[WWE intro music]
[narrator] Then.
[narrator] Now.
[narrator] Forever.
[narrator] Together.
-[crowd screaming] -[rock music playing]
[Vic] The time is indeed now.
WrestleMania Saturday kicks off with NXT.
Who will take their first steps, who will stand and deliver?
[rock music playing]
Joe Coffey. Gallus is complete.
-Gallus retains. -[bell rings]
Give me the bag, Brooks. [screaming] Go! Do it!
Listen to her.
[rock music playing]
[female announcer] The following is a ladder match
for the NXT women's championship.
[Brooker] What the?
[Vic] Jacy Jayne, the door's wide open.
-[Brooker] Indi needs to move quick. -[Vic] It's Dexter Lumis.
[rock music playing]
[bell rings]
[rock music playing]
[Vic] Los Angeles is on their feet
for what these five were willing to put themselves through
and with the North American champion.
[rock music playing]
Johnny wrestling is dead, lad.
Johnny wrestling is gone, and tonight I put an end to Gargano.
[male announcer] Grayson Waller versus Johnny Gargano.
No rules, anything goes.
Have a look at your dad, quill.
[male announcer] No one is liable in an unsanctioned match.
[bell rings]
[Vic] As the symbol of NXT,
Johnny Gargano will live forever.
Everyone stand and watch him 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.
[intense music playing]
What goes up has to come crashing down.
The man who shoots and don't miss has his sights set.
Nothing but net.
We got a new NXT champion.
From a Casanova to the NXT champion, Carmelo Hayes is him.
[NXT's music playing]
[Vic] As you just witnessed, it was the biggest, most-watched
Stand & Deliver in history this past WrestleMania Saturday.
Tonight we witness a changing of the guard.
Welcome to NXT.
[female announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
your new NXT women's champion,
Indi Hartwell.
[Indi Hartwell's music playing]
[Vic] What a way to kick off NXT.
The first 30 minutes commercial free limited commercial breaks throughout.
Book, I got to talk about Indi Hartwell for a second here.
Johnny Gargano, of course, texted me after Saturday,
he told me he's been part of some amazing moments in NXT.
[music playing]
But as you can feel the love from the NXT universe,
he was standing in Gorilla with Candice
who was crying watching Indi win the title.
It's one of his absolute favorite moments ever.
[Brooker] I'm proud of Indi Hartwell. She cashed in.
She went from the back of the line to the penthouse.
She's the champion.
[Vic] That is the type of respect that Harwell has earned.
[crowd chants, "You deserve it!"]
Oh, man.
[crowd chants, "You deserve it!"]
Guys,
you have no idea how long I have waited to hear that.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chants, "Indi wrestling!"]
I heard Alicia's amazing introduction, it's been a few days now.
I can't believe it's real.
I'm the NXT's women's champion.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chants "Indi"]
You know what, I gave up a long time ago
on what I would say when I finally won
the NXT's women's championship, because, truthfully,
I didn't think it was ever going to happen.
-[fan] You deserve it! -[Indi] Thank you.
You know, I've gained some momentum, picked up a few wins,
and then, it was just right back down.
[crowd cheering]
I really doubted myself.
I was tag team champion with Candice, but could I do it on my own?
Holding this was just a pipe dream.
But, you know who never doubted me, not once?
You guys.
[crowd cheering]
You guys stood by me.
[crowd chants, "Indi"]
Just like that, you picked me up when I was down.
You chanted "Indi wrestling" when I needed it the most.
The outpour of love from everyone since Stand & Deliver
just makes this moment that much sweeter.
[crowd chants, "You deserve it!"]
You guys have no idea how much that means to me.
Thank you.
Now I don't want to take up too much time.
-[fan] We love you, Indi. -[Indi] I love you too.
There's two more things I have to get to.
Firstly, someone else in that match that I need to acknowledge
and that is Roxanne Perez.
-[crowd cheering] -[crowd chants, "Roxie"]
Because if it wasn't for Roxanne, there never would've been a ladder match
and I wouldn't be standing here today with this.
So with that being said, the first person who should get an opportunity
against my women's title is Roxanne.
[crowd booing]
-Let me move on. Secondly-- -[Zoey Stark's music playing]
[Zoey] Hold on. No.
I can't sit back there and listen to this crap.
[crowd booing]
Are you kidding me? This is nonsense.
We get it.
Pigs fly, unicorns are real,
and Indi Hartwell is the new NXT's women's champion?
[crowd screaming]
You had quite the upset, I'll give you that.
But Indi, you are holding a title
that has been held by legends,
future hall of famers.
And you want to know what the most disgusting part is?
It's like you have it now.
They have worked so hard to build that title up.
[crowd screaming]
See, they brought it all the way up here, Indi.
[crowd screaming]
They brought it all the way up here, Indi.
You're nowhere near this. You're not even at that level.
You're a little lower, like oof.
Like on the floor, actually, right there.
[crowd chants, "Zoey sucks"]
You know what the most positive thing that I got out of Stand & Deliver?
Is that now guys, now,
we have a very beatable NXT women's champion.
-[crowd booing] -And know you want to talk about Roxanne?
Roxanne's been radio silent.
We haven't heard her since Saturday.
Not a peep.
So she gets to go to the back of the line, or even really in the front.
It doesn't matter, as long as she's behind me.
And, hey, you want to talk about title matches?
Well, guess what, it's the first show since Stand & Deliver,
since you want to just hand them out, how about you hand out a title match
to me tonight?
[crowd] No!
[crowd chants, "No"]
Zoey thinks I'm a beatable champion.
Okay, I want to see how beatable I am because, Zoey, you're right,
it is the first NXT after Stand & Deliver, so I'm sure it will get approved.
Let's have ourselves a women's title match tonight.
[crowd screaming]
Indi, you just made the biggest mistake of your life.
Ladies and gentlemen, Indi Hartwell's going to make history
here once again
by being the shortest reigning women's NXT champion
we have ever seen.
-[crowd screaming] -Point-blank, period.
[Zoey Stark's music playing]
[Vic] Well, if this match is made official,
will Zoey Stark be correct?
Or can Indi Hartwell continue to ride the wave of momentum
she has been on?
But I want to go from one champion to another,
because we have a new NXT champion, Carmelo Hayes.
We will hear from him live here tonight, but Book, what an amazing weekend it was,
Los Angeles, WrestleMania weekend.
[Booker] Oh my god, talking about being tired,
starting at 10:00 am in the morning, Stand & Deliver
Trust me, they delivered. Oh my god, man.
Now, we'll go to the action that transpired yesterday,
courtesy of our social media.
[interviewer] Wes, can I get a second of your time?
-Yes, what's up? -Big win at Stand & Deliver,
you're returning as NXT North American champion.
-How you feeling? -I feel real good.
This is definitely a piece of luggage I did not want to lose.
[wrestler] Hey, Wes, congrats on Saturday, man.
-That was unbelievable. -Appreciate you.
I would be lying if I said that I didn't wonder
how it'd be me and you, one-on-one, for that title.
[Wes] You really brought it on Saturday, so yes, yes.
See you tomorrow, man.
[Vic] I can tell you that this one is official, 72 hours removed
from Stand & Deliver, WrestleMania Saturday.
Tonight, Wes Lee will put his North American title--
[Brooker] Oh, yeah!
-On his Axiom.
These two finally get to go one on one later on tonight here on NXT.
[Tony D'Angelo's music playing]
-[bell rings] -[male announcer] The following contest
is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, the team of Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo
and "the Don of NXT", Tony D' Angelo.
[Vic] This match coming up after what transpired this past Saturday
at Stand & Deliver.
We a team.
[Elton] A team? You are a team? That's enough of that.
Booker and Vic, that's all we got time for
here in the locker room.
[Kit] Tony and Stacks prove that the only team that can beat Gallus
-is well-- -[Tony] Hey.
-[Elton] Yours truly. -[Tony] Hey.
You're going to come in here
and ask stupid questions like that and make a comment?
-[Kit] Don't be stupid. -[Elton] Don't point at him.
[crosstalk]
[Vic] Pretty blatantly disrespectful from the hosts of Stand & Deliver.
This match came about following a triple threat match
that family had just competed in.
-[Booker] Look at them, Vic. -[Vic] I don't want to.
[Pretty Deadly's music playing]
[Vic] Talk about a duo that is full of themselves.
[Female announcer] Their opponents, the team of Kit Wilson and Elton Prince,
Pretty Deadly.
[Vic] According to Pretty Deadly, Book, they arrived back here
-for tonight, this morning in Orlando. -[Booker] Yes.
[Vic] They said they were recognized, and you believe this, I'm sure.
Recognized so much in the airport they couldn't make it to their gate.
They told me that is the true definition of passing Booker T's airport test.
[Booker] They know it. I put it out there,
they lived up to it. Look at these guys,
This is Kit Wilson.
This is Elton Prince.
This is Pretty Deadly.
[Vic] I don't even know why I'm asking. Rate their hosting abilities, Book.
Rate them.
[Booker] I'd say stupendous, astounding, amazing, should I go on?
[bell rings]
[Vic] They couldn't even muster the courage to talk to Bron Breakker
this past Saturday.
