[WWE intro music]
[music]
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[narrator] Three letters…
that changed…
the game…
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Paul] You are here to see
the future!
[Joe] NXT is the hottest thing
on the planet today!
[Paul] And the future is now!
Mark my words.
We're going to main event. Wrestlemania.
[Vic] The secret's out.
[Wade] The hottest brand in the business.
[Stephanie] The entire world knows about it
There are no limits.
I have no doubt that NXT would be growing.
[UK wrestler 1] We are NXT UK!
[narrator] One expanded universe.
[UK wrestler 2] Every empire has a beginning.
[narrator] Designed for evolution.
[UK wrestler 2] Now, we build on that foundation.
[UK wrestler 1] This is our kingdom!
[narrator] Two proud champions.
[Bron] I know I've got big shoes to fill.
I'm the freaking NXT Champion.
[narrator] Two revolutionary brands.
[Tyler] And with NXT Europe around the corner.
I stand before you,
the first and the last
NXT UK Champion.
[narrator] No longer worlds apart.
[Gunther] This title has a legacy.
I made that title
the industry standard.
[Gunther] At Worlds Collide--
Don't underestimate the moment.
You must unify those titles.
[music]
[Meiko] Champion versus champion.
[Blair] The rightful heir
has arrived.
[Mandy] Put some respect on my name.
[Vic] A Unification Triple Threat Match
for the NXT and NXT UK Women's Title.
[music]
[Ricochet] I don't see why Worlds Collide
got to be just NXT and NXT UK.
[Vic] Ricochet is here!
[Melo] Melo ain't never been
secondary to nobody.
Step up to the "A-Champ"
and get stepped on!
[music]
[Ricochet] I've held that title before, homeboy,
and at Worlds Collide, I plan on holding it again.
[music]
[narrator] As past champions reemerge,
the game has evolved.
[Julius] I think we'll find out who the best Tag Team in NXT is.
Hell, yeah, let's do it then.
[Vic] Which superstars will unify
two countries as champions?
[Tyler] When Worlds Collide,
this is about NXT UK and what it stood for
throughout its six-year lifespan.
I will be the face of NXT.
[Tyler] Their legacy rests on my shoulders
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[narrator] And Now, WWE presents NXT Worlds Collide
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] On the heels of a historic
Clash at the Castle, we are set
to make our own history tonight.
With superstars from NXT UK, Raw, Smackdown, and NXT.
Legacies will be established,
bragging rights will be claimed.
and championships unified.
Welcome to Worlds Collide!
[title music]
[audience cheers]
[Ricochet's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[fireworks]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And the NXT Universe is fired up here tonight
and look, here's the superstar, Wade,
who shocked the world with his return this past Tuesday.
[Wade] Absolutely! Say that again.
Everybody, it seems, wants to be
a part of NXT right now.
The spotlight of the world is upon us, once again.
NXT UK, Raw, Smack Down, who cares,
Bring them all on!
That is the attitude of Ricochet,
and everyone else competing here tonight.
Massive, massive day here for NXT
and for our future.
[Vic] We take a look around, everyone is on their feet
For someone who has captivated the minds
Of the NXT Universe in the past,
and the question is,
can Ricochet rise to the occasion
one more time on this brand?
A former North American Champion.
The second man to ever hold that title.
Can tonight he put gold around his waist once more?
[Wade] The energy in this building, off the charts once again.
And what a weekend it has been for WWE.
A real international flavor.
[audience cheers]
[music]
[Carmelo Hayes' music plays]
[Vic] Oh, mind games already being played by the champion.
You saw the names of those conquered.
Will one more Jersey be hung in the rafters
here tonight?
[Carmelo Hayes' music plays]
[Wade] Message was clear.
Welcome to Melo's Hall of Shame.
We just witnessed a Who's Who
of the victims that Melo has put to the sword over his reigns
as the "A-Champion" in NXT.
Perhaps, the biggest Jersey of them all reserved
for the former North American Champion, the returning Ricochet.
[Vic] I'm gonna throw this to you before this match up begins.
Let's call it what it is. Carmelo Hayes could really seal
his stamp on this brand with a victory here tonight.
[Wade] Yeah, well as far as I'm concerned,
he's already a pillar of NXT 2.0
Quite simply, the man don't miss.
Whether you want to take your reputation to the next level,
put away a bona fide Smack Down superstar,
a former intercontinental champion,
before the United States Champion, put away Ricochet.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest, scheduled for one fall,
is for the NXT North American Championship
[audience cheers]
[announcer] Introducing first, the challenger,
Ricochet!
[audience cheers]
[announcer] And his opponent,
accompanied by Trick Williams,
he is the NXT North American Champion,
Carmelo Hayes!
[boos]
[Vic] There you see the focused look
of Carmelo Hayes because he has said
all week long,
"Ricochet may be the one and only,
he is the one of one."
[Wade] Yeah, absolutely.
Melo, for my money,
is what you could call a collector's item.
The priciest NFT on the planet.
-[Wade] Both of these two superstars -[bell ringing]
They are grade A,
but they have egos that can't be contained.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] What a way to kick-off Worlds Collide
here tonight.
[audience chants, "Ricochet"]
[Vic] No doubt who the fans in attendance
are behind in this match up.
It is Ricochet.
And, hey, if you watched the Worlds Collide kick-off show,
McKenzie Mitchell threw out a great question.
Why now, for Ricochet to return to NXT?
What's the motive?
[Wade] Come on. A chance to challenge
for the North American Championship once again,
A chance to appear on NXT Worlds Collide.
What more excuses do you need?
Add to that Melo's opinion,
is that the reason Ricochet is here today
is because Melo has elevated
the North American Championship
to a level that Ricochet
wasn't capable of.
And now he wants a slice of that action.
[Vic] You used the word "excuses",
Actually, it was Ricochet who took
issue with the amount of complaining
that the champion did last week.
[Wade] Oh.
[Wade] Yeah, for my money, complaining-- -[Vic] Wow!
[audience cheers]
[audience chants, "NXT"]
Do you hear?
-[audience chants, "NXT"] -[Ricochet] That's not for me or you.
[Vic] This is the type of action
Ricochet came back for.
[audience] Ooh!
[Wade] Uh, that Melo complaining.
[boos]
[Vic] Ooh.
[Wade] Complaining is completely
the wrong word.
It's a slap in the face,
literally, to Melo there,
but a slap in the face
that NXT Management didn't initially
have him on the card here
for Words Collide.
I'm not surprised a superstar
the caliber of Melo
was rather upset about that,
and thankfully, something's been done about it.
[Vic] A little bit,
"Whatever you can do, I can do better."
between these two superb athletes in the ring,
-[Vic] but what a dropkick! -[audience cheers]
[Wade] Clean to the kisser.
Razor-sharp is Ricochet.
If Melo underestimated him,
he's having to rethink right now.
[Vic] You know, take a look at the capacity crowd.
Take a look at the dropkick.
What a brilliant start
for Ricochet here in this match up,
and really, this is gonna set the tone for tonight.
Take a look at tonight as a whole.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] A lot on the mind of everyone.
I mean, this is a pretty heavy emotional night
-[Vic] for all superstars. -[audience] Ooh!
[Wade] After a night like Clash at the Castle yesterday
[Vic] Into the cover.
[Wade] The NXT superstars can see
how far pure emotion
can drive you.
Gold is massive, but legacy
and emotion can make superstars
do superhuman things.
[Vic] Ricochet taking his eyes off, of course,
Trick Williams, you gotta watch him with all the shenanigans
he pulls on the outside, and has,
for Carmelo Hayes over the last year.
But you bring up a great point about feeling. The feel.
I mean, have you felt an organic energy
like you have over the last 24-48 hours?
[Wade] No, this entire industry goes up and down,
like a roller-coaster when it comes to energy.
-[Vic] Ooh! -[Wade] Nice.
[Wade] I'll say, WWE, NXT, right now
is on a real upward curve.
The next two or three years for us is gonna be massive.
It's gonna be such an enjoyable ride,
This is where it's happening.
Certainly has been a global weekend…
…for the WWE.
And now NXT, as Ricochet,
trying to slow the pace down
in this match up.
You know, some online have stated
that Hayes isn't ready for this moment.
Isn't ready for this match up.
[Wade] Who are these people online?
[Vic] I mean, look, it's the same people that go back
to Stand & Deliver, Wrestle Mania, just saying.
[Wade] Absolute poppycock.
Melo could be fast asleep,
he's more ready for anything these buffoons online
that are trash-talking him.
[Vic] Oh, Ricochet has seen that movie once before.
-[Wade] Ooh! -[Vic] Ow.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] It is now…
Ricochet getting help from the NXT Universe.
-[audience cheers] -[Wade] What are they doing?
[Wade] Get these two bozos out of the arena,
[audience cheers]
-[laughs] -[Vic] By any means necessary,
But, again…
If you're gonna throw them out of the arena,
what about Trick Williams,
who's stuck his nose in Ricochet's business?
[Wade] Trick Williams is a corner-man,
doing his job.
[Vic] Oh. Well he certainly did it there.
Providing enough distraction
what possibly could be a knockout blow.
Ricochet into the cover.
Oh, excuse me, Carmelo Hayes into the cover of Ricochet,
who seems to be out for the moment.
[Wade] So, what with the experience of Ricochet?
He needs to learn to focus on the task in hand.
He's way too experienced
to fall for a little trick like that.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Carmelo Hayes now smack talking and then just dropping Ricochet.
-[Vic] When it comes to Carmelo Hayes, -[boos]
[Vic] let's talk about facts.
The fact is he's held the North American title
for more days than anyone
in the history-- ooh!
of that prestigious title.
[Wade] Yeah, and he's looked untouchable at times.
You know why?
That's why!
Melo don't miss.
[boos]
[audience chants, "Air ball"]
[Vic] The NXT Universe seems to think
he didn't even hit the net
with the air ball.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] NXT Universe has been firing up Carmelo Hayes,
but might have just put new life into Ricochet.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] And… Oh!
[audience] Ooh!
-[Vic] Oh! -[chuckles]
[Wade] That ought to clean your clock.
[Wade] What a super kick.
And now, Hayes shooting the half.
This could be his opportunity to retain.
And Ricochet kicking out at two.
[Wade] Wow, this one almost over
before it really got started.
I think we were all expecting a banger tonight
But with shots like this,
This is what these two men are both capable of.
-[Wade] Clean to the temple. -[Vic] Boom!
[Wade] That, potentially, is a jawbreaker,
a knockout blow.
[audience chants, "This is awesome"]
[Vic] This indeed is awesome.
And this, the number one trend right now,
in the United States.
What a way to kick things off.
As we've mentioned, two high-octane superstars
who are bringing it their all.
Ricochet now-- Wait a minute,
Carmelo-- Whoa!
[audience] Whoa!
[Vic] Like a coiled spring!
Into the cover!
[audience counts]
[Vic] To retain, and Ricochet again
just gets that left shoulder up.
And frustration starting to build
in the champion.
And take a look at this exchange one more time.
[Wade] High octane [indistinct]
-[Vic] Bam! -[Wade] And spells two of the best movers
[Wade] on planet earth.
-[Vic] As close as… -[Wade] 99% of competitors
[Wade] put away right there, but not Ricochet.
[Vic] As close as it gets.
And look, something's got to go on through Hayes' mind.
If Ricochet wins…
…that North American title is going to
Friday Night Smack Down.
[Wade] Yeah, don't you get ahead of yourself.
One thing to make a claim like that…
[Vic] You don't think that's in the back of his mind?
[Wade] Of course, it's in the back of his mind.
There's a potential to lose a championship every single time
you are out there.
But Melo don't doubt himself.
He's as confident as any competitor
I've seen here.
[Vic] Double stomp off the roll through.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] So much taken out of Ricochet, though,
in this match up.
Trying to get his second wind
in this opening contest.
[Wade] Well, I'll tell you this.
Melo normally, his biggest strength
is the fact that he could outmaneuver anybody in that ring.
You saw three weeks ago against Giovanni Vinci,
He did struggle against a fellow great mover.
You talk about great movers,
that is exactly what Ricochet is.
And that's why Ricochet is such a huge threat
to the reign of Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] Carmelo Hayes called out everybody.
He didn't expect Ricochet…
-[Vic] …to answer the call -[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] this past Tuesday.
[Ricochet] I ain't your boy!
[Vic] You heard him yell, "I ain't your boy."
as he focuses back in. Both men, same idea.
[audience] Do it again! Do it again!
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Locking eyes one more time.
[audience] Ooh…
[Vic] And Ricochet now.
Hayes!
[audience] Ooh!
-[Wade] Oh! -[Vic] Oh! Both men same idea!
[audience cheers]
[audience chants, "Holy shit"!]
[Vic] We got to go back one more time.
Both men same page. Bam!
[Wade] It's the mid-air dogfight,
where gravity was only the winner.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Take a look at the capacity crowd
here tonight for Worlds Collide.
Smack Down's Ricochet.
NXT's Carmelo Hayes.
for the NXT North American title.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And this match up thus far has lived up to the billing.
[audience chants, "Fight forever"]
[Vic] Who has a little bit left in the tank?
Hayes is swinging, nice block by Ricochet.
Answers back with an uppercut.
[Wade] This match up's turning into…
-[Wade] …a slug-fest! -[Vic] Oh. Oh!
[Wade] Apparently took some tips from Sheamus and Gunter yesterday
at Clash at the Castle.
[Vic] The welts forming
on the chest of Carmelo Hayes.
He is in there.
With one of the best the world has to offer.
Oh, Ricochet connects!
turning Hayes inside out!
[audience cheers]
[Ricochet yells]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And Ricochet has been here before.
The former Intercontinental Champion…
[audience cheers]
…has been tested in the past.
Up goes Hayes.
What goes up…
…must come down.
Oh! Hayes caught him.
Hayes caught Ricochet.
