[WWE intro music]
Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[music]
What a ride this weekend has been for Bron Breakker.
Inducting his father and his uncle into the hall of fame on Friday,
hitting the lowest of lows on Saturday, before hitting once again
some serious highs on the raw after wrestlemania.
I showed up to the biggest Monday night raw of the year,
and brought the NXT championship back where it belongs.
You had a great weekend it seems, but nobody cares about that.
That title stands for being the best in NXT.
You cannot call yourself the best until you step in the ring
with the "ring general" Gunther.
I've had a hell of weekend, but you know what?
If you want it, you got it, tonight.
[Wade] Are we going to see the NXT title change hands
for a second time in 24 hours?
Show Gunther any form of weakness, and he's all over you.
Breakker retains his title.
[Vic] Bronson, up here.
Congratulations on your victory, son. I'm proud of you.
Bron, family is everything.
[indistinct]
Let's see if we can teach this old dog some new Tricks.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] You can only imagine the questions swirling
in the mind of our NXT champion on this championship Tuesday.
We're set for the first of three title defenses tonight right here on NXT.
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT north American championship.
[crowd cheering]
Introducing first, the challenger Solo Sikoa.
[crowd cheering]
His opponent, he is the NXT north American champion,
Cameron Grimes.
[crowd cheering]
To the moon.
[Vic] Wade Barrett, we are wasting no time tonight.
Look, Cameron Grimes respected the boldness of the challenger last week,
which brings us to this north American championship match.
[Wade] What a rarity we saw last week. Listen, solo
[bell rings]
Approached Cameron Grimes in ring, looked him square in the eye,
man-to-man and requested
like a gentleman his opportunity for the north American championship.
Starting off hot here is Solo Sikoa, looking to bag his first gold in NXT.
Listen, that was refreshing last week. Nobody was badmouthed.
Nobody was jumped from behind.
What a gentlemanly approach from Solo Sikoa.
We'll see how long that lasts in this match.
[Vic] We also have to know that both these men competed
in the north American championship ladder match at NXT stand & deliver.
[Wade] Listen, I've been in ladder matches in my career,
I could tell you, a week or two after those matches, I was still
[crosstalk] [Vic] Shoulders down.
[Wade] Still in agony.
I was desperately--
[Vic] whoa, whoa, whoa, again,
sikoa this time, near fall early on in this match up,
and we are, again, at a stalemate.
[Wade] Both men going for pins early,
such is the desire to either attain or grab that gold.
Yes, talking about competing so close that I've been competing
in that ladder match--
[Vic] I don't mean to cut you off, but we have to remind everyone
the NXT women's championship will be defended tonight,
Mandy Rose versus Dakota Kai. Huge match up here tonight.
[Wade] Are you done? Is that your Trick?
You ask me a question and then start talking?
[Vic] I do what's told in my ear.
[Wade] A lot of agony after ladder
matches, I would want a month off on the beach.
Of course, here in NXT, you ain't going to get that,
especially, as champion as Cameron Grimes is.
[Vic] Look, I don't mean to interrupt you. I apologize for it, Wade. I truly do.
I want to get your thoughts on this when it comes to Cameron Grimes.
You are a former champion, multi-time intercontinental champion.
Is the first title defense the toughest?
[Wade] It certainly is, if you spent the last 10 days celebrating
your big win at NXT stand & deliver.
Listen, when I won my first championship, family wanted pictures,
the lads wanted to go out for beers to celebrate.
You let yourself get carried away with that, with the glory,
with the success, you're going to have a short reign.
We're going to find out very soon how Cameron Grimes has been treating
his past 10 days as north American champion.
[Vic] You're talking about family and wanting pictures.
Cameron Grimes did go home. I had an opportunity to talk
to the north American champion. He said this past weekend,
he was able to place a replica title on his father's grave.
Right now, he's trying to keep Solo Sikoa at bay.
Look, Cameron Grimes kept his word. He stayed true to his promise.
He became a champion.
[Wade] That is an incredibly rare example of emotion driving success
in the squared circle. Usually, you want to stay cold,
you want to stay efficient, you want to say clinical.
Emotion normally leads to downfall.
It didn't happen in the case of Cameron Grimes,
but it's a huge error on his part if he thinks
the hard work is done now by winning that north American championship,
because believe me, when you're the champ,
the mountain just get steeper and steeper.
[Vic] Now, Solo Sikoa starting to build some momentum in this match up.
What a senton to the lower back of Cameron Grimes.
This goes back to not being a 100% following the ladder match.
[Wade] This is really nice strategy from Solo Sikoa, as we take another look.
Just the raw power
[Vic] Whoa, whoa, back to live action.
It's Cameron Grimes looking for the cave in, didn't connect.
[Wade] Immediately, trying to test his opponent out,
figuring out where those weaknesses are.
He got some damage incurred from that ladder
match 10 days ago at stand & deliver. You want to figure it out
where it is as early as you can and then build a strategy around that.
[crowd chanting "solo"]
I respect you,
but your bloodline can kiss my --.
[Wade] Wow. Is that respectful?
I respect you, but you can kiss my, you know what.
I don't know.
[Vic] Oh, not sikoa. Getting a little bit angry,
getting a little bit fired up as Cameron Grimes now putting his foot on the gas.
Look, sikoa said since he arrived here, he doesn't run with the day 1 types.
[Wade] Doesn't, he's a prideful man, has his principles, wants to go it alone.
That was a huge error there from Cameron Grimes, a rare error from him.
This industry is built on nepotism. You fall in line with family,
especially, successful family members.
[Vic] Whoa.
[Wade] Whoa,
get yourself a little backup and your career will advance quicker.
Maybe Solo Sikoa could do with a [indistinct].
[Vic] Well, sikoa did say last week
he knows that gold runs through his bloodline.
Will he secure his first taste of gold here on NXT tonight?
He knows he has to get the champion inside the ring, pinfall,
submission, the only way the championship can change hands.
Nice enzuigiri from the champion.
The champion now with a challenger rocked on the outside.
Grimes again connects.
[Wade] That was a rookie error from Solo Sikoa, busy admiring his own work.
Now, he's paying the price.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Grimes in control. Don't miss a second of the action.
Who's going to be north American champion?
Championship Tuesday,
this is the first of three titles to be defended here on NXT,
as Cameron Grimes, the champion defending against Solo Sikoa.
Sikoa has been in control as we witness throughout the commercial break.
Look, let's talk about Solo Sikoa, said upon his arrival,
he wouldn't beg from scraps from the table, he would go out and earn his.
[Wade] Come on. Just look at the man.
This man does not beg for anything, never has for his entire life.
He's not the kind of man to get down on his knees.
He wants to earn his success and he's getting to close to earning
that north American championship right now.
[Vic] Cameron Grimes is rocked. Sikoa now charging right in.
You got to start to think about the day 1s that we've talked about.
You heard Cameron Grimes mentioned the bloodline.
What do you make of the bloodline looking for all the gold on Smack Down?
[Wade] Smartly moving out of the way there, Cameron Grimes.
Listen, who am I to question the bloodline?
They have slayed the best in this industry.
If their goal is total domination, I don't know if anybody can stop that.
[Vic] This stopped Solo Sikoa and then to add a little bit to it,
look at Cameron Grimes doing at this stage of the game.
Cameron Grimes, showing you what it takes to be a fighting champion.
He said on the first NXT of the new year that he would wear gold in 2022.
He's done that to retain it. Sikoa just able to kick out.
[Wade] I got to tell you, I have been in many locker rooms.
Everybody loves a locker room loser. In the past, that is exactly
what Cameron Grimes has been.
They turn very differently when you have proved,
as we take another look at this close call there.
Solo Sikoa showing a bit of that durability we know about him.
[Vic] As close as it gets. Now, Grimes, staring a hole through sikoa,
could possibly be looking for the cave in, charging in. Sikoa had him scouted.
[Wade] An ingenious stuff there from Solo Sikoa,
who is running with the absolute best in NXT in short time.
[Vic] Sikoa connects this time. Now, sikoa into the cover.
Do we have a new champion? Grimes, just able to get the shoulder up.
Look at Solo Sikoa, almost in disbelief. Boom.
[Wade] Let's face it 95% of the superstars here in NXT would've gone down for that.
[Vic] NXT universe on their feet. Solo Sikoa became a man on his own,
didn't have to follow a leader, didn't travel in a pack,
survived the streets by himself.
Can he become a champion tonight by himself?
Hoisting up Grimes, grimes able to block.
[Wade] Time and time again we've seen it from Cameron Grimes,
write him off at your peril, somehow still standing
after that beat down he's received from Solo Sikoa.
For how much longer?
[Vic] Wade, is it smart to get into a slug fest with sikoa?
[Wade] My money's on sikoa every day of the week in a slug fest.
[Vic] Grimes, able to create a little separation.
