[epic music]
[narrator] Then.
[man] Whoo!
[narrator] Now.
[Roman Reigns] Acknowledge me.
-[Triple H] The king of kings. -[John Cena] You can't see me.
[narrator] Forever.
[epic music continues]
[narrator] Together.
[epic music halts]
[narrator] The biggest, most star-studded Tuesday in NXT history.
[man] I'm loving this party, man.
[man 2] NXT is the future, but we're making history tonight.
-[crowd cheering] -[epic electro music]
-Hi, Asuka. -Hi.
[woman] I'm Tiffany Stratton but of course you knew that already.
[narrator] Cody Rhodes, to make a major announcement.
[energetic crowd chanting]
[Cody grunts]
[Cody] On the biggest night in NXT history I am the special guest.
-General manager! -[crowd chanting]
[narrator] Cody Rhodes has delivered, the NXT title will be defended.
Dragunov, Mysterio!
[Cody] This match needs a special guest referee.
-[narrator] The hottest superstar in WWE. -[crowd chanting]
[commentator] Can you imagine if Dominik Mysterio
walks away NXT champion?
[narrator] Dragunov, he will not be stopped.
-[epic electro music] -[crowd chanting]
[narrator] Ilja Dragunov.
-[ring bells] -[crowd cheering]
-[narrator] Oh! -[suspense decrescendo]
-The championship will finally be mine! -[crowd booing]
[commentator] Corbin and Dijak. Sizing of the NXT championship.
You're gonna get your match, you're gonna get it, if…
…you win next week's triple threat, Dijak and the winner of Melo vs. Bron.
You got ten team over the top battle royal.
The winner faces The Don and I night one, Halloween Havoc.
-What do you think? -[epic music]
[Cody] Let's call it the "Bada-Bing-Bada-Boom Battle Royal."
-[cheering] -[Lorenzo] Oh, you're the guy!
[deep exhale] Booking ain't easy.
-[energetic crowd cheering] -[electro battle music]
[John Cena] We are all NXT.
[crowd cheering]
[Breakker] They came here to see me!
-[bass drum impact] -[crowd chanting]
[epic music]
[commentator] It's fatal big time.
Paul Heyman in the corner of Bron Breakker.
-[narrator] The future is Bron Breakker. -[crowd chanting]
[commentator] In the corner of Carmelo Hayes, John Cena.
[narrator] Tonight, bring up with discretion gets Bron.
The winner will face Dijak and Baron Corbin in a triple threat act.
[epic music]
-[loud thud] -[commentator] Cena!
-He doesn't miss! -[loud thud]
-[boxing bell rings] -Carmelo Hayes, stands tall.
-[bass drum impact] -[crowd chanting]
[Bron] Win or lose!
[Bron] There's only one bad ass in all of WWE.
-[bell dings] -[crowd chanting]
[epic music]
[Undertaker] One day you're gonna be a very special talent.
It's just… it ain't today.
-[drum impact] -[crowd chanting]
[narrator] Bron Breakker just made famous by the Undertaker.
-[bell dings] -[crowd chanting]
-[background music] -[crowd cheering]
[boxing bell dings]
[narrator] The following is the Bada-Bing-Bada-Boom Tag Team Battle Royal.
Representing Diamond Mine,
Julius and Brutus…
the Creed Brothers!
[Vic] Booker, what a way to kick off NXT, ten total teams.
When one member is eliminated, the entire team is eliminated.
You're eliminated if by going over the top rope
both of your feet hit the floor.
The final two teams will meet next week
or tonight because next week they could face this team
at Halloween Havoc for the NXT Tag Team titles.
[Booker T] It's a very unique situation.
A situation myself personally have never been in.
So let's see how to play out bad.
[Vic] Final two teams will meet next immediately following this battle royal,
and this is gonna be chaos.
And
Wait a minute! D & C were eliminated!
[Booker T] What?
Whoo!
Hey! I wasn't even--
[referee] Let's go!
[Booker T] He said he wasn't ready.
[Vic] It doesn't matter if you're ready.
It means now D… has to get set to the back.
[Booker T] This matches make you have eyes in the back of your head.
It could be over with.
[Vic] Oh! Referee get out of the way.
Ain't going over the top rope. He's still in it.
… From Smack Down.
-[crowd cheering] -[Booker] Who you got.
[Vic] OTM is in here.
[Booker] He got out of the move, man. He got out of the move.
Two brothers that are looking for some big moments in this pitches.
Hank and Tank are now out.
As I was saying,
we see former NXT Tag Team champions,
such as Gallus in this match up.
The Creed brothers in this match up.
[Booker T] Who you got Vic?
[Vic] I'm not picking anyone. You're gonna hold it against me.
Absolutely not. That's not what my job is, Booker.
But what I am doing out here is watching this match and thinking…
-[Booker] Oh man! -[Vic] …the family of Cody Rhodes,
our special guest general manager last week,
they were able to make this match official,
and what a way to kick off NXT.
[Booker] Yes, indeed.
What a hell of a job Cody Rhodes did last week.
Big matches, three matches.
[Vic] Still to come tonight, another match.
this triple threat match later tonight in the main event.
The winner will face Ilja Dragunov at Halloween Havoc.
Two weeks from tonight. Speaking of general management,
they all smacked down the new man in charge?
[Booker] We're talking
This guy needs a place.
He needs a spot right here in the WWE.
And now, he's got the biggest spot in the house, man.
Oh yes! I'm talking about that--
-That, that-- wow! -[Vic] Oh!
[Vic] That's not the spot to be in for Jensen or Briggs,
who have now been eliminated.
[Booker] Both of them at the same time.
You know, that gotta be demoralizing for those two.
[crowd chanting]
Trust me.
[Vic] Have you ever compete something like this?
[Booker] No, this is like, too many moving parts for me myself.
Seriously. I'd never want to get that title shot this way.
I want it always gonna be me and my brother, two-on-two.
[Vic] Ridge Holland putting on the brakes.
[Booker] This guy is strong, dude.
[Vic] Oh, say it again, Booker.
-[Vic] Two for one! Enofe and Blade-- -[Booker] Get that!
[Booker] Wow, was that impressive or what?
Was that impressive or what, Vic.
The Don and Lorenzo,
they seem impressed to having themselves a nice little family meal,
VIP seating.
Hey, are they too giving?
Is there such a thing as being too giving as the NXT tag championship.
Motor about that.
And we'll talk about it later.
It's all about keeping those championships controlled.
This match up, he did go over the top.
Wait, whoa.
He did not go over the top rope
and that's one way to say good bye.
-[Booker] Whoa. -[Vic] See ya later!
[Booker] That's a smash right there, baby.
[Vic] Gallus is gone … but you asked me who my pick was earlier,
I have to say that some members of the NXT universe
they haven't think Gallus was a fav.
[Booker] My guys are still in there. I don't get what you're talking about.
I'm talking about the boys
They ain't stuck in the mud like that. They're moving up town, Victor!
[Vic] They're moving up all right.
-[Booker] Whoa! Wait a minute. -[crowd chanting]
Hold on, big guy.
[Vic] Holding on.
-[Vic] Wait a-- -[crowd chanting]
[Vic] I don't think that's what SCRYPTS had in mind!
[Booker] What the hell! [crowd chanting]
[Vic] Speaking of, referees trying to regain control on the outside.
OTM, Brawling Brutes, they have both been eliminated.
I mean, I'm looking in the ring, we're down to the final three teams.
Which of these teams will survive?
The last two teams will compete against one another
for the opportunity to go to Halloween Havoc,
to compete for the NXT Tag Team titles.
[crowd] Creed, Creed!
[Vic] Still looking up, just from our vantage point,
the referees have their hands full right now
with everything going on on the outside.
What a way as we talk about starting things off and--
Carrillo! Up and over!
That's it! It's over!
The Creed Brothers, the Chase University,
they are gonna meet to face each other, and the winner of that match is--
Hold on, Booker!
[crowd screaming]
-[Booker laughing] What? -[Vic] Whoa, whoa.
-[Booker] Whoa! Whoa! -[wrestlers shouting]
-[shouting continues] -[crowd chanting]
-[Vic] The referees did not see… -[Booker] That's legal?
[Vic] …Carrillo get eliminated.
They didn't see the elimination.
The Creed brothers, though--
[Booker] How smart was that?
[Vic] The official saw the Creeds get eliminated
and these were the two teams.
Well, I can't believe that!
[Booker] I'm talking about the Ultimate, the Ultimate, Vic.
-[Vic] Well, we got to move on. -[bell rings]
Chase U's got some cheerleaders.
Jace Jayne, Thea Hail,
Andre Chase, Duke Hudson,
Garza, Carrillo… I can't believe it,
they shouldn't be in this match.
Garza and crew were eliminated.
[Booker] Guess what Vic, guess what. They are in this match.
You know what, I don't-- what do you got against Carrillo?
[Vic] I have the fact that they were eliminated right in front of us.
[Vic] Keep your blood pressure down, Booker.
I want to talk about the change though. The preparation.
The first matches of Battle Royal, now this is a traditional Tag Team act,
you got to switch mentalities.
