1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:03,903 [theme music playing] 2 00:00:04,537 --> 00:00:05,538 [narrator] Then. 3 00:00:07,207 --> 00:00:08,074 [Ric Flair] Whoo! 4 00:00:08,141 --> 00:00:10,310 [The Rock] If you smell… 5 00:00:10,377 --> 00:00:12,245 -[bell tolls] -[narrator] Now. 6 00:00:12,312 --> 00:00:14,314 [Roman Reigns] Acknowledge me. 7 00:00:14,948 --> 00:00:17,283 -[Lemmy] The King of Kings. -[John Cena] You can't see me. 8 00:00:17,350 --> 00:00:18,385 [narrator] Forever. 9 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:24,090 Together. 10 00:00:29,496 --> 00:00:31,064 [suspense music playing] 11 00:00:31,131 --> 00:00:38,071 [narrator] In the universe of NXT. Where traditions often sway. 12 00:00:38,138 --> 00:00:44,944 Valentine's day transforms. Into Vengeance Day. 13 00:00:45,011 --> 00:00:48,047 [upbeat music playing] 14 00:00:53,119 --> 00:00:57,023 Locked in combat. A quest for the gold. 15 00:00:57,090 --> 00:01:02,829 Championships and loyalty. A dream yet to behold. 16 00:01:03,363 --> 00:01:06,933 We go. When the Dusty Cup, we go win the tag team championships. 17 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,069 The wolf dogs are on the hunt. 18 00:01:09,536 --> 00:01:12,439 It's been a long time since I've had some gold. 19 00:01:12,505 --> 00:01:13,573 I'm with that. 20 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:17,210 [narrator] Through trials and tribulations. 21 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:19,579 Teamwork tested a new. 22 00:01:19,646 --> 00:01:24,617 Trick, you deserve your title match on a big stage. 23 00:01:25,051 --> 00:01:31,324 [narrator] Vengeance intertwined with friendship an unlikely view. 24 00:01:31,391 --> 00:01:33,460 Ilja sees you as a threat. 25 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:37,263 He knows that you won't have to wrestle twice in the same night. 26 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:40,233 [narrator] Your love. A title. 27 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:42,735 Glimmers on display. 28 00:01:42,802 --> 00:01:46,739 Everybody's been able to witness the rise of Lyra Valkyria. 29 00:01:46,806 --> 00:01:49,209 While I've had to chase down a championship 30 00:01:49,275 --> 00:01:52,712 that I never lost in the first place. 31 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:55,949 [upbeat music playing] 32 00:01:58,751 --> 00:02:01,521 This is a match that everyone wants to see, 33 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:05,692 but after Vengeance Day, you will always stay behind me. 34 00:02:05,758 --> 00:02:07,927 [narrator] In a friendships decay. 35 00:02:07,994 --> 00:02:12,632 Golden dynasties fall as new champions emerge. 36 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:15,568 To realize destiny's call. 37 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:19,873 [Alicia] New North American Champion. 38 00:02:19,939 --> 00:02:24,177 I dropped Dragon Lee because I am backed by destiny. 39 00:02:24,244 --> 00:02:28,448 Oba I won the championship rematch that I deserve. 40 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:31,985 I'll see you at Vengeance Day. 41 00:02:33,353 --> 00:02:35,722 [narrator] Feel the pulse of the crowd. 42 00:02:35,788 --> 00:02:37,590 A living beat. 43 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:43,429 Where ambitions and spotlight at Vengeance Day meet. 44 00:02:43,496 --> 00:02:46,065 You and me. We finish what we started. 45 00:02:46,132 --> 00:02:50,170 We win the Dusty Cup and then the main event. 46 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:53,773 Me, Ilja for the NXT Championship. 47 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:57,477 Trick, you ride a wave of momentum 48 00:02:57,544 --> 00:03:04,517 that has been barely ever seen before, but I will do whatever it takes 49 00:03:04,584 --> 00:03:09,355 to remain NXT Champion. 50 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:13,960 The baddest man in NXT versus the hottest superstar. 51 00:03:16,262 --> 00:03:19,666 And I'm going to be your new NXT Champion. 52 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:36,416 [narrator] And now WWE presents NXT Vengeance Day. 53 00:03:36,983 --> 00:03:39,919 [audience chanting] NXT! 54 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:42,021 [Vic] With WrestleManiaweekend approaching, 55 00:03:42,088 --> 00:03:45,558 every superstar dreams of becoming champion tonight. 56 00:03:45,625 --> 00:03:49,896 For some, those dreams become a reality. For others, their dream ends. 57 00:03:49,963 --> 00:03:52,699 Welcome to Vengeance Day. 58 00:03:52,765 --> 00:03:55,902 [audience cheering] 59 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:58,871 I'm Vic Joseph ringside and for one night only 60 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:03,509 I welcome back with a lot of excitement, Wade Barrett. 61 00:04:04,978 --> 00:04:10,316 I cannot tell you how excited I am to be back under the roof of NXT. 62 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:14,053 Feeling this buzz. Seeing the superstars again. 63 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,055 And then I bumped into Vic Joseph 64 00:04:16,122 --> 00:04:19,792 and I recalled exactly why I left in the first place. 65 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:21,361 We'll work on that as the night goes on. 66 00:04:21,427 --> 00:04:24,864 But we're kicking off tonight with the finals for the Dusty Cup. 67 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:31,004 ["Locked In" music playing] 68 00:04:31,070 --> 00:04:34,073 [audience cheering] 69 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:43,449 [audience chanting] Whoop that trick! 70 00:04:43,516 --> 00:04:46,519 ["Melo Don't Miss" music playing] 71 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:48,755 [bell rings] 72 00:04:48,821 --> 00:04:52,959 [Alicia] The following is the final match 73 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:58,698 in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. 74 00:04:58,765 --> 00:05:03,569 Introducing first the team of Carmelo Hayes 75 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:07,306 and Trick Williams. 76 00:05:08,107 --> 00:05:11,377 [Wade] Oh, yeah. I dig it. 77 00:05:12,378 --> 00:05:15,715 Trick Willy, jam-on. 78 00:05:16,382 --> 00:05:18,751 -[Vic] What are you doing? [chuckles] -[Wade] Huh? 79 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:22,355 [Wade] I was feeling the magic. It's MC Bull Hammer. 80 00:05:22,422 --> 00:05:24,657 [Vic] Yeah. You're about to get sued again by Booker T, 81 00:05:24,724 --> 00:05:29,529 but we are getting ready to kick things off 82 00:05:29,595 --> 00:05:34,267 with the Dusty Cup finals and feel the energy here tonight. 83 00:05:35,902 --> 00:05:38,905 ["Burn The Ships" music playing] 84 00:05:38,971 --> 00:05:41,974 [motorcycle engine revving] 85 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:51,851 ♪ Won't take, What's mine ♪ 86 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:54,020 ♪ You'll burn and I'll… ♪ 87 00:05:54,087 --> 00:05:57,090 ["Fear No Evil" music playing] 88 00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:27,186 [Vic] Gotta assume these guys are on the same page. 89 00:06:27,253 --> 00:06:30,957 Or is this a little bit of a one-upsmanship? 90 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:37,263 [Wade] Absolutely appear to be the case. I don't think Corbin was anticipating. 91 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:39,999 Bron Breakker having his own chopper. 92 00:06:42,201 --> 00:06:43,770 [Alicia] And their opponents, 93 00:06:43,836 --> 00:06:47,440 the team of Baron Corbin 94 00:06:47,507 --> 00:06:52,011 and Bron Breakker. 95 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:53,479 [Vic] Maybe to get you back in the good mood. 96 00:06:53,546 --> 00:06:56,382 We need to get some choppers, imagine us rolling down the street. 97 00:06:56,449 --> 00:07:01,087 [Wade] That's a horrible idea. You stick to your BMX pal. 98 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:04,957 Leave the hogs to the big boy. You couldn't handle that throbbing. 99 00:07:05,024 --> 00:07:06,025 Let's go. 100 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:08,327 [Vic] Just as wild as booker. 101 00:07:08,394 --> 00:07:10,129 We haven't even started tonight. 102 00:07:12,431 --> 00:07:14,300 But just feel this. 103 00:07:15,301 --> 00:07:17,770 Wade, look around. Feel the energy. 104 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:21,040 Everyone on their feet here at Vengeance Day. 105 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:26,546 [Wade] No seats required at all tonight. I am hyped for this one. 106 00:07:32,652 --> 00:07:34,887 [Vic] And this again, the finals. 107 00:07:35,488 --> 00:07:39,525 And the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic started with eight teams. 108 00:07:39,592 --> 00:07:41,093 We're down to the final two. 109 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,231 The winner of the 2023, 2024 Men's Royal Rumble, Cody Rhodes, 110 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:47,800 announced this tournament back on October the 10th. 111 00:07:47,867 --> 00:07:50,503 The winner gets their name etched on the prestigious Dusty Cup 112 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:56,442 and become the number one contenders for the NXT Tag Team titles. 113 00:07:56,509 --> 00:07:59,712 [audience chanting] 114 00:08:00,847 --> 00:08:04,150 Let's go, boys. [inaudible] 115 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:05,918 [Vic] And take a look at all four of these superstars, 116 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:07,453 finally getting locked in. 117 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,689 And it's like the American dream would say, 118 00:08:09,755 --> 00:08:12,825 you pay your dues, work your way up through the system, 119 00:08:12,892 --> 00:08:14,861 whatever system there is. 120 00:08:14,927 --> 00:08:19,532 [Wade] It's rare you get opportunities for gold or in this case, silver. 121 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:22,435 And when they do come along, you have to learn to grab them. 122 00:08:22,501 --> 00:08:24,570 [audience booing] 123 00:08:24,637 --> 00:08:26,806 [Vic] Two superstars in the ring. 124 00:08:26,873 --> 00:08:30,343 Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes have created a lot of magic here 125 00:08:30,409 --> 00:08:33,045 on premium live events for NXT. 126 00:08:33,112 --> 00:08:37,617 [audience chanting] Whoop that trick! 127 00:08:37,683 --> 00:08:38,651 [Vic] You notice. 128 00:08:38,718 --> 00:08:41,587 No doubt the NXT universe is behind here tonight, 129 00:08:41,654 --> 00:08:46,659 but I come to you can trick be 100% focused on this match 130 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:48,995 with that NXT Championship match up still to come? 131 00:08:49,061 --> 00:08:53,099 [Wade] Well, this match right here is act one of a two act play tonight 132 00:08:53,165 --> 00:08:55,635 for Trick Williams zero chance. 133 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:58,638 His head is fully in this match. 134 00:08:58,704 --> 00:09:00,373 He has to have at least one eye 135 00:09:00,439 --> 00:09:03,042 on tonight's main event in the NXT Championship. 136 00:09:04,443 --> 00:09:05,311 [thuds] 137 00:09:07,313 --> 00:09:08,981 [Vic] When we talk about Dusty's comment too, 138 00:09:09,048 --> 00:09:11,784 and take a look around at all four of these superstars in the ring. 139 00:09:11,851 --> 00:09:14,487 Baron Corbin someone who did just that worked his way through. 140 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:18,424 The system has reached great heights, Wrestle Mania moments, championships. 141 00:09:18,491 --> 00:09:20,826 He has returned here to NXT, Bron Breakker 142 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:23,829 who just turned up a gear to run over Trick Williams. 143 00:09:23,896 --> 00:09:25,665 He and Hayes have been at the top of this brand 144 00:09:25,731 --> 00:09:28,167 and by the end of the night, Trick could join them 145 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:30,569 and be wining and dining with kings and king. 146 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:32,204 Kings and queens as the NXT Champion. 147 00:09:32,271 --> 00:09:33,139 [Wade] Boy, you ain't lying. 148 00:09:33,205 --> 00:09:36,475 But Trick Williams could also end up empty handed tonight. 149 00:09:36,542 --> 00:09:40,613 He's spread himself very thin despite a nice start to this match up. 150 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:44,684 [Vic] Now all four superstars in the ring, things starting to break down. 151 00:09:45,484 --> 00:09:47,386 [audience cheering] 152 00:09:47,453 --> 00:09:50,122 [Wade] Yeah. And if you're throwing the heavy leather like this, 153 00:09:50,189 --> 00:09:51,691 I've got to back Corbin and Bron 154 00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:54,927 but it is indeed the team of Trick and Melo 155 00:09:54,994 --> 00:09:56,862 who got the best of the early goings. 156 00:09:56,929 --> 00:09:57,763 [audience cheering] 157 00:09:57,830 --> 00:10:00,466 [Vic] It appears now Hayes Williams on the same page 158 00:10:00,533 --> 00:10:02,234 at the start of this tournament. 159 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:05,538 Not many people thought that the wolf dogs would be the team 160 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:07,673 that had less drama coming into the finals. 161 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:10,710 [Wade] Yeah, they started off as that odd couple pairing, 162 00:10:10,776 --> 00:10:13,412 but there is this unique chemistry about them. 163 00:10:13,479 --> 00:10:17,116 They bicker, they squabble, but I think they like each other 164 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:19,819 and deep down they found two kindred spirits 165 00:10:19,885 --> 00:10:21,520 and they're a hell of a team together. 166 00:10:21,587 --> 00:10:23,889 [Vic] Trick Williams back in the ring now. Here with Baron Corbin. 167 00:10:23,956 --> 00:10:26,325 Ooh, nice neck breaker into the cover, 168 00:10:26,392 --> 00:10:28,527 hook of the leg and Corbin kicking out at two. 169 00:10:28,594 --> 00:10:30,830 Look, you were crowned King of the Ring back in 2015. 170 00:10:30,896 --> 00:10:32,932 You had to compete twice in one night. 171 00:10:32,999 --> 00:10:35,267 Exactly what Trick Williams has to do here tonight. 172 00:10:35,334 --> 00:10:37,870 How difficult is that going to be for Trick? 173 00:10:37,937 --> 00:10:40,439 [Wade] Yeah, that was one of the difficult nights of my career. 174 00:10:40,506 --> 00:10:43,175 But the difference with me and Trick was the fact that 175 00:10:43,242 --> 00:10:45,745 my opponent that night in the King of the Ring final 176 00:10:45,811 --> 00:10:47,646 also competed twice. 177 00:10:47,713 --> 00:10:50,449 It was a level playing field when it comes to later tonight, 178 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:54,787 Dragunov the most intense competitor in history of NXT 179 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:56,455 is going to be completely fresh. 180 00:10:56,522 --> 00:10:58,991 You don't know what state Trick Williams is going to be in. 181 00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:00,559 [audience cheering] 182 00:11:00,626 --> 00:11:02,028 [Vic] He's slugging away on Corbin, 183 00:11:02,094 --> 00:11:06,365 and some believe Melo is jealous of Trick's rapid rise, hoisting up. 184 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:10,169 Corbin and others like Booker T don't believe that Melo is jealous at all. 185 00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:12,838 [Wade] Yeah, Booker T's a smart man, let me tell you this, Trick. 186 00:11:12,905 --> 00:11:15,207 And Melo being side by side from the beginning 187 00:11:15,274 --> 00:11:17,910 and now they are firing on all cylinders. 188 00:11:17,977 --> 00:11:19,612 Melo is here to support his boy. 189 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,715 But first things first. Win that Dusty Cup. 190 00:11:22,782 --> 00:11:25,017 [Vic] We've been talking about and right now it's Melo, 191 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:26,152 it's Corbin looking for that. 192 00:11:26,218 --> 00:11:29,455 Whoa, that fade away drop and Corbin is Melo. 193 00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:32,625 [Wade] Let's face it, it would behoove Trick Williams more than anyone 194 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:35,094 to get this match up ended quickly. 195 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:37,963 [Vic] So, what is your take on the Hayes Williams relationship? 196 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:40,032 [Wade] Their boys, they've got each other's backs. 197 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:42,001 All the rest is just nonsense. 198 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:44,970 It's hype from people like you. It is gutter journalism. 199 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:47,239 [Vic] Well, to your point having each other's backs 200 00:11:47,306 --> 00:11:51,644 Trick for a moment had Hayes is back now, Hayes turning right around, 201 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,345 flying through the air, dropping Corbin. 202 00:11:53,412 --> 00:11:55,614 But look at Bron. Bron now from behind. 203 00:11:55,681 --> 00:11:57,083 Bam. What a cutter. 204 00:11:57,149 --> 00:11:59,952 -[audience cheering] -[screams] 205 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:09,862 [Vic] And just like that, Bron Breakker turns the game around. 206 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:14,400 [Wade] Explosive nature. Timing technique. This man has it, has it all. 207 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:17,670 It's no wonder Smack Down general manager, Nick Aldis 208 00:12:17,737 --> 00:12:20,940 -has already offered Bron a contract. -[Vic] Very right. 209 00:12:21,006 --> 00:12:23,609 [Vic] How impressed were you? How impressed you were? 210 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:25,978 Breakker's Royal Rumble appearance. 211 00:12:26,045 --> 00:12:27,279 [Wade] It was brilliant, wasn't he? 212 00:12:27,346 --> 00:12:31,417 Showed the world what everyone here in NXT has known for a long, long time. 213 00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:33,052 The offers are coming in thick and fast. 214 00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:36,388 He's going to go to Raw on Monday. Get a counter offer from Adam Pearce. 215 00:12:36,455 --> 00:12:39,892 [Vic] Bron's four eliminations matched that of winner Cody Rhodes 216 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:41,994 for the most in Tampa. 217 00:12:42,061 --> 00:12:43,796 Oh, it's… 218 00:12:43,863 --> 00:12:44,697 [screams] 219 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:48,467 [Vic] Baron Corbin turning Hayes inside out, 220 00:12:48,534 --> 00:12:51,170 looking down on that Dusty Cup. 221 00:12:51,237 --> 00:12:56,208 [Wade] Just a reborn and a rejuvenated Baron Corbin what a trip down 222 00:12:56,275 --> 00:12:57,910 to NXT has been for him. 223 00:12:57,977 --> 00:13:01,447 Take a look at the sheer power of the man for my money, 224 00:13:01,514 --> 00:13:04,817 a man who should be a multiple time world champion 225 00:13:04,884 --> 00:13:07,119 at this point got slightly derailed. 226 00:13:07,186 --> 00:13:09,855 But now the train is back on the track. 227 00:13:09,922 --> 00:13:12,358 -Like the wolf dog's name, don't you? -I love it, the wolf dogs. 228 00:13:12,424 --> 00:13:14,160 [Wade] Look, I'm not a dog guy. 229 00:13:14,226 --> 00:13:17,463 If I was going to have a dog, it would be a wolf dog. 230 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:19,765 That just sounds cool, doesn't it? 231 00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:22,067 [Vic] Well, I mean, these guys have been off the same page, 232 00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:25,638 on the same page coming out as you saw the start the night… 233 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:28,674 again, a unique partnership, an unlikely bond. 234 00:13:28,741 --> 00:13:30,609 But I wanna talk about Baron Corbin because as we mentioned, 235 00:13:30,676 --> 00:13:33,412 he returned to NXT with unfinished business. 236 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:35,948 How does that drive a superstar? 237 00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:38,517 As Corbin tagging out Bron Breakker tagging in. 238 00:13:38,584 --> 00:13:40,119 [Wade] I'll tell you the truth about Baron Corbin. 239 00:13:40,186 --> 00:13:42,555 He's a man. At one point, not so long ago, 240 00:13:42,621 --> 00:13:45,724 it looked like his career was swirling down the toilet. 241 00:13:45,791 --> 00:13:49,428 The guy is simply too talented to be in that kinda position. 242 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:52,198 You wanna tell me, you wanna figure out why he's driven 243 00:13:52,264 --> 00:13:55,801 to get back on top that right there, you take a look at the abyss. 244 00:13:55,868 --> 00:13:58,037 You take a look into this black hole. 245 00:13:58,103 --> 00:14:00,439 That could be your destiny unless you fix things. 246 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:02,708 And he's fixed things in a big way. 247 00:14:02,775 --> 00:14:04,210 [Vic] Corbin was in the finals of the inaugural 248 00:14:04,276 --> 00:14:05,644 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic… 249 00:14:05,711 --> 00:14:07,746 Oh, Corbin just got… 250 00:14:07,813 --> 00:14:10,950 Or excuse me, Breakker just got caught and then got dropped. 251 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:12,518 My mind was on Baron Corbin. 252 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:14,720 Should have been on Bron Breakker as a near-fall 253 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:17,122 and that could have been disastrous. 254 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:18,824 [Wade] Bron almost got decapitated there. 255 00:14:18,891 --> 00:14:21,727 It just goes to show how dangerous it is in this ring. 256 00:14:21,794 --> 00:14:24,863 When you get a little momentum, you take your eye off the ball. 257 00:14:24,930 --> 00:14:27,600 And this is Bron cleaning clock… 258 00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:28,534 [audience cheering] 259 00:14:28,601 --> 00:14:30,769 [Vic] Devastating Lariat from Bron Breakker. 260 00:14:30,836 --> 00:14:35,341 As I was getting ready to say, it was Baron who might need Bron 261 00:14:35,407 --> 00:14:40,079 to finish some business here tonight and finally get his name on the Dusty Cup. 262 00:14:40,145 --> 00:14:42,882 [Wade] Yeah, I spoke to Baron earlier tonight about this. 263 00:14:42,948 --> 00:14:44,850 Lost it the first time in 2015. 264 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:46,518 Won't happen again, pal. 265 00:14:48,254 --> 00:14:50,489 [Vic] Float over off the suplex into another cut. 266 00:14:50,990 --> 00:14:53,192 [audience cheering] 267 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:54,526 [Vic] A little pump for Bron Breakker. 268 00:14:54,593 --> 00:14:57,229 Again, you know, we talk about what we just witnessed, 269 00:14:57,296 --> 00:14:58,731 but Bron Breakker his intensity. 270 00:14:58,797 --> 00:15:00,933 He's not bothered by what just happened. 271 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,067 A little slip up. 272 00:15:02,134 --> 00:15:06,272 He overcame it quickly, continuing to devastate punish 273 00:15:06,338 --> 00:15:08,240 his opponent as he makes the tag in the Baron Corbin. 274 00:15:08,307 --> 00:15:11,343 [Wade] Yeah, just laughed off the potential neck injury, 275 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:13,212 catching his neck on the top rope there. 276 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:16,482 Such is the durability of Bron Breakker. 277 00:15:16,548 --> 00:15:19,251 We've seen it time and time again. He's built double tough. 278 00:15:19,785 --> 00:15:21,687 [Vic] Up and over, whoa. shoulders out for a moment. 279 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:25,991 Melo not able to keep Corbin down and Corbin just running right over. 280 00:15:26,058 --> 00:15:27,192 Oh, no. 281 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:30,763 [Vic] Carmelo Hayes and Corbin and Breakker 282 00:15:30,829 --> 00:15:34,266 have been so impressive since coming together as a team 283 00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:35,901 just a short few weeks ago. 284 00:15:35,968 --> 00:15:40,539 [Wade] Sheer power, sheer experience. And once they got on the same page. 285 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:44,043 [Vic] Pure power again hooks both legs covered another near-fall. 286 00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:48,847 Hayes just able to kick out and keep his Dusty Cup dreams alive 287 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:49,949 along with Trick Williams. 288 00:15:50,015 --> 00:15:52,017 [Wade] And I'll tell you this when you come up against a team 289 00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:53,552 like Bron and Corbin 290 00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:58,090 as we take another look at this superb tandem offense time 291 00:15:58,157 --> 00:15:59,024 between the team. 292 00:15:59,091 --> 00:16:03,162 Your best hope against a Bron Breakker and a Corbin is there so big and strong 293 00:16:03,228 --> 00:16:06,832 you simply hope that they're not going to be particularly athletic. 