737
02:18:46,017 --> 02:18:49,054
physically dissecting Johnny Gargano.

2738
02:18:49,120 --> 02:18:51,489
[Beth] They're all driven
by the same motivation

2739
02:18:51,556 --> 02:18:55,927
and that is to grab
those top spots and to rule NXT.

2740
02:18:55,994 --> 02:18:58,563
That's simply what they're
motivated in this match.

2741
02:18:58,630 --> 02:19:01,800
[Wade] We've essentially got
a fifth man on the outside

2742
02:19:01,866 --> 02:19:02,934
in Trick Williams

2743
02:19:03,001 --> 02:19:06,571
and all these toys are going
to cause tremendous damage

2744
02:19:06,638 --> 02:19:09,541
once they're connecting
with the opponents with team 2.0.

2745
02:19:09,607 --> 02:19:12,143
and Trick Williams isn't stopping.

2746
02:19:12,210 --> 02:19:14,946
[Vic] What the heck
is Trick Williams trying to pull out?

2747
02:19:17,582 --> 02:19:19,284
[Wade] Whoa!

2748
02:19:19,350 --> 02:19:21,953
[crowd cheering]

2749
02:19:22,020 --> 02:19:25,090
[Vic] Talk about the ultimate X factor,
it's Lumis!

2750
02:19:25,156 --> 02:19:28,059
-[Wade] What greed.
-[Beth] Lumis is the equalizer here.

2751
02:19:28,126 --> 02:19:30,095
[Wade] How long has he been under there?

2752
02:19:30,161 --> 02:19:32,430
[crowd cheering]

2753
02:19:32,497 --> 02:19:34,099
[Beth] Nice.

2754
02:19:35,567 --> 02:19:37,602
[Vic] That would thumbs down

2755
02:19:37,669 --> 02:19:41,506
at this moment for Gargano,
but at least, Lumis--

2756
02:19:41,573 --> 02:19:43,308
Is that a chain?

2757
02:19:43,375 --> 02:19:45,276
[Wade] Is Indi Hartwell into the ring?

2758
02:19:45,343 --> 02:19:48,613
[crowd shouting]

2759
02:19:48,680 --> 02:19:51,683
[Vic] Take a look at the chaos
in the men's War Games match-up.

2760
02:19:51,750 --> 02:19:54,386
What is D'Angelo doing?

2761
02:19:54,452 --> 02:19:57,155
[Wade] There is a plan of force.

2762
02:19:57,222 --> 02:19:59,023
I don't know, but I like it.

2763
02:19:59,090 --> 02:20:00,992
It's devious,

2764
02:20:01,059 --> 02:20:02,627
but it might just work.

2765
02:20:04,195 --> 02:20:06,931
[Vic] D'Angelo just padlocked
the cage door shut.

2766
02:20:06,998 --> 02:20:09,901
[Wade] It's three on two,
and it might stay three on two

2767
02:20:09,968 --> 02:20:11,970
for a significant period of time.

2768
02:20:12,036 --> 02:20:13,872
[crowd shouting]

2769
02:20:13,938 --> 02:20:15,707
[Vic] There we see, under 50 seconds.

2770
02:20:15,774 --> 02:20:17,609
Until none other than Tommaso Ciampa,

2771
02:20:17,675 --> 02:20:18,910
enter in this matchup,

2772
02:20:18,977 --> 02:20:22,280
but the cage doors
have been padlocked shut.

2773
02:20:22,347 --> 02:20:25,150
D'Angelo brought in everything,

2774
02:20:25,216 --> 02:20:26,851
almost including Dexter Lumis.

2775
02:20:26,918 --> 02:20:30,121
[Beth] Johnny Gargano just getting
completely mugged right now.

2776
02:20:30,188 --> 02:20:33,458
[Wade] They're getting turned
into mincemeat by 2.0.

2777
02:20:33,525 --> 02:20:36,928
The plan is working out brilliantly.

2778
02:20:36,995 --> 02:20:38,163
[crowd shouting]

2779
02:20:38,229 --> 02:20:42,100
[Vic] Right now, Dunne and Gargano
are literally fighting for their lives

2780
02:20:42,167 --> 02:20:45,036
and nothing that's going
for Dunne and Gargano,

2781
02:20:45,103 --> 02:20:46,905
but whatever question they have,

2782
02:20:46,971 --> 02:20:49,140
there's an answer from team 2.0.

2783
02:20:49,207 --> 02:20:52,076
[Wade] You almost can't fail
from this position

2784
02:20:52,143 --> 02:20:53,278
if you're team 2.0.

2785
02:20:53,344 --> 02:20:55,013
You have the numbers advantage,

2786
02:20:55,079 --> 02:20:56,548
you have a bunch of artillery

2787
02:20:56,614 --> 02:20:58,483
surrounding you in the ring,

2788
02:20:58,550 --> 02:20:59,951
and the cage door is locked.

2789
02:21:00,018 --> 02:21:02,187
-[music playing]
-[crowd shouting]

2790
02:21:02,253 --> 02:21:05,990
[Vic] That's the megastar himself,
LA Knight but--

2791
02:21:06,057 --> 02:21:07,592
[crowd shouting]

2792
02:21:07,659 --> 02:21:10,662
-[Beth] Knight's got greedy.
-[Vic] What's going through his mind?

2793
02:21:10,728 --> 02:21:13,565
[Beth] I mean, he can't get in,
not that way anyways.

2794
02:21:13,631 --> 02:21:16,167
[Vic] Official can't do anything
to help LA Knight.

2795
02:21:16,968 --> 02:21:18,236
Look at this, pal!

2796
02:21:18,303 --> 02:21:20,371
Look at this, pal!

2797
02:21:20,438 --> 02:21:21,906
Come on, guys!

2798
02:21:21,973 --> 02:21:25,910
[Vic] Knight is having to watch
his teammates tonight

2799
02:21:25,977 --> 02:21:29,013
get brutalized right in front of him.

2800
02:21:29,080 --> 02:21:30,915
[crowd shouting]

2801
02:21:30,982 --> 02:21:34,452
[Beth] With every passing second,

2802
02:21:34,519 --> 02:21:37,889
team Black & Gold swimming

2803
02:21:37,956 --> 02:21:40,758
farther and farther upstream.

2804
02:21:40,825 --> 02:21:42,627
[Vic] LA Knight now.

2805
02:21:42,694 --> 02:21:44,062
[Wade] The rock climbing junior.

2806
02:21:44,128 --> 02:21:47,165
[Vic] LA Knight will not be locked out.

