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[dramatic music playing]

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[narrator] Then…

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now…

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forever…

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together.

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♪ A million dollars from now… ♪

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[Vic] We are back to the warmth
of Orlando, Florida,

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home of the WWE Performance Center,

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as NXT is live once more

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in the City Beautiful.

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♪ A million dollars from now
I won't remember you ♪

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♪ Soon as I land, they come with a bag ♪

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♪Tell her I just got it
It don't have a tag ♪

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♪ With the strippers
They helpin' my brand ♪

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♪ On Lanvins
The shoe laces look like a crayon ♪

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[Vic] And tonight,
the NXT Universe is fired up

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to feel the fallout of WWE Deadline.

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♪ Yeah, you know what I'm sayin' ♪

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♪ Yeah, you know what I'm sayin' ♪

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[dramatic music playing]

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[Vic] Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Welcome to Deadline.

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Men's Iron Survivor Challenge.

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Whoever has the most falls
will be declared the winner.

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All four men down and who can it be?

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[Ava] Eddy Thorpe has been ruled out.

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I will find a suitable replacement
to take Eddy's place

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in the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge.

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[alarm blares]

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[Vic] Oba Femi is here.

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And the clock is becoming the enemy now.

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[Booker] You gotta do it quick.

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[Vic] Double chokeslam!

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Oba Femi has scored two falls!

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Just like that, Femi's the leader!
Cutter by Evans!

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-[Booker] Cover him!
-[Vic] He'll run out of time.

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[bell dings]

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[Vic] Oba Femi conquers
the field at Deadline.

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We are ready to head
to the unpredictable underground

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as Lola looks to knock out Miss Parker,

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who's looking to make it two straight
over Lola Vice.

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[Booker] Oh baby,
we going on a ride tonight.

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[Vic] Jaida Parker
is systematically dissecting

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Lola Vice in front of the world.

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Backfist!

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-[bell dings]
-[Vic] The referee had to stop the match.

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And Lola remains
"The Queen of the Underground."

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Axiom is gonna need to carry Frazer

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Borne and Heights are ready
for the Tag Team Champions.

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[Booker] Nathan Frazer, he's
in no shape to make his reign right now.

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[Vic] Oh, miscommunication!

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Miles Borne, Tavion Heights
just turned this matchup inside out.

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[ref yells indistinctly]

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[Vic] Holy hell.

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By the string of Axiom's mask,

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the champions survive.

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Ridge is looking to destroy NXT

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while destroying Trick
and becoming the new NXT Champion.

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[Booker] This could be
Trick Williams's toughest test to date.

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[Vic] Oh no, no, no, no! My God!

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The damage is done,

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and Ridge knows it.

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Not like this.

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[referee hitting ground]

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-[Vic] Trick kicked out!
-[Booker] This young man!

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[Vic] Trick shot.

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-Trick did it!
-[bell dings]

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[Vic] Williams continues to wave
the NXT banner.

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[action music playing]

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♪ Here we go, here we go… ♪

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[bell dings]

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[Vic] This is the ultimate battle
of endurance and strategy

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with the most decisions
at the end of 25 minutes.

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[Booker] There we go!

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[Vic] Every second matters.

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[Booker] You got to have eyes
at the back of your head.

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[Vic] Four women tied at one.

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[Booker] Did you see that?

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What a main event.

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The clock is running up.

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[Vic] We got a five-way tie!

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Twenty seconds left!

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Giulia!

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[bell dings]

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[Vic] The clock ran out.

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Giulia is not only
the number one contender,

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but the Women's Iron Survivor!

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["Time of Arrival" playing]

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[Vic] And what a moment it was
for "The Beautiful Madness"

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this past weekend.

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She adapted. She beat the odds.

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She is the Women's Iron Survivor.

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[Mike] Ladies and gentlemen,

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please welcome

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the winner
of the Women's Iron Survivor Challenge,

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Giulia!

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[rock music playing]

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[Vic] And we know,

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because of that,
on the first NXT of the new year

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live from Los Angeles,

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Giulia will meet Roxanne Perez

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for the NXT Women's Championship

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at New Year's Evil.

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[crowd chanting] Giulia! Giulia! Giulia!

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I am the Iron Survivor…

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which means I am going to do
what I came here for.

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Roxanne,

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at New Year's Evil in LA,

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"The Beautiful Madness" will become

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the NXT Women's Champion!

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[Vic] Uh-huh.

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Whoo!

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Congratulations, Giulia.

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Huh, you're the luckiest women
in the world to have survived Deadline.

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And sure, you won, but in my opinion,

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I think Sol was the MVP of the match.

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[chuckles]

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Even Wren Sinclair, she spent
most of the time in the penalty box,

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and she still almost pulled it off.

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Zaria and Stephanie, they didn't lose.

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They just ran out of time.

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[chuckles]

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[sighs]

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You won… yeah,

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but, uh,

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fortunately for you,

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you're not on my level. [chuckles]

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But I'll give it to you guys.

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On Saturday, the ladies proved once again

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why we have the best women's division
in all of wrestling.

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But like I said,

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none of you guys are on my level.

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[chuckles] And that's not gonna change
anytime soon, Giulia,

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especially not at New Year's Evil,

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because I don't know if you forgot,

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but, uh, we've been here before.

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Yeah, we have.

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And it was the same result
as it has been for the past year,

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me holding my title in the air

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reigning over my division.

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And at New Year's Evil,

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new town, same result.

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"The Beautiful Madness"
falling short to "The Prodigy."

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And that's if you even make it
to New Year's Evil in Los Angeles.

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Oh yeah.

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How about we do this

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right now?

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[cheering]

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Yeah, I'm not too sure about that, Giulia.
[chuckles]

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I really don't know,

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because I don't think you're gonna make it
to New Year's Evil, because of us.

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And look, I know you think
your best friend, Stephanie,

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is gonna come out here and save you,
but she can't.

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She won't. [scoffs]

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Because there's no question
about who did it.

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-[referee] Don't move. Medical's here.
-What hurts? Stay right here.

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Stay down. Who did this? What happened?

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-What happened?
-[referee] Try not to move.

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What hurts? Tell me what hurts.

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[inaudible dialogue]

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[Vic] Well, Booker,
Giulia's got no choice.

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-[Booker] Uh-huh.
-[Vic] But look at that advantage.

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-[Booker] That's right. That's right.
-[Vic] This is sick.

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[Vic] Well, hold on.
The cavalry has arrived.

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Kelani Jordan.

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Evening the odds,
even if for just a moment.

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Whoa!

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Uh-oh.

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Ooh.

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Looking like Juan Soto for the Mets
swinging like that.

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["Time of Arrival" resumes]

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Well, look,
tonight's celebration was cut short.

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But not everyone was celebrating
after Deadline.

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Eighteen years

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it took me to get here,

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to climb that mountain top,

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to win the championship.

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But it also took me 18 years to figure out

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that Ethan Page has no clue

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how to get back there.

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-[man] You know what a moron…
-[man 2] What he's saying.

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[man] Him, idiot.

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I don't know.

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Tough bit.

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[Ethan] I can't do this.

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Excuse me, fellas.

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Mr. "All Ego" Page.

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Come on, man.
You're killing the vibe of the room.

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You lost. Get over it.

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[man] Ha ha!

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Get over it?

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Tony, I don't know how to get back
into the NXT title picture.

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Hey, you're right. You blew it.

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[chuckling]

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I can't even believe
I'm saying this right now,

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but, uh, I got a little bit
of a soft spot for you, Page.

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So how about
a North American title match tonight?

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Wow.

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I'm a former NXT Champion.

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When I was champion,

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I carried this entire brand on my back.

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I turned NXT into N… X… Me.

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Tony, I mean no offense by this, but

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the North American Championship
is just, uh…

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it's a step-down for me.

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-[man] What?
-[indistinct chatter]

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Okay.

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I try to be a nice guy,
extend an olive branch

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'cause I see you sitting in the corner
like a lost puppy.

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You don't want the match, fine.
I'll open it up to the room.

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[overlapping yelling]

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"Don!"

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"Don," I'll take the match.

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No, no, no, I don't want you
to take a step-down.

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It's not a step-down, "Don."
It's not a step-down.

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"Don," if I can't beat
the North American Champion,

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my career… [tuts]

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…my career is pretty much over.

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Uh, no, just keep on holding onto hope.

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I need this!

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-[overlapping chatter stops]
-I need this.

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Please.

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[chuckles]

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That's all you had to say, Page.

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I'll see you out there, kid.

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-Come on.
-What is this? What is this?

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Are you serious?

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♪ Your boy is bouncy ♪

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♪ Yeah ♪

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♪ Oh… ♪

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[Vic] An unnecessary altercation
Saturday has led to this.

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[bell dings]

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[Mike] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

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Introducing first,

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from Greensboro, North Carolina,
weighing in at 180 lbs,

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Je'Von Evans.

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♪ We was built like this ♪

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♪ Take a look, man
We built this all brick by brick ♪

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♪ Yeah, we follow G code… ♪

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[Vic] Lee, Evans

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next on NXT.

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♪ We the streets, bring the heat ♪

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When we were in Minneapolis,
I did some soul-searching.

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-It's a good place for it.
-Come to find out, I'm a man of integrity.

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Not only that, Charlie, but my wrestling
has been top-notch lately.

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I'm gonna just cut straight to the point.
I want another shot at the Heritage Cup.

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Of course you do. Look, Lexis,

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I've already given you
a shot at the Heritage Cup.

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So let me think about it, all right?

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Hey, that's all
the King could ever ask for.

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Okay, bye.

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[sighs]

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Fellas, Wren, to say I'm proud of you all
is an understatement.

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And Myles, Tavion, you all came this close

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to winning the NXT title
for the best tag team this place has.

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And, Wren,

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you showed the world
that you belong at the top

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of the NXT women's division.

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Yeah, you did.

259
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Charles, you have no idea
how much that means to me.

260
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Mira, no más. Now didn't we tell you y'all
couldn't bring those tag titles back home?

261
00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:47,450
-Huh?
-You can't hang with the big dogs.

262
00:12:47,483 --> 00:12:49,485
Yeah, but they were, like, really close.

263
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Uh, baby girl, the only words
that should be coming out of your mouth

264
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are "thank you, Jaida,"

265
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because if I never ducked Lola's backfist,

266
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you wouldn't have fallen
into that last-chance spot.

267
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But if you didn't duck Lola's backfist,

268
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then you would've gotten knocked out and…

269
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I could knock your ass out here
right now if you really want to.

270
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You can get some too.
You can get some too.

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[Vic] The tension's still
on the rise, Booker, here tonight.

272
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[Booker] Yeah.

273
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[Vic] Dynamite drop.

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["Assemble" playing]

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[Mike] And his opponent,

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from Dayton, Ohio, weighing in at 178 lbs,

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Wes Lee!

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[Vic] Well, I said
there was an altercation

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that took place between these two.

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And here is what I was referring to
from Deadline.

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Calm down, all right?

282
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You just had a fire performance,
and you come into the back

283
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acting, um…

284
00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:42,204
What is it? Come on. Come on.

285
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Salty.

286
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Come on now. Help me say it.

287
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Now you a part of this?
Now you a part of this too?

288
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Look, one day, you'll be just like me.

289
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Oh no, I'd rather not.

290
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-[grunts]
-[Booker] Oh yeah.

291
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[overlapping yelling]

292
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-[Booker] That boy got stole, Vic.
-[Vic] Hold on.

293
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You're all smiling and think it's great,

294
00:14:00,623 --> 00:14:04,210
but the issues between these two
certainly did escalate in Minneapolis.

295
00:14:04,243 --> 00:14:07,796
[Booker] Wes Lee's trying to knock
some sense into this young man.

296
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He's been in the same position
once upon a time, Vic.

297
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You feel me?

298
00:14:13,452 --> 00:14:16,138
[Vic] I hear what you're saying,
but I think you can agree

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that Wes Lee can go about his business
a little bit differently.

300
00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:22,761
[Booker] Nah, man.
No, this is a man's game, Vic.

301
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-Only the strong survive. Here we go!
-[bell dings]

302
00:14:24,763 --> 00:14:26,081
[Booker] Here we go!

303
00:14:26,115 --> 00:14:29,001
[Vic] They're center of the ring,
throwing hands, exchanging blows,

304
00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:32,805
and, of course, Je'Von Evans
does hold a victory over Wes Lee.

305
00:14:32,838 --> 00:14:35,307
That happened in Philadelphia
at The 2300 Arena.

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[Booker] He got the keys, Vic.
He has the best name there.

307
00:14:38,861 --> 00:14:41,363
Both of these guys are fast and ambitious.

308
00:14:41,397 --> 00:14:45,084
And one. Going a whole lot.
Here we go. I love it!

309
00:14:45,117 --> 00:14:46,585
[Vic] Wes Lee going right to the body.

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These two started
the Iron Survivor Challenge.

311
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So you tried to call it on points early on

312
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if you remember what happened
this past weekend.

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Who stood out more to you?

314
00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,845
-Whoa!
-[Booker] Oh! Wow!

315
00:14:56,879 --> 00:14:58,414
That man right there.

316
00:14:58,447 --> 00:15:00,382
Je'Von Evans, he definitely stood out.

317
00:15:00,416 --> 00:15:02,718
He came so close to cashing in.

318
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He covered the Iron Survivor.

319
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[Vic] When you talk about becoming
a grown ass man,

320
00:15:06,722 --> 00:15:08,958
Je'Von Evans surely
is flying through the air

321
00:15:08,991 --> 00:15:10,926
and growing in leaps and bounds.

322
00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,113
[Booker] And in a lot
of high-stakes situations thus far, Vic.

323
00:15:14,146 --> 00:15:16,498
It's gonna be only a matter of time
for this young man

324
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to crash that glass ceiling.

325
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I can… I can feel it in my bones.

326
00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:21,820
We saw Giulia already.

327
00:15:21,854 --> 00:15:25,140
Of course, Oba Femi was the winner
of the Men's Iron Survivor.

328
00:15:25,174 --> 00:15:28,344
We will hear from him live tonight
here on NXT.

329
00:15:28,377 --> 00:15:29,628
As Evans, springboard.

330
00:15:29,662 --> 00:15:32,731
Got caught, dropkick right to the stomach.

331
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[Booker] Right to the solar plexus
right there.

332
00:15:35,367 --> 00:15:37,486
-That floating re-up…
-[Vic] Cover.

333
00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:39,505
And a quick kick out by Je'Von.

334
00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:41,123
Why… I wanna go back to Wes Lee

335
00:15:41,156 --> 00:15:44,426
'cause you see the look in the eye,
a different look, a different demeanor.

336
00:15:44,460 --> 00:15:47,146
Why has Lee become so jaded?

337
00:15:47,179 --> 00:15:48,380
[Booker] Jaded, Vic? Jaded?

338
00:15:48,414 --> 00:15:50,549
Let me tell you why. Let me tell you why.

339
00:15:50,582 --> 00:15:54,253
The greatest… the greatest
North American Champion

340
00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:55,854
in the history of NXT.

341
00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:57,890
Losing that can change a man.

342
00:15:57,923 --> 00:15:59,091
That's exactly what it is.

343
00:15:59,124 --> 00:16:02,828
[Vic] So you're saying Wes Lee
is the greatest North American Champ--

344
00:16:02,861 --> 00:16:06,281
[Booker] I said not having that mountain,
not being that guy,

345
00:16:06,315 --> 00:16:07,750
not holding that championship,

346
00:16:07,783 --> 00:16:10,869
walking in the room and people saying,
"Hey, champ. How you doing?"

347
00:16:10,903 --> 00:16:14,323
"You're looking good."
I know exactly what that feels like.

348
00:16:14,356 --> 00:16:16,408
[Vic] Oh, these two seem
to have some deep issues,

349
00:16:16,442 --> 00:16:19,078
and it does seem one-sided to some--

350
00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:20,729
[Booker] You know what those issues are?

351
00:16:20,763 --> 00:16:22,481
The deep issues are competition.

352
00:16:22,514 --> 00:16:23,549
Competition.

353
00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:25,484
Wes Lee, once upon a time,

354
00:16:25,517 --> 00:16:28,103
was in the same shoes
as this young man, Je'Von Evans,

355
00:16:28,137 --> 00:16:29,655
getting all the praise.

356
00:16:29,688 --> 00:16:31,156
And I'm talking about high praise.

357
00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:32,491
-[Vic] Ooh!
-[Booker] Oh yeah.

358
00:16:32,524 --> 00:16:34,693
Eat this. I love it, man.

359
00:16:35,911 --> 00:16:38,464
[Vic] Everything done right now

360
00:16:40,315 --> 00:16:42,401
with nasty intentions.

361
00:16:43,168 --> 00:16:45,604
-And one more time!
-[Booker] Focus.

362
00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:49,608
[Vic] Wes Lee is taking
his frustrations out on Je'Von.

363
00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:54,480
So I'm assuming you would agree with Lee
that Evans shouldn't be so jovial

364
00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:56,015
following Deadline like was.

365
00:16:56,048 --> 00:16:58,450
[Booker] No, I understand this
'cause they do use all…

366
00:16:58,484 --> 00:17:00,219
he's living out his dream, Vic.

