[epic music]
[announcer] Then…
now…
forever…
together.
[Vic] The buzz has been building all week long
as the sweetest place on earth.
Percy, Pennsylvania hosts the spookiest night of the year.
Earlier today, the international dream team
of Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer arrived and ready to prove
that they can take over the women's division here in NXT,
which is currently ran by our women's champion, that being Roxanne Perez
and her besty Cora Jade, who wins this dream matchup later tonight.
There's the challenger for the NXT title, Ethan Page,
who said the devil comes out tonight in his NXT championship matchup
and believes that Trick Williams
won't survive the Devil's Playground. It's our main event of Halloween Havoc.
[evil laugh]
[Gigi] It's the countdown to Halloween, my favorite time of the year,
the season where we all embrace a different side of ourselves.
A creepier side, a scarier side. That is what tonight is all about.
Embracing the madness, the chaos, the mayhem.
So NXT universe, are you ready to embrace the havoc?
The battle for the North American championship has been decided by fate.
What monstrous deeds will await the dawn and the ruler when they clash
in Tables, Ladders and Scares.
[Vic] The wheel has spun and it is spoken.
Halloween Havoc,
I am going to use every table, ladder, chair to personally feed [inaudible]!
Tony, at Halloween Havoc,
once again, I will be the ruler of NXT.
Could the end be near for Chase University?
Whose lights will go out? Andre Chase or Ridge Holland?
I realize there's no saving you. Ridge, at Halloween Havoc,
I'm gonna put an end to your misery. I need an Ambulance match!
Mr. Chase, how's it feel watching your creation
being torn apart piece by piece?
Chase U will get destroyed for good. And you, you'll be taking your last ride.
The curse of a champion is the target they must wear.
So it's important to have a friend who is always watching your…
back.
[Vic] Four of the best women in the world will meet in a dream tag team matchup.
The NXT women's champion, Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade
face Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer.
You do versus I too. Halloween Havoc.
[Gigi] Cora, Roxanne.
There's nowhere to run, there's nowhere to hide.
They're coming for you.
The wheel has spoken.
Who will channel their inner demon and come out as NXT champion
from the Devil's Playground?
[Vic] It's going to be barbaric, sadistic.
Williams and Page are gonna dance with the devil now in the pale moonlight.
Ethan Page, you ain't All Ego, you all desperate, dog.
Don't you try to do everything you can to stay close to this title right here.
But it ain't gonna happen for you.
Trick, I get back what's mine.
We're about to play by the devil's rules, also known as my rules.
Tonight, Halloween arrives early as NXT unleashes an event so shocking,
so gruesome, you won't want to look away.
Welcome to Halloween Havoc.
[evil laugh]
[rock music]
[Vic] The wheel has sealed the fate of our superstars.
Welcome to Halloween Havoc, where we have three championship matches,
and we're ready for the first here tonight.
[intriguing music]
Vic Joseph alongside Booker T.
Booker, it was the challenger that we see who proclaimed the family
would not be by Tony's side.
And after what we witnessed Tuesday, he was right.
[Booker] You ain't jiving, Vic. Tonight here at Halloween Havoc,
we're gonna find out who's the man up in this beast, Oba Femi.
No bread, no water, just me.
[Vic] Pain,
destruction, devastation.
That is what we are kicking off Halloween Havoc with
as Oba Femi will look to regain the North American championship tonight
against Tony D'Angelo.
And when the wheel was spun, it landed on Tables, Ladders and Scares.
And for this matchup, victories by pinfall or submission, tables,
ladders, chairs are all legal weapons to use.
And that, by the way, was at the request of Tony D'Angelo.
He wanted this match to be decided by a pinfall.
You know who is okay with that?
Our general manager, Ava, after what she also witnessed this past Tuesday.
♪ It's all about family ♪
♪ It's all about the business ♪
[Tony D'Angelo's song plays]
There are the eyes of a determined champion.
-But when I talk about Tuesday, -[screams]
it was Luca Crusifino who was smashed through a ladder.
It was Stacks who was tossed through a table. It was Rizzo who was attacked.
The Don is alone in his first defense of that North American championship.
[Booker] I think this match right here is only fitted for the Don.
In Texas, we call it fight or flight.
Tonight what do you think we're gonna get, Vic, huh?
We gonna get a fight, man. Oh, yes.
[cheers]
See the NXT Universe here at Hershey, Pennsylvania,
as we kick off Halloween Havoc.
Let's go right now to our ring announcer, Mike Rome.
[bell rings]
The following is a Tables, Ladders and Scares match,
and it is for the NXT
North American Championship!
[cheers and applause]
Introducing the champ--
You know the rest.
[crowd gasps]
[Vic] You said it was going to be a fight!
-[Booker] I said it. Here we go. -Hell is sounded.
This one official fixed spear into the cover, hook of the leg,
and a quick kickout by Oba Femi. But look at Tony D'Angelo.
He has come out absolutely possessed after what transpired this past Tuesday on NXT.
Again, tables are legal,
ladders are legal, chairs are legal for this matchup.
Tony D'Angelo wants to hurt Oba Femi. And you know what?
The same can be said about what Femi wants to do to the champion.
[Booker] Oh, no, man. Tony D. Tony D. Oh, man, dog.
-Oh, man, dog. -[Vic] It's already breaking down.
[applause]
[screaming]
[crowd chants]
[Vic] You talk about a way to come out of the gate.
[crowd gasps]
Tony D'Angelo just drove Oba Femi. Oba Femi is down. Oba Femi is hurt.
And now Tony D'Angelo picking up where his mind left off on Tuesday.
He saw that ladder, he saw the table, he saw the chair, and he's coming over.
[Booker] Oh, here we go, Tony D
and what I call bringing the fight thing.
He's not wasting any time because all he's gonna take one big shot.
That's a big ass ladder.
[Vic] Take another look at what Tony D'Angelo did. Oh!
-Oba Femi. -[Booker] It's legal. Everything's legal.
As we try to…
calm ourselves down here. It's hard to do.
Booker, there's a ladder sitting here at our desk.
Oba Femi's now just taking out two, three chairs.
This is the first time both these have… Both these competitors, excuse me,
have competed under these conditions. And I know this.
-You are not a fan of ladders. -[Booker] Not at all.
[Booker] I came off the second rung once upon a time.
It was a long time ago, trust me. Oh, big shot! Big shot by Tony D, Vic!
[Vic] And rocking Oba Femi. Second time this title has been defended…
[crowd gasps]
under tables, ladders and scares.
Iyo Sky, Candice LeRae did it for the women's title back in 2020,
but this is the here… ended that!
Massive choke slam into the steel chair and a kickout.
[Booker] We just get started. We just get started, Vic.
[Vic] Take another look.
Just see and try to feel and imagine the impact of your spine bouncing…
off a steel chair.
I know it was Tony who wanted to hurt Oba Femi, but I mean, Booker,
how scary can Oba Femi be in this sort of matchup?
[Booker] Oba is scary. I'm gonna tell you, Tony D,
he knew exactly what he was getting himself into.
That's why I say this match is only fitting for these two.
You're gonna walk out with some scars, bruised, badly torn here tonight,
but it could be worth it.
At the end of the night, you got gold waste.
[Vic] The question that I had coming into this matchup was how would Tony D'Angelo
handle business with his family not present?
There's no one there to encourage Tony trying to fight.
[Booker] Big shot. I said something about Tony D a few months back.
I said the Heritage Cup was just the beginning.
He's got a whole lot bigger plan.
-[Vic] Oh, no! -Oh, baby. Man!
[Vic] When it comes to Oba Femi had the best win percentage in the WWE
this year with at least five matches. 94.4%
The only person though, to defeat him…
Tony D'Angelo.
And D'Angelo right now is just getting rocked.
Oba doesn't believe it can happen again.
And then I start to think it's maybe Oba Femi too confident.
But can you be too confident if you're the size of Oba Femi,
if you have the power of Oba Femi,
and you have all these tools of destruction at your disposal.
[Booker] You've got to admit.
Oba Femi dominated as a champion, man.
Longest waning NXT North America champ Wes Lee.
How good is that? How good is that, Vic?
[Vic] It's something that goes a long way when you talk about Oba Femi.
[Booker] The greatest of all time.
[Vic] And Tony D'Angelo beat him.
Tony D'Angelo now trying to create his own legacy.
The champion!
[Booker] I don't think Oba Femi is going to make that same mistake tonight.
I don't think you're going to catch him
watching the paint dry or anything like that.
He will not make that same mistake here tonight.
[Vic] Oba Femi looking like a Diablo 4 character come to life
as he continues to punish Tony D'Angelo in this Tables, Ladders and Scares match.
This is how we're kicking off Halloween Havoc.
[Booker] The question is, was it a fluke?
Did Tony D'Angelo catch Oba Femi sleeping? What was it? That was it.
-Oh, God, man! It was pain. -[Vic] Body just bouncing off the ladder.
[Vic] Oba, who also called Tony D'Angelo a helpless man.
And right now it almost seems like Oba Femi's having a little bit of fun.
[Booker] Oba Femi's like the predator right now, Vic.
-Right now he's a mean and nasty guy. -[cheers]
Oh, yes, here we go!
[Vic] For Oba Femi, he is now the aggressor.
It's a different side of Oba Femi that we've seen.
We've seen Oba Femi in control week after week, match after match,
during that undefeated streak.
But now his back is somewhat up against the wall to reclaim the title.
This is a different, more dangerous side of Oba Femi.
[Booker] Oba Femi is looking to prove, Vic, that he is truly not a dud,
but the ruler of NXT.
I love that moniker, man. Here we go!
[Vic] D'Angelo starting to fight back. Second win for the Don.
The Don swinging away.
-[Vic] Oh, oh, oh! -[Booker] Wow! Wow!
[Vic] Another [inaudible]!
[Booker] Did you see the athleticism?
[Vic] Through the athleticism, D'Angelo got driven through that table.
He got depleted by Oma Femi.
Title is on the line. Femi dragging out the Don.
Hook of the leg into Don, just getting his left shoulder up.
Talk about getting depleted. I mean, boom! Just a nasty landing.
That guy just folded in half.
[crowd chants "This is awesome"]
[Booker] I agree.
Oba Femi, I've said it once, I said a thousand times,
this guy is a generational talent. He could have done this in any era, Vic.
Future Hall of Famer in my estimations.
[Vic] Did you see what Oba Femi just grabbed as Tony D'Angelo is looking
-for that ace up the sleeve? -[Booker] It's about to get busy, dog.
-Oba Femi had it scouted. And now… -[crowd gasps]
D'Angelo trying to play some defense,
swinging around that chair while Crowbar is getting swung by almost Femi.
And Femi right now is in pure control. He's in the driver's seat.
[Booker] Femi can do it with his bare hands,
but he's willing to go this far.
I feel for this man. I feel for Tony D.
-[Vic] This is absolutely nasty to see. -[Booker] The torque right now.
-[Vic] That crowbar… -[Booker] My God, man.
[Vic] Across the face, across the cheekbone.
And Oba Femi with all that power, just bending the Don.
And you said it before that family should be kept out of conflict.
Some would say Oba overstepped, but right now--
[Booker] I'm talking about moms.
I'm talking about the kids, not the other guys.
[Vic] You said family.
[Booker stammers] You feel me, right?
[Vic] That's Tony D'Angelo's family.
That's who he's fighting for here tonight, Book.
And he's trying to feed off the energy of the NXT universe here in Hershey.
-Just again. -[Booker] Big shot.
[Booker] Big shot by Oba.
[Vic] Into the cover, title on the line.
And Don again, getting that right shoulder up
and Oba Femi seems to be getting a little bit frustrated right now, Book.
[Booker] Look, it's not going to end an easy bit.