[Booker] Nothing that they haven't seen before.
[Vic] The cover of the leg and kick out.
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] Who's headed to Halloween Havoc?
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] We are back live here on NXT.
There you see the family
getting a nice look at possibly one of these two teams.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] Oh, wow.
-[Booker] Back out. -[Garza] Did you like that?
[Booker] Jason's out.
[Vic] I was getting ready to say…
one of the two teams will be challenging,
the family for the NXT Tag Team titles,
next week at Night 1 of Halloween Havoc.
Last week, our general manager, Cody Rhodes, made it official…
-[loud thuds] -[Vic] Kick out.
…a great job setting this week up.
-[Booker] So close. -[crowd chanting]
[crowd cheering and applauding] Yes!
[Vic] Garza right back on top.
Garza and Carrillo's mentality, certainly has changed.
-Has that helped him? -[crowd applauding]
[Booker] It's helped him a lot.
[crowd applauding and chanting]
Both of these guys are full of talent.
They're at the same page at the same time.
And tonight, Vic--
-[loud thud] -[Booker] Oh, yes!
That's bad!
[Vic] And again, this all began with a Bada Bing Bada Boom Battle Royal.
These were the last two teams standing
of those ten that were into the cover.
Right now, hooking the leg, and Chase just getting that shoulder up.
[crowd screaming]
[Booker] They're definitely going to earn their shot.
Because it's not the conventional way to make it to the title.
But you gotta take those moments when you get them, Vic.
[crowd applauding]
[Vic] Don talking a little bit of business now with the rest of the family.
As Carrillo trying to take care of business in the ring.
You know, you talk about the mentality,
how can Garza, Kirill Garza behind the officials back,
how can they reach their full potential?
[Booker] I think, you know, like I say, I mean
I look at these two and I say extraordinary
in the middle of the square circle. But it's about staying focused,
Vic, having that same goal, that same mentality.
Like now my brother and I, he knew exactly where I was
before I was going there, Vic.
[Vic] Winner of this match will earn a tag team title opportunity next week.
Coming up next, Carmelo Hayes will address the NXT Universe.
He's got a major Triple Threat Match later tonight
to find out who will face the NXT Champion.
Two weeks Night Two of Halloween Havoc.
But now for Andre Chase. There's no one there.
[Booker] Always talk about the science of this. Be interested right now.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] [inaudible]
Working together. Oh beautifully man, Vic.
[Vic] Big JC section trying to rally Andre Chase.
Garza taking advantage…
of the situation even with Jayne and Thea Hail on the outside.
And it's nice to see Chase U with some positive momentum.
But can Andre Chase turn things around in this moment? Reaching back out.
Hudson's there. Hudson's there.
[Booker] Yeah. You don't want to let Big Duke get in the ring
because that could be the momentum changer.
-Oh yes. -[Vic] Uh-oh.
[Booker] Oh yes.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Big overhead belly to belly toss.
Chase U student section unglued.
[Booker] Thank you [inaudible]
[crowd chanting] Oh.
[Booker] Oh, yes.
[Vic] Duke Hudson. Booker, you mentioned it.
You don't want to let the big man get in the ring.
Some momentum now for Chase U sentai.
Hudson back up.
I believe Carillo is the superstar that is legal in this match up.
Uh oh. Bam.
[Booker] [inaudible]
[Vic] Into the cover.
[inaudible]
[Booker] Uh-oh.
[Vic] Carillo breaking up the count.
[Vic chuckles]
[Booker] Great tag team work.
[Vic] The family looking on.
They will see one of these two teams.
Bam, next week at Halloween Havoc.
And so close for Duke Hudson.
There's Andre Chase tagging back in. Andre Chase.
[Booker] I was just going to say Big Duke can't do it all by himself.
Chase to get back in there and do it quick.
[Vic] Chase high cross body connects the professor into the cover.
And another near fall.
Wow.
[Booker] I don't know. That was a pretty another pretty good tag right there.
I don't know if Andre Chase, you know,
got enough wind, sucked it up enough to get back in the ring.
-[Vic] [inaudible] -[Booker] Big thing off out of no, Vic.
[Vic] Almost had it. Did Andre Chase,
I do want to bring up though in this moment, Thea Hail, Andre Chase.
It's nice to see those rough waters have calmed ever so slightly.
-And Garza out. Hudson. Oh no. -[Booker] Oh no.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] DDT.
[Vic] Devastating DDT back in the ring.
Chase is distracted. Shoulders down. Another near fall.
Chase continuing to fight. Championship dreams are alive.
Carillo up over into another cover. Shoulders down.
Look at the strength. Power bomb.
-[Booker] Wow. -[Vic] Sit down style
Dakota Halloween Havoc.
No, it is not good night yet boys.
[Booker] Wow. Wow Vic. I didn't see that coming.
[crowd chanting] NXT!
[Vic] Feel the impact.
Just look at Chase bounce off the canvas
but somehow is able to get that left shoulder up.
And again we got to remember, Book, these two teams have already competed
in a ten team Bada Bing Bada Boom Tag Team battle
-Wow there's Brutus. -[Booker] Oh come on now. Come on,
-come on. Not like this. -[Vic] True. What do you mean?
-What do you mean "not like this"? -[Booker] Not like this, Vic.
-Not like this. -[Vic] [inaudible] begin with.
Chase into the cover. Finally the official season
-and yes, -[bell ringing]
Chase University headed to Halloween Havoc.
[Alicia] Here, your winners, Duke Hudson and Andre Chase.
Chase, Uno Park City.
[Vic] If the rally towels out.
[Booker] Oh, man.
[Vic] It's official. Chase U, the family for the NXT Tag Team Championship,
part of Night One of Halloween Havoc.
It all starts next week live here on USA.
[epic music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[Blair] Now that things seem to be back to normal around here, GiGi Dolin.
Have you thought that your fleeting victory for the end of our bitter rivalry.
Then you are sorely mistaken, my dear.
For due to an incompetent referee,
you escaped like a thief in the night
with the biggest win of your career.
But, Gigi, after everything we've been through,
do you really think that makes me weak or even more dangerous than I was before?
I don't want to erase your victory. I want to derail your career.
But I understand if you want to take the cheap victory and run.
But if you want to prove that you're as tenacious and resilient as you claim,
surprise me.
[inaudible]
[Blair] Face me at Halloween Havoc.
[Vic] Well, someone who has proved he is resilient is making his way
to the ring off the biggest night of his career.
We will hear from the former NXT Champion next live on NXT.
[man 1] Brian Pillman was one of them guys that had a drive about him
that told you from day one that he was going to be a star.
Superstars from the past would approach me
and share stories about all the good times they had with my father.
He was way ahead of his time.
[man 2] He was one of the innovators of the flying style of wrestling in America.
-Tell me how much they loved him. -Every day was a fun day with Brian.
He was my best friend in the business.
And you know what I'd do?
I'd look him right in the eyes
and look lies straight through my teeth and say,
yeah, I loved him, too.
[Lexis] Well, the reality is, when you're just four years old,
you don't know what love is.
Hell, I never knew that, man.
He spent more nights in a damn hotel room than he did in my home.
I'll pray elfin building does says whatever he wants.
You expect me to love him?
I am in no one's shadow.
[male narrator 1] This Halloween, there's no escaping the Havoc.
Halloween Havoc is the start of my career,
not the continuation of someone else's.
I'm gonna take the first steps down my own path.
I'm gonna make my name bigger than his name ever was.
And that name is Lexus King.
["Vampire" by New Year's Day playing]
[Vic] We'd like to extend a special thank you to New Year's Day for Vampire,
the official theme song of NXT Halloween Havoc.
The song is available now on Apple Music and Spotify.
Well, Booker, we're excited because Halloween Havoc,
the two week spooktacular begins next week
and I just received word that New Year's Day
will be performing live at Halloween Havoc.
And it all starts next week right here on USA.
Boom.
[laughs]
[epic music playing]
[Alicia] Please welcome Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] And when we talk about Halloween Havoc,
we know that next week it's night one, the NXT Women's Title will be defended.
We also know night two of Halloween Havoc,
the NXT Title will be defended on Halloween night.
Ilja Dragunov will face the winner
of our Triple Threat main event here this evening.
Will he be facing the former champion, that being Carmelo Hayes?
[Booker] Preparation is the only luck, Vic. You know that.
He knows that.
Hey, yo.
[laughs]
Hey, it's good to be Melo, am I right?
-[crowd chanting] Yeah. -[laughs]
Hey, last week I stood in this very ring
with the greatest of all time, John Cena.
Let's talk about it.
-[crowd cheering] -Whoop!
Not to mention I stood right there on that Iowa,
shoulder to shoulder with the phenom,
the dead man, a Hall of Famer, The Undertaker.
[crowd cheering]
Man, this life is crazy, y'all. I feel like I'm living in the video game
on universe mode. Let's talk about it for real.
[epic music playing]
[crowd cheering]
Melo, Melo, Melo. Listen.
[crowd booing]
I'm standing back there and I'm listening to you just be a little fanboy.
And I'm not about to do that for the next 10 minutes.
Listen, I thought you were different than all these people out here and back there,
but I was wrong.
