1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,903 [WWE music plays] 2 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:06,940 Then. 3 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:13,546 Now. 4 00:00:17,617 --> 00:00:20,587 Forever. 5 00:00:23,223 --> 00:00:26,726 Together. 6 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:35,902 [presenter] The bottom line, The Great American Bash, is now on the air. 7 00:00:36,236 --> 00:00:42,242 It's hot, hot, hot in public, if you will. 8 00:00:44,177 --> 00:00:48,515 The Great American Bash is the realization of a dream. 9 00:00:48,581 --> 00:00:52,419 My brother's going to kick some Booty this summer, baby. 10 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:59,692 From the creation of this very event to building the foundation of NXT, 11 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:04,030 the influence of Dusty Rhodes is palpable. 12 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:06,833 The Big Dusty is coming home tonight, baby. 13 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:10,003 In a city where the American dream was born 14 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:14,607 NXT has returned to the lone star state. 15 00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:20,580 It's time for this generation of NXT superstars to show the world 16 00:01:20,647 --> 00:01:27,620 that their desire, their will, and their ambition is Texas-sized. 17 00:01:29,055 --> 00:01:35,528 "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio is your new North American champion. 18 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:39,432 Championships are on the line. 19 00:01:39,499 --> 00:01:41,734 You best believe I want my rematch. 20 00:01:41,801 --> 00:01:45,805 I warned you not to take the match, but you're too stupid. 21 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:48,441 Mami said I'll fight both of you. 22 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:50,844 Champ coming through. 23 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:54,013 Under triple threat rules, who is walking out of Austin 24 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:55,949 with the North American title? 25 00:01:56,015 --> 00:01:58,885 History is within reach. 26 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:02,055 Tiffany Stratton, I know I can win and become the youngest 27 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:04,491 women's champion in history. 28 00:02:04,557 --> 00:02:11,531 Everybody loves Thea Hail, but you will not tap me out. 29 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:15,735 [presenter] Can I get a Hail, yes? 30 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:17,504 Hail, yes. 31 00:02:17,570 --> 00:02:19,906 Careers will be defined. 32 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:23,943 This is a different game, and you, you don't belong here. 33 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:26,746 [presenter] The Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson 34 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:31,317 will have his in-ring debut match against Baron Corbin. 35 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:33,987 Destiny is on the doorstep. 36 00:02:34,854 --> 00:02:39,025 My advice, hold on to it and shoot for the stars. 37 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:42,762 [Carmelo] When Carmelo Hayes shoots, I don't miss. 38 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:46,633 When I step into this ring, it means something. 39 00:02:46,699 --> 00:02:49,035 They feel something. 40 00:02:49,102 --> 00:02:53,106 Ilja, you are not taking my NXT championship. 41 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:57,944 All I will make you feel is defeat. 42 00:02:58,778 --> 00:03:01,948 Welcome to NXT's midsummer classic. 43 00:03:02,749 --> 00:03:05,952 Welcome to The Great American Bash. 44 00:03:15,061 --> 00:03:20,333 [presenter] Now, WWE presents NXT Great American Bash. 45 00:03:20,833 --> 00:03:23,903 [music plays] 46 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:27,674 For nearly four decades, this event has been a summer staple. 47 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:31,377 Tonight, live in Texas, for the first time as a premium live event. 48 00:03:31,444 --> 00:03:34,480 We welcome you to the time-honored tradition known 49 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:38,184 as The Great American Bash. 50 00:03:49,295 --> 00:03:51,531 [rat sounds] 51 00:03:57,170 --> 00:04:04,143 [Tony D'Angelo's music plays] 52 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:07,780 [bell rings] 53 00:04:07,847 --> 00:04:11,084 [presenter] The following contest scheduled for one fall is for 54 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:15,488 the NXT tag team championship. 55 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:20,159 Introducing first the challengers, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo 56 00:04:20,226 --> 00:04:26,666 and "The Don of NXT" Tony d'Angelo. 57 00:04:27,834 --> 00:04:32,005 [Vic] Well, it took three months of scheming some rats to get here 58 00:04:32,071 --> 00:04:33,840 to this championship opportunity. 59 00:04:33,906 --> 00:04:36,476 By the way, those were Don's words, not mine Booker. 60 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:37,677 Scheming some rats. 61 00:04:37,744 --> 00:04:40,880 [Booker] What does that mean? [Vic] It means scheming some rats. 62 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:43,249 [Booker] I'm just wondering, if you know. 63 00:04:43,316 --> 00:04:46,119 [Vic] It means they pulled the wool over the eyes 64 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:51,624 of the rats that were gallus, and locked up Tony D'Angelo for months. 65 00:04:51,691 --> 00:04:54,894 As we walk him in ringside, Vic Joseph alongside with a two-time 66 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:58,898 WWE hall of famer, Booker T, we're back in Texas. 67 00:04:59,332 --> 00:05:01,267 [Booker] Dusty Rhodes country, baby. 68 00:05:01,334 --> 00:05:05,471 It is hot outside, but it's about to get a whole lot hotter up in here tonight. 69 00:05:05,538 --> 00:05:08,441 [Vic] We're ready to kick things off with our first of four 70 00:05:08,508 --> 00:05:11,978 championship matches here at The Great American Bash. 71 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:26,125 Tonight, empty the tank, leave everything in between those four posts. 72 00:05:27,126 --> 00:05:31,798 Make them regret ever going toe-to-toe with this firm. 73 00:05:33,599 --> 00:05:37,670 Let them know it's our kingdom, boys. 74 00:05:39,706 --> 00:05:43,910 We are experts in revenge. 75 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:50,149 Leave your Mark because it's always and forever 76 00:05:51,584 --> 00:05:55,888 Gallus boys on top. 77 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:08,234 [Gallus boys' music plays] 78 00:06:10,570 --> 00:06:13,973 [crowd screams] 79 00:06:19,378 --> 00:06:24,584 [presenter] Their opponents, accompanied by Joe Coffey, are the NXT 80 00:06:24,650 --> 00:06:31,624 tag team champions, Mark Coffey and Wolfgang Gallus. 81 00:06:31,924 --> 00:06:33,760 [Vic] You asked about scheming rats. 82 00:06:33,826 --> 00:06:35,328 What does it mean? Do I know? 83 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:37,363 Go back to April. 84 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:42,568 It was despicable of Gallus to plant evidence on Tony D'Angelo 85 00:06:42,635 --> 00:06:44,637 to get the Don locked up. 86 00:06:45,004 --> 00:06:47,640 [Booker] Now you're a part of the innocence project. 87 00:06:47,707 --> 00:06:50,076 [Vic] The what? [Booker] The innocence project. 88 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:52,779 He wants to make sure everything's right around here. 89 00:06:52,845 --> 00:06:55,314 [Vic] The evidence project? [Booker] Yes. 90 00:06:55,381 --> 00:06:58,084 [Vic] You're so flustered it's The Great American Bash. 91 00:06:58,151 --> 00:07:00,486 You're back making your face to Rey Mysterio. 92 00:07:00,553 --> 00:07:04,157 We'll just get back on track here and we'll talk about the D'Angelos 93 00:07:04,223 --> 00:07:07,560 because, Tony D'Angelo, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, 94 00:07:07,627 --> 00:07:11,431 they're looking to finally bring gold to the family. 95 00:07:11,497 --> 00:07:13,299 [Booker] That's what it's all about. 96 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:15,968 It's about gold and stepping up to the plate, 97 00:07:16,035 --> 00:07:19,438 but we're talking about them Gallus boys and the Gallus boys 98 00:07:19,505 --> 00:07:21,574 are always thinking about being on top. 99 00:07:21,874 --> 00:07:23,176 [Vic] Wait a minute. 100 00:07:23,242 --> 00:07:25,711 You see Wolfgang just run Stacks into his corner. 101 00:07:25,778 --> 00:07:28,815 Inadvertently stacks knocked down Tony D'Angelo. 102 00:07:28,881 --> 00:07:32,819 And this Gallus getting a little bit of payback on Stacks 103 00:07:32,885 --> 00:07:36,022 because it was Stacks who came up with the plan to pull the wall 104 00:07:36,088 --> 00:07:38,991 over the eyes of all members of Gallus, including Coffey, 105 00:07:39,058 --> 00:07:40,126 who's on the outside. 106 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:43,129 [Booker] Stacks did that job because he is loyal to the Don. 107 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:44,363 He grew up in the hood. 108 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:46,933 He knows about the code of the neighborhood. 109 00:07:46,999 --> 00:07:49,702 Snitches get stitches. Yes, he knows. 110 00:07:50,236 --> 00:07:53,339 [Vic] Well, and again, right now, it's just Gallus taking 111 00:07:53,406 --> 00:07:55,374 some frustrations out on Stacks. 112 00:07:55,441 --> 00:07:59,245 Oh, that's a little bit of a de-cleaner, followed by a nice drop kick. 113 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:02,915 Have you ever seen someone as loyal as Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo is? 114 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:04,217 The Don's in. 115 00:08:04,283 --> 00:08:07,119 [Booker] Stacks, he knows his time is going to come. 116 00:08:07,186 --> 00:08:08,788 He's going to have his own crew. 117 00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:10,489 He's going to have his own time. 118 00:08:10,556 --> 00:08:13,392 Now, it's all about the Don. He's in great shape. 119 00:08:13,459 --> 00:08:17,296 That three months, that three months behind bars did him a lot of good. 120 00:08:17,363 --> 00:08:19,098 He's been hitting the weights man. 121 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:23,636 [crowd cheers] 122 00:08:25,705 --> 00:08:29,141 [Vic] Well, no doubt who the NXT universe is behind in this matchup. 123 00:08:29,208 --> 00:08:32,645 And you see the Don right now wearing the orange, 124 00:08:32,712 --> 00:08:35,648 the jumpsuit, a little bit of extra fuel, as right now 125 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:39,852 just throwing some rights and looking back, tagging in Stacks. 126 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:45,224 [Booker] Let me tell you, Vic, I don't wish no man behind bars, 127 00:08:45,291 --> 00:08:46,893 but it is a great time to think. 128 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:49,028 [Vic] Into the cover, title's on the line. 129 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:51,964 [Booker] It's a great time to train, get your mind right, 130 00:08:52,031 --> 00:08:53,699 and when you get out 131 00:08:53,766 --> 00:08:56,969 in what they call the free world, it's time to go to work, man. 132 00:08:57,169 --> 00:08:59,138 [Vic] Look at these knees, right now. 133 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:01,908 Speaking of going to work, Stacks is going to work it. 134 00:09:01,974 --> 00:09:05,711 [Booker] A little distraction. That's all it was. He didn't do anything. 135 00:09:05,778 --> 00:09:07,980 [Vic] He opened the door now for Mark Coffey. 136 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:09,715 Wait a minute, he got countered. 137 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:13,152 Stacks is ready for it, because if you go back and you think about 138 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:15,388 when Gallus won the titles, all the way back 139 00:09:15,454 --> 00:09:18,658 to Los Angeles, it was because of antics like this that opened 140 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:23,195 the door and Gallus was able to take full advantage like they are one more time. 141 00:09:23,262 --> 00:09:25,798 [Booker] I agree with you. I agree with you 100%. 142 00:09:25,865 --> 00:09:28,301 But you can't be crying over spilled milk. 143 00:09:28,367 --> 00:09:32,538 You got a shot to be redeemed here tonight and you better do it, man. 144 00:09:32,605 --> 00:09:33,773 Wow. 145 00:09:33,839 --> 00:09:37,209 [Vic] Stacks has said over and over that he and the Don 146 00:09:37,276 --> 00:09:40,513 would have won the titles at Stand & Deliver 147 00:09:40,579 --> 00:09:43,316 And let's not forget it was Joe Coffey who returned 148 00:09:43,382 --> 00:09:46,018 that afternoon to make Gallus full strength. 149 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:48,187 [Booker] You're thinking about old stuff. 150 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:52,925 Right now, Stacks and Tony D'Angelo need to be thinking about… Wow. 151 00:09:53,859 --> 00:09:57,330 [Vic] Again, the Gallus boys off of that continuing to stay in rhythm 152 00:09:57,396 --> 00:09:58,831 to stay on top. 153 00:09:58,898 --> 00:10:01,367 Are now back out in front of this match. 154 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:04,737 Look, we can't deny, I can't even deny Gallus has been 155 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:06,706 the top team this year in NXT. 156 00:10:06,772 --> 00:10:08,741 [Booker] Yes, and do you know why? 157 00:10:08,808 --> 00:10:11,644 It's because that boy Joe Coffey, when he made his return, 158 00:10:11,711 --> 00:10:15,147 this team just became good to the last drop. 159 00:10:15,214 --> 00:10:17,116 Yes, that's why. 160 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:19,852 [Vic] There's Mark Coffey, he's the legal superstar. 161 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:22,555 He's the calm one of the three if you can believe that 162 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:25,825 as a Wolfgang truly is the wild card of the three 163 00:10:25,891 --> 00:10:27,960 and he makes his way back into this match. 164 00:10:28,894 --> 00:10:31,397 [Booker] Gallus boy just isolate Stacks. 165 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:35,401 [Vic] Referee didn't see the cheap shot into the covering Stacks, kicking out. 166 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:39,038 This is like a glorified handicap match with Joe Coffey on the outside. 167 00:10:39,105 --> 00:10:42,441 [Booker] Oh no, what this is is great tag team work, Vic. 168 00:10:42,508 --> 00:10:46,412 Look at the operation that's being displayed here tonight. 169 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:49,649 [crowd chants, "let's go, Stacks"] 170 00:10:49,715 --> 00:10:52,685 [Vic] D'Angelo getting fired up, he knows what's at stake. 171 00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:55,421 He knows everything beautiful that the under-boss risk. 172 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:59,825 To get this opportunity as Mark Coffey flies through the air, 173 00:10:59,892 --> 00:11:02,628 takes down Stacks, into the cover to retain the titles 174 00:11:02,695 --> 00:11:04,263 and another kick-out. 175 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,966 Gallus wants to make the family regret every decision 176 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:09,802 they have made over the last few months. 177 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:13,205 [Booker] I like Stacks, I like everything about him, 178 00:11:13,272 --> 00:11:17,143 but when somebody like Stacks is soaked, just for lack of a better word 179 00:11:17,209 --> 00:11:20,446 double cross you got to go out there and get pay back 180 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:24,083 and that's what these Gallus boys are thinking about right now, Victor. 181 00:11:24,550 --> 00:11:27,753 [Vic] Stacks right now thinking about making a tag to the Don 182 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:30,956 and another nasty knee for Mark Coffey. 183 00:11:31,023 --> 00:11:33,993 Let's go back to what you just said, the Don was taken away 184 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:37,096 for suspicious circumstances, let's call it what it is, 185 00:11:37,163 --> 00:11:41,767 Gallus scared, did they view the family as a threat which is why we are 186 00:11:41,834 --> 00:11:44,003 here tonight at The Great American Bash? 187 00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:47,940 Every tag team in that locker room is a threat, trust me. 188 00:11:48,007 --> 00:11:51,711 Tony D, he wants gold, man, he wants top billing, 189 00:11:51,777 --> 00:11:56,716 he wants all the bosses to look at him as the main guy, yes. 190 00:11:56,782 --> 00:12:00,853 [Vic] Right now it is the under-boss trying to pull himself back to his feet 191 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:05,057 Mark Coffey Wolfgang, tag, and in comes the Don. 192 00:12:05,124 --> 00:12:10,229 [Booker] Oh, look at the muscle coming in just mowing down the competition. 193 00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:13,265 [Vic] You got to think that Don thought about this moment, 194 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:15,935 every day he was locked up. 195 00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:17,403 [Booker] Oh, yes. 196 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:20,906 Belly to belly and he is going to follow that up with you yet another. 197 00:12:25,377 --> 00:12:28,714 Gallus said they're experts in revenge, but I'm pretty sure 198 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:31,417 that Don has thought of a great game plan. 199 00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:32,952 [Vic] Big spine buster. 200 00:12:33,018 --> 00:12:36,956 Cover for the titles and… Oh, set up by the Don. 201 00:12:37,022 --> 00:12:38,791 [Booker] Miscommunication. 202 00:12:38,858 --> 00:12:42,528 Call it whatever you want, Book, right now it is the family in control. 203 00:12:45,998 --> 00:12:48,467 [crowd screams] 204 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:56,275 Things starting to break down in this tag team matchup, 205 00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:59,645 And what now is on the mind of Stacks? 206 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:03,482 Stacks just tagged himself in, and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo 207 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:04,884 to the top, so is the Don. 208 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:06,519 [Booker] I don't like this. 209 00:13:06,886 --> 00:13:10,856 The Don looking for a superplex. 210 00:13:12,558 --> 00:13:15,461 [Booker] Wow. [Vic] That's got to be it. 211 00:13:19,064 --> 00:13:26,038 Whoa, Wolfgang just was able to get in and I mean just able 212 00:13:26,105 --> 00:13:29,909 to break up that count as now… Oh, both superstars same thought, 213 00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:34,980 all four superstars are down, what a way to kick off the great 214 00:13:35,047 --> 00:13:39,618 American Bash, but right here this combination Stacks, boom, 215 00:13:39,685 --> 00:13:42,688 off the top, the family almost had it. 216 00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:46,192 You saw Joe Coffey almost come out of his shirt but Wolfgang 217 00:13:46,258 --> 00:13:48,027 is able to break things up. 218 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:50,229 [Booker] Great tag team action. 219 00:13:51,597 --> 00:13:54,800 Another tag made… Oh, he saw Wolfgang push Mark Coffey 220 00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:58,103 out of the way, but Wolfgang is the legal superstar. 221 00:13:58,504 --> 00:14:02,608 I don't believe Stacks realizes Wolfgang actually is legal. 222 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:05,411 Oh, and just picked up and planted. 223 00:14:07,746 --> 00:14:12,551 Now Mark flying to wipe out the Don, and things not looking good 224 00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:13,619 for the family. 225 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:15,588 [Booker] Oh, here we go. Beautiful. 226 00:14:15,654 --> 00:14:16,689 [Vic] Moonsault. 227 00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:18,724 Cover to retain. 228 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:25,331 Stacks got the left shoulder up, and look at Wolfgang, Mark, Gallus. 229 00:14:25,397 --> 00:14:26,265 They're shocked. 230 00:14:26,332 --> 00:14:29,101 [Booker] Vic, it's a lot of… [Vic] Oh, wait a minute. 231 00:14:30,502 --> 00:14:32,137 Same thing. 232 00:14:36,175 --> 00:14:37,743 Oh, whoa. 233 00:14:42,815 --> 00:14:46,185 Referee doing his job and turning around. 234 00:14:46,252 --> 00:14:51,223 Wait a minute, the referee, Joe Coffey. 235 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:55,861 Finally after the two on one, and Don breaks the count. 236 00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:58,430 [Booker] Come on, that was it. 237 00:14:58,497 --> 00:15:04,136 What a way to kick off the night, NXT trending number one 238 00:15:04,203 --> 00:15:07,873 because of the action to kick us off big here on The Great American Bash. 239 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:11,277 [Booker] Vic, that was a master plan right there that Wolfgang 240 00:15:11,343 --> 00:15:14,914 and the Gallus boys tried to pull off, just didn't work. 241 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:19,785 [Vic] That worked for the Don, that could have worked for the family. 242 00:15:20,619 --> 00:15:24,990 This is the golden opportunity and wait a minute, 243 00:15:25,057 --> 00:15:30,696 the referee checking on Gallus… oh, this time that plan didn't work 244 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:33,999 like in Los Angeles for Joe Coffey. 