[theme music playing]
[narrator] Then.
[Ric Flair] Whoo!
[The Rock] If you smell…
-[bell tolls] -[narrator] Now.
[Roman Reigns] Acknowledge me.
-[Lemmy] The King of Kings. -[John Cena] You can't see me.
[narrator] Forever.
Together.
[suspense music playing]
[narrator] In the universe of NXT. Where traditions often sway.
Valentine's day transforms. Into Vengeance Day.
[upbeat music playing]
Locked in combat. A quest for the gold.
Championships and loyalty. A dream yet to behold.
We go. When the Dusty Cup, we go win the tag team championships.
The wolf dogs are on the hunt.
It's been a long time since I've had some gold.
I'm with that.
[narrator] Through trials and tribulations.
Teamwork tested a new.
Trick, you deserve your title match on a big stage.
[narrator] Vengeance intertwined with friendship an unlikely view.
Ilja sees you as a threat.
He knows that you won't have to wrestle twice in the same night.
[narrator] Your love. A title.
Glimmers on display.
Everybody's been able to witness the rise of Lyra Valkyria.
While I've had to chase down a championship
that I never lost in the first place.
[upbeat music playing]
This is a match that everyone wants to see,
but after Vengeance Day, you will always stay behind me.
[narrator] In a friendships decay.
Golden dynasties fall as new champions emerge.
To realize destiny's call.
[Alicia] New North American Champion.
I dropped Dragon Lee because I am backed by destiny.
Oba I won the championship rematch that I deserve.
I'll see you at Vengeance Day.
[narrator] Feel the pulse of the crowd.
A living beat.
Where ambitions and spotlight at Vengeance Day meet.
You and me. We finish what we started.
We win the Dusty Cup and then the main event.
Me, Ilja for the NXT Championship.
Trick, you ride a wave of momentum
that has been barely ever seen before, but I will do whatever it takes
to remain NXT Champion.
The baddest man in NXT versus the hottest superstar.
And I'm going to be your new NXT Champion.
[narrator] And now WWE presents NXT Vengeance Day.
[audience chanting] NXT!
[Vic] With WrestleManiaweekend approaching,
every superstar dreams of becoming champion tonight.
For some, those dreams become a reality. For others, their dream ends.
Welcome to Vengeance Day.
[audience cheering]
I'm Vic Joseph ringside and for one night only
I welcome back with a lot of excitement, Wade Barrett.
I cannot tell you how excited I am to be back under the roof of NXT.
Feeling this buzz. Seeing the superstars again.
And then I bumped into Vic Joseph
and I recalled exactly why I left in the first place.
We'll work on that as the night goes on.
But we're kicking off tonight with the finals for the Dusty Cup.
["Locked In" music playing]
[audience cheering]
[audience chanting] Whoop that trick!
["Melo Don't Miss" music playing]
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following is the final match
in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Introducing first the team of Carmelo Hayes
and Trick Williams.
[Wade] Oh, yeah. I dig it.
Trick Willy, jam-on.
-[Vic] What are you doing? [chuckles] -[Wade] Huh?
[Wade] I was feeling the magic. It's MC Bull Hammer.
[Vic] Yeah. You're about to get sued again by Booker T,
but we are getting ready to kick things off
with the Dusty Cup finals and feel the energy here tonight.
["Burn The Ships" music playing]
[motorcycle engine revving]
♪ Won't take, What's mine ♪
♪ You'll burn and I'll… ♪
["Fear No Evil" music playing]
[Vic] Gotta assume these guys are on the same page.
Or is this a little bit of a one-upsmanship?
[Wade] Absolutely appear to be the case. I don't think Corbin was anticipating.
Bron Breakker having his own chopper.
[Alicia] And their opponents,
the team of Baron Corbin
and Bron Breakker.
[Vic] Maybe to get you back in the good mood.
We need to get some choppers, imagine us rolling down the street.
[Wade] That's a horrible idea. You stick to your BMX pal.
Leave the hogs to the big boy. You couldn't handle that throbbing.
Let's go.
[Vic] Just as wild as booker.
We haven't even started tonight.
But just feel this.
Wade, look around. Feel the energy.
Everyone on their feet here at Vengeance Day.
[Wade] No seats required at all tonight. I am hyped for this one.
[Vic] And this again, the finals.
And the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic started with eight teams.
We're down to the final two.
The winner of the 2023, 2024 Men's Royal Rumble, Cody Rhodes,
announced this tournament back on October the 10th.
The winner gets their name etched on the prestigious Dusty Cup
and become the number one contenders for the NXT Tag Team titles.
[audience chanting]
Let's go, boys. [inaudible]
[Vic] And take a look at all four of these superstars,
finally getting locked in.
And it's like the American dream would say,
you pay your dues, work your way up through the system,
whatever system there is.
[Wade] It's rare you get opportunities for gold or in this case, silver.
And when they do come along, you have to learn to grab them.
[audience booing]
[Vic] Two superstars in the ring.
Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes have created a lot of magic here
on premium live events for NXT.
[audience chanting] Whoop that trick!
[Vic] You notice.
No doubt the NXT universe is behind here tonight,
but I come to you can trick be 100% focused on this match
with that NXT Championship match up still to come?
[Wade] Well, this match right here is act one of a two act play tonight
for Trick Williams zero chance.
His head is fully in this match.
He has to have at least one eye
on tonight's main event in the NXT Championship.
[thuds]
[Vic] When we talk about Dusty's comment too,
and take a look around at all four of these superstars in the ring.
Baron Corbin someone who did just that worked his way through.
The system has reached great heights, Wrestle Mania moments, championships.
He has returned here to NXT, Bron Breakker
who just turned up a gear to run over Trick Williams.
He and Hayes have been at the top of this brand
and by the end of the night, Trick could join them
and be wining and dining with kings and king.
Kings and queens as the NXT Champion.
[Wade] Boy, you ain't lying.
But Trick Williams could also end up empty handed tonight.
He's spread himself very thin despite a nice start to this match up.
[Vic] Now all four superstars in the ring, things starting to break down.
[audience cheering]
[Wade] Yeah. And if you're throwing the heavy leather like this,
I've got to back Corbin and Bron
but it is indeed the team of Trick and Melo
who got the best of the early goings.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] It appears now Hayes Williams on the same page
at the start of this tournament.
Not many people thought that the wolf dogs would be the team
that had less drama coming into the finals.
[Wade] Yeah, they started off as that odd couple pairing,
but there is this unique chemistry about them.
They bicker, they squabble, but I think they like each other
and deep down they found two kindred spirits
and they're a hell of a team together.
[Vic] Trick Williams back in the ring now. Here with Baron Corbin.
Ooh, nice neck breaker into the cover,
hook of the leg and Corbin kicking out at two.
Look, you were crowned King of the Ring back in 2015.
You had to compete twice in one night.
Exactly what Trick Williams has to do here tonight.
How difficult is that going to be for Trick?
[Wade] Yeah, that was one of the difficult nights of my career.
But the difference with me and Trick was the fact that
my opponent that night in the King of the Ring final
also competed twice.
It was a level playing field when it comes to later tonight,
Dragunov the most intense competitor in history of NXT
is going to be completely fresh.
You don't know what state Trick Williams is going to be in.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] He's slugging away on Corbin,
and some believe Melo is jealous of Trick's rapid rise, hoisting up.
Corbin and others like Booker T don't believe that Melo is jealous at all.
[Wade] Yeah, Booker T's a smart man, let me tell you this, Trick.
And Melo being side by side from the beginning
and now they are firing on all cylinders.
Melo is here to support his boy.
But first things first. Win that Dusty Cup.
[Vic] We've been talking about and right now it's Melo,
it's Corbin looking for that.
Whoa, that fade away drop and Corbin is Melo.
[Wade] Let's face it, it would behoove Trick Williams more than anyone
to get this match up ended quickly.
[Vic] So, what is your take on the Hayes Williams relationship?
[Wade] Their boys, they've got each other's backs.
All the rest is just nonsense.
It's hype from people like you. It is gutter journalism.
[Vic] Well, to your point having each other's backs
Trick for a moment had Hayes is back now, Hayes turning right around,
flying through the air, dropping Corbin.
But look at Bron. Bron now from behind.
Bam. What a cutter.
-[audience cheering] -[screams]
[Vic] And just like that, Bron Breakker turns the game around.
[Wade] Explosive nature. Timing technique. This man has it, has it all.
It's no wonder Smack Down general manager, Nick Aldis
-has already offered Bron a contract. -[Vic] Very right.
[Vic] How impressed were you? How impressed you were?
Breakker's Royal Rumble appearance.
[Wade] It was brilliant, wasn't he?
Showed the world what everyone here in NXT has known for a long, long time.
The offers are coming in thick and fast.
He's going to go to Raw on Monday. Get a counter offer from Adam Pearce.
[Vic] Bron's four eliminations matched that of winner Cody Rhodes
for the most in Tampa.
Oh, it's…
[screams]
[Vic] Baron Corbin turning Hayes inside out,
looking down on that Dusty Cup.
[Wade] Just a reborn and a rejuvenated Baron Corbin what a trip down
to NXT has been for him.
Take a look at the sheer power of the man for my money,
a man who should be a multiple time world champion
at this point got slightly derailed.
But now the train is back on the track.
-Like the wolf dog's name, don't you? -I love it, the wolf dogs.
[Wade] Look, I'm not a dog guy.
If I was going to have a dog, it would be a wolf dog.
That just sounds cool, doesn't it?
[Vic] Well, I mean, these guys have been off the same page,
on the same page coming out as you saw the start the night…
again, a unique partnership, an unlikely bond.
But I wanna talk about Baron Corbin because as we mentioned,
he returned to NXT with unfinished business.
How does that drive a superstar?
As Corbin tagging out Bron Breakker tagging in.
[Wade] I'll tell you the truth about Baron Corbin.
He's a man. At one point, not so long ago,
it looked like his career was swirling down the toilet.
The guy is simply too talented to be in that kinda position.
You wanna tell me, you wanna figure out why he's driven
to get back on top that right there, you take a look at the abyss.
You take a look into this black hole.
That could be your destiny unless you fix things.
And he's fixed things in a big way.
[Vic] Corbin was in the finals of the inaugural
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic…
Oh, Corbin just got…
Or excuse me, Breakker just got caught and then got dropped.
My mind was on Baron Corbin.
Should have been on Bron Breakker as a near-fall
and that could have been disastrous.
[Wade] Bron almost got decapitated there.
It just goes to show how dangerous it is in this ring.
When you get a little momentum, you take your eye off the ball.
And this is Bron cleaning clock…
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Devastating Lariat from Bron Breakker.
As I was getting ready to say, it was Baron who might need Bron
to finish some business here tonight and finally get his name on the Dusty Cup.
[Wade] Yeah, I spoke to Baron earlier tonight about this.
Lost it the first time in 2015.
Won't happen again, pal.
[Vic] Float over off the suplex into another cut.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] A little pump for Bron Breakker.
Again, you know, we talk about what we just witnessed,
but Bron Breakker his intensity.
He's not bothered by what just happened.
A little slip up.
He overcame it quickly, continuing to devastate punish
his opponent as he makes the tag in the Baron Corbin.
[Wade] Yeah, just laughed off the potential neck injury,
catching his neck on the top rope there.
Such is the durability of Bron Breakker.
We've seen it time and time again. He's built double tough.
[Vic] Up and over, whoa. shoulders out for a moment.
Melo not able to keep Corbin down and Corbin just running right over.
Oh, no.
[Vic] Carmelo Hayes and Corbin and Breakker
have been so impressive since coming together as a team
just a short few weeks ago.
[Wade] Sheer power, sheer experience. And once they got on the same page.
[Vic] Pure power again hooks both legs covered another near-fall.
Hayes just able to kick out and keep his Dusty Cup dreams alive
along with Trick Williams.
[Wade] And I'll tell you this when you come up against a team
like Bron and Corbin
as we take another look at this superb tandem offense time
between the team.
Your best hope against a Bron Breakker and a Corbin is there so big and strong
you simply hope that they're not going to be particularly athletic.
That's not the case.
[Vic] We're on the road to WrestleMania this the finals
of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
One of these two teams will etch their name on the Dusty Cup,
become the number one contenders for the NXT tag team titles
currently held by the family,
who are getting ready for six person tag team action later on tonight.
As Carmelo Hayes so close,
but Bron Breakker not letting go of the wrist of Hayes.
Oh, looking for the cheap shot. Trick was ready.
Hayes is flying in so close. Reaching out.
[Wade] The fingertips away. But that must feel like a million miles
when you've got Bron Breakker beating you up.
[Vic] Was looking for the cutter one more time.
I believe it was countered, but still a nasty landing from Carmelo Hayes.
So much had been taken out of Hayes, but he's so close.
There's Trick Williams, his boy, his tag team partner.
[Wade] Fresh Carmelo Hayes with a landed that one on his feet.
But he has been put through the wringer by these two big boys.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] In comes Williams. In comes Corbin.
[grunts]
[Vic] Trick looking to continue to prove
he's more than just a sidekick here tonight.
Pulling double duty.
[Wade] Trick Williams fresh as a daisy.
[Vic] Williams is on fire and… Might jammed his knee a little bit.
But look, Trick Williams trying to fight through the pain here certainly does.
Just a little hiccup, maybe on his road to the Dusty Cup Championship and… Ooh.
