[WWE intro music]
[man 1] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[man 1] Los Angeles, your light shines brighter
as we continue WrestleMania weekend.
Oh, Elton, what a night's headline.
Yes, quite so.
Today, NXT returns to Tinseltown,
so it's only fitting that your visionary, radiant, glittering hosts, pretty deadly,
are here to present to you what we'll guarantee to be an unforgettable,
acclaimed and historic spectacle.
-Stand. -And deliver.
Yes, boy.
[man 2] Six women put their bodies on the line.
[Elton] In a ladder match to crown an NXT Women's Champion.
Elton, I predict this could be a show-stealer.
[Music]
[Kiana] The only way that I can win this battle
is by climbing that ladder, retrieving my title, that I never lost.
How is Wes Lee possibly going to retain his title?
[Wes Lee] I can compete against the best athletes, from around the world.
Which of these five will have their golden moment in Los Angeles?
Who will be the North American Champion?
[Elton] The tag team scene has been a bustling high with competition.
The NXT tag team championships will be contested in triple-threat match.
[Man 2] At Stand and Deliver, the creeds, Tony and Stacks,
they'll find out the hard way. Gallus boys on top.
[Elton] NXT women's tag team champions,
Fallon Henley and Kiana James are in their first title defense
against a dark force that could cast a shadow over their short reign.
Two spirits in turmoil do not deserve to be champions.
At Stand and Deliver, we burn our opposition to the ground.
[man 2] Johnny Gargano now must do everything in his power
to exact revenge on Grayson Waller.
[Elton] A match so brutal, it could take years off of your career.
Grayson Waller versus Johnny Gargano, no rules,
anything goes in an unsanctioned match.
[Man 2] The future is all about these two titans
who have been on a collision course 18 months in the making.
This could be the biggest match in NXT history.
[Man 3] At Stand and Deliver, I'm going to take everything from you Bron,
and I'm going to take it because it's mine.
Because I am him, and I promise I will walk in,
and I will walk out at Stand and Deliver still the NXT champion.
[man 3] The lights are ready.
The cameras are rolling.
The action starts now.
It's time for NXT Stand and Deliver.
[Man 1] Now WWE presents NXT Stand and Deliver.
[Music]
[Elton] The time is indeed now.
Wrestlemania Saturday kicks off with NXT,
and while some this weekend look to finish their stories,
today, these superstars look to begin theirs.
Who will take their first steps?
Who will Sand and Deliver?
[Tiffany Stratton's music plays]
[Bell rings]
[Book] The following is a ladder match for the NXT Women's Championship.
Introducing Tiffany Stratton.
[Vic] Of course, six women with one goal, to walk out of Los Angeles
with the NXT Women's Championship.
Welcome in ringside, Vic alongside the two-time WWE hall of famer Book.
Book, it is WrestleMania Saturday.
I got goosebumps popping out of my boot.
I do agree, man. It's about to get hot up in here.
Right now, book, who's going to climb the ladder?
-Who's going to retrieve the gold? -Yes.
-Who's walking out NXT Women's Champ? -Let's do it.
There's a question, who's going to win NXT Women's Championship?
You're so excited you're not even listening to me.
Did you see Tiffany Stratton, that walk?
It told me a whole lot about her, so I don't know, man.
It's going to be good.
[Lyra Valkyria's music plays]
[announcer] Next Lyra Valkyria.
[Vic] One name you left off was Lyra Valkyria
Who has been close to gold in the past.
Is she someone who's being overlooked here today?
[Book] Look here, Lyra made her debut back in December
and she's moving up the ladder quick.
No pun intended, but tonight could be a moment.
A moment that will last forever.
[Vic] There we see Zoey Stark, of course, who grew up in the area.
First time she ever attended a live event the WWE was in this building.
Indi Hartwell has been looking to claim gold.
Gigi Dolin, we know that story.
She talked about being an unfinished painting.
Can she finish her own individual story here tonight?
When you think about the women's division, you think about the prodigy.
[Man 2] Their opponent, she is the NXT women's champion,
Roxanne Perez.
-[Vic] She's been cleared by medical. -[Book] Yes.
She was okayed to be an this matchup by Shawn Michaels.
You have known her longer than anyone.
Was it wise for Roxanne Perez to want to be in this matchup?
Everything that's gone on over the last month?
[Book] I'm so excited, Vic, I'm so excited for this young lady.
Because she could have sat on the sideline,
she could have fought another day, but, she wants to out there and prove
that she is truly the best in this business at 21 years old.
I give her a whole lot of credit for stepping inside this square
circle with these ladies tonight.
[Vic] All six, I just peeked up from the monitor,
all staring at the NXT Women's Title, which is very high above the ring.
[Bell rings]
The reality is starting to set in for these six,
and right now, right off the bat, we see some going to the outside.
There's a lot of strategy at play in this sort of matchup.
[Book] No, Vic, there's no strategy.
-[Vic] What do you mean, no strategy? -[Book] No, no.
It's going to be being in the right place at the right time.
Who's going to have the intentional fortitude?
The will to last in this matchup tonight.
[Vic] Well, there's Indi Hartwell, and Indi Hartwell
said this is about her life's work.
She dedicated her life for this moment, for this spotlight.
Moved all the way America from Australia after turning just 22 years old.
[Book] Indi Hartwell is so lucky to have this opportunity.
She needs to cash in on it because this could mess with the psyche,
not getting a big victory like this tonight at Stand and Deliver.
[Vic] Also Zoey stark looking to cash-in as well, but for Roxanne
Perez, it's all about defending her championship.
She was close to not being able to even do that here in Los Angeles.
[Book] There's that progidy right there, Vic.
That special talent that's extraordinary. Let's see if she could pull it off here.
[Vic] Perez said she would do anything, nothing would stop her,
for what she loves in life and that is to be here and compete
for the NXT universe on this sort of stage Wrestlemania Saturday.
When you think about what all these women are fighting for,
that NXT Women's Title, look no further than what's going
to happen later today at Sofi Stadium.
Charlotte flair, Rhea Ripley for the smackdown women's title.
[Book] Oh, yes.
[Vic] Both a pair of former NXT Women's Champions in their own rights.
[Book] Just going to show you the magnitude of this matchup.
One of these ladies want to be in that position one day
and that day could come really, really soon, Vic.
[Vic] I got to say, Book, Roxanne Perez for all the questions
coming into this matchup, she's been on a roll.
[Book] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Vic] She might have been wiped out, and now it's
Dolin and Stratton, and you take a look around, no ladders yet
have made their way into the ring.
Again, it goes back to strategy in this matchup of--
[Book] you're still talking strategy, Vic.
[Vic] I'm talking about the strategy of some in this match.
[Book] It's not going to come down to strategy at the end of the night, Vic.
It's going to come down to will, heart and determination.
Something that I think Gigi Dolin has.
[Vic] Dolin said she's ready to put her toxic past behind her.
She's taken steps to do that.
Is she the one to take the ladder, and go step by step
to the NXT Women's Championship?
[Book] Gigi knows about life struggles, Vic.
One thing about coming up that way, you don't have a whole lot,
but you don't miss what you never had until you get it.
Oh, here we go.
[Vic] Well, talking about getting it,
look at Tiffany Stratton putting in the work.
Whoa.
[Book] Oh, wow.
[Vic] Zoey Stark trying to answer right back.
Zoey stark strongly believes she has been at the top of this women's division.
[Book] Oh, wow.
Indi Hartwell said I want a piece of the action,
a little of this champagne wishes and caviar dreams.
Let me get a piece, but back to Zoey, man.
Zoey feel like she's paying her dues, Vic. She feel like she's put in the work.
[crowd cheers]
[Vic] Whoop. Talk about putting in the work.
Hartwell doing that right now. Looking around, look up.
[Book] Oh, wow.
Valkyria in the right place, like I said, Vic, at the right time.
Biggest stage Valkyria has ever competed on.
[Crowd chants "NXT"]
[Vic] You hear the NXT universe here tonight on their feet.
Now a little bit of a struggle between these two.
[Book] Roxanne tried to take advantage of that ladder being in the ring.
[Vic] Oh.
[Book] Valkyria wants this thing, man. Look at the eyes of Valkyria.
[Vic] Right now, boom.
Could have just rolled the eyes in the back of the head
after that strike to Perez. Dolin now gets caught.
Look at the combination offense from Valkyria.
[Book] Those educated feet, Vic.
Those educated feet are coming into play right now.
Oh, here we go. Here comes the pain.
[Vic] Spine on ladder.
Ladder's always going to win.
[Book] Yes, indeed. I hated these ladder matches.
Anything can happen. Unpredictability.
[Vic] Watch out, Book.
Hartwell overpowering Zoey Stark right now.
You can hear just Hartwell. Stratton, what's on her mind now?
Look at Hartwell quickly.
All six of these women.
We talk about that NXT Women's Championship.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Book] Talk about strategy. This is a strategy.
Oh, yes.
[Vic] These women willing to destroy themselves to destroy the other.
[Book] Look at the ring.
[Vic] It's? Valkyria.
Finally, a ladder being set up, and Valkyria now trying to go
rung-by-rung.
[Book] This could be that moment we was talking about, Vic.
[Vic] Trying to fly.
[Book] She's getting up quick.
[Vic] Stark realizing it, cutting her off.
Stark now slowing the pace of this matchup down quickly.
[Book] Like I said, Vic, Zoey Stark, she's paying her dues.
She wants to work on that main stage.
She wants to be at Wrestlemania one day. Just like you, Vic.
You want to be calling the big matches one day.
That's what Zoey stark wants in her life.
[Vic] Walk in.
Look at Valkyria. Look at the balance. Look at the athleticism.
Up on that ladder right now, Vic.
Not necessarily perfectly placed underneath the championship,
but at this point, Valkyria teetering with Tiffany.
[Book] Say what you want to say about Tiffany's threat.
Tantalizing, titillating, but she's a baddie. Oh, yes.
[Vic] Stark, look at Hartwell.
Hartwell trying to wipe out Stark real quick.
[Book] Combination right there by Indi Hartwell.
Looking to cash in.
She's looking for black gold.
Texas tears.
She needs that title around her waist.
[Vic] Look what Hartwell realized.
She realized she had to reposition the ladder.
Very wise of Hartwell, and this could be Indi's moment now.
She got it centered up. But can she climb?
She's got to go. She's got to move maybe a little bit faster.
There's Stratton, and that's another danger of the ladder match.
[Book] Tiffany's talking to her at the same time.
[Vic] Perez, she's on the back of Indi Hartwell.
Tiffany. Tiffany. Fingertips.
[Book] So close, Vic. So close. Oh, wow.
[Vic] You can see Roxanne Perez.
She realizes her championship was almost out, and-- oh,
she just got taken out along with Stratton.
[Book] Timber.
[Vic] Don't think about it, Indi, move.
[Book] I must say, I agree with you there, Vic.
Wasting that precious, precious time in a match like this.
[Vic] Centering it up.
This is the goal that Indi Hartwell has had her entire life.
She can see it. It's there, and oh.
[Book] Wasted too much time. Gigi Dolin at the right-- like I say, Vic,
it's going to come down to being at the right place at the right time.
[Vic] Speaking of Dolin. She's been on this stage before.
She's turned all that pain. She's turned all that hurt.
She's turned it into fuel.
The fuel right now for Dolin
to climb that ladder to call herself a singles champion here in NXT.
Can she manage her emotions tonight? Emotion to the stage?
[Book] She has to. Being in that group toxic attraction for so long,
and now being out there on her own, I'm sure it's different.
I'm sure it's different, but can she do it? I think so.
[Vic] Right now, her own momentum took her down,
but she quickly got right back up, and she is wiping out the field.
This goes back to strategy, Book. This is great strategy by Dolin.
Take everybody out.
[Book] This is taking the ladder knock the hell out of somebody, Vic. Come on.
This is win by any means, I say it all the time.
Win by any means necessary.
[Vic] Valkyria.
[Book] Oh, wow.
[Vic] You start to look around, especially on Valkyria,
you can see the welts starting to form on the bodies of all these women.
The dangers of this matchup.
[Book] This is a different Gigi Dolin here tonight too, Vic. She wants it.
[Vic] Oh. Start connecting with that super kick.
Charging back in. Oh, and again, Valkyria gets caught.
You see the field laid out.
Human demolition there by kicking us off here.
Let's go back to some of this action.
Look at this Nasty, bam, landing from Valkyria.
[Book] Nasty.
[Vic] Not to be outdone, Valkyria felt the brunt of Zoey's storm.
[Book] Letting it all hang out right now, Vic.
I told you, it's going to come down to attrition.
[Crowd chants "this is awesome"]
[Vic] This is setting the tone, not just for stand and deliver,
but for Wrestlemania Weekend.
[Book] Like I say Vic. Looking at that Gigi Dolin,
I say, you never miss what you never had,
but once you get it one time, if she could get her hands
on that championship, it would change her life forever.
[Vic] I tried to talk to Gigi Dolin.
She said that this moment means so much to her.
She was on the pre-show a year ago in Dallas.
She's now in the opening match. The spotlight is solely on her.
She is solely in the ring right now, climbing.
Again, gets caught, Stratton. Stratton trying to overpower Dolin.
[Book] Look at the strength of Tiffany Stratton. Oh, yes.
Rolling thunder on the ladder.
[Vic] Nasty landing one more time, but there's Perez
and the NXT Women's Champion.
[Book] Oh. Going for that.
Going for that Russian, almost got it. Oh, no.
[Vic] Now, Stratton realizing, and we can say
what we want to say about Tiffany Stratton.
She is stepping up in this moment right now-- oh.
[Book] I've been saying this since one day What are you talking about?
[Vic] Perez quick as a cat all the way to the top.
