[WWE intro music]
[male narrator 1] Then.
[man 1] Whoa!
[The Rock] Can you smell…
[male narrator 1] Now.
[man 3] Acknowledge me.
[man 4] The king of kings.
[man 5] You can't see me.
[male narrator 1] Forever.
Together.
[WWE music ends]
[clicking]
[tense music starts]
[sirens]
-[tense music ends] -[explosions and rattling]
[beeping]
[male narrator 2] NXT.
No Mercy.
-[glass crashing] -[metal music starts]
[man 6] Dig, diggity, dig.
Dig, diggity, dog.
NXT is back on the road
with the return…
of No Mercy.
[Dragunov] The NXT title is mine.
Carmello Hayes is mine!
[Hayes] Ilja, there is no asterisk next
to our match at Great American Bash,
but let's see who the best is
in Bakersfield, California
for this NXT Championship.
[beeping]
[electronic whirring]
[Vic] After winning the Global Heritage Invitational,
Butch isn't done yet.
The Brawling Brutes challenge Noam Dar
for the NXT Heritage Cup
at No Mercy.
[beeping]
[electronic whirring]
[Corbin] Bron Breakker,
You should want my respect. Instead, you spit on it.
[Breakker] I don't care about your respect!
I don't need it.
I don't want it.
[music intensifies]
[screaming]
[Vic] Dirty Dominik Mysterio.
to face the NXT North American Championship
against Trick Williams.
And the special guest referee
is going to be Dragon Lee.
[Williams] Let's talk about it.
Melo already has his championship
at No Mercy.
I think it's time I go get mine.
I'm going to whoop Trick Williams.
I'm going to destroy Trick,
just like I destroyed Dragon Lee.
[beeping]
[music continues]
[Lynch] The man has come around
to N-Becks-T.
[Vic] For the first time in her career,
Becky Lynch has captured
the NXT Women's Championship.
[Stratton] I know you're a Wrestle Mania main eventer.
You're the man. But I am Tiffany Stratton.
I am getting a rematch.
I deserve a rematch.
[Lynch] Tiffany, that's how you want to play it,
then at No Mercy,
it's going to be you and me.
Extreme rules!
[music continues]
[Lynch] This NXT
has the same feel,
as the NXT I came up with.
And when it comes down to is who wants it more.
Welcome to the big time!
-[metal music ends] -[beeping]
[male narrator 1] And now, WWE presents NXT No Mercy.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] We welcome everyone
to the wild, wild west,
live in Bakersfield,
in a state that's untouchable, like Eliot Ness.
Tonight, every NXT championship is on the line
on a night we show no mercy.
[crowd] NXT! NXT! NXT!
[dogs barking]
[dogs exhaling]
[dogs barking]
[sirens]
[dogs barking]
[Bron Breakker's music starts]
-Uh! Uh! Uh! -[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
Bron Breakker!
[Vic] Booker, the first match
of the night is a battle for dominance.
Bron Breakker is unlike any NXT superstar
we've seen in recent memory.
He's truly a rare breed.
[Booker] Just like that house
at the end of the corner
that's got that dog,
that you don't want to go that route.
When you're at the bus,
you want to get off at the next stop.
You do not want to do anything
as far as going past that house.
We're talking about no bread,
no water.
Just meat.
[motorcycle revving]
[Baron Corbin's music starts]
[Alicia] And his opponent,
Baron Corbin!
[Vic] Corbin is not taking his eyes
as he rides down to the ring
to take on Breakker.
This is a fight,
both these men need to have, though, right?
[Booker] That lone wolf. You say need, Vic.
I'd say this match was…
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
This match… [coughing]
This match was necessary, Vic.
I'm talking about to separate the men
from the boys.
[Vic] Corbin going around, there is some extra security ringside,
These two fought all around the arena
this past Tuesday.
Even broke through the wall
into the office of Shawn Michaels.
[Booker] It's about to get busy, man.
Oh, yes! These two grown ass men,
about to fight.
[Vic] Cannot stand each other.
Had to have separate entrances
into the arena,
-Earlier today, here in Bakersfield. -[Booker] Oh, yes!
Gets some, want some.
But you better be big enough
and bad enough to take some.
[woman screaming]
[Vic] The bad ass, Breakker… I didn't [chuckles].
I can't believe the way we're starting.
And right off rip.
[crosstalk]
Bron ain't going to give a damn about security
around the ring.
The bell hasn't even sounded.
[Booker] Get out and let them fight.
-This is a fight. -[Vic] Wait, Book!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic laughing]
[Vic] This isn't Extreme Rules, like our main even tonight,
but things are getting taken to another level.
[Booker] Take it to the street!
That's what this is.
[Vic] There is no California love being shown
in this match up early on. And as I mentioned,
the official, Derrick Sanders,
has not even ring the bell.
This match up hasn't officially begun.
[Booker] You're getting all your rap mentions in tonight.
-[Vic] I appreciate you-- -[Booker] Getting close to pop territory.
[crowd cheering]
[Bron groans]
[Vic] Bron Breakker said this brand, the NXT Universe,
he doesn't care about anything.
Certainly not going to show any respect
to Baron Corbin.
[Booker] Vic, Bron Breakker is on his own island, right now.
He's not thinking about anything,
other than going out there
and creating his own,
his own destiny, Vic.
And I love that.
I love… Whoa, yes!
-That's what I'm-- -[Vic] He doesn't care about security.
[Booker] Back up.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] These two haven't gotten in the ring.
[Booker] Oh, big shot!
Big shot by that lone wolf.
-That twinkle in eye, Vic. -[Vic] Not a good twinkle. That's evil.
[Booker] It tells me a lot, man.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] This match up hasn't even begun, yet.
But this is how it began.
Bron Breakker taking to the air.
[crowd cheering]
-Now it's spilling out in front of us. -[Booker] Oh, here we go.
Here we go, Vic.
Make sure you pack your bag.
[groans]
[Vic] I can't get over how this started.
And again,
you can't even ring the bell,
because they haven't gotten into the ring.
What are you doing?
[crowd] Oh!
[crowd] NXT! NXT! NXT!
[Vic] Corbin just bounced off the table.
Finally, they're in the ring for the first time.
We have two superstars
in the ring, here in Bakersfield.
-[bell ringing] -[Booker] I'm sure he cracked it.
He could've cracked a rib, as well, Vic.
-[Vic] Could've cracked anything. I've… -[wrestlers groan]
[Vic] never seen anything like this
to start a night.
[crowd cheering]
[Corbin groans]
-[Corbin groans] -[ref] One, two…
[crowd cheering]
[Breakker groans]
[thud]
[crowd] One, two…
[crowd cheering]
[thud]
[crowd cheering]
[thud]
[Breakker groans]
[Corbin groans]
[ref] [indistinct]
[Corbin] Say what?
-[ref] [indistinct] -[Corbin] Say what?
[ref] [indistinct]
[Corbin groans]
[Breakker groans]
[Vic] Sorry for the technical difficulties,
when Baron Corbin did the senton, bouncing off our table,
knocked some wires. Corbin into the cover.
Hook of the leg.
and Bron Breakker able to kick out at two.
[Breakker] [indistinct]
[Vic] Can you hear me?
-[Booker] I'm good. -[Vic] I hear you.
We're back in a big clothesline by Corbin.
[laughing] What a way to start.
-[Vic] No Mercy. -[Booker] Yes, indeed.
Baron Corbin came back here
to NXT to show these young guys
in that locker room what it means to be a real man.
And I love that.
[Vic] Take another look. Just feel this impact.
Boom! Right to the throat.
You bring up a good point
because Corbin said the locker room
should want his respect.
Some superstars have.
Bron Breakker has not.
But he believes Bron's heinous actions towards Von Wagner,
that was done to gain his attention. But right now, all the attention
is on the strength of Bron Breakker.
[Booker] Yes, Bron Breakker dropped a hammer right there.
But going back to that situation,
you think Baron Corbin came out there
for that, that's what you think?
-Let me tell you-- -[Vic] Those are his words.
[Booker] Look at Corbin, he's the master manipulator.
He wanted a piece of the action.
He wanted to perhaps ride on the coattail
of this young man, Breakker, and he didn't have any of that.
-That's what that was about! -[Vic] These two, the definition
of AI, I don't mean artificial intelligence.
I'm talking about Alpha intensity, here tonight.
[Booker] Both have that mentality, going out there
in the top dog, here in the NXT ten years.
Who's going to walk out tonight
here at No Mercy having that title,
that moniker?
We got to… Oh, yes!
We're going to find out tonight.
[Vic] Bron didn't run to Corbin.
Bron Breakker just tried to run through Baron Corbin.
[Booker] That dog, Vic.
That's the dog in this young man.
And I love him, ever since he was a little bitty boy.
Vic I'm talking about Pop Warner high school, college.
He's always been that guy
that's been testing himself.
And now tonight, the ultimate test.
[Vic] Now, the ultimate test. What is on the mind of Breakker?
Breakker does not leave his feet often.
[Booker] Yeah, man, the high rent district right there,
I love it.
[Vic] Corbin got a bit of a separation.
Able to just get Bron off his feet. But Bron, climbing the ladder.
-[Booker] God! -[Vic] Frankensteiner!
-[Breakker screams] -[Booker] Super Frankensteiner!
-[Vic] And turning right around-- -[Booker] Look at the strength.
[Vic] Bam! That has won Bron Breakker the NXT title multiple times.
But tonight it couldn't keep Baron Corbin down.
[Booker] The torque and that power slam, Vic.
I wish we could see it. Beautiful torque
on the hips from this young man, Bron Breakker.
[Vic] Corbin couldn't get back to his feet.
This fight, while it's not necessarily in a grocery store,
it's getting out of hand,
like when Stone Cold took you up and down, aisle one through seven, in Bakersfield.
[Booker] You better leave that alone.
-[Corbin] You got nothing! -[Vic] Corbin back in. Ooh!
This has been a fight from the start.
I wanted to ask you this,
with Baron Corbin,
coming into this match up, what he wants to make.
He wants to teach Breakker a lesson.
He's saying "bring it." Is he able
-to teach a lesson? -[Booker] He wants to test this man,
he wants to see if he's ready
for that next level because you got to look
at a man like Corbin.
He's been to that next level.
He's the man that retired,
an Olympian, and Kurt Angle, you got to love that, Vic.
[Vic] I know. People forget
how Bron carried NXT.
It isn't… Into the cover, hook of the leg!
Breakker able to kick out. People forget about how Bron carried NXT,
but isn't that what happened to Corbin? He's upset
with the lack of respect.
The king of the ring, the moments he brought.
[Booker] That is what happened, to this man, Corbin.
But a man like Bron Breakker,
he forgot that moment. He forgot about carrying anybody.
He's thinking about himself and that's why--
[Vic] Oh, nice take down. And now looking for a retirement.
-[Booker] Here we go-- -[Vic] Sit back,
using that frame, that strength
and able to get to the bottom rope.
Look, also the other thing really angered someone like Corbin,
was he was sick and tired of hearing
there's no more of a sure thing
-than Bron Breakker. -[Booker] Breakker had a lot of hype.
Everybody's about Breakker this,
Breakker that.
When he's going to move up to the main roster? Let me go
and show this sucker that he hasn't got the goods.
That's what it's about, Vic.
[Vic] Breakker, continuing to fight, continuing to pummel.
Corbin trying to come back, swings
and, oh! That was not just a Deep Six.
He did an extra rotation
for almost a Deep Twelve.
Into the cover by the arms, and no!
-[Booker laughs] -[Vic] Wow!
[Booker] Couldn't get the hard cover, though.
[Vic] Couldn't get enough. Take a look.
The momentum of Bron Breakker, the speed.
The force, the torque carried around, planted perfectly.
Booker, though, but to your point,
Baron Corbin was not able to get his full weight
-across the upper body-- -[Booker] Yeah.
[Vic] Of Bron Breakker.
[Booker] The one thing right there.
The momentum to get that leg up.
If we look at the deep hook
with that second leg, it would have,
could have been over with, right there.
[Breakker groans]
[Corbin groans]
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Right back in this slug fest,
continuing between these two superstars.
Breakker said he's meaner than evil,
stronger than most,
going up against Baron Corbin,
who just kicked Bron right in the knee, answers back
with a knee under the jaw.
Corbin wants to burn Bron's ship, here tonight.
[Booker] That inside shot by Corbin.
You can call that a cheap shot.
You can call that taking the easy way.
That's what this thing is all about. It's about showing Bron
that he hasn't got it just yet.
[Vic] Corbin is looking for end of days. Countered.
who was able to land.
And now Breakker again going down, able to take Corbin down!
Referee had to run across the ring,
was out of position.
But almost a near fall.
-[Booker] I'll-- -[Vic] It was.
[Booker] Bron could've got that in the squared circle,
could have been over with.
But now, it's time to let it all hang out, son.
It's time to let it all hang out.
All the training, all the years,
all the pain.
This is all about, right here.
[Vic] I feel bad for Sanders.
From the start of this match up,
a moment ago, he's trying to stay out of the way.
-[Booker] Here we go. -[Vic] With speed, the momentum and ooh!
There's the sudden impact
of Bron Breakker.
[crowd cheering]
-[wrestlers groan] -[Vic] Whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] What is going through the mind
of Bron Breakker?
-[Booker] What do you think? -[Vic] Evil intentions.
Breakker running in!
[thud]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd] NXT! NXT! NXT!
[screams]
[Vic] Booker, are you kidding me?
-[Booker] I'm good. -[Vic] I don't care how you were!
I'm talking about Bron
and what he's about to do to Corbin… Spear!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Corbin out on his feet.
-He's got to be in disbelief. -[Booker] What a spear!
All the momentum. All the speed.
[Breakker] It's over!
[Vic] And now,
Bron Breakker,
looking for the finishing touches,
-[Booker laughs] -[Vic] to earn his own respect.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Let's see. The--
-[Booker] What the hell is he doing? -[Vic] That's Mr. Stone!
And he's stoned!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] What the…
What's he doing? Corbin back to his feet.
Catches Bron,
end of days!
[crowd] One, two, three!
[bell ringing]
[Corbin's music starts]
[Alicia] Here is your winner,
Baron Corbin!
[Vic] Well,
Mr. Stone with a smile on his face
and we know why.
After what Bron Breakker did weeks ago
to Von Wagner.
But in this opening match,
in the way we kicked off No Mercy,
Booker, this was an absolute slug fest.
And just listen.
Listen to this moment.
-[Breakker groans] -[thud]
[Vic] That was a human body bouncing,
right in front of us.
And then the spear. You talked about cracking ribs.
-[Booker] Man! -[Vic] Breakker was looking for pain here.
He was looking for the victory
until Mr. Stone
showed up out of nowhere.
Got launched into orbit.
But moments later,
Bron Breakker would turn around
and would find his end of days,
courtesy of Baron Corbin,
who picks up the victory,
-here, at No Mercy. -[bell ringing]
And for Baron Corbin,
he burns down his biggest ship,
since returning to NXT.
[Corbin's music ends]
[upbeat music starts]
Earlier today, the challenger for the NXT Women's title arrived.
Tiffany Stratton, looking to get back
to the tippy top, to do so.
She is going to need to be more extreme
than the champion.
NXT women's title on the line
in an extreme rules match
in our main event tonight.
But let's go back to Tuesday, Booker. It was a triple threat match,
that got changed into a four-way match.
And that provided all four superstars an opportunity
to become the number one contender to the North American Championship.
And there inadvertently
from Dragon Lee, wiped out. And Bate punched the ticket
for Trick Williams
to have a golden opportunity
here in Bakersfield, tonight.
And earlier on the kickoff show,
Trick and Melo shared a dream.
[upbeat music ends]
Big night for the Trick Melo Gang.