245 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:42,074 Stacks. 246 00:15:46,011 --> 00:15:48,547 And the Don knows the only way to win the titles, 247 00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:52,117 inside the ring, tag, Don is legal. 248 00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:55,554 Bada boom, bada bing. 249 00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:58,357 [Vic] Don into the cover. [Booker] It's going to happen. 250 00:15:58,424 --> 00:16:00,125 [crowd counts "one, two, three"] 251 00:16:00,192 --> 00:16:03,362 Gallus is going to sleep with the fishes. [bell rings] 252 00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:10,135 Here are your winners and new NXT tag team champions, 253 00:16:11,070 --> 00:16:17,476 Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Tony D'Angelo. 254 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:20,179 What a moment. 255 00:16:24,717 --> 00:16:28,287 After months of torment, after being locked up, 256 00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:33,625 put away that Don's homecoming, the Don returns. 257 00:16:33,692 --> 00:16:40,099 And now the Don and the under-boss are the tag team champions. 258 00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:43,035 [Tony D'Angelo's music plays] 259 00:16:47,606 --> 00:16:50,976 Let's go back to some of the action in this matchup. 260 00:16:51,043 --> 00:16:55,914 The Don had a plan, divide, conquer, he wiped out Gallus. 261 00:16:55,981 --> 00:16:59,051 The official, though, would check on the champions. 262 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:03,422 Joe Coffey tried a replay of what took place in Los Angeles, 263 00:17:03,489 --> 00:17:07,025 but the Don, the under-boss, they were ready this time around. 264 00:17:07,092 --> 00:17:10,362 They were prepared, they were ready to take on anything 265 00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:15,033 Gallus had to throw at them, and in the end the Don and Stacks were able 266 00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:18,103 to bring their a game here tonight. 267 00:17:24,042 --> 00:17:28,347 If we thought the homecoming party was something just a man 268 00:17:28,414 --> 00:17:31,583 known as D'Angelo's pasta, oh my, what a party it's going to be. 269 00:17:31,650 --> 00:17:33,752 [Booker] Pasta? What are you talking about? 270 00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:36,922 [Tony D'Angelo's music plays] 271 00:17:42,127 --> 00:17:46,498 Earlier today the challenger for the NXT title, Ilja Dragunov, arrived. 272 00:17:46,565 --> 00:17:51,203 He believes it's his destiny to win the NXT championship here tonight. 273 00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,906 But while he believes it's his destiny, our champion, 274 00:17:53,972 --> 00:17:57,609 Carmelo Hayes, and Trick Williams believe the Melo dynasty 275 00:17:57,676 --> 00:18:01,613 will continue to grow here in Austin, that's our main 276 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,483 event here at The Great American Bash. 277 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:09,421 Next, we've been preparing a brutal, chaotic, deeply rooted 278 00:18:09,488 --> 00:18:13,892 personal fight so wild that tonight Roxanne Perez and Blair Davenport 279 00:18:13,959 --> 00:18:17,930 will compete in a weapons wild match. 280 00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:27,005 [Blair] Enemies of Blair, beware. 281 00:18:27,072 --> 00:18:31,777 [Vic] We have seen her leave a path of destruction wherever she goes. 282 00:18:31,844 --> 00:18:33,779 [Blair] Got the woman so worried. 283 00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:36,448 My road to the top is a lot easier. 284 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:40,519 [Vic] The top gaijin is back in NXT. 285 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:46,892 [Roxanne] Blair Davenport, I'm not afraid of you. 286 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:51,196 You've hidden in the shadows for months. 287 00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:54,733 [Blair] My capacity for savagery it's boundless. 288 00:18:54,800 --> 00:19:00,005 [Roxanne] I'm looking for you and I will hurt you. 289 00:19:00,072 --> 00:19:03,775 [Vic] Blair Davenport, Roxanne Perez, what is going on backstage? 290 00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:06,445 [Blair] Game on. 291 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:10,983 [Vic] This is a showdown that is in months in the making and… 292 00:19:11,049 --> 00:19:15,154 Oh Roxanne Perez coming right out of the gate, she has been wanting 293 00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:17,523 to get her hands on Blair Davenport. 294 00:19:17,589 --> 00:19:21,827 [Blair] Roxanne was a decorated champion until I arrived. 295 00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:24,596 [Vic] Falcon arrow. 296 00:19:25,197 --> 00:19:28,400 [Blair] Girls like Roxanne, they don't beat people like me. 297 00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:32,337 This division, it's for grown women 298 00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:35,240 not fragile little girls with ribbons in their hair. 299 00:19:35,774 --> 00:19:39,878 [Vic] A second one leveling Perez, 300 00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:43,315 and Davenport will pick up the victory. 301 00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:48,987 [Roxanne] You know what? 302 00:19:49,821 --> 00:19:53,926 I'm sick and tired of everybody thinking that I'm some easy target. 303 00:19:53,992 --> 00:19:58,730 Blair Davenport, she's cold, she's calculated, she will take you out. 304 00:19:58,797 --> 00:20:01,767 [Roxanne] There's been a rage building inside of me. 305 00:20:01,833 --> 00:20:04,236 Blair, you've only added to it. 306 00:20:04,303 --> 00:20:06,772 I don't think you know what's coming to you. 307 00:20:06,838 --> 00:20:09,508 [Blair] I am cold. I am collected. 308 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:12,244 [struggle noises] 309 00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:15,747 [Blair] This live is over. 310 00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:23,655 [Vic] Blair Davenport and Roxanne Perez will compete in a weapons wild match. 311 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:27,392 [Blair] I'm going to hurt you. 312 00:20:27,459 --> 00:20:30,495 But this time in front of your friends and your family. 313 00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:34,466 When I'm done with you, just go home. 314 00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:39,972 [Roxanne] This is just a taste of the Roxanne Perez you're going to get 315 00:20:40,038 --> 00:20:42,174 at The Great American Bash. 316 00:20:46,378 --> 00:20:49,147 [Roxanne Perez's music plays] 317 00:20:52,284 --> 00:20:53,352 [bell rings] 318 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:58,924 [presenter] The following contest is a weapons wild match. 319 00:20:59,224 --> 00:21:04,329 Introducing first, Roxanne Perez. 320 00:21:04,396 --> 00:21:07,332 [Vic] Well, this personal issue between these two was taken 321 00:21:07,399 --> 00:21:09,534 to another level yesterday here in Austin. 322 00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:12,437 It took place at dream con. 323 00:21:14,339 --> 00:21:17,409 Roxanne, what about you tomorrow at The Great American Bash? 324 00:21:17,743 --> 00:21:19,678 You have a weapons wild match. 325 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:22,147 Yeah, weapons wild. It's going to be wild. 326 00:21:22,214 --> 00:21:23,248 [laughs] 327 00:21:23,315 --> 00:21:24,750 How wild? 328 00:21:24,816 --> 00:21:27,185 I mean, I'm willing to go as far as possible. 329 00:21:27,252 --> 00:21:28,487 Blair Davenport has… 330 00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:30,656 [Blair] you've got some nerve, haven't you? 331 00:21:30,722 --> 00:21:32,157 [Roxanne] You have a problem. 332 00:21:32,224 --> 00:21:33,659 Hey. Hey. 333 00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:42,334 Yo, we don't do that here. 334 00:21:42,734 --> 00:21:45,003 We don't do that here. 335 00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:47,406 You've got tomorrow for that. 336 00:21:48,373 --> 00:21:51,410 [Vic] Booker, there's been fire in the eyes of Roxanne Perez, 337 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:52,911 but this is just escalating. 338 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:54,713 Family and friends are here tonight. 339 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:55,981 She is a Texas native. 340 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:58,116 There's her sister and her mom. 341 00:21:58,183 --> 00:22:01,953 She's ready for this matchup, she's ready for this moment, 342 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:05,390 but when is too far too far? 343 00:22:05,724 --> 00:22:08,327 They're fighting all over the place. 344 00:22:08,393 --> 00:22:10,128 They're fighting around the… Oh. 345 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:11,997 [bell rings] 346 00:22:12,297 --> 00:22:14,599 Again, and this is what we're talking about. 347 00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:16,468 [Booker] Fights on, Vic. Fight's on. 348 00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:18,003 An ambush by Blair Davenport. 349 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:20,906 Anything to get the upper hand in this weapons wild match. 350 00:22:20,972 --> 00:22:23,675 [Booker] Well, Roxanne has to understand. This is this. 351 00:22:23,742 --> 00:22:25,143 It's going to be like this. 352 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:27,512 We talked about days like this right here, Vic. 353 00:22:27,579 --> 00:22:28,947 Everything is legal. 354 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:31,350 Pinfall, submission, center of the ring. 355 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:33,885 Blair Davenport was looking for the knockout blow, 356 00:22:33,952 --> 00:22:35,687 but there comes Perez fighting back. 357 00:22:35,754 --> 00:22:38,590 Have you seen this side of Perez before? 358 00:22:38,657 --> 00:22:42,360 Honestly, I haven't, but sometimes it takes that one person 359 00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:45,230 to bring something like this out in you, 360 00:22:45,297 --> 00:22:47,399 and Blair Davenport may be that one person. 361 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:49,067 Oh, bang. Beautiful back elbow. 362 00:22:49,134 --> 00:22:51,503 [Vic] Well, we know you've been giving advice. 363 00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:54,906 NXT anonymous saw you talking to Perez on NXT. 364 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,544 How would you tell her to get ready for the unpredictability 365 00:22:59,611 --> 00:23:01,313 of a weapons wild match? 366 00:23:01,379 --> 00:23:03,749 I mean, I look at Blair Davenport. 367 00:23:03,815 --> 00:23:05,851 She's unpredictable, she's uncanny. 368 00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:07,686 You've got to be on your toes. 369 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:10,789 You're not going to slip on a banana peel and win this match. 370 00:23:10,856 --> 00:23:13,358 You've got to go there and be ready for the fight. 371 00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:17,062 [Vic] Davenport revealed herself as a mystery attacker, 372 00:23:17,129 --> 00:23:21,233 who has wreaked havoc, much like Roxanne Perez is doing now. 373 00:23:21,399 --> 00:23:23,468 Think about everything Davenport has done. 374 00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:26,538 Took out Nikkita Lyons, Sol Ruca, Wendy Choo, Dani Palmer, 375 00:23:26,605 --> 00:23:30,075 tried to take out Roxanne Perez, and I'm sure Perez is thinking 376 00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:35,313 about every single one of those females, and every single blow in this matchup. 377 00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:38,283 [Booker] All those ladies are trying to make their way up 378 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:41,219 the ranks to a title shot as well, and Blair Davenport 379 00:23:41,286 --> 00:23:44,289 has put herself right in the perfect prime position. 380 00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:46,758 [Vic] Perez looking… [Booker] Oh, my god, man. 381 00:23:48,326 --> 00:23:51,530 [Vic] Perez looking for high risk. There was no reward. 382 00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:57,102 Now Davenport has turned things around into her favor. 383 00:23:57,702 --> 00:24:00,038 Take another look. Bam. 384 00:24:01,506 --> 00:24:05,310 [Booker] The thing about Blair Davenport. She's a sniper, man. 385 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:09,080 She don't mind going out there going that extra mile. 386 00:24:09,147 --> 00:24:10,482 [Vic] Let's call what… 387 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:12,884 [Blair] Look at me. 388 00:24:13,351 --> 00:24:17,422 [crowd boos] 389 00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:23,695 I think Davenport is coming round to everyone that is meaningful 390 00:24:23,762 --> 00:24:28,533 in Roxanne Perez's life whether it's friends, whether it's yourself. 391 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:34,906 Now, everything again legal in this matchup, and you've got to wonder 392 00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:37,676 what's going through Roxanne Perez's mom's mind, 393 00:24:37,742 --> 00:24:40,579 what's going through Roxanne Perez's little sister's mind 394 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:44,282 seeing this happen almost right in front of us, Booker? 395 00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:48,887 [Booker] Man, I can't take anything away from Blair Davenport. 396 00:24:48,954 --> 00:24:51,189 She's earned her spot in this business. 397 00:24:51,256 --> 00:24:54,860 Right now, she's trying to take Roxanne Perez's spot. 398 00:24:54,926 --> 00:24:57,963 As well as she started when she was 16 years old. 399 00:24:58,029 --> 00:25:02,434 You could say she's a prodigy as well, so I can't take anything away from her. 400 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:05,804 [Vic] I get it, but there again, the mom, the sister of Perez, 401 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:12,377 having to sit back, and can't do anything about 402 00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:15,280 what Blair Davenport is doing to Perez. 403 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:18,650 I know Perez said she wasn't scared of Blair, that she would 404 00:25:18,717 --> 00:25:22,187 hunt, that she would hurt Davenport, but Roxanne's mom right now 405 00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:23,488 with a look of worry. 406 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:25,924 You're a parent. You'd have the same worry. 407 00:25:25,991 --> 00:25:29,561 You can't do, she can't do a damn thing to help her daughter right now. 408 00:25:29,628 --> 00:25:32,664 [Booker] As a coach I'm worried, but we've talked about, 409 00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:35,634 moments like this and those obstacles, and sometimes 410 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:37,702 you've got to go over, around and under. 411 00:25:37,903 --> 00:25:41,540 And sometimes, Vic, you've got to go straight through that obstacle. 412 00:25:41,606 --> 00:25:44,409 That's where Roxanne Perez is tonight. 413 00:25:46,511 --> 00:25:47,646 God, man. 414 00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:54,119 [Vic] Referee doing his best at this point to check, but Roxanne Perez 415 00:25:54,185 --> 00:25:56,855 is not going to quit in this matchup. 416 00:25:56,922 --> 00:26:03,461 For Blair Davenport, what sort of barbaric concepts has she drawn up in her mind 417 00:26:03,528 --> 00:26:07,999 over the last week or so as… Oh, just driving that steel chair 418 00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:10,135 into the ribs of Perez. 419 00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:14,673 [Booker] I'm just looking at the veteran savvy that's coming into the ring. 420 00:26:14,739 --> 00:26:15,740 Hell, Vic. 421 00:26:15,807 --> 00:26:18,977 Like I said, that mentality where you just want to go out there. 422 00:26:19,044 --> 00:26:22,347 Kill shot, kill shot every time. Oh, yes. 423 00:26:23,581 --> 00:26:28,253 [Vic] Davenport showing she is just a different breed of superstar. 424 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:29,554 [Booker] She's cold, Vic. 425 00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:33,558 She's very calculating, and right now she's, I must say it, 426 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:37,596 Roxanne Perez has run into a buzz-saw here tonight. 427 00:26:38,964 --> 00:26:45,904 [crowd chants "let's go, Roxy"] 428 00:26:47,539 --> 00:26:51,443 [Vic] I see everyone's trying their best to rally behind the Texas native. 429 00:26:51,509 --> 00:26:54,446 But even for Davenport, who called Perez a little girl 430 00:26:54,512 --> 00:26:58,283 said she should go home after tonight and never come back 431 00:26:58,350 --> 00:27:02,887 is starting to systematically dissect Roxanne Perez. 432 00:27:03,755 --> 00:27:08,193 Davenport, slowly, methodically, almost as if she's getting some sort 433 00:27:08,259 --> 00:27:13,398 of sick pleasure of having of being able to take out all 434 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:15,500 her frustrations on Perez. 435 00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:21,373 Finally, Perez starting to strike back. 436 00:27:23,608 --> 00:27:28,046 For Perez, we've always questioned that killer instinct. 437 00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:30,815 [Booker] Oh, here we go, Vic. 438 00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:34,753 Right now, Roxanne Perez is sucking it up. 439 00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:37,689 [Vic] We talk about the killer instinct, the mentality, 440 00:27:37,756 --> 00:27:42,127 the environment… Oh… that we're in, as Davenport now… Oh. 441 00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:45,864 [Booker] You give Davenport an inch, she's going to take a mile. 442 00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:47,432 Right now she's… 443 00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:51,436 [crowd boos] 444 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:59,077 [Vic] Again, Perez's sister, mom, and they are helpless. 445 00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:01,112 They can't do anything. 446 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:06,418 As Roxanne Perez's sister pleading, was screaming just a second ago, 447 00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:08,820 and all they can do is watch. 448 00:28:10,288 --> 00:28:12,891 [Booker] It's a one-sided affair right now, Vic. 449 00:28:13,258 --> 00:28:17,962 This thing is going downhill quick for Roxanne. 450 00:28:18,029 --> 00:28:20,131 I don't like it. 451 00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:29,874 [crowd chants "you suck"] 452 00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:35,647 [Vic] What sort of person does that? 453 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:40,485 What sort of person goes up and threatens her mom and sister? 454 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:43,722 And a cowbell. 455 00:28:44,055 --> 00:28:45,957 Oh, Dusty would be proud. 456 00:28:46,024 --> 00:28:48,726 [Booker] Got to bring some to get some, Vic. 457 00:28:48,793 --> 00:28:51,229 That's what it's all about in life. 458 00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:53,998 Oh, yes. 459 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:04,542 [Vic] Well, I asked you about that different side of Roxanne Perez, 460 00:29:04,609 --> 00:29:07,479 and it's boiling and it's bubbling over now. 461 00:29:09,013 --> 00:29:12,951 We talk about too Blair Davenport thinking of concepts. 462 00:29:13,017 --> 00:29:19,357 What sort of offense has Roxanne Perez thought in her mind to bring out tonight? 463 00:29:20,825 --> 00:29:23,728 [Booker] This is the Roxanne Perez we've never seen before. 464 00:29:24,395 --> 00:29:29,033 But, like I said, you back someone into a corner, you have no choice. 465 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:33,471 When you bring family into play, oh, yes, it can get real ugly and quick. 466 00:29:33,538 --> 00:29:35,039 [Vic] Blair Davenport. 467 00:29:35,874 --> 00:29:38,710 [crowd screams] 468 00:29:46,784 --> 00:29:52,423 I was saying Blair Davenport might regret bringing the evil out in Perez. 469 00:29:52,590 --> 00:29:54,559 [Booker] You're right about that, Vic. 470 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,494 This is where she needs to go. 471 00:29:56,561 --> 00:30:01,299 This is the mentality that she needs to step into a fight like this. 472 00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:03,568 This is The Great American Bash, man. 473 00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:05,670 [Vic] I peeked up for a moment. 474 00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:11,042 Dallas Irvin the official is only here to count to three or hear someone say 475 00:30:11,109 --> 00:30:13,978 they quit, because there's no stopping anything. 476 00:30:14,045 --> 00:30:16,214 Everything legal in this weapons wild match. 477 00:30:16,281 --> 00:30:22,053 Oh, and you can start to see the welts forming on Blair Davenport. 478 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,922 Oh, there's Perez. 479 00:30:23,988 --> 00:30:25,089 [Booker] Beautiful. 480 00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:29,060 [Vic] Out of desperation Perez. One after another. 481 00:30:29,127 --> 00:30:32,297 Spine, ribs, driving the air out of Davenport. 482 00:30:33,765 --> 00:30:38,469 That's how personal this has gotten between these two, deeply rooted issue. 483 00:30:39,971 --> 00:30:43,007 Oh, crash and burn for Perez. 