[main title music]
[narrator] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
["Millions From Now" plays]
[Vic] Welcome to NXT!
[Vic] The scares, the screams.
They continue tonight as we are live
and ready to feel
the fallout from Halloween Havoc.
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Gigi] Tonight is all about
embracing the madness,
the chaos,
the mayhem.
Welcome to Halloween Havoc.
[Vic] The North American Championship is all the world.
You'll find out later
what happened at Halloween Havoc.
Because right now,
Wendy Choo takes her final ride.
[laughs]
[audience cheers]
[music]
[Vic] Well, Booker, hit the brakes.
The Halloween wheel made the deal
for these two tonight.
[Tatum Paxley's music plays]
[Vic] We are kicking things off
with the first Women's Casket Match
in WWE history.
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest
is a Casket 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 casket
and close the lid.
Introducing first, from Dallas, Texas,
Tatum Paxley!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] No, Book, in nearly,
give or take the last six years,
there's only been one Casket Match.
Grayson Waller, Apollo Crews,
Halloween Havoc, 2022.
[Wendy Choo's music plays]
[alarm clock sound]
[Vic] What is she dragging?
Dragon of the Ringer.
A bed?
[Booker] Oh, yeah.
[Wendy Choo's music plays]
[announcer] And her opponent,
Wendy Choo!
[Vic] Wendy Choo out here looking like "The Nightmare before Christmas."
But it's certainly gonna be a nightmare
for one of these two women
here tonight.
[Wendy Choo's music plays]
[Vic] Let's go back to last week
and show you why
this match up is actually happening.
We remember, right here in front of us,
Choo stuffing Paxley in the road case.
After what Wendy did to me, I want a match.
I understand.
If it's a match that you want,
it's a match that you will get on Tuesday.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And that's what I meant by
"The Wheel made the Deal."
And man, Book, you were so scared Sunday
when Tatum popped out of that road case.
-[Booker] You damn right. -[Vic] Squealed.
[Booker] You damn right I was surprised.
-[Booker] I was not. -[Vic] No, you were scared.
-[Booker] I was surprised. -[Vic] Scared.
[Booker] But now I love it, man.
Spin the wheel, you make the deal.
-[Vic] I can't believe -[bell ringing]
[Vic] you didn't even try to help her out.
-[Booker] What are you talking about? -[Vic] She was in there for a few days.
[Vic] And, whoa! Tatum Paxley, swinging away right now.
Again, as you heard from Mike Rome,
put your opponent in the casket.
Slam the lid shut!
Whip them inside!
That is how you win.
And the casket is open.
Choo is wobbly and starting to fight free.
And answering right back.
First Casket Match, of course, 1992.
Kamala versus The Undertaker.
And this is only the third Casket Match
to not feature The Undertaker
or his brother, Kane.
[Booker] You know, but there was a lot of animosity
between those guys.
What's the animosity?
What's the real "heat" between these two?
[Vic] I'll get into that in a moment
because Paxley right now up and over!
Both women teetering!
[Booker] Oh, baby!
[Tatum sighs]
[Vic] Paxley's got one foot in.
Can you just imagine knowing that you're gonna be put
into a casket by the end of the night?
[audience] Ooh!
[Booker] I'm claustrophobic.
I wish no parts of that!
[Vic] I'm glad you bring up, you know,
why these two
are in this Casket Match here,
after what we saw last week.
But again, for Wendy Choo…
She doesn't like when her plans don't go her way.
The Women's North American Title, if you remember.
She tried to sneak attack
Sol Ruca in St. Louis.
The one common denominator
has been Tatum Paxley.
[Booker] So, I get all of that.
But looking at these two,
don't you know, they've got too far
from that same… Drop!
My thing is, just imagine if they combine
this in this Tag Team Division.
It could be awesome, man!
[Vic] And again, it's No Disqualifications
in this Casket Match.
[audience chatter]
-[Vic] What has Paxley conjured up? -[Booker] Ooh!
[Booker] Big mop. Wait a minute.
About to ring my bell.
You know, [indistinct] is blue.
[audience yells]
[referee] Keep going!
[audience yells]
[Vic] Swinging for the fences
is Paxley!
[audience chants]
[Booker] She's kind of beat out there.
[Vic] I hear that. But you know,
I go back to what you just said.
And it's like,
they've been trying to out-creep
the other one.
On the surface you're right.
You would think they would be best friends.
[Booker] You know, I have a saying.
Twin demons of evil.
Twin demons of destruction.
Can you imagine, man?
Can you imagine, Vic?
[Vic] Oh, they've tried it.
And don't forget, they were around.
It wasn't long ago that Choo and Paxley
were playing with Tatum's dolls
in their own unique way.
And it was walking around
with the head of one of the dolls--
And right now, jumping right in is Paxley!
[applause]
[Vic] Trying to take down Wendy Choo
here in this Casket Match,
kicking us off on NXT.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Reverse Angle Slam, if you will.
[Booker] That was innovative right there, Vic.
A little different. Put a little twist on it.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] And to be fair, it's Wendy Choo,
-[Booker] Oh! -[Vic] can only blame herself…
[Booker] Man!
[Vic] …for stuffing Paxley in that road case last week.
But things have quickly
turned around in favor of…
What do you call Wendy Choo?
The Sleepy?
[Booker] Psycho!
[Vic] Yeah, The Sleepy Psycho…
Who is now putting Paxley in the trash.
[Booker] Taking out the trash, Vic.
That's what she's doing.
[audience chatter]
[Booker] Oh…
Here we go!
[audience cheers, "Wendy"]
[Vic] Choo! Target finally acquired!
[Booker] Man!
[Vic] Wendy Choo in control.
Who's leaving tonight in a casket?
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Back live on NXT.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] We talked about Tatum Paxley's dolls.
There is the doll house.
And oh! Wendy Choo almost went into it.
And we're kicking tonight off
with a Casket Match!
But it's Tatum Paxley,
who just went through the dollhouse!
[audience chants, "Holy shit"]
[Vic] There is the casket.
And I oddly feel that these two
were comfortable knowing
one would be stuffed inside the casket
by the end of the night!
But I don't think they envisioned
going through a dollhouse
as Paxley's in the casket!
[Booker] She's about to do it.
[Vic] All Choo's got to do
is slam that lid shut
-[Vic] to be victorious! -[Booker] Shut it down!
[Vic] But the pillow!
Wendy Choo's pillow!
How wise of Tatum Paxley…
-[Vic] Who is surviving in this match up. -[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] What a unique, chaotic Halloween way
to kick off NXT this Tuesday.
[Booker] Pillow fight! Pillow fight!
[Vic] I remember you got knocked out with one of those.
[Booker] What are you talking about?
[Vic] You know exactly what I'm talking about.
But let's see,
because when it comes to Wendy Choo…
You know that that's just not…
Bluff and stuff.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Oh, my, Booker.
[Booker] The Legos.
[Vic] Hell, yeah, those are Lego.
You ever step on a Lego one of your kids are playing on?
It hurts like hell.
She's got Paxley trying planting on it.
Able to counter!
Choo now trying to counter!
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Oh.
Oh, no, no, no! Oh!
Oh!
[Booker] Man. Man.
[audience cheers]
[Booker] What a contest. What a contest, Vic.
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] I can't get over what we just saw.
But there we see Lexis King
alongside with his cornerman tonight.
Mr. Regal is here.
Heritage Cup Championship on the line.
One of two Championship matches
-[Booker] Yeah! -[Vic] here this week on NXT.
[Vic] But we're kicking things off
with a Casket Match.
And Choo said, "Open the lid."
[audience chants, "This is awesome."]
[Booker] Wendy Choo right now is operating on another level.
-[Booker] It's about to… -[Vic] Oh, almost closed the lid!
[Vic] And if that lid would shut,
this match up would be over.
Referees are in great position
to see if that lid shuts.
And Paxley, overpowering Wendy Choo!
Just stops [indistinct] white.
[Wendy yells]
[audience] Ooh!
-[Vic] Hey! -[Booker] What?
[Vic] No, no, no, Booker, Booker!
[audience chatter]
[Vic] You have to put your opponent in the casket
and slam the lid shut.