2807
02:21:47,232 --> 02:21:49,501
[Wade] Let's face it,
he didn't have much choice here.

2808
02:21:49,567 --> 02:21:53,204
Scrambling to the top
of the War Games structure,

2809
02:21:53,271 --> 02:21:56,574
he's in one way or another,
taking a lot longer than it should.

2810
02:21:56,641 --> 02:21:58,610
[Vic] Those extra seconds

2811
02:21:58,676 --> 02:22:00,311
so crucial in this match
because every second counts,

2812
02:22:00,378 --> 02:22:04,315
and for LA Knight,
it's that frustration, it's anger,

2813
02:22:04,382 --> 02:22:06,351
it's all oozing out of his pores.

2814
02:22:06,417 --> 02:22:08,953
In fact, Knight is looking
to propel himself

2815
02:22:09,020 --> 02:22:11,356
to a whole new stratosphere.

2816
02:22:11,422 --> 02:22:13,157
[Beth] I'm not a fan of LA Knight.

2817
02:22:13,224 --> 02:22:16,261
I know he's a valuable member
of Black & Gold.

2818
02:22:16,327 --> 02:22:17,829
I don't like his attitude,

2819
02:22:17,896 --> 02:22:20,198
but he's a battle-tested,
bona fide, superstar.

2820
02:22:20,265 --> 02:22:24,369
[Vic] No love lost between these two,
go all the way back to Halloween havoc,

2821
02:22:24,435 --> 02:22:25,904
but for LA Knight, Beth,

2822
02:22:25,970 --> 02:22:27,739
he was offended by comments made

2823
02:22:27,805 --> 02:22:29,841
by every member of team 2.0.

2824
02:22:29,908 --> 02:22:31,976
[Beth] I got to be honest, so was I.

2825
02:22:32,043 --> 02:22:34,846
It's one thing to want
the top spot and chase it,

2826
02:22:34,913 --> 02:22:36,915
but it's another to just disparage

2827
02:22:36,981 --> 02:22:38,950
and put down those
who have come before you.

2828
02:22:39,017 --> 02:22:41,553
It does nothing
but tell me you're insecure.

2829
02:22:41,619 --> 02:22:44,756
[crowd chanting "LA Knight"]

2830
02:22:44,822 --> 02:22:48,126
[Vic] LA Knight feeding off the energy
and it might be fueling

2831
02:22:48,192 --> 02:22:51,062
that huge swing, followed up by another.

2832
02:22:51,129 --> 02:22:54,933
[Wade] This audience
on their feet for LA Knight,

2833
02:22:54,999 --> 02:22:57,468
a sight I thought I would never see.

2834
02:22:57,535 --> 02:23:00,271
This is like bizarro world.

2835
02:23:00,338 --> 02:23:02,607
[Vic] Knight was done
with the kendo stick.

2836
02:23:02,674 --> 02:23:03,942
He wanted the trash can

2837
02:23:04,008 --> 02:23:07,312
to take the trash out, so to speak.

2838
02:23:07,378 --> 02:23:09,213
[clanking]

2839
02:23:09,280 --> 02:23:12,417
[Beth] Now, we're going to make
some beautiful music.

2840
02:23:12,483 --> 02:23:14,419
[Vic] Oh! [laughs]

2841
02:23:14,485 --> 02:23:17,922
-[Vic] This--
-[Beth] I like that team.

2842
02:23:17,989 --> 02:23:21,392
[Vic] This is the definition of War Games.

2843
02:23:21,459 --> 02:23:22,961
[crowd cheering]

2844
02:23:23,027 --> 02:23:26,464
Dunne and Gargano now on the same page.

2845
02:23:26,531 --> 02:23:30,935
[Wade] Pendulum swinging,
back in favor of the Black & Gold boys.

2846
02:23:31,002 --> 02:23:35,173
[Vic] This is so personal,
between the old school and the new school,

2847
02:23:35,239 --> 02:23:36,341
and right now,

2848
02:23:36,407 --> 02:23:39,877
it's team Black & Gold
who has over 60 seconds

2849
02:23:39,944 --> 02:23:43,581
to do whatever the hell
they want to the opposition.

2850
02:23:43,648 --> 02:23:45,984
[Wade] Get him down, keep him down.

2851
02:23:46,050 --> 02:23:48,019
[applause]

2852
02:23:48,086 --> 02:23:53,157
Pretty soon, that numbers advantage
is back in favor of 2.0.

2853
02:23:53,224 --> 02:23:55,059
[Vic] Look at that.

2854
02:23:55,126 --> 02:23:58,062
Finally, officials using bolt cutters,
trying to break open

2855
02:23:58,129 --> 02:24:00,832
what Tony D'Angelo has done,
but speaking of breaking,

2856
02:24:00,898 --> 02:24:03,935
Dunne trying to break the fingers
of Grayson Waller.

2857
02:24:04,002 --> 02:24:05,670
[Beth] Oh, no.

2858
02:24:05,737 --> 02:24:08,740
[Vic] With a little extra help
from a trash can.

2859
02:24:08,806 --> 02:24:10,441
[screams]

2860
02:24:10,508 --> 02:24:14,779
[Wade] Grayson Waller screaming in agony,

2861
02:24:14,846 --> 02:24:16,180
no respite whasoever.

2862
02:24:16,247 --> 02:24:19,050
[Beth] It's difficult to grab
any weapon in this match-up

2863
02:24:19,117 --> 02:24:20,418
with broken fingers.

2864
02:24:20,485 --> 02:24:21,919
[Vic] Can you imagine?

2865
02:24:21,986 --> 02:24:24,088
The end of it.

2866
02:24:24,155 --> 02:24:26,524
[Wade] Oh!

2867
02:24:26,591 --> 02:24:27,925
[screams]

2868
02:24:27,992 --> 02:24:32,897
[Vic] There's the pain across
the knuckles, and now, for the ear.

2869
02:24:32,964 --> 02:24:37,101
[Wade] They've upset the wrong man
in the bruiserweight, Pete Dunne.

2870
02:24:37,168 --> 02:24:40,004
[crowd cheering]

2871
02:24:40,071 --> 02:24:46,210
[Vic] NXT Universe showing
their love for team Black & Gold.

2872
02:24:46,277 --> 02:24:50,915
Unless you have something to say.

2873
02:24:50,982 --> 02:24:53,384
[crowd cheering]

2874
02:24:53,451 --> 02:24:55,086
[Vic] Only one man left.