484 00:30:44,976 --> 00:30:47,846 You got to imagine for Davenport after that first meeting. 485 00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:51,649 She left with a sickening smile after driving her knee into Perez's face 486 00:30:51,716 --> 00:30:53,651 not once, but twice. 487 00:30:53,718 --> 00:30:59,524 Now, the sinister mind starting to figure a couple other things 488 00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:02,794 out in this matchup, and it's almost as if there's not enough 489 00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:04,796 in the ring for Davenport. 490 00:31:04,862 --> 00:31:05,964 She wants more. 491 00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:09,267 She wants to hurt Roxanne Perez. 492 00:31:10,001 --> 00:31:14,606 [Booker] Davenport is looking to put Roxanne Perez in the rearview mirror, Vic. 493 00:31:14,672 --> 00:31:18,243 She wants bigger and better things, and the only way to get there… 494 00:31:18,309 --> 00:31:20,178 Could be looking for pop rocks. 495 00:31:20,645 --> 00:31:23,748 [Vic] Countered, though. [Booker] Wow, beautiful counter. 496 00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:26,951 [Vic] As we say, we talk about dream con, about the locker room, 497 00:31:27,018 --> 00:31:28,987 about at the store on Tuesday. 498 00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:31,456 Things between these two getting out of hand. 499 00:31:31,522 --> 00:31:36,194 It has to come to an end tonight here in Texas. 500 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:40,064 Into the cover through the trashcan, and that is still not enough 501 00:31:40,131 --> 00:31:42,033 to keep down Roxanne Perez. 502 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:44,702 [Booker] I'm watching Roxanne Perez's body language. 503 00:31:44,769 --> 00:31:48,106 This is a different Roxanne Perez that I've ever… 504 00:31:48,172 --> 00:31:51,709 The 16-year-old girl, no more, no more. 505 00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:54,178 [crowd chants "Roxy"] 506 00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:58,082 [Vic] Home state trying to really Perez, and now it's Davenport 507 00:31:58,483 --> 00:31:59,584 looking one more time. 508 00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:00,585 Counter. 509 00:32:00,652 --> 00:32:04,289 Perez here now fighting for the match because right now 510 00:32:04,355 --> 00:32:07,125 she's back up against it could be looking for pop rocks. 511 00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:08,726 Countered for the second time. 512 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:11,129 Everything that Perez throws at Davenport, 513 00:32:11,195 --> 00:32:12,864 Davenport has had an answer for. 514 00:32:15,099 --> 00:32:20,271 Oh, and again the nasty landing by Davenport. 515 00:32:20,338 --> 00:32:21,806 She didn't get all of Perez. 516 00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:25,076 I think Perez was just able to get out of the way and quickly 517 00:32:25,143 --> 00:32:27,478 able to turn around into a Russian leg sweep. 518 00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:29,847 Now for Perez this is what I was talking about, 519 00:32:29,914 --> 00:32:33,885 being on the back foot, that survival, that killer instinct now 520 00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:35,920 has to come out in Perez. 521 00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:37,155 This is that moment. 522 00:32:37,221 --> 00:32:41,759 [Booker] You're watching Roxanne Perez grow into a woman right before our eyes. 523 00:32:41,826 --> 00:32:44,896 She's been champion before, but going to that extra level. 524 00:32:45,396 --> 00:32:47,265 [Vic] Booker, Booker. 525 00:32:48,733 --> 00:32:50,368 Whoa. 526 00:32:56,307 --> 00:32:57,976 You just heard the thud of Perez. 527 00:32:58,042 --> 00:33:00,478 I believe Perez bounced off the steel steps, 528 00:33:00,545 --> 00:33:02,513 but that's not going to keep Perez down. 529 00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:06,584 Perez a little bit of payback with that running knee. 530 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:07,618 [Booker] Wow. 531 00:33:07,685 --> 00:33:10,988 [Vic] Perez knows what that feels like, and now Davenport does too. 532 00:33:11,055 --> 00:33:13,391 [Booker] Davenport is on dream street. 533 00:33:15,026 --> 00:33:17,228 [crowd screams] 534 00:33:19,764 --> 00:33:22,166 [Vic] While she is on dream street, 535 00:33:22,233 --> 00:33:24,502 she might be getting ready for a nightmare. 536 00:33:24,569 --> 00:33:27,739 [Booker] Oh, here we go. 537 00:33:27,805 --> 00:33:32,577 Texas cyclone, baby. Oh yes. 538 00:33:40,218 --> 00:33:43,054 [Vic] Relief in the eyes of a mother and a sister. 539 00:33:43,388 --> 00:33:49,694 As Perez going to the place not many have. 540 00:33:50,395 --> 00:33:52,530 Eyeing up Davenport. 541 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:56,634 Will the third time be the charm? 542 00:33:56,834 --> 00:33:58,803 Pop rocks. 543 00:33:59,137 --> 00:34:01,439 [crowd chants "one, two, three"] 544 00:34:01,506 --> 00:34:02,507 [bell rings] 545 00:34:02,573 --> 00:34:04,742 [Vic] Perez survives weapons wild. 546 00:34:04,809 --> 00:34:06,310 [Roxanne Perez's music plays] 547 00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:11,049 [presenter] Here is your winner, Roxanne Perez. 548 00:34:11,115 --> 00:34:17,522 [Vic] Perez staring right over at you, Book, for that brief moment. 549 00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:21,626 [Book] Wow. 550 00:34:23,294 --> 00:34:27,131 [Vic] I can only imagine the relief in the heart and the mind 551 00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:33,004 of Perez's sister and mom ringside, because it was after Roxanne Perez 552 00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:36,007 said hi and was greeting fans, it was a sneak attack, 553 00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:38,509 it was an ambush by Blair Davenport. 554 00:34:38,576 --> 00:34:40,511 Sure, you can call it whatever you want. 555 00:34:40,578 --> 00:34:42,380 Strategic. I'm sure it was. 556 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:44,115 She didn't even come to the ring. 557 00:34:44,182 --> 00:34:46,818 She ambushed Perez before the bell, and it was nothing 558 00:34:46,884 --> 00:34:48,686 but strategy for Blair Davenport. 559 00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:52,190 As this weapons wild match would continue to play out, 560 00:34:52,256 --> 00:34:56,094 Perez would turn the tables on Blair Davenport. 561 00:34:56,894 --> 00:35:00,331 While it was a sense of relief for just a moment, there was 562 00:35:00,398 --> 00:35:06,504 where a big sigh of relief from the sister and the mom of Roxanne Perez. 563 00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:10,942 As Perez laid it all on the line to open the door to possibly 564 00:35:11,008 --> 00:35:15,847 shut the book on Blair Davenport with pop rocks. 565 00:35:16,047 --> 00:35:20,451 As Perez victorious here, and there again Perez's sister 566 00:35:20,518 --> 00:35:24,722 and mother breathing that sigh of relief after everything 567 00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:27,558 they witnessed here tonight. 568 00:35:28,159 --> 00:35:31,429 It's all smiles for Roxanne Perez. 569 00:35:39,637 --> 00:35:45,076 [Carmelo] I called my shot, and when Carmelo Hayes shoots, I don't miss. 570 00:35:45,743 --> 00:35:49,580 [presenter] We got a new NXT champion. 571 00:35:50,414 --> 00:35:52,683 [Carmelo] Let's talk about it. 572 00:35:53,317 --> 00:35:55,786 [energetic music] 573 00:36:02,093 --> 00:36:04,362 [Booker] Hayes is like the wind. 574 00:36:04,428 --> 00:36:06,631 You can feel it, but you can't touch it. 575 00:36:06,697 --> 00:36:11,569 This is the him era. 576 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:14,472 [Vic] And still. 577 00:36:14,539 --> 00:36:17,542 [Carmelo] There is no question on who the man is because I am 578 00:36:17,608 --> 00:36:23,247 the NXT champion and I am him. 579 00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:27,552 I want to face you at the great American bash. 580 00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:33,591 Ilja, you are not taking my NXT championship. 581 00:36:33,658 --> 00:36:40,565 At Great American Bash, you will feel me because I am Mr. Ple 582 00:36:41,098 --> 00:36:43,901 and I will hit different. 583 00:36:43,968 --> 00:36:49,240 [Vic] Hayes, Dragunov, NXT title on the line at The Great American Bash. 584 00:36:49,307 --> 00:36:52,410 [Carmelo] For one of us, it's going to be champagne, 585 00:36:52,476 --> 00:36:56,747 and for the other it's going to be just pain. 586 00:37:00,484 --> 00:37:02,687 [Vic] What a matchup that is going to be. 587 00:37:02,753 --> 00:37:08,025 Will Melo's dynasty continue to grow or will Dragunov's destiny be achieved? 588 00:37:08,092 --> 00:37:10,061 NXT championship on the line. 589 00:37:10,127 --> 00:37:13,097 Our main event still to come at The Great American Bash. 590 00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:16,667 Also, coming up tonight, the NXT women's title will be on the line. 591 00:37:16,734 --> 00:37:22,840 There you see a woman in Thea Hail looking to make history here in Texas. 592 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:27,812 Putting in a couple last minute kinks into her offense with the kimura lock. 593 00:37:27,878 --> 00:37:33,317 There is the champion starting to warm up as well ahead of their submission matchup 594 00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:37,488 here at The Great American Bash. 595 00:37:37,722 --> 00:37:43,060 What a night it has been already thus far, and what a debut we're going to see 596 00:37:43,127 --> 00:37:44,595 in a matter of moments. 597 00:37:44,829 --> 00:37:49,467 [Baron Corbin's music plays] 598 00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:00,911 [bell rings] 599 00:38:00,978 --> 00:38:04,315 [presenter] The following contest is scheduled for one fall. 600 00:38:04,382 --> 00:38:11,122 Introducing first, Baron Corbin. 601 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:20,998 [Vic] For Corbin, he said he's taking control of his own destiny, Booker. 602 00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:24,135 Is it time to do that in your opinion if you're Baron Corbin? 603 00:38:24,735 --> 00:38:27,271 [Booker] Oh, yes. Time is ticking. 604 00:38:27,338 --> 00:38:32,576 Sand in the hourglass is running out, but we look at Baron Corbin, 605 00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:34,345 he has that feel. 606 00:38:34,412 --> 00:38:37,782 Trying to find that lone wolf mentality. 607 00:38:37,848 --> 00:38:39,650 Oh, yes. 608 00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:41,786 This is the Baron Corbin I'm looking for. 609 00:38:41,852 --> 00:38:48,059 [Vic] It's a new look, new music, it's a new feel for baron Corbin. 610 00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:50,594 [Booker] You feel that? [Vic] I do feel it. 611 00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:52,763 We're also about to feel something else. 612 00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:57,368 A highly-anticipated debut in a matter of moments. 613 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,808 [Gable Steveson's music plays] 614 00:39:32,336 --> 00:39:35,239 [Gable Steveson's music plays] 615 00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:46,283 [presenter] His opponent, Olympic gold medalist. 616 00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:49,386 Gable Steveson. 617 00:39:52,056 --> 00:39:56,727 [Vic] There is a lot of hype surrounding the Olympic gold medalist, 618 00:39:56,794 --> 00:40:01,065 as he walks into his very first match. 619 00:40:01,132 --> 00:40:04,902 [Booker] You know as well, it should be a lot of hype around Gable Steveson. 620 00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:08,539 He's NCAA all-American, and he's a gold medalist. 621 00:40:08,606 --> 00:40:14,578 He's done a whole lot outside of the WWE, I give him that. 622 00:40:14,645 --> 00:40:18,048 [Vic] It's events like tonight at The Great American Bash 623 00:40:18,115 --> 00:40:20,351 where heroes are created. 624 00:40:32,763 --> 00:40:37,768 You also just saw a big, almost exhale 625 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:42,072 from Gable Steveson. 626 00:40:42,139 --> 00:40:44,108 As he realizes now the bell has sounded 627 00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:47,945 and this is it, and for Corbin, he warned gable this past Tuesday. 628 00:40:48,012 --> 00:40:49,213 [Booker] You know why? 629 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,048 He's in there with a professional. 630 00:40:51,115 --> 00:40:53,617 This is a grown man. 631 00:40:53,684 --> 00:40:58,455 This is baron Corbin, a guy that went out there and retired Kurt Angle 632 00:40:58,522 --> 00:41:01,425 another Olympic gold medalist. 633 00:41:02,326 --> 00:41:05,062 [crowd chants "let's go, Corbin"] 634 00:41:05,529 --> 00:41:07,865 [Vic] You hear the NXT universe in this matchup. 635 00:41:07,932 --> 00:41:09,533 I want to come with this question 636 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,836 of who's feeling more pressure? 637 00:41:11,902 --> 00:41:13,771 Is it Corbin or is it Gable? 638 00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:16,841 [Booker] Gable Steveson, he's an Olympic gold medalist. 639 00:41:17,041 --> 00:41:20,911 Baron Corbin is a guy that's been here in the WWE for quite some time. 640 00:41:20,978 --> 00:41:24,448 I think Gable Steveson's got more pressure on him than Baron Corbin. 641 00:41:24,515 --> 00:41:28,552 [Vic] There's Corbin going right in, and as he has said, 642 00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:31,889 they don't throw rights, or lefts and they don't smash you down 643 00:41:31,956 --> 00:41:33,457 in the ground in the Olympics. 644 00:41:33,524 --> 00:41:35,926 As Corbin trying to keep up in this early going. 645 00:41:35,993 --> 00:41:38,896 We'll see what Baron Corbin brings to the table because 646 00:41:38,963 --> 00:41:40,297 Gable is coming back in. 647 00:41:40,364 --> 00:41:43,868 I'm glad you brought up Kurt angle because Corbin has gloated for years 648 00:41:43,934 --> 00:41:46,604 beating Kurt angle in his final match at Wrestlemania. 649 00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:48,772 Gable idolized Kurt Angle, and I wonder 650 00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:51,041 if Gable's going to use that as fuel tonight. 651 00:41:51,108 --> 00:41:54,945 [Booker] This could be some fuel, maybe some payback for Kurt Angle. 652 00:41:55,012 --> 00:41:58,449 But that right there could be the wrong, wrong plan to go into 653 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,684 with a man like Baron Corbin, trust me. 654 00:42:00,751 --> 00:42:04,355 [Vic] Corbin swinging wildly, and look at Steveson, picking the leg, 655 00:42:04,421 --> 00:42:07,892 going right down, and we said Kurt angle, looking for the ankle lock. 656 00:42:07,958 --> 00:42:12,596 Cinched in, and Corbin is able to get to that bottom rope, and it was Corbin 657 00:42:12,663 --> 00:42:16,233 who predicted on the kickoff show that he would bury 658 00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:19,803 his second Olympic gold medalist in… Oh, no. 659 00:42:21,338 --> 00:42:23,607 A German suplex on the floor. 660 00:42:23,941 --> 00:42:26,243 The only other Olympic gold medalist, 661 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:29,079 the hall of famer Kurt Angle, said gable's an incredible 662 00:42:29,146 --> 00:42:32,816 athlete for his size, he is super impressed with Steveson. 663 00:42:32,883 --> 00:42:34,318 [Booker] The man is good. 664 00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:36,353 If you look at this guy, he's a monster. 665 00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:37,788 He's about 250 pounds. 666 00:42:37,855 --> 00:42:41,692 As far as balance goes, he has all that, but right there Baron Corbin 667 00:42:41,759 --> 00:42:46,997 just lured Gable Steveson outside so we could use a little furniture right here. 668 00:42:47,064 --> 00:42:50,935 There you go, son, that's called a shucky ducky quack-quack moment. 669 00:42:51,001 --> 00:42:54,371 [Vic] Corbin just broke the count of the official so he can continue 670 00:42:54,438 --> 00:42:57,241 to inflict damage to Gable on the outside. 671 00:42:57,308 --> 00:42:59,076 Corbin said he wants to be feared. 672 00:42:59,143 --> 00:43:01,845 He wants to be respected, you know he wants to spoil 673 00:43:01,912 --> 00:43:03,881 this highly anticipated debut as well. 674 00:43:03,948 --> 00:43:05,082 [Booker] You know what? 675 00:43:05,149 --> 00:43:07,117 He only needs one of those right there. 676 00:43:07,184 --> 00:43:11,021 He needs these guys to be feared, and the respect will come along with that. 677 00:43:11,088 --> 00:43:12,423 Oh, wow. 678 00:43:15,693 --> 00:43:19,430 [Vic] Corbin promised a new version of himself that he would destroy 679 00:43:19,496 --> 00:43:24,134 his past and he would do everything moving forward as his true self. 680 00:43:24,201 --> 00:43:27,104 [Booker] They don't teach that in the Olympics right there. 681 00:43:27,938 --> 00:43:31,375 [crowd boos] 682 00:43:31,842 --> 00:43:37,147 [Vic] Corbin wants to make everyone in NXT regret signing a contract. 683 00:43:37,214 --> 00:43:40,250 He said it starts tonight with Gable Steveson. 684 00:43:40,317 --> 00:43:42,386 [Booker] Corbin understands one thing. 685 00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:44,254 Wait a minute, listen to the people. 686 00:43:44,321 --> 00:43:47,491 The people about… Wait a minute. [crowd chants "Baron Corbin"] 687 00:43:47,558 --> 00:43:50,427 [Vic] The people in the NXT universe voice their opinion. 688 00:43:50,494 --> 00:43:51,996 It's The Great American Bash. 689 00:43:52,062 --> 00:43:54,565 They've been fired up since the start of the night. 690 00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:57,201 There is no doubt that this has been Corbin's night. 691 00:43:57,267 --> 00:43:59,503 He has taken it to the Olympic gold medalist 692 00:43:59,570 --> 00:44:03,340 since the start because Corbin knows his back's against the wall. 693 00:44:03,407 --> 00:44:04,808 [Booker] It's not just that. 694 00:44:04,875 --> 00:44:06,977 Baron Corbin knows it's about two things. 695 00:44:07,044 --> 00:44:09,313 It's about checks, it's about championships, 696 00:44:09,380 --> 00:44:12,282 going out there and knocking off this kid Gable Steveson. 697 00:44:12,349 --> 00:44:14,284 Oh, yes. 698 00:44:14,351 --> 00:44:18,389 [Vic] There's the power of Corbin, and just planted Steveson. 699 00:44:18,455 --> 00:44:21,458 Into the cover and it could be an early night for both, 700 00:44:21,892 --> 00:44:25,696 and just able to kick out at two, is Steveson. 701 00:44:25,763 --> 00:44:28,065 Take another look, feel the impact. 702 00:44:29,433 --> 00:44:31,301 All the air driving out at the loins. 703 00:44:31,368 --> 00:44:35,439 [Booker] See, guys like Baron Corbin, they don't care about no gold medal 704 00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:36,774 or anything like that. 705 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,676 The jury is still out on this kid, Gable Steveson, 706 00:44:39,743 --> 00:44:41,478 as far as I'm concerned. 707 00:44:42,746 --> 00:44:44,548 [Vic] Face first off the top rope. 708 00:44:44,615 --> 00:44:45,983 [Booker] Right to the nose. 709 00:44:46,050 --> 00:44:47,785 [Vic] Falling right up. 710 00:44:47,851 --> 00:44:50,854 Corbin came in with a game plan, another cover, another hook 711 00:44:50,921 --> 00:44:53,891 of the leg, and another near fall, Baron Corbin will not be 712 00:44:53,957 --> 00:44:55,526 embarrassed here tonight. 713 00:44:55,592 --> 00:44:57,795 He's gone so far over the last several weeks, 714 00:44:57,861 --> 00:45:02,700 as saying he's going to destroy anyone that threatens his future. 715 00:45:02,766 --> 00:45:07,237 [Booker] People don't understand, those ropes are unforgiving right there. 716 00:45:07,304 --> 00:45:12,276 That one shot right there got Gable Steveson in dire straits, man. 717 00:45:12,342 --> 00:45:15,579 [Vic] You saw Steveson for a moment start blinking a little bit, 718 00:45:15,646 --> 00:45:17,981 trying to get himself back to where he's at, 719 00:45:18,048 --> 00:45:20,350 but now turn in the tables right now on Corbin. 720 00:45:20,417 --> 00:45:23,787 [Booker] Yes, but Corbin blocked it a bit. That's the pro in Corbin. 721 00:45:23,854 --> 00:45:26,690 [Vick] Steveson helped Eddy thorpe overcome Damon Kemp 722 00:45:26,757 --> 00:45:27,725 in NXT underground. 723 00:45:27,791 --> 00:45:30,227 He generated a lot of fanfare in the locker room 724 00:45:30,294 --> 00:45:34,164 and in the NXT universe, but he's finally stepping into the ring and learning. 725 00:45:34,231 --> 00:45:38,302 This is a new ballgame against a new version of Baron Corbin. 726 00:45:38,368 --> 00:45:40,637 [Booker] Like you said, guys like Eddy Thorpe, 727 00:45:40,704 --> 00:45:44,608 they're going to respect Gable Steveson, but not somebody like Baron Corbin 728 00:45:48,045 --> 00:45:53,317 [Vic] Corbin has now Steveson, trying his best to fight back in this match. 729 00:45:53,383 --> 00:45:56,386 We knew it'd be an uphill battle somewhat for Steveson to try 730 00:45:56,453 --> 00:45:59,389 to get used to the environment, to what's going to happen 731 00:45:59,456 --> 00:46:02,559 inside the squared circle, but now throwing a couple of rights, 732 00:46:02,626 --> 00:46:05,496 catching and tossing Corbin, and this is the wheelhouse 733 00:46:05,562 --> 00:46:06,964 for the Olympic medalist. 734 00:46:07,030 --> 00:46:08,832 [Booker] Take a break here, Corbin. 735 00:46:08,899 --> 00:46:12,269 Try to find some space, try to find a little space, Baron. 736 00:46:12,669 --> 00:46:16,540 [Vic] Baron can't find any space, because Gable is closing the door. 737 00:46:16,607 --> 00:46:18,842 He's not allowing Corbin to get around. 738 00:46:18,909 --> 00:46:21,645 He's not letting Corbin get a second wind, a third wind. 739 00:46:21,712 --> 00:46:25,849 He's keeping Corbin real close to continue his own offensive onslaught. 740 00:46:25,916 --> 00:46:29,787 [Booker] You can't win the match outside. That's very smart by Baron Corbin. 