294 00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:07,933 That's not the case. 295 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,136 [Vic] We're on the road to WrestleMania this the finals 296 00:16:11,203 --> 00:16:12,938 of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. 297 00:16:13,005 --> 00:16:16,041 One of these two teams will etch their name on the Dusty Cup, 298 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:19,478 become the number one contenders for the NXT tag team titles 299 00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:21,613 currently held by the family, 300 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:25,250 who are getting ready for six person tag team action later on tonight. 301 00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:27,152 As Carmelo Hayes so close, 302 00:16:27,219 --> 00:16:31,223 but Bron Breakker not letting go of the wrist of Hayes. 303 00:16:32,224 --> 00:16:34,793 Oh, looking for the cheap shot. Trick was ready. 304 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:36,762 Hayes is flying in so close. Reaching out. 305 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:40,899 [Wade] The fingertips away. But that must feel like a million miles 306 00:16:40,966 --> 00:16:43,002 when you've got Bron Breakker beating you up. 307 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:44,670 [Vic] Was looking for the cutter one more time. 308 00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:49,241 I believe it was countered, but still a nasty landing from Carmelo Hayes. 309 00:16:49,308 --> 00:16:51,410 So much had been taken out of Hayes, but he's so close. 310 00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:55,247 There's Trick Williams, his boy, his tag team partner. 311 00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:58,083 [Wade] Fresh Carmelo Hayes with a landed that one on his feet. 312 00:16:58,150 --> 00:17:01,920 But he has been put through the wringer by these two big boys. 313 00:17:04,022 --> 00:17:05,858 [audience cheering] 314 00:17:05,924 --> 00:17:09,061 [Vic] In comes Williams. In comes Corbin. 315 00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:13,365 [grunts] 316 00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:16,535 [Vic] Trick looking to continue to prove 317 00:17:16,602 --> 00:17:19,338 he's more than just a sidekick here tonight. 318 00:17:19,405 --> 00:17:20,906 Pulling double duty. 319 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:25,778 [Wade] Trick Williams fresh as a daisy. 320 00:17:27,679 --> 00:17:31,250 [Vic] Williams is on fire and… Might jammed his knee a little bit. 321 00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:34,153 But look, Trick Williams trying to fight through the pain here certainly does. 322 00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:39,892 Just a little hiccup, maybe on his road to the Dusty Cup Championship and… Ooh. 323 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:42,694 [Wade] Connecting with a big Ura nage. 324 00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:46,098 Then you have to think Baron Corbin is hurting at this point. 325 00:17:46,165 --> 00:17:48,300 This is Trick Williams at his best. 326 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:51,570 Little tweak there perhaps, but back on top in a hurry. 327 00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:52,771 [Vic] Yeah, not missing a beat. 328 00:17:52,838 --> 00:17:55,841 Neither is Carmelo Hayes tagging right back in. 329 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,876 Slipped a little bit on that middle rope, 330 00:17:57,943 --> 00:18:00,145 able to connect into the cover and another near-fall. 331 00:18:00,212 --> 00:18:02,648 These four are laying it on the line. 332 00:18:02,714 --> 00:18:05,517 [Wade] We're having some rope issues in the early goings of this match 333 00:18:05,584 --> 00:18:07,953 and these regulation ropes here in Clarksville. 334 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:09,721 -[Vic] I would assume. -[Wade] I hope so. 335 00:18:09,788 --> 00:18:11,290 [Vic] Get someone on that is now Carmelo Hayes 336 00:18:11,356 --> 00:18:13,725 [inaudible] are trying to power up Baron Corbin. 337 00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:16,128 [Wade] Yeah, that's a bad idea at the best of times. 338 00:18:16,195 --> 00:18:19,698 Never going to be Melo strength, but getting cute like this 339 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:22,501 is exactly what Melo does best. 340 00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:26,939 [Vic] Hayes able to sidestep one big kick rocking Breakker. 341 00:18:27,639 --> 00:18:29,241 And now both superstars in, 342 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:32,077 and, oh, into the top turnbuckle goes Bron this time. 343 00:18:32,144 --> 00:18:33,045 -[grunts] -[Vic] Right back in. 344 00:18:33,111 --> 00:18:35,647 -Oh! -[audience cheering] 345 00:18:35,714 --> 00:18:37,883 Look at the teamwork of Williams and Hayes. 346 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:40,352 [Wade] No one does his homework like Carmelo Hayes. 347 00:18:40,419 --> 00:18:41,920 [audience cheering] 348 00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:43,489 [Vic] Oh, this action is spilling around! 349 00:18:43,555 --> 00:18:44,490 This could be it! 350 00:18:44,556 --> 00:18:46,458 [audience] One! Two! 351 00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:50,429 [Vic] Oh. Not enough, but again 352 00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:53,999 just able to kick out at the last moment. 353 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:54,900 [audience cheering] 354 00:18:54,967 --> 00:19:00,172 That first 48 connected got all of it, but not enough. 355 00:19:00,239 --> 00:19:02,608 [Wade] Yeah, well, Carmelo Hayes and Bron Breakker 356 00:19:02,674 --> 00:19:04,710 know each other very well. 357 00:19:04,776 --> 00:19:07,946 No surprise to either one of them about their durability. 358 00:19:08,013 --> 00:19:10,949 [audience chanting] This is awesome! 359 00:19:11,016 --> 00:19:12,117 [Vic] Both teams know how important 360 00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:15,921 it would be to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. 361 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:17,789 Take a look at the 2022 Dusty Cup winners. 362 00:19:17,856 --> 00:19:20,826 The Creed Brothers have a huge four-way match up this Monday on Raw, 363 00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:25,330 but right now Hayes, Williams is trying to focus on the here and the now. 364 00:19:25,397 --> 00:19:29,635 Bron Breakker a two for one you got to be kidding me. 365 00:19:29,701 --> 00:19:32,604 [audience cheering] 366 00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:34,406 [Wade] Hayes cleaned out of there. 367 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:37,376 Trick Williams, I believe, is the legal man right now. 368 00:19:37,442 --> 00:19:38,544 [inaudible] You came out. 369 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:41,947 [Vic] And Bron barking at Baron. 370 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:45,284 [Wade] The end may be nigh for Trick and Melo. 371 00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:47,519 -Oh, no. -[Vic] Wait a minute. 372 00:19:48,053 --> 00:19:48,887 [grunts] 373 00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:51,023 [audience cheering] 374 00:19:51,089 --> 00:19:53,091 [Vic] We said they'd lay it all on the line. 375 00:19:53,158 --> 00:19:56,528 Look at Corbin. Look at Bron. 376 00:19:57,062 --> 00:20:00,198 [Wade] Baron Corbin, a 280-pound man 377 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:03,602 never designed to fly without the propulsion. 378 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:05,904 [Vic] And you were right. Baron Corbin Trick Williams is legal. 379 00:20:05,971 --> 00:20:07,806 Back to the action. It's a cover. 380 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:10,242 It's a count, and Hayes just able to break things up. 381 00:20:10,309 --> 00:20:13,946 [Wade] I think he landed on Trick inadvertently. It might be added. 382 00:20:14,012 --> 00:20:16,648 [Vic] A little miscommunication, but the match is continuing. 383 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:20,085 You got to be looking out. Oh, and that was nasty. 384 00:20:20,686 --> 00:20:21,520 [grunts] 385 00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:26,992 [Vic] And right back in for some Deep Six made his back crack, his liver quiver. 386 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:30,262 And it's not enough to put Trick away. 387 00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:32,631 [Wade] Trick is now tasting his own blood. 388 00:20:32,698 --> 00:20:35,701 [Wade] Let's not forget he's got to compete again later tonight. 389 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:39,738 He is getting put through the wall tonight by these two big brutes, 390 00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:44,343 and the pendulum has fully swung back in favor of Bron and Corbin. 391 00:20:44,409 --> 00:20:47,713 [Vic] The finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. 392 00:20:49,281 --> 00:20:54,486 And the NXT universe trying to rally Trick Williams, Carmelo Hayes 393 00:20:54,553 --> 00:20:58,390 as Bron Breakker may be going for broke. 394 00:20:58,457 --> 00:21:01,860 [Wade] You have to win a match like this. Give it all you've got. 395 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:05,464 [audience cheering] 396 00:21:05,530 --> 00:21:07,766 [screams] 397 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:10,035 [Vic] It's all about making history. 398 00:21:11,069 --> 00:21:13,939 It's all about honoring Dusty Rhodes. 399 00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:16,541 -[referee] Two. -[Vic] Is it Bron and Baron's night? 400 00:21:16,608 --> 00:21:19,544 Bron getting both Williams and Hayes back into the ring. 401 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:21,847 And in comes Corbin. Things again, breaking out. 402 00:21:21,913 --> 00:21:24,483 I feel bad for Dallas Irving. Our official. 403 00:21:24,549 --> 00:21:28,520 [Wade] Simply got to flatten everything in your path in a match like this. 404 00:21:28,587 --> 00:21:32,357 Take out both opponents and pick the one who's in the worst shape. 405 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:36,928 [Vic] What is on the mind of the wolf dogs? 406 00:21:36,995 --> 00:21:39,298 [Wade] They've been working on the playbook together. 407 00:21:40,732 --> 00:21:42,501 [Vic] Williams trying to throw some hands. 408 00:21:42,567 --> 00:21:44,970 -Oh! -[audience cheering] 409 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:49,841 [Vic] Hayes trying to do the same, create a little bit of separation. 410 00:21:50,842 --> 00:21:52,911 And Hayes dropping Bron. 411 00:21:55,380 --> 00:22:00,118 -Right where Carmelo Hayes wants him-- -Looking for nothing but, no… 412 00:22:00,886 --> 00:22:02,988 Got caught looking for [inaudible] friend, here's just Corbin. 413 00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:06,191 Landed on his feet. Big neck breaker from Trick. 414 00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:08,193 [audience cheering] 415 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:11,296 -Spear. Wait a minute. -[audience] One! 416 00:22:11,363 --> 00:22:13,331 -[Vic] Hayes is legal. [audience] Two! Three! 417 00:22:13,398 --> 00:22:16,601 [Vic] Bron and Baron have won the Dusty Cup. 418 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:17,903 ["Fear No Evil" music playing] 419 00:22:17,969 --> 00:22:20,272 [Alicia] Here are your winners 420 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:27,179 of the 2024 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. 421 00:22:27,579 --> 00:22:31,917 Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker. 422 00:22:31,983 --> 00:22:33,685 [audience cheering] 423 00:22:33,752 --> 00:22:35,921 [Vic] Absolute heartbreak. 424 00:22:37,489 --> 00:22:39,725 For Hayes and Williams. 425 00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:44,896 But hats off to Breakker and Baron. 426 00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:49,034 [Wade] What an absolutely chaotic match up. 427 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:54,506 All four men giving it everything they got including a high flying Bron Breakker 428 00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:59,411 [Vic] Here was, I think Carmelo was trying to save Trick for the moment, 429 00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:03,882 but inadvertently then cost his team in the end. 430 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:05,984 [Wade] Yeah, as Trick Williams cleared out of there. 431 00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:08,420 Didn't get back in time to break up the pin, 432 00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:12,924 but a nine year redemption are for Baron Corbin, 433 00:23:12,991 --> 00:23:16,661 who lost in the finals of the 2015 Dusty Cup. 434 00:23:16,728 --> 00:23:21,032 But now he's got his man Bron Breakker and they are covered in glory. 435 00:23:21,099 --> 00:23:23,368 Tonight, the wolf dogs get it. 436 00:23:23,435 --> 00:23:26,071 [Vic] Throughout this tournament, egos were checked. 437 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:27,806 Friendships were tested. 438 00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:32,978 Congratulations to Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin. 439 00:23:35,614 --> 00:23:38,550 Hey, getting something, huh? 440 00:23:38,617 --> 00:23:41,153 Me and you. Me and you. 441 00:23:41,686 --> 00:23:42,788 [inaudible] 442 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:48,627 [Roxanne] A lot can change in one year. 443 00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:52,431 [Dr. Warren] We are unable to identify what caused Miss Perez to collapse. 444 00:23:52,497 --> 00:23:57,035 As a result, I am unfortunately unable to provide an estimated date 445 00:23:57,102 --> 00:24:00,038 for Miss Perez to return to in-ring action. 446 00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:04,209 I know things can change because everything has changed for me. 447 00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:08,413 [Alicia] Here is your winner 448 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:15,153 the new NXT Women's Champion. 449 00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:19,291 Lyra Valkyria. 450 00:24:19,357 --> 00:24:22,994 I'm not the same Roxanne Perez that won the Breakout Tournament. 451 00:24:23,061 --> 00:24:27,866 I'm not the same woman that challenged for the NXT Women's Championship. 452 00:24:28,733 --> 00:24:29,935 I don't miss that girl. 453 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:33,104 [Vic] Roxanne Perez looking to make statements of her own. 454 00:24:33,171 --> 00:24:35,407 No longer someone to be pushed around. 455 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:40,579 I'm finally getting my one on one match against Lyra Valkyria. 456 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:43,682 [Vic] Perez, the number one contender. 457 00:24:44,216 --> 00:24:48,286 [Roxanne] Everybody's been able to witness the rise of Lyra Valkyria. 458 00:24:48,353 --> 00:24:52,557 While I've had to pick myself back up, jump through every hurdle, 459 00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:59,397 dig deeper, and chase down a championship that I never lost in the first place. 460 00:24:59,464 --> 00:25:01,533 At Vengeance Day, 461 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,301 I'm doing it my way. 462 00:25:03,735 --> 00:25:08,673 'Cause now I'm the Roxanne Perez that has nothing to lose… 463 00:25:09,641 --> 00:25:11,977 and everything to gain. 464 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:18,183 [Vic] Well, still to come, 465 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:21,653 can Roxanne Perez reclaim what she never lost? 466 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:27,025 It'll be Perez and Lyra Valkyria for the NXT Women's Championship tonight 467 00:25:27,092 --> 00:25:28,693 at Vengeance Day. 468 00:25:32,764 --> 00:25:35,767 ["Driver" music playing] 469 00:25:58,890 --> 00:25:59,791 [bell rings] 470 00:25:59,858 --> 00:26:06,498 [Alicia] The following is a no disqualification match. 471 00:26:06,564 --> 00:26:10,302 Introducing first Dijak. 472 00:26:12,604 --> 00:26:15,440 [Vic] We weren't there Tuesday, Wade. But we talked about it earlier. 473 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:20,946 Did Dijak overstep a line this past Tuesday? 474 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,884 [Wade] The overstep everybody's line except for Dijak's line. 475 00:26:25,951 --> 00:26:30,789 The scary thing about Dijak is this guy is so cold-blooded. 476 00:26:30,855 --> 00:26:35,827 He is so soulless. No lines ever exist for him. 477 00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:40,332 There is no depth to which he'll not stoop to get what he wants. 478 00:26:40,398 --> 00:26:42,801 And that is truly terrifying. 479 00:26:42,867 --> 00:26:49,841 -[Vic] I wonder what sorta destruction or… -[man laughing] 480 00:26:57,148 --> 00:27:00,151 ["Love Is Blind" music playing] 481 00:27:01,686 --> 00:27:05,090 ♪ Love is blind ♪ 482 00:27:05,156 --> 00:27:08,660 ♪ Grass is always greener On the other side ♪ 483 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:14,232 [Alicia] And his opponent Joe Gacy. 484 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:15,867 [Vic] And we just talked about Tuesday, right? 485 00:27:15,934 --> 00:27:19,504 So when it comes to Joe Gacy, when it comes to Dijak, 486 00:27:19,571 --> 00:27:21,406 this certainly has been an issue 487 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,442 that has been boiling over for quite some time. 488 00:27:24,509 --> 00:27:30,048 But I do wanna go back to what actually happened this past Tuesday on NXT 489 00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:32,083 between Dijak and Joe Gacy. 490 00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:37,455 Gacy right here. As you see, on top of a production truck, a crew truck 491 00:27:37,522 --> 00:27:42,227 on the loading dock Dijak with no remorse with Joe Gacy all evening long. 492 00:27:42,293 --> 00:27:43,795 And then this would happen. 493 00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:50,335 This would transpire and it was just absolutely unreal to see and witness live. 494 00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:53,405 And it forced our NXT general manager Ava's hand 495 00:27:53,471 --> 00:27:55,974 to make this a no disqualification match. 496 00:27:56,041 --> 00:27:57,042 [bell rings] 497 00:27:57,108 --> 00:27:59,844 [Wade] Dijak is a destroyer of bodies. 498 00:27:59,911 --> 00:28:02,714 He's what he does better than anyone, 499 00:28:02,781 --> 00:28:05,817 and he's got that nightstick right from the off. 500 00:28:05,884 --> 00:28:08,853 [Vic] Oh, that nightstick would be legal. And, uh… 501 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,756 -[audience cheering] -So will that. 502 00:28:11,823 --> 00:28:12,957 Oh. 503 00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:17,062 These two are swinging for the fences, I don't think we'll see many wrist locks 504 00:28:17,128 --> 00:28:18,630 and drop toe holds in this match up. 505 00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:21,266 [Wade] This might be over in about 15 seconds. 506 00:28:21,332 --> 00:28:23,334 We've already got the heavy artillery in there. 507 00:28:23,401 --> 00:28:25,870 [Vic] And no rules just right for these two. 508 00:28:25,937 --> 00:28:28,506 And these two have brought all over the Performance Center. 509 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:30,809 It actually started at the announce desk. 510 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:35,513 To be fair, we already relived what Dijak did to Gacy into the dumpster. 511 00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:38,783 But we also have seen Dijak put Gacy through. 512 00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:42,087 Part of the staging at NXT. 513 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:43,888 [Wade] That's what I was saying about Dijak. 514 00:28:43,955 --> 00:28:45,490 He likes to annihilate people. 515 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:48,093 He gets what he wants through physicality. 516 00:28:48,159 --> 00:28:54,833 What has upset Dijak is the fact that no, no matter what he throws at Joe Gacy, 517 00:28:54,899 --> 00:28:58,336 Joe Gacy bounces back with a smile on his face 518 00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,505 that has hurt the psyche of Dijak. 519 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:02,907 [Vic] Dijak has even taken off his jacket yet 520 00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:05,944 -and Joe Gacy not allowing him to. -[audience cheering] 521 00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:07,512 [Wade] Dijak turned up with the nightstick 522 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:10,882 and thought it was going to be all over before he even broke sweat. 523 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:12,684 It's not going to be that easy. 524 00:29:12,751 --> 00:29:14,185 [audience shouting] 525 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:15,220 [thuds] 526 00:29:18,089 --> 00:29:18,990 [thuds] 527 00:29:19,757 --> 00:29:25,330 [Vic] NXT universe. They want all the toys tonight. 528 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:27,565 And these two have had five days 529 00:29:27,632 --> 00:29:31,202 to come up with a lot of destructive ways to destroy the other. 530 00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:34,072 [Wade] Yeah, I'm getting very nervous at ringside here. 531 00:29:34,139 --> 00:29:35,406 A lot of things flying around. 532 00:29:35,473 --> 00:29:37,742 We need one of those protective coal mine things 533 00:29:37,809 --> 00:29:39,210 that I used to see back in the day. 534 00:29:39,277 --> 00:29:41,045 [Vic] Well, look. Yeah, I don't know about the coal mine, 535 00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:42,914 but as we take a look at Joe Gacy and Dijak, 536 00:29:42,981 --> 00:29:45,683 I think it's safe to say this isn't the same Joe Gacy 537 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:47,986 that you last saw here in NXT. 538 00:29:48,052 --> 00:29:50,054 [Wade] Well, here's the thing. I know what we've got with Dijak 539 00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:52,390 and it's absolutely terrifying with Joe Gacy. 540 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:55,727 I don't know what we've got. I don't know what goes through his head. 541 00:29:55,793 --> 00:29:58,963 And that perhaps makes him even more scary. 542 00:29:59,030 --> 00:30:01,099 [audience cheering] 543 00:30:01,166 --> 00:30:05,737 [Vic] You know, Gacy has dreamed up of ways to hurt Dijak tonight. 544 00:30:05,803 --> 00:30:08,206 Much like right here. Cannonball. 545 00:30:08,273 --> 00:30:10,608 [audience cheering] 546 00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:14,946 [Vic] As your Smack Down partner would say, clear the deck. 547 00:30:16,347 --> 00:30:18,883 [Wade] Take another look at a flying Joe Gacy, 548 00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:23,288 putting his own body on the line in pursuit of victory. 549 00:30:23,354 --> 00:30:28,493 Man, this is one durable individual with a sick and twisted mind, 550 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,129 and that spells bad news for Dijak. 551 00:30:31,196 --> 00:30:33,865 [Vic] Nice you got your thing in. But, hey, I wanna talk about this too. 552 00:30:33,932 --> 00:30:36,801 When it comes to Joe Gacy, what does it say about Gacy, 553 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:39,270 who broke into Dijak's office? 554 00:30:39,337 --> 00:30:42,774 His lair was playing around with all his toys, used his tape recorder. 555 00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:43,841 Who does that? 556 00:30:43,908 --> 00:30:46,477 [Wade] A lotta people say he's got a twisted personality. 557 00:30:46,544 --> 00:30:49,881 That, to me, is a PR spin on the fact that Joe Gacy 558 00:30:49,948 --> 00:30:52,750 is clearly an absolute nutcase. 559 00:30:52,817 --> 00:30:56,287 You stay away from men like Dijak in this industry, 560 00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:59,324 unless you're a masochist, unless you have a death wish. 561 00:30:59,390 --> 00:31:02,060 And that may well be the case with Joe Gacy. 562 00:31:02,126 --> 00:31:03,228 [Vic] Look at Joe Gacy again. 563 00:31:03,294 --> 00:31:06,664 He's had five nights to figure out what to… 564 00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:08,833 What? 565 00:31:10,401 --> 00:31:11,603 [Wade] Is that your candy? 566 00:31:11,669 --> 00:31:13,705 [Vic] No, those are toys. 567 00:31:13,771 --> 00:31:18,209 Look at those things. Little cars. What is that? It's a little toy soldier. 568 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:21,713 [Wade] Yeah, exactly. Here's what I'm getting at with this guy. 569 00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:26,017 You've got nightsticks. God knows what else is under the ring. 570 00:31:26,084 --> 00:31:27,552 And he's out here playing with toys. 571 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:30,555 [Vic] Hey, you ever step on a lego at 4 o'clock in the morning? 