I don't even know why I asked you, you gave shucky ducky quack moment
to Stephen A. Smith.
[Booker] Stephen A. That was a shucky ducky quack moment.
[Booker] Stephen A., that might be a tag team that can't lose.
[Vic] This, of course, the NXT after Stand & Deliver
first 30 minutes commercial free in the NXT universe here tonight
is at a fever pitch.
-[Vic] What a clothesline. -[Booker] Beautiful, beautiful.
-[Vic] I know what happened-- -[Booker] Kit Wilson
-[Vic] would somewhat transpire between these two teams
following that triple-threat match on Saturday.
I suppose though, Book, both these teams are looking to bounce back
in the tag team division.
-[Booker] Of course, you want to put yourself at the front of the class
as far as being in line for a tag team shot and a shot
at gold victory.
-[Vic] Looking for the hip toss was Wilson, nice backslide by Stacks,
shoulders down and a near fall.
Ooh, what a dropkick.
-[Brooker] Shot there by Stacks.
-[Vic] Saturday once again showed the bond that has formed between the Don
and the underboss.
As you see Stacks feeding off the energy, looking over at the Don.
That talks about what you said earlier, all the superstars stepped up for NXT,
10:00 a.m. on the West Coast for Stand & Deliver
Have you ever had to compete that early in the morning?
[Booker] Oh, yes. The adrenalin factor is a little bit different
but you keep going quick, especially when you got somebody on your side
like the NXT universe.
[the Don shouting]
[Vic] Look at the Don talking a little smack,
took his eye off the ball, tag was made, and in comes Prince.
Now the Don is right back into the game.
You talked to the family, to the Don, to the underboss.
-[Booker] I love them. -[Vic] The underboss is still someone
in Stacks Lorenzo that looks up to Tony D'Angelo.
[Booker] Vic, do you know what that's called?
Whoa, beautiful shot there.
[Vic] A nice hip toss standing suplex, excuse me.
[Booker] Looking up to him is one thing, but respecting the Don,
it is something totally different. That's what it is.
[Vic] Some would argue that Gold should finally be around the waist
of Tony D'Angelo if not for the returning Joe Coffey
as the Gallus boys still on top, thanks to the returning Coffey brother.
[Booker] The Coffey brothers, Joe Coffey and those Gallus boys,
the coffee is good to the last drop, Vic.
It's good to the last drop.
[Vic] Now, I see what you did there.
Right now Tony D'Angelo is starting to steamroll.
Again, the family. They're angry.
They didn't take too kindly to being disrespected from Pretty Deadly
after they were shortchanged in that triple threat tag team match
in Los Angeles.
[Booker] The family made a mistake, Vic.
I wouldn't call it a mistake, it was a great showing of gratitude--
[Vic] How was it a mistake when Joe Coffey comes out of the crowd?
[Booker] What I'm saying is, they was watching each other's backs.
They didn't have their eyes totally on the prize.
That's what I'm talking about, Vic.
[Vic] Stacks went back into the matchup.
Oh, right to the foot and now showcasing a little--
[Kit] Don't disrespect me. These people love me.
-[Vic] I was going to say something-- -[Booker] Oh, yes
[Vic] not showing a lot of smarts.
[Booker] That was smart, you're going to get this man off his game.
[Vic] He's not off his game, Book, he's mad, he's angry, he's the Don.
[Booker] Oh, wow. What a shot.
[Vic] Wilson may be out.
Oh, what a right hand from Stacks.
-[Vic] Hey! -[Booker] [laughs] Yes.
That's Pretty Deadly right there. Don't sleep on this, boy.
Don't take Pretty Deadly for gra--
they're not just pretty, they are deadly, Vic.
[Vic] Oh, wow.
[Vic] They seem to be pretty sore right now, Book.
As the family is taking over and Stacks Lorenzo is now legal.
Prince is starting to lose a little bit in this matchup
right after they regain some control.
[Booker] This thing is definitely breaking down,
This is definitely out of control right now.
Referee, do your damn job.
-[Vic] I also want to point out that this is somewhat of a reset.
The tag team division, Book.
The winner of this, you could argue, could be in
for future tag team title opportunities.
[Booker] No doubt.
[Vic] That's not a tag.
That's not how the rules work.
-[Vic] The referee is trying to-- -[Booker] Beautiful distraction there,
Stacks just fell right into it.
That was bait.
That was what they call it these days. It's clickbait.
[Vic] Pretty Deadly has shown the ability to cut corners
as finally we see an actual tag, and Prince is back into the matchup,
-[Vic] these guys are full of themselves-- -[Booker] all legal right there.
[Vic] After what they did this past Saturday at Stand & Deliver.
as the hosts.
Right now, they're trying to get back to their winning ways--
-[Booker] Let me hold you up, what a great job, Vic.
I do not want to lose Kit Wilson and Elton Prince to Hollywood.
-[Booker] These guys got star-- -[Vic] Hook of the leg.
[Booker] Written all over them, man.
-[Vic] You have bought into Pretty Deadly. -[Booker] Look at them.
They pass every test, they cover every box, man, come on.
Oh, yes.
[Vic] Pretty Deadly haven't really been the same
since losing their NXT tag team titles.
They blamed just about everyone.
They blame the new day, they blamed other teams.
-[Booker] Tell me one team they blame. -[Vic] Themselves, exactly.
[Vic] The only team to blame is themselves.
[Booker] The new day came in, a totally unexpected entry.
A challenge for the tag team and stole them, Vic.
[Vic] Back to this matchup, NXT universe rallying behind Stacks.
Listen to the body shot looking for the right
and then just getting overpowered by Prince.
A tag was made and Wilson is now legal-- -[Booker] They get it.
[Vic] We have one more time. Pretty Deadly, ooh.
[Booker] Isolating Stacks right now, keeping stacks real close to the body,
but, oh, no, so close--
[Vic] A near fall. Now there's a tag and in comes the Don.
[Booker] Yes.
[Vic] D'Angelo's been on the outside waiting quite patiently.
Look at D'Angelo right now just throwing anything that moves.
[Booker] D'Angelo's a specimen. He's got a lot of muscle in that frame.
[Vic] Pretty Deadly may wish they were back in Los Angeles.
[Booker] Whoa, yes.
[Vic] Did you see what I saw?
Prince trying to hold on, but nice wheelbarrow German.
[Booker] Tony D. right now look like a one-man wrecking crew, Vic.
Oh, yes, beautiful spine buster.
[Vic] Cover, count, and just breaking up the count is Wilson.
Pretty Deadly wouldn't be taking this beating
if they have kept their mouths shut this past weekend.
[Booker] What are you talking about taking this beating?
These guys are just good-looking.
[Vic] Inadvertently right into the bridge of the nose of D'Angelo--
-[Booker] Beautiful teamwork there. -[Vic] Whoa, wait a minute.
-[Booker] Beautiful switch. -[Vic] Wait a minute.
[Vic] Prince is legal, the official was tending to Tony D'Angelo.
[Kit] Hey, hey, hey!
[Vic] The referee doing the right thing.
Oh, the exposed turnbuckle, the official didn't see it
and Pretty Deadly steals it.
[Pretty Deadly's music playing]
[female announcer] Here are your winners, Pretty Deadly.
[Vic] What the? You're smiling.
[Booker] Great teamwork.
-[Vic] It's cheating. -[Booker] Cheating?
If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.
[Vic] Let's go back right here.
Inadvertent, the referee is doing his job, checking out our athletes,
but here's what the official didn't see,
Pretty Deadly, you call it a bait and switch.
You call it whatever you want. You can call it smart,
I can call it whatever I want at the same time.
It was effective, the official call is there,
but it gets distracted, exposed turnbuckle,
right into the mush,
and Pretty Deadly, astounding enough, they stole it.
They stole the win.
[Booker] They should be the next in line for a title shot.
Vic, I'm calling it.
[rock music playing]
Gigi Dolin, you poor pathetic soul.
You really thought that you were going to have your big Hollywood moment
fueled by all your setbacks, betrayal, your mother's anger,
and the joy you had on your face.
You really thought that you were going to become the NXT women's champion.
I watched you climb that ladder rung by rung.
[Booker] She's so close to changing her life, one more rung.
But Delusion is quite the disease,
[crowd cheering]
because within one second I was able to push that all away.
[laughs]
Gigi, you were never going to win that ladder match
and I was going to make sure of it.
[shouts]
I broke your face, I broke your heart,
and now all that's left to do is break your will.
[Vic] Jacy Jayne showing she is malicious and as spiteful as ever.
[Dijak's music playing]
[bell rings]
[female announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
-[Dijak's music playing] -Making his way to the ring, Dijak.
[Vic] Book, we haven't agreed a lot tonight,
but there's thing that we can agree on.
Dijak is always in a foul mood.
[Booker] Mayhem, pain, destruction.
That's what this man's all about.
[Vic] What do that have to do with he's in a foul mood?
-You don't ever want to agree with me. -[Booker] Yes, I agree with you.
I'm just saying.
[Dijak's music playing]
[Vic] Dijak focused on a large task at hand here tonight.
[Odyssey Jones' music playing]
[female announcer] His opponent, Odyssey Jones.