This match up continues.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] And someone tonight
is gonna make peace with darkness.
And it certainly looks like Wendy Choo.
[Booker] Man, I'm gettin' chills.
[Vic] Oh, my word.
[Booker] I'm gettin' chills.
[Vic] Say that again.
[Booker] From the old days, man.
Come on!
[Vic] Tatum Paxley had a smile on her face, Booker.
[audience chants, "Fight forever."]
[Vic] This one not about championships.
[audience chants, "Fight forever."]
[Vic] Unlike what we'll see
when history is made this weekend.
This Saturday with The WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship.
On the line is now Choo,
trying to clutch out Tatum Paxley
and legitimately put her to sleep
to stuff her inside the casket.
Counter!
[Booker] So close to separating Paxley
from her senses.
It would have been so easy.
Oh, baby! Oh, good night!
[Vic] Choo went through her bed!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] What do you say? Rock-a-bye baby.
[Booker] Rock-a-bye baby!
[audience chants, "Holy shit"]
[Vic] Choo is out.
Paxley now…
Trying to hoist up Wendy Choo.
That's step one.
And she shuts the lid!
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] Choo indeed
[Vic] will take a last ride tonight!
[Tatum Paxley's music plays]
[announcer] Here's your winner,
Tatum Paxley!
[Booker] What a night. What a fight, Vic.
[Vic] What a way to kick off NXT Live
here on the CW.
[Vic] Again, in this Casket Match,
you had to put your opponent in the casket
and shut the lid.
Both superstars were in the casket
while it was shut.
This one would continue.
Things right here would turn around
for Tatum Paxley,
who would put Wendy Choo on ice
and then would slam the lid shut
to pick up the victory here tonight…
In just the second Casket Match
in NXT history
and the first Casket Match ever
in the WWE.
[music]
[Vic] What a way to kick off site.
Look, we got so much to talk about.
I mean, next Wednesday we're headed to Philadelphia
when we're gonna be inside the historic 2300 Arena.
But this past Sunday,
it was Halloween Havoc.
Oh, man, Hershey's still buzzing
up to Halloween Havoc.
Man, like I said,
"What a night, what a fight." Oh, yeah.
And as I said, next Wednesday
we go to Hardcore Heaven
at The ECW Arena.
But this past Sunday,
it was hell at Halloween Havoc.
[Gigi] Tonight is all about
embracing the madness,
-[Gigi] the chaos, the mayhem. -[evil laugh]
Welcome to Halloween Havoc.
[Vic] The North American Championship is on the line.
Oba Femi, Tony D'Angelo.
Cable! Ladder!
And scares!
The Family's here! Oba's rocked!
Flybuster!
Tony retains!
[Andre] Ridge! I'm gonna put an end to your misery.
[Vic] Need an ambulance match!
[Ridge] Mr. Chase, you'll be taking your last ride.
[Vic] And Ridge Holland slams shut the ambulance door.
The NXT Women's Champion, Roxanne Perez
and Cora Jade,
face Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer.
The Dark Angel has just pinned
-[Vic] the Women's Champion! -[bell ringing]
[Vic] Zaria is here looking over the landscape
of the NXT Women's Division!
[Fallon] It is gonna be a Gauntlet Match.
If Kelani can get past Jazmyn…
[Vic] Kelani advances!
[Fallon] She'll face Jacy.
If she can get past Jacy…
[Vic] Kelani survives!
[Fallon] She'll face me.
[Vic] Fallon Henley coming to pick up the scraps!
-[Vic] And we have a new champion! -[bell ringing]
[Vic] Zaria, laying waste
to Fatal Influence!
Statement made indeed!
[Zaria] Who will come out as NXT Champion
from The Devil's Playground?
[Vic] It's our main event! Ethan Page, Trick Williams.
Falls count anywhere!
[Booker] Ethan Page
is working on another level.
[music]
[Vic] There might be no one tougher
than Trick Williams!
[Booker] There's about to be a whole lot of damn havoc!
[Vic] Trick survives
The Devil's Playground!
[evil laugh]
[Vic] And Ridge Holland!
[Booker] Oh!
[Vic] WWE Hall of Famer Bubba Ray Dudley!
The spookiest night of the year
ends in chaos!
[music]
[evil laugh]
[Vic] Well, there is our NXT Champion.
He indeed survived,
but chaos ensued.
We're gonna hear from Trick Williams
live next on NXT.
[music]
[Trick Williams' music plays]
[audience chants, "Whoop that Trick!"]
[Booker] Oh, yeah!
The people are loving it!
There it is, man!
Oh, yeah, man!
That's Trick!
That's the Champion right there, bro.
That's that man.
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome
the NXT Champion,
Trick Williams!
What?
Huh?
Yeah!
I like it!
[Booker] Oh, yeah, man.
Hey, yo, Teka! Let's get straight to business.
We went to Halloween Havoc on Sunday!
[audience] Yeah!
I walked through The Devil's Playground!
[audience] Yeah!
I washed my hands with holy water!
[audience] Yeah!
Then I beat the hell out of Ethan Page
to retain this NXT Title!
[audience cheers]
Hey, but let's get straight to it.
I ain't gonna lie.
I'm in pain right now.
Ethan Page came out here
and he told everybody
that he gonna put me through pain
I ain't never felt before.
And I felt that.
But what he didn't tell me was,
Ridge Holland was coming out
to jump me after the match.
[boos]
[audience] Ethan sucks!
[Trick] So let's talk about it.
There's one reason
why I'm not in the hospital right now.
Now, Shawn Michaels,
I know you invited him out tonight.
So I need to talk
to the WWE Hall of Famer himself.
[audience cheers]
Somebody,
can you please welcome
Bubba Ray Dudley!
[audience cheers]
[siren]
[Bubba Ray Dudley's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Booker! He is in the house!
An ECW original!
A WWE Hall of Famer!
[Bubba Ray Dudley's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[Bubba] First time for everything! And I've done it all!
[Vic] And, as Trick said…
A man who is a part of that chaos.
Sunday at Halloween Havoc.
[Trick] Yo, yo, yo. Hey, hold on, Bubba!
Before you get started.
Look, I gotta say thank you.
Thank you for having my back,
this Sunday at Halloween Havoc, man.
I appreciate that.
[cheers and applause]
You don't… you don't have to thank me.
I was just doing the right thing, Trick.
It really…
It really wasn't so much about you.
It was about Ridge Holland.
[boos]
It was about Ridge Holland
and the disrespect
that he showed towards me.
That he showed towards
my partner, Dave LaGreca.
That he showed towards my radio show,
Busted Open.
[audience cheers]
He was disrespectful on the pre-show.
He was disrespectful at Halloween Havoc.
It was about him.
But I gotta tell you, man.
I gotta tell you that there's one thing that I noticed.
I'm watching your match live.
I'm watching you defend your Championship
in The Devil's Playground.
I'm watching you getting your hand raised.
I'm listening to the people
in Hershey cheer for you.
"Whoop that Trick!"
[audience chants, "Whoop that Trick!"]
But as you're getting beat down,
I'm looking there.
I'm looking towards that entryway.
And I'm like,
"Where's the help"?
"Where's somebody to help Trick Williams"?
"Where are his friends"?
"Where's somebody? A cameraman? Anybody"?
Not one person came to save you.
Not one person came to your aid.
Do you know why?
The reason why…
Is because of this right here.
That's why nobody came to help you, Trick.
Because you're the NXT Champion.
[audience cheers]
You are what they aspire to be.
That might as well be a target on your back.
A frickin' bullseye.
Here's my best advice to you, my friend.
You need to have eyes
in the back of your head.
I'm listening to you, Bubba. I hear you loud and clear.
I promise you I do.
And while I'm working
on getting eyes in the back of my head,
I want revenge.
I want revenge on Ethan.
I want revenge on Ridge.
Look, I know you do too.
And I've been on Busted Open radio a few times,
but I never had the pleasure
of seeing you face to face until Sunday
at Halloween Havoc.
[applause]
So with all that being said, I guess there's one more thing for me to ask.
I want revenge.
I want a Tag Match.
