[WWE intro music]
[male voice] Then.
-[bell tolling] -[male voice] Now.
Forever.
Together.
[crowd cheering]
[energetic music]
[Vic Joseph] It is a party-like atmosphere tonight,
because it is time to celebrate the one year anniversary of NXT 2.0.
As you can see steel cage behind us, because you, the WWE Universe, voted
on a steel cage to kick us off tonight for the NXT tag team titles.
You know what I got to say, "Happy Anniversary, man!"
Hey, no, no. Don't you get sentimental with me.
Look, I am ready to start this celebration,
and what better way than to start inside a cage?
Let's get it on.
[bell rings]
[crowd cheering]
[bell rings]
[Beth McKenzie] The following is a steel cage match
for the NXT tag team Championship.
The only way to win the match is by pinfall,
submission or escaping the cage with both feet hitting the floor.
Introducing first, the challengers, Julius and Brutus,
the Creed Brothers.
[Vic] For the challengers really, the world has been turned upside down.
[Wade Barrett] Yes, listen, they lost the NXT Tag Team Championships
at Worlds Collide.
The Diamond Mine leader Roderick Strong has been brutally beaten,
he's been under medical care ever since,
and their one-time brother in arms Damon Kemp turned Judas on them.
Yes, it has been a disaster for the Creeds of late,
but things can really turn around in a hurry in NXT 2.0
by winning tonight in this cage match.
[energetic music]
[Beth] Their opponents, they are the NXT tag team champions,
Pretty Deadly.
[Vic] I just don't understand why they're so agitated.
[Wade] Oh, come on.
[Vic] Why this team is so agitated-- What do you mean "Come on"?
-Explain it to me then. -[Wade] Okay.
Nobody in the locker room or indeed online on social media has given Pretty Deadly
an ounce of credit for becoming the NXT tag team champions here once again, okay?
They were the best of NXT UK. They were the best of NXT.
They unified the tag team Championships and reign supreme now.
-Who won the match, Vic? -[Vic] Yes, who won the-- I understand.
[Wade] Who got the tag match on the night? Pretty Deadly.
It's about time somebody, including you, recognize them for being the great--
[Vic] I also recognize Damon Kemp, a steel chair
and a blindside to the back of Julius Creed.
[Wade] Fine, I understand that. That had nothing to do with Pretty Deadly.
Do not detract from their achievements based on something
that was completely out of their control.
[Vic] Pinfall, submission, escape the cage, only way you could win this match up.
What a way to kick off the one-year anniversary,
and already both members of Pretty Deadly trying to get the hell out of the cage.
They're not very happy with the WWE Universe that selected this option.
[Wade] Well, this was the creative thing to do.
Pretty Deadly put this in the hands of the WWE Universe by virtue
-of the fact they were still… -[Vic] Whoa.
[Wade] …being disrespect-- Almost got an escape here.
[Vic] Oh, Brutus trying to hold on, Julius on the other side.
All four men, no tags are needed, and this is a dangerous,
dangerous element for both these teams.
[Wade] Of course. Listen, they're inside a steel cage match.
All young superstars get incredibly excited--
[Vic] Uh-oh.
-[Wade] Up they go. -[Vic] Pretty Deadly, could they get over?
[Wade] Almost backfiring on the Creeds here.
[Vic] So close. Here's the dangers of the steel cage match,
both feet have to hit the floor once you go over the cage.
Pretty Deadly now teetering, as are the Creed Brothers.
[crowd chants] Creed!
-[Vic] This is madness. -[Wade] Absolutely.
Brutus smash on the top of the cage will get Kit Wilson back down in a hurry,
-but wait a second-- -[Vic] Whoa.
Prince, Prince.
Creed is hanging on with one arm, unreal.
[Wade] Brute strength once again from Julius Creed.
Just keeping them in the match up here, this one almost over early.
I was about to say, every young superstar gets incredibly excited the first chance
they get to compete in a steel cage match.
I promise you, after you've tasted that steel,
you will never be excited for it again.
You'll spend the rest of your career wanting to avoid these kind of matches.
[Vic] Creed Brothers letting out their frustrations here tonight.
Of course, you picked the stipulation of this match up.
Whom did you choose to face Carmelo Hayes for the NXT North American title?
We will find out tonight,
but we're focused right now on the NXT Tag Team Championships.
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] The Creeds, one would believe they would thrive in this sort of environment.
Oh, and this time Pretty Deadly kisses the steel.
[Wade] Yes, I'll tell you, the Creeds are as tough as they come.
Let's not go too far. I don't know if anybody thrives inside a steel cage.
The Creeds, they didn't meet a cage when they were competing in NCAA competition.
They didn't have a cage inside the Diamond Mine dojo.
Steel cages need to be avoided at all costs in my book.
[Vic] Well, you're already seeing some of the dangers of a steel cage match.
[Wade] Of course, flesh versus steel,
was only ever going to be one winner in that kind of match up.
The human body simply is not designed to take the kind of punishment
these teams are going to be receiving inside that structure.
[Vic] You can see the back of Kit, the back of Elton,
you see the steel grate marks starting to welt up on their bodies.
As you mentioned flesh meeting steel.
Now Pretty Deadly trying to turn things around.
-Look at this tandem offense. -[Wade] Oh, cry Martini.
[Vic] What?
On to the cover to retain.
-Julius able to kickout at two. -[Wade] Signature stuff.
[Vic] Wait a minute, don't forget about the cover,
because right now Elton is starting to climb. Again, the dangers of this match,
you have to be able to watch all the competitors at one time.
One little slip could change the complexion of this match up and-- Oh.
-[chuckles] -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Brutus, smash.
Take some of this action, first was Pretty Deadly with a--
[Wade] Cry Martini, it's like a dry Martini, but much more painful.
[Vic] I understand what you're talking about.
Pain, this is the definition. Bam.
[Wade] Sickening landing there for Elton Prince,
he's barely moved ever since. Brutus Creed now really in the ascendancy.
[Vic] One-year anniversary show, you really look at the Creed Brothers,
certainly took NXT 2.0 by storm over the last year.
Right now though they're worried about regaining the NXT tag team titles.
Had a remarkable first year in NXT, can they get the gold back tonight?
Oh, this is a precarious position.
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] You mentioned one slip of either of these two.
Take a look how high they are, Barrett.
[Wade] Yes, you were talking about one slip.
One slip in a situation like that could lead to victory,
but it could also lead to permanent physical damage
that is going to last you a lifetime. Whoa.
[Vic] Take a look-- Whoa.
Hey Wade, watch this.
[chuckles] Did you see that, Barrett?
Creed Brothers rolling. Will they be the new champs tonight?
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Back live on the one-year anniversary show of NXT 2.0,
and Julius Creed right now is just saving things for his team,
for his brother, because Elton Prince is so close to getting out.
This cathartic commercial break, Creed has been a one-man wrecking crew.
[Wade] Let me tell you, Julius Creed proving once again
that he is a once in a lifetime athlete. Enjoy this, man.
That was freak stuff, but he's getting pounded now.
[Vic] Trying to battle back as best he can.
Pretty Deadly taking it to Creed at this moment,
and this has been a battle a year in the making between these two teams.
Remember, it was Diamond Mine who destroyed The Diamond dojo.
It has all led to this steel cage match picked by you,
the WWE fans, for the NXT tag team titles.
[crowd chants] Creed!
[Vic] I don't know how much rallying the NXT Universe can do in this moment.
No no no.
-[Wade] Oh, come on. No. -[Vic] Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chants] Holy shit!
[Vic] From the top of the steel cage,
Pretty Deadly just driving-- Boom!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Julius Creed damn near through the mat.
[Wade] It has to be there for the taking now for Pretty Deadly
after that hellacious impact from the top of the cage.
[crowd chants] This is awsome!
[Vic] It certainly indeed is,
and you see pain etched on the face of all four competitors.
Look, for Pretty Deadly, they came into tonight saying
they were going to prove they're the greatest tag team to ever compete
in NXT, but right now Brutus has other things on his mind.
[Wade] Yes, I got to tell you, it's still to be decided
if Pretty Deadly are the goats of the NXT tag division,
but allowing the fans to pick the stipulation for this match up proves
they are unquestionably the bravest,
because with the sickos we have in the NXT Universe
it was never going to end well, was it?
[Vic] Certainly was not.
Julius doing a fantastic job though of selecting this steel cage match.
We wouldn't have had it any other way to kick us off tonight.
[Wade] They're in line. I'm enjoying it. I'm glad I'm not in there.
[Vic] We saw Pretty Deadly moments ago drop Julius,
and now Julius somehow, someway back to his feet. Brutus, target acquired.
-[Wade indistinct] Ball. -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] One more look. Brutus.
Boom. Willing to take out his brother.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] With their own modified version of a doom's day device,
perhaps even more impactful.
[Vic] Whoa. What the hell? That's Damon Kemp.
[Wade] Yes, this doesn't look good for the Creeds.