[Vic] Of course these two were in the battle royal last week
and would have quite the altercation between the two.
Of course it was to find out who would head to Los Angeles,
who would go to Stand & Deliver.
Dijak would miss out on yet another North American championship opportunity,
and he focused on one man, that, of course, being Odyssey Jones.
Would take his frustrations out on Jones, which would set up for Jones
to lose his opportunity to go to Los Angeles in Stand & Deliver.
[Dijak] Ring the bell!
[Vic] This is a true battle of the big men,
and look right at it.
[Booker] Vic, I don't think that was personal.
Everything with Dijak trying to get Odyssey Jones out of the ring.
That was business dawg.
[Vic] I understand, but look-- Oh, forget about that right now.
[Booker] What was he supposed to do?
-[Vic] Big boot, cover, count, and a big-- -[Booker] Oh, wow.
-[Vic] Kick out. -[Booker] So close.
Street justice right there, Vic. I like it.
[Vic] He certainly likes to serve his brand of justice does Dijak.
Very close to capturing the North American title in Charlotte.
Of course as you mentioned earlier, he is dangerously disciplined,
but these two right now, you can understand, though,
both are obviously angry to miss out on a huge stage such as Los Angeles.
To miss out on Stand & Deliver, as the momentum of Dijak
carried him over the top to the floor.
[Booker] Come on, Vic. Those guys that were on Stand & Deliver
Those guys earned those spots.
[Vic] How about tonight, it is the-- [Booker] Oh, yes.
[Vic] NXT after Stand & Deliver and this one is official,
the NXT women's title will be defended tonight.
It'll be Indi Hartwell defending her championship for the first time
against Zoey Stark, and that's not all.
That's the first of two championship matches
we have here tonight, but these two, of course,
as we've talked about angry,
battling it out over their missed opportunity
at the aforementioned North American Championship.
[Booker] Talking about championship now, Vic.
-This could be-- -[Vic] What a slam.
-[Booker] A championship about-- -[Vic] Into the cover.
[Booker] A championship about anywhere in the world.
This man, Odyssey Jones, is coming off a bad bad injury
in 2022, but he's getting back on track.
[Vic] We are also going to celebrate our new NXT champion,
that being Carmelo Hayes. I want to throw this out there.
Bron Breakker showed great class closing out Stand & Deliver,
passing the torch sort of moment in Los Angeles.
I can't go another minute without brings that up,
because I want to refocus now on this matchup and on this moment,
because the always positive Odyssey Jones could be looking to flatten Dijak.
[Booker] I don't like this position right here from the big man,
getting ready to fly like I say, he's gone up there--
[Vic] How the hell did Dijak get a foot up that high?
[Booker] That's a big shot. This kid's a athlete right here, Dijak.
I wouldn't even call him a kid, this is a grown-ass man.
[Vic] No way, you can make the argument that Dijak hasn't been the same
since roadblock.
Dijak trying to put all that behind him tonight.
-[Booker] You got to be kidding me. -[referee] One, two…
[Vic] No.
-[Booker] Big man kicked out right there. -[Vic] Are you serious?
[Booker] Like I say, Odyssey Jones, he's got a little wind at his back.
He's coming off a big win and right now
if he could get one over this man Dijak, oh no.
[Vic] Dijak got all that moonsault into another cover and justice is served.
[Dijak's music playing]
[female announcer] Here is your winner, Dijak.
[Vic] What a match between these two here tonight
on the NXT after Stand & Deliver.
Jones can't even get back to his feet.
This certainly was a battle of the big men,
and take a look again at this super kick.
I know Dijak's 6'9'', he got that foot about 7'4'',
and then showcased the strength
to carry around a superstar the size of Odyssey Jones,
but take nothing away from Jones, who was able to power out.
Then Dijak went deep into the playbook to--
[Booker] Oh, wow!
[Vic] that moonsault.
-As I mentioned, justice served tonight. -[bell rings]
I hope you all had a great time at Stand & Deliver.
My name's Dijak and now I'm pissed off.
[Dragon Lee] I want to show the world that Dragon Lee "es especial".
[music playing]
[male voice] I love the chaos.
[Booker] NXT universe has been waiting and anticipating this young man,
Dragon Lee. Oh, yes.
[music playing]
[rock music playing]
[Vic] This just moments ago,
of course, at Stand & Deliver, this man called his shot,
and when he shoots, he don't miss.
He has arrived.
We will hear from the new NXT champion, Carmelo Hayes,
for first time later tonight.
[music playing]
I'm now joined by the NXT tag team champions, Gallus,
and the returning Joe Coffey.
-Yes. We're finally complete once again. -That's right, Mark.
Hollywood got a wee taste of Glasgow on Saturday.
Yes, they did, Wolfie.
Gallus boys remain on top, just where we belong.
-Up the ship. -Up the ship.
I love it when a plan comes together.
If you thought we were a problem before,
just imagine what a full strength Gallus can be.
They might as well start billing us front on top,
because that's not changing.
Well, Joe, now that you're back on NXT, what can we expect to see from you?
Well, these guys are champions.
-I'm going to add some gold to Gallus. -[guys in the back] Yes!
In the meanwhile, I'm going to pick a couple of fights,
because then people are going to start to realize
that this is our kingdom.
Come on, boys. Let's go.
-[music] -[Vic] I hate to say it, Booker,
but it appears Gallus' plan is coming together.
[music playing]
[bell rings]
[female announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Nathan Frazer.
[Nathan Frazer's music playing]
[Vic] What a battle this is going to be here in just a moment.
You might, as well, not blink,
because the pace is going to quicken in just a moment
between these next two superstars, these two phenomenal athletes
with some international flavor.
[Dragon Lee's music playing]
[female announcer] And his opponent, Dragon Lee.
[Vic] This second-generation superstar really lit up Los Angeles.
[crowd chants]
You can hear the NXT universe here, some standing on their feet
for the international sensation.
You actually were singing the praises
of Dragon Lee following Stand & Deliver in Los Angeles.
[Booker] Oh, yes. I'm just sitting here right now--
[Vic] Wait a minute.
That's the Scottish supanova.
[Vic] What are you do--
[Booker] Look at that.
Hello, hello, hello.
Here me, now.
Dafties, rejoice.
The rumors are true.
They saved the best for last.
After months of negotiation, the most sought-after transfer
from across the pond, "Supernova 11" Noam Dar is finally here in NXT.
[crowd chants, "Noam Dar"]
As you can see, I've got my big, beautiful, gold prized chalice,
the NXT UK heritage cup.
However, I'll be the one that decides if there's anyone fit enough
or even good enough to be graced with the opportunity to challenge
for my NXT heritage cup because there's levels to this,
-and I'm at the tippy top. -[crowd booing]
Continue with your little daft match. Go on. Do your match.
-[crowd booing] -[bell rings]
[Vic] It, of course, is the NXT after Stand & Deliver.
What a surprise, Noam Dar.
This is a superstar.
Noam Dar, who has competed on Monday night raw,
cruiserweight, classic, other brands.
He left to go help build NXT UK, and now appears to be back
with a heritage cup.
-[Booker] Yes, I get it. -[Vic] You're just as shocked as I am.
[Booker] I'm very shocked. I know who this kid is.
He's highly touted.
One thing he has is a championship name, Noam Dar.
I do like that.
[Vic] I want to talk about this heritage cup for a moment,
as you see the pace quickening inside this matchup.
-[Booker] Oh, yes. -[Vic] It is an innovative spin
on the British rounds match, a European staple.
These two, in the ring, as Noam Dar is looking on,
They would fit in just well competing for the heritage cup.
[Booker] When I saw this match on the docket,
I was highy anticipating this matchup, because this kid, Dragon Lee,
like I said, he checks off every box.
He's extraordinarily talented.
He's a star, Vic.
[Vic] I don't want to take anything away from Dragon,
I'm focused on Nathan Frazer for a moment.
This is a big match for Nathan Frazer as well to take on someone
that's had a spotlight on them like Dragon Lee.
[Booker] Wait a minute. Did you say big match?
[Vic] It's a big match, is it not? [Booker] Today, this is the biggest match
of this young man, Nathan Frazer's career to knock off,
to knock off an international, highly-touted superstar.
Come on, Vic. Come on.
[Vic] You agree?
I don't why you're yelling at me, I just brought up a point.
[Booker] You said perhaps. This is biggest.
[Vic] I will correct myself.
This is the biggest match for Nathan Frazer.
Looking for a-- He's got to be viewing this
as redemption of sorts, you've got to believe too.
[Booker] I wouldn't look at it that way.
I would look at it, like I said, "this is the biggest match of my career.
I've got to go out there and try to knock off this man, Dragon Lee."
I don't know how much he knows about him, but he's going to find our tonight.
[Vic] Frazer so close, last Tuesday, to qualifying for Stand & Deliver.
He was down into the final two of the battle royal.
He was the runner-up.
Right now, Dragon Lee, of course, really stood out in that five-way matchup
in Los Angeles.
I do want to say, though, what surprised you the most
about Dragon Lee?
What took you back about Lee?