572 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:34,759 Those things hurt. And that's a whole crate full. 573 00:31:34,826 --> 00:31:35,827 Oh, man. 574 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:39,030 [Wade] It'll be a lot more than stepping on this lego, if that's the case. 575 00:31:39,097 --> 00:31:41,566 -[grunts] -[Vic] Dijak tried his best. 576 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,736 Oh, averts danger for just a moment and Dijak. 577 00:31:44,802 --> 00:31:47,038 -Right and spinning boot. -[audience cheering] 578 00:31:47,105 --> 00:31:49,674 [Wade] Flush to the jaw of Joe Gacy, 579 00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:54,245 who now has a bizarre, wry smile on his face in the aftermath. 580 00:31:54,312 --> 00:31:59,117 [Vic] Joe Gacy not cut outta the same mold as others and kicks out at one. 581 00:31:59,183 --> 00:32:02,420 And, look, when it comes to Dijak, you just wonder what sorta destruction 582 00:32:02,487 --> 00:32:04,355 we're going to feast our eyes on here tonight. 583 00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:06,858 This is just a little taste of what Dijak can do, 584 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:07,959 but look at Joe Gacy. 585 00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:11,129 Joe Gacy is welcoming the pain, 586 00:32:11,195 --> 00:32:15,800 welcoming the destruction as right now just raining down on Gacy Dijak. 587 00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:19,437 [Wade] Yeah, and that is just a red rag to a bull of Dijak. 588 00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:21,039 Everything you throw at me, 589 00:32:21,105 --> 00:32:23,875 I'm going to come back at you with a smile on my face. 590 00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:26,544 This is just going to get worse for Joe Gacy. 591 00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:28,379 [Vic] Into the cover, center of the ring, hook of the leg, 592 00:32:28,446 --> 00:32:31,449 and again Gacy kicking out at one. 593 00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:33,418 I wanna go back to something you said earlier, Barrett. 594 00:32:33,484 --> 00:32:35,553 How frustrating could it be for Dijak 595 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:39,157 that nothing he has done has kept Gacy down? 596 00:32:39,223 --> 00:32:41,659 Not just here tonight, but over the last few weeks? 597 00:32:41,726 --> 00:32:43,161 -[Wade] Not just that. -[Vic] And he's smiling. 598 00:32:43,227 --> 00:32:46,597 It's the fact that Dijak has done this before to human beings. 599 00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:49,500 And it is always worked, tonight is a different story. 600 00:32:49,567 --> 00:32:53,771 There's something off about Joe Gacy and Dijak doesn't like it. 601 00:32:58,576 --> 00:33:00,244 Spit it out, Joe! 602 00:33:01,713 --> 00:33:03,348 Let's get this son of bitch. 603 00:33:03,414 --> 00:33:06,484 [Vic] I think Gacy is going to stay down. 604 00:33:06,551 --> 00:33:10,221 And Dijak has never faced someone like Joe Gacy 605 00:33:10,288 --> 00:33:12,957 and now just stomping away through the trash can. 606 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:14,125 Stay down! 607 00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:18,529 [Vic] I mean, I know this is no disqualification. 608 00:33:18,596 --> 00:33:20,264 Everything's legal. 609 00:33:20,798 --> 00:33:23,134 And for Dijak now, with a smile on his face, 610 00:33:23,201 --> 00:33:25,470 how dangerous could he be in this environment? 611 00:33:25,536 --> 00:33:27,205 As again Gacy rises. 612 00:33:27,271 --> 00:33:30,508 [Wade] I'll tell you right now, this kinda match is only ever won 613 00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:33,544 by the competitor who is prepared to leave humanity 614 00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:36,147 at the door when they walk in this building. 615 00:33:36,214 --> 00:33:38,316 I told you, stay down, Gacy. 616 00:33:38,383 --> 00:33:43,087 I told you to stay down, and now you're going to pay the price. 617 00:33:44,589 --> 00:33:49,394 [Vic] Well, Dijak has a plan. But have you ever seen a counter like that? 618 00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:54,966 Gacy used the trash can to his advantage, blind. 619 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:57,301 [Wade] Yeah, and after that level of beating, 620 00:33:57,368 --> 00:34:00,438 somehow it's Joe Gacy who is stirring first. 621 00:34:00,505 --> 00:34:07,044 Watch this straight into the chest and perhaps jaw of Dijak, 622 00:34:07,111 --> 00:34:09,247 desperately trying to shake the cobwebs off, 623 00:34:09,313 --> 00:34:12,316 but is now Joe Gacy, who perhaps is in the ascendancy. 624 00:34:12,383 --> 00:34:13,684 [Vic] Look at Gacy swinging away, 625 00:34:13,751 --> 00:34:15,887 and I don't think Dijak has ever faced someone like Joe Gacy. 626 00:34:15,953 --> 00:34:18,222 I mean that because he can't keep Gacy down. 627 00:34:18,289 --> 00:34:20,224 Gacy is a welcoming everything 628 00:34:20,291 --> 00:34:24,262 and anything that comes his way as he turns Dijak inside out. 629 00:34:24,328 --> 00:34:29,000 As Gacy charges in catch in a big Ura nage. 630 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,669 -Could that be it? -[audience] One! Two! 631 00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:35,506 [Vic] Dijak just getting that left shoulder up. 632 00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:38,242 And the crazy part of this is, Wade. 633 00:34:38,309 --> 00:34:40,078 I don't think Gacy wanted the match to end right there. 634 00:34:40,144 --> 00:34:43,114 Anyways, I think he's having fun right now with Dijak. 635 00:34:43,181 --> 00:34:45,716 [Wade] How the hell do you have fun in a match like this 636 00:34:45,783 --> 00:34:49,821 amid the chaos and barbarity of a no disqualification match? 637 00:34:51,622 --> 00:34:53,591 Well clear of Joe Gacy. 638 00:34:53,658 --> 00:34:55,393 That's my advice to everyone in the locker-- 639 00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:58,596 -[Vic] Oh! -[audience cheering] 640 00:34:59,297 --> 00:35:06,204 [audience chanting] Holy shit! 641 00:35:11,242 --> 00:35:12,710 [Vic] But the one thing Gacy does know, 642 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:17,081 the only way to win is pinfall or submission inside the ring. 643 00:35:17,148 --> 00:35:18,583 [audience shouting] 644 00:35:18,649 --> 00:35:20,585 [Wade] Exactly where you need to be. 645 00:35:20,651 --> 00:35:24,889 What a sickening landing for Dijak and how he's back up and at him already. 646 00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:26,124 I will never know. 647 00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:28,860 [Vic] Not only was he up, he delivers that choke slam on the chair. 648 00:35:28,926 --> 00:35:31,062 Another near-fall. 649 00:35:34,432 --> 00:35:37,101 Dijak's body went crashing through 650 00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:40,471 and as did Joe Gacy's through that steel chair, 651 00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:47,211 but both men continuing to rise as listen to the NXT universe. 652 00:35:47,278 --> 00:35:50,281 [audience cheering] 653 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:54,819 [Wade] Both men running on fumes at this point, 654 00:35:54,886 --> 00:36:00,391 but the hatred inside Dijak is simply too much driving him on, 655 00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:02,560 pushing him perhaps towards victory. 656 00:36:02,627 --> 00:36:06,964 [Vic] No one ever safe around Dijak, but as this match up has gone on, 657 00:36:07,031 --> 00:36:11,602 I mean, both these guys are just a different breed of superstars. 658 00:36:11,669 --> 00:36:15,606 [Wade] Dijak is in right now say what you want about Joe Gacy. 659 00:36:15,673 --> 00:36:16,974 Dijak is hurting bad, 660 00:36:17,041 --> 00:36:20,144 and when you take that massive frame of Dijak 661 00:36:20,211 --> 00:36:24,882 and put it through this much torture, that in itself is an achievement. 662 00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:29,253 [Vic] Dijak is trying to pull himself to the top and there comes Gacy. 663 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,589 Gacy sensed it. Gacy felt it. 664 00:36:31,656 --> 00:36:38,196 Gacy with bad, evil intentions going through his mind at this moment. 665 00:36:38,262 --> 00:36:42,466 Oh, and Dijak luckily just missed that trash can. 666 00:36:42,533 --> 00:36:47,738 But will it be enough for Gacy into the cover and another near-fall. 667 00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:53,044 [Wade] About six foot seven frame of Dijak just went somersaulting through the air. 668 00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:56,280 You're right. Narrowly missing that steel trash can. 669 00:36:56,347 --> 00:37:02,186 That perhaps is the only reason why Dijak is still alive in this match up. 670 00:37:02,253 --> 00:37:05,289 [Vic] Well, Gacy just grabbed a roll of duct tape. 671 00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:08,125 It's my playground. 672 00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:10,228 It's not for you today. 673 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:13,297 [audience cheering] 674 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:21,505 [Vic] We've always heard Dijak talk about feast your eyes on my brand of justice. 675 00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:23,374 He can't feast his eyes on anything. 676 00:37:23,441 --> 00:37:26,477 [Wade] Yeah. How do you defend yourself when you're blinded like that? 677 00:37:27,044 --> 00:37:28,379 Oh, no. 678 00:37:28,446 --> 00:37:30,214 [audience cheering] 679 00:37:31,515 --> 00:37:33,451 -[Vic] Oh! -[audience exclaiming] 680 00:37:46,464 --> 00:37:49,233 [Wade] Stop the bloody match. Referee. 681 00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:51,369 [Vic] Kendo stick to the spine 682 00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:55,473 and Gacy is having fun in what he called his playground. 683 00:37:55,539 --> 00:37:59,577 -[Wade] But it's all perfectly legal. -[Vic] Maybe go into the upside down. 684 00:37:59,644 --> 00:38:01,112 -[Wade] Ooh. -[Vic] Dijak. 685 00:38:01,178 --> 00:38:03,681 No way, Dijak… 686 00:38:04,715 --> 00:38:05,850 with duct tape over his eyes. 687 00:38:05,916 --> 00:38:09,387 Feast your eyes. But… 688 00:38:09,453 --> 00:38:12,156 [tapping] 689 00:38:12,223 --> 00:38:13,591 [Vic] Dijak can't find Gacy. 690 00:38:13,658 --> 00:38:16,827 [Wade] Yeah, crucial seconds being wasted 691 00:38:16,894 --> 00:38:19,397 ahead of an attempted pin, you would think. 692 00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:25,403 [Vic] Dijak. I don't know how first off, Dijak was able to catching it. Bam. 693 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:26,937 [audience cheering] 694 00:38:27,738 --> 00:38:31,275 [Vic] Deliver anything to Gacy. 695 00:38:31,342 --> 00:38:32,910 [audience chanting] 696 00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:34,979 -And finally… -[groaning] 697 00:38:35,046 --> 00:38:38,115 [Vic] Oh, how much is it you ever ripped up duct tape off your arm? 698 00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:39,817 Imagine ripping it off your eyelids. 699 00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:41,686 -[Vic] Oh, my… Ooh. -[Wade] I've heard the crowd chant. 700 00:38:41,752 --> 00:38:44,689 [Wade] You can't see him before, though. And that was bad enough. 701 00:38:45,923 --> 00:38:49,860 [Vic] Dijak finally is feasting his eyes 702 00:38:49,927 --> 00:38:53,397 on a sick Joe Gacy. 703 00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:56,634 [panting] 704 00:38:56,701 --> 00:38:57,601 [grunts] 705 00:38:57,668 --> 00:39:00,104 [Vic] I can't imagine what Dijak is thinking right now 706 00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,239 because Gacy will not stop. 707 00:39:02,306 --> 00:39:03,941 Spike's Dijak with a DDT. 708 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:05,443 [Wade] He ain't thinking anything now. 709 00:39:05,509 --> 00:39:09,714 His brain is completely scrambled after that one and he's in the drop zone. 710 00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:11,282 [audience shouting] 711 00:39:11,348 --> 00:39:15,986 [Vic] Gacy big splash onto the chair, steel into the spine again. 712 00:39:16,053 --> 00:39:19,056 -And, no. -[audience cheering] 713 00:39:19,857 --> 00:39:21,392 [Wade] There's no way. 714 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,762 [Vic] How close? 715 00:39:27,131 --> 00:39:29,200 Derek Sanders, the official. 716 00:39:29,266 --> 00:39:32,436 You could have slid a piece of paper under his hand. 717 00:39:32,503 --> 00:39:36,173 [Wade] We have just got two indestructible human beings. 718 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:39,810 -This match may never end. -[Vic] Upside down. No. There. 719 00:39:40,344 --> 00:39:43,447 [Wade] All the momentum of that bouncing clothesline attempt… 720 00:39:43,514 --> 00:39:45,816 [Vic] That nightstick to the stomach. 721 00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:50,788 And then one more time, Gacy for the ride. Dijak falls into the cover. 722 00:39:50,855 --> 00:39:52,089 One! Two! Three! 723 00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:55,993 And finally, this match comes to a brutal end. 724 00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:57,261 ["Driver" music playing] 725 00:39:57,328 --> 00:40:02,133 [Alicia] Here is your winner. Dijak. 726 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:15,980 [Vic] Dijak decimating Joe Gacy. 727 00:40:16,046 --> 00:40:18,115 But Gacy is smiling. 728 00:40:18,649 --> 00:40:23,187 [Wade] He's out cold, yet there is still a maniacal grin on his face. 729 00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:28,793 [Vic] Who's more derange? Gacy or Dijak. 730 00:40:28,859 --> 00:40:31,862 ["Driver" music playing] 731 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:43,607 [inaudible] 732 00:40:43,674 --> 00:40:47,545 Ladies, the calendar looks to be a massive success. 733 00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:52,082 Kelly, the response has been incredible. The line hasn't stopped. 734 00:40:52,149 --> 00:40:53,250 And as you can see, 735 00:40:53,317 --> 00:40:56,053 we have Thea and Jasmine here signing calendars. 736 00:40:56,120 --> 00:41:00,224 And Carmen was nice enough to stop by and sign some as well. 737 00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:05,229 We are almost sold out here in the venue, but starting tomorrow 738 00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:09,066 the calendars will be available on WWE shop and fanatics 739 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:13,571 so everyone can get their hands on the hottest item in NXT history. 740 00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:14,672 [laughs] 741 00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:17,341 Jayce literally saved Chase University with this idea. 742 00:41:17,408 --> 00:41:20,678 -It's amazing. I can't believe it. -No, she's literally a genius. 743 00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:23,948 Genius. I like that. 744 00:41:24,014 --> 00:41:28,219 Kelly. It's only a matter of time before a Chase U is saved from debt. 745 00:41:28,819 --> 00:41:30,821 Vic, Wade, back to you. 746 00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:35,392 [Vic] Well, thanks, Kelly. While Wade tries to pre-order the calendars, 747 00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:38,028 our North American Champion, Oba Femi, 748 00:41:38,095 --> 00:41:42,833 prepping for his first NXT Championship defense against Dragon Lee 749 00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:45,202 later on tonight here at Vengeance Day. 750 00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:48,939 But this rivalry has gotten personal. 751 00:41:49,006 --> 00:41:52,843 Back from ambushes to brawls, these six are out to prove 752 00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:56,447 the streets are big enough for both teams. 753 00:42:03,387 --> 00:42:05,556 [upbeat music playing] 754 00:42:05,623 --> 00:42:09,793 There's two things we take seriously. Business and family. 755 00:42:09,860 --> 00:42:13,864 The dawn of NXT, Tony D'Angelo. 756 00:42:14,465 --> 00:42:17,768 It's been said that being honest is a dangerous thing, 757 00:42:17,835 --> 00:42:20,938 but Tony D must be the most dangerous man in NXT, 758 00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:23,240 because I was honest with yous from the beginning 759 00:42:23,307 --> 00:42:25,776 and I backed up everything I said I was going to do. 760 00:42:25,843 --> 00:42:32,816 Stacks, you prove you were a solid earner. Your days as being a soldier are over. 761 00:42:32,883 --> 00:42:36,353 I think it's time you become the under boss. 762 00:42:37,221 --> 00:42:42,226 Ladies and gentlemen, she is the glue of the D'Angelo family. 763 00:42:43,027 --> 00:42:49,066 Adriana Rizzo. She's ruthless, wise and battle tested. 764 00:42:49,133 --> 00:42:52,269 Our time is now, Don. It's time for us to take over. 765 00:42:52,336 --> 00:42:57,741 The D'Angelo family is going to take the NXT Tag Team Championships. 766 00:42:58,242 --> 00:43:01,211 [Wade] I would not bet against Tony D's family. 767 00:43:01,278 --> 00:43:03,247 [Vic] Bada bing, bada boom. 768 00:43:03,681 --> 00:43:08,252 The Don and the under boss are the Tag Team Champions. 769 00:43:08,319 --> 00:43:10,921 All that's left me is we reclaim the streets of NXT. 770 00:43:10,988 --> 00:43:14,024 And what streets are you talking about, bro? 771 00:43:14,091 --> 00:43:16,460 Where we from? We ain't never heard y'all names. 772 00:43:17,127 --> 00:43:19,296 You see, our hood wasn't built for no comfort. 773 00:43:19,363 --> 00:43:22,333 But that bond Lucien and I had was built to last. 774 00:43:22,399 --> 00:43:24,201 As long as I got my boy, Bronco… 775 00:43:24,268 --> 00:43:26,303 -Huh? -It's a wrap. 776 00:43:26,370 --> 00:43:28,639 You see, it's that bond right there. 777 00:43:28,706 --> 00:43:30,741 That's the main reason I wanted to rock with y'all. 778 00:43:30,808 --> 00:43:33,010 See, y'all know what it's like going to sleep no dinner. 779 00:43:33,077 --> 00:43:36,614 Fast losers and slow winners. Reaching in your pocket for cash. 780 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:40,117 Knowing ain't nothing there but by any means, we have to be. 781 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:42,219 [man 1] Miss Parker. Miss Parker. 782 00:43:43,020 --> 00:43:46,457 [Jaida] Y'all need pressure where you can't apply it. Who's got Rizzo? 783 00:43:46,523 --> 00:43:49,693 And I'm saying Jaida Parker's your missing piece. 784 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:52,229 -So what's up? -That's it. 785 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:57,267 [objects clatters] 786 00:43:57,801 --> 00:44:02,039 It is simple. We make the rules. Stop playing with me. 787 00:44:02,606 --> 00:44:06,543 Don't tell Tony and Stacks it ain't over until OTM and Jaida say it's over. 788 00:44:07,344 --> 00:44:10,114 OTM, listen up and listen good. 789 00:44:10,180 --> 00:44:13,417 You wanna come into my restaurant and tear the place up? 790 00:44:13,484 --> 00:44:15,052 Made a big mistake. 791 00:44:15,753 --> 00:44:18,822 [Vic] [inaudible] They issued the warning, Book, and they're here. 792 00:44:18,889 --> 00:44:21,725 The Don, the under boss, Rizzo. 793 00:44:24,928 --> 00:44:27,231 You see, the D'Angelos should know better 794 00:44:27,297 --> 00:44:29,667 than to get mixed up in our street business. 795 00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:31,602 OTM did street business. 796 00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:34,438 And then there's D'Angelo family street business. 797 00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:36,140 Look, man, it's over for the family. 798 00:44:36,206 --> 00:44:38,642 They ain't never seen a problem like OTM before. 799 00:44:38,709 --> 00:44:41,178 SCRYPTS, you better be careful. 800 00:44:41,245 --> 00:44:44,948 You're bringing Bronco, Lucien, and Jaida into a fight. 801 00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:46,984 They're not gonna return safely. 802 00:44:47,051 --> 00:44:50,721 And at Vengeance Day, Tony, Stacks, and Rizzo, they're gonna learn. 803 00:44:50,788 --> 00:44:52,556 They should have just stayed their ass on the sidewalk. 804 00:44:52,623 --> 00:44:53,557 Mm-hmm. 805 00:44:54,024 --> 00:44:57,027 Tony D and Stacks better bring it 'cause they gonna get this work. 806 00:44:58,195 --> 00:45:00,864 Listen, this isn't the first time we've done battles with the streets. 807 00:45:00,931 --> 00:45:05,202 OTM and Jaida you find out that the D'Angelo family loves a good scrap. 808 00:45:05,269 --> 00:45:08,872 Rizzo Finna find out Jaida Parker ain't the one to play with. 809 00:45:08,939 --> 00:45:12,876 Jaida, my mother always taught me. Fool me once I break your face. 810 00:45:13,477 --> 00:45:17,347 OTM, [speaking Spanish] 811 00:45:17,414 --> 00:45:21,251 This fight ain't nothing new, neither is [inaudible] 812 00:45:21,318 --> 00:45:25,522 The D'Angelo family will always own these streets. 813 00:45:25,589 --> 00:45:27,958 [dramatic music playing] 814 00:45:28,025 --> 00:45:30,294 [music fades off] 815 00:45:32,629 --> 00:45:35,632 ["About That Time" music playing] 816 00:45:50,380 --> 00:45:55,686 [Wade] For your style of bike Vic Joseph, you should offer him a race on your BMX. 817 00:45:57,254 --> 00:45:58,188 [bell rings] 818 00:45:58,255 --> 00:46:03,527 [Alicia] The following is a Mixed Tag Team match scheduled for one fall 819 00:46:03,594 --> 00:46:07,064 introducing first accompanied by SCRYPTS, 820 00:46:07,131 --> 00:46:10,968 the team of Jaida Parker, Lucien Price, 821 00:46:11,034 --> 00:46:16,673 and Bronco Nima, OTM. 822 00:46:47,104 --> 00:46:49,640 [Vic] Look, it was OTM who wanted to make an impact, 823 00:46:49,706 --> 00:46:56,079 and they might have gone a little too far with Parker attacking Rizzo at lunch, 824 00:46:56,146 --> 00:47:01,084 which has brought us to this six-person clash here tonight. 825 00:47:01,151 --> 00:47:04,154 ["All About Family" music playing] 826 00:47:16,099 --> 00:47:20,571 [Vic] Hey, Wade, the family said they were coming for some revenge here tonight. 827 00:47:20,637 --> 00:47:23,807 [Wade] Yeah, the streets don't do clean fights. 828 00:47:23,874 --> 00:47:26,343 [inaudible] Every dirty trick in the book. 829 00:47:26,410 --> 00:47:28,512 That's what we're getting tonight outta these two groups. 830 00:47:28,579 --> 00:47:30,681 [Vic] Oh, no love lost between these two. 831 00:47:30,747 --> 00:47:33,684 We talked about Parker attacking Rizzo at lunch. 832 00:47:33,750 --> 00:47:35,986 Rizzo coming for a piece using some of that, 833 00:47:36,053 --> 00:47:38,055 uh, advice her mom gave you. 834 00:47:38,121 --> 00:47:39,289 -I'll break your face. -[Wade] Yeah. 835 00:47:39,356 --> 00:47:42,292 You go into Tony D's restaurant and turn it over. 836 00:47:42,359 --> 00:47:45,262 There's gonna be consequences one way or another. 837 00:47:45,329 --> 00:47:47,130 [Vic] Oh, things are starting to settle down here. 838 00:47:47,197 --> 00:47:48,999 Six person tag team match up. 839 00:47:49,066 --> 00:47:51,001 The women will fight the women, the men will fight the men 840 00:47:51,068 --> 00:47:54,004 as Rizzo here and Parker starting things off. 841 00:47:54,071 --> 00:47:56,440 [Wade] Yeah, I'm liking what I'm seeing from Jaida Parker 842 00:47:56,506 --> 00:47:58,008 as SCRYPTS about this woman. 843 00:47:58,075 --> 00:48:02,779 What on earth? More to go out there and expand OTM. 844 00:48:02,846 --> 00:48:05,048 Hey, we needed help. Rizzo was a problem. 845 00:48:05,115 --> 00:48:08,151 We found the correct solution in Jaida Parker. 846 00:48:08,218 --> 00:48:09,486 [Vic] Better watch what you're saying. 847 00:48:09,553 --> 00:48:11,488 You keep it up, they're gonna be calling you four nickels 848 00:48:11,555 --> 00:48:12,689 to go along with two dimes. 849 00:48:12,756 --> 00:48:14,658 And right here, though Parker OTM. 850 00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:17,694 They're not bothered by the bright lights early on this. 851 00:48:17,761 --> 00:48:21,031 Of course, Parker and Rizzo's premium live event debut. 852 00:48:21,098 --> 00:48:23,600 [Wade] Yeah, and what a lot of pressure that must be. 853 00:48:23,667 --> 00:48:27,271 Of course, Tony D Stacks, they've been around the block a few times, 854 00:48:27,337 --> 00:48:30,440 but there's a lot of pressure on OTM, especially right now. 855 00:48:30,507 --> 00:48:33,610 -These are some bright lights. -[Vic] Bronco Nima entering. 856 00:48:33,677 --> 00:48:36,246 [Vic] There's Tony D'Angelo, and that's a cheap shot. 857 00:48:36,980 --> 00:48:40,984 [Wade] Animalistic Lucien Price. He is the hothead of the group. 858 00:48:41,051 --> 00:48:43,687 You simply cannot get a handle on that guy. 859 00:48:43,754 --> 00:48:47,624 And the tag was made. Now Bronco Nima is legal, 860 00:48:47,691 --> 00:48:51,862 but in the corner is, oh, just stomping right through the Don. 861 00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:53,764 [Wade] Size of Bronco Nima. 862 00:48:53,830 --> 00:48:57,200 [Vic] Yeah, there's more than just pride and bragging rights on the line, 863 00:48:57,267 --> 00:49:01,905 it seems, between these two teams, between these six individuals. 864 00:49:01,972 --> 00:49:05,309 And we can't forget SCRYPTS who's out here lurking on the outside. 865 00:49:06,243 --> 00:49:08,745 [Wade] Eyes on your opponents at all times. 866 00:49:08,812 --> 00:49:11,214 Keep your head on a swivel. 