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[introduction music playing]

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[male narrator] Then…

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[man 1] Woo!

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[narrator] …now…

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[man 2] Acknowledge me.

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-[man 3] The King of kings.
-[man 4] You can't see me.

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[narrator] …forever…

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…together.

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-[Shawn Michaels' music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

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[female announcer] Please welcome
two-time WWE Hall of Famer,

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HBK Shawn Michaels.

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[Vic] What?

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Listen to this place, Booker.

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Already kicking off with a bang.
The driving force behind NXT,

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which recently has become
even more of a proving ground,

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-as we just saw on the kickoff show.
-[Booker] Huge pop.

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-[Vic] You can say that again.
-[Book] Huge pop for Shawn Michaels.

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Hello, boys and girls.

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[crowd cheering]

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Welcome to NXT Deadline.

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Now, this is WWE's final
Premium Live event of the year.

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So, I just have one question for you.

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Are you ready?

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[crowd cheering]

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No, I said, are you ready?

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[CM Punk's music playing]

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[music fading out]

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[crowd cheering]

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[crowd chanting] CM Punk!

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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to
step all over your gimmick.

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Do you want to tell everybody
to suck it now?

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-Or is that… We don't do that anymore?
-Hell, I forgot.

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Look at us.

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Who'd have thought, huh? Me and you.

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I just want to tell you something.

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Nice hoodie.

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Oh,

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yeah, I didn't…
I forgot my HBK merch. Sorry.

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That hurts. That hurts.

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No. You guys made up.

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I made up with Triple H.
This is all about healing.

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Anything is possible, baby.
Anything is possible.

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I got good news and bad news,
if I may real quick?

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Do you want the good news? What was that?

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[crowd cheering]

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[crowd chanting] CM Punk!

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The brilliant thing about you forgetting
everything you're supposed to say and me

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forgetting everything I'm supposed
to say is I get to do this.

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I'm backstage, quite a few people come up
to me and they say things like, I grew up

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watching you,
and they take selfies with me,

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and now I get to do it with you,
because I grew up watching you.

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That's a beautiful thing. I missed my
flight today, and I owe you a phone call.

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I thought I'd come in person and

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talk to you, because the big question is,
is CM Punk going to be on SmackDown,

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or is CM Punk going to be on Raw?

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[crowd chanting] NXT!

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Or is the newest NXT superstar named…

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[crowd chanting] CM Punk!

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[rock music playing]

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[soft music playing]

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[female narrator]
NXT is a brand where iron sharpens iron.

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A place where all challenges
are about survival.

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Where making the most of limited time
has always been essential.

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[Vic]
Perez has realized a dream of a lifetime!

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[narrator]
A pedigree where promising superstars

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sharpen their skill
to sculpt indestructible careers.

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[man] The next generation has arrived.

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[narrator] Tonight,
two new Iron Survivors will emerge.

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[Vic] Who's gonna beat the clock?

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[narrator] Ten of NXT's current prodigies
must use their limited time wisely.

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[woman] ♪ The clock is ticking ♪

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[narrator As the clock ticks away,
any misstep can lead to a costly penalty.

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[woman] ♪ I think we're out of time ♪

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[narrator]
With Championship gold on their horizon,

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these gladiators must survive the clock
to forge an iron grip on their destiny.

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[Vic] Who will stake their claim
to a golden opportunity at Deadline?

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[woman] ♪ The world is slowly sinking ♪

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[narrator] Tonight, two survivors
are destined to achieve an iron existence.

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As the clock approaches Deadline.

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[woman] ♪ I think we're out of time ♪

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♪ Too late
We're out of time ♪

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[music fading out]

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[male narrator]
And now, WWE presents NXT Deadline.

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[rock music playing]

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[Vic] What a moment we just had on
the final Premium Live event of the year.

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As the hours have turned to minutes, the
countdown is on. Welcome to NXT Deadline.

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-[Rey Mysterio's music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

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-[Dragon Lee's music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

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[Vic] And there we see Dragon Lee
alongside WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio.

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Mysterio, of course, this past Tuesday
left the whole world know,

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including you and I, that Dragon Lee would
be facing Dominik Mysterio here tonight.

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That's because Wes Lee was supposed
to be the challenger in this matchup.

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We learned Tuesday Wes will undergo
back surgery, be sidelined 8 to 12 months.

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Best wishes go out to the cardiac kid.
But is tonight Dragon Lee's night?

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He has excelled on SmackDown.
He's competed at Survivor Series,

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Book, the last few.
Just how special can he be?

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[Book] He is special.
I mean, Dragon Lee is truly that good.

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Could be the next great mad superstar
endorsed by one Rey Mysterio.

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We'll see how this thing play out.

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An awkward position being out here
tonight, Rey Mysterio…

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[Vic] What do you mean?
What's so awkward about it?

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[Book] No, no.
Awkward position meaning he's

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got to go out here
and represent for one Rey Mysterio.

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[Vic] Oh, he's in an awkward position.
A lot of pressure.

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I get what you're saying.

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-[Dominik Mysterio's music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

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[Vic] Well, there is
the NXT North American Champion.

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And it's very interesting, as I'm looking
around, I don't see Judgment Day

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anywhere around right now.

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But we want to welcome you to ringside,
two-time WWE Hall of Famer, Booker T.

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And we are joined by a fellow Hall
of Famer, the greatest mask of all time,

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Rey Mysterio.

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-Book, good to see you.
-You too, brother.

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By the end of the night,
you might be thanking him for some

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of the things he's been saying about
you. And we're going to get to that.

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-[Rey] Hey, let's put it all on the table.
-[Vic] We'll do that.

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But we are set for the North American
Championship to be decided.

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[rock music playing]

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[bell ringing]

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The following contest,
scheduled for one fall, is for the NXT

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North American Championship.

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Introducing first the challenger,

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Dragon Lee.

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[crowd booing]

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And his opponent,

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representing The Judgment Day,

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he is the NXT
North American Champion,

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Dirty Dominik Mysterio.

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[Vic] Well, there's no doubt who the NXT
Universe is behind in this matchup.

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Book, I'm sure you feel that Dom
should have had the night off tonight.

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-That his original opponent…
-[Book] I welcome this contest, man.

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I take nothing away from Dragon Lee.

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But you gotta understand, this kid,
Dominik Mysterio, he's like the wind, Vic.

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You can feel him,
but you can't touch him.

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But you know he's there.
That man, he's that good.

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[Rey] Come on, you know there's no such
thing as a night off in this business.

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[Book] That's true, too.
That's true, too. Oh, yeah.

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[Vic] Dom looking over here at you, Rey.

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Look, Rey Mysterio, you've had a lot
to say about this matchup.

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You've had a lot to say about Dragon Lee.

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We mentioned you kind of made this
matchup. But I gotta ask, how you feeling?

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-Because we saw you on the crutch.
-[Rey] I'm taking a day at a time.

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[Vic] Well, right now, Dragon Lee throwing
caution to the wind. Looking to fly!

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-[Book] Wow.
-[Rey] That's what I like to see.

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[Book] Another big shot early
in the matchup here against Dom Dom.

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[Vic] Dragon Lee is coming out
of the gates hot,

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and it has been a surreal moment.

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When you talk to Dragon Lee,
just to be in your presence,

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Rey, just to be around you, as Dragon Lee

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right back in. Dom, able to stay ahead.
Gets caught. Oh! Right to the face.

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You got a wonder, Book, I don't see…
Where's Mami?

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Where's Judgment Day?
Where's Priest? Where's Bálor?

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[Book]
Look. Who's the North American Champ?

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Who's the North American Champ?
It's Dominik Mysterio.

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He's a man that writes his own ship.

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He's one of the greatest, if not
the greatest North American Champion

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in the history of NXT.

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[Vic] And we could have
a new North American Champion.

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-Mysterio, able to kick out at one.
-[Book] Give him his props.

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[Vic] What do you mean?
I give him props all the time.

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But I want to bring up something
that you said about Dragon Lee.

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Because now that Rey's out here,
Rey, you anointed Dragon Lee

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the future of Lucha Libre.
What do you see?

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[Rey] I mean, everything.

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I see a lot of me in Dragon Lee.
A young me. He's innovative.

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Oh!

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[Vic] Submission now. Mysterio, trying to
navigate his way to the bottom up.

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As you were saying…

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[Rey] He represents Lucha Libre and
the Latinos, the La Raza to the fullest.

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And he's always willing
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[Book]
Rey, I mean, he's special. He's special.

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But I wonder,
I wonder how far this kid is going to go,

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because he idolizes you.
He lives in your shadow.

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Something that Dominik
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[Vic] Oh, and Dragon Lee just got caught
and a nasty, gnarly landing from the top.

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[Book] Can I say this? Dominik Mysterio
is the youngest veteran you've ever seen.

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Wow, that's just taking it to the street,
man. I love it.

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Well, you know, as you mentioned too,
when it comes to dirty Dom, I mean,

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there is added pressure, don't you think,
on Dragon Lee's shoulders, Book?

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Because of the comments
that were made by Mysterio.

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[Book] Of course. I mean, Dragon Lee,
he looks up to Rey Mysterio.

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The pressure that he's under right now,
I mean, it's got to be astronomical.

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Me personally,
I would have wished Rey Mysterio

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would have stayed in the back
of this match.

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-Nothing against you, Rey.
-[Rey] We know each other for a long time.

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You know how I put it on the line
every single night I step in the ring?

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Dragon Lee is the same way.

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[Vic] Dragon Lee in a bad way right now.

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-And it was Mysterio…
-[Book] Right there to the short rib.

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[Vic] It was Mysterio who cost Dragon Lee
in his match on SmackDown against

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Santos Escobar in the United States
Championship Tournament and is now

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-systematically dissected.
-[Book] That's another question I have.

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Where was Rey Mysterio
when Dragon Lee needed him?

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[Vic] Well, he's here tonight.

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And look, Rey could be providing extra
motivation for Dragon Lee and obviously

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an extra distraction, because Dom hasn't

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taken his eyes off his father
here ringside.

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Into the cover, hooks both legs, kickout.

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[Book] Still taking care of business
like a machine right now, methodically

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-taking care of Dragon Lee piece by piece.
-[Vic] I want to apologize for Book, Rey,

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because I know how much you love your son.

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And I'm sure it's been hard for your wife
and your daughter to see Dom slide deeper

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-and deeper into Judgment Day.
-[Rey] Of course, very hard.

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But we all see the same thing.

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You know, he's manipulated by Finn
and by Priest, and controlled by Rhea.

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[Book] You know, as a dad, I understand,

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we all want our children
to do better than we do.

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And I must say, Dominik, no diss to you,
has done almost, perhaps maybe more,

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than you at this point in his career
already. I'm just saying.

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[Rey] Taking the wrong route
and hanging out with the wrong people.

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[Vic] You still stand by the stance
that Dom has done more than his father?

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[Book]
Look, take nothing away from Rey Mysterio.

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-[Vic] He's sitting right here, Booker.
-[Book] Five time Cruiserweight Champion.

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But you got to look at Dominik Mysterio.

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[Vic] He's a former World Champion.

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[Book] But it took him years to get there.

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Dom did it in his first year, man,
capturing the North American Championship.

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That is a prize like none other, Vic.
Come on, La Raza, baby. Oh, yes!

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[Vic] Absolutely disgusting display,

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as Mysterio up and over, into the cover
to retain the title lead.

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Able to kick out one more time.

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[Book]
Rey, again, you've been a great champion.

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You've been a great ambassador
for this business.

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But you yourself, you got to admit that
Dominik Mysterio has done something that

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-nobody has ever done in this business.
-[Rey] Has he done it alone?

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-[Book] Yes.
-[Vic] No, he hasn't.

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That's the point I've been bringing up
week after week, is that he's

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won Championships, he's been victorious,
but he's always…

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[Book] Look at all the backup
that Rey had back in the day.

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He had so many people pushing for him,

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looking for him to be in that spot.
Come on, Rey.

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[Rey] Nobody fought my battles, Book.
Nobody did it.

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[Vic] When it comes to fighting battles,
Judgment Day has not had the best week.

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It started with the former NXT Tag Team
Champions, The Creed Brothers shocking Dom

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and JD McDonagh.

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By the way, The Creed's number one
contenders to Bálor and Priest

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in the undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles.
And take another look at this, Rey.

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[Rey] Be creative, be innovative.
Don't steal people's moves.

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[Book]
Can I say this about The Creed Brothers?

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Those guys are going to be a generational
Tag Team. Many, many Championships.

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Trust me.

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[Vic] For a second Dragon Lee had it.

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Mysterio got it right back.
Dirty Dom into the cover.

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[Book] Look at that uncanny strength
by Dominik Mysterio.

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It's my time!

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[Vic]
The distraction of Rey Mysterio out here.

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Dominik has continued
to lock eyes with his dad.

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[Book] He's using it though.

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He use that as fuel right now
to just dismantle Dragon Lee.

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I'm talking about surgically, man.
Piece by piece.

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[Vic] And again, no one has ever doubted
Dom's ability in the ring.

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But he made claims that his back…
No, because I've always given him credit.

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Except he needs help,
just like his father said.

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But now, evil intentions on the mind
of Dom. Dragon Lee doing his best

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to fight free out of desperation,
able to create a little bit of separation.

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As I was saying, it was Mysterio
who's made claims that his back is hurt

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from carrying the WWE.

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The issue with that statement is he's
making that comparison because of Wes Lee.

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But Dragon Lee now,
talking about back problems.

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-Spine first, where steel meets wood.
-[Rey] Did you see that?

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Wow.

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-[Book] Wow.
-[Vic] But we all know…

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But we all know that Dragon Lee
has to get Dom back into the ring.

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[Book] Wait a minute. This was gnarly.

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-[Vic] Boom! It certainly was.
-[Book] That was a big shot right there.

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[Vic]
Lee has to get Mysterio back in the ring.

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The only way the championship can
change hands is pinfall or submission.

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The referee now up to six.

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Dragon Lee could see the title opportunity
slipping through his hands.

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Referee is at eight.
Referee continuing to count.

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Mysterio looking for the win!
Dragon Lee, though, continuing the fight.

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-Both men break the count.
-[Book] At the last second right there.

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That just let me know that both of these
young men are willing to fight for it.

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[Vic] Well, this has been a very
interesting night. CM Punk has arrived.

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Shawn Michaels and CM Punk
in the same ring at the same time.

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The reason why trending number one is
Deadline, not to mention the greatest mask

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of all time, Rey Mysterio,
joining us on commentary

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for this opening matchup
for the North American Championship.

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The champion, Dominik Mysterio,
just got laid out by Dragon Lee.

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[Book] Dragon Lee right now trying
to let it all hang out right now.

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Maybe this could be that last gas.

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[Vic] Mysterio, who said this week
that he has nothing left to prove.

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He certainly does this night.

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-He's out. He's knocked out.
-[Book] Oh, wait a minute.

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[Vic] Dragon Lee trying to do this.

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Trying to win his first championship
in front of his mentor,

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his idol, Rey Mysterio.

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Another vicious kick from Lee.

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[Book] Dragon Lee is on cruise control
right now. Let me tell you.

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[Vic] Mami's watching it. She's not happy.

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[Rey] I'm enjoying this.
I'm really enjoying this.

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-[Vic] Second time!
-[Book] Come on!

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[crowd] One, two…

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I gotta give it to him.

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-Ring awareness, very big.
-[Book] Uncanny veteran like skills, Vic.

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[Vic] I think that ring awareness
something that he learned from teaming

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-with his father earlier.
-[Book] No, that's not it.

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-That it's just in his DNA.
-[Vic] From his father again.

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Do you not know how that works?
The blood comes from his dad too.

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-[Book] I give him that.
-[Vic] Oh! What a dropkick from Mysterio.

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Lee might be out, into the cover again,
and another near fall.

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[Book] A picture perfect dropkick.

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The stamina that Dom Dom has at this stage
of the game is unbelievable. Whoa!

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[Vic] This is the first of two
championship matches here tonight,

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along with two Iron Survivor matches
and the steel cage.

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Dragon Lee looking for that powerbomb.
Shifted away by Dom.

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Dom now countering,
looking for a powerbomb of his own.

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Connects, cover, jackknife styled.
Still not enough.

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Woo woo.

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[Rey] I just jumped out of my seat.

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[Vic] Well, we don't want you to,
we know you're still recovering.

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[Book] Wow.

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[Vic] Hats off to Dom in this matchup.
But same goes for Dragon Lee. Lee!

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-[Rey] Oh, no.
-[Book] He's going to do it.

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He's going to do that signature move
that he made famous.

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-[Rey] I hope he slips.
-[Vic] Pointing right at you, Rey.

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Looking to hit that six one… No!

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Lee of course had it scouted.

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Lee going up and over.
Lee trying to continue, finds his balance.

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Finds Dom, powerbomb!

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-[Book] Oh, he got it.
-[crowd] One, two…

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-[Vic] No, you got to be kidding me!
-[Book] I'm going to tell you right now.

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Dom just slipped out the back door
right there, bro.

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[Vic] Dom was able to kick out.
You give the devil credit when it's due.

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Mysterio coming right… Gets caught this
time. Dragon Lee, is this enough? Cover!

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-Oh, my God!
-We got a new Champion.

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We got a new North American Champion.

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[announcer] Here is your winner,
and new NXT North American Champion,

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Dragon Lee.

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-[Vic] I haven't seen you this happy…
-Oh my God.

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You see what happens
when The Judgment Day is not here?

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That happens.

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[Vic] Unreal.
Dragon Lee has dethroned Dirty Dom.

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And this was back and forth
throughout the matchup.

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Dragon Lee, though, was hitting
high offense after high offense.

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Dom was able to continue though,
to push through in this matchup,

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almost able to retain the championship
right there in that moment.

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But then Dragon Lee
would stay focused on one goal.

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It would be to drop Dirty Dom to capture
his first piece of gold here in NXT,

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here in the WWE, to the joy of his hero,
his idol, his mentor, Rey Mysterio.

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Dragon Lee has done it.
What a match. What a match indeed.

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And the future of Lucha Libre is now
the new North American Champion.

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[Rey speaking Spanish]

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[hip hop music playing]

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[Vic] What a moment.

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[Rey speaking Spanish]

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[rock music playing]

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[Vic] Well, we've already
crowned one new champion.

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Will we have a new NXT Champion?
There you see Ilja Dragunov, who is calm,

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at least for right now,
arriving earlier today.

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His challenger, Baron Corbin,
certainly knows how to push his buttons.

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Or does he? Huge main events
still to come here at Deadline.

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And we'd like to extend
a special thank you

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to The Hives for "Countdown to Shutdown",
the official theme song

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of Deadline is from the album
"The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons",

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available now on Apple Music and Spotify.

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[The Hives "Countdown to Shutdown"
playing]

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[Vic] And coming up next, these five women
will battle each other and the clock

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in an innovative concept that combines
strategy, will, and determination.

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Who walks out
the new Women's Iron Survivor?

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It's now time to go
to our ring announcer, Alicia Taylor.

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[bell ringing]

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The following contest
is the Women's Iron Survivor Challenge.

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There is a 25 minute time limit
with five superstars competing to become

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the number one contender.

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Two superstars will start the match.
Every five minutes thereafter,

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a new superstar will enter
until all competitors are in the ring.

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Falls can be won at any time via pinball,
submission or disqualification.

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When a superstar scores a fall,
they will earn one point.

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When a superstar loses a fall,
that superstar is forced out of the ring

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and into the penalty box for 90 seconds
before she can reenter the match.

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The superstar who has scored the most
falls when the clock hits 25 minutes

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will be named the Iron Survivor in
challenge for the NXT Women's Championship

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at New Year's Evil.

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-[Fallon Henley's music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

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[Vic]
Booker, look who drew number one.

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[announcer]
Introducing first, Fallon Henley.

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[Vic] Certainly a point to start
for Fallon Henley, who will be riding

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an emotional wave into tonight.

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She won the last chance match
this past Tuesday for this opportunity.

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[Book] You know, coming out number one,
I call this the short straw,

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because you're going to be
fighting uphill all night long.

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Stamina's gonna come into play

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[Vic] There you see the penalty box.

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This is what I want to highlight
in this matchup.

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Again, when you lose a fall, you go
into this penalty box for 90 seconds.

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The clock, by the way, for that starts
as soon as the competitor's feet hits

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the floor on that walk to the penalty box.

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[Book] Of course, that's when you
can really make some money, man.

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Oh, yes. I'm looking forward to it.

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Combos.

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[Blair Davenport's music playing]

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[announcer] Next, Blair Davenport.

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[Vic] Well, this is a superstar believe
is the favorite in this matchup,

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based on the fact that she made it
crystal clear on Tuesday she could

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care less about any of these women in
the field in this Women's Iron Survivor.

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[Book] Yeah, she talked about
Sol Ruca, Nikkita Lyons.

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Even tried to take out Roxanne Perez.
The motive aberrant.

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She will take you out, man.

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[Vic] Talked about some of the women that
she has attacked during her tenure here.

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She did get quite the surprise Tuesday
with the return of Nikkita Lyons.

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[Book] Puff, puff.
But you can't blow that house down, man.

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[Vic] This is one and two.

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Would you rather start one and two like
these two, or come out a little bit later?

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Let's say four or five.
So you're a little bit fresher.

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[Book] No, no, like I said, coming out
early, I feel like that's a short straw,

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because you'll be going against an
opponent that's just as fresh as you are.

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When you come out late,
you could just drop the hammer, man.

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Let it all hang out,
try to build up points quickly.

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[Vic] You see the scoreboard
at the bottom of your screen.

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Going for the first fall was Henley.

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You also see the clock
that is ticking at 22 seconds.

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As Blair into the cover and a kickout.

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That clock, when it gets to five minutes,
a new superstar

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will randomly enter this matchup.

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And again, the goal, as Alicia said,
get the most decisions

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at the end of 25 minutes.
Pinfall, submission, disqualification.

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Shoulders down one more time. And again,
Henley would have been pinned there.

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She would have been making her way to
the penalty box where she would have been

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-sitting out for 90 seconds.
-[Book] But it goes back to my point, Vic.

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Both of these opponents right now,
they're fresh.

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they're dry, they don't have any sweat
on them or anything like that.

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It's gonna be hard to get a pinfall
this early in the matchup.

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[Vic] Up and over,
looking for the pinfall one more time.

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Center of the ring was Henley,
shifting the weights.

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Davenport, shoulders down again.
Referee getting some work in this matchup.

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Another near fall.

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[Book] He better get his cardio in tonight
as well. It's gonna be a long night.

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[Vic] Up and over one more time.

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One…

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[Vic] NXT Universe's trying to help out
our official in this moment.

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[Book] Just think about all the energy
that's being used right here.

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Trying to get a pinfall, to get a win,
to get some points.

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It's pretty hard.
Going to be hard on these ladies.

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[Vic] Again, this is what it's about.
Get as many decisions as you can.

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Take all the opportunities as they come.
As both women back up.

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-Another kickout.
-[Book] Beautiful. I thought that was it.

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I thought that was a three-count
right here.

439
00:30:24,189 --> 00:30:27,926
[Vic] When you talk to Fallon Henley,
she's had a moment of career doubt,

440
00:30:27,992 --> 00:30:30,094
was lost professionally
when you actually talked to her.

441
00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:34,098
When one day she was sitting in her family
bar, she said she looked up, she saw

442
00:30:34,165 --> 00:30:38,336
the top shelf spirits and realized that
she wanted to be a top shelf superstar.

443
00:30:38,403 --> 00:30:41,573
She said it began on Tuesday
and she'll start to solidify

444
00:30:41,639 --> 00:30:43,741
herself even more
like a fine wine here tonight.

445
00:30:43,808 --> 00:30:45,543
[Book] I think it started way before that.

446
00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:49,848
I mean, Fallon Henley, you know,
former Tag Team Champion, Champion

447
00:30:49,914 --> 00:30:54,118
for about a hiccup, but she knows
what it tastes like and she wants

448
00:30:54,185 --> 00:30:55,286
a little bit more of it.

449
00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:57,889
[Vic]
The wicked witch of NXT focused right in.

450
00:30:57,956 --> 00:31:00,558
And another nasty kick.

451
00:31:00,625 --> 00:31:03,628
Will that earned her
her first decision in the matchup?

452
00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:06,497
As that clock just over 2 minutes,
15 seconds.

453
00:31:06,564 --> 00:31:11,536
At 5 minutes, a new superstar will enter.
And Blair Davenport is in control now.

454
00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:15,840
And we know that she has
evil intentions on her mind

455
00:31:15,907 --> 00:31:18,509
in every match she's in, not just tonight.

456
00:31:18,910 --> 00:31:20,612
[Book] Blair Davenport,

457
00:31:21,346 --> 00:31:25,083
she's definitely wicked in a lot
of different ways, but she's very, very

458
00:31:25,149 --> 00:31:27,518
capable of going out here
and getting victory.

459
00:31:27,585 --> 00:31:30,688
Right now, she's just punishing
Fallon Henley.

460
00:31:30,755 --> 00:31:33,891
[Vic] Start to think of the other three
superstars who are sitting right now,

461
00:31:33,958 --> 00:31:35,293
who have been randomly selected.

462
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,663
They got to be sitting back and starting
to watch for little bullseyes.

463
00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:40,798
As you see Fallon Henley
focusing on her back,

464
00:31:40,865 --> 00:31:43,368
how they can exploit those weaknesses
once they enter.

465
00:31:43,434 --> 00:31:46,738
[Book] They're like the bull and the
bullpen right now, just anxious to get out

466
00:31:46,804 --> 00:31:49,474
and get in the middle of this ring
and try to get a…

467
00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:51,609
-[Vic] Oh!
-[Book] Vic, this right here…

468
00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:54,178
[Vic] Looking for the decision,
looking for a pinfall and a kickout.

469
00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:56,314
[Book] This match right here
is a game changer, man.

470
00:31:56,381 --> 00:31:58,983
It's a life changer
winning a match like this. Trust me.

471
00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:01,619
[Vic] It is an innovative concept,
a revolutionary match.

472
00:32:01,686 --> 00:32:05,556
And I just see you every now and again
looking over here at the penalty box.

473
00:32:05,623 --> 00:32:07,392
You're getting flashes
back to the coal mine?

474
00:32:07,458 --> 00:32:09,794
[Book] I wish Cole was in there so one

475
00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:11,596
of these ladies
could beat the hell out of him.

476
00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:15,266
[Vic] Once one goes in,
they will be in there for 90 seconds.

477
00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:18,670
And that's really when strategy will
come into play later on this matchup,

478
00:32:18,736 --> 00:32:22,473
when all the women are in this match and
someone's in that 90 second penalty box,

479
00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:24,509
when they look at the scoreboard
and the time,

480
00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:29,647
because time will become a factor later on
in this match as we're approaching

481
00:32:29,714 --> 00:32:34,319
60 seconds, and then that next competitor
will come into the matchup.

482
00:32:34,385 --> 00:32:38,222
Fallon Henley might be thinking right now,
just survive for this next,

483
00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:41,459
what would you say?
70 seconds for some help to come out.

484
00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:44,696
[Book] Any way you look at it, Vic,
it's going to be a long night

485
00:32:44,762 --> 00:32:45,930
for these ladies.

486
00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:51,102
Whoever come out number five
is going to have a hell of an advantage

487
00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:54,806
in trying to win this thing,
becoming Iron Survivors Challenge.

488
00:32:54,872 --> 00:32:57,508
[Vic] Talking about the Women's
Iron Survivor Challenge match,

489
00:32:57,575 --> 00:33:01,112
we talked about Henley. Josh Briggs
is in the Men's Iron Survivor matchup,

490
00:33:01,179 --> 00:33:05,316
rooting interest as well for Brooks Jensen
for both these matchups here tonight.

491
00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:08,486
And Fallon Henley now trying
to turn her luck around a little bit

492
00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:10,154
here in these moments, because she has

493
00:33:10,221 --> 00:33:13,157
a one-on-one matchup
for the next 40 seconds,

494
00:33:13,224 --> 00:33:15,693
which actually is down to 35 seconds.

495
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,063
And Henley, here we go. Big right hand.

496
00:33:19,130 --> 00:33:22,633
[Book] Fallon just missed out
on getting the cover right there, Vic.

497
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:25,303
She could have garnered
some points perhaps.

498
00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:27,538
[Vic] Now into a cover,
looking for the first decision.

499
00:33:27,605 --> 00:33:30,341
And a kickout by Davenport.
20 seconds left,

500
00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:34,212
and this no longer will be a one-on-one
matchup. Again, the superstars

501
00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:37,682
were randomly selected
to make their way into this matchup.

502
00:33:37,749 --> 00:33:42,520
Who will be superstar three?
We will find out in moments.

503
00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:45,590
[crowd counting down]

504
00:33:48,993 --> 00:33:51,996
-[alarm sounding]
-[rock music playing]

505
00:33:53,164 --> 00:33:54,966
[Vic] Oh, no.

506
00:33:55,666 --> 00:34:00,405
[announcer] Making her way to the ring,
Tiffany Stratton.

507
00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:05,743
[Vic] It was about 35 seconds ago I said
maybe Henley will get some help out here.

508
00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:09,247
Certainly this is no help. This is no… Oh!

509
00:34:09,313 --> 00:34:10,748
[Book] Beautiful, baby.

