[music playing]
[announcer] Then.
Whoo!
[The Rock's theme music plays]
-[Undertaker theme music plays] -[narrator] Now.
[Roman] Acknowledge me.
[HHH] The king of kings.
[John Cena] You can't see me.
[announcer] Forever.
[NXT theme playing]
[announcer] Together.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] It's the final "NXT" before we head out west
and we start with ramifications for "No Mercy."
Welcome to "NXT."
[music playing]
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following is the final match
in the Global Heritage Invitational.
Introducing first,
representing the Brawling Brutes, Butch!
[Vic] And there we see Butch, the winner of group A,
beat Charlie Dempsey, beat Tyler Bate, tie with Axiom.
But as you can see, did enough to get to the finals and we started with eight.
We are down to the final two.
[Booker] Oh, yeah, Vic. Eight player head to
one man will be the tick top in this situation right here.
Like you say, Butch beat Tyler Bate, who I thought
was my number one seed in this tournament man.
[Vic] I think you've had about four or five number one seeds.
[Booker] Yeah.
[Vic laughing]
[Vic] And there we see Meta-Four in the meta--
What is this? The ocean's four?
[Booker] I like it.
-[crowd cheering] -[rock music playing]
[announcer] And his opponent, representing Gallus, Joe Coffey!
[Vic] What a finals this will be in the Global Heritage Invitational.
We saw what Butch did to Joe Coffey
because no one had more points in this invitational than Coffey.
No one had more wins than Joe Coffey,
who was able to get through Group B to get here, tonight.
[Booker] Two men, Vic, about to throw hands.
I love this, man. Joe Coffey.
Let me tell you, he has been dominant in this Heritage Cup Tournament.
Oh, yes, man.
[Vic] The winner of this match heads to Bakersfield, California, to No Mercy.
There is Noam Dar.
-The rest of Meta-Four. -[Booker] Check out Dar.
[Vic] The rest of the viewing area for everyone.
All eyes on the final here tonight.
What do you mean look at Dar?
Are they finally out of the matrix?
[Booker] The Meta-Four, Vic. My main man.
Wearing all white after labor day. He can pull it off.
[Vic] They've been taking bets all day.
[unintelligible]
[Vic] But Butch is not messing around.
Let's talk about these two superstars for a moment.
[audience cheering]
-[Vic] He did get Butch-Slapped. -[Booker] Yes, he did.
[Vic] These two superstars familiar with one another.
They were the main event at the first-ever NXT UK Take Over
in Blackpool, Butch won that night.
But how has that night driven Joe Coffey during his career?
[Booker] Yes, Vic. Different place same game.
The pain game, Vic are these two did right here just play that better than
anybody I've seen just about here.
This is gonna be a fight tonight.
[Vic] Again, winner will face Noam Dar, Saturday at No Mercy.
[screaming]
[Booker] Let me tell you something, let's think about this young man.
He will use everything at his disposal
to get a victory and I like that, I like it a lot.
[Vic] Butch has been focusing on Coffey.
Coffey right now trying to square up a little bit.
Look, we all know what Butch's game plan is going to be.
He's going to focus on the fingers. He's going to focus on joint manipulation.
But does he need to have a game plan for the rest of Gallus?
Because Wolfgang and Mark Coffey
are slithering around like a pack of snakes on the outside.
[Booker] Yeah, Gallus brothers,
they ain't out here just a cheerleader or anything like that.
There's a method to the madness of those Gallus.
But I tell you right now,
nobody has been showing more leadership
than this young man right here, Joe Coffey.
[referee] Come on, let's go.
[Vic] Noam Dar looking on rest of Meta-Four.
Does Noam Dar even care who he faces in Bakersfield?
[Booker] Vic, do not sleep on Noam Dar.
He is one of the best precision tacticians in the game, right now.
He is over seeing. He sightseeing.
He's scouting, Vic.
[Vic] You saw some precision strikes with some elbows from Joe Coffey,
who is controlling Butch, in this match.
Looks like Joe Coffey, Butch, two men that love a good scrap.
No, no, they don't call up. They don't want the brawling.
[Vic] Ran right through the clothesline.
[Booker] Joe Coffey, he is no joke.
He is nobody to play around with.
[audience booing]
[Vic] Coffey bulldozing Butch and staring a hole through Noam Dar.
But Butch answered right back.
The Brawling Brutes may love to fight.
Maybe even a little bit more than Gallus as again.
Right back down across that elbow,
and now mocking Joe Coffey is Butch.
You know, what a night this is here at "NXT."
Still to come,
the NXT Championship contract signing Hayes, Dragunov.
They will meet one-on-one at No Mercy.
Trick Williams, also in action here tonight.
He will be taking on Joe Gacy.
It is a huge night here on "NXT."
How about Shawn Michaels, what he posted before we came on air?
Triple threat, Axiom, Bait, Dragon Lee winner heads
to No Mercy to face Dirty Dom for the North American title.
[Booker] I can't wait for all that action to go down.
But right now, we got so much action going on in the ring right now.
Butch is taking my main man out piece by piece.
-[Vic] Your main man-- -[unintelligible]
[Vic] Wait a minute! Official!
They didn't see Wolfgang with the cheap shot,
because of Mark Coffey.
[Booker] One of my main man, can I say that?
Did I say that?
[Vic] You can say whatever the hell you want.
Because a cheap shot, referee was distracted and that is the game plan.
That Butch had to be prepared for.
Somehow lands on his feet, misses wildly,
Coffey right back in.
[Booker] This is a match that could change your life right now.
[Vic] Big right!
[Booker] Coffey knows that.
[Vic] Coffey may be knocked out! Coffey may be out.
Is Butch headed to No Mercy?
And just kicking out.
[Booker] Man, I love Butch, right there.
He can change the momentum on a dime.
He is always ready to set you up like this shot right here, man.
[Vic] Looking for that knockout.
Right across the jaw.
Somehow, some way.
Look, Coffey is as thick headed as they come.
He's one of the baddest guys in NXT.
One of the toughest. He just got out of that.
As the Wolfgang and Mark Coffey getting wiped out.
Butch right back on the offensive, charging right back in.
-[Booker] Whoa! -[Vic] German suplex.
[Vic] Oh!
Connects!
Butch is just three seconds away.
Joe Coffey does not want to get disqualified.
[Booker] Oh, no!
[Vic] What a call by the official.
Wolfgang, Coffey they have been tossed.
Who is headed to Bakersfield?
Who is headed to No Mercy?
Back live on NXT.
The Global Heritage Invitational final.
Butch, who escape group A.
Joe Coffey who competed twice last week,
including the tie breaker with Triple Threat, to win group B.
Here tonight, you know who is not here?
-[Booker] Who's that? -[Vic] Anymore?
That's the rest of Gallus,
who was sent packing before the commercial break
by the official.
[audience cheering] One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six,
Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten.
Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen
[Vic] And Noam Dar is pacing.
Starting to realize he could be looking.
[Booker] Look at the man.
-Look at the man. -[Vic] And Butch, Saturday.
And one more time again Butch is focused on the left hand, the left wrist.
during the commercial break, you may have noticed,
Joe Coffey overcoming the injury
and powering through the one-arm power bomb to Butch.
[Booker] This changed the momentum there.
I don't think when Joe Coffey--
-[Vic] Whoa, whoa, whoa! -[Booker] Whoa, whoa!
[Vic] Holding on and Butch, DDT!
[Booker] I tell you Joe Coffey wasn't my pick that made me stay in the game
but you got to give it to him, his resilience.
This kid has shown me a whole lot in this tournament.
You've got to give him that.
[Vic] And the rest the Gallus with their bootleg T-shirts,
were sent packing and that could be the game changer here for Butch.
One third of the Brawling Brutes right back in
gets caught with an uppercut.
[Booker] Big shot right there by Joe Gacy.
Now that's Coffey.
Joe Gacy will face Trick Williams later tonight one-on-one.
-You are excited about it. -[Booker] I'm excited.
[Vic] It's No-Mercy win.
[Booker] I am really excited for this young man right here because
he's close to cashing to get that big ticket.
[Vic] But Booker, the hand, the left hand,
the left hand of Gacy.
How is he going to be able to lift up?
Somehow, some way.
-Locking up the pain. -[Booker] That's good work with Butch.