367
00:17:00,252 --> 00:17:02,921
I love it, but this is a business.

368
00:17:02,955 --> 00:17:05,524
You not too far gone to understand that.

369
00:17:05,557 --> 00:17:06,709
Oh yes!

370
00:17:06,742 --> 00:17:08,744
'Cause your man gets bouncy.

371
00:17:08,777 --> 00:17:10,029
I love it!

372
00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:13,315
[Vic] Je'Von up and over.
He's had a few birthdays since his 18…

373
00:17:13,348 --> 00:17:14,566
when he was 18 years old.

374
00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,952
It's now Lee going into the barricade.

375
00:17:16,985 --> 00:17:18,604
And now it's Evans turning things around.

376
00:17:18,637 --> 00:17:22,741
The referee's showing a little bit
of discretion right now, Book,

377
00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:25,094
because this has been a heated issue

378
00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:27,162
between these two Superstars

379
00:17:27,196 --> 00:17:31,116
for not just days, not just weeks,
but it's been going on for a few months.

380
00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:34,286
[Booker] Yes, beautiful. Beautiful.
Beautiful move there by Je'Von.

381
00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:35,537
[Vic] Nice dropkick!

382
00:17:35,571 --> 00:17:37,840
[Booker] This young kid is special, Vic.

383
00:17:37,873 --> 00:17:40,042
He's extraordinary.

384
00:17:40,075 --> 00:17:42,911
And right now,
he's got something on his mind.

385
00:17:42,945 --> 00:17:45,364
I can feel it. Here we go.

386
00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:47,166
Here we go.

387
00:17:48,650 --> 00:17:53,655
[Vic] Oh! Nice job by Lee coming in,
taking Evans out at the leg.

388
00:17:53,689 --> 00:17:55,441
Look, he can't stand.

389
00:17:55,474 --> 00:17:56,341
You can't fly.

390
00:17:56,375 --> 00:17:59,228
And now Lee taking to the air.

391
00:17:59,261 --> 00:18:01,730
Sticking the landing. Wiping out Evans.

392
00:18:01,764 --> 00:18:05,551
Who is gonna stand tall tonight,
live on NXT?

393
00:18:11,974 --> 00:18:14,059
[Vic] Who is gonna win
this struggle right now?

394
00:18:14,092 --> 00:18:17,279
Is it gonna be Wes Lee?
Is it gonna be Je'Von Evans?

395
00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:21,016
And again, everyone feeling the pressure,
feeling the excitement

396
00:18:21,049 --> 00:18:22,835
here towards the end of the year.

397
00:18:24,036 --> 00:18:25,671
As Lee looking down…

398
00:18:25,704 --> 00:18:27,306
Nobody home. Able to roll right through.

399
00:18:27,339 --> 00:18:29,925
Turns right back around and got dropped!

400
00:18:29,958 --> 00:18:31,310
As I was saying,

401
00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:34,379
with Raw going to Netflix,
New Year's Evil in LA,

402
00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:36,548
you assume change is coming to Smackdown!

403
00:18:36,582 --> 00:18:38,350
The transfer window is open.

404
00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:41,487
What a time it is to be in the WWE.

405
00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,173
[Booker] Hell of a time it is,
and right there is a moment

406
00:18:44,206 --> 00:18:46,041
for this young man, Je'Von Evans.

407
00:18:46,074 --> 00:18:48,193
The people are going nuts.

408
00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:50,395
[Vic] Didn't take kindly to Lee's insults,

409
00:18:50,429 --> 00:18:52,998
not only this weekend,
but over the past month.

410
00:18:53,031 --> 00:18:56,902
It was Evans who said he will never
have the attitude that Lee has.

411
00:18:56,935 --> 00:18:58,303
And look at Evans right now,

412
00:18:58,337 --> 00:19:01,540
swinging away, coming right back
and big clothesline.

413
00:19:01,573 --> 00:19:04,626
And Evans now has all the momentum
in this matchup.

414
00:19:04,660 --> 00:19:07,646
And, Book, we're getting into
some pretty deep waters.

415
00:19:08,347 --> 00:19:11,984
[Booker] Boom! Beautiful!
Beautiful shot there by "The Young OG."

416
00:19:12,017 --> 00:19:15,087
Let me tell you something.
If he gets this victory tonight,

417
00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:16,755
not like at The 2300 Arena,

418
00:19:16,788 --> 00:19:19,091
it will not be a tainted victory,

419
00:19:19,124 --> 00:19:21,927
like when RVD came in
and messed it all up.

420
00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:23,178
He will do it all on his own.

421
00:19:23,212 --> 00:19:25,464
[Vic] It could be right here.
It could be right here.

422
00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:29,051
[Booker] Oh, man. Wow.

423
00:19:29,084 --> 00:19:32,304
[Vic] Getting that inside shoulder up.
Take another look at the height.

424
00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:35,974
Sticking the landing was Evans
but was not able.

425
00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:37,442
[Booker] He'll do it all on his own.

426
00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:39,778
RVD is not gonna run out here
and save him.

427
00:19:39,811 --> 00:19:42,080
There won't be any distractions
or anything like that.

428
00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:43,182
This is a man's game.

429
00:19:43,215 --> 00:19:46,318
We're gonna find out
if he's gonna man up or not here tonight.

430
00:19:46,351 --> 00:19:51,073
[Vic] What a way to kick off NXT this week
here live on the CW.

431
00:19:51,106 --> 00:19:53,992
Evans trying to overpower Wes Lee.

432
00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:55,577
Lee, counter for the moment.

433
00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:56,995
Up over… Hey!

434
00:19:58,680 --> 00:19:59,615
Ooh!

435
00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:03,535
Used the referee
for a little bit of an assist.

436
00:20:03,569 --> 00:20:05,837
Didn't really do too much.
Big jump and punch!

437
00:20:06,488 --> 00:20:09,575
Superman has answered back as Lee.

438
00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:11,076
[Booker] Wow, big shot.

439
00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:12,861
[crowd] Oh!

440
00:20:12,895 --> 00:20:16,415
[Vic] This is starting to turn out into
a little bit of a slug fest here, Book.

441
00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:19,801
Combination offense… from Wes.

442
00:20:19,835 --> 00:20:23,155
[Booker] He's got the best game here, Vic.
You talk about those deep waters.

443
00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:25,474
We're definitely in those deep waters,
so I'm looking at…

444
00:20:25,507 --> 00:20:26,425
Oh man!

445
00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:29,444
[Vic] Big kick. Locked Wes.

446
00:20:30,195 --> 00:20:31,897
Double underhook. Counter!

447
00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:35,267
[Booker] Oh baby. Talking about prolific.

448
00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:36,718
This young man.

449
00:20:36,752 --> 00:20:38,036
Now I think it's the haircut

450
00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:41,073
giving a little bit more aerodynamics
here tonight.

451
00:20:41,106 --> 00:20:43,075
Oh yes!

452
00:20:43,108 --> 00:20:44,760
[Vic] Looking to fly.

453
00:20:44,793 --> 00:20:45,961
Got caught!

454
00:20:49,464 --> 00:20:51,817
-[Booker] Wow.
-[Vic] Back into it goes Evans.

455
00:20:53,635 --> 00:20:56,288
Sit down, Pearl River style.

456
00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:57,556
Not able

457
00:20:58,373 --> 00:21:01,410
to keep Lee down.

458
00:21:01,443 --> 00:21:03,979
[Booker] What a way
to kick tonight off, Vic.

459
00:21:04,479 --> 00:21:06,348
[Vic] Take another look.

460
00:21:06,381 --> 00:21:07,299
Bam.

461
00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:09,084
He took the plunge

462
00:21:09,751 --> 00:21:12,037
but was able to fight through.

463
00:21:14,523 --> 00:21:16,541
Oh, got caught. Bad landing.

464
00:21:16,575 --> 00:21:17,960
Wait, wait, Lee! Come on!

465
00:21:17,993 --> 00:21:19,911
[Booker] Oh. Good strategy.

466
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,697
-[Vic] Great job.
-[Booker] Come on, ref.

467
00:21:21,730 --> 00:21:25,467
-Come on. Do your damn job.
-[Vic] He did. He did do his job.

468
00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:27,886
[indistinct yelling]

469
00:21:27,919 --> 00:21:29,554
You got your foot on the ropes.

470
00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:31,256
[indistinct chatter]

471
00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:35,560
-[Vic] He might not like it, but there…
-[Booker] Whoa.

472
00:21:35,594 --> 00:21:37,796
[Vic] Gonna say there goes Evans.
Lee had it scouted.

473
00:21:37,829 --> 00:21:39,431
"The Young OG" tried to catch Lee.

474
00:21:39,464 --> 00:21:41,767
Lee put in a big DDT.

475
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,436
[Booker] Got all of it.
Got all of it, Vic.

476
00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:48,006
[Vic] And now "The Cardiac Kid"
looking for that cardiac kick.

477
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,858
[Booker] Ah. Build it.

478
00:21:51,259 --> 00:21:53,261
-[referee] One, two…
-[Vic] Good.

479
00:21:54,429 --> 00:21:56,231
Absolutely not.

480
00:21:56,264 --> 00:21:58,483
And I may be just as shocked

481
00:21:59,951 --> 00:22:01,520
as Wes Lee.

482
00:22:01,553 --> 00:22:03,522
That's how he won
that North American title.

483
00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:05,874
That's how Wes Lee
won the Tag Team titles.

484
00:22:05,907 --> 00:22:08,393
[Booker] Nobody kicks out of that, Vic.

485
00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:09,644
What the hell?

486
00:22:10,312 --> 00:22:16,151
[crowd chanting] "Young OG." "Young OG."
"Young OG." "Young OG." "Young OG."

487
00:22:16,184 --> 00:22:18,770
-[Vic] This is Evans…
-[Booker] Don't take too much time, Wes.

488
00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:21,189
[Vic] This is Je'Von Evans growing up

489
00:22:21,223 --> 00:22:23,191
right here before our very eyes.

490
00:22:23,225 --> 00:22:24,776
Superkick under the jaw.

491
00:22:24,810 --> 00:22:27,479
Buckling the knees of Wes Lee.

492
00:22:27,512 --> 00:22:29,181
[Booker] Talk about
high-stakes situations.

493
00:22:29,214 --> 00:22:30,849
This young man did it, Vic.

494
00:22:30,882 --> 00:22:33,952
[Vic] Lee, out of desperation,
just grabbing the leg

495
00:22:33,985 --> 00:22:37,406
because he knows
once Je'Von Evans gets to the top rope,

496
00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:38,724
he's at home.

497
00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:40,258
That's where he wants to be.

498
00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:42,844
He wants to fly. He wants to risk it all.

499
00:22:42,878 --> 00:22:44,880
Another superkick under the jaw.

500
00:22:46,314 --> 00:22:48,500
Don't think about it. Do it!

501
00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:53,071
-[Booker] Wow.
-[Vic] Middle of the road.

502
00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:54,956
-Into the cover!
-[crowd] One, two, three!

503
00:22:54,990 --> 00:22:58,910
[Vic] "The Young OG" makes it two straight
of the week.

504
00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:05,283
[Mike] Here is your winner, Je'Von Evans.

505
00:23:06,501 --> 00:23:09,204
[Vic] I hate to steal a phrase of yours,

506
00:23:09,237 --> 00:23:10,705
but I'm gonna do it anyways.

507
00:23:11,289 --> 00:23:13,859
What a night! What a fight!

508
00:23:14,526 --> 00:23:18,780
That cardiac kick, as you mentioned,
has put away everyone in its path,

509
00:23:18,814 --> 00:23:22,634
did not put away Je'Von Evans
here tonight.

510
00:23:22,667 --> 00:23:24,136
But for Je'Von Evans,

511
00:23:24,169 --> 00:23:26,488
as he did in Philadelphia,

512
00:23:26,521 --> 00:23:29,958
was able to put away Wes Lee

513
00:23:29,991 --> 00:23:33,128
for another significant victory.

514
00:23:33,161 --> 00:23:35,414
And I'm taking a look up from my monitor.

515
00:23:35,447 --> 00:23:37,783
Wes Lee obviously frustrated,

516
00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:41,553
as Evans steps up in a big way on NXT.

517
00:23:43,922 --> 00:23:46,658
[sighs] Man, I'm struggling out there.

518
00:23:47,943 --> 00:23:49,060
[Axiom] It was in the bag.

519
00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:51,346
Ooh, but the… You had it.
It was right there.

520
00:23:51,379 --> 00:23:53,398
You could've pinned him
and become the Iron Survivor.

521
00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,167
Ah, look on the bright side,
amigo, all right.

522
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,135
We still got these bad boys, don't we?

523
00:23:57,169 --> 00:23:58,420
-[Axiom] We do.
-[coughing]

524
00:23:58,453 --> 00:24:00,071
[Axiom] Ugh, we do.

525
00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:02,324
Listen, Nathan, I… I wanna apologize

526
00:24:02,357 --> 00:24:04,226
'cause I was worried.

527
00:24:04,259 --> 00:24:06,828
You know, I was worried
about you having to compete twice, but

528
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:08,730
I see it now. You did it.

529
00:24:09,381 --> 00:24:11,933
You got your nose smashed into pieces,
but it didn't matter.

530
00:24:11,967 --> 00:24:14,402
You walked out there with me,
and we defended the title.

531
00:24:14,436 --> 00:24:16,922
Brother, you carried us out there.
I couldn't even breathe.

532
00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:19,691
Without your performance,
we're genuinely not the champions anymore.

533
00:24:19,724 --> 00:24:21,526
Like, I owe you, man.

534
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:22,527
Big time.

535
00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:25,046
[Axiom] My performance, Nathan?
You did amazing out there.

536
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,983
After what you did, you should be
the Tag Champ and the Iron Survivor.

537
00:24:28,016 --> 00:24:29,634
Oba kind of screwed that one up,
didn't he?

538
00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:31,036
[Axiom] Dude, Oba.

539
00:24:31,069 --> 00:24:33,905
He wasn't even in the match, was he? Ugh.

540
00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:36,057
[scoffs] Man, you're
really mad at him, huh?

541
00:24:36,091 --> 00:24:38,643
[Axiom] Well, of course I am, Nathan.
I want you to succeed.

542
00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:40,896
You are my tag team partner.

543
00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:42,931
I'll do anything for you.

544
00:24:47,135 --> 00:24:49,137
Amigo, I gotta make this right, man.

545
00:24:49,704 --> 00:24:51,323
[Axiom] No, Nathan.
I will make this right.

546
00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:53,608
No, amigo, trust me,
I need to make this right.

547
00:24:53,642 --> 00:24:55,710
-[Axiom] I have an idea.
-I'll handle it, all right?

548
00:24:55,744 --> 00:24:56,761
Just you watch.

549
00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:58,964
[Vic] Booker, we got
some breaking news right now

550
00:24:58,997 --> 00:25:01,366
because it is happening.

551
00:25:01,399 --> 00:25:04,452
Tony D'Angelo will face Ethan Page

552
00:25:04,486 --> 00:25:07,672
for the North American Championship

553
00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:10,625
live right here tonight on NXT.

554
00:25:10,659 --> 00:25:13,128
And it's been a busy night
for our general manager, Ava,

555
00:25:13,161 --> 00:25:14,946
because this is from her neck.

556
00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:17,749
Combustible elements are going to explode

557
00:25:17,782 --> 00:25:19,651
after what kicked off tonight.

558
00:25:19,684 --> 00:25:22,921
These four will meet
in our main event tonight

559
00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:24,139
on NXT.

560
00:25:24,172 --> 00:25:25,957
♪ A million dollars from now ♪

561
00:25:28,693 --> 00:25:30,061
[dramatic music playing]

562
00:25:30,095 --> 00:25:32,797
[Briggs] This past summer, I fought
in the Pro Wrestling NOAH

563
00:25:32,831 --> 00:25:34,816
N-1 Victory Tournament in Japan.

564
00:25:34,849 --> 00:25:37,085
The Japanese wrestling style,
it's different.

565
00:25:37,118 --> 00:25:38,837
It's… it's tough. It's gritty.

566
00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:41,506
And it feels like it was made for me.

567
00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:43,642
In the two months that I was there,

568
00:25:43,675 --> 00:25:45,310
one wrestler impressed me.

569
00:25:45,810 --> 00:25:47,212
It was Inamura.

570
00:25:48,296 --> 00:25:51,933
[Inamura] My first impression of Briggs
was he fits a Japanese style.

571
00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:57,239
He has a fighting speeds
like WWE Hall of Famer star has.

572
00:25:58,173 --> 00:26:00,492
In the ring, with Briggs getting the top,

573
00:26:01,509 --> 00:26:03,028
he has a crazy side,

574
00:26:03,061 --> 00:26:04,262
which I like.

575
00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:07,532
[Briggs] Inamura and I clicked
because he's a grown man.

576
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:09,901
He was raised in a different culture.

577
00:26:09,935 --> 00:26:12,354
I'm not dealing with the immaturity
like I was before.

578
00:26:12,387 --> 00:26:15,407
Sure, there's a language barrier.