[Vic] Damon Kemp again sticking his nose in Creed Brother business.
[Wade] Now Julius fighting battles on multiple fronts,
like he didn't have his hands full already.
[Vic] NXT Universe looking around me.
As Damon Kemp certainly has been a thorn on the side of--
because of Damon Kemp, Pretty Deadly won the NXT tag team titles,
able to unify the titles, but what the--
[Wade] …hasn't Kemp done enough damage already?
-[Vic] Look. -[Wade] He's cuffed.
[Vic] Julius has been handcuffed by the-- Damon Kemp.
-Can't do nothing now. -[Wade laughs]
-[Vic] How the hell is this fair, Barrett? -[Wade] Don't ask me [indistinct]
[Vic] You're the one talking about how Pretty Deadly fights fair,
wins Championships.
[Wade] What's this got to do with Pretty Deadly?
Brutus Creed might win it anyway.
[Vic] Brutus now going full-blown smash mode.
[Wade] He has to, he's got no choice. It's two-on-one.
[Vic] You see Julius separately trying to rip the cuffs off his wrist.
Brutus now at least realizing is turning Pretty Deadly inside out.
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] Finally realizing Brutus. You see how strong Brutus is.
He might be able to break this chain. Creeds have to be careful though.
Pretty Deadly can escape the cage.
Kit and Elton now.
If both feet hit the floor they're going to retain the gold. Whoa!
-That was a spicy meatball. -[crowd cheering]
-[Wade] Never write off Julius-- -[Vic] Cover.
-One, two… -[Vic] Oh.
Just able to kickout as-- Look at Elton. Elton pulling on the steel steps.
-He's halfway out the door. -[Wade] Yes.
Brutus by the tips of his fingers just saving the day for the Creed Brothers.
Brutus trying his best to pull Kit or Elton, excuse me,
back into the ring.
Kit now trying to clean things up, but again it's just two-on-one.
It's almost a tug of war.
[Wade] Yes, only one person winning that tug of war.
[Vic] Wait a minute. Julius got Kit even with one arm.
Nothing can keep down Julius Creed. Ankle lock. Brutus.
Is he going to make Elton tap? If he taps the titles change hands. Oh!
[Wade] What a victory that would've been.
[Vic] They turn it right around.
Spilt milk. Julius is still cuffed.
Can't get to his brother, and-- Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic laughs] How did Brutus kickout?
[Wade] Nobody. Nobody kicks out of spilt milk.
[Vic] Well, Brutus Creed just did.
[Wade] When the gold is on the line, the human body will do crazy things.
[Vic] Now Pretty Deadly just taking it to Brutus.
Julius can't do anything but watch.
Oh.
Now the Creeds, specifically Brutus, getting their fair share of the steel.
What must be going through Julius' mind witnessing his brother getting pummeled?
[Wade] Witnessing his brother getting pummeled.
Witnessing his opportunity at winning the NXT tag Championships go up in smoke.
[Vic] Getting decimated.
I just looked at Damon Kemp right here to our left in the aisle way
just smiling as he sees Brutus get utterly, oh!
Destroyed, physically dissected.
-[Wade] What's the lesson here? -[Vic] This is getting hard to watch.
[Wade] Damon Kemp is not a man you should ever cross.
-[Vic] Again. -[Wade] A vindictive individual. Oh.
[Vic] Spilt milk for a second time, and Pretty Deadly--
[bell rings]
[Vic] …continues their reign.
[victory music]
[Beth] Here are your winners and still the NXT tag team champions,
Pretty Deadly.
[Wade] Yes, boy. You don't like it, do you, Vic? You didn't like it.
[Vic] Yes, I did.
[Wade] That's what happens when you upset a man like Damon Kemp
and then try to mix it up with a tag team as lethal as Pretty Deadly.
Gold around the waists of its rightful owners.
[music continues]
[Vic] Well, really, let's go back,
because this was the turning point in the match up.
Kemp coming and running some interference
and in the meantime handcuffed Julius to the top of the steel cage.
Julius couldn't even break free.
Brutus, as strong as he is, couldn't break the chain.
Did his best to keep his team in this match up
and this about as close as it got for the Creed Brothers.
[Wade] Yes, Brutus Creed was absolutely heroic in the closing segments,
but I'll tell you this, ain't no person alive who could've put up with the level
of abuse he was receiving at the hands of Pretty Deadly here.
Bam. Goodnight.
[Vic] Not once, but twice, and you wonder why
those say Pretty Deadly has never earned these titles.
It's because of how they've won and now retain the title.
Your heart goes out to the Creed Brothers, and Kemp is asking to pay at some point.
[music continues]
All week the WWE Universe has been voting on who they believe
should face Carmelo Hayes for the NXT North American Championship.
Will it be Joe Gacy, will it be Wes Lee or Von Wagner?
Well, the votes are in and the winner is…
[drumming]
[Beth] …Wes Lee.
-[crowd cheering] -Yes, son. Whoa!
Yes, congratulations on your Championship opportunity.
Thanks to the WWE Universe.
I'm extremely grateful. All of the votes piling in.
It really means a lot to me, but it comes with this great responsibility
that I have to walk out as the next North American champion.
Congratulations, Wes.
I accept the result of the vote.
Okay. Thank you.
Well, if you would both will excuse me. I have to get ready.
Yes. Oh!
It's okay. There's important work to be done tonight.
[energetic music]
[Vic] Well, the Championship match still to come,
but when we come back on the one-year anniversary celebration,
a score will be settled. Henley, Legend next on NXT 2.0.
[lively music]
Well, what a way to kick off our one-year celebration here tonight
with that steel cage match, but you know what? What a year it has been.
Right now let's take a look back at the last 12 months of NXT 2.0.
[rap music]
[Vic] Welcome to a brand new era in the rich history of NXT.
We write page one of the next chapter.
Welcome to NXT 2.0.
-I do. -[crowd cheering]
Week after week we got to get right back up on the horse
and perform for each and every one of you.
NXT is special.
Make no mistake, this show is about Grayson Waller.
We aren't just Toxic Attraction. We are The Attraction.
-The Don of NXT, Tony D'Angelo. -[loudly] Yeah!
Keep watching.
Keep staring.
I know you will.
[screaming] Cannonball!
-Yes, boy. -No.
That's a great point, Brandon, and one I'm certainly open to discuss.
[screaming] If I gave a--
In the fall--
-Get the-- Out. -Yes, Mr. Chase. Tell him.
-I will be attending-- -I'll beat the ever living…
right out of you.
Andre Chase University.
-[everybody] Holy-- -[crowd cheering]
[music continues]
Side plate check.
-It's a skeleton. Oh. -Zombies.
[screaming] Ah!
A double side plate check!
-[everybody] Yeah! -That's all it is.
[everybody] That's all it's ever going to be.
[crowd cheering]
You don't get involved in Legado Del Fantasma's business
-and just walk away. -You want to up the stakes?
One final match, you beat me I'm gone.
-[Wade] It's D'Angelo. -[Vic] Santos Escobar is gone from NXT.
NXT 2.0. It's chaos and anything can happen.
It's young, hungry athletes shooting their shot,
trying to make a name for themselves. That do-it-yourself mentality.
[Vic] Roxanne Perez has made history tonight.
[screaming] I made you!
Because that is-- Oh.
[crowd booing]
That is how dirty wrestling is done.
Ladies and gentlemen, the new NXT champion,
Dolph Ziggler.
[celebratory music]
[Dolph Ziggler] This is DZ 2.0.
[Vic] Bron Breakker once again NXT champion.
I'm the freaking NXT champion and I will prove
why I earned this Championship each and every week.
For over 300 days, I have dominated the NXT women's division.
[Wade] Finally. Put some damn respect on the name of Mandy Rose.
[Vic] Future certainly bright for NXT 2.0.
[music continues]
[screaming] Together forever.
-We are… -[crowd] N-X-T!
[energetic music]
[Wade] What a 12 months. Bring on 12 more. We're going to top it.
[bell rings]
[Beth] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Lash Legend.
[Vic] A lot of superstars certainly who has made a name for herself
in the last 12 months standing in the center of the ring
waiting to settle the score here tonight.
[rap music]
[Beth] Her opponent accompanied by Josh Briggs, Brookes Jensen,
and Connor's Cure Thriver,
Mason The Night Howler Ramirez,
Fallon Henley.
[Vic] September is pediatric cancer awareness month,
and WWE is proud to support Connor's Cure,
where 100% of donations will go to pediatric cancer research
through the V Foundation coming together to team up and take down cancer.
Joining Fallon Henley is Connor's Cure Thriver,
Mason The Night Howler Ramirez, a huge NXT fan.
I'm so excited for that young man.
Just moments ago, you heard it in my voice.
I got to talk to him earlier today.
He was so excited to be here tonight and be around Fallon Henley,
-Briggs, Jensen, and everyone in NXT. -[bell rings]
[Wade] I got a feeling we might see The Night Howler in this ring
in about 10 years' time.