-[crowd chants, "Let's go, Frazer"] -[crowd chants, "Dragon Lee"]
[Booker] When Dragon Lee just came out of that stage and made that walk
he seemed so comfortable, he seemed like he belonged here in NXT.
He looked like, "one day, I'm going to be future champion,
and it's going to be very soon."
That's what impressed me most.
[Vic] We talked about the pace quickening, the speed, the agility, the athleticism.
-[Booker] Oh, yes! -[Vic] Take a look at this stalemate.
Let's go, boys.
Coming right back in. Nice snapmare. Frazer on his feet. Right back in.
Could be looking for a cover. Lee has to escape quick--
[Booker] You talked about the pace quickening, Vic.
-[Booker] Oh, yes. -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] We're back live. It is the NXT after Stand & Deliver.
What a matchup we have been treated to here,
between Dragon Lee and Nathan Frazer,
as we witnessed throughout the commercial break. Bam!
Beautiful dropkick, nasty landing, nasty spill,
but then both superstars, same thought process.
[Booker] Man.
[Vic] We are right now still in a sort of stalemate,
as I can't forget Noam Dar who has returned here--
[Booker] Oh, wow!
-[Vic] to NXT ringside. -[Booker] Vic, that could be it.
[Vic] No, a kick out by Dragon Lee.
A near fall.
[Booker] Vic, Nathan Frazer almost changed his life right there.
[Vic] You ain't kidding. Take another look.
-[Vic] Bam! -[Booker] Wow!
-[Vic] High-impact, high-intensity. [Booker] How'd he kick out?
Wow. Instinct. Instinct, Vic. That's what instinct is all about.
[Vic] Right now, Frazer could be looking around
thinking he's got to put an end to this.
He's got to pick up the biggest win in his career.
What a win it would be over someone with the accolades of Dragon Lee.
[Booker] Let me tell you something, Nathan Frazer has all the tools
in the toolbag.
He's just missing maybe a couple.
[Vic] Frazer doing his best to try to create a little bit of separation.
I can breathe easy at least for-- uh-oh, what's he thinking, Book?
[Booker] He's thinking, "let's get to the pay window."
-[Vic] Oh, no. -[Booker] Good god.
[Vic] How the hell did he land on his feet?
[Booker] Look at the athleticism from this kid.
[Vic] Frazer with Lee in his sights. Big dropkick.
[Booker] Like I say, Vic, to knock off a highly-touted
International superstar like this young man, Dragon Lee,
What it would do for the future. Man. Oh, god. Did you see that?
[Vic] A pair of dropkicks by Lee.
Noam Dar, the returning Noam Dar, doesn't seem too impressed.
The NXT universe though being treated to a classic here between these two.
[Vic] Boom!
-[Booker] You ain't jiving, Vic. -[Vic] Cover.
[crowd counts, "One, two, three"]
[Vic] You just felt everyone here with a gasp of air.
[Booker] This Dragon Lee here, he's good, Vic.
Look how graceful that was right there, but this kid Nathan Frazer,
he's looking to prove himself, Vic.
I think he has something up the old sleeve.
[Vic] As we mentioned, Noam Dar returning.
Also the heritage cup sitting in between us.
A match that is a test of endurance.
Six three-round matches.
If you haven't witnessed a heritage up matchup,
Look them up on WWE on peacock.
When we talk about endurance, these two are pushing each other
to the limit.
[Booker] This kid, Dragon Lee, is going up top.
I'm wondering what he's going to pull off.
Oh, wait a minute.
-[Vic] Took a little bit too much time. -[Booker] Wait a minute, Vic.
[Vic] Frazer caught him.
Oh, nice counter. Oh, Frazer.
[Booker] Frazer's in the drop zone.
Oh, wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Lee with Frazer in his-- Oh, he got caught.
[Booker laughs]
[Vic] Frazer almost out of instinct.
[crowd chants, "NXT"]
[Vic laughs] Book.
[Booker] Talking about a main event, Vic.
-[Booker] This is a main event-- -[Vic] Look at Frazer.
-[Booker] Anywhere in the world. -[Vic] Look at Frazer.
[Booker] He's going for it.
[Vic] Up and, oh, able to roll through.
-Nice presence of mind. Oh, big knee-- -[Booker] Great counter though.
[Vic] under the jaw. Dragon Lee answers back one of his own.
Nice enzuigiri upside the ear.
[Booker] Double, triple counters all over the place.
Who's going to pull it out, Vic?
[Vic] What? Lee. Oh, sit down. Powerbomb.
Cover, count. [laughs]
[Booker] No way, no way.
[Booker] The universe… The decimal level, Vic.
[crowd chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] Dragon Lee trying to fire himself back up.
Right back in.
-[Booker] Wow. -[Vic] That's got to be it.
-[Vic] What a match. -[bell rings]
-[Dragon Lee's music plays] -[Vic] What a win.
[female announcer] Here is your winner, Dragon Lee.
[Vic] I don't know how Noam Dar is not impressed
after what we have witnessed between these two thorough bred athletes,
these two stand out superstars here in NXT.
[Booker] Yes. So impressed with these two young men.
[Vic] Boom, look at the force. I mean great action start to finish.
We are talking about, bam, a test of endurance, the test of will,
we are talking about speed.
It was all in this matchup, and somehow Dragon Lee was able--
-[Booker] Thought that was it, Vic. -[Vic] To pull out, almost did,
and somehow, some way Nathan Frazer is able to kick out and continue,
but Dragon Lee, finally, bam, that knock out blow.
[Booker] This kid's unbelievable.
[Vic] Picking up a victory in his NXT TV debut here on Tuesday night.
[music playing] Look at the standing "O" from the NXT universe.
[crowd chants "NTX"]
[music playing]
Class, I must say, it felt great to kick the-- out of the schism
in front of the largest Stand & Deliver crowd ever on Saturday.
-[crowd chants] -[fan shouts, "We did it"]
Speaking of Saturday, I'd like to give a special shout out
and thank you to honorary Chase U alumni, Tyler bate.
His hard work and dedication to this university
helped keep Chase U alive.
Oh, okay. Cool.
Yes, Tyler Bate's a great guy and all, big strong boi, whoop-de-do.
He's not the one that got the job done at Stand & Deliver.
It was me.
You're right, Duke, and I was actually on the process
of honoring your special efforts on Saturday,
but then I remembered what you said about awards, and ceremonies,
and I just knew that's not something that you'd be interested in.
It's not really the same thing, though, is it?
We're not talking about some trivial match over here.
We're talking about me outsmarting every single person
at the biggest event of the year with the biggest stakes,
securing a historic victory for the university.
That kind of performance, the legacy I have created in Chase University.
Surely that is something worth honoring.
You're damn right that's something worth honoring,
so you know what?
Next week we're going to have a ceremony to celebrate your commitment
to this university, and we're going to award you
the MVP trophy.
[crowd cheering]
Yes. Chase U.
[Vic] That is quite the honor, and this has been quite the evening
of action and intensity.
It's only going to continue, because there you see the challenger
for the NXT women's champion, but there you see the champion herself.
Indi Hartwell's first title defense is coming up next live
on the NXT after Stand & Deliver.
[music playing]
[Alba Fyre] First, it was written, and now it is told.
We have seized the seeds of power, and now the rightful NXT
women's tag team champions sit on their throne.
[Isla Dawn] We vowed to burn all opposition
to the ground at Stand & Deliver.
We defeated our opponents, we seized the championships,
but we did not scorch the earth, Alba.
Nothing in NXT is ever that simple.
There will always be ashes left smoldering.
Do you feel that?
Oh, I sense we are not through with our troubled foes.
[Alba] Aye, there's a challenge hanging in the air,
and when it comes, we will welcome it.
[Isla] Now that the unholy union of Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn
has materialized and risen in NXT, all challengers, beware.
We are merely beginning to crack the surface
of just how perilous we can truly be,
and I curse any team who dares to test
the NXT women's tag team champions.
We save our energy for the day that challenge comes.
But, for now, Isla, we celebrate.
Wes Lee, congratulations on retaining
the North American championship at Stand & Deliver.
You must be feeling good right now.
Yes, yes I'm feeling really good. You know what?
I am riding on cloud nine right now because we absolutely tore
the house down in the city of angels. You know what I mean?
Look, the entire match felt like a human pinball machine.
All five of us were bouncing all around the ring.
It's like the wildest match in my life, honestly.
When I watch it back, I knew that I chose my opponents correctly,
because every single person was on point.
JD McDonagh, there's absolutely nothing that man can't do.
Ilja Dragunov is a straight up beast.
Dragon Lee, oh, my god.
The man is smoother than butter, but the one that really stood out to me
is Axiom.
I don't know if it's his drive, his determination,
or the fact that he almost superkicked my face off,
but I feel like owe him one.
Now, I know that I'm sore, I know that he's sore.
Tonight, we about to wake everybody up from their WrestleMania hangovers
because we about to go at it again.
It's Axiom versus Wes Lee for the North American championship.
-You ready? -I'm ready.
Let's get it.
Good luck.
[Wes] Thank you.
[Zoey Stark's music playing]
[Vic] The North American championship is still to come, but this, Book,
the first of two championship matches here tonight.
We started the night with Zoey Stark making a bold claim.