2875
02:24:55,153 --> 02:24:58,022
[music playing]

2876
02:24:58,089 --> 02:25:03,928
And Bron Breakker said no rules,
no code of conduct in War Games.

2877
02:25:03,995 --> 02:25:06,798
Let me do it. Let me do it!

2878
02:25:06,864 --> 02:25:10,902
[chains clanking]

2879
02:25:10,968 --> 02:25:13,905
[Vic] As Breakker
is going to break his way

2880
02:25:13,971 --> 02:25:17,642
into the War Games cage,
one way or another.

2881
02:25:17,708 --> 02:25:20,978
[Beth] Wow, easier said than done.

2882
02:25:21,045 --> 02:25:24,916
[Wade] This chain's proving to be
a little tricky customer here.

2883
02:25:24,982 --> 02:25:29,287
[Vic] Let's talk about Bron Breakker's
team, Black & Gold,

2884
02:25:29,353 --> 02:25:32,323
waiting patiently,
talk about a couple extra seconds.

2885
02:25:32,390 --> 02:25:35,026
Are they going to pay off to Breakker now?

2886
02:25:35,093 --> 02:25:38,596
Oh! Taking out Dunne,
knocking down Gargano,

2887
02:25:38,663 --> 02:25:41,232
who's been in the match
since the very beginning.

2888
02:25:41,299 --> 02:25:44,001
Now, the megastar is on the wrong end

2889
02:25:44,068 --> 02:25:45,770
of Bron Breakker.

2890
02:25:45,837 --> 02:25:49,707
[Wade] A lot has been made
of the inexperience

2891
02:25:49,774 --> 02:25:53,711
of team 2.0
in his short tenure here in NXT.

2892
02:25:53,778 --> 02:25:57,148
[Vic] Let's be honest about Breakker,
he stepped up this past Tuesday,

2893
02:25:57,215 --> 02:25:59,650
he earned his team the advantage.

2894
02:25:59,717 --> 02:26:02,553
[Beth] Breakker continues to shine
at every opportunity.

2895
02:26:02,620 --> 02:26:05,223
I've seen it before,
he's made the biggest splash

2896
02:26:05,289 --> 02:26:08,192
in the shortest amount of time
of all the 2.0 superstars.

2897
02:26:08,259 --> 02:26:11,496
[Wade] Bron Breakker has changed
the game in just 60 seconds,

2898
02:26:11,562 --> 02:26:14,532
upon his entry in this matchup,
finally the bruiserweight

2899
02:26:14,599 --> 02:26:18,069
managing to get a slight bit of momentum.

2900
02:26:18,136 --> 02:26:23,875
[crowd chanting "Black & Gold"]

2901
02:26:23,941 --> 02:26:28,045
[Vic] We knew, the NXT Universe
would be behind team Black & Gold

2902
02:26:28,112 --> 02:26:30,915
but Bron Breakker
just shaking off Pete Dunne.

2903
02:26:30,982 --> 02:26:35,219
[Wade] Those punches just bouncing
off the jaw of Bron Breakker,

2904
02:26:35,286 --> 02:26:38,856
perhaps weakened by the abuse
that the bruiser has taken

2905
02:26:38,923 --> 02:26:41,726
so far, but call Bron Breakker

2906
02:26:41,793 --> 02:26:44,061
inexperienced at your peril.

2907
02:26:44,128 --> 02:26:46,731
[Vic] Look, Breakker
has not wavered in his claim.

2908
02:26:46,797 --> 02:26:50,034
He wants one thing
as he stares up at Tommaso Ciampa,

2909
02:26:50,101 --> 02:26:51,769
that's the NXT title.

2910
02:26:51,836 --> 02:26:54,772
[Wade] He proclaimed that he wants
to win that NXT championship

2911
02:26:54,839 --> 02:26:56,841
or he will die trying,

2912
02:26:56,908 --> 02:26:59,977
as we take another look
at this effortless explosivity

2913
02:27:00,044 --> 02:27:03,014
from Bron Breakker
against the bruiserweight

2914
02:27:03,080 --> 02:27:07,485
followed by raw power
taking out the entire Black & Gold team.

2915
02:27:07,552 --> 02:27:11,355
You have to think, if his team
is victorious tonight, for Bron,

2916
02:27:11,422 --> 02:27:13,591
it strengthens his claim to a rematch

2917
02:27:13,658 --> 02:27:15,860
down the line with Tomasso Ciampa

2918
02:27:15,927 --> 02:27:17,662
for the NXT championships.

2919
02:27:17,728 --> 02:27:20,731
Speaking of Ciampa, pacing his cage.

2920
02:27:20,798 --> 02:27:22,900
It ain't long until he's in there.

2921
02:27:22,967 --> 02:27:25,136
[crowd chanting "Black & Gold"]

2922
02:27:25,203 --> 02:27:27,638
[Vic] Again, the NXT Universe
trying to will

2923
02:27:27,705 --> 02:27:29,941
on team Black & Gold

2924
02:27:30,007 --> 02:27:33,077
as Bron Breakker, way to put it, Beth,

2925
02:27:33,144 --> 02:27:36,747
changed the game
as soon as he entered in War Games.

2926
02:27:36,814 --> 02:27:39,684
[Beth] Take nothing away
from Bron Breakker, he's incredible,

2927
02:27:39,750 --> 02:27:42,453
but there's a numbers advantage
going on right here.

2928
02:27:42,520 --> 02:27:45,489
Tomasso Ciampa
is currently locked up in a cage.

2929
02:27:45,556 --> 02:27:49,293
I have a feeling things will shift quickly
the second he leaves.

2930
02:27:49,360 --> 02:27:51,062
[Vic] You gotta think for Ciampa,

2931
02:27:51,128 --> 02:27:54,699
this is the longest 60 seconds
of his life.

2932
02:27:54,765 --> 02:27:57,969
[Vic] As those 60 seconds
have dwindled away,

2933
02:27:58,035 --> 02:28:01,005
the evil thoughts
that have been in Ciampa's mind.

2934
02:28:01,072 --> 02:28:05,977
[crowd shouting]

2935
02:28:06,043 --> 02:28:08,212
[music playing]

2936
02:28:08,279 --> 02:28:12,216
[Vic] Here comes the NXT champion
who said tonight is personal.

2937
02:28:12,283 --> 02:28:15,086
The face, the conscious
of the Black & Gold team,

2938
02:28:15,152 --> 02:28:17,588
the pressure now
on the shoulders of Ciampa.