He's always, like I say, probing,
just looking for the little bitty small spots.
those spots that could just make you numb.
Right now, Joe Coffey is getting that feeling back.
[Vic] Is this the most dominant version of Coffey you have seen
in recent memory, with a Glasgow send off.
[Booker] No, it is this time at the game,
like I said, Joe Coffey wasn't my bet
but he convinced me, he made me a believer.
Can he finish the job with this young man, Butch?
-[Vic] All the best, fellas. -[Booker] Oh!
[Vic] What came back and dropped Butch, did Coffey?
Listen to the NXT universe.
[audience cheering] NXT! NXT!
[Vic] Feel this and react.
[Booker] Wow!
What a return shot there by Joe Coffey.
Big-shot. It was a left handed close by. Southpaw.
[Vic] There is the viewing area.
All eyes on the finals.
Again, the winner of this match up will head to No Mercy,
this Saturday, streaming on WWE on Peacock.
That's Coffey who is going for the win.
Look at him win the final.
Look at him punch his ticket to the Heritage Cup match up,
Saturday in Bakersfield but instead--
Is Butch trying to break some fingers?
[Booker] Yeah, but just imagine how Noam Dar feels
-watching these two young men… [Vic] -Oh no! Power bomb!
[Booker] beat the hell out of each other. I know he is loving it.
[Vic] You just saw a glimpse for a moment, continuing to pace.
And Coffey one more time right into the sternum,
driving the air out of the lungs of Butch.
[unintelligible]
Has just Butch got his ticket to the Bakersfield?
[Booker] You've got to be kidding me.
[Vic] Where is Butch getting it this from?
[Booker] This is a launching pad for this young man.
[Vic] Your boy is becoming unglued, Book.
[Booker] He wins this match, Vic. Cause Butch wins this match,
he can get the rocket and go straight to the movie land.
[Vic] Oh!
[Vic] Coffey may have knocked himself out.
Butch trying to capitalize.
-[Booker] Wasting no time. -[Vic] And finally…
-[Booker] Wasting no time, Vic. -[Vic] The bitter end.
[Booker] That's it! That's got to be it.
[audience cheering] One, two, three!
[Vic] Butch is heading to No Mercy.
[Booker] What a match?
[announcer] Here is your winner, Butch!
[Vic] In reality starting to set in for Noam Dar.
And the rest of Meta-Four, because there will be no Meta-Four lounge.
There will be no safari.
There will be no matrix for Noam Dar in California.
Back to some of the action.
What a Global Heritage Invitational this was?
-The finals lived up to the billing. -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] The best of group A, the best of group B
all the best of rebels would not end the night for Butch,
who would continue to fight, right here, high risk,
bam! No reward.
A huge error for Joe Coffey that opened the door for the bitter end.
And Butch punches that ticket to Bakersfield,
because, it is now official
at No Mercy this Saturday, get your tickets only at axs.com.
Butch-Dar for the Heritage cup.
[Booker] It's gonna be good.
Dominik Mysterio, last night on Raw
you retained your NXT North American championship--
Instant classic, yes, I'll say it for you.
Another challenge, another successful title defense.
And now that I'm finally done with Dragon Lee,
I have a free Saturday to hang out with Mami
in a big comfy couch eating some chicken tendies.
-I thought you-- -You thought wrong, McKenzie.
No mercy, no Dom.
I thought you knew that you would be defending your title
against the winner of tonight Triple Threat match.
What?
Did you not see what Shawn Michaels posted earlier right before we went on the air?
No, I don't follow Shawn Michaels. What are you talking about?
Well, I do. So, take a look.
Axiom versus Tyler Bate versus Dragon Lee with the winner to face Dominik Mysterio
this Saturday for the North American Championship
No, no, no.
First Spears, now -- who does he think he is?
I'm the champion. He needs to respect me.
He can't keep doing this to me.
[Vic] Book, we will find out tonight who is headed to Bakersfield?
Who will compete for the North American Championship
against Dirty Dom?
-It's getting bigger and better. -[Booker] Uh-huh.
-[music playing] -[audience cheering]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Trick Williams!
I love it.
[Booker] What?
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
I like it.
Oh, yeah, man.
[Vic] I haven't seen Booker move like this in 15 years.
Trick Williams is going one-on-one with Joe Gacy.
This match up is live and it's next on "NXT."
It's a big night, Don.
-It is. -We've got enough food for everybody?
Yeah, come on. AJ has got it covered
What's the play here? Bring everyone in,
sit them down and then lower the boom.
Yeah, we are going to lower the boom.
Will you relax, alright? Eat some bread.
First, we are going to feed them.
We got Uncle Cesare in the kitchen slaving away.
Cooking the real pot for you, baked Ziti.
Then we gonna decide who is going to challenge us
for these titles at No Mercy.
What are the chances, we call the shots?
My man.
[muffled conversation]
Hey, hey, hey, hold on.
What the hell is this?
Hey, it's a family establishment, Amigo.
That's okay, Angelo. Take it easy.
Oh, come on. Let's go. That's fine.
Fellas, take a seat.
We appreciate the invite.
Last time we met, things got a little out of hand.
[Don] I'd say so.
You think it's going to happen again?
-Because I am starting-- -Hey.
We came here to apologize.
My cousin needs to trust him.
We didn't come to eat either.
That's on you two bozos, all right?
Because, we got a six-course meal coming.
Your taste buds will thank us later.
We came here for one thing.
[Don] Yeah? Good.
Have a nap, get a drink.
In your case too, while we will wait for the others.
Others? Whatever.
[Vic] The table is starting to fill up.
I could really go for some Ziti right now.
[music playing]
[announcer] Accompanied to the ring by Ava,
representing The Schism, Joe Gacy.
[Vic] This is Joe Gacy.
[Booker] I might just call him, Jacy.
[unintelligible]
[Vic] But look for Joe Gacy, all laughing aside, see it's lost.
I don't know if you see it that way.
[Booker] Look, if your flock abandoned you,
you don't have that control
as well as feeling like you can't trust anybody,
yeah, I get it.
[Vic] Trick Williams focus is on Gacy.
I want to ask this about Williams.
Is he doing the right thing, trying to stand on his own two feet?
-[Booker] Vic-- -[Vic] Trying too be the man
that he wants to be?
[Booker] There comes a point and time in a man's life
where you've got to go out there and do it himself.
He got to know he can do that.
When you look at this young man, Trick Williams,
6'3", 235, curves on a granite.
Yeah!
That's a star, man.
[Vic] Williams now looking for a huge win tonight,
continue to try to continue to push forward.
I got to ask you this.
Do you feel that some don't believe that Trick Williams
is speaking the truth when he talks about Carmelo Hayes?
Specifically, Ilja Dragunov.
[Booker] Well, look it, man.
Trick Williams, Carmelo Hayes, Trick-Melo Gang, they're boys, man.
They go way back.
I did not say that Trick Williams [unintelligible]
[Vic] Corner right hand, of course,
the "NXT" championship contract signing still to come.
Dragunov and Carmelo Hayes later tonight.
We got to remember, that Williams has not been resigned
with Carmelo Hayes for weeks.
But also here tonight we got this strap match coming up
later between Thorpe and Dijak.
That is taking it to the next level.
Corbin and Briggs, that match is coming up next.
But look at Gacy.
One after another. Gacy is possessed.
[Booker] Gacy right now, I mean, you look at that young man,
you look in his eyes, he has lost his flock
and he could be perhaps his most dangerous right now at this point in time, Vic.
Cold. Calculating.
Trying to just stretch Trick Williams out.
[Vic] A man of righteousness.
Has Gacy turned around as Ava's on the outside.
To a certain degree, Gacy has gone from convincing others to follow him
to trying to convince himself if he is actually a true leader.
[Booker] Look, look, I'm gonna tell you, the first thing Gacy
needs to do is win this match up, stop the momentum of this trade.
That trades by the name of Trick Williams, man.
Oh, wow!
[Vic] Right now, Trick Williams is vulnerable which is baffling.
We saw Gacy preach hope, try to persuade Trick to join Schism.
We have seen Dirty Dom try to recruit him to Judgment Day.
I have watched this young man take Dragunov to the limits.
Not too many men could pull something off like that.
He is on his way up, Vic.