510
00:34:10,815 --> 00:34:14,752
[Vic] And again,
Henley's got to focus on the task at hand.

511
00:34:14,819 --> 00:34:19,390
And this is not very good
if you're Fallon Henley in this moment.

512
00:34:19,457 --> 00:34:22,226
[Book] Tiffany Stratton knows what
it's like to be under the bright light.

513
00:34:22,293 --> 00:34:25,930
She knows about matches like this,
experience, she got it all.

514
00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:30,201
Can she come out here and become
the Iron Survivor tonight?

515
00:34:30,268 --> 00:34:33,771
[Vic] Does that give her the advantage
being Tiffany Stratton, having been under

516
00:34:33,838 --> 00:34:37,175
the Premium Live event lights most
recently in the main event of No Mercy

517
00:34:37,241 --> 00:34:38,242
against Becky Lynch?

518
00:34:38,309 --> 00:34:41,813
[Book] You know, I don't think anybody
has an advantage in a matchup like this,

519
00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:44,081
you got to keep your head on a swivel.

520
00:34:44,148 --> 00:34:48,319
But as far as experience goes,
Tiffany Stratton, she's been there,

521
00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:52,957
she's done that. I'm talking about
to the nebula, baby. Oh, yes.

522
00:34:53,024 --> 00:34:55,526
[Vic] There's no doubt
in Tiffany Stratton's mind

523
00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:57,628
who is number one in this matchup.

524
00:34:57,695 --> 00:35:01,499
Believes she is going to become
the Women's Iron Survivor.

525
00:35:01,566 --> 00:35:04,435
Believes she's the favorite
based on two characteristics.

526
00:35:04,502 --> 00:35:07,505
What she told the media this week,
being pretty and being privileged.

527
00:35:07,572 --> 00:35:09,674
[Book] I like that. I like it a lot.

528
00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:15,646
As far as my keys to victory, Vic,
you can't rush a win for a pinfall.

529
00:35:15,713 --> 00:35:17,915
You gotta look for those opportunities.

530
00:35:17,982 --> 00:35:20,384
Earlier, Fallon Henley missed out

531
00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:24,956
on a, perhaps a cover.
And I'm talking about you gotta exploit

532
00:35:25,022 --> 00:35:27,525
those mistakes being made
in matches like this.

533
00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:31,729
[Vic] Fallon Henley, it's been two on one,
and she's looking to exploit some mistakes

534
00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:36,400
here in this moment, because her back's
against the wall for the next few moments.

535
00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:41,506
Coming right back in.
And now, oh, big clothesline by Stratton.

536
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:46,310
We talked about last year. We're going
to crown two new Iron Survivors.

537
00:35:46,377 --> 00:35:49,647
We're not going to have a repeat
from Roxanne Perez here tonight.

538
00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:51,949
Do you think anyone went back and watched

539
00:35:52,016 --> 00:35:54,085
last year's matches
for some sort of strategy?

540
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:57,188
As Stratton locking in a submission,
as is Davenport.

541
00:35:57,255 --> 00:36:00,424
[Book] No, no, definitely you want to
go back and look at a matchup like this,

542
00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:04,562
because it is so unique.
I always talk about that preparation.

543
00:36:04,629 --> 00:36:08,366
The only luck you're ever going to have.
And right now they've prepared

544
00:36:08,432 --> 00:36:10,902
to take down Fallon Henley. And I like it.

545
00:36:10,968 --> 00:36:13,237
[Vic] I don't know how Henley
is hanging on right now.

546
00:36:13,304 --> 00:36:16,073
How she hasn't given up,
how she hasn't tapped.

547
00:36:16,140 --> 00:36:18,709
-[Book] She can't tap.
-[Vic] She can say, I quit,

548
00:36:18,776 --> 00:36:20,745
and get put in the penalty box.
She's not doing that.

549
00:36:20,811 --> 00:36:24,882
That is showing you the heart
of a champion for Fallon Henley.

550
00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:29,187
Got to wonder, is that discouraging
to Davenport and Stratton, because they

551
00:36:29,253 --> 00:36:32,557
could have been closing in
on sending Fallon to the penalty box.

552
00:36:32,623 --> 00:36:35,493
[Book] What do you think about this
little Tag Team tandem right here?

553
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,628
-[Vic] It's bad for Henley.
-[Book] It's all about winning.

554
00:36:37,695 --> 00:36:39,964
It's all about trying to get points.
Seem like somebody

555
00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:44,268
would be trying to get a win here.
A cover. Get on the board, man.

556
00:36:44,335 --> 00:36:47,772
[Vic] Right now maybe working together.
You can call it out again, Booker.

557
00:36:47,838 --> 00:36:49,207
It is two on one.

558
00:36:49,273 --> 00:36:53,444
And Fallon's going to have to hang on for
the next two minutes, because in less than

559
00:36:53,511 --> 00:36:56,047
two minutes, the next superstar
will come into this matchup.

560
00:36:56,113 --> 00:37:00,017
-Oh! Almost on cue.
-[Book] That's what I'm talking about.

561
00:37:00,818 --> 00:37:04,455
That's what I'm talking…
It's about winning.

562
00:37:05,356 --> 00:37:09,260
[Vic] To get back to the tippy top, she
have to stab some people in the back.

563
00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:11,529
-And that's the MO.
-[Book] No, no.

564
00:37:11,596 --> 00:37:17,101
She's gonna have to step on some toes
and step on some toes and keep on walking.

565
00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:19,770
[Vic] In 90 seconds, the next superstar
will enter this matchup.

566
00:37:19,837 --> 00:37:25,076
Still no decisions as of now here in this
Women's Iron Survivor Challenge matchup.

567
00:37:25,142 --> 00:37:27,144
-Oh.
-[Book] Wow.

568
00:37:28,012 --> 00:37:30,114
[Vic] Almost had a little extra rotation.

569
00:37:30,181 --> 00:37:32,650
[Book]
Catapulted over the top rope right there.

570
00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:37,288
Tiffany Stratton about to take it
to the tippy tippy top, man.

571
00:37:38,322 --> 00:37:40,625
[Vic]
So much strategy going into this matchup.

572
00:37:40,691 --> 00:37:44,695
Stratton realizing she could have
an opportunity to earn a decision.

573
00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:46,464
Kickout by Henley.

574
00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:49,300
You got to also feel that you're
going to be at a little bit of peace

575
00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:51,702
in this matchup,
if you're able to get that first decision.

576
00:37:51,769 --> 00:37:54,438
If you're able to go up 1-0
against the field.

577
00:37:54,505 --> 00:37:56,307
[Book] No, no, no, Vic.
You can't feel comfortable.

578
00:37:56,374 --> 00:37:58,409
[Vic] You wouldn't tell me
if you were in this match.

579
00:37:58,476 --> 00:38:01,279
You'd breathe at least a small sigh
of relief that you're on the scoreboard.

580
00:38:01,345 --> 00:38:05,216
[Book] Into the last bail, I mean,
to the clock run out, man.

581
00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:08,552
You cannot feel comfortable
in a situation like this.

582
00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:11,088
[Vic] 40 seconds,
next superstar will enter the matchup.

583
00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:15,293
Tiffany Stratton, who entered third,
has been in control this matchup

584
00:38:15,359 --> 00:38:18,763
since she arrived. First she teamed
with Blair Davenport to take out

585
00:38:18,829 --> 00:38:22,066
Fallon Henley and now
she's taking them both out by herself.

586
00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:24,068
And take a look. Oh!

587
00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:27,471
-[Book] Talking about innovative.
-[Vic] Alabama slam cover.

588
00:38:27,538 --> 00:38:30,207
Davenport breaking things up.
And Davenport here.

589
00:38:30,274 --> 00:38:34,545
Could she sneak a victory?
Could she sneak a decision? She got one.

590
00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:36,514
She's on the board.

591
00:38:36,580 --> 00:38:40,084
[announcer]
Blair Davenport has scored a fall.

592
00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:42,019
[Book] Exploit those mistakes.

593
00:38:42,086 --> 00:38:44,588
That's what Blair Davenport
just did right there.

594
00:38:44,655 --> 00:38:46,857
[Vic]
Five seconds, we see the next superstar,

595
00:38:46,924 --> 00:38:51,495
as soon as Fallon's feet hit the floor.
The penalty box clock starts at 90.

596
00:38:51,562 --> 00:38:54,332
-[Kelani Jordan's music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

597
00:38:56,233 --> 00:38:59,136
[announcer]
Making her way to the ring, Kelani Jordan.

598
00:38:59,203 --> 00:39:01,439
[Vic] I'm sure the butterflies
are the size of eagles

599
00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:04,442
inside this former
Michigan State Spartan. Boom!

600
00:39:04,508 --> 00:39:06,410
[Book] You know what I say
about those butterflies?

601
00:39:06,477 --> 00:39:09,213
You gotta get them to line up
and fly straight.

602
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:12,249
And that's what Kelani Jordan
is doing right now.

603
00:39:12,316 --> 00:39:15,052
-I mean, she's a sensation, man.
-[Vic] There you see the penalty box.

604
00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:17,888
Fallon Henley now
will be in there for 90 seconds.

605
00:39:17,955 --> 00:39:20,925
Obviously started counting hits inside
the final 60.

606
00:39:20,991 --> 00:39:24,161
She can get a little bit of rest,
because Fallon Henley joined this match

607
00:39:24,228 --> 00:39:27,231
since the start.
But the story now is Kelani Jordan looking

608
00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:31,168
to drop Tiffany Stratton. She did so,
into the cover, hook of the leg.

609
00:39:31,235 --> 00:39:35,506
And Davenport breaks up the cover.
And you gotta wonder too, as this matchup

610
00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:38,642
has progressed throughout the week,
a lot of these superstars

611
00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:41,779
who have been around a lot longer than
Kelani Jordan have spoke out about her.

612
00:39:41,846 --> 00:39:45,783
Is there a little bit of jealousy that
she's already in this position? Looking

613
00:39:45,850 --> 00:39:51,188
for a moonsault, one of a kind, connects.
And Stratton breaks up the count.

614
00:39:51,255 --> 00:39:53,858
[Book] Of course there's got to be
a little bit of jealousy there.

615
00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:57,728
Kelani Jordan in the game for about
six months and now she's in a position

616
00:39:57,795 --> 00:40:00,331
right now to become the Iron Survivor
here tonight.

617
00:40:00,397 --> 00:40:04,435
Of course there's some jealousy, but she's
ready for this moment I believe as well.

618
00:40:04,502 --> 00:40:06,370
[Vic]
What do you contribute though to the fact

619
00:40:06,437 --> 00:40:08,839
that she's only debuted six months ago,
Booker?

620
00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:11,208
And now she's on a Premium Live event,

621
00:40:11,275 --> 00:40:13,711
and she was in control
up until a second ago.

622
00:40:13,778 --> 00:40:15,846
[Book]
They talk about the tumbling background,

623
00:40:15,913 --> 00:40:20,151
but my daddy used to say something
all the time. Creep to the top.

624
00:40:20,217 --> 00:40:21,519
[Vic] 90 seconds is up.

625
00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:24,755
Henley is finally gonna her hands
on Stratton. And you know,

626
00:40:24,822 --> 00:40:28,659
she's a little extra angry,
a little extra pent up frustration

627
00:40:28,726 --> 00:40:30,694
after getting locked in that penalty box.

628
00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:33,531
[Book] Kelani, penalty box smoking.
And she's on fire right now.

629
00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:37,468
But just getting big shots in is not going
to do… She needs to get a cover, Vic.

630
00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:40,971
She needs to get on the board,
some points, some numbers, man.

631
00:40:41,038 --> 00:40:45,176
[Vic] Fallon would love to earn points
by beating Tiffany Stratton.

632
00:40:45,242 --> 00:40:48,145
-Blockbuster.
-[Book] Beautiful blockbuster.

633
00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:51,115
[Vic] Still don't know why Stratton
was so upset with Henley dressing as her

634
00:40:51,182 --> 00:40:55,886
for Halloween. Still don't get why
she'd get upset. Rose with shining wizard.

635
00:40:55,953 --> 00:40:59,423
Forget about Halloween.
Let's focus on the here and the now.

636
00:40:59,490 --> 00:41:01,292
And yes, she did it.

637
00:41:02,226 --> 00:41:06,497
[announcer]
Fallon Henley has scored a fall.

638
00:41:06,564 --> 00:41:10,000
[Book] Money. Money, man.

639
00:41:10,067 --> 00:41:13,237
[Vic] And Tiffany Stratton now
heads to the penalty box.

640
00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:17,107
90 seconds to see the clock on Tiffany
Stratton counting down, into the cover

641
00:41:17,174 --> 00:41:19,276
is Kelani, Fallon able to kick out.

642
00:41:19,343 --> 00:41:21,745
There you see 12.5 minutes,
and another cover.

643
00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:24,381
Shoulders down one more time,
another near fall.

644
00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:30,020
And when that clock hits 15, we'll have
the next superstar in this matchup.

645
00:41:30,087 --> 00:41:31,989
-Whoa.
-[Book] Wow.

646
00:41:32,056 --> 00:41:35,993
The strength of this young lady
right here, Kelani Jordan.

647
00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:38,996
She shows me something
week in and week out.

648
00:41:39,063 --> 00:41:41,365
[Vic]
Kelani said she wants to show the world

649
00:41:41,432 --> 00:41:46,136
that she is a force to be reckoned with.
As you take a look at the scoreboard.

650
00:41:46,203 --> 00:41:48,906
One fall for Blair,
one decision for Fallon.

651
00:41:48,973 --> 00:41:51,675
They're the only two
who have scored any sort of pinfalls.

652
00:41:51,742 --> 00:41:55,045
Look at Kelani wisely turning around,
keeping this one-on-one.

653
00:41:55,112 --> 00:41:59,750
[Book] Kelani Jordan, she's definitely
the underdog in this matchup, Vic.

654
00:41:59,817 --> 00:42:04,588
But I tell you, when I look at her,
I see star written all over her, man.

655
00:42:04,655 --> 00:42:06,524
[Vic] That star could be shining brighter

656
00:42:06,590 --> 00:42:09,093
here in this Women's Iron Survivor
Challenge matchup.

657
00:42:09,159 --> 00:42:12,096
Again, every five minutes,
another superstar will enter.

658
00:42:12,162 --> 00:42:14,498
And we have seen Tiffany,
who's in the penalty box.

659
00:42:14,565 --> 00:42:17,701
Kelani was the last superstar in.
Blair, Fallon started this off.

660
00:42:17,768 --> 00:42:22,873
So we know that the next and final
superstar will be Meta-Four's Lash Legend.

661
00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:26,577
[Book] Yes, indeed,
and we know about Lash Legend.

662
00:42:26,644 --> 00:42:29,780
We'll talk about that in a minute.
Don't want to give away anything too soon,

663
00:42:29,847 --> 00:42:32,249
but right now,
Fallon Henley is in total control.

664
00:42:32,316 --> 00:42:37,888
[Vic] And you see five seconds coming
down. Tiffany Stratton is ready to pounce.

665
00:42:38,956 --> 00:42:41,592
Out of the penalty box
with a point to prove.

666
00:42:41,659 --> 00:42:44,929
And look who Stratton goes right to,
Fallon Henley, the woman

667
00:42:44,995 --> 00:42:46,363
who put her in the penalty box.

668
00:42:46,430 --> 00:42:48,699
And are these two
just too focused on each other

669
00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:50,634
to see past one another
and the rest of the field?

670
00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:54,405
[Book] That's possibility, Vic. But I
must say this, being in that penalty box

671
00:42:54,471 --> 00:42:56,874
gives you a little bit of extra time
to suck it up

672
00:42:56,941 --> 00:43:00,411
and get ready to come out and do business.
I like the penalty box.

673
00:43:00,477 --> 00:43:03,580
[Vic] Into the cover goes Stratton.
And underneath the bottom rope.

674
00:43:03,647 --> 00:43:06,150
Great job by the official,
the count had to be broken.

675
00:43:06,216 --> 00:43:09,820
But here, almost right in front of us,
to our left, you see Blair Davenport,

676
00:43:09,887 --> 00:43:13,123
you see Kelani Jordan. And you see
the clock at almost 14.5 minutes.

677
00:43:13,190 --> 00:43:16,460
We are 30 seconds away
from Lash Legend entering this matchup.

678
00:43:16,527 --> 00:43:20,164
Lash will be the freshest superstar
entering the fray

679
00:43:20,230 --> 00:43:22,199
for the final ten minutes of the match.

680
00:43:22,266 --> 00:43:24,368
[Book] I talk about that five spot,

681
00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:27,271
being able to come out
and just let it all hang out.

682
00:43:27,338 --> 00:43:30,140
I'm talking about
put the helmet down, man.

683
00:43:30,207 --> 00:43:33,277
I can't wait. How much time we got left?

684
00:43:33,344 --> 00:43:36,747
[Vic] We got 15 seconds until Lash Legend
will enter the matchup.

685
00:43:36,814 --> 00:43:38,749
What's on the mind of Tiffany Stratton?

686
00:43:38,816 --> 00:43:42,353
Stratton left Fallon Henry to make her way
over to Kelani Jordan,

687
00:43:42,419 --> 00:43:44,488
as the clock ticking.

688
00:43:44,555 --> 00:43:47,558
[crowd counting down]

689
00:43:48,792 --> 00:43:51,028
[alarm sounding]

690
00:43:51,095 --> 00:43:53,664
[Lash Legend's music playing]

691
00:43:55,032 --> 00:44:00,904
[announcer]
Representing Meta-Four, Lash Legend.

692
00:44:00,971 --> 00:44:06,944
[Vic] Lash with the luck of the draw. And
Lash quickly is going to make her power.

693
00:44:07,344 --> 00:44:11,215
And an impression in this matchup.

694
00:44:11,882 --> 00:44:14,251
[Book] Man!

695
00:44:15,352 --> 00:44:18,422
[Vic] Little two for one.
And look at Lash, turns right around.

696
00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:20,624
[Book]
I'll tell you right now. Lash Legend

697
00:44:20,691 --> 00:44:26,430
with the right expert tutelage,
she's gonna be a monster, man. A monster.

698
00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:29,333
[Vic] Think about this matchup. She's been
trained by Heritage Cup Champion,

699
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,970
Noam Dar. And it was a valid point
that she made. She can't do this.

700
00:44:33,037 --> 00:44:37,241
-Two for one!
-[Book] No, no, no. Not just Heritage Cup.

701
00:44:37,307 --> 00:44:39,476
Four-time Heritage Cup Champion.

702
00:44:39,543 --> 00:44:41,779
[Vic] I'm not doing this tonight.
There's Legend now.

703
00:44:41,845 --> 00:44:44,948
[Book] Oh, shucky, ducky, quack, quack.
Here we go!

704
00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:47,051
[Vic] Chokeslam on Stratton.

705
00:44:47,117 --> 00:44:52,322
And the game has changed
with the arrival of Lash Legend.

706
00:44:52,389 --> 00:44:56,393
[Book] Lash Legend, seems like she's
tapped into something right there.

707
00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:59,396
-And I love it.
-[Vic] Lash dragging Fallon.

708
00:44:59,463 --> 00:45:02,433
Shoulders down. Shoulders down. Whoa!

709
00:45:02,499 --> 00:45:05,669
-[Book] That's two points.
-[Vic] That's what the officials say.

710
00:45:05,736 --> 00:45:08,539
[announcer]
Lash Legend has scored two falls.

711
00:45:08,605 --> 00:45:13,444
[Vic] It took Lash Legend
70 seconds to earn two points.

712
00:45:13,510 --> 00:45:16,647
[Book] Oh, my God, man. I'm loving it.

713
00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:19,750
Lash Legend is looking
like she's about to do it tonight.

714
00:45:19,817 --> 00:45:21,485
But a little trouble.

715
00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:25,656
[Vic] Davenport jumping on the back. Book,
you start to think about Lyra Valkyria,

716
00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:28,759
the NXT Women's Champion
who said she was going to be here.

717
00:45:28,826 --> 00:45:33,263
What would be going through your mind
if you were champion watching this unfold?

718
00:45:33,330 --> 00:45:37,501
[Book] I'll tell you that in a minute.
We got to figure out what's going on here.

719
00:45:37,568 --> 00:45:39,570
[Vic] Now we see a double sleeper
center of the ring.

720
00:45:39,636 --> 00:45:42,539
-But what would you think?
-[Book] No, no, I mean, Lara Valkyria.

721
00:45:42,606 --> 00:45:47,244
You got to understand, she's battle
tested. She beat the man Becky Lynch.

722
00:45:47,311 --> 00:45:50,614
She's looking for competition.
This is perfect for her.

723
00:45:50,681 --> 00:45:52,816
What are you talking about?

724
00:45:52,883 --> 00:45:57,287
[Vic] What I see right now is Lash Legend
in complete control of this matchup.

725
00:45:57,354 --> 00:46:02,059
I see Kelani Jordan trying to switch
around her fortune in this matchup.

726
00:46:02,126 --> 00:46:05,562
And I take a look just to my right,
and I see two women

727
00:46:05,629 --> 00:46:07,765
in the penalty box for the first time.

728
00:46:07,831 --> 00:46:10,868
And it's Kelani Jordan up and over
that gymnastics back route.

729
00:46:10,934 --> 00:46:13,570
Coming through! Holy…

730
00:46:13,637 --> 00:46:16,640
[shouts]

731
00:46:17,541 --> 00:46:19,743
-[Vic] Oh, and Davenport.
-[Book] Wow.

732
00:46:19,810 --> 00:46:23,046
-[Vic] Ever the opportunist.
-[Book] My God, man.

733
00:46:23,113 --> 00:46:28,418
[Vic] This sort of match certainly fits
Davenport's mentality, don't you think?

734
00:46:28,485 --> 00:46:32,122
-Not caring about anybody.
-[Book] She's like a black widow, Vic.

735
00:46:32,189 --> 00:46:36,393
She's looking to make sure
when she strike.

736
00:46:36,460 --> 00:46:39,596
-[Vic] Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute.
-[Book] Wait a minute.

737
00:46:41,999 --> 00:46:44,902
[Vic] Wait a minute. Meta-Four…

738
00:46:47,371 --> 00:46:50,941
Meta-Four blocking the door
from being open.

739
00:46:51,008 --> 00:46:52,476
[Book] What a player.

740
00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:54,812
[Vic] It's Stratton and Henley.
They don't like each other.

741
00:46:54,878 --> 00:46:56,380
They've been locked in this penalty box.

742
00:46:56,446 --> 00:46:58,816
I can only imagine
what these two are about to do.

743
00:46:58,882 --> 00:46:59,883
[Book] Wow.

744
00:46:59,950 --> 00:47:01,885
[Vic] Book, you may need
to get out of harm's way.

745
00:47:01,952 --> 00:47:04,454
[Book] Tried to get out of harm's way.

746
00:47:04,521 --> 00:47:06,456
[Vic] Noam Dar out here screaming.

747
00:47:06,523 --> 00:47:09,426
And again, Lash Legend has had
the opportunity to work with Dar.

748
00:47:09,493 --> 00:47:10,828
But what is Fallon doing?

749
00:47:10,894 --> 00:47:17,034
Fallon at the top trying to escape this
penalty box, because… No! Oh, my God!

750
00:47:25,375 --> 00:47:27,044
Stratton now. Booker, look up.

751
00:47:27,110 --> 00:47:30,113
[crowd screaming]

752
00:47:30,681 --> 00:47:32,783
[Vic] Let the bodies hit the floor.

753
00:47:37,221 --> 00:47:39,323
[Book] What the.…

754
00:47:42,326 --> 00:47:45,829
[Vic] And look who's the superstar
standing, Booker. It's Lash Legend.

755
00:47:45,896 --> 00:47:47,998
And Lash right now
is in the driver's seat.

756
00:47:48,065 --> 00:47:51,802
-She is up. She has two falls.
-[Book] As well as she's fresh.

757
00:47:51,868 --> 00:47:53,437
Coming out number five.

758
00:47:53,503 --> 00:47:57,474
All she needs to do is get in here,
get another number.

759
00:47:57,541 --> 00:48:00,310
Get that double up. Oh, here we go.

760
00:48:00,377 --> 00:48:02,512
Blair and Fallon, each with one.
And to your point.

761
00:48:02,579 --> 00:48:05,983
Lash can rack up a couple more decisions
off the splash.

762
00:48:06,049 --> 00:48:08,819
Davenport able to kick out.
Lash quickly turning her attention.

763
00:48:08,886 --> 00:48:12,122
Bam! Over to Stratton.
Another big splash. Another cover.

764
00:48:12,189 --> 00:48:15,125
Another kickout.
As Booker, take a look at the clock.

765
00:48:15,192 --> 00:48:16,860
We're approaching the final five minutes.

766
00:48:16,927 --> 00:48:20,731
Kelani Jordan now might have to start
risking it all. Jordan to the top.

767
00:48:20,797 --> 00:48:26,603
Coming off the top. And got caught
by the powerful Lash Legend, and Lash now.

768
00:48:27,337 --> 00:48:29,806
Using Jordan as a weapon.

769
00:48:30,474 --> 00:48:35,579
-And maybe looking for a powerbomb.
-[Book] Oh, crafty. That was crafty.

770
00:48:35,646 --> 00:48:39,316
[Vic]
Kelani trying to block. Trying to counter.

771
00:48:39,983 --> 00:48:41,418
[screaming]

772
00:48:41,485 --> 00:48:45,188
[Vic] Lash trying to hold her balance.
Here comes Stratton.

773
00:48:46,757 --> 00:48:49,793
-[Book] Wow!
-[Vic] Into the cover.

774
00:48:49,860 --> 00:48:52,930
-Oh.
-[Book] So close.

775
00:48:52,996 --> 00:48:55,198
[Vic]
Fallon Henley breaking up the count.

776
00:48:55,265 --> 00:48:58,835
[Book] Tiffany's still not on the board
yet. We only got five minutes left.

777
00:48:58,902 --> 00:49:01,238
[Vic] Tiffany is not.
Blair Davenport is not either.

778
00:49:01,305 --> 00:49:04,441
But look at Davenport, into the cover,
and Blair Davenport

779
00:49:04,508 --> 00:49:07,010
-just secured another decision.
-[Book] Wow.

780
00:49:07,077 --> 00:49:10,414
[announcer]
Blair Davenport has scored a fall.

781
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:15,886
[Vic] Davenport has now tied this matchup
with Lash Legend at two decisions apiece.

782
00:49:15,953 --> 00:49:18,922
But take a look, Booker,
because the clock is important.

783
00:49:18,989 --> 00:49:21,058
This match ends at 25 minutes.

784
00:49:21,124 --> 00:49:23,527
We have under 4.5 minutes left
in this matchup.

785
00:49:23,593 --> 00:49:28,231
And Kelani now
goes to the penalty box for 90 seconds.

786
00:49:28,298 --> 00:49:30,834
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!

787
00:49:34,905 --> 00:49:38,542
[Vic] This is awesome.
This is innovative. This is revolutionary.

788
00:49:38,608 --> 00:49:40,577
This is only the second time ever

789
00:49:40,644 --> 00:49:43,780
we've had a Women's Iron Survivor
Challenge matchup.

790
00:49:43,847 --> 00:49:48,552
As the clock continuing to tick,
Stratton is in control with Davenport

791
00:49:48,618 --> 00:49:53,557
and Henley working together for a moment.
There's Lash Legend back into the match.

792
00:49:53,623 --> 00:49:56,960
[Book] I'll tell you right now,
Blair or Lash Legend can

793
00:49:57,027 --> 00:49:59,029
just secure just one more point.

794
00:49:59,096 --> 00:50:02,666
-This thing could be over.
-[Vic] Take a look at this.

795
00:50:02,733 --> 00:50:07,237
A little double dribble. Technically
that would be a quadruple dribble.

796
00:50:07,304 --> 00:50:11,942
And Lash just carrying around
two women, until Stratton…

797
00:50:12,009 --> 00:50:14,678
[Book] Wait a minute. She got a bit… Wow.

798
00:50:14,745 --> 00:50:18,181
[Vic] Wise of Stratton to break up now.
She's into the cover, shoulders down.

799
00:50:18,248 --> 00:50:20,584
-Lash back into the fray.
-[Book] Can you believe

800
00:50:20,650 --> 00:50:22,986
Tiffany Stratton has got zero points

801
00:50:23,053 --> 00:50:26,056
on the board and she's been
in the matchup for quite some time.

802
00:50:26,123 --> 00:50:28,625
[Vic] Kelani Jordan also has zero,
and she's getting ready

803
00:50:28,692 --> 00:50:32,496
to exit the penalty box in 15 seconds.
And I just took a look

804
00:50:32,562 --> 00:50:36,500
over to that penalty box.
Jordan is focused looking in the ring.

805
00:50:36,566 --> 00:50:39,870
She's jumping around, keeping herself
psyched up. But there comes

806
00:50:39,936 --> 00:50:43,540
Lash Legend, who again made a valid point
that she's been training with Noam Dar,

807
00:50:43,607 --> 00:50:47,377
-a master of time constraint matches.
-[Book] We've about three minutes left.

808
00:50:47,444 --> 00:50:51,281
-We got about three minutes left.
-[Vic] The clock continuing to shrink.

809
00:50:51,348 --> 00:50:53,817
The sand dials of time
wearing out in this match.