2939
02:28:17,655 --> 02:28:21,425
[Wade] He is the god of NXT,
the last person

2940
02:28:21,492 --> 02:28:23,094
to enter the match,

2941
02:28:23,160 --> 02:28:25,863
precious man, he has been disadvantaged

2942
02:28:25,930 --> 02:28:28,633
from the beginning, his team has.

2943
02:28:28,699 --> 02:28:30,568
Needs to take himself

2944
02:28:30,635 --> 02:28:34,205
to an entirely new level tonight
if his team has

2945
02:28:34,272 --> 02:28:38,676
any chance of taking down
this beast from NXT 2.0.

2946
02:28:38,743 --> 02:28:44,949
[crowd chanting]

2947
02:28:45,016 --> 02:28:48,619
[Beth] Tommaso Ciampa, veracity

2948
02:28:48,686 --> 02:28:50,888
unlike any other superstar.

2949
02:28:50,955 --> 02:28:53,357
Experienced in War Games.

2950
02:28:53,424 --> 02:28:55,960
[crowd] Oh!

2951
02:28:56,027 --> 02:29:00,031
[Wade] The freshest man
in the matchup and it shows.

2952
02:29:00,097 --> 02:29:05,703
[applause]

2953
02:29:07,305 --> 02:29:09,940
[Vic] And Mr. NXT, center of the ring,

2954
02:29:10,007 --> 02:29:13,911
the number one trend in the world,
NXT War Games

2955
02:29:13,978 --> 02:29:17,948
and the men's War Games match
officially has begun.

2956
02:29:18,015 --> 02:29:20,318
[Wade] Wow, finally.

2957
02:29:20,384 --> 02:29:22,553
Odds are even in this one.

2958
02:29:22,620 --> 02:29:25,256
Four on four,
but you wouldn't know from the ring.

2959
02:29:25,323 --> 02:29:28,492
Carnage, bedlam everywhere you look.

2960
02:29:28,559 --> 02:29:31,729
The man who started this
has got the upper hand. Carmelo Hayes.

2961
02:29:31,796 --> 02:29:34,098
[Vic] We questioned
if Hayes, back at the start,

2962
02:29:34,165 --> 02:29:35,966
would be able to go bell to bell,

2963
02:29:36,033 --> 02:29:40,471
and Carmelo Hayes again
has answered all the questions.

2964
02:29:40,538 --> 02:29:43,074
Hayes calling out and--oh!

2965
02:29:43,140 --> 02:29:45,176
[crowd shouting]

2966
02:29:45,242 --> 02:29:48,813
[Vic] Gargano saving Ciampa.

2967
02:29:48,879 --> 02:29:55,586
[crowd chanting "Ciampa"]

2968
02:29:55,653 --> 02:29:59,490
[Vic] We all know
that Ciampa certainly knows

2969
02:29:59,557 --> 02:30:00,958
how to use a crutch.

2970
02:30:01,025 --> 02:30:03,027
[Wade] The old faithful, it's back.

2971
02:30:03,094 --> 02:30:05,997
[Beth] It's back
and this is a familiar pairing.

2972
02:30:06,063 --> 02:30:10,167
You can hear the NXT universe
chanting "DIY."

2973
02:30:10,234 --> 02:30:14,672
[Wade] A little taste of the old school
for these young boys.

2974
02:30:14,739 --> 02:30:17,908
[Vic] It certainly is and--

2975
02:30:17,975 --> 02:30:23,647
[Beth] They've been to war
beside each other, against each other.

2976
02:30:23,714 --> 02:30:26,283
[crowd shouting "olé"]

2977
02:30:26,350 --> 02:30:29,754
[Vic] There's some classic DIY.

2978
02:30:29,820 --> 02:30:32,456
[Wade] How on earth
is Gargano moving so well,

2979
02:30:32,523 --> 02:30:34,992
after the beating he has just taken?

2980
02:30:35,059 --> 02:30:36,861
I spoke too soon.

2981
02:30:36,927 --> 02:30:39,830
[Vic] That's Bron Breakker
and that's just his strength

2982
02:30:39,897 --> 02:30:42,733
to be able to turn
the complexion of anything on a dime.

2983
02:30:42,800 --> 02:30:46,070
Take a look

2984
02:30:46,137 --> 02:30:49,940
at the men's War Games mojo and boom,

2985
02:30:50,007 --> 02:30:53,344
that's just Bron Breakker
doing Bron Breakker things.

2986
02:30:53,411 --> 02:30:56,313
[Wade] One-handed, taking a fly
and Gargano out of the air.

2987
02:30:56,380 --> 02:31:00,151
Now, team 2.0,
finally getting a second wind,

2988
02:31:00,217 --> 02:31:02,787
taking control of this matchup.

2989
02:31:02,853 --> 02:31:04,955
[screams]

2990
02:31:05,022 --> 02:31:06,891
[Vic] Oh!

2991
02:31:06,957 --> 02:31:11,195
[crowd chanting "NXT"]

2992
02:31:11,262 --> 02:31:16,367
[Vic] Oh, one darted was Pete Dunne.

2993
02:31:16,434 --> 02:31:21,405
Now, you're taking a look at team 2.0

2994
02:31:21,472 --> 02:31:23,674
and the way you keep talking

2995
02:31:23,741 --> 02:31:27,678
team 2.0 wants everything
that team Black & Gold has.

2996
02:31:27,745 --> 02:31:30,514
It appears at this moment

2997
02:31:30,581 --> 02:31:33,617
they're going to take it
from team Black & Gold.

2998
02:31:33,684 --> 02:31:36,854
[Wade] Let's face it,
it is there for the taking.

2999
02:31:36,921 --> 02:31:39,690
Could this be a change in the landscape?

3000
02:31:39,757 --> 02:31:44,295
It is a battle for the soul of NXT
and that soul right now

3001
02:31:44,361 --> 02:31:46,997
seems to be heading the way of team 2.0.

3002
02:31:47,064 --> 02:31:49,333
This is a new dawn.

3003
02:31:49,400 --> 02:31:52,837
[crowd shouting]

3004
02:31:52,903 --> 02:31:56,941
[Vic] There is no doubt
some side with team 2.0,

3005
02:31:57,007 --> 02:32:01,512
but for the most part
D'Angelo and Grayson Waller

3006
02:32:01,579 --> 02:32:06,083
they're feeling the jeers
of the NXT Universe.

3007
02:32:06,150 --> 02:32:12,022
[crowd shouting]

3008
02:32:12,089 --> 02:32:17,761
Is that a smile on Pete Dunne's face?