867 00:49:11,281 --> 00:49:13,717 [Vic] The under boss with a little help 868 00:49:13,784 --> 00:49:15,752 from the Don into the cover, hook of the leg. 869 00:49:15,819 --> 00:49:17,120 Nima able to kick out at two. 870 00:49:17,187 --> 00:49:19,756 But, look, you've been gone for a little bit. 871 00:49:19,823 --> 00:49:24,962 But what has it been like for you to see the family flourishing from afar? 872 00:49:25,028 --> 00:49:27,431 [Wade] Well, it's been all about experience for the family. 873 00:49:27,497 --> 00:49:28,999 They came in a couple of years ago. 874 00:49:29,066 --> 00:49:30,500 They were good from the off, 875 00:49:30,567 --> 00:49:34,571 but they're simply better and better as the months go by 876 00:49:34,638 --> 00:49:36,840 and you have to think they've got some strategies 877 00:49:36,907 --> 00:49:41,645 to catch the less experienced OTM cold, and it's working for them right now. 878 00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:43,914 [Vic] Let's talk about the experience. There's Riz. 879 00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:46,616 -[Wade] We're going Rizzo… -[Vic] The Don, the underboss… 880 00:49:48,986 --> 00:49:51,655 Oh, the family who become NXT tag team champion, 881 00:49:51,722 --> 00:49:56,059 Stacks becoming the under boss, Rizzo's arrival all leading to tonight. 882 00:49:56,126 --> 00:49:59,663 And now take a look at those three beaten down OTM. 883 00:49:59,730 --> 00:50:01,698 [Wade] Keep an eye on Adriana Rizzo. 884 00:50:01,765 --> 00:50:07,838 She is a hot-headed, reckless individual who loves throwing hands. 885 00:50:08,505 --> 00:50:10,574 That almost made SCRYPTS jump into your lap. 886 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:15,112 [inaudible] 887 00:50:15,178 --> 00:50:17,180 [Wade] Rizzo was trying to run the show. 888 00:50:17,247 --> 00:50:19,383 [Vic] Well, now Parker back up getting dropped again. 889 00:50:19,449 --> 00:50:20,851 You're right though, but… 890 00:50:20,917 --> 00:50:23,553 -[Wade] Rizzo… -…the Don saying, yeah, you're right. 891 00:50:24,087 --> 00:50:26,656 [Wade] Rizzo not great at waiting for instructions. 892 00:50:26,723 --> 00:50:29,426 She just wants to go head first into the firefight. 893 00:50:29,493 --> 00:50:33,430 -Tony D, pump the brakes. -We don't wanna be left out either. 894 00:50:33,497 --> 00:50:36,299 [Vic] Things coming up all the family here tonight. 895 00:50:36,366 --> 00:50:37,868 And, you know, I wanna go back to the beginning. 896 00:50:37,934 --> 00:50:39,202 I mean, you would have, I mean… 897 00:50:39,269 --> 00:50:41,905 I would like to say you would have taken the same stance into the cover 898 00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:45,942 and a kick out that D'Angelo & Stacks did after Rizzo was attacked. 899 00:50:46,009 --> 00:50:47,077 [Wade] Yeah, no doubt about it. 900 00:50:47,144 --> 00:50:49,813 You got to have the backs of your family, especially. 901 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:54,718 Look at that from Adriana Rizzo heels first into the mush of Jaida Parker. 902 00:50:55,185 --> 00:50:57,687 [Vic] You take a look at the family, I mean, is there a lot on their plate? 903 00:50:57,754 --> 00:51:01,158 Not only the daily business. We got new number one contenders. 904 00:51:01,224 --> 00:51:03,427 And that being the new Dusty Cup Champions, 905 00:51:03,493 --> 00:51:04,428 Bron and Baron, 906 00:51:04,494 --> 00:51:05,929 they got their championship duties. 907 00:51:05,996 --> 00:51:08,098 They got all the OTM antics 908 00:51:08,165 --> 00:51:10,567 that they've had to go through the last few weeks as under boss, 909 00:51:10,634 --> 00:51:12,335 coming right back in and able to land on his feet. 910 00:51:12,402 --> 00:51:14,671 -Big right hand. -[Wade] Yeah. You run the streets. 911 00:51:14,738 --> 00:51:16,339 -Hey, SCRYPTS. -[Wade] Here we go. 912 00:51:16,406 --> 00:51:17,407 [Vic] Oh. 913 00:51:18,809 --> 00:51:23,980 Jaida Parker, the official did not see it distracted. 914 00:51:24,047 --> 00:51:26,750 [Wade] This is the streets. It's all about the dirty tricks. 915 00:51:26,817 --> 00:51:28,452 Who can execute them better. 916 00:51:28,518 --> 00:51:31,087 And right now, thanks to SCRYPTS involvement, 917 00:51:31,154 --> 00:51:33,457 it is swung the way of OTM. 918 00:51:33,523 --> 00:51:36,660 -[Vic] Look at the Price on the outside. -[Wade] That is one angry dude. 919 00:51:36,726 --> 00:51:40,464 Look at the frown on him. Physique on these guys. 920 00:51:42,165 --> 00:51:44,100 [Vic] Underboss trying his best to get back into looking. 921 00:51:44,167 --> 00:51:49,406 We've talked about Stacks a lot. Able to withstand a lot of punishment. 922 00:51:49,473 --> 00:51:50,874 I just looked into Price's eyes. 923 00:51:50,941 --> 00:51:52,242 [Wade] Yeah, he didn't look at me. Thankfully. 924 00:51:52,309 --> 00:51:55,312 He wanted you for whatever reason. Maybe he heard your BMX idea. 925 00:51:55,378 --> 00:51:57,347 [Vic] [clears throat] I probably should talk a little bit quieter. 926 00:51:57,414 --> 00:51:59,916 [Wade] Don't race them with your BMX. It won't go well. 927 00:51:59,983 --> 00:52:02,486 -Just stay away. -[Vic] Right now things not going well 928 00:52:02,552 --> 00:52:06,690 for Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. Long way away from his team. 929 00:52:06,756 --> 00:52:08,959 [Wade] I was worried about OTM coming into this one, 930 00:52:09,025 --> 00:52:10,894 their lack of experience at this level, 931 00:52:10,961 --> 00:52:13,730 but right now you have to say it's them who look like the veterans. 932 00:52:13,797 --> 00:52:15,665 And I put that down to SCRYPTS. 933 00:52:15,732 --> 00:52:17,934 [Vic] Well, I'll take it a step further there, Barrett. 934 00:52:18,001 --> 00:52:19,970 The addition of Parker really has raised the game-- 935 00:52:20,036 --> 00:52:23,240 [Wade] No doubt about it. That was a SCRYPTS pickup. 936 00:52:23,306 --> 00:52:26,343 He sees the vision for these guys. These are less experienced people. 937 00:52:26,409 --> 00:52:29,179 Don't make the mistakes that I made. I've got the plan, guys. 938 00:52:29,246 --> 00:52:30,847 Stick with me and we're going to go far. 939 00:52:30,914 --> 00:52:34,551 [Vic] Talk about Parker we also talk about La Madrina Elektra Lopez what she's done 940 00:52:34,618 --> 00:52:36,219 for Legado Del Fantasma. 941 00:52:36,286 --> 00:52:39,856 But take a look at that tag team tandem offense. 942 00:52:39,923 --> 00:52:41,892 [Wade] There's a double jawbreaker. 943 00:52:41,958 --> 00:52:44,661 How the earth Stacks is still moving is beyond me. 944 00:52:44,728 --> 00:52:48,131 [Vic] Well, maybe Nexus needed someone like SCRYPTS or Jaida Parker… 945 00:52:48,198 --> 00:52:50,300 -[Wade] For the corps. -…for that matter. 946 00:52:50,367 --> 00:52:52,102 [Wade] Yeah, maybe I like that idea. 947 00:52:52,169 --> 00:52:55,839 Let's travel back in time 14 years and we'll implement it. 948 00:52:55,906 --> 00:52:58,074 -Well, right now. -Where were you when I needed you? 949 00:52:58,141 --> 00:53:00,577 You didn't want me back then either. I certainly didn't know what I was doing. 950 00:53:00,644 --> 00:53:02,345 But when it comes to what's going on in the ring, 951 00:53:02,412 --> 00:53:04,414 OTM knowing what they are doing, 952 00:53:04,481 --> 00:53:07,651 right here, right now, they have cut the ring in half. 953 00:53:07,717 --> 00:53:12,322 They are really just taking it to… Excuse me. 954 00:53:12,389 --> 00:53:15,158 Stacks and SCRYPTS is right here yelling at me in front of me. 955 00:53:15,225 --> 00:53:16,860 Things breaking down on this side of things 956 00:53:16,927 --> 00:53:19,896 because OTM, as you mentioned, they're the vets almost in this match. 957 00:53:19,963 --> 00:53:22,666 They're taking it to Stack. Reaching out so close. 958 00:53:22,732 --> 00:53:24,968 Couldn't make the tag. And that was a vet move. 959 00:53:25,035 --> 00:53:26,903 And again, it's because SCRYPTS to your point 960 00:53:26,970 --> 00:53:29,372 here on the outside is barking out the marching orders. 961 00:53:29,439 --> 00:53:31,942 And now they're looking for that knockout blow. 962 00:53:32,008 --> 00:53:33,977 [Wade] Punched over the top rope. 963 00:53:34,844 --> 00:53:36,346 When have you ever seen that before? 964 00:53:36,413 --> 00:53:39,516 [Vic] And there again SCRYPTS interjecting himself. 965 00:53:39,583 --> 00:53:43,286 Things are breaking down and I feel bad for the official. 966 00:53:43,353 --> 00:53:46,122 [Wade] Lucien Price punches like Tyson Fury. 967 00:53:46,189 --> 00:53:50,160 [Vic] Another cover, another count and another kick out by Stacks. 968 00:53:50,227 --> 00:53:51,995 And I just looked in the Stacks' eyes. 969 00:53:52,062 --> 00:53:54,564 He is in a lot of pain. He is in a lot of trouble. 970 00:53:54,631 --> 00:53:57,901 [Wade] Yeah. Are you surprised? A little genius. 971 00:53:57,968 --> 00:53:59,803 -He's in a lot of pain. -[Vic] I'm looking right now. 972 00:53:59,869 --> 00:54:02,038 [Wade] These guys are tearing him to pieces. 973 00:54:02,105 --> 00:54:04,407 [Vic] I hate to give you credit, but I got to come back to something you said. 974 00:54:04,474 --> 00:54:08,378 It looks like OTM is a little bit more prepared in this match up. 975 00:54:08,445 --> 00:54:09,446 Thanks to SCRYPTS. 976 00:54:09,512 --> 00:54:12,482 SCRYPTS came in with a plan. Jaida Parker came in with a plan. 977 00:54:12,549 --> 00:54:14,451 They're executing the damn thing right now. 978 00:54:14,517 --> 00:54:16,052 They're beating down the tag champs. 979 00:54:16,119 --> 00:54:18,888 [Wade] It is what's going on when it's gang on gang like this, 980 00:54:18,955 --> 00:54:22,225 when you isolate one man, you can utilize the numbers game. 981 00:54:22,292 --> 00:54:24,728 It was always going to come down to who got the up out-- 982 00:54:24,794 --> 00:54:26,429 [Vic] Into another cover and I… 983 00:54:26,496 --> 00:54:29,766 Let's go and finally the Don having to stick his nose in the business 984 00:54:29,833 --> 00:54:31,067 [Wade] He had no choice. 985 00:54:31,134 --> 00:54:34,337 [Vic] Try to create a little separation. And then he gets dumped to the outside. 986 00:54:35,071 --> 00:54:40,677 [Wade] This is utter domination from OTM at group that we knew very little about. 987 00:54:40,744 --> 00:54:43,847 -Now, Rizzo's been flattened. -We learned very little. You're right. 988 00:54:43,913 --> 00:54:46,016 [Vic] But we're learning a lot about them tonight. 989 00:54:46,082 --> 00:54:47,751 This is a different style, 990 00:54:47,817 --> 00:54:52,155 this is a different look in OTM's eyes, they're taking it to the champions. 991 00:54:52,222 --> 00:54:54,224 Into the cover goes Nima, hook of the leg. 992 00:54:54,290 --> 00:54:56,326 It Stacks had to kick out on his own. 993 00:54:56,393 --> 00:54:59,963 And, Wade, how much can he possibly have left? 994 00:55:00,030 --> 00:55:02,332 I don't even see the Don, I don't see Rizzo, 995 00:55:02,399 --> 00:55:04,601 but I'm seeing Stacks get his ass kicked right now. 996 00:55:04,668 --> 00:55:08,772 [Wade] Just look at the timing between Lucien and Bronco Nima. 997 00:55:08,838 --> 00:55:13,009 This is expert tag work from what was essentially deemed 998 00:55:13,076 --> 00:55:15,211 a rookie team up until tonight. 999 00:55:15,278 --> 00:55:18,882 We'll throw that out the window. This is a coming out party for OTM. 1000 00:55:18,948 --> 00:55:20,083 [Vic] They are opening some eyes. 1001 00:55:20,150 --> 00:55:23,953 The first ever NXT premium live event in Tennessee has been off the charts. 1002 00:55:24,020 --> 00:55:25,588 All roads lead to Philadelphia. 1003 00:55:25,655 --> 00:55:29,859 Stand & Deliver Wrestle Mania and OTM could be making their mark 1004 00:55:29,926 --> 00:55:31,995 here tonight to clear their own path 1005 00:55:32,062 --> 00:55:34,464 to Stand & Deliver on Wrestle Mania Saturday, 1006 00:55:34,531 --> 00:55:37,233 but Stacks turning things around finally makes the tag. 1007 00:55:37,300 --> 00:55:39,703 And it comes to Don to pick up some business. 1008 00:55:39,769 --> 00:55:44,240 [Wade] Yeah, pretty angry Don out there. He's fresh, and he's ready to clean house. 1009 00:55:44,307 --> 00:55:45,408 [audience shouting] 1010 00:55:45,475 --> 00:55:49,612 [Vic] You say that one more time. He is just tossing around OTM. 1011 00:55:49,679 --> 00:55:53,683 Nasty landing. Don doesn't give a damn. He's taking it to Price. 1012 00:55:53,750 --> 00:55:57,954 -He's taking it to Bronco Nima. -[Wade] Mess with the family. 1013 00:55:58,021 --> 00:56:00,623 [Wade] You mess with Tony D, there's a price to pay 1014 00:56:00,690 --> 00:56:03,793 and those are the consequences for OTM. 1015 00:56:03,860 --> 00:56:06,963 [Vic] And how is the Don really matured since your last NXT visit? 1016 00:56:07,030 --> 00:56:10,200 He's taking things into his own hands in this moment. 1017 00:56:10,266 --> 00:56:13,870 [Wade] Well, he truly has become a leader, not just of the family, 1018 00:56:13,937 --> 00:56:16,339 but of the brand itself. 1019 00:56:16,406 --> 00:56:17,874 [inaudible] 1020 00:56:17,941 --> 00:56:19,976 -[Wade] Oh. -[audience cheering] 1021 00:56:22,946 --> 00:56:25,882 [inaudible] 1022 00:56:26,816 --> 00:56:28,384 [Wade] Calling Rizzo. 1023 00:56:29,052 --> 00:56:32,922 [Vic] Rizzo coming in. Flying through. Back to the live action in the ring. 1024 00:56:32,989 --> 00:56:35,525 Remember, this match up continuing. No tag was made. 1025 00:56:35,592 --> 00:56:38,228 The Don is legal. And look, I'm checking on Stacks. 1026 00:56:38,294 --> 00:56:40,430 [Wade] Stacks is barely moved. And who can blame him? 1027 00:56:40,497 --> 00:56:43,633 Trying to get him to his feet he must feel like jelly all over. 1028 00:56:43,700 --> 00:56:44,901 [Vic] Wait, was that a kick? Oh, wait a minute. 1029 00:56:44,968 --> 00:56:46,603 Just launching Stacks. 1030 00:56:46,669 --> 00:56:48,471 Well, we didn't mention this loyalty earlier. 1031 00:56:48,538 --> 00:56:51,174 [Wade] It might be all you can do with Stacks at this point. 1032 00:56:51,241 --> 00:56:54,844 He is just a human missile. I don't think he can move on his own accord. 1033 00:56:54,911 --> 00:56:59,082 [Vic] Barrett, look. Rizzo, looking to fly. 1034 00:57:00,116 --> 00:57:02,786 [inaudible] 1035 00:57:02,852 --> 00:57:04,354 [audience cheering] 1036 00:57:04,421 --> 00:57:06,423 [Vic] Wiping out OTM. 1037 00:57:07,357 --> 00:57:10,193 [Wade] The five time all American long jumper, 1038 00:57:10,260 --> 00:57:14,364 and we saw all of those explosive hops off that top rope. 1039 00:57:14,431 --> 00:57:17,267 [Vic] The Don, the superstar legal for his team. 1040 00:57:17,333 --> 00:57:21,504 And SCRYPTS trying to get involved again. Paid the price. 1041 00:57:21,571 --> 00:57:25,708 [Wade] Tony D just one step ahead of everything from OTM at this point. 1042 00:57:25,775 --> 00:57:29,512 -[Vic] Big spine buster. -[Wade] You've enraged the boss. 1043 00:57:30,146 --> 00:57:35,518 [Vic] That Italian blood flowing right now and you can forget about it. 1044 00:57:35,585 --> 00:57:37,854 One! Two! Three! 1045 00:57:37,921 --> 00:57:38,755 [bell rings] 1046 00:57:38,822 --> 00:57:40,690 [Vic] Big win for the family. 1047 00:57:40,757 --> 00:57:41,658 ["All about Family" music playing] 1048 00:57:41,724 --> 00:57:47,163 [Alicia] Here are your winners the D'Angelo family. 1049 00:57:47,230 --> 00:57:50,800 [Vic] That's why he is the Don of NXT. 1050 00:57:50,867 --> 00:57:53,903 [wade] Well, hats off to Stacks for that durability 1051 00:57:53,970 --> 00:57:56,773 for Rizzo for that sheer aggression. 1052 00:57:56,840 --> 00:58:00,243 That the pure class and experience of Tony D 1053 00:58:00,310 --> 00:58:03,379 is what made the victory for The D'Angelos. 1054 00:58:03,446 --> 00:58:04,914 [Vic] That really was the turning point 1055 00:58:04,981 --> 00:58:07,784 because that kinda snap the Don, snap Rizzo. 1056 00:58:07,851 --> 00:58:09,752 Right here Rizzo is a flying through the air. 1057 00:58:09,819 --> 00:58:14,157 Really was maybe that wake up call that the family needed in this match up, 1058 00:58:14,224 --> 00:58:17,694 because for the most part, it was all OTM. 1059 00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:21,898 Until the Don, Stacks, and Rizzo flipped the switch. 1060 00:58:21,965 --> 00:58:24,968 [Wade] Make no mistake, this despite the Victors, 1061 00:58:25,034 --> 00:58:26,970 this was a coming out party for OTM. 1062 00:58:27,036 --> 00:58:29,606 They are a problem in NXT going forward. 1063 00:58:29,672 --> 00:58:31,508 [Vic speaking Spanish] 1064 00:58:31,574 --> 00:58:33,743 The family stands tall. 1065 00:58:33,810 --> 00:58:36,813 ["All about Family" music playing] 1066 00:58:44,087 --> 00:58:49,025 [Vic] As I mentioned this is the first ever NXT premium live event in Tennessee. 1067 00:58:49,092 --> 00:58:50,927 We are in Clarksville tonight. 1068 00:58:50,994 --> 00:58:56,332 It's been an unbelievable vibe inside the F&M Bank Arena. 1069 00:58:56,399 --> 00:58:58,468 And we'd like to extend a special thank you 1070 00:58:58,535 --> 00:59:00,837 to Bring Me The Horizon for "Darkside", 1071 00:59:00,904 --> 00:59:04,073 the official NXT loud theme song of NXT Vengeance Day, 1072 00:59:04,140 --> 00:59:08,144 available now on Apple Music and Spotify. 1073 00:59:11,147 --> 00:59:14,384 [hip-hop music playing] 1074 00:59:15,919 --> 00:59:18,288 ♪ I'm a bad girl And my friends are bad too ♪ 1075 00:59:18,354 --> 00:59:20,790 ♪ See it from the back That's what bad girl view ♪ 1076 00:59:20,857 --> 00:59:24,227 Izzy, to get where we're going, we have to do some strategic analysis. 1077 00:59:24,294 --> 00:59:26,262 I mean, this women's division is only getting stronger. 1078 00:59:26,329 --> 00:59:29,732 I mean, you could say that again. Time for us to work smarter, not harder. 1079 00:59:29,799 --> 00:59:31,901 Bingo. Whomever walks out of Vengeance Day, 1080 00:59:31,968 --> 00:59:34,804 Roxanne or Lyra as champion, that's our new target. 1081 00:59:34,871 --> 00:59:37,774 So here's a list of potential obstacles that pose a threat 1082 00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:39,309 to our ascension to the title. 1083 00:59:40,476 --> 00:59:44,647 I mean, solid list, but I can stand about none of them. 1084 00:59:45,582 --> 00:59:49,385 We need a future proof in NXT and at the top of the list. 1085 00:59:49,452 --> 00:59:53,957 Kelani Jordan. Time to take out the future before it begins. 1086 00:59:54,023 --> 00:59:56,993 I am sick and tired of everyone saying that she's the future of NXT. 1087 00:59:57,060 --> 00:59:59,362 I see right through that wholesome little act. 1088 00:59:59,429 --> 01:00:02,765 -Of course you do. -Izzy, do me a favor. 1089 01:00:02,832 --> 01:00:04,367 Keep ears to the ground on Kelani 1090 01:00:04,434 --> 01:00:06,202 if there's anything that gives us an advantage, 1091 01:00:06,269 --> 01:00:07,337 I need to know about it. 1092 01:00:07,403 --> 01:00:10,740 Say no more. The little brats not gonna know what hit her. 1093 01:00:10,807 --> 01:00:16,145 -Izzy, do whatever you need to do. -I always do. It is what it is. 1094 01:00:16,212 --> 01:00:17,614 I like the sound of that. 1095 01:00:18,081 --> 01:00:20,083 -[glasses clink] -♪ That's a bad girl view ♪ 1096 01:00:23,019 --> 01:00:24,721 -Any pain back here? -I'm good, I'm good for real. 1097 01:00:24,787 --> 01:00:26,122 -Okay. -[inaudible]. 1098 01:00:26,189 --> 01:00:28,124 -Yo, doc, Melo gonna be good? -Yeah, I'm all right. 1099 01:00:28,191 --> 01:00:29,025 -I'm all right. Hey, doc. -He's all right. 1100 01:00:29,092 --> 01:00:30,860 Thank you. I'm good, I'm good. 1101 01:00:30,927 --> 01:00:33,663 Hey, bro, why'd you take that spear from me like that, man? 1102 01:00:33,730 --> 01:00:35,498 Man, I had to take that bullet for you. 1103 01:00:35,565 --> 01:00:37,700 Bron spears you and Ilja benefits from that. 1104 01:00:37,767 --> 01:00:40,870 Look, you got a NXT Championship tonight, and that's the most important thing. 1105 01:00:40,937 --> 01:00:43,339 Look, you already got a busted lip, man. Come on. 1106 01:00:43,406 --> 01:00:46,342 Hey, the Dusty Cup is slipped between our fingers. 1107 01:00:46,409 --> 01:00:49,345 But what are we going to do? You gotta take that [inaudible] the chin. 1108 01:00:49,412 --> 01:00:55,451 Tonight, you have to slay the mad Dragon and win the NXT Championship. 1109 01:00:55,518 --> 01:00:56,653 That's the play. 1110 01:00:58,287 --> 01:00:59,956 -Right? -Hey, bro. 1111 01:01:01,024 --> 01:01:02,925 -You know how much that means to me, man. -Of course. 1112 01:01:02,992 --> 01:01:05,495 You have my back like that, that means everything. 1113 01:01:05,561 --> 01:01:08,164 -I got you. -But, hey, tonight… 1114 01:01:08,231 --> 01:01:12,769 I know, tonight you got to go out and get this win by yourself, I know. 1115 01:01:12,835 --> 01:01:15,705 Nah, not. Not this time. 1116 01:01:16,139 --> 01:01:21,678 Tonight, when I win that NXT Championship, I need my brother by my side. 1117 01:01:23,079 --> 01:01:24,814 -Yeah. -I need you right there, man. 1118 01:01:26,149 --> 01:01:27,050 -All right. -Yeah. 1119 01:01:27,116 --> 01:01:28,484 -All right, I got you. -Yeah, bro. 1120 01:01:28,551 --> 01:01:29,986 -All right, let's do this. -Let's do this. 1121 01:01:30,053 --> 01:01:31,721 Let's do this thing, man. Come on. 1122 01:01:31,788 --> 01:01:33,990 [screaming] 1123 01:01:35,658 --> 01:01:37,694 [upbeat music playing] 1124 01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:39,929 [Vic] And who will be champion? 1125 01:01:39,996 --> 01:01:45,034 Wrestle Mania weekend, and Roxanne Perez looks to reclaim what she never lost, 1126 01:01:45,101 --> 01:01:48,237 and Valkyria looks to soar into Stand & Deliver 1127 01:01:48,304 --> 01:01:50,773 with gold around her waist. 1128 01:01:54,577 --> 01:01:58,848 [Lyra] Roxanne Perez. Breakout winner. 1129 01:01:58,915 --> 01:02:02,218 Tag team champion, Royal Rumble participant 1130 01:02:02,285 --> 01:02:05,521 and the NXT Women's Champion who never lost. 1131 01:02:06,322 --> 01:02:08,691 The prodigy. 1132 01:02:08,758 --> 01:02:11,260 Just on nickname alone commands respect. 1133 01:02:11,327 --> 01:02:15,164 I respect you so much because you make me question, 1134 01:02:15,231 --> 01:02:17,266 if I'm doing enough. 1135 01:02:17,333 --> 01:02:22,405 At Vengeance Day, all that admiration goes out the window when the bell rings. 1136 01:02:23,172 --> 01:02:25,808 When I beat you, I will have proven to myself 1137 01:02:25,875 --> 01:02:29,612 that there are no question marks when it comes to my championship reign. 1138 01:02:29,679 --> 01:02:35,251 You may be different, but on February 4th the results will be the same. 1139 01:02:35,318 --> 01:02:37,820 Roxanne Perez has had a great run, 1140 01:02:37,887 --> 01:02:41,924 but Lyra Valkyria has risen and now it's my time. 1141 01:02:41,991 --> 01:02:46,963 I don't hope I beat you, I don't pray I beat you, 1142 01:02:47,029 --> 01:02:49,632 I need to beat you. 1143 01:02:54,770 --> 01:02:56,239 [Vic] Well, there is the champion 1144 01:02:56,305 --> 01:03:01,911 looking to be checked off another box on her journey as champion. 1145 01:03:03,613 --> 01:03:08,785 As Perez looks to reclaim a title she believes should still be hers, 1146 01:03:08,851 --> 01:03:11,087 a title she never lost. 1147 01:03:11,154 --> 01:03:14,524 Who's walking out NXT Women's Champion? 1148 01:03:16,259 --> 01:03:19,262 ["All Fall Down" music playing] 1149 01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:32,742 [Vic] And, Wade, last year at this event, 1150 01:03:32,808 --> 01:03:36,112 Roxanne Perez actually walked in as champion. 1151 01:03:36,179 --> 01:03:39,615 I wanna get your thoughts. Honestly, do you see it through her eyes 1152 01:03:39,682 --> 01:03:42,852 that she knows the struggles Lyra's going through right now? 1153 01:03:42,919 --> 01:03:46,589 She's ready to exploit those struggles, she's ready to reclaim. 1154 01:03:46,656 --> 01:03:47,657 But she never lost. 1155 01:03:47,723 --> 01:03:52,495 [Wade] Well, the truth is, any champion ever who has a championship 1156 01:03:52,562 --> 01:03:56,899 goes through the same struggles that Lyra Valkyria is currently having. 1157 01:03:56,966 --> 01:03:59,468 So, yeah, I understand that from Roxanne Perez, 1158 01:03:59,535 --> 01:04:02,471 but to me, that simplifies the situation too much. 1159 01:04:02,538 --> 01:04:04,607 I get your struggles, therefore I'm going to beat you. 1160 01:04:04,674 --> 01:04:05,675 I'm not buying it. 1161 01:04:05,741 --> 01:04:08,544 Lyra Valkyria has proven she's the real deal, 1162 01:04:08,611 --> 01:04:13,382 not least by beating none other than the man, Becky Lynch. 1163 01:04:13,449 --> 01:04:15,685 She can beat the best in this game. 1164 01:04:15,751 --> 01:04:18,287 ["Triumph" music playing] 1165 01:04:18,354 --> 01:04:21,457 [Wade] Roxanne wins tonight she's got to do it the hard way. 1166 01:04:22,391 --> 01:04:25,394 ["Triumph" music continuous playing] 1167 01:04:31,100 --> 01:04:33,269 [Vic] Now let's do it on the flip side. 1168 01:04:33,336 --> 01:04:37,373 Do you see it through Lyra's eyes? She's not rattled. 1169 01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:39,008 She's not bothered. 1170 01:04:39,075 --> 01:04:43,446 She's here to gain the respect of another peer. 1171 01:04:43,512 --> 01:04:46,816 She's here to check off another box on her journey. 1172 01:04:46,883 --> 01:04:51,821 She doesn't want there to be any questions regarding her championship rank. 1173 01:04:51,888 --> 01:04:53,289 [Wade] Yeah, I absolutely get that. 1174 01:04:53,356 --> 01:04:57,126 And I applaud Lyra Valkyria for that approach. 1175 01:04:57,193 --> 01:04:59,228 I would be the same if I was a champion. 1176 01:04:59,295 --> 01:05:02,999 And there's a former champ who never actually was defeated for that title. 1177 01:05:03,065 --> 01:05:07,703 I would wanna strike that blemish off my record too. 1178 01:05:18,114 --> 01:05:19,782 [bell rings] 1179 01:05:19,849 --> 01:05:23,052 [Alicia] The following contest scheduled for one fall, 1180 01:05:23,119 --> 01:05:30,126 is for the NXT Women's Championship. 