579
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,175
[indistinct yelling]

580
00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:19,928
Back over to the ground!

581
00:26:19,961 --> 00:26:21,696
I understand!

582
00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:28,086
[Inamura] When the opportunity for me
to come to NXT opened up,

583
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,220
I jumped at it.

584
00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:34,225
I knew Briggs and I could do damage
in tag-team division.

585
00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:37,062
My kind of crazy!

586
00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:39,097
[Briggs] Look, I didn't wanna be
part of a tag again,

587
00:26:39,130 --> 00:26:41,600
but I saw him training in Japan.

588
00:26:41,633 --> 00:26:44,602
Eva wants to see more
from the tag-team division?

589
00:26:44,636 --> 00:26:48,673
There won't be a tag-team division
after Inamura and I are done with it.

590
00:26:49,207 --> 00:26:51,509
I love competition. The fight.

591
00:26:52,243 --> 00:26:53,111
The struggle.

592
00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:58,783
Josh and Inamura are led to create chaos

593
00:26:58,817 --> 00:27:02,821
in N… X… T.

594
00:27:05,690 --> 00:27:09,110
I could feel it.
I could feel it in my bones.

595
00:27:09,144 --> 00:27:13,048
1991, I made that same trip,
and I'm gonna tell you.

596
00:27:13,081 --> 00:27:14,883
You learn so much about yourself

597
00:27:14,916 --> 00:27:17,252
going to the Land of Rising Sun.

598
00:27:17,285 --> 00:27:21,156
Josh Briggs is about to blow up bad!

599
00:27:21,189 --> 00:27:23,208
I don't mean to turn the subject around,

600
00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:27,595
but our very own Sarah Schreiber right now
is standing outside of our medical room.

601
00:27:27,629 --> 00:27:29,314
-Sarah?
-I'm excited.

602
00:27:30,281 --> 00:27:32,334
Thanks so much, guys.
I'm standing outside of medical,

603
00:27:32,367 --> 00:27:35,820
hoping to get any updates
on Stephanie Vaquer. I'm…

604
00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:38,373
And look. It looks like
Kelani Jordan and Giulia are here with me.

605
00:27:38,406 --> 00:27:40,191
Ladies, do you have
any updates on Stephanie?

606
00:27:40,692 --> 00:27:42,694
[speaking Japanese]

607
00:27:48,149 --> 00:27:51,252
I think what she's trying to say
is what goes around comes around.

608
00:27:51,286 --> 00:27:53,872
Look, Stephanie's banged up,
but she's gonna be okay.

609
00:27:53,905 --> 00:27:57,409
But, Sarah, honestly,
I'm sick and tired of Cora and Roxanne

610
00:27:57,442 --> 00:27:59,944
walking around this place
like they run NXT.

611
00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:00,895
'Cause let's be real.

612
00:28:00,929 --> 00:28:03,998
They couldn't run a lemonade stand
in a desert even if they tried.

613
00:28:04,032 --> 00:28:08,269
And Cora thinks I'm the same Kelani Jordan
that left Michigan State a few years ago?

614
00:28:08,303 --> 00:28:11,423
News flash, me now
would eat that girl alive.

615
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:13,942
So what does she think
I'm gonna do to her?

616
00:28:13,975 --> 00:28:16,845
I'll put my resume up against Cora Jade's
any day of the week.

617
00:28:17,345 --> 00:28:20,098
Let's go get ready
for our main event, Giulia. Come on.

618
00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:25,470
[exhales]

619
00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:28,373
Honestly, that Iron Survivor match

620
00:28:28,406 --> 00:28:30,725
was the most fun I've had in a long time.

621
00:28:30,759 --> 00:28:34,679
Mm. I've never felt anything
like that before.

622
00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:36,948
The heat of the battle.

623
00:28:36,981 --> 00:28:38,983
Ah, I just felt alive.

624
00:28:39,484 --> 00:28:42,287
Yeah. Well, I felt
the complete opposite of that

625
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,356
when I was in the penalty box
watching the time run out,

626
00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:48,710
knowing that I was only one soul snatcher
away from New Year's Evil.

627
00:28:48,743 --> 00:28:52,580
-Freaking--
-Skrr!

628
00:28:53,331 --> 00:28:55,533
I could've told y'all
neither one of y'all were gonna win,

629
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:57,919
because that would've saved y'all
that long 25 minutes.

630
00:28:57,952 --> 00:28:59,854
-Uh--
-News flash.

631
00:28:59,888 --> 00:29:02,791
If the Meta girls
would've been in the qualifier,

632
00:29:02,824 --> 00:29:04,476
one of us would be the Iron Survivor.

633
00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:05,927
-That's right.
-Mm-hm.

634
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,730
Now, Zaria, I heard about you.

635
00:29:08,763 --> 00:29:10,215
The mystique.

636
00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:11,750
The power.

637
00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:14,536
You may have all these other girls
in the locker room shook,

638
00:29:14,569 --> 00:29:16,488
but you know like I know

639
00:29:16,521 --> 00:29:18,089
you ain't Lash Legend,

640
00:29:18,123 --> 00:29:20,375
and you can't hang
with "The Boujee Bully."

641
00:29:20,408 --> 00:29:23,044
Okay, Lash, you may be bougie,

642
00:29:23,077 --> 00:29:25,914
but if you were in that match
on Saturday with Zaria,

643
00:29:25,947 --> 00:29:28,016
you would know
that you cannot bully this powerhouse.

644
00:29:28,049 --> 00:29:30,101
Hold up.
Sol, why are you sticking up for somebody

645
00:29:30,135 --> 00:29:34,038
who literally wanted to rip your head off
less than 48 hours ago?

646
00:29:34,072 --> 00:29:35,390
-Ew.
-Ew.

647
00:29:35,423 --> 00:29:37,809
-It's giving delusional.
-Yeah. Mm.

648
00:29:37,842 --> 00:29:38,977
-Let's go, girl.
-Mm.

649
00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:40,728
[Sol sighs] Whatever.

650
00:29:43,565 --> 00:29:47,268
[Vic] The Meta girls might want to watch
what they say.

651
00:29:47,302 --> 00:29:48,920
["Mad Dawg" playing]

652
00:29:48,953 --> 00:29:50,421
-Ah!
-[bell dings]

653
00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:52,957
[Mike] The following contest
is a tag-team match

654
00:29:52,991 --> 00:29:55,160
scheduled for one fall.

655
00:29:55,193 --> 00:29:58,096
The team at a combined weight of 595 lbs,

656
00:29:58,129 --> 00:30:00,431
"The Whopper" and Tank Ledger,

657
00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:02,967
Hank and Tank!

658
00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:05,970
[indistinct yelling]

659
00:30:06,004 --> 00:30:07,822
[Vic] Well, get ready, Booker.

660
00:30:07,856 --> 00:30:12,243
Who will take the next step
in our tag-team division?

661
00:30:12,277 --> 00:30:16,981
We're about to find out in moments
live right here on NXT.

662
00:30:22,787 --> 00:30:24,789
["Throwdown" playing]

663
00:30:26,057 --> 00:30:27,542
♪ You picked the wrong one… ♪

664
00:30:27,575 --> 00:30:29,577
[Mike] And their opponents

665
00:30:29,611 --> 00:30:32,780
at a combined weight of 525 lbs,

666
00:30:32,814 --> 00:30:37,468
Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe!

667
00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:39,420
[Vic] Booker, let's go back to last week.

668
00:30:39,454 --> 00:30:43,174
It was the number one contenders'
Tag Team Battle Royal.

669
00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:46,377
And that's where this
really all started to unravel

670
00:30:46,411 --> 00:30:48,429
between these two teams.

671
00:30:48,463 --> 00:30:50,682
I wanna shake his hand. That man.

672
00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:52,567
[Vic] A sign of sportsmanship.

673
00:30:53,401 --> 00:30:58,656
However, same can't be said
when it came to Tyriek.

674
00:30:58,690 --> 00:30:59,791
No!

675
00:30:59,824 --> 00:31:00,875
What?!

676
00:31:00,909 --> 00:31:02,243
Man, don't do that!

677
00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:04,462
-Come on.
-Are you crazy? Hell no!

678
00:31:04,495 --> 00:31:07,966
[Vic] Typically, here's where I would say
the spirit of competition.

679
00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:09,434
Well, there's a little bit more to it

680
00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:12,670
because not only that elimination led
to Tyriek and Tyson out,

681
00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:15,373
it also led to, as you saw,

682
00:31:16,574 --> 00:31:17,809
Hank being eliminated.

683
00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:20,094
NXT brought to you by Monopoly Go,

684
00:31:20,128 --> 00:31:21,262
where money talks

685
00:31:21,296 --> 00:31:22,981
and friendship pays.

686
00:31:23,014 --> 00:31:24,949
[Booker] Can't get along, Vic.

687
00:31:24,983 --> 00:31:27,402
We gotta do this right here
in the middle of this ring.

688
00:31:27,435 --> 00:31:29,070
We gotta get it on.

689
00:31:29,103 --> 00:31:31,856
-Two big tag teams.
-[bell dings]

690
00:31:31,889 --> 00:31:33,691
A lot of beef.
A lot of beef right here, Vic.

691
00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:36,861
[Vic] But you would agree that this
is a time for me not to say spirit?

692
00:31:38,012 --> 00:31:39,530
-[Booker] I'd agree.
-[Vic] All right.

693
00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:41,032
Hey, we're on the same page.

694
00:31:41,065 --> 00:31:42,800
-Look at that.
-[Booker] Oh, baby.

695
00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:45,553
[Vic] How big of a match,
though, truly is this?

696
00:31:45,587 --> 00:31:49,841
for these two squads, as you take a look
at the landscape in the tag-team division?

697
00:31:49,874 --> 00:31:51,142
[Booker] It's about stepping up.

698
00:31:51,175 --> 00:31:54,462
You got a moment right here tonight
on live television.

699
00:31:54,495 --> 00:31:57,715
Time on… on television
is worth its weight in gold.

700
00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,567
Here we go! Here we go!

701
00:31:59,601 --> 00:32:01,085
-I love it.
-[Vic] Look at that.

702
00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:03,087
Atomic drop.
You talk about going old school.

703
00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:04,822
Big leg drop.

704
00:32:05,540 --> 00:32:07,141
Into the cover goes Hank.

705
00:32:07,175 --> 00:32:08,326
Hook of the leg and…

706
00:32:09,377 --> 00:32:11,779
Tyson able to kick out rather quickly.
I mean,

707
00:32:11,813 --> 00:32:15,633
it's hard looking towards New Year's Evil,
the tag-team division.

708
00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:19,120
They're gonna have to start standing out
for someone to rise up

709
00:32:19,153 --> 00:32:20,438
as the next contenders

710
00:32:20,471 --> 00:32:22,473
to the NXT Tag Team title.

711
00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:25,710
[Booker] Gotta give it to Hank and Tank.
Definitely gonna put them to work

712
00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:27,996
as well as, uh, Tyson and Tyriek.

713
00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:30,982
These young guys are gonna make a play
at this thing as well.

714
00:32:31,015 --> 00:32:32,650
But look what you got the family with,

715
00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:34,118
"Stacks" and Crucifino.

716
00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:34,986
Um…

717
00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:37,588
-[Vic] I was agreeing.
-[Booker] Excuse me. My bad.

718
00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:41,209
No, I mean, my thing is
everybody's got a shot at 2025.

719
00:32:41,242 --> 00:32:42,860
It's an open door.

720
00:32:43,361 --> 00:32:45,997
-[Vic] Not used to being in agreement.
-[Booker] Hop up top.

721
00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:48,032
[Vic] Nice dropkick from Tyriek.

722
00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:49,784
And when it comes to Tyson and Tyriek,

723
00:32:49,817 --> 00:32:52,353
are they just going through growing pains?

724
00:32:52,387 --> 00:32:54,105
[Booker] You took it
right out of my mouth.

725
00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:56,924
I mean, these guys are,
you know, I wouldn't necessarily say green

726
00:32:56,958 --> 00:32:59,844
but they're on the beginning side
of this division.

727
00:32:59,877 --> 00:33:02,630
And one thing about it,
you gonna have those pitfalls,

728
00:33:02,664 --> 00:33:04,415
those bumps in the road.

729
00:33:04,449 --> 00:33:08,102
I mean, you look at Hank and Tank,
they've grown into this sport.

730
00:33:08,136 --> 00:33:10,872
Oh yes, man! Kicking…

731
00:33:12,123 --> 00:33:14,392
[Vic] And there is a tag-team continuity.

732
00:33:14,425 --> 00:33:17,362
Big bulldog from Hank.

733
00:33:19,964 --> 00:33:22,166
And now Tank entering the middle.

734
00:33:22,934 --> 00:33:25,019
[Booker] People love these guys, man.

735
00:33:25,053 --> 00:33:26,838
They love Hank and Tank.

736
00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:30,625
Paul… Paul, David got me
my own T-shirt… T-shirt.

737
00:33:30,658 --> 00:33:32,126
"Hank and Tank," it said.

738
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,879
Oh, oh, "Shucky ducky, quack, quack."

739
00:33:34,912 --> 00:33:36,247
I loved it, man.

740
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,715
[Vic] I'm gonna move on from that

741
00:33:37,749 --> 00:33:40,118
and talk about the champions
who we heard from earlier.

742
00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:42,153
Hats off, by the way, to Axiom and Frazer,

743
00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:46,457
who literally survived Saturday
in Minneapolis.

744
00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:49,594
[Booker] Axiom and Frazer,
they always come in the underdog.

745
00:33:49,627 --> 00:33:50,728
The ultimate underdog.

746
00:33:50,762 --> 00:33:54,565
But they are proving the ultimate tag team
in my estimation there.

747
00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:56,601
They're the best in NXT.

748
00:33:56,634 --> 00:33:59,937
And now perhaps the best we've ever seen
in NXT, Vic.

749
00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:05,309
And Tyriek turning this matchup around
and showcasing some power.

750
00:34:05,343 --> 00:34:06,811
Good shot by Tyriek.

751
00:34:06,844 --> 00:34:09,047
That's one thing you cannot combat, Vic.

752
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,216
And that's vision. That's power.
Pure power. Pure strength.

753
00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:13,701
Oh yes, man!

754
00:34:13,735 --> 00:34:16,821
[Vic] Oh, big splash from Tyson.
Hook of the leg and ooh.

755
00:34:16,854 --> 00:34:19,924
I mean, this would be a big victory
for Tyson and Tyriek.

756
00:34:19,957 --> 00:34:21,459
-Taking a look.
-[Booker] You know what?

757
00:34:21,492 --> 00:34:25,096
It'd be a big victory, but I would
not call it an upset by any means,

758
00:34:25,129 --> 00:34:26,948
because Tyson and Tyriek, like I say,

759
00:34:26,981 --> 00:34:30,017
all these tag teams, they're
looking to crash that glass ceiling,

760
00:34:30,051 --> 00:34:33,404
put themselves in position
for a Tag Team title shot.

761
00:34:33,438 --> 00:34:35,807
-[Vic] Oh!
-[Booker] Big, big uppercut.

762
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,809
-Look at the agility on this guy, man.
-Come on!

763
00:34:37,842 --> 00:34:39,811
[Vic] Man, that big
shouldn't move that easily.

764
00:34:39,844 --> 00:34:42,230
[Booker] Tyson, what? Three-hundred maybe.
Three-hundred?

765
00:34:42,263 --> 00:34:43,815
[Vic] That was before lunch and dinner.

766
00:34:43,848 --> 00:34:47,285
As he tags in Tyriek
and now trying to fight back.

767
00:34:47,318 --> 00:34:50,371
To his own effort here is Tank.

768
00:34:50,404 --> 00:34:53,324
And Tank right now is gonna
have to do a little bit more than that

769
00:34:53,357 --> 00:34:57,678
'cause Hank, on the opposite side,
is a long way away from the tagging

770
00:34:57,712 --> 00:34:59,997
getting overpowered by Tyriek.

771
00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:03,034
And take a look at Tyson
answering right back.

772
00:35:03,534 --> 00:35:06,537
And it is Tyriek
who is the legal Superstar for his team.

773
00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:09,440
And into the cover. A hook to the leg.
And another… near fall.

774
00:35:09,474 --> 00:35:10,792
Speaking of tag team,

775
00:35:10,825 --> 00:35:12,777
what is up with OTM getting into it again

776
00:35:12,810 --> 00:35:14,462
with the No Quarter Catch Crew?

777
00:35:14,495 --> 00:35:16,948
[Booker] He had them
flipping to making a play, man.

778
00:35:16,981 --> 00:35:21,085
What's the moniker?
What's the moniker? Out…

779
00:35:21,118 --> 00:35:23,371
-[Vic] …of the mud?
-[Booker] Exactly my point, man.

780
00:35:23,404 --> 00:35:27,892
Moving uptown
to that deluxe apartment in the sky, man.

781
00:35:27,925 --> 00:35:30,328
[Vic] Both these teams
trying to do that same thing,

782
00:35:30,361 --> 00:35:32,463
and running right into a wall

783
00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:34,282
was Tyriek.