Williams like to continue that momentum. Gacy now.
Barrage of strikes, looking to send Williams to the upside down.
Instead got dropped into Into the cover goes Williams,
and Trick Williams puts away Gacy.
Wow!
[announcer] Here is your winner, Trick Williams!
[Vic] Trick! That happened out of nowhere.
[Booker] Yeah.
Uh-huh.
I like it.
Vic, that's it, man.
-[Vic] I see that. -[Booker] Yeah.
Take another look.
Gacy looking for the upside down, but, boom!
Out of nowhere Williams flying in.
To pick up the dub.
Kelly Kincade right now standing by with Trick Williams.
Trick, congratulations on your huge victory.
Kelly, Kelly, Kelly.
Let's talk about it.
I ain't even gonna lie.
It feels good to get that dub and let people know
Trick Williams ambidextrous.
I whoop ass with both hands. Believe that.
Now, with No mercy on Saturday,
do you think your best friend Carmelo Hayes walks out with a "W"
or do you think we see a new NXT champion in Ilja Dragunov.
Kelly, come on now.
I mean, Gacy, he is a little bit weird, but we had a good match.
I mean, this might be my best win yet, you know what I mean?
You wanna come here and talk about another man?
Come on, man.
Hey, look, man, I'ma answer your question.
Dragunov, he hits hard.
Everybody knows that
and nobody knows that more than me.
I'll be a fool to bet against him.
By him, I mean my dog, Carmelo Hayes.
Believe that.
Hi, yo, it's Trick-Melo gang.
We always gonna be here.
That's what I tell you right now.
At No Mercy, Melo's going to retain for his championship.
And now that I think about it,
Melo already has his championship.
I think it's time I go get mine.
[Vic] What?
Trick Williams, what did he mean by that?
[Booker] I like it.
Blair Davenport, the last time we saw you and Gigi Dolin
you two were going at it. I'm just trying to understand--
Correction McKenzie,
what we saw was Gigi's feeble attempt to try to take me out.
Imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery.
But, in Gigi's case, it's just pathetic.
The biggest difference between us is when I target people,
they don't get back to their feet it.
Gigi, she blindsided me.
But I got back up and the officials, they had to pull us apart
to keep her safe from me.
Gigi,
what you think you can share my same vindictive nature?
Match my vicious intent? Well, you can't.
And if you don't believe me, just watch what I do tonight.
[Vic] Claire and Gigi, still to come one-on-one tonight.
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Baron Corbin.
[Vic] Corbin looks to burn Briggs's ship
on his way to California.
Since Baron Corbin returned to NXT,
he has had one simple message to the NXT locker room. They're all soft.
Briggs Corbin, next.
Listen, dude, we gave Thea her space, but I'm still worried about her.
I don't know, Mr. Chase. Thea gave me a thumbs up emoji yesterday.
Far better than the left on red that I was getting.
So I think we're making progression. Hey, we'll take it.
Hey, boys. Who are you looking for?
I think you know who we're looking for, Jacy.
Listen, Jacy, I know you and Thea have become friends recently,
but she's not returning my text, so how is she?
Don't ask me, Professor.
Why don't you just ask her for yourself? Thea?
Holy--
Thea. I do not think that this is--
Thea. I don't think you've ever looked so nice.
-Really? -Really.
You really think that?
Well, great, because I finally feel like a grown ass woman.
But I have to give all the credit to Jacy she helped me out so much.
You're the best.
But I need to go get ready for my match with Dani Palmer,
so I'll see you guys later.
-Bye. Cool. See ya. -Bye.
If you like that look so much,
just wait until you see her new ring gear tonight.
What the hell was that?
It's gonna be okay.
[announcer] Accompanied by Fallon Henley and Brooks Jimson,
Josh Briggs.
[Vic] I said before, we went to break
that Baron Corbin has called the locker room soft.
And that's Briggs stepping up for the locker room here tonight.
These two are going to slug it out.
Much like Baron Corbin is going to be in a slug fest this Saturday,
in Bakersfield at No Mercy
as Corbin will take on Bron Breakker.
You talk about two guys that just do not like each other. Bron, Baron.
This Saturday in California,
there's a big right back by Briggs going right at Corbin.
[Booker] I want to see what Josh Briggs is going to bring
to the table because this is a big match for this young man here tonight.
He brought a lot of cheerleaders out here with him. I don't like that, Vic.
I don't like that at all.
[Vic] You can say what you want about Briggs, he didn't miss mince words
with Baron Corbin last week.
This match, of course, a direct result of Corbin
calling out the locker room.
Briggs believes that everyone here is tough.
[Vic] Look at Briggs taking it right to Corbin.
[Booker] We talking about [unintelligible]
I mean, he's here for one thing. That's respect, man.
Sometimes you gotta take what you want
and that's what this man, Baron Corbin is all down right now.
[Vic] Briggs is taking it to Corbin. And you can see Jensen on the outside.
You see Fallon Henley on the outside.
Of course we can go back to that six man tag team match up
where I don't believe he did your call to play.
[Booker] The locker room right now
it's looking pretty good as far as Josh Briggs.
[unintelligible]
Let me tell you something, this is a moment.
This is a moment for this young man, Josh.
Oh, no. If he can pull this man jump out.
[Vic] Well, look, that was a moment from Baron Corbin
and you like this Baron Corbin.
You told me this side of Corbin he needed years ago.
[Booker] You know, I agree with this man, Baron Corbin.
As for the locker room and being solved, I mean, and back in my day, you always
had somebody policing that locker room
and that's why Baron Corbin is here in NXT.
Give a man a round of applause.
[Vic] Coming up in just a few moments, we will take a look at Lynch, Stratton,
the NXT women's title of course, on the line at No Mercy in extreme.
[overlapping chattering]
This would be what you said, a big win for Briggs.
[Booker] Oh man.
[Vic] Just able to kick out.
And look, Briggs is focused in this match up.
Jensen is here on the outside, Fallon Henley as well.
There's nobody here for Baron Corbin and that's how Corbin likes.
[Booker] Just think if Josh Wiggs would have made that walk on his own.
They went out there and got that victory on his own
and didn't have those cheerleaders,
how much better would he feel about himself?
[Vic] So you are blaming Jensen,
you do blame Fallon Henley for that six man tag team match
a few weeks ago, bringing Miles more to the team. You blame them?
[Booker] Come on, Vic. We talking about old stuff.
We talking about the present right there.
We talking about Josh Briggs in the biggest match of his--
Oh, Vic.
[Vic] And Corbin taking full advantage and you can talk about here now.
Whatever Corbin said, a lesson will be learned on Saturday.
[Booker] Looking for just pulled out the leather strap
and about to teach this kid a hard lesson.
[Vic] End of days.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Baron Corbin.
[Booker] Give it up, Vic. Baron Corbin stands up, stands up.
[Vic] Not messing around as he gets closer
to that showdown with Braun Breaker.
Badass Braun breaker,
this Saturday
we find out if the little doggy
is all bark or if he bites.
I burned my past.
I'm looking at the future, Bron, you just saw yours.
E-O-D.
[Vic] Well, there is Bron Breakker and he is walking with purpose.
[Booker] No bread, no water, just meat. Oh, yes.
[muffled conversation]
[Vic] He didn't want to talk. He wants to fight.
[Booker] That's called still into the hood like that.
Take the first shot and hope you knock that man out.
Corbin swinging away on Bron.
We're trying to get some control out here.
Security, referees, we're gonna need more.
As we try to shift some gears, when we come back,
we are gonna take a look
at what's gonna happen this Saturday at No Mercy.
Lynch-Stratton for the NXT women's title.
It'll be Extreme Rules and No Mercy.
We are back on NXT.
[Shawn] Yeah.
-You got a minute? -[Shawn] Come on in.
We'd like to extend a special thank you
to Ryan Oakes and Loveless for Heavyweight.
The official theme song of No Mercy.
It's from the album Wake up, available now on Apple Music and Spotify.
Book, I gotta ask you, what do you make of
Trick Williams walking into Shawn Michaels office?
In a word, opportunity, baby. Opportunity.
I'll see. Well, opportunity knocks for Trick Williams,
but there's a huge opportunity this Saturday at No Mercy
for Tiffany Stratton to take back the NXT women's championship.