1181 01:05:30,192 --> 01:05:32,995 [audience cheering] 1182 01:05:33,062 --> 01:05:35,498 Introducing first the challenger. 1183 01:05:36,365 --> 01:05:41,370 Roxanne Perez. 1184 01:05:41,437 --> 01:05:43,806 [audience cheering] 1185 01:05:45,274 --> 01:05:47,176 And her opponent. 1186 01:05:47,243 --> 01:05:54,016 She is the NXT Women's Champion. 1187 01:05:54,083 --> 01:05:59,989 Lyra Valkyria. 1188 01:06:00,056 --> 01:06:02,725 [Vic] We keep talking about Perez looking to reclaim what she didn't lost. 1189 01:06:02,792 --> 01:06:04,427 We got to go back to last march. 1190 01:06:04,493 --> 01:06:07,763 Roxanne Perez successfully defended the women's championship 1191 01:06:07,830 --> 01:06:09,298 against Meiko Satomura. 1192 01:06:09,365 --> 01:06:11,434 She collapsed after that match. 1193 01:06:11,500 --> 01:06:16,072 That's when the struggle began to get back to this point. 1194 01:06:16,138 --> 01:06:18,975 Never been beaten one on one for the NXT women's title, 1195 01:06:19,041 --> 01:06:20,977 was never beaten for the tag team titles. 1196 01:06:21,043 --> 01:06:23,546 Wade, if you remember, you were here in NXT at that point? 1197 01:06:23,612 --> 01:06:27,283 [Wade] Yeah, absolutely. I've got no qualms whatsoever with Roxanne 1198 01:06:27,350 --> 01:06:29,986 finally getting this one on one opportunity. 1199 01:06:30,052 --> 01:06:33,622 She absolutely deserves it, but you can ask for it for a long time. 1200 01:06:33,689 --> 01:06:37,593 When you get it, you better make sure you get in there and perform. 1201 01:06:37,660 --> 01:06:40,529 [Vic] Winner one step closer to walking into Wrestle Mania Saturday 1202 01:06:40,596 --> 01:06:43,466 at Stand & Deliver as the NXT Women's Champion. 1203 01:06:43,532 --> 01:06:47,737 And isn't it crazy to think that Roxanne Perez was never beaten 1204 01:06:47,803 --> 01:06:50,606 for any title she held? I mean, how would that eat at you? 1205 01:06:50,673 --> 01:06:55,144 [Wade] I mean, listen, once upon a time, 2014, I was stripped of a championship, 1206 01:06:55,211 --> 01:06:58,781 the Intercontinental Championship, because I received an injury. 1207 01:06:58,848 --> 01:07:00,950 I then watched over the next six months 1208 01:07:01,017 --> 01:07:04,020 as a host of guys ended up holding that title. 1209 01:07:04,086 --> 01:07:07,323 Deep down in my soul, I knew they were not the champ. 1210 01:07:07,390 --> 01:07:09,959 I was sat on the couch rehabbing. 1211 01:07:10,026 --> 01:07:11,827 It angered me every single day. 1212 01:07:11,894 --> 01:07:15,097 So I understand the perspective of Roxanne Perez. 1213 01:07:15,164 --> 01:07:18,934 When you get that opportunity to get your title back, you better take it. 1214 01:07:19,001 --> 01:07:19,869 [Vic] You talk about that anger. 1215 01:07:19,935 --> 01:07:24,173 Is that what maybe has contributed to the more shoulders down and kick out? 1216 01:07:24,240 --> 01:07:26,442 Has that contributed to maybe more of the aggressive side 1217 01:07:26,509 --> 01:07:29,211 that we've seen out of the Prodigy's shoulders down one more time. 1218 01:07:29,278 --> 01:07:30,112 Another near-fall. 1219 01:07:30,179 --> 01:07:33,349 Nice counter by the champion, challenger kicking out right back in. 1220 01:07:33,416 --> 01:07:36,152 Rolls through shoulders down and another near-fall. 1221 01:07:36,218 --> 01:07:37,787 And take a look at the bridge. 1222 01:07:37,853 --> 01:07:41,824 The power of Valkyria looking to try to get the backslide can. 1223 01:07:41,891 --> 01:07:43,592 -[audience] …two. -[Wade] Oh. 1224 01:07:43,659 --> 01:07:46,028 [Vic] Perez is able to kick out one more time. 1225 01:07:46,095 --> 01:07:48,264 [Vic] A quick back and forth between these two. 1226 01:07:48,330 --> 01:07:49,165 But is that 1227 01:07:49,231 --> 01:07:51,333 what has led to the more aggressive side of the prodigy? 1228 01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:55,371 [Wade] Yeah, impart, but it has been a traumatic 12 months for Roxanne Perez. 1229 01:07:55,438 --> 01:07:59,408 She was the fresh faced, naive youngster when I was last here in NXT. 1230 01:07:59,475 --> 01:08:02,078 She is battle hardened by life right now. 1231 01:08:02,144 --> 01:08:08,451 Personal breakdowns, personal tragedies, seeing women come and go with her title, 1232 01:08:08,517 --> 01:08:12,655 and, of course, some absolutely gruesome matches that she's been in. 1233 01:08:12,721 --> 01:08:14,390 This is a battle hardened woman. 1234 01:08:14,457 --> 01:08:15,958 [Vic] I'll talk about some of those matches. 1235 01:08:16,025 --> 01:08:19,061 [Vic] She won Weapons Wild. She won in Devil's Playground. 1236 01:08:19,128 --> 01:08:23,732 She beat 19 other women for this championship opportunity. 1237 01:08:23,799 --> 01:08:28,804 And she's in there with Lyra Valkyria, who's been through the grind also herself, 1238 01:08:28,871 --> 01:08:33,776 which includes defeating Becky Lynch to become the NXT Women's Champion. 1239 01:08:33,843 --> 01:08:36,245 [Wade] Yeah, and that gives you a level of confidence 1240 01:08:36,312 --> 01:08:39,982 for many, Becky Lynch is the number one woman on the planet 1241 01:08:40,049 --> 01:08:43,953 with or without WWE Championships around her waist. 1242 01:08:44,019 --> 01:08:47,089 So, to go into battle with Becky Lynch 1243 01:08:47,156 --> 01:08:51,060 and become victorious to earn that NXT Championship, wow. 1244 01:08:51,126 --> 01:08:53,696 You know you can do it when the lights are at their brightest. 1245 01:08:53,762 --> 01:08:55,664 [Vic] No, when you think of a signature win as well, 1246 01:08:55,731 --> 01:08:59,068 doesn't that make the target on your back a little bit bigger 1247 01:08:59,135 --> 01:09:02,638 when you defeat someone like Becky Lynch, when you become champion, 1248 01:09:02,705 --> 01:09:04,940 when you come here to Vengeance Day, 1249 01:09:05,007 --> 01:09:07,843 as we got a little stalemate between the champion and the challenger. 1250 01:09:07,910 --> 01:09:11,247 [Wade] The target becomes bigger. But so does your reputation. 1251 01:09:11,313 --> 01:09:13,749 That target starts to move. It's harder to hit. 1252 01:09:13,816 --> 01:09:15,484 And that is the case with Lyra Valkyria. 1253 01:09:15,551 --> 01:09:17,887 Now she's proven that she is the real deal. 1254 01:09:17,953 --> 01:09:20,122 [Vic] She goes back to to what, Valkyria has said that 1255 01:09:20,189 --> 01:09:23,192 she just wants the respect of more of the peers in the locker room. 1256 01:09:23,259 --> 01:09:26,428 She doesn't want the question marks the clouds hanging over the title reign, 1257 01:09:26,495 --> 01:09:28,531 which is why she has this one on one match, 1258 01:09:28,597 --> 01:09:32,434 why she's been looking forward to this one on one opportunity against Perez. 1259 01:09:32,501 --> 01:09:34,803 And it's the battles with those, like the man, 1260 01:09:34,870 --> 01:09:38,407 that have prepared Lyra Valkyria for this match up here tonight. 1261 01:09:38,474 --> 01:09:43,379 And again, these two have known each other so very long they've watched each other 1262 01:09:43,445 --> 01:09:46,348 kind of grow up here in NXT, both being champions. 1263 01:09:46,415 --> 01:09:50,686 -This has been an even match up. -Yeah. And it's a very cagey start. 1264 01:09:50,753 --> 01:09:53,155 [Wade] Both women know one mistake and it could be over for them. 1265 01:09:53,222 --> 01:09:54,623 That is the level of respect 1266 01:09:54,690 --> 01:09:58,127 these two clearly have for each other as competitors. 1267 01:09:58,193 --> 01:10:00,196 [clapping] 1268 01:10:00,262 --> 01:10:03,232 [Vic] NXT universe here, rallying behind both these superstars. 1269 01:10:03,299 --> 01:10:07,436 As Perez using a little bit extra from the top, charging right in. 1270 01:10:07,503 --> 01:10:10,105 Now Maybe trying to quicken the pace in this match up 1271 01:10:10,172 --> 01:10:14,376 goes around not once, but twice, the take down Valkyria. 1272 01:10:14,443 --> 01:10:17,713 And it's important to note too for Perez, chasing history. 1273 01:10:17,780 --> 01:10:21,083 Only two other women have held the NXT women's title more than once 1274 01:10:21,150 --> 01:10:23,452 Shayna Baszler and Charlotte Flair. 1275 01:10:23,519 --> 01:10:25,454 -[Wade] Yeah, what a view-- -[Vic] Incoming! Oh-- 1276 01:10:25,521 --> 01:10:28,657 [Wade] [inaudible] match, but that was Bull Hammer Esque. 1277 01:10:28,724 --> 01:10:35,331 Perfect timing. Perhaps lying in wait was Lyra Valkyria and now the champ has risen. 1278 01:10:36,498 --> 01:10:40,369 [Vic] And Valkyria one more time on the button. 1279 01:10:40,436 --> 01:10:45,074 [Wade] Just when Roxanne Perez thought she had a head of steam in this one. 1280 01:10:45,140 --> 01:10:48,210 Here's the game changer for you and… 1281 01:10:48,277 --> 01:10:49,345 …beat. 1282 01:10:49,411 --> 01:10:53,382 A bang to the temple and Roxanne has not looked the same since. 1283 01:10:53,449 --> 01:10:55,050 [Vic] Heavy artillery coming out from the champion 1284 01:10:55,117 --> 01:10:58,754 as Valkyria to the top looking to soar, has her target in sight. 1285 01:10:58,821 --> 01:11:00,522 Missing though, just in the last moment. 1286 01:11:00,589 --> 01:11:03,659 And incoming with a Thesz Press is the challenger. 1287 01:11:03,726 --> 01:11:05,527 And now it's Perez who's on top. 1288 01:11:05,594 --> 01:11:09,031 And it's Roxanne Perez who said she's not going to be pushed around 1289 01:11:09,098 --> 01:11:10,633 anymore here in NXT. 1290 01:11:10,699 --> 01:11:12,468 She wants her championship back. 1291 01:11:12,534 --> 01:11:14,670 [Wade] Well, that is the ace up his sleeve for Roxanne. 1292 01:11:14,737 --> 01:11:17,072 She is so elusive in that ring. 1293 01:11:17,139 --> 01:11:21,277 She is so nimble, diminutive and using it to her advantage. 1294 01:11:21,343 --> 01:11:24,980 [Vic] Valkyria had to know this was gonna come some point in this match 1295 01:11:25,047 --> 01:11:26,682 because she was warned by Perez. 1296 01:11:26,749 --> 01:11:30,519 Perez is not the same lucky go person she once was. 1297 01:11:30,586 --> 01:11:35,457 Roxanne Perez now knows she might have to take a high-risk springboard moonsault. 1298 01:11:35,524 --> 01:11:37,092 Got all of it into the cover. 1299 01:11:37,159 --> 01:11:40,229 Title on the line and another near-fall. 1300 01:11:40,295 --> 01:11:44,300 Valkyria just able to get that left shoulder up and for Perez, 1301 01:11:44,366 --> 01:11:47,970 almost like she's trying to regain her focus in this match up 1302 01:11:48,037 --> 01:11:48,971 after another near-fall. 1303 01:11:49,038 --> 01:11:53,108 But take a look at the rotation and then sticking the landing. 1304 01:11:53,175 --> 01:11:54,677 And Perez back to live action. 1305 01:11:54,743 --> 01:11:58,313 Big right hand followed by a forearm, buckling the knees of the champion. 1306 01:11:58,380 --> 01:12:00,916 [Wade] The champ is completely wobbled at this point, 1307 01:12:00,983 --> 01:12:03,218 throwing whatever she can at Perez 1308 01:12:03,285 --> 01:12:05,988 to get a little breathing room, but that did it. 1309 01:12:08,157 --> 01:12:11,293 [Vic] And Valkyria hooking up Perez. 1310 01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:12,227 [audience cheering] 1311 01:12:12,294 --> 01:12:17,933 [Vic] Nice suplex, cover, count to retain and a kick out by the challenger. 1312 01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,769 And there wasn't a lot on that kick out. 1313 01:12:20,836 --> 01:12:23,105 [Wade] Yeah, I think Valkyria knew full well 1314 01:12:23,172 --> 01:12:24,707 Roxanne was going to kick out there, 1315 01:12:24,773 --> 01:12:27,943 but again, buying herself a little time to recover from the previous beat. 1316 01:12:28,010 --> 01:12:30,879 [Vic] Oh, looking for one more time. This time it's countered inside cradle. 1317 01:12:30,946 --> 01:12:35,417 Another near-fall. Almost a new champion here at Vengeance Day. 1318 01:12:35,484 --> 01:12:38,487 [Wade] Valkyria knows she cannot write off Roxanne that easily. 1319 01:12:38,554 --> 01:12:41,924 It's going to take something special to put away the former champ. 1320 01:12:42,791 --> 01:12:43,892 -[Wade] Oh! -[audience cheering] 1321 01:12:43,959 --> 01:12:48,364 [Wade] Right on the back of the neck of Roxanne that was an ugly landing. 1322 01:12:48,430 --> 01:12:51,133 [Vic] What a German suplex from Valkyria. 1323 01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:56,371 And if you noticed, she had the foot hooked of Roxanne Perez 1324 01:12:56,438 --> 01:12:59,208 in an unusual position and it's Valkyria now 1325 01:12:59,274 --> 01:13:01,176 who has taken it to the challenger. 1326 01:13:01,243 --> 01:13:06,081 Everything coming up for the champion in this moment, on this night. 1327 01:13:06,148 --> 01:13:08,517 Now just trying to overpower Perez. 1328 01:13:09,184 --> 01:13:12,821 [Wade] Lyra Valkyria has to make a beeline for that neck of Roxanne Perez 1329 01:13:12,888 --> 01:13:15,190 that could be shattered right now. 1330 01:13:16,191 --> 01:13:17,025 [grunts] 1331 01:13:17,092 --> 01:13:18,627 [audience shouting] 1332 01:13:18,694 --> 01:13:20,796 [Vic] Talking about the high-risk earlier from Perez. 1333 01:13:20,863 --> 01:13:24,032 Perez may be now trying to go for broke in this match up 1334 01:13:24,099 --> 01:13:27,770 swing and maybe emptying the tank in this moment. 1335 01:13:27,836 --> 01:13:29,605 -[Wade] Turned into a slug-- -[Vic] To the top! 1336 01:13:29,671 --> 01:13:31,106 [audience cheering] 1337 01:13:31,173 --> 01:13:34,076 [Vic] Valkyria rocked in comes Perez. 1338 01:13:34,143 --> 01:13:37,112 Pump rocks connects, rolling through into the-- 1339 01:13:37,179 --> 01:13:40,315 ["Te Lo Rompo" music playing] 1340 01:13:42,718 --> 01:13:44,987 -[Vic] Lola Vice with an official. -[Wade] Oh, here we go. 1341 01:13:45,053 --> 01:13:48,657 -[Wade] History's about-- -[Vic] Tatum Paxley. 1342 01:13:50,492 --> 01:13:51,593 Just got dropped. 1343 01:13:51,660 --> 01:13:56,131 The guaranteed contract is in Vise's hand for winning the Breakout Tournament. 1344 01:13:56,198 --> 01:13:57,966 [audience shouting] 1345 01:13:58,033 --> 01:14:00,536 [inaudible] 1346 01:14:00,602 --> 01:14:02,337 Ladies and gentlemen, 1347 01:14:02,404 --> 01:14:07,209 Lola Vice is executing her Breakout Tournament contract. 1348 01:14:07,276 --> 01:14:09,912 Therefore, this match is now officially 1349 01:14:09,978 --> 01:14:14,983 a triple threat match. 1350 01:14:15,050 --> 01:14:17,486 [Vic] And Wade, think about this triple threat rules. 1351 01:14:17,553 --> 01:14:22,191 The odds just shrunk for Lyra Valkyria just got caught by buenos noches 1352 01:14:22,257 --> 01:14:24,426 Valkyria does not need to be factored in the decision 1353 01:14:24,493 --> 01:14:26,662 to lose her title on a near-fall. 1354 01:14:26,728 --> 01:14:29,031 -[audience] One, two! -[Vic] Another near-fall. 1355 01:14:29,097 --> 01:14:32,034 Lola Vice has changed the game in Perez and Valkyria-- 1356 01:14:32,100 --> 01:14:34,136 What the hell is going through their mind right now? 1357 01:14:34,203 --> 01:14:37,005 This is now a triple threat match. Didn't connect from behind. 1358 01:14:37,072 --> 01:14:40,909 Looking for a submission. MMA background couldn't be coming in now for Vice. 1359 01:14:40,976 --> 01:14:45,714 [Wade] Locked in center off the ring Lyra Valkyria nowhere to be seen. 1360 01:14:45,781 --> 01:14:48,550 [Vic] Putting all that weight on the back of Perez. Perez is fading. 1361 01:14:48,617 --> 01:14:51,720 The officials right there. Perez trying to fight, 1362 01:14:51,787 --> 01:14:55,123 Lola Vice has sent shockwaves through the NXT universe. 1363 01:14:55,190 --> 01:14:57,292 Everyone's on their feet in Clarksville. 1364 01:14:57,359 --> 01:15:00,496 [Wade] And Roxanne Perez is fading in a hurry. 1365 01:15:00,562 --> 01:15:02,431 [Vic] Roll through, roll through, shoulders down. 1366 01:15:02,498 --> 01:15:05,267 Oh, and Vice has to let go of the submission. 1367 01:15:05,334 --> 01:15:08,303 [Wade] Only way out of that submission. But there's [inaudible], Vic. 1368 01:15:08,370 --> 01:15:11,106 [Vic] Another big kick shoots the half, titles on the line. 1369 01:15:11,173 --> 01:15:12,608 [audience] One! Two! 1370 01:15:12,674 --> 01:15:15,010 [Vic] Perez kicking out, showing the heart of a champion. 1371 01:15:15,077 --> 01:15:17,913 But now another submission triangle choke. 1372 01:15:17,980 --> 01:15:21,550 [Wade] Out of the frying pan and into the fire for Roxanne Perez. 1373 01:15:21,617 --> 01:15:25,420 There is simply no respite for fresh Lola Vice. 1374 01:15:25,487 --> 01:15:27,256 [Vic] Valkyria! 1375 01:15:27,322 --> 01:15:28,557 [audience cheering] One! Two! 1376 01:15:28,624 --> 01:15:31,093 [Vic] Perez, somehow. And you got to give credit to Perez. 1377 01:15:31,159 --> 01:15:36,398 The, the, the wherewithal, the presence to break up that count. 1378 01:15:36,465 --> 01:15:38,467 But let's reset for a second. 1379 01:15:38,534 --> 01:15:41,303 This is turned into a triple threat match. 1380 01:15:41,370 --> 01:15:44,573 Lyra Valkyria with a big splash. 1381 01:15:45,140 --> 01:15:47,743 And then Perez saving the match up for herself. 1382 01:15:47,809 --> 01:15:49,177 But it's triple threat rules. 1383 01:15:49,244 --> 01:15:53,048 Champion does not need to be factored in the decision to lose her title. 1384 01:15:53,115 --> 01:15:56,184 Lola Vice has executed her championship contract 1385 01:15:56,251 --> 01:15:58,887 that she won from winning the Women's Breakout Tournament, 1386 01:15:58,954 --> 01:16:00,455 and this is turning into a damn slug fest. 1387 01:16:00,522 --> 01:16:04,660 [Wade] Yeah, this is bizarre as both Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez 1388 01:16:04,726 --> 01:16:07,062 are game plan for a one on one match up. 1389 01:16:07,129 --> 01:16:12,434 They were both exhausted by the time a fresh Lola Vice executed that contract. 1390 01:16:12,501 --> 01:16:16,338 This has changed everything. The favorite now has to be Vice. 1391 01:16:16,405 --> 01:16:18,073 -[groans] -[audience cheering] 1392 01:16:18,140 --> 01:16:20,042 [Vic] Look at the plethora of kicks. 1393 01:16:20,576 --> 01:16:22,844 [Wade] Simply no way to block that speed. 1394 01:16:22,911 --> 01:16:26,682 [Vic] And, Wade, I mean, how do you adapt on the fly if you're Perez? 1395 01:16:26,748 --> 01:16:28,884 How do you adapt on the fly if you're Lyra Valkyria? 1396 01:16:28,951 --> 01:16:31,353 [Wade] Simply gotta hope muscle memory kicks in 1397 01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:36,024 and hope that your body is not to beat up to protect yourself. 1398 01:16:36,091 --> 01:16:39,695 [Vic] Lola Vice has been waiting for the right time. 1399 01:16:39,761 --> 01:16:42,030 Premium live event spotlight. 1400 01:16:42,097 --> 01:16:47,202 To execute the contract to possibly put gold around her waist. 1401 01:16:47,269 --> 01:16:51,740 [Wade] I got to tell you, Vic, I did not like the execution from Lola Vice. 1402 01:16:51,807 --> 01:16:55,978 I would have wait until both women were down and out, but perhaps… 1403 01:16:56,645 --> 01:16:59,381 Let me say Lola Vice might know something I did not, 1404 01:16:59,448 --> 01:17:02,818 but Roxanne just about getting out of the jaws of danger. 1405 01:17:04,186 --> 01:17:07,522 [Vic] [inaudible] and Perez now looking for a two-for-one 1406 01:17:07,589 --> 01:17:10,959 of Russian leg sweep DDT combo. 1407 01:17:11,026 --> 01:17:12,327 [audience shouting] 1408 01:17:12,394 --> 01:17:15,097 [Wade] Vice may well have got the worst of that one. 1409 01:17:15,163 --> 01:17:17,699 [Vic] See if that gets put in WWE 2K24. 1410 01:17:17,766 --> 01:17:18,867 [screams] 1411 01:17:18,934 --> 01:17:22,838 [Vic] But look who's up. Look who's standing. It's the prodigy. 1412 01:17:23,839 --> 01:17:26,375 She wants back her damn championship. 1413 01:17:26,441 --> 01:17:29,211 [audience cheering and applauding] 1414 01:17:29,277 --> 01:17:33,281 [Wade] Suddenly getting that second win is the former champ. 1415 01:17:33,348 --> 01:17:36,151 [audience cheering] 1416 01:17:37,452 --> 01:17:40,055 [Vic] Everyone is down but one. 1417 01:17:40,122 --> 01:17:43,392 And look at Roxanne, she knows she has to get one of the two back into the ring. 1418 01:17:43,458 --> 01:17:46,995 It's the only place she can win the NXT Women's Championship. 1419 01:17:47,062 --> 01:17:48,797 [audience chanting] Valkyria! 1420 01:17:48,864 --> 01:17:52,200 [Wade] Roxanne looking to right a perceived wrong 1421 01:17:52,267 --> 01:17:54,069 and get back her gold. 1422 01:17:54,703 --> 01:17:59,174 [Vic] High crossbody. Valkyria rolling through in the champion, 1423 01:17:59,241 --> 01:18:03,011 showing the heart of a champion, powering up. And, oh! 1424 01:18:03,078 --> 01:18:04,046 [audience cheering] 1425 01:18:04,112 --> 01:18:07,315 [Vic] Nightwish connects. Vice, saving the match. 1426 01:18:07,382 --> 01:18:09,718 A quick look into the cover trying to steal it. 1427 01:18:09,785 --> 01:18:10,919 Valkyria breaking it up-- 1428 01:18:10,986 --> 01:18:15,590 [Wade] Almost parasitically taking that victory away from the champ. 1429 01:18:15,657 --> 01:18:20,362 Lyra Valkyria didn't quite do it, but this one is up for grabs now. 1430 01:18:20,429 --> 01:18:24,266 -Good luck picking a winner. -[Vic] Look at the NXT universe. 1431 01:18:24,332 --> 01:18:28,537 [audience chanting] NXT! 1432 01:18:32,140 --> 01:18:34,042 [Vic] It's about the NXT Women's Championship 1433 01:18:34,109 --> 01:18:36,778 and I don't know about you, Barrett, 1434 01:18:36,845 --> 01:18:39,781 but the game changed for me when Vice came out here, 1435 01:18:39,848 --> 01:18:42,284 changed the game for the two competitors in the ring, 1436 01:18:42,350 --> 01:18:46,321 and Lola Vice trying to change the game inside the whole women's division 1437 01:18:46,388 --> 01:18:49,858 if she can crown herself champion. But Valkyria with a near-fall. 1438 01:18:49,925 --> 01:18:52,561 -[Wade] Lola Vice-- -[Vic] [inaudible]. Oh, she's out. 1439 01:18:52,627 --> 01:18:54,429 [Vic] That's a knockout. That's a cover. 1440 01:18:54,496 --> 01:18:57,332 And it's not quite enough to crown a new champion. 1441 01:18:57,399 --> 01:18:59,201 [Wade] That was the weakest kick out of all time. 1442 01:18:59,267 --> 01:19:02,104 -And now an attempted armbar. -[Vic] Trying to break the grip. 1443 01:19:02,170 --> 01:19:03,939 Valkyria doing anything she can, 1444 01:19:04,005 --> 01:19:08,477 trying to hold on to not allow Lola Vice to lock in this armbar. 1445 01:19:08,543 --> 01:19:11,446 [Wade] Lola Vice just has such a wide arsenal. 1446 01:19:11,513 --> 01:19:13,381 [Vic] Kick out and again having to relinquish-- 1447 01:19:13,448 --> 01:19:17,319 [Wade] Vice's [inaudible] but that might have been a KO in itself. 1448 01:19:17,385 --> 01:19:18,620 [Vic] Perez from behind. 1449 01:19:18,687 --> 01:19:21,957 -[audience] One, two! [audience cheering] 1450 01:19:22,023 --> 01:19:26,595 [Wade] They admire the engines of Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez, 1451 01:19:26,661 --> 01:19:31,032 especially to keep ticking at this pace, this deep into a match up. 1452 01:19:31,099 --> 01:19:33,335 [Vic] Absolutely unreal. pump rocks. 1453 01:19:33,401 --> 01:19:36,872 Pump rocks again hits Tatum Paxley again. 1454 01:19:36,938 --> 01:19:38,807 There's no disqualification. 1455 01:19:40,275 --> 01:19:45,180 [Wade] Deranged fan of Lyra Valkyria. Coming to her aid once again. 1456 01:19:46,314 --> 01:19:47,716 [Vic] Looking for buenos noches. 1457 01:19:47,782 --> 01:19:51,620 Didn't connect Valkyria though. Looking for night wish. 1458 01:19:51,686 --> 01:19:55,490 -[audience] One! Two! Three! -[Vic] Got all of it and somehow survives. 1459 01:19:55,557 --> 01:19:57,559 ["Triumph" music playing] 1460 01:19:57,626 --> 01:19:59,327 [Alicia] Here is your winner 1461 01:19:59,394 --> 01:20:03,799 and still the NXT Women's Champion 1462 01:20:03,865 --> 01:20:07,803 Lyra Valkyria. 1463 01:20:08,670 --> 01:20:10,872 [Wade] Well, amidst the pandemonium. 1464 01:20:10,939 --> 01:20:16,244 It is a retention for Lyra Valkyria, but it was Roxanne Perez 1465 01:20:16,311 --> 01:20:19,114 in the closing stages who looked like she had this Vic-- 1466 01:20:19,181 --> 01:20:21,716 [Vic] I mean, this match up, this was the pump rocks 1467 01:20:21,783 --> 01:20:25,220 that we all thought was gonna maybe bring Perez back to title. 1468 01:20:25,287 --> 01:20:27,689 But this is the moment that shook us all. 1469 01:20:27,756 --> 01:20:31,259 Lola Vice coming down executing her championship contract. 1470 01:20:31,326 --> 01:20:34,763 And right here, bam. Pump rocks for the second time. 1471 01:20:34,830 --> 01:20:38,266 But it's Tatum Paxley who ran interference 1472 01:20:38,333 --> 01:20:40,635 I don't even think Lyra Valkyria realized it, 1473 01:20:40,702 --> 01:20:42,971 but did realize Lola Vice was targeting her 1474 01:20:43,038 --> 01:20:44,573 was able to ducking. Bam. 1475 01:20:44,639 --> 01:20:49,411 Hit that night wish to retain the NXT Women's Championship. 1476 01:20:49,477 --> 01:20:52,681 [Wade] Well, the intervention of Paxley without doubt, 1477 01:20:52,747 --> 01:20:57,319 is the reason why Lyra Valkyria still has the gold. 1478 01:20:57,385 --> 01:21:01,456 And if I was Roxanne Perez, especially, I would feel aggrieved at that. 1479 01:21:01,523 --> 01:21:04,593 Another battle feather added to the collection 1480 01:21:04,659 --> 01:21:08,663 as Lyra continues to soar towards Philadelphia. 1481 01:21:13,935 --> 01:21:15,971 [inaudible] 1482 01:21:16,438 --> 01:21:19,007 -Hey. -Hey. Hey! Hi. 1483 01:21:19,074 --> 01:21:20,609 Sorry. I think you're the best. 1484 01:21:20,675 --> 01:21:22,410 And you deserve the best. 1485 01:21:22,477 --> 01:21:25,914 And I came all the way to Clarksville just to ask you. 1486 01:21:25,981 --> 01:21:30,185 -You have a Valentine yet? -No, I don't have a Valentine. 1487 01:21:30,252 --> 01:21:32,454 I don't have anything or actually anyone. 