Trick Williams will challenge for the North American Championship.
And, Carmelo,
you look to retain the NXT championship.
How are you guys feeling?
As good as we look, McKenzie.
And, as you can guess,
Trick Melo Gang is going to put on a show.
Melo is going to put out that fire breathing dragon,
like we all know he can.
And then the crowd is going to chant,
and still…
Look, I'm ready for this championship match
because these opportunities
and this atmosphere is only for a chosen few, McKenzie.
Look, I told Ilja,
do I think you can be a great champion? Absolutely.
But do I think you can do it better than Hayes?
Absolutely not.
But we need to talk about one thing.
Trick has the opportunity to take that North American Championship
from Dominik Mysterio.
It's not just about me tonight,
it's about us.
Because we are both walking out of No Mercy
with championships on our shoulders.
Because that is all it is.
And that's all it's going to be.
That's right.
[Dragon Lee's music starts]
[Vic] For Dragon Lee,
he found out on Tuesday
he would be the special guest referee
in this match up.
He was at Smackdown yesterday.
See, Rey Mysterio retained the United States title
in Sacramento. Got a little bit of a scuffle
with Theory, who will face one on one,
next Friday on Smack Down.
But he is certainly wise
to Dom's dirty tricks.
It's Dragon Lee.
[Booker] I just hope
Dragon Lee did an honorable lucha.
[Vic] What do you mean honorable?
-To be impartial. -[Booker] I hope it's an honorable lucha,
and call the thing right down the middle.
-[Vic] You don't believe him? -[Booker] Like an honorable lucha
would do.
That's the only thing I'm looking for, it's fairness.
You know what I mean?
[Vic] You're looking for fairness for Dirty Dom?
[Booker] Why not? Everybody should get a fair trial.
I mean, innocent before proven guilty.
-[Dragon Lee's music ends] -[Trick Williams' music starts]
[Booker] Yeah!
-[crowd] Whoop that Trick! -[Booker] Uh-huh.
Yeah.
What?
Uh-huh.
I like it.
Oh, yeah, man!
[Booker laughs]
That man.
Trick Williams.
-Stand up, son. -[Williams] [indistinct]
-[indistinct] -[Booker] What?
[Booker] Yeah.
-Uh-huh. -[Williams] [indistinct]
[Booker] Oh, yeah, man!
[Vic] So we have to remember that Trick created this opportunity.
He went and spoke to Shawn Michaels on Tuesday,
got a triple threat match,
turned to a fatal four-way match.
Stood up, stood out,
and now has the opportunity
to win the North American title. And take a look.
Listen to the NXT Universe.
[Booker] Closed mouths don't get fed, Vic.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Well, Williams looking to eat, here tonight.
[Booker laughs]
[crowd booing]
-[Trick Williams' music ends] -[Mysterio's music starts]
[Vic] Dominik thought he'd have the night off.
He was planning a vacation with his Mami.
And to be fair,
he has himself to blame for Lee being the official
in this match up. You want to talk about being proven guilty?
He talked down to Shawn Michaels,
declaring that HBK didn't run NXT.
He ran NXT.
Guilty for being dumb with a stupid comment.
Secondly, he fast counted Dragon Lee,
when he was the ref.
[Booker] Have you heard the old saying?
"The man with the gold makes all the rules."
That's dumb, Dom.
Give it up!
[crowd booing]
I run NXT!
[Vic] For Trick Williams, you can see him eyeing up the gold.
The biggest match of his career.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest, scheduled for one fall,
is for the NXT
North American Championship!
[crowd cheering]
Introducing who's the challenger,
Trick Williams!
[crowd cheering]
And his opponent,
representing The Judgment Day.
He is the NXT North American champion,
Dominik Mysterio!
-[crowd booing] -[Vic] You know, Booker,
you've opened Pandora's box here,
but you can obviously know who Bakersfield is rooting for.
-[Booker] You see that? -[Vic] See what?
[Booker] Dragon Lee didn't even want to--
[Vic] No, I'm not playing into this.
[Booker] Lee wants to get Dom his true introduction.
He wants to hold on to the title,
like it was his.
I don't like that.
[Vic] What's wrong with you?
-Well, I think we-- -[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Mysterio into a dropkick, into the cover and look,
[clapping] Make that count!
[Vic] He can be upset once,
but he was handing off the title,
when Mysterio hit that dropkick. But now, Lee,
in position that time and ooh,
a near fall. Dom doesn't like the count.
[indistinct chatter]
[Booker] Keep your eye on your opponent
at all times.
That's in the rule book.
Come on. That's not Dom's fault.
[Vic] Who's Dominik facing? He should be focused on Williams,
not the official. To your point,
as Trick Williams is plowing right over Dominik dropkick of his own.
I was wrong. I said, we know who Bakersfield is rooting for.
You're in the side, the only person that's rooting for Dirty Dom.
[Booker] I'm not on anybody's side, Vic.
[Vic] You're the only person rooting for Dom.
-[Booker] Totally impartial. -[Vic] Where are you going?
[Booker] Going to hold his belt for inspiration.
[indistinct]
By himself, come on!
Taking a time out?
[Vic] He thinks he's on vacation. He doesn't want to fight this match.
And Williams isn't going to let this opportunity slip.
He's got to get Dominik in the ring. The only way Trick can win,
pinfall submission.
[Booker] I like Williams. You got to understand,
You got to admit Dominik has been flawless
in his North American Championship reign.
Oh, come on!
You got to agree with me on that.
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] Big clothesline by Williams!
You say flawless,
Williams is trying to go into the cover, like a snake,
slithering out of the ring.
[crowd booing]
[Vic] Trending number one on X, No Mercy.
Since the beginning of the night,
it has been up tempo,
it has been chaos, it has been a fight.
-I'll get back to something-- -It's my time!
[Vic] It is your time!
[Vic] Looked you right in the eyes.
[Booker] Williams is hype.
I'm a Williams fan.
-I'm the one-- -[Vic] Oh!
[Booker] To the old theme song.
Oh, yes!
That's what I'm talking about. This young man, Dom.
Dom, Dom, Dom, Dom.
Oh, yes!
[Vic] Mysterio won the North American title in July.
He's beaten the Brawling Brute, he's beaten Sami Zayn,
he has beaten Dragon Lee.
-[Booker] What could you give him? -[Vic] Did so
in front of his father, Rey.
I'm doing that right now, Booker, but guys like me,
-we throw doubt -[Booker] Yes!
[Vic] at Dominick
because he didn't do any of that solo.
How many of the wins he's had have been single handed?
[Booker] What you talking about?
[Vic] He didn't have Mami on the outside. He didn't have Finn Bálor.
He didn't have senior Money in the Bank, Damian Priest.
[Booker] He doesn't have Finn Bálor.
He doesn't have Priest, he doesn't have Mami.
But you know what he has? Instinct, wherewithal.
He has that ability,
that innate ability
to go out there and win.
That's what Dominik has been doing.
[Vic] We got to assume Judgment Day is watching,
but where are they doing that?
[Booker] What are you talking about?
He can't come and get it done?
[crosstalk]
[Booker] He stepped up
and became the North American Champion, and defended it.
[Vic] Jumping knee. Into the cover, hooking the elbow.
[Booker] Almos got him, right there.
You know, suck it up,
-trying to regain that focus. -[screams]
The fans are not going to take him over that threshold.
-He's going to have to do it. [Vic] This is William's first chance
-and single gold. -Come on!
-That three! -[Vic] First chance to be a champion
here in NXT championship opportunities.
Booker as you know,
they don't just grow on trees.
[Booker] When you talk about Mysterio,
I mean, the youngest veteran in this business,
a guy with a wealth of knowledge.
Watched Eddie Guerrero
and wills to learn all of this. Come on, Vic.
[Vic] Also learned from his father,
Rey Mysterio,
who he's betrayed.
-[Booker] I forgot about that. -[Vic] Yeah, yeah.
Mysterio now slowing the pace of this match up down.
You got to wonder for Williams, the emotions heading into this match up.
-That played a factor! -[Booker] You don't want to get caught
in the bright lights.
Thinking about these fans and there's one thing
that bothered me a little bit by Trick.
He didn't look like he was totally 100% focused.
[crowd booing]
[Vic] Dom doesn't give a damn about anybody.
If you're not in The Judgment Day, he doesn't have time.
Into the cover, hook of the leg.
-Another near-fall. -[Booker] I've seen that move.
But the way Dominik did it,
with an extra little twist,
extra little salsa.
Put a little Tallulah green on it.
Oh, yes, man.
[Vic] Why is Mysterio worried about Dragon Lee?
Dragon Lee has called this match, down the middle
since the beginning,
but Dominik still seems to be preoccupied
-with Lee. -[Booker] I'm not going to disagree.
He's totally been in [indistinct].
And the mark of a good ref,
if he's not in the way,
he's doing a hell of a job.
[Vic] Mysterio, also frustrated…
Ooh! With Dragon Lee.
Also a lot of Judgment Day business, he's got to be frustrated.
What's up with JD McDonagh? What's going on with Bálor?
A lot going on in Judgment Day.
Mysterio focuses now. He's getting rocked by Williams.
Williams swinging for the fences.
Looking for that uppercut.
[Booker] Williams is on fire. When he's dropping those hands.
-[Vic] That looked familiar. -[Booker mumbles]
[Booker] I've seen that before, beautiful.
[Vic] Right back in another dropkick for Williams into the cover.
Title on the line and a near fall.
Can you pinpoint the exact moment,
-[groans] -when things started to click for Trick?
[Booker] You know, I don't think I really can.
-The fans got behind. -[Vic] Uh-uh. Got caught.
Speaking of getting behind, Mysterio backslide,
-almost able to retain. -[Booker] He's basking in the glory, Vic.
He's a guy that looked like he has all those tools.
That box he checks off, every box
he has that at point.
He passed that airport test every time.
He could be that guy.
[crowd] NXT! NXT!
[Vic] Even action between these two.
Bam, fifty-fifty
for the North American title.
And look, Williams whopped for Tricks on Tuesday.
He's got to whop one more.
If he can, he'll crown himself
North American champion.
If not, Dirty Dom's reign will continue.
[Booker] Talk about those opportunities.
-You know,-- -[Vic] Oh, 619 to the back of the neck.
[Booker] When the opportunity knocks, you got to answer quick.
Right now this is a chance
for this young man, Williams,
to pull off the unthinkable.
[Vic] And Mysterio… Oh.
Super kick rocked Dragon Lee.
[Booker] What the hell was he thinking?
-[Vic] What was he-- -[Booker] Lee put himself in position
to take that kick.
[Vic] Lee was behind Williams.
Williams ducked.
Lee couldn't dodge.
And now we have no official,
as Mysterio, ooh, miscalculated, comes right back
in neck breaker.
Right on the spot.
Williams into the cover, there's no referee.
[Booker] Come on!
[Vic] Well, finally!
-[crowd cheering] -[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] Williams into the cover again.
An error by Williams,
not realizing another referee was coming,
got out of that.
[Booker] Why would he think another referee was coming?
[Vic] You're the hall of famer. I'm bringing up points.
Don't yell at me. No reason to get hot.
[ref] One, two!
Williams trying to fight through now,
coming in. Ooh!
Dropping Dominik Mysterio.
And for Williams here,
-this is the moment. -[Booker] A little distraction
could've been the linchpin
that changed the game. But here we go!
[Vic] Injured eye!
Into the cover, hooks both legs
and a kick out by Dirty Dom. I've said a lot
of negative things about Dom,
But I got to give the devil credit when the credit is due.
Dominik Mysterio took a vicious kick
in that face from Dragon Lee, weeks ago.
We wondered about the vision in that left eye
and that was perfect for Williams.
[Booker] You're giving him credit? -[Vic] He is tough. Oh!
Double noggin knocker.
Both superstars down.
[crowd chatter]
[Vic] Turning point in the match up
for both these superstars.
North American title on the line.
[Booker] Gut check.
[Vic] It's a gut check time. You're right.
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] And look who's moving.
And this first superstar to his feet
is Dominik Mysterio, who waves off.
The official says he's good.
This match up's going to continue!
[Booker] What the hell was he thinking?
[Vic] Inadvertent!
Mysterio is looking to come off the ropes.
Referee was in the way. Comes right back in.
Both superstars up in over spill to the outside.
[Booker] Whoa!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] I don't follow these officials, doing their job.
But now there's no one to see the corners getting cut
by Dirty Dom, who's up to those dirty tricks.
[Booker] Dominik is crafty.
You got to get he's crafty. No,
you got to give him credit. You talk about Mami,
you talk about Priest, Finn, [indistinct].
Now you're looking at the damage,
come on, damn!
[Vic] I got to give that credit to him.
No one there! On the frog splash.
Williams into the cover again.
[crowd] Two, three, four!
[Vic] But there's no referee.
The ref! Where's the ref?
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] That's the original official,
the special guest, Dragon Lee, back into it. Whoa!
And Mysterio
with that North American title,
off his face
-off the knee, Dragon Lee. -[crowd] One, two, three!
[bell ringing]
[Trick Williams' music starts]
[Alicia] Here is your winner
and new NXT North American champion,
-Trick Williams. -[Booker laughs]
[Vic] Achievement unlocked for Williams.
-[crowd] Whoop that Trick! -[Booker] Uh-huh.
Yeah!
I like it.
Oh, yeah, man!
He's a champ, Vic.
Give it up, man.
The new North American champ,
Trick Williams!
Oh, yeah, man!
[Vic] What a moment for Williams.
Let's go back because two officials, bam!
This was the first.
Dragon Lee getting super kicked.
He was in the way, inadvertent got rocked.
Later on in the match up,
A second official would go down.
Trick Williams, with the jumping knee
which hit the championship
that Dominik Mysterio brought into the match,
-would allow Dragon Lee to get in. -[bell ringing]
And that would be the deciding moment, in this match up
for Trick Williams, who has stepped up
on his own two feet
and is now a champion himself.
There was no doubt tonight
in the mind of Trick Williams at No Mercy.
[crowd cheering]
[Trick Williams' music ends]
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Everything I've done, everything's gone.
[sighs]
All hopes lost.
My practices, my teachings,
my messages.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Joe, that's not true.
I'm still here.
I still believe in you.
-No one said it was going to be easy. -[yelling] No, Ava!
[yelling] All hope is gone.
This wasn't the right family for you.
[yelling] The Schism is dead.
So go.
[breathing heavily]
[Ava sighs]
[breathing heavily]
I have to find my purpose.
[rock music]
[Vic] We know the purpose tonight for Tiffany Stratton.
It's to win, to regain the NXT Women's Championship.
The challenger prepping for her extreme rules main event tonight,
-here at No Mercy. -[rock music ends]
[Creed Brothers' music starts]
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is a fatal four-way match,
for the NXT tag team championship.
Introducing the challengers first,
accompanied by Ivy Nile,
Julius and Brutus,
The Creed Brothers!
[Vic] When the Creed Brothers were reinstated, their number one goal
was to recapture the tag team titles.
Can they do it tonight, here in Bakersfield?
[Booker] The Creed Brothers are a generational team.
These guys are going to set records when it's over.
But it all starts here tonight
at No Mercy.
[Vic] Ivy Nile out here,
diamond mine complete once again
on a premium live event.
[scratching]
[Garza and Humberto's music starts]
[Alicia] Next,
the team of Angel Garza
and Humberto Carrillo!
[Vic] How much we talked about the Creeds, about being refocused.
This is a chance to see this duo's new mentality,
as it comes to competing in the squared circle.
[Booker] Definitely got a different purpose, I mean,
a different spirit
that they're going by right now.
And hopefully that takes these two to the top.
They got something.
They look good.
They dress very well,
very debonair.
The ladies love these two guys, too, man.
