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[WWE's music plays]

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[narrator] Then.

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[man] Woo!

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[narrator] Now.

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-[man 1] The king of king!
-[man 2] You can't see me!

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[narrator] Forever.

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Together.

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-Still, we had a good holiday season.
-Oh, yeah!

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Man, that green bean casserole. Wohoo!

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I wouldn't know. You ate it all.

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The cookies were good though,
but we got to get back on track.

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We got to get a big win tonight.
Indus Sher, I hope you're watching.

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JD McDonagh,
you're about to get a receipt.

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It's Creed time, baby. Let's go.

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Let's do it.

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[rock music plays]

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I am so glad the holidays are over.

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Everyone stopped pretending
they enjoy time with their family,

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and the gifts, I always think
it's better to give than receive anyway,

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so I have one more gift
for Julius Creed tonight,

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a loss, and he can share
that feeling of defeat with his brother.

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[announcer] Not going to have to
wait long for this slug fest.

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Welcome to the final NXT of the year.

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[rock music plays]

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[bell rings]

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[announcer 2] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

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Introducing first, JD McDonagh.

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[announcer] After what we just heard,
Book, he's the definition of a grinch.

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[Book] Yes. Yes, he is.

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I'm going to tell you,
this dude right here, JD McDonagh--

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-[announcer] What are you doing?
-[Book laughs]

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[Book] He is that man
that's willing to take on anybody

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in the middle of that squared circle.
That's what I like about him.

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[announcer] Trying to get your new year's
party set up? Put the phone down.

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[Book laughs] Oh, man.
I'm looking forward to this.

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JD McDonagh,
this guy slipped out of my fave five.

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-[announcer] He slipped?
-[Book] He slipped out of it

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but just because of a couple
of bumps in the road,

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but I'll tell you right now after that
last victory over that kid Creed,

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he's moving back up quickly.

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[announcer] He's taking on the other half
of the Creeds here tonight.

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[music plays]

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[announcer 2] And his opponent,
representing Diamond Mine, Julius Creed.

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[announcer] A focused Julius
is a dangerous Julius.

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-Do you not agree?
-[Book] I agree. 100%.

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This kid, he has the pedigree,
he has the background.

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Check him out, he has that wrestling look.

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When he gets into the ring he displays it.

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Vic, I mean, he's looking to get you
on the middle of that mat

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and ground and pound,
take you out, take you to that deep water,

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draw you in, draw you in
and drown you, but that man,

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that man, JD McDonagh, he's a hybrid, Vic.

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[Vic] Let's not forget what happened
the last time these two went one-on-one.

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It was McDonagh who went right to work
as he is right here against Julius Creed.

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Focusing on the ribs,
focusing on the lower body, and--

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[Book] Good to see this right here.

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JD McDonagh just
slowing the pace down just a little bit.

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That's what that's all about, Vic.

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[Vic] I want to get back
to that first meeting.

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We're not going to
slow down out here at this desk.

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What should Julius taken away
from that first one-on-one meeting?

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-Right now McDonagh is just trying to--
-[Book] There again, Vic,

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just trying to pause the action.

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-Just trying to throw Julius Creed off.
-[Vic] He's trying to frustrate Creed.

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[Book] He's trying to just throw him
off his game just a little bit,

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and that's all it takes
for this kid, McDonagh.

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[Vic] I want to go back to the question.
What should-- Whoa!

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That time there was no doubt
about it Creed had a handful of hair,

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but what should Julius have taken from
that first meeting against JD McDonagh?

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[Book] The thing is, he needs to know
exactly how good this kid, McDonagh,

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really is and after that first meeting,
after that first contest he knows.

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He knows tonight he's got to stay focused
from the beginning to the end, Vic.

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[Vic] Nice take down by Creed.

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Shoulders down and McDonagh
just got that right shoulder up.

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You look at Julius, he has been
overcoming odds his whole life.

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He was told in high school
he was too small so all he did was go out.

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-[Book] Small?
-[Vic] All he did was go out

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and get a scholarship at Duke University

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and run through the ACC
before he came to NXT.

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[Book] First thing I noticed when I first
met him, I said, "This is a big kid."

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He has a lot of muscle on him and tonight,
you can tell he's been training,

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getting himself prepared.

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Preparation is the only luck,
you're going to have preparing

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for this match up with JD McDonagh.

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[Vic] Not only that, he's been
having to shake off some injuries

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as we already mentioned,
to the ribs, to the knees

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and this goes back to the first match up

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when McDonagh
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That's when he was able to inflict pain.

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[Book] McDonagh,
he's honed in on that tape.

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Something's got to be
going on in that area right there

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and he's going to work on it,
he's going to test it.

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[Vic] Nice counter, nice reversal
by Julius who charges in. Whoa!

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And McDonagh able to sidestep
just at the last possible moment.

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[Book] I'd say this kid,
McDonagh, he's a hybrid, Vic.

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[Vic] He just got caught.

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-[Julius] Sorry, Vic.
-[Vic] And right here-- Whoa!

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[Book] Goodness.

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[Vic] Just got planted.

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-Book, you good?
-Yes, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good, dawg.

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[Vic] I think he's trying to
get in your fave five.

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[crowd cheering]

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[Vic] Oh! Right into the post, and now
a bullseye is on the body of Creed.

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That's the last thing
you want to do against McDonagh.

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-[man] Come on, JD. Come on, let's go.
-[they groan]

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[Book] Wow, beautiful shot
right there by McDonagh.

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Almost somewhat
of a uppercut to that rib area.

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[Vic] Whoa!

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[they groan]

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[Vic] McDonagh continuing to
apply the pressure on Creed.

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[cheers and applause]

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[Vic] Back on NXT,
McDonagh one-on-one with Julius Creed.

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As you saw throughout the break,
it has been all JD McDonagh

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and now we're seeing the power,
the will, the grit of Julius Creed.

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And both these guys, Book, both of them,
they just got a certain moxie about them.

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[Book] Yes, they do.

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Julius needed this right here because--
He needed this big shot

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because JD McDonagh was in total control.

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I'm talking about
putting on a clinic in the break.

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[Vic] Oh, and again that strength.
Oh, that was an innovative back breaker.

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And Creed now trying to
get some feeling back into that left arm.

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The ribs have been damaged as well.

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Let's not forget about the steel post
before the commercial break.

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McDonagh trying to dissect Creed.

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Creed having none of it.

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[Book] Yes, the power play coming
into effect right now with Julius Creed.

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[Vic] Up, over, down. Creed back up.
Turning now McDonagh inside out.

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[both] Whoa!

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[Vic] Devil inside countered,
knee right to the jaw.

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Julius Creed had it scouted.
Charging back in. Gets caught.

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[Book] Oh, baby.

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Did you feel that? Man!

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[Vic] I didn't just feel it, I saw it,

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and look at Brutus on the outside
trying to rally his brother.

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Take another look.

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Connected by McDonagh.

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McDonagh said the last gift
he was going to hand out this year

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was an L to Julius Creed.

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[Book] Oh!

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[crowd chatter]

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[Vic] Oh!

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Uh-oh.

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With every slap, every chop, every punch,
every hit, it's not keeping Julius down.

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He's continuing to persevere,
to push forward and he answers right back.

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[Book] It's about
the long game right now, Vic.

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One thing about JD McDonagh,
he may be a little undersized right now

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with Julius Creed,
but his IQ is a little different, Vic.

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[Vic] Step-Up Enzuigiri
connected from McDonagh.

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And what is it going to take to keep
the other superstar down as McDonagh--

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-Brain buster.
-[Book] That's what I'm talking about.

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-The IQ of this man JD McDonagh--
-[Vic] Creed could be out.

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Into the cover and--
Oh, just getting that right shoulder up.

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[Book] So close.

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So close by McDonagh but on thing about--
Check this. Check it out.

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[Vic] Bam.

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[Book] One thing about JD McDonagh,
he don't get frustrated.

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He stays composed and stays right there
in the middle of the game, Vic.

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[Vic] Now taking
a lot of time to get to the top.

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Looking at-- Wait a minute.

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-Julius.
-[Book] Talking about the athleticism.

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Wow.

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[Vic] McDonagh trying to block.
Both superstars teetering high up.

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And Creed, Creed's not moving.

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This could be that moment.

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McDonagh looking for the Moonsault.

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Nobody there.

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No one home and now Creed quickly, bam.

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-[Book] Wow.
-[Vic] That's step one.

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Come on, let's go!

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[Vic] This is step two.

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Into the Clothesline, into the cover,
and Creed exorcises some demons tonight.

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[announcer]
Here is your winner, Julius Creed.

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[Book] Look, let's just call it,
the best man won tonight.

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Give it up for Julius Creed.

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[Vic] The will to win
and survive for Julius Creed,

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but this could've been
the turning point of the match up.

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There's no one home for McDonagh
and that opened the door

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for Julius Creed to take advantage.

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That's step one,
as we mentioned, and then step two,

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just the viciousness, bam,
that unbridled strength of Julius Creed

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to knock McDonagh into next year.

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And how good-- Wait a minute.

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-Sanga and Veer?
-[Book] Hold the phone, Vic.

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Congratulations, Julius.

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You have proven yourself.

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Now, we're willing to
face you and your brother.

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In two weeks at New Year's Evil,
we will finally get the respect

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that we deserve…

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[crowd cheering]

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…when we destroy the two of you.

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[crowd cheering]

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[music starts]

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[Vic] Certainly, Book, respect's
going to be earned one way or another

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on January 10th at New Year's Evil.

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[Book] Shucky ducky quack quack.
I can't wait.

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[crowd chatter]

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Tony D, tonight you get
your opportunity at Wes Lee

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and the North American Championship.
How are you feeling?

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McKenzie, I'm feeling great.

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On the last NXT of 2022,
I win my first title,

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other than the title of being a Don,
right? You get it. You know. [laughs]

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Look, McKenzie, I've been waiting
on this moment for a long time now.

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Wes took a few months off my career,
but I'm going to hit him where it hurts

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tonight by taking
that North American Championship.

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You not only have to worry about Wes Lee,
but also the looming threat of Dijak.

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Looming threat? Threat? Dijak?

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Come on, give me a break.
Stacks took care of that last week.

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Tell him what you do. Come on.

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It wasn't pretty,
but I laid down the law to Dijak.

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A closed door meeting
is a closed door meeting, you know?

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Let's just say Dijak won't be an issue.

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And tonight, the Don will win
the North American Championship.

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Now, if you would excuse us,
McKenzie, the Don has a title to win.

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Let's go, Don.

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[woman] Welcome to the generation of Jade!

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[Vic] Is tonight the night
the D'Angelo family finally gets gold?

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[bell rings]

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[announcer] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

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Introducing first, Cora Jade.

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[Vic] We're going to call it like we do.

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Cora Jade has brought this all on herself
for this match up here tonight.

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The resident mean girl of NXT
may be in for a rude awakening

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when she takes on Wendy Choo next on NXT.

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[metal music plays]

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[tense music starts]

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We understand that our lifestyle
is intimidating to other groups in NXT.

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Anyone who has crossed our path in 2022…

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…have fell to our mercy,

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and they have not been
treated very favorably.

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Edris Enofé, Malik Blade, Odyssey Jones,

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we can see the emotional disturbances
that we have elicited in you three.

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Letting your emotional states control
your actions does not serve you.

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It merely digs a deeper cavity
of anguish for you to try and repair.

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Your attempts to fill that void
are temporary solutions

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to long-term insecurities.

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This is the definition
of living your best life.

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You three wear masks of fake happiness,
but we see through the charade.

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Real joy is supposed to be
fruitful and multiply.

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Not consumed
and discarded for social clout.

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Edris, Malik, Odyssey, to your credit,
there are redeeming qualities within.

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There is loyalty between you, but you must
continue to nurture that bond.

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Tonight, we show you
that togetherness above all else

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is what binds us and allows us
to grow beyond our individual limits

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because we are four roots…

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[together] One tree.

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[Vic] What a huge six-man tag team match
still to come here tonight on NXT.

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[soothing music plays]

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-[Vic] Whoa! Choo not wasting any time.
-[bell rings]

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[Vic] Didn't even wait to hear her name.

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Heard the bell,
and is swinging for the fences.

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[Book] High stakes
in this match up for Wendy Choo.

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She knows what it's about,
and sometimes, Vic, you got to turn it up.

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[Vic] Sweet mask is off.

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[Book] Just throwing everything
out the window. I love it.

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[Vic] This is not the same
whimsical Wendy that we're used to seeing.

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She is angry. She is mad.

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She's had all that bottled up emotion
of her younger years

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overtaking herself in recent weeks.

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[Book] Sometimes, Vic, you just
got to hit the bully right in the mouth

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to just let them know exactly
where you're coming from.

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Trust me, I know, man.

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Ray Ray was a bully
when I was a kid, and I couldn't wait to--

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-[Vic] Who?
-[Book] Ray Ray. Ray Ray.

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I used to know him
when I was a kid, but he bullied me,

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and Wendy knows exactly
what I'm talking about.

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[Vic] Come on, ref.

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[referee] Hey, you hit her,
I'll disqualify you.

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[Vic] Whoa! No one there,
and look, Choo right back in.

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Jade now. Jade realizing
she is in for a long night.

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Is she going to regret
her decision she's made?

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[Book] Different Wendy Choo right here.

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Sometimes, Vic, you make those enemies
that you regret it sooner or later.

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[Vic] Shoulders down. Kick out!

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You got to think too, Book,
every time she sees, Jade,

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with every punch,
with every kick, with every move,

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she sees every girl from grade school,
every high school mean girl.

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As now Jade finds the opening
and turns it around in her own way.

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[Book] One thing about Cora Jade,
she's a nasty little individual.

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She do not care
how she gets the victory, Vic.

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It's all about winning
for this young lady right here.

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[Vic] Off that Double Stomp
to the lower back.

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Hook of the inside leg,
and Choo able to kick out at two.

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You know, we all know, it's been
well documented your relation

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with Roxanne Perez,
so I want to ask you this.

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Honestly, is Jade too focused on Perez?

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Is she too focused
on the NXT Women's Champion?

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[Book] You know I hate to say it, Vic.

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I hate to say it. She needs to be focused.

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She wants to be laser focused
when it comes to the championship.

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When you're thinking about gold, Vic,
you can't think about nothing else.

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I understand Cora Jade's problem.

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[Vic] Another cover off the elbow,
and another kick out by Choo.

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A lot of those on the Internet,
a lot in the locker room area

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believes it just comes down to
one thing lately, that's jealousy.

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That's jealousy where Roxanne Perez
has gone and she has it.

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Jealousy to some
is just a lack of self-confidence.

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[Book] As much as I love Roxanne Perez,
I have to beg to differ with you, Vic.

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When it's about improving career,
when it's about making history,

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sometimes it's just about you
and nothing else.

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I don't think it's about Roxanne.

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I think it's about Cora Jade
wanting to step up

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and crash that glass ceiling
for these jenzelles.

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That's what I see.

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[Vic] Choo, trying to fight back,
trying to get back into this match up.

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She came out and able to weather the storm
was Jade, but now Choo a big forearm.

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Now, Choo starting to fight back.

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She has a little extra fire
in her tonight, does Wendy Choo,

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and, Book, it's for good reason.

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[Book] Choo's ready to fight tonight.

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Like I say, Cora Jade is
perhaps regretting like you said.

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-Oh, wow.
-[Vic] Oh, my. That was nice by Jade.

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Nice side step with a knee.
Pinpoint placement.

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Is Choo out?

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No, Choo able to kick out one more time.

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[Book] Look in Cora Jade's eyes, man,
she likes this, she wants this,

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she needs this.

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[Vic] Cora's knee
right to the face of Wendy Choo,

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and this could just be moments away.

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Jade though trying to lock in
a submission. Looks like a Full Nelson.

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[Book] Right now,
Wendy Choo needs to scramble.

