[WWE intro music]
[narrator] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
Halloween, my favorite time of the year.
Last year, your old pal Chucky made sure violence was taken in abundance,
but this year there'll be a lot more.
The title hangs in the heavens, but you'll have to go through
hell to be crowned the new North American champion.
I can't wait.
[man] At Halloween havoc it's every man for themselves.
Frazer, Wagner, Lee, Mensah, Hayes.
Who will climb the ladder?
Who will retrieve the gold?
Who will become NXT North American champion?
You're looking at scary.
Playing with fire is good, clean, fun for the whole family.
Last year, Mandy won the title, but this year she may get burned.
Mandy Rose, I've seen the fear inside you.
I'm going to be the one to burn your empire to the ground.
At Halloween havoc, I'm gonna be more callous, more vicious,
and more ruthless.
Some people deserve to feel pain, but all three of these
guys welcome it.
A young dog-faced gremlin defends his title against a relentless machine
and a man who likes dissecting his victims as much as I do.
As long as I'm breathing, this championship will be mine.
I will endure a great deal of pain.
At Halloween havoc, it will be worth it.
At the end of the night at Halloween havoc,
you will call me NXT champion.
This is going to be a war.
Not to mention caskets, ambulances, and more mayhem than this guy can ask for.
Playtime is over.
Let the night of violence begin.
Enjoy the horror.
Enjoy the carnage.
Enjoy Halloween havoc.
[laughs]
Queen of Halloween, awaken.
Welcome to the scariest night of the year, Halloween havoc.
It's show time.
[laughs]
[announcer] Now, WWE presents NXT Halloween havoc.
[upbeat music playing]
The ghosts, ghouls and goblins have arrived.
We're not only ready for the scariest night of the year,
it's the scariest event of the year.
Welcome to NXT's Halloween havoc,
and it's a night we have been waiting for for weeks.
Ambulance matches, careers on the line, championships, and
speaking of which, the wheel has determined some matches tonight.
Our opening match is the first of three title matches.
[bell ringing]
The following contest is a ladder match for the NXT North American championship.
[Nathan Frazer's music plays]
Introducing first, Nathan Frazer.
Hey, Book. You can see the eyes on Nathan Frazer.
This is the biggest moment in his career here in NXT.
Could tonight be an eye-opening night?
This is the one guy that has showed me everything I need to
know about Nathan Frazer.
This guy is good.
[Frazer's music continues]
You can see Frazer amped up.
He said the hardest part tonight to contain his emotions on such
a big stage.
[Oro Mensah's music plays]
Next, Oro Mensah.
Oh, Mensah not really caring about good luck or bad luck
walking underneath the ladder.
There's still, book, a lot to be discovered about Mensah.
Yes.
I've been doing a little research on this guy.
He's a high-flying technician, a guy that want to throw caution
to the wind, and in a match like this, you're going to need all of that.
Of course, Oro Mensah teaming with this superstar this past
Tuesday on NXT.
[Wes Lee's music plays]
Wes Lee.
I bring that up because tonight, book, you know better
than anyone, every man for himself.
Yes, this kid right here, Wes Lee, speed, quickness.
Everything under the sun, this kid right here has it.
I just wonder, is this night, Halloween havoc 2022, will it be
Wes Lee's night?
You bring up speed.
Of course, the goal of this match will be the first to climb
the ladder and retrieve the North American championship to
walk out of Halloween havoc with gold around your waist.
To book's point, is tonight the night Wes Lee turns his 2022 around?
[Von Wagner's music plays]
[announcer] Accompanied by Mr. Stone, Von Wagner.
Book, I'm going to be blunt.
Is he the odds-on favorite to win just out of his pure size?
Hey, man.
I like Von Wagner, no playing, no jiving, just business.
Hey, man, but don't ready into the sight's thing.
This is a ladder match.
It's very, very unpredictable and you know what unpredictable means, right?
Not able to be predicted.
That is the ladder match.
Von Wagner with Mr. Stone on the outside could be the X factor.
Just take a look at the size of Von Wagner, book.
-He's a big guy. -No. He's a monster, baby.
When you look into the eyes of Von Wagner, he truly believes it is-- oh.
[Theme music playing]
Oh, yes.
In the night you will feel the heat.
Was two-time, tonight's the threepeat.
The man don't miss, the bodies will drop.
Rest in-- to all my opps.
[chuckles]
[Carmelo Hayes' music playing]
[announcer] Making his way to the ring, Carmelo Hayes.
It is pretty easy to say, book, he's looking to put all
his haters to rest here tonight.
Carmelo Hayes, man.
This kid is at the top of my fav five
and I'm wondering who's going to be the other four?
I'm wondering.
Carmelo Hayes is in a class of his own, man.
Well, right now he is standing center of attention.
This the fourth time the North American Championship has been
defended in a ladder match.
The last time it was defended Wrestle Mania Saturday Stand & Deliver
wasn't really the night Carmelo Hayes thought he was going to have.
[bell ringing]
NXT universe is fired up, and Lee just dropped melo.
Look, remember why we're here.
Solo Sikoa took Wes Lee's spot after he was voted in by the NXT universe.
Lee was blindsided by Hayes and Williams.
Sikoa beat Hayes, had to relinquish the title.
That's how we've gotten to this five-man ladder match,
and already, as you would say, book, human demolition derby.
Yes, indeed.
Human demolition, but you talk about Carmelo Hayes losing that title,
but what a great showing from that kid.
Highlight reel after highlight reel.
Tonight, he's just going to have to step up and take it.
In the ring right now, Frazer, Mensah, action all over this place.
Hard to keep an eye. Take a look at the pace.
It is quickening here right now, and Frazer just running right in,
taking Mensah off his feet, but again, book, got to remind everyone.
Only way to win not on style points.
Climb the ladder, retrieve the title.
Yes, but you're talking about this kid, Nathan Frazer.
Talking about his great qualifying match.
This Nathan Frazer is the guy.
NXT universe.
Already Frazer looking around.
[Crowd chants "Frazer"]
Just take a look at Frazer.
Take a look at the height, and the fact that he's willing to
sacrifice his body to call himself a champion.
Yes, that's what I'm talking about.
In a match up like this, you got to have no conscious.
You just got to go out and throw caution to the wind
and see how this thing play out in the end.
Let the dice roll, man.
Melo able to avoid.
Got caught in the back end right there.
Certainly couldn't do it again, and now Lee taken out.
Mensah and Frazer working together as a team for the most part.
All five of these superstars know what is on the line.
A chance to call themselves a champion, and there is melo taking over.
Of course, Melo did not have to qualify to enter into this match up,
but he's looking tonight, book, for a threepeat.
This kid's looking real good, and I always say, Carmelo Hayes,
this kid has got everything to make it to that next level.
He checks off every box, but the fans are fickle.
It's all about what have you done for me lately, man, and that's not it.
That's not it, man.
[crowd chants "Frazer"]
NXT universe already becoming unglued.
They were on their feet.
They were out of control.
They were loud as ever this past Tuesday.
It has carried in to tonight's Halloween havoc.
Now Frazer setting up the ladder, and he's looking up.
Starting to scale is Frazer.
He's close, he's close.
-A couple of rings away. -So close.
Putting his hand up.
Oh, Mensah running a little bit of interference to continue this match up.
Look, book, you've been part of ladder matches in the past,
how difficult are they when you're a participant
and you got other bodies flying around?
Man, it's hard for me to talk about that because that just
didn't happen in the mindset to throw caution to the wind.
I wasn't one of those guys that wanted to go through pain and trials
and tribulation.
You got to be a certain kind of guy.
Every time I think about a match like this,
I think about Joey
Mercury being all busted up.
Not my cup of tea, man.
Melo right now looking around and realizing.
Again, Hayes has been in a ladder match.
This is how he lost the championship back in Stand & Deliver.
He knows what is needed to be done here tonight,
and it's take it to everyone and leave no man standing,
so it's an easy path to the top.
Might not be walking after that one.
You talk about how Carmelo Hayes lost his championship.
In my opinion, Carmelo in that match just tried to do a little too much,
major players in that match up.
Man, this thing's getting-- just turning to another dimension.
Book, you've taken a look at all these bodies flying around,
ladders flying around, everything.
You talk about a guy like Wes Lee.
Wes Lee's been trying to harness his emotions of everything that
has gone wrong in his life over the last 10 months.
I'm watching Wes Lee right now.
Beautiful right there.
Timing, and balance, and everything.
This kid has it all.
Talk about Wes Lee.
Let's talk about Von Wagner, and we talked about his size,
we talked about his strength, and how much more dangerous is
Wagner with a ladder in his hand?
Von Wagner, you could just-- I always say, you can look in
the man's eyes and it tells a story.
Von Wagner is perhaps one of the scariest eyes I have ever walked
upon in this business.
Wagner now.
-Look at Frazer. -Frazer's quick.
Frazer just trying to do anything he can, but one more time.
Not going to work with the big man.
This guy's over 300 pounds of solid muscle.
Von Wagner with no remorse, to your point, book, in his eyes.
As he is laying waste to the field, and one more time.
Put him down.
Wagner now, Mr. Stone shouting to Wagner.
Wagner's the only one standing.
It's all about timing.
-It's all about being in the right place-- -Think about how tall Von Wagner is.
He doesn't have to go up as many rungs to get to the ladder,
-or to get to the gold off the ladder. -Carmelo's quick, though.
Right now, Von Wagner's a man on a mission.
Here we go.
Nice job by Hayes.
That's what I'm talking about.
Hayes is looking around now.
Just like that, the complexion of this match up changes to, book,
where Hayes is the only one standing.
Like I said, Carmelo Hayes just needs to play this thing.
He needs to be smart.
He needs to make sure he's consistent.
He needs to stay focused in a match up like this.
Exactly what I'm talking about right there.
You got to have your head on a swivel, man.
[Crowd chants "holy --"]
Book, I think we're going to hear that a few times here
tonight at Halloween havoc.
Take another look.
Wes Lee, boom, with a little extra, and again it's very interesting.
[Crowd chants "this is awesome"]
Wow.
These guys, all these superstars are willing to
destroy themselves to become champion.
That's Mensah right there with that high-flying ability
right there with the quickness.
Mensah could be the X-factor in this match up right here tonight.
I want to ask you, he could be a diamond in the rough, so to speak, in NXT.
We talked about the future being bright in the WWE.
Mensah is a kid who is a former NXT UK tag team champion,
and tonight he's going to have to take all of those high-flying skills
to the next level to become…
-Uh-oh, wait a minute. -the North American--
-Look at Melo. -Champion.
Oh, my god.
I know you are a big fan of Hayes, with Trick Williams on the outside.
Will tonight be the night for Hayes to silence his critics?
To put to bed his haters.
He says he is nothing but a vibe,
and right now he is chopping down the field.
Carmelo Hayes is on a roll right now.
I say this kid, like I said, just stay focus, stay consistent
and he'll be like Tony Montana.
The world could be his.
-Oh, my god. -He may not be his, book,
because he may not be walking tomorrow.
[Crowd chants "holy --"]
Let's go back to some of the action.
First, of course, melo don't miss.
Connected, but as it would continue to roll on,
he certainly would be outsmarted for a moment, but back to live action.
Von Wagner again unleashing his wrath against these other four.
Did you see that choke slam?
Nathan Frazer got caught up in the lights, man.
Here we go one more time.
Lee able to counter.
Step-up just rocked Wagner.
Quickness of this kid, Wes Lee.
A little bit extra.
Now Lee continuing to apply the offensive pressure.
You got to stay on the move.
You got to stay on your bicycle with a big man like Von Wagner.
You want to keep this man close to the body.
Oh, my god.
That's that man right there. That's that man.
Williams is shouting-- you speak of a man,
there's only one man standing right now and it's Mensah.
Mensah.
Like I said, in the right place at the right time.
That's what the ladder match is all about.
Pressure creates diamonds and he has felt all the pressure
since arriving in NXT.
-This could change the-- -Mensah starting his climb,
and trick Williams.
What the hell is he doing?
The ultimate x factor.
Williams on the-- whoa.
I'll give credit where credit is due.
Mensah realized he was going to crash and burn.
He tried to wipe out the field, but trick Williams--
Williams is afraid of heights.
Just do it, man.
The race is on.
Stone, Williams.
He hit him with a shoe.
[Crowd chants "NXT"]
Book, take a look around.
We made the comment of it being human demolition derby,
but that is what it is.
Who is going to climb the stairway to hell to retrieve the gold?
Once again, it is Mensah.
Let me tell you something he's still got--
Climb, Mensah.
He's there.
Book, he's got his hands on the title.
Not for long, not for long.
Big Von Wagner, the man that take care all of the business.
Wagner certainly is all business.
I've already said it once.
How dangerous is Wagner when he gets a ladder in his hands?
He could just jump up and get the belt.
-No. -I don't think he's that tall.
He's going to need a little help.
He's going to need a little help, Vic.
He doesn't have any help from Mr. Stone.
Remember, he was just wiped out by Trick Williams.
Now Wagner has the moment, has the time, and is wasting no time
in finding not just any ladder.
Book, that is a Von Wagner sized ladder.
King size.
Extra, extra.
Mensah trying to do his best.
Book, Wagner's been unstoppable.
Like I say, he's been a--
this is his sort of match.
Wrecking ball in this match up right here.
This match is tailor made for a big man like Mensah.
He has no pity, no care for these superstars out here
in the middle of this ring tonight.
Evil intentions on the mind of one Von Wagner.
I don't like the looks of this right here. I'm going to tell you that right now.
I don't like the way this looks.
What a way to kick off Halloween havoc.
Wes Lee-- what?
Frazer. What the hell is on Frazer's mind?
Risking it all for the glory.
[Crowd chants "holy --"]
Wagner has only himself to blame.
He was the one who brought out that giant ladder,
and you called him-- what did you call him earlier?
A human highlight reel?
That's what Nathan Frazer has done tonight is highlight after
highlight after highlight.
Like I said, this kid Nathan Frazer is a special, special type of talent.
Showed me something in his qualifying match against Axiom.
To get through that match-- oh, man.
Just as quick, just as we blink, Wes Lee taking out Mensah.
Mensah crashing hard.
Hard shot right there to Wes Lee.
Look at Hayes using his environment, and here's that man, book.
That man on top of the-- oh, man.
Talking about a car crash here tonight.
Wes Lee, I just saw in his eyes, he's right here in front of us,
Wes Lee will not be denied.
Look into the eyes of Lee.
He's determined as ever, and he's focused now on the prize
that hangs above the ring, the North American championship.
-Book, I thought there was only -Come on.
-one of these giant ladders. -What do you think?
What do you think? This is a ladder match.
-I'm not a handy man. -This is a ladder match.
We may get one bigger than this if this don't work.
Come on, Wes.
You can do it, man.
Let's take a look at the bodies that are around the ring.
