[WWE theme music]
[narrator] Then.
-[theme music continues] -[man] Woo!
-[glass shattering] -[man] And here's to Matt!
[narrator] Now…
[Roman] Acknowledge me!
-[man] The King of Kings! -[John Cena] You can't see me!
[narrator] Forever.
-[crowd cheering] -[theme music intensifies]
-[theme music stops] -[narrator] Together.
[dramatic music]
Well, well, well…
[Lexis] We are hitting the pavement.
-[car engine starting] -[rock music]
[Lexis] And we're going full speed.
Just how Lexis King likes it.
On the road to NXT Stand & Deliver.
And there's another guy that's accustomed to the fast lane.
[Lexis] And that's him.
Melo ain't second to nobody.
[Vic] He just wants the ball in his court.
[Hayes] You ain't talking about that NXT Championship,
we got nothing to talk about.
[Vic] His rules, his game.
[man] You don't have to be him to make things move around here.
[rock music]
[Lexis] There's only one Don of NXT.
And he handles business his own way.
[Tony] Tony D'Angelo is going to earn an NXT Title Match
at Stand & Deliver.
[Lexis] And who's going to be the next one to challenge Ilja Dragunov?
You've got your match.
But please…
Whoop that Melo!
[crowd cheering]
There can only be one King of the Road.
[Hayes] When it comes to that NXT Championship,
I am The Don.
[rock music]
[Gacy laughing]
Don't get me wrong, the King loves a little crazy in his life.
[Vic] What the hell is going on?
[Lexis] But who wants to deal with Dijak and Joe Gacy?
[Gacy] This train is on a never-ending track.
[Dijak] I have many instruments to derail your train.
[Vic] Joe Gacy and Dijak
will settle their differences once and for all in Asylum Match.
[Gacy] This isn't over.
[rock music]
[Lexis] And while we're dabbling in a little bit of crazy…
[Paxley] I would do anything for you.
[Lexis] Let's not forget
being a little bit of a loose cannon
pays off.
[Lyra] We're going to be teaming together when we take on The Kabuki Warriors
for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship!
[woman] You have to know just.
[car picking up speed]
We're on the road to WrestleMania Weekend.
Let's go!
[rock music]
[Lexis] Won't stop before revving our engines
at Stand & Deliver.
[rock music continues]
Lexis King is ready.
Are you?
[rock music continues]
[Vic] Who's heading to Philadelphia?
Who's gonna make it through one final Roadblock?
-[rock music continues] -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] The path to Stand & Deliver becomes clearer tonight…
[crowd cheering] NXT!
[Vic] …the biggest WrestleMania Weekend of all time
as we inch closer to Philadelphia.
Welcome to NXT!
Welcome to Roadblock!
And I welcome here, ringside,
Vic Joseph alongside the two-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T.
Booker, two championship matches tonight.
And we find out who will compete for the NXT title at Stand & Deliver.
The Roadblock on the road to Stand & Deliver.
And Vic, don't forget, this is WrestleMania season.
Once a year, y'all.
Once a year. Get ready.
And we're taking off tonight inside an Asylum.
-[Dijak's theme music] -[crowd cheering]
[crowd booing]
[theme music intensifies]
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is an Asylum Match.
Introducing first…
-[Alicia] Dijak! -[crowd booing]
[Vic] Booker, the rules for this match are pretty simple.
Pinfall, submission only.
There is no escape.
Our General Manager Ava wants a decisive winner.
And as we've already seen,
look around at all the tools for destruction
that Joe Gacy and the diabolical Dijak can use.
And I wanna remind everybody,
you're not gonna miss a second of the in-ring action
here tonight at Roadblock.
[Booker] You talking about rules. What are you talking about?
-[Vic] No rules. Only pinfall, submission. -[Booker] There are no rules.
[Vic] They gotta wanna know how to win the damn match, Book.
[Joe Gacy's theme music playing]
[Alicia] And his opponent…
-[Alicia] Joe Gacy! -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Oh, we have entered into the upside down.
It was Gacy who broke out of Dijak's lair,
was freed of the straitjacket he had been in for weeks.
And these two, they have brawled in the back of a parking lot,
right here at our desk, ringside.
Dijak tossed Gacy off a production truck.
Ava's hand was forced.
Our general manager, again, wants a decisive winner,
just like everyone else.
[Booker] Look, what you said, Vic, it's about to get serious, all right?
Somebody might get hurt here tonight in this Asylum.
Oh, yes! And you know me, Vic.
[drawling the "o"] I love a good fight. Oh, yeah.
-[Vic] How many "o's" was in "love"? -[Booker laughing]
[Vic] It's not gonna be a laughing matter
once this bell sounds inside this Steel Cage,
inside this Asylum matchup.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[unintelligible]
[Booker] Are you entertained?
Oh, yes, we're about to be entertained here tonight.
-[Vic] You got it. -[crowd chanting] Gacy!
-[Vic] And what… Right off the bat. -[fire extinguisher spray]
-[Vic] Gacy… -[Booker] Oh.
-[Vic] Dijak swinging and missing! -[Booker] There's fire there.
[Vic] I'm just taking a look up. There's a Casey Jones cricket bat.
There's a straitjacket.
Look at all these tools hanging from the rafters, literally.
As Gacy the first one to really taste the steel.
Ripping his flesh.
[Booker] We know about that. We know his modus operandi.
Pain, agony, destruction, mayhem.
All of that going to happen here tonight.
-[wrestlers grunting] -[Vic] A bit of eerie being out here.
[Vic] It's hard to focus with everything going on.
Into the cover, hook of the leg. Thought we were gonna have a quick end.
But no. And just take a look. Nasty landing for Gacy.
Dijak looking for the quick victory. Again, pinfall, submission only.
Do you agree, though, that this issue needs to end
once and for all tonight?
[Booker] I mean, that's up to them.
I mean, me personally, like I say, I have no issues
if this fight goes from here to the end of the year.
Because it's a good fight. It's too mean.
Going out here mano a mano.
You know me, Vic. You know me by now, right?
[Vic] I do know you.
I also know I might not be wise to open a box that says "do not open."
But quickly, Gacy from behind.
Shoulders are down, referee, great position, and a near fall.
You talked about fighting till the end of the year.
Let's not forget the last time in our Premium Live Event,
it was a No Disqualification matchup at Vengeance Day.
No limits that Dijak won't go in. And the same can be said for Joe Gacy.
[unintelligible]
[Booker] …you gotta be curious about wondering what's in the box, Vic.
What's in the box? What do you think it's in the box, Vic?
[Vic] I don't want to know. Is…
Gacy actually may know, as he's looking around.
-[Vic] And from behind! -[Booker] Oh!
-[Dijak grunting] -[man] Fight!
[Dijak grunts and screams]
[Vic] Just hear the rage,
the anger that's been boiling in both these superstars.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] You know what they say about playing with fire, Book.
[crowd chanting] What's in the box?
-[box opening] -[Dijak groans]
[Vic] I… Book, We said not to open the box!
[Booker] Oh, yo, jack-in-the-box.
[Vic] He got jacked all right.
-[Vic] And then a big driver. -[crowd] Oh!
-[Vic] Cover. Will this be enough? -[crowd] One, two…
[Vic] And, oh, Dijak just kicked out.
[Gacy mouthing] Oh my God.
[Vic] And now what is on the mind of Dijak
in this Asylum Match
kicking us off here at Roadblock?
-[Booker] He's going up, Vic. -[Vic] All the way to the top.
-[Booker] Oh, wait a minute. -[Vic] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
-[Vic] You gotta be kidding me! -[Booker] My God!
[crowd cheering]
[Booker] My God, man.
[Vic] The damnedest moonsault I've ever seen.
-[Vic] Cover! Count! -[crowd] One, two…
[Vic] Gacy kicks out.
And look, Joe Gacy loves pain.
He likes it so much. Everything Dijak has done. And that was…
[crowd chanting] Holy shit!
[Dijak grunting]
[Vic] That was absolutely breathtaking.
-[Book] Drill of victory, Vic. -[Vic] I mean, a man Dijak's size…
-[Booker] Drill of victory. -[Vic] Oh, no, he's got that straitjacket.
-[crowd chanting] This is awesome! -[Vic] Of course. What a night.
[Vic] Still to come, who is going to challenge Ilja Dragunov
for the NXT title at Stand & Deliver?
Neither of these two really caring about what's gonna happen in Philadelphia.
They're trying to destroy the other.
Dijak trying to negotiate that straitjacket back on Joe Gacy.
[Booker] You've seen Joe Gacy in this straitjacket.
He seems to be pretty comfortable in a straitjacket, Vic.
[Vic] And how do these matches change someone?
Because these two are pushing it to a limit.
You've been locked in the Elimination Chamber,
a Straitjacket, Steel Cage Match, as a matter of fact.
[Booker] You know, mentally, Vic, nothing may change.
Physically, you leave a piece of yourself in matches like this forevermore.
When you walk away from a match like this,
you feel it for forevermore.
And right now, Dijak is just laying it on thick.
[Vic] Again Gacy, who continues to get up and push forward, is now…
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Well, why not, Book, get the front door?
