[WWE's music playing]
[male announcer] Then.
Wow!
Now.
Forever.
Together.
Welcome to Halloween Havoc!
Playtime is over.
[evil laughter]
[Vic] The ghosts, ghouls, and goblins have arrived.
What was that?
[screams]
You want to fight Fyre with fire?
Then, Mandy Rose, meet me here.
[Vic] We're not only ready for the scariest night of the year,
it's the scariest event of the year.
[rock music playing]
[grunts]
This is going to be a war.
The title hangs in the heavens,
but you'll have to through hell
to be crowned the new North American champion.
[Vic] From tears of sadness to tears of joy,
Wes Lee is champion!
Two women butcher the last remnants of their friendship.
You were never my friend.
[female voice] I told you Halloween Havoc
would be the most blood-curdling.
You were always my best friend.
[female voice] The most terrifying…
[bell rings]
[female voice] And horrific night of the year.
[male voice] Enjoy the carnage.
[Vic] Toxic Attraction.
[Booker] Like a pack of wolves, man.
[Vic] Boom, and we continue the reign of Mandy Rose.
[rock music playing]
Some people deserve to feel pain.
[Vic] Ambulances… and the door slams shut!
[male voice] Caskets, and more mayhem than this guy can ask for.
[Vic] Crews closes the lid.
[bell rings]
[laughs]
[rock music playing]
[Alicia] The following Triple Threat Match
is for the NXT championship.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Spear!
One, two, three.
[Vic] And Bron Breakker retains the NXT championship.
[Booker] What a fight, what a match up, what a night.
[audience cheering]
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT women's tag team championship.
[audience cheering]
[Alicia] Introducing first, the challengers,
the team of Nikkita Lyons
and Zoey Stark.
[audience cheering]
[Alicia] And their opponents,
they are the NXT women's tag team champions,
Kayden Carter
and Katana Chance.
[audience booing]
[Vic] Well, Book, we're not slowing down after Halloween Havoc.
We are wasting no time getting right into the action
and the first of two tag team title match ups here on NXT.
[Booker] Let's get after it, man. Let's do this.
[Vic] Now taking a look at this contest, I want to ask you this before the bell.
Quite the rivalry being built between these two teams,
but do you question the chemistry of the challengers like the champions do?
[Booker] Well, let me tell you something, Vic.
I haven't been around here long enough to actually elaborate on that right there,
but let me tell you something,
Starks and Lyons on the same page
could be tag team champions any given night.
Oh, beautiful, beautiful switch right there by Nikkita.
[Vic] You hear the NXT Universe almost split down the middle.
Speaking of the splits, there's Nikkita Lyons
looking for her first championship here in NXT.
Book, it's hard to believe, debuted less than a year ago.
Does that boggle your mind?
Less than a year ago, and she's in the position she's in.
[Booker] Well, it really doesn't.
Nikkita Lyons, she has something what we call in this business
that "it" factor just waiting to kick off.
[Vic] Into the cover for the titles and a kick out by Carter.
What a match up this is, what a way to kick things off tonight.
Still to come tonight on the heels of Halloween Havoc,
Lash Legend will go one-on-one
with the co-host of this past Saturday's premium live event, Shotzi,
then of course, the second tag team title match up
still to come later on tonight,
but let's focus in on the task at hand
because Zoey Stark right now is in control.
Oh, swing and a miss for the most part.
Carter able to get right back into it,
but hey, look at this as it is, Book.
You take a look at these tag teams,
you're part of a hall of fame tag team,
perhaps the greatest in WCW. -[Booker] Oh, wow.
[Vic] How do you judge tag team competition
as into the ring the hard way, into the cover and another near fall.
[Booker] We got a lot of great competition,
a lot of great tag teams here in NXT,
but the one thing about being a great tag team it's all about longevity.
When you think about longevity,
you think about teams like The Road Warriors,
you think about The Nasty Boys, you think about Harlem Heat.
That's the teams you think about for its greatness.
That's what we're looking at right here in the middle of this ring as well.
Actually, potential greatness.
[Vic] Take a look at the potential. Stark on her feet.
And this is certainly a chess match, and right now it is a stalemate.
Oh, this looked more of that aggressive side
we've seen from Chance and Carter.
Do you believe Chance and Carter have become more frustrated
even as champions?
Is that even possible to be frustrated if you're a champion?
-[Booker] Let me tell you, sometimes you-- -[Vic] Wow.
[Booker] What a beautiful, beautiful move there.
Sometimes you're just not on the same page,
but one thing I've noticed about this team,
they can make mistakes and still get the victory.
That right there, it tells me a lot about this team.
[Vic] Right now back in is Lyons,
and Lyons taking it to Chance in this moment.
Big right hand.
You talked about Stark and Lyons
as Lyons into the cover, hook of the leg and a kick out.
They bonded over rehabbing knee injuries earlier this year.
Stark actually helped coach Nikkita Lyons over a year ago
when she was transitioning into a superstar here in NXT.
They have grown very close behind closed doors as partners,
which is part of the reason why they seem to be in-sync here tonight
looking to capture the NXT women's tag team titles.
[Booker] What I like about that team right there, Stark and Lyons,
they're different.
You got Stark who's long, she's rangy, she's technically sound,
and then you got the "Lyon Queen" Nikkita Lyons.
You got to love it.
[Vic] You got watch your striking ability as well.
Tag was made.
There's the quickness you had talked about earlier for Chance and Carter.
Now you talk about the strike factor.
Boom, there's the take down,
and now Lyons looking to apply an ankle lock.
Could be looking for a submission.
[Booker] You got to understand, Chance and Carter,
they got a big victory over Toxic Attraction to get those titles.
That right there, I always talk about having that cloak of invincibility.
That's what that championship does for you.
[Vic] I believe a tag was made.
I don't think Lyons realizes that Chance is the legal superstar.
If she didn't realize it, she certainly does now.
A little two-on-one, trying to roll through.
Able to do it, shoulders down and a near far.
-[Booker] Almost got it. -[Vic] Champions here close to retaining.
Talk about the speed of Chance and Carter,
this really, Book, is almost a match of just pure speed versus pure power.
[Booker] There you look at that double tag team move right there
reminds me of The Rock 'n' Roll Express.
That double dropkick always took them to the pay window.
Right now, we got it going on.
[Vic] Well, talking about the pay window,
it's the champions looking to cash in,
but there's that power on display and--
Oh! -[Booker] God.
[Vic] Viciousness. Titles on the line.
Don't miss a second of the action.
Are we going to crown new women's tag team champs?
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Back live on NXT, the women's tag team titles on the line.
Lyons is fading here. Finally able to counter,
but still being able to stay one step ahead.
Chance and Carter, and Carter, Book, has showed you
what it takes to be champions.
They have been operating on the same page all night long.
[Booker] Yes, but that strength factor comes into play.
There again, the big move there by Nikkita.
That's it. That could be it.
[Vic] And a near fall and so much taken out of Lyons during the commercial break,
but still having the power to land-- boom.
Perfectly planting Chance and almost, almost capturing the titles.
Right now for Lyons, she may need to be looking to get out of the ring,
but she has taken a lot of punishment.
[Booker] Tag was just made right there as well.
I don't think Nikkita got a chance to see it.
[Vic] Oh, and there again,
those that have been in these situations, and Stark--
[Booker] Oh, beautiful right there, taking care--
Jumping into the ring, taking one for the team.
[Vic] Stark running right in, trying to run a little interference,
and Book, she paid for it, a little two for one for Carter.
Chance and Carter have answered the call
here in this tag team match up here tonight for their titles.
[Booker] Like I said earlier, Vic,
as far as being able to make those mistakes
and still be able to come out victorious,
that's what we're looking at right there tonight.
[Vic] Right under the jaw, connected perfectly,
and here's that tag team continuity-- -[Booker] Oh.
[Vic] Oh, that has made Chance and Carter the face of the NXT women's division,
and Stark able to overpower to break up the count.
What a way to kick off NXT.
Take one more look, this is that… boom!
Tag team continuity we talked about, but hey, able to break it up.
Presence of mind by Stark.
[audience chanting "NXT"]
[referee] Hey, come on. I need you back in your corner. Come on.
[Vic] NXT Universe in for a treat to kick us off here.
As finally some separation and now Stark in the match up.