She predicted that Indi Hartwell would have the shortest reign ever
as NXT women's champion.
[Booker] Oh, I must say, man, Zoey got game, dawg.
She just talked herself right into a title shot here tonight.
Come on, Vic.
Come on, you got to love that.
[Vic] She came out and ruined such a magical moment
for the NXT women's champion and the NXT universe that is here tonight.
[Indi Hartwell's music playing]
[Vic] Speaking of the champion.
Here she comes.
[Indi Hartwell's music playing]
[Vic] I can tell you about the bold statement made by the challenger.
Let's s talk about what the champion said. She stopped believing in herself,
but it was the NXT universe that didn't.
[Booker] I always say, man, that six, man, that extra,
that one little bitty thing that you need to get you over the top.
Indi Hartwell.
She went from the back of the line, Vic,
to now being the NXT woman's champion.
I love that. I love this young lady.
[Vic] For Hartwell, this is the first defense
of her new championship.
[bell rings]
[female announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT women's championship.
[crowd cheering]
Introducing first the challenger Zoey Stark.
[crowd booing]
And her opponent.
-She is the NXT women's champion. -[crowd cheering]
Indi Hartwell.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] To finish that statement off. Yes, the first defense.
It's already been 72 hours.
To go from not thinking you were in the match-up
to be in the match-up, to qualifying for winning the championship,
now having to defend it.
That is an emotional roller coaster.
[Booker] Not just to defend it but to defend it against Zoey Stark.
You heard Theo say, Vic, championship makes you 25% to 30% better.
[bell rings]
[Booker] I always say it gives you that cloak of invisibility.
Well, let me tell you.
If right now Indi Hartwell don't win this match,
none of this is true, not ever.
Hertwell right now picking up right where she left.
Nice short-arm clothesline.
Hartwell is in control.
When you talk about Indi, this is someone who moved to the States
with nothing but a dream,
realized some of that this past weekend in Los Angeles.
Zoey Stark got a dream too, she also wants some singles gold
here in NXT.
Will Stark look to finish it up? Hartwell had it well scouted.
Of course, these two have gone back and forth in the past.
[Booker] Indi Hartwell, has got the confidence right now.
That's the one thing you need to stay focused in this business.
-[Vic] Right now, wow, right to the tempo. -[Booker] Big shot.
[Vic] Into the cover. Title on the line and a kickout
by the champion.
Let's go back to some of the action in this match
-[Vic] Because it wasn't just one-- bam. -[Booker] Big shot there from Zoey.
[Vic] It was two big kicks, big striking blows
from the challenger to the champion.
There's Stark just in control of the match.
It was three weeks ago that it was Stark who is mocking Indi Hartwell
for failing to qualify for the ladder match this past Saturday.
Indi Hartwell didn't qualify in the last chance
-[Vic] Triple threat. -[Booker] Look.
[Vic] Zoey Stark going into the cover. Hooking the leg and another near fall.
[Vic] Will she eat her words here tonight?
[Booker] Zoey wants more, man, she's an athlete.
If she was a football player, she'll be a tight end,
If she was a basketball player, she'll be a point guard.
She's all-purpose. She's a utility player, Vic.
[Vic] Right now, she is swinging for the fences.
She has now become quite the complainer as of late as well, Booker.
[Booker] Come on, the squeaky wheel gets the oil.
What do you think?
[Vic] She's looking for that half-and-half,
it was countered by the champion.
Then comes Hartwell right back in. Now it's Hartwell stomping away on Stark.
It has been a banner, 2023, for both these superstars.
-[Booker] Did you see that? -[Vic] Taking advantage now is Stark.
[Booker] Zoey Stark put herself out of position to put herself in position
to make that great maneuver right there on Indi Hartwell.
Could have been that one shot she needed.
[Vic] When Hartwell started tonight we thought she was going
to offer up a matchup to the former NXT women's champion.
-[Booker] Oh, yes. -[Vic] That being Roxanne Perez.
Zoey Stark is, you mentioned, turning that into an opportunity
of her own here on the NXT after Stand & Deliver.
Listen to the NXT universe.
[Booker] I love it. I can let the cat out of the bag.
Indi Hartwell and Roxanne Perez spent some time down
in the reality of wrestling.
Roxanne respects Indi Hartwell to the utmost.
-[Vic] Off the right hand into the cover. Kick out.
[Booker] So close. So close.
[Vic] Any truth to the fact that Perez did go radio silent?
You don't have to answer if you don't want,
[Booker] I haven't heard anything from Roxanne.
I'm sure she's depressed a little bit.
After you lose the title. It happens.
[Vic] Hartwell in control.
Does not want to lose her championship here tonight.
Zoey Stark trying anything, she can do both these women,
of course, with such a history between the two.
[Zoey] Shut up.
[crowd chants, "Let's go, Indi"]
[Booker] No doubt who the NXT universe is behind.
-[Vic] It's not just-- -[Booker] Oh, yes.
-[Vic] Up and over goes Stark. -[Booker] I didn't like that.
[Vic] This could be enough to crown a new champion.
Another near fall.
Hartwell able to kick out at the last moment.
[Booker] I didn't not like this decision. Indi Hartwell may step into much wider
coming in cold.
[Vic] Stark is in control. Can Hartwell bounce back?
Her NXT women's championship is on the line.
[crowd chants]
NXT universe trying to rally the NXT women's champion, Indi Hartwell,
in this defense against Zoey Stark, the NXT after Stand & Deliver.
-[Vic] Zoey, throughout the commercial. -[Booker] Oh, yes.
[Vic] In control. Into the cover.
Another near fall in this matchup.
-[Vic] Wow. -[Booker] A total control, Vic.
You can call Zoey Stark the mechanic now,
because she's been doing some great bodywork on Indi Hartwell.
-[crowd chants, "Indi"] -[Vic] We learned earlier tonight
that Duke Hudson will get the MVP award next week from Chase U.
Zoey Stark has really been the MVP of the women's division all year long
and she's looking to prove that here tonight.
[Booker] Like I said, Zoey, she flipped that switch a few months back,
and she has been totally dominant ever since that moment.
[Vic] Hartwell is finally getting a little separation,
a little room to breath.
Maybe the ability to re-gather and recompose herself
right back to work goes-- Did you refer to Zoey Stark as a mechanic?
[Booker] She's like the mechanic, Vic. She's doing great work right now.
[Vic] A clothesline by Hartwell.
Hartwell now starting to feel it.
NXT women's champion starting to quicken the pace here.
It's showcasing strength.
Nice side slam.
Now is champion, Book.
What does Hartwell have to show you, have to show the universe?
[Booker] Yes, she needs to show me she can go out here and beat Zoey Stark.
That's the first thing she needs to do.
Like I say, Vic, she knows what this is all about.
She knows what's on the line.
It's about that championship.
She do not want to have egg all over her face at the end of the night
being the youngest, excuse me, being the shortest reigning champion
of all time, no.
[Vic] Oh, look at Hartwell.
Hartwell one step ahead of Stark.
Now she's seen that movie before, Book.
Trying to counter.
Stark trying to fight back.
Stark also knows she's had opportunities in the past.
She found her opportunity here tonight.
She doesn't want to go back to the end of the line.
No one home.
All the risk for Zoey Stark.
This could be the turning point right now for Indi Hartwell.
[Booker] Tell you what? Indi Hartwell had eyes
in the back of her head right there to avoid that one shot.
Check it out, Vic.
[Vic] Take another look.
All the way through, Hartwell just got out.
If she would have connected, that being Zoey Stark,
we could be talking about a new NXT women's champion
here tonight.
[Booker] Great sidestep. Great sidestep there by Indi Hartwell.
[Vic] Nice strike by Hartwell.
And the champion.
You talked about the foot getting switched,
it looks that just happened for Hartwell.
Hartwell is focused.
Big elbow right to the lower back.
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Is this going to be enough to retain that title?
-[Vic] And a-- Hartwell. -[Booker] Not tonight, Vic.
Not tonight.
We may be crowning a new champion so quickly here tonight.
[Vic] Boom.
Book, we talked about it in the past, it's one thing to win a title
it's another thing to defend it.
[Booker] Yes, getting that championship, they say it's easy,
but holding on to it, that's another story, Vic.
Trust me, I know exactly what they're talking about
because the competition is stiff, especially here in NXT.
[crowd] Ooh!
[Vic] Oh.
[Booker] Great roundhouse kick.
-[Vic] Kick connected for-- -[Zoey] I'm the champion.
You don't deserve it.
[Vic] …for Stark.
This could be Stark's moment up.
Got to her with a spine buster.
Into cover in the center of the ring.
No.
We talk about deep waters too a lot when it comes to some matches.
Indi Hartwell has now found herself in the deep water.
[crowd chants, "Let's go, Indi."]
-[crowd chants, "Let's go, Stark."] -[Vic] How will Hartwell respond?
Stark now looking for that half-and-half one more time.
This time was able to connect.
Rolling right through back to her feet.
Stark now looking to connect.
-[Vic] Z360. -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Hartwell's momentum carried to the outside.
Zoey knows she can't win the title on a count out.
She's got to get Hartwell back into the ring.