Now, the north American champion looking to fly. Sikoa, able to sneak underneath.
Both superstars meet at the center of the ring.
Grimes falls on top of Sikoa. Oh, another near fall.
Man, that was close.
[Wade] The unyielding nature of Solo Sikoa comes to the fore once again.
Gravity defying move from Cameron Grimes just a millisecond
away from a first successful defense. A lot of people will tell you,
you ain't a real champion until you've defended
that championship successfully.
Now is the moment for Cameron Grimes to prove it.
[crowd chanting "to the moon"]
[Vic] Grimes get caught, gets planted.
[Wade] So sweet.
[Vic] Samoan drop. Sikoa.
Oh, come on. Wow.
Sikoa now, not wasting any time.
Solo Sikoa realizing this is his opportunity.
This is his moment. Sikoa climbing, looking down. Grimes out of nowhere.
[Wade] There was blood in the water just a bit too long was Solo Sikoa.
We know the championship-- uh-oh, wait a second.
[Vic] Trick Williams. Oh.
This match up still continuing. Sikoa.
[Wade] This match up is reaching a crescendo until the untimely
intervention of Trick Williams.
[Vic] Sikoa entering. Cave in. Grimes with a cave in.
Grimes into the cover.
Cameron Grimes will retain
[bell rings]
his north American title.
[Cameron Grimes' music plays]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Here is your winner, and still the NXT north American champion,
Cameron Grimes.
[Vic] If it were not for Trick Williams, who know how this match up
would've had a conclusion.
Because the referee-- I didn't see this [indistinct] he referee
did not see Trick Williams.
The referee was knocked out. The referee then back to his feet
[indistinct] what the hell?
Carmelo Hayes, the former north American champion.
[Wade] Doesn't like the word "former" it would seem.
[Vic] Oh, Williams from behind taking out sikoa.
[Wade] Sikoa and Grimes have already been through hell.
[Vic] Already been through what was a great north American championship match up.
Now, you see the true colors oozing out of Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams.
[Wade] Cameron Grimes wanted the championship.
There is baggage that comes with gold.
[Vic] Absolutely despicable act by Trick Williams and the former
north American champion.
[crowd booing]
[Carmelo Hayes' music plays]
[Vic] Not the way we thought the championship Tuesday
would start with this north American championship match.
The referee was knocked down, didn't see Trick Williams.
Cameron Grimes, I don't think saw Trick Williams either,
was able to regroup and drop Solo Sikoa to retain.
During the celebration, Carmelo Hayes,
a sneak attack, a blind attack dropping the champion.
Then, of course, Trick Williams, like a snake in the grass,
would slither his way up, drop Solo Sikoa, and then Trick Williams,
Carmelo Hayes would have their way with both Solo Sikoa and, bam,
Cameron Grimes.
Indeed, a message sent by the former north American champion.
I'm sure you're excited.
[Wade] Cameron Grimes just got his first taste of what it really
means to be champion here in NXT.
It's not all sunshine and rainbows over here.
You got the gold, there's a lot of people who want it from you.
All right.
We'll go from the north American championship to the vacated NXT
tag team titles which were vacated over the weekend.
Later tonight, five teams will run the gauntlet to become the new champs.
[Wade] Here are those five teams competing in tonight's main event.
Wow, what a stacked tag division we have here in NXT.
[Vic] Now, look, when it comes to the gauntlet match,
two teams will begin. Once a team is eliminated,
a new team will enter into the match up-- Vic, Vic, Vic,
I can take it from here,
[Vic] what?
Mate.
No one's want to listen to you talk anyway, idiot.
Let's be real.
This gauntlet match shouldn't even be happening.
We should've been handed the tag team titles on a silver platter,
but now we're going to go against four other teams in a gauntlet match.
That has Riled Sanga up.
He is --. What that means is tonight
he is going to shred those four other teams.
In fact, that's going to be our method. Big man's going to earn his keep,
and I'm going to stand in the apron looking handsome like only I can.
When the smoke is clear, he's going to hand me those tag team titles.
Good chat, --. Back to you.
Sincerely, your new NXT tag team champions.
[Wade] I cannot wait for somebody to shut Waller's mouth.
[Vic] From the tag team titles, our NXT champion
who has to be filled with mixed emotions.
We will hear from Bron Breakker next on NXT.
[music]
I smashed cowboy Brock, and I took the WWE championship.
There's still plenty left for the bloodline to achieve.
Now, I want you all to bring me those raw tag team championships.
[men] This Friday, a power-hungry Roman Reigns has the bloodline
sights set on total control.
Draped in gold, the bloodline's looking for more.
[men] Will the usos achieve the tribal chief's vision?
Plus, Jinder Mahal battles ricochet for the intercontinental championship.
Friday night Smack Down live this Friday 8/7 central only on Fox.
Pretty Deadly attacked the Creed Brothers from behind,
hit them with chairs, destroyed our dojo.
Pretty Deadly, you're pretty stupid.
This isn't NXT UK. We will beat your --.
Tonight, we kill two birds with one stone.
We'll get our revenge, and we'll get our titles.
In this gauntlet, our physicality, it's unmatched.
Our pace, unrivalled.
My brother and I, we're savages. When we get in that ring,
bodies are going to fly, and heads are going to roll.
Pressure makes you or breaks you. You can check our track record.
You can see where we stand. We don't break. We break people.
We don't feel pressure. We apply it.
We right the wrongs at stand & deliver.
We prove that we are the best team.
I don't mean at this time, I mean of all time.
Pretty Deadly, we're going to equalize you.
Tonight, we're going to tax your --.
Pretty Deadly, you and three other teams will find out exactly
why it is diamond mine forever.
We need a bad draw.
Okay.
Here we go.
[Chuckles] Let's do it.
Wouldn't want it any other way. Let's go.
Let's do it.
Hell, yes. Let's go, baby.
Let's go.
[Wade] The Creeds looked pretty happy there with that draw,
but here's a superstar who is far from happy right now.
[Bron Breakker's music plays]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Please welcome the NXT champion, Bron Breakker.
[Vic] Wade, you and I have a lot of fun right here at this past
[indistinct] I have a straight up question and as a man,
as a son, what would be going through
your mind right now if you are Bron Breakker?
[Wade] Very simple.
Anyone put their hands on my father, I would be out for vengeance.
Bron Breakker is a hot head at the best of times.
Last week, Gacy put his hands on a hall of fame father in Rick Steiner.
There are going to be severe consequences.
Joe Gacy wanted to send me a message.
He wanted to get my attention and Joe, you got it.
See, my dad's home now,
safe and sound. You got some nerve pulling that crap
last week because no one messes with my family.
My father gave 20 years to this business,
a WWE hall of famer,
a legend in this business.
[crowd cheering]
How about it, Joe? How about you come out
here and get in the ring, and we'll see who the real tough guy
is when it's standing in front of me.
Bring your -- out here right now.
Hey, Bron.
So sorry I can't be there in person tonight.
It was a pleasure meeting your father last week.
Through getting to know him, I started understanding you a lot better.
For example, I know why you're so tough, because your father
took his beating like a man.
We set your dad free, but he left one memento behind.
This hall of fame ring symbolizes the sacrifices
your father made for your family, bron, for you, sacrifices so you
can stand in that ring right now.
All the miles your father travelled, all the birthdays that he missed,
the hard work to put food on your family's table.
This ring is your family's life's work.
A family can only be tested by fire.
[Laughs]
[announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT women's tag team championship.
[Vic] Wendy ch-- oh.
[Wade] Nice there from Mandy Rose. Toxic shock.
[Vic] Into the cover. Toxic attraction gets back their gold.
We're not just toxic attraction, we are the attraction.
I'm here in the toxic attraction locker room
with the new NXT women's tag team champions,
Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin and i--
look at it, McKenzie.
Look at how shiny and beautiful it is.
Don't forget, two-time tag champs.
Sure.
Of course, the NXT women's champion, Mandy Rose.
That's right, McKenzie. How good does it feel
to be sitting with the ladies who hold all the gold in NXT?
It's nice, right? See, toxic attraction called their shot
last week and Gigi and Jacy are right back where they belong as champions.
That Dakota Kai, she has a lot of voices going on in her head,
but none of them are whispering to her that she has a chance
of taking this title away from me.
Zero.
I'm going to go out there, beat Dakota Kai tonight,
and ensure that everyone knows
that we are not just the main attraction of NXT,
we are the measuring stick that no one can reach, the brains,
the beauty, the gold, and the beast.
[Wade] I agree with everything that Mandy Rose just said.
[Vic] Of course, you do. One of the most popular duos in NXT,
jacket time are-- what? Von Wagner.
Looks like there's not match tonight.
[crowd booing]
Some people don't like being the bad guy, I enjoy it.
I'm not playing a character. I am the character.
What do the voices tell you?