Hands on the title, but Stratton there quickly realizing it,
and now both women. Look how high up these women are.
Then both go crashing down.
[Book] Bad, bad spill there by Roxanne.
I didn't like that spill, came down on the ankle real hard there by Roxanne.
[Vic] You got to wonder the damage that has been done to Perez
after that battle with Meiko Satomura.
There is Stratton, one more time. Her own little bit of combination offense,
and now look around, Book. No one to stop Tiffany.
Tiffany going to the top. Hartwell.
[Book] Oh, yes. My god. Right on the lower part of the back.
[Vic] That might be the dammest spine buster
I've ever seen on the steel ladder.
[Book] Yes, Vic. That right there, like you say, the steel always
wins in that situation. Man.
[Vic] They're taking again a look around.
Indi again trying and Zoey Stark.
These women have-- whoa.
[Book] Indi again going to have to climb that ladder
with a little more urgency, Vic.
[Vic] Look at Zoey stark at this moment. You talk about a moment.
She's looking around. She sat in this very arena.
She has been here for so many different WWE live events that this could be
her crowning moment with family in attendance here tonight.
Having to risk it all-- a little misstep there.
Indi was able to get out of the way, but now that's allowing.
Zoey Stark at this moment to really put together.
Look at this contraption right now.
[Book] Yes, indeed. Zoey was using that ladder like a battery ram.
Right now, got Indi in the right place there.
Get it, Vic. At the right time. Oh, yes. Wow.
[Vic] Even when delivering the offense, you can see Zoey Stark cringing
because of what the ladder is doing there, what she's willing to sacrifice.
[Book] Just to catch an elbow, catch a knee, anything.
Those ladders, they hurt, Vic. They hurt a lot.
That's why I hated matches like this.
Not my forte, but they are history-making matches.
History-making moments.
[Vic] Indi Hartwell, and now Zoey Stark.
Stark in Los Angeles, in her home arena.
[Booker T] She's got it.
[Vic] All the way to the top.
Hand on the gold, crowning moment-- Perez, one more time.
The NXT Women's Champion realizing her title could be
slipping through her grasp.
Doing anything she can right now, Book.
[Book] Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed.
That's my motto right there, Vic.
By any means necessary, you do what you got to do.
[Vic] Perez doing just that.
Anything she has to do to retain the championship.
[Book] Wow. Big back elbow by Zoey.
[Vic] Stark, one more time. Oh. Perez had an answer.
[Book] Scout it, Vic. Scout it.
Now you talking about strategy. Strategy just came into play.
Just came into play.
[Vic] Perez realizes she can't win by pinfall or submission.
She's got to climb the ladder. She's got to retrieve the title.
Can we see it twice? We talk about film study.
Stratton was one step ahead.
[Book] Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed.
[Vic] Uh-oh. Looking up.
Oh, Perez again. How does she do this?
How does she overcome the odds?
[Book] That's why they call her the prodigy, Vic.
That's why they call her that special, special one.
[Vic] So much imposed pressure.
The prodigy to the top, to the title. Can she unclasp it?
[Book] So close. So close.
[Vic] Dawn just by the heel of the boot able to hold on.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Book] The strength of Gigi Dolin.
[Vic] Talk about nasty landings and Nasty spills,
I think Dolin may be in for one here in a matter of moments.
That crucifix bomb.
Now look who's in the driver's seat.
[Book] That's in the eyes. You look in the eyes of Gigi,
it's a different Gigi here tonight.
Like I say, this is a life changing moment, Vic.
All she needs to do is get to the top, but that's a long way.
[Vic] Valkyria performing under these bright lights
would love to add a piece of gold to all the black feathers
she has won in all the battles she has been in.
Down to Dolin. Down to Valkyria.
Stark, right now, you saw her getting back into the mix for a moment, right back in.
Valkyria realizing it and wiping out the field, a little two for one special.
[Book] These ladies want it, Vic. Who wants it most?
[Vic] It looks like it's Valkyria.
[Book] Who wants it most? That's the question.
Who wants to most? She's there.
[Vic] Hands on. Can she unclasp the gold?
Dolin having run some interference one more time.
Booker.
[Book] I don't like this.
[Vic] Hung out to dry. Valkyria can't move.
Valkyria in a prone position.
[Book] Gigi, she's so close to changing her life, Vic.
One more rung. Just one more and you're there.
[Vic] Yes, but look, Valkyria is the same.
She's so close to changing her life as well.
Both women are at the top looking for the title.
Oh.
[Book] My god, man.
[Vic] Dolin realizing there's a championship
trying to grab--
[Book] What the?
Who? Jacy Jayne.
This is my time. This is about me.
[Vic] Jacy Jayne,
picking her spot. She said she would.
To come back and ruin the moment for Gigi Dolin.
[Crowd chants "you suck"]
This is about me.
[Vic] So proud of herself.
Well, we got to keep focusing, Book, because the match is at hand.
It's Straton setting up the ladder, starting to climb.
Tiffany Stratton, the center of the universe.
[Booker T] She's moving quick. Oh, she's there.
May be just that in a--
[Book] wow.
[Vic] Book.
[Book] Door just opened, Vic. Indi needs to move.
Indi needs to move quick.
[Vic] The door's wide open,
but so much has been taken out of Indi Hartwell.
So much has been taken out of all these women.
[Book] She better find a way, Vic.
She better find a way to climb that ladder.
That ladder to success.
[Vic] Championship hanging in the balance.
Book, it's Dexter Lumis.
It's Index.
-[Book] Come on. -[Vic] Yes.
-[Book] This is not fair. -[Vic] Climb.
[Book] This is not fair, Vic.
[Vic] Damn being fair. This is Indi Hartwell's moment. Yes.
[Bell rings]
[man 2] Here is your winner and new
NXT Women's Champion, Indi Hartwell.
[Vic] Sexy Dexi here when the wife needed him the most.
[Book] Sexy Dexi.
[Vic] Indi Hartwell is the new
NXT Women's Champion.
She's in disbelief.
[Book] I don't approve, but I always said, by any means necessary.
[Vic] We can't forget, though, Gigi Dolin was so close,
if not for her toxic past meeting her in the present.
Tiffany Stratton was so close, but then Tiffany tumbled
from the top wiping out the field, which then left one person,
Indi Hartwell, with a little extra boost from Dexter Lumis
being able to climb the ladder to success.
As you called it, and finally after all the years,
after all the battles, after all the letdowns, after all the nos,
Indi Hartwell sits a top the NXT Women's Division in NXT.
[man 2] It is Wrestlemania Saturday and there you see the challenger
the NXT Championship arriving earlier today as confident as ever,
but also the champion, who always has a chip on his shoulder,
main eventing his second Stand and Deliver.
[Vic] Book, moments ago we saw a new champion crowned.
Are we about to make it two-for-two here in la?
[Bell rings]
[man 2] The following triple threat match scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT Tag Team Championship.
Introducing the challengers, first, accompanied by Ivy Nile,
Julius and Brutus, the creed brothers.
[Vic] It's about the NXT Tag Team Championships.
Of course, the creed brothers, NXT Tag Team Champions before,
certainly, Book, have refound themselves in,
say, thanks to Lvy Nile who's accompanying them ringside.
[Book] Yes. Brother. They're brothers. They go through things.
Go through ups and down.
[Vic] Whoa, wait a minute, Book. Look who's right behind us.
[Book] Oh my goodness.
[Vic] The UFC Hall of famer.
[Book] What the hell?
[Vic] The former UFC World Champion.
[Booker T] No, hell no.
[Vic] The number one fan of the creed brothers,
Daniel Cormier is here.
I've never seen book so starstruck before in my life.
[Book] Man, I was about to do something.
[Vic] What were you going to do?
[Book] Run to the dressing room.
[Tony D'Angelo's music plays]
[Vic] Well, looks like Tony brought some backup tonight.
[man 2] Next, the team of Channing ''Stacks'' Lorenzo
and "the Don of NXT " Tony D'Angelo.
[Vic] Getting back into this. This is only the second time
these two have teamed together.
Does that stand out to you in a triple threat tag team match?
[Book] These guys they're ultimate friends.
Look at how they treat each other.
Stack's that security blanket for D'Angelo.
You've got to love that kind of relationship.
Family, Vic. This is family.
[Vic] It certainly is. You take a look at the Don,
and mentioned family, Stacks now the underboss.
D'Angelo took his first step to becoming the Don last here
in Stand and Deliver when he defeated Tommaso Ciampa.
He doesn't win that match, there may be no family.
[Book] Yes, indeed. D'Angelo, the Don of that click,
and these guys are looking to nail through that package.
Time to show the world who the Gallus boys are.
Aye. Triple threat, anything goes. Aye.
Now let's go defend our titles. It's gallus boys on top.
[Gallus boys' music plays]
[man 2] Their opponents, they are the NXT Tag Team Champions,
Mark Coffey and Wolfgang, Gallus.
[Vic] Triple threat rules, they don't need to be factored
in the decision, does Gallus, to lose their titles.
Even knowing that they told McKenzie Mitchell
on the Tuesday on NXT they're confident hearing into this matchup.
[Book] I like putting the paint to the side.
It's going to be time to get to the pulp,
but it's time to take care of business. I love these Gallus boys.
[Vic] Book, two-time WWE hall of famer.
One of those rings with your brother, Stevie ray, Harlem heat,
he and you have been tag-team champions countless times.
You have had to compete under these sort of rules.
What sort of prep goes into that as champions?
[Book] Oh, man.
Vic, that's a really, really, really good question.
You got the Gallus boys who came back after a long Hiatus
and just snatched those Tag Team Championships.
All they got to do is just go out there and stick to the plan,
but then you've got the creed brothers who's been going through ups and downs,
but they are brothers to the bone.
A win tonight, could definitely put them right back in action.
We look at D'Angelo and Stacks, oh, my god.
[Vic] All three of these teams who bonded over the last few weeks--
[Book] oh, yes.
[Vic] This now match turning into triple threat.
I'm sure there's going to be no friends in this matchup.
I'm glad you said they're hiatus, they were suspended,
Book, they were suspended from the brand.
[Book] Same thing.
He wasn't around that. They weren't around for months on end.
Then come back and snatch those championships from the new day.
A tag team that's very, very highly touted.
[Vic] Look at these quick tags being made by all these teams
trying to get the advantage in this matchup.
It's now Stacks. That's Julius Creed.
Nice take down from former acc standout and breaking up the cover is Mark Coffey.
Again, Gallus does not need to be factored in this matchup--
-[Vic] To lose their gold. -[Book] Two on one.
I'm going to take the two every day of the week inside cradle, shoulders down.
[Book] Beautiful.
[Vic] Shifting his weight just a little bit.
Oh, you talk about weights, you talk about going to the weight room.
Look at Julius creed.
Big slam, and they put in some extra work in the dojo, and there comes D'Angelo.
[Book] I like everything about the creed brothers.
Like I said a win tonight could get these guys right back on track.
Hey, that's what everybody is looking for here.
[Vic] Wrestlemania weekend.
[Book] Oh, yes.
[Vic] Look at Stacks D''Angelo, the family,
the boss, the underboss on the same page.
Of course, D'Angelo has been-- oh.
[Book] My god, look at the strength from D'Angelo.
That's power Vic. That's what that is.
[Vic] He's been looking for gold, the family.
Has been looking for gold for quite some time
and they could finally win it here tonight.
[Book] Just need to stay focused.
Got to have tunnel vision, got to put those blinders
on in the matchup like this, Vic.
[Vic] You talk about the fam, they too have been putting in the work.
Tagging, this is only the second time they've ever worked together.
Look at the offense, look at the strategy, working together like a well-oiled unit.
Now some of this action spilling a little bit too close to us.
[Book] Oh, whoa. Wow.
Come on, guys.
Comes the straps. The straps just came down, Vic.
[Vic] You talk about the creed brothers.
They also competed at Stand and Deliver a year ago.
How have they grown in your eyes as a team?
[Book] No, I look at these guys.
First time I met them, I say these are two guys
that are big guys and definitely knows the game
as far as mat technique, precision tacticians.
[Vic] Talk about precision.
[Book] As well as look at the strength.
The power game is definitely there, Vic.
[Vic] We said they're putting extra work in the dojo,
getting a little love from DC.
[Book] I don't like this, being distracted for a second.
We don't need no outside coaching or anything like that.
We don't need no outside coaching
[Book] From DC.
[Vic] DC could be the guy that helps him a little bit,
fires him up a little bit more.
[Book] Or he could be the guy that make them
lose it all in a matchup like this.
Not being focused.
[Vic] Look at Brutus, big Brutus
tossed around D'Angelo, but bright from behind.
Quickly now Mark Coffey.
Again, Coffey-- uh-oh Mark Coffey right now just getting planted.
Mark Coffey, Wolfgang, they got to stay on their toes in this matchup.
You've seen that a little bit.
[Book] Brutus is a strong individual, and right there,
Mark Coffey got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
[Vic] What is Brutus thinking about?
Brutus got caught, and now Coffey turning things around in this matchup,
and quickly now Wolf Gang getting back up.
Gallus taking control which is what they need to do.
[Book] Nothing pretty about these Gallus boys' techniques, Vic.
They're brawlers.
[Vic] They are brawlers.
[Book] They're going to go out there and use those brawling techniques
to get a victory just like they did to win those tag team championships.
Oh, yes.
[Vic] They love a good scrap.
Right now, Wolfgang, Coffey have isolated
both Brutus and Tony D'Angelo in this moment.
You talk about changing complexion of the matchup.
Gallus has just done that.
A quick kick out there by D'Angelo at one.
[Book] Gallus boys thinking about the pulp, they're thinking about
getting a paint and they need to get thing over with to get that done, Vic.
[Vic] We talk about the pub, we talk about where they love to be.