Both of these men are willing to push themselves to the limit.
The question is, how low can you go?
[Vic] I don't know if you heard, but Oba just yelling at Tony D'Angelo.
The referee is here just to count to three or hear somebody say, I quit.
[Booker] This thing could get real serious.
-If the referee may have to have -[Vic] Not again.
Where without understanding and know how to just step in and stop it.
[Booker] Look, Tony D'Angelo's not going to quit. It's not in his DNA.
He's going to continue to give you everything he's got.
He's going to continue to fight.
He's got to do right now is to create separation.
I don't know, but if you're Tony D'Angelo, you have to be thinking about Tuesday.
You have to be thinking about Stacks, Rizzo,
you have to be thinking about Luca Crusifino.
You gotta fight and you gotta unload the tank right now in this moment.
[Booker] You said something a second ago. Separation.
One of these guys would have to separate the other guy from his senses to be able
-to be able to walk away. -[Vic] I can't!
[Booker] That's the way I feel about it, Vic. Big shot by Oba!
[Vic] Oba has been in control
-and is now looking… -[Booker] We're going for a ride.
for that fall from…
Maybe I spoke too soon.
-[Vic] Tony D'Angelo! -[Booker] Wow!
[applause]
You said we talked about emptying the tank.
[Booker] Yes.
[Vic] How much more can Tony D'Angelo have left as we are here?
The North American championship is on the line.
This is how we're kicking off Halloween Havoc.
Tables, Ladders and Scares here tonight in Hershey.
[Booker] Tony D, he kicked this thing off real, real fast.
He came out the blocks very, very quickly
and you wonder if that did something to him.
But right now he's still got a lot of fight in him.
Throwing that chair like [inaudible]. Oh, yes, man!
[Vic] I want to go back to something that you said earlier,
and it was a belly to belly on the chair,
much like that choke slam Tony D'Angelo felt earlier tonight.
But I want to go back to something you said-- A spy buster!
I might not get into it, into the cover to retain that kickout by Oba Femi.
Booker, you said at the start of this it was going to be a fight
-and it has delivered. -No, I--
[Vic] Boom!
[Booker] I mean a fight, a fight to the finish between these two.
Because like I say, Tony D, he has something to prove.
You got to go out there and defend that championship at least one time
before you can call yourself champion. That's what it's all about.
[Vic] This is the first defense
of the North American championship to your point
under this stipulation, tables, ladders, scares where tables are legal,
ladders are legal, chairs are legal.
And Tony D'Angelo right now trying to rearrange
a little bit around ringside here.
And Halloween Havoc kicked off in Philadelphia, PA, in 1889,
just about two hours down the road. I tell you, man, how high I cut it.
Are these two gonna feel 20 years from now in a match like this? Oh, my God.
[Vic] Quite a moment here in NXT.
We always say expect the unexpected, as Oba Femi just yoked up
-and just planted Tony D'Angelo! -[Booker] I'll get you straight on that.
-It's always-- -[Vic] Hold on a second.
[Vic] Tony D'Angelo is grabbing quickly at his right knee.
And we know the history of injuries that Tony D'Angelo has faced.
You gotta go back to the first meeting between these two.
And Tony D'Angelo came up a little bit limp due to an ankle injury.
-But again, nothing has ever stopped him. -[Booker] That's called a casualty of war.
-[Vic] I can't argue with. -[Booker] That's part of the game.
[Booker] This is not ballet or anything like that, this is a business, man.
[Vic] It's interesting that you use the word. The casualties.
Think about everything that's going to happen tonight.
Devil's Playground.
Still to come in our main event for the NXT championship.
As again, Booker, it's the zip tie brought out by Oba Femi.
-We saw this on Tuesday! -[Booker] It's legal.
-[Vic] I know it's legal. -It's legal.
[Vic] But Oba Femi right now once again has zip-tied Tony D'Angelo
to the bottom rope.
-[Booker] It's serious. -There's nothing the official can do.
[Vic] As you said, it is legal. McDonagh… Oh!
-[Booker] What the hell? -The family's here!
[screaming]
-[Vic] Stacks, Luca. Oh! -[crowd gasps]
I don't think the family lasted too long, though.
[Booker] I'm gonna tell you, he is truly running down here.
You big enough to pass? You big enough to take one.
[Vic] Look at Rizzo in the ring trying to help out the Don.
Oh, Booker, this…
Rizzo's all by herself. The D's caught. Stacks is wiped out.
Rizzo, put your hands up. Pick me!
-[cheers] -[Tony] Hey!
-[Tony] Over here! Oba! Oba! -[Vic] I mean, come on.
-I mean, honestly-- -[Booker] I'm not condoning this.
[Vic] Rizzo is doing a very wise thing, getting out of dodge.
[Booker] What the hell? Shouldn't even be in there.
Come on, come on.
[Vic] Going in the family. Everybody's out!
[cheers]
[Vic] I'm looking up from the table.
Tony D'Angelo's doing everything he can. D'Angelo finally broke free. D'Angelo!
[cheers]
[crowd chants "Holy shit"]
He's not only fighting for the championship to retain it,
he's fighting for his family, Booker.
[Booker] I told you. Fight a flag rules right now, Vic, this is serious.
-This is as real as it can get. -[Vic] Picking up the speed.
-Oh! Just got dropped! -[Booker] Damn.
-[Vic] Just got dropped by Oba Femi. -He's feeling it, he's feeling it.
[Vic] Say that again. A ball from the race powerbomb to become a two-time--
No! He kicked out!
[applause]
-[Booker] That's resilience from Tony D. -That's hard.
[Booker] It lets you know how much this means to him on this night.
[Vic] What must be going through the mind now of the challenger?
-Because this was picture perfect. -[crowd gasps]
It was a fall from grace as again Oba…
But hey, there's a cover from Rizzo!
Luca getting some!
-Shatter machine! -[Booker] The hell?
[Vic] Oba's rocked, Oba's hurt.
-[Vic] Don, spinebuster through the table! -[crowd counts to three]
-The family overcomes the obstacle of Oba. -[bell rings]
[Mike] Here is your winner and still
the NXT North American champion,
the Don of NXT,
Tony D'Angelo!
[Vic] Earlier you said family was his mom, his sister and brother.
That is not true. To Tony D'Angelo,
it's all that and those that are standing with him, that stand by him,
and that will fight alongside him. Like we saw Rizzo, Stacks and Luca.
And they returned here tonight after the beating they got on Tuesday.
Oba was in control, just manhandling the family once again.
And things seemed very bleak for Tony D'Angelo.
But then when he saw Rizzo, when he saw Oba getting close,
it just set something off inside. It flipped the switch inside Tony D'Angelo
where he took things to another level.
And the family would come back into play, helping out Tony D'Angelo here tonight.
All getting themselves a piece of the so-called ruler of NXT.
And then right here, it was the Don who'd plant the ruler
and for the second time defeats Oba Femi.
-This time he retains his championship. -[bell rings]
How good it must feel for the family.
[cheers]
Tony D'Angelo retains the North American championship
and survives Tables, Ladders and Stairs.
Lexis, you have a Heritage Cup match on Tuesday against Charlie Dempsey.
But the big question is, have you found your corner man yet?
Well, Sarah, I found just about everything but that.
I've really been finding myself in the ring.
My conditioning is on point and I'll give it to Charlie Dempsey.
He is a heck of a competitor.
He comes from a great, great wrestling pedigree. But I am on my game right now.
But I'm also not gonna lie to you, I've been struggling to find a corner man.
I've been facing days of constant rejection, ghosted texts,
I leave voicemails, nobody calls me back. And you know, I get it.
It's so hard to change your perception around here.
I get that people look at me and they see my father, but I'm not him.
And I'm trying to be my own man.
And you know, it takes a man to admit that rejection really sucks
-and it hits you like a ton of bricks. -[Regal] I'll be a corner man.
[cheers]
Sorry.
Lexis, I knew your father very well indeed.
And if five decades in this industry hasn't taught me anything,
your dad's taught me…
that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree,
especially with second generation wrestlers.
And I appreciate that you're trying to be your own man.
So I'll be your corner man.
Happy to do it.
I can't thank you enough, Mr. Regal.
Oh, there'll be a time to thank me.
Well, we've decided it's gonna be…
a gauntlet match.
[cheers]
Which means if Kelani can get past Jazmyn, she'll face Jacy.
And if she can get past Jacy, she'll face me.
-All right. -See you out there, champ.
[Vic] Of course, Fatal Influence with Spinner's Choice
and chose that gauntlet match.
Women's North American title match,
still to come here live on Halloween Havoc.
[Booker] Brilliant.
[heavy metal music]
[bell rings]
[Mike] The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from Chicago, Illinois, Cora Jade!
[Vic] The mean girl of NXT
is back in an NXT ring here tonight.
[Booker] What? Bad little sister!
[Vic] Cora Jade has not been silent
on how she feels about her opponents here tonight.
[Booker] Feel the vibe.
You feel that? Do you feel that?
-[Vic] I've never seen you in miles. -I'm just saying, man.
-[Booker] Oh, yeah. -[upbeat music]
[Vic] Until now.
[Mike] And her tag team partner from Laredo, Texas,
she is the NXT women's champion,
Roxanne Perez!
[cheers]
[Vic] The women's division we've seen recently,
Roxanne Perez believes it's all because of her.
She believes that her opponents that are here tonight are an NXT because of her.
-Do you agree? -[Booker] Well, come on, Vic.
-[Booker] That's easy. -You just got saved.
[rock music]
[cheers]
[Mike] And their opponent first from San Fernando, Chile,
Stephanie Vaquer!
-[Vic] How'd you describe Cora Jade? -[cheers]
-The aura. -[Booker] Yeah.
-What do you say about Stephanie Vaquer? -[Booker] No doubt.
[intriguing music]
[Mike] And her tag team partner from Tokyo, Japan,
Giulia!
[Vic] I cannot believe that we are about to witness
this international dream tag team matchup.
[cheers]
Some argue, by the way, that Giulia, Booker,
should be the NXT women's champion at this moment, if not for Cora Jade.
-[Booker] You know what, man? -I wanted to get your official take on.
[Booker] Giulia went one on one with the best. I'm going tell you she's good.
You can believe in the press that she is truly just that good.
But she just came up a little bit short against truly the best,
some say the goat here in WWE, and that is Roxanne Perez.
[Vic] Well, there you see the NXT women's champion,
Perez and Jade out here looking like the twin from The Shining,
getting ready to face off against the Beautiful Madness and the Dark Angel.
Get ready, Booker, because this is what dreams are made of.
These four in one ring live right here at Halloween Havoc.
[Booker] What a dream match.
This is a dream team with Giulia, Stephanie Vaquer
tagging together here in NXT.
A lot of people around the world right now like my God, man.
[Vic] You talked to Roxanne, does not try to hide the fact it's someone
who came up through your school.
How worried should Perez be by the new influx of talent in the women's--
[Booker] Roxanne Perez has been showered with praise
and endorsed by superstars like Bayley.
Our own partner called her the best in WWE.
I don't think Roxanne has a whole lot to worry about.
[Vic] When it comes to this matchup,
we talk about the NXT Women's Championship.
Both Vaquer and Giulia have collected titles all over the world.
As they put it, they went from adversaries to allies
and they're teaming up tonight.
[Booker] You answered your own question.
They've won titles all over the world and now they're here in NXT
because of one person and that is one Roxanne Perez.
-[Vic] What question did I ask myself? -As far as why are they here?
-Are they here? -[Vic] I asked you that question.
[Vic] I wanted your opinion on it. You're a two-time Hall of Famer.
-I don't have any Hall of Famers. -[Booker] Now you got it.
[Vic] Tag was made and there quickly.
Cora Jade tagging out and in coming, Roxanne Perez.
