[theme music playing]
[narrator] Then…
[Grayson] Whoa.
[The Rock] If you smell…
[narrator] Now.
-[Lemmy] The Kings of Kings. -[Cena] You can't see me.
[narrator] Forever.
Together.
All right, North Carolina, it's about damn time.
NXT is back on the road.
A brand that revolutionized this industry. But tonight, it's not about them.
It's about this generation.
Starting with this man, NXT Champion, Bron Breakker.
He will spear you so hard, your great-grandchildren will feel it.
His opponent, Grayson Waller, a silver-tongued Aussie,
who believes it's not talking smack if you can back it up.
Two caged animals, but only one will come out as champion.
From one champion to another,
allow me to introduce a 21-year-old Prodigy, Roxanne Perez.
This new champion has to fend off two toxic vultures
whose mission is to stop the future and rebuild their empire.
Gigi Dolan and Jacy Jayne will do it by any means necessary.
[dramatic music playing]
Yeah, there we go.
[Charlotte] For the ten people in the world that don't know The New Day,
they're only the greatest tag teams in WWE history.
Tonight, three teams respect history, but want to write their own.
A university rich in passion, rich in tradition.
A flamboyant duo who's pretty on the outside,
but deadly inside the ring.
And two bruisers who are ready to reign over a new kingdom.
If we're talking tag teams, where are my ladies at?
Katana and Kayden, please stand up. Since day one, ride or die.
And you chose to ride all the way to the longest reign
in Women's Tag Team history.
RAW, SmackDown, NXT, period.
But there are two bitter rivals. Fallon Henley and Kiana James.
They put their disdain aside for the opportunity
to break the streets and capture championship gold.
If there is a way to get that W,
North American Champion, Wes Lee, will find it.
But Dijak is a man on a mission, ready to serve justice.
It's the classic tale of David vs Goliath for the North American title.
And finally, there's talent.
And then there's these two men, Apollo Crews and Carmelo Hayes.
They have more athleticism in their pinky fingers
than 99% of men have in their whole body.
Don't blink. You'll miss something incredible.
Because these two men are about to put on a show.
Not for one fall, but for two out of three.
This is your moment. This is your day. This is Vengeance Day.
[announcer] And now, WWE presents NXT Vengeance Day.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] For the first time since we took over Portland,
1,084 days ago, we are on the road to raise the bar once again.
Each superstar looking to steal the show. Welcome to Vengeance Day.
Vic Joseph alongside the two-time, two-time WWE Hall of Famer,
the one, the only Booker T.
Booker, do you hear Charlotte? Can you feel it?
-Are you ready? -I'm excited, man.
You know, I started my career in cities just like this.
Charlotte, North Carolina. And it was always hot.
And we ain't got time. Let's spin this up. Shucky ducky quack quack.
Let's get set for the first of five championship matches
tonight at Vengeance Day.
["Assemble" playing]
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT North American Championship.
Introducing first, he is the NXT North American Champion,
Wes Lee.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] For Wes Lee, it's all been a dream. He used to read WWE Magazine.
Now, he's champ riding with Shawn up in the limo.
He has turned away everything, all the doubters,
all the naysayers over the last year to rise above it all.
[Booker] I like this kid, Wes Lee.
But I hope that dream don't turn into a nightmare tonight
because he's taking on Dijak, and that man--
Oh, my God. This is going to be good.
[Vic] See the confidence oozing from Wes Lee,
who has put it all on the line
to hold his first singles championship ever in his entire career.
[Booker] You gotta love that this kid did that one thing, Vic.
He's worked to get to this spot and I'm sure he wants to keep it.
["Driver" playing]
[Alicia] And introducing the challenger, Dijak.
[Vic] Book, keeping it is easier said than done.
I want to bring forward something that the challenger said recently.
He said Wes Lee has no chance tonight. Do you agree with that?
[Booker] You know, I'll tell you, I don't agree with that.
And the reason why I had to do some research on this kid, Wes Lee.
This kid has been all over the world.
He stands for every independent spot out there,
the small ones as well as the big ones, and you know he got it coming?
He has been champion in each and every one of those organizations,
and now he is the North American Champion here in NXT.
He's worked for that, Vic. He's earned that spot. That's Wes Lee.
[Vic] Tonight for Wes Lee, it's more than just a title defense, Book.
Because Lee refuses to let anyone pass judgment
on who he is or what he represents.
This is about more than just the North American Championship to Lee.
[Booker] Vic, let me tell you something. When you come up with certain wins,
when you walk through fire, when you've seen it,
and I'm sure this kid knows exactly what I'm talking about.
There's nothing to fear.
This man is just another obstacle in front of him.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Listen to the NXT Universe here in Charlotte.
We are setting the tone for Vengeance Day tonight.
[audience chanting] Wes Lee!
[Vic laughs] Book, there's no doubt
everyone in the corner of Wes Lee, aka The Cardiac Kid,
-if the one year has proved anything. -[Dijak] Your last chance, Wes.
You can just give up.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] As you hear Dijak say, "Give up," there's no quit in Wes Lee.
If the last 12 months has proved anything, Lee can never be counted out.
[Booker] That's true,
but tonight, Wes Lee is going to have to walk through fire at Vengeance Day.
He's going to have to weather a storm,
and that storm could be an F5, Vic, with this kid, Dijak.
[Vic] We talk about Dijak looking to become the 15th different superstar
to hold on to the North American title,
and already showcasing the size in this matchup.
And there you see the number one trend worldwide, Book.
That's right here, Vengeance Day, Charlotte, North Carolina.
[Booker] Yes, indeed, right there. That shot that Wes Lee just took.
He'll take a lot of shots like that, but he'll have to figure out
how to counter some of those shots in order to stay in the game here, Vic.
[audience chanting] Wes Lee!
[Vic] Is there doubt creeping in Wes Lee? Oh, Lee baiting in Dijak.
-[Booker chuckling] -[Vic] I was concerned for a second, Book.
[Booker] This kid's smart. He'll have to use his quickness…
-[Vic] There it is. Safe. -[Booker] …his ability to stay
on his bicycle here tonight with this man.
[Vic] Lee doing just that, showcasing that speed and quickness and athleticism,
as you can see the obvious size advantage.
[Booker] I don't like that move there.
[Vic] Lee's heard all the chirping. He isn't big enough to beat Dijak.
He isn't strong enough to retain the championship.
He's continuing to silence all those that doubt his reign
and his ability inside the ring.
[Booker] I like everything that Wes Lee is doing,
-but right now he's making a mistake. -[Vic] Oh, buddy.
[Booker] He's just getting too close to this man, Dijak.
He needs to keep his distance, so to speak.
[Vic] I don't know what Lee's thinking,
but he could be looking to close the distance.
Nice dropkick and out. Dijak getting too close to us over here.
[grunting]
[Vic] Game plan for Lee. Right now, target acquired. Oh, no.
-[Booker] Got caught, Vic. Oh. -[Vic] Oh.
[Booker] Oh, that's that storm I'm talking about.
The clouds right now, they're getting darker by the minute.
[Vic] That could be it, though. Dijak sensing it, realizing it quickly,
getting Lee back into the ring,
the only place Dijak can win the North American title.
Into the cover, and, oh, just getting the left shoulder up.
But take another look.
Book, this is right here in front of us, just nasty impact.
[Booker] Man, I love that Dijak took advantage of that ten seconds
to land that one big blow and then get Wes Lee back.
-Almost got the cover. -[Vic] Another cover, another kick out.
Book, there's not a lot of oomph on those kick outs.
[Booker] Let me tell you something, Vic, ask me what I think of Dijak.
-[Vic] What do you think of Dijak? -[Booker] He's a monster, baby.
And right now, Wes Lee is going to have to deal with it.
[Vic] Well, Dijak, who feels that Wes Lee's title reign is criminal,
return to NXT as we've seen, Book, with great vengeance and furious anger.
But is it just? Does he have the right to be that angry?
We still haven't figured that one out. He talked about serving brand of justice.
[Booker] You remind me of something there
and will strike any man that down there trying to strike fear in my brother.
-A little something [inaudible]. -[Vic] Into the cover.
[Booker chuckling] Let me tell you something.
Dijak is a man on a mission, Vic.
Dijak is a man here to strike fear in a man.
He's here to create destruction. Tonight, he has gotta go through that.
[Vic] Look at the human destruction.
Take a look at the distance, the nasty landing for Wes Lee.
Look, Dijak made his goal very clear since his return.
It was to become the North American Champion.
Earned this opportunity by defeating Tony D'Angelo several weeks ago.
Solidified this past Tuesday that he's the biggest and the baddest,
and he could be closing in on becoming North American Champion,
just disposing off the champion to the floor.
-[Booker] Wow. -[Vic] Unreal strength
being shown by Dijak, and he's showing us, Book.
-He might be answering my question. -[Booker] Check this out.
[Vic] This is his brand of justice.
[Booker] That's taking out the trash right there.
This man, Dijak, is here to create pain, destruction, chaos, havoc.
Right now, Wes Lee is feeling each and every bit of it. Trust me, Vic.
[Vic] Dijak gave Wes Lee the opportunity
to hand over the North American Championship.
In a moment, Wes Lee laid down tonight, but for Dijak, right now, scary strength.
Into the cover again,
finally get his shoulders down and Lee powering out again at two.
-Look at Dijak. Is that frustration? -[Booker] He's a fighter.
No, that's not frustration.
It's just knowing I gotta do a bit more work.
I just gotta punish this man a little bit more.
I just gotta make him feel this pain just a little bit more.
And trust me, Dijak don't mind doing that. Check this out.
Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness, Vic.
[Lee coughing]
[audience booing]
[Vic] You can hear Lee. It's hard for him to breathe at this moment.
You gotta start wondering going back to getting tossed over the top rope.
These just vile shots right now from Dijak.
[Booker] Remember, we had Wes Lee at this table?
He said this is what he wants. He wants to be the best in the business.
And he's willing to take on the best.
He's willing to go through anything to hold on to that championship.
And tonight, Vic, I'm thinking this could be over.
This run could be over here tonight.
[Vic] Dijak looking for the justice that he has been talking about for weeks.
Looking to finally call himself the North American Champion
as he just continues to punish Wes Lee, but that could be a turning point.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Lee's getting several seconds right now.
Valuable seconds to regroup and refocus.
[Booker] Like I say, not be able to avoid. You gotta be able to counter here, Vic.
[audience chanting] Wes Lee!
[Booker] Wes Lee needs to land a big shot to try to level the playing field somehow.
[Vic] We talk about his speed, his quickness.
Now, Lee trying to become very elusive, but as we talked about earlier,
shouldn't he be trading rights and left with Dijak?
[Booker] Lee's got a lotta fight and a lotta heart,
but standing up against a big guy like this, I don't think it's wise,
-but he's doing great. -[Vic] He's shrinking that big guy.
What a right hand by Lee. Lee right now with Dijak.
Possibly on the ropes. Puts on the brakes right back in, taking Dijak down.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] Oh, wow.
-[Vic] Hey. -[Booker] That's smart.
-Too much weight from this big man, Dijak. -[Vic] If at first, you don't succeed,
try to go another route. Third time, will it be the charm?
Got him over. Bridge, count.
Kick out by Dijak. Oh!
[audience chattering]
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] And Dijak might not even realize what the heck just transpired
as you are taking a look at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.
It is hitting right now a showcase from Wes Lee
battling back through, bam, out the adversity in this matchup.
And take a look at the strength on display by Wes Lee,
almost, almost retaining the championship.
[Booker] Like I say, Vic, this kid has been champion all over the world.
This is nothing new for him,
being in this position with someone like a Dijak.
But I'll tell you tonight, he'll have to dig real deep,
and he'll have to pull it out with this man here, Dijak, tonight.
[Vic] Oh, not again, Book. Lee sensing it. Lee trying to wiggle free,
-trying to get down. -[Booker] Wrong part of town there, Vic.
Wrong part of town there on that apron, the hardest part of the mat.
-[Vic] Both these… Oh. -[Booker] Oh.
-[Vic] What were you just saying, Book? -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] This is now that moment for Lee. Wes Lee, the North American Champion.
[audience cheering]
-[Vic] Fire in his eye. -[Booker] He's digging.
-He's going for it. -[Vic] Looking to fly.
[Booker] Goodness.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] With the greatest of ease,
the balance, technique, timing, this kid. Wow.
[audience chanting] Wes Lee!
[Booker chuckling]
[Vic] This is what NXT is about, raising the bar,
setting a new standard,
and Wes Lee doing just that as North American Champion.
Oh. Oh, no, no, Dijak. Dijak caught Lee.
-[Booker] Fell right into it, Vic. -[Vic] Dijak looking for feast your eyes.
Trying to counter. Oh, counter by Lee. Poisonrana.
-[audience cheering] -[Booker chuckling]
[audience clamoring]
[Vic] And Lee now turning things right around.
What the heck is Lee thinking?
-That's got to be it. -[audience cheering]
-[audience counting, "One, two, three."] -[Vic] Oh-ho.
[audience cheering]
-[Booker] Wow. -[Vic] What…
-[Booker] Wow. -[Vic] …action.
And, Book, this is just the first match of the night here at Vengeance Day.
But you talked about it, the balance, the agility…
-[Booker] Timing. -[Vic] …the athleticism.
-[Booker] Oh, my God. -[Vic] Picture perfect.
[Booker] Oh, my God! With the greatest of ease.
[Vic] And then not to be outdone, showcasing more power.
And yet again, though, Dijak just able to get that shoulder up.
[Booker] Now, Wes Lee, is, you know, I don't say this too often, Vic,
-[Vic] Climbing into that vibe, Book? -[Booker] …he's extraordinary.
[Booker] I mean, right now, he's weathered that storm.
Right now, Dijak, he's in dire straits. He's in the wrong side of town. Oh, no.
[Vic] Lee sensed it and able to get away.
Oh, caught Dijak with a superkick under the jaw.
-Lee looking to fly. -[Booker] Lost his balance there
-for a second. -[Vic] And that hesitation.
-[Booker] Lost his balance for a sec, Vic. -[Vic] That hesitation opens the door
for some High Justice.
-[Booker] Oh, that's it. -[Vic] Dijak to crown him--
-[Vic] Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. -[Booker] Oh, Lee, look.
[Booker] Look in the eyes, Vic. That right there tells me a story.
This kid got a lot left in the tank.
[Vic] Wait a minute. Dijak trying to look for a--
Looks like almost a version of the crossfaced chicken wing.
-[Booker] Dijak-- -[Vic] He's fading.
[Booker] Dijak trying to slow this thing down.
He's trying to slow it down and put this kid to sleep.
[Vic] That's one way to put out that fire you're talking about, Book.
Trying to extinguish that flame inside Lee.
[Booker] Lee's had a lotta fight in him.
Now, Dijak trying to just sap all of it outta him right now.
[Vic] Lee, you see the agony on the face of the champion.
Challenger trying to hold on, and Lee trying to roll through,
he might've put himself in a worse position and he did.
-[Vic] Body scissors. -[Booker] He's about to go to sleep.
[Booker] He'll go to sleep. He's gotto tap. He's gotta tap.
-[Booker] His heart won't let him… -[Vic] Ref's in great position.
[Vic] You can see in the champion's eyes starting to fade.
Are we moments away from crowning a new North American Champion?
[Booker] The referee may have to have the wherewithal to understand
and the know how to do his job and stop this thing right now.
This kid's gonna sleep. He's gonna sleep.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Uh-uh. Lee with one last surge.
-One last burst of energy. -[Booker] Oh.
-[chuckling] Like I said, Vic. -[audience chattering]
[Booker] Still got some fumes left in the tank.
[Vic] Reaching so close. So close. Fingertips away.
Oh, no. Oh, getting hoisted up by Dijak.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Challenger now.
-Feast… Counter. -[Booker] Wow.
There's the counter I was talking about. Whoa! Wow!
[Vic] Another near-fall. And Dijak one more time,
looking for High Justice.
-[thuds] -[Booker] Oh, this kid is…
-[Vic] Boom! -[Booker] This kid is extraordinary.
That balance right there is unbelievable. Wow.
[Vic] We talked about Dijak being bigger, being stronger,
but it's like Lee said, "It's not about what you don't have.
It's about what you do."
And from this seat,
Lee's showing you his heart and his unyielding desire to win.
-[Booker] Heart, will, determinism. -[Vic] Dijak smiling.
-[Booker] Both of these guys wanna be-- -[audience gasping]
Both of these guys want to be the top guy, to be the man in this game. Oh, my God.