741 00:46:29,853 --> 00:46:30,988 [Vic] Oh. 742 00:46:31,221 --> 00:46:35,292 One more time, Corbin up and over. 743 00:46:39,563 --> 00:46:42,199 We've seen these two, and I can't imagine. 744 00:46:42,266 --> 00:46:47,905 This is what Steveson wanted and now just… Oh, knocked around. 745 00:46:47,971 --> 00:46:50,407 [Booker] It's called taking it to the street. 746 00:46:50,474 --> 00:46:51,975 This is what I'm talking about. 747 00:46:52,042 --> 00:46:54,211 They don't teach this in the Olympics. 748 00:46:54,278 --> 00:46:57,681 That not NCAA. 749 00:46:57,748 --> 00:47:01,251 [crowd boos] 750 00:47:03,086 --> 00:47:06,156 [Vic] Trying to listen to the official, the official is at it. 751 00:47:06,223 --> 00:47:09,726 Gable trying to get back in the ring, but Corbin taking to the air 752 00:47:10,294 --> 00:47:12,429 and these two slugging it out. [bell rings] 753 00:47:12,496 --> 00:47:13,463 As the referee. 754 00:47:13,530 --> 00:47:14,798 Oh. 755 00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:19,303 Oh screw the countdown for a moment, these two are destroying each other. 756 00:47:19,903 --> 00:47:22,639 [crowd boos] 757 00:47:24,174 --> 00:47:26,343 Probably going to need some more help. 758 00:47:26,610 --> 00:47:27,945 Book, are you all right? 759 00:47:28,011 --> 00:47:29,780 [Booker] Yes. I'm good. 760 00:47:30,647 --> 00:47:32,716 [crowd chants "Corbin"] 761 00:47:36,119 --> 00:47:40,157 [Vic] Corbin and Steveson taking it to one another. 762 00:47:40,657 --> 00:47:42,326 [crowd boos] 763 00:47:44,228 --> 00:47:45,195 [Booker] Oh. 764 00:47:45,729 --> 00:47:49,566 [Vic] We're going to need more than just a couple officials out here. 765 00:47:50,868 --> 00:47:54,304 We got to get a lot of help out here to keep these two separated. 766 00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:57,107 [Booker] I like it. [Vic] You talk about thoroughbreds. 767 00:47:57,174 --> 00:48:00,010 [Booker] I like it. [Vic] They are taking it to each other. 768 00:48:01,111 --> 00:48:02,679 [crowd cheers] 769 00:48:06,216 --> 00:48:08,819 [Booker] There goes security. 770 00:48:10,954 --> 00:48:13,056 [Vic] They can't keep them apart, Book. 771 00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:17,761 [Booker] I'm liking this kid, Gable Steveson, a bit more down. 772 00:48:17,828 --> 00:48:19,529 I'm liking him a little bit more. 773 00:48:22,032 --> 00:48:25,068 [Vic] These two. [Booker] Oh. Oh, yes. 774 00:48:28,805 --> 00:48:30,574 [Vic] Corbin just dropped security. 775 00:48:32,542 --> 00:48:33,543 Oh. 776 00:48:44,855 --> 00:48:47,457 You can say what you want, Book, about the Olympics, 777 00:48:47,524 --> 00:48:49,459 about not being ready for the Olympics. 778 00:48:49,526 --> 00:48:54,331 Gable Steveson just laid out Baron Corbin. 779 00:48:57,768 --> 00:49:02,005 This went from a debut to a fight here tonight. 780 00:49:02,606 --> 00:49:04,675 [Gable Steveson's music plays] 781 00:49:09,179 --> 00:49:11,915 [Vic] Right now let's go back to last Tuesday at NXT. 782 00:49:11,982 --> 00:49:16,219 It was Lyra Valkyria going one-on-one with the women's world champion. 783 00:49:17,654 --> 00:49:22,225 While Ripley brought her a game, so did Lyra Valkyria. 784 00:49:22,292 --> 00:49:26,663 She pushed Rhea Ripley, Booker, to her limit. 785 00:49:27,130 --> 00:49:30,467 In the closing moment, it was "dirty" Dom getting involved, 786 00:49:31,535 --> 00:49:36,106 helping out, and boom, still not to be denied was Valkyria 787 00:49:36,173 --> 00:49:41,445 who was this close to pinning the women's world champion. 788 00:49:43,513 --> 00:49:48,552 But for Ripley, she was able to overcome the odds to hit Valkyria 789 00:49:48,618 --> 00:49:52,656 with a riptide, but it's not the matchup, it's what happened afterwards. 790 00:49:52,723 --> 00:49:53,590 [bell rings] 791 00:49:53,657 --> 00:49:55,025 [Rhea Ripley's music plays] 792 00:49:56,526 --> 00:50:00,864 [Rhea] Prove me right and beat Jacy Jayne. 793 00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:03,834 Show me. 794 00:50:05,335 --> 00:50:06,203 [Lyra] I will. 795 00:50:11,475 --> 00:50:15,445 [Mackenzie] Lyra Valkyria, your match on Tuesday night with WWE women's 796 00:50:15,512 --> 00:50:18,115 world champion, Rhea Ripley, was one for the books. 797 00:50:18,181 --> 00:50:19,683 How are you feeling after it? 798 00:50:19,983 --> 00:50:23,420 [Lyra] Honestly, I'm thirsty for more. 799 00:50:23,487 --> 00:50:27,391 That match lit such a fire under me because now I know 800 00:50:27,457 --> 00:50:30,127 that I can go toe to toe with the very best there is. 801 00:50:30,527 --> 00:50:35,899 I'm very curious about this NXT women's championship match tonight. 802 00:50:36,666 --> 00:50:38,835 [struggle noises] 803 00:50:42,572 --> 00:50:44,241 [Vic] That's Jacy Jayne. 804 00:50:45,675 --> 00:50:47,911 We just needed security out here moments ago. 805 00:50:47,978 --> 00:50:50,213 Looks like we need security in the back, Book. 806 00:50:50,747 --> 00:50:53,550 [Booker] Oh, rock star in the house, man. 807 00:50:54,117 --> 00:50:55,752 [struggle noises and screams] 808 00:50:58,522 --> 00:51:00,390 [Rhea] That's what I was waiting for. 809 00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:04,094 [security] Get her out of here. 810 00:51:05,028 --> 00:51:11,835 [presenter] For 269 days, that title represented hard work and opportunity. 811 00:51:13,837 --> 00:51:15,672 [Wes] I lifted that title. 812 00:51:16,406 --> 00:51:21,645 I put my heart and soul into that title. 813 00:51:28,318 --> 00:51:30,220 [Wes Lee's music plays] 814 00:51:30,720 --> 00:51:33,723 [crowd cheers] 815 00:51:41,231 --> 00:51:46,436 [Vic] You can feel the love for Wes Lee and you just heard. 816 00:51:46,503 --> 00:51:48,705 We saw what happened on Tuesday. 817 00:51:49,439 --> 00:51:53,410 Booker, do you believe that Wes Lee will be in a different zone 818 00:51:53,477 --> 00:51:56,546 in this triple-threat match here at The Great American Bash? 819 00:51:56,613 --> 00:51:59,316 [Booker] This kid has made me a believer since day one. 820 00:51:59,382 --> 00:52:02,853 I looked at the guy that was totally on board, but week after week, 821 00:52:02,919 --> 00:52:07,524 match after match, contest after contest, this young man, Wes Lee, 822 00:52:07,591 --> 00:52:13,196 proved to me that he is perhaps the greatest North American champion 823 00:52:13,263 --> 00:52:15,765 in the history of NXT. 824 00:52:15,832 --> 00:52:17,767 269 days? 825 00:52:17,834 --> 00:52:18,802 [Vic] Yes. 826 00:52:18,869 --> 00:52:19,970 [Booker] Oh, yes. 827 00:52:20,637 --> 00:52:24,574 [Vic] He remembers every single one, he cherished every single one of those days 828 00:52:24,641 --> 00:52:28,211 as he looks to reclaim the North American title 829 00:52:28,278 --> 00:52:31,147 tonight in a triple-threat match where we got to remember, 830 00:52:31,214 --> 00:52:34,551 the champion, which is "dirty" Dom, doesn't need to be factored 831 00:52:34,618 --> 00:52:38,989 in the decision to lose the North American title here 832 00:52:39,055 --> 00:52:40,190 tonight in Texas. 833 00:52:40,257 --> 00:52:41,958 [Booker] Dom Dom. 834 00:52:53,103 --> 00:52:55,605 [Mustafa Ali's music plays] 835 00:52:59,376 --> 00:53:02,879 [Vic] Here comes a superstar who was not happy with Wes Lee 836 00:53:02,946 --> 00:53:04,781 this past Tuesday. 837 00:53:06,183 --> 00:53:08,451 [crowd cheers] 838 00:53:32,776 --> 00:53:37,080 [Vic] When it comes to Mustafa Ali, he saw his one-on-one opportunity 839 00:53:37,147 --> 00:53:39,916 change to a triple threat. 840 00:53:39,983 --> 00:53:41,418 Do you move on from that? 841 00:53:41,484 --> 00:53:45,188 How do you? You have your chances go from 50 to 33. 842 00:53:45,355 --> 00:53:50,193 [Booker] I'm looking at Mustafa Ali. He's put in a lot of hard work. 843 00:53:50,260 --> 00:53:52,963 You look at the body, you can tell he's been in the gym 844 00:53:53,029 --> 00:53:57,734 training, but none of that matters if you don't have a championship gold 845 00:53:57,801 --> 00:53:59,169 around your waist. 846 00:53:59,236 --> 00:54:01,004 [Dominik Mysterio's music plays] 847 00:54:01,171 --> 00:54:06,576 [Vic] Speaking of which, here is the man who has that gold around his waist. 848 00:54:15,785 --> 00:54:16,720 [Booker] Wow. 849 00:54:19,856 --> 00:54:24,828 [Vic] Lee and Ali are staring a hole through "dirty" Dom. 850 00:54:24,894 --> 00:54:28,231 Booker, does it irk you that "dirty" Dom proclaims 851 00:54:28,298 --> 00:54:31,201 he has made the name Mysterio relevant? 852 00:54:31,268 --> 00:54:32,435 Think about this event. 853 00:54:32,502 --> 00:54:36,706 Think about what you and his father Rey Mysterio did in the main event 854 00:54:36,773 --> 00:54:38,141 of The Great American Bash. 855 00:54:38,475 --> 00:54:42,178 [Booker] I get exactly where you're coming from, but there's always been 856 00:54:42,245 --> 00:54:46,983 a buzz around the Mysterio name, but not like this. 857 00:54:47,150 --> 00:54:53,356 Never before have we seen the buzz like we see with this young man, Dom Dom. 858 00:54:53,590 --> 00:54:56,559 Oh, yes, the North American champ. 859 00:54:56,626 --> 00:54:57,827 Come on, Vic. 860 00:54:57,894 --> 00:55:00,463 Give him his props, give him a pat on the back. 861 00:55:00,530 --> 00:55:02,265 Stand up, man. 862 00:55:02,332 --> 00:55:03,800 Stand up. 863 00:55:03,867 --> 00:55:06,002 [Vic] Well, he has no champion's advantage. 864 00:55:06,069 --> 00:55:07,237 He does have mami. 865 00:55:07,303 --> 00:55:09,873 The women's world champion, Rhea Ripley, 866 00:55:09,939 --> 00:55:16,179 can be a difference maker as we have seen for judgment day time and time again. 867 00:55:17,147 --> 00:55:22,452 [Booker] Talking about the ultimate motivator, mami. 868 00:55:32,062 --> 00:55:36,099 [Vic] All three with something to prove in this triple-threat match. 869 00:55:42,939 --> 00:55:43,773 [bell rings] 870 00:55:44,374 --> 00:55:48,244 [presenter] The following triple threat match scheduled for one fall is 871 00:55:48,311 --> 00:55:55,085 for the NXT North American championship. 872 00:55:59,255 --> 00:56:05,395 Introducing the challengers, first, Wes Lee. 873 00:56:10,366 --> 00:56:17,006 Next, Mustafa Ali. 874 00:56:21,678 --> 00:56:27,183 Their opponent, with the women's world champion, Rhea Ripley. 875 00:56:28,451 --> 00:56:31,254 Representing the judgment day, 876 00:56:31,321 --> 00:56:36,192 the NXT North American champion. 877 00:56:36,359 --> 00:56:42,699 Dominik Mysterio. 878 00:56:42,999 --> 00:56:46,569 [crowd boos] 879 00:56:51,441 --> 00:56:54,611 [Vic] That person with the Dom is my hero sign right there. 880 00:56:54,677 --> 00:56:56,312 He might need a new hero, Book. 881 00:56:56,379 --> 00:56:57,647 [Booker] People love Dom. 882 00:56:57,914 --> 00:56:59,482 [Vic] Who are you listening to? 883 00:57:01,751 --> 00:57:03,453 A triple threat match. 884 00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:08,658 For Wes Lee, he hasn't been a challenger for the North American title. 885 00:57:08,725 --> 00:57:12,462 Think about it, he hasn't been in the challenger's shoes since last October. 886 00:57:16,299 --> 00:57:20,003 And realization may be starting to set in for Dom. 887 00:57:22,806 --> 00:57:26,910 Dom on Tuesday said these two could fight it out, these two… 888 00:57:26,976 --> 00:57:29,646 [Rhea] Give me the title. 889 00:57:29,712 --> 00:57:32,282 [Vic] What's mami… [Rhea] Give me the title. 890 00:57:36,953 --> 00:57:39,189 [Vic] Well, Ali is done playing around. 891 00:57:40,690 --> 00:57:42,392 [crowd boos] 892 00:57:56,906 --> 00:57:59,242 [Vic] Dom trying to hightail it out. 893 00:57:59,876 --> 00:58:01,778 What's going to happen now, Book? 894 00:58:04,481 --> 00:58:05,982 [Booker] Oh. A beat down. 895 00:58:06,049 --> 00:58:07,450 That's what going to happen. 896 00:58:11,454 --> 00:58:13,056 [Vic] Dom, look. 897 00:58:13,122 --> 00:58:16,526 Mustafa Ali wants to get him some, Wes Lee wants to get him some. 898 00:58:18,828 --> 00:58:19,996 [Rhea] Dom, come on. 899 00:58:21,631 --> 00:58:22,565 [Vic] Look at him. 900 00:58:22,632 --> 00:58:23,666 The back and front. 901 00:58:23,733 --> 00:58:26,870 Everybody's trying to get to "dirty" Dom, but we got to remember 902 00:58:26,936 --> 00:58:28,504 it's every man for themselves. 903 00:58:28,571 --> 00:58:32,342 Triple threat rules between these two, between these three now. 904 00:58:32,408 --> 00:58:34,043 Wes Lee's got to focus. 905 00:58:34,110 --> 00:58:35,845 Ali's got to focus as well. 906 00:58:35,912 --> 00:58:38,281 I still don't feel bad for "dirty" Dom. 907 00:58:38,348 --> 00:58:40,049 [Booker] They need to focus. 908 00:58:40,116 --> 00:58:42,118 [Vic] Hold on a second. Let's watch this. 909 00:58:42,185 --> 00:58:43,786 [Booker] Oh, man. 910 00:58:45,054 --> 00:58:49,559 [Vic] Look, Wes Lee set a new standard of what a champion should be in NXT. 911 00:58:49,626 --> 00:58:52,595 You think about what he did as the North American champion. 912 00:58:52,662 --> 00:58:56,132 Most defenses most successful title defenses inside of a month. 913 00:58:56,199 --> 00:58:58,868 He raised the bar, he kicked in the door last year. 914 00:58:58,935 --> 00:59:02,138 [Booker] But we talk about when that champion's going to run into 915 00:59:02,205 --> 00:59:04,974 that brick wall, and Wes Lee definitely did that 916 00:59:05,041 --> 00:59:07,010 with Dominik Mysterio as champion. 917 00:59:07,076 --> 00:59:10,346 [Vic] Ali from behind, shoulders down, and we could have a new 918 00:59:10,413 --> 00:59:11,648 North American champion. 919 00:59:11,714 --> 00:59:14,717 I don't know what match you were watching. Now, up and over. 920 00:59:14,784 --> 00:59:17,720 Another near fall because for "dirty" Dom to win that title, 921 00:59:17,787 --> 00:59:21,424 he needed the help of Mr. Money in the bank, Damian Priest. 922 00:59:21,491 --> 00:59:25,562 He needed the help of Finn Balor and needed the help of mami to defeat Lee. 923 00:59:25,628 --> 00:59:28,398 [Booker] Look, Wes Lee didn't have to take that match. 924 00:59:28,464 --> 00:59:30,300 [Vic] He's not going to say no. 925 00:59:30,366 --> 00:59:32,302 [Booker] He set himself up for failure. 926 00:59:32,368 --> 00:59:35,338 [Vic] You can call it what you want, what we can say still 927 00:59:35,405 --> 00:59:38,942 trending number one, the great American bash, and look at Ali. 928 00:59:39,008 --> 00:59:42,245 [Booker] Wait. Where are we trending at? [Vic] Number one. 929 00:59:42,312 --> 00:59:43,680 [Booker] You call it. On X. 930 00:59:43,746 --> 00:59:46,149 [Vic] As Ali turning things around in this match. 931 00:59:46,215 --> 00:59:48,217 I talked about frustrations for Wes Lee. 932 00:59:48,284 --> 00:59:50,720 Do you understand the frustration of Mustafa Ali? 933 00:59:50,787 --> 00:59:53,823 He battled Gunther for the intercontinental title at night 934 00:59:53,890 --> 00:59:56,626 of champions, was close as anyone to dethroning the ring 935 00:59:56,693 --> 00:59:59,228 general and has become obsessed with being champion. 936 00:59:59,429 --> 01:00:01,164 He was so close, Book. So close. 937 01:00:01,230 --> 01:00:04,067 [Booker] Of course. Wes Lee definitely was in a position. 938 01:00:04,133 --> 01:00:06,869 Of course Mustafa Ali he wants to be in that position. 939 01:00:06,936 --> 01:00:11,140 He may be the guy that needs to get this match more than any. 940 01:00:11,207 --> 01:00:16,412 [Vic] Gets irritated, does Ali, knowing he was so close, and crash and burn. 941 01:00:16,479 --> 01:00:17,513 [Booker] Oh, yes. 942 01:00:17,580 --> 01:00:21,884 Just like that, "dirty" Dom turned things around. 943 01:00:25,788 --> 01:00:27,390 What the hell is he flexing for? 944 01:00:27,457 --> 01:00:29,692 [Booker] The playa, Vic. That's what that is. 945 01:00:29,759 --> 01:00:30,760 That's a playa. 946 01:00:30,827 --> 01:00:33,162 [Vic] A wise man once said, don't hate the playa 947 01:00:33,229 --> 01:00:34,897 [Booker] Hate the game. 948 01:00:34,964 --> 01:00:37,767 [Vic] Getting Ali back into the ring. Take another look. 949 01:00:37,834 --> 01:00:41,871 Nasty landing for both, as wait a minute, back into the ring. 950 01:00:42,038 --> 01:00:45,441 Going for the cover to retain the title, and Ali able to kick out. 951 01:00:45,508 --> 01:00:48,411 [Booker] One thing I like about Dominik Mysterio is that 952 01:00:48,478 --> 01:00:51,447 he isn't going to go out there and throw his weight around. 953 01:00:51,514 --> 01:00:54,717 He's very smart, very meticulous as far as going out there 954 01:00:54,784 --> 01:00:56,919 and taking care of business. 955 01:00:56,986 --> 01:00:58,955 Check it out. Here we go, here we go. 956 01:00:59,022 --> 01:01:01,824 [Vic] Now trying for the three amigos. [Booker] Amigos. 957 01:01:01,891 --> 01:01:07,597 [Vic] "Dirty" Dom is eyeing up Wes Lee and now turning his attention to him. 958 01:01:07,663 --> 01:01:10,433 He's played these two against each other on Tuesday, 959 01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:12,035 and now taking it to Lee. 960 01:01:12,101 --> 01:01:14,203 He didn't like Ali, that being "dirty" Dom. 961 01:01:14,270 --> 01:01:18,241 Saying that he stole his daddy's 619 and his other daddy's frog splash. 962 01:01:18,307 --> 01:01:22,712 [Booker] Yes, right now it's coming into effect, the 61… 963 01:01:22,779 --> 01:01:25,181 Wait a minute, three amigos, three amigos. 964 01:01:25,248 --> 01:01:28,184 Four amigos now about to look real good. 965 01:01:28,251 --> 01:01:30,553 [Vic] I think you spoke a little bit too soon. 966 01:01:30,620 --> 01:01:33,156 Turning things around, the challengers. 967 01:01:33,222 --> 01:01:35,324 [Booker] Oh, wow. 968 01:01:35,391 --> 01:01:40,229 [Vic] Mami not liking what her latino heat is going through. 969 01:01:40,296 --> 01:01:42,598 [Booker] Come on, ref. 970 01:01:42,665 --> 01:01:45,068 [Vic] What the hell you saying come on ref for? 971 01:01:45,134 --> 01:01:47,937 It's all legal. It's triple threat. 972 01:01:48,271 --> 01:01:49,872 Mami's scared. 973 01:01:49,939 --> 01:01:51,674 Ali into the cover. 974 01:01:51,741 --> 01:01:53,309 Oh, Lee breaking it up. 975 01:01:53,376 --> 01:01:55,511 Dom, though, did get that left shoulder up. 976 01:01:55,578 --> 01:01:58,081 Lee is trying to get a cover to win the title back, 977 01:01:58,147 --> 01:02:00,249 and Ali able to break things up. 978 01:02:01,951 --> 01:02:03,853 Pace starting to slow in this matchup. 979 01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:06,422 Again, though, Ali going right to "dirty" Dom. 980 01:02:06,489 --> 01:02:08,691 Is he more focused on Dom than he is Wes Lee? 981 01:02:08,758 --> 01:02:11,327 [Booker] He should be focused on Dom, Vic. 982 01:02:11,394 --> 01:02:13,262 That's the champion. 983 01:02:13,329 --> 01:02:16,232 If you beat Dominik, you get bigger props, man. 984 01:02:16,299 --> 01:02:18,434 [Vic] Look at Wes Lee combination offense. 985 01:02:18,501 --> 01:02:20,570 A little two-for-one special here. 986 01:02:20,636 --> 01:02:23,473 For Wes Lee, he has stated that being champion allowed him 987 01:02:23,539 --> 01:02:25,141 to discover more about himself. 988 01:02:25,208 --> 01:02:27,543 He grew as a person when he was the champion. 989 01:02:27,610 --> 01:02:29,345 He needs the title back. 990 01:02:29,412 --> 01:02:32,348 As the combination offense starting to light up "dirty" Dom. 991 01:02:33,282 --> 01:02:34,584 [Booker] Yes, indeed. 992 01:02:34,650 --> 01:02:38,187 Dominik Mysterio right now look like he's in a little trouble, 993 01:02:38,254 --> 01:02:40,189 and Wes Lee could capitalize right here. 994 01:02:40,256 --> 01:02:41,591 [Vic] Cover, cover, cover. 995 01:02:41,657 --> 01:02:45,962 Title on the line, and from the outside inside for Mustafa Ali. 996 01:02:48,865 --> 01:02:51,000 Got to keep your eyes going. 997 01:02:51,067 --> 01:02:53,803 The action is fast, it is furious in this triple threat 998 01:02:53,870 --> 01:02:55,905 matchup here at Great American Bash. 999 01:02:55,972 --> 01:02:57,373 Now, look at Ali. 1000 01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:58,841 Ali patiently waiting. 1001 01:02:58,908 --> 01:03:01,277 Charging right in and dropping Lee. 1002 01:03:01,778 --> 01:03:03,045 We'll go back to Ali. 1003 01:03:03,112 --> 01:03:05,982 He's a superstar who gets irritated because he believes 1004 01:03:06,048 --> 01:03:08,885 that no one sees the work, no one sees the sacrifices. 1005 01:03:08,951 --> 01:03:11,187 When they see the results, they say it's luck. 1006 01:03:11,254 --> 01:03:12,522 [Booker] Not just that. 1007 01:03:12,588 --> 01:03:15,424 Mustafa Ali feel like he's been the odd man out. 1008 01:03:15,491 --> 01:03:18,394 Many, many times he felt like politics has come into play, 1009 01:03:18,461 --> 01:03:20,129 but I'm going to tell you now. 1010 01:03:20,196 --> 01:03:23,266 He has a chance to win the North American championship. 1011 01:03:23,332 --> 01:03:24,433 [Vic] DDT. 1012 01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:27,270 [Booker] Right now, he can do it if he can just cash in. 1013 01:03:27,637 --> 01:03:28,838 [Vic] Just spiked Ali. 1014 01:03:28,905 --> 01:03:32,275 Trying to turn him over, trying to get into the cover, and Dom. 1015 01:03:32,341 --> 01:03:33,543 Ali saw it coming. 1016 01:03:33,609 --> 01:03:34,911 [Booker] Wow, so close. 1017 01:03:34,977 --> 01:03:37,680 [Vic] I'm glad you brought that up, about Mustafa Ali. 1018 01:03:37,747 --> 01:03:40,049 He thinks he finally needs to win the gold. 1019 01:03:40,116 --> 01:03:42,418 He's been close at Wrestlemania. 1020 01:03:42,485 --> 01:03:45,188 There's always been something that has stood in his way 1021 01:03:45,254 --> 01:03:50,526 which is why he didn't want Lee to face "dirty" Dom on Tuesday two weeks ago. 1022 01:03:50,593 --> 01:03:52,628 [Booker] There's not going to be excuses. 1023 01:03:52,695 --> 01:03:53,796 [Vic] Neckbreaker. 1024 01:03:53,863 --> 01:03:56,732 [Booker] Right now he has a even chance at going out here 1025 01:03:56,799 --> 01:03:59,235 and walking out north American champion tonight. 1026 01:03:59,535 --> 01:04:03,739 [Vic] Taking down Lee, and it's Mustafa Ali who is in control. 1027 01:04:03,806 --> 01:04:08,778 First with the Boston crab, now looking for the camel clutch. 1028 01:04:09,946 --> 01:04:15,484 If either submits, if either taps, Ali will become the North American champion. 1029 01:04:16,319 --> 01:04:18,721 Oh, and Dom biting Ali. 1030 01:04:18,788 --> 01:04:21,991 [Booker] When you go to jail… [Vic] Oh, don't start this crap. 1031 01:04:22,058 --> 01:04:24,193 [Booker] You learn all kind of tricks, man. 1032 01:04:24,260 --> 01:04:26,395 When you been on the yard, you know exactly 1033 01:04:26,462 --> 01:04:28,231 how to work this situation out. 1034 01:04:28,297 --> 01:04:31,968 [Vic] He walked through the yard. He was there for two hours maybe, tops. 1035 01:04:32,735 --> 01:04:34,437 You know what he has learned? 