[crowd booing]
[Booker grunting] Hmm, man.
[Vic] That might have almost been an act of desperation for Gacy.
'Cause I think Dijak was looking for one more exclamation point
in this matchup to fully grasp and lock that straitjacket.
[Booker] Like I say, Vic, look at Gacy.
He seems to be very comfortable with a straitjacket on.
I've never seen anything like this before.
[Vic] Well, Joe Gacy didn't know that on social media.
It's not the first time he's been locked in a cage like this.
But that's a very…
unique, one of a kind, Joe Gacy X table.
[Booker] You think, you think?
[laughs]
Here we go, here we go.
[Vic] These two have brewed evil intentions
throughout their mind over the last week.
And it's spring training, of course, in Major League Baseball.
But it's Dijak swinging for the fences.
And now Dijak trying to clasp
that straitjacket.
[Booker] Got Gacy on the tip of the elbow with that chair right there. That was a…
Oh, here we… Whoa!
[Vic] Dijak knows he's gotta do something, take it to a different level.
Because nothing Dijak has done has kept Joe Gacy down.
And I'm not just talking about tonight, Book.
I'm talking about the last several weeks,
even going all the way back to Clarksville, Tennessee,
our last Premium Live Event, Vengeance Day.
[Booker] Yeah, but this is different. This is different now.
This is what Dijak refers to as
[imitating Dijak] deep justice.
Oh, we fit to see it right here, man.
[Vic] It's his own brand
that only he can serve.
And there's… Again, Dijak sees the landing spot.
I still can't get overwatch that Dijak fly off the top of this cage.
-[Vic] And, oh, Dijak! -[Booker] Oh.
-[Vic] Through the table. Gacy! -[crowd] Oh!
[Vic] Swanton Bomb X!
-[crowd] One, two… -[Vic] Still…
[Vic] Oh, not enough to keep Dijak down.
But look at Gacy.
-[crowd cheering] -[Vic] Gacy, the presence of mind.
-[Vic] Bam! -[crowd] Oh!
[Vic] And now back to the live action.
He's broken out of the straitjacket.
[Booker] Escape. Send this man to Vegas, man.
Give him his own show.
[Vic] He's not David Copperfield. But he is close.
But he just got decapitated by Dijak.
Take a look at human demolition derby.
[wrestlers panting]
[Vic] Quite the sight.
And this is how we're kicking things off tonight here at Roadblock at…
[crowd chattering]
[Vic] Dijak with the duct tape.
[Vic] And the last time these two met, it was the other way around.
It was Dijak who was blinded in Clarksville.
He's returning the favor tonight
to Joe Gacy.
[Booker] This is serious.
-[crowd booing] -[Booker] Wow.
[Vic] What lengths are these two willing to go to?
Oh my God.
-[Gacy screaming] -[Booker] Hmm, man.
[Booker] How are you gonna get that Gorilla Tape off?
-[Gacy screaming] -[Dijak] How you like that, Joe?
[Dijak] Eat that, yeah.
[Vic] Dijak doesn't give a damn right now about Joe Gacy and any duct tape.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Gacy panting]
[Vic] That's one way to create a little separation.
How's Gacy even seeing… Spinning Ura-nage!
-[Vic] He can't see! -[Booker] Got him close.
-[Vic] But can he win? -[Booker] Whoa, no.
[Vic] Great point, Book. Dijak was close. He felt Dijak's presence.
[Booker] It was close to the body, Vic.
It's a presence right there. He's out of… Oh…
-[Vic] Oh, no! -[Booker] Wow.
[Booker] Party's over, man.
Party's over.
[crowd] One, two…
-[crowd] Whoa! -[Booker laughs] Whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Dijak in utter disbelief.
[crowd chanting] This is crazy!
[chanting intensifies] This is crazy!
[Vic] What is it gonna take to keep Gacy down?
-[Vic] Feast Your Eyes! -[crowd] Oh!
-[Vic] But Gacy's back to his feet. -[Booker] He can't see, Vic.
[Vic] I don't care if he can't see. He can't be stopped.
-[crowd] Whoa! -[Booker grunting]
[Vic] He just won't stay down. But a second Feast Your Eyes.
[bell ringing]
-[Dijak's theme music] -[Vic] And Dijak puts away Gacy.
[Alicia] Here is your winner…
Dijak!
[crowd booing]
[Vic] I don't know why I'm sitting here in almost disbelief and shock
that Gacy didn't get back up.
Nothing we've seen over the last several weeks,
off of a truck, through our stage, Joe Gacy wouldn't stay down.
Two Feast Your Eyes.
Going through a door.
-[Vic] This moonsault from 15 feet up. -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Through a trash can.
I mean, there was nothing
these two didn't do to each other
here tonight to kick us off at Roadblock.
It was everything and more inside the Asylum.
And somehow,
after Dijak serves up his brand of justice,
Joe Gacy still with a small smile
on his face.
[theme music continues]
Don, tonight's your night.
Last week, you turned NXT upside down.
[snaps fingers] With a snap of your fingers.
-Oh, you like that? -It was a dumb move.
Look, I told you guys last week, we're onto bigger things.
The NXT Championship,
Stand & Deliver,
it's in my sights.
Tonight's your night. Listen, our guy's outside.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah.
Let him in.
[door opening and closing]
-Mr. D'Angelo, Luca Crusifino. -[crowd cheering]
Crusifino.
I made myself familiar with who you are.
Listen, you got a sharp brain.
But more importantly, you're not afraid to roll the sleeves up
-and crack some skulls. -Absolutely not.
Well, listen, straight up, no bs.
I need a consigliere.
Listen, The Family has the potential to be the most influential force in NXT.
The Underboss.
Rizz.
And now you.
The Consigliere.
Whenever I need you, you're there, no questions asked.
Those are my terms.
Yes or no?
I'm in.
[crowd clapping]
Welcome to The Family, kid. Come here.
[kissing sounds]
[unintelligible]
But thank you so much for talking to Thea and giving her some clarity.
She was really down the last time that I talked to her.
It's okay. I mean, I was super down too.
And last time I saw Thea, I didn't know how to approach her.
And on our date… [sighs heavily]
…she was, like, so bored and uninterested in me.
And I didn't know what to do.
I mean, she used to be like a little firework.
No, better than that. She was a pocket rocket.
But that's not the girl who came on our date.
No, I think the girl you thought she was is still in there. She just…
She got some really bad advice. I mean, she was told to play hard to get.
Oh, well, I guess she did a good job at that.
-Yeah, sometimes Thea takes things too-- -[Blair] Fallon.
-What problems are you trying to fix now? -[crowd booing]
You can't help yourself, can you?
At first, it was your former best friend.
Then Wren.
And now Thea.
-Okay, seriously-- -No, no, no.
Given your reputation, I would probably stay out of other people's business.
And let's be honest.
Thea's not even Riley's type.
Okay, Blair, how would you know his type?
And if you have a problem with the way that I do things,
-why don't you set me straight? -[laughing] Ooh, you know what?
You wouldn't even want that.
'Cause that'd be added to the list of things
-that don't go well for you. -[Fallon] Hmm.
Okay.
Uh, good luck with that.
I'm needed for Duke and Chase's match, so I'll see you later.
I'll see you later.
[Vic] I know what you're already thinking.
But good for Fallon for standing up and helping out others.
[Baron Corbin's theme music]
[Vic] But we're set for our first championship matchup
at Roadblock.
The Tag Team Champions looking to take their opponents to school.
Tag titles on the line, next live on NXT.
♪ Won't take what's mine ♪
-Oh, Lyra. -Oh, hey.
After today, we're gonna be more than just friends.
We're gonna be the new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
Yes, yes, yes, we are.
But we have to be realistic.
There's a chance that we might not.
This is Asuka and Kairi, the best of the best.
Know each other inside out.
And us, well, we've had one tag match. And it's not like we're best friends.
I just mean we have more of a professional relationship, you know?
Lyra…
we have to win those titles tonight.
Then you and I will be permanently intertwined.
And then I will finally be a champion.
I will do anything for us to win tonight. And I mean anything.
I know you will.
And when I become champion,
I'm going to journey to the farthest darkness.
And I am going to conjure the most diabolical thoughts of torture.
And I'm going to reach into my opponent's body,
and I'm going to take out their soul
until they are crying and screaming in complete agony.
-[Paxley laughing hysterically] -[Lyra] Uh…
You're gonna do that for me, or for the titles, or…
-Does it matter? -Uh…
[Vic] That was quite awkward. But the WWE Women's Tag Team titles
are on the line later tonight here at Roadblock.
But right now, it's about the NXT Tag Team Championships.
And we gotta credit Chase U, Booker.
They really have turned things around.
[Booker] Yeah, they are back on track.
And tonight, perhaps the biggest night in Chase U's history.
But let's not forget, Vic,
the reason why this thing is back on track.
Jacy Jayne.
Jacy Jayne, the rock star.
Get your ticket.
Get your ticket, Vic.
[Vic] When you see Chase U, you see Thea Hail,
aforementioned Jacy Jayne,
and also Jazmyn Nyx out here with Riley Osborne,
the MVP Duke Hudson in there
on today's…
-[Booker] Get your calendar. -[Vic] It's sold out, Book.