[audience cheers]
Hear me out, hear me out!
Ethan Page, Ridge Holland
versus the NXT Champion, Trick Williams…
And Tag Team Hall of Famer…
I'm talking about one half
of the Duh… Duh… Duh… Dudley Boys,
Bubba Ray Dudley
in The ECW Arena!
Let's talk about!
[audience cheers]
[audience chants, "ECW"]
I know you feel it.
I've known you now for about three minutes
and somehow you got my juices flowing right now.
[audience cheers]
You got me thinking about South Philadelphia.
You got me thinking about the energy in that arena.
You got me thinking about lacing my boots up
one more time.
You got me thinking about
taking it to the extreme!
Whoo!
[audience cheers]
You got me thinking maybe I should wear the camos.
Maybe I should go old school tie dye.
[audience cheers]
Maybe I should bust down…
[audience cheers]
These bad boys.
Maybe we have that moment when me and you will look at each other,
And I go, "Trick…"
One, two, three.
[audience] "Get the tables"!
[audience cheers]
My God.
[audience chants, "Do it"]
Trick. Trick. Trick. Trick.
It's not about me, Trick.
It's about… it's about you.
It's about you…
And it's about every other wrestler
in that locker room…
Who do it
better than anybody else
in the world right now.
It's about every other man and woman
in NXT.
I can't take their spot.
I appreciate it.
But I have to say no.
[boos]
[audience chants, "You still got it"]
I think Trick and Bubba
would have been a pretty cool Tag Team.
You guys have history together, right?
[audience cheers]
Me and Bubba?
Yeah. Yeah, we do.
I've got so many bloody memories
of being in the ring with that guy.
Man! You know what?
Bubba might not wanna be a part of this show next Wednesday.
The ECW Arena.
I don't know.
But I know someone who does.
Rob Van Dam.
Well, we would be happy to have you.
Now, the question is,
what will RVD do on the show next week?
You can leave that up to me.
Cool.
Awesome.
[Kelani] Ava, I really need to talk to you.
Kelani, listen, the wheel landed on Spinner's Choice,
and there's nothing I could do about it
in that situation.
No, no, I'm not trying to complain,
but it was a Gauntlet Match and I came up short.
All I want is a one on one rematch.
Kelani, look…
I know you want your title back,
but you lost.
And you're not the only one who wants it.
So I'm sorry,
but I'm not sorry.
And I'm gonna take any opportunity that I can get.
So, Fallon needs a challenger.
We'll see about that.
I'll take care of her.
And then back to Fallon. Thank you.
Great.
She's not gonna get very far.
[Lexis King's music plays]
[Vic] Looks like the chaos is continuing.
RVD?
[Booker] It's my dog, man.
[Vic] Well, Booker, get ready.
Heritage Cup on the line.
King, Dempsey, next.
So, Tony retains.
That means he's gonna need a new Number One Contender.
Of course.
No more sling, Brooksy.
That means that I'm the guy.
So, what's the plan?
All right, Don.
I got business to attend to.
Yeah, you do. Be careful, all right?
All right.
Tony…
-[Luca] Don. Don. -[Shawn] Congrats…
You gotta listen to this voicemail. It's urgent.
Kidding.
All right.
It's all right. Don't worry about it.
A little space, fellas.
Sure.
Yeah, we'll talk.
Hey, Tony.
Paisano, it's me.
Listen, I got word from Silvio
you're coming to Philadelphia next week?
Why do I freaking gotta hear this secondhand?
What, is your phone broken or something?
That's not how a family
handles business, Tony.
This is blatant disrespect.
The North American Title looks good on you.
Brother, you better bring it.
See you next Wednesday.
D, is that…?
Yeah, that's him.
Don't worry, we'll take care of him on Wednesday.
[music]
[bell ringing]
The following contest
is for The Heritage Cup Championship!
[audience cheers]
And will be contested
under Heritage Cup rules.
Introducing the challenger,
accompanied to the ring
by Mr. William Regal.
Weighing in at 225 pounds,
Lexis King!
[audience cheers]
And his opponents,
representing No Quarter Catch Crew,
weighing in at 208 pounds,
he is The NXT Heritage Cup Champion,
Charlie Dempsey!
[cheers and boos]
[Vic] Well, let's get ready here, Book.
Because who will be The Heritage Cup Champion
when we arrive in Philadelphia,
2300 Arena?
Next Wednesday, November 6th.
I mean, just think about tonight.
-[Vic] We saw Bubba Ray. -[Booker] Yes.
[Vic] We saw RVD.
[Booker] RVD!
-[Booker] My former Tag Team partner. -[bell ringing]
[Vic] And was that Nunzio on the phone with Tony?
[Booker] I was thinking the same thing.
[Vic] Well, we gotta focus in
on this match up right now.
With under three minutes to go here,
as the clock has started.
Heritage Cup Match up.
Takes a king to know a king.
What a sight it was, though,
seeing Regal once again.
Mr. Regal sitting on his throne.
[Booker] No, no. William Regal.
A guy that I've had many, many battles with.
A guy that I've fought side by side with.
And if anybody you need
in your corner, it's that guy,
with a bunch of
invaluable information to give you.
Oh, here we go. Wait a minute.
[Vic] We get a submission lock right here.
[Booker] This could be quick.
[Vic] Again, let's think about the rules
of this Heritage Cup Match up.
It's the first one to two decisions.
It goes, you know, six rounds, three minute rounds.
It's very important about that cornerman.
And look, for Lexis King, who just navigated his way free.
He certainly has one hell of one.
That being Mr. Regal,
who is a wealth of knowledge.
[Booker] No, no, like I said,
Re… excuse me.
Regal's got championships all over the world.
[Vic] Shoulders down!
Counter! Shoulders down!
One more time!
[Booker] Former King of the Ring.
He's worked in my King's Court.
Like I said, [indistinct].
Oh, beautiful.
[Vic] I see how you stuck in
working in your King's Court in there.
That was well done. Under two minutes here.
Sixty seconds off the clock.
Reverse Backslide.
Shoulders down! Looking for the first fall.
And another kick out by Charlie Dempsey.
[Booker] Lexis King right now seems to be…
Oh, beautiful!
Beautiful deep movement class.
[Vic] And you know,
I need to give Lexis King some credit.
[Booker] Please do.
[Vic] He's trying to become a better man.
I need to give him credit
as we're 90 seconds in here
to round number one.
[Booker] You know why?
Because he's the star
of All Television, Vic.
I talk to him. He says he's got a personal trainer.
He's got a personal chef.
He's been working on his cardio.
And one, one point.
He's just trying to stay home.
Trying to stay home.
I love that about this kid.
[Vic] Charlie Dempsey turning things around.
There you see The No Quarter Catch Crew
in the corner of Charlie Dempsey.
You know, does the presence of Mr. Regal
change the approach of the NQCC?
As we're approaching the final 60 seconds?
[Booker] I think Charlie Dempsey needs to be a little bit more cautious.
He needs to be a little bit more focused,
just because of William Regal's presence.
Oh, baby!
[Vic] From the top, High Cross Body.
Got about half of what he wanted!
And you got to imagine,
if Lexis King would have hit Dempsey
at the top, on the shoulders,
it might have been three. Cover!
[Booker] Oh, he saw that.
[Vic] You know, even Lexis King was caught off guard
when Mr. Regal volunteered
to be his second,
as Charlie Dempsey, now…
Butterfly suplex! With the Bridge!
The cover!
-[Vic] And Charlie Dempsey! -[bell ringing]
[Vic] With 35 seconds to the fall.
[announcer] Charlie Dempsey scored the first fall.
[Booker] No, no, I told you this thing could be quick.
I mean, watch Charlie Dempsey
make his walk
in that air of confidence, Vic.
That "swag", is what I like to call it.
He's got all of that tonight.
[indistinct]
[Booker] There's his cornerman.
[music]
[audience chatter]
[Vic] This is the crucial part.
I mean, I was getting ready to ask him
if the Champion would be overconfident
-[Vic] based on his experience -[bell ringing]
[Vic] under these rules.
But now Charlie Dempsey
certainly is in the driver's seat.