810
00:50:53,884 --> 00:50:59,122
As Kelani now, she knows what she
has to do. Kelani Jordan, zero decision.

811
00:50:59,189 --> 00:51:00,557
Tiffany Stratton, zero decision.

812
00:51:00,624 --> 00:51:02,659
What do you think is going through
their mind right now?

813
00:51:02,726 --> 00:51:04,828
Because they know
they got less than three minutes.

814
00:51:04,895 --> 00:51:10,100
And Lash Legend right now is in the
leaderboard along with Blair Davenport.

815
00:51:10,167 --> 00:51:13,470
[Book] She just landed a big shot
on Lash Legend, but let me tell you…

816
00:51:13,537 --> 00:51:15,405
[Vic] Nice job by Fallon.

817
00:51:15,472 --> 00:51:18,275
Fallon, by the way,
is only one decision behind the leaders.

818
00:51:18,341 --> 00:51:19,709
She's got one decision.

819
00:51:19,776 --> 00:51:22,979
If she's able to knock this up,
we'd have a three-way tie at two.

820
00:51:23,046 --> 00:51:25,449
But the superstar standing right now.

821
00:51:25,515 --> 00:51:28,418
[Book] You just said it a second ago.
That sand in the hourglass.

822
00:51:28,485 --> 00:51:31,321
The clock is running out, man.

823
00:51:32,222 --> 00:51:39,096
[Vic] Bodies all around. And this just the
first Iron Survivor Matchup of the night.

824
00:51:39,162 --> 00:51:42,499
We still have the men's coming.
And now there you see from the top,

825
00:51:42,566 --> 00:51:47,104
hot cross body into the cover, Stratton
breaking up the count one more time.

826
00:51:47,170 --> 00:51:52,509
[Book] Kelani Jordan just can't get
one up. I mean, just so close. So close.

827
00:51:52,943 --> 00:51:57,714
[Vic] Oh, this is it. Prettiest moonsault
ever committed on Lash.

828
00:51:57,781 --> 00:52:00,617
Cover, Stratton's on the board.

829
00:52:01,251 --> 00:52:05,589
[announcer]
Tiffany Stratton has scored a fall.

830
00:52:05,655 --> 00:52:08,458
[Vic] Tiffany Stratton is on the board.
This is important, Book.

831
00:52:08,525 --> 00:52:12,062
Lash legend, who is in the lead with two,
is in the penalty box.

832
00:52:12,129 --> 00:52:14,397
She's a non factor
for the next 90 seconds.

833
00:52:14,464 --> 00:52:17,334
Look how much time's left in the matchup.
This match is over soon.

834
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:21,705
Blair Davenport now has to survive.
She's got to survive.

835
00:52:21,771 --> 00:52:26,443
But for Kelani Jordan, she's got to
execute. She's down two falls, Booker.

836
00:52:26,510 --> 00:52:29,212
-Two falls.
-[Book] Could this be it?

837
00:52:29,279 --> 00:52:32,749
-High from the ground, but God, man,
-[Vic] 450.

838
00:52:32,816 --> 00:52:37,787
Will it gain her one?
And Fallon Henley right now in position

839
00:52:37,854 --> 00:52:40,290
to tie this at two.
And Davenport kicked out,

840
00:52:40,357 --> 00:52:44,094
into another cover on Stratton.
Hook of the leg and another near fall.

841
00:52:44,161 --> 00:52:48,899
And, Booker, were getting into the final
60 seconds. Looking for a submission.

842
00:52:48,965 --> 00:52:52,335
60 seconds left. Lash in the penalty box
for 45 more seconds.

843
00:52:52,402 --> 00:52:54,004
Blair Davenport's trying to hold on.

844
00:52:54,070 --> 00:52:55,772
Fallon Henley
trying to link into submission.

845
00:52:55,839 --> 00:52:58,542
Kelani Jordan
looking for her first fall here.

846
00:52:58,608 --> 00:53:00,343
If she gets a submission…

847
00:53:00,410 --> 00:53:03,313
[Book] She don't have enough time
to try to pull something off like this.

848
00:53:03,380 --> 00:53:05,649
-She needs to land a big shot.
-[Vic] 45 seconds.

849
00:53:05,715 --> 00:53:09,519
Kelani now trying to get a big kick in.
Was able to knock down Davenport.

850
00:53:09,586 --> 00:53:13,290
Looking for that one of a kind. Split leg.
Davenport able to run interference.

851
00:53:13,356 --> 00:53:16,026
Clock continuing to tick,
almost the final 30 seconds.

852
00:53:16,092 --> 00:53:20,630
Lash Legend now has 17 seconds.
She's ready to get back into this matchup.

853
00:53:20,697 --> 00:53:23,200
Oh, nasty landing for Kelani.

854
00:53:23,266 --> 00:53:27,370
[Book]
Wow, that was gnarly, Vic. Wow!

855
00:53:27,437 --> 00:53:30,106
[Vic] Blair Davenport with two,
looking for one more decision.

856
00:53:30,173 --> 00:53:31,841
She's into the cover, hook of the leg.

857
00:53:31,908 --> 00:53:37,214
And with 15 seconds to go, Blair just
took the lead. Penalty box is over.

858
00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:39,549
Lash legend is out.
There's only ten seconds.

859
00:53:39,616 --> 00:53:43,653
Blair's got to survive.
She's running, Lash trying to catch up.

860
00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:47,257
Last round a fall.
Five seconds. Down to three.

861
00:53:48,758 --> 00:53:51,194
[bell ringing]

862
00:53:52,963 --> 00:53:58,401
[announcer]
Here is your winner, and Iron Survivor,

863
00:53:58,468 --> 00:54:03,707
Blair Davenport.

864
00:54:03,773 --> 00:54:06,376
[rock music playing]

865
00:54:06,443 --> 00:54:08,545
[Vic] Booker, you're sweating.

866
00:54:08,612 --> 00:54:13,817
-[Book] Yeah. What a match.
-[Vic] All five of these superstars

867
00:54:13,883 --> 00:54:17,287
went toe-to-toe
and left it all in the ring.

868
00:54:17,854 --> 00:54:24,861
And at the end of 25 minutes,
it's The Wicked Witch of NXT

869
00:54:25,228 --> 00:54:28,198
who is this year's Iron Survivor.

870
00:54:28,265 --> 00:54:30,533
Here's where Blair Davenport
was able to get on the board.

871
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:34,137
Tiffany Stratton did the work.
Blair Davenport reaped the rewards.

872
00:54:34,204 --> 00:54:37,707
She was able to get her first fall,
taking out Fallon Henley.

873
00:54:37,774 --> 00:54:40,877
But then, as this matchup would go on,
Tiffany Stratton

874
00:54:40,944 --> 00:54:45,048
went from the tippy top
of the penalty box to wipe out the field.

875
00:54:45,115 --> 00:54:47,417
Take another look. This was after

876
00:54:47,484 --> 00:54:51,621
she threw Fallon Henley from the top
of the box through our announce table.

877
00:54:51,688 --> 00:54:54,624
She was able to risk it all.
So was Kelani Jordan,

878
00:54:54,691 --> 00:54:57,327
the young upstart,
who is looking to make an impact.

879
00:54:57,394 --> 00:55:00,030
She certainly opened some eyes
here tonight.

880
00:55:00,096 --> 00:55:03,633
But for Kelani, she was not able
to get a decision in that moment.

881
00:55:03,700 --> 00:55:06,369
As this matchup would continue
in the closing minutes,

882
00:55:06,436 --> 00:55:08,004
Lash Legend was in the penalty box.

883
00:55:08,071 --> 00:55:11,074
Lash Legend was tied with Blair Davenport
at two falls.

884
00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:13,643
Blair knew that his time was winding down.
Bam!

885
00:55:13,710 --> 00:55:16,479
She was gonna have to earn a fall
to win this thing.

886
00:55:16,546 --> 00:55:22,118
And with 15 seconds remaining,
was able to get the third in what would be

887
00:55:22,185 --> 00:55:28,358
the deciding fall
for our new Women's Iron Survivor.

888
00:55:28,858 --> 00:55:33,830
I am your Iron Survivor.

889
00:55:36,366 --> 00:55:40,603
Lyra Valkyria, that clock is ticking,

890
00:55:40,670 --> 00:55:46,242
and I will be seeing you
at New Year's Evil.

891
00:55:46,309 --> 00:55:49,646
[Lyra Valkyria's music playing]

892
00:55:49,713 --> 00:55:52,048
[Vic] We knew she was here.

893
00:55:52,115 --> 00:55:55,719
And the NXT Women's Champion
making her presence known.

894
00:55:55,785 --> 00:55:59,322
Because on the first NXT of 2024,

895
00:55:59,389 --> 00:56:04,260
the NXT Women's title will be defended
at New Year's… What the hell?

896
00:56:04,327 --> 00:56:07,931
[Book] Whoa, hold the phone, Vic.

897
00:56:08,698 --> 00:56:11,134
[Vic] Cora Jade,

898
00:56:11,901 --> 00:56:18,241
-the resident mean girl of NXT is back.
-[Book] It just got busy up in here.

899
00:56:18,308 --> 00:56:21,444
[hard rock music playing]

900
00:56:22,612 --> 00:56:27,484
[Vic] And Cora Jade
picking up where she left off.

901
00:56:39,929 --> 00:56:42,265
[crowd cheering]

902
00:56:42,332 --> 00:56:47,003
Yeah. Hey, big night for you boys tonight.
How you feeling, bro?

903
00:56:48,338 --> 00:56:50,340
-I'm locked in.
-That's what I'm talking about.

904
00:56:50,406 --> 00:56:52,876
Gotta be locked in, man.
The science of our challenge.

905
00:56:52,942 --> 00:56:55,078
I'm telling you, it's no joke.
It's timing, it's execution.

906
00:56:55,145 --> 00:56:57,147
It's all of that, man.

907
00:56:57,213 --> 00:57:00,617
Look, I'm hyping you.
You got this in the bag, bro.

908
00:57:01,885 --> 00:57:03,686
Yep.

909
00:57:03,753 --> 00:57:07,257
You just make sure you take care
of business tonight with Lexis King.

910
00:57:07,323 --> 00:57:10,360
Man, you already know,
he tried to frame me.

911
00:57:10,426 --> 00:57:12,595
He tried to come in
between Trick Melo Gang.

912
00:57:12,662 --> 00:57:15,965
I'm not holding back on him.
He's gonna get his.

913
00:57:20,036 --> 00:57:23,039
[Lexis King's music playing]

914
00:57:34,517 --> 00:57:35,552
[bell ringing]

915
00:57:35,618 --> 00:57:38,721
[announcer] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

916
00:57:38,788 --> 00:57:45,695
Introducing first, Lexis King.

917
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:08,618
[Vic] Well, now is the time
if you're Carmelo Hayes

918
00:58:08,685 --> 00:58:11,454
to silence some doubters,
because there have been

919
00:58:11,521 --> 00:58:13,723
a lot of people pointing fingers.

920
00:58:13,790 --> 00:58:17,961
I'll raise my hand, Booker, as one
of those at Carmelo Hayes for weeks.

921
00:58:18,027 --> 00:58:20,763
But since Lexis King has arrived,

922
00:58:20,830 --> 00:58:24,701
he has proven to be the living definition
of an instigator.

923
00:58:24,767 --> 00:58:27,770
[Carmelo Hayes' music playing]

924
00:58:35,111 --> 00:58:41,351
[announcer]
And his opponent, Carmelo Hayes.

925
00:58:41,985 --> 00:58:45,288
[Vic] And to that point, I want to talk
about Carmelo Hayes here, Book.

926
00:58:45,355 --> 00:58:48,458
Because I don't think anyone can argue

927
00:58:48,524 --> 00:58:52,929
he's been distracted over the last
few months, and rightfully so.

928
00:58:52,996 --> 00:58:54,264
[Book] Distracted, of course.

929
00:58:54,330 --> 00:58:59,102
He's taking his eye off the ball
and becomes this one man, Lexis King.

930
00:58:59,168 --> 00:59:01,871
Unexpected entry, man.

931
00:59:01,938 --> 00:59:07,510
And I'm must say, you got to deal
with a man like Lexis King one-on-one.

932
00:59:07,577 --> 00:59:10,947
It got to become personal, dog.

933
00:59:14,317 --> 00:59:16,319
I like it.

934
00:59:19,055 --> 00:59:23,293
Money green right there,
look at money green tights right there.

935
00:59:23,359 --> 00:59:26,062
Oh yes, I like those.

936
00:59:26,129 --> 00:59:30,066
[Vic] You bring up the green.
That also though is a very

937
00:59:30,133 --> 00:59:33,937
mellow and mild entrance for Melo Gang.

938
00:59:34,003 --> 00:59:36,573
[Book] Not the same,
because this is a serious night.

939
00:59:36,639 --> 00:59:41,010
There's no time for playing,
no time for jiving around.

940
00:59:41,077 --> 00:59:43,813
You got to take care of business.

941
00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:48,217
Take care of this new kid on the block,
Lexis King.

942
00:59:48,284 --> 00:59:52,422
[Vic] He's got this matchup made on
Tuesday, because, and this is his words,

943
00:59:52,488 --> 00:59:54,257
he has something to prove.

944
00:59:54,324 --> 00:59:59,562
And in order for Hayes to clear his name,
he essentially has to beat an apology

945
00:59:59,629 --> 01:00:02,632
-out of Lexis King.
-[Book] Right now, I don't like

946
01:00:02,699 --> 01:00:06,602
the attitude. Carmelo seems to be
a little discombobulated,

947
01:00:06,669 --> 01:00:08,838
maybe thinking in the wrong places.

948
01:00:10,406 --> 01:00:13,309
I ain't shaking your damn hand.
I'll slap the hell out of you.

949
01:00:13,376 --> 01:00:15,144
[Vic]
Carmelo Hayes does not want a handshake.

950
01:00:15,211 --> 01:00:20,850
He does not want anyone thinking
that there's even some sort

951
01:00:20,917 --> 01:00:24,253
of working together.
That's the thing, every time we hear

952
01:00:24,320 --> 01:00:27,357
from Lexis King, he's always like, oh,
me and Carmelo on the same page.

953
01:00:27,423 --> 01:00:31,094
Hey, yeah, that's right, you and me.
And Carmelo Hayes is tired of it.

954
01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:35,264
[Book] Let's just say Lexis King, he
stepped in and he's stirring the pot, Vic.

955
01:00:35,331 --> 01:00:41,304
He's created a little kerfuffle
between Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes.

956
01:00:41,371 --> 01:00:43,740
[Vic] I want to bring back
what I originally said about…

957
01:00:43,806 --> 01:00:48,845
And what a right hand from Lexis King.
And Carmelo Hayes having none of it.

958
01:00:48,911 --> 01:00:52,382
And Hayes taking down King,
quickly throwing hands, as you would say.

959
01:00:52,448 --> 01:00:54,517
[Book]
No, I always talk about Carmelo Hayes.

960
01:00:54,584 --> 01:00:58,721
He's gonna have to graduate to just
thinking about fighting, wrestling.

961
01:00:58,788 --> 01:01:01,357
Sometimes you just gotta throw it
out of the window, man.

962
01:01:01,424 --> 01:01:05,361
[Vic] But did you see Lexis King?
He started laughing

963
01:01:05,428 --> 01:01:08,865
after he frustrated Carmelo.
He took himself a little walk,

964
01:01:08,931 --> 01:01:11,334
took himself a little jog.
Carmelo turned his back,

965
01:01:11,401 --> 01:01:12,535
King trying to take advantage.

966
01:01:12,602 --> 01:01:15,338
But Hayes saw that coming,
saw that movie two days ago.

967
01:01:15,405 --> 01:01:18,341
And he's right back in,
going right at King.

968
01:01:18,408 --> 01:01:22,045
You gotta imagine too now, Booker,
it's got to hurt Carmelo Hayes.

969
01:01:22,111 --> 01:01:25,782
It has to hurt that he's doubted
by his best friend, Trick Williams.

970
01:01:25,848 --> 01:01:27,917
It has to hurt
that he hears the NXT Universe

971
01:01:27,984 --> 01:01:32,422
this past Tuesday chanting, "Guilty,
guilty", at the top of their lungs.

972
01:01:32,488 --> 01:01:36,859
[Book] And you got to understand,
Carmelo Hayes always been loved

973
01:01:36,926 --> 01:01:40,229
by the NXT Universe, in here now,
of course it stings a little bit,

974
01:01:40,296 --> 01:01:45,101
but you can't let that stray you
from the mission, Vic. You can't do that.

975
01:01:45,168 --> 01:01:47,336
[Vic] One also has to wonder
how Hayes feels about Trick

976
01:01:47,403 --> 01:01:48,805
being in the Iron Survivor Challenge.

977
01:01:48,871 --> 01:01:51,641
And he slides to the outside,
able to sidestep. And look,

978
01:01:51,707 --> 01:01:55,278
Carmelo Hayes has been in control
of this match because

979
01:01:55,344 --> 01:01:59,048
he is focused on another level
here tonight. Because this isn't,

980
01:01:59,115 --> 01:02:04,620
I wouldn't say professional,
it's personal. But how about that, Book?

981
01:02:04,687 --> 01:02:08,691
And now, look at Carmelo Hayes,
focusing on that right hand.

982
01:02:08,758 --> 01:02:13,062
Did you hear that hand ricochet
and bounce off that steel post?

983
01:02:13,129 --> 01:02:18,201
Oh, come on, Carmelo. Carmelo.
He's not gonna pull any punches tonight.

984
01:02:18,267 --> 01:02:20,837
Carmelo Hayes probably want to break
Lexis King's hand.

985
01:02:20,903 --> 01:02:24,240
[Book] This is a different Carmelo.
And like I said, I don't like this mellow.

986
01:02:24,307 --> 01:02:27,110
He doesn't seem to be comfortable,
doesn't seem to be just flowing.

987
01:02:27,176 --> 01:02:31,781
He seems to be fighting out of anger.
You don't want to do that, Vic.

988
01:02:31,848 --> 01:02:34,283
[Vic] These chops certainly have
a lot of anger behind them.

989
01:02:34,350 --> 01:02:36,652
Lexis King now
almost has his back against the wall.

990
01:02:36,719 --> 01:02:39,589
There's a bullseye put
on those five phalanges on his right hand.

991
01:02:39,655 --> 01:02:41,724
And look at Hayes.
Up and over, lands on his feet.

992
01:02:41,791 --> 01:02:43,593
Nice step up enzuigiri.

993
01:02:44,026 --> 01:02:46,295
You have to wonder too,
when it comes to Carmelo Hayes,

994
01:02:46,362 --> 01:02:47,630
how do you get back on track?

995
01:02:47,697 --> 01:02:52,869
We've never seen mellow sidetrack.
Oh, no! Landing on his feet.

996
01:02:52,935 --> 01:02:54,837
[Book] Oh, wait a minute.

997
01:02:54,904 --> 01:02:57,473
[Vic]
Lexis King, though, take it to the air.

998
01:02:57,540 --> 01:03:01,477
[Book] Talking about getting back
on track. He's not gonna do it that way.

999
01:03:01,544 --> 01:03:05,648
But, but, but to your point, Carmelo
needs to just go back to what got him

1000
01:03:05,715 --> 01:03:06,849
to the dance as well.

1001
01:03:06,916 --> 01:03:10,153
Let's think about his friendship
with one Trick Williams.

1002
01:03:10,219 --> 01:03:13,055
I mean, those guys did it together.
Trick Melo Gang.

1003
01:03:13,122 --> 01:03:15,725
-You know what I'm talking about?
-[Vic] Do know. And you can see now

1004
01:03:15,792 --> 01:03:17,960
the anguish on the face of Hayes.

1005
01:03:18,027 --> 01:03:20,730
Smile for the camera.

1006
01:03:20,797 --> 01:03:24,934
[Vic] As Lexis King soaking up
the jeers of the NXT Universe

1007
01:03:25,001 --> 01:03:27,436
here in the Total Mortgage arena
in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

1008
01:03:27,503 --> 01:03:29,071
Shoots the half, into the cover.

1009
01:03:29,138 --> 01:03:32,241
What a victory this would be.
Able to not only beat

1010
01:03:32,308 --> 01:03:38,414
former NXT Champion, this also is the
Premium Live event debut for Lexis King.

1011
01:03:38,481 --> 01:03:41,317
[Book] And he's doing a hell of a job,
Vic, to get a win.

1012
01:03:41,384 --> 01:03:44,120
Perhaps if he can get a win
over Carmelo Hayes.

1013
01:03:44,187 --> 01:03:49,458
I'm gonna tell you,
the sky's the limit for Lexis King.

1014
01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:52,261
[grunts]

1015
01:03:52,328 --> 01:03:56,065
[Vic] King right back in.
Oh, a little combination offense now.

1016
01:03:56,132 --> 01:03:58,935
Seems that the hand was the focus
for Carmelo Hayes,

1017
01:03:59,001 --> 01:04:00,870
but the back is the bullseye for King.

1018
01:04:00,937 --> 01:04:03,906
Into another cover and another kickout
from Carmelo Hayes.

1019
01:04:03,973 --> 01:04:09,045
[Book] I must say, Vic, I'm very impressed
with Lexis King tonight.

1020
01:04:09,111 --> 01:04:11,581
[Vic] That's interesting,
because you have talked about,

1021
01:04:11,647 --> 01:04:15,484
let's just be honest, talked about
not liking King's biological father.

1022
01:04:15,551 --> 01:04:16,819
You talked about it on NXT.

1023
01:04:16,886 --> 01:04:22,024
But do you see some of the same
characteristic downfalls in Lexis?

1024
01:04:22,091 --> 01:04:24,093
[Book]
I wouldn't call them downfalls at all,

1025
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:27,663
but I do see a lot of traits
from this man, Lexis King,

1026
01:04:27,730 --> 01:04:30,399
and one, you know, the late Brian Pillman.

1027
01:04:30,466 --> 01:04:35,972
But this guy, this guy right here, Vic.
Oh, it's the little bitty things.

1028
01:04:36,038 --> 01:04:39,809
It's the in-between things.
Oh, yes, I love it.

1029
01:04:39,875 --> 01:04:41,744
[Vic]
Getting some combination offense for King.

1030
01:04:41,811 --> 01:04:43,913
King and his Premium Live event debut,

1031
01:04:43,980 --> 01:04:46,549
into the cover and a near fall
on Carmelo Hayes.

1032
01:04:46,616 --> 01:04:50,519
And when it comes to Lexis King,
some have also said flat out,

1033
01:04:50,586 --> 01:04:56,259
-this is a man who is addicted to drama.
-[Book] You can call him a drama king.

1034
01:04:56,325 --> 01:04:59,762
-I like it. Huh? How you like that?
-[Vic] I walked into that one.

1035
01:04:59,829 --> 01:05:03,165
But in all seriousness, what he's done
between Carmelo Hayes

1036
01:05:03,232 --> 01:05:06,969
and Trick Williams, the things he has said
to Briggs and Jensen,

1037
01:05:07,036 --> 01:05:09,839
I said it earlier, he's a living
definition of an instigator.

1038
01:05:09,906 --> 01:05:11,908
-That's what he is.
-[Book] No, no. Can I say this?

1039
01:05:11,974 --> 01:05:13,476
[Vic] I'm not going to stop you.

1040
01:05:13,542 --> 01:05:17,647
[Book] A lot of people say Carmelo Hayes
may have a little bit of responsibility…

1041
01:05:17,713 --> 01:05:21,384
[Vic] Vicious blow into the back,
and another near fall.

1042
01:05:21,450 --> 01:05:24,120
-It's getting closer and closer.
-[Book] Back to my point.

1043
01:05:24,186 --> 01:05:27,556
A lot of people say Carmelo Hayes might
have a little bit to do with the people

1044
01:05:27,623 --> 01:05:28,691
saying that he's guilty.

1045
01:05:28,758 --> 01:05:33,629
Because a lot of people say that Carmelo
did not back the play of Trick Williams

1046
01:05:33,696 --> 01:05:35,998
wanting to go out on his own.
That could be it.

1047
01:05:36,065 --> 01:05:38,467
-I've seen it happen before.
-[Vic] I see what you're saying.

1048
01:05:38,534 --> 01:05:41,570
And that's part of what Carmelo Hayes
has been talking about, why he

1049
01:05:41,637 --> 01:05:45,374
wants to get back into this. When you
think about Lexis King, who now is trying

1050
01:05:45,441 --> 01:05:47,476
to negotiate a submission,
single leg craft.

1051
01:05:47,543 --> 01:05:48,811
[Book] He's got it locked in.

1052
01:05:48,878 --> 01:05:52,715
[Vic] And the knee was up,
creating a little bit for Carmelo Hayes,

1053
01:05:52,782 --> 01:05:54,784
a little bit of an opening
to get to that bottom rope.

1054
01:05:54,850 --> 01:05:58,387
Take some of that pressure off the back,
which went into those steel steps earlier,

1055
01:05:58,454 --> 01:06:01,590
and Hayes able to break through
for just a moment here.

1056
01:06:01,657 --> 01:06:05,227
But when we talk about Lexis King,
he has put doubt into people's mind

1057
01:06:05,294 --> 01:06:09,198
that he and Hayes are connected.
There's no doubt about that.

1058
01:06:09,265 --> 01:06:14,103
[Book] The thing is, Vic, do we actually
really know that he's not connected?

1059
01:06:14,170 --> 01:06:16,238
Do we know that? Come on, man.

1060
01:06:16,305 --> 01:06:19,909
We've been seeing what's going on
in politics. You never know.

1061
01:06:19,975 --> 01:06:23,746
[Vic] King's post on X raised eyebrows
when he said that he and Melo

1062
01:06:23,813 --> 01:06:25,681
were on the same page.

1063
01:06:25,748 --> 01:06:30,619
But that's the second
consecutive backbreaker by King,

1064
01:06:30,686 --> 01:06:32,755
who has slowed this match down.

1065
01:06:32,822 --> 01:06:35,591
And one would believe
this would be the pace King wants.

1066
01:06:35,658 --> 01:06:39,729
[Book] Vic, I'm always scouting talent
around the world all the time.

1067
01:06:39,795 --> 01:06:44,700
And this kid, Lexis King, he definitely
has something. He has that it factor.

1068
01:06:44,767 --> 01:06:49,171
Can he get a big win over that man?
Oh, beautiful switch! Beautiful!

1069
01:06:49,238 --> 01:06:51,774
[Vic]
Into the cover and a quick, quick kickout

1070
01:06:51,841 --> 01:06:56,412
by King, who just turned Hayes inside out.

1071
01:06:56,479 --> 01:07:02,318
And now you have to think for
Carmelo Hayes, he came out firing an old…

1072
01:07:02,385 --> 01:07:04,253
-A handshake?
-[Book] No, no.

1073
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:07,323
I want you to shake my hand.

1074
01:07:08,290 --> 01:07:09,825
[Vic] Didn't work at the start.

1075
01:07:09,892 --> 01:07:13,829
Show everybody in this building
the snake that you are.

1076
01:07:13,896 --> 01:07:16,899
[chatter and shouts from the crowd]

1077
01:07:21,003 --> 01:07:22,972
[crowd] Oh!

1078
01:07:24,340 --> 01:07:28,511
[Vic] Look at Hayes. Hayes is not working.
You asked earlier. How do we know?

1079
01:07:28,577 --> 01:07:30,346
-We just found out, Booker.
-[Book] No, no.

1080
01:07:30,413 --> 01:07:33,182
That tells me something right there.
I don't know.

1081
01:07:33,249 --> 01:07:38,654
I'm not going to speculate,
but Carmelo Hayes could be on the take.

1082
01:07:38,721 --> 01:07:39,789
I'm just saying.

1083
01:07:39,855 --> 01:07:42,491
[Vic]
I know you don't ever want to be wrong.

1084
01:07:42,558 --> 01:07:44,593
I understand you're still trying
to sidetrack,

1085
01:07:44,660 --> 01:07:46,495
but you got to call it
what we see tonight.

1086
01:07:46,562 --> 01:07:48,364
It's Carmelo Hayes
fighting for his innocence.

1087
01:07:48,431 --> 01:07:51,600
It's Carmelo Hayes fighting to prove
to Trick Williams and the NXT Universe

1088
01:07:51,667 --> 01:07:53,836
-he's not in cahoots.
-[Book] You just see what I saw?

1089
01:07:53,903 --> 01:07:55,971
[Vic] I did. Holy cow!

1090
01:07:56,038 --> 01:07:58,040
[Book] Wow.

1091
01:07:58,507 --> 01:08:01,143
Bad, bad spill.

1092
01:08:01,210 --> 01:08:04,213
[grunts]

1093
01:08:04,713 --> 01:08:07,550
[Vic] Booker,
I'm more worried for Carmelo Hayes,

1094
01:08:07,616 --> 01:08:11,921
who came down with all his weight
on that left leg.

1095
01:08:13,055 --> 01:08:15,758
Take another look at this replay.

1096
01:08:17,059 --> 01:08:20,996
Hayes landed on that hip, that left hip.
Both superstars trying to get back up.

1097
01:08:21,063 --> 01:08:23,532
They do beat the count,

1098
01:08:23,599 --> 01:08:26,702
but we have seen a lot here tonight.