784
00:35:34,315 --> 00:35:38,519
And now there is a man
who is becoming unleashed.

785
00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:42,290
[Booker] Hank Walker right now,
he's looking to get in, man.

786
00:35:42,323 --> 00:35:45,376
He's… he's what you call
champing at the bit.

787
00:35:45,409 --> 00:35:46,527
[Vic] Tags.

788
00:35:48,029 --> 00:35:49,380
Swinging away.

789
00:35:51,933 --> 00:35:53,451
Dropping Tyson.

790
00:35:54,302 --> 00:35:56,671
Turning things around in a hurry

791
00:35:57,805 --> 00:35:58,773
is Hank.

792
00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:02,727
[Booker] Oh.
Momentum shifted right there, Vic.

793
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,229
[Vic] But he bounced right off it.
He bounced right back in.

794
00:36:05,263 --> 00:36:08,583
He was not even fazed
by what just happened.

795
00:36:08,616 --> 00:36:12,486
He ate that turnbuckle
like he ate all that steak for lunch.

796
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,206
Big clothesline.
Referee almost got wiped out.

797
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:16,674
[Booker] Was he caught on a side out?

798
00:36:16,707 --> 00:36:17,975
Oh yes!

799
00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:19,343
Oh yes, man!

800
00:36:19,377 --> 00:36:21,245
[Vic] Might put some tallulah green on it.

801
00:36:21,279 --> 00:36:23,097
He is now climbing to the top.

802
00:36:23,130 --> 00:36:25,433
You don't see a big man fly very often.

803
00:36:27,935 --> 00:36:29,587
Maybe that why. Hank, nobody home.

804
00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:31,088
Coming right back in.

805
00:36:31,122 --> 00:36:34,108
-Boss Man Slam!
-[Booker] Oh baby! Oh baby!

806
00:36:34,141 --> 00:36:38,045
Beautiful action
on that big, bold, bad slam.

807
00:36:38,846 --> 00:36:41,315
[Vic] Tag was made. New man's legal.

808
00:36:42,917 --> 00:36:46,871
And the motto is "hit first, hit last."

809
00:36:46,904 --> 00:36:48,806
Tank into the cover.

810
00:36:48,839 --> 00:36:52,276
-And look who stands tall tonight.
-[bell dings]

811
00:36:53,477 --> 00:36:55,129
[Mike] Here are your winners,

812
00:36:55,162 --> 00:36:58,833
Hank and Tank!

813
00:36:58,866 --> 00:37:02,853
[Vic] That's a big victory
in the tag-team division

814
00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:04,455
for Hank and Tank

815
00:37:05,006 --> 00:37:07,475
And tonight's Make It Count moment

816
00:37:07,508 --> 00:37:10,995
is brought to you by Jack Daniel's,
drink responsibly.

817
00:37:11,712 --> 00:37:13,764
Take another look at that Boss Man Slam,

818
00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:16,684
really driving the wind out of Tyson.

819
00:37:16,717 --> 00:37:17,952
Tag was made.

820
00:37:17,985 --> 00:37:20,438
Tyriek was isolated on the outside.

821
00:37:20,471 --> 00:37:22,206
And the motto's simple.

822
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,375
"Hit first, hit last."

823
00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:28,396
And look who are the victors
here tonight on NXT.

824
00:37:28,429 --> 00:37:30,081
[rock music playing]

825
00:37:33,734 --> 00:37:37,555
[crowd chanting] Crash out!
Crash out! Crash out.

826
00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:45,880
[Vic] Yeah, a nice show
of sportsmanship from Tyson.

827
00:37:45,913 --> 00:37:47,765
[crowd booing]

828
00:37:49,533 --> 00:37:50,718
[Vic] Well, no doubt

829
00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:54,038
Tyriek very irritated.

830
00:37:56,290 --> 00:37:57,925
[rock music playing]

831
00:37:57,959 --> 00:38:00,011
[Vic] Oh, he is "The Ruler."

832
00:38:00,044 --> 00:38:01,829
He is "The Destroyer."

833
00:38:01,862 --> 00:38:04,015
He is the Iron Survivor.

834
00:38:04,048 --> 00:38:06,317
Oba Femi, next.

835
00:38:10,738 --> 00:38:12,540
["Hands of Fate" playing]

836
00:38:12,573 --> 00:38:14,525
[Vic] We're back live

837
00:38:14,558 --> 00:38:18,612
and being joined by the Iron Survivor.

838
00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:35,296
Oh!

839
00:38:37,248 --> 00:38:38,716
[Mike] Ladies and gentlemen,

840
00:38:38,749 --> 00:38:41,385
please welcome the winner

841
00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:46,157
of the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge,

842
00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:51,312
Oba Femi!

843
00:38:51,345 --> 00:38:53,114
[Vic] And, Booker, if you remember,

844
00:38:53,147 --> 00:38:57,401
it was Oba Femi who pinned two men

845
00:38:58,202 --> 00:39:00,004
at once

846
00:39:00,037 --> 00:39:01,572
in the closing moments.

847
00:39:01,605 --> 00:39:03,891
[Booker] It's simple. It's simple, Vic.

848
00:39:03,924 --> 00:39:06,744
That man, Oba Femi,

849
00:39:06,777 --> 00:39:08,195
"The Ruler."

850
00:39:08,229 --> 00:39:09,680
No bread,

851
00:39:09,714 --> 00:39:10,815
no water,

852
00:39:11,449 --> 00:39:14,402
just me!

853
00:39:14,435 --> 00:39:16,687
Oh yes!

854
00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:30,618
[music fades]

855
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:33,771
Surprise! Surprise!

856
00:39:33,804 --> 00:39:36,173
[cheering]

857
00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,025
"The Ruler" is back.

858
00:39:38,059 --> 00:39:39,226
[chuckles]

859
00:39:41,328 --> 00:39:43,147
At Deadline,

860
00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:44,932
I stormed into the building.

861
00:39:45,633 --> 00:39:47,835
-I kicked down the opposition.
-[crowd] Hoo!

862
00:39:47,868 --> 00:39:50,004
-I destroyed everybody.
-[crowd] Hoo!

863
00:39:50,037 --> 00:39:51,972
-And now…
-[crowd] Hoo!

864
00:39:52,006 --> 00:39:54,175
…I am the Iron Survivor.

865
00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:55,159
[crowd] Hoo!

866
00:39:55,192 --> 00:39:57,194
[cheering and applause]

867
00:40:00,531 --> 00:40:02,533
So now, in four weeks,

868
00:40:03,050 --> 00:40:05,052
in Los Angeles, California,

869
00:40:05,753 --> 00:40:07,054
at New Year's Evil,

870
00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:11,692
I will reclaim my rightful position
on the throne

871
00:40:12,777 --> 00:40:15,946
as "The Ruler" of NXT.

872
00:40:15,980 --> 00:40:16,831
[crowd] Hoo!

873
00:40:17,498 --> 00:40:19,500
[cheering and applause]

874
00:40:25,439 --> 00:40:27,174
And now that brings me to

875
00:40:28,209 --> 00:40:29,460
Trick Williams.

876
00:40:31,378 --> 00:40:34,915
You know, you and I haven't
really officially crossed paths yet.

877
00:40:36,250 --> 00:40:40,771
But we've been very dominant
in our individual divisions, haven't we?

878
00:40:41,589 --> 00:40:45,242
But now I think it's time for us
to find out who the real top guy is.

879
00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:47,378
[cheering]

880
00:40:47,411 --> 00:40:49,613
["Locked In (Trick Williams)" Playing

881
00:40:52,383 --> 00:40:54,552
-[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!
-[Booker] Uh-huh.

882
00:40:54,585 --> 00:40:56,287
-[crowd] Whoop that Trick!
-[Booker] Uh-huh.

883
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:58,455
-[crowd] Whoop that Trick!
-[Booker] Say what?

884
00:40:58,489 --> 00:41:00,541
-[crowd] Whoop that Trick!
-[Booker] Yeah.

885
00:41:00,574 --> 00:41:02,443
-[crowd] Whoop that Trick!
-[Booker] Uh-huh.

886
00:41:02,476 --> 00:41:04,712
-[crowd] Whoop that Trick!
-[Booker] I like it.

887
00:41:04,745 --> 00:41:08,599
-[crowd] Whoop that Trick!
-[Booker] Oh yeah, man. That's slick.

888
00:41:08,632 --> 00:41:10,151
[crowd] Whoop that Trick!

889
00:41:10,184 --> 00:41:14,688
[Vic] Oba's right in Los Angeles
for the first NXT of the new year

890
00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:15,706
here on the CW.

891
00:41:15,739 --> 00:41:18,759
Oba Femi challenges Trick Williams

892
00:41:18,792 --> 00:41:20,928
for the NXT Championship

893
00:41:20,961 --> 00:41:22,680
at New Year's Evil.

894
00:41:36,927 --> 00:41:39,613
[Booker chuckles] Yeah.

895
00:41:39,647 --> 00:41:41,799
["Let the Good Times Roll" playing]

896
00:41:41,832 --> 00:41:43,701
[Vic] Oh no.

897
00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:48,155
No, no, no, no. Cut that music.

898
00:41:48,189 --> 00:41:49,273
Cut that music.

899
00:41:49,306 --> 00:41:50,624
This ain't happening now.

900
00:41:50,658 --> 00:41:51,792
[music stops]

901
00:41:53,143 --> 00:41:56,280
Oba, I'm not gonna let you ignore
what you did to me.

902
00:41:57,214 --> 00:41:59,216
Me and my people have been through enough.

903
00:42:02,887 --> 00:42:04,622
You attacked me last week.

904
00:42:05,706 --> 00:42:07,208
You took me out.

905
00:42:07,241 --> 00:42:09,393
The biggest chance of my career, gone.

906
00:42:09,426 --> 00:42:11,245
And on top of that,

907
00:42:11,278 --> 00:42:13,564
you took my place in the Iron Survivor.

908
00:42:13,597 --> 00:42:15,866
So where's the justice in that, huh?

909
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:18,852
What? Because you're a badass,
you can do whatever you want?

910
00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,373
-I'm not gonna stand for this.
-Shut your mouth!

911
00:42:22,406 --> 00:42:24,208
[crowd cheers]

912
00:42:27,845 --> 00:42:31,565
You do understand that you're making some
very bold accusations there, my friend?

913
00:42:32,066 --> 00:42:33,500
So you answer me this.

914
00:42:34,451 --> 00:42:36,687
Did you see me attack you?

915
00:42:37,187 --> 00:42:39,924
What? No, of course…
I got attacked from behind.

916
00:42:40,975 --> 00:42:43,327
And I've never been hit
with so much power,

917
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,614
and there's only one person
in that locker room

918
00:42:46,647 --> 00:42:49,433
with that kind of strength,
and I'm looking right at him.

919
00:42:52,303 --> 00:42:53,938
Thank you for the compliment.

920
00:42:54,638 --> 00:42:56,290
I'm done wasting my time with you.

921
00:42:56,323 --> 00:42:57,491
Now, Trick--

922
00:42:57,524 --> 00:43:00,494
Oba, I listened to you talk.
Now I need for you to listen to me.

923
00:43:01,812 --> 00:43:03,647
Because I've been where you've been.

924
00:43:03,681 --> 00:43:07,851
The highs and the lows, I've felt that.
The Iron Survivor Challenge, I won that.

925
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,605
And I know everyone here
has been waiting to see you and me

926
00:43:11,639 --> 00:43:12,606
go head-to-head.

927
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,642
[cheering and applause]

928
00:43:17,611 --> 00:43:18,762
Los Angeles.

929
00:43:20,314 --> 00:43:21,832
The City of Angeles.

930
00:43:22,833 --> 00:43:24,435
The City of Stars.

931
00:43:25,352 --> 00:43:27,721
The two biggest stars NXT has to offer,

932
00:43:27,755 --> 00:43:28,839
Trick Williams

933
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:31,041
and Oba Femi,

934
00:43:32,109 --> 00:43:34,828
will collide for New Year's Evil.

935
00:43:36,347 --> 00:43:37,648
That sound good, don't it?

936
00:43:38,599 --> 00:43:41,035
Oba, you and me ain't never really talked.

937
00:43:42,019 --> 00:43:43,253
But I'm glad you here.

938
00:43:44,738 --> 00:43:46,824
You see, because the legacy of a title run

939
00:43:46,857 --> 00:43:49,893
isn't defined
by how long you hold a title.

940
00:43:51,045 --> 00:43:54,748
It's defined by who you defeat

941
00:43:54,782 --> 00:43:56,367
while you carry it.

942
00:44:01,205 --> 00:44:04,058
Trick. you're talking all this noise
about being champion.

943
00:44:05,259 --> 00:44:06,327
But here's the truth.

944
00:44:06,944 --> 00:44:09,563
Because I don't think anybody
has ever hit you with some truth.

945
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,984
The only reason that you have been
the number one guy around here

946
00:44:14,018 --> 00:44:16,787
is because I let you be
the number one guy around here.

947
00:44:20,090 --> 00:44:24,395
As a matter of fact, the only reason
there's ever been a Whoop That Trick era

948
00:44:24,428 --> 00:44:27,348
was because I allowed there to be
a Whoop That Trick era.

949
00:44:27,381 --> 00:44:29,383
[crowd clamors]

950
00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:37,057
And the truth is this.

951
00:44:37,091 --> 00:44:38,709
The truth is this.

952
00:44:38,742 --> 00:44:40,094
I've always known this.

953
00:44:40,978 --> 00:44:42,746
That whenever I was ready,

954
00:44:43,263 --> 00:44:45,649
I would take that easily.

955
00:44:48,886 --> 00:44:50,504
And at New Year's Evil,

956
00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:55,726
it seems we have a date with destiny,
don't we?

957
00:44:55,759 --> 00:44:58,662
Oba Femi versus Trick Williams

958
00:44:58,696 --> 00:45:00,230
for the NXT Championship.

959
00:45:00,931 --> 00:45:04,017
I promise you… I swear to you

960
00:45:04,051 --> 00:45:07,538
the beginning of 2025 will be the end…

961
00:45:07,571 --> 00:45:09,707
will be the end of your era.

962
00:45:10,257 --> 00:45:12,259
[cheering and applause]

963
00:45:18,782 --> 00:45:20,067
What the hell, Trick?

964
00:45:21,051 --> 00:45:22,536
You're the NXT Champion.

965
00:45:23,070 --> 00:45:25,322
You're supposed to be
a leader around here, yeah?

966
00:45:25,823 --> 00:45:27,307
But you didn't press Oba once,

967
00:45:27,341 --> 00:45:29,827
not once about what he did to me, did you?

968
00:45:30,694 --> 00:45:34,248
And here I thought that maybe, just maybe,

969
00:45:34,281 --> 00:45:36,183
you would give me an NXT title match

970
00:45:36,216 --> 00:45:38,368
for the injustices that happened to me.

971
00:45:38,402 --> 00:45:40,154
But I was wrong about that.

972
00:45:41,672 --> 00:45:44,691
Just like I was wrong about you.

973
00:45:46,376 --> 00:45:48,946
See, I used to see you
as this man of the people.

974
00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:52,616
Everyone follows you everywhere you go.

975
00:45:53,901 --> 00:45:57,488
But when it's time to check under the hood

976
00:45:57,521 --> 00:45:58,689
of the Lamborghini,

977
00:45:59,373 --> 00:46:04,895
all there is
is a manufactured sports entertainer.

978
00:46:07,297 --> 00:46:10,834
And I know that you reached the top
here at NXT very quick,

979
00:46:10,868 --> 00:46:14,872
but you wouldn't last two weeks
in the Japanese dojos that I came up in.

980
00:46:17,941 --> 00:46:18,776
So what, this?

981
00:46:20,210 --> 00:46:23,197
This is the guy
that I'm supposed to be chasing?

982
00:46:23,230 --> 00:46:26,016
What? A guy that came
from Eagles training camp

983
00:46:26,049 --> 00:46:28,185
and went to a WWE tryout?

984
00:46:28,952 --> 00:46:30,788
Unlimited charisma, I don't care, man--

985
00:46:30,821 --> 00:46:32,339
Eddy, shut your ass up.

986
00:46:32,372 --> 00:46:34,508
[cheering and applause]

987
00:46:34,541 --> 00:46:37,427
'Cause I'm sick of you.
I'm sick of all the doubters.

988
00:46:37,461 --> 00:46:38,996
The same doubters who doubted me,

989
00:46:39,029 --> 00:46:40,798
calling me a sidekick
when I was with Melo,

990
00:46:40,831 --> 00:46:42,232
but look at me now.

991
00:46:42,266 --> 00:46:44,535
The same doubters
who've had something to say

992
00:46:44,568 --> 00:46:47,521
when it was me versus "The Mad Dragon,"
but look at me now.

993
00:46:48,138 --> 00:46:51,108
The same doubters in that locker room
who think they got what it takes

994
00:46:51,141 --> 00:46:53,694
to see me one-on-one
and take my title shot.

995
00:46:55,496 --> 00:46:57,447
You think you could take my title, Eddy?

996
00:46:57,481 --> 00:47:00,117
You think you could take my title, Eddy?
You think you the one?