-That could be it. -[Vic] Lee might've just…
-[Booker] Lee ran into it. -[Vic] …lead to Orlando. A kick out.
[Booker] Man, did you see that?
Wes Lee, all the momentum ran right into that big boot.
-That should have been it, Vic. -[Vic] Dijak shocked.
Lee trying to figure out where he exactly is at.
[Booker] Oh, one more. Let's do it. Finish it.
-[Vic] Boom. -[Booker] Lee's gotta be out right now.
I mean, he's got a heart as big as Texas, but that's gotta be it.
-[Booker] Oh-uh! -[audience cheering]
-[Vic] Book, you are shocked. -[Booker] Come on. Come on, Vic.
[Vic] Dijak in disbelief.
And for Wes Lee, the question becomes, is this instinct? What does he have left?
[Booker] Right now, Wes Lee is working off pure heart, the will, the desire.
Right now, the person that's questioning himself is Dijak.
I'm sure Dijak thought he hit the big blow-off of five-ten minutes ago.
[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] Dijak has told us about his brand of justice.
This would be wronging a right. And for Dijak now,
looking for that exclamation point here tonight.
[Booker] Vic, what is that role? What is it? Do you know?
-[Vic] To Dijak? -[Booker] Yes.
[Vic] It's everything that's happened in his past.
It's the fact that he has never been North American Champion.
He's trying to right that wrong tonight and he could be looking for…
[audience clamoring]
[Booker] Oh, my God, I don't like this.
[Vic] Dijak now.
-[Booker] Dijak's looking to end this kid. -[Vic] You talk about the official,
-the official-- -[Booker] Oh, my God.
[Vic] Oh.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Wes Lee somehow getting back to his feet,
somehow able to climb to the top. Dijak's not moving, Lee looking to fly.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Boom.
[audience cheering]
[audience] One, two, three!
[Vic] You've gotta be kidding me.
[Booker] Bro, you gotta be kidding me, Vic.
[Vic] That's what I said, Book.
[Booker] You gotta be kidding me, Dijak just took a hard shot,
probably the hardest shot of this battle, this contest and he's still-- Oh, my God.
Oh, wow.
[Vic] You talk about nasty landings, one right there.
Take a look at this perfect landing again by Wes Lee.
Wes Lee is risking it all, we're talking about high risk,
we're talking about high reward, right there was the reward.
He was retaining his title on this stage, Vengeance Day in Charlotte.
[audience clamoring]
[Vic] Oh, Dijak had it scouted, saw it coming.
[Booker] Dijak gotta be the toughest man I've ever seen in my life. Oh, my God.
[audience clamoring]
[Vic] This is just the first match here at Vengeance Day tonight.
[Vic] And you said you were speechless. You said you didn't understand--
We are right now looking at Dijak, who has taken the best shot from Wes Lee.
[audience shouting]
[Vic] You hear the official, this is ref's discretion at this moment.
Nowhere for Lee to go.
[referee] Move. Come on.
-[Booker] The ref-- [Vic] Is this justice, Book?
-[Booker] This is the championship match. -[Vic] Is this justice?
[Booker] This is street justice here. That's what this is, Vic.
-[Vic] Street justice? -[Booker] This is street justice.
What's wrong with you, Dijak?
[Vic] This is about the North American Championship.
Don't jump there. Come on.
[Vic] Wes Lee is right here in front of us not moving.
[Booker] Oh, my God, he's not gonna do this.
-[Vic] Dijak… -[Booker] There's no way he'll--
-[Vic] …yelling. -[Booker] There's no way he'll do this.
-[Vic] Dijak, D'Angelo and Stacks. -[Booker] Whoa. What the--
[Vic] Dijak didn't get exactly what he was looking for.
[Vic] What's going on?
-[Dijak] Stay outta my business. -[Booker] What the--
[Vic] Dijak just yelled, "Stay out of my business."
[audience chanting indistinctly]
[Vic] Dijak, oh, got caught.
Knees buckled, Dijak can't get back to his feet.
-[Booker] That window just opened for Lee. -[Vic] Wes Lee.
[Booker] That window just opened and hopefully he just closed it.
-[Vic] Cover. -[audience] One, two, three!
-[Booker] Wow. -[bell rings]
["Assemble" playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner
and still the NXT North American Champion,
Wes Lee.
[Vic] How good it must feel for Wes Lee to come to Charlotte
and silence another doubter in Dijak?
[Booker] Man, we said Dijak was about mayhem, destruction and chaos.
Vic, this is Vengeance Day. Oh, my God.
[Vic] Again, this is how we're kicking off the night.
The tone has been set and you take a look at Dijak.
Delivered some nasty rights, some nasty lefts, the superkick and bam.
[Booker] Oh, my God.
[Vic] Devastating, clothesline, and for Dijak he was close.
For Wes Lee, though,
this is about as close as it got to landing in the front row.
[Booker] That one big shot right there, but it was big shot after big shot,
but none as big as this one right here, Vic, no.
[Vic] Tony D'Angelo, Stacks saving--
That's what you gotta-- they saved Wes Lee.
Opened the door for Lee to connect with a superkick
and then able to close the door, as you mentioned, when the window opened.
[Booker] When you say they saved Lee,
I think they saved that North American Championship. Yes.
[Vic] Wes Lee standing tall.
And take a look at the destruction, the devastation, the finger of Dijak,
The Cardiac Kid overcomes in search of his brand of justice.
["Assemble" playing]
[Vic] Oh, there we see Grayson Waller,
the challenger to the NXT Championship later tonight.
He has been one step ahead of the champion.
Will he indeed have his viral moment tonight,
or will the champion be able to do what he said he came to Charlotte to do,
conquer and retain?
What a way to kick off Vengeance Day here in Charlotte, Book,
but we wanna talk about what's going on back in Orlando.
It's the NXT watch party currently going on right now
with the aspiring superstars of NXT.
They're all lined up, they got their eyes locked
on possibly what they can do one day
when they can go from aspiring to a bonafide superstar here in NXT.
Let's continue rolling on with the night,
our very own McKenzie Mitchell standing by with the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions.
[Vengeance Day theme song, "Riptide" playing]
Katana, Kayden, we are moments away
from you defending your NXT Women's Tag Team titles
against the unorthodox team of Kiana James and Fallon Henley.
Unorthodox teams, in-sync teams,
best friends, bitter enemies, we have faced them all on the road
to becoming the longest-reigning Women's Tag Team Champions in WWE history.
Yeah, and whatever love triangle, rectangle, Kiana and Fallon got going on,
that doesn't concern us.
What concerns us are these titles right here.
Look, I'm not trying to sound like I'm cocky or I'm bragging,
but we busted our asses to get these titles and to be called champions.
That's right. It's about time we go do what we do best.
-See you later. -Best of luck, ladies.
[Fallon Henley's theme song, "Saddle Up" playing]
[Vic] Can this duo end the record reign of Carter and Chance here tonight?
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship.
Introducing the challengers,
accompanied by Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen,
the team of Fallon Henley and Kiana James.
[Vic] Book, they were successful in their first outing.
-[Vic] Can they do it again? -[Booker] Sometimes, Vic, you got it.
[Booker] When you got it, you got it. That win was big.
And this one right here, tonight, win or lose,
it's going to tell me a whole lot about this team.
[Kiana James' theme song, "The Highest" playing]
[Booker] Man, I like this, best seat in the house.
["Party All The Time" playing]
[Vic] A 186 days and counting, Chance and Carter,
the longest-reigning tag champs ever in the women's division.
Book, listen to this, on any brand, RAW, SmackDown, NXT,
they've surpassed them all. What is the recipe? Go ahead.
[Booker] No. Before you even get there, before you even ask that question,
what I think this team is, I look back in the day,
in the history of tag teams and the Rock 'n' Roll Express,
everybody always thought they were gonna beat that team,
but they were the best in the business.
[Alicia] And their opponents,
they are the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions,
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance.
[Vic] I hear what you're saying, Book, but I wanna take a step further with you.
What's the recipe of success been for the champions?
How come they've been able to hold onto those titles for over 185 days?
[Booker] That's easy, Vic. The champions, Vic,
they've always been able to find a way to win,
always been able to work in sync, in unison, together.
Always, you know, that one thing, you gotta be able to watch your six.
That's military talk. That's what they do best.
[Vic] We are set now for the second championship match tonight.
-Aren't you on another one tonight, Book? -[Booker] Something.
-[Vic] You're excited and happy. -[Booker] No. I'm just saying, man.
-It's going to be good. -[Jensen] New champ alert.
[Vic] A bit of trash talk. Of course, Briggs and Jensen on the outside,
a lotta issues between Fallon Henley and Kiana James brings us here tonight.
But I do wanna ask this question about the champions
because Chance and Carter really have overcome a lot,
even the perception of just being a team that was making TikToks.
-Do not look at that, Brooks. -[Vic] Focus.
[Booker] I'm not down with the TikTok world today,
but these young guys, these young kids, the way they use it, if they do it well--
-Come inside, Kayden. -[Jensen] C'mon. Let's go. Inside, Kayden.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] Oh, What's going on there?
[Vic] Hey. Let's not forget about the past.
-What did she do to you? -[Booker] What past?
-What past are you talking about? -[Vic] Brooks Jensen was friend-zoned
by Carter a long-- It's in the past, though.
Kiana James needs to focus on the match, not focus about Jensen
-and his former love life. -[Booker] What former love life?
-[Booker] What are you saying? -[Vic] He got friend-zoned.
-It's what it is. -[Booker] So, they hooked up?
[Vic] They didn't hook up. Cover, count, and almost champions.
-We need to refocus on the match. -[Booker] Okay.
-[Vic] 'Cause right now… -[Booker] My bad.
[Vic] …this Vengeance Day NXT Women's Tag Team titles match,
number one trend around the world.
Us here in Charlotte, tag made, Fallon Henley in for the first time.
[Booker] Fallon Henley is a boss, Vic. She's all about winning--
-Both of these ladies. -[Vic] Oh, well, you saw it.
Fallon Henley didn't wanna throw the right.
[Booker] Miscommunication.
[Vic] It was because James was holding onto the hair.
-Fallon wants to win this precisely. -[Booker] You gotta understand
this is a new tag team. They'll make mistakes.
But they're right back on track, and they're looking good. Look at this.
[Vic] Crucifix, cover, count, another near-fall.
Here's the thing about Fallon Henley, and we've seen it often,
she wants to do it the right way. She doesn't wanna cut corners.
The first time they teamed, let's not forget Kiana James cheated.
[Booker] Vic, let me tell you something, the closer these two are together,
they'll realize they're not that far apart.
One thing about them, they are bosses. What's better than one boss?
-[Vic] Oh. What? -[Booker] Two bosses.
[Vic] Right to the cover, and another near-fall.
Again, in-sync tag team tandem, Chance and Carter,
claim to be, Book, the realest team in all of NXT. Another tag was made.
-[Vic] James now legal. -[Booker] Let me tell you something,
when you're the Tag Team Champions,
when you can hold onto those Tag Team Championships,
when you can defend them, that makes you the team.
That makes you the number one team in this business.
-[Vic] Another back suplex. -[Booker] Here we go.
[Vic] Cover, and another count, and another kick out this time by Chance.
I wanna talk about this team. You're a tag team specialist,
you've got the Hall of Fame hardware to prove it, Harlem Heat.
-[Booker] Extraordinaire. -[Vic] I won't doubt that.
-[Booker] Five different partners. -[Vic] But you look at the challengers
who have to be the underdogs, there's no experience.
-[Vic] They haven't teamed long enough. -[Booker] That's true, Vic.
[Booker] Like I said, one thing about tag teams, either they gel quickly
or maybe not perhaps. This team here, they're looking great.
-[Booker] They're looking great together. -[Vic] It's also--
-[Booker] Look at the movement. -[Vic] It's also a very good pairing.
[Vic] Nice takedown by Henley. Henley tries for the golden opportunity,
parents watching and almost saw their daughter become champion.
[Booker] Vic, that's what I'm talking about.
These two ladies, just not too long ago, at each other's throats.
-[Vic] That's true. -[Booker] Now, they're in here as a team.
That right there is like peanut butter and jelly.
-Sometimes, it could be good. -[Vic] Look, they're a very unique team
because typically teams come together through a common enemy, correct?
Opposites attract for that reason. They have come together, though,
because of the genuine support they have for Brooks Jensen,
as you see him on the outside.
[Booker] But that tells me one thing, he's a man about bringing togetherness.
I like that. I like that in this young man.
[Vic] He's trying to bring out the best in Kiana James.
He's certainly along with Briggs.
[Booker] Wouldn't you wanna be the best ever?
-[Vic] No, I'm married. -[Booker] I'm not talking in that way.
[Vic] I dunno what you're talking about, Book. What are you talking about?
[Booker] Keep your mind on the action.
[Vic] Right now, we see Henley controlling the pace of this matchup.
But you brought up the past, does the past still weigh on Fallon?
Henley James did try to buy her family bar.
[Booker] Look, man, one thing about something like that,
it did bring you closer. I mean, one in odds.
Knowing that both of you guys are thinking the same way.
Like I say, being a boss means you gotta be in charge,
and both of these ladies are well in charge of this matchup.
-[Vic] Tag. -[Booker] Not now, though.
[Vic] Chance made a tag, Henley doesn't realize that.
-[Vic] Carter's legal. -[Booker] Look at that.
[Vic] Carter now hitting anything that's moving, taking out both James--
Now, going right back in on Henley.
[Booker] That's what I'm talking about, as far as this team,
Carter and Chance, they're special as a tag team, Vic.
They're always thinking about each other, and, oh, look at that,
that's huge as far as tag team wrestling goes.
[Vic] That was a two-for-one special. And now… in her sights.
-Carter charging in. A tag was made. -[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] Chance is legal. The challengers are rocked.
[Vic] And there comes Chance. Another two-for-one special!
[grunts]
[Vic] All about having a good time and partying, all about getting at it,
but they're taking care of business here tonight.
[Booker] I like Fallon Henley and Kiana James.
This will be a hard night for them to try to get a victory.
[Vic] Proving why they're the longest-reigning champions
-in NXT history. -[Booker] They're too good.
They're just too good right now.
[Vic] Take another look, the high-flying, boom, Chance taking out both.
They've been able to stay in control, but Henley just shutting down Chance.
If you look around, James is back to her feet finally making a tag.
Again this could be that moment, maybe that turning point,
maybe they need that nasty side of being a team.
-Maybe they need to cut a corner. -[Booker] I don't think they need that.
Right now, these two ladies are doing something in the ring,
and that's trying to stay a step ahead,
but this tag team as far as the champions go.
Carter and Chance--
[Vic] Carter back on her feet charging in. Gets picked up. Dropped with spinebuster!
Cover. Do we have new champions?
-And a near-fall. -[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] Jensen almost came outta his new suit or suit jacket,
I should say.
Chance almost in disbelief as we can see on the opposite side of the ring.
And that was a close call.
Talk about underdogs, we could see a huge upset here tonight.
[Booker] Tag team championship here is on the line here.
The champions have been one step ahead this whole match.
But right now, it seems to be falling back just a little bit.
-[Vic] They've been. -[Booker] Seems to be losing the pace.
-That pace is a bit different now, Vic. -[Vic] James able to get the knees up.
Carter now realizing it. She gets taken out,
but Chance worse for wear on the opposite side of the ring.
And look at James. James sensing it.
Briggs, Jensen on the outside, they're starting to coach a bit here.
Now, we're seeing this team maybe gelling to your point.
[Booker] They're more so cheerleading now. They're doing a hell of a job because--
-[Vic] Wow! What a neckbreaker! -[Booker] We're now seeing
team bosses in total control right now, Vic.
[Vic] How about a two-for-one special in their own right, and it wasn't enough.
Carter just able to break things up.
[Booker] That's what I'm talking about both the Tag Team Champions.
They're always watching each other's backs.
[Vic] James running a bit of intrusion.
[Booker] In the right place at the right time.
Here we go, throwing caution to the wind here.
[Vic] Also we talk about those trust issues,
James right now willing to-- Oh!
Well, forget about the trust issues, the cutter taking out James,
-but also taking out-- -[Josh] Check on her, Brooks.
Check on her. Check on her.
[audience chanting] NXT!
[Vic] Very concerned right here in front of us.
-[Booker] Vic, it's called competition. -[Vic] Now, look at Briggs.
Briggs is trying to say to Jensen, "We need to get her back up,"
because now it is just down to Chance and Fallon Henley.
[Booker] Like I said, this is competition,
and these ladies will throw caution to the wind.
They'll throw everything out tonight, Vic,
because this is about the Tag Team Championship.