[Wade] Well scouted. What a block from the Pelé kick.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Both these superstars who know each other so very well
Hayes now! Blocked!
Target set.
Oh, acquired!
Super kick under the jaw!
Oh, right to the throat went the champion.
[audience chatter]
[Wade] Both men now on jelly legs.
Who's got enough left in the tank?
[Vic] Going for that springboard.
No one home. Charging back in.
Recoil! Recoil connects!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Ricochet has won championships in the past.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Ricochet into the cover
to become a two-time North American Champion.
-[Vic] Hey! -[boos]
[Vic] What the hell?
[Wade] It was a lax cover there from Ricochet.
May well have just been enough.
[Vic] Oh, you talk about the lax cover.
You don't talk about Trick Williams?
[Wade] With the exception of Trick-- Will you let me get my words out?
[Vic] No, call it what you see, when you see it.
It had nothing to do about the lax cover.
[boos]
[Vic] Ricochet pleading his case now.
But again, if the official doesn't see it,
the official can't do anything about it,
But Ricochet certainly saw it!
[Wade] Carmelo Hayes is ripe for the picking right now.
Ricochet needs to focus on what's important here.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Ricochet now can refocus on the task at hand.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Look at-- Oh, there's the quickness of Hayes
back on display.
And the one-on-one planting center of the ring…
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] …to retain the North American title here tonight.
And another near fall.
[Wade] Just a millisecond away from retention there.
Carmelo Hayes bleeding from the mouth as you would expect
after what's been a true slug-fest in the opener here.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] You're talking about a man who doesn't miss.
But what must be going through the mind now?
That almost seems like disbelief
sinking into the mind
of the North American Champion.
[Wade] Yeah, the North American Champion is aware
that normal men cannot kick out out of moves like that.
This is a level that Carmelo Hayes
perhaps has never had to get to before.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Now, we've talked about high-flying.
We've seen Hayes do quite a bit
in his historic run as North American Champion
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Taking a little bit too much time. Lok at Ricochet.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] You got to be kidding me.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Ricochet, thought about the Spanish fly.
Switches it to a superplex!
[audience cheers]
[audience chants, "Holy shit"]
[Vic] The NXT Universe speaks for themselves,
but take another look at the height, but see the…
…impact,
…of both superstars.
[Wade] Yes, an explosive launch off the top rope by Ricochet,
just adding additional impact onto the back of,
let's face it, both superstars, who are now laid out.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Taking a look up from my monitor,
I see Trick Williams.
It's almost as if Williams is feeling the North American Championship
slip through through the hands
of Hayes tonight.
[Wade] Let's face it, Trick Williams has been bashed around
in this match up too.
[Vic] He stuck his nose in Ricochet's business,
and that wasn't very smart of Williams on the outside.
You want to be me, you're gonna have to beat me.
[Vic] Let these two settle the score.
[audience] Ooh!
-[audience] Ooh! -[Vic] Oh-oh.
[Wade] Oh!
Feeling each of these hits.
[audience] Ooh!
-[audience] Ooh! -[Vic] Uh!
[Vic] Yet somehow, both men still standing.
[audience counting]
[Vic] Hayes might just be standing because of the ropes.
Charging back in, another Pump Kick across the jaw.
Oh, knee under the jaw!
-[Wade] Just cannot quit. -[Vic] Uh-oh.
[Wade] Either one of these superstars,
how do they do it?
[Vic] Ricochet holding on.
Transitioning now.
Went for this earlier, didn't connect.
Second time the charm.
Oh!
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Hayes answering back…
-[Wade] Barely anything left in the tank. -[Vic] …from the recoil earlier.
[Vic] Crawling into the cover…
-[Vic] …and Ricochet -[chuckles]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] How? Able to kick out.
Quickly! Crucifix! Crucifix! Crucifix!
-[Vic] Oh! -[Wade] Oh!
[Vic] How close was that?
Was that a three?
[Wade] Oh, man. That was a photo finish.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Had to look up. The official explaining
it was just a two.
I mean, one more time.
Take a look at this sequence.
Answering back.
[Wade] Nailed him with a Lung blower,
just took too long to make the cover.
[Vic] Took his eyes off the ball and then-- oh!
[Wade] Blink and you'll miss it.
Ricochet, up like a shot,
ready to capitalize!
[audience chants, "Fight forever"]
[Vic] When I look at you, Wade,
and you've been the one who's been in the ring,
Five-time former intercontinental champion, king of the ring.
What do either of these two have left?
[Wade] Yeah, I'm exhausted just watching these two.
My eyes are not moving fast enough
to keep up with them.
How the hell either one of them
pulls out a victory from here
is completely lost on me.
[Vic] You talk about having to pull out all the stops in this match up.
Both superstars came with a game plan.
They've thrown that out the window
quickly at this juncture.
-[Vic] Oh -[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] If you remember Carmelo Hayes,
swinging and hitting this hard?
-[Vic] in the past? -[Wade] Absolutely not.
[Wade] A lot of extra stank on all of these shots,
but they're seemingly not having the effect
on Ricochet that Melo needs.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Oh, you talk about a shot.
That spinning kick connected.
Poisonrana!
[Wade] Straight on the top of the cranium.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Ricochet again.
Whoa! Williams one more time…
…sticking his nose,
and pays the price!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Ricochet quickly though.
[Wade] This has to be the moment for Ricochet!
[Vic] Going to the top!
Gets your gifs ready on social media!
Shooting-- no!
Shooting star didn't connect. Inside cradle. Inside cradle.
-[Vic] Oh, he got him! -[bell ringing]
[Vic] Hayes retains!
[Carmelo Hayes' music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and still the NXT North American Champion,
Carmelo Hayes!
[Vic] Talk about a photo finish.
[Wade] We had an absolute slug-fest
in the ring tonight.
Not what I was expecting,
But what did it come down to?
Lightning-fast reflexes
of the "A-Champ".
The retention, Carmelo Hayes.
[Carmelo Hayes' music plays]
[cheers and boos]
[Wade] Naturally, an upset Ricochet can't believe it.
He was fighting a war on two fronts tonight.
[Vic] That's the smartest thing I've heard you say.
[Wade] All the credit in the world to Ricochet.
Trick Williams continued
to get himself involved in this match up.
Ricochet got him once
and it would open the door for Carmelo Hayes.
And look, Carmelo Hayes brought his A-game tonight.
He brought everything.
Both these guys brought out the best
in one another
throughout this entire match up.
We thought moments like this,
it was the end,
but both kept going.
Both kept their foot on the gas.
Take a look at the
absolute incredible athleticism from Ricochet
in this match up.
But once again,
Trick Williams would interfere,
pay the price.
But in that moment,
you got to imagine,
that extra second bought Carmelo Hayes
the time needed
that he had to look up,
see a flying Ricochet,
thing of beauty,
picture-perfect,
but in that closing moment right here,
turning point
and the end.
[Wade] There are your lightning-fast,
cat-like reflexes of Carmelo Hayes.
That was the difference-maker
at this level.
Trick Williams huge once again
in this match up,
paying dividends as the corner-man,
but still, still the North American Champ,
still the "A-Champ",
Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] And now, Ricochet's name
goes up in the rafters,
for Hayes' reign as North American Champion.
Who once again shoots
and the man just doesn't miss.
[Carmelo Hayes' music plays]
It's hard to look back at the happiest moments of my life.
[announcer] And new NXT Women's Tag Team Champions,
Cora Jade
and Roxanne Perez!
And realize the person
who I shared them with
I someone I don't even recognize anymore.
When Cora hit me, I literally felt
my heart break into two.
Selfish.
I made you!
[boos]
[Roxanne] Going into Heatwave, I wanted nothing more
than to hurt Cora as much as she hurt me,
but when I had the chance,
I couldn't bring myself to do it.
[Vic] Think about this, Roxanne.
Think about it.
[Roxanne] In that moment, the memories we made,
the secrets we kept,
the dreams we shared,
ran through my mind.
And I paid for it.
Lesson learned.
[audience cheers]
[music]
[Roxanne] Next time there's no hesitation.
[music]
[Roxanne] Cora and I's friendship is over,
But her and I are not.
[music]
Hi, I'm Quincy Elliott,
and I have a confession to make.
Growing up, everyone always thought
that they knew what I was,
and everyone always thought
that they knew who I am.
[music]
But they don't know me at all.
The WWE Universe is about to find out
exactly who Quincy Elliot is.
I mean, look at me.
I'm flyer than a reindeer in the winter.
And I am coming
to change the game.
The old saying
is "Life ain't perfect."
But y'all don't live
the life of Quincy,
"The Super Diva".
[music]
[speaking Japanese]
[Vic] Satomura in the red.
She is twenty years of age.
[speaking Japanese]
[Meiko] I am the NXT UK Women's Champion.
[UK commentator 1] This is Meiko's moment.
She's accomplished so much across the world.
[Meiko] But tonight,
I become the NXT Women's Champion.
[music]
[Vic] The most respected woman
in this industry.
[Meiko] Mandy, Blair, show up tonight.
Big mistake!
I am "The Final Boss".
[Vic] We're looking at a legend.
[UK commentator 1] Bushido, fighting spirit.
[UK commentator 2] Satomura is not human.
Be prepared for Meiko.
[music]
Almost 30 years of global dominance,
for Meiko Satomura.
450-plus day reign
as NXT UK Women's Champion.
Does it end tonight?
That's the question. That triple-threat Unification Matchup
still to come later on here
at Worlds Collide,
but right now, we actually want to go back
to something that happened earlier today
that we found out via Twitter.
And it has to do with Roderick Strong
and Diamond Mine.
I mean, this was just a chaotic scene
earlier today prior to Worlds Collide.
[Wade] Yeah, shocking scene in the NXT parking lot.
We know it's a dangerous spot.
We've seen it in the past,
but a bloodied, a battered, a bruised
and ultimately unconscious
Roderick Strong laid out there
earlier today.
Thankfully, medical attention
was there quickly,
but clearly, big issues here.
[Vic] There are a lot of questions.
Still no answers.
However, we did get a little insight as to what's going on.
[Wade] Yeah, absolutely. We got an update earlier on.
Roderick Strong is at the hospital.
He's stable, but he is unconscious.
We will keep you posted as soon as we have
more information.
[ER siren]
So, we're not going out there to be hunted.
We're going out there to hunt.
There's a reason we have these.
It's 'cause we're the best damn team.
That's right. Let's do it.
That's right. We can't worry about Roderick Strong tonight.
Tonight is about The Creed Brothers.
Tonight, you guys are gonna unify
those Tag Team titles.
Tonight, is about Diamond Mine.
[Pretty Deadly's music plays]
[Vic] That's hard to argue, and that certainly is a very good mindset
to have if you're Diamond Mine.
[Pretty Deadly's music plays]
[boos]
[Wade] Wow, what a trio we have here.
Fashion, elegance, sophistication
personified with two words.
Yes boy!
[Vic] You deep down want to be the third member
of Pretty Deadly, don't you?
[Wade] Well, to be fair, I think Lash Legend might have
her application to be the third member of Pretty Deadly.
But I'll take number four in a heartbeat.
Look at those outfits.
[Vic] A young member of the NXT Universe
certainly has her thought on Pretty Deadly and Lash Legend.
But look, Pretty Deadly, Kit, Prince,
they certainly know how to cut corners to survive
in any sort of match.
[Wade] I love the way you're just a naysayer from the word go.
[Vic] I'm not a naysayer.
[Wade] Kit Wilson, Elton Prince,
two gentlemen who epitomize--
[Vic] Gentlemen?
[Wade] What NXT UK is all about,
what NXT is all about,
what the future of this industry is all about.
[Vic] Obviously, we're stretching what the word "gentlemen" means now.
[Wade] I see, okay.
So, Mandy Rose isn't here yet,
but you're already willing out the hater's pulpit…
-[Wade] …that you're so well-known for. -[Vic] Here we go.
[Vic] Unreal.
[Gallus' music plays]
[boos]
[Vic] When you talk about NXT UK,
perhaps the best Tag Team
to ever come from that division
is entering into this match.
Mark Coffey, Wolfgang,
the longest reigning NXT UK Tag Team Champions.
[Wade] Human embodiments of a dark cloud,
and that dark cloud has descended upon NXT
during the past three weeks.
[boos]
[Vic] When you talk about the leadership of NXT UK,
who has seen the growth of Gallus,
you see a British wrestling legend.
The NXT UK general manager,
Johnny Saint tweeting out his support
to all those that represent that brand.
And let's call it what it is, Pretty Deadly, Gallus,
represent NXT UK.
There is a lot of pressure on the superstars
from the United Kingdom.
[music]
Well, Brooks, we finally made it to Worlds Collide, baby.
Time to get ourselves a pat, brother Briggs,
and a little afternoon delight.
There's only one thing left to do now!
Yup.
Win the whole damn thing,
and become Unified World Champions.
-Hell, yeah! -Hell, yeah!
[music]
[Briggs and Jensen's music plays]
[Vic] Well, that sounds like a great math equation.
Just win the whole damn thing.
[Wade] Yeah, easier said than done,
and here really-- [crosstalk]
[Vic] Ah, here's your-- you're hating now.
[Wade] There's no hating whatsoever.
This team right here,
Briggs and Jensen,
[Briggs and Jensen's music plays]
flanked by Fallon Henley, of course,
have been the key issue
in the Tag Division of late.
The fact that they are holding
the NXT UK Tag Team Championships
has been wrong from day one.
-[Vic] What do you mean wrong? -[Wade] These two epitomize
[Wade] southern America.
They don't epitomize anything
about Europe.
They don't epitomize anything about the UK.
Great competitors, I'll hand you that,
but you look in the fury in the eyes
of Pretty Deadly and Gallus,
it's all explained by the fact that
what they see as their championships…
[Vic] Ooh.
has been stolen from their land,
and they want it back.
[The Creed Brothers music plays]
[Vic] This, of course, an Elimination Tag Team Match up,
and as we just followed up on,
there's a lot in the mind
to the Creed Brothers tonight.
