1 00:00:06,021 --> 00:00:07,571 [intro music playing] 2 00:00:07,604 --> 00:00:09,338 [Triple H] Then. 3 00:00:14,688 --> 00:00:15,754 Now. 4 00:00:23,555 --> 00:00:24,654 Forever. 5 00:00:31,338 --> 00:00:32,455 Together. 6 00:00:36,871 --> 00:00:37,871 [crowd chants "NXT"] 7 00:00:39,488 --> 00:00:42,905 I cannot tell you how good it feels to come home. 8 00:00:42,938 --> 00:00:44,188 [crowd cheering] 9 00:00:44,221 --> 00:00:47,588 [Joseph] Welcome everyone to NXT Homecoming here tonight, 10 00:00:47,621 --> 00:00:49,504 at Full Sail University. 11 00:00:50,071 --> 00:00:52,155 That felt real, real good. 12 00:00:52,188 --> 00:00:54,338 [Booker T] You got to be on top of your game 13 00:00:54,371 --> 00:00:56,988 if you want to show up at the NXT Homecoming. 14 00:00:57,555 --> 00:00:59,138 This is the big one, dawg. 15 00:00:59,171 --> 00:01:01,438 [Triple H] These three letters right here 16 00:01:01,471 --> 00:01:02,788 are something special. 17 00:01:04,038 --> 00:01:08,038 All of you took something that started as a whisper, 18 00:01:09,471 --> 00:01:13,505 and you turned it into an undeniable roar. 19 00:01:13,538 --> 00:01:14,905 [crowd chanting "NXT"] 20 00:01:14,938 --> 00:01:16,571 Gentlemen, please. 21 00:01:16,604 --> 00:01:18,838 I know how to settle this. There's only one way… 22 00:01:20,655 --> 00:01:22,321 WarGames! 23 00:01:22,354 --> 00:01:23,788 [crowd cheering] 24 00:01:26,921 --> 00:01:28,338 [choir sings] ♪ Glorious ♪ 25 00:01:28,371 --> 00:01:29,321 Where is it coming? 26 00:01:31,088 --> 00:01:33,005 [Zayn] I'm reminded of that time, coming up 27 00:01:33,038 --> 00:01:35,221 and there was so many people who had so much potential. 28 00:01:35,255 --> 00:01:38,604 But to be honest, there's so much potential in this building right now. 29 00:01:38,638 --> 00:01:40,905 Je'Von, the sky is the limit for you. 30 00:01:40,938 --> 00:01:44,955 [Joseph] One of the greatest NXT Superstars 31 00:01:44,988 --> 00:01:49,238 of all time, Finn Bálor, has come home. 32 00:01:49,271 --> 00:01:55,755 Lexis King just got dropped again by Myles Borne here at Homecoming. 33 00:01:57,188 --> 00:01:59,971 [Williams] One thing for sure, two things for certain. 34 00:02:00,005 --> 00:02:01,471 That's all it is. 35 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:04,188 And that's all is gonna be. 36 00:02:04,221 --> 00:02:07,721 [Tessitore] Turning back the clock for Homecoming. 37 00:02:07,755 --> 00:02:11,621 Welcome back home, DIY. 38 00:02:11,655 --> 00:02:14,088 Hey, The Miz! 39 00:02:14,121 --> 00:02:15,288 What in the hell? 40 00:02:15,321 --> 00:02:16,971 The official didn't see it. 41 00:02:17,005 --> 00:02:21,055 The Miz helped Trick Melo steal this. 42 00:02:21,088 --> 00:02:22,855 [Waller] I have an idea. How about next week, 43 00:02:22,888 --> 00:02:25,454 we do Trick Williams the TNA Champion, 44 00:02:25,488 --> 00:02:30,204 the NXT Champion, Oba Femi, winner takes all. 45 00:02:30,238 --> 00:02:32,988 I can already see all the TNA flops crying online. 46 00:02:33,905 --> 00:02:35,055 May the best man win. 47 00:02:36,704 --> 00:02:37,571 He will. 48 00:02:38,621 --> 00:02:41,221 [Flair] This is where the Women's Revolution started. 49 00:02:41,255 --> 00:02:44,188 right here at Full Sail University. 50 00:02:44,221 --> 00:02:47,704 [Bliss] The women have always been the backbone of NXT, 51 00:02:47,738 --> 00:02:49,355 and that's never gonna change. 52 00:02:49,388 --> 00:02:51,938 [Booker T] Oh, we're going to do it. [exclaiming] 53 00:02:53,554 --> 00:02:54,888 Oh, yeah! 54 00:02:54,921 --> 00:02:56,971 [Joseph] Jacy Jayne looking to run. 55 00:02:57,005 --> 00:03:00,005 -[Booker T] Wait a minute. -[Joseph] Lola Vice, the No. 1 Contender. 56 00:03:00,038 --> 00:03:02,188 This is a dream team. 57 00:03:02,221 --> 00:03:04,488 Standing tall, the Fatal Influence. 58 00:03:04,521 --> 00:03:06,988 Who says you can't go home? 59 00:03:07,021 --> 00:03:13,304 [Triple H] You are the ones that said NXT, that future is now. 60 00:03:13,338 --> 00:03:18,105 You are the ones that shouted at the top of your lungs. 61 00:03:18,138 --> 00:03:22,554 We are NXT. 62 00:03:24,888 --> 00:03:27,554 [crowd chanting "NXT"] 63 00:03:30,371 --> 00:03:34,021 [Joseph] Well, it is a big-fight feel in the Performance Center tonight. 64 00:03:34,054 --> 00:03:40,321 There, TNA Champion Trick Williams says he is carrying two brands tonight. 65 00:03:40,355 --> 00:03:42,238 He's gonna have a chance to prove it. 66 00:03:42,271 --> 00:03:43,621 Or will it be Oba Femi? 67 00:03:43,655 --> 00:03:46,321 Two hundred and sixty plus days as NXT Champion. 68 00:03:46,355 --> 00:03:51,071 Champion for champion, title versus title In our main event on NXT. 69 00:03:51,105 --> 00:03:53,521 ["Millions From Now" playing] 70 00:03:53,554 --> 00:03:55,421 [crowd continues chanting "NXT"] 71 00:04:01,271 --> 00:04:02,521 You know what I'm saying? 72 00:04:04,321 --> 00:04:05,655 ["King" playing] 73 00:04:05,688 --> 00:04:07,138 ♪ My way, my life ♪ 74 00:04:20,704 --> 00:04:21,721 [music stops] 75 00:04:21,755 --> 00:04:23,288 [crowd exclaims] 76 00:04:24,338 --> 00:04:26,838 [Joseph] Well, Booker, we're wasting no time again. 77 00:04:26,871 --> 00:04:29,155 This is a Lights Out Matchup 78 00:04:29,188 --> 00:04:32,705 and literally, Myles Borne has just turned the lights out 79 00:04:32,738 --> 00:04:34,288 inside the Performance Center. 80 00:04:34,321 --> 00:04:36,255 [Booker T] Tell it like it is, man. 81 00:04:36,288 --> 00:04:39,921 No holds barred. That's what this… No rules… 82 00:04:39,955 --> 00:04:42,104 That's what this is right here, Vic. 83 00:04:42,138 --> 00:04:46,538 Raw's first match, 24 hours ago, was a no-disqualification-six-man 84 00:04:46,571 --> 00:04:48,854 and we're kicking things off with these two. 85 00:04:48,888 --> 00:04:51,938 Our official hasn't signaled for the bell yet. 86 00:04:51,971 --> 00:04:54,438 But again, you're right, there's no rules. 87 00:04:54,471 --> 00:04:57,571 Anything is legal, and finally, a little bit of light. 88 00:04:57,604 --> 00:05:00,171 But, Booker, this is such a unique matchup. 89 00:05:00,205 --> 00:05:01,988 The rules are simple, as we've said, 90 00:05:02,021 --> 00:05:05,104 but pinfall submission has to take place inside the ring. 91 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:07,688 But how dangerous does the dark nature of this arena 92 00:05:07,721 --> 00:05:09,538 -make it for the competitors… -[bell rings] 93 00:05:09,571 --> 00:05:11,171 …as we're officially underway, 94 00:05:11,205 --> 00:05:15,938 [Booker T] You have a different feel, a sense of urgency in a matchup like this. 95 00:05:15,971 --> 00:05:19,321 And like you just said, Vic, there's no rules in this matchup, 96 00:05:19,354 --> 00:05:22,138 so you don't have to justify anything… 97 00:05:22,171 --> 00:05:24,505 Just like that right there. You can just do it. 98 00:05:24,538 --> 00:05:27,854 [Joseph] I will have to say that Myles Borne, with a nice dropkick, 99 00:05:27,888 --> 00:05:29,638 took to heart what Ethan Page said. 100 00:05:29,671 --> 00:05:32,905 What Ethan Page's advice was, "Be selfish." 101 00:05:32,938 --> 00:05:34,488 "Do what's needed to be done." 102 00:05:34,521 --> 00:05:37,955 "Take action by any means necessary." 103 00:05:39,171 --> 00:05:43,354 [Booker T] These last couple of months, he's learned a very, very valuable lesson. 104 00:05:43,388 --> 00:05:46,338 -[Joseph] Oh, man. -[Booker T] DTA. "Don't trust anybody." 105 00:05:46,371 --> 00:05:48,821 -Here we go! -[Joseph] We got that belly-to-belly 106 00:05:48,854 --> 00:05:51,854 that landed Lexis King right on that steel chair. 107 00:05:51,888 --> 00:05:56,288 This is the third Lights Out Match in NXT history, fourth in WWE history. 108 00:05:56,321 --> 00:05:59,571 Booker, do you know who was in the first ever Lights Out Match 109 00:05:59,604 --> 00:06:02,188 -in WWEs history? -[Booker T] Go ahead and say it. 110 00:06:02,221 --> 00:06:05,488 -[Joseph] I wanna see if you remember. -[Booker T] I think I do. 111 00:06:05,521 --> 00:06:07,221 [Joseph] It was you and the Rock. 112 00:06:07,255 --> 00:06:09,555 [Booker T] Exactly. And I beat the hell out of him. 113 00:06:09,588 --> 00:06:12,571 I beat the hell out of him. Just like Lexis King is doing right now. 114 00:06:12,604 --> 00:06:14,354 That's exactly what I'm talking about. 115 00:06:14,388 --> 00:06:17,221 Into the cover goes King, hook of the leg and near fall. 116 00:06:17,255 --> 00:06:19,655 That matchup, by the way, ended in a no-contest. 117 00:06:19,688 --> 00:06:23,455 But look, both men's senses are going to be on a high alert in this matchup, 118 00:06:23,488 --> 00:06:28,138 and Lexis King may not be able to see, but he found his target. 119 00:06:28,171 --> 00:06:31,671 [Booker T] Interesting, what's gonna be needed in a matchup like this? 120 00:06:31,705 --> 00:06:34,905 Resiliency, is what's gonna be needed in a match like this. 121 00:06:34,938 --> 00:06:37,738 You got to leave it in the middle of that square circle. 122 00:06:37,771 --> 00:06:39,705 [Joseph] Did you ever despise someone? 123 00:06:39,738 --> 00:06:43,671 Anyone, enough to justify entering a match like this? 124 00:06:43,705 --> 00:06:47,571 I mean, these two… This has gotten personal very quickly. 125 00:06:48,588 --> 00:06:51,271 [Booker T] It's about being the best in this business. 126 00:06:51,305 --> 00:06:54,871 Lexis King is looking for his shot and you see a kid Myles Borne 127 00:06:54,905 --> 00:06:57,821 stepping in the picture, you wanna take this kid out. 128 00:06:57,854 --> 00:07:00,071 You wanna chastise him, just like… 129 00:07:00,955 --> 00:07:04,438 Like Lexis is doing right now. All that, man, the TV star. 130 00:07:04,471 --> 00:07:05,621 Give it to him, baby. 131 00:07:05,655 --> 00:07:08,288 [Joseph] Lexis King remembers that it was Myles Borne 132 00:07:08,321 --> 00:07:11,071 who came out of the darkness of Finn Bálor's entrance 133 00:07:11,104 --> 00:07:14,071 to attack him last week at Homecoming. 134 00:07:14,104 --> 00:07:17,805 Another suplex on the chair into the cover. Borne… 135 00:07:17,838 --> 00:07:19,821 [Booker T] Oh, baby. 136 00:07:19,854 --> 00:07:23,255 Can we get Lexis King some props right now, man? 137 00:07:23,288 --> 00:07:26,721 I say "queen" 'cause I'm thinking about… 138 00:07:26,755 --> 00:07:29,604 That's the way he's making me feel right now, because he's smooth 139 00:07:29,638 --> 00:07:30,938 inside the square circle. 140 00:07:30,971 --> 00:07:33,455 [Joseph] I thought you'd say, "The cream rises to the top." 141 00:07:33,488 --> 00:07:36,021 But can we agree on this? It's been a long time coming. 