You don't make children cry.
What's wrong with her?
Sasha banks does though.
Do you find good guys to be interesting?
I don't.
[Vic] We are back on NXT. Moments ago, our cameras caught
up with a furious Bron Breakker, and rightfully so.
Bron, what's going through your head?
Get this camera out of my face. I got nothing for you.
[Wade] Bron Breakker, boiling over and soon the social media is going
to boil over too.
The blood is pumping because we have an interview with nikkita
Lyons coming up after this next match.
[Vic] I don't know about the next match. According to Mr. Stone,
we're not going to have our scheduled match up.
Wow.
It looks like jacket time has ran out of time.
Believe me, what this man just did to those two, you are never
going to see them again, because this is Von Wagner's world,
and you're just living in it.
[Jacket time's music plays]
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] There's Jiro.
[Wade] This isn't wise at all.
[Vic] Don't speak too soon, Barrett.
[Wade] He's walking like a zombie.
[Vic] Taking out Wagner. Oh, get your hands on. Mr. Stone.
-[Wade] Mr. Stone's not a fighter. -[Vic] I've never seen ran that fast.
[Wade] He's a businessman.
Ikemen is --.
Ikemen is going to kick your -- right now.
Come on.
[Vic] Apparently, we are going to have a match up.
[bell rings]
[Vic] This is official.
[Wade] Jiro's lost his damn mind.
[Vic] No, Jiro's not going to stand by. He's going to stand up to Von Wagner.
[Wade] Oh, come off it, listen.
He had his [indistinct] ripped a couple of weeks ago.
He's just been attacked, saw his partner laid out.
I get coming for blood right now. You got to know your limits in this game.
[Vic] Jiro and-- oh, just get [indistinct] By Wagner.
[Wade] That right there was inevitable. I tried telling you.
[Vic] Well, hold on a second. You tried to tell me a lot about
Von Wagner and also Mr. Stone. You seem to have misjudged the situation.
Got a little overconfident, didn't he? What does Mr. Stone bring to the table
for someone like Von Wagner?
[Wade] I'll keep it very simple for you, Vic. If Mr. Stone had linked up
with Von Wagner eight weeks before he did, Von Wagner would've been front
and center at NXT stand & deliver.
Von Wagner is absolutely brilliant in that ring,
but what he's not is a mogul,
what he's not is a politician, and what he's not is a negotiator.
That is where Mr. Stone comes up.
[Vic] To your point, we have seen new faces front and center
on raw and Smack Down recently.
[Wade] Glad you're telling me. So good to see, congratulations
to all the NXT superstars who are moving up to raw and Smack Down.
This makes it the most exciting time of the year for me here in NXT,
lots of opportunity opening up for hungry, young,
superstars, one in which is in the ring right now, Von Wagner.
He's going to grab every opportunity coming his way.
[Vic] Wagner continuing to squeeze. Again, after attacking both
members of jacket time,
it's hard imagine Jiro even on his feet.
Right now, Jiro not only on his feet, he's bringing the offense,
bringing the fire, digging real deep here tonight to try
and muster the energy to take down Wagner.
[Wade] I admire the vigor. I admire the attempt here,
but I've got a really, really bad feeling despite him turning
the tide briefly in this one.
[Vic] Just dropped Wagner. Jiro now with Wagner in his sights.
Oh, under the jaw. Wagner's down. You got to consider this as an upset.
[Wade] Driven by rage and fury. That can do fighting things to a man.
This would be a shocker.
[Vic] Jiro off the top.
[Wade] Picture perfect.
[Vic] Trying to crawl, into the cover.
[Wade] That might have been your chance, Jiro.
What else do you have in the tank to put this monster away?
[Vic] Right now, adrenaline doing crazy things for Jiro,
who's running into-- oh, Jiro just got dropped by Wagner.
[Wade] No adrenaline in the world will overcome a big boot like that.
[Vic] We've seen this over the past few weeks.
Von Wagner's destruction.
Into the cover, Wagner puts away Jiro.
[bell rings]
[Von Wagner's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner, Von Wagner.
[Wade] Von Wagner is one short-fused individual and who can blame him?
Let's face it. Time and time again,
this man who is a prototypical superstar has just been passed
over for opportunities time and time again.
He's sick of it. Mr. Stone is sick of it.
Who can blame them? Let's face facts.
This was a display of complete aggression and domination by Von Wagner--
[Vic] That's the opposite about the cheap shot earlier.
[Wade] Things to come for NXT in my opinion.
Finish him. Finish him.
Hey, what are you looking at? Von, what are you looking at?
[Vic] Wagner, Mr. Stone's locking eyes.
[Wade] Cromwell once again.
[Vic] What is this relationship?
[Wade] They are a business cahoots.
That's all you need to know right now, Vic Joseph.
[Vic] What's Wagner doing? What's Wagner doing?
[Wade] Come on, put him down.
-[Wade] Oh, no. No. -[Vic] No, no, no, no.
Whoa.
All smiles.
Von Wagner just chucked Jiro two rows into the NXT universe.
[crowd chanting]
Nikkita Lyons, thank you so much for joining me.
Last week, you had the biggest win of your early career over lash legend.
Speaking of lash, you two have been going back and forth for weeks,
a lot of trash talk.
With that win, what point did you prove to lash?
Lash does a lot of trash talking.
She's athletic as hell, but I don't need to prove anything to lash.
Who I need to prove myself to is the WWE universe
that I can compete at the highest level.
I can make waves in this women's division, whether it's against
Mandy--
what you're proving now, huh? Huh, nikkita.
What you're proving now? Absolutely nothing.
Oh, hush. Be quiet.
You, you, next time you want to interview somebody,
it needs to be lash legend, okay?
[Wade] Issues between lash legend and nikkita Lyons far from resolved here.
[Dakota Kai's music plays]
[Vic] Oh, look Von Wagner and lash legend
have taken the aggression to another level.
Dakota Kai has promised Mandy Rose is not safe.
She would punish Rose tonight and take her title next.
[music]
NXT 2.0. We got the drip so find your fit.
NXT shop, as close as it gets.
[Vic] We're back on NXT.
Von Wagner's a little over zealous, don't you think, Barrett?
This is unreal.
[Wade] I don't agree, no.
This is an inevitable result of a man like Von Wagner
being overlooked for too long. I saw this coming a mile off.
[Vic] Take one more look. This was just-- words can't even
describe what we just witnessed.
Then, of course, Jiro would get some medical attention.
He was also attacked earlier tonight. You can see some of those
in the NXT universe giving words
of encouragement to jiro after that attack.
[music]
Wait.
[Wade] The cat is finally out of the bag. I know these English lads very well.
I'm kit Wilson.
Elton Prince.
We are pretty deadly.
The most extravagant, flamboyant, eccentric and tastiest team in NXT.
We conquered NXT UK for over a year. We thought we'd take a trip,
come take over america, darling.
What better way to make statement than to attack
the biggest and baddest team, the Creed Brothers.
Typical mat meatheads. Well, they're ugly, cauliflower ears.
They've got no style, no
[foreign language]
Now, we have them in a gauntlet match. Come on, boys, let's have it.
No one in the history of NXT has ever won a tag team
championships on their very first match, but pretty deadly,
we're about to make history.
Yes, boy.
Good luck. Good luck here.
[Crosstalk]
You get it. You get it. You.
No, I'm nervous, boy. You go. You go.
Me?
No, you.
No, I insist. I insist.
Hold my hand, hold my hand, hold my hand.
Let's do this.
Come on.
Ready?
Yes, boy.
Yes, boy. Yes, boy.
[Indistinct] Ready.
Yes, boy. Yes, boy. Yes, boy.
[Wade] Pretty Deadly looking pretty happy with themselves right now
ahead of tonight's main event.
[Toxic attraction's music plays]
[Vic] I don't know who you're more over the moon with,
pretty deadly or the NXT women's champion?
[Wade] Everywhere I look, it's just pretty handsome, pretty beautiful.
It goes on and on. This is a great night. I could not be happier right
now, aside from the fact that I have to sit next to you, Vic Joseph.
[Vic] We're going to move on because last week, it was Mandy Rose
who cost Dakota Kai the NXT women's tag team titles,
which only adds extra motivation for Dakota Kai.
I got to be honest, you were a little worried and still are about
this championship title defense for Mandy Rose.
[Wade] Okay, listen.
Dakota Kai in my opinion, is a 10 in every single category,
technical skills, endurance, confidence, ability.
Mandy Rose has passed every single test so far as champion
here in NXT and she's passed them with flying colors.
This test tonight is as stiff as any that she has faced.
That is only augmented by the fact that Dakota Kai is clearly
unhinged and angry right now.
[Vic] All the gold back around the waist of toxic attraction.
[Wade] As it should be.
[Vic] [Indistinct] They are the attraction here in NXT.