To do so, she's going to have to defeat Becky Lynch in Extreme Rules.
[Tiffany] I'm basically a perfect champion,
but when you're Tiffany Stratton, perfection comes easy.
I'm going to go down in history
as one of the best NXT Women's champions of all time.
I'm going to be a better champion than Bayley, than Asuka, Charlotte Flair.
I'm going to be a better champion than Becky Lynch.
But for now, I am going to remain at the tippy top.
Tiffany, seeing as I've won just about everything in this company
apart from one title and that title is hanging on your shoulder.
So it will be Tiffany Stratton versus THE MAN for the NXT Women's championship
in the main event.
Toodles.
[Booker] What a match. Different strategies.
Holding on to just one of the best in the world, the Band.
Becky Lynch. Snatch, grab, drop, manhandle, slam, cover.
[audience cheering] One! Two! Three!
[bell dings]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and new NXT women's champion.
THE MAN is the new NXT women's champion.
I want to elevate this title to heights it has never seen before.
[Tiffany] Let's be honest,
you're just desperate to stay in the main event picture.
So much so you call up the woman who's going to be in the main event
for the next decade. Becky's been in the WWE for what, nearly a decade?
I've been in this business for two years
and I went move for move with the Wrestle Mania main eventer.
I am the future of WWE
and I am a future two times NXT women's champion.
[THE MAN] You think I haven't seen this before?
You get a rocket strapped to your butt, everything handed to you.
And even after 10 years here, I want it more than you do.
Because you're not hungry enough.
I've only dealt with you for a month,
but I'm already sick of you.
[Becky] Tiffany, that's how you want to play in and at No Mercy.
It's going to be you and me. Extreme rules.
[Tiffany] I'm hungry to get my woman's title back.
Hungry to use any weapon I can get my hands on in that extreme rules match.
[Becky] NXT: No mercy.
Weapons will be used, bodies will be bruised.
One thing will remain the same and still, the NXT women's champ.
[Vic] No remorse. No surrender.
Extreme rules Saturday for the women's title at no Mercy.
[announcer] The following contest is a tag team match get a for one fall.
Introducing first Hank and Tank.
[Vic] Except for tag team action and take a look at quite the fun loving duo.
Hank and Tank. Kind of rolls off your tongue.
[music playing]
[announcer] And their opponents accompanied by Scrypts
Bronco Nima, Lucien Price. Out The Mud.
[Vic] These two teams, when you take a look at them on paper,
when you take a look at them up close, they couldn't be more obvious.
[Booker] Do you remember the old commercial, "Where's the beef?"
-[Booker] Here it is. Here it is. -[Vic] It's not that old.
[Booker and Vic lauging]
[Vic] But again, both these teams competing for that spot at the table.
Both these teams competing the heat with the tag team champions.
[Booker] It's an even match up. Big four young, hungry dogs.
A lot of problems. A lot of problems there.
I want to see exactly what they got in store for me here tonight.
Nima and Price. I like these guys.
[Vic] You know, I know how much you do like Nima-Price,
Hank-Tank in this match up as well.
Which team deserves that seat?
[Booker] Nobody. Nobody deserves anything.
You gotta go out there and prove your.
Your medal in this company here, it's all about going out there.
You know what it is, Winning!.
[Vic] Going right to the body.
And following right up is Hank.
And have you been intrigued with the idea
of partners fighting to become closer like Hank and Tank.
[Booker] You know what, I didn't agree with Hank and Tank
actually going out there and mixing it up.
But I'm gonna tell you, it was a great idea from Tank Ledger.
-It's something in this man's eye. -[Vic] Into the cover from Tank.
[unintelligible]
[Booker] That far away looking Tanks.
I like this guy. I like his attitude. Something about him.
[Vic] This could be a big moment for this team and oh--
Wow. Referee was distracted,
but Tank took his eye off the ball as well.
[Booker] He took his eye off the ball. You ain't lying.
Almost got his eye took out right there with that big back kick
by Lucien Price.
[Vic] You see Nima, you see Price and--
[Booker] I like these kids right here.
No, the thing is they grew up together.
They grew up together like Nipsey Hussle grinding all my life.
And right now get got a chance
to go to the top of this division together.
Oh, yes, man.
[Vic] Still to come, the strap match between Thorpe and Dijak.
You see Scrypts on the outside still trying figure out.
How does Scrypts get with this duo?
[Booker] Talk about Scrypts.
He's that legitimizer. He's that something that these two needed.
You always say hindsight is 20-20 with Scrypts.
He's been there, he's done that.
And now he has a chance to rewrite his history with these two.
From behind, Tank trying to get one tagging in Hank.
And now Hank back into the match up. And oh, a big fella. Take it to the air.
[Booker] What do you call that? The security, splash?
[Vic] Call whatever you want.
It was effective for that moment in time. And so was that right hand.
You know, you take a look at both these teams.
You take a look at the tag team division.
What do these teams need to do
to figure out how to take it to the next level?
[Booker] Step up, try to stay focused. One thing, that Bronco Lime--
[Vic] Nima.
[Booker] Nima, they got somebody in their back, somebody in their court.
I've been driving new guys around here.
A lot of guys got fired driving out left. It's a lot going on.
[Vic] Tag was made though.
Tank-- here goes Scrypts.
Scrypts and a referee, Chip Danning didn't see from behind.
-[Booker] Damn! -[Vic] Lucien Price.
[Booker] That's what I'm talking about.
That's that childhood friendship, knowing, you know what the play is and him.
Oh, big shot.
[Vic] Well, that might be the game winner.
[Booker] Oh, you gotta love it, man. I like these guys.
[announcer] Here are your winners. Bronco Nima and Lucien Price,
Out The Mud.
[Vic] Live by the motto O-T-M. Out The Mud.
It's safe to say, Nima and Price, just different.
[overlapping conversation]
Don't play, baby.
[overlapping conversation]
[workout music playing]
[Gigi grunting]
You're pathetic.
[Vic] The cold, calculated Blair to Ava strikes again.
But we're going to see some strikes in the strap match in just a moment.
There is Dijak making his way to the ring
because he'll be going one-on-one with Eddie Thorpe.
It's the strap match. It's next. It's live here on NXT.
Filling up on the bread. That's good wine.
Let me ask you guys something.
Why does it look like your chest was mauled by a saber toothed tiger, huh?
Are you disrespecting our grandfather?
No.
These tattoos are here as a reminder of who we are
and to keep the message of our grandfather alive.
A message that includes taking the NXT tag team titles.
Some message. Yeah.
Might be a long time before you send a return message, you know what I mean?
Speaking of family. Oh! Come on, they're good.
They've never held a weapon in their life, right?
Tony, I'm starving, man.
Hey, well, you came to the right place, pal.
I had him cook double of the, how do you say it?
The spicy meatballs for you, huh?
Some real Italian authentic food right here. Hey, we'll eat, we'll eat.
But we also came here to discuss business.
Unless you guys cut us out of No Mercy, Para Los Primos.
Come on, nothing's been settled yet.
Relax, eat something.
[unintelligible]
Is this the place where, you know.
-I know. What? -People had their last supper?
-You know they got food poisoning. -Poisoning?
No, come on. I thought a place up the street.
What are you talking about? You sure?
Don, Don O-K-M-O-T-W
G-O-O-D.
G-O--
-Good. -Oh, good.
Oh, look what we got here.
[muffled conversation]
Goes without saying, but no hard feelings out there, mate.
Absolutely, man.
I have nothing but respect for you and Dragon Lee,
But you have to understand though that
opportunities like this don't come along every day.
Exactly. We gotta grab these opportunities with both hands for sure.
-[Trick] Fellas. -Hey, Trick!
I just left Shawn Michael's office.
I wanted to let y'all know to your face, like me, tonight's triple threat match
has just become a fatal boy.
I'll see y'all out.
[Vic] Bate and Axiom, look ready for the competition.
Dirty Dom cannot be happy tonight.
[music playing]
[announcer] The following contest is in NXT strap match.
Introducing first, Eddie Thorpe.
[Vic] Well, there you see Eddie Thorpe's family,
his mother, father, sister, six year old niece
here live tonight for this strap match and Booker, it is pretty simple.
Egos, bodies are going to be bruised,
flesh is going to be ripped in just moments.
[Booker] Look at the energy this man brings to the ring.