997
00:47:00,150 --> 00:47:01,451
Well, good, believe that

998
00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:03,971
'cause I got no problem
whupping every single ass

999
00:47:04,004 --> 00:47:05,372
inside that locker room.

1000
00:47:05,405 --> 00:47:06,857
I got no problem doing that

1001
00:47:06,890 --> 00:47:09,776
and proving to everybody
I am exactly what I say I am.

1002
00:47:11,328 --> 00:47:12,863
And that's the NXT Champion.

1003
00:47:13,997 --> 00:47:15,966
So let's find out next week, Eddy.

1004
00:47:16,533 --> 00:47:17,651
You versus me.

1005
00:47:18,669 --> 00:47:20,754
Ava, set it up.

1006
00:47:22,172 --> 00:47:24,024
[crowd clamors]

1007
00:47:24,525 --> 00:47:28,428
[Vic] Trick Williams,
not in any mood for games,

1008
00:47:28,462 --> 00:47:31,231
because the fire is getting hot

1009
00:47:31,265 --> 00:47:34,201
as our champion looks to handle the heat.

1010
00:47:34,234 --> 00:47:35,903
here in NXT.

1011
00:47:35,936 --> 00:47:37,971
[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick.

1012
00:47:38,005 --> 00:47:39,389
Whoop that Trick.

1013
00:47:40,023 --> 00:47:41,308
[mumbling]

1014
00:47:41,341 --> 00:47:43,010
She just won't go away.

1015
00:47:43,043 --> 00:47:45,279
She's literally obsessed with me.

1016
00:47:45,312 --> 00:47:48,999
Mm, I think she's back
because she has eyes for my title.

1017
00:47:50,651 --> 00:47:53,020
[sighs] No, she's back--

1018
00:47:53,053 --> 00:47:54,805
Guys, does it matter?

1019
00:47:54,838 --> 00:47:56,456
We need to get rid of her, okay?

1020
00:47:57,958 --> 00:47:58,926
Sure.

1021
00:47:58,959 --> 00:48:01,261
-Hey.
-Now, Tatum, I'm glad for our new--

1022
00:48:01,295 --> 00:48:02,296
Friendship?

1023
00:48:02,329 --> 00:48:03,881
-Sure. Sure.
-[chuckles]

1024
00:48:03,914 --> 00:48:06,450
But as fun as it is
pissing off Fatal Influence,

1025
00:48:06,483 --> 00:48:08,685
there's three of them and just two of us.

1026
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:10,170
I wouldn't worry about that,

1027
00:48:10,203 --> 00:48:11,655
because I made a brand-new--

1028
00:48:11,688 --> 00:48:12,823
Excuse me.

1029
00:48:12,856 --> 00:48:15,225
Yeah, whatever drama you have
going on with Fatal Influence,

1030
00:48:15,259 --> 00:48:17,794
put it to the side
because I'm not done with you.

1031
00:48:17,828 --> 00:48:20,380
I wanna run it back.
And this time, what I'm gonna do--

1032
00:48:20,414 --> 00:48:22,132
[Shawn] Excuse me, Miss Dame.

1033
00:48:22,883 --> 00:48:25,736
I don't want anything happening
to these ladies.

1034
00:48:25,769 --> 00:48:26,803
I wanna leave.

1035
00:48:28,438 --> 00:48:30,674
-Good luck in your tag match tonight.
-[Brooks chuckles]

1036
00:48:31,758 --> 00:48:34,077
Izzi, you seem lost.

1037
00:48:34,111 --> 00:48:36,363
But I can't overlook
how impressive you were last week.

1038
00:48:36,396 --> 00:48:39,049
Yeah, you see,
what I don't need is your approval.

1039
00:48:39,082 --> 00:48:41,802
I know how damn impressive I am.

1040
00:48:46,957 --> 00:48:48,675
[Vic] What's up with Shawn Spears?

1041
00:48:48,709 --> 00:48:50,711
["The Chosen" playing]

1042
00:48:53,113 --> 00:48:55,165
♪ Like a thief in the night ♪

1043
00:48:55,198 --> 00:48:57,701
♪ No, we won't let you in ♪

1044
00:48:58,385 --> 00:49:00,337
♪ 'Cause we hold all the light ♪

1045
00:49:00,370 --> 00:49:02,656
♪ And we'll blind you with it… ♪

1046
00:49:02,689 --> 00:49:05,042
[Vic] Never mind,
I know why you're not talking to me.

1047
00:49:05,075 --> 00:49:06,143
[Booker] Uh-huh.

1048
00:49:06,193 --> 00:49:08,412
♪ You can't say the same ♪

1049
00:49:08,445 --> 00:49:10,881
♪ So stay where you're meant to ♪

1050
00:49:10,914 --> 00:49:13,216
♪ We'll take away this game… ♪

1051
00:49:23,143 --> 00:49:25,345
[Vic] Well, my broadcast partner is ready.

1052
00:49:25,379 --> 00:49:26,430
[bell dings]

1053
00:49:26,463 --> 00:49:29,149
[Mike] The following contest
is a tag-team match

1054
00:49:29,182 --> 00:49:31,251
scheduled for one fall.

1055
00:49:31,284 --> 00:49:32,486
Introducing first,

1056
00:49:32,519 --> 00:49:36,039
accompanied by
the NXT Women's North American Champion,

1057
00:49:36,073 --> 00:49:37,090
Fallon Henley,

1058
00:49:37,124 --> 00:49:39,960
representing Fatal Influence,

1059
00:49:39,993 --> 00:49:44,231
Jazmyn Nyx and Jacy Jayne!

1060
00:49:44,264 --> 00:49:46,717
[Vic] The question is,
is Paxley and Dolin…

1061
00:49:46,750 --> 00:49:50,220
they're getting ready to take on
Jayne and Nyx of Fatal Influence,

1062
00:49:50,253 --> 00:49:52,089
live next.

1063
00:49:55,625 --> 00:49:57,627
["Watch Me Now" playing]

1064
00:50:17,614 --> 00:50:20,233
[Vic] How about the, uh, pairing
of Paxley and Dolin?

1065
00:50:20,267 --> 00:50:23,954
Gigi returned.
Did so in saving Tatum Paxley.

1066
00:50:23,987 --> 00:50:25,655
[Booker] Vic, stay off
the friendship thing.

1067
00:50:25,689 --> 00:50:27,741
You know,
I would wanna call it an alliance.

1068
00:50:27,774 --> 00:50:29,659
-Let's do that, all right?
-[Vic] I don't want to.

1069
00:50:29,693 --> 00:50:31,528
[Booker] Tag team of self-destruction,

1070
00:50:31,561 --> 00:50:33,864
à la Alba Fyre, à la Dawn

1071
00:50:33,897 --> 00:50:35,315
trying to get that magic.

1072
00:50:35,348 --> 00:50:36,933
That's what I'm talking about.

1073
00:50:36,967 --> 00:50:39,052
-For once. For once. Please.
-[Vic] No. No.

1074
00:50:39,086 --> 00:50:41,688
It has to feel good
for Tatum to have another real friend.

1075
00:50:41,722 --> 00:50:43,673
Of course,
her first friend, Lyra Valkyria,

1076
00:50:43,707 --> 00:50:46,777
advanced in a Women's Intercontinental
Championship tournament on Raw.

1077
00:50:46,810 --> 00:50:49,246
They're like us.
They talk. They text. They're friends.

1078
00:50:49,279 --> 00:50:51,681
[Booker] No, they're not like us.
We don't talk. We don't text.

1079
00:50:51,715 --> 00:50:53,834
-[Vic] Cover.
-[Booker] We're not friends.

1080
00:50:53,867 --> 00:50:56,019
[Vic] Nyx able to kick out.
On the topic of that,

1081
00:50:56,053 --> 00:50:59,189
Fatal Influence here in this match
is Jazmyn Nyx, Jacy Jayne.

1082
00:50:59,222 --> 00:51:00,774
Fallon Henley on the outside.

1083
00:51:00,807 --> 00:51:02,976
The Women's North American Champion

1084
00:51:03,009 --> 00:51:05,462
who will be
the first Women's United States Champion

1085
00:51:05,495 --> 00:51:07,764
in semi-finals this Friday on SmackDown!,

1086
00:51:07,798 --> 00:51:10,934
is to remain in the finals
on this Saturday night's main event.

1087
00:51:14,538 --> 00:51:17,340
As Gigi Dolin rolling in control.

1088
00:51:17,374 --> 00:51:18,859
And face first.

1089
00:51:18,892 --> 00:51:20,644
-[Booker] Wow. Big shot.
-[Vic] Unbelievable.

1090
00:51:20,677 --> 00:51:22,329
What a dropkick to the mush.

1091
00:51:22,362 --> 00:51:25,682
[Booker] I must say that Gigi Dolin
is looking great since her return.

1092
00:51:25,715 --> 00:51:27,617
I mean, she's in great shape right now.

1093
00:51:27,651 --> 00:51:29,019
She's on a mission.

1094
00:51:29,619 --> 00:51:32,172
[Vic] When it comes to Paxley and Dolin,

1095
00:51:32,205 --> 00:51:35,258
I mean, they're an unusual pairing
to say the least.

1096
00:51:35,292 --> 00:51:37,227
As a tag was made, Jacy Jayne checking in.

1097
00:51:37,761 --> 00:51:40,630
[Booker] Uh, I would agree
they work well with each other.

1098
00:51:40,664 --> 00:51:42,883
They complement each other
very, very well.

1099
00:51:42,916 --> 00:51:45,502
[Vic] And these two are obviously
no strangers to one another,

1100
00:51:45,535 --> 00:51:48,088
and it's curious
that Jacy Jayne tags into the match

1101
00:51:48,121 --> 00:51:50,090
when Gigi Dolin is flat on her back.

1102
00:51:50,123 --> 00:51:52,642
How can Jacy say with a straight face

1103
00:51:52,676 --> 00:51:55,078
Gigi is obsessed with her?

1104
00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:57,597
-[Booker] She's upset with the past, Vic.
-[Vic] Obsessed.

1105
00:51:57,631 --> 00:52:00,350
[Booker] She's upset with the passed.
You must admit these two have

1106
00:52:00,383 --> 00:52:04,437
a whole lot of history in the ring
as well as out of the ring, right?

1107
00:52:04,471 --> 00:52:05,322
[Vic] They totally do.

1108
00:52:05,355 --> 00:52:08,125
I mean, Dolin and Jayne once
part of whom some consider

1109
00:52:08,158 --> 00:52:11,795
to be the greatest tag team ever in NXT.

1110
00:52:11,828 --> 00:52:15,182
[Booker] The greatest faction
in the history of NXT, Vic.

1111
00:52:15,215 --> 00:52:16,700
Tell it like it is, man.

1112
00:52:16,733 --> 00:52:22,522
Pain right now. And we're coming up
on perhaps Fatal Influence being that

1113
00:52:22,556 --> 00:52:25,158
because they are certainly
taking things over in a hurry.

1114
00:52:25,192 --> 00:52:26,476
Nice kick by Nyx.

1115
00:52:27,110 --> 00:52:29,713
Following right up by Jacy Jayne.

1116
00:52:29,746 --> 00:52:31,715
Still to come, a tag team main event.

1117
00:52:31,748 --> 00:52:34,251
Giulia, Jordan, Jade, Perez.

1118
00:52:34,284 --> 00:52:35,485
[Booker] Gonna be good.

1119
00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:38,321
Highly anticipated main event tonight.

1120
00:52:38,355 --> 00:52:40,090
Who's in the main event? Who did you say?

1121
00:52:40,123 --> 00:52:42,175
-Did you say Perez?
-[Vic] Yeah.

1122
00:52:42,209 --> 00:52:45,428
[Booker] Did you say "The Prodigy"?
Did you say the best in the world? Oh yes.

1123
00:52:45,462 --> 00:52:46,930
[Vic] Tatum Paxley has checked in.

1124
00:52:46,963 --> 00:52:48,899
And Paxley taking over.

1125
00:52:48,932 --> 00:52:50,133
Nyx gets dropped.

1126
00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:52,552
Coming right back in. Double underhook.

1127
00:52:52,586 --> 00:52:55,038
Jacy Jayne goes for the ride as well.

1128
00:52:55,071 --> 00:52:57,240
And on the outside right here
in front of us

1129
00:52:57,274 --> 00:52:59,860
is the Women's North American Champion,
Fallon Henley,

1130
00:52:59,893 --> 00:53:03,146
who is perplexed
as Paxley keeps her foot on the gas.

1131
00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:06,566
[Booker] And like I said,
what a North American Champion she is,

1132
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:08,001
Fallon Henley, right now,

1133
00:53:08,034 --> 00:53:10,120
just quarterbacking this thing,

1134
00:53:10,153 --> 00:53:11,838
and she's doing a hell of a job.

1135
00:53:11,872 --> 00:53:13,523
And Jazmyn Nyx was right earlier.

1136
00:53:13,557 --> 00:53:16,426
It doesn't matter the reason
why Gigi Dolin is back.

1137
00:53:16,459 --> 00:53:18,828
No matter the reason
why she's teamed with Dolin,

1138
00:53:18,862 --> 00:53:20,263
the fact is she is back.

1139
00:53:20,297 --> 00:53:22,616
-And the official distracted by Nyx.
-[Booker] You see that?

1140
00:53:22,649 --> 00:53:24,534
[Vic] Fallon Henley sticking her nose in.

1141
00:53:24,568 --> 00:53:28,855
-And the rolling encore from Jacy Jayne.
-[Booker] Beautiful play.

1142
00:53:28,889 --> 00:53:31,358
[Vic] And Fatal Influence
steals this match.

1143
00:53:31,391 --> 00:53:33,210
-[Booker] Yes, man!
-[Vic] They stole it.

1144
00:53:33,243 --> 00:53:34,544
[Booker] Yes.

1145
00:53:34,578 --> 00:53:36,429
[Mike] Here are your winners…

1146
00:53:38,682 --> 00:53:40,867
-[Vic] Oh, not to be outdone.
-[Booker] Oh.

1147
00:53:40,901 --> 00:53:43,620
-[Vic] You condone this?
-[Booker] This is a ragtag.

1148
00:53:43,653 --> 00:53:45,238
Is what this is, Vic.

1149
00:53:45,272 --> 00:53:46,873
This is a drive-by.

1150
00:53:46,907 --> 00:53:48,341
This is a beatdown.

1151
00:53:48,375 --> 00:53:49,476
I love it, man.

1152
00:53:49,509 --> 00:53:51,494
[Vic] Gigi trying to save Tatum again.

1153
00:53:52,429 --> 00:53:53,263
And…

1154
00:53:53,964 --> 00:53:57,417
Was doing her best
until the champion stuck her nose in.

1155
00:53:57,450 --> 00:53:58,535
[Booker] Numbers game.

1156
00:53:58,568 --> 00:54:00,186
[Vic] I'm glad you think this is great.

1157
00:54:00,220 --> 00:54:01,338
[Booker] I didn't say that.

1158
00:54:01,371 --> 00:54:03,006
[Vic] Having a fun time watching.

1159
00:54:03,039 --> 00:54:05,292
["I'm a Psycho" playing]

1160
00:54:05,325 --> 00:54:06,943
-[Booker] What's…
-[Vic] Hold on.

1161
00:54:06,977 --> 00:54:10,380
-[Booker] What the hell? What the hell?
-[Vic] "The Ballsy Badass" is back.

1162
00:54:10,413 --> 00:54:11,364
[Booker] What the hell?

1163
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:15,785
[Vic] Shotzi's here, Booker.

1164
00:54:15,819 --> 00:54:22,158
[crowd chanting] Shotzi! Shotzi!
Shotzi! Shotzi! Shotzi! Shotzi! Shotzi!

1165
00:54:22,192 --> 00:54:26,696
Shotzi! Shotzi! Shotzi! Shotzi! Shotzi!

1166
00:54:27,230 --> 00:54:28,848
[Vic] NXT Universe

1167
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:31,301
on their feet.

1168
00:54:33,703 --> 00:54:36,206
Paxley said she had a friend.

1169
00:54:36,906 --> 00:54:38,925
She's got a friend indeed.

1170
00:54:43,797 --> 00:54:45,548
[crowd] Shotzi! Shotzi!

1171
00:54:45,582 --> 00:54:47,984
[Vic] Dolin, Paxley,

1172
00:54:48,551 --> 00:54:49,886
Shotzi

1173
00:54:49,919 --> 00:54:51,588
just took care of business.

1174
00:54:51,621 --> 00:54:53,623
["I'm a Psycho" resumes]

1175
00:54:54,324 --> 00:54:55,775
Get a close up on this!

1176
00:54:55,809 --> 00:54:57,410
-[laughs]
-"The Ballsy Badass."

1177
00:54:57,444 --> 00:54:59,846
-I got some big news.
-[Axiom] Let me go first. This is big.

1178
00:54:59,879 --> 00:55:00,981
All right. All right.

1179
00:55:02,048 --> 00:55:03,016
[Axiom] Listen.