[Wade] Connecting with a big Ura nage.
Then you have to think Baron Corbin is hurting at this point.
This is Trick Williams at his best.
Little tweak there perhaps, but back on top in a hurry.
[Vic] Yeah, not missing a beat.
Neither is Carmelo Hayes tagging right back in.
Slipped a little bit on that middle rope,
able to connect into the cover and another near-fall.
These four are laying it on the line.
[Wade] We're having some rope issues in the early goings of this match
and these regulation ropes here in Clarksville.
-[Vic] I would assume. -[Wade] I hope so.
[Vic] Get someone on that is now Carmelo Hayes
[inaudible] are trying to power up Baron Corbin.
[Wade] Yeah, that's a bad idea at the best of times.
Never going to be Melo strength, but getting cute like this
is exactly what Melo does best.
[Vic] Hayes able to sidestep one big kick rocking Breakker.
And now both superstars in,
and, oh, into the top turnbuckle goes Bron this time.
-[grunts] -[Vic] Right back in.
-Oh! -[audience cheering]
Look at the teamwork of Williams and Hayes.
[Wade] No one does his homework like Carmelo Hayes.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Oh, this action is spilling around!
This could be it!
[audience] One! Two!
[Vic] Oh. Not enough, but again
just able to kick out at the last moment.
[audience cheering]
That first 48 connected got all of it, but not enough.
[Wade] Yeah, well, Carmelo Hayes and Bron Breakker
know each other very well.
No surprise to either one of them about their durability.
[audience chanting] This is awesome!
[Vic] Both teams know how important
it would be to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Take a look at the 2022 Dusty Cup winners.
The Creed Brothers have a huge four-way match up this Monday on Raw,
but right now Hayes, Williams is trying to focus on the here and the now.
Bron Breakker a two for one you got to be kidding me.
[audience cheering]
[Wade] Hayes cleaned out of there.
Trick Williams, I believe, is the legal man right now.
[inaudible] You came out.
[Vic] And Bron barking at Baron.
[Wade] The end may be nigh for Trick and Melo.
-Oh, no. -[Vic] Wait a minute.
[grunts]
[audience cheering]
[Vic] We said they'd lay it all on the line.
Look at Corbin. Look at Bron.
[Wade] Baron Corbin, a 280-pound man
never designed to fly without the propulsion.
[Vic] And you were right. Baron Corbin Trick Williams is legal.
Back to the action. It's a cover.
It's a count, and Hayes just able to break things up.
[Wade] I think he landed on Trick inadvertently. It might be added.
[Vic] A little miscommunication, but the match is continuing.
You got to be looking out. Oh, and that was nasty.
[grunts]
[Vic] And right back in for some Deep Six made his back crack, his liver quiver.
And it's not enough to put Trick away.
[Wade] Trick is now tasting his own blood.
[Wade] Let's not forget he's got to compete again later tonight.
He is getting put through the wall tonight by these two big brutes,
and the pendulum has fully swung back in favor of Bron and Corbin.
[Vic] The finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
And the NXT universe trying to rally Trick Williams, Carmelo Hayes
as Bron Breakker may be going for broke.
[Wade] You have to win a match like this. Give it all you've got.
[audience cheering]
[screams]
[Vic] It's all about making history.
It's all about honoring Dusty Rhodes.
-[referee] Two. -[Vic] Is it Bron and Baron's night?
Bron getting both Williams and Hayes back into the ring.
And in comes Corbin. Things again, breaking out.
I feel bad for Dallas Irving. Our official.
[Wade] Simply got to flatten everything in your path in a match like this.
Take out both opponents and pick the one who's in the worst shape.
[Vic] What is on the mind of the wolf dogs?
[Wade] They've been working on the playbook together.
[Vic] Williams trying to throw some hands.
-Oh! -[audience cheering]
[Vic] Hayes trying to do the same, create a little bit of separation.
And Hayes dropping Bron.
-Right where Carmelo Hayes wants him-- -Looking for nothing but, no…
Got caught looking for [inaudible] friend, here's just Corbin.
Landed on his feet. Big neck breaker from Trick.
[audience cheering]
-Spear. Wait a minute. -[audience] One!
-[Vic] Hayes is legal. [audience] Two! Three!
[Vic] Bron and Baron have won the Dusty Cup.
["Fear No Evil" music playing]
[Alicia] Here are your winners
of the 2024 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Absolute heartbreak.
For Hayes and Williams.
But hats off to Breakker and Baron.
[Wade] What an absolutely chaotic match up.
All four men giving it everything they got including a high flying Bron Breakker
[Vic] Here was, I think Carmelo was trying to save Trick for the moment,
but inadvertently then cost his team in the end.
[Wade] Yeah, as Trick Williams cleared out of there.
Didn't get back in time to break up the pin,
but a nine year redemption are for Baron Corbin,
who lost in the finals of the 2015 Dusty Cup.
But now he's got his man Bron Breakker and they are covered in glory.
Tonight, the wolf dogs get it.
[Vic] Throughout this tournament, egos were checked.
Friendships were tested.
Congratulations to Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin.
Hey, getting something, huh?
Me and you. Me and you.
[inaudible]
[Roxanne] A lot can change in one year.
[Dr. Warren] We are unable to identify what caused Miss Perez to collapse.
As a result, I am unfortunately unable to provide an estimated date
for Miss Perez to return to in-ring action.
I know things can change because everything has changed for me.
[Alicia] Here is your winner
the new NXT Women's Champion.
Lyra Valkyria.
I'm not the same Roxanne Perez that won the Breakout Tournament.
I'm not the same woman that challenged for the NXT Women's Championship.
I don't miss that girl.
[Vic] Roxanne Perez looking to make statements of her own.
No longer someone to be pushed around.
I'm finally getting my one on one match against Lyra Valkyria.
[Vic] Perez, the number one contender.
[Roxanne] Everybody's been able to witness the rise of Lyra Valkyria.
While I've had to pick myself back up, jump through every hurdle,
dig deeper, and chase down a championship that I never lost in the first place.
At Vengeance Day,
I'm doing it my way.
'Cause now I'm the Roxanne Perez that has nothing to lose…
and everything to gain.
[Vic] Well, still to come,
can Roxanne Perez reclaim what she never lost?
It'll be Perez and Lyra Valkyria for the NXT Women's Championship tonight
at Vengeance Day.
["Driver" music playing]
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following is a no disqualification match.
Introducing first Dijak.
[Vic] We weren't there Tuesday, Wade. But we talked about it earlier.
Did Dijak overstep a line this past Tuesday?
[Wade] The overstep everybody's line except for Dijak's line.
The scary thing about Dijak is this guy is so cold-blooded.
He is so soulless. No lines ever exist for him.
There is no depth to which he'll not stoop to get what he wants.
And that is truly terrifying.
-[Vic] I wonder what sorta destruction or… -[man laughing]
["Love Is Blind" music playing]
♪ Love is blind ♪
♪ Grass is always greener On the other side ♪
[Alicia] And his opponent Joe Gacy.
[Vic] And we just talked about Tuesday, right?
So when it comes to Joe Gacy, when it comes to Dijak,
this certainly has been an issue
that has been boiling over for quite some time.
But I do wanna go back to what actually happened this past Tuesday on NXT
between Dijak and Joe Gacy.
Gacy right here. As you see, on top of a production truck, a crew truck
on the loading dock Dijak with no remorse with Joe Gacy all evening long.
And then this would happen.
This would transpire and it was just absolutely unreal to see and witness live.
And it forced our NXT general manager Ava's hand
to make this a no disqualification match.
[bell rings]
[Wade] Dijak is a destroyer of bodies.
He's what he does better than anyone,
and he's got that nightstick right from the off.
[Vic] Oh, that nightstick would be legal. And, uh…
-[audience cheering] -So will that.
Oh.
These two are swinging for the fences, I don't think we'll see many wrist locks
and drop toe holds in this match up.
[Wade] This might be over in about 15 seconds.
We've already got the heavy artillery in there.
[Vic] And no rules just right for these two.
And these two have brought all over the Performance Center.
It actually started at the announce desk.
To be fair, we already relived what Dijak did to Gacy into the dumpster.
But we also have seen Dijak put Gacy through.
Part of the staging at NXT.
[Wade] That's what I was saying about Dijak.
He likes to annihilate people.
He gets what he wants through physicality.
What has upset Dijak is the fact that no, no matter what he throws at Joe Gacy,
Joe Gacy bounces back with a smile on his face
that has hurt the psyche of Dijak.
[Vic] Dijak has even taken off his jacket yet
-and Joe Gacy not allowing him to. -[audience cheering]
[Wade] Dijak turned up with the nightstick
and thought it was going to be all over before he even broke sweat.
It's not going to be that easy.
[audience shouting]
[thuds]
[Vic] NXT universe. They want all the toys tonight.
And these two have had five days
to come up with a lot of destructive ways to destroy the other.
[Wade] Yeah, I'm getting very nervous at ringside here.
A lot of things flying around.
We need one of those protective coal mine things
that I used to see back in the day.
[Vic] Well, look. Yeah, I don't know about the coal mine,
but as we take a look at Joe Gacy and Dijak,
I think it's safe to say this isn't the same Joe Gacy
that you last saw here in NXT.
[Wade] Well, here's the thing. I know what we've got with Dijak
and it's absolutely terrifying with Joe Gacy.
I don't know what we've got. I don't know what goes through his head.
And that perhaps makes him even more scary.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] You know, Gacy has dreamed up of ways to hurt Dijak tonight.
Much like right here. Cannonball.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] As your Smack Down partner would say, clear the deck.
[Wade] Take another look at a flying Joe Gacy,
putting his own body on the line in pursuit of victory.
Man, this is one durable individual with a sick and twisted mind,
and that spells bad news for Dijak.
[Vic] Nice you got your thing in. But, hey, I wanna talk about this too.
When it comes to Joe Gacy, what does it say about Gacy,
who broke into Dijak's office?
His lair was playing around with all his toys, used his tape recorder.
Who does that?
[Wade] A lotta people say he's got a twisted personality.
That, to me, is a PR spin on the fact that Joe Gacy
is clearly an absolute nutcase.
You stay away from men like Dijak in this industry,
unless you're a masochist, unless you have a death wish.
And that may well be the case with Joe Gacy.
[Vic] Look at Joe Gacy again.
He's had five nights to figure out what to…
What?
[Wade] Is that your candy?
[Vic] No, those are toys.
Look at those things. Little cars. What is that? It's a little toy soldier.
[Wade] Yeah, exactly. Here's what I'm getting at with this guy.
You've got nightsticks. God knows what else is under the ring.
And he's out here playing with toys.
[Vic] Hey, you ever step on a lego at 4 o'clock in the morning?
Those things hurt. And that's a whole crate full.
Oh, man.
[Wade] It'll be a lot more than stepping on this lego, if that's the case.
-[grunts] -[Vic] Dijak tried his best.
Oh, averts danger for just a moment and Dijak.
-Right and spinning boot. -[audience cheering]
[Wade] Flush to the jaw of Joe Gacy,
who now has a bizarre, wry smile on his face in the aftermath.
[Vic] Joe Gacy not cut outta the same mold as others and kicks out at one.
And, look, when it comes to Dijak, you just wonder what sorta destruction
we're going to feast our eyes on here tonight.
This is just a little taste of what Dijak can do,
but look at Joe Gacy.
Joe Gacy is welcoming the pain,
welcoming the destruction as right now just raining down on Gacy Dijak.
[Wade] Yeah, and that is just a red rag to a bull of Dijak.
Everything you throw at me,
I'm going to come back at you with a smile on my face.
This is just going to get worse for Joe Gacy.
[Vic] Into the cover, center of the ring, hook of the leg,
and again Gacy kicking out at one.
I wanna go back to something you said earlier, Barrett.
How frustrating could it be for Dijak
that nothing he has done has kept Gacy down?
Not just here tonight, but over the last few weeks?
-[Wade] Not just that. -[Vic] And he's smiling.
It's the fact that Dijak has done this before to human beings.
And it is always worked, tonight is a different story.
There's something off about Joe Gacy and Dijak doesn't like it.
Spit it out, Joe!
Let's get this son of bitch.
[Vic] I think Gacy is going to stay down.
And Dijak has never faced someone like Joe Gacy
and now just stomping away through the trash can.
Stay down!
[Vic] I mean, I know this is no disqualification.
Everything's legal.
And for Dijak now, with a smile on his face,
how dangerous could he be in this environment?
As again Gacy rises.
[Wade] I'll tell you right now, this kinda match is only ever won
by the competitor who is prepared to leave humanity
at the door when they walk in this building.
I told you, stay down, Gacy.
I told you to stay down, and now you're going to pay the price.
[Vic] Well, Dijak has a plan. But have you ever seen a counter like that?
Gacy used the trash can to his advantage, blind.
[Wade] Yeah, and after that level of beating,
somehow it's Joe Gacy who is stirring first.
Watch this straight into the chest and perhaps jaw of Dijak,
desperately trying to shake the cobwebs off,
but is now Joe Gacy, who perhaps is in the ascendancy.
[Vic] Look at Gacy swinging away,
and I don't think Dijak has ever faced someone like Joe Gacy.
I mean that because he can't keep Gacy down.
Gacy is a welcoming everything
and anything that comes his way as he turns Dijak inside out.
As Gacy charges in catch in a big Ura nage.