Do you know where fans should be?
In the stands. Not in this ring. I mean, I walked by HBK's office
and I saw you sitting with John Cena for over an hour.
An hour. Then you ask for a picture and an autograph.
Then you did the same thing with Cody.
And then we get it, you did the pose with Taker.
We've been seeing it on your Instagram every single day.
You probably got it framed on your wall.
But listen, I'm going to give you some advice.
Maybe you should concentrate more on being a superstar
than a fan and you might still have your championship.
[epic music playing]
You two.
You two want to talk about what you can do what you want to do,
but you should be focusing on what I'm going to do.
And that's beat both of you. And then take the NXT Championship,
Familiar to Dragunov, after I beat him.
[crowd cheering]
You see, Melo.
Believe it or not, Corbin's right.
All that showboating you do, all that pandering you do,
it's not gonna make a damn bit of difference
when you're standing across the ring from me, looking into my eyes.
Nobody's looking in your eyes. You're wearing sunglasses inside.
[crowd chattering]
What did you say to me?
[mouths] [inaudible]
[crowd singing]
That's real cute, Corbin.
That's real cute.
I see you standing in the back
crying and complaining because people don't shake your hand,
because people don't respect you and your experience.
You want people to be afraid of you. I got news for you boys.
You've never put my name on a jersey.
And I'm not afraid of anybody, especially not you.
Listen, what are you yelling about?
I mean, literally, if you're not afraid of me, it's for one of two reasons.
One, you don't know me. The other is you're just plain stupid.
-Is that so? -[Melo] Hey, hey.
Now, I think about it, it might be a mix of both and Dijak, man, you right, bro.
You ain't never been on a jersey, but I can have one custom made
for your big ass any day of the week, man.
[crowd cheering]
[Melo] You want to be me so bad, I'll put you on a jersey.
I'm the man who dropped Ilja Dragunov.
And I'm the man who's going to drop you. And I'm going to drop you.
And there's not a damn thing that either of you are going to be.
[Ilja] Gentlemen, gentlemen. Listen, baby,
I wouldn't use that word for you Dijak after what you did last week, right?
Instead of talking, you three should be concentrating
on the fierce battle that awaits you.
I will be watching who emerges as the next challenger
to my NXT Title on Night Two of Halloween Havoc.
But I leave you with this.
Last week was historical.
But before Cody Rhodes left his duties as the general manager,
he made one last decision.
So tonight's main event will not be a Triple Threat Match.
Tonight's main event will be a fatal four-way match.
And the last competitor is this man.
-[epic music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Oh.
[Booker] What?
-[crowd chanting] -[Booker] Yes.
-Uh-huh. -[crowd keep chanting]
[Booker] I like it. Oh yeah, man. The Trick.
Oh yeah, cut the music. Cut the music. Cut the music.
[Trick] I ain't gonna lie, y'all. It is what it is.
This match has just become a fatal four-way match.
[laughs]
[man 3] Whoop.
Hold on. [inaudible]
Now this match became a fatal four-way match.
Fellas, let's talk about it.
Let's talk about how you just stabbed your best friend in the back.
Let's talk about that.
Hold on there, 12.
Let's talk about how you keep sticking that crooked ass finger
in everybody's business.
Let's talk about them ugly ass pants.
[crowd cheering]
Baron Corbin. Come on, Man, I like you.
But everybody knows you the last one in this building to call anything ugly.
[crowd cheering]
But I ain't come out here to talk about ugly.
I came out here to talk about this match tonight, man.
It's my moment. If I win this match,
I will be y'all's NXT Champion.
[crowd cheering]
Carmelo, I know you good.
Yo, Melo, I know you good with this, man.
I mean, this doesn't change nothing at all, bro.
[Baron] It changes everything.
Look at your boy, he's shook.
Huh? You stabbed him in the back last week.
You were being a fan, taking your pictures with Cena, Cody, Taker
and this man went into business for himself.
He got himself put in a match that he doesn't even belong in.
But Melo, Melo, listen, man, let me tell you the worst part of it all.
[man 4] [inaudible]
He did it all behind your back
and he never even told you about it.
[crowd booing]
You know what? Nah, nah.
I'm not going to let either one of you throw me out my game.
Because I know who I am and I know who he is.
[crowd cheering]
And I know exactly what it takes to win that NXT Championship.
And I'm willing to put anyone
down to end up back on top.
What about him?
[crowd chattering]
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Oh, well, tensions rising, Book. But what are we going to witness tonight?
I mean, that's good point. Dijak brings up as Trick as Hayes taking care of business.
[Booker] Oh.
I'm coming for the belt, believe that. I'm coming for the belt, believe that.
Dog you out your ass, huh? You thought this was huh? Huh? Yeah.
[crowd cheering]
-Yeah. -That's what I talking about, man.
Melo game. We all [inaudible]
[Vic] A Triple Threat has now turned into a four-way.
The stakes have been raised in our main events here live tonight.
-[crowd chanting] -[inaudible]
-Stay in. -Yeah.
Yeah, well ladies, the breakout tournament is a launch pad of your careers.
And I know some of you are still in it and some of you aren't,
but you guys are on your way to stardom.
I mean, I was in the tournament last year and I didn't win,
but it wasn't long before I found myself with championship gold.
And I know it can be nerve wracking for me.
Ooh, are we really doing story time right now?
Well, who wants to hear about the Breakout Tournament
from somebody who had actual success and made it to the finals.
Of course.
Of course I made it to the finals, Fallon Huntley.
But I can't quite remember who I beat to get to the finals.
You know, it's Henley.
Henley. Are you sure?
Huntley's better? Oh, yeah, Fallon, I beat you.
You see, this is what I mean. Tiffany, you are the perfect example
of what these girls shouldn't become, you're self-absorbed, egotistical…
So what you're saying is they shouldn't strive to be somebody
who's a main eventer, who's a champion. Oh, I get it.
They should strive to be somebody like you.
Someone who spends her time at a horse farm
with dirt underneath her fingernails.
Gross. It's giving poor. Toodles.
[knives slashing]
[epic music playing]
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following is a first-round match
in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament.
Introducing first, Karmen Petrovic.
[Vic] Petrovic believes her past experience will allow her to break out.
Come on, now.
I'm bringing my third-degree black belt into this Women's Breakout Tournament.
And what separates me from the rest of these women
is my 23 years of combat experience.
People may not have known who Karmen Petrovic was,
Alisamo Sa [inaudible]
but once I win that contract, it'll be hard for you to forget.
[Vic] Certainly a bold statement.
[Booker] I like this one.
[Vic] You like them all, Booker.
[epic music playing]
[Alicia] And her opponent, Jaida Parker.
[Vic] Parker ready to put her name in the record books.
Two things you need to know about your next breakout star, Jaida Parker.
My agility is so slick, it glides. My athleticism is so smooth,
skrrr, it slides. And them three little wannabes
that want to get in my way of that contract better come at me correctly.
And tonight, Karmen, it starts with you.
[Vic] So before you even say anything, I think you just picked Karmen
to win this match up. And now you're gonna pick Parker.
-This is why you say I pick him off. -[Booker] [inaudible]
[Vic] You can never be wrong when you select all eight.
[Booker] …Marcus, you can tell she got some dirt on her man.
She don't mind getting into a fight. That's the first thing I asked a student.
-Have you ever been in the fight? -[Vic] Oh.
-[Booker] Oh, yes. -[Vic] That was a right hand.
And you know, as we get farther into this match,
at first I got to bring up what we just witnessed.
Why does Tiffany Stratton always need to make herself the center of attention?
[Booker] [inaudible]
It's always. It's always about you, man.
[Vic] All Henley was trying to do was coach up the locker room, so to speak.
[Booker] You know, we don't need no coaches in the locker room.
You know what? Concern yourself with business.
[inaudible]
[indistinct talking]
-[Booker] What is that? -[Vic] Booker, let's refocus here
on the Women's Breakout Tournament because it's hard
to believe the NXT debuts that we are witnessing.
We are truly seeing the future now.
[Booker] I mean [inaudible]
[Vic] Into the cover goes Karmen. Hook and leg and a kick out.
[Booker] We talking about the stars? I mean, just think about Chance Carter.
Think about Pretty Darling. Think about J.D. McDonough. That number one starter.
This is a stepping stone, this approving ground right here in NXT, man.
[Vic] And of course the winner gets a championship contract.
We've seen it work out for Roxanne Perez.
We've seen it work out for Carmelo Hayes, of course, Hayes in our main event
to determine the number one contender for the NXT Title
on Night Two of Halloween Havoc.
But the Triple Threat Match has now turned into a four-way match up.
[Booker] I like everything about Petrovic having that, that background,
-that life. -[Vic] Oh.
[Booker] She's a fighter. More than that, she's a survivor. Vic.
[Vic] She's going to have to fight through this match
because right now Parker has been in full control.
And Parker said it, she's banking on her agility
and her athleticism in this tournament.
[Booker] Sometimes you learn a whole lot, just hang…
[Vic] Whoa, whoa, whoa, from behind, shoulders down, near…
[Booker] hanging out with the girls, you know,
learning those tricks of the trade
and just, you know, being one of those bad girls.