[Vic] There certainly this deep-routed issue between these two women
who are trying to, well, because Mandy Rose,
the champion certainly looking for who might be next to challenge her.
[Wade] Yes [indistinct]
What? This is a deep falling out between these two.
It's been going on for months now.
They brawled in the locker room, they brawled in the parking lot,
the interview set, ringside during other people's matches.
Finally, we get a chance to see it settled in the ring,
and Legend might have just settled that right there.
What? Don't play with me.
[Vic] Oh, Legend didn't get all of it,
but certainly got enough of it to send Henley flying.
These two have been trading shots earlier on in this match up.
You take a look at the, oh-- the two women.
You talk about Henley works hard, minds her own business.
It's the complete opposite of Lash Legend.
[Wade] Well, I will say this about these two.
Fallon Henley, salt of the earth kind of gal, no airs no graces.
What you see is what you get.
Lash though, she's loud, she's brash sometimes.
Even I will admit, she can be abrasive.
Not everybody in the locker room is going to like that.
Someone has to play the new girl, the nice new girl act.
[Vic] Oh.
[Wade] Mind her Ps and Qs, walk on eggshells.
Lash Legend doesn't need to fall in line for anyone.
[Vic] Do you think that's what the major issue then is between these two?
-[Wade] Well, yes. -[Vic] They've been going at each other.
[Wade] It's a personality clash which is fine, but I love it.
That's what I want to see. Are you in NXT to make friends
or are you here to make money? Because you can only make one.
That's the problem. You can't have both, so it's money first.
[Vic] Since Lash Legend's debut with Lashing Out, of course,
and we knew it then, it rubbed a few people the wrong way,
let's just be honest, since she arrived here a year ago.
[Wade] Here's the thing, this is such a competitive environment.
You've got such top-caliber athletes here.
-[Vic] Whoa. -[Wade] Young athletes who are hungry.
Everybody gets jealous when somebody else gets the spotlight.
Lash got a ton of spotlight through her show Lashing Out,
and yes, the rest of the women's locker room got jealous for that.
I understand that. Step your game up. Don't hate on Lash.
[Vic] Well, that is what Henley is doing right now,
looking for a, oh-- a huge victory tonight,
and it could come at the expense of Lash Legend.
Bam. Right upside.
-[Wade] That's a KO. -[Vic] That certainly might be.
Into the cover.
-And yes, big win for Henley. -[bell rings]
[victory music]
-[crowd cheering] -[Beth] Here is your winner,
Fallon Henley.
-[Wade] Talk about stepping in here. -[Vic] You ain't kidding.
[Wade] That was perhaps the biggest win we've seen in Fallon Henley's career.
That was incredibly impressive.
I've liked a lot about Lash Legend of late,
but Fallon Henley did a hell of a job tonight.
[music continues]
It's torn.
-How long? -Doctor said it will be nine months.
-[sighs] Oh. -I'm sorry this has happened to you.
We have to turn a negative into a positive.
-Valentina, this is your time. -It is, Valentina.
Oh, my God. Okay. How depressing?
You're upset, we're upset. Von should have won that vote.
-Yes, that's horse-- -Watch your language.
-There are ladies present. -What the hell did you just say?
-Ladies are around? -I don't tell you again.
Hey, Von. Listen, Von. Relax. Save it.
Save this, Von.
The best, fam.
-Isn't Mason the best? -Yes.
-Hell, yes. He was the man. -Guess what? You won.
Bang, you chopped her on the chest.
-Oh. -That's crazy.
Mandy, I saw your Instagram post last week.
-You look amazing. -Thank you.
Well, your tit-- Your title looks amazing.
-Oh. -Congrats to your titles.
Ew. In your dreams, kid.
-[chuckles] -What do you want from me, man?
-How did you know you're in my dreams? -Oh.
Because you've been in a lot--
-I can tell. Keep dreaming, honey. -All right. That's enough.
Oh, excuse you. You don't talk to the champ like that.
You don't talk to him like that.
I don't care who you are or how long you've been champ.
I'm not scared of you, honey.
-Yes, I remember-- -Oh, honey.
-When I won my first match. -[laughter]
All right. Yeehaw.
-Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. -Let's go then. Come on.
-Bring it. Let's go. -Oh, my gosh.
[Vic] Toxic Attraction next.
Somebody needs to lasso her up and give her a time out.
[energetic music]
[Vic] Well, our one-year celebration continues with Toxic Attraction.
[crowd cheering]
I'm back from vacation feeling good and looking even better.
At Worlds Collide I called my shot.
I said I would unify the titles and that's exactly what I did.
[crowd cheering]
I took out the two best women in NXT UK history.
[crowd cheering]
You know what?
When NXT Europe begins, if I chose to,
I'll run that too.
[crowd cheering]
How fitting is it that all on the one-year anniversary of NXT 2.0,
the three biggest stars in the brand are right here?
[crowd cheering]
Because we are the super group of all super groups.
Because when you think of NXT, you think of Toxic Attraction.
[crowd cheering]
No vote is needed to decide who is the biggest attraction in NXT.
Jacy and I elevated the NXT women's tag team titles
to become the most important tag titles in the industry.
[crowd cheering]
Kayden and Katana, those titles are on a loan to you.
You're welcome.
As for Ivy and Tatum, well,
you can pop off on social media all you want,
but we'll soon prove to you just what we've proved to everyone else
for the last year, that there is Toxic Attraction,
and then there's everybody else.
-Tell them, champ. -[crowd cheering]
That's right. We said we are the baddest-- in the room,
and in 365 days, we've proven that.
Two-time, soon-to-be three-time NXT women's champions,
Gigi and Jacy, and I'm well on my way of becoming
the longest reigning women's champion in NXT history.
[crowd cheering]
You know what?
Bron and Melo, they're great champions, I'll give them that,
but they haven't been carrying this title as long as I have.
If there's one thing that you people should have learned this past year
is to put some damn respect on my name.
[crowd cheering]
[ominous music]
[Wade] Oh, I got a feeling this is going to be respectful.
[Vic chuckles]
Mandy Rose, you may have unified both titles
but you know nothing about where I come from.
You see in Scotland we don't brag on and on
just because we like the sound of our own voice.
We let our hard work do the talking for us.
Mandy, when you looking in my eyes
you'll see a battle-tested warrior
spun from generations of fire keepers.
You see your demise
and most importantly
you see the new NXT women's champion.
[Vic] Oh, in a step ahead of the so-called super group.
Bam!
[Wade] Come on. It's supposed to be a celebration.
[Vic] But Fyre certainly has a reason to drop the champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Oh, not a moment too soon.
[Vic] Yes, 322 days as champion for Mandy Rose.
First there was Henley,
now Alba Fyre is setting her sights on the NXT women's Championship.
You watch it, honey. Watch it, Alba Fyre.
[Vic] It's champion and another woman looking to stake claim
and some gold, Cora Jade.
[indistinct]
[mysterious music]
You know the last 12 months were about me finding myself.
I came to NXT wanting to make an impact.
Obsessed with impressing people, getting people to like me.
I wanted people to think, "Damn, Cora Jade is the next big superstar here at NXT."
Cora, you are the future of the NXT women's division…
[Cora Jade] But somehow I wasn't seen that way.
But the future is bleak.
To be honest, it messed with me a little bit.
It got in my head and probably cost me those early title matches.
It all clicked for me in my match with Netty.
It was one hell of a match and yes, I lost,
but I left that ring with Netty's respect.
I was sitting in the locker room thinking, "Screw what people think.
I'm a star," and my best friend was coming in the door.
[cheers and applause]
I'm not going to sit here
and waste any more of my TV time on that piece of trash.
We know the story.
[crowd cheering]
Everyone loves Roxanne even though she proved that she is a loser,
you love her. Good job, Roxanne.
[puffs] Back to the more important things now here, me.
[rock music]
I'm living my best life.
I don't need anyone's approval, especially these fans'.
Have you heard these morons?
They have the education level of a second grader,
and as for the locker room, you seriously think I care
what somebody like Zoe Stark thinks?
My shoe has more personality than her. Nikkita Lyons, way too cocky.
Girl, you ain't that good. Lash, annoying. Indie's lost.
Alba's just weird, and Toxic Attraction,
I still don't like them but now I understand them.
Wendy Choo, Wendy makes me laugh.
She's like a human stuffed animal, kind of pathetic and I feel bad for her.
She doesn't belong in the ring.
She belongs in the corner of a baby's playroom.
Thanks, guys.
Can't wait to do this interview again on the two-year anniversary,
because the generation of Jade is only going to get bigger.
My star is only going to shine brighter, and by this time next year,
I will be the number one woman in this entire industry.
Wendy Choo, we just heard from Cora Jade.
What's your reaction to her comments especially directed at you?
To me, the generation of Jade is just jealous of Roxanne.
Who lives in the generation of Jade anyway? Not me.
I live in an apartment. Maybe I'd live there if it was rent-free.
No, Cora's living in her own world
and she's so jealous of Roxanne that she's iced everyone out.