When it comes to the Vaquer and Giulia, they became friends
after facing each other one on one. Respect that turned into friendship.
I look at the other side of the coin between Perez and Cora Jade and--
[Booker] You talking about friends that are back together again.
You know what they say, the second time
is always better than the first time, right? You feel me?
[Vic] I understand that. A nice counter, nice reversal go behind by Vaquer
taking down Roxanne Perez. Vaquer now flipping around.
Perez right back to her feet. Take a look at these two showcasing you why
the best women in the world are here in NXT. Cover quick kickout by Vaquer.
Look at Roxanne Perez. Typically you see someone kickout, they roll off.
She's staying right on top and grab the body.
[Booker] Roxanne Perez knows the deal.
Somebody like Vaquer, you want to keep her real close to the body
because she's got a lot of strength, as well as she's technical. Look at that.
-Oh, nice. -[Vic] Count and outs.
The shoulders down to the champion with a bridge and a near fall.
But look at Perez turning things around and literally turning around.
Vaquer was looking for that crucifix, didn't have the arm.
Vaquer into the cover kickout by Perez.
Perez back up front, maybe looking for a submission.
Going to walk through, roll through Vaquer now.
Her shoulders are now wrenching her own. Kickout by Vaquer.
Right back into a submission.
We've seen this every time we've seen Stephanie in the ring.
[Booker] This is a chess match right there.
[screaming]
-[Booker] Oh. -[Vic] Check mate.
[Booker chuckles]
[Vic] It was Giulia and Vaquer who defeated Fatal Influence,
into the cover, this past Tuesday.
I still can't believe that Fatal Influence is going to face Kelani Jordan
in a gauntlet match for the Women's North American title.
[Booker] What an ingenious plan. What a masterplan. A gauntlet.
There's no way Kelani Jordan walks out tonight and steal.
[Vic] That matchup still to come, now Vaquer's over Giulia. Dropping Perez.
Spinning right around with a fake kick. Connect perfectly!
-And right into the back goes Giulia! -[Booker] Beautiful timing, execution.
[Vic] And she realized Cora Jade wasn't too far off. That's what they are.
-They're adversaries, allies. -[Booker] Come on!
-[Booker] Do your damn job! -Cora Jade in the damn ring!
[Vic] She's the one who brought the referee.
What do you mean, do his job? Take another look.
This is textbook tag team continuity.
Getting back on this matchup as Perez's trying to find a way to roll through.
And she does. She's able to turn right around.
Looking for that crossface submission, center of the ring. Giulia's in trouble.
Giulia to roll through, shoulders down and a kickout.
[Booker] You could tell Roxanne Perez has been waiting and anticipating
this matchup all week long.
-You can tell she's been studying. -[Vic] Stepping right through,
looking for another submission. Cora Jade just got caught!
And now the referee, he finds himself in a position--
-[Booker] What is he doing? -That's a submission.
[Vic] It's Giulia and it's Perez who are legal.
-[Booker] This is a rookie ref. -Perez's getting to the bottom rope.
It doesn't matter what Cora did. But yes, the hole needs to be broken.
But as we talk about this international dream team,
-what does this duo bring to NXT? -[Booker] They bring a whole lot to NXT.
[Booker] We see Giulia, what she got here,
we're gonna see exactly what she's made of tonight.
And it's gonna happen late in those deep, deep waters here tonight.
Trust me on that.
[Vic] Perez did not like what had just transpired in the ring
to what you were trying to bring up a second ago.
Now she's charging right back in. Nice counter. Nice reversal.
Giulia going up, going over to the outside. Swing and a miss.
Perez doesn't connect either.
But that foot to the side of the face.
[Booker] She's quick as a cat, Giulia, that is right now.
She's in her comfort zone. Coming off that top rope.
[Vic] Missile dropkick from the Beautiful Madness, into the cover,
to pin the NXT women's champion. And a near fall. Take another look.
Just take a look at that impact that sent Perez all the way across the ring.
[Booker] In perfect position on that dropkick as well, Vic.
Right on the right on the chin.
[Vic] Okay. Hey!
Cora Jade! The official didn't see what just happened.
And now Roxanne…
-[Booker] It doesn't matter. -Why did you say he isn't doing his job?
[Booker] He had three seconds to get that work done.
-She did a hell of a job right there. -[Vic] Booker, it's five seconds.
-[Booker] Three seconds on the outside. -You're coming up with new rules.
[Vic] This isn't reality wrestling.
You can't create what rules are happening at Halloween Havoc.
The attack was made. Cora is now the legal superstar.
Look at these vicious knee strikes right to Giulia.
-And the two on one continuing. Perez! -[Booker] Oh, man.
[Vic] Powered up by Jade, who is legal, who's into the cover and a near fall.
[Booker] This is when the rubber meets the road right now.
[Vic] When we talk about tonight,
how about another historic night right around the corner.
November 6th in Philly, the city of Brotherly Love.
NXT at the 2300 Arena.
Tickets are on sale now.
You wonder where the mindset of all four of these women will be on that night.
[Booker] Talking about tickets on sale. Those tickets are gone.
What are you talking about? It's sold out.
[Vic] Into the cover, Jade hooking the inside leg.
Will it be enough? And Giulia kicking out.
Let's talk about this matchup a little bit more.
[Booker] 30 minutes. They were gone like hotcakes.
[Vic] You have a C4 before we came out here.
You're supposed to be cutting back on those as we talk about Cora, Roxanne,
former NXT women's tag team champions
never had a chance to defend those titles
because there's Jade who turned her back on her best friend.
But it's Roxanne Perez who put it that her eyes finally open
to what Cora was trying to show--
[Booker] When you show up here for the first time,
you're happy, you're having fun.
Then you realize it's a job, it's a check at the end of the night,
it's a legacy at the end of the day and then you wise up.
That's what happened with Roxanne Perez.
[Vic] I do got to give credit.
Cora Jade in her first match back.
Coming off the injury, she has had great pacing and were able to kickout.
She really has shown no ring rust and has been right on top of the action
as she just strikes again. Dropping Giulia.
[Booker] Big shot there by Cora Jade.
I haven't lost a ton of steps that she's been gone.
Now she's back in ring competition and she's looking real good.
[Vic] There's something these two have said and that is Perez and Cora Jade,
have they really been the backbone of the women's division?
Big knee just got caught though!
[Booker] Perez, two-time NXT women's champion. I would agree with that.
I'd agree with that 100%.
[Vic] For Perez to that point has not lost a match since February.
She has been nothing short of dominant as she got caught and connected.
Right back is Giulia and this right now might be starting to break down.
If it turns into a striking competition, I think it would side with Giulia.
-But both women are out! -[applause]
Both women are down.
And you know who else is down right here in front of us, is Cora Jade.
Stephanie Vaquer right now has a prime opportunity to tag back
into this matchup and swing the momentum into her team's favor.
[Booker] Yes, smart there by Roxanne Perez to stop that momentum.
-[Vic] And finally the tag was made! -[cheers]
Roxanne might not like-- Vaquer turns around, high cross body off the top.
Charging right back in. Vaquer's able to sidestep for the moment.
Able to catch Perez and then drops Perez. And there's Jade.
Vaquer realized what was going on. Get the hell out of the way, ref.
[Booker] Told you this guy's a rookie.
[Vic] Relentless is Vaquer.
[crowd gasps]
Oh, and Vaquer for a moment was gobbly cooking.
Perez and Cora Jade all around the ring, but a dragon screw out of the corner.
-[Booker] That was nasty. -That could be it.
-[Vic] Into the cover and-- -[Vaquer screams]
-Perez's able to kickout. -[Booker] You got to question yourself.
[Booker] Had the damage been done to that right knee victory?
[Vic] He's holding on to it very gingerly.
This was a few moments ago when Vaquer was able to get into the ring
for the coming off of the tag and was able to change things around.
I'm a little bit worried right now for Roxanne and that knee.
Giulia, Stephanie in control and oh, look at this relentless offense
and things starting to break down.
[Booker] I'm a little worried about her wellbeing.
Only thing she can lose a championship in a match like this.
-The only good thing it. -[Vic] That's right.
Championship is not on the line. This is an international dream team.
-[Booker] Oh, baby. Here we go, Vic. -tag team match up.
[crowd gasps]
[Vic] Perez wiping out the field. Cora Jade in her first match back.
-[Booker] The hell is she--? -Throwing caution to the win!
[cheers]
[Vic] And now look who's in control.
This is what we talk about when we bring up momentum.
-It can change just like that here in NXT. -[Booker] Big momentum shift right there.
[Booker] Here we go. Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
[Vic] Submissions locked in this unit. Center of the ring.
That arm, that left arm is trapped. Perez right now trying to pull back.
[Booker] The referee.
[Vic] Great position, Vaquer though. Shifts weight. Shoulders down, kickout.
Again off that kickout. Having to relinquish the submission hold.
And you just heard Perez remind everyone why they're here,
that she is the best woman in the world.
Looking for pop rocks out of the corner counter.
Quick strike to the stomach. Look here now to the top.
-Perez following her up. -[Booker] Talking about quick.
[Booker] Vaquer is so quick.
But she just got caught right there by Roxanne Perez. One step ahead.
[Vic] Stephanie Vaquer right now…
-just got taken from the top to the mat. -[crowd gasps]
[referee] Tag!
[Vic] Tags made Jade legal.
Jade right now, remember the knee injury.
Coming back first match and again showing no fear!
-[referee] One, two… -[Booker] That's it.
-[Vic] Giulia! -[Booker] Bam!
[Booker] At the last second.
[Vic] What a matchup that has lived up to its [inaudible].
All four women now in the ring.
And again, Booker, I think it's Stephanie Vaquer
-and Cora Jade who are illegal! -[crowd gasps]
[Booker] Bad landing right there.
[Vic] You can say that one more time. And take a look at Cora Jade now.
-Gutwrench. -[Booker] Beautiful gutwrench.
[Vic] Giulia and Perez are isolated.
Look at the two standing.
It's the two legal superstars in this matchup.
[grunting]
[Perez screams]
[Booker] I said we're going to find out what Stephanie Vaquer is made of.
And right now, Cora Jade is letting it all hang out.
[Vic] Say that again.
It's Cora Jade, we're seeing exactly what she's made of.
Vaquer trying to power up Jade and a big backdrop
to create a little bit of that separation. All four of these women are down.
All four of these women are laying it on the line.
What a matchup here at Halloween Havoc.
[Booker] Get to the champ.
You got to get to the champ. You got to do it. You got to do it quick.
[crowd chants "NXT"]
[Vic] NXT universe showing their love for-- Face four!
And that is a big knee from the Beautiful Madness.
Lights could be out and their was a lot on that kickout from Cora Jade.
[Booker] Roxanne, she's still feeling late on that kickout right there.
[Vic] Counter for a moment. And Jade answering right back makes the tag.
Perez, as you said earlier or moments ago, was maybe a little bit wobbly.
Maybe she's regrouped herself here in the moment.
Giulia up top,
countered.
They're looking for maybe a doomsday divisive away there!
Giulia, big suplex, tag.
[Booker] The fatigue is setting in. I hate to say it. Oh, Roxanne.
Cora right now seems that way.
[Vic] We knew what this was going to be. These four have to lay down the line.
[Booker] Oh!
[Vic] Underhook suplex! But I forgot Vaquer is legal!
She's a legal superstar!
[cheers]
-Cover! -[crowd counts]
-[Vic] The Dark Angel -[bell rings]
has just pinned the women's champion!
[cheers]
[Mike] Here are your winners, the team of Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer!
[Vic] These four laid it on the line.