1099
01:08:27,503 --> 01:08:30,406
And after what we just saw in that
Women's Iron Survivor matchup,

1100
01:08:30,473 --> 01:08:32,541
and now we're seeing this here right now.

1101
01:08:32,608 --> 01:08:37,680
I mean, Carmelo Hayes, now his back
and his hip gotta have bullseye.

1102
01:08:38,380 --> 01:08:44,286
[Book] Not only that, he's been taking
to the woodshed by Lexis King.

1103
01:08:44,353 --> 01:08:48,023
I mean, if this thing ended on points
right now, I'd give it to Lexis King.

1104
01:08:48,090 --> 01:08:50,926
[Vic] Lexis King who comes off
crazy like a fox.

1105
01:08:50,993 --> 01:08:53,395
Is now trying to fight back
against Carmelo Hayes.

1106
01:08:53,462 --> 01:08:55,564
Hayes, though,
has been in deep waters before.

1107
01:08:55,631 --> 01:09:00,436
He's trying to continue to swim and he
just planted. King and Carmelo Hayes

1108
01:09:00,503 --> 01:09:05,908
getting that second, that third win
in this matchup, sailing through the air.

1109
01:09:06,709 --> 01:09:10,212
I passed him in the halls today, Book,
body language didn't see the same,

1110
01:09:10,279 --> 01:09:15,284
but this looks to be the Carmelo Hayes
that we're used to seeing.

1111
01:09:15,351 --> 01:09:18,854
Rolling right through, Hayes coming
right back in charging and goes up,

1112
01:09:18,921 --> 01:09:21,090
goes around and face first goes King.

1113
01:09:21,157 --> 01:09:25,194
Trying to capitalize is Hayes,
center of the ring and King

1114
01:09:25,261 --> 01:09:28,330
getting the left shoulder off the mat.

1115
01:09:29,165 --> 01:09:33,035
Carmelo Hayes now looking around
at what he needs to do in this match

1116
01:09:33,102 --> 01:09:35,538
of so much emotion built up in this.

1117
01:09:35,604 --> 01:09:39,241
[Book] I'm looking in the eyes of Carmelo
Hayes, and tonight here at Deadline,

1118
01:09:39,308 --> 01:09:43,379
he's more unsure than I've ever
seen him before. Trust me.

1119
01:09:43,445 --> 01:09:46,615
There is a different look
in Carmelo's eyes.

1120
01:09:46,682 --> 01:09:48,684
[Vic] Hayes trying to block,

1121
01:09:48,751 --> 01:09:52,521
King trying to block,
both superstars jockeying for position

1122
01:09:52,588 --> 01:09:56,692
and it's King with a jackhammer
who overpowers Hayes.

1123
01:09:56,759 --> 01:10:01,096
It's not enough to keep the former
NXT Champion down for three.

1124
01:10:01,163 --> 01:10:02,298
[Book] Are you impressed?

1125
01:10:02,364 --> 01:10:04,533
[Vic]
I've never not been impressed by King.

1126
01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:06,635
-[Book] Give me some.
-[Vic] I've never not been impressed.

1127
01:10:06,702 --> 01:10:08,404
I've always questioned the motive.

1128
01:10:08,470 --> 01:10:11,774
So to bring it up since we're on the top,
you're a two-time WWE Hall of Famer.

1129
01:10:11,840 --> 01:10:14,877
What's King's end game?
Because he keeps playing games.

1130
01:10:14,944 --> 01:10:18,380
[Book] No, I mean Lexis King,
he's about the legacy.

1131
01:10:18,447 --> 01:10:21,717
He's about trying to make history
in this business.

1132
01:10:21,784 --> 01:10:24,687
It starts right here in NXT.

1133
01:10:26,355 --> 01:10:29,525
[Vic] NXT Universe trying their best
to get behind Hayes.

1134
01:10:29,592 --> 01:10:31,794
Hayes counters and just ripped down.

1135
01:10:31,860 --> 01:10:34,330
-[Book] Did you see that?
-[Vic] Saw those two feet

1136
01:10:34,396 --> 01:10:38,601
to the face, and I see Hayes answering
right back with a strike of his own.

1137
01:10:38,667 --> 01:10:44,139
[Book] What I see is Carmelo getting
a little desperate right there, Vic.

1138
01:10:44,206 --> 01:10:48,110
[Vic] And a third, a third backbreaker.

1139
01:10:48,177 --> 01:10:52,081
But King didn't get all of it,
and then got caught by Hayes.

1140
01:10:52,147 --> 01:10:54,883
King turning right around.
Hayes now trying to climb.

1141
01:10:54,950 --> 01:10:58,187
Hayes trying to capitalize
on this matchup in this moment.

1142
01:10:58,254 --> 01:11:01,790
Almost slipped,
got his feet back and there it is.

1143
01:11:01,857 --> 01:11:04,426
-Nothing but net.
-[Book] He got it.

1144
01:11:04,493 --> 01:11:06,829
[crowd] One, two, three!

1145
01:11:06,895 --> 01:11:08,897
-[Book] Wow!
-[bell ringing]

1146
01:11:08,964 --> 01:11:10,366
[Carmelo Hayes' music playing]

1147
01:11:10,432 --> 01:11:16,438
[announcer]
Here is your winner, Carmelo Hayes.

1148
01:11:16,505 --> 01:11:23,512
[Vic] This is a man who has won every
single title that this brand has to offer.

1149
01:11:23,746 --> 01:11:29,518
But this might be the most
personally satisfying victory

1150
01:11:29,585 --> 01:11:36,592
of his career. Hitting nothing but net
and gaining a huge victory here tonight,

1151
01:11:37,526 --> 01:11:40,562
because now, Booker, Hayes has silenced

1152
01:11:40,629 --> 01:11:46,969
the doubters to prove his innocence
to the Universe, to Trick Williams.

1153
01:11:47,036 --> 01:11:51,407
To all those here in NXT.

1154
01:11:55,344 --> 01:11:57,346
[Lexis shouting]

1155
01:11:59,915 --> 01:12:02,818
That was one hell of a match.

1156
01:12:03,585 --> 01:12:06,955
But I'm gonna make something
a lot easier on you.

1157
01:12:07,456 --> 01:12:12,227
It wasn't me who attacked Trick Williams.

1158
01:12:13,595 --> 01:12:18,767
But thank you for that PLE spotlight,
my friend.

1159
01:12:18,834 --> 01:12:20,569
[Lexis laughing]

1160
01:12:20,636 --> 01:12:24,073
[rock music playing]

1161
01:12:35,984 --> 01:12:37,653
-Cora Jade.
-Yeah, I know.

1162
01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:39,621
Welcome back, right? Thanks, Kelly.

1163
01:12:39,688 --> 01:12:43,392
I know a lot of women in that locker room
are definitely shocked to see me back,

1164
01:12:43,459 --> 01:12:46,462
because they damn sure
were not ready to welcome me back.

1165
01:12:46,528 --> 01:12:51,567
But, I mean, I gave them four months off,
and now I've returned to the deepest

1166
01:12:51,633 --> 01:12:55,137
division in all of WWE,
the NXT Women's Division.

1167
01:12:55,204 --> 01:13:00,242
And now that I'm back, I'm gonna take
this place to a whole new level.

1168
01:13:00,309 --> 01:13:03,612
And I think I've made
my intentions crystal clear.

1169
01:13:03,679 --> 01:13:05,914
And I'm sure you want to know
my next move, don't you, Kelly?

1170
01:13:05,981 --> 01:13:08,250
-Yeah.
-See you Tuesday.

1171
01:13:09,218 --> 01:13:11,987
[rock music playing]

1172
01:13:12,054 --> 01:13:15,924
Hey, bro. Look, man, I owe you an apology.

1173
01:13:15,991 --> 01:13:17,926
I never should have let that dude
get in between us.

1174
01:13:17,993 --> 01:13:20,662
Hey, man, it's cool.
It's all good. For real.

1175
01:13:20,729 --> 01:13:24,767
-Wait, so we good?
-Yeah, we good.

1176
01:13:24,833 --> 01:13:27,269
Good, man.
Cause you whooped his ass tonight, man.

1177
01:13:27,336 --> 01:13:29,872
Look, bro, I'm trying to be
on the same time tonight, man.

1178
01:13:29,938 --> 01:13:32,074
The Iron Survivor Challenge,
it is my time

1179
01:13:32,141 --> 01:13:35,144
-and Trick Williams' night tonight, baby.
-You know what to do, man.

1180
01:13:35,210 --> 01:13:36,779
What's that?

1181
01:13:36,845 --> 01:13:39,415
-Whoop that Trick.
-I like it.

1182
01:13:41,316 --> 01:13:45,387
-Hey, bro, I appreciate you, man.
-Yeah, handle that.

1183
01:13:46,121 --> 01:13:48,490
[Trick shouting]

1184
01:13:49,358 --> 01:13:50,425
[bell ringing]

1185
01:13:50,492 --> 01:13:52,161
The following contest is

1186
01:13:52,227 --> 01:13:59,234
the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge.

1187
01:14:00,035 --> 01:14:06,208
There is a 25 minute time limit
with five superstars competing to become

1188
01:14:06,275 --> 01:14:09,344
the number one contender.

1189
01:14:10,012 --> 01:14:12,247
Two superstars will start the match.

1190
01:14:12,314 --> 01:14:15,984
Every five minutes thereafter,
a new superstar will enter

1191
01:14:16,051 --> 01:14:18,787
until all competitors are in the ring.

1192
01:14:18,854 --> 01:14:25,527
Falls can be won at any time via pinfall,
submission or disqualification.

1193
01:14:25,594 --> 01:14:30,165
When a Superstar scores a fall,
they will earn one point.

1194
01:14:30,232 --> 01:14:35,237
When a superstar loses a fall,
that superstar is forced out of the ring

1195
01:14:35,304 --> 01:14:41,043
and into a penalty box for 90 seconds
before he can re-enter the match.

1196
01:14:41,109 --> 01:14:46,148
The superstar who has scored the most
falls when the clock hits 25 minutes

1197
01:14:46,215 --> 01:14:52,654
will be named the Iron Survivor
in challenge for the NXT Championship

1198
01:14:52,721 --> 01:14:57,092
at New Year's Evil.

1199
01:14:58,560 --> 01:15:01,563
-[Dijak's music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

1200
01:15:26,588 --> 01:15:33,228
[announcer] Introducing first, Dijak.

1201
01:15:33,295 --> 01:15:38,967
[Vic] Certainly have to believe
Dijak is gonna feel right at home among

1202
01:15:39,034 --> 01:15:41,403
the mayhem of this matchup.

1203
01:15:41,470 --> 01:15:46,842
[Book] Said the optimal word there,
mayhem. You forgot one of them, though.

1204
01:15:46,909 --> 01:15:49,311
-[Vic] What was that?
-[Book] Destruction.

1205
01:15:49,378 --> 01:15:51,780
Oh, yes, man.

1206
01:15:52,514 --> 01:15:57,352
[Vic] Are we feasting our eyes
on the Iron Survivor?

1207
01:15:58,387 --> 01:16:01,390
[the music drowns out his words]

1208
01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:07,963
[Vic] Be interesting to see
who draws number two.

1209
01:16:08,030 --> 01:16:09,798
[Josh Briggs' music playing]

1210
01:16:09,865 --> 01:16:11,867
[Vic] Right on cue.

1211
01:16:18,507 --> 01:16:24,112
[announcer] Next, Josh Briggs.

1212
01:16:24,179 --> 01:16:27,616
[Vic] Be real with me.
I don't want to catchphrase here.

1213
01:16:27,683 --> 01:16:30,319
Be real, is Briggs being overlooked?

1214
01:16:31,820 --> 01:16:36,625
[Book] You know…
Of course, he may be being overlooked,

1215
01:16:36,692 --> 01:16:40,829
but he's one of those guys.
I want you to do me a favor.

1216
01:16:40,896 --> 01:16:44,232
-Ask me what I think about Josh.
-[Vic] I'm not doing this.

1217
01:16:44,299 --> 01:16:46,902
We've done this enough.
What do you think about Josh Briggs?

1218
01:16:46,969 --> 01:16:50,339
-He's a big guy.
-[Vic] What about Bron Breakkker?

1219
01:16:50,405 --> 01:16:52,140
[Book] He's a big guy. That's my point.

1220
01:16:52,207 --> 01:16:56,845
-That's a lot of beef.
-[Vic] What do you think about Tyler Bate?

1221
01:16:56,912 --> 01:17:01,383
-[Book] He's a big, strong boy. [laughs]
-[Vic] We're starting off with these two.

1222
01:17:01,450 --> 01:17:05,087
And look, we saw a lot of chaos
in that Women's Iron Survivor matchup.

1223
01:17:05,153 --> 01:17:07,990
These two will go at it
for the first five minutes.

1224
01:17:08,056 --> 01:17:09,858
There you see the scoreboard
on the bottom.

1225
01:17:09,925 --> 01:17:13,662
We talked about it earlier…
Almost picking up the first fall.

1226
01:17:14,863 --> 01:17:17,666
It was Briggs,
and it certainly was a close one.

1227
01:17:17,733 --> 01:17:19,635
After thinking about what you had been

1228
01:17:19,701 --> 01:17:24,973
mentioning in that first matchup, how
would you strategize for the time factor?

1229
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:28,043
Lash Legend got caught
because of that penalty box.

1230
01:17:28,110 --> 01:17:31,980
She got out of the penalty box,
down one with 15 seconds left.

1231
01:17:32,047 --> 01:17:34,716
[Book] Not just that.
Lash Legend came out number five

1232
01:17:34,783 --> 01:17:38,987
and she put herself in the best position
to come out the victorious Iron Survivor.

1233
01:17:39,054 --> 01:17:42,057
Didn't work out,
but I feel the same way in this matchup.

1234
01:17:42,124 --> 01:17:45,560
Whoever comes out last,
number five has the best chance.

1235
01:17:48,130 --> 01:17:52,734
Big guys working right now.
Action by these two big guys.

1236
01:17:52,801 --> 01:17:55,270
[Vic] I want to talk about Josh Briggs
again here just for a moment,

1237
01:17:55,337 --> 01:17:57,105
because you can speak on this
better than me.

1238
01:17:57,172 --> 01:18:02,310
For Briggs to get an endorsement
by someone like JBL, that's a big deal.

1239
01:18:02,744 --> 01:18:07,282
[Book] I feel the same way. I mean,
JBL is a guy who perhaps sees a lot

1240
01:18:07,349 --> 01:18:09,518
of similarities in himself
and Josh Briggs.

1241
01:18:09,584 --> 01:18:14,423
I went on the road with JBL,
a young JBL, I'm gonna tell you,

1242
01:18:14,489 --> 01:18:16,625
couldn't have a better partner.

1243
01:18:16,692 --> 01:18:19,861
[Vic] I don't know if JBL can land
on his feet and do some of the things

1244
01:18:19,928 --> 01:18:23,398
that Briggs and Dijak
are pulling out right now.

1245
01:18:24,466 --> 01:18:28,904
[Book] They're just showing off right now,
I think that's what that is.

1246
01:18:28,970 --> 01:18:30,906
Trying to one up each other.

1247
01:18:30,972 --> 01:18:34,910
[Vic] I was getting ready to talk about
Dijak feeling even more at home

1248
01:18:34,976 --> 01:18:38,113
and extra motivated to send some
to the penalty box.

1249
01:18:38,180 --> 01:18:41,283
Trying to serve up his brand
of hard justice, which again,

1250
01:18:41,349 --> 01:18:45,554
that penalty box will come into play,
90 seconds if you suffer defeat,

1251
01:18:45,620 --> 01:18:48,490
and the clock starts
as soon as your feet hit the floor.

1252
01:18:48,557 --> 01:18:49,991
I want to go over this one more time.

1253
01:18:50,058 --> 01:18:54,930
When you think about NXT, this is
an innovative concept here on this brand.

1254
01:18:54,996 --> 01:18:56,264
[Book] History making match.

1255
01:18:56,331 --> 01:18:59,601
-And I'll tell you, no one would…
-[Vic] That's a decleater.

1256
01:18:59,668 --> 01:19:01,737
Will it be the first decision? Kickout.

1257
01:19:01,803 --> 01:19:05,574
[Book] Almost a pounce like,
big tackle there by Josh Briggs.

1258
01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:08,009
But like I said,
this is a history making moment.

1259
01:19:08,076 --> 01:19:12,547
This is a life changing matchup right here
in this Iron Survivors Challenge.

1260
01:19:12,614 --> 01:19:14,916
[Vic] For Briggs
maybe a little bit hard to focus.

1261
01:19:14,983 --> 01:19:18,320
He can't be looking back at what happened
to Fallon Henley earlier night,

1262
01:19:18,386 --> 01:19:22,557
and internally it may be hard for him
to break away from his Tag Team partner

1263
01:19:22,624 --> 01:19:25,327
Brooks Jensen,
even if for this one opportunity.

1264
01:19:25,393 --> 01:19:28,697
But as a former Tag Team competitor
in your own right, you know you need to

1265
01:19:28,764 --> 01:19:30,665
-take that opportunity.
-[Book] I like that.

1266
01:19:30,732 --> 01:19:34,903
Josh Briggs right now he's out here,
he's out here all on his own. But that's…

1267
01:19:34,970 --> 01:19:36,872
[Vic] Another cover, another kickout.

1268
01:19:36,938 --> 01:19:38,807
[Book]
When you really put yourself in that zone.

1269
01:19:38,874 --> 01:19:44,279
Because, like I said, this moment could be
the biggest moment of Josh Briggs' career.

1270
01:19:44,346 --> 01:19:47,449
[Vic] Briggs' been in control,
starting out one and two.

1271
01:19:47,516 --> 01:19:50,318
interesting to see how three,
four and five will play out.

1272
01:19:50,385 --> 01:19:52,554
All those superstars randomly selected,

1273
01:19:52,621 --> 01:19:57,058
as you see, the clock in your bottom left
corner closely getting to three minutes.

1274
01:19:57,125 --> 01:20:01,897
So we're two minutes away roughly from
the third superstar entering this matchup.

1275
01:20:01,963 --> 01:20:06,635
The winner will become the number one
contender, will face the NXT Champion

1276
01:20:06,701 --> 01:20:08,970
on the first edition of NXT
in the new year

1277
01:20:09,037 --> 01:20:13,875
on New Year's Evil, and Dijak quickly
turning things around in the moment.

1278
01:20:13,942 --> 01:20:16,411
But again, time becomes factor.

1279
01:20:16,478 --> 01:20:19,848
And you've talked about those slight
moments in that Women's Iron Survivor

1280
01:20:19,915 --> 01:20:24,119
matchup, that just take it an extra breath
and not going for a pin, not trying to get

1281
01:20:24,186 --> 01:20:26,388
a decision could play a huge factor.

1282
01:20:26,454 --> 01:20:29,191
Maybe not in minute 10,
but certainly in minute 24.

1283
01:20:29,257 --> 01:20:33,328
[Book] Yes, indeed. As well, as you know,
I talked about… Wow!

1284
01:20:33,395 --> 01:20:37,098
Talked about how much it's going to take
out of these men early in the matchup,

1285
01:20:37,165 --> 01:20:41,703
because there again, no sweat on the body,
it's is going to be a lot harder

1286
01:20:41,770 --> 01:20:43,939
to get a cover here early in this matchup.

1287
01:20:44,005 --> 01:20:47,142
[Vic] We have to remember too
for Blair Davenport, she won

1288
01:20:47,209 --> 01:20:49,644
from the first position
here tonight from starting.

1289
01:20:49,711 --> 01:20:55,817
Will the same fate be at the hands
of one of these two? Dijak right now.

1290
01:20:55,884 --> 01:20:59,187
I would have thought
he had the first decision in the matchup,

1291
01:20:59,254 --> 01:21:03,191
and he would have had a 60 second rest.
Feel this impact.

1292
01:21:04,125 --> 01:21:06,294
Just see Josh Briggs's body bounce.

1293
01:21:06,361 --> 01:21:08,230
And I got to point out something too
about Dijak.

1294
01:21:08,296 --> 01:21:10,065
He showcased
some hell of strength right now.

1295
01:21:10,131 --> 01:21:15,003
-[Book] No, that was a lot of power used.
-[Vic] Oh, big boot, Dijak's down.

1296
01:21:15,070 --> 01:21:17,072
Big boot. Is this enough?

1297
01:21:17,138 --> 01:21:18,874
[Book] This goes back to my point.

1298
01:21:18,940 --> 01:21:22,043
It's going to be so hard to get a cover
when these guys are fresh.

1299
01:21:22,110 --> 01:21:24,212
Right now, the adrenaline is flowing
through the body.

1300
01:21:24,279 --> 01:21:27,949
You're not going to kick out.
You're not going to get a cover here

1301
01:21:28,016 --> 01:21:29,751
this early in the matchup,
it's not gonna happen.

1302
01:21:29,818 --> 01:21:32,921
[Vic] I bring it up to you, because in 30
seconds, we're getting superstar three.

1303
01:21:32,988 --> 01:21:36,524
But are these two exerting too much energy
here early in the matchup

1304
01:21:36,591 --> 01:21:37,859
that they'll be out of gas?

1305
01:21:37,926 --> 01:21:42,230
You talked about big guys,
big guys don't last 25 minutes.

1306
01:21:42,297 --> 01:21:45,433
[Book] I agree. I go back to the suplex
there a minute ago.

1307
01:21:45,500 --> 01:21:47,102
Just jousting for position.

1308
01:21:47,168 --> 01:21:50,238
Gonna take so much out of you
making a matchup like this.

1309
01:21:50,305 --> 01:21:53,475
[Vic] Another elbow by Briggs. A little
bit of separation. Ten seconds away.

1310
01:21:53,541 --> 01:21:56,978
Who is the third superstar
to enter this matchup?

1311
01:21:57,045 --> 01:21:59,547
As Dijak looking for feast your eyes.

1312
01:21:59,614 --> 01:22:04,252
Connects, falls into the cover. This could
be huge for Dijak, who gets the pin.

1313
01:22:04,319 --> 01:22:05,387
So listen to this.

1314
01:22:05,453 --> 01:22:10,158
Briggs is gonna go to the penalty box, and
it's going to be one-on-one now for Dijak

1315
01:22:10,225 --> 01:22:11,393
and Tyler Bate.

1316
01:22:11,459 --> 01:22:17,732
And you know the big strong boy
has his eyes locked on Dijak.

1317
01:22:17,799 --> 01:22:20,869
[Book] Yeah, but you got to think about
the size difference in a match like this.

1318
01:22:20,936 --> 01:22:24,339
Dijak has all the advantages
in this matchup,

1319
01:22:24,406 --> 01:22:27,342
and he got a lot of time
to get another pinfall.

1320
01:22:27,409 --> 01:22:30,779
[Vic] What about this advantage for Tyler
Bate? He's got one-on-one for the next

1321
01:22:30,845 --> 01:22:33,715
just over 60 seconds. Dijak not at 100 %.

1322
01:22:33,782 --> 01:22:37,352
That was a big first five minutes of this
matchup as we were just talking about.

1323
01:22:37,419 --> 01:22:41,222
-And for Bate, he can capitalize.
-[Book] Yeah, he capitalized that.

1324
01:22:41,289 --> 01:22:45,894
He's not the big strong boy for nothing,
but he's going to have to pull out a big,

1325
01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:48,496
big missile to put this big man down, Vic.

1326
01:22:48,563 --> 01:22:52,133
[Vic] A very golden pass for Tyler Bate,

1327
01:22:52,200 --> 01:22:55,136
but he's had a tough time
recapturing that success

1328
01:22:55,203 --> 01:22:57,405
of his early part of his career.
Can he do it tonight?

1329
01:22:57,472 --> 01:22:58,773
[Book] Exactly what I'm talking about.

1330
01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:03,378
Going for that exploder suplex.
But the big man Dijak is too big.

1331
01:23:03,445 --> 01:23:06,047
He's just too strong
for the big, strong boy.

1332
01:23:06,114 --> 01:23:08,550
[Vic] Made the most of his last chance
on Tuesday.

1333
01:23:08,616 --> 01:23:14,622
Universe online is viewing him as the
underdog, but he just turned around Dijak.

1334
01:23:14,689 --> 01:23:18,960
And Bate got this singles one-on-one
with Dijak for the next 30 seconds.

1335
01:23:19,027 --> 01:23:20,662
Into the cover to get a decision.

1336
01:23:20,729 --> 01:23:25,700
Dijak kicking out is that clock now
approaching 20 seconds until Briggs

1337
01:23:25,767 --> 01:23:27,168
will be back into this matchup.

1338
01:23:27,235 --> 01:23:29,704
And Briggs right now,
I just looked up over your shoulder.

1339
01:23:29,771 --> 01:23:34,042
Briggs is taking in big breaths right now,
trying to get back into the match,

1340
01:23:34,109 --> 01:23:36,611
trying to recapture,
refocus himself, so to speak.

1341
01:23:36,678 --> 01:23:38,847
[Book] That's what you want to think about
in the penalty box.

1342
01:23:38,913 --> 01:23:41,116
You want to suck it up,
try to get all the wind

1343
01:23:41,182 --> 01:23:43,952
back in the lungs,
because you want to come out

1344
01:23:44,018 --> 01:23:46,154
as strong as you possibly can.

1345
01:23:46,221 --> 01:23:48,757
[Vic] They told me tonight
he wants to remind people

1346
01:23:48,823 --> 01:23:50,825
of who the big, strong boy is.

1347
01:23:50,892 --> 01:23:53,695
But right now, and look at Briggs.
Briggs didn't hit Bate.

1348
01:23:53,762 --> 01:23:56,064
Briggs just cleaned the clock of Dijak.

1349
01:23:56,131 --> 01:23:59,801
And this might be a little bit personal
now for Briggs, who's looking to clean

1350
01:23:59,868 --> 01:24:01,569
the clock with Dijak.

1351
01:24:01,636 --> 01:24:06,474
JBL's clothesline
for the first decision for Briggs.

1352
01:24:06,541 --> 01:24:09,511
[announcer] Josh Briggs has scored a fall.

1353
01:24:09,577 --> 01:24:10,812
[Vic] And how wise is this?

1354
01:24:10,879 --> 01:24:15,984
Briggs went right to the outside and he's
picking up Bate. He's picking Bate apart.

1355
01:24:16,050 --> 01:24:17,852
He's not letting anyone get any breath.

1356
01:24:17,919 --> 01:24:20,288
[Book] I love what this big man
is doing right now.

1357
01:24:20,355 --> 01:24:24,926
Just use that penalty box as a weapon,
and that's what you got to do, Vic.

1358
01:24:24,993 --> 01:24:28,463
You can't be thinking about nothing
but winning in a matchup like this.

1359
01:24:28,530 --> 01:24:29,798
[Vic] You used the word earlier.

1360
01:24:29,864 --> 01:24:32,901
It was destruction,
that could be on the mind of Briggs.

1361
01:24:32,967 --> 01:24:35,236
And there comes Bate,
throwing his body around.

1362
01:24:35,303 --> 01:24:38,072
What did you say, he needed
to throw a missile, earlier?

1363
01:24:38,139 --> 01:24:39,707
Bate right now using his body.

1364
01:24:39,774 --> 01:24:42,610
[Book] He needs to drop the bomb,
is what he needs to do.

1365
01:24:42,677 --> 01:24:47,382
[Vic] 60 seconds left for Dijak.
And then, oh, getting caught.

1366
01:24:47,449 --> 01:24:53,154
Was Briggs, Bate looking to make him pay.
Another uppercut.

1367
01:24:53,655 --> 01:24:56,291
Right under the jaw.
And now can Bate tie this?

1368
01:24:56,357 --> 01:25:00,428
Can we have three superstars with one
decision? And Briggs able to kick out.

1369
01:25:00,495 --> 01:25:04,766
So now Dijak in the penalty box for 40
more seconds. Again, I just peered over.

1370
01:25:04,833 --> 01:25:07,535
I don't even see Dijak.
I don't think he's gotten to his feet.

1371
01:25:07,602 --> 01:25:09,070
Bam! In that penalty box.

1372
01:25:09,137 --> 01:25:12,006
And Briggs had to be helped to his feet
from Tyler Bate.

1373
01:25:12,073 --> 01:25:16,044
[Book] Again, my point, Tyler Bate,
he's going to be dealing with giants

1374
01:25:16,111 --> 01:25:20,115
in this matchup, and he's going
to have to throw everything in

1375
01:25:20,181 --> 01:25:22,584
but the kitchen sink
to get a victory here, Vic.

1376
01:25:22,650 --> 01:25:26,454
[Vic] And there you see Dijak, who's in
that penalty box for 15 more seconds.

1377
01:25:26,521 --> 01:25:32,694
He could be joining him. Off the splash,
Bate didn't have a lot on that kickout.

1378
01:25:32,760 --> 01:25:35,396
Again, when you get a decision,
you earn a point.

1379
01:25:35,463 --> 01:25:39,067
If you're factored in the decision
on the losing end like Dijak was,

1380
01:25:39,134 --> 01:25:42,237
you go to the penalty box.
Clock starts when your feet hit the floor.

1381
01:25:42,303 --> 01:25:45,707
But the clock has hit zero
and Dijak back into this matchup.

1382
01:25:45,773 --> 01:25:48,676
[Book] It wasn't just a kickout thing.
It was the hard cover there by Josh.