This championship Tuesday, the second championship match
of the night.
[Vic] Dakota Kai has not taken her eyes off the champion.
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT women's championship.
[crowd cheering]
Introducing first, the challenger, Dakota Kai.
[crowd cheering]
Her opponent representing toxic attraction,
she is the NXT women's champion, Mandy Rose.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Mandy Rose nearing 170 days as the NXT women's champion.
For Dakota Kai, she has never held the NXT women's title,
as a former two-time NXT women's tag team champion,
winner of the women's dusty cup. I have to get to you, Wade, quickly.
[bell rings]
What's the one characteristic
That scares you the most about Dakota Kai?
[Wade] Characteristic, it had to be that Kai has the ability to push anyone,
anyone of her opponents to their limits as varied performers,
competitors as io Shirai, Raquel, Rhea Ripley,
Kai has gone toe-to-toe with all of them, and they all had to hit
top gear to just keep up with Dakota Kai.
[crowd chanting "let's go Mandy, let's go Kai"]
[Vic] NXT universe is fired up. Wade,
I want to bring this something about Dakota Kai.
She promised Rose, who would not be saved last week.
[Wade] What a disgrace it's been.
-[Vic] What? -[Wade] I've got a huge problem right now--
[Vic] disgraced?
[Wade] With NXT management approving this championship
defense after all that Mandy Rose has done for NXT lately.
Listen, the spotlight Mandy Rose has brought to NXT is beyond comparison.
The media coverage she brings, defeating three other top
superstars 10 days ago at stand & deliver. Where is the day off?
That's my question. Where is the gratitude?
Not only that, Dakota Kai vandalized the arena last week,
throwing a tantrum, and she's get rewarded
with this opportunity for the NXT women's championship.
[Wade] For me, it is an absolute disgrace once again that our champion
Mandy Rose is being treated this way.
[Vic] Dakota Kai, able to slip out the back door.
Now, Kai looking for some offense, trying to tie up.
We got a crucifix, shoulders down. Title on the line.
The champion just kicking out.
[Wade] Talked about this earlier, Dakota Kai's technical skills
are up there with the absolute best historically here in NXT.
That is why she's such a threat--
[Vic] shoulders down again, another near fall.
[Wade] To the reign of Mandy Rose.
[Vic] Mandy Rose might not have so many enemies
if she didn't think so highly of herself.
Again, this is Mandy Rose, the same woman who tried to influence
how the 2022 dusty cup would be won.
[Wade] Oh, okay, okay.
The old hater Vic Joseph has come out again.
[Vic] That's fact.
[Wade] There is no evidence whatsoever that Mandy Rose tried
to influence the results of the 2020 women's dusty cup.
If she did, let's say for example she did,
all she has done is anger Dakota Kai.
Kai is dangerous at the best of times.
Right now, an angry Dakota Kai is nothing but ruthless.
Oh, no.
[Vic] Kai wiping out toxic attraction.
[crowd cheering]
Dakota Kai in control, but she's got to get Rose back into the ring.
NXT women's championship on the line as championship Tuesday rolls on.
[Vic] Back live, championship Tuesday continuing here on NXT
as Mandy Rose in control.
Rose believed she's the only woman worthy enough
to be champion here in NXT. Has been in control this match up
throughout the commercial break, but moments ago, Dakota Kai
willing to risk it all to wipe out toxic attraction.
However, Mandy Rose would take advantage during the commercial
break and actually almost put Dakota Kai away.
[Wade] Yes, been a real turn of events during that break there,
but, of course, Mandy Rose as per usual, getting back on top here.
Now Dakota Kai's chances of becoming her first
NXT women's championship reign are slipping away.
[Vic] Rose charging right in, staying on her feet.
Look at Dakota Kai. This is that uncharacteristic
offense you talked about, but Rose one step ahead.
[Wade] The power of Mandy Rose.
[Vic] Cover, cover, cover, title on the line, and Dakota Kai continuing to fight.
Just getting that left shoulder up.
[Wade] The in-ring abilities of Mandy Rose are forever
under-appreciated, but right there, just textbook effort
in turning things around. Pulling this match into a 180 once again.
[Vic] Well, this a one-on-one traditional championship match up
unlike what we were witness at wrestlemania backlash premium
live event, where Charlotte flair faces Ronda Rousey
in an I quit match for the Smack Down women's title.
[Wade] Oh, man, unfinished business from wrestlemania.
In my opinion, their match ended with some question marks for me.
While at wrestlemania backlash, we're going to get ourselves
a conclusion and I cannot wait.
[Vic] Rose again continuing to be in control.
Look, you claimed to be friends with the champion.
What's your claim?
[Wade] I think the world knows Mandy and I are pretty tight.
[Vic] Okay.
Well, Rose, is she thinking
twice about crossing Dakota Kai and her friends?
[Wade] Oh, the old hater.
[Vic] It's not. It's a fair question.
[Wade] The old hater. I don't want any problem
with toxic attraction, but I'm going to address it anyway.
Listen, don't put the cart before the horse here.
This is undoubtedly a tough test for Mandy Rose
in her championship reign. She probably rather be--
[Vic] shoulders down, able to kick out. Is Kai and still to come,
the third and final championship match on this championship Tuesday.
We will find out who the new NXT
tag team champions will be in gauntlet match.
[Wade] Yes, let's save the regrets for right now.
Mandy knows how to deal with problems, and let's face it,
there's no bigger problems right now than a resurgent Dakota Kai.
[Vic] Dakota Kai looking to hurt the champions and the quickest
way to do that is just dethrone Mandy Rose.
What a double stomp and Dakota Kai starting to feel all the emotions
that could make her the NXT women's champion for the very first time.
[Wade] I don't care tight your abs are, there is--
[Vic] boom.
[Wade] No way in the world to protect yourself from an offense
like that from Dakota Kai.
[Vic] Kai, what is on her mind? Just dropping Rose one more time
for the championship, and Rose,
not a lot behind that kick out by the champion.
[Wade] It's going to take all of Dakota Kai's storied experience
here in NXT to pull off the victory tonight.
Such are the abilities of Mandy Rose and such is the threat,
of course, from toxic attraction on the outside.
[Vic] Yes, we've seen toxic attraction already stick
their nose in Dakota Kai's business
tonight, but a chop block from Rose. Rose trying to cut all
the corners here to retain her gold.
[Wade] For the driving knee to the jaw of Dakota Kai.
Dakota Kai just [indistinct] Through her nose.
[Vic] Oh, spine buster. Is that enough for Mandy Rose
to retain and again, Dakota Kai able to kick out.
[Wade] High-angle pin, but both ladies showing
signs of wear and tear at this point. Stress etched all over the face
of Mandy Rose's running mates in toxic attraction.
I'm concerned for Mandy Rose here, that right hamstring is in a bad way.
[Vic] Are you talking about the title defense a few weeks ago?
The wear and tear on Mandy Rose. Is tonight the night as the NXT
universe rising up with Kai. Inside cradle, and another near fall.
[Wade] Not the time to be talking trash at all.
You have to put this one to bed.
[Vic] Dakota Kai may be doing just that.
Kai, so much taken out of her.
Trying to get back to her feet. Hitting the chiropractor.
[Wade] I don't think she got all of it.
It looked like Mandy Rose collapsed half way through.
Fortunately, for Mandy, I think that hamstring gave way.
[Vic] Kai now realizing-- oh, dolin? What the?
Oh, wait a minute. Oh, Jayne.
[Wade] Oh, this was the threat all along as far as Dakota Kai's concerned.
[Vic] Yes, of course. Oh, Mandy Rose. What a running knee.
One, two, three.
[Wade] Of course, Rose retains.
[Toxic attraction's music plays]
[announcer] Here's your winner and still NXT women's champion, Mandy Rose.
[Vic] Toxic attraction realized the championship was slipping
through their fingers. That's what happened, Wade.
Gigi had to interfere, Jane had to interfere to open
the door for Mandy Rose. I'm sure you're all happy about this one.
[Wade] I will take nothing away from
Dakota Kai, but let's hand Mandy Rose some credit.
Clearly, not at 100%, towards the end of that match up.
We saw the injured hamstring of Mandy Rose,
but this is where Dakota Kai almost pulled
that championship close to her chest.
[Vic] It was a close call. As you mentioned, Dakota Kai
unleashed the heavy artillery
in this match up and another close call for Dakota Kai.
We saw this throughout the entire match, toxic attraction, the deciding factor.
The numbers advantage, the numbers game came into play
one more time, and Mandy Rose in the end.
Bam, saw her [indistinct]
[Wade] that's the killer instincts right here.
Saw her chance and took it. That is how you become champion,
and that is how go on a 170-day plus championship reign here.
It's about time we gave Mandy Rose her credit
for what she's done for all of us here on the NXT brand.