Who wants it more? Who wants it the most? Who wants it?
[Vic] Henley far from her corner, not in the right part. As now, two-on-one.
-[Booker] Look at that big shot. -[Vic] Carter now legal,
showing why they've been the longest-reigning champions
in this brand history
by being able to think as one, have one mind.
Chance and Carter now.
Oh, Henley with a headbutt, Carter rocked, looking around for Kiana James.
-Henley's alone in this. -[Booker] Like I said, Vic.
I don't know if you've noticed the pace has slowed down a bit.
I think that'll be in the advantage of the challengers, I really do.
[Vic] Oh, wait just a minute, Book.
[Booker] Aw…
-[Booker] Oh, my-- Whoa! That's it. -[Vic] And look who's legal.
[Vic] It's Chance. Chance made a tag.
Henley just kicked out!
[Booker] Wow! That's what's special about this tag team.
Vic, always try to find a way to pull it out by any means necessary,
always spectacular, like that move right there. What a move!
[Vic] You take another look. It was so close.
They're seeing the next state, another quick tag, and, Book--
[Booker] The champions will put it away here.
-[Vic] This is what we've seen. -[Booker] Gonna put it away. Oh, whoa!
[Vic] Remember, it's Carter who's legal. Chance just got taken out.
Henley now turning right back around. Shoulders are down.
Oh, just able to kick out. We're really seeing a battle here
for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships.
-Shoulders down one more time. -[Booker] You gotta be kidding me.
-[Vic] Whoa, whoa! -[Booker] What just happened?
[Alicia] Here are your winners and new…
-[Booker] What just happened, Vic? -[Alicia] …NXT
Women's Tag Team Champions…
-[Booker] Oh, my goodness. -[announcer] …Fallon Henley
and Kiana James.
-[Vic] The reign is over. -[Booker] That was it right there, Vic.
I think that was it. I think that was that Shucky Ducky quack quack moment.
-Check this out, Vic. Beautiful. -[Vic] We gotta go back.
We've seen this time and time again on their record reign.
But Chance taken out, Carter was legal, but this, Book, take a look.
Fallon Henley didn't realize Kiana James
-on the outside with the assist. -[Booker] Vic, that was planned.
-[Vic] Come on. -[Booker] That was planned.
That was set up. I'll tell you. I could see it a mile away.
[Vic] Let the celebrations begin from foes to champions.
Congratulations to Henley and James.
["Back On The Horse" playing]
-Hank. Hank, get in here. -What's up? What's up, coach?
Did you see how Wes countered Dijak's power with his speed?
Yeah. Saw that.
That'll be the game plan every time for these high flyers.
-You've to ground 'em. -Ground the high flyers. Yes, sir.
One more thing too.
Do you see how nice all the superstars are dressed here at Vengeance Day?
Yeah, they look good.
Why d'you look like you're here to repair my sink?
-Dude, these are just my clothes, man. -Just my clothes, man?
Look, we need to get you some proper ring attire.
-Okay. I'll get on it right away. -Okay. Good.
I'm building a superstar, Hank. Not a house.
-Yes, sir. [chuckling] I can do that. -Thank you.
My day of vengeance was supposed to arrive last Tuesday.
Cora Jade was going to, as she put it, teach me my place here in NXT.
I will very happily be the one to teach her that valuable lesson.
But I guess Cora changed her mind.
I can't respect a woman who says one thing and then does the opposite.
Cora Jade's time will come and she'll perish.
This Tuesday, I'm going to be standing in the middle of the ring.
So, who among the women's locker room is ready to soar?
[Vic] The visions are about to become clear.
Two superstars with the same goal to prove they're the best.
The stage is set, 2-out-of-3 Fall. The rubber match. Crews, Hayes.
[Vengeance Day theme song, "Riptide" playing]
[Apollo] It takes guts to chase a dream. You can fall on your face.
Like, you can completely fail, and then you get to that point
of reaching your dream and it just doesn't feel real,
though you've dreamed about it your whole life.
[Apollo] Apollo!
[upbeat music playing]
[Apollo] I've been in many title matches. Won the United States Championship,
walked out of WrestleMania, the Intercontinental Champion,
career-making moments.
But every once in a while, I'd hear those echoes deep inside my soul.
The echoes of those three letters, NXT.
[audience chanting] NXT!
[Vic] We say expect the unexpected. Apollo Crews is in NXT.
When I left NXT for the first time, I left way too soon
and I left a lot of things that I wanted to accomplish on the table.
I came back to capture the title. It didn't go down like that. That is okay.
I am not out of championship contention.
[audience cheering]
Hey, Apollo. If we're talking about who's next in line for contention, I am.
[Apollo] Let's talk about Melo for a second.
[upbeat music playing]
[Apollo] We talking about Breakout Tournament winner.
The Cruiserweight Unifier. We led the WarGames to victory.
And on top of that, two-time North American Champion.
Melo looks like money, he walks like money,
he talks like money because Melo is money.
No matter how good you think you are,
there's always, always somebody out there better than you.
Two men, one spot. I beat you before.
[Vic] Crews don't miss and Crews gets one on Hayes.
That doesn't mean anything to me, okay, because I beat you too.
[Vic] He shoots, he don't miss. Nothing but net!
-That's all it is. -And that's all it's gonna be.
Look, man. You beat me. I beat you.
So, how about at Vengeance Day we settle this once and for all?
We go 2-out-of-3 Falls.
[whooping]
Hey. Chill.
All right. 2-out-of-3 Falls.
It's pretty cut and dry.
All right. Bet. 2-out-of-3 Falls in Charlotte.
[Vic] A lot at stake as they both claim to be next in line
for the NXT Championship. Same goal from two superior athletes.
You are going to get Money Melo.
[Apollo] Money Melo is gonna be fast.
He's going to be flashy, but I am ready for Melo's game plan.
I'll challenge that power, that intensity and I'll definitely challenge that speed.
If Trick Williams wants to get involved, well, Trick's going to get handled.
You need to be reminded is that you are the past and I am the present.
The funny thing about the past, it can always predict the future.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Trick and Melo fans of all ages,
I need for you to strap on your seat-belt and glue your wigs on tights.
And make some noise for…
the 2021 Breakout superstar…
the longest combined North American Championship…
the NXT WarGames winner, the Unified Cruiserweight,
and North American Champion…
HIM.
["Melo Don't Miss" playing]
♪ 'Cause I'm the greatest Ain't no hating, I'm the best here ♪
♪ You want your shot? Well, I guess you wait 'til next year ♪
♪ I'm at the top Get respect while I get feared ♪
♪ Who got a problem, huh? Tell them to step here ♪
♪ What? Yeah ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm the greatest No arguing or debating ♪
♪ He in my face Then I′m obviously gonna break him ♪
♪ I ain′t never run from challenges I handle 'em and face ′em ♪
♪ They say success Either mangle 'em or make 'em ♪
♪ I′m the best to ever do it Go against me, you stupid ♪
♪ They know that I gotta prove it I′ll win and I'll never lose it ♪
♪ What? Yeah ♪
♪ Only victory The champ is what you get now ♪
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following is a 2-out-of-3 Fall match.
Introducing first, accompanied by Trick Williams,
Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] There you see Hayes sending a message to Crews,
you saw the banners fall, "Will Melo Rise?"
This is the moment. Tonight, the debate ends. Who is the best?
[Booker] That debate is going to go on for years to come between these two.
But tonight, Vic, this is something I've been waiting for for a long time.
Two high-class, high-caliber athletes.
♪ Wait 'til next year I′m at the top ♪
[Vic] Hayes has referred to himself as a generational talent.
[Vic] He's looking to showcase those skills
here tonight at the Vengeance Day.
♪ Well, I guess you wait 'til next year ♪
He's taking on a superstar tonight
who has quite the impressive resume in Apollo Crews.
[Booker] Yes, indeed.
[music fades off]
[thumping sound]
[accelerating thumping sound]
[Apollo] Apollo!
["To The Top" playing]
[screaming]
[Alicia] And his opponent, Apollo Crews.
[Vic] Carmelo Hayes called Crews, the past.
Anointed himself the present, Crews quick to remind Hayes, though,
as we just heard the past can predict the future.
[Booker] That is true, Vic. The past can predict the future,
but you heard what Trick said.
He said, "Strap up" because this guy's, this is going to be like the Daytona 500.
It's going to be high octane, two fuel-injected brothers.
-It's about to blow up! -[Vic] We saw that highlight package,
Crews, a former Intercontinental Champion, a former United States Champion,
victories on the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania.
That success that Carmelo Hayes wants one day.
You can't deny that. Is he jealous of the success?
[Booker] The sky is the limit for Melo, but I don't want him to graduate too soon.
I want four years of knowledge, man. And tonight, this is a final exam.
This is the ultimate test in Apollo Crews, dawg.
[Vic] 2-out-of-3 Falls, a staple of NXT.
You think of the past, Sami Zayn, Johnny Gargano, Tyler Bate,
and this certainly is the environment
that'll allow you to leave your mark like these two superstars will want to do.
[Booker] Being under these bright lights, Vengeance Day, Charlotte, North Carolina,
these two young men, oh, let's do it. Spin this up, Vic.
[audience clamoring]
[Vic] There you see both superstars sizing each other up.
Now I wanna ask you this, Book. It's 2-out-of-3 Falls, right?
-[Booker] Yeah. -[Vic] How important is that first fall?
Neither of them wanna make a mistake early on.
[Booker] Oh, beautiful twist there.
That first fall is very important.
Give you that comfortable spot to where, if I win the next one, it's over.
If I don't, we still got one more. That's all. That's all it does.
[Vic] Nice take down, right off the rip, and again, a bit of a stalemate here.
Of course, tonight, main event is going to be that steel cage match.
One reason why we're still trending number one worldwide with Vengeance Day.
As brutal as that main event will be,
this really is someone of the opposite in terms of an endurance test.
How grueling is this sorta matchup?
[Booker] You talk about that main event about the steel cage match.
This right here, Melo, Apollo, this is the main event anywhere…
-[Vic] Oh, yes, sir. -[Booker] …in the world.
As far as I'm concerned, these two guys are really that good.
-What was your question again? I'm sorry. -[Vic] You answered it.
It'll be a grueling match. These two guys will have to put forth,
-they'll have to pace themselves. -[Booker] Not only that.
I look at a young man like Carmelo Hayes and he's still got a lot to learn.
I look at Apollo Crews, the guy who has been to the mountaintop,
and has had major championships under his belt.
But he has a few more miles on the odometer as well.
[Vic] We talked about a second ago, though,
not wanting to make that early mistake here in the first fall.
Both men still get that feeling out process here.
Look, I wanna talk about Apollo Crews' return to NXT last summer,
had unfinished business on the brand. You heard out of his mouth.
He hears the echoes. He wants to become the NXT Champion.
Point blank, Book, that doesn't sit well with Carmelo Hayes.
[Booker] Come on, Carmelo Hayes is, like I said, that man.
What'd he call himself? HIM.
When you give yourself a moniker like that, that tells me something, man.
That tells me we don't need no extras running around.
[Vic] Well, you take a look at Hayes, he's always very confident in his ability.
Of course, we have to mention Trick Williams on the outside,
but now look at Hayes trying to stretch away here.
Crews trying to find a submission early on
and maybe trying to counter some of that power of Crews.
[Booker] I like that jacket Trick Williams got on, but definitely--
[Vic] Talk about the damn jacket? We got 2-out-of-3 Falls match, Book.
[Booker] The thing is
Carmelo Hayes will have to look at this thing like a marathon.
He can't think of this as a sprint. He'll have to push this thing
in the late rounds as far as I'm concerned
because this kid, Apollo Crews, he's experienced, he's well-seasoned.
He knows every trick in the book.
[audience cheering]
-[audience chanting] Melo! -[applauding]
[Vic] There you see Trick Williams all smiles
might not be smiles here in just a moment.
[Booker] Surely, Vic, he surely knows what he's doing.
[Vic] Now Crews picking up some steam. So is Hayes, and swing and a miss.
Hayes coming right back in, goes up, goes over lands on his feet.
-[Booker] Oh! -[audience] Oh! Oh!
[Booker] A side job right there. That's all that is, Vic.
"I'm one step ahead of you. I'm one level above." That's all that is.
-[indistinct chatter] -[audience cheering]
[Vic] Well, I saw only one guy get slapped and fall, and that was Carmelo Hayes.
-[Booker] Talk about a hard shot. -Get your ass up.
[Vic] Did you hear Crews? Crews tell him, "Get back up,"
because Crews wants to do it tonight. He wants to prove he is the best.
He wants to prove while he's back.
Look, there's a lot of similarities between both these superstars.
-Let's not take anything away. -[Booker] No.
Speed, agility, quickness, IQ.
Both of these men knows exactly what it takes, but like I say,
this test right here for Carmelo Hayes is huge.
We're going to see exactly what he's all about in this matchup.
That right there, just that little avoidance up there.
That one shot right there showed me something, but got caught.
Got caught watching the paint dry.
[Vic] Oh, he did and now Crews knows where he wants to send Hayes.
Hayes landing on his feet. Coming right back in.
[Booker] There'll be a lotta this, it's a chess match.
[Vic] These two-- That time, the dropkick connects from Crews.
[audience cheering and applauding]
[Vic] A message being sent to Melo.
But take a look, a best offense sometimes, bam.
[Booker] Yes, indeed. Apollo just got the first pawn there.
That wasn't a rook. That wasn't a queen or anything like that.
That was just the beginning of this thing. This is a dance right here, Vic.
[Vic] Oh, now we saw Hayes try to limit that power of Apollo Crews,
and I just see Crews' power may be overtaken here in the early going.
Again, this is 2-out-of-3 Falls, he need to win two to win the match.
-[Booker] We're picking it up. -[Vic] Be it pinfall, submission,
count out, however it happens. You gotta win two.
[audience gasping]
[Booker] Apollo just picking up the action right now.
[Vic] Both men with gripes against each other,
we've heard to go back and forth.
-Oh! In and out the diner. -[Booker] Right there. You see that?
[Vic] In and out of the barbershop
and we see now the effects of first the dropkick,
but now what is to come following.
[Booker] Oh, right there, Apollo, that was a hard shot. I mean--
[Vic] That shot was set up by that dropkick off at the top rope.
There's now a bullseye, Book, on Melo.
[Booker] Vic, I dunno if you saw that, but Carmelo Hayes' ribs,
I mean, he took a hard shot into that turnbuckle.
Right now, he could've dislocated something,
and trust me, that the rib area is tough because of cartilage.
[Vic] Yeah. Now, you don't really hear Hayes talking that much
as now Hayes trying to hold on. He can sense it now.
Maybe a bit of desperation early on in this matchup.
But if the ribs are as injured as you think they are,
how does that play into looking forward to the second fall, the third fall?
Oh, we might see the first fall here in a moment.
[Booker] Vic, I'm talking about not being able to breathe properly.
I mean, right now--
[Vic] That German suplex just put Hayes' eyes in the back of his head.
Oh, hey.
[Vic] Trying to desperately get out, trying to desperately get away.
-Well, there's a bit of separation. -[Booker] About to make some space there.
[Vic] Look at Crews.
[Booker] Right now, Carmelo Hayes is in a lotta pain.
He's trying not to show it, he's trying to suck it up.
Right now, he definitely need to pull off something big
to try to get some momentum.
-Hey, don't touch him. -What did he say?
[indistinct chattering]
[Vic] Crews is distracted by Williams.
-[grunting] -[Vic] Oh!
And that's that veteran of Apollo who's been around the block a time or two.
We talk about the championship, we talk about the accolades.
He knew exactly what was coming. That vision on display of Crews tonight.
[Booker] Apollo's got it down right there. That one, right? You saw it?
[Vic] You talking about sticking a landing and right back to the injured ribs,
but at the same time, how much damage done to Crews?
[Booker] Perfect 10. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Right now Apollo's here to win this championship.
-[Vic] Take another look. -[Booker] Oh, beautiful.
-[Vic] Oh, my. -[audience chattering]
[audience chanting] NXT!
[Vic] The NXT Universe here in Charlotte as Crews now getting Hayes
back into the ring with Crews
feeling the effects in his own right after that last moonsault,
and now goes up, goes over and goes into the cover.
Are we about to see the first fall of the match?
-Shin, knees! Able to… what? -[Trick] Yes!
[Booker] Let me tell you something, Vic. I had a real injury--
[Vic] Oh, that's what Trick was doing. Go ahead.
[Booker] Oh, no. Like I said, dealing with a rib injury
isn't something you wanna play around with.
I had one for about a year.