Tagging in and going right to work is Chance.
You said there's no love lost, Book, between these two teams.
[Booker] Look at that right there,
the power and the fluidness right there of Zoey Stark.
-[Vic] Half and half. -[Booker] Here, let me tell you something.
Zoey is a champion anywhere in this business.
She's on the move, man.
[Vic] Stark has won the gold in the past.
She'd love to do it for a second time here tonight.
Could be looking for the knockout. Nice counter. Roll through.
Shoulders down, and just able to kick out at the very last moment.
And a roll through again.
Shoulders down, oh!
And Carter rocked to the outside.
Stark now, look at the athleticism, and right back in.
Swing and miss.
From behind, shoulders are down,
and we got new champions.
[Zoey Stark's music playing]
[Vic] Let the celebration begin for Stark and Lyons.
How good it must feel right now,
and here's the closing moments.
You talked about Stark being a champion anywhere in the world.
-[Booker] Yes. -[Vic] She proved it here tonight.
Right here, presence of mind.
Book, you know better than anyone,
it only takes three seconds
for your dreams to come true.
[female announcers] Here are your winners
and new NXT women's tag team champions,
Nikkita Lyons.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I've just been informed
that, due to an unseen tag,
the head referee has determined
that this match will now restart.
[audience yelling]
[Booker] Sad situation, but the referee did the right thing.
He had to have the wherewithal,
understanding, and know-how to do the-- I saw it.
I thought I saw it anyway. I thought I saw a tag.
[Vic] Book, you were tapping me
during the closing moments of that match up.
As this match up, you heard it from Alicia Taylor, has restarted.
This is chaotic. This is chaos.
Book, one more time.
This is what you're referring to.
[Booker] This is it right here.
[Vic] Boom, there goes the tag. You're right, Book.
You saw it, the referee did not.
Unlike the NFL, we try to make it right here in the WWE and NXT.
So this match up's continuing.
This match up has restarted
and what a roller coaster of emotions for these two teams.
[Booker] No flagrant fouls here in the game in NXT.
We're going to call it right down the middle.
[Vic] The referee now trying to regroup himself,
and all the way to the top. -[Booker] Oh, Spanish fly.
[Vic] You talk about a human highlight reel.
Chance into the cover. Hooks both legs.
Oh, wow!
Was it three or was it a two?
[Booker] I think that was a two and three--
-[Vic] Was it a three? Was it a two? -[Booker] No, no, no.
That wasn't a three-count. It was close.
Two and three quarters. It was close.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Damn, that was close, Book.
-[Booker laughs] -[Vic] Referee's discretion.
We do see a tag as this match up continuing.
Wow, I didn't think we were going to start NXT this way, Book.
[Booker] The tag team champions right now rolling, they're in control,
but right now the switch up of the dice right there just rolling.
Stark is back on top.
[Vic] Book, we're trying to collect ourselves in this.
How does this change the mindset of both these teams? Tag.
[Booker] Right now, it's all about one thing,
that's becoming champion here.
Right now, Nikkita Lyons is on the move and she wants it.
[Vic] Oh!
[Booker] Beautiful switch kick from Nikkita.
[laughs]
[all] One, two!
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] You got to be kidding me.
[Vic] This is what it's all about. This is the type of action in NXT.
These superstars, the future, the future is now.
The titles on the line.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Still trying to swing away is Lyons.
[Booker] She caught here right now.
[Vic] And there's that power we've been talking about.
Carter able to slip, oh.
Chopping down Lyons.
[Booker] That's the quickness right there.
This team right here is a team that will not be denied.
They want those championships.
Wow.
[Vic] Chance connects,
and Chance and Carter retain.
[Booker] What a team.
[Alicia] Here are your winners
and still the NXT women's tag team champions,
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance.
[Vic] I mean, what a team.
What a match to kick us off on NXT.
Let's go back to some of the action throughout this match up.
Hats off to the champions who retained,
but Book, we talk about a human highlight reel.
That Spanish fly was hit perfectly by Chance.
We all thought it was over, and take a look how close.
How close.
You could've slipped a piece of paper under the official's hand,
but then Lyons changed the game.
This was about as close as it got for Stark and Lyons here tonight,
but in the final moments just as quick as she was all night long.
[Booker] What a save.
[Vic] Chance broke things up, and then Carter presence of mind
to chop down the stronger Lyons and then picture perfect.
[Booker] The highlight reel.
[Vic] That's going to be turned into a GIF or a jif,
however the kids say on the Internet.
Moving forward, champions retain
and what a way to kick off NXT.
Look, I got to ask, Book.
What a roller coaster of emotions we just witnessed.
[Booker] Hey, man. What a night, what a fight.
-Wow. -I mean, I'm sweating, you're sweating.
I can only imagine what the superstars just felt
because that was absolutely amazing.
It was hard hitting, but something else that was hard hitting,
the main event this past Saturday at Halloween Havoc.
[ominous music playing]
Halloween Havoc was my moment.
[Booker] Dragunov has a chance to play his greatest symphony here tonight.
My opportunity to fill the void in my soul
that has been there for over three months.
[Vic] This could be the moment.
[Booker] That could be it.
I was a fraction of a second away.
One, two…
[screams]
So close, but yet so far.
JD McDonagh stole my destiny.
JD McDonagh enjoys
manipulating my reality.
When he was in NXT UK,
he was a cancer in that brand,
so I removed him.
Nobody is safe.
Not myself, not Bron Breakker, nobody until he is removed again
and tonight
the Czar will eliminate JD McDonagh
once and for all.
[Vic] On the heels of Halloween Havoc
with neither man capturing the NXT championship
they look to write the next chapter in their intense rivalry.
Dragunov - McDonagh,
live tonight on NXT.
But speaking of champions and speaking of Halloween Havoc,
there's the man who did capture some gold.
Wes Lee's on his way to address the NXT Universe,
and that's going to happen next live here on NXT on USA.
[ominous music playing]
[Wes Lee] The second coming isn't about retribution.
It's about justice.
Please, welcome the new NXT North American champion,
Wes Lee.
[Wes Lee's music playing]
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Book, I got to be honest. I take a look around,
everyone is on their feet for Wes Lee,
and I talked to him earlier today.
He told me he stayed off social media,
but he read every single tweet that was sent to him.
He spent the weekend with family,
with friends that were with him every step of the way
for what he called the toughest ten months of his life,
and he wanted this opportunity to address everyone.
Not just the NXT Universe, the WWE Universe.
[Booker] Let me give it up. Let me give it up for Wes Lee.
This kid's an amazing talent.
A tremendous athlete.
I'm going to say, I was wrong about this kid.
This kid is the goods.
Right now, he is the North American champion.
It don't get no better than that, Jo Vic.
[audience chanting "You deserve it"]
-I… -You deserve it!
I get it. Thank you.
Thank you, thank you. You all going to get me emotional again.
Hold on. Wait a second.
Look, I just wanted to come out here and thank you all for Saturday night.
[audience cheering]
Never did I think that I would make it to the WWE,
let alone be a champion,
and for damn sure not be one on my own.
[audience cheering]
But the faith and the confidence
of everyone here at NXT
inspired and motivated me,
especially when I was lost in the dark.
[audience cheering]
This… winning this title
gave me a sense of validation
that I have been searching for my entire life.
[audience cheering]
That I belong.
There is a place for me.
That I am loved for who I am and what I stand for,
and for that I am forever, forever grateful, y'all.
[audience cheering]
[audience chanting "Wes"]
Er, hold on, hold on. [laughs]
[audience chanting "Wes"]
Look, and when I was standing on top of that ladder
and y'all chanted out that I deserve it,
that was a feeling that is indescribable to me.
It truly is, and all I can say is thank you, thank you.
[audience cheering]
-Look, in all honesty,
we don't deserve the love that you all share for us all the time.
It's special, but I plan on--
[audience chanting "Yes, you do"]
So to go along with that, I will make sure that I continue
to exceed any and every--
[Grayson Waller's music playing]
[audience booing]
Wes, stop sucking up, lad.
You don't deserve a thing, and neither do they.
I'm glad you had a good Saturday, because I didn't.
I hate Halloween, it is a stupid made-up holiday.
Hey, hey, look.
You can't come out here and rain on my parade
because you lost your match.