[Vic] Oh, Wendy choo.
[Wade] What the hell is this?
[Vic] Oh, Wendy choo.
[Wade] Super soaker?
How old is Wendy choo?
[Vic] Ain't nothing wrong with super soaker.
Look at your girls now, Wade. They're embarrassed.
[Wade] Yes, yes, whatever. Embarrassed, they still got all the gold
and they are more importantly still the attraction of NXT.
[music]
We are a society that lives through social media and emotion.
The world is run by the court of public opinion, not by the rule of law.
Truth is what people believe, not what people know,
but people don't know what they want
until you give them exactly what they need.
Bron Breakker can't carry the weight of this brand on his back.
I'm the only one that can guide NXT.
Bron Breakker is too emotional, too easy to manipulate.
Look what I did to him over the course of two short weeks.
I made him angry in one moment, and helpless in the next.
Bron, I can control your every move, and when I'm done,
I will tear down everything in your life.
Except I may hang on to one thing.
[Vic] I would not want to be Joe Gacy when Bron Breakker find him,
but when we come back, we will hear for the first time
since NXT stand & deliver from Cora Jade here on NXT.
[music]
Look, it doesn't matter. One team, two teams, three teams.
We run the bingo around here.
[Chuckles] Pisan.
Look, sorry to interrupt your little team meeting you got going on here.
For me and you, we may have met a little misunderstanding last week.
No disrespect, but if things don't go your way this week,
here's a little taste, a peace offering, if you will.
[Foreign language] Is worth more than that.
Way more.
[Cora Jade's music plays]
[Vic] That's another very interesting
interaction between the Don and emperor of NXT.
[announcer] Please welcome, Cora Jade.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Listen, Vic, I got to tell you, I have had goosebumps all day,
and here's why, this morning WWE announced the first major WWE stadium
event to be held in the united kingdom in more than 30 years,
emanating for principality stadium in Cardiff, wales,
on Saturday, September 3rd 2022.
For more information, visit WWE.com.
[Vic] I know you're very excited about that event coming up this fall.
[Wade] Oh, yes.
Family live in Cardiff, competed in Cardiff before. Big news.
Wrestle Mania week was the most important weekend of my entire life.
The best part about it was that, it was bigger
than I could have ever imagined, but the best part
was that my parents got to sit in the second row and watch me.
[crowd cheering]
Working on front row, guys, I'm working on it.
Through all that, through the biggest important week of my life,
I got in there with three incredibly talented women,
and I held my own in that ring.
[crowd cheering]
I did come up short, and I truly felt
that I was leaving NXT stand & deliver
as the new NXT women's champion. As I'm learning,
life doesn't always work out how you want, and it sucks.
I thought I wanted to be NXT
women's champion going into stand & deliver.
After coming so close at Dallas,
I need to become NXT women's champion.
[crowd cheering]
Look, if you think that this is just some other promo about
how I'm going to have to redirect my focus, it's not.
The goal remains the same, because when I was eight-years-old,
I wrote in my notebook that I was going
to become a champion here in WWE and I meant that.
[crowd cheers]
No matter what, I meant that, and I'm going to work my -- off,
bust my -- every single day to get to that reality, hold that championship
in the air, and make sure my name is with the rest
of the women I idolized growing up.
AJ Lee, Sasha Banks, Natalya, Bailey, Paige,
the list goes on and on and on.
One day my name will be with them, and I'll hold that championship
up and the generation of Jade--
[Natalya's music plays]
[Wade] What?
Oh.
Oh, this is so cool. I go way back with Natalya.
Oh my word.
This is WWE royalty before our eyes.
[Vic] The NXT universe standing ovation for Smack Down's Natalya.
[Wade] What a treat for Cora Jade. What a treat for all of us.
[Vic] Cora looks like she's in tears. This is one of her idols.
[Wade] This is one of her childhood heroes.
[Wade] Oh my. What a cool moment this is.
[Vic] Looks like she is stunned.
[Wade] How's Cora Jade feeling right now?
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] I bet when Cora Jade woke up this morning,
she didn't think she would be standing in the ring with one of her idols.
One of her heroes.
[Wade] Look at the shock written on her face.
[crowd cheering "natty, natty"]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
Thank you.
[crowd cheering]
I love you guys.
Wow.
[crowd chanting "natty, natty"]
I don't know what to say. I don't know what to say.
I love you guys and this building brings back--
I love you guys.
This building brings back just so many memories. Cora Jade.
[crowd chanting, "welcome back"]
Cora Jade, it is so good to finally meet you.
My name is Natty, and most people in WWE call them Natalya.
I know, I know, I know. You're the best of all time.
You don't understand. You were my first ever favorite
female superstar, you were the first ever action figure I ever bought.
You do not understand. This is surreal to me.
I don't even care that I'm freaking out right now.
I don't even care. Let me calm down.
I remember I messaged you on Twitter after a Smack Down live event.
I was only 10-years-old. It was in Hammond, Indiana.
You pointed at me. It was the craziest thing.
I don't even--
actually, I do remember that night
and the night that you debuted at NXT 2.0. I remember DMing you.
For the very first time I saw your message to me from 2011,
and it just blows me away to know that I inspired you that way.
That I pointed to the right girl that night.
[crowd cheering]
Cora, destiny is always chasing. It's always chasing and like,
I see you now and you're sweet, you're humble, you're genuine,
you're kind, but more than anything Cora--
she is gorgeous.
Gorgeous, yes.
[crowd cheering]
More than anything, you have passion for this, and I love that.
[crowd cheering]
I think I can pass out and die now.
I don't even--
Cora, trust me when I tell you this, I have mentored,
I have trained, and I have competed against some
of the greatest female superstars in WWE history.
[crowd cheering]
I look around backstage, and I look at that women's locker room
and I see the landscape. Cora, you are the future
of the NXT women's division. It's you.
[crowd cheering]
The future is bleak.
Oh.
Oh, I knew this was coming.
[crowd booing]
[Wade] Oh my word.
[Vic] Why?
[Wade] Natalya is as cutthroat as they come. You do not last at the top
of this industry, unless you are built that exact way.
Beware the Machiavellian ways of Natalya.
[crowd booing]
[Natalya's music plays]
Tonight is not about fun, Brooks. Tonight, we need to focus [indistinct]
No, it's not. No, it's not. Tonight is the gauntlet match.
Every tag team we got to go through to be the NXT tag team champions.
Woo.
Tonight, let's kick some --
hell, yes, fellow. Hell, yes [indistinct]
Lets beat some people.
Woo. Hell yes. Let's knock some teeth out.
[Vic] Briggs and Jensen are fired up, as championship Tuesday rolls on.
When we come back, two aspiring superstars put their friendship aside,
Anthony, Quinn do battle one-on-one next on NXT.
[music]
My name is Nathan Frazer.
There's that quickness and the agility of Frazer.
I made a name for myself competing against the best in NXT UK.
That's what Nathan Frazer is all about.
Never been afraid of a challenge. Frazer keeps the pressure off.
Wow.
Now, I got a one-way ticket across the Atlantic ocean,
and I can't wait for NXT 2.0 to see what I'm all about.
[Wade] Wow.
Nathan Frazer already set NXT UK ablaze. The kid is a human highlight reel,
and he's heading our way.
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Draco Anthony.
[Vic] Anthony is focused on tonight, and his opponent
who's making his way to the ring.
[Xyon Quinn's music plays]
[announcer] His opponent, Xyon Quinn.
[Vic] If you want to be part of our live NXT audience right here
in Orlando Florida join the NXT live Facebook page
for all the information, or visit WWE.Com/NXTlive.
This match these two aspiring superstars-- oh, wait,
this is the definition of what NXT is all about.
[Wade] Exciting times in NXT. Top superstars are being acquired left,
right, and center by raw and Smack Down. Youngsters like Xyon Quinn,
Draco Anthony, can fill those opportunities,
they're there to be grabbed, and we're about to see some
new faces break out in the coming weeks and months.
Ring the bell. [bell rings]
[Vic] For this match up, specifically, look, the bottom line Draco Anthony
is just tired of being told what to do.
[Wade] I can't blame him. Listen, he's a young man, ton on his mind.
He's had plenty of unsolicited-- oh, man, I don't know if that's a good idea.
Plenty of unsolicited advice thus far from the likes of Joe Gacy.
Didn't want that initially. Then, from Xyon Quinn.
Maybe the advice of Joe Gacy is starting to get through though.
[Vic] Well, what was your issue specifically with Quinn just trying
to help Anthony as,
again, we're seeing sportsmanship from Quinn towards Anthony.
[Wade] I don't know about sportsmanship, look, maybe this is a bit of tough love,
trying to give the guy some advice,
trying to give him a little heart-to-heart.
Thing is, Draco Anthony doesn't want it. He's got a lot on his mind already,
he's been pulled from obscurity, he's now on global television.