1488 01:21:32,520 --> 01:21:34,022 -Nothing. Yes. -No? 1489 01:21:34,089 --> 01:21:38,660 No. Okay. Well, um. Great. We'll, maybe you be mine? 1490 01:21:41,096 --> 01:21:43,932 Yes, yeah, 100%. Totally, totally. 1491 01:21:43,999 --> 01:21:46,968 -Yeah. -That's so good. We should do something. 1492 01:21:47,035 --> 01:21:48,970 -Okay. Yeah. Yeah. -Please. Come on. 1493 01:21:51,473 --> 01:21:57,312 [footsteps] 1494 01:22:11,326 --> 01:22:14,329 [suspense music playing] 1495 01:22:19,801 --> 01:22:21,670 What a premium live event it's been tonight 1496 01:22:21,736 --> 01:22:24,272 here at Vengeance Day welcoming back Wade Barrett. 1497 01:22:24,339 --> 01:22:27,542 But I'm also excited to announce that we got a premium live event 1498 01:22:27,609 --> 01:22:30,612 coming to Savannah, Georgia, Memorial Day weekend. 1499 01:22:30,679 --> 01:22:32,681 It's NXT battleground. 1500 01:22:32,747 --> 01:22:33,682 And not to be outdone, 1501 01:22:33,748 --> 01:22:37,319 our next TV special on NXT Tuesdays on USA. 1502 01:22:37,385 --> 01:22:40,221 Roadblock coming your way on March the 5th. 1503 01:22:40,288 --> 01:22:41,523 And the question is, 1504 01:22:41,589 --> 01:22:44,659 who will be walking in North American Champion? 1505 01:22:44,726 --> 01:22:47,862 We're about to find out in a matter of moments. 1506 01:22:51,032 --> 01:22:54,035 ["Control The Empire" music playing] 1507 01:22:55,971 --> 01:22:58,907 ♪ Have you walked through flames ♪ 1508 01:22:58,974 --> 01:23:00,342 ♪ Feel my struggle and my pain ♪ 1509 01:23:00,408 --> 01:23:05,146 [Vic] And tonight for Dragon Lee, he won't be caught by a surprise 1510 01:23:05,213 --> 01:23:07,882 loss to North American title to Oba Femi, 1511 01:23:07,949 --> 01:23:13,355 who executed his championship contract on NXT several weeks ago. 1512 01:23:13,421 --> 01:23:16,391 [Wade] Yeah, and I'll take nothing away from the mechanism 1513 01:23:16,458 --> 01:23:19,227 of how the breakout contract works. 1514 01:23:19,294 --> 01:23:23,064 I love it, I think it's great, but you can beat a man 1515 01:23:23,131 --> 01:23:25,867 when he's exhausted from already fighting. 1516 01:23:25,934 --> 01:23:30,605 Let's see you prove you are the real champ by beating the same man when he's fresh. 1517 01:23:30,672 --> 01:23:32,607 ♪ Getting hot caliente, heatin' up ♪ 1518 01:23:32,674 --> 01:23:35,810 ♪ Let the dragon spit fire now The pit is on the fire ♪ 1519 01:23:35,877 --> 01:23:39,347 ♪ Control the empire From the bottom, we rise up ♪ 1520 01:23:39,414 --> 01:23:41,850 ♪ From the ashes Volcanic, my flow lava ♪ 1521 01:23:41,916 --> 01:23:45,186 ♪ The roof is on fire It′s about to get hotter… ♪ 1522 01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:55,630 [Vic] Dragon Lee, of course, would love to add a title around his waist 1523 01:23:55,697 --> 01:24:00,335 to once again in the form of the North American Championship. 1524 01:24:00,402 --> 01:24:03,271 [Wade] Yeah, but he's got a metaphorical 1525 01:24:03,338 --> 01:24:06,975 and perhaps a literal mountain to climb tonight 1526 01:24:07,041 --> 01:24:09,144 if he's to do just that thing. 1527 01:24:10,879 --> 01:24:13,281 ♪ Feel my struggle and my pain ♪ 1528 01:24:13,348 --> 01:24:14,182 [music fades] 1529 01:24:14,249 --> 01:24:17,318 ["Hands Of Fate" music playing] 1530 01:24:47,182 --> 01:24:48,983 [screams] 1531 01:24:49,050 --> 01:24:51,052 [audience cheering] 1532 01:24:52,620 --> 01:24:58,793 [Vic] 6'6" over 300 pounds, 1533 01:24:58,860 --> 01:25:03,598 nearly a foot taller and 150 pounds heavier 1534 01:25:03,665 --> 01:25:05,700 than his challenger here tonight. 1535 01:25:05,767 --> 01:25:09,571 [Wade] Listen, I was in the locker room at the Royal Rumble last week. 1536 01:25:09,637 --> 01:25:15,410 Every top star from Raw and Smack Down were asking the same question. 1537 01:25:15,477 --> 01:25:19,614 Where the hell did they find this Oba Femi? 1538 01:25:19,681 --> 01:25:23,017 Two months ago. Nobody was talking about this guy. 1539 01:25:23,084 --> 01:25:25,820 Then you see him debuting the Breakout Tournament? 1540 01:25:25,887 --> 01:25:26,721 Yeah, I get it. 1541 01:25:26,788 --> 01:25:30,492 He's probably going to need a few years maturing, figuring this game out. 1542 01:25:30,558 --> 01:25:31,759 Hell no. 1543 01:25:31,826 --> 01:25:34,295 This guy was ready yesterday. 1544 01:25:34,362 --> 01:25:39,567 And he's a big, big problem for the entirety of WWE. 1545 01:25:44,472 --> 01:25:46,141 [bell rings] 1546 01:25:46,207 --> 01:25:49,310 [Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall, 1547 01:25:49,377 --> 01:25:56,384 it's for the NXT North American Championship. 1548 01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:02,390 Introducing first the challenger, 1549 01:26:02,457 --> 01:26:07,562 Dragon Lee. 1550 01:26:07,629 --> 01:26:09,230 [audience cheering] 1551 01:26:10,698 --> 01:26:12,534 And his opponent, 1552 01:26:12,600 --> 01:26:19,607 he is the NXT North American Champion… 1553 01:26:20,642 --> 01:26:25,113 Oba Femi 1554 01:26:25,179 --> 01:26:28,383 [audience cheering] 1555 01:26:29,017 --> 01:26:32,353 [Vic] Dragon Lee so desperately wants that championship back for everything 1556 01:26:32,420 --> 01:26:36,324 that it represents in Dragon Lee was here in Clarksville earlier today, 1557 01:26:36,391 --> 01:26:39,594 along with some other NXT superstars, before Vengeance Day, 1558 01:26:39,661 --> 01:26:44,332 as NXT collected over 200 donations with the local organization WIPAC 1559 01:26:44,399 --> 01:26:47,335 to support tornado relief efforts here in Clarksville, 1560 01:26:47,402 --> 01:26:49,237 Dragon Lee wants to be able to give back. 1561 01:26:49,304 --> 01:26:53,508 He wants to have the platform, he wants his championship back, 1562 01:26:53,575 --> 01:26:55,977 but he's got quite the mountain to overcome. 1563 01:26:56,044 --> 01:26:58,613 And Oba Femi, who didn't even wanna hand the championship over, 1564 01:26:58,680 --> 01:27:01,549 and Dragon Lee coming out hot right out of the gates. 1565 01:27:01,616 --> 01:27:04,319 Dragon Lee wasting no time looking to take flight. 1566 01:27:04,385 --> 01:27:05,587 Holy hell! 1567 01:27:05,653 --> 01:27:09,657 [Wade] This is about as smart a start Dragon Lee could have possibly made. 1568 01:27:09,724 --> 01:27:12,160 Try and get the jump on this big monster. 1569 01:27:12,227 --> 01:27:16,297 [Vic] Saw my life flash before my eyes with Oba Femi almost fall into our lap. 1570 01:27:16,364 --> 01:27:19,267 But just like that, the power of Oba. 1571 01:27:19,334 --> 01:27:20,702 [Wade] Seven eight seconds. 1572 01:27:20,768 --> 01:27:26,407 That's how long Dragon Lee looked good before reality hit the luchador. 1573 01:27:26,474 --> 01:27:27,775 -[referee] Two! -[audience shouting] 1574 01:27:27,842 --> 01:27:30,044 [Vic] Oba Femi now just turning things around 1575 01:27:30,111 --> 01:27:33,915 and just look at the power of Femi. 1576 01:27:33,982 --> 01:27:37,986 We talked about the size he's carrying around a man 1577 01:27:38,052 --> 01:27:40,655 like Dragon Lee not even breathing heavy. 1578 01:27:40,722 --> 01:27:41,656 No problem at all. 1579 01:27:41,723 --> 01:27:43,958 As Lee trying his best almost out of desperation, 1580 01:27:44,025 --> 01:27:45,827 able to land on his feet and roll through. 1581 01:27:45,893 --> 01:27:48,196 That's one way to stay up and Lee right back in. 1582 01:27:48,263 --> 01:27:50,565 And that'll take down any man, no matter their size. 1583 01:27:50,632 --> 01:27:54,435 [Wade] Well, physically, Dragon Lee has absolutely zero chance 1584 01:27:54,502 --> 01:27:58,239 against Oba Femi his one big chance here. 1585 01:27:58,306 --> 01:28:01,609 Dragon Lee's opportunity is to outfox the big man. 1586 01:28:01,676 --> 01:28:06,748 Use your experience, stay nimble, keep moving, and hope for a miracle. 1587 01:28:07,515 --> 01:28:09,050 [Vic] He was hoping to do a little more damage 1588 01:28:09,117 --> 01:28:10,618 and just being caught out of midair. 1589 01:28:10,685 --> 01:28:12,920 And Lee again using his quickness, 1590 01:28:12,987 --> 01:28:16,924 his elusiveness, his speed to try to chop down Oba Femi. 1591 01:28:16,991 --> 01:28:19,627 [Wade] Well, it's certainly not the first mountain 1592 01:28:19,694 --> 01:28:22,130 the Dragon Lee has had to climb in his career. 1593 01:28:22,196 --> 01:28:24,332 He's rarely going to be the bigger guy in the match, 1594 01:28:24,399 --> 01:28:26,067 -but it might be the… -[Vic] Cover. 1595 01:28:26,134 --> 01:28:28,036 [Wade] …biggest mountain of them all, 1596 01:28:28,102 --> 01:28:30,905 and perhaps the one with the biggest prize on top, 1597 01:28:30,972 --> 01:28:32,807 -going first [inaudible]. -[Vic] That might be it. 1598 01:28:32,874 --> 01:28:35,510 -Two! -[Vic] And another kick out by Oba Femi. 1599 01:28:35,576 --> 01:28:38,446 If that doesn't do it, what the hell are you going to pull out? 1600 01:28:38,513 --> 01:28:40,548 [Vic] I mean, Wade, take another look. 1601 01:28:40,615 --> 01:28:45,219 Just check out this impact just right there to the side of the face. 1602 01:28:45,286 --> 01:28:46,654 [Wade] I've never seen that before. 1603 01:28:46,721 --> 01:28:49,223 Usually, guys connect on the chest with something like that 1604 01:28:49,290 --> 01:28:50,658 to connect on the head. 1605 01:28:50,725 --> 01:28:51,893 It's still not good enough. 1606 01:28:51,959 --> 01:28:52,794 -[thuds] -[audience cheering] 1607 01:28:52,860 --> 01:28:54,195 [Vic] Oh, games may be over now. 1608 01:28:54,262 --> 01:28:59,434 Oba Femi just planting Dragon Lee and you won the OG version of NXT. 1609 01:28:59,500 --> 01:29:01,569 You've seen them come, you've seen them go, some in the back 1610 01:29:01,636 --> 01:29:04,339 actually refer to you as the grandfather of the brand. 1611 01:29:04,405 --> 01:29:09,110 So having seen… Not what I said, they said, but having seen so much, 1612 01:29:09,177 --> 01:29:12,113 what were your first thoughts when you saw Oba Femi 1613 01:29:12,180 --> 01:29:15,283 for the first time ever in the ring several weeks ago 1614 01:29:15,349 --> 01:29:16,284 in the Breakout Tournament-- 1615 01:29:16,351 --> 01:29:18,286 [Wade] To be clear, when I won the first season of NXT, 1616 01:29:18,353 --> 01:29:22,256 I had six years of experience at various levels before that. 1617 01:29:22,323 --> 01:29:24,659 Oba Femi, as far as I'm aware, does not have that. 1618 01:29:24,726 --> 01:29:29,163 He's a fresh crossover athlete, and when you get what guys like that, 1619 01:29:29,230 --> 01:29:31,733 it takes years to refine them, to get them. 1620 01:29:31,799 --> 01:29:34,569 [Vic] Into a cover, hook of the leg, and the challenger just kicking out. 1621 01:29:34,635 --> 01:29:38,606 [Wade] To get them a level of poise, experience, confidence in this game, 1622 01:29:38,673 --> 01:29:40,975 this Oba Femi is an absolute freak. 1623 01:29:41,042 --> 01:29:44,612 He didn't need that. He just took to this like a duck to water. 1624 01:29:44,679 --> 01:29:47,048 And this guy is scary. The scariest part… 1625 01:29:47,115 --> 01:29:48,116 [Vic] Oh. 1626 01:29:48,182 --> 01:29:50,551 [Wade] We have just scratched the surface. 1627 01:29:50,618 --> 01:29:54,222 I have no idea how good this this guy can be. 1628 01:29:54,288 --> 01:29:56,824 [Vic] To your point. You think about the Breakout Tournament. 1629 01:29:56,891 --> 01:29:59,393 You think about a match up. His first match up. 1630 01:29:59,460 --> 01:30:02,196 That was almost a year ago for Oba Femi on NXT TV, 1631 01:30:02,263 --> 01:30:04,499 less than five matches in his career. 1632 01:30:04,565 --> 01:30:05,600 You talk about the experience. 1633 01:30:05,666 --> 01:30:07,835 You had less than five matches in his career 1634 01:30:07,902 --> 01:30:10,204 to finally win a championship. 1635 01:30:10,271 --> 01:30:13,641 He won the NXT North American title in his fifth match. 1636 01:30:13,708 --> 01:30:19,514 [Wade] Yeah, and now dominating a guy who has been deemed the next Rey Mysterio. 1637 01:30:19,580 --> 01:30:24,852 This… Dragon Lee just getting thrown around the ring with abandon. 1638 01:30:24,919 --> 01:30:28,823 It has just been too easy for the champ Oba Femi so far. 1639 01:30:28,890 --> 01:30:31,425 Dragon Lee better start thinking fast. 1640 01:30:31,492 --> 01:30:33,995 [Vic] Oh, and Oba dropped the LWO this past Tuesday. 1641 01:30:34,061 --> 01:30:38,299 Then he swatted Lee out of midair into another cover, and a nope… 1642 01:30:38,366 --> 01:30:41,035 He's getting that right shoulder up was Dragon Lee. 1643 01:30:41,102 --> 01:30:43,004 [Wade] Oba Femi isn't even breathing heavy. 1644 01:30:43,070 --> 01:30:47,875 Guys that big, generally, as the match wears on they start to struggle. 1645 01:30:47,942 --> 01:30:49,777 Not Oba Femi this guy is special. 1646 01:30:49,844 --> 01:30:51,345 [Vic] He brought up Rey Mysterio. 1647 01:30:51,412 --> 01:30:53,080 Two! [inaudible], Oba. 1648 01:30:53,147 --> 01:30:56,384 You brought Rey mysterio a few moments ago and it seems like for Dragon Lee, 1649 01:30:56,451 --> 01:30:59,921 he's put extra pressure on his shoulders after being anointed. 1650 01:30:59,987 --> 01:31:01,756 The future of Lucha Libre. 1651 01:31:01,823 --> 01:31:03,391 [Wade] Now I don't agree with that, Vic. 1652 01:31:03,458 --> 01:31:06,861 I think Rey Mysterio gave him that chalice because he believes in him. 1653 01:31:06,928 --> 01:31:09,797 He believes in him because there is something damn special 1654 01:31:09,864 --> 01:31:11,666 in the world of Lucha Libre. 1655 01:31:11,732 --> 01:31:13,668 When it comes to Dragon Lee, 1656 01:31:13,734 --> 01:31:16,337 it's not added pressure, it's just a reality. 1657 01:31:16,404 --> 01:31:19,073 This guy is the future, but the future ain't happening tonight. 1658 01:31:19,140 --> 01:31:20,107 The way this is going. 1659 01:31:20,174 --> 01:31:23,578 [Vic] Referees at six and seven, Dragon crawling back to the ring at eight. 1660 01:31:23,644 --> 01:31:24,912 He's not even on his feet yet. 1661 01:31:24,979 --> 01:31:28,316 He does it nine. Can he break the count. And he did it by a half second. 1662 01:31:28,382 --> 01:31:32,153 [Wade] But for what, straight back at the feet of danger. 1663 01:31:32,220 --> 01:31:33,855 [Vic] To keep his hopes alive, Barrett. 1664 01:31:33,921 --> 01:31:37,725 That's for what, he's got a fighting chance, don't you think? 1665 01:31:37,792 --> 01:31:40,495 Well, maybe not. What a back breaker. 1666 01:31:40,561 --> 01:31:43,464 [Wade] There's your answer, Vic. There's your fighting chance. 1667 01:31:43,531 --> 01:31:46,567 [Vic] Dragon Lee tried to convince Oba Femi 1668 01:31:46,634 --> 01:31:48,469 to defend the title in an open challenge. 1669 01:31:48,536 --> 01:31:52,540 Defend a title that he held with honor and pride. 1670 01:31:52,607 --> 01:31:54,308 [Wade] I like the answer. 1671 01:31:54,375 --> 01:31:55,643 No freebies. 1672 01:31:55,710 --> 01:31:58,980 You want a championship opportunity, you've got to earn it, Lee. 1673 01:31:59,046 --> 01:32:01,349 The open challenge era is over. 1674 01:32:01,415 --> 01:32:03,551 This is the Oba Femi era. 1675 01:32:03,618 --> 01:32:06,854 [Vic] Has to be it, and maybe for Dragon Lee at some point. 1676 01:32:06,921 --> 01:32:08,155 And he kicked out again. 1677 01:32:08,222 --> 01:32:11,726 But at what point is the referee going to maybe step in 1678 01:32:11,792 --> 01:32:14,462 to save Dragon Lee from himself? The Dragon Lee is not going to quit. 1679 01:32:14,529 --> 01:32:16,631 [Wade] I was asking you the same thing 60 seconds ago, 1680 01:32:16,697 --> 01:32:18,499 and you said he's in there with a fighting chance. 1681 01:32:18,566 --> 01:32:19,667 There is no fighting chance. 1682 01:32:19,734 --> 01:32:21,202 [Vic] I had a different look at things than I do now. 1683 01:32:21,269 --> 01:32:23,070 [Wade] He might be in there with a broken spine 1684 01:32:23,137 --> 01:32:25,373 and it's only getting worse. 1685 01:32:25,439 --> 01:32:27,308 [Vic] Dragon Lee trying to create a little bit of separation. 1686 01:32:27,375 --> 01:32:30,645 And back to that open challenge. No one's going to argue with Oba Femi. 1687 01:32:30,711 --> 01:32:32,680 No one's going to get in Oba Femi's face. 1688 01:32:32,747 --> 01:32:35,449 But Dragon Lee trying his best. Doing his thing here. 1689 01:32:35,516 --> 01:32:38,653 Spins around, gets caught again by Femi. 1690 01:32:38,719 --> 01:32:40,955 Look at the champion, look at the challenger. 1691 01:32:41,022 --> 01:32:42,723 He does have a fighting chance spirit. 1692 01:32:42,790 --> 01:32:45,126 Can he make Oba Femi tap? 1693 01:32:45,726 --> 01:32:49,597 [Wade] Just wrapping yourself around the massive limbs of Oba Femi 1694 01:32:49,664 --> 01:32:52,300 is difficult in itself, but trying to manipulate them. 1695 01:32:52,366 --> 01:32:54,468 This guy is so big, so strong. 1696 01:32:54,535 --> 01:32:57,238 [Vic] But it's working because Femi's down to a knee. 1697 01:32:57,305 --> 01:32:59,173 [Wade] The monster is fading. 1698 01:32:59,240 --> 01:33:03,678 [Vic] Pulling, prying, trying anything he can to cinch 1699 01:33:03,744 --> 01:33:07,081 and squeeze the life out of Oba Femi 1700 01:33:07,148 --> 01:33:10,985 but Femi, again, just too powerful back to his feet. 1701 01:33:11,052 --> 01:33:13,054 [Wade] Well, that's the experience factor, I guarantee you. 1702 01:33:13,120 --> 01:33:16,190 Oba Femi has never tasted a move like that before. 1703 01:33:16,257 --> 01:33:18,192 He's figuring it out on the fly. 1704 01:33:18,259 --> 01:33:20,394 -[Wade] How do I get out of this? -[Vic] Let me seize that top rope. 1705 01:33:20,461 --> 01:33:23,497 [Vic] You see a little bit of the strain in the shoulders. 1706 01:33:23,564 --> 01:33:25,700 [Wade] Maybe even panic in the eyes of the big monster. 1707 01:33:25,766 --> 01:33:27,301 [Vic] That is true too, Barrett. 1708 01:33:27,368 --> 01:33:30,738 He has never felt this before, and bite his teeth. 1709 01:33:30,805 --> 01:33:32,340 One! Break it. Two! 1710 01:33:32,406 --> 01:33:35,076 -Off the hair. [Wade] It's unique but it worked. 1711 01:33:35,142 --> 01:33:37,912 [Vic] Dragon Lee not letting go. Dragon Lee holding on. 1712 01:33:37,979 --> 01:33:40,381 Dragon Lee trying to get the big man down. 1713 01:33:40,448 --> 01:33:43,184 And I don't know if that's a tactic that's going to work. 1714 01:33:43,851 --> 01:33:46,554 Overpowered yet again in Dragon Lee though, 1715 01:33:46,621 --> 01:33:49,023 that elusiveness, that fighting spirit. 1716 01:33:49,090 --> 01:33:52,159 -[Wade] The champ is wobbled. -[Vic] Superkick connects. 1717 01:33:52,226 --> 01:33:56,430 [Vic] Enzuigiri connects Femi's down to his knees, and back to his feet. 1718 01:33:56,497 --> 01:34:00,267 [Wade] You have to stack offense against the big man like Oba Femi… 1719 01:34:00,334 --> 01:34:01,769 [Vic] The tornado DDT. 1720 01:34:01,836 --> 01:34:05,239 [Wade] …is exactly what the challenger is doing. 1721 01:34:05,306 --> 01:34:08,275 [Vic] This could be it, jumping knee under the jaw Femi's down, 1722 01:34:08,342 --> 01:34:12,046 Femi's rock, Femi's hurt, but Femi's still alive. 1723 01:34:12,113 --> 01:34:15,116 [Wade] Took about six shots to the temple, back to back to back. 1724 01:34:15,182 --> 01:34:18,352 But this the one that finally put the champ down. 1725 01:34:18,419 --> 01:34:20,154 -But for how long? -One, two! 1726 01:34:20,221 --> 01:34:23,324 Not long enough for Dragon Lee. 1727 01:34:23,391 --> 01:34:25,126 [Vic] Dragon Lee focus now. 1728 01:34:25,192 --> 01:34:27,795 Dragon Lee has got his third, maybe his fourth win in the match up. 1729 01:34:27,862 --> 01:34:29,296 Big dropkick. 1730 01:34:29,363 --> 01:34:30,798 Still didn't take down Oba. 1731 01:34:30,865 --> 01:34:33,434 A second dropkick still hasn't taken the big man down. 1732 01:34:33,501 --> 01:34:35,403 Finally, Femi is down again. 1733 01:34:35,469 --> 01:34:38,172 [Wade] And we have never seen Oba Femi tested like this. 1734 01:34:38,239 --> 01:34:41,509 We're about to find out what Oba Femi is really made of. 1735 01:34:42,410 --> 01:34:43,811 [audience cheering] 1736 01:34:43,878 --> 01:34:45,613 [Vic] Third dropkick connects. 1737 01:34:45,679 --> 01:34:47,148 Will it be enough for Dragon Lee 1738 01:34:47,214 --> 01:34:50,618 to recapture his North American Championship? 1739 01:34:50,684 --> 01:34:53,320 And Femi again able to kick out. 1740 01:34:53,988 --> 01:34:58,993 It's all about the North American title here at Vengeance Day. 1741 01:34:59,693 --> 01:35:02,863 The champion Oba Femi in his first defense of his title 1742 01:35:02,930 --> 01:35:07,468 against the man he beat when he executed his Breakout Tournament contract. 1743 01:35:07,535 --> 01:35:10,738 Dragon Lee, and Lee has brought the fight. 1744 01:35:10,805 --> 01:35:12,540 Dragon Lee has brought everything in-- 1745 01:35:12,606 --> 01:35:14,075 -[Wade] No, there's no chance. -[Vic] There's no way. 1746 01:35:14,141 --> 01:35:16,377 You're out of your mind, right? Whoa. 1747 01:35:16,444 --> 01:35:18,245 [Vic] Sit-down power bomb. 1748 01:35:18,312 --> 01:35:20,114 [audience] One! Two! 1749 01:35:20,181 --> 01:35:22,116 [Vic] Oh, wow. 1750 01:35:22,183 --> 01:35:25,386 [Wade] I'll tell you this, Vic, I don't care how big and scary you are 1751 01:35:25,453 --> 01:35:28,489 when you get rocked, when you start tasting your own blood. 1752 01:35:28,556 --> 01:35:33,627 When you get thrown around like this, you start to doubt your own abilities. 1753 01:35:33,694 --> 01:35:35,996 But we're learning a lot about Oba Femi now. 1754 01:35:36,063 --> 01:35:38,065 He's still in the fight. He ain't giving up. 1755 01:35:38,132 --> 01:35:40,968 [Vic] I dunno what was more impressive, the kick out by Femi, 1756 01:35:41,035 --> 01:35:45,473 or the power from Dragon Lee to hoist a 6'6" man over 300 pounds. 1757 01:35:45,539 --> 01:35:48,943 Then up over Dragon Lee caught. 1758 01:35:49,009 --> 01:35:50,411 [audience cheering] 1759 01:35:53,514 --> 01:35:57,118 [Vic] Lee doing his best to break away. Big knee under the jaw of Femi 1760 01:35:57,184 --> 01:35:59,887 And Oba now, somehow still on his feet. 1761 01:35:59,954 --> 01:36:05,326 Lee though charging back in and he got swatted out of thin air again. 1762 01:36:05,392 --> 01:36:11,432 [Wade] Like a frying pan to the chest, and Oba Femi has a scary look in his eye. 1763 01:36:11,499 --> 01:36:14,034 What on earth is he concocting, Vic? 1764 01:36:14,768 --> 01:36:18,105 -[audience cheering] [Vic] Looking to wipe out Dragon Lee. 1765 01:36:21,275 --> 01:36:25,780 And he could be looking to wipe out our announce desk. 1766 01:36:27,681 --> 01:36:30,284 He's looking bleak for Dragon Lee. 1767 01:36:32,386 --> 01:36:35,156 [Vic] Dragon Lee able to counter with a DDT? 1768 01:36:35,222 --> 01:36:37,691 -[Wade] Yeah, just in the nick of time. -[Vic] Is that on the monitor? 1769 01:36:38,459 --> 01:36:41,529 [Wade] Just bounced off the cowl perhaps the monitor too. 1770 01:36:41,595 --> 01:36:43,697 That was an ugly landing for Oba Femi, 1771 01:36:43,764 --> 01:36:47,067 but thankfully for Dragon Lee stays alive in this one. 1772 01:36:47,134 --> 01:36:48,669 [Vic] You talk about the inexperience. 1773 01:36:48,736 --> 01:36:54,742 This could be the experience of how the… Like a monster back to his feet. 1774 01:36:58,145 --> 01:37:01,415 At first, you don't succeed! Try again! 1775 01:37:01,482 --> 01:37:03,350 [audience shouting] 1776 01:37:04,451 --> 01:37:06,387 [Vic] Barrett, you just got out of the way. 1777 01:37:06,453 --> 01:37:09,757 [Wade] I need a new chair. Dragon Lee needs a new spine. 1778 01:37:10,491 --> 01:37:14,795 [Vic] And Oba Femi looking to put the finishing touches possibly. 1779 01:37:14,862 --> 01:37:18,866 On his first championship title defense, but Dragon Lee with second thoughts. 1780 01:37:18,933 --> 01:37:21,435 Shoulders down, shoulders down. Near-fall. 1781 01:37:21,502 --> 01:37:25,372 Femi just able to power out and then bulldozes Dragon Lee. 1782 01:37:26,207 --> 01:37:32,746 A fortune teller, spoke to Oba Femi about his power and overtaking an industry. 1783 01:37:32,813 --> 01:37:36,483 He's well on his way to doing so with performances like tonight. 1784 01:37:36,550 --> 01:37:39,119 [Wade] He believes there is a prophecy driving him. 1785 01:37:39,186 --> 01:37:41,288 It's written in the stars. 1786 01:37:41,355 --> 01:37:44,058 [Vic] He just tossed me like nothing. 1787 01:37:44,124 --> 01:37:50,297 Like a shot put, like he was back in college dominating the SEC power bomb. 1788 01:37:50,364 --> 01:37:53,434 -Goodnight. -[audience] One! Two! Three! 1789 01:37:53,500 --> 01:37:55,569 -Oba Femi retains. -[bell rings] 1790 01:37:55,636 --> 01:37:57,037 ["Hands Of Fate" music playing] 1791 01:37:57,104 --> 01:37:58,405 [Alicia] Here is your winner, 1792 01:37:58,472 --> 01:38:03,978 and still the NXT North American Champion, 1793 01:38:04,044 --> 01:38:06,647 Oba Femi. 1794 01:38:06,714 --> 01:38:11,552 [Vic] I wanna take nothing away from Dragon Lee, 1795 01:38:11,619 --> 01:38:15,222 who and when all was said and done, was able to fight back 1796 01:38:15,289 --> 01:38:18,192 throughout this match up but this was just unreal. 1797 01:38:18,259 --> 01:38:25,099 The strength of Oba Femi is just unreal with what he can do with other humans. 1798 01:38:25,165 --> 01:38:29,270 Just launching him with no remorse, with no care. 1799 01:38:29,336 --> 01:38:32,406 And then this brutal, vicious power bomb. 1800 01:38:32,473 --> 01:38:35,776 [Wade] New questions were asked of Oba Femi tonight. 1801 01:38:35,843 --> 01:38:41,649 The NXT North American Champion answered every single one of them 1802 01:38:41,715 --> 01:38:44,151 and passed this test with flying colors, Vic. 1803 01:38:44,218 --> 01:38:45,486 [Vic] His size. 1804 01:38:45,552 --> 01:38:49,189 Ruthlessness, and immense strength as an equation, 1805 01:38:49,256 --> 01:38:51,158 I don't know who can solve. 1806 01:38:51,225 --> 01:38:56,130 So who can step up and take down the North American Champion? 1807 01:38:59,400 --> 01:39:00,334 Spring. 