[Booker] Indi has got to be questioning herself right now, Vic.
She's got to be questioning herself.
This is going to be it.
-[Vic] This is it-- -[Booker] Will she kick out?
[Vic] For he championship. Counter.
-Crucifix. -[crowd counts]
-[Vic] She did it again. -[bell rings]
[crowd cheering]
-[music] -[female announcer] Here's your winner
and still the NXT's women's champion, Indi Hartwell.
[Vic] That was impressive.
[Booker] That was smart.
That was smart, Vic.
[music playing]
[Vic] Let's go back to Zoey Stark. Boom.
Has won so many matches with that C360, but the momentum carried the champion
to the outside.
Zoey Stark knows she can't win the title
on a count out.
Went for the pin, but Stark got a little too overconfident,
and Indi Hartwell took full advantage
-to retain the NXT women's title -[bell rings]
here tonight.
[Booker] I tell you that theory, it just came to fruition, Vic,
that cloak, that cloak of invincibility and still.
[Vic] They always say that--
there is the center of the universe.
According to her, Tiffany Stratton eyeing up the NXT women's champion.
[Booker] What the?
[Vic] That's Cora Jade.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] Oh.
[Vic] We haven't seen Cora Jade.
The resident mean girl of NXT
has made her intentions quite clear.
[Booker] That bad little sucker.
[unintelligible]
[crowd booing]
Look, Tiara, I'm sorry, I should have been a man, stepped up.
You think? When I ask for my bag, you hand it to me.
I needed you and you weren't there for me. What the heck was that?
-Come on, are you serious? -It's my fault.
What is going on Kiana? Why are you yelling at Brooks?
No, it's okay.
Are you seriously trying to make him feel bad cheating
when you're cheating on him?
You're cheating on me?
Cheating is a bit harsh Brooks.
Yes, maybe I was dating around.
Maybe I was playing the field like most people do,
but did we ever once say that we were exclusive?
Did we? No. No, we didn't.
We never put a label on things, but you know when things changed for me?
When?
When we shared our first kiss.
-Really? -Yes.
When we shared our first kiss, everything changed,
and I thought I could trust you.
You can.
After Saturday, that's not true.
Now Fallon and I, we're not NXT women's tag team champions.
Oh my god. It's his fault.
-I thought what we heard was special. -It is.
That was wrong.
Don't.
Don't, please.
Dude, can't you see what she's doing?
She's trying to make you out to be the bad guy.
Look, buddy. At least she's being honest with you.
-Finally. -One more fish in the sea.
Enough.
Exclusive. I didn't know about that, but I should know that.
I screwed.
I should have told her we were exclusive.
-Look, guys. -Calm down.
Just stay out of my relationship.
Please.
Kiana, come here.
I can explain.
I'm just trying to help.
I know.
A tag team title rematch next week.
It's going to be a lot of fun.
Yes, tell me about it.
[Ivy Nile's music playing]
[Vic] I wouldn't want to be in Brooks Jensen's shoes right now.
[bell rings]
[female announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, representing Diamond Mine, Ivy Nile.
[Vic] Well, this is personal for Ivy Nile.
Going one-on-one moments against her former partner,
Tatum Paxley.
We want to take this moment to address that we have lost another legend
in the WWE family.
We want to send our heartfelt condolences to the family of bushwhacker Butch Miller.
[silence]
[rock music playing]
[interviewer] Cora Jade, I got to ask.
Yes, yes, yes, everyone has a question, everyone wants to know,
you just have to wait till next week to hear what I have to say
like everyone else.
Nice try.
Welcome back, Cora.
I'm not here to dwell on the past.
Just to remind you of the future.
You can't escape fate.
[Vic] That was quite the interaction, don't you think?
[Booker] Yes.
[Tatum Paxley's music playing]
[female announcer] Making her way to the ring, Tatum Paxley.
[Vic] Let's go back, it was three weeks ago here on NXT TV
that Tatum Paxley kind of brought this on herself.
-[rock music playing] -[woman shouts]
This was a tag team match, of course, they were talking about Stand & Deliver.
Paxley going to have a championship opportunity.
Paxley turns her back on Ivy Nile,
as we mentioned, someone who had taken the ring,
who had taken the ring, had been a trainer, had been a mentor,
and it allowed Dawn and Fyre to earn the victory,
[bell rings] Go to Stand & Deliver.
Of course, we now have new NXT women's tag team champions,
-this is personal for Ivy Nile. -[bell rings]
[Booker] You know it shouldn't be, but I always said it,
I stressed this, you got to be careful who you bring into your circle.
-You don't know what their motives are. -[crowd chants]
[Vic] Ivy is the definition of a team player that helped the creeds
refocus even with everything going on over the last three weeks.
[Booker] Oh, big shot.
Ivy, she is a team player, Vic.
She is the glue keeping Diamond Mine as well as those creed brothers together.
[Vic] Hear some of those strikes, and nice right-hand back by Paxley.
If you're Tatum Paxley, why ruin a good thing?
Why throw it all away?
[Booker] You know Mandy's a woman. Don't ask me, ask them.
[Vic] The Internet's going to go [unintelligible] in just a second
[Booker] It's true.
[Vic] Back in control and what is on the mind of Tatum Paxley?
Oh, nice suplex with a little bit of help from that middle rope.
I do got to throw this out there too,
We talked about the NXT women's tag team champions,
was Paxley swayed by that unholy union?
[Booker] She could've been.
Like I say Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre, they definitely have that astute.
[Vic] Now trying to counter looking for the submission
trying to separate the grip of Paxley,
and Tom said that Paxley was blinded by reality,
Wasn't a true member of Diamond Mine, and that's hard for anyone to believe.
As Paxley into the cover, hooking the legs to pin Nile,
-and a kick out. -[Booker] I can believe that 100%.
[Vic] You don't believe Paxley is a member of Diamond Mine.
-[Booker] A total-- A full-fledged member? -[Vic] Yes.
[Booker] If she wants, Vic, she would not be here right now tonight
taking on Ivy Nile.
Do you agree with me on that?
[Vic] No, because she had people that were in her ear
that were swaying her decisions, trying to drive a wedge,
she listened to outside noise.
[Booker] That meant she didn't have a membership.
[Vic] She did have a membership.
Ivy Nile has even said so, they were teammates.
They were inside the dojo.
The NXT universe now trying to rally Ivy Nile
who took Paxly in, who trained, who guided who befriended her,
and Tatum Paxley showed you her true colors.
[Booker] We're going to see exactly what Ivy now is all about.
I got high praise for Ivy Nile.
She's a hybrid athlete.
She's an avid striker. Her power, her strength.
She's got it all, she's got the whole package.
[Vic] Right now, it's Paxley who has been in control
you can see the face of Ivy Nile,
as Paxley continuing to just ride Nile down into the match.
[Booker] Profits coming to fruition is exactly what I'm talking about.
Look at Ivy Nile right now.
-[Booker] Oh, yes. -[Vic] Oh, nice.
[Booker] That's the grappling, that's the hybrid athlete
coming out right now.
[Vic] Somewhat of a gut-wrench suplex, and Nile is back on her feet,
and that's not going to be good for Tatum Paxley.
Look at the combination of strikes.
[Booker] Talking about bodywork.
[Vic] Talking about Paxley might be snapping back into reality,
she might not be regretting walking out on Ivy Nile.
[unintelligible]
Oh, referee trying to contain the emotions of Nile,
who was one after another, and now almost relentless.
Oh-oh.
[Booker] Tatum Paxley might be regretting everything right--
-[Booker] Oh, yes! -[Vic] Just getting tossed was Paxley
by Nile.
As we talk about how personal it is, look at Nile.
Look into her eyes as she charges in.
It has now taken it to in that pitbull coming out
in Nile in this moment.
She's looking just to destroy Paxley.
Finally, getting her hands, what a takedown,
and there's that aggression, there's that rage
starting to boil out of Ivy Nile.
Setting Paxley in her sights, boom.
[crowd claps]
Ivy Nile has taken control this matchup.
[Booker] Can't win the match outside, Vic.
Nile has got to get this back inside that squared circle.
[Vic] She could win the match on count-out as she just totally destroyed Paxley
on the floor.
To your point, Ivy Nile wants to get her back into the ring,
win by pinfall or submission.
[Booker] Not just that, Vic. Just to make her suffer.
Make this woman, make Tatum Paxley suffer just a little bit.
-[Vic] Look at Nile now. -[crowd shouting]
Slow and methodical.
What Paxtey should have thought about, what was going to happen
when she walked out on Nile, walked out on the Diamond Mine.
[Vic] Nile with a submission right then. [Booker] It's locked, Vic.
[Vic] Paxley, nowhere to go.
-Whoa, Paxley has to tap. -[bell rings]
[Ivy Nile's music playing]
[female announcer] Here is your winner by submission, Ivy Nile.
[Vic] Ivy Nile has been waiting for this match
for the last three weeks,
and got everything she wanted and more.
Inflicting nothing but damage to Paxley from start to finish.
Tatum Paxley did bring out her a-game.
Brought in some offense, but it was Nile
who was able to overcome everything Paxley threw at her.
In the end, cinching that submission forced to tap,
-[bell rings] -Ivy Nile, the one who stands tall.