1036 01:04:34,503 --> 01:04:36,572 He's learned from his hall of fame father. 1037 01:04:36,639 --> 01:04:40,009 Looking to dial up that 61, no, Crescent kick. 1038 01:04:42,245 --> 01:04:45,114 [Book] I think he learned more from his uncle than his dad. 1039 01:04:45,181 --> 01:04:47,383 [Vic] Oh, another one. Ali now. 1040 01:04:50,386 --> 01:04:51,754 What's Ali thinking? 1041 01:04:55,258 --> 01:04:56,259 Ali's out. 1042 01:04:57,326 --> 01:04:58,794 Dirty Dom's out. 1043 01:05:01,530 --> 01:05:05,067 And Mustafa Ali, he can't win the title on the outside. 1044 01:05:05,134 --> 01:05:07,436 He's got to put one of the two in the ring. 1045 01:05:08,604 --> 01:05:09,605 What's he thinking? 1046 01:05:09,672 --> 01:05:13,175 [Book] Making sure he doesn't slip off that top turnbuckle right there, Vic. 1047 01:05:13,242 --> 01:05:16,545 -[Book] Oh! -[Vic] Forget about the 619. 1048 01:05:16,612 --> 01:05:20,082 -Ali just went for a 450. -[Book] Wow. 1049 01:05:21,350 --> 01:05:23,519 [Vic] We talk about a nasty landing. 1050 01:05:23,586 --> 01:05:25,988 Hardest part of the ring, where steel meets wood. 1051 01:05:26,055 --> 01:05:28,557 [Book] They're throwing all caution to the wind. 1052 01:05:28,624 --> 01:05:34,563 Mustafa Ali is trying to cash in tonight here, Vic, at the Great American Bash. 1053 01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:39,969 [mouthing inaudibly] 1054 01:05:40,036 --> 01:05:42,471 [Vic] Realization maybe setting in for Dom 1055 01:05:43,306 --> 01:05:44,807 and also for Wes Lee. 1056 01:05:45,107 --> 01:05:48,678 Oh, there you saw-- See Mami. Mami said, "Pin him." Dirty Dom! 1057 01:05:48,744 --> 01:05:50,513 Oh, no, and Lee able to kick out. 1058 01:05:51,047 --> 01:05:54,050 Lee was looking over almost and look concerned for Ali, 1059 01:05:54,116 --> 01:05:59,088 but he's got to remember, this is for the North American Championship. 1060 01:05:59,155 --> 01:06:02,258 This is his opportunity to reclaim gold. 1061 01:06:02,325 --> 01:06:04,694 This is the Great American Bash! 1062 01:06:06,562 --> 01:06:08,864 Throwing caution to the wind, 1063 01:06:09,365 --> 01:06:11,033 Wes Lee just… 1064 01:06:13,903 --> 01:06:14,904 locked eyes. Oh! 1065 01:06:16,605 --> 01:06:19,575 -Again, no disqualification. -You better not do that again, Wes. 1066 01:06:19,642 --> 01:06:21,344 Don't you do it. 1067 01:06:22,244 --> 01:06:23,145 You good? 1068 01:06:24,714 --> 01:06:25,748 Do not! 1069 01:06:26,716 --> 01:06:29,986 [Vic] Knowing anything about Lee, you tell him not to do something… 1070 01:06:30,052 --> 01:06:32,421 -[Book] Ooh… -[Vic] He's probably gonna do it. 1071 01:06:32,588 --> 01:06:33,789 I said no! 1072 01:06:34,056 --> 01:06:37,927 -[crowd chatter] -[inaudible berating] 1073 01:06:46,068 --> 01:06:47,069 [Vic] Now… 1074 01:06:47,670 --> 01:06:51,006 Up and over! And he stuck the landing. 1075 01:06:52,008 --> 01:06:53,442 Give that man a 10. 1076 01:06:54,210 --> 01:06:55,378 [Book] Wow, 1077 01:06:56,512 --> 01:06:57,613 wow. 1078 01:06:59,181 --> 01:07:01,417 [Vic] Whoa, whoa. Yes, you better get going. 1079 01:07:01,484 --> 01:07:03,119 I'd agree with Wes here. 1080 01:07:03,819 --> 01:07:06,956 I don't know what-- Wes looked like he was doing a little parkour. 1081 01:07:07,022 --> 01:07:08,791 Hopping over everyth-- Oh, no! 1082 01:07:09,658 --> 01:07:12,628 Book, Mami got her hands on Lee. 1083 01:07:12,695 --> 01:07:14,630 -Riptide! -[Book] Oh, yes. 1084 01:07:15,131 --> 01:07:18,067 [crowd cheering] 1085 01:07:18,134 --> 01:07:21,404 I told you not to do it, Wes! I told you! 1086 01:07:25,841 --> 01:07:28,511 [Vic] Booker, there's no disqualification. 1087 01:07:28,577 --> 01:07:31,380 -[Book] It's all legal, Vic. -[Vic] It's all legal. 1088 01:07:31,447 --> 01:07:32,748 There's no DQ. 1089 01:07:32,815 --> 01:07:37,019 Oh, and Dom's going to steal another one here in Texas. 1090 01:07:37,453 --> 01:07:38,654 Oh, no, no, no. 1091 01:07:39,655 --> 01:07:41,490 -No! No! -[Vic] Keep fighting, Wes. 1092 01:07:41,557 --> 01:07:45,428 [Book] The resilience of this young man, Wes Lee, Victor. 1093 01:07:45,594 --> 01:07:46,996 [Rhea] Get me the title. 1094 01:07:48,831 --> 01:07:49,832 Give it! 1095 01:07:50,900 --> 01:07:54,103 [Vic] Again, the referee's helpless. There's no disqualification. 1096 01:07:54,170 --> 01:07:55,304 Everything's le-- 1097 01:07:55,638 --> 01:08:00,409 -[inaudible conversation] -[crowd chanting] This is awesome! 1098 01:08:01,277 --> 01:08:04,313 Well, the referee turning around and just didn't see that. 1099 01:08:04,380 --> 01:08:07,116 It wouldn't have mattered because there's no disqualification. 1100 01:08:07,183 --> 01:08:09,085 -[Book] Master plan. -[Vic] The Women's title. 1101 01:08:09,151 --> 01:08:11,854 -[Book] He's going to steal another one. -[Vic] That's how Dom won 1102 01:08:11,921 --> 01:08:16,425 -to begin with, but not tonight in Texas. -Ref! One! Two! Three! 1103 01:08:23,566 --> 01:08:25,734 [Vic] Now what does the playbook say, Booker? 1104 01:08:26,569 --> 01:08:28,637 [Book] Plan C, that's what it says. 1105 01:08:29,872 --> 01:08:32,441 [Vic] Dom wouldn't be in this match if not for Mami. 1106 01:08:32,508 --> 01:08:34,610 -He's going to the top ro-- Ali! -[Book] Ooh! 1107 01:08:35,377 --> 01:08:39,215 [Vic] Ali back to his feet, and you talk about momentum changing. 1108 01:08:39,281 --> 01:08:42,017 The momentum has swung maybe for Mustafa Ali. 1109 01:08:42,084 --> 01:08:45,588 Wes Lee is down, Wes Lee is out, Dom is tied up. 1110 01:08:45,654 --> 01:08:49,125 [Book] Mustafa's going to get that 455. He's going to go for that 450. 1111 01:08:49,191 --> 01:08:50,826 He's going to do it, Vic. 1112 01:08:50,893 --> 01:08:55,130 [Vic] Ali, target set. Up, down. 450 connects this time. 1113 01:08:55,364 --> 01:08:59,235 Cover, count, and-- No, wait a minute. 1114 01:09:01,971 --> 01:09:05,641 Ripley. Oh, no, believe it or not, frog splash! 1115 01:09:06,876 --> 01:09:09,211 -Dom. -[crowd] One! Two! Three! 1116 01:09:09,278 --> 01:09:10,112 [bell ringing] 1117 01:09:10,179 --> 01:09:12,148 [crowd cheering] 1118 01:09:12,681 --> 01:09:15,117 -[Book] Wow. -[ring announcer] Here is your winner 1119 01:09:15,184 --> 01:09:19,822 and still the NXT North American Champion, 1120 01:09:20,189 --> 01:09:23,392 Dominik Mysterio! 1121 01:09:23,959 --> 01:09:26,362 [Vic] Can Dominik do anything by himself, Booker? 1122 01:09:26,428 --> 01:09:28,898 -[Book] What are you talking about? -[Vic] Can he? 1123 01:09:28,964 --> 01:09:31,233 [Book] He just retained his Championship. 1124 01:09:31,300 --> 01:09:33,702 He just went out there and did it all by himself. 1125 01:09:33,769 --> 01:09:37,006 [Vic] Table went down, you don't got a monitor, but what were you watching? 1126 01:09:37,773 --> 01:09:42,111 Oh, your heart goes out for Ali, who was so close. 1127 01:09:42,178 --> 01:09:48,184 Back to the action. Wes Lee went up and over Ripley. 1128 01:09:49,752 --> 01:09:55,090 Was cruising in this matchup until… What do you mean? 1129 01:09:55,658 --> 01:09:58,060 What do you mean what do I mean? Do you not see? 1130 01:09:58,127 --> 01:10:02,431 Rhea Ripley planting Wes Lee with the riptide through the table. 1131 01:10:02,765 --> 01:10:05,634 Then, after interfering with the North American title, 1132 01:10:05,701 --> 01:10:08,504 would slide over the Women's World title. 1133 01:10:08,571 --> 01:10:13,042 Bam! That's how Dom won the title on NXT several weeks ago. 1134 01:10:13,108 --> 01:10:15,010 Tonight, he was close to retaining, 1135 01:10:15,077 --> 01:10:17,313 but Wes Lee showed you the heart of a Champion. 1136 01:10:17,379 --> 01:10:18,480 A true Champion. 1137 01:10:18,547 --> 01:10:22,051 A Champion that could be considered the best ever in NXT. 1138 01:10:22,117 --> 01:10:26,021 Ali, though, would come back after being wiped out for a 450. 1139 01:10:26,088 --> 01:10:29,959 Didn't connect earlier, connected here, and in this moment, 1140 01:10:30,025 --> 01:10:33,896 we all thought for Mustafa, this was his golden moment, 1141 01:10:33,963 --> 01:10:36,699 the moment he has fought his entire life and career for. 1142 01:10:36,765 --> 01:10:42,304 Again, Ripley would interfere, and then Dirty Dom doing dirty things, 1143 01:10:42,538 --> 01:10:45,341 hitting that frog splash from the top. 1144 01:10:45,407 --> 01:10:46,308 Bam! 1145 01:10:47,443 --> 01:10:50,012 To survive the Triple Threat match 1146 01:10:50,446 --> 01:10:54,917 to retain the North American Championship. 1147 01:10:55,351 --> 01:10:57,720 -While Ripley is all smiles… -Here's your… 1148 01:10:57,786 --> 01:11:01,257 -[Vic] Judgement Day continues to run… -…NXT North American Champion! 1149 01:11:01,323 --> 01:11:03,959 -[Vic] …things in the WWE. -Get used to it! [laughs] 1150 01:11:04,026 --> 01:11:06,729 Like it or not, we're taking over. 1151 01:11:13,802 --> 01:11:16,772 [Ilja] Is it the pain that keeps searching for me, 1152 01:11:16,839 --> 01:11:19,775 or am I the one who searches for pain? 1153 01:11:20,676 --> 01:11:27,116 -[rock music] -[screaming] 1154 01:11:36,125 --> 01:11:38,894 [Ilja] Maybe I am the pain. 1155 01:11:39,361 --> 01:11:41,664 [Book] Dragunov, he's on a different level, 1156 01:11:41,730 --> 01:11:44,466 he fights with a furious passion. 1157 01:11:44,533 --> 01:11:47,469 [Vic] Dragunov is headed to the Great American Bash 1158 01:11:47,536 --> 01:11:50,005 against Carmelo Hayes for the NXT title. 1159 01:11:51,006 --> 01:11:53,208 [Ilja] In the end, it doesn't matter 1160 01:11:53,275 --> 01:11:58,781 because tonight the world shall know pain. 1161 01:12:00,249 --> 01:12:06,288 Carmelo, when I step into this ring, these people, they feel something. 1162 01:12:10,826 --> 01:12:17,800 All I will make you feel at the Great American Bash is defeat. 1163 01:12:20,502 --> 01:12:24,773 [Vic] It's one man's dynasty versus one man's destiny 1164 01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:28,277 under the bright lights of the Great American Bash. 1165 01:12:28,911 --> 01:12:31,914 [Ilja] Carmelo Hayes, at the Great American Bash, 1166 01:12:31,980 --> 01:12:34,950 Trick will be all you have left 1167 01:12:35,017 --> 01:12:41,223 after I take your NXT Championship. 1168 01:12:47,763 --> 01:12:50,599 Trick Williams, Ilja Dragunov said he respects the friendship 1169 01:12:50,666 --> 01:12:53,869 between you and Carmelo Hayes, but tonight he's made it clear 1170 01:12:53,936 --> 01:12:56,672 he has his sights set on winning the NXT Championship. 1171 01:12:57,106 --> 01:12:59,641 Dragunov says he respects this Trick Melo friendship? 1172 01:13:00,476 --> 01:13:02,544 I call cap. Dragunov, 1173 01:13:03,078 --> 01:13:04,747 you may respect our friendship, 1174 01:13:06,782 --> 01:13:08,917 but you will never understand. 1175 01:13:09,618 --> 01:13:12,821 Trick and Melo go way back like this young pundits whopping 1176 01:13:12,888 --> 01:13:15,124 on USC and winning the national Championship. 1177 01:13:15,657 --> 01:13:18,694 Trick and Melo go way back like Kevin Durant coming in 1178 01:13:18,761 --> 01:13:21,830 and flipping that log home program and turning it upside down. 1179 01:13:22,030 --> 01:13:26,168 Trick and Melo came into NXT and put the program upside down. 1180 01:13:27,102 --> 01:13:30,339 As for tonight, Melo is gonna show the world, 1181 01:13:31,073 --> 01:13:35,611 Melo is going to show mad dragon why he is him. 1182 01:13:36,879 --> 01:13:38,981 -We're good on that, McKenzie? -We're good. 1183 01:13:39,047 --> 01:13:40,315 Let's show some love. 1184 01:13:44,219 --> 01:13:46,455 [Vic] We'd like to extend a special thank you 1185 01:13:46,522 --> 01:13:49,024 to the 100 Gecs for Hollywood Baby, 1186 01:13:49,091 --> 01:13:51,393 the official theme song of the Great American Bash. 1187 01:13:51,460 --> 01:13:57,599 It's from the album 10,000 Gecs, available now on Apple Music and Spotify. 1188 01:13:58,834 --> 01:14:03,172 Booker, we could be moments away from history being made, 1189 01:14:03,238 --> 01:14:06,775 or will the Champion remain the center of the NXT Universe? 1190 01:14:06,842 --> 01:14:12,147 What we do know, to win the gold tonight, you must make the other tap out. 1191 01:14:16,185 --> 01:14:19,488 [Tiffany] When a superstar is born, no one sleeps on it. 1192 01:14:19,555 --> 01:14:22,057 [hip hip music] 1193 01:14:22,124 --> 01:14:24,693 [Tiffany] You don't need to take classes to learn it, 1194 01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,228 you're just it, 1195 01:14:28,797 --> 01:14:30,632 and I'm it. 1196 01:14:33,502 --> 01:14:38,941 I run faster, I jump higher, I lift heavier, 1197 01:14:39,007 --> 01:14:43,011 and I look way hotter than everybody else. 1198 01:14:44,246 --> 01:14:46,748 [Vic] Prettiest moonsault ever. 1199 01:14:47,216 --> 01:14:50,185 Stratton makes history tonight. 1200 01:14:52,221 --> 01:14:55,257 [Tiffany] I'm 24 years old. I am nowhere near my prime. 1201 01:14:55,324 --> 01:14:57,526 It is Tiffy time. 1202 01:14:57,593 --> 01:15:00,028 I'm the epitome of what a Woman's Champion is. 1203 01:15:00,095 --> 01:15:01,530 [announcer] Tiffany Stratton. 1204 01:15:01,597 --> 01:15:06,101 One of the most natural talents this industry has ever discovered. 1205 01:15:08,804 --> 01:15:10,839 [Tiffany] The Great American Bash. 1206 01:15:10,906 --> 01:15:14,209 My first premium live event as Champion. 1207 01:15:14,676 --> 01:15:19,314 I didn't come this far for it to be taken away by some 19-year-old brat. 1208 01:15:20,048 --> 01:15:25,120 [man] Rise and help me welcome the next NXT Women's Champion. 1209 01:15:25,854 --> 01:15:28,223 Give it up for the one and only, Thea Hail. 1210 01:15:28,290 --> 01:15:30,359 [crowd cheering] 1211 01:15:30,826 --> 01:15:32,828 Thea, we believe you can do it. 1212 01:15:32,895 --> 01:15:36,732 I know I can do it. I can do it. Let's [bleep] go. 1213 01:15:38,634 --> 01:15:40,102 [Vic] Hail did it. 1214 01:15:40,602 --> 01:15:45,641 The top of the class looking to topple Tiffany for the gold. 1215 01:15:45,707 --> 01:15:48,510 This is the awesomest day of my whole life. 1216 01:15:48,777 --> 01:15:52,014 I didn't want to go to college because I was too busy training 1217 01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:54,650 to become what I always wanted to be. 1218 01:15:54,716 --> 01:15:58,153 I'm going to become the NXT Women's Champion. 1219 01:15:59,388 --> 01:16:01,456 [Tiffany] Everybody loves Thea Hail. 1220 01:16:02,157 --> 01:16:03,892 [Vic] Hail! Center of the ring. 1221 01:16:03,959 --> 01:16:04,893 Stratton's tapping. 1222 01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:06,194 Come on, ref! 1223 01:16:06,261 --> 01:16:08,397 [Tiffany mocking] She is so adorable. 1224 01:16:09,498 --> 01:16:10,532 Really? 1225 01:16:10,599 --> 01:16:11,633 [Vic] Oh, Stratton. 1226 01:16:12,768 --> 01:16:15,003 Oh, Stratton steals it. 1227 01:16:15,070 --> 01:16:17,572 At Gold Rush, I didn't tap out. 1228 01:16:17,639 --> 01:16:20,375 My hand grazed the mat a couple of times, 1229 01:16:20,442 --> 01:16:23,278 but the referee didn't see it, so it never happened. 1230 01:16:23,712 --> 01:16:25,814 Rematch! Rematch! 1231 01:16:25,881 --> 01:16:29,651 Out of the goodness of my heart, I gave the people the rematch they wanted. 1232 01:16:29,718 --> 01:16:33,855 It'd be the easiest title defense ever since I already beat you. 1233 01:16:33,922 --> 01:16:35,590 Thea, we're days away from you becoming 1234 01:16:35,657 --> 01:16:37,693 the youngest Women's Champion of all time. 1235 01:16:37,759 --> 01:16:39,361 -Of all time. -Days away from you 1236 01:16:39,428 --> 01:16:42,864 -making Tiffany tap out. -Let's go. 1237 01:16:42,931 --> 01:16:45,867 I want to make it a submission match. 1238 01:16:46,635 --> 01:16:49,638 When people are attacking me and forcing me into a submission match 1239 01:16:49,705 --> 01:16:53,442 I don't call that adorable, I call that despicable. 1240 01:16:54,176 --> 01:16:58,280 Payback is coming. Thea Hail can bring Mr. Chase, bring Duke, 1241 01:16:58,347 --> 01:17:01,450 bring the student section because it won't matter. 1242 01:17:01,516 --> 01:17:04,019 All I need is a chance to prove people wrong. 1243 01:17:04,419 --> 01:17:06,621 After the Great American Bash, 1244 01:17:06,688 --> 01:17:13,662 the universe will still revolve around me, the NXT Women's Champion. 1245 01:17:13,729 --> 01:17:17,432 [Thea] I know I can win and become the youngest Women's Champion in history. 1246 01:17:17,499 --> 01:17:19,501 Let's go. 1247 01:17:20,168 --> 01:17:21,203 Toodles. 1248 01:17:25,774 --> 01:17:32,748 -[marching band music] -[crowd cheering] 1249 01:17:37,719 --> 01:17:39,321 [Vic] Chase U is here. 1250 01:17:41,189 --> 01:17:44,660 The representation. Just take a look to your right, Book. 1251 01:17:44,726 --> 01:17:48,030 -[Book] I see it. -[Vic] Everyone with their Chase U signs 1252 01:17:48,096 --> 01:17:49,097 for Thea Hail. 1253 01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:57,873 -[marching band music] -[screaming] 1254 01:18:02,511 --> 01:18:07,983 [crowd cheering] 1255 01:18:21,763 --> 01:18:26,334 -[marching band music] -[crowd cheering] 1256 01:18:34,176 --> 01:18:40,048 [Vic] With a win here tonight, Thea Hail would secure her position in history. 1257 01:18:40,816 --> 01:18:43,852 -She would become the youngest… -My time! 1258 01:18:43,919 --> 01:18:46,054 -[Vic] …Women's Champion ever. 1259 01:18:47,589 --> 01:18:49,825 [Book] She got a hell of a lot of support. 1260 01:18:50,258 --> 01:18:57,232 -[inspirational pop music] -[cameras clicking] 1261 01:19:03,772 --> 01:19:08,877 [Vic] Here comes NXT Women's Champion, "Barbie" Tiffany Stratton. 1262 01:19:08,944 --> 01:19:12,380 -Does Tiffy time end tonight? -[mouthing inaudibly] 1263 01:19:12,447 --> 01:19:15,117 [Book] I don't know about that, Vic. I'm loving that. 1264 01:19:15,183 --> 01:19:16,985 Can you pass me that cup? 1265 01:19:17,052 --> 01:19:20,188 -[Vic] No, don't start. -[Book] Can you please pass me that cup? 1266 01:19:20,255 --> 01:19:23,558 -[Vic] I'm going to move on because when-- -[Book] Hottie biscotti! 1267 01:19:23,625 --> 01:19:27,395 Oh, yes, Tiffany Stratton is in the building, y'all. 1268 01:19:27,462 --> 01:19:30,732 Great American Bash. Tiffany Stratton. 1269 01:19:30,799 --> 01:19:34,636 That's a tag team that can't lose, man. 1270 01:19:34,703 --> 01:19:37,672 -We about to get busy up here, Victor. -[cameras clicking] 1271 01:19:37,739 --> 01:19:40,308 [Vic] Can the challenger lose because she believes 1272 01:19:40,375 --> 01:19:42,677 she has the advantage in this submission match 1273 01:19:42,744 --> 01:19:44,646 because of the kimura? 1274 01:19:51,786 --> 01:19:52,788 [bell ringing] 1275 01:19:53,121 --> 01:19:57,626 The following is a submission match 1276 01:19:57,959 --> 01:20:04,232 and is for the NXT Women's Championship. 1277 01:20:06,001 --> 01:20:12,307 Introducing first, the challenger, representing Chase University, 1278 01:20:12,707 --> 01:20:16,044 Thea Hail! 1279 01:20:19,915 --> 01:20:21,650 And her opponent, 1280 01:20:22,150 --> 01:20:28,757 she is the NXT Women's Champion, 1281 01:20:29,291 --> 01:20:33,728 -Tiffany Stratton. -[crowd booing] 1282 01:20:33,795 --> 01:20:36,198 [Vic] Already assume history is being made here. 1283 01:20:36,264 --> 01:20:40,035 This is the youngest Women's Championship match 1284 01:20:40,101 --> 01:20:43,805 in WWE premium live event history. 1285 01:20:44,873 --> 01:20:47,843 As it is a submission match, the only way to win, 1286 01:20:47,909 --> 01:20:50,612 make your opponent submit and you hear the NXT Universe 1287 01:20:50,679 --> 01:20:54,683 already chanting "You tapped out" to Tiffany Stratton, who certainly did. 1288 01:20:54,749 --> 01:20:57,886 You can make the argument that Thea Hail should already be 1289 01:20:57,953 --> 01:20:59,654 the NXT Women's Champion. 1290 01:20:59,721 --> 01:21:04,559 [Book] I must say Chase U has a potential Champion in Thea Hail. 1291 01:21:04,626 --> 01:21:07,529 She's a raising star, Vic, I must say that. 1292 01:21:07,596 --> 01:21:11,132 [Vic] I'm glad you bring that up because… Again, for Tiffany Stratton, 1293 01:21:11,333 --> 01:21:14,035 pinfalls don't matter. She has to lock in a submission. 1294 01:21:14,102 --> 01:21:17,305 There has to be a tap. She has to get Thea Hail to say "I quit." 1295 01:21:17,372 --> 01:21:21,109 I'm glad you talked about that because, Thea Hail, I think a lot of people forget 1296 01:21:21,176 --> 01:21:23,478 she graduated high school just over a year ago. 1297 01:21:23,545 --> 01:21:27,916 She has handled the pressure of the WWE, of NXT. 1298 01:21:27,983 --> 01:21:31,419 What do you think of that rise, honestly, as somebody who's 19 years old? 1299 01:21:31,486 --> 01:21:34,155 [Book] It's been a great rise but under the bright lights 1300 01:21:34,222 --> 01:21:36,992 like it is here tonight at the Great American Bash… 1301 01:21:37,058 --> 01:21:38,960 And you see all the Chase U signs, 1302 01:21:39,027 --> 01:21:42,264 that premature celebration might come into play. 1303 01:21:42,330 --> 01:21:45,233 I don't like that, Vic. I don't like it at all. 1304 01:21:45,300 --> 01:21:49,204 [Vic] Both these superstars have had their differences, of course. 1305 01:21:49,271 --> 01:21:52,374 Stratton defeated Thea Hail after a little bit of a distraction 1306 01:21:52,440 --> 01:21:54,075 -if you remember. -[Book] Oh, yes. 1307 01:21:54,142 --> 01:21:56,845 [Vic] Nice job picking the foot, dropping Hail, and now 1308 01:21:56,911 --> 01:21:59,948 look at the submission possibly being locked in by Stratton. 1309 01:22:00,015 --> 01:22:06,988 Oh, pulling the hair, gaining the leverage and now stretching Thea Hail. Ooh! 1310 01:22:07,055 --> 01:22:11,693 [Book] Oh, early in this match right now Tiffany Stratton one, two steps ahead. 1311 01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:13,662 -Beautiful. -[Vic] In a normal matchup, 1312 01:22:13,728 --> 01:22:15,931 you'd be worried about the shoulders of Stratton, 1313 01:22:15,997 --> 01:22:18,199 but not in a submission match. A nice reversal, 1314 01:22:18,266 --> 01:22:21,136 and you got to think of all the work that Thea Hail 1315 01:22:21,202 --> 01:22:23,838 puts in the gym as now she's looking for an arm trying 1316 01:22:23,905 --> 01:22:27,042 to hyperextend the elbow of Stratton. There's Andre Chase always 1317 01:22:27,108 --> 01:22:30,879 on the outside, someone who loves his students, always worries about them, 1318 01:22:30,946 --> 01:22:34,816 and has put the Chase U students first and foremost in his mind. 1319 01:22:34,883 --> 01:22:37,952 There's Duke Hudson, the MVP, who's trying to rally everyone. 