I think that's what Parker is all about.
[Vic] Trying to hold on. And again, Parker turning it right back around.
She's really showcasing that agility, that athleticism, but also that power.
[Booker] You got to have some fighting here.
That's what I like about that boy.
-[Vic] Oh. -[Booker] [inaudible]
He's a fighter. He doesn't have a certain discipline or anything like that,
but he can get the job done. Just like Jaida Parker is doing right now.
[Vic] Certainly is getting the job done to advance the semifinals
and a near fall in this match up.
Now as this match up rolls on and we've seen it
from last week and the week before, the viewing party
for the Breakout Tournament contestants still in
looking at maybe their future opponents
at the party right now they have a lot of talk going on
because these two are bringing it in this Breakout Tournament match up.
[Booker] [inaudible] a research. Research on Jaida Park,
I couldn't find anything but self confidence, Vic,
that's all you need.
[Vic] You see, family is here as well.
Petrovic trying to fight through. Trying to go right to the midsection.
-It's cut down so quickly did Karmen. -[Booker] Beautiful.
[Vic] And right back in comes Parker.
She got caught though. Nice leg whip.
And that is that combat fighting experience.
She's been competing her whole life.
[Booker] [inaudible] Got overconfident right there too, Vic.
Just ran right into that next week.
[Vic] It would be a turning point in this match up.
Can that extensive combat training separate Petrovic from the field though?
[Booker] Educated feet right there for Petrovic.
-[Vic] Oh, right under the jaw… -[Booker laughs]
[Vic] …and the momentum, Booker, has certainly swung in this match up.
Boom, right to the back, slicing through. And now look at this innovative offense.
-Submission left in Parker taps. -[Booker] That's it, that's it.
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] She does.
[Booker] Wow. Where'd it go then, Vic?
[Alicia] Here is your winner by submission,
Karmen Petrovic.
[Vic] I call it Mother approved is what I call it. What a victory.
And you see Petrovic advances to the semifinals
where she will meet Lola Vice
in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament. Karmen cold-blooded.
Will we be calling her the next breakout superstar?
[epic music playing]
Hey. What are you doing here?
What am I doing here? Tegan, I have told you so many times
that I believe in you and I see big things for you.
So I wanted to be here for you tonight because last night you were there for me
against Piper and Chelsea.
Thanks. That means a lot coming from the boat.
[epic music playing]
Let's go.
[Vic] Quite the surprise. Tegan Nox have the boat. Natalya here.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, accompanied by Natalya,
Tegan Nox.
[Vic] Nox is going one on one with Lyra Valkyria.
This showdown is next live here on NXT.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Back live on NXT.
[Alicia] And her opponent, Lyra Valkyria.
[Vic] A week ahead of the NXT Women's Championship match for Lyra Valkyria
against Becky Lynch. Night One of Halloween Havoc.
Are we getting ready for the next phase in Lyra's career?
She's getting set to go one on one with Tegan Nox.
[Booker] Lyra has her eyes on just two things, Vic.
Becky Lynch and that NXT Championship.
And I tell you, no one has been more focused
than Lyra in her debut back in December.
Eye on the prize. I loved it, man.
[Vic] You see Natalya ringside here for Tegan Nox.
Of course, Nox helping Natalya last night on Raw.
She is set here for this one on one flash.
And Nox's back an NXT massive chip on her shoulder.
[Booker] She knows the ups and downs of this business, Vic.
The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.
You gotta work your way to the top, man.
[Vic] Nice take down there by Valkyria with a float over into the front face lock.
Both these women with championship dreams.
Charlotte Flair, Iyo Sky
for the WWE Women's Championship this Friday on Smack Down.
[Booker] I tell you, nobody's better than Iyo Sky.
I mean, you may underestimate her if you want to.
And you will find yourself looking up at the lights, Vic.
[Vic] No, you also can't blame Tegan Nox in this situation
for trying to get another crack at the NXT Women's Championship.
Of course you went toe to toe with Becky Lynch recently on Raw.
[Booker] You know, I mean, going…
-[Vic] Into the cover. -[Booker] …toe to toe
with Becky Lynch on Raw. I mean, that's one thing
you definitely want to get in there with the championship
test your metal didn't come out on top, but you can't win them all, Vic.
[Vic] Speaking of winning them all, someone is going to win it all.
To have an opportunity to become the NXT Champion, it is a fatal four-way.
These four superstars later tonight in the main event
will face Ilja Dragunov for the title on Night Two
of Halloween Havoc on Halloween night,
2 weeks from tonight as Natalya all smiles
as Tegan Nox has been in control of this match up.
But you know, for Tegan Nox, could she be one who's afraid of getting lost
in the shuffle so to speak, with how her career is?
[Booker] I'm going to tell you right now, the competition is stiff
and that's one thing you think you can run down here to NXT
and everything's going to be okay for you, but you got challengers like,
like Lyra Valkyria waiting on you.
[Vic] Valkyria, of course has shown no fear in the face of her idol,
that being Becky Lynch as she gets ready for that championship Showdown next week.
Lyra Valkyria called it the biggest match of her life next Tuesday.
Into the cover and a near fall.
Just, and I mean just getting those shoulders up…
-[Booker] So close, so close right there. -[Vic] …was Tegan Nox.
[Booker] But you remember just last week when I was talking to Becky Lynch
and I asked you that question, did you feel a little tension
coming from Lyra Valkyria? She said no.
What do you think now, Vic? What do you think now?
[Vic] I think there's a little bit of tension.
-[Booker] Yes, it is. -[Vic] Actually,
I'll, I'll take it a step further
in your hall of fame, two time hall of fame opinion,
-by the way. -[Booker] Thank you.
[Vic] Is Valkyria ready for the big time?
[Booker] You know, the thing is, you're not going to know you're ready
until you get in the middle of that squared circle
and test your metal like Muhammad Ali said back in 64,
must shake up the world and talk no more.
-[Booker] That's what Lyra needs, man. -[Vic] Wow.
-Cover, shifting weights. -[Booker] So close.
[Vic] Knock shoulders down now. Valkyria who transitions into a crucifix.
Shoulders down now able to do it. And these two have gone toe to toe
and toe right there. Reeling out prospects.
[Booker] Beautiful. [inaudible]
[Vic] That was a decleeter.
[Booker] Talking about right with the tip with the point of the elbow, Vic.
-[Vic] [inaudible] -[Booker] Take it out.
-[Vic] Bam. Right on Nox. -[Booker] God, man.
[Vic] As Nox to the top boat. Valkyria sensing it.
And then crash and burn for Nox right in front of Natalya.
The boat is here trying to give some words of encouragement
at this moment as Valkyria looking to fly.
[Booker] Valkyria took that shot.
[Vic] Just Valkyria back in control, trying to get Nox back into the ring.
Can she earn a victory here tonight?
[Vic] Back live on NXT, Tegan Nox one on one with Lyra Valkyria.
Valkyria a week out from the biggest match
of her career for the NXT Women's Championship on Night One
of Halloween Havoc against her idol Becky Lynch.
But she is going toe to toe with Tegan Nox.
And there you see Natalya, who could be the difference maker
in this match and see this collision. Bam.
How can Natalya lift Nox in this moment?
[Booker] Vic. I mean, not to, you know,
cut your point off or anything like that. I'm thinking about,
I'm thinking about Lyra Valkyria making it to next week.
I mean, I mean, a tweak of the knee or the ankle or anything
could definitely throw this thing totally off.
[Vic] Let's talk about, you know, the Lyra period for a second
because she did not back down from Tegan Nox last week.
And you can't blame her. She wanted this fight,
she wanted this match up. You're questioning though if it was wise?
[Booker] No, no, I'm definitely questioning if it was wise
because you definitely don't want to, like I say, tweak something.
-Going into… -[Vic] Backslide,
-shoulders touch… -[Booker] [inaudible]
[Vic] …able to kick up.
And this has been a hard hitting affair.
And now we see some combination offense from Valkyria.
Valkyria right back in, looking for that Northern lights with a bridge.
-One, two. -[Vic] Oh.
-[Booker] You know what, I love the idea, -[Vic] Wow.
[Booker] I love the idea of wanting to stay sharp, you know,
perhaps having a tune up match or something like that.
But [inaudible]
She's no tune up for anybody.
[Vic] As we mentioned, when it comes to Nox, a chip on her shoulder.
Something to prove here tonight.
And go back to what Natalya said is Nox saying bring it.
Natalya said, I see something, something special in you.
And that would have been the knockout blow into the cover
and just able to get that left shoulder up
as you see a look of concern on the face of Natalya
who right now is the biggest cheerleader for Tegan Nox. What a match.
By the way, what a match up we're being treated to here tonight
between two of the top athletes.
[Booker] Tegan was saying bring it right there,
but maybe too tough for all good.
Took a hard shot from Valkyria.
-Oh, wow. -[Vic] Oh, [inaudible]
Cover. Shoulders are down. And just got that left shoulder up was Valkyria.
I think Valkyria was also caught by surprise. They follow a slam in the…
[Booker] You know what, that was crafty. Check it out. Wow.
