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[theme music playing]

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[narrator] Then.

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[The Rock] If you smell…

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[narrator] Now.

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-[Lemmy] The King of Kings.
-[Cena] You can't see me.

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[narrator] Forever.

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Together.

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[audience cheering]

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[Vic] Welcome in.

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We're live with combustible elements
kicking us off tonight.

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-Welcome to NXT.
-[audience cheering]

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["Fear No Evil" playing]

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[bell ringing]

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[Alicia] The following is
a Tag Team Match scheduled for one fall.

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Introducing the team of Tommaso Ciampa

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-and the NXT champion, Bron Breakker.
-[audience cheering]

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[Vic] You can hear the NXT universe.

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Some Steiner-esque attire tonight

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for a duo that is standing united
this evening.

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[Wade] Yes, indeed.
I'm admiring those outfits.

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Haven't seen those in years.

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But with that being said,
you talk about them being united.

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They certainly are and they have to be.

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Because last week,
Bron wanted to protect Tommaso Ciampa

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from a cruel assault
after last week's main event.

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As far as he's concerned,
this is Bron's NXT,

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and his opponents this evening
are certainly not NXT.

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-But Bron wants to protect this house.
-[audience cheering]

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["Fear No Evil" playing]

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-["Glorious Domination" playing]
-[audience cheering]

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♪ Glorious ♪

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♪ No, I won't give in I won't give in ♪

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♪ 'Til I'm victorious ♪

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♪ And I will defend I will defend ♪

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♪ I'm here to show the world
I'm here to show the world ♪

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-["Here to Show the World" playing]
-[audience booing]

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[Alicia]
And their opponents, the team of…

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[Vic] We said it would be combustible,
Barrett.

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Come on, buddy.

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[Vic] Picking up
right where they left off last week.

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You could say Tommaso Ciampa
with a glorious bomb

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of his own to Robert Roode.

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[Wade] Wow. This really is a trip
back in time in more ways than one,

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but right to the here and the now.

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Tommaso Ciampa currently
on the worse end of that jump-start.

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Robert Roode taking control.

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[referee] Come on, Ciampa.

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[Vic] You hear the referee
trying to get some sort of order back,

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restarting this matchup.
Have you heard a bell?

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[Wade] We didn't get
a full ring announcement.

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Let's be honest here. This one is
certainly not officially on at this point.

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Don't let that hold you back.

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[audience cheering]

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[audience cheering]

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[audience barking]

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[Vic] We haven't even started
this matchup yet.

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Already Tommaso Ciampa
wiping out the field.

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Look, Ciampa beat Roode last night on RAW,

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but it's what happened after the match
that's still on Ciampa's mind.

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[Wade] Absolutely. Listen.

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-[bell ringing]
-[Vic] Finally this match has begun.

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[Wade] Ciampa, you're right,
did win on RAW last night.

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A rather Pyrrhic victory in the end
because, of course, immediately

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after The Dirty Dawgs
lived up to their names

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-by putting the boots to Tommaso Ciampa.
-[Vic] Tag.

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[Wade] They knew Bron wasn't in town
yesterday at RAW

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so they perhaps wanted to shuffle
Tommaso Ciampa up.

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[Vic] Oh, Bron Breakker's in town tonight.

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Breakker planting Ziggler. Into the cover.
Hook of the leg.

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Ziggler just gets that right shoulder up.

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[Wade] That was just a perfect example
of the raw power of Bron Breakker.

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Have a look at this teamwork here.
This throw perhaps not in the right place,

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but that power of Bron Breakker
able to take full control of Dolph.

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[Vic] Look, NXT universe
might be wondering where Bron Breakker--

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Why he came to the aid. Right now,
Breakker hoisting up Ziggler.

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Could be looking to plant Ziggler.
There's Roode again.

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And Roode gets dropped.
But from behind, Zig Zag connects.

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Cover by Ziggler to pin Bron Breakker,
and Breakker kicks out.

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[Wade]
That was a heartbeat away from being over.

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This early in the matchup
just shows the inexperience

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perhaps of Bron Breakker
with that distraction from Robert Roode.

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Ziggler almost capitalizing.

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[Vic] You see Dolph Ziggler
trying to reach out, find a tag.

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The former RAW Tag Team Champions

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working together as a well-oiled unit,
weather the storm early on.

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But what do you think is the magnitude
of Dolph Ziggler's win last week?

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-[Wade] Magnitude. Wow.
-[audience chatter]

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I said it last week as I get a jacket
thrown at me from Dolph Ziggler,

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finally managed to get time
to take it off. I said it last week.

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If I would've match the magnitude
of last week's main event and they…

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[Vic] Roode off the neck breaker,
hook of the leg,

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and Breakker being able to kick out.

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[Wade] Didn't subsequently get myself
a championship opportunity here in NXT.

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I would personally be livid, and I'm sure
Dolph Ziggler is rather upset.

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[Vic] Speaking of championships,
NXT North American title

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will be defended in our main event tonight
as Ziggler checks back into the matchup.

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Look, the dirtiest dogs in the game
proven again last week

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after Ziggler's aforementioned victory.

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-[audience chanting]
-[thuds]

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[Vic] You can hear the NXT universe.

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[Wade] This audience rather hot.
This is a cauldron this evening.

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You're right,
definitely the dirtiest dogs in the game.

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I personally like that.

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Listen, the stakes are way too high
here in NXT

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to start worrying about morals
or any of that nonsense.

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Get the victory however you can
and move on.

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[audience] You don't know him!

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[Vic] Certainly, Ziggler knows that,

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but, look,
Ziggler wants the NXT Championship.

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That's the one title
Ziggler has never held.

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He's the only one in this matchup
to never hold it.

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[Wade] Let me tell you about Dolph,
been in the ring with him many times.

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He's done it all. One of the top three
I've ever competed against.

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World Champion, Intercontinental Champion,
US Champ, Tag Champ,

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Mr. Money in the Bank, he's done it all.
I'm telling you this.

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If he wants the NXT title,
I believe he'll get it.

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-This is simply beer money for NXT.
-[Vic] Oh.

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And Roode measuring Breakker.
Now Roode into the cover.

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Hook of the leg, center of the ring.
Breakker again able to power out at two.

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Look, Roode no stranger to NXT,
but this is NXT 2.0.

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[audience] "We want Ciampa!"
"We want Ciampa!"

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[Vic] I think at this point,
Bron Breakker wants Ciampa too.

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[Wade] Yeah, he wants that
at the worst possible way,

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taking a huge beating, but you're right.
Roode, of course, former NXT Champion.

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A lot of respect for Roode's achievements
within the NXT locker room,

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but this industry is constantly evolving.

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The young superstars know that 2.0
is their time, not Roode's time.

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-[Vic] Ooh!
-[audience cheering]

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-[Vic] Breakker.
-[thuds]

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Sometimes you just wonder
where Bron Breakker gets this energy from.

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As Breakker now
finally has a path to his partner.

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Reaching out to tag back in
Tommaso Ciampa.

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[Wade] Not a moment too soon.

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Bron Breakker running on fumes
at that point, but this man,

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Tommaso Ciampa,
full of energy as we come to expect.

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[Vic] Ciampa two-for-one.

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[audience cheering]

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[Vic]
You can see the fire in Ciampa's eyes.

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He knows that this is his time.
He is fighting to survive.

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[audience chanting] Ciampa!

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[Vic]
Uh-oh. Ciampa looking to put away Roode.

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Could be looking for the Fairytale Ending.
Roode doing his best to block.

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[Wade]
Trying a little payback from last night,

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but Roode simply too good,
too smart, too long in the turf.

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-[Vic] Oh, spinebuster.
-[thuds]

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[audience cheering]

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[Vic] You can feel the air
driven out of the lungs

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as Roode into another cover,
another hook of the leg, and a kick out.

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[audience cheering]

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[audience cheering]

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[Vic] Back live on NXT.

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As we all witness
during the commercial break,

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The Dirty Dawgs using their surroundings
to their advantage.

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Really isolated, Tommaso Ciampa,
as Ciampa's now trying to fight back.

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Swinging to break
the hold of Dolph Ziggler,

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reaching out,
trying to tag in Bron Breakker.

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[Wade] Inches away from that tag.
Needs it in the worst way.

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Almost got the opportunity,
but Dolph Ziggler just too good.

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[Vic] Uh-oh.

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[Vic] It's Ziggler goes for the ride.

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And now is the opportunity for Ciampa.

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[Wade]
Ciampa has to make this tag right now.

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The concern in the eyes of Bron Breakker,
not just for this match,

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but he knows he and Ciampa
are one and one.

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Eventually, this gonna be a rubber match
between the two.

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[Vic] Ciampa and Roode.

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[audience cheering]

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[Vic] Oh.

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[Wade] That is simply experience
from Robert Roode.

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[audience cheering]

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[Vic] Ciampa just witnessing
what happened to his tag team partner.

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And now, those Dirty Dawgs
up to their old tricks.

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[Wade] Tommaso Ciampa completely isolated,

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has no tag partner
to even concern himself with.

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[Vic] The former RAW Tag Team Champions
going right to work.

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Ciampa now, Ciampa could be out.
Cover. Ciampa somehow kicks out at two.

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[Wade] This ain't a morality play.

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It's about winning, it's about loses.
We take another look.

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Just as Tommaso Ciampa
was about to get out of the cauldron,

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of course, the experience of Robert Roode
and The Dirty Dawgs coming up trumps,

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taking over once again.

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[Vic] The numbers advantage
certainly in favor of The Dirty Dawgs.

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I'm trying to get my eyes on Bron Breakker
who is still laid out in the front row.

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[Wade] It's very simple.

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[audience booing]

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[Wade] Very simple
in the world of tag competition,

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it truly is a numbers game.

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The faster you can isolate
one of your opponents,

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the best chance you've got.

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[Vic] Roode might just have been isolated.
Roode may be knocked out.

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Listen to the NXT universe now
trying to rally Tommaso Ciampa

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as Bron Breakker back to his feet.

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[Wade] Yeah, it's an angry
Bron Breakker too.

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[Vic] Roode closing in. Breakker back up.

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Tag was made, in comes Ziggler.
So, close is Ciampa.

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Reaching out, fingertips away.
Ciampa now makes the tag.

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-[Wade] There it is.
-[Vic] And look at Breakker go.

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-[thuds]
-[audience booing]

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[Wade] Fully refreshed. Fully recovered.
Doesn't Dolph Ziggler know all about it?

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[Vic] And Roode now goes for the ride.

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How impressed
have you been with Bron Breakker?

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[Wade]
Come on. Look at the leadership of him,

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not just in the ring
but outside in the locker room,

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throwing Grayson Waller
out of the locker room when he needed to,

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standing shoulder to shoulder with Ciampa.

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Well, let's face it,
he really doesn't have to.

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That is the sign
of a locker room leader here in NXT.

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[Vic] Look at the eyes of the NXT champion
measuring Ziggler,

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but Ziggler saw it coming.

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The veteran now eyeing up,
looking for a super kick, doesn't connect.

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Breakker. Boom.

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-[audience cheering]
-[Breakker screams]

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[audience barking]

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[Vic] NXT universe
is coming out of their seats

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like Ziggler almost came out of his boots.

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[audience barking]

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[Vic] Now Ciampa's legal.

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[audience cheering]

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Where's Ciampa going?
Ciampa never leaves his feet.

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[Wade] This match has done a complete 180.

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I've seen this before many years ago.

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[Vic] Bulldog.

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[audience cheering]

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[audience] One, two…

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[Vic] How close was that?

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[audience booing]

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[Vic] Ciampa's in disbelief.

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Roode just saved things for his partner,
but Roode gets planted.

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No, not… This is a pin from behind.

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No, no, no.
This time Ciampa able to kick out.

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Ciampa, catching the super kick.
Now it's Ciampa.

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Fairytale Ending connects.

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[audience cheering]

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[audience] One, two, three.

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[Vic] Unlike last week,
Ciampa this time stands tall over Ziggler.

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[Alicia]
Here are your winners Tommaso Ciampa

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and the NXT champion, Bron Breakker.

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[Wade] Oh, man, the ending of that match.

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The last 60 seconds
was like a whirlwind in that ring.

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Such is the caliber
of all four men in there.

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Every time there was a glimmer
of an opportunity to win this one,

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it got thrown away.

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[Vic] Tommaso Ciampa
would not have a repeat of last week,

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here with the NXT Champion
standing by his side.

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What a way to kick off NXT.
We got to go back.

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00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,450
This really changed
the complexion of this matchup. Boom.

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00:13:39,585 --> 00:13:40,953
Ziggler, I mean, feel.

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[Wade] I've felt impacts like this before.

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-Ziggler won't be able to feel…
-[Vic] I can't breathe.

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00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:46,959
…a lung full of air for weeks now.

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[Vic] As you mentioned,
we've seen it in the past,

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Ciampa, Bron Breakker thought
it would be the end of the matchup,

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but Robert Roode able to save things,

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but was not able to save Dolph Ziggler
in the end.

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And this is a huge statement victory
for Tommaso Ciampa.

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[Wade] What an absolute classic that was!

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00:14:11,383 --> 00:14:13,352
[Vic] What a way to kick things off,

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00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:16,155
but what about our main event
still to come tonight?

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00:14:17,823 --> 00:14:19,258
[Wade] Here we go to earlier today.

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00:14:19,325 --> 00:14:23,362
Carmelo Hayes flanked by his boy,
Trick, looking cool as ever

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ahead of tonight's
North American title defense.

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[Vic] Pete Dunne doesn't care
about looking cool.

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He cares about snapping ligaments,
breaking fingers, and winning titles.

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00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:33,505
What a main event still to come.

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00:14:33,572 --> 00:14:38,611
Carmelo Hayes, Pete Dunne
for the NXT North American Championship.

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I know you're sitting there saying,
"Yeah," because I can see you.

267
00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:47,887
What's that?
A slice of pizza you got there?

268
00:14:47,953 --> 00:14:50,022
Put that pizza down for a second.
Pick up your phone.

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00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:52,024
Call, text anybody you know.

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00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:55,694
Your grandma, grandfather, mom,
dad, brother, sister, your girlfriend.

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00:14:55,761 --> 00:14:58,264
Hell, if you got a side piece,
call them, too, because in a moment,

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00:14:58,330 --> 00:15:02,735
LA Knight will walk out into that ring,
call out Outback Jack off himself,

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00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:05,971
Grayson Waller,
because it's time to pay the Piper.

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Toot-toot. He is I and I am him. Yeah.

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[audience cheering]

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00:15:16,882 --> 00:15:21,820
[Gunther] Solo Sikoa, tonight,
you get exactly what you wanted.

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00:15:21,887 --> 00:15:24,290
You and me, one-on-one.

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00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:29,962
They call you The Street Champion
of the Island. That's good for you.

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00:15:30,029 --> 00:15:33,065
[in German]

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00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:46,011
What makes you different is,

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00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:49,782
that I'll chop all those tribal tattoos
off your body

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and they will be replaced
with some much-needed respect.

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00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:58,223
Solo, your undefeated streak

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00:15:58,290 --> 00:16:03,796
will end by the hands
of "The Ring General" Gunther.

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00:16:06,665 --> 00:16:09,168
[Vic] Huge match
still to come tonight on NXT.

286
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["Welcome To LA" playing]

287
00:16:15,974 --> 00:16:18,978
[audience] LA Knight! LA Knight!
LA Knight! LA Knight!

288
00:16:19,044 --> 00:16:23,349
[Vic] There is LA Knight
making his presence felt.

289
00:16:23,415 --> 00:16:27,953
[audience cheering]

290
00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:43,502
-Yeah.
-[audience] Yeah.

291
00:16:43,569 --> 00:16:46,205
-Yeah.
-[audience] Yeah.

292
00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:48,273
Let me talk to you.

293
00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:51,677
[audience cheering]

294
00:16:51,744 --> 00:16:53,112
Grayson Waller…

295
00:16:53,645 --> 00:16:56,648
[audience booing]

296
00:16:56,715 --> 00:16:58,884
…we've been doing this for a long time.

297
00:16:58,951 --> 00:17:01,520
Matter of fact,
since before Halloween Havoc.

298
00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:05,824
Just before Halloween Havoc,
you and I had a match

299
00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:08,727
to see who would be the host,
and guess what?

300
00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:13,699
I walked out victorious.
I walked out with you laying, me standing.

301
00:17:20,172 --> 00:17:23,809
We put each other
through hell in WarGames.

302
00:17:24,910 --> 00:17:30,649
You then-- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

303
00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:33,585
Look at this, Grayson Waller.

304
00:17:33,652 --> 00:17:36,822
You've done enough
to get yourself three fans out here.

305
00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:41,994
Good job… because what you did

306
00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:45,063
is you stole my car
when you blindsided me,

307
00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:49,268
and you thought maybe that would be enough
to get rid of LA Knight, right?

308
00:17:49,334 --> 00:17:53,472
Wrong. So, then I returned to NXT.

309
00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:56,608
I beat the ever-living holy hell
out of you.

310
00:17:56,675 --> 00:17:58,243
[audience cheering]

311
00:17:58,310 --> 00:18:02,114
And what do you do?
You go and get a restraining order.

312
00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:07,419
You get yourself a bodyguard in Sanga.

313
00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:10,389
And you think to yourself,

314
00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:13,959
"Maybe that'll keep away LA Knight,"
right?

315
00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:15,928
-[audience] No.
-No, no.

316
00:18:16,762 --> 00:18:20,299
So, let's go out and come on around
to next week. I'm sorry, last week.