1320 01:22:38,019 --> 01:22:40,622 [Book] You talk about Chase, you talk about Hudson, 1321 01:22:40,689 --> 01:22:43,858 who should get the credit for Thea Hail's come up? 1322 01:22:43,925 --> 01:22:45,193 Who should get the credit? 1323 01:22:45,260 --> 01:22:48,964 Should it be Charlie Dempsey? Drew Gulak? Who taught her that kimura lock? 1324 01:22:49,030 --> 01:22:52,100 [Vic] To your point, yes, Gulak had a little bit of a hand, 1325 01:22:52,167 --> 01:22:55,036 but it was Hudson who made sure Hail believed in herself. 1326 01:22:55,103 --> 01:22:57,405 It was Chase who first gave her that belief. 1327 01:22:57,472 --> 01:22:59,941 [Book] Why aren't they part of this big party 1328 01:23:00,008 --> 01:23:02,577 that's going on with Thea Hail? Can you answer that? 1329 01:23:02,644 --> 01:23:04,946 [Vic] We'll have to go back and watch NXT on Peacock 1330 01:23:05,013 --> 01:23:08,717 to relive the action, and we can go through all the events that transpired. 1331 01:23:08,783 --> 01:23:13,555 Now Thea Hail looking to go to the outside and, oh, nasty landing. 1332 01:23:13,621 --> 01:23:16,257 I think Stratton was able just to duck her shoulders 1333 01:23:16,324 --> 01:23:20,495 out of the way and Hail rolled right off, and now Stratton is going to make her pay 1334 01:23:20,562 --> 01:23:23,431 -spine-first into the post. -[Book] That was a counter. 1335 01:23:23,498 --> 01:23:27,168 Tiffany Stratton almost spotted that sault before it actually happened 1336 01:23:27,802 --> 01:23:30,205 and made do on it. It was a great move. 1337 01:23:31,506 --> 01:23:33,641 -[Vic] There again Hudson-- -[Book] Oh, yes. 1338 01:23:33,708 --> 01:23:36,511 Who gets credit? Them. They've been in Thea Hail's corner 1339 01:23:36,578 --> 01:23:39,447 since the beginning. Andre Chase recruited Thea Hail. 1340 01:23:39,514 --> 01:23:41,750 [Book] I'm not talking about cheerleaders, Vic, 1341 01:23:41,816 --> 01:23:44,285 I'm talking about who's hit the gym with Thea Hail 1342 01:23:44,352 --> 01:23:46,988 giving her that expert tutelage. Who was it? 1343 01:23:47,055 --> 01:23:49,624 [Vic] You can talk about tutelage whatever you want, 1344 01:23:49,691 --> 01:23:53,027 Tiffany Stratton has come in with a game plan. She is focusing 1345 01:23:53,361 --> 01:23:58,500 on the lower back, the spine, after driving Hail into that post. 1346 01:23:59,367 --> 01:24:03,905 Now taking a moment to soak in the cheers from the NXT Universe. 1347 01:24:03,972 --> 01:24:07,008 Can you believe Tiffany Stratton believes she's underappreciated? 1348 01:24:07,075 --> 01:24:09,277 [Book] Of course. Listen to these fans. 1349 01:24:09,344 --> 01:24:12,147 These fans should be 100% behind Tiffany Stratton, 1350 01:24:12,213 --> 01:24:14,816 she's the Champion of NXT. What are you thinking, Vic? 1351 01:24:14,883 --> 01:24:17,685 [Vic] She's athletically gifted, she's picked up this industry, 1352 01:24:17,752 --> 01:24:19,788 she won the title but she's self-righteous. 1353 01:24:19,854 --> 01:24:21,623 That attitude, no one wants to be around that. 1354 01:24:21,689 --> 01:24:24,192 [Book] You need to be self-righteous in this business. 1355 01:24:24,259 --> 01:24:26,061 It's not about having a bestie. 1356 01:24:26,127 --> 01:24:30,098 [Vic] Now again, two knees into the back, and Hail, nowhere to go. 1357 01:24:30,165 --> 01:24:33,535 Thea Hail roughly is in great position in this submission match, 1358 01:24:33,601 --> 01:24:36,771 but the only way to win, the only way for Stratton to retain 1359 01:24:36,838 --> 01:24:38,673 is to make Hail quit the match. 1360 01:24:38,740 --> 01:24:42,210 A nice counter by Hail, able to break the grip, but right back up, 1361 01:24:42,277 --> 01:24:46,281 but now Hail has got to get some offense. She's got to put something together. 1362 01:24:46,347 --> 01:24:49,184 She's got to take away the momentum from Tiffany Stratton. 1363 01:24:49,250 --> 01:24:51,486 [Book] Hail, like I said, is a rising star-- 1364 01:24:51,553 --> 01:24:53,254 [Vic] Oh, tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. 1365 01:24:53,321 --> 01:24:56,524 [Book] The pressure under the lights at the Great American Bash, 1366 01:24:56,591 --> 01:24:59,694 you can feel it, Vic, you can cut it with a knife. 1367 01:24:59,761 --> 01:25:02,931 [Vic] First premium live event as Champion, I would ask you, 1368 01:25:02,997 --> 01:25:04,599 does that change your mindset? 1369 01:25:04,666 --> 01:25:08,403 For Tiffany Stratton, she doesn't seem bothered by the pressure. 1370 01:25:08,937 --> 01:25:11,973 [Book] Oh, yes. I always talking about having a Championship, Vic, 1371 01:25:12,040 --> 01:25:16,845 it gives you that cloak of invincibility, and you look at Tiffany Stratton, 1372 01:25:16,911 --> 01:25:21,516 she's strutting, she's looking real good here tonight. 1373 01:25:21,883 --> 01:25:24,586 [Vic] Of course Stratton always wanting the attention, 1374 01:25:24,652 --> 01:25:27,856 and now, again, looking for another submission. 1375 01:25:27,922 --> 01:25:31,092 I don't know if the hands are locked underneath but if they are 1376 01:25:31,159 --> 01:25:33,795 this certainly is painful for Thea Hail. 1377 01:25:33,862 --> 01:25:36,030 Great job by our crew, the hands are locked. 1378 01:25:36,097 --> 01:25:39,234 Stratton right now trying to break the back of Hail. 1379 01:25:39,300 --> 01:25:41,936 -[Book] Not just a pretty face. -[Vic] Nowhere for Hail to go. 1380 01:25:42,003 --> 01:25:44,205 [Book] She puts the work in, week in, week out. 1381 01:25:44,272 --> 01:25:48,009 She said she works harder than every woman in that locker room 1382 01:25:48,076 --> 01:25:49,277 and I believe her. 1383 01:25:49,711 --> 01:25:53,381 [Vic] Oh! Hail does and is able to counter. 1384 01:25:54,649 --> 01:25:56,251 -[Book] Whoa. -[Vic] With a backdrop 1385 01:25:56,317 --> 01:25:59,621 that might just have rocked Stratton, trying to follow up-- Oh, the back. 1386 01:25:59,687 --> 01:26:02,891 The back of Hail just giving out and Stratton knows it. 1387 01:26:02,957 --> 01:26:05,426 Stratton senses it, another tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, 1388 01:26:05,493 --> 01:26:06,694 counter with an arm drag. 1389 01:26:06,761 --> 01:26:10,265 [Book] A hard knee by Tiffany Stratton to break that lock also, Vic. 1390 01:26:10,331 --> 01:26:11,633 Oh, yes! 1391 01:26:11,699 --> 01:26:14,135 [Vic] There's something the Champion does not have, 1392 01:26:14,202 --> 01:26:15,670 she does not have the support 1393 01:26:15,737 --> 01:26:19,941 of Andre Chase, the MVP Duke Hudson or Chase U. 1394 01:26:20,008 --> 01:26:22,911 -[man] Come on, Thea! -[Vic] That time the suplex connects. 1395 01:26:23,511 --> 01:26:27,048 [Book] Can you tell me when the last time cheerleaders won the match? 1396 01:26:27,115 --> 01:26:29,717 Never. You got to get in there and do it yourself. 1397 01:26:29,784 --> 01:26:33,188 That's what Hail is gonna have to do, and she needs to move, man. 1398 01:26:33,254 --> 01:26:35,323 [Vic] Sometimes it takes a little extra 1399 01:26:35,390 --> 01:26:39,160 but this time, a little bit too much time wasted. 1400 01:26:39,227 --> 01:26:42,630 Hail got caught and now she's getting squeezed around the ribs 1401 01:26:42,697 --> 01:26:44,966 and if you can't breathe, you can't fight. 1402 01:26:45,033 --> 01:26:47,969 [Book] That kimura lock, you got to be in the right position 1403 01:26:48,036 --> 01:26:51,539 to actually lock it in. Right now Thea Hail is in a lot of trouble. 1404 01:26:54,442 --> 01:26:55,577 [man] Thea! 1405 01:26:55,643 --> 01:26:57,011 [Vic] The Chase U students. 1406 01:26:57,078 --> 01:26:59,581 You asked, when was the last time cheerleaders won? 1407 01:26:59,647 --> 01:27:01,849 They haven't, but you know what Chase U does? 1408 01:27:01,916 --> 01:27:04,052 They can give you a little extra motivation. 1409 01:27:04,118 --> 01:27:06,654 They can get you to dig down a little bit deeper. 1410 01:27:06,721 --> 01:27:08,856 When you don't think you have anything left, 1411 01:27:08,923 --> 01:27:12,460 you can find a little bit extra and that's what Hail needs right now 1412 01:27:12,527 --> 01:27:14,429 -because she's fading. -[Book] I agree. 1413 01:27:14,495 --> 01:27:17,398 It's like homecourt advantage, it does help a little bit, 1414 01:27:17,465 --> 01:27:21,302 -but Thea Hail is on another level, man. -Give up! No! 1415 01:27:25,240 --> 01:27:28,042 [Vic] While Stratton wants to be the center of attention, 1416 01:27:28,109 --> 01:27:30,311 if she loses, she'll be in the record books. 1417 01:27:30,378 --> 01:27:33,648 Hail will become the youngest Women's Champion ever. 1418 01:27:33,715 --> 01:27:35,350 -That's not a stat… -[Book] Wow. 1419 01:27:35,416 --> 01:27:39,287 -[Vic] …that Stratton wants to be a part of. Stratton again driving-- 1420 01:27:39,354 --> 01:27:41,356 Uh-oh, counter. Bulldog. 1421 01:27:43,091 --> 01:27:46,494 Can Hail rally now in this moment? Able to knock down Stratton. 1422 01:27:46,561 --> 01:27:49,497 -[Book] Beautiful counter by Hail. -[Vic] Is this wise, with the back? 1423 01:27:49,564 --> 01:27:50,798 It didn't work earlier, 1424 01:27:52,700 --> 01:27:55,103 but it works now for Hail. 1425 01:27:57,071 --> 01:28:00,808 Thea Hail said she doesn't need a miracle like Stratton believes, 1426 01:28:00,875 --> 01:28:03,978 -she only needs a chance. -[Book] Adrenaline, Vic. 1427 01:28:04,045 --> 01:28:06,014 -You're going to need that. -[Vic] Uh-oh. 1428 01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:08,816 [Book] Thea Hail now, a lot of adrenaline going for her. 1429 01:28:08,883 --> 01:28:12,186 [Vic] Remember earlier when we talked about the back into the post? 1430 01:28:12,253 --> 01:28:15,657 Did you just see Stratton's shoulder pop off the steel? 1431 01:28:16,024 --> 01:28:17,291 And now Hail to the top. 1432 01:28:17,792 --> 01:28:22,697 The challenger looking down, the Champion able to roll through. 1433 01:28:22,764 --> 01:28:25,933 -Ooh… -[Book] Oh, look at the strength. 1434 01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:28,403 [Vic] Remember the post, is there enough strength 1435 01:28:28,469 --> 01:28:30,171 in the shoulder of Stratton? 1436 01:28:30,805 --> 01:28:34,075 -Thea! Oh, can she counter? -[Book] Ooh… 1437 01:28:35,977 --> 01:28:40,982 [Vic] Trying to lock in the kimura, and, oh! Last-ditch effort desperation. 1438 01:28:41,049 --> 01:28:42,150 [Book] Wow. 1439 01:28:44,919 --> 01:28:48,790 [Vic] Stratton sensed it, she realized it and is able 1440 01:28:48,856 --> 01:28:51,259 to create a little separation. Take another look. 1441 01:28:51,426 --> 01:28:54,629 Thea Hail close to locking in that patented kimura, and then bam! 1442 01:28:55,930 --> 01:28:59,067 Stratton able to break the hold and continue this matchup. 1443 01:28:59,133 --> 01:29:01,402 It's a submission match, the only way to win 1444 01:29:01,969 --> 01:29:03,604 is to make your opponent tap. 1445 01:29:05,740 --> 01:29:11,012 Stratton was looking for that moonsault, Hail, though, trying to get to the top. 1446 01:29:11,279 --> 01:29:13,348 Both these superstars have put in the work, 1447 01:29:13,414 --> 01:29:16,718 you can see they've put in the film study, they know what to expect 1448 01:29:16,784 --> 01:29:19,287 from the back-and-forth battles these two have had. 1449 01:29:20,088 --> 01:29:23,257 -What now is on the mind of… -[Book] Oh, Vic. 1450 01:29:23,324 --> 01:29:24,659 -[Vic] …Thea Hail? 1451 01:29:25,927 --> 01:29:28,062 -All the way to the top. -[Book] Oh. 1452 01:29:31,032 --> 01:29:34,602 [Vic] Anxious moment here at the Great American Bash. 1453 01:29:35,803 --> 01:29:38,940 Oh, they exploded from the top! 1454 01:29:41,075 --> 01:29:44,112 Hail, though, can't go for a pin, goes for a submission. 1455 01:29:44,178 --> 01:29:45,546 [Book] Oh, she's close. 1456 01:29:45,713 --> 01:29:48,483 [Vic] Trying to lock in the kimura. Is the arm totally bent up? 1457 01:29:48,549 --> 01:29:50,218 [Book] Tiffany needs that bottom rope. 1458 01:29:51,219 --> 01:29:53,821 [Vic] It doesn't matter, shouldn't have to break the hold, 1459 01:29:53,888 --> 01:29:56,724 there's no disqualification. Is she going to make a tap? 1460 01:29:57,258 --> 01:29:58,793 -Was that a tap? -[Book] No. 1461 01:29:58,860 --> 01:30:00,461 [Vic] Referee in great position. 1462 01:30:01,162 --> 01:30:03,631 Oh, Stratton reaching out. 1463 01:30:04,332 --> 01:30:06,267 Look at the official. He's telling her. 1464 01:30:07,001 --> 01:30:10,037 -There's no rope break. -[Book] She's just using the rope, 1465 01:30:10,104 --> 01:30:11,239 Vic, for leverage. 1466 01:30:13,274 --> 01:30:16,878 [Vic] The official telling Thea Hail, "Back up," 1467 01:30:16,944 --> 01:30:18,846 and right back into another kimura. 1468 01:30:19,414 --> 01:30:21,115 -And… Oh! -[Book] Oh, man. 1469 01:30:21,182 --> 01:30:25,386 [Vic] No, no. The corner of the barricade back into the spine. 1470 01:30:25,820 --> 01:30:29,257 How much of that lower back is on fire of Hail? 1471 01:30:29,323 --> 01:30:32,860 [Book] Talk about the fire in this young lady, Tiffany Stratton, 1472 01:30:32,927 --> 01:30:37,365 breaking two kimura locks to be in this position right here, Vic. 1473 01:30:37,632 --> 01:30:38,966 Give it up, man. 1474 01:30:39,033 --> 01:30:43,337 [crowd chanting] No, she didn't! Yes, she did! 1475 01:30:43,704 --> 01:30:49,710 [Vic] The NXT Universe has been very vocal as now looking for the prettiest moonsault 1476 01:30:49,777 --> 01:30:52,713 ever right into that lower back. 1477 01:30:54,715 --> 01:30:57,385 The back that has been a focal point for Stratton, 1478 01:30:57,785 --> 01:31:01,289 who's trying to possibly lock in a Boston crab. 1479 01:31:01,355 --> 01:31:03,791 Book, you've been in this hold. You know the pain. 1480 01:31:03,858 --> 01:31:07,762 [Book] Oh, it's excruciating, Vic. Pain on the lower lumbar right now. 1481 01:31:07,829 --> 01:31:10,231 It's, oh, man, unbelievable. 1482 01:31:10,298 --> 01:31:12,266 [Vic] Thea Hail is in a lot of trouble. 1483 01:31:12,333 --> 01:31:15,670 There's Andre Chase trying to give some words of encouragement, 1484 01:31:15,736 --> 01:31:17,271 trying to help Thea Hail. 1485 01:31:17,472 --> 01:31:19,907 [crowd chanting] Thea! Thea! 1486 01:31:19,974 --> 01:31:22,910 [Vic] Chase U trying to rally Thea Hail. 1487 01:31:25,046 --> 01:31:26,981 [Vic] Reaching out. Hudson as well. 1488 01:31:27,048 --> 01:31:31,619 Hudson trying to reach, and Stratton pulling Thea Hail back in. 1489 01:31:32,887 --> 01:31:36,691 Oh, the pain has got to be excruciating. Look at the face of Hail. 1490 01:31:36,757 --> 01:31:38,526 -Fight! -[Vic] Trying to reach out. 1491 01:31:38,593 --> 01:31:41,629 Hudson is right there. Chase right there. 1492 01:31:42,063 --> 01:31:44,932 Come on, Thea. You've got to keep fighting. 1493 01:31:47,235 --> 01:31:50,037 [Vic] One more time, Stratton-- Look at that. 1494 01:31:51,639 --> 01:31:53,674 The body of Stratton giving out a little bit. 1495 01:31:53,741 --> 01:31:56,310 So much has been taken out of her throughout this match. 1496 01:31:56,377 --> 01:31:58,813 She's back up and almost like she reloaded. 1497 01:31:58,880 --> 01:32:01,616 She recharged, had she's right back in. 1498 01:32:01,682 --> 01:32:05,186 [Book] Digging deep. You got to cinch it. You've got to lean back real. 1499 01:32:05,253 --> 01:32:06,721 Come on. You can do it. 1500 01:32:06,787 --> 01:32:09,757 [Vic] Spine being bent of Hail one more time. 1501 01:32:10,625 --> 01:32:13,628 [Book] Think about the damage being done, though, Vic. 1502 01:32:14,896 --> 01:32:16,864 [Vic] There's nowhere for Hail to go. 1503 01:32:18,399 --> 01:32:20,635 Thea Hail is in a lot of trouble right now. 1504 01:32:21,669 --> 01:32:27,875 One more time, Stratton is trying to get back up or reposition herself 1505 01:32:28,509 --> 01:32:31,012 to inflict just that much more damage. 1506 01:32:31,178 --> 01:32:32,380 -[Duke] Fight! -[Vic] Wh-- 1507 01:32:32,446 --> 01:32:34,582 -[Duke] Fight! -[Vic] Chase screaming "Fight." 1508 01:32:34,649 --> 01:32:36,984 -[Duke] Fight! -[Vic] Chase screaming-- Whoa, whoa! 1509 01:32:37,051 --> 01:32:38,019 [Book] Oh, wow. 1510 01:32:39,387 --> 01:32:41,055 [bell ringing] 1511 01:32:42,657 --> 01:32:46,294 -[Vic] Chase throwing in the towel. -[ring announcer] Here is your winner 1512 01:32:46,360 --> 01:32:49,864 and still the NXT Women's Champion, 1513 01:32:50,565 --> 01:32:54,168 -Tiffany Stratton! -[Book] Wow. 1514 01:32:54,235 --> 01:33:01,175 -[inspirational pop music] -[crowd booing] 1515 01:33:01,242 --> 01:33:03,911 -[Book] Wow. -[Vic] We see the look on… 1516 01:33:03,978 --> 01:33:06,581 -[Book] You've got to be kidding. -[Vic] …Hudson's face. 1517 01:33:06,647 --> 01:33:09,717 -I understand what you're thinking. -[Book] wow. All that hard work. 1518 01:33:09,784 --> 01:33:13,821 All that hard work this young lady put in for that? 1519 01:33:19,026 --> 01:33:23,397 [Vic] Well, back to the matchup here, which again was a submission matchup. 1520 01:33:23,464 --> 01:33:26,801 This really part of the best chance for Thea Hail. Off the top. 1521 01:33:26,867 --> 01:33:31,739 It was high-risk, and it paid off for Thea Hail, who was in control, 1522 01:33:31,806 --> 01:33:36,911 was able to roll through, was able to lock in somewhat of a kimura. 1523 01:33:36,978 --> 01:33:39,213 Didn't have it in all the way as she wanted. 1524 01:33:39,280 --> 01:33:40,615 Had it in right here. 1525 01:33:40,681 --> 01:33:47,021 Look, right here, Book, able to reach out was Tiffany Stratton. 1526 01:33:47,288 --> 01:33:54,095 Back in the ring, Stratton was able to hit the prettiest moonsault ever 1527 01:33:54,161 --> 01:33:56,831 to the lower back of Thea Hail. 1528 01:33:58,132 --> 01:34:03,804 The pain shooting through Thea Hail's body would lock in this deep Boston crab, 1529 01:34:03,871 --> 01:34:07,308 switch to a single leg crab, and then no choice… 1530 01:34:07,375 --> 01:34:09,243 -[bell ringing] -[Vic] …for Andre Chase 1531 01:34:09,310 --> 01:34:11,846 but to toss in the towel. 1532 01:34:15,149 --> 01:34:21,822 Tiffany Stratton remains the center of the NXT Universe. 1533 01:34:26,293 --> 01:34:29,163 [Vic] It was on the Great American Bash kickoff show. 1534 01:34:29,230 --> 01:34:34,602 What an eight-person Tag Team matchup we had. We've got to give credit, Booker, 1535 01:34:34,669 --> 01:34:39,640 to all eight of these superstars, who brought it from the very beginning… 1536 01:34:39,707 --> 01:34:42,910 For some, it was the first time on a premium live event, 1537 01:34:42,977 --> 01:34:46,113 and they certainly brought the heat to start the night. 1538 01:34:46,180 --> 01:34:48,683 [Book] Yes, indeed. Did they bring the heat. 1539 01:34:48,749 --> 01:34:51,585 Check out that move right there by Nathan Frazer. 1540 01:34:51,652 --> 01:34:54,188 [Vic] Nathan Frazer, the true Heritage Cup Champion, 1541 01:34:54,255 --> 01:34:57,625 would wipe out the counterfeit Cup Champion, that being Noam Dar, 1542 01:34:57,692 --> 01:35:00,995 which would open the door for dragon Lee to take down 1543 01:35:01,429 --> 01:35:04,532 Noam Dar's main man, Mensah, here 1544 01:35:04,598 --> 01:35:08,569 on the Great American Bash kickoff show early on tonight. 1545 01:35:08,636 --> 01:35:12,106 What a night it has been for those four. 1546 01:35:12,173 --> 01:35:14,375 [ring announcer] Dragon Lee… 1547 01:35:15,710 --> 01:35:21,549 [unintelligible crosstalk] 1548 01:35:21,982 --> 01:35:25,986 [speaking Spanish & Portuguese] 1549 01:35:31,926 --> 01:35:33,194 [chuckling] 1550 01:35:33,260 --> 01:35:36,230 Dom, look. It's the wannabe Rey Mysterio. 1551 01:35:37,531 --> 01:35:43,471 It would be my honor to be anything by Rey Mysterio because he's a legend. 1552 01:35:44,472 --> 01:35:47,241 [speaking Spanish] 1553 01:35:47,308 --> 01:35:50,077 I have my own story. [speaking Spanish] 1554 01:35:50,311 --> 01:35:52,746 You know who I am. 1555 01:35:54,348 --> 01:35:59,386 Like I said last week, I made the Mysterio name relevant. 1556 01:36:00,187 --> 01:36:05,326 My dad, he's just a hypocrite, a deadbeat who only likes to help 1557 01:36:05,926 --> 01:36:10,164 others that look like him, not an original like me. 1558 01:36:10,498 --> 01:36:13,167 [speaking Spanish] Mami. Let's go. 1559 01:36:17,238 --> 01:36:18,806 [speaking Spanish] 1560 01:36:20,908 --> 01:36:24,812 -What happened out there? Who interfered? -Who told them to get involved? 1561 01:36:24,879 --> 01:36:26,881 -They went rogue. -Who's in control here? 1562 01:36:26,947 --> 01:36:30,184 -There is a wolf in sheep's clothing. -There is no wolf, it's just 1563 01:36:30,251 --> 01:36:32,319 -two followers that made a mistake. -Come on. 1564 01:36:32,386 --> 01:36:35,089 -You know it was them. -It was not them, they're gone. 1565 01:36:35,156 --> 01:36:37,725 Don't let one match ruin our harmony. 1566 01:36:37,791 --> 01:36:41,495 If I wasn't shoved into Carmelo last week, this wouldn't be happening. 1567 01:36:41,562 --> 01:36:44,398 Are you trying to suggest that had anything to do with us? 1568 01:36:44,465 --> 01:36:47,201 -Someone is trying to start something. -It was them! 1569 01:36:47,268 --> 01:36:50,371 That's enough. I'm not going to let this divide us. 1570 01:36:50,437 --> 01:36:52,840 We will put an end to this problem next week 1571 01:36:52,907 --> 01:36:56,443 -because there will be an interrogation. -I like that. 1572 01:36:56,510 --> 01:36:59,246 We'll line each member up one by one. 1573 01:36:59,313 --> 01:37:03,250 We will make all of them remove their masks until we find out 1574 01:37:03,317 --> 01:37:06,420 exactly who these two sheep are. 1575 01:37:06,487 --> 01:37:07,721 Okay, now you're talking. 1576 01:37:08,722 --> 01:37:11,959 [Vic] Well, it seems Schism has more questions than answers. 1577 01:37:12,026 --> 01:37:17,031 This Tuesday will be very interesting for these four on NXT. 1578 01:37:17,097 --> 01:37:22,469 Also, this Tuesday live on USA, Lyra Valkyria will look to prove herself 1579 01:37:22,536 --> 01:37:24,638 to the Women's World Champion, Rhea Ripley, 1580 01:37:24,705 --> 01:37:29,143 while Jacy Jayne will look to take more than just feathers from Valkyria. 1581 01:37:29,210 --> 01:37:33,480 These two go one-on-one again in a rematch, Tuesday, on NXT. 1582 01:37:33,547 --> 01:37:38,419 Dijak not impressed with Eddy Thorpe in his recent victory. 1583 01:37:38,485 --> 01:37:42,756 Well, Tuesday, Thorpe has the chance to leave a lasting impression. 