3009
02:32:17,828 --> 02:32:22,066
With team 2.0 surrounding
team Black & Gold, Black & Gold says--

3010
02:32:22,133 --> 02:32:24,535
Brilliant, the fight is on.

3011
02:32:24,602 --> 02:32:29,140
[Wade] There's life in the old dogs yet,
we've got a hockey war on now.

3012
02:32:29,206 --> 02:32:31,609
[Vic] Oh!

3013
02:32:31,675 --> 02:32:38,382
[crowd chanting "War Games"]

3014
02:32:39,783 --> 02:32:43,854
[Vic] 2.0 wanted to feel the wrath
of team Black & Gold.

3015
02:32:43,921 --> 02:32:46,824
Team Black & Gold,
Beth, they are bringing it.

3016
02:32:46,891 --> 02:32:50,528
[Beth] 2.0 has done nothing
but provoke Black & Gold.

3017
02:32:50,594 --> 02:32:53,731
I'm not sure it was a smart idea
to give them time to recover

3018
02:32:53,797 --> 02:32:56,367
because now who's standing?

3019
02:32:56,433 --> 02:33:01,805
[crowd chanting "Black & Gold"]

3020
02:33:01,872 --> 02:33:05,075
[Vic] Wind them up and team
Black & Gold knocking them down.

3021
02:33:05,142 --> 02:33:09,180
The fire, the passion that's coming out
of the bodies of team Black & Gold,

3022
02:33:09,246 --> 02:33:11,148
who have built this place, since day one.

3023
02:33:11,215 --> 02:33:14,919
Have been the pillars,
the foundation, like Ciampa,

3024
02:33:14,985 --> 02:33:17,855
like Gargano, like Dunne.

3025
02:33:17,922 --> 02:33:20,591
[Wade] Now, 2.0 getting a mudhole stomp

3026
02:33:20,658 --> 02:33:24,061
in their themselves
and this place coming unglued.

3027
02:33:24,128 --> 02:33:26,931
[Vic] LA Knight's got to be hearing
every negative comment

3028
02:33:26,997 --> 02:33:29,867
made by 2.0 ringing
in the back of his mind.

3029
02:33:29,934 --> 02:33:35,105
[crowd chanting "NXT"]

3030
02:33:35,172 --> 02:33:36,774
[Vic] All of a sudden,

3031
02:33:36,840 --> 02:33:39,944
now it's the old school
that's maybe going to show

3032
02:33:40,010 --> 02:33:42,279
the new school the old school way,

3033
02:33:42,346 --> 02:33:44,848
wink, wink, of doing things.

3034
02:33:44,915 --> 02:33:48,752
[Beth] They're going to beat
some respect into 2.0, that's for sure.

3035
02:33:48,819 --> 02:33:51,855
Melo said, "They had it all,
we want it all, come get it all."

3036
02:33:51,922 --> 02:33:54,225
[Vic] That team,
Black & Gold, seemed down,

3037
02:33:54,291 --> 02:33:55,659
but at this juncture way

3038
02:33:55,726 --> 02:33:59,263
they are not out
in this men's War Games matchup

3039
02:33:59,330 --> 02:34:01,699
as Dunne, Gargano…

3040
02:34:01,765 --> 02:34:03,801
Oh!

3041
02:34:03,867 --> 02:34:07,805
He's taken offense.

3042
02:34:07,871 --> 02:34:10,040
[Vic] Gargano, hurting, holding that knee.

3043
02:34:10,107 --> 02:34:13,911
How much damage has he so far
incured in this matchup?

3044
02:34:13,978 --> 02:34:16,914
Tommaso Ciampa, perhaps the freshest man,

3045
02:34:16,981 --> 02:34:19,416
although he's already been
through the wars.

3046
02:34:19,483 --> 02:34:24,321
[crowd chanting]

3047
02:34:24,388 --> 02:34:26,490
[Vic] Ciampa, taking a look back.

3048
02:34:26,557 --> 02:34:28,759
I think he's got

3049
02:34:28,826 --> 02:34:31,528
one plan for Grayson Waller.

3050
02:34:31,595 --> 02:34:32,896
No, no.

3051
02:34:32,963 --> 02:34:35,866
D'Angelo--Oh!

3052
02:34:35,933 --> 02:34:39,069
[Beth] D'Angelo, out of nowhere.

3053
02:34:39,136 --> 02:34:43,741
[Vic] Again, the dangers
of this War Games matchup.

3054
02:34:43,807 --> 02:34:46,510
[Wade] Tony D'Angelo,
not a man who needs to be asked

3055
02:34:46,577 --> 02:34:48,312
twice to cause pain.

3056
02:34:48,379 --> 02:34:50,147
-Grayson Waller--
-[Vic] Uh-oh!

3057
02:34:50,214 --> 02:34:51,882
Oh!

3058
02:34:57,488 --> 02:35:03,927
[crowd chanting "holy shit"]

3059
02:35:06,497 --> 02:35:08,499
[Wade] Carnage everywhere.

3060
02:35:08,565 --> 02:35:12,436
Grayson Waller is a man
who likes to go viral as we take

3061
02:35:12,503 --> 02:35:15,906
-another look back at some of the--
-[thud]

3062
02:35:15,973 --> 02:35:18,909
that we've experienced so far.

3063
02:35:18,976 --> 02:35:21,912
Grayson Waller attempting
to come off the top rope

3064
02:35:21,979 --> 02:35:26,483
but an athletic LA Knight, you want
a viral moment, that's all yours,

3065
02:35:26,550 --> 02:35:29,787
Grayson Waller perhaps
for all the wrong reasons.

3066
02:35:29,853 --> 02:35:33,691
[Beth] The human demolition derby
is not done yet.

3067
02:35:33,757 --> 02:35:36,694
[Vic] You take a look around
at the NXT Universe,

3068
02:35:36,760 --> 02:35:38,462
standing on their feet,

3069
02:35:38,529 --> 02:35:43,233
witnessing one hell
of a main event as, one more time,

3070
02:35:43,300 --> 02:35:46,203
Gargano and Dunne,
working together as a team.

3071
02:35:46,270 --> 02:35:47,938
Oh.

3072
02:35:48,005 --> 02:35:51,041
[Wade] Oh, no.

3073
02:35:51,108 --> 02:35:55,279
[Vic] Breakker and D'Angelo
working well as a team.

3074
02:35:55,346 --> 02:35:57,781
Look, they sacrificed--wait a minute.

3075
02:35:57,848 --> 02:35:59,049
BFT!