[cheers]
But what an absolute physical, physical tag team matchup
we witnessed here in Cora Jade, like her, hate her, respect her,
-in her first match back in nearly a year. -[crowd counts]
She's been out since January,
was able to come back, didn't lose a beat, as you said. She took it all.
So did Roxanne Perez, so did Giulia, so did Stephanie Vaquer.
They all laid it on the line, but in the end, bam!
-High risk, high reward. -[crowd counts]
[bell rings]
Stephanie Vaquer pins the NXT women's-- [voice fades out]
[intense music]
[Vic] And Booker…
Zaria is here again
with her eyes looking over the landscape of the NXT women's division.
The champs have been a team for a lot longer, so they got…
-OG, you all right? -Yeah.
-I feel like you're not listening. -No, it's…
I don't know, you think I should have slapped Nathan last week?
You keep feeling bad about it.
No, I ain't feeling bad. I'm just saying I've been thinking it.
I don't know, I…
I feel like the kid in these pictures wouldn't be worried about somebody
hopping off at the mouth, you know what I'm saying?
He would be enjoying the ride. Am I talking crazy?
No, I get it. I understand. I understand where you're coming from.
Me personally, I wouldn't have slapped him but I see where you're coming from.
You got guys in the locker room who will come at you
from all different angles, try to test you every chance they get.
Your key to success is just to stay cool and don't be a pushover. All right?
Yeah, right.
But with that being said, I'm glad you slapped him
because if not, we'd be getting this tag team title opportunity on Tuesday.
That was the reason I came back to NXT, right?
-Yeah. Yeah, facts. -For championship gold.
Maybe it's okay once in a while to do some bad things, to get ahead.
Every once in a while.
But, you know, I remember--
Wow, wow, look, I like you the way you are.
How about next week we go get these tag titles? You like that?
That's right. Come on now. Hey, come on.
-[in unison] Salty. -Salty.
What a matchup that'll be. Are you ready for Tuesday?
Don't count me on that. I ain't joking.
We'll move on because not only Tuesday we have that tag team championship match.
How about what's going to take place on Wednesday, November 6th?
We are headed to Philadelphia, 2300 Arena, City of Brotherly Love.
I cannot wait to get to Philadelphia.
But someone who knows a lot about the city of Philadelphia,
the 2300 Arena WWE Hall of Famer Bubba Ray Dudley,
and a Hall of Famer in his own mind, Dave LaGreca.
[laughs]
[Dave] Wow, what a show so far, Halloween Havoc.
And the landscape just changed because Stephanie Vaquer
just pinned your NXT women's champion, Roxanne Perez.
Dave, the only three words that come to mind when coming about Halloween Havoc
so far is: "This is awesome."
[cheers]
That women's tag match. I'm a tag team specialist.
Gotta tell you, that was one hell of a women's match.
And how about the appearance, the out of nowhere of tell us who it was.
Oh, no, dude, you're 100% right.
Because this is a new era for this NXT women's division.
And how about the way this show started with Tony D'Angelo and Oba Femi.
Tony D'Angelo not only defending his NXT North American championship,
but also defending his family. What a match to start this show.
-Tables, Ladders and Scares. -Oh, my God.
As the guy, as one of the four founders of TLC,
I can tell you that was one hell of a match.
Oba Femi and Tony D'Angelo, they laid it all on the line.
It was physical, it was brutal.
And like I predicted in the pre-show,
Tony D'Angelo still your North American champion.
Tony D'Angelo, Zaria.
And then coming up next, this Ambulance match.
Ridge Holland made some big predictions with you earlier on tonight.
This is going to be one hell of a match.
Ridge picked his spot, he came out, he did what he had to do.
He's making a name for himself.
The NXT universe knows exactly who Ridge Holland is.
You know what?
Let's look at the history between Ridge Holland and Andre Chase.
[Andre] Welcome to Chase University, a place of higher learning,
an institution that shapes young minds and future sports entertainers.
[Thea] I'll be attending…
Andre Chase University.
[cheers]
I often say that it's not about Chase me.
It's about Chase you.
My time here was short, but I'm gonna remember every minute.
Chase University welcomed me in at my lowest point.
You don't have to fight this battle alone.
-[in unison] Chase U! -[Ridge] Restored my confidence.
[Andre] Andre Chase University breeds winners.
[Vic] They did it! They did it!
Chase U now champions U.
[cheers]
I went from a loner to calling you guys family.
As long as we have these tag team titles, I'll always have your backs.
The measure of a man doesn't come in victory, it comes in defeat.
[music starts]
[Ridge] We were champions.
But the Chase U did what Chase U does, win the big one,
but can't keep it.
[Mike] What the hell, Ridge, what are you doing?
[Ridge] Now you're going to get the man that I fought so hard not to be.
That's the price that they pay for their mediocrity. Ruining my dreams.
The step by step destruction of Chase U begins.
[Vic] Ridge Holland continues to destroy Chase University.
[Ridge] Andre Chase done. Duke Hudson done.
Two down, one to go.
Ridge, you broke my heart.
And Thea, I'm going to loaf
every second of it.
[Booker] Riley is the last one left, man.
This is the last line of defense for Chase U.
I don't think it's gonna be enough.
[Vic] What we have right now is a teachable moment!
It's Andre Chase and he's delivering
an Andre Chase University size ass whopping.
[Andre] I can't make you feel the hurt that you caused Riley.
The pain that you caused Duke.
I sure as hell can't make you feel the heartbreak that you put Thea through.
But I can make you feel what I felt
at No Mercy when you put me in an ambulance.
At Halloween Havoc, I'm gonna put an end to your misery.
I need an Ambulance match!
Are you sure that you want an Ambulance match at Halloween Havoc?
Because now I can freely be the man that everyone slated me to be.
The most dangerous man in all of NXT!
Chase U gets destroyed for good. And you…
you'll be taking your last ride.
[ambulance sirens]
[intense music]
[bell rings]
[Mike] The following contest is an Ambulance match!
In this match, there are no pinfalls, no submissions,
no count-outs and no disqualifications.
The only way to win is to force your opponent in the back of the ambulance
and close the door.
Introducing first, from Yorkshire, England,
weighing in at 253 pounds,
Ridge Holland!
[crowd boos]
[Vic] This is a man, Book. We've had a lot of fun…
here tonight.
This is a man in Ridge Holland who is looking to end
Chase University
once and for all.
-[Booker] With good reason too, Vic. -[Vic] Here we go.
[Booker] The monster has come out of Ridge Holland.
And man, what a monster it is. I love it.
[martial music]
[Mike] And his opponent, from Draper, North Carolina,
weighing in at 222 pounds, representing Chase University,
Andre Chase!
[Vic] One, two, Chase is coming for you.
Three, four, he's looking to shut the ambulance door.
It's very simple, Book.
As you heard from Mike Rome, beat your opponent down so badly,
you can get him into the ambulance, but you have to shut the door.
[Booker] I like the way you put that together. What was the other part?
[Vic] Chase is coming for you. Do you get it? Do you get it though?
-[Booker] Good. We're good. -Freddy Kruger.
[Vic] Who is he dressed as under his Halloween Havoc? It's the theme.
Never.
-[Vic] Chase realized-- -[Booker] This is going to be real good.
[Booker] I've been waiting on this all night long, Vic.
This is my highlight. This could be the match of the night.
[Vic] What was it on the countdown shows?
Shucky, ducky, quack, quack--
[Booker] Shucky, ducky, quack, quack, chucky nugget quack moment of the night.
[Vic] It was Andre who realized too late there was no saving Ridge Holland.
He's looking to make Ridge feel the same pain that he felt at No Mercy.
And Andre Chase picking up that big boot. We saw it in his return.
He came down to make the save.
And Andre Chase right now keeping his foot on the gas.
[Booker] He better keep it on the gas
because Ridge is looking to tank him very, very quickly.
Oh, big shot.
[Vic] This is the seventh Ambulance match ever in WWE history,
the second to take place in NXT.
And let's be honest, Booker, let's be honest.
No athlete shows up to a game, no athlete shows up to a fight
thinking they're going to be leaving in an ambulance.
But that is the reality for these two superstars here tonight.
[Booker] That's the beauty of it.
One of these guys will be going to the hospital tonight
at the end of this night. That's how brutality--
That's how brutal it's going to be. The brutality of this man right here.
Ridge Holland is looking to make a point as well.
-[Vic] Chase! -Oh, big shot there.
[Vic] Chase said during media this week he never thought he'd be in this matchup.
Booker, you competed in an Ambulance match on Nitro.
How did you prepare mentally for this sort of stipulation?
[Booker] You prepare your whole life for these type of matches, Vic.
They say it's not ballet.
You're going to go in there, get some bumps, some bruises.
But like I said earlier, it's fight or flight mode.
[Vic] Closing in!
And now if Andre Chase gets Ridge Holland in or vice versa
and close that door, this matchup is over.
What's on Ridge's mind?
Just trying to lawn dart now. Andre Chase. Oh!
Right into the side of the ambulance.
Almost in that graveyard area, which of course,
the Devil's Playground matchup still to come for the NXT championship and…
Ridge Holland now.
Oh, these are the evil things that have just been in Ridge's mind,
what he's been waiting to do to Andre Chase and it's wrong.
You said it, it's wrong.
Chase University was somewhere you could go
to make a change for the better.
Is Andre Chase in the ambulance?
-Ridge is going to shut the door. Chase! -[grunts]
Fighting back. Look at the referee there in great position.
[Booker] So close. What are you talking about going there?
You got to pay tuition to go there, right?
It's not like a free school to go to or anything.
[Vic] But you go there to change your life--
Oh! And Ridge Holland getting cooled down.
Ridge was looking for an instant.
Chase took Holland in when no one else wanted to give Ridge a chance.
And Ridge Holland just turned his back. And now cooling him down is Andre Chase.
-It's all legal. I just said it. -[Booker] Don't say that.
[Booker] Ridge made a big difference in Chase.
You brought them gold, put them back in their winning ways.
If it wasn't for Ridge Holland, none of that would have happened.
You know that.
[Vic] I'm glad you bring that up. Explain to me how Ridge feels betrayed
by Chase after they lost those tag team titles.
Let's look at it the other way.
Ridge didn't win gold until he met Andre Chase. Chase just got tossed!
[Booker] You come in, you take this school to the mountaintop,
you get them back on their winning ways
and then everyone at that school turns their back on you.
How would you feel? That's what I'm talking about.
You want some payback, you want some redemption,
and that's what Ridge Holland wants tonight.
[Vic] I wonder what Andre Chase and how he feels after that thud.
And oh!
Even more so now, everything that Ridge Holland can get his hands on
is legal to use to decimate Andre Chase. Get out of the way!
And Chase now…
[crowd gasps]
Whatever it takes to get his hands on Ridge Holland.
And look, to your point, Ridge Holland, six years, no title,
six months with Andre at a championship around his waist.
What's so bad?
Look in the mirror, Ridge needed to look in the mirror.
[crowd chants]
As Andre Chase is over getting overpowered by Ridge Holland.
[Booker] You can't tell me this man right here by any means necessary.
Sometimes he did it a little underhanded,
but when he came in to Chase U,
that's when you started making some advancement.
You got to agree with me on that, Vic.
I don't disagree, but I think you got to look in the mirror as I mentioned,
as Ridge Holland has taken this matchup over
and WrestleMania 2-day combo tickets are on sale now.
Best opening on sale weekend in WWE history
as Ridge Holland trying to hoist up overpower
and continue to just break down Andre Chase.
Ridge sent Chase, Ridges sent Duke Hudson to the hospital all this year.
And he's looking to do it again. Look at one more time.
The strength, the precision, and then the planting of Andre Chase.
What the hell is Ridge looking for?
[Booker] Looking for some pain. Looking for something that he can inflict.
-A whole lot of paid just like that. -[screams]
[moans]
[Vic] And again, all…
legal.