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She needs to do something
to try to change the momentum

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because right now, Cora Jade
is in total control. Wait a minute.

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[Vic] Book, you mentioned it.
How do you change the momentum?

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You execute a Power bomb sit-down style.

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Into the cover,
and Jade able to kick out at two.

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[Book] Again, Wendy Choo I must say--

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[Vic] One more look at it, Book.

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You talked about it almost on cue,
change the complexion of the match up.

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That's what Choo just did.

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[Book] Choo's letting it all
hang out tonight.

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I thought the referee was
a little slow on that count, Vic.

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Perhaps just a smidgen.

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[Vic] And now, this is breaking down into
just a slug fest between these two.

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And look, we got to remember,
Choo came out the gates hot

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at the start of this.

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She's been really focused in her own right
on getting back at Cora Jade.

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The one thing Jade has done,
she's got to let all that emotion,

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all that anger
that's been boiling inside of her,

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she's got to let it out right now.
An Overhead Belly-to-Belly Toss.

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[Book] If this match was won on points,
of course she would be up ahead

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in this match, but Vic,
it's not about that.

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It's about getting the victory how slim it
may be, and you got to watch Cora Jade.

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[Vic] Jade right now is rocked.
Choo looking to roll.

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Into the cover, into the count, and still
not enough to put away Cora Jade.

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You got to give credit
where credit is due as well to Jade.

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She has been able,
as we mentioned already,

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weather that storm
from Choo in this match up.

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As now the NXT universe
coming to life here in this match up.

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[Book] You talking about Roxanne Perez
and the way she learned

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-in reality of wrestling this Cora Jade.
-[Vic] Able to step through.

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[Book] That freelance wrestling brute.

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Wait a minute. Into the cover for Jade.
Whoa! That was close.

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That's as close as any pinfall attempt
that's happened in this match.

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[Book] Look into Jade's eyes.
That's what I'm talking about.

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She's enjoying every bit of this.

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She grew up this way in this business.

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Right now, she's just trying to
solidify that she's one of the best.

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This is my company and nobody is--

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[Vic] Jade saying, this is her company.
Whoa! An Inside Cradle.

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Shoulders down. Jade just able to
get up and right back on the offense.

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Able to buckle over. Looking for that DDT.

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Choo had it scouted, had it countered,

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and now face first goes Jade
into that middle turnbuckle.

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And again,
Jade on the back foot. Gets planted.

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[Book] That could be it, Vic.

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-[Vic] Don't waste any time, Choo.
-[Book] One last shot.

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[Vic] This is your moment
to get back at all those girls

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that made you feel the way
they did years ago.

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And finally,
Choo puts away the mean girl of NXT.

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[Book] Congratulations.

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[announcer]
Here is your winner, Wendy Choo.

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[Vic] How good must that feel for
Wendy Choo to finally put Jade behind her?

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But as you go back to some
of this match up, you got to give credit,

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as we mentioned, to Jade. Bam!

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Jade putting on all the stops
in this match up to put down Wendy Choo,

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but here Choo was able to kick out,
continue to fight.

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Then take a look at this combination.

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First, bam.

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Showcasing her strength,
then showcasing her athleticism,

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boom, with a big splash,
Vader style off the top.

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And what a victory for Wendy Choo
here tonight on the final NXT of the year.

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[crowd chatter]

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[Wendy] That's what you get, Cora.

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[crowd chatter]

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Everyone knows
my jacket is part of who I am.

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[speaking Japanese]

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So tonight I'll beat Scrypt
and take back what's mine.

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And tonight, everyone smile.

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[speaking Japanese]

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This ain't just any match, mama,
this is for the bar.

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That bar has been
in your family for decades.

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Think of all the childhood
memories you made there.

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-Yeah.
-Right, Brooks?

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Yes, childhood memories.

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Enough with the shirt, man.
Whose side are you on anyways?

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I'm on her side.

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Her? Who's her?

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I meant you. You, Fal. I'm on your side.
Yes, I'm on your side, Fal.

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Fal's side all day, right? Right?

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Good. Keep it that way.

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Enough with the kidding, right?

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[bell rings]

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[announcer] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

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Introducing first, Ikemen Jiro.

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[Vic] Well, Book,
Jensen better get his mind right.

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And it's a different state of mind
for Jiro tonight,

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it's not that trademark smile,
and Book, it's for good reason.

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00:22:28,814 --> 00:22:31,717
Let's go back two weeks ago,
he was attacked by Scrypts.

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And after a win for Jiro,
Scrypts would pounce,

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showcasing his aerial insanity,
then show a sign of disrespect.

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And to make matters worse, bam.

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Delivering the final stanza
at his most recent masterpiece.

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[music plays]

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[Vic] Well, we saw
a new side of Wendy Choo,

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it looks like we'll get a new side
of Ikemen Jiro as well here tonight.

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-[music plays]
-[crowd cheering]

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[announcer] And his opponent, Scrypts.

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[Vic] You just never know
where Scrypts is going to come from.

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[Book] Wow, caught me
off guard right there, Vic.

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-[referee] Ring the bell.
-[bell rings]

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[Vic] Jiro almost beside himself too,
as he sees his jacket, but for Scrypts,

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Scrypts going right in on Jiro.

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00:23:39,618 --> 00:23:42,654
Look, there's a lot of unknown
when it comes to Scrypts,

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-so why attack Ikemen Jiro? Why?
-[Book] Very unknown is Scrypts.

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But I'm going to tell you right now,
I like him a lot.

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He's all about getting out there
and getting right into the vibe.

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00:23:52,631 --> 00:23:56,535
But right now, Ikemen Jiro
about to make a big comeback.

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[Vic] Yes, Jiro takes pride in his style.
101 jackets in his closet.

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Now, right in it,
we talk about that new style.

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This is a very aggressive Ikemen Jiro.

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[Book] Ikemen, he loves the strong style.

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And right now Scrypts is feeling it, man.

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[crowd chatter]

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[Vic] Srypts on a little bit of rubbery
legs here. Jiro taking it right to him.

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Jiro who defeated Javier Bernal
two weeks ago looking for another victory.

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00:24:23,728 --> 00:24:26,198
Would love to get a streak going,
Scrypts though,

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able to flip the script, so to speak.

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00:24:29,568 --> 00:24:31,102
[Book] Very athletic this Scrypts.

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00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:34,306
Very well-versed in the art.

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00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:35,474
[crowd booing]

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00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:38,410
[Vic] The NXT universe not showing
their appreciation for Scrypts.

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00:24:38,476 --> 00:24:41,046
I thought his beef was
with the institution, not one man.

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00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:44,583
[Book] That man is the institution, Vic.

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00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:49,087
You got to start somewhere.
You start one by one.

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00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:53,325
Right now, Ikemen Jiro
he's just in that line of fire.

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00:24:55,293 --> 00:24:57,562
Scrypts now measuring Jiro.

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00:24:57,629 --> 00:25:01,099
This is what we saw
on Scrypts' debut, this high impact.

448
00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:02,734
Yes, you break the quickness.

449
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:06,104
And the quickness stands out to you,
Book, it stood out last time.

450
00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:07,906
Into the cover,
off the kick, and a kick out.

451
00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:13,378
[Book] Very detailed the Scrypts
in going about his work. I love it.

452
00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:16,615
[Vic] Now look at this submission
right here, and it is applied,

453
00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:18,316
and Scrypts has it in deep.

454
00:25:18,383 --> 00:25:21,319
Cinching in, and Jiro right now in agony.

455
00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:25,056
[Book] That triangle, he's not going to
go anywhere, he's going to have to tap.

456
00:25:25,123 --> 00:25:27,626
[Vic] Scrypts right now just squeezing.

457
00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:29,728
Jiro trying to navigate his way around.

458
00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:33,565
Jiro trying to figure out. Srypts, though,
is he going to have to relinquish?

459
00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:35,200
Right into another submission.

460
00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:38,403
[Book] Had a little bit of
a scramble right there by Jiro,

461
00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:41,206
enabled him to find
this position right here.

462
00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:42,607
Let's see what he'll do with it.

463
00:25:42,674 --> 00:25:46,344
[Vic] While we focus on this match up,
a huge championship match up still to come.

464
00:25:46,645 --> 00:25:49,281
The North American Championship
will be on the line.

465
00:25:49,347 --> 00:25:51,716
Wes Lee taking on Tony d'Angelo.

466
00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:55,754
[Book chuckles] The Don.
I can't wait to see that.

467
00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:59,391
[Vic] But here Jiro
turning Srypts inside out.

468
00:25:59,457 --> 00:26:03,662
And now for Jiro,
can he get back in this match up?

469
00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:05,230
[crowd] Ikemen! Ikemen!

470
00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:08,333
[Vic] NXT universe
trying to rally Ikemen Jiro.

471
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,103
[Book] Wow! That ridge hand
right to the jaw.

472
00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:14,839
[Vic] Not just one.

473
00:26:16,474 --> 00:26:18,677
An extra one for good measure.

474
00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:21,713
It's showing you don't mess
with the champ, it's very simple.

475
00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:22,914
Whoa!

476
00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:24,950
[Book] Ikemen Jiro showing me
a little bit of something,

477
00:26:25,016 --> 00:26:29,454
but I can say this strong style
maybe-- Oh, man. So close.

478
00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:32,524
[Vic] Not only strong style
Jiro about style strong,

479
00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:36,828
but you talk about strong, how about
the striking ability of Ikemen Jiro?

480
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:41,499
Almost was able to put Scrypts down,
and what a victory this would be for Jiro,

481
00:26:41,566 --> 00:26:44,869
and, really, for Scrypts, this wouldn't be

482
00:26:44,936 --> 00:26:47,739
what he would write in his journals
that he's been using.

483
00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:51,276
[Book] Scrypts is here for a mission.

484
00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:55,780
And right now, he do not want to
be dwelled tonight by Ikemen Jiro.

485
00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:59,017
That would not be good
for the campaign. No.

486
00:26:59,084 --> 00:27:02,120
[Vic] No one home for
that Standing Shooting Star for Scrypts.

487
00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:06,524
And Jiro has had a counter
for a counter, and now zeroing in,

488
00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:08,827
but Scrypts one more time-- Oh, again.

489
00:27:08,893 --> 00:27:11,363
[Book] Scrypts being taken
to the limit tonight here, Vic.

490
00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:14,633
[Vic] He certainly is,
and Jiro trying to put Scrypts away.

491
00:27:14,699 --> 00:27:18,003
[crowd chatter]

492
00:27:18,069 --> 00:27:21,339
[Vic] One big right hand.
And another big kick.

493
00:27:21,406 --> 00:27:24,776
[Book chuckles]
This could be it right here.

494
00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:28,913
This match is playing out
in Jiro's favor here tonight, Vic.

495
00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:31,282
[Vic] A little extra oomph
on those strikes.

496
00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:33,918
Now looking for a Superplex is Jiro.

497
00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:36,321
Scrypt sensing it.

498
00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:37,856
Trying to fight out of it.

499
00:27:37,922 --> 00:27:39,124
Trying to create and…

500
00:27:40,892 --> 00:27:43,928
…will roll through,
land on his feet, but whoa!

501
00:27:45,730 --> 00:27:47,399
Scrypts out of nowhere.

502
00:27:47,465 --> 00:27:49,234
-[Book] You got to be kidding me.
-[bell rings]

503
00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:50,902
[Book] What a move.

504
00:27:50,969 --> 00:27:53,371
[announcer] Here is your winner, Scrypts.

505
00:27:53,438 --> 00:27:56,474
[Vic] Not only the move,
how about the presence of mind,

506
00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:59,744
the balance, the composure of Scrypts?

507
00:28:00,145 --> 00:28:03,982
[Book] Precision and precise
as far as the timing goes, Vic.

508
00:28:04,049 --> 00:28:05,283
Check this out right here.

509
00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:06,951
[Vic] Time in slo-mo.

510
00:28:07,719 --> 00:28:11,256
I mean that was
as perfect as perfect can get

511
00:28:11,322 --> 00:28:15,627
if you're Scrypts
to pick up another victory here on NXT.

512
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:20,565
-[music plays]
-[crowd booing]

513
00:28:24,736 --> 00:28:30,875
Scrypts obviously happy with
the outcome here tonight against Jiro.

514
00:28:30,942 --> 00:28:34,179
-[music plays]
-[crowd booing]

515
00:28:34,245 --> 00:28:37,582
[R&B music plays]

516
00:28:37,649 --> 00:28:38,750
[Oro] Where's Oro?

517
00:28:38,817 --> 00:28:42,454
I'm in the middle of the action,
that social phenomenon,

518
00:28:43,254 --> 00:28:47,459
because the nightlife
maximizes all your senses.

519
00:28:48,493 --> 00:28:52,097
And when the music is hitting right,
it's not about your work week,

520
00:28:52,163 --> 00:28:54,799
your problems, your stresses.

521
00:28:54,866 --> 00:28:56,301
It's about that moment.

522
00:28:56,367 --> 00:29:00,438
That interactive environment
can only be duplicated in that ring.

523
00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:05,844
I'm bringing that vibe to NXT.

524
00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:13,284
[music starts]

525
00:29:13,351 --> 00:29:16,654
[Vic] After a successful debut
two weeks ago, Valkyria descends

526
00:29:16,721 --> 00:29:19,757
once again onto NXT, next.

527
00:29:24,829 --> 00:29:26,364
[dramatic music starts]

528
00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:28,266
[woman] Isla Dawn,

529
00:29:29,367 --> 00:29:33,605
your mystical darkness
has pushed me to my breaking point.

530
00:29:33,671 --> 00:29:38,042
Trying to blind my vision,
practically fracturing my hands.

531
00:29:39,210 --> 00:29:44,916
But you've awakened an unfamiliar
yet barbaric fire inside my soul.

532
00:29:46,351 --> 00:29:50,822
The light of my ancestors
is more powerful than the darkness

533
00:29:50,889 --> 00:29:51,790
of your spirits.

534
00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:55,226
We'll see who's laughing last.

535
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:59,397
Because next week, anything goes.

536
00:30:00,698 --> 00:30:06,337
It's going to be an Extreme Resolution
not just to end the year

537
00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:09,841
but to end Isla Dawn as well.

538
00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:15,346
[music plays]

539
00:30:15,413 --> 00:30:18,249
[Vic] Alba Fyre laying out the challenge,
but there's Wes Lee.

540
00:30:18,316 --> 00:30:20,285
Focused on the moment
and the task at hand,

541
00:30:20,351 --> 00:30:24,022
as he looks to take on the Don tonight,
with his North American title on the line.

542
00:30:27,625 --> 00:30:28,593
[bell rings]

543
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:31,429
[announcer] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

544
00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:34,999
Introducing first, Lash Legend.

545
00:30:35,066 --> 00:30:40,772
[Vic] A superstar that never wants to
share the spotlight with anyone.

546
00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:42,674
[Book] Yeah.

547
00:30:43,107 --> 00:30:44,576
She could be great.

548
00:30:44,642 --> 00:30:48,847
[dramatic music starts]

549
00:31:00,925 --> 00:31:06,231
[announcer]
And her opponent, Lyra Valkyria.

550
00:31:06,464 --> 00:31:10,034
[Vic] Valkyria victorious
over Amari Miller two weeks ago,

551
00:31:10,101 --> 00:31:13,238
but Book, against Lash Legend,
this is a different test.

552
00:31:13,304 --> 00:31:17,475
This is a different type of superstar
that she's going up against here tonight.

553
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:20,712
[Book] Like I said,
Lash Legend, she could be great.

554
00:31:21,879 --> 00:31:24,015
She could be great
if she could just focus.

555
00:31:24,082 --> 00:31:28,319
Stay out of the club hanging out
with the Megan Thee Stallion

556
00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:31,522
and the stars of the Hollywood world.

557
00:31:31,589 --> 00:31:37,128
She could be great,
but Valkyria, she's something special.

558
00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:40,565
Her debut was very, very successful.