Very true.
Listen, I may dress like this but I smart person and--
No, hold up, wait a minute, it's not going to go down like this.
McKenzie, did you not just see what happened to my match?
Now wait a minute, you are not going to interrupt my interview.
Excuse me, no matter of fact, excuse you, do you not know who you're talking to?
I'm Lash Legend, the one and only--
"The one and only, you can't clone me," we know.
The last time a bimbo tried to come up at me, I had her lights turned out, okay?
[crowd cheering]
[lively music]
[Vic] There is no reason to be snappy or salty, because the time has come.
The super scooter with the Super Diva Quincy Elliott arrived earlier today.
His debut next on NXT 2.0.
We are back live and we are celebrating in style.
[energetic music]
[crowd chants] Quincy!
[bell rings]
[Beth] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring, Quincy Elliott.
[Vic] Oh, take a look.
-The world has been buzzing about-- -[Wade] Stop.
-Stop right there. -[Vic] Buzzing.
[Wade] You just stop right there.
I have been in this game a long time but what the hell--
[Vic] Oh. You know who he got that from?
-Sweet Tea showed him that dance move. -[Wade] All right.
-[Vic] Come on, [indistinct] -[Wade] I'm a little speechless right now.
-Pretty rare for me. -[crowd chants] Quincy!
[Wade] You can explain this? What is this?
[Vic] I don't have to. Listen to the NXT Universe.
[Wade] That's question number two. What are they seeing that I'm not seeing?
What are they feeling that I'm not feeling?
[Vic] He's beloved by everyone that has met him.
Even you just hear the genuine reception.
Just listen and by his own admittance,
he has said he's bringing a unique charisma to the ring.
He sees people all walks of life, everyone has been waiting
for this moment.
[Wade] Oh. I'm willing to give anyone a chance
but here is what I've grown up with, stone cold, the rock, even [indistinct]
[Vic] Hold on. Hold that thought.
[crowd chants] Quincy!
-[Vic] Just feel the vibe, Barrett. -[Wade] I'm feeling something.
-[Vic] Shake your hips. -[Wade] I definitely won't be doing that.
-[Vic] Go ahead and ruin my moment. -[Wade] I'm not ruining anything.
-[Vic] Throw the wet blanket on everybody. -[Wade] I'm fascinated by this.
I'm not judging it bro, I'm not judging it negatively.
-I could do without the gyrating. -[Vic] What do you mean "the gyrating"?
Oh, look at the athleticism.
[chuckles] Look but yes, it's unique,
but don't let the smile and the fun games fool you.
As we've seen on level up, Quincy is dangerous.
[Wade] Yes, I'll say this. He calls himself "The Super Diva."
I was going to question, "Can this guy actually fight"?
-This is the fight game. -[Vic] What do you think?
[Wade] Well, it would appear that he certainly can
but that's not what I was anticipating.
-[Vic] He is real, he is authentic. -[Wade] What is this?
[Vic] This is as organic as it gets.
[crowd chanting] Super Diva!
[Wade] Bam! Sayonara.
[Vic] You give him an inch, he'll take a Quince.
[bell rings]
[celebratory music]
[Beth] Here is your winner, Quincy Elliott.
[Vic] How could you not be impressed?
A year ago superstars made their impression much like Elliott here tonight.
[chuckles]
Come on, Barrett.
Quincy Elliot was successful in his NXT debut
but with me now is Cameron Grimes.
Cameron, everyone wants to know who your tag team partner will be
in your match against D'Angelo and Stacks.
You know McKenzie,
this isn't the first time my mouth's got me in trouble around here
and to be honest it won't be the last,
but a few weeks ago I told Joe Gacy that I didn't need them.
Why would Tony D'Angelo think that I needed him?
To be honest, my partner tonight is going to be the one man
that I can really trust out there, and that's Cameron Grimes.
Whether I'm a man down or man up,
I'm the man that's going to the moon.
[lively music]
Best of luck. Vic and Wade, back to you.
[Vic] Thanks, McKenzie.
I'll say this, Cameron Grimes is a damn fool
if he's coming out here on his own tonight.
[bell rings]
[Beth] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, the duo of Channing Stacks Lorenzo
and the Don of NXT, Tony D'Angelo.
[Vic] I can't believe what I just heard.
Is the Don really going to have a two-on-one advantage?
Don and Stacks going up against, apparently, just Cameron Grimes.
-[Wade] [indistinct] A death wish. -[Vic] Next on NXT 2.0.
[crowd cheering]
Hey, little angry man. Ha-ha. I think you need to go ahead and give it up.
I know the people voted you in, but you don't have a chance against us.
Dawg, if you don't get your [indistinct]
-Elroy looking-- -Hey, I'm trying to tell you.
-Got his ass. What's up with it? -That's what happens, dawg.
Hey, hit him with it. Hit him with it. [indistinct]
Yes, kick him in his face. Kick him in the ribs.
Take that [indistinct]
Put his head in the locker, [indistinct]
-Hit him with it. Hit him with it. -Hey.
-Woah, woah, woah. -That's enough.
-[indistinct] -What's your problem?
-Hey, that's enough.
-Get it out of here. Get it out of here. -Come on.
Stay with me. Come on.
-Can we get some help, please? -Stay with me. We need help.
[Wade] I don't know if Wes Lee is going to be making it to tonight's main event
looking at that.
[rap music]
[Beth] Making his way to the ring, Cameron Grimes.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] When it comes to this match up, again I'm stunned.
I think you are too that Cameron Grimes is going to go at it alone.
[Wade] Well, how apropos was it that we just saw Wes Lee
getting trashed two-on-one, yet Cameron Grimes who,
I can only presume he was not aware of what just happened.
He's basically put himself in the exact same predicament here
-in the ring against the family. -[bell rings]
[Vic] Well, speaking of the family, it was Grimes
who rejected the family's offer to join them,
not once but twice, actually-- [chuckles]
[Wade] That really is emblematic of the decline of Cameron Grimes
in recent months.
Grimes, he used to be a businessman.
He was wheeling and dealing on the [indistinct]
Getting wins left, right and center.
Why wouldn't he want to join up with the Don of NXT?
It's just poor decision-making.
[Vic] Grimes in there with Stacks Lorenzo at this moment.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to stand on your own two feet.
[Wade] I agree. Love the people who stand on their own two feet.
The problem for Grimes is he hasn't been doing much of that at all lately.
Even last week, he got put through a table by the D'Angelo family.
Left lying on his back.
If he's not careful tonight, it's going to end the exact same way.
[Vic] Well, right now it is Grimes who is cooking all by himself,
but here's the difference.
Stacks able to roll over and make a tag, and a fresh superstar in the match.
Look at that.
[Wade] Sometimes in life, Cameron Grimes, you just have to swallow your pride
and accept that you cannot do this on your own.
He's learning that firsthand right now. Not for the first time, it might be said.
[Vic] Look at the Don right now.
You talk about rising up the ranks in the last 12 months.
Certainly, that has been D'Angelo.
[Wade] there's not enough to hornets to stand in the way of the Don of NXT.
A huge 2.0 success story.
Part of the winning War Games team, big Ciampa that stand
and deliver Wrestle Mania weekend became the Don of NXT,
ran Legado out of dodge. It's a question to me of "if" not "when".
Tony D is going to end up with some gold here at NXT.
[Vic] Tag was made.
Grimes, of course, doesn't realize it, because he doesn't have a partner.
From behind. It's Stacks, the hard-nosed loyal associate to the Don.
[Wade] Yes, what a right-hand man Stacks has been for Tony D'Angelo.
Stacks is smart enough to know.
It'll only take one instance of not being loyal, of not being impressive,
and it will go the way of family members no longer with us.
[Vic] Of course these two, that being D'Angelo and Stacks,
have come a long way since the docks, taking kids' lunch money on Taylor Street.
[Wade] Well, here's the thing, natural ability,
you combine that with drive,
and it rarely fails provided you get opportunity.
That's what the past 12 months of NXT 2.0 has been all about.
Finding the best, finding the youngest,
finding the hungriest talents on the planet, and aligning [indistinct]
[Vic] Joe Gacy.
D'Angelo just-- The Dyad schism is here.
[crowd booing]
-Gacy did say earlier that-- -[Wade] Rounding the title up.
[Vic] Well, he said that there was work to be done tonight.
You're right.
Has Gacy entered this match, obviously, as Grimes' partner?
[Wade] If Grimes has any clue that Gacy has apparently joined the match up now.
[Vic] Let's call it what it is.
Right now, Grimes went in this match by himself.
He said the only man he needs to depend on is himself.
Is it a welcoming sight if you're Cameron Grimes?
[Wade] Trust me, if it was me, I'd be [indistinct]
up to Gacy and making that tag in a heartbeat.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Grimes turned right back around,
and now turned into a hockey fight with the Don.
[Wade] Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, Cameron Grimes.
[Vic] Into the cover goes D'Angelo again, able to kickout.