[Ridge] Time to go.
[Ridge moans]
[Vic] Ridge said he was misunderstood. Do you remember that?
Said there were mistakes.
Everything that happened in his career leading up
to coming back to NXT was a mistake. That's all BS.
[Booker] What are you talking about?
[Vic] You said it was BS, I agree with you now.
You talked about everything that happened.
That Ridge Holland did to others.
Oh, here tonight, everything he can do is legal.
I got to admit, I was about to give you credit.
You were the first to call him out on that.
[Booker] I didn't call him out.
I said Ridge Holland was a snake and trust the snake to bite you.
Holland came back here for a reset to make a difference in his life.
And that started with gold, tag team gold. And who lost it? Who lost it?
That man right there. Mr. Chase in the middle.
Can we agree on that? That's the man that lost it.
You can honestly tell me that everything Andre Chase has endured
over the last months he deserves?
[Booker] Andre Chase is a con man.
Okay, I'm going just say it.
[crowd boos]
Running a Ponzi scheme.
[indistinct shouts]
[Vic] Ridge Holland being shown no love here in the sweetest place on earth--
Andre Chase!
[cheers]
This is that moment now.
He's got to remember everything we've talked about.
This is for Chase University.
[Booker] See what I'm saying? He's a con man. How he just [inaudible].
[Vic] Both got the kendo stick.
Who will make the first mistake? It was Ridge. And this one's for Duke.
[crowd gasps]
This one's for Riley Osborne.
[crowd gasps]
Andre Chase remembering Thea Hale. And this is for the youth!
-C! -[crowd] C!
-H! -[crowd] H!
-A! -[crowd] A!
-S! -[crowd] S!
-E! -[crowd] E!
-U! -[crowd] U!
What's that?
-[Vic] Chase U! -[crowd] Chase U!
[Vic] Not a con man. He's someone who's opened the doors
for all those that wanted to be better and better themselves like Ridge Holland.
Andre Chase didn't deserve what Ridge did to him or the university.
-[Booker] Look out, Ridge! -Bam!
It's starting to deliver that Andre Chase university-size ass whooping.
[Booker] I agree with you on that.
Andre Chase had that looking inside that thousand-yard stare and right now--
Oh, man!
What do you say? You got to be big enough to be able to take a whooping.
[Booker] Big enough, bad enough. You got to you give, take something.
[Vic] You don't even know what your damn saying.
-You got to be big enough, bad enough. -[Vic] That's what Andre has done.
[Vic] He's showing he's big enough, that he's bad enough.
He's fighting for it. Well, and he just got overpowered.
That's just the difference maker that Ridge Holland is.
[crowd boos]
And the NXT universe does not like it here in Hershey.
[Booker] Ridge Holland, you got to understand.
Probably have been savoring this moment all week.
Just waiting to get here to Hershey
because it's going to get real sweet in a minute here, Vic.
Things starting to get taken to the extreme
like they have time and time again in the 2300 arena
which we are heading to on November 6th. Limited tickets are available.
-[Booker] Wow! -[crowd gasps]
[Vic] Chase is just looking to survive here tonight.
-[Booker] Put up your tickets. -Limited tickets available right now.
We're not worried about tickets, we're not worried about Philly.
We're not worried about Tuesday on The CW.
[crowd gasps]
Can Andre Chase
put Ridge Holland into the ambulance and shut the door?
[grunting]
-Ridge coming right back. -[Booker] Like a battering ram right now.
[Vic] I don't necessarily like where things are headed right now, Booker.
[crowd shouts]
Remember everything he's pushing through Andre Chase.
This is the moment for Chase.
Oh oh.
[Booker] Oh!
Oh! Right there, that hard part of ring is nothing but steel.
That part of the ring.
Oh, here we go.
-Oh, here we go. -[Vic] Steel meets wood.
[Vic] And we've seen this in the past, Booker.
[Booker] That monster. That monster Ridge Holland.
[Vic] I didn't like the original. I'm not gonna like the remake.
Looking for that redeemer. Countered by Chase!
[cheers]
A little payback!
To steal your pun, how sweet it is for Andre Chase.
-[Booker] It was sweet. -Look at that smile!
[crowd chants "One more time"]
-[Vic] I think Ridge might be out, Book. -Yes. He's feeling right now.
[Vic] Ridge Holland's out. This is wise of Andre Chase.
-[Booker] Time to finish it. -Take another look.
[Vic] The table didn't budge. Ridge bounced off it.
And how smart of Andre Chase.
This is why he runs his own university, Booker. He's got the brains.
He knows it's a lot easier.
[Booker] What do you think he's gonna do? He's trying to win the bet.
[Vic] He's gonna wheel him up and shove him in the ambulance.
A lot easier to wheel him than to carry--
Oh, and Ridge Holland fell right off the gurney.
For a moment, Andre Chase had a hell of a plan cooking.
This Ambulance match-- Oh.
[Booker] You think it's going to be that easy?
You think it's going to be that easy to put Ridge Holland
and roll him to the… You think it's going to be that easy? It's not.
[Vic] No, I didn't think that, I thought it was wise.
I thought it was a great strategy that now Ridge Holland is stealing.
He's using the same strategy. And I'd be saying the same thing.
He's able to save energy.
[Booker] It's pretty easy for this big man to do it because he's got a lot of muscle.
It's a whole lot different.
-[man] Chase! -[Vic] Andre Chase not moving a muscle.
Again, you gotta get your opponent into the ambulance and shut the door.
[Booker] Finish it. Finish it, Ridge!
[Vic] Chase's body gave out.
That might have saved him a few moments at least in this matchup,
but it also gives more moments for Ridge Holland to do this.
Beat down and destroy Andre Chase.
[Booker] Andre Chase is in a bad position.5
He moved the last second.
I thought that was a bad, bad spot for him to be in.
[cheers]
[crowd gasps]
[Vic] Andre Chase now fighting with anything, fighting with everything.
[cheers]
-Chase on top of the ambulance! -[Booker] The hell is he going to do?
[cheers]
[Vic] By any means necessary!
-[crowd gasps] -[Booker] Man!
You got to get him in the ambulance, Chase.
Ridge is down. Ridge is hurt. He's right there, Booker.
[Booker] Got to give Mr. Chase a lot of props.
[Vic] The door's open!
Ridge is in!
-Close the door and you win! -[Booker] No, no, no, no, no.
Ridge trying to overpower and fight through.
Look at Chase stepping right through the door, swinging away
while trying to use everything he's got left.
And like a monster in the night,
ripping at the eye, ripping at the flesh of Andre Chase.
[man] Come on, Andre!
Come on!
[Vic] And like Michael Myers rising.
Oh, no, no, no, no. Booker.
-Oh! -[Booker] Man!
[Vic] We knew what we were getting into here tonight at Halloween Havoc.
These two signed up for this.
-But for Ridge Holland, -[indistinct shout]
the redeemer DDT!
Right in front of the ambulance.
This has been carnage. This has been chaos.
Andre Chase out on his feet,
and Ridge Holland
-slammed shut the ambulance door. -[bell rings]
[music starts]
[Mike] Here is your winner, Ridge Holland!
[Vic] In terms of his singles career, there's no argument.
That is the biggest win for Ridge Holland, who's been looking for redemption,
who's been looking for a clear path, and he certainly now is on it.
Chase U, [inaudible]
[Vic] And at moments in this matchup, Andre Chase was close.
This was as close as he got.
[screaming]
Ridge Holland able to fight out of the ambulance
and would start to again
systematically dissect Andre Chase as we've seen him do,
to new cuts in Riley Osborne and Andre Chase
on more than one occasion.
-And just like that, -[bell rings]
it'll be another ride in the ambulance
for Andre Chase.
And the question now becomes, not only what's next for Ridge Holland,
but are the lights finally turned off
at Chase… University?
What are you doing now?
I'm sorry, did you just tell me to slow down?
Yeah, well, save something for Tuesday, right?
Yeah, hey, by the way, sorry about that whole Je'Von thing.
It got really heated. It just is what it is.
Yeah, it's okay. That's not to apologize for.
I'm actually kind of used to it by now.
Hmm. Yeah.
You know, you get hard at someone, your back is against a wall.
Most of the times, we're a title match, and I bail you out. It's what we do.
It's what we do.
It's not like I'm doing it on purpose, mate.
-I think you do, though. -What do you mean?
Nathan, The Viper himself ran the order and told you it was okay to be a hothead,
and you loved it.
You took it as endorsement, so you can't say it's by accident.
But it's okay.
I accept you for who you are.
Wait, so you are mad at me now or something? We are not going to train?
I'm not mad at you. Of course we're gonna train, Nathan.
We have to stay sharp for Je'Von,
for Cedric and for whatever else your mouth gets us into--
Hey, amigo. Could you be any more condescending?
Yes. Yes, I could. Then I would be you.
Ava, thank you so much for your time. You've certainly been a very busy woman.
This past Friday on Smackdown, you made it official.
A WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match at Crown Jewel.
Now, tonight here at Halloween Havoc, it's been a thrilling evening,
but we did hear an intense exchange between the NXT Tag Team Champions
ahead of their title defense this Tuesday. What are your thoughts on everything?
Yeah, that was certainly an unexpected side to see from Axiom.
I'm interested to see if the champs can stand their ground on Tuesday
-against Je'Von and Cedric. -Can we talk more about Tuesday?
We found out that Mr. William Regal,
of all people, will be in the corner for Lexis King in his Heritage Cup match.
Yeah, I actually just saw Mr. Regal and Lexis talking in the hallway.
Obviously Mr. Regal has a wealth of knowledge on Heritage cup matches
and also on Charlie Dempsey himself.
I can't wait to see how that match will go down.
I can't wait for the NXT show on November 6,
Wednesday in the ECW Arena. That's going to be so exciting.
Yeah, I'm so excited to be bringing NXT to the ECW Arena.
I mean, it's one of the most iconic venues in all of wrestling history,
and I'm still working on finalizing the card,
but one match that is definitely going to happen is Lola Vice and Jaida Parker.
And they are going to have a special guest referee, ECW alumni Dawn Marie
and that match is going to be a hardcore match.
Wow. Thank you so much again, Ava. All right, Vic, Booker, back to you.
[bell rings]
[Mike] The following contest is a Gauntlet match,
and it is for the NXT Women's North American Championship!
[cheers]
[Fatal Influence's song plays]
[Vic] We learned on the Halloween Havoc Countdown show
that the Spinner's choice would be a Gauntlet match.
These three spun the window-- wheel, excuse me, on Tuesday
and have had a window to look through and all the options to choose from,
and they chose one that wasn't even on the wheel to begin with,
the Gauntlet match.
[Booker] You spin the wheels to make a deal.
[Mike] Introducing first, representing Fatal Influence,
Jazmyn Nyx!
[Booker] It's Jazmyn.
[Vic] For Jordan, she'll need to beat all three members of Fatal Influence
-to retain her championship. -[Booker] Starting with the N-y-x.
[Booker] Oh, yes.
[Vic] The World Series continues
as the New York Yankees take on the Los Angeles divers.
Head over to www.shopfanatics.com or mlbshop.com to champion your team
and pick up your own MLB Legacy Championship title.
Could it be Jazmyn Nyx that puts gold around her waist?
Because if this matchup would be over, Nyx wins.
-Nyx's the champion, correct? -[Booker] That is, that is.
[upbeat music]
[Mike] And her opponent from Boynton Beach, Florida,
she is the NXT Women North American champion,
Kelani Jordan!
[Vic] Kelani has been outstanding,
but she has never found herself in this sort of situation. There is no…
advantage for the champion. There's no advantage. She has to win.