They love to fight and they're right in their environment
in this matchup, and slugging it out now Wolfgang and D'Angelo.
Standing toe-to-toe with one another.
[Book] Talk about the preparation in this matchup.
We're in la, we're not in big bear.
We don't have to worry about the aptitude or anything like that,
but these guys got to worry about their conditioning
because it's going to be a long night.
Oh, yes.
[Vic] Talk about a long night.
That's okay with Julius who now is just tossing bodies.
Everyone he sees multitude of suplexes.
The creed brothers both have admitted as amateurs
[Book] whoa. Yes.
[Vic] They saw their biggest growth from year one to year two,
and they're entering year two here tonight.
[Book] Let me tell you something.
Julius creed got this crowd on fire, decibel level is high.
[Vic] Oh, nice sharp elbow.
Tag was made, and back in comes Stacks.
Stacks picking up a little bit of momentum and, oh, just ran over Julius.
Right back in, and now look at Stacks, took out Wolfgang, took out Julius.
[Book] It's that package I'm talking about, Stacks is looking to deliver.
Oh, yes, he's on fire.
[Vic] Look, the underboss had a little extra pep in his step
since he's been gifted that D'Angelo family cross
and that pep in his step has come to Los Angeles.
High crossbody getting right back into the cover.
Hook of the leg, and a near fall.
You got to, Book, did you see on the high crossbody
he bounced off for just a moment?
Had to get right back on?
If he would've fully connected, D'Angelo could be tag team champions right now,
[Book] not just fully connected, grab that back leg at the same time, Vic.
Definitely could have been New Tag Team Champions right there.
Right now, the strength of Julius creed trying to come into play.
Oh.
[Vic] We talk about strength.
[Book] Oh, I don't like this, Vic.
[Vic] Oh, you can say that one more time.
What? No way.
No way. Double dooms day
[Book] he's not going to do it.
[Vic] Brutus didn't get all of it, but I think
he got just enough to knock that tower down.
Unreal
[Book] Wow.
[Vic] Action in this triple threat match.
It only takes a little bit, Book.
When you're that, did you see the strength again
[Book] I'll tell you.
[Vic] Of Julius?
[Book] Right now, Vic.
We're at that stage of the match when we're throwing caution to the wind.
[Vic] You got to, though, right?
[Book] It's not going to be about technique or anything like that.
It's not going to be about x's and o's or anything like that.
It's going to be about the will and determination of who wants it most.
[Vic] What'd you say earlier? Who's willing to do what it takes to win.
[Book] I've said that from day one, by any means necessary.
[Vic] Julius now all by himself getting Stacks back in to the ring.
Again, this is what we have to remember, right now,
to Creeds are in the driver's seat.
Now look at D'Angelo from behind.
Wolfgang, Mark Coffey don't need to be factored
in the decision to lose the titles tonight. The D'Angelos.
[Book] D'Angelo just took advantage of that situation.
Right now, we may have new Tag team champions.
Get the cover. Here we go, here we go.
Whoa, wow.
[Vic] Wolfgang and Mark from the other side
able to break up the fall.
Now Tony D'Angelo "the Don"
planning center of the ring, but Stacks is legal.
Tony realizes that.
Drags Stacks up over Mark Coffey to win,
and Wolfgang just overpowered the Don. Whoa.
[Book] Tony D'Angelo is doing everything he possibly
can to walk away New Tag Team Champion here tonight, Vic.
[Vic] Badda bing, badda boom.
[Book] That's got to be it right there.
You got to get the cover. He's moving.
[Vic] Look at Stacks.
Stacks realizing it, covering, counting, going in.
Joe Coffey. No way. Mark Coffey's brother
[Vic] Joe Coffey?
Oh, was looking to clean the clock of Stacks.
D'Angelo sacrificed himself.
[Book] Wait a minute. Fill me in, Vic. What the hell is going on here?
[Vic] Joe Coffey is brother of Mark Coffey.
Gallus is complete. This is why they were so damn confident.
Not like this.
Bam.
[Book] Oh, wow.
[Vic] Cover.
One, two, three.
[Vic] Gallus retains the titles.
[Gallus' music plays]
[man 2] Here are your winners and still
the NXT Tag Team Champions, Gallus.
[Vic] Ace in the hole, Book
[Book] you damn right.
[Vic] Of Wolfgang and Mark Coffey.
[Book] Tony D' Angelo, Stacks, the family they brought in here tonight.
Look at all the risk. Almost got all the reward.
Big splash, near fall.
They were rocking, they were rolling, but right here, the turning point.
Joe Coffey's reemergence in NXT and then, bam,
D'Angelo took the bullet, sacrificed himself for Stacks, but it wouldn't matter
because, in the end, Stacks felt Gallus and Gallus retains the titles.
The kingdom is whole once again. Gallus boys on top.
Gallus stronger than ever.
[Man 2] There is Johnny Gargano.
16 months of frustration and build up.
Gargano immensely preparing for the unsanctioned match
later tonight against Grayson Waller.
Right now our hosts of Stand and Deliver, pretty deadly.
What a wild day already, kit.
Indeed, Elton. Those death defying feats
in the NXT Women's Championship ladder match.
Wow.
A new champion in Indi Hartwell.
Double wow. Who would've had their money on her?
I suppose we should mention that it's still
Gallus boys. I gag.
No, I can't. Move on, move on, move on.
We are outside of the locker room of the NXT Champion, Bron Breakker.
We're about to find out what's behind the mind of Mr. Breakker
before heading into arguably the biggest match in NXT history.
Elton.
Yes, I'll do it.
-I really think you should do it, though. -Me?
Last time we saw him, he speared us in half.
I don't want to interrupt him when he's in the zone.
That's the right call.
Well, on second thoughts, actually, we're going to give the chap his space.
I'm sure he's prepared and ready to go. Back to you, Booker and Vic.
[Vic] Well, thank you very much, pretty deadly.
Coming up next, Wes Lee's open challenge has come to Los Angeles.
He has handpicked the field, but can the cardiac kid
overcome the odds once again today?
Oh, yes.
[Crowd chants "Wes Lee"]
[Wes Lee] When the people chant my name I feel I can overcome anything and anyone.
[Music]
He doesn't understand the impact that he has on people.
He really, impactful, and he cares so much for people and their success.
I just want to see him be successful too.
[Wes Lee] All the ups and downs, the sacrifices, the risks,
all of them have culminated by getting me here.
I bust my -- everyday that I'm out here.
I'm the new standard as the NXT North American Champion.
I will risk everything to keep it.
[Vic] It is open season for the NXT North American Championship.
Who's stepping up?
[Book] Everybody want a shot.
[Vic] You can't blame them, it's an open challenge.
Who's it going to be?
Honestly, you got to love all the commotion that's going on around here.
All the chaos, the madness.
These open challenges are killing us. It's chaos every week, man.
[Vic] This situation is absolutely unpredictable.
I have to prove myself, and you more than anyone
should understand what I'm going through.
Four guys, we'll make it a fatal 5-way. Stand and Deliver, all right?
You pick the four. We got a deal?
Shawn Michaels gave me four spots.
[Vic] It's Dragon Lee. One of the newest signings.
You got the first spot. I'll see you in la.
[Vic] JD has been in my face, and I am sick and tired of him.
[Book] Oh, what a cheap shot.
[Vic] He's got the second spot.
[Book] Ilja Dragunov.
[Vic] Ilja is known as Europe's finest.
Only one way to put that to the test. He's got the third now.
[Book] 20 superstars in this mover the top rope battle royal.
Who's going to earn the fifth and final spot?
[Bell rings]
[Book] Axiom is headed to Stand and Deliver.
[Vic] If you are in my way, I am going around, through, or over you.
[Booker T] Which of these five will have their golden moment in Los Angeles?
[Ilja Dragunov's music plays]
[Bell rings]
[man 2] The following contest is an open challenge
for the NXT North American championship.
Introducing first, Ilja Dragunov.
[Vic] Well, book, get ready for the chaos.
I want to bring this to your attention.
The vile internal feeling that Dragunov and JD Mc Donagh
for one another, do you think that they're going to be able
to put those feelings aside for their own individual gain here tonight?
[Booker T] Yo, Vic, that's a blood feud.
That's a personal beef that these guys have.
They're going to have to settle it one time or another,
but those two, that's something. I really don't even know how to explain it.
It's going to happen tonight, but they should put it aside
because it's a greater thing, and that's their championship.
[Axiom's music plays]
[woman 1] Next, Axiom.
[Vic] It's very easy for axiom. He is tired of being looked down upon.
He has said it time and time again for those that maybe
have overlooked him, or thought that they were better than he was.
He has been eyeing the North American Championship
for some time, and now the spotlight is on him.
This kid is major, major talented.
He is the Matrix. He's a guy that's special, Vic.
They say, if this kid can win the championship,
it will make him 30% better.
They say that about this championship.
If this kid can get 30% better, can you imagine?
Can you imagine, Vic?
[Vic] I can imagine anything Axiom believes he can do, he can accomplish.
Can he finally accomplish his goal of becoming
North American Champion here in Los Angeles?
[Jd McDonagh's music plays]
[man 2] JD McDonagh.
[Vic] You take a look at the eyes.
You keep mentioning that tonight.
Talking about the eyes of JD Mc Donagh.
Is it hard for you to be against the Irish ace?
You always speak very highly of him.
[Book] No, this guy has a residency inside my fave five.
You can tell what's on his mind, and that's Dragunov.
He's going to have to put that aside.
It's about a greater good tonight, Vic.
It's about that championship.
[Vic] Book, you look in the eyes.
[Book] He's laser focused, man.
[Vic] Mc Donagh hasn't taken his eyes off Dragunov.
[Dragon Lee's music plays]
[woman 1] Making his way to the ring, Dragon Lee.
[Vic] Dragon Lee, the highly touted international superstar,
received the first spot in this match, and you can see just why.
Cameras are out. Spotlight on him.
The international success hasn't prepared him for the spotlight of NXT in WWE.
[Vic] I'm going to tell you right now, he just passed the airport test.
Who is this guy? He's somebody.
Oh, my god, that walk told me a whole lot about Dragon Lee.
[Wes Lee's music plays]
[man 2] Their opponent,
he is the NXT North American champion,
Wes Lee.
[Vic] From a rascal to an after thought to a champion.
In your hall of fame opinion, is Wes Lee the epidemy of a fighter?
[Book] Another young kid. Once upon a time he was very, very Braggadociouso,
but he went out there and backed it up.
That's this kid, Wes Lee. That's the guy that I'm talking about.
He coined the phrase, float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
I'm going to tell you, that's high praise for this kid.
We're talking about Muhammad Ali, and Wes Lee.
Oh my god, man.
[Vic] Someone called Lee lucky, but he has leveraged
the adversity and the success.
He's made some bold moves, but trusts his skill to succeed.
One of those bold moves, handpicking the four superstars
that are in yet another North American Championship open challenge match.
He has single-handedly created chaos
throughout the locker room for the NXT crown
[Book] Yes, but he's going to have to go out
here and top four of the best talent.
In this business here tonight in this 5-way matchup
for that North American Championship.
Let's see how this thing plays out.
Flip a coin. I don't care.
[Vic] I think Wes Lee realizing what we all realized,
that Dragunov and McDonagh have to take it out on each other.
You talk about the airport test.
Dragon Lee just walked up to the baddest man
in the matchup and punched him in the mouth.
[Book] Like I said, the report card is still out for this kid,
Dragon Lee, as far as I'm concerned, but tonight he's got
a chance to show me everything I need to know.
[Vic] This is the match that could steal the weekend here in Los Angeles.
I asked you earlier in the ladder match,
but is there any strategy in this matchup? It's one fault to a finish.
[Book] So much energy in this matchup right here.
Like I said, you got to talk about live wires.
We got about. Five of them right here tonight in this matchup, Vic.
[Vic] Right now going back and look at Axiom,
who wanted this matchup, wanted this opportunity has wanted this title.
[Book] Look do-si-do action right there.
Everybody's looking for that. That one up.
[Vic] Ooh.
[Book] Talk about laying this kid. Oh, yes.
Put some hot sauce on that, Vic.
[Vic] I was going to ask you who is going to be able
to establish dominance up front, but I believe we realize--
[Book ] oh, it's going to kick off really, Vic.
Like I say, this is a blood feud. It's going to come down to it.
Let's get it all.
[Vic ] Hey, Dragon Lee from behind, and again,
Dragon Lee right in there with JD Mc Donagh.
In this sort of match, you see how quick this pace is.
Do you chase the fight or should you let the fight come to you?
No, you got to get in the fight, Vic.
You can't be waiting in a matchup like this.
It's about going out there and taking that North American Championship.
Like I said, you can't wait around to get that done.
[Book] Look at dragon Lee, NXT in-ring debut.
When you just hear the oohs, you hear the Aahs from the NXT universe.
[Vic] See the balance of this kid, Dragon Lee,
but he got caught with a big shot there by Dragunov.
[Book ] Got to have eyes in the back of your head in a matchup like this, Vic.
[Vic] Yes, you take a look at Dragon Lee right now.
Reigning right into Dragunov.
[Book ] Keeping it legal as well. Dropping in those big forms.
[Vic] Ooh.
Setting his sights again.
Dragon Lee right now has turned
into a one-man show in this open challenge.
[Book ] Look at the acceleration right there from this kid.
This kid is showing me a little something, Vic
[Vic] Max oh, here we get out of dodge, though, was is dragon Lee?
We talking about pure speed.
[Book ] Here we go, Vic. Here we go.
[Vic] Oh, same idea
[Book ] No, no, no, no, no. Dragon Lee.
One step ahead right there, Vic.