[Wade] Grimes is getting mobbed in there. Don't be a fool.
Swallow your pride and make that tag.
[Vic] I want to ask you this about this match.
Obviously, you see Gacy who's, apparently, entered this match up as Grimes' partner.
Has Grimes overcome what happens at the Great America Bash?
[Wade] No he hasn't.
He called his big shot at the Great American Bash
for the Championship against Bron Breakker.
He lost in front of the world. He will never get over that.
That's what Joe Gacy is trying his best to help him overcome.
[Vic] You think Gacy is trying to help?
[Wade] Yes, I do think so, like he helped The Dyad.
Saved the careers of The Dyad, I might add.
Joe Gacy, right now, can save the career of Cameron Grimes,
because it's going down the toilet if you ask me.
[Vic] Grimes down. Two for one. Taking out the family.
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] And Gacy chomping at the bit to enter this match up.
Cameron Grimes came into the match up looking for a partner.
Didn't find one. Said he was going to do it by himself.
Gacy, however, has come down and, as you said, has the tag rope.
Is Cameron Grimes going to make a tag?
[Wade] He's going to make the tag. He's looking glass-eyed on there.
-Now, Stacks has taken full advantage. -[Vic] Grimes now.
Gacy took it upon himself to tag himself in.
-Gacy's swinging for the fences. -[Wade] Boom.
Grimes had no choice in that but that was absolutely the best thing
that could have happened to Cameron Grimes.
Fresh Joe Gacy cleaning house.
[Vic] Say that again with The Dyad in there.
Smiley face buttons on the outside. Cheering on Gacy.
What must be going through Grimes' mind?
-[screaming] What are you doing out here? -[crowd booing]
-I don't need your help. -I came to help out.
I don't need you.
[Vic] D'Angelo getting one up from behind.
Stacks Lorenzo looking to put Gacy to sleep.
Squeezing. Gacy trying desperately to shake it free.
Now, all action's starting to break loose. Grimes intercepted Stacks.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Then [indistinct] in the Don.
-[Wade] This one breaking down in a hurry. -[Vic] Gacy with the upside down.
Turns Stacks inside out.
-Can it be? -One, two, three!
-[bell rings] -[Vic] What an improbable victory.
[victory music]
[Beth] Here are the winners, Cameron Grimes and Joe Gacy.
-[Wade] Cameron Grimes-- -[Vic] I'm even scratching my head.
[Wade] Should be thanking Joe Gacy.
He should be on his knees saying, "Thank you, Joe Gacy,
for saving my career right there."
Grimes was about to get eaten alive.
[music continues]
-I don't need you. -You need me.
I don't want you.
[crowd chants] Yes, you do!
[crowd continues chanting]
[indistinct]
[Vic] Oh, The Dyad.
[crowd booing]
[Wade] Don't bite the hand that feeds you, Cameron Grimes.
Oh. [chuckles]
[Vic] Grimes paying the price.
That was your last chance.
[crowd booing]
[Vic] Did you hear Gacy?
"That was your last chance."
[Wade] Didn't have to be this way.
[tense music]
Show me a fine, young gentleman
and I will show you an excellent skincare routine.
See, personal grooming for me isn't just a luxury,
it's an absolute necessity.
Hygiene and the cleansing process is of paramount importance.
-Isn't that right, Gabe? -[Gabe] Yes, sir.
Good man, Gabe. Take that NXT title scene, for example.
Last week I cleansed that of Tyler Bate.
No longer imbued of the imperfections of the big strong boy.
[Gabe] Sorry, sir.
That brings me to you, Bron.
You might think that you slipped my mind, but you are so sadly mistaken.
This little cat-and-mouse game that we've got going on,
this is going to end real soon.
Get out.
[lively music]
[Vic] Has Bron Breakker had the chance to sit with the NXT champion.
Here is Candy Commons on the year that was next.
[male voice] What if cancer wasn't part of us, where the only test are our strength,
where the only shots are taken by a photographer?
-The only battlefield is this ring. -[bell rings]
[male voice] Where the only doctors specialize in thuganomics.
What if we could team up to make that happen?
[music continues]
Will you go now. [cheering]
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] WWE is proud to continue our support of Connor's Cure Pediatric
and cancer awareness month this September.
All month long, WWE superstars will be wearing items
from the Connor's Cure collection
with 100% of WWEs net proceeds benefiting pediatric cancer research.
To team up to take down cancer,
purchase your Connor's Cure merchandise at WWEshop.com.
We've been talking about the one-year anniversary tonight.
The celebration that has been where our NXT superstar has been very busy
with all their media appearances.
[Wade] Amidst all that chaos, you, Vic Joseph, had a chance
to sit down with the champ Bron Breakker a little earlier this week.
Let's get right into it.
It was one year ago, you had the very first match here on NXT 2.0.
You were a year out of college. What was going through your mind?
I don't know. I was scared [beep]
I was scared, I was nervous.
All these emotions running wild, but, man,
as soon as I got out in front of the audience, it just felt right.
The audience welcomed me with open arms, man, it was just incredible.
You fast-forward just a few weeks, you find yourself in the ring,
one-on-one, Tommaso Ciampa, Halloween Havoc,
NXT Championship in the main event.
Everybody thought I was going to win. I thought I was going to win.
I'm sure a piece of Tommaso thought I was going to win. It didn't happen.
That probably ended up being the best thing that could have happened to me.
It taught me how to deal with adversity. It taught me how to deal with failure.
Who knows if my Championship run would have been as good as it's been now
-as it was if I had won the title then? -Let's fast forward now.
New Year's Evil, you finally win the NXT Championship.
What was it like with the gold around your waist?
That was such an unbelievable night.
It was an incredible night, not just for me but for my family as well
because that was the first time my father had seen me perform live.
He sat front row in the audience and get to experience that first one with me.
That's the first time that a member of our family has won a WWE singles title.
You actually had to induct your dad and your uncle into the WWE Hall of Fame
Wrestlemania weekend in Dallas.
What was that weekend like, not just for your family but for you?
Friday night, WWE Hall of Fame induction, I induct the Steiner Brothers.
It was a surreal moment for me, a surreal moment for our family.
It was just such an honor for me to be the person to induct them,
and to close the last chapter on historic career.
Fast forward.
Less than 12 hours later, I'm in the main event of NXT stand
and deliver and I didn't get the job done. I lost to Dolph Ziggler.
That one hurt, really, but after the show,
we went to Wrestlemania and we're sitting up in the box.
I'm just sitting there thinking to myself the whole time just like,
"Man, I can't leave Texas without the NXT Championship. I can't."
Monday night raw right after Wrestle Mania,
the biggest Monday night raw of the year, I challenged Dolph Ziggler again
for the NXT Championship.
I win the NXT Championship on raw, go get my bags,
fly home through the middle of the night, get here, NXT against Gunther.
We had a war, we beat the heck out of each other, and I came out on top.
I think I proved that, really, after that weekend was concluded,
that I can be the leader of this brand and I've got what it takes
to make it in this industry.
You didn't go into a battle with something completely different.
It wasn't about power, it wasn't about strength,
it was about mind games with Joe Gacy, and because of your father,
he thought you were an easy target.
The rivalry with Joe Gacy taught me how to handle myself as a champion.
Mentally, physically, just all aspects of the game.
We've certainly seen you grow as a superstar and as a champion.
This summer, Cameron Grimes, JD McDonagh,
and then make history with Tyler Bate unifying the NXT Championship
and the NXT United Kingdom Championship at Worlds Collide.
Did you think a year ago you'd be sitting here a history maker?
I don't know what the future holds for me. I'm very much in the present
and I don't look six to nine months down the road
what's going to be this, what's going to be that.
My job as the NXT champion is
to uphold the standard that guys have set before me,
and I'm going to continue to do that on a night-in and night-out basis.
I think I can speak for the NXT Universe
that we're all looking forward to what's next for Bron Breakker.
-Champ, thanks. -Thanks. Sure.
[crowd cheering]
Tyler, you requested this time. What's on your mind?
[crowd cheering]
Bron Breakker has had an incredible first year here in NTX,
don't get me wrong, but respectfully, I'm looking for a re-match.
Now, the NXT title remains for me an adventure one took
and no adventure is complete without its obstacles.
A familiar face in JD McDonagh stands between myself and my divine purpose.
We have history in the UK, which he re-ignited last week.
If he wants a shot at the NXT title, he's got to get through me first.
Peace.
[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] Sounds like there may be a number one contenders match in the air.
I'm definitely down for some of that.
[energetic music]
[Vic] Are you ready to roll with this team?
[bell rings]
[Beth] The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first the team of Nikkita Lyons and Zoey Stark.
[Vic] It's good to see this duo back together.
[Wade] Yes, indeed. I'll say this about the women's division.
The tag units in that division are really, really starting to grow.
They've taken out there.
Chance and Carter, of course, have a goal right now.
Then you've got perennial Championship contenders,
Toxic Attraction in the mix.