If she doesn't, I mean, this is…
-What did you call it earlier? Genius? -[Booker] Yes. She's playing…
Fatal Influence and gonna see if it works out
because I gotta give Kelani Jordan a whole lot of credit.
Over the last 365 days, her accolades has been piling up.
Some say she could be the breakout tournament winner
if it wasn't for circumstances.
But now the first women's North American champion [inaudible].
[Vic] Say that again. The numbers truly…
are stacked against her--
[Booker] That C4 is working, man. I love it, man.
[Vic] It was hard for us to talk about this matchup
because we also have been waiting all week long
to see what Fatal Influence would do.
We found out just when Kelani Jordan did, just when the NXT universe did.
I ask you this, how could you prepare for this matchup if you're the champion?
[Booker] You can't. This may be the first time something like this
has ever happened
for as long as the match's being pulled from this capacity.
You're dealing with the pro, you're dealing with the rock star
as well as the pupil right here, Jazmyn Nyx.
[Vic] If anyone can overcome the odds, it's Jordan.
One of two superstars to be undefeated in championship singles matches this year.
The other being undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes,
who will face World Heavyweight Champion Gunther
for the Crown Jewel Championship this Saturday in Riyadh.
But this isn't a typical standard one on one matchup.
Kelani Jordan has to defeat Nyx, Jayne and Fallon Henley,
three women in one night, in one matchup to retain her title.
[Booker] Kelani Jordan is going to learn
a whole lot about herself tonight. I've been in this position myself.
Not three, not one, but two. Oh!
[Vic] Now you start to wonder with that risk she just took.
She doesn't want to risk injury in this sort of matchup.
So I ask you, Booker, do you have to start pacing yourself, so to speak?
Because she knows she has three matches in one.
[Booker] You got to throw caution to the wind. Hope like hell--
[Vic] Big splash, cover, hook of the leg, and a kickout.
[Booker] Here we go. Check this out. Check out the beauty and the grace.
[Vic] I see the beauty, the grace, what would happen.
But I also worry about the landing for Kelani
as Kelani now is getting her hair ripped right out by Jazmyn Nyx,
who certainly has learned to cut corners from the rock star,
as you call her, and also Fallon Henley.
[Booker] Yeah, you definitely want to pace yourself in a matchup like this
-as far as Kelani Jordan. -[Vic] Now you want to pace yourself.
-Two seconds ago you said-- -[Booker] You got to lay it all up.
[Booker] Do it a certain way.
You can't throw everything out there at one time
because you got two more laying in weight.
[Vic] That's right. Nice bulldog from Jazmyn Nyx.
Premium live event debut for Nyx in action in a singles matchup.
A hook of the leg.
She's been learning from Jacy, from Fallon.
[Booker] The pro, the rock star.
[Vic] But like Kelani, she's a NIL athlete
and Fatal Influence's come together due to Fallon and Jacy
having issues with NIL athletes.
[Booker] You know, I would feel the same way.
I mean, Fallon, Jacy has been here since day one, putting in groundweight,
laying the foundation
and you think you could slip in the back door and get a shot?
[Vic] Oh, nice flex. Wasn't perfect.
And it was not kickout by Kelani.
They do say, though, that Jazmyn Nyx is the exception.
You know why? Because she learned in the right way.
She's listening to the veterans in the locker room unlike Kelani Jordan.
[Vic] Counter, counter!
Inside cradle, center of the ring for Kelani, and Nyx able to kickout.
But it is Kelani Jordan who is the poster child
for the constant complaining from Fallon Henley and Jacy Jayne.
She's going right around, right behind, shoulders down, another kickout,
another near fall in this matchup, which would end for Jazmyn Nyx.
It would continue for Kelani Jordan. And big angle slam!
[cheers]
You see Kelani starting to look around.
Kelani has to realize right now she's got to put Jazmyn away.
She doesn't get to go home, to go to the restaurant.
She doesn't get to relax. She's got two more matches tonight.
-Up and over. 50 connects! -[Booker] Beautiful!
-And Kelani advances. -[crowd counts]
[Mike] Jazmyn Nyx has been eliminated.
[Vic] To the second superstar from Fatal Influence.
[Booker] I don't like the way she just finished that.
[Vic] Oh, looky, looky.
Who is the second superstar
for Fatal Influence?
It's Jacy Jayne. This is what we're talking about.
-It just continues. Look who's fresh, hot. -[Booker] Yes.
[Booker] A grizzled, grizzled veteran.
Somebody who could be at on the main roster now in my opinion.
[Vic] Fresh, ready to go, Jacy Jayne! But there's another high risk from Kelani.
The hell with that. Like I say, throwing caution to the wind,
but still under control in this matchup is Kelani Jordan.
[Vic] Jacy Jayne, a tag team specialist. You've spoken as you did very highly.
Not only though of Jacy Jayne, but also of Fallon Henley.
Speaking of high, going high right with a big crossbody is Kelani!
Hook of the leg.
Almost able to make it to the third and final superstar.
Fatal Influence in this gauntlet.
This is what I was talking about with the risks.
I don't know if that was her shoulder, the side of her face.
Something bounced off the side of the ring.
She was able to follow it up.
Right now it's Kelani Jordan who is blocking out the pain.
Booker, look, the wheel did no favors for Kelani Jordan here tonight.
[Booker] Kelani's got a few obstacles to overcome tonight.
Like I said earlier, she's got to find out a lot about herself.
She's looking real good right now, Vic, I must say.
[Vic] And for Kelani, look where Jacy Jayne is right now.
Could hit that split-legged in one-of-a-kind moonsault.
And Jayne, who is again, fresh, she hasn't gone through a matchup.
Whether it was four minutes, five, six, it doesn't matter.
Jacy Jayne has been back watching that first match with Jazmyn Nyx,
scouting, seeing where the weakness was,
seeing where there'd be an opening, putting a target on the body of Kelani.
[Booker] Only the toughest night-- Oh!
The toughest night of Kelani Jordan's young career here tonight
-in this gauntlet matchup. -[Vic] It could be Jacy Jayne
who could be on the verge of becoming the women's North American champion.
Senton connects and Kelani able to kick out.
We talk about that tag team specialist.
Something we always say with Jacy, you were a tag team specialist.
But how hard is it truly to break out on your own
and shake a perception about yourself?
[Booker] From the beginning, if you could break out or not,
that tag team spot is just putting you in a position to rise.
I think that's what this team does right here with Jacy Jayne.
Oh, wait a minute.
Little rockstar action. Get your ticket to ride, man!
[Vic] I wanted to add, you don't think she needs Fallon or Nyx?
[Booker] Like I said, I think she's main roster material now
as well as Fallon Henley, the clock is ticking.
You got to show exactly what it's all about.
[Vic] Oh, big knee!
She could become the Women's North American champion.
Kelani able to kick out. Look at Jacy Jayne right now.
Starting to think, starting to maybe add some things up
because we're learning a lot about Kelani Jordan in this matchup,
in this moment, in this gauntlet match that she wasn't prepared for
when she arrived at the Giant Center earlier today.
[Booker] Ms. Kelani, after that big knee, she's got to be rocked a little bit.
Jacy Jayne just putting a lot of pressure on at this moment.
[Vic] Jayne trying to wear down Kelani Jordan
as the NXT Women's North American championship on the line here.
The sweetest place on earth. It's the spookiest night of the year.
Halloween Havoc.
[crowd boos]
Here on Peacock.
Jayne took a little bit too much time to gloat
and Kelani starting to fight back in this matchup again.
As I mentioned, we're going to learn a lot about Kelani Jordan.
You mentioned that she has never been in this sort of position.
Not in NXT, not in the Big Ten, not at Michigan State.
She's here now in deep waters
and she's flourishing for at least a moment.
Rolling through Jacy, title on the line and a kickout!
[Booker] One thing about Kelani.
-She's been competing-- -[Vic] Neckbreaker connects.
[Booker] There's something about winning. It's addictive.
Now she's the Woman North American champ.
The first!
[Vic] Looking for that rolling elbow did not connect.
Kelani trying to roll through with the fridge holding her down!
And she got another one! Kelani survives!
[Mile] Jacy Jayne has been eliminated.
[Vic] You're right. That is two.
There's only one more for Kelani.
-Hey! What the hell? Ref! -[Booker chuckles] Oh! Yeah!
[Booker] What are you talking about, ref? The match is over.
[Vic] Fallon Henley coming to pick up the scraps of that rolling encore elbow
and a kickout. Kelani not done yet.
That had to be part of the plan for Fatal Influence.
Now you're taking a look at Kelani Jordan, who is now into her third match.
Her third different opponents.
[Booker] You just said something that was very astute.
That had to be part of the plan.
-[Vic] It had to be. -Of course it was.
[Vic] I know you're a big Fatal Influence guy.
You're a big rock star, buy tickets to the show, yeehaw and all that.
But let's get serious
because Kelani Jordan right now is overcoming the odds.
Once had a friend in Fallon Henley, a mentor, if you will.
And it's Fallon Henley who here right now is trying to take everything away
from her former best friend Kelani Jordan. Into the cover, center of the ring.
Jordan once again able to kickout.
[Booker] Day one that Kelani Jordan was a threat.
You know what they say, right? Keep your friends close, enemies closer.
That's what this is all about.
-[Fallon grunts] -[Vic] Has certainly seen the dark light…
of the dark side of things as Fallon Henley, much like Jacy Jayne,
also a former tag team champion.
And Fallon Henley now is just coming into this match.
Kelani Jordan's on rubber legs.
She's on dream street. This is her third matchup tonight,
and it's Fallon Henley who is putting the foot on the gas.
[Booker] No, this is the time for Fallon to cash in.
Right now, she can become the North American champion.
She needs to understand what this is really all about as well as understand…
Oh! Where Kelani Jordan is right now. She's dazed and confused.
[Vic] Quickly into the cover, hooking both legs,
and Jordan again kicking out. In this juncture in the matchup
in this sort of match, a gauntlet match, every time Kelani kicks out,
she's using energy, necessary energy
that she's going to have to have in reserve at some point in this match
if she wants to retain her coveted Women's North American title.
[Booker] One thing you do, you go back to what worked before.
You go back to your playbook.
And right now she's doing that. Beautiful, beautiful.
[Vic] Bam! One more time!
-[crowd] One, two-- -[Vic] Oh!
[Booker] Talk about that playbook all the time.
You can tell Kelani Jordan is a student of this game. Man, I love it.
[Vic] Take one more look. We've talked about Christmas miracles.
We almost had a Halloween miracle here tonight for Kelani.
[crowd chants "NXT"]
NXT Universe trying to get behind Kelani Jordan in this Gauntlet match.
Hoisting up Fallon Henley. Fallon right now able to slide down.
I don't know if she ripped away at the eyes.
I didn't get a clean look at it. But you see Fallon right now
continuing to push the pace in this matchup.
Coming in, getting caught, swinging back around.
And both women, same idea, double clothesline, both down.
[applause]
It's all about the Women's North American title.
And if you'd ask who's worst for where at this juncture, it's Kelani Jordan.
[Booker] It has to be. Both women think the same thing at the same time.
And right now she's… Oh, wait a minute.
[crowd chants "This is awesome"]
[Vic] And these two former friends going nose to nose.
[Booker] Oh, here we go, Vic!
-I love it. -[Vic] Once partners…
-[Fallon screams] -[crowd boos]
…on the biggest stage NXT WWE have to offer,
are now finding themselves at odds.
Kelani in her third matchup tonight,
trying to successfully run the gauntlet to retain
her Women's North American championship.
[Booker] Oh, baby. We just got adrenaline rush.
Here comes Kelani and nobody does it like Lani.
[Vic] As you've also said, Kelani Jordan really has taken to this industry,
taken to what she does in that squared circle to a fish like water.