-Could that be it? -[audience] One! Two!
[Vic] Dijak just getting that left shoulder up.
And the crazy part of this is, Wade.
I don't think Gacy wanted the match to end right there.
Anyways, I think he's having fun right now with Dijak.
[Wade] How the hell do you have fun in a match like this
amid the chaos and barbarity of a no disqualification match?
Well clear of Joe Gacy.
That's my advice to everyone in the locker--
-[Vic] Oh! -[audience cheering]
[audience chanting] Holy shit!
[Vic] But the one thing Gacy does know,
the only way to win is pinfall or submission inside the ring.
[audience shouting]
[Wade] Exactly where you need to be.
What a sickening landing for Dijak and how he's back up and at him already.
I will never know.
[Vic] Not only was he up, he delivers that choke slam on the chair.
Another near-fall.
Dijak's body went crashing through
and as did Joe Gacy's through that steel chair,
but both men continuing to rise as listen to the NXT universe.
[audience cheering]
[Wade] Both men running on fumes at this point,
but the hatred inside Dijak is simply too much driving him on,
pushing him perhaps towards victory.
[Vic] No one ever safe around Dijak, but as this match up has gone on,
I mean, both these guys are just a different breed of superstars.
[Wade] Dijak is in right now say what you want about Joe Gacy.
Dijak is hurting bad,
and when you take that massive frame of Dijak
and put it through this much torture, that in itself is an achievement.
[Vic] Dijak is trying to pull himself to the top and there comes Gacy.
Gacy sensed it. Gacy felt it.
Gacy with bad, evil intentions going through his mind at this moment.
Oh, and Dijak luckily just missed that trash can.
But will it be enough for Gacy into the cover and another near-fall.
[Wade] About six foot seven frame of Dijak just went somersaulting through the air.
You're right. Narrowly missing that steel trash can.
That perhaps is the only reason why Dijak is still alive in this match up.
[Vic] Well, Gacy just grabbed a roll of duct tape.
It's my playground.
It's not for you today.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] We've always heard Dijak talk about feast your eyes on my brand of justice.
He can't feast his eyes on anything.
[Wade] Yeah. How do you defend yourself when you're blinded like that?
Oh, no.
[audience cheering]
-[Vic] Oh! -[audience exclaiming]
[Wade] Stop the bloody match. Referee.
[Vic] Kendo stick to the spine
and Gacy is having fun in what he called his playground.
-[Wade] But it's all perfectly legal. -[Vic] Maybe go into the upside down.
-[Wade] Ooh. -[Vic] Dijak.
No way, Dijak…
with duct tape over his eyes.
Feast your eyes. But…
[tapping]
[Vic] Dijak can't find Gacy.
[Wade] Yeah, crucial seconds being wasted
ahead of an attempted pin, you would think.
[Vic] Dijak. I don't know how first off, Dijak was able to catching it. Bam.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Deliver anything to Gacy.
[audience chanting]
-And finally… -[groaning]
[Vic] Oh, how much is it you ever ripped up duct tape off your arm?
Imagine ripping it off your eyelids.
-[Vic] Oh, my… Ooh. -[Wade] I've heard the crowd chant.
[Wade] You can't see him before, though. And that was bad enough.
[Vic] Dijak finally is feasting his eyes
on a sick Joe Gacy.
[panting]
[grunts]
[Vic] I can't imagine what Dijak is thinking right now
because Gacy will not stop.
Spike's Dijak with a DDT.
[Wade] He ain't thinking anything now.
His brain is completely scrambled after that one and he's in the drop zone.
[audience shouting]
[Vic] Gacy big splash onto the chair, steel into the spine again.
-And, no. -[audience cheering]
[Wade] There's no way.
[Vic] How close?
Derek Sanders, the official.
You could have slid a piece of paper under his hand.
[Wade] We have just got two indestructible human beings.
-This match may never end. -[Vic] Upside down. No. There.
[Wade] All the momentum of that bouncing clothesline attempt…
[Vic] That nightstick to the stomach.
And then one more time, Gacy for the ride. Dijak falls into the cover.
One! Two! Three!
And finally, this match comes to a brutal end.
["Driver" music playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner. Dijak.
[Vic] Dijak decimating Joe Gacy.
But Gacy is smiling.
[Wade] He's out cold, yet there is still a maniacal grin on his face.
[Vic] Who's more derange? Gacy or Dijak.
["Driver" music playing]
[inaudible]
Ladies, the calendar looks to be a massive success.
Kelly, the response has been incredible. The line hasn't stopped.
And as you can see,
we have Thea and Jasmine here signing calendars.
And Carmen was nice enough to stop by and sign some as well.
We are almost sold out here in the venue, but starting tomorrow
the calendars will be available on WWE shop and fanatics
so everyone can get their hands on the hottest item in NXT history.
[laughs]
Jayce literally saved Chase University with this idea.
-It's amazing. I can't believe it. -No, she's literally a genius.
Genius. I like that.
Kelly. It's only a matter of time before a Chase U is saved from debt.
Vic, Wade, back to you.
[Vic] Well, thanks, Kelly. While Wade tries to pre-order the calendars,
our North American Champion, Oba Femi,
prepping for his first NXT Championship defense against Dragon Lee
later on tonight here at Vengeance Day.
But this rivalry has gotten personal.
Back from ambushes to brawls, these six are out to prove
the streets are big enough for both teams.
[upbeat music playing]
There's two things we take seriously. Business and family.
The dawn of NXT, Tony D'Angelo.
It's been said that being honest is a dangerous thing,
but Tony D must be the most dangerous man in NXT,
because I was honest with yous from the beginning
and I backed up everything I said I was going to do.
Stacks, you prove you were a solid earner. Your days as being a soldier are over.
I think it's time you become the under boss.
Ladies and gentlemen, she is the glue of the D'Angelo family.
Adriana Rizzo. She's ruthless, wise and battle tested.
Our time is now, Don. It's time for us to take over.
The D'Angelo family is going to take the NXT Tag Team Championships.
[Wade] I would not bet against Tony D's family.
[Vic] Bada bing, bada boom.
The Don and the under boss are the Tag Team Champions.
All that's left me is we reclaim the streets of NXT.
And what streets are you talking about, bro?
Where we from? We ain't never heard y'all names.
You see, our hood wasn't built for no comfort.
But that bond Lucien and I had was built to last.
As long as I got my boy, Bronco…
-Huh? -It's a wrap.
You see, it's that bond right there.
That's the main reason I wanted to rock with y'all.
See, y'all know what it's like going to sleep no dinner.
Fast losers and slow winners. Reaching in your pocket for cash.
Knowing ain't nothing there but by any means, we have to be.
[man 1] Miss Parker. Miss Parker.
[Jaida] Y'all need pressure where you can't apply it. Who's got Rizzo?
And I'm saying Jaida Parker's your missing piece.
-So what's up? -That's it.
[objects clatters]
It is simple. We make the rules. Stop playing with me.
Don't tell Tony and Stacks it ain't over until OTM and Jaida say it's over.
OTM, listen up and listen good.
You wanna come into my restaurant and tear the place up?
Made a big mistake.
[Vic] [inaudible] They issued the warning, Book, and they're here.
The Don, the under boss, Rizzo.
You see, the D'Angelos should know better
than to get mixed up in our street business.
OTM did street business.
And then there's D'Angelo family street business.
Look, man, it's over for the family.
They ain't never seen a problem like OTM before.
SCRYPTS, you better be careful.
You're bringing Bronco, Lucien, and Jaida into a fight.
They're not gonna return safely.
And at Vengeance Day, Tony, Stacks, and Rizzo, they're gonna learn.
They should have just stayed their ass on the sidewalk.
Mm-hmm.
Tony D and Stacks better bring it 'cause they gonna get this work.
Listen, this isn't the first time we've done battles with the streets.
OTM and Jaida you find out that the D'Angelo family loves a good scrap.
Rizzo Finna find out Jaida Parker ain't the one to play with.
Jaida, my mother always taught me. Fool me once I break your face.
OTM, [speaking Spanish]
This fight ain't nothing new, neither is [inaudible]
The D'Angelo family will always own these streets.
[dramatic music playing]
[music fades off]
["About That Time" music playing]
[Wade] For your style of bike Vic Joseph, you should offer him a race on your BMX.
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following is a Mixed Tag Team match scheduled for one fall
introducing first accompanied by SCRYPTS,
the team of Jaida Parker, Lucien Price,
and Bronco Nima, OTM.
[Vic] Look, it was OTM who wanted to make an impact,
and they might have gone a little too far with Parker attacking Rizzo at lunch,
which has brought us to this six-person clash here tonight.
["All About Family" music playing]
[Vic] Hey, Wade, the family said they were coming for some revenge here tonight.
[Wade] Yeah, the streets don't do clean fights.
[inaudible] Every dirty trick in the book.
That's what we're getting tonight outta these two groups.
[Vic] Oh, no love lost between these two.
We talked about Parker attacking Rizzo at lunch.
Rizzo coming for a piece using some of that,
uh, advice her mom gave you.
-I'll break your face. -[Wade] Yeah.
You go into Tony D's restaurant and turn it over.
There's gonna be consequences one way or another.
[Vic] Oh, things are starting to settle down here.
Six person tag team match up.
The women will fight the women, the men will fight the men
as Rizzo here and Parker starting things off.
[Wade] Yeah, I'm liking what I'm seeing from Jaida Parker
as SCRYPTS about this woman.
What on earth? More to go out there and expand OTM.
Hey, we needed help. Rizzo was a problem.
We found the correct solution in Jaida Parker.
[Vic] Better watch what you're saying.
You keep it up, they're gonna be calling you four nickels
to go along with two dimes.
And right here, though Parker OTM.
They're not bothered by the bright lights early on this.
Of course, Parker and Rizzo's premium live event debut.
[Wade] Yeah, and what a lot of pressure that must be.
Of course, Tony D Stacks, they've been around the block a few times,
but there's a lot of pressure on OTM, especially right now.
-These are some bright lights. -[Vic] Bronco Nima entering.
[Vic] There's Tony D'Angelo, and that's a cheap shot.
[Wade] Animalistic Lucien Price. He is the hothead of the group.
You simply cannot get a handle on that guy.
And the tag was made. Now Bronco Nima is legal,
but in the corner is, oh, just stomping right through the Don.
[Wade] Size of Bronco Nima.
[Vic] Yeah, there's more than just pride and bragging rights on the line,
it seems, between these two teams, between these six individuals.
And we can't forget SCRYPTS who's out here lurking on the outside.
[Wade] Eyes on your opponents at all times.
Keep your head on a swivel.
[Vic] The under boss with a little help
from the Don into the cover, hook of the leg.
Nima able to kick out at two.
But, look, you've been gone for a little bit.
But what has it been like for you to see the family flourishing from afar?
[Wade] Well, it's been all about experience for the family.
They came in a couple of years ago.
They were good from the off,
but they're simply better and better as the months go by
and you have to think they've got some strategies
to catch the less experienced OTM cold, and it's working for them right now.
[Vic] Let's talk about the experience. There's Riz.
-[Wade] We're going Rizzo… -[Vic] The Don, the underboss…
Oh, the family who become NXT tag team champion,
Stacks becoming the under boss, Rizzo's arrival all leading to tonight.
And now take a look at those three beaten down OTM.
[Wade] Keep an eye on Adriana Rizzo.
She is a hot-headed, reckless individual who loves throwing hands.
That almost made SCRYPTS jump into your lap.
[inaudible]
[Wade] Rizzo was trying to run the show.
[Vic] Well, now Parker back up getting dropped again.
You're right though, but…
-[Wade] Rizzo… -…the Don saying, yeah, you're right.
[Wade] Rizzo not great at waiting for instructions.
She just wants to go head first into the firefight.
-Tony D, pump the brakes. -We don't wanna be left out either.
[Vic] Things coming up all the family here tonight.
And, you know, I wanna go back to the beginning.
I mean, you would have, I mean…
I would like to say you would have taken the same stance into the cover
and a kick out that D'Angelo & Stacks did after Rizzo was attacked.
[Wade] Yeah, no doubt about it.
You got to have the backs of your family, especially.
Look at that from Adriana Rizzo heels first into the mush of Jaida Parker.
[Vic] You take a look at the family, I mean, is there a lot on their plate?
Not only the daily business. We got new number one contenders.
And that being the new Dusty Cup Champions,
Bron and Baron,
they got their championship duties.
They got all the OTM antics
that they've had to go through the last few weeks as under boss,
coming right back in and able to land on his feet.
-Big right hand. -[Wade] Yeah. You run the streets.
-Hey, SCRYPTS. -[Wade] Here we go.
[Vic] Oh.
Jaida Parker, the official did not see it distracted.
[Wade] This is the streets. It's all about the dirty tricks.
Who can execute them better.
And right now, thanks to SCRYPTS involvement,
it is swung the way of OTM.
-[Vic] Look at the Price on the outside. -[Wade] That is one angry dude.
Look at the frown on him. Physique on these guys.
[Vic] Underboss trying his best to get back into looking.
We've talked about Stacks a lot. Able to withstand a lot of punishment.
I just looked into Price's eyes.
[Wade] Yeah, he didn't look at me. Thankfully.
He wanted you for whatever reason. Maybe he heard your BMX idea.
[Vic] [clears throat] I probably should talk a little bit quieter.