1180
00:55:03,049 --> 00:55:05,602
I know I told you
about controlling your emotions,

1181
00:55:06,653 --> 00:55:08,455
but I went to Ava,

1182
00:55:09,806 --> 00:55:12,459
and I got myself a one-on-one match
against Oba Femi.

1183
00:55:12,492 --> 00:55:13,560
What do you think?

1184
00:55:14,577 --> 00:55:15,412
What?

1185
00:55:15,445 --> 00:55:16,463
[Axiom] Yeah. Yeah.

1186
00:55:17,998 --> 00:55:20,050
-When?
-[Axiom] Next week.

1187
00:55:20,083 --> 00:55:22,802
Listen, I know… I know your concern.
It's Oba Femi,

1188
00:55:22,836 --> 00:55:24,754
but you are my tag-team partner.

1189
00:55:24,788 --> 00:55:27,040
And after what he did to you,
I'm not gonna stand for that.

1190
00:55:27,073 --> 00:55:30,627
I'm gonna make him feel… What's happening?
What are you doing? I thought you'd enjoy…

1191
00:55:30,660 --> 00:55:33,296
Amigo, thank you.

1192
00:55:33,997 --> 00:55:36,933
But I was going to tell you
that I felt really bad

1193
00:55:36,966 --> 00:55:38,818
about you carrying the team at Deadline,

1194
00:55:38,852 --> 00:55:42,605
so I went to Eva and got ourselves
a Tag Team title match.

1195
00:55:45,408 --> 00:55:46,409
[Axiom] When?

1196
00:55:47,961 --> 00:55:49,879
-Next week.
-[Axiom] Oh my God.

1197
00:55:51,064 --> 00:55:53,066
So I'm gonna have two matches next week?

1198
00:55:53,833 --> 00:55:54,784
Nathan.

1199
00:55:54,818 --> 00:55:58,755
I mean, look… look. If anyone
can pull it off, it's you, amigo.

1200
00:55:58,788 --> 00:55:59,956
How bad could it be?

1201
00:56:01,024 --> 00:56:02,308
[Axiom] Have you seen your face?

1202
00:56:04,144 --> 00:56:06,730
I mean, you wear a mask.

1203
00:56:07,530 --> 00:56:08,748
♪ A million dollars from now… ♪

1204
00:56:08,782 --> 00:56:11,234
[Vic] It looks like the champions
got their wires crossed,

1205
00:56:11,267 --> 00:56:12,702
but there is a champion.

1206
00:56:12,736 --> 00:56:14,921
He offered.
It was a nice gesture by "The Don,"

1207
00:56:14,954 --> 00:56:17,140
but Tony D'Angelo will have to defend

1208
00:56:17,173 --> 00:56:20,226
the title over his shoulder
against this man,

1209
00:56:20,260 --> 00:56:22,412
the former NXT Champion,

1210
00:56:22,445 --> 00:56:23,947
that being Ethan Page.

1211
00:56:23,980 --> 00:56:26,816
Page, D'Angelo
for the North American Championship

1212
00:56:26,850 --> 00:56:28,301
live next.

1213
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:32,522
["With a Smile" playing]

1214
00:56:38,928 --> 00:56:40,330
[Vic] And we are set

1215
00:56:41,364 --> 00:56:43,883
for a championship to be defended.

1216
00:56:43,917 --> 00:56:45,735
We weren't expecting this tonight, folks,

1217
00:56:45,769 --> 00:56:48,088
but the North American title
is on the line.

1218
00:56:49,322 --> 00:56:51,624
♪ Kill 'em with the rhythm
Kill 'em with a smile ♪

1219
00:56:51,658 --> 00:56:53,376
♪ Ego ♪

1220
00:56:54,577 --> 00:56:56,980
♪ Kill 'em with the rhythm
Kill 'em with a smile ♪

1221
00:56:57,013 --> 00:56:59,032
♪ Ego ♪

1222
00:56:59,899 --> 00:57:02,385
♪ Kill 'em with the rhythm
Kill 'em with a smile ♪

1223
00:57:03,036 --> 00:57:05,038
♪ In my bag, Vinnie's in my bag ♪

1224
00:57:05,638 --> 00:57:06,973
♪ Where the fellas? ♪

1225
00:57:08,525 --> 00:57:09,776
♪ Here we go ♪

1226
00:57:11,311 --> 00:57:12,612
♪ Ch… ch… check this out ♪

1227
00:57:13,663 --> 00:57:15,665
♪ In my bag, Vinnie's in my bag ♪

1228
00:57:16,366 --> 00:57:17,433
♪ Where the fellas? ♪

1229
00:57:18,368 --> 00:57:21,554
[Vic] Hold on, there was not a smile there
on the face of Ethan Page,

1230
00:57:21,588 --> 00:57:23,456
who we know him to be.

1231
00:57:23,490 --> 00:57:24,991
"All Ego."

1232
00:57:25,024 --> 00:57:29,062
But are we seeing that Page
actually has a fragile ego?

1233
00:57:30,130 --> 00:57:31,664
[Booker] I wouldn't say that, Vic.

1234
00:57:31,698 --> 00:57:33,483
I wouldn't say that at all.

1235
00:57:34,117 --> 00:57:36,169
-[Vic] Why?
-[Booker] A man on a mission.

1236
00:57:36,202 --> 00:57:38,338
He's a man on a mission
trying to get back to that spot.

1237
00:57:38,371 --> 00:57:39,472
That's what it is, Vic.

1238
00:57:39,506 --> 00:57:40,707
Look at his eyes.

1239
00:57:40,740 --> 00:57:42,992
[Vic] I saw his eyes. I saw no smile.

1240
00:57:43,026 --> 00:57:44,627
I saw a sigh.

1241
00:57:44,661 --> 00:57:45,912
I saw him walk away.

1242
00:57:45,945 --> 00:57:48,498
[Booker] No, this is serious, Vic.
That's what this is.

1243
00:57:48,531 --> 00:57:49,966
It's a very serious moment.

1244
00:57:49,999 --> 00:57:52,869
[Vic] Booker, you know as well as I do,
we all have egos.

1245
00:57:52,902 --> 00:57:56,356
But people don't treat others badly
to build theirs up.

1246
00:57:56,389 --> 00:57:58,675
Ethan Page has
no friends in the locker room.

1247
00:57:58,708 --> 00:58:03,413
And then it was Tony D'Angelo
who offered an olive branch

1248
00:58:03,446 --> 00:58:05,181
to Ethan Page tonight.

1249
00:58:05,215 --> 00:58:08,284
-[Booker] That's what you call that?
-[Vic] Well, what do you call it?

1250
00:58:08,318 --> 00:58:11,704
-[Booker] Do you trust Tony D'Angelo?
-[Vic] Yes, I do.

1251
00:58:11,738 --> 00:58:13,473
-[Booker] A boss.
-[Vic] Yes.

1252
00:58:13,506 --> 00:58:14,824
[Booker] A gay boss.

1253
00:58:14,858 --> 00:58:17,177
-[Vic] He walked in to that group…
-[Booker] That's the guy…

1254
00:58:17,210 --> 00:58:18,578
That's the guy you…

1255
00:58:18,611 --> 00:58:21,798
Vic, that was
an ulterior motive behind that.

1256
00:58:21,831 --> 00:58:24,801
Come on.
You got to read between the lines.

1257
00:58:24,834 --> 00:58:28,488
You got to be able to see
the forest from the trees.

1258
00:58:28,521 --> 00:58:31,140
You got to be able to do that, man.
Come on.

1259
00:58:31,174 --> 00:58:33,026
You're telling me,
he walked in with a motive,

1260
00:58:33,059 --> 00:58:36,045
asked a guy who was down in the dumps,
and he wanted a championship match?

1261
00:58:36,079 --> 00:58:40,583
-[Booker] A method to all the madness.
-[Vic] Let's go to Mike Rome.

1262
00:58:40,617 --> 00:58:43,920
The following contest,
scheduled for one fall

1263
00:58:44,654 --> 00:58:47,907
is for the NXT

1264
00:58:47,941 --> 00:58:53,980
North American Championship!

1265
00:58:55,298 --> 00:58:57,200
Introducing the challenger,

1266
00:58:57,901 --> 00:59:00,370
from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,

1267
00:59:00,403 --> 00:59:05,024
weighing in at 225 lbs,

1268
00:59:05,058 --> 00:59:08,444
"All Ego,"

1269
00:59:08,478 --> 00:59:12,398
Ethan Page!

1270
00:59:12,432 --> 00:59:14,434
[crowd booing]

1271
00:59:16,286 --> 00:59:17,904
And his opponent,

1272
00:59:17,937 --> 00:59:20,974
representing the D'Angelo family,

1273
00:59:21,007 --> 00:59:23,960
weighing in at 240 lbs,

1274
00:59:23,993 --> 00:59:30,116
he is the NXT North American Champion,

1275
00:59:30,149 --> 00:59:33,870
"The Don" of NXT,

1276
00:59:33,903 --> 00:59:39,092
Tony D'Angelo.

1277
00:59:40,076 --> 00:59:42,078
[Vic] Who will be
the North American Champion

1278
00:59:42,111 --> 00:59:47,066
when we arrive and we are live
in Lowell, Massachusetts next week,

1279
00:59:47,100 --> 00:59:49,319
just outside of Boston?

1280
00:59:49,352 --> 00:59:50,803
Championship to be defended…

1281
00:59:50,837 --> 00:59:53,640
By the way, four championships
to be defended Saturday,

1282
00:59:53,673 --> 00:59:56,125
including Owen's road
to the undisputed WWE title

1283
00:59:56,159 --> 00:59:57,360
live from Long Island.

1284
00:59:57,393 --> 01:00:00,797
Don't miss Saturday night's main event
live nationwide.

1285
01:00:03,816 --> 01:00:07,770
You gotta give "The Don" credit for
offering words of encouragement to Page.

1286
01:00:07,804 --> 01:00:09,922
Let me frame it to you
in a different way, okay, dude?

1287
01:00:09,956 --> 01:00:11,441
Can you not put it in there?

1288
01:00:12,358 --> 01:00:15,878
[Booker] Vic, come on. Come on.
That's a strategy for Tony D., all right?

1289
01:00:15,912 --> 01:00:17,297
That's what that was.

1290
01:00:17,330 --> 01:00:18,214
That wasn't something…

1291
01:00:18,247 --> 01:00:19,782
Oh no, no, no, no olive branch.

1292
01:00:19,816 --> 01:00:21,818
That wasn't something
that he was just doing nice

1293
01:00:21,851 --> 01:00:23,886
around the holiday season
or anything like that.

1294
01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:27,590
No, no, there was a method to the madness.
Trust me, Vic. Trust me on that.

1295
01:00:27,624 --> 01:00:29,692
[Vic] I understand
"The Don" has some great ideas…

1296
01:00:29,726 --> 01:00:31,427
-[Booker] Big shot!
-[Vic] Incoming.

1297
01:00:31,461 --> 01:00:32,495
[Booker] Big shot!

1298
01:00:32,528 --> 01:00:36,349
What a right from Ethan Page
with a big body slam.

1299
01:00:36,382 --> 01:00:38,401
No playing, no job, and just digs.

1300
01:00:38,434 --> 01:00:40,486
Have you seen Ethan Page's resume?

1301
01:00:40,520 --> 01:00:43,706
I mean, if everyone's a criminal,
it'd be called a rap sheet

1302
01:00:43,740 --> 01:00:45,408
because it's that long, Vic.

1303
01:00:45,441 --> 01:00:47,243
This man has been doing
nothing but one thing

1304
01:00:47,276 --> 01:00:48,861
since he stepped into this ring,

1305
01:00:48,895 --> 01:00:51,297
and that's winning, man.
That's what he wants.

1306
01:00:51,331 --> 01:00:53,666
[Vic] Well, Tony D'Angelo's
been very giving as champion.

1307
01:00:53,700 --> 01:00:57,003
He is a proud fighting champion
here in NXT

1308
01:00:57,036 --> 01:00:58,905
as puts the title
on the line here tonight.

1309
01:00:58,938 --> 01:01:02,091
And to your point, Tony D'Angelo has won

1310
01:01:02,125 --> 01:01:04,494
every championship in NXT

1311
01:01:04,527 --> 01:01:07,864
except the only one
that Ethan Page has held.

1312
01:01:07,897 --> 01:01:10,066
-Big clothesline!
-[Booker] Oh baby!

1313
01:01:15,888 --> 01:01:17,507
[groaning]

1314
01:01:21,010 --> 01:01:23,629
[Vic] Ethan Page just took control
of this matchup.

1315
01:01:23,663 --> 01:01:26,983
But I got no clue why earlier
Page was so hesitant

1316
01:01:27,016 --> 01:01:28,651
to accept this matchup.

1317
01:01:28,685 --> 01:01:32,004
Saw it as a "step-down,"
and those are his words, not mine.

1318
01:01:32,038 --> 01:01:33,973
Challenging for the North American title.

1319
01:01:34,006 --> 01:01:35,641
[Booker] A way out for Ethan Page.

1320
01:01:35,675 --> 01:01:39,629
Ethan Page knows that right now,
he's not at the top of his game.

1321
01:01:39,662 --> 01:01:42,081
I think that he knows that
more than anything,

1322
01:01:42,115 --> 01:01:45,702
and this match is definitely
going put it in a bad, bad way.

1323
01:01:45,735 --> 01:01:47,253
[Vic] Can Page become champion?

1324
01:01:47,286 --> 01:01:50,540
Again and a near fall.
Just getting that right shoulder up.

1325
01:01:51,274 --> 01:01:55,244
[Booker] Ethan Page, you can tell,
seems like he's maybe a half step behind.

1326
01:01:55,278 --> 01:01:57,830
[Vic] Cover, cover, cover, cover.
And another kick-out.

1327
01:01:57,864 --> 01:01:59,549
Well, you saw that hungry locker room.

1328
01:01:59,582 --> 01:02:02,552
You saw all the eyes
on Tony D'Angelo earlier.

1329
01:02:02,585 --> 01:02:04,854
He gave the opportunity
to one man initially.

1330
01:02:04,887 --> 01:02:06,622
And that would be Ethan Page!

1331
01:02:06,656 --> 01:02:08,758
And D'Angelo turning it around.

1332
01:02:08,791 --> 01:02:10,727
Belly-to-back suplex.

1333
01:02:11,377 --> 01:02:14,030
And is page maybe taking things
a little too far?

1334
01:02:14,063 --> 01:02:15,832
He didn't know what to do on Saturday.

1335
01:02:15,865 --> 01:02:18,234
He said if he doesn't win tonight,
he has no career.

1336
01:02:18,267 --> 01:02:21,204
I hope he realizes
no one feels bad for him.

1337
01:02:21,237 --> 01:02:23,206
Nobody in that locker room
feels bad for him.

1338
01:02:23,239 --> 01:02:26,092
[Booker] Being down in the dumps
in this business, in a deep depression,

1339
01:02:26,125 --> 01:02:28,294
is something that can eat you alive.

1340
01:02:28,327 --> 01:02:30,413
Like I said, at the top of the game,

1341
01:02:30,446 --> 01:02:32,281
to some of you, it'd be deceiving,

1342
01:02:32,315 --> 01:02:34,083
traveling down the mountain.

1343
01:02:34,117 --> 01:02:35,985
It could do something to you. Trust me.

1344
01:02:38,588 --> 01:02:40,123
[Vic] This match started to break down.

1345
01:02:40,156 --> 01:02:44,260
Both men came here tonight not expecting
to have a championship matchup.

1346
01:02:44,293 --> 01:02:46,295
But it was Tony D'Angelo's offer.

1347
01:02:46,963 --> 01:02:48,181
Big belly-to-belly!

1348
01:02:48,214 --> 01:02:50,082
[Booker] Manhandling him right now.

1349
01:02:50,116 --> 01:02:54,537
Bad tagging, Ethan Page. Oh yeah! Oh yeah!

1350
01:02:54,570 --> 01:02:58,374
[Vic] That was accepted by Page.
It was approved by our general manager.

1351
01:02:58,407 --> 01:03:01,911
And Tony D'Angelo right now,
Booker, is in control.

1352
01:03:01,944 --> 01:03:03,012
[Booker] And Tony--

1353
01:03:03,045 --> 01:03:04,664
[Vic] He was looking for that spinebuster.

1354
01:03:04,697 --> 01:03:06,115
[Booker] Got caught right there.

1355
01:03:06,149 --> 01:03:07,133
Oh baby!

1356
01:03:07,166 --> 01:03:10,887
[Vic] Oh, he got caught for sure.
What a kick from Page.

1357
01:03:10,920 --> 01:03:13,156
Page coming right back in.
Swing and a miss.

1358
01:03:13,189 --> 01:03:14,674
Big spear!

1359
01:03:15,508 --> 01:03:17,243
Will it be enough to retain?

1360
01:03:18,411 --> 01:03:22,381
Page's left shoulder
just getting off the mat.

1361
01:03:22,415 --> 01:03:23,382
Take another look.

1362
01:03:23,416 --> 01:03:25,651
Feel the impact

1363
01:03:25,685 --> 01:03:28,204
from champion to challenger,

1364
01:03:28,237 --> 01:03:33,292
as Rizzo, "Stacks," Luca on the outside.