1808 01:39:02,603 --> 01:39:06,507 -Ah, Miss April. Thea Hail. -Yeah. 1809 01:39:06,573 --> 01:39:09,009 How about a little spring fling with the king? 1810 01:39:09,076 --> 01:39:11,779 Right, Lexis. You need to stop. 1811 01:39:12,413 --> 01:39:13,480 Thea. 1812 01:39:13,547 --> 01:39:18,819 When are you going to learn that Riley Osborne is not the guy? 1813 01:39:19,753 --> 01:39:23,190 [yelling] 1814 01:39:23,657 --> 01:39:24,525 [grunts] 1815 01:39:25,092 --> 01:39:26,694 Yes. Let's go! 1816 01:39:27,261 --> 01:39:28,696 Get it, get it right. 1817 01:39:28,762 --> 01:39:29,863 Oh, my God! 1818 01:39:30,264 --> 01:39:32,833 Ava, Vengeance Day has been amazing so far, 1819 01:39:32,900 --> 01:39:35,536 and it's your first PLE as GM of NXT. 1820 01:39:35,602 --> 01:39:37,338 So how are you feeling about it all? 1821 01:39:37,404 --> 01:39:39,540 Kelly, there was a lot of pressure going into tonight, 1822 01:39:39,606 --> 01:39:40,874 but I think it's been a hit. 1823 01:39:40,941 --> 01:39:43,310 I mean, every single match has been incredible. 1824 01:39:43,377 --> 01:39:46,480 and we still have our main event, so safe to say, it's been a great night. 1825 01:39:46,547 --> 01:39:49,416 And also Clarksville has been such an amazing host to us. 1826 01:39:49,483 --> 01:39:50,384 I'm so happy. 1827 01:39:50,451 --> 01:39:52,453 I completely agree about Clarksville. 1828 01:39:52,519 --> 01:39:55,489 I really feel like NXT is starting to build momentum 1829 01:39:55,556 --> 01:39:57,991 and hit its stride as we're gearing up for Stand & Deliver. 1830 01:39:58,058 --> 01:40:00,227 So what is next? 1831 01:40:00,294 --> 01:40:02,963 Well, on March 5th is NXT Roadblock, 1832 01:40:03,030 --> 01:40:05,232 and then after that, soft to Stand & Deliver. 1833 01:40:05,299 --> 01:40:07,334 Speaking of that, ticket sales for this year 1834 01:40:07,401 --> 01:40:09,303 have easily surpassed those from last year, 1835 01:40:09,370 --> 01:40:11,772 and I think that's so exciting because that means that this year, 1836 01:40:11,839 --> 01:40:15,376 Stand & Deliver has the potential to be the biggest event in NXT history. 1837 01:40:15,442 --> 01:40:19,947 Yeah, that's absolutely incredible. So we've had success after success. 1838 01:40:20,014 --> 01:40:23,550 Does that mean it's safe to say that NXT is going back on the road again? 1839 01:40:23,617 --> 01:40:26,620 May 26th, NXT battleground is headed to Savannah, Georgia. 1840 01:40:26,687 --> 01:40:28,622 And NXT being back on the road, 1841 01:40:28,689 --> 01:40:30,924 It's a testament to how hard all of our superstars work. 1842 01:40:30,991 --> 01:40:34,228 I'm so proud of this brand, and I really think it's something special. 1843 01:40:34,294 --> 01:40:36,797 Well, thank you so much for your time today, Ava. 1844 01:40:36,864 --> 01:40:38,465 Of course. Thank you so much, Kelly. 1845 01:40:39,099 --> 01:40:40,234 I took time thinking about this. 1846 01:40:40,300 --> 01:40:43,203 -Good, yes. -Getting it? All right, man. 1847 01:40:43,270 --> 01:40:45,973 So this took some time reflecting, as you would say, Brinley. 1848 01:40:46,040 --> 01:40:47,975 -And I got my five likes. -Good. 1849 01:40:48,041 --> 01:40:50,177 First, I mean, we look like a million bucks. 1850 01:40:50,244 --> 01:40:51,945 The gear look good. Thanks for the hand, man. 1851 01:40:52,012 --> 01:40:53,947 I appreciate that, by the way. Uh, two. 1852 01:40:54,014 --> 01:40:55,716 We went toe to toe with two former champions, 1853 01:40:55,783 --> 01:40:57,718 and we gave almost everything that we had. 1854 01:40:57,785 --> 01:40:59,219 -Yeah. -Almost, almost. 1855 01:40:59,286 --> 01:41:02,122 And third, just like always, we came out with the crazy energy. 1856 01:41:02,189 --> 01:41:04,058 -People were chanting, Malik the freak. -Malik the freak. 1857 01:41:04,124 --> 01:41:04,958 Come on, come on. 1858 01:41:05,025 --> 01:41:08,462 And fourth, that frog splash I hate was splashing, if I do say so myself. 1859 01:41:08,529 --> 01:41:09,663 It was so clean. 1860 01:41:09,730 --> 01:41:12,266 In five, that Edris elbow was so clean 1861 01:41:12,332 --> 01:41:14,201 that I almost saw my own reflection through it. 1862 01:41:14,268 --> 01:41:15,869 Yeah. Oh, I love it. 1863 01:41:15,936 --> 01:41:17,805 All right, give me the hard stuff. 1864 01:41:17,871 --> 01:41:21,642 -What'd you get for dislikes? -You know, I struggle with this. 1865 01:41:21,708 --> 01:41:24,411 -I only had two. -That's okay. That's fine. What were they? 1866 01:41:24,478 --> 01:41:28,749 You know, our communication got lost during the end, and we lost. 1867 01:41:28,816 --> 01:41:29,683 Mm. 1868 01:41:29,750 --> 01:41:32,186 What else? What else you got? That was two. So she said five. 1869 01:41:32,252 --> 01:41:33,520 -You guys help. -Come on. Read it up. 1870 01:41:33,587 --> 01:41:38,492 -What did you get? -Guys. Likes, dislikes? 1871 01:41:38,559 --> 01:41:40,961 -Yeah. -Really? 1872 01:41:41,028 --> 01:41:43,964 I mean, you got to know that stuff isn't actually going to help you, right? 1873 01:41:44,031 --> 01:41:46,934 We faced Bron and Corbin, two certified monsters. 1874 01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:49,770 You face Trick and Melo, who can't even get on the same page, mate. 1875 01:41:49,837 --> 01:41:53,674 Hey, hey, should I give him a hard hitting home truth? 1876 01:41:53,740 --> 01:41:55,042 -Please don't. -Go ahead. Come on. 1877 01:41:55,108 --> 01:41:56,143 Not again. 1878 01:41:56,210 --> 01:41:58,779 All right, if we faced you last week, we'd be heading to Vengeance Day. 1879 01:41:58,846 --> 01:42:01,315 [crosstalk] 1880 01:42:01,381 --> 01:42:05,419 Hey, hypothetical questions give you hypothetical answers. 1881 01:42:05,486 --> 01:42:09,923 So I say we put the truth theory to the test, Nathan. 1882 01:42:09,990 --> 01:42:13,393 Two teams. One answer. 1883 01:42:13,460 --> 01:42:17,197 Goosebumps. Yes. Oh, my God, I can't wait. 1884 01:42:17,264 --> 01:42:20,634 Whoa. Oh, my gosh, I'm gonna help them. They're gonna be so good. 1885 01:42:20,701 --> 01:42:23,871 [Vic] Well, let's talk about this Tuesday, because two Dusty Cup teams 1886 01:42:23,937 --> 01:42:25,205 with something to prove. 1887 01:42:25,272 --> 01:42:29,643 This is going to be fast paced, high flying Axiom, Frazier and Enofe Blade 1888 01:42:29,710 --> 01:42:32,146 Tuesday live on NXT. 1889 01:42:32,746 --> 01:42:34,281 Well, also this coming Tuesday, 1890 01:42:34,348 --> 01:42:38,318 Lexis King stepped towards Thea Hail, and Riley Osborne did not like it. 1891 01:42:38,385 --> 01:42:40,888 Maybe it's love, or maybe it's the fact that it's cuffing season. 1892 01:42:40,954 --> 01:42:45,792 Either way, it's King Osborne one on one on NXT, Tuesday on USA. 1893 01:42:46,560 --> 01:42:50,731 And the Wolf Dogs will be howling on Tuesday 1894 01:42:50,797 --> 01:42:53,000 because you won't wanna miss Bron appearance. 1895 01:42:53,066 --> 01:42:55,836 Wait a minute. What's going on? 1896 01:42:57,437 --> 01:43:00,307 [inaudible] 1897 01:43:00,374 --> 01:43:02,142 Break it up. Referee. 1898 01:43:02,209 --> 01:43:04,478 [objects clattering] 1899 01:43:05,345 --> 01:43:07,214 Hey, come on, stop! 1900 01:43:07,281 --> 01:43:11,418 [inaudible] 1901 01:43:11,485 --> 01:43:14,488 [shouting] 1902 01:43:22,196 --> 01:43:26,300 [Vic] Well, you can't blame Roxanne Perez, who lost her moment earlier tonight 1903 01:43:26,366 --> 01:43:28,335 recapture the NXT women's title. 1904 01:43:28,402 --> 01:43:31,238 But whose moment will it be in our main event? 1905 01:43:31,305 --> 01:43:33,774 Trick has waited a long time for this opportunity. 1906 01:43:33,840 --> 01:43:36,510 While the Mad Dragon's motives have been questioned. 1907 01:43:36,577 --> 01:43:40,113 Heading in to this NXT Championship match. 1908 01:43:41,949 --> 01:43:43,750 [ominous music playing] 1909 01:43:43,817 --> 01:43:47,588 [Trick] I started my WWE career with nothing but ambition. 1910 01:43:47,654 --> 01:43:49,957 I came with a work ethic and a good attitude. 1911 01:43:50,023 --> 01:43:52,226 From the rookie to the main event. 1912 01:43:52,292 --> 01:43:55,295 [playful music playing] 1913 01:43:56,863 --> 01:43:57,931 I am Trick Williams. 1914 01:43:57,998 --> 01:44:01,201 I can prove to the world exactly what I'm capable of. 1915 01:44:01,268 --> 01:44:04,771 [Booker] 6'3", 235 carved out of granite. 1916 01:44:04,838 --> 01:44:05,973 That's a star, man. 1917 01:44:06,039 --> 01:44:07,774 Oh, I'm bout it, bout it. 1918 01:44:07,841 --> 01:44:09,743 You and me. We like Kobe and Shaq. 1919 01:44:09,810 --> 01:44:12,412 -Let's talk about it. -We are the dream team. 1920 01:44:12,479 --> 01:44:13,580 We Trick and Melo game. 1921 01:44:13,647 --> 01:44:15,182 We always gonna be here. 1922 01:44:15,649 --> 01:44:16,683 That's all it is. 1923 01:44:16,750 --> 01:44:19,019 And that's all it's gonna be. 1924 01:44:19,519 --> 01:44:21,788 [Booker] There comes a point in a man's life 1925 01:44:21,855 --> 01:44:23,991 where he got to go out there and do it himself. 1926 01:44:24,057 --> 01:44:26,093 [Vic] He's sick of being told he's a sidekick. 1927 01:44:26,159 --> 01:44:27,995 He wants to stand on his own two feet. 1928 01:44:28,061 --> 01:44:29,763 [Trick] I'm that guy now. I'm Trick Williams. 1929 01:44:29,830 --> 01:44:32,165 I'm the man here in NXT. 1930 01:44:32,833 --> 01:44:35,502 [Booker] Yeah. Uh-huh. 1931 01:44:35,569 --> 01:44:37,638 -[Vic] Trick Williams stepped up -[Booker] I like it. 1932 01:44:37,704 --> 01:44:40,340 [Vic] And is now a champion himself. 1933 01:44:40,407 --> 01:44:44,344 [mellow music playing] 1934 01:44:50,384 --> 01:44:53,854 [Trick] Trick Willy can back up every single word that I ever said. 1935 01:44:53,920 --> 01:44:56,857 And prove that I can be one of the best. 1936 01:44:56,923 --> 01:45:00,193 [Vic] Trick Williams, the ultimate iron survivor. 1937 01:45:00,260 --> 01:45:04,498 Is the number one contender for the NXT title. 1938 01:45:05,098 --> 01:45:09,803 Trick Williams cannot be denied. 1939 01:45:12,105 --> 01:45:16,677 Trick our title match will be at Vengeance Day. 1940 01:45:16,743 --> 01:45:18,111 [laughs] 1941 01:45:18,178 --> 01:45:24,351 [Ilja] Fortunately, Trick, nothing and no one can stop me. 1942 01:45:24,418 --> 01:45:27,554 [Vic] This is that undying will that Dragunov possesses. 1943 01:45:27,621 --> 01:45:32,225 [Ilja] In 2023, I showed the whole world 1944 01:45:32,292 --> 01:45:35,429 who Ilja Dragunov truly is. 1945 01:45:35,495 --> 01:45:38,165 ["Still Unstoppable" music playing] 1946 01:45:38,231 --> 01:45:41,468 ♪ I make, make way on the run ♪ 1947 01:45:41,535 --> 01:45:44,071 ♪ I face, face danger everyday ♪ 1948 01:45:44,137 --> 01:45:46,840 ♪ You don't know I'm still unstoppable ♪ 1949 01:45:46,907 --> 01:45:52,245 [Vic] Dragunov, Williams finally meet for the NXT Championship at Vengeance Day. 1950 01:45:52,779 --> 01:45:55,349 -Vengeance Day? -Yeah. Vengeance Day, bro. 1951 01:45:55,415 --> 01:45:57,851 That's when we're supposed to be in the Dusty Cup finals. 1952 01:45:58,585 --> 01:46:00,887 [Vic] Trick Williams will now pull double duty. 1953 01:46:00,954 --> 01:46:06,360 It's Williams, it's Hayes in the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Classic. 1954 01:46:06,426 --> 01:46:08,829 Ilja sees you as a threat. 1955 01:46:08,895 --> 01:46:11,531 He knows that you're gonna have to wrestle twice in the same night, 1956 01:46:11,598 --> 01:46:15,035 so he's gonna do anything to make sure that we don't win the Dusty Cup 1957 01:46:15,102 --> 01:46:16,937 and that you don't win the NXT Championship. 1958 01:46:17,003 --> 01:46:17,838 He was messing with Corbin. 1959 01:46:17,904 --> 01:46:19,906 He's messing with you the same exact same way, man. 1960 01:46:19,973 --> 01:46:21,274 When are you going to see it, bro? 1961 01:46:21,341 --> 01:46:23,643 Dragunov, I think you've been playing me this whole time. 1962 01:46:23,710 --> 01:46:27,180 Maybe you should be more concerned about Carmelo Hayes. 1963 01:46:28,115 --> 01:46:30,617 I know exactly who attacked you. 1964 01:46:31,318 --> 01:46:34,254 [inaudible] 1965 01:46:34,321 --> 01:46:35,689 [Vic] Who attacked Trick? 1966 01:46:35,756 --> 01:46:36,823 Ilja… 1967 01:46:37,624 --> 01:46:38,658 it was you. 1968 01:46:38,725 --> 01:46:40,227 [audience exclaiming] 1969 01:46:40,293 --> 01:46:43,463 ♪ Am I fooling myself? ♪ 1970 01:46:43,530 --> 01:46:47,467 ♪ I can't let it [inaudible] control ♪ 1971 01:46:47,534 --> 01:46:49,503 [Ilja] You have some kinda voice in your head 1972 01:46:49,569 --> 01:46:51,938 that is giving you really bad advice. 1973 01:46:52,005 --> 01:46:54,975 No matter what happens, you still Trick Melo Gang. 1974 01:46:55,709 --> 01:46:57,444 -Yeah. -We always want. 1975 01:46:57,511 --> 01:46:59,513 -We always go… -Yeah. 1976 01:47:01,748 --> 01:47:03,717 …the same exact way, man. 1977 01:47:08,121 --> 01:47:10,590 [suspenseful music playing] 1978 01:47:10,657 --> 01:47:12,058 Let's lock this thing in, man. 1979 01:47:12,125 --> 01:47:15,028 Let's get this championship, it's your time. 1980 01:47:15,095 --> 01:47:17,431 Ready for this thing, man. Let's lock it in. 1981 01:47:17,497 --> 01:47:19,099 All right. That's behind us. 1982 01:47:19,166 --> 01:47:21,234 Let's move forward. Let's slay the man, Dragunov 1983 01:47:21,301 --> 01:47:23,870 [tense music playing] 1984 01:47:23,937 --> 01:47:25,372 Ah, yeah. 1985 01:47:37,784 --> 01:47:40,787 ["Locked In" music playing] 1986 01:47:47,961 --> 01:47:54,868 [audience chanting] Whoop that trick! 1987 01:47:59,206 --> 01:48:01,474 [Vic] We usually have a lot of fun in this moment, 1988 01:48:01,541 --> 01:48:05,779 but I wanna get serious for a second because I talked to Trick earlier. 1989 01:48:05,846 --> 01:48:10,750 April 7th, 2019, the day Kofi Kingston won the WWE title, 1990 01:48:10,817 --> 01:48:12,819 defeating Bryan at WrestleMania. 1991 01:48:12,886 --> 01:48:16,423 That was the moment when Trick decided the dream he wanted to pursue 1992 01:48:16,490 --> 01:48:18,758 was to be a WWE superstar. 1993 01:48:18,825 --> 01:48:21,895 He wants the platform to be able to send positive messages 1994 01:48:21,962 --> 01:48:24,097 out in the world like Kofi did. 1995 01:48:24,164 --> 01:48:25,899 That's why this moment… 1996 01:48:26,900 --> 01:48:28,335 this match, 1997 01:48:28,401 --> 01:48:31,605 this main event means the world to Trick. 1998 01:48:31,671 --> 01:48:34,741 He has to win the NXT Championship. 1999 01:48:35,475 --> 01:48:37,878 [Wade] Look at you doing the deep emotional stuff. 2000 01:48:37,944 --> 01:48:40,914 I just wanted to have some fun and the MC Bull Hammer again. 2001 01:48:40,981 --> 01:48:42,916 And you ruined that. You talked through the whole thing. 2002 01:48:42,983 --> 01:48:44,150 [Vic] My job about Trick Williams. 2003 01:48:44,217 --> 01:48:46,887 I wanna talk about what Trick Williams wants out of this, 2004 01:48:46,953 --> 01:48:51,157 why this match means so much, why we go back through the journey, 2005 01:48:51,224 --> 01:48:53,226 through the trials, through the tribulations. 2006 01:48:53,293 --> 01:48:56,563 It's all for this moment, for this man. 2007 01:48:58,632 --> 01:49:00,166 [music fades off] 2008 01:49:01,868 --> 01:49:07,407 ["Death Waltz " music playing] 2009 01:49:23,490 --> 01:49:25,292 [Vic] And there comes our champion. 2010 01:49:25,358 --> 01:49:27,527 Who respects Trick Williams. 2011 01:49:28,194 --> 01:49:32,265 You can see it in his eyes when Dragunov speaks. 2012 01:49:32,332 --> 01:49:38,772 But tonight, still breathing the fire as he walks in to this main event match up. 2013 01:49:38,838 --> 01:49:41,308 You know, I wanna bring this up to you before we enter this main event match. 2014 01:49:41,374 --> 01:49:42,309 All fun and games. 2015 01:49:42,375 --> 01:49:44,978 I'm trying to save you from getting sued again from Booker. 2016 01:49:45,045 --> 01:49:47,180 Booker's got Clarence Mason now on the case. 2017 01:49:47,247 --> 01:49:51,217 [Wade] Look, Booker's complaining I know how to handle Booker T, 2018 01:49:51,284 --> 01:49:54,621 a bottle of cognac and all the problems go away, 2019 01:49:54,688 --> 01:49:56,022 but cognacs expensive. 2020 01:49:56,089 --> 01:49:59,559 I might get him cheap brandy but the sentiment is insane. 2021 01:50:00,293 --> 01:50:06,399 [Vic] It's all about the NXT Championship, who's one step closer to Philadelphia, 2022 01:50:06,466 --> 01:50:09,669 who's one step closer to WrestleMania Saturday, 2023 01:50:09,736 --> 01:50:14,107 who's one step closer to Stand & Deliver? 2024 01:50:22,349 --> 01:50:24,117 [bell rings] 2025 01:50:24,184 --> 01:50:27,754 The following contest is scheduled for one fall, 2026 01:50:27,821 --> 01:50:34,327 is for the NXT Championship. 2027 01:50:34,394 --> 01:50:36,096 [audience cheering] 2028 01:50:36,162 --> 01:50:39,299 Introducing first, the challenger… 2029 01:50:40,166 --> 01:50:44,471 Trick Williams. 2030 01:50:44,537 --> 01:50:47,540 [audience cheering] 2031 01:50:49,075 --> 01:50:52,045 [audience chanting] 2032 01:50:52,112 --> 01:50:54,581 And his opponent, 2033 01:50:54,648 --> 01:51:00,687 he is the NXT Champion, 2034 01:51:00,754 --> 01:51:05,659 Ilja Dragunov. 2035 01:51:05,725 --> 01:51:07,327 [audience cheering] 2036 01:51:07,394 --> 01:51:08,895 [Vic] Before we get officially underway here, Wade. 2037 01:51:08,962 --> 01:51:10,730 Do you believe our champion… 2038 01:51:11,831 --> 01:51:13,833 when he warned Trick? 2039 01:51:14,501 --> 01:51:20,206 If he shows the slightest weakness, he will break him piece by piece. 2040 01:51:20,273 --> 01:51:24,177 Is there too much going into the mind right now of Trick Williams? 2041 01:51:24,244 --> 01:51:25,745 [Wade] Well, I think the champion, 2042 01:51:25,812 --> 01:51:29,015 the more experienced Dragunov's been playing mind games 2043 01:51:29,082 --> 01:51:32,152 with Trick Williams for weeks now, and it's a smart strategy. 2044 01:51:32,218 --> 01:51:34,821 You defeat a man mentally before the fight. 2045 01:51:34,888 --> 01:51:36,589 You make him ask questions. 2046 01:51:36,656 --> 01:51:38,992 You make doubts enter his head. 2047 01:51:39,059 --> 01:51:40,727 You're halfway to victory. 2048 01:51:40,794 --> 01:51:43,229 [audience cheering] 2049 01:51:43,296 --> 01:51:46,466 [Vic] Hey, you can feel all the emotions here tonight. 2050 01:51:46,533 --> 01:51:47,767 [Wade] Forget. Feel the emotions. 2051 01:51:47,834 --> 01:51:50,970 Look at the lip of Trick Williams busted open. 2052 01:51:51,037 --> 01:51:53,773 Trick Williams is pre-fatigued having… 2053 01:51:53,840 --> 01:51:59,045 Let's face it a war with the Wolf Dogs earlier tonight. 2054 01:51:59,112 --> 01:52:00,880 [Vic] Trick Williams coming right out of the gate. 2055 01:52:00,947 --> 01:52:02,248 Dropping Dragunov. 2056 01:52:02,315 --> 01:52:04,017 Dragunov, if you go back to the first meeting, 2057 01:52:04,084 --> 01:52:06,686 these two had came out of the gate very hot, 2058 01:52:06,753 --> 01:52:07,987 much like he was trying to do, 2059 01:52:08,054 --> 01:52:11,024 but was caught much like he just was by the challenger 2060 01:52:11,091 --> 01:52:14,194 and Trick Williams now powering over Dragunov. 2061 01:52:15,995 --> 01:52:18,031 You know, with everything going on tonight, 2062 01:52:18,098 --> 01:52:19,999 flooding Trick's mind, flooding his heart. 2063 01:52:20,066 --> 01:52:21,735 He already mentioned the opening match of the night. 2064 01:52:21,801 --> 01:52:25,805 How did you feel heading into your first one on one main event? 2065 01:52:25,872 --> 01:52:27,373 Big drop kicked in connect. 2066 01:52:27,440 --> 01:52:30,009 [Wade] I'll tell you right now, it was way back in 2010, 2067 01:52:30,076 --> 01:52:33,847 and my entire body felt like lead for the first five minutes of the match. 2068 01:52:33,913 --> 01:52:38,418 I needed to be beaten from pillar to post before I could even wake up. 2069 01:52:38,485 --> 01:52:41,821 It was the most intimidating moment of my career, 2070 01:52:41,888 --> 01:52:46,459 but Trick Williams showing no sign of nerves whatsoever. 2071 01:52:46,526 --> 01:52:47,927 [Vic] There's Carmelo Hayes on the outside 2072 01:52:47,994 --> 01:52:50,130 liking what he's seeing after that dropkick. 2073 01:52:50,196 --> 01:52:51,698 First, you don't succeed, you try again. 2074 01:52:51,764 --> 01:52:55,502 Hayes sacrificed himself for a Trick earlier tonight. 2075 01:52:55,568 --> 01:52:57,771 Costing himself the glory along with Trick 2076 01:52:57,837 --> 01:53:00,340 of winning the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2077 01:53:00,406 --> 01:53:04,177 as Dragunov able to counter and then look at the special… 2078 01:53:04,244 --> 01:53:06,212 -[Wade] That was to the nose. -[Vic] Right off the forehead, 2079 01:53:06,279 --> 01:53:08,148 or the bridge of the nose, as you mentioned. 2080 01:53:08,214 --> 01:53:10,784 And this is getting physical. 2081 01:53:10,850 --> 01:53:13,419 [Wade] Now Dragunov is tasting his own blood too. 2082 01:53:13,486 --> 01:53:15,221 This one's got ugly and a hurry. 2083 01:53:15,288 --> 01:53:17,357 And my question as we take another look at this closer 2084 01:53:17,423 --> 01:53:21,094 to the nose of Trick Williams. 2085 01:53:21,661 --> 01:53:24,764 The one problem with Dragunov when he tastes his own blood, 2086 01:53:24,831 --> 01:53:26,432 he gets even better. 2087 01:53:26,499 --> 01:53:29,169 This is the worst thing that could have happened to Trick Williams. 2088 01:53:29,235 --> 01:53:32,405 [Vic] Trick not walking around, making punch lines anymore. 2089 01:53:32,472 --> 01:53:36,075 He's strutting around to make headlines and he could make a huge one tonight. 2090 01:53:36,142 --> 01:53:38,344 But there is Ilja Dragunov. 2091 01:53:38,411 --> 01:53:40,980 Dragunov said this match, the match he had with Trick… 2092 01:53:41,047 --> 01:53:42,448 Excuse me a few months ago, 2093 01:53:42,515 --> 01:53:46,119 made more of a man than anything he did with Carmelo Hayes. 2094 01:53:46,186 --> 01:53:48,822 He believes he started the rise of Trick Williams. 2095 01:53:48,888 --> 01:53:52,058 [Wade] Yeah, and what a cheap shot that is to Carmelo Hayes 2096 01:53:52,125 --> 01:53:55,261 a man who has been there by Trick Williams side from the beginning. 2097 01:53:55,328 --> 01:53:56,963 A man who was coached up Trick Williams 2098 01:53:57,030 --> 01:54:01,100 over the past two years in NXT to take him to a main event level. 2099 01:54:01,167 --> 01:54:03,436 That is disgusting in my opinion from Dragunov. 2100 01:54:03,503 --> 01:54:06,506 [Vic] So you're telling me that in your opinion, 2101 01:54:06,573 --> 01:54:08,641 Ilja Dragunov has been playing Trick Williams. 2102 01:54:08,708 --> 01:54:09,976 [Wade] That's exactly what I think. 2103 01:54:10,043 --> 01:54:13,513 He's been sowing discord between Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. 2104 01:54:13,580 --> 01:54:16,516 Thankfully, it hasn't worked. The bond is simply too strong. 2105 01:54:16,583 --> 01:54:19,786 [Vic] Oh, you see these two being battered and bruised already 2106 01:54:19,853 --> 01:54:21,588 so in you go back to what you just said, 2107 01:54:21,654 --> 01:54:24,958 is Dragunov now setting his sights on a big right foot 2108 01:54:25,024 --> 01:54:27,327 across the face of Trick Williams. 2109 01:54:27,393 --> 01:54:31,764 This match up was originally slated to be at New Year's Evil one on one, 2110 01:54:31,831 --> 01:54:35,602 so not being medically cleared by our medical team was part of this. 2111 01:54:35,668 --> 01:54:38,371 He's gonna push me off that throne. 2112 01:54:38,438 --> 01:54:40,573 [Vic] Was part of this plan from Ilja Dragunov. 2113 01:54:40,640 --> 01:54:42,809 [Wade] Dragunov has a busted nose right now, 2114 01:54:42,875 --> 01:54:45,044 so he might be medically signed up again. 2115 01:54:45,111 --> 01:54:46,346 No, I don't think that at all. 2116 01:54:46,412 --> 01:54:48,848 When the docs sign you off, don't allow you to get beat. 2117 01:54:48,915 --> 01:54:53,386 That's not your opportunity to say no, I don't I don't wanna listen to you, doc. 2118 01:54:53,453 --> 01:54:54,687 Absolutely was signed off. 2119 01:54:54,754 --> 01:54:57,457 But it has played out very well for Dragunov 2120 01:54:57,523 --> 01:55:01,694 in the fact the Trick Williams is double booked now pre fatigued 2121 01:55:01,761 --> 01:55:05,098 and after a nice start he is seemingly hit the wall. 2122 01:55:05,164 --> 01:55:08,668 [Vic] This has been a physical match up in the last few minutes 2123 01:55:08,735 --> 01:55:09,702 right out of the gates. 2124 01:55:09,769 --> 01:55:13,840 And again both have been embroiled in a months long controversy around 2125 01:55:13,906 --> 01:55:15,742 who attacked Trick Williams. 2126 01:55:15,808 --> 01:55:18,278 So I wanna bring up a point again, when you talk about Carmelo Hayes, 2127 01:55:18,344 --> 01:55:22,115 it was Hayes who accused Dragunov of those heinous attacks. 2128 01:55:22,181 --> 01:55:25,685 Dragunov's a man of respect, of honesty. 2129 01:55:26,286 --> 01:55:27,553 I take it for his word. 2130 01:55:27,620 --> 01:55:29,022 [Wade] He says he is. We don't know. 2131 01:55:29,088 --> 01:55:32,292 We don't know who attacked Trick, we don't know what went down. 2132 01:55:32,358 --> 01:55:34,894 You promised me everything. 2133 01:55:34,961 --> 01:55:36,362 Everything. 2134 01:55:38,531 --> 01:55:40,833 [Wade] But I'll tell you this, Vic, this match has got ugly. 2135 01:55:40,900 --> 01:55:43,736 In the early goings, both competitors bleeding. 2136 01:55:43,803 --> 01:55:47,473 And in a situation like that, that has to favor Dragunov. 2137 01:55:47,540 --> 01:55:48,875 You're in his realm now. 2138 01:55:48,942 --> 01:55:53,613 He is… Trick Williams has been dragged into the territory of the champ, 2139 01:55:53,680 --> 01:55:55,481 and that's experience that's done there. 2140 01:55:55,548 --> 01:55:57,617 [Vic] Carmelo Hayes not liking what he's seeing in this moment. 2141 01:55:57,684 --> 01:56:00,253 And again, you've got to go back his Trick. 2142 01:56:00,320 --> 01:56:02,488 Fighting through, trying to persevere. 2143 01:56:02,555 --> 01:56:03,856 Looks like Dragunov does. 2144 01:56:03,923 --> 01:56:07,760 Dragunov, though, trying to power back and able to get that waist lock back on. 2145 01:56:07,827 --> 01:56:09,896 Nice take down though by Trick Williams. 