[audience cheering]
-Wait, you think I lost? -Yeah.
Yes, Apollo rolled me into an inanimate object,
but technically, I won.
Hey, what did you do?
You climbed a ladder. Congrats, lad.
I did that at home depot the other day, no one gave me nothing.
As far as I'm concerned,
Grayson Waller is still up 1-0 on Apollo Crews.
[R-Truth's music playing]
[audience cheering]
[R-Truth] Y'all know what time it is.
Let's crank it up. Let's crank it up.
Now here we go.
People over there, what's up?
You feel me? Say what's up.
What's up?
[R-Truth and crowd yelling "What's up?"]
Now you can get with this or you get with that.
You better get with this because this is where it's at.
What's up?
[R-Truth and crowd yelling "what's up?"]
[audience cheering]
[audience chanting "Truth"]
Orlando, Florida, make some noise.
[audience cheering]
What's up?
[audience yelling "what's up?"]
I'll tell you what's up.
That mask got my lips a little ashy, but ladies and gentlemen,
boys, ghouls, and goblins,
welcome to Halloween Havoc.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] Did he say Halloween Havoc?
[Vic] Yes, it's Truth, man.
Now, if you're ready
for the spookiest night of the year--
Hey, hey, hey.
Hold on a second, mate.
What are you doing?
[audience booing]
Wait a minute, y'all.
Dawg, that's cool, man.
You're coming with that British accent, man.
[audience cheering]
I--
[audience chanting "British accent"]
Are you excited about Halloween Havoc, mate?
[audience cheering]
[R-Truth] Excuse me, governor.
Newsflash, idiot.
I'm Australian, and no, I'm not excited for Halloween Havoc.
[audience chanting "No, he's not"]
I have style, I'm definitely Australian.
Why are you not happy about Halloween Havoc?
It was three days ago, Truth.
It already happened.
It already happened?
Yes, I was there.
[laughs]
Hey, he's trying to okie doke me.
Wait, wait, wait. Truth, Truth, Truth, no.
It did already happen.
I was there and I won this.
Oh, snap!
I won this bad boy.
[shrieks]
Congratulations, dawg.
Thank you, dawg.
My bad.
Bro, that's what's up, man.
-That's how I play. -You did it, man. You did it.
You deserve it.
How did you do, mate?
[audience chanting "He lost"]
Hey, Truth.
[audience chanting "He lost"]
He lost to Apollo Crews in a casket match.
Oh.
Hey, I'm not mad because Apollo Crews is nice, dawg.
Apollo's nice, dawg. He--
Hey, you was in that casket by yourself with no spiders in there?
I know it was dark.
Hoo-ee. I'd have been scared, dawg.
-[Grayson] No, no, no. -I know he was scared, man.
Grayson Waller ain't scared of nothing.
All I did was get rolled in a casket by Apollo Crews.
That's it.
You rolled one up out here?
Yes, dawg.
There we go. I'm coming here.
I'm coming back, dawg.
No, no, no.
Hey, hey, hey. This is done.
I would love nothing more
than right now to beat you in my own house,
but my mind's not in it, so you know what?
I'm going to give you a week.
Then you can work out what the Grayson Waller effect really is,
if you can work out the right day on the calendar.
That wasn't good hospitality, was it, dawg?
On second thought.
[audience cheering]
[Vic laughs]
It don't matter what day, Book, Truth always brings it.
[Booker] Yes, Truth is a bad, bad man.
[laughs]
I'll see you next week.
Happy Halloween!
[Vic] R-Truth's always welcome here on Tuesday nights on NXT.
[audience yelling "What's up?"]
Edris, man, I can't lie, I'm nervous.
This is the biggest night of our careers.
We have a chance to become the NXT tag team champions.
[sighs] Look, man. I'm nervous too, but we have more than a shot.
Pretty Deadly, they going to bring it.
They going to bring it, but tonight it's our night.
Yes, yes.
Check me out.
If you had one shot or one opportunity
to seize everything you've ever wanted,
would you capture it
or just let it slip away?
Wait a minute. Are you singing Eminem right now?
Bro, I'm just trying to hype you up.
I'm trying to get you ready.
You've had my back, I've had yours since day one,
Since the day we signed our contracts together.
And that's all I need!
This is the Edris I want.
Let's go win those tag titles and shock the world.
Baby.
[Alicia] Please, welcome "The Super Diva,"
Quincy Elliott.
Ladies and gentlemen,
give it up for everybody's favorite scream queen,
Shotzi!
[Shotzi's music playing]
[Vic] Shotzi making her return recently to NXT.
Was one of the hosts of Halloween Havoc this past Saturday,
but it was at Halloween Havoc,
well, she had a little bit of a run-in with her opponent tonight.
We've learned one thing.
You don't ruin Halloween for Shotzi.
Shotzi goes one-on-one
with Lash Legend for the first time ever,
here next, live on NXT.
I'm now joined by Apollo Crews.
Apollo, a big victory for you on Saturday at Halloween Havoc
over Grayson Waller in a casket match.
Is it safe to say that Grayson is now in your rear view mirror?
Definitely is,
and he is R-Truth's problem now. [laughs]
But in all seriousness,
Grayson is extremely annoying, but I will give credit where credit due.
Very talented individual.
But I knew that moment that I shut him in that casket
and I shut his mouth that I can move on to what my original focus was
when I came back to NXT,
and that is becoming the NXT champion.
You see, my first go around,
I was never able to hold that NXT title above my head.
I'll give credit to Grayson for taking me off course of my original vision,
but you see now the vision is clear.
Oh, yeah, I can see it,
and my eyes and my ears are going to be locked into that TV screen next week
because you know what?
It might be a spoiler alert actually.
I don't know if you know this,
but I hear Bron Breakker is returning next week,
and I will be very interested to hear what he has to say.
Thanks for your time, Apollo.
[Lash Legend's music playing]
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing, Lash Legend.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Legend interrupted Shotzi at Halloween Havoc this past Saturday.
Book, what grade would you give Shotzi for hosting Halloween Havoc?
[Booker] Let me tell you something about Shotzi.
She's great in the ring, and you know that she's great out of the ring as well.
Halloween Havoc, she did a hell of a job.
[Vic] Legend right now going to work.
Look, you've been here for a few weeks now, Book,
you've been around all the superstars.
How do you think Lash has transitioned from the basketball court to an NXT ring?
[Booker] She's a work in progress.
I look at Lash Legend and I see clay looking to be molded
into something great.
It's just going to take a minute.
If I had Lash Legend for six months, she'll be champion right here in NXT.
[Vic] Oh. Legend putting the boots right to Shotzi
as The Super Diva looks on on the outside, Quincy Elliott.
Look at this strength being showcased.
Look, it's been a hell of a night so far, Book.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] And right now, Shotzi is taking it to Lash Legend in this match up.
Oh.
NXT Universe getting behind Shotzi.
Happy to have her back.
Good tests for both these superstars really to prove themselves.
Shotzi, of course, coming off recently battling
for the WWE women's tag team titles
and now looking for a little high risk.
-[Vic] Oh. No reward. -[Booker] Oh. Beautiful.
Right now it's even more so a contest for Shotzi
because, I'm going to tell you right now, Vic,
on paper, Lash Legend has all the tools right here.
She's bigger, she's stronger.
I don't know if she's faster,
but that's not going to come into play if she could just keep Shotzi grounded.
Oh, my God, what is this?
[Vic] That's Quincy Elliot "The Super Diva"
not backing down from Lash,
and a little bit of distraction helping out Shotzi here.
Both women out on the outside and swinging away.
Shotzi not going to be one to be pushed around, to be bullied,
and Lash getting back into the ring.
Shotzi wants to finish this off inside the squared circle.
[Booker] Experience factor there, Joe Vic.
Right now, Shotzi, she's been doing this since 2016.
Excuse me?
[Vic] Are you looking me up in the phone book? Joe Vic?
[Book laughs]
[Vic] As a huge slam from Legend.
[Booker] Big slam by the Legend.
Like I said, if Lash worked with me,
she truly would become a legend,
because I see nothing but raw, raw potential in Lash Legend.
[Vic] And Legend now chopping down Shotzi.
This certainly is a different side of Legend
than we have seen in the past.
More focused when she steps into the ring,
and she came in tonight with a vendetta against Shotzi.