That ladder's so big, Wes Lee is having a hard time getting
into the ring right now.
He got a bigger problem than that ladder, I believe.
He's standing now in the center of the ring, it's Von Wagner.
Wagner doing his best to navigate his way around the ladder.
Wasting too much time.
To your point, there's Lee.
Lee trying to climb, trying to hold on.
Bad, bad.
What the hell is he doing?
-What is he doing? -Look at the power.
-What is he doing? -Look at the strength.
What the hell is he doing?
Wagner now with everyone down, there's no one to stop Von Wagner.
Inches away.
Frazer, Frazer.
Frazer feeding off the energy of the NXT universe.
Trying to chop down Wagner.
Now Frazer all alone at the tippy top.
The power, book, is it too much to overcome?
What the hell are you thinking?
Come over here and look at Wes Lee laid out.
This kid may need some help.
I don't know what the hell is-- Von Wagner is a man on a mission
alone tonight.
Mensah.
I don't know if that ladder will win him the championship, but it
might be able to chop down Wagner.
These are the same two that worked together to start the match up.
It looked like they had put together some sort of plan.
Wagner again to his feet.
Oh, man.
If they're going to take the big man out, do it quickly.
We'll settle this between us.
That's a great plan right there.
They should've thought of it a long time ago.
It's not too late to succeed, book.
This is some sound strategy after the devastation we've seen from Wagner.
Just look at your feet first hand.
Wes Lee, like I said, is in dire straits right now.
He's in a lot of pain and I know he's out.
Wes Lee is out.
Wes Lee is done for tonight.
Now Mensah.
Mensah trying to make a golden night.
Mensah quickly trying to scale.
-Here we go. -There's Frazer on the other side.
It's a race to the top, and both men now inches away
from the North American title.
Inches away from their first singles championships here in NXT.
Right now it's turned into a fight.
It's all about that North American Heavyweight Championship
that hangs high above.
Frazer's got his hands, and Mensah quickly.
Now he's the one reaching up.
He's so close.
That championship just spinning, just moving,
just within the fingertips, the clutches of both these superstars.
Mensah now.
Mensah's all alone.
Hayes from behind, and again we talk about Hayes have already
being in one of this multi-men ladder matches.
As Mensah was holding on for a moment.
Couldn't quite get a full grip on the championship.
Beautiful there by Carmelo Hayes.
You're moments away, kid.
You're moments away.
You're about to be on top of the world, ma.
All you got to do is grab it.
Book, is this the moment for melo?
Do we have a threepeat?
There's Wes Lee.
Lee out of desperation saves this match up for not only himself
but every other competitor here at Halloween havoc.
You got to be kidding me.
Wes Lee is back in the middle of that ring.
By any means necessary, this kid is willing to go through hell
and high water to get that championship around his waist.
Book, it's unbelievable that these two are still standing
after this brutal ladder match.
Heads up there by Lee to chop down Hayes,
and now trying to climb again is Lee.
Rung after rung, and Hayes right on his heels.
Couple of body shots from Hayes, weakening the body of Lee.
Lee doing his best at this moment to try to slug it out, book.
Yes. Right now it's just a fight.
It's just a fight, but right now I don't like the positioning.
I don't like the positioning right now, Vic.
I don't like it at all.
It's about who wants it more.
Who's willing to go that extra inch?
Who's willing to go that extra mile?
Who's willing to lay it all on the line tonight?
Grabbing on out of desperation the heel for a moment.
Lee looking up and realizing Hayes is still right there.
Lee again.
One more time, and now Lee taking a look around.
Is this Lee's moment?
Lee's going up.
-You talked about the pain and suffering-- -everything he's
gone through this year since the beginning of 2022 for this moment.
-He's there. -One more rung.
-He's there. -Wes Lee's to the top.
Wes Lee's got the gold. [bell ringing]
Wes Lee is champion.
[Wes Lee's music plays]
Here is your winner and new NXT North American champion,
Wes Lee.
The love from the NXT universe for Wes Lee.
From tears of sadness to pure tears of joy.
Lee's first ever singles title ever in any promotion, book.
The first time ever.
Yes, indeed.
How beautiful it is.
[Crowd chants "you deserve it"]
We talked about what this match up was going to be.
Book, here it is again.
We got the hell out of dodge because Lee was in our laps.
For all intensive purposes, I got to be honest.
I didn't think there was a snowball's chance in hell Wes
Lee was going to get back to his feet to even continue this match,
but somehow, some way, he continued to gut it out.
He continued to dig deep.
He continued to find that different gear in places that
most men don't have to persevere and push through.
What happened in the end, Wes Lee reached the pinnacle,
reached the top, and the cardiac kid raises above all here
tonight at Halloween havoc.
[soft music playing]
I am from Knoxville, Tennessee.
I was born April 9th, 1989.
Sports has been a part of my life ever since I can remember.
I got very good very quickly.
I was obsessed with being the absolute best.
I earned a full athletes scholarship to the University of South Carolina,
but I put a lot of pressure on myself
and so I forgot that I was supposed to be having fun in the process.
I was always naturally a muscular, bigger girl,
so I started dieting to try to get faster.
That's when I developed bulimia.
I just got really, really lost.
At that point, I was like I need to face my demons
and I went back home.
I was like this hometown success
and now I'm back at home and I failed.
I was in a dark place.
That's when WWE came into my life.
Bianca Belair is who I wanted to be as a little girl,
but I was too shy to be her.
I feel like I'm in this environment now where I can just be me.
[music]
I'm the b-e-s-t and that ain't up for debate.
I was meant to be here.
I just didn't know this was my dream until it was my reality.
The EST of WWE is now the B-E-S-T.
I want young girls to see themselves in me.
We are just getting started creating history.
They don't have to dim their light for anyone.
Now, looking back at my life,
I look at all the pieces that led me to WWE.
Who knew that I had dream and my final destination was sitting
right here on my shoulder now?
[music]
What a way to kick off tonight with the first of three championship match ups.
There you see JD McDonagh putting in a few extra moments
of preparation before that main event match later tonight.
Book, is this the type of focus you want to see out of JD McDonagh?
Man, I love this kid, JD McDonagh.
He's a different type of animal.
He's a guy that if he has you in his cross hairs,
he's going to take you out.
I cannot wait to see this man in action.
Of course, in the main event, Bron Breakker does not have to
be factored in the decision to lose his championship.
[music]
Did they just crank on the air conditioning in here?
It feels a little cold.
Well, there is the casket for our upcoming casket match and
while we want to say congratulations
to Wes Lee on his win of the North American title,
we got to go to Alba Fyre
last night with an eerie message of her own.
Mandy Rose,
if you want to fight Fyre with fire then meet me here tomorrow night.
Listen, Alba wants to fight Fyre with fire?
Let's play.
-You can't be serious. -Dead serious.
Yeah, you're not actually thinking about going, are you?
What do you mean actually?
Of course, we're going and what do I have to be afraid of?
I am the most dominant champion in NXT history, and ladies,
we are Toxic Attraction.
Yeah, there's Toxic Attraction and everybody else,
but that doesn't mean you should go.
Listen, I'm going to beat her down, drag her ass back here,
and finish this in the middle of the ring, okay?
Let's go. Title.
Thank you.
-Is she crazy? -Oh, my god.
Just let's go.
-[tense music plays] -[crows cawing]
-We're here. -Oh.
Okay. First of all, don't be so dramatic.
We're going to find Alba, beat her down, and drag her as back
and finish her in the ring, okay?
Correction. You two are going to go look for Alba.
I'm going to say in the car.
That girl, she broke a rib on Tuesday.
-I just-- -Oh, suck it up.
You know what? I've changed my mind.
This is going to be easy.
It's three-on-one. Doesn't matter how many bats she has.
We go in, we destroy Alba, there is no match, Mandy keeps her title.
Easy peasy. Done.
Thank you. Exactly.
Okay, let's go show Alba who the hell we are, right?
You don't need me.
One half of the greatest women's tag team champions in history.
The most dominant women's champion.
Okay, you're coming.
-Let's go. -Come on. Let's go.
Don't be so scared. [chuckles]
[tense music plays]
[thunder]
You're going to need these.
Can we go home?
-Guys, this is spooky. -I don't like it.
-I actually like this. -Stop it. Stop.
This isn't fun.
-[creepy sounds] -Stop. What was that?
-What? What? -Jacy, relax, you're fine.
-Welcome. -[screams]
-Jacy! -Oh, go. Go, go, go.
[creepy sounds]
-Oh. -Oh, there it is.
[creepy sounds]
[thunder]
Oh, it's beautiful.
I don't think Alba's in there.
Hey. Let's go back to the car.
I think I've seen this place before actually.
-Who cares? -[door squeeks]
[woman] Mandy, come in and play.
Yeah, Jacy, she's not here. Come on. Let's go.
Oh.
Come on, Jacy, you'll be fine.
Come on, let's go.
[creepy sounds]
Okay, maybe we should split up.
Oh, yeah, great. Don't you watch horror movies?
Never split up.
-Didn't you watch the documentary? -Not about the documentary. Please.
[imitates] "Why don't we just wait in the car?" [sobs]
-Why are you like this? -Because it's fun and I love Halloween.
Okay, and I love holding on to my title. So how about this?
The faster we find Alba, the faster we get out of here, okay?
-All right. -So we're splitting up.
You go that way, you go that way, and whoever finds her scream
-and we'll come find you, okay? -Okay.
Let's go.
You never split up.
[screams]
[creepy sounds]
Alba? Alba?
Alba?
It's Jacy.
I'm so sorry for everything I ever did to you.
Oh.
What's that?
[screams]
Oh!
[exhales]
Alba? Alba are you in here?
Alba? [screams]
[screams]
[tense music plays]
Alba?
Who's there?
Who's there? Alba? Alba?
Is that you?
[screams]
[laughs]
Jacy.
Chucky, what are you doing here?
You want to play?
What are we doing? A tea party or something?
You need some serious dental work, my friend, and you, what are we doing?
A little chamomile earl Grey?
You look like you've got a nice hot cup of Joe.
It's kind of cold out here, actually. No, I'm good. What have we got?
Oh, cake, it's someone's birthday.
No, I said I'm good-- Oh.
[groans]
Come here. You want to do this? You want to scare me, huh?
[groans]
My, my, my.
[screams]
Don't touch me! Help me!
Help! Help me! Help!
[church bell rings]
[tense music plays]
Where am I?
-Welcome, my child. -Oh.
[groans]
Put some respect on my name!
[piano plays]
[sighs]
[piano plays]
[thunder]
[groans]
I told you I fight Fyre with fire.
-[creepy sounds] -[screams]
[groans]
Don't fall in.
[groans]
[thunder]
Mandy! Mandy, no! Don't take her!
Don't take her!
-No! -What's that thing you like to say?
There's Toxic Attraction and then there's everybody else.
[groans]
I'm not everybody else.
[piano plays]
Book, it's safe to say Mandy Rose has never faced anyone like Alba Fyre.
No, I told you, Fyre, she's different.
Well, right now, speaking of different, taking a look into the arena.
The druids have finally gotten the casket into place.
The demonic wheels spoke earlier tonight when it was found that
these two superstars would try to lock the other in a casket.
[crowd cheers]
[music starts]
[Apollo] Life is a seesaw of breakthroughs and setbacks,
but time constantly moves forward.
Time waits for no man.
[Vic] Welcome back to NXT, Apollo Crews.
[Apollo] Every once in a while, I hear the echoes of those three letters.
NXT.
Time is uncontrollable, but I can control my future.
Apollo! [laughs]
-Why are you here? -Why not?
You're here to take from me, right?
Apollo Crews is selfish
and no one wants to ask the tough questions, I will.
Welcome to the premiere of the Grayson Waller Effect.
How does it feel being nothing more than a clout chaser?
See, the thing is, I found something missing in myself
and I had to come back to find out what that was, and of course, naturally
I knew some people would hate it and be jealous like you.
Here's a better question for you, how does it feel when you go home
your kids and you got to tell them
daddy couldn't cut it on Mondays and Fridays?
[crowd cheers]
[Vic] Waller and Crews are going to battle it out one-on-one.
Waller up and over and an inadvertent rake of the eyes.
Coming in, looking for it, gets caught. Oh, and that's blatant.
[announcer] That blind bum, Apollo Crews.
You can kiss my ass.
[Apollo] He tried to permanently blind my vision, permanently blind me
from seeing monumental moments.
Everything still has a haze to it.
Too grained to make out.
But unlike Waller, I'm not afraid of the unknown.
[music starts]
[Apollo] Fear lives inside of everyone, but you can't run from fear,
you have to confront it.
It's easy to look at the man in the mirror and say you will.
[they chatter]
[Apollo] At Halloween Havoc, let's see what happens.
[Waller] I already beat Apollo Crews.
The tricks, the visions, they end at Halloween Havoc,
when one more time Grayson Waller defeats--
Boo, Grayson Waller. [laughs]
It's your old pal, Chucky.
Your match at Halloween Havoc is going to be
a spin-the-wheel-and-make-the-deal match.
Grayson, at Halloween Havoc--
So many choices.
A ring of fire, buried alive, casket, cage.
I leave you in the dark.
[Chucky] Don't fear the wheel, Grayson,
it's your friend till the end.
If you make it. [laughs]
-[crowd cheers] -[bell rings]
The following contest is a casket match.
The first superstar to throw his opponent into the casket
and close the lid will be declared the winner.
-[music starts] -[crowd booing]
[Alicia] Introducing first, Grayson Waller.
[crowd booing]
[Vic] NXT universe on their feet, always vocal.
And if you want to be part of our live NXT audience right here
in Orlando, Florida, join the NXT Live Facebook page for more information.
[crowd cheers]
[Vic] Book, I look at Grayson Waller, you may like the guy,
you may hate the guy, he doesn't seem like himself right now
by just taking a look at that casket.
[Book] Yeah. Yeah.
Would you do the same after the-- What'd you call it?
The event that happened under those bloody eyes.
Would you be the same?
[Vic] No, but I wouldn't have been running my mouth to Apollo Crews
for weeks and months either, to be fair.
The wheel has spoken
and a man who's been all smiles
since earlier today on his way to the ring.
-[music starts] -[crowd chers]
[Alicia] And his opponent, Apollo Crews.
[Vic] I think the chorus of the casket match
to put your opponent inside the casket, shut the lid, and for Apollo Crews,
he's looking to do just that, but also looking to fulfill
what really has been some brutal visions of Grayson Waller.
[Book] Yes, indeed. I mean, You talked about the casket match.
Of course, they are not preparing to go one-on-one
with the Undertaker or anything like that, but this is two guys
that's got a score to settle here at Halloween Havoc
and somebody's going in a casket.
[Vic] You mentioned the Undertaker, this actually, Book,
just the fourth casket match ever to not to feature the WWE Hall of Famer.