Maybe too much.
[Wade] As we saw, Roderick Strong,
the leader of the Diamond Mine
laid out earlier today.
Currently lying unconscious
in the hospital bed.
Big, "who done it"?, as far I'm concerned
and I've already got myself a prime suspect.
It has to be Julius Creed.
-[Wade] Absolutely at the throat. -[Vic] What?
-[Vic] Hold on. -[Wade] Roderick Strong,
for weeks now, butting head every
every opportunity he's--
[Vic] Wow!
Speaking of butting heads…
[Wade] Swinging already.
No battle.
That sums up Julius Creed.
[Vic] We talked about the combustible elements.
They have already set off.
This powder keg has exploded.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] This match up is, to your point.
Hasn't even started.
I haven't heard the bell.
-[Vic] Referee-- -[Wade] Security ar here at the moment.
[Wade] Not helping us right now, once again.
[Vic] Officials are gonna have their hands full
in this match up
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Only argument's gonna be,
who's gonna start this thing off?
And, oh! Hot--
[audience cheers]
-[Vic] I think we see… -[bell ringing]
[Vic] …who is gonna start it off,
And look, Elimination Tag Team Match up.
Once your team is pinned, submitted, counted out,
whatever it may be,
you get sent to the back.
The last team standing
will be the Unified
Tag Team Champions here in NXT.
And it's the NXT Champions, The Creed Brothers,
The NXT UK Champions, Briggs and Jensen.
Big Josh Briggs starting things off.
[Wade] Essentially, the two championship teams
starting off this match up here.
They've got the most to lose this evening.
[Vic] And this is the type of match up, Briggs and Jensen, how they won
the NXT UK Tag Team titles to begin with.
Ooh!
[Wade] Do you have to say that?
Perhaps, it's a huge advantage for Briggs and Jensen,
for some teams in this match up,
this is absolutely new territory.
They've never competed in a match up with this type--
-[Vic] Ooh! -[Wade] through NXT UK
and, of course, there are few bar brawls.
[Vic] A tag is made.
[Wade] Briggs and Jensen used to--
[Vic] Oh, Kit trying to get some scraps into the cover.
[Wade] Just looking at all angles,
but that's smart there from Kit Wilson.
See a man down, tag in.
[Vic] How quickly did he tag out?
You call it cowardly way out?
[Wade] Absolutely not.
[Vic] You don't want to stand in and fight?
[Wade] No, that was a great strategy.
As you mentioned, this is an elimination match up.
You need to keep yourself fresh.
If you can hang in there
for as long as possible,
Without having to get your hands dirty,
that is great strategy.
Let everyone else burn themselves up.
That's what I thought.
[Vic] Brutus and Wolfgang now, in this match up.
When it comes to The Creed Brothers,
they certainly have a grudge against every other team
in this Unification Match up,
including Gallus.
[Wade] Yeah, understandably.
Especially, when it comes to Gallus, perhaps.
Pretty Deadly too.
Both of those teams have attacked
and blindsided The Creeds
in recent weeks.
The grudge with Briggs and Jensen is more
a who are the real champs?
[Vic] Lash Legend-- oh, there's Henley!
-[Wade] Oh, here we go. -[audience cheers]
[Vic] This didn't take long for these two.
-[Wade] Yeah-- -[Vic] They've been at odds!
[Wade] You knew this was coming.
These two have been swinging on side for weeks now.
You cannot keep them apart.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] And these two, again you mentioned,
can't keep them apart.
Briggs trying his best.
Jensen, though, who's in the ring,
is legal in this contest.
Oh, oh--
[Wade] Yeah, and no eyes on the ring right now.
We got a full on brawl at ring side.
[Vic] Jensen turning right around,
and ran right into Wolfgang
as again, this thing is just exploding.
All out chaos,
and I feel bad for the officials I mentioned earlier.
[Wade] We're gonna need about five more officials at this rate.
[Vic] Wow!
[Wade] What athleticism,
what coordination.
[Vic] That certainly was innovative.
I will give Pretty Deadly that.
[Wade] Finally! Finally, you're saying
something good about them.
[Vic] Oh!
And Briggs now, taking out Deadly.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Wait a minute.
What's Jensen thinking?
[audience] Ooh!
[laughs]
[Wade] Been watching too much Ricochet.
That's what he's been doing.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Oh! These superstars
are showing you what it means to them
to be the Unified Tag Team Champions
in NXT.
The hell's Mark Coffey thinking?
[Wade] There's a lot of Scottish beef up--
[Vic] Wow!
[Wade] Oh-oh!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Wolfgang howling at the moon.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] 'Been turning around into Brutus.
[audience] Ooh!
[audience chatter]
[Vic] I mean, all these superstars--
Oh, we've seen Brutus in the past.
[Wade] Come off that post.
[Vic] The [indistinct] gonna fly!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Kit tried his best, couldn't.
Ooh!
Wolfgang just sucking the air
out of the NXT Universe.
[Wade] Just in the nick of time.
Do not like seeing Brutus Creed
on that top rope,
but he might have no choice now.
[Vic] This moment, this match
means everything to Gallus.
They've been main players in the United Kingdom
since day one.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] And to that Joe Coffey in the outside
shouting at Wolfgang.
It was in the very first match,
on the very first edition of NXT UK.
-[audience chants, "Holy shit"] -[Wade] Well, let me tell you--
-[Vic] "Famouser"! -[Wade] Oh, God!
[Vic] Jensen connects with "The Famouser"!
Cover, count, and whoa!
Mark Coffey recognized what was going on
and saved things for the match.
[Wade] Saving the day for Gallus, Prince and Jensen right now,
though, with all the momentum in the world.
[Vic] NXT right now, a lot of momentum
as you can see, trending number one.
in the United States.
But the momentum could be behind Wolfgang.
From behind,
and he's just able to kick out Jensen.
Spinning heel kick!
[Wade] Caught flush on the jaw was Wolfgang here.
Ready to put this one to bed.
21 years young…
-[Vic] Jensen. -[Wade] Brooks Jensen.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Wade] Oh!
[Wade] What a sickening landing.
Mark Coffey.
[Vic] I think inadvertently
Mark Coffey was making his way to make the tag.
[Wade] Whatever it was, it absolutely worked.
[Vic] And certainly, is effective
for the Gallus boys.
Into the cover goes Mark Coffey,
and the first elimination of the night.
[audience cheers]
[announcer] Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen
have been eliminated.
[Vic] The thing about this, the NXT UK Champions
have been eliminated
from this Unification Match.
[boos]
[audience chatter]
[audience chants, "Good bye"]
It's us against them!
[Vic] Oh, that didn't take long.
We know the grudge that both these
UK Tag Teams have towards The Creeds.
[Wade] Absolutely. How can you not have a grudge
against The Creeds?
Look what they've done over the past 12 months.
Complete domination,
Zero to one hundred faster than
any Tag Team in history.
Of course, the NXT UK guys have been watching
and they're aware
what a huge threat The Creeds
really can be.
[audience chatter]
[audience chants, "USA"]
[Vic] Pretty Deadly might've forgotten
what this match up is all about.
[boos]
[indistinct]
[boos]
[audience chatter]
[indistinct]
[Vic] There's certainly gonna be some
bad news for Pretty Deadly.
[Wade] Real funny.
Even [indistinct]
Right now, Pretty Deadly looking for the easy way out perhaps.
No bueno unfortunately.
[Vic] Oh, Gallus wants to make
NXT their kingdom.
Certainly, this is how you do it.
Inside cradle, inside cradle!
And, oh, Mark Coffey just able to kick out.
Swing and a miss.
Ooh!
Planted center of the ring.
Coffey now, another cover.
Another hook of the leg,
and another near-fall.
I mean, we do have to credit Pretty Deadly,
they're the only team in this match up
that has held both sets of titles.
[Wade] Yes, indeed they are.
Listen, that is an experience factor for you.
The best of NXT UK,
[Vic] Whoa, whoa, whoa handful of tights,
and just able to kick out.
[Wade] The best of NXT.
Now you've just got to put them both together.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Right now, Prince showcasing some strength,
hoisting up Coffey.
[Wade] Don't underestimate Pretty Deadly.
Don't overlook them…
-[Wade] …just 'cause of their fashion. -[Vic] Oh.
[Wade] These boys can scrap.
But it might be taken out of their hands now.
[Vic] Now, I want to take a look at Gallus a little bit further.
This is the type of chaos
that they thrive in,
-[Vic] and you see the security… -[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] …as we've seen for several weeks
beefed up around ringside.
But bang! Mark Coffey.
Precision, pinpoint accuracy.
[Wade] Well, this is how Gallus want to run their kingdom.
Gallus boys on top.
Chaos, danger, bedlam.
Security needed
at every turn.
It is an intimidating environment.
[Vic] Brutus! Brutus just stole the tag,
and how wise is this from The Creed Brothers?
Forcing the way back into the match up.
I mean, they want to stay involved…
…as long as they can,
keeping their destiny in their own hands.
And now, Brutus smash!
[Wade] The wrecking ball of human aggression.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] And for The Creed Brothers,
they've never competed in this sort of match up
and they don't care.
[Wade] Yeah, and if only they had one guy in their corner…
[Vic] Whoa!
[Wade] …an experienced veteran,
who could perhaps coach them from the sidelines.
I don't know, someone like Roderick Strong,
who's been mysteriously laid out by that man, in my opinion,
Julius Creed.
[Vic] Now, don't just start jumping to conclusions,
as The Creed Brothers could be looking to put Gallus away.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Brutus…
[audience cheers]
…found his Mark!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Creeds laying it all on the line…
…to make history tonight.
[Wade] Own version of the Doomsday Device.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Bam!
-[Vic] Cover… -[audience counting]
And another team sent to the back.
[audience cheers]
[announcer] Gallus has been eliminated.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And we are down to two teams.
The NXT Tag Team Champions,
The Creed Brothers, Pretty Deadly.
[Wade] Let me tell you, Pretty Deadly were celebrating that pin,
-[Wade] just… -[Vic] Oh!
-[Wade] …just as much. Good grief. -[Vic] Hey!
[crosstalk]
[Vic] Well, Gallus certainly not liking the result
of what happened,
but as we mentioned, there's only two teams left.
One of these two teams will make history.
One of these two teams will be
the Unified NXT Tag Team Champions.
[Wade] Yeah, and you ask me who's looking in bad shape, right now.
I've got to tell you,
it's Pretty Deadly.
[Vic] You just saw a quick tag.
Julius to Brutus, Julius is…
-[Vic] …is favoring his right elbow. -[Wade] Julius is hurting.
[Vic] Yeah, and that could be a bad sign for The Creed Brothers,
As right now, Brutus might have to take the weight of this match
on his own shoulders for a moment.
[Wade] Yeah, not where you want to be.
This could effectively be a handicapped match right now,
in favor of Pretty Deadly.
[Vic] We talked about strategy earlier on
with the strategy from Pretty Deadly,
as they sat on the outside for the most part.
You loved this strategy.
They're the freshest of the two teams right now
I've gotta say what it is.
[Wade] I told you. It's the experience factor.
You've got a team in there,
in Pretty Deadly, who's done it all
for many years.
You've got a team in there like The Creeds…
-[Vic] Oh! -[Wade] …who were fantastic,
-[Wade] but only fantastic… -[Vic] Into the cover…
[Vic] …to unify the titles! -[audience counts]
[Vic] And Brutus just,
just able to kick out.
How obnoxious
would Pretty Deadly be
if they unified the titles tonight?
-[Wade] Yeah, only obnoxious -[Vic] Obnoxious.
[Wade] if you have zero taste.
And looking at the way you dress, Vic Joseph,
You absolutely have zero taste.
Think what Pretty Deadly have done for the U.S.,
bringing their unique brand of fashion,
balloon trousers,
crop tops,
male lace--
Who would've thought men could wear lace,
until Elton Prince and Kit Wilson turned up.
[Vic] Crop tops, lace? Do you hear yourself?
Can you hear what you're talking about right now?
[Wade] The proof is before your eyes.
Just look how great they look, Vic Joseph.
[Vic] We don't have to talk about that at the Worlds Collide
'cause we've got bigger fish right now to fry, and that is,
who will unify
the NXT Tag Team titles
here tonight.
Come on, champ!
[audience yelling]
[Vic] Look, when it comes to Pretty Deadly
and The Creed Brothers,
This goes back to the start of the year.
When you think about who attacked The Creed Brothers,
who destroyed the Dojo,
and The Creed Brothers haven't forgotten
about that moment.
[Wade] Yeah, and who exactly won.
[Vic] Into the cover, into the cover, into the cover!
And a kick out!
[Wade] The NXT Championships.
It was Pretty Deadly
who came across the pond
and dominated.
And that's exactly what they're doing in the ring right now.
They are teaching The Creeds a lesson.
Just how good are The Creeds
without a leader in place?
[Vic] And you notice Kit and Elton Prince,
both have stayed in between Brutus and Julius,
have truly cut the team in half.
They've cut the ring in half.
They are a true tag team.
[Wade] And this is exactly
where Pretty Deadly
come into their own.
This is what it's all been about.
Getting to this point.
Getting to the final two teams
as fresh as you can.
I'll tell you what, I don't care how--
[Vic] Oh!
[Wade] Oh, that was sickening.
[Vic] You could see the knee just buckle.
[Wade] No knee is supposed to bend in that direction.
[Vic] Another tag was made!
Brutus finally getting to his brother,
and in comes Julius.
And you gotta wonder
is Julius one hundred percent?
You see the pad on the right elbow.
He's been favoring the elbow
throughout the entire match up,
but now Julius trying to block out all the pain…
-[audience] Ooh! -[Vic] …to persevere,
and punch his ticket
to glory tonight.
[Wade] Hundred percent or otherwise,
Julius Creed looking at its
explosive best right now.