559
00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:41,699
[bell rings]

560
00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:44,068
[Vic] Legend, right in
and is going to have to use her power

561
00:31:44,135 --> 00:31:46,938
in this match up against Valkyria. Oh!

562
00:31:48,339 --> 00:31:50,208
You know,
Legend doesn't care about feathers,

563
00:31:50,275 --> 00:31:54,145
she doesn't care about heritage, either.
Oh, and just took Valkyria for a ride!

564
00:31:54,212 --> 00:31:59,684
[Book] If Lash Legend could just focus on
things other than the champagne wishes

565
00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:03,054
and the caviar dreams,
man, she could be great.

566
00:32:03,454 --> 00:32:05,990
[Vic] Well, Valkyria now waiting and, oh!

567
00:32:06,224 --> 00:32:07,158
[Book] Big shot.

568
00:32:07,225 --> 00:32:09,727
[Vic] I don't think anyone here
in the NXT universe thought

569
00:32:09,794 --> 00:32:12,864
Legend was going to come out
and start the match up the way she is,

570
00:32:12,930 --> 00:32:15,333
in just utter dominating fashion.

571
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,703
[Book] Legend is looking to
make an example out of Valkyria.

572
00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:21,439
[Vic] Into the cover.
Into the count, and a near fall.

573
00:32:21,506 --> 00:32:22,607
[Book] Oh, so close.

574
00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:24,075
[crowd chatter]

575
00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:28,646
[Vic] You could almost feel the set
from the NXT universe in this match up,

576
00:32:28,713 --> 00:32:30,715
the wind's kinda been taken out.

577
00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:33,151
[Book] Lash Legend
just needs to keep the helmet down.

578
00:32:33,217 --> 00:32:36,487
That one little mistake right there,
just left her with an opening.

579
00:32:36,554 --> 00:32:39,390
Valkyria just slipped inside right there.

580
00:32:39,691 --> 00:32:43,061
[Vic] Valkyria now hoisted high above,
able to land on her feet,

581
00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:44,862
showcasing that athleticism, and now--

582
00:32:45,596 --> 00:32:49,600
Going to have to figure out a way
to take Legend down.

583
00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:51,636
Pump kick,
swing and a miss, right back in.

584
00:32:51,703 --> 00:32:55,173
Valkyria, a little wheelbarrow,
trying to get a roll through.

585
00:32:55,239 --> 00:32:57,508
Certainly able to do so
and able to get through.

586
00:32:57,575 --> 00:33:00,445
Valkyria believes
the Lord of the Ravens choose the winner,

587
00:33:00,511 --> 00:33:02,080
that's why she keeps them close,

588
00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:04,849
and that's why she flies
with the best of them.

589
00:33:04,916 --> 00:33:06,718
[Book] Got Legend off her feet
there for a second,

590
00:33:06,784 --> 00:33:11,723
to pull that maneuver off right there,
but she needs to keep it moving, man.

591
00:33:11,789 --> 00:33:12,957
Keep it moving.

592
00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:16,728
[Vic] Love to add another feather
to her arsenal here. Oh!

593
00:33:16,794 --> 00:33:19,397
Picked up another one
after defeating Amari Miller.

594
00:33:20,131 --> 00:33:24,802
For feathers, for victories,
those that she has defeated,

595
00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:26,938
she wears with pride.

596
00:33:27,438 --> 00:33:31,042
She is going to be earning
every inch of this tonight.

597
00:33:31,109 --> 00:33:35,413
[Book] Vic, does it look like
a different Lash Legend to you tonight,

598
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,950
because right now
she's in control of this match up.

599
00:33:39,016 --> 00:33:40,118
[Vic] She's into the cover.

600
00:33:40,184 --> 00:33:44,322
This would be certainly
a statement win for Lash Legend.

601
00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:47,191
That's what I said at the start of this.
Came out of the gates.

602
00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:50,261
No one thought she'd come out of the gates
as dominating as she did.

603
00:33:50,328 --> 00:33:52,730
She wasted no time bringing out her best.

604
00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:55,500
And right now
it's Valkyria trying to answer back.

605
00:33:55,566 --> 00:33:57,268
[crowd] Let's go, Lyra!

606
00:33:57,335 --> 00:33:58,703
[Vic] And again gets caught.

607
00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:02,306
Again, showcasing the strength,
and what a back breaker.

608
00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:06,511
[Book chuckles] Look at the knockout,
the flavor of the month.

609
00:34:06,577 --> 00:34:08,813
[Book chuckles] Oh, I love it, man.

610
00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:14,018
[Vic] You said she could be a star,
and she right now, that being Lash Legend,

611
00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:16,654
who was looking for that exclamation point
tonight couldn't connect.

612
00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:19,023
Is this the opening for Valkyria now?

613
00:34:19,090 --> 00:34:21,125
[Book] Pulled the trigger
just a little too soon.

614
00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:24,195
You got to soften Valkyria up
a little bit more than that.

615
00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:27,532
[Vic] The fighting warrior
who embraced that mindset

616
00:34:27,598 --> 00:34:31,202
while training in the fight factory
is fighting here tonight,

617
00:34:31,769 --> 00:34:33,337
and has been in for a tough test.

618
00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:35,573
We knew it would be tougher
because she's taking on

619
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,909
a different breed of athlete
in the women's division,

620
00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:41,212
but Valkyria now going up,
going around to take down Lash.

621
00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:43,247
It wasn't pretty, it was effective.

622
00:34:43,314 --> 00:34:45,216
[Book] That was a hard shot right there.

623
00:34:45,283 --> 00:34:49,587
Lash Legend is dazed and confused
right now after that DDT.

624
00:34:49,654 --> 00:34:52,523
[crowd] Let's go, Lyra!

625
00:34:52,990 --> 00:34:54,192
[both] Whoa!

626
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,361
[Vic] What a Roundhouse.

627
00:34:58,896 --> 00:35:05,403
And it's Valkyria who said
every time she flies she feels alive.

628
00:35:05,470 --> 00:35:08,106
Bam, again, from the top.

629
00:35:08,506 --> 00:35:10,475
-[Book] That's it.
-[referee] One, two, three.

630
00:35:10,541 --> 00:35:14,545
[Vic] And that's certainly
a huge win for Valkyria.

631
00:35:15,379 --> 00:35:19,484
[announcer]
Here is your winner, Lyra Valkyria.

632
00:35:19,550 --> 00:35:21,752
[music plays]

633
00:35:21,819 --> 00:35:25,623
[Vic] Coming off her debut,
she answered the challenge

634
00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:28,493
once again again here tonight.

635
00:35:28,559 --> 00:35:31,529
And this was a match
where she had to weather a storm early on.

636
00:35:31,596 --> 00:35:33,998
Boom, vicious Roundhouse Kick.

637
00:35:34,065 --> 00:35:36,067
Possibly could have had the match there.

638
00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:38,569
Picture perfect, Vic,
and check that splash out.

639
00:35:39,203 --> 00:35:44,709
[Vic] But for good measure,
from the top, Valkyria flies with ease.

640
00:35:44,775 --> 00:35:51,115
And it's Valkyria who is starting to soar
in the NXT Women's Division.

641
00:35:51,182 --> 00:35:55,286
[music plays]

642
00:35:56,988 --> 00:36:00,424
2022 was the year of Toxic Attraction.

643
00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:06,297
We built an empire,
the greatest women's group in NXT history,

644
00:36:06,364 --> 00:36:10,968
and in our opinion, the greatest
women's faction in WWE history.

645
00:36:11,035 --> 00:36:15,106
Name another faction,
that despite our ultimate success,

646
00:36:16,374 --> 00:36:18,976
didn't experience a heartbreaking loss.

647
00:36:20,111 --> 00:36:27,051
Even at our lowest points, the eyes
of the entire world haven't shifted

648
00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:30,788
from the attraction of NXT.

649
00:36:31,589 --> 00:36:34,292
I know what they're all saying,
"What are they going to do?

650
00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:35,393
What's their next move?"

651
00:36:35,459 --> 00:36:39,964
But this group was created by doubt,
motivated by those people

652
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:43,634
writing us off,
but we reached superstardom,

653
00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:46,771
stepping on the backs of non-believers.

654
00:36:46,837 --> 00:36:50,775
We will rebuild, reconstruct,

655
00:36:52,109 --> 00:36:53,844
and return to glory,

656
00:36:55,146 --> 00:36:59,984
and it starts by taking down
the woman that took down our empire.

657
00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:09,994
[Vic] Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne
with renewed focus here on NXT.

658
00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:12,063
["On the Other side" plays]

659
00:37:12,129 --> 00:37:15,399
♪ Love is blind ♪

660
00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:17,401
[bell rings]

661
00:37:17,468 --> 00:37:21,272
[announcer] The following contest
is a six-man tag team match

662
00:37:21,339 --> 00:37:22,740
scheduled for one fall.

663
00:37:22,807 --> 00:37:25,643
Introducing first, Schism.

664
00:37:26,177 --> 00:37:30,681
[Vic] Always a chill in the air
when Schism arrives.

665
00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:33,718
The vibe always changes,

666
00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:41,225
but we've been waiting all week
for this six-man showdown that going down,

667
00:37:41,292 --> 00:37:44,028
when we come back on NXT.

668
00:37:47,665 --> 00:37:48,833
Excuse me, Bron.

669
00:37:48,899 --> 00:37:51,802
Last week Grayson Waller
baited you into spearing him

670
00:37:51,869 --> 00:37:54,872
while he was wearing a protective vest
and unfortunately knocked you out.

671
00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:56,607
How are you recovering from the impact?

672
00:37:56,674 --> 00:37:59,043
I fell right into
Waller's trap, all right?

673
00:37:59,343 --> 00:38:00,611
I'm all recovered now.

674
00:38:00,878 --> 00:38:03,881
This is what's going to happen,
I'm not in the mood for games,

675
00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:07,718
I'm going to the ring,
and I'm calling his ass out tonight.

676
00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:12,957
Bron, I hate to be the one to say this,
but Grayson's not here.

677
00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:15,593
And however, he did leave
you this video message.

678
00:38:17,061 --> 00:38:20,931
Bron Breakker, I bet you're still
pissed at me, lad, for last week,

679
00:38:20,998 --> 00:38:22,867
embarrassing you
in front of the whole world.

680
00:38:22,933 --> 00:38:25,803
I can't believe you fell for that,
but that's okay.

681
00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:29,006
Bron Breakker is hands down
the most dangerous man in NXT,

682
00:38:29,073 --> 00:38:30,141
and it's not close.

683
00:38:30,207 --> 00:38:33,377
He's big, he's fast, he's strong,
he hits harder than anyone else.

684
00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:36,981
As good as you are, I'm smarter,

685
00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:40,885
and as much as I'd love to be there
to go face-to-face with you one more time,

686
00:38:40,951 --> 00:38:42,420
unfortunately for you,

687
00:38:43,954 --> 00:38:46,624
I've come home
because what better place to get ready

688
00:38:46,691 --> 00:38:49,060
for Grayson Waller
to be the next NXT champion

689
00:38:49,126 --> 00:38:52,063
than the most beautiful place
on earth, Sydney, Australia?

690
00:38:52,129 --> 00:38:57,201
[music starts]

691
00:38:57,268 --> 00:39:00,104
So I'm down here at Sydney Harbor
standing in front of the iconic

692
00:39:00,771 --> 00:39:02,006
Sydney Harbor Bridge.

693
00:39:02,073 --> 00:39:03,274
I might be a little biased,

694
00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:06,577
but I'm pretty sure there isn't
a more beautiful view in the world.

695
00:39:06,644 --> 00:39:09,847
This harbor, your Grayson Waller
standing in front of it,

696
00:39:10,414 --> 00:39:11,649
it's pretty good-looking.

697
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:15,686
Cheers, lad.

698
00:39:18,055 --> 00:39:22,126
The Sydney Opera House,
for decades the greatest artists

699
00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:25,229
in the entire world
have performed at this venue,

700
00:39:25,629 --> 00:39:28,866
but it wasn't till today
that a real superstar showed up,

701
00:39:28,933 --> 00:39:31,302
and that is because of Grayson Waller.

702
00:39:31,869 --> 00:39:33,704
Australia, you're welcome.

703
00:39:36,340 --> 00:39:38,442
I'm down here at Bondi Beach today,

704
00:39:38,509 --> 00:39:40,878
because what better way
to get ready for Bron Breakker

705
00:39:40,945 --> 00:39:42,413
than to have
a nice little swim in the ocean?

706
00:39:43,781 --> 00:39:46,450
I know a lot of people are thinking,
"How is Grayson Waller

707
00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:47,651
getting ready for Bron?

708
00:39:47,718 --> 00:39:50,221
How is Grayson Waller going to be
the one to dethrone Bron Breakker?

709
00:39:50,287 --> 00:39:51,388
No one can beat him."

710
00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:53,057
This is how.

711
00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:56,994
Australia has the best athletes
in the world that's who I'm working with.

712
00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:59,764
I'm taking care of my mind,
I'm taking care of my body.

713
00:39:59,997 --> 00:40:03,634
On January 10th at New Year's Evil,
I'm taking care of Bron Breakker

714
00:40:04,602 --> 00:40:09,807
and I'm bringing the NXT championship
home to Australia, baby. [laughs]

715
00:40:10,841 --> 00:40:13,277
This is my backyard, lad,
but I gave all this up.

716
00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:17,915
I sacrificed all of this to come to
NXT to show the world who I was

717
00:40:17,982 --> 00:40:20,918
because even though this is fantastic,
I'm bigger than this.

718
00:40:20,985 --> 00:40:24,121
I have to leave to show the world
the superstar that I am

719
00:40:24,188 --> 00:40:27,091
and it's all going to be worth it
when I become NXT champion,

720
00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:29,093
January 10, at New Year's Evil.

721
00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:34,198
Don't worry, lad, I'm going to be there
next week and we can sign the papers

722
00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:41,005
for New Year's Evil in person,
face-to-face on a very special episode

723
00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:46,610
of the Grayson Waller Effect.

724
00:40:46,677 --> 00:40:47,978
[laughs]

725
00:40:57,154 --> 00:41:00,658
[Vic] Oh, the Arrogant Aussie
continuing to frustrate the champion.

726
00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:04,228
♪ Love is blind ♪

727
00:41:05,796 --> 00:41:10,935
[Vic] Looking to grow
their roots stronger tonight is Schism.

728
00:41:11,001 --> 00:41:14,438
-[music starts]
-[crowd chatter]

729
00:41:22,546 --> 00:41:27,618
[announcer] And their opponents,
the team of Malik Blake, Edris Enofé

730
00:41:27,685 --> 00:41:30,354
and Odyssey Jones.

731
00:41:30,421 --> 00:41:32,790
[Vic] This is a tight knit trio.

732
00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:36,961
All they tried to do, Book,
was invite Ava Raine out.

733
00:41:37,027 --> 00:41:39,997
What is wrong with
extending an invitation to a co-worker?

734
00:41:40,064 --> 00:41:43,133
[Book] They better understand what
they're getting themselves into tonight.

735
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,606
This Schism, the Dyad,
Joe Gacy, they're different.

736
00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:51,942
They don't look to just go out there
and make magic, Vic.

737
00:41:52,009 --> 00:41:54,011
They go out there to dismantle you.

738
00:41:54,078 --> 00:41:56,146
Take you clean out of this game.

739
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,182
They better be ready, dawg.

740
00:41:59,783 --> 00:42:03,487
[Vic] Jones locking eyes
with the Dyad and Gacy.

741
00:42:03,554 --> 00:42:06,924
I believe Jones, Enofé
and Blade are ready.

742
00:42:06,991 --> 00:42:09,426
[crowd chatter]

743
00:42:09,493 --> 00:42:12,830
[Vic] Been waiting
for this six-man tag team match up.

744
00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:15,099
You take a look at Jones, Enofé and Blade.