It's the first casket match ever in NXT,
and the first in WWE since the Greatest Royal Rumble.
And for us, we got the best seat in the house.
I can't really complain how that wheel came up.
[Book] Guess what, Vic?
I didn't know that.
-[bell rings] -[Brook laughs]
[Vic] Right now, right off rip, Waller going right at Crews.
Look, there is no love lost between either of these two superstars.
Oh!
[Book] Beautiful dropkick there by Crews.
[Vic] And Crews right back on top.
Look, crews has been trying to get his hands on Grayson Waller.
It's been an eye for an eye.
Crews all about retribution, trying to get his hands on Waller,
and of course, trending number one in the United States
because of the high-impact offense what we just saw
from that opening ladder match to the absolute unknown in this casket match.
And it's the unknown that doesn't scare Crews.
[Book] You're talking about that ladder match.
What a match, but right now we've got
Crews versus Waller casket match.
Let me tell you something, just because Apollo came back to NXT
to find a few missing pieces, don't think this guy's not talented,
but tonight is a must, must win for Apollo Crews.
[Vic] Oh, Waller dropping the elbow, dropping Crews.
Oh, and you just mentioned the Undertaker.
Of course, Waller not afraid to poke fun at legends,
and now Crews not playing around in this match up.
Look, for Apollo Crews, it's very simple.
He truly believes that he came back for a reason.
That reason is unfinished business.
To wear gold around his waist, and would you say the winner of this match
could be next in line for the NXT championship?
[Book] Yeah, I think so. I definitely think so.
Apollo Crews, the man has definitely got all the talent,
but I think Crews came back for more so than just to get gold around his waist,
but to fine tune himself.
To figure out not just how to get to the top,
but how to stay at the top, dawg.
[Vic] Of course, Crews a former intercontinental champion,
United States champion, has competed at Wrestlemania.
And now you see Waller trying to run away.
And Waller just seeing a small opening.
This is what I mean whether you like him or not,
you got to respect the game of Grayson Waller.
[Book] Let me tell you something. This Grayson Waller has
a boat load of confidence.
I don't know how talented he is.
We're going to find out tonight.
If it was going on confidence, he got a win already.
[Book] Waller said he was going to run Crews out of NXT.
And Book, I got to believe it's a little harder than Waller originally thought.
Charging right back in, and got launched.
[Book] Oh, dear. This is going to be a lot harder because Apollo Crews,
he's a tremendous athlete. He's an amazing talent.
Like I say, taking a step back is ala Drew Mcintyre, ala Cody Rhodes.
Let me figure this thing out a minute, man.
[Vic] Crews trying to put the pieces together.
As we mentioned, an eye for an eye.
Now Waller getting a little combination in.
[Book] Nice combination there by Waller.
Like I said, don't sleep on this kid, Grayson Waller.
Right now, he has, like I say, a boat load of confidence.
In this business right there, it could take you straight to the top, Vic.
[Vic] Waller tonight doesn't have the mental advantage
that he typically does because, really,
it's been Crews playing the mental games against Waller.
[Book] That's the thing. Crews has been to--
[Vic] Whoa! Waller might have been looking to dump Crews
towards that casket.
Again, in this casket match,
you have to put your opponent in the casket and shut the lid.
[Book] Like I was saying, Crews has been to that next level.
Crews knows all about the mind games, the tricks, the politics
in the locker room.
This is nothing new for Apollo.
-[crowd] Let's go, Grayson! -[crowd] Waller sucks!
[Vic] Well, again-- Action getting a little too close for comfort.
[crowd cheers]
[they groan]
[Book] Yes, indeed.
-[Vic] Whoa! -[Book] Wow!
[Book] What the hell?
[Vic] That's my pen.
I'm throwing something-- I told you he'd cut corners,
and that's what Waller's got to do, though, Book, in this match.
Right, wrong, or indifferent.
[Book] Did you say that was your pen?
[Vic] It was my pen.
-[Book] Don't you feel any blame for that? -[Vic] What do you mean?
[Book] I mean, you are an accomplice to a crime.
[Vic] Just watch the pen. He grabs my pen and then use it to his advantage.
Again, right, wrong, or indifferent,
Grayson Waller went right into the eye of Apollo Crews,
and that's what this is about.
An eye for an eye between these two superstars.
-May I borrow your pen please? -[Book] No, you cannot.
[crowd chatters]
[Vic] Waller certainly has turned this match up around rather quickly.
And now right over by the casket.
[they groan]
[Book] Apollo had everything going for him there for a second.
That's the Apollo I was about to say, about to put the locker room on notice,
and Waller just turned it around quick as a cat.
-[crowd] Let's go Apollo! -[crowd] Let's go Grayson!
[Vic] What is on the mind of Apollo Crews?
As you hear the very vocal NXT universe here tonight at Halloween Havoc.
And Waller thumb to the eye. Right to the eye again of Crews.
[Book] Man! Whoa!
That's it!
It's over!
[crowd chatters]
[Vic] The referee using their discretion that--
[Book] It's over!
[Vic] Look, the object of the match up is to put your opponent
in the casket and close the lid.
[Book] The ref needs to have the wherewithal,
the understanding and know-how to raise this man's hand.
-[music starts] -[crowd chatters]
[Vic] What's Waller looking at?
-Book. -[Book] What the hell's going on?
[Vic] Book, are the druids bringing another casket to the ring?
And Crews taking it to Waller now.
This match up is not over. This match up is continuing.
You have to put your opponent in the casket and shut the lid.
[Book] Vic, this match should be over.
I don't know what the hell's going on right now.
[Vic] This match up is continuing,
and Crews is taking it to Waller.
Apollo Crews-- Wait a minute.
When is too far too far, though?
-[Book] Whoa! -[crowd chatters]
There's nowhere for Waller to run.
There's nowhere for Waller to hide.
-Whoa! -[Book] Oh, god!
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] You talk about some high-impact offense.
I understand what's going on right now between Waller and Crews,
but I can't help but look up and see these druids with yet another casket.
-You thought this was over. -[Book] Yes, indeed.
I thought it was over, and the druids you talk about,
they are intimidating, and Waller is definitely on the receiving end
of a beat down here at Halloween Havoc.
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] And you see Crews. That's a much bigger casket.
That casket is double deep and double wide.
And Crews calling for the officials to open it, and now he's looking
to plant Waller inside of it.
[Book] Waller got in a little quicker though. Trying to figure it out.
[Book] Like a scolded dog trying to get away and Crews right on top of Waller.
This means so much for Crews. He's heard what Waller's had to say.
He's heard what Waller's had to say about his children.
He's heard what Waller's had to say about the rest of his family.
Apollo Crews looking to put Waller to bed here tonight.
[Book] This Apollo Crews right here, this is the Apollo Crews
that we need to see on a weekly basis.
You talk about Apollo Crews coming back to get gold.
This is a guy that could win a world championship
anywhere in the world right here in the middle of this ring.
[Vic] What goes up must come down, and that casket is open.
And, Book, that's a much more sturdy casket, don't you think?
[Book] It is. Just knocked all the wind out of Waller.
All he just has to do is
Just roll him in and close the lid, man.
[Vic] Waller so close. Crews.
Waller's inside the casket.
All crews has to do now is shut the lid.
Crews trying to shut the lid and Waller getting up.
[they groan]
[Book] It's not going to be that easy tonight.
[Vic] Certainly not, and Waller quickly hopping out of the casket.
Definitely gives him the heebie-jeebies.
[Book] Man, they want you to be-- Oh, my god.
They want you to be real comfortable in this casket.
They got pillows and everything. It may have a jacuzzi.
I think it's big.
[Vic] Yeah. You're in there, you may not be getting out, and that is exactly
where Crews finds himself now.
Waller looking to shut the lid. Crews trying to fight it from underneath.
Trying to keep the lid from closing.
[cheers and applause]
Crews using that strength, and now Crews dragging Waller inside.
-Both men inside the casket. -[Book] Like I said, man.
That thing is about as big as a double wide is this casket.
[they groan]
[crowd cheers]
[Vic] And Waller-- Uh-oh.
Waller not going to like the looks.
Trying to scratch and claw, but you reap what you sow.
[Book] Oh, man.
[Vic] No love lost between these two superstars, and I wonder, Book,
how hard it is to even prepare for a casket match,
let alone finding out just a few hours ago what sort of match up
you would be competing in at Halloween Havoc.
[Book] You just talked about it earlier. This match right here,
Waller is a kid that's got a whole lot of room for mistakes, but Apollo?
No, no, no.
This is a must win for Apollo Crews tonight here at Halloween Havoc.
He has to put Waller in that casket and close that lid, man.
[crowd] Apollo! Apollo!
[Vic] No doubt who the NXT universe is behind, and I believe Crews
just whispered to the official, open the casket again
because he's looking to plant with some authority Waller.
Waller doing his best to weasel his way free.
Trying to get away from Crews by any means necessary at this point.
Kawada Kick, connects. And again, Waller on rubber legs.
[crowd cheers]
[Book] Oh, beautiful!
[crowd cheers]
[Vic] Oh, the Arrogant Aussie, is he going to leave Halloween Havoc
with the biggest trick of them all?
[Book] Oh, this kid Waller is crafty, man.
I like it. I like it a lot.
[crowd booing]
[Vic] Never one to shy away from mocking a legendary Hall of Famer.
-[Book] This kid's a showman. -[Vic] Waller-- No.
-[Book] He's a showman. -[Vic] Book, come on.
-[Book] He's a showman. -[Vic] Looking for a Tombstone.
[Book] Not good for Waller. Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] And Crews with quite the counter.
And, Book, both men down.
So much taken out of both these competitors.
Both these superstars.
Let's not forget, Crews already went through one casket tonight.
[Book] I like Waller and everything about this kid.
-I like the showboating, but sometimes-- -[Vic] He's in!
-[Book] Here we go. -[Vic] Waller's in the casket.
Fingertips!
Trying to push his way free and able to overpower Crews,
and not many have said that, and what a right hand.
And once again getting out of dodge is Waller who goes up.
Oh!
[Book] Beautiful back elbow right there by Waller.
Something's about to happen right here, and I don't think
it's going to be good for Apollo.
[Vic] Crews trying to fight his way free. Certainly does.
And both men-- Whoa! We said it would be with authority.
Waller is in the casket. Crews reaching out.
-Crews closes the lid. -[bell rings]
-[music starts] -[crowd cheers]
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Apollo Crews.
[Vic] Book, you said it was must win for Apollo Crews tonight.
He answered the call.
He withstood the test, and in the end, he is the one with his hand raised.
[Book] Yes, indeed.
I say it, this man right here had to go out and win it,
but Apollo said it earlier, time waits for no man.
We gots to get it done.
Let's go.
[Vic] Let's go back.
This is a point in the match up, Crews went through the coffin.
I have to reiterate.
You have to put your opponent in the lid and shut the casket lid.
Waller thought he was the winner.
Uh-uh. Apollo Crews had something else in mind, as those druids
would bring out a second casket, a bigger casket, a sturdier casket.
You talk about sturdy, as strong as they come.
Apollo Crews able to start to turn this match around,
but for a moment, Grayson Waller had the advantage back.
The momentum had swung into this favor.
Both men were going back and forth, but in the end, bam,
it would be Apollo Crews who would plant Grayson Waller
in his final resting spot here at Halloween Havoc.
And now with the Waller effect put to rest and left in the dark,
can Apollo Crews now focus his vision elsewhere in NXT?
-[music plays] -[crowd cheers]
-[school music starts]
Students, thank you for sending in your history of Halloween Havoc homework.
I'm very pleased by a few of you.
Danielle, Chris, Rachel, but I'll say, some of you were the drizzling [bleep].
How do you not know the location of Halloween Havoc 1995?
Duhaime, you're [bleep] better than that.
I just get so angry because I know how bright you are,
and I want you all to succeed.
I should have cover this at the beginning of class,
but we have a new transfer student to Andre Chase University, Duke Hudson.
[crowd cheers]
Mr. Chase, how did he get in? I hate transfer students.
Bodhi, we have to give Duke a chance.
But, Duke, I will say, I'm going to be watching you.
Oh, I totally understand, Mr. Chase.
but I'm very excited to be here, and I want you to know
that I'm here to learn from you.
I'm very excited to get to know each and every one of you.
Thank you, Duke, but we're almost out of time.
Now the bonus question for 10 extra points.
Halloween Havoc 1996, the Outsiders beat which team
to win the tag team titles?
The Nasty Boys, Mr. Chase.
-I'm sorry, Bodhi that's-- -Sorry! Sorry!
It was the Steiners.
That's not right either. Anybody else?
Duke?
Yes, I believe it was Booker T and Stevie Ray of the Harlem Heat.
Duke, that is correct, and that was a very historic moment
at Halloween Havoc history.
The Outsiders winning their first world tag team championships.
[school bell rings]
Thank you, class. Class dismissed.
[crowd chatters]
Mr. Chase, I do not trust Duke.
Neither do I, Bodhi, but you got to do better in class.
You're right, Mr. Chase. I'll be more prepared on Tuesday.
Thank you.
[man] "The All mighty" Bobby Lashley is number one.
[man 2] He is indeed something beyond human.
[man 3] Supreme dominance!
[man 4] One of the most impressive athletes we've ever seen in WWE.
[Bobby] I will destroy everybody else and reign supreme because right now
is the All-Mighty Era.
I started wrestling when I was in the seventh grade.
I was like a little workhorse kid.
When I got to college, it was on.
I used to always use working out as my outlet.
I took fourth as a freshmen, and then I won nationals my sophomore,
and junior, and senior year.
[announcer] Three-time champion, Bobby Lashley!
[cheers and applause]
[Bobby] After I graduated college, the army coach actually called me.
He asked me if I'd be interested in coming on in the team.
And then from that point on, I was wrestling for the army team.
I went on forces a few times
and then I went onto the military world championships
where I won the silver medal.
Wrestling really took off for me there.
I knew WWE was where I was meant to be.
[announcer] One of the greatest athletes to ever step into the ring.
Three-time national champion amateur wrestler, four-time all-American.
Bobby Lashley is credible to the max.
Very humble man, but when Lashley gets in this ring, he just hits hard.
[crowd cheers]
-[announcer] He got him! -[announcer 2] Oh god! What just happened?
[announcer] Lashley is the United States champion.
Lashley victorious and the new ECW champion.
Some guys when they come along just have it.
Lashley has it.
[crowd cheers]
[announcer] Please show the proper amount of respect for your All Mighty.
[Bobby] This is my ring, and I won't be disrespected.
[crowd cheers]
[announcer] Oh, my god!
No matter how bad you think you are, you will never be All Mighty.
[music plays]
[announcer] The All-Mighty Era never ends.