[Crowd cheers]
[Vic] Oh, dragon Lee looking to leave his feet, looking to fly,
creating himself a highlight reel at Stand and Deliver.
[Book ] Effortless, Vic. Flawless.
That was a kid in my book. Check it out.
Check out the balance in the grace
[Book ] With the greatest of ease. Oh yes.
[Vic] One more look and slow motion,
clearing the top, wiping out the deck.
Now Wesley in the ring.
[Book ] Flying Melendes couldn't have did it better.
[Vic] Oh, catching the, ooh, the Northern American Champion,
and Wesley's shaking it off.
This is the showdown that Wesley has been waiting for.
This is the show down Wesley has wanted, he has wanted the best,
has wanted to face the best.
That's why he has not backed down from any challenge.
He has opened the door to everyone, in the locker room,
even the newest of superstars.
[Book ] You still got to wonder if Wesley is putting himself
out there just a little too far.
Because we don't know a whole lot about this kid, Dragon Lee.
At least I don't.
[Vic] Well, Wesley's done his scouting.
He knows exactly what he is in there against.
He doesn't matter how big you are, how tough you are,
Wesley wants to step in the ring, he wants to take you down.
He wants to prove the Naysayers wrong and look at Wesley oozing confidence.
[Book ] Get some what's up.
You better be big enough and bad enough to take some.
That's that kid, Wesley.
[Vic] Dragunov face first. Lee now picking up some speed and a knee.
[Book ] Oh yes. Beautiful.
[Vic] Right under the jaw.
When you look around Wesley, he one standing.
[Book ] Let me tell you something. Wesley's confidence is over the top.
He's got that stroke of invincibility right now
and that's that championship around his waist.
[Vic] Oh, Mc Donagh thinks he wiped out Lee.
Boom. Wesley had a couple other things in mind.
We talk about the speed, we talk about the athleticism,
we talk about the pace that this matchup would be.
We talk about chaos too.
Book at this point in the matchup, is it going to be about
which superstar can control that chaos better than the others?
[Book ] I think so. I agree with you.
Right now it seems that Wesley is controlling
every bit of this matchup right now.
The thing is, I look at McDonagh, he seems like
he's a little bit off of his game tonight.
[Vic] Mc Donagh just running through oh, Dragon Lee again,
McDonagh, again, we talk about who he's focused on, what he is focused on.
[Book ] Oh, yes.
[Vic] I asked if McDonagh was the most dangerous to match,
but at this point, you got to assume everybody's just as dangerous.
This has been an even playing field for these five superstars.
Like you said, Mc Donagh is in control right now,
but it's still, something's a little bit off because this kid,
like I say, he gets you in that crosshair, he's going to put you away, Vic.
[Vic] Well, Axiom was looking for that submission,
and able to counter right out was McDonagh, and now JD McDonagh
the Irish ace back into control, and maybe it is, maybe he is the most dangerous.
He is so cerebral when he gets into this atmosphere.
He wants to systematically dissect whoever he's in the ring
with as he goes up and goes over Nasty tumble as his momentum carried him.
[Book] Yes, did. Who did that?
[Vic] Carried him right into that kick too.
[Book] This kid Wesley is definitely trying to pull his thing out.
When we talk about that Irish ace.
[Vic] Oh.
[Book] We talk about that Irish ace, who's willing to do anything to win.
We know he's willing to go to the end to win a matchup, Vic.
[Vic] You don't bet against him. He's the one standing,
and now Dragon Lee coming right back in, up and over--
[Vic] Nasty landing on his shoulder with that Spanish fly.
McDonagh has done what he said he would do.
Wipe out everyone in there and the devil inside.
[Book] Yes.
[Vic] Cover.
Could it be his crowning achievement?
[Book] Dragunov caught the official's arm.
[Vic] Dragunov said, "if anybody wins, is not going be you."
That's two guys that just don't like each other, Vic.
It's going to happen. Let's do it.
[Book] Come on. Come on.
[Vic] Dragunov back in oh, look around,
McDonagh, he's going to meet all his friends.
Everybody focused on the Irish ace, and it's Dragunov,
who hits that German suplex, but it's now Dragunov
who trying to get back to his feet.
So much taken out of all five of these superstars.
This has been absolutely unstoppable action.
This a little bit earlier Mc Donagh able to hit that moonsault.
Right there moments ago, everybody same thing, take out the Irish ace.
[Book] Why? Why take out the Irish ace?
[Book] Is he that dangerous?
[Vic] You just said he was dangerous, Book.
You just said he was in your five. He's this, he's that.
Yes, he's dangerous. That strategy. It was smart.
[Book] Okay. Okay. I'll give you that. I'll give you that, Vic.
[Vic] Now it's-- oh.
Dragunov almost suffered the same fate.
But look at Ilja, a superstar who loves pain.
He welcomes it. He welcomes the chaos. A tremendous fighting spirit on display.
This could be that night that Dragunov--
[Vic] Whoa.
[Book] Plays his greatest symphony here tonight, Vic.
This could be it right here.
[Vic] Well, for a lack of a better phrase
could be this symphony of destruction at some point.
Look at Axiom trying to counter, trying to stay away
from those sharp elbows, those sharp strikes,
and had to do only thing he could have got caught by constant in special.
[Book] Yes, indeed.
Dragunov like the maestro right now, he's conducting this thing perfectly.
[Vic] Take another look and feel the impact.
[Book] Yes.
[Vic] Turning Axiom inside out, but look at the impact back into the ring.
Dragunov right down in to Dragon Lee, and now Wesley counters.
Oh.
[Book] Let me tell you, Dragunov is--
[Book] He's dumping a lot of adrenaline right now, Vic.
I'm wondering if it's going to pay off for him in the long run.
[Vic ] We got to remember it was Wesley
who provided the opportunity of superstar, and Dragunov the one in control.
The fire, burning in the body of Dragunov,
with Wesley in his sights.
Big Senton off the top, and Dragunov right now.
[Book] You can see the pain that he's going through.
Right now he's just pushing right through the pain.
[Vic] That's what he talks about persevering. Oh.
I don't know how much pain he's going to be able to take.
McDonagh happy with himself, but took his eye off the ball.
There's axiom, and can Axiom-- can he be the one to defy--
[Book] this is good reaction tonight.
[Vic] The odds. Can he defy the odds?
[Book] I'm going to tell you right now, if Axiom pull it off tonight,
he's going to skyrocket straight to the moon.
Get him that one man ship straight to-- oh, yes.
[Vic] You talking about straight to the moon,
aerial insanity on display by Axiom.
[Book] Yes.
Took a little worse for wear right there with that big shot right there.
Check it out. Check out the balance. Check out the grace.
[Vic] One word comes to mind.
[Book] The landing, is all about the landing, Vic.
Oh, yes. Right on the hip.
[Vic] Talking about the landing though, did that do more damage to Axiom?
[Book] That's what I'm saying. He fell right on his hip.
That right there could take him straight out of the game.
[Vic] Then that door opening now maybe for Wesley,
maybe for Dragon Lee. North American Championship on the line.
First one to get a pitfall.
First one to gain a submission, walks out of Los Angeles
with the North American Championship--
[Vic] And three superstars on the top rope.
This is a Precariou Sposition for every man involved
as Axiom just paid the price.
[Book] Man, but you got a guy that don't mind throwing caution
to the wind and that's Wes Lee.
But Dragon Lee right now is in perfect position to strike.
[Vic] Dragon Lee showing you what all the hype has been about.
Right through Wes Lee,
and again, doing more damage to himself.
[Book] What a bad landing there for Dragon Lee.
I hope that didn't take him out.
That left knee took a-- oh, right on the apron there.
[Vic] It's all about the North American Championship.
Wes Lee, the champion, he said everybody bring it.
He gave everyone their spot. Axiom had to earn it this past Tuesday.
He's trying to showcase why and now gets himself a little
something about McDonagh and Dragunov.
[Book] Dragunov took worse for wear on that right there, Vic, DDT action.
[Vic] What is Axiom looking for here?
Double northern lights. Oh.
Kick missed but connected on McDonagh. Dragunov, Dragunov, Dragunov, Dragunov.
Near fall. Rolling right through.
Could be looking for maybe a submission here, Axiom.
[Book] Oh, he got it.
[Vic] Can he get the arm bar. Dragunov started it, rolled through.
Ankle lock. Ankle lock.
[Book] So close. So close. So close, Vic.
[Vic] Trying to roll through. Ankle lock is held in.
Oh. I thought Axiom saw McDonagh coming. McDonagh too quick.
Now look at the vicious strikes from the Irish ace.
Those right there, those almost should be illegal kicks right there, Vic.
Oh wow.
[Vic] You talking about a kick. Another kick.
Back into the submission for Axiom.
[Book] Trying to get that stretch. He's got that stretch.
That abdominal stretch from the grounded position.
He's very, very deadly, Vic.
Can Axiom lock in the submission?
Look at the awkward Torque. What?
Dragunov just trying to lock in a submission in his own.
Axiom. If McDonagh taps, Dragunov's going to win.
Axiom realizing it. Fujiwara armbar now locked in.
Look at the chain of submission.
[Book] Oh, yes.
[Vic] You talk about will, who's going to tap?
[Book] Who's going to quit?
[Vic] Look at the body manipulation now of Axiom.
If they tap, who'd win? Look at these two.
[Book] These guys are focused on one thing and that's killing each other, Vic.
JD McDonagh and Dragunov cannot stay focused for one second.
[Vic] One headbutt after another.
Now Axiom trying to lock in a submission, McDonagh
getting locked in by Dragon Lee and almost reaching out
for each other so the other one doesn't tap. The other one doesn't quit.
[Book] Dragunov roll through. Oh, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute.
[Vic] Oh.
[Book] They're caught in a triangle.
[Vic] You see what Dragunov is thinking?
[Vic] Stacked up. Cover, count. Wes Lee.
[Book] Floating like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
That's Wes Lee, check him out.
[Vic] Take another look.
Boom.
[Book] Yes.
[Vic] Referee taking a look around right now
because you got to wonder who was on top of whose shoulders.
Referee hit three.
[Book] It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter right now, Vic.
Right now everybody's down, but everybody's thinking about one thing,
how can we get in position to get that championship?
[Vic] Oh.
Wes Lee looking around.
Wait a minute, coming through. Golden ratio. Holy hell.
[Book] Oh, yes.
[Vic] Wes Lee's got to be out.
Axiom now trying to turn around Mc Donagh. Mc Donagh holding up, popping up.
Bam.
[Book] Mc Donagh wants it, Vic. He wants it.
He wants it here at Stand and Deliver, but he's competition-based tonight.
[Vic] Snap German suplex catches, and now there comes Dragunov.
Dragunov with a rapid-fire knees.
Dragon Lee trying to create a little separation,
but that knee tried to go through the body of Dragon Lee.
It's Dragunov, somehow that unmatched rage into planting
Dragon Lee into the cover, the count, and Wes Lee somehow
able to break things up, somehow muster the strength to hit that stomp.
[Book] Wow.
[Vic] Will this be enough? Cover.
Oh. Another kick-out.
[Book] Tell you it's going to take a whole lot more.
These men want it tonight, Vic.
They want it bad desperately to walk away champion.
Check out the beauty the grace, but got caught right in mid-air.
Perfect timing.
[Vic] I don't know how Wes Lee's even moving,
how he's even getting back into this matchup,
how he is even able to use Dragunov as a launchpad to get planted.
Sit down powerbomb. New champion? No.
[Book] There's no way you can question Wes Lee.
[Book] You can't question Wes Lee's heart and his determination, his will.
He's a kid that's going to fight. He comes from that neighborhood.
[Vic] How close was that last three though, Book?
[Book] So close. Like I say, that was instinct right there.
Kickout. That was an instinctual kickout right there.
[Vic] We talking about the pressure Dragon Lee
knows that he's on the biggest stage he's ever been
on as now again trying to Stack him up is Mc Donagh.
Axiom rolled out of the way. Into the cover, and Axiom had to kick.
[Book] Did you see that? Did you see that moonsault
in mid-air right there JD Mc Donagh pulled it off with style and grace and precision.
[Vic] It don't matter about style and grace, Book.
It don't even matter about skill.
It's going to come down to what you have been saying all night, will.
Who has the will to win?
[Book] I agree. I agree 100%.
Right now JD Mc Donagh is willing to throw all caution
to the wind to actually do that.
[Vic] There's McDonagh back in.
Axiom trying to take a look around at all these bodies--
[Book] talking about the Matrix. Oh yes.
[Vic] We got a new champion.
[Book] Oh my god. What a kick-out.
[Vic] I'm trying to see how close this was.
Take a look, you're talk about balance, you talk about style,
you talk about grace, Axiom hitting that DDT into the cover
and McDonagh-- you might have not been able to slide a piece
of paper under our referee's hands, that's how close it was.
[Book] Wow.
I'll tell you, Vic, I'm blowing up just looking at this matchup right here.
[Vic] We said this matchup could steal the show.
We talked about the pace, how fast these five were going to move.
Just take a look at everyone, all these kicks.
This is just showing you what the North America championship means.
[Book] Oh, wow.
[Vic] There comes Dragunov, right across the face of Axiom.
[Book] Dragunov is so close, Vic. So close.
If he could land this one big shot--
This could be-- This could be the kill shot right here, Vic.
This could be it.
[Vic] No way.
[Book] Oh yes.
[Book] Down.
That's it.
[Vic] That knocked out McDonagh in the past. For the title. No.
What else you want to say?
[Book] Wow.
I'm going to tell you, Wes Lee's not willing to walk away
that easy and give his championship up.
[Crowd cheers]
[Vic] Wes Lee can't even get to his feet,
but Dragon Lee just starting to move now.
I don't think McDonagh, I'm trying to look around, hasn't moved.