It definitely kept me in a position of where I couldn't shake it. Right now.
[grunting]
[Vic] Well, right now, Hayes will have to shake something off
because Apollo Crews is making him think, making him wait.
[audience cheering]
-[Vic] And Apollo is a patient man. -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Off that delayed standing vertical suplex,
still couldn't get the three, but he's closing in.
The one thing we haven't talked about,
-both these guys want gold, right? -[Booker] Yes.
[Vic] Does this match to you have future NXT Championship ramifications?
[Booker] Whoever win this championship definitely put themselves in line
for the big one, and that's what it's all about.
You know the North American Championship,
you know this title will put you right in line to--
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] Oh, wow.
[Vic] Oh, the game just got changed…
on Carmelo Hayes, and maybe more importantly for Hayes.
He's able to get-- what the-- Williams has to be careful right now,
because if he gets himself disqualified, that'll be a fall for Apollo Crews. Bam.
[Booker] If Trick don't be careful, he's gonna get booted
and that's not going to be good for Carmelo Hayes. Trust me.
[Vic] Yeah, well, there's the shot. Calls his shot he don't miss.
That's the moniker of Hayes, but Hayes right now feeling the effects.
It's not the same Carmelo Hayes we've seen in the past.
-There's not that pep in his step. -[Booker] Like I say, Carmelo is feeling--
He's a little worse for wear, like I say, he's trying not to show it,
-and that's what champions do. -[Vic] Now right in and here we go.
Look at Hayes and now it seems that Hayes taking a deep breath,
-trying to time block out the pain. -[Booker] He need to take his time here.
Getting a little too overzealous in my book.
[Vic] Cover, and a kick out. But here's the thing though, Book.
Now, maybe that's what he needs to do to block out that pain,
to let that adrenaline course though his veins.
[Booker] Vic, you gotta pick your shots. Right there, that's going to wear on you.
It'll make you breathe a bit harder,
and that's the last thing that Carmelo needs at this point.
[Vic] But as much as Hayes has that bullseye on his rib cage,
it looks like Hayes even earlier in the matchup has put a bullseye
on the neck of Apollo Crews.
-Get him. -[Vic] Trying to wear down Crews,
and this is a great strategy by Hayes to keep Crews grounded.
-I mean, that's easy money, right? -[Booker] Trying to slow this thing down.
Trying to even the odds just a little bit, to ensure those ribs,
that one little area is still burning.
[grunting]
[Booker] Might try to just slow it down just for a minute.
Let me get my wind, let me get my feet under me.
Try to push this thing in the later rounds,
and I think that's where Carmelo Hayes is going to be a bit more successful
in the later rounds with someone like Apollo Crews.
[Vic] Hayes has said he has put more preparation into this match
than any other in his career.
You look at the track record of wins. He's defeated the likes of Ricochet,
he was the Breakout winner as we saw by the banner,
the North American Champion, has unified championships,
but this is a different test tonight for Hayes.
Oh, just dropped Apollo Crews again. Throat, neck, and quickly cover.
Count for the first fall, and Crews powering out.
It goes back to what you said, Book.
Both these guys know how important this first fall is here at Vengeance Day.
[Booker] These are these moments, Vic, where you're…
-[Vic] Another cover and kick out. -[Booker] …tired, bruised,
battered, torn.
These are the moments that make you great. These are those Hall of Fame moments here,
and both of these men are willing to put themselves through it.
I respect that, Vic. I respect it to the utmost.
[Vic] Take a look at Hayes.
With every breathe he's taking, it's tough for him to move.
[Booker] Vic, we don't know if Carmelo got internal bleeding.
We just don't know, but right now he's fighting through the pain
and that tells me a whole lot about this young man,
who wants to look down upon everyone. I'm on top of the world, Ma.
-That's this kid right here, Carmelo. -[Vic] What a short arm clothesline,
and you don't see Crews get rocked like that often,
and he just got dropped.
Now, the look in the eyes of Carmelo Hayes is telling the story.
Take another look. Feel the impact.
[grunting]
[Booker] Sometimes, you just gotta grit your teeth, Vic.
You just got to bite down on your mouth piece.
-Get your ass up. You ain't HIM. -[Trick] That's right.
[indistinct chatter]
[Booker chuckling] That's digging deep down in that well.
Just tell me, who's that man? Oh!
[Vic] Don't forget about who's that man, who's the man in control right now.
German suplex after German suplex. Looking for the trifecta is Apollo Crews.
Hayes putting on the brakes. Uh-huh.
[grunting]
[Vic] Up and over on his feet. Charging right back in.
[grunting]
[Vic] Another counter, and a big back drop!
[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] The thing is, Book, there hasn't been a fall yet.
-[Booker] You see that? -[Vic] There hasn't been a fall.
There hasn't been a decision yet in this match.
[Booker] Did you see the extra oomph on that back drop that Apollo--
This guy still got a lotta strength at this stage of this first round.
[Vic] You brought up a good point. Talking about that extra oomph and impact.
Where was the impact on Hayes to his ribs, to his lower back?
[Booker] That's what I'm talking about. Both men are fighting for a shot, Vic.
They're fighting for being in that Major League spot,
-championships titles. -[Vic] You saw the NXT Universe.
You feel the tension rising here in the Spectrum Center.
And now, you see Apollo Crews starting to roll.
[Vic] Could be closing on that first fall here in this matchup. Oh, got caught.
Swing and a miss. Hayes now trying to turn it around.
Could've been looking for a Gore Buster. It was countered.
Landing on his feet, coming right back, and this time Crews successful.
[Booker] Yeah. Carmelo went to that spot, but I'll tell you,
those ribs played a big, big, big part of what just happened right there, Vic.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] Whoa.
-[grunting] -[groaning]
[Vic] Charging right-- Oh, nobody home this time.
These two trading blow for blow. Hayes said it would be tat-for-tat.
Oh, what a kick!
Modified enzuigiri, and you can see the eyes of Hayes.
[Booker] Carmelo is dazed right now, and right now would be the perfect time
for Apollo to cash in and he needs to do it quick.
[Vic] Trick right now beside himself.
Hayes out of desperation just trying to hold on.
-Oh, oh, oh, oh! -[Booker] We've seen this.
-[Vic] Holy cow! -[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] Did you see that strength? That's gotta be it.
-First fall in the books for Apollo Crews. -[groaning]
[Vic] Hayes kicked out.
[Booker] That was all instinct right there, Vic.
[Vic] The unbridled strength on display of Apollo Crews.
And I know the kick out.
You see Trick now talking to whomever, but now what's going through the mind.
Crews knows he might have to go to a different place.
[Booker] Let me tell you something. Apollo is looking to land that one killer blow,
and he's getting the people ready.
He's getting the people ready for it here at Vengeance Day.
[Vic] Crews had heard all the talking. He heard Hayes say,
he was a younger, better, more athletic version of Apollo Crews.
That didn't sit well with Crews who right now is going into that zone
we've seen him in the past enter.
[Booker] Vic, that's what fighters do. You're not going to say you're not better.
You'll go out there and say, "I'll put this man to sleep.
I'll put him down tonight." That's what this man-- That's what--
[Vic] Counter by Hayes. Hayes was looking for the crossface.
-Gets countered. Counter for counter. -[Booker] Beautiful.
[Vic] Rolling through is Hayes. Hayes trying to lock in.
Roll through, shoulders down. Is it enough? Just able to kick out,
but also having to let go of that crossface was Hayes,
who gets caught with a pump kick.
Goes up, goes down, goes around, and this time could be the moment.
Shoots the half. Hooks the leg.
Oh, no. And now, Hayes beside himself.
[Booker] Wrestling IQ right now. That's what this is, Vic.
-Right now Carmelo Hayes… -[Vic] Nice cutter.
[Booker] …he's going into his trick bag and going into his playbook.
-What's gonna work? -[Vic] Another kick out.
-[Booker] Beautiful transition. -[Vic] Now into the crossface.
-[Booker] Beautiful transition. -[Vic] Into that crossface.
It also opened the mouth of Crews.
Crews can't get any breathe in, he can't get any air to his lungs.
And you gotta wonder right now for Crews, how much can he take?
-Crews taps. -[Booker] Wow.
-[Vic] Crews taps. -[Booker] Wow.
[audience chattering]
[Alicia] Carmelo Hayes has scored a fall.
[Vic] So Hayes now is up one fall to none.
[audience booing]
-[Booker] Wow. -[Vic] The NXT Universe
-not liking that decision. -[Booker] Let me tell you something, Vic.
[Vic] Not liking that Hayes is up one-nil.
[Booker] That combination right there, again by Carmelo Hayes
as well as that burst of energy through transition
was unbelievable to capture that first victory. Unbelievable.
Passed the test, passed the first exam.
[audience chants indistinctly]
[Vic] I do wonder, though. For Crews, he's been in this position before.
We talked about how long he's been in the game.
Did he tap quickly to preserve some energy?
[Booker] Let me tell you something. Apollo Crews right now, he's wondering,
how did I find myself in that position?
I had this thing going my way. That's what he's thinking right now.
[Vic] There's no rest. Hayes right back up,
but now look at Crews.
There's not much on those rights and lefts.
And you gotta wonder, how much damage has been done
to the left shoulder of Crews.
You also have to remember, Hayes was working the neck of Apollo Crews
early on in that first fall.
[grunting]
[Booker] Love this action right here. Like I say, this is gonna be high-octane
between these two young men here.
Right now, it seems like who's the guy that's got more left in the tank.
Who's the guy that's willing to go the long haul?
-[Vic] And is it Hayes? -[Booker] That's Carmelo. That's that man.
[Vic] Hayes woke up earlier today, sent out the tweet. He woke up undeniable.
He knows there's two men that want one spot. Wow.
Did you see that nasty landing, Book? Hayes right now realizes, this is it.
[Booker] Right now, Carmelo feel like he's still the uncrowned champion now.
The only way to get back to the mountain top is through Crews.
Yes, that's the only way, and tonight, he's doing a hell of a job, Vic.
[Vic] Hayes doesn't need the universe's love.
He doesn't wanna be a Casanova. He wants to be a champion,
but right now Crews showing the heart of champion.
Again, going right back to a series of German suplexes.
[Booker] Apollo Crews right now trying to let it all hang out right here.
-This might be-- -[Vic] Standing shooting star.
Didn't get it all, but did he get enough
-in Hayes. -[Booker] Might be that last gas to try--
-[Vic] He's gotta tie it up, Book. -[Booker] He gotta try to get a win.
Right now, just look at his body language.
He's still laboring perhaps from being caught in that crossface.
-That's what I'm thinking. -[Vic] He's gotta tie it up.
Again, Hayes quickly stopping any sort of momentum,
and back to the lower back-- Oh, nice counter by Hayes.
-Rocking Crews. And, oh, Crews-- -[Booker] Right now, Vic--
[Vic] Back to the neck, and now he's looking for that fade away.
[Booker] Carmelo Hayes is one, two, perhaps even three steps ahead
-of Apollo Crews. -[Vic] Who cares about the steps?
If he wins it here, the match is over. Cover.
Crews just able to get that right shoulder up.
Book, you said it a second ago, "There's not much left in Crews."
He's really got to find a new zone to go into,
-because he right now is on the back-foot. -[Booker] He gotta find another gear.
I talked about those gears. Carmelo Hayes seem to found that first--
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] Oh, my God.
[Vic] Try a blockbuster DDT. I don't know what it was.
It was effective, but it didn't keep Hayes down.
[Booker] I'm gonna tell you right now, that kick out right there
gotta make Apollo Crews feel, "What the hell do I gotta do here?"
[Vic] Have you ever seen anything like that?
[Booker] Goodnight.
-[Vic] Crews has to-- That was close. -[Booker] Let me tell you something.
Right now, Apollo Crews is in Alice in Wonderland,
wondering "What the hell do I have to do?"
I mean, "What do I gotta do to finish this guy?"
[Vic] He's pulling out all the tricks.
You talked about going into the bag earlier for Crews.
Right now, he is down a fall. There is no tomorrow for Apollo Crews.
Now, you're won, you're done, you're eliminated, you're going home.
There's another nasty landing for Crews
who somehow trying to pull himself back up.
[Booker] You could make a huge mistake knowing you're down,
and you'll try something.
You'll do something and make a mistake, normally, that's when that happens.
And Apollo Crews, he's in that danger zone right now.
[Vic] Well, there's only one spot. Look at Trick Williams.
He's a little worried about what could happen.
Both, oh, had the same thought in mind, crash and burn.
-[Trick] You stay down, you're all right. -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] So much has been taken out of both these superstars in this moment.
Crews, Hayes.
Hayes is up one fall to none in this best 2-out-of-3 Falls matchup.
Two.
[Vic] Take one more look, one more time. Oh, same thought process.
-[Booker] I thought-- -[Vic] The ref's starting his count here.
[Booker] I thought Carmelo took the worst of that,
but both of those guys, it was pretty much even odds.
[Vic] Referee's at seven. Hayes trying to get that count-out win.
He would win it. He would sweep,
-and Crews just breaking the count. -[Booker] Whoa!
[Vic] I mean, just broke the count.
That's what you're trying to do? That's what a dad does?
[panting]
Where are you going?
[Vic] Crews saying, "Don't take the easy street."
He wants to earn this victory. He wants to fight for it.
-[Booker] Oh! -[Vic] Knee under the jaw. Hayes rocked.
Hayes coming back in, able to roll through,
another counter by Hayes. Looking for that crossface one more time.
That's how he won the first fall, not this time.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] Apollo needs to stay composed right now,
don't let his anger get to him like some of these football players
getting a flag thrown on them late in the game. You don't want that.
-[grunting] -[Vic] Uh-huh.
Bam! That's what Crews was looking for. That's what Crews wanted,
but so much has been taken out of Crews and couldn't capitalize, Book.
[Booker] That crossface still lingering effects,
-still lasting right now. -[Vic] What the hell?
[audience jeering]
The official checking on Hayes.
[audience clamoring]
Trick Williams.
[audience booing]
-Hey. -[Vic] What the--
-[inaudible] -[Vic] The official…
[inaudible]
[audience clamoring]
[Booker] I don't know. I don't know, Vic.
[audience chanting]
[Vic] The official hasn't realized yet what Williams has done.
[Booker] There's a crafty plan being hatched here,
but I just don't like it as we've been having a hell of a competition here, Vic.
[screaming]
[Vic] Oh, Crews, able to shake that off and now look at Apollo Crews unloading,
-unleashing, down a fall. -[Booker] That's what I'm talking about.
-I don't like it, Vic. -[Vic] It backfired.
And the referee can't do anything about it.
Think about the injured ribs as now.
-Who the-- -[audience cheering]
[Booker] What the…
[audience jeering]
[Vic] Dabba-Kato.
[audience clamoring]
-[Booker] What is he doing here? -[Vic] Williams is shocked.
-[grunting] -[Vic] But Williams is isolated.
[audience clamoring]
[Vic] Turning back around. Oh! Hayes flying through the air.
This matchup continuing. Referee again using that discretion in this moment.
[Booker] Oh, Carmelo Hayes going up in the high-rent district. Here we go.
[Vic] Nothing but net to the injured neck of Crews.
Into the cover and hook.
[bell rings]
[Vic] Hayes sweeps this match.
[Alicia] Here is your winner,
-Carmelo Hayes. -["Melo Don't Miss" playing]
♪ Who got a problem huh? Tell 'em to step here ♪
-[Vic] Two falls to none… -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] … for Hayes.
Melo was money tonight.
He said he'll have to be Money Melo, and he cashed in here in Charlotte.
What a match between these two-- Whoa! Whoa!
["Melo Don't Miss" playing]
♪ Call me victory The champ is what you get now ♪
[Vic] This matchup was not without its shenanigans lead…
-[Booker] You think? -[Vic] …by Trick Williams.
[Vic] Book, this was later on in the matchup.
Referee didn't know what to do, we were sitting here shocked,
Williams was shocked, but that would open the door, you see a big high-five.
Crews took his eye off the ball and that led to… bam!
You saw the acknowledgment,
but then you saw Hayes take advantage and win this matchup, two falls to none.
[Booker] I'm confused, Vic. I'm a little confused.
[Vic] Hayes called his shot one more time,
and as he has stated in the past, "When Melo shoots, he don't miss."
[audience chattering]
[audience applauding]
[audience cheering]
[audience gasping]
-[Vic] Book. -[Booker] It's about coming up, Vic.
It's about coming up around here in NXT.
[audience booing]
[audience clamoring]
-[Booker] Oh, God. -[Vic] But why?