[Vic] After what we saw earlier tonight, this might be quite the ride
for Mandy Rose as her NXT women's championship
hangs in the balance here tonight at Halloween Havoc.
[music plays]
I'm now joined by the NXT tag team champions, Pretty Deadly.
And guys, how confident are you defending your titles on Tuesday
against Edris Enofe and Malik Blake?
Kenz, we're as tasty as ever, and that means not a care in the world.
Those chaps want to shock the world.
The only shocking thing is they're getting the time of day
with NXT's dandy highway men.
The perfect pair with a full itinerary, but hey,
that comes with the territory of being the greatest tag team in NXT.
McKenzie, please. Watch this.
[both] Side plate check!
Okay, okay, okay.
We get it. Typical Pretty Deadly, more concerned with how they look
than keeping their titles.
You think you're the greatest tag team in NXT?
-We say different. -Give it a rest, all right, Chuckies?
The only thing we're worried about is what outfit we're going to wear on Tuesday.
As for you two, well, break a leg.
Why don't you break a leg.
Yes, we'll see who walks out on Tuesday with their titles.
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following contest is a weapon's wild match where anything goes.
The only way to win is by pinfall or submission.
-[Cora Jade's music plays] -[crowd cheers]
[Alicia] Introducing first, Cora Jade.
[crowd booing]
[Vic] Catch the epic conclusion of the Halloween franchise
with Halloween Ends in theaters and streaming only on Peacock.
This is the weapon's wild match, and there is a woman
who certainly has ushered in a new and darker generation of Jade.
[Book] Yes, she has. I was talking to my son [indistinct]
about these young people today.
He's only 12 years old. He said, "Dad, it's the Generation Z.
You know? There's nothing you can do about it.
These young people are just trying to make up their own rules,
and I get it, I understand it.
You know, the one thing you can't teach is being young.
-[Roxanne Perez's music plays] -[crowd cheers]
[Alicia] And her opponent, Roxanne Perez.
[Vic] When you talk about youth, there is Roxanne Perez
that some had called a protege, and look, go back to NXT Heatwave, Book.
Perez couldn't find that killer instinct that was needed
to beat Cora Jade that night, to hit Cora Jade that evening.
She has promised there will be no hesitation here tonight,
and there is that skateboard which really was the first time we saw
this nasty side of Jade when she broke the skateboard
across the back of Perez.
Is that, however, what you needed to hear, Book, to know that
Perez is laser-focused?
[Book] I think so, right now, Roxanne Perez, she has all the tools
to win this match up tonight, but I say, we talk about that one match
just a couple of months ago, Roxanne was in total control
until that kendo stick came out.
The one thing you cannot do in this business is hesitate.
You got to pull the trigger, man.
-[Vic] Whoa! -[Book] Like that!
[Vic] Well, the trigger pulled, and now Perez swinging for the fences,
and Jade wisely ready to run for the hills here.
And again, everything is legal, weapons wild and I'm almost stunned
because Perez is just stalking Cora Jade.
[crowd chatters]
[Book] We were just talking about an eye for an eye a minute ago.
This right here is payback, man.
-[Vic] Did you call that a receipt? -[Book] Indeed.
[Vic] And Perez has been waiting for this moment, and I got to ask,
we talk about this whole rivalry between these former friends,
bitter enemies as now looking to break that skateboard,
and Jade able to save herself for a moment.
And we've seen this before, Book, will we see it again?
No, this time Perez able to stay a step ahead of Jade.
What went through your mind when Jade tossed
the NXT women's tag team titles in the garbage?
[Book] Honestly, what I thought about immediately it took me back to 1995,
Monday Night Raw, when Medusa threw the WWE women's title in the trash.
Let me tell you something, Medusa said that was the worst moment
of her life looking back at it.
[Vic] Right now this could be the best moment in the career,
the young career of Roxanne Perez.
And you take a look this whole issue…
[crowd] Roxy! Roxy! Roxt!
[Vic] …between these two, Perez, what has she done wrong?
She won the Breakout Tournament, she helped Jade win the tag team titles,
she executed her contract which was her right.
What did she do wrong, Booker, to draw the iron of Cora Jade?
[Book] Let me tell you something, man, it's all about having friends,
buddies, pals.
I've talked to Roxanne about that, when you try to move up,
they're going try to pull you back down.
So I'm going to tell you right now, you got to keep your eye on the prize.
[Vic] Right now, she's trying to keep her eyes on Perez.
Perez trying to keep her eye on Jade. Finally found her, though.
There's nowhere for Cora Jade to run and hide as Jade-- Oh.
What the hell was that?
Was that bug spray?
Spray paint? What was that?
[Book] It was effective, that's what it was.
Right now, Cora Jade, she's going to pull out all the stops
to get a win tonight because she knows the gravity of this match,
she knows she needs to beat Roxanne Perez in order to move up the ladder.
Oh, man!
[crowd cheers]
[Vic] Jade said she can't drown her demons because they know how to swim.
And you talk about Jade's mindset, she takes pride, and we just saw it
moments ago in being just an evil genius.
[Book] You don't just come out like that, you're taught this.
This is what Cora Jade come-- I think it was freelance wrestling
where I think she got her start where it's just a bunch of mayhem and chaos.
Let me tell you something, Roxanne didn't learn like that
in reality of wrestling, but trust me, she can go there.
[Vic] Halloween Havoc still trending number one
in the United States because of what we have witnessed here tonight.
It's been mayhem, it's been demolition derby,
it's been nothing but all-out chaos since the very beginning.
And chaos, book, probably a good word to describe this match
because I'm looking around and there are weapons everywhere.
[Book] It's chaos, madness, mayhem, destruction, all of that.
[Vic] You're a dictionary almost, man.
You got all sorts of words at your disposal,
but right now at the disposal of Jade, a pile of steel
and that is a look of desperation in the eyes of Perez.
[Book] I don't like that look right there at all.
[Vic] Perez's fingers are caught.
[Book] I don't like that look right there.
Perez is in a bad, bad way.
[Vic] It's all legal and now look at Jade.
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] I don't know if you just heard her, she said, "Where's the stick?"
She wants to continue to destroy her former friend.
[Book] Man!
[Vic] And jealousy not a good shade on Jade.
[Book] Jealousy runs deep in this business, that's why I always talk about
you can't have too many friends close to you, you got to be tolerated,
you got to be laser-focused and right now Roxanne Perez is definitely not that.
[Book] Adrian, our officials on hand here in this match up
doing such a good job here tonight
because that was a nasty landing by Perez.
And first, this is what happened.
Jade all the way down, all that pressure just stomping,
and then a little extra insult to injury, so to speak.
[Book] Yes, I'm looking for Roxanne to just start thinking about
what she needs to do and that's just fight.
You can't think about a wrestling match or anything like that,
you can't think about it being technical or anything,
you just got to bring the noise and take it to the streets, man.
-[they groan] -[crowd chatters]
-[Roxanne groans] -[crowd chatters]
[indistinct]
[Vic] There's that jealousy, Book.
There's that jealousy and it's sad to see two friends split
because of one's jealousy, not to mention greed.
[Book] It is, it truly is, and when I see Cora Jade she's got that mean girl
written all over her.
Wanting to be that one bad hottie and nobody else can be that.
That's what this is all about.
[indistinct]
[Vic] Watch out!
That could have been the end of Perez, and Perez answering right back.
And this is, Book, that fight that you were talking about.
This is where she had to go, she's got to get nasty,
she's got to get mean, she's got to find that killer instinct
does Roxanne Perez.
[Book] There it is, I was looking for that word right there, that killer instinct.
That's what she's going to have to bring in a fight like this,
but Cora Jade, she's letting it all hang out.
Whoa!
[crowd cheers]
[Vic] And is it now the moment for Perez to turn things around.
And she can remember,
everything that has happened over the last several months
because of one Cora Jade.
She lost her opportunity at the women's championship because of Jade.
Her best friend stabbed her in the back, she needs to let all that anger,
all that frustration, all that rage,
Book, she's got to let it out now.
[Book] Yeah, I agree, I mean right there she just picked that trashcan lid on her,
but she only did it once.
That should have been a 10-count, man, that should have been a 10-- [chuckles]
You thought you was at Chick-fil-A, it would have been a 10 piece.
[Vic] Well, she's looking for a two-piece and a biscuit at this point.
Perez continuing to bring it and she said no hesitation tonight.
And you can see it's a different look in Perez's eyes,
she's not stopping, she's not thinking, she's just doing.
[Book] Yeah, but that little small bit of hesitation is still rolling through,
those little, bitty smiles in between that is what's worrying me.
We talk about that killer instinct. We need all of that.
[Vic] We're seeing it now, and how good must it feel for Perez.
Swinging for the fences, so to speak, Book.
[Book] There we go right here, this could be it right here.
Taken to the woodshed.
[Vic] Perez into the cover. Will it be enough?
And Jade, credit where credit is due, still showing fight.
[Book] Tough customer in Cora Jade, she's no quitter by any means.
[Vic] This is that side of Perez we talked about this past Tuesday,
would we see it tonight?
You've mentioned it a few times already, Perez is starting to put it together.
I think she's learning to harness her emotions to destroy Cora Jade
and could be looking for some Pop Rocks and Jade had it scouted.
You know, these two know each other so very well.
Jade sensed it, and was able to counter and you saw almost that whiplash effect
for Perez.
[Book] Let me tell you something, Cora is not going to quit anytime soon.
because she knows exactly what this thing is all about and how big this match up is.
[Vic] Into the cover. Is Perez out?
And able to continue to fight is Perez.
[crowd cheers]
[Book] Look at Jade, just the look on her face you could tell she enjoys this
from a certain degree.
[crowd] Cora! Cora! Cora!
[Vic] Is Jade looking for that exclamation point here at Halloween Havoc?
Whoa! Perez!
talk about finding a different gear,
Perez trying to find a different state of mind throughout this match up,
throughout this entire conflict.
And now both women up top teetering.
[crowd] Roxy! Roxy!
[Vic] Something's got to give, Book.
[Book] We're in a high-rent district right here, man,
this is like River Oaks Area.
Whoa! Beautiful.
[Vic] Perez wisely into the cover.
The count, and another near fall and weapons are wild.
Now Jade again trying to run. Where's Jade going?
-[Book] Jade's going for… -[Vic] You can't run away.
[Book] …the hills, man. She's trying to get up out of here, man.
[Vic] You can't run away. Jade running through the NXT universe.
[they groan]
[Roxanne] No.
-[crowd chatters] -[they groan]
-[Vic] Book, are you seeing this? -[Book] Yes, I am.
I'm afraid of heights, so I don't like the looks of this right here at all.
[Vic] You talked about the high-rent district.
Again, anything goes, no disqualifications.
Weapons are wild.
Pinfall or submission, though, has to take place inside the ring.
[Book] Oh, no.
[Vic] We talk about evil intentions, there's no give--
I've been up there, there's no give to that.
[Book] Let me tell you something, Cora Jade has an evil, evil streak.
[crowd chatters]
[Vic] Yes, certainly does, and, well, what's on the mind of Ja--
[crowd cheers]
[Book] What the hell?
[crowd chatters]
[Cora] After everything I did to you.
After everything I did for you.
This is what you--
[Vic] Wait, both these women need to think about this, Book.
[crowd cheers]
[Book] Too late to be thinking, man, we're in it.
-[crowd cheers] -[they groan]
[crowd chatters]
[Vic] Perez. Whoa!
[crowd cheers]
[crowd] Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!
[Book] God.
[Vic] I can't get over what we just witnessed. One more time, book.
-I mean, we talk about-- -[Book] Oh.
[Vic] We talk about the disdain for another individual,
but what makes another superstar, what makes another person
want to do this to another human?
[Book] This is serious. I mean, wait a minute. Are they okay?
[Vic] Referee's there. Look, Perez said she would not hesitate.
She had a momentary hesitation up there and it almost cost her.
Now I don't know how both these women are to their feet,
but what is it going to take to keep the other one down?
[Book] No, that's what I'm talking about.
I mean, both want it just that bad.
I thought the referee should've perhaps stopped this thing after a fall like that,
but we're still going, man.
This is Halloween Havoc.
[Vic] Referee's still in position to check on both these superstars,
but they are willing to destroy themselves to destroy to other,
that's how far this has gotten between two people
that were considered best friends.
[Book] In the best of friends, man, you normally have the best fights,
the best scraps.
[Cora] You were never my friend!
[Vic] Well, Jade making it clear, "You were never my friend."
Perez trying to fight out.
[Book] Whoa!
[Vic] On the bed of steel goes Jade.
[she groans]
You were always my best friend.
[Vic] An with no hesitation Perez looking for Pop Rocks.
Cover, count!
[announcer] Here is your winner, Roxanne Perez.
[Vic] We talked about it earlier tonight with Wes Lee
what it must feel
to win that gold.
I can only imagine what it feels right now for Roxanne Perez
to put everything behind her over the last several months.
[Booker] Yes, indeed. Look at that smile right there.
I always tell Roxanne
"You got to be able to smile in any situation."
So I get it.
My girl is on top of the game right now.
[Vic] You talk about on top.
We saw that momentary hesitation, and for Perez, it almost cost her
as both women went falling from high above the ring.
It was crash and burn, but back in the ring…
You were never my friend.
[Vic] Jade made the boldest declaration, but in the end,
Perez was able to find that killer instinct
and connect on.
Bam.
A bit of pop rocks.
And let the party begin for the protegée,
let the party begin for Roxanne Perez.
[music]
[crowd cheers]
[female voice] Quiet on the set. Can we please have quiet on the set?
I'm The Miz
and I'm awesome.
[Vic] Miz, the A-lister, the Hollywood star around these parts.
[male voice] Rolling the red carpet out for the A-lister.
[male voice] Please welcome The Miz.
[female voice] The Miz.
The biggest celebrity is standing in front of you.
I have done everything.
I'm the star of The Marine movie franchise.
I'm the star of the sensational TV hit Miz And Mrs.
I'm the man who headlined Wrestle Mania.
I am the only two-time grand slam champion in this company.
I look the part, I act the part, I walk the part, I talk the part
because I am the part.
I came in to WWE as an outsider.
[female voice] The real world, back to New York.
People just saw me a certain way and that was a reality star.
[male] You're going to prove that it's not just to be on TV.
-We're going to see, aren't we? -Yes, sir.
No matter what I did, I was rubbing people the wrong way.
[Vic] How about we book Paris Hilton?
Since we booked the freaking Miz.
Whether fans believe it, whether the locker room believes it,
I believe it.
and I will make everyone believe it.
[music]
[Vic] Miz is the United States champion.
[male voice] Tag team champion. Intercontinental champion.
Mr. Money in the Bank.
I'd rather you all hate me for everything I am…
[Vic] Miz is cashing it in on a vulnerable Orton.
Miz is champion.
Than love me for something I'm not.
[music]
When you don't get the respect that you have earned, you take it.