[Vic] Up and over goes Prince.
Prince now locking in a sleeper.
And this is sound strategy,
wearing down the damaged Julius Creed.
[audience chatter]
[Wade] Slowly looking more and more
-[Wade] weary-- what the hell? -[Vic] Wait?
[Vic] Briggs, Jensen, and is that Gallus?
[Wade] You've got to think they'll be fined for that.
[Vic] These guys can't be contained.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] We've got the action on the outside,
we've got action in the ring,
we're trying to unify championships.
And look at Julius Creed.
The strength.
Prince tried his best
to navigate his way free.
[Wade] Julius Creed looking wobbly here.
-[Vic] All the way down. -[Wade] Trying to hold it on.
[Vic] No.
[Wade] Okay.
[Vic] No way.
Unreal.
[Wade] Who the hell does that?
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Julius Creed does.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Blocking out the pain.
Adrenaline will make a man do crazy things.
Whoa.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] No way.
Planted Prince.
This is it.
The moment.
-[referee] One, two-- -[Vic] Oh.
-[Wade] Split second away. -[Vic] Oh!
-[Wade] Referee getting-- -[Vic] Security--
[crosstalk]
[Vic] …ever seen anything like this?
[Wade] This is absolutely wild.
Pivotal moment in the match up.
Julius Creed almost picking up the W.
-[Wade] The referee -[Vic] The official--
[Wade] was slightly out of position,
that's all that cost him there.
Now, the official's taken out.
[Vic] Look, Julius looked down.
He realized what had happened,
and now quickly pouncing, taking out Kit
and… oh!
[Wade] Creed's having to do this on his own.
[Vic] There's no official though, Barrett,
I'm looking around at everything
going on around the ring.
We only have two men standing.
Think about that this match
started with four Tag Teams
and now there's only two men left.
[Wade] Things are starting to look incredibly bleak here
for Elton Prince.
Straps are coming down.
That usually signals good night.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] But Kemp running interference.
[audience cheers]
Just about took Kit out of this race.
[Wade] Diamond Mine refusing to be denied this evening.
[Vic] And now-- what the hell?
[boos]
[Vic] What the?
[boos]
[Vic] Kemp getting the official back up.
[Wade] What the hell is going on?
[Vic] Prince into the cover.
The official didn't see what happened. And…
[bell ringing]
[Pretty Deadly's music plays]
[Vic] You gotta be kidding me.
[announcer] Here are your winners
and new unified NXT Tag Team Champions,
Pretty Deadly!
[Wade] Well, I'm still trying to
break this one down in my head,
but you have to think
things would've gone very differently
had Roderick Strong been here.
[Pretty Deadly's music plays]
[Vic] We're going back. This is so…
I'm actually speechless right now,
but going back to some of the moments in this match up.
I mean, just take a look at the strength
that Julius Creed with one bad arm
not to mention the pure athleticism
from the ACC standout at Duke,
who continued,
as I mentioned, to persevere and push through
in this match up
with everything going on.
And this is the turning point.
We talk about chaos and the powder keg exploding,
these teams couldn't be controlled
even after they were eliminated!
[Wade] You saw the referee get flattened in this melee.
That proved pivotal
later on in proceedings.
Completely laid out as you can tell here.
But then just when Damon Kemp looked like
he'd saved the Diamond Mine--
[Vic] Yeah, you mentioned laid out.
[Wade] What a turncoat.
[Vic] Bam!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Unreal.
[boos]
[Vic] And Pretty Deadly in the right place
at the right time.
for their moment
-[Vic] here tonight -[bell ringing]
[Vic] The Unified NXT Tag Team Champions.
[Wade] Now, what a moment it is
for the lads that have come over proudly
from NXT UK.
Taking both championships home with them.
Wow, what a moment. Yes!
-[Kit] We're the team. -[Wade] Yes, boys.
[Pretty Deadly's music plays]
[music]
[Cody] A man often finds his destiny
on the path he takes to avoid it.
[Vic] This is surreal.
Six years away from WWE.
[Cody] Everyone thinks the decision
to return was difficult.
[Dusty Rhodes] Get a dream, hold on to it,
and shoot for the sky.
[Cody] It was not.
I knew not what I wanted to do,
what I needed to do when this Championship
bestow it into the hands of "The American Dream"
Dusty Rhodes.
Unfortunately, that dream died,
or did it?
[music]
[John] Second-generation athlete,
one of the richest in-ring IQs
in our industry.
[Michael] Right now, high above the clouds,
a certain son of a plumber
is grinning from ear to ear.
[Cody] Yes, I cannot physically
bestow it upon "The American Dream", Dusty Rhodes.
[music]
[explosions]
[audience cheers]
But I certainly
can put it around the waist
of The American Nightmare.
[commentator 1] Cody Rhodes suffered a partial pectoral tear.
Then, working out, preparing for his match tonight,
he tore the pectoral muscle
right off the bone.
Nonetheless, being the man and the competitor
that Cody Rhodes is,
Cody will step inside
Hell in a Cell.
[audience] Ooh!
Cody Rhodes has shown us something
that no other WWE superstar ever has.
[commentator 2] The heart, the guts, and determination
of the clearly wounded Cody Rhodes
giving the performance of a lifetime.
[music]
[commentator 1] From undesirable to undeniable.
[music]
[WWE spokesperson] Cody had successful surgery yesterday,
and will be out of action
for up to nine months.
[Cody] I've never been patient.
In my career, a lot of trust has been put into me
to do it right.
And I'm going to do it for me.
I'm going to do it for my family.
And I am going to do it
for you.
[music]
[audience chants, "Cody"]
September is pediatric
cancer month, so as the EST,
I am teaming up with my friends,
the ING because they are…
Fighting!
[music]
Conquering.
Laughing.
Thriving.
[music]
Inspiring.
In their battle versus cancer.
We'll be teaming up to take down cancer.
Till we win.
[music]
Want to join us?
[music]
Who is Blair Davenport?
I'm what you get when Gothic charisma
meets cold-hearted fury.
[music]
[UK commentator] Wicked aggression from Davenport.
[Blair] Meiko, we've been in the ring before.
You know exactly what I can do.
And Mandy,
you're about to find out.
[UK commentator] Davenport has certainly made another statement.
At Worlds Collide, only one woman
will walk out the NXT Women's Champion
[music]
and it's gonna be
Blair Davenport.
[music]
That's a good cup of Joe.
Yeah.
Gino's down the street, they're pretty good.
[boos]
Stacks, my boy,
losing the Legados was a good move.
Yeah, but Tony, we could've got more miles
out of Joaquin and Cruz,
and you said it yourself,
Elektra was doing great on the docks.
Look, one bad fish spoils the tank
and the Legados were headed in that direction
See, when you're the Don,
you gotta know when to keep the line in the water,
and when to cut the bait.
There's always a bigger fish.
Oh, Grimey.
Come here, I want to talk to you.
You talking to me?
Yeah, I'm talking to you.
Come here.
See, word on the street is,
you're looking for some new friends,
and a man of your stature,
it's pretty enticing.
Especially after I fired the Legados.
Fired?
That's what you did?
What? He's got dirt in his ear?
I said I fired them.
Yeah, he fired them.
So, why don't you stick around,
eat a few biscotti, and…
…make me an offer?
[laughs]
Yeah, I'm not hungry.
[audience cheers]
Who does that guy think he's talking to?
Does he know who I am?
[music]
[Mandy] Meiko, Blair,
I've seen what you've done in the ring.
I've read your credentials.
But there's one thing
that you're not,
and that's Mandy Rose.
[music]
[Mandy] I'm the most dominant Women's Champion.
You're standing in my ring.
You entered into my worlds.
Put some respect on my name.
[music]
[Mandy] For 313 days I have dominated
the NXT Women's Division
and tonight I will remind everyone
that Mandy Rose is still
the world's attraction.
[music]
[Wade] Put some respect on that name.
Mandy Rose heading to the arena in style,
showing no signs of trepidation
just minutes before
her triple threat match.
[Vic] Well, there's a superstar who believes,
Blair Davenport, that she is the rightful heir
to both the NXT
and the NXT UK Women's Championships.
Can she do the unthinkable
and unify them here tonight
in a matter of moments?
-[Wade] And then there's Meiko Satomura. -[Vic] Uh-uh.
[Wade] Already a living legend,
but victory tonight will make her immortal.
There is so much at stake
in this unification match up.
[music]
[Meiko Satomura's music plays]
[Vic] There is the reigning
NXT UK Women's Champion
who has held the title for 430 days.
Think about the lineage
of the NXT UK Women's Title.
Superstars like Alba Fyre
have been the NXT UK Women's Champion.
Rhea Ripley got her footing
in the NXT UK.
Platform for Doudrop, Dakota Kai,
and Meiko Satomura.
For over 400 days
has waved the flag proudly
for the United Kingdom.
Can she unify the titles here tonight?
[Wade] The Japanese icon competed
as far back as mid-90s WCW.
Our very own WWE Hall of Famer
Beth Phoenix says Satomura's fingerprints
are all over Women's Wrestling
around the globe,
and you have to be special
just to be able to hang
with The Final Boss.
What a show of respect here
in NXT for a living legend.
[Meiko Satomura's music plays]
[Blair Davenport's music plays]
[boos]
[Vic] When it comes to respect,
Davenport has shown very little
to Satomura during their rivalry
in NXT UK.
And through the smoke are we locking eyes
with the future Unified Women's Champion?
[boos]
In her own words,
she said she has nothing to lose
yet everything to gain here at Words Collide.
[Wade] That might work as a pep talk,
a personal pep talk for Blair Davenport.
I believe that's nonsense.
She has no gold to lose perhaps,
but she does have the opportunity
of a lifetime to lose.
You want to announce yourself on a world's stage?
Well, go ahead.
Beat Mandy Rose, beat Meiko Satomura
on a massive stage like Worlds Collide.
Unify the NXT and NXT UK Women's Championships.
That's what's on the line.
for Blair Davenport tonight.
It's as big as they come.
This is the biggest night
of Blair Davenport's career.
Don't listen to her pep talk.
This is massive.
[Vic] Will that cold-hearted fury
lead her to glory?
But-- whoa.
[Wade] What a motor.
[music]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] You talked about her arriving--
-[female voice] Toxic! -[Vic] --in style.
[Vic] Here comes the NXT Women's
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
…champion.
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[Wade] She drives a fast machine,
she keeps her motor clean,
and yet she's the best damn woman
that I've ever seen.
God bless America!
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
[Vic] I don't even know where to go…
after that poetic rhyme from Wade there.
Wait a minute.
Obviously, you're siding with Mandy Rose, right?
That's your pick?
-[Wade] Yeah. -[Vic] You're not going to side with
your fellow country woman, Blair Davenport?
[Wade] Whoa, whoa, steady. Hold on a second.
[Vic] You traitor.
-[Wade] No, Blair-- -[Vic] You're a traitor!
[Wade] Blair Davenport is also from New Zealand, to be clear.
[Vic] She represents NXT UK. She's…
[Wade] I'm a dual citizen.
I'm also American these days.
I got a passport, so yeah,
I'm backing Mandy Rose, like I have from the beginning.
I'm not surprised
that you're already
back on your hater's pulpit.
It's instantaneous with you, isn't it?
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
Stars and stripes forever.
[Vic] Well, one thing I cannot argue,
Rose in the middle of the
longest reign
as NXT Women's Champion
since 2018.
313 days and counting.
Third longest reign ever.
[audience cheers]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following triple threat
is the NXT and NXT UK Women's Championship
Unification Match.
[audiende cheers]
[announcer] Introducing first,
Blair Davenport!
[boos]
[announcer] Next, she is the NXT UK
Women's Champion,
Meiko Satomura!
[audience cheers]
[announcer] And representing Toxic Attraction,
she is the NXT Women's Champion!
Mandy Rose.
[audience cheers]
[Wade] You mentioned 313-day reign
of Mandy Rose, Vic Joseph.
Let me add a couple of extra words.
And counting!
[audience chants, "Mandy"]
[Vic] Well, we combed through the history of the United Kingdom Women's Title.
Let's talk about the NXT Women's Title.
Charlotte Flair, Bayley, Asuka,
some of the names that have held
that prestigious title.
[Wade] Fantastic, I ain't taking anything away
from any of those ladies
you just mentioned.
-[Wade] All, for me, first-ballot -[bell ringing]
[Wade] Hall of Famers.
Absolutely epitomize the best
in the business.
You can have your own pick
for who the greatest is,
but for my money,
Mandy Rose wins tonight.
there is no one in history
On a par
with NXT Women's Champion, Mandy Rose.
She will be the number one
of all time here.
[Vic] You'r saying she'd be the greatest of all time in NXT?
[Wade] That is exactly
what I'm saying, Vic Joseph.
Clean your ears out
and start showing Mandy Rose
some respect.
-[Wade] Well earned. -[Vic] Oh!
Early on here, Rose, Davenport,
working together,
and that certainly is a wise strategy
in these sort of triple threat matches, one fall to a finish.
Champions do not need to be pinned…
-[Vic] …to lose their title. -[audience chants, "Mandy"]
[Vic] However, you do have two champions
in this match up.
And Davenport trying to pin one right off the bat.
Now, Rose.
I think it's a little bit too early on
to be trying to--
Well, now we've got a stalemate.
[audience chants, "Mandy"]
[indistinct]
[audience cheers]
[Wade] It was always gonna be a loose alliance, wasn't it?
[Vic] Oh, Meiko!
Davenport now up, over, shoulders down,
one more time.
Now it's Rose's crucifix action.
Shoulders are down, another near fall.
And it just takes three
to unify the gold.
As we saw earlier tonight,
Pretty Deadly becoming the NXT Unified Tag Team Champions.
Let's talk about Rose, let's talk about Meiko Satomura for a moment.
Ooh!
Both didn't take kindly
to Blair Davenport's,
well, bravado, so to speak.