I don't know where Axiom is, but somehow there is Ilja Dragunov.
[Book] Look at the heart of this young man, looking like
I say to paint his greatest portrait, to play his greatest symphony.
That's this kid Dragunov.
[Vic] He's willing to sacrifice himself.
Again, we talking about loving the pain, thriving off of it.
It's Dragon Lee, it's Wes Lee getting chopped down now in this moment.
Listen to these strikes.
[Book] Oh, that shot right there, I think that was it.
Oh, no, still alive.
[Crowd cheers]
[Vic] That last one buckled on the knees of the champion
and that knee buckled. He knees put him on rubber legs.
How the?
[Book] I can't tell where Dragunov is finding this energy here tonight.
The fans, they love it.
[Vic] He's an absolute machine, Book.
[Book] Yes, he is.
[Vic] He's not going to be denied tonight.
Ilja Dragunov pulling himself up.
Looking to drive the Torpedo right through the--
[Book] Oh. Whoa.
[Vic] Wes Lee connects. Kardiak kick. Kardiak kick.
Into the cover for the Kardiak Kid.
[Bell rings]
[Wes Lee's music plays]
[woman 1] Here's your winner and still the NXT North American champion, Wes Lee.
[Vic] Los Angeles is on their feet for the North American Champion
and what these five were willing to put themselves through,
what these five were willing to sacrifice themselves for.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
[Book] I'll tell you, Wes Lee just proved
that he is truly one of the greatest North American Champions in the history of NXT.
[Vic] Some of this action, I talk about the strength,
it's unbridled from Ilja Dragunov.
At this point in the matchup for Dragunov
to still have the amount of aggression he had.
Look at this, boom, perfectly placed.
I heard Daniel Cormier's sitting behind me even let out a big
"oh," when he saw that strike.
[Book] Oh, yes. Everybody wanted it, Vic.
Everybody wanted it.
I tell you, Draguov, nobody wanted it more than him.
But this young man, Wes Lee, with the greatest of his,
the cardio kick, with the cardio kick going straight to the top.
[Vic] Kardiac not cardio. He ain't in there running laps.
[Book] Kardiac, cardio, same thing. He knows it.
[Vic] It don't matter. Wesley is still the man to beat.
Wesley's still the North American Champion.
[man 2] We'd like to extend a special thank you to turnstile for blackout.
The official theme song of NXT Stand and Deliver is from the album, glow on.
Available now on apple music and spotify.
[Vic] Much like we saw earlier with Johnny Gargano,
there is the arrogant Aussie who is already
for what he started 16 months ago.
Hello.
Oh my mate, Elton, what did we just witness
with that North American open challenge?
Goodness gracious, that was barbaric. It truly was.
Speaking of, up next we have the unsanctioned match,
Johnny Gargano versus Grayson Waller.
First, as your gracious host, we need to get a little scoop
so that's why we're outside the locker room of the challenger
for the NXT Championship, Carmelo Hayes.
Unlike our previous attempt, Bron Breakker, his locker room,
I think today we're going to get a little scoop.
We're going to get a little behind the scenes, what's going on in his head.
You sure, though?
Last time we saw Melo, he wasn't exactly nice to us either.
Elton, we have to remember who we are.
We're pretty deadly, dammit.
You're damn right we are.
The host of Stand and Deliver.
Multiple-time tag team Champions, thank you.
All right. Knock, knock. I'm going to do it.
What's a knock that's kind of friendly and supportive?
I don't want to be abrasive or I don't want to be rude.
A soft two-knock?
I really want it to scream--
oh, shut your double-breasted lips while grown folks are talking.
I can hear you with my headphones on.
We here trying to game plan, Dawg. Look, you want the scoop?
Here's the scoop.
Hollywood ain't ready, la ain't ready Bron Breakker
ain't ready for what Carmelo Hayes is about to do tonight.
Oh, man. We're going to do something new for this fight.
We done wrestled with an alligator, tussle with a whale.
The way y'all dressed, y'all need to go to jail.
Yes.
Today's the day the whole world knows why Carmelo Hayes is him.
Nice jacket.
Thank you. Wow, wow, wow.
There's the scoop. Back to you.
[Vic] Well, thanks again, guys.
What happens next, WWE NXT not held liable for what happens.
Johnny Gargano back in NXT to end
what Grayson Waller started and made very, very personal.
[man 3] I am NXT without me, it's nothing.
What I'm most sick of is having a boss who has the biggest
box-office superstar ever and he has no-- enough.
Then, do something about it.
Me and you, Stand & Deliver.
Nothing would thrill me more than to whip your ass is Stand & Deliver.
The reality is, there's somebody that want to whip your ass a lot more than I do.
Your opponent at Stand & Deliver is this man.
[Crowd chants "Johnny Wrestling"]
[man 3] For the first time in a very long time, I know exactly who I am.
I love everything about NXT, everything about this place.
The new NXT champion and the first-ever
NXT triple-crown winner.
I am Johnny Gargano. I am Johnny freaking wrestling.
Waller looks like he's seen a ghost of NXT's past.
[Johnny] 15 months ago, my story ended on a cliffhanger.
[man 3] Johnny Wrestling is nuts.
[Johnny Garg] A lot changed in 15 months, but one thing that will never change,
NXT is my home. Grayson, you do not screw with a man's home.
Johnny. Grayson's at your house.
Hey, Johnny, I'm at your house.
Johnny, if I were you, I'd get home real quick, lad.
Because that is the Grayson Waller effect.
[man 3] Welcome home, Johnny.
Grayson Waller, you want to make things personal?
You want to raise the stakes?
Hey, Johnny. Looking a little bit better than
when I left you a beaten man on your front lawn.
In my hand is a contract for a type of match
that I know very, very well. It's an unsanctioned match.
I have the greatest big-match superstar in NXT history begging me
to kick his ass at Stand & Deliver.
15 months ago, I used you to put myself on the map , and at Stand & Deliver,
I use you one more time.
Gargano's here.
Grayson Waller versus Johnny Gargano. No rules.
Anything goes in an unsanctioned match.
I mean that.
Johnny Wrestling is dead, Lad. Johnny wrestling is gone.
Tonight, I put an end to Gargano. You think you're NXT?
You think you're NXT? I'm NXT.
I do what I want, when I want.
Hey, Shawn. That's your boy, huh?
Your boy, Gargano, I'm going to end him in front of you tonight.
That's going to be the real heartbreak. Now hit my music.
Grayson Waller, you want to talk about showtime.
You want to talk about showtime, Lad?
Grayson Waller is showtime.
Don't worry about the I run this town.
Here we go, baby. I love this.
[Bell rings]
The following is an unsanctioned match.
Introducing first, Grayson Waller.
[Vic] The only thing worse seeing Grayson Waller once is seeing him twice
with his own Instagram live in the bottom left corner.
Will Grayson Waller regret attacking Johnny Gargano
16 months ago, let alone attack him at his home?
There's Candice and quill almost on queue.
He thinks it's a joke. This is ain't a joke, Book.
[Book] Johnny's going to answer that question right there.
One thing about this kid, this kid, Grayson Waller,
he don't mind getting under your skin.
He wants to step on your toes.
He wants to step on those toes and keep on walking.
That's what this kid is all-- I'm not a fan, but I do like his tactics.
Looking for that viral moment here tonight.
There's a reason they call me Johnny Wrestling.
I know when I step in that ring, no one,
no one has more heart than I do.
I will not quit. I will not stop.
Nothing will stop me from putting on the show I know I can put on tonight.
At the end of the day, they're going to know who Johnny Gargano is.
[Vic] The man who made history
to become the First Triple-Crown Champion of NXT.
There would be no Johnny Wrestling if it wasn't for all you guys.
We are not your kind. We are-- [crowd chants, "NXT"]
[man 3] His opponent, Johnny Gargano.
[Vic] Book, you can see Johnny Gargano what he's wearing
to the ring here tonight.
This is his home. That's his son. That's his wife.
This could be the final walk for Johnny Gargano.
Johnny Gargano is wearing symbols from all those battles
from Tommaso Ciampa to Finn Balor.
The date 9/9/15, his debut in NXT. Oh.
[Book] Oh, yes.
[Vic] He saw that one coming in Gargano.
[Book] No rules, no rules.
[Vic] This is an unsanctioned-- it's an unsanctioned match.
No one is held liable in this match. Woah. Book.
No one is going to be held liable or what happens in this matchup.
Not the WWE , not NXT.
Gargano looking to end Waller. Woah. The hell Waller just do?
You all right, book?
[Book] That's your boy, huh?
[Vic] Yes.
You all right, Book?
[Vic] Again, this can spill out anywhere. It's unsanctioned.
As I was trying to say, there's no rules,
and that fits up right up Johnny Gargano's alley.
We have seen what Johnny Gargano could do in this sort of environment.
You seen it multiple times.
Johnny Gargano indeed is home in this moment.
[Book] I get this, Vic.
I understand right now what Johnny Gargano's coming for.
You don't mess with family.
Grayson Waller he crossed the line right there.
[Vic] He crossed the line.
Gargano is ready to run right passed it.
Oh, there's that sling shot spear and look at Gargano, didn't go for the cover.
He wants to beat the hell out of Grayson Waller
here tonight in Los Angeles.
[Book] If someone comes to your house, you're not looking for a pinfall
you're not looking for a payoff or anything like that.
You looking to beat the hell out of this man.
[Vic] He's looking to silence that arrogant Aussie.
We've seen throughout the careers I've mentioned,
there is no depths Johnny Gargano is not willing to go in this atmosphere,
and you could see Gargano's mind starting to roll.
He's picking up some speed.
He's-- boom.
[Book] Let his emotions get to him right there, Vic.
He ran right into that shot.
Grayson Waller was waiting.
[Vic] Now, what's on Waller's mind?
NXT live event Media appearance.
He said he wants to hurt Johnny Gargano here tonight.
[Book] Exactly.
[Vic] He wants to end Johnny Gargano.
[Book] You just answered your own question, Vic.
That's what's on his mind, May Hem, destruction, take this man out.
That's what it's all about.
[Vic] We talking about destruction.
What about construction with Grayson Waller putting something
together through that deviant mind of his in this moment.
[Book] Grayson Waller, he wants to hurt Johnny Gargano.
He wants to take everything from Johnny Gargano.
[Vic] 100%. He questioned Johnny Gargano's hunger.
Said, he's not as hungry as he is anymore. Wants to prove a point.
[Book] I think it's just excessive Gargano, the popularity of Gargano.
Right now, Waller wants to take it from him in the worst way.
[Vic] Waller's looking down on that bed of chairs,
and now Waller could be the one
that goes-- oh, Gargano trying to hold on and over that top rope.
Now, rolling in.
Oh, got caught with a stunner. Gargano had it scouted.
These two aren't going to be very friendly with one another.
Once this gets going little bit into this matchup,
you're not going to see a lot of headlocks,
you're not going to see a lot of take downs.
You're going to see the environment get used to their advantage
which is what we're starting to see even more
now from Grayson Waller who continues to just look around
for anything he can get his hands on.
[Book] You talk about construction.
The furniture will be moved around like right now,
trying to get this desk back together.
[Vic] Book, Waller I think was going to toss Gargano
over the top if he could.
Oh, Gargano realizing what he's looking down,
and now what's on Johnny's mind?
[Book] Gargano's on fire.
The adrenaline right now is flowing through Johnny Gargano.
You can see it.
[Vic] You take a look at Gargano.
[Crowd chants "holy --"]
[man 3] Take one more-- Bam. A nasty look.
[Vic] Again, nothing that happens here NXT, WWE are liable for.
This is unsanctioned. Both signed the contracts.
They could do anything to the other with no repurcu--
[Book] say that, Vic. Say that unsanctioned.
That let you know exactly what this man Grayson Waller is all about.
He's not going to run away from a fight. He's going to run straight to the fight,
and that could be very dangerous for someone
like Johnny Gargano who's fighting with a lot of emotion here tonight, Vic.
[Vic] Take a look at what he just did
to Johnny Gargano with that huge suplex.
You can see Gargano walking around, and I don't think
Gargano really gives a damn anymore.
Johnny, willing to do whatever it takes to himself to do one thing,
Book, that is destroy, that is to humble Grayson Galler.
[Crowd chants, "Johnny table"]
[Book] Trying to fight through the pain right now, Vic.
You can see he's clutching at that lower back right now.
[Vic] If Gargano's going to go out, he's going to go out in a Blaze of glory.
He thought he said goodbye to NXT in December of 2021.
That's when Grayson Waller laid him out with a chair shot right to the back.
Now, Grayson Waller with something else on his mind.
[Book] Oh, he caught that knee right to the face.
Oh, wow. I need to see that again, Vic.
[Vic] Again, the official here just to count three
and to hear someone say they quit.
Here you go, Book. You wanted in advance, you got it.
[Book] Oh, yes. Wow. Talking about a shot.
[Vic] Shot heard around the world from Grayson Waller.
[Book] No, he's a fighter, Vic.
[Vic] Oh, we know what he's doing as he's mocking
the "heartbreak kid" Shawn Michaels.
He's sending a message to Shawn Michaels through Johnny Gargano,
but Gargano answered right back.
Waller jumping knee connects. Gargano right back Enziguri.
[Book] Yes, indeed.
This thing is going back and forth right now, and this kid,
Grayson Waller, he's holding his own, Vic.
He's a fighter, he's a fighter.
[Vic] We bring up Shawn Michaels.
I also want to remind everyone, this all stems from Grayson Waller
not getting the job done, not winning the championship at vengeance day.
Placing the blame on everyone else. Right to the right hand.
Think about the punching, think about the striking Waller does.
Gargano might've just isolated that.
[Book] That right there is not going to matter now, Vic.