[Booker] I gotta get me one, man.
[Alicia] The following contest
scheduled for one fall
is for the NXT Tag Team Championship!
[Alicia] Introducing first the Challengers,
representing Chase University…
Duke Hudson and Andre Chase!
[crowd booing]
[Alicia] And their opponents,
they are the NXT Tag Team Champions,
the team of Baron Corbin
and Bron Breakker!
[Vic] Just a reminder, you won't miss a second of in-ring action
here tonight at Roadblock.
Book, did you ever find out the price on those calendars?
[Booker] No, I thought I was gonna get one in the mail.
-[Booker] Somebody was gonna send me one. -[Vic] I tried. They're sold out.
-[Vic] They print them, they're gone. -[Booker] That's you I'm talking about.
[Vic] I will try to get you a present, happy belated birthday.
-[Booker] Hook me up if you can. -[Vic] Andre Chase--
-[Booker] I take an usual. I don't care. -[Vic] I'm getting you brand-new.
[Vic] Looking to become two-time NXT Tag Team Champions.
You know, word from Fallon Henley,
I still feel bad for Thea Hail,
who just doesn't seem to be herself,
even though she's on the outside right now,
standing next to Riley, maybe there's something there.
But they just don't feel bad for listening to too many outside voices,
just needs to trust herself, so to speak.
And so does Andre Chase. Chase taking it right to Corbin.
Shoulders out, titles on the line, and a kick out.
[Booker] Andre Chase has a chance to show me something tonight, Vic.
I so much wanna see something out of Andre Chase.
He has a chance to do it.
He always talks about… Andre Chase ass-whooping.
I want to see it.
[Vic] Baron Corbin is the one whooping.
And there's a tag into Bron Breakker.
And there's been so many questions
that has surrounded this team.
So, in your opinion,
how have Bron and Baron been able to dominate the tag team scene?
[Booker] Oh, man. I mean, by pure destruction, Vic.
Going out and just taking care of business.
Two men with one common cause, Vic.
And that's destruction.
Corbin has redefined himself, man.
You got to give him credit, Vic.
[Vic] I gave credit earlier to Fallon Henley.
It is official. Fallon, Blair meet one-on-one here tonight.
But getting hoisted up… is Andre Chase.
For a moment able to get away.
But Bron Breakker so impressive, SmackDown's newest Superstar.
And we've seen this in the past.
He's picking up speed. And bam! Sudden impact.
[Booker] 35-miles power right there, Vic. I clocked him.
-[Booker] I clocked him. -[crowd howling]
[Vic] We've been watching the combine eat-your-heart-out with that sort of speed
from Bron Breakker,
who tags back in Baron Corbin.
And this is a question I've asked myself a few times
as we seen these two really gel as a team…
-[Vic] And… Oh! -[crowd] Oh!
[Vic] Nasty gutbuster. Wasn't perfect, it was effective.
[wrestlers shouting]
[Vic] As Corbin now into the cover. And Duke Hudson breaking things up.
All four Superstars in the ring.
And I spoke a little bit too soon as Breakker taken care of, as is Corbin.
[Booker] MVP right there.
-[Vic] Standing tall. -[Booker] It's the MVP.
[Vic] And Hudson may just need an MVP performance here tonight
to put gold back around the waist of Chase U.
-[Chase screaming] -[crowd booing]
-[wrestlers cheering] -[Vic] Sticking the landing!
[Booker] Wow.
-[wrestlers screaming and cheering] -[crowd booing]
-[energetic music] -[Vic] NXT tag team titles on the line.
-[music intensifies] -[crowd clapping]
[Vic] Bron Breakker hit a beautiful Frankensteiner,
which has changed the complexion of this match.
If we're on to take another look, no hands, bam!
[Booker] Wow. With balance.
[Vic] Look now Bron Breakker, Baron Corbin in control of this match.
We talked about tag team. How about a tag team match?
World's waiting for Seth Rollins, Cody Rhodes.
They're gonna confront The Bloodline this Friday on SmackDown
to answer The Rock and Roman Reigns' WrestleMania challenge.
[Booker] Yeah, and The Rock has turned things upside down.
[Vic] We also wanna say congratulations.
Newest member of the WWE Hall of Fame, the wise man Paul Heyman.
Would be a wise move for Andre Chase to make attack.
So close, but so far away.
Tag made, Bron's legal.
And Baron right now looking to punish Andre Chase.
-[Booker] Beautiful tag team work. -[Vic] One cutter set up by another.
-[Booker] Mm-hmm. -[crowd cheering]
-[Booker] It's over. -[crowd] One, two…
[Vic] It is not yet, Book, but so close to retaining the tag titles,
Bron and Baron.
Take another look. Bam! Turn and Andre Chase inside out.
And we have seen Bron and Baron
on the same page offensively for several weeks.
I've been wanting to ask you.
Did Bron need Baron? Or was it the other way around?
[Booker] I think Bron needed somebody like Corbin
because Corbin's been there, he's done that, that knowledge.
And it's one thing, getting there is one thing.
But staying there, that's something totally different.
That's what Baron Corbin brings.
-[Booker] Uh-oh. -[Vic] Oh!
[Vic] Corbin right now just got rocked. And this is Andre Chase's opportunity.
Thea Hail, Riley Osborne, the Chase U student section
trying to rally Andre Chase, who desperately needs to make attack.
Bron's in. And here comes Duke Hudson.
And for Duke Hudson, for Andre Chase, for Chase U,
tonight could be that final hurdle
for Chase U to get back to a hundred-percent.
[Booker] And catapult them straight to the top, Vic.
With the Tag Team Championship,
Chase U will be complete.
Oh, yeah. Oh, no.
Oh, wow!
[Vic] Breakker got caught.
-[Vic] Baron got caught. -[crowd booing]
[Vic] And everything right now coming up for Chase U.
Oh, tag was made.
I don't think Duke Hudson realized… It hits that Boss Man Slam.
But Bron is not legal. It's Baron.
And maybe Duke did realize it.
Sidewalk Slam! Cover!
-[Vic] And… Ooh. -[Duke screaming]
[Vic] Half second away from becoming two-time NXT Tag Team Champions.
[Booker] Talk about another guy the reason Chase U is back on track.
It's this guy right here, Vic.
This man right here, Duke Hudson.
[wrestlers screaming]
[Vic] Hudson holding on, trying to take a look.
I don't even see Andre Chase anywhere to be found.
It is The Duke Hudson Show right now.
-[Vic] Up, over, German suplex! -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Finally able to make it tag. Andre Chase back to his feet.
-[Vic] Duke Hudson was rolling. -[Booker] Oh, man.
[Booker] Andre got to do his part, Vic.
He got to do his part. That's what I was talking about.
[Vic] To win the titles to become two-time Tag Team Champions.
-And… No. -[crowd] Oh!
-[crowd clapping] -[Vic] That was as close as it gets.
[Vic] You got to wonder where the mindset is now for Chase University.
[Booker] Why is Andre lying on his back? He's legal. He needs to move, Vic.
I wanna see Andre Chase pull something off.
I don't care what you gotta do, do it by any means necessary.
[Vic] Again, so much has been taken out of Chase U,
as well as the champions.
Right now, the deciding factor may be the student section.
It may be Jacy Jayne. It may be Nyx.
It may be Thea Hail, Osborne.
As they're slugging it away in front of us, Book.
[Booker] Oh, I don't like this.
-[crowd cheering] -[Vic] What is on the mind of Bron?
-[wrestlers screaming] -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Breakker wiped out Hudson. But take a look.
The two Superstars in the ring.
Chase gets wiped out.
-[Chase shouting] -[Corbin screaming]
[Vic] Underneath the jaw. Corbin's rocked.
-[Booker] Oh, no, Vic. -[crowd] Oh!
-[Vic] This could be it. Andre Chase… -[Corbin groans]
-[Vic] For himself. -[crowd cheering and booing]
-[Vic] For his university. -[Booker] Window just opened.
[Vic] High cross body
-[Vic] for the tag team titles. -[crowd] One, two…
-[Corbin] Yeah! -[crowd cheering]
-[Booker] Could this be that night, Vic? -[Vic] This could be.
[Vic] And you got to think, for Jacy Jayne,
Jacy Jayne's looking out, I just saw her talking to Andre Chase.
She did a little extra magic to get this title match for Chase U.
Can they bring the titles home?
Super kick under the jaw!
But Corbin fell to his partner. Tag was made.
-[Vic] Deep Six! -[Booker] Wow, beautiful Deep Six.
-[Vic] Bron's legal, spear! -[Booker] Got all of it.
-[Booker] God! That's it. -[crowd] One, two, three!
-[bell ringing] -[Booker] Wow.
-[Baron Corbin's theme music] -[Alicia] Here are your winners!
[Alicia] Still the NXT Tag Team Champions,
Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Andre Chase, Chase U, you can't even argue, Booker,
that was the best opportunity to become two-time tag champ.
But after a blind tag, first it was Deep Six,
and then it was that bone-crushing, rib-breaking spear
from SmackDown's newest Superstar Bron Breakker.