Into the cover, hook of leg, and a kick out.
[Booker] See that right there, right there,
that's where Lash Legend needs to lay it on thick
because right now she's thinking, thinking perhaps a little bit too much.
Needs to take care of business.
[Vic] Could be thinking of a submission, trying to maybe lock in a stretch muffler,
and Shotzi doing her best to try to counter, keep a low center of gravity.
And Shotzi now trying her best to navigate her way free.
Lash so strong.
There's Shotzi able to get over the veteran, as you mentioned,
in this match up.
As unorthodox as they come.
And Shotzi now has created a little bit of separation.
[Booker] One thing about Shotzi,
she knows the blueprint, she has a playbook.
That's the one thing Lash Legend needs to work on,
more so than anything, that playbook.
[Vic] Shotzi right now just got caught.
Legend going deep into her own arsenal in this match up.
This is a huge test for both these women as we mentioned.
[Booker] Oh.
[Vic] That's going to turn up the heat.
We said Shotzi was not afraid of anyone.
Shotzi would bring it to Legend here tonight.
Now Shotzi.
[Booker] Oh, wow.
Modified DDT.
[Vic] Shotzi calls that "never wake up."
[bell rings]
[audience cheering]
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Shotzi!
[Vic] Huge victory for Shotzi tonight
as she goes into her favorite time of the year.
Must be feel good for Shotzi and Quincy tonight.
[rock music playing]
[Vic] Looking focused are the Creed brothers.
And we found out Brutus Creed's going to get five minutes
with Damon Kemp next on NXT.
[Vic] Welcome back to NXT.
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following content is scheduled for one fall
with a five-minute time limit.
Accompanied by Julius Creed, representing Diamond Mine,
Brutus creed.
[Vic] Pressure makes diamonds,
and all the pressure was on the shoulders of Julius Creed
this past Saturday at Halloween Havoc
to keep his brother Brutus' career intact
and to silence Damon Kemp.
I'm sorry. You're going to have to bear with me.
My hands are all jacked up and swollen from what I went through on Saturday.
And even Sunday, getting up and moving around, it was hard,
and I was in a lot of pain,
but it's nothing compared to what I would've felt
if I was responsible for costing my brother his career.
Damon Kemp learned short-term decisions have long-term consequences.
I come as advertised and I wrote the final sentence,
but now it's time for my brother to put on the last punctuation.
[audience cheering]
Hey, on Saturday,
I just can't thank you enough for what you did,
but I got to say,
thank you, brother.
[audience cheering]
Love you.
[audience chanting "Creed"]
But now it's my turn.
Damon Kemp, you promised me five minutes,
so how about you get your ass down here
so I can beat it,
because I'm going to finish what you started.
[Damon] Hey, Creeds, Creeds.
Up here, dummies.
Are you two still angry?
Julius, you got lucky.
And, Brutus, I got good news for you.
Medical spared you from getting pieced up tonight.
I'm not medically cleared, but don't worry, though,
I still got five minutes of hell still waiting for you.
See you then.
[audience booing]
Damon, every day that you make me wait,
your ass whooping is going to get worse
and worse and worse and worse,
because it's Diamond Mine forever.
[audience cheering]
[Creed brothers' music playing]
[Vic] You got to imagine for the Creed brothers, they've--
[Booker] Whoa!
[Vic] That's Sanga and Veer
laying waste to Julius and Brutus,
and after everything Julius went through Saturday at Halloween Havoc.
No!
Oh.
[Booker] God.
I know a little about Veer, but this monster.
Good God.
[audience booing]
[Vic] I mean, this is…
Ugh.
Absolutely unreal.
[rock music playing]
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Sanga and Veer certainly have put
the Creed brothers
and the rest of NXT on notice.
[Booker laughs] Oh, my God.
Why?
[Vic] That's a great question, why?
[huffs] We need to concentrate
because tonight's going to be a tough one, darling.
I got to say, Ellie, these guys, lightning fast.
I know. They're like two cheetahs running down a springbok in the wild.
You know what? They're so confident in a minute.
-That's the problem. -Can you blame them?
Look at who they beat, basically every other team.
In my opinion, the two most athletic guys on this roster.
How can I argue that point?
They're loved by like everyone they come into contact with.
-They're total sweethearts. -Fan favorites, if you will.
[both sigh]
Should we talk about Edris and Malik now?
No. [laughs]
No, short boy. Just like their odds tonight.
It's true. They couldn't lace up Pretty Deadly's fabulous kitten heels.
Good one, boy. All right, let's go. You ready?
Ready. Wait.
-Side plate check! -Side plate check!
Oosh, oosh, oosh, oosh.
-Oh, I'm ready now, boy. Let's go. -Let's go.
Ready ready.
[upbeat music playing]
Hey girl, what's everyone doing?
What's up, champ?
What's up? Are you lounging by the pool?
You know, getting a little toxic tan, a little vitamin D, sunshine, you know.
Love it. Where's Jacy?
I think she's supposed to meet me out here,
but I think she went to the gym or something, I don't know. Hold on.
-Yes, conference her in. -Okay.
Hey, ladies.
Hey there.
Oh, you're working out.
I told you I was going to the gym.
Oh, okay. Jacy looking jacked.
You know I try, I try.
Getting buff so the zombies don't get you again?
If I remember correctly, you were the one that got pulled through a freezer.
Let's just be grateful that we all got out alive
and I still have my NXT women's championship.
We beat Alba Fyre at her own game.
-Love it. -Seriously, Karma at its finest.
And, Jacy, I was just joking. You know that.
Hey, you're bringing the cheese and wine, though, right?
Jeez, thanks for the invite, ladies.
You said you had a photo shoot.
Oh, yeah, true. I do. [giggles]
Well, the NXT women's champion is in demand so…
No, Toxic Attraction is in demand.
I wanted to let you ladies know
that next week we are going to celebrate
the one-year anniversary of me becoming NXT women's champion,
so you bitches better be ready to celebrate,
because as long as we hold this title,
there's Toxic Attraction
and everyone else.
[Vic] I certainly know that would be a can't-miss celebration for some,
but are we about to celebrate new tag team champions?
[audience cheering]
[rap music playing]
[Vic] And here comes a duo that has been fighting for everything
since they arrived.
You can feel the NXT Universe rise to their feet.
Book, what were you feeling
when you walked into your first championship match?
[Booker] Man, I mean, come on, nervousness, butterflies.
I was a little scared, of course, but I've made all of that work for me.
These two guys right here, Enofeé, Blade, have got to do the same thing.
They've got a bun tonight. They got a bun [indistinct]
[Vic] They are the number one contenders for the NXT tag team titles.
[Booker] What's up with the damn sweater, man?
[Vic] It's fashionable.
[Pretty Deadly's music playing]
[Vic] And there are the champions. I'm glad you brought the sweater up, Book,
because I got to admit, Enofeé and Blade,
they may just be the most fashionable duo in NXT,
more so than the tag team champions.
[Booker] What the hell are you talking about?
[Vic] Look at them. Would you wear that?
Would you be caught dead in Houston wearing that?
[Booker] These guys right here, they're stars.
They pass what I call the airport test. -[Vic] The airport test?
[Booker] When you see Prince and Wilson at the airport, you say,
"Who are those guys? They're looking good.
I don't know who they are, but they got to be stars."
That right there is Pretty Deadly, the tag team champions.
[Vic] Well, I look at Enofeé and Blade and you talk about that sweater,
I had a chance to talk to the duo about their wardrobe.
Enofeé said he likes to be flashy,
but Blade, he's a little more conservative
and he wears that sweater because it represents his father.
His grandfather worked 9:00 to 5:00, six days a week
so that he could live out his dream.
It's about hard work, it's about dedication.
[Booker] I forgot, you got to dress like that being a librarian.
[Vic] Librarian, Book's got jokes.
[Alicia] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT tag team championship.
[audience cheering]
[Alicia] Introducing first the challengers,
the team of Malik Blade and Edris Enofeé.
[audience cheering]
[Alicia] And their opponents,
they are the NXT tag team champions,
Kit Wilson, Elton Prince,
Pretty Deadly.
[audience booing]
[Vic] No doubt who the NXT Universe will be behind here tonight.
When do you think the last time Pretty Deadly even read a book?
[Booker] Come on, man. You're saying these guys aren't intelligent?