[Vic] I think that's the point, they've gotten past superficial nonsense
and they're focused on action.
They're done with the silliness.
[Booker] It's hard to get bad disguises.
-[Garza and Carrillo's music ends] -[OTM's music starts]
[indistinct chatter]
[Alicia] Accompanied to the ring by Scrypts,
Bronco Nima
and Lucien Price,
Out The Mud!
[Vic] Some southern Cal lowriders.
We're going to see
what OTM is about, here tonight.
[Booker] You don't know what that means. Out The Mud, man.
-[Vic] What is the meaning-- -[Booker] It's like moving uptown
to that deluxe apartment in the sky.
That's what I'm talking about.
Stepping out the hood, man.
[Vic] With Scrypts, looking to wear some gold.
They are going from the mud
to the bright lights
of a premium live event
-in a very quick amount of time. -[Booker] Oh, yes.
Right. Like I always say,
this is the moment for these young men.
Name a price with that boy, Scrypts.
[OTM's music ends]
[Tony D'Angelo's music starts]
[indistinct chatter]
[Alicia] And their opponents,
they are the NXT tag team champions
Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo
and The Don of NXT,
Tony D'Angelo!
[Vic] Now you look at these two, as my dad would say,
they don't have the Italian disease,
[indistinct] They got all the money
and they got the gold.
[Booker] They didn't have to do this.
It's about getting all the street cred.
When they go back home, can you imagine?
The celebration, the parade.
What do you call that?
The linguine oh, yes!
-[Vic] Type of pasta? -[Booker laughs]
We'll get into that later. First team
to score pinfall submission will be declared
the Tag Team champions tonight.
But, Booker, only two legal teams
in at a time.
This match, though much like the entire night,
since we started, is going to be chaos.
[Booker] I don't think these guys are not going to be chomping
at the bit to get in the middle of that squared circle by any means.
So keep your eyes open.
You gotta watch your back at all times
because somebody might just tap themselves in.
[Vic] It's quite honorable, though,
for the family to defend these titles
against three other teams,
worthy challengers, if you will.
[Booker] I wouldn't call it honorable.
-I'd use another word. -[bell ringing]
As far as the family going out here
and doing it.
It's a man's game.
Let's knock everybody out
in one night.
[Vic] We are going to start off with Julius
and Julius Creed, who's just like a machine.
Oh, wow.
[groans]
[Vic] I thought he was feeling the effects, but no.
It shook it off and right in! And now there comes Carrillo.
And it's cousins versus brothers. A lot of family ties.
And for Carrillo and Garza,
they're fighting for their family. Their family legacy.
Whoa. Now all eight superstars in.
-I feel bad for the official. -[Booker] Here we go!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Action spilling over the place.
And there's Julius,
who's getting handled by OTM, two on one.
Wait a minute. Julius, out the gates!
-And off the top. -[Booker] What the hell was that? Wow!
[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] And Brutus back to the ring. Two on one.
Now Nima and Price taking advantage.
And I believe Brutus is now the legal superstar
for the Creeds. A tag was made!
And Nima and Price taking advantage.
They could be that being OTM, Out The Mud,
the most aggressive team in this match.
[Booker] I agree with that.
-[Vic] Depending on… -[Booker] I agree,
but at least as far as experience,
that's why Scrypts is out here, to give them knowledge.
That extra one thing they need being,
that legitimized, we talked about that.
[Vic] Scrypts, of course, lurking.
And the whole complexion of this match up has changed,
now that Nima is back in.
-[Booker] See that? -[Vic] Oh, tag?
[Booker] That's that inexperience, not knowing the rules.
[Vic] Will the experience be the difference
for Garza and Carrillo,
who have more ring time than any of the other teams?
[Booker] If I put money on this,
it definitely be on those two, Vic.
Oh, baby!
[Vic] Here comes Stacks, whose loyalty is absolutely unmatched.
Trying to stay up on this match up, right back in.
And there's Carrillo springboard!
-High cross body! -[Booker] This kid has a lot of talent.
He has all kind of ability. I mean, he can do it.
He can fly. Look at his feet. Oh, he got caught, right there.
[Vic] Inverted atomic drop, following it up, now it's Stacks,
to the midsection, stomping away.
And the champions have to remember,
Stacks and The Don, the family,
they don't need to be factored in the decision
to lose the tag team titles.
[Booker] They don't have to win, don't have to lose.
It's one of those things.
It's a conundrum, Vic.
That's what we got.
This is a conundrum.
[Vic] You can't use that later. Ooh!
When the metaphor gets in the ring, you go to lines.
I marked it on my bingo board, has now the family
breaking out into a hockey fight.
[Booker] [laughs] I love a hockey fight!
[wrestlers groan]
[Vic] And one more time,
take a look at the offense from Stacks,
from The Don.
[Booker] Don's in great shape.
He's got the upper body working right now.
Where do you get out of extra mass from?
With the time in the clink?
[Vic] He's eating good. They're the champs.
They got the money, they got the meals.
He's going home.
He's seeing his nana. Everything is good,
until right there.
Still trending. Number one on social media
is No Mercy. What a night it has been!
And another championship match up, here tonight.
And now Carrillo, Garza's getting picked up,
hoisted up by The Don--
[Booker] That knee just went out on him.
[ref] Back it off.
[indistinct chatter]
Medical, medical.
[Vic] And of course, The Don has a history
-of knee injuries. -[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] And you got to look at Stacks now,
-[indistinct] -Hey, relax!
[Booker] First time we've seen--
[Vic] Stacks trying to get his hands
on anybody, on somebody.
And finally able to grab Carrillo.
Ref pulled in a different direction.
What a deep cleaning uppercut.
Stacks looking over. And for Stacks, you got to wonder
what's going through his mind. Down a member
and what a knee to the nose!
-Almost to the temple. -[wrestlers groan]
[Vic] You could have felt the vibe, the air, the wind
getting drawn out of Bakersfield now.
As they see what's going on.
And look at Carrillo,
look at Garza,
look at this tandem offense,
as it's countered by Stacks, only for a moment.
[Booker] Tony D is finished.
[Vic] Into the cover, hook of the leg.
Julius almost had to break it up.
The first team to score the pinfall
or the submission,
they are going to be champions.
Look, Carrillo and Garza,
like a well-oiled machine
in this match,
really have turned around their careers.
This is the first chance they're getting to showcase it.
But take a look around.
Booker, how tough are these matches?
[Booker] They're tough. But I'm looking at it, Garza and Carillo,
these guys are moving right now with purpose.
And this could be their moment,
where they do become tag team champions,
-tonight. -[Vic] Look at the offense.
-[thud] -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] No wasted motion, into the cover
to win the tag titles! And just able to kick out.
[Booker] Everybody's in shock.
[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] You would be, too.
You've walked into No Mercy as a champion,
in this same sort of match up.
You were able to outlast Batista,
Finlay and Bobby Lashley on that night.
Stacks doesn't have a partner anymore.
[Booker] Yeah, it was a great night.
But I'm not going to sit here and lie.
You know, I had a lot of help, a window open for me,
opportunity knocking.
I took it, just like these guys right now.
Out The Mud!
[Vic] Great shot by Price.
[Booker] Straight up to the penthouse.
[Vic] Out The Mud,
OTM said they don't ask,
they take.
[Booker] Sometimes you got to do it that way.
You can't be asking. You got to make your own break.
-You got to take it with you. -[Vic] Oh, wow!
Big clothesline by Price.
And again, Price-Nima beat Hank and Tank
this past Tuesday on NXT,
coming in with a bit of momentum.
[Booker] I will tell you,
Out The Mud, these two guys,
they did a lot of this kind of stuff for free
and now they're getting paid to do it.
Can you imagine how they feel, Vic?
[Vic] If they win, they're going to get paid more.
[Booker] Champagne wishes and caviar dreams, man.
I'm talking about checks and championships.
Oh, yes!
[Vic] Stacks trying to rally.
He's looking, and he just locked eyes
with the Creeds. It was the Creeds,
who have kind of a friendship,
-I would say, loosely, with the family. -[Booker] Oh!
[Vic] After The Don and the under boss came to the aid
of that woman, Ivy Nile!
[crosstalk]
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Nile ain't playing around.
And there's a tag.
It comes Brutus.
And Brutus off the top!
-[indistinct chatter] -[groans]
[Vic] Oh, and now.
Brutus going into smash mode!
Yeah!
[Booker laughs] Oh, yeah!
Wow!
[Vic] The Creed's built on toughness
-and tenacity. -[Booker] Oh…
Here we go, Vic.
Straps just came down.
[Vic] Locking in the ankle lock on Garza.
Referee's in great position. Here comes… Ooh!
Humberto Carrillo nicely.
And there is Julius… And Julius now.
Oh, get ready to count him.
Here comes some suplexes.
-Get ready, Book! -[Booker] Oh!
The strength on this young man.
The torque--
-[Vic] But look, Book. -[Booker] Oh, yes!
[Vic] The ankle lock is in by Brutus! And Julius,
almost playing defense.
No way!
-[Booker] No way! -[Vic] Double northern lights!
And the ankle lock is still cinched in.
It's hard to get a tap!
Or the Creeds are going to regain the titles.
-[crowd cheering] -[wrestlers groan]
[Vic] Referee still in position.
Garza's about to tap.
Garza… Oh, Carrillo,
Able to springboard and now there comes Nima,
trying to mow down Julius.
[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] Can we take a look at the bodies
that are just hitting the floor? And somehow Stacks in it.
He lost his tag team partner earlier in this match up.
He's out here by himself.
[Booker] Stacks is about to lose his championship,
in just a minute.
[wrestlers groan]
[Vic] When we talk about friendship, when we talk about teaming up,
it looks like a line has been drawn
in the sand.
[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] And we know when it comes to Stacks.
I'm going in there!
[crowd cheering]
Get your hands off me!
I'm gone!
-[groans] -[Vic] It's been a rough year for The Don,
and he knows these moments can't be taken for granted.
And a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. He's coming!
[Booker] He's rolling down hill right now, Vic.
He's got… Oh, what?
[Vic] He's got one leg. Adrenaline would make a man
do crazy things.
He was crafty.
-The Don's got to get crafty. Spine buster! -[Booker] Oh, wow!
Wow!
Caught out of midair, right there.
[crowd cheering]
[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] And we talked about that line being drawn in the sand
between these four teams.
Tag team titles on the line.
Again, only two legal teams in at a time.
Things are breaking down.
-[Booker] Oh… -[Vic] Things are now looking up.
[Booker] Right here, Vic.
-[ref] [indistinct] -[crowd cheering]
-[thud] -[crowd cheering]
[ref] [indistinct]
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] All for one,
one for all.
Four superplexes
at the same time.
[Booker] Quadruple superplex.
First time I've ever seen something like that in my life, Vic.
Wow!
[crowd] This is awesome! [clapping]
This is awesome! [clapping]
The titles.
[Vic] This is indeed awesome. These are the two teams standing,
and this is about the NXT tag team titles.
[Booker] For the gold.
No plan, no jiving, just business. We ain't got time to be friends.
[Vic] Under the jaw, dropping. Oh!
-[Booker] Oh, yes! -[Vic] Creeds get dropped,
as do Carrillo and Garza.
And, Booker, take a look at the only team standing tall,
and tagging himself in Price. Scrypts said:
"You got to become the legal man." He knows.
And, oh!
Price now, three seconds away
from the titles and The Don kicked out.
You got to be kidding me.
[Booker] Yes, Price was so close right there.
Almost a Harlem Heat moment.
[Vic] And Julius somehow back up,
hoisting up Nima.
[Booker] Wow! There's strength right there.
[laughs] All right. Placed at the right time.
Oh, yes!
[Vic] And this time Carrillo,
with the help for Julius Creed.
Garza now wiping out the aforementioned Creed brother.
And just like that, the fortunes have turned around.
I spoke to soon!
[Booker laughs]
Admiring their work right there, Vic.
You can't do that in a match up like this.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Brutus ball!
[Booker] Wow!
Take a look around,
you see that the field is starting to shrink a little bit.
Kicking to Price.
-And now. -[thud]
-The family into the cover. -[Booker] Is that it?
-[Vic] Bada boom! Bada bing! -[bell ringing]
[Tony D'Angelo's music starts]
[Alicia] Here are your winners
and still the NXT Tag Team champions,
Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and The Don of NXT,
Tony D'Angelo!
[Vic] Stacks fought for The Don in the spring.
All summer long.
And now it's time for The Don
to return the favor to his under boss,
fighting for his own
to retain the gold tonight.
This was absolutely great action.
A great match up.
Great offense from all four teams
in this match up.
And at any moment, Booker,
any one of these teams
could have won the tag team titles,
including the power shown by Brutus.
And then you take a look at Julius.
Two superstars at once.
Double, double, northern lights.
And then somehow, some way,
Tony D, who left early in the match up
to a knee injury,
came right back down,
hits a beat with that spine buster.
And on one leg, The Don was able to continue to fight
against all odds.
And even somehow was able to muster up
in this moment,
where OTM thought they were truly Out The Mud
becoming champions.
They were not.
And then Brutus risked it all
with this superhuman Brutus Fall
from the top, wiping out the field
and back in the ring. Bada boom, bada bing!
for the NXT tag team champions.
And on one leg, The Don,
Stacks able to overcome the odds.
And against all odds,
the family stays in control of the tag team division.
[Tony D'Angelo music ends]
[television interference]
[suspenseful music starts]
[television interference]
This is Eyewitness News at seven.
Bengals training camp is underway.
Hello everybody and welcome
to WCW Saturday night.
[clicking] Whoa!
[clicking] Welcome to NXT.
[clicking] Uso!
[clicking] Ladies and gentleman…
[background noise]
[clicking] The emotion… [clicking]
-Mysterio… -[television interference]
[suspenseful music ends]
[crowd cheering]
[laughs]
-Let's go, let's go! -I shook up the world.
I shook up the world!
Hear me out, hey.
They underestimated you.
-And then, they celebrate. -Straight up!
It's Trick-Melo game. They said we couldn't do this.
Look at us. We're at the mountaintop.
And guess what? Everybody else is beneath us.
-Straight up. -We're them.
-Let's talk about it! -We got to lock in.
We got one more deal to get tonight.
One more dog to get. Then we tear the city up,
like Pac and Dre say:
"California knows how to party."
[mumbling]
Do your thing, bro. Let's get it rocking.
Yes, sir. [sighs]
["Heavyweight" playing]
[Vic] NXT Championship match, still to come.
And there you see Becky Lynch,
who is going shopping of sorts,
getting a little crafty, looking for tools of destruction,
ahead of our Extreme Rules.
Main event
for the NXT Women's Championship,
as she goes one on one
with Tiffany Stratton, here at No Mercy.
And we'd like to extend a special thank you
to Ryan Oaks and Loveless,
for "Heavyweight," the official theme song of NXT No Mercy.
It's from the album "Wake Up,"
available now on Apple Music
and Spotify.
And speaking of which,
there he is, Ryan Oaks is in the building.
Two hundred and eighty-one million lifetime streams.
And he's on tour right now,
taking time off the tour to join us at No Mercy.
From the singer of "Heavyweight" to the Bruiser weight,
because Butch won the Global Heritage Invitational,
outlasting seven other superstars.
And while Noam Dar watched from a safari
and the matrix, tonight, Butch looks to bring Noam Dar
back to reality.
-["Heavyweight" ends] -[dramatic music starts]
[male narrator 3] The Heritage Cup, a celebration of the rich history
and lineage of European wrestling, that dates back
to the 20th century.
[man 7] Hello, hello, hello!
The whole lineage of European wrestling
belongs to me.
I'm the longest reigning NXT Heritage Cup champion.
I'm a combination of swag and style.
An elegant savage with unlimited potential.
[yelling] I am undeniable!