A lot of noise in his head, and he needs to cut that down.
[Vic] I think Quinn is done now trying to be Mr. Nice guy in this match up,
as Quinn just tossing Anthony across the ring.
[Wade] That's how it is, Xyon Quinn, undoubtedly, a giant powerhouse.
[Vic] Oh.
[Wade] Look at the athleticism from Draco Anthony, needed every ounce.
[Vic] Wow.
The clothesline from Anthony, and look, we're just moments away
from the third and final championship match up
of this evening, is Quinn just launching Anthony.
Want to get your final thoughts on the NXT tag team title gauntlet match.
[Wade] I competed in only one gauntlet match in my entire career,
I mowed down the first three competitors. The fourth man to enter the match,
Kofi Kingston, he had the easiest match of his life.
I was exhausted, my body just collapsed, and I was battered by him
[indistinct] I got to say that is bad. Mocking the Siva tau,
that is a sacred war ritual for those of Samoan heritage such as Xyon Quinn,
that was not a smart move from Draco Anthony.
I see blood lust in the eyes of Xyon Quinn. He's like a man possessed in there.
[Vic] There's fire right now oozing out of Xyon Quinn.
Quinn, hoisting up Anthony.
[Wade] You don't mess with a man's heritage.
This is academic now.
[Vic] Look, these are two guys that got along just fine.
I thought there might have been a miscommunication between the two,
but what we've seen from Anthony, there is absolutely
no miscommunication about Anthony's message towards Quinn.
[Wade] Xyon Quinn has absolutely snapped in there.
It was that mocking of the Siva tau that did it.
This is a different side from Xyon Quinn.
I've been waiting to see this for a long time.
No more Mr. Nice guy Xyon Quinn. This match is over.
[Vic] I hate to admit when you're right.
To your point, Quinn is seeing red at this moment.
[Wade] Do not -- Xyon Quinn off because this will be your reward.
[Vic] Third time the charm for Quinn.
[bell rings]
[Xyon Quinn's music plays]
[announcer] Here's your winner, Xyon Quinn.
[Vic] Unsure of what Quinn was barking at, but Quinn was not happy with Anthony,
and quickly puts an end to this match up.
[Indistinct] Gauntlet match tonight, that's going to be cool to see.
I've been here trying to prove myself to diamond mine,
this locker room, everyone.
If I have to step up to the best of all time, so be it.
You got it. As for the rest of you,
the boat is here, and you're all put on notice.
[Wade] Shock to the system for the women's division.
Sounds like Natalya is going to be sticking around in NXT.
[Vic] It's time for the gauntlet match and you talked about an unlucky draw.
[Wade] [Laughs] Oh, man.
I was trying to say earlier, if you draw one or two in the gauntlet,
I just don't know how you can win.
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following is gauntlet match to determine
the new NXT tag team champions. Introducing first, from the team
of diamond mine, Julius and Brutus, the Creed Brothers.
[Vic] Final championship match up of the night, the Creed Brothers
are going to have the toughest tester of the gauntlet.
Who will be the new tag champs?
I smashed cowboy Brock and I took the WWE championship,
but there's still plenty left for the bloodline to achieve.
Now, I want y'all to bring me those raw tag team championships.
This Friday, a power-hungry Roman Reigns has the bloodline's
sights set on total control.
Draped in gold, the bloodline looking for more.
Will the usos achieve their tribal chief's vision?
Plus, Jinder Mahal battles ricochet for the intercontinental championship.
Friday night Smack Down live this Friday 8/7 central only on Fox.
Can't wait for this tag team gauntlet.
Yes, I think the Creeds are going to win it, for sure.
Speaking of winning, if the match continued last week
my dexie would have won.
No, my Duke would have won.
Stop saying Duke.
We need to stop this, okay? Dexter is great, Duke is great.
If they were in this gauntlet, they would win the entire thing.
Oh my god, persia, you're so right. Our men should team up.
Huh?
No, no, no. I'm not teaming with him.
Why not?
Yes, why not?
Look at him.
I do all the time.
Dexie, you'd team up with Duke, right? Oh, come on.
I know he's a creep--
hey, Indi.
Okay, I'm joking. Dexie, will you team up with Duke?
You got a real shot becoming a champion in NXT.
She does have a point, babe.
Yes, fine, I'll do it.
Dexie, what do you say?
Tag team championships, here we come.
[music]
[Wade] Duke and dexie, I don't approve of that at all,
but here is something I'm loving because after weeks of strife, Sarray,
finally gets a one-on-one match with the "buff Barbie doll" Tiffany Stratton,
and it's taking place right here next week.
[Vic] Also made official, paxley laid out the challenge to the vote,
Natalya has accepted. Natalya returns to NXT next week live,
right here on USA.
[Legado Del Fantasma's music plays]
[Vic] Oh, look who drew number two.
[Wade] What a disaster.
[announcer] Making their way to the ring, Legado Del Fantasma.
[Vic] We now know it's the Creed Brothers and Legado Del Fantasma
who will start this match up. When one of these teams is eliminated,
the next team comes up. We will continue that until only
one team is left standing. Who will successfully win the gauntlet,
that team will be crowned new NXT tag team champions.
[Wade] Gold on the line. Huge opportunity. This to me is like drawing one
and two in the royal Rumble. Your chances of winning
from this position are almost zero. It's going to take so much
conditioning and, hey, hats off to the diamond mine.
If anybody can do it knowing their training,
the work they do in the gym is there, but I really don't fancy their chances.
[Vic] When I take a look at the Creed Brothers, I think of their last few weeks
they had the entire dusty cup tournament that they were victorious in,
then they had a hellacious six-man tag team match.
Not to mention, traveling and competing in NXT stand & deliver
on wrestlemania Saturday.
Ring the bell. [bell rings]
[Vic] Then, last week, there's been no days off
for the Creed Brothers over the last two months.
[Wade] Rough few weeks for the Creed Brothers and it certainly
is not getting any easier here, because right off the bat,
Cruz Del torro of Legado Del Fantasma coming out all guns blazing.
[Vic] Torro making a tag to Wilde. Now, Wilde flying through the air.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Oh. Absolutely, cleaning house on the Creed Brothers.
[Vic] All about the vacated NXT tag team titles, but both these duos unlucky.
What's the strategy, as Wilde into the cover, hook of the leg,
and a quick kick out by Brutus.
[Wade] You need 10 out of 10 conditioning and you need a hell
of a lot of luck from this. Little lucky there,
Joaquin Wilde slipped on the top rope as he was going over the top,
but still managing the connection. Now, the Creeds taking back control.
Malcolm bivens on the outside was liking what he was seeing.
[Vic] For a moment. There is Del torro charging in,
and we have seen Legado Del Fantasma
all the time in the past implement this strategy.
Is there too much on their mind specifically talking about Tony d'Angelo?
[Wade] Let's face it, the interaction with Tony D earlier--
[Vic] oh. Nice.
[Wade] NXT and la familia--
[Vic] Wilde is legal.
[Wade] They might be heading for a bit of a turf war here.
[Vic] Oh. Wilde is legal.
To move on to the gauntlet match, to eliminate the Creed Brothers.
Julius able to kick out at two. You take a look at Legado Del Fantasma,
as we take another look at Wilde flying through the air seamlessly.
They're the longest tenured team in this match up.
Does that give them the edge?
[Wade] There's huge advantage when it comes to experience.
Who can ever forget--
[Vic] another cover, another hook of the leg, and another near fall.
[Wade] Of course, the notorious bag of dirty Tricks that Santos Escobar,
especially, loves to dip into. We'll see if that comes into
play here tonight with Elektra Lopez watching on from ringside.
[Vic] Lopez liking what she is seeing right now out of Legado Del Fantasma,
as Wilde just measuring, and a nice take down.
Now, looking for a possible submission.
There's Julius Creed with the ankle lock cinched in.
[Wade] Really needed to turn the tide here.
It's pretty much one-way traffic from the beginnings here,
all going into the [indistinct] of the Creeds,
but the Creeds doing what they do best.
[Vic] Double ankle lock, all four men in the ring.
Malcolm bivens is smiling. Will the Creeds advance?
[Wade] Grinning like a Cheshire cat is bivens.
[Vic] Oh, nice counter.
[Wade] Superb work from those two managing to get themselves out of the fire there.
Oh, oh.
[Vic] Turned inside out is Del Toro. Tag was made.
Brutus now legal and Wilde goes for the ride.
[Wade] Sky high. Bivens must be loving what he's seeing right now.
Bivens, a man of many talents. Just put himself a huge stand up
comedy gig at Manhattan's the stand club in NYC.
All info available on his Twitter account. Go check him out,
if you like a good laugh.
[Vic] You are a great PR man. It's Brutus now.
Oh, power bomb to Wilde. Is this enough to advance?