1584 01:37:42,990 --> 01:37:47,628 These two set for a collision course Tuesday on NXT. 1585 01:37:48,295 --> 01:37:51,265 When we talk about collision courses, in a matter of moments 1586 01:37:51,332 --> 01:37:55,603 these two alphas will face as one looks to fulfill a destiny 1587 01:37:55,669 --> 01:37:59,073 while the other looks to grow his dynasty. 1588 01:38:03,577 --> 01:38:10,551 [tense music] 1589 01:38:15,389 --> 01:38:20,060 [Vic] Final moments for the challenger as there you see the Champion, 1590 01:38:20,227 --> 01:38:23,898 swag in full effect, with Trick Williams by his side. 1591 01:38:23,964 --> 01:38:28,335 It is main event time at the Great American Bash. 1592 01:38:28,802 --> 01:38:35,776 -[epic symphonic music] -[crowd cheering] 1593 01:38:39,079 --> 01:38:40,614 [Vic] Let's call it what it is. 1594 01:38:40,681 --> 01:38:45,753 No one has been better, in recent months, than Ilja Dragunov. 1595 01:38:45,819 --> 01:38:47,922 He's beaten a former NXT Champion, 1596 01:38:48,188 --> 01:38:51,258 he's defeated WrestleMania-caliber superstars, 1597 01:38:51,325 --> 01:38:55,429 not to mention that victory he had at battleground. 1598 01:38:56,363 --> 01:38:59,066 [Book] I love everything about this kid, Ilja Dragunov. 1599 01:38:59,133 --> 01:39:02,169 Look at him, keeping pace with the music right there 1600 01:39:02,236 --> 01:39:07,274 looking to play his greatest symphi-- Excuse me, symphony here tonight. 1601 01:39:07,341 --> 01:39:09,977 -[Vic] Excited since the beginning. -[Book] No, I'm serious. 1602 01:39:10,044 --> 01:39:12,246 This kid, right here, is one of my favorites. 1603 01:39:12,313 --> 01:39:14,915 Tonight, he's got a battle in his hands like no other 1604 01:39:14,982 --> 01:39:17,318 against that man, and we know who that is. 1605 01:39:22,256 --> 01:39:25,492 [Vic] Well, one thing that we have seen time and time again, 1606 01:39:25,559 --> 01:39:29,563 with the challenger, is his ability to dish it out-- 1607 01:39:29,630 --> 01:39:31,265 [Book] wow. Look at the eyes. 1608 01:39:31,899 --> 01:39:36,470 [Vic] And also the fact that pain makes him feel alive. 1609 01:39:46,847 --> 01:39:48,082 [Book] Scary, man. 1610 01:39:50,117 --> 01:39:51,719 Oh, yeaaah! 1611 01:39:53,487 --> 01:39:54,888 This is it, Vic! 1612 01:39:59,093 --> 01:40:04,431 [emotional piano music] 1613 01:40:04,498 --> 01:40:06,200 [recorded male voice] Get a dream, 1614 01:40:08,702 --> 01:40:10,471 hold onto it 1615 01:40:13,941 --> 01:40:16,043 and shoot for the sky. 1616 01:40:22,149 --> 01:40:26,954 [crowd cheering] 1617 01:40:28,655 --> 01:40:35,629 [piano fades into rap music] 1618 01:40:38,432 --> 01:40:45,039 [Vic] The American dream certainly being lived by the NXT Champion, 1619 01:40:45,339 --> 01:40:49,410 but we just ran through Ilja Dragunov. You talk very highly of the challenger. 1620 01:40:49,476 --> 01:40:52,613 After Tuesday, Booker, there's something that keeps popping up 1621 01:40:52,679 --> 01:40:55,382 in my mind, something that you see on social media, 1622 01:40:55,449 --> 01:40:58,152 something-- maybe there's a whisper in the locker room. 1623 01:40:59,720 --> 01:41:05,192 Can Hayes hold up physically against the challenger? 1624 01:41:05,426 --> 01:41:10,097 Can he withstand everything that Ilja Dragunov is willing to do 1625 01:41:10,564 --> 01:41:11,565 to win the title? 1626 01:41:11,632 --> 01:41:16,403 [Book] It's going to be a hard road to hold here tonight with this man, 1627 01:41:16,470 --> 01:41:20,941 Dragunov, because every advantage Carmelo Hayes has, 1628 01:41:21,442 --> 01:41:24,178 it cancels out tonight with this young man. 1629 01:41:24,244 --> 01:41:27,548 [Vic] Trick called cap on Dragunov, respecting he and Carmelo. 1630 01:41:27,614 --> 01:41:29,450 Just so you know, "Cap" means lying. 1631 01:41:30,150 --> 01:41:33,120 -[Book] I do know that. -[Vic] I'm just making sure. 1632 01:41:34,088 --> 01:41:37,591 Trick Williams focused on Dragunov as well as Hayes. 1633 01:41:41,328 --> 01:41:42,196 [bell ringing] 1634 01:41:42,529 --> 01:41:45,065 The following contest scheduled for one fall 1635 01:41:45,566 --> 01:41:52,539 is for the NXT Championship. 1636 01:41:54,541 --> 01:42:01,515 Introducing first, the challenger, Ilja Dragunov! 1637 01:42:02,249 --> 01:42:05,752 [crowd cheering] 1638 01:42:06,820 --> 01:42:10,457 And his opponent, accompanied by Trick Williams, 1639 01:42:10,958 --> 01:42:16,396 he is the NXT Champion, 1640 01:42:16,897 --> 01:42:21,101 Carmelo Hayes! 1641 01:42:22,135 --> 01:42:26,306 [crowd cheering] 1642 01:42:28,342 --> 01:42:34,014 [crowd chanting] Melo! Melo! 1643 01:42:35,415 --> 01:42:38,519 [Vic] NXT title on the line. Booker, take a look in the ring. 1644 01:42:38,785 --> 01:42:43,157 Neither man is backing down. Limits tonight are going to be tested. 1645 01:42:43,223 --> 01:42:44,992 -[bell ringing] -[Vic] One man's destiny 1646 01:42:45,058 --> 01:42:47,427 versus the other's dynasty. You wanna leave your mark? 1647 01:42:47,494 --> 01:42:49,997 This is the stage, this is the atmosphere. 1648 01:42:50,063 --> 01:42:52,466 It's the main event of the Great American Bash. 1649 01:42:52,533 --> 01:42:54,935 [Book] Yes indeed. It's not going to come down 1650 01:42:55,002 --> 01:42:57,871 to who's got the better cardio. It's going to be who lands 1651 01:42:57,938 --> 01:43:01,608 that big shot and who lands it first. That's what I think, Vic. 1652 01:43:01,675 --> 01:43:05,812 [Vic] You've been around Carmelo Hayes a lot, let's pull it back a little bit. 1653 01:43:05,879 --> 01:43:08,148 Carmelo Hayes has asked for your advice time 1654 01:43:08,215 --> 01:43:10,150 and time again over the last year. 1655 01:43:10,217 --> 01:43:15,188 Have you noticed any sort of change in the last week in the Champion? 1656 01:43:15,255 --> 01:43:17,558 [Book] Not at all. He's a student of the game. 1657 01:43:17,624 --> 01:43:19,993 He knows exactly what it's gonna take to go out 1658 01:43:20,060 --> 01:43:22,362 and compete against like someone Dragunov. 1659 01:43:22,429 --> 01:43:25,832 Beating him, that's a totally different game, man. 1660 01:43:26,900 --> 01:43:31,238 [Vic] Carmelo Hayes also is a superstar, and we think about who embodies NXT, 1661 01:43:31,305 --> 01:43:34,808 he's lived up to the-- First title he won within four months of his debut. 1662 01:43:34,875 --> 01:43:36,610 He's the first to unify two titles. 1663 01:43:36,677 --> 01:43:40,914 He's the first and only to hold three different singles titles in NXT. 1664 01:43:40,981 --> 01:43:44,184 [Book] Carmelo, he is truly that man. He's him. 1665 01:43:44,384 --> 01:43:47,087 I always say, it's like the wind with this guy. 1666 01:43:47,154 --> 01:43:49,690 You can feel him, but you just can't touch him, 1667 01:43:49,756 --> 01:43:52,626 but you know he's there. Look at that beautiful arm drag. 1668 01:43:52,693 --> 01:43:56,563 [Vic] All night long trending number one, the Great American Bash. 1669 01:43:56,630 --> 01:43:59,666 This the main event, and for Carmelo Hayes-- 1670 01:43:59,733 --> 01:44:01,902 -[Book] Where we trending at? -[Vic] On X. 1671 01:44:01,969 --> 01:44:03,971 -[Book] On X. -[Vic] We're trending on X. 1672 01:44:04,037 --> 01:44:06,506 For Carmelo Hayes, you have to assume he went back 1673 01:44:06,573 --> 01:44:08,342 and studied Ilja Dragunov. 1674 01:44:08,408 --> 01:44:10,544 The fights that we talked about moments ago. 1675 01:44:10,611 --> 01:44:15,215 but also that hellacious slug fest Dragunov had with Gunther. 1676 01:44:15,282 --> 01:44:18,352 [Book] Look, you cannot walk into the unknown with someone 1677 01:44:18,418 --> 01:44:23,490 like a Ilja Dragunov not understanding his ability, how far he's willing to go. 1678 01:44:23,557 --> 01:44:26,326 You better understand he's a killer, man. 1679 01:44:26,393 --> 01:44:29,296 [Vic] We talk about Trick Williams who's on the outside. 1680 01:44:29,363 --> 01:44:31,932 -Had a little fun-- -[Book] Oh, beautiful hip lock. 1681 01:44:31,999 --> 01:44:35,068 -Wow. -[Vic] …quickly Hayes able to kick out. 1682 01:44:35,135 --> 01:44:36,670 Trick was upset Tuesday. 1683 01:44:36,737 --> 01:44:40,307 He let Hayes know his feelings, but then he lead Hayes 1684 01:44:40,374 --> 01:44:42,276 into dangerous territory. 1685 01:44:42,342 --> 01:44:44,878 Think about how we went off the air Tuesday night on USA. 1686 01:44:44,945 --> 01:44:47,681 [Book] Beat him like he stole something, that's right. 1687 01:44:47,748 --> 01:44:52,519 My thing is, you don't concern yourself with business that don't concern you, Vic. 1688 01:44:52,586 --> 01:44:54,688 [Vic] You told me that time and time again. 1689 01:44:54,755 --> 01:44:57,257 Maybe you should tell that to Trick Williams, here, 1690 01:44:57,324 --> 01:44:59,726 supporting his friend, the NXT Champion, Hayes. 1691 01:44:59,793 --> 01:45:02,062 Hayes right now trying to navigate his way free 1692 01:45:02,129 --> 01:45:03,730 from Dragunov and certainly does. 1693 01:45:03,797 --> 01:45:07,000 [Book] I like that he's trying to slow the pace down with Dragunov. 1694 01:45:07,067 --> 01:45:09,770 Trying to wrestle Dragunov. I like the strategy. 1695 01:45:09,836 --> 01:45:14,174 [Vic] Oh, and just kicked in the face, and that might just change the strategy. 1696 01:45:14,241 --> 01:45:17,077 Trying to turn things around, Carmelo feeling the effects 1697 01:45:17,144 --> 01:45:18,612 but he's staying composed. 1698 01:45:18,679 --> 01:45:20,981 [Book] Carmelo's trying to keep Dragunov-- 1699 01:45:21,048 --> 01:45:25,719 Trying to keep him close to the body right now early on this match. 1700 01:45:26,086 --> 01:45:28,555 [crowd chanting] Melo! Melo! 1701 01:45:28,822 --> 01:45:32,292 [Vic] NXT Universe chanting "Melo" here in Texas. 1702 01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:36,697 You talk about the pace, Booker, a second ago too. 1703 01:45:36,763 --> 01:45:41,301 Carmelo Hayes, we usually see try to have a faster pace in a matchup. 1704 01:45:41,368 --> 01:45:44,338 Do you think it's wise for him to maybe go outside his norm? 1705 01:45:44,404 --> 01:45:45,739 [Book] He's learning, Vic. 1706 01:45:45,806 --> 01:45:49,109 Even though Carmelo Hayes has been multiple Champion, 1707 01:45:49,176 --> 01:45:53,080 he still in his learning stage. I like that right there. 1708 01:45:53,146 --> 01:45:55,182 Just slowing the pace down. 1709 01:45:55,248 --> 01:45:58,385 Dragunov, we know he likes to go all out, Vic. 1710 01:45:58,985 --> 01:46:01,555 [Vic] He certainly does. Now look at Hayes. 1711 01:46:01,621 --> 01:46:04,991 We talk about bringing the pain, just putting his forearm 1712 01:46:05,058 --> 01:46:08,929 right across the cheek bone time and time again of the challenger 1713 01:46:08,995 --> 01:46:13,500 who has stated he loves pain, it makes him feel alive as we have seen. 1714 01:46:13,567 --> 01:46:16,470 Now it's Hayes, and now the pace starting to quick though 1715 01:46:16,536 --> 01:46:19,740 between Hayes and Dragunov. Dragunov from behind trying to lift up. 1716 01:46:19,806 --> 01:46:21,007 Hayes trying to counter. 1717 01:46:21,074 --> 01:46:23,877 Champion trying to get back to his feet, able to counter. 1718 01:46:25,011 --> 01:46:28,081 [Book] There you go. You got to land a shot here or two there. 1719 01:46:28,148 --> 01:46:30,584 You just can't wrestle someone like Dragunov. 1720 01:46:30,650 --> 01:46:32,285 [Vic] Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. 1721 01:46:32,986 --> 01:46:38,158 That, though, may have just awakened something inside Dragunov 1722 01:46:38,225 --> 01:46:41,428 who's charging right at Carmelo Hayes. 1723 01:46:41,495 --> 01:46:44,431 We said, neither man's going to back down in this match. 1724 01:46:44,498 --> 01:46:47,501 [Book] Here we go. Fight just broke out, Vic. 1725 01:46:48,435 --> 01:46:50,504 [crowd] Ooh! 1726 01:46:52,339 --> 01:46:54,908 [Vic] Dragunov trying to shake feeling back. Look at Hayes. 1727 01:46:54,975 --> 01:46:57,978 We questioned if Hayes could stand up physically to everything 1728 01:46:58,044 --> 01:46:59,846 that Dragunov was going to bring. 1729 01:46:59,913 --> 01:47:02,449 Early on in this matchup, Hayes really hasn't had 1730 01:47:02,516 --> 01:47:05,719 to absorb too much punishment. Springboard caught Dragunov. 1731 01:47:05,786 --> 01:47:08,388 [Book] Talked about this man right here, Carmelo Hayes. 1732 01:47:08,455 --> 01:47:11,992 He's going to fly, he's going to go out there and showboat a little bit, 1733 01:47:12,058 --> 01:47:15,562 but you got to be able to fight with someone like Dragunov like that. 1734 01:47:15,629 --> 01:47:17,164 You got to land big shots. 1735 01:47:17,798 --> 01:47:21,067 [Vic] That was a big pump kick right under the jaw, and look at Hayes, 1736 01:47:21,134 --> 01:47:26,306 though, feeling the effects of just one chop from Dragunov. 1737 01:47:26,907 --> 01:47:29,309 We can see Trick Williams talking a little smack. 1738 01:47:29,376 --> 01:47:31,011 Back into the ring on the replay. 1739 01:47:31,077 --> 01:47:33,880 Bam! That's that quickness we talked about in Hayes. 1740 01:47:33,947 --> 01:47:37,584 You said it's a grown experience for Hayes who now-- 1741 01:47:37,651 --> 01:47:39,886 [crowd chanting] Melo! Whoop that trick! 1742 01:47:39,953 --> 01:47:42,389 You can hear it from the NXT Universe. 1743 01:47:45,625 --> 01:47:48,662 [Book] I like this, Vic. He's not rushing into anything. 1744 01:47:48,728 --> 01:47:52,966 Could've got lured into a big shot by Dragunov outside. I like that. 1745 01:47:53,033 --> 01:47:56,369 [Vic] Dragunov puts on the brakes. Right to the midsection now of Hayes. 1746 01:47:56,436 --> 01:47:58,205 Dragunov, a few extra seconds 1747 01:47:58,271 --> 01:48:00,373 on the outside might've helped him as well. 1748 01:48:00,440 --> 01:48:03,276 Big clothesline. Didn't even take Dragunov off his feet. 1749 01:48:03,343 --> 01:48:05,712 [Book] Yes, but it was a big shot, though, Vic. 1750 01:48:06,012 --> 01:48:08,882 [Vic] It was a big-- And, oh, trying for a second, but this time 1751 01:48:08,949 --> 01:48:10,784 the challenger catching the Champion. 1752 01:48:11,985 --> 01:48:15,155 Couple of short forearm shots from Hayes not really doing too much. 1753 01:48:15,222 --> 01:48:18,992 Oh, that kick certainly did a lot. 1754 01:48:22,229 --> 01:48:27,334 Williams concerned, and Dragunov just landed his first big blow of the matchup. 1755 01:48:28,168 --> 01:48:31,204 [Book] I think Dragunov just woke up, Vic. 1756 01:48:31,271 --> 01:48:34,708 [crowd chanting] NXT! NXT! 1757 01:48:34,774 --> 01:48:38,578 [Vic] Huge main event, huge fight feel, big-time atmosphere here in Texas. 1758 01:48:38,645 --> 01:48:42,782 Hayes, though, starting to sense he's got to break the grip, create separation. 1759 01:48:43,517 --> 01:48:47,120 Just that little forearm to the back rocking-- Oh, no, well, forget that. 1760 01:48:47,187 --> 01:48:50,090 Just caught, just dropped the Champion. 1761 01:48:50,156 --> 01:48:53,994 German suplex, and Hayes back to his feet, but not for long. 1762 01:48:54,661 --> 01:48:56,696 [Book] Momentum has changed dramatically. 1763 01:48:56,763 --> 01:48:59,699 One thing about Dragunov, Vic, you got to separate 1764 01:48:59,766 --> 01:49:03,169 this young man from his senses in order to beat him, 1765 01:49:03,236 --> 01:49:05,238 and he's nowhere near that. 1766 01:49:05,539 --> 01:49:09,509 [Vic] Dragunov said he's not afraid to get ugly in the ring. 1767 01:49:09,576 --> 01:49:14,648 Called himself a scrappy individual, and right here catch and then the landing. 1768 01:49:14,714 --> 01:49:15,582 Bam! 1769 01:49:16,816 --> 01:49:20,387 Driving the wind. Oh, my gosh, what a kick. 1770 01:49:20,453 --> 01:49:23,957 [Book] No, no, this is what Hayes is gonna have to go in a match. 1771 01:49:24,024 --> 01:49:27,694 He's going to have to endure a lot of punishment in a matchup 1772 01:49:27,761 --> 01:49:30,931 like this, but this is what Champions are made of. 1773 01:49:31,264 --> 01:49:34,000 [Vic] We talk about Championships too. As UK Champion, 1774 01:49:34,067 --> 01:49:36,903 as the United Kingdom champion, Dragunov had to relinquish 1775 01:49:36,970 --> 01:49:40,373 the title due to injury. He never got a one-on-one rematch. 1776 01:49:40,440 --> 01:49:43,710 That has to eat at a man's soul, and that's certainly something 1777 01:49:43,777 --> 01:49:46,346 that Dragunov is gonna be thinking of here tonight. 1778 01:49:46,413 --> 01:49:48,915 [Book] Of course it does, Vic. Dragunov is so close. 1779 01:49:48,982 --> 01:49:53,286 He's one match away from cashing in, and I wonder if this is gonna be 1780 01:49:53,353 --> 01:49:55,655 that night here at the Great American Bash. 1781 01:49:56,556 --> 01:50:00,794 You want this. Come on, you want this, dawg, come on. 1782 01:50:00,860 --> 01:50:04,598 You said that before. You straight. You still got your energy, man. Come on. 1783 01:50:04,664 --> 01:50:09,903 [Vic] You hear Williams trying to remind Hayes, but look who's on their feet. 1784 01:50:09,970 --> 01:50:11,905 We take a look up from the monitor. 1785 01:50:12,205 --> 01:50:15,075 -Dragunov is stalking Hayes. -[Book] Yes. 1786 01:50:15,141 --> 01:50:19,079 Right now look like Carmelo Hayes, his equilibrium may be off or something. 1787 01:50:19,145 --> 01:50:21,982 Looks a little confused, and that's not going to help. 1788 01:50:22,048 --> 01:50:23,049 Oh, yes. 1789 01:50:23,116 --> 01:50:25,885 [Vic] We talk about a plan for the Champion for this matchup. 1790 01:50:25,952 --> 01:50:29,322 Would he be able to physically stand up against the challenger? 1791 01:50:29,389 --> 01:50:32,759 Would he be able to absorb everything that Dragunov 1792 01:50:32,826 --> 01:50:35,762 would be able to throw at him at any given moment? 1793 01:50:36,296 --> 01:50:40,667 Right now Carmelo Hayes, as you said, being tested. 1794 01:50:40,734 --> 01:50:44,270 He's getting into deep waters that he hasn't seen often 1795 01:50:44,337 --> 01:50:46,706 not only as Champion, but even in NXT. 1796 01:50:46,773 --> 01:50:49,442 -Oh, man. -[Book] Different kind of fight right now. 1797 01:50:49,509 --> 01:50:52,579 [Vic] Another suplex with a bridge. Shoulders down. 1798 01:50:52,646 --> 01:50:55,482 Title on the line, and the Champion just able to kick out. 1799 01:50:55,548 --> 01:50:58,318 [Book] …take Hayes like you said to those deep waters. 1800 01:50:58,385 --> 01:51:01,955 Draw him in and drown him. That's what he's trying to do, Vic. 1801 01:51:02,022 --> 01:51:03,723 [Vic] We talk about the plans too. 1802 01:51:03,790 --> 01:51:07,661 Dragunov has had an answer for everything that Carmelo Hayes 1803 01:51:07,727 --> 01:51:12,866 has thrown at him in this matchup, but Hayes in the moment 1804 01:51:12,932 --> 01:51:15,368 able to fight, able to continue. 1805 01:51:15,435 --> 01:51:19,239 As we say about Dragunov, Hayes is the one that's now having to push through. 1806 01:51:19,305 --> 01:51:22,375 [Book] He is, but getting dropped on the back of your head, 1807 01:51:22,442 --> 01:51:26,446 over and over, it's going to wear on you. It's gonna wear on you. 1808 01:51:26,513 --> 01:51:29,482 [crowd cheering] 1809 01:51:30,350 --> 01:51:33,386 [Vic] Dragunov said, he would break Trick on Tuesday, he did. 1810 01:51:33,453 --> 01:51:37,157 He said he would break the Champion tonight and he could be on his way 1811 01:51:37,223 --> 01:51:41,094 -to doing so. -[Book] Mean, mean, mean, Vic. 1812 01:51:42,328 --> 01:51:48,802 [Vic] Senton right back into the ribs. Another cover and another near fall. 1813 01:51:48,868 --> 01:51:50,804 Hayes able to kick out, but look at Dragunov, 1814 01:51:50,870 --> 01:51:53,106 I think this is what you alluded to earlier. 1815 01:51:53,473 --> 01:51:56,776 Dragunov is able to keep Hayes so close, 1816 01:51:56,843 --> 01:52:00,080 Hayes isn't able to get a breath, Hayes isn't able to regroup. 1817 01:52:00,146 --> 01:52:01,948 [Book] Ultimate pressure right here. 1818 01:52:02,015 --> 01:52:04,651 Right now he just grinding on Carmelo Hayes. 1819 01:52:04,718 --> 01:52:08,288 He's trying to suck all the oxygen out of the lungs, 1820 01:52:08,354 --> 01:52:11,057 and right now, Carmelo Hayes, he needs to move, Vic. 1821 01:52:11,124 --> 01:52:14,694 [Vic] Dragunov keeps the weight on, and Hayes trying to shift the body weight 1822 01:52:14,761 --> 01:52:17,630 a little bit to get back to his feet. He has done so. 1823 01:52:17,697 --> 01:52:20,266 Now trying to break the hold, but Dragunov let him out 1824 01:52:20,333 --> 01:52:22,602 -just to try to knock him out. -[Book] Wow. 1825 01:52:22,669 --> 01:52:24,737 Talking about a knock out blow, Vic. 1826 01:52:24,804 --> 01:52:28,842 [Vic] You look up, I don't think Hayes even realizes where he's at in the moment, 1827 01:52:29,242 --> 01:52:31,945 and another massive shot from Dragunov. 1828 01:52:32,011 --> 01:52:33,646 [Book] Carmelo might be out, Vic. 1829 01:52:34,948 --> 01:52:38,251 [Vic] The eyes of Carmelo Hayes telling the story as are the eyes 1830 01:52:39,085 --> 01:52:45,458 of Trick Williams who is seeing his friend, his partner get decimated. 1831 01:52:46,226 --> 01:52:47,560 [Book] Oh, man. 1832 01:52:49,863 --> 01:52:54,968 [crowd] Ooh! Ooh! 1833 01:52:58,004 --> 01:53:00,039 [crowd] Ooh! 1834 01:53:00,540 --> 01:53:04,010 [Vic] If the turnbuckle wasn't there, Booker, will Hayes be on his feet? 1835 01:53:04,077 --> 01:53:09,749 [Book] Oh, that man still got fight left in the body, Vic. 1836 01:53:09,816 --> 01:53:12,986 [Vic] He does, but there's also a fight in the challenger 1837 01:53:13,052 --> 01:53:15,655 who now is just even more angry, 1838 01:53:19,058 --> 01:53:21,494 more determined and more pissed off. 1839 01:53:21,561 --> 01:53:23,730 [Book] Rapid fire. Oh, my god. 1840 01:53:23,797 --> 01:53:26,332 [Vic] Dragunov off the chop. Cover. Hook of the leg. 1841 01:53:26,399 --> 01:53:29,469 Title on the line, and again Hayes able to kick out 1842 01:53:29,536 --> 01:53:32,338 and Hayes just screamed in agony. 1843 01:53:32,405 --> 01:53:36,943 [Book] Carmelo Hayes is at that moment where he's gonna have to suck it up, dawg. 1844 01:53:37,010 --> 01:53:39,512 He's going to do it. He's gonna have to suck it up. 1845 01:53:39,579 --> 01:53:42,382 [Vic] Look how bright red Carmelo Hayes' chest. 1846 01:53:42,448 --> 01:53:45,285 If you could see the fingerprints of Dragunov, 1847 01:53:45,351 --> 01:53:48,588 the hand print left on the chest of the Champion. 1848 01:53:50,223 --> 01:53:51,691 [Trick] Gotta bring more Melo! 1849 01:53:52,392 --> 01:53:57,664 We can feel now why Ilja Dragunov was seeing red in his entrance. 1850 01:53:58,698 --> 01:54:02,168 He is focused, he is fueled in this matchup. 