[Vic] Unique hitting predicament that Nox found Valkyria
and as she sits down with Valkyria and Valkyria is rattled.
Nox trying to recuperate, maybe shake the cobwebs free
and now charging right in.
-Oh, risking it all again. -[Booker] One of those moments.
Tegan Nox knows she can put yourself in the right position.
-Wow, man. -[Vic] Another near fall.
And you're right. A win here tonight.
What does it say about Tegan Nox beat the number one.
[Booker] You know what it says? It says put me in the game, coach.
That's what it means.
[Vic] Looking for a suplex again was Nox. It's countered by Valkyria.
[crowd chanting]
[Booker] Float over.
-[Vic] Oh, nice. And secure as well. -[Booker] Nice combination.
[Vic] NXT Universe split down the middle
for these two athletes, these two superstars
is now Valkyria could be looking for the exclamation point in this match up.
[Booker] Valkyria wants so much, so much to be a champion here at NXT.
She's willing to do anything. She's willing to go through anybody
to get that championship around a waistband.
And I respect that. I admire that so much.
[Vic] Same could also be said for Tegan Nox, who's looking to fly.
Connects covered. Oh.
[Booker] So close.
[Vic] Got that move from her idol, the Hall of Famer, Molly Holly.
And what a kick under the jaw.
Didn't get all of it, but got enough of it to rock Valkyria to the outside.
And one more time, high risk. A lot of reward for Knox.
And look, Tegan Nox, she wants to win this match in the ring.
She doesn't want to count out victory,
-she wants to earn it. -[Booker] No, no, no, she doesn't want.
She needs this win in the middle of the ring.
[Vic] Into the cover and left shoulder.
Wait a minute. That's the Women's Tag Team Champion, Chelsea Green.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Piper Niven.
That's right, baby.
-[inaudible] -[crowd chanting]
[indistinct talking]
[Vic] And Natalya, the one on one match last night. She talked about it earlier.
Tegan Nox coming to her eight knocks. Now back into the ring.
Rolling through, shoulders down. And again, Valkyria able to kick out.
But what about the distraction? What a roundhouse kick.
[Booker] [inaudible]
[Vic] Falling into the cover and Valkyria…
[bell ringing]
[Vic] …picks up a momentum building victory.
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Lyra Valkyria.
[Vic] You got to imagine the distraction
for a moment. Nox took her eye off the ball.
-Valkyria made her pay. -[Booker] What a match, Vic.
[Vic] What a match indeed.
Earlier, going for broke was
Tegan Nox wasn't able to pick up the victory.
As the match will continue, oh, hey, hey.
It's all breaking loose. Piper and Chelsea
sticking their nose where it doesn't belong.
-[Booker] Let them fight. -[Lyra] Listen.
Nobody was going to come between me
and my NXT Championship match at Halloween Havoc.
Not Tegan, not Indy, nobody.
Every drop of sweat,
every decision I've ever made, bad or good,
it's all been leading to this match against you, Becky.
[crowd cheering]
And when you came home to your old school,
you saw something in me
and it lit a fire under me that took me all the way here.
But all these years, I was working towards becoming
the first Irish-born NXT Women's Champion.
And you took that opportunity away from me.
But if there's one thing I've learned from you,
it's that if someone closes the door in your face,
you kick down another one.
[crowd cheering]
I might not have been able to beat you to the NXT Women's Championship,
but the Halloween Havoc, I sure as hell I'm gonna be the one to beat you for it.
[Becky] Lyra. Lyra. Lyra. Lyra. Congratulations on the win, man.
You've been gaining momentum for months, but I've been watching you for years.
And I remember before you got to NXT, our late friend Dean,
he would send me videos of you and he said, watch out for this one,
she's gonna be a star.
And he was right.
When I first came down to NXT, you were number one
on my list of people I wanted to share the ring with.
And not because it would be history making to see two Irish girls
going head to head in the main event in a WWE ring.
No, because you are good.
Because you are really, really good.
But I'm better. And I respect you, Lyra, I do.
But when you come for this title,
you come for the reason that I leave my house every week,
the reason that I leave my child so that she can be proud of what I do.
You come after my purpose.
And so then I have to fight like my whole life depends on it.
Because it really does.
And so, Lyra, you can say that I am your hero.
You can say that this is a dream match.
But when you step in the ring with me, you're going to have to despise me.
You're going to have to put that same chip on your shoulder
that got you here.
Because that's the only way that you're going to stand a chance.
Welcome to the big time.
-[crowd cheering] -[epic music playing]
[mouths]
[Vic] It's going down for the first time ever.
Is Lyra ready for the big time?
The main event on Night One of Halloween Havoc,
Lynch, Valkyria for the NXT Women's Championship.
[inaudible]
-And Melo, look, man. -Nah. Hey,
what the hell was that out there, Trick? Come on. You blindsided me, bro.
Man, we talked about it last week.
We said you going to get your NXT North American Championship back
and I'm gonna get my NXT Championship back.
-What happened? -No, you said that.
We never agreed on that, man.
We what, we speaking French now? Come on.
-Look, I talked to Cena. Last week. -Yeah.
He gave you advice, but he gave me advice too, okay?
-He said time is important. -Yes.
And I beat Dirty Dom for the championship and gold felt good.
I want more of it.
But you should know how that feels
because I'm at the same place you were last year.
But you right, man. I apologize. I should have came to you first.
-I should have told you. -Thank you.
But you have to understand, I was nervous to tell you.
Man, nervous about what, bro? You know I'm your biggest fan, man.
I've been with you every step of the way. Hey, you could have told me.
We could have came up with a game plan, man.
You and me against the world. Like old times, man.
But now we got to go against each other.
And you know me better than anybody, Trick.
I gotta do what I gotta do, man.
Same energy, dog.
Hey, no matter what happens, we still Trick Melo gang.
-Yeah. -We always gonna be.
Yeah.
[epic music playing]
[man 5] Gigi Dolin, what's your response to Blair Davenport's challenge
for Halloween Havoc?
Halloween is my favorite time of year
and Halloween Havoc is my favorite event of the year.
And in the spirit of spooky season,
I don't think Shotzi and Scarlett would mind if I do this.
Blair Davenport challenged me to a match.
Let's up the stakes. Spin the wheel. Make the deal.
[spinning sounds]
Blair Davenport.
Next week it's lights out, bitch.
[Booker laughs] Oh yeah.
-Did you hear that, man? -I heard it.
Gigi said, man, it's about to get spooky up in this mug. Oh yeah.
It is Night One of the two week TV special Halloween Havoc right here on USA.
But right now we want to go to more of a serious situation.
We have an update on Von Wagner.
Of course, Von Wagner was taken out several weeks ago.
Let's go back to what was a heinous attack last month at the hands of Bron Breakker.
It was almost. We don't even have the right words
to actually describe what we witnessed.
If you're squeamish, please turn away way.
Because his heinous act really turned the life around
for Von Wagner in that moment.
[indistinct talking]
[Vic] And Von Wagner continues his comeback.
[slow music playing]
[grunts, sighs]
I, I can't do it.
Yes, you can. Come on, man.
-Let's go, Von. -Let's go do it.
There you go. There you go.
[grunts] I.
I can't even pull the van.
It's okay, Von. It's gonna take time, man.
Look, Von, you just gotta focus, man.
Like I know you could do it. You just gotta focus, Von.
Me?
Stone?
You risked your safety at no mercy. Breakker.
He could have hurt you way more than he did me.
You're right. And I did that because of the position that he put you in.
Man, I.
I hate seeing you like this.
I started it. But I know when you are 100% healthy
and 100% ready, you are going to finish it.
Hand me the damn ban.
Let's go.
Come on, Von.
[grunts]
[helicopter hovering]
[epic music playing]
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] Following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Kiana James.
[Vic] Send all the best to Von Wagner on his road to recovery.
But this match is courtesy of what went down last week here on NXT.
Let's go back. Of course, it was after Roxanne match with Asuka.
Kiana James tried to take advantage,
but it was Shotzi who was sitting here on commentary with us,
was able to come in and even the odds for at least one split second.
Which leads us to this showdown here tonight between these two.
Kiana James, not very happy.
But look last week again, she showed her true colors,
[epic music playing]
-[crowd cheering] -[shouts]
[imitates wolf barking]
-[Alicia] And her opponent, Shotzi. -[inaudible]
[Vic] Wasting no time. Tonight, Shotzi from Smackdown.
She wants to get this thing. As you would say, boy, what you said,
-get the party started. -[Booker] It's a party, man.
You know, normally I would say mind your own business,
but I must say I appreciated Shotzi last week
for stepping in and taking care of that little piece of business.
[Vic] You talk about a party, what a party it's gonna be.
Because Shotzi is the host of Halloween Havoc.
-Are you ready to party? -[Booker] And who's better…
-Look, you ain't going to no party, man. -[Vic] I'm going to be here.
[Booker] I won't be going to the party with you.
[Vic] With me. That's what I'm saying. Going to the party.
[Booker] Forget about it.
[Vic] As we get into this match up,
you know, talking more about Shotzi, she did the right thing.