Now with some vicious knee strikes.
And Dempsey is just one decision away
from retaining his Heritage Cup.
-[Vic] And what a taker he is. -[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] He is cranking up the net.
[Booker] No, no. He is taking Lexis King to school, I must say.
Charlie Dempsey on top of his game, Vic.
[Vic] A counter, but a count by Dempsey.
[Booker] One step ahead. One step ahead. I love it.
[Vic] And when it came to Lexis King,
you know, what sort of studying,
what sort of training do you think
he had been enduring,
trying to prove himself to the doubters?
[Booker] No, no. I thought Lexis King
has been doing all that.
I watched his approach over these last few weeks.
He's been working on his game.
You look at his body, he's been working on that.
But some things you cannot work on
overnight, like I'm trying to.
This kid is on top of this game, Vic.
[Vic] Charlie Dempsey, much like King,
knows what it's like to have a shadow
cast by a father.
As Dempsey continues to be in control.
There is Mr. Regal shouting to Lexis King.
Shoulders are down… and able to kick out.
Oh, I do wanna say this.
Dempsey accepted this match up.
Another cover and another near fall.
Nice Bridge by King.
He accepted this match for two reasons.
He likes the challenge
and he believes in what King is doing.
As King for the third time, kicking out.
Trying to counter.
Break the hold,
as we are ninety seconds approaching.
Ninety seconds here in round number two.
[Booker] You know, Charlie Dempsey
didn't slip on the banana peel
to win The Heritage Cup.
He went out there and did it.
Too gritty. As metal that's been pulled inside.
Oh, oh, oh! Bad spill there.
Bad spill.
[Vic] You can say that one more time.
Oh, oh, oh! Ah!
[Mr. Regal] C'mon!
Oh! No.
I'm sorry!
[Mr. Regal] C'mon!
[Lexis] Ooh!
[Vic] It's happened right here in front of us.
[Lexis] Oh!
[Mr. Regal] Lexis, c'mon!
[Lexis] Inertia.
[Mr. Regal] Just shake it off! C'mon, shake it off!
[Booker] I think he… Oh!
He just broke…?
I think this is a serious thing…
[Lexis] I don't know.
[Vic] We'll be right back on NXT,
on the CW.
Will you get them?
[Vic] Well, we're back on NXT.
And look, the NXT has fired up Lexis King.
The referee paused this match up
at about 45 seconds.
This match up is now continued.
Medical tried to help Lexis King, who is fired up a little bit.
This matchup…
[indistinct] was baffled because Lexis King's only on one leg.
[Booker] You gotta… You gotta give it to Lexis King.
He's had the heart as big as Texas
right now in this match up, Vic.
[Vic] King trying to pick up decision.
And now one way,
able to deliver that big back suplex
and is now running through Dempsey.
Again, this on one leg for Lexis King,
who's fighting through the pain.
And we know adrenaline
will make a man do crazy things!
And with five seconds,
King into the cover!
But for the moment,
Dempsey's gonna be saved by the bell.
Super kick connected!
But this is vital right now…
For Lexis King is…
What's Mr. Regal doing out here
in front of us?
I wanna go back to…
Let's regroup ourselves here, Book,
and go back to what happened
before the break.
This was the spill
that wiped out Lexis King.
You said it was…
[Booker] A lot of pain right there, Vic.
That could be the torn ACL, MCL, anything.
We don't know just yet.
But let me tell you something.
This time in between,
it will be the worst thing for Lexis King.
[Vic] Well, it was right here.
You heard Mr. Regal talking to Lexis King.
Medical was out here.
Had Lexis King braced up.
He ripped that brace off.
Mr. Regal fired up Lexis King
to continue this match up.
And I for one am truly again stunned
-[bell ringing] -[Vic] that Lexis King is out here
[Vic] showing the heart
and showing the grit of a champion.
And up and knee!
He might be tied! And up and a kick out.
[Booker] I'll tell you something. That adrenaline
is only gonna last for only so long
before Charlie Dempsey…
Oh, my God! Man!
-[Vic] And look, Charlie Dempsey… -[crosstalk]
[Vic] Charlie Dempsey also said
that Lexis King was out here to change the perception.
And it's tough to do so.
[Booker] Not being able to step out of that shadow
of every day that your dad…
To clean up that mess, Vic.
I understand it.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] Lexis King barely standing.
I don't think he would be standing
if he wasn't connected
to those turnbuckles.
Big gut wrench suplex.
Out of the corner by Dempsey,
who is fired up in his own rounds.
A second Gut Wrench suplex.
And Dempsey just needs one more decision
to retain The Heritage Cup.
And he now has a bullseye
on Lexis King's knee.
There's a perfect…
[Booker] Beautiful.
[Vic] And it wasn't perfect enough.
[Booker] A lot of pressure being applied
right now by Charlie.
[Vic] Look at Dempsey going right to work
right on that injured knee.
And again, it was the medical team
that came out here ringside.
They had his knee in a brace.
This match up, for all types of purposes,
at least to us, was off.
Lexis King, though, didn't wanna stop.
He wanted to fight.
And it's because of that man in his corner,
Mr. Regal, who lit a fire
under Lexis King.
Who's right now trying
to get to that bottom rope.
And look at Dempsey
dragging him
back to the center of the ring.
[Booker] That right there is gonna give you a little extra.
Just having somebody
like William Regal in your court.
You don't wanna let him down, man.
You don't wanna do that.
[Vic] You can call him William Regal.
I call him Mr. Regal.
And I agree with you.
You do not want to let him down.
And Lexis King, now,
is trying to do just that.
Trying to stay on his feet.
But he's only got one good leg
and there's not a lot behind
these shots from King to Dempsey.
[Booker] No, man.
But he still got his fighting chance, Vic.
We always talk about that puncher's chance.
And right now, here comes Lexis,
the star of All Television.
[indistinct yelling]
[Vic] Trying to catch him on the outside.
Might be a little befuddled right now. Oh!
[Booker] Man! He just bought it again.
[Vic] Great job by our official.
Staying right there in position.
He's been on it since the start.
And Charlie Dempsey, though,
has been on Lexis King as as well.
From the jump.
And enzuigiri!
And King just rocked Dempsey!
Stay under cover. Cover!
[audience chatter]
What do I do?
[applause]
No!
I am not my father!
[Vic] Oh, from behind!
Top block from Dempsey!
Ten seconds left in round three!
To kick some on!
Sneaking hold!
-[Vic] And he couldn't beat the clock! -[bell ringing]
Dempsey retains!
[Charlie Dempsey's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner
and still The NXT Heritage Cup Champion
Charlie Dempsey!
[Vic] Charlie Dempsey…
Retains.
[Vic] Oh, we've been waiting for marks, Booker.
After shaking up the landscape on Sunday,
Zaria makes her in ring debut
next on NXT.
[music]
[Vic] Well, get ready, Booker.
'Cause next Wednesday, November 6th
at The 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
Vice, Parker with Dawn Marie
as the special guest referee.
These two will settle their issues
in a hardcore match up
live on NXT
on the CW.
[music]
[Vic] There is Brinley Reece
who is just one of the most energetic
superstars in the…
[Zaria's music plays]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making her way to the ring
from Adelaide, South Australia,
Zaria!
[Vic] What I was getting ready to say was
Brinley Reece is one of the most energetic
individuals in the locker room.
But we are now looking
at the most intimidating,
a powerful force of nature, Booker,
ready to be unleashed.
[Booker] Brinley Reece better be on her Bison tonight.
It better be a Ten Speed
and she better be moving and moving quick,
because this young lady right here, Zaria,
is something special.
[Vic] Didn't matter if you were a man,
a woman, in Australia…
She never backed down from a fight.
And new superstars from all over the world
have come to NXT for one thing.
To be part of the best Women's Division in the world.
-[Vic] And I kind of feel bad -[bell ringing]
[Vic] for Brinley Reece.
[Booker] I mean, did Brinley just try to shake hands?
For a second? It's not a good idea.
[Vic] Taking a look at this Australian powerhouse.
What are you looking for
in her NXT in ring debut?