Do we have our first elimination? Wilde able to kickout.
[Wade] Brutus, the bruiser of the Creeds. I'm a great PR man.
Joaquin Wilde needs a great chiropractor after that move.
[Vic] Creed Brothers said earlier tonight that bodies would fly,
-[Vic] as Julius makes the tag. -[Wade] Well they weren't lying were they?
[Vic] They certainly were not. You brought it up earlier,
stamina is going to be the key for both these teams
if they want to make it to the end, let alone win the tag team title.
[Wade] Let's face it, you're going to war.
These two teams in a regular two-on-two tag team match up.
They are going to war, and they are coming out with a whole bunch of wins.
Whoever is successful out of these two, has to keep going on,
such is the nature of-- oh.
[Crosstalk]
[Vic] Oh,
he's hanging around with his feet. Can this be?
Fast and furious missile dropkick off the top.
Tag was made, Wilde is legal.
Julius Creed doesn't realize what's going on,
-[Vic] as Wilde looking to fly 450. -[Wade] Beautiful.
[Wade] Looking for the elimination.
[Wade] Brutus, able to break up the count one more time.
[Wade] Almost a rapid elimination there for the Creeds,
but still in the danger zone right now because Legado Del Fantasma
have a bit between their teeth.
[Vic] Now, Brutus from the outside. Wilde not going to like
what happens when he turns around and gets dropped.
Creed Brothers weathering the storm. Brutus tags in, Brutus is legal.
All about the vacated NXT tag team titles.
[Wade] That is it for sure.
[Vic] Brutus falls into the cover and the Creed Brothers advance.
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Legado Del Fantasma have been eliminated.
[Vic] There's no timeouts, there's no rest.
The next team is making their way to the ring.
[Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen's music plays]
[Vic] This is a golden opportunity
[Wade] whoa.
Ladies are even getting into it, Fallon Henley, Elektra Lopez.
[Vic] Briggs and Jensen better get their mind back on this match up,
as I was saying, golden opportunity.
[Wade] There's a couple of country strong fighters in there now with the Creeds.
Bell hasn't even rung.
[Vic] Whoa.
They're already on fisticuffs. This is match number two.
We haven't even begun, but the gauntlet is going to continue on NXT.
Gauntlet match continuing. Here is Brutus into the cover
to advance, and eliminate a second team. Briggs able to kick out.
This is the second match for the Creed Brothers for the vacated
NXT tag team titles
[Wade] what a battle the Creeds have already
had to go through eliminating Legado Del Fantasma.
Now, they've got a couple of country strong boys in there,
who love nothing more than a scrap.
[Vic] Oh.
[Wade] Well-honed on bar fights. You have to think a bar fight
would treat you pretty well for something like a gauntlet match.
[Vic] Oh, [indistinct]
Briggs has looked at me and I don't like the look.
[Wade] I'm getting out of here.
[Vic] Briggs and Jensen.
We said this was a golden opportunity. Watch out, Wade.
[Wade] Furniture flying everywhere.
[Vic] Jensen trying to following the footsteps of his father.
Briggs, looking to plant. Holy crap.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
[Screams]
[Vic] Take another look at what we just witnessed. Bam.
The absolute brutality. Think about this, Wade,
this is the second match up for the Creed Brothers.
Julius is by himself right now.
[Wade] I got to be honest with you,
Brutus Creed, that might be the end of him right now.
Might be a two-on-one match up from this point.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Just looking at Brutus here in front of us.
[Wade] Seeing the absolute destruction over here.
[Vic] Right now, Julius, if the Creed Brothers are going
to get through one more team, it's going to be on the back of Julius.
Julius now trying everything he can, but look, this isn't Duke.
This isn't the acc, this is NXT.
[Wade] Absolutely. Sportsmanship goes out of the window today
when the gold is on the line, and this is just turning
into a beat down of Julius Creed.
[Vic] When you think about Briggs and Jensen, it's going to be a lot easier
for Jensen to pick up dates with a title around his waist,
and they could be closing in on it.
Moving out and eliminating the Creed Brothers.
[Wade] Brooks Jensen must have so much pent-up aggression.
The man can't get laid right now.
[Vic] Better hope he doesn't hear you. Look what they did to Brutus.
Certainly they'll do that to you as well.
[Wade] I'm not mocking the guy, I'm telling the truth.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] NXT universe trying to rally on Julius Creed,
as Jensen and Briggs, they came in with a game plan.
They drew number three, they set back and watched
the first two teams compete, and they came out
here and executed their plan to perfection.
Julius should be out. Tag was made.
[Wade] Oh, divide and conquer.
Look at the exuberance of Brooks Jensen. Wasn't a tag there, went for the cover.
Referee on the ball, called him out on that.
[Vic] Look, emotions are running high right now because
this is for the vacated NXT tag team titles.
Sit down power bomb. Into the cover. Brutus got to his feet,
somehow Julius is able to kick out. Malcolm bivens has to be beside himself.
[Wade] I can't believe Brutus Creed is even moving after getting
slammed through our announce table. Complete carnage here at ringside.
[Vic] Look, you talked about strategy earlier, for Briggs and Jensen,
this is the opportunity right now.
[Wade] What a smart game plan they came in with, divide and conquer.
The conquer may well be completed.
[Vic] Brooks into the cover and Brutus able to tackle Jensen.
That's certainly one way to break up the count.
[Wade] The human bulldozer back to his feet, although straight back down.
How much damage has been done to the spine of Brutus Creed?
Innovative offense--
[Vic] high-impact offense.
[Wade] There from Brooks Jensen, josh Briggs.
[Vic] Just able to break things up.
Again, this time did Briggs, laying up Brutus for the second time.
Look around, Jensen just got back to his feet.
This is a gaunt-- we still have two more teams.
This has been one hell of a match up on its own.
[Wade] Man, how do you fancy your chances,
even if you are victorious [crosstalk]
[Vic] Look a tag was made. A tag was made. Brutus is legal.
The referee witnessed it. Julius Creed is so tired,
so much has been taken out of Julius Creed.
He collapsed to the floor.
[Wade] This is just too easy for Briggs or-- oh, I spoke to soon.
[Vic] Brutus into the cover. Creeds advance again.
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen have been eliminated.
[Vic] I understand, hats off to Brutus and Julius,
but look who drew number four.
The next team is on their way out.
Grayson Waller, of course, in his sling.
As we heard from Waller--
you got to get them for me.
[Vic] And you can hear him right now, he knows he can kick his feet up tonight.
[Wade] Let's face it. Waller is an absolute disgrace
of a human being in my opinion, [bell rings]
Just coming with a game plan and that is to have this man,
the giant bodyguard, Sanga--
[Vic] oh, cover, cover, cover.
Julius just got the left shoulder up. Waller on the outside.
Little weasel was holding on to Brutus' legs.
[Wade] Sanga is a one-man wrecking crew, a wall of a human-being,
he's going to have to be tonight because, apparently, Grayson Waller
incapable of competing with a sling on him arm, of course,
the damage caused by that high octane elbow drop
at NXT stand & deliver off the top of a ladder.
[Vic] For the Creed Brothers barely can stand, Julius Creed
held up by the ropes.
He's not even going to need the ropes because he's going up.
Wait, another counter. Julius starting to swing.
They're going to have to chop down the big man.
[Wade] Going to take more than two people to take out Sanga, in my opinion.
[Vic] The Creeds, they could just be thinking about one thing.
Well, Waller just tagged in. I was going to say for the Creeds,
it's all about survival. What's Waller-- oh, come on.
[Wade] What a snake. What a coward.
Oh, baby.
[Vic] This gauntlet match continues.
Oh, come on.
Back live on NXT, the gauntlet match continuing for the vacated
NXT tag team titles, the fourth team to enter the frame.
Grayson Waller and Sanga doing a number right now on the Creed Brothers.
Is tonight the night that Grayson Waller is [indistinct]
[Wade] They will never get a better opportunity than right now.
The Creeds, for all they offer, for all of their abilities,
they are like two mannequins in there right now.
They are so exhausted, depleted, but just as I write them off,
Brutus Creed pulling out the unthinkable, but needs that tag in the worst way.
[Vic] Waller believes he should've been handed the tag team titles
as soon as they were vacated. Not to be the case,
he's going to have to earn them, as the Creed Brothers earning
the respect of everyone in the NXT universe.
Those extra days in the gym
right now really paying off for Julius and Brutus.
[Wade] Julius Creed getting in there who's hardly the fresh man,
but he's the best that the Creeds have right now, clearing house-- oh, no.
Horrible landing. Face-first. Sanga wisely moving out the way.
[Vic] Look at Julius Creed.
[Wade] How on earth does Julius Creed keep ticking?
[Vic] This is the mo of the Creed Brothers.
This is what they were built to do.
They said this is what they are born to do.