745
00:42:15,165 --> 00:42:18,135
These three complement each other
so very well, do they not?

746
00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:19,203
[Book] Come on, Vic.

747
00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:21,772
They look good together,
but that's not what this thing's about.

748
00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:23,540
It's about going there
and taking care of yourself.

749
00:42:23,607 --> 00:42:26,243
It's about going out there
and getting a victory, and tonight,

750
00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:30,681
they're in there with some tough,
tough, diabolical customers, trust me.

751
00:42:30,748 --> 00:42:33,117
[Vic] Why are you so negative
when it comes to talking about

752
00:42:33,183 --> 00:42:34,285
all things friends in there?

753
00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:37,054
You have Briggs and Jensen,
these three superstars.

754
00:42:37,121 --> 00:42:37,988
The new day.

755
00:42:38,055 --> 00:42:40,291
-[Book] It's not about that.
-[Vic] Sometimes it is, isn't it?

756
00:42:40,357 --> 00:42:41,425
[Book] I'm looking at Schism.

757
00:42:41,492 --> 00:42:44,528
I say these guys aren't here for a reason,
they're out here for a mission.

758
00:42:44,595 --> 00:42:46,997
It's not about friendship
or anything like that.

759
00:42:47,064 --> 00:42:48,432
It's about getting the job done.

760
00:42:48,499 --> 00:42:50,167
It's about taking care of business.

761
00:42:50,234 --> 00:42:52,102
[Vic] You don't think Schism is friends?

762
00:42:52,169 --> 00:42:53,404
Roll through. Kick out.

763
00:42:53,470 --> 00:42:55,639
[Book] No, that's a business, Vic.

764
00:42:55,706 --> 00:43:00,377
[Vic] Gacy now turning around and doing
his own business for the Dyad and Gacy

765
00:43:00,444 --> 00:43:03,347
and Blade is not going to like
where he's at in the ring,

766
00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:07,952
far away from his partners,
is in the ring at this moment, Reid,

767
00:43:08,385 --> 00:43:10,988
and Reid
just as dangerous as anyone in NXT.

768
00:43:11,055 --> 00:43:13,290
Look at Blade, as quick as anyone in NXT.

769
00:43:13,357 --> 00:43:15,826
Almost able to take him down,
able to go through again.

770
00:43:15,893 --> 00:43:17,428
It's unorthodox, but it's effective.

771
00:43:17,861 --> 00:43:21,131
[Book] I'll tell you what,
Blade looks a lot better here as of late.

772
00:43:21,198 --> 00:43:23,734
I must say that seems like
he's got a lot more focus.

773
00:43:23,801 --> 00:43:26,670
I talked about that security blanket.

774
00:43:26,737 --> 00:43:29,406
He doesn't have it anymore,
and he looks better. Don't you agree?

775
00:43:29,473 --> 00:43:33,510
[Vic] Yes. With a little pep in his step
if that's what you're saying,

776
00:43:33,577 --> 00:43:35,579
it fired him up,
it lit something inside of him.

777
00:43:35,646 --> 00:43:37,014
Enofé with a cover and a kick out.

778
00:43:37,081 --> 00:43:38,349
[Book] You do agree with me, right?

779
00:43:38,415 --> 00:43:40,484
[Vic] I very rarely disagree with you.

780
00:43:40,551 --> 00:43:43,220
[Vic] He doesn't have that anchor
around his neck anymore.

781
00:43:43,287 --> 00:43:46,890
Right now he's free to go out
and perform at his highest level

782
00:43:46,957 --> 00:43:48,192
that I can see.

783
00:43:48,258 --> 00:43:51,061
[Vic] He came to the ring with his father
on his mind, what's wrong with that?

784
00:43:51,128 --> 00:43:54,131
[Book] Enofé's in trouble right now.
He's in the wrong side of town.

785
00:43:54,198 --> 00:43:55,666
[Vic] You switched gears again, Book.

786
00:43:55,733 --> 00:43:57,401
I'm going to focus back in on the action.

787
00:43:57,468 --> 00:43:59,303
We will agree to disagree.

788
00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:03,107
[Book] You're seeing there the Dyad
is willing to follow Joe Gacy

789
00:44:03,173 --> 00:44:05,909
the end of their-- That is deadly.

790
00:44:05,976 --> 00:44:07,711
That is scary right now.

791
00:44:07,778 --> 00:44:11,382
Like I said, word to the wise,
"Watch your back, son."

792
00:44:11,448 --> 00:44:13,951
[Vic] Nice Suplex by Fowler
floating right over,

793
00:44:14,018 --> 00:44:16,654
grinding the forearm in the face.
Able to kick out is Enofé.

794
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:19,456
When it comes to--
Another kick out-- Another by Enofé.

795
00:44:19,523 --> 00:44:23,694
When it comes to Schism, they believe
they are an unbreakable family,

796
00:44:23,761 --> 00:44:26,930
not three individuals
as they see their opponents.

797
00:44:26,997 --> 00:44:27,831
They're one unit.

798
00:44:28,165 --> 00:44:32,269
[Book] A well-oiled unit as well, Vic.

799
00:44:32,336 --> 00:44:37,274
This team knows all about watching
your man and your woman to your left.

800
00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:38,809
That's what it's all about.

801
00:44:38,876 --> 00:44:40,644
[crowd chatter]

802
00:44:40,711 --> 00:44:43,714
[Vic] Liver buckling shot
and again showcasing some power.

803
00:44:43,781 --> 00:44:44,715
Up and over though.

804
00:44:44,782 --> 00:44:47,951
It's Enofé showcasing
that speed here on Fowler.

805
00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:50,154
[Book] Enofeé perfect there-- Whoa!

806
00:44:50,220 --> 00:44:51,422
[Vic] No one there.

807
00:44:51,488 --> 00:44:54,224
Fowler now right back in and got caught.

808
00:44:55,059 --> 00:44:58,195
You think Enofé is being bothered
by something right now?

809
00:44:58,262 --> 00:44:59,430
I'm trying to see it.

810
00:44:59,496 --> 00:45:02,866
[Book] I thought he was playing possum
for a second on that right knee maybe.

811
00:45:03,901 --> 00:45:05,069
[Vic] Trying to wiggle around.

812
00:45:05,135 --> 00:45:07,304
And again, this has been
an evenly matched six-man tag.

813
00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:12,943
Oh, and you talk about someone
who can change the game in a moment.

814
00:45:13,010 --> 00:45:14,411
Talking about Odyssey Jones.

815
00:45:14,478 --> 00:45:16,313
[crowd chatter]

816
00:45:16,380 --> 00:45:21,919
[Book] Big man right there.
Just put some stink on that boy, man.

817
00:45:21,985 --> 00:45:24,254
[Vic laughs]

818
00:45:24,321 --> 00:45:27,624
[Vic] And another tag. In comes Blade.
This is what I'm talking about.

819
00:45:27,691 --> 00:45:31,428
When you're friends you just know
what the other one's going to do.

820
00:45:32,629 --> 00:45:34,098
So many similarities.

821
00:45:34,598 --> 00:45:36,734
And take a look. Blade's way up there.

822
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:38,769
Oh, comes crashing down.

823
00:45:38,836 --> 00:45:42,072
[Book] What do you think is good about
that move? See that right there?

824
00:45:42,139 --> 00:45:43,841
That was a mistake, Vic.

825
00:45:44,508 --> 00:45:46,310
That was a huge mistake.

826
00:45:46,376 --> 00:45:49,279
[Vic] We got a stalemate
in this six-man tag team match.

827
00:45:53,350 --> 00:45:56,386
[Vic] Back on NXT,
six-man tag team match continuing.

828
00:45:56,453 --> 00:45:59,723
-[Book] See that?
-[Vic] Fowler is grinding. Yes, I see it.

829
00:45:59,790 --> 00:46:02,459
[Book] Odyssey Jones
came in messing around.

830
00:46:02,526 --> 00:46:05,629
Now we're in this position.
Did you see that?

831
00:46:05,696 --> 00:46:08,599
Right now Blade is in big, big trouble.

832
00:46:08,665 --> 00:46:11,502
[Vic] I saw Gacy turning things around
as we just saw moments ago.

833
00:46:11,568 --> 00:46:14,004
[Book] What the hell?

834
00:46:14,505 --> 00:46:20,444
This is the definition
of living your best life.

835
00:46:21,478 --> 00:46:25,048
Four roots, one tree.

836
00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:31,955
[Vic] She talked to you, not me.

837
00:46:33,290 --> 00:46:34,858
Looked like you've seen a ghost, Book.

838
00:46:34,925 --> 00:46:36,693
[Book] I don't know
what that was all about.

839
00:46:37,795 --> 00:46:41,231
[Vic] She wanted to tell you
the messages of Schism.

840
00:46:41,298 --> 00:46:43,000
I'm a little bit uneasy getting that--

841
00:46:43,066 --> 00:46:45,369
I don't know
why everyone's picking on you.

842
00:46:46,904 --> 00:46:47,771
You all right?

843
00:46:48,172 --> 00:46:50,674
[Book] Yes, I'm good, man.
Let's get back to the action.

844
00:46:50,741 --> 00:46:52,209
[Vic] As we focus on this match up

845
00:46:52,276 --> 00:46:54,645
Ava Raine just came over to talk to you.

846
00:46:54,711 --> 00:46:57,447
It was Raine who also said
that Jones, Blade and Enofé,

847
00:46:57,514 --> 00:47:00,017
they're just trying to fill
a void in their life.

848
00:47:00,083 --> 00:47:02,986
That's why they go out.
That's why they try to hit up the town.

849
00:47:03,053 --> 00:47:06,089
That's why they try to have a good time.
Now Blade trying to find a tag.

850
00:47:06,156 --> 00:47:07,958
[Book] You see what
a good time will get you, right?

851
00:47:08,025 --> 00:47:12,896
Having a good time get you going out
to party. Not focusing on the job at hand.

852
00:47:12,963 --> 00:47:15,299
You got to focus, man. Stay in the game.

853
00:47:15,365 --> 00:47:17,401
[Vic] Cheap shot by Fowler. Blade goes up,

854
00:47:17,467 --> 00:47:21,471
goes down, gets around to make a tag,
and back in comes Jones.

855
00:47:21,538 --> 00:47:23,540
There's one. There's two.

856
00:47:23,607 --> 00:47:25,175
Oh, got Gacy some too.

857
00:47:26,176 --> 00:47:28,712
He's making up
for the mistake in a big way, Book.

858
00:47:28,779 --> 00:47:30,914
[Book] Like I said,
he came in messing around earlier.

859
00:47:30,981 --> 00:47:36,220
He could have been already at the hotel,
but right now he's moving quick.

860
00:47:38,255 --> 00:47:41,058
[Vic] Someone who's not moving quick.
Look at this.

861
00:47:41,124 --> 00:47:42,226
Look at the strength.

862
00:47:42,859 --> 00:47:44,862
Double Sidewalk Slam.

863
00:47:44,928 --> 00:47:47,931
[Book] Wow! Ask me
what I think about the big guy.

864
00:47:47,998 --> 00:47:49,866
[Vic] I know where this
is going, but I'll do it.

865
00:47:49,933 --> 00:47:52,269
-What do you think about the big guy?
-[Book] He's a big guy.

866
00:47:52,336 --> 00:47:55,005
[Vic] Now looking to fly, Enofé.

867
00:47:55,072 --> 00:47:59,009
Up and he almost stopped in time
to deliver that elbow.

868
00:47:59,509 --> 00:48:01,378
-Cover.
-[Book] Oh, man!

869
00:48:01,445 --> 00:48:05,482
Gacy was able to break it up
as Fowler got cut off by Jones,

870
00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:09,353
but look at the height and almost stopped.

871
00:48:09,419 --> 00:48:13,790
[Book] Got caught up in the lights
of that one right there by Blade. Blade--

872
00:48:13,857 --> 00:48:15,926
[both] Wait a minute.

873
00:48:15,993 --> 00:48:19,329
[Vic] Blade was
and the same can't be said for Jones.

874
00:48:19,963 --> 00:48:22,399
Trying to isolate Jones and-- Whoa!

875
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,769
Jones somehow still on his damn feet.

876
00:48:26,236 --> 00:48:27,237
Again!

877
00:48:27,604 --> 00:48:29,973
Fowler, Reid, Gacy.

878
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:31,575
How many times?

879
00:48:31,642 --> 00:48:36,113
How many men is it going
to take the big fella off his feet?

880
00:48:36,179 --> 00:48:39,783
[Book] Like the pinball.
Listen, what the hell?

881
00:48:39,850 --> 00:48:42,185
[crowd cheering]

882
00:48:42,252 --> 00:48:43,420
[Vic] Relentless…

883
00:48:44,855 --> 00:48:46,223
…was the Schism.

884
00:48:46,290 --> 00:48:49,393
-[Book] Just pounced. Oh, wow.
-[Vic] Watch out, Book.

885
00:48:50,060 --> 00:48:53,063
We said we've been looking forward
to this six-man tag team match up.

886
00:48:53,130 --> 00:48:54,865
[Book] This thing is breaking down, Vic!

887
00:48:54,932 --> 00:48:58,969
[Vic] It certainly is, and these six
right now are going for broke

888
00:48:59,036 --> 00:49:00,137
in this moment.

889
00:49:00,203 --> 00:49:02,706
[Book] Enofé! Enofé, here we go!

890
00:49:02,773 --> 00:49:06,410
[Vic] Got the knee right under the jaw,
and that's going to rock Reid.

891
00:49:06,476 --> 00:49:07,544
Reid right now.

892
00:49:08,312 --> 00:49:10,013
Down, look-- Enofé.

893
00:49:10,747 --> 00:49:13,283
Oh, look at Enofé showcasing that power.

894
00:49:13,350 --> 00:49:14,584
[Book] The ring is clear.

895
00:49:14,651 --> 00:49:19,623
All we need to do right here is land
that coup d'etat and it could be over.

896
00:49:19,690 --> 00:49:21,391
[Vic] Oh, Gacy made the tag.

897
00:49:21,458 --> 00:49:24,094
Gacy legal. There's nothing Enofé can do.

898
00:49:26,063 --> 00:49:28,799
[Book] Here we go, Vic. They're here.

899
00:49:28,865 --> 00:49:31,601
Enofé is in the wrong side of town, man.

900
00:49:31,668 --> 00:49:33,937
[Vic] Fowler on the other side.

901
00:49:34,271 --> 00:49:36,206
Jones is down here at our feet.

902
00:49:38,141 --> 00:49:41,645
And whoa! Double Doomsday.

903
00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:44,548
[Book] Doubled up one time.

904
00:49:45,682 --> 00:49:50,320
[Vic] If he didn't take his first trip,
Enofé about to take his second

905
00:49:50,387 --> 00:49:52,155
to the upside down.

906
00:49:52,222 --> 00:49:54,257
[Book] Goodnight, Enofé.

907
00:49:54,324 --> 00:49:57,995
[Vic] And those roots
are growing stronger.

908
00:49:58,061 --> 00:49:59,162
[Book] And sleep tight.

909
00:50:00,397 --> 00:50:03,367
[announcer] Here are your winners, Schism.

910
00:50:03,433 --> 00:50:06,169
♪ Grass is always greener
On the other side ♪

911
00:50:06,236 --> 00:50:08,572
♪ I'll never leave ya ♪

912
00:50:09,639 --> 00:50:14,277
[Vic] I'm still looking to
my left right here at Odyssey Jones.

913
00:50:14,344 --> 00:50:17,180
I mean,
Jones was taken out by all of them.

914
00:50:17,247 --> 00:50:21,551
Enofé and Blade was taken
out by Reid, and then the--

915
00:50:22,853 --> 00:50:26,690
Exclamation, so to speak,
right here by Gacy.

916
00:50:26,890 --> 00:50:27,824
Bam!

917
00:50:29,393 --> 00:50:34,097
And no doubt about it,
Schism grows stronger tonight.