1383
01:25:48,743 --> 01:25:54,282
[Vic] Tyler driver 97.
Got him up, got him over, into the cover.

1384
01:25:55,116 --> 01:26:01,890
Oh, and Dijak just able to it back
into the ring from the penalty box for…

1385
01:26:01,956 --> 01:26:04,759
Nope. And from behind, Bate!

1386
01:26:04,826 --> 01:26:07,729
Oh, Dijak's headed back
into the penalty box.

1387
01:26:07,795 --> 01:26:10,899
[announcer] Tyler Bate has scored a fall.

1388
01:26:10,965 --> 01:26:16,070
[Vic] Wait a minute. The big right hand,
Bate fell into the cover. Come on, ref.

1389
01:26:16,137 --> 01:26:19,140
[crowd] One, two…

1390
01:26:19,741 --> 01:26:23,077
[Vic] Bate almost was able
to pick up another decision.

1391
01:26:23,144 --> 01:26:27,115
And Dijak would have had only himself
to blame. But look at the scoreboard.

1392
01:26:27,182 --> 01:26:30,585
We're 30 seconds away from superstar four
entering the matchup.

1393
01:26:30,652 --> 01:26:33,721
But three superstars, Booker,
already with one decision.

1394
01:26:33,788 --> 01:26:36,157
[Book] Tyler Bate should have had
another cover right there.

1395
01:26:36,224 --> 01:26:38,860
-The ref was just out of position.
-[Vic] He did have the cover.

1396
01:26:38,927 --> 01:26:43,031
-No, he should have got a pinfall.
-[Vic] Just caught up in the moment, Book.

1397
01:26:43,097 --> 01:26:47,969
As Tyler Bate now trying to prove everyone
wrong. Trying to put to sleep Briggs.

1398
01:26:48,036 --> 01:26:51,072
Can he get Briggs down?
15 seconds, less than that. Excuse me.

1399
01:26:51,139 --> 01:26:53,208
Until the next superstar
enters the matchup.

1400
01:26:53,274 --> 01:26:55,777
Dijak's on ice for the next 50.

1401
01:26:55,843 --> 01:27:00,648
[Book] Hanging on for dear life.
But just too much beef.

1402
01:27:00,715 --> 01:27:03,785
-Too much beef there by big Josh.
-[Vic] Who is it?

1403
01:27:03,851 --> 01:27:06,588
-[alarm sounding]
-[Trick Williams' music playing]

1404
01:27:06,654 --> 01:27:09,123
-[Book] Uh-uh!
-[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!

1405
01:27:09,190 --> 01:27:16,130
[announcer] Making his way to the ring,
Trick Williams.

1406
01:27:16,898 --> 01:27:20,902
-[Book] I like it. Oh yeah, man.
-[Vic] He just got caught in Williams.

1407
01:27:22,403 --> 01:27:23,972
[Book] Oh, beautiful!

1408
01:27:26,007 --> 01:27:27,475
[Book laughing]

1409
01:27:34,382 --> 01:27:37,051
-[Book] Wow.
-[Vic] NXT Universe

1410
01:27:37,118 --> 01:27:39,621
on their feet for Williams.

1411
01:27:39,687 --> 01:27:42,957
Trick Williams is money wrapped
in a six foot five frame.

1412
01:27:43,024 --> 01:27:46,661
[Book] Oh, camouflage.
I mean, six foot five about 240,

1413
01:27:46,728 --> 01:27:48,696
carved out of granite. Oh yes!

1414
01:27:48,763 --> 01:27:51,132
[Vic] I don't know if Dijak
wanted to get out that quickly,

1415
01:27:51,199 --> 01:27:54,135
because he might pay for what
just happened. Look at Trick Williams.

1416
01:27:54,202 --> 01:27:57,005
He came in with a plan,
and just got punched in the face.

1417
01:27:57,071 --> 01:28:01,075
I guess plans change
when you get punched right in the mouth.

1418
01:28:01,676 --> 01:28:03,745
Excuse me. Turn that pack around.

1419
01:28:03,811 --> 01:28:07,882
Oh, little catapult.
Trick had a little advantage.

1420
01:28:07,949 --> 01:28:12,820
Williams standing tall and a double
neckbreaker. Wasn't pretty, was effective.

1421
01:28:12,887 --> 01:28:15,456
Looking for two, looking for two!

1422
01:28:16,491 --> 01:28:19,894
-Able to power out.
-[Book] Too much muscle, Vic.

1423
01:28:19,961 --> 01:28:21,295
[Vic] Trick got two for one there.

1424
01:28:21,362 --> 01:28:24,666
Another big right hand
to the big strong boy.

1425
01:28:24,732 --> 01:28:27,935
[Book] Yeah, he's feeling it.
He's feeling it, Vic.

1426
01:28:28,002 --> 01:28:30,371
[Vic] And since he came out
with everything going on,

1427
01:28:30,438 --> 01:28:34,075
do you believe Trick is more focused
than ever in this match?

1428
01:28:34,142 --> 01:28:36,210
[Book] Trick knows. He told his partner

1429
01:28:36,277 --> 01:28:40,715
Carmelo Hayes, you're going to open
the show, and tonight, I'm closing it.

1430
01:28:44,385 --> 01:28:47,088
-[Vic] What!
-[Book] Wow!

1431
01:28:47,989 --> 01:28:50,992
[crowd] One, two…

1432
01:28:51,826 --> 01:28:56,597
[Vic] Oh, Bate just saw another decision
get put up on the board.

1433
01:28:56,664 --> 01:29:02,236
Take another look.
Again, Trick Williams using Briggs.

1434
01:29:02,303 --> 01:29:04,305
[Book laughing]

1435
01:29:04,972 --> 01:29:07,208
[crowd chanting]

1436
01:29:08,710 --> 01:29:12,613
[Vic] These are the superstars
that embody what NXT is all about,

1437
01:29:12,680 --> 01:29:15,950
what you get every single Tuesday on USA.

1438
01:29:16,017 --> 01:29:19,921
And Tyler Bate showing you the power.
Round and round they go.

1439
01:29:19,987 --> 01:29:24,859
Trick Williams stopped that, however, and
Williams now. Round and round they go.

1440
01:29:24,926 --> 01:29:27,628
Where does it stop?
Only Trick Willie knows.

1441
01:29:29,263 --> 01:29:32,967
I'm just going to stop,
because apparently I don't know a thing.

1442
01:29:36,170 --> 01:29:38,172
[Book] Oh, man.

1443
01:29:41,442 --> 01:29:44,045
Oh, here we go, Vic!

1444
01:29:44,112 --> 01:29:47,315
[crowd cheering]

1445
01:29:50,885 --> 01:29:54,489
[Vic] Unbelievable strength by Bate,
who's looking to take

1446
01:29:54,555 --> 01:29:58,126
the lead to earn his second decision,
and both Briggs and Dijak

1447
01:29:58,192 --> 01:30:00,261
sensing that.
And I want to bring this up to you,

1448
01:30:00,328 --> 01:30:03,197
because we've been talking strategy
through the Women's and now the Men's

1449
01:30:03,264 --> 01:30:06,734
Iron Survivor.
Would you switch up strategies right now?

1450
01:30:06,801 --> 01:30:08,936
Because after what you just saw
from Tyler Bate,

1451
01:30:09,003 --> 01:30:14,008
everything he's putting his body through.
But the scoreboard, three at one fall.

1452
01:30:14,075 --> 01:30:15,910
[Book] You got to adjust.

1453
01:30:15,977 --> 01:30:19,447
Because I look at Josh Briggs,
I look at Dijak, I look at Trick Williams,

1454
01:30:19,514 --> 01:30:23,951
but then I look at Tyler Bate.
I must say, pound for pound,

1455
01:30:24,018 --> 01:30:27,121
Tyler Bate might be the strongest man
in this ring right here.

1456
01:30:27,188 --> 01:30:30,091
[Vic] I was about to ask, are these two
gonna try to get on the same page?

1457
01:30:30,158 --> 01:30:32,460
But it's Bate who flies through
to wipe out Briggs.

1458
01:30:32,527 --> 01:30:36,664
Williams just got taken down by Dijak,
who's up tall and now just got

1459
01:30:36,731 --> 01:30:39,734
sidestepped right into the steps.
Tyler Bate's up.

1460
01:30:39,801 --> 01:30:42,303
Tyler Bate with one decision.
He'd love to get a second.

1461
01:30:42,370 --> 01:30:45,673
He'd loved to take lead
into the final ten minutes.

1462
01:30:45,740 --> 01:30:47,909
Big clothesline.
Is that going to be enough?

1463
01:30:47,975 --> 01:30:50,077
-[Book] I don't know, Vic.
-[Vic] Might need a bit more.

1464
01:30:50,144 --> 01:30:54,682
And it could come
at the expense of a Tyler driver 97.

1465
01:30:54,749 --> 01:30:57,218
[Book] Beautiful combination.

1466
01:30:57,285 --> 01:31:00,254
-[Vic] And Bate is in the lead.
-[Book] Wow.

1467
01:31:00,321 --> 01:31:02,056
[Vic] Williams to the penalty box.

1468
01:31:02,123 --> 01:31:05,426
-[announcer] …has scored a fall.
-[Book] I'm surprised right now.

1469
01:31:05,493 --> 01:31:10,264
I'm totally surprised that Tyler Bate
is on top of this mix up right now.

1470
01:31:10,331 --> 01:31:12,667
[Vic] He's looking to make the most
of that last chance.

1471
01:31:12,733 --> 01:31:14,735
But look at the clock in the bottom left,

1472
01:31:14,802 --> 01:31:17,305
as Briggs goes into the cover,
and able to kick out is Bate.

1473
01:31:17,371 --> 01:31:19,073
Bate, who's in the lead with two.

1474
01:31:19,140 --> 01:31:22,610
Trick Williams is in the penalty box
for the next minute and change.

1475
01:31:22,677 --> 01:31:26,447
But in 40 seconds, the final superstar
will enter the matchup.

1476
01:31:26,514 --> 01:31:30,651
We know who that final superstar is.
It's the former NXT Champion,

1477
01:31:30,718 --> 01:31:33,221
-Bron Breakker.
-[Book] Oh, yes.

1478
01:31:33,287 --> 01:31:35,590
I love me some Bron Breakker.

1479
01:31:35,656 --> 01:31:39,227
Can't wait for him to get into this
matchup. But right now, Tyler Bate.

1480
01:31:39,293 --> 01:31:40,728
Tyler Bate is fighting, Vic.

1481
01:31:40,795 --> 01:31:42,530
[Vic] Trick Williams is trying to recover.

1482
01:31:42,597 --> 01:31:45,666
And this is… You kind of were alluding
to it a little bit earlier,

1483
01:31:45,733 --> 01:31:48,870
someone can use that penalty box
to their advantage.

1484
01:31:48,936 --> 01:31:53,808
[Book] No. You know, maybe you got to use
that penalty box as an advance.

1485
01:31:53,875 --> 01:31:58,779
You got to suck it up and get ready
to do battle, that's what it's about.

1486
01:31:58,846 --> 01:32:00,047
[Vic] Did you look at Briggs?

1487
01:32:00,114 --> 01:32:04,418
Briggs right now looked up at the clock,
because he realizes it's at 15 minutes.

1488
01:32:04,485 --> 01:32:07,488
[Bron Breakker's music playing]

1489
01:32:09,790 --> 01:32:12,693
[announcer]
Making his way to the ring, Bron Breakker.

1490
01:32:12,760 --> 01:32:16,931
[Vic] Well, Bron Breakker shot right out
and hit a spear just like that!

1491
01:32:16,998 --> 01:32:22,036
-Bron Breakker changed the game.
-[Book] No bread, no water, just beef.

1492
01:32:22,103 --> 01:32:25,840
[Vic] Not gonna work. Second spear.
He's breaking everyone in half.

1493
01:32:25,907 --> 01:32:28,376
[crowd] …two, three!

1494
01:32:29,677 --> 01:32:34,282
[Vic] There is no one in this match who
can stand toe-to-toe with the badass.

1495
01:32:34,348 --> 01:32:38,352
[Book] Bron said nobody in this matchup
can stand with him toe-to-toe, man-to-man.

1496
01:32:38,419 --> 01:32:41,656
Right now have three points
and on top of the board.

1497
01:32:41,722 --> 01:32:45,326
[announcer]
…has scored the last three falls.

1498
01:32:45,393 --> 01:32:49,931
[Vic] And he did it in 40 seconds,
as Trick Williams now looks on.

1499
01:32:49,997 --> 01:32:54,001
Trick doesn't have a decision.
His back's against the wall.

1500
01:32:54,068 --> 01:32:56,470
Three superstars in the penalty box.

1501
01:32:58,673 --> 01:33:01,275
[grunts]

1502
01:33:01,342 --> 01:33:05,212
[Vic] And it's down to Trick.
It's down to Bron for this moment.

1503
01:33:05,279 --> 01:33:08,583
For the next minute, Trick Williams
gonna have to make the most of it.

1504
01:33:08,649 --> 01:33:12,119
Bron Breakker came out like a house
on fire. We always talk about speed.

1505
01:33:12,186 --> 01:33:15,756
If you had your stopwatch ready,
Bron Breakker looked like Tyreek Hill

1506
01:33:15,823 --> 01:33:17,592
in that ring. Swinging for the fences.

1507
01:33:17,658 --> 01:33:20,261
Swinging a miss, though, by Trick.
Bron picking up speed.

1508
01:33:20,328 --> 01:33:22,163
And again, sudden impact.

1509
01:33:22,229 --> 01:33:26,400
[Book] You don't want to see this young
man, Bron Breakker, on a move like that.

1510
01:33:26,467 --> 01:33:29,637
That could be trouble for you, man.
Trust me on that.

1511
01:33:29,704 --> 01:33:35,009
[Vic] Jerry "The King" Lawler said
if Bron got in, Bron was his pick to win.

1512
01:33:35,076 --> 01:33:40,348
And now looking to sit back and recline.
And no one can help Trick Williams.

1513
01:33:40,414 --> 01:33:44,852
He's got to hold for at least 13 seconds.
Whoa, whoa, Booker, over to your right.

1514
01:33:44,919 --> 01:33:47,555
Wait a minute. I'm trying to watch
what's going on in the ring.

1515
01:33:47,621 --> 01:33:50,324
-Williams just trying to hold on.
-[Book] What the hell's going on?

1516
01:33:50,391 --> 01:33:54,161
[Vic] The penalty box is almost
getting destroyed by these guys.

1517
01:33:54,228 --> 01:33:57,565
Finally, the clock is out.
Briggs is the one who is free.

1518
01:33:57,632 --> 01:34:00,067
The door is open, though,
and all bodies are spilling out.

1519
01:34:00,134 --> 01:34:02,903
I don't feel very good
for that official right now,

1520
01:34:02,970 --> 01:34:05,539
who's got to get two of them
back in the penalty box.

1521
01:34:05,606 --> 01:34:10,077
Oh, Bron was looking for some…
Wait a minute. Bron!

1522
01:34:11,045 --> 01:34:14,882
Able to roll out of harm's way.

1523
01:34:14,949 --> 01:34:18,619
[Book] That was smart by Bron Breakker
having that lead, trying to hold on to it.

1524
01:34:18,686 --> 01:34:21,522
[Vic]
But all penalties have officially expired.

1525
01:34:21,589 --> 01:34:25,059
The clock now,
the next number of note is 25.

1526
01:34:25,126 --> 01:34:29,096
Whoever has the most decisions
at 25 minutes is the Iron Survivor.

1527
01:34:29,163 --> 01:34:32,466
Bron Breakker is in the lead.
Trick Williams is in the air.

1528
01:34:32,533 --> 01:34:35,269
[Book] Let it fly! Wow!

1529
01:34:38,272 --> 01:34:42,510
[Vic] Trick Williams is trying
to prove to be that man.

1530
01:34:47,114 --> 01:34:50,184
And Bron trying to hold on.
Briggs trying to fight back in.

1531
01:34:50,251 --> 01:34:53,320
Briggs is down two falls,
behind two shots.

1532
01:34:53,387 --> 01:34:56,090
-[Book] Big shot.
-[Vic] Dijak into the cover.

1533
01:34:56,157 --> 01:34:59,193
-[Book] Oh, man.
-[Vic] Oh, wow.

1534
01:35:00,161 --> 01:35:03,497
[announcer] Dijak has scored a fall.

1535
01:35:03,564 --> 01:35:05,099
[Vic] 18 minute mark.

1536
01:35:05,166 --> 01:35:08,969
Trick Williams has headed back
to the penalty box for 90 seconds.

1537
01:35:09,036 --> 01:35:13,908
Dijak, while laughing,
is still one fall behind Bron Breakker.

1538
01:35:14,542 --> 01:35:16,811
But Dijak's the one standing.

1539
01:35:17,712 --> 01:35:20,648
[Book] Trick Williams,
still no points on the board, Vic.

1540
01:35:20,715 --> 01:35:25,986
[Vic] You just felt the air come out of
the NXT Universe with that last decision.

1541
01:35:26,053 --> 01:35:30,357
Whoa! Frankensteiner!
Into the Tyler driver!

1542
01:35:30,424 --> 01:35:33,227
Oh, yeah, Bate! Wow!

1543
01:35:33,794 --> 01:35:37,331
[announcer] Tyler Bate has scored a fall.

1544
01:35:37,398 --> 01:35:42,536
[Vic] Bron doesn't get any bonus points.
That was Bron Breakker's frankensteiner,

1545
01:35:43,170 --> 01:35:45,239
right into the Tyler driver.

1546
01:35:46,440 --> 01:35:48,576
And Bate just evens this at three.

1547
01:35:48,642 --> 01:35:51,645
Dijak to the penalty box.
He's in for over a minute.

1548
01:35:51,712 --> 01:35:54,982
-Trick's got 45 seconds left.
-[Book] No, Tyler Bate

1549
01:35:55,049 --> 01:35:58,319
is taking advantage of all those
mistakes that I was talking about.

1550
01:35:58,385 --> 01:36:00,454
Taking advantage of all those…

1551
01:36:00,521 --> 01:36:02,156
Oh, man.

1552
01:36:02,223 --> 01:36:05,493
[Vic] That might have been a mistake
by Bate, Bron into another cover.

1553
01:36:05,559 --> 01:36:10,297
Big strong boy able to kick out Dijak
with less than 60 seconds to go.

1554
01:36:10,364 --> 01:36:12,833
Trick Williams less than 30 seconds to go.

1555
01:36:12,900 --> 01:36:16,470
But we have just under six minutes left
in this matchup,

1556
01:36:16,537 --> 01:36:20,141
and you can see all the decisions.
The leaderboard is filled.

1557
01:36:20,207 --> 01:36:23,511
Sitting atop it are the two men
right now in the ring.

1558
01:36:23,577 --> 01:36:26,747
Bron Breakker, Tyler Bate,
tied three decisions a piece.

1559
01:36:26,814 --> 01:36:29,283
[Book] He just kicked out of that big,
big shot right there.

1560
01:36:29,350 --> 01:36:33,120
He just took but the leg strength
of Tyler Bate, he's got big calves.

1561
01:36:33,187 --> 01:36:36,757
He's got big thighs.
It's working for him here tonight.

1562
01:36:37,224 --> 01:36:41,262
[Vic] Well, coming out of the box
is going to be Trick Williams.

1563
01:36:41,328 --> 01:36:45,099
Oh, Williams with the door…
Back into the ring.

1564
01:36:45,166 --> 01:36:51,505
Bron Breakker from the top into the cover,
Briggs wisely able to break that up.

1565
01:36:51,572 --> 01:36:55,309
And look, Grayson Waller won last year.
We saw his stock skyrocket,

1566
01:36:55,376 --> 01:36:59,079
into the cover now, on SmackDown,
we know what this matchup can do.

1567
01:36:59,146 --> 01:37:03,083
Not just about becoming the number one
contender, which by the way, the NXT Title

1568
01:37:03,150 --> 01:37:05,786
will be defended at New Year's Evil.

1569
01:37:05,853 --> 01:37:09,990
The first NXT of the new year
by whomever walks out as NXT Champion

1570
01:37:10,057 --> 01:37:13,127
against the Iron Survivor.
Whoever wins this match.

1571
01:37:13,194 --> 01:37:16,197
All five men back into the matchup
with less than five minutes to go.

1572
01:37:16,263 --> 01:37:19,233
[Book] Yeah. We're less than five minutes
and right now Tyler Bate has three points.

1573
01:37:19,300 --> 01:37:24,004
Bron Breakker has three points.
Who's going to pull this thing off? Wow!

1574
01:37:29,877 --> 01:37:31,445
[Vic] Oh, wait a minute.

1575
01:37:32,012 --> 01:37:36,383
This isn't good for Bate.
Double chokeslam.

1576
01:37:36,450 --> 01:37:39,019
-[Book] Man, came down hard.
-[Vic] And in the same two

1577
01:37:39,086 --> 01:37:41,155
that started this are the same two

1578
01:37:41,222 --> 01:37:44,758
that are looking eye to eye
and seem to have some sort of agreement,

1579
01:37:44,825 --> 01:37:48,429
when two minutes ago, three minutes ago,
they were smashing each other's heads

1580
01:37:48,495 --> 01:37:52,900
inside the penalty box.
They're standing tall.

1581
01:37:52,967 --> 01:37:57,037
[Book] Wait a minute.
Wait a minute, Vic. What the hell?

1582
01:37:57,104 --> 01:38:00,574
[Vic] I mean, it behooves them to work
together, because they're both behind.

1583
01:38:00,641 --> 01:38:05,846
They both need the decisions.
Dijak gets one. He ties it at three.

1584
01:38:06,547 --> 01:38:12,653
Double moonsault, double cover,
double pin, double decision.

1585
01:38:15,055 --> 01:38:19,426
[announcer]
Dijak and Josh Briggs have scored a fall.

1586
01:38:19,493 --> 01:38:21,028
[Vic] But Booker, look at the time.

1587
01:38:21,095 --> 01:38:25,766
Huge decision for Dijak, because it's
tied at three with Breakker and Bate.

1588
01:38:25,833 --> 01:38:27,501
And Breakker now goes to the penalty box.

1589
01:38:27,568 --> 01:38:29,870
But again with Trick Williams
for 90 seconds.

1590
01:38:29,937 --> 01:38:32,806
Here's Tyler Bate now.
Bate with another decision

1591
01:38:32,873 --> 01:38:37,278
would be the leader in the clubhouse.
Goes to the top. Tornado DDT.

1592
01:38:37,344 --> 01:38:42,950
[Book] Big shot landed, but smart
by Dijak again to make an escape.

1593
01:38:43,017 --> 01:38:45,953
[Vic] Got to the outside. Here comes Bate.

1594
01:38:46,020 --> 01:38:51,191
And I think Briggs actually pushed Dijak
into harm's way, so he…

1595
01:38:51,258 --> 01:38:52,660
[Book] Oh, wow.

1596
01:38:52,726 --> 01:38:56,096
[Vic] Because Briggs knows, with one more
decision, he's tied this thing.

1597
01:38:56,163 --> 01:38:58,198
And then it's a four-way tie at three.

1598
01:38:58,265 --> 01:39:03,103
[Book] Josh Briggs just clean Tyler Bate's
clock. And right now he's going for it.

1599
01:39:03,170 --> 01:39:06,807
He's going for that kill shot
off the top rope.

1600
01:39:08,442 --> 01:39:09,643
[Vic] Dijak.

1601
01:39:09,710 --> 01:39:13,681
Superkick under the jaw.
Dijak now looking to take the leaderboard,

1602
01:39:13,747 --> 01:39:17,184
because right now,
with under three minutes to go,

1603
01:39:17,251 --> 01:39:22,189
these superstars are battling each other.
They're also battling the clock.

1604
01:39:22,256 --> 01:39:27,561
And Tyler Bate now
battling Dijak and Briggs! [laughs]

1605
01:39:27,962 --> 01:39:31,165
All superstars that are in this matchup
are down.

1606
01:39:31,231 --> 01:39:35,869
The other two are in the penalty box
for exactly the same amount of time.

1607
01:39:37,304 --> 01:39:40,574
[Book]
Talking about the great escape. Wow.

1608
01:39:41,375 --> 01:39:46,747
[Vic] Take a look at the NXT Universe
that has filed in to NXT Deadline.

1609
01:39:49,983 --> 01:39:53,220
I just looked over, Trick Williams now
trying to get out of the door

1610
01:39:53,287 --> 01:39:56,290
as quick as he could. And here he comes.

1611
01:39:57,491 --> 01:40:00,928
And Bron Breakker now
turning things around in a hurry.

1612
01:40:00,995 --> 01:40:07,434
[Book] Bate needs to try to get up.
He needs to move and ride that… Oh!

1613
01:40:07,935 --> 01:40:09,937
Wow!

1614
01:40:11,972 --> 01:40:15,709
-Good night, Trick Williams.
-[Vic] Wait a minute.

1615
01:40:16,343 --> 01:40:19,346
[crowd screaming]

1616
01:40:21,081 --> 01:40:26,553
[Vic] Bron is down. Dijak's down,
Trick's down. Bate is standing.

1617
01:40:28,322 --> 01:40:32,126
Briggs is on his feet as well.
We're under 90 seconds.

1618
01:40:32,192 --> 01:40:35,195
[crowd chanting] NXT!

1619
01:40:35,863 --> 01:40:38,766
[Vic] NXT Universe trying to rally
these two steamers.

1620
01:40:38,832 --> 01:40:43,604
How the hell is Dijak on his feet?
Looking for feast his eyes one more time.

1621
01:40:43,670 --> 01:40:46,774
Look at the clock, though,
under 90 seconds. Bate just got taken out.

1622
01:40:46,840 --> 01:40:50,744
Roll up is Trick Williams.
And Trick right now. Trick's got a fall.

1623
01:40:50,811 --> 01:40:53,981
Also a superkick.
Second superkick from Dijak.

1624
01:40:54,048 --> 01:40:56,083
[announcer]
Trick Williams has scored a fall.

1625
01:40:56,150 --> 01:40:59,019
[Book] Time is running out, Vic.
Time is running out quickly.

1626
01:40:59,086 --> 01:41:02,556
[Vic] I haven't even seen Bron Breakker
move. It's Dijak all the way to the top.

1627
01:41:02,623 --> 01:41:09,630
Oh, just dropped Trick. Feast your eyes.
Under 60 seconds. Eddy, Eddy Thorpe!

1628
01:41:11,832 --> 01:41:13,867
Where the hell did Thorpe come from?

1629
01:41:13,934 --> 01:41:18,806
No love loss between Thorpe,
who's staring a hole into Dijak.

1630
01:41:23,444 --> 01:41:28,782
And Dijak might be paying for his past.
Just got kicked. Trick!

1631
01:41:28,849 --> 01:41:32,286
-Trick, Trick!
-[Book] Oh, Trick's in the game.

1632
01:41:32,352 --> 01:41:34,755
-[Vic] Bate from the top.
-[Book] Trick's out of the game.

1633
01:41:34,822 --> 01:41:37,291
[Vic] Bate from the top.
Trick just got a second fall.

1634
01:41:37,357 --> 01:41:41,962
Bate looking for that…
No, counter. Trick roll through.

1635
01:41:42,029 --> 01:41:44,364
You gotta be kidding me!

1636
01:41:44,765 --> 01:41:47,468
[Book] I like it. Oh yeah, man.

1637
01:41:47,534 --> 01:41:51,939
[Vic] Superstars going to the penalty box.
We're tied at three. There's ten seconds.

1638
01:41:52,005 --> 01:41:58,712
There's ten seconds, Book.
Spear, didn't connect. Oh, my God!

1639
01:41:58,779 --> 01:42:01,915
[crowd cheering]

1640
01:42:01,982 --> 01:42:05,252
-[bell ringing]
-[Vic] He did it! How the hell?

1641
01:42:05,319 --> 01:42:08,555
[announcer] …and the Iron Survivor,

1642
01:42:08,622 --> 01:42:13,660
Trick Williams.

1643
01:42:13,727 --> 01:42:17,931
-[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!
-[Book] Uh-uh. Uh-uh.

1644
01:42:17,998 --> 01:42:19,733
Yeah.

1645
01:42:19,800 --> 01:42:22,736
I like it. Oh yeah, man.

1646
01:42:29,076 --> 01:42:32,446
Oh, Vic, you gotta love it, man.

1647
01:42:34,348 --> 01:42:38,485
-Yeah.
-[Vic] We gave Trick Williams no chance.

1648
01:42:38,552 --> 01:42:43,157
-No frickin chance.
-[Book] Oh yeah, man. Oh yeah, man.

1649
01:42:44,157 --> 01:42:46,894
[Vic] I can't believe

1650
01:42:46,960 --> 01:42:51,532
-what we just witnessed.
-[Book] Yeah, look at the people.

1651
01:42:57,838 --> 01:43:00,774
[Vic] I'm going to try
to get back to some of this matchup.

1652
01:43:00,841 --> 01:43:03,510
Breakker entered this matchup.

1653
01:43:03,577 --> 01:43:05,946
It was a quick one, two, three.

1654
01:43:06,013 --> 01:43:08,415
And I don't mean one, two, three
by the count.