[Wade] Don't race them with your BMX. It won't go well.
-Just stay away. -[Vic] Right now things not going well
for Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. Long way away from his team.
[Wade] I was worried about OTM coming into this one,
their lack of experience at this level,
but right now you have to say it's them who look like the veterans.
And I put that down to SCRYPTS.
[Vic] Well, I'll take it a step further there, Barrett.
The addition of Parker really has raised the game--
[Wade] No doubt about it. That was a SCRYPTS pickup.
He sees the vision for these guys. These are less experienced people.
Don't make the mistakes that I made. I've got the plan, guys.
Stick with me and we're going to go far.
[Vic] Talk about Parker we also talk about La Madrina Elektra Lopez what she's done
for Legado Del Fantasma.
But take a look at that tag team tandem offense.
[Wade] There's a double jawbreaker.
How the earth Stacks is still moving is beyond me.
[Vic] Well, maybe Nexus needed someone like SCRYPTS or Jaida Parker…
-[Wade] For the corps. -…for that matter.
[Wade] Yeah, maybe I like that idea.
Let's travel back in time 14 years and we'll implement it.
-Well, right now. -Where were you when I needed you?
You didn't want me back then either. I certainly didn't know what I was doing.
But when it comes to what's going on in the ring,
OTM knowing what they are doing,
right here, right now, they have cut the ring in half.
They are really just taking it to… Excuse me.
Stacks and SCRYPTS is right here yelling at me in front of me.
Things breaking down on this side of things
because OTM, as you mentioned, they're the vets almost in this match.
They're taking it to Stack. Reaching out so close.
Couldn't make the tag. And that was a vet move.
And again, it's because SCRYPTS to your point
here on the outside is barking out the marching orders.
And now they're looking for that knockout blow.
[Wade] Punched over the top rope.
When have you ever seen that before?
[Vic] And there again SCRYPTS interjecting himself.
Things are breaking down and I feel bad for the official.
[Wade] Lucien Price punches like Tyson Fury.
[Vic] Another cover, another count and another kick out by Stacks.
And I just looked in the Stacks' eyes.
He is in a lot of pain. He is in a lot of trouble.
[Wade] Yeah. Are you surprised? A little genius.
-He's in a lot of pain. -[Vic] I'm looking right now.
[Wade] These guys are tearing him to pieces.
[Vic] I hate to give you credit, but I got to come back to something you said.
It looks like OTM is a little bit more prepared in this match up.
Thanks to SCRYPTS.
SCRYPTS came in with a plan. Jaida Parker came in with a plan.
They're executing the damn thing right now.
They're beating down the tag champs.
[Wade] It is what's going on when it's gang on gang like this,
when you isolate one man, you can utilize the numbers game.
It was always going to come down to who got the up out--
[Vic] Into another cover and I…
Let's go and finally the Don having to stick his nose in the business
[Wade] He had no choice.
[Vic] Try to create a little separation. And then he gets dumped to the outside.
[Wade] This is utter domination from OTM at group that we knew very little about.
-Now, Rizzo's been flattened. -We learned very little. You're right.
[Vic] But we're learning a lot about them tonight.
This is a different style,
this is a different look in OTM's eyes, they're taking it to the champions.
Into the cover goes Nima, hook of the leg.
It Stacks had to kick out on his own.
And, Wade, how much can he possibly have left?
I don't even see the Don, I don't see Rizzo,
but I'm seeing Stacks get his ass kicked right now.
[Wade] Just look at the timing between Lucien and Bronco Nima.
This is expert tag work from what was essentially deemed
a rookie team up until tonight.
We'll throw that out the window. This is a coming out party for OTM.
[Vic] They are opening some eyes.
The first ever NXT premium live event in Tennessee has been off the charts.
All roads lead to Philadelphia.
Stand & Deliver Wrestle Mania and OTM could be making their mark
here tonight to clear their own path
to Stand & Deliver on Wrestle Mania Saturday,
but Stacks turning things around finally makes the tag.
And it comes to Don to pick up some business.
[Wade] Yeah, pretty angry Don out there. He's fresh, and he's ready to clean house.
[audience shouting]
[Vic] You say that one more time. He is just tossing around OTM.
Nasty landing. Don doesn't give a damn. He's taking it to Price.
-He's taking it to Bronco Nima. -[Wade] Mess with the family.
[Wade] You mess with Tony D, there's a price to pay
and those are the consequences for OTM.
[Vic] And how is the Don really matured since your last NXT visit?
He's taking things into his own hands in this moment.
[Wade] Well, he truly has become a leader, not just of the family,
but of the brand itself.
[inaudible]
-[Wade] Oh. -[audience cheering]
[inaudible]
[Wade] Calling Rizzo.
[Vic] Rizzo coming in. Flying through. Back to the live action in the ring.
Remember, this match up continuing. No tag was made.
The Don is legal. And look, I'm checking on Stacks.
[Wade] Stacks is barely moved. And who can blame him?
Trying to get him to his feet he must feel like jelly all over.
[Vic] Wait, was that a kick? Oh, wait a minute.
Just launching Stacks.
Well, we didn't mention this loyalty earlier.
[Wade] It might be all you can do with Stacks at this point.
He is just a human missile. I don't think he can move on his own accord.
[Vic] Barrett, look. Rizzo, looking to fly.
[inaudible]
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Wiping out OTM.
[Wade] The five time all American long jumper,
and we saw all of those explosive hops off that top rope.
[Vic] The Don, the superstar legal for his team.
And SCRYPTS trying to get involved again. Paid the price.
[Wade] Tony D just one step ahead of everything from OTM at this point.
-[Vic] Big spine buster. -[Wade] You've enraged the boss.
[Vic] That Italian blood flowing right now and you can forget about it.
One! Two! Three!
[bell rings]
[Vic] Big win for the family.
["All about Family" music playing]
[Alicia] Here are your winners the D'Angelo family.
[Vic] That's why he is the Don of NXT.
[wade] Well, hats off to Stacks for that durability
for Rizzo for that sheer aggression.
That the pure class and experience of Tony D
is what made the victory for The D'Angelos.
[Vic] That really was the turning point
because that kinda snap the Don, snap Rizzo.
Right here Rizzo is a flying through the air.
Really was maybe that wake up call that the family needed in this match up,
because for the most part, it was all OTM.
Until the Don, Stacks, and Rizzo flipped the switch.
[Wade] Make no mistake, this despite the Victors,
this was a coming out party for OTM.
They are a problem in NXT going forward.
[Vic speaking Spanish]
The family stands tall.
["All about Family" music playing]
[Vic] As I mentioned this is the first ever NXT premium live event in Tennessee.
We are in Clarksville tonight.
It's been an unbelievable vibe inside the F&M Bank Arena.
And we'd like to extend a special thank you
to Bring Me The Horizon for "Darkside",
the official NXT loud theme song of NXT Vengeance Day,
available now on Apple Music and Spotify.
[hip-hop music playing]
♪ I'm a bad girl And my friends are bad too ♪
♪ See it from the back That's what bad girl view ♪
Izzy, to get where we're going, we have to do some strategic analysis.
I mean, this women's division is only getting stronger.
I mean, you could say that again. Time for us to work smarter, not harder.
Bingo. Whomever walks out of Vengeance Day,
Roxanne or Lyra as champion, that's our new target.
So here's a list of potential obstacles that pose a threat
to our ascension to the title.
I mean, solid list, but I can stand about none of them.
We need a future proof in NXT and at the top of the list.
Kelani Jordan. Time to take out the future before it begins.
I am sick and tired of everyone saying that she's the future of NXT.
I see right through that wholesome little act.
-Of course you do. -Izzy, do me a favor.
Keep ears to the ground on Kelani
if there's anything that gives us an advantage,
I need to know about it.
Say no more. The little brats not gonna know what hit her.
-Izzy, do whatever you need to do. -I always do. It is what it is.
I like the sound of that.
-[glasses clink] -♪ That's a bad girl view ♪
-Any pain back here? -I'm good, I'm good for real.
-Okay. -[inaudible].
-Yo, doc, Melo gonna be good? -Yeah, I'm all right.
-I'm all right. Hey, doc. -He's all right.
Thank you. I'm good, I'm good.
Hey, bro, why'd you take that spear from me like that, man?
Man, I had to take that bullet for you.
Bron spears you and Ilja benefits from that.
Look, you got a NXT Championship tonight, and that's the most important thing.
Look, you already got a busted lip, man. Come on.
Hey, the Dusty Cup is slipped between our fingers.
But what are we going to do? You gotta take that [inaudible] the chin.
Tonight, you have to slay the mad Dragon and win the NXT Championship.
That's the play.
-Right? -Hey, bro.
-You know how much that means to me, man. -Of course.
You have my back like that, that means everything.
-I got you. -But, hey, tonight…
I know, tonight you got to go out and get this win by yourself, I know.
Nah, not. Not this time.
Tonight, when I win that NXT Championship, I need my brother by my side.
-Yeah. -I need you right there, man.
-All right. -Yeah.
-All right, I got you. -Yeah, bro.
-All right, let's do this. -Let's do this.
Let's do this thing, man. Come on.
[screaming]
[upbeat music playing]
[Vic] And who will be champion?
Wrestle Mania weekend, and Roxanne Perez looks to reclaim what she never lost,
and Valkyria looks to soar into Stand & Deliver
with gold around her waist.
[Lyra] Roxanne Perez. Breakout winner.
Tag team champion, Royal Rumble participant
and the NXT Women's Champion who never lost.
The prodigy.
Just on nickname alone commands respect.
I respect you so much because you make me question,
if I'm doing enough.
At Vengeance Day, all that admiration goes out the window when the bell rings.
When I beat you, I will have proven to myself
that there are no question marks when it comes to my championship reign.
You may be different, but on February 4th the results will be the same.
Roxanne Perez has had a great run,
but Lyra Valkyria has risen and now it's my time.
I don't hope I beat you, I don't pray I beat you,
I need to beat you.
[Vic] Well, there is the champion
looking to be checked off another box on her journey as champion.
As Perez looks to reclaim a title she believes should still be hers,
a title she never lost.
Who's walking out NXT Women's Champion?
["All Fall Down" music playing]
[Vic] And, Wade, last year at this event,
Roxanne Perez actually walked in as champion.
I wanna get your thoughts. Honestly, do you see it through her eyes
that she knows the struggles Lyra's going through right now?
She's ready to exploit those struggles, she's ready to reclaim.
But she never lost.
[Wade] Well, the truth is, any champion ever who has a championship
goes through the same struggles that Lyra Valkyria is currently having.
So, yeah, I understand that from Roxanne Perez,
but to me, that simplifies the situation too much.
I get your struggles, therefore I'm going to beat you.
I'm not buying it.
Lyra Valkyria has proven she's the real deal,
not least by beating none other than the man, Becky Lynch.
She can beat the best in this game.
["Triumph" music playing]
[Wade] Roxanne wins tonight she's got to do it the hard way.
["Triumph" music continuous playing]
[Vic] Now let's do it on the flip side.
Do you see it through Lyra's eyes? She's not rattled.
She's not bothered.
She's here to gain the respect of another peer.
She's here to check off another box on her journey.
She doesn't want there to be any questions regarding her championship rank.
[Wade] Yeah, I absolutely get that.
And I applaud Lyra Valkyria for that approach.
I would be the same if I was a champion.
And there's a former champ who never actually was defeated for that title.
I would wanna strike that blemish off my record too.
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following contest scheduled for one fall,
is for the NXT Women's Championship.
[audience cheering]
Introducing first the challenger.
Roxanne Perez.
[audience cheering]
And her opponent.
She is the NXT Women's Champion.
Lyra Valkyria.
[Vic] We keep talking about Perez looking to reclaim what she didn't lost.
We got to go back to last march.
Roxanne Perez successfully defended the women's championship
against Meiko Satomura.
She collapsed after that match.
That's when the struggle began to get back to this point.
Never been beaten one on one for the NXT women's title,
was never beaten for the tag team titles.
Wade, if you remember, you were here in NXT at that point?
[Wade] Yeah, absolutely. I've got no qualms whatsoever with Roxanne
finally getting this one on one opportunity.
She absolutely deserves it, but you can ask for it for a long time.
When you get it, you better make sure you get in there and perform.
[Vic] Winner one step closer to walking into Wrestle Mania Saturday
at Stand & Deliver as the NXT Women's Champion.
And isn't it crazy to think that Roxanne Perez was never beaten
for any title she held? I mean, how would that eat at you?
[Wade] I mean, listen, once upon a time, 2014, I was stripped of a championship,
the Intercontinental Championship, because I received an injury.
I then watched over the next six months
as a host of guys ended up holding that title.
Deep down in my soul, I knew they were not the champ.
I was sat on the couch rehabbing.
It angered me every single day.
So I understand the perspective of Roxanne Perez.
When you get that opportunity to get your title back, you better take it.
[Vic] You talk about that anger.
Is that what maybe has contributed to the more shoulders down and kick out?
Has that contributed to maybe more of the aggressive side
that we've seen out of the Prodigy's shoulders down one more time.
Another near-fall.
Nice counter by the champion, challenger kicking out right back in.
Rolls through shoulders down and another near-fall.
And take a look at the bridge.
The power of Valkyria looking to try to get the backslide can.
-[audience] …two. -[Wade] Oh.
[Vic] Perez is able to kick out one more time.