[Booker] She's already showed me
what I'm looking for, Vic.
Tonight I just want to see exactly
how much pain she brings
to Brinley Reece.
[Vic] Well, if you go back several weeks ago,
it was Rhea Ripley
who gave Zaria a stamp of approval
on social media.
As Reece might have just made
-[Vic] a fatal mistake! -[Booker] Ooh!
[Vic] And it took no time…
-[Vic] Took no time -[Booker] Yeah!
for Zaria to waste--
[Booker] What I'm talking…
That's what I'm talking about!
[Vic] You gonna let me finish a statement?
-[Vic] You are… you are so excited -[Booker] I am!
-[Vic] for Zaria. -[Booker] I'm very excited!
[Vic] You're on the edge of your seat right now.
And then I'll ask you this…
As a hyperextension, the elbow!
She might be trying to rip her joint out!
And a human body
not supposed to be torqued
in that sort of direction.
And Zaria don't give a damn who she hurts.
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
You get medical?
Let me get medical?
[Vic] What? You see that left arm
is almost popped out.
It's almost hyperextended, Booker.
Oh, she might have popped it back in!
[Booker] Just popped it back in.
Oh, my God, man, she's…
[Vic] I don't even know how to describe her!
[Booker] She's a monster, Vic.
[Vic] You can say that again.
[Booker] And I love every bit of her.
…three!
[Booker] You know what? All the ladies
and you always talk about that locker room, Vic.
You always wanna mention the locker room.
But right now, the locker room
is truly on notice!
[Zaria yelling]
[Booker] Hm, man!
[Vic] Devastating Back breaker!
And I was getting ready to ask you,
"Describe her in one word."
You described it.
"Monster"!
As later tonight,
The NXT Tag Team Titles will be defended.
There are the challengers.
Cedric Alexander, Je'Von Evans,
getting ready
for our Main Event Match up.
But here in the now,
Zaria is just
beating up methodically.
I mean, at one point,
it looked like she was tearing ligaments.
[Booker] You know what, Vic?
It seemed like she's enjoying this right now.
She's toyed with Brinley Reece.
Oh, Big D.
[Vic] Brinley certainly picked the short stick here tonight.
We're going around from behind.
And a kick out by Zaria.
[Booker] By the flight mode right now, Vic.
-That's what this is. -[Vic] Swing and a miss for Reece.
You see her continuing
to try to hold on to that right arm.
Imagine the pain
that's shooting through her body
at this moment.
All because of what happened
moments ago.
And Zaria! Look how quick!
-[Vic] Look how powerful! -[Booker] Damn.
[Vic] You talk about making an impact!
-[Vic] Bam! Devastating spirit! -[Booker] Gone!
[Booker] Gone!
[audience cheers]
[Booker] See acceleration
on that Spear, Vic.
Oh, my Goodness!
[Vic] Look at the impact!
Look at the brutality!
-[Vic] Welcome officially to NXT. -[bell ringing]
[Zaria's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner,
Zaria!
[Booker] Damn.
The locker room, like I say, Vic.
Is truly… This is different.
[Vic] Go back at some of the action.
I still can't get over the hyperextension.
I mean, she literally…
I'm no doctor, but it looked like
she dislocated the right elbow
of Brinley Reece.
And then popped it back into place.
That was well before
she just ran through and destroyed
her opponent.
-[Vic] As you put it, Booker, everybody-- -[Fallon] Zaria!
-[Vic] What the… -[Fallon] Oh, Zaria!
[Fallon] Yeah, up here!
[boos]
[Fallon] You stole our moment on Sunday.
So now, we return the favor.
I don't care that you're new here.
Do you care? No. No one does!
But you're gonna learn
that you don't mess
with Fatal Influence.
[Roxanne] Fallon!
Hi. Congratulations on becoming
the new Women's North American Champion.
We don't… We didn't want to step on your toes or anything.
But we just thought it would be really, really nice of us
if we came out here and joined you three in…
Introducing Zaria
to The NXT Women's Division.
[audience chatter]
[Vic] I don't…
That's cute. That's still only two.
[music]
[Vic] Oh, buckle up, Booker!
[Roxanne] Wow.
Four on five. Works for us.
[siren]
[audience cheers]
-[Vic] Look! -[Booker] What the hell?
-[Vic] Who's back? -[Booker] What the hell?
[audience cheers]
[Vic] It's on!
We said it was the best Women's Division in all of Wrestling!
And look at these ten women!
[Booker] Here we go, Vic. Here we go!
[Vic] [indistinct] and SD double two!
[Booker] [indistinct] Wow!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] It has been chaos!
It has been carnage!
Since Sunday night at Halloween Havoc!
[audience chants, "This is awesome"]
[Vic] This is awesome.
And this is The NXT Women's Division!
[audience cheers]
[Booker] Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, hell no!
Why do you do that?
[audience] Ooh!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Well, Fatal Influence!
[music]
[Vic] And the Mean Girls of NXT
just got a rude awakening.
[music]
[Vic] We always say
expect the unexpected here at NXT.
Well, we heard from Nikkita Lyons earlier.
Nikita ready to pounce.
Next!
[Vic] Breaking news! Another brilliant decision
by our general manager Ava
who has just signed off on this All Star Collision
inside The 2300 Arena.
It will be a Ten Woman Tag Team Match up
in NXT in Philadelphia.
The 2300 Arena,
next Wednesday, November 6th.
You do not wanna miss
NXT in Philly.
[Nikkita Lyons' music plays]
[bell ringing]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making her way to the ring
from Los Angeles, California,
Nikkita Lyons!
[Vic] And we talk about that Ten Woman Tag Team Match up.
Of course, Kelani Jordan
will be in that match up.
She is out here tonight.
She is ready to fight.
Taking on Nikkita Lyons.
[Booker] Oh, look at… Look at the quickness, agile, mobile.
Oh, everything, man!
And when I say everything,
I mean everything.
The Queen is back.
Let me calm down. Let me come down, Vic.
[Vic] I'm glad you said it. I didn't have to.
[Booker] I knew you were gonna say that.
[Vic] Damn right I was about to.
There's Kelani Jordan.
[Booker laughs]
[Vic] She's taking in a deep breath.
She's trying to center herself
-[Vic] after that chaos moments ago. -[Booker] Oh, man.
[bell ringing]
[Booker] This Nikkita Lyons can skyrocket
straight to the top, in my opinion.
[Vic] But how about what we saw before the break?
The return of Jordynne Grace to NXT.
Evening the odds?
[Booker] You know why? Because everybody
wants a piece of the action.
I'm talking about Champagne wishes.
I'm talking about Caviar dreams, man.
It's all right here in NXT.
[Vic] You never know what's gonna happen.
I mean, RVD showed up earlier tonight.
[Booker] Yes, indeed. 420.
[Vic] We're trying to…
Calm back down. Come back down to life.
Get out of the cloud, so to speak.
To plan to play off your fun.
Right there is Kelani Jordan coming in,
Going around. Trying to take down Nikkita Lyons.
These two got into an argument earlier tonight.
Surrounding the Women's North American Championship,
which was held by Kelani Jordan.
How will Jordan respond
is on a lot of people's minds in this match.
[Booker] You know, I get it.
Kelani Jordan feels like she wants to rematch.
She needs to rematch.
She's do a rematch.
But one thing about NXT,
it's a lot of competition right here.
Here we go!
[Vic] Cover and a kick out.
[Booker] Here we go! Damn!
[Vic] Does she get a rematch? Should she?
[Booker] I think so. I think so.
I'm not gonna say
she shouldn't get a rematch.
But right now, like I said,
Nikkita Lyons is back.
And she knows exactly what she wants.
Gold, baby.
[Vic] Having to duck the foot of Nikkita…
[Booker] Ooh!
[Vic] Who is very accomplished…
Hit!
[Booker] Look at that. Look at that.
Whatever you can do,
I can do better.
[Vic] So, social media
will take care of that for us.
As this match up continues,
Nikkita Lyons just going right at Kelani Jordan.
There you see the Tag Team Champions,
Frazer, Axiom.
Huge Tag Team Main Event
with gold on the line
here live on NXT.