[Booker] Yes, indeed. Right now looking like Kelani Jordan
has got her confidence back and she's feeling-- Oh, no!
[Vic] She took a little bit too much time.
And there's no doubt Fallon Henley is the fresher of the two superstars.
Fallon Henley has been able to sit in the back and watch Kelani Jordan
fight through not one but two matches and she almost got a three.
Now maybe reality is starting to set in to Fallon Henley
that maybe she just doesn't have what it takes tonight.
Maybe there is just so much magic…
-[applause] -[Fallon screams]
…still within Kelani Jordan who counters one more time. Big sharp elbow.
[Booker] Fallon's got to feel a little bit frustrated right now at this point,
because I'd think Kelani would be finished.
Kelani talked about legacy, talked about building her own legacy.
What it meant to be champion. And look where Fallon is at.
[Booker] In the drop zone.
[Vic] Looking for that one-of-a-kind moonsault!
Jazmyn Nyx!
The referee doing his job.
Jazmyn just got wiped out! Back into the cover to retain it. Fallon kicking on.
You got to imagine that that moment in time, the referee distracted.
[Booker] What do you think Jazmyn said?
[Vic] Who cares what she said? She stood and stuck her nose in the match.
Jacy Jayne!
The hell's she doing? She got dropped. To the top, 450 did connect.
Fallon got the knees up.
Fallon charged it back in! Fallon into the cover!
[crowd counts]
-And we have a new… -[bell rings]
champion!
[music starts]
[Mike] Here is your winner and the new
NXT Women's North American champion,
Fallon Henley!
[Vic] Sit down, Book.
No, you can't go in there and celebrate with Fatal Influence.
The championship was stolen from Kelani Jordan.
[Booker] Wait, wait.
[Vic] Going back to this matchup after not only defeating one but two members,
Jazmyn Nyx is the first one defeated.
Stuck her nose, distracted the official in that moment in time,
allowed Fallon Henley to kickout.
Jacy Jayne's distraction
allowed Fallon Henley to regroup and boy, did she ever,
getting the knees up off the 450 and the numbers are just too great.
Kelani Jordan not able to overcome the odds here tonight.
Tonight was the first step. These three are coming for everything.
Statement made
from here on.
[cheers]
[intense music]
[Vic] Booker!
Zaria!
-Statement made indeed! -[cheers]
The powerhouse from Australia
laying waste…
[crowd gasps]
to Fatal Influence.
[rock music]
The landscape indeed has just had a seismic shift
in the women's division in NXT.
[indistinct chatter]
I didn't know you would come.
Look on your face, Don.
Well, I was handcuffed to the ring.
All right, Sarah,
what do you got for me?
Tony, it's good to see the D'Angelo family doing well.
Listen, Oba tried to take my title for me tonight.
He tried to take out the family and I retained.
Didn't I have retained? But…
-Hold on a second. -God, stretch it out. Come on.
I know, I know. God. Listen, I want to give a big--
Oh, I'm lightheaded. I wanna give a big shout out to Big Riz.
-[in unison] Big Riz! -Oh, stop.
She's got the crowbar hit heard around the world. You know what?
I got a feeling she ain't done yet.
On that topic, Rizzo, you were attacked last week. Do we know who attacked you?
You're damn right I do, Sarah. And I'm coming after her this Tuesday.
That's right, she's coming after you Tuesday. Now let's go celebrate, huh?
Let's go to the bank. Come on!
[Vic] Speaking of this Tuesday,
Je'Von Evans and Cedric Alexander have a golden opportunity
when they take on Axiom and Frazer fighting champions.
And they'll defend the NXT tag team titles Tuesday on NXT.
Also, Lexis King found a corner man. It is Mr. Regal.
A wealth of knowledge to share as King continues to prove
that he's not his father.
He's gonna face Charlie Dempsey for the prestigious Heritage Cup on NXT.
And we just saw the power. We just saw the strength.
It was on the display. Zaria makes her in-ring debut live Tuesday on NXT.
[cheers]
Halloween Havoc, baby!
And I gotta tell you, Bubba, I am not happy
Kelani Jordan's no longer your NXT Women's North American champion.
Fallon Henley, your new champion. The odds stacked against Kelani.
Unfortunate, but we have a new champion.
Fallon Henley is the new champion.
But in the words of Joey Styles, oh, my God!
Zaria just put the entire NXT women's division on notice.
We saw her earlier in the rafters.
The music hit and she laid every woman out.
And how about that Ambulance match? Ridge Holland, he said it.
You were talking to him before the matchup earlier tonight, and he showed up.
[crowd boos]
I told you I was going to destroy Chase U. We saw the results.
I put the final stick through their hearts.
Now I'm moving on.
That's the reason why I came back to NXT in the first place
and I'm giving everyone fair warning that it's going to be far worse.
[indistinct]
Listen,
that's twice.
That's twice. You did it in the pre-show and I let it slide.
Now you do it on the PLE.
I'm telling you right now, don't let it happen again.
[crowd chants "Bubba"]
[crowd boos]
All right, Bubba, I need to get refocused because we still have one more match.
That NXT championship match, Devil's Playground,
Ethan Page and your NXT champion, Trick Williams.
The one we look forward to, Dave. Trick and Ethan. Who's it gonna be?
All right, let's go back to Vic and Booker.
[Vic] We want to thank you because it's right.
It is time for our main event here tonight for the NXT championship.
It'll be right here in Devil's Playground. Well, the matchup can go anywhere.
Anything can happen. And it could end anywhere.
False count anywhere. It could end here.
Could end on this swing. It could end on the ambulance.
I mean, it could even end over by you, Booker.
And this is Halloween Havoc.
And we can have it without a stealth playground match.
It could end right here, it could end right here.
Hell, it could end up anywhere-- Oh, hell no. What are you doing, Tatum?
Hey!
Tatum, I'm so glad that you're okay,
but listen, we need to get you to medical and--
-Ava! After what Wendy did to me… -Yes?
[Tatum pants]
-I won a match. -I understand.
If it's a match that you want,
it's a match that you will get on Tuesday, okay?
-Take a moment-- Wait, what? -Let's make it more interesting!
[cheers]
-[Tatum giggles] -[Ava] Okay.
[crowd gasps]
[Tatum laughs softly]
Okay.
You and Wendy on Tuesday
in a Casket match.
Yeah!
[cheers]
[Vic] I can't believe what we just heard. Tuesday, it's going to be a Casket match,
but in moments, it's our main event for the NXT Championship.
Ethan Page, Trick Williams, who will survive Devil's Playground?
[sinister music]
Do you think you know about scary? Well, I've got a horrifying story for you.
[Ethan] There once was a prince
who quickly became a king.
[Vic] Ethan Page, the new face of NXT.
And that king ruled over his kingdom.
Even with heinous interlopers clawing at his cries.
No matter how repulsive, the king continued to carve his legacy.
Then one haunted evening in a windy city,
everything went…
[music goes silent]
You think that was a dreadful story? I conquered a fire-breathing dragon
and a phantom friend who spun a web of lies.
And then along came a joker. And everything went…
[evil laugh]
But I didn't let that spook me.
I figured out my inner demons and rose from the dead
to get back my crown.
[Vic] We got a new champion!
No, no, no. That won't be the end of this harrowing story.
As Halloween approaches, I will supply the havoc.
[Vic] Trick Williams and Paige will enter the Devil's Playground
for the NXT championship.
[Ethan] And the only deal I'll stick to is starting the spine-chilling sequel
to claiming the supreme spot atop NXT.
Hold up there, cockroach.
You spun that wheel, but here's the deal.
[Vic] It's going to be barbaric, sadistic. Two men will enter the Devil's Playground.
One walks out champion.
You don't got what I've got in need and that's the devil, pal.
You've done everything except beat me. You've never beat Trick Williams.
[Trick] At Halloween Havoc…
At Halloween Havoc…
…we may be entering the Devil's Playground.
But play times is…
Over.
[uplifting music]
[Vic] The challenger has said…
he is willing to go to places he knows
Trick won't.
I wonder if there's some truth
to what Ethan Page says.
[Booker] One thing about All Ego, this guy's a…
He's a veteran. A grizzled veteran. Seventeen years in this business.
He did not slip on a banana peel and become NXT champion.
This thing has been calculated from day one,
his modus operandi is to become the best here in NXT.
[Vic] These two are going to be scarred, battered and bruised.
[Booker] [inaudible]
Say that too, but who is going to walk out NXT… champion?
[cheers]
[heroic music]
[cheers]
[crowd chants "Whoop That Trick"]
[Booker] What?
Yeah!
Huh-uh.
I like it. Oh, yeah, man!
Oh, yeah, man. Oh, yeah, man.
What?
Yeah!
Huh-uh.
I like it. Oh, yeah, man.
Oh, yeah, man.
-That's crazy. -[Vic] That's not--
He's the North American-- He's the champion. He's the NXT champion.
-He's that man. -[Vic] It's not just Trick.
[Vic] That's Trick Willie Wonka, who's got the golden ticket to the top.
-[Booker] I like it. -Around his waist.
[Booker] Huh-uh.
[Vic] But does the champion know what he's walking into?
It's Devil's Playground. Balls count anywhere.
[cheers]
[Booker] Here we go, Vic.
[crowd chants "Whoop That Trick"]
Huh-uh.
[Vic] Let's go up to our ring announcer, Mike Rome.
[bell rings]
[Mike] The following
is a Devil's Playground match,
and it is for the NXT championship!
[cheers]
In this match, balls count anywhere and anything goes.
Introducing the challenger from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
weighing in at 225 pounds,
"All Ego" Ethan Page!
[crowd boos]
And his opponent from Columbia, South Carolina,
weighing in at 240 pounds,
he is the NXT champion,
Trick Williams!
[cheers]
-Paige jumping Trick Williams -[bell rings]
has this matchup underway.
There is the bell. Anything goes.
As you heard from Mike Roman,
this is the third Devil's Playground match ever.
The first was at Halloween Havoc back in 2020.
Johnny Gargano defeated Damian Priest for the North American championship.
But who has the advantage here tonight in Devil's Playground?
[Booker] That's a big mistake there. Trick got caught slipping early.
And right now, Ethan Page is on the move. Man, this dude is smart.
He's smart. He knows the rules.
No one has taken anything away from what Ethan Page can do, what he has done.
But something he has done
is he has questioned the toughness of Trick Williams.
And does that get overlooked?
Does Trick's toughness get overlooked?
[Booker] He stepped in there with some of the best here in NXT
and he's proven his medal.
So I have to disagree with Ethan Page on the toughness of Trick Williams.
[Vic] Paige said that Trick Williams has never faced anyone as savage as him.
But look what Trick's got to equalize it. It's all legal.
And here we go!
[crowd gasps]
[Ethan screams]
How about that for a killer instinct, Book?
How about that for questioning his toughness?
Paige's questioning it now.
[cheers and applause]
[Booker] Williams is that dude. He knows what it's about.
He knows what it's like coming up on the street
and having to deal with circumstances just like this one right here.
It's a fight, man!
[Vic] It has been a fight everywhere we've gone here tonight.
From the opening matchup,
Tables, Ladders and Scares…
You look like a dumbass!
[Booker laughs]
[cheers]
[Booker] I like that.
[Vic] That's funny, huh? You know what I like?
I like…That right there. Big right hand!
Now he looks like a dumbass. Get him, Trick!
[crowd gasps]
Williams is rocking, falls into a cover.
-Titles on the line. -[crowd counts]
And Paige able to kickout again.
Pinfalls can happen anywhere in Hershey, PA.
Of course, it was Page who dropped a diss track.
Mocking Trick Williams might backfire, to be quite frank.
Trick has had an issue controlling his emotions.
Well, here tonight there's no rules. He can let those emotions fly.