She stepped up to Kiana James.
James coming out of though of the gate, not wasting any time in her own right.
[Booker] Yeah, Kiana James, she's a boss, man.
And ever since that little experiment with Fallon Henley,
she's been off track a little bit. But right now, tonight,
she can rectify that little situation.
[Vic] That slap just woke up Shotzi.
-[Booker] Wow, beautiful. -[Vic] Shotzi number one
to turn away as Shotzi right back in.
Looks like a woman on a mission here tonight.
And for Shotzi, she has such a strong disdain
for superstars like Kiana James
-that think they're better than everyone. -[Booker] You know why?
Because Shotzi came up the hard way, man. She's got her teeth out there.
And look at her now. She's one of the best in this.
-Whoa. Beautiful. -[shouts]
[Booker] Oh, my God. Look at that.
[Vic] I don't know, but the hair on the back of my neck just stood up
and Shotzi from behind, rolling. Oh, near fall.
James able to get up, right back, swing and a miss.
And Shotzi has been in control of this match up.
And will Kiana James start to finally realize that maybe her way
of doing things is the wrong way? She keeps finding herself in trouble.
[Booker] I think that scream threw Kiana James off just a little bit.
[Vic] I wish she would have done that last week on commentary to you.
-[Booker] Oh. -[Vic] Innovative offense from Shotzi.
[referee 1] Three, four. Hey, come on.
[Vic] Inflicting damage, inflicting pain.
Shotzi, of course, will be back here next week.
She loves this season of Halloween.
Maybe that's why she's extra fired up tonight.
[Booker] Yeah, but she's dealing with the boss right now in Kiana James.
[Vic] Oh, nasty landing for Shotzi.
Can she bounce back in this match against Kiana James?
No one embarrasses me.
[Vic] Back on NXT, Shotzi trying to take it to the conniving Kiana James.
And James right back into the midsection.
And during the break, we witnessed it firsthand.
Kiana James would not take her foot off the gas.
And now Shotzi starting to figure out a path back into this match.
[Booker] Shotzi is gonna have to find that second win, Vic.
She's gonna have to do it quick. Oh, yes, here we go.
[Vic] Again, some innovating offense from the host of Halloween Havoc.
Charging it, James can't help it and drop with a clothesline of Shotzi.
in the cover hook on the leg and a near fall.
[Booker] Kiana James has been one step ahead, Vic,
throughout this context.
[Vic] I still can't get over the lights out match
that we're going to have next week between Davenport and Golem.
And look, you won WCW Tag Team Titles
with your brother Stevie Ray at Halloween Havoc.
You retained your World Heavyweight title as well.
-[Booker] Yes. -[Vic] But did you ever want
to spin the wheel to make the deal?
[Booker] You know what? Never was my type. I always hated Halloween.
But this one I'm loving being a part of night one and night two.
I can't die Weight Man.
[Vic] Someone who loves Halloween is Shotzi,
who's trying to use some of that Halloween spirit,
use the energy of the NXT Universe to get back into this match up.
But Kiana James staying right on top of Shotzi.
And Kiana's starting to prove that maybe she can.
[Booker] Look, you gotta give Kiana James her problem
because she's been in total control of this match up.
And I always talk about that one thing
that in ring power, she has it tonight, Victor.
-Oh, yes. -[Vic] Nice counter.
A little bit of separation created for Shotzi charging right in.
And now Shotzi, she's got to start building some momentum in this match up.
This could be the turning point for Shotzi
commentary last week in ring action.
This week host to Halloween Havoc next week.
[Booker] Got a bit of step behind.
-Got to get a step ahead right there. -[Vic] Nice kick.
[Booker] That little switch kick might have done the job for…
[Vic] Shotzi wild card certainly has had her own problems in recent months,
but this is the time of year she said it last week on commentary
that she thrives, that she lives for.
And she's looking to pick up a win here tonight at some…
-[Booker] Oh, man. Wow. -[Vic] …unique offense for Shotzi.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Shotzi brought her game here tonight, you know.
Is Kiana James starting to learn
that she's starting to write checks that she can't cash?
-[Booker] She's a rich woman, Vic. -[Vic] Oh.
[Booker] She's got a lot of money.
She goes to the grocery store in helicopter.
-[Vic] Yes. -[Booker] Come on, man.
[Vic] She keeps it up, she's going to be bankrupt.
Because here comes Shotzi.
Caution thrown to the wind.
Oh, what's on the mind is Shotzi now climb into the top.
And James out of desperation.
[Booker] Still, still one step ahead.
Still one step ahead, Vic.
[Vic] Wait a moment. She looks, oh.
Roxanne Perez with that bag. With Kiana's bag.
Her equalize. Oh, Booker,
-I told you that thing had a brick in it. -[Booker laughs]
Hey, come on. What are you doing? Back it up. I got. it. Get down. Rox.
[Vic] Referee's got his hands.
-Oh, behind the official's back. -Come on, get down.
[crowd cheering]
[indistinct talking]
[crowd shouting]
[Vic] I want to rip that back. It chains right into the post.
Talk about a difference maker. That is Roxanne Perez here on the outside.
Shotzi to the top.
Shotzi looking for that suiton with a little extra.
One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] And the host of Halloween Havoc
picks up the dub.
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Shotzi.
[epic music playing]
[Vic] Typically you'd be saying stay out of the business,
but Roxanne Perez has made Kiana James her business here tonight.
[Booker] I don't see anything.
Ora Mensah and Lash Legend.
Jakara Jackson was scheduled to compete in the Women's Breakout Tournament,
but unfortunately had to withdraw due to injury.
-Where's Jakara? -Skrrrr.
[Dar] She didn't subjugate Mackenzie. We need the hospital right now.
Stay with us, Jackie. Don't go to the lake.
-Just, just tell her we love her, okay? -Hey, is she going to make it?
[Dar] Hold on, doc.
Man, just asking what our chances are.
Do you have to take the arm off completely?
-Oh. -What?
The medical report said she didn't even need surgery.
What do you mean take the arm? That doesn't make any.
[Dar] Excuse me. Look at the big brain on Mackenzie.
You're a doctor now. She got PhD.
-[Akira] Oh, hey. -[Dar] Huh? What is that?
-Where's Norm? -Your eyeballs are not working or what?
He's not here. Go away.
Tell Norm I'm looking for him.
Looking? Is that your friend?
[Dar] What's that? Whose voice was that?
Don't even worry about it, okay? Just, just take care of Jakara.
Guys, I'm sorry. We have to cut this. There's something going on backstage.
-What happened? -What's going on?
-What happened? -What happened?
-We've just got here.
What do you mean you don't know what happened?
[indistinct talking]
Get some help over here.
[indistinct talking]
I've been informed by WWE medical staff that Trick Williams is being transported
to a local hospital to undergo further evaluation
and has been ruled out of tonight's main event.
The main event will revert back to the original Triple Threat,
featuring Carmelo Hayes, Baron Corbin, and Dijak.
No one knows who attacked Trick Williams
or why that person attacked Trick Williams.
Whomever it was, didn't want to see Trick challenge Ilja Dragunov
for the NXT Championship at Halloween Havoc.
I'll send it to you, Mackenzie.
Thanks, Kelly. I'm standing by.
Trying to get a word with Dominic Mysterio.
Dominic, over the last few weeks,
you've had a few run-ins with Nathan Frazer,
-and last night on Nathan Frazer. -Frazer.
I don't even know who that kid was until he stepped up to me last night.
And honestly, I'm done wasting my time on him.
[Frazer] Hey, Dom, ain't no referees from this.
[indistinct shouting]
[Vic] Look, Booker. This is pure chaos happening right now.
These two are brawling.
-It's carried over to tonight. -[Booker] A lot of jealousy, man.
It's a lot of jealousy. A lot of people don't like Dom.
[Vic] This all started last week.
And Frazer taking it right to the North American Champion.
[indistinct shouting]
[Vic] I think they're coming out here.
[Booker] Oh, here we go.
-[Vic] [inaudible] officials. -[Booker] Here we go.
[Vic] We need more security. I mean, Trick Williams has been attacked.
-These two are taking it to each other. -[Booker] Dom ain't running.
That's a real champion, Vic.
[Vic] Anybody think about running Dominic Mysterio right now on the back foot?
There's no Mommy, there's no Judgment Day.
Nathan Frazier taking it to the North American champions.
[Booker] Dom's out.
[Vic] Dom may think twice before talking down to Frazer again?
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Oh,
saved by Mommy,
of course.
-[Booker] Wow. Good thing for Mommy. -[Vic] Mysterio's day is coming.
And Nathan Frazer is gonna make sure of it.
[epic music playing]
Hey, I just want to say, this isn't the same Roxanne that I tagged with
at Smackdown last year against damage control.
This one's Sheriff herself.
-She's ballsy, and I like it. -Thanks.
I mean, it's not that hard when you're dealing with Kiana James.
I don't even understand her obsession with me. I mean, I get it.
We cross the same paths,
but what she doesn't realize is she's been standing
in her own way, and that's not my fault.