And Kelani got caught!
And I do wanna give Kelani Jordan a lot of credit.
She could have complained but didn't.
After what happened
to that Gauntlet Match this past Sunday,
the odds truly stacked against her.
As Nikkita Lyons
back in control of this match up.
Lyons noted that she has her eyes
on the same Championship
as Kelani.
And you got to respect the fact
Lyons wants her opportunity.
[Booker] She deserves an opportunity, Vic.
That time off was her worst enemy.
But now she's back
-[Booker] and she's totally focused -[Vic] Oh!
[Booker] on what she's wanting to do
here in NXT.
Now, like I say, Vic,
goal is a motivator.
It's a motivating factor. Oh yeah!
You don't need no friends
when you got goals.
[Vic] Into the cover goes Lyons.
Hook of the leg.
Kelani able to kick out.
And there was nothing spectacular
in terms of technical ability.
That was just Nikkita Lyons overpowering the opposition.
[Booker] This is different.
Nikkita Lyons, like I say…
This one right here can skyrocket.
[Vic] How big has the chip gotten
on Lyon's shoulder?
I mean, it's been a frustrating
two years, you mentioned.
But you have to assume
that that chip has been growing and growing
on the shoulders of Lyons.
[Booker] It's not just that, Vic.
It's like watching the parade go by.
You wanna be a part of it.
And right now, like I say,
Nikkita Lyons is back.
She's not thinking about grabs.
She's not thinking about buddies or anything like that.
It's all about business.
[Vic] Swing and a miss by Lyons.
Kelani Jordan now
picking up a little momentum…
In this match up.
-[Vic] Trying to bounce-- -[Booker] Big shot!
[Vic] after tasting defeat…
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Sunday at the hands of Fatal Influence.
Of course, Fallon Henley,
as we saw moments ago,
out here with The Women's North American Championship.
But it's the legacy
that was created by Kelani Jordan.
[Booker] Jordan did a hell of a job on Sunday.
But let's just say the deck was stacked.
The deck was stacked against her, Vic.
[Vic] Certainly was. And it is not here tonight.
It is one on one.
And it's Kelani Jordan trying to get back
on her winning ways!
But it's also Nikkita Lyons,
who wants to prove a point
to our general manager, Ava,
that she should be
in the Championship conversation.
Who is…?
That's Rizzo…
[boos]
[Vic] From The Family!
You remember what she told The Don earlier,
as Nikita Lyons-- Nobody home!
Momentary distraction opens the door
for the Standout…
To hit that one of a kind
split legged moonsault.
And Kelani
-[Vic] back on her winning ways. -[bell ringing]
[Kelani Jordan's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner,
Kelani Jordan!
[Vic] Rizzo!
[Booker] Is this that business, Vic?
Is this the business Rizzo was talking about?
[Vic] Is this what she was talking about
when she was talking to Tony D'Angelo?
[crosstalk]
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] She said that to attack me, Book.
[cheers and applause]
[Vic] She's coming to get her some.
[Booker] Yeah.
[Vic] Get her pound of flesh.
I've never seen Rizzo like this before.
[Booker] She's back!
[Vic] Well, it has been a long
48 hours for Ethan Page.
Can only imagine what's on his mind
and what he's about to say.
Next!
[music]
Ladies and gentlemen…
If you think "all ego" Ethan Page
is finished with The NXT Championship,
you are sadly mistaken!
[Ridge Holland's music plays]
[boos]
[Ridge] Ethan, Ethan, Ethan.
Let me just hold you up for a second there, pal.
Everyone is sick and tired of you.
And I know you won The NXT Title
when you first came here.
[boos]
You've had shot after shot.
Opportunity
after opportunity.
And unfortunately, Trick Williams
survived Halloween Havoc.
Like that's very important. It's very important.
But let me assure you,
he won't be holding on to that Championship
for too much longer.
Because I'm the man
that's going to knock Trick
off his throne
and take that NXT Title.
And Trick knows it. He does.
That's why he asked Bully Ray to do his dirty work.
[laughs]
Yeah. Yeah. And Bully Ray, thankfully,
he came to his senses.
And made the smartest decision of his life,
by rejecting Trick's offer.
[Bubba Ray Duddley's music plays]
[audience cheers]
[Booker] The hell is he thinking?
[Vic] Well, you heard Bubba earlier tonight.
[Booker] This is a mistake, man.
This is a big mistake.
I think it's time
that me and you
had a little talk.
[audience cheers]
You know,
before Halloween Havoc,
I didn't know that much about you.
[audience] 'Cause he sucks!
Now…
In the past 48 hours…
I've learned a lot about you.
[audience] He's a bitch!
[audience] Wow!
You have commanded
the conversation…
On Busted Open Radio.
No matter where I turn,
people are talking about…
Ridge Holland.
[boos]
So, what do I know about you now?
I know that you're one hell of a rugby player.
Tough!
Fast!
Agile!
[audience] What?
I could go on and on.
A couple of people back there
smarting me up about you too.
Shattered both of your legs.
Came back after only eight months.
I gotta tell you…
It's respectable.
[audience] Whoo!
[applause]
But that's where the respect ends.
[audience cheers]
You disrespected me.
You disrespected Dave LaGreca.
You disrespected our radio show Busted Open.
You disrespected every frickin'
wrestling fan you can see.
[audience cheers]
I don't deal well with disrespect.
And I got one question for you, Ridge.
Do you know who I am?
I'm one half of the greatest
mother truckin' Tag Team
that has ever walked on Dodge Green Earth.
[audience cheers]
[audience chants, "ECW"]
I have held more Championships
than you've had Championship opportunities.
[audience] Ooh!
And as far as you getting a shot
at the NXT Championship,
whether or not you deserve it…
Debatable.
As far as you're concerned…
You deserve absolutely nothing.
[audience cheers]
The NXT Universe is gonna have to see
a hell of a lot more from you, Ridge,
if you're ever to get a chance
and a shot at the NXT Championship.
Bubba…
Nobody cares what you think anymore.
You're not even an active competitor.
You're a radio host.
A radio host.
And a popular one, I'll give you that.
All you do is sit behind a microphone.
You don't live in Dudleyville anymore.
You are a nostalgia act.
So why don't you go watch some old ECW…
Revel in your prime.
Because it wasn't extreme.
It was overrated.
So what I need you to do,
is go back to your little studio
and complain about what's wrong
wit the current generation of superstars.
'Cause if you don't,
Dave LaGreca will have to look for
a new co-host.
Because you'll be in the hospital.
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Oh!
[Booker] Oh, oh!
Didn't I tell you? Didn't I tell you?
[Vic] Ethan Page!
[Booker indistinct].
The hell was Bubba D?
[Vic] He's here, is it?
Bubba Ray Dudley is here, is it?
[Booker indistinct] helping at him.
[Vic] There's Trick, The NXT Champion!
[audience chants, "Whoop that Trick!"]
[Vic] Returning the favor… from Sunday!
[audience chants, "Whoop that Trick!"]
[audience cheers]
[Vic] It's been chaos since the start!
[audience cheers]
Hey, Trick!
You still want a Tag Team partner
for next Wednesday?
[audience cheers]
Ethan!
Ridge!
Next Wednesday night,
NXT!
Live from The ECW Arena!
The two of you!
Versus Trick Williams
and Bubba Ray Dudley!
[audience cheers]
Whoop that Trick!
[audience chants, "Whoop that Trick!"]
[Vic] Booker, next Wednesday in Philly.
NXT goes to the extreme.
[audience chants, "Whoop that Trick!"]
Next Wednesday!
Let me take Roxanne.
Okay.
You got this! You got this!
I'm not done with Cora.
Yes.
Hey, you guys leave Fatal Influence to me.
Oh, I can help you with that. You want some help?
Okay, you guys got that.
But just leave me, Fallon. Leave me Fallon, please.
Yeah, seriously.
You see how you go, Z?
[Rhea] Man!
[audience cheers]
What a stack division we have here, huh?
I heard about the Ten Women Tag Team Match next week
and I had to come see this team for myself.
You ready?
Yeah!
Definitely.
Good.