317
00:18:20,365 --> 00:18:23,869
Last week, yes, you get a little crafty,
you reach on through,

318
00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:28,173
hand full of the trunks
and you get the one, two, three, but--

319
00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:33,011
-["Eye On The Prize" playing]
-[audience cheering]

320
00:18:37,916 --> 00:18:40,652
[Grayson] Yeah. Yeah.

321
00:18:41,386 --> 00:18:43,689
Yeah. What's up, LA?

322
00:18:47,326 --> 00:18:49,428
-You know what? You're right.
-[audience booing]

323
00:18:49,495 --> 00:18:52,331
Last week, one, two, three.

324
00:18:52,397 --> 00:18:53,832
Your winner,

325
00:18:53,899 --> 00:18:59,705
Grayson… Waller.

326
00:18:59,771 --> 00:19:02,708
[audience booing]

327
00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:08,013
You are the roadblock on my path
to greatness, but now it's done.

328
00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,917
Finito. Me and you, not a thing.

329
00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:14,353
Grayson Waller,
I can't hear a word you're saying.

330
00:19:14,419 --> 00:19:16,655
All of Orlando's calling you an asshole.

331
00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:19,458
[audience cheering]

332
00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:22,027
You know what? This isn't a thing anymore.

333
00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:24,530
Everybody,
I hope you have a terrible night.

334
00:19:24,596 --> 00:19:26,565
You all suck. Goodbye.

335
00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:28,767
Hold on, Grayson.

336
00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:31,904
You gonna wanna see this
up on the video wall right here.

337
00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:35,040
You're gonna see exactly
what happened last week.

338
00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:39,945
What happened last week was, yeah, man,
you did scoot out a little cheap victory,

339
00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:43,415
but look who's laying there
and look who's standing tall.

340
00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:47,653
It ain't Grayson Waller. It's LA Knight.

341
00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,088
So, I'll put it to you like this.

342
00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:53,592
That's two times,
you and me one-on-one in this ring.

343
00:19:53,659 --> 00:19:58,597
Every single time, I've walked out
standing tall with your ass laying.

344
00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:03,001
Every time, so, I'll tell you what.

345
00:20:03,902 --> 00:20:09,708
You're all about your likes,
you're all about your tweets, your DMs.

346
00:20:09,775 --> 00:20:13,111
And this past week, I got a good feeling
you're about some blocks

347
00:20:13,178 --> 00:20:17,883
because everybody on Twitter has been
calling you out for the punk you are

348
00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:21,954
because you got your ass whipped
in the middle of this ring one more time.

349
00:20:23,522 --> 00:20:27,793
So, I'll put it to you like this.
You can sneak out the cheap victory,

350
00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:30,929
but at the end of the day,
every single time,

351
00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:34,399
I'm the one standing,
so why don't you prove it to me?

352
00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:38,570
Prove you got a shred of manhood
in those marbles you're carrying around

353
00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:41,807
and tell me that you can leave me laying.

354
00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:43,875
Last Man Standing.

355
00:20:43,942 --> 00:20:49,581
[audience cheering]

356
00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:50,882
You know what?

357
00:20:50,949 --> 00:20:54,953
Next week, I'm getting all the likes,
I'm getting all the swipes.

358
00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:57,956
I'm going viral one more time.

359
00:20:58,023 --> 00:21:03,962
Grayson Waller will be Last Man Standing.

360
00:21:04,029 --> 00:21:06,098
I was hoping you'd say that.

361
00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:09,601
I was hoping you'd say that
because next week, one more time.

362
00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:13,672
Third time's a charm.
No, no, because your ass is laid out.

363
00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:15,040
I'm the one standing.

364
00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:18,143
Not because you're not good enough,
but because I won't let you,

365
00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:23,348
and that's not an insult,
that is just a fact of life. Yeah.

366
00:21:23,415 --> 00:21:24,683
["Welcome To LA" playing]

367
00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:27,619
[Vic]
Wow. Who will incapacitate their opponent

368
00:21:27,686 --> 00:21:29,855
so they cannot answer the count of ten?

369
00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:34,393
Sounds like we'll find out next week.
It's Last Man Standing.

370
00:21:34,993 --> 00:21:37,229
[audience] LA Knight! LA Knight!

371
00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,331
He's really wild.

372
00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:42,000
I really hope you and Dexter
worked things out.

373
00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:45,671
Hey, look. Jake wished us good luck.
He is so sweet.

374
00:21:45,737 --> 00:21:48,974
Look, Dexter and I will be fine.
Are you focused or what?

375
00:21:51,043 --> 00:21:53,312
Focused? Of course, I'm focused.

376
00:21:53,378 --> 00:21:55,113
Three victories and we win that Dusty Cup

377
00:21:55,180 --> 00:21:57,649
and we get another shot
at those Tag Team Championships.

378
00:21:57,716 --> 00:21:59,451
-Okay, good. Let's go.
-Okay.

379
00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:05,624
Persia.

380
00:22:08,126 --> 00:22:09,061
Coming.

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00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:16,268
[narrator]
Last week, the Women's Dusty Cup

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00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:18,837
kicked off in an iconic fashion.

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00:22:18,904 --> 00:22:22,040
[Vic] Toxic Attraction keeping their eye
on all the action.

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00:22:22,574 --> 00:22:25,344
[narrator] The first two teams
have advanced to the next round.

385
00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:29,681
[Vic] Shirai, Kay Lee Ray
headed to the semi-finals.

386
00:22:31,316 --> 00:22:34,119
[Wade] Huge victory for Kacy and Kayden.

387
00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:37,422
[narrator] Who will join
these elite teams in the semi-finals?

388
00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:43,428
Tonight, Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta
battle Dakota Kai and Wendy Choo.

389
00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:46,832
Unlikely duo, Raquel Gonzalez
and Cora Jade,

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00:22:46,898 --> 00:22:50,569
against newcomers,
Yulisa Leon and Valentina Feroz.

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00:22:50,635 --> 00:22:53,672
Who else will punch their ticket
in the Women's Dusty Cup?

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00:22:58,577 --> 00:23:00,479
["Snack Time, Intro Edit," playing]

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00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:03,281
[Vic] Wade,
we're set for the first quarter-final

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00:23:03,348 --> 00:23:05,917
Women's Dusty Cup match of the night.

395
00:23:05,984 --> 00:23:10,188
["Snack Time" playing]

396
00:23:10,255 --> 00:23:13,158
[audience cheering]

397
00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:17,162
[Vic] Wendy Choo's eyes got really big

398
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:20,465
when she stares
at the prestigious Dusty Cup.

399
00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:23,301
Of course,
the winner of the Women's Dusty Cup

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00:23:23,368 --> 00:23:27,973
earns an opportunity
at the NXT Women's Tag Team Titles.

401
00:23:28,039 --> 00:23:31,309
[Wade] What a truly peculiar duo

402
00:23:31,376 --> 00:23:34,946
this is gonna be
in the Women's Dusty Cup.

403
00:23:35,013 --> 00:23:38,383
A pairing I certainly would not
personally have put together.

404
00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:39,851
["Kombat" playing]

405
00:23:39,918 --> 00:23:40,752
[bell ringing]

406
00:23:40,819 --> 00:23:42,721
[Alicia]
The following is a first round match

407
00:23:42,788 --> 00:23:45,524
in the Women's Dusty Rhodes
Tag Team Classic.

408
00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:50,996
Introducing the team
of Wendy Choo and Dakota Kai.

409
00:23:51,062 --> 00:23:53,598
[Vic] Kai and Choo taking
on Pirotta and Hartwell.

410
00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:57,569
This quarter-final matchup is coming--
"Wendy, I choose you"?

411
00:24:00,405 --> 00:24:02,374
That's not teamwork.

412
00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:04,242
This team already has some dissension
in the way.

413
00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:05,777
How will this work, Barrett?

414
00:24:05,844 --> 00:24:07,512
[Wade] I've got a bad feeling
about them already.

415
00:24:07,579 --> 00:24:09,714
[Vic] We'll find out next on NXT.

416
00:24:09,781 --> 00:24:11,349
[audience cheering]

417
00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:17,556
[Vic] Welcome back to NXT.
There we see Pirotta, Hartwell.

418
00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:22,661
Quarter-final action
of the Women's Dusty Cup moments away.

419
00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:29,701
[Alicia] Introducing the team
of Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta.

420
00:24:29,768 --> 00:24:32,370
[Wade] Yeah, we're back on NXT,

421
00:24:32,437 --> 00:24:36,074
but also back this week
is The Toxic Lounge,

422
00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:40,178
and Mandy Rose has left me
a VIP pass this week.

423
00:24:40,245 --> 00:24:43,081
That means she thinks
I'm a very important person, Vic Joseph.

424
00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:46,184
[Vic] One, that's highly unlikely.
Two, there's was no pass left for you.

425
00:24:46,251 --> 00:24:47,686
[Wade] Yes, there was. I've lost it.

426
00:24:47,752 --> 00:24:49,955
[Vic] Yeah. How convenient!
You've lost it.

427
00:24:50,021 --> 00:24:52,524
-[Wade] Did you take it?
-[Vic] Yeah, I took it.

428
00:24:52,591 --> 00:24:55,093
You're gonna get up
and go look for it now?

429
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,128
[audience chanting]

430
00:24:57,195 --> 00:25:02,567
-[audience chanting]
-[bell ringing].

431
00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:04,936
[Vic] I can't believe
some of the things you say each week.

432
00:25:05,003 --> 00:25:06,271
You actually believe them.

433
00:25:07,639 --> 00:25:10,842
[Wade] Why don't you focus on the match
for once? Do your job, Vic Joseph.

434
00:25:10,909 --> 00:25:14,546
[Vic] Right now, Wendy Choo
trying to focus in on Persia Pirotta.

435
00:25:14,613 --> 00:25:19,251
Is Pirotta's mind right tonight?
She was looking at her phone,

436
00:25:19,317 --> 00:25:21,353
-worrying about text messages.
-[Wade] What's wrong with you?

437
00:25:21,419 --> 00:25:25,824
She's absolutely right as it always is.
Unlike Indi Hartwell in the past,

438
00:25:25,891 --> 00:25:30,495
Persia can separate her love life
and her career.

439
00:25:30,562 --> 00:25:33,532
You are going to see that tonight
once this nonsense is done with.

440
00:25:34,065 --> 00:25:35,834
[Vic] Look, there's a lot more questions
than answers

441
00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:38,036
as it surrounds against Pirotta
and Hartwell.

442
00:25:38,103 --> 00:25:39,437
Let's call it like it is.

443
00:25:39,504 --> 00:25:41,973
[Wade]
Only questions from haters like you.

444
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,343
Indi and Persia
are firing on all cylinders,

445
00:25:45,410 --> 00:25:48,246
and they're my picks to win
the Women's Dusty Cup.

446
00:25:48,313 --> 00:25:49,714
-[Vic] Your pick?
-[Wade] This is a Per--

447
00:25:49,781 --> 00:25:51,950
[Vic] Hartwell into the cover to advance.
Choo kicks out.

448
00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:54,719
[Wade]
This here is a perfect example of why.

449
00:25:54,786 --> 00:25:57,923
Listen, I predicted the winners
of last year's Women's Dusty Cup.

450
00:25:57,989 --> 00:26:00,759
I predicted the winner
of this year's Men's Dusty Cup.

451
00:26:00,825 --> 00:26:05,730
I predicted the rise of top superstars
like Mandy Rose and LA Knight.

452
00:26:05,797 --> 00:26:10,402
I rarely get things wrong, Vicky Joe,
and their opponents this evening.

453
00:26:10,468 --> 00:26:12,037
[Vic] Who is Dakota Kai talking to?

454
00:26:12,103 --> 00:26:14,539
[Wade] Listen, I can't back a team
that talks to themselves

455
00:26:14,606 --> 00:26:18,510
and were arguing on the way
to the ring like some maniacs.

456
00:26:20,812 --> 00:26:24,816
[Vic] Kai almost surprising herself
that her and Wendy Choo

457
00:26:24,883 --> 00:26:28,053
stringing together some offense
against Hartwell.

458
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,021
[Wade]
I won't doubt the offense of these two.

459
00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:32,357
[Vic] Into the cover goes Kai
to put away Hartwell,

460
00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:33,858
and kick out at two.

461
00:26:33,925 --> 00:26:36,695
Look, Dakota Kai won this last year.
Can she do it again?

462
00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:39,097
She was part of the winning team
a year ago. You picked her.

463
00:26:39,164 --> 00:26:41,433
[Wade] I think the world
of Dakota Kai as you know.

464
00:26:41,499 --> 00:26:44,669
She's a little unhinged at the moment,
and that puts me off somewhat,

465
00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:49,040
but I'm still to be convinced
on her partner, Wendy Choo,

466
00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,109
though, moves like that
will certainly do it for them.

467
00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:52,610
[Vic] Choo into the cover
to advance again.

468
00:26:52,677 --> 00:26:55,513
Hartwell able to kick out one more time.
Look, put on--

469
00:26:55,981 --> 00:26:57,215
[Wade] Look, I've talked in the past

470
00:26:57,282 --> 00:26:59,884
about Indi Hartwell's lack of focus
at times

471
00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:03,421
and then the same can obviously be said
for Wendy Choo.

472
00:27:03,488 --> 00:27:06,391
Although moments like that,
you have to say Wendy Choo

473
00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:09,094
can really get the job done
when she focuses.

474
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:13,298
[Vic] We can talk about Wendy Choo
and Dakota Kai in being a pairing,

475
00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:14,899
but odd pairings can be successful.

476
00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:17,335
What about Sasha Banks
and Naomi on SmackDown?

477
00:27:17,402 --> 00:27:18,770
[Wade] Oh, my word.

478
00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:21,239
A duo that've joined forces

479
00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:25,176
looked focused
on the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles.

480
00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:27,545
I didn't see it coming,
but it has to be said,

481
00:27:27,612 --> 00:27:29,381
it's working on SmackDown.

482
00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:31,716
[Vic] Certainly is, and again, the winner
of the Women's Dusty Cup

483
00:27:31,783 --> 00:27:35,487
earns an NXT
Women's Tag Team title opportunity.

484
00:27:35,553 --> 00:27:38,323
Toxic Attraction looking on,
and could be looking at Persia Pirotta

485
00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:40,425
and Hartwell advancing
if Choo didn't kick out.

486
00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:43,328
[Wade] That's exactly what I admire
about Persia Pirotta

487
00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:47,732
as we get a look at Toxic Attraction
perhaps admiring their future opponents.

488
00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:52,537
We will see. Persia Pirotta absolutely
has all the talent in the world.

489
00:27:52,604 --> 00:27:55,273
[Vic] Another cover,
another hook of the leg, another kick out.

490
00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:59,044
[Wade] We know that when Indi Hartwell
is firing on all cylinders,

491
00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:02,080
fully focused on her career,
she can be unstoppable.

492
00:28:02,147 --> 00:28:05,884
[Vic] Look, if Pirotta and Hartwell
wanna win the tournament,

493
00:28:05,950 --> 00:28:07,752
how are they gonna block out the noise?

494
00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:08,920
[Wade] Block out the noise,

495
00:28:08,987 --> 00:28:12,357
the same way that I block out noise
from you, Vic Joseph,

496
00:28:12,424 --> 00:28:14,926
when you're telling me
that Mandy Rose isn't interested.

497
00:28:14,993 --> 00:28:18,863
It's tough, but I have a steamy focus,
I have a discipline,

498
00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:22,100
and Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta
need some of that.

499
00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:24,869
[Vic] Hartwell and Pirotta
trying to be the third team to advance.

500
00:28:24,936 --> 00:28:28,206
Io Shirai, Kay Lee Ray, Kacy and Kayden
have advanced as well.

501
00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:31,543
Who will be the third team
to move on to the semi-finals

502
00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:35,280
as Choo trying to make the tag.
Hartwell wisely able to cut Choo off.

503
00:28:35,346 --> 00:28:38,016
Inside cradle. Shoulders down.
Is it enough?

504
00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:39,517
Hartwell again able to kick out.

505
00:28:39,584 --> 00:28:42,053
Popped right to her feet,
but Choo makes the tag.

506
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:46,191
[Wade] This makes it so clear
how quick dreams can end in the Dusty Cup.

507
00:28:46,257 --> 00:28:50,862
In the blink of an eye,
it's all over with. Sudden death.

508
00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:56,601
[Vic] Dakota Kai hitting anything
and everything that moves.

509
00:28:56,668 --> 00:29:00,238
[Wade] The absolute best technicians
here in NXT.

510
00:29:00,305 --> 00:29:02,874
You can take a beating
and keep on ticking.

511
00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:04,309
[audience cheering]

512
00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:06,578
[Vic] Take a look at it, Wade.
It's Kai and Choo.

513
00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:09,180
-Are they being overlooked?
-[Wade] Let's face it.

514
00:29:09,247 --> 00:29:11,516
If they're overlooked,
it's due to the depth.

515
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:14,886
[Vic] Cover to advance,
and another near-fall.

516
00:29:14,953 --> 00:29:15,987
The depth of this field.

517
00:29:16,054 --> 00:29:19,390
Kay Lee Ray and Io, as you mentioned,
already through to the semis.

518
00:29:19,457 --> 00:29:23,561
Kacy and Kayden already through
and, of course, many people's favorites,

519
00:29:23,628 --> 00:29:24,629
Cora and Raquel,

520
00:29:24,696 --> 00:29:27,132
who we'll see
in their quarter-final matchup

521
00:29:27,198 --> 00:29:29,834
in the Dusty Cup later on this evening.

522
00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:33,505
This one surely
on its way to a conclusion here.

523
00:29:33,571 --> 00:29:36,274
[Vic] Look at the power
on display by Pirotta.

524
00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:39,277
Into the cover
to move on to the semi-finals.