And I'll be honest,
nobody can do it like me.
So it's time to separate the sheep
from the goat.
[dramatic music ends]
[male narrator 4] This is the Global Heritage Invitational.
Eight superstars selected from around the world
compete in a round-robin tournament
for the opportunity at a Heritage Cup championship match at NXT No Mercy.
Superstars will compete against each other in their respective group,
looking to accumulate as many points as possible.
The winner of Group A and B will face off
in the tournament final.
We started with eight.
We're down to the final two.
[metal music starts]
[Vic] The bitter end!
Butch punches that ticket to Bakersfield.
[bell ringing]
[metal music ends]
[Butch] When I first arrived in WWE,
Triple H told me to make a name for myself.
And that's what I did.
Tag Team champion,
Dusty Classic winner for 685 days.
I was the UK champion.
-But I'm not here to reminisce. -[tense music]
I'm back in NXT
to prove that I'm the baddest man
in all of WWE.
I don't care who you put in front of me.
Line them up. I'm going to knock them down.
[Dar] He's got his eyes on my cup.
But he's not going to get it.
I'm a world class performer.
There's labels to that,
and I'm at the top.
[male narrator 4] Who will leave with a victory and the coveted NXT
Heritage Cup?
[Butch] It's fight night
and it's going to be a banger!
[tense music ends]
[Butch's music starts]
[explosion]
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Well, Butch won the Global Heritage Invitational.
He did so out of Group A,
to earn this match up, here tonight.
And as we can see, Butch is not alone.
There is Tyler Bate,
someone who knows very, very well.
And Butch went on social media.
He was looking for a strong second
in a British strong style reunion
for one night only.
Bate, of course,
very familiar with this match up.
A sound selection by Butch.
[Booker] The two guys who had many wars
but also have a whole lot of respect
for each other.
You couldn't have a better night
with somebody watching your back.
Tonight it could get a little crazy out here.
You know what I'm talking about, right?
-[Vic] I do. -[Booker] Can you feel it?
[Vic] We've been trending number one on X. I've been feeling it all night.
[Booker] I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about this.
[Noam Dar's music starts]
[Vic] Dar, Jakara Jackson, Lash Legend,
Oro Mensah,
Meta-Four,
-[Booker] You feel that? -[Vic] No.
[Booker] You feel it, it's a metaphor.
[Vic] You want to join Meta-Four? You want the Metafive with Booker.
[Booker] Five time, five time, five time!
Oh, yes! I like the sound of that.
[Vic] While you're smiling, jiving, hooting and hollering,
Butch is not smiling
and Noam Dar maybe kissing away
that prestigious Heritage Cup
because the rules of the match are simple.
Six three-minute rounds. The important 20 seconds,
in between each round, it's two out of three falls.
A knockout or disqualification ends the match
at that moment.
Who will leave with the Heritage Cup?
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest
is for the NXT Heritage Cup Championship.
Introducing first the challenger,
accompanied by Tyler Bate,
representing The Brawling Brutes,
Butch!
[crowd cheering]
[Alicia] And his opponent,
representing Metaphor.
He is the NXT Heritage Cup champion.
Super nova 11,
Noam Dar!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] You hear the NXT Universe?
What?
Why do you gravitate to Noam Dar?
-[Booker] What are you talking? -[Vic] Why do you gravitate to Meta-Four?
[Booker] Let me say this about Dar. You can say what you want.
This young man's antics outside the ring, but inside that squared circle ring,
his in-ring prowess is one thing. I mean,
his timing is is something else.
You just heard, he has unlimited potential.
That's what I like. You know what?
-In a word, -[ref] Ring the bell!
-[bell ringing] -[Booker] he's a star, Vic.
[Vic] I hear what you're saying.
You're on one. In three minutes,
there's the clock counting down six three-minute rounds.
Take a look at No Mercy. You talked about when it was in Ohio.
A ladder match was revolutionized.
Now we're in 2023
and some could say something could happen with this style
of competition,
with this British round match.
[Booker] I love this style of competition.
It's going to come down to strategy.
That's what this Cup has been. That's why I gravitated
-to this Heritage Cup-- -[Vic] You gravitated to Meta-Four.
[Booker] It's about the competition. I love this round by round system.
-We're going to see. -[Vic] How crucial you take it,
it being the first round.
[Vic] How important are these first three minutes?
[Booker] Getting that first round is important.
I think about, I love tennis.
Sometimes a tennis player let that first set go
just to make you use every ounce of energy you possibly can.
-Let's see how this plays out. -[Vic] All right. Now,
Now it is Butch who is in control of Dar.
Dar trying to get away.
For Butch, it'll be joint manipulation.
Swinging and missing Dar, trying to hold on.
-And ooh! Most got stopped. -[Booker] Yeah.
I think about Dar, I love about this guy more than anything, his counters.
He's always in position,
one step ahead of his opponents.
Normally, let's see how this thing works out tonight with Butch.
[Vic] Over 90 seconds left in the first round.
We got international flavor in this match up.
All these stars,
ears perked up with the Elimination Chamber coming
to Perth, Australia. Saturday, February 24th
of next year.
Right now, for Dar,
he loves to be on the big stage,
around when the lights are the brightest.
He believes that's his spot as a supernova.
[Booker] This kid is what I like to call extraordinary.
As far as his talent goes,
Vic, he cannot sleep on Noam Dar
because he's just that good.
[Vic] Over a minute to go. Pace starting to quicken.
-That might favor Noam Dar-- -[Booker] Oh!
-[Vic] It did not! -[ref] Come on!
[Booker] That gal, one thing about Butch,
he's going to bring those brawling tactics
inside that squared circle. You got to watch him.
A big right hand works just as well.
[Vic] And it does because a knockout
in this match up would win Butch,
the Heritage Cup,
as we're now inside the final 45 seconds.
And there is the joint manipulation.
That's the key to Butch!
[Booker] Yes, Butch is up.
He's always going to the those joints,
those pressure points.
[Vic] Dar said during the kickoff show
he would not let Butch get to any of his joints,
would not let him manipulate his body. And he's got over 20 seconds
to survive in this round one,
because Butch has a hand full of phalanges.
[Booker] Yeah, right now, this is an appetizer.
We're nowhere near the main course.
So let's stick around, stick around.
[Vic] And Butch can see the clock.
-[rattling] -Under 10 seconds. He can hear it
from our timekeeper's area.
Right now, he's having fun,
punishing Noam Dar.
[crowd] [indistinct]
[bell ringing]
[groans]
[Vic] Hey!
[Booker] Right at the bell.
[Vic] Oh you know what at the bell!
[crowd cheering]
This is where the 20 seconds are really going to be crucial
for Butch
and why it might be even…
more genius moving to Tyler Bate.
Bate has been in these situations, he's trying to talk Butch back in,
let him know where he's at. And look at Noam Dar, right on his feet,
-like a lion, -[bell ringing]
-looking to hunt. -[Booker] Landed that shot.
I don't think Butch had enough time
-to recover from that shot. -[Vic] Cheap shot,
you forgot the word cheap. Into the side of the ear.
Ten seconds into round two.
Cover and kick out by Butch.
Butch is on the back foot.
[Booker] The official is not doing his job?
He was right there, saying he didn't call a foul.
It was legal.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Butch taking a look.
There is Tyler Bate trying to hype up Butch
to get him back into this match, it has been a rocky start
of these first 30 seconds,
here in round two
and another kick
right into the nose, into another cover
and another kick out by Butch.
[Booker] What kind of advice is Bate going to give him?
It was just a big shot.
We call that ringing of the bells.
[ref] Off the hair! [indistinct]
[Vic] You know, you take a look
at the honor that Noam Dar kept saying.
It was an honor for those to be part
of that Global Heritage Invitational to become the number one.
He took it as a party.
It wasn't a party.
Eight men fighting to face him. The winner was Butch.
[Booker] You got to understand something, Dar, he's a four time cup--
[Vic] He's the only man to hold the cup three times.
[Booker] He's comfortable in his own skin.
So give him that, Vic.
Give him his props--
-[Vic] I do. -[Booker] Instead of hate.
Give him his flower.
[Vic] Why are you being Miss Cleo again?
Looking into a future a ball,
saying he's a four time, he can't lose tonight?
[Booker] Four time champion.
[Vic] Well, now,
Butch trying to become the prestigious Heritage Cup champion.
Knees to the elbow
and Butch has turned it around late
in round two.
Inside the final 90 seconds!
That was a bit of a shining wizard.
[Booker] Yes, it was. Wait. Get back.
Get back, Bate.
[Vic] You're worried about Bate cutting corners.
Tyler bate will not do that.
Just over a minute
in round two.
Oh, and this is a shout out.
[crowd] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight,
-nine, ten, eleven. -[Jackson screams]
-[Booker] Referee! -[Vic] What's Lash doing?
What's Jakara doing?
-[indistinct chatter] -Shout out to Sheamus.
Shout out to Ridge.
The Brawling Brutes, and oh!
Mensah.
Main man, Mensah, behind the official's back.
Cheap shot!
[Booker] Great encouragement for my main man, Mensah.
[Vic] Not encouragement, it was a cheap shot!
-[bell ringing] [Vic] And Dar steals a fall.
[Alicia] Noam Dar has scored the first fall.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Unbelievable.
As Dar goes up one nil,
and then…
You talked about a cheap shot.
Let's go back to how round one ended. You can hear the bell.
[bell ringing]
[ref] Hey!
[Vic] Clearly.
Clearly, it was late.
[Booker] Referee missed it.
[Vic] The referee, also, to your point, was distracted and he missed.
Oro Mensah and bam!
-Noam Dar. -[Booker] Too much going on.
If Bate wouldn't have been out here,
and concerning himself and somebody else's business,
-that wouldn't have happened. -[bell ringing]
[Vic] You're unreal.
As we're starting round number three,
Dar is up one fall to none.
Caught with a knee. See Bate on the outside,
-telling Butch to stay at it. -[Booker] Beautiful.
[Vic] Butch caught with a pump kick. Nice counter by Dar. And Dar,
who has said he considers himself an elegant savage,
just got ran over.
Both down. I don't know who's worse for wear.
[Booker] That was a car crash.
That was a collision in midair.
Both men are worse for wear after that shot.
[Vic] Time now, though,
becomes the factor for Butch.
We're still in round three.
We got under two and a half minutes left,
but Butch now has to keep his eyes
on the clock.
If this ends and goes through six rounds,
-[groans] -Dar wins. If it's tied
and Butch's able to get a fall,
Dar retains.
Butch has to keep his foot on the gas. That's what's so unique
about this type of match.
It tests skill.
It tests stamina. And now Butch,
looking around,
risking it all,
-wiping out Noam Dar! -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Right in front of Metaphor,
right in front of the Heritage Cup.
[Booker] You said it. Butch landed a big shot.
But he's going to have to keep it moving,
and stay on his bicycle.
Whoa…
[indistinct chatter]
[Vic] Referee has had his hands full.
A few seconds ticked off that clock,
the enemy for Butch,
as Butch has got rolled up again!
Dar! Ooh! Almost able to steal.
[Booker] That was close.
Right now, you could tell Noam Dar is feeling it a little bit.
-He's finally, getting back to that. -[Vic] Oh!
-Gorgeous! -[Booker] Spot!
And you saw it.
[Vic] Dar with that soccer style, kick right into the chest.
And now he could be setting up
for another nova roller
to give him the second fall,
gets caught with a forearm.
Butch on the back foot, trying to turn things around,
could be looking for the bitter end of round number three!
[Booker] A big shot.
[Vic] Extra sauce on that extra green cholula.
[bell ringing]
Butch ties it up at one!
[Alicia] Butch has scored the second fall.
[Booker] Actually with Sriracha.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Well, either way,
these are crucial 20 seconds
for both these superstars.
For Butch, that last fall, knew that he needed
to have some high risk to get some reward.
Hit that moonsault.
Got back in, hit that bitter end, and right here, bam!
Able to plant Dar.
Tied things up.
One fall a piece.
-But as we go in to the next fall, -[bell ringing]
as we look at getting in
[bell ringing]
to this round.
Round four.
Again Butch has to keep his eyes on the clock.
He's got to get a fall up. A tie. Dar retains.
[Booker] Yeah. I think that those in-between rounds
right there are like a pit stop.
Who got the most work
in between sessions.
I look at Noam Dar scoring.
They're working on him second by second.
I'm looking at Tyler Bate.
He's just talking his way through…
[Vic] I'm looking at these hammer fists,
which could lead to a knockout.
And if the referee deems
that Dar can't fight
and ends this matchup…
Butch wins.
But Dar trying to lock in that knee bar again.
Butch though, countering…
[audience cheers]
Trying to snap that ankle one more time.
[Booker] Oh, yes!
That's what I'm talking about.
That in-ring prowess.
Talking about set you up
when you don't even see it coming.
And boom, you're asleep.
Here we go, Vic.
[Vic] Trying to get his fingers around the pinky and the thumb.
Trying to break this hold
or break some fingers.
-[Vic] And oh, another nice, -[Booker] Oh, beautiful.
[Vic] nice counter into another arm bar.
Another submission.
[Booker] The Demetrius Johnson Special right there. Right there.
Vic, I don't know if you ever saw that, but it was beautiful
[Vic] You got to give it to Dar.
This could be his sort of match up.
But for the moment, Butch has countered.
Trying to bend back the hand.
We've got under two minutes left in round four.
Another counter.
And Dar right back on top.
[Booker] Oh, triangle.
This thing is deep.
This thing is deep right now.
Butch is gonna go to sleep.
[Vic] Butch trying to fade Dar. Talk a little bit of smack.
His shoulders are down, though.
Nice job by the official,
as Dar was able to get
the right shoulder up.
But look at Butch.
Butch is trying to stomp away
-[Vic] to anything he can -[Booker] Man.
[Vic] to break that hold.
as we're under 90 seconds in round four.
Maybe looking for that--
Hooks and it connects.
Butch quickly into the cover.
This would win him The Heritage Cup.
And Dar kicking out
with under a buck 20 to go
here in round four.
[Booker] Butch went all over his
Celtic warrior workouts.
It's definitely working out for him.
And stamina - no problem.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Take a look at this match up. This is why I say it.
It's Dar's match up.
When was the last time Butch competed
in one of these types of matches?
It's not. It's a test of stamina.
-[Vic] It's a test of will… -[Booker] Just think about it…
[Vic] …because of the stoppage during the match up.
[Booker] Think about it. Butch didn't come back here to NXT for nothing.
Right now, this is an opportunity.
This is a life changing moment
for every man in this tournament.
And right now, Butch is at the forefront.
He's got that lottery ticket
-[Booker] just to cash it in. -[Vic] 45 seconds.
[Vic] Dar now looking for a plex.
Was it perfect enough?
Into another cover center of the ring.
And another kick out by Butch
with 35 seconds to go.
Mensah beside himself.
The next fall is the deciding factor.
And these are the moments, Booker, you talk to me when it comes to Noam Dar.
You feel that there's not enough
respect being put on Dar's name.
[Booker] No, because I feel like Dar
could take you in those deep waters, Vic.
Not just take you in those deep waters,
but take you and drown you.
All right! Now, though! That's…
[Vic] Speaking of deep waters, just got caught.
That left arm stretched out.
Is Dar gonna fade?
Is Dar gonna tap?
Because there's 10 seconds.
Can he hold on?
Bate's screaming, "Tap."
[audience counting]
[Vic] Dar's fading.
[audience counting]
[bell ringing]
[Vic] Butch pointing it out!
But I believe Dar saved by the bell.
And you talk about a crucial 20 seconds. Dar's out.
-[Booker] This is one of the… -[Vic] Dar's sleeping.
[Booker] …one of the best refs I've ever seen right there.
They make a shooter thing play all the way out.