I hear you, girl. Hey…
-[scoffs] -…speaking of Kiana,
Look, I know you're the host of Halloween Havoc,
but I don't want to play Kiana's games anymore.
You mind if I spin this and shut?
Of course. Please spin the wheel.
[spinning sounds]
-Oh. Ha, ha. -[inaudible]
You know, I've already shown the world just how far I'm willing to go.
This devil's playground is gonna be Kiana's hell.
Oh, that's what I'm talking about, Roxanne.
[Vic] Ha, Halloween Havoc.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following is a first-round match
in the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament.
Introducing first, Arianna Grace.
[slow music playing]
It's always devastating to see someone get injured.
My heart goes out to Jakara Jackson.
It truly does.
I understand the pain of being sidelined with an injury.
I too was sidelined with an injury, an injury far worse than Jakara.
And look at me. I came back better than ever.
[crowd cheering]
So hopefully she does too.
Although it pains me.
Pains me deeply to have to say this,
I gracefully accept my bye into the semifinals of this tournament.
Wait, what?
[epic music playing]
[Alicia] And her opponent, Brinley Reece.
[Vic] Oh, there is no bye for Reece, she knows
she could have a golden ticket just handed to her.
Let's go.
Tonight is my opportunity to show the world
why I, Brinley Reece, should have been in this tournament to begin with.
I was watching the tournament last week, wishing I was competing, and now I am.
But I'm ready for this moment.
Because when you stay active and brin active,
there's no preparing to get ready.
You stay ready.
And this breakout tournament is about to get big with Brinley.
[Vic] Well, as you know, Booker, of course, in this tournament
there were a number of alternates
that were set aside. Reece one of them.
Could she make the most of this opportunity?
[Booker] Reece might make the moment. But I'm going to tell you right now,
-my wife… -[bell ringing]
…Queen Charmelle, former Miss America. Don't let the smooth tape fool you, man.
Trust me. Trust me, man.
She's a ride or die, Vic.
[Vic] Grace wants Reese to kiss the hand.
I don't think that's what's going to happen in this match.
[Booker] The beauty queens do, man.
[Vic] I got to go back to Roxanne Perez for a moment because Halloween Havoc,
as I was getting ready to say, is bringing out the evil in everyone.
[Booker] No, Roxanne Perez goes, man, like I said, it's so.
It's so hard to get there, but it's so much harder to stay there.
That meteoric rise can. I mean, can go out just like that.
So you got. You got to be on point, Vic. You got to stay focused.
[Vic] You know, we do want to say, it is unfortunate to learn of Jakara Jackson.
[Booker] Wow, beautiful, beautiful move there.
[Vic] As Grace was expecting to face Jakara Jackson here in round number one
as she's going to work right now into the cover off the suplex
and a near fall to punch her ticket to round two.
The only competitor to compete in the Breakout Tournament twice.
As she mentioned, she was injured last year
and I do think it's fair that she gets to come back in.
Great decision by Shawn Michael.
[Booker] Let me tell you something, I always, I mean,
I don't know a whole lot about her, but she's got this pageant.
[Vic] Another cover, another hook of the leg and another near fall.
[Booker] But she, she looked like she's got a mean streak, Vic.
[Vic] And this the final first round match up in this tournament.
Another suplex, another cover and another kick out.
[Booker] I'm going to tell you right now, the playbook is on point as well.
I mean, she's looking great.
[Vic] Oh, there of course, the viewing party, everybody looking out,
getting in all the first round action because of course the winner of this match
will be the final superstar to join the semifinals and Booker,
I gotta be honest, I liking this tournament.
[Booker] I'm loving this tournament. But what I did like about that
little scene right there, everybody looks so happy just to be in this tournament.
Vic, you gotta take this moment serious because this, this right here,
this tournament is a life changing moment.
[Vic] Well, the winner does get a championship contract.
And Reece goes up, goes over, shoulders down.
This could be an upset victory and a near fall.
For Reece, she wants to inspire people. She wants to spread a powerful message.
Another kick out on how to build confidence.
She dealt with confident issues as a kid. She turned it around.
She looked to her heroes for guidance.
She might be looking for some guidance in this moment.
-[Booker] Yeah. -[Vic] And able to counter the suplex.
[Booker] All that can happen there, but first of all, she,
she has to win this tournament, Vic.
She has to win this tournament for any of that to be possible.
[Vic] Now, the former cheerleader at Sacramento State University,
another suplex, connects and right back in,
keeping her foot on the gas. You know, a lot of confidence,
big clothesline as well.
This could be the moment this would be.
I mean, I gotta be honest, this would be an upset.
[Booker] Now, Grace looked like, you know, she was in perfect control there.
[Vic] Oh, the official didn't see the right in the rake of the face.
Put her thumb into her eye and then turning things around.
-[Booker] I like it, I like it. -[Vic] You get the moment.
-[Booker] Wow. -[bell ringing]
[Vic] Wow.
[Alicia] Here is your winner,
Arianna Grace.
[Vic] Round herself, Miss NXT.
And could we be looking at this year's breakout tournament.
[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] As the field is set, the first round is over
and the semifinals will begin next week,
Night One on Halloween Havoc.
We will find out who will make it to the finals.
It's all going down live next Tuesday, Night One of Halloween Havoc.
But coming up in just a matter of moments.
It started as a Triple Threat. It went to a fatal four-way.
Trick Williams was attacked earlier tonight. It's not clear.
He's on his way to a hospital. Which of these three will win?
Which of these three will face Ilja Dragunov at Halloween Havoc?
Who is the number one contender? We find out next.
Bron Breakker last week was one of the biggest NXTs in history
and everyone was talking about the return of the American bet.
I'm going to stop you right there, okay? Yes.
Last week's NXT was the most talked about NXT in history because of Bron Breakker.
Right. I'm the biggest attraction this brand has ever seen.
Hey there, little guy. How's my buddy Von doing?
-Not great, but he's improving. -Yeah.
I just don't care. All right, so why don't you run on back to that idiot
and see if you could teach him how to put one foot in front of the other.
You just don't care, do you? You just go on living life.
Buddies with Heyman, Moment with Cena, Moment with the Undertaker.
Time has stopped for Von.
You know something? My kids ask me almost every day
if Von's gonna be okay and I gotta look them in their eyes,
tell them I don't know because I don't know.
I can't get that vision out of my head of you taking those steps
and slamming him on his head.
Oh, you think this is funny?
I want to smack that smile off your face.
I want you to pay for what you did.
Yeah, and do something about it.
I will. Me and you and Halloween Havoc, Bron.
[crowd cheering]
I think that is a great idea
because I'm going to do the same thing to you
that I did to your buddy Von Wagner.
Call the hospital.
[Vic] Well, for first time ever Halloween Havoc will be a two night spooktacular.
And next week will Valkyria be ready for the big time.
As the NXT Women's Title world tour comes to the main event for the first time ever.
Lynch, Lyra for the NXT Women's Championship.
The tangled web these two have weaved has spun the wheel
to make the deal goal in Davenport will look to destroy the other
in a lights out match next Tuesday on Night One of Halloween Havoc.
Also, as we just witnessed, the semifinals have been set.
Next week we determine who's headed to the finals
of the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament.
Social media has been buzzing and the wait is over.
Lexus King's in ring debut happens at Halloween Havoc next Tuesday.
The wheel has spoken.
And by one spin, Roxanne Perez and Kiana James will enter the unknown.
These two will meet in a Devil's playground match
at Halloween Havoc Night One.
And after overcoming the odds, Chase U has an opportunity to bring goals
to their campus as Hudson and Chase meet the family
for the NXT tag team titles next week on Night One of Halloween Havoc
hosted by Shotzi.
But now it's time to see who will survive and compete for the NXT title
on Night Two of Halloween Havoc.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following is a number one contender's Triple Threat Match.
Introducing first, Baron Corbin.
Hands already in the ring, Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] Oh the all the excitement we saw Shotzi earlier,
she's getting ready to host Halloween Havoc.
We gotta remember Scarlett will also be here
-hosting Halloween Havoc. -[Booker] Oh yes.
[epic music playing]
[Alicia] And their opponent, Dijak.
[Vic] The NXT Universe, the aforementioned Shotzi and Scarlett,
the hosts of Halloween Havoc. They also are sitting back right now
and getting ready to witness which of these three
will be in the NXT championship match on Night Two of Halloween Havoc.
Halloween night here on USA for the NXT title.
When it comes to Dijak, we look into his eyes.
Does he have the most approved tonight?
[Booker] You know, I don't know if he has the most approved, Vic,
but I can tell you this, he's the guy that's calling everybody out.
And when you do that, you gotta go out there and you gotta back it up.
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] You can just see the size advantage
for Corbin and Dijak here against Carmelo Hayes.
And how can Hayes even focus knowing that Trick was attacked?
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] Maybe it'll fire him up.
[Booker] I'm just gonna throw him off a bit, but like mama used to say,
there's gonna be days like this, Vic. You gotta figure it out, son.
[Vic] Well, for Hayes, he has shown mental toughness in the past.
He's the only man to win every single championship that NXT has to offer.
But he's never overcome the odds quite like this.
[Booker] Dealing with two monsters right now, two grown ass men.