142 00:07:36,055 --> 00:07:39,638 Lexis King was sitting in the front row of the crowd with headphones on. 143 00:07:39,671 --> 00:07:41,205 They've had matches together. 144 00:07:41,238 --> 00:07:44,555 There's been attacks, verbally, physically between these two. 145 00:07:44,588 --> 00:07:46,571 This needs to end tonight. 146 00:07:46,604 --> 00:07:48,171 [Booker T] It's a personal issue here. 147 00:07:48,205 --> 00:07:49,921 I mean, no doubt it's a personal issue. 148 00:07:49,955 --> 00:07:52,738 Lexis King has taken it a little bit further back 149 00:07:52,771 --> 00:07:56,021 by trying to take out the eyesight of this young man 150 00:07:56,055 --> 00:07:59,038 that right there, just kicking up another level. 151 00:07:59,071 --> 00:08:01,121 [Joseph] What a way to kick off tonight. 152 00:08:01,155 --> 00:08:03,655 Of course, No Mercy implications in our main event. 153 00:08:03,688 --> 00:08:06,871 Who leaves with the TNA and NXT title? 154 00:08:06,905 --> 00:08:11,455 The winner will face Ricky Saints at No Mercy this Saturday 155 00:08:11,488 --> 00:08:14,921 in Fort Lauderdale, but that is as big as it gets 156 00:08:14,955 --> 00:08:16,288 in our main event. 157 00:08:16,321 --> 00:08:18,871 [Booker T] Yes, indeed. It doesn't get any bigger than that, 158 00:08:18,905 --> 00:08:20,838 but right now, we've got to stay focused. 159 00:08:20,871 --> 00:08:22,905 Stay focused on the task ahead. 160 00:08:22,938 --> 00:08:26,604 [Joseph] Look how hard it is just for us to watch the monitors of the action 161 00:08:26,638 --> 00:08:28,338 that's taking place in the ring. 162 00:08:28,371 --> 00:08:31,538 You can almost barely see these two at times. 163 00:08:31,571 --> 00:08:33,371 Oh, man. 164 00:08:35,121 --> 00:08:37,505 [Booker T] What I think about Lexis King is, 165 00:08:37,538 --> 00:08:39,921 this guy, like you just said earlier, 166 00:08:39,954 --> 00:08:44,905 he was being by any means necessary to become that talented star. 167 00:08:44,938 --> 00:08:47,355 That prime-time player. 168 00:08:47,388 --> 00:08:50,021 [Joseph] Absolutely relentless is Lexis King. 169 00:08:50,055 --> 00:08:55,038 Myles Borne with a snap of powerslam. 170 00:08:55,071 --> 00:08:58,238 Who is gonna survive this Lights Out Match? 171 00:09:03,171 --> 00:09:05,105 This Lights Out Match continuing, 172 00:09:05,138 --> 00:09:08,788 and again, it's so hard to see, even right in front of us. 173 00:09:09,438 --> 00:09:11,188 But during the break, Booker, 174 00:09:11,221 --> 00:09:14,571 things took a nasty turn for one Myles Borne. 175 00:09:14,605 --> 00:09:17,321 That coronation, right here on the table 176 00:09:17,355 --> 00:09:20,488 didn't even budge, and it's all legal. 177 00:09:21,971 --> 00:09:24,088 The referee there to count the three. 178 00:09:24,121 --> 00:09:29,105 Or to hear someone just say "I quit," as Lexis King now moving some toys around. 179 00:09:29,138 --> 00:09:32,338 [Booker T] Just the tip of the iceberg because Lexis is about to do something… 180 00:09:32,371 --> 00:09:34,521 Oh, wait a minute. Oh, yes! 181 00:09:34,555 --> 00:09:36,954 [Joseph] Booker, what do they say about payback? 182 00:09:36,988 --> 00:09:38,805 [Booker T] "…is a mother." 183 00:09:38,838 --> 00:09:40,588 [Joseph] Borne just swinging away. 184 00:09:41,788 --> 00:09:43,088 [Booker T] Big shot there. 185 00:09:43,121 --> 00:09:46,805 [Joseph] Myles Borne has dealt with Lexis King's over the years, 186 00:09:46,838 --> 00:09:49,088 -his entire life, but-- -[Booker T] Watch out! 187 00:09:49,121 --> 00:09:51,121 [Joseph] God! He doesn't need to hold back. 188 00:09:51,155 --> 00:09:53,671 But King is not holding back right now. 189 00:09:53,704 --> 00:09:56,555 Swinging for the fences was King. 190 00:09:56,588 --> 00:09:58,688 [Booker T] No positioning right here, man. 191 00:09:58,721 --> 00:10:02,288 Myles Borne, he's a kid that's looking to move up the ladder, 192 00:10:02,321 --> 00:10:04,921 but he's got somebody trying to stop him at the gate, 193 00:10:04,954 --> 00:10:07,321 -this man is Lexis King. -[crowd chanting "NXT"] 194 00:10:07,355 --> 00:10:09,655 [Booker T] He's doing a hell of a job tonight. 195 00:10:09,688 --> 00:10:13,805 [Joseph] Lexis King has believed that everything Myles Borne 196 00:10:13,838 --> 00:10:16,388 is gonna get in this match he had coming. 197 00:10:16,421 --> 00:10:19,371 [Booker T] I mean, he is. He's getting a beating right now. 198 00:10:19,405 --> 00:10:21,271 [Joseph] You can't even agree with me 199 00:10:21,305 --> 00:10:24,738 that King didn't have a beatdown coming for everything he's done to this man? 200 00:10:24,771 --> 00:10:27,371 -[Booker T] I'm not trying to-- -[Joseph] Mocking Myles for weeks. 201 00:10:27,405 --> 00:10:29,405 [Booker T] I'm not trying to justify anything. 202 00:10:29,438 --> 00:10:33,121 This is business right now. This is about going out there 203 00:10:33,155 --> 00:10:35,454 and showing he is the best this week. 204 00:10:35,488 --> 00:10:36,855 Here we go. 205 00:10:36,888 --> 00:10:38,088 Here we go. 206 00:10:38,121 --> 00:10:40,021 [Joseph] Myles now… 207 00:10:40,905 --> 00:10:42,771 A little slingshot 208 00:10:42,805 --> 00:10:47,438 into that steel chair that King had set up. 209 00:10:47,471 --> 00:10:50,688 [Booker T] Lexis took the brunt of all of that steel. 210 00:10:50,721 --> 00:10:51,555 Chair right down there. 211 00:10:51,588 --> 00:10:54,305 [Joseph] You know, Myles Borne right now is fired up. 212 00:10:54,338 --> 00:10:56,805 He's also fed up. He's been mocked for weeks. 213 00:10:56,838 --> 00:11:01,155 It was Lexis King who cheated in the Blindfold Match as well. 214 00:11:02,688 --> 00:11:05,321 And King hasn't stopped talking since that victory. 215 00:11:05,355 --> 00:11:08,405 He's talked like a clapper on a duck's ass in the locker room, 216 00:11:08,438 --> 00:11:10,605 but right now he's taking it to Myles Borne. 217 00:11:10,638 --> 00:11:13,454 [crowd chanting "This is awesome"] 218 00:11:14,488 --> 00:11:17,888 [Booker T] Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! 219 00:11:17,921 --> 00:11:20,488 [Joseph] NXT Universe on their feet, 220 00:11:21,755 --> 00:11:24,271 chanting, "This is awesome." This is nasty. 221 00:11:24,305 --> 00:11:26,355 [Booker T] Did you hear that chair shot? 222 00:11:26,388 --> 00:11:29,555 [Joseph] I did. I just looked over, and you can't get a great shot of it, 223 00:11:29,588 --> 00:11:32,755 but the welts that are forming on the back of Myles Borne. 224 00:11:32,788 --> 00:11:34,171 [Booker T] Wait a minute. 225 00:11:34,204 --> 00:11:36,555 [Joseph] The referee might need to step in now. 226 00:11:36,588 --> 00:11:38,571 [Booker T] What are you talking about? 227 00:11:38,605 --> 00:11:41,155 [Joseph] This is crossing the line. Damn it, Booker. 228 00:11:41,188 --> 00:11:43,655 [crowd exclaiming] 229 00:11:43,688 --> 00:11:45,388 [Joseph] Come on. No, Lexis. 230 00:11:45,421 --> 00:11:47,105 [crowd gasps] 231 00:11:49,471 --> 00:11:50,621 [Joseph] Myles! 232 00:11:50,655 --> 00:11:51,905 [crowd cheering] 233 00:11:51,938 --> 00:11:54,638 -[Booker T exclaims] Big spear. -[crowd chanting "NXT"] 234 00:12:04,204 --> 00:12:05,521 [Joseph] Take another look. 235 00:12:07,121 --> 00:12:09,655 Just feel that impact. 236 00:12:09,688 --> 00:12:10,971 [Booker T] Dang. 237 00:12:13,338 --> 00:12:17,871 [Vic] These two are willing to destroy themselves 238 00:12:17,905 --> 00:12:21,038 to destroy the other. 239 00:12:21,071 --> 00:12:23,155 [Booker T] A match like this, a Lights Out match, 240 00:12:23,188 --> 00:12:25,971 you learn so much about yourself. Let me tell you. 241 00:12:26,005 --> 00:12:29,755 This kid Myles Borne is looking great. Right there, took a big shot. 242 00:12:29,788 --> 00:12:31,038 Big shot by Lexis. 243 00:12:31,071 --> 00:12:35,371 Lexis seems to be one step ahead of this young man here tonight, Vic. 244 00:12:35,405 --> 00:12:37,971 [Vic] We got to go back to maybe that Coronation here 245 00:12:38,005 --> 00:12:40,371 on our announce desk. The steel, the file. 246 00:12:42,454 --> 00:12:44,954 Steel chair, that was felt earlier. 247 00:12:46,938 --> 00:12:48,454 Bringing us right now. Borne again. 248 00:12:48,488 --> 00:12:50,855 Talk about Myles Borne, right now stepping in. 249 00:12:50,888 --> 00:12:53,171 -And now Borne gets a payback. -[Booker T] Oh, baby. 250 00:12:53,204 --> 00:12:54,888 [Vic] What's that called, getting a receipt? 251 00:12:54,921 --> 00:12:57,488 [Booker T] He's a whipping boy, that's what it's called. 252 00:12:57,521 --> 00:12:59,121 [crowd exclaims] 253 00:12:59,921 --> 00:13:01,238 [Booker T] Ah! 254 00:13:03,555 --> 00:13:04,855 Come on, man. 255 00:13:04,888 --> 00:13:07,888 [Vic] Lexis running away might have been the smartest thing he has ever done, 256 00:13:07,921 --> 00:13:09,488 but there is nowhere to run. 257 00:13:09,521 --> 00:13:11,704 And-- Oh, Superkick. 258 00:13:11,738 --> 00:13:15,238 [Booker T] You're right. Creating a little space there to land that kick. 259 00:13:15,971 --> 00:13:18,688 Beautiful awareness by Lexis King. 260 00:13:18,721 --> 00:13:21,188 [Vic] Wait a minute, looking for maybe another-- 261 00:13:22,405 --> 00:13:24,905 I thought a Coronation, maybe it's a suplex. 262 00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:26,521 [Booker T] I don't like this, man. 263 00:13:26,555 --> 00:13:30,738 [Vic] Myles Borne fighting for his career, fighting for the match. 264 00:13:30,771 --> 00:13:34,338 He hits the DDT, DDT platinum, 265 00:13:34,371 --> 00:13:37,221 right on the steel steps. 266 00:13:41,671 --> 00:13:42,988 [crowd chanting] 267 00:13:43,021 --> 00:13:47,255 [Vic] Now what's going through the mind of Myles Borne? 268 00:13:49,305 --> 00:13:56,238 Myles, with a Borne Again table snap combo, into the cover. 269 00:13:56,271 --> 00:13:58,755 -And it's lights out for Lexis. -[bell dings] 270 00:13:58,788 --> 00:14:00,605 [Booker T] Wow. 271 00:14:00,638 --> 00:14:05,438 [Mike] Here is your winner, Myles Borne! 272 00:14:05,471 --> 00:14:08,921 [Vic] And Myles Borne snaps into it tonight. 273 00:14:08,954 --> 00:14:11,071 [pop music playing] 274 00:14:15,638 --> 00:14:17,954 [Booker T] Young man fought his heart out, Vic. 275 00:14:17,988 --> 00:14:19,704 [Vic] You can say that again. 276 00:14:20,638 --> 00:14:23,888 There was a massive counter, which probably saved the match-up. 277 00:14:23,921 --> 00:14:25,421 And right here, bam! 278 00:14:26,438 --> 00:14:29,755 Snapping through the table with that Borne Again. 