1655
01:43:08,482 --> 01:43:11,685
I mean one, two, three decisions
for Bron Breakker,

1656
01:43:11,752 --> 01:43:14,655
who changed the game as fast as he entered

1657
01:43:14,721 --> 01:43:17,791
the matchup in less than 60 seconds.
And you know what?

1658
01:43:17,858 --> 01:43:19,760
Just bang, one for good measure.

1659
01:43:19,826 --> 01:43:22,229
Those were the three falls
and Bron Breakker

1660
01:43:22,296 --> 01:43:25,465
was in the driver's seat for this matchup.

1661
01:43:25,532 --> 01:43:29,369
Trick Williams laid it all on the line.
You brought up the point.

1662
01:43:29,436 --> 01:43:30,938
Trick Williams had no points.

1663
01:43:31,004 --> 01:43:33,507
Trick Williams was just trying to get back
into this matchup.

1664
01:43:33,574 --> 01:43:37,945
But Trick kept finding his way into the
penalty box right here for 90 seconds.

1665
01:43:38,011 --> 01:43:42,115
Double moonsault by superstars
who shouldn't be doing moonsaults.

1666
01:43:42,182 --> 01:43:45,018
Their size, that athleticism,
it's unheard of.

1667
01:43:45,085 --> 01:43:48,855
But they both got two points, which would
send Bron and Trick to the box.

1668
01:43:48,922 --> 01:43:51,625
And when they came out, bam.
It was an explosion.

1669
01:43:51,692 --> 01:43:54,428
And here, Book, you said no chance,
he's out of it.

1670
01:43:54,494 --> 01:43:57,197
And we started looking around
and bodies were falling.

1671
01:43:57,264 --> 01:43:59,533
First it was Bron,
who went through the table.

1672
01:43:59,600 --> 01:44:03,237
And then as we started to look around
and the clock was ticking,

1673
01:44:03,303 --> 01:44:05,672
Trick Williams
picked up a couple of falls.

1674
01:44:05,739 --> 01:44:10,611
But in the final ten seconds, down
to nine, it sat at eight, it was at seven.

1675
01:44:10,677 --> 01:44:15,882
But all Trick needed was three
to become the Iron Survivor.

1676
01:44:17,584 --> 01:44:20,087
[Trick Williams' music playing]

1677
01:44:20,153 --> 01:44:23,523
-[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!
-[Book] Uh-uh, uh-uh.

1678
01:44:23,590 --> 01:44:24,891
This is my time.

1679
01:44:24,958 --> 01:44:27,894
[Book] I like it. Oh yeah, man.

1680
01:44:29,763 --> 01:44:32,132
I love it. I love it.

1681
01:44:35,035 --> 01:44:37,004
[Book] Come on, Trick.

1682
01:44:37,070 --> 01:44:40,207
Give me some, dog. Oh yeah, man.

1683
01:44:44,478 --> 01:44:48,248
[Vic] A lot of congratulations go out
tonight to Trick Williams moments ago,

1684
01:44:48,315 --> 01:44:53,453
but also Dragon Lee,
the new North American Champion.

1685
01:44:53,520 --> 01:44:58,625
And he gets handed the gold
from his hero, Rey Mysterio.

1686
01:44:58,692 --> 01:45:01,695
[rock music playing]

1687
01:45:04,564 --> 01:45:06,299
Hey, hey, hey. Sorry, man.

1688
01:45:06,366 --> 01:45:08,302
Look, I know how you're feeling right now.

1689
01:45:08,368 --> 01:45:10,504
-Do you?
-Hey.

1690
01:45:10,570 --> 01:45:13,106
Sorry, ma'am. Tonight it wasn't my night.

1691
01:45:13,173 --> 01:45:15,742
What? You kidding me?
You guys did great, both of you.

1692
01:45:15,809 --> 01:45:18,278
You should have had your heads
held up high. Come on now.

1693
01:45:18,345 --> 01:45:21,014
[man] Hello, hello, hello.

1694
01:45:21,415 --> 01:45:23,317
Unlucky cowboys.

1695
01:45:23,383 --> 01:45:28,555
-You should be hanging your head in shame.
-Zero for two, you foolish boys.

1696
01:45:28,622 --> 01:45:29,656
Wait a minute.

1697
01:45:29,723 --> 01:45:32,926
Did I miss when Lash so called Legend
won the Iron Survivor Challenge?

1698
01:45:32,993 --> 01:45:34,528
Excuse you. I didn't lose.

1699
01:45:34,594 --> 01:45:37,264
-I ran out of time. Thank you.
-Oh, that sounds like excuses to me.

1700
01:45:37,331 --> 01:45:38,699
She had two, you had one.

1701
01:45:38,765 --> 01:45:43,070
That means Meta-Four
is twice as good, twice as nice. Oh!

1702
01:45:43,136 --> 01:45:45,439
[woman] Security! Security!

1703
01:45:45,505 --> 01:45:48,508
[shouts and grunts]

1704
01:45:52,946 --> 01:45:55,882
We're excited. WrestleMania
is right around the corner.

1705
01:45:55,949 --> 01:45:59,119
Mayhem, destruction, WrestleMania.
All those together.

1706
01:45:59,186 --> 01:46:02,322
But we also want to remind everyone
that the first NXT

1707
01:46:02,389 --> 01:46:06,093
of the new year,
it is New Year's Evil on January 2nd.

1708
01:46:06,159 --> 01:46:08,929
And we know that our Iron Survivors
tonight will receive

1709
01:46:08,995 --> 01:46:11,832
their NXT Championship matches
on that night.

1710
01:46:11,898 --> 01:46:16,603
Do not miss the first NXT of 2024,
New Year's Evil.

1711
01:46:16,670 --> 01:46:18,405
Oh, yes.

1712
01:46:18,839 --> 01:46:21,842
[suspension music playing]

1713
01:46:59,012 --> 01:47:01,882
[Vic] Well, these two have brawled
in parking lots, destroyed

1714
01:47:01,948 --> 01:47:03,784
each other on a Devil's Playground.

1715
01:47:03,850 --> 01:47:09,723
And this personal vendetta now
locks these two inside a solid steel cage.

1716
01:47:09,790 --> 01:47:12,893
Right after this break for our subscribers
on Peacock Premium Plus.

1717
01:47:12,959 --> 01:47:16,596
Let's take a look
at where this all started.

1718
01:47:16,663 --> 01:47:19,666
-[crowd cheering]
-[suspension music playing]

1719
01:47:28,308 --> 01:47:29,676
[screams]

1720
01:47:29,743 --> 01:47:33,747
[Vic] The parking lot.
It's Roxanne Perez. It's Kiana.

1721
01:47:33,814 --> 01:47:38,018
[Ava] We're days away from Deadline
and things are out of control around here.

1722
01:47:39,352 --> 01:47:41,121
You saw what happened
in the trainers room.

1723
01:47:41,188 --> 01:47:43,824
And you're at Deadline.
I'm at Deadline, Roxanne.

1724
01:47:43,890 --> 01:47:47,828
[Ava] Roxanne Perez and Kiana James
cannot keep their hands off of each other.

1725
01:47:47,894 --> 01:47:50,564
So it's official.
This Saturday at Deadline,

1726
01:47:50,630 --> 01:47:54,501
Kiana and Roxanne
will finally settle their differences

1727
01:47:54,568 --> 01:47:56,803
in a steel cage match.

1728
01:47:57,404 --> 01:48:00,407
[crowd screaming]

1729
01:48:01,208 --> 01:48:06,379
[Roxanne] Kiana James has outed out for me
since the day that we got signed together.

1730
01:48:07,113 --> 01:48:11,318
[announcer] Please welcome the NXT
Women's Breakout Tournament participants,

1731
01:48:11,384 --> 01:48:15,155
Roxanne Perez.

1732
01:48:15,589 --> 01:48:17,824
Kiana James.

1733
01:48:17,891 --> 01:48:19,626
[Roxanne] And I know exactly why.

1734
01:48:19,693 --> 01:48:23,063
Because I won the Breakout Tournament
and she didn't.

1735
01:48:23,129 --> 01:48:28,134
-[Vic] Perez has made history tonight.
-[Kiana] Jealous of Roxanne?

1736
01:48:29,135 --> 01:48:34,341
No. But what I am is sick and tired
of everyone around here giving her all

1737
01:48:34,407 --> 01:48:37,611
the praise. Roxanne Perez,
Women's Breakout Tournament winner.

1738
01:48:37,677 --> 01:48:41,781
Roxanne Perez, Iron Survivor.
Roxanne Perez, Women's Champion.

1739
01:48:41,848 --> 01:48:47,420
-[Vic] Congratulations, Roxanne Perez.
-I want my women's title back.

1740
01:48:47,487 --> 01:48:50,457
And at Halloween Havoc, I'm taking it.

1741
01:48:50,523 --> 01:48:52,392
[Kiana]
You think I was gonna let Roxanne Perez

1742
01:48:52,459 --> 01:48:55,395
get another chance
to gain another championship?

1743
01:48:56,696 --> 01:48:58,198
No.

1744
01:48:58,265 --> 01:49:00,800
[Vic] Who the hell? That's Kiana James.

1745
01:49:01,334 --> 01:49:04,004
[Kiana] Roxanne Perez
has been the golden child of NXT

1746
01:49:04,070 --> 01:49:06,473
since the minute
she walked through the door.

1747
01:49:07,574 --> 01:49:09,042
-[woman] ♪ Three, two, one ♪
-[man] ♪ Yeah ♪

1748
01:49:09,109 --> 01:49:12,679
Ironically enough, the same day
I walked through the doors of NXT…

1749
01:49:12,746 --> 01:49:15,916
Did everyone just forget that I was
in the Women's Breakout Tournament?

1750
01:49:15,982 --> 01:49:18,685
I was also in the Iron Survivor Challenge.

1751
01:49:18,752 --> 01:49:21,721
I even captured my own Tag Team gold.

1752
01:49:23,623 --> 01:49:25,325
But where are my flowers?

1753
01:49:26,226 --> 01:49:31,698
It is now my mission to make sure the
entire world sees me above Roxanne Perez.

1754
01:49:31,765 --> 01:49:38,772
Kiana James has been here, and it's about
damn time you put some respect on my name.

1755
01:49:39,205 --> 01:49:41,107
[Vic] Hey, it's Kiana James!

1756
01:49:41,174 --> 01:49:43,576
[Kiana] Roxanne won't win
the Iron Survivor Challenge this year,

1757
01:49:43,643 --> 01:49:46,479
because she's not in it. Courtesy of KJ.

1758
01:49:48,214 --> 01:49:50,951
[Roxanne]
Kiana James came after me out of jealousy

1759
01:49:51,017 --> 01:49:53,453
time after time after time.

1760
01:49:53,520 --> 01:49:56,489
[man]
♪ They don't know how the dream were ♪

1761
01:49:56,556 --> 01:49:59,626
[Roxanne] And I'm done. I'm done.

1762
01:49:59,693 --> 01:50:02,696
-[hip hop music playing]
-[Roxanne and Kiana screaming]

1763
01:50:12,339 --> 01:50:14,541
I'm Kiana James. I'm an entrepreneur.

1764
01:50:14,607 --> 01:50:21,314
I built my reputation on deadlines,
and tonight I'll build my career on one.

1765
01:50:21,381 --> 01:50:24,317
[Roxanne] People try to underestimate me,

1766
01:50:24,384 --> 01:50:28,421
but I think I've proven
that that's a pretty bad choice.

1767
01:50:30,023 --> 01:50:34,060
[Kiana] Everyone wants to talk about
this edgy side of Roxanne Perez.

1768
01:50:34,628 --> 01:50:39,099
We'll see how edgy Roxanne is
when I throw her ass in a steel case.

1769
01:50:39,165 --> 01:50:45,071
[Roxanne] Tonight, in a steel cage match,
I'm going to end Kiana James.

1770
01:50:52,912 --> 01:50:54,614
[music fading out]

1771
01:50:57,417 --> 01:50:59,419
[crowd chatter]

1772
01:50:59,486 --> 01:51:04,157
[Vic] Well, Booker, we had two Iron
Survivor matches. We've had North American

1773
01:51:04,224 --> 01:51:11,031
Championship match, and now we're getting
settled in for a steel cage showdown.

1774
01:51:11,097 --> 01:51:14,100
[Roxanne Perez's music playing]

1775
01:51:21,841 --> 01:51:22,842
[bell ringing]

1776
01:51:22,909 --> 01:51:29,182
[announcer] The following contest
is a steel cage match,

1777
01:51:29,249 --> 01:51:33,586
where the only way to win
is by pinfall or submission.

1778
01:51:33,653 --> 01:51:38,992
Introducing first, Roxanne Perez.

1779
01:51:40,093 --> 01:51:45,231
[Vic] What do you attribute to Perez's
change in aggression since this summer?

1780
01:51:45,298 --> 01:51:48,101
-You talked her more than anybody here.
-[Book] This started a long time ago.

1781
01:51:48,168 --> 01:51:49,636
Roxanne Perez started training

1782
01:51:49,702 --> 01:51:52,639
with me at Reality Wrestling
at 16 years old.

1783
01:51:52,706 --> 01:51:57,377
She has been hearing me say it many,
many times over and over,

1784
01:51:57,444 --> 01:52:00,146
this is about business.
Roxanne is thinking about history.

1785
01:52:00,213 --> 01:52:01,448
She's thinking about legacy.

1786
01:52:01,514 --> 01:52:04,350
She's thinking about going into
the Hall of Fame one day.

1787
01:52:04,417 --> 01:52:06,519
That's what this is all about.

1788
01:52:07,854 --> 01:52:09,923
The Prodigy.

1789
01:52:10,990 --> 01:52:17,397
[Vic] Well, for Perez, she seems at home
almost inside that steel cage.

1790
01:52:17,464 --> 01:52:21,434
Sometimes a little bit of trepidation
when someone walks into a cage.

1791
01:52:21,501 --> 01:52:25,105
Roxanne Perez is smiling right now,
Booker.

1792
01:52:25,171 --> 01:52:28,908
[Book] She's achieved so much, Vic,
at only 22 years of age.

1793
01:52:28,975 --> 01:52:33,947
And she's only wanted this
since she was just eight years old.

1794
01:52:34,013 --> 01:52:37,750
And now that dream has come to fruition.

1795
01:52:38,251 --> 01:52:41,488
Okay, okay, boss.

1796
01:52:47,393 --> 01:52:50,964
[Vic]
A boss who means business here tonight.

1797
01:52:56,336 --> 01:52:59,339
[Kiana James' music playing]

1798
01:53:08,982 --> 01:53:15,822
[announcer] And her opponent, Kiana James.

1799
01:53:15,889 --> 01:53:19,793
[Vic] Talk about feeling at home
in the cage, if you're Roxanne Perez.

1800
01:53:19,859 --> 01:53:22,629
Kiana James has never competed
in this sort of match.

1801
01:53:22,695 --> 01:53:25,799
Has never competed
in this sort of environment.

1802
01:53:25,865 --> 01:53:28,535
And when you hear from Kiana,

1803
01:53:28,601 --> 01:53:32,672
you get a sense
that there's a lot of jealousy

1804
01:53:32,739 --> 01:53:36,876
in Kiana James towards the success
of Roxanne Perez.

1805
01:53:36,943 --> 01:53:38,812
And there has been for quite some time.

1806
01:53:38,878 --> 01:53:43,249
[Book] No, no, you go back
to the Breakout Tournament 2022.

1807
01:53:43,316 --> 01:53:47,487
When you get beat by a rookie, Vic,
somebody you think is the rookie,

1808
01:53:47,554 --> 01:53:49,088
it makes you feel a certain way.

1809
01:53:49,155 --> 01:53:51,224
[Vic] Finally this matchup is official,

1810
01:53:51,291 --> 01:53:54,194
as these two,
including Kiana James I should say,

1811
01:53:54,260 --> 01:53:57,797
Kiana James right off the bat
was trying to get that knockout blow.

1812
01:53:57,864 --> 01:54:00,733
And we've seen what's been in that bag
in the past.

1813
01:54:00,800 --> 01:54:03,469
These two have battled
on a Devil's Playground.

1814
01:54:03,536 --> 01:54:07,373
They've had bras in the parking lot,
in the training room, all over now here

1815
01:54:07,440 --> 01:54:10,176
in the steel cage.
And there's nowhere to run, Booker.

1816
01:54:10,243 --> 01:54:14,848
There's nowhere to hide. Excuse me.
Pinfall, submission, only.

1817
01:54:14,914 --> 01:54:15,949
Only ways to win.

1818
01:54:16,015 --> 01:54:19,619
[Book] It's about going out here and
just letting it all hang out right now.

1819
01:54:19,686 --> 01:54:21,621
Roxanne Perez, she has a lot to prove.

1820
01:54:21,688 --> 01:54:25,191
But I must say, Kiana James
has a little bit more to prove,

1821
01:54:25,258 --> 01:54:27,560
-she needs a victory tonight.
-[Vic] It's hard to argue with you.

1822
01:54:27,627 --> 01:54:31,764
And again, that steel cage, which almost
came into play for Roxanne Perez,

1823
01:54:31,831 --> 01:54:34,033
as Perez trying to turn things around.

1824
01:54:34,100 --> 01:54:38,538
Who will be the first to taste the steal
tonight? It is Kiana James who blocked it.

1825
01:54:38,605 --> 01:54:40,206
I think Kiana's had enough.

1826
01:54:40,273 --> 01:54:42,942
I just looked at Kiana
and she said, no, no, no.

1827
01:54:43,009 --> 01:54:45,011
You can't win by escape.

1828
01:54:45,078 --> 01:54:47,480
She's trying to run,
create a little bit of separation.

1829
01:54:47,547 --> 01:54:49,015
[Book] Oh, man, bad fall there.

1830
01:54:49,082 --> 01:54:53,519
[Vic] But Roxanne Perez
did just enough to rock Kiana James

1831
01:54:53,586 --> 01:54:56,322
and then rocked her
right into the steel cage.

1832
01:54:56,389 --> 01:54:59,592
Into the cover again,
pinfall, submission and a kickout.

1833
01:54:59,659 --> 01:55:02,662
[Book] You said that perfectly.
The steel cage, the solid steel cage.

1834
01:55:02,729 --> 01:55:05,698
You look at those steel posts,
you look at the iron fencing,

1835
01:55:05,765 --> 01:55:09,435
it could get gnarly, it could get
unforgiving inside that steel cage.

1836
01:55:09,502 --> 01:55:13,439
For me, when you close that door, I'm
claustrophobic, man. I can't stand it.

1837
01:55:13,506 --> 01:55:16,276
[Vic] What a night it has been.
It all started with Shawn Michaels

1838
01:55:16,342 --> 01:55:18,745
and CM Punk in the center of the ring.

1839
01:55:18,811 --> 01:55:22,982
Live trending number one for Deadline
all night long.

1840
01:55:23,049 --> 01:55:26,920
And you got to imagine those two have had
an interesting conversation tonight.

1841
01:55:26,986 --> 01:55:28,588
I wish I was a fly on that wall.

1842
01:55:28,655 --> 01:55:31,557
[Book] You know,
Punk said it in his first promo.

1843
01:55:31,624 --> 01:55:35,528
He said, you know, it's about money, man.
It's not about making friends.

1844
01:55:35,595 --> 01:55:36,963
It's about making money.

1845
01:55:37,030 --> 01:55:39,532
I've said that to Roxanne Perez
many, many times.

1846
01:55:39,599 --> 01:55:43,870
[Vic] She might be looking
for a money move from the top.

1847
01:55:43,937 --> 01:55:47,473
Tried to use a little bit extra
with the advantage of the steel cage.

1848
01:55:47,540 --> 01:55:52,845
And instead, spine first into the steel
goes Perez in the cage designed to keep

1849
01:55:52,912 --> 01:55:55,481
others out while containing
the competitors. Booker,

1850
01:55:55,548 --> 01:55:58,518
I look at you, because we've already
seen the steel come into play.

1851
01:55:58,584 --> 01:56:00,286
What are the dangers of the steel cage?

1852
01:56:00,353 --> 01:56:03,356
[Book] No, no, just degrading right there.

1853
01:56:03,856 --> 01:56:08,394
Those poses is unforgiving
inside this steel cage.

1854
01:56:08,461 --> 01:56:11,898
For me, I hate it being inside
the steel cage, because there again,

1855
01:56:11,964 --> 01:56:16,769
-it takes years of a career.
-[Vic] You just saw the hand

1856
01:56:16,836 --> 01:56:20,073
of James was caught into that steel mesh.
Excuse me.

1857
01:56:20,139 --> 01:56:23,609
Roxanne Perez was caught in that steel
mesh, and it was Kiana who was

1858
01:56:23,676 --> 01:56:26,012
taking full advantage.
And this is all legal.

1859
01:56:26,079 --> 01:56:30,483
And there you see the face of Perez
pressed up against that steel.

1860
01:56:30,550 --> 01:56:35,388
And Kiana, the conniving one, she doesn't
give a damn what she does and who

1861
01:56:35,455 --> 01:56:39,625
she hurts. She wants
to hurt Roxanne Perez tonight.

1862
01:56:39,692 --> 01:56:43,463
[Book] I was about to make a break right
here, Vic. Being inside the steel cage,

1863
01:56:43,529 --> 01:56:48,000
you can use the cage any way you want.
It's all legal in a matchup like this.

1864
01:56:48,067 --> 01:56:52,772
And Roxanne Perez, she's just gonna
have to, so to speak, man up.

1865
01:56:52,839 --> 01:56:58,478
[Vic] That steel has ripped flesh.
It's bruised a lot of egos.

1866
01:56:58,544 --> 01:57:03,249
And Kiana James right now, keeping her
foot on the gas, getting a little fancy.

1867
01:57:03,316 --> 01:57:05,318
Oh!

1868
01:57:05,852 --> 01:57:07,387
Again, very impactful.

1869
01:57:07,453 --> 01:57:11,791
Kiana James into another cover,
hooks the leg, and was able to kick out.

1870
01:57:11,858 --> 01:57:16,195
I can say a lot about the conniving
attitude of Kiana James, because it's cost

1871
01:57:16,262 --> 01:57:19,565
her this year. She lost her Tag Team
Titles because of her attitude.

1872
01:57:19,632 --> 01:57:24,003
She's had this rivalry with Roxanne Perez,
which you could argue cost her a spot

1873
01:57:24,070 --> 01:57:26,139
in the Women's Iron Survivor Challenge.

1874
01:57:26,205 --> 01:57:30,076
But she's been holding onto this
personal grudge, and it might work

1875
01:57:30,143 --> 01:57:32,311
into her advantage inside the steel cage.

1876
01:57:32,378 --> 01:57:35,381
[Book]
You know, Vic, to get a win is one thing,

1877
01:57:35,448 --> 01:57:38,117
but to get a win over a rivalry
is something different.

1878
01:57:38,184 --> 01:57:41,854
As well as to get a win over Breakout
winner, Iron Survivor Champion,

1879
01:57:41,921 --> 01:57:46,659
former NXT Champion. Yes. Oh, yes.
You got to go out here and do work.

1880
01:57:46,726 --> 01:57:49,562
[Vic] Perez right in. Oh, spinebuster.

1881
01:57:49,629 --> 01:57:51,631
[Book] Beautiful spinebuster.

1882
01:57:51,697 --> 01:57:53,499
[Vic]
Perez able to power out one more time.

1883
01:57:53,566 --> 01:57:57,236
Perez, who is the winner
of the first ever Women's Iron

1884
01:57:57,303 --> 01:57:59,505
Survivor Challenge match last year,

1885
01:57:59,572 --> 01:58:02,542
did capitalize,
became the NXT Women's Champion.

1886
01:58:02,608 --> 01:58:06,679
We know it is Blair Davenport
who will be facing Lyra Valkyria

1887
01:58:06,746 --> 01:58:09,148
on the first NXT of the new year,
New Year's Evil.

1888
01:58:09,215 --> 01:58:14,487
But how about the Women's Division getting
turned upside down just like Perez. Bam!

1889
01:58:14,554 --> 01:58:18,825
With that spine tingling spinebuster.
The return tonight of Cora Jade.

1890
01:58:19,225 --> 01:58:25,798
[Book] [laughs] What bad, bad little
sister. She's back and I love it, man.

1891
01:58:25,865 --> 01:58:29,268
[Vic] Gotta wonder what Cora Jade's
thinking now, seeing her former bestie,

1892
01:58:29,335 --> 01:58:32,338
her former friend,
her former partner Roxanne Perez

1893
01:58:32,405 --> 01:58:35,975
-get decimated inside this steel cage.
-[Book] Get off of the friendship stuff.

1894
01:58:36,042 --> 01:58:40,379
I mean, Cora Jade, she got off of it.
But why can't you?

1895
01:58:40,446 --> 01:58:43,216
[Vic] A big heart, Booker. We're friends.

1896
01:58:43,282 --> 01:58:47,787
And oh, there was nothing friendly
about the steel cage

1897
01:58:47,854 --> 01:58:51,023
that Kiana James just ricocheted off of.

1898
01:58:52,125 --> 01:58:57,530
And we've already seen Roxanne Perez
victorious in that Devil's Playground

1899
01:58:57,597 --> 01:59:01,234
match, right? We've seen her win
when weapons were wild.

1900
01:59:01,300 --> 01:59:03,002
[Book] Just that Roxanne Perez,

1901
01:59:03,069 --> 01:59:08,441
that great anticipation just like you just
saw right there. And trust me, you cannot

1902
01:59:08,508 --> 01:59:12,845
think for one second that Roxanne Perez
is not going to find her way

1903
01:59:12,912 --> 01:59:16,549
-back into the game. Here we go.
-[Vic] Perez looking for a little extra

1904
01:59:16,616 --> 01:59:20,553
on that Thesz press, and now maybe
getting her second, her third win.

1905
01:59:20,620 --> 01:59:25,825
Weathered that storm up front. Big right
hand, nice dropkick, taking down James.

1906
01:59:26,492 --> 01:59:29,896
Then The Prodigy
is feeling it in Bridgeport.

1907
01:59:30,930 --> 01:59:32,698
[Roxanne screaming]

1908
01:59:32,765 --> 01:59:35,301
[Vic]
You can just hear the rage coming out

1909
01:59:35,368 --> 01:59:40,806
of Perez. Oh, you might see the welt
start forming on the body of James.

1910
01:59:40,873 --> 01:59:43,976
[Book] Turnabout is fair play
in a matchup like this. And right now,

1911
01:59:44,043 --> 01:59:46,379
Roxanne Perez, she knows the end game.

1912
01:59:46,445 --> 01:59:51,083
She always talks about getting back to
the championship. This is what it takes.

1913
01:59:51,150 --> 01:59:53,486
-Let it all hang out.
-[Vic] It was Kiana James

1914
01:59:53,553 --> 01:59:58,057
who denied Roxanne Perez her chance
to make more history here in NXT

1915
01:59:58,124 --> 02:00:01,027
by becoming a two-time
Iron Survivor winner.

1916
02:00:01,093 --> 02:00:03,829
And she's using that right now as fuel.

1917
02:00:03,896 --> 02:00:06,832
[Book] And I talked about using that fuel,

1918
02:00:06,899 --> 02:00:10,236
using something
that take you to that dark, dark place.

1919
02:00:10,303 --> 02:00:12,738
That's what Roxanne is right now, Vic.

1920
02:00:12,805 --> 02:00:15,975
[Vic] Big uppercut,
followed it up with a nasty forearm.

1921
02:00:16,042 --> 02:00:21,314
And look at Perez rocking, rolling
Russian leg sweep, floating right over.

1922
02:00:21,380 --> 02:00:24,984
[Book] Very, very fluid motions right now
by Roxanne Perez.

1923
02:00:25,051 --> 02:00:27,587
And she's going for it all right here.
Oh, yes.

1924
02:00:27,653 --> 02:00:29,555
[Vic]
Right into the back. Will this be enough?

1925
02:00:29,622 --> 02:00:34,827
Perez into the cover, and another
near fall again. Pinfall, submission,

1926
02:00:34,894 --> 02:00:37,997
the only ways to win
tonight's steel cage matchup.

1927
02:00:38,064 --> 02:00:42,702
And maybe right now, Kiana James
is starting to realize bad business deal

1928
02:00:42,768 --> 02:00:44,570
making The Prodigy her business.

1929
02:00:44,637 --> 02:00:46,906
[Book]
I don't think it's a bad business deal.

1930
02:00:46,973 --> 02:00:51,644
I mean, right now she's down, Vic,
but this is about the end game.

1931
02:00:51,711 --> 02:00:55,681
I mean, this is not a sprint.
This is America. This is a cage match.

1932
02:00:55,748 --> 02:00:57,984
[Vic] Oh, what's…

1933
02:00:58,050 --> 02:01:02,188
Roxanne got to the top rope,
looked up and got a smile on her face.

1934
02:01:02,255 --> 02:01:06,225
[Book] I don't like that.
I don't like that at all.

1935
02:01:06,292 --> 02:01:10,863
One thing about these cage, I always
go back to super fly Jimmy Snuka.

1936
02:01:10,930 --> 02:01:14,800
You just want that moment,
just one time. Oh, no, man.

1937
02:01:14,867 --> 02:01:19,272
[Vic] Well, this could be another
moment made here at Deadline.