918
00:50:34,731 --> 00:50:36,733
[Book] Give that boy my pillow.

919
00:50:37,334 --> 00:50:42,739
[Vic] As they continue to spread
the message that all NXT superstars

920
00:50:42,806 --> 00:50:45,575
are buying into a false sense of reality.

921
00:50:45,642 --> 00:50:49,679
♪ I'll never run, my risin' sun ♪

922
00:50:51,715 --> 00:50:54,851
[Vic] As she typically is,
Kianna James all business tonight.

923
00:50:54,918 --> 00:50:58,555
Will she win and stake claim
to Fallon Henley's family establishment?

924
00:50:58,622 --> 00:51:01,792
And for Henley, she can't
let her family down this holiday.

925
00:51:01,858 --> 00:51:04,494
The Battle for the Bar next on NXT.

926
00:51:08,031 --> 00:51:10,901
Trick Williams, Carmelo Hayes,
next week's a big week

927
00:51:10,967 --> 00:51:13,437
for the Trick-Melo Gang.
Trick, you face Axiom.

928
00:51:13,503 --> 00:51:16,139
And Melo, in a marquee match,
you go one-on-one with Apollo Crews.

929
00:51:16,206 --> 00:51:18,208
Hold on, McKenzie.
Let me stop you right there

930
00:51:18,275 --> 00:51:21,845
because you're on Trick-Melo time, and
we do not get paid to listen to you talk.

931
00:51:21,912 --> 00:51:27,217
Now, next week, I have Axiom
and we all know he can fly, he can flip,

932
00:51:27,284 --> 00:51:28,819
he can wrestle, he can submit.

933
00:51:28,885 --> 00:51:33,323
But there is one thing he cannot do,
and that is whoop that trick.

934
00:51:33,390 --> 00:51:34,224
That's right.

935
00:51:34,291 --> 00:51:37,427
This size 15 right here, it's going to
send him straight to Comic-Con, dawg.

936
00:51:37,494 --> 00:51:38,361
[laughs]

937
00:51:38,428 --> 00:51:42,599
Listen, I've been saying the year 2023
is the year I become the NXT champion.

938
00:51:42,666 --> 00:51:45,001
-But there is one man standing in my way.
-Who's that?

939
00:51:45,068 --> 00:51:46,770
And his name is Apollo Crews.

940
00:51:46,837 --> 00:51:48,305
He's accomplished so much here.

941
00:51:48,371 --> 00:51:51,975
It's admirable, it truly is, but one thing
he hasn't accomplish is beating me.

942
00:51:52,042 --> 00:51:53,643
So he's got two choices, Trick.

943
00:51:53,710 --> 00:51:56,279
He can move out of the way,
or I can move him out of the way.

944
00:51:56,346 --> 00:51:59,249
I'll feel really heavy on
moving him out of the way, okay?

945
00:51:59,316 --> 00:52:02,352
Because that NXT championship,
it's got one man's name on it,

946
00:52:02,419 --> 00:52:05,021
and it is not Apollo, it is Melo.

947
00:52:05,088 --> 00:52:06,590
Hello. [laughs]

948
00:52:06,656 --> 00:52:08,391
And next week, we're going for two.

949
00:52:08,758 --> 00:52:10,594
-Swish.
-Swish.

950
00:52:10,660 --> 00:52:12,629
-Nothing but net.
-Everything.

951
00:52:14,064 --> 00:52:16,066
["Saddle Up" starts]

952
00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:20,370
[Vic] Sign me up for those showdowns
next week on the first edition

953
00:52:20,437 --> 00:52:22,072
of NXT in the new year.

954
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:24,407
[bell rings]

955
00:52:24,474 --> 00:52:28,044
[announcer] The following contest
is a battle for the bar.

956
00:52:28,111 --> 00:52:31,982
Introducing first, accompanied by
Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen,

957
00:52:32,048 --> 00:52:34,084
Fallon Henley!

958
00:52:34,151 --> 00:52:35,785
♪ We're in the sky ♪

959
00:52:35,852 --> 00:52:40,757
♪ Yeah, it's gonna be alright
Yeah, gonna be alright, yeah, yeah ♪

960
00:52:40,824 --> 00:52:43,126
♪ Oh, saddle up and go ♪

961
00:52:43,193 --> 00:52:45,996
♪ Can't back out now, we run the night ♪

962
00:52:46,062 --> 00:52:49,599
♪ Get up, get up
Get up and go, get up and go ♪

963
00:52:49,666 --> 00:52:50,967
♪ Saddle up, saddle up ♪

964
00:52:51,034 --> 00:52:53,303
♪ In the country
Where me and my team hang ♪

965
00:52:53,370 --> 00:52:56,439
♪ Life is always wild
So I ride it like a 'stang ♪

966
00:52:58,074 --> 00:53:02,178
-[music starts]
-[crowd cheering]

967
00:53:06,950 --> 00:53:11,321
[announcer] And her opponent, Kiana James!

968
00:53:11,388 --> 00:53:15,992
[Vic] A lot on the line tonight for
Fallon Henley in this Battle of the Bar.

969
00:53:16,593 --> 00:53:19,196
There's a lot of meaning in that bar.

970
00:53:19,262 --> 00:53:21,598
It's been in her family her entire life.

971
00:53:21,665 --> 00:53:23,800
For James, there's no meaning.

972
00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:25,869
There's no emotional investment.

973
00:53:25,936 --> 00:53:28,371
Just a transaction.

974
00:53:28,438 --> 00:53:31,508
[Book] Did you see
the credentials? Did you?

975
00:53:31,575 --> 00:53:33,577
[Vic] You keep talking
about these credentials.

976
00:53:33,643 --> 00:53:35,812
[Vic] I'm not talking about
emotional investments here, Book.

977
00:53:35,879 --> 00:53:37,814
-[Book] Did you see the credentials?
-[Vic] Yes. Great.

978
00:53:37,881 --> 00:53:39,683
[Book] That's all you need to know, Vic.

979
00:53:39,749 --> 00:53:42,852
That's all you need to know.
It's Kiana James.

980
00:53:42,919 --> 00:53:45,155
[Vic] What we need to know
is it's not about family.

981
00:53:45,221 --> 00:53:46,723
-Here we go.
-[Book] That's who that is.

982
00:53:46,790 --> 00:53:48,925
[Vic] What are you trying--
what are you doing here?

983
00:53:48,992 --> 00:53:51,795
This is about legacy.
This is about family.

984
00:53:52,229 --> 00:53:56,132
And for Fallon Henley, the only thing
her family has had is this bar.

985
00:53:56,199 --> 00:53:59,236
[Book] That bar can raise
a whole lot of money, Vic.

986
00:54:01,104 --> 00:54:05,575
[Vic] And oh! It was James,
of course, who paid off the taxes.

987
00:54:05,642 --> 00:54:09,312
Was able to keep the bar open
for a little bit, but this is coming down

988
00:54:09,379 --> 00:54:12,716
these two has reached
a fever pitch for this match up.

989
00:54:12,782 --> 00:54:17,020
I can only imagine the thoughts and
the feelings within Henley at this moment.

990
00:54:17,087 --> 00:54:20,590
[Book] Yes. It's a whole lot
of little country songs, Vic.

991
00:54:20,657 --> 00:54:23,259
You don't know when to hold,
know when to fold. That song--

992
00:54:23,326 --> 00:54:25,562
[Vic] Hold them and fold them,
that's the words.

993
00:54:25,629 --> 00:54:27,497
[Book] Kenny Rogers has done that.

994
00:54:27,564 --> 00:54:31,167
I think that's who it was.
That's what this thing is all about, man.

995
00:54:31,234 --> 00:54:33,737
Henley need to know when to call it in.

996
00:54:33,803 --> 00:54:37,274
[Vic] You know, I bet that song got played
in the Henley Bar time and time again.

997
00:54:37,340 --> 00:54:38,208
[Book] Exactly.

998
00:54:38,274 --> 00:54:41,111
[Vic] The tough conversations
that Henley's had to had with her family.

999
00:54:41,177 --> 00:54:43,713
She's got all that
on her shoulders in this match up.

1000
00:54:43,780 --> 00:54:46,383
[Book] What you're saying, Vic,
is she should know, right?

1001
00:54:46,449 --> 00:54:48,585
that she's heard the song,
you know what I mean?

1002
00:54:48,652 --> 00:54:51,187
[Vic] You're telling her
she just roll over and hand the bar over?

1003
00:54:51,254 --> 00:54:53,690
The bar's going to get turned
into condos, Book.

1004
00:54:53,757 --> 00:54:56,393
[Book] She's going to hand it over
and she's going to get a big check.

1005
00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:58,428
[Vic] It's not about money.

1006
00:54:58,495 --> 00:55:00,063
[Book] I'm talking about
generational money.

1007
00:55:00,130 --> 00:55:01,564
I'm talking about taking care of the kids.

1008
00:55:01,631 --> 00:55:03,199
I'm talking about
taking care of the grand kids.

1009
00:55:03,266 --> 00:55:06,202
I'm talking about taking care of
the family, man. That's what it's about.

1010
00:55:08,104 --> 00:55:13,009
[Vic] Oh! Well, all those credentials
didn't help her out there, did they, Book?

1011
00:55:13,243 --> 00:55:15,645
All your B's, and N's,
and A's, and all those letters.

1012
00:55:15,712 --> 00:55:17,714
-[Book] Stick around here.
-[Vic] Into the cover.

1013
00:55:17,781 --> 00:55:20,383
For the bar, and kick out by James.

1014
00:55:20,450 --> 00:55:24,154
[Book] Kiana James definitely knows what
she's doing in the middle of that ring.

1015
00:55:24,220 --> 00:55:25,055
Trust me.

1016
00:55:25,121 --> 00:55:27,924
[Vic] We see Briggs and Jensen looking on.
Jensen, where's his head at?

1017
00:55:27,991 --> 00:55:30,827
You see the shirt that he's wearing
actually was a Christmas gift from James.

1018
00:55:30,894 --> 00:55:35,165
As Henley right now gets caught in
an awkward position and planted.

1019
00:55:35,231 --> 00:55:38,068
[Book] Coming down
right on that knee area.

1020
00:55:38,134 --> 00:55:42,872
Right now, Kiana James is
about to turn up the heat.

1021
00:55:45,208 --> 00:55:47,510
-Oh, beautiful.
-[Vic] Right back in.

1022
00:55:48,111 --> 00:55:51,748
For James, it's simple.
She wants to destroy the memories

1023
00:55:51,815 --> 00:55:55,518
of Henley's family for condos,
I'll say it again, for condos.

1024
00:55:55,585 --> 00:55:58,121
As she goes into the cover for the bar,
and Henley just able to

1025
00:55:58,188 --> 00:55:59,456
get her right shoulder up.

1026
00:55:59,522 --> 00:56:01,391
How can you turn
a blind eye to that, Book?

1027
00:56:01,458 --> 00:56:02,826
You're talking about a big check?

1028
00:56:02,892 --> 00:56:04,594
Money doesn't buy everything, Booker.

1029
00:56:04,661 --> 00:56:08,398
[Book] You're talking about condos,
you're talking about big business,

1030
00:56:08,465 --> 00:56:11,368
you're talking about the Starbucks
over here where you can just hang out

1031
00:56:11,434 --> 00:56:12,969
and have a latte and all that.

1032
00:56:13,036 --> 00:56:16,673
-Not thinking about some stinking bar.
-[Vic] That's what Henley thinks about.

1033
00:56:16,740 --> 00:56:21,010
[Book] We're not thinking about some smoky
bar with a bunch of bikers running in,

1034
00:56:21,077 --> 00:56:22,846
messing up the neighborhood.

1035
00:56:22,912 --> 00:56:26,983
We're trying to improve
the neighborhood, Vic.

1036
00:56:27,283 --> 00:56:30,653
[Vic] Not what it is about for Henley,
not what it's about for her family,

1037
00:56:30,720 --> 00:56:31,888
nor Briggs and Jensen.

1038
00:56:31,955 --> 00:56:36,626
As James now, again, focusing on the ribs,
focusing on the midsection.

1039
00:56:36,693 --> 00:56:40,497
Driving the air, and Henley again
just getting the right shoulder up.

1040
00:56:40,563 --> 00:56:43,466
You got to imagine every kick out,
family watching at home

1041
00:56:43,533 --> 00:56:47,470
and seeing that bar,
and seeing that just slip through--

1042
00:56:47,537 --> 00:56:49,139
[Book] You just said it, Vic.

1043
00:56:49,205 --> 00:56:52,942
Family needs to have a nice neighborhood
where they don't have to think about

1044
00:56:53,009 --> 00:56:57,313
a bar at the corner messing it up.
That's what I'm talking about.

1045
00:56:57,380 --> 00:56:59,282
[Vic] That's where the family
and the friends went.

1046
00:56:59,349 --> 00:57:02,318
That's where she went with her father.
That's where she lost her first tooth.

1047
00:57:02,385 --> 00:57:05,054
Her shoulders are down again.
Henley's got to kick out and she does.

1048
00:57:05,121 --> 00:57:08,057
[Book] What the hell was she doing
in the bar losing a tooth?

1049
00:57:08,124 --> 00:57:11,060
[Vic] Where she grew up.
Some of her greatest memories, Book.

1050
00:57:11,127 --> 00:57:13,930
This is a family bar.
This is a family neighborhood.

1051
00:57:13,997 --> 00:57:17,000
That's what it's about for Henley.
That's not what it's about for James.

1052
00:57:17,066 --> 00:57:21,004
And Henley now starting to remember,
starting to feel those emotions.

1053
00:57:21,070 --> 00:57:23,206
Does she have anything left in the tank?

1054
00:57:23,273 --> 00:57:25,208
-[Book] Wait a minute!
-[Vic] Shoulders down.

1055
00:57:25,275 --> 00:57:27,377
Look at that,
James having to relinquish the hold.

1056
00:57:27,444 --> 00:57:30,580
As Briggs and Jensen still on the outside,
out here for emotional support.

1057
00:57:30,647 --> 00:57:35,485
[Book] Fallon Henley just trying
to steal one right there, Vic.

1058
00:57:35,552 --> 00:57:38,922
[Vic] Not stealing, she'd have earned it.
She's able to battle back in this match up.

1059
00:57:39,756 --> 00:57:43,693
You can only imagine the pressure on
her shoulders and a big right rocks James.

1060
00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:46,629
[Book] Big shots, big shots.
Back and forth action right here.

1061
00:57:46,696 --> 00:57:49,566
Whoa! Who's going to fold here, Vic?

1062
00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:51,234
[Vic] Whoa! Big right!

1063
00:57:53,236 --> 00:57:55,872
And now Henley
starting to feel that momentum,

1064
00:57:55,939 --> 00:57:57,574
and she is taking it to James.

1065
00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:00,410
James, a woman who doesn't
like to hear the word no,

1066
00:58:00,477 --> 00:58:04,347
is getting a lot more than that
from Fallon Henley here tonight.

1067
00:58:06,416 --> 00:58:09,953
Is this going to be it, Book?
Is this going to be it for the bar?

1068
00:58:10,019 --> 00:58:12,188
-[Book] Oh, man.
-[Vic] Man, that was close.

1069
00:58:12,722 --> 00:58:15,725
[Book] Kiana James going to have to
figure out a different blueprint here

1070
00:58:15,792 --> 00:58:17,327
tonight in this match up.

1071
00:58:17,393 --> 00:58:19,562
[Vic] Briggs and Jensen
on the outside conversating.

1072
00:58:19,629 --> 00:58:22,899
Henley in the ring realizing that
might have been her best opportunity.

1073
00:58:22,966 --> 00:58:25,768
Right back in. Whoa!
Again, to the injured ribs.

1074
00:58:27,303 --> 00:58:32,976
And going up, and again
another gut buster this time by James.

1075
00:58:33,042 --> 00:58:36,112
Is this going to be it enough for--
Briggs almost entered the ring.