[Wade] Yeah, listen. You don't walk into the house
of a dominant champion
like Mandy Rose
and start talking smack
after just one victory here in NXT.
Even Meiko Satomura
with all her accolades,
all her experience,
all the things she's achieved over the years
has to understand
that this right here, NXT,
is the Mandy Rose show.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Well, Rose is in control.
Davenport now sliding out the NXT UK Champion.
Again, no disqualification,
no count-out as well,
and now Davenport…
That's what you get!
[Vic] …bouncing Satomura.
Did I mention no disqualification?
[boos]
Come on!
This is my world!
[Mandy] Lets go!
[Wade] Perhaps Meiko Satomura down and out here.
Blair Davenport
taking her own sweet time.
You heard Mandy Rose,
"This is my world."
[Vic] I was just about to say,
Rose always confident because we know,
somewhere closely
Toxic Attraction is standing by.
[Wade] Oh, here we go again.
Being a hater.
Starting to throw allegations around
with absolutely no backup whatsoever.
Remember when--
[Vic] roll though, roll though, roll through.
Shoulders down.
[Wade] Remember when you accused Toxic Attraction
of attacking Roxanne Perez?
Remember how that turned out?
You were completely wrong.
You blasphemed their name
for no reason whatsoever
and you're doing it again.
Mandy Rose says
they are staying in the locker room tonight.
She can do it on her own.
[Vic] Davenport into another cover, another hook of the leg.
Another near fall.
Yeah, oh yeah. It's out of the realm of possibility
that Mandy Rose is lying.
-[Vic] Oh, breaking news. -[Wade] Mandy Rose's word…
[Wade] …is gospel around here.
[Vic] Well, Rose right now
firing an all cylinders
in this match up.
She certainly is out to create a legacy all her own
as she has mentioned time and time again.
Put respect on her name.
And look at the strength.
Oh! JBL-esque Fallaway slam.
[Wade] Yeah, talk about the in-ring
development of Mandy Rose
over the past 12 months,
never respected prior to that
for her in-ring abilities,
which is a scandal in its own right.
She just keeps getting better and better though.
[audience chants, "Let's go, Mandy"]
[Vic] Satomura, picking the ankle, so to speak.
And the NXT Universe,
I mean, they are all over the place
in this match up
on who they want to walk away the Unified Women's Champion.
And Satomura has Davenport scouted.
And these two go way back.
No stranger to one another.
Really, Rose is the unknown for Satomura.
[audience] Ooh!
[Wade] She is and perhaps makes Mandy Rose
the X-Factor in this match up.
Although Meiko Satomura now taking full control.
Take your eye off Mandy Rose for a second
and you will regret it.
[Vic] This match up has been so equal since the beginning.
I mean, who truly has the advantage,
in your opinion, as this match up wears on?
[Wade] Oh.
[Vic] Double stomp to the spine.
[Wade] I've got to tell you,
all three athletes now laid out.
You asked about an advantage.
It's got to be tight,
but I'm gonna lean Mandy Rose.
She hasn't put a foot wrong
in almost a year here
as champion in NXT.
This is also her home turf.
This is away match for Blair Davenport
and for Meiko Satomura.
[Vic] Oh. And Take a look at this showdown.
We've seen this across the pond.
But it's here.
It's at Worlds Collide
and a lot of unfinished business
between these two superstars.
[Wade] Yeah, last time they collided in the ring,
Blair Davenport got injured
during the match.
That was about six months or so ago.
NXT UK jumping at the bit
to get back in there.
[Vic] Right into the sternum, into the cover.
And a near fall.
[Wade] Might be regretting
getting in there now, however.
[Vic] Satomura has said wrestling is her life,
but what else does she truly
have to prove?
[Wade] Look, Meiko Satomura
has dominated every continent
on the globe except for what?
North America.
This is the last place she needs to conquer.
Win tonight and she's effectively conquered planet Earth.
[Vic] Davenport, nice transition.
Able to roll through,
shoulders are down to unify the titles.
Kick out. Roll through,
shoulders down again.
Another near fall.
And again, as we mentioned,
that's how quick this match up can end.
One of these women will make history.
One of these women will unify
the Women's Championship tonight.
and for Blair Davenport,
she possesses a frightening intensity
that she's starting to unleash
in this triple threat match.
[Wade] Yeah, you mentioned it earlier,
cold-hearted fury,
a wicked willingness
to do whatever it takes to win.
-[Wade] Davenport… -[Vic] Oh-oh.
[Wade] …ain't here to make up the numbers
but it might have been taken out of the hands
like that by Mandy Rose.
[Vic] Rose isn't here to make friends.
And, how about this showdown
when Rose turns around.
[audience cheers]
[Wade] What the world's been waiting for.
[Satomura] This is my world!
[Vic] Talk about Rose's accolades,
you've mentioned Satomura.
Four decades of wisdom
and she could be just baiting
Rose in at this point.
[Wade] A lot of people thought Mandy Rose
would be apprehensive about getting in there
with a veteran like Meike Satomura,
the strong style approach of Satomura.
Mandy Rose does not take a back-step
to anybody when it comes comes to NXT.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Talk about the fired-up NXT Universe all night long,
And, now Rose exploding, dropping Satomura.
[Wade] Beautiful shift of body weight,
right on her feet,
explosive on impact.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Rose never one to lack confidence, knows…
[audience chatter]
[Vic] …as the NXT Women's Champion,
Satomura, the UK Women's Champion,
one of those titles will dissolve tonight.
Will be unified.
And look at Satomura, just laughing at Rose…
-[Wade] Yeah, that's what I'm saying… -[Vic] …absorbing the punishment.
[audience cheers]
And this goes back to the unusual training
Satomura has had
since the beginning of her career.
[Wade] Okay, this is frustrating Mandy Rose
more than anything.
No one steps to Mandy Rose like this.
[audience chants, "Mandy"]
[Vic] Oh!
It's Satomura laying in every right,
every uppercut, every kick connecting.
[Wade] You don't treat Mandy Rose like this.
[Vic] Certainly just did.
Satomura to make history.
Rose just kicking out.
[Wade] The methodical break down of Mandy Rose
before our eyes.
Do not forget the bounce-back ability
of the NXT Women's Champion however,
and we're seeing it right now.
[Vic] And Satomura, oh, air driven out of her lungs,
with the Spine buster.
Cover! Davenport, wisely, at the last moment
-[Vic] breaking things up. [Wade] Just in the nick of time
for Davenport.
Her opportunity to unify these championships
is slipping away right there.
[Vic] Davenport right now,
it's almost like divide and conquer.
Nice suplex, into the bridge.
Northern lights didn't work.
Rose able to kick out one more time.
[Wade] Technically perfect there.
Take another look at this from Mandy Rose,
beautiful double A Spine buster
would have been enough for the victory,
[Vic] Nice.
[Wade] Not for Blair Davenport.
[Vic] You know, Davenport certainly inserted herself
into the match up,
trying to make the most of it tonight.
[Wade] Yeah, of course she did.
She was the number one contender
for the NXT UK women's championship,
That doesn't go away.
Doesn't disappear.
Davenport was owed this opportunity tonight,
and needs to make sure she makes it count.
[Vic] She is trying to do just that.
But Rose now…
…very rarely will we see Rose leave her feet.
Oh!
[Wade] Constantly evolving--
[Vic] Wait a minute, Satomura!
Frog splash connects!
[Wade] Get up, Mandy!
[Vic] Title on the line!
Whoa. Rose saved her title.
As we were so close to a unification.
And yet another notch
in the legendary belt of Meiko Satomura.
Take a look, Rose first, pow!
Hits that superplex.
Satomura waiting in the ring.
Splat! Hits that Frog Splash.
And so close!
Rose, the last moment, saving things.
[Wade] Mandy Rose with the wherewithal to pay attention
to every part of the ring at all times.
[audience chants, "Women's wrestling"]
-[Vic] Oh! -[audience] Ooh!
And these three the epitome.
These three the best.
-[Satomura screams] -[audience cheers]
-[Vic] Satomura, the living legend -[audience] Oh!
Right now turning back the clock.
[audience cheers]
[Wade] King's road approach from Satomura.
Smash everything in sight!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Oh!
Oh-oho!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Swing and a miss.
Davenport now,
trying to turn things around.
[Satomura screams]
Davenport who said tonight would be her night.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Much like we started this match up.
Rose and Davenport working together.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Wade] And It backfired.
[Wade] Double DDT!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Everyone loving what they're seeing right now
out of Satomura.
-[Vic] Satomura special. -[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Rose could be out.
Follow up again. Davenport had it scouted.
This time it's Davenport who's on top,
and could tonight be the night
for Davenport, who has been so close in the past
to putting gold around her waist?
[Wade] Davenport looking vicious
and experienced in there now,
completely with the upper hand.
What a dangerous combination.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Talking about combination,
take a look at the offense now.
Chopping down both Rose-- Oh!
[Wade] Those educated feet using them to full effect.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Wade] Oh.
-[Vic] Double Satomura special! -[audience cheers]
[Wade] Listen to the clubbing sounds
those boots are making against
the bodies of Davenport and Rose.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Into the cover,
and Rose right there.
Able to break it up quickly.
Oh, wait a minute.
This could be the end.
Satomura trying to block.
Rose hoisted up.
Satomura… ooh!
[audience] Ooh!
Driving Rose down.
Cover, count.
Davenport! To the spine once more.
[Wade] Once again for the fourth time
in this match up,
Blair Davenport breaking up a pin,
and at the same time saving her own
opportunity to become…
-[Wade] …the Universal NXT Women's-- -[Vic] We saw this Tuesday--
[Vic] --Looking for the knockout blow.
Is it Davenport's tonight?
Is it Davenport's moment?
Whoa!
[audience cheers]
[Wade] Mandy Rose nowhere to be seen
on that one.
It was all up to Meiko Satomura of course.
Davenport can't believe it.
That connected flush to the jaw.
You know you're dealing with a real special character
in Meiko Satomura.
How the hell did she kick out of this one?
[Vic] Been hard to watch the second time.
And now Rose out of nowhere.
[Rose screams]
[Vic] We talked about that four-way elimination
Tag Team Match early on,
The action has just been as fierce
and almost as fast as our opening match tonight
[Wade] Yeah, all three women having opportunities
to put this one away.
It truly is balanced on a knife edge now.
[Rose screams]
[audience chants, "USA"]
[Vic] At this moment in the match up,
all these women slipping out,
and now Davenport realized Rose was going down.
Able to hit the Missile Dropkick,
take out Satomura.
Rose now from behind.
Oh!
Davenport-- Oh! Right to the body.
And all three of these women, students of the game.
All had the other scouted.
Davenport trying to put the finishing touches
on this match up.
Rose though able to counter.
Looking for the knee, didn't connect.
From behind, look at Satomura.
-[Vic] Oh! Scorpio Rising. -[audience] Ooh!
[Wade] That has to be it.
Make the cover.
[Vic] So much taken out of Satomura.
[audience cheers]
Satomura climbing over.
"Kissed by the Rose"! On the butt of the jaw!
[Rose screams]
[audience counting]
Rose makes history…
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] …tonight.
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and new Unified NXT Women's Champion,
Mandy Rose!
[Wade] I called it at the beginning, Vic Joseph.
I said, "Mandy Rose wins this match up."
Mandy Rose unifies the NXT and NXT UK
Women's Championships.
She is the greatest in the history of the NXT brand.
That's exactly what went down.
[Vic] We talked about the action in this match up.
I mean, it was knockout blow after knockout blow.
Between all three of these superstars.
Right here, bam!
It was Meiko Satomura hitting that Scorpio Rising,
but in the end,
Rose, bam!
The wherewithal for "Kiss by the Rose"
on the butt of the jaw.
And etching her name in history.
[bell ringing]
Mandy Rose,
the Unified Women's Champion in NXT.
[Wade] My power, my pleasure, my pain.
Finally, put some damn respect
on the name of Mandy Rose.
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
Mandy Rose making history
by becoming the new Unified
NXT Women's Champion,
but with me now is Wes Lee,
and Wes, over the past month,
the superstars of NXT UK
have been dominating the scene here in NXT.
Well, on Tuesday,
you face one of the most sadistic men
from NXT UK in JD McDonagh.
How do you prepare for someone
with such bad intentions?
Uh…
McKenzie, I don't know if you can really
prepare for someone like JD McDonagh.
I saw your interview with him last week
and that was…
…uncomfortable?
I completely agree.
Well, look. JD doesn't shoot to kill.
Like, he shoots to wound.
And he loves taking pleasure in seeing
the agony in his opponents' faces.
Dude is dark.
And I know when the bell rings,
he likes to go to a much darker place.
But I've had my own fair share of dark clouds
and the rain don't scare me
and I'm not afraid to venture into into the darkness.
Look, JD wants to get weird,
Whoa! Let's get weird on Tuesday!
But I promise you,
he won't like the results.
[audience cheers]
Vic and Wade, back to you.
[Collide by Oneduo plays]
[Vic] You're listening to Collide by Oneduo,
the official theme song for NXT Worlds Collide.
It's available now on Apple Music and Spotify.
And two Tag Teams that are ready to collide
are coming up in a matter of moments for the NXT.
for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships.
Chance, Carter, the champs, have been riding
quite the wave of momentum.
Spotlight on these two teams,
both wanting to steal the show
here in just moments at Worlds Collide.
[music]
[Doudrop's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And Doudrop and her partner again,
much like Ricochet,
shocked the world this past Tuesday on NXT.
[Nikki A.S.H.'s music plays]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship.
Introducing the challengers,
the team of Doudrop.
And "Almost a Superhero" Nikki A.S.H.
[Vic] Now, we talked about Worlds Collide,
we talked about NXT UK.
Here are two women that revolutionized
European Wrestling for women.
[Wade] Oh, man.
Listen, a lot has changed since,
but since I broke through in Europe,
many, many years ago,
the men's scene back then
was an embarrassment.