No shortcuts.
I'm loving it.
[music]
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Yeah, you talk about what a night this has been.
It's got everything you could want.
You start the match. There's bruises,
there's beatings, there's table.
These guys are fighting all over the arena.
You talk about the sound strategy of this match.
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] You talk about
[Vic] the submission expertise of these two.
Then you talk about four teams
that went through hell
for the NXT Tag Team Titles.
Not to mention the excitement
of someone like Trick Williams
finally putting gold around his waist.
[Booker] You know what it's called, Vic?
It's called being bruised, battered and torn.
But it's always about going that extra, extra mile.
The show must go on, man.
[Vic] A little bit of something for everyone when it comes to NXT,
which is what makes these premium live events
that much more special
as we're in round five.
First 30 seconds off the clock,
and somehow, Booker,
these two still standing.
Still trading blows.
[Booker] Yeah, we're in those deep waters.
We're in those deep waters and it's all about stamina right now,
It's all about intestinal fortitude.
Who's gonna weather that storm.
[Vic] Well, Butch does not want to get disqualified.
Because much like a knockout,
disqualification would end this match up
with just over two minutes
here in round five.
[Booker] I must say the referee has been given a--
[Vic] Oh, wait a minute. Looking for the bitter end again.
Butch! But this time it's countered by Dar.
And Dar another knee.
When you talk about expertise with submission.
What about the striking ability of Noam Dar?
[Booker] No, like I said,
with Noam Dar, you can say what you want to say
about this young man, but he is truly the greatest of all time
as far as that Heritage Championship.
-[Booker] Oh! -[Vic] Oh, he's out.
[Vic] That's a knockout blow.
It's… I don't know… how?
No! How?
Dar kicked out. I just looked up.
The eyes at Dar rolled in the back of his head.
[Booker] It's deep. Heart, will, determination. All of them…
[Vic] Take another look! Feel this impact! Oh!
[Booker] Oh!
[audience chatter]
[Vic] You talk about, Booker,
pin point precision.
[Booker] Caught it right on the cheekbone.
[Vic] Unbelievable.
Under 90 seconds in round five.
I don't know how Noam Dar didn't just win this match on a knockout.
But somehow Dar is pulling himself to the top.
Love him, hate him…
…you've got to respect what he's doing here tonight,
as Butch somehow back to his feet.
[Booker] Talking about somebody who would walk out of here with that cup, Vic.
You got to give Butch his props.
You got to give him his flowers, man.
He's fighting tooth and nail here.
[Vic] Off the top, into the cover for the Cup. And…
Dar again! Kicking out. Now under 60 seconds in round five.
The snot literally being knocked out of Noam Dar.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] And you got to imagine these two guys looking around…
[audience chants, "USA"]
-[Vic] …the NXT Universe-- -[Booker] Look at the clock.
[Vic] I see the clock.
But you see the NXT Universe firing up Butch.
There's 40 seconds. Yes.
But it's only gonna take three for Butch to get another pinfall.
Nice kick! Right?
[Booker] Beautiful switch kick. Beautiful switch kick.
[Vic] Oh, no, no, no!
-[Vic] Brainbuster! -[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] And if Butch wasn't knocked out before,
he may be knocked out now!
And Lash Legend with a little extra boost.
[audience counting]
-[Booker] Wow! -[Vic] How? How? How?
[Booker] 19 seconds.
[Vic] How?
17 seconds down to 15.
That might have been instinct again.
But Dar, now, shouldn't be doing hand signals.
Shouldn't be talking about the metaphor.
There's only nine seconds.
He just got caught!
Is he gonna get snapped?
Is he gonna tap?
-[Vic] There's only five! -[audience counting]
[Vic] Referee's right there!
[audience counting]
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] And once again!
[Vic] Dar saved…
Well, Dar saved by the bell.
[music]
[Booker] I think he just broke his finger.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] I don't necessarily know…
-[music] -[audience cheers]
[Vic] If Dar has been in these deeper waters in this sort of match up
against a superstar like Butch.
And by the way, Dar is the one in agony right now.
[Booker] I think he broke it.
[Vic] And Butch is on his feet,
ready to fight for the sixth and final round.
And I'm surprised you didn't say anything
about that cheap shot.
[Booker] What did you? I mean, come on.
I'm impartial, Vic.
[Vic] Impartial, yeah.
[Booker] I call it right down the middle.
-[Vic] Okay. -[Booker] I mean, I have nothing.
[Booker] No dog in this fight.
I have nothing to gain.
[audience chatter]
[bell ringing]
[Vic] Thought you're looking forward to that after… that after-party,
that "Super 11" party,
that Dar always throws after his victories.
[Booker] What is he up to? I got a VIP.
I'm trying to get in.
[Vic] Now, we're in the final round.
Round six, as we've talked about.
Butch has to get out in front. A tie does him no good.
At tie, Noam Dar would retain
The Heritage Cup.
As we're under 2:42.
And now the time is ticking.
-[Booker] Dumb luck. -[Vic] Bate has to realize the time.
[Vic] That's his big moment right now.
For Bate is to allow Butch to know
that we're under 2.5 minutes.
And now some offense
getting strung together by Butch.
Butch putting one into two.
Two into three!
What the hell?
[boos]
[Vic] Mensah again.
Under the jaw goes Dar.
Referee didn't see it.
[boos]
[Vic] The referee has so much to look at.
So much going on.
[Booker] I said that, didn't I?
[Vic] You did. And the Nova Roller under the jaw.
With two minutes to go.
[Booker] It's over man, let's go.
-[Booker] Whoa! -[Vic] It is not!
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] Here's that two minute warning.
And here comes Tyler Bate!
[Booker] The hell is he doing?
[Vic] Jumping over Jakara, wiping out Mensah.
Mensah stuck his nose twice.
[Booker] He's about to get somebody disqualified.
[Vic] And now, "Tyler driver 97"!
-[Booker] Oh! No, not like this! -[Vic] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Booker] Not like this!
-[Vic] No! -[audience] Ooh!
Noam Dar instinctively able to kick out.
Buck 40 and counting.
Butch now looking for…
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Could have been looking for it. It was countered.
-[Booker] Beautiful. -[Vic] Was looking for the bitter end.
[Vic] Back into the knee bar.
And now that knee bar is cinched in. Ninety seconds.
Butch able to roll through though now.
Butch. Butch back on top.
[Booker] Oh! Ow!
[Vic] Back into digits!
-[Booker] Wow! -[audience cheers]
[Vic] Dar though, still not quitting!
Again!
Bitter end! Connects!
[audience cheers]
-[Vic] Two for the charm. -[audience counts]
Will they get a three?
-[Vic] I don't get it. -[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] I don't know where Dar's getting it from.
But there is the arm bar!
[Booker] Resilient young man!
[Vic] 65 seconds and counting!
Can Dar hang on?
62 seconds!
We're down over a minute.
Hey wait… Gallus!
[boos]
[Vic] Wolfgang! Mark Coffey!
[boos]
[Vic] And now Butch, though.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Coming out here to aid.
To aid. To help Tyler Bate.
But he just wasted 15 seconds.
It's down to 44!
And he allowed Dar to get back on his feet.
What the hell's Jakara doing?
Oh, the best for the bells from Joe Coffey.
[boos]
[Booker] What the hell?
[Vic] No! 30… no!
[Booker] Vic.
One, two, three!
[bell ringing]
[Noam Dar's music plays]
[Vic] Dar steals it.
[announcer] Here is your winner
and still the NXT Heritage Cup Champion,
"Supernova 11",
Noam Dar!
[Vic] Mensah just woke up after getting beat up by Tyler Bate.
To see Gallus. Wolfgang and Mark Coffey from one area.
Joe Coffey coming from the aisle-way.
[Noam Dar's music plays]
It took seven individuals
to beat Butch tonight.
It took seven individuals for Noam Dar…
[Noam Dar's music plays]
…to retain his Heritage Cup.
[Noam Dar's music plays]
[Booker] A lot of accusations right there, Vic.
A whole lot of accusations.
[Noam Dar's music plays]
[Vic] Going back. This is… I'm not…
This is nothing. I'm stating facts.
Gallus came out here. Wiped out Bate.
Butch took his eye off the ball.
Butch got back into the ring,
was able to drop Dar, while…
Lash Legend Jakara Jackson distracted the official.
Joe Coffey comes out.
It's all the best for the bells.
Add it up. Throw Mensah in there.
And Noam Dar.
The equation. That's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Which allowed Dar to get the "one, two, three,"
here against Butch.
[indistinct]
[Vic] Dar escaped Bakersfield with The Heritage Cup.
At No Mercy.
[Noam Dar's music plays]
Booker, are you ready?
It's the final WWE premium live event of the year.
It is NXT Deadline
and we're bringing back the revolutionary
Iron Survivor Challenge Match.
Oh, and we know all about that, my man.
Cannot wait!
And something you know a lot about,
Halloween Havoc. And it's coming your way.
It's going to be a special.
A two week TV special.
And it's gonna start on October the 24th.
It's gonna continue Halloween night, October the 31st.
Halloween Havoc, a two week TV special on USA.
The question is, who will be the NXT Champion
when we get to Halloween Havoc,
because this is the rematch the Universe has been waiting for.
The defiant challenger, the confident champion.
They run it back in a battle of destiny versus dynasty.
[music]
[Vic] Hayes faces Dragunov under the bright lights.
That's one man's dynasty versus one man's destiny.
[audience chants]
[Vic] Oh, no!
Dragunov bounced off that NXT title.
[audience cheers]
[bell ringing]
[Vic] And it's the Melo dynasty that continues to grow in NXT.
[music]
Look into my eyes.
Now you will feel my wrath.
[Ilja] It doesn't matter how hard I try to fulfill my destiny.
Because every time something happens.
Someone happens!
I'm finished with letting destiny slipping through my fingers.
And you can take this as a message to you,
Carmelo Hayes.
[Melo] Wrong person at the wrong time.
I didn't plan for it to go down like that.
[Melo] Yo, Trick.
I just can't have people thinking that the only reason
that I beat Ilja Dragunov at Great American Bash
was because I had your help.
[Melo] I didn't call that shot.
[Trick] This is noise.
You've got to cut out all the noise.
[Melo] It was what it was.
This is noise.
There is no asterisk next to our match.
You took a risk and I took advantage.
Unless it is true.
[Melo] You know I can beat him, right?
I think so.
Why do you say it like that, though?
[Melo] You don't think that I can beat Ilja.
What? My word don't mean nothing to you now?
Hey man, I'm coming at you because I trust you, Trick.
[Melo] Can I beat Ilja Dragunov?
Yes or no?
[Trick] I don't think you can.
I know you can.
You're Carmelo Hayes.
You're on top right now.
You want to try to be one of the greatest to ever do it?
[Melo] I ain't champion.
[Trick] You are.
[Melo] Oh, yeah.
[Vic] These two competed in an instant classic this summer.
The number one contender, Dragunov,
the champ, Hayes, are gonna do it again at No Mercy.
[Melo] Ilja!
I struggled with my confidence and I checked myself.
And now I'm walking into No Mercy knowing I will…
[music]
Beat you.
You see, Melo…
[Ilja] At No Mercy I will finish what began at The Great American Bash.
But this time…
That dragon will cover his wings in gold.
[Melo] Being NXT Champion. It's not about how much pain
you can endure.
It's about being undeniable.
It's about being…
Him.
[Melo] I will be the one to push you through the wringer.
[music]
[Ilja] You will do nothing!
And when I get crowned the new NXT Champion.
You will realize that your dynasty has fallen.
Long…
live…
the Czar.
[music]
[audience cheers]
[music]
[audience cheers]
[Ilja Dragunov's music plays]
[speaking Russian]
[Vic] Booker, Ilja Dragunov knows
that after tonight, here at No Mercy,
there are no more excuses.
[Booker] Yeah, he knows that, Vic.
But we're looking at Ilja Dragunov, the ultimate competitor, Vic.
We know one thing.
He's gonna leave everything.
When I say everything, I mean everything,
tonight in the middle of that squared circle,
to walk away the new NXT Champion.
[Vic] I asked Ilja about the heartbreak of the last match in Texas.
He told me, "The greatest courage on earth is to bear defeat
without losing heart."
He will put it all on the line
one more time
to try to capture
the NXT Championship.
[Ilja Dragunov's music plays]
[music]
[Melo] And in my yard.
We don't bark.
We bite!
[music]
[Melo] How are you gonna do a shoey over my body
when I put your shoes in the power lines?
[music]
[Melo] And still.
[music]
[Melo] And for one of us, it's gonna be champagne.
And for the other,
it's gonna be just pain.
[music]
[Melo] Don't go chasing waterfalls.
Stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to, my boy.
[music]
[Melo] 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.
[music]
[Carmelo Hayes' music plays]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And for Carmelo Hayes,
he's looking to leave no doubt
in the mind of anyone.
One of the most anticipated rematches
in recent memory
is about to go down.
And Ilja Dragunov.
I looked up. He was in the ring,
staring up at the entrance
and saw his name.
His Jersey he had put in the rafters
for a second time.
[Booker] It's about to break out, Vic.
You know, I questioned Melo tonight.
This is a different walk.
You know, I always say you can tell
by the way a man walks
it's about to go down.
And I see something.
I wonder if he put that black mask on.
You know, went into self interrogation mode,
asked himself those tough questions, "Can I beat this man"?
Because one thing Vic, he knows what happened
at The Great American Bash.
He knows.
[music]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT Championship!
[audience cheers]
[announcer] Introducing first the challenger,
Ilja Dragunov!
[audience cheers]
[announcer] And his opponent.
He is the NXT Champion,
Carmelo Hayes!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Booker, I want to go off to something you just said.
This game is half physical, half mental.
Melo's been trying to get his mind right, it seems,
for weeks heading in to this showdown.
[Booker] You know,
I would say seventy - thirty. Seventy mental, thirty physical.
And you're talking about the mind game.
-[Booker] You've got to think your way -[bell ringing]
[Booker] to success in this business.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] You just can't run into it
[Booker] just like that right there.
[Vic] Oh, he just ran into it.
And forget about that thirty physical.
One hundred percent physical
one hundred percent of the time…
…is Ilja Dragunov, the challenger who believes
Hayes is struggling with self confidence.
[Booker] You know, you know what?
I wouldn't doubt it.
I mean, right now I go back to The Great American Bash.
There's no way in hell you can tell me
that Carmelo Hayes hadn't gone back and watched the tape.
That's why I say he knows.
He knows exactly what he's getting himself at to tonight.
[Vic] Look at Texas. We question
would Hayes be able to withstand
the offensive onslaught from Dragunov?
Can he withstand almost the perseverance of Dragunov
that we're gonna see here tonight in California?
[Booker] I can tell you this.
After that battle, after that match up at The Great American Bash,
Carmelo Hayes knows, he has to be two, perhaps three times
better than he was on that night, trust me.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Dragunov his side of the way.
That Melo worries about perception,
worries about social media,
his recent interactions with Trick Williams.
Not talking about the ones that happened here tonight.
[Booker] Vic, you've seen that.
You've seen that three point shooter
when he got into a slump.
What happens?
He loses all of his confidence.
That's what's happening right here.
One shot, one brick.
That's all it takes.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Dragunov came out of the gates in this match up.
And I hate to say it.
I don't know if Carmelo Hayes is gonna be able to get back into it.
As fast as Dragunov has come out from the start of this match up.
Carmelo Hayes is gonna have to fight with everything he's got.
He's gonna have to exert even more energy maybe
than he did at The Great American Bash.
-[Booker] I've been saying… -[Vic] Oh, my word!
[Booker] This guy Dragunov.
He's the most tenacious here in NXT.
And I've been saying it for a long time.
He's looking to conduct his greatest symphony
and I wonder if this night will be it.