Look at the people they love some Eddie Thorpe.
[Vic] You know how much this match up means to Eddie Thorpe
after everything that has been said by his opponent.
[music playing]
[announcer] And his opponent, Dijak.
[Vic] Continue to add on what I was saying, Booker,
did Dijak cross a line disrespecting a man's heritage?
[Booker] Of course, Vic.
I mean that's something you really don't want to play with,
especially with someone like Eddie Thorpe
who's cut from that same cloth as a Jim Thorpe,
the first native American, who won the gold medal back in the day 80s
and I'm sure, Eddie is looking for some gold himself here at NXT.
[Vic] You go back to what Dijak had done previously,
that the tree, that he lashed is on tribal land where Thorpe goes to talk
to his ancestors, where he goes to ground himself, to recharge, so to speak.
Huge slap in the face Eddie Thorpe and now the these two are tied together.
[Booker] It goes back for me with that NXT underground match with Thorpe in camp.
I'm gonna tell you that right there Dijak saw something
and said I want a piece of this action.
I want to try this kid out and see how good he really is.
[Vic] Let's not forget in the previous encounters between these two,
Had focused on the shoulders of Eddie Thorpe.
And this all began because Dijak was upset the locker room perceived Eddie Thorpe
to be the toughest in NXT because that fore mentioned underground match.
[Booker] But you got to know, who you picking a fight with.
I mean just get any thought he's going to fight back.
This, it's not like hitting a tree.
This guy's going to going to hit back and he's going to hit back pretty hard.
[Vic] Swing amidst by Dijak who just got tripped up and,
what do you hope these two have thought about heading in to this strap match.
-What do you think they've digested? -[Booker] You know, not just
[unintelligible]
the mental scars, the life lasting scars.
You're gonna wake up in a cold sweat thinking about this match
20 years from now. Oh, yes.
[Vic] Well, this match up will not be for the faint of heart
as there you see one more time,
Eddie Thorpe's family looking on again. The strap is legal.
Pinfall submission inside the center of the ring for these two superstars.
And just notice looking up for my monitor,
Dijak's wearing in the white belt.
That's the same belt that Dijak wore when he lashed the tree.
The same belt he wore when he mocked and disrespected the culture of Eddie Thorpe
several weeks ago.
[Booker] You look at this, a grown man. [unintelligible]
This kid's about justice, sometimes street justice,
which requires sometime capital punishment and he's all about that, Vic.
[Vic] Right back in between these two, and wait a minute,
Dijak now always teeing up. Thorpe sensed it.
Charging right in.
Again, there's not a lot of room for these two superstars
to get any sort of momentum.
The quarters are going to be close. That's the point of the strap.
[Booker] Not a lot of room.
But I'm going to tell you right now, Eddie Thornton needs to be one step ahead
and Dijak in this strap match.
Most recent strap match in NXT back war games in 2020.
-And Dijak now-- -[Booker] Oh, man!
[Vic] Just hear the snap of the leather.
And now, oh, a nasty landing and again, Thorpe is still connected to Dijak.
Dijak in control. Can Eddie Thorpe bounce back?
We knew this would not be for the fate at heart.
As this strap match continues, Dijak has been beating Thorpe,
battering him to a pulp in front of his family.
You're stuck.
[Vic] As his family looks on
and during the break moments ago, Dijak serving up some hard justice.
-Thorpe continuing to fight. -[unintelligible]
After everything we witnessed during the break.
[Booker] We don't call it pain game for nothing.
I mean, right now Eddie Thorpe is in what we call Dire Straits.
He's in a bad place, Vic.
[Vic] Got a strap match tonight this Saturday world heavyweight title.
[unintelligible] Rollins in a last man standing match.
But that is what Thorpe is trying to do tonight, be the last one to stand
and he just got rocked with a super kick.
Dijak continuing to stay on his feet
and one more time trying to use that strap to his advantage
but Thorpe able to counter and Thorpe's got a mount of comeback.
[Booker] Talk about that, talk about that locker room, Vic.
There's nothing soft about this man and he thought--
[Vic] Both men landed on their feet. Dijak continued to hold on
and just drop Thorpe spine first on the hardest part of the ring.
Dijak continuing it at all.
Come on, oh yeah. Right in front of Eddie Thorp's family
[Thorpe's family shouting]
And his six year old niece is heartbroken.
This isn't what she wants to see her uncle go through.
[Booker] Sick pleasure right here, Dijak is taking--
[Vic] Look at Dijak. Thorpe's defenseless.
[Thorpe's family shouting]
That's for you, kiddo.
[audience cheering]
[muffled conversation]
[Vic] This is hard. This is sickening, Book.
[Booker] Hey, come on, Vic. Come on, Vic.
[Vic] At some point, he across the line.
[Booker] Eddie Thorpe signed up for this.
He knew what he was getting to. He knew it.
He knew what this was all about.
[Vic] That's a six year old niece sitting in the front row.
Didn't come here to see this.
[Booker] Should have left her at home.
[Vic] Dijak…
which we talked about earlier.
The white belt mocking the culture.
Destroying that tree on the tribal land that Eddie Thorpe goes to,
as the NXT universe tries to rally Thorpe.
[Booker] I give Thorpe a lot of credit stepping up and taking this fight.
But right now he's gonna have to fight and fight hard, Vic.
He's gonna have to fight hard if he's gonna run the disc storm.
[Vic] Thorpe isn't just doing this for himself.
He's doing this for everyone.
For his culture, for his heritage, for his niece, his mom, his dad,
his sister and himself.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] And Dijak will regret the day
that he stepped on that sacred ground.
Just got dropped.
[Booker] Got to know you're picking a fight with big.
This kid right here, Eddie Thorpe stepping into this NXT ring.
He's been one of the toughest fighters we've ever seen.
What now running through the mind of--
-[Booker] Oh yes. -[Vic] Drops that elbow.
[audience cheering] One! Two! Three!
Thorpe survives our strap match.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Eddie Thorpe.
[Vic] And I can only imagine the feeling…
[Booker] What a fight!
[Vic] …that's going through his family at this moment.
[Booker] What a fight.
Give it up for Eddie Thorpe, Vic.
[Vic] NXT universe on their feet.
Back to the closing moment.
Eddie Thorpe, this was for a lot of his family,
for a lot of the pain
-that his family has gone through. -[audience cheering] One! Two! Three!
[Vic] Wait. Come on.
What the hell, Booker?
[Booker] Won the battle, but the war continues, man.
[audience booing]
[audience cheering] Dijak sucks!
[Vic] And again, Dijak going overboard.
Again, this is his type of justice.
This is what he wants to serve up here at NXT.
[Booker] Street justice, Vic.
[Vic] This isn't street justice. This is going too far.
[Booker] This is gotta be punishment right here.
That's enough.
[Vic] We're going to need more than just one official with trying to stop Dijak.
[unintelligible]
Thea, how's the new gear looking? You almost ready?
[Thea] Almost. It looks so good. I'll be right out.
Perfect.
Everyone's gonna go crazy for us now.
[Vic] Hail Palmer next.
She listens to me. She loves me.
[Bianca] For nearly 10 years,
we have asked the WWE Universe to join us in fighting
pediatric cancer and support the superstars of tomorrow.
And you didn't disappoint.
You found creative ways to raise money to fund research.
Running, baking, tailgating, making art, playing video games.
And this year, we are spotlighting the top fundraisers
with a chance to meet me.
Or me as a thank you for raising funds for critical research.
[Cody] Go to v.org/connorscureuniverse to find out more and to get started today.
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Dani Palmer.
[Vic] Oh, Dani Palmer getting set for action.
But, Booker, we actually got an update on Gigi Dolin's condition.
Because after what Blair Davenport did earlier tonight,
another heinous unprovoked attack. Dolin is unable to--
Oh, what a shame. Poor Gigi can't go tonight.
I guess her torch little soul isn't quite as resilient as she thought.
Gigi, next time you want to play my game, remember how you feel right now.
Because next time it's going to be far worse.
[Booker] You all right?
-[Vic] You think this is funny? -[Booker] You good?
You just got to man handled, you know that, man.
[music playing]
[rock music playing]
[announcer] And her opponent accompanied by Jacy Jayne.
Thea Hail.