Seeing you five and knowing who your opponents are…
It's gonna be amazing.
Next Wednesday, ECW Arena…
Blow the bloody roof off.
Yeah, we will. We will.
Yeah!
We got this. Yes.
[music]
[Jaida] Lola Vice.
[music]
Baby, I don't think you understand
what you getting yourself into
next Wednesday.
[Jaida] Because your idea of a hardcore match
is a lot different than mine.
[Jaida] You can use your little MMA skills.
But baby, I can use any weapon
I can get my hands on.
And what I got in mind,
is way better for the ECW Arena.
[Vic] Jaida Parker, with an exclamation point.
Omi and Dawn Marie.
Baby, I never met you before,
I don't even know you.
But if you get in my way,
you gonna learn
what Lola Vice is going to find out.
Jaida Parker don't play.
[Vic] NXT and the world famous 2300 Arena
next Wednesday, November 6th.
This is gonna be a fight.
Vice, Parker. Hardcore match.
Dawn Marie, special guest referee.
Live next Wednesday on NXT.
["Millions From Now" plays]
[Vic] This one also has just been made official.
Bubba Ray Dudley returns to The 2300 Arena
to team with NXT Champion Trick Williams
to face Ethan Page and Ridge Holland,
when NXT invades The ECW Arena
next Wednesday, November 6th.
["Millions From Now" plays]
[Vic] And not only that,
but this was made official earlier tonight.
Ten women who all want to be the superior female
will face off in a "must see"
All Star Tag Team Match.
Which five will prove to be the best?
We find out next Wednesday, November 6th,
live from The 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
["Millions From Now" plays]
[Vic] But, Book, it is Main Event time this week
on NXT.
[Frazer and Axiom's music plays]
[Vic] And who will be at the top of the Tag Team Division
when we get to The 2300 Arena?
Next Wednesday on November 6th?
Will it be the champions,
Axiom and Frazer?
Or will it be the challengers,
Cedric Alexander and Je'Von Evans?
It's our second Championship Match of the night.
NXT Tag Team Titles on the line
in our Main Event,
live on NXT.
Who's walking into The ECW Arena
next week as Tag Champions?
And remember, it's Wednesday not Tuesday.
Yes, I know it's Wednesday, you idiot.
Wait, you're not going, are you?
Oh, I'll be there.
Oh, whose idea was that?
It was my idea.
[referee] Excuse me. Watch out.
[Robert] What's going on? What's the deal?
Go ahead. Get out of here!
Medical! Medical!
Hey, here, medical!
Rhea!
Watch her head. Watch her head.
Let's get her up. Turn her up.
Are you okay?
Watch her head. Watch her head.
Easy. Easy.
Okay, Rhea…
[Vic] This happened moments ago.
[Robert] What's the deal?
[referee] Go ahead. Get out of here.
Medical! Medical!
Hey, here, medical!
Rhea!
Watch her head. Watch her head.
Let's get her up. Turn her up.
Are you okay?
Watch her head. Watch her head.
Easy. Easy.
[Vic] The unexpected chaos continuing here on NXT
A scary situation unfolding.
And if we get any medical update on Rhea Ripley
before the show ends,
we will obviously pass that along to you.
But right now, let's go to Mike Rome
for our Championship introductions.
[bell ringing]
The following contest scheduled for one fall,
is for the NXT
Tag Team Championship!
[audience cheers]
Introducing the challengers.
The team of Cedric Alexander
and Je'Von Evans.
[audience cheers]
And their opponents.
They are The NXT
Tag Team Champions,
Nathan Frazer
and Axiom!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Well, Booker, don't blink.
Because these four
are going to fly
for the NXT Tag Team Titles
here in our Main Event of NXT.
-[Vic] Still just stunned by what just -[bell ringing]
[Vic] transpired moments ago as we try to focus in on this
Tag Team Championship Matchup.
And how is Cedric Alexander
starting things off here with Axiom?
How has Cedric helped Je'Von Evans
mature in the ring?
[Booker] Has he? Has he helped it?
[Vic] I think he has. I mean, he's…
You don't agree with that?
[Booker] I mean, I haven't seen anything to show me
that he's done that,
other than a few comments, but we'll find out a lot now.
[Vic] Well, let me ask.
Let me paint it a little bit different.
Do you like the more forward side
of Je'Von Evans,
who's not backing down,
such as that slap across the face
of Nathan Frazer.
Let me frame it to you that way.
[Booker] I do like that.
Because in this business you can't be passive.
You gotta be able to stand up for yourself.
You can't let anybody believe that,
because signs.
Those signs definitely will speak
volume to that locker room right now.
Axiom, Nathan Frazer.
These guys, action personified, Vic.
Hell of a Tag Team.
[Vic] It's time to look at
tonight's NXT recap
presented by Progressive.
Cedric Alexander, who right now
trying to get into control
is a former Tag Team Champion
looking to help Evans win his first piece of gold
here in NXT and in the WWE.
And now maybe trying to fly
and just got caught by Axiom.
And we always talk about
the aerial attack.
Axiom…
Very, very good on the map.
[Booker] Cedric Alexander
used to be one of these guys
right here in NXT
with all of that quickness,
with all of that speed.
But let me tell you something.
It's different when you're the older guy
in that locker room.
[Vic] Axiom. Frazer is…
Nathan Frazer has made the Tag
57 days as Champion.
Turned back all challenges,
including Grayson Waller and Austin Theory
recently in St. Louis.
And Nathan Frazer wants Je'Von Evans.
The man who slapped him across the face.
The man who paint-brushed him several weeks ago.
Frazer was quick
to want to get Evans in the ring.
That has brought us to this Main Event Match up
And I'll ask you this.
Would you classify Nathan Frazer
as a hot head?
[Booker] You know what? I wouldn't say so.
Nathan Frazer's got a one Tag Team goal.
He's one to hero. He's just a kid.
That's a whole lot more.
That's the way I see it, Vic.
Oh, yes!
[Vic] Wait!
[Booker] Oh, yes!
[Vic] He's gonna miss in his own right.
Trying to go, trying to go.
And a stalemate!
[audience cheers]
-[laughs] -[Booker] Yeah!
[audience cheers]
[audience chants]
[Vic] You see Axiom trying to tell
Frazer to calm down.
-[Vic] I mean, Randy Orton did tell Frazer -[Booker] Ooh.
[Vic] it's okay to be a hot head.
-[Booker] He liked it. He likes it. -[Vic] I don't know.
[Vic] Don't know if Axiom would totally agree,
but this is what I was talking about…
With Je'Von Evans.
That forward side.
He's much more aggressive than we saw when he first arrived in NXT.
Tag made. Cedric's legal.
[Booker] But sometimes you just got to throw hands.
And that's what I like about this kid, Vic.
[Vic] He threw hands.
Alexander just threw two feet.
Floats into the cover. Hooks the leg.
And a near fall.
Almost crowning new Tag Team Champions
here in the Main Event.
And now it's Alexander
telling Je'Von Evans.
"Slow down, take a breath."
[Booker] I've always loved the aspect
of the vent and the young guy.
Right now, Cedric Alexander
has a whole lot of experience
that he can pass down to the young kid.
[Vic] Trying to get a front face lock
and trying to slow this pace in.
I'm glad you bring that up.
So who was someone that helped navigate
your journey early on in your career?
[Booker] No one. No one.
But I did have one great mentor
by the name of Ron Simmons,
who taught me a whole lot
about this business.
[Vic] Back in comes Je'Von Evans,
who has heard a lot of people
talking about him.
A lot of naysayers
on the outside chirping.
Including Wes Lee.
As charging back in.
Got caught this time
by a back elbow by Frazer.
Frazer right now looking to fly.
Off the top, able to land on his feet.
Charges right back in!
And just took down Je'Von Evans,
who is on the wrong part of…
Look at Axiom reaching his hand now.
Frazer not trying to make the tag.
Frazer doesn't want to get disqualified.
And a tag was made by Axiom.
[Booker] Oh, in this time…
[Vic] Wow, wow, wow!
[Booker] Friction between these two.
I don't like that.
I don't like that, Vic.
Oh!