525
00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:40,845
Wendy Choo.

526
00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:44,249
[audience cheering]

527
00:29:44,315 --> 00:29:45,250
[Vic] Take another look.

528
00:29:45,316 --> 00:29:49,621
This is the power that you talked
about for months with Persia Pirotta,

529
00:29:49,687 --> 00:29:51,990
but so very close.

530
00:29:52,056 --> 00:29:53,591
If it wasn't for Wendy Choo,

531
00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:55,994
we could talk about Hartwell
and Pirotta to the semi-finals.

532
00:29:56,060 --> 00:29:59,764
[Wade] Choo dropping that Nap-time Elbow
at the most opportune time.

533
00:29:59,831 --> 00:30:02,500
[Vic] And then back to the line up.
Oh, pump kick rocked Pirotta.

534
00:30:02,567 --> 00:30:07,805
-[Wade] Oh, no.
-[Vic] Now, making the tag. Choo's legal.

535
00:30:07,872 --> 00:30:10,108
[Wade] Persia Pirotta
completely isolated in there.

536
00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:11,976
[Vic] Kai tagging herself back in.

537
00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:13,678
-[Wade] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
-[Vic] Ooh!

538
00:30:13,745 --> 00:30:16,981
[Wade] Kai and Wendy Choo
showing some real rhythm in there.

539
00:30:17,048 --> 00:30:21,419
[Vic] Double stomp from Kai.
Into the cover goes Dakota Kai.

540
00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:23,221
[audience] One, two, three!

541
00:30:23,288 --> 00:30:25,557
-Kai and Choo advance to the semi-finals.
-[bell ringing]

542
00:30:25,623 --> 00:30:27,525
-["Kombat" playing]
-[Vic] Wow.

543
00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:33,198
[Alicia] Here are your winners,
Wendy Choo and Dakota Kai.

544
00:30:33,264 --> 00:30:38,403
[Wade] The shock on the face of Indi
is matched only by the shock on my face.

545
00:30:38,469 --> 00:30:41,906
-My bracket truly busted.
-[Vic] No one cares about your bracket.

546
00:30:41,973 --> 00:30:45,543
Did you see the look of awe
on the face of Dakota Kai?

547
00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:50,815
But this is the bracket that is busted now
for Wade Barrett, Dakota Kai,

548
00:30:50,882 --> 00:30:54,319
Wendy Choo advance
in becoming the third team

549
00:30:54,385 --> 00:30:56,087
to move on to the semi-finals.

550
00:30:56,154 --> 00:30:59,824
Jade, Gonzales, Leon, Feroz
still to come later tonight.

551
00:30:59,891 --> 00:31:03,761
But there you see
that prestigious Women's Dusty Cup.

552
00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:06,965
Kai and Choo,
will their names be etched on it?

553
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,837
We do know whose names
who were etched on the Men's Dusty Cup.

554
00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:14,439
That'd be The Creed Brothers.

555
00:31:14,505 --> 00:31:16,875
And coming up next,
we're gonna take a closer look

556
00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:19,544
at the showdown between The Creed Brothers

557
00:31:19,611 --> 00:31:23,581
and the NXT Tag Team Champions,
Imperium, next.

558
00:31:28,586 --> 00:31:33,191
I can't believe we're just 32 days
away from WrestleMania Saturday.

559
00:31:33,258 --> 00:31:36,127
How about this? The road to WrestleMania
goes right through

560
00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:38,663
the world's most famous arena,
Madison Square Garden,

561
00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:42,500
where Brock Lesnar will defend
the WWE Championship.

562
00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:45,203
Tickets on sale right now
at ticketmaster.com.

563
00:31:45,270 --> 00:31:48,106
Wow. The road to WrestleMania
could change this weekend,

564
00:31:48,172 --> 00:31:53,378
but the road to the NXT Tag Championships
will not change for The Creed Brothers.

565
00:31:53,444 --> 00:31:55,747
The question is, can they get it done?

566
00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:03,488
[slow music playing]

567
00:32:07,959 --> 00:32:11,062
[Vic] Creeds have won the Dusty Cup.

568
00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:15,199
[Malcolm] Diamond Mine. Diamond Mine.
Diamond Mine forever.

569
00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:18,336
Imperium, let's have a conversation

570
00:32:18,403 --> 00:32:21,472
about perception versus reality.

571
00:32:22,173 --> 00:32:23,908
[Malcolm] Perception.

572
00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:27,211
[Kaiser] Imperium stands
for honor, respect.

573
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,380
[Malcolm] Reality.

574
00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:32,350
[Vic] Imperium wants you to believe
they epitomize respect,

575
00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:34,285
but they respect no one.

576
00:32:34,352 --> 00:32:35,186
Give me a break.

577
00:32:35,253 --> 00:32:36,721
-How do you feel now?
-Give me a break.

578
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:37,689
Perception.

579
00:32:38,356 --> 00:32:41,492
[Kaiser] Imperium
is the baddest Tag Team in the world.

580
00:32:41,559 --> 00:32:43,227
Reality.

581
00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:47,131
[Vic] This is the best tag team in NXT.

582
00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:49,500
[Malcolm] Perception.

583
00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:53,738
Imperium sets the standard
in the NXT Tag Team division.

584
00:32:54,339 --> 00:32:56,007
[Malcolm] Reality.

585
00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:59,911
[Juilius] We're world-class athletes.
You guys are world-class assholes.

586
00:33:05,350 --> 00:33:11,255
-[Malcolm] Creed Brothers.
-[Kaiser] The only reality is Imperium.

587
00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:15,560
We absolutely don't care
if The Creed Brothers won the Dusty Cup.

588
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,162
[Malcom] Reality.

589
00:33:18,229 --> 00:33:23,001
[Kaiser] Imperium will retain
the NXT Tag Team Championship.

590
00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:30,041
[Malcolm] Next week, The Creed Brothers
vs Imperium, NXT Tag Team Championships.

591
00:33:30,108 --> 00:33:33,945
[upbeat music playing]

592
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:38,583
Imperium, you're the last roadblock
we've gotta run through? Then so be it.

593
00:33:39,617 --> 00:33:42,920
We're walking into Stand & Deliver
as the NXT Tag Team Champions.

594
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:48,793
[Kaiser] The Creed Brothers will never
take our championships from us.

595
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:54,032
I can't wait for reality to whoop your ass
because it's Diamond Mine.

596
00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:58,202
[Kaiser] Imperium is forever.

597
00:33:58,269 --> 00:34:01,873
-[Kaiser] Perception.
-[Giovanni] Versus…

598
00:34:01,939 --> 00:34:03,141
[Malcolm] Reality.

599
00:34:07,178 --> 00:34:12,049
[Vic] Huge NXT Tag Team title match
next week, but it is official.

600
00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:17,955
The issues between Knight and Waller
come to a head, Last Man Standing.

601
00:34:18,022 --> 00:34:20,792
-Next week live right here on NXT.
-[audience cheering]

602
00:34:20,858 --> 00:34:23,161
[upbeat music playing]

603
00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:24,262
[bell ringing]

604
00:34:24,328 --> 00:34:27,031
[Alicia] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

605
00:34:27,098 --> 00:34:30,768
Making her way to the ring, Amari Miller.

606
00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:33,805
[Vic] Miller set to clash
with Lash Legend.

607
00:34:33,871 --> 00:34:39,844
Look, these two were teammates last week.
They're opponents this week.

608
00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:42,780
-No, Lash, just let me explain.
-Not, no, Lash.

609
00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:45,716
Look, chick, you cost me my NXT debut.

610
00:34:45,783 --> 00:34:48,920
What did you expect to happen?
You literally blind-tagged yourself in.

611
00:34:48,986 --> 00:34:50,888
There was nothing I could do.
If you'd listen to me--

612
00:34:50,955 --> 00:34:51,956
At the end of the day,

613
00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:54,792
I already knew I shouldn't have tagged
with somebody looking like you.

614
00:34:54,859 --> 00:34:58,329
Look at you. You wish you was on my level.
Just get out of my face.

615
00:35:00,565 --> 00:35:04,235
["All My Ladies" playing]

616
00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:05,903
[Vic] Amari Miller has a point.

617
00:35:05,970 --> 00:35:08,139
She didn't see the tag.
She didn't know it was coming.

618
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,210
-Hey, what, what, what?
-[inaudible]

619
00:35:12,276 --> 00:35:13,111
Whoa.

620
00:35:13,177 --> 00:35:16,547
[Wade] I don't know if Lash Legend
should be teaming with anybody.

621
00:35:16,614 --> 00:35:18,883
[referee] Keep going, keep going.

622
00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:23,421
[Vic] Look at Miller. Miller will not be
pushed back or bullied by Lash Legend.

623
00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:25,990
[Wade] Listen, quite simple.
They're two aspiring superstars.

624
00:35:26,057 --> 00:35:31,395
Both have big futures here in NXT,
but this team, or what was a team,

625
00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:36,033
was completely doomed from the beginning
perhaps like Amari Miller's chances

626
00:35:36,100 --> 00:35:38,803
in this matchup
after that boot to the face.

627
00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:41,472
Amari didn't know
that tag was coming last week.

628
00:35:41,539 --> 00:35:44,075
But great tag teams
have at least a level of--

629
00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,377
-[Vic] What?
-[Wade] Wow. That's innovative.

630
00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:50,248
At least a level of telepathy.
These two just don't match at all.

631
00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:52,316
Let's take another look [inaudible].

632
00:35:52,383 --> 00:35:56,921
Perhaps the chances of Amari Miller
was snuffed out in the early goings.

633
00:35:57,555 --> 00:35:58,990
[Vic] Look, Legend's doing a
lot of talking.

634
00:35:59,056 --> 00:36:03,561
She'll tell anyone who listens
she is the next breakout star in NXT.

635
00:36:03,628 --> 00:36:05,196
[Wade] Talk about breakout stars,

636
00:36:05,263 --> 00:36:09,634
how about Nikkita Lyons on her debut
last week had the world talking.

637
00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:10,868
How impressive was she?

638
00:36:10,935 --> 00:36:12,870
She was trending on social media,

639
00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:17,642
sparking up some real in-cell energy
on every platform.

640
00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:21,312
[Vic] You bring up a great point.
How do you think that made Lash Legend

641
00:36:21,379 --> 00:36:25,550
feel that she was overshadowed?
We all know Lash loves the spotlight.

642
00:36:25,616 --> 00:36:28,352
[Wade] I'm just guessing,
just speculating here,

643
00:36:28,419 --> 00:36:32,256
but I could say Lash Legend
does not like being upstaged.

644
00:36:32,323 --> 00:36:35,026
She was upstaged
by Nikkita Lyons last week.

645
00:36:35,092 --> 00:36:39,163
Going by the locker room chatter,
she is pretty pissed off about it

646
00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:41,732
and she seems pretty pissed off
in the ring.

647
00:36:41,799 --> 00:36:47,338
Perhaps that miscue
buys an opportunity now for Amari Miller.

648
00:36:47,405 --> 00:36:49,707
[Vic] Amari Miller,
still an aspiring superstar,

649
00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:51,075
is aiming her own right.

650
00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:54,378
This would be a huge victory
in her career,

651
00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:58,916
but Lash Legend
will not be stopped tonight.

652
00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:02,687
Legend has been angry all week long,

653
00:37:02,753 --> 00:37:05,823
and Legend, a superstar,
has no problem voicing her opinion.

654
00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:10,661
[Wade] Certainly hasn't stopped
talking smack throughout this matchup

655
00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:14,298
even as she's getting a pummeling
at the hands of Amari Miller.

656
00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:17,234
Listen, Lash Legend,
big mouth, brash, confident.

657
00:37:17,301 --> 00:37:18,769
She can back it up, though.

658
00:37:18,836 --> 00:37:24,675
A-plus athlete, former WNBA star,
and she's used to winning,

659
00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:28,546
but that in-ring mentality
might be going down the drain here.

660
00:37:28,613 --> 00:37:31,882
[Vic] Legend said she doesn't believe
Miller is on her level.

661
00:37:31,949 --> 00:37:34,986
Miller trying to showcase
her athletic skills tonight.

662
00:37:35,052 --> 00:37:36,821
What a moonsault!
Into the cover, hook of the leg.

663
00:37:36,887 --> 00:37:41,092
What an upset this would be!
Legend's able to kick out at two.

664
00:37:41,158 --> 00:37:44,462
I mean, how embarrassing
would it be for Lash Legend

665
00:37:44,528 --> 00:37:46,964
to come up short tonight
talking all that smack?

666
00:37:47,031 --> 00:37:50,201
[Wade] Nothing wrong with talking smack,
but you have to be able to back it up.

667
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:51,569
For a millisecond there,

668
00:37:51,636 --> 00:37:54,905
it looked like she was going to be
on the losing end once again.

669
00:37:54,972 --> 00:37:56,874
Perhaps now turning this one around.

670
00:37:57,408 --> 00:38:00,711
[Vic] Not only turning it around,
just planting Amari Miller.

671
00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:03,214
-[Vic] Into the cover. Legend…
-One, two, three!

672
00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:05,316
-Ring the bell.
-[Vic] …stands tall tonight.

673
00:38:05,383 --> 00:38:07,285
["What U Want" playing]

674
00:38:07,351 --> 00:38:10,221
[Alicia]
Here is your winner, Lash Legend.

675
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:12,657
[Wade]
Certainly putting the exclamation point

676
00:38:12,723 --> 00:38:15,993
on this one is Lash Legend.
Still talking a little trash.

677
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:18,896
Now that's how I get things done.

678
00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:21,432
Last week,
everybody was talking about Nikkita Lyons

679
00:38:21,499 --> 00:38:24,135
when you should've been focusing in on me

680
00:38:24,201 --> 00:38:29,006
'cause I'm the new big superstar
in the women's division,

681
00:38:29,073 --> 00:38:31,308
not Nikkita Lyons.

682
00:38:32,209 --> 00:38:34,779
[Vic] At least tonight
Lash Legend backed it up.

683
00:38:34,845 --> 00:38:40,685
-["What U Want" playing]
-[audience cheering]

684
00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:44,288
Lash Legend getting the victory
and sending a message to Nikkita Lyons.

685
00:38:44,355 --> 00:38:46,057
With me now is Solo Sikoa.

686
00:38:46,123 --> 00:38:48,893
Solo, in just a few moments,
you face off against Gunther.

687
00:38:48,959 --> 00:38:51,095
And earlier tonight,
Gunther had some harsh words to say--

688
00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:53,397
I got it. I got it. I heard what he said.

689
00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:57,001
He says he'll chop me all night long.
I'll still keep coming forward.

690
00:38:57,068 --> 00:39:01,072
He can bring everything that he's got
and I'm gonna still keep coming forward.

691
00:39:01,138 --> 00:39:03,941
Gunther said he'll beat
some respect into me?

692
00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:09,346
Well, respect is a two-way street.
Gunther, you're in for a fight. Let's go.

693
00:39:13,451 --> 00:39:15,986
["Prepare to Fight" playing]

694
00:39:16,053 --> 00:39:19,056
[Vic] Sikoa is set. His mind is right.

695
00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:24,095
["Prepare to Fight" playing]

696
00:39:30,468 --> 00:39:31,702
[bell ringing]

697
00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:34,305
[Alicia] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

698
00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:38,843
Representing Imperium, Gunther.

699
00:39:40,111 --> 00:39:43,848
[Vic] Gunther had some choice words
for Solo Sikoa

700
00:39:43,914 --> 00:39:47,918
as Gunther is very focused
on the task at hand.

701
00:39:47,985 --> 00:39:53,491
Sikoa and Gunther
go one-on-one next on NXT.

702
00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:56,927
["Prepare to Fight" playing]

703
00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:01,665
-Man, look, that is the one.
-That is the one, brother.

704
00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:04,602
-I like that one. Oh, my.
-Dang, look at that thing.

705
00:40:04,668 --> 00:40:10,007
Look at the rear on that thing.
I would ride that all night long. Whoo!

706
00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:12,443
-Excuse me?
-Hey, good to see you.

707
00:40:14,311 --> 00:40:16,547
-Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa.

708
00:40:16,614 --> 00:40:20,050
I'm sorry, ma'am. Pay him no mind.
He's just looking at buying a new truck.

709
00:40:20,117 --> 00:40:23,020
You know the new one. The F350 King Ranch

710
00:40:23,087 --> 00:40:27,458
-with a 6.7L V8 Turbo Diesel…
-I like that.

711
00:40:27,525 --> 00:40:31,896
…with a eight-foot bed.
That thing is sweet.

712
00:40:31,962 --> 00:40:34,465
Have you seen my car?
I don't drive cars like that.

713
00:40:35,566 --> 00:40:38,469
Look, I've given up on the love life
and all the date nights.

714
00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:41,906
Now I'm focused on trucks.
And, baby, I found the one.

715
00:40:41,972 --> 00:40:44,842
Well, good you found a car
because you wouldn't know

716
00:40:44,909 --> 00:40:47,278
what to do with a real woman
if you saw one.

717
00:40:47,344 --> 00:40:48,846
[audience cheering]

718
00:40:48,913 --> 00:40:52,883
Really? Joke's on you.

719
00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:55,653
I've never been with a real woman.

720
00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:00,391
Boom! In your face.

721
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:03,761
In your face. That's right.
Walk away. Walk away.

722
00:41:03,828 --> 00:41:08,466
-Brooks Jensen, one. Elektra, zero.
-What are you doing, man?

723
00:41:08,532 --> 00:41:11,035
Do you listen to the words
that come out of your mouth?

724
00:41:11,101 --> 00:41:16,006
-Yeah, I do, and I like how I say it.
-You are a fool.