[Vic] Now go ahead. Book. Talk about the Thea Hail,
cause you're already sweating.
[Booker] No, man, just, I'm gonna sit back and watch this.
I don't know why people don't want Thea Hail to pull up.
I mean, Miley Cyrus, once upon a time was Hannah Montana,
but now she's the wrecking ball, man.
And right now, we looking at Thea Hail, she's scoring up.
She's not just that kid next door, man. She's a woman.
Give her a prop.
[Vic] I gotta be honest, if anyone had you making
a Hannah Montana reference on their bingo card tonight.
Kind of threw me off for a little bit.
[Booker] You make me fall, Vic.
[Vic] Dani Palmer's been on a steady rise on this brand.
This would be a huge opportunity for Palmer.
[bell dings]
And you know, we want to let everyone know that Danny Palmer will be competing
in the upcoming Women's Breakout tournament.
So how big could this match be
into building a little bit of momentum towards that tournament?
[Booker] Big match up for Dani,,
but I must say that Thea Hail was on the roll.
She just started believing in herself
before that debacle at Great American Battle.
We don't need to talk about that.
But she is definitely coming up, Thea Hail.
[Vic] Women's breakout tournament starts next Tuesday.
Bracket will be revealed this Saturday at No Mercy,
as we're back, focus on this one-on-one contest.
As you see, Jacy Jayne on the outside
and look Thea Hail gave Jayne credit
not only for the wardrobe upgrade,
but also maybe a little bit of a change in attitude.
[Booker] You gotta give Jacy Jayne a whole lot of credit.
Who do you think knows more about Thea Hale?
Jacy Jayne.
-[Booker] Come on. Come on, man. -[Vic] Jacy does.
[Booker] Come on. Be honest with yourself for a second.
I mean right now, Jacy Jayne she's been there, she's done.
Once upon a time, she was Thea Hail. Come on, man.
[Vic] Another nice take down. Palmer picking up some speed.
And coming up, the number one contender, Fatal four way match up.
Who is headed to Bakersfield, who is headed to no Mercy,
who will challenge Dominik Mysterio
for the North American championship?
Dani Palmer now getting turned around inside out and dropped right back down.
You know, I'm glad you brought up Chase U
because what must his students out there be thinking?
What must Mr. Chase-- shoulders down, able to roll out.
What must Mr. Chase be thinking?
She's going to be a distraction in class dressed like this.
[Booker] You know what they think at Chase U, that Thea Hail transferred
and you know what university she's going to right now, it's called womanhood.
That's what it's called.
[Vic] That's fake news. She didn't transfer.
As into the cover goes Hail,
hook of the leg and Palmer able to kick out.
Look what we do know,
both these women won an opportunity at the NXT Women's championship.
We know Saturday in Bakersfield, Extreme rules between Strat,
between Lynch for the NXT women's title.
We also know that she cannot beat Natalya on Raw for a future opportunity.
Let's not count Dani Palmer out because with that gymnastics background mix now
with you know what she knows in this business, she's mixing it up pretty well.
And maybe the kill shot right here for--
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] Oh, wow.
[Vic] All the twists and turns, nothing landed for Palmer.
She goes up, she goes around and she gets locked in to the Kimura.
No where to go, Palmer's got attack.
[bell dings]
[announcer] Here is your winner by submission, Thea Hail.
[Vic] New music, new wardrobe, new friend, big result.
[Booker] Welcome to womanhood, Thea Hale.
[Vic] Look at the pure athleticism though, for Dani Palmer, showing you to watch.
She's been on that steady rise.
It was so close, but it was not able to connect.
But for Thea Hail, using some of that tutelage she's worn in
the past to lock in that Kimura.
-Cinch it in, get the tap out, -[bell dings]
and get a major, major statement victory.
Look at Jacy.
I'm in my bag right now. I'm in my bag right now.
I just showed Gacy why the whole world be chanting wolf that tree.
And now I'm gonna show the rest of the world, why?
Hey, what's up, bro?
You listening? Hey man, I hear you. I hear you.
-You did your thing against Gacy. -Yeah.
Yeah, I knew you would, man.
You about to go on to that fatal four way, right?
-Exactly. Fatal four way match tonight. -Let's go.
I win this match tonight, I go to No Mercy.
And then I face Dom for the North American championship.
My first title shot.
My first title shot, man.
Hey, what's up, bro?
Am I on mute or something?
Hey man, listen, I'm hearing you, but look, I got so much to deal with
with this contract signing in Italy out there, man.
There's a lot going on. I gotta handle this, man.
I gotta lock in. I hope you understand, bro.
-Yeah, yeah, I understand. -Okay.
You handle that.
-Yeah. -I got my own business I can handle.
Okay.
[Vic] Contract signing still to come.
But now we're gonna find out who is the number one contender
for the North American title.
-[music playing] -[bell dings]
[announcer] The following is a fatal four way number one contenders match
for the NXT North American championship.
Introducing first, Dragon Lee.
[Vic] This match started as a triple threat at about 7:30.
It was an announcement from Shawn Michaels.
It now turns into a fatal four way.
Who's headed to Bakersfield? Who's headed to No Mercy?
Who's the number one contender for the North American title?
[interviewer] Baron, what did you think about Bron Breaker interrupting?
Stop! Listen, I don't have time for your stupid question.
Badass Bron Breakker thinks he's intimidating people.
He's not! This Saturday, No Mercy.
He's getting his ass whooped and that's all--
[both grunting]
[overlapping converstion]
[Vic] These two can't be separated tonight.
What's going to happen at no Mercy
[Booker] Going to be settled, that's what's going to happen.
[announcer] And their opponent, Axiom.
[Vic] There we see Tyler Bate.
You just heard Axiom. We saw Dragon Lee.
Of course, Trick Williams. There are the four superstars.
Four runner, one leaves.
The winner will become the number one contender
to the North American championship.
And of course that becomes Dominik Mysterio's opponent at no Mercy.
And, Axiom and Bate just dropped Williams.
Of course, they weren't very happy when Trick came in and said,
"This triple threat was a fatal four way."
[Booker] All of this man, Vic, you know, one door close,
another one just may open for one of these individuals, who is it gonna be?
And we're coming up a hell of a night for this man right here.
Dragon Lee, just 24 hours removed from that spectacle
with Dominic Mysterio just last night.
[Vic] Now Dragon Lee said "Dirty Dom is no honor."
No championship integrity will have to earn,
however, his way back into the championship picture
have to admit, Dirty Dom did get his way.
Did earn a victory on Raw, gotta give him some respect.
[Booker] What a victory it was. I mean,
those two went out there and rocked him all night long
and their fans really gravitated to this man right here, Dragon Lee.
Oh, and Axiom dropping Dragon Lee,
of course, Dragon Lee with that championship integrity comment
in the also clarify that unlike Dominic's father, Ray.
Ray Mysterio, who defends the United States championship,
Friday on Smack Down against Santos Escobar.
But right now, who will be the number one contender for the North American title?
Dragon Lee setting his sights as the bodies on the outside.
They let the bodies hit the floor.
[Booker] Okay, I don't know if this is the game plan right now,
but Trick Williams has,
you know, haven't got out the blocks just yet, but right now
look like he, he's in a.
In a fallable position right here for Dragon Lee.
[Vic] Oh, look, Dragon Lee, you know, trying to bounce back.
As you mentioned, after that match of 24 hours ago for Trick Williams,
this is his second match of the night.
He's already competed and now a Boston Crab.
But a submit, a double submission?
[Booker] Who's going to win this match, I mean, if he taps in?
[Vic] Axiom now trying to play the numbers.
Referee's in great position.
What does Axiom do?
[Booker] Better do something quick.
[Vic] Axiom jump on the back of Williams.
[Booker] The hell is going on here?
[Vic] You're right. Who taps, who wins?
Who goes to Bakersfield?
Bate trying to look around. Oh, that's one way to break the hold.
And all three men are down.
And the one standing is the big strong boy who didn't win the Group A final.
[unintelligible]
Could still get a golden opportunity?
[Booker] [unintelligible] to walk away North America champion.
All of that goes away. Vic.
[Vic] Of course, Butch won the Invitational earlier tonight.
Will face Noam Dar
for the Heritage cup at No Mercy in Bakersfield this Saturday.