279 00:14:29,788 --> 00:14:34,621 And for Myles, it has to feel so exhilarating, 280 00:14:34,655 --> 00:14:38,588 so good, like some weight off of his shoulders, 281 00:14:38,621 --> 00:14:42,071 as Myles overcomes another obstacle. 282 00:14:42,104 --> 00:14:45,621 Can he take the next step in NXT? 283 00:14:49,755 --> 00:14:51,854 [Ava] Guys, I'm still in England taking care of business, 284 00:14:51,888 --> 00:14:54,188 so I'm trusting you two to run the show. 285 00:14:54,221 --> 00:14:56,854 You hear that, Rob? She is in my home country, not yours. 286 00:14:56,888 --> 00:14:57,871 Smart woman. 287 00:14:57,905 --> 00:14:59,555 I am from America. 288 00:14:59,588 --> 00:15:02,454 Look, Ava, you can definitely trust us, all right, we got this. 289 00:15:02,488 --> 00:15:07,471 Hey, but real quick, we saw some TNA wrestlers arriving 290 00:15:07,505 --> 00:15:09,921 and walking around backstage. Did you invite them? 291 00:15:12,671 --> 00:15:15,005 [Ava] Rob, you cut out. Could you say that again? 292 00:15:15,038 --> 00:15:18,155 We saw TNA wrestlers walking around backstage here. 293 00:15:18,188 --> 00:15:19,738 Did you invite them? 294 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:26,854 I can't hear you, but whatever it is, I trust you guys to run the show. 295 00:15:26,888 --> 00:15:29,121 -Wait, Ava-- -It's super important. 296 00:15:29,155 --> 00:15:31,255 -She hung up. She hung up. -[sighs] 297 00:15:31,288 --> 00:15:34,771 Well, looks like the Prime Minister is in charge tonight. 298 00:15:34,805 --> 00:15:38,038 We both are, Stevie. We got to figure this out. 299 00:15:38,071 --> 00:15:39,921 [Vic] Well, that's an interesting situation. 300 00:15:39,954 --> 00:15:42,971 There is the North American Champion. 301 00:15:44,555 --> 00:15:49,238 We will hear from Ethan Page, next on NXT. 302 00:15:56,088 --> 00:15:58,138 [Vic] Back live on NXT. 303 00:15:58,171 --> 00:16:01,305 After what we just heard from Stevie and Rob Stone, 304 00:16:01,338 --> 00:16:03,805 you got to wonder if they are thinking about Mr. Regal's warning 305 00:16:03,838 --> 00:16:07,188 after TNA wrestlers went off on social media last week. 306 00:16:07,221 --> 00:16:11,005 ["With a Smile" by Def Rebel plays] 307 00:16:13,221 --> 00:16:14,721 [Mike] Ladies and gentlemen, 308 00:16:14,755 --> 00:16:21,571 please welcome the NXT North America Champion, 309 00:16:21,604 --> 00:16:28,221 "All Ego" Ethan Page. 310 00:16:28,255 --> 00:16:31,854 [Vic] Here is a man who only cares about himself. 311 00:16:31,888 --> 00:16:35,021 But we got a special guest, just like last week. 312 00:16:35,938 --> 00:16:40,821 Dr. Wagner Jr., the Latin American Champion in AAA 313 00:16:40,854 --> 00:16:42,971 is here in the Performance Center. 314 00:16:43,005 --> 00:16:46,454 [Booker T] This guy is so smooth, Ethan Page. 315 00:16:46,488 --> 00:16:51,954 It's all about the smile and that championship around his waist. 316 00:16:51,988 --> 00:16:54,321 You got to love it, man. 317 00:16:57,704 --> 00:16:59,255 Oh, yes. 318 00:17:01,771 --> 00:17:05,271 If you foul-mouth fans wouldn't mind giving me a second-- 319 00:17:05,305 --> 00:17:07,288 [crowd booing and yelling] 320 00:17:13,521 --> 00:17:17,805 Now, I should be in the ring tonight to celebrate my giant victory 321 00:17:17,838 --> 00:17:21,805 over that so-called Canadian, Tyler Breeze. 322 00:17:23,438 --> 00:17:28,421 But apparently we have a very, very special guest here tonight. 323 00:17:29,788 --> 00:17:36,254 The AAA Latin American Champion, Dr. Wagner Jr. 324 00:17:42,188 --> 00:17:47,788 Now, Wagner, welcome to NXT. 325 00:17:47,821 --> 00:17:52,188 I would like to remind you that I would be standing here, yes, 326 00:17:52,221 --> 00:17:54,571 the greatest North American of all time, 327 00:17:54,605 --> 00:17:58,488 but also a two-belt champion, 328 00:17:58,521 --> 00:18:02,421 if you didn't screw me out of my victory at Worlds Collide. 329 00:18:05,805 --> 00:18:09,205 So now, Mr. Wagner, muchacho, 330 00:18:11,921 --> 00:18:13,555 you can sit here tonight 331 00:18:13,588 --> 00:18:17,905 and you can lock eyes with this gorgeous North American, 332 00:18:17,938 --> 00:18:22,921 but I would like to personally invite you, hombre, to No Mercy, 333 00:18:23,871 --> 00:18:28,955 where you can watch me absolutely embarrass Tavion Heights. 334 00:18:30,121 --> 00:18:33,271 Oh, you want to be embarrassed tonight? You want to stand up? 335 00:18:33,304 --> 00:18:37,571 Why don't I fight you in the ring and we have a match right now, pal? 336 00:18:38,521 --> 00:18:39,571 Get in here. 337 00:18:39,605 --> 00:18:40,905 [Vic] You don't got to ask twice. 338 00:18:40,938 --> 00:18:43,288 [Ethan] Get me a referee! 339 00:18:43,321 --> 00:18:45,638 [Booker T] A doctor's in the house. 340 00:18:45,671 --> 00:18:47,838 [Vic] You always got to expect the unexpected. 341 00:18:47,871 --> 00:18:49,371 [Booker T] Oh! Oh! 342 00:18:49,405 --> 00:18:53,955 [Vic] The AAA Latin American Champion taking it to Ethan Page. 343 00:18:53,988 --> 00:18:55,671 And we got an official. 344 00:18:55,705 --> 00:18:58,071 Official's in the ring! 345 00:18:58,105 --> 00:18:59,521 -Page taps! -[bell dings] 346 00:18:59,554 --> 00:19:00,871 Page taps! 347 00:19:04,971 --> 00:19:06,621 [Booker T] give it up for Wagner. 348 00:19:06,655 --> 00:19:10,071 [Vic] Worlds collide here tonight. 349 00:19:10,105 --> 00:19:12,021 [celebratory music plays] 350 00:19:12,054 --> 00:19:13,688 [Vic] Wait a minute. Who's that-- 351 00:19:13,721 --> 00:19:16,621 -It's Tavion. -[Booker T] What the hell? 352 00:19:16,655 --> 00:19:20,321 [Vic laughs] Who's embarrassed now, Page? 353 00:19:21,838 --> 00:19:24,554 Two times in a row for Tavion. 354 00:19:24,588 --> 00:19:27,788 Can Tavion take his heights to new heights, 355 00:19:27,821 --> 00:19:30,488 Saturday at No Mercy? 356 00:19:33,821 --> 00:19:35,605 [speaking indistinctly] 357 00:19:35,638 --> 00:19:37,538 Make even the devil blush. 358 00:19:38,205 --> 00:19:39,955 See you in hell. 359 00:19:39,988 --> 00:19:41,288 [indistinct dialog] 360 00:19:44,871 --> 00:19:46,621 The mask had to slip at some point. 361 00:19:47,121 --> 00:19:50,304 That's not the same Blake Monroe I met a few weeks ago. 362 00:19:50,338 --> 00:19:51,788 I would be scared. 363 00:19:52,355 --> 00:19:55,221 This Falsies Lash Lift is so good. 364 00:19:55,254 --> 00:19:57,038 What did you just say? 365 00:19:57,071 --> 00:19:58,838 I said I am a obsessed-- 366 00:19:58,871 --> 00:20:01,721 No, before that, about being scared? 367 00:20:01,754 --> 00:20:03,438 Yeah, me, not me, you. 368 00:20:03,471 --> 00:20:05,504 It's actually funny you are giving me advice 369 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:08,388 because I heard you talking to Blake a few weeks ago 370 00:20:08,421 --> 00:20:09,905 and you don't even like me, right? 371 00:20:09,938 --> 00:20:14,705 [laughs] No, no, no. That's not what I said. 372 00:20:14,738 --> 00:20:17,955 What I said was your last name is Grace and so is mine, 373 00:20:17,988 --> 00:20:20,455 and I wanted to make sure she knew we were not related. 374 00:20:20,488 --> 00:20:22,355 Okay, well, how about this? 375 00:20:22,388 --> 00:20:25,088 How about we show Blake and the whole world 376 00:20:25,121 --> 00:20:29,155 just how different Arianna Grace and Jordynne Grace really are? 377 00:20:29,188 --> 00:20:32,871 -Tonight. -[laughs] You are so funny, Jordynne. 378 00:20:32,905 --> 00:20:34,438 You don't have to do that. 379 00:20:34,971 --> 00:20:36,871 Jordynne? Jordynne! 380 00:20:38,021 --> 00:20:39,121 Damn it. 381 00:20:43,471 --> 00:20:48,121 [Vic] Arianna Grace owns finding herself in trouble. 382 00:20:48,155 --> 00:20:49,554 ["Poison Pixie" playing] 383 00:20:56,488 --> 00:20:59,004 [Vic] But there are two women left. 384 00:21:00,804 --> 00:21:04,538 Here is the first ever Women's Speed Champion in history. 385 00:21:07,804 --> 00:21:11,838 And the question is, who is headed to No Mercy? 386 00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:14,588 Who is headed to face Sol Ruca? 387 00:21:14,621 --> 00:21:16,288 We will find out live. 388 00:21:16,321 --> 00:21:18,955 We find out next on NXT. 389 00:21:23,838 --> 00:21:25,671 [Vic] There is NASCAR's Cole Custer. 390 00:21:26,571 --> 00:21:31,188 The following contest is a WWE Women's Speed Tournament match 391 00:21:31,221 --> 00:21:33,188 with a three-minute time limit. 392 00:21:35,554 --> 00:21:42,021 Introducing first, from Riverside, California, Candice LeRae. 393 00:21:43,438 --> 00:21:46,105 [Vic] Hell of a driver, hell of a ring announcer. 394 00:21:48,338 --> 00:21:49,938 ["Hillbilly Street" playing] 395 00:21:54,638 --> 00:21:55,888 [Booker T] Yeah. 396 00:21:57,438 --> 00:22:03,888 [Cole] And her opponent, from Gadsden, Alabama, Lainey Reid. 397 00:22:05,821 --> 00:22:08,655 [Vic] Well, NXT is hitting the road and coming to a city near you. 398 00:22:08,688 --> 00:22:12,804 Check out NXT live at KEMBA Live! in Columbus, Ohio on October 9. 399 00:22:12,838 --> 00:22:15,388 The Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan on October 10th. 400 00:22:15,421 --> 00:22:18,955 At the Aurora Theater in Cleveland, Ohio on October 11. 401 00:22:25,038 --> 00:22:30,455 Could one of these women be there as the Speed Champion? 402 00:22:31,271 --> 00:22:34,938 The winner of this match-up will head to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 403 00:22:34,971 --> 00:22:41,905 No Mercy this Saturday, to compete for the Speed Championship. 404 00:22:42,788 --> 00:22:44,705 There is the champion on the right, Sol Ruca. 405 00:22:44,738 --> 00:22:46,254 Zaria on the left. 406 00:22:46,288 --> 00:22:49,054 I can't believe Tavion Heights as Dr. Wagner 407 00:22:49,088 --> 00:22:52,355 beat Ethan Page in an impromptu non-title match-up. 408 00:22:52,388 --> 00:22:55,155 Tavion though, could have a championship, 409 00:22:55,188 --> 00:22:58,004 could have something going around his waist Saturday at No Mercy. 410 00:22:58,038 --> 00:23:01,304 [Booker T] I don't like the thought of Tavion Heights trying to get one up 411 00:23:01,338 --> 00:23:03,021 on a man like Ethan Page. 412 00:23:03,054 --> 00:23:05,355 Right now it's all about the Speed match. 413 00:23:05,388 --> 00:23:07,205 [Vic] Into the cover. 20 seconds off the clock. 414 00:23:07,238 --> 00:23:09,188 Hook of the leg and a nearfall. 415 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:11,955 [Booker T] Urgency is of the essence in a match like this, Vic. 416 00:23:11,988 --> 00:23:14,155 [Vic] Another cover, another kickout. 