When it comes to standing tall, look who she's standing with,
the Creed Brothers with Diamond Mine.
Oh, how good that must feel for Ivy Nile.
[rock music playing]
Ilja Dragunov, an unbelievable showing at NXT Stand & Deliver,
but unfortunately, you didn't walk out as North American champion.
I was chosen to be in the North American championship open challenge,
because I chase monsters, I seek challenges.
There's no challenge too big to attempt to conquer.
Wes Lee's a strong competitor, good champion,
but at Stand & Deliver, I had unmatched energy.
Did you see the look in my eyes?
The trickle of blood running down my forehead.
It was never going to be easy to win this match.
Nothing in life worth having comes easy.
That's the reason why I'm on--
Hey, Dragunov, that's a lot words
to go all the way out to L.A. and not get the job done.
Now, look at my eyes, because you're looking
at the biggest monster you've ever seen in your life.
You know, I'd rather fight and lose at Stand & Deliver
than not be invited to fight at all.
You don't need a invitation to fight me.
What the hell are we doing? Von, what the hell are we doing?
MacKenzie, we're done here. We're done.
Von, what are you doing? Why are you picking a fight?
I do what I want.
No, why are you picking a fight with "the Mad Dragon", Von?
Listen. All right, listen.
I'll get you what you want.
You want a match with Dragunov? I'll get it for you next week, okay?
But hear me out.
If you don't win, we are done.
[Axiom's music playing]
[Vic] Wow, that is not what I was expecting Mr. Stone to say.
Von Wagner.
[music playing]
Booker, we're getting ready for this American championship match.
We heard from Wes Lee earlier tonight.
We saw the altercation yesterday at the airport.
One-on-one, do you believe Axiom has the champion's number?
[Booker] One-on-one? [Vic] One-on-one, straight up.
This is something Axiom's been looking at.
At this point right now, Wes Lee is on high.
He's the guy that has that cloak of invisibility.
He's going to do everything to get that championship, Vic.
We talk about it.
It might be easy to get it, but it's hard to hold onto it.
Wes Lee has done just that.
[Vic] We better sit back here.
We saw Dragon Lee and Nathan Frazer take it to another level earlier tonight.
These two are about to do the same thing for the North American championship.
[Wes Lee's music playing]
[Vic] Wes Lee called this past Saturday's five-way
at Stand & Deliver, human pinball.
[Booker laughs]
[Booker] Wes Lee, this kid is definitely flying on another level.
He should be calling it, Vic, his greatest triumph.
[Vic] Well, this is for the North American title,
of course, the new NXT champion Carmelo Hayes, is here.
We still have this championship celebration
to come live on NXT.
[bell rings]
[female announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT North American championship.
Introducing first the challenger, Axiom.
[applause]
His opponent…
is the NXT North American champion,
Wes Lee.
[Vic] Before we get this match officially started,
of course, the championship's on the line.
When you take a look at both these superstars,
[crowd chants, "Wes"]
there's a lot of similarities between the two.
[Booker] Yes, indeed, Vic.
These guys both are very athletic, quick, agile, mobile,
-versatile. -[bell rings]
They can do it all.
[unintelligible]
[Vic] Both of them now looking in at each other,
and here we go.
A lock it up and the North American title is on the line.
Wes Lee said something earlier.
He said, "I feel that I owe him."
Did you ever feel as champion that you owed someone an opportunity?
[Booker] Yes.
I felt that way.
We went in there.
We fought it out like men.
That's what men do.
You don't run from nobody.
You don't duck nobody.
[Vic] Shoulders down.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] So close.
Had Wes Lee locked up.
[Vic] That was close.
Wes Lee realizing it.
Again, it goes back to Wes Lee saying, "Axiom, may have my number."
When he said to MacKenzie Mitchell the other night.
[Booker] All it takes is three seconds. That quick, he'd be over.
[Vic] Wes Lee in control, though.
Wes Lee said the open challenges that created so much chaos
throughout NXT that led to that open challenge
at Stand & Deliver that has led here to tonight.
As now Axiom looking for a possible submission,
look at Axiom able to turn inside out, and applying the pressure right now
to the champion.
[Booker] Talk about how talented this kid, Axiom, really truly is.
I said he could be the next great mass superstar.
We got Dragon Lee here, but you cannot look past
this kid right here.
[Vic] For Axiom set a personal highlight for him.
This past weekend was watching Rey Mysterio get inducted
into the hall of fame.
Now, Axiom is calculating technical wizard going up, going down,
and going around.
Right back to a big connected buck of the knees of the champion.
[Booker] Caught Wes Lee right there, Vic.
[Vic] Caught him. Could it be enough for the count?
A kick-out by Lee.
Are you surprised Wes Lee's willingness to defend his title
after just 72 hours?
That might have been a warning.
[Booker] Like I said, Wes Lee's a special, special talent.
I feel like the one thing that's going to catch up with Wes Lee
more than anything is the battles, the wars,
that he's going to have to go through.
Sick, tired, torn, ragged, and worn, Vic.
You got to be out there.
[Vic] That's what I was trying to get to earlier in a question to you,
how can he still have doubters?
I'm talking about Wes Lee, the North American champion.
[Booker] I must say, I was one of the doubters
at the beginning,
-[Booker] but this kid, Wes Lee-- -[Vic] Oh, nice.
against Dijak showed me everything.
-[Booker] When I say everything-- -[Vic] Drop kick gets a cover.
[Booker] I mean everything I need to know about this kid, Wes Lee.
[Vic] Shoulders down one more time, and Axiom trying to power his way out.
[Booker] I like this.
Wes Lee trying to slow the momentum down just a bit I see.
[Vic] Right now, up and down again.
[Booker] That's the reason right there, because this kid, Axiom,
is trying to keep the momentum up.
[Vic] Look at them flying right through as Axiom wiping out the champion
on the floor.
This is Axiom's wheelhouse.
This is the pace that the challenger wants to keep this match at.
He wants to keep it at a fast pace so he can have the advantage,
so he can keep his foot on the gas.
That's one way to slow him down, to knock him out.
Champion back up.
North American title on the line.
[Vic] NXT North American championship on the line.
The champion, Wes Lee, right now has been dominated by Axiom
who is locked in an ankle lock and is looking for a submission.
Which, of course, would finally win him the North American title.
[Booker] I don't know if that five-man classic,
I don't know who is hitting the wall right now.
Right now, he looks to be in dire straits, Vic.
[Vic] Again, 72 hours removed.
Axiom, not even at 100%, came into the matchup
with a sprain thumb on his right hand.
There's no way Wes Lee is 100% either,
that you talked about a little bit earlier.
We talked about the North American championship
on the line.
This moment still to come,
Carmelo Hayes's NXT championship celebration
here tonight live on NXT.
There comes right back Axiom, and that's something we saw on Saturday.
He almost never took a breath.
He was always in the action.
[Booker] Yes, indeed.
Now look at this kid, Wes Lee right now, the will to win.
His intestinal fortitude, Vic.
This kid, I wonder when will this Cinderella story end?
[Vic] He's getting a little rubbery for the champion, Axiom.
Oh, what an uppercut under the jaw.
[Booker] Another big shot right there. That's what I like about this kid, Wes.
He's not just a hybrid athlete that could fly, this kid's a fighter.
He could do it all.
That street mentality comes out of this kid.
[Vic] There is the focus of the champion
who charges right back in on the challenger.
[Booker] Talking about uppercuts.
Oh, yes, what a combination.
[Vic] He hits that German suplex.
Again, Wes Lee, just a few days removed, so is Axiom from what Lee called
one of the wildest matches he has ever had.
As he's looking now for that Kardiac Kick.
Oh, it look like he got a stomp, because Axiom was looking
for that golden ratio.
[Booker] Yes, this kid is special, Vic. This kid, Wes Lee, is very special.
Cover now like the night that he had.
-[Booker] Saturday night, oh. -[Vic] Cover to retain.
We got to remember Saturday night,
Wes Lee felt that golden ratio, and almost put him out there.
He was able to counter it in the closing moments,
and then followed it up with a lot of power, a lot of precision,
and it almost gave him a three and the retention
of the NXT North American championship.
[Booker] I tell you, this right here is when Wes Lee is his most dangerous
right now.
-[Vic] You saw Lee look back. -[Booker] This kid is unbelievable.
[Vic] Lee looked back at Axiom,
and this time Axiom didn't go for the golden ratio,
but he's locked in a submission, and he's got the body scissors.
He's squeezing away at the champion.
[Booker] Squeezing like a anaconda, Vic.
Trying to squeeze the life out of this young man, Wes Lee.
Trying to squeeze that championship from around his waist.
[Vic] Is Wes Lee going to tap?
Axiom trying to get a little bit better position now,
going up top.
Now, Axiom really in position.
[crowd chants, "Wes"]
[Booker] Broke that body lock.
That was the first thing Wes Lee needed to do.
[Vic] Lee trying to get back, trying to feed off the energy
from the NXT universe, as Axiom teetering.
[Booker] Axiom was a little high right there.
Lost the momentum right there, Vic.
[Vic] Looking for the rope. Wait a minute. Got caught. Oh.