1938
02:01:20,106 --> 02:01:23,376
Kiana James almost with…
You gotta think,

1939
02:01:23,442 --> 02:01:28,714
James now has a sense of urgency, because
she did not want what was about to happen.

1940
02:01:28,781 --> 02:01:32,752
But both these women are high up.
Booker, how high is the cage? 20 feet?

1941
02:01:32,818 --> 02:01:36,155
-20 feet above the canvas?
-[Book] Easy 20 feet.

1942
02:01:38,057 --> 02:01:40,960
[Vic] High above the NXT Universe.

1943
02:01:41,460 --> 02:01:47,767
This personal vendetta has brought
these two to go to some extreme heights.

1944
02:01:47,833 --> 02:01:50,670
-And I literally mean that.
-[Book] This is dangerous, Vic.

1945
02:01:50,736 --> 02:01:56,108
This is dangerous. 20 feet high
upon the steel cage. Oh, my God, man.

1946
02:01:56,809 --> 02:02:00,646
Not just claustrophobic,
but I'm scared of heights as well.

1947
02:02:00,713 --> 02:02:06,819
[Vic] James trying to hold on, doing
her best. And Perez held by the ankle.

1948
02:02:09,789 --> 02:02:13,259
And Kiana out of desperation putting

1949
02:02:13,326 --> 02:02:19,832
and bringing in Perez, because Perez was
looking to go very high rent. And oh, oh.

1950
02:02:21,233 --> 02:02:22,735
Off her footing for a moment.

1951
02:02:22,802 --> 02:02:27,773
And again, that hand caught dangerously
in that mesh, face first.

1952
02:02:27,840 --> 02:02:29,141
But now there's another danger.

1953
02:02:29,208 --> 02:02:32,344
[Book]
Oh, Roxanne's in a bad, bad… Oh, man!

1954
02:02:32,411 --> 02:02:35,981
[Vic] Powerbomb from the bottom rope
off the cage.

1955
02:02:36,048 --> 02:02:40,419
[Book] The back of the neck, Vic,
right in the back of the head right now.

1956
02:02:40,486 --> 02:02:46,559
[Vic] She got folded up.
And Kiana falling into a cover to win it.

1957
02:02:46,625 --> 02:02:49,061
Perez able to kick out again.

1958
02:02:49,795 --> 02:02:55,134
And again, the lengths these two women
are willing to go in this matchup.

1959
02:02:57,870 --> 02:03:01,273
Kiana, who has never been in this
environment, and certainly, Booker,

1960
02:03:01,340 --> 02:03:04,510
entering a cage match
for your first time can be intimidating.

1961
02:03:04,577 --> 02:03:07,446
I don't necessarily think
Kiana James has been intimidated.

1962
02:03:07,513 --> 02:03:11,384
[Book] Not at all, Vic. I mean, only can
win by pinfall in a matchup like this too.

1963
02:03:11,450 --> 02:03:13,385
That gives it extra added pressure.

1964
02:03:13,452 --> 02:03:17,189
You can't try to sneak out of the cage
and give, you know, steal a victory

1965
02:03:17,256 --> 02:03:22,128
-or anything like that. You gotta earn it.
-[Vic] Bouncing off… Oh!

1966
02:03:22,795 --> 02:03:24,196
Look, that was Pop Rox.

1967
02:03:24,263 --> 02:03:28,200
[Book]
It was. But not able to make the cover.

1968
02:03:28,267 --> 02:03:31,504
-Took the worst wear out of that.
-[Vic] Certainly did.

1969
02:03:31,570 --> 02:03:35,407
But that at least has now opened
the door for Perez. Perez sensing it.

1970
02:03:35,474 --> 02:03:40,913
Perez realizing it, crawling over
into the cover, hook in the leg.

1971
02:03:40,980 --> 02:03:42,248
[Roxanne screaming]

1972
02:03:42,314 --> 02:03:44,950
[Vic] A little bit too much time taken.

1973
02:03:45,017 --> 02:03:47,987
And you start looking around
and it's a great shot, as Perez

1974
02:03:48,053 --> 02:03:50,823
in disbelief that James
able to kick out of pop rox.

1975
02:03:50,890 --> 02:03:53,793
But it took her a little bit too much time
to crawl into that cover.

1976
02:03:53,859 --> 02:03:57,429
You look up from the monitor,
you're seeing the elbows are scraped,

1977
02:03:57,496 --> 02:04:01,300
the backs are bruised, the welts are
forming. Pop Rox was countered by James.

1978
02:04:01,367 --> 02:04:04,036
Face first went Perez.

1979
02:04:06,906 --> 02:04:09,208
You can't win by escaping the cage.

1980
02:04:09,275 --> 02:04:11,644
Kiana's just trying
to get the hell out of dodge.

1981
02:04:11,710 --> 02:04:16,048
Trying to get away from Roxanne Perez
by any means necessary.

1982
02:04:16,115 --> 02:04:21,086
-Oh, Book, Book, Book.
-[Book] Great plan, Vic. Great plan.

1983
02:04:21,487 --> 02:04:23,789
Wow, what a great strategy, Vic.

1984
02:04:23,856 --> 02:04:26,058
[Vic] Got her hands on that steel chair,

1985
02:04:26,125 --> 02:04:29,028
and it's all legal
in this steel cage matchup.

1986
02:04:29,094 --> 02:04:31,630
But it didn't pay off. Oh.

1987
02:04:32,164 --> 02:04:37,269
Right to the… Uh-uh.
Turnabouts. Fair play.

1988
02:04:41,874 --> 02:04:44,710
You can beg and plead all you want, Kiana.

1989
02:04:47,046 --> 02:04:49,381
[man] What are you doing? Come on.

1990
02:04:53,118 --> 02:04:54,687
It is what it is.

1991
02:04:54,753 --> 02:04:57,056
[Vic] That's Izzi Dame!

1992
02:04:58,157 --> 02:05:02,127
-Izzi Dame, what the…
-[Book] Come on, Vic.

1993
02:05:02,194 --> 02:05:06,799
[Vic] She's been at the side.
Oh, that conniving Kiana.

1994
02:05:08,834 --> 02:05:14,640
Deal breaker, with the assist
from Izzi Dame and the steel chair.

1995
02:05:14,707 --> 02:05:18,077
-You gotta be kidding me.
-[Book] Come on, man.

1996
02:05:19,144 --> 02:05:24,049
[announcer]
Here is your winner, Kiana James.

1997
02:05:24,116 --> 02:05:29,355
[Vic] Booker, that just sucked the air
right out of the NXT Universe,

1998
02:05:29,421 --> 02:05:33,058
that is packed into the Total Mortgage
Arena here tonight.

1999
02:05:35,227 --> 02:05:38,130
Looking back, this is the best moment.
Pop rox connected.

2000
02:05:38,197 --> 02:05:41,534
But again, the steel cage
took so much out of both superstars.

2001
02:05:41,600 --> 02:05:43,369
Perez wasn't able to capitalize.

2002
02:05:43,435 --> 02:05:49,942
And then Izzi Dame, making her
presence felt at the right time.

2003
02:05:50,009 --> 02:05:54,146
And that would open the door, bam!
For Kiana James.

2004
02:05:55,981 --> 02:05:59,952
With the use of this.
I'm in absolute disbelief

2005
02:06:00,019 --> 02:06:04,623
that Kiana James
came to Bridgeport with a plan,

2006
02:06:04,690 --> 02:06:11,130
and she executed it to perfection
alongside Izzi Dame.

2007
02:06:11,196 --> 02:06:14,199
[dance music playing]

2008
02:06:17,002 --> 02:06:19,605
[rock music playing]

2009
02:06:19,672 --> 02:06:24,376
Riley Osborne, the live wire that is going
to cut through all the competition.

2010
02:06:24,877 --> 02:06:27,580
Keanu Carver.
I didn't come here to break out.

2011
02:06:27,646 --> 02:06:29,048
I'm here to break bodies.

2012
02:06:29,114 --> 02:06:31,317
The name's Tavion Heights. So get with it.

2013
02:06:31,383 --> 02:06:34,219
We're coming from the top and we
ain't leaving, that's where we're staying.

2014
02:06:34,286 --> 02:06:38,223
♪ This is my time to be way out the top
Me and my guys gonna pay out the block ♪

2015
02:06:38,290 --> 02:06:41,694
Dion Lennox. A competitive theory,
a ferocity, a passion,

2016
02:06:41,760 --> 02:06:43,429
work ethic unmatched.

2017
02:06:43,495 --> 02:06:45,397
[music playing]

2018
02:06:45,464 --> 02:06:49,735
[Luca] Outside of the ring I'm referred to
as a legal eagle of the law.

2019
02:06:49,802 --> 02:06:53,572
And that will translate inside the ring
when I file a motion to win.

2020
02:06:55,240 --> 02:06:59,311
I'm Myles Borne, I'm the last of a dying
breed and 2024 will be my year.

2021
02:06:59,378 --> 02:07:00,646
I'm gonna make my mark.

2022
02:07:05,951 --> 02:07:09,922
Sweeping through the trees,
uprooting, changing the landscape.

2023
02:07:09,989 --> 02:07:12,791
That is what Trey Bearhill is bringing.

2024
02:07:12,858 --> 02:07:16,395
[Oba] I am the ruler, the destroyer,
and to every single man,

2025
02:07:16,462 --> 02:07:19,665
I will allocate my judgment accordingly.

2026
02:07:27,973 --> 02:07:31,844
[Vic] Well, get ready, Booker, because
eight superstars looking to make a name

2027
02:07:31,910 --> 02:07:37,483
for themselves. This year's Men's NXT
Breakout Tournament starts on Tuesday.

2028
02:07:37,549 --> 02:07:39,852
But what a night it's been
here at Deadline.

2029
02:07:39,918 --> 02:07:44,590
And Tuesday is shaping up to be must see,
because after Eddy Thorpe made

2030
02:07:44,656 --> 02:07:48,427
his presence felt earlier,
this rivalry will right its next chapter.

2031
02:07:48,494 --> 02:07:52,431
Thorpe not at 100 %,
but wants another crack at Dijak.

2032
02:07:52,498 --> 02:07:56,268
These two go one-on-one
once again on Tuesday.

2033
02:07:56,335 --> 02:07:58,203
And tempers flared earlier tonight.

2034
02:07:58,270 --> 02:08:02,508
Well, this Tuesday we will have
a six person mixed Tag Team matchup.

2035
02:08:02,574 --> 02:08:07,546
It's all live
and it's all going down on NXT.

2036
02:08:09,314 --> 02:08:13,552
But it is main event time here at Deadline
and Baron Corbin has

2037
02:08:13,619 --> 02:08:17,456
downplayed Dragunov's lifestyle
in an attempt to frustrate the champion.

2038
02:08:18,190 --> 02:08:20,626
Is tonight the end of days for Dragunov?

2039
02:08:20,692 --> 02:08:24,329
Or can The Mad Dragon's fire
burn down Corbin Schick?

2040
02:08:24,396 --> 02:08:26,265
Members of the WWE Universe subscribing

2041
02:08:26,331 --> 02:08:31,403
to Peacock Plus, let's reflect
on how this main event came to be.

2042
02:08:36,475 --> 02:08:39,078
Dragunov off has done it.

2043
02:08:39,144 --> 02:08:45,584
[Ilja] I promised to push this brat
to the next level with the fire that only

2044
02:08:45,651 --> 02:08:49,555
The Mad Dragon can blow.

2045
02:08:49,621 --> 02:08:51,857
I'm very proud to be the NXT Champion.

2046
02:08:51,924 --> 02:08:54,460
I traveled home recently
and my son was holding

2047
02:08:54,526 --> 02:09:00,833
this title for the very first time.
He looked at me with pride in his father.

2048
02:09:01,366 --> 02:09:06,271
This represents 30 years of sacrifice.

2049
02:09:06,338 --> 02:09:13,011
I will turn this championship reign
into a symbol of incomparable passion.

2050
02:09:13,979 --> 02:09:18,083
[Baron] Incomparable passion.
What the hell does that even mean?

2051
02:09:19,418 --> 02:09:22,254
-[Vic] That's Baron Corbin.
-[Baron] Keep your head up.

2052
02:09:22,321 --> 02:09:27,526
That man's rage, his anger,
his phony intensity doesn't fool me.

2053
02:09:27,593 --> 02:09:33,432
I'm the only man that has put Ilja down
and that scares him. He's ducking now.

2054
02:09:33,499 --> 02:09:39,037
He's not giving the guy who actually
deserves a title shot a shot.

2055
02:09:40,005 --> 02:09:41,607
[Ilja] Baron,

2056
02:09:41,673 --> 02:09:45,911
you want a NXT Championship match
so bad, huh?

2057
02:09:47,312 --> 02:09:52,951
You got it. I'll see you at Deadline.

2058
02:09:53,485 --> 02:09:56,989
Baron Corbin,
with this title on my shoulder,

2059
02:09:58,056 --> 02:10:01,660
I'm a different animal. Remember this,

2060
02:10:01,727 --> 02:10:07,833
the only person who can slay The Dragon
is the dragon himself.

2061
02:10:08,500 --> 02:10:13,672
[Baron] Because I agree, Ilja,
the life of a champion is lonely enough,

2062
02:10:13,739 --> 02:10:19,311
coming home to a cold, empty apartment,
no one to share your day to day with,

2063
02:10:19,378 --> 02:10:22,614
Ilja, you turned your back on your son.

2064
02:10:22,681 --> 02:10:25,551
You walked out the door,
you got on a plane,

2065
02:10:25,617 --> 02:10:28,520
and you left.

2066
02:10:28,587 --> 02:10:32,157
You only have one reason to be here
and to set a title on your shoulder.

2067
02:10:32,224 --> 02:10:36,929
And that just so happens to be
the one thing I'm missing in my life.

2068
02:10:37,563 --> 02:10:44,570
My life is better. I have generational
wealth, expensive cars and a big mansion.

2069
02:10:45,571 --> 02:10:50,609
I kiss my wife and children every day
and every night before going to bed.

2070
02:10:50,676 --> 02:10:54,313
So at Deadline,
I'm taking that title from you.

2071
02:10:54,379 --> 02:10:59,218
And you will have nothing left.
And me, I'll have everything.

2072
02:11:00,452 --> 02:11:04,756
[Ilja] Baron, you brought
my personal life into this.

2073
02:11:04,823 --> 02:11:10,262
The sacrifices that I make for my son
so he has a better life.

2074
02:11:10,329 --> 02:11:15,367
That is a line that you have crossed.
Your body will pay for this.

2075
02:11:15,834 --> 02:11:18,637
What you're doing to your son right now,

2076
02:11:18,704 --> 02:11:22,307
well, that's exactly
what your father did to you.

2077
02:11:25,010 --> 02:11:29,248
[Ilja] You materialistic son of a bitch.

2078
02:11:31,116 --> 02:11:35,487
That's it. That's it. Breathe the fire.
You think that scares me, Ilja?

2079
02:11:35,554 --> 02:11:38,624
I have been through hell and back.

2080
02:11:38,690 --> 02:11:43,695
And I always find a way.
Do it right now, for your family.

2081
02:11:44,930 --> 02:11:48,800
You're a coward.
You'll find a way to stay.

2082
02:11:50,002 --> 02:11:56,508
The only one who can destroy The Dragon
is the dragon himself.

2083
02:12:03,815 --> 02:12:06,818
-[Baron Corbin's music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

2084
02:12:15,594 --> 02:12:18,597
[motorcycle sounding]

2085
02:12:40,485 --> 02:12:45,390
[Vic] Booker, this entire time
we believed that it was Baron Corbin,

2086
02:12:45,457 --> 02:12:49,928
the challenger tonight,
that's been playing Ilja Dragunov.

2087
02:12:49,995 --> 02:12:53,265
But as we witnessed this past Tuesday…

2088
02:12:59,304 --> 02:13:02,074
it might actually be the other way around.

2089
02:13:03,542 --> 02:13:07,145
-[Book] Wow, what an entrance.
-[Vic] You did not hear what I just said.

2090
02:13:07,212 --> 02:13:10,515
-[Book] I'm sorry, I was checking out…
-[Vic] I just said that Corbin's

2091
02:13:10,582 --> 02:13:12,751
been the one playing Ilja Dragunov,
but it's actually

2092
02:13:12,818 --> 02:13:16,521
Dragunov who may have been playing
Baron Corbin all along.

2093
02:13:16,588 --> 02:13:19,524
Did you not see that hug?
Did you not see the look on Baron Corbin?

2094
02:13:19,591 --> 02:13:22,894
[Book]
I did see Ilja Dragunov compose himself,

2095
02:13:22,961 --> 02:13:26,398
contain that Mad Dragon inside of him.

2096
02:13:26,465 --> 02:13:28,333
We'll see how this thing play out tonight.

2097
02:13:28,400 --> 02:13:31,937
Because we know all about this man
right here, Baron Corbin,

2098
02:13:32,004 --> 02:13:39,010
came back to NXT to find someone,
that lone wolf inside of himself.

2099
02:13:39,578 --> 02:13:44,816
Oh, my God, man. This is going to be
a matchup for the ages.

2100
02:13:54,593 --> 02:14:00,165
[Vic] Can Baron Corbin
capture the NXT Championship?

2101
02:14:05,804 --> 02:14:08,807
-[Ilja Dragunov's music playing]
-[crowd cheering]

2102
02:14:23,789 --> 02:14:27,392
[Vic] The fire breathing Mad Dragon.

2103
02:14:29,394 --> 02:14:34,866
And I want to ask you on a serious level,
do you feel for Dragunov when it comes

2104
02:14:34,933 --> 02:14:38,637
to someone else talking about your family
like Corbin has done?

2105
02:14:38,703 --> 02:14:41,139
Talking about why you leave
your house every day?

2106
02:14:41,206 --> 02:14:45,277
[Book] On a serious note, that's the one
thing you do not do in this business.

2107
02:14:45,343 --> 02:14:48,113
You don't talk about the wives,
you don't talk about the kids.

2108
02:14:48,180 --> 02:14:50,615
You don't want to bring mom
into the picture.

2109
02:14:50,682 --> 02:14:53,752
That right there can take you to
a place that you really don't want to go,

2110
02:14:53,819 --> 02:14:57,489
especially with someone like
Ilja Dragunov, who's looking to conduct

2111
02:14:57,556 --> 02:15:02,160
his greatest symphony
here tonight at Deadline.

2112
02:15:09,267 --> 02:15:13,538
[Vic] These two are a different breed
of superstar.

2113
02:15:13,605 --> 02:15:18,276
I can only imagine what it's going to take

2114
02:15:18,343 --> 02:15:21,646
to keep the other down here tonight.

2115
02:15:23,115 --> 02:15:24,449
[bell ringing]

2116
02:15:24,516 --> 02:15:27,586
The following contest,
scheduled for one fall,

2117
02:15:27,652 --> 02:15:34,025
is for the NXT Championship.

2118
02:15:36,528 --> 02:15:39,965
Introducing first the challenger,

2119
02:15:40,031 --> 02:15:45,837
Baron Corbin.

2120
02:15:49,875 --> 02:15:56,882
And his opponent, he is the NXT Champion,

2121
02:15:57,749 --> 02:16:04,256
Ilja Dragunov.

2122
02:16:04,656 --> 02:16:10,662
[Vic] All right, Booker, do you agree
with Dragunov, going back to Tuesday,

2123
02:16:10,729 --> 02:16:17,202
that the only person who can slay
The Mad Dragon is the dragon himself?

2124
02:16:17,269 --> 02:16:21,139
[Book] You got to think about the road
that Ilja Dragunov took to get here, Vic.

2125
02:16:21,206 --> 02:16:25,410
He didn't get the easy route. It wasn't
handed to him or anything like that.

2126
02:16:25,477 --> 02:16:28,213
He had to earn the NXT Championship.

2127
02:16:28,280 --> 02:16:32,951
And hell is going to freeze over
before you give it up easily.

2128
02:16:33,018 --> 02:16:34,486
[Vic] Well, this one is underway.

2129
02:16:34,553 --> 02:16:40,358
It's official, and we'll see how Dragunov
can contain himself in this matchup,

2130
02:16:40,425 --> 02:16:42,961
because take a look at the history
of Ilja Dragunov here.

2131
02:16:43,028 --> 02:16:44,329
Baron Corbin's smart.

2132
02:16:44,396 --> 02:16:48,800
He knows that others have gotten under
the skin of Dragunov that have forced his

2133
02:16:48,867 --> 02:16:52,270
intensity to work against him,
that have made him go over the line,

2134
02:16:52,337 --> 02:16:54,573
whether it's to lose a match
or to lose focus.

2135
02:16:54,639 --> 02:16:58,877
Dragunov, though, has learned to control
his emotions, and we've seen in the past

2136
02:16:58,944 --> 02:17:01,780
his ability to topple
unbeatable challengers.

2137
02:17:01,846 --> 02:17:07,218
[Book] Talking about making me a believer,
Ilja Dragunov is the real deal,

2138
02:17:07,285 --> 02:17:12,724
but he's in there with somebody like
Baron Corbin, a former Golden Glove boxer.

2139
02:17:12,791 --> 02:17:15,293
A guy that's played
in the National Football League,

2140
02:17:15,360 --> 02:17:17,362
he knows about competition, Vic.

2141
02:17:17,429 --> 02:17:20,298
[Vic] To that point, you just brought up
when talking about Golden Gloves.

2142
02:17:20,365 --> 02:17:23,635
Do you notice the right hand
of Baron Corbin is taped tonight?

2143
02:17:23,702 --> 02:17:27,572
[Book] To land big shot you don't want to
hurt your knuckles or anything like that.

2144
02:17:27,639 --> 02:17:29,641
And I get it, I get it.

2145
02:17:35,413 --> 02:17:39,150
[Vic] NXT Universe, like they've been
since the start of the night,

2146
02:17:39,718 --> 02:17:43,755
split down the middle,
voicing their opinions on their,

2147
02:17:43,822 --> 02:17:48,193
just on the edge of their seat all night
long, from how the night started,

2148
02:17:48,260 --> 02:17:51,730
to two Iron Survivors,
to a new North American Champion,

2149
02:17:51,796 --> 02:17:55,300
to now the NXT Title being on the line
in our main event.

2150
02:17:55,367 --> 02:17:57,168
[Book]
This truly is the main event right here.

2151
02:17:57,235 --> 02:18:00,872
I mean,
Ilja Dragunov is a guy whose whale…

2152
02:18:00,939 --> 02:18:04,909
-Whoa, whoa. Wow, wow.
-[Vic] Back in, here comes Dragunov.

2153
02:18:04,976 --> 02:18:07,312
Dragunov ducks a clothesline,
picks up some steam.

2154
02:18:07,379 --> 02:18:10,515
And just got taken right back down
by Baron Corbin.

2155
02:18:10,582 --> 02:18:13,985
And this is how Corbin can start
to frustrate another superstar.

2156
02:18:14,052 --> 02:18:16,588
-He's so skilled.
-[Book] The strategy of Baron Corbin

2157
02:18:16,655 --> 02:18:20,025
right now, he's just trying
to slow down Ilja Dragunov.

2158
02:18:20,091 --> 02:18:23,295
Trying to take some of the steam off
of Ilja Dragunov early.

2159
02:18:23,361 --> 02:18:26,431
I like the mindset of Baron Corbin.

2160
02:18:26,498 --> 02:18:27,799
[Vic] Coming into this matchup,

2161
02:18:27,866 --> 02:18:31,236
Dragunov had to realize that the
challenger would have the size advantage.

2162
02:18:31,303 --> 02:18:35,774
And you could argue, it's Baron Corbin
who has the power, the strength advantage

2163
02:18:35,840 --> 02:18:37,475
-in this matchup.
-[Book] Not just that.

2164
02:18:37,542 --> 02:18:41,780
He's been playing mind games
on Ilja Dragunov since Halloween Havoc.

2165
02:18:41,846 --> 02:18:45,316
I mean, you know,
beat down here, beat down there.

2166
02:18:45,383 --> 02:18:47,652
Definitely trying to soften up Ilja.

2167
02:18:48,687 --> 02:18:53,692
-Oh, that was nothing soft about that.
-[Vic] You heard that in New York.

2168
02:18:53,758 --> 02:18:55,326
And now a big knee by Dragunov.

2169
02:18:55,393 --> 02:18:59,764
And look at the champion trying to rally
and then just gets turned inside out

2170
02:18:59,831 --> 02:19:04,869
and dumped over the top as Corbin looking
down as his chest is turning a bright red.

2171
02:19:04,936 --> 02:19:08,440
But right back in comes Dragunov, and
this is that perseverance, this is that

2172
02:19:08,506 --> 02:19:14,045
presence, this is that undying ability
and will that Dragunov possesses

2173
02:19:14,112 --> 02:19:17,816
that we've seen
since his very first day here in NXT.

2174
02:19:17,882 --> 02:19:20,385
[Book]
The key to victory for Baron Corbin,

2175
02:19:20,452 --> 02:19:24,089
he's gonna have to separate
Ilja Dragunov from his senses.

2176
02:19:24,155 --> 02:19:26,057
[Vic]
They're getting a little bit too close.

2177
02:19:26,124 --> 02:19:29,694
And the way this night has gone,
I'm getting out of the way,

2178
02:19:29,761 --> 02:19:32,864
because Dragunov, Corbin,
referee using his discretion.

2179
02:19:32,931 --> 02:19:35,900
He obviously wants to see a victor
in this matchup.

2180
02:19:35,967 --> 02:19:38,436
Countout does not do Baron Corbin
any favors.

2181
02:19:38,503 --> 02:19:43,441
Has to win by pinfall, submission inside
the ring to become the NXT Champion.

2182
02:19:43,508 --> 02:19:45,310
[Book]
I like the referee's discretion, Vic,

2183
02:19:45,377 --> 02:19:48,913
because it should be a definitive victor
in a matchup like this.

2184
02:19:48,980 --> 02:19:51,383
This is for the NXT Championship.

2185
02:19:51,449 --> 02:19:55,587
[Vic]
But that was a German suplex on the floor.

2186
02:19:56,888 --> 02:19:59,924
And Baron Corbin is feeling the pain.

2187
02:19:59,991 --> 02:20:03,595
And look at Dragunov. Dragunov has
heard what has been said about his son.

2188
02:20:03,661 --> 02:20:06,998
He's breaking the count,
because he wants to inflict more pain.

2189
02:20:07,065 --> 02:20:10,668
He wants to inflict
more damage onto Corbin.

2190
02:20:12,003 --> 02:20:14,005
[grunts]

2191
02:20:15,407 --> 02:20:18,576
[Book] Referee's done a hell of a job
letting this thing play out, Vic.

2192
02:20:18,643 --> 02:20:20,245
I'm loving it. I'm loving it right now.

2193
02:20:20,311 --> 02:20:22,814
[Vic] Referee's at four,
Corbin heard the official,

2194
02:20:22,881 --> 02:20:26,217
but Corbin looking to add
a little extra damage.

2195
02:20:27,519 --> 02:20:29,421
[Ilja screaming]

2196
02:20:29,487 --> 02:20:31,523
[Baron screaming]

2197
02:20:31,589 --> 02:20:33,691
[Vic] Oh!

2198
02:20:38,830 --> 02:20:44,135
Corbin all smiles as the official
checking on Ilja Dragunov.

2199
02:20:44,202 --> 02:20:48,273
And I don't know if it was the table
or it was the rib that cracked.

2200
02:20:48,339 --> 02:20:52,644
Because our crew here has come out after
the night we've had and they've reinforced

2201
02:20:52,710 --> 02:20:54,913
our table finally here tonight.

2202
02:20:54,979 --> 02:20:59,818
And it might be putting off for Baron
Corbin, who's now focused on the ribs,

2203
02:20:59,884 --> 02:21:04,823
focused on the midsection, focused on
becoming champion as Dragunov kicks out.

2204
02:21:05,356 --> 02:21:07,625
You can stop it, Ilja.

2205
02:21:07,692 --> 02:21:09,727
You can stop it.

2206
02:21:09,794 --> 02:21:13,331
[Vic] There is no stop in the champion.

2207
02:21:13,398 --> 02:21:15,767
[Book] No, it's no quitting Ilja Dragunov.

2208
02:21:15,834 --> 02:21:19,370
We talked about this kid, he could
take all the pain you can dish out.

2209
02:21:19,437 --> 02:21:22,273
Seems like pain is his pleasure, Vic.

2210
02:21:22,340 --> 02:21:26,177
[Vic] And have some
underestimated Corbin's desire?

2211
02:21:26,244 --> 02:21:30,014
We use this word for Dragunov,
his will to become the NXT Champion.

2212
02:21:30,081 --> 02:21:32,250
We heard him on Tuesday,
what his goals are.

2213
02:21:32,317 --> 02:21:34,752
We heard him talking about
restoring order on this brand.

2214
02:21:34,819 --> 02:21:38,323
We heard all about WrestleMania matches
and the main events, and the list goes on.

2215
02:21:38,389 --> 02:21:43,962
But did we all underestimated Corbin's
desire to be the NXT Champion?

2216
02:21:44,028 --> 02:21:47,432
[Book] I think so, because Corbin
came back here to NXT for one thing.

2217
02:21:47,499 --> 02:21:48,967
He wanted to fuel himself.

2218
02:21:49,033 --> 02:21:53,705
He wanted to find that warrior inside
of him one more time, that lone wolf.