You think you can become tag team champion without being intelligent?
[Vic] You mean become tag team champions by cutting corners
and that's what they've done their entire career.
[Booker] That's part of the game, man. That's the name of the game.
It's about winning, Joe Vic. It's about winning.
[Vic] Oh.
Right out the gate, Enofeé and Blade bringing it to the champs.
Blade with a blockbuster.
-[Booker] Beautiful move there by Blade. -[Vic] Enofeé to the top.
Looking down.
-[Booker] Enofeé! -[Vic] Picture perfect.
This could be it, Book. They're going to shock the world!
Oh.
-[Booker] Let me tell you something. -[Vic] Book, that was close.
[Booker] Let me tell you, Pretty Deadly might be taking these guys
a little bit light tonight,
and that could be the downfall of Pretty Deadly.
You got to keep your eyes on the prize.
[Vic] Enofeé and Blade, they are moving with purpose
in this championship match up. They know what's at stake.
This could be their only opportunity to become champions,
and Pretty Deadly, they're on the back foot.
Enofeé and Blade now realize they got to get Wilson back into the ring.
These guys are flying around. Damn near knocked down the table.
[Booker] I like Enofeé, I like Blade's attitude tonight.
[Vic] Oh, now you like them?
[Booker] It's about coming out here and taking care of business.
I don't see the smiles like I used to.
I don't see the laughing and playing around.
This is about going out there and becoming the best here in NXT.
[Vic] Well, Prince turning things around in a hurry.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] And right now, looks like they have weathered this early storm.
What is this duo missing, that being Blade and Enofeé?
Was it that seriousness factor you talked about?
[Booker] Like I say, man, I don't mind the laughing,
I don't mind having a happy attitude when you come out of the curtain.
I like boxing, I like MMA, but when they close the curtain,
when they ring the bell, it's time to go to work.
[Vic] Wilson now in, he is legal, and he goes up.
Innovative offense and rolling right through.
Shoulders are down, referee great position, and a near fall.
[Booker] Nice teamwork right there by Pretty Deadly.
[Vic] Nice take down by Blade, dropping the knee.
He's right in his corner, looked over at Enofeé,
and they have come in, Enofeé and Blade, with a game plan here tonight.
[Booker] Look at the height and the balance on that knee drop
right there by Blade,
and Enofeé coming down from the heavens with that big shot right there.
We might see something special tonight, Vic.
[Vic] They said it was the biggest match of their life.
They've been working for this moment.
Enofeé able to hold on.
Shoulders down one more time and just able to kick out is Wilson.
Look. You said it perfectly.
I'm looking up from my monitor, Wilson and Blade, at their body language,
they seem a little bit taken aback at this moment.
[Booker] Yes, they do, but let me tell you right there.
Enofeé should've made a tag right there.
Blade was in perfect position for it, and that's what I'm talking about.
Isolate that man in the corner, man.
[Vic] That's a decleater if I've ever seen one from Wilson,
and Wilson, Prince, Pretty Deadly laid claim, Book,
to being the best tag team ever in NXT.
That is a bold claim with all the teams that have come through this.
[Booker] You got to believe in yourself in this business.
You got to put yourself over, Vic,
and that's what Pretty Deadly does better than anybody here in NXT.
Look at these guys, they're looking good.
They're dressed perfectly for the occasion.
[Vic] Tag team match up, second title on the line here tonight.
Still to come in our main event, Dragunov-McDonagh.
What a match up that will be here live on NXT.
[Booker] Man.
[Vic] As Prince just planting Blade.
Another cover, another hook of the leg and a kick out by Blade
as this tag team match up is rolling on.
Book, I want to take a look at the landscape of the tag team division.
How do you view every tag team in the men's division here in NXT?
[Booker] You're leading the charge with Pretty Deadly,
but you got the Creed brothers, you got Briggs and Jensen,
of course, you got Enofeé and Blade.
I think the tag team picture is safe here in NXT.
[Vic] It's safe, it's stacked as well,
and we could be moments away
from brand new NXT tag team champions as Enofeé I believe is legal.
Laying it all on the line.
Caution to the wind.
Blade and Enofeé in sync, in stereo.
Champs are rocked.
Champs now are rolling.
[Booker] Man.
[Vic] I should say, the challengers are rolling.
The champs are rocked.
Are we going to see new champions here tonight live on NXT?
[Vic] Back live on a tag team title Tuesday here in NXT.
The NXT tag team titles are on the line.
Pretty Deadly the champions, Enofeé and Blade the challengers.
Really a back-and-forth battle
throughout the commercial break, throughout this match up.
Look, I got to admit, I was getting caught up in the emotion of the moment
because Enofeé and Blade have brought it since the start.
Even caught me off guard just a little bit,
but they have brought their A-game here tonight,
but for Pretty Deadly, a lot to dislike,
but a lot you got to respect with regard to the champs.
[Booker] A different Blade and a different Enofeé tonight.
They came to win.
Let me tell you, Kit Wilson and Elton Prince,
I think they realize that right now
this is a different team that they're in the ring with.
[Vic] Certainly is and look how wise it is,
Prince getting Wilson back in to make the tag, cuts the ring off.
-[Vic] Enofeé seems-- -[Booker] So close.
[Vic] But he's still a long ways away from making that tag
to get a fresh man back into the ring.
[Booker] That's what I'm talking about.
[Vic] My former partner loved the sophomoric hijinks of Pretty Deadly,
but look, when I talk about liking or disliking,
this is what you got to respect.
They always seem to be one step ahead, bam, of the opposition.
[Booker] That's what I'm talking about.
Kit Wilson saying, "Look, it's time to turn it up,
it's time to take it to school and let the world know
why we are the NXT tag team champions."
[Vic] Pretty Deadly also part of those that have stated about Enofeé and Blade,
they joke too much.
They don't take things seriously.
They think of Blade and Enofeé as a joke, as a punchline,
but Enofeé and Blade trying to turn that all around here tonight.
Another tag, Wilson now legal.
[Booker] I said it, Vic. I said it.
Sometimes you got to leave all the play and games outside the ring.
Right now, Enofeé and Blade is doing everything
to walk away the new tag team champions tonight.
-[Vic] Close. -[Booker] Oh.
[Vic] I believe that is a tag, referee, great.
Wait a minute!
Tag was made on the other side. Blade is legal.
Blade is fresh and Blade is chopping down the champs.
-[Booker] Wow. -[Vic] High impact.
Blade's fired up. Look, Blade and Enofeé--
[Booker] Let me tell you something.
Wait a minute. This kid is growing on me right now, man.
I just saw something very, very unique out of this kid.
Blade is going up top.
[Vic] Blade looking for the finishing touches
wanting to make himself--
we can't discredit what Prince did, he didn't like what he saw.
Holy crap!
[Booker] Wow.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] You said you like… did you see that coming, Book?
[Booker] Like I say, man, I like something in this kid right here.
Blade is taking it.
He's going to the moon.
[Vic] High cross body. Prince is down.
-[Vic] Hook of the leg center of the ring. -[Booker] That's it.
[Vic] Oh-ho.
[Booker] So close but yet still so far away.
[Vic] Oh, take another look.
Look, the height.
A little bit of help,
but look at the spring in the step
and take one more look.
Picture perfect.
Boom!
Pinpoint precision, but oh, so close,
just not close enough.
We talked about bringing a new side of themselves,
Blade and Enofeé certainly have done that.
Shoulders down, another kick out.
Tag was made. It's now Wilson who is legal.
And now, we've seen this in the past.
Tag team continuity from Pretty Deadly.
Is this going to be enough to keep Blade down?
[Booker] You got to get in there. Whoa.
[Vic] So much been taken out of Enofeé.
-[Booker] Let me tell you something. -[Vic] Blade able to kick out.
[Booker] I do not know what the hell Enofeé was thinking about right there.
His partner was in dire straits. You've got to get in there, man.
[audience chanting]
[Vic] NXT Universe trying to rally Blade in this moment.
[audience] Eh!
Uh!
Eh!
Uh!
Eh!
[Vic] The second tag team title match of the night.
The first one took our breath away.
This one doing the same.
Blade looking to connect. Could be looking for a back
as Wilson landing on his feet. Tag was made.
[Booker] Tag was made right there.