It's not going to matter because the ribs of Johnny Gargano could be broken.
[Vic] We saw Candice Lerae, WWE superstar in her own right from Monday night raw.
Quill their one-year-old son looking on.
They have been just a part of this as much because Grayson Waller
has mocked anyone associated with Gargano for weeks.
Candice, quill, they're fired up.
They want to see this come to an end here tonight.
[Book] They should be fired up.
Candice, I'm sure she's going through a lot of turmoil over
these last few weeks at the behest of this one man, Grayson Waller.
[Vic] Now, again, Johnny feeling the effects of this matchup early on.
This sort of environment, which he has thrived in.
A couple of extra deep breaths because
Gargano-- Johnny realizing.
[Book] Smart right there by this kid, Grayson Waller.
[Vic] Johnny realized Grayson got off the table,
and it opens the door now for Waller.
[Book] Gargano walked right into that right there too, Vic.
[Vic] This goes back to emotions.
Now, uh-oh, powerbomb.
[Book] We talked about emotional rush that this kid is rolling on.
[Vic] Waller knows he's gotta pin Gargano in the ring.
It's the only way he can win.
Here in Los Angeles, this can't be end of the Gargano story,
and he got his left shoulder up just in the Nick of time.
[Book] You're going to separate Gargano from his senses before
he get pinned in the middle of that ring tonight, Vic.
It's going to take a whole lot more than that.
[Vic] This is just what Waller wanted.
He wanted Johnny Gargano to be laid out,
he wanted him to beg for mercy so to speak.
[Book] He's got a attitude, Vic.
He's got a attitude like no other.
Yes.
Taking this kid to the woodshed, Vic.
[Vic] You could feel the air here at Stand & Deliver almost
coming out of everybody because Grayson Waller has turned this around.
Now, Grayson Waller hearing it from the NXT Universe.
[Book] Not just that, Vic.
You could feel that adrenaline rush just slowly, slowly leaving Gargano.
The momentum has shifted.
[Vic] Now through that chair, that chair just damaged.
Into the cover, and a kick out, Book. Look at the steel chair.
The steel chair was just bent in all sorts of different positions.
Take one more look at the force that Waller drove Gargano
through the chairs within-- Grayson smart enough to realize--
What happened earlier to Gargano's lower back?
[Book] That adrenaline dump is something real.
It could take you all the way to the end,
but sometime it could be that one thing,
that one thing that take everything out of you at the same time.
[Vic] Book his has to be hard for quill this has to be hard for Candice to watch.
Grayson Waller and Grayson loves it. Grayson's loving it.
[Book] Quill won't remember any of this.
That's the good part about this. Don't let the baby see this.
[Vic] How low can you go, Book? Look at Waller.
This is getting real hard to watch at this moment.
[Book] It's up close and personal is what it is, Vic.
Have a look at your dad, quill.
[Vic] Put yourself, Book, in Johnny Gargano's shoes.
[Book] I can't. I can't. I said it.
Grayson Waller, he crossed the line.
[Vic] No, come on. You know how personal this is.
But really think about this. Oh.
Right back.
Gargano realizing, starring and looking at quill.
He's doing this for more than just himself.
[Book] Gargano better use that kendo stick.
No rules. No rules, Vic.
[Vic] Oh, no, no, no. Johnny.
You just made the biggest mistake of your life.
[Book] Wow.
[Vic] Well, you see the back of Grayson Waller.
[Book] Oh my god, he is lit up, Vic.
[Vic] Could be one final beat for Johnny Gargano.
Into the cover.
What?
Give the devil his credit.
Waller was able to kick out, but Waller's back is destroyed.
One final beat, bang. Hit perfectly.
[Book] Thought that was it, Vic.
[Vic] It was not. Back to live action.
Gargano going up, going around, trying to lock in the Gargano escape.
Now this, Book, may just be in.
How sweet would it be for Grayson Waller to tap?
[Book] This is like putting icing on the cake right there.
Oh no. Yes.
[Vic] The referee can't do anything because it's all legal.
Grayson Waller, up and over.
this hasn't been pretty at all.
[Book] Look at the back of Grayson Waller.
It's like chopped-up hamburger, but he's still in the fight.
[Vic] We didn't know what we were getting ready to witness between
these two all week long we you and I were talking about this unsanctioned matchup.
You can see the back of Grayson Waller.
You've seen the risks both these men have been willing to take.
You take a look at NXT universe again on their feet here for Stand & Deliver.
[Book] Yes, the lengths that this man, Grayson Waller, is willing to go to.
[Vic] Johnny can't even stand.
[Book] He want's to embarrass this kid, Johnny Gargano.
He doesn't want to just beat him, he wants to humiliate Johnny Gargano.
[Vic] He wants to do it on a stage like Wrestlemania Saturday.
He wants to do it in front of Johnny's wife.
In front of Johnny's family, including his one-year-old son.
Waller can barely walk, but Garyson--
[Book] oh, coast-to-coast time, Vic. We in Hollywood.
[Vic] No risk he won't take for that viral moment.
[Book] Pacific coast. Oh, wait, baby. We just took a ride.
[Vic] Gargano just kicked out.
[Book] Wow.
[Vic] Book, you like to use the word fight. This fight is continuing.
[Book] It is, it is.
[Vic] What is it going to take, though, to keep the other one down?
[Book] Like I said Grayson Waller just took a ride down to pacific coast highway.
That didn't work.
[Vic] Book, Book, Book.
Come on.
[Book] This your guy?
[Vic] Book.
[Book] Don't ask me, man. It's your guy.
[Vic] Johnny's not moving right here in front of us.
[Book] Of course, he's not moving.
[Vic] We talk about those viral moments. Waller's looking for one.
He's looking for another one.
My house, Johnny. My house.
[Vic] Oh, Gargano somehow, someway, staying in this.
What's Johnny doing? Yes, yes. Yes.
[Book] Whoa.
[Vic] You hear Grayson Waller screaming.
Book, you got me?
[Book] I got you.
[Vic] Destroying our-- hey, going low. A low blow.
[Book] What are you talking about? It's legal, Vic. Come on.
[Vic] I know it's legal.
[Vic] Now coming in pinning that stunner.
[Book] Wow.
[Vic] Into the cover.
[Book] That could be it. That could be it.
[Vic] Gargano, again, just able to kick out.
[Book] What a kick-out, Vic.
These two young men are fighting to the end.
[Vic] I'm looking around, our table busted, you got knocked down.
I don't know if my audio's even working right now.
They destroyed my headset.
[Book] You're good, you're good.
Right now Grayson Waller, like I say, Vic,
he's doing everything to put Johnny Gargano out.
[Vic] Oh, wow.
[Book] With one thunderous chair shot, Waller silencing Los Angeles.
[Vic] Oh man.
[Book] The referee can't do a damn thing about it.
[Vic] Grayson Waller just collapsed right there.
This thing right now, Vic.
For 16 months I run NXT.
You are nothing. You are not on my level.
[Vic] There's no depths, we said, Gargano wasn't willing to go.
Book, it's all legal.
[Book] You know what?
I'm not mad at Johnny Gargano.
[Vic] There's a payback.
[Book] Oh wow.
[Vic] From 16 months ago, from the front yard, for quill, for Candice.
He got another one.
[Vic] Oh my god, man.
[Book] He is beating Waller to hell.
I've never seen Johnny Gargano in this state of mind ever in my life.
[Vic] Oh, wow.
Into the Gargano escape.
Waller, squeeze, squeeze. Waller had to tap.
[Bell rings]
[Johnny Gargano's music plays]
[man 2] Here is your winner by submission, Johnny Gargano.
[Vic] I got no monitor.
I got no table, but I'm looking up in the ring right now.
I have never in my life seen that look in Johnny Gargano's eyes.
[Vic] Effort.
[Book] Big props to Johnny Gargano going out there
fighting not just for himself, Vic, but for his family.
You got to love it. Wow.
[Book] We saw a lot of difficult things in this matchup,
but look at Candice Lerae.
She had enough of what Grayson Waller put her family through,
and boy did she got to town on Grayson Waller.
[Vic] Oh, yes.
[Book] That was until Waller was able to get a one-up,
and it wasn't the biggest mistake, it was his.
It was the biggest mistake of Waller's career 16 months ago.
We talk about viral moments, Grayson Waller
delivered a few of those tonight including coast-to-coast.
In that moment, Johnny Gargano could've been wiped out,
and then bam, that patented rolling-in stunner from Grayson Waller--
But Johnny Gargano would not be denied.
Johnny Gargano then would go out and just beat down Grayson Waller
with chair shot, after chair shot and finally Grayson Waller
had no choice but to tap.
How good it must feel for Johnny.
As a superstar, he will move on, but as the symbol of NXT,
Johnny Gargano will live forever.
What a moment for Indi Hartwell, who certainly has followed
the way of Johnny Gargano to her own championship
dreams here tonight at Stand & Deliver.
[Crowd cheers]
Where the hell did he come from, huh?
We gave him everything under the sun and what?
I let you down, man. I let the family down.
You didn't let anybody down. We're a team.
How many times I got to tell you that? Right?
Yes, boys.
We're back with Tony D and Stacks for another exclusive.
Looking for a lovely little scoopy scoop here.
Boys, if we may, your hopes and dreams of becoming
the NXT tag team champions have just come crashing down.
You must be feeling terrible. Tell us all about it.
It wasn't our night.
We're not going to make excuses, but Stand & Deliver, whatever.
Where we come from, we're not quitters. You understand?
Wow.
Very, very motivating words from the Don himself.
I'm moved.
Don't listen to these two nuts.
I let you down and I let the family down.
How many times I got to tell you, huh?
Get that out of your head. We're a team.
You're a team. That's enough of that.
Booker and Vic, that's all we've got time for here in the locker room.
Tony and Stacks have proven that the only team
that can beat Gallus is well, yours truly.
Hey.
What?
You're going to come in here and ask stupid questions
like that and make a comment, huh?
Don't point at him. As well don't use that tone.
[Vic] Book, what a night it has been
and we still have two more championship matches here at Stand & Deliver.
[Book] Hey, man. We're just getting started.
[man 2] The following contest scheduled or
one fall is for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship.
Introducing first the challengers, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn.
[Vic] When it comes to Dawn and Fyre,
they certainly have seemed to put some sort of hex on NXT.
Look at the officials we've seen what Isla Dawn has done.
Tatum Paxley, Ivy Nile, maybe the entire tag team division.
This is scary.
[Book] Yes, the unknown, the mystique--
[Book] the unholy union, so to speak.
[Vic] The mystique of these two right here.
Dawn and Fyre tonight are looking to burn it down
and walk away and the new. Oh, yes, it could happen.
It definitely could happen.
[Book] Their opponents, accompanied by Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen
they are the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions,
Fallon Henley and Kiana James.
[Vic] I don't want to throw out the obvious, Book, but no way
the champions will be on the same page tonight.
They're already bickering as they come through.
Fallon Henley trying to get Kiana James to tell Brooks Jensen
but then there was the kiss heard around the world,
and now-- already shoving each other, but I believe,
that was James trying to save Henley in the early going of this matchup.
[Book] I agree with you 100%, Vic.
You got to be totally focused.
When you got Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs out here having fun
like it's a party, no, no, no, it can't happen like that.
[Vic] Right now, there is the bell.
This match officially underway for the NXT Women's Tag Team titles.
Of course, we crowned a new NXT Women's Champion earlier tonight.
You just saw her a few moments ago, that being in Indi Hartwell.
Will we see new champions here this evening once again?
A quick up and down. Into the cover.
Hook of the leg, and a near fall to retain the title.
There is inner turmoil for Fallon Henley.
She wants to stay a champion, but just wants to be honest with Brooks Jensen.
[Book] One thing we know about Fallon Henley, she's a boss.
She knows about going out there and get the paperwork done.
Tonight is going to be a test.
[Vic] Well, a tag was made,
and Henley didn't realize it that Alba Fyre is indeed legal.
[Book] Oh, wow.
[Vic] Defeated two other teams, did the challengers,
to earn the opportunity at this matchup here at Stand & Deliver,
and a vicious knee right to the back of the neck and another near fall.
Almost crowning New Tag Team Champions.
Look, we've seen them manipulate, as we talked about Paxley and Nile.
We've seen them try to drive a wedge between others,
that being Dawn and Fyre.
They didn't really have to do much against the champions here tonight
because, again, they are not on the same page since the beginning of this matchup.
[Book] Yes, we saw--
[Vic] cover, cover, cover.
Hook of both legs and another near fall.
[Book] We saw Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn at the beginning,
it seemed like it was turmoil between those two, but for me, Vic,
it seemed like they were cut from the same cloth,
and now as a tag team, it seems like
they could be the most dominant Tag Team here in NXT.
[Vic] We talk about the situation for Kiana James and Fallon Henley
I'm sure Iala Dawn and Alba Fyre are probably upset
that they didn't scheme up Kiana's intentions themselves.
Alleged intentions, I might add.
[Book] Like I say, Vic, you got to stay focused,
and right now it's about Standing and Deliver.
Who's going to walk away the tag team champion?
Oh, so close.
[Vic] The tandem offense and another near fall.
[Vic] Kiana James just able to get in, but Kiana James,
still favoring her back from just before the bell in this matchup.
Oh, taken a nasty fall. She's trying to get back on the same page.
She's trying to get back into this matchup.
[Book] Alba Fyre is looking to takeover, like I said,
if not the singles division, this tag team division will do just fine.
[Vic] Swing and a miss, and Henley now.
Oh, double almost knocking herself back
and almost knocking herself out, but so much sticking gout.
[Book] So close to tag, Vic. So close.
[Vic] She's listening to Jensen. She's listening to Briggs.
She's right there. She's reaching out.