725
00:41:16,740 --> 00:41:19,877
-Look at that. You can lift that.
-Yeah, it's nice.

726
00:41:20,744 --> 00:41:22,379
[Wade] Vic, you're engaged now.

727
00:41:22,446 --> 00:41:26,016
Why don't you just give Brooks Jensen
your old inflatable girlfriend?

728
00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:30,421
["Taking It All" playing]

729
00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:35,226
[Alicia] Making his way to the ring,
Solo Sikoa.

730
00:41:35,292 --> 00:41:36,927
[Wade] Silence is deafening, Vic.

731
00:41:36,994 --> 00:41:38,963
[Vic] I'll just pretend
I didn't hear that from you.

732
00:41:39,029 --> 00:41:43,834
Not many men who walk the earth
have dropped Gunther as Solo Sikoa did.

733
00:41:43,901 --> 00:41:47,137
-[audience] Solo! Ooh! Solo! Ooh!
-[audience cheering]

734
00:41:47,204 --> 00:41:50,641
[Sikoa screams]

735
00:41:50,708 --> 00:41:53,878
["Taking It All" playing]

736
00:41:53,944 --> 00:41:58,782
[audience cheering]

737
00:41:59,450 --> 00:42:03,087
[Sikoa screams]

738
00:42:04,154 --> 00:42:06,824
[Wade] Listen, you mentioned
dropping Gunther last week.

739
00:42:06,891 --> 00:42:10,361
He did indeed shock the world.
I'll be honest with you.

740
00:42:10,427 --> 00:42:15,799
The last guy in NXT I want to try
something like that with is Gunther.

741
00:42:15,866 --> 00:42:17,501
-It was a statement of intent
-[bell ringing]

742
00:42:17,568 --> 00:42:18,903
from Solo Sikoa.

743
00:42:18,969 --> 00:42:22,673
The man means business,
wants to go places fast here in NXT.

744
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:26,143
Question is,
was that bravery or recklessness?

745
00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:29,113
I'm going with the latter
at this point in the matchup.

746
00:42:29,179 --> 00:42:30,648
[Vic] Right out of the gates
comes Gunther.

747
00:42:30,714 --> 00:42:34,218
I don't think Solo Sikoa faced
anything like Gunther in the streets.

748
00:42:34,285 --> 00:42:37,021
[Wade] Come on. They broke the mold
when they built Gunther.

749
00:42:37,087 --> 00:42:39,857
Now Sikoa is in deep trouble.

750
00:42:39,924 --> 00:42:45,129
Gunther is one of the most dominant stars
of the past decade.

751
00:42:45,195 --> 00:42:50,534
Excellence coming a standard,
and in truth, he's only getting better.

752
00:42:50,601 --> 00:42:53,571
Here's the difference this week.
Sikoa doesn't have the advantage

753
00:42:53,637 --> 00:42:57,007
of the blindside attack
that he utilized last week.

754
00:42:57,074 --> 00:43:00,978
[Vic] Look at Sikoa swinging
for the fences and then gets dropped.

755
00:43:02,279 --> 00:43:07,484
What was it Gunther said,
"I'll make you the shame of the island."

756
00:43:08,652 --> 00:43:10,621
[Vic]
Gunther right now not messing around.

757
00:43:10,688 --> 00:43:13,824
He is angry.
We've seen Gunther in the past.

758
00:43:14,658 --> 00:43:18,062
He certainly gets those around him
to stand a little bit straighter,

759
00:43:18,128 --> 00:43:21,432
a bit taller as well as Marcel and Aichner

760
00:43:21,498 --> 00:43:23,734
have an upcoming title match
with The Creed Brothers.

761
00:43:23,801 --> 00:43:25,869
[Wade] Yes, indeed. My word.

762
00:43:25,936 --> 00:43:30,274
It was a roadblock
that hit Gunther last week.

763
00:43:30,341 --> 00:43:32,576
But speaking of world domination,

764
00:43:32,643 --> 00:43:36,113
Imperium have
a huge tag championship defense coming up.

765
00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:40,651
Winners of the Dusty Cup, The Creeds,
cannot wait for that one,

766
00:43:40,718 --> 00:43:44,555
but I'm sure right now
perhaps Solo Sikoa questioning

767
00:43:44,622 --> 00:43:46,557
what the hell he was thinking
of last week.

768
00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:49,059
[Vic] Not only this matchup,
but still to come cannot wait

769
00:43:49,126 --> 00:43:51,495
for the NXT North American title,

770
00:43:51,562 --> 00:43:53,797
Carmelo Hayes, Pete Dunne
in our main event.

771
00:43:53,864 --> 00:43:55,432
-Sikoa back to his feet.
-[audience chanting]

772
00:43:55,499 --> 00:43:58,902
Sikoa hasn't gotten out of the gates
in this matchup.

773
00:43:58,969 --> 00:44:02,906
Stated on Twitter, he'd remain undefeated,
said he would pick a fight

774
00:44:02,973 --> 00:44:05,476
with the biggest and baddest,
is he regretting that now?

775
00:44:05,542 --> 00:44:08,512
[Wade] I'm telling you, tweeting
you remain undefeated is one thing,

776
00:44:08,579 --> 00:44:10,481
it's really easy to tweet things.

777
00:44:10,547 --> 00:44:12,916
Actually doing it is something else.

778
00:44:12,983 --> 00:44:16,387
My policy is to ignore
everything I read on Twitter

779
00:44:16,453 --> 00:44:18,856
unless it comes from Mandy Rose,
then I screenshot it.

780
00:44:18,922 --> 00:44:20,257
-[Vic] Ooh!
-[audience exclaim]

781
00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:21,659
[Wade] Screenshot that one.

782
00:44:21,725 --> 00:44:24,161
Big boot to the face
from the big Austrian.

783
00:44:25,062 --> 00:44:30,167
[Vic] Gunther said he's now standing
on his own two feet with his own identity.

784
00:44:30,234 --> 00:44:34,071
He right now is just having his way
with Solo Sikoa.

785
00:44:34,138 --> 00:44:37,074
[Wade] It's a good point.
Listen, building and feeding

786
00:44:37,141 --> 00:44:40,711
on your own identity
is important for any superstar.

787
00:44:40,778 --> 00:44:43,647
You need to know exactly
who you are in that ring.

788
00:44:43,714 --> 00:44:45,082
I'll say this for Gunther.

789
00:44:45,149 --> 00:44:50,354
Dipping into his roots makes Gunther
even more dangerous, in my opinion.

790
00:44:50,421 --> 00:44:51,622
[Vic] What a matchup this has been!

791
00:44:51,689 --> 00:44:57,494
But how about the conclusion of RAW
24 hours ago between Edge and AJ Styles?

792
00:44:57,561 --> 00:45:00,864
[Wade] Ha, ha!
AJ Styles and Edge at WrestleMania?

793
00:45:00,931 --> 00:45:05,869
That is a match where it's gonna define
this era in WWE,

794
00:45:05,936 --> 00:45:08,705
and it'd seem the Edge is back

795
00:45:08,772 --> 00:45:13,110
to being The Ultimate Opportunist
once again.

796
00:45:13,177 --> 00:45:16,780
[Vic] Oh, swing and a miss.
Up goes Gunther.

797
00:45:16,847 --> 00:45:19,416
Look at the strength of Sikoa.
Short-lived, however.

798
00:45:19,483 --> 00:45:22,186
Right back down. Short-arm clothesline.

799
00:45:22,252 --> 00:45:25,189
Gunther into the cover,
trying to put away Sikoa.

800
00:45:25,255 --> 00:45:27,091
Sikoa able to kick out.

801
00:45:28,025 --> 00:45:31,528
Gunther has had an answer
for everything Sikoa has thrown at him.

802
00:45:31,595 --> 00:45:34,832
[Wade] Listen, there's no doubt for me
about how good Gunther is

803
00:45:34,898 --> 00:45:36,400
as we see once again,

804
00:45:36,467 --> 00:45:39,236
as you have mentioned,
an answer to everything.

805
00:45:39,303 --> 00:45:42,172
That club-like clothesline
he throws to the jaw.

806
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:43,841
But the truth is, I'm impressed

807
00:45:43,907 --> 00:45:47,044
with Sikoa's durability thus far
in this one.

808
00:45:47,111 --> 00:45:49,446
I'll tell you something,
90% of the NXT locker room

809
00:45:49,513 --> 00:45:52,983
would've crumbled by now
at the feet of the big Austrian.

810
00:45:53,050 --> 00:45:55,552
[Vic] And a Boston Crab cinched in.

811
00:45:55,619 --> 00:45:58,789
You can see the chest
of Solo Sikoa bright red.

812
00:45:58,856 --> 00:46:01,825
Now the lower back, screaming in pain.

813
00:46:01,892 --> 00:46:04,928
Sikoa trying to negotiate his way free.

814
00:46:04,995 --> 00:46:09,566
Trying to crawl to the bottom rope.
You can see the eyes of Sikoa.

815
00:46:09,633 --> 00:46:12,136
We've never seen Solo Sikoa
in this sort of predicament.

816
00:46:12,202 --> 00:46:14,271
[Wade] I gotta be honest with you,
up until right now,

817
00:46:14,338 --> 00:46:19,710
I didn't think Solo Sikoa could feel pain.
Perhaps he didn't know he could feel pain.

818
00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:24,081
Once you're in there with Gunther,
things can change really fast.

819
00:46:24,148 --> 00:46:26,450
-[Wade] Oh!
-[audience cheering]

820
00:46:31,021 --> 00:46:32,556
[Vic] Sikoa.

821
00:46:33,090 --> 00:46:34,391
-[thuds]
-[grunts]

822
00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:40,164
[Vic] Sikoa's eyes almost now absorbing
every punch, every blow.

823
00:46:41,398 --> 00:46:45,302
Sikoa's trying anything he can
to fire himself back up.

824
00:46:45,369 --> 00:46:47,704
[Wade] Sikoa just looks angry in there.

825
00:46:47,771 --> 00:46:49,706
I'm surprised his eyes
are even open in this point.

826
00:46:49,773 --> 00:46:51,875
But now, the fire perhaps

827
00:46:51,942 --> 00:46:55,979
starting to burn in Solo Sikoa.

828
00:46:56,046 --> 00:46:59,149
But there once again
is Gunther to extinguish it.

829
00:47:00,617 --> 00:47:03,053
[Vic] Adrenaline will make a man
do crazy things.

830
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:04,922
Now the street fighting champion,

831
00:47:04,988 --> 00:47:07,491
Solo Sikoa back up
and answering right back.

832
00:47:07,558 --> 00:47:11,195
[Wade] As we know, a man who can roll
with the punches,

833
00:47:11,261 --> 00:47:13,864
can he roll with the chops from Gunther,
though?

834
00:47:14,698 --> 00:47:15,999
[Vic] Sikoa warned Imperium

835
00:47:16,066 --> 00:47:19,469
they would find out
what The Street Champion is all about.

836
00:47:19,536 --> 00:47:22,506
And finally,
Sikoa taking Gunther off his feet.

837
00:47:22,573 --> 00:47:26,009
[Wade] Yeah, that in itself,
after the amount of abuse

838
00:47:26,076 --> 00:47:31,648
that Solo Sikoa has absorbed thus far,
is quite the achievement.

839
00:47:31,715 --> 00:47:35,252
[Vic] Whoa! Sikoa said
he would keep coming forward.

840
00:47:35,319 --> 00:47:39,857
Right now, getting caught by Gunther.
Oh, man. Look at the power.

841
00:47:41,391 --> 00:47:46,630
[Wade] Do not write Solo Sikoa off.
A newcomer here in NXT,

842
00:47:46,697 --> 00:47:49,900
but performing
like an established veteran.

843
00:47:49,967 --> 00:47:53,503
The limits to this guy, Sikoa,
know no bounds here.

844
00:47:53,570 --> 00:47:56,673
[Vic] Look, Walter has a plan
for NXT domination,

845
00:47:56,740 --> 00:47:59,843
but it has hit a roadblock in Solo Sikoa.

846
00:47:59,910 --> 00:48:02,145
[screaming]

847
00:48:02,212 --> 00:48:05,048
Sikoa again not to be denied,

848
00:48:05,115 --> 00:48:08,919
continuing to push forward
in this matchup.

849
00:48:08,986 --> 00:48:10,954
[audience chanting]

850
00:48:11,021 --> 00:48:13,423
[Wade] He's got the wind in the sails
at this point,

851
00:48:13,490 --> 00:48:17,494
and this has to be the opportunity
for Sikoa to capitalize.

852
00:48:17,561 --> 00:48:22,966
Very few people will ever be able to get
Gunther rocking and rolling like this.

853
00:48:23,033 --> 00:48:26,703
[Vic] Sikoa, Gunther in his sights,
and just dropped Gunther again.

854
00:48:26,770 --> 00:48:27,971
[Wade] Bullseye.

855
00:48:28,038 --> 00:48:31,108
[Vic] And Sikoa into the cover,
hook of the leg,

856
00:48:31,174 --> 00:48:36,413
and Gunther able to kick out
just in the nick of time.

857
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:38,782
Take a look. Feel the impact.

858
00:48:38,849 --> 00:48:43,954
Sikoa flying through the air
and then getting Gunther right back in,

859
00:48:44,021 --> 00:48:47,591
boom, to the ring,
dropping Gunther one more time.

860
00:48:47,658 --> 00:48:49,860
The Ring General is up against it.

861
00:48:49,926 --> 00:48:53,463
[Wade] Cannot state enough
how impressive this is from Solo Sikoa.

862
00:48:53,530 --> 00:48:55,966
Walter,
the leader of Imperium for a reason.

863
00:48:56,033 --> 00:48:59,670
Longest-reigning NXT UK Champ
for a reason.

864
00:48:59,736 --> 00:49:02,806
[Vic] Sikoa looking to fly,
looking to remain unbeaten.

865
00:49:02,873 --> 00:49:04,074
-[thuds]
-[Vic] Ooh!

866
00:49:04,141 --> 00:49:07,644
Gunther just rolling out of the way.

867
00:49:07,711 --> 00:49:12,082
[Wade] Defeating Gunther
is close to impossible.

868
00:49:12,149 --> 00:49:14,885
[Vic] Gunther is now with Sikoa
in the clutches.

869
00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:19,323
Sikoa has nowhere to go,
nowhere to run, starting to fade.

870
00:49:19,389 --> 00:49:21,391
Ooh, well, that was innovative.

871
00:49:21,458 --> 00:49:24,928
[Wade] Needed some desperation movement
there from Sikoa.

872
00:49:24,995 --> 00:49:28,031
-[Vic] Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
-[Wade] This could be it.

873
00:49:28,098 --> 00:49:32,369
[Vic] Right back in goes Gunther.
It's Gunther now who's pushing forward.

874
00:49:32,436 --> 00:49:34,438
Look at the eyes of Sikoa.
Sikoa could be out.

875
00:49:34,504 --> 00:49:36,073
[Wade] Have to roll the credits
on this one.

876
00:49:36,139 --> 00:49:37,908
[Vic] Sikoa could be out!

877
00:49:37,975 --> 00:49:42,079
-What's Gunther-- Gunther, oh, power bomb.
-[thuds]

878
00:49:43,013 --> 00:49:45,649
[audience cheering]

879
00:49:45,716 --> 00:49:46,984
No.

880
00:49:47,050 --> 00:49:51,722
-[Wade] This one's already over.
-[Vic] Again. Ooh!

881
00:49:51,788 --> 00:49:54,257
-Into the cover.
-[audience] One, two, three.

882
00:49:54,324 --> 00:49:56,793
[Vic] And just as Gunther declared,

883
00:49:56,860 --> 00:49:59,663
Sikoa's undefeated streak
has come to an end.

884
00:50:00,430 --> 00:50:03,667
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Gunther.

885
00:50:03,734 --> 00:50:07,104
[Wade] What a performance from both men,
but Gunther,

886
00:50:07,170 --> 00:50:10,040
this is the dawn of the new Imperium.

887
00:50:12,309 --> 00:50:15,512
[Vic] Let's go back to
really the turning point in the matchup.

888
00:50:15,579 --> 00:50:19,016
Solo Sikoa was rolling,
Gunther on the ropes.

889
00:50:19,082 --> 00:50:21,585
[Wade] Connect with that
and he was winning this matchup.

890
00:50:21,651 --> 00:50:26,890
[Vic] And just like that, that moment
opened the door for Gunther

891
00:50:26,957 --> 00:50:31,028
to do what he does best,
and that is decimate and destroy.

892
00:50:31,094 --> 00:50:34,931
[Wade] Gunther more focused than ever,
more ruthless than ever

893
00:50:34,998 --> 00:50:38,502
in pursuit of the goal
of total domination.

894
00:50:38,568 --> 00:50:44,207
With moves like that, who would bet
against Gunther and Imperium?

895
00:50:44,274 --> 00:50:48,812
["Prepare To Fight" playing]

896
00:50:48,879 --> 00:50:53,016
[audience cheering]

897
00:50:53,083 --> 00:50:56,319
Dolph Ziggler, not how you wanted things
to go in the Tag Team match tonight.

898
00:50:56,386 --> 00:50:58,355
-How d'you rebound?
-Save that for after.

899
00:50:58,422 --> 00:50:59,456
I saw the weaknesses.

900
00:50:59,523 --> 00:51:02,526
I want my title shot next week.
I want Bron Breakker.

901
00:51:02,592 --> 00:51:05,262
-I am the number one con--
-Want, want.

902
00:51:05,328 --> 00:51:07,330
There's a fine line
between want and deserve.

903
00:51:07,397 --> 00:51:11,134
Now, you may want an NXT title shot
next week, but deserve?