They are stamina monsters to steal a phrase from one of their counterpart.
Tag was made.
[Wade] Witness the tag to Brutus Creed, he can barely got his legs
over the second rope.
[Vic] Now, it could just be a matter of time.
Look at the strength being-- speaking of strength.
[Wade] No chance.
[Vic] Whoa.
[Wade] What a ridiculous specimen Brutus Creed truly is.
[Vic] This is the third match for Brutus and Julius here tonight,
and somehow, the Creed Brothers continuing to persevere.
[Wade] Must have sweat two gallons each already, but somehow,
Julius Creed summoning strength from who knows who.
There it is.
[Vic] Julius falls into the cover. Yet again, the Creed Brothers move on.
[announcer] Grayson Waller and Sanga have been eliminated.
[Pretty Deadly's music plays]
The Creed bro--
[Wade] wait a second.
The British are coming. The British are coming.
[Vic] Oh, calm down, Barrett. Indeed, the luck of the draw
falls with Prince and Wilson.
Pretty Deadly looking at the NXT titles. They're now making a beeline
for the ring, because the Creed Brothers, they got nothing left.
[Wade] The Creed Brothers have wanted to get their hands on pretty deadly.
They spoke about it non-stop for 10 days now.
Well, here is your opportunity.
[Vic] What do you mean opportunity?
[Wade] Is it all talk?
[Vic] They competed three times, Barrett.
[Wade] Let me see what damage you've got. This is what it's been all about
-[Wade] for the Creed Brothers. -[Vic] This is unreal.
As now the referee is trying to check on Julius Creed.
Again, this is the fourth, fourth, let that sink in, fourth match
[bell rings]
for the Creed Brothers here tonight.
[Wade] This is the worst nightmare for the Creeds,
a completely fresh pretty deadly making their debut in ring here at NXT.
[Vic] Quick cover for pretty deadly to win the titles and Julius Creed
continuing to fight, as Prince not going to be very happy
about what he's witnessing right now.
[Wade] Oh, pretty deadly absolutely dominated the tag scene in NXT UK.
I have to say they must be exhausted, travelled over 3,000 miles
across the Atlantic--
[Vic] exhausted?
[Wade] To make it here to NXT.
[Vic] That was eight weeks ago.
[Wade] Come off a jet lag, culture shock, Florida sunburn,
they have to put up with that all. Look at them gallantly competing
now against the Creed Brothers of all people.
[Vic] Talking about gallantly competing, look at Julius Creed
continuing to fight, continuing to move, but it may be too much
now as pretty deadly continuing the offensive onslaught,
making another quick tag, as this gauntlet match rolls on.
[Wade] We've got ourselves a couple of gentlemen savages
in that ring right now.
[Vic] Complete savages, unreal.
The Creed Brothers have laid
it all on the line here tonight. Into the cover.
Again, Julius Creed able to kick out.
[Wade] Creeds offering very little in reply to this offense.
[Vic] NXT universe trying to fuel Julius, trying to fuel Brutus,
as the Creeds trying to continue to persevere to the field
here to become the brand new NXT tag team champions.
Never received a fair opportunity for those NXT tag
team titles after winning the men's Dusty Rhodes tag team classic.
[Wade] What do you call all this?
They got fair opportunity just like
-[Wade] everybody else. -[Vic] It's a gauntlet match.
[Wade] They enter the draw like everyone else.
The rules weren't bent, the rules weren't changed by anybody.
[Vic] Another tag was made. In comes Wilson.
I'm looking over at Brutus Creed. Brutus could barely stand on his feet,
as a cover, hook of the leg, and Julius again getting
the left shoulder up the mat. Brutus can't even get to his feet.
The Creed Brothers are so exhausted at this point.
[Wade] They might need Malcom Bivens to tag in at this point.
He can't even stand up.
Pretty Deadly are having it all their own way.
[Vic] Two-on-one numbers advantage, but Julius Creed trying his best to block.
[Wade] Absolutely no quit in the Creeds. We knew that coming in,
but it might not be up to them,
and [indistinct] such is the one-way traffic here.
[Vic] Going over, into the cover, and another kick out.
I don't understand how, how, how.
[Wade] It's an instinctive kick out. That's all it is.
Julius Creed, an Olympic-level athlete, chose to come to NXT instead
of heading off to Olympic trials. All that was in that kick out
was that instinct drilled into him for 15 plus years of training.
[Vic] This is our main event on NXT for the vacated NXT tag team titles.
A five-team gauntlet match down to the final two.
Pretty Deadly and the Creed Brothers, who were the first team
in this gauntlet match.
Julius Creed has taken a lot of punishment throughout this match up,
after Brutus was put through the table right here in front of us.
By the way, that was two matches ago.
[Wade] Brutus is hanging on to the turnbuckle.
Let's face it. The Creeds are at mile 25 of a marathon here,
but pretty deadly have just crossed the start line.
[Vic] Now, pretty deadly continuing to mock the Creed Brothers
-[Vic] whom they attacked-- -[Wade] and so they should.
[Vic] Several weeks ago, costing the Creed Brothers
their original NXT tag team opportunity.
[Vic] Julius Creed there diving out of the way, or perhaps collapsing,
one of the two.
[Vic] I wonder what endurance plays into it, and at this point,
you said it was instinct.
This is the third or fourth win for Julius Creed in this match up.
[Wade] These shots from Julius Creed have about 25% of the usual power,
but pulling out a belly-to-belly, buying himself an opportunity.
Elton Prince clinging on for dear life. There it is.
[Vic] In comes Brutus, who barely can even get through the ropes,
absolutely exhausted. Brutus runs right in to Prince,
who now runs right in to Wilson.
[Wade] We usually call that the hot tag in this industry,
but that was ice cold, subzero.
[Vic] We could be moments away from crowning brand new NXT tag team champions.
[Vic] Oh.
[Wade] This is an exhibition.
[Vic] Into the cover, and finally-- oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Brutus, with the eyes rolling in the back of his head, kicks out again.
[crowd chanting "Creed, Creed"]
The NXT universe willing on the Creed Brothers.
Inside cradle. Shoulders down. Inside cradle.
[Wade] Oh,
in victory, out with the fire an attempt by Brutus Creed,
but just prolonging the agony, is it prolonging the inevitable?
[crowd chanting "let's go, Creed"]
[Vic] The NXT universe--
oh.
The rally could be over. Cover by Prince, hook of the leg,
and again. Again, Brutus kicks out,
and it might just be destiny for the Creed Brothers.
[Wade] Brutus Creed does not know what is good for him right now.
Take the out. Live to fight another day.
[Vic] Oh, that's--
[Wade] you have a long career ahead of you,
but that career could be cut short the way this is going.
[Vic] Oh.
Now, on the outside-- oh, Julius.
[Wade] The Creeds can barely lift their hands up to throw a shot.
[Vic] Well, look who can throw any shot they want, that would be pretty deadly,
and Wilson just got dropped.
[crowd chanting "this is awesome"]
[Vic] This indeed is, and this could be the moment
for the Creed Brothers.
Brutus Creed-- oh.
The referee didn't see the illegal member of pretty deadly.
[Wade] Cleaning house now. One man left in the ring. Nice pickings.
[Vic] Tag was made.
[Wade] Brutus, too.
[Vic] [Crosstalk] Is legal.
It's spilt milk for pretty deadly. Prince into the cover.
One, two, three.
[Vic] Pretty Deadly--
[bell rings]
[Pretty Deadly's music plays] [Vic] Gains gold.
[announcer] Here are your winners,
and the new NXT tag team champions,
Pretty Deadly.
[Wade] What a glorious debut here from the lads from England.
Send them victorious, happy, and glorious.
Long to reign over us, pretty deadly.
[Vic] Your heart goes out to the Creed Brothers,
who left it all in the ring.
This, again, the third match for the Creed Brothers.
Brutus Creed, laid out, and if we take another look--
great job by our camera crew,
you see the impact of Brutus Creed, who then would go on to compete
for another two matches.
This was the closing moments of that third and final match.
Bam.
It was Brutus Creed who overcame that previous,
put through the table to get back into the ring,
[crosstalk] To continue his match up for his squad.
[Wade] The Creed Brothers have been absolutely brilliant tonight.
Somehow, summoning the strength to slam the mighty Sanga on two occasions.
That is beyond human from the Creed Brothers after
all they have already been through at this point in the match up.
[Vic] Again, that was match four. The fifth and final match,
the fourth final match for the Creed Brothers.
Spilt milk from pretty deadly.
[bell rings]
They would claim gold here this evening. What a match up.
Hats off to the Creed Brothers,
but you can take nothing away from pretty deadly,
who conquered NXT UK,
and on their first night pretty deadly is pretty golden in NXT.
Subtitles: Aadesh Surana pretty deadly is pretty golden in NXT.