1365
01:03:33,326 --> 01:03:35,378
D'Angelo looking for
the "forget about it."

1366
01:03:35,411 --> 01:03:36,629
It's counted inside. Cradle.

1367
01:03:36,662 --> 01:03:40,349
Champion has to kick out,
and he just was able to.

1368
01:03:40,383 --> 01:03:42,668
Big boot, drops D'Angelo.

1369
01:03:42,702 --> 01:03:44,053
Fall into the cover.

1370
01:03:44,086 --> 01:03:45,972
Page still not enough

1371
01:03:46,005 --> 01:03:50,176
as this championship match continues
here live on NXT.

1372
01:03:50,209 --> 01:03:53,529
[Booker] Tony D. gotta be regretting
that he gave this man here,

1373
01:03:53,563 --> 01:03:57,200
Ethan Page, a title shot,
perhaps, I'm thinking.

1374
01:03:57,233 --> 01:03:58,668
Here we go, Vic.

1375
01:03:58,701 --> 01:04:00,753
[Vic] I think Page may be
looking for the Ego's Edge.

1376
01:04:00,786 --> 01:04:04,223
Countered, though, nicely by D'Angelo.

1377
01:04:04,757 --> 01:04:07,760
What a championship matchup
we have here in this moment

1378
01:04:07,793 --> 01:04:09,629
with the North American title
on the line again.

1379
01:04:09,662 --> 01:04:14,634
Who will carry that title
into Lowell, Massachusetts live next week

1380
01:04:14,667 --> 01:04:18,905
when we make our way
to NXT just outside of Boston?

1381
01:04:18,938 --> 01:04:21,407
[Booker] Now, Tony D., like I said,
he's on a mission to start it

1382
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:23,659
with the heritage coming down.

1383
01:04:23,693 --> 01:04:25,361
With the North American Championship,

1384
01:04:25,394 --> 01:04:26,812
I'm sure he wants more, Vic.

1385
01:04:26,846 --> 01:04:28,431
He wants the Tag Team Championship.

1386
01:04:28,464 --> 01:04:30,950
He wants
that North American Women's Championship.

1387
01:04:30,983 --> 01:04:32,201
He wants it all, Vic.

1388
01:04:32,235 --> 01:04:34,637
[Vic] He wants the family to be in power,

1389
01:04:34,670 --> 01:04:37,356
but look at Page turning it around!

1390
01:04:37,390 --> 01:04:39,775
[Booker] Good night! Good night!

1391
01:04:39,809 --> 01:04:41,227
Rock-a-bye baby.

1392
01:04:41,260 --> 01:04:42,228
[Vic] He might… Oh!

1393
01:04:42,261 --> 01:04:45,848
I thought he would've just
cut D'Angelo to the core,

1394
01:04:45,881 --> 01:04:50,019
but instead, the champion
showing the heart of one.

1395
01:04:50,052 --> 01:04:50,886
[Booker] Wow.

1396
01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:53,406
[Vic] And what now must be
going through the mind of Page?

1397
01:04:53,439 --> 01:04:55,224
Page looks like he's beside himself.

1398
01:04:55,258 --> 01:04:57,860
[Booker] Vic, what's going
through the mind of Tony D. right now?

1399
01:04:57,894 --> 01:04:59,262
[Vic] Great question.

1400
01:04:59,295 --> 01:05:01,197
Championship hanging in the balance.

1401
01:05:01,230 --> 01:05:03,232
Page again looking for Ego's Edge.

1402
01:05:03,950 --> 01:05:05,868
D'Angelo slipping down, turning around,

1403
01:05:05,902 --> 01:05:09,388
and just drew the hot air
out of Page's lungs!

1404
01:05:09,422 --> 01:05:11,991
-The champion retains tonight.
-[bell dings]

1405
01:05:12,024 --> 01:05:14,026
["Strictly Business" playing]

1406
01:05:14,060 --> 01:05:18,698
[Mike] Here is your winner and still

1407
01:05:18,731 --> 01:05:23,319
the NXT North American Champion,

1408
01:05:23,352 --> 01:05:28,691
Tony D'Angelo.

1409
01:05:29,191 --> 01:05:30,443
[Vic] Take another look.

1410
01:05:30,977 --> 01:05:33,145
Able to counter the Ego's Edge

1411
01:05:33,179 --> 01:05:37,700
into a spine-rattling spinebuster.

1412
01:05:37,733 --> 01:05:39,302
And that's what it took

1413
01:05:39,335 --> 01:05:43,105
for D'Angelo to retain here tonight.

1414
01:05:44,473 --> 01:05:48,644
And it looks like "The Don"
has broken the ego of Ethan,

1415
01:05:48,678 --> 01:05:51,931
leaving Page to ponder what's next.

1416
01:05:52,665 --> 01:05:56,285
Thank you for coming out. Ryan Leaf,
what an honor it is to meet you.

1417
01:05:56,319 --> 01:05:58,821
I mean, second pick in the NFL draft.

1418
01:05:58,854 --> 01:06:00,206
I know it didn't work out,

1419
01:06:00,239 --> 01:06:03,042
but just look at the way
you turned your whole life around.

1420
01:06:03,075 --> 01:06:05,094
Pac-12 commentator on the CW.

1421
01:06:05,127 --> 01:06:08,080
Not to mention all the things
you do for mental health. Dude.

1422
01:06:08,114 --> 01:06:10,583
Dude, you're the inspiration.
We watch this week in and week out.

1423
01:06:10,616 --> 01:06:13,252
I had to do it in a really public way,
and so are you.

1424
01:06:13,285 --> 01:06:15,454
And I think that's what makes you
so much more relatable.

1425
01:06:15,488 --> 01:06:17,573
Everybody gets to see it.
And that's special.

1426
01:06:17,606 --> 01:06:19,825
You don't decide
what the story looks like when it starts,

1427
01:06:19,859 --> 01:06:23,095
but once you figure it out
and you wanna finish it, you start here.

1428
01:06:23,129 --> 01:06:25,464
You can make a hell of an ending.
That's what you're doing.

1429
01:06:25,498 --> 01:06:27,400
I can't wait to see what happens next.

1430
01:06:27,433 --> 01:06:29,802
Thank you so much.
And I really appreciate your advice

1431
01:06:29,835 --> 01:06:31,837
on telling me to go to Minneapolis.

1432
01:06:31,871 --> 01:06:33,939
It really helped me close that chapter
in my story.

1433
01:06:33,973 --> 01:06:36,676
Lexis, gone and thought about it,
and you know what?

1434
01:06:36,709 --> 01:06:39,895
You are becoming the best version
of yourself, so guess what.

1435
01:06:39,929 --> 01:06:42,999
I will give you that Heritage Cup match
you want in two weeks.

1436
01:06:43,716 --> 01:06:46,769
But first, I need you to make it through
a workout with me.

1437
01:06:46,802 --> 01:06:47,787
Hm.

1438
01:06:47,820 --> 01:06:48,821
Done.

1439
01:06:48,854 --> 01:06:49,805
-Fantastic.
-Hm.

1440
01:06:50,690 --> 01:06:53,042
-Are his workouts hard?
-We're about to find out.

1441
01:06:53,075 --> 01:06:55,294
-Thanks, Ryan.
-You bet, brother. Good luck

1442
01:06:55,327 --> 01:06:57,396
[Vic] Uh, looks like Lexis could have

1443
01:06:58,597 --> 01:06:59,682
his crowing moment.

1444
01:07:01,283 --> 01:07:02,368
[bell dings]

1445
01:07:02,785 --> 01:07:06,072
[Mike] The following contest
is a tag-team match

1446
01:07:06,105 --> 01:07:08,057
scheduled for one fall.

1447
01:07:08,090 --> 01:07:09,291
Introducing first,

1448
01:07:09,325 --> 01:07:11,811
the NXT Women's Champion,

1449
01:07:11,844 --> 01:07:14,830
Roxanne Perez.

1450
01:07:15,748 --> 01:07:17,983
And her tag-team partner,

1451
01:07:18,017 --> 01:07:21,120
Cora Jade.

1452
01:07:21,153 --> 01:07:23,956
[Vic] Well, get ready, Booker,
because these two started the night.

1453
01:07:23,989 --> 01:07:25,641
Their opponents look to end it.

1454
01:07:25,674 --> 01:07:28,427
Women's tag-team main event next.

1455
01:07:32,298 --> 01:07:34,650
-[man] Ethan Page, where are you going?
-I know what you want.

1456
01:07:35,217 --> 01:07:36,235
[panting]

1457
01:07:36,268 --> 01:07:37,470
I know what you want.

1458
01:07:38,120 --> 01:07:39,739
I just can't right now. I…

1459
01:07:40,239 --> 01:07:41,157
I really can't.

1460
01:07:44,844 --> 01:07:47,613
I know I'm better than this.
I've been better than this.

1461
01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:49,348
[sighs]

1462
01:07:49,381 --> 01:07:50,282
I've just lost my way.

1463
01:07:50,316 --> 01:07:53,202
I… I… I… I… I say I'm "All Ego." I…

1464
01:07:54,820 --> 01:07:55,838
I say I'm "All Ego."

1465
01:07:56,405 --> 01:07:57,706
But the reality is…

1466
01:07:59,391 --> 01:08:00,476
I don't think I am.

1467
01:08:02,595 --> 01:08:03,496
I don't

1468
01:08:04,713 --> 01:08:07,516
think I'm good enough to get
the North American title.

1469
01:08:07,550 --> 01:08:11,520
I have no clue how I'm supposed
to get back to the NXT title.

1470
01:08:12,605 --> 01:08:14,907
I'm just… lost.

1471
01:08:16,158 --> 01:08:17,009
[sighs]

1472
01:08:17,576 --> 01:08:18,594
And ashamed.

1473
01:08:20,946 --> 01:08:22,198
And, uh…

1474
01:08:26,869 --> 01:08:28,871
[Vic] Well, next week,
live in Lowell, Massachusetts,

1475
01:08:28,904 --> 01:08:30,523
Trick Williams is tired of the doubters,

1476
01:08:30,556 --> 01:08:32,391
and he got a new one tonight
in Eddy Thorpe.

1477
01:08:32,424 --> 01:08:35,077
Thorpe wanted the champion's attention.
He got it.

1478
01:08:35,111 --> 01:08:39,799
NXT title to be defended next week
live right here on NXT.

1479
01:08:39,832 --> 01:08:41,000
As for Axiom,

1480
01:08:41,033 --> 01:08:43,385
he looked to give
his partner a solid favor

1481
01:08:43,419 --> 01:08:45,754
as Nathan Frazer will get
his one-on-one opportunity

1482
01:08:45,788 --> 01:08:48,023
against the Iron Survivor, Oba Femi,
next week.

1483
01:08:48,057 --> 01:08:50,826
But Frazer was looking to do the same
for his partner,

1484
01:08:50,860 --> 01:08:53,445
agreeing to defend
the tag-team gold next week.

1485
01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:54,997
Champions crossed their wires.

1486
01:08:55,030 --> 01:08:57,133
Frazer has to pull double duty.

1487
01:08:57,166 --> 01:08:59,552
Will Gallus get back on top?

1488
01:08:59,585 --> 01:09:01,921
Or can Axiom and Frazer survive once more?

1489
01:09:01,954 --> 01:09:04,740
NXT Tag Team title's
on the line next week.

1490
01:09:04,773 --> 01:09:07,843
And also in tag-team action,
"The Lash Legend," Jakara Jackson

1491
01:09:07,877 --> 01:09:11,080
looks to back up the trash talk
against Zaria and Sol Ruca

1492
01:09:11,113 --> 01:09:13,532
at NXT live from Lowell next week.

1493
01:09:14,667 --> 01:09:15,968
♪ I won't remember you… ♪

1494
01:09:16,468 --> 01:09:20,389
[Vic] Talking about main events though,
Book, it's main event time now on NXT.

1495
01:09:20,422 --> 01:09:22,424
["Time of Arrival" playing]

1496
01:09:37,006 --> 01:09:39,275
-[Vic] Hey!
-[Booker] Uh-huh.

1497
01:09:39,308 --> 01:09:41,594
Uh-huh. Here we go.

1498
01:09:41,627 --> 01:09:43,045
Here we go.

1499
01:09:43,078 --> 01:09:46,015
[Vic] Yeah, and there's Kelani.
Kelani coming out to even the odds.

1500
01:09:46,048 --> 01:09:47,983
I feel bad for our official.

1501
01:09:48,017 --> 01:09:49,652
He hasn't even gotten control.

1502
01:09:49,685 --> 01:09:51,237
The bell hasn't even sounded.

1503
01:09:51,270 --> 01:09:52,988
This matchup isn't even official.

1504
01:09:53,022 --> 01:09:55,457
And these four have been wanting
to rip each other apart

1505
01:09:55,491 --> 01:09:56,742
since we started the night.

1506
01:09:56,775 --> 01:10:01,046
And it was Jade and Perez
who attacked Stephanie Vaquer.

1507
01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:04,633
Kelani Jordan, she asked for it.
Now she got it.

1508
01:10:06,101 --> 01:10:07,703
[Vic] She's getting something, all right.

1509
01:10:07,736 --> 01:10:10,206
She's getting a piece right now
of Cora Jade.

1510
01:10:10,239 --> 01:10:12,575
Giulia getting a piece
of the women's champion.

1511
01:10:12,608 --> 01:10:14,093
Double dropkicks.

1512
01:10:14,126 --> 01:10:15,895
And look who's standing tall.

1513
01:10:15,928 --> 01:10:18,797
-There's no damn time-out.
-[Booker] Time-out.

1514
01:10:19,381 --> 01:10:20,516
[Giulia] Come on!

1515
01:10:22,451 --> 01:10:24,486
[Vic] Bell still hasn't sounded.

1516
01:10:25,154 --> 01:10:27,139
Referee's gotta get
some sort of order here.

1517
01:10:27,172 --> 01:10:29,241
-[Booker] Is that a disqualification?
-[Vic] For what?

1518
01:10:30,259 --> 01:10:33,329
This isn't reality wrestling, Booker.
Looking to make your own damn rules.

1519
01:10:33,362 --> 01:10:34,797
-[bell dings]
-[Vic] There's the bell.

1520
01:10:34,830 --> 01:10:36,916
Kelani dropping the champion.

1521
01:10:36,949 --> 01:10:39,184
Covers center of the ring. And a kick-out.

1522
01:10:40,286 --> 01:10:42,521
Giulia, of course,
the Women's Iron Survivor,

1523
01:10:42,554 --> 01:10:44,039
outlasted the field.

1524
01:10:44,073 --> 01:10:47,826
Kelani Jordan, she joined the fight
earlier tonight.

1525
01:10:47,860 --> 01:10:49,828
Said that she thought Perez and Jade,

1526
01:10:49,862 --> 01:10:51,146
they're certainly going to pay.

1527
01:10:51,180 --> 01:10:55,017
I'm sure you think Kelani just
needed to mind her own business.

1528
01:10:55,050 --> 01:10:57,019
[Booker] That's not true.
That's far from the truth.

1529
01:10:57,052 --> 01:10:59,405
Let me tell you something.
Kelani Jordan did the right thing.

1530
01:10:59,438 --> 01:11:02,074
In this vengeance, you wanna be
either the main event

1531
01:11:02,107 --> 01:11:04,476
or working with the person
that's in the main event.

1532
01:11:04,510 --> 01:11:06,762
I understand exactly
where Jordan's coming from.

1533
01:11:08,964 --> 01:11:10,049
[Kelani] Come on! Kick out!

1534
01:11:10,683 --> 01:11:12,501
This woman's had a near fall.

1535
01:11:12,534 --> 01:11:15,988
Talk about the main event, women's
division takes center stage on Saturday.

1536
01:11:16,021 --> 01:11:17,856
Main event once again here tonight.

1537
01:11:17,890 --> 01:11:20,309
[booker] Yes,
I have been talking about them.

1538
01:11:20,342 --> 01:11:22,878
My radio show
has caused the division here.

1539
01:11:22,911 --> 01:11:27,032
The women's division is the top division
in all of the whole country.

1540
01:11:27,066 --> 01:11:29,551
The ladies are knocking it
out of the water right now.

1541
01:11:29,585 --> 01:11:32,371
You got Roxanne Perez in there.
You got Cora Jade in there.

1542
01:11:32,404 --> 01:11:34,206
Two of the best and most vicious.

1543
01:11:34,239 --> 01:11:38,727
[Vic] Cora Jade had sort of a backhanded
compliment on X over the weekend

1544
01:11:38,761 --> 01:11:41,046
to all the competitors at Deadline.

1545
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:42,197
No one home!

1546
01:11:42,231 --> 01:11:43,732
-Bounced off the middle.
-[Booker] No!

1547
01:11:43,766 --> 01:11:46,368
-[Vic] Into the cover. And a kick-out.
-[Booker] Come on!

1548
01:11:47,152 --> 01:11:48,704
Giulia back in control.

1549
01:11:48,737 --> 01:11:50,622
Still, I'm sure, is feeling the effects

1550
01:11:50,656 --> 01:11:53,092
of the Kendo stick attack
from earlier tonight.