And Breakker, Corbin retain the NXT Tag Team titles.
And it's safe to say
that Bron and Baron are headed to Stand & Del…
-[Vic] Wait a minute. -[Thea screaming]
[music continues]
[Vic] What just happened?
[crowd howling]
Carmelo Hayes, can I get a moment?
[crowd cheering and booing]
Thank you.
Quite the shocking turn of events last week with Tony--
-It was disgraceful. -[crowd roaring]
Ilja calls himself a champion and he makes decisions like that.
Kelly, let me ask you a question.
When have you ever seen me back down from a fight?
Don't answer.
Much less one that was already agreed to.
[Hayes sighs]
Tony D', man.
He's gonna do what he's gonna do.
He's gonna come out, put on a big show, he's gonna snap his fingers,
he's gonna make those bunch of rent-a-cop security guards disappear.
But I went and I handpicked security guards
that are gonna do whatever it takes by any means necessary to protect me.
Next question.
-As for tonight… -As for tonight…
You saw what happened to the last guy that tried to jump the line, right?
Yeah.
That NXT Championship is reserved
for the biggest star in NXT.
And there is no bigger star than Carmelo Hayes.
And I'm the one man that's gonna make history
and go back-to-back at Stand & Deliver and win that NXT Championship.
Because I am…
him.
Vic, Booker, back to you.
-[rock music] -[Vic] Huge main event still to come.
[Vic] But it is this man who shocked the wrestling world last week.
Shawn Spears in action, next live on Roadblock.
[Shawn Spears theme music] ♪ Truth will ultimately prevail ♪
♪ But there is pain bringing it to light ♪
[theme music intensifies]
[crowd cheering]
[cheering intensifies]
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing…
Shawn Spears!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] It's been a different feel
over the last week here at the Performance Center
when even you mention
Shawn Spears' name.
As we see Uriah Connors,
who's making his NXT debut tonight.
Some people
still shocked.
Some people blank faces, as if the Grim Reaper is walking around.
What were your first thoughts when Spears revealed himself last week?
[crowd chanting] Welcome back!
[Booker] Got dark in the building, Vic. Looking at this kid, Uriah Connors…
-[Booker] That's his name? -[Vic] Yep.
[Booker] I mean, I can see the kid's heart beat as you speak, man.
I mean, he's nervous. He's nervous.
[Vic] I mean, imagine what Shawn Spears, I believe, whispered in Connors' ears.
[Booker] He probably told him he can leave, walk away.
He should walk away.
[Vic] Whatever he said has lit a fire in Connors for a moment.
-[Vic] And right back in… -[Booker] Oh, man.
-[Vic] …goes Shawn Spears. -[Booker] Right to the nose.
[Vic] Spears turned the wrestling world upside down last Tuesday.
And he's turning Connors' world upside down.
Relentless, ruthless aggression.
[Booker] No nonsense. That's Spears, man. I like this kid.
This is a different Spears though, Vic. It's a moment-cheer Spears.
[Vic] It appears Spears is all about one thing… the truth.
And then that C4!
[Booker] Good night, Connors. Sleep tight.
[crowd chattering]
[Vic] Center of the ring,
as methodical on his approach, Shawn Spears earns the victory.
-[Shawn Spears theme music] -[Alicia] Here is your winner…
[Alicia] Shawn Spears!
[Vic] I would say quick and painless,
but the look on Connors' face,
I just looked up from our monitors, there is pain etched all over his body.
As Shawn Spears…
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] …certainly makes a statement
here tonight at Roadblock.
[theme music continues]
It takes a certain kind of man
to hold a mirror up to humanity.
Most of you won't like what you see.
[breathes heavily]
Being forced to be what you are instead of what you truly want to be.
That is the very definition of hypocrisy.
Ridge Holland.
[crowd booing]
Those words hit a little too close to home, don't they?
You say that every time you compete, Ridge, it's for your family.
Well, that's…
-Sounds like… -[crowd laughs]
[laughing] …a moral success.
But the thing is…
I don't believe you.
You are lying to yourself, Ridge.
The darkest of thoughts, they get ahold of all of us.
Especially me.
But the difference between you and me, Ridge,
is that every time I hold a mirror up to my face,
I'm not ashamed of what I see.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd clapping and chanting]
You can't say the same.
And you know I'm right.
So enough.
Enough with this emotional damage that you're going through.
It's time to be a man.
-It's time to-- -[Ridge Holland's theme music]
[crowd booing]
[Spears] There he is. Good, Ridge, you want to do this?
Are we gonna do this? Are you gonna do this for your family?
Are you gonna hurt me, Ridge?
I'm here, Ridge.
[Spears groans]
-[Vic] Holland made a beeline to Spears. -[crowd booing]
[kicking sounds]
-[Vic] Spears welcoming… -[Ridge] Go ahead!
-[Vic] …Ridge's rage. -[Ridge] You wanted this?
-[Spears groaning] -[crowd booing]
[Ridge screaming]
[Spears] Do it, Ridge. Embrace it.
Embrace it. Come on!
Do it! You can do it, Ridge.
Come on.
-Come on, Ridge. -[loud thud]
[referee] Hey, stop! Stop!
[everyone shouting]
[crowd booing]
[booing intensifies]
[Ridge shouting]
[Shawn Spears theme music]
[Vic] Ridge was going absolutely ballistic.
But did Ridge just prove Shawn Spears right?
-[Briggs] Brooks. -[crowd cheering]
I'm not trying to get into your business. But I heard you're fighting Oba next week.
-Good. -Are you sure about that?
-Dude, he's been unstoppable-- -Hold on.
You told me to grow some balls. And that's what I'm doing.
I took control of my career and my life. That's why I'm challenging Oba Femi.
-Dude, he's a monster. -Damn right he's a monster.
But you triggered something in me.
Look, I know you, so I know I can't change your mind on this--
Whether you wish me luck or not,
I'll stand across the ring from Oba Femi next week
ready to bust him up,
ready to become NXT North American Champion.
[Briggs sighs]
Good luck, brother.
[Brooks huffs]
You call him your brother, but you lie right to his face.
[crowd booing]
He's a dead man walking and you know it.
[rock music]
[Vic] We're set for our second tag team title match of the night.
Can the unlikely pairing of Tatum Paxley
and the NXT Women's Champion Lyra Valkyria
dethrone The Kabuki Warriors?
We'll find out next on Roadblock.
Ilja Dragunov, you were on track to defend
the NXT Championship against Carmelo Hayes
until things took an… unexpected turn
and Tony D'Angelo interrupted the contract signing last week.
What do you make of tonight's main event?
When you are the NXT Champion,
you can't be surprised by anything.
I like Tony.
He's a man with a… vision.
However, we might see the end of the vision very differently.
And Carmelo Hayes,
I don't take anything away from his athletic abilities.
But I enjoyed Melo's skirm.
And if he wants another opportunity,
he will need to earn it.
[man] And he's gonna miss.
-[crowd cheering] -Mad Dragon.
Stacks Lorenzo, The Underboss of NXT.
It's nice to meet you.
But I'm here to let you know The Don is making moves in one way…
Or another.
Tony D' is going to be seeing you
at Stand & Deliver.
Until we meet again, champ.
Oh, I can't wait for this match.
[laughs]
[Vic] It is high-stakes
in the main event tonight
on NXT Roadblock.
-[Lyra Valkyria's theme music] -[crowd cheering]
[theme music intensifies]
[Vic] WWE is proud to support the Ad Council
and their "Love Has No Labels" campaign.
To celebrate this Women's History Month,
visit WWE.me/shopwhm or scan the QR code on the screen
to purchase your own WWE Heritage Month merchandise.
$7.50 will be donated from each sale
to support AD Council.
So about the women's titles.
Could you imagine the shock waves Lyra and Tatum could cause
by winning the WWE Women's Tag Team gold tonight?
[Booker] Talking about women's history, Lyra has a chance to become double champ.
Double champ.
-[The Kabuki Warriors theme music] -[crowd cheering]
[theme music intensifies]
[Vic] But to do so,
they have to defeat this duo.
And Booker, just how powerful
has all of Damage CTRL become?
[Booker] Man,
you're talking about Dakota Kai, Asuka,
Kairi Sane, Iyo Sky.
We're talking about… Uh, not…
No one leader, Vic.
We're talking about a self-contained unit
that's working like a well-oiled machine.
I cannot wait
to see this team play out here tonight, Vic.
-[Booker] Oh, yeah, I'm excited. -[Vic] Well, you brought up Dakota.
[Vic] I still can't believe the actions of Dakota Kai
from SmackDown stabbing Bayley in the back.
[Booker] It's called a takeover, Vic. It's called a coup d'état.
You feel me?
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] I feel the energy coming from the NXT Universe
for a pair of former NXT Women's Champions
who have returned tonight.
-[crowd chanting] Welcome back! -[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the WWE
Women's Tag Team Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[Alicia] Introducing first the Challengers,
the team of Tatum Paxley
and the NXT Women's Champion
Lyra Valkyria!