-[Booker] It's about dead paperweight. -[Vic] What the--
-[Booker] It's about coming up… -[audience booing]
[Booker] …at any means necessary, Vic.
[audience booing]
-Hello, hello? -Hi.
I'm going to take Valkyria up on the challenge.
Good for you, Valentina. I think you can do it.
-I really-- -Life is tough, you know?
-You might need some help with that. -She doesn't need help.
But if she needs support, I'll be in her corner.
Thank you. Valkyria, on Tuesday, welcome to my jungle, baby. Jungle sleep.
[cheering]
Congratulations, ladies. I'm so proud of you.
And new NXT Women's Tag Team Champions.
-[cheering] -Hell, yeah, guys.
I can't believe we did it.
I know someone who can believe it.
-Congratulations, pal. -Congratulations, champ.
-Actually, it was Brooks' idea. -Guys, I love this right here. I love it.
I got an idea. Let's go drink, y'all.
[screaming and cheering]
Let's do it, baby.
[Vengeance Day's theme "Riptide" playing]
[Vic] There you see the champion, Bron Breakker,
putting in those final moments of mental preparation
before his NXT Championship matchup in that Steel Cage main event
here at Vengeance Day.
[Vengeance Day's theme, "Riptide" playing]
[Kofi] I always wanted to be a WWE superstar.
In my heart, this was where I wanted to be and what I wanted to do with my life.
I was legitimately on the verge of getting a shot
at the WWE Championship for the first time in 11 years.
[Tom] KofiMania is running wild.
[Byron] I'm down with KofiMania. Let's feel this.
His struggle was being passed over. That's a very real thing.
[Kofi] Everything that I did has lead up to this point.
[audience chanting] Kofi!
[Tom] Kofi did it. Kofi is champion.
This meant a lot to be able to represent Black kids,
let them know that it's not impossible to break through.
[Kofi] The impossible is possible.
[audience chanting] Kofi!
[Vengeance Day's theme song, "Riptide" playing]
[Vic] Not only is Kofi Kingston
the longest-reigning African-American WWE Champion,
but when he and Woods won the NXT Tag Team Championships,
he became the most decorated Tag Team Champion ever with 15 reigns.
Kofi Kingston continues to break down barriers.
And, of course, Book, later on tonight, the NXT Tag Team titles will be defended
in a 4-Way matchup,
but here in Charlotte, North Carolina,
it's a homecoming for a superstar in one of those teams.
I'm talking about Andre Chase.
Mr. Chase, it's freezing. What are we doing out here?
Duke and Thea, I'll tell you what we're doing out here.
Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina,
a place where I grew up watching so many great moments.
Tomorrow night, we get the opportunity to have our moment
because just like North Carolina legend, Michael Jordan, said,
"Heart is what separates the good from the great."
I know some people are looking at us like we're the underdogs, but not in Charlotte.
Not in Charlotte, North Carolina, because not only do we have heart,
Andre Chase University has the home field advantage.
Let's go out there and give those other three teams…
[both] …an Andre Chase University sized ass whooping.
Come on, Duke, come on, Duke, come on, Duke.
-Yeah! -[screaming]
["Accomplished" playing]
-[screaming] -[audience cheering]
[Vic] Homecoming for Andre Chase. All the fields for Chase here tonight,
as he and Duke Hudson look to put gold around their waist.
[Booker] I'm thinking about putting some money towards Chase U,
scholarships here, scholarship there. What do you think about that?
[Vic] I think that a few months ago, you wanted nothing to do--
[Booker] I'm liking the direction of Duke Hudson.
-[Vic] Of course. -[Booker] Duke Hudson the party.
-One other thing, I like this. -[Vic] And the Chase U section.
The Chase U section living it up here tonight.
Look, for Andre Chase, I had a chance to talk to him earlier tonight.
He said coming back here, he has spent a lot of time in the Spectrum Center,
whether it's coming to RAW,
coming to SmackDown, coming to Premium Live Events.
His family is here, his brother specifically,
who is his first tag team partner, is in attendance.
He is looking to do it for his family here tonight.
[Booker] Good thing and bad thing. I don't like that, Vic, I'm serious.
-[Vic] Now, you don't like it? -[Booker] Being at home,
-it's not good being at home. Trust me. -[Vic] You love being at home.
[Booker] No, not when you're in the ring.
["On And On" playing]
[Vic] There's no disqualification, there's no count out,
pinfall, submission has to take place inside the ring.
Here's a pair of superstars who have worn the gold before, trying to do it again.
Look, Book, all they needed to do, that being Pretty Deadly,
was follow and complete a simple list that was provided to them by The New Day.
They'd have faced New Day straight up.
So it's their fault that they found themselves…
[Booker] Pretty Deadly. -[Vic] …in this 4-Way matchup.
[Booker] Pretty Deadly, a debonair duo.
They shouldn't be here, they shouldn't be in this match,
they should just be the Tag Team Champions right now, you know that, I know that.
[Vic] I don't know that, they're not the tag team,
The New Day is the Tag Team Champions. That's who the tag team champions are.
[Booker] Two guys that pass that airport test every time.
Who are they? I don't know, but they look good.
["Thicker Than Blood" playing]
[Vic] This matchup could be just up the alley of Gallus,
the more chaos, the better for these two.
We've seen it firsthand since they returned
from their lengthy suspension earlier this year.
[Booker] Coffey, Wolfgang like two pit bulls, they hungry, dawg.
You know what? They ready to eat.
Out of my way, hey. [inaudible].
["Thicker Than Blood" continues playing]
[audience cheering]
[Booker] Gallus boys ready to go, I like the attitude.
-["New Day, New Way" playing] -[Big E] It's A New Day, yes, it is.
[Vic] Yeah, here we go. The party just getting started now, Book.
-[Vic] Get up, get on your feet. -[Booker] Don't touch me, don't do that.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Listen to the NXT Universe.
Kofi's got hips like Shakira, they don't lie. You see him?
-[Booker] I wasn't looking at his hips. -[Vic] He was just grooving and grooving.
[Booker] Yeah. Okay. You continue to look at Kofi's hips if you like.
[Vic] This is what I've been looking at.
I've been looking at New Day, the NXT Tag Team Champions
who have been representing this brand all over the world,
taking the gold to Australia, taking it to NASCAR,
taking it to Los Angeles, taking it to Charlotte,
taking it to Tuesday Night, taking it to Friday Night.
[Booker] There's a freaking guy in the front row
that looks just like Xavier Woods, maybe they should switch places.
[Vic] You are the definition of a hater, according to Kofi Kingston.
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following contest is a Fatal 4-Way Match
for the NXT Tag Team Championship.
[audience cheering]
Introducing the challengers.
First, accompanied by Thea Hail, representing Chase University,
Duke Hudson and Andre Chase.
[screaming]
[Alicia] Next, Kit Wilson and Elton Prince,
Pretty Deadly.
[audience booing]
[Alicia] The team of Mark Coffey and Wolfgang, Gallus.
-Gallus boys on top. -Get your eyes off my uniform.
Okay, bro.
[Alicia] And their opponents,
they are the NXT Tag Team Champions…
[audience cheering]
…Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston,
The New Day.
-[shouting] -[audience cheering]
[audience chanting] The New Day rocks!
[Vic] All about the NXT Tag Team Championships.
Of course, Book, we saw earlier tonight the NXT Women's Tag Team titles change.
The longest reign in the era, in the history of those titles.
-[bell ringing] -[Booker] James and Henley.
[Vic] We're kicking things off, it appears to be Kofi Kingston and Prince.
[Booker] Here we go, baby. Let's do this.
[Vic] This is a very unique matchup.
And again, still trending number one Vengeance Day
because of the action we've had here in NXT.
The universe that has arrived, that has come with us here in Charlotte.
[Booker] I love these outfits that Pretty Deadly is sporting here tonight.
Like I said, very debonair duo, those two.
[Vic] Right now, it doesn't matter about their outfits
because they are finding themselves on the wrong end of New Day.
-Tag was made, in comes Woods. -[audience gasping]
[Booker] You talk about a team that's arrogant.
[Vic] The New Day isn't arrogant.
-[Booker] You gotta agree with me. -[Vic] No.
[Booker] They don't wanna face one team, not two,
they wanna face three teams to prove that they're the best.
How many championships you said Kofi had? How many?
That's exactly what I'm saying, how arrogant is that?
[Vic] What do you mean arrogant, Book? Wait a minute. That's quite the teamwork.
-[whooping] -[audience cheering]
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] Oh!
[Vic] And there is Kofi.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] He's seen it all. But now…
-[screaming] -[Vic] …Thea Hail getting in the action.
Go away. Go away. Get away.
[Vic] Then comes Woods. Xavier Woods now, and I wanna get back to your point.
You talk about they won all these-- What's wrong with--
-[Booker] Arrogant. -[Vic] They wanna prove they're the best,
and what's wrong with giving the opportunity to those here in NXT?
That's what it's about, that's what you said,
-it's all about the opportunity. -Tag!
[Booker] Come on, Gallus, Andre Chase, Duke Hudson and Pretty Deadly.
These three, they're great tag teams, but it'll be a lotta confusion out there.
Who's going to capitalize on all of that confusion?
It'll be The New Day.
That's the master plan out of this whole thing, Vic.
You may not see it, but I know exactly what's going on.
[Vic] Who cares what the master plan is, they're given the opportunity,
they had The New Day invitational,
that's how Andre and Chase University entered this matchup.
[Booker] That's the only part of that whole little thing that I like.
All these guys, all getting the opportunity,
getting a chance at greatness. Hopefully, one of them can pull it out.
[Vic] Kit Wilson, oh, going to be singing an octave higher after that.
This is a teachable moment.
[Vic] Certainly wasn't-- Another tag was made
and this is that chaos you were talking about earlier to me.
Everything, expect the unexpected in this sort of matchup.
Now you see Mark Coffey entering the fray. Look, for Gallus, they show no remorse.
-They love nothing more than a good scrap. -[Booker] Oh, baby.
[Vic] The more teams the merrier, when it comes to the Gallus boys.
[Booker] Let me tell you something, I like this bruiser right here. Wolfgang.
No plan, no jiving. Check this out. No wasted movement, just business.
I love everything about that, and when I say everything,
I mean, everything. Oh, yes.
[Vic] We talked about Gallus, now you see Mark Coffey.
Imagine this, imagine this.
[screaming] Come on, you, you, you. Come on.
[Vic] Mark Coffey is the level-headed one of Gallus. Think about that for a second.
Another tag was made and in comes Xavier Woods.
Woods wants him some of one of the Gallus boys and nice.
-[grunting] -[audience cheering]
[Vic] Just unloading is Woods.
-[grunting] -[Vic] Ooh!
-[Booker] Aw! -[Vic] Another tag was made,
in comes Wolfgang. Take a look at what Gallus is doing.
Gallus is keeping anyone who's in the ring with him
-over in their corner making quick tags. -[Booker] That's great tag teamwork.
I'm just looking at how both of these guys go out and deliver everything.
Everything seems to be rock-solid.
[Vic] I was proved wrong as a tag who's made and in comes Prince,
another tag will be made.
Of course, Pretty Deadly, history with The New Day,
but look at everyone in this matchup. Chase U respects The New Day.
Gallus really can care less about The New Day
as right now it's Wilson in control of Pretty Deadly,
who want to once again call themselves champions.
[Booker] Definitely gotta give Chase U some love
because they fought their way into this matchup right here
beating Enofe and Blade as well as the Schism.
That was a big deal for those guys.
[Vic] Off a suplex with a float over, cover, oh, and a near-fall.
Closing on those tag titles was Pretty Deadly.
Prince, Wilson have stated Kofi and Woods ruined their life.
[Booker] They did. Vic, they should despise everything about The New Day.
Those guys were having one of the greatest tag team runs
in the history of not just NXT, in the history of this business.
[Vic] They could get another one here, another cover and kick out by Woods.
You ruined my life.
[Vic] Almost line queuing,
and they have not been hiding their emotions,
that being Wilson and Prince. I'll ask you this much.
You take the four teams, unlikely to see any alliances,
Book, as we see a short-term alliance between Pretty Deadly and Gallus.
[Booker] I doubt it. I doubt it.
Both teams are on two different islands, two different planets, Vic.
[audience chanting indistinctly]
[Vic] Woods trying to feed off the NXT Universe here in Charlotte,
desperately trying to get back over to make a tag,
and so many bodies in this matchup.
Oh, Double Noggin Knocker and right back in on the elbow.
[Booker] This kid jostling right now is just blowing the boom on this…
-[Vic] Time and time again. -[Booker] …this kid, Xavier Woods.
Not this kid, Xavier Woods. This grown man, Xavier Woods.
[Vic] That's the most respectful thing you've said about Woods.
[Booker] I just wanna reiterate, but I'll tell you right now.
Kit Wilson and Elton Prince was just here for some friendly competitions,
some friendly bouts.
They didn't expect the championship to be stolen, hijacked.
They didn't expect that.
[Vic] It wasn't stolen or it wasn't hijacked.
They lost a match. They lost that match to The New Day,
who have since taken the NXT Tag Team titles around the world
and have given these three teams the opportunity at the gold on this stage.
Vengeance Day here in Charlotte, and a cheap shot,
-but quite smart by Prince. -[Booker] Elton Prince.
This kid is a jewel. He's a jewel. He's a diamond.
[Vic] That diamond just got roughed up, and now Woods has a bit of an opening.
He's got to make a tag. Kofi is ready, Kofi is willing.
[audience chanting]
[Booker] Don't let Kofi get in because he knows every trick in the book.
[Vic] The former WWE champion coming right in
and just dropping everybody, even giving some to Gallus.
[Booker] Here he goes. Take nothing away from Kofi Kingston.
He is truly one of the best this business has ever seen.
High flying, ground game and everything, he's got it all.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Kingston now trying to take out everybody.
[Booker] Oh, he's about to boom drop. I don't want to see it.
[audience cheering]
[audience chanting] New Day!
[Vic] Bam. It seems you know everything he's about to do,
you must be a big fan of The New Day.
I see you likely wearing The New Day shirt underneath that suit, Book.
-[Booker] Taking that-- -[Vic] Show your true colors.
-[Booker] I hate them. -[audience chanting] New Day!
[Vic] New Day who's in the conversation as one of the greatest tag teams ever
-in the WWE, in RAW, SmackDown, or NXT. -[Booker] That's what I'm talking about.
-That's what I'm talking about. -[Vic] SOS. And not enough to retain.
[audience] Oh.
[Booker] Kofi Kingston, one of the most entertaining superstars I've ever seen,
but tonight he's in trouble as all of these young guys want it all.
Here comes big Duke Hudson.
[Vic] All trying to get into this matchup. We talked about chaos.
That's where Gallus thrives, as Mark Coffey standing.
Oh! Not for long. And take a look now at who's up.
[Booker] This is what I was talking about, the chaos, the madness,
-it was gonna happen sooner or later. -[Vic] Who's up? Who's down?
-It's Kofi. -[Booker] I thought The New Day
-would capitalize here. -[Vic] Is this it? Titles on the line.
-[Booker] Oh, no. So close. -[Vic] And Kingston just able to kick out.
[Kit] Okay, look. Okay, look.
[Vic] And Pretty Deadly right now, to their credit,
-staying composed in this situation. -[Booker] They need to move.
[Vic] Everyone's down. They're the only ones up.
[Booker] Yeah, but the time is a wasting.
That sand in the hourglass is running out quick.
[grunting]
[Vic] Kingston up, Kingston over.
Right now, Pretty Deadly's opportunity as you pointed out, Book, could be gone.
[Booker] This is what I'm saying,
you gotta make your move in a matchup like this.
Right now, Xavier and Kofi, look at that tag team tandem.
Look at that tag team work between these two.
Can't take it away from them. They're good. They're real good.
[Vic] This is how Kofi and Woods have won so many matches.
Have won so much gold, can they do it again?
Everybody getting involved to break it up.
[Booker] This is what it's all about. It's about the Tag Team Championship.
It's about that gold, baby.
[Vic] It's about Vengeance Day, it's about Charlotte, North Carolina.
-It's about setting the bar once again. -[Booker] So close, Vic.
[Vic] Take a look at the height of Kofi, and then, boom, sticking that landing.
You gotta admit, if these other teams didn't get involved,
New Day could've been retaining their NXT Tag Team titles.
[Booker] These two guys, man, know how important a matchup like this is.
To cash-in to become Tag Team Champions in a matchup like this to say,
"I beat them all. We beat everybody. We're on another level." Yes, I get it.
[Vic] New Day has given this opportunity to these three teams,
held that New Day invitational and now things are breaking down.