417 00:23:14,188 --> 00:23:16,988 -Whoa, look who has arrived. -[Booker T] Wait a minute. 418 00:23:18,288 --> 00:23:22,088 [Vic] Booker, that's the Angel Warriors of TNA wrestling. 419 00:23:22,121 --> 00:23:23,371 [Booker T] You ain't lying. 420 00:23:23,405 --> 00:23:25,521 -[Vic] They're in the-- -[Booker T] They're in the house. 421 00:23:25,554 --> 00:23:28,688 [Vic] I got to go back to what Stevie and Mr. Stone said, 422 00:23:28,721 --> 00:23:31,321 that TNA wrestlers just walking around right now. 423 00:23:31,355 --> 00:23:33,971 [Booker T] I don't wanna get ahead of ourselves or anything like that. 424 00:23:34,004 --> 00:23:36,804 They could be here for anything.Come on… 425 00:23:36,838 --> 00:23:39,655 [Vic] Let's focus on the task at hand. 426 00:23:39,688 --> 00:23:41,771 Lainey Reid right now. Candice, the right one. 427 00:23:41,804 --> 00:23:44,504 A minute off the clock here in this speed match-up… 428 00:23:44,538 --> 00:23:45,671 [Booker T] Oh, baby. 429 00:23:45,705 --> 00:23:50,155 [Vic] It was Candice LeRae who defeated Xia Brookside from TNA to advance. 430 00:23:50,188 --> 00:23:53,304 No Mercy implications being felt in this match-up. 431 00:23:53,338 --> 00:23:55,605 Nice counter and right back up. 432 00:23:55,638 --> 00:23:59,121 Lainey, swing and a miss. Candice looking for German suplex. 433 00:23:59,155 --> 00:24:01,455 [Booker T] Something about Lainey Reid. 434 00:24:01,488 --> 00:24:02,988 She's looking to come up, man. 435 00:24:03,021 --> 00:24:04,988 This Speed Tournament could be it. 436 00:24:05,088 --> 00:24:07,221 -Oh, yes. -[Vic] Nasty landing, 437 00:24:07,254 --> 00:24:08,521 three-minute time limit here. 438 00:24:08,554 --> 00:24:10,054 But on Saturday at No Mercy, 439 00:24:10,088 --> 00:24:13,355 the speed title had a five-minute time limit, of course. 440 00:24:13,388 --> 00:24:14,588 One. 441 00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:17,804 Candice looking to get the footing this time, 442 00:24:17,838 --> 00:24:22,088 flying through the air, as we got under 90 seconds left 443 00:24:22,121 --> 00:24:23,288 in this speed matchup. 444 00:24:23,321 --> 00:24:25,521 And Candice is a veteran of this style. 445 00:24:25,554 --> 00:24:29,054 This is her eighth career speed matchup, getting right back up, 446 00:24:29,088 --> 00:24:31,804 charging right in and dropping Lainey Reid. 447 00:24:31,838 --> 00:24:34,021 [Booker T] Bad positioning right there for Lainey Reid. 448 00:24:34,054 --> 00:24:36,138 Bad, bad positioning. 449 00:24:36,171 --> 00:24:39,355 [Vic] Now they're gonna tap shades of her husband. 450 00:24:40,238 --> 00:24:44,605 As the champion looking on, 60 seconds approaching. 451 00:24:44,638 --> 00:24:47,638 Lainey Reid, who wants another opportunity at gold, cannot tap out. 452 00:24:47,671 --> 00:24:50,488 Shifts her weight, counter, kick out, and we're under 60 seconds. 453 00:24:50,521 --> 00:24:53,804 [Booker T] Nice wherewithal right there by Lainey Reid to get that cover. 454 00:24:53,838 --> 00:24:57,738 -Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. -Wait a minute! So close, so close! 455 00:24:57,771 --> 00:24:59,971 [Vic] Right now, under 50 seconds, Lainey Reid countering, 456 00:25:00,004 --> 00:25:02,504 shoulders going down with the back slide, another kick out. 457 00:25:03,071 --> 00:25:04,971 [Booker T] 45 seconds left. 458 00:25:05,071 --> 00:25:08,254 Wait a minute! Candice LeRae wants her championship back. 459 00:25:08,288 --> 00:25:10,388 -Couldn't count. -Oh! 460 00:25:10,421 --> 00:25:12,888 -[Booker T] Knockout, knockout! -Southern hospitality! 461 00:25:12,921 --> 00:25:15,304 And Lainey Reid is headed to No Mercy. 462 00:25:15,338 --> 00:25:17,288 -[Booker T] I told you, I told you. -[bell dinging] 463 00:25:17,321 --> 00:25:21,171 [announcer] Here's your winner, Lainey Reid. 464 00:25:21,205 --> 00:25:26,705 And how many minds has Lainey changed due to her victories 465 00:25:26,738 --> 00:25:28,205 in this speed tournament? 466 00:25:28,238 --> 00:25:30,705 [Booker T] Look, she's ready to become the biggest, the largest, 467 00:25:30,738 --> 00:25:32,671 definitely with a shot like that. 468 00:25:32,705 --> 00:25:37,771 I'm talking about, yeah, prime time, prime time, Lainey Reid. 469 00:25:37,804 --> 00:25:39,588 Candice LeRae tonight. 470 00:25:40,355 --> 00:25:46,171 Apache from Triple A in the first round, and there you see Saturday at No Mercy. 471 00:25:46,921 --> 00:25:49,771 -Can Reid dethrone… bam. -Check it out. 472 00:25:49,804 --> 00:25:52,871 -My God, man. -[Vic] My word. 473 00:25:52,905 --> 00:25:54,271 Knockout shot. 474 00:25:54,304 --> 00:25:58,271 As I was saying, can Reid dethrone Sol Ruca? 475 00:25:58,304 --> 00:26:00,371 Or will another soul be snatched? 476 00:26:00,405 --> 00:26:06,188 Women's Championship for the speed title on the line Saturday at No Mercy. 477 00:26:12,088 --> 00:26:14,471 I hope everybody enjoyed Homecoming. 478 00:26:15,621 --> 00:26:16,554 You know who didn't? 479 00:26:17,471 --> 00:26:18,304 Me. 480 00:26:18,838 --> 00:26:20,021 And you wanna know why? 481 00:26:20,804 --> 00:26:21,971 I got two words for you. 482 00:26:22,571 --> 00:26:23,988 Lash Legend. 483 00:26:24,021 --> 00:26:26,905 See, Lash, you got me thinking, man. You really do. 484 00:26:27,405 --> 00:26:30,554 Because you got a one-up on me a few weeks ago, and I'ma let you have that. 485 00:26:31,721 --> 00:26:34,288 -…two, three! -[bell dinging] 486 00:26:34,321 --> 00:26:36,355 So go ahead and enjoy your little dub. 487 00:26:36,388 --> 00:26:39,405 Frame it, put it on a wall, why don't you? 488 00:26:39,438 --> 00:26:42,971 Hell, tell everybody, "I beat Jaida Parker." 489 00:26:43,004 --> 00:26:46,955 But make sure you tell them what happened after you got your hand raised. 490 00:26:46,988 --> 00:26:49,905 Tell them how real pressure felt when I put you through 491 00:26:49,938 --> 00:26:51,804 that barricade, baby. 492 00:26:51,838 --> 00:26:54,621 You be walking around here like you all that, but nah, 493 00:26:54,655 --> 00:26:57,071 I see right through you. 494 00:26:57,105 --> 00:27:00,521 Because you know at the end of the day, Jaida Parker hits harder. 495 00:27:01,171 --> 00:27:04,371 Talks louder, and looks better while doing it. 496 00:27:05,321 --> 00:27:08,571 So please, keep your little moment warm. 497 00:27:08,605 --> 00:27:10,705 Because the next time we step in that ring, 498 00:27:10,738 --> 00:27:13,038 there ain't gonna be no barricades left to break. 499 00:27:13,071 --> 00:27:14,605 It's just gonna be you, 500 00:27:14,638 --> 00:27:17,388 flat on your back, and Jaida Parker standing over you 501 00:27:17,421 --> 00:27:21,238 because I just gave you the reality check you desperately need. 502 00:27:21,271 --> 00:27:25,421 This ain't over, baby. Not by a long shot. Clock you. 503 00:27:28,504 --> 00:27:29,338 Yeah, I'm back, 504 00:27:29,371 --> 00:27:31,888 and I'm so sorry we didn't get the chance to catch up at Homecoming. 505 00:27:31,921 --> 00:27:34,238 I've just had a lot going on, and I really need to talk to you. 506 00:27:34,271 --> 00:27:39,088 I just… I feel like any time I make a friend, any time I really let someone in 507 00:27:39,121 --> 00:27:42,155 they just start to completely lose their mind. 508 00:27:42,188 --> 00:27:43,455 -Yes. -Yes. 509 00:27:43,488 --> 00:27:46,188 Yes. And that's when I can't wrap my head around. 510 00:27:46,221 --> 00:27:48,721 I mean, it's my fault. It can't be my fault, right? 511 00:27:48,754 --> 00:27:52,121 Sweet dove. Nothing is ever your fault. 512 00:27:52,155 --> 00:27:53,721 Ever. 513 00:27:53,754 --> 00:27:56,554 That's what I miss about you, Tatum. You know, you're weird… 514 00:27:57,138 --> 00:28:00,004 But you're consistently weird. You are weird that I can count on, 515 00:28:00,038 --> 00:28:01,721 and I need that back in my life. I just don't… 516 00:28:01,754 --> 00:28:03,038 You need me in your life? 517 00:28:03,688 --> 00:28:05,405 -You're also making new friends. -Yes, I am! 518 00:28:05,438 --> 00:28:07,488 You're going to Tokyo with Alexa Bliss and Shia LaBeouf. 519 00:28:07,521 --> 00:28:09,804 Oh, Tom, I'm so glad you know this. 520 00:28:09,838 --> 00:28:11,788 -I know. -Oh, hi. 521 00:28:11,821 --> 00:28:13,671 -[audience cheering] -You dropped this. 522 00:28:14,504 --> 00:28:17,054 Lyra left you once before, Tatum, don't you remember? 523 00:28:17,088 --> 00:28:20,655 You're smart enough now to know that she's going to do it again 524 00:28:20,688 --> 00:28:21,721 if you give her the chance. 525 00:28:22,304 --> 00:28:23,238 Let's go. 526 00:28:25,621 --> 00:28:28,021 -It was nice seeing you. -Yeah, it was nice seeing you too. 527 00:28:28,054 --> 00:28:30,571 That was rude. 528 00:28:30,605 --> 00:28:32,471 [man on speaker] It's not over until I win. 529 00:28:34,955 --> 00:28:36,738 [Vic] Well, with Ava in London, 530 00:28:36,771 --> 00:28:40,205 Stevie and Stone made this matchup official. 531 00:28:42,621 --> 00:28:43,738 [bell dinging] 532 00:28:44,355 --> 00:28:48,238 [announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall. 533 00:28:48,271 --> 00:28:54,171 Introducing first, from Austin, Texas, Jordynne Grace. 534 00:28:54,205 --> 00:28:57,304 [Vic] And this is a woman with a lot of frustration to let out, 535 00:28:57,338 --> 00:28:59,504 and you can obviously know why. 536 00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:04,221 Jordynne Grace, Arianna Grace, one on one, next. 537 00:29:04,254 --> 00:29:06,338 [crowd chanting] Jordynne! Jordynne! 538 00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:10,688 -Yo, man… I think… -I can get… 539 00:29:10,721 --> 00:29:12,871 -Don't touch it. -I think at this point you're G plus, sir. 540 00:29:12,905 --> 00:29:15,905 Yeah, bro, we are so, so sorry. It got crazy in there. 541 00:29:15,938 --> 00:29:18,054 -I don't even know what to say, bro. -It's okay. 542 00:29:18,705 --> 00:29:20,355 You were going fast, which was good, 543 00:29:20,388 --> 00:29:22,471 but it was obviously a little out of control. 544 00:29:22,504 --> 00:29:24,121 -Yeah. -It was frantic. 545 00:29:25,205 --> 00:29:28,054 So today I brought in two guys who know a little bit about going fast 546 00:29:28,088 --> 00:29:30,738 -while keeping it under control. -Oh, dang. Ooh. 547 00:29:31,288 --> 00:29:34,155 -Sam Mayer, and Cole Custer. -Oh, snap! 548 00:29:34,188 --> 00:29:36,388 -What's up, guys? -Great to meet you. 549 00:29:36,421 --> 00:29:39,188 -Great to meet you. Good to meet you. -Great stuff. 