904
00:51:11,201 --> 00:51:13,470
No, no, no. Any chance
of you being the number one contender,

905
00:51:13,537 --> 00:51:15,372
that went out the window
when I pinned your ass tonight.

906
00:51:15,439 --> 00:51:16,540
I was there.

907
00:51:16,606 --> 00:51:20,010
I bet you think you have some seniority
around here, and you do in Florida.

908
00:51:20,077 --> 00:51:24,347
But the second this star walked
into the building, I call the shots.

909
00:51:24,414 --> 00:51:28,018
-I say what goes down.
-You can't call anything around here.

910
00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:30,253
-You understand me?
-Oh, yeah? 'Cause you're the champ?

911
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,322
I mean, until next week.

912
00:51:32,389 --> 00:51:36,293
I am the roadblock
between you and Stand & Deliver.

913
00:51:36,359 --> 00:51:38,895
I know I can beat you.
I can see it in your eyes.

914
00:51:38,962 --> 00:51:41,431
Ciampa,
he probably thinks he can beat you, too,

915
00:51:41,498 --> 00:51:43,333
but that's none of my business.

916
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,435
I already have beat him.

917
00:51:45,502 --> 00:51:49,339
[audience cheering]

918
00:51:49,406 --> 00:51:52,442
Screw you both.
I'll kick both of your asses.

919
00:51:52,509 --> 00:51:56,580
That's the confidence I wanted to see.
Great call, kid. Great call.

920
00:51:56,646 --> 00:52:01,118
Ha, ha! Hey, hey.
Good luck with all of that.

921
00:52:01,184 --> 00:52:02,285
See you next week.

922
00:52:09,059 --> 00:52:13,697
Harland, in a few moments,
I'm going to allow you to take out

923
00:52:13,763 --> 00:52:16,900
-your feelings on Draco Anthony,
-[audience booing]

924
00:52:16,967 --> 00:52:21,671
but just remember,
Draco is not the source of these feelings.

925
00:52:21,738 --> 00:52:24,708
Everyone's fighting
their own personal battle.

926
00:52:27,444 --> 00:52:30,547
[Vic] Harland takes on Draco Anthony,
next.

927
00:52:33,517 --> 00:52:35,152
Another opportunity down the drain.

928
00:52:35,218 --> 00:52:36,853
-How did we let this happen?
-We were so close.

929
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:38,522
How do we let it slipped
through our fingers?

930
00:52:38,588 --> 00:52:39,923
They're not a real team. I don't get it.

931
00:52:39,990 --> 00:52:43,093
-They don't even have matching gear.
-Look, this one's on me.

932
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:45,795
I let the team down. I'm so sorry.
I feel really bad.

933
00:52:45,862 --> 00:52:49,266
No, no. Listen, we win as a team,
we lose as a team.

934
00:52:49,332 --> 00:52:51,134
All right. We'll get those titles,
I promise.

935
00:52:51,201 --> 00:52:53,103
We'll get it next time, I promise.

936
00:52:56,940 --> 00:52:58,041
That's okay.

937
00:52:58,108 --> 00:53:02,879
[audience booing]

938
00:53:02,946 --> 00:53:04,114
-You wanna get out of here?
-Mm-hmm.

939
00:53:04,181 --> 00:53:06,616
-Okay.
-See you later.

940
00:53:07,751 --> 00:53:08,852
See you later?

941
00:53:11,788 --> 00:53:15,592
Come on, Dexter. Text me back. I miss you.

942
00:53:16,726 --> 00:53:18,795
[upbeat music playing]

943
00:53:18,862 --> 00:53:23,099
Persia Pirotta and Duke Hudson
are the new power couple of NXT,

944
00:53:23,166 --> 00:53:25,602
and it is a news of all thing.

945
00:53:25,669 --> 00:53:28,471
We need to move along very quickly here
to some breaking news

946
00:53:28,538 --> 00:53:30,273
because it is now official

947
00:53:30,340 --> 00:53:33,510
at a very special presentation
of NXT Roadblock.

948
00:53:33,577 --> 00:53:36,212
It's a triple threat match
for the NXT title.

949
00:53:36,279 --> 00:53:40,750
Tommaso Ciampa, Dolph Ziggler
and the NXT Champion, Bron Breakker,

950
00:53:40,817 --> 00:53:43,987
will meet next week live here on USA.

951
00:53:44,054 --> 00:53:47,223
[upbeat music playing]

952
00:53:49,859 --> 00:53:51,161
[bell ringing]

953
00:53:58,001 --> 00:54:03,139
[Vic] You could just feel
the eerie presence behind us moments ago.

954
00:54:03,206 --> 00:54:06,876
[Wade] I can't say I'm a fan
of turning my back on Harland.

955
00:54:06,943 --> 00:54:11,748
I would advise anyone who comes across him
to avoid him at all costs.

956
00:54:11,815 --> 00:54:15,051
[Vic] I got to ask,
as Anthony, Harland set in this matchup.

957
00:54:15,118 --> 00:54:18,622
Look at Harland. You talk about
turning your back on Harland.

958
00:54:18,688 --> 00:54:20,390
Anthony finding out
the hard way, ooh,

959
00:54:20,457 --> 00:54:22,325
and able to turn things around.

960
00:54:22,392 --> 00:54:24,628
How about the news that we just found out?

961
00:54:24,694 --> 00:54:27,130
Breakker, Ciampa, Ziggler
for the NXT title.

962
00:54:27,864 --> 00:54:31,701
Is Bron thinking with a clear head
after what we heard earlier tonight?

963
00:54:31,768 --> 00:54:34,671
[Wade] Not for me.
Listen, that was a veteran in Ziggler

964
00:54:34,738 --> 00:54:37,641
pushing the buttons
of the young pup champ, Bron,

965
00:54:37,707 --> 00:54:39,542
and goading him into an area

966
00:54:39,609 --> 00:54:43,480
you never want to defend your championship
in a triple threat.

967
00:54:44,314 --> 00:54:47,517
You never wanna get in the ring with
Harland for that matter, and this is why.

968
00:54:47,584 --> 00:54:51,554
[Vic] Of course, Breakker does not need
to be factored in the decision to lose

969
00:54:51,621 --> 00:54:54,624
the NXT Championship as we focus in now.

970
00:54:54,691 --> 00:54:57,994
What a right hand and a left from Harland.

971
00:54:58,061 --> 00:55:01,765
[Wade] I'm telling you right now,
Draco Anthony won't be focusing

972
00:55:01,831 --> 00:55:05,735
on anything for a long time
apart from perhaps medical bills.

973
00:55:05,802 --> 00:55:09,639
[Vic] Look at that sick sadistic smile
of Joe Gacy.

974
00:55:09,706 --> 00:55:12,375
Just staring into the eyes
of Draco Anthony.

975
00:55:12,442 --> 00:55:16,479
It was Gacy who said
Anthony was, quote, "Moldable".

976
00:55:16,546 --> 00:55:20,016
[Wade] Yeah, but the problem is,
he might be able to mold Anthony,

977
00:55:20,083 --> 00:55:23,420
but mold him into what?
Into another Harland? Nobody wants that.

978
00:55:23,486 --> 00:55:28,458
More importantly, Draco Anthony
apparently does not want to be molded.

979
00:55:28,525 --> 00:55:30,627
-He is his own [inaudible].
-[thuds]

980
00:55:31,261 --> 00:55:34,230
[Vic] Look, we've seen Gacy
try and give advise to Anthony,

981
00:55:34,297 --> 00:55:37,667
who goes into a cover, hook of the leg,
and a kick out by Harland.

982
00:55:37,734 --> 00:55:40,804
[Wade] Trying to give him advice.
I don't know if I call it advice.

983
00:55:40,870 --> 00:55:43,473
Whatever it is, it's certainly unsolicited

984
00:55:43,540 --> 00:55:46,576
and it seems to always come
with a lingering threat.

985
00:55:47,243 --> 00:55:48,778
-Talk about a stage--
-[Vic] Oh.

986
00:55:48,845 --> 00:55:50,480
[Wade] Take my advice or else,

987
00:55:50,547 --> 00:55:54,517
right now we're getting to see
what that or else consists of.

988
00:55:54,584 --> 00:55:56,619
[Vic] We've seen this from Harland
in the past.

989
00:55:56,686 --> 00:56:00,924
It's a dangerous,
dark place in the mind of Harland.

990
00:56:00,990 --> 00:56:06,963
And it's Harland now absolutely relentless
as all Gacy can do is stare on and smile.

991
00:56:07,030 --> 00:56:08,331
[Wade] I don't care who you are,

992
00:56:08,398 --> 00:56:10,867
nobody bounces back
from what we just witnessed.

993
00:56:10,934 --> 00:56:14,838
[Vic] Anthony thinking about it,
then gets planted by Harland.

994
00:56:14,904 --> 00:56:19,275
-One, two, three.
-[Vic] Emphatically, Harland victorious.

995
00:56:19,342 --> 00:56:21,311
["Love Is Blind" playing]

996
00:56:21,377 --> 00:56:23,446
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Harland.

997
00:56:23,513 --> 00:56:25,482
["Love Is Blind" playing]

998
00:56:25,548 --> 00:56:28,651
[Wade] Gacy's mind is a dark
and dangerous place

999
00:56:28,718 --> 00:56:31,554
despite those pleasantries
that come out of his mouth,

1000
00:56:31,621 --> 00:56:34,324
talking in flowers and rainbows.

1001
00:56:34,390 --> 00:56:38,628
His interactions invariably end
in things like this.

1002
00:56:39,729 --> 00:56:42,465
[Vic] We always talk about
what's going through the mind of Harland.

1003
00:56:42,532 --> 00:56:47,003
You can see it in his actions,
which were on display in this matchup.

1004
00:56:47,070 --> 00:56:48,571
Just destruction.

1005
00:56:48,638 --> 00:56:53,143
-[Wade] He's like George Foreman in there.
-[Vic] It's hard to watch a second time.

1006
00:56:54,244 --> 00:56:55,412
Boom.

1007
00:56:55,478 --> 00:56:58,782
[Wade] Look at the bounce.
That tells you the entire story.

1008
00:56:58,848 --> 00:57:02,252
[Vic] Now we take a look
at the bounce here and the impact felt.

1009
00:57:02,318 --> 00:57:05,688
-Draco Anthony, as Harland, once again,
-One, two…

1010
00:57:05,755 --> 00:57:09,726
who had his hand raised
with Joe Gacy beside him.

1011
00:57:09,793 --> 00:57:12,796
["Love Is Blind" playing]

1012
00:57:12,862 --> 00:57:16,433
[audience booing]

1013
00:57:23,072 --> 00:57:27,177
[audience booing]

1014
00:57:30,180 --> 00:57:34,517
[audience chanting]

1015
00:57:34,584 --> 00:57:38,455
[audience cheering]

1016
00:57:43,593 --> 00:57:49,232
[Vic] Gacy did say tonight
Anthony would be surrounded by friends.

1017
00:57:49,299 --> 00:57:52,469
["Love Is Blind" playing]

1018
00:57:55,038 --> 00:57:58,808
I'm not sure what to say after what we saw
with Joe Gacy and Harland.

1019
00:57:58,875 --> 00:58:02,145
But tonight, Carmelo, you defend
your NXT North American Championship

1020
00:58:02,212 --> 00:58:03,046
in the main event.

1021
00:58:03,112 --> 00:58:04,347
Let me tell you something, McKenzie.

1022
00:58:04,414 --> 00:58:07,450
Every single time this man
steps in the ring, it's the main event.

1023
00:58:07,517 --> 00:58:09,752
It doesn't matter if we start the show,
end the show,

1024
00:58:09,819 --> 00:58:12,188
tap dance at half time,
it really don't matter.

1025
00:58:12,255 --> 00:58:15,225
Right. It don't matter
'cause this goes without saying, McKenzie.

1026
00:58:15,291 --> 00:58:18,862
Pete Dunne is one of the greatest
in-ring performers here in NXT.

1027
00:58:18,928 --> 00:58:20,563
That's until I walked in here.

1028
00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:23,833
And he's been champion,
but he's never been the A-champion.

1029
00:58:23,900 --> 00:58:26,169
After tonight, he never will be.

1030
00:58:26,236 --> 00:58:29,672
That's because Melo is born
for moments like this. He ain't worried.

1031
00:58:29,739 --> 00:58:33,910
When you're at the top like I am,
you look down on all these dudes.

1032
00:58:33,977 --> 00:58:36,980
And tonight, I'm making history.
I'm leading the way.

1033
00:58:37,046 --> 00:58:39,983
And the question isn't gonna be
who's next for Melo?

1034
00:58:40,049 --> 00:58:42,852
The question is going to be,
who's left for Melo?

1035
00:58:47,891 --> 00:58:50,593
[Wade] Melo has never missed,
but if it'll ever happen,

1036
00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:53,696
it might well be tonight
because he's up against The Bruiser weight,

1037
00:58:53,763 --> 00:58:55,298
one of the most absolute best.

1038
00:58:55,365 --> 00:59:00,603
["Get Out The Way" playing]

1039
00:59:00,670 --> 00:59:01,771
[bell ringing]

1040
00:59:01,838 --> 00:59:04,073
[Alicia]
The following is a first round match

1041
00:59:04,140 --> 00:59:07,076
in the Women's Dusty Rhodes
Tag Team Classic.

1042
00:59:07,143 --> 00:59:11,047
Introducing first, Raquel Gonzalez.

1043
00:59:11,514 --> 00:59:15,785
[Vic] Gonzalez certainly has had success
in this tournament

1044
00:59:15,852 --> 00:59:18,521
etching her name in history
just one year ago.

1045
00:59:18,588 --> 00:59:22,859
["Twisted Generation" playing]

1046
00:59:22,926 --> 00:59:26,629
[Alicia] And her Tag Team partner,
Cora Jade.

1047
00:59:26,696 --> 00:59:30,934
["Twisted Generation" playing]

1048
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:36,472
[audience cheering]

1049
00:59:47,283 --> 00:59:49,786
[Vic] It's the final quarter-final matchup

1050
00:59:49,852 --> 00:59:53,222
in the Women's Dusty Rhodes
Tag Team Classic.

1051
00:59:53,289 --> 00:59:54,958
Who will advance to the semi-finals?

1052
00:59:55,024 --> 00:59:58,394
We'll find out
when we come back next on NXT.

1053
00:59:58,461 --> 01:00:03,499
["Twisted Generation" playing]

1054
01:00:07,637 --> 01:00:09,572
[Vic] We're back live on NXT.

1055
01:00:09,639 --> 01:00:13,076
[audience booing]

1056
01:00:14,143 --> 01:00:19,816
Hello. Look, I understand
why you did what you did last week.

1057
01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:25,388
I let you down, I know that.
Failure's not an option.

1058
01:00:26,689 --> 01:00:31,928
It's not that simple.
Last week, you got a taste.

1059
01:00:32,996 --> 01:00:38,568
You want to be a part of Diamond Mine,
you're going the hard way.

1060
01:00:38,634 --> 01:00:43,306
[audience] Valentina!

1061
01:00:43,373 --> 01:00:45,508
["Brazilian Challenge" playing]

1062
01:00:45,575 --> 01:00:47,110
[Vic] There is Toxic Attraction.

1063
01:00:47,176 --> 01:00:51,848
Wade, this is as close as it gets for you
to being in The Toxic Lounge

1064
01:00:51,914 --> 01:00:55,485
as their eyes are focused
on this final quarter-final matchup.

1065
01:00:55,551 --> 01:00:58,021
["Brazilian Challenge" playing]

1066
01:00:58,087 --> 01:01:03,459
[Alicia] Introducing Yulisa Leon
and Valentina Feroz.

1067
01:01:03,526 --> 01:01:05,728
[Vic] Look,
when it comes to Leon and Feroz,

1068
01:01:05,795 --> 01:01:08,164
looking to turn heads
here in the Dusty Cup tournament.

1069
01:01:08,231 --> 01:01:12,101
[Wade] Let's face it, there's no finer way
to make a name for yourself

1070
01:01:12,168 --> 01:01:17,640
especially in the Tag division here in NXT
than with the Dusty Rhodes Classic.

1071
01:01:18,541 --> 01:01:22,512
That would solidify themselves
as superstars here in NXT.

1072
01:01:22,578 --> 01:01:28,017
Just look what that tournament did
for the past year unknowns, MSK.

1073
01:01:28,084 --> 01:01:30,687
They've become
bona-fide megastar hits here,

1074
01:01:30,753 --> 01:01:34,057
and, indeed, we're recently on the voice
with a bit of that for themselves.

1075
01:01:34,123 --> 01:01:37,226
[Vic] That's a great point,
but taking a look at this year's bracket

1076
01:01:37,293 --> 01:01:38,394
as a tag was made.

1077
01:01:38,461 --> 01:01:42,598
Cora Jade, Raquel Gonzalez in rocky road,
this duo has come together.

1078
01:01:42,665 --> 01:01:47,970
[Wade] You're telling me. Listen,
Cora has managed to earn Raquel's respect

1079
01:01:48,037 --> 01:01:50,973
by refusing to back down,
refusing to give up.

1080
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:54,744
Now, apparently, they work together,
they have matching gear,

1081
01:01:54,811 --> 01:01:57,647
they hit the obstacle courses together
on their off days.

1082
01:01:57,714 --> 01:02:02,652
They are forming quite the friendship
despite their rough start.

1083
01:02:03,753 --> 01:02:07,023
[Vic] We've seen the quarter-final matchup
earlier tonight.

1084
01:02:07,090 --> 01:02:09,525
The final field
will be set for the semi-finals.

1085
01:02:09,592 --> 01:02:12,462
Who will win this matchup?
Now Feroz into the match.