Isla Dawn realizing that this golden moment
could be slipping through the dark hands of Fyre and Dawn.
Get there and made the tag.
[Book] Here we go. Here comes this other.
That second boss is in. Oh, yes.
[Vic] Kiana James cleaning up everything right now.
Kiana James has seen some evil in the rooms
she's been conducting her business deals.
She's gone up against some shady individuals,
but she's never gone up against anything like Fyre and Dawn.
[Book] Right now she on fire, though, Vic, right now, it's one of the things.
You can have problems, may Hem outside the ring,
but inside the ring if you can pull it all together for that one moment,
it could be great. Check it out. Oh, yes.
[Vic] Taking out the field again for James.
I know Fallon Henley seems uncertain about everything that's gone on even
since the beginning but she's got to be looking right now.
She's got to be thinking about wanting to maintain
and retain the NXT Women's Tag Team titles.
[Book] I was talking about minding your business, Vic.
That's one thing that this team needs to think about,
minding their own business.
Think about what the job at hand is and that's holding
on to those championships.
[Vic] Left shoulder getting up.
Look, Fallon's in tuition maybe was right.
She thought James was up the shenanigans and she really wasn't.
[Book] Who cares, Vic? Who cares?
[Vic] That's what I'm saying. Now, she's looking at a name like Sebastian.
She's got a block out that noise.
Is that going to be too much for the champions to overcome?
They seem to be rocking and rolling right now,
but you know how things can change in a heartbeat.
Cover and another near fall.
[Book] You know what I say about girlfriends,
you go looking through your man's phone, you're going to find something,
if you're looking for it.
[Vic] Henley trying to get back into the match, able to catch,
the right foot of Fyre, and answers back with a big right hand,
and the champions now, maybe they have found that rhythm in the matchup.
Right back in and taking it done with a lot of force, was Henley.
Another swing and a miss.
[Book] Riding the same page right now, Kiana James and Fallon Henley.
[Vic] Henley and James, they know what sort of darkness
the women's division could fall into if the titles change hands,
and the referee's being distracted because of James,
not realizing it's two-on-one assault.
[Book] By any means necessary, Vic. By any means.
That's what Isla Dawn is about. That's what Alba Fyre is all about.
Winning.
[Vic] I want to ask you this too.
What if Fyre and Dawn become champions?
What if that dark cloud now hangs over the women's division?
[Book] Yes, it will be a dark day in the tag team division,
but Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre will be in position that they'd love to be in.
[Vic] That was a Nasty landing.
[Book] Here we go. Oh, yes.
[Vic] Right back around a little blockbuster into the cover.
Hook on both legs.
Isla dawn able to kick out at about two and a half.
[Book] What a great move, though, by Fallon Henley.
[Vic] The presence of mind, up, taking her down.
[Book] Easily could have been a three-count, Vic.
[Vic] For a moment, I thought Henley was going to try
to come out towards Alba Fyre and isolate her even more.
Turned her attention in a split second back to Isla Dawn.
Briggs and Jensen besides themselves, with the official,
who, again, is not seeing things because of the manipulation
between Dawn and Fyre in this matchup.
[Book] No, no Vic. That's the efficacy in this tag team right there.
Isla dawn and Alba Fyre working perfectly together.
Like I said, they could be the ultimate tag team here in NXT.
Oh, yes.
[Vic] This unholy union could be three seconds away.
James saw it slipping away, and you see Jensen,
you see Briggs on the outside
trying to give that extra advantage to the champions.
[Book] You can tell Kiana James does not want to give up
those championships easily here tonight.
Tonight, it's about trying to get on the same page,
trying to find that levity, and right now don't seem to be able to do it.
[Vic] Briggs looking up. Briggs can't do anything.
Jensen can't do anything. Jensen's trying to rally Kiana James.
[Book] Too much talking. Too much talking outside, Vic.
Too much talking. Too many distractions.
[Vic] Well, what do you want them to do?
[Book] Too many distractions, Vic.
[Vic] They don't want to get disqualified.
They want to do it the right way and now being able to get back in.
A lot going on over in that corner. Tag.
There's a tag. Kiana James is legal.
Book, James is legal.
Oh.
What is the conniving Kiana up to now?
Book.
[Book] Working on the same page right now.
[Vic] They are on the same page. Cover to retain.
Isla dawn.
Take nothing away from that moment.
I thought that was it.
I thought they finally got on the same page.
I thought they were able for a moment to sync up.
[Book] Isla dawn just happened to be at the right place
at the right time right there, Vic,
and that's what the tag team division is all about.
You got to isolate that one man, get him in the right position
if you're going to get that pinfall.
[Vic] James back to the eyes, ripping at the face.
Great gord buster by Alba Fyre. Tag was made.
The referee did not see the thumb into the eye.
[Book] Double knees right there, Vic.
[Vic] Oh, double super kick.
Another cover, another count.
[Book] Kiana James, this could be it.
[Book] Whoa, so close.
[Vic] Just able to overpower Fyre,
was Henley, and you can see Briggs.
Briggs is almost sweating through that velour that he's wearing.
[Book] A lot of cheerleading going on the outside of the ring,
Vic, but like I said, that could be a distraction at the same time.
The mental focus is just not there.
[Vic] That also could be what puts the champions over the edge,
what puts them past the finish line to help them retain the title.
[Book] That cheerleading?
Kiana's--
please, give me the bag, Brooks. I need it.
[Vic] Hey, hey. Don't do it.
I need it to win.
Don't do it.
[Book] Just give her the bag.
[Vic] Listen to her. Listen to her. Don't do it.
Please give me the bag.
[Book] You better not do this, man. You better not do it.
[Vic] Well, we talk about wanting to do it the right way for Henley.
I don't necessarily know what James was asking for and why.
Briggs didn't like it, but Dawn, Fyre.
Oh, backstabber holding onto James.
Fyre off the top.
[Book] Oh, whoa. Perfect timing.
[Vic] No, no. Cover.
Oh, my.
[Book] Oh, no. Book.
[man 2] Here are your winners,
and new NXT Women's Tag Team Champions,
Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn.
[Vic] That dark cloud rolling in,
now in the NXT Tag Team division.
I want to go back to this moment. Briggs saying no.
We've seen what's been in the bag in the past.
Kiana James trying to cut corners.
That's not how business gets handled for Henley, Briggs, and Jensen,
but it opened the door for the challengers to take full advantage.
Jensen couldn't get in because it could've been a disqualification.
Briggs knew that, and in the end,
that dark cloud is now hanging over
the NXT Women's Tag Team division
as the unholy union of Fyre and Dawn has taken over.
Book, I don't mean to take away, but that inner turmoil
we were talking about, that seems
to be boiling over for Briggs, Jensen,
and now the former NXT Women's Tag Team Champions.
[Book] Let's talk about what's going to happen this Tuesday
after the altercation earlier tonight here at Stand & Deliver.
Our hosts, pretty deadly, they're going to go toe-to-toe
with Tony D'Angelo and Stacks.
I like that.
[Vic] What a matchup that's going to be.
Also, a battle of the big men.
Dijak is going to enter the O zone.
Odyssey Jones, Dijak, one-on-one this Tuesday at NXT.
[Book] O zone?
[Vic] That's this upcoming Tuesday.
We got to talk about what is still to come here on Wrestlemania Saturday.
At Stand & Deliver it is the youngest main event in Wrestlemania weekend history.
It's the match the universe has been waiting for.
It's Breakker, it's Hayes for the NXT Title.
This match is like destiny.
The youngest main event in Wrestlemania weekend history.
Carmelo and I, we came in the same class.
These two Alpha males that are just undeniable.
Bron, do you now what it takes to be a king?
I don't think you do.
Heavy lies the head that wears the crown.
Make some noise for the 2021 breakout superstar,
the NXT Wargames winner,
the longest-combined North American championship,
the unified North American Champion, him.
This has been a whole different training camp,
to get to this point.
I'm not just doing mat wrestling, I'm covering every aspect
of the game, I'm hitting those ropes a little harder,
I'm taking less steps, I'm making less mistakes.
We worked out for four hours, we went to the club,
we partied for three hours, after party, I chose not to go.
[Book] I don't need to go, man. I'll celebrate when it's finished.
I'll celebrate when I'm the champion.
I'll celebrate when I'm at the top of the mountain.
The job is not done. It's far from done.
It's funny because I've been doing it.
I've been in the gym, I've been training, I've been not going
to the clubs, not going to the party scene and being focused on this.
I train weights two and a half hours a day.
I'm in the ring two and a half hours a day because
that's what it takes to be the champion, to be the guy.
I have carried this brand on my back for almost two years now.
The NXT Championship is everything to me.
This brand means everything to me.
I respect every one who's been a champion before me,
but there is a difference, I'm the most dominant NXT champion of all time.
[Vic] How could you not be blown away by what this man has done?
Bron Breakker is the present and he's paving a way for the future.
Bron celebrating on his road to Stand & Deliver.
In la, I'm going to take some of that weight
off your shoulders when I knock your head off and I take that crown
because I am him and the kingdom of NXT is mine.
Now give me my -- crown.
[Vic] This one is a little bit more special.
It means a little bit more to me.
It's Bron Breakker all day. He's the future.
[Vic] I don't know about all that.
Bron Breakker, I don't think you understand.
I don't think you want it the way that I want it.
I don't think you're willing to go the limit
that I'm willing to go for this Championship.
When I get going in that four three speed, when I steiner
line him in the middle of that ring,
he doesn't know what planet he's on or where he is, you'll see.
[Book] At Stand & Deliver, I'm going to take everything from you, Bron,
and I'm going to take it because it's mine, because I am him.
I promise I will walk in and I will walk out Stand & Deliver
still the NXT Champion.
[Vic] Who will stand? Who will deliver?
Who will be the NXT Champion?
June 21st, he put the world on notice, banger after banger,
banger after banger, banger after banger.
This is what I need. I need for everyone to get out your seats.
I need for everyone to get on your feet,
everyone Stand and watch him Deliver.
[Vic] That certainly a statement, Book, by Carmelo Hayes.
He's put everybody on a t-shirt.
It's been a different vibe when you've been around
the challenger this week.
It's been a different feeling for Carmelo Hayes
because he knows this moment.
[Book] Oh, man. Vic, I'm excited.
Look at this man, Carmelo Hayes. He's looking real good.
He's that scope to the Donas, carved and chiseled out of granite.
All he needs to go around his waist is that grand prize, Vic.
[Vic] We can't underestimate the magnitude of this moment
that we're witnessing live here on Wrestlemania Saturday.
The youngest Wrestlemania main event in history.
Two young guns, so to speak, two guys that have put the brand
on their back, that it's been built on.
They've been the pillars and now they finally go one-on-one.
[Book] Yes, you talk about the pillars,
Vic, we're talking about the guy. Who is going to be?
[Vic] This is the match we've been waiting for.
[Book] Yes, indeed, Vic.
That's that man right there, Bron Breakker.
I got to say it, he's looking for it.
No bread, no water, just meat.
[Vic] These two have been twined, as I was mentioning,
from the summer of 2021.
In Melo's mind, he made Bron Breakker by helping him at Wargames
and he said he had to give Bron a career to destroy it.
That's pretty petty to think that Melo credits himself with Bron's success
because that man has done it with hard work and determination.
[Book] Bron Breakker definitely has been dominate
in this championship run and the thing is,
I wonder if the confidence is a little bit too overconfident.
[Bell rings]
The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT championship.
Introducing first the challenger,
accompanied by Trick Williams,
Carmelo Hayes.
His opponent, he is the NXT champion,
Bron Breakker.
[Vic] Second Stand & Deliver main event for Bron Breakker.
Of course, last year we know he went up against Dolph Ziggler,
main event, Dallas. Is what happened last year in Dallas,
has that put the chip on he shoulder of Bron Breakker?
[Book] I tell you, it may have--
But I tell you, he'd better put that behind him
because he has a young man in front of him that is a phenomenal talent, Vic.
[Vic] You can feel the tension--
[Booker T] Oh, yes.
[Vic] Starting to rise here in LA.
[Crowd chants "NXT"]
[Vic] We talked about the magnitude of this moment.
It's Bron Breakker who called this match destiny.
[Booker T] I like the way this thing is getting started here, Vic.
This is just a feeling-out process right here.
[Vic] Hold on a second.
You talked about getting it started.
Hayes tried to overpower Bron Breakker. That didn't work.
You just saw Bron back up Hayes and Hayes realized it and quickly let go.
[Booker T] He could've just been testing Bron Breakker, you know what I mean?
Always wanting to make him think more than just one way at a match-up like this, Vic.
[Vic] Once again,
[Booker T] Oh, yes.
[Vic] you notice the waist lock from Carmelo Hayes.
Bron put those paws down, grabbed him, and Hayes quickly let go, walked away.
Now what Hayes couldn't do Bron just did and that was toss the challenger.
[Booker T] The thing is, Carjmelo Hayes, he's not going to be able
to overpower Bron Breakker or anything like that,
but you've got to test the waters, Vic. You've got to poke holes.
[Vic] He's testing him all right and right now Bron Breakker's not faded.
Bron's been in this position. Bron's been under these lights.
Bron's been in, name the show.
[Book] Come on.
[Vic] He's been in the main event.
-[Book] Where do you think-- -[Vic] he's been the guy.
[Book] Carmelo Hayes right now is one of the most highly touted superstars
here in this business, let alone NXT.
-[Book] Beautiful dropkick. -[Vic] What a beautiful dropkick by Hayes.
He said training camp was a little bit different.
You talk very highly of Carmelo Hayes.
Was it wise to switch up his game?
[Book] Of course, it was wise.
You can't keep going forward into the game with the same game plan.
[Vic] How about that message?
[Booker] You think bill Belichick'd go into the game
with the same game plan every week?