3076
02:35:59,116 --> 02:36:00,517
BFT!

3077
02:36:00,584 --> 02:36:03,554
For the victory.

3078
02:36:03,620 --> 02:36:08,025
[Wade] And Tony along with the save,
paying dividends for this team.

3079
02:36:08,092 --> 02:36:10,994
Awareness personified from Tony D.

3080
02:36:11,061 --> 02:36:14,898
The match about to slip away
from 2.0, as we take another look

3081
02:36:14,965 --> 02:36:19,903
at this tower of humanity,
crashing down to the mat.

3082
02:36:19,970 --> 02:36:24,141
[Vic] Then LA Knight, right place,
right time, boom!

3083
02:36:24,208 --> 02:36:27,377
He had sealed the deal for this team.

3084
02:36:27,444 --> 02:36:33,283
D'Angelo wisely though able to break up,
as this match continues.

3085
02:36:33,350 --> 02:36:36,353
Talk about D'Angelo and Bron Breakker
as you take a look

3086
02:36:36,420 --> 02:36:38,756
at the absolute carnage

3087
02:36:38,822 --> 02:36:41,258
laid out in two rings.

3088
02:36:41,325 --> 02:36:44,595
They sacrificed Carmelo Hayes
but maybe it's for the greater good

3089
02:36:44,661 --> 02:36:46,864
as Breakker
back to his feet with LA Knight.

3090
02:36:46,930 --> 02:36:49,867
And this matchup continues.

3091
02:36:49,933 --> 02:36:51,635
Oh!

3092
02:36:51,702 --> 02:36:54,638
[Beth] You can imagine
the amount of serious pain running

3093
02:36:54,705 --> 02:36:56,373
through the bodies of these men.

3094
02:36:56,440 --> 02:36:59,943
[Vic] Look at LA Knight now,
having his way with Bron Breakker.

3095
02:37:00,010 --> 02:37:03,113
It was Ciampa
who said team 2.0 would drown

3096
02:37:03,180 --> 02:37:06,183
in their inexperience.

3097
02:37:08,819 --> 02:37:09,987
Look at LA Knight.

3098
02:37:10,053 --> 02:37:11,688
What's on his mind?

3099
02:37:11,755 --> 02:37:13,323
What's he drawing up?

3100
02:37:13,390 --> 02:37:15,159
Oh!

3101
02:37:15,225 --> 02:37:17,761
Looking for BFT, I think,
in a different form.

3102
02:37:17,828 --> 02:37:20,931
[Wade] Absolutely, once again saving
the day was Tony D'Angelo.

3103
02:37:20,998 --> 02:37:23,033
There comes a point where experience,

3104
02:37:23,100 --> 02:37:26,103
or lack thereof, goes out of the window

3105
02:37:26,170 --> 02:37:28,372
and you can either do this or you can't.

3106
02:37:28,439 --> 02:37:30,340
2.0 might talk a big game but for me,

3107
02:37:30,407 --> 02:37:32,376
they have backed it up every inch

3108
02:37:32,443 --> 02:37:35,045
of the way in this War Games match.

3109
02:37:35,112 --> 02:37:38,482
Beth, you have the hall of fame
credentials at this announce desk,

3110
02:37:38,549 --> 02:37:40,551
what have you witnessed here,
as War Games--

3111
02:37:40,617 --> 02:37:42,252
Bron Breakker, wait a minute.

3112
02:37:42,319 --> 02:37:44,721
Oh, there's Ciampa, saving the day.

3113
02:37:44,788 --> 02:37:47,825
[Beth] I've witnessed
spectacular performances by all,

3114
02:37:47,891 --> 02:37:51,862
but in the end all that matters is
who scores the win here tonight.

3115
02:37:51,929 --> 02:37:55,732
When it comes to supremacy,
who's the top dogs in NXT?

3116
02:37:55,799 --> 02:37:58,469
We are yet to see who that will be.

3117
02:37:58,535 --> 02:38:00,204
[Vic] Breakker, an NXT champion,

3118
02:38:00,270 --> 02:38:02,639
wanted to get his hands on Tommaso Ciampa.

3119
02:38:02,706 --> 02:38:04,274
It's vice versa.

3120
02:38:04,341 --> 02:38:06,043
Ciampa now, with Breakker.

3121
02:38:06,109 --> 02:38:08,812
[Wade] That is a lot of weight to pick up.

3122
02:38:08,879 --> 02:38:12,316
[Vic] That's a long way down!

3123
02:38:12,382 --> 02:38:15,185
Right through the can, into the cover.

3124
02:38:15,252 --> 02:38:16,787
Is it the night for--

3125
02:38:16,854 --> 02:38:19,990
Again, Breakker.

3126
02:38:20,057 --> 02:38:22,626
Give credit where credit is due,

3127
02:38:22,693 --> 02:38:24,528
Breakker able to kick out

3128
02:38:24,595 --> 02:38:27,464
after this nasty air raid crash
from the champion.

3129
02:38:27,531 --> 02:38:31,635
Tommaso Ciampa thought
he had everything under control,

3130
02:38:31,702 --> 02:38:34,771
but Bron Breakker still the freshest

3131
02:38:34,838 --> 02:38:38,642
of all the superstars from his team
had a little bit left in the tank.

3132
02:38:38,709 --> 02:38:41,979
[Beth] I don't know how fresh
is now after crushing that trash can.

3133
02:38:42,045 --> 02:38:43,714
Again, Tony D'Angelo--

3134
02:38:43,780 --> 02:38:46,250
[Vic] D'Angelo
might have just wiped out LA Knight.

3135
02:38:46,316 --> 02:38:49,453
The megastar certainly
with a mega problem at this juncture

3136
02:38:49,520 --> 02:38:50,988
at War Games.

3137
02:38:51,054 --> 02:38:54,625
[Wade] Tony D'Angelo, once again
in complete control of this matchup,

3138
02:38:54,691 --> 02:38:59,329
stepping up in a big way,
just when his team needs it.

3139
02:39:02,633 --> 02:39:06,336
[Vic] Grayson Waller--
What's D'Angelo barking at Waller for?

3140
02:39:06,403 --> 02:39:09,273
[Beth] I don't know
how Waller's still standing.

3141
02:39:09,339 --> 02:39:12,910
[Wade] What on earth
is on Waller's mind here?

3142
02:39:12,976 --> 02:39:15,412
He tried going high once,
it backfired badly.

3143
02:39:15,479 --> 02:39:20,417
[Vic] Wade, you mentioned,
wanting to trend, wanting to go viral.