[Vic] A quick back and forth between these two.
But is that
what has led to the more aggressive side of the prodigy?
[Wade] Yeah, impart, but it has been a traumatic 12 months for Roxanne Perez.
She was the fresh faced, naive youngster when I was last here in NXT.
She is battle hardened by life right now.
Personal breakdowns, personal tragedies, seeing women come and go with her title,
and, of course, some absolutely gruesome matches that she's been in.
This is a battle hardened woman.
[Vic] I'll talk about some of those matches.
[Vic] She won Weapons Wild. She won in Devil's Playground.
She beat 19 other women for this championship opportunity.
And she's in there with Lyra Valkyria, who's been through the grind also herself,
which includes defeating Becky Lynch to become the NXT Women's Champion.
[Wade] Yeah, and that gives you a level of confidence
for many, Becky Lynch is the number one woman on the planet
with or without WWE Championships around her waist.
So, to go into battle with Becky Lynch
and become victorious to earn that NXT Championship, wow.
You know you can do it when the lights are at their brightest.
[Vic] No, when you think of a signature win as well,
doesn't that make the target on your back a little bit bigger
when you defeat someone like Becky Lynch, when you become champion,
when you come here to Vengeance Day,
as we got a little stalemate between the champion and the challenger.
[Wade] The target becomes bigger. But so does your reputation.
That target starts to move. It's harder to hit.
And that is the case with Lyra Valkyria.
Now she's proven that she is the real deal.
[Vic] She goes back to to what, Valkyria has said that
she just wants the respect of more of the peers in the locker room.
She doesn't want the question marks the clouds hanging over the title reign,
which is why she has this one on one match,
why she's been looking forward to this one on one opportunity against Perez.
And it's the battles with those, like the man,
that have prepared Lyra Valkyria for this match up here tonight.
And again, these two have known each other so very long they've watched each other
kind of grow up here in NXT, both being champions.
-This has been an even match up. -Yeah. And it's a very cagey start.
[Wade] Both women know one mistake and it could be over for them.
That is the level of respect
these two clearly have for each other as competitors.
[clapping]
[Vic] NXT universe here, rallying behind both these superstars.
As Perez using a little bit extra from the top, charging right in.
Now Maybe trying to quicken the pace in this match up
goes around not once, but twice, the take down Valkyria.
And it's important to note too for Perez, chasing history.
Only two other women have held the NXT women's title more than once
Shayna Baszler and Charlotte Flair.
-[Wade] Yeah, what a view-- -[Vic] Incoming! Oh--
[Wade] [inaudible] match, but that was Bull Hammer Esque.
Perfect timing. Perhaps lying in wait was Lyra Valkyria and now the champ has risen.
[Vic] And Valkyria one more time on the button.
[Wade] Just when Roxanne Perez thought she had a head of steam in this one.
Here's the game changer for you and…
…beat.
A bang to the temple and Roxanne has not looked the same since.
[Vic] Heavy artillery coming out from the champion
as Valkyria to the top looking to soar, has her target in sight.
Missing though, just in the last moment.
And incoming with a Thesz Press is the challenger.
And now it's Perez who's on top.
And it's Roxanne Perez who said she's not going to be pushed around
anymore here in NXT.
She wants her championship back.
[Wade] Well, that is the ace up his sleeve for Roxanne.
She is so elusive in that ring.
She is so nimble, diminutive and using it to her advantage.
[Vic] Valkyria had to know this was gonna come some point in this match
because she was warned by Perez.
Perez is not the same lucky go person she once was.
Roxanne Perez now knows she might have to take a high-risk springboard moonsault.
Got all of it into the cover.
Title on the line and another near-fall.
Valkyria just able to get that left shoulder up and for Perez,
almost like she's trying to regain her focus in this match up
after another near-fall.
But take a look at the rotation and then sticking the landing.
And Perez back to live action.
Big right hand followed by a forearm, buckling the knees of the champion.
[Wade] The champ is completely wobbled at this point,
throwing whatever she can at Perez
to get a little breathing room, but that did it.
[Vic] And Valkyria hooking up Perez.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Nice suplex, cover, count to retain and a kick out by the challenger.
And there wasn't a lot on that kick out.
[Wade] Yeah, I think Valkyria knew full well
Roxanne was going to kick out there,
but again, buying herself a little time to recover from the previous beat.
[Vic] Oh, looking for one more time. This time it's countered inside cradle.
Another near-fall. Almost a new champion here at Vengeance Day.
[Wade] Valkyria knows she cannot write off Roxanne that easily.
It's going to take something special to put away the former champ.
-[Wade] Oh! -[audience cheering]
[Wade] Right on the back of the neck of Roxanne that was an ugly landing.
[Vic] What a German suplex from Valkyria.
And if you noticed, she had the foot hooked of Roxanne Perez
in an unusual position and it's Valkyria now
who has taken it to the challenger.
Everything coming up for the champion in this moment, on this night.
Now just trying to overpower Perez.
[Wade] Lyra Valkyria has to make a beeline for that neck of Roxanne Perez
that could be shattered right now.
[grunts]
[audience shouting]
[Vic] Talking about the high-risk earlier from Perez.
Perez may be now trying to go for broke in this match up
swing and maybe emptying the tank in this moment.
-[Wade] Turned into a slug-- -[Vic] To the top!
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Valkyria rocked in comes Perez.
Pump rocks connects, rolling through into the--
["Te Lo Rompo" music playing]
-[Vic] Lola Vice with an official. -[Wade] Oh, here we go.
-[Wade] History's about-- -[Vic] Tatum Paxley.
Just got dropped.
The guaranteed contract is in Vise's hand for winning the Breakout Tournament.
[audience shouting]
[inaudible]
Ladies and gentlemen,
Lola Vice is executing her Breakout Tournament contract.
Therefore, this match is now officially
a triple threat match.
[Vic] And Wade, think about this triple threat rules.
The odds just shrunk for Lyra Valkyria just got caught by buenos noches
Valkyria does not need to be factored in the decision
to lose her title on a near-fall.
-[audience] One, two! -[Vic] Another near-fall.
Lola Vice has changed the game in Perez and Valkyria--
What the hell is going through their mind right now?
This is now a triple threat match. Didn't connect from behind.
Looking for a submission. MMA background couldn't be coming in now for Vice.
[Wade] Locked in center off the ring Lyra Valkyria nowhere to be seen.
[Vic] Putting all that weight on the back of Perez. Perez is fading.
The officials right there. Perez trying to fight,
Lola Vice has sent shockwaves through the NXT universe.
Everyone's on their feet in Clarksville.
[Wade] And Roxanne Perez is fading in a hurry.
[Vic] Roll through, roll through, shoulders down.
Oh, and Vice has to let go of the submission.
[Wade] Only way out of that submission. But there's [inaudible], Vic.
[Vic] Another big kick shoots the half, titles on the line.
[audience] One! Two!
[Vic] Perez kicking out, showing the heart of a champion.
But now another submission triangle choke.
[Wade] Out of the frying pan and into the fire for Roxanne Perez.
There is simply no respite for fresh Lola Vice.
[Vic] Valkyria!
[audience cheering] One! Two!
[Vic] Perez, somehow. And you got to give credit to Perez.
The, the, the wherewithal, the presence to break up that count.
But let's reset for a second.
This is turned into a triple threat match.
Lyra Valkyria with a big splash.
And then Perez saving the match up for herself.
But it's triple threat rules.
Champion does not need to be factored in the decision to lose her title.
Lola Vice has executed her championship contract
that she won from winning the Women's Breakout Tournament,
and this is turning into a damn slug fest.
[Wade] Yeah, this is bizarre as both Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez
are game plan for a one on one match up.
They were both exhausted by the time a fresh Lola Vice executed that contract.
This has changed everything. The favorite now has to be Vice.
-[groans] -[audience cheering]
[Vic] Look at the plethora of kicks.
[Wade] Simply no way to block that speed.
[Vic] And, Wade, I mean, how do you adapt on the fly if you're Perez?
How do you adapt on the fly if you're Lyra Valkyria?
[Wade] Simply gotta hope muscle memory kicks in
and hope that your body is not to beat up to protect yourself.
[Vic] Lola Vice has been waiting for the right time.
Premium live event spotlight.
To execute the contract to possibly put gold around her waist.
[Wade] I got to tell you, Vic, I did not like the execution from Lola Vice.
I would have wait until both women were down and out, but perhaps…
Let me say Lola Vice might know something I did not,
but Roxanne just about getting out of the jaws of danger.
[Vic] [inaudible] and Perez now looking for a two-for-one
of Russian leg sweep DDT combo.
[audience shouting]
[Wade] Vice may well have got the worst of that one.
[Vic] See if that gets put in WWE 2K24.
[screams]
[Vic] But look who's up. Look who's standing. It's the prodigy.
She wants back her damn championship.
[audience cheering and applauding]
[Wade] Suddenly getting that second win is the former champ.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Everyone is down but one.
And look at Roxanne, she knows she has to get one of the two back into the ring.
It's the only place she can win the NXT Women's Championship.
[audience chanting] Valkyria!
[Wade] Roxanne looking to right a perceived wrong
and get back her gold.
[Vic] High crossbody. Valkyria rolling through in the champion,
showing the heart of a champion, powering up. And, oh!
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Nightwish connects. Vice, saving the match.
A quick look into the cover trying to steal it.
Valkyria breaking it up--
[Wade] Almost parasitically taking that victory away from the champ.
Lyra Valkyria didn't quite do it, but this one is up for grabs now.
-Good luck picking a winner. -[Vic] Look at the NXT universe.
[audience chanting] NXT!
[Vic] It's about the NXT Women's Championship
and I don't know about you, Barrett,
but the game changed for me when Vice came out here,
changed the game for the two competitors in the ring,
and Lola Vice trying to change the game inside the whole women's division
if she can crown herself champion. But Valkyria with a near-fall.
-[Wade] Lola Vice-- -[Vic] [inaudible]. Oh, she's out.
[Vic] That's a knockout. That's a cover.
And it's not quite enough to crown a new champion.
[Wade] That was the weakest kick out of all time.
-And now an attempted armbar. -[Vic] Trying to break the grip.
Valkyria doing anything she can,
trying to hold on to not allow Lola Vice to lock in this armbar.
[Wade] Lola Vice just has such a wide arsenal.
[Vic] Kick out and again having to relinquish--
[Wade] Vice's [inaudible] but that might have been a KO in itself.
[Vic] Perez from behind.
-[audience] One, two! [audience cheering]
[Wade] They admire the engines of Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez,
especially to keep ticking at this pace, this deep into a match up.
[Vic] Absolutely unreal. pump rocks.
Pump rocks again hits Tatum Paxley again.
There's no disqualification.
[Wade] Deranged fan of Lyra Valkyria. Coming to her aid once again.
[Vic] Looking for buenos noches.
Didn't connect Valkyria though. Looking for night wish.
-[audience] One! Two! Three! -[Vic] Got all of it and somehow survives.
["Triumph" music playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner
and still the NXT Women's Champion
Lyra Valkyria.
[Wade] Well, amidst the pandemonium.
It is a retention for Lyra Valkyria, but it was Roxanne Perez
in the closing stages who looked like she had this Vic--
[Vic] I mean, this match up, this was the pump rocks
that we all thought was gonna maybe bring Perez back to title.
But this is the moment that shook us all.
Lola Vice coming down executing her championship contract.
And right here, bam. Pump rocks for the second time.
But it's Tatum Paxley who ran interference
I don't even think Lyra Valkyria realized it,
but did realize Lola Vice was targeting her
was able to ducking. Bam.
Hit that night wish to retain the NXT Women's Championship.
[Wade] Well, the intervention of Paxley without doubt,
is the reason why Lyra Valkyria still has the gold.
And if I was Roxanne Perez, especially, I would feel aggrieved at that.
Another battle feather added to the collection
as Lyra continues to soar towards Philadelphia.
[inaudible]
-Hey. -Hey. Hey! Hi.
Sorry. I think you're the best.
And you deserve the best.
And I came all the way to Clarksville just to ask you.
-You have a Valentine yet? -No, I don't have a Valentine.
I don't have anything or actually anyone.
-Nothing. Yes. -No?
No. Okay. Well, um. Great. We'll, maybe you be mine?
Yes, yeah, 100%. Totally, totally.
-Yeah. -That's so good. We should do something.
-Okay. Yeah. Yeah. -Please. Come on.
[footsteps]
[suspense music playing]
What a premium live event it's been tonight
here at Vengeance Day welcoming back Wade Barrett.
But I'm also excited to announce that we got a premium live event
coming to Savannah, Georgia, Memorial Day weekend.
It's NXT battleground.
And not to be outdone,
our next TV special on NXT Tuesdays on USA.
Roadblock coming your way on March the 5th.
And the question is,
who will be walking in North American Champion?
We're about to find out in a matter of moments.
["Control The Empire" music playing]
♪ Have you walked through flames ♪
♪ Feel my struggle and my pain ♪
[Vic] And tonight for Dragon Lee, he won't be caught by a surprise
loss to North American title to Oba Femi,
who executed his championship contract on NXT several weeks ago.
[Wade] Yeah, and I'll take nothing away from the mechanism
of how the breakout contract works.
I love it, I think it's great, but you can beat a man
when he's exhausted from already fighting.
Let's see you prove you are the real champ by beating the same man when he's fresh.