1551
01:11:53,125 --> 01:11:56,211
But Giulia has been waiting
for another match with Roxanne Perez.

1552
01:11:56,245 --> 01:11:59,381
She earned it this past weekend
at Deadline.

1553
01:11:59,415 --> 01:12:02,151
Kelani into the cover, hook to the leg,
and a near fall.

1554
01:12:02,184 --> 01:12:04,453
[Booker] You always talk about
the tainted victory

1555
01:12:04,486 --> 01:12:06,305
that Giulia got over Roxanne Perez.

1556
01:12:06,338 --> 01:12:09,458
I get it. I get it,
but can she do it one-on-one?

1557
01:12:09,491 --> 01:12:11,877
Can she do it under the bright lights?
That's the question.

1558
01:12:11,910 --> 01:12:15,714
[Vic] What you just brought up
is, uh, something Perez left out earlier,

1559
01:12:15,748 --> 01:12:17,733
was that in that first meeting
with Giulia,

1560
01:12:17,766 --> 01:12:22,621
it was Jade who interfered,
saving Perez and also saving her title.

1561
01:12:22,654 --> 01:12:24,623
There's a nice arm drag. Tag was made.

1562
01:12:24,656 --> 01:12:26,475
Perez coming right back into the fight,

1563
01:12:26,508 --> 01:12:29,495
and she suffers the same consequences
of her tag-team partner,

1564
01:12:29,528 --> 01:12:31,413
not once, but twice.

1565
01:12:31,447 --> 01:12:32,514
Looking for the trifecta.

1566
01:12:32,548 --> 01:12:34,600
Instead, just a dropkick to the face.

1567
01:12:34,633 --> 01:12:36,652
[Booker] Beautiful.
Beautiful action right there.

1568
01:12:36,685 --> 01:12:38,287
You gotta give it up for Kelani Jordan.

1569
01:12:38,320 --> 01:12:40,155
She's young and new to this vengeance,

1570
01:12:40,189 --> 01:12:43,659
but she's picking it up
at an astronomical pace.

1571
01:12:43,692 --> 01:12:47,012
[Vic] Well, look. Kelani heard what
these two, and that being Perez and Jade,

1572
01:12:47,046 --> 01:12:48,130
have said for weeks,

1573
01:12:48,163 --> 01:12:49,465
even what they've said online.

1574
01:12:49,498 --> 01:12:52,201
And you could understand
why Jordan, Giulia, and the rest are just

1575
01:12:52,234 --> 01:12:55,070
sick of Jade and Perez.

1576
01:12:55,104 --> 01:12:56,872
Look who saved her partner.

1577
01:12:56,905 --> 01:12:58,323
Don't miss a second.

1578
01:12:58,357 --> 01:13:00,576
Get back in the ring! Come on, Perez.

1579
01:13:01,143 --> 01:13:02,928
-You okay?
-Get back in the ring.

1580
01:13:05,397 --> 01:13:07,750
[Vic] Tag-team main event here on NXT.

1581
01:13:07,783 --> 01:13:10,619
Kelani Jordan creating some separation,

1582
01:13:10,652 --> 01:13:13,472
but now she definitely needs
to make a tag,

1583
01:13:13,505 --> 01:13:15,974
as she's trying
to take it to Roxanne Perez,

1584
01:13:16,008 --> 01:13:19,645
the self-described
best woman in the world,

1585
01:13:19,678 --> 01:13:22,297
who is tied
with WWE Women's Champion Iyo Sky

1586
01:13:22,331 --> 01:13:24,583
for the most women's matches here on NXT

1587
01:13:24,616 --> 01:13:26,318
on a premium live event.

1588
01:13:26,351 --> 01:13:28,470
And she's showing you why.

1589
01:13:28,504 --> 01:13:30,005
[Booker] Yeah, baby!

1590
01:13:30,038 --> 01:13:31,807
Yes, that's Roxanne Perez right there.

1591
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:33,475
[Vic] I'll give Perez a lot of credit.

1592
01:13:33,509 --> 01:13:37,296
Only three women have held the title,
the Women's title here in NXT,

1593
01:13:37,329 --> 01:13:40,933
for more combined days than Roxanne Perez.

1594
01:13:40,966 --> 01:13:43,235
She certainly has rewrote
the record book here.

1595
01:13:43,268 --> 01:13:45,771
As Cora Jade charging right in!

1596
01:13:45,804 --> 01:13:47,623
[Booker] Beautiful work there
by Cora Jade.

1597
01:13:47,656 --> 01:13:51,110
Cora Jade actually said Roxanne Perez
was truly the best.

1598
01:13:51,143 --> 01:13:52,945
-That kind of--
-[Vic] In for the cover.

1599
01:13:52,978 --> 01:13:55,564
[Booker] That kind of praise
coming from your tag-team partner

1600
01:13:55,597 --> 01:13:56,965
has got to do something for you.

1601
01:13:56,999 --> 01:13:59,268
[Vic] That's what they should be doing.
I'll ask you this.

1602
01:13:59,301 --> 01:14:01,870
With Giulia on the outside,
desperately wanting to get back in.

1603
01:14:01,904 --> 01:14:05,908
As Roxanne Perez,
are the champion's days numbered?

1604
01:14:05,941 --> 01:14:09,595
[Booker] Oh, I… I wouldn't think that.
Why would you say something like that?

1605
01:14:09,628 --> 01:14:12,548
[Vic] She has a huge matchup coming up
in Los Angeles.

1606
01:14:12,581 --> 01:14:14,183
First NXT of the new year.

1607
01:14:14,216 --> 01:14:16,568
-[Booker] Can I… can I say something?
-[Vic] New Year's Evil.

1608
01:14:16,602 --> 01:14:17,886
[Vic] I haven't stopped you.

1609
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:21,723
[Booker] I wanna say congratulations to
Giulia because she got a piece of history

1610
01:14:21,757 --> 01:14:23,358
becoming the Iron Survivor.

1611
01:14:23,392 --> 01:14:25,394
Congratulations, Giulia.

1612
01:14:25,894 --> 01:14:28,096
[Vic] With that, she becomes
the number one contender.

1613
01:14:28,130 --> 01:14:31,867
Again, the official here
has his hands full with these two,

1614
01:14:31,900 --> 01:14:33,385
as Perez… Oh!

1615
01:14:35,337 --> 01:14:37,840
Kelani now, trying it her way.

1616
01:14:37,873 --> 01:14:41,176
Oh, nasty landing for Cora Jade.

1617
01:14:41,210 --> 01:14:42,611
And the door is open.

1618
01:14:42,644 --> 01:14:44,329
Giulia's so close.

1619
01:14:44,363 --> 01:14:48,050
-And here comes "The Beautiful Madness."
-[Booker] Oh baby! Oh yes!

1620
01:14:48,650 --> 01:14:51,086
[Vic] I'm starting to think about
what happened earlier tonight

1621
01:14:51,119 --> 01:14:52,888
when Perez got in the face of Giulia,

1622
01:14:52,921 --> 01:14:55,524
when Roxanne Perez came out
with a Kendo stick,

1623
01:14:55,557 --> 01:14:57,559
when they both attacked Stephanie Vaquer.

1624
01:14:57,593 --> 01:15:00,546
Is that an act of desperation
by those two?

1625
01:15:00,579 --> 01:15:02,064
[Booker] What are you talking about?

1626
01:15:02,097 --> 01:15:04,383
[Vic] They can feel it
slipping through their hands.

1627
01:15:04,416 --> 01:15:07,736
[Booker] I don't think so, Vic.
I don't… It's… it's far from that.

1628
01:15:07,769 --> 01:15:09,555
-Oh!
-[Vic] Oh my!

1629
01:15:09,588 --> 01:15:11,974
I'm saying for the big shot right there.

1630
01:15:12,007 --> 01:15:14,276
She's dazed. She's dazed.

1631
01:15:14,309 --> 01:15:17,079
[Vic] And she's probably gonna be confused
here in a moment.

1632
01:15:17,112 --> 01:15:18,447
[Giulia] Yah, ha, ha!

1633
01:15:18,480 --> 01:15:19,865
[Roxanne whimpers]

1634
01:15:19,898 --> 01:15:22,568
[Vic] Giulia having a little bit of fun.

1635
01:15:24,002 --> 01:15:26,188
Northern lights style, into the cover.

1636
01:15:26,221 --> 01:15:30,442
-[Booker] Go, Roxanne.
-[Vic] And the champion just kicked out.

1637
01:15:31,693 --> 01:15:32,811
Take another look.

1638
01:15:32,844 --> 01:15:36,582
Nice little hammerlock.
A little extra oomph on that suplex.

1639
01:15:36,615 --> 01:15:39,201
It's now Giulia turning things around.

1640
01:15:39,234 --> 01:15:42,371
Hoisting up the champion.
Roxanne not gonna like the landing.

1641
01:15:42,404 --> 01:15:44,823
Able to counter those.
Perez "Prodigy" to the midsection.

1642
01:15:44,856 --> 01:15:46,892
-[Booker] Beautiful…
-[Vic] Looking for Pop Rox.

1643
01:15:46,925 --> 01:15:48,777
[Booker] So close. So close.

1644
01:15:48,810 --> 01:15:50,245
Big forearm.

1645
01:15:52,514 --> 01:15:54,616
Perez charging back in
with one of her own.

1646
01:15:57,019 --> 01:15:59,638
[Booker] Bring it.
Bring it, Rox says. Bring it.

1647
01:15:59,671 --> 01:16:03,492
[Vic] And this is a taste
of what we're gonna have in Los Angeles.

1648
01:16:03,525 --> 01:16:05,894
[crowd shouting]

1649
01:16:14,603 --> 01:16:15,621
[Giulia screams]

1650
01:16:16,688 --> 01:16:17,873
-[Booker] Man.
-Yeah!

1651
01:16:17,906 --> 01:16:21,143
Beautiful belly-to-back there by Giulia.

1652
01:16:21,176 --> 01:16:22,361
Roxanne's dazed.

1653
01:16:22,394 --> 01:16:23,729
Like you said, confused.

1654
01:16:23,762 --> 01:16:25,097
[Vic] And is this the moment now?

1655
01:16:25,130 --> 01:16:28,267
Can Giulia pin the NXT Women's Champion

1656
01:16:28,300 --> 01:16:31,253
just weeks
before their championship rematch

1657
01:16:31,286 --> 01:16:33,305
at New Year's Evil?

1658
01:16:33,338 --> 01:16:35,240
-Sit-down style.
-[Booker] I don't like this.

1659
01:16:35,274 --> 01:16:36,892
[Vic] It might be… pins a champion.

1660
01:16:38,510 --> 01:16:39,611
Cover!

1661
01:16:39,645 --> 01:16:42,531
Oh, and Cora Jade breaking things up.

1662
01:16:42,564 --> 01:16:45,784
And now all four women in the ring.

1663
01:16:45,817 --> 01:16:47,452
Again, things breaking down.

1664
01:16:47,486 --> 01:16:49,237
There has been a lot of animosity

1665
01:16:49,271 --> 01:16:50,455
between these four

1666
01:16:50,489 --> 01:16:51,790
since the start.

1667
01:16:51,823 --> 01:16:54,977
We said it would be combustible elements
in our main event.

1668
01:16:56,645 --> 01:16:58,780
Counter, inside cradle.

1669
01:16:59,665 --> 01:17:00,932
Kelani able to kick out.

1670
01:17:00,966 --> 01:17:03,552
Perez following right up with a dropkick.

1671
01:17:03,585 --> 01:17:05,337
[Booker] Right now, Kelani Jordan is

1672
01:17:05,370 --> 01:17:08,323
in the wrong side of town
right now, Victor.

1673
01:17:08,357 --> 01:17:10,108
[Vic] She certainly is.
And there is the tag.

1674
01:17:10,142 --> 01:17:12,761
The legal Superstar is now Cora Jade.

1675
01:17:12,794 --> 01:17:13,895
[referee] Make the tag!

1676
01:17:13,929 --> 01:17:16,164
Unless you make the tag,
you gotta get out.

1677
01:17:16,198 --> 01:17:18,650
[Vic] Jade and Perez letting her know.
And Giulia

1678
01:17:20,102 --> 01:17:21,787
dragging out the champion.

1679
01:17:24,022 --> 01:17:27,159
Big knee just wiped out
"The Beautiful Madness."

1680
01:17:27,192 --> 01:17:31,146
And the two legal Superstars
are the only two standing

1681
01:17:31,179 --> 01:17:32,364
for a moment.

1682
01:17:36,968 --> 01:17:39,921
Kelani said earlier
she was confident in her abilities.

1683
01:17:39,955 --> 01:17:41,456
She said check the resume.

1684
01:17:41,490 --> 01:17:44,092
And she goes up, over, and wipes out Cora.

1685
01:17:44,126 --> 01:17:45,661
[referee] Come on, bring it in.

1686
01:17:45,694 --> 01:17:47,095
[Vic] Roxanne saved herself.

1687
01:17:47,129 --> 01:17:49,314
[Booker] I'd say got out of the way
in the nick of time.

1688
01:17:49,348 --> 01:17:50,882
That's what that was, Vic.

1689
01:17:50,916 --> 01:17:53,802
[Vic] You can say that again.
Oh, and on the outside,

1690
01:17:53,835 --> 01:17:55,220
making Kelani pay.

1691
01:17:55,253 --> 01:17:58,707
As you see in the background,
the official didn't see Pop Rox

1692
01:17:58,740 --> 01:18:00,375
right here on the floor.

1693
01:18:03,245 --> 01:18:05,514
Giulia, though, target acquired.

1694
01:18:07,616 --> 01:18:09,217
Wiping out the champion.

1695
01:18:10,385 --> 01:18:12,938
Those two can't wait for Los Angeles,

1696
01:18:12,971 --> 01:18:15,057
but, Booker, this matchup continuing.

1697
01:18:15,090 --> 01:18:17,426
And look at the two legal Superstars.

1698
01:18:17,459 --> 01:18:18,460
They're in the ring.

1699
01:18:18,493 --> 01:18:20,746
The damage that has been done to Kelani.

1700
01:18:20,779 --> 01:18:23,115
-And picking up the scraps!
-[Booker] Oh yeah!

1701
01:18:23,148 --> 01:18:25,400
-Oh yeah! Give me some.
-[Vic] It's all Jade.

1702
01:18:25,434 --> 01:18:28,153
[Booker] Give 'em one, two, three.

1703
01:18:28,186 --> 01:18:31,173
-[bell dings]
-[Vic] And Jade just pinned Jordan.

1704
01:18:32,124 --> 01:18:33,408
[Mike] And your winner,

1705
01:18:33,442 --> 01:18:36,862
the NXT Women's Champion, Roxanne Perez,

1706
01:18:36,895 --> 01:18:40,065
and Cora Jade!

1707
01:18:41,299 --> 01:18:42,684
[Vic] Well, hey, Book, gloat.

1708
01:18:44,236 --> 01:18:45,470
[Booker chuckles]

1709
01:18:45,504 --> 01:18:46,588
[Vic] Tell…

1710
01:18:47,639 --> 01:18:49,091
[Vic] Oh.

1711
01:18:49,124 --> 01:18:51,126
["Bury Me" playing]

1712
01:18:57,432 --> 01:18:58,550
[Vic] Cora's ready.

1713
01:19:04,740 --> 01:19:06,308
There's Stephanie Vaquer.

1714
01:19:07,025 --> 01:19:08,693
She was taken out earlier.

1715
01:19:08,727 --> 01:19:11,947
[crowd chanting] Stephanie!
Stephanie! Stephanie!

1716
01:19:11,980 --> 01:19:15,550
[Vic] But she's now looking for
her pound of flesh.

1717
01:19:15,584 --> 01:19:18,703
[crowd chanting] Stephanie!
Stephanie! Stephanie!

1718
01:19:18,737 --> 01:19:23,058
[Vic] And, Booker, you know
what they say about payback.

1719
01:19:25,093 --> 01:19:27,596
Hell hath no fury.

1720
01:19:27,629 --> 01:19:30,232
Like the dark angels scored.

1721
01:19:40,325 --> 01:19:42,010
I can't believe it's happening next week.

1722
01:19:42,511 --> 01:19:44,629
The biggest match of my life
for the NXT title.

1723
01:19:45,130 --> 01:19:47,516
Yep, it's official.
I'll see you in Lowell.

1724
01:19:48,400 --> 01:19:49,551
I deserve this.

1725
01:19:50,152 --> 01:19:53,588
And, Eddy, just so you know,
we're still looking into who attacked you.

1726
01:19:54,089 --> 01:19:55,340
I know who attacked me.

1727
01:19:56,324 --> 01:19:57,225
Seriously?

1728
01:19:58,710 --> 01:19:59,945
You're looking at him.

1729
01:20:01,112 --> 01:20:02,397
I got my title match,

1730
01:20:02,430 --> 01:20:04,983
and I didn't have to go through
25 minutes of hell to get it.

1731
01:20:05,784 --> 01:20:06,985
I'll see you in Lowell.
through
25 minutes of hell to get it.