1076
00:58:36,913 --> 00:58:39,048
Briggs and Jensen are starting to feel--

1077
00:58:39,115 --> 00:58:41,718
[Book] You talk about those ribs,
you talk about those ribs, Vic.

1078
00:58:41,784 --> 00:58:44,220
It's not just the bone, it's cartilage.

1079
00:58:44,287 --> 00:58:47,824
[crowd cheering]

1080
00:58:47,891 --> 00:58:51,594
[Vic] James talking a little bit of trash,
looking for 401, couldn't connect.

1081
00:58:51,661 --> 00:58:55,431
[Book] Beautiful drop down right there.
It was very effective.

1082
00:58:55,498 --> 00:58:58,902
[Vic] And boom,
connects. It was effective.

1083
00:58:58,968 --> 00:59:01,204
-Into the cover.
-[referee] One, two, three!

1084
00:59:01,271 --> 00:59:04,374
Yes! Henley's family holds on to the bar.

1085
00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,209
-[music starts]
-[Book] Wow.

1086
00:59:06,276 --> 00:59:09,913
[announcer]
Here is your winner, Fallon Henley.

1087
00:59:09,979 --> 00:59:11,548
[Vic] Get another round.

1088
00:59:12,048 --> 00:59:13,383
Look at Briggs.

1089
00:59:15,418 --> 00:59:16,686
Look at Jensen.

1090
00:59:19,255 --> 00:59:20,957
What a match for Henley.

1091
00:59:21,024 --> 00:59:23,793
Take a look.
There's the trip around the ankle.

1092
00:59:23,860 --> 00:59:27,030
You mentioned a little hiccup,
but it opened the door.

1093
00:59:27,297 --> 00:59:28,631
Boom! What the--

1094
00:59:29,599 --> 00:59:32,635
Not sure who Jensen
was talking to, but in the end,

1095
00:59:32,702 --> 00:59:36,039
Henley able to secure the victory,

1096
00:59:36,105 --> 00:59:40,243
and secure the rights to the family bar.

1097
00:59:42,679 --> 00:59:45,448
-Jensen's a little bit conflicted.
-[Book] Oh, come on.

1098
00:59:46,883 --> 00:59:48,284
But Henley is not.

1099
00:59:48,618 --> 00:59:51,454
Henley with a victory
not just for herself.

1100
00:59:51,654 --> 00:59:54,657
That's right, it is your bar.
It's your family bar.

1101
00:59:55,258 --> 00:59:59,295
What a way to ring in
the new year for Fallon Henley.

1102
01:00:03,166 --> 01:00:07,904
I'm now joined by the new
NXT Women's Champion, Roxanne Perez.

1103
01:00:07,971 --> 01:00:12,308
It hasn't sunk in yet hearing
NXT Women's Champion, Roxanne Perez?

1104
01:00:13,209 --> 01:00:15,578
Honestly, no. [chuckles]

1105
01:00:16,212 --> 01:00:19,515
It's a dream I don't want to wake up from,

1106
01:00:20,416 --> 01:00:23,720
but NXT moves so fast,

1107
01:00:24,354 --> 01:00:28,324
and I know that this honeymoon phase
is going to wear off real quick.

1108
01:00:29,292 --> 01:00:35,331
So as new champion, I need to be
on point on my game every single night

1109
01:00:35,398 --> 01:00:40,269
because as hard as I worked to get
this title, I could lose it just as quick.

1110
01:00:40,703 --> 01:00:43,873
I mean, have you seen
the talent in this locker room?

1111
01:00:44,507 --> 01:00:45,341
[sighs]

1112
01:00:46,009 --> 01:00:51,914
You look at the list of past champions
and every single one of them

1113
01:00:51,981 --> 01:00:54,250
is going to be
in the Hall of Fame one day.

1114
01:00:54,317 --> 01:00:55,818
I'm not even close to that.

1115
01:00:56,386 --> 01:00:58,621
Nowhere near those ladies.

1116
01:00:58,688 --> 01:01:02,925
So I have to live up
to the history of this championship.

1117
01:01:04,761 --> 01:01:08,297
It's a pressure I don't take lightly,

1118
01:01:09,132 --> 01:01:14,237
and I'm going to do everything
I can to represent this championship.

1119
01:01:14,537 --> 01:01:15,371
[sighs]

1120
01:01:15,438 --> 01:01:17,340
-Thanks, champ.
-Thank you.

1121
01:01:21,044 --> 01:01:22,378
[Vic] Are you ready, Booker?

1122
01:01:22,445 --> 01:01:27,216
A technical tactician Drew Gulak is
going to host the Drew Gulak Invitational

1123
01:01:27,283 --> 01:01:28,785
next on NXT.

1124
01:01:28,851 --> 01:01:31,154
[rap music plays]

1125
01:01:33,056 --> 01:01:34,957
[dramatic music plays]

1126
01:01:35,024 --> 01:01:37,727
[woman] Oh, Alba Fyre.

1127
01:01:38,528 --> 01:01:41,364
[chuckles]
Oh, now we're really having fun.

1128
01:01:41,431 --> 01:01:43,199
[laughs]

1129
01:01:43,266 --> 01:01:47,637
I just know that evil is inside of you

1130
01:01:47,703 --> 01:01:53,242
and I-- I'm reaching in
and dragging it to the surface.

1131
01:01:53,309 --> 01:01:54,844
[laughs]

1132
01:01:54,911 --> 01:01:58,781
Your challenge
is just another step in this process.

1133
01:01:58,848 --> 01:02:03,653
And next week,
this extreme resolution will happen.

1134
01:02:05,154 --> 01:02:09,358
but it won't be for me.

1135
01:02:09,425 --> 01:02:10,860
[laughs]

1136
01:02:13,930 --> 01:02:15,998
It will be for you.

1137
01:02:18,835 --> 01:02:25,408
[laughs hysterically]

1138
01:02:26,375 --> 01:02:29,645
[music starts]

1139
01:02:31,914 --> 01:02:36,018
[Vic] It's time for
the first ever Drew Gulak Invitational.

1140
01:02:36,519 --> 01:02:41,891
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome
to the 2022 Drew Gulak Invitational.

1141
01:02:41,958 --> 01:02:45,695
[crowd cheering]

1142
01:02:45,761 --> 01:02:47,997
Now behind me,
I'm joined by three very promising

1143
01:02:48,064 --> 01:02:50,933
up-and-coming young grapplers
who look to sharpen their skills.

1144
01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:52,802
[applause]

1145
01:02:52,869 --> 01:02:58,541
Hank Walker who I've asked to be here
as a personal favorite just to observe.

1146
01:02:58,841 --> 01:02:59,909
Okay, so…

1147
01:02:59,976 --> 01:03:02,912
Hank, do you want to
back up a little bit there?

1148
01:03:02,979 --> 01:03:09,952
[crowd] Hank! Hank! Hank! Hank!

1149
01:03:10,019 --> 01:03:13,990
Now, Hank, one of the first lessons
you'll learn here in NXT

1150
01:03:14,056 --> 01:03:17,260
is that you're going to face competitors
of all different experience levels.

1151
01:03:17,326 --> 01:03:21,164
Each one of these gentlemen are going to
get a hands on lesson from me, alright?

1152
01:03:21,564 --> 01:03:24,333
So first up, we have a newcomer, Luca.

1153
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:27,970
[crowd cheering]

1154
01:03:28,037 --> 01:03:28,938
Hi.

1155
01:03:30,173 --> 01:03:32,241
-Luca, you're a newcomer here, right?
-Yes, sir.

1156
01:03:32,308 --> 01:03:35,478
Okay, cool. What we're going to do,
we're going to do a little demonstration.

1157
01:03:35,545 --> 01:03:36,379
-Cool.
-Okay?

1158
01:03:36,445 --> 01:03:37,313
Yeah.

1159
01:03:37,380 --> 01:03:40,183
So if you wouldn't mind,
could you just turn around?

1160
01:03:40,249 --> 01:03:41,417
-Sure.
-Okay. Great.

1161
01:03:41,918 --> 01:03:45,388
Turn around, okay.
Just relax. You're okay.

1162
01:03:45,454 --> 01:03:47,056
Just relax. Yeah. It's all right.

1163
01:03:47,490 --> 01:03:49,358
You watching closely? Okay.

1164
01:03:50,026 --> 01:03:52,895
-So this hold here involves the arm.
-Cool.

1165
01:03:52,962 --> 01:03:56,465
Okay. Just relax because you might feel
some pressure in here

1166
01:03:56,799 --> 01:03:58,401
-right on the collarbone there.
-Cool.

1167
01:03:58,467 --> 01:03:59,335
All right, cool.

1168
01:03:59,402 --> 01:04:01,971
So any kind of hold you can take control.

1169
01:04:02,038 --> 01:04:03,072
This one is a chicken.

1170
01:04:03,139 --> 01:04:06,375
You take control of a chicken
one just like that and all--

1171
01:04:06,442 --> 01:04:08,110
It doesn't take much. It's a basic hold.

1172
01:04:08,177 --> 01:04:09,979
You got to cinch it in here.
Cinch it in here.

1173
01:04:10,446 --> 01:04:14,150
Okay. Okay. Okay. All right.
Good job. You're okay?

1174
01:04:14,517 --> 01:04:17,753
You did great.
Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, Luca.

1175
01:04:17,820 --> 01:04:21,057
[cheers and applause]

1176
01:04:21,123 --> 01:04:23,960
Now, notice how I released
the hold right away as soon as he tapped.

1177
01:04:24,427 --> 01:04:27,563
As soon as he tapped out,
I released the hold right away.

1178
01:04:27,630 --> 01:04:28,497
It's very important.

1179
01:04:28,564 --> 01:04:32,935
Now, next up we have someone
with a little more experience, Tavian.

1180
01:04:33,402 --> 01:04:35,304
Yeah. Come on in, Tavian.

1181
01:04:35,371 --> 01:04:38,374
[applause]

1182
01:04:38,441 --> 01:04:40,276
Now Tavian,
you have a little more experience.

1183
01:04:40,343 --> 01:04:42,378
-You are an amateur wrestler.
-Correct.

1184
01:04:42,945 --> 01:04:45,081
Okay, great. So let's roll around.

1185
01:04:45,147 --> 01:04:48,084
All right, cool. Roll around.
Okay. Great. Here we go.

1186
01:04:48,818 --> 01:04:50,620
If we can get in here,
you can change position.

1187
01:04:50,686 --> 01:04:54,824
Being with amateur wrestlers
is that we know their body is very good.

1188
01:04:55,057 --> 01:04:56,359
They're very strong.

1189
01:04:57,226 --> 01:05:02,498
Sometimes all it takes is the right
opening and you can take control.

1190
01:05:02,899 --> 01:05:05,601
That's it. All it takes
is the right opening there.

1191
01:05:05,668 --> 01:05:09,005
[cheering and applause]

1192
01:05:09,071 --> 01:05:11,607
-[Taivan groans]
-[Drew] Okay. All right.

1193
01:05:11,674 --> 01:05:15,578
[crowd chatter]

1194
01:05:16,112 --> 01:05:18,781
All it takes is the right opening there.

1195
01:05:18,848 --> 01:05:22,718
Once again, as soon as you feel that tap,
you release the hold.

1196
01:05:22,785 --> 01:05:23,853
When he taps.

1197
01:05:24,654 --> 01:05:25,521
[sighs]

1198
01:05:26,122 --> 01:05:28,858
Next up we have someone
who's really been stepping up his game

1199
01:05:28,924 --> 01:05:31,661
in recent months, Myles Borne.

1200
01:05:31,727 --> 01:05:38,334
[crowd] Myles! Myles! Myles!

1201
01:05:38,401 --> 01:05:39,635
Thanks for being here.

1202
01:05:39,869 --> 01:05:41,671
We'll show them some stuff. Okay?

1203
01:05:41,737 --> 01:05:43,072
-All right.
-Okay, great.

1204
01:05:43,673 --> 01:05:44,707
Shoot.

1205
01:05:45,441 --> 01:05:47,410
Yeah. There you go.
Let's move around here.

1206
01:05:48,010 --> 01:05:53,015
Oh! Okay. There he's behind.
Behind him. Pretty good.

1207
01:05:53,349 --> 01:05:57,153
Okay. Good here. Good here.

1208
01:05:57,687 --> 01:06:00,890
-[Drew groans]
-[crowd cheering]

1209
01:06:01,357 --> 01:06:03,292
All right. All right there.

1210
01:06:03,759 --> 01:06:05,962
Okay. That's pretty good. Pretty good.

1211
01:06:06,429 --> 01:06:07,430
Pretty good.

1212
01:06:07,964 --> 01:06:10,399
[they groan]

1213
01:06:10,466 --> 01:06:13,836
[crowd cheering]

1214
01:06:13,903 --> 01:06:16,339
He tapped.
Drew, he tapped. Drew, he tapped.

1215
01:06:16,739 --> 01:06:17,773
-Drew, he tapped.
-Yeah.

1216
01:06:18,307 --> 01:06:19,809
-He tapped.
-Yeah.

1217
01:06:20,543 --> 01:06:21,644
Good job there.

1218
01:06:22,011 --> 01:06:23,512
Good job. Good job, Myles.

1219
01:06:24,080 --> 01:06:25,181
You did great.

1220
01:06:25,247 --> 01:06:27,483
Hank, I just want to hammer home a point.

1221
01:06:27,550 --> 01:06:29,585
Sometimes you got to
really grind the man down.

1222
01:06:29,652 --> 01:06:30,820
Right, right, right.

1223
01:06:31,754 --> 01:06:33,622
Now, hopefully you were
taking some really good notes.

1224
01:06:33,689 --> 01:06:35,758
-I was paying attention.
-Okay. You did a great job.

1225
01:06:35,825 --> 01:06:39,795
[rock music plays]

1226
01:06:39,862 --> 01:06:42,832
[Vic] Oh, looks like there's
someone else who wants to join

1227
01:06:43,599 --> 01:06:47,470
the Drew Gulak Invitational,
Charlie Dempsey.

1228
01:07:00,015 --> 01:07:04,387
Gulak, you want to step up
to a real wrestler?

1229
01:07:04,453 --> 01:07:06,989
[crowd] Yeah!

1230
01:07:07,056 --> 01:07:10,559
How about I give you a run for your money?

1231
01:07:10,626 --> 01:07:13,029
[crowd cheering]

1232
01:07:13,095 --> 01:07:14,463
[Charlie] Come on, let's go.

1233
01:07:14,530 --> 01:07:17,900
You want to give you
a run for my money, flower. Yeah?

1234
01:07:17,967 --> 01:07:20,002
Is that so? You want to do it
right here in the invitational.

1235
01:07:20,069 --> 01:07:22,471
You weren't invited.
I didn't hear you invited.

1236
01:07:22,538 --> 01:07:24,306
Hey! Drew, it's just an exhibition.

1237
01:07:24,373 --> 01:07:26,609
It's just an exhibition, man.
It's just an exhibition.

1238
01:07:28,044 --> 01:07:30,780
[crowd chatter]

1239
01:07:30,846 --> 01:07:36,285
Next week I'm going to
make an example out of your students.

1240
01:07:39,522 --> 01:07:41,991
All right. All right. That sounds good.

1241
01:07:42,625 --> 01:07:43,659
He'll be ready.

1242
01:07:44,827 --> 01:07:45,828
He'll be ready.

1243
01:07:45,895 --> 01:07:48,130
[rock music plays]

1244
01:07:48,197 --> 01:07:53,469
[Vic] Book, next week
will not be an exhibition of any kind.

1245
01:07:55,004 --> 01:07:56,472
[inaudible]

1246
01:08:02,445 --> 01:08:04,280
[Vic] And this will be no exhibition.

1247
01:08:04,346 --> 01:08:07,716
As you can see, Stacks Lorenzo
alongside Tony d'Angelo.