My ring!
[Booker] Yes!
[boos]
[Vic] Kind of wonder what goes through the mind of Carmelo Hayes now?
And he's looking up.
And now Hayes going right back in!
Now Carmelo Hayes trying to bring the fight to Ilja Dragunov.
[Booker] Ilja Dragunov just drew that line in the sand.
He said, cross it and see what happens.
Right now, Carmelo is stepping up to the test.
[Vic] Oh, a kick in his own right.
You know, it's Carmelo Hayes coming into this match up with,
I hate to say, more to prove to the NXT Universe,
to the WWE Universe, than the challenger?
[Booker] I think that he will bring this out.
You might be right, right there for that.
Go right now.
Carmelo Hayes knows exactly what he's in for tonight, Vic.
And like I said, I hate to keep being repetitive,
but go back to The Great American Bash.
We could easily be watching
Ilja Dragunov as champion here tonight.
[Vic] You brought it up a few times.
What do you think Hayes can take from that meeting
at The Great American Bash?
Is there anything he can go back
and take away positively from that match up?
[Booker] Yeah. Yeah, the mental scars.
The physical scars.
That's about it.
Knowing how much, you know,
it hurt to actually go through a battle.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] Oh, yes!
[Vic] [indistinct] just rocking Hayes.
And just like that,
Dragunov turns the complexion
of this match up around.
Take another look.
Springboard scouted by Dragunov and then bam!
That big clothesline
gets a near fall in this match up.
And right back onto the offensive
is Dragunov with that senton.
[Booker] Great momentum there by Ilja Dragunov.
And one thing, you can rest assured with Ilja.
He's not gonna let up off the gas
or anything like that.
He's gonna put, what they say,
"The pedal to the metal", man!
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Oh.
And Dragunov pointed out Tuesday.
How will Carmelo handle it,
when he hits Dragunov with everything?
But Ilja doesn't stay down.
[Booker] Yeah, that's one thing about Dragunov.
His Intestinal fortitude is…
-[Vic] Oh, the back of a neck! -[Booker] His will to win!
[Booker] That's all ego.
That's all ego, Vic.
[Vic] And the one big difference,
'cause you've brought it up a few times, The Great American Bash…
Into the cover for the title.
It's on the line.
Kick out by the champion.
The one big difference?
Take a look around, Booker.
[Booker] No Trick.
[Vic] Trick Williams is not here.
Trick Williams, of course, congratulations.
Won The North American Championship early on tonight.
But here it's about Carmelo Hayes.
And that is the big difference from Texas to here in California.
[Booker] But I'm sure.
I'm sure Trick is back there watching his boy out here
do battling right now.
Right now, Carmelo's not looking great.
He's not looking great at all in this match up
[Vic] Right here, bam! Right to the side of the face.
Almost in the cheekbone.
And Booker, I will go back to how this match began,
Right after the bell.
Right after Alicia Taylor's announcements,
Ilja Dragunov came out of the gate hot.
Came out with a game plan
to immediately get up on the champion.
[Booker] I mean, I just got a chance to gaze into Ilja Dragunov's eyes
and he's got that search and destroy look
in his eye right now, Vic.
And I tell you, Carmelo Hayes
is gonna have to do something special
tonight to walk away, "And still the…"
Excuse me.
NXT champion.
[audience cheers]
-[Booker] Hmm. -[Vic] NXT Universe
trying to will on Carmelo Hayes as the NXT Champion
trying to fight back but just caught a backhand.
[Booker] One thing I always talk about with Carmelo Hayes
is he's got so much ability, you know,
inside of that body of his,
but he's gonna come a time and place
when he's gonna have to just throw hands.
He's going to just have to fight
and bite down on his mouthpiece
with Ilja Dragunov.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] You know, you take a look at some of this match up.
I hate to keep harping on the start,
but is Ilja Dragunov
trying to get Carmelo Hayes
out of his game
to turn this into, what it has, a slug fest?
That's not Hayes' game, Booker.
[Booker] I think Ilja Dragunov is doing exactly
what he said he was gonna do.
"Let's go out here and take
Carmelo Hayes to the limit."
I think Carmelo Hayes, to win this match tonight,
he's gonna have to separate Ilja Dragunov
from his senses.
And right now he's nowhere near that.
[Vic] Well, you talk about people being special.
[audience chatter]
[Booker] Saint Paul.
-[Booker] Saint Paul. -[Vic] Both these superstars were special
[Vic] the day they stepped foot here in NXT.
That's why this is one of the most anticipated rematches ever
in NXT history.
[Booker] Yes, indeed.
And I'm sure Carmelo Hayes
has been waiting
as well as anticipating this match up.
But I'm gonna tell you, I wonder,
is it gonna be just too much?
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Hayes is getting lit up.
And look, Carmelo has heard all the noise.
He's tried to block it out,
but it has been constantly there.
And has it been eating away at the champion…
[audience chatter]
[Vic] who's trying to turn hings around
in this moment.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Hayes able to get back into it.
And now the champion starting to fight.
Doing his work. Now he is the champion.
[Booker] Did I tell you Vic?
It's gonna come time and a place in this match.
He can't think about all the high flying moves.
He can't think about technique or anything like that, Vic.
He just has to throw hands.
[Vic] But he's… but throwing hands
isn't what Carmelo Hayes is built on.
[Booker] Is that wise to do?
But sometimes when you find yourself in a fight.
That's the only thing you can do, Vic.
[Vic] Hayes' gonna have to bring a little extra,
because we know Dragunov won't stop.
Dragunov who endures pain.
Loves pain.
Just rocking, Hayes.
Hayes now trying to turn right back around
and just slap Dragunov!
[audience cheers]
The NXT Championship is on the line
in Bakersfield at No Mercy.
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] No more excuses for Dragunov.
Hayes trying to erase,
so that there's no doubt in anybody's mind
which has brought us here
to this match up.
Hayes, Dragunov. Two.
[Booker] You know what? I don't think
Dragunov has ever made excuses.
The only thing this young man has ever wanted, I think,
is an opportunity, .
a fair chance at going out there and win the championship
[audience chants]
[Vic] And this is turning in to what you said, Booker.
It's turning into a fight.
[Booker] Blood fest, fisticuffs.
[Vic] Hayes answered back.
Dragonov pushing through
NXT Universe at a fever pitch
here at Bakersfield.
Big kick from Hayes.
Dragunov is rocking.
Dragunov answers right back.
[Booker] I tell you Dragunov brings to find out everybody,
and this is what Carmelo Hayes needs.
Oh, yes!
[Vic] Big kick, Dragunov!
Turning right around.
Hayes lands on his feet.
Coming in… boom!
Somewhat of an Enziguri!
-[Booker] He's out! -[Vic] Fooling Dragunov.
-[Booker] He's out! -[Vic] Can Hayes make the cover?
[Vic] Hayes though.
Somehow Dragunov on his knees.
Trying to get back to his feet.
Spring board!
-[Vic] Turn the DDT into a bulldog! -[audience] Ooh!
-[Booker] Shot and did not miss. -[Vic] Cover, cover, cover!
-[Vic] to retain the Championship. -[audience counts]
-[Vic] And Dragunov… -[Booker] Ooh! Man!
[Vic] Got his shoulder up.
Take another look.
Presence of mind by Carmelo Hayes.
First off, it was his Enziguri.
-[Vic] Right there. Bam! -[Booker] Ooh!
[Vic] Folded. Dragunov.
And then coming back down by the DDT
realized he was out of position,
switched mid-air and hit that bulldog.
[Booker] That wasn't a three pointer.
That was a slam dunk right there.
I thought it was over with.
The resilience of Ilja Dragunov.
[audience cheers]
[audience chants, "This is awesome!"]
[Vic] Hayes measuring,
Dragunov, going back in and around this time,
just gets dropped on his face,
slid right off of Dragunov,
overpowers Hayes with a German suplex,
-[Booker] Beautiful. -[Vic] but didn't break his grip.
[Booker] Beautiful belly to belly suplex right there.
Going for a double up.
Double up, one time!
Oh, yes!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Dragunov with the uncanny will to fight.
[Booker] Can he pull off a triple?
[Vic] To push through pain.
[Booker] Can he pull off the trifecta, Vic?
Can he do it?
[audience chatter]
[Booker] A little too high in the waist right there.
[Vic] And that might be the only thing saving Hayes.
Hayes is trying to break the grip,
create a little bit of separation
and turn this thing around.
And Hayes, showing you
the heart of a champion.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Fighting through.
[Booker] Oh, yeah. Love it.
[Vic] Able to counter!
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Looking for a German in his own right.
But look at these elbows.
Right there, one after another,
raining down from Dragunov.
[Booker] Melo about to go out one more shot.
[Vic] Referee was even grimacing for a moment.
Constantine special.
Nobody home this time.
-[Vic] Third time! -[audience cheers]
[Vic] It's a charm!
[Booker] That's it!
-[Vic] To retain in California… -[audience counts]
-[Vic] And… No! -[Booker] No!
-[Booker] Did he did he get? -[Vic] That…
-[Booker] Did he kick out? -[Vic] …was
[Vic] …close.
Another look.
Dragunov was spun around
by the speed of Hayes.
Landed perfectly. Take a look here, Book.
[audience counts]
[Booker] Oh, wow!
[Vic] Just got that shoulder up.
And I mean, you could have slid
a piece of paper
under Dragunov's shoulder.
[Booker] But the three count. Wow!
[audience chatter]
[Booker] What a match.
[audience chants, "Holy shit!"]
[Vic] Both these superstars have given so much.
This rematch has lived up to the billing.
Dragunov, Hayes 2.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And we've said it before.
A ring is just that,
until Carmelo Hayes shows up in it.
And he's gonna need a special night
in this moment to retain.
[Booker] With a moniker like him, Vic.
You've got to show up every night.
I'm talking about no days off.
That's what this young man,
that's what Carmelo Hayes
is all about!
[Vic] Hayes trying to stop…
the heart…
On a Dragunov.
Stop the will.
-[Vic] Stop the fight. -[boos]
[Vic] And stop the heart
of the challenger.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Eyes set.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Dragunov, just eating those slaps.
But look at this.
-[Vic] Look at this combination. -[Booker] Beautiful shot.
[Vic] Couple of knees, but so much taken out of Dragunov.
Dragunov back it up.
Dragunov trying to recruit.
Dragunov, running in with a big knee strike of his own.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] And now looking for maybe
that power bomb
with a little extra.
[Booker] Man…
[audience cheers]
[Booker] Dragunov used the ring perfectly right there.
Used the hardest part of the ring
to make sure he landed
with its most optimal effect.
Oh, yes.
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] So much taken out of both.
And now, we've seen Dragunov in the past.
Look to go coast…
To coast.
[Booker] Let it all hang out, Vic.
This is what it's all about.
Letting it all hang.
Whoa!
[Vic] He's gonna fly. And just like in Texas.
But this time, Dragunov
was able to counter.
-[Booker] Double down! -[Vic] To counter and overpower
[Vic] Carmelo Hayes!
[audience chatter]
-[Vic] Oh! -[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] High impact
-[Vic] to the lower back. -[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] And you've got to wonder.
All the damage being done
throughout this match
to the back of Hayes.
How is Hayes gonna continue to stand?
How is he gonna pull himself up?
[Booker] Dragunov's smart, Vic.
[audience chants, "Holy shit"]
[Vic] And one more time for Dragunov.
[audience chatter]
Got to give him credit.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] He's willing to risk it!
[Booker] Going back to the well one more time.
-[Vic] Coast to coast! -[Booker] Wow!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] For the championship!
[audience counts]
-[Vic] And Hayes not to be denied. -[Booker] Wow.
[audience chatter]
[Booker] Dragunov. He made the hard cover.
He hooked the leg.
He did everything
to make the count right there.
[Vic] And again, after a double counter,
was able to get a triple counter,
was able to drive.
Maybe the rest of what's left
in Carmelo Hayes out of him.
Bam! From coast to coast.
And it hit.
[audience chants, "This is awesome"]
[Vic] The NXT Championship is on the line.
The champion Carmelo Hayes
and his dynasty against the destiny
of the number one contender
Ilja Dragunov
In a rematch
from The Great American Bash,
which was an instant classic.
This following in the same steps.
[Booker] Yes, right now this thing is about 50/50.
You know, if I had to call it,
I wouldn't know who to actually pick
if it was on points
or anything like that, so…
Who's gonna get that big knockout blow?
That's what it's all about.
[Vic] Well, Hayes just creating a little bit of separation
with that headbutt.
And Hayes is in perfect position right now
to take that shot.
[Booker] Gonna take that shot.
-[Booker] He's gonna take the shot, Vic. -[Vic] He shoots.
[Vic] He don't miss.
Dragunov up to his feet…
just a little bit quicker than Hayes.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] These two may be destined
to fight forever.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] So much taken out of both.
Both superstars have really shown the will.
-[Vic] Have shown the heart. -[Booker] Yeah.
[Vic] Have shown that ability
to go find a spot inside themselves
that most men don't have.
And what a suplex!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Folded up Hayes
outside the inside.
And now Dragunov
has Hayes in his sights.
[Booker] Dragunov went deep, deep,
deep down inside
to pull off that superplex right there.
He's got…
[crosstalk]
[Vic] Didn't get-- H-bomb, H-bomb, H-bomb!
[audience counts]
-[Vic] No! -[audience] Ooh!
[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] You know, we talked about instinctively
early on in the night…
Of that…
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Counter from Hayes.
It almost ricocheted Dragunov
to the point that his momentum
carried him right back on top of Hayes.
[Booker] Like I said, that one shot, Vic.
Like I said, it was a hard shot.
But like I said, you have to separate Dragunov
from his senses
if you expect to knock him out
here tonight.
This is about destiny. You said it.
This is about all the glory.
This is about them again,
conducting that greatest symphony
for this man.
[Vic] He's trying to conduct it now,
as Dragunov, who's looking down…
On the champion.
Now!
[Vic] Another…
H-bomb!
[audience] Ooh!
The second one!
Connects!
-[Vic] Floats into the cover! -[audience counts]
[Vic] And another!
Another kick out!
Holy… you know what.
[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] I can't get fired tonight.
But I almost said a four letter word
I'm not allowed to say.
-[Booker] Oh! -[Ilja] Ah!
[audience chatter]
No!
[audience chants, "Holy shit!"]
No!
[audience chants, "Holy shit!"]
[Vic] What now must be going
through the mind of Dragunov.
Not one, but two H-bombs.
[Booker] I tell you, one day
these two men are gonna look back
and have so much respect for each other.
That time is not right here
in the middle of this match up right now.
This is about a fight.
This is about the Championship.
And it is such a beautiful thing, Vic.
[Vic] Torpedo! Moscow!
Super kick, super kick!
Fallen into the cover!
To retain!
Hayes! Hayes! Dragunov. Wow!
[Booker] Ooh!
That task was picture perfect.
I mean, pinpoint precision.
Right on the chin, Vic.
[Vic] Hayes just looked over
into our timekeeper's area…
In disbelief.
[audience chants, "NXT"]
These two, the epitome
of what this brand is about.
These two destroying themselves
to become the NXT Champion.
For that right to follow in the lineage.
The heritage
of all the great champions before them.
For Carmelo Hayes,
he's fighting to keep it.
For Dragunov,
he's looking to finally achieve it.
[Booker] You know, that Championship, Vic.
It definitely does something to you.
Only, you know, a few chosen men
have had a chance to actually
put that Championship around their waist.
And Ilja Dragunov.
I'm sure.
I'm sure he could taste it.
He's so close, Vic.
[audience] Ooh!
[Melo] Let's go!
[audience chatter]
[referee] Hey! Bring it in! Come on up!
Come on up and bring it in!
Can't win it right there.