Half and half turning Lee inside out.
Axiom didn't connect with a kick.
Roll through, back to his feet.
-[Vic] Coming-- oh. -[crowd] Oh.
-That buckled the knees of the challenger. -[Booker laughs]
[Booker] Buckled my knees too, Vic.
[Vic] Inside cradle. This could be it.
-[Vic] Title on the line and Lee just-- [Booker] Wow, Axiom is so close
to dreams coming true here tonight.
[Vic] Holding back up, and oh-- gets dropped with a superkick of his own.
Again, it's Lee this time who's been able to stay one step ahead of Axiom.
[Booker] Oh, this young man, this talented young man is going up top.
Vic, what is it going to be?
[Vic] Lee-- whoa, I think Axiom got his knees up.
[Booker] Yes, right to the rib.
Right there to the sternum, Vic.
Right now, Wes Lee could be hurt.
[Vic] Axiom, who's been waiting for this opportunity,
this one-on-one matchup for so long, might've just knocked the champion out.
[Booker] Goodnight, Wes Lee.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] It's Axiom looking to put gold around his waist.
[Booker] So close.
[Vic] If he could connect-- [Booker] So close, Vic.
[Vic] with the golden ratio.
Champion in his sights.
Didn't connect.
Lee had it scouted.
Kardiac Kick connects.
-[Booker] Wow. All of it. -[Vic] Wes Lee got all of that.
[crowd counts, "One, two, three."]
-[Vic] And Lee retains his title. -[bell rings]
-[Wes Lee's music playing] -[female announcer] Here is your winner,
and still the NXT North American champion,
Wes Lee.
[Booker] Can I say it, Vic?
Can I say it?
That was the shucky ducky quack quack moment of the night.
[Vic] Once again here tonight, the NXT universe with a standing ovation,
and what action throughout this matchup.
Again, these two just a few days removed from one of the wildest matches
-[Vic] we've ever seen-- -[Booker] Yes.
[Vic] in Los Angeles at Stand & Deliver.
Here was what I thought was going to be the turning point.
Indeed, Axiom got those knees up.
Axiom looked for that golden ratio, he did not connect,
but it would be Wes Lee who would continue his golden run,
as the North American champion here tonight on NXT.
What a sign of respect between these two.
-[music playing] -[applause]
[rock music playing]
-[Vic] Power goes out to Ax-- -[male deep voice] Axiom, your mystique
may blind most of your adversaries, but I can see you crystal clear.
I see everything.
I see your truth.
I see the hidden corners of your mind.
I… Know… You.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] Oh.
[crowd chants, "Axiom"]
I'm going to [unintelligible]
[crowd chants, "Axiom"]
[Vic] I don't know if you're able to hear what Axiom said
over the standing ovation.
[applause]
Excuse me, Nathan Frazer, a tough loss tonight to Dragon Lee.
You seem to be so close, but unfortunately came up short.
Yes.
I guess Stand & Deliver marks the end of the year in NXT,
even though it's in April, you know what I mean.
Even though I didn't start this year off on a good note,
I believe deep down to my core I can turn it around.
That's a great attitude to have.
At the age of 24, you seem to be pretty wise beyond your years.
Thanks.
I guess when you have a moment of enlightenment,
your perspective changes.
And when your perspective changes, your reality changes.
I'm pretty sure that's just what's happened to me.
Thank you for your time.
Thanks.
-[Vic] Positivity can be powerful. -[rap music playing]
I don't know if you heard what Axiom said.
He said he's going to expose scrypts, but when we come back,
we are going to celebrate our new NXT champion, Carmelo Hayes.
[rap music playing]
[rock music playing]
[intense music playing]
[male voice] We are entering tank mode, baby.
Tank Ledger has intensity on overload.
[male voice] Dani Palmer is an elite tumbler and an acrobat.
[male voice] You just feel good watching dani Palmer.
6'4", 310 pound, Oba Femi.
He is a freak of nature.
[male voice] The strength, the definition of big body Femi.
-[rock music playing]
[Vic] I can't wait for the next round of aspiring superstars
to arrive here in NXT, but I can't wait for next week,
it is a Stand & Deliver rematch.
As the unholy union of Fyre and Dawn look to once again Hanley and James
with the NXT women's tag team titles on the line.
After tonight, the challengers further apart than ever.
She made her return earlier tonight, and as she stated,
next week we will finally hear why from our resident mean girl, Cora Jade.
After a hard-hitting display, Dragunov will go one-on-one
with Von Wagner.
If Von Wagner losses, Mr. Stone will walk away.
You do not want to miss that clash next week live on NXT.
We will have a celebration as the MVP trophy will be presented
to Duke Hudson.
It's all going down live next week here on NXT.
But right now, Alicia Taylor standing by.
[rock music playing]
Please welcome Trick Williams
and your new NXT champion,
Carmelo Haynes.
[Carmelo Hayes' music playing]
[Booker] Oh, yeah.
Carmelo Hayes.
Vic, stand up because he delivered.
That man, two-time North American champion,
Carmelo Hayes, and now the reigning NXT,
"el gran campeón."
Yes, he is the new NXT champ.
[Vic] You take a look around, Book, everyone on their feet.
As we are getting set for a celebration here tonight.
What a matchup it was.
The main event of Stand & Deliver
on WrestleMania Saturday.
-[Booker] Vic, I'm talking-- -[Vic] the youngest main event
in WrestleMania weekend history.
[Booker] I'm talking about champagne wishes and caviar dreams.
Where's the after party? Where's the after party?
[Vic] I was wondering when you're going to get that in tonight.
[rock music playing]
[male voice] Cut the music.
[microphone thumps]
The champ is here.
[microphone thumps]
The champ is here. [laughs]
[crowd chants, "Melo"]
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
-Aye yo, Trick. -What's up, champ?
Man, the biggest Stand & Deliver of all time.
-That's right. -In Los Angeles.
That's right.
-The city of angels. -That's right.
-The city of stars. -That's right.
-The house that Kobe built. -That's right.
-I was balling all up in that-- -Whoa.
My brother, you did stand, and you did deliver.
I did, I did.
-[applause] -I did that.
Hey, man.
18 months in the making was well worth the wait,
because now there's no question on who the man is,
because I'm the NXT champion, and I am him.
[crowd cheering]
I got you one better than that, dawg.
This is the him era.
Aye yo, I like the sound of that, man.
Since day one, man, I stopped chasing championships
-and I started attracting them. -Let's talk about it.
I had my eyes on that number one spot for 18 months,
and it wasn't handed to me, I took it.
What does it take to be number one?
Because Melo is the winner, and two nobody remembers.
[laughs] All right. Hey, man, listen, listen.
We having fun.
This a melobration and all, but I don't want to kill the vibe,
but every great champion has a great opponent.
That's the truth.
If it's okay I'd like to give Bron Breakker his flowers for a moment.
He deserve it, he deserve it, he deserve it.
Bron Breakker, one of my greatest opponents,
one of my toughest opponents.
On the build up to this match, man, it wasn't the same Melo character
that y'all use to.
I had to give Bron his respect.
-That's right. -And I meant that.
When I said I respected Bron Breakker, I truly meant that.
I want to do something real quick.
Bron, if you back there, man, and you listening.
I like to call you out here so I could tell you something.
Come on, man. You back there.
[Bron Breakker's music playing]
[Vic] You ask and there is Bron Breakker, who held his head high.
As we mentioned earlier, that pass-the-torch moment in the ring,
that was a WrestleMania weekend moment at Stand & Deliver.
[rock music playing]
Thank you for coming out, bro.
Listen, at Stand & Deliver, we brought it to each other.
At the end of the match, you presented me this championship.
I got to say that was real cool for you to do that, man.
It really was.
You didn't have to do that, you didn't have to do that.
[applause]
I'm going to put it like this.
I don't know what your future holds for you,
but I just like to say on behalf of me and everybody here at NXT, thank you.
[applause]
[crowd chants, "Thank you, Breakker"]
Listen, man. I appreciate that, all right?
That title holds great legacy, all right?
There always comes a time where the champion gets defeated
by the next guy in line, and it is my job and my duty
to pass that torch in the most respectful way that I know.
Tommaso Ciampa taught me that, and he did for me,
and that is why I did the same for you.
[applause]
Listen, I don't know what's next for me. I don't, but I'll leave you with this.
NXT is just as much about the superstars
as it is about them,
the NXT universe.
[applause]
We listen to you guys, all right? We hear you.
We hear the Melo chants week after week.
Look, it's my honor right now, man, to congratulate you.
Give it up for the new NXT champion, Carmelo Hayes.
Make some noise for the A champion,
make some noise for the A champion.
[crowd cheering]
-I said make some noise for the a champ. -Bron, Bron.
Hey, before you leave, man. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
[laughs]
-One more time. -One more time.
[crowd cheering]
[Carmelo Hayes' music playing]
[Vic] What a show of respect.
[Carmelo Hayes' music playing] Make some noise for the A champion.
[music playing]
[crowd gasps]
[crowd cheering and booing]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd cheering and booing]
[screams]
[crowd booing]
[crowd cheering and booing]
[crowd chants, "One more time"]