Ivy Nile, Tatum Paxley can hold strong, and of course,
Stark and Nikkita Lyons can pack a punch.
Exciting times indeed.
[challenging music]
[Beth] Their opponents, the team of Arianna Grace and Kiana James.
[Vic] I mentioned the tag team division.
We have to mention last night on raw
with brand new WWE women's tag team champions
who certainly have an NXT flavor over the last few years.
[Wade] Yes, indeed. Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky of Damage CTRL,
along with their mentor, Bayle,
continuing their path to domination in WWE.
Highly impressive.
[Vic] Focusing on the here and the now, I don't think for Kiana James,
she shares the same idealistic views as her opponents.
[Wade] James has a very specific idea of what winning in NXT should be.
How they should act, how they should look,
how they should behave in the ring and in the backstage area.
Criticized Zoey Stark as a bit of a try hard.
Criticize Nikkita Lyon's background and her outfits.
Needless to say, though, her opponents don't agree
and they won't be changing for anything.
[Vic] Let's talk about Stark. Quite the comeback story.
She came back ahead of schedule, faster that the doctors have thought.
Challenged even for the NXT women's title. Pushing Mandy Rose to her limits.
[Wade] Oh, okay, let's pump the brakes a little.
Stark had nine months on the shelf, okay?
Came back, surprised 19 other women in the number one contender's Battle World,
but didn't win an Oscar Mandy Rose just like everyone else does.
Let's not go overboard with the compliments on this grand return.
[Vic] Now Stark making a tag to Lyons, and of course,
this is a team that had to withdraw from the WWE women's tag team title tournament.
-[Wade] Yes. -[Vic] What do you mean yes?
[Wade] They had to withdraw, why did they withdraw?
It's because Zoey Stark reinjured her knee.
Like I said at the time, she came back too quickly
and tried to do too much too soon, paid the price for it,
-and let's face it, Lyons did too. -[Vic] James now throwing the bag.
We've seen this coming to play and laid out Lyons weeks ago.
Action starting to break down as this match rolls on.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Back live on NXT. The one-year anniversary of NXT 2.0
and Grace right now in control of Nikkita Lyons
who has certainly made an imprint in the last year here on this brand.
[Wade] Yes, indeed. Social media goes ablaze
every time Nikkita Lyons appears on NXT.
Built a massive fanbase, but I'll say this,
the growth in-ring of Lyons has been more impressive than anything else.
Perhaps the best striker in the women's division
and certainly one to watch for the future.
[Vic] Is now taking it to Grace and James beside herself.
What a kick, what a strike. Oh, almost took James out.
[Wade] Right on queue.
I told you the best striker in the women's division,
with shots like that, she cannot be denied.
[Vic] Almost took James and Grace out in this tag team clash,
and now Stark wants her way back into the match up.
Look, this is a team, flat out, they're driven more now.
[Wade] Driven more now, trying to make up for lost time.
I get it, but once again Zoey Stark took on too much too soon in the past,
going for multiple Championships at the same time.
Focus on one thing at a time.
That is the crazy physical abilities of Zoey Stark on display.
Smart there for Ariana Grace to get the hell out of the ring.
[Vic] James didn't really like what just happened from her, I guess,
recruit for this match up.
[crowd chanting] Zoey!
[Vic] James trying her best, but that fell on deaf ears.
[Wade] Tying to negotiate a deal.
Don't worry, Kiana James has a strategy here.
[Vic] What the hell is that, Barrett? She's getting knocked down.
[Wade] Yes, all right.
[Vic] She's getting knocked all around the ring as a matter of facts,
-so what's the strategy? -[Wade] All right.
She's coming up with a new strategy as we speak, always thinking.
That's what I like about her. Look at that great strategy, get out of the ring.
-Take a breather. -[Vic] Look at Stark. Oh.
[Wade] Like I said.
[chatter]
[Vic] The trash-talking between all these superstars again.
Both Lyons, Stark have had their run-ins with James in the past
and now Kiana James.
A victory tonight, I'm sure she would be talking all about it
as she goes into the cover.
Hooks the inside leg. That's a kickout by Stark.
[Wade] So she should.
If she pulls off a victory tonight, this would be an upside.
It's the first time we've seen the team of James and Grace.
They came together late last week, their diaries lined up
and they figured out, "You know what? Let's give it a go."
You knock off Stark and Lyons tonight and you're climbing that pecking order.
[Vic] James has not been shy about bossing her employees around
and laying out her ideas for what a successful woman should be.
[Wade] That's absolutely fine with me because Kiana James is the boss.
She's a boss lady, all right?
[Vic] Off the back breaker into another cover.
Shoulders down again and another near fall.
[Wade] Real underrated toughness there from Zoey Stark.
Close to that tag. A little too close for comfort for Kiana James.
[Vic] So close. James at the last moment, and then a cheap shot.
[Wade] James is like those female tech titans in Silicon Valley.
This has backfired, but look at the strategy though,
nobody there for Zoey Stark to tag.
[Vic] Really buying into this, aren't you? Reaching out.
[Wade] I am, the smartest mind in the female division.
[Vic] Here comes your favorite female superstar, Ariana Grace.
[Wade] My favorite who is not called Mandy Rose,
let's make that clear, but if Grace hits that Wade Barrett wasteland tonight,
this one is over.
[Vic] I think you're counting chickens before they hatch.
Also, she should probably come up with a better name for it,
but right now, she's more worried about Stark. What an elbow.
Look at the combination offense from Stark.
[Wade] Stark is well-rounded.
We talked about the striking ability of Lyons.
[Vic] How about that strike?
[Wade] Zoey Stark's going to hold her own in the game too.
[Vic] Bam. Right now it's Stark striking everything that moves.
Grace though, boot, dropped Stark. Cover, is it enough?
Another near fall. This will be a big win for Grace as well.
You talk about making a name for yourself
on this one-year anniversary edition of NXT 2.0. Uh-oh, Z-360.
Stark dropping Grace, tagging in Nikkita Lyons, and Lyons now,
bam, looking for the final blow.
-Into the cover. -One, two, three.
-[Vic] Goodnight. -[bell rings]
[crowd cheering]
[energetic music]
[Beth] Here are your winners, Zoey Stark and Nikkita Lyons.
[Wade] It's a highlight reel of offense from Stark and Lyons,
what a combo finisher that was.
That is a tag team heated up before our eyes.
[music continues]
[crowd cheering]
Look, I'm not going to vote for Joe Gacy.
He ain't going to win the biggest superstar vote
even if you vote for him a thousand times.
Schism talks about being inclusive, but after what he just did to Grimes,
that goes against everything that they preach.
Listen, listen, Cameron Grimes brought that on himself.
This world needs change,
and if you can't see that, we'll show you that.
[yelling]
Hey, hey, you have a match, you got to go.
We can handle this, man. We got this.
Charge me again bro, charge me again.
Come on man. Come on, hit me again.
[Vic] Chaos breaking out in the parking lot, but chaos earlier tonight.
It was Wes Lee who was blindsided by the A-champion Carmelo Hayes.
It's unclear whether or not Lee will be cleared to challenge Hayes
for the North American title as voted by you, the WWE Universe.
Of course that hopefully still to come in our main event.
[energetic music]
All week, the WWE Universe has been voting on who they believe
is the biggest star of NXT 2.0.
McKenzie, stop talking about me behind my back.
It's rude you know. You can say it to my face.
Everyone knows Grayson Waller's the biggest superstar in NXT.
It's possible, and we are about to announce
the final four vote-getters voted on by the WWE Universe.
They are Toxic Attraction, Carmelo Hayes, Nikkita Lyons,
-and last but not least-- -Grayson Waller.
Thank you everyone for voting. We did it.
-I appreciate you guys so much. -And Bron Breakker.
Bron Breakker makes up the final four.
Sorry, Grayson, you and eight other nominees were mathematically eliminated.
Eliminated? I'm eliminated? You know what?
I take back what I said. You guys suck.
You don't know what real talent is.
You love it when someone like Apollo comes back.
You're probably going to love this new guy Oro, but vote or not,
I am the face of this brand.
Bron Breakker, that guy has been ducking me all year
because he knows when I get my shot, Waller is going to be NXT champion.
Bron Breakker.
NXT's greatest, everyone knows that.
[energetic music]
[Vic] A lot of surprises in NXT lately.
Grayson Waller not being star of the year, ain't one of them.
[bell rings]
[Beth] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
introducing first, Javier Bernal.
[Vic] Heading into tonight,
some say that Javier Bernal actually brought this match on all himself.
[crowd cheering]
Next time you're in my presence and you decide to talk to me,
why don't you show me a little bit of respect, huh?
Hey, Javi. Never talk to a lady like that.
I can do what I want, dude, I'm Big Body Javi.
See, I'm a big tie superstar and you're just a security guard.
You know what, man?
I may not be a superstar, but I'll whoop your ass any day of the week, you--
All right, guys, we got to go.
[music continues]
Big Body Javi.