[crowd chants]
And it's Trick now becoming the aggressive--
That's one of those broken ladders that I think we saw earlier tonight
from that Tables, Ladders and Scares match.
With all the brutality we saw during that fight.
[Booker] Anything goes with this type of match, Vic.
[grunting]
How far is Trick willing to go? That's going to be the question.
[Vic] Certainly is-- Oh!
I think we might just find out as Paige just went face-first right off that ladder
and now is spilling out amongst the NXT universe.
And this is the difference in this matchup, Booker.
It's unconventional, it's false count anywhere.
We are all in the Devil's Playground.
This matchup can end right there in the seventh,
eighth pick row, section 111, at our feet, in the parking lot,
back in the locker room, it doesn't matter.
[Trick screams]
[indistinct shouts]
[Booker] [inaudible]
[Vic] I don't know if you also saw who needed to get out of the way.
We saw Dave LaGreca, WWE Hall of Famer Bubble Ray Dudley back there as well.
Again, it can end right in there.
[Booker] What was Bubba thinking about? What the hell?
[Vic] You guys are Hall of Famers.
Don't you got club meetings during the week or something?
-Bam! -[Booker] Damn!
[Vic] Drop through the…
Trash goes, he falls, count anywhere…
[Vic chuckles]
Ethan just got that left shoulder up again, you see…
He's hitting on the back of Ethan Page.
And look, Ethan Page has competed in steel cage matches.
He's competed in dog collar matches.
He's done everything throughout his career.
One thing he did say, Trick Williams never tasted his own blood.
He's never been busted open.
These two have so much hatred for one another
that it goes back to the first match Ethan Page had in NXT.
Remember, it was a main event, premium live,
just like tonight, Battleground.
This has been a long-standing between these two.
No one home and Page answering back.
[Booker] Ethan Page is smart. He's just waiting for his moment, Vic.
-He's waiting-- -[Vic] Oh, no, no, no!
He's waiting on Trick Williams to make that fatal mistake and that could be.
He's lowering him in right there. He's lowered Trick.
-[Vic] Throw first and now DDT. -[Booker] Oh, yes.
[Vic] Again the official out here because he can pin him anywhere to win the title.
Trick's left shoulder just off of the floor.
This our main event of Halloween Havoc, Devil's Playground here in Hershey,
inside the Giant Center.
24 hours from now, it'll be Monday Night Raw, but here in the now,
it's Halloween Havoc. This is for the NXT championship. Page in control.
Oh!
[Booker] I think Trick lacks experience being in matches like this.
It's playing against him right now
because I think he let a lot of energy flow in the beginning of the thing
and Ethan Page was just waiting for that ultimate moment.
[Vic] Ethan Page referred to this match as child's play throughout the week.
And, you know, when you lose everything,
when you're finally free, the devil inside can come out a lot easier.
And that's the case for Ethan Page!
[screams]
[Vic] You hear Trick screaming in pain, into the cover,
Williams able to get that inside shoulder up as this matchup continues.
But look at that devil inside starting to come out in the challenger, in All Ego.
[Booker] As good as Trick Williams is, I must say,
there are levels to this game and--
-[Vic] Oh! -Amazing.
[Vic] Sidewalk slam on a steel chair.
-[Booker] Yes. -Another near fall in this matchup.
[Vic] If Ethan were to win, he'd become the eighth superstar
to hold the NXT title more than once. Take another look. Because after this…
folding up in the opposite wrong direction,
he was a half a second away.
And I take nothing away from Ethan Page. He's a true 101.
He won the NXT title faster than anyone else in this brand.
He's main evented every premium live event since his debut,
including the first one we talked about in Las Vegas.
[Booker] Not just that, Vic.
If Ethan Page wins this match tonight, he would be the NXT champion.
He would have done that twice in time
faster than any in this business. That would be something for him.
That's history-making moment. Here we go!
[Vic] Another near fall.
[Booker] So close right there.
[Vic] Booker, you're watching this matchup unfold.
As diabolical as it could be, as sadistic as this matchup could be,
it could end anyway.
Ethan Page has been focusing on the back of Trick Williams.
Why do you think that is?
[Booker] Because he's a pro, a professional.
He's dissecting this man piece by piece.
This is something that Trick has never dealt with before.
Honestly, he's never dealt with a guy like Ethan Page.
[Vic] Obviously could also be setting up for that Ego's Edge
as Page's trying to hoist Trick Williams up for the aforementioned Edge,
and instead counter DDT!
And for Trick Williams now starting to get some momentum.
This is a crucial moment, don't you think, for Trick,
because as we've already documented, he's never been in this sort of matchup.
He's never been in this sort of environment, so to speak.
He's got to maybe reset his mind a little bit.
[Booker] Not just that. He's gotta go out and he's got to prove to not just himself,
but everyone in the NXT universe that he is that man, that guy,
that should be wearing the championship around his waist.
Big shot. Big shot by Trick.
-Oh, here we go! -[Vic] Starting to get going.
[Vic] It's Trick Williams! Trifecta of high-impact maneuvers.
[cheers]
Speaking of snapback, he's feeling it in back,
as he's got a target required and no one home.
He could've been looking for that Trick shot. No one there.
Big kick from Paige!
Paige again, maybe looking for Ego's Edge. Hoisting up Williams.
Williams, though, too powerful, too big.
Able to slide down-- Oh, there was! Trick shot connected!
This is it. Match… but, oh!
A kickout by Ethan. We talk about… Take another look.
This is the Trick shot we talked about. Unconventional matchup. Great job.
And I want to remind everyone watching, hold on a second.
There's no rope break. There's no rope break in this matchup.
The official realized that.
And for someone who's been complaining about the officials for months,
Ethan Page was just saved by the official, so to speak.
[Booker] The referee made a mistake, Vic.
[Vic] But it's muscle memory, too.
It's an unconventional matchup. We don't have these every day.
I just said there's only been three in the history of WWE.
This matchup, though, is continuing. There are no rules.
It could end anywhere. There is no rope break.
[Booker] That was bad luck for Trick, and like I said,
it was just a mistake made by the referee there.
[Vic] What the hell's in the bag?
[cheers]
It's all the nuts and the bolts for what secure the ring.
And I think All Ego has evil intentions in mind.
And Williams countered for a moment.
-And Trick! -[crowd gasps]
That jumping neckbreaker! Will this be enough? And a near fall.
But Trick Williams willing to destroy himself in that moment.
Have a little bit of pain…
feel a little bit of hurt.
And maybe it's frustration coming out of Trick as well.
Take a look around the ring, Book.
I mean, the chairs are destroyed. The nuts and bolts are everywhere.
There's a couple of washes in here.
Trick William just went face-first off the post right here to our right.
[Booker] Ethan Page let Trick Williams momentum work in his favor right there.
Trick's a little bit emotional in this matchup here tonight, Vic.
[Vic] Crucial point in this matchup for both these superstars.
You see right there, the welts that have just formed
throughout the back of the body of the challenger.
And Paige again,
now everything at his disposal is legal. Anything he can get his hands on is legal.
Trick Williams up, jumping right back into the fight!
[Ethan] No!
[Vic] Paige wanted to question Trick's toughness.
[Booker] Oh, baby!
[Vic] As Trick would say, let's talk about it.
Let's get the hell out of the way-- Oh!
And stomach, chest and ribs first. Did Trick just go into the steel steps?
[Booker] Devil's Playground right here. Oh.
[Vic] Is that what I thought I saw, Booker?
Look at Ethan Page right now.
I'm trying to get a look, but I don't want to get too close.
I…
[shouting]
Trick Williams.
Booker, you got a better look than I do.
I think he's tasting his own blood for the first time as Ethan Page
with a little extra…
ego!
[crowd gasps]
Page can cover, Booker, the ball count anywhere!
He can win the title right here!
-And just kicked out! -[Booker] Oh, man! Wow!
[Booker] Trick's hurt.
[Vic] I don't mean to ignore what we just saw,
but I'm trying to listen to the official.
There could be some internal injuries…
right now within Trick…
Williams.
This is the pain that Ethan Page said
he would put Trick Williams through as our medical staff trying to check…
on the NXT champion.
[crowd boos]
[indistinct chatter]
[Booker] I think we got a new champion.
[Vic] If it the referee does call the matchup.
Yes, that's exactly what happened.
-[Booker] We may have a new champion. -Look at Trick Williams.
[Vic] Trick defying as a champion. He's telling them hell no.
He wants to fight. You talk about question a man's toughness?
There might be no one tougher tonight in Hershey than Trick Williams.
Williams trying to pull himself back onto his feet!
Referee's discretion. He doesn't want to see it end like this.
This matchup is continuing, but is it all but over? Trick Williams!
Ethan Page, he doesn't give a damn about Trick.
He doesn't give a damn about Trick's family.
He cares about one thing. Being champion.
And he doesn't care what he's got to do, who he's got to destroy to do it.
[Booker] This is Devil's Playground, Vic. This is Halloween.
It's about to be a whole lot of damn havoc in the middle of this read.
[Vic] And Lucifer's moving around the steel steps right now.
No, no, no, no, no! Damn it!
[crowd gasps]
Trick just getting out of dodge, continuing to fight. Whoa!
[cheers]
Trick turning things around.
Rock bottom!
[Booker] Planted Ethan Page on the steel steps, man!
[Vic] Trick now fighting through the pain. Adrenaline will make a man do… Oh!
Adrenaline would make a man do crazy things.
But a low blow will stop any man in his tracks.
[indistinct shout]
This is exactly what Ethan Page said.
Would Trick Williams be able to go where he needed to go?
Would he be able to go to the depths of hell to retain his title?
[crowd gasps]
-[Booker] Oh, my God! -Trick answering back!
[Booker] Man!
Trick continuing to fight!
Trick is going to that dark, dark place inside!
And Trick Williams now, not to be outdone, Trick shot!
[crowd counts]
-[Vic] Survives! -[bell rings]
Trick survives the Devil's Playground!
[cheers]
[Mike] Here is your winner and still
the NXT champion,
Trick Williams!
[Vic] Paige pushed Trick,
but it was Williams who walked through hell for a hallelujah moment
here tonight in Hershey.
[crowd chants "Whoop That Trick"]
[cheers]
What a fight this was.
After Trick Williams was checked by medical,
Trick would continue to fight.
Ethan Page looked to not only end the match,
end the rain, end the career of Trick Williams,
until that move connected right there.
And Trick Williams, for a moment in time, was stopped.
Ethan Page continued to show that devil inside Williams
who was willing to show he was ready to go
to places that he's always been, questioned if he could get there.
Did he that killer instinct? And tonight, indeed, Trick Williams
had just that and so much more as he retains the NXT--
[Booker] Oh, shucky, ducky, quack, quack.
[Vic] And Ridge Holland!
[crowd boos]
Has Ridge not done enough damage already tonight?
[Booker] He's on a mission, he's on a mission.
This is a statement, man.
Hey!
What are you doing? This is my business!
[indistinct chatter]
You want to do it, do it right!
[Vic] This is a two-on-one beatdown of Trick Williams.
[cheers]
And now Ethan Page… Hey!
-[Booker] Oh, here's come Bubba Ray. -[cheers]
-Here comes Bubba Ray, baby. -[Vic] WWE Hall of Famer Bubba Ray Dudley!
He heard enough from Ridge Holland earlier tonight.
[Booker] He throws those big haymakers, those big bows. Oh, man!
[cheers and applause]
Twice tonight, twice!
[Ridge] You have no idea what you're doing!
[crowd chants "Whoop That Trick"]
[Vic] Booker, the spookiest night of the year…
ends in chaos.
But Trick Willie Wonka still has the golden ticket around his waist,
that being the NXT championship.
[indistinct shout]