550 00:29:39,221 --> 00:29:41,621 Dude, I'm a huge fan. I love this. 551 00:29:41,655 --> 00:29:44,121 This is awesome. I'm so honored to be here. 552 00:29:44,155 --> 00:29:47,421 And I love that whole deal that you guys do where you say his name 553 00:29:47,455 --> 00:29:48,671 and he just appears. 554 00:29:49,405 --> 00:29:52,488 That's awesome, but I have to ask you, is it real? 555 00:29:52,521 --> 00:29:54,438 -No, it's… -It was. 556 00:29:54,471 --> 00:29:56,538 And if y'all boys know what's good for you, 557 00:29:56,571 --> 00:29:57,821 you ain't gonna say a damn thing. 558 00:29:57,855 --> 00:30:02,105 Unless you're trying to find out, Doc… hit harder than any car crash. 559 00:30:02,138 --> 00:30:04,288 Listen, man, I'm a huge fan and all, 560 00:30:04,321 --> 00:30:06,571 it's great, but I don't even know his name. 561 00:30:06,605 --> 00:30:09,855 Sin, no reason to be nervous, man. And plus, you know his name. 562 00:30:09,888 --> 00:30:11,688 -It's Joe Hendry. -Hey, no. 563 00:30:11,721 --> 00:30:12,921 Oh. 564 00:30:12,955 --> 00:30:16,254 ♪ Say his name and he appears ♪ 565 00:30:16,288 --> 00:30:19,254 ♪ I believe in Joe Hendry ♪ 566 00:30:20,405 --> 00:30:23,338 Say his name and he appears. 567 00:30:23,371 --> 00:30:25,338 You got jokes, Caleb? You think it's funny, bro? 568 00:30:25,371 --> 00:30:27,054 -Yeah, kind of. -Whoa, whoa, whoa. 569 00:30:27,088 --> 00:30:28,838 It seems like we keep running into each other. 570 00:30:28,871 --> 00:30:30,754 -So, how about you? -No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 571 00:30:30,788 --> 00:30:34,121 We're not doing this again, Joe. Andre, your boys think they funny, huh? 572 00:30:34,155 --> 00:30:35,938 So, we're gonna see how funny they really are. 573 00:30:35,971 --> 00:30:37,054 Mr. Hendry. 574 00:30:37,088 --> 00:30:41,155 You're gonna wanna think before you appear around us. 575 00:30:41,188 --> 00:30:44,488 -Strap in, Slim. -I'm thinking six-man tag match. 576 00:30:44,521 --> 00:30:48,038 Looks like you boys are gonna see a car crash tonight, Dark State style. 577 00:30:48,071 --> 00:30:50,521 -That's right, cuz. -Again? 578 00:30:51,321 --> 00:30:55,888 [Vic] It is a busy, busy night for Stevie and Stone. 579 00:30:59,504 --> 00:31:04,138 [announcer] And her opponent from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 580 00:31:04,171 --> 00:31:08,821 Arianna Grace. 581 00:31:22,721 --> 00:31:28,071 [Vic] Booker, what would your best advice be for Arianna Grace in this matchup? 582 00:31:28,105 --> 00:31:30,388 -And she goes right after Jordynne Grace. -There it is, 583 00:31:30,421 --> 00:31:33,471 take the first shot, it might be your only shot. 584 00:31:34,171 --> 00:31:38,054 [Vic] Well, don't let that smile fool you. We know just how tough Arianna is, 585 00:31:38,088 --> 00:31:41,438 but now that bell is sounding, look at Jordynne Grace answering right back. 586 00:31:41,471 --> 00:31:45,521 Heard from Jordynne earlier tonight, always confident, but in your opinion, 587 00:31:45,554 --> 00:31:47,155 should she be worried about Blake Monroe? 588 00:31:47,188 --> 00:31:49,054 [Booker T] I mean, of course she should be worried. 589 00:31:49,088 --> 00:31:50,554 I mean, let me tell you something. 590 00:31:50,588 --> 00:31:54,471 Jordynne Grace has finally realized that she's a threat to everyone 591 00:31:54,504 --> 00:31:55,988 in that locker room. 592 00:31:56,021 --> 00:31:58,754 And, just like Arianna, you gotta strike first, 593 00:31:58,788 --> 00:32:00,938 and strike hard, just like that. 594 00:32:00,971 --> 00:32:02,705 [Vic] Her opponent believes she should be. 595 00:32:03,888 --> 00:32:06,588 That's why we're having this matchup for Arianna Grace 596 00:32:06,621 --> 00:32:10,338 and the comment she has made to Jordynne over the last several weeks, 597 00:32:10,371 --> 00:32:12,238 and it's hard to feel bad for Arianna. 598 00:32:12,271 --> 00:32:15,038 -She's always fighting. -[Booker T] Oh, man, big shot there. 599 00:32:15,071 --> 00:32:18,304 [Vic] Having issues with others due to her opinions, but nobody home. 600 00:32:18,338 --> 00:32:20,471 And, Booker, we gotta congratulate someone right now. 601 00:32:20,504 --> 00:32:23,705 Stephanie Becker became the new Women's World Champion. 602 00:32:23,738 --> 00:32:26,538 We'll find out Friday night on Smackdown who she'll meet in Perth 603 00:32:26,571 --> 00:32:29,504 for the Women's Crown Jewel Championship on October the 11th. 604 00:32:29,538 --> 00:32:32,221 Victory, though, right now, maybe, and no, not quite. 605 00:32:32,254 --> 00:32:33,638 -For Arianna. -[Booker T] Yes, indeed, 606 00:32:33,671 --> 00:32:37,988 congratulations to Stephanie Vaquer for doing it in rapid fashion. 607 00:32:38,021 --> 00:32:40,988 I'm talking about, like, warp speed, she went right to the top 608 00:32:41,021 --> 00:32:42,821 of this business, man. I love it. 609 00:32:42,855 --> 00:32:45,355 Look at Arianna Grace right now in control of this matchup. 610 00:32:45,388 --> 00:32:49,138 She, of course, has extensive training in MMA fighting, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, 611 00:32:49,171 --> 00:32:50,455 even boxing as well. 612 00:32:50,488 --> 00:32:52,971 So I'll say it again. Don't let that smile fool you. 613 00:32:53,004 --> 00:32:56,071 [Booker T] Look, Arianna Grace, she sees what's happening around here. 614 00:32:56,105 --> 00:32:59,754 Everybody trying to get a piece of the action, a little champagne wishing, 615 00:32:59,788 --> 00:33:01,088 a little caviar dream. 616 00:33:01,121 --> 00:33:03,021 I'm talking about moving the Raw, SmackDown. 617 00:33:03,054 --> 00:33:07,504 -Yes, it's urgency here tonight. -[Vic] You gotta think for Arianna Grace 618 00:33:07,538 --> 00:33:09,155 if she's able to knock off Jordynne here, 619 00:33:09,188 --> 00:33:11,521 that would be a statement victory in her career, 620 00:33:11,554 --> 00:33:12,438 would it not be? 621 00:33:12,471 --> 00:33:15,004 [Booker T] Statement for Arianna if she can do that. 622 00:33:15,038 --> 00:33:17,504 Like she landed that one big shot. 623 00:33:17,538 --> 00:33:20,605 That tells me a lot about her game plan here tonight. 624 00:33:20,638 --> 00:33:23,921 Arianna trying to get the jump on Jordynne and Jordynne right now. 625 00:33:23,955 --> 00:33:24,788 Oh! 626 00:33:26,205 --> 00:33:29,371 Using her environment to her advantage, backslide, 627 00:33:29,405 --> 00:33:32,054 rolling right through, not letting go, and stepping right 628 00:33:32,088 --> 00:33:34,721 into that short arm clothesline, pulling Arianna back up 629 00:33:34,754 --> 00:33:36,355 to knock her back down. 630 00:33:36,388 --> 00:33:39,138 Beautiful there by Jordynne, maintaining control over 631 00:33:39,171 --> 00:33:41,488 the third clothesline, but misses it. 632 00:33:41,521 --> 00:33:43,038 [Vic] Arianna misses, swinging wildly. 633 00:33:43,071 --> 00:33:46,671 And just got caught with that spine buster. 634 00:33:47,504 --> 00:33:51,388 Rolling right through, and Jordynne hoisting up Arianna. 635 00:33:51,421 --> 00:33:54,054 [Booker T] I can smell the end is coming, Vic. 636 00:33:54,088 --> 00:33:56,538 [Vic] With that direct effect. 637 00:33:57,588 --> 00:34:00,504 And Jordynne takes out Arianna… 638 00:34:00,538 --> 00:34:01,888 -[bell dinging] -…with grace. 639 00:34:01,921 --> 00:34:04,438 [Booker T] Yeah, but she put up a hell of a fight, Arianna did. 640 00:34:04,471 --> 00:34:09,321 [announcer] There is your winner, Jordynne Grace. 641 00:34:10,738 --> 00:34:12,455 [Vic] Victory has to feel good 642 00:34:13,355 --> 00:34:15,138 for Jordynne Grace here tonight, 643 00:34:15,171 --> 00:34:17,371 back to some of the moments of this matchup. 644 00:34:17,404 --> 00:34:20,954 Bam! That spine buster really was the turning point. 645 00:34:20,988 --> 00:34:24,721 And then this direct effect, showcasing that power, 646 00:34:24,755 --> 00:34:28,371 is on display from Jordynne Grace once again. 647 00:34:29,871 --> 00:34:32,788 It is! What the hell is this? 648 00:34:34,971 --> 00:34:39,388 It's Stacks! It's Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo out here. 649 00:34:39,421 --> 00:34:43,005 -Whoa, Booker. -[Booker T] Hold the phone, dog! 650 00:34:43,038 --> 00:34:48,904 -Hold the damn phone! -Blake Monroe, and she's not coming alone! 651 00:34:50,971 --> 00:34:53,821 Jordynne Grace realizing it. And these two women… 652 00:34:57,671 --> 00:34:59,404 taking it to one another. 653 00:35:00,421 --> 00:35:05,938 No remorse between these two. No love lost, just a lot of hatred. 654 00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:07,371 -[Vic] Oh, no! -[Booker T] Oh, yes! 655 00:35:11,055 --> 00:35:14,255 [Booker T] You saw that look just a couple of weeks ago in Blake's eyes, man. 656 00:35:14,288 --> 00:35:15,205 Look at her now! 657 00:35:15,238 --> 00:35:16,955 Blake Monroe has said time and time again, 658 00:35:16,988 --> 00:35:21,021 she is ready to take Jordynne Grace straight to hell. 659 00:35:21,055 --> 00:35:23,705 And we're gonna need more than just these officials 660 00:35:23,738 --> 00:35:25,621 and just these security guards. 661 00:35:25,654 --> 00:35:28,571 We're gonna need everyone out here to separate these two. 662 00:35:29,105 --> 00:35:31,955 [crowd chanting] Let them fight! Let them fight! 663 00:35:31,988 --> 00:35:38,071 Hey, girls, girls, enough, enough, enough. 664 00:35:38,621 --> 00:35:42,021 Tonight, Ava, she put us in charge. 665 00:35:42,055 --> 00:35:46,138 And if you want each other that bad, this Saturday, 666 00:35:46,171 --> 00:35:48,505 grab anything you can get your hands on. 667 00:35:48,538 --> 00:35:53,205 Because at No Mercy, you're gonna have a weapons match. 668 00:35:55,021 --> 00:35:59,638 Hey, you know something, Stevie? I think we could go bigger than that. 669 00:35:59,671 --> 00:36:04,605 All right, listen, no more running, no more sneak attacks, 670 00:36:04,638 --> 00:36:06,855 Saturday, this ends. 671 00:36:06,888 --> 00:36:09,705 And you can bringall the weapons you want. 672 00:36:09,738 --> 00:36:13,321 'cause it's gonna be inside a steel cage! 673 00:36:13,355 --> 00:36:14,455 [crowd cheering] 674 00:36:14,488 --> 00:36:18,955 [Vic] Book, Grace, Monroe in a weaponized steel cage, 675 00:36:18,988 --> 00:36:21,021 Saturday at No Mercy! 676 00:36:22,755 --> 00:36:27,121 Lainey Reid, after beating Candice LeRae, you are officially headed to No Mercy 677 00:36:27,154 --> 00:36:30,305 to challenge Sol Ruca for the WWE Speed Championship. 678 00:36:30,338 --> 00:36:32,005 Let's tell the truth here, Kelly. 