[Vic] How? Booker, how? How?
How are these two still at this level?
[Booker] It's all about the gold, Vic.
It's about glory.
It's about destiny.
It's about the heart of two lions right here
in this squared circle.
[Vic] What is on the mind of the champion.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] You got to be kidding me!
[cheers and applause]
The Cutter.
From the ring apron to the floor.
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Referee, rightfully so,
checking on both these superstars.
'Cause again, we got to remember,
for Ilja Dragunov, the only way he can win -
pinfall, submission.
Back inside the ring.
One more look as we've seen that.
Cutter! [indistinct]
Almost wiped out Stu, the cameraman.
[Booker] Yeah, but it goes to show you how far
Carmelo Hayes is willing
to go here tonight
to hold on to his championship, Vic
[audience chatter]
[audience counts]
[Vic] Referee starting his count.
And you know what?
Carmelo Hayes, I give him a lot of credit here.
Most men would take the count out.
Not Carmelo Hayes.
Carmelo Hayes wants to leave no doubt
in the mind of anyone.
Anyone sitting in the back.
Anyone sitting in the audience.
Either of us.
[Booker] You know what? If he's smart,
he would have took the count out,
because right now, he's thinking about that asterisk.
-[Vic] And you got-- -[Booker] He wants to,
[Booker] wipe that slate clean.
[Vic] You're taking a look
at another one that got caught!
-[Vic] Big clothesline by Dragunov! -[audience cheers]
[Vic] And I got to ask you this, Booker.
For as great as this match has been,
as great as the first match
between these two have been.
Can you believe both these superstars
are only in their 20s?
We talk about a youth movement in NXT.
We talk about the superstars of tomorrow, today.
You're seeing maybe the future tonight.
[Booker] Yes. I talk about match ups
like this with these young men.
But they're gonna meet each other,
Many, many more times up to this.
But right now, this is--
-[Booker] a special night. -[Vic] Wow. Wow. Wait a minute.
[Booker] This is No Mercy.
-[Booker] This is NXT. -[Vic] Wait a minute.
[Booker] This is the Championship. All the marbles are on the line, Vic.
[Vic] Dragunov, looking to show
No Mercy from the top!
Looking for a Super H!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Bam!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Again, connects!
[audience counts]
-[Vic] Dragunov… -[bell ringing]
[Vic] has done it!
[Booker] Wow!
-[Ilja Dragunov's music plays] -[audience cheers]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and new NXT Champion
Ilja Dragunov!
[Vic] Look around in Bakersfield.
The NXT Universe is on their feet.
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] Dragunov can't believe it.
Dragunov in disbelief.
[Ilja Dragunov's music plays]
[audience cheers]
What a show of respect
from the NXT Universe
to both these superstars.
But during this match
the power of Ilja Dragunov
was on display.
Bam!
That Superhuman suplex
from Dragunov.
Not to mention
this H-bomb
that almost caught
[audience cheers]
Carmelo Hayes.
The second time was the charm.
He talked about superhuman.
Superhuman for Carmelo Hayes
to continue to fight.
To continue to push forward.
But for Ilja Dragunov,
from the top to the bottom,
Bam!
That one with a little extra zest on it.
But still,
Carmelo Hayes
wouldn't stay down!
Showing you that heart.
Carmelo Hayes looking for nothing but net
when he shoots this time.
Got blocked by Ilja Dragunov
with that big clothesline,
which opened the door
for the top.
For this super ultra destructive H-bomb.
And that would be the final…
[audience counts]
[Vic] final moments…
[bell ringing]
[Vic] for Carmelo Hayes
as champion.
But hats off
to both these superstars
here tonight.
[Ilja Dragunov's music plays]
Stand up!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Dragunov, still as intense now
as he was at the start.
Great show of respect,
as Dragunov's destiny
has finally been fulfilled.
But now, Booker,
you have to start
to throw out the question.
Who can slay
The Mad Dragon?
[Ilja Dragunov's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[yelling]
[audience cheers]
[music]
Stay the hell out of Miss Jackson's way.
[music]
Karmen Petrovic doesn't waste time on mercy.
[music]
Everyone is gonna know Lola Vice.
[music]
Jada Parker stays ten steps ahead of you.
You either got it or you don't.
And Izzy Dame has got it.
The whole world
is about to see what Dani Palmer
is capable of.
Kelani Jordan
is gonna give you a performance
like you've never seen before.
Arianna Grace is back.
You're welcome.
[music]
[Vic] Get ready, Booker,
The NXT Women's Breakout Tournament
begins Tuesday.
And of course, the winner
gets a Championship opportunity.
Huge opportunity
for all those women start
this Tuesday.
But we want to remind everyone
that a week from tonight,
right here on Peacock
it is WWE Fastlane,
and you know what we learned last night?
LA Knight signed the contract.
He's gonna team with John Cena
to take on The Bloodline.
It's gonna be awesome.
And guess what? I'll be there.
Well, of course you will.
You're out despite everything right now, Booker.
But as we talk about Fastlane,
let's go back to earlier tonight
here in Bakersfield, California.
It was on the NXT No Mercy kickoff show.
As you see, Kelani Jordan,
she was rolling in this match up.
but got caught by Blair Davenport
in that moment in time.
And that would open the door
for Big Blair Davenport
to drive Kelani Jordan into the mat
and secure a victory,
earlier at No Mercy
on the kickoff show.
But it was what happened after the match up.
Gigi Dolin coming out of nowhere.
Providing that, what do you call,
receipt?
-[Vic] For Blair Devenport. -[Booker] Yes, yes.
[Vic] For what took place
this past Tuesday
on NXT.
And while that was earlier tonight,
we have just found out
that this Tuesday on NXT,
Gigi Dolin, who was attacked
last week in the dark by Blair Davenport.
Well, the light will be shining
because these two
will finally meet
one on one
this Tuesday.
Dolan versus Davenport.
Also because of something that happened
earlier tonight when Gallus interfered,
costing Butch the Heritage Cup,
Gallus will take on Butch and Tyler Bate.
A rivalry renewed.
Tuesday on NXT
on USA.
[Vic] But speaking of which,
and speaking of looking forward
to the future,
Tegan Nox!
Look who's back in NXT.
She's gonna face the winner
of our main event
for the NXT Women's Title.
Monday on Raw.
And it is time
for our main event,
as Tiffany Stratton
looks to regain her title.
Her actions forced Becky Lynch
to take things to the extreme.
Tonight at No Mercy.
[music]
[Tiffany] I'm basically a perfect champion.
But when you're Tiffany Stratton,
perfection comes easy.
[music]
[Tiffany] I'm gonna go down in history
as one of the best
NXT Women's Champions
of all time.
[music]
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.
[music]
[Tiffany] But for now,
I am going to remain at the tippy top.
[Becky] Tiffany!
Seeing as I've won just about everything
in this company,
apart from one title.
And that title is hanging on your shoulder.
Soon it will be Tiffany Stratton
versus The Man
for the NXT Women's Championship
in the main event.
Toodles.
[music]
[audience cheers]
[Booker] What a match.
Tiffany Stratton is holding on.
She's one of the best in the world.
The Man, Becky Lynch.
[Vic] Snatch, grab, drop, manhandle, slam, cover!
[audience counts]
[bell ringing]
[audience cheers]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and new NXT Women's Champion!
[Becky] The Man is the new NXT Women's Champion!
I wanna 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 gonna 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.
[music]
[Tiffany] I am the future of WWE.
And I am the future
two times NXT Women's Champion.
[Becky] You think I haven't seen this before?
You got a rocket strapped to your back,
everything handed to you.
And even after ten years here,
I want it more than you do
because you're not hungry enough.
[music]
I've only dealt with you for a month,
but I'm already sick of you.
[music]
[Becky] Tiffany!
That's how you wanna play it?
Then at No Mercy,
it's gonna be you and me,
Extreme Rules!
[Tiffany] I'm hungry
get to my Woman's Title back.
Hungry to use any weapon
I can get my hands on
in an Extreme Rules match.
NXT No Mercy.
Weapons will be used.
Bodies will be bruised.
One thing will remain the same.
And still the NXT Women's Champion.
[Tiffany Stratton's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Well, here comes the challenger.
Who, with a win, would join
Shayna Baszler and Charlotte Flair,
as the only women
to win the NXT Women's Championship.
Twice.
And with that fact
thrown out there, Booker,
do you agree that Tiffany Stratton
took her game
to a new level
-[Vic] in her last encounter? -[Booker] Can I say this?
[Booker] Can I say this first? Can I say this first, Vic?
[Vic] What?
[Booker] Strap in, man!
Because we're about to
go straight past the stars.
I'm talking about past the moon.
I'm talking about all the way
to the nebula!
We got Tiffany Stratton in the house
getting ready to go back
and recapture, reclaim,
all the gold, man!
Oh, yeah!
This is that shucky ducky,
quack quack moment.
Oh, I can feel it in my bones, man!
Yes!
[Tiffany Stratton's music plays]
[Vic] You didn't even answer my question.
[Booker] What was the question?
[Vic] Forget it.
[Tiffany Stratton's music plays]
NXT Women's Title in the main event
of an NXT Premium Live Event
thanks to big time Becks.
[audience cheers]
[music]
[audience chants, "Becky"]
[music]
[Becky] When you're The Man,
you make history every time
you step foot in this ring.
[music]
[Vic] Raw And Smack Down
Women's Champion!
[Becky] The Man has come around
to N-Bex-T!
[audience cheers]
[Becky Lynch's music plays]
[Vic] Tiffany Stratton already strapped up with some brass
knuckles, it looks like,
on her right hand, and…
[Becky Lynch's music plays]
Becky Lynch…
I don't think she's walking away.
I think…
I do wanna point out,
she's here for a fight.
She's wearing a shirt
with the name of her daughter,
her husband, friends like Bray Wyatt,
reasons why, people she fights for.
And on the shirt, it says,
"You're never going to make it."
These are things
that Becky Lynch has been fighting for.
And people she has been fighting for
her entire career.
That's why tonight is so damn special.
She wants to see
what Tiffany Stratton is made of.
And Stratton, right in!
-[Vic] And Extreme Rules, -[bell ringing]
[Vic] is underway!
[Booker] Tiffany's about to get
a rude awakening here, Vic.
The experience factor
is gonna weigh heavily
in Becky's favor here in this match up.
Oh, my God.
[Vic] NXT Women's Championship Tour
continuing here in Bakersfield!
And Lynch said she wants to push people
to their limits.
She wants to see what they're made of.
And that's somewhat of the cruise…
Helmet?
If at first she don't succeed,
try and try again.
[Booker] Oh, my God.
Let me tell you something.
Becky Lynch right there
is looking to make an example
out of Tiffany Stratton.
[Vic] Ooh!
Kendo stick!
Booker, you ever been hit with a Kendo stick?
[Booker] Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
-[Vic] How's that feel? -[Booker] It doesn't feel good at all.
[Vic] Ooh.
[Booker] One of the worst moments in my life.
Trust me.
[Vic] Wise of Stratton to try to…
[Booker] Get out of Dodge! Get out of Dodge!
[Vic] She's running.
She's running.
And she's gonna get caught.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Both these women had the idea.
They've been able to think of some evil intentions
over the last few days.
Oh. Face first goes Stratton.
[audience cheers]
And this main event,
one of the reasons why No Mercy
has been trending number one
since the start.
Becky Lynch is looking like she's having a little bit of fun.
[audience chatter]
And Lynch.
We talk about her friends,
her family, those she was fighting for.
Oh!
First I got to focus in here on Tiffany Stratton,
who's starting to fight back in this match up.
And I don't blame some of the NXT Universe
trying to get out of the way.
Oh, wait a minute!
[audience] Ooh!
The hell was that?
Is that a necklace?
[Booker] Nah, we talked about Carmelo Hayes
having to break out in the fight.
Tiffany Stratton is in a world
that she's never been in, Vic.
All the training.
Not all the training.
None of it is gonna help right here.
[Vic] Booker! Becky's in section 104!
Dropping the hammer!
[Booker laughs]
[Vic] I feel bad for the official in this match up.
Oh! But anything goes.
It's Extreme Rules.
The only place to win, though…
Inside the squared circle!
Another shot right to the ribs!
[Booker] Well, we're in Bakersfield, Vic.
A whole lot goes down here
in Bakersfield, California.
Trust me, I know about it.
[audience chants, "Mandy"]
[Vic] Becky, has flourished
when things can get taken to the extreme.
Think of the steel cage victory recently
against Hall of Famer Trish Stratus.
Think about the Last Woman Standing match
she won against Charlotte Flair
at WWE Evolution.
[Booker] Yes, and the thing is, Tiffany Stratton is great
in the middle of that squared circle,
dropping the most beautiful moves
maybe In the history of this business.
But this is different.
No rules, Vic.
I mean, this is business.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Listen to the NXT Universe,
'cause there was a swing of a chair
And oh! And that swing of a Kendo stick.
[Booker] I like it.
[Vic] Right to the stomach.
[Booker] I like it. Fight… fight fire with fire.
Just the only things that are gonna help you
in a match up like this.
You can't turn the other cheek, Vic,
in a match up.
You got to let it all hang out, man.
[Vic] I was saying that swing of a chair
two weeks ago
could be the extreme mistake
made by Tiffany Stratton,
who now, bringing the fight to Becky Lynch.
And look, some have questioned Stratton.
Would she thrive in this environment?
She may do great
because of her vindictive nature.
-[Vic] Ooh. -[audience] Ooh!
[Booker] Match up like this.
We're gonna find out
a whole lot about Tiffany Stratton.
What is she made of?
If she's really all about that life?
That's what this thing is about, Vic.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Finally the action getting into the ring.
But what a way to start
this Extreme Rules match up.
[audience chants]
[Vic] And Stratton…
Double stomp right down into Lynch!
Into the cover.
Championship on the line
And a near fall.
[audience chatter]
[indistinct]
[audience chatter]
[Vic] And I will say this much.
Stratton has not been bothered…
[audiencer chatter]
[Vic] …by the early start of this match up.
She has not been flustered at all.
Take a look right here, though.
I don't know what…
The chain right to the face!
And I think that was a deciding factor
for Becky Lynch in this match up.
Then we talk about swinging.
-[Vic] Swinging for the fences… -[audience] Ooh!
…was Tiffany Stratton.
Stratton would not be done.
Continuing to bring to fight now,
to the NXT Women's Champion Becky Lynch.
And you know, upon that replay,
I believe that was Becky's stylist.
Stylist king Troy,
who helped her out a little bit.
I don't know if his name
is on Becky Lynch's shirt or not,
but that might be one of the people
she's fighting for.
-[Vic] She's got fans and family -[Booker] That's…
-[Vic] all over the place. -[Booker] That's not gonna help her, Vic.
[Booker] Okay?
It's not gonna help her.
[Vic] Anything can help you, Book.
[Booker] Who initiated this rematch? Tiffany Stratton.
Tiffany must have seen something
in that first match up
that makes her feel like
she can come out here
and recapture that championship.
Oh, yes!
[Vic] Well, she might think that.
But she also has to know
what's inside the toolbox,
which again, it's all legal
in this Extreme Rules match.
[Booker] Drop the hammer. It's time for action.
Oh, yes.
Here we go, Vic.
-[Vic] Oh! -[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] That is solid steel.
Just about everyone
has picked up a wrench.
A giant wrench.
Everyone's picked up a crowbar.
You know how heavy it is.
You know how it feels.
But have you ever been beaten with one?
That is what Stratton is doing to Lynch.
[Booker] I love it, Vic.
This is where it all…
All the hard work
comes into play right here.
Having that never say die mentality.
-[Booker] You know? -[Vic] Oh!
[Booker] Win by any means necessary.
Oh, yes. I love it.