1851 01:54:02,235 --> 01:54:04,671 For Hayes-- Oh, another one, Booker. 1852 01:54:04,737 --> 01:54:07,807 Not often we see Carmelo Hayes drop after just a body shot. 1853 01:54:07,874 --> 01:54:09,742 [Book] That forearm shiver, Vic. 1854 01:54:09,809 --> 01:54:12,679 That forearm shiver don't get enough credit. 1855 01:54:12,745 --> 01:54:17,650 I tell you, when Dragunov deliver it, you feel it. Oh, yes! 1856 01:54:18,218 --> 01:54:21,855 [Vic] Able to stay in front, and now again chopping down the Champion. 1857 01:54:21,921 --> 01:54:22,922 [Book] Wow. 1858 01:54:24,457 --> 01:54:27,327 [Vic] You wonder-- Look at Dragunov. How much has been taken 1859 01:54:27,393 --> 01:54:30,697 out of Dragunov who just got caught? Dragunov, momentum. 1860 01:54:30,763 --> 01:54:34,033 -Constantine special. -[Book laughs excitedly] 1861 01:54:34,634 --> 01:54:37,036 -Into the cover again. -[crowd] One! Two! Th-- 1862 01:54:37,103 --> 01:54:43,009 [Vic] Ooh! Carmelo Hayes is showing you why he's the NXT Champion. 1863 01:54:43,076 --> 01:54:47,180 You see the welts forming on his back, on his chest, on his side, 1864 01:54:47,247 --> 01:54:50,817 but he's not being held down. 1865 01:54:50,884 --> 01:54:53,186 We are live in Austin, Texas. 1866 01:54:53,253 --> 01:54:56,456 The main event of NXT's Great American Bash. 1867 01:54:56,522 --> 01:54:58,358 NXT title on the line. 1868 01:54:58,424 --> 01:55:02,829 The Champion has absorbed a lot of punishment here tonight 1869 01:55:02,896 --> 01:55:07,166 courtesy of the challenger, Ilja Dragunov, who doesn't look to be slowing down. 1870 01:55:07,233 --> 01:55:09,836 [Book] You got to give the Champion a lot of credit 1871 01:55:09,902 --> 01:55:13,306 because I didn't think he could go toe-to-toe with Dragunov, 1872 01:55:13,373 --> 01:55:15,441 but he's doing a hell of a job, Vic. 1873 01:55:15,508 --> 01:55:17,543 [Vic] Said he might be out, look at Dragunov, 1874 01:55:17,610 --> 01:55:19,812 look at the position in which Dragunov is in. 1875 01:55:19,879 --> 01:55:23,483 Dragunov right now is just punishing Carmelo Hayes. 1876 01:55:23,549 --> 01:55:26,386 [Book] Ooh. Right now, Carmelo's in a bad spot. 1877 01:55:26,452 --> 01:55:28,221 [Vic] Oh, the body scissors is locked. 1878 01:55:28,288 --> 01:55:29,589 [Book] He's in a bad spot. 1879 01:55:29,656 --> 01:55:32,925 His oxygen gonna cut off here in a second if he don't do something 1880 01:55:32,992 --> 01:55:34,861 and you can see it. 1881 01:55:34,928 --> 01:55:38,298 [Vic] Look at Hayes, look at Williams. Hayes though fading so close. 1882 01:55:38,364 --> 01:55:39,365 Trying to reach out. 1883 01:55:40,066 --> 01:55:42,402 The body scissors, though, squeezing the air. 1884 01:55:42,468 --> 01:55:43,903 Dragunov trying to hold on. 1885 01:55:43,970 --> 01:55:46,339 Hayes doing anything he can to bend back a digit, 1886 01:55:46,406 --> 01:55:50,877 but Dragunov rolling Hayes to the center, and things are looking bleak. 1887 01:55:50,943 --> 01:55:53,179 [Book] Yes, but now Dragunov got a little high. 1888 01:55:53,246 --> 01:55:55,648 Right now, Carmelo's able to escape. Oh, no. 1889 01:55:55,715 --> 01:55:57,951 [Vic] Right back down. Hayes though rolls. 1890 01:55:58,017 --> 01:56:00,887 Shoulders down, and Dragunov had to relinquish the hold, 1891 01:56:00,954 --> 01:56:02,588 and Hayes charging right in. 1892 01:56:03,189 --> 01:56:06,926 Oh! Just when Hayes gets going, just when you think the Champion 1893 01:56:06,993 --> 01:56:10,596 has some momentum, the door gets shut. Challenger cover, and a kick out. 1894 01:56:10,663 --> 01:56:13,566 [Book] Man, talk about a fight, Vic. 1895 01:56:13,633 --> 01:56:15,969 [Vic] I'll say this though, because we're seeing 1896 01:56:16,035 --> 01:56:17,937 the reaction now from the challenger. 1897 01:56:18,004 --> 01:56:22,942 He has thrown everything at Carmelo Hayes. Carmelo Hayes has continued to persevere. 1898 01:56:23,009 --> 01:56:26,746 Do you think doubt is starting to set in Ilja Dragunov, like, 1899 01:56:26,813 --> 01:56:28,815 "Man, what the hell do I gotta do to win?" 1900 01:56:28,881 --> 01:56:31,551 [Book] Doubt maybe setting in, but we know Dragunov. 1901 01:56:31,617 --> 01:56:34,554 He loves this. He love the art of combat. 1902 01:56:34,620 --> 01:56:38,124 He loves pain, and right now he's in his zone. 1903 01:56:38,191 --> 01:56:39,258 Oh, yes. 1904 01:56:39,325 --> 01:56:40,793 [Vic] Short-arm clothesline. 1905 01:56:42,628 --> 01:56:45,631 [crowd cheering] 1906 01:56:47,767 --> 01:56:51,104 [Vic] Dragunov just peeling Hayes off the canvas. 1907 01:56:51,671 --> 01:56:53,072 Looking for a second. 1908 01:56:53,139 --> 01:56:55,174 -[screaming] -[Book] Man. 1909 01:56:55,241 --> 01:56:56,609 Let's go! 1910 01:56:56,676 --> 01:56:59,045 [Vic] You can hear that clothesline in Houston. 1911 01:56:59,512 --> 01:57:02,115 Trying for the trifecta, but Hayes. 1912 01:57:04,717 --> 01:57:06,052 [Vic] For Hayes… 1913 01:57:06,219 --> 01:57:10,223 Every kick from Hayes, Dragunov still hasn't let go off the Champion. 1914 01:57:10,289 --> 01:57:11,991 [Book] All headshots too, Vic. 1915 01:57:12,058 --> 01:57:14,627 [Book] The Champion now holding on to the challenger, 1916 01:57:14,694 --> 01:57:16,029 and look at Hayes go. 1917 01:57:17,764 --> 01:57:21,634 [Book] Love that man. That young man, Vic. 1918 01:57:21,701 --> 01:57:25,304 [Vic] Hayes is answering questions tonight about his own durability, 1919 01:57:25,371 --> 01:57:27,774 but Dragunov 1920 01:57:27,840 --> 01:57:29,909 -right back up. -[crowd] Oh. 1921 01:57:29,976 --> 01:57:33,613 [Vic] Hayes right back, in, up and around the challenger. 1922 01:57:33,679 --> 01:57:36,549 -[Book] Wow. -[crowd cheering] 1923 01:57:36,616 --> 01:57:39,619 [Book] Did you see the momentum on that, Vic? 1924 01:57:39,685 --> 01:57:41,421 [crowd cheering] 1925 01:57:42,989 --> 01:57:45,525 [Vic] NXT universe fired up. Take another look. 1926 01:57:45,591 --> 01:57:48,094 First it was a kick, and it's almost like the momentum 1927 01:57:48,161 --> 01:57:51,564 coming off that middle rope of Carmelo Hayes. 1928 01:57:51,631 --> 01:57:55,802 [crowd chanting] NXT. NXT. NXT. NXT. 1929 01:57:55,868 --> 01:57:57,837 [chanting continues] 1930 01:58:00,506 --> 01:58:03,209 [Vic] These two giving it all. 1931 01:58:04,377 --> 01:58:07,580 Look at Hayes coming in. Hayes going right to work to the body. 1932 01:58:07,647 --> 01:58:11,851 Trying to chop down Dragunov, but Dragunov answering right back. 1933 01:58:11,918 --> 01:58:13,753 Again, Booker, is it going to be the dynasty? 1934 01:58:13,820 --> 01:58:17,457 Is it going to be the destiny here tonight in the main event? 1935 01:58:17,523 --> 01:58:20,126 [Book] It's this Carmelo Hayes I was looking for right here, Vic. 1936 01:58:20,193 --> 01:58:23,196 We always watch Carmelo fly, but I'm looking for that Carmelo Hayes 1937 01:58:23,262 --> 01:58:25,932 that's going to get in the fight and throw hands. 1938 01:58:25,998 --> 01:58:27,500 That's what I'm looking for, man. 1939 01:58:27,567 --> 01:58:29,802 [Vic] Hayes has been in a fight, Hayes is trying to throw hands. 1940 01:58:29,869 --> 01:58:33,339 Dragunov is trying to chop Hayes down, but look at Hayes coming right back in. 1941 01:58:33,406 --> 01:58:35,308 Now he's going to the body again. Hayes. 1942 01:58:35,374 --> 01:58:37,410 [Book] That's what I'm talking about right there, Vic. 1943 01:58:37,477 --> 01:58:40,313 When you get in there and go mano a mano, 1944 01:58:40,379 --> 01:58:42,982 that's what this business is truly made of, man. 1945 01:58:43,049 --> 01:58:47,186 [Vic] We might be in Austin, Texas right now, but Dragunov answering right back. 1946 01:58:47,253 --> 01:58:50,723 Hayes trying to show he's got a heart the size of Texas. 1947 01:58:50,790 --> 01:58:54,260 Going up, and this is the Carmelo Hayes we've seen in the past. 1948 01:58:54,327 --> 01:58:56,062 [Book] Yes. 1949 01:58:57,430 --> 01:59:01,701 [Vic] Is Carmelo Hayes now, maybe Hayes getting that second, 1950 01:59:01,767 --> 01:59:05,404 maybe that third wind, and maybe, just maybe Trick Williams 1951 01:59:05,471 --> 01:59:09,308 on the outside is going to give him that extra boost, so to speak. 1952 01:59:09,375 --> 01:59:13,012 [Book] Not just that third wind, he's getting that third, fourth gear, Vic. 1953 01:59:13,079 --> 01:59:15,848 This is what we talk about. You got to be able to shift gears, 1954 01:59:15,915 --> 01:59:17,850 especially with somebody like Dragunov. 1955 01:59:17,917 --> 01:59:20,586 [Vic] So much taken out of Hayes. He knew he couldn't get the cover. 1956 01:59:20,653 --> 01:59:24,690 Again, look at the blood blister forming on the chest of Hayes who's going in. 1957 01:59:24,757 --> 01:59:27,160 Oh, was looking for that first 48. 1958 01:59:27,226 --> 01:59:30,830 Got countered, and Dragunov right back on top like a pit bull. 1959 01:59:30,897 --> 01:59:33,499 Like a madman possessed raining down those elbows. 1960 01:59:33,566 --> 01:59:35,635 Dragunov could be looking for the knockout. 1961 01:59:35,701 --> 01:59:37,637 Referee might have to use his discretion. 1962 01:59:37,703 --> 01:59:40,072 If Hayes is out, we're going to have a new champion in Texas. 1963 01:59:40,139 --> 01:59:42,842 [Book] Carmelo needs to move. He needs to put a hand up on those elbows 1964 01:59:42,909 --> 01:59:45,578 that are getting rained down on him like that, Vic. 1965 01:59:45,645 --> 01:59:49,115 [Vic] Hayes swung wildly and missed, but now Hayes has got the neck. 1966 01:59:49,182 --> 01:59:52,285 Hayes is raining down elbows, Hayes breaking the hold, 1967 01:59:52,351 --> 01:59:53,786 breaking separation. 1968 01:59:55,888 --> 01:59:59,525 In and around. Hayes one step ahead. Big DDT. 1969 01:59:59,592 --> 02:00:01,827 -[Book] You got to be kidding me now. -Cover that man. 1970 02:00:01,894 --> 02:00:03,396 [Book] He got all of it. 1971 02:00:03,462 --> 02:00:06,566 [Vic] Oh. He did, but didn't get enough. 1972 02:00:06,632 --> 02:00:10,803 [Book] Wow. People just came out of their seats on that one, Vic. 1973 02:00:15,508 --> 02:00:19,245 [Vic] What is it going to take to keep the other down? 1974 02:00:19,312 --> 02:00:24,517 [crowd chanting] This is awesome. This is awesome. 1975 02:00:27,820 --> 02:00:29,922 [chanting continues] 1976 02:00:29,989 --> 02:00:33,025 -[Vic] This certainly is. -[chanting continues] 1977 02:00:33,092 --> 02:00:37,230 [Vic] I can tell you, Dusty Rhodes would be proud of this main event. 1978 02:00:37,296 --> 02:00:41,233 [Book] Dusty's looking down right now and he's so proud of these young men 1979 02:00:41,300 --> 02:00:44,203 in the middle of this ring leaving it all in the middle of this ring. 1980 02:00:44,270 --> 02:00:45,938 [Vic] Look at Hayes. 1981 02:00:46,005 --> 02:00:48,374 -Hayes right now one after another. -[crowd cheering] 1982 02:00:48,441 --> 02:00:51,744 Hayes is going to a different zone, a zone we haven't seen. 1983 02:00:51,811 --> 02:00:54,847 [Book] He's going up top, Vic. He's going up top looking down. 1984 02:00:54,914 --> 02:00:56,282 Oh, no. 1985 02:00:56,349 --> 02:00:59,352 [Vic] A little too much time, Dragunov made him pay. 1986 02:01:01,454 --> 02:01:05,524 And a little bit extra from Dragunov who somehow is on his feet 1987 02:01:05,591 --> 02:01:07,960 holding himself up. 1988 02:01:08,027 --> 02:01:11,497 Could be looking for that exclamation point. 1989 02:01:11,564 --> 02:01:13,432 [crowd booing] 1990 02:01:16,836 --> 02:01:20,840 [Vic] Dragunov. Big senton, and he got all of it. 1991 02:01:21,741 --> 02:01:24,043 -Into the cover. -[crowd counting] 1992 02:01:26,545 --> 02:01:29,615 [Vic] What a kick out, what a fight. 1993 02:01:29,682 --> 02:01:33,686 If there was doubt about Carmelo Hayes, he's answering that right now. 1994 02:01:33,753 --> 02:01:37,123 [Book] I'm wondering about Carmelo Hayes. I'm wondering, is he at that limit? 1995 02:01:37,189 --> 02:01:39,659 What does he have left in the tank? 1996 02:01:39,725 --> 02:01:43,996 Because Dragunov is looking to finish it right here, Vic. 1997 02:01:44,063 --> 02:01:45,631 [crowd clamoring] 1998 02:01:45,698 --> 02:01:48,968 [Vic] Dragunov looking to go coast-to-coast? 1999 02:01:50,903 --> 02:01:53,005 -Got caught. -[crowd cheering] 2000 02:01:56,442 --> 02:01:59,211 [Vic] Hayes the match, Dragunov the fuse. 2001 02:01:59,278 --> 02:02:01,981 -Boom on that first 48. -Wow. 2002 02:02:02,048 --> 02:02:04,884 [Book] Look likes he's going up for it, Vic. 2003 02:02:04,950 --> 02:02:08,154 [crowd chanting] 2004 02:02:08,220 --> 02:02:11,857 [Vic] Wasting no time, trying to get to the top, starting that climb. 2005 02:02:11,924 --> 02:02:15,661 Because when this man shoots, this man don't miss. 2006 02:02:16,562 --> 02:02:18,831 -Oh, he got caught. -[crowd cheering] 2007 02:02:19,765 --> 02:02:22,368 -[Book] Wow. -Dragunov hit a powerbomb. 2008 02:02:22,435 --> 02:02:26,205 [Vic] Hayes was waiting for nothing but net, but found nothing. 2009 02:02:27,640 --> 02:02:30,042 [crowd cheering] 2010 02:02:32,311 --> 02:02:34,280 [Book] Are we looking at a new champion, Vic? 2011 02:02:34,347 --> 02:02:35,881 [Vic] Boom. 2012 02:02:35,948 --> 02:02:39,151 -[Vic] One more time, Hayes is out. -[crowd counting] 2013 02:02:39,218 --> 02:02:41,787 -[Vic] No, he's not. -No! 2014 02:02:42,588 --> 02:02:45,624 [Vic] I just looked over, Alicia Taylor, the ring announcer 2015 02:02:45,691 --> 02:02:47,126 just came out of her damn seat. 2016 02:02:47,193 --> 02:02:48,828 She was getting ready to make the announcement. 2017 02:02:48,894 --> 02:02:52,431 [Book ] I thought that was it, Vic. I thought we had a new champion here. 2018 02:02:52,498 --> 02:02:54,867 [Vic] We talk about, we question, can he hold up physically? 2019 02:02:54,934 --> 02:02:57,636 Nothing more physical than this. 2020 02:02:57,703 --> 02:02:59,972 -Boom. -[crowd cheering] 2021 02:03:01,374 --> 02:03:06,445 Dragunov has won countless matches, but not tonight. 2022 02:03:06,512 --> 02:03:10,983 Not enough to put out the champ, not enough to keep down Carmelo Hayes. 2023 02:03:11,050 --> 02:03:12,852 [Book] He's resilient, Vic. He's resilient. 2024 02:03:12,918 --> 02:03:16,555 He's using everything in his body that God possessed him with. 2025 02:03:16,622 --> 02:03:18,958 Oh, my God, man. Come on. 2026 02:03:19,024 --> 02:03:22,628 [Vic] He's answering all the questions, but Ilja Dragunov now… 2027 02:03:22,695 --> 02:03:24,530 [crowd chanting] 2028 02:03:24,597 --> 02:03:28,634 …as he has in the past, pushing through, persevering. 2029 02:03:28,701 --> 02:03:31,604 Will not be stopped, will not be denied. 2030 02:03:31,670 --> 02:03:34,673 Believes it's his destiny to be the next NXT champion, 2031 02:03:34,740 --> 02:03:36,942 willing to lay it all on the line. 2032 02:03:37,009 --> 02:03:40,246 Willing to destroy himself to destroy Carmelo Hayes. 2033 02:03:40,312 --> 02:03:44,950 [Book] Yes, indeed. We know how far the mad dragon is willing to go. 2034 02:03:45,017 --> 02:03:46,719 Way up top, Vic. 2035 02:03:46,786 --> 02:03:49,455 [crowd cheering] 2036 02:03:49,522 --> 02:03:51,223 -[Vic] Oh, cutter. -Wow. 2037 02:03:51,290 --> 02:03:52,758 [crowd cheering] 2038 02:03:52,825 --> 02:03:55,294 [Vic] A cutter, a craw, 2039 02:03:56,061 --> 02:03:58,998 -a cover, a count. -[crowd counting] 2040 02:03:59,064 --> 02:04:01,867 Oh, Booker, what the hell is it going to take? 2041 02:04:01,934 --> 02:04:05,438 What is it going to take to keep these men down? 2042 02:04:05,504 --> 02:04:08,541 [Book] You got to be kidding me. I thought that was it. No way. 2043 02:04:08,607 --> 02:04:10,543 You got to dig deep right now. 2044 02:04:10,609 --> 02:04:14,313 You got to make up in your mind what you're doing this for. 2045 02:04:15,981 --> 02:04:17,817 Give me the title, give me the title. 2046 02:04:17,883 --> 02:04:19,919 -[Vic] Trick's beside himself. -[crowd chanting] 2047 02:04:19,985 --> 02:04:22,788 This is what you do it for, this is what you do it for. 2048 02:04:22,855 --> 02:04:25,191 Make up your mind right now. Are you a fraud? 2049 02:04:25,257 --> 02:04:28,294 Are you a champion? Are you a fraud? Are you a champion? 2050 02:04:28,360 --> 02:04:30,162 Come on, dig deep. 2051 02:04:30,229 --> 02:04:32,665 It's fourth quarter, come on. 2052 02:04:33,766 --> 02:04:37,603 [Vic] It is the fourth quarter. Time is running out. 2053 02:04:37,670 --> 02:04:42,374 The sand in the dial, there's only a few grains left maybe for Hayes, 2054 02:04:43,075 --> 02:04:44,944 same could be said for Dragunov. 2055 02:04:49,615 --> 02:04:51,550 I've asked this before, Book. 2056 02:04:51,617 --> 02:04:54,119 Is it the dynasty? 2057 02:04:54,186 --> 02:04:57,490 Is it the man's destiny? 2058 02:04:57,556 --> 02:04:59,758 -Oh. -This is war, Vic. 2059 02:04:59,825 --> 02:05:03,429 [Vic] Again, referee taking a close look at Carmelo Hayes. 2060 02:05:03,496 --> 02:05:05,664 Hayes though continuing to fight, 2061 02:05:05,731 --> 02:05:08,267 continue to keep those hands up, continuing to strike. 2062 02:05:11,670 --> 02:05:13,172 [crowd] Oh. 2063 02:05:13,239 --> 02:05:15,841 [Book] What it means to be in the trenches right here, Vic. 2064 02:05:15,908 --> 02:05:18,177 -What champions are made of. -[crowd] Oh. 2065 02:05:18,244 --> 02:05:19,645 [Book] You got to love it. 2066 02:05:19,712 --> 02:05:23,315 [Vic] Hayes's just reached back to Boston here in Austin for that chop. 2067 02:05:25,651 --> 02:05:26,952 [Book grunting] 2068 02:05:27,019 --> 02:05:28,888 [Hayes groaning] 2069 02:05:29,955 --> 02:05:32,725 [Vic] You got to wonder if that motivation of Trick Williams 2070 02:05:32,791 --> 02:05:34,860 is what's going to be able to carry Carmelo Hayes 2071 02:05:34,927 --> 02:05:36,228 over the finish line tonight. 2072 02:05:36,295 --> 02:05:39,531 [Book] Carmelo Hayes has all the tubes. We know that. 2073 02:05:39,598 --> 02:05:43,269 We know that this is about endurance, this is about who wants it most, 2074 02:05:43,335 --> 02:05:45,905 and this is about the championship. 2075 02:05:45,971 --> 02:05:51,043 [Vic] Oh! These boys letting it all hang out here tonight. 2076 02:05:51,110 --> 02:05:53,312 [crowd clamoring] 2077 02:05:56,315 --> 02:05:58,350 [no audible dialog] 2078 02:05:59,552 --> 02:06:03,622 [Vic] One more time, Williams trying to hype up Carmelo Hayes. 2079 02:06:03,689 --> 02:06:05,291 [crowd chanting] This is awesome. 2080 02:06:05,357 --> 02:06:08,594 [Vic] Williams reminding why Hayes does this. 2081 02:06:08,661 --> 02:06:10,396 [crowd continues chanting] 2082 02:06:10,462 --> 02:06:12,731 [Vic] Once more, the generation-- Oh, no. 2083 02:06:17,102 --> 02:06:19,772 Dragunov was looking for that torpedo Moscow. 2084 02:06:20,839 --> 02:06:23,943 Carmelo Hayes, presence of mind, got out of the way. 2085 02:06:24,009 --> 02:06:26,245 Trick may have shoved him to the side seeing it come. 2086 02:06:26,312 --> 02:06:28,814 -[Book] Wow. -Referee starting his count. 2087 02:06:28,881 --> 02:06:30,449 [referee] Two. 2088 02:06:30,516 --> 02:06:33,385 -[Vic] Dragunov could be out on his feet. -Three. 2089 02:06:33,452 --> 02:06:36,355 [Vic] But Hayes realizing he's got to go for it, 2090 02:06:36,422 --> 02:06:38,757 he's got to get that knockout blow. 2091 02:06:38,824 --> 02:06:43,262 He's scaling to the top looking to shoot nothing but net. 2092 02:06:43,329 --> 02:06:47,366 -[Boo] Wow, he got it. -Oh, he got all of it and then some. 2093 02:06:48,167 --> 02:06:50,302 [crowd counting] One, two, three. 2094 02:06:50,369 --> 02:06:53,339 -[Vic] Hayes retains the title. -[bell rings] 2095 02:06:53,405 --> 02:06:56,375 -[Carmelo Hayes' music plays] -[announcer] Here is your winner 2096 02:06:56,442 --> 02:07:01,113 and still the NXT champion, 2097 02:07:01,180 --> 02:07:05,284 Carmelo Hayes. 2098 02:07:06,118 --> 02:07:10,055 [Vic] Don't take nothing away from Ilja Dragunov tonight 2099 02:07:10,122 --> 02:07:16,829 as taking a look around standing ovation from some in NXT universe 2100 02:07:16,895 --> 02:07:19,131 for both these superstars. 2101 02:07:19,198 --> 02:07:21,767 But on this very night, 2102 02:07:21,834 --> 02:07:26,839 it's Carmelo Hayes who has his hand held high. 2103 02:07:26,905 --> 02:07:29,408 [music continues] 2104 02:07:31,343 --> 02:07:34,613 -[Book] What a war, Vic. -Yes, it certainly was. 2105 02:07:34,680 --> 02:07:37,349 Some of the action throughout this matchup. 2106 02:07:37,416 --> 02:07:39,985 Ilja Dragunov looking for Constantine Special, 2107 02:07:40,052 --> 02:07:43,022 for the second time got caught with that DDT, 2108 02:07:43,088 --> 02:07:46,525 wasn't enough as we came to find for Carmelo Hayes 2109 02:07:46,592 --> 02:07:50,496 because these two brought every heavy shot they could, 2110 02:07:50,562 --> 02:07:54,199 including this giant top rope senton. 2111 02:07:54,266 --> 02:07:58,670 Bam. Down across the chest of Carmelo Hayes. 2112 02:07:58,737 --> 02:08:00,839 Wouldn't keep the champion down, 2113 02:08:00,906 --> 02:08:04,109 but then Ilja Dragunov went deeper in the playbook. 2114 02:08:04,176 --> 02:08:06,845 Look for that coast-to-coast, Hayes had it scouted. 2115 02:08:06,912 --> 02:08:09,848 Delivered that first 48 right under the jaw. 2116 02:08:09,915 --> 02:08:10,949 Boom. 2117 02:08:11,016 --> 02:08:14,553 Did you see the ricochet from Ilja Dragunov? 2118 02:08:14,620 --> 02:08:16,822 Carmelo Hayes, though, couldn't keep him down. 2119 02:08:16,889 --> 02:08:19,358 From the top, Dragunov looking for that superplex, 2120 02:08:19,425 --> 02:08:23,462 instead a nasty cutter from Carmelo. 2121 02:08:23,529 --> 02:08:24,963 [crowd cheering] 2122 02:08:25,030 --> 02:08:27,332 These two are able to go inside, outside, 2123 02:08:27,399 --> 02:08:30,936 but it was on the outside, right here torpedo Moscow. 2124 02:08:31,003 --> 02:08:35,207 Book, upon a second glance, I'm not 100 percent sure, 2125 02:08:35,274 --> 02:08:37,710 Dragunov then bounce off that NXT title, 2126 02:08:37,776 --> 02:08:41,814 but in the end, it was nothing but net and splash. 2127 02:08:41,880 --> 02:08:45,017 -[crowd cheering] -The man shoots, he don't miss. 2128 02:08:45,084 --> 02:08:49,354 He's got another name in the rafters here tonight, 2129 02:08:49,421 --> 02:08:51,457 that being Carmelo Hayes. 2130 02:08:51,523 --> 02:08:54,860 [Carmelo Hayes' music playing] 2131 02:08:57,296 --> 02:09:01,700 [Vic] Hayes' will, his desire, his ambition, 2132 02:09:01,767 --> 02:09:04,136 it was tested sized tonight, 2133 02:09:04,203 --> 02:09:06,505 and it's the Melo dynasty 2134 02:09:06,572 --> 02:09:10,008 that continues to grow in NXT. 2135 02:09:10,075 --> 02:09:13,479 [Carmelo Hayes' music playing] 2136 02:09:17,783 --> 02:09:20,285 Subtitles: Rocio Dikun, Rocio Sileo & Patricia Eguren Maxwell erse