[Vic] Blade and Enofeé now have the numbers advantage.
Will this bring gold around their waists?
Is it enough?
[Booker] You got to be kidding me.
[Vic] I think Enofeé's thinking the same thing,
but they got to remain focused.
They've never been in this position, Book.
This is the biggest match of their life, biggest match of their career.
This is a moment they've been waiting for.
Is the moment too big?
Off the knee, fell to the cover.
Oh! Is this it? -[Booker] That's it. Wow.
[Vic] You talk about a moment.
Enofeé had the cover, Blade had the save, still wasn't enough.
[Booker] This is the biggest defense I think for Pretty Deadly as well.
They need to suck it up
if they're going to hold onto those tag team championships tonight.
[Vic] Enofeé used Marshall's lyrics earlier tonight to fire up Blade.
They got to remember this moment.
They can't let it slip away.
-[Booker] It's so close, Vic, so close. -[Vic] Hey!
By hook or by crook.
Prince sticking his nose into this match up illegally,
and this is what I mean, Book, when I say cutting corners.
Looking for spilt milk, didn't connect.
Wait a minute. One goes down.
-[Booker] No, it's not going to happen. -[Vic] Two goes down. One more down.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Well, Prince and Wilson look like they seen a ghost.
Did you see the back corner of the ring?
[Booker] I saw that, but Blade and Enofeé,
these guys got a game plan, let's see if they can just pull it off.
[Vic] Wilson took out Enofeé. Tag was made. Enofeé's not moving.
Now some spilt milk.
Into the cover.
-[Booker] Wow. -[Vic] And the champs retain.
[Alicia] Here are your winners and still the NXT tag team champions,
Pretty Deadly.
[Vic] You made it a point earlier on, Book,
to say like them or not,
you can dislike,
but you've got to respect
the tag team champions again tonight
who answer the challenge,
stay one step ahead of the challengers,
and just like all the nights before,
Pretty Deadly goes home champions.
[ominous music playing]
You know, I nearly didn't get out of bed on Sunday morning
because I wasn't the NXT champion.
[Vic] All three men showcasing what this match up has taken out of them.
But neither was Ilja Dragunov,
so it's not all bad news, right?
And he describes me as a cancer,
but he's the one reoccurring for me,
spreading everywhere I go
like a malignant little growth in the back of my mind.
I get called a lot of things,
but there's one nickname I've gotten recently that I quite like,
a necessary evil,
because there's a necessary evil,
a devil inside of me I can access that others shy away from.
Ilja, your face was priceless
on Saturday night when I stopped that referee's hand hitting the mat,
but there's another expression that I'm after tonight,
the look of agony, pain,
because you are not going to leave this building of your own strength.
You are going to be bloody, incapacitated, and damaged beyond repair.
You are going to wish that you never heard the name JD McDonough
and that you never came to NXT.
[ominous music playing]
[Vic] Main event still to come, but Saturday at Halloween Havoc,
Joe Gacy declared that Schism would grow.
The newest member to be revealed to the world next on NXT.
[rock music playing]
Our goal is to provide a safe place for young people.
We have programs that matter and we have partners like the WWE.
I'd say the main thing that I learned about myself at the Boys and Girls Club
is probably the importance of being myself.
This club is like a second home to me.
It's like I come here, I know this is a safe place.
It's really cool for us to be able to see that they're making a real impact.
Visit BGCA.ORG
to learn how WWE and the Boys and Girls Club of America
are doing whatever it takes to build great futures for all of you.
[upbeat music playing]
[Vic] For more than 150 years,
Boys and Girls Clubs have played a big role
in helping shape paths for kids towards great futures.
WWE is proud to partner with Boys and Girls Clubs of America
and excited to celebrate our partnership
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Zoey Stark, a tough loss tonight having your match restarted.
What's going through your mind right now?
I had it, McKenzie.
I had the tag team titles in the palm of my hands,
everything I busted my ass for,
and it was just taken away.
I'll tell you what, Kayden and Katana are the two luckiest women
in WWE right now.
Zoey, I am so sorry.
It is all my fault, and I let you down.
It is not your fault, things just happen in the heat of the moment.
The match started and then it was over.
How did the ref not see the tag?
I don't know.
You know what? It's okay.
McKenzie, we have a rematch,
and when we have that rematch for those titles,
we're taking that gold home.
Okay? Keep your head up.
Come on.
[Joe Gacy's music playing]
[music continues]
[Alicia] Please welcome Schism.
[Vic] Book, I always get a very eerie feeling
whenever Schism is around,
and now to know that Schism's growing,
I don't know what to think.
[music continues]
Pride and arrogance are common place in NXT.
Take a good look at these luminaries right here
and reflect on the strength that comes from our humble unity.
These pioneers, three of many more to come,
understand that togetherness
is the greatest accomplishment.
Our mission statement is clear.
Remove your mask
and join the Schism,
or be torn down.
[applause]
NXT is a den of selfishness and greed.
Envious of others' good fortunes.
Superstars and fans alike
put themselves before the greater good of our unity,
and we hear your comments towards us,
but we understand that it is simply a reflection
of your own shortcomings.
Only by coming together
can the system work.
Water the roots,
and more roots will grow,
but allow them to dry out,
and so will all hope.
[applause]
Wrath is a manipulative emotional state.
Uncontrolled negativity affects
both the personal and social well-being.
To be truly healthy,
you must learn to control it correctly.
Anger divides, and pain brings pain,
but love,
love brings love.
And the Schism only builds stronger
together as a unit.
There are people in this world
who you would think have everything they could ever want
but are empty and depleted on the inside.
Rip Fowler, Jagger Reid learned
that the path to everlasting unity
comes from showing their true selves.
Now, the time has come
for you to take your next step.
To sit under the Schism's tree,
you must do the same
and reveal your true self,
but remember,
there is no going back.
[audience chanting "Take it off"]
[audience cheering]
The love and acceptance the Schism has given me
defies any preconceived notions
of who I'm supposed to be.
This family completes me.
[applause]
I am Ava Raine.
[audience cheering]
[audience chanting "Schism"]
This collective of hearts beats together in harmony,
four roots, one tree.
[music playing]
[Vic] Well, Book, another cloud hangs over us here in NXT,
and when it rains, it pours.
-I'm here with Sol Ruca,
and Sol, it's your second match in NXT,
and tonight it's against Indi Hartwell.
How are you feeling?
I'm nervous, but also excited.
That same feeling I get when I'm about to drop in on a big wave,
or when I'm flying through the air and about to stick my vault landing.
Indi Hartwell is a badass competitor,
but I'm going to go--
A bit of advice from someone who's been here for more than one match.
Doing tricks to wow the audience, it's cool, I'll give you that,
but it's only going to take you so far in NXT.
It's all about winning, and you're about to learn that right now.
[Indi Hartwell's music playing]
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, indi Hartwell.
[Vic] You just heard from Hartwell and her opponent.
It will be Hartwell and Sol Ruca, one-on-one on NXT live, next.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Sol Ruca's music playing]
[Alicia] Introducing Sol Ruca.
[Vic] Well, Ruca ready for just her second match ever in NXT, Book.
Be honest here.
Can you fathom your second match being in this sort of atmosphere?
[Booker] Let me tell you something.
If this happens, you're actually pretty good.
This is NXT. Thís is the place to be.
What are you thinking about, Joe Vic?
[Vic] If that gets put on a T-shirt, I'm not going to be very happy about that.
Again, this match up started right off rip.
Hartwell right in.
This is a new side of Hartwell,
just seems to be displeased every single week.
The displeasure grows week-by-week, day-by-day.
[Booker] Let me tell you something, Indi Hartwell,
I've seen her on the independent scene. She's been in reality of wrestling.
She's been here in NXT for quite some time.
Call up after call up, Indi is waiting on her shot.
Of course, she's going to be frustrated.
[Vic] Oh, and look Sol Ruca showing some strength on her own.
Hey, you heard Hartwell earlier say that there was something wrong
with wowing the NXT Universe.
There ain't nothing wrong with putting smiles on faces.
Cover, hook of the leg, kick out.
[Booker] You want to go out there, you want to wow the NXT Universe,
that's what it's all about.
Sol Ruca I'm going to tell you right now, she looks good.
Beautiful flip there.
[Vic] Able to put on the brakes for a moment.