The women's scene though, it was practically nonexistent,
but it's because of women like Doudrop, Nikki A.S.H.,
being the pioneers that they are,
following in the footsteps
of British wrestling legends
like Klondike Kate,
that the scene is thriving once again.
All credit to those two ladies.
[Chance & Carter's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[announcer] And their opponents,
they are the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions,
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance!
[Vic] It's a fun-loving duo in Carter and Chance,
but let's be honest here for a moment.
There's a big difference
when you become the hunted
instead of being the hunter.
[Wade] Look, Chance and Carter spent years here
in NXT attempting to climb
to the top of the ladder.
They failed, they failed,
and then they failed some more,
but always came back better than they were previously.
Now, they found out though
that being the champs really isn't the promised land
that many think it's gonna be.
You get to contest and fight
against the absolute best on the planet
week in, week out when you have those championships.
Why?
Because you got something
that the rest of the world want to take from you.
[Chance & Carter's music plays]
[Vic] Well, Chance and Carter have been waiting
for this sort of match
Not only that, this sort of spotlight
like we're gonna have here at Worlds Collide.
[Wade] Yes, they have.
They want to prove their mettle.
[bell ringing]
[Wade] Show they can beat all-comers,
I would say, though, be very careful what you wish for.
This, to me, is a massive step up in class.
massive step up in competition
for Chance and Carter,
and they may fall flat
on their faces in short time.
[Vic] There is Nikki A.S.H.
She's making history in this match up tonight.
She's the first woman to challenge
for all active women's championships.
[Wade] Yeah, what a resume Nikki A.S.H.
truly has in this game.
Put together a cracking CV.
Would only look to enhance it further
by grabbing more gold here in NXT.
[Vic] Oh.
And quickly now, knowing--
Into the cover, for the title--
Oh, and a kickout of Nikki A.S.H.
You talk about all the titles.
She is a former Raw Women's Champion.
She is battle-tested as is Doudrop.
[Wade] Yeah, a couple of Raw superstars
want to head over here to NXT.
We will welcome them with open arms
every single time.
And it's only gonna do
the power of good for the likes of Chance and Carter.
[Vic] Into the cover off some innovative offense.
And another kick out.
[Wade] In the long term, really
adding more polish to these young
up-and-coming superstars.
[Vic] Tag. You know, we talk about
Women's Tag Team Champions.
Again, we got to congratulate
the new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
[Wade] Yeah, of course, we have.
Raquel, Aliyah, two of our favorites
from down here in NXT,
going on and making us all proud.
[Vic] Oh, and Doudrop is overpowering
Chance at this moment.
Chance gonna have to use her quickness
which is gonna be on display here in full effect.
[Wade] Yeah, against someone like Doudrop,
hit and move can be the only policy.
And if you don't move quick enough,
you get flattened.
[audience cheers]
-[Vic] You know, as the…
-[laughs] [Vic] match up goes on, early, I mean…
[Wade] Doudrop's got some moves of her own, right?
[Vic] She certainly does and…
trying to get back into the action here
as you take a look at the high-flying ability of Chance,
but then the power, boom!
-[Wade] Juggernaut-- -[Vic] Doudrop.
[Vic] you got to be kidding.
[Wade] Running all over.
Katana, Chance, perhaps the smallest
competitor in NXT.
Only ever gonna be one winner in that battle.
[Vic] Again, you see that quickness on display.
Carter now, into the cover.
Off the tag moments ago. Kick out.
You know, as this match is starting to roll,
I do want to bring up this point
'cause we talked a lot about the challengers.
The champions, the underdog.
[Wade] Champions are the underdog.
You know what, it's the way you say it.
But on this occasion,
it absolutely is the case.
They're up against vastly more
experienced superstars
who've been to the top.
You've mentioned, they've both won gold
of various varieties
on Raw and Smack Down.
[audience cheers]
But, I'll tell you this, Chance and Carter
are used to being the underdogs.
They spent the last three years here at NXT
-[Wade] as underdogs, -[Vic] Oh!
[Wade] but this might be over in short order
[applause]
-[Vic] Just dominating offense. -[Wade] Doudrop just wrecking the champs.
[Vic] Into the cover and a kick out by Chance
Look, these are two Scottish superstars
who have dominated all over the globe
by any means necessary.
[applause]
[Wade] Yeah, Chance and Carter can feel their grasp
on the Women's NXT Tag Team Championships
slipping away.
This has been a one-woman wrecking crew
so far from Doudrop.
And now you tag in the fresh Nikki A.S.H.,
a real Tag Team specialist in her own right.
Things are getting from bad to worse here.
[Vic] We talked about the WWE Women's titles earlier
No one has held that gold more
than Nikki A.S.H.
As we take a look at Chance and Carter,
a lot has been made about the champions,
they're best friends inside, outside of the ring.
Little known fact about the challengers.
They started at the same
wrestling school in Scotland
on the same day.
They are bonded by blood and bruises.
[Wade] Yeah, I'll say if this weekend has taught us something,
Scotland can produce some pretty damn good superstars
Hats off to Drew Mcintyre.
Came up short in yesterday's main event
at Clash at the Castle.
But what a performance. What a man.
All credit to him.
[Vic] And the blow of the universe,
the world has been buzzing
Oh! All weekend long and now--
-[referee] Get inside this ring! -[Wade] Oh! that's a vet move right here.
[Wade] Straight out of Fit Finlay's playbook.
[referee] Get inside this ring!
-[Nikki] Shut up! -[Vic] Talk about winning championships,
[Vic] we've highlighted it already for Nikki A.S.H.
As now a quick tag into Doudrop.
No one messing around here tonight.
Come on, Doudrop, back inside! One!
[Vic] And the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions,
they are on the ropes right now.
[Wade] It's been one-way traffic, hasn't it?
You talked about the champions being the underdogs.
It's been proved absolutely right.
I'm starting to question if Chance and Carter
are gonna manage to get any offense in
before Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H.
put this one to bed for good.
[Vic] I'll just go back to Tuesday.
I mean, Chance and Carter stood in the center of the ring
and they thought they'd be partying in the parking lot.
-[Wade] There you go. -[Vic] They didn't expect to have a match.
[Wade] Be careful what you wish for.
Much like Carmelo Hayes,
they were a little upset
that they didn't have a match on this card at Worlds Collide.
They wanted one badly.
Well, here you go.
-[Wade] You still want it? -[applause]
[Wade] I suspect not.
[applause]
[Vic] Tandem offense
and into the cover.
Hook of the leg, title's on the line,
Oh, and we saw Carter
thinking about it,
And almost that hesitation cost
her team the Tag Team Titles
if it was not for the determination
of Chance who is getting just rag-dolled
by Nikki A.S.H.
[Wade] It's been a complete mauling.
It's like the streets of Glasgow
on a Friday night.
-[Wade] This is what happens to you. -[applause]
You know Nikki A.S.H. and Doudrop
have prowled those streets in the past.
[Vic] You look around and you see the NXT Universe
at the start of this match up on their feet,
were all high-fiving, partying it up.
And since, it's almost like
the wind's been taken out of their sails,
because this has been one-sided
since the start.
[Wade] Yeah, the winds been taken out of the fan's sail.
And the winds have been taken out of the lungs--
[Vic] What a cheap shot.
-[Wade] -Of Katana Chance. -[Vic] Ooh!
Getting pancaked by Doudrop.
[Vic] Into the cover, one more time.
That could be it--
[audience yelling]
Chance able to kick out one more time.
[Wade] And here's the scary thing for me.
Doudrop hasn't got out of third gear yet.
She turns this one up,
it's gonna be a really, really bad night for the champs.
-[referee] Back on your post. -[Vic] Am I wrong to say
this has been one-sided?
[Wade] Completely!
I don't think Chance and Carter
have got a shot in thus far.
-[referee] Get her off of that -[indistinct].
[Wade] Hats off to them hanging in
as long as they have done.
Show some real durability.
Perhaps if the gold wasn't on the line,
this one would already
have been finished.
[Vic] One more time now, Chance desperately.
She has been in this match up for a long time.
She has suffered a lot of punishment
at the hands of the challengers.
She's crawling, she's reaching
and she is yet again denied.
[Wade] There's just nothing left in the tank
of Katana Chance
at this point.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] And Chance up-- Oh! oh, able to move
at the last moment,
but right there Nikki A.S.H.
able to make the tag
and able to cut the ring off one more time.
Oh, quickly tag.
Carter's in.
Carter's in, and Carter turning the complexion
of this match up around.
[Wade] Well, Nikki A.S.H. and Doudrop had it
completely in the bag.
You would say that Chance needed a miracle.
Well, they might have just found one somehow.
The spitfire of NXT.
[Vic] Cover, cover, cover, cover to retain
and oh, kick out.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] With Doudrop knocked out,
that could've been the best
opportunity for the champions to retain.
[Wade] Talk about best opportunity
it's been the only opportunity.
[Vic] True.
[audience chants, "Kayden"]
[Vic] NXT Universe trying to get behind
Carter here in this match up,
in this moment, as Nikki A.S.H.
planting with that tornado DDT.
Trying to make history in her own right.
-[Vic] At Worlds Collide on what has been -[audience cheers]
a historic labor day weekend in the WWE.
[Wade] You see how easy it was for Nikki A.S.H.
to take all the wind out of the sails
of Kayden Carter.
Flattened with one big move.
[Vic] Look, Carter looking up.
So much taken out of Chance
throughout this match up.
She's been isolated.
-[Vic] And right now more tandem offense! -[audience] Ooh!
[audience chatter]
And will this be enough
to crown new champions tonight?
And one more time,
right here in front of us,
Nikki was flipping out almost
as she's getting frustrated.
Doudrop's got to be getting frustrated.
[Vic] They can't keep the champs down.
[applause]
[Vic] Carter, one more time,
showing that escape ability.
Super kick rocked Doudrop.
[Wade] Now, Carter looking for the tag.
There's nobody there to help you.
It's two-on-one here.
Finally, Katana Chance back up
-[Vic] Even if Chance got in the match up, -[Wade] however ginger.
[Vic] so much has been taken out of her, Barrett.
I mean, how much does she have left?
[audience chants, "Kayden"]
It's almost on instinct alone.
How much is left in the tank
for the champions?
[Wade] It's a gutsy performance
from the champions.
They really, really need to pull out
something special here.
[Vic] Wade, Chance made the tag.
Nikki A.S.H. doesn't realize it.
Double stomp, though, she would now.
Into the cover!
-[audience counts] -[Vic] To retain the titles…
…and a kick out again.
Another near fall.
[Wade] Ask and you shall receive.
I asked for something special,
almost immediately the Tag Champs
pulled it out.
That's how fast they are.
-[Vic] Whoa. -[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Oh, oh, and a nasty landing.
[Wade] Again, a vet move there from Nikki A.S.H.
[Vic] Sensed what was coming,
had it scouted,
and right away take a look,
we talked about it
in the four-way match earlier.
The ring getting cut in half.
This is textbook Tag Team wrestling,
and now Doudrop, Nikki A.S.H.
Setting up for the Ashdrop.
Connects perfectly.
Into the cover.
Oh! Chance!
Somehow, some way able
to break things up
and keep this match alive.
[applause]
[Wade] Bulldozing her way into this one.
Maintaining a tenuous grip on
on the gold,
but not for long it would seem.
[Vic] Chance and Carter, best friends.
Leaders of the locker room.
We've heard the tales, we know the story.
Certainly trying to prove something
to everyone in the locker room.
Everyone watching around the world
just what they're made out of.
They haven't been battle-tested…
-[Vic] …like Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. -[audience] Ooh!
[Wade] I will tell you this.
There's a lot of women in the NXT
women's locker room licking their chops
at the prospect of getting their hands
on Chance and Carter at some point.
As much as they respected them--
[female voice] Toxic!
[Wade] Whoa.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Toxic?
[Toxic Attraction's music plays]
[Vic] What are they doing here?
[Toxic Attraction's music plays]
[Vic] Doudrop looking around, I mean…
[Wade] If it's NXT Women's Tag Team gold, for one, it--
[Vic] Jayne and Dolin.
-[Wade] belongs… -[Vic] Oh!
-[Wade] …to Toxic Attraction -[Vic] It doesn't belong.
[Vic] They didn't win.
And right now, Nikki A.S.H.
wiping out Toxic Attraction,
but back into the ring,
back into the ring, what's going on?
This match up's continuing.
[Wade] Complete chaos outside the ring.
Doudrop, though, getting mauled alone by the Tag Champs.
We've seen this.
[Vic] Nikki A.S.H. doesn't realize what's happening.
-[Vic] Cover! -[audience counting]
Jayne, hold on, wait a minute.
[bell ringing]
[Vic] The champs retain!
[Chance & Carter's music plays]
[announcer] Here are your winners,
and still the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance!
-[Vic] But not without controversy. -[Mandy] Not in our division.
[Wade] What a massive assist there
from Toxic Attraction.
I told you, as far as those
NXT Women's Tag Team Championships are concerned,
Toxic Attraction view them as their own.
They don't want anyone,
Nikki A.S.H., Doudrop or anyone else
for that matter getting their hands
on that gold.
Here we take a look once again.
Just as Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H.
looked like they were putting this one away,
here's the distraction,
and of course, for Chance and Carter
one opportunity to hit
the most beautiful move in NXT.
They will do it every time.
Good night, Doudrop.
Retention against all odds
for the NXT Women's Tag Champs.
[Vic] Yeah, but it can't be understated
Jayne holding the leg of Nikki A.S.H.
But look, that's not gonna stop
the party tonight for
still the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions,
Chance and Carter.
[Chance & Carter's music plays]
Poor Joey, he really is taking
this Cameron Grimes
situation to heart.
I just don't understand
why Cameron would reject
to be a part of the schism.
No. Excuse me.
Grayson, could we spare a moment of your time?
[audience cheers]
Is your eye all white?