-Referee's gotta get some sort of control. -[Booker] It's getting too close, Vic.
-It's getting too close. -[Vic] Oh. Say that one more time.
Right here in front of us, referee right now.
[audience clamoring]
[Vic] This has turned into an all-out hockey fight.
[Booker] Oh, Kofi Kingston's up top.
-He's perched for something. -[Vic] I don't like it.
-[Booker] I like it. -[Vic] I don't like it.
-[Booker] Oh! -[audience cheering]
[audience booing]
[Vic] Book, Andre Chase the only one-- Oh, no.
-[audience clamoring] -No.
[Booker] Kit Wilson has something to say about that, Vic.
[Vic] And look at the field now, and what's on the mind of Wilson?
You talk about wanting those NXT Tag Team titles.
Willing to risk it all.
[Booker chuckling] Oh, I don't like the looks of this, but I like it.
[audience clamoring and cheering]
-[Booker] He's not going to-- No. -[audience cheering]
-[man 5] Come on, Duke. -[audience clamoring]
[audience chanting] Holy shit!
[Booker] Oh, how sick was that?
[Vic] Book, take another look…
-[Booker] How sick was that, Vic? -[Vic] …at this human Demolition Derby.
Here right in front of us. As back to live action.
Somehow Andre Chase is on his feet. Chase trying to swing away.
[Booker] That's adrenaline right there, Vic. That's adrenaline.
Throwing this man's body. Oh, my God.
[Vic] Again, there's no count outs, there's no disqualifications.
-Oh, whoa, Book. -[Booker] I knew it was coming.
-Oh, here we go. Oh, no. -[Vic] Thankfully for Duke Hudson.
[woman] Come on. Come on.
[Vic] Hudson, in here, and Chase U now taking things over.
[Booker] Duke Hudson is cleaning house right now, Vic.
And now he's rearranging the furniture.
[Vic] What? You say that again. Oh!
[audience groan]
[Vic] Oh, Pretty Deadly now.
We said that, Book, this will be pure chaos.
-It's exactly what it has turned into. -[Booker] Oh, hell. Oh, no.
-[Vic] No, no, no. -[Booker] Oh, no. Oh, no.
[Vic] Hudson trying to hold.
-Pretty Deadly trying to take out Duke. -[Booker] That's a big guy.
But it's going to take a lot, Vic.
[Vic] Hudson.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Oh, no. Pretty Deadly.
[groaning]
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] Oh, wow.
-[groaning] -No, no, no way.
[Booker] Wow. Duke Hudson took a shot right there, Vic.
Took a big shot.
[audience booing]
-[Booker] Thank you. -[Vic] What are you thanking them for?
[Booker] They don't want no parts of this.
[Vic] They didn't bring any champagne. They didn't bring you any caviar.
[Booker] They don't want any parts of this, Vic.
-I appreciate that. -[Vic] Back into the ring again.
It's the only place the titles can change hands.
Pinfall, submission, and Duke Hudson now. Oh, steamrolling Pretty Deadly.
And is this the night for Chase U?
[audience cheering]
[Vic] The only team in this matchup to never hold gold in NXT or in the WWE.
Big overhead belly-to-belly toss.
Hudson now taking out anything that's moving.
Now you can even take a look at Mark Coffey.
Coffey gets dropped.
[Booker] Duke Hudson is coming off one of the biggest wins of the year now.
[Vic] Can you imagine, Book?
-Imagine the enrollment numbers. -[Booker] Talk to me.
[Vic] Imagine the enrollment numbers if Chase U wins the NXT Tag Team titles.
[Booker] Oh, that's a big kip up by the big man.
-Oh, you got to love it. -[Vic] Uh-oh, Book.
Hudson warming up the marching band.
[stomping]
[groans]
[Vic] Wolfgang helping out Coffey. And again, right out here.
What the-- Book, watch out.
[Booker] I'm trying to move, I'm trying to stay outta the way, Vic.
[Vic] Book, you're in fighting shape, you were just not in the Royal Rumble.
[Booker] A lotta traffic out here right now.
-Oh, no. -[Vic] Oh, no, no, no.
[Booker] Oh, my God. Oh, my God, Vic.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] Gallus boys are back.
[audience chanting] Holy shit!
[audience chanting] NXT!
[Vic] Duke Hudson loves Chase University, says he bleeds red and black,
and I think he just proved it yet again, but now do the math, Book, two on one.
Look around us, who's standing? It's only the Gallus boys.
But who's fighting? It's Andre Chase in his hometown.
[Booker] Two-on-one, Vic.
[Vic] Everyone in Charlotte behind Andre Chase.
-Chase trying to make this homecoming. -[Booker] Coffey just took a big shot.
[Vic] Trying to make his dream come true.
[Booker chuckling] Oh, Andre Chase, he's capable, very capable.
-We know that. -[Vic] That Brad Armstrong-type leg sweep.
[audience cheering and applauding]
-Give me a C. -[audience] C!
-H. -[audience] H!
-A. -[audience] A!
-S. -[audience yelling] S!
-E. -[audience] E!
-U. -[audience] U!
-What's that spell? -[audience] Chase U!
[Booker] Oh, the people are in this, Vic.
-Here we go. -[Vic] This is your moment.
Andre Chase came to this building many times before.
Can he call himself a champion? High crossbody. Cover.
[Booker] Oh, no. Wow. So close, Vic.
[Vic] So close, but, look, Chase not wasting any time.
And now-- Uh-huh!
[Booker] Oh, Charlotte, North Carolina's favorite son, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
-Oh, my God. You gotta love it. -[Vic] Will he tap?
The figure four is locked in. There's no one around.
Mark Coffey reaching, desperately trying to find that bottom rope.
-[Booker] Oh, Wolfgang. -[Vic] What the hell, Wolfgang?
[Booker] Wolfgang just lowered the boom.
[Vic] Swanton Bomb connects, and now hoisting up Andre Chase.
-[Vic] Bam! -[Booker] Double tap,
-double tap right there on Andre Chase. -One, two--
-[Vic] Two! Chase kicks out. -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] That's how we've seen Gallus
have a record tag team title reign in the United Kingdom.
We've seen Gallus win time and time again in NXT,
but they couldn't keep Andre Chase down tonight
and looking for it maybe one more time, instead Kofi.
Kofi Kingston, New Day, trying to keep their gold around their waist.
[Booker] The most experienced team there still in this thing, still fighting
-'cause it's all about the championship. -[Vic] Showing you how much…
-[Booker] It's all about those titles. -[Vic] …they love.
[both] Oh!
[Booker] Pretty Deadly.
-It's real deadly right now. -[Vic] Spilt Milk.
[Booker] Good night, Kofi Kingston. Get this man a pillow.
-[screaming] -[inaudible]
[Vic] Yeah, Pretty Deadly very happy with themselves in this moment,
but still so much more going on.
Woods now getting caught, able to stand and reverse right back in.
Big forearm. This could be it for Woods.
New Day, can they overcome the odds tonight?
[Booker] And Xavier's going up top. He'll try to pull it off all by himself.
-[Vic] Walking. -[Booker] I don't know.
-Oh, baby. -[Vic] Oh, he got caught.
[Booker] Oh, baby. Double up, one time. Here we go.
-…two, three. -[Booker] Yes!
[bell rings]
[Booker] Yes, Vic, Vic.
[Alicia] Here are your winners
and new NXT Tag Team Champions,
Gallus.
-[Vic] I haven't seen you this happy. -[Booker] Oh. No, Vic.
-[Vic] Why? Because New Day lost? -[Booker] No, this is young blood.
This is the next right here.
This is the next level of superstars here in NXT.
We're talking about Coffey, we're talking about Wolfgang,
we're talking about Gallus. Oh, my God, man.
[Vic] Let's take a look back at some of the action.
At this moment in the matchup, Chase U was isolated.
Duke Hudson was wiped out, Andre Chase was by himself.
He had a valiant effort.
Wolfgang, though, able to change the game in that moment.
Kofi Kingston, though, showcasing
why he and Woods have been the face of this division for the last few weeks
putting this tag team division on their back,
but a little Spilt Milk on the outside
would wipe away New Day's championship dreams.
Woods gave it his best effort, but right here in the end, bam,
another one, two combo by Wolfgang and Mark Coffey.
-And here tonight… -[bell rings]
[Vic] …the second set of Tag Team titles change hands.
And it is certainly a New Day and a new kingdom has risen.
Wolfgang, Mark Coffey, Gallus boys on top.
["Thicker Than Blood" playing]
[Vengeance Day theme, "Riptide" playing]
[Vic] Well, there you see the challenger for the NXT championship, Grayson Waller.
Will he indeed have his viral moment tonight
in the main event of Vengeance Day?
[Vic] We wanna extend a special thank you to Beartooth for "Riptide,"
an official theme of NXT Vengeance Day.
It's available now on Apple Music and Spotify.
[Vengeance Day theme, "Riptide" playing]
[Vic] We talk about championships. Triple Threat rules next, Book.
Roxanne Perez has to overcome a toxic challenge.
She doesn't need to be factored in the decision to lose her title.
Are the odds too great for Perez as she defends her title tonight
here at Vengeance Day?
[dramatic music playing]
[Roxanne] I've literally been working towards this my entire life.
Since I was 13 years old, I put my blood, sweat, and tears
into this business just so I could end up here.
This is all I've ever dreamed of and now it's real.
[Vic] Perez has made history tonight.
Roxanne is the iron woman in NXT.
[Pat] She's a lightning rod, electrifying.
-Hell, yeah, kid. -[Michael] Welcome home, Roxanne.
Roxanne Perez is the future NXT Women's Champion.
[audience counting] One, two, three!
[Booker] History was just made.
[Vic] Destiny belongs to the underdog and Perez fulfills hers
by becoming the new NXT Women's Champion.
[audience chanting] Roxy!
[Roxanne] There will be a 20-Woman Battle Royal
and the winner will be the first woman to face me
for the NXT Women's Championship at Vengeance Day.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] What the--
[Vic] It's every woman for themselves. Toxic Attraction same idea.
[bell rings]
[Vic] And both hit at the same time.
[Alicia] Your winners, Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin.
[dramatic music playing]
[Gigi] All eyes are on Jacy and I.
[Jacy] While the entire world watches our every single move,
we only watch and care about one woman, one target, Roxanne Perez.
Roxanne, you have the same percent chance of winning that match on Saturday
as you did of winning the Royal Rumble, 0% chance.
When you're going up against the two baddest women in NXT
-at the same time-- -You have no chance.
[Roxanne] You two have thrown insults at every single woman in that locker room.
[Booker] Oh, wow. That was an accident.
[Roxanne] I'm glad you two are feeling the same way
you've made every single woman feel.
You two like to act like you're best friends--
Shut up, Roxanne, I'm talking.
Whether you like it or not, it's going to be two against one.
[Gigi] At Vengeance Day, the course of this women's division
will shift back to the attraction when I-- when we become the NXT Women's Champion.
-[Gigi] Oh, where is she going? -[Jacy] See ya. Bye
-Bye. -Is she leaving?
Is she gonna leave in the middle of an interview?
-She can't take the heat? -That's our champ.
[screaming]
[dramatic music playing]
[Roxanne] You two made my life a living hell.
[Jacy] It's going to be two against one.
[Roxanne] At Vengeance Day--
[Jacy] Roxanne, how are you gonna beat the two of us?
[Roxanne] Karma is a toxic bitch.
[screaming]
[Gigi] Toxic.
["Toxic" playing]
[Vic] Here we go, Book.
This one I know you personally have been looking forward to.
[Booker] Yeah.
[Vic] When it comes to Dolin, Jayne, and Toxic Attraction,
they're looking to stop the future to rebuild their own empire here in NXT.
[indistinct chatter]
[audience cheering]
[Vic] The questions to the list, though, Book,
I'm trying to see if there's going to be any dissension,
I'm trying to see if there's anything going on
between these two because they have fooled me once.
Can they do it again here tonight? Are they on the same page?
[Booker] Vic, we're just getting started. We got plenty of time for that.
This is Toxic. This is Gigi. This is Jacy.
Oh, give me a dose of that Toxic Attraction, man.
This is Vengeance Day.
-[audience cheering] -[screaming]
-[Vic] Whose side are you on? -[Booker] No, I'm just telling like it is.
[Vic] I just had to think about what you just said.
-You know, you're not on Perez's side? -[Booker] I'm not on anybody's side.
[Vic] No, that's a damn lie. You've been on Roxanne Perez's side
-since she arrived. -[Booker] I'm not on anybody's side.
-Impartial. -[Vic] Impartial.
Well, here's the thing. Book, I know where your heart truly lies.
You may not want to say it, but I know where it truly lies.
And you can't sit here and fully think
that Roxanne Perez is gonna retain in your heart of hearts.
[Booker] Do I think Roxanne can win this match?
Yes, I do. Do I think the odds are against Roxanne?
Yes, they are. But you know what I say about obstacles, Vic?
Sometimes you gotta go over, under, around.
Sometimes you gotta go straight through that obstacle,
and that's what Roxanne. That's what Roxanne is tonight.
I was gonna say my girl. I'm impartial. That's what Roxanne is right there.
[Vic] Oh, what a year it has already been for the 21-year-old Prodigy.
[music fades off]
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following Triple Threat Match scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT Women's Championship.
[audience cheering]
[Alicia] Introducing first the challengers,
representing Toxic Attraction,
Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne.
[audience booing]
[Alicia] And their opponent,
she is the NXT Women's Champion,
Roxanne Perez.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] You see Perez there, that smile is on her face.
We talk about the year that it's been.
[audience chanting] Roxy!
[Booker] Yeah.
[Vic] As you can hear the NXT Universe for Roxanne Perez,
the year it's been, she won the title, right?
Then she shows up in the Alamodome in the women's Royal Rumble match.
[Booker] Yes, indeed. You talk about that smile.
Vic, don't let the smooth taste fool you. [chuckling]
-[Vic] There it is, right off the rip. -[Booker] She's a fighter.
[Vic] Yeah, but it's two on-- Book, this is a glorified handicap match,
possibly in some aspects.
Just take a look at Perez and right off the rip, here we go.
Toxic Attraction, playing the numbers game and it's smart, it's wise,
it's to their advantage.
[Booker] You know, it's smart, you say that, Vic,
but I feel like somewhere along the way,
something is going to happen between those two, Gigi and Jacy,
to make this thing more of an even competition.
I'm just feeling that. I could be wrong.
[screaming]
Look at us, bitch, the champions are right here, baby.
[audience booing]
[Vic] You can hear the jeers from the NXT Universe.
So if there's doubt in your mind, both about Roxanne Perez.
[grunting]
[Vic] What about the doubt in her mind entering this matchup?
She can't be as confident as ever heading into this,
knowing that her back is up against the wall.
-[Booker] Doubt is something-- -[Vic] Again, it's two-on-one.
-Take a look. -[Booker] Doubt is something
that's going to creep into every champion's mind at some point.
That's what make you champion, Vic. Those moments.
Being in those moments and not just being in those moments,
but being able to overcome those moments. That's what Roxanne Perez is right now.
[Vic] Again, no count out, no disqualification.
Toxic Attraction, who in their own right, one of the best tag teams
to ever grace the squared circle here in NXT.
Shoulders down and right up. There we go now.
Perez trying her best to fight back, but there is Jayne.
When you can't fight everybody,
you can't keep your eyes everywhere in a Triple Threat Match.
For Perez, it's not really one-on-one, it's two-on-one.
She's gotta overcome the odds and right now it's not looking good.
[Booker] Let me tell you something, Vic, Perez is one of the youngest champions
-we've ever seen in WWE. -[Vic] Ever.
[Booker] She doesn't know a whole lot about losing.
She knows about trying to go out there and win. That's what she's all about.
[Vic] But here's the thing.
You see Jayne and Dolin on the same page helping each other.
There's no one here to help Perez. This is a lose-lose situation for her.
She's got to overcome two other superstars.
She's gotta do it by herself.
Of course, we saw a different side of Perez this past week.
When we talk about killer instinct a lot. We know Toxic Attraction has it.
Has Roxanne Perez fully grasped that way of thinking?
[Booker] Vic, she's a fighter. She's been doing this
since she was 16 years old. Iron woman champion.
-How many can say that, Vic? -[Vic] Only she can.
[Booker] That's what I'm talking about. She knows a little bit about fighting.
She didn't slip on a banana peel and become champion.
She didn't get here by osmosis or anything like that. It's training, Vic.
It's training. Oh, beautiful. Beautiful.
[Vic] It took out Dolin, Jayne, though, still standing, and now coming right back.