679 00:36:32,038 --> 00:36:33,988 I finally got the opportunity I've been asking for, 680 00:36:34,021 --> 00:36:35,654 and look what happened. 681 00:36:35,688 --> 00:36:38,188 I beat AAA's best Faby Apache. 682 00:36:38,221 --> 00:36:41,255 I just knocked off an NXT icon. 683 00:36:41,288 --> 00:36:43,421 And now, this Saturday, I face Sol Ruca. 684 00:36:43,455 --> 00:36:47,188 And, sure, maybe Sol Ruca is the most athletic woman in NXT, 685 00:36:47,221 --> 00:36:48,705 hell, WWE, 686 00:36:48,738 --> 00:36:51,338 but after I give Sol Ruca a little Southern hospitality, 687 00:36:51,371 --> 00:36:53,771 I'll be leaving your next Speed Champion. 688 00:36:55,055 --> 00:36:59,271 You know, I gotta hand it to you, Lainey. That was a very impressive win out there. 689 00:36:59,305 --> 00:37:00,805 Good luck at No Mercy. 690 00:37:00,838 --> 00:37:02,921 -Right back at you, Champ. -Thanks. 691 00:37:04,338 --> 00:37:09,121 Uh, on second thought, I can handle Lola by myself. 692 00:37:11,288 --> 00:37:13,088 She cannot be serious. 693 00:37:15,088 --> 00:37:16,688 ["The Chosen" playing] 694 00:37:16,721 --> 00:37:22,238 [Vic] Back live on NXT, with Booker's rock star ready for the spotlight. 695 00:37:22,271 --> 00:37:24,171 [Booker T] Take it! 696 00:37:29,421 --> 00:37:31,588 [Vic] And as we heard before the break, 697 00:37:31,621 --> 00:37:36,238 the champion said she's gonna do it all alone. 698 00:37:36,271 --> 00:37:39,271 ["The Chosen" continues playing] 699 00:37:45,121 --> 00:37:50,671 [announcer] Please welcome the NXT Women's Champion, 700 00:37:50,705 --> 00:37:54,055 Jacy Jayne! 701 00:37:54,088 --> 00:37:57,121 [Booker T] Stand up! Stand up, man! 702 00:37:59,321 --> 00:38:00,588 [Vic] I'll ask your, Book. 703 00:38:02,021 --> 00:38:05,971 Is it wise for Jacy Jayne to be out here with no backup? 704 00:38:06,005 --> 00:38:10,855 [Booker T] Look, sometimes, when you want something done properly, 705 00:38:10,888 --> 00:38:13,005 when you want it done right, 706 00:38:13,038 --> 00:38:15,738 damn it, you do it yourself! 707 00:38:15,771 --> 00:38:17,188 You feel me? 708 00:38:17,221 --> 00:38:18,388 You feel me, dawg? 709 00:38:18,421 --> 00:38:21,255 [Vic] I do, every Tuesday, when I'm sitting out here on commentary. 710 00:38:21,288 --> 00:38:23,571 Sometimes, I just have to do it myself. 711 00:38:25,571 --> 00:38:28,638 [Booker T] All right. You're asking for it here tonight. 712 00:38:37,388 --> 00:38:41,904 Let's all pretend like last week never happened. 713 00:38:41,938 --> 00:38:44,371 Like Rhea didn't pin me, 714 00:38:44,404 --> 00:38:48,955 that Lola didn't backfist me, and cost me the match. 715 00:38:50,555 --> 00:38:55,288 Because, truth be told, none of that really matters, 716 00:38:55,321 --> 00:38:59,888 because at the end of the day, whether you people like it or not, 717 00:38:59,921 --> 00:39:03,888 for over 100 days, I have been standing in your face 718 00:39:03,921 --> 00:39:07,871 as the NXT Women's Champion. 719 00:39:07,904 --> 00:39:09,904 [crowd jeering] 720 00:39:11,138 --> 00:39:16,071 And I have singlehandedly gotten rid of every single label 721 00:39:16,105 --> 00:39:19,355 that you people tried to put on me. 722 00:39:19,388 --> 00:39:21,221 "The third wheel". 723 00:39:21,255 --> 00:39:23,338 "Most beatable champion". 724 00:39:23,371 --> 00:39:26,138 "Transitional champion". [laughs] 725 00:39:26,171 --> 00:39:30,588 Yeah, all so cute, but all so wrong. 726 00:39:30,621 --> 00:39:35,788 And that's why I find it incredibly pathetic, comical, 727 00:39:35,821 --> 00:39:41,038 it's actually laughable that you people want to live in this fantasy 728 00:39:41,071 --> 00:39:46,138 that the one that's gonna dethrone me is Lola Vice. 729 00:39:46,171 --> 00:39:47,371 [crowd cheering] 730 00:39:47,404 --> 00:39:51,321 I mean, be so for real, Lola Vice? 731 00:39:53,638 --> 00:40:00,588 A crossover act pretending to be a wrestler in my division. 732 00:40:00,621 --> 00:40:03,505 But, hey, she's flashy, right? 733 00:40:03,538 --> 00:40:06,688 She has a million followers on Instagram. 734 00:40:06,721 --> 00:40:10,055 Awesome. Congratulations. 735 00:40:10,088 --> 00:40:11,688 But you know what, Lola? 736 00:40:11,721 --> 00:40:17,455 I will give you your flowers because you have improved immensely, 737 00:40:17,488 --> 00:40:21,654 but you're nowhere near ready to hold this. 738 00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:24,538 And you know what? 739 00:40:24,571 --> 00:40:26,488 I'll be the first to admit, 740 00:40:26,521 --> 00:40:31,355 you have quite the hometown hero story going for you. 741 00:40:31,388 --> 00:40:35,821 Hometown crowd, AAA momentum, 742 00:40:35,855 --> 00:40:41,455 camera-ready tears just in case you finally pull it off and win the title. 743 00:40:41,488 --> 00:40:44,738 But Lola, sweetheart, 744 00:40:44,771 --> 00:40:45,971 wake up. 745 00:40:46,005 --> 00:40:49,305 That's the Jacy Jayne story! 746 00:40:49,338 --> 00:40:51,154 I shocked the world. 747 00:40:51,188 --> 00:40:53,888 Been there, done that. 748 00:40:53,921 --> 00:40:59,404 Lola, you are not the underdog in this story. 749 00:40:59,438 --> 00:41:01,271 I am. 750 00:41:01,305 --> 00:41:05,971 I was the one who was humiliated, thrown to the side, 751 00:41:06,005 --> 00:41:09,471 told that I was never gonna make it. 752 00:41:09,505 --> 00:41:13,654 But while you were out there shaking your ass, 753 00:41:13,688 --> 00:41:19,088 I was out there busting my ass to get to the top. 754 00:41:19,121 --> 00:41:24,671 No family, no MMA background, no "hometown advantage" 755 00:41:24,705 --> 00:41:29,421 is gonna save you for what's coming your way at No Mercy. 756 00:41:29,455 --> 00:41:33,605 And absolutely no one is gonna ruin that for me. 757 00:41:33,638 --> 00:41:37,238 -["Te Lo Rompo" playing] -[crowd cheering] 758 00:41:38,705 --> 00:41:40,788 Jacy Jayne. 759 00:41:40,821 --> 00:41:43,805 I wouldn't expect anything less. 760 00:41:43,838 --> 00:41:47,904 Another person talking about my ass. 761 00:41:49,355 --> 00:41:53,555 Well, at least I have an ass to shake, mama. 762 00:41:53,588 --> 00:41:56,505 [crowd cheering] 763 00:41:59,071 --> 00:42:01,971 100 days as champ. 764 00:42:02,005 --> 00:42:05,338 Wow, that's impressive. 765 00:42:05,371 --> 00:42:08,121 But you're barely surviving. 766 00:42:08,154 --> 00:42:09,838 You've always needed somebody. 767 00:42:10,855 --> 00:42:12,055 I don't. 768 00:42:13,955 --> 00:42:18,605 And for all those years you spent being a toxic third wheel 769 00:42:18,638 --> 00:42:22,654 and finding an easy way to become champion, 770 00:42:22,688 --> 00:42:28,638 I was knocking women out in order to earn my opportunity. 771 00:42:28,671 --> 00:42:31,488 [crowd cheering] 772 00:42:31,521 --> 00:42:33,638 You know what's crazy? 773 00:42:34,321 --> 00:42:39,621 I remember being in this ring a year ago, before facing Roxanne, 774 00:42:39,654 --> 00:42:41,571 I was nervous, 775 00:42:41,605 --> 00:42:43,621 I was emotional. 776 00:42:43,654 --> 00:42:46,921 I mean, the Lola before would have probably cried at this opportunity 777 00:42:46,955 --> 00:42:49,221 in front of my family. 778 00:42:49,255 --> 00:42:50,521 You guys saw it, 779 00:42:51,771 --> 00:42:55,521 But that's not who I am anymore, Jacy. 780 00:42:55,555 --> 00:42:59,288 This time, this time, it's different. 781 00:43:00,321 --> 00:43:06,571 I stand before you a year later, a completely different person. 782 00:43:07,571 --> 00:43:12,121 More than a fighter, a professional wrestler! 783 00:43:12,154 --> 00:43:13,888 [crowd cheering] 784 00:43:13,921 --> 00:43:16,821 A WWE Superstar! 785 00:43:18,288 --> 00:43:22,705 And for as much as I wanna win this title for my family, 786 00:43:22,738 --> 00:43:26,455 for my culture, and for myself, 787 00:43:26,488 --> 00:43:33,271 This is also for all these people here who always believed in me and had my back! 788 00:43:33,305 --> 00:43:35,955 -[crowd cheering] -Okay. All right. 789 00:43:35,988 --> 00:43:38,654 Nobody cares about you people. 790 00:43:38,688 --> 00:43:41,004 [crowd chanting] Lola! Lola! Lola! 791 00:43:43,004 --> 00:43:45,371 At No Mercy… 792 00:43:45,404 --> 00:43:50,638 And dios mío, I'm so glad it's called No Mercy, 793 00:43:50,671 --> 00:43:54,254 because that's exactly what I'm gonna show you 794 00:43:54,288 --> 00:43:59,471 when I knock you out and become the new NXT Women's Champion. 795 00:43:59,504 --> 00:44:03,438 -Okay. All right. -[crowd cheering] 796 00:44:03,471 --> 00:44:04,871 You're all fickle. 797 00:44:04,904 --> 00:44:06,988 You know what, Lola? 798 00:44:07,021 --> 00:44:12,771 I'm fully aware that, more than likely, you're gonna beat my ass on Saturday. 799 00:44:15,404 --> 00:44:17,404 But you know what, Lola? 800 00:44:17,438 --> 00:44:19,138 I see you. 801 00:44:19,171 --> 00:44:20,271 I know you. 802 00:44:20,855 --> 00:44:24,188 I know that, since the day you walked in here, 803 00:44:24,221 --> 00:44:27,421 you've been looking for validation. 804 00:44:27,455 --> 00:44:32,271 You wanna make your mama and papa so proud. 805 00:44:32,305 --> 00:44:37,105 You want your sisters to be proud, to look up to you. 806 00:44:37,138 --> 00:44:40,404 But, mama, I can promise you 807 00:44:40,438 --> 00:44:46,904 that somehow, some way, I will be walking out with this title. 808 00:44:47,821 --> 00:44:54,404 And my reality very well may be a broken nose or a broken jaw. 809 00:44:54,438 --> 00:44:57,471 But your reality come No Mercy 810 00:44:57,504 --> 00:45:02,188 is when you're gonna look both of your parents in the eyes 811 00:45:02,221 --> 00:45:07,138 and tell them that all those sacrifices that they made for you 812 00:45:07,171 --> 00:45:10,671 was for nothing, 813 00:45:10,705 --> 00:45:16,938 because I'm gonna be walking out still your NXT Women's Champion, 814 00:45:16,971 --> 00:45:18,571 and you're gonna be walking out 815 00:45:18,605 --> 00:45:23,754 knowing you're your family's biggest disappointment. 816 00:45:23,788 --> 00:45:25,788 [crowd jeering] 817 00:45:28,605 --> 00:45:29,838 I'm the best! 818 00:45:30,488 --> 00:45:32,605 [Booker T] Oh! 819 00:45:32,638 --> 00:45:36,321 [Vic] Lola couldn't hold it in anymore! 820 00:45:36,355 --> 00:45:40,938 Will this be the scene in Fort Lauderdale this Saturday? 821 00:45:40,971 --> 00:45:44,705 Who walks out Women's Champion at No Mercy? 822 00:45:44,738 --> 00:45:46,738 ["Te Lo Rompo" playing] 823 00:45:48,455 --> 00:45:51,871 [Vic] Well, Stevie and Stone have signed off on this. 824 00:45:51,904 --> 00:45:53,555 Who will be victorious? 