I don't understand your tone.
Oh.
The eye is the window to the soul.
And my soul is pure.
All right, well, I'm just gonna leave this here
for someone who needs it, okay?
So kind of you.
You're so welcome. You're so welcome.
These brothers are cooked, lad.
Oh, come on.
[McKenzie] Excuse me, Grayson Waller.
Do you have any remorse for raking the eye
of Apollo Crews?
The medical team said he has a scratched cornea.
Honestly, McKenzie, at first, I didn't.
Apollo ruined the debut edition
of the Grayson Waller effect.
I thought I just got him back,
but then I got a call from my mom.
And I'm not scared of any men in this world, but…
momma Waller's a different story.
She gave me life, it's just me and her, you know.
So I knew it was coming.
She said, "Grayson, I've never been more
disgusted by you in my life.
I'm so disappointed.
You went out on worldwide TV.
You talked about a man's
heritage, his wife, his kids,
and then you went out and you basically tried to blind him
in order to win a match."
She said I was bringing down
the Waller family name,
and for the first time in my life,
I was speechless.
Really?
Yeah, and I told her I'd call her back,
but we haven't spoken since.
But I know she's watching tonight, so,
Chez,
I've thought a lot about what you've said, and…
…you can kiss my ass!
Bringing down the Waller family name?
If anything, I'm the only one bringing it to superstardom.
So, you can adopt that blind bum Apollo Crews
and the rest of his family for all I care.
'Cause tonight, Grayson Waller's going home
with this absolute dime piece
Hooters waitress.
Actually, you know what? I might mix it up and go home
with a Miami swimwear model.
Either way, I don't need friends,
I definitely don't need family.
The only thing I need to go to the top?
Of NXT?
Is the Grayson
Waller
effect.
[audience cheers]
[Freddie] Stephanie McMahon and Brie Bella.
[John] Their story-line's a milestone.
[music]
[Natalya] When we saw Brie get slapped,
we were like, "Oh, my God. It's on."
[Stephanie] And I said, "I'm gonna make you my bitch."
[narrator] WWE Rivals, new episode tonight at 10,
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[music]
On this match up, you know, we talked about
a lot of things coming down the pipe
for NXT.
You don't want to miss what's gonna happen
this Tuesday night.
Also, don't forget to join the official Facebook page for NXT.
It is close as it gets.
You don't want to miss any of the action
that's coming up.
And as I was talking about when it comes to Tuesday,
Wes Lee, JD McDonagh
after what was said earlier tonight,
these two go one-on-one this Tuesday
live on NXT.
[Wade] And in the spirit of friendly competition
two of NXT's fastest-moving
and fastest-rising superstars
go head-to-head this Tuesday.
Frazer against Axiom.
[Vic] And what a match up that's gonna be.
What a night it is going to be
this Tuesday on NXT.
As I mentioned, as close as it gets.
Don't miss a second of the action.
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Join the official NXT Facebook page
and never miss a special night
every Tuesday.
But I want to talk about something special,
because coming up in just a matter of moments,
it's a match we've all been waiting for.
It's the NXT Championship Unification Match.
The time for talk is over.
Two great champions go one-on-one,
and by the end of the night,
only one will call themselves
the true Champion of NXT.
[music]
[Bron] The NXT championship is everything to me.
This brand means everything to me.
I respect everyone who has been a champion
before me,
that has laid the groundwork
for us to come through here
so that it can be what it is today.
[music]
[Tyler] The men that have held this title,
they're all world-class athletes.
To share that legacy with these great men
brings me a great sense of responsibility
and honor, and pride
[UK commentator] Tyler Bate, the pioneer of the UK Championship.
[Tyler] Throughout its history,
I have fondly represented NXT UK,
for it holds a dear place in my heart.
NXT UK for me is home.
NXT UK chapter coming to a close.
It started with me…
…and it ends with me.
[Bron] I respect Tyler Bate as a performer.
I know how great Tyler is.
We all know it.
But there is a difference…
[music]
…between stepping in the ring
with everyone else that he stepped in the ring with,
and stepping in the ring with me.
[music]
[Bron] I'm the NXT Champion.
I run this brand.
I've been running it for a long time.
And it's not gonna change.
[Vic] Bron Breakker, the NXT Champion standing tall,
pushing himself and this brand.
[Bron] I'm a freaking animal.
And I'm gonna break you in half.
[Tyler] Bron Breakker is a freak of nature,
but he's no Big Strong Boi.
[Tyler] Bron, with NXT Europe around the corner,
I can't think of a better way
to kick things off,
than by unifying these titles.
I do think there should be one
NXT Champion.
So, let's make history.
Worlds Collide.
[audience cheers]
[Bron] This is the biggest match of my career.
All the chips are stacked in on this.
It's your responsibility
to uphold that lineage.
[Triple H] You add to your legacy. Win!
[Tyler] This is about everybody who made
NXT UK possible.
And at Worlds Collide,
their legacy rests on my shoulders.
[Gunther] You must beat Bron Breakker
and unify those titles.
[Tyler] Bron Breakker, you have never been in the ring
with anybody more articulate than me.
And this time, you have met your match.
[Bron] Big Strong Boi, huh?
I'm a freaking man.
I'm the man.
When Worlds Collide,
there'll only be one champion.
Bron Breakker.
I will be the face…
-[Bron] …Of NXT. -[Tyler] …Of NXT.
-[Tyler] Champion… -[Bron] …versus Champion!
-[Tyler] Title… -[Bron] …for Title!
[music]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Final moments of preparation…
…for Bron Breakker.
Got a big, colossal main event
here at Worlds Collide.
Could he be looking at the NXT Championship
for the final time?
And the same can be said for Tyler Bate.
"The United Kingdom was built
on the back of Bate."
He said it himself.
"It started with me.
It ends with me."
These two ready for a massive
championship showdown here tonight.
[Bron Breakker's music plays]
[Vic] And Bron Breakker taking a look around
It's not the same superstar
we saw nearly a year ago for the first time.
How impressed have you been
with the growth of Breakker?
[Wade] You mentioned Bron a year ago.
He really took NXT by storm,
riding roughshod over the locker room
by means of pure raw aggression.
There was nothing polished about Bron Breakker.
He was a hothead, and Dolph Ziggler
exposed that better than anyone
at Stand & Deliver Wrestlemania weekend.
But Bron, hats off to him.
He's worked on the aggression issues.
As we saw with the likes of Joe Gacy and Cameron Grimes,
Bron has matured.
He's figured out his mistakes,
he's rounded off his weaknesses.
He's more controlled now and he's become
a better version of himself.
[Bron Breakker's music plays]
[Tyler Bate's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[commentator] …Tyler Bate is the WWE United Kingdom Champion!
[commentator] …following the new NXT UK Champion Ilja Dragunov!
[bell ringing]
[commentator] Tyler Bate is the first ever two time NXT UK Champion!
[Tyler Bate's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[Wade] Wow.
A fast forward through history.
A wall of champions.
A wall of greats
that formed the lineage
of NXT UK Championship
around the waist of Tyler Bate.
If you're Tyler Bate, that has to get the adrenaline pumping.
It has to put into perspective
the magnitude of the responsibilities
on your shoulders tonight.
You really don't want to let that side down.
[Vic] We can look at it on both sides.
Not letting any of the lineage,
any of the former champions down.
Who has more pressure
on their shoulders tonight?
[Wade] Come on, man.
How the hell do you answer a question like that?
It has to be equal.
The legacies of the respective championships
hang heavy over the heads
of these two in that ring tonight.
You want to disappoint Gunther,
Finn Baálor, Ciampa, Butch?
We know they're all watching.
Their own legacies either get enhanced
or diminished based on how
this match up goes tonight.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And NXT Universe showcasing their love
for both these champions,
their admiration, their respect.
A capacity crowd here for Worlds Collide.
And this is the match we've all been waiting for.
This is the moment that one of these two
will solidify their own legacy.
Who will embrace the moment?
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is the NXT and NXT UK Championship
Unification Match.
[audience cheers]
[announcer] Introducing first,
he is the NXT Champion
Bron Breakker!
[boos]
[Vic] What stands out to me, look at the winning percentage.
[announcer] And his opponent,
he is the NXT UK Champion,
Tyler Bate!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And what stands out to me about Tyler Bate
is a conversation I actually had with him earlier today.
He said, after watching Clash at the Castle last night
and seeing Drew McIntyre,
he wants that sort of moment.
[audience chants, "Big Strong Boi"]
[Vic] And you can hear the respect from the NXT Universe.
He also told me that he respects
the foundation laid by Drew,
by you, Wade Barrett, by Sheamus in Europe.
[Wade] Hey, look, you talk about me,
you talk about Drew, you talk about Sheamus.
We followed the likes of Fit Finlay--
[bell ringing]
[Wade] Robbie Brookside, Norman Smiley, "The British Bulldog",
Davey Boy Smith.
The greats who came before us.
It's up to Bate to take it to a whole new level now.
That's why it's so important to unify those titles.
[audience chants, "Tyler two belts"]
[Vic] Bate trying to shake off the goosebumps.
[audience chants "Tyler two belts"]
Breakker focusing in as well.
One of these superstars
will have that sweet taste of victory
The other will have the agony of defeat.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] For two guys that feed off
the energy of the fans,
it's gonna be a 50-50 split this entire night.
[Wade] Yeah, what a great reception for Tyler Bate.
We know Bron really is the hometown hero
over here,
but Tyler Bate, massive levels of respect
thanks to what he's achieved
over the past six years
over in NXT UK.
It really has been a very cordial issue
between Bron and Tyler Bate
-[Wade] over the past few weeks. -[audience chants, "Tyler"]
[Wade] Both accept that they are great competitors
Massive amounts of respect,
but they agree there should only be one,
who is the true champion.
[Vic] Feeling out process between these two.
And look, there's a lot of similarities
between the two champions.
-[Wade] Yes. -[Vic] There truly are.
[Wade] One hundred percent.
Look, both young men, one is 24, Bron.
The other is 25, Tyler Bate.
[Vic] Shoulders down.
[Wade] Both won big championships
very early in their careers.
Both have had some growing pains at times,
which has been to be expected I guess.
And both have lost their respective championships
and won them back.
It shows there a level of improvement,
the fact that they were capable of doing that,
that shows a real champion, in my opinion.
Exercising with ghosts of the past.
Both are powerhouses, too.
Don't be fooled by the diminutive size of Tyler Bate.
The guy has got freak power.
[Wade] We saw that power on display by Breakker.
Now you're seeing the quickness from Tyler Bate,
and you bring up a great point.
Both put on the power game,
and looking for that home run
right off the bat was Breakker,
and now it's Bate looking for that Tyler driver '97,
countered, and again just overtaken by Breakker.
Shoulders are down, center of the ring,
and a kick out.
You talk about the power game.
How are they going to switch up strategies
against one another?
Backslide, shoulders down,
another near fall.
[Wade] Yeah. Both are powerhouses,
-[Wade] but make no mistake, -[Vic] Ooh!
[Wade] as we've seen in the early goings here.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Wow!
[Wade] Bron has the better of Bate
when it comes to pure power.
Where Bate is gonna excel is his ability to morph
from a powerhouse to a highflyer
-[Wade] to a technician and back. -[audience cheers]
[Vic] They have been trending
number one since the start.
[audience chants, "Big Strong Boi"]
[Vic] And that trend continuing now.
[Wade] Bate is as well-rounded
as they come.
He's got that old-school British
"catch-as-catch-can" ability,
and that is what might catch Bron by surprise.
Bron really has to be on his toes tonight.
[Vic] We talked about the similarities,
as now, look at the take-down from Bate.
This is that unique style of offense
that Bate brings to any match
that Bron has never seen before,
so that brings up the stark differences
between both champions.
[Wade] Yeah, massive differences too.
Bron, essentially, was born into this industry.
A descendant of WWE
Hall of Famer Rick Steiner.
Nephew of "Big Poppa Pump" Scotty Steiner.
Tyler Bate, though,
he's in this industry on his own.
He had to open every single door
by himself.
Came up the most difficult way possible.
But then, to be fair to Bron,
long haul pressure of expectation on his shoulder
thanks to who he is.
[Vic] And take a look at Tyler Bate,
going up, going around,
with a tip of the cap to Johnny Saint.
And Bate right inside…
…just baiting in Breakker.
Shoulders down to unify the titles.
Another kick out.
And to think about this
as they both look at one another.
You brought up the age.
I mean, the WWE has such a bright future
with superstars like Bate,
superstars like Breakker,
and everyone's seen tonight here on Worlds Collide.
[Wade] Yeah, it's pretty crazy.
Look how young these two are.
We're gonna be watching these two
for at least the next 15 or so years here
under the WWE umbrella.
We talk about their relative age being almost identical.
Big difference in experience, though.
Bron Breakker being at this industry
really for a year or so.
And what a year it's been.
Tyler Bate, on the other hand,
pulled himself up by his bootstraps.
He's now a 10-year veteran
in this industry,
and he won't be intimidated
by the size and range
of Bron Breakker.
-[Wade] He's mixed it up with some big -[applause]
[Wade] bad guys in the past.
Such as, of course, Gunther.
[Vic] Speaking of big and bad,
look at Breakker trying to use the strength,
but a nice counter.
Looking for the submission.
Keeping Breakker grounded
is what Bate's doing.
Mat wrestling at its finest.
And for Bate, cut his teeth in progress wrestling.
We talk about the journey here in WWE.
Started when he was just 19 years old
when he won the NXT UK title
in the inaugural
NXT UK Championship tournament.
And he, in his own words, has said,
"I have grown from a teenager to a man."
-[audience cheers] -[Vic] Right now, he's in there
[Vic] with Bron Breakker.
[Wade] Yeah, a very, very different proposition.
I promise you, across NXT UK,
they had some brilliant competitors.
Nothing quite like
Bron Breakker however.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Breaker letting Bate think about it for a moment.