♪ Getting hot caliente, heatin' up ♪
♪ Let the dragon spit fire now The pit is on the fire ♪
♪ Control the empire From the bottom, we rise up ♪
♪ From the ashes Volcanic, my flow lava ♪
♪ The roof is on fire It′s about to get hotter… ♪
[Vic] Dragon Lee, of course, would love to add a title around his waist
to once again in the form of the North American Championship.
[Wade] Yeah, but he's got a metaphorical
and perhaps a literal mountain to climb tonight
if he's to do just that thing.
♪ Feel my struggle and my pain ♪
[music fades]
["Hands Of Fate" music playing]
[screams]
[audience cheering]
[Vic] 6'6" over 300 pounds,
nearly a foot taller and 150 pounds heavier
than his challenger here tonight.
[Wade] Listen, I was in the locker room at the Royal Rumble last week.
Every top star from Raw and Smack Down were asking the same question.
Where the hell did they find this Oba Femi?
Two months ago. Nobody was talking about this guy.
Then you see him debuting the Breakout Tournament?
Yeah, I get it.
He's probably going to need a few years maturing, figuring this game out.
Hell no.
This guy was ready yesterday.
And he's a big, big problem for the entirety of WWE.
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
it's for the NXT North American Championship.
Introducing first the challenger,
Dragon Lee.
[audience cheering]
And his opponent,
he is the NXT North American Champion…
Oba Femi
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Dragon Lee so desperately wants that championship back for everything
that it represents in Dragon Lee was here in Clarksville earlier today,
along with some other NXT superstars, before Vengeance Day,
as NXT collected over 200 donations with the local organization WIPAC
to support tornado relief efforts here in Clarksville,
Dragon Lee wants to be able to give back.
He wants to have the platform, he wants his championship back,
but he's got quite the mountain to overcome.
And Oba Femi, who didn't even wanna hand the championship over,
and Dragon Lee coming out hot right out of the gates.
Dragon Lee wasting no time looking to take flight.
Holy hell!
[Wade] This is about as smart a start Dragon Lee could have possibly made.
Try and get the jump on this big monster.
[Vic] Saw my life flash before my eyes with Oba Femi almost fall into our lap.
But just like that, the power of Oba.
[Wade] Seven eight seconds.
That's how long Dragon Lee looked good before reality hit the luchador.
-[referee] Two! -[audience shouting]
[Vic] Oba Femi now just turning things around
and just look at the power of Femi.
We talked about the size he's carrying around a man
like Dragon Lee not even breathing heavy.
No problem at all.
As Lee trying his best almost out of desperation,
able to land on his feet and roll through.
That's one way to stay up and Lee right back in.
And that'll take down any man, no matter their size.
[Wade] Well, physically, Dragon Lee has absolutely zero chance
against Oba Femi his one big chance here.
Dragon Lee's opportunity is to outfox the big man.
Use your experience, stay nimble, keep moving, and hope for a miracle.
[Vic] He was hoping to do a little more damage
and just being caught out of midair.
And Lee again using his quickness,
his elusiveness, his speed to try to chop down Oba Femi.
[Wade] Well, it's certainly not the first mountain
the Dragon Lee has had to climb in his career.
He's rarely going to be the bigger guy in the match,
-but it might be the… -[Vic] Cover.
[Wade] …biggest mountain of them all,
and perhaps the one with the biggest prize on top,
-going first [inaudible]. -[Vic] That might be it.
-Two! -[Vic] And another kick out by Oba Femi.
If that doesn't do it, what the hell are you going to pull out?
[Vic] I mean, Wade, take another look.
Just check out this impact just right there to the side of the face.
[Wade] I've never seen that before.
Usually, guys connect on the chest with something like that
to connect on the head.
It's still not good enough.
-[thuds] -[audience cheering]
[Vic] Oh, games may be over now.
Oba Femi just planting Dragon Lee and you won the OG version of NXT.
You've seen them come, you've seen them go, some in the back
actually refer to you as the grandfather of the brand.
So having seen… Not what I said, they said, but having seen so much,
what were your first thoughts when you saw Oba Femi
for the first time ever in the ring several weeks ago
in the Breakout Tournament--
[Wade] To be clear, when I won the first season of NXT,
I had six years of experience at various levels before that.
Oba Femi, as far as I'm aware, does not have that.
He's a fresh crossover athlete, and when you get what guys like that,
it takes years to refine them, to get them.
[Vic] Into a cover, hook of the leg, and the challenger just kicking out.
[Wade] To get them a level of poise, experience, confidence in this game,
this Oba Femi is an absolute freak.
He didn't need that. He just took to this like a duck to water.
And this guy is scary. The scariest part…
[Vic] Oh.
[Wade] We have just scratched the surface.
I have no idea how good this this guy can be.
[Vic] To your point. You think about the Breakout Tournament.
You think about a match up. His first match up.
That was almost a year ago for Oba Femi on NXT TV,
less than five matches in his career.
You talk about the experience.
You had less than five matches in his career
to finally win a championship.
He won the NXT North American title in his fifth match.
[Wade] Yeah, and now dominating a guy who has been deemed the next Rey Mysterio.
This… Dragon Lee just getting thrown around the ring with abandon.
It has just been too easy for the champ Oba Femi so far.
Dragon Lee better start thinking fast.
[Vic] Oh, and Oba dropped the LWO this past Tuesday.
Then he swatted Lee out of midair into another cover, and a nope…
He's getting that right shoulder up was Dragon Lee.
[Wade] Oba Femi isn't even breathing heavy.
Guys that big, generally, as the match wears on they start to struggle.
Not Oba Femi this guy is special.
[Vic] He brought up Rey Mysterio.
Two! [inaudible], Oba.
You brought Rey mysterio a few moments ago and it seems like for Dragon Lee,
he's put extra pressure on his shoulders after being anointed.
The future of Lucha Libre.
[Wade] Now I don't agree with that, Vic.
I think Rey Mysterio gave him that chalice because he believes in him.
He believes in him because there is something damn special
in the world of Lucha Libre.
When it comes to Dragon Lee,
it's not added pressure, it's just a reality.
This guy is the future, but the future ain't happening tonight.
The way this is going.
[Vic] Referees at six and seven, Dragon crawling back to the ring at eight.
He's not even on his feet yet.
He does it nine. Can he break the count. And he did it by a half second.
[Wade] But for what, straight back at the feet of danger.
[Vic] To keep his hopes alive, Barrett.
That's for what, he's got a fighting chance, don't you think?
Well, maybe not. What a back breaker.
[Wade] There's your answer, Vic. There's your fighting chance.
[Vic] Dragon Lee tried to convince Oba Femi
to defend the title in an open challenge.
Defend a title that he held with honor and pride.
[Wade] I like the answer.
No freebies.
You want a championship opportunity, you've got to earn it, Lee.
The open challenge era is over.
This is the Oba Femi era.
[Vic] Has to be it, and maybe for Dragon Lee at some point.
And he kicked out again.
But at what point is the referee going to maybe step in
to save Dragon Lee from himself? The Dragon Lee is not going to quit.
[Wade] I was asking you the same thing 60 seconds ago,
and you said he's in there with a fighting chance.
There is no fighting chance.
[Vic] I had a different look at things than I do now.
[Wade] He might be in there with a broken spine
and it's only getting worse.
[Vic] Dragon Lee trying to create a little bit of separation.
And back to that open challenge. No one's going to argue with Oba Femi.
No one's going to get in Oba Femi's face.
But Dragon Lee trying his best. Doing his thing here.
Spins around, gets caught again by Femi.
Look at the champion, look at the challenger.
He does have a fighting chance spirit.
Can he make Oba Femi tap?
[Wade] Just wrapping yourself around the massive limbs of Oba Femi
is difficult in itself, but trying to manipulate them.
This guy is so big, so strong.
[Vic] But it's working because Femi's down to a knee.
[Wade] The monster is fading.
[Vic] Pulling, prying, trying anything he can to cinch
and squeeze the life out of Oba Femi
but Femi, again, just too powerful back to his feet.
[Wade] Well, that's the experience factor, I guarantee you.
Oba Femi has never tasted a move like that before.
He's figuring it out on the fly.
-[Wade] How do I get out of this? -[Vic] Let me seize that top rope.
[Vic] You see a little bit of the strain in the shoulders.
[Wade] Maybe even panic in the eyes of the big monster.
[Vic] That is true too, Barrett.
He has never felt this before, and bite his teeth.
One! Break it. Two!
-Off the hair. [Wade] It's unique but it worked.
[Vic] Dragon Lee not letting go. Dragon Lee holding on.
Dragon Lee trying to get the big man down.
And I don't know if that's a tactic that's going to work.
Overpowered yet again in Dragon Lee though,
that elusiveness, that fighting spirit.
-[Wade] The champ is wobbled. -[Vic] Superkick connects.
[Vic] Enzuigiri connects Femi's down to his knees, and back to his feet.
[Wade] You have to stack offense against the big man like Oba Femi…
[Vic] The tornado DDT.
[Wade] …is exactly what the challenger is doing.
[Vic] This could be it, jumping knee under the jaw Femi's down,
Femi's rock, Femi's hurt, but Femi's still alive.
[Wade] Took about six shots to the temple, back to back to back.
But this the one that finally put the champ down.
-But for how long? -One, two!
Not long enough for Dragon Lee.
[Vic] Dragon Lee focus now.
Dragon Lee has got his third, maybe his fourth win in the match up.
Big dropkick.
Still didn't take down Oba.
A second dropkick still hasn't taken the big man down.
Finally, Femi is down again.
[Wade] And we have never seen Oba Femi tested like this.
We're about to find out what Oba Femi is really made of.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Third dropkick connects.
Will it be enough for Dragon Lee
to recapture his North American Championship?
And Femi again able to kick out.
It's all about the North American title here at Vengeance Day.
The champion Oba Femi in his first defense of his title
against the man he beat when he executed his Breakout Tournament contract.
Dragon Lee, and Lee has brought the fight.
Dragon Lee has brought everything in--
-[Wade] No, there's no chance. -[Vic] There's no way.
You're out of your mind, right? Whoa.
[Vic] Sit-down power bomb.
[audience] One! Two!
[Vic] Oh, wow.
[Wade] I'll tell you this, Vic, I don't care how big and scary you are
when you get rocked, when you start tasting your own blood.
When you get thrown around like this, you start to doubt your own abilities.
But we're learning a lot about Oba Femi now.
He's still in the fight. He ain't giving up.
[Vic] I dunno what was more impressive, the kick out by Femi,
or the power from Dragon Lee to hoist a 6'6" man over 300 pounds.
Then up over Dragon Lee caught.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Lee doing his best to break away. Big knee under the jaw of Femi
And Oba now, somehow still on his feet.
Lee though charging back in and he got swatted out of thin air again.
[Wade] Like a frying pan to the chest, and Oba Femi has a scary look in his eye.
What on earth is he concocting, Vic?
-[audience cheering] [Vic] Looking to wipe out Dragon Lee.
And he could be looking to wipe out our announce desk.
He's looking bleak for Dragon Lee.
[Vic] Dragon Lee able to counter with a DDT?
-[Wade] Yeah, just in the nick of time. -[Vic] Is that on the monitor?
[Wade] Just bounced off the cowl perhaps the monitor too.
That was an ugly landing for Oba Femi,
but thankfully for Dragon Lee stays alive in this one.
[Vic] You talk about the inexperience.
This could be the experience of how the… Like a monster back to his feet.
At first, you don't succeed! Try again!
[audience shouting]
[Vic] Barrett, you just got out of the way.
[Wade] I need a new chair. Dragon Lee needs a new spine.
[Vic] And Oba Femi looking to put the finishing touches possibly.
On his first championship title defense, but Dragon Lee with second thoughts.
Shoulders down, shoulders down. Near-fall.
Femi just able to power out and then bulldozes Dragon Lee.
A fortune teller, spoke to Oba Femi about his power and overtaking an industry.
He's well on his way to doing so with performances like tonight.
[Wade] He believes there is a prophecy driving him.
It's written in the stars.
[Vic] He just tossed me like nothing.
Like a shot put, like he was back in college dominating the SEC power bomb.
-Goodnight. -[audience] One! Two! Three!
-Oba Femi retains. -[bell rings]
["Hands Of Fate" music playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner,
and still the NXT North American Champion,
Oba Femi.
[Vic] I wanna take nothing away from Dragon Lee,
who and when all was said and done, was able to fight back
throughout this match up but this was just unreal.
The strength of Oba Femi is just unreal with what he can do with other humans.
Just launching him with no remorse, with no care.
And then this brutal, vicious power bomb.
[Wade] New questions were asked of Oba Femi tonight.
The NXT North American Champion answered every single one of them
and passed this test with flying colors, Vic.
[Vic] His size.
Ruthlessness, and immense strength as an equation,
I don't know who can solve.
So who can step up and take down the North American Champion?
Spring.
-Ah, Miss April. Thea Hail. -Yeah.
How about a little spring fling with the king?
Right, Lexis. You need to stop.
Thea.
When are you going to learn that Riley Osborne is not the guy?
[yelling]
[grunts]
Yes. Let's go!
Get it, get it right.
Oh, my God!
Ava, Vengeance Day has been amazing so far,
and it's your first PLE as GM of NXT.
So how are you feeling about it all?