[Vic] He certainly talks a big game, huh?
[Wade] Why shouldn't he? He's confident, believes in himself.
Let's face it, nobody has been singing the praises of Javier Bernal
here in NXT for the past 12 months,
so it's about time he started making some noise for himself.
Guess what? People are finally starting to pay attention.
Big Body Javi is starting to get himself some opportunities around here.
[crowd chanting] We want Hank!
[crowd cheering]
[Beth] His opponent Hank Walker.
[Wade] The butterflies have to be the size of eagles inside Walker.
[crowd chanting] Hank!
[Wade] He's getting a great reaction here. Listen, this guy is a damn security guard.
He is a rent-a-cop in NXT. He's got no music.
He hasn't got any gear.
[Vic] You've never been WWE security?
-[Wade] No. -[Vic] Huh?
[Wade] All right.
[Vic] Let's go back to Osaka '06,
didn't DX take you out with another fellow?
[crowd chanting] Hank!
-[Vic] Hello? -[Wade] All right, bro.
Look, okay, whatever you're saying. Listen.
[Vic] Don't start throwing shade on security here.
[Wade] Listen. It's like a fan has walked out here.
A very big, a very tough-looking fan, but a fan all the same
and trying to compete in the building.
-He's completely overawed by this. -[crowd chants]
[Wade] Sticks to security.
[Vic] Caught you off guard there, didn't I?
[Wade] Yes, very clever. Nerd.
[Vic] This certainly is a big moment for Walker.
Groundswell of support. What's your problem with him?
[Wade] Hank Walker doesn't know what he's doing.
I will say this, look, Hank Walker is a developmental prospect in NXT,
and as part of paying your dues,
a lot of developmental prospects end up helping out on security,
which is what Hank has been doing, but he's doing security
because he's nowhere near ready to get in the ring.
The truth is, the vast majority of the developmental prospects
who turn into security guards around here never make it
to the ring because they don't progress that far.
Hank here has basically jumped the line
and he's just simply not prepared for this
and he's going to get humiliated by Big Body Javy.
[Vic] I'm sure the rest of the security team are rooting on Walker
if we're able to get it on a monitor to see what's going on in this match up
as Walker backing up Bernal at this moment.
You mentioned it earlier, but-- Oh!
[crowd booing]
[Vic] Yes, he might have just lit a fire under Walker.
[Wade] He doesn't even have wrestling boots on.
[Vic] Who cares about wrestling boots?
He's got rights and he's got lefts and he's got impressive strength.
[Wade] All right, but I'll say this, you can be a tough guy,
you can go to a bar and clear the entire bar if you want.
It doesn't mean you can step into a WWE ring and do the business
because if you try, Hank, that's what's going to happen.
[Vic] Let's not take anything away from Javier Bernal,
-who is quite the athlete in his own way. -[crowd chanting] Javy sucks!
[Wade] Yes, he is and he's showing it off right now.
A lot of people don't know that Bernal was a running back
in the Arena Football League prior to NXT.
You got to have a pretty big body to bounce those linebackers around.
[Wade] He just bounced the body of Hank Walker right off the mat.
[Wade] I tried to warn him. I tried to warn big Hank. Stick to security, pal.
-That might be your limit in life. -[crowd chanting] Hank!
[Vic] Bernal right now taking it to Walker, but Walker's so big,
so powerful, and right now, he's got to be impressing you a little bit.
[Wade] I'm impressed with the size, I'm impressed with the strength,
I'm not impressed with the mental capacity
to think you can step in this ring and contend with a superstar like Bernal.
-You're a security guard. -Come on, Hank, come on.
-Hey, hey, off the ropes. -Uh-oh.
[Vic] Bernal, change of plans, and now look at big Hank.
Looking to plant Bernal. Bernal able to get down and looking for a sleeper.
[Wade] Wasn't ready with that technique. That's Hank's problem.
He has raw power, he has strength, he has natural innate toughness,
he doesn't have that polished ability of an in-ring superstar.
[Vic] Now Bernal trying to wear down Walker in this match up
and right now for Bernal, you got to imagine how embarrassing it would be
if he came up short against, as you call, a security guard here at NXT.
-Pin, Walker now. -[Wade] He's got to press down at least.
[Vic] He's got some rights, some lefts. Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic chuckling] NXT Universe fired up.
Big Hank taking it to Big Body Javy.
Bam. That's a decleater. Into the cover.
-Could it be? -One, two, three.
-[Vic] You got to be kidding me! -[bell rings]
-[crowd cheering] -[Beth] Here is your winner, Hank Walker.
-[Vic] Big Hank. -[crowd chanting] Hank!
[Wade] Absolutely ridiculous, that match up should never have happened.
[pop music]
[Vic] Listen to the NXT Universe.
[Wade] Security guy has set this place on fire.
[Vic] Yes, well, have you ever seen a security guard, bam, take to the air?
Hank, Big Hank, you're speechless.
[Wade] He's not even a contracted competitor here in NXT.
-Of course, I'm speechless. -[Vic] What a feeling.
Look, we have learned to expect the unexpected here at NXT 2.0
and we've also come to learn there's a lot of great superstar entrances.
[lively music]
How about that car, huh?
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Talk about being brought in in style.
[Wade] This is a fantastic entrance thanks to the Devotion Skateboard company.
[music continues]
This is how the champ arrives in style.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Back from his trip from the moon.
Since you want to talk about entrances, let's talk about Wes Lee
making an entrance of that medical table.
I bet his head's still in the lock.
Listen, I don't know what you thought this was.
You can't vote on greatness.
This is not a game and you going to find out.
[lively music]
I live moment to moment, wave to wave.
I enjoy fun in the sun, but I'm not afraid to test my limits.
I don't take life too seriously, but when I get to NXT,
I can promise the women's division it won't be another day at the beach.
[music continues]
[Vic] Oh, when it comes to the women's division,
how about this high stake match up next week as both these women looking to climb
the Championship ladder?
Choo, Jade, live next week here on NXT.
[Wade] There's more. We heard the smack talk earlier tonight.
Now, it is official, Bate, McDonagh square off next week
in a number one contender's match up for the NXT Championship.
[Vic] We're talking about the celebration that we have been under here
for the one-year celebration of NXT 2.0.
NXT alumni showing their support for NXT's future champions
that lay the foundation for everything that we have here.
These alumni that you're seeing such as Johnny Gargano,
these alumni are proof that the superstars of tomorrow are right here today
in NXT 2.0.
Of course, not to be outdone, Finn Baálor,
one of the greatest NXT champions of all time.
[Wade] The best of the best right there.
[Vic] Speaking of the best of the best, how about the moment that's finally here?
You've had the power.
Who did you vote to be the biggest superstar of the year?
It is none other than the current NXT champion, Bron Breakker.
Congratulations, just another accolade to Bron Breakker in a year
that has been nothing short of tremendous,
but the same can also be said for this superstar, the A-champion.
[energetic music]
[bell rings]
[Beth] The following contest scheduled for one fall is for
the NXT North American Championship.
Accompanied by Trick Williams,
he is the NXT North American champion, Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] It's still unclear, Wade, the condition of Wes Lee.
I'm trying to look to see if I've been given anything, I haven't.
[Wade] I've been around this game a long time.
I would say "I'll bet you," as we say in England,
"a pound to a penny" that Wes Lee is not going to be making it out here,
and if that is indeed the case, I guess we're going to have one of them,
-what do they call them? Melo-brations? -[Vic] Oh, great. Yes, they're great.
[Wade] They're always great.
[Vic] Are you going to get up and dance like you did the last time?
[Wade] I never dance. Look, I'm an Englishman, I'm 6'6",
we don't dance, but I will tell you this, I will show full enjoyment.
I will applaud Melo, and of course, Trick.
What a year they have had here in NXT.
Hey, yo, cut the music.
It's the one-year anniversary of NXT 2.0 and the same thing we said a year ago
still stands today, "We are too good to be this humble."
[crowd booing]
That's why Trick and Melo gang is still in the center stage.
Hey, look, Trick, let's get straight to it.
Wes Lee, he ain't going to make it out here, okay?
-No. -Let's be completely honest.
I did Wes Lee a favor. I know dudes like Wes Lee.
He's not built for this. He can't handle this life.
He doesn't know what it takes to be the A-champion.
Talk your talk.
Everybody in the back, they praying on my downfall.
They don't want to see me win.
You got people from different brands coming and trying to take what I built.
Heavy lies the head that wears the crown and Melo has the biggest crown
and the heaviest head in NXT and that is all it is.
That's all it's going to--
[suspenseful music]
-Huh? -What?
[crowd chanting] Solo!
This place is shaking.
[Vic] We never thought that we would see Solo Sikoa gain.
[Wade] Yes, and he's dressed to fight too.
Listen, I didn't think we'd see him again.
Let's remember his antics at clash at the castle in Cardiff, Wales
10 days ago where he cost Drew McIntyre the WWE Universal Championship.
As far as I'm personally concerned, Sikoa isn't welcome around here.