And that power,
that speed, and now that athleticism
on display once again.
Off the moonsault, into the cover.
And a kick out.
[Wade] I talked about Tyler Bate
being a high-flyer in this match up.
Do not look away from Bron Breakker.
He'll catch you by surprise.
Always got some big stuff in his boots.
[Vic] Breakker almost just shaking off that last chop.
And look, there's a mutual respect
between these two.
This is about the spirit of competition,
But this is also about doing something
that's never been done,
-[Vic] unifying both championships. -[applause]
[Vic] We talked about the hardships of Bate
working for a hot dog and a handshake.
Not taking anything away from Bron Breakker,
but has he faced those same sort of uphill battles
that could help him
in the later stages of this match up.
[Wade] Listen. Bron Breakker has had to dig deep
against some of the absolute best
that NXT has ever produced,
including the likes of Ciampa.
He can dig deep against Ciampa.
He can keep deep against Dolph Ziggler
and still pull out a victory.
He can do it, in my opinion, against anybody.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Oh, nice take-down from Bate.
And Breakker now, he's on the ropes.
Bate, now, trying to capitalize.
Charging back in. There's a dropkick.
Sends Breakker all the way to the outside.
[Wade] And this is exactly what Tyler Bate needs to do.
Hit and run, hit and run, hit and run.
Keep Bron Breakker on the back foot.
[Vic] With the weight of the United Kingdom
-[Vic] on his shoulders! -[Wade] Oh!
Bate takes to the air!
[cheers and applause]
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] Before Bate came to the ring…
[audience chants "NXT"]
…you saw him walk past the lineage
of NXT UK Championships.
He's feeling the pressure from his peers
-[Vic] to pull out all the stops. -[audience cheers]
[Wade] Yeah, a real grimace on the face
of Tyler Bate after this landing.
[Vic] Unreal.
[Wade] Caught Bron Breakker flush,
but took a lot out of himself
in the process.
That is the danger of such high-risk offense.
of such high-risk offense.
Tyler Bate desperately trying to shake it up,
but Bron Breakker, now,
clearly in a world of trouble.
Smells victory does Tyler Bate.
-[Wade] Oh! -[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Went for a standing shooting star,
was able to get out of the way at the last moment.
And now here's where that speed comes in.
And the power, the strength, the aggression of Breakker.
-[audience cheers] -[Wade] The absolute last thing
[Wade] you want staring at you,
if you're in the ring with Bron Breakker,
is Bron with that look in his eye.
[Vic] We mentioned those NXT UK champions.
Bron, every day in the performance center,
walks by photos of Seth Rollins,
of Big E, of Kevin Owens.
The list goes on.
He knows the lineage
that he is here to represent.
-[Wade] Bron Breakker has been surrounded -[Vic] Wow!
[Wade] by WWE Hall of Famers [Vic] That was close.
-[Wade] since the day he was born. -[audience cheers]
[Wade] That's in his future one day.
I'm sure that's his goal.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] First Breakker laughing it off
and then crash and burn right here
and both men just bouncing
almost at our feet.
[Wade] Yeah. We talked about high-risk
from Tyler Bate a little early.
It just goes to show Bron Breakker
more than happy to put his own body
on the line in pursuit of victory.
That's how big this match up is.
[Vic] Speaking of that, Breakker
was looking to take high risk,
and right now, Bate able to get right out
in front of the NXT Champion.
[Wade] Yeah. In terms of this match up,
it is a death sentence
for Tyler Bate's hopes of winning
if he allows Bron Breakker
to get any form of momentum going,
He cannot be stopped.
He's like a runaway train.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] You know, some have questioned,
for Tyler Bate, his attitude,
would it hinder him at times
because he is so calm.
He is so cool.
He is so collected.
He certainly, though, has the rage inside!
And almost on cue…
[audience cheers]
…follows it up!
Standing shooting star!
Center of the ring!
-[Vic] Cover! -[audience counts]
And Breakker kicks out.
[audience reacts]
[Wade] We talked about the easygoing nature of Tyler Bate.
Just when he puts the momentum offense
together like that.
Europe is a really easygoing continent.
[Vic] Got you!
Bam!
-[Wade] Another look. Perfect timing. -[audience cheers]
Explosive energy from it.
Extreme athleticism from Tyler Bate.
Europe's an easygoing place.
I'll tell you, from my own career,
in the U.S. is cutthroat.
You cannot go with the flow over here.
[audience chants, "This is awesome"]
You have to direct that flow.
Otherwise, it isn't gonna go where you want.
That's gonna be an issue going forward for Tyler Bate.
And certainly an issue now,
in this match up.
[Vic] Both men were deceptive.
Wait a minute. Inside cradle!
-[Vic] Inside cradle again! -[audience counts]
[Vic] Shoulders down, another near fall.
They've heard the message from those in front of them.
To be NXT champion,
there's a certain passion
that comes with it.
And both these men epitomize that!
Bate caught Breakker!
Bate caught Breakker…
-[Vic] …to unify the goal! -[audience counts]
And another near fall.
[applause]
[Vic] Oof.
[Wade] Just goes to show how well-scouted
Tyler Bate has his opponent this evening.
Going for that huge hurricanrana,
-[Wade] was Bron Breakker, of sorts. -[Vic] As close as it gets.
[Wade] And a power bomb slam down,
come crashing down, 260 pounds.
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Wade] What was it Finn Baálor said?
"Do not underestimate this moment."
Well, if either man walked to the ring
underestimating anything,
they know full well
how big this moment really is.
They are in the belly of the beast.
[Vic] And for Gunther, he looked Bate right in the eyes,
and says, "Go out there…
[audience chatter]
[Vic] …and you can't lose."
Tommaso Ciampa looked at Bron Breakker,
and said, "Just win."
The message was clear.
There's a certain responsibility
that both these men have for the brands.
Both these men have as champion.
And it's sad to say,
only one standing tall at the end of the night.
Who will it be?
[Wade] That's what this is all about.
However, they want it this way.
They want it be for all the marbles.
Bring on that pressure.
That's what we're about.
[Vic] Oh, looking for that exploder.
[Wade] Panic in the eyes of Bron Breakker.
Does not like being up there.
Being manhandled.
And is now doing something about it.
[Vic] Well, Breakker in his own right,
just trying anything he can.
Finally creates that bit of separation.
[Wade] Had to, to save himself
in that situation.
Now what's he got in store?
[audience yelling]
[Vic] …talked about the tip of the cap.
The Johnny Saint tip of the cap…
…to his dad,
the Hall of Famer, Rick Steiner.
Will this be enough?
[audience counts]
[Vic] And look at that.
Breakker sensed the kickout.
Transfers right into
a power bomb of his own.
-[Vic] Sit it down, into the cover! -[audience counting]
[Vic] Hook of the leg and another near fall.
How wise of it…
…was it for Bron Breakker
to already have his hand positioned,
knowing it would take that much more
out of Tyler Bate?
He felt the kick out.
He knew it was coming.
First it was the Bulldog.
But take a look at the pinning predicament.
The arm of Breakker right there
was able to snatch back
and drop Bate in a moment's notice.
[Wade] Breakker's got that
doll-faced gremlin in him [indistinct].
Shades of his father,
what pure genetics he has,
built for competition.
[audience chants, "Let's go, Tyler. Let's go, Bron."]
-[Vic] We knew those in attendance… -[laughs]
[Vic] …would be split.
[audience chants, "Let's go, Tyler. Let's go, Bron."]
[Vic] What a main event.
[audience chants, "Let's go, Tyler. Let's go, Bron."]
[Vic] What a moment for these two.
[audience chants, "Let's go, Tyler. Let's go, Bron."]
[Vic] And Bate now trying to chop down Breakker.
[Wade] I got to tell you, this gets down and dirty,
turns into a slug-fest,
turns into a brawl.
I'm backing your man.
It has to be the NXT Champion, Bron Breakker.
[Vic] A little bop and bang. Take a look at Breakker!
Caught him, going to the armbar!
Looking for the submission!
Is Bate gonna tap out?
Is Bate gonna quit?
If Bate quits,
he's no longer the champion!
He quits on the brand!
He quits on a whole lineage!
He quits on everything he's built
since he was 19 years old!
[Wade] One tap out away from Bron Breakker,
unifying the gold.
[Vic] Roll through, roll through!
Shoulders down!
Kick out, and look at Breakker holding on.
When you think about all the hours
that Bron Breakker's put in.
For all the naysayers.
For everyone that's said he's just here
because of his dad.
He's showing you the work
that he has put in
time and time again.
Week after week, day after day.
[Wade] This is what we see from Bron
every single time he's here on NXT.
You want to take that championship from me,
you are in for the fight of your life.
And doesn't Tyler Bate know it.
[Vic] Breakker trying to hold down Bate.
Bate trying to climb up.
Bate now trying to navigate his way free.
And Bate now… no way.
Trying to hoist up Breakker.
[Wade] Big Strong Boi.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Textbook Bate.
[audience cheers]
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Off the wheel, into the cover!
-[Vic] Is it enough? -[audience counts]
[Vic] And another near fall.
And Bate now, right back to his feet.
Bouncing off-- Boom! Connects!
That's gotta be it.
-[Vic] Powerful clothesline -[audience counts]
[Vic] running through a brick wall.
And Breakker just got that shoulder up.
[Wade] Bron Breakker right now is
all over the place.
He's completely lost control,
Completely disorientated.
You see him bouncing around the ring here.
Tyler Bate in the ascendancy,
just milliseconds away…
[audience] Ooh!
[Wade] …from retaining his championship
-[Wade] and winning the NXT gold. -[audience chants, "This is awesome"]
[Vic] It's all about the NXT Championships.
This, a unification match.
This indeed is awesome.
This, your main event of Worlds Collide.
[audience chants, "This is awesome"]
[Vic] Now trending number one
in the United States since the start.
He's looking for that "Tyler driver '97."
Couldn't connect. Nice counter.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Bate again, shoulders down.
Trying to kick out.
[audience] Ooh!
-[Vic] Breakker so much strength. -[audience counts]
-[Wade] Oh. -[Vic] Oh, my god.
[Vic] Are you serious?
-[Wade] How the hell do you do that? -[Tyler] Big Strong…
-[audience] …Boi! -[Tyler] …Boi!
-[Vic] "Tyler driver '97", the unified-- -[audience counts]
And a kick out!
[audience] Ooh!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] That could've been the best
opportunity for Bate.
Take a look at the balance.
The core strength.
And then The Big Strong Boi on display.
[Wade] Yeah, but hats off to Bron Breakker,
knowing exactly what's
on the line here.
Wants that gold for himself.
Doesn't want to let down his lineage.
Needs to pull it out the bag here.
[Vic] Let's call it what it is.
You talked about Bron Breakker
being born into this.
Tyler Bate was born for this.
He was born for this moment…
…to unify the championships.
One of the pillars of the UK,
climbing tall.
And Breakker…
[audience cheers]
…playtime could be over.
[boos]
[Vic] Bam!
[Wade] Too big, too strong.
-[Wade] Good night, Tyler Bate! -[audience counts]
[Vic] Oh!
Presence of mind from Bate!
[Vic] Bron Breakker has dropped everyone -[audience cheers]
[Vic] with that power slam.
[Wade] Yeah, that's game over.
Bron Breakker hits that move,
everyone goes down.
And you see the panic, perhaps the fear
in the eyes of Bron Breakker.
Where the hell do you go from here, Bron?
[audience chants, "Big Strong Boi"]
Aah!
[Vic] Oh, we know where Breakker's headed.
[boos]
[Vic] Trying to block out the noise.
As he's focused in now, on Tyler Bate.
[boos]
[Vic] And we could be moments away…
… from unifying both championships.
[audience yells]
[Vic] Somehow Bate is back to his feet.
-[Vic] Oh! -[audience cheers]
[Vic] But for how much longer?
Bate now, bop!
Bate connects!
[Wade] Just when Bate looked like a sitting duck,
turns it around in a heartbeat!
[Vic] Looking for that "Tyler driver '97."
Didn't connect.
Bate turning around. Gets caught one more time!
Up, down, turn around!
Into a cover!
-[Vic] Is it enough? -[audience counts]
[Vic] And no!
[Wade] Almost stole it!
[Vic] Looking for the Boi--
And boom!
Oh, my God!
Boom!
-[Vic] Cover! Count! -[audience counts]
[Vic] And…
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] …will
-[Vic] …Breakker unify the titles!
[Bron Breakker's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and new Unified NXT Champion,
Bron Breakker!
[Vic] I literally came out of my skin
for the final moments
between these two great champions.
[Wade] Oh, man.
I think you just lost your voice there,
and deservedly so.
What a performance from both men.
Take nothing away from Tyler Bate,
but unifying those championships,
that man right there, who else?
Bron Breakker.
[Vic] You gotta come out of your skin.
You gotta lose your voice,
for moments like this.
Moments that don't come around
all the time.
For two superstars,
the caliber of Breakker and Bate.
Because for all intents and purposes,
Bate was down and out.
Presence of mind to know where he was
in the position.
Breakker's eyes was set.
Bate however, able to turn things around
with a little bop and bang.
[Wade] Yeah, for my money, we've got a unified championship,
[Vic] Ooh!
[Wade] But after a performance like this,
both men are true champions in my book.
Bron got the edge tonight.
Next time, if there is a next time,
might not be so lucky.
[Bron Breakker's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] True sign of sportsmanship.
[audience cheers]
from Tyler Bate.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Greatness personified here tonight.
[Wade] Tyler Bate did that lineage proud.
Hats off to that man.
Talk about durability.
Talk about heart, talk about fighting spirit.
Tyler Bate epitomizes that.
[Bron Breakker's music plays]
[Vic] Weeks ago, it was decided
that there should be only one
champion to represent NXT
and this brand moving forward.
That superstar, none other
than Bron Breakker.
[Bron Breakker's music plays]
[audience cheers]