1248
01:08:07,783 --> 01:08:11,120
Will the family's quest
for gold end tonight, or will the calm,

1249
01:08:11,187 --> 01:08:13,622
cool, collected champion retain?

1250
01:08:13,689 --> 01:08:16,692
North American title is on the line, next.

1251
01:08:21,230 --> 01:08:26,235
On the first NXT of 2023, Grayson Waller
will host the Grayson Waller Effect

1252
01:08:26,302 --> 01:08:29,605
and his guest,
the NXT Champion, Bron Breakker.

1253
01:08:29,672 --> 01:08:32,808
What sort of mind games will
the number one contender play next week?

1254
01:08:33,142 --> 01:08:35,010
And after a lot of trash talk,

1255
01:08:35,077 --> 01:08:37,413
a pair of matches
have been made official for next week.

1256
01:08:37,480 --> 01:08:40,082
As the walk and talking hype man
Trick Williams will go one-on-one

1257
01:08:40,149 --> 01:08:41,884
with the high-flying Axiom.

1258
01:08:41,951 --> 01:08:44,553
What tricks
will Williams have up the sleeve?

1259
01:08:45,221 --> 01:08:49,458
In addition to that match up,
Carmelo Hayes will face Apollo Crews.

1260
01:08:49,525 --> 01:08:52,094
After an intense back and forth
between the two,

1261
01:08:52,161 --> 01:08:54,296
who will emerge with a victory
and some momentum

1262
01:08:54,363 --> 01:08:57,666
on the first NXT of the new year,
live next Tuesday?

1263
01:08:58,367 --> 01:09:00,903
And we heard from
these two bitter rivals earlier tonight.

1264
01:09:00,970 --> 01:09:03,973
And next week,
Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn will meet

1265
01:09:04,039 --> 01:09:07,409
in the first-ever
Extreme Resolution Match.

1266
01:09:07,476 --> 01:09:12,014
We ring in the new year with some
unforgettable action next week on NXT.

1267
01:09:12,081 --> 01:09:17,553
[Italian music plays]

1268
01:09:21,490 --> 01:09:26,195
[Vic] And Book, there you see
Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and the Don.

1269
01:09:26,262 --> 01:09:31,734
And is it finally time gold is
added to the D'Angelo family?

1270
01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:33,335
It's a simple question.

1271
01:09:34,837 --> 01:09:36,305
[Book] Look at the main man.

1272
01:09:37,373 --> 01:09:39,708
Looking to come out here
and do something tonight

1273
01:09:39,775 --> 01:09:44,079
which is beat one of the best here in NXT,

1274
01:09:44,580 --> 01:09:46,782
the North American Champion, Wes Lee.

1275
01:09:46,849 --> 01:09:50,519
I don't know, man, it's going to be good.

1276
01:09:50,586 --> 01:09:54,790
[Vic] And if he's able to do so will
finally put championship around his waist,

1277
01:09:54,857 --> 01:09:57,259
has been very close in the past.

1278
01:09:58,928 --> 01:10:00,829
[Book] It's a family business, Vic.

1279
01:10:00,896 --> 01:10:02,498
It's a family thing.

1280
01:10:06,602 --> 01:10:11,707
-[music starts]
-[crowd cheering]

1281
01:10:19,014 --> 01:10:25,421
[Vic] And the energy picking up for
Wes Lee who worked so hard this year.

1282
01:10:25,487 --> 01:10:29,291
wants to go into the new year
obviously still champion.

1283
01:10:29,358 --> 01:10:34,363
He said it was one of the toughest
yet one of the best years of his life.

1284
01:10:34,430 --> 01:10:36,198
[Book] Talking about working hard.

1285
01:10:36,265 --> 01:10:39,268
You got to talk about the Don working hard

1286
01:10:39,335 --> 01:10:45,007
to get back off of that injury
who he blamed this man, Wes Lee.

1287
01:10:45,074 --> 01:10:46,976
It's on tonight, Vic.

1288
01:10:47,042 --> 01:10:49,211
We going to see something special.

1289
01:10:49,278 --> 01:10:51,914
[Vic] NXT universe
on their feet for Wes Lee,

1290
01:10:51,981 --> 01:10:53,582
on their feet for this main event.

1291
01:10:53,649 --> 01:10:57,086
on their feet
for the North American Champion.

1292
01:11:04,593 --> 01:11:07,696
The confrontation is next.

1293
01:11:08,497 --> 01:11:10,733
[Book laughs]

1294
01:11:12,268 --> 01:11:13,202
[bell rings]

1295
01:11:13,669 --> 01:11:16,272
The following contest
scheduled for one fall

1296
01:11:16,805 --> 01:11:23,746
is for
the NXT North American Championship.

1297
01:11:23,812 --> 01:11:26,115
[crowd cheering]

1298
01:11:26,181 --> 01:11:31,820
Introducing first the challenger,
the Don of NXT,

1299
01:11:31,887 --> 01:11:36,425
Tony d'Angelo.

1300
01:11:36,925 --> 01:11:37,926
It's mine!

1301
01:11:37,993 --> 01:11:39,328
[fan] New champ!

1302
01:11:39,395 --> 01:11:40,796
And his opponent,

1303
01:11:41,330 --> 01:11:47,102
he is the NXT North American Champion,

1304
01:11:47,403 --> 01:11:50,706
Wes Lee!

1305
01:11:50,773 --> 01:11:54,476
[Vic] We saw a new champion crowned
two weeks ago in Roxanne Perez,

1306
01:11:54,910 --> 01:11:58,814
will we see a new champion
crowned here tonight?

1307
01:11:58,881 --> 01:12:02,518
[crowd] Wes Lee! Wes Lee! Wes Lee!

1308
01:12:02,584 --> 01:12:06,221
[Vic] And it is all about
the NXT North American title.

1309
01:12:06,288 --> 01:12:10,959
And D'Angelo, let's not forget this, Book,
laid Wes Lee out two weeks ago,

1310
01:12:11,427 --> 01:12:14,797
Wes Lee has spoken
about the new adversaries,

1311
01:12:14,863 --> 01:12:18,534
the new challenges
he is facing as champion.

1312
01:12:19,201 --> 01:12:20,869
This is another hurdle for Lee.

1313
01:12:20,936 --> 01:12:25,541
[Book] Look at Tony D, man.
I must say he looks in great, great shape.

1314
01:12:25,607 --> 01:12:27,409
Look at the tan. Look at the tan.

1315
01:12:27,476 --> 01:12:30,145
[Vic] What has the tan has to do
with being in great shape?

1316
01:12:30,212 --> 01:12:31,613
[Book] Has a lot to do with it.

1317
01:12:31,680 --> 01:12:33,349
Have you ever been in shape before?

1318
01:12:34,049 --> 01:12:35,384
[Vic] That was a low blow.

1319
01:12:35,451 --> 01:12:37,853
Back to the action,
back to the main event.

1320
01:12:39,421 --> 01:12:43,058
You're embarrassing yourself.
You're the champ? Come on.

1321
01:12:43,125 --> 01:12:44,660
What do you think, you're the Don?

1322
01:12:44,727 --> 01:12:46,495
You think you're the Don?

1323
01:12:46,562 --> 01:12:48,364
Come on! One more time.

1324
01:12:48,430 --> 01:12:49,765
[Vic] You mentioned D'Angelo.

1325
01:12:49,832 --> 01:12:52,668
Do you really believe Lee
has been living off the rep

1326
01:12:52,735 --> 01:12:56,138
of taking D'Angelo
out as D'Angelo has claimed?

1327
01:12:56,205 --> 01:12:58,407
That was a nice Belly-to-Belly Release,

1328
01:12:58,907 --> 01:13:01,944
followed it up
with a German Suplex with a bridge.

1329
01:13:02,010 --> 01:13:04,646
Shoulders down. The champion just got up.

1330
01:13:05,481 --> 01:13:06,882
-[Book] Man.
-[Vic] Wow!

1331
01:13:06,949 --> 01:13:10,185
[Book] Back to my point.
Wes Lee has earned this championship.

1332
01:13:10,252 --> 01:13:13,322
He's thinking about one thing
and that's holding on to this championship

1333
01:13:13,389 --> 01:13:15,758
but it's going to be hard
with this man tonight.

1334
01:13:15,824 --> 01:13:19,561
Tony D looks like he is ready, looks like
he is a force to be reckoned with.

1335
01:13:19,628 --> 01:13:21,130
Your legs and your title!

1336
01:13:22,231 --> 01:13:25,100
[Vic] D'Angelo coming out
strong here tonight.

1337
01:13:25,934 --> 01:13:28,904
Minor setbacks of course but it has been,
as you've already mentioned,

1338
01:13:28,971 --> 01:13:32,040
a strong year for D'Angelo,
let's give credit where credit is due.

1339
01:13:32,107 --> 01:13:36,812
Wrestlemania Saturday,
Stand & Deliver, defeated Tommaso Ciampa.

1340
01:13:36,879 --> 01:13:38,781
Tonight, though, taking on Wes Lee.

1341
01:13:38,847 --> 01:13:41,450
He became the Don this year,
he solidified his family,

1342
01:13:41,517 --> 01:13:44,253
but can he win the North American title?

1343
01:13:44,319 --> 01:13:49,224
[Book] It's about sometimes you got to go
out there and get the job done yourself,

1344
01:13:49,291 --> 01:13:51,393
and that's what the Don is about tonight.

1345
01:13:52,428 --> 01:13:56,131
[Vic] Swing and miss. Look at Lee,
so elusive, so evasive, so quick,

1346
01:13:56,198 --> 01:13:59,935
so innovative and able to buckle
the knees one more time of D'Angelo.

1347
01:14:00,002 --> 01:14:01,537
Oh, wow.

1348
01:14:02,571 --> 01:14:04,373
What an uppercut from Lee.

1349
01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:08,911
When we talk about setbacks,
you will not see Wes Lee sit back.

1350
01:14:08,977 --> 01:14:10,679
He will not just lay down.

1351
01:14:10,746 --> 01:14:11,947
He's not going to lay.

1352
01:14:12,014 --> 01:14:14,082
[Book] He's not a quitter. He won't quit.

1353
01:14:14,149 --> 01:14:16,351
He's going to go out there
and he's going to fight to the end.

1354
01:14:16,418 --> 01:14:17,853
-Go sweep the leg.
-Sweep the leg?

1355
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:19,555
-Sweep the leg!
-Give me a break.

1356
01:14:19,621 --> 01:14:21,657
Go sweep that leg. Take his leg out.

1357
01:14:21,857 --> 01:14:23,358
[Vic] Lee's not going to lay back.

1358
01:14:23,425 --> 01:14:25,093
He's not going to rest on the past,

1359
01:14:25,994 --> 01:14:29,665
and he is staring a hole
through the Don at this moment.

1360
01:14:31,733 --> 01:14:33,869
The thing about Stacks
on the outside coaching up the Don.

1361
01:14:33,936 --> 01:14:36,138
-[Book] I like that.
-[Vic] He went for the leg, didn't get it.

1362
01:14:36,839 --> 01:14:40,275
0 for 2, and Lee trying to hold on now.

1363
01:14:40,342 --> 01:14:42,511
I don't necessarily know
if he wants to grapple with the Don.

1364
01:14:42,578 --> 01:14:45,147
[Book] The Don just put
himself in a bad position,

1365
01:14:45,214 --> 01:14:46,715
especially on that second shot

1366
01:14:46,782 --> 01:14:50,686
because Wes Lee
was anticipating that shot.

1367
01:14:51,153 --> 01:14:52,688
[Vic] Of course, he's anticipating.

1368
01:14:52,754 --> 01:14:55,757
You just heard Stacks
on the outside go, "go for the leg.

1369
01:14:55,824 --> 01:14:58,126
Go for the leg!"
What did you think he was going to do?

1370
01:14:58,193 --> 01:15:01,630
[Book] He's on front face right now,
in a bad position for the Don.

1371
01:15:01,930 --> 01:15:06,568
[Vic] Now Lee just Don down to one knee
trying to wear D'Angelo down.

1372
01:15:06,635 --> 01:15:08,003
[Book] Trust me, Vic.

1373
01:15:08,070 --> 01:15:10,072
Let me tell you something. Time off.

1374
01:15:10,138 --> 01:15:13,575
Time off is
your worst enemy in this business.

1375
01:15:13,642 --> 01:15:14,810
[Vic] Great point.

1376
01:15:14,877 --> 01:15:17,880
Of course, Don has had a chance
to get back to the ring just a little bit,

1377
01:15:17,946 --> 01:15:20,816
but he is in there, as you mentioned,
with a top-caliber athlete

1378
01:15:20,883 --> 01:15:24,019
in Wes Lee who has had
the toughest battles this year

1379
01:15:24,086 --> 01:15:27,089
have been within himself
and he is in for a tough one tonight.

1380
01:15:27,155 --> 01:15:30,759
What a right hand, now going to the body,
driving the air of the lungs,

1381
01:15:30,826 --> 01:15:34,162
trying to crack the ribs, is D'Angelo,
and if a man can't breathe,

1382
01:15:34,229 --> 01:15:37,466
a man can't move and if Wes Lee can't move
he's going to be a sitting duck.

1383
01:15:38,333 --> 01:15:39,167
Oh!

1384
01:15:39,234 --> 01:15:41,503
[Book] Not just
a tough challenge here, Vic.

1385
01:15:41,570 --> 01:15:44,306
We're talking about
the North American Champion.

1386
01:15:44,373 --> 01:15:49,678
We're talking about a guy who knocked out
the number one guy, Carmelo Hayes.

1387
01:15:50,045 --> 01:15:52,347
What a task at hand.

1388
01:15:52,414 --> 01:15:55,951
D'Angelo still continuing to talk--
Oh, and no one there.

1389
01:15:56,018 --> 01:15:58,220
And Lee now, oh, nice kick!

1390
01:15:58,687 --> 01:16:00,556
This can be the strategy he's focusing in.

1391
01:16:00,622 --> 01:16:02,424
Bom! On the knee!

1392
01:16:02,491 --> 01:16:06,595
And now the Don has a gripe if he wanted
to say Wes Lee was targeting his leg

1393
01:16:06,662 --> 01:16:08,297
because there's a bullseye on it.

1394
01:16:08,363 --> 01:16:10,165
[Book] Come on, Vic. Come on!

1395
01:16:10,232 --> 01:16:11,900
[Vic] Standing Shooting Star!

1396
01:16:11,967 --> 01:16:13,502
Come on, give me the cover.

1397
01:16:13,568 --> 01:16:17,072
Trying to retain,
and D'Angelo able to roll free.

1398
01:16:17,673 --> 01:16:19,374
[Book] Compromise right now.

1399
01:16:19,441 --> 01:16:21,810
[Vic] You said smart.
That may not have been a wise move.

1400
01:16:21,877 --> 01:16:25,547
Look at Lee, wiping out the Don.

1401
01:16:27,916 --> 01:16:29,818
North American title on the line.

1402
01:16:34,289 --> 01:16:37,526
Back on NXT, huge main event, huge stakes.

1403
01:16:37,593 --> 01:16:41,597
North American championship
is on the line Wes Lee, the champion,

1404
01:16:41,663 --> 01:16:44,499
defending against Tony d'Angelo "the Don"

1405
01:16:44,566 --> 01:16:47,769
looking for
his first piece of gold here in NXT.

1406
01:16:48,303 --> 01:16:52,474
Lee trying to hold on to
end the hardest year of his life,

1407
01:16:52,541 --> 01:16:54,543
of his career on a high note.

1408
01:16:54,610 --> 01:16:57,212
[Book] Come on, Vic. You've been
around here longer than I have,

1409
01:16:57,279 --> 01:17:02,784
and you know how hard Lee worked to
get that championship around his waist.

1410
01:17:02,851 --> 01:17:05,554
And once you taste that gold, man,
you work for it,

1411
01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:07,489
you don't want to give it up, man.