[Vic] Well, how about the message though Carmelo Hayes just showed Bron Breakker?
Bron then came right at him and now it's getting
in the head of the champion as the challenger now.
The pace is quickening and I believe it just got slammed down again
by the Brickwall that is Bron Breakker.
[Book] You got to understand, Vic, we are just still
in the appetizing phase of this match.
[Vic] Oh.
[Book] Oh.
[Vic] A little of slip and again, goes back to the moment.
[Vic] Goes back to the lights.
-[Book] High risk. -[Vic] The risk you talked about.
[Vic] There was no reward there for Carmelo Hayes,
but he's going to try one more time and Bron knew it was coming.
[Book] Oh.
Oh, Bron Breakker was waiting on that
[Crowd boos]
and he just took a shot.
[Vic] He sure did, didn't he?
[Book] He said what?
[Vic] That's a message sent to the challenger.
[Book] That three-pointer, wasn't it?
[Vic] It was deep.
Again, now look at Breakker. Up and over.
He's using his own little bit of speed.
[Book] Yes, indeed.
[Vic] Showing you the athleticism.
Breakker now rolling right through and this that amateur
background coming into display for the NXT Champion.
I want to ask you this, Book,
do you believe Bron Breakker has been the most dominant NXT Champion ever?
Only six men have held the NXT title more than once,
only one longer than this man who's looking to retain.
[Book] I can't disagree with that, Vic.
Bron Breakker has been dominant as champion.
He's ran through every opponent they've put in front of him.
Look at this beautiful, beautiful balance…
[Vic] Bam.
On the moonsault right there.
[Book] That's what he's looking to take him to the promised land
here tonight against this man, Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] This is something you can go back to last year against Dolph Ziggler.
Bron Breakker was foot on the gas, 100 miles an hour.
He is slowing down.
He is allowing this match to come to him.
This brand means everything to Bron Breakker.
He goes into the weight room every day.
He also talked about his training mentally.
He talked about his film study.
He thought that was the biggest difference in the last year
and something that could payoff in this matchup, in this moment for himself.
[Book] That comes from being a little bitty boy.
I'm talking about Pop Warner junior high, high school, being prepared.
Bron Breakker knows all about that. I give him that.
[Vic] Again, staying calm, cool, collected.
For Bron Breakker, he's been every composed all week long.
You've seen that in the media rounds. Nothing has overwhelmed him.
He's ready for this moment.
Maybe more so and I'm not taking anything
from what he did last year, but maybe more so than last year,
and maybe more so in this moment in the challenge.
[Book] Maybe he's still trying to slow it down right now,
trying to lean on Carmelo Hayes.
Just trying to make him use every bit of air he possibly can.
The thing might get into the later later rounds, Vic.
[Vic] Well, you've got to like when you talked about strategy
early on with the ladder match, he doesn't want Carmelo Hayes to be
picking up steam, he doesn't want him running around jumping
off ten top rope, jumping up.
He's got to keep Hayes grounded and he's doing that.
[Book] Not just that, he's trying to conserve every bit of energy
he possibly can as well because he knows the ability of this man, Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] We're seeing it right now, and of course,
Haynes dawning the purple and gold, the colors of the la Lakers.
You see the number eight on his left knee for Kobe Bryant.
He's got to have that mamba mentality here tonight.
[Book] Yes, indeed.
We all know Kobe Bryant was the epitome of mamba mentality.
[Vic] Now, you see Bron in a lot of angst here in this moment,
and go back to what just happened, he went face first
over that middle turnbuckle, over that rope.
That can't feel very good for Bron Breakker.
That certainly can't either. Jumping through the air, is Hayes.
Into the cover, hook of the leg, and a near fall.
It seems since that drop toehold, that's taken
Bron Breakker off his game a little bit and has allowed
Carmelo Hayes to get back into the game.
[Book] Not just that, the speed and the quickness of Carmelo Hayes
is definitely coming into play.
The one thing about Carmelo Hayes is he's flawless.
He makes it look so easy, and that's the training
this young man is going through here as of late.
Now, you see Hayes just squeezing with his armbar locked in,
and Bron Breakker right now center of the ring in a bad way.
There you see trick Williams on the outside telling the challenger
to squeeze, continue to try to hold
and this certainly would wear down the power of Breakker.
[Book] I don't like the idea of he let that key lock go,
he had it locked in, and right now,
Bron Breakker has an escape route if he choose to use it.
[Vic] Trying to hyper extend the left elbow.
Look, these two guys they want to be the best.
It's in their genetic code to be the best,
to be the man, to be number one.
[Book] Talk about the pedigree, the dna of this man.
[Vic] Roll through, shoulders down, by Breakker to retain, able to kick out.
[Book] Bron Breakker, he was born for this, Vic.
He was born to do this. He was born to be champion.
[Vic] If you ask Carmelo Hayes he was born to be champion
just as well, and now, Hayes charging right in.
Hayes has said he has waited long enough for this one-on-one
opportunity for the NXT title, and now, there's a bulls eye
on the body of Bron Breakker.
[Book] Waiting and anticipating is one thing,
cashing in is totally another thing.
To cash in on this man Bron Breakker, it's going to be a chore, Vic.
[Vic] Hayes now starting to focus, and now maybe it was that early
storm up front able to weather that storm, so to speak, for Carmelo Hayes
to get back into this matchup and get a little bit more comfortable.
I don't think there's going to be anything comfortable now that
Breakker back on offense, big hip toss, and the champion now
picking up some steam.
[Book] Right now, this thing is moving at a fast pace, and right now,
Bron Breakker is in total control, he's going for a cover.
[Vic] Hook of the inside leg and another near fall for Carmelo Hayes,
that right shoulder just getting up.
This match is living up to the billing of these two guys
who they've heard the chirping about the other.
Carmelo Hayes heard enough about Bron Breakker,
and Bron Breakker has heard enough about Carmelo Hayes.
[Book] Yes, indeed.
I'm looking at Bron Breakker's tactics right now, Vic.
He's trying to just keep this thing at a pace, at his pace
more so than Carmelo Hayes pace.
[Vic] Just trying to keep it slow, keep it steady.
We talked about being calm if you are Bron Breakker.
Bron knows what it takes to be champion at this level, so does
and Carmelo Hayes.
That's what's been so intriguing about this matchup, about
huge main event, as some have said, maybe the biggest match
in NXT history for two guys that are on the same page.
Right now, Bron Breakker is starting to break down Carmelo Hayes
in a way we've never seen before.
[Book] No, he's not just breaking him down, he's grinding right
now on Carmelo Hayes.
Like I say, he's using those little brawling tactics to take
everything out of this man, Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] One more time, and just like we saw Hayes focus on the upper body
we're seeing Breakker focus on the lower back.
You see almost agony in the eyes of trick Williams on the outside
as he has no choice but to just watch Bron Breakker continue
to punish Carmelo Hayes who just kicked out at two.
[Book] Wow, beautiful suplex right there.
Elevator coming down and coming down hard, right now.
You see the tactics and the strategy of this man, Bron Breakker.
Let me tell you, it's a great strategy.
[Vic] Look at this. Now Hayes just trying to hold on.
One more time with that right hand reaching out,
and uh-oh, getting stacked up.
Torture rack-- what?
[Crowd cheers]
[Book] Trick.
[man 2] Come on.
[Vic] Trick Williams could have just saved Carmelo Hayes.
[Crowd boos]
[Vic] Referee's discretion.
[Book] Come on, man.
[Vic] Wait a minute, hold on.
Would you rather have the referee disqualify Carmelo Hayes
or send trick Williams to the back?
Great judgment call by the official, and now,
Breakker making a judgment call, high risk for the champ.
[Book] You're right.
I do not want to see this disqualification here between
these two here tonight at Stand & Deliver.
I do not want to see that.
[Vic] Great job by our official as Breakker, taking that long climb
could be looking for that bulldog off the top connecting.
[Book] He got all of it.
[Vic] He certainly did. He's got all of it.
[Vic] Did he get enough to retain the NXT Title-- and oh.
[Book] The resilience of this young man, Carmelo Hayes.
He wants that championship, Vic, but it's going to take more than
just one shot to put him down.
[Book] Look at Bron Breakker taking flight.
You talk about the landing. Boom.
[Crowd cheers]
[Vic] Then he followed that up with more high-impact offense.
I give credit to the challenger who was able to kick out at two and a half.
Carmelo Hayes knows who he's been in this match with.
He's been in the match with the best NXT has to offer in Bron Breakker.
[Book] Talk about the training of Carmelo Hayes.
There's a quote by Floyd Mayweather. "Hard work is easy work."
That's the mentality that he has to have tonight.
Right now, he's going for it.
He's going for it big time. Oh, yes.
[Vic] The pace starting to quicken off the cutter.
Challenger into the cover, the count, and the champion
just got the shoulder up.
Look into the eyes of Carmelo Hayes.
This is deep water now for Hayes.
[Book] Right now the frustration is setting in because, let me tell you
he locked in that hook right there, that back leg.
It didn't work. Didn't work for him.
Bron Breakker's still strong.
[Vic] Talks about that power that Breakker has in.
Here's a man who calls his shot, and when he shoots, he don't miss.
[Crowd chants "melo"]
NXT Universe trying to rally off the top roll-through.
Breakker, of course, had it scouted right back in.
Pump kick connects under the jaw.
The champion sent all the way to the outside.
Look at Hayes wisely, though.
Knows he has to get Bron Breakker in the ring.
Can't win the NXT Title on a pinfall.
Oh, what a counter.
[Book] Oh, wow. Beautiful.
[Vic] Pinfall, submission in a huge suplex.
[Book] Outside to inside, trying to capitalize for the championship
in another pinfall.
[Vic] Talk about innovative right there.
Carmelo Hayes right there just pulled off one of the most exciting
unbelievable moves we've ever seen in this business, Vic.
Unbelievable talent this kid.
[Book] That talent is taking him to the top,
and he's soaring back to the top one more time.
Hayes looking down.
Whoa. You got to be kidding me.
[Vic] You got to be kidding me.
[Book] That's what I just said, Vic.
Look at Bron Breakker, so much has been taken out of the champion.
He can't get into it.
He can't get back to make a cover.
Bron Breakker, the size of Breakker, to the top
to hit that with such ease.
You talk about high flying ability.
Bron Breakker can do it all.
[Vic] Talking about Bron Breakker, I said this kid
has to think about working in more than just one gear right now.
He's shifting gears, Vic.
He's definitely shifting gears.
[Book] That genetic code, the magnitude of this match,
of this moment, for these two,
for this brand, on this stage in la.
[Vic] Oh, yes. I like this.
I like this, Vic. Let's just fight.
Let's just do it.
[Book] Breakker's right hand dropping the challenger,
but Hayes picking himself back up to answer right back.
[Vic] Oh.
Nice strike by Hayes, rocking the champion back-- uh-oh.
[Book] Not a great strategy here by Carmelo.
[Book] You don't want to go toe-to-toe--
[Vic] looking for that submission. Look at Bron Breakker.
Breakker trying to recline Carmelo Hayes.
He's seen that movie before, able to counter right to the back.
Now, trying to lock in the submission.
He's been working on the shoulder, working on the arm.
Too strong here by this man right here, Bron Breakker.
Oh, wow.
[Vic] To your point, almost on cue. Planted.
Wait, Hayes, Hayes, submission locked in.
Is the champion going to tap?
Breakker trying to roll his weight, roll his momentum.
Shoulders are down-- and oh.
[Book] Breakker was admiring his work there for a second,
and Carmelo capitalized off of it, but is it going to work?
Oh. Oh, wow.
[Vic] The official wrong place, wrong time.
Now, Bron looking down, and for a second attempt, can he sit back?
Can he clench his hands? He's reclining back on Carmelo Hayes.
[Book] That's it, Vic. He's got to tap.
[Vic] The challenger. There's no referee.
There's no official. Trick, no.
[Book] Trick Williams, he was ejected.
Williams.
Oh, he just dragged the lifeless body of Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] They're going to do it.
They're going to Rob this man tonight, Vic.
[Book] Referee can only call what he sees.
[Vic] How damn close.
[Book] That was a 2/11 in progress right there, Vic.
[Vic] The eyes of Breakker, the eyes of Hayes.
I think Hayes now trying to get right back in going-- uh-oh,
got caught, and we've seen this in the past, Book.
What goes up has to come crashing down.
[Book] Oh, first 48, first 48, first 48.
[Book] Hayes drop Breakker. Hayes trying to move.
Carmelo Hayes trying pull himself, trying to will himself all the way to the top.
The man who shoots and don't miss has his sight set.
Nothing but net.
[Vic] Wow.
[Book] For your moment.
We got a New NXT Champion.
[Carmelo Hayes' music plays]
[man 2] Here is your winner and New NXT Champion,
Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] One more time at Stand & Deliver.
Los Angeles is on their feet as you just heard
Alicia Taylor say, New NXT Champion.
[Vic] Let's go back into this matchup.
As I've said, wrong place, wrong time. The referee wiped out.
Bron Breakker could've had it in that moment.
He locks in. Hayes is tapping.
Williams returns and drops Bron Breakker.
The referee had no idea.
Breakker somehow was able to kick out, in that moment,
Hayes would somehow able to counter.
Then he set his sights on the big dog, and the big dog ate
here tonight in Los Angeles.
Boom, to the back of the neck.
Nothing but net secures the biggest game winning
shot in Carmelo Hayes' tenure in his history here in NXT.
It is starting to set in for Carmelo Hayes.
Los Angeles celebrating for the New NXT Champion.
Heavy lies the head that wears the crown.
From a Casanova to the NXT champion, Carmelo Hayes is him.
Subtitles: Aadesh Surana T champion, Carmelo Hayes is him.