1086
01:02:12,528 --> 01:02:14,630
-[Wade] I'm gonna tell you this…
-[Vic] Cover, cover, cover.

1087
01:02:14,697 --> 01:02:17,233
[Wade] …the friendship
of Raquel and Cora

1088
01:02:17,300 --> 01:02:20,970
is going to end very quickly
if they are not successful this evening.

1089
01:02:21,037 --> 01:02:24,173
-That is a promise.
-[Vic] And… Ooh!

1090
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:27,143
Feroz landing on her feet
picking up some head of steam,

1091
01:02:27,210 --> 01:02:29,345
and now trying to take
Gonzalez off her feet,

1092
01:02:29,412 --> 01:02:33,783
but Gonzalez is too strong,
too powerful. Whoa!

1093
01:02:33,850 --> 01:02:36,719
Too elusive is Feroz.
Gonzalez is able to block.

1094
01:02:36,786 --> 01:02:38,888
[Wade] What a powerhouse Raquel is.

1095
01:02:38,955 --> 01:02:42,191
I think most women have no idea
what they're dealing with

1096
01:02:42,258 --> 01:02:46,529
until they are unfortunate enough
to annoy Big Mami Cool.

1097
01:02:46,596 --> 01:02:50,133
[Vic]
You can hear the NXT universe tonight.

1098
01:02:50,199 --> 01:02:51,400
They are on their feet.

1099
01:02:51,467 --> 01:02:56,739
They are on fire all night long
as Jade coming in and taking down Feroz.

1100
01:02:56,806 --> 01:02:59,475
Look, Cora Jade,
she's proven herself, hasn't she?

1101
01:02:59,542 --> 01:03:02,044
[Wade] Yes, she has, indeed.
I'll be honest with you.

1102
01:03:02,111 --> 01:03:04,614
At times, I doubted it myself,
but she doesn't back down,

1103
01:03:04,680 --> 01:03:07,550
she won the women's WarGames match
for her team.

1104
01:03:07,617 --> 01:03:11,154
She seems to get lucky at the right times,

1105
01:03:11,220 --> 01:03:15,458
which is something that is crucial
for top superstars, historically.

1106
01:03:15,525 --> 01:03:17,660
She does lack experience, but, of course,

1107
01:03:17,727 --> 01:03:22,598
that's where former NXT Women's Champion,
former Women's Tag Champion,

1108
01:03:22,665 --> 01:03:26,803
and her now tag partner, Raquel Gonzalez,
fits into the equation.

1109
01:03:26,869 --> 01:03:31,474
[Vic] Well, tag to Leon who--
We talk about tag team continuity.

1110
01:03:31,541 --> 01:03:36,445
-Feroz charging in and… Whoa!
-[Wade] She almost hit the roof.

1111
01:03:36,512 --> 01:03:41,050
[audience cheering]

1112
01:03:42,752 --> 01:03:48,324
[Vic] Just for good measure and, look,
Raquel Gonzalez has been wiped out.

1113
01:03:48,391 --> 01:03:53,095
Cora Jade by herself.
Even Toxic Attraction was impressed.

1114
01:03:53,162 --> 01:03:54,363
[Wade] I doubt they were impressed.

1115
01:03:54,430 --> 01:03:56,599
-[Vic] They were smiling and clapping.
-[Wade] They were smearing,

1116
01:03:56,666 --> 01:03:59,235
but they were the only people
in this arena who weren't impressed.

1117
01:03:59,302 --> 01:04:03,239
This is something incredible here
from Leon and Feroz.

1118
01:04:03,306 --> 01:04:06,275
-Really lighting this place up.
-[Vic] But, wait, take a look around.

1119
01:04:06,342 --> 01:04:09,011
Cora Jade is all alone,
and off the power slam.

1120
01:04:09,078 --> 01:04:12,448
Into the cover to advance,
and that was almost an upset.

1121
01:04:12,515 --> 01:04:16,819
[Wade] Strategically, if you'll isolate
anybody on this team, it has to be Cora,

1122
01:04:16,886 --> 01:04:22,058
as we take another look at Yulisa Feroz
and Leon

1123
01:04:22,124 --> 01:04:27,063
throwing it all out there in pursuit
of advancement in the Dusty Cup.

1124
01:04:27,129 --> 01:04:27,997
Hats off to them.

1125
01:04:28,064 --> 01:04:30,032
[Vic]
And continuing to float around the ring.

1126
01:04:30,099 --> 01:04:31,200
Into another cover,

1127
01:04:31,267 --> 01:04:33,703
another hook of the leg,
and another near-fall.

1128
01:04:33,769 --> 01:04:37,974
What would a win mean in the Dusty Cup
to Leon and Feroz?

1129
01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:40,176
-[Wade] It means they've arrived.
-[Vic] This is a real match.

1130
01:04:40,243 --> 01:04:43,713
[Wade] They'd also, of course,
ultimately get an opportunity

1131
01:04:43,779 --> 01:04:46,749
at Toxic Attraction's Tag Team
Championships,

1132
01:04:46,816 --> 01:04:52,054
which is huge in itself,
but right now it is all one-way traffic.

1133
01:04:52,121 --> 01:04:55,157
And unfortunately,
on the receiving end is Cora Jade.

1134
01:04:55,925 --> 01:04:58,227
[Vic] Whoa. Missile dropkick off the top.

1135
01:04:58,294 --> 01:05:02,932
Leon into the cover, hook of the leg,
and another kick out from Cora Jade.

1136
01:05:02,999 --> 01:05:07,403
[Wade] Feroz and Leon have woken
the world of NXT up to this Tag Team.

1137
01:05:07,470 --> 01:05:10,706
Perhaps we've all been sleeping on them
for a while now.

1138
01:05:10,773 --> 01:05:12,642
They're coming out tonight.

1139
01:05:12,708 --> 01:05:16,145
[Vic] Leon who recently
lit up the weight room hitting 275 pounds,

1140
01:05:16,212 --> 01:05:18,648
winning a two-box squat competition,

1141
01:05:18,714 --> 01:05:21,417
as now Gonzalez
making her way into the matchup.

1142
01:05:21,484 --> 01:05:25,488
You talk about strength,
that is the definition of Gonzalez.

1143
01:05:25,554 --> 01:05:28,591
[Wade] Oh, my word. You can talk
about all the box squats you want,

1144
01:05:28,658 --> 01:05:33,663
but when you're in there in this ring
with this lady, it won't help at all.

1145
01:05:33,729 --> 01:05:38,334
[Vic] Gonzalez done playing games
with Feroz and Leon.

1146
01:05:38,401 --> 01:05:40,770
[audience cheering]

1147
01:05:40,836 --> 01:05:45,508
[Wade] Raquel Gonzalez, just enough time
to recover from that double--

1148
01:05:45,574 --> 01:05:50,112
-[Vic] Tejana Bomb.
-[Wade] In stereo, pal.

1149
01:05:50,980 --> 01:05:52,782
[Vic] Well, Cora Jade now legal.

1150
01:05:55,851 --> 01:05:58,487
And talk-- Oh, Raquel Gonzalez,

1151
01:05:58,554 --> 01:06:02,358
a one-woman wrecking crew.

1152
01:06:03,025 --> 01:06:06,062
Jade with a little assist into the cover

1153
01:06:06,128 --> 01:06:10,333
and we are headed to the semi-finals
for Jade and Gonzalez.

1154
01:06:10,399 --> 01:06:11,634
["Twisted Generation" playing]

1155
01:06:11,701 --> 01:06:16,672
[Alicia] Here are your winners,
Raquel Gonzalez and Cora Jade.

1156
01:06:17,406 --> 01:06:20,576
[Vic] Whatever smiles were on the face
of Toxic Attraction

1157
01:06:20,643 --> 01:06:22,578
certainly wiped away now.

1158
01:06:22,645 --> 01:06:26,015
[Wade] Here we go again.
Tejana Bomb executed to perfection.

1159
01:06:26,082 --> 01:06:29,018
In truth,
the match was over at that point.

1160
01:06:29,085 --> 01:06:33,756
But apparently, this duo has been working
on their tandem offense.

1161
01:06:33,823 --> 01:06:36,926
Cora Jade getting the victory
with some real chemistry

1162
01:06:36,993 --> 01:06:39,295
brewing between Jade and Gonzalez.

1163
01:06:39,362 --> 01:06:41,063
[Vic] Here's an update on the bracket.

1164
01:06:41,130 --> 01:06:43,532
One of these final four teams

1165
01:06:43,599 --> 01:06:46,635
will put their name
on the Women's Dusty Cup,

1166
01:06:46,702 --> 01:06:49,338
and only one will earn an opportunity

1167
01:06:49,405 --> 01:06:53,676
at the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships.

1168
01:06:57,546 --> 01:06:58,914
-Yeah, look at you.
-I love it.

1169
01:06:58,981 --> 01:07:02,218
-I've never seen anything like that.
-Do you like it?

1170
01:07:02,284 --> 01:07:05,354
-[inaudible].
-Oh, thank you.

1171
01:07:05,421 --> 01:07:07,890
Excuse me,
what's going on over here, guys?

1172
01:07:07,957 --> 01:07:09,992
-We're admiring her necklace.
-Just checking out her necklace.

1173
01:07:10,059 --> 01:07:11,694
-This necklace?
-Yeah.

1174
01:07:11,761 --> 01:07:13,262
It's a little tacky if you ask me.

1175
01:07:13,329 --> 01:07:14,430
-I love it.
-I love it.

1176
01:07:14,497 --> 01:07:17,400
-It's okay. You can have one of mine.
-No, thank you.

1177
01:07:18,267 --> 01:07:20,102
-It's absolutely perfect.
-I'd want one.

1178
01:07:20,169 --> 01:07:21,871
-Thank you.
-I think it's great.

1179
01:07:21,937 --> 01:07:24,040
-[grunts]
-[clanking]

1180
01:07:24,106 --> 01:07:27,543
No one says no to me.
You want to say no to me, huh?

1181
01:07:27,610 --> 01:07:29,512
-Hey, hey, hey.
-Chill out.

1182
01:07:29,578 --> 01:07:32,681
-She's fine. Everything's fine.
-Are you okay?

1183
01:07:32,748 --> 01:07:35,184
-Do you want any ice?
-Toodles.

1184
01:07:35,251 --> 01:07:37,019
-How's your head?
-Are you all right?

1185
01:07:37,086 --> 01:07:38,788
Do I need to get you anything?

1186
01:07:38,854 --> 01:07:40,022
["Accomplished" playing]

1187
01:07:40,089 --> 01:07:43,125
[Vic] That was absolutely uncalled for.

1188
01:07:43,192 --> 01:07:47,730
Maybe Tiffany Stratton needs to enroll
in some sensitivity training at Chase U.

1189
01:07:47,797 --> 01:07:53,369
["Accomplished" playing]

1190
01:07:53,436 --> 01:07:55,438
[Vic] Well, I mean, what is this?

1191
01:07:58,007 --> 01:08:00,709
Hey, hey.

1192
01:08:00,776 --> 01:08:03,879
-Oh.
-[Wade] Oh, yes. That was pretty cool.

1193
01:08:03,946 --> 01:08:06,348
You've got to admit that, Vicky Jones.
I know you're a collegiate,

1194
01:08:06,415 --> 01:08:08,551
-but that was cool.
-[Vic] It's my world.

1195
01:08:09,385 --> 01:08:10,519
We got a whole night.

1196
01:08:11,520 --> 01:08:13,122
[Vic] Andre Chase is focused.

1197
01:08:13,189 --> 01:08:15,658
He laid down the challenge,
it was accepted.

1198
01:08:15,724 --> 01:08:18,160
Finally, Wagner, Chase, next.

1199
01:08:18,227 --> 01:08:23,332
["Accomplished" playing]

1200
01:08:24,366 --> 01:08:28,037
[mellow music playing]

1201
01:08:28,103 --> 01:08:32,508
Do you smell that? That's the smell
of opportunity in the air.

1202
01:08:33,442 --> 01:08:36,345
[D'Angelo] WrestleMania weekend,
the biggest weekend of the year

1203
01:08:36,412 --> 01:08:38,013
and everybody's jockeying for position.

1204
01:08:40,282 --> 01:08:43,319
But when you zig, Tony D zags.

1205
01:08:43,385 --> 01:08:45,321
[laughing]

1206
01:08:45,387 --> 01:08:49,992
I've got my eyes on a big fish,
a white whale.

1207
01:08:50,893 --> 01:08:55,998
Your man, he carries a big stick,
swings it just as good.

1208
01:08:57,066 --> 01:08:59,201
But Stand & Deliver
is going to be my showcase.

1209
01:09:00,269 --> 01:09:04,273
On April 2nd, Tony D becomes a made man.

1210
01:09:05,641 --> 01:09:06,809
As far as my opponent goes…

1211
01:09:09,979 --> 01:09:11,714
…he'll be sleeping with the fishes.

1212
01:09:14,683 --> 01:09:15,951
[theme music playing]

1213
01:09:16,018 --> 01:09:18,687
[Vic] Tony D'Angelo setting his sights
on a WrestleMania weekend,

1214
01:09:18,754 --> 01:09:21,257
but this man setting his sights
on destruction.

1215
01:09:22,191 --> 01:09:23,158
[bell ringing]

1216
01:09:23,225 --> 01:09:26,128
[Alicia] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

1217
01:09:26,195 --> 01:09:30,633
-Accompanied by Robert Stone, Von Wagner.
-[audience booing]

1218
01:09:30,699 --> 01:09:33,769
["Runaway" playing]

1219
01:09:33,836 --> 01:09:36,906
[Vic] Really, you look at Von Wagner,

1220
01:09:36,972 --> 01:09:40,843
he is a new man
under the umbrella of Robert Stone.

1221
01:09:40,910 --> 01:09:45,180
[Wade] Listen, the truth is Von Wagner
has always had the talent.

1222
01:09:45,247 --> 01:09:47,683
The problem he had,
he didn't have the vision,

1223
01:09:47,750 --> 01:09:53,122
but now he's got a mogul in Robert Stone
directing him to the very top.

1224
01:09:53,188 --> 01:09:56,592
Here's the thing,
this is a political business landscape.

1225
01:09:56,659 --> 01:10:01,730
You need a man like Robert Stone
to grease certain parts, if you will.

1226
01:10:01,797 --> 01:10:06,802
Get you the opportunities that you need.
That's what Robert Stone does best.

1227
01:10:06,869 --> 01:10:10,940
Leave Von Wagner to do what he does best
which is beating people up.

1228
01:10:11,006 --> 01:10:13,709
[Vic] Look at Chase right now
just peppering Wagner for a moment.

1229
01:10:13,776 --> 01:10:16,645
Look, it was Andre Chase
who wanted this matchup.

1230
01:10:16,712 --> 01:10:20,749
It was Andre Chase who asked Wagner,
"Let's have a fight."

1231
01:10:20,816 --> 01:10:23,652
Declared the open challenge
which was answered.

1232
01:10:23,719 --> 01:10:27,957
Now it's Andre Chase taking it to Wagner.
Chase is fired up tonight.

1233
01:10:28,023 --> 01:10:33,062
[Wade] You'd be pretty fired up, too,
if Von put his hands on your student,

1234
01:10:33,128 --> 01:10:38,133
especially your full scholarship student,
Bodhi Hayward.

1235
01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:42,538
The man is a star and the future,
and Chase Uni want him at his best,

1236
01:10:42,605 --> 01:10:46,008
but that's more than can be said
for Andre Chase right now,

1237
01:10:46,075 --> 01:10:48,777
-who may have a few teeth missing.
-[Vic] Yeah.

1238
01:10:48,844 --> 01:10:51,447
[Wade] The favorite pupil of Andre Chase
on the outside

1239
01:10:51,513 --> 01:10:53,716
waving the Chase U flag proudly.

1240
01:10:53,782 --> 01:10:56,685
Yes, and Hayward himself
has had some highs of late.

1241
01:10:56,752 --> 01:10:58,487
I notice Robert Stone's
been checking him out.

1242
01:10:58,554 --> 01:11:01,457
-I'd imagine Bodhi Hayward…
-This is your world.

1243
01:11:01,523 --> 01:11:03,559
[Wade] …signing with Robert Stone.

1244
01:11:03,626 --> 01:11:05,628
That would be a priceless education,
wouldn't it?

1245
01:11:05,694 --> 01:11:10,599
[Vic] It appears Robert Stone
who's all smiles inside at least right now

1246
01:11:10,666 --> 01:11:13,168
as he is glaring through Andre Chase.

1247
01:11:13,235 --> 01:11:16,205
Robert Stone has gotten it right
with Von Wagner.

1248
01:11:16,272 --> 01:11:19,008
[Wade] You can say that again.
Listen, I spoke to Robert Stone earlier.

1249
01:11:19,074 --> 01:11:23,846
Von Wagner watched the NXT 2.0 team
be victorious at WarGames

1250
01:11:23,912 --> 01:11:25,180
back in December.

1251
01:11:25,247 --> 01:11:27,416
He knows he should've been on that team.

1252
01:11:27,483 --> 01:11:30,185
Bron and Melo have been away
winning championships.

1253
01:11:30,252 --> 01:11:33,255
Von Wagner was politically outmaneuvered,

1254
01:11:33,322 --> 01:11:36,725
and Robert Stone changes things for Von.

1255
01:11:36,792 --> 01:11:41,563
[Vic] Look at Wagner. He shows absolutely
no remorse in his actions.

1256
01:11:41,630 --> 01:11:43,966
[Wade] What a landing! Oh, my word.