2146 01:56:09,963 --> 01:56:12,765 We have to remember Trick Williams has already competed 2147 01:56:12,832 --> 01:56:15,969 once tonight in a tag team match up to kick off the night 2148 01:56:16,035 --> 01:56:17,904 for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. 2149 01:56:18,438 --> 01:56:21,174 [Wade] Yeah, and he's showing all the effects of that first match up 2150 01:56:21,240 --> 01:56:24,077 and indeed this current match up with Dragunov. 2151 01:56:24,143 --> 01:56:25,812 That's part of the problem with Dragunov. 2152 01:56:25,878 --> 01:56:29,315 He often defeats opponents before the bell rings. 2153 01:56:29,382 --> 01:56:31,651 Because, you know, once you're getting in there with Dragunov 2154 01:56:31,718 --> 01:56:35,555 he is taking you to hell, kicking and screaming. 2155 01:56:35,621 --> 01:56:38,391 And that is where Trick Williams finds himself now. 2156 01:56:38,825 --> 01:56:41,894 [Vic] Williams almost out on his feet. And right on the floor. 2157 01:56:41,961 --> 01:56:44,764 Another German suplex. 2158 01:56:44,831 --> 01:56:47,433 [Wade] All before the eyes of Carmelo Hayes. 2159 01:56:47,500 --> 01:56:49,001 He looks pained and panicked 2160 01:56:49,068 --> 01:56:52,271 at the sight of his boy, Trick Willy, getting mugged off. 2161 01:56:52,338 --> 01:56:55,341 [audience shouting] 2162 01:56:56,442 --> 01:56:57,410 [Vic] That quite a moment. 2163 01:56:58,578 --> 01:57:01,214 The look in the eyes of Carmelo Hayes tells the story 2164 01:57:01,280 --> 01:57:03,783 as the referee being very lenient on this match, 2165 01:57:03,850 --> 01:57:07,353 if he wants to see a winner trying to get both these superstars back into the ring, 2166 01:57:07,420 --> 01:57:10,757 it's the only place that Trick Williams can win the championship. 2167 01:57:10,823 --> 01:57:14,293 But right now, staring a hole through Carmelo Hayes 2168 01:57:14,360 --> 01:57:19,265 a dagger through the body of Trick Williams delivered by Dragunov. 2169 01:57:19,332 --> 01:57:22,602 [Wade] Death Valley driver right on the hardest part of the ring. 2170 01:57:22,668 --> 01:57:26,205 The apron sends a message to Trick Williams 2171 01:57:26,272 --> 01:57:28,408 and indeed Carmelo Hayes. 2172 01:57:28,474 --> 01:57:32,178 [Vic] One more look and you talk about nasty landings all night long. 2173 01:57:32,245 --> 01:57:35,348 Oh, and again, the body of Trick Williams. 2174 01:57:35,415 --> 01:57:38,584 Everything that's been through Trick Williams in this match up. 2175 01:57:38,651 --> 01:57:40,286 He's already competed once tonight. 2176 01:57:40,353 --> 01:57:43,189 This is our main event all about the NXT Championship. 2177 01:57:43,256 --> 01:57:46,025 Trick Williams, Ilja Dragunov, one would say 2178 01:57:46,092 --> 01:57:50,830 this rivalry has been built on respect and it's Dragunov himself. 2179 01:57:50,897 --> 01:57:53,733 Who has said that he pushed Trick to the next level. 2180 01:57:53,800 --> 01:57:57,603 [Wade] Yeah, that's absolutely ludicrous, the man before our eyes there 2181 01:57:57,670 --> 01:58:00,239 the man helping Trick Willy back to his feet. 2182 01:58:00,306 --> 01:58:04,444 The corner man tonight, the former NXT champ, Carmelo Hayes 2183 01:58:04,510 --> 01:58:07,613 is solely responsible for the rise of Trick Williams. 2184 01:58:07,680 --> 01:58:09,515 [Vic] Hayes trying to fire up Williams. 2185 01:58:09,582 --> 01:58:12,585 Williams getting back into the ring, but got caught by Dragunov, 2186 01:58:12,652 --> 01:58:15,421 who was waiting on his perch into the cover, 2187 01:58:15,488 --> 01:58:20,426 titles on the line and Trick fighting free to keep his championship dreams alive. 2188 01:58:21,127 --> 01:58:22,762 [Wade] Yeah, but for how much longer? 2189 01:58:22,829 --> 01:58:25,765 Things are looking really bleak right now for Trick Williams, 2190 01:58:25,832 --> 01:58:29,068 another of those clubbing clotheslines to the head. 2191 01:58:29,135 --> 01:58:30,536 [Vic] Shooting the half is Dragunov. 2192 01:58:30,603 --> 01:58:32,939 Is this going to be enough to keep Williams down? 2193 01:58:33,005 --> 01:58:34,740 And another kick out by trick. 2194 01:58:34,807 --> 01:58:37,443 These are targeted attacks as we take another look 2195 01:58:37,510 --> 01:58:42,381 at the leaping champ connecting fully with an unsuspecting Trick Williams 2196 01:58:42,448 --> 01:58:46,319 when they train you how to clothesline, it's always at the chest and neck. 2197 01:58:46,385 --> 01:58:50,857 It seems that Dragunov tonight, it's targeting the face of Trick Williams 2198 01:58:50,923 --> 01:58:54,327 taking him out of his element, letting him know he's going to hell. 2199 01:58:54,393 --> 01:58:57,463 [Vic] For a man who loves pain, and Ilja Dragunov, 2200 01:58:57,530 --> 01:59:01,834 he is getting a lotta Trick Williams' A game here tonight, 2201 01:59:01,901 --> 01:59:06,772 but continuing to fight as Williams. But the same is said for NXT Champion. 2202 01:59:06,839 --> 01:59:09,342 [audience shouting] 2203 01:59:10,510 --> 01:59:11,511 You all right? 2204 01:59:12,945 --> 01:59:14,947 [audience cheering] 2205 01:59:15,648 --> 01:59:17,049 [Wade] Dragunov earned that one. 2206 01:59:17,116 --> 01:59:20,987 [Vic] The challenger defiant and that just pissed off the champ. 2207 01:59:21,053 --> 01:59:23,322 [grunts] 2208 01:59:23,389 --> 01:59:25,558 -[Vic] Listen… -Let's go! 2209 01:59:27,059 --> 01:59:31,831 [Vic] …to the heavy artillery. Dragunov staring right into Williams. 2210 01:59:31,898 --> 01:59:37,036 Who wants Dragunov to bring it, this is breaking down, Barrett. 2211 01:59:37,103 --> 01:59:39,705 [audience cheering] 2212 01:59:40,706 --> 01:59:42,708 -[grunts] -[audience cheering] 2213 01:59:44,310 --> 01:59:45,811 [Vic] Got caught. 2214 01:59:45,878 --> 01:59:49,382 -[grunts] -Got picked up. Got planted. Did Trick. 2215 01:59:50,149 --> 01:59:51,484 Dragunov though on rubber legs. 2216 01:59:51,551 --> 01:59:54,554 And it's got to give it a little extra fuel now to Trick Williams. 2217 01:59:54,620 --> 01:59:56,322 He's got to remember a few things. 2218 01:59:56,389 --> 01:59:58,391 He's got to remember that it was Dragunov. 2219 01:59:58,457 --> 02:00:01,661 Who blamed Trick Williams for coming up short this summer 2220 02:00:01,727 --> 02:00:03,229 at the Great American Bash. 2221 02:00:03,296 --> 02:00:05,565 [Wade] Well, he better start remembering quick as this one 2222 02:00:05,631 --> 02:00:07,900 may be over and a few seconds. 2223 02:00:07,967 --> 02:00:09,168 [Vic] Looking for the H-bomb. 2224 02:00:09,235 --> 02:00:11,704 [inaudible] on the bridge of the nose. 2225 02:00:11,771 --> 02:00:15,942 [Wade] Capoeira style connecting to the face of the champ [inaudible] 2226 02:00:16,008 --> 02:00:20,112 First 48, we're all witnesses as this Carmelo Hayes 2227 02:00:20,179 --> 02:00:23,149 for maybe Trick Williams greatest accomplishment. 2228 02:00:23,215 --> 02:00:27,019 [Wade] Well, this is as nasty and as gritty as Trick Williams 2229 02:00:27,086 --> 02:00:28,788 has ever had to be. 2230 02:00:28,854 --> 02:00:31,891 [Vic] You got to think of everything Trick Williams is bringing you right now. 2231 02:00:31,958 --> 02:00:34,260 Think about what Carmelo Hayes did earlier tonight 2232 02:00:34,327 --> 02:00:38,698 when he took that spear from Bron Breakker when he sacrificed himself for a Trick. 2233 02:00:38,764 --> 02:00:40,766 Trick may be a little worse for wear right now, 2234 02:00:40,833 --> 02:00:42,301 but he's in the game, damn it. 2235 02:00:42,368 --> 02:00:44,503 And he might be closing in on the NXT title. 2236 02:00:44,570 --> 02:00:46,405 [Wade] Yeah. Where were the conspiracy theorist 2237 02:00:46,472 --> 02:00:48,841 when Melo put his body on the line earlier? 2238 02:00:48,908 --> 02:00:51,577 That's why Trick is still in the fight. 2239 02:00:51,644 --> 02:00:52,678 [audience cheering] 2240 02:00:52,745 --> 02:00:54,880 [grunting] 2241 02:00:59,118 --> 02:01:00,319 [audience cheering] 2242 02:01:00,386 --> 02:01:03,155 [Vic] Trick out to prove he's more than just a sidekick. 2243 02:01:03,222 --> 02:01:04,757 He's out to prove he's the man. 2244 02:01:04,824 --> 02:01:07,827 He's out to prove that he's the hottest thing in NXT. 2245 02:01:07,893 --> 02:01:11,063 He's out to prove he's the next NXT Champion. 2246 02:01:11,130 --> 02:01:11,964 [audience cheering] 2247 02:01:12,031 --> 02:01:16,435 [Wade] There is magic in the air tonight for Trick Williams, 2248 02:01:16,502 --> 02:01:19,272 digging deeper than he has ever dug before. 2249 02:01:19,338 --> 02:01:22,742 And, dammit, you have to do so when you're in there with the Mad Dragon. 2250 02:01:22,808 --> 02:01:25,578 [Vic] Trick isn't special because he was chosen. 2251 02:01:25,645 --> 02:01:28,047 He was chosen because he's special. 2252 02:01:28,114 --> 02:01:29,815 Listen to the NXT universe. 2253 02:01:29,882 --> 02:01:34,387 [audience chanting] Whoop that trick! 2254 02:01:35,321 --> 02:01:36,522 [grunts] 2255 02:01:36,589 --> 02:01:38,991 [Vic] Champion able to counter. Taking on the challenger. 2256 02:01:39,058 --> 02:01:41,460 Back up. Big kick under the jaw. 2257 02:01:41,527 --> 02:01:42,795 Champion now back in control. 2258 02:01:42,862 --> 02:01:45,298 Looking for Constantine special one more time. 2259 02:01:45,364 --> 02:01:47,600 Got countered. Looking for maybe that Ura nage. 2260 02:01:47,667 --> 02:01:49,602 Trick taking a couple of blows to the side of the face. 2261 02:01:49,669 --> 02:01:52,772 It's back with a right Dragunov connects with the right foot. 2262 02:01:52,838 --> 02:01:55,308 Williams bouncing up, bouncing off, Dragunov. 2263 02:01:55,374 --> 02:01:57,376 In the challenger and the champion 2264 02:01:57,443 --> 02:02:00,179 are leaving it all in Clarksville, Tennessee, 2265 02:02:00,246 --> 02:02:03,783 on the road to WrestleMania, on the path to Stand & Deliver. 2266 02:02:03,849 --> 02:02:05,718 [Wade] And the big man Trick Williams 2267 02:02:05,785 --> 02:02:10,623 getting the best of that exchange using all the power he has in his soul. 2268 02:02:10,690 --> 02:02:14,694 [audience chanting] NXT! 2269 02:02:16,729 --> 02:02:19,598 [Vic] Take another look. Trick Williams is flying through the air. 2270 02:02:19,665 --> 02:02:22,401 He will not be denied here tonight. 2271 02:02:22,468 --> 02:02:25,171 You talk about that clothesline earlier. Trick Williams remembered it. 2272 02:02:25,237 --> 02:02:27,606 Trick Williams will remember everything Dragunov has said 2273 02:02:27,673 --> 02:02:29,575 remembering all the highs, all the lows. 2274 02:02:29,642 --> 02:02:31,944 Remembering every day he spent in the Performance Center 2275 02:02:32,011 --> 02:02:33,379 to achieve this moment. 2276 02:02:33,446 --> 02:02:36,482 Becoming the iron survivor. Becoming the ultimate iron survivor. 2277 02:02:36,549 --> 02:02:38,918 Becoming the number one contender for this moment. 2278 02:02:38,984 --> 02:02:40,052 He's got to leave it all. 2279 02:02:40,119 --> 02:02:42,521 He's got to empty the tank against Dragunov. 2280 02:02:42,588 --> 02:02:46,625 [Wade] Oh, this is where training goes out of the window. 2281 02:02:46,692 --> 02:02:49,228 And is what you've got in your soul. 2282 02:02:50,663 --> 02:02:53,699 [Vic] Head back to the outside Trick though, with Carmelo Hayes out there, 2283 02:02:53,766 --> 02:02:57,937 is mindful that the only place he can win the title is inside the ring. 2284 02:02:59,638 --> 02:03:03,909 [Wade] Kidneys of Trick Williams slammed into the ring apron, 2285 02:03:03,976 --> 02:03:07,847 a desperation move, perhaps by Dragunov as he clings on 2286 02:03:07,913 --> 02:03:10,549 to his NXT Championship reign. 2287 02:03:10,616 --> 02:03:12,251 [Vic] And there's Carmelo Hayes 2288 02:03:12,318 --> 02:03:15,154 trying to shout words of encouragement to Trick Williams. 2289 02:03:15,221 --> 02:03:16,722 Williams… Oh, we saw this earlier. 2290 02:03:16,789 --> 02:03:19,358 I don't know if Williams can survive in a second time. 2291 02:03:22,628 --> 02:03:26,599 Williams able to block, able to counter and trying to turn things around. 2292 02:03:26,665 --> 02:03:28,134 [Wade] Oh, no. 2293 02:03:28,200 --> 02:03:31,437 [Vic] Big Ura nage to the floor. 2294 02:03:31,504 --> 02:03:34,974 [Wade] Dragunov tried his best to block that on the way down. 2295 02:03:35,040 --> 02:03:39,578 It didn't help, and the back of his head slammed against the floor. 2296 02:03:39,645 --> 02:03:42,448 [Vic] Look, with everything going on now, Carmelo Hayes is right. 2297 02:03:42,515 --> 02:03:46,252 Trick Williams has to get Ilja Dragunov back into the ring. 2298 02:03:46,318 --> 02:03:47,887 This could be the best opportunity. 2299 02:03:47,953 --> 02:03:51,190 This could be the golden moment Trick's been waiting for. 2300 02:03:51,757 --> 02:03:55,995 [Wade] Your chance to make history. Trick Williams finish it. 2301 02:03:57,029 --> 02:03:59,031 [Vic] Again, for a man who says he loves pain. 2302 02:03:59,098 --> 02:04:01,100 [audience shouting] 2303 02:04:01,167 --> 02:04:02,535 I'm about sick of you. 2304 02:04:02,601 --> 02:04:08,140 [inaudible] 2305 02:04:10,776 --> 02:04:11,811 [Vic] Whoa. 2306 02:04:12,978 --> 02:04:16,382 [groans] 2307 02:04:16,982 --> 02:04:18,150 [groans] 2308 02:04:18,217 --> 02:04:21,353 [audience shouting] 2309 02:04:26,459 --> 02:04:27,760 [Vic] I just wanna say that Carmelo Hayes 2310 02:04:27,827 --> 02:04:31,464 did not wanna get Trick Williams disqualified, 2311 02:04:31,530 --> 02:04:33,232 but inadvertently, Carmelo Hayes 2312 02:04:33,299 --> 02:04:35,434 just clipped the knee of Trick Williams. 2313 02:04:35,501 --> 02:04:39,038 [Wade] Yeah. Inadvertent collision effect, 2314 02:04:39,104 --> 02:04:41,540 bouncing, ricocheting into that knee of Trick 2315 02:04:41,607 --> 02:04:44,610 that may have been hurt earlier in the night too remember he tweaked it. 2316 02:04:44,677 --> 02:04:46,912 -[Wade] Look at the tag match. -[Vic] Dragunov there trying to overcome. 2317 02:04:46,979 --> 02:04:47,913 And there's Trick Williams. 2318 02:04:47,980 --> 02:04:49,315 [audience cheering] 2319 02:04:49,381 --> 02:04:51,750 And Trick Williams now, he is in deep water, 2320 02:04:51,817 --> 02:04:55,921 but he still swimming, big neck breaker champions down. 2321 02:04:55,988 --> 02:04:59,291 [Wade] What a gutsy performance from Trick Williams. 2322 02:04:59,358 --> 02:05:04,063 [audience chanting] Whoop that trick! 2323 02:05:04,129 --> 02:05:07,433 [Vic] Williams played his own symphony and instruction tonight 2324 02:05:07,500 --> 02:05:11,937 with an H-bomb for the title, hook of the leg, [inaudible] 2325 02:05:12,004 --> 02:05:14,340 [audience cheering] 2326 02:05:14,406 --> 02:05:19,078 Then to the shock in awe of the NXT universe here. 2327 02:05:20,813 --> 02:05:23,249 Dragunov able to kick out. 2328 02:05:23,315 --> 02:05:25,451 [Wade] This is why we've seen time and time again 2329 02:05:25,518 --> 02:05:28,120 from Dragunov for the world had it. 2330 02:05:28,187 --> 02:05:34,226 Trick Williams practically did that. He simply keeps on ticking. 2331 02:05:34,293 --> 02:05:41,066 What the hell do you have to do to keep Ilja Dragunov down for just three seconds? 2332 02:05:41,133 --> 02:05:44,036 [audience chanting] NXT! 2333 02:05:44,103 --> 02:05:46,238 [Vic] And Carmelo Hayes has been these big match situations. 2334 02:05:46,305 --> 02:05:48,974 These main event championship caliber matches 2335 02:05:49,041 --> 02:05:50,910 under the bright lights of premium live events 2336 02:05:50,976 --> 02:05:51,844 is trying to get some blood. 2337 02:05:51,911 --> 02:05:54,613 Some feeling back into that knee that just gave out on Trick. 2338 02:05:54,680 --> 02:05:58,350 Dragunov trying to hoist up Williams for the second time 2339 02:05:58,417 --> 02:06:01,353 in this with a little extra oomph on that jackknife. 2340 02:06:01,420 --> 02:06:06,692 Follow it up with an H-bomb that we've seen so many times in the past. 2341 02:06:06,759 --> 02:06:09,461 -[Wade] The skull… -And Hayes knows it. Hayes can feel it. 2342 02:06:09,528 --> 02:06:10,930 Hayes can sense it. 2343 02:06:10,996 --> 02:06:13,299 He's been on the receiving end of the H-bomb. 2344 02:06:13,365 --> 02:06:15,734 He knows just how damn painful that can be. 2345 02:06:15,801 --> 02:06:19,371 [Wade] That is a skull shattering elbow drop. 2346 02:06:19,438 --> 02:06:21,173 [audience shouting] 2347 02:06:21,240 --> 02:06:25,744 -And Trick Williams doesn't move. -Nothing Hayes can do except watch. 2348 02:06:25,811 --> 02:06:27,046 [Vic] Dragunov… 2349 02:06:28,147 --> 02:06:30,883 -[screams] -…H-bomb again. 2350 02:06:33,085 --> 02:06:33,986 Into the cover. 2351 02:06:34,053 --> 02:06:36,188 One! Two! 2352 02:06:36,255 --> 02:06:37,323 [Vic] Trick kicked out! 2353 02:06:37,389 --> 02:06:38,824 [audience cheering] 2354 02:06:38,891 --> 02:06:42,728 There's still hope and there's still breath in his lungs. 2355 02:06:42,795 --> 02:06:44,396 [Wade] He's gutsy. 2356 02:06:44,463 --> 02:06:50,269 He's unyielding and tonight Trick Williams may well be unbreakable 2357 02:06:50,336 --> 02:06:53,372 [audience cheering] 2358 02:06:56,041 --> 02:06:57,443 [Vic] NXT universe on their feet. 2359 02:06:57,509 --> 02:07:00,145 Dragunov setting his sights. Tricks back up. 2360 02:07:00,212 --> 02:07:04,283 Trick able to duck out of Torpedo Moscow face first into the turnbuckle. 2361 02:07:04,350 --> 02:07:07,219 Big boot connects. Cover that man. 2362 02:07:07,286 --> 02:07:09,188 [audience] One! Two! 2363 02:07:09,254 --> 02:07:11,090 -[audience cheering] -[Vic] God! 2364 02:07:11,724 --> 02:07:12,791 How? 2365 02:07:12,858 --> 02:07:16,228 Oh, my, this place was ready to blow the roof 2366 02:07:16,295 --> 02:07:19,431 -[Wade] It could not have been any closer. -…of the F&M Bank. 2367 02:07:19,498 --> 02:07:24,303 Dragunov made the error the connection to the temple. 2368 02:07:24,370 --> 02:07:27,072 He's out cold but now Melo getting involved. 2369 02:07:27,139 --> 02:07:28,774 [Vic] Could not get any closer. Oh. 2370 02:07:28,841 --> 02:07:30,976 [audience cheering] 2371 02:07:31,043 --> 02:07:33,278 [Vic] Hayes shouting words out. 2372 02:07:33,345 --> 02:07:35,447 Taking out the official, the Trick knee. 2373 02:07:35,514 --> 02:07:37,282 The Trick knee under the jaw. Cover. 2374 02:07:37,349 --> 02:07:40,552 [audience] One, two, three, four, 2375 02:07:40,619 --> 02:07:43,722 five, six, seven, eight… 2376 02:07:43,789 --> 02:07:46,258 [Vic] There's no referee, wait a minute, there is. 2377 02:07:46,325 --> 02:07:48,193 -[audience] Two! -[Vic] There is! There is! 2378 02:07:48,260 --> 02:07:49,862 -Oh, no. -[audience cheering] 2379 02:07:50,796 --> 02:07:52,898 [Wade] Oh. That may have been the moment. 2380 02:07:52,965 --> 02:07:54,833 [Vic] I'm about to come out of my damn tux. 2381 02:07:54,900 --> 02:07:58,537 [Wade] That may have been Trick Williams' moment gone up 2382 02:07:58,604 --> 02:08:03,675 and smoked the previous referee inadvertently taken out of proceedings. 2383 02:08:03,742 --> 02:08:06,245 [audience chanting] Ref, you suck! 2384 02:08:06,311 --> 02:08:09,715 [Vic] Trick Williams had Dragunov down. 2385 02:08:09,782 --> 02:08:13,986 [audience chanting] Ref, you suck! 2386 02:08:14,053 --> 02:08:15,688 [Vic] And Trick was checking out Carmelo Hayes. 2387 02:08:15,754 --> 02:08:18,490 Hayes telling Trick to turn around Dragunov now. 2388 02:08:18,557 --> 02:08:21,393 Trying to take advantage, you gotta wonder where Dragunov's head's at. 2389 02:08:21,460 --> 02:08:22,895 Dragunov can't be seen clearly, 2390 02:08:22,961 --> 02:08:24,963 but somehow still the presence of mind 2391 02:08:25,030 --> 02:08:27,900 to deliver that knee move by another H-bomb. 2392 02:08:27,966 --> 02:08:32,471 [Wade] Double whammy on a spent Carmelo Hayes, but Dragunov… 2393 02:08:33,205 --> 02:08:37,710 perhaps, not making that cover in time. 2394 02:08:37,776 --> 02:08:39,311 [audience chanting] Whoop that trick! 2395 02:08:39,378 --> 02:08:43,582 [Vic] Another H-bomb dropped by Dragunov. 2396 02:08:44,817 --> 02:08:49,088 NXT universe, trying to give Williams everything they got tonight, 2397 02:08:49,154 --> 02:08:50,856 but it may not be enough. 2398 02:08:50,923 --> 02:08:51,890 [audience booing] 2399 02:08:51,957 --> 02:08:55,561 Looking for that exclamation point is the champion. 2400 02:08:55,627 --> 02:08:56,495 [grunts] 2401 02:08:57,563 --> 02:08:59,064 [Vic] Trick got the knees up! 2402 02:08:59,131 --> 02:09:00,099 [audience cheering] 2403 02:09:00,165 --> 02:09:01,100 [Vic] Trick got the knees up. 2404 02:09:01,166 --> 02:09:03,635 Remember the damage that was done to Williams 2405 02:09:03,702 --> 02:09:07,272 as Hayes barking a Trick. Trick now trying to pull himself up. 2406 02:09:07,339 --> 02:09:09,241 He's got to remember those long nights. 2407 02:09:09,308 --> 02:09:12,544 He's got to remember the drive that wants to make him a champion. 2408 02:09:12,611 --> 02:09:14,680 [audience chanting] Whoop that trick! 2409 02:09:14,746 --> 02:09:18,317 [Vic] Challenger looking at the champ, champ looking at the challenger. 2410 02:09:18,383 --> 02:09:19,485 [screams] 2411 02:09:19,551 --> 02:09:21,253 [audience chanting] Whoop that trick! 2412 02:09:21,320 --> 02:09:23,922 [audience cheering] 2413 02:09:23,989 --> 02:09:27,993 [Vic] Torpedo Moscow, wait a minute, Dragunov into the cover. 2414 02:09:28,060 --> 02:09:28,961 [bell rings] 2415 02:09:29,027 --> 02:09:31,830 ["Death Waltz" music playing] 2416 02:09:31,897 --> 02:09:33,599 [Alicia] Here is you winner 2417 02:09:33,665 --> 02:09:38,871 and still the NXT Champion, 2418 02:09:38,937 --> 02:09:42,808 Ilja Dragunov 2419 02:09:43,475 --> 02:09:46,979 [Vic] Heartbreak setting in for Hayes… 2420 02:09:48,147 --> 02:09:50,382 for the NXT universe. 2421 02:09:51,717 --> 02:09:54,086 Well, man, you can't take anything away. 2422 02:09:54,920 --> 02:09:57,723 From what Trick Williams did here tonight. 2423 02:09:57,790 --> 02:10:01,894 Pushing Ilja Dragunov to his limits really just the turning point. 2424 02:10:01,960 --> 02:10:04,429 Carmelo Hayes was in dangerous territory. 2425 02:10:04,496 --> 02:10:05,964 Almost getting disqualified. 2426 02:10:06,031 --> 02:10:09,468 When inadvertently fell into the back of that left knee. 2427 02:10:09,535 --> 02:10:11,737 Williams had to battle through that pain. 2428 02:10:11,804 --> 02:10:14,873 And at some point wasn't able to stand on his own two feet, 2429 02:10:14,940 --> 02:10:17,543 where Dragunov was able to take full advantage. 2430 02:10:17,609 --> 02:10:23,715 But Trick Williams tonight he showed you, bam, the spirit of a champion. 2431 02:10:23,782 --> 02:10:27,486 The spirit of what has made him the hottest star in NXT 2432 02:10:27,553 --> 02:10:29,454 but there maybe was another turning point. 2433 02:10:29,521 --> 02:10:31,657 Carmelo Hayes was trying to talk to the official 2434 02:10:31,723 --> 02:10:33,992 was actually trying to talk to Trick Williams. 2435 02:10:34,059 --> 02:10:37,162 He was taken out and that was the moment there. 2436 02:10:37,229 --> 02:10:40,566 Trick Williams should be the NXT Champion. 2437 02:10:40,632 --> 02:10:43,869 Finally, another official would make that long run down, 2438 02:10:43,936 --> 02:10:48,240 but it was just enough time to get Dragunov a little bit of light 2439 02:10:48,307 --> 02:10:51,109 to kick back out and then going from the top. 2440 02:10:51,176 --> 02:10:54,780 Williams got that injured knee up to create some separation, 2441 02:10:54,847 --> 02:10:56,848 but then go toe to toe, bam, 2442 02:10:56,915 --> 02:11:03,555 blow for blow it was Dragunov coming out on top with that Torpedo Moscow. 2443 02:11:03,622 --> 02:11:06,925 [Wade] Both men completely spent and fading. 2444 02:11:06,992 --> 02:11:09,928 But this is where gods are created in this game. 2445 02:11:09,995 --> 02:11:13,565 [Vic] The Mad Dragon still breathing fire. 2446 02:11:13,632 --> 02:11:20,572 Who will be able to extinguish the burning desire of our NXT Champion? 2447 02:11:20,639 --> 02:11:22,608 -In short. Long live the czar. -You were so close. 2448 02:11:22,674 --> 02:11:24,543 We were so freaking close okay. 2449 02:11:24,610 --> 02:11:26,278 Look, it's you and me, dawg. 2450 02:11:26,345 --> 02:11:27,713 It's Trick Melo Gang, okay. 2451 02:11:27,779 --> 02:11:29,548 We always going to be here, okay? 2452 02:11:29,615 --> 02:11:31,617 Okay, bro, you were so close. 2453 02:11:32,517 --> 02:11:35,087 You're my boy. You're my boy. 2454 02:11:35,153 --> 02:11:38,190 ["Death Waltz" music continues playing] 2455 02:11:43,896 --> 02:11:46,331 [audience exclaiming] 2456 02:11:46,398 --> 02:11:47,332 [Vic] Damn it. 2457 02:11:47,399 --> 02:11:49,268 [audience boos] 2458 02:11:51,470 --> 02:11:52,304 [Vic] Why? 2459 02:11:52,371 --> 02:11:55,841 [audience booing] 2460 02:11:55,907 --> 02:11:58,911 [audience chattering] 2461 02:12:19,498 --> 02:12:26,438 [audience chanting] Melo sucks! 2462 02:12:35,647 --> 02:12:38,717 [inaudible] 2463 02:12:38,784 --> 02:12:40,852 [audience exclaim] 2464 02:12:40,919 --> 02:12:43,922 [audience shouting] 2465 02:12:46,959 --> 02:12:49,661 [audience exclaiming] 2466 02:12:54,633 --> 02:12:59,271 [audience shouting] 2467 02:12:59,338 --> 02:13:02,341 [audience booing] 2468 02:13:10,649 --> 02:13:12,050 [inaudible] 2469 02:13:12,751 --> 02:13:16,989 [audience shouting] 2470 02:13:36,008 --> 02:13:38,210 [inaudible] 2471 02:13:38,276 --> 02:13:41,279 [audience booing] 2472 02:14:18,917 --> 02:14:25,590 [inaudible] 2473 02:14:25,657 --> 02:14:27,025 We're going to get you some help, Trick. 2474 02:14:27,092 --> 02:14:31,830 [audience boos] 2475 02:14:36,902 --> 02:14:40,605 [audience shouting] 2476 02:14:43,175 --> 02:14:47,746 You should have known, it's your fault. It's your fault. 2477 02:14:47,813 --> 02:14:49,648 You're the reason I did this. 2478 02:14:49,714 --> 02:14:52,651 You made me like this. You made me like this. 2479 02:14:52,717 --> 02:14:54,186 You made me like this. 2480 02:14:54,252 --> 02:14:57,255 It's your fault, it's your fault. 2481 02:14:58,657 --> 02:15:00,425 Subtitle translation by: Venkata