Williams just dropped Bate and for Trick Williams, he's making moves,
or as Titus O'Neal would say, making million dollar moves.
[Booker] Oh, yeah, big money moves.
One thing I like about Trick Williams, he needs to get hit before he wake up,
before he gets down-- Oh, that big wake up blow.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] He doubled up, worked up.
[Vic] Trick Williams fired up!
Who's headed to California?
Back live, North American Championship
number one contender, fatal four way match up.
Tyler Bate just got countered.
Axiom into the cover, Is Axiom headed to Bakersfield?
And Bate keeping his championship hopes alive.
As one more time charging Axiom trying to counter back through his feet,
almost got rocked instead.
Half and half German, just dropped Bate on his head.
And now going right in on Trick Williams.
And look at Axiom hitting anything and everything that moves.
Look, Shawn Michaels made the right call before we went on air.
Making a number one contender to what was a triple threat match,
turned into a fatal four way match as we carried through NXT.
[unintelligible]
[Booker] That's what it's all about opportunity
here at this match up here. Oh yes.
Let's talk about this man right here, Axiom
[Vic] Axiom. Axiom.
Axiom into the cover and Dragon Lee breaking it up.
Something else I want to point out though, because of Shawn Michael's decision
just before we went on the air,
none of these four men were prepared for this match up.
Trick Williams knew he was competing, but the other three did. Not tonight.
[Booker] Yeah, and I always say preparation is the only look
you're going to have with this match up right here.
You just got to throw caution to the man.
You just got to let it all hang out. It's a lottery ticket on the line, man.
[Vic] Dragon Lee had his opportunity last night,
had to fight his way back into a championship opportunity.
Can he do so tonight?
Goes up, goes around. Looking to play it with a power bomb.
[Booker] That could be it.
[Vic] Is he heading to California?
Oh, William and Axiom breaking up.
At the last moment we talk about No Mercy.
Still to come in moments,
the championship contract signing between Hayes and Dragunov.
But we're going to find out who's facing Dirty Dom in Bakersfield.
[audience cheering NXT]
There's Trick Williams here.
Trick received some support earlier from the fore mentioned Carmelo Hayes.
[Booker] You know what I think it was. But I'm tell you right now,
this kid, he's a solo actor, he's a leading man
and all he's looking for is that story role.
Is it going to be at No Mercy?
[Vic] Williams made his own opportunity tonight,
and now trying to make his own opportunity again. Two for one.
[Booker] Double book in, double book in.
-[Vic] Cover, cover. -[audience counting] One, Two--
[Vic] Oh, some would call it a double rock bottom.
Some might call it [unintelligible]
[Booker] Why you want to go there?
[Vic] I'm just saying, I'm looking at Trick Williams right now.
Trick Williams hitting on all cylinders.
[audience cheering]
Trying to be serenaded by the NXT universe.
Oh, DDT by Bates.
[Booker] Nasty, nasty spot right there. I mean a gnarly, gnarly pup.
He just took on the top of the cranium.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] And there goes Dragon Lee for the ride--
Oh, no way,
Booker. There's no way.
[Booker] Talking about double up. Here we go.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] That was aggressive.
[Vic] What a fatal four way match up this has been.
Dragon Lee wiped out, but look who's on his feet, it's Trick Williams.
-Williams, though, didn't clear. Tyler Bate, Bate into the cover.
[audience cheering] One! Two!
-in one more-- Oh! -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Canadian driver, after breaking up the count by Axiom.
All four Superstars are down.
What action in this main event match up?
These four showing you what they're willing to do
to become the number one contender to get their name on the marquee,
like No Mercy, take a look at this action.
Have you ever seen something like that?
[unintelligible]
[audience cheering]
[Vic] There's the NXT universe conductor.
Because this is our main event, as Tyler Bate bump in pain.
[Booker] Bump in pain.
[Vic] And Axiom gets dropped.
Big right hand from Williams.
Super kick under the jaw. Second one countered.
Williams gets caught again. Axiom charging in.
Dragon Lee was ready for it. Lee catches Axiom.
And now look who's standing.
It's Dragon Lee.
[Booker] Dragon Lee, so close, Vic.
[Vic] Lee said he needed one more opportunity.
He knows he can defeat Dirty Dom.
He knows he can win the North American title.
And Bate just getting back up.
[Booker] It's going to be about stamina tonight, Vic.
Who wants it the most?
That's what it's all about here in this match up.
[Vic] Well, these were the three Superstars who were originally supposed
to be in this match up.
They just got wiped out.
[Booker] Nobody asked him. This guy has been so close, Vic.
So close to glory. Could this be? Oh my god.
[Vic] This has been that moment for Axiom.
He's in the cover, the count it-- Oh.
[Booker] What the--
[Vic] Somehow Lee just kicked out.
[Booker] Wow.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Dragon Lee charging right back in.
And he drops Axiom, into the cover, to go to Bakersfield.
Williams wisely. Oh. Headbutt Drop Williams.
Bate got dropped. Wait a minute. Williams. Williams. He did it.
[bell dings]
[Booker laughing] Yeah.
[announcer] Here is your winner, Trick Williams.
[audience cheering]
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Reality is setting in for Trick Williams.
[Booker] Yeah.
I like it. What a night, Vic?
[Vic] Trick Williams is making his own opportunity.
He marched into Shawn Michaels office. He said he wanted the opportunity.
He was granted the opportunity.
And what action in this fatal four way match up?
We could take nothing away from any of the competitors
as they pulled out all the stops to earn the opportunity
including Axiom, who was waiting for his big moment.
He's had encounters with Dirty Dom in the past,
and here we thought it was Axiom who was headed to Baker--
But Dragon Lee showed you that fighting spirit as he was able to kick out,
but take a look at the closing moments of this match up.
First, there was Dragon Lee, who was able to drop Axiom.
Trick Williams broke the hole,
but the headbutt dropped Axiom-- or dropped Dragon Lee,
which inadvertently dropped Tyler Bate, which allowed Trick Williams
to punch his ticket and become the number one contender.
[audience cheering]
Is it his time? We will find out on Saturday in Bakersfield.
Williams-Mysterio, for the North American Championship.
Oh, that was good. That was good.
[overlapping coonversation]
Oh, you're finally here.
We asked you to impress us and you did.
Hank and Tank ain't no joke. You earned yourself a seat at the table.
Yeah, you must have worked up an appetite, so pull up a chair.
You know what? We'll get a booster seat for Scrypts.
Hey, don't disrespect my man's like. Come on, bro.
It's good.
I brought some cheese for these rats anyway.
-Oh. -What'd you say?
We ain't come here to break bread with none of you.
I did. That focaccia bread was amazing.
It was good. It was good.
At least someone's enjoying our hospitality, huh?
Gentlemen, which team is it going to be at No Mercy?
To us, there's only one team to pick.
Yeah, and we're the team to pick
because nobody can even remember when the last time you guys won was.
Was it before or after your little siesta?
Oh, you guys were too busy praying to get your jobs back, right?
Praying to get our jobs back, no, we did that in a cage match,
but maybe you guys weren't awake yet to see it.
Is there any more of that chicken dish?
-Ow. Come on. -Hey, man, this meal's free.
And Mom's cooking wasn't as good as this.
-Mom's was good, too. -It was all right.
Yo, listen, man, it's time for some new blood in this division.
You call us here, but you disrespect us.
You ain't gonna say Lucien and Bronco's name?
This man must want a cakewalk in California.
This guy must be a mind reader now.
Hey, who you calling cakewalk?
-Ooh. Somebody say cake? -Stop.
-What? -The match that everybody wants to
see is Tony D and Stacks versus the Creed brothers.
Former champs, current champs, titles on the line.
Hey, hold up, man. Everybody begging for a shot.
Look, we don't beg, parranda.
You gonna give it to us or this place gonna get dirty real quick.
You ain't telling me he was rolling like that.
Sit down and everybody shut up.
Here's what we're gonna do. Everyone here made some good cases.
It's our first title defense on a PLE.
We don't want anybody saying, "Oh, you picked your favorites."
You took that easy road, none of that.
Look, it's high risk, but we want to see all of your ugly mugs, at No Mercy.
If you don't like it, there's the door.
I didn't think so.
And we procured your favorite beverages to make this official.
Right.