This is my show. My show.
I'm going to keep taking it.
There's only room for one in this spotlight
and it belongs to the A-lister.
Do you have any idea of how important I am?
I am, was, and always will be the greatest man in WWE
because I am a star
and the whole world will look at me
and simply say,
"Awesome".
[suspense music playing]
[Vic] We saw JD McDonagh warming up earlier tonight,
and right now it is Ilja Dragunov
putting in some final few moments of work
here tonight before the main event Triple Threat Match.
Book, who's going to be the NXT champion?
Come Saturday, December the 10th.
It's the final premium live event of the year.
It's NXT Deadline.
I don't want you to give me your prediction
because we still have so much more to come here at Halloween Havoc,
but we're looking forward to the final premium live event of 2022.
[Shotzi's music plays]
[crowd cheers]
[announcer] Please welcome your host of Halloween Havoc, Shotzi.
[Shotzi's music plays]
[Shotzi screams]
[Vic] Shotzi dressed up a bit. She loves it.
Beetlejuice. The Joker.
What a host Shotzi is for Halloween Havoc.
[Booker] I love me Shotzi blackheart.
[Shotzi's music plays]
[crowd screaming]
I told you Halloween Havoc
would be the most blood-curdling,
terrifying, and horrific night of the year.
[laughs]
[crowd clapping]
So far, we have had ladders
and caskets and a haunted house.
Oh, my…
We've seen two women butcher the remnants of their friendship,
and there's still so much more to come.
[laughs]
Including my co-host.
[crowd chants] Quincy!
[Quincy Elliott's music plays]
[announcer] Please welcome The Super Diva,
Quincy Elliott.
[Vic] The super diva is here to "quince" everyone's thirst.
[Booker] Quench your thirst, not everyone, okay?
[Shotzi] Damn, Quincy.
Damn.
[Quincy Elliott's music plays]
Yes.
Hey.
I didn't realize you had more than one costume.
You are the sweetest banana I have ever seen.
[crowd cheering]
I'm glad you find this costume appealing.
Everyone sees me, licks their lips
and they know that Quincy Elliott is the pitch of the bunch.
[crowd cheering]
[Lash Legend's music plays]
[Lash Legend] Uh-uh. No.
Absolutely not.
Cut the music.
Uh-uh.
I've seen enough
and it's already bad enough
they let this green goblin host this thing
instead of yours truly.
I'm the one and only and you can't clone me.
[Quinzy] Lash.
I don't know if you noticed, but Lashing Out was canceled a time ago.
[crowd screaming]
Lash, you're nowhere near as fabulous as me and my co-host,
so you can take those little shoes
and skirt your ass back to the locker room.
[crowd cheers]
Period.
Now hold hell up, banana nut.
I've got a problem with someone from Smack Down
hosting this show
when there is a host like me right here
who would do it better
and fits better for the occasion.
[Quinzy] Lash.
You got so many great qualities, sweetie.
You're tall, athletic, explosive,
but Lash, hearing you in the microphone
it's way more horrifying than anything that'll happen on Halloween.
[crowd screaming]
Period.
Look here. Watch yourself talking to me like that…
[screams]
Quincy,
you are my Screen Queen, and I love you,
but I can handle this.
-[Quincy] Good luck, queen. -Enough talking.
[Vic] Oh.
[Quincy] Oh, what's up?
Oh.
[Booker] Oh.
That's what you get, Lash.
[laughs]
[Shotzi's music plays]
[Vic] We learned you should never try to ruin Halloween
for Shotzi.
[Shotzi's music plays]
[Vic] Quincy's got some moves.
[Booker] Oh.
[soft music playing]
[Vic] Charlotte Flair was built for the spotlight,
built for the grand stage.
This was my destiny.
This is what I was born to do,
and I am continuing the greatest legacy there will ever be.
[soft music playing]
[Charlotte Flair's music playing]
[Booker] Bred to be a champion.
Whoo.
I am a franchise player.
I am a genuine superstar and what I do in this ring is sacred.
[thrilling music playing]
[Vic] The most impressive resume of accolades in all of WWE.
[Vic] Oh, my God.
-[Vic] Asuka tapped. -[Booker] What?
The streak of Asuka is over.
[male voice] The winner of the Women's Royal Rumble Match,
Charlotte Flair.
-[male voice] Charlotte is the three-time…
-[male voice] …Is a seven-time…
[male voice] For a record, 13 times Charlotte Flair is women's champion.
[music]
[Charlotte Flair screams]
[female voice] Please welcome WWE star, Charlotte Flair.
-[female voice] Let the games begin. -Let the games begin.
[Charlotte Flair's music]
Woo.
No one compares to me.
You see my greatness and it eats you alive.
I don't steal opportunities,
I am the opportunity.
I and the most decorated woman in the history of WWE.
Woo.
[suspense music playing]
It's not only on Halloween that people wear masks,
they wear them all year long.
For months, we have tried to cultivate peace
to help people remove their masks
and reveal their true selves
to achieve something greater
by joining us under the Schism's tree.
Instead of hearing our words,
they continue to spit in our faces.
Now, a message to this brand
won't be delivered by will,
but by force.
[Joe] You have opened your heart to the Schism
and proven yourself worthy.
Are you ready to remove your mask?
Oh.
This Tuesday is your moment.
You will remove your mask and breathe in the fresh air.
And together,
we will show the world the full force of the Schism
for individuals not afraid to be themselves,
not afraid of how society views us while the rest of the world
hides behind their masks of wealth, vanity, and lies.
It has become our job to illuminate your mistakes.
Shine a light on your hypocrisy.
We tried the peaceful approach.
What happens next is your fault.
[suspense music playing]
Four roots, one tree.
[suspense music playing]
[Vic] Let's try to stay focused on the here and now
because coming up in moments, a highly anticipated match up.
Damon Kemp tried to destroy Diamond Mine.
Standing in his way is Julius Creed,
who tonight is fighting for more than just himself
in this ambulance match.
[presenter] Diamond Mine was formed in the summer of 2021.
It was a team comprised of premier athletes
with a common goal of complete
and utter domination.
Roderick Strong was their leader.
Next up was Ivy Nile,
and finally, Julius and Brutus Creed.
Strong was the first to bring gold to the Diamond Mine.
[announcer] New cruiser weight champion,
Roderick Strong.
Then the Creeds would get their first taste of success.
[Vic] Creeds have won the Dusty Cup.
[presenter] Then Strong would add what he thought
was the final piece of the puzzle, Damon Kemp.
This guy.
This guy is going to make you guys so much better.
[presenter] The Creeds would then rise to a new level.
[announcer] New tag team champions,
The Creed Brothers.
[presenter] Then at the height of their success,
Diamond Mine was betrayed by one of their own.
[crosstalk]
When I destroyed Rody in the parking lot, nobody thought it was me.
[soft music playing]
[male voice] The sound of that steel chair meeting Julius' back
signaled an end of Diamond Mine.
[crowd screaming]
[male voice] That cost The Creed Brothers the Tag Team titles.
[thrilling music playing]
I don't like to be cold-hearted,
but when the circumstance calls for it, there is nobody colder than me.
You jumped Rody, you cost us the titles.
It's not going to be good enough to pin you,
it's not going to be good enough to submit you.
At Halloween Havoc, it's you versus me in an Ambulance Match.
[sirens wail]
When I beat you, your brother is gone from NXT.
He accepts.
[exciting music playing]
This is an Ambulance Match,
where we have to shut the door on the other one.
Maybe I'll just hit you in the back ten times
like I did to your brother a few weeks back.
You can use weapons, which means I can use weapons too,
and I'm more vicious and more violent than you.
[exciting music playing]
It's going to be the eradication of a cancer
that's plagued me for the last five months.
Julius, win. Because it's Diamond Mine forever.
[laughs]
[Damon] It's not Diamond Mine forever. It's Damon Kemp forever.
[exciting music playing]
[sirens wail]
[crowd cheering]
[sirens wail]
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is an Ambulance Match.
The first superstar to put his opponent into the ambulance
and shut the doors will be declared the winner.
If Julius Creed loses, his brother Brutus Creed's career is over.
[Damon Kemp's music plays]
[announcer] Introducing first, Damon Kemp.
[Vic] Some mind games are already being played.
Damon Kemp bringing the same chair he used to bash Brutus Creed
over and over again just a few weeks ago.
[Booker laughs]
-[Vic] You love it? -[Booker] I like this kid Kemp.
He's a monster.
I got a chance to meet him back at Extreme Rules
and I looked at him and I said, this kid right here is a beast.
I'm looking forward to this match up right here tonight.
[Damon Kemp's music plays]
[Vic] Certainly a different look and a different mindset in Damon Kemp.
The same could be said for his opponent tonight.
[Diamond Mine's music playing]
[announcer] His opponent, representing Diamond Mine, Julius Creed.
[Vic] Creed on rip just tossing pumpkins
in what we typically see… Oh.
We typically see Julius, and…
Whoa. Big dropkick off the top.
It's a different look.
He told me earlier tonight…
This isn't going to be a match.
This is going to be a fight.
[Booker] Indeed. This is another kid…
-[Vic] Got you. -[Booker] I met him.
I saw him and I said, "This a big kid."
We don't need an ambulance tonight for this match
because somebody's going to [indistinct].
[Vic] Kemp looking for that equalizer. Swing and a miss.
Again, that's the same chair that Kemp brutalized Brutus with,
and Julius knows it.
Julius has been waiting for this match up, and I got to ask you something.
How would you feel if you're walking into a match
knowing that your brother's career was in your hands?
[Booker] That's one thing.
That's a lot of pressure right now for Julius Creed,
but that might be the one thing Julius needs to go out here
and get the job done tonight.
I'm going to tell you right now, it's going to be an uphill battle
because Damon Kemp is no joke.
[Vic] We heard from ring announcer Alicia Taylor earlier.
This isn't going to be settled in the ring.
This isn't a one, two, three.
You got to get your opponent inside the ambulance and shut the door,
and someone is going to be taking a ride.
There you see that ambulance in the background.
[Booker] Indeed. I like what Julius is doing.
He's staying with his strong suit and that's wrestling.
I thought with both of these guys being wrestlers,
it would cancel each other out.
Right now, look at this ambulance.
[Vic] Right now, so close, and this could be it.
Kemp is inside.
Julius needs to shut the door.
This is…
Kemp's using a crutch.
Anything he can find inside that ambulance and that's strategy.
You got to shut both doors. That's the only way you can win.
[Booker] An effective strategy. Right now, he tries to stay in the game.
That's what Kemp is doing right there,
and he's staying in the game by any means necessary.
[Vic] Kemp is throwing everything he can at Julius Creed right now.
You said the word pressure earlier.
Creed said pressure is a privilege.
He oozes confidence, and he has some bottle nerves.
Now, both men with the same idea, and this is turning into a slug fest.
[Booker] Yes, man.
You talk about confidence, but no matter how confident you are,
you are still a man.
It only takes one mistake and Brutus is out.
Out of this business, out of this company.
It's over.
[Vic] These two, with a lot of hatred towards one another.
Julius wanting to cool off Damon Kemp.
[crowd cheering]
Walking with a purpose, is Creed here tonight.
Look, both have great…
If you call me, I answer. No voicemail here.
[Vic] Answers on the first ring. Both got a great amateur background.
This is a little out of the box
for both these superstars.
What is it going to take?
Where does one have to go to be victorious?
I don't want them to come near us.
[Booker] It's different tonight. This is a match where…
-[Vic] Book. -[Booker] Oh, no. My God.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] Oh.
[Booker] There it is.
That's the beast coming out in Damon Kemp right there.
That's what I was talking about. This guy is no nonsense.
It's all about going out and taking care of business.
He took care of the Diamond Mine.
There's only a few pieces left.
[Vic] Roderick Strong is looking on somewhere.
He's getting better each and every day,
but I'm sure there's not a smile on the face of Strong at this moment,
and what must Brutus be thinking?
Brutus…
Brutus looks on,
because if Damon Kemp's victorious, Brutus is gone.
Let's remember that.
[Booker] Brutus is a cheerleader now.
Brutus is back in the back wondering…
[Vic] He better be cheering loud because Kemp now is carrying Julius Creed,
and he could be carrying him all the way to the ambulance.
[crowd screaming]
The slug fest… You see the welts forming on the back of Creed.
[Booker] The fight continues right here.
He's got a lot of fight left in Julius Creed.
Let me tell you something tonight, Julius Creed is not going to quit.
You're going to have to separate this kid from his senses tonight.
I'm going to tell you, that's going to be a tall order.
If anybody can get it done, it's going to be this beast, Damon Kemp.
[Vic] Kemp is going low, dropping Creed.
[crowd screaming]
You have to get your opponent inside the ambulance.
Both doors must be shut,
and Damon Kemp now could be closing in on a victory.
The biggest victory of his career,
and this could damage Diamond Mine.
This could end Diamond Mine.
-[Booker] This is vicious. -[Vic] No.
[Booker] That's vicious.
[crowd boos]
[Vic] To think with every passing moment, Damon Kemp is in control,
Brutus' career is slipping away.
[crowd boos]
[Booker] Good God, man.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] You can hear the NXT Universe
because this could be moments away from wrapping up.
Kemp now just trying to bully Julius into the ambulance.
Julius is inside.
Kemp's got one door shut.
Waving goodbye, and that is it.
[Vic] Oh.
[Vic laughs]
A bit of juice on that kick, Book.
[Booker] A great offense from Julius Kemp.
Like I say… Excuse me. Julius Creed.
You have to separate this kid from his senses.
He's not going to quit.
This is about blood,
and blood is thicker than water.
[Booker and Vic screams]
[Vic] Julius said he had made peace
with what he's going to have to do tonight,
what he's going to have to do
to save his brother's career,
what he's going to have to do for a little bit of payback
for Roderick Strong.
To keep Diamond Mine whole.
All the pressure is on the back of Creed.
ACC stand out, I'm pretty sure, at Duke university.
Julius Creed never had an Ambulance Match.
[Booker] Let me say something.
This kid, he's a wrestler.
One thing about wrestlers, they've been fighting their whole life
and that survival instinct always kicks in,
and that's what we're seeing right now between these two individuals.
[Vic] Damon Kemp, with every move he makes,
has plotted the destruction of Diamond Mine.
[Booker] Oh, no.
[Vic] The spine off steel.
[Booker] That's vicious.
[crowd screaming]
[crowd boos]
[Vic] Kemp, who believes he was wronged by Diamond Mine since day one,
was overlooked, is trying to prove a point right now.
Book,
where's Kemp's mindset coming from?
That's what everyone's been wondering.
What has exploded inside of Damon Kemp
to make him into as you call "this beast."
[Booker] Let me tell you something, it's all about war.
You got to understand that.
Ernie Ladd said it best.