1257
01:11:44,033 --> 01:11:48,937
When Von Wagner is unleashed like this,
to focus on what he does best,

1258
01:11:49,004 --> 01:11:52,574
he is what I call
a meat and potatoes fighter.

1259
01:11:52,641 --> 01:11:55,044
Pure aggression, big and strong.

1260
01:11:55,110 --> 01:11:58,480
With good management,
it's almost impossible to screw that up.

1261
01:11:58,547 --> 01:12:00,115
[audience] Let's go, Chase, let's go!

1262
01:12:00,182 --> 01:12:02,518
[Vic] You can hear the NXT universe
for Andre Chase.

1263
01:12:02,584 --> 01:12:07,222
I mean, take another look at this ride.
Andre Chase went on it.

1264
01:12:07,289 --> 01:12:10,659
Was it wise of Chase
to call out Von Wagner?

1265
01:12:10,726 --> 01:12:15,030
[Wade] Chase Uni is packed
with the smartest people on planet Earth,

1266
01:12:15,097 --> 01:12:18,400
but, wow, what an error
this might turn out to be!

1267
01:12:18,467 --> 01:12:22,538
Sometimes in life,
the smartest thing you can do is walk away

1268
01:12:22,604 --> 01:12:24,606
from those battles you can't win.

1269
01:12:24,673 --> 01:12:29,878
I'm not convinced that Andre Chase,
as brilliant a man as he happens to be,

1270
01:12:29,945 --> 01:12:33,082
I'm not convinced
that he can stop Von Wagner.

1271
01:12:33,148 --> 01:12:38,020
[Vic] Wagner just enjoying
what he's doing to Andre Chase.

1272
01:12:38,087 --> 01:12:40,989
You see, again, Robert Stone,
how has stone channeled

1273
01:12:41,056 --> 01:12:44,660
the wrath of Von Wagner
because it has been unleashed.

1274
01:12:44,727 --> 01:12:46,428
[Wade] He's given him some focus.

1275
01:12:46,495 --> 01:12:49,198
He just needed pointing
in the right direction.

1276
01:12:49,264 --> 01:12:52,568
The raw materials
are clearly there with the man.

1277
01:12:52,634 --> 01:12:55,070
Give him that direction and unleash him.

1278
01:12:55,137 --> 01:12:58,474
[Vic] Look, trying to rally right now
is Andre Chase.

1279
01:12:58,540 --> 01:13:00,409
[Wade]
Smartest thing he's done in this match,

1280
01:13:00,476 --> 01:13:02,845
take out the legs of the big Von Wagner.

1281
01:13:02,911 --> 01:13:05,914
Hyper extend that knee.
Now he has that bullseye.

1282
01:13:05,981 --> 01:13:10,018
[Vic] Chase trying to chop down Wagner.
He's got Wagner down to a knee.

1283
01:13:10,085 --> 01:13:14,156
Chase now looking to take down Von Wagner.

1284
01:13:14,223 --> 01:13:16,525
And Chase is starting to roll.

1285
01:13:18,761 --> 01:13:21,230
-Give me a C.
-[audience] C.

1286
01:13:21,296 --> 01:13:23,132
-H.
-[audience] H.

1287
01:13:23,198 --> 01:13:24,533
-A.
-[audience] A.

1288
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:26,001
-S.
-[audience] S.

1289
01:13:26,068 --> 01:13:27,035
-E.
-[audience] E.

1290
01:13:27,102 --> 01:13:28,203
-U.
-[audience] U.

1291
01:13:28,270 --> 01:13:30,939
-What does that spell?
-[audience] Chase U.

1292
01:13:31,006 --> 01:13:34,810
-[Wade] Finally, he got the upper wave.
-Get the hell out of my face.

1293
01:13:36,411 --> 01:13:38,080
Don't tell Mr. Chase what to do.

1294
01:13:38,147 --> 01:13:40,082
Oh, you wanna tell him
to take care of you?

1295
01:13:40,149 --> 01:13:42,484
-[Vic] It's… Oh.
-[Wade] Oh.

1296
01:13:42,551 --> 01:13:46,021
Robert Stone was up to there,
perhaps trying to chat to Bodhi.

1297
01:13:46,088 --> 01:13:49,792
Von Wagner found an opportunity.
This one breaking down, though.

1298
01:13:51,260 --> 01:13:53,629
-Go win the match. Go. Go.
-[Wade] Bodhi Hayward's hurt.

1299
01:13:53,695 --> 01:13:56,832
-Go. Go. Go
-[Vic] Chase checking on his pupil.

1300
01:13:56,899 --> 01:14:00,202
He just rocked Von Wagner.

1301
01:14:00,269 --> 01:14:03,705
This is Chase's moment. Chase-- No.

1302
01:14:04,373 --> 01:14:07,509
[Wade] Just enough time
bought there for Von Wagner

1303
01:14:07,576 --> 01:14:10,212
to recover from hitting that pole,

1304
01:14:10,279 --> 01:14:13,615
but great recovering from that one.

1305
01:14:13,682 --> 01:14:17,586
[Vic] Compassion might have
just gotten the better of Andre Chase

1306
01:14:17,653 --> 01:14:20,155
as Wagner is victorious.

1307
01:14:20,222 --> 01:14:22,324
["Runaway" playing]

1308
01:14:22,391 --> 01:14:25,828
[Alicia]
Here is your winner, Von Wagner.

1309
01:14:25,894 --> 01:14:29,731
[Wade] I've seen a lot of talent
in this industry over the years.

1310
01:14:29,798 --> 01:14:34,036
I don't think Von Wagner could be stopped
when he's unleashed like that.

1311
01:14:34,803 --> 01:14:39,708
[Vic] Okay, let's go. This is really…
The turning point was that right hand.

1312
01:14:39,775 --> 01:14:45,113
Andre Chase, though, did have a moment
where he had Von Wagner on the ropes.

1313
01:14:45,180 --> 01:14:47,549
Wagner was able to fight back
in this matchup.

1314
01:14:47,616 --> 01:14:53,021
Then in the end, putting
the finishing touches on Andre Chase.

1315
01:14:53,088 --> 01:14:56,525
[Wade] Can you imagine getting punched
in the eyeball by Von Wagner?

1316
01:14:56,592 --> 01:15:01,330
That is what Bodhi Hayward just ate.
This is one dangerous, dangerous man.

1317
01:15:01,396 --> 01:15:05,133
[Vic] Chase still checking on his student.

1318
01:15:05,200 --> 01:15:09,538
But from Von Wagner,
who I'm sure is lighting up social media,

1319
01:15:09,605 --> 01:15:12,841
to somebody who did just that last week.

1320
01:15:13,408 --> 01:15:17,012
Social media was buzzing
after the debut of Nikkita Lyons.

1321
01:15:17,079 --> 01:15:20,249
One of the most impressive debuts
in quite some times.

1322
01:15:20,315 --> 01:15:25,654
Making headlines all across the world,
stealing hearts every step of the way.

1323
01:15:25,721 --> 01:15:29,625
The self-described most well-rounded
entertainer in NXT didn't disappoint.

1324
01:15:29,691 --> 01:15:32,060
And I believe Lyons
is standing by with us.

1325
01:15:32,127 --> 01:15:33,996
Nikkita, are you there right now?

1326
01:15:35,197 --> 01:15:37,633
Yeah, Vic. I can hear you.

1327
01:15:37,699 --> 01:15:41,169
I also heard
what Lash Legend said earlier.

1328
01:15:41,236 --> 01:15:45,340
She's obviously threatened by me.
And Lash, you should be.

1329
01:15:46,775 --> 01:15:51,246
So, how about you bring back lashing out
and we could talk it out woman to woman?

1330
01:15:51,313 --> 01:15:55,017
When we're face to face,
keep that same energy.

1331
01:15:55,083 --> 01:15:59,187
[audience cheering]

1332
01:16:00,822 --> 01:16:03,959
[Vic] Lyons heard what Legend
had to say earlier tonight.

1333
01:16:04,026 --> 01:16:09,097
["Melo Don't Miss" playing]

1334
01:16:09,164 --> 01:16:14,836
[Vic] But here comes
the self-described A-champion.

1335
01:16:15,470 --> 01:16:19,141
Not coming alone, of course,
there is Carmelo Hayes.

1336
01:16:19,207 --> 01:16:21,276
You see what Hayes is wearing.

1337
01:16:21,343 --> 01:16:24,813
And certainly has become
somewhat of a trademark

1338
01:16:24,880 --> 01:16:27,282
during his championship defenses.

1339
01:16:27,349 --> 01:16:29,217
[Wade] It's a common theme for him.

1340
01:16:29,284 --> 01:16:35,190
And his prediction that he'll put the X
on his opponent this evening.

1341
01:16:35,257 --> 01:16:39,328
Historically speaking,
when he makes those predictions,

1342
01:16:39,394 --> 01:16:41,630
they seem to be pretty accurate.

1343
01:16:41,697 --> 01:16:44,900
[Vic] He states when he shoots,
he doesn't miss.

1344
01:16:44,967 --> 01:16:48,437
Can Carmelo Hayes rise
to the occasion one more time?

1345
01:16:48,503 --> 01:16:52,040
It's main event time
for the North American Championship.

1346
01:16:52,107 --> 01:16:55,577
Hayes, Dunne next on NXT.

1347
01:16:55,644 --> 01:16:58,780
["Melo Don't Miss" playing]

1348
01:17:00,749 --> 01:17:04,720
[Vic] The road to NXT Stand & Deliver
goes through NXT Roadblock,

1349
01:17:04,786 --> 01:17:08,023
where next week, Bron Breakker
will defend the NXT title after tonight

1350
01:17:08,090 --> 01:17:09,791
when his emotions got the better of him.

1351
01:17:09,858 --> 01:17:13,128
Next week, he doesn't need to be factored
in the decision to lose his title

1352
01:17:13,195 --> 01:17:14,896
against Ciampa and Ziggler.

1353
01:17:14,963 --> 01:17:17,899
[Wade] Dusty Cup winners,
The Creed Brothers,

1354
01:17:17,966 --> 01:17:23,005
get their NXT Tag Championship opportunity
next week at NXT Roadblock.

1355
01:17:23,071 --> 01:17:26,241
Standing in their way of glory
are the current champs,

1356
01:17:26,308 --> 01:17:28,443
the formidable Imperium.

1357
01:17:28,510 --> 01:17:30,545
[Vic] It's not about a title,
it's about pride.

1358
01:17:30,612 --> 01:17:33,982
The time for talk is over.
Who will lay the other out?

1359
01:17:34,049 --> 01:17:38,020
Knight-Waller,
Last Man Standing live next week

1360
01:17:38,086 --> 01:17:41,456
at NXT Roadblock here on USA.

1361
01:17:42,557 --> 01:17:46,661
When you talk about titles
that is what our main event is all about,

1362
01:17:46,728 --> 01:17:48,730
the North American Championship.

1363
01:17:48,797 --> 01:17:51,266
["Stand Tall" playing]

1364
01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:52,668
[Vic] There's a superstar

1365
01:17:52,734 --> 01:17:56,571
who's looking for his first singles title
here in NXT.

1366
01:17:56,638 --> 01:18:00,776
[Wade] That's a remarkable statement

1367
01:18:00,842 --> 01:18:03,078
that you just made because, let's face it,

1368
01:18:03,145 --> 01:18:05,614
"The Bruiser weight" Pete Dunne
is brilliant.

1369
01:18:05,681 --> 01:18:08,383
It seems hard to believe given his caliber

1370
01:18:08,450 --> 01:18:11,286
that he's not held singles gold
here in NXT.

1371
01:18:11,353 --> 01:18:14,823
He, of course, has held tag titles in NXT

1372
01:18:14,890 --> 01:18:19,528
with RAW superstar
and part-time shaman, Riddle.

1373
01:18:19,594 --> 01:18:23,965
He's had a long NXT UK Championship reign,

1374
01:18:24,032 --> 01:18:28,136
but The Bruiser weight wants gold
on his own here in NXT.

1375
01:18:28,203 --> 01:18:33,875
And he gets his opportunity right now
for the North American Championship.

1376
01:18:33,942 --> 01:18:37,579
[audience cheering]

1377
01:18:38,814 --> 01:18:39,981
[bell ringing]

1378
01:18:40,048 --> 01:18:42,484
[Alicia] The following contest
scheduled for one fall

1379
01:18:42,551 --> 01:18:48,056
is for the NXT
North American Championship.

1380
01:18:48,123 --> 01:18:49,591
[audience cheering]

1381
01:18:49,658 --> 01:18:55,630
Introducing the challenger,
"The Bruiser weight" Pete Dunne.

1382
01:18:57,466 --> 01:19:01,002
His opponent,
accompanied by Trick Williams,

1383
01:19:01,069 --> 01:19:04,139
he is the NXT North American Champion,

1384
01:19:04,206 --> 01:19:07,642
Carmelo Hayes.

1385
01:19:07,709 --> 01:19:09,578
[audience cheering]

1386
01:19:09,644 --> 01:19:11,246
[Vic] Barrett, like him or not,

1387
01:19:11,313 --> 01:19:15,250
when it comes to Carmelo Hayes,
he doesn't back down.

1388
01:19:16,151 --> 01:19:18,987
[Wade] I like him to be clear.
I don't know what you mean, "or not"?

1389
01:19:19,054 --> 01:19:22,357
[Vic] I'm not saying specifically to you,
but the NXT universe.

1390
01:19:22,424 --> 01:19:25,026
-It's not always about you, Wade.
-[Wade] Listen, here's the deal.

1391
01:19:25,093 --> 01:19:28,597
Carmelo doesn't back down
to anyone because, quite frankly,

1392
01:19:28,663 --> 01:19:31,466
he doesn't need to back down to anyone.

1393
01:19:31,533 --> 01:19:35,036
Incredible athlete, confident,
shoots and never misses.

1394
01:19:35,103 --> 01:19:39,508
Melo knows that he can beat anybody
in NXT on his day.

1395
01:19:39,574 --> 01:19:43,178
And after Dunne ruined
last week's Melobration,

1396
01:19:43,245 --> 01:19:45,413
Melo wants to teach Dunne
a lesson here tonight.

1397
01:19:45,480 --> 01:19:47,782
[Vic] Look,
I'm glad you brought up last week

1398
01:19:47,849 --> 01:19:51,620
because some of the NXT universe believed
Dunne talked Hayes into this matchup.

1399
01:19:51,686 --> 01:19:54,122
[Wade] Come on. Talk him into anything.

1400
01:19:54,189 --> 01:19:58,360
Listen, Hayes accepted this matchup,
this defense against The Bruiser weight

1401
01:19:58,426 --> 01:20:00,996
because, quite frankly,
he will fight anybody.

1402
01:20:01,062 --> 01:20:03,598
He didn't need to be coerced
into anything.

1403
01:20:03,665 --> 01:20:06,334
It was a simple, "Can I have a match?"
from Dunne,

1404
01:20:06,401 --> 01:20:09,905
-[Vic] Ooh!
-[Wade] and an even simple yes from Melo.

1405
01:20:09,971 --> 01:20:13,441
That was fairly simple in itself,
but highly effective.

1406
01:20:13,508 --> 01:20:14,910
[Vic] Trick Williams likes what he sees.

1407
01:20:14,976 --> 01:20:19,614
Dunne seems to be caught off guard
as Carmelo Hayes on top of the challenger

1408
01:20:19,681 --> 01:20:25,187
at this moment, but feel this impact.
Bam, as close as it gets.

1409
01:20:25,253 --> 01:20:27,622
[Wade] I'll tell you,
that's as simple as it comes from Melo,

1410
01:20:27,689 --> 01:20:32,661
but it was the extreme athleticism
that let it happen.

1411
01:20:32,727 --> 01:20:35,764
There's your retort
from another great athlete himself,

1412
01:20:35,831 --> 01:20:36,898
The Bruiser weight.

1413
01:20:36,965 --> 01:20:40,302
[Vic] Pete Dunne now staring a hole
in the North American Champion.

1414
01:20:40,368 --> 01:20:43,171
Look, you gotta agree
at least Pete Dunne on this point.

1415
01:20:43,238 --> 01:20:48,743
As we see, as you call it, the receipt
from Dunne, that was a little bit extra.

1416
01:20:50,111 --> 01:20:53,048
Dunne said that Hayes has no right
to call himself the A-champion.

1417
01:20:53,114 --> 01:20:54,616
[audience chanting]

1418
01:20:54,683 --> 01:20:58,620
[Wade] Well, I actually agree with that,
but perhaps for different reasons

1419
01:20:58,687 --> 01:21:00,222
than whatever Dunne's are

1420
01:21:00,288 --> 01:21:03,925
because, quite frankly, for me,
The A-Champ in NXT

1421
01:21:03,992 --> 01:21:06,194
has to be the NXT Champion, Bron Breakker.

1422
01:21:06,261 --> 01:21:08,496
Melo is brilliant. He's a must-watch.

1423
01:21:08,563 --> 01:21:10,532
He's main event every time
he's on the show

1424
01:21:10,599 --> 01:21:12,534
and all those great things.

1425
01:21:12,601 --> 01:21:15,937
Maybe one day,
he'll indeed be the NXT Champion.

1426
01:21:16,004 --> 01:21:20,876
But for me, if you're The A-Champ,
you have to be the NXT Champion.

1427
01:21:20,942 --> 01:21:23,912
-Right now at least.
-[Vic] Talk about a collision course.

1428
01:21:23,979 --> 01:21:28,884
Dunne right now on rubber legs
as Carmelo Hayes charging right back in,

1429
01:21:28,950 --> 01:21:31,353
oh, and both men same thought.

1430
01:21:31,953 --> 01:21:33,922
-Second time.
-[Wade] Someone's gotta give.