To the fate of Four Way. Salud.
[all] Salud.
A fatal Four Way Tag team title match at No Mercy.
And Dom, we now know you'll be defending your North American championship
against Trick Williams this Saturday.
Big deal. Shawn Michaels throwing me a curve ball. I'm not impressed.
I'm gonna whoop that Trick just like I did Dragon Lee last night.
By the way, thanks for the black eye.
HBK needs to realize, you don't run NXT.
I run NXT.
On Saturday, I'm gonna whoop Trick Williams.
I'm gonna destroy Trick just like I destroyed Dragon Lee.
[Dom grunting]
[muffled conversation]
[referee] Come on. That's it. That's it.
Lee, come on, let's go. Dragon Lee. Come on.
That's enough. Come on. Let's go. Go. Let's go. Let's go to the back.
Hey, man, I'm proud of you.
Yeah, look, look at no Mercy, you and I,
hey, we both walking out that place here.
It's Trick-Melo gang.
We always going to be here.
We going to handle this business.
-Rest up. Yeah, yeah. -Your thing, dog. Okay.
This is Eyewitness News at Center. Bengals training camp is underway.
Hello everybody and welcome to WCW, Saturday night.
[Vic] There will be no remorse. There will be no surrender.
Becky Lynch defends the NXT women's title against Tiffany Stratton
in extreme rules match at No Mercy this Saturday.
Butch won the Global Heritage Invitational earlier tonight.
Can he capture he prestigious Heritage cup on Saturday?
The Brawling Brutes faces Noam Dar at No Mercy.
Tickets available at axs.com
In Bakersfield, Bron and wreak Baron look to seek and destroy.
Tempers have flared all night in the powder can will explode
Saturday at No Mercy.
Eight Eastern, five Pacific on WWE, on Peacock.
And the table is now set.
But which of these four teams will leave with the gold?
The family defends the NXT tag team titles in a fatal four way, at No Mercy.
Trick Williams made the opportunity for himself.
Will he make the most of it Saturday as Dirty Dom doesn't have the night off.
The North American Championship will be on the line at No Mercy.
And these two want to leave no doubt who is the best? Whose legacy is bigger?
Whose dynasty is stronger? It's the rematch the universe has won.
Dragunov pays for the NXT title, Saturday, at no Mercy.
But first we put pen to paper.
[announcer] Please welcome Ilja Dragunov.
[Vic] And the NXT universe has been clamoring for this rematch.
They want to see who is the better man, at No Mercy.
Again, as I mentioned in Bakersfield,
tickets are only available at axs.com
For this match up Booker, what are you looking for?
Because when we get there Saturday,
I don't think there's going to be any filling out process.
I think these two are going to go right at each other, right from the jump.
[Booker] There's going to be one for the age.
One that we can look back and say, man, I was down here in Bakersfield
with Ilja Dragunov, went one-on-one with Carmelo Hayes, that man.
[audience cheering]
[music playing]
[announcer] Introducing, the NXT champion,
Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] I've asked this a few times over the last few weeks
and tonight it somewhat seemed he was distracted,
whether it was his phone, whether it was social media.
Is Carmelo Hayes listening to the outside noise a little too much?
[Booker] I don't think it's the outside noise.
I think it's the man that is going to be across from him
in Bakersfield at No Mercy, Ilja Dragunov.
Guy that he's been in the ring with a guy that he's very familiar with
and he knows what Ilja Dragunov brings to the table
and how bad Ilja Dragunov wants that NXT championship.
It's a dynasty, it's a destiny,
as Dragunov already focused on the gold.
Ilja, you and I both know that everything that happened last week,
there's really nothing for us to talk about.
So let's just sign this contract
and we'll see each other on Saturday, at No Mercy.
Do you actually realize that at that moment
you're always the wrong person at the wrong time?
And I'm fully convinced that
you're just the wrong man for the NXT championship.
Okay, okay, hold on, hold on.
Wrong person at the wrong time.
Kind of like you at Great American Bash, huh?
[audience booing]
Look, I didn't plan for it to go down like that.
I didn't call that shot, but Ilja, it was what it was.
I didn't walk into Great American Bash thinking that I wasn't going to beat you
and now I'm walking into No Mercy knowing that I'm going to beat you
and I will beat you.
You see, Melo, you just explained yourself in front of me and that hurt, right?
And I can clearly see
that you struggle outside of your comfort zone, of your own confidence.
So, at no Mercy,
you shall know real unbearable pain,
when you face a dragon spitting fire--
Hold on, hold on.
You're talking about me struggling with my confidence.
You know what, okay, for the first time ever,
I struggled with my confidence, but only for a small minute,
and I checked myself,
but you want to talk about unbearable pain?
Unbearable pain is you believing your own hype,
your own hype that you beat me
at Great American Bash when everyone here knows that you did not.
These people, they know.
And deep inside yourself, you know as well that I did
and on Saturday, it's my destiny, and I won't stop, but--
I'm not talking about some kind of prophecy. I talk about destiny.
But let me ask you a question.
What do you do
when you throw everything you have at me
and I don't stay down?
Wait, wait, wait. What do you do when you shoot
you're a best shot that I don't know. You miss.
Did you prepare yourself to answer. To answer these questions?
Well, Ilja, the reality is that being NXT champion,
it's not about how much pain you can endure.
It's not about how many veins you can make pop out of your head.
It's about being undeniable. It's about being "Him".
[audience cheering]
And one thing that I want you to realize,
Ilja, is I'm not like any of these guys that you've beaten before.
I'm not Wes, I'm not Oro, I'm not Trick.
[IIja] Oh! Oh!
-Wow. -[Melo] No, no, no.
No.
Listen, will be the one to push you to your limits at NXT, No Mercy,
because I'm the NXT champ for a freaking reason
and at No Mercy, we did all those what if's.
You will do nothing because you can do nothing.
I'm finished with letting destiny slipping through my fingers.
So you, if you want to push me to places beyond my limits, great.
Because everything you will find there
is a nightmare you won't forget for the rest of your life!
And when I get crowned
the new NXT champion,
you will realize that your dynasty has fallen.
Long live the Zar.
Ilja, now that I signed this contract,
I want you to understand something,
this NXT championship, it's bigger than you and I.
When I carry this championship,
it represents a beacon of hope for kids that look like me.
For anyone who's ever shot their shot in the dark and prayed that it went in,
do I think that you can be NXT champion
and carry this and all its responsibilities?
Absolutely. But do I think that you can do it better than Carmelo Hayes?
Absolutely not.
[Vic] There is no fear in the eyes of the champion,
no doubt in the mind of the challenger.
It's the rematch the universe has won in.
It happens Saturday at No Mercy in Bakersfield.
And Booker, I just got some big news from the desk of Shawn Michaels.
From the office of the Heartbreak Kid. Dirty Dom thinks he runs NXT.
That's not the case because I just received word
that this weekend when Trick Williams
faces Dominic Mysterio for the North American Championship,
Dragon Lee is going to be the special guest referee in Bakersfield.
You do not want to miss.
Every championship will be defended Saturday at No Mercy--
I'm receiving. What the hell's going.
They're fighting where? What the hell's going on?
[Vic] Booker, these two are in the parking lot.
It's Corbin. It's Breakker.
[Booker] Starting early, Vic. This is serious business.
[overlapping chattering]
[Booker] Whoa.
That's it. Knock it off. You too.
Hey, no, no, no, no. No more.
That's it, guys. Come on.
[Vic] We're going to get some more security.
These two might not make it to Saturday.
[Booker] Vic, like I said, this two grown men, two grown ass men
and this is a fight.
Come on, bro. Stop.
No, no, no, no.
Alright, boys, Let's go ahead.
[unintelligible]
No need to do this.
[overlapping conversation]
Stop! Let's go.
Come man, get out of here.
[Vic] Again are these two even going to be able to make it to No Mercy?
Are they going to be able to make it to Bakersfield, California?
Booker, something's gotta be done.
Now where are they going?
Come on, bro. Come on, get out of here. Where you going? Come right here.
[both grunting]
[Vic] Oh, crap.
They just went through the office and Shawn Michaels.
There's no length, these two won't go.
No regret. No compassion. Saturday, NXT shows No Mercy.
Subtitles: Soumya Maney . Saturday, NXT shows No Mercy.