[Vic] Becky used a chain earlier.
Stratton paying her back.
I mean, how much stuff is in?
Oh, there's your hammer, Booker.
[Booker] Drop the hammer. It's time for action.
[Vic] Oh, Lynch, sensing it.
Able to fight free.
And now she's looking to… wow!
And ricocheted right off.
I don't know if that bounced off
the forehead, though, of Lynch or not.
It's Stratton coming right in,
overpowering Becky.
Becky, though, looking for a submission
and does get overpowered.
-[Vic] Sidewalk slam! -[Booker] Beautiful counter.
[Vic] Title on the line. Cover…
And Lynch fights out at two.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] I mean… Oh.
I mean when you played No Mercy, the video game,
I used to go into The Smackdown Mall
and pay five, ten thousand for a hammer in any of this thing.
But these two could care less
how much it costs,
because being NXT Women's Champion
is priceless.
[Booker] Both of them to do a fight,
is on a video game, is what you're saying?
[Vic] Not right.
[audience chants]
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] And this is how it all began.
A swing to the back.
-[Vic] From Stratton to Lynch. -[audience] Ooh!
[Booker] That was gnarly right there, Vic.
That was gnarly.
[Vic] Stratton has come up with some wicked,
nefarious ideas for tonight.
Ooh!
[Vic] And again, as you mentioned,
Lynch is the one who wanted this match up.
Lynch is fighting for everyone.
Fighting for herself,
but also, she wants someone to step up.
She wants someone to be as hungry as she is,
as she… off the…
Oh, got countered and again,
the strength of Stratton
off that high cross body.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Lynch!
Oh, and this time
face first goes Stratton.
Looking for… becksplex!
[Booker] Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful right there by Becky.
[Vic] Grand-slam-Becks coming in.
Looking for a home run swing.
Counter!
Nice big right hand from Lynch.
You know, some people question
Lynch's motives.
Why she's back here in NXT.
Missile dropkick.
[Booker] I don't question the motives, Vic,
I really think she's back here
for good intentions.
I mean, Tiffany put herself in position
as far as losing that championship.
But, Becky Lynch,
I mean, it's about the locker room.
[Vic] Well, look. You see, Lynch, a veteran,
she knew what was going on.
Thought maybe just for a moment--
[Booker] Oh! Big shot!
[Vic] That was a little bit too far away.
She switched her game plan
at the last moment.
and was able to get
a much more effective kick
right to the face.
And you have to understand where Becky is from.
She said she was never chosen.
She was never handpicked.
And she just rolled that shopping cart
into the grill of Stratton.
[Booker] [indistinct] thing least likely to succeed
until you overcome all the odds
and find yourself The Man.
-[Vic] Oh, no. -[Booker] You gotta love it.
[Vic] This is gonna be a rough ride.
Oh! Crunch, goes Stratton.
[audience chatter]
Look at Lynch. Lynch almost relentless
in this match up.
But to what you were saying about the motives.
Becky Lynch is here in NXT
'cause she loves it.
She could rest on titles, main events,
but she doesn't.
She wants to face those
that love it as much as her.
And if you don't love it,
she's gonna beat it into you.
-[Booker] I know. Becky said… -[Vic] Oh, here we go.
[Booker] …she wants to bring the best out of every young lady
in that locker room
She's gonna test your will.
She's gonna test your mettle.
-[Vic] Things… -[Booker] Oh-oho.
[laughs]
[Booker] Love it.
[Vic] Well, this is sort of a slap in the face,
don't you think?
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Is now gonna introduce--
Oh, nice counter though, by Lynch.
[Booker] Beautiful counter.
[Vic] Going in and Lynch this time…
Is she gonna taste?
No, this time it is!
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Stratton, who gets dropped.
into the cover!
And Stratton able to kick out.
[Booker] Whoa.
[Vic] Talk about message being sent tonight.
[Booker] Talk about a slap in the face, Vic.
[Vic] They call her "The Buff Barbie".
She's thought she is the NXT's version
of superstar Barbie.
Well, she just landed on a bagful.
[boos]
[Vic] Becky Lynch so far is proving what she said.
There is not one person on any brand
that is as hungry as she is.
[audience chatter]
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Well, looks like some members of the NXT Universe
getting a few souvenirs from this match up
as Stratton trying to play defense.
At least she has some sort of armor.
[boos]
[Vic] And Lynch…
-[Vic] Ooh! -[audience] Ooh!
[Booker] Captain Tiffany Stratton.
[Vic] Well, you don't have to be a veteran
to realize what you can do with a lid.
And the question going in about Tiffany Stratton as well,
How extreme would she be willing to go?
[Booker] It's about the championship, Vic.
It's about to gold.
You got to be willing to go to that next level.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Oh. And a slug fest.
Here's that combination offense
from Becky Lynch,
which is what has made her a future Hall of Famer.
[Booker] Take out the trash.
[Vic] Made her the leader of an evolution.
She heard you, Book.
[Booker laughs]
[Booker] I like it.
[Vic] And we've seen this in the past.
Leg drop! With a little extra assist
from the trash can.
Into the cover. Maybe.
Lynch trying to negotiate.
Oh, she knows she needs to do a little bit more.
A little bit for good measure.
Looking for that exclamation point.
Oh, oh, wow.
Stratton rolled out of the way, coming back in.
And out of desperation, now.
Stratton using the trash can
to her full advantage.
Spine buster!
[audience] Ooh!
[Booker] Just answered my question, Vic.
She's willing to go there.
[Vic] Cover for the title to get back to the tippy top!
-[Vic] And Lynch. -[Booker] Bam!
-[Vic] Kicking out at two. -[Booker] So close.
[Vic] Weapons will be used,
bodies would be bruised.
That was what Lynch said earlier.
But Lynch didn't think
it would be her body.
And a spine buster
crushing that trash can.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] When you see Lynch, Booker,
holding on to her right elbow,
you've got to wonder how much damage is done
even early on in this match up.
We saw Stratton earlier use a crowbar.
Use a chain,
Try to use a hammer.
Use a wrench.
And now back to the steel chairs.
[Booker] Talk about that left elbow…
Yeah, will you look at the right elbow.
It's pretty bruised, battered and torn as will, Vic.
This march brings out the worst in you.
Trust me.
[Vic] We talked about the wicked, nefarious ideas
that Tiffany Stratton had thought about.
We talked about that vindictive nature
of Tiffany Stratton.
If Tiffy wants it to be her time,
once again,
she is going to have to go
to extreme measures here tonight.
And I believe she's doing that.
[Booker] Put out about four chairs, Vic.
What do you think this is?
Is this extreme enough for you?
What else you want?
[Vic] I don't know what it's gonna take.
I don't know what is gonna be extreme
in this match up.
Take a look at Carmelo Hayes - Ilja Dragunov.
We would have thought that match up
had reached its point several times,
but they continued to fight.
And that's what Becky Lynch does.
She continues to fight.
But right now, Stratton looking for a Power bomb!
Able to counter!
And now. Ooh!
Oh! And Stratton!
Into those chairs she brought in,
and is now locked in to an arm bar.
It's not the disarmer,
but it's close enough for Becky Lynch
to start to hyper-extend the elbow,
starting to weaken the body of Stratton.
[Booker] Definitely set up to use that upper body strength
to kind of find a way out of this right here.
[Vic] She's trying to negotiate their way free
by rolling out, rolling in.
And now. Oh, no. Stratton.
This is that power on display
you were talking about.
Right on to the steel steps.
Lynch still fighting.
-[Vic] And Lynch could fight no more. -[audience] Ooh!
[Booker] Becky tried to block it, but,
to no avail right there.
Tiffany Stratton just landed that big shot.
This could be it.
[Vic] And wise of Stratton.
She talks about only being
in the game for two years.
She knows she can only win the match
inside the ring.
And Lynch!
Kicking out that left arm,
just getting up.
But I go back to what happened
about about three minutes ago
when she went through the trash can.
That being Becky Lynch.
Holding on to that right elbow.
You just saw that same elbow
get caught underneath her weight
going on to that steel step.
That could be a game changer as well,
because if you look at her
right elbow Booker,
it's starting to change color.
-[Vic] It's starting to swell. -[Booker] Yeah…
[Booker] We know how tough Becky is.
Becky's not gonna quit.
Becky's not gonna…
[Vic] Becky countered.
[Booker] That's not gonna happen.
[Vic] Becky trying to follow up Stratton,
[Vic] who's looking for--
-[Vic] that prettiest special ever. -[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] And Lynch this time gets caught
[Vic] And right back in… ooh, nasty landing
And I believe…
I believe Lynch's face
went off the side of the ring.
[Booker] As well as caught that metal as well, Vic.
Wow!
[Vic] Stratton's back
just caught the barricade.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] These two have gone
to extreme measures tonight.
[Booker] You've got to give it up for Becky, man.
She has been a fighter
over these last few months, Vic.
You got to… you got to give--
Oh, here we go!
Here we go!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] The message written all over Becky's body
is to fight, is to persevere,
is to continue, is to take things to--
Ooh!
[audience chatter]
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] --say, to the extreme.
And somehow,
that sinister smile
on the face of Stratton.
Well, now…
[Booker] You're a believer now, Vic?
Are you a believer in Tiffany Stratton?
Are you? Are you, Vic?
[Vic] I figured she'd be pretty good at coming up
with these sort of vindictive ideas
-[Vic] for the type of person that she is. -[Booker] Not just that!
[Booker] I'm talking about the will to win.
I'm talking about the will to stand up
[Vic] Wait a minute…
[Booker] with truly one of the best in the world,
Becky Lynch.
[Vic] Stratton.
Who are you looking for?
Who? You're…
How do you lose your opponent?
Where'd she go?
[Vic] Where is she?
[Vic] What was lost, now is found!
Oh, blinded.
And. Oh.
The Man.
[audience cheers]
Just turned in,
to cactus Bex!
[audience] Whoa!
[Vic] That's a barbed wire-- Wow!
[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] That's a barbed wire bat
that just slipped out of her hands
and just got rolled through by Stratton.
Tiffany Stratton just dodged a bullet.
So did you.
[Booker] Just got hit with that bat?
What are you talking about?
[Vic] Lynch.
Try and… Oh, a nice counter by Stratton.
These two have laid it
all out here tonight!
And again, Tiffany Stratton
has raised her game
here in this match.
Here in this moment.
[audience cheers]
I've never seen anyone go through
a barricade like that.
[Booker] Tiffany Stratton is living up
to the billing, Vic!
She's living up to top billing, Vic!
That's what this is!
[audience chants, "Holy shit"]
[Vic] Stratton with all her force--
Oh, no!
Now going in and…
Oh, oh, oh!
Think things…
getting taken a little too deep.
[Booker] You think?
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Looking for that Manhandle slam.
That Manhandle slam, though, countered,
And… oh.
-[audience chatter] -[Vic] Well…
[Vic] Oh, wait. No, no-- Oh!
[audience] Ooh!
[Tiffany screams]
[Booker] Oh, we get busy, man.
[Vic] I'm almost in the front row.
I can't… these two…
[audience cheers]
[Vic] …have come up with the unimaginable.
[Booker] Talking about extreme, Vic?
You about to see it!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] To get back to the tippy top.
Stratton!
-[Vic] Swanton bomb! -[audience] Whoa!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] But Booker, Stratton's got to get
Becky back into the ring,
as she's doing now.
-[Booker] She's so close. -[Vic] She's three seconds away…
-[Booker] So close, Vic. -[Vic] …getting back to the top.
[audience chatter]
[Booker] She's gonna do it.
She's going for it, Vic.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Will the second time
pay off…
Swanton again!
[Tiffany yells]
-[Vic] Stratton to regain! -[audience counts]
[Vic] No! Becky Lynch kicked out!
Lynch kicked out!
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] No quit!
[Booker] Wow.
What a match up.
What a match up here at No Mercy
for the Woman's Championship.
[audience chants, "This is awesome"]
[Vic] Becky Lynch wanted to bring out
the best in everyone.
[audience chants, "This is awesome"]
[Vic] And she's doing it again tonight.
NXT Women's Title on the line.
Extreme Rules.
[audience chants, "This is awesome"]
[Vic] This indeed is.
And this is our main event
for the NXT Women's Title.
And Booker, I don't know if you just noticed that,
but I don't think Becky Lynch can get back to her feet.
Not one, not two.
Swanton bombs have isolated her,
have wiped her out.
And now, Stratton…
…could be looking,
for a version of that--
-[audience cheers] -[indistinct]
[Vic] Stratton rolled through, Manhandle slam on the floor.
[Booker] Good god, man!
[Vic] The spine is tingling!
Into the ring goes Stratton.
Lynch, crawling into the cover!
[Booker] This could be it.
[audience counts]
[Vic] Oh…
[Booker] Gotta be kidding me.
I'm a believer, Vic. I'm a believer.
[Vic] A lot of people are becoming believers
of Tiffany Stratton.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] I've wondered how tough she was.
She's proven it tonight, Booker.
But now the disarmer.
Can it get locked in?
Stratton trying to fight.
Shifting body-weight. Rolls through. Shoulders down,
Shoulders down, and able to kick out is Lynch,
at the last moment.
Up goes… Becky down!
[Booker] Oh! Here we go, Vic! Here we go!
[Vic] Moonsault! No one there!
Stratton, right now, is hanging with Lynch!
But is she gonna hang any longer?
Manhandle slam!
[audience cheers]
Under a pile of steel! Cover!
-[Vic] Cover! -[audience counts]
-[Vic] And Becky Lynch retains! -[bell ringing]
[Becky Lynch's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and still the NXT Women's Champion
The Man, Becky Lynch!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Booker,
you're a two time WWE Hall of Famer.
You've been in this business for decades.
I don't recall ever seeing not one,
but two matches back to back,
[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] get a standing ovation from the Universe.
[Booker] Those stretches, Vic. Those obstacles.
I always talk about them.
You gotta go over, round them, under.
But sometimes those ultimate obstacles,
you go straight through a man.
What a match up!
[Vic] I can't get over some of the action
throughout this Extreme Rules match.
Reckless move. She was hot.
She got cooled off, though,
by Big Time Bex.
Bex then would pull out.
Becky Lynch would pull out
what she thought
was a big time move
turning into Cactus Bex,
bringing out a barbed wire bat.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Then out of nowhere came Tiffany Stratton.
Who laid it on a line.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Becky went out
through the barricade to our left.
Not to be outdone,
using her environment
to her advantage.
Stratton was able to do it
a second time.
Then from the top,
a Swanton bomb perfectly executed.
That was the first one.
And how in the hell Becky Lynch
is able to continue to fight
after the first one?
Let's talk about the second one.
That was perfect as well.
[Booker] Wow!
Stratton was a half second away,
but Becky Lynch showed you
why she was The Man.
Becky Lynch showed you
why she is one of the best ever.
But Tiffany Stratton,
par with the best ever.
She stood there toe to toe,
man to man,
until the Manhandle slam
on a bed of steel.
And in that moment,
Becky Lynch was able to retain
the NXT Women's Title.
[Becky Lynch's music plays]
And the next challenger is Tegan Nox.
Monday night
on Raw.
48 hours for Lynch.
Who will be hungry enough
to step up to Lynch.
Becky remains at the tippy top.
As she also remains The Man
and N-Bex-T.
[Becky Lynch's music plays]
[audience cheers]
Man. I'm so sorry, bro.
I thought we was gonna do it.
-Nah man. -I thought…
Hey, look, man. You fought like a champion
out there, bro.
Just be proud of yourself, man.
And that was incredible.
I don't care what nobody says, dawg.
You're still him, man.
Thank you, bro.
You still him.
I'm sorry, bro. Sorry.
I'm proud of you, man.
Thank you, bro.
We always gonna be here.
Thanks, bro.