When you're getting paid to do a job,
you will do that job, you do that job well,
and I'm big enough to step on some toes,
and step on some toes and keep on walking, Jack.
That's what it's all about.
[Vic] Damon Kemp has been stepping and squashing on all the toes
of Diamond Mine to lead to this point,
because this is a two for one for Damon.
He can not only have bragging rights against Julius Creed,
he could put Brutus out the pasture.
[Booker] By the man that brought the whole thing down,
and that would be Damon Kemp.
Is it going to happen?
[Vic] Creed starting to fight back.
[crowd screaming]
If you heard the words from Julius Creed last week
when he was talking to Damon Kemp,
he's been protecting his brother since birth.
It was Brutus who accepted this match up,
but it's Julius Creed now
who's creating the devastation and destruction of Damon Kemp.
[Booker] Kemp's going for a ride.
-[Vic] Kemp can't get out. -[Booker] He's going for a ride.
He's going to go for a ride. Let's see what happens here.
[VIc] He might get a face full of steel.
[crowd screaming]
[Booker laughs]
[crowd screaming]
[Kemp screams]
You can just see that swagger coming back from Julius Creed
as the complexion of this match up has shifted.
[Booker] I just got that never say die mentality that,
"I'm not quitting. I'm not giving up."
We're going to go all night if we have to because you know why?
This is Halloween Havoc.
[Vic] Much like he saw his mentor Roderick Strong
pushed in a wheelchair,
he is pushing Kemp along the way.
Kemp kind of just woke up.
[Vic sighs]
[Julius snaps]
[Vic] Listen to those strikes.
Oh. A nasty landing by Kemp.
[crowd cheering]
Julius told me earlier he was raised by his parents.
You reap what you sow.
You make your bed you lie in it,
and that is what is going through his mind
as he continues to apply the pressure to Kemp,
but Kemp presence of mind to use his environment to his advantage.
[Booker] Like I say, you got to use everything you can
in a match up like this.
This match is not a whole lot of rules or anything like that.
Only thing you got to do is beat your opponent
into the back of that ambulance.
Right now, it's a fight going on.
[Vic] You got to shut the doors as well.
[crowd cheering]
These two are bringing everything they can to this match up.
You got to think outside the box, don't you?
Oh.
Again, spine off steel of Julius.
[Booker] Bam.
[Crowd chants] Use the bucket!
[Vic] Again, the chair in hand.
The same chair he beat Brutus down with.
Oh. Just went off.
[crowd cheering]
Now Julius starting to fight back, but again Kemp almost relentless.
[Booker] Oh, wow.
[Vic] He threw the ring bell.
-[Booker] This match is of control… -[Vic] What the hell?
[Booker] This match has a bit of an element,
no holds barred.
It could be a street fight.
It could be a bit of everything tonight at Halloween Havoc.
[Vic] We better watch ourselves. Things will be flying this way.
[Booker] Yes.
[Vic] We're going to get in front and catch something.
We knew this was a highly anticipated fight,
and it's been everything and more here at Halloween Havoc.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Julius… Kemp.
They knew this wasn't going to be a catch-as-catch-can classic.
Instead, this will a good old-fashioned fight,
and now Kemp.
[Booker] Wow.
[man screaming] Come on, Julius!
[crowd screaming]
[Booker] This dude has no mercy.
He cares nothing.
He cares nothing about his opponent.
Not just this match.
That's the mentality of this kid, of Damon Kemp.
-[Booker] I like everything about him. -[Vic] Kemp now with Creed.
Creed's in the ambulance,
and it could be academic from here.
One door. Make it two, we got a winner.
[Vic and Booker screaming]
[indistinct]
Julius saved his brother's career and the match with his own fingers.
[Booker] You see that? Oh, no.
[indistinct]
[Vic] Creed's willing to eat all this pain to continue this match up.
-[Booker] His fingers' got to be broken. -[Vic] He doesn't give a damn.
[Booker] Oh, no.
[indistinct]
[Vic] Adrenaline could be setting in.
[Booker] That's the only thing it could be because right now,
Julius Creed got a few broken bones,
but right now is still throwing caution to the wind.
[Vic] Adrenaline will make a man do crazy things.
[Booker] Yes, indeed, Vic.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] We knew this wasn't going to be pretty,
but did you expect this?
[Booker] I said it.
Julius Creed is not going to quit tonight.
You're going to have to separate him from his senses
because it's all about blood.
Right now if he loses this match, his brother Brutus is out.
He's not going to let that happen tonight.
[crowd chanting] Julius!
[Vic] How poetic.
[Booker] Wow.
The same chair that was used to beat down his brother.
Julius is now answering back to Damon.
[crowd chanting] Use the bucket!
[Booker] Oh, my goodness.
[crowd chanting] Use the bucket!
[Vic] You just hear the shots
ringing out
as Julius continues to wear down Damon.
[Booker] The attitude you got to have.
You can't think about anything
but what you got to do and right now.
[Vic] He thinks about his brother.
-[Vic] He thinks about Roderick Strong. -[Booker] He's on a mission.
Good god. He's wailing that chair like it's [indistinct]
What the hell?
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] One more for good measure.
I've never seen anything like this.
Now…
[Booker] He couldn't get him up.
Couldn't get the big man up. Oh, no. Double time.
[Vic] So much taken out of both superstars.
[crowd cheering]
[Booker] Going back to that equalizer. He's got it back in his hands again.
[crowd cheering]
Oh, my God.
[Vic] If his hand wasn't broken, it probably is now.
Creed be damned.
He is persevering.
[Booker] Almost decapitated Damon Kemp
with that clothesline to the chair to the noggin.
[Vic] It's Kemp now inside
and the door slams shut.
[crowd cheering]
[Diamond Mine's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner, Julius Creed.
[Vic] You're looking at a man in Julius Creed
who did this for his family, who did this for his brother.
[crowd chanting] Julius!
Let's go back early on in this match up.
These two literally threw everything at one another.
Damon Kemp had a lot of confidence at this moment.
[Booker] Yes, indeed. He did, but this man…
[Vic] Damon Kemp will continue to use the environment
around him to his advantage,
but you had to get your opponent inside the ambulance.
This was what I was talking about. They threw everything at one another.
These two, no love lost,
and then it was Julius Creed
sacrificing himself, sacrificing his body,
putting his hands in the door.
You slammed your hand in the car door. Can you imagine what that felt?
It happened three times,
but this is when payback was coming out.
The "receipt," as you call it, was handed back.
Just like his brother weeks ago, it was Damon Kemp
who was getting brutally beat down, and then bam.
Through everything,
through all the emotions to continue to push through.
Finally, Kemp in the ambulance, the doors slam shut,
and Kemp taking the ride here tonight,
and Julius stands tall.
Brutus lives on to see another day.
Ivy Nile is out here.
Somewhere Roderick Strong is smiling.
One thing I know forever
and I know that's good,
Diamond Mine is forever.
[Diamond Mine's music playing]
[sirens]
[Vic] Book, we saw the ambulance,
but that vehicle looks very familiar.
From what we saw earlier this evening.
Alba Fyre.
-[Booker] Here we go. -[Vic] We know…
[Alba] Come on, Mandy.
[Vic] We know Mandy Rose was in the ve… Oh, Rose.
[Mandy screams]
[Mandy and Alba scream]
[Alba laughs]
[Alba] Come on, Mandy!
[Mandy screams]
[Vic] Both women are back here. We are live.
This is Halloween Havoc.
We just witnessed that brutal Ambulance Match.
One of the most intense Ambulance Matches in recent memory,
but now Fyre and Rose.
The action spilling where it needs to be spilt right back here
inside the squared circle.
[Booker] Yes, indeed.
Alba Fyre turnabout is fair play in this business right now,
and Alba let's just say she's firing up.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Rose has been through maybe hell and back here tonight.
[announcer] Ring the bell.
[Vic] This match is official.
NXT women's championship is on the line.
[Booker] I like it a lot.
And right now, Alba Fyre is on the move.
This is called payback.
This is called retribution.
This is called an ass whooping or whatever you want to call it.
[Vic] Fyre moving with purpose, and look,
we got to say what we've seen over the last several weeks.
Rose's typical tricks haven't worked against Alba Fyre.
[Booker] I told you Alba Fyre was a different type of breed.
She's here to conquer the NXT brand
and it starts with Mandy Rose.
[Vic] Fyre wants to burn Toxic Attraction to the ground.
This is the first and maybe the last step here tonight.
Cover for the title, and Rose able to kick out.
[Booker] Not that easy.
Mandy Rose loves this position.
Being on top of the game here in NXT.
I tell you, she's not going to give it up easy.
Alba's going to have to take it.
[Vic] Fyre now going to the top,
and Rose sensing it,
realizing it and now has a bit of breathing room.
It's one year next Wednesday for Mandy Rose.
She won the title at Halloween Havoc in 2021.
She has been the dominant women's champion in recent memory.
[Booker] There we go. That's Mandy Rose.
[Vic] She just wants some respect put on her name
and she could be beating into Fyre right now.
[Booker] Yes. I like that. That's Mandy Rose.
Mandy has come a long way,
all the way from tough enough,
and I look at her now, she's the best in this business.
Look at the look on her face.
The scowl like Rocky Balboa would set off or Mick.
-[Booker] Mick would say that, right? -[Vic] Yes, scowl at her.
I got what you were saying.
Either way, Mandy Rose has been impressive over the last year,
but she has seemed to be dishevelled over the last month or so.
[Booker] Not just dishevelled, distracted in so many ways,
but right now, Mandy Rose is on the move.
[Vic] Still trending number one, Halloween Havoc.
You wonder if Alba Fyre is able to dethrone Mandy Rose tonight.
We might see Fyre trending near the top
because that would be a monumental moment in her career.
Into the cover for Rose to retain, and Fyre continues to fight free.
[Booker] You look at Mandy Rose that has pretty much turned the tides,
has shifted the momentum right now.
Mandy, I must say, in more ways than one, she's looking good…
[Vic] This is a dream match of nightmares.
It has been a long night for the NXT women's champion,
you think of everything she's gone through tonight,
including that long ride back here to Halloween Havoc,
she seems focused,
as she said she would be more ruthless here tonight.
[Booker] See that kidney shot right there to Alba Fyre?
I remember taking a shot like that from Fit Finlay.
I still feel it to this day.
[crowd clapping]
[Vic] Rose is picking the hair of Alba from her fingers.
Rose has weathered the storm of Fyre early on in this night.
Not only this match up
because the long ride going through that haunted house, that haunted maze,
whatever you want to call it,
Rose has come out on the other side and is in control.
[Booker] Like I say, Mandy Rose is a player.
She's not here just to be looking good.
She's here to take over in NXT. Look at Mandy.
[Vic] A wise man once said, "Don't hate the player. Hate the game."
-[Booker] I love it. -[Vic] The game is about Rose.
She's been sitting atop the division for nearly a year.
She has called out all those that have denied her.
She has put down everyone in her path,
but she's never met a superstar the breed of Alba Fyre.
[Booker] Like I say, Alba Fyre, she took over NXT UK
and she's here to take over North America.
Right now, she's here to take over NXT
as well as all of that women's locker room
and you got to love it.
[Vic] Fyre at one time was called the "forever champion".
She would love once again to wear gold around her waist,
as it's all about the NXT women's title Halloween Havoc.
What a night it has been.
The spookiest night of the year
has lived up to its billing and both these women
are slugging it out for the right to be called champion.
[Booker] Yes, indeed.
If I'm not mistaken, she held that championship for like,
what, six-plus days?
You got to love that.
[Vic] Now trying to turn around Rose.
Rose gets dropped face first
and is Fyre closing in on ending the reign of Rose?
Is she able to extinguish Mandy Rose here tonight?
Someone might need to check on Wade Barrett.
[Booker] You aren't wrong. Let me say something.
Mandy doesn't have her normal backup or anything like that,
but I'm going to tell you that she's taking the fight to Alba Fyre.
[Vic] Off the spine buster into the cover. Shoulders are down to retain.
Oh. Wow. So close.
-[Mandy] So close. -[Vic] So close.
One more look. Up and boom.
[Booker] Beautiful spine buster there.
[Vic] Into the cover.
Maybe didn't get a cover quick enough, Book,
to put away because so much has been taken out of Rose.
Not only physically but also mentally here tonight.
-[Vic] Rose… -[Booker] Here we go.
[Vic] She could be looking for the finishing touches on Alba Fyre.
Fire trying to wiggle free, able to do so. Can she counter? She can.
Fyre now. Oh. Some heavy artillery.
-[Vic] Do we have a new champion? -[Booker] Oh.
Another near fall. Look at Fyre.
No wasted motion. She's been to the dance before.
She's been a champion in the past.
She's looking to fly up and down.
She got all the swanton. Will it be enough?
We got a new champion.
-[Booker] Hook the leg. -[Vic] Cover.
[crowd screaming]
Toxic Attraction's Jayne and Dolin.
[wrestlers and referee screaming]
[crowd screaming]
[VIc] Referee's got his hands full. Oh.
Referee got wiped out.
Dolin wiped out. Jayne wiped out.
Rose missed with the knee.
Connect with the headbutt.
Fyre.
Gory bomb.
That's it.
Cover.
[crowd screaming]
-[Booker] No ref. -[Vic] There's no ref.
The referee is down.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] Fyre to the outside.
Our referee,
and wisely, Fyre getting the official back in it.
-[Booker] Oh. -[Vic] Dolin and Jayne.
The referee obviously didn't see what's going on.
[Booker] Come on. It's the numbers game.
It's the number game like a pack of wolves.
[Vic] Kiss by the Rose.
[Booker] Like a pack of wolves.
[crowd] One. Two. Three.
[bell rings]
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner and still the NXT women's champion,
Mandy Rose.
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
[screams]
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
[Vic] Book, you called it.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] The numbers advantage
played once again into the hand
of Mandy Rose,
who again
puts down another victim in her record reign.
Some would say of terror here in NXT.
[Booker] Wow. Beautiful.
[Vic] Let's go back. This was the turning point,
somewhere, somehow Toxic Attraction.
I thought Gigi Dolin was locked in a freezer somewhere.
Apparently I was wrong.
Alba Fyre was able to outsmart Toxic Attraction
and stay one step ahead of Mandy Rose.
The Gory bomb ended it,
but there was no referee in sight.
The official was wiped out from that super kick we just witnessed.
Alba Fyre did what she needed to do.
She got the official back in the ring,
but bam, it opened up the door for her to be wiped out
because the official didn't see.
It bang, and, the kiss by the Rose, we all saw it,
and we all continue to live in the reign of Mandy Rose.
[bell rings]
[Vic] As the days continue to rack up,
and, in her own words,
will respect be put on the name of Mandy Rose?
[Mandy Rose's music plays]
A man often finds his destiny on the path he takes to avoid it.
This is surreal.