-[Vic] This again was supposed to be a… -[Booker] Oh, wow.
[Vic] Trick Williams was attacked earlier tonight, is now going for the ride.
-Right on the knee. Corbin. -[Booker] Nice, Melo.
[Vic] Oh.
You talk about a stalemate between these two.
Dijak wasted no time going right to work here on Corbin.
And Corbin seemed to have an issue with Cody Rhodes
making this a Triple Threat Match last week
was very influential in getting Hayes into this match.
But that back breaker might have taken Hayes out of the match.
[Booker] Cody Rhodes. That wasn't personal, Vic.
You know what that was? That was about. That was about ratings, man. 921K.
That's what that was about, man.
[Vic] Well, for Hayes, he earned his way into this match up,
beating Bron Breakker last week.
And now Hayes trying to take out both Dijak and Corbin.
He's going to have to overcome a mountain here tonight.
Looking to fly and Dijak.
[Booker] Big odds power. Big odds. Don't become here, Vic.
-[Vic] …crossing, man. -[Booker] Big odds.
Wow. Oh, like take it out the trash, man.
[Vic] And look, Dijak has strung together some big victories as of late
and he did beat Corbin to the punchline.
[Booker] Oh, Dijak could act towards an opportunity
and this opportunity is for number one contenders, man.
It's for a shot of glory, dawg.
[Vic] You just saw the strength of Dijak. I mean, just tossing another grown man
as a slug fest brewing in the center of the ring.
And it's safe to say when you take a look at this match up, is, is it a fair match up
or do you feel someone's being slated here?
[Booker] Like I say, Vic, the only thing a man can do is ask for an opportunity.
All these guys have an opportunity.
Preparation is going to be the only luck by either one of them.
Who's it going to be? Oh, yes.
[Vic] If at first you don't succeed, try again.
DDT cover covered. Oh, Corbin just kicking off.
And look at Hayes. Hayes with that championship pedigree, into another cover.
And another kick, kick out. So close to become the number one contender.
Into the cover, into the cover. Oh, who's headed to Halloween Havoc.
Triple Threat Main event. First one to secure a pinfall or submission
will face Ilja Dragunov in two weeks on Night Two of Halloween Havoc
for the NXT championship. And there's the former champion now
trying to find another gear, take it to another level.
Catches second win. But there comes Corbin,
and it's hard to argue that Corbin doesn't have the most momentum of the three.
[Booker] Corbin has a whole lot of momentum coming out of no mercy.
Big victory over that man. No bread, no water, just meat, Bron Breakker.
Oh, yes. He has a lot of momentum.
[Vic] Super kick under the jaw for Hayes. When you take a look at all three,
you have to agree that all three have pushed Dragunov to his limit.
[Booker] I think the difference Dragunov,
each and every one of these men to that limit.
But the one man you gotta think about most is Dijak.
The last man that left Dragunov laid out.
[Vic] Pure power from Dijak.
Can't forget Corbin too, who does own a victory over Dragunov.
And of course, the classic showdowns between the NXT champion
and the former champion, Carmelo Hayes.
And there's Dijak trying to muster up Corbin.
Corbin turning things around.
-[Booker] Beautiful, beautiful. -[Vic] Suplex,
but whoa, he can't even find Hayes. Able to turn right around.
Hayes now trying to pick up the speed in this match up.
[Booker] [inaudible]
[Vic] You don't see Corbin leave his feet often into the cover.
Hook both legs to go to hell, oh.
So close to going to Halloween Havoc, let's take another look.
I don't think I've ever seen Baron Corbin leave his feet quite like that
and got almost his championship opportunity.
We saw Dijak earlier tonight playing on the emotions of Carmelo Hayes,
and you've got to wonder, you've got to wonder
where the emotions of Carmelo Hayes are
with after what we witnessed to Trick Williams laid out backstage.
Williams was of course supposed to be part of this match up.
A four-way back to a Triple Threat. Oh, then we've seen this from Hayes.
[Booker] Yes, indeed. I just don't think
Carmelo Hayes has the time to think about anything
other than going at him, trying to make history,
trying to get a victory, trying to get that championship
back around his waist, Vic.
[Vic] Well, I know how hard it is to block out personal emotion
and for Carmelo Hayes gotta find some way to do it,
but I don't know if he can get back into this match
after what has been transpiring over the last few moments.
And take a look at the welts forming on the body of Baron Corbin.
And the big welt across the back of Carmelo Hayes.
[Booker] Here comes right there. The most vicious, the most dangerous
and most, the most experiment man in this match up, Vic.
[Vic] Carmelo Hayes is getting beat down by two of the baddest on this brand.
-And Dijak just set Corbin. -[Booker] Perfect shot, Vic.
[Vic] All three of these superstars really taking it to the other
because they know what's on the line. Become the number one contender
to the NXT title and looking for that discus boot caught.
Look at Hayes, nice take down. Hayes trying to counter.
He's trying to also feed off the energy, feed off the advice
from John Cena who said even if you go down, you gotta keep fighting.
But can Corbin keep fighting? Big choke slam, center of the ring.
And justice not serve, but a super kick.
Fold into the cover for Hayes and Dijak kicks out.
[Booker] Beautiful set by Carmelo. Almost paid off for him there.
He's gonna have to use noodle in a match up like this, Vic.
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] Take another look.
Some high justice being served, a presence of mind
from the former NXT champion, bam, under the jaw.
And also presence of mind to fall into a cover in his own right.
It's now Hayes trying to slug it out with Dijak.
[Booker] Like I say, that was a setup right there by Carmelo Hayes
and it was set up beautiful.
And the thing is you didn't even see it coming, Vic.
[Vic] And oh, I don't think Hayes saw that boot coming. Is this Dijak's moment?
No. Kicking out was Hayes.
Dijak in disbelief. Feel the impact.
Bam. Turning Hayes inside out.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] NXT!
[Vic] Our Triple Threat main event.
The winner will become the number one contender.
The winner will head to Night Two of Halloween Havoc
on Halloween night to face Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Championship.
The first one to gain pinfall or submission is victorious.
And this is now not turning out the way Carmelo Hayes had hoped.
[Booker] Yeah, you can't prepare for matches like this.
It's all about intestinal 40 will to win, who's gonna last.
That's what this thing is all about, man. I love it.
-[Vic] And we gotta remember. -[Booker] Wow.
It was Carmelo Hayes, Dijak and Corbin who were preparing
for a Triple Threat Match here tonight.
It was turned into a four-way with the addition of Trick Williams,
but Williams was attacked in the parking lot,
has been taken to a local hospital.
And you got to imagine for Carmelo Hayes
the range of emotions he's feeling.
He's got to focus on the then, he's got to focus on the now.
Excuse me. And for Dijak, this is his opportunity. Much like Baron Corbin.
[Vic] Don't let unfortunate for Trick Williams
because I, I'm sure he would love to have been in this match up,
but right now it's all about which one of these three men
is going to walk out with that shot. Vic, who is it going to be?
[crowd chattering]
[Vic] You just heard those blows to the ribs bouncing Hayes
trying to muster up the strength.
-Ooh. -[Booker] Right to the chest,
right to the sternum, right there. That's a tough spot. Tough blow, Vic.
[Vic] Talking about a tough spot that, whoa, that's a lot of humanity.
Up in the air, Corbin and Dijak.
Something's gonna give pace.
You gotta be kidding.
[Booker] Wow.
[crowd cheering, chanting] Holy shit!
[Vic] These three laying it on the line for an opportunity at the NXT title.
You got to imagine what is Ilja Dragunov thinking right now?
[Booker] Ilja thinks just let them keep beating the hell out of each other.
It's gonna make it a whole lot easier for Halloween Havoc.
[Vic] You see some members of the NXT Universe on their feet
for this main event. And ooh.
Hayes going to the stomach, going to the middle.
And a right hand by the former Golden Glover.
Baron Corbin now might have just knocked out Carmelo Hayes.
Could be looking to knock out.
Dijak, looking for a choke slam in his own right, Dijak.
[Booker] Ooh, you gotta be kidding me.
[Vic] Uh oh. Dijak now looking to feast his eyes
on becoming the number one contender.
Another counter by. Oh, wait a minute.
In the days by Baron Corbin into the, cover the neck.
He's shot into the cover.
-Hayes. Yes. -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] Carmelo Hayes,
number one contender.
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] The emotional roller coaster of an evening for Carmelo Hayes.
I mean, this was the moment I thought Carmelo Hayes was done.
This big right hand, bam, right on the butt of the drive.
Thought turned the lights out for Carmelo Hayes,
but here, Dijak gets bam with the end of days.
And out of nowhere, the heart of a champion.
Carmelo Hayes persevering, pushing through,
getting into the pin and punching his ticket…
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] …to Night Two of Halloween Havoc.
Carmelo Hayes overcomes the odds.
Can he overcome the Mad Dragon, Ilja Dragunov in two weeks
for the NXT championship.
But next week it's Lynch and Lyra for the NXT Women's Title.
The two week spooktacular begins next Tuesday at Halloween Havoc.
[epic music playing]
In one week, your title's mine.
[crowd cheering]