-And-- oh! -[Booker] Oh, wow.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Jayne finally realizing what she's done. This is that moment.
You said it earlier tonight, Book.
"You gotta strike while the iron's hot," right?
-[Booker] You gotta do that. -[Vic] The iron's hot right now for Perez.
[Booker] You gotta find yourself in these situations sooner or later.
And you gotta have to fight through them, and that's what this young lady, Perez,
has been about since she was 16, no, since she was seven.
-Fighting. Overcoming the odds. -[Vic] Cover to retain.
-[Booker] Beautiful. -[Vic] Jayne just able to kick out,
and right into a crossface.
It worked for Carmelo Hayes earlier tonight.
-Will it work out for Perez? -[Booker] I like this.
-Trying to break. -[Vic] Shoulders down, shoulders down,
but Perez able to break the hold, to break the count.
[Booker] Trying to break down Jacy right now.
Trying to slow the pace down, but when you got two to work with,
which you just can't go all out, all night.
You gotta slow it down just a bit.
[Vic] To your point, this is her going one-on-one right now with Jayne.
Nice neckbreaker. This is her chance to wear down Jayne.
Jayne realizing that, and right now, Jayne back on the offense,
it's giving Gigi Dolin a little extra time on the outside.
[Booker] Jacy is no joke, man. She's a rockstar.
Jacy wants to be champion. She wants to be at the top of the heap.
You know, at the top of the card. And to do that, what she gotta do?
She gotta beat Roxanne Perez and she cannot do that with Gigi Dolin.
She needs to do it alone.
[Vic] Jayne was already talking to the digital team about side plates
that she's gonna put on the NXT Women's Championship
when she retains tonight.
You can't tell me they're on the same page.
Into another cover, into the count and one second away
from Jayne having those side plates.
[Booker] No. This is exactly what I'm talking about.
You can have that feel-good thing, you know, going in with confidence.
But when it comes down to the championship, Vic,
when you walk in the room and people go, "Hey, champ."
That makes you feel a certain way.
When you're a rockstar, you eat that, and that's Jacy Jayne.
[Vic] Oh, Jayne dropping Perez.
It was Jayne who always said she was tired of hearing about-- Uh-oh.
-[Booker] Oh. -What's your problem?
You're just going to jump? What are you doing?
-What are you doing? -Look, we need to focus.
Work with me. Work with me. Thank you.
-Oh, my God. -[Vic] They may be back on the same--
Oh, wait. Did Dolin just pull Jayne in front of Perez?
[Booker] I don't know if I saw that or not, Vic. I don't know.
I don't know if my eyes are playing tricks on me or not,
but I said sooner later, it might happen, but I'm not sure.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] Here we go.
[Vic] Right now, it is Gigi Dolin becoming unhinged in this moment.
Much like we saw with Jacy Jayne, she's taking full control
of her solo opportunity here in this matchup.
-It's-- Oh! -[audience gasping]
[Booker] Now you'll believe me, right?
You're finally going to wise up and start following my lead.
-I told you this was gonna happen. -[screaming]
[Vic] Now judge this for yourself, Book.
Judge it, what did you see? Did you see what I saw?
Dolin pulling Jayne? Come on. Those cracks are forming.
[Booker] I can tell you this. It looked that way.
I told you that some form,
somewhere in this matchup, it was gonna happen.
Gigi and Jacy, it had to break down. It's about the money, man.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] It's about getting paid Vic.
[Vic] Stepping right through. Is Dolin hard landing for Perez?
[Booker] If these young ladies don't know, it's about checks and championship.
If they don't know that, I can't help that.
[Vic] Dolin could be closing in on her first reign as NXT Women's Champion
into the cover.
-No, no. -[audience clamoring]
[Booker] Keep moving.
[Vic] Jayne saying the same thing to Dolin.
Now, she goes in the cover. Dolin not gonna like that.
[audience whooping]
[Vic] Apparently, it's not all for one, one for all.
[audience clamoring and cheering]
[audience jeering and booing]
[audience cheering]
[audience booing]
[audience cheering]
[audience booing]
-[audience cheering] -[Vic laughing]
[indistinct chattering]
[Vic] Finally now, take a look, Book, you called it, you sensed it, here it is,
Jayne and Dolin, and remember--
Into the cover, into of the cover, Perez doesn't need to be factored
in the decision to lose the NXT women's title here tonight.
[Booker] Yes, indeed, that's something these ladies need to understand.
-[Vic] There's the champ. -[Booker] It's about winning tonight, Vic,
we can talk about it later, but tonight, somebody's gotta win.
[Vic] Oh, this is that moment,
this is the stage for Roxanne Perez that she dreamed of
when she used to take that greyhound in Houston to your school, Book.
[Booker] Like I said, 16-year-old kid who has grown up to be a grown woman now,
Vic, she's the NXT Women's Champion,
that right there says a lot, that says a lot.
[Vic] Perez now, first into Dolin, now into Jayne,
she saw that crack forming, she's starting to exploit it,
and maybe now we have the traditional Triple Threat Match,
where it will be every woman for themselves.
Oh, nice counter and now a little combination,
Russian legsweep DDT.
-[Booker] Oh. -[Vic] Dolin doesn't know where she's at,
into the cover to retain--
And able to kick out and wisely Perez into another cover to retain,
-another kick out by Dolin this time. -[Booker] Those moments, Vic,
these little championship moments that make you who you are
and that's what Roxanne Perez is going through right now.
How bad does she want it? How bad, Vic?
[audience chanting] Roxy!
[Vic] NXT Universe here in Charlotte,
no doubt who they're behind in this matchup. Oh, Perez gets caught.
And now a little bit-- Oh, look at Jayne.
-This is wise offense… -[Booker laughing]
[Vic] …she's the only one standing right now.
-[Booker] Like I say, Jacy Jayne, man-- -[Vic] Said she's a rockstar.
[Booker] She's a rockstar, man, she's a rockstar.
[Vic] Beats to her own drum does Jayne, and Jayne now looking at the field
she wants the championship, she can taste it, she can sense it,
she could be moments away from her moment here in NXT.
After being called a third wheel, she could be front and center--
Oh! --in the NXT women's division.
What a knee, into the cover, and Dolin able to break it up.
-[Booker] Just a minute. -[Vic] I've seen that knee before
win some Women's Championships and it almost came through for Jacy Jayne,
but now again we see butting heads, Toxic Attraction.
[Booker] Don't think it's not in the mind of Jacy being called a third wheel,
don't think she's not thinking about that right now
and say, "Now, I'm fit to move up the ladder to first place
here tonight in this matchup." Here we go, Vic, a fight just broke out.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Jayne getting the better on that exchange.
[Booker] Hello. A little bit of salt to go with it.
[Vic] Right now, look at Perez, Perez trying to reach up, inside cradle,
-inside cradle, Book. -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Jayne just able to get out quickly, no wasted time,
crucifix pin doesn't work either.
[Booker] There's that playbook coming into play right now,
the IQ of this young lady is unbelievable.
[Vic] Then again, when you talk about Perez,
you talk about Jayne in this moment, there's only two superstars in the ring,
you know just how difficult it is to win this sort of matchup.
[Booker] You gotta go all after it, you gotta let it all hang out
going for that big shot one more time-- She got caught, got caught sleeping.
[Vic] Now looking for Pop Rocks and Dolin right in,
and Dolin right back in, nice kick to the side of the face.
And for the first time tonight, Dolin taking out both superstars.
Suplex, bridge, and--
Oh, senton saves things for all three superstars
as Dolin a half second away from crowning herself NXT Women's Champion.
[Booker] I'm talking to go back to what I said earlier,
Vic, who wants it the most?
Gigi is definitely fighting hard, Jacy is in the fight and my girl, Roxy.
[Vic] It's all about the NXT Women's Championship
here at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
[audience chanting, "Let's go, Gigi. Let's go, Roxy."]
[audience chanting "Let's go, Gigi. Let's go, Roxy"]
[Booker laughing] The people mixed up a little here, right here, Vic.
[Vic] They certainly are, but all three of these women right now
showing you what it means to them to be champion.
[audience cheering and whistling]
Dolin, Jayne, the champion, Perez,
who has been fighting off both members of Toxic Attraction.
[Booker] Doing a hell of a job, Vic, doing one hell of a job this young lady.
[Vic] Can she finish the job which started out
as a glorified handicap match?
[Vic] Oh, no, it might have just turned back in now.
[thuds]
[Vic] Oh, headbutt, Dolin into the cover, does Jayne have a cover?
Oh, I think Perez just had to kick out of two superstars.
[Booker] Wow, that was that double pin
that was always thought could happen by these two young ladies.
[Vic] That certainly was a moment here and almost took our breath away,
we didn't think we'd see any situation here tonight.
-[Booker] At least not like that. -[Vic] That Perez would have to kick out
of two pinning predicaments.
[Booker] Like I said, I thought she'd be double teamed, but not like that.
[Vic] Wait a minute, is the sisterhood back on between these two?
-Are they back on the same page? -Jacy, get the table.
-[Booker] Oh… -[audience cheering]
[Booker] …here we go, Vic, did I hear what I thought I heard?
-Yes, get the table. -[Vic] For Toxic Attraction,
obviously, they had to know they would have to divide and conquer,
they weathered that emotional storm themselves.
[audience chanting] Table!
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Book, the thing too is, it's all legal.
-There's no disqualifications. -[Booker] No.
[Vic] Toxic Attraction can do whatever they want to, to Roxanne Perez,
and I'm having flashbacks to NXT just a few weeks ago.
[Booker] Wow, Roxanne's in a lotta trouble right now.
She needs to fight and needs to fight hard to get out this situation.
[grunting]
[Vic] Right back in, Perez somehow looking for some Pop Rocks.
[audience cheering]
-[Vic] Dolin might be wiped out. -[Booker] One down.
[Vic] But you gotta win inside the ring, pinfalls, submission
has to take place inside the ring and Perez knows that.
Perez back to her feet. When we talk about divide and conquer,
it looks like Roxanne Perez has divided Toxic Attraction
and she is now conquering both these superstars.
[Booker] Look at the fight of this lady, she's not going to quit.
[Vic] We talk about that killer instinct, Perez had a pretty sadistic smile
-when she looked at that table-- -[Booker] Whoa, wow.
[Vic] That table will be damned right now because-- Oh, no, no, not for Perez,
Jayne is in control.
[man] Come on, Roxy.
[audience clamoring]
[Vic] Jayne looking for a possible superplex.
Or could she be looking to drop Perez through this table here in front of us?
[Booker] Roxanne is blocking it.
[screaming]
[audience clamoring and cheering]
[Vic] Perez, and there's Gigi.
Go away.
[Vic] Perez trying her best-- Oh!
-Dolin isolated… -[audience groan]
Perez in control.
-[Vic] Perez looking for super Pop Rocks. -[Booker] Wow.
-[Vic] Cover her. -[audience counting] One, two, three!
[Vic] Perez overcomes the odds tonight.
[Alicia] Here is your winner and still the NXT Women's Champion,
Roxanne Perez.
["All Fall Down" playing]
-[Booker] Wow, look at the people, Vic. -[Vic] On their feet in Charlotte.
Toxic Attraction had a plan.
In the end, Perez able to overcome here,
trying her best to help out Jayne,
Dolin crashed and burned and then risking it all.
Super Pop Rocks for Roxanne Perez
to retain her NXT Women's Championship here tonight,
able to go through the adversity, to overcome the odds.
[Booker] Yeah, conquering that obstacle, went straight through it, it was nice.
[Vic] Perez has gone from special to sensational here at Vengeance Day.
-[dramatic music playing] -[audience cheering]
[Vic] Book, it is main event time tonight here in Charlotte…
[Vic] …as these two superstars despise the other.
There is no escape, the only way to win pinfall or submission.
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels wants a decisive winner
inside the Steel Cage Showdown for the NXT Championship.
[Vengeance Day theme, "Riptide" playing]
["Fear No Evil" playing]
[Bron] This is about proving that I'll be the best NXT champion of all time.
♪ This is an anthem for the champions ♪
♪ Fight the odds and lay it on the line ♪
♪ This is an anthem for the champions ♪
[audience cheering]
[Bron] NXT is my life.
♪ This is an anthem for the champions ♪
Bron Breakker, strong, fast, athletic, boring.
♪ Let the show begin ♪
I'm sick of it I'm done with it.
[audience booing]
Grayson Waller is the name.
I've been running this brand for 18 months.
[upbeat music playing]
I've been the guy, I've been the star,
and now I've made the decision… that I need to be NXT Champion.
[Vic] We're set for a championship showdown.
[Booker] We got a fight.
[Vic] Are you ready for some action?
-[Vic] Oh, no. -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] The ropes broke. The referee's at nine.
[Booker] We gotta run this one back. We gotta do this again, Vic.
[Vic] At the end of the day, here at New Year's Evil,
it is Bron Breakker who is the NXT champion.
[Shawn] At Vengeance Day,
the NXT Championship will be defended inside a steel cage.
-Lock me in. -You don't have a freaking chance.
Lock me in, Shawn.
Bron Breakker is a wild dog.
[Bron] From the moment I first stepped foot into NXT,
my temper has got the best of me.
[Grayson] He can't control his emotions. He can't control his anger.
[Booker] Bron Breakker's bad. Bron Breakker is on fire.
[Vic] The locker room can't even keep these two separated.
No one has taken advantage of it like I have.
[Vic] Holy shit. Book, this is unbelievable.
I'm living rent-free in your head, Bron.
[Vic] That sinister arrogant smile is on the face of Grayson Waller.
[Bron] My temper has led to my biggest victories
and my most crushing defeats.
[Grayson] I don't have to beat Bron Breakker is going to beat himself.
I should learn to control it. Then it dawned on me.
When that door closes and the lock clicks,
I don't have to control it anymore.
[Bron] I'll beat Waller within an inch of his life and pin what's left of him.
[Grayson] Bron, I know everything you going to do.
You're like a textbook on Reddit and I'll pass the test.
[Bron] Waller's pushed my last button.
I don't wanna just beat you, I wanna embarrass you. I wanna hurt you.
[Bron] He's going to regret it when I break him inside the steel.
[Grayson] The last time that I was locked in a steel cage.
-[Vic] Oh, from the top. -[Grayson] Your boy went viral.
Just think what am I gonna do now when everything's on the line.
When I deliver the biggest viral moment in NXT history, I become NXT Champion.
[Bron] Waller, this is what you wanted, but this will be my vengeance day.
[intense music playing]
[audience cheering]
[intense music playing]
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Book, you saw the looks of both the champion and the challenger
as they get ready to lock up in a steel cage.
["Eye On The Prize" playing]
[audience cheering]
♪ Cheers, every day, hard work ♪
♪ Now do it because I say so, say so ♪
♪ When I pop out they lay low, they know ♪
♪ Blood run hot But that heart go stay froze ♪
♪ You know how they go I can't stop ♪
[audience cheering]
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following is a Steel Cage match
for the NXT Championship.
The only way to win the match is by pinfall or submission.
Introducing first the challenger, Grayson Waller.
[Vic] Oh, there you see the golden shoe
that Grayson Waller said he'll celebrate with tonight,
a celebration, he said, that many great Australian champions have done it.
I think maybe now… maybe it's starting to set in for Waller,
maybe he shouldn't be worrying about popping champagne bottles,
maybe not worrying about a golden shoe to drink out of.
Maybe he should be worried about not going viral,
be worried about the man who's about to come down the ring,
Bron Breakker who literally wants to break Grayson Waller limb by limb.
[Booker] You say all of that, Vic.
This guy reminds me of Colby Covington in the UFC, you hate the guy.
You don't like anything about him, but he's capable,
you know he can win at any given moment.
That's what this kid, Grayson Waller, has been all about, man.
[Vic] You see Waller looking around,
maybe biting off a bit more than he can chew
because there is no escape.
You cannot win the title by escaping the cage.
You have to win by pinfall or submission
and typically a cage is designed to keep others from interfering
or not allowing another superstar to interfere,
designed to leave no excuses tonight.
The cage will contain these two for a decisive winner.
-[Booker laughing] Yeah. -[audience cheering]
[Booker] Yes, this man right here, Bron Breakker,
the cage that now he can use
to his advantage in every way, shape, form and fashion
and don't think he's not going to do that.
Some might say, Vic, Bron Breakker needs to tone it down just a little bit,
but I say Bron Breakker needs to pump it up.
["Fear No Evil" playing]
[Alicia] And his opponent,
he is the NXT Champion,
Bron Breakker.
[Vic] Let's call it like it his, Book.