Kelly, there was a lot of pressure going into tonight,
but I think it's been a hit.
I mean, every single match has been incredible.
and we still have our main event, so safe to say, it's been a great night.
And also Clarksville has been such an amazing host to us.
I'm so happy.
I completely agree about Clarksville.
I really feel like NXT is starting to build momentum
and hit its stride as we're gearing up for Stand & Deliver.
So what is next?
Well, on March 5th is NXT Roadblock,
and then after that, soft to Stand & Deliver.
Speaking of that, ticket sales for this year
have easily surpassed those from last year,
and I think that's so exciting because that means that this year,
Stand & Deliver has the potential to be the biggest event in NXT history.
Yeah, that's absolutely incredible. So we've had success after success.
Does that mean it's safe to say that NXT is going back on the road again?
May 26th, NXT battleground is headed to Savannah, Georgia.
And NXT being back on the road,
It's a testament to how hard all of our superstars work.
I'm so proud of this brand, and I really think it's something special.
Well, thank you so much for your time today, Ava.
Of course. Thank you so much, Kelly.
I took time thinking about this.
-Good, yes. -Getting it? All right, man.
So this took some time reflecting, as you would say, Brinley.
-And I got my five likes. -Good.
First, I mean, we look like a million bucks.
The gear look good. Thanks for the hand, man.
I appreciate that, by the way. Uh, two.
We went toe to toe with two former champions,
and we gave almost everything that we had.
-Yeah. -Almost, almost.
And third, just like always, we came out with the crazy energy.
-People were chanting, Malik the freak. -Malik the freak.
Come on, come on.
And fourth, that frog splash I hate was splashing, if I do say so myself.
It was so clean.
In five, that Edris elbow was so clean
that I almost saw my own reflection through it.
Yeah. Oh, I love it.
All right, give me the hard stuff.
-What'd you get for dislikes? -You know, I struggle with this.
-I only had two. -That's okay. That's fine. What were they?
You know, our communication got lost during the end, and we lost.
Mm.
What else? What else you got? That was two. So she said five.
-You guys help. -Come on. Read it up.
-What did you get? -Guys. Likes, dislikes?
-Yeah. -Really?
I mean, you got to know that stuff isn't actually going to help you, right?
We faced Bron and Corbin, two certified monsters.
You face Trick and Melo, who can't even get on the same page, mate.
Hey, hey, should I give him a hard hitting home truth?
-Please don't. -Go ahead. Come on.
Not again.
All right, if we faced you last week, we'd be heading to Vengeance Day.
[crosstalk]
Hey, hypothetical questions give you hypothetical answers.
So I say we put the truth theory to the test, Nathan.
Two teams. One answer.
Goosebumps. Yes. Oh, my God, I can't wait.
Whoa. Oh, my gosh, I'm gonna help them. They're gonna be so good.
[Vic] Well, let's talk about this Tuesday, because two Dusty Cup teams
with something to prove.
This is going to be fast paced, high flying Axiom, Frazier and Enofe Blade
Tuesday live on NXT.
Well, also this coming Tuesday,
Lexis King stepped towards Thea Hail, and Riley Osborne did not like it.
Maybe it's love, or maybe it's the fact that it's cuffing season.
Either way, it's King Osborne one on one on NXT, Tuesday on USA.
And the Wolf Dogs will be howling on Tuesday
because you won't wanna miss Bron appearance.
Wait a minute. What's going on?
[inaudible]
Break it up. Referee.
[objects clattering]
Hey, come on, stop!
[inaudible]
[shouting]
[Vic] Well, you can't blame Roxanne Perez, who lost her moment earlier tonight
recapture the NXT women's title.
But whose moment will it be in our main event?
Trick has waited a long time for this opportunity.
While the Mad Dragon's motives have been questioned.
Heading in to this NXT Championship match.
[ominous music playing]
[Trick] I started my WWE career with nothing but ambition.
I came with a work ethic and a good attitude.
From the rookie to the main event.
[playful music playing]
I am Trick Williams.
I can prove to the world exactly what I'm capable of.
[Booker] 6'3", 235 carved out of granite.
That's a star, man.
Oh, I'm bout it, bout it.
You and me. We like Kobe and Shaq.
-Let's talk about it. -We are the dream team.
We Trick and Melo game.
We always gonna be here.
That's all it is.
And that's all it's gonna be.
[Booker] There comes a point in a man's life
where he got to go out there and do it himself.
[Vic] He's sick of being told he's a sidekick.
He wants to stand on his own two feet.
[Trick] I'm that guy now. I'm Trick Williams.
I'm the man here in NXT.
[Booker] Yeah. Uh-huh.
-[Vic] Trick Williams stepped up -[Booker] I like it.
[Vic] And is now a champion himself.
[mellow music playing]
[Trick] Trick Willy can back up every single word that I ever said.
And prove that I can be one of the best.
[Vic] Trick Williams, the ultimate iron survivor.
Is the number one contender for the NXT title.
Trick Williams cannot be denied.
Trick our title match will be at Vengeance Day.
[laughs]
[Ilja] Fortunately, Trick, nothing and no one can stop me.
[Vic] This is that undying will that Dragunov possesses.
[Ilja] In 2023, I showed the whole world
who Ilja Dragunov truly is.
["Still Unstoppable" music playing]
♪ I make, make way on the run ♪
♪ I face, face danger everyday ♪
♪ You don't know I'm still unstoppable ♪
[Vic] Dragunov, Williams finally meet for the NXT Championship at Vengeance Day.
-Vengeance Day? -Yeah. Vengeance Day, bro.
That's when we're supposed to be in the Dusty Cup finals.
[Vic] Trick Williams will now pull double duty.
It's Williams, it's Hayes in the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Classic.
Ilja sees you as a threat.
He knows that you're gonna have to wrestle twice in the same night,
so he's gonna do anything to make sure that we don't win the Dusty Cup
and that you don't win the NXT Championship.
He was messing with Corbin.
He's messing with you the same exact same way, man.
When are you going to see it, bro?
Dragunov, I think you've been playing me this whole time.
Maybe you should be more concerned about Carmelo Hayes.
I know exactly who attacked you.
[inaudible]
[Vic] Who attacked Trick?
Ilja…
it was you.
[audience exclaiming]
♪ Am I fooling myself? ♪
♪ I can't let it [inaudible] control ♪
[Ilja] You have some kinda voice in your head
that is giving you really bad advice.
No matter what happens, you still Trick Melo Gang.
-Yeah. -We always want.
-We always go… -Yeah.
…the same exact way, man.
[suspenseful music playing]
Let's lock this thing in, man.
Let's get this championship, it's your time.
Ready for this thing, man. Let's lock it in.
All right. That's behind us.
Let's move forward. Let's slay the man, Dragunov
[tense music playing]
Ah, yeah.
["Locked In" music playing]
[audience chanting] Whoop that trick!
[Vic] We usually have a lot of fun in this moment,
but I wanna get serious for a second because I talked to Trick earlier.
April 7th, 2019, the day Kofi Kingston won the WWE title,
defeating Bryan at WrestleMania.
That was the moment when Trick decided the dream he wanted to pursue
was to be a WWE superstar.
He wants the platform to be able to send positive messages
out in the world like Kofi did.
That's why this moment…
this match,
this main event means the world to Trick.
He has to win the NXT Championship.
[Wade] Look at you doing the deep emotional stuff.
I just wanted to have some fun and the MC Bull Hammer again.
And you ruined that. You talked through the whole thing.
[Vic] My job about Trick Williams.
I wanna talk about what Trick Williams wants out of this,
why this match means so much, why we go back through the journey,
through the trials, through the tribulations.
It's all for this moment, for this man.
[music fades off]
["Death Waltz " music playing]
[Vic] And there comes our champion.
Who respects Trick Williams.
You can see it in his eyes when Dragunov speaks.
But tonight, still breathing the fire as he walks in to this main event match up.
You know, I wanna bring this up to you before we enter this main event match.
All fun and games.
I'm trying to save you from getting sued again from Booker.
Booker's got Clarence Mason now on the case.
[Wade] Look, Booker's complaining I know how to handle Booker T,
a bottle of cognac and all the problems go away,
but cognacs expensive.
I might get him cheap brandy but the sentiment is insane.
[Vic] It's all about the NXT Championship, who's one step closer to Philadelphia,
who's one step closer to WrestleMania Saturday,
who's one step closer to Stand & Deliver?
[bell rings]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
is for the NXT Championship.
[audience cheering]
Introducing first, the challenger…
Trick Williams.
[audience cheering]
[audience chanting]
And his opponent,
he is the NXT Champion,
Ilja Dragunov.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Before we get officially underway here, Wade.
Do you believe our champion…
when he warned Trick?
If he shows the slightest weakness, he will break him piece by piece.
Is there too much going into the mind right now of Trick Williams?
[Wade] Well, I think the champion,
the more experienced Dragunov's been playing mind games
with Trick Williams for weeks now, and it's a smart strategy.
You defeat a man mentally before the fight.
You make him ask questions.
You make doubts enter his head.
You're halfway to victory.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Hey, you can feel all the emotions here tonight.
[Wade] Forget. Feel the emotions.
Look at the lip of Trick Williams busted open.
Trick Williams is pre-fatigued having…
Let's face it a war with the Wolf Dogs earlier tonight.
[Vic] Trick Williams coming right out of the gate.
Dropping Dragunov.
Dragunov, if you go back to the first meeting,
these two had came out of the gate very hot,
much like he was trying to do,
but was caught much like he just was by the challenger
and Trick Williams now powering over Dragunov.
You know, with everything going on tonight,
flooding Trick's mind, flooding his heart.
He already mentioned the opening match of the night.
How did you feel heading into your first one on one main event?
Big drop kicked in connect.
[Wade] I'll tell you right now, it was way back in 2010,
and my entire body felt like lead for the first five minutes of the match.
I needed to be beaten from pillar to post before I could even wake up.
It was the most intimidating moment of my career,
but Trick Williams showing no sign of nerves whatsoever.
[Vic] There's Carmelo Hayes on the outside
liking what he's seeing after that dropkick.
First, you don't succeed, you try again.
Hayes sacrificed himself for a Trick earlier tonight.
Costing himself the glory along with Trick
of winning the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
as Dragunov able to counter and then look at the special…
-[Wade] That was to the nose. -[Vic] Right off the forehead,
or the bridge of the nose, as you mentioned.
And this is getting physical.
[Wade] Now Dragunov is tasting his own blood too.
This one's got ugly and a hurry.
And my question as we take another look at this closer
to the nose of Trick Williams.
The one problem with Dragunov when he tastes his own blood,
he gets even better.
This is the worst thing that could have happened to Trick Williams.
[Vic] Trick not walking around, making punch lines anymore.
He's strutting around to make headlines and he could make a huge one tonight.
But there is Ilja Dragunov.
Dragunov said this match, the match he had with Trick…
Excuse me a few months ago,
made more of a man than anything he did with Carmelo Hayes.
He believes he started the rise of Trick Williams.
[Wade] Yeah, and what a cheap shot that is to Carmelo Hayes
a man who has been there by Trick Williams side from the beginning.
A man who was coached up Trick Williams
over the past two years in NXT to take him to a main event level.
That is disgusting in my opinion from Dragunov.
[Vic] So you're telling me that in your opinion,
Ilja Dragunov has been playing Trick Williams.
[Wade] That's exactly what I think.
He's been sowing discord between Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams.
Thankfully, it hasn't worked. The bond is simply too strong.
[Vic] Oh, you see these two being battered and bruised already
so in you go back to what you just said,
is Dragunov now setting his sights on a big right foot
across the face of Trick Williams.
This match up was originally slated to be at New Year's Evil one on one,
so not being medically cleared by our medical team was part of this.
He's gonna push me off that throne.
[Vic] Was part of this plan from Ilja Dragunov.
[Wade] Dragunov has a busted nose right now,
so he might be medically signed up again.
No, I don't think that at all.
When the docs sign you off, don't allow you to get beat.
That's not your opportunity to say no, I don't I don't wanna listen to you, doc.
Absolutely was signed off.
But it has played out very well for Dragunov
in the fact the Trick Williams is double booked now pre fatigued
and after a nice start he is seemingly hit the wall.
[Vic] This has been a physical match up in the last few minutes
right out of the gates.
And again both have been embroiled in a months long controversy around
who attacked Trick Williams.
So I wanna bring up a point again, when you talk about Carmelo Hayes,
it was Hayes who accused Dragunov of those heinous attacks.
Dragunov's a man of respect, of honesty.
I take it for his word.
[Wade] He says he is. We don't know.
We don't know who attacked Trick, we don't know what went down.
You promised me everything.
Everything.
[Wade] But I'll tell you this, Vic, this match has got ugly.
In the early goings, both competitors bleeding.
And in a situation like that, that has to favor Dragunov.
You're in his realm now.
He is… Trick Williams has been dragged into the territory of the champ,
and that's experience that's done there.
[Vic] Carmelo Hayes not liking what he's seeing in this moment.
And again, you've got to go back his Trick.
Fighting through, trying to persevere.
Looks like Dragunov does.
Dragunov, though, trying to power back and able to get that waist lock back on.
Nice take down though by Trick Williams.
We have to remember Trick Williams has already competed
once tonight in a tag team match up to kick off the night
for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
[Wade] Yeah, and he's showing all the effects of that first match up
and indeed this current match up with Dragunov.