[crowd booing]
[Alicia] And their opponents,
they are the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
Asuka and Kairi Sane,
The Kabuki Warriors!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] When you look at the landscape of this matchup,
and let's just focus on the Challengers,
they have to realize this is an uphill battle, right?
I mean, this is the second time ever Paxley and Valkyria have teamed together.
[Booker] Doesn't matter though, Vic. They have nothing to lose but everything,
and I'm talking about everything, to gain in a matchup like this, Vic.
Come on.
[Vic] What a night this has been, NXT Roadblock,
the second title match of the evening.
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] I've been so back and forth
[Vic] after Dijak's big moonsault at the top of the cage.
I've been shook since the start.
I called the End of Days and Deep Six earlier.
You've been here.
I'm surprised you haven't done a Shucky Ducky Quack Quack.
[Booker] Oh, yeah.
It's coming. Here we go.
[Vic] NXT Universe has been on their feet
all night long, up and down.
They've been loud, they've been vocal, and they are in right now to witness
can we see
new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions
crowned here tonight at Roadblock.
But I take a look at Lyra Valkyria.
Has she started to realize how important Tatum Paxley is to her?
[Booker] I don't know. She'll find out after this matchup here tonight, Vic.
Because like I said earlier,
Lyra Valkyria has a unique opportunity here
to become double champ.
Something that not many people get a chance to do.
[Vic] That is true.
But do you like Lyra's focus
being on something else other than the title that she possesses?
[Booker] I do like staying active.
I always say time off is your worst enemy in this business, Vic.
[crowd chanting] Kairi!
[Vic] Kairi Sane tagging herself
into this matchup again.
Kairi Sane, Asuka, both former NXT Women's Champions.
Tatum Paxley's in. And what the…?
[Booker] This might be the first time these two have met
in the middle of the ring, if I'm not mistaken.
[Vic] You might be correct, but I'm focused on this.
I was gonna talk about the strange partnership
between Lyra and Paxley.
But I'm just talking about the uniqueness of both these Superstars
that are in the ring right now.
And with the upper hand is Kairi Sane.
-[crowd cheering] -[Booker] She's up top.
-[Vic] Looking to fly. Whoa! -[Booker] Vic, she's dangerous.
-[Vic] Able to roll through Paxley. -[crowd] Ooh!
[Booker laughing] Yeah.
[Kairi sticking out tongue]
[Vic laughing] Woo-hoo.
Small tip of the cap. And now…
[referee giving instructions]
[Vic] Kairi's in, right? And look at the face of Tatum Paxley.
[wrestlers shouting indistinctly]
[Vic] We knew these two were unique. We knew this was gonna be different.
But these two right now
are on a different pace,
swinging for the fences.
[Booker] Different is right.
That's the word for it.
[Vic] I mean, how do you prepare for The Kabuki Warriors?
[Booker] It's hard to prepare
because the unpredictability of Kairi Sane and Asuka
being able to call plays
and you can't understand exactly what they're talking about.
Very, very unique, Vic.
[Vic] Looking for the cheap shot from the other…
-[Vic] Oh, the official distracted… -[Asuka] Woo!
[Vic] …for a moment. And that opened the door for Asuka
to drop Tatum Paxley.
[Booker] Tag team expertise right there.
Got the referee looking one direction,
and you take advantage, you pounce.
That's what Asuka just did there, Vic.
[Vic] No team has held the WWE Women's Tag Team titles
more than The Kabuki Warriors.
And there is Asuka
screaming in the face of Tatum Paxley.
Of course, Asuka has never lost in an NXT ring.
[Booker] What did she say, Vic?
Nobody wants Asuka.
[Vic] Tatum Paxley not ready.
And listen to the NXT Universe.
Asuka, who held the NXT Women's title one time for over 500 days,
still the longest single reign of the NXT Women's title,
makes the tag into Kairi Sane.
[Booker] Look at the tag team continuity right here between these two.
Just perfect precision and execution.
-[Booker] Oh, yes! I love it. -[Vic] Striking ability.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Nonchalant cover.
And a quick kick out from Paxley.
[spluttering] Well… Something's going on in the back.
[indistinct shouting]
[Vic] I couldn't hear you overall this screaming.
[unintelligible]
[Booker] What the hell is going on there?
We got action right here, and we got a title match here.
[Vic] We do. Nice counter from Tatum Paxley.
But Thea Hail earlier tonight,
she marched off in anger from Chase University.
And apparently,
that anger still boiling over right now.
That was Izzy Dane, Kiana James.
She's making the tag. And Lyra Valkyria, who's calming down Tatum Paxley,
does not wanna get disqualified.
[Booker] I'm sure we'll find out on the Internet what went down, okay?
[Vic] Oh, the Internet is always right, isn't it, Book?
-[Vic] You don't even know what to say. -[Booker] Sometimes.
[Vic laughs] Okay.
Back into the action as you were trying to get us back into the ring.
And it's Lyra Valkyria controlling the pace,
controlling this matchup.
And maybe now Tatum Paxley
has taken a deep breath and recomposed herself on the outside.
Because Lyra kept her promise to Tatum.
She said she had a huge surprise for Paxley.
And that surprise is this championship opportunity.
As Asuka coming in. Referee tried to stop for a moment.
But right now, it's the Challengers taking it to the champions.
[crowd cheering]
[Booker] Trying to put something together for a second. I like this.
Trying to work on the tag team. I like it.
[Vic] Paxley, Valkyria hitting on all cylinders.
-[crowd clapping] -[crowd booing]
[Vic] Back live, Tatum Paxley is in the ankle lock.
Asuka looking for a submission.
She is a submission specialist.
And she's closing in on retaining the WWE Women's Tag Team titles
alongside Kairi Sane here tonight at Roadblock.
And out of desperation,
Paxley just able to wiggle free.
So close to the tag. And Kairi Sane able to break it up.
[Booker] Yes, almost made a mistake there.
But I'm going tell you, Kairi Sane and Asuka been controlling
this matchup on the break,
almost toying with Tatum Paxley.
[Vic] We talked about Lyra and Paxley and fighting the uphill battle
and recognizing that you got to assume
Kabuki Warriors came into this matchup with a lot of momentum,
thinking they were riding a tidal wave of momentum
here into tonight to Roadblock with everything that has happened…
But Lyra Valkyria trying to turn that around,
and as you put it, Booker, trying to become a double champ.
[Booker] Let me tell you, if Lyra wants to win this match,
she's gonna have to do a lot of the work
because they're not a true tag team or anything like that.
This is a one-off, Vic.
This is a one-off. You got to make it work.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Paxley has been…
at the side of Lyra Valkyria, devoted to Valkyria,
for quite some time.
Not looking at just the friendship, focusing on what they could be,
focusing on this partnership of what they could become
if they're able to win the titles.
You talked about that stalemate… There's Kairi Sane back to her feet.
Tatum Paxley, if you look across the ring, Booker,
almost looks out of it.
As a big DDT from Lyra Valkyria.
And the NXT Women's Champion in control. And now…
[wrestlers talking]
-[Vic] …Paxley to Asuka. -[crowd] Oh!
-[Vic] Valkyria to Kairi Sane! -[crowd] Oh!
-[Vic] Almost like a fisherman buster. -[Booker] Take advantage of it.
-[Booker] Should have got a cover there. -[Vic] One more time.
[Vic] It's the Northern Lights suplex with a bridge. Center of the ring.
Insane! Just able to kick out, Booker.
This would be a massive upset if we crown new champions.
[Booker] It'd be huge. Lyra Valkyria, right now,
she's putting in all the hard work.
[Vic] Whoa, trying to counter Sane.
Sane back to her feet.
Again, looking around. You hit the nail on the head, Booker.
Lyra Valkyria is gonna have to do this on her own.
She's going to have to dig down deep.
As a tag was made. Asuka's legal.
-[crowd] Oh! -[Vic] Codebreaker.
[Booker] God, man. Wow. Beautiful tag team action.
-[Vic] Asuka back up… No! -[crowd] Oh!
[Vic] In sync, into the cover. Paxley breaks it up.
[Kairi screaming]
[Vic] You talked about tag team continuity.
High-impact tag team offense. How many times have you seen…
-[Asuka] Yeah! -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] …any sort of tag team be able to bounce back
the way Asuka and Kairi Sane have
in this matchup?
They have taken the best that Lyra Valkyria has.
The best Tatum Paxley has.
And they continue to bring… A nice pump kick from Valkyria.
The same can be said about the Challengers,
who are taking the best shots from the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
[Booker] Beautiful counter there by Asuka.
Right now, she's rolling it. And she's feeling it right now.
Whoa!
[Vic] Shoulders down, able to kick out is Asuka.
Swing and a miss.
Counter, and right back, step-up enzuigiri rocking Asuka.
[crowd clapping]
[Booker] Valkyria wants a bit. She wants it bad.
You're talking about history. She wants to make history here tonight at Roadblock.
[Vic] She does, but so does Tatum Paxley.
Tatum Paxley wants to be more than just friends with Lyra Valkyria.
-[Vic] She wants to be champion… -[crowd] Oh!
[Vic] …to win her first piece of gold in NXT as part of…
Oh! Almost was part of the WWE Tag Team Champions.