825 00:45:55,788 --> 00:45:58,404 It's a 6-man tag team matchup. 826 00:45:58,438 --> 00:46:01,321 It's live, it's next on NXT. 827 00:46:08,071 --> 00:46:11,238 [Josh Briggs] I can do things in this ring that most men can only dream of. 828 00:46:12,138 --> 00:46:14,205 I'm a big man that can fly. 829 00:46:14,238 --> 00:46:17,805 I can move fast, I can hit real damn hard, 830 00:46:17,838 --> 00:46:20,271 and I can beat the hell out of someone. 831 00:46:20,305 --> 00:46:22,888 But I keep being told the same thing… 832 00:46:24,138 --> 00:46:26,538 that I don't connect with the fans. 833 00:46:26,571 --> 00:46:28,238 I'm not relatable. 834 00:46:28,271 --> 00:46:30,004 [dramatic instrumental music] 835 00:46:30,038 --> 00:46:33,205 No matter how hard I tried to please the WWE Universe, 836 00:46:33,238 --> 00:46:35,605 no matter how hard I busted my ass, it didn't matter. 837 00:46:35,638 --> 00:46:37,438 You never cared, and you never will. 838 00:46:37,471 --> 00:46:41,838 But, finally, I stopped giving a damn about what a bunch of online tough guys 839 00:46:41,871 --> 00:46:44,638 and fat podcasters had to say about me. 840 00:46:46,004 --> 00:46:47,721 You're a damn fan. 841 00:46:47,754 --> 00:46:50,338 You're a seat-filler, and that is all you will ever be. 842 00:46:50,371 --> 00:46:52,771 Nobody can deny my talent. 843 00:46:52,805 --> 00:46:55,938 You don't want me to win, but it eats you alive 844 00:46:55,971 --> 00:46:57,838 knowing that I have the skill. 845 00:46:57,871 --> 00:46:59,605 You're all hypocrites. 846 00:46:59,638 --> 00:47:01,471 When I come out, you tell me… 847 00:47:01,504 --> 00:47:05,238 [crowd chanting] Go away! Briggs, go away! 848 00:47:05,271 --> 00:47:07,471 But what are you saying when my match ends? 849 00:47:07,504 --> 00:47:11,805 [crowd chanting] This is awesome! This is awesome! 850 00:47:12,871 --> 00:47:14,588 Maybe you're the ones who don't get it. 851 00:47:15,605 --> 00:47:17,171 Just like Je'Von Evans. 852 00:47:17,205 --> 00:47:20,504 He lives and dies by your approval. 853 00:47:21,571 --> 00:47:25,488 He wants to be loved, and he'll put his body through hell to entertain you. 854 00:47:27,971 --> 00:47:30,121 That approval that he's chasing, 855 00:47:30,154 --> 00:47:31,921 it makes him weak. 856 00:47:34,404 --> 00:47:39,004 This Saturday at No Mercy, I'm gonna show Je'Von Evans and everyone watching, 857 00:47:39,038 --> 00:47:40,605 that everything else is just noise. 858 00:47:41,555 --> 00:47:44,438 I don't give a damn if I connect with you 859 00:47:44,471 --> 00:47:46,455 when my boot connects with his face. 860 00:47:47,571 --> 00:47:50,638 So chant whatever the hell you want. 861 00:47:50,671 --> 00:47:52,971 The only chant I care about… 862 00:47:53,738 --> 00:47:56,871 is "One, two, three." 863 00:47:56,904 --> 00:47:58,671 [bell rings] 864 00:48:00,904 --> 00:48:05,838 [Vic] Well, Briggs, no doubt, will show no mercy, Saturday. 865 00:48:05,871 --> 00:48:08,138 ["CHAOS" playing] 866 00:48:08,771 --> 00:48:09,738 Here we go 867 00:48:21,521 --> 00:48:24,355 [Vic] And, Booker, these four show no mercy 868 00:48:24,388 --> 00:48:27,021 every time we see them. 869 00:48:28,838 --> 00:48:30,705 [Booker T] You talk about Darkstate, right, 870 00:48:30,738 --> 00:48:34,221 you talk about that self-contained human… 871 00:48:34,254 --> 00:48:38,588 These guys are like a pack of wolves, man, a pack of wild dogs. 872 00:48:39,988 --> 00:48:41,988 -["Accomplished" playing] -[Booker T] Eat you up. 873 00:48:43,021 --> 00:48:45,038 -[Vic] Spit you out. -[Booker T] Oh, yes. 874 00:48:45,738 --> 00:48:46,938 [bell dings] 875 00:48:46,971 --> 00:48:50,355 [ring announcer] The following contest is a 6-Man Tag Team Match 876 00:48:50,388 --> 00:48:52,571 scheduled for one-fall. 877 00:48:52,605 --> 00:48:55,938 Introducing first, representing Chase University, 878 00:48:55,971 --> 00:49:00,205 Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors! 879 00:49:00,238 --> 00:49:05,188 [Vic] You can see Andre Chase not at 100%, but what's it like to see Chase-- 880 00:49:05,221 --> 00:49:07,654 -[Booker T] They're going to call him. -[all] Joe Hendry! 881 00:49:07,688 --> 00:49:10,504 -[Booker T laughing] -[Vic] Why do you always laugh at that? 882 00:49:10,538 --> 00:49:12,555 ♪ He appears ♪ 883 00:49:12,588 --> 00:49:15,488 ♪ I believe in Joe Hendry ♪ 884 00:49:16,605 --> 00:49:19,771 ♪ I believe in Joe Hendry ♪ 885 00:49:19,805 --> 00:49:23,871 ♪ 'Cause they love him in London And Paris and Tokyo ♪ 886 00:49:23,904 --> 00:49:26,071 ♪ America, Scotland and Canada… ♪ 887 00:49:26,105 --> 00:49:28,771 [ring announcer] And their tag team partner 888 00:49:28,805 --> 00:49:30,705 from Edinburgh, Scotland, 889 00:49:30,738 --> 00:49:35,205 252 pounds of pure motivation, 890 00:49:35,238 --> 00:49:39,688 Joe Hendry! 891 00:49:40,771 --> 00:49:45,288 [Vic] Come on, Book, Joe Hendry has quite the sense of humor, does he not? 892 00:49:45,321 --> 00:49:47,855 [Booker T] He does. I mean, can I say this? 893 00:49:48,555 --> 00:49:52,871 Joe Hendry, he gets a lot of fanfare here in NXT, right? 894 00:49:53,404 --> 00:49:56,254 -But let's be honest, he's an outsider. -[Vic] Whoa, and Darkstate… 895 00:49:56,288 --> 00:49:57,638 [Booker T] He's a TNA guy. 896 00:49:57,671 --> 00:50:00,421 That's what happens to TNA guys when they step in here. 897 00:50:00,455 --> 00:50:04,254 [Vic] Well, Darkstate does not have a sense of humor at all. 898 00:50:05,721 --> 00:50:09,055 Never smiling, only when they're wreaking havoc, creating chaos. 899 00:50:09,088 --> 00:50:11,121 -[bell dings] -Derek Sanders gets this under control. 900 00:50:11,154 --> 00:50:12,988 It's Connors, and whoa. 901 00:50:13,821 --> 00:50:15,571 And Shugars starting things off. 902 00:50:16,271 --> 00:50:17,621 You talking about TNA, there was 903 00:50:17,654 --> 00:50:20,654 a lot of angry individuals last week from TNA 904 00:50:20,688 --> 00:50:23,638 and some NXT superstars right now in the locker room, 905 00:50:23,671 --> 00:50:27,571 and they have had their interest piqued, so to speak. And rightfully so. 906 00:50:27,605 --> 00:50:30,355 I mean, we've heard what we've heard all night long from Stevie and Stone. 907 00:50:30,388 --> 00:50:33,221 There's TNA wrestlers walking around. 908 00:50:33,254 --> 00:50:35,488 [Booker T] These guys are walking around, I mean, 909 00:50:35,521 --> 00:50:39,004 this is a business where you've got to always expect the unexpected. 910 00:50:39,038 --> 00:50:40,388 [Vic] Whoa. 911 00:50:40,421 --> 00:50:43,071 -[Booker T] Anything can happen. -[Vic] It's a cover and a kick-out. 912 00:50:44,838 --> 00:50:48,871 I mean, yeah, anything can happen, but, you know, you start to wonder, 913 00:50:48,904 --> 00:50:51,705 is this match-up continuing for these six superstars? 914 00:50:51,738 --> 00:50:53,088 A tag was made. 915 00:50:53,121 --> 00:50:54,838 What is Darkstate looking to accomplish? 916 00:50:54,871 --> 00:50:59,121 Just getting dropped there by Connors out there. Dixon with a big splash! 917 00:50:59,154 --> 00:51:02,471 -Into the cover, hook to the leg. -[Booker T] Good shot there by Dixon. 918 00:51:02,504 --> 00:51:04,988 Dixon and Connors, they're just trying to prove themselves. 919 00:51:05,088 --> 00:51:09,138 Prove themselves to the University of Chase and Andre Chase. 920 00:51:09,171 --> 00:51:11,105 I think that's what it is more than anything else. 921 00:51:11,138 --> 00:51:14,205 I think he gives them a lot of credit. Lot of credit. 922 00:51:14,238 --> 00:51:17,988 [Vic] Oh, then you've got to give credit to Andre Chase. Crucifix Pin. 923 00:51:18,021 --> 00:51:21,305 [Booker T] I give him no credit. I mean, these two have stuck the path, 924 00:51:21,338 --> 00:51:22,904 get yourselves doors open… 925 00:51:22,938 --> 00:51:25,888 Give these guys a pat on the back. 926 00:51:25,921 --> 00:51:27,721 -Do that! -[Vic] Okay. If you were Chase, 927 00:51:27,754 --> 00:51:29,355 you were with Dixon or Connors 928 00:51:29,388 --> 00:51:33,071 would you be trying to fire up Darkstate like they did earlier? 929 00:51:33,105 --> 00:51:37,071 [Booker T] I would, because like I said, these guys are like a pack of hungry dogs, 930 00:51:37,105 --> 00:51:38,455 they're hungry for success. 931 00:51:38,488 --> 00:51:40,305 -[Vic] Nice. -Hungry for big time success. 932 00:51:40,338 --> 00:51:41,738 -Here we go. -[Vic] We got a cover. 933 00:51:41,771 --> 00:51:44,088 And this would be a big victory for Chase U. 934 00:51:44,121 --> 00:51:48,988 And you have to think, Book, a victory tonight for Dixon and Connors, 935 00:51:49,538 --> 00:51:51,855 do they get put in Tag Team Championship contention, 936 00:51:51,888 --> 00:51:53,904 -as Hendry checks in the match. -[Booker T] Who knows? 937 00:51:53,938 --> 00:51:55,788 But that's not what this is about right here. 938 00:51:55,821 --> 00:51:59,238 I mean, this is about a little bit of payback, trying to be redeemed… 939 00:51:59,271 --> 00:52:02,321 Uh, actually, trying to redeem Andre case. 940 00:52:02,355 --> 00:52:03,621 But more than anything… 941 00:52:03,654 --> 00:52:09,004 -[crowd exclaiming] Oh, whoa! -[Booker T] Oh! Yes! 942 00:52:09,038 --> 00:52:12,471 -[crowd] Whoa… -[grunts] 943 00:52:12,504 --> 00:52:14,638 [Vic] Man, Dion didn't want to feel that again. 944 00:52:14,671 --> 00:52:19,271 And look, when you take a look at Joe Hendry, he's proof hard work pays off. 945 00:52:19,305 --> 00:52:22,004 Do it the right way, the exact opposite 946 00:52:22,038 --> 00:52:25,004 of all four men in Darkstate who wanted to cut the line. 947 00:52:25,038 --> 00:52:26,705 They wanted to jump to the front. 948 00:52:27,571 --> 00:52:30,271 Joe Hendry's proof hard work does indeed-- 949 00:52:30,305 --> 00:52:32,588 -Wait a minute now. -[wrestlers grunt] 950 00:52:32,621 --> 00:52:35,171 -[Vic] Things starting to break down-- -[Booker T] Oh, yes! 951 00:52:36,105 --> 00:52:36,938 What's up? 952 00:52:37,621 --> 00:52:40,504 [Vic] Dixon taking out one. Hendry taking out two. 953 00:52:41,254 --> 00:52:43,621 And now a little bit-- Oh, you're gonna need more than-- 954 00:52:43,654 --> 00:52:47,055 You're gonna need all three of these men to take the big man down. 955 00:52:47,671 --> 00:52:49,221 Osiris wiped out. 956 00:52:49,254 --> 00:52:50,754 [crowd cheering] 957 00:52:50,788 --> 00:52:53,205 [Booker T] Joe Hendry quarterbacking this thing. 