[Vic] Axiom has been a little annoyed,
it seems, at times, with Frazer.
Because Frazer was the one
who walked into Ava's office.
Made this match up.
Didn't even speak to Axiom.
It's Axiom who has had to fight battles
he didn't necessarily want to because of his partner.
And he's in this Championship Main Event
because of Nathan Frazer.
Tag's made. Alexander legal.
[Booker] Yeah, Vic, but ask him and Nathan Frazer.
No matter what kind of friction
they've always been going through.
They've always been able
to pull it together.
But I don't know about tonight.
[Vic] Who is gonna walk out
and head to Philadelphia next Wednesday
as NXT Tag Team Champions?
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] Back live on NXT.
Who will be the Tag Team Champions
when we go to The 2300 Arena
next Wednesday, November 6th,
live right here on the CW
from Philadelphia.
What a back and forth match up
this has been.
During the break though, the Champions,
Axiom and Frazer, were able to regroup
and get right back on the same page.
Bam! Able to take out Cedric Alexander.
And I mean, if you're Axiom,
it just has to be taxing
having to deal sometimes
with Nathan Frazer's attitude
as we've seen play out
early on in this match.
[Booker] I agree with that.
At one point in time,
Axiom and Frazer was arch enemies
that came together as a Tag Team
and realized they were great.
Had something in common.
But there's still something missing, Vic.
What is it?
[Vic] That's a very good point
as right now a pivotal moment
in this match up.
Je'Von Evans is not taking his eyes off
of Nathan Frazer.
Tag Team Titles hanging in the balance.
This is our Main Event here on NXT.
Tag was made. And get ready, Book.
Je'Von Evans striking first.
Young OG looking for that
first piece of gold.
He would love to put down Nathan Frazer.
Who's able to counter.
Going up and around--
[Booker] Oh, my God!
[Vic] of Je'Von Evans!
[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] Young OG looking to prove a point.
Oh, crap. I just saw his eyes.
Oh!
[audience] Ooh!
[Booker] He's getting bouncy!
Oh, my God!
[Vic] Flying around from the titles.
Into the cover!
And just kicking out.
Nathan Frazer.
[Booker] Whoo!
Young OG up right before our very eyes.
Check this out, Vic! Oh, yeah!
With the greatest of ease, man!
[Vic] Evans got all of that clothesline.
[Vic] Axiom did not like
what just happened.
[Booker] Oh, Vic.
[Vic] He got caught.
[Booker] That's scouting. That's scouting right there, Vic.
[Vic] Say that again. Oh!
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Two for one! Frazer's legal!
[audience counts]
[Vic] Axiom wasn't there to save Frazer,
who just was able to kick out.
[Booker] Kid have to make a name for himself tonight.
Become Tag Team Champion.
[Vic] What a match up this is here tonight.
Let's not forget next Wednesday in Philadelphia.
November the 6th, 2300 Arena.
Who will be the Tag Team Champions?
Big kick from Frazer. Rocking.
Je'Von able to make a tag.
Right back over to Axiom.
[audience] Ooh!
Hello, hello, hello!
[Vic] You heard Axiom screaming at Frazer.
The little high low combination.
Is this gonna be enough to retain the Titles?
[Booker] Oh, man!
'Von just got that right.
Torment. I don't think if you've noticed
on Axiom, on his chest…
He is starting to welt.
As this is our Main Event
on the CW,
for the NXT Tag Team Titles.
Our second Championship Match of the night.
That began with a Casket Match
on the heels of Sunday's Halloween Havoc.
Flying through the air.
Nice shift of weight by Axiom.
For a moment, tag was made.
Axiom doesn't realize it,
but Cedric Alexander
is actually the legal superstar
for his team.
[Booker] Oh, what he got here?
What he got?
Wow.
[Vic] Powerbomb by Evans.
Alexander trying to clean things up.
Sit down style!
[Booker] Double leg! Double leg!
[Vic] Into the cover!
Will it be enough?
Frazer with a drop kick.
Broke up the count.
[Booker] This team always seems to pull together
when you think they've lost it.
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Take another look.
Evans might rethink
where he was at that moment.
We could have had new Tag Team Champions.
What a Main Event…
-[Booker] Just think about all… -[Vic] …here tonight.
[Booker] Think about all the opportunities
this young OG has had
inside the middle of this squared circle right now.
This could be that moment. That night.
[Vic] Being a Tag Team action,
The All Star Match up.
Ten Woman Tag Team Match up.
Next Wednesday, November 6th.
Live from the world famous 2300 Arena.
As a Tag was made.
It's now the young OG who's legal.
Frazer just got caught between the eyes.
Charges in. Whoa!
[Booker] You got to be kidding me!
[Vic] They had to get away! Frazer got caught!
Cover by Evans! Cover by Evans!
Oh, I see him kick out!
Damn, that was close!
[audience chatter]
[audience] Ooh!
[Vic] Big Cutter off that springboard.
And man, I don't know
how much closer you can get.
Evans now, making a Tag.
Cedric Alexander, again, legal.
Look at the NXT Universe…
Standing.
And this could be that moment for this team. Oh!
[audience] Ooh!
[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] Canadian Destroyer by Axiom!
Alexander!
Oh, he just got caught!
Oh, Alexander answered back in a big way.
These four superstars…
These two teams…
Slugging it out to prove
they are the best team
in NXT.
[referee] One, two, three, four. Break it up.
[Vic] Alexander wearing out Axiom.
[audience cheers]
[Booker] This is his chance right now, Vic.
That window just opened for Cedric.
Take advantage of it, man!
[Vic] Axiom and Frazer may not see
day 58 of their title reign.
Axiom going up, going over.
Big right foot from Cedric.
Answers back with a kick!
-[Vic] Evans between the uprights. -[Booker] Big shot.
[Vic] If you're giving points,
he'd have three!
And now for Alexander.
Took a little bit too much time.
And how about the resiliency of Axiom?
Able to snap back like a rubber band.
[Booker] One thing about this team, Vic.
You just said it.
They're all resilient.
Here we go!
We've seen this before!
Man!
[Vic] Spanish fly!
Frazer!
Phoenix splash!
Into the cover!
And look who's that up!
Breaking up!
Je'Von Epic one more time!
[Booker] Wow!
[Vic] All four men are down!
-[laughs] -[Booker] Yeah.
[audience chants, "NXT"]
[Vic] Appreciation being…
[audience chatter]
[Vic] The hell is Wes Lee doing out here?
Oh!
Evans!
He just wiped out Wes!
[Booker] I like it!
[Vic] You know, the issues run deep between these two.
But there's a Tag Team Title Match going on.
Alexander able to get out of the way!
Again looking for that Phoenix splash!
What's Frasier…
Full bar check!
[Booker] Can he do it? Can he do it, Vic?
[Vic] Axiom wiped out!
Fisherman driver!
[audience counts]
[Vic] Oh, man!
[audience cheers]
[Vic] Alexander almost single-handedly
able to win the Tag Team top!
Where the hell did Je'Von go?
[Booker] I said he can do it
all on his own, Vic.
Oh, no! Oh, no!
Ow! No!
[Vic] Big superplex!
We've also seen this in the past.
[Booker] This is it, Vic.
[Vic] A Brain buster Golden Ratio combination!
Axiom into the cover!
Into the count!
-[Vic] And the Champion retained! -[bell ringing]
[Frazer and Axiom's music plays]
[announcer] Here are your winners!
And still
The NXT Tag Team Champion,
Nathan Frazer
and Axiom!
[Vic] Champions retain
and will head to Philadelphia
next Wednesday,
November 6th,
with the gold around their waist.
What a championship match up!
What a chaotic night!
Just another Tuesday
of NXT.
[audience cheers]
Knock it off!
C'mon! C'mon! Knock it off!
Break it off, you two, hey!
No! Hey! Hey! Hey!
[crosstalk]
You're not doing this here!
Stop this fight!
No! No! Wow!
Guys! Guys!
I got it!
Yeah, you gave me a fantastic idea.
I know what I wanna do next week.
Yeah, yeah. I'll see y'all in Philly.
No!
Subtitles: Kristijan Stakor n Philly.