[Booker] So close, Vic.
[Vic] Look at the combination from Valkyria.
-[Vic] Valkyria… Oh! -[crowd] Oh!
-[crowd chattering] -[wrestlers talking]
[Vic] Booker, as you know,
you can't make a mistake against The Kabuki Warriors.
Backfist rocking Valkyria.
-[crowd] Ooh! -[Vic] Big kick from Asuka.
[Booker] You can smell it. You can almost--
[Vic] You said no one was ready for Asuka.
No one is.
And there is Kairi Sane looking down for that insane elbow!
[Booker grunting] Got all of it.
[crowd] One, two, three!
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] The Kabuki Warriors retain.
[Alicia] Here are your winners
and still the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
The Kabuki Warriors!
[Vic] And like we said with Chase University,
we can't take nothing away from the Challengers.
This was as close as it would get
for Paxley and Valkyria.
Miscommunication right here.
Valkyria dropping her partner, Tatum Paxley,
which would open the door for Kairi Sane and Asuka
and a retention of the titles for The Kabuki Warriors
as Damage CTRL continues to build momentum
on the road to WrestleMania.
-[crowd chattering] -[Vic] That's…
[Vic] Roxanne Perez!
-[Lyra screaming] -[Vic] Paxley and Valkyria just had
[Vic] a WWE Women's Tag Team Title Match.
-[crowd chanting] Roxy! -[Lyra screaming]
-[referee] Come here! -[Lyra screaming]
[Vic] And Roxanne Perez right now is out of control.
And there's no doubt this was premeditated.
-[referee 1] Stop! I said stop! -[Vic] She waited.
-[referee 2] …whatever you're doing. -[Lyra screaming]
-[referee 2] Come on. -[Vic] Come on, Rox!
-[referees shouting] -[crowd chattering]
-[Vic] Think about it, Roxanne. -[referee 2] What are you doing?
-[Vic] Oh! -[crowd] Oh!
[Vic] That could have broken her damn arm.
-[crowd clapping] -[crowd booing]
[Lyra screaming] Don't!
-[crowd booing] -[Lyra screaming] Don't! It's the elbow!
-[referee 1] Don't move it. -[Perez shouting]
[medics chattering]
[medic] Don't move it.
[Booker in a somber tone] Shucky Ducky Quack Quack.
[crowd booing]
[Vic] It's an unfortunate series of events for the NXT Women's Champion.
I mean, here again, just a gruesome look.
Roxanne Perez is out of control.
And it's not often I am at a loss of words.
But I certainly am after the actions of Roxanne Perez.
And this is what transpired during the commercial break
with Lyra Valkyria.
And I understand right now we do have a live camera
into what is going on.
[medic] Don't move it. You just stay right there.
[Lyra groaning]
-[Lyra crying] -[medic] You're gonna be okay.
-[man 1] All right. -[man 2] Thank you, guys.
-[indistinct chattering] -[woman] Take care of her.
[ambulance sirens wailing]
[Vic] Again, as I mentioned, I'm as shocked as anyone else, but…
[Fallon Henley theme music] ♪ Yeah, yo, let′s go ♪
-♪ Everyday, you know I gotta… ♪ -[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first…
Fallon Henley!
[Vic] We gotta focus on the here and the now.
Because for Fallon Henley, she was trying to do what is right.
But to you, I'm sure you're just gonna tell me
Fallon Henley is doing more harm than good.
You don't even need to say it. I know what you're gonna say.
"You don't need friends, checks and championships, caviar dreams."
[Booker] You know what I'll say? You know what I mean.
Concern yourself with business
[stressing every syllable] that concern.
-[Booker] You know the bad part? -[Vic] Not giving you the satisfaction.
[Vic] You, the answer is you.
[Booker] That's exactly what I mean. I mean keep it simple. It's not that hard.
[Alicia] And her opponent…
Blair Davenport!
[Blair Davenport theme music]
[Vic] NXT Stand & Deliver
is presented by Xfinity.
Stream sports from the best seat in the house with Xfinity
because it's only live once.
[theme music continues]
[Vic] I go back to these two. Had a bit of a run-in earlier.
And I think it's a bit deeper than that for Blair Davenport.
But for Fallon Henley, she might be looking to get one back.
Maybe a bit of extra motivation. Because it was Davenport
who did win the Women's Iron Survivor matchup.
She did so by earning that final decision,
defeating Fallon Henley.
[Booker] If I could give Fallon Henley a little bit of advice,
she's a cowgirl, right, really, she likes the horses,
only one horse
can win the race.
She's got to change her attitude
if she's going to be successful in this business.
This is a very, very selfish type of business, Vic.
[Vic] So what's wrong with her stepping up as locker room leader?
Kiana and Izzi are in it for themselves. Jacy's advice to Thea was suspect.
Tatum's worried about following Lyra.
Jade is breaking into Ava's general manager's office.
Arianna Grace, don't get me started.
[Booker] None of that is gonna help you when you're here in the middle of the ring
going toe to toe with your opponent.
That's what you need to focus on. You need to focus on the task at hand.
And that is what winning… That's what it's all about, Vic.
-[Booker] It's very simple. -[Vic mocking Booker] Who is winning now?
[Vic] It's a big right hand from Fallon Henley.
And Fallon Henley was trying to help out her fellow women in the locker room.
-[Vic] Cover and a kick out. -[Booker] Beautiful work.
[Booker] Exactly what I'm talking about, the advice I'm trying to give her.
Exactly what I'm saying. Throw hands. Quit crying about stuff.
Don't go get in people's business.
-[Booker] Mind your own business, Vic. -[Vic] I've heard you say it.
[Vic] This also is an important matchup for both women to build momentum
towards Stand & Deliver,
WrestleMania Saturday.
[Booker] This is what I call a test.
Every match, every time you're in the middle of that ring,
you're testing yourself, putting yourself in front of the world,
letting the world see how good you really are.
-[Booker] Oh, yeah! -[Vic] Oh!
[Booker] That's what I love about Blair. She is dangerous, though.
[Vic] We just saw a nasty arm injury
for Lyra Valkyria.
And the same might be said for Fallon Henley.
And now into that Fujiwara armbar.
Looking for a submission, center of the ring.
Just take a look at the torque, the tension,
and the nasty angle of the wrist and of the shoulder.
[Booker] You don't have to worry about Blair Davenport.
She's worried about more than a couple of things.
That's checks and championships.
Maybe putting a little bit of extra pain
on the opponent.
But she's all about that thing, man.
I love it.
[Vic] Blair Davenport has the warmth of an ice pick.
And she's right back in catching an elbow from Henley.
Fallon Henley trying to do her best to fight into this matchup.
But at this point in the matchup, she really just has one good arm.
But she's swinging with her right.
Big clothesline!
And Fallon Henley now starting to build some momentum in this matchup.
And unlike Blair Davenport,
Fallon Henley chooses not to feed off negativity.
[Booker] What are you talking about? Davenport feeds off goals--
-[Vic] Into the cover and a kick out. -[Booker] This is WrestleMania season.
[Booker] We ain't got time to be talking about child's play.
This is business, man.
[Vic] Clothesline, over the top. Right now Fallon Henley
is all business in this matchup.
[Booker] I like this look right here with Fallon Henley.
She has all the tools, Vic.
She has all the tools to make it to that next level.
But she needs to get that attitude right.
-[Vic] Oh! -[Booker] Do an adjustment, man.
[Booker] That's what it's all about.
[Vic] She may have just gotten some adjustment. But nobody home!
And knee first into the solid steel
goes Blair Davenport.
And Booker…
-[Vic] Booker, that's Sol Ruca! -[Booker] The hell?
[Vic] And the official was distracted by Fallon Henley.
Sol Ruca lost nearly a year of her career
-[Vic] after being attacked by Davenport. -[Booker] Well, come on.
[Vic] And look at Fallon Henley picking up the win.
-[Fallon Henley theme music] -[Alicia] And here's your winner…
-♪ Can't knock us down, we're in the sky ♪ -[Alicia] …Fallon Henley!
-♪ It′s gonna be alright ♪ -[Vic] Sol Ruca is back.
[Vic] Davenport haunted by her past.
Pays off huge for Fallon here tonight.
As we say welcome back to Sol Ruca.
While this is huge news tonight,
we gotta talk about what happened yesterday.
'Cause we… What?
-[Booker] You signed off on that, right? -[Vic] On what?
[Booker] You signed off on that. Sol Ruca is back. Everything's fine.
It slipped right through your fingers.
Chase, I work my magic to get you a tag title match,
and what happens?
Yeah, I know, Jacy. I was there.
Yeah, the moment was there too.
Duke, you came up short.
What do I have to do? Get in there and win the match myself?
[Thea panting] Oh my goodness.
That was escalating quickly. I lost it. I saw everything. It was a lot.
I think we're having a tag match next week
because me and Izzi and Kiana got into a fight and it was a lot.
-[Chase] What? -[Thea] What?
Who's gonna be your partner?
You.
-Me? -Yeah?
-[Chase groaning] -No, I'm busy next week. Sorry.
[rock music]
[Vic] Well, there you see the prestigious Heritage Cup.