Able to turn things around.
Look, for Indi Hartwell, she has strung a couple of wins together.
Can she do it again tonight
as she stays just a step ahead of Sol Ruca
and now focusing in is Hartwell.
And there was malicious intent behind that clothesline.
[Booker] I like that right there from Indi Hartwell.
Indi cannot lose this match tonight.
This is a must win for Indi Hartwell.
You can't let some surfer girl come in here and beat you.
[Vic] Hartwell focusing in.
Did Indi have a point, though, earlier when she was talking to Sol Ruca?
Hold that thought, hook of the leg, and that is it.
Hartwell putting down Ruca.
[Booker] You feel me?
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Indi Hartwell.
[Vic] Book, Indi Hartwell, we said came with malicious intent.
She brought it here tonight. You said this was must win for Hartwell.
[Booker] Point made for Indi Hartwell, going out there.
She didn't just get the win.
She went out and took it tonight.
[Vic] She certainly did,
and a different demeanor in the locker room over to-- wait a minute.
[Booker] Wait a minute.
[Vic] That's Elektra Lopez.
[Booker laughs]
The heat is building up.
[Vic] She's back!
Wasting no time, leaving an impression.
[Booker] She's a gymnast, she's used to hitting the mat,
Sol Ruca I'm talking about.
[Vic] I don't think she meant to hit the mat like that, though, Book.
You talk about striking with vengeance.
[audience going "Oh"]
[audience cheering]
La Madrina is back.
[Elektra Lopez's music playing]
[Vic] Looks like there's a new player in the women's division in NXT.
Get ready because I'm coming for each and every one of you.
[Chase University's music playing]
Class, take your seats.
Let's get started.
Wait, where's Bodhi?
He said he was going to be prepared today.
I'm really sorry for my tardiness, Mr. Chase.
I was actually looking for Bodhi at the corridor,
but I couldn't find him anyway.
Well, wherever he is I hope he's okay,
but I can't say I'm not disappointed.
He was going to give a presentation today
on the holiday traditions in pro wrestling.
-No. -Yes.
Well, I hope this makes up for it. I got you a Jager-Smith.
Nothing but the best for you.
Because you know what they say, a bad apple spoils the bunch.
-Sit down, Duke. -Fair enough.
-This seat taken? -That's actually Bodhi's seat.
Listen, if Bodhi is not showing up, it's an open seat.
Let's move on.
Next week, we turn the calendar to November,
which is an historic month for the world and for the WWE with many big events.
We're going to cover a lot of material in a short amount of time,
so if you want to improve your grade for the midterms,
I suggest you take great notes.
What are you going to write with?
I remember everything. Don't worry.
Are my [beep] words not important enough to write down, Duke?
You think I like the sound of my own [beep] voice?
Pull out a pen and take some notes.
-Mr. Chase, it's not-- -No, no. It's okay.
It's my mistake, and it won't happen again. I'm sorry.
I appreciate that.
Now, holiday traditions in pro wrestling.
You got the Survivor Series, which started on Thanksgiving night.
There have been many historic moments.
You got Shawn Michaels versus Bret Hart in Montreal in 1997.
You got WCW, the invasion.
[Ilja Dragunov's music playing]
[Vic] Looks like there's a new prized pupil
in Andre Chase University.
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Ilja Dragunov.
[chants]
[music continues]
[Vic] Dragunov focused in on tonight,
can't be a 100% after Saturday's Triple Threat at Halloween Havoc,
but he will go one-on-one with JD McDonagh.
It's a rivalry renewed.
We talk about intensity, we talk about hard hitting.
We got all that and more in our main event, live on NXT.
[music continues]
[ominous music playing]
[music continues]
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Roxanne Perez.
I don't like the person I became at Halloween Havoc.
I can't even believe that that's me.
After everything I did for you,
this is what you've got?
[Roxanne] Two former best friends doing everything they can
to destroy each other.
[audience cheering]
[Roxanne] I'm not sorry for what I did.
Cora wasn't excited about our potential.
She was afraid of mine.
You were always my best friend.
After losing a best friend,
I found a whole new level of belief in myself.
I can stand on my own.
Friends are going to come and go.
But no matter who changes around me,
I have to stay true to who I am and why I'm here.
Man, what if that was our last chance?
I don't know, brother.
[cheering]
What to do, fellas?
Y'all were this damn close tonight, but don't worry about it.
We're going to go out, we're going to have the time of our lives.
Hey, forget about that match,
hop up in this truck,
have a little bit of fun,
yeah, and we're going to put the train back on the track next week.
Come on, Edris. I see it, I see it.
-Come on. -Yes, come on!
I don't know about you, but I'm going in.
[cheering]
Come on, baby. Get yourself the best out of the bunch.
Come on, baby.
[cheering]
We got you, baby, rocking.
[cheering]
[Vic] On Saturday, December 10th on WWE, on Peacock, it is NXT Deadline.
As it stands, Mandy Rose will be champion. Hard to believe it's been a year.
Next week, we celebrate the one year
of Mandy Rose's reign as NXT women's champion.
Speaking of champions,
the NXT champion, Bron Breakker,
will be live here next week.
A lot of ears will be listening very closely
to what the champion has to say.
As we saw earlier tonight, the challenge was made,
it's been accepted, it's official for Monday night Raw.
R-Truth is coming back live to NXT to take on the loudmouth,
arrogant aussie, Grayson Waller.
It's all going down live next week here on NXT.
[JD McDonagh's music playing]
[Alicia] Making his way to the ring, JD McDonagh.
[music continues]
[Vic] Well, we are ready for our main event match up.
Book, this is a rivalry which writes its next chapter here tonight.
Dragunov-McDonagh,
in your own words, it's going to be-- oh!
It's getting off to a start already!
[Booker] Yeah, this is going to be good.
Dragunov is ready to go.
[bell rings]
[Vic] Dragunov didn't even wait for the bell.
Finally, it sounds. Dragunov taking it right to McDonagh.
Of course, another German suplex.
It was Dragunov who earlier tonight said NXT needs to get rid of JD,
calling McDonagh a cancer.
[Booker] Yes, man. Looking up close and personal right there,
Dragunov got the war scars to battle.
[Vic] Oh, nice bridge.
Shoulders down.
Near fall.
[Booker] Look at that, grabbing up those ribs right there.
[Vic] Well, you can see feeling the effects still is Dragunov
from that battle this past Saturday in the Triple Threat Match
at NXT's Halloween Havoc.
[Booker] I tell you one thing, man. The one guy, JD McDonagh,
this kid's stepped up in that Triple Threat match.
I tell you, both men so close to glory,
both men so close to capturing that championship.
[Vic] Dragunov now taking it to,
oh, McDonagh.
McDonagh's chest already bright red.
Now McDonagh answering back on Dragunov.
[Booker] You can see Dragunov a little more worse for wear
after that Halloween Havoc battle.
[Vic] Oh, charging in.
Look at Dragunov, not to be undone,
continuing to push forward and might've just knocked out McDonagh.
[Booker] That's just sucking it up right there.
Let me say something about McDonagh and Dragunov.
These two men right here are what this business truly was built on.
Two men going out there, just letting it all hang out.
You got to love it.
[Vic] Shows the type of superstars they both are by competing here tonight
after that match up at Halloween Havoc.
Book, shoot me straight. Who are you going this Halloween as?
-[Vic] You going as Black Snow? -[Booker] What are you talking about?
-[Vic] Come on. -[Booker] I'm not going as Black Snow.
We've got a great match going on here. What are you talking about?
[Vic] Right now, it is Dragunov who is wearing down,
trying to make McDonagh turn black and blue in this match.
First time ever meeting one-on-one this side of the pond
for both these superstars who had quite the rivalry in NXT UK.
Oh, to the ribs goes McDonagh.
You heard McDonagh earlier tonight
say it's time to get rid of Dragunov once and for all.
[Booker] I tell you, this kid, McDonagh, he's got an attitude.
He's got an edge about him,
but in the ring, this kid is totally solid.
[Vic] He said he wants to see agony.
He wants to see pain on the face of Dragunov.
Right now, Dragunov won't stay down.
Dragunov, he loves pain, he welcomes pain.
Right now, he is pushing through and punishing McDonagh.
[Booker] Dragunov is no quitter. I said he came so close
to claiming that championship on Saturday night,
almost played his greatest symphony.