That's part of the problem with Dragunov.
He often defeats opponents before the bell rings.
Because, you know, once you're getting in there with Dragunov
he is taking you to hell, kicking and screaming.
And that is where Trick Williams finds himself now.
[Vic] Williams almost out on his feet. And right on the floor.
Another German suplex.
[Wade] All before the eyes of Carmelo Hayes.
He looks pained and panicked
at the sight of his boy, Trick Willy, getting mugged off.
[audience shouting]
[Vic] That quite a moment.
The look in the eyes of Carmelo Hayes tells the story
as the referee being very lenient on this match,
if he wants to see a winner trying to get both these superstars back into the ring,
it's the only place that Trick Williams can win the championship.
But right now, staring a hole through Carmelo Hayes
a dagger through the body of Trick Williams delivered by Dragunov.
[Wade] Death Valley driver right on the hardest part of the ring.
The apron sends a message to Trick Williams
and indeed Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] One more look and you talk about nasty landings all night long.
Oh, and again, the body of Trick Williams.
Everything that's been through Trick Williams in this match up.
He's already competed once tonight.
This is our main event all about the NXT Championship.
Trick Williams, Ilja Dragunov, one would say
this rivalry has been built on respect and it's Dragunov himself.
Who has said that he pushed Trick to the next level.
[Wade] Yeah, that's absolutely ludicrous, the man before our eyes there
the man helping Trick Willy back to his feet.
The corner man tonight, the former NXT champ, Carmelo Hayes
is solely responsible for the rise of Trick Williams.
[Vic] Hayes trying to fire up Williams.
Williams getting back into the ring, but got caught by Dragunov,
who was waiting on his perch into the cover,
titles on the line and Trick fighting free to keep his championship dreams alive.
[Wade] Yeah, but for how much longer?
Things are looking really bleak right now for Trick Williams,
another of those clubbing clotheslines to the head.
[Vic] Shooting the half is Dragunov.
Is this going to be enough to keep Williams down?
And another kick out by trick.
These are targeted attacks as we take another look
at the leaping champ connecting fully with an unsuspecting Trick Williams
when they train you how to clothesline, it's always at the chest and neck.
It seems that Dragunov tonight, it's targeting the face of Trick Williams
taking him out of his element, letting him know he's going to hell.
[Vic] For a man who loves pain, and Ilja Dragunov,
he is getting a lotta Trick Williams' A game here tonight,
but continuing to fight as Williams. But the same is said for NXT Champion.
[audience shouting]
You all right?
[audience cheering]
[Wade] Dragunov earned that one.
[Vic] The challenger defiant and that just pissed off the champ.
[grunts]
-[Vic] Listen… -Let's go!
[Vic] …to the heavy artillery. Dragunov staring right into Williams.
Who wants Dragunov to bring it, this is breaking down, Barrett.
[audience cheering]
-[grunts] -[audience cheering]
[Vic] Got caught.
-[grunts] -Got picked up. Got planted. Did Trick.
Dragunov though on rubber legs.
And it's got to give it a little extra fuel now to Trick Williams.
He's got to remember a few things.
He's got to remember that it was Dragunov.
Who blamed Trick Williams for coming up short this summer
at the Great American Bash.
[Wade] Well, he better start remembering quick as this one
may be over and a few seconds.
[Vic] Looking for the H-bomb.
[inaudible] on the bridge of the nose.
[Wade] Capoeira style connecting to the face of the champ [inaudible]
First 48, we're all witnesses as this Carmelo Hayes
for maybe Trick Williams greatest accomplishment.
[Wade] Well, this is as nasty and as gritty as Trick Williams
has ever had to be.
[Vic] You got to think of everything Trick Williams is bringing you right now.
Think about what Carmelo Hayes did earlier tonight
when he took that spear from Bron Breakker when he sacrificed himself for a Trick.
Trick may be a little worse for wear right now,
but he's in the game, damn it.
And he might be closing in on the NXT title.
[Wade] Yeah. Where were the conspiracy theorist
when Melo put his body on the line earlier?
That's why Trick is still in the fight.
[audience cheering]
[grunting]
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Trick out to prove he's more than just a sidekick.
He's out to prove he's the man.
He's out to prove that he's the hottest thing in NXT.
He's out to prove he's the next NXT Champion.
[audience cheering]
[Wade] There is magic in the air tonight for Trick Williams,
digging deeper than he has ever dug before.
And, dammit, you have to do so when you're in there with the Mad Dragon.
[Vic] Trick isn't special because he was chosen.
He was chosen because he's special.
Listen to the NXT universe.
[audience chanting] Whoop that trick!
[grunts]
[Vic] Champion able to counter. Taking on the challenger.
Back up. Big kick under the jaw.
Champion now back in control.
Looking for Constantine special one more time.
Got countered. Looking for maybe that Ura nage.
Trick taking a couple of blows to the side of the face.
It's back with a right Dragunov connects with the right foot.
Williams bouncing up, bouncing off, Dragunov.
In the challenger and the champion
are leaving it all in Clarksville, Tennessee,
on the road to WrestleMania, on the path to Stand & Deliver.
[Wade] And the big man Trick Williams
getting the best of that exchange using all the power he has in his soul.
[audience chanting] NXT!
[Vic] Take another look. Trick Williams is flying through the air.
He will not be denied here tonight.
You talk about that clothesline earlier. Trick Williams remembered it.
Trick Williams will remember everything Dragunov has said
remembering all the highs, all the lows.
Remembering every day he spent in the Performance Center
to achieve this moment.
Becoming the iron survivor. Becoming the ultimate iron survivor.
Becoming the number one contender for this moment.
He's got to leave it all.
He's got to empty the tank against Dragunov.
[Wade] Oh, this is where training goes out of the window.
And is what you've got in your soul.
[Vic] Head back to the outside Trick though, with Carmelo Hayes out there,
is mindful that the only place he can win the title is inside the ring.
[Wade] Kidneys of Trick Williams slammed into the ring apron,
a desperation move, perhaps by Dragunov as he clings on
to his NXT Championship reign.
[Vic] And there's Carmelo Hayes
trying to shout words of encouragement to Trick Williams.
Williams… Oh, we saw this earlier.
I don't know if Williams can survive in a second time.
Williams able to block, able to counter and trying to turn things around.
[Wade] Oh, no.
[Vic] Big Ura nage to the floor.
[Wade] Dragunov tried his best to block that on the way down.
It didn't help, and the back of his head slammed against the floor.
[Vic] Look, with everything going on now, Carmelo Hayes is right.
Trick Williams has to get Ilja Dragunov back into the ring.
This could be the best opportunity.
This could be the golden moment Trick's been waiting for.
[Wade] Your chance to make history. Trick Williams finish it.
[Vic] Again, for a man who says he loves pain.
[audience shouting]
I'm about sick of you.
[inaudible]
[Vic] Whoa.
[groans]
[audience shouting]
[Vic] I just wanna say that Carmelo Hayes
did not wanna get Trick Williams disqualified,
but inadvertently, Carmelo Hayes
just clipped the knee of Trick Williams.
[Wade] Yeah. Inadvertent collision effect,
bouncing, ricocheting into that knee of Trick
that may have been hurt earlier in the night too remember he tweaked it.
-[Wade] Look at the tag match. -[Vic] Dragunov there trying to overcome.
And there's Trick Williams.
[audience cheering]
And Trick Williams now, he is in deep water,
but he still swimming, big neck breaker champions down.
[Wade] What a gutsy performance from Trick Williams.
[audience chanting] Whoop that trick!
[Vic] Williams played his own symphony and instruction tonight
with an H-bomb for the title, hook of the leg, [inaudible]
[audience cheering]
Then to the shock in awe of the NXT universe here.
Dragunov able to kick out.
[Wade] This is why we've seen time and time again
from Dragunov for the world had it.
Trick Williams practically did that. He simply keeps on ticking.
What the hell do you have to do to keep Ilja Dragunov down for just three seconds?
[audience chanting] NXT!
[Vic] And Carmelo Hayes has been these big match situations.
These main event championship caliber matches
under the bright lights of premium live events
is trying to get some blood.
Some feeling back into that knee that just gave out on Trick.
Dragunov trying to hoist up Williams for the second time
in this with a little extra oomph on that jackknife.
Follow it up with an H-bomb that we've seen so many times in the past.
-[Wade] The skull… -And Hayes knows it. Hayes can feel it.
Hayes can sense it.
He's been on the receiving end of the H-bomb.
He knows just how damn painful that can be.
[Wade] That is a skull shattering elbow drop.
[audience shouting]
-And Trick Williams doesn't move. -Nothing Hayes can do except watch.
[Vic] Dragunov…
-[screams] -…H-bomb again.
Into the cover.
One! Two!
[Vic] Trick kicked out!
[audience cheering]
There's still hope and there's still breath in his lungs.
[Wade] He's gutsy.
He's unyielding and tonight Trick Williams may well be unbreakable
[audience cheering]
[Vic] NXT universe on their feet.
Dragunov setting his sights. Tricks back up.
Trick able to duck out of Torpedo Moscow face first into the turnbuckle.
Big boot connects. Cover that man.
[audience] One! Two!
-[audience cheering] -[Vic] God!
How?
Oh, my, this place was ready to blow the roof
-[Wade] It could not have been any closer. -…of the F&M Bank.
Dragunov made the error the connection to the temple.
He's out cold but now Melo getting involved.
[Vic] Could not get any closer. Oh.
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Hayes shouting words out.
Taking out the official, the Trick knee.
The Trick knee under the jaw. Cover.
[audience] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight…
[Vic] There's no referee, wait a minute, there is.
-[audience] Two! -[Vic] There is! There is!
-Oh, no. -[audience cheering]
[Wade] Oh. That may have been the moment.
[Vic] I'm about to come out of my damn tux.
[Wade] That may have been Trick Williams' moment gone up
and smoked the previous referee inadvertently taken out of proceedings.
[audience chanting] Ref, you suck!
[Vic] Trick Williams had Dragunov down.
[audience chanting] Ref, you suck!
[Vic] And Trick was checking out Carmelo Hayes.
Hayes telling Trick to turn around Dragunov now.
Trying to take advantage, you gotta wonder where Dragunov's head's at.
Dragunov can't be seen clearly,
but somehow still the presence of mind
to deliver that knee move by another H-bomb.
[Wade] Double whammy on a spent Carmelo Hayes, but Dragunov…
perhaps, not making that cover in time.
[audience chanting] Whoop that trick!
[Vic] Another H-bomb dropped by Dragunov.
NXT universe, trying to give Williams everything they got tonight,
but it may not be enough.
[audience booing]
Looking for that exclamation point is the champion.
[grunts]
[Vic] Trick got the knees up!
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Trick got the knees up.
Remember the damage that was done to Williams
as Hayes barking a Trick. Trick now trying to pull himself up.
He's got to remember those long nights.
He's got to remember the drive that wants to make him a champion.
[audience chanting] Whoop that trick!
[Vic] Challenger looking at the champ, champ looking at the challenger.
[screams]
[audience chanting] Whoop that trick!
[audience cheering]
[Vic] Torpedo Moscow, wait a minute, Dragunov into the cover.
[bell rings]
["Death Waltz" music playing]
[Alicia] Here is you winner
and still the NXT Champion,
Ilja Dragunov
[Vic] Heartbreak setting in for Hayes…
for the NXT universe.
Well, man, you can't take anything away.
From what Trick Williams did here tonight.
Pushing Ilja Dragunov to his limits really just the turning point.
Carmelo Hayes was in dangerous territory.
Almost getting disqualified.
When inadvertently fell into the back of that left knee.
Williams had to battle through that pain.
And at some point wasn't able to stand on his own two feet,
where Dragunov was able to take full advantage.
But Trick Williams tonight he showed you, bam, the spirit of a champion.
The spirit of what has made him the hottest star in NXT
but there maybe was another turning point.
Carmelo Hayes was trying to talk to the official
was actually trying to talk to Trick Williams.
He was taken out and that was the moment there.
Trick Williams should be the NXT Champion.
Finally, another official would make that long run down,
but it was just enough time to get Dragunov a little bit of light
to kick back out and then going from the top.
Williams got that injured knee up to create some separation,
but then go toe to toe, bam,
blow for blow it was Dragunov coming out on top with that Torpedo Moscow.
[Wade] Both men completely spent and fading.
But this is where gods are created in this game.
[Vic] The Mad Dragon still breathing fire.
Who will be able to extinguish the burning desire of our NXT Champion?
-In short. Long live the czar. -You were so close.
We were so freaking close okay.
Look, it's you and me, dawg.
It's Trick Melo Gang, okay.
We always going to be here, okay?
Okay, bro, you were so close.
You're my boy. You're my boy.
["Death Waltz" music continues playing]
[audience exclaiming]
[Vic] Damn it.
[audience boos]
[Vic] Why?
[audience booing]
[audience chattering]
[audience chanting] Melo sucks!
[inaudible]
[audience exclaim]
[audience shouting]
[audience exclaiming]
[audience shouting]
[audience booing]
[inaudible]
[audience shouting]
[inaudible]
[audience booing]
[inaudible]
We're going to get you some help, Trick.
[audience boos]
[audience shouting]
You should have known, it's your fault. It's your fault.
You're the reason I did this.
You made me like this. You made me like this.
It's your fault, it's your fault.
Subtitle translation by: Venkata