And the No Quarter Catch Crew.
After last week's victory by Charlie Dempsey,
we will hear from the NQCC
next on Roadblock.
And she said no both times. She refuses to fight you.
[huffs] What do you mean?
I mean it takes two to have a match, and she won't be one.
She said she doesn't fight for a living.
That if you stepped in the ring with her, she would run away immediately.
And I don't think that's the victory you want.
It's not about the win. It's about punching her in the face.
-I understand, but-- -[knocking on door]
I have returned.
Good. Have you reconsidered having a match with Gigi?
A match? I'm afraid not.
I just don't see the point.
[chuckles] Are you for real?
Because fighting is literally what we do.
And you deserve to get your ass beat
after costing the match last week.
There is no need for such a potty mouth.
She… She's serious right now? She's serious.
-[Ava] Yeah. -This is real. This is real life.
I will accept
-on one condition. -[Gigi] Okay, aha.
If I win Gigi,
then you have to let me bring out
your true inner beauty,
teach you how to be a true lady,
and get rid of that vulgar language.
Gigi…
If that's what it takes to get you in the ring,
done, I accept.
-[Gigi] Sure. -[Grace cheers and giggles]
[joyful footsteps]
-You got what you wanted. -What Grace was… What is…
Shawn Spears. After last week and the events of tonight,
you must be expecting Ridge Holland is gonna want a match against you.
I'm counting on it, Kelly.
Rage is Ridge Holland's best friend.
And next week, Ridge…
I'll finally teach you to embrace it.
[Vic] We will see if that matchup gets made official.
[No Quarter Catch Crew theme music]
[Alicia] Please welcome
No Quarter Catch Crew
and the new NXT Heritage Cup Champion
Charlie Dempsey!
[theme music continues]
[Vic] What a match if it was last week
dethroning the greatest Heritage Cup Champion of all time,
that being Meta-Four's Noam Dar.
Last week, the world saw
what the three of us already knew about Charlie Dempsey.
And that's he is one of the most unique grapplers
in all of professional wrestling.
[crowd cheering]
Thanks to Charlie,
the NXT Heritage Cup now sits with the No Quarter Catch Crew.
[crowd clapping]
I've got to say that winning this is an honor.
See, the Heritage Cup
is something I've held a great interest in
for quite some time now.
This Cup
represents the style of competition
that perfectly aligns itself
with my vision of the pure arts of this sport.
-[crowd clapping] -[Charlie sighs]
But this prize
is not just mine alone.
It's about time
the Heritage Cup is represented and showcased
by athletes in combat.
[laughs]
My boy Charlie here, he won the Cup.
But we are all champions as a collective.
The Catch Clause means that any member of the No Quarter Catch Crew
can defend this championship.
[crowd booing]
Speaking of our momentum,
the NQCC will officially enter itself
in the NXT Tag Team elimination tournament
made earlier today by General Manager Ava.
So come Stand & Deliver,
we will not only be NXT Heritage Cup Champion,
but NXT Tag Team Champions.
And we will succeed showing no pity.
No mercy.
-No remorse. -[William Regal's theme music]
[crowd cheering]
[Booker] Wow.
-[crowd] Regal! -Ladies and gentlemen.
It's delightful to see you all again.
[crowd clapping]
[crowd chanting] Welcome back!
[crowd chanting] That's your father!
The Heritage Cup Championship
means the absolute world to me
because that championship represents
outstanding competitors from a British and European scene
-for generations. -[crowd cheering]
And so every time that cup is contested,
all the ladies and gentlemen
that came before me from Europe,
it's a tribute to them.
And I take that very, very personally.
[crowd clapping]
So I hope…
that you will defend this Cup
with the honor and integrity that it deserves.
I'll defend this cup better than you ever could.
[crowd] Oh!
[crowd chattering]
Fee-fi-fo-fum.
I'll be watching.
[William Regal's theme music]
[crowd clapping]
[Vic] Well, Charlie better watch himself.
He's not too old.
He could still get put across Mr. Regal's knee.
[crowd chanting] Regal!
[crowd booing]
When's the last time he spoke?
He was like this. I haven't heard from him the whole week.
What do you mean I haven't heard from him?
-You… I thought he was with you. -No.
You know what? I can't do this again. You remember what happened last time?
Same here. What do you want me to do about it then?
Okay.
Text Jakara, let her know we found him. She's been looking for him everywhere.
-Okay, I got you. -All right.
Noam…
Supernova…
Hey, it's Lash.
-Are you okay? -Lash Legend!
-[Noam laughs] -[Lash cheers]
[everyone cheering]
Listen, the past is the past.
And it's time for the "Meta-Future."
We're onto brighter and better things.
-Check, please! -[everyone laughing and cheering]
[Vic] Well, there will be bigger and better
for one of our two Superstars in our main event.
Tony D'Angelo called his shot last week.
And we know when his opponent Carmelo Hayes shoots,
Melo don't miss.
Who will be the Number One Contender
for the NXT Championship?
We find out who's headed to Stand & Deliver
next live at Roadblock.
…on that sweet, little Mr. Stone
and show him what a true role model is for his kids.
Not someone that has another man fight his own battles.
Not someone that steps into other people's business.
Hey, Stone.
I'm not done with Lexis. I'm still gonna smash him.
Look, I get it, Von.
[sighs]
But this is not about you and him, all right?
He assaulted me, he talked bad about my kids,
-and he made this personal. -So what are you saying?
I am saying I need you to step aside
so I can fight Lexis King.
-Stone, look-- -Look, I am a man.
I am a husband, and I am a father.
And I gotta do this,
and I gotta do it alone.
-Stone, I can do-- -I was there for you when no one else was.
So I'm asking you for this favor.
Please,
just let me do this
and let me do it alone.
Of course. Okay, you got it.
[Vic] On the topic of taking things personal,
earlier tonight, it was Roxanne Perez who took things to another level,
viciously attacking Lyra Valkyria.
It's not the same Roxanne Perez we have come to know.
And this was the scene Valkyria being taken to the hospital
here tonight at Roadblock.
Keep it locked,
hopefully for an update on all WWE socials today and tomorrow.
And when one is ready,
I'm sure we'll post one immediately.
But next Tuesday, can Ridge Holland
control his rage
as he faces Shawn Spears,
who has promised to teach Ridge how to embrace it?
These two meet one-on-one
live next Tuesday on NXT.
In addition to that matchup,
will Brooks Jensen back up the talk
as he gets his title opportunity
against the powerful and unstoppable Oba Femi?
The North American Championship
is on the line
live next Tuesday right here on NXT.
[Tony D'Angelo theme music]
[Vic] But, Booker, it is main event time
with Stand & Deliver implications.
[theme music continues]
-[crowd cheering] -[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
where the winner will challenge Ilja Dragunov
for the NXT Championship
at Stand & Deliver.
Introducing first, The Don of NXT,
Tony D' Angelo!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Booker, point blank, does D'Angelo have the right
to be in this matchup like he stated last week?
[Booker] You heard what he said last week, The Don of NXT.
He wants his piece of the action, Vic.
He wants his champagne wishes, caviar dreams, man.
[Vic] Oh, it's his opponent, who called last week "simply a disgrace."
-[Carmelo Hayes theme music] -[crowd booing]
♪ Get respect while I get feared ♪
♪ Who got a problem, huh? Tell 'em to step here ♪
[booing continues]
♪ 'Cause I'm the greatest… ♪
[Alicia] And his opponent…
Carmelo Hayes!
[Vic] There we see Carmelo Hayes and his personal security.
But on the same token, Book,
was Carmelo Hayes out of line in demanding a title match,
demanding to be named Number One Contender?
As the champion put it earlier tonight, that being Ilja Dragunov,
Carmelo Hayes wanted all those things
without having to earn it.
[Booker] No doubt Carmelo Hayes is a two-time North American Champion,
one time NXT Champion.
I mean, this dude, he's under a lot of pressure right now.
He's under a lot of pressure. I get it. I've been there.
I've done that walking in the room, and people say, "Hey, champ."
He's not getting that right now.
And he wants it, and he wants it bad,
and he's willing to take it by any means necessary.
We talked about it, we talk about it all the time.
[Vic] Carmelo has also talked about making history,
becoming the only man to win the championship
back-to-back at Stand & Deliver.
[Vic] And they're off the bell. There comes Carmelo Hayes.
Because Carmelo Hayes, in his mind, he had the title match.
It was his title match with Dragunov.
It was set in stone for tonight.
But no contract was signed.
Plans changed thanks to Tony D'.
And Carmelo Hayes can't handle it.
[Booker] Talked about those battles with Ilja Dragunov
that changed Carmelo Hayes,
because Carmelo was used to going out there,
like you say, shooting his shot and never missing.
But he came up short just a few times.
But right now, the Don is looking real strong, man.
-[Booker] Real strong. -[Vic] That was a hell of a takedown.
[Vic] A roll through and then a toss from Tony D'Angelo.
D'Angelo, we talked about championship pedigree.
Former two-time Tag Team Champion in his own right.
[crowd chanting]
[Vic] Set a win tonight,
a win in Philadelphia,
The Family would be more powerful than ever.