3144
02:39:20,484 --> 02:39:23,587
[shouting]

3145
02:39:23,654 --> 02:39:26,990
[Vic] Oh, from the top
of the War Games cage!

3146
02:39:27,057 --> 02:39:30,027
[Wade] That table exploded on impact.

3147
02:39:30,093 --> 02:39:32,629
[Vic] D'Angelo, into the cover.

3148
02:39:32,696 --> 02:39:35,565
-One, two--
-[Vic] Dunne this time.

3149
02:39:35,632 --> 02:39:39,403
-[Wade] Just in the nick of time.
-[Vic] Oh, man.

3150
02:39:39,469 --> 02:39:43,640
[crowd chanting "NXT"]

3151
02:39:43,707 --> 02:39:46,944
[Vic] You are going to see this over

3152
02:39:47,010 --> 02:39:51,181
and over and over again.

3153
02:39:51,248 --> 02:39:57,154
[Beth] Look at the amount of hang time
on this elbow, the height,

3154
02:39:57,220 --> 02:40:01,425
crashing down across LA Knight's chest.

3155
02:40:01,491 --> 02:40:05,495
[Vic] Grayson Waller,
willing to destroy himself

3156
02:40:05,562 --> 02:40:08,865
to destroy LA Knight.

3157
02:40:08,932 --> 02:40:11,702
What the--? Is that a crowbar?

3158
02:40:11,768 --> 02:40:16,206
What else does Tony D'Angelo
need in a War Games match?

3159
02:40:16,273 --> 02:40:20,277
[Wade] Strikes me as the kind of man
who knows how to handle a crowbar,

3160
02:40:20,344 --> 02:40:23,880
but then when you got
Pete Dunne staring back at you

3161
02:40:23,947 --> 02:40:26,516
with a kendo stick,
it's kind of redundant.

3162
02:40:26,583 --> 02:40:29,753
[Vic] Pete Dunne is a man who knows
how to handle the kendo stick.

3163
02:40:29,820 --> 02:40:33,156
Now going right to work,
wearing in at Carmelo Hayes.

3164
02:40:33,223 --> 02:40:37,828
It's important to remember Hayes
started this match up for his team.

3165
02:40:37,894 --> 02:40:40,897
That is just one shot after another
from the bruiserweight.

3166
02:40:40,964 --> 02:40:44,234
[Wade] Pete Dunne, like a man
possessed and bearing the brunt

3167
02:40:44,301 --> 02:40:47,070
of that rage on Carmelo Hayes.

3168
02:40:47,137 --> 02:40:49,439
Back to those small joints.

3169
02:40:49,506 --> 02:40:53,010
[Vic] Dunne can be looking
for that knockout blow on Carmelo Hayes.

3170
02:40:53,076 --> 02:40:57,981
[Beth] Not only that, adding a trash can
to the equation spells trouble.

3171
02:40:58,048 --> 02:40:59,983
[screams]

3172
02:41:00,050 --> 02:41:02,853
Once again, just decimating
the hands of Hayes.

3173
02:41:02,919 --> 02:41:05,989
[Vic] The trash can is destroyed.
Dunne's not done.

3174
02:41:06,056 --> 02:41:08,291
[Wade] The arm of Carmelo Hayes
might be--whoa!

3175
02:41:08,358 --> 02:41:12,195
[Vic] Oh, and that crowbar
right to the ribs, right to the kidney.

3176
02:41:12,262 --> 02:41:14,197
That's a great point, Wade.

3177
02:41:14,264 --> 02:41:18,902
Now, Tony D'Angelo,

3178
02:41:18,969 --> 02:41:22,939
right across the face.

3179
02:41:23,006 --> 02:41:26,209
[Wade] The bruiserweight.

3180
02:41:26,276 --> 02:41:27,711
[crowd booing]

3181
02:41:27,778 --> 02:41:30,047
[Vic] Oh, come on.

3182
02:41:30,113 --> 02:41:32,382
[Beth] Removing the protective guard.

3183
02:41:32,449 --> 02:41:33,917
[Wade] Keeping it too.

3184
02:41:33,984 --> 02:41:36,386
[Vic] Yes, a little souvenir
for Tony D'Angelo.

3185
02:41:36,453 --> 02:41:38,722
These two, no love lost.

3186
02:41:38,789 --> 02:41:40,657
[Wade] Maybe call that a tax.

3187
02:41:40,724 --> 02:41:42,726
[Vic] It is now all the way to the top,

3188
02:41:42,793 --> 02:41:45,862
with a crowbar across the face.

3189
02:41:45,929 --> 02:41:48,298
Come on!

3190
02:41:48,365 --> 02:41:51,501
[applause]

3191
02:41:51,568 --> 02:41:56,840
[crowd chanting "holy shit"]

3192
02:41:56,907 --> 02:42:00,310
[Vic] This is the men's War Games match.

3193
02:42:00,377 --> 02:42:02,879
This carnage is what we expected.

3194
02:42:02,946 --> 02:42:05,015
This chaos is what we thought

3195
02:42:05,082 --> 02:42:08,585
and we all believed Bron Breakker
and Tommaso Ciampa,

3196
02:42:08,652 --> 02:42:11,388
at some point would be slugging it out.

3197
02:42:11,455 --> 02:42:14,424
[Wade] I have serious questions
about the future health

3198
02:42:14,491 --> 02:42:18,261
of the bruiserweight, Pete Dunne
after that landing, but right now

3199
02:42:18,328 --> 02:42:23,300
all concern gets focused back
on Tommaso Ciampa, the NXT champion.

3200
02:42:23,366 --> 02:42:25,769
[Vic] Frankensteiner!

3201
02:42:25,836 --> 02:42:30,140
Breakker, where is he getting
this energy from? Oh!

3202
02:42:30,207 --> 02:42:33,009
Where the hell Johnny Gargano come from?

3203
02:42:33,076 --> 02:42:35,746
[Beth] Gargano,
great ring awarness, but Breakker

3204
02:42:35,812 --> 02:42:37,114
had him scouted.

3205
02:42:38,682 --> 02:42:41,885
[Vic] Ciampa this time saving things.

3206
02:42:41,952 --> 02:42:44,955
Oh, Gargano taking out Waller.

3207
02:42:45,021 --> 02:42:50,827
One final beating,
there he goes on cue, on demand.

3208
02:42:50,894 --> 02:42:57,768
[crowd chanting]

3209
02:43:03,807 --> 02:43:06,042
What's old school is new again.