[male voice] Six years away from WWE.
Everyone thinks the decision to return was difficult.
Get a dream, hold on to it, and shoot for the sky.
It was not.
I knew not what I wanted to do, what I needed to do,
win this championship,
bestow it into the hands of "The American dream" Gusty Rhodes.
Unfortunately, that dream died.
Or did it?
[music]
[male voice] Second-generation athlete.
One of the richest in-ring IQs in our industry.
[male voice] Right now, high above the clouds,
a certain son of a plumber is grinning from ear to ear.
Yes, I cannot physically bestow it upon "the American dream" Dusty Rhodes…
[music]
…but I certainly can put it
around the waist of the American nightmare.
[male voice] Cody Rhodes suffered a partial pectoral tear,
then working out
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.
[crowd screaming]
[male voice] Cody Rhodes has shown us something
that no other WWE superstar ever has.
The heart, the guts, and determination,
and a clearly wounded Cody Rhodes giving the performance of a lifetime.
[music]
[crowd cheering]
[male voice] From undesirable to undeniable.
[crowd cheering]
[music]
[male voice] Cody had successful surgery
and will be out of action for up to nine months.
I've never been patient in my career.
A lot of trust is being put on to 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.
[crowd chants] Cody!
[music]
[Vic] We are moments away.
As you see, the NXT champion
is preparing for the two challengers that stand in his way.
Can Breakker overcome the odds
once again here tonight at Halloween Havoc?
I'm now joined by the number one contender to the NXT women's tag team champions,
Nikkita Lyons and Zoey Stark.
Ladies, on Tuesday it's your night.
That's right. One year ago at this exact event,
my life changed.
I wasn't sure if I would ever get to compete again.
I thought my career was over.
I didn't think we would get the opportunity
to become champions again.
And look at us now.
We are on the doorstep and all we need to do
is kick that damn door down on Tuesday
and take those titles.
Winning my first championship has been my main focus,
but my biggest reason for wanting to win
is this girl right here.
[laughs]
I cannot wait to hear and new…
New… Hey, count us in on that too.
Zoey, don't you worry because you're about to be a two-time
NXT tag team champion.
Tag team title Tuesday is going to be exuberating.
Those yes boys won't even know what hit them.
Two teams, one dream ready to shock the world.
-Shock the world. -Shock the world.
-Let's watch the Main Event. -Where's my costume?
Vic and Booker, back to you.
[Vic] Thanks.
What a night it has been here at Halloween Havoc, but Book,
what a night it's going to be in two weeks from tonight
at Crown Jewel.
-Are you ready? -I'm ready.
I'm ready for that boy Logan Paul versus Roman Reigns.
Somebody's going to get beat out of them in Crown Jewel.
Let's talk about what's coming up this Tuesday
as we've just heard.
[Vic] It is a tag team title Tuesday.
Chance and Carter are ready to fight a duo
they believe isn't a real team
when they put the gold up against Lyons and Stark,
not to be outdone, the second title match will feature Blade and Enofe.
It'll be the biggest match of their careers by far
going up against Pretty Deadly.
Will we see new champions crowned this Tuesday on NXT?
Breaking news.
After what we witnessed earlier tonight,
Shotzi is back in NXT.
She will go toe-to-toe with Lash Legend,
one-on-one live this Tuesday on USA on NXT,
but let's get back to tonight
because it is main event time.
Three warriors, one title, one match.
The only question,
who walks out Halloween Havoc NXT champion?
[exciting music]
NXT is my life.
[Vic] The man of the brand.
I'm the freaking NXT champion.
[exciting music]
I'll prove why I earned this championship
each and every week.
[Vic] He hits with impact.
Everything he does is with precision.
Bron Breakker is the present
and he's paving a way for the future.
This title is staying with me.
[exciting music]
[Booker] JD McDonagh?
A necessary evil…
…has arrived in NXT.
[Vic] Like him or not,
you have to respect McDonagh for what he can do in the ring,
and he now has punched his ticket
to a date with destiny
with the NXT champion, Bron Breakker.
You might think that you slipped through my mind,
but you are so sadly mistaken.
This is going to end real soon.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Ilja Dragunov is here.
[Booker] This just gets better and better.
[Vic] Someone else is now focused on the biggest prize in NXT.
I returned to repeat history.
I returned to achieve my destiny.
You remind me of NXT UK and I have spent every waking second
thinking of ways that I can torture your soul.
This guy is trying to get to the point
where you guys tear each other apart.
I haven't been stirring the pot,
I've been on my best behavior since I became number one contender.
[crowd cheering]
I wasn't the one that laid out Bron Breakker last week.
[Vic] Oh.
Dragunov was aiming for McDonagh.
I didn't spear Ilja Dragunov out of his boots.
[Booker] Oh.
[Vic] Breakker sending a message to Dragunov
as there's JD McDonagh
looking on with every playing into his hand.
[Bron] There hasn't been a single thing
that an opponent has been able to do to you to keep you down
except when I speared your ass in the center of this ring last week.
You are human.
You are beatable.
I will recapture the title that should have been mine
in the very first place.
[exciting music playing]
[Bron] Over my dead body.
[Booker] Here we go.
[Vic] We knew it wouldn't last.
[Booker] If you can't get along, let's get it on.
[Bron] As long as I'm breathing, this championship will be mine.
[Vic] JD McDonagh's smiling, laughing as these
two are just going at each other.
Oh.
Dragunov piercing a hole through McDonagh.
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Could this be the scene at Halloween Havoc?
[JD McDonagh speaks]
[JD McDonagh's music plays]
[Vic] It is time for combustible elements
to explode in our main event of Halloween Havoc.
[JD McDonagh's music plays]
[crowd boos]
[Vic] Here's a superstar who could very well be a spawn of Chucky
for the way he moves around, the things he says and he does.
Are we getting ready to live in an NXT
where McDonagh is champion?
[Booker] Let me tell you something. I like this kid, is no-nonsense.
It's all about going out and taking care of business.
I say it all the time, you look in the eyes.
The eyes never lie.
This McDonagh kid is dangerous, very dangerous.
[JD McDonagh's music plays]
[Ilja Dragunov's music plays]
[Vic] Here comes the second man in this terrifying triple threat.
For Dragunov,
he has been waiting for this moment
all summer long.
Let's not forget he had to relinquish the NXT United Kingdom Championship
this summer after suffering from an ankle injury.
[Booker] You said it, relinquishing the championship,
coming off of an injury,
and here tonight at Halloween Havoc 2022,
Dragunov has a chance to play his greatest symphony
here tonight.
[Ilja Dragunov's music plays]
[Booker] Look at the action.
Look at the balance.
Look at the timing.
[Vic] Quite a history between both Dragunov and McDonagh.
[McDonagh screams]
[Vic] McDonagh has tried to play
both his opponents tonight
and pit each against the other.
[Ilja Dragunov's music plays]
[Vic] We are in for quite a championship match up tonight
to close out Halloween Havoc…
[crowd screaming]
…but there's one last man.
[crowd chants] Dragunov!
[Vic] Can this superstar step up to the plate one more time?
Can he do it again here tonight?
[sirens wail]
[Bron Breakker's music plays]
[crowd cheers]
[Vic] The champion sending a message to his challengers,
but let's remember, history not so kind in this sort of match up for Bron Breakker.
It was earlier this year that Breakker lost the NXT title
to Dolph Ziggler in a match that also featured Ciampa.
Being students of the game, Dragunov and McDonagh,
they know that fact.
[Booker] There's no shame in losing, Vic.
It only makes you better.
It only makes you stronger.
I look at this kid right here, Bron Breakker,
and he's not a kid anymore,
he's a grown-ass man
that you do not want to mess with.
[announcer] This Triple Threat Match scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT Championship.
[crowd screaming]
[announcer] Introducing the challengers,
JD McDonagh.
[crowd cheers]
[announcer] Next, Ilja Dragunov.
[crowd cheers]
[announcer] Then their opponent,
he is the NXT champion,
Bron Breakker.
[crowd screaming]
[Booker] You walked into this premier event,
Halloween Havoc, as champion on top of your game.
As a matter of fact,
you beat Bron's uncle Scot
at Halloween Havoc 2000.
What sort of mindset does Bron have to have
knowing what he's gone through this year?
[Booker] What a night for me going against Scott Steiner as champion,
One of the best in this business…
[bell rings]
[Booker] But I say, I was nervous. I was scared.
I had butterflies flying all over the place
and I'm sure Bron is going through the same thing,
but you got to make those butterflies line up
and fly straight.
You got to get the job done.
[Vic] Whoa. Well, you talk about going straight.
Dragunov's going right at McDonagh.
Oh, my…
Breakker wants to get him some of McDonagh.
[Booker] You want a piece of the action,
you want a piece of these champagne wishes
and caviar dreams.
-[Vic] Right back on top, and… Oh. -[Booker] Oh.
[Vic] It was this past Tuesday McDonagh thought he had the upper hand,
outsmarting both these superstars,
but right now
it seems getting the worst end of it is McDonagh,
but Dragunov is now back in.
Why not just work together for a bit, Book?
[Booker] It seems they both have a beef with McDonagh,
and they want to take it out on him.
I understand it,
but you got to be smart in a match up like this.
Oh.
[Vic] From behind McDonagh,
and now he's right on top of Breakker, on top of Dragunov.
This is what McDonagh said he was going to do.
He was going to pit these two against one another
and he was going to dissect not one but both,
and at the end of Halloween Havoc, we would be hearing a new NXT champion,
JD McDonagh.
Floating off the snap suplex. Kick out.
[Booker] I've talked about it earlier. Play smarter, not harder.
That's what McDonagh is all about.
This kid has a strategy tonight,
let's see if it's going to play out for him
and he walks out of here with that championship.
[Vic] McDonagh said after NXT Heatwave,
he knew exactly what Bron Breakker can do.
Said Bron has a plan A, but doesn't have a B or a C.
[Booker] Sometimes you might need a D, E, X.
[Booker laughs]
Whatever you got to do, but I'm going to tell you now,
Bron Breakker is a guy that has grown over this last 365 days.
He was a kid when he walked in the door,
but right now, like I say, Bron Breakker is a kid that's on a fast track.
It's not a marathon, it's a sprint right here.
[Vic] Nice northern light's suplex with a bridge,
and a cover and a quick kick out by Dragunov.
McDonagh has come in here
and I think to the shock and awe of the NXT Universe
has done exactly what he said he was going to do,
take it to both these superstars.
He is sticking to his plan.
[Booker] Something about McDonagh, when I saw him last week
when he had that tomboyish jacket on
looking very debonair.
This kid right here, he could be the flavor of the month,
just got to get through this match.
[Vic] McDonagh beat Tyler Bate for this opportunity.
He was very upset that Dragunov stepped into the spotlight
forcing this Triple Threat Matchup,
and it's McDonagh who cherishes the fact that he hurt Dragunov,
that he beat down Dragunov, that he sidelined Dragunov.
He cherishes it.
[Booker] McDonagh is in great shape.
Right now, his balance is on point.
-[Vic] Nice. -[Booker] His timing is better.
-[Booker] We got a cover. -[Vic] Into the cover.
-[Booker] Oh. -[Vic] Kick out by Dragunov.
Breakker doesn't need to be factored
in the decision to lose his title,
and McDonagh was one second to be a champion.
[Booker] That's the one thing about match ups like this,
never liked going into them
because you never know exactly what's going to happen,
that's why you got to just go all out.
Where is Breakker right now?
[Vic] You see the pain etched on the face of Dragunov,
but I'm glad you bring up Breakker
because McDonagh has said about both these superstars,
he has learned so much.
He's learned how to destroy the other one.
How much do you learn about an opponent after just one match?
[Booker] Sometimes it's not about watching or having a match,
it's about studying those matches.
It's about looking at everything your opponent does well,
and like that, Bron Breakker just got caught.
[Vic] You asked where Bron was.
We just saw him for a moment, and McDonagh…
Oh, nice kick.
Again just trying to fight off everyone.
-Look at the innovative offense. -[Booker] Beautiful.
Wow.
[Vic] McDonagh a surgeon inside the ring.
[Booker] McDonagh said he was coming in and he was coming to win tonight.
This kid has nothing but confidence on his side.
I'm going to tell you right now,
if I was a betting man, I might be putting my money
on this kid right here, JD McDonagh.
[Vic] This is a terrifying Triple Threat Matchup.
Now looking for the devil inside.
Looking for the devil inside is McDonagh.
Can he hit it? If he hits it this one could be over.
Dragunov, who has it scouted,
trying to counter somehow, someway,
and Breakker just drops everyone.
[Booker] Now with the shaggy ducky quack quack moment
of this match right there,
that double clothesline by Bron Breakker.
[Vic] Breakker now turning into a human bulldozer…
[JD screams] Oh!
…and taking a page out of his uncle and father's playbook.
-[Booker] Oh. -[Vic] Pure power.
[Booker] You see that Bron Breakker just popped the hips.
You don't see an over-the-head belly-to-belly suplex like that normally.
This kid right here, the dexterity of this kid, Bron Breakker,
is unbelievable.
[Vic] Breakker able to counter. Look at Dragunov.
Swing and a miss and gets caught.
-Goes for the ride. -[Booker] Bad move.
[crowd barking]
[Vic] The scary power of Breakker on display in this match up.
[Booker] Look at him.
[Vic] Not only that. Bam.
Followed up with a second.
You mentioned the explosiveness of Bron with those hips.
Is that what separates him from everyone else?
[Booker] Let me tell you.
That right there, that's in his DNA, it's in his blood.
[Vic] Oh, sure.
[Booker] Uncle Scotty was the master at that right there.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] Beautiful clothesline.
Reminds me of that dog-faced gremlin, Rick Steiner.
[Vic] Breakker never wants to turn away a challenge, but look.
From behind, McDonagh.
Trying to steal one was McDonagh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] JD out of dodge.
-[Booker] Took a hard fall. -[Vic] Certainly.
But focusing back in on the action from JD.
[Booker] Beautiful forearm by Dragunov.
[Vic] Dragunov looking for a suplex, trying to hoist up Breakker.
-Breakker trying to overpower… -[Vic] What…
[Vic] And successfully does.
As I mentioned, Breakker never shy away from a challenge,
welcomes all competition with some life.
[Booker] Beautiful.
[Vic] He certainly has been against a lot of international foes as of late,
and McDonagh breaking up the count.
-Turning up. -[Vic] Again.
-Is this the strategy at this point? -[Booker] Took another bad spill.
McDonagh took another bad spill. I don't know what it was.
[Vic] McDonagh just laughing, smiling,
almost frustrating Bron Breakker in the center of the ring.
Picking his spots
is McDonagh,
and you just saw the eyes of the champion.
As I mentioned, those international foes, bate,
McDonagh unified the NXT and NXT United Kingdom championships,
but right now in there with Dragunov.