Melo, he needs the night off.
[Vic] Now, well, Melo talks about wearing the biggest crown.
It's Sikoa who now sits at the biggest table in the WWE.
[Wade] He hasn't been invited to this particular table, has he?
[crowd chants] Give that belt!
Carmelo, like I said before, I got next.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Oh, Sikoa dropping everything at this point.
We said, "Expect the unexpected."
[Wade] Wait, is this happening?
[Vic] Is this going to happen?
Hayes beside himself right here in front of us.
[Wade] Shirts come off for Carmelo. He ain't backing down.
[Vic] NXT Universe, they chose Wes Lee.
Carmelo Hayes took Lee out of the equation.
[bell rings]
[Vic] Sikoa's answered the bell, has answered the call,
and we indeed do have the NXT North American title on the line
in main event in one-year celebration.
[Wade] Oh, man, it is on, and you know for a fact,
Hayes certainly didn't not picture this.
There were three options that Melo have ended up in the ring with tonight.
None of them was Solo Sikoa.
[Vic] You're talking about superstars who took this brand
-by the throat over the last year. -[Wade] Oh, man. NXT 2.0.
Without this brand, perhaps Solo Sikoa would never have got the opportunity
to show the world what he could do.
If that didn't happen, maybe his cousin, the head of the table,
Roman Reigns, would never have trusted him enough to be part of The Bloodline.
[Vic] You got to imagine that Roman Reigns, The Usos,
even Paul Heyman himself watching this match up very closely at this moment
because Twitter right now is buzzing about Solo Sikoa,
who sets his sights on the A-champion.
Trick Williams saving Hayes as he has done so many times over the last year.
[Wade] Oh, man. Wait, is The Bloodline going to get more gold tonight?
[indistinct]
[Vic] Could you imagine the North American title going to Smack Down?
It might happen. Don't miss a second of the action.
North American title on the line on NXT.
Back live on the one-year anniversary of NXT 2.0.
The NXT North American title on the line. The champion, Hayes now facing Solo Sikoa.
He thought he was going to face Wes Lee, who was voted by you,
the fans, and certainly, didn't expect Solo Sikoa,
nor this sort of beating he's been taking
and moments ago too before the break. Bang.
Hayes was not ready for Solo Sikoa. Just take a look at all this action.
[Wade] This is just brutally unfair to the A-champ.
He prepared for Wes Lee or a night off. He's not getting either.
This is ridiculous and it shouldn't be happening.
The advantage is clearly in the hands of Solo Sikoa
who had something up his sleeve all night.
[Vic] You think that right now Hayes is regretting the attack on Wes Lee?
[Wade] Carmelo Hayes regrets nothing.
Don't second guess the A-champ in whatever you do.
[Vic] Sikoa's got to get Hayes back into the ring.
The title can't change hands on a count-out.
As there's Trick Williams, who's watching the action closely.
He might not want to get too close to Solo Sikoa.
-[Wade] Oh, yes. -[Vic] Oh, what the hell?
The referee didn't see Williams.
[Wade] That's that knee that was wounded previously.
Got the brace on there.
[Vic] Just like that, Hayes turning this match around thanks to Trick Williams.
It goes back to the decision a year ago from Hayes to bring his childhood friend,
Trick Williams, here to NXT 2.0.
[Wade] That decision to bring Trick to NXT 2.0,
Trick changed the trajectory of Melo's career.
Trick told him 12 months ago, "Forget pandering to the NXT Universe.
Just focus on yourself." You know what else happened that day?
That was the day that Melo became the A-champ.
[Vic] Calls himself a generational talent and now Hayes taking it out.
Trick Williams, I've said it at least before,
has been the difference maker for Hayes over the last 12 months.
How many times has Williams helped Hayes, saved Hayes?
-[Wade] You're complaining about this. -[Vic] I'm not complaining about it.
[Wade] Let me just remind you.
Ten days ago, Sikoa did exactly the same as what Williams did.
[Vic] You didn't like it then, so you should like it now.
[Wade] A taste of your own medicine, Sikoa. That's what happens in this world.
Maybe you should have brought The Bloodline here.
[Vic] Into the cover and a cover to retain,
and Sikoa keeps a fighting chance in this main event.
[Wade] I call it out how I see it, okay? Williams does what Williams does,
and it's been a highly successful combination for him and Melo.
Sikoa is the last person on planet earth
who can have any gripe about what just went down.
[Vic] Of course, Sikoa injuring his left knee in that all-out brawl
with Von Wagner that went just about everywhere around us.
You got to wonder if he's even 100% competing here.
Of course, he did compete recently against Drew McIntyre.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Solo! Let's go, Melo!
[Wade] What a start Von Wagner has been.
Remember his debut on the premiere of NXT 2.0 ended up in the main event that night.
Still continues to have reverberations of the going-ons here at NXT.
[Vic] Sitting now down deep.
Now single-leg crab and you see Sikoa trying to keep himself psyched up.
You got to wonder what now could be going through the mind of The Bloodline.
You can see the brace.
Hayes doing a nice job of using the brace for extra leverage. Sikoa is so close.
Couldn't get to the bottom rope,
which means Hayes doesn't have to relinquish the hold.
[Wade] Really smart there from Hayes.
Never seen that use of a brace quite in the same way before,
but he said it before, he's a generational talent.
You're going to see things from Carmelo Hayes you won't see from anyone else.
I will say this about Solo Sikoa, I don't think he knows the word "Quit."
He is as tough as they come. The street fighter from the islands.
[Vic] Sikoa, again, very close, reaching out,
and finally able to break the hold.
You got to give credit whether you like Hayes or not.
He has weathered the storm after having to face the unexpected here tonight.
[crowd chanting] Uso!
[Wade] I'd say the early goings of this match up are the worst I've ever seen Hayes
the A-champ ever look in that ring.
That is a testament to Solo Sikoa.
It has to be said that shock factor may be turning up here tonight
completely unexpectedly, but that's what Melo does.
[Vic] Hayes was like he had seen a ghost when he saw Solo Sikoa.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Solo!
[Wade] Sikoa claimed for months that he had next--
[Vic] Oh, whoa.
[Wade] For the North American Championship but that was a long time ago,
and I thought that was in the rear view mirror.
[Vic] Sikoa trying to block out the pain.
You see him favoring on the left knee, but now just swinging away,
going to the body, beating down the champion.
Oh, super kick to the temple. Samoan drop connects.
It's Sikoa now. Adrenaline will make a man do crazy things.
[Wade] Getting a real head of steam.
That knee having a big effect on the body of Sikoa,
but perhaps the body of Sikoa having a big effect on the body of Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] Sikoa right back in on Hayes, and again, Williams.
-[Wade] Take two. -[crowd booing]
[Vic] Sikoa taking his eyes off the ball. Gets dropped.
Hayes rocking Sikoa.
Now Hayes one more time. Charging in.
What goes up comes crashing down. Could this be it?
North America title on the line. Sikoa into the cover and we--
-[Wade laughs] North American… -[Vic] Oh, man.
[Wade] …Championship slipping away. Trick Williams knows it.
Realizes there's nothing he could do at this point.
[crowd chanting] Number three!
[Vic] That was about as close as it gets. Take one more look.
Melo thought he had him, and then gets dropped,
and in that moment, Sikoa in turn thought he had Hayes
and thought he had his first taste of gold.
[Wade] What a crazy time.
[Vic] Oh, finally, Williams gets dropped,
but Hayes now from behind gets caught and goes spinning.
[Wade] Went to the right too many times.
Paid off the first time, not the second time.
-No chance. -[Vic] Could this be the moment?
[Wade] No chance.
[Vic] Flying solo. Sikoa got all of it.
-One, two, three. -[crowd cheering]
-[bell rings] -[Vic] We got a new champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Beth] Here is your winner
and new NXT North American champion,
Solo Sikoa.
[Wade] What? This was not supposed to be how the night ended.
[Vic] Well, it is. Is the North American title going to Smack Down?
[Wade] This has to be the most unpredictable…
-[Vic] Whoa. -[Wade] …era in WWE history.
[crowd chanting] Solo!
[Vic] Let's go back to the closing moments.
Trick Williams got his nose involved one more time.
Sikoa took him out, then planted the champion, and that opened the doors
because you know Sikoa was given his marching orders
from the head of the table, "Don't leave NXT without the gold."
If you call your shot, to steal the phrases from Melo Hayes,
-you better make it. -[bell rings]
Sikoa took it, he hit it, and now is the North American champion.
[Wade] I'm still in shock here.
[Vic] Sikoa bringing more gold to The Bloodline,
but on this one-year anniversary celebration,
we leave you with one last message.
[soft music]
[male voice] NXT has been
and always will be about developing the superstars of tomorrow,
but we will always reflect and acknowledge the past.
NXT is constantly evolving with a focus on the future.
Superstars develop and move on,
but our message to our passionate fans will never change.
We are N-X-T.
[crowd chanting] NXT!
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