We talk about not being able to escape the cage,
how does that change the game here tonight for these two?
[Booker] No. It tells me that everything Bron Breakker has been wanting to do
for these last perhaps three to four weeks,
and that's going in and break something, go in there and destroy something
he's going to have a cage to help him out with all that.
-But, Vic-- Wow. -[Vic] Hold on a second.
Huh? What now?
[Vic] Waller who has been one step ahead of Breakker.
-[Booker] Mind games. -[Vic] Yeah, you just said it.
-Mind games. -[Booker] Mind games.
Grayson Waller said he was gonna come here and he was gonna beat Breakker tonight
here in Charlotte, North Carolina, in front of all these people.
[Vic] Oh, now Breakker firing back
and Breakker has been waiting patiently for this.
-Woo. -[audience laughing]
[Vic] Look at that, Bron remembering what happened a few weeks ago
when he went through the barricade in Orlando, not tonight here in Charlotte.
[Booker] Different deal, Vic. Bron Breakker is right in his element.
He's at home in his environment right here and you've got to love that.
[Vic] Grayson isn't gonna love it now. Bron Breakker here firmly in control.
These two still haven't even entered the cage yet,
but, as you mentioned earlier to me, that cage is a weapon.
[Booker] You bet, man.
My mama said, "You big enough to pass a lick, you big enough to take one."
Right now, we going to get this thing kicked off right now.
Let's do it. Let's spin this up, Vic.
[Vic] Look how confident Breakker is entering in.
[cage door clicks]
[Booker] Oh, locking up.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] And now, Waller finds himself locked in a cage.
[Booker] Lock it up, Vic.
-[bell rings] -[audience cheering]
[Vic] With the NXT Champion, and now look at Waller running,
and again Waller can't win the title by climbing over the top rope.
All he's trying to do is get away. He's scared, Book.
-He's scared of Breakker. -[Booker] I won't say that.
-I won't say that about this kid. -[Vic] What's he doing in running away?
[Booker] Sometimes, that's what you gotta do in a fight.
You gotta do what you gotta do to stay in the fight,
and right now that's what this kid, Waller, is doing.
Look at him right now. Right back in the game.
That was a strategy, Vic.
[Vic] We'll see how that strategy works out throughout the matchup.
I do wanna get a legitimate answer outta you, Book.
How does one prepare for a cage match
as we're finally officially underway in this NXT Championship matchup?
[Booker] Come on, this is where you go into that self-interrogation mode.
[Vic] Oh, look at this. Oh! A little Steiner line from Bron tonight.
[Booker] Start asking yourself those questions, am I ready to do this?
Oh, yes, I'm ready.
[Vic] The dogs are out in full effect here in Charlotte.
And just like that, Breakker can change the complexion of the matchup.
He's got the speed, he's got the power.
And now, looking to even showcase more of an impact
here inside the steel cage, making Waller think about it.
And while he holds Waller, Bron Breakker, I'm sure is smiling deep down inside.
[Booker] Let me tell you something, watching it at home is one thing,
but the quickness and the explosiveness
of this man right here, Bron Breakker, is unbelievable.
[Vic] Nice moonsault, didn't get all, certainly got enough of it.
We do have to bring this-- Still gotta bring this up.
Before we do that, here's the speed.
Here's the power of Bron Breakker, champion here in NXT.
Bron's never defended the title under these circumstances before.
This is new ground for Bron Breakker, so to speak.
[Booker] Vic, this is when champions shine under the bright lights of…
-[Vic] Oh, what a right hand. -[Booker] …thousands of people.
Because that's what they want, they want that moment.
We're on the road to WrestleMania.
[Vic] We are, but after that right hand, Waller realized it didn't even faze Bron,
a second one just stun the NXT Champion.
And Waller right in, Waller right around, and planting with a DDT.
Breakker, cover, the count, champion's stunned,
but able to kick out at one.
[Booker] Let me tell you something, when you hit Breakker with a shot,
you wanna follow up and you wanna follow up quick
just like this, right here with that DDT. Beautiful.
[grunting]
[Vic] Waller now measuring the champion.
-[Waller barks] -[audience laughing]
[Vic] Funny how Waller now decides to mock Bron Breakker.
-Didn't look like it was-- -[Booker] He's like a Chihuahua,
you know what I mean, more than a pit bull or a boxer or something like that.
[Vic] Waller has called the champion out for having empty threats,
but somehow, some way has had an uncanny ability to stay ahead of Breakker.
One step, two steps for weeks.
As he's a step ahead of Breakker here again.
Into the cover, and another kick out at one by Breakker,
and now look at Waller.
[indistinct chatter]
[Booker] Grayson Waller is looking for one of those viral moments
here tonight in this matchup.
And so one thing that worry me about this kid, Grayson Waller,
is another guy, Dolph Ziggler. A guy that wanted to steal the show.
I wonder what his career could have been if he didn't think that way.
-It's the same thing I think-- -[Vic] Dolph Ziggler won world titles.
-[Booker] But he could've… -[Vic] He won Money in the Bank.
[Booker] …won several. He could've won many more. That's what I'm talking about.
[Vic] So, you think Waller's too focused on those viral moments?
-That outside stuff? -[Booker] Exactly what I'm talking about.
That's the one thing that could hinder this kid.
It could literally put him in that mode where everything could just go haywire.
-Here we go. -[Vic] Got caught,
and now a belly to belly from Bron.
[Booker] I thought he was going over the top there for a second.
[Vic] That was a nice job by Waller. Almost shifting his weight a bit.
Making Breakker have to shift game plan.
As now Breakker again picking up some speed,
and this time catching and dropping.
[Booker chuckling] Shades of that Dog-Faced Gremlin,
Rick Steiner right there. I've seen that move before.
I've felt that move before right there.
[Vic] Bron Breakker approaching 370 days as NXT Champion
across two different reigns with a bulldog.
Only two men, Book, have spent more time as champion in NXT than Bron Breakker.
Shows you how special Bron Breakker is.
I think Bron just said, "It's time to wrap up."
[Booker] Textbook right there that bulldog off the top right there, Vic.
-[Booker] Textbook. -[Vic] There's nowhere to go, Grayson.
You're in a steel cage.
[audience booing]
[Vic] Oh, no.
[audience clamoring]
[Vic] The champion head and shoulder first,
now Waller into the cover quickly to become champion,
and a kick out by Breakker.
But Waller again one step ahead, and I ask you this. Bam.
-Did he bait the champion in? -[Booker] I think he did.
Bron fell for it right there. That was the old bait and switch.
Pulled it off perfectly too.
[Vic] Look, Grayson Waller's gonna have no problem hook or crook.
He'll steal this championship.
He'd do whatever it takes to become champion here tonight.
He's got no problem cutting corners does Grayson Waller.
Waller now measuring Bron. And again, Bron just--
We saw the speed of Bron in this matchup, we saw the power of Bron Breakker.
Did you see the force in which he hit that steel cage?
Did you see that? Bron's on dream street right now.
[Booker] Bron Breakker, like I said, might want to turn it down
-and I wanted him to pump it up. -[Vic] Oh.
[Booker] That was the wrong time to pump it up
because right now Grayson Waller is in total control of this matchup.
[Vic] Again, Waller realizing it. Into the cover,
another hook of the leg, and another kick out by the champion.
Look, this steel cage rips flesh. It will bruise egos.
A tremendous toll will be taken on both these superstars here tonight,
but look at Waller right now with pinpoint precision
-going right at Bron Breakker. -[Booker] Talking about egos, Vic.
I'm going to tell you right now. If Waller wins this match tonight,
can you imagine how big this guy's head is going to be just like that? Oh, my God.
[Vic] Think about how we started this matchup.
He brought this golden shoe out here. He already had champagne popping.
-[Booker] Don't forget about the ladies. -[Vic] That's what you're thinking,
but I'm thinking about the matchup now. Now, it's Waller looking to fly. Oh!
Again tasting that steel is Breakker.
When steel meets flesh, steel is undefeated. One more time now.
Waller with the champion in his sights, and-- Uh-uh…
Breakker trying to hoist up Waller, and right to the eyes.
-[Booker] Beautiful. -[Vic] Again, as we mentioned,
Waller not going to be afraid to cut any corners in this match.
I've just looked up from my monitor here from the table.
The welts are starting to form on the back.
Boom, and that certainly was unpretty,
but will it be pretty enough to bring home the gold?
Breakker again able to get that left shoulder up.
Beautiful move right there. Just rode Bron like surfboard to the mat. Wow.
[Vic] Take another look at the innovative offense
-by the challenger to win this match. -[Booker] Wow. What do we call that, Vic?
-[Vic] You can call it whatever you want. -[Booker] Surfboard.
-[Vic] Call it what? -[Booker] Surfboard.
[Vic] I'll let you write that one down.
You can use it every single week, 'cause Waller right now could be cruising,
-could be surfing to the NXT Championship. -[Booker] There it is.
[Vic] As you start to hear the NXT Universe here in Charlotte.
[Booker] Like I said, this kid is very capable. He's crafty.
He's one of those guys that you may think you got one up on him
and he turns it around just like that. That's Grayson Waller.
[Vic] There you see Breakker almost trying to get back to his feet
to get back into it somehow, some way,
but Waller able to fend him off one more time.
Again, it's important to remember. Wait a minute. Breakker charging in.
A little Frankensteiner this time. Is that going to be enough?
Breakker the champion into the cover, the count,
and Waller again got that left shoulder up.
[Booker] Talk about pulling out all the stops right there.
Bron Breakker went up top right there with that Frankensteiner a bit different.
Add a little salt to it, a little Cholula green on that right there, baby.
[Vic] That adrenaline pumping right now in Bron is slowing things down yet again.
It's important to remember too.
The last time these two were in a cage together,
they were teammates representing a new era.
And how times have change because the winner tonight,
let's not forget, leads this brand into Los Angeles,
leads this brand into WrestleMania Saturday
at Stand & Deliver.
That's the knockout blow possibly, but Waller realizing he needs to fly.
He needs that exclamation point. Off the top, pinpoint precision.
-[Booker] Right to the heart. -[Vic] Into the cover for the title,
and Breakker again. Again defiant as champion.
[Booker] Let me tell you something. You see this guy, Grayson Waller,
you're thinking he's outta the game. He's playing possum, Vic.
-He's playing possum. Right there. -[Vic] First it was to knee Bron Breakker.
And then to add to it, Grayson Waller with some airtime.
A little bit higher than a lot of hornets have gotten here in the Spectrum Center.
Delivers that elbow, but Bron Breakker able to kick out.
-[Booker] You had to go there, didn't you? -[Vic] What?
-[Booker] You had to go there. -[Vic] So what?
[Booker] Keep it going. Right now, this man right here, Bron Breakker,
he's a certain pedigree.
He has fight all over his DNA, Vic, so he's not gonna quit.
-[Vic] What's going on? -[Referee] What the hell, man? Come on.
-[Vic] It's all legal. -[groaning]
[Booker] Exactly. What are you talking about?
[Vic] I thought Waller wanted to win this.
We heard Grayson Waller talking about wanting to--
[Booker] Waller wants to punish Breakker. This is about showing Bron Breakker.
It's not about being all brawn. Okay? It's about being all brain sometimes,
and that's what Waller is here tonight, Vic, at Vengeance Day,
he wants this championship.
He wants to go home tonight and new NXT champ.
[Vic] All Waller cares about is himself. He doesn't care about this brand.
-[Booker] What are you gonna think about? -[Vic] He's not the one like Breakker
who's taken this brand across the nation. Look at Breakker, that's a champion.
That's a champion we can be proud of. Not Waller who only thinks about himself,
and we could be closing in on the Waller era.
[Booker] I'm not saying that I'm not proud of Breakker.
Of course, I'm proud of him,
but this business is about going out there and winning.
[Vic] Uh-oh.
And Bron, we talk about the defiant champion
who's put this brand on his back since day one.
Overcoming, overpowering.
[audience imitating barking]
[Vic] And Waller just realizing…
And again, Waller trying to run to create some distance, to create some separation,
but Bron Breakker gonna have none of that.
[Booker chuckling] Let me tell you something.
[Vic] Breakker returning the favor.
[Booker] The look in the eyes of Breakker says,
"I'm tired of playing from this point on, no jiving, no playing around.
I'm going to finish this."
[Vic] Breakker now. How sweet it must feel after all these weeks for Bron.
-[Booker] Wow. Wow. -[Vic] Pinballing Waller around.
[audience cheering]
[audience imitating barking]
[Vic] Just take a look at the pure power on display by Bron Breakker.
You think about everything Breakker has overcome in this match.
As now his eyes are set on Waller. Charging in.
Oh, Waller's able to outsmart Breakker for the moment. A low blow.
[Booker] In the crown jewels.
[Vic] And we said he'd not be afraid to cut corners. A Stunner to boot.
-[Booker] It's legal, Vic. -[Vic] Into the damn cover.
-[Booker] What are you saying? -[Vic] Breakker kicked out.
[Booker] It's legal. Wow. Wow.
[Vic] Unreal. Somehow, Breakker was able to kick out,
and you take a look at Charlotte now. You take a look at the NXT Championship
for both these superstars, this match a defining moment.
When a defining moment comes along, you either define that moment
or that moment's going to define you. This is about the NXT title.
Champion, challenger, Breakker, Waller.
[Booker] That's what I love about those moments, Vic. They could be there,
-they could be gone just like that. -You can't blame me, how tough it is.
-[Vic] Did you hear what Waller said? -[audience chanting]
[Vic] What is going through Waller's mind?
[audience chanting] Let's go, Waller! Waller sucks!
[audience chanting] Let's go, Waller. Waller sucks!
[Vic] Book, you talk about those viral moments.
-Taking his eyes off the ball. -[Booker] I think I know, Vic.
I think I know what this is. This is that--
-[Vic] What's he care more about, Book? -[Booker] That viral moment, Vic.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] Giving it to the people.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] Social media.
[audience cheering]
[audience imitating barking]
[Vic] Boy, here's your viral moment.
There's nowhere for Waller to go, nowhere for him to run.
He can't get out of the cage. You can't win the title, Grayson.
You can't win the gold. You gotta do it in the ring.
[Booker] You know what, Vic? I think he'll get a viral moment.
[Vic] He'll get that viral moment. -[Booker] He'll get that viral moment.
[audience cheering]
-[Vic] Superplex. -[Booker] Wow.
[audience cheering]
[audience imitating barking]
[Vic] And you hear the barks.
[audience imitating barking]
[Booker] Vic, that superplex looked like it all knocked the wind
right out of Grayson Waller's body.
[Vic] But you hear NXT bringing it to Bron Breakker.
[audience cheering]
-[screaming] -[Vic] This is what Breakker wanted.
This is the moment Bron's been waiting for.
But go for the cover.
Bro-- Bron has it.
-[Vic] Book. -[Booker] It's bigger than that, Vic.
-It's bigger than you and I'd ever know. -[Vic] Waller can't even get to his feet.
-[Booker] Vic, it's bigger than that. -[Vic] Waller can't stand up.
[Booker] This is personal at this point.
[audience clamoring]
Look at me. Look at me. You want to talk trash now? Huh?
You want to talk trash on social media to me now? Huh?
This is my dog pound. I run NXT.
[audience clamoring]
[audience imitating barking]
[Vic] Waller defiant in the end. As, bam, he just gets destroyed
by Bron Breakker, who retains his title.
["Fear No Evil" playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner and still the NXT Champion,
Bron Breakker.
-[Booker] Wow. -[Vic] You can say that again, Book.
Grayson Waller brought his best.
But in the end…
you gotta wonder what was going through Waller's mind
because Bron Breakker came here with one thing on his, to win, to retain.
Let's return to some of the action.
This is that viral moment Waller was looking for, as you said it,
certainly got one with that huge superplex.
And then Bron Breakker would hit this devastating Spear,
but then this would happen.
[audience cheering]
[screaming]
Huh? This is my dog pound.
I run NXT.
[audience] Oh!
[Vic] Grayson Waller would no longer be one step ahead of Bron Breakker,
who, bam, delivered one of the damnedest spears
we've seen Breakker deliver here in NXT to retain his championship.
[ "Fear No Evil" continues playing]
[Vic] As Bron celebrating with his dog pound here in Charlotte.
[screaming]
[barks]
[Vic] And there is Carmelo Hayes.
While Bron said he came to Charlotte to destroy, conquer and retain,
did we just witness possibly the next roadblock for our champion
on his road to Stand & Deliver?
["Fear No Evil" continues playing]
Subtitle translation by: Aparna Iyer roadblock for our champion