3210
02:43:06,109 --> 02:43:07,677
DIY!

3211
02:43:07,744 --> 02:43:09,980
Breakker is down.

3212
02:43:10,046 --> 02:43:12,716
Ciampa, Gargano, into the cover

3213
02:43:12,783 --> 02:43:16,887
and reigning supreme!

3214
02:43:16,953 --> 02:43:18,822
Carmelo Hayes.

3215
02:43:18,889 --> 02:43:20,924
[Wade] Brilliance from Carmelo Hayes.

3216
02:43:20,991 --> 02:43:23,326
What a genius move.

3217
02:43:23,393 --> 02:43:24,761
This match was over.

3218
02:43:24,828 --> 02:43:26,062
[Vic] Thumb to the eye.

3219
02:43:26,129 --> 02:43:27,697
Thumb to the eye from Hayes.

3220
02:43:27,764 --> 02:43:29,800
[Beth] Every dirty trick in the book.

3221
02:43:29,866 --> 02:43:32,669
[Vic] There is nothing dirtier
than a low blow.

3222
02:43:32,736 --> 02:43:34,437
[crowd booing]

3223
02:43:34,504 --> 02:43:38,074
[Vic] And it's all legal inside War Games.

3224
02:43:44,548 --> 02:43:48,785
Wait a minute, wow, Gargano!

3225
02:43:48,852 --> 02:43:51,354
[Vic] Gargano caught the worst of that.

3226
02:43:51,421 --> 02:43:53,957
[Vic] Gargano sacrificing himself
and now, looking

3227
02:43:54,024 --> 02:43:55,992
for the fairytale ending!

3228
02:43:56,059 --> 02:43:59,596
[crowd] Oh!

3229
02:43:59,663 --> 02:44:04,034
[Vic] Breakker just planting Ciampa
through the table.

3230
02:44:04,100 --> 02:44:08,338
[crowd shouting]

3231
02:44:08,405 --> 02:44:13,210
[Wade] Teammates smashing one another,
but right now Tommaso Ciampa

3232
02:44:13,276 --> 02:44:16,379
is in the worst position possible.

3233
02:44:16,446 --> 02:44:20,450
[Vic] Bron Breakker with the NXT champion
high above his head.

3234
02:44:20,517 --> 02:44:24,621
The power on display,
as Breakker, into the cover,

3235
02:44:24,688 --> 02:44:29,226
and Bron Breakker
has pinned the NXT champion.

3236
02:44:29,292 --> 02:44:31,795
[bell rings]

3237
02:44:31,862 --> 02:44:36,533
[Alicia] Here are your winners, team 2.0!

3238
02:44:36,600 --> 02:44:40,570
[Vic] More importantly,

3239
02:44:40,637 --> 02:44:43,907
the new school has risen

3240
02:44:43,974 --> 02:44:45,976
above the old school.

3241
02:44:46,042 --> 02:44:49,946
Team 2.0 not only survive

3242
02:44:50,013 --> 02:44:52,215
but victorious

3243
02:44:52,282 --> 02:44:55,151
in War Games.

3244
02:44:55,218 --> 02:44:58,722
[Wade] Milk this moment, team 2.0.

3245
02:44:58,788 --> 02:45:01,191
Be proud of yourselves.

3246
02:45:01,258 --> 02:45:05,328
There is a new dawn breaking over NXT,

3247
02:45:05,395 --> 02:45:08,031
as we overlook the chaos,

3248
02:45:08,098 --> 02:45:11,902
the destruction,
but ultimately the victory led

3249
02:45:11,968 --> 02:45:14,504
by this man, Bron Breakker.

3250
02:45:14,571 --> 02:45:18,875
For me, the future of NXT is right there.

3251
02:45:18,942 --> 02:45:21,511
[Vic] Look around
and you can see disappointment

3252
02:45:21,578 --> 02:45:24,948
on some members of the NXT Universe.

3253
02:45:25,015 --> 02:45:26,549
Let's go back to the action,

3254
02:45:26,616 --> 02:45:29,085
because we talk
about tweets trending, being viral.

3255
02:45:29,152 --> 02:45:31,721
Grayson Waller went for broke,
Beth Phoenix.

3256
02:45:31,788 --> 02:45:34,991
[Beth] Well, the highlight reel
was endless throughout this match.

3257
02:45:35,058 --> 02:45:38,762
One more look overhead, you can just see

3258
02:45:38,828 --> 02:45:41,364
the wreckage, the carnage,
when that table exploded.

3259
02:45:41,431 --> 02:45:44,801
[Vic] You talk about wreckage,
how about Tony D'Angelo with crowbar

3260
02:45:44,868 --> 02:45:49,839
in hand, isolating, wiping out
the bruiserweight, Pete Dunne.

3261
02:45:49,906 --> 02:45:53,910
DIY would try
to turn their clock back in time

3262
02:45:53,977 --> 02:45:59,382
to have a Black & Gold moment here
inside the men's War Games cage.

3263
02:45:59,449 --> 02:46:04,921
Right here, there was some classic DIY,
putting Bron Breakker down.

3264
02:46:04,988 --> 02:46:09,659
We all thought Bron Breaker was out,
but at the last moment

3265
02:46:09,726 --> 02:46:13,563
Carmelo Hayes able
to rip the victory away.

3266
02:46:13,630 --> 02:46:17,901
Then it was Johnny Gargano
sacrificed himself…

3267
02:46:19,169 --> 02:46:20,370
to take out Carmelo Hayes,

3268
02:46:20,971 --> 02:46:23,640
but in doing so, it set Tommaso Ciampa up

3269
02:46:24,374 --> 02:46:26,943
for what would be a fairytale ending.

3270
02:46:27,010 --> 02:46:29,980
Not so much for team Black & Gold.

3271
02:46:30,046 --> 02:46:32,349
Then in the end, Bron Breakker,

3272
02:46:32,415 --> 02:46:36,753
the power on display,
able to overcome all the odds.

3273
02:46:36,820 --> 02:46:40,056
Able to overcome the adversity,

3274
02:46:40,123 --> 02:46:45,028
and team 2.0 would rise to the occasion.

3275
02:46:46,696 --> 02:46:50,400
You take a look
at the destruction here at War Games,

3276
02:46:50,467 --> 02:46:52,836
but, guys, the newest generation

3277
02:46:53,570 --> 02:46:56,573
has staked its claim and there's no doubt

3278
02:46:56,639 --> 02:47:00,810
a seismic shift has now occurred in NXT.