They also added perhaps a crucial piece,
Luca Crusifino, to The Family earlier tonight,
or as you like to call him, "Lucifino."
[Booker laughs] No, I talked about that…
I talked about that spark that lit the flame behind Harlem Heat.
Maybe it's the Rizzo.
Maybe it's the Rizz
that has sparked the flame of The Don, you never know.
[Vic] Oh, Tony D'Angelo right now trying to take his own flame
because he wants to be the one to put the fire out in The Mad Dragon.
Into the cover.
Almost going to Stand & Deliver was Tony D'Angelo.
Do some, like Carmelo Hayes, overlook Tony D'Angelo, in your opinion?
[Booker] You don't wanna overlook The Don,
because one thing you got to understand, The Don asked for this, Vic,
as well as preparation is the only luck.
So you got to think that The Don is fully prepared
for this matchup.
He's looking to win, man.
Oh, yes.
[Vic] Carmelo Hayes said WrestleMania Saturday, Stand & Deliver,
that is too big for Tony D'.
And that can't sit right with Tony D'Angelo.
D'Angelo has beaten the likes
of Santos Escobar.
He's beaten the likes of Tommaso Ciampa.
As a matter of fact, he beat Ciampa at Stand & Deliver.
And right now, he's trying to remind the world,
the NXT Universe,
and Carmelo Hayes.
[Booker] I'll tell you what, Carmelo, he better keep his eye on the prize.
Because like I said, this would not be an upset
if The Don pulled this thing off.
It just would be the biggest win perhaps of his career.
Oh, yes.
[Vic] Certainly would be a nice shot from D'Angelo,
who's coming right back in at…
[Tony] You ain't him!
[Vic] And Carmelo Hayes talking a little bit of smack.
Hayes said he will not be denied
the self-proclaimed number one box office attraction.
Just went into his personal security.
-[crowd clapping] -[crowd booing]
[Booker] A little safety net right there, so to speak.
I like it.
[Vic] You gotta wonder, what's going through the mind of D'Angelo?
What's going through the mind of Hayes? Who's headed to Stand & Deliver?
[Hayes screaming]
[Vic] Back live, this is the main event of Roadblock.
The winner will face Ilja Dragunov
at Stand & Deliver and WrestleMania Saturday
for the NXT Championship.
And as we've witnessed throughout the commercial break,
it has been all Carmelo Hayes taking it to Tony D'Angelo.
And Carmelo Hayes right now is starting to push The Don to his limits,
starting to soften up Tony D'Angelo,
trying to break D'Angelo here tonight.
[Booker] Right now he's bringing the pressure right there.
Just trying to make sure he's just leaning over Tony D',
just keeping the weight on him,
just sucking in oxygen out of the body, man.
[Vic] This has been a different Carmelo.
Hayes even uttered your name several weeks ago.
How's that changed your view
on the self-proclaimed number one box office attraction?
[Booker] I have no ill will towards Carmelo Hayes.
All those one-on-one sessions, man, telling him, "You gotta let that dog out."
And then I start working with Trick Williams,
and we saw the meteoric rise.
Maybe he thought I turned his back on him.
But I didn't. I love this young man, Carmelo Hayes.
[Vic] Well, Carmelo Hayes turned his back on friends he grew up with,
on family that had his back.
Why? Because of jealousy.
Carmelo Hayes looking for the right hand. Got countered.
And Tony D'Angelo now with a second,
maybe a third win in this matchup.
Big stakes,
who's headed to the championship matchup
at Stand & Deliver?
And with that right hand, Carmelo Hayes standing no longer.
And we've seen in recent weeks Tony D'Angelo reassert himself
inside his own family.
Perhaps a move that was needed.
Maybe even past due.
[Booker] I don't think you wanna go toe to toe with Tony D'.
You can see all the muscle he's stacked on over the last six months.
He looks great, Vic.
[Vic] Look at this belly-to-belly release.
-[Vic] And a big spinebuster. -[Booker] Beautiful.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Driving the air out of Hayes.
And that could open the door
for Tony D'.
D' hoisting up. Oh, another high-impact move.
Into the cover, center of the ring to head to Philadelphia.
And Hayes…
[Hayes panting]
[Vic] …just able to kick out again.
For Carmelo Hayes, a win tonight,
he could make history on WrestleMania Saturday,
looking to become the only man to win a championship back-to-back years
at Stand & Deliver.
But it's D'Angelo looking for… Forget about it!
And instead, it's countered by Carmelo.
[Booker] Yeah, got caught slipping
but just delivered the right hand with that same arm.
So it's not feeling that bad.
[Vic] It certainly is not. And for Carmelo Hayes,
he is back at it like a bad habit.
Rolling through, maybe looking for a submission is Hayes.
But he's overpowered by D'Angelo.
And you see D'Angelo.
Those were some deep breaths from Tony D'. He's hurt right now.
[Booker] Just happened all of a sudden too.
Because it looked like Tony D' was rolling real fine--
[Vic] Off the cutter, into the cover, hook of the leg to head to Philly.
And another kick out.
But look at the quickness from Carmelo Hayes.
Carmelo Hayes is big in these big match situations.
Carmelo Hayes with this beautiful cutter was almost able to put away Tony D'Angelo.
But how wise of it is it of Carmelo Hayes
to quickly transition back into the upper body,
trying to wear down Tony D'Angelo in our main event of NXT Roadblock.
The winner between Tony D'Angelo and Carmelo Hayes
heads to Philadelphia, WrestleMania Saturday, Stand & Deliver,
and will face Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Championship.
[Booker] Tony just keeping the weight on him.
-[Vic] Roll through, shoulders down. -[Booker] Wow!
[Booker] Carmelo Hayes got a great plan going, great strategy.
Just see if he can run it through. See if he can pull it out.
Here we go. He's going up top.
[Vic] What was it WWE Hall of Famer Mike Tyson said,
"Everyone's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth."
[Booker] Till they get hit. Big shot.
-[Vic] That could be a big knockout blow. -[crowd] One, two…
[Vic] And Hayes just got that right shoulder up.
That was a great counter from Tony D'Angelo,
presence of mind to fall into the cover.
And Carmelo Hayes, though, was able to kick out.
[Booker] Instinct, Vic. That was all instinct by Carmelo Hayes.
He landed up there on the back of his head.
-[wrestlers grunting] -[Vic] Going right back to the arm.
[Vic] This is what's wise of Carmelo Hayes.
And… Oh, the First 48!
[Booker] That's it.
[Vic] Taking that man out
-[Vic] to head to Stand & Deliver. -[Booker] You gotta be kidding me.
[Vic] You gotta give credit to D'Angelo.
And right now for Carmelo Hayes, it seems as Hayes isn't just shocked.
He's angered. He's peeved. He's mad.
And he's about to take it out on D'Angelo.
[Booker] Yes, indeed. He's still looking solid right now, Vic.
He's got D'Angelo in the perfect position to pounce.
-[Booker] Here we go. -[Vic] Not just pounce.
[Vic] We've seen this before. When Melo shoots, he don't miss.
-[crowd cheering] -[Trick Williams theme music]
[Vic] Wait a minute.
[theme music intensifies]
-[Vic] Is he here? -[crowd chanting] Whoop that, Trick!
[Vic] This place is shaking!
Hayes is looking around.
Hayes, though, took his eye off the ball.
[crowd] Ooh!
-[Tony screaming] C'mon! -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] The momentary distraction has opened the door for Tony D'Angelo.
And Carmelo Hayes can't forget about it.
[Booker] Whoa!
[Vic] D'Angelo is headed to Stand & Deliver!
-[Tony D'Angelo theme music] -[Alicia] Here is your winner.
[Alicia] The Don of NXT,
Tony D' Angelo!
-[Vic laughs] -[Booker] Wow!
You ain't him, Melo. You ain't him.
There's only one Don.
[Vic] Book…
I don't want to say I'm shocked.
But this, obviously, is a turning point in the matchup.
Carmelo Hayes looking for Nothing But Net.
The distraction.
Personal security been turned around.
Carmelo Hayes took his eye off the goal.
That goal was to beat Tony D'Angelo.
And by this distraction, Carmelo Hayes with a smile,
he wouldn't be smiling anymore.
He went to new heights,
courtesy of The Don.
And then it was Tony D'Angelo
who would lock in Carmelo Hayes…
Bam!
…to hit that Forget About It and punch his ticket
to the biggest WrestleMania Weekend
of all time.
I apologize
for that little stunt I pulled.
But I am a giving Don.
So Carmelo…
I got you a present.
-[Trick Williams theme music] -[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Booker!
It wasn't a stunt this time!
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] It's Trick. Williams is back.
And he's hitting everything that moves.
-[crowd chanting] Whoop that, Trick! -[Booker] Oh, yeah.
-[Trick shouting indistinctly] -[chanting continues]
[crowd cheering]
[Trick Williams theme music]
[crowd chanting intensifies] Whoop that, Trick!
[Vic] Melo no longer his boy.
Trick out here looking like revenge.
No doubt
Williams is looking to whoop that, Trick.
-[chanting continues] -[Trick] C'mon!
[Trick shouting indistinctly]