1431
01:21:33,989 --> 01:21:37,759
[Vic] Neither superstar backing down,
and it's The Bruiser weight

1432
01:21:37,826 --> 01:21:41,696
continuing to come right at Carmelo Hayes,
but take a look at what's going on.

1433
01:21:41,763 --> 01:21:47,269
-[audience chanting]
-[audience cheering]

1434
01:21:48,069 --> 01:21:51,706
[Vic] Physicality ensuing
between these two superstars.

1435
01:21:51,773 --> 01:21:53,575
[Wade] So well matched physically.

1436
01:21:53,642 --> 01:21:59,114
Just a question of whose clavicle
is gonna break first. Oh, back at it.

1437
01:21:59,180 --> 01:22:01,016
[audience] This is awesome.

1438
01:22:01,082 --> 01:22:04,786
[Vic] You mentioned Dunne in the past,
a superstar who loves the contact,

1439
01:22:04,853 --> 01:22:05,854
able to float right over.

1440
01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:08,790
Looking for a Suplex,
trying to hoist up Carmelo Hayes.

1441
01:22:08,857 --> 01:22:13,828
Hayes is up.
Hayes lands awkwardly, modified X-Plex.

1442
01:22:13,895 --> 01:22:16,665
North American Championship's on the line.

1443
01:22:16,731 --> 01:22:20,068
[audience chanting]

1444
01:22:20,702 --> 01:22:22,604
[audience chanting]

1445
01:22:22,671 --> 01:22:26,174
[Vic] Back live on NXT, it's all about
the NXT North American Title.

1446
01:22:26,241 --> 01:22:31,146
The champion, Carmelo Hayes, right now
is taking on the challenger, Pete Dunne,

1447
01:22:31,212 --> 01:22:35,083
and Pete Dunne has gotten the better
of the champion thus far,

1448
01:22:35,150 --> 01:22:37,319
and it looks like Hayes is frustrated.

1449
01:22:37,385 --> 01:22:38,954
[Wade] Hayes is frustrated, of course.

1450
01:22:39,020 --> 01:22:43,358
Trick Williams, his boy, on the outside,
starting perhaps to perspire

1451
01:22:43,425 --> 01:22:47,395
somewhat as his man's grip
on the North American Championship

1452
01:22:47,462 --> 01:22:50,265
may be loosening for the first time
in a long time.

1453
01:22:50,332 --> 01:22:53,501
[Vic] Look, when Dunne questioned
why Hayes calls himself The A-Champion,

1454
01:22:53,568 --> 01:22:57,672
it also comes down to this fact.
Hayes has never beaten Pete Dunne.

1455
01:22:58,206 --> 01:23:00,775
[Wade] Hayes has never beaten Dunne
in singles competition,

1456
01:23:00,842 --> 01:23:04,946
but Hayes' 2.0 team did beat
Dunne's Black & Gold team

1457
01:23:05,013 --> 01:23:07,449
in the men's WarGames match
back in December.

1458
01:23:07,515 --> 01:23:10,118
[Vic] Dunne right now
was looking for a German Suplex.

1459
01:23:10,185 --> 01:23:13,021
Nice counter, and Hayes stepping through,
single-leg crab.

1460
01:23:13,088 --> 01:23:17,692
You can see the right leg is up of Dunne,
and Dunne's trying to roll through.

1461
01:23:17,759 --> 01:23:21,229
Successfully breaks the submission,
and back to his feet.

1462
01:23:21,296 --> 01:23:22,731
This really has been a stalemate.

1463
01:23:22,797 --> 01:23:26,167
Both superstars got
a lot of the same ideas in this matchup,

1464
01:23:26,234 --> 01:23:28,503
but what is separating
these two at this juncture?

1465
01:23:28,570 --> 01:23:31,139
[Wade] You're right.
They're well matched physically.

1466
01:23:31,206 --> 01:23:33,608
They're both a pair of technicians,

1467
01:23:33,675 --> 01:23:36,778
but if I had to separate the two,
quite simply,

1468
01:23:36,845 --> 01:23:39,280
Melo is all about finesse,

1469
01:23:39,347 --> 01:23:42,083
whereas The Bruiser weight
is all about pain

1470
01:23:42,150 --> 01:23:43,852
and torturing his opponents.

1471
01:23:43,918 --> 01:23:46,888
[Vic] Well, Dunne, oh,
just backed up Williams,

1472
01:23:46,955 --> 01:23:49,557
and Hayes takes full advantage.

1473
01:23:49,624 --> 01:23:53,928
[Wade] Talk about that finesse.
The athletic leap over the top rope,

1474
01:23:53,995 --> 01:23:56,031
not what The Bruiser weight
was anticipating.

1475
01:23:58,733 --> 01:24:00,268
[Vic] Hayes all smiles.

1476
01:24:00,335 --> 01:24:02,837
[Wade] Trick Williams talking his talk
on the outside.

1477
01:24:02,904 --> 01:24:07,742
Instrumental in that distraction there.
Allowing The A-Champ to get back on top.

1478
01:24:07,809 --> 01:24:13,615
[Vic] Into the cover goes the champion
to retain, Dunne able to kick out at two.

1479
01:24:13,681 --> 01:24:15,850
Trick Williams,
the X-Factor in this matchup,

1480
01:24:15,917 --> 01:24:21,489
has now opened the door for Carmelo Hayes,
and that has been the MO for Carmelo Hayes

1481
01:24:21,556 --> 01:24:24,592
during this run
as NXT North American Champion.

1482
01:24:24,659 --> 01:24:28,396
[Wade] It's hard to doubt his run
as North American Champion

1483
01:24:28,463 --> 01:24:31,800
by hook or by crook,
even if Trick Williams is involved.

1484
01:24:31,866 --> 01:24:35,703
Look at the list
of those who have fallen to Melo,

1485
01:24:35,770 --> 01:24:37,272
the North American Champion.

1486
01:24:37,338 --> 01:24:39,941
Look at the main event matches
he's been in.

1487
01:24:40,008 --> 01:24:43,812
People cannot get enough of Melo,
and the great thing about him is,

1488
01:24:43,878 --> 01:24:47,415
he's young
and his star is still on the rise.

1489
01:24:47,482 --> 01:24:50,618
[Vic] Melo considers himself
a generational talent.

1490
01:24:50,685 --> 01:24:54,189
Also referred to himself
as the Undeniable Melo

1491
01:24:54,255 --> 01:24:56,391
heading into tonight's main event matchup.

1492
01:24:56,458 --> 01:24:59,761
Quickly, the tables have turned
on The Bruiser weight

1493
01:24:59,828 --> 01:25:03,465
who's now trying to feed off
the energy of the NXT universe.

1494
01:25:04,766 --> 01:25:08,837
How many times have you seen
Dunne's knees buckle off of a forearm?

1495
01:25:08,903 --> 01:25:11,506
[Wade]
He's really hurting badly in this one.

1496
01:25:11,573 --> 01:25:14,075
It's not too often you get to say
that about The Bruiser weight.

1497
01:25:14,142 --> 01:25:19,047
Perhaps that tank starting to run
a little low for the Englishman.

1498
01:25:21,649 --> 01:25:24,119
-[Vic] Oh.
-[Wade] Don't speak too soon.

1499
01:25:25,153 --> 01:25:30,325
[Vic] Dunne charging in, and now Dunne…
right down across the elbow,

1500
01:25:30,391 --> 01:25:32,227
the left elbow of Carmelo Hayes.

1501
01:25:32,293 --> 01:25:36,064
[Wade] The brutality,
the torture that he is well known for.

1502
01:25:36,664 --> 01:25:38,466
[Vic]
Hayes one step ahead of the challenger.

1503
01:25:38,533 --> 01:25:40,802
Hayes charging in, gets caught.

1504
01:25:40,869 --> 01:25:43,438
Gets rocked. Gets dropped.
Going for the cover.

1505
01:25:43,505 --> 01:25:48,343
Do we have a new champion?
Hayes, able to kick out barely.

1506
01:25:48,409 --> 01:25:51,045
Trick Williams can feel the title losing.

1507
01:25:51,112 --> 01:25:54,282
[Wade] Oh, a page out of my own book,
a little Bull Hammer right there.

1508
01:25:55,216 --> 01:25:59,354
So, close to putting this one to bed.
We almost had a new champion.

1509
01:25:59,420 --> 01:26:01,222
[Vic] As close as it gets.

1510
01:26:01,289 --> 01:26:05,293
Trick Williams, as I was saying,
can feel the North American Title

1511
01:26:05,360 --> 01:26:07,962
slipping through the hands
of Carmelo Hayes.

1512
01:26:08,029 --> 01:26:10,431
[audience chatter]

1513
01:26:10,498 --> 01:26:12,534
[Vic] Oh, answering back was Hayes.

1514
01:26:12,600 --> 01:26:14,903
But, look, we talked about
how much does Dunne have left,

1515
01:26:14,969 --> 01:26:18,573
how much does Carmelo have left
in this junction of the matchup?

1516
01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:21,042
[Wade] I'm beyond questioning
either of these two

1517
01:26:21,109 --> 01:26:24,612
as they go hold for hold,
reversal for reversal.

1518
01:26:24,679 --> 01:26:28,716
This one has ebbed and flowed
from the beginning and continues to do so.

1519
01:26:28,783 --> 01:26:31,653
-[Vic] Whoa.
-[Wade] Lungblower there from The A-Champ.

1520
01:26:31,719 --> 01:26:33,955
-[Vic] Counter by Hayes, into the cover.
-[audience] One, two.

1521
01:26:34,022 --> 01:26:37,659
[Vic] And Dunne just able to get
the right shoulder up,

1522
01:26:37,725 --> 01:26:42,330
and now frustration building,
you have to believe in Carmelo.

1523
01:26:43,831 --> 01:26:48,937
[Wade] Here you go. There's an example
of the A-plus athleticism of Melo there.

1524
01:26:49,003 --> 01:26:50,872
Landing on his feet like a cat.

1525
01:26:50,939 --> 01:26:54,275
Pulling out the unbelievable
and almost putting it to bed.

1526
01:26:54,342 --> 01:26:59,914
[audience] Fight forever!
Fight forever!

1527
01:26:59,981 --> 01:27:05,386
[Vic] Who will head into NXT Roadblock
next week as North American Champion?

1528
01:27:05,453 --> 01:27:08,756
Dunne, ankle lock.
Ankle lock submission, center of the ring.

1529
01:27:09,290 --> 01:27:11,459
Carmelo,
you can hear him screaming in pain,

1530
01:27:11,526 --> 01:27:16,264
and he just got taken out again.
Focusing now on the left elbow is Dunne.

1531
01:27:16,331 --> 01:27:18,666
Dunne, swing and a miss,
Hayes from behind.

1532
01:27:18,733 --> 01:27:19,767
Dunne able to roll through.

1533
01:27:19,834 --> 01:27:23,605
What fast-paced action
in this North American Championship match!

1534
01:27:23,671 --> 01:27:26,774
Cover, count,
and the challenger kicks out.

1535
01:27:26,841 --> 01:27:30,078
[Wade] The swings in this one defy belief.

1536
01:27:30,144 --> 01:27:33,281
Neither man able to build up
any real head of steam

1537
01:27:33,348 --> 01:27:35,016
before he's cut off at the pass.

1538
01:27:35,083 --> 01:27:38,586
[Vic] Up and around, Hayes got caught.
Wait a minute. Looking for the Bitter End.

1539
01:27:38,653 --> 01:27:42,724
-The Bitter End connected.
-[Wade] Eating it face-first was Melo.

1540
01:27:42,790 --> 01:27:44,892
[Vic] So, much has been taken out
of Dunne.

1541
01:27:44,959 --> 01:27:47,528
Dunne now sensing
this could be his moment,

1542
01:27:47,595 --> 01:27:52,500
and Hayes… just able to roll away
at the last moment.

1543
01:27:52,567 --> 01:27:57,672
[Wade] I have no idea
how much Carmelo knew about that roll,

1544
01:27:57,739 --> 01:27:59,574
how much of it was instinctive?

1545
01:28:01,576 --> 01:28:04,746
The Bruiser weight smart enough
to know he couldn't get the pin

1546
01:28:04,812 --> 01:28:07,448
after that break
despite hitting the Bitter End.

1547
01:28:07,515 --> 01:28:11,119
[Vic] Right in front of Williams now,
bending back the digits is Dunne.

1548
01:28:11,185 --> 01:28:14,022
Dunne, shoulders down.
Dunne realizing it, reaches out.

1549
01:28:14,088 --> 01:28:19,594
-Come on, let's go. Back it up, Carmelo.
-[Vic] Oh, presence of mind from Carmelo.

1550
01:28:19,661 --> 01:28:23,464
[Wade] Ingenious move,
right at the death in this one.

1551
01:28:23,531 --> 01:28:26,300
[Vic] This time,
Carmelo locks in the cross face,

1552
01:28:26,367 --> 01:28:29,537
and now it's Pete Dunne on the defense.
Dunne's on the back foot.

1553
01:28:29,604 --> 01:28:33,241
[Wade] Panicked look in the eyes of Dunne
as he feels it slipping away.

1554
01:28:35,243 --> 01:28:37,645
[Vic] Dunne breaking the hold

1555
01:28:37,712 --> 01:28:41,082
and maybe breaking
the fingers of the champion.

1556
01:28:41,149 --> 01:28:43,651
[Wade] Bounce back ability of Pete Dunne

1557
01:28:43,718 --> 01:28:46,988
once again going for that Bitter Ending,
but denied.

1558
01:28:47,522 --> 01:28:49,357
[Vic] Second time not the charm.

1559
01:28:50,191 --> 01:28:54,295
Hayes just dropped Dunne,
and now Carmelo Hayes looking around.

1560
01:28:54,362 --> 01:28:56,864
Dunne's not moving. Hayes is climbing.

1561
01:28:56,931 --> 01:28:59,100
[Wade] Trying his best to pick up the pace
in this one,

1562
01:28:59,167 --> 01:29:01,903
but his body is giving out as he climbs.

1563
01:29:01,969 --> 01:29:05,640
[Vic] What a slug fest!
What the hell's Trick Williams doing?

1564
01:29:05,707 --> 01:29:08,910
-[Wade] Yeah, you know what he's doing.
-[Vic] I know what's about to happen.

1565
01:29:08,976 --> 01:29:10,945
-[Wade] This is war.
-[grunts]

1566
01:29:12,246 --> 01:29:14,916
[Vic] Williams taken care of.

1567
01:29:14,982 --> 01:29:17,485
[audience] Bruiser weight!
Bruiser weight! Bruiser weight!

1568
01:29:17,552 --> 01:29:20,655
[Vic] Dangerous position
for both superstars.

1569
01:29:20,722 --> 01:29:22,990
Nasty landing for the challenger.

1570
01:29:23,057 --> 01:29:25,426
[Wade] Heavy landing. Can Melo capitalize?

1571
01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:30,665
[Vic] Champion connects.
Hayes into the cover.

1572
01:29:30,732 --> 01:29:34,635
-[audience] One, two, three.
-Hayes retains.

1573
01:29:34,702 --> 01:29:37,705
["Melo Don't Miss" playing]

1574
01:29:37,772 --> 01:29:42,443
[Alicia] Here is your winner
and still the NXT North American Champion,

1575
01:29:42,510 --> 01:29:44,979
Carmelo Hayes.

1576
01:29:45,046 --> 01:29:48,216
[Wade] And what a matchup.
That was in-ring perfection.

1577
01:29:48,282 --> 01:29:50,084
Artistry at its finest.

1578
01:29:50,151 --> 01:29:54,889
[Vic] Once again,
Trick Williams paying dividends

1579
01:29:54,956 --> 01:29:57,725
for the North American Champion.

1580
01:29:58,960 --> 01:30:03,464
[Wade] Is this man ever going to miss?
That's the question on my mind.

1581
01:30:04,165 --> 01:30:08,469
[Vic] Well, he certainly did not miss
on this exchange in the matchup.

1582
01:30:10,238 --> 01:30:11,906
Right here, though, is the turning point.

1583
01:30:11,973 --> 01:30:14,709
This is where everything
turned around for Hayes.

1584
01:30:14,776 --> 01:30:16,477
Trick Williams sacrificed himself.

1585
01:30:16,544 --> 01:30:19,480
Hayes would turn it around,
and as you said in the past,

1586
01:30:19,547 --> 01:30:21,549
thing of beauty off the top.

1587
01:30:21,616 --> 01:30:23,851
Pinpoint accuracy from the champion,

1588
01:30:23,918 --> 01:30:28,189
putting down another challenger
here tonight and reigning supreme.

1589
01:30:28,256 --> 01:30:30,425
["Melo Don't Miss" playing]

1590
01:30:30,491 --> 01:30:34,729
And still your A-Champion, Carmelo Hayes.

1591
01:30:34,796 --> 01:30:36,898
Talk your talk, dawg.

1592
01:30:36,964 --> 01:30:40,034
Look at me. I'm a freaking goldmine.

1593
01:30:40,101 --> 01:30:43,137
They need to build Fort Knox around me.

1594
01:30:43,204 --> 01:30:48,576
That's why I'm taking my talents
to Dallas, Texas, WrestleMania weekend,

1595
01:30:48,643 --> 01:30:50,344
Stand & Deliver.

1596
01:30:50,411 --> 01:30:55,116
Because we're going to do this

1597
01:30:55,183 --> 01:30:56,918
in the same match

1598
01:30:56,984 --> 01:31:00,721
that this title was found,
in a ladder match.

1599
01:31:00,788 --> 01:31:03,758
["Melo Don't Miss" playing]

1600
01:31:08,830 --> 01:31:09,897
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