2219
02:21:53,771 --> 02:21:58,910
And I tell you, Vic,
the NXT Championship put him right

2220
02:21:58,977 --> 02:22:01,546
at the front of the table again.
I love it.

2221
02:22:01,613 --> 02:22:04,916
[Vic] And I think some do forget
that one of the last individuals

2222
02:22:04,983 --> 02:22:07,619
to beat Ilja Dragunov was Baron Corbin.

2223
02:22:07,685 --> 02:22:09,354
[Book]
In the middle of that square circle.

2224
02:22:09,420 --> 02:22:12,357
[Vic] One person who hasn't forgotten,
by the way, is Corbin himself,

2225
02:22:12,423 --> 02:22:16,728
who just sidestepped the champion and now
right back in, Dragunov in Corbin's grasp.

2226
02:22:16,794 --> 02:22:19,664
And face first over that top turnbuckle.

2227
02:22:19,731 --> 02:22:25,336
And you see the agony on the face of the
champion and he's going right to his ribs.

2228
02:22:25,403 --> 02:22:28,373
How many times you see someone get hit
in the face but grab another body part?

2229
02:22:28,439 --> 02:22:31,042
[Book]
Yes. Right now, Baron Corbin is taking

2230
02:22:31,943 --> 02:22:37,015
Ilja Dragunov a piece. Excuse me.
Apart piece by piece. And I tell you,

2231
02:22:37,081 --> 02:22:40,785
Baron Corbin is looking more dangerous
than I've ever seen him

2232
02:22:40,852 --> 02:22:43,988
and more focused than I've ever seen him
at this point of the game.

2233
02:22:44,055 --> 02:22:48,760
[Vic] Oh, and he almost has to be.
Oh! Extra authority.

2234
02:22:48,826 --> 02:22:52,130
Buckling the knees
as the smile again comes across

2235
02:22:52,196 --> 02:22:56,000
the face of this sinister Baron Corbin.

2236
02:22:58,303 --> 02:23:02,807
Booker, you have drawn a line in the sand
that there is a line that you don't cross,

2237
02:23:02,874 --> 02:23:05,243
and that's talking about
another man's family.

2238
02:23:05,310 --> 02:23:10,782
And Corbin has hurled insults
about Ilja's lifestyle, his son.

2239
02:23:10,848 --> 02:23:14,586
That maybe is why Baron Corbin seems
more dangerous than ever before,

2240
02:23:14,652 --> 02:23:16,154
-because he has to be.
-[Book] No, no.

2241
02:23:16,220 --> 02:23:20,491
I think Baron Corbin actually feels like
he's the most dangerous man in NXT

2242
02:23:20,558 --> 02:23:26,030
right now, because he's the one man
that put Ilja Dragunov down, Vic.

2243
02:23:26,631 --> 02:23:30,969
[Vic] Well, if Corbin gets his way,
he could put Dragunov down for the count.

2244
02:23:31,035 --> 02:23:36,240
But there's that fighting spirit
of the champion, who's barely hanging on.

2245
02:23:36,307 --> 02:23:39,410
And you got to imagine right back,
even holding himself up,

2246
02:23:39,477 --> 02:23:41,779
the damage that's been done
to that midsection.

2247
02:23:41,846 --> 02:23:46,150
You see Dragunov holding on to the ribs,
but he doesn't give… Oh, no.

2248
02:23:46,884 --> 02:23:48,786
No one home on the senton.

2249
02:23:48,853 --> 02:23:52,724
More damage is done.
Corbin now, target acquired.

2250
02:23:52,790 --> 02:23:55,693
-Boom! Big clothesline.
-[Book] That's just scouting right there.

2251
02:23:55,760 --> 02:24:00,398
[Vic] Turning Dragunov inside out for the
NXT Championship. And a deep coverage.

2252
02:24:00,465 --> 02:24:06,304
Barely, barely kicked out,
There wasn't much for Dragunov.

2253
02:24:06,371 --> 02:24:08,239
You talked about this move
just second ago.

2254
02:24:08,306 --> 02:24:11,743
A beautiful clothesline.
It was well scouted what was to come.

2255
02:24:11,809 --> 02:24:15,380
There was a payoff.
But here, look again, Book.

2256
02:24:15,446 --> 02:24:18,316
There wasn't much on that kickout.
There wasn't much for Dragunov.

2257
02:24:18,383 --> 02:24:20,418
[Book]
That was a textbook cover right there.

2258
02:24:20,485 --> 02:24:24,222
But Ilja Dragunov still just got
a little fumes left in the tank.

2259
02:24:24,288 --> 02:24:29,927
Baron Corbin just need to just keep the
hammer down, man. Keep the hammer down.

2260
02:24:29,994 --> 02:24:31,396
[Vic] You talked about the rib injury.

2261
02:24:31,462 --> 02:24:35,400
I just looked up and I'm looking
at the face and the body of Dragunov,

2262
02:24:35,466 --> 02:24:38,069
you start to wonder about
what internal injuries could be happening.

2263
02:24:38,136 --> 02:24:41,839
Booker, you've had to compete, I'm sure,
with injuries to your ribs in the past.

2264
02:24:41,906 --> 02:24:45,677
What's this going to do to Dragunov
at the late stage of this matchup?

2265
02:24:45,743 --> 02:24:47,412
[Book] You can look at him and tell.

2266
02:24:47,478 --> 02:24:51,249
The body language of Ilja Dragunov,
right now he's laboring,

2267
02:24:51,315 --> 02:24:54,052
and I think it's because of those ribs.

2268
02:24:55,420 --> 02:24:57,655
-[Vic] Trying so hard.
-[Book] Couldn't do it.

2269
02:24:57,722 --> 02:25:00,525
[Vic] He couldn't.
And Dragunov again. Tried

2270
02:25:00,591 --> 02:25:04,128
-and got turned right around into a DDT.
-[Book] Man.

2271
02:25:04,896 --> 02:25:08,599
[Vic]
Corbin has brought his best here tonight.

2272
02:25:11,035 --> 02:25:13,037
The former United States Champion.

2273
02:25:13,104 --> 02:25:15,707
[Book] We talked about those battles, Vic.
We talked about those wars

2274
02:25:15,773 --> 02:25:19,243
that you go through that take
a little piece of you every time we win.

2275
02:25:19,310 --> 02:25:22,680
Ilja Dragunov is at that point right now.

2276
02:25:23,815 --> 02:25:28,786
[Vic] We can go back and think that the
turning point in this matchup had to be

2277
02:25:28,853 --> 02:25:32,490
when Corbin dropped Dragunov
right on our announce desk,

2278
02:25:32,557 --> 02:25:36,427
which was reinforced.
And you just heard that nasty… Oh.

2279
02:25:38,262 --> 02:25:39,731
You wanted a hug.

2280
02:25:40,531 --> 02:25:42,500
You got it.

2281
02:25:42,567 --> 02:25:47,305
[Vic] That was the hug he was counting on.
And, oh, a little extra.

2282
02:25:47,905 --> 02:25:49,474
[Book] Man.

2283
02:25:49,540 --> 02:25:53,878
[Vic] Corbin insulted
by what transpired on Tuesday.

2284
02:25:53,945 --> 02:25:57,348
[Book] Talk about laboring right now, I've
never seen Dragunov in this much trouble.

2285
02:25:57,415 --> 02:26:01,185
The referee may have to have
the wherewithal, I'm not sure.

2286
02:26:01,252 --> 02:26:04,489
[Vic] And you got to look. Baron Corbin's
not looking just for a victory,

2287
02:26:04,555 --> 02:26:06,958
he's looking to embarrass Ilja Dragunov.

2288
02:26:07,024 --> 02:26:10,595
Because not only would he take his title,
he would embarrass Dragunov in front

2289
02:26:10,661 --> 02:26:15,566
of his son, who we have to assume
is watching or will watch this tomorrow.

2290
02:26:16,701 --> 02:26:20,671
Dragunov again, just getting over powered.

2291
02:26:21,139 --> 02:26:23,341
And down across the knee.

2292
02:26:24,041 --> 02:26:25,510
[Book] Man.

2293
02:26:25,576 --> 02:26:29,413
[Vic] And right back in goes Corbin,
cinching in that dragon sleeper.

2294
02:26:29,480 --> 02:26:34,585
He would love to make the unbeatable,
the unbreakable Ilja Dragunov quit.

2295
02:26:34,652 --> 02:26:37,722
[Book] Ilja just landed
about three big knee strike

2296
02:26:37,788 --> 02:26:42,894
right to the temple of Baron Corbin to
kind of slow the momentum down just a bit.

2297
02:26:43,494 --> 02:26:47,265
[Vic] What Ilja Dragunov's got to do,
get back into this matchup, Book.

2298
02:26:47,331 --> 02:26:51,536
Because we've seen Dragunov in some wars
and there's that loaded right hand,

2299
02:26:51,602 --> 02:26:53,704
could have been looking for end of days.

2300
02:26:53,771 --> 02:26:56,440
Dragunov had it scouted,
knew what was coming.

2301
02:26:56,507 --> 02:26:59,210
A big right hand, this time to the throat.

2302
02:27:00,444 --> 02:27:03,714
Corbin is buckling the knees

2303
02:27:04,715 --> 02:27:09,587
of the champion.
And the challenger in control.

2304
02:27:09,654 --> 02:27:11,589
Kick just rocked Corbin for a moment.

2305
02:27:11,656 --> 02:27:15,059
-[Book] That was another knee strike, Vic.
-[Vic] How much is behind those strikes?

2306
02:27:15,126 --> 02:27:17,128
[Book]
Right now, look at Corbin, he's down.

2307
02:27:17,195 --> 02:27:21,098
He's feeling it.
It's got to be something behind.

2308
02:27:22,500 --> 02:27:24,735
[Vic]
Big knee. He certainly felt that one.

2309
02:27:24,802 --> 02:27:26,504
-Did he, Booker?
-[Book] Yes, indeed.

2310
02:27:26,571 --> 02:27:28,039
Right now Baron Corbin is down.

2311
02:27:28,105 --> 02:27:30,341
I'm wondering
how much is left in the tank.

2312
02:27:30,408 --> 02:27:33,945
He's put out a lot early in the matchup.

2313
02:27:34,545 --> 02:27:37,682
[Vic] Got to wonder what's left in Corbin,
what's left in Dragunov.

2314
02:27:37,748 --> 02:27:42,620
Dragunov just pulling himself up to
the top rope, pulling himself with maybe

2315
02:27:42,687 --> 02:27:48,626
every ounce he has left for himself,
for his family, for his son.

2316
02:27:49,126 --> 02:27:53,231
Looking for that senton.
This time he connects.

2317
02:27:53,731 --> 02:27:57,635
But he bounced off Corbin
to the opposite side,

2318
02:27:57,702 --> 02:28:01,639
and you hear the anguish
and pain the champion is in.

2319
02:28:02,540 --> 02:28:08,045
Take another look. And as much
damage as Dragunov did to Corbin,

2320
02:28:08,112 --> 02:28:11,182
did he do the same amount of damage
more to himself?

2321
02:28:11,249 --> 02:28:14,418
[Book] I mean, those ribs, I mean…

2322
02:28:15,419 --> 02:28:19,690
I think he landed on Baron Corbin's
hip right there, the hip bone area.

2323
02:28:19,757 --> 02:28:23,160
Right now, I'll tell you right now,
that could really hurt.

2324
02:28:23,728 --> 02:28:26,564
[Vic]
It is all about the NXT Championship,

2325
02:28:26,631 --> 02:28:28,766
the main event here at NXT Deadline,

2326
02:28:28,833 --> 02:28:31,535
the final Premium Live event
of the year in the WWE.

2327
02:28:31,602 --> 02:28:34,872
And it's champion,
it's challenger, slugging it out.

2328
02:28:34,939 --> 02:28:38,643
[Book] I don't think you want to throw
hands with somebody like Baron Corbin,

2329
02:28:38,709 --> 02:28:40,344
who's a champion in boxing.

2330
02:28:40,411 --> 02:28:42,880
-[Vic] Are you kidding me?
-[Book] Oh, wow!

2331
02:28:43,347 --> 02:28:48,352
[Vic] Dragunov got up.
And with one more open palm drop.

2332
02:28:48,419 --> 02:28:51,889
Baron Corbin, champion, challenger down.

2333
02:28:52,356 --> 02:28:56,427
-Turning point possibly in this matchup.
-[Book] In those deep waters right now,

2334
02:28:56,494 --> 02:28:57,962
in those deep waters.

2335
02:28:58,029 --> 02:29:01,432
We're gonna see who's gonna drown
here tonight at Deadline.

2336
02:29:01,499 --> 02:29:04,502
[crowd chanting] NXT!

2337
02:29:10,041 --> 02:29:15,079
[Vic] Dragunov welcoming Corbin.
But right back in goes the champion.

2338
02:29:15,746 --> 02:29:21,218
And let's not forget, it's a champion who
says he welcomes pain. He loves pain,

2339
02:29:21,285 --> 02:29:23,788
but how much can he withstand

2340
02:29:23,854 --> 02:29:25,823
tonight here against Baron Corbin?

2341
02:29:25,890 --> 02:29:30,227
Corbin with a form that might have just
caught Dragunov on the bridge of the nose.

2342
02:29:30,795 --> 02:29:34,131
Second one. Dragunov down, back up.
Fires off with a clothesline.

2343
02:29:34,198 --> 02:29:36,534
Corbin somehow still standing.

2344
02:29:36,600 --> 02:29:40,838
And he might only be standing
because those ropes are holding him up.

2345
02:29:44,475 --> 02:29:47,712
[grunts]

2346
02:29:47,778 --> 02:29:51,248
[Booker laughing] That's hot. That's hot.

2347
02:29:53,884 --> 02:29:56,988
[Vic] One extra for good measure.

2348
02:30:00,591 --> 02:30:04,095
[Vic] We mentioned these two
being a different breed,

2349
02:30:04,161 --> 02:30:06,197
a different caliber of superstar.

2350
02:30:06,263 --> 02:30:08,532
They're showcasing that
here in the main event.

2351
02:30:08,599 --> 02:30:14,872
-[Book] Dragons breathing fire right now.
-[Vic] Certainly is. Oh, my word.

2352
02:30:15,773 --> 02:30:21,412
[Vic laughing] What a kick from Dragunov.
But so much taken out of the champion.

2353
02:30:21,479 --> 02:30:25,916
Needs a little bit extra to get in
to maybe his next sequence.

2354
02:30:25,983 --> 02:30:28,486
Finally delivered another German
with a bridge,

2355
02:30:28,552 --> 02:30:32,356
into the cover,
Corbin kicked out at two and a half.

2356
02:30:33,491 --> 02:30:36,794
Feel this kick.
I mean, just look at Corbin's face.

2357
02:30:37,428 --> 02:30:41,966
Just get… Boom!
What did you call that earlier? The snout?

2358
02:30:42,033 --> 02:30:45,036
[Book] Yeah, that was the snout.
That was the snout.

2359
02:30:45,102 --> 02:30:49,240
[Vic]
Dragunov got every bit of Baron Corbin.

2360
02:30:50,041 --> 02:30:51,509
We talked about the rib injury,

2361
02:30:51,575 --> 02:30:54,612
now we have to start wondering how much
has been taken out of Dragunov.

2362
02:30:54,678 --> 02:30:59,717
Will he have any core strength left to
execute some of his more high, powerful,

2363
02:30:59,784 --> 02:31:01,485
high caliber, high impact?

2364
02:31:01,552 --> 02:31:04,388
[Book]
That answered your question right there.

2365
02:31:04,455 --> 02:31:07,058
[Vic] And now look at the official
doing a great job.

2366
02:31:07,124 --> 02:31:11,662
Dallas Irvin checking on the superstar.
That being Ilja Dragunov.

2367
02:31:11,729 --> 02:31:13,964
I've said it before,
I'll say it again about Ilja.

2368
02:31:14,031 --> 02:31:19,036
Sometimes an official needs to step in
to save a superstar from himself.

2369
02:31:19,103 --> 02:31:21,505
But in this moment,
Dragunov is at least still fight.

2370
02:31:21,572 --> 02:31:25,176
[Book] I get it. Have the wherewithal.
They understand, know how to do his job.

2371
02:31:25,242 --> 02:31:27,912
Right now, the referee is doing a hell
of a job letting the thing play out.

2372
02:31:27,978 --> 02:31:29,013
Like you said earlier,

2373
02:31:29,080 --> 02:31:32,917
-we need a definitive victor here tonight.
-[Vic] Look at this, Book.

2374
02:31:32,983 --> 02:31:37,855
Dragunov with Corbin, with all that pain
shooting through his body.

2375
02:31:39,156 --> 02:31:42,259
Corbin right back to the ribs.
That's where the bullseye is.

2376
02:31:42,326 --> 02:31:43,861
[Book] Talk about that core strength,

2377
02:31:43,928 --> 02:31:49,433
Ilja has zero core strength in
this situation, but he's still fighting.

2378
02:31:49,867 --> 02:31:52,770
[Vic] Back to the stomach again.
Back to the midsection.

2379
02:31:53,504 --> 02:31:56,574
Corbin, Dragunov.

2380
02:31:57,475 --> 02:31:59,810
Top rope. Oh!

2381
02:32:00,678 --> 02:32:05,116
A super chokeslam from the top.

2382
02:32:05,182 --> 02:32:08,986
-[Book] Wow.
-[Vic] And look at Corbin.

2383
02:32:09,053 --> 02:32:11,055
Corbin right now is crawling, senses it.

2384
02:32:11,122 --> 02:32:14,725
Trying to get into the cover, championship
on the line, center of the ring.

2385
02:32:14,792 --> 02:32:19,230
And Dragunov again,
left shoulder just getting off the mat.

2386
02:32:19,296 --> 02:32:21,398
[Book] That was instinct right there.

2387
02:32:21,465 --> 02:32:26,270
[Vic] Look at the impact. I want to focus
on the impact of Dragunov's body,

2388
02:32:26,337 --> 02:32:30,174
bouncing off the mat with all
the damage that's been done.

2389
02:32:30,241 --> 02:32:32,776
And back to the live action.
Looking for another submission.

2390
02:32:32,843 --> 02:32:34,378
Looking for another dragon sleeper.

2391
02:32:34,445 --> 02:32:37,348
Trying to get a body scissors
is Corbin. But look at Dragunov,

2392
02:32:37,414 --> 02:32:39,450
who's able to slide a foot in between.

2393
02:32:39,517 --> 02:32:43,521
[Book] Dragunov, for a second, Vic,
he thought about tapping.

2394
02:32:43,587 --> 02:32:45,456
-[Vic] I don't believe that.
-[Book] I can see it.

2395
02:32:45,523 --> 02:32:46,891
[Vic] Dragunov's not trying to tap.

2396
02:32:46,957 --> 02:32:50,895
Dragunov just wiggled his body free
from the grapevine of Baron Corbin.

2397
02:32:50,961 --> 02:32:53,831
Trying to counter the pressure.
Certainly has done that.

2398
02:32:53,898 --> 02:32:58,369
-And now Corbin is losing control.
-[Book] Still out of position right here.

2399
02:32:58,435 --> 02:33:01,605
[Vic] Back to his feet.
Dragunov goes up, goes over.

2400
02:33:01,672 --> 02:33:03,674
Turning around,
looking for another German.

2401
02:33:03,741 --> 02:33:06,210
[Book] That elbow right there
was behind the head.

2402
02:33:06,277 --> 02:33:09,180
I'm gonna tell you, that shot right there
is an equilibrium shot.

2403
02:33:09,246 --> 02:33:12,516
-That shot could knock you off the…
-[Vic] No way.

2404
02:33:12,583 --> 02:33:16,420
-How? Dragunov dropped it.
-[Book] Damn.

2405
02:33:16,487 --> 02:33:19,056
[Vic]
And that was a nasty landing for Corbin.

2406
02:33:19,123 --> 02:33:23,694
And again, every second right now, unlike
the Iron Survivor Challenges, this plays

2407
02:33:23,761 --> 02:33:27,598
in to Dragunov's favor, because he
can get a little bit more breath,

2408
02:33:27,665 --> 02:33:30,701
-he can get a little bit back on his feet.
-[Book] The back of the knee right there.

2409
02:33:30,768 --> 02:33:33,938
Baron Corbin looked like
he whiplashed off of that second rope.

2410
02:33:34,004 --> 02:33:36,807
-Could be a hyper extension.
-[Vic] And now look at these two.

2411
02:33:36,874 --> 02:33:40,611
The difference between them. Corbin's
choices have been made for himself.

2412
02:33:40,678 --> 02:33:45,149
Dragunov's have been made
for his family. Oh! Deep six!

2413
02:33:45,216 --> 02:33:48,152
To three is all Corbin needs
for the title.

2414
02:33:48,219 --> 02:33:49,753
[Book] Let's go.

2415
02:33:49,820 --> 02:33:52,156
[Vic] No, no, no. Not to be done just yet.

2416
02:33:52,223 --> 02:33:54,158
[Book] The fight in that Mad Dragon, Vic.

2417
02:33:54,225 --> 02:33:56,460
-It's no quit in him.
-[Vic] But there's no quit in Corbin.

2418
02:33:56,527 --> 02:33:59,964
Corbin quickly got right back up,
and he just felt this moments ago.

2419
02:34:00,030 --> 02:34:03,267
Delivers a version of it.
Back to Dragunov. Right back to his feet.

2420
02:34:03,334 --> 02:34:07,037
Hooking the front face.
Looking for the suplex. Brainbuster!

2421
02:34:07,104 --> 02:34:10,207
Brainbuster by Corbin.
Into the cover, another hook of the leg.

2422
02:34:10,274 --> 02:34:13,577
Does Dragunov have anything left?
That may be it.

2423
02:34:13,644 --> 02:34:17,114
-That may be all Dragunov has.
-[Book] Triple combination from Baron

2424
02:34:17,181 --> 02:34:20,084
Corbin, still doesn't get the job done.
Wow.

2425
02:34:20,150 --> 02:34:23,187
[Vic] Corbin's got to be thinking
right now, what the hell do I have to do

2426
02:34:23,253 --> 02:34:24,755
to keep down Ilja Dragunov?

2427
02:34:24,822 --> 02:34:28,425
And for Dragunov, he's got to remember
that he didn't turn his back on his son,

2428
02:34:28,492 --> 02:34:33,264
like Baron Corbin has said, he's fighting
to give a better life for his family.

2429
02:34:33,330 --> 02:34:35,599
That is what is on the mind of Dragunov.

2430
02:34:35,666 --> 02:34:37,901
That is what is in the heart
of the champion.

2431
02:34:37,968 --> 02:34:42,039
But how much left does Dragunov have?
Looking for end of days

2432
02:34:42,106 --> 02:34:46,076
is Corbin. Dragunov able to roll through.
Back to his feet. Champion now.

2433
02:34:46,143 --> 02:34:49,346
Tried this earlier, couldn't hoist.
He certainly does now.

2434
02:34:49,413 --> 02:34:52,950
-Corbin trying to counter.
-[Book] Oh, no. He could do it.

2435
02:34:53,017 --> 02:34:54,852
Still can't do it. Still can't do it.

2436
02:34:54,918 --> 02:34:59,523
[Vic] So much to be taken out of Dragunov
will the third time be the charm?

2437
02:34:59,590 --> 02:35:02,826
He's got to empty the tank.
And he does! Powerbomb.

2438
02:35:02,893 --> 02:35:04,695
[Book] Wow.

2439
02:35:04,762 --> 02:35:07,031
[Vic] Jackknife style.

2440
02:35:07,097 --> 02:35:08,932
[applause]

2441
02:35:08,999 --> 02:35:13,203
[Vic] And just when we think
this man has nothing left to give,

2442
02:35:13,270 --> 02:35:16,106
he finds a little bit more.
He finds a little bit more.

2443
02:35:16,173 --> 02:35:19,209
[Book] Dragunov went deep,
deep, deep down into tank

2444
02:35:19,276 --> 02:35:22,746
right there to pull that one out, Vic.
And here we go. He's going up top.

2445
02:35:22,813 --> 02:35:25,549
[Vic] You got to question,
what Dragunov's thinking about.

2446
02:35:25,616 --> 02:35:28,385
Because he's going all the way to the top.

2447
02:35:29,620 --> 02:35:32,156
He can't even keep his balance, Book.

2448
02:35:32,956 --> 02:35:39,296
Somehow able to go coast to coast.
But again, he's holding on to the ribs.

2449
02:35:39,363 --> 02:35:43,867
So much damage has been done by Corbin.
But Dragunov has done

2450
02:35:43,934 --> 02:35:46,136
the same amount of damage to himself.

2451
02:35:46,203 --> 02:35:48,739
[Book] You know, when Corbin
dropped Ilja Dragunov

2452
02:35:48,806 --> 02:35:50,941
right here on this announce table,
you say you heard a pop.

2453
02:35:51,008 --> 02:35:53,577
You don't know if it was the table.
You don't know if it was a rib.

2454
02:35:53,644 --> 02:35:55,979
I'm thinking it's the latter right now.
Vic.

2455
02:35:56,046 --> 02:35:59,950
[Vic] I know he loves pain.
I know he's able to persevere.

2456
02:36:00,951 --> 02:36:03,654
Dragunov with his son on his mind.

2457
02:36:07,991 --> 02:36:10,427
Looking for that one final… Oh!

2458
02:36:10,494 --> 02:36:13,597
Almost caught again in end of days,
counter though, by Dragunov.

2459
02:36:13,664 --> 02:36:17,334
Who gets hoisted. DDT's Baron Corbin.

2460
02:36:17,968 --> 02:36:23,674
Oh. And that now gave new life
to Dragunov. H bomb!

2461
02:36:26,143 --> 02:36:30,547
A second. This is for everything
that Corbin has said about his family.

2462
02:36:30,614 --> 02:36:35,152
That line you don't cross,
Corbin crossed it. He ran by it.

2463
02:36:35,219 --> 02:36:37,955
Dragunov hasn't forgotten about it.

2464
02:36:39,723 --> 02:36:42,059
A third H bomb.

2465
02:36:45,095 --> 02:36:47,097
What?

2466
02:36:52,503 --> 02:36:54,471
[grunts]

2467
02:36:58,709 --> 02:37:01,612
[Vic]
I don't know what Dragunov is saying.

2468
02:37:03,380 --> 02:37:08,318
But what the hell do you say to someone
that you're about to obliterate?

2469
02:37:09,853 --> 02:37:12,022
Corbin is out on his feet.

2470
02:37:14,658 --> 02:37:19,530
Three H bombs and a torpedo Moscow.

2471
02:37:22,332 --> 02:37:24,601
[referee and crowd] One, two, three!

2472
02:37:24,668 --> 02:37:28,138
[Vic] Dragunov stands tall once again.

2473
02:37:29,072 --> 02:37:35,212
[announcer] Here is your winner,
and still the NXT Champion,

2474
02:37:35,279 --> 02:37:39,016
Ilja Dragunov.

2475
02:37:39,416 --> 02:37:42,486
[Vic] I don't know if he's made a steal.

2476
02:37:44,087 --> 02:37:50,027
How do you break
what quite possibly could be unbreakable

2477
02:37:50,093 --> 02:37:52,930
in Ilja Dragunov?

2478
02:37:54,565 --> 02:37:58,235
What a showcase in this matchup
for both these superstars.

2479
02:37:58,302 --> 02:38:00,037
Take nothing away from Baron Corbin.

2480
02:38:00,103 --> 02:38:03,106
Corbin brought his A game,
hit that deep six.

2481
02:38:03,173 --> 02:38:05,409
Dragunov was somehow able to kick out.

2482
02:38:05,475 --> 02:38:08,745
Dragunov's ribs, Dragunov's midsection

2483
02:38:08,812 --> 02:38:12,649
was decimated in this matchup,
but it didn't stop Dragunov

2484
02:38:12,716 --> 02:38:16,520
from pulling off unbelievable feats,
like that coast to coast,

2485
02:38:16,587 --> 02:38:20,290
which rocked Baron Corbin back
for the second time.

2486
02:38:20,357 --> 02:38:22,993
He was able to connect on a big strike.

2487
02:38:23,060 --> 02:38:28,398
But here maybe was the turning point for
Dragunov, this DDT, where he was able

2488
02:38:28,465 --> 02:38:34,004
to overpower Baron Corbin,
which led to not just one, not just two,

2489
02:38:34,071 --> 02:38:35,606
but three H bombs.

2490
02:38:35,672 --> 02:38:39,009
And then bam! That torpedo Moscow,

2491
02:38:40,043 --> 02:38:44,214
which would be
the decisive factor here tonight.

2492
02:38:44,715 --> 02:38:50,254
And unlike Corbin's prophecy,
it's Dragunov who has everything.

2493
02:38:50,320 --> 02:38:55,125
Corbin left with nothing.
Long live the Tzar.

2494
02:38:55,192 --> 02:38:58,395
-[Trick Williams' music playing]
-[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!

2495
02:38:58,462 --> 02:39:00,664
[Vic]
And there's the number one contender.

2496
02:39:00,731 --> 02:39:04,601
The Iron Survivor.
Can Trick slay The Mad Dragon?

2497
02:39:04,668 --> 02:39:07,104
NXT title on the line. New Year's Evil.