Dragunov has been waiting for this match up,
waiting to get moment with Breakker
inside the squared circle,
and Dragunov now
is trying to counter.
Breaker showcasing that strength. Gets caught and might get put to sleep.
[Booker] Dragunov tried to drag Bron down to the ground.
That didn't work.
Bron took up and over
and like that Dragunov is in total control.
Dragunov in total control right now of Bron Breakker.
Those big elbows to the back of the neck could be it.
[Vic] Speaking of the back of the neck. Again McDonough.
-Got caught. -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] McDonagh thought he was picking his spot,
instead he walked in.
Now Dragunov could be trying to tie up McDonagh.
[Booker] Man. Look at those elbows right there.
[Vic] If the referee stops the match up,
Dragunov would become champion.
One after another.
McDonagh showcasing he's still in the match up,
got his hands up at the last moment.
[Booker] McDonagh right now is dazed and confused.
If Dragunov could've got a cover,
he could've perhaps won this match.
[Vic] When it comes to Dragunov,
I think we're starting to see it firsthand here.
He's just a different breed of intensity.
[Booker] Look at Dragunov now.
Dragunov is a guy
that is thinking about one thing and that's the gold.
That's what you got to think about in a match up like this.
You got to throw cau… You got to leave everything in the…
You cannot fold it in tonight, man.
[Vic] Main event at Halloween Havoc still trending number one.
That knee found all of its mark,
but now McDonagh there to clean up.
Looking for again the devil inside.
[crowd screaming]
Dragunov having it blocked again.
Hoisting up McDonagh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] For Dragunov…
[Booker] Oh. Wow.
[Vic] What a combination offense.
[crowd cheering]
You take a look at a guy like Dragunov
who has taken a lot of punishment in this match up.
Book, he doesn't feel pain.
-[Booker] It's not that. -[Vic] He welcomes it.
[Booker] It's not that. It's adrenaline.
-[Vic] What's he doing? -[Booker] It's the adrenaline…
-[Vic] What is Dragunov thinking? -[Booker] Another level.
He knows winning that gold, winning that north American championship
is a life changer, man.
It's a game changer.
When you walk in the room, the people go, "There goes the champ."
That feels good.
[Vic] Dragunov is now looking for the NXT title
and he had both challengers in his sights.
[Booker] Coast to coast, baby.
[Vic] All three men down.
All three men showcasing what this match up
has taken out of them in our main event for the NXT Championship
here at Halloween Havoc,
but somehow Bron Breakker is the one who's almost to his feet first.
[Booker] It tells me that Bron's training
has been on point to get himself ready for a match up like this.
His cardio is definitely there,
and the fight is still in Bron Breakker.
Let's see if he can pull this thing off.
Let's see if he can still walk out and still the champ.
[Vic] Dragunov who hits with destructive intent,
hits with purpose, but so does Breakker.
These two now are just cleaning each other's clocks,
and you just see the slug fest breaking out.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd clapping]
[Vic] McDonagh, the cheerleader.
Take a look at this.
Playing right into the Irish ace's hand.
[Booker] It's smart.
I think this kid, McDonagh, came in with a plan.
Let's see if it worked out.
[crowd chanting]
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] Book, you said a plan, you said smart.
That plan, time may have expired on that plan for McDonagh.
-Turns around… -[Booker] Oh. Wow.
[crowd screaming]
[Booker] McDonagh got caught up in the lights.
[McDonagh talks to Bron]
[crowd screaming]
[audience] Oh!
[Vic] Book, I don't mean to be rude,
but I don't think this was part of McDonagh's plan.
[Booker] You know what?
I don't think so either.
[Vic] Oh!
[audience] Oh!
[crowd screaming]
God, that was hot.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] Tossed out
is McDonagh,
and I'm taking a look.
McDonagh's chest bright red,
and we're back down to two,
and neither of these superstars
would have it any other way.
[Booker] Here we go.
Here we go.
There's a fight coming.
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] As I mentioned, it was Dragunov who had relinquish
the NXT United Kingdom title this summer due to a severe ankle injury.
This is his chance of redemption.
First chance to get back the gold. And right now he is wearing down Breakker.
Could we be on the verge of Dragunov becoming the NXT champion?
[Booker] I tell you those knee and elbows behind the…
behind the ear could knock the equilibrium out,
and right now Bron Breakker is on dream street.
-[Vic] Certainly. -[Booker] Here we go.
[Vic] Breakker still hasn't fallen off his feet,
and then Breakker answers back.
[Booker] Big clothesline by Bron Breakker.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] Breakker showcasing that raw power.
[Booker] Wow. McDonagh right at the last minute.
[Vic] Dropping the champion,
and once again all three men down.
[crowd chants] NXT!
[Vic] NXT Universe on their feet.
What a night it has been at Halloween Havoc.
This is the NXT Championship match up,
and here could've been a turning moment in the match up.
McDonagh dropping Breakker who dropped Dragunov,
and now it's McDonagh
who's in the driver's seat of this main event.
[Booker] I'll say it again.
This kid right here, McDonagh, is a different type of breed.
If you find yourself in his cross hairs, he's going to make that shot.
He's going to pull the trigger,
but right now, Bron Breakker is trying to finish this thing.
[Vic] Breakker… Got to keep eyes in the back of your head.
Dragunov is trying to peel Breakker away.
Breakker creates some separation,
and now Breakker could be looking for that Frankensteiner.
-Into a power bomb. -[Booker] Wow.
-[Vic] Have you ever see that? -[Booker] Never.
-[Vic] Have you ever seen that? -[Booker] Never.
[crowd chants] Holy…
[crowd cheering and clapping]
[Vic] Heads up offense by Dragunov
to have the presence of mind to catch McDonagh.
[crowd chants] This is awesome!
[Vic] This indeed is,
but this is the main event of Halloween Havoc
as we've stated for the NXT Championship.
Bron does not need to be factored
in the decision to lose his championship.
Right now,
it might be more about will than skill.
[Booker] Right now, it's breaking down.
It's going to come down to who wants it the most right here
tonight at Halloween Havoc.
[Vic] They drop Dragunov,
and now they are looking to drop one another.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] There's that unbridled rage from Dragunov
boiling out of his body.
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic laughs]
[Booker] Big chops by Dragunov.
[Dragunov screams]
[Booker] Big senton.
[Vic] Oh. Crash and burn.
I don't know if Breakker
might have been looking for that spear in the moment,
but both men to the outside.
[Booker] He's going for it, but the timing of it was not right.
The spacing of Dragunov.
He just wasn't in the right spot.
[Vic] No count out, no disqualification.
Pinfall or submission in the center of the ring.
Dragunov now had his hands on Breakker.
McDonagh though drops Dragunov.
[Booker] McDonagh right now is taking advantage of the situation,
and what a situation it is.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Somehow, someway, who's the man standing?
[Booker] The thing is the last one breathing right now.
The last one breathing is JD McDonagh.
[Vic] McDonagh gets the champion back into the ring,
and you can see McDonagh
feeling the effects of this Triple Threat Match.
Feeling the effects of the power from Breakker,
the power from Dragunov.
As he pulls himself to the top,
but a little bit too much time.
Breakker has been in this deep waters before.
Breakker swam with the sharks,
and right now, Breakker looking to stand tall.
[Booker] Let me tell you.
Triple Threat Matches, you just got to be in the right place
at the right time.
[Vic] Dragunov chopps the knees of Breakker.
[Booker] A lot of fluid motion right now in this match up.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] Dragunov carrying out Breakker.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] He lands it.
[Vic] Cover. Count.
Title. Kick out.
[Booker] Not enough to stop the champion.
[Vic] That could be a knockout. A cover and another near fall.
450.
[Booker laughs]
-[Vic] Is this going to be it? -[Booker] That got to be it.
-What? You got to be kidding me. -[Vic] Heads up for another cover.
-Another count, and another near fall. -[Booker] What a match.
What a match.
This kid, McDonagh, is bringing the noise.
-I'm going to tell you… -[Vic] Brainbuster.
-[Booker] He has all the tools. -[Vic] Cover.
Another count. Is it enough?
Another kick out by Breakker.
[Booker] Let me tell you something. McDonagh is into to my favorite five.
I'm telling you.
This kid is something else.
[Vic] It was Dragunov looking for the knockout.
Not to be outdone,
right spot, right time for McDonagh.
Another near fall.
McDonagh then showcasing power and strength
dropping with a brain buster, into the cover,
but again, not enough to keep Bron Breakker down.
[Booker] McDonagh did everything right right there.
He did everything.
He should be champion right now,
but that's just the toughness
of a man by the name of Bron Breakker.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] You talk about toughness,
how about just pure relentlessness
out of McDonagh.
Strike after strike, and again looking for the devil inside.
The ribs, the back,
everything taken out of McDonagh into this moment.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] Say what you will.
You can't question the heart and dedication
of any of these three superstars.
Dragunov with one holding on.
[McDonagh screams]
[Vic] Could be looking for two.
Trying to pull himself up along with McDonagh.
-[Booker] Are you kidding me? -[Vic] Bum.
McDonagh had this thing won,
and right now Dragunov says, "Not just yet."
[Vic] Could be looking for the trifecta.
Dragunov trying to pull McDonagh up.
-Breakker. -[Booker] Oh, no.
No way, no way.
Wow.
[crowd screaming]
[crowd barking]
[Booker] What the hell?
[crowd barking]
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] To the top goes the champion.
Tip of the cap to his father.
A dog faced-gremlin size bulldog,
and now Bron looking to break Dragunov.
[Booker] I would not want to be Dragunov right now
because something is about to happen.
[Vic] Up and down.
There it goes. McDonagh.
McDonagh tosses out Breakker.
He's going to steal it. No.
Oh. Kick out.
[Booker] That was a great strategy by McDonagh.
He should've had it won right there.
The toughness of Dragunov to kick out.
These three men.
What a match up.
What a night, what a fight.
[crowd chanting] Dragunov!
[Vic] What must be going through the mind of McDonagh?
That might have been McDonagh's best opportunity.
Book, you've been in these matches.
You know when you've had your best shot,
your best opportunity.
[Booker] In a situation like this, McDonagh just needs to keep it together.
-Wait a minute. -[Vic] Uh-oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] This is that moment for McDonagh.
These are the deep waters Breakker's been in,
and Breakker just threw McDonagh out of the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Now setting his sights on Dragunov.
[Booker] Move.
Wow. Beautiful.
[Vic] Counter.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] Dragunov now
feeding off the energy of the NXT Universe.
What goes up.
Big senton.
[Booker] Cover him.
Cover him.
What are you thinking? You need to cover him.
Think about your son at home. Think about dreams coming true.
Pick your spot.
Point out your mark.
Torpedo moskau.
Dragunov.
[Booker] That could be it. We're going home. Yes.
[Vic] Cover for the title.
You got to be kidding me.
McDonagh caught the ref's hand.
That was going to be three.
[Booker] What a genius move by JD McDonagh.
[crowd chants] This is awesome!
[Vic] Look at McDonagh. Look at Dragunov.
The stare, the glare.
These two are going to swing it out.
[Booker] Yes, indeed.
This is a donnybrook.
It's a fight. Let me tell you.
[Vic] Dragunov had the title won if it wasn't for McDonagh.
[Booker] McDonagh right now, even though he looks down,
like I say, this kid has a ace up his sleeve.
I got my money on McDonagh here in this match tonight
to walk away NXT champion.
[Vic] That's why they call him the Irish ace.
He's always looking, he's always thinking.
[Booker] Oh. Wow.
[Booker laughs]
-McDonagh again. -[Booker] Wow.
[Booker] You got to be… Didn't I tell you?
[Vic] You did.
[crowd chants] NXT!
[Vic] NXT Universe on their feet.
But what's going through the mind of McDonagh?
[Booker] Let me say something.
[Vic] McDonagh's done this before.
McDonagh said he wanted to end the career of Dragunov.
He wanted to put Dragunov back on the shelf,
and that might be going through his mind right now at this moment.
This isn't about a damn title for McDonagh.
This is about taking a man's career.
[Booker] There's something special about this kid.
[Booker] There's something special about this kid, JD McDonagh.
This is about going out here, and who cares about the fans,
that's what this means.
[crowd screaming]
[Vic] Hold on.
[crowd screaming]
[Dragunov screams]
[Vic] Laying it all on the line.
Dragunov sensing it.
[crowd screaming]
I don't know. What is it going to take, Book?
[Booker] McDonagh caught the back of his head on the table.
He could be out.
Dragunov needs to…
[Vic] McDonagh's moving a bit, but to your point.
I don't know if McDonagh is going to have enough
to get back into this match up,
but I counted McDonagh out here tonight.
I've been proven wrong, but I want to focus on the task at hand.
Look at these two gladiators.
-Look at these warriors. -[Booker] Here we go.
Dragunov say, "Bring it, man".
And here comes Bron Breakker.
[referee talking]
[Dragunov screams]
[Vic] These two turning this into a slug fest.
NXT Universe is on their feet.
What a main event this has been for Halloween Havoc.
Just as terrifying as we thought it would be, and Dragunov…
[Booker] Wow. Beautiful counter.
[Vic] Breakker fighting back.
What's it going to take?
Book, what's it going to take? German suplex.
[Booker] This kid, Dragunov, he's got some momentum going right now.
Bron Breakker looked like he's in a bit of trouble.
Did you see the eyes?
Did you see the eyes on Bron Breakker?
Right now, he's on that street, that street called green.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] This could be the moment.
Dragunov calling for it.
Setting his sight.
[Booker] Shucky ducky quack quack moment.
Cover.
Breakker overcomes the odds again.
[Bron Breakker's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner and still the NXT champion,
Bron Breakker.
[Booker] Give credit where credit is due to all three of these men
who just went through a demolition derby, a car crash, Book.
Whatever the hell you want to call it.
This was a match,
this was a main event,
and this another moment
about what the future holds in the WWE.
[Booker] Beautiful work. -[Vic] Dragunov. Let's go back.
Thought he had it.
Right here might have been the best opportunity for Dragunov,
but take a look at that sneaky sinister son of a gun,
JD McDonagh.
I don't know if McDonagh realized what he did
because he unleashed some offense
right in front of us
on Dragunov.
Then bam. Dragunov risking it all.
Putting his body on the line.
Wiping out McDonagh.
Back in the ring, this is the closing moments.
This is when Dragunov had everything on his side.
Momentum had swung into this favor
that he would once again wear gold in NXT.
Found the mark, but bam, X was not the spot.
Another vicious spear from Bron Breakker,
and Breakker retains the NXT Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd barking]
[Vic] Hats off to all three of these competitors,
but in the end, the monster of NXT is still Bron Breakker.
[crowd screaming]
Subtitles: Pawan Gurjar, Faruk Berk & Josefina Tieppo ker.