1412
01:17:07,556 --> 01:17:10,192
[Vic] D'Angelo just took
a couple of kicks to that knee

1413
01:17:10,258 --> 01:17:13,895
and just turned Lee around,
high-angle landing.

1414
01:17:14,696 --> 01:17:18,066
And it was as awkward as
it was tough to watch.

1415
01:17:18,133 --> 01:17:19,401
Take another look.

1416
01:17:20,402 --> 01:17:21,236
Bam!

1417
01:17:21,303 --> 01:17:23,605
[Book] That looked like
some payback right there, Vic.

1418
01:17:23,672 --> 01:17:27,075
[Vic] There's evil intentions
in the mind of Tony d'Angelo.

1419
01:17:27,142 --> 01:17:28,677
Stacks still on the outside.

1420
01:17:29,544 --> 01:17:32,614
And now, look at D'Angelo,
just trying to stomp away.

1421
01:17:32,681 --> 01:17:36,385
And now right back on top,
it was D'Angelo who blamed Wes Lee

1422
01:17:36,451 --> 01:17:38,820
for taking months off his career.

1423
01:17:38,887 --> 01:17:41,790
He said he would give Lee
the ultimate payback tonight

1424
01:17:41,857 --> 01:17:44,259
when he takes
his north American championship.

1425
01:17:44,326 --> 01:17:45,927
[Book] I like the sound of that,

1426
01:17:45,994 --> 01:17:48,597
but right now the Don
is going to have to do one thing

1427
01:17:48,664 --> 01:17:51,933
and that's compose himself
right here in this situation,

1428
01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:55,404
because right now,
he's in a prime position to walk away

1429
01:17:55,470 --> 01:17:58,240
and be the new North American champion.

1430
01:17:58,306 --> 01:18:00,809
[Vic] He is trying to break Wes Lee.

1431
01:18:00,876 --> 01:18:03,912
So much anger, so much rage in D'Angelo.

1432
01:18:05,447 --> 01:18:08,617
And D'Angelo now
just trying to inflict punishment.

1433
01:18:08,684 --> 01:18:12,454
Still talking. Shoots the half,
into the cover to become champion.

1434
01:18:12,521 --> 01:18:14,790
Lee just got
that left shoulder up off the mat.

1435
01:18:14,856 --> 01:18:18,360
This is so personal for the Don
because he truly believes

1436
01:18:18,427 --> 01:18:22,764
that Wes Lee targeted him
several months ago.

1437
01:18:23,532 --> 01:18:24,800
[Book] I don't believe that.

1438
01:18:24,866 --> 01:18:28,003
The Don, like I say, he needs to stay
laser-focused if he plans on

1439
01:18:28,070 --> 01:18:32,774
walking out tonight the new champ,
bringing that title home to the family,

1440
01:18:32,841 --> 01:18:36,878
which I know is a big,
big thing, but tonight-- Oh, man!

1441
01:18:38,080 --> 01:18:40,082
[Vic] Short-Arm Clothesline
with authority.

1442
01:18:40,148 --> 01:18:44,653
Into another cover off the elbow,
and not yet time to celebrate.

1443
01:18:44,719 --> 01:18:48,757
[Book] Tonight, Vic, it won't be easy
to take that championship

1444
01:18:48,824 --> 01:18:50,759
off this young man, Wes Lee.

1445
01:18:50,826 --> 01:18:52,094
[Vic] Listen to this.

1446
01:18:53,995 --> 01:18:56,698
It's hard to watch
the second time as well.

1447
01:18:56,765 --> 01:19:00,869
Stacks was ready to
come out of his shoes a moment ago.

1448
01:19:01,369 --> 01:19:03,939
Jumping up and down here
right in front of us,

1449
01:19:04,005 --> 01:19:06,842
trying to cheer on and rally D'Angelo.

1450
01:19:06,908 --> 01:19:10,412
[Book] Vic, what I'm actually seeing
right now on left leg,

1451
01:19:11,179 --> 01:19:14,316
right now,
Wes Lee is in dire straits, man.

1452
01:19:15,050 --> 01:19:18,286
[Vic] We got to remember,
Lorenzo was on the wrong side of Lee

1453
01:19:18,353 --> 01:19:19,387
several weeks ago.

1454
01:19:19,454 --> 01:19:25,861
And right now it's D'Angelo just pulling,
yanking Lee back to his feet.

1455
01:19:25,927 --> 01:19:29,531
[Book] Yes, Vic,
but he's wasted a whole lot of valuable,

1456
01:19:29,598 --> 01:19:32,901
precious, precious time with this kid.

1457
01:19:32,968 --> 01:19:35,570
I don't know
if he's trying to make an example of.

1458
01:19:35,637 --> 01:19:41,243
I don't know if he's trying to--
I'm not sure, but this is not the plan.

1459
01:19:41,576 --> 01:19:43,345
[Vic] This I believe
is the plan for D'Angelo.

1460
01:19:43,411 --> 01:19:45,247
Let's keep Lee grounded.

1461
01:19:46,248 --> 01:19:49,050
Lee has done a lot of damage
throughout the year in his career.

1462
01:19:49,117 --> 01:19:53,722
D'Angelo knows that. D'Angelo wants to
become the North American Champion.

1463
01:19:53,789 --> 01:19:55,857
Stacks can almost taste it.

1464
01:19:55,924 --> 01:20:00,262
Could you imagine if the Don
was able to bring gold to the family,

1465
01:20:00,328 --> 01:20:04,699
how the family would rise to be even
stronger than they already are in NXT?

1466
01:20:04,766 --> 01:20:09,437
[Book] Talk about a celebration. There's
going to be a parade for this young man.

1467
01:20:09,504 --> 01:20:13,742
The Don would bring
the championship home to the family.

1468
01:20:13,809 --> 01:20:15,377
You've got to love it, man.

1469
01:20:15,443 --> 01:20:18,246
You got to love it.
Who's cooking? Who's cooking?

1470
01:20:18,313 --> 01:20:20,248
That's what I'm wondering.

1471
01:20:20,315 --> 01:20:25,554
-[they groan]
-[crowd cheering]

1472
01:20:25,620 --> 01:20:27,422
[Vic] This is our main event here on NXT.

1473
01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:30,192
The NXT North American Championship
is on the line.

1474
01:20:30,258 --> 01:20:33,495
Wes Lee, the champion.
Tony d'Angelo, the challenger.

1475
01:20:33,562 --> 01:20:37,332
And for Wes Lee, he has heard
everything out of D'Angelo mouth,

1476
01:20:37,399 --> 01:20:40,602
that Lee targeted his knee,
that Lee tried to injure him,

1477
01:20:40,669 --> 01:20:43,138
that Lee put him on the shelf,
and all-the-while

1478
01:20:43,205 --> 01:20:46,208
Lee was able to capture
the North American title.

1479
01:20:46,274 --> 01:20:48,476
[Book] Get the fettuccine ready, man.

1480
01:20:48,543 --> 01:20:50,846
Looks like we're getting
ready to have a party.

1481
01:20:50,912 --> 01:20:54,482
I'm talking about a celebration.
Oh, my god!

1482
01:20:55,317 --> 01:20:58,920
[Vic] We talk about that game plan
for D'Angelo, it's been pretty simple.

1483
01:20:58,987 --> 01:21:01,790
He came out of the gates extremely strong,

1484
01:21:01,857 --> 01:21:05,026
and right now
he's been able to chop Lee down.

1485
01:21:05,727 --> 01:21:06,828
I ain't done with you!

1486
01:21:08,997 --> 01:21:11,800
[Vic] This is what you brought up, as you
hear D'Angelo, "I'm not done with you."

1487
01:21:12,234 --> 01:21:16,304
He's got to remain focused. He can't win
the championship here on the outside.

1488
01:21:16,371 --> 01:21:19,207
[Book] Taking his time. Vic,
he's enjoying this right now.

1489
01:21:19,274 --> 01:21:21,309
It's not about just the victory right now.

1490
01:21:21,376 --> 01:21:25,213
It's about inflicting pain
and punishment on Wes Lee.

1491
01:21:25,280 --> 01:21:26,314
[Vic] No, no, no!

1492
01:21:27,215 --> 01:21:29,451
-Whoa!
-[Book] Oh, man!

1493
01:21:31,186 --> 01:21:33,822
Like I say, Vic?
You talk about a championship right now.

1494
01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:35,123
It's about pain.

1495
01:21:36,091 --> 01:21:37,893
[Vic] And look at what D'Angelo did.

1496
01:21:38,326 --> 01:21:45,300
He just dropped Lee knee-first
on the side of our announce desk.

1497
01:21:45,667 --> 01:21:49,738
A message is being sent because Lee
can't even get back to his feet.

1498
01:21:49,804 --> 01:21:52,974
We talk about an eye for an eye,
it's almost a knee for a knee.

1499
01:21:53,041 --> 01:21:56,444
D'Angelo into the cover to win the title,
and Lee just got out.

1500
01:21:56,511 --> 01:21:57,812
Oh, man, that was close.

1501
01:21:57,879 --> 01:22:03,118
[Book] What he's doing, Vic,
is he's taking Wes Lee out brick by brick.

1502
01:22:03,184 --> 01:22:05,654
He's breaking him down. He's done for.

1503
01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:07,656
He's not going to be able to fly.

1504
01:22:07,722 --> 01:22:10,125
He's not going to be able
to get to that top rope.

1505
01:22:10,191 --> 01:22:13,862
Those aerial maneuvers,
they go out of the window at this point.

1506
01:22:13,929 --> 01:22:16,665
[crowd] Let's go, Wes! Let's go, Wes!

1507
01:22:16,731 --> 01:22:19,301
[Vic] NXT universe
trying to rally Wes Lee.

1508
01:22:19,367 --> 01:22:21,469
You wonder how bad that knee is of Lee.

1509
01:22:21,536 --> 01:22:25,407
And there's no doubt about it in
this match up, D'Angelo targeted the knee.

1510
01:22:25,473 --> 01:22:28,810
-[Book] He's all busted up right now, Vic.
-[Vic] Oh, able to counter, Lee, DDT.

1511
01:22:29,244 --> 01:22:31,947
And this is precious seconds for Wes Lee.

1512
01:22:32,013 --> 01:22:36,384
Precious seconds to regroup, refocus,
and get back into this championship match.

1513
01:22:36,451 --> 01:22:41,456
[Book] That was a close call right there,
Vic. That was desperation from Wes Lee.

1514
01:22:41,523 --> 01:22:46,027
He pulled it off, but right now,
still the worse for wear, in my opinion.

1515
01:22:46,094 --> 01:22:51,466
[crowd] Let's go, Wes!
Let's go, Wes! Let's go Wes!

1516
01:22:51,533 --> 01:22:55,537
[Vic] There you hear the NXT universe,
and this is what has fueled Wes Lee.

1517
01:22:55,603 --> 01:22:59,140
Lee said it was because of
the NXT universe he was able to overcome

1518
01:22:59,207 --> 01:23:01,242
all the obstacles this past year.

1519
01:23:01,309 --> 01:23:04,612
Can he overcome one more
here tonight, that being the Don,

1520
01:23:04,679 --> 01:23:06,114
that being Tony d'Angelo?

1521
01:23:06,181 --> 01:23:10,452
[they groan]

1522
01:23:10,518 --> 01:23:14,255
[Book] Adrenaline rush just kicked in.
Adrenaline rush just kicked in, Vic.

1523
01:23:14,322 --> 01:23:17,025
[Vic] Adrenaline will make a man
do crazy things.

1524
01:23:17,092 --> 01:23:19,527
Look at Lee right now,
blocking out all the pain, continuing

1525
01:23:19,594 --> 01:23:21,730
to push right into D'Angelo.

1526
01:23:21,796 --> 01:23:24,466
Could be looking for that knockout blow.

1527
01:23:24,532 --> 01:23:29,838
[Book] Big kill shot right there, but
the Don is not quite fully down just yet.

1528
01:23:31,940 --> 01:23:34,943
[Vic] Look at Stacks trying to
scream to the Don, the Don is fading.

1529
01:23:35,010 --> 01:23:36,144
The knees buckling.

1530
01:23:37,946 --> 01:23:40,749
Lee listening to the official,
but Lee is not going to stop.

1531
01:23:40,815 --> 01:23:43,618
[crowd] One, two, three, four!

1532
01:23:43,685 --> 01:23:45,153
[Vic] Whoa, whoa, whoa!

1533
01:23:45,653 --> 01:23:49,924
I might have spoke too soon
because that Power bomb stops Lee

1534
01:23:49,991 --> 01:23:54,529
in his tracks, but so much taken out
of the Don over the last 45 seconds.

1535
01:23:54,596 --> 01:23:57,098
D'Angelo not able to
crawl over to the cover.

1536
01:23:57,165 --> 01:24:00,301
Not able to capitalize.
Not able to become champion.

1537
01:24:00,735 --> 01:24:02,103
Lee though hasn't moved.

1538
01:24:02,170 --> 01:24:03,238
Will this be enough?

1539
01:24:03,304 --> 01:24:05,840
[crowd] Wes Lee! Wes Lee!

1540
01:24:05,907 --> 01:24:07,976
[crowd chatter]

1541
01:24:09,677 --> 01:24:11,913
-[Vic] Book?
-[Book] He wants to finish this thing.

1542
01:24:11,980 --> 01:24:16,217
The Don wants to finish it,
and he wants to do it right now.

1543
01:24:17,786 --> 01:24:18,787
[Vic] Whoa!

1544
01:24:18,853 --> 01:24:20,655
[crowd cheering]

1545
01:24:20,722 --> 01:24:22,857
[Vic] Distracting. I think that was Dijak.

1546
01:24:22,924 --> 01:24:24,592
Lee though just caught D'Angelo.
It is Dijak.

1547
01:24:24,659 --> 01:24:25,894
[Book] What the hell is going on?

1548
01:24:25,960 --> 01:24:29,063
[Vic] Well, obviously,
what was said last week didn't sit well.

1549
01:24:29,130 --> 01:24:30,065
[Book] Oh, no!

1550
01:24:30,131 --> 01:24:35,370
[Vic] Lee turning himself inside out to
take down D'Angelo and retain his title.

1551
01:24:35,437 --> 01:24:36,271
[bell rings]

1552
01:24:36,337 --> 01:24:37,405
[Book] Wow.

1553
01:24:37,972 --> 01:24:43,178
[announcer] Here is your winner
and still the NXT North American Champion,

1554
01:24:43,244 --> 01:24:45,613
Wes Lee!

1555
01:24:45,680 --> 01:24:47,615
[music plays]

1556
01:24:47,682 --> 01:24:52,187
[Vic] What a victory
for Wes Lee here tonight,

1557
01:24:52,654 --> 01:24:55,723
retaining the North American Championship.

1558
01:24:55,790 --> 01:24:59,194
And Lee in this moment
had turned things around, but truly,

1559
01:24:59,260 --> 01:25:03,198
boom, D'Angelo was able to
stop Lee's momentum.

1560
01:25:03,264 --> 01:25:07,268
This is what got all of our attention,
Dijak taking away Stacks.

1561
01:25:07,802 --> 01:25:10,071
D'Angelo took his eye off the ball.

1562
01:25:10,138 --> 01:25:13,741
Bam, Lee was able to
turn the match around in that moment.

1563
01:25:14,309 --> 01:25:19,013
Rocked D'Angelo back, and then
Lee composed himself, and wham,

1564
01:25:19,080 --> 01:25:23,751
right to the side of the face,
into the cover to retain his title

1565
01:25:23,818 --> 01:25:27,121
through a hard-fought battle
in our main event tonight.

1566
01:25:27,188 --> 01:25:29,390
[music plays]

1567
01:25:29,457 --> 01:25:35,930
What a year it has been and what a way to
close out 2022 for Wes Lee

1568
01:25:35,997 --> 01:25:38,333
and for NXT!

1569
01:25:38,399 --> 01:25:44,405
[crowd] Wes! Wes! Wes! Wes! Wes!