Right now, the beat don't stop.
Come on!
[Vic] Dragunov now talking a little bit of trash here to McDonagh.
Had to relinquish his title, Book, if you remember,
due to injury in NXT UK caused by McDonagh.
How does something like that stay in one's mind?
Because it seems to still be the focus.
-[Vic] Oh, oh. -[Booker] Man.
[Dragunov pants and moans]
[Booker] That's the pain right there setting in, the adrenaline.
It just goes to show you how much he's hurting.
The adrenaline is not going to help him tonight.
[Vic] The referee right on top of things.
Dragunov saying he can continue.
Now, Dragunov trying to do just that, trying to block.
Hoisting up McDonagh.
How much strength does Dragunov have in him here tonight?
[Booker] He needs strength, but I'm going to tell you right now.
The kid is putting himself to a whole hell lot of pain
to try to pull something off like that.
[Vic] Whoa, Book, Book!
And right to the ribs.
A nasty landing by Dragunov.
There's no way Dragunov's a hundred percent,
and this is something that right now for McDonagh he is zeroing in on.
Look at the official. The official's out here, Book.
You can hear him asking if he can continue.
[Booker] Vic, the referee may have to have wherewithal,
an understanding, and know-how just to stop this thing right now.
Get back in the ring. You got to give us a second.
No need to give you a second.
[Booker] He's hurting.
[Vic] You hear our official calling for medical.
[pants and moans]
[Vic] Medical is checking on Dragunov.
We will see if this match will continue.
There's no quit in the body of Dragunov.
[audience screaming]
[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] Back live on NXT.
Look, this is the main event.
This has been as hard hitting as we imagined it would be.
Dragunov coming into this match up not at one hundred percent,
and McDonagh has been taking full advantage,
but this was during the commercial break moments ago.
WWE medical checked on Dragunov.
Declared him fit to continue as this match up has rolled on.
Book, just how tough is Ilja Dragunov?
[Booker] Look at this kid coming off of Saturday night
bruised, battered, and torn.
Tonight, not willing to give up.
The one thing… it's okay to lose,
but to lose to somebody you despise like a JD McDonagh.
It's got to be a hard pill to swallow.
[Vic] Look at McDonagh relentless. Again, into the cover,
and once again powering out is Dragunov,
but McDonagh is relentless.
He has come in with a plan,
and the vindictive McDonagh has been focusing on the mid-section,
has been focusing on those injured ribs.
Look, can one be overly aggressive in any sort of match up,
because I've never seen this side of McDonagh at all.
[Booker] You can be over aggressive.
I won a lot of my matches that way, but right now, McDonagh is on point.
This kid is sound in every sense of the word.
Right now, he's just wearing Dragunov down bit by bit.
[Vic] Just wide open. If a man can't breathe, Book.
You've competed with injured ribs. You've competed bust up.
Just how hard is it to continue?
[Booker] One thing about the ribs is-- not just the ribs, it's the cartilage.
That little piece in between.
Once that gets injured, it could take months,
sometimes even years to heal.
[Vic] There's no quit as I mentioned in Dragunov,
and he continue somehow to fight in this match up.
Continuing to get back to his feet and bring it to McDonagh.
As you can see the chest of Dragunov just like the chest of McDonagh
turning bright red as they continue.
They're picking up where they left off on Saturday, Book.
[Booker] Let me tell you something, man.
I live in Texas, and Dragunov,
this kid's got the heart about as big as Texas
because there is no quit in this young man.
Beautiful combination.
[Vic] Following it up possibly with a delayed German--
on the back, the ribs of McDonagh right on top of,
but there is Dragunov with an answer.
[Booker] Good God.
Could this be that moment of the night?
Could this be that Chucky ducky quack quack moment?
[audience chanting "Dragunov"]
[Vic] For McDonagh,
he might be looking at the end is Dragunov.
This is a side of Dragunov, when he starts getting focused,
when he starts rolling,
he has the unique ability to block out all pain.
As I said before, he welcomes it, Book.
He cherishes the pain.
[Booker] A lot of pain to fight through right there, though, Joe Vic.
-[Vic] But he's not stopping. -[Booker] A whole lot of pain.
[Vic] Dragunov not stopping.
Look at his face, the emotion.
Double knees to the back.
[Booker] Right on those ribs. Caught him right on those ribs.
[moans]
[Vic] You can hear Dragunov writhing in pain,
and look at McDonagh.
What's going on in that sick mind of McDonagh in this moment.
He knows, that being McDonagh,
that with every blow he is inflicting more damage,
more pain to Dragunov, and he loves it.
[Booker] I told you this kid's a sniper.
Once he gets you in his sight, once he gets you in the cross hairs,
he can take you out in a heartbeat.
[Vic] McDonagh said he wanted to damage Dragunov tonight.
He might have overlooked Dragunov's pure will to compete,
and Dragunov now looking for high risk.
[Booker] We're in the high-rent district right here, Vic.
[audience screams]
[Vic] Somehow the machine to his feet.
Boom, looking for the knockout blow.
-[Booker] That's… -[Vic] McDonagh may be out.
So much so is taken out of Dragunov, Book.
He couldn't capitalize.
It's hard for him to breathe.
It's hard for him to move.
This may be why it's hard to breathe.
Willing to destroy himself to destroy McDonagh,
but in the last moment, McDonagh able to get those knees up.
Now for Dragunov off that superplex
is looking for the exclamation point tonight.
Sets his Mark, and back to live action.
Dragunov just collapsed.
[Booker] Dragunov right there is in dire straits. He's in a lot of pain.
Like you said, the referee may have to do something,
but look at the eyes of Dragunov.
It says, "I'm not quitting."
[Vic] Certainly not. Charging in and got caught.
Got caught by McDonagh,
and McDonagh now trying to just twist and turn Dragunov.
[Booker] Dragunov needs to move. He needs to move quick.
-[Vic] Dragunov's not moving at all, Book. -[Booker] He needs to get out of here.
[Vic] Look at his body. Look how it's contorted.
Look at his face. Look at Dragunov's face!
[Booker] He's still fighting it, though. I think he's still got a little bit.
-[Vic] Trying to get away, Book. -[Booker] He's got to move.
[Vic] He's trying to get anything he can. Body's turning beet red.
Starting to fade. Veins popping out his head.
Veins popping out of his face.
Dragunov is trying to fight, trying to continue,
but the referee might have to step in.
[Booker] He's going to sleep, Vic.
[Vic] Dragunov is fading.
McDonagh is squeezing. He is torturing Dragunov in this moment.
Look at Dragunov's face.
Tap, you son of a bitch!
[Booker] Come on, ref, do your damn job.
[screams]
[Booker] He's out!
[bell rings]
[Vic] Let him go!
That son of a bitch! Let him go.
Break the hold, break the hold!
[Alicia] Due to referee stoppage,
the winner of the match is JD McDonagh.
[Booker] What the hell?
[audience booing]
[JD McDonagh's music playing]
[Vic] Book, what do you say?
[Booker] Look, I get it. I get it, Vic.
That's the competitive nature of JD McDonagh,
but like I said, the referee may have waited
a couple of seconds too long perhaps to do his job.
[Vic] I get McDonagh was removed from NXT UK by Dragunov,
and you got to imagine here from McDonagh
he's smiling deep inside, but what a battle.
What a war this was
between these two warriors,
these two competitors.
As Dragunov not to be outmatched or outdone.
Somehow continued to push forward,
but McDonagh would counter, would squeeze,
would torture Dragunov,
and Dragunov didn't quit.
Dragunov's body gave out,
and the referee had to make a gut decision in a quick moment.
[Booker] Let me tell you, the courage of this kid Dragunov,
but you cannot say it enough about JD McDonagh.
This is a kid that has all the goods.
He's next level.
[audience booing]
[Vic] JD McDonagh certainly is satisfied
with what he has done here tonight on NXT.
[Booker] Credit where credit is due, Vic.
Credit where credit is due.
He did a hell of a job. Give it up for JD McDonagh.
[Vic] JD McDonagh also as he looks on
with that sinister, sickening stare,
has proven without a shadow of a doubt
that he is nothing short of pure evil.
[audience cheering]
[rock music playing]
Subtitles: Daniela Chavez f pure evil.