958 00:52:53,238 --> 00:52:54,938 Oh, yeah, here we go. 959 00:52:54,971 --> 00:52:58,038 Kale Dixon taking to the air, 960 00:52:58,071 --> 00:53:01,438 -showing you his evolution as a superstar. -[Booker T] What the hell? 961 00:53:01,471 --> 00:53:04,021 I've never seen something like that from that kid. 962 00:53:04,055 --> 00:53:05,971 [crowd exclaims, cheers] 963 00:53:06,004 --> 00:53:10,455 [Vic] And look who's standing tall right now on NXT. 964 00:53:11,171 --> 00:53:13,404 [crowd cheering] 965 00:53:13,438 --> 00:53:15,421 [crowd chanting] 966 00:53:18,338 --> 00:53:21,788 [Vic] Kale Dixon has been in this match-up for a very long time. 967 00:53:21,821 --> 00:53:26,738 Desperately needs to make a tag as this 6-Man Tag Team Match has continued. 968 00:53:27,504 --> 00:53:32,771 Shugars, Osiris, Lennox have been beating this man down… 969 00:53:32,805 --> 00:53:36,205 Check it out. Through the break. Right here is the turning point. 970 00:53:36,238 --> 00:53:38,888 -Hart Attack. -[Booker T] Double up. Double up. 971 00:53:38,921 --> 00:53:41,888 [Vic] Well, they certainly did double up, and they've been doubling down. 972 00:53:41,921 --> 00:53:43,355 Tag was made. 973 00:53:43,388 --> 00:53:47,305 Dixon has just been worn down because it's Osiris who is the legal man, 974 00:53:47,338 --> 00:53:51,138 and there is the power on display from Darkstate. 975 00:53:51,171 --> 00:53:54,438 Lennox tagged in, and the Tag Team Champions 976 00:53:54,471 --> 00:53:59,638 continued to punish and brutalize Kale Dixon. 977 00:53:59,671 --> 00:54:01,971 -Into the cover, hook to the leg… -[crowd] One, two-- 978 00:54:02,971 --> 00:54:04,654 [Vic] And a near-fall. 979 00:54:05,355 --> 00:54:07,621 6-Man tag-- What the-- 980 00:54:07,654 --> 00:54:10,838 Booker, that's TNA's Mike Santana, 981 00:54:10,871 --> 00:54:14,071 the No. 1 Contender to the TNA Championship. 982 00:54:14,105 --> 00:54:16,471 -What is he doing here? -[Booker T] I don't know. 983 00:54:16,504 --> 00:54:18,471 Did he just in the front door? 984 00:54:19,838 --> 00:54:23,188 I mean, Book, come on, you've got to have a sense of what's going on right now. 985 00:54:23,221 --> 00:54:26,171 [Booker T] I mean, I don't know what's going on, man. I'm sitting here with you. 986 00:54:26,205 --> 00:54:28,188 All right? I'm watching this match play out 987 00:54:28,221 --> 00:54:29,871 right before our very eyes right now. 988 00:54:29,904 --> 00:54:33,471 [Vic] We've seen others from TNA getting back on social media, 989 00:54:34,004 --> 00:54:36,305 showing that they are here somewhere, 990 00:54:36,338 --> 00:54:39,455 as we turn our focus back into this match-up. 991 00:54:39,488 --> 00:54:41,455 Big powerslam! 992 00:54:41,488 --> 00:54:44,288 Osiris, cover. And Joe Hendry doing the wise thing. 993 00:54:44,321 --> 00:54:47,238 [Booker T] Now that was smart by Joe Hendry right there. 994 00:54:47,271 --> 00:54:50,254 It doesn't seem like Darkstate are big fans of Joe Hendry. 995 00:54:50,288 --> 00:54:53,071 As they should be. Like I said, Joe Hendry's an outsider. 996 00:54:53,105 --> 00:54:54,871 They want to take him out. 997 00:54:57,105 --> 00:55:00,471 [Vic] Talk about getting taken out. That is what just happened to Connors, 998 00:55:00,504 --> 00:55:03,771 courtesy of one half of the Tag Team Champions. 999 00:55:03,805 --> 00:55:08,771 And it's true. Darkstate doesn't give a damn who you are, where you're from. 1000 00:55:08,805 --> 00:55:13,171 They don't want advice from legends, they don't want advice from coaches. 1001 00:55:13,754 --> 00:55:16,338 They believe they know what's right. 1002 00:55:16,371 --> 00:55:19,455 And my question, Booker, who is going to stand up, 1003 00:55:19,488 --> 00:55:22,121 who is going to argue with these four? 1004 00:55:22,154 --> 00:55:23,788 [Booker T] They're a new breed. 1005 00:55:23,821 --> 00:55:26,688 And the thing is, if you fight one of them, you gotta fight them all. 1006 00:55:26,721 --> 00:55:30,088 That's the difference between Darkstate-- And right now… 1007 00:55:30,121 --> 00:55:32,138 -[Vic] Tag! -[Booker T] …we got a tag! 1008 00:55:32,171 --> 00:55:33,671 And in comes Joe Hendry. 1009 00:55:34,305 --> 00:55:38,371 And Hendry, right now, all that pent up frustration… 1010 00:55:38,404 --> 00:55:41,305 Just got chopped in the throat. He's answering right back. 1011 00:55:41,338 --> 00:55:43,971 -[Booker T] Oh, a chop. -[crowd exclaiming] 1012 00:55:48,588 --> 00:55:51,988 -[Vic] And look at Joe Hendry! -[crowd cheering] 1013 00:55:52,021 --> 00:55:53,888 [Vic] Andre Chase, happy on the outside, 1014 00:55:53,921 --> 00:55:57,538 knows that he could be finding another teachable moment. 1015 00:55:57,571 --> 00:56:00,938 [Booker T] Oh, look at the strength of this young man! 1016 00:56:00,971 --> 00:56:06,938 [Vic] 250-plus plus pounds of pure motor facing. 1017 00:56:06,971 --> 00:56:11,038 [crowd exclaiming] Joe Hendry! 1018 00:56:11,838 --> 00:56:16,004 -[rhythmic thudding] -[crowd clapping rhythmically] 1019 00:56:16,038 --> 00:56:19,838 [Vic] everyone believing, they're inside the Performance Center. 1020 00:56:19,871 --> 00:56:21,855 Maybe looking for that standing ovation. 1021 00:56:21,888 --> 00:56:25,421 Referee was distracted, Osiris wiped out Joe Hendry. 1022 00:56:26,138 --> 00:56:28,404 Seek and destroy, 1023 00:56:28,438 --> 00:56:30,688 that's what these four rogue athletes have done, 1024 00:56:31,521 --> 00:56:35,238 and they have done everything they have said that they would. 1025 00:56:35,271 --> 00:56:39,205 And Joe Hendry, one last ditch effort. 1026 00:56:39,721 --> 00:56:41,788 But, Booker, I'm looking over there, 1027 00:56:41,821 --> 00:56:44,788 there's no one there for Joe Hendry to tag. 1028 00:56:45,605 --> 00:56:48,088 And Andre Chase trying to rally Connors. 1029 00:56:48,121 --> 00:56:50,821 -Get up! Get up! Let's go! -[indistinct shouting] 1030 00:56:50,855 --> 00:56:54,721 [Vic] This is what I'm talking about, Book, always firing up his students, 1031 00:56:54,754 --> 00:56:58,788 always firing up the university, firing up the NXT Universe. 1032 00:56:58,821 --> 00:57:01,238 -Connors back in this fight. -[Booker T] He's a great cheerleader. 1033 00:57:01,271 --> 00:57:03,771 He's a great cheerleader, I give him that. 1034 00:57:04,805 --> 00:57:06,288 [crowd exclaims] 1035 00:57:07,455 --> 00:57:10,705 -[Vic] Connors not wasting any motion. -[Booker T] Connors' great. 1036 00:57:11,605 --> 00:57:14,904 [Vic] Measuring-- Whoa. Had to switch gears for at least quite a moment. 1037 00:57:14,938 --> 00:57:17,855 Oh! Osiris caught, wiped out. 1038 00:57:17,888 --> 00:57:18,955 Shugars. 1039 00:57:20,671 --> 00:57:22,838 I think he got a little bit-- Oh! 1040 00:57:22,871 --> 00:57:25,205 -Over confident. -[Booker T] I like this Connors. 1041 00:57:25,238 --> 00:57:28,338 -[Vic] Look at this. DDT, tornado style. -[Booker T] He's on fire. 1042 00:57:28,371 --> 00:57:30,938 [crowd cheering] 1043 00:57:30,971 --> 00:57:33,254 -[indistinct shouting] -[Vic] Darkstate… 1044 00:57:33,288 --> 00:57:34,271 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 1045 00:57:36,971 --> 00:57:40,404 And Andre Chase is getting into it on the outside with Cutler James. 1046 00:57:40,438 --> 00:57:42,605 Connors saw it and Connors right now… 1047 00:57:42,638 --> 00:57:46,654 -[Booker T] Oh, this kid's on fire. -…is systematically dissecting everybody. 1048 00:57:46,688 --> 00:57:48,421 -[Booker T] Can he do it? -[Vic] Big stunner. 1049 00:57:48,455 --> 00:57:50,438 -[Vic] What the hell is this? -[indistinct shouting] 1050 00:57:50,471 --> 00:57:54,555 Derek Sanders, our official, distracted. Didn't see Shugars from behind. 1051 00:57:54,588 --> 00:57:58,055 That knee, I think, went right on the bridge of the nose of Connors'. 1052 00:57:58,088 --> 00:58:01,588 [Booker T] This is deep right now. Momentum shift. 1053 00:58:01,621 --> 00:58:04,571 Big momentum shift right here, Victor. 1054 00:58:04,605 --> 00:58:06,988 [Vic] Oh, nothing for Andre Chase to do. 1055 00:58:07,021 --> 00:58:10,305 And all he can do is turn around and see what happened. 1056 00:58:10,338 --> 00:58:12,338 [Booker T] Good night! 1057 00:58:12,371 --> 00:58:14,271 -[Vic] Into the cover. -[Booker T] That's it. 1058 00:58:14,971 --> 00:58:19,338 -And Darkstate victorious again. -[bell dings] 1059 00:58:19,371 --> 00:58:23,971 [ring announcers] Here are your winners, Darkstate! 1060 00:58:24,004 --> 00:58:26,805 -["CHAOS" playing] -[Booker T] Dogs, man. Dogs. 1061 00:58:29,671 --> 00:58:33,488 You're either with us or against us, because when Darkstate strikes, 1062 00:58:33,521 --> 00:58:34,821 ain't nobody safe! 1063 00:58:34,855 --> 00:58:38,271 Nobody! Nobody! Nobody! 1064 00:58:45,238 --> 00:58:47,288 [Vic] Well, in moments, we're going to take a close look 1065 00:58:47,321 --> 00:58:50,171 at the No. 1 Contender to the NXT Championship. 1066 00:58:50,205 --> 00:58:55,438 An inside look at the man behind the Revolution, Ricky Saints, next. 1067 00:59:03,571 --> 00:59:06,138 [Ricky] Ricky Saints embodies everything that is New Orleans. 1068 00:59:06,171 --> 00:59:08,888 [jazz music playing] 1069 00:59:13,205 --> 00:59:16,038 Because without New Orleans, who am I? 1070 00:59:21,521 --> 00:59:25,771 [Ricky] You know, I don't know if I was ever supposed to make it. 1071 00:59:27,705 --> 00:59:29,471 We're here in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1072 00:59:29,504 --> 00:59:33,938 standing in the exact spot where my childhood home used to be. 1073 00:59:35,038 --> 00:59:36,321 It's no longer here now. 1074 00:59:38,254 --> 00:59:39,338 The storm took it away. 1075 00:59:41,555 --> 00:59:42,471 Yeah. 1076 00:59:43,705 --> 00:59:46,154 It's so funny when you're an adult 1077 00:59:46,188 --> 00:59:48,671 and things look much different, way different. 1078 00:59:49,521 --> 00:59:50,688 Perspective changes. 1079 00:59:53,321 --> 00:59:57,404 And I'm proud enough and man enough to come back so people can say, 1080 00:59:58,154 --> 00:59:59,105 "That's our boy. 1081 01:00:00,038 --> 01:00:02,271 That's the guy that made it through." 1082 01:00:04,671 --> 01:00:06,055 Through sheer will… 1083 01:00:06,088 --> 01:00:07,004 Stubbornness. 1084 01:00:07,504 --> 01:00:09,004 Of course, I was gonna make it. 1085 01:00:11,321 --> 01:00:12,805 Because I had no other choice. 1086 01:00:12,838 --> 01:00:15,671 [pensive music playing] 1087 01:00:16,754 --> 01:00:20,788 To me, you may see the style and the glamor. 1088 01:00:23,305 --> 01:00:27,671 But I think that I represent everybody, from the street vendors to the artists, 1089 01:00:27,705 --> 01:00:29,038 to the people who are hungry, 1090 01:00:29,071 --> 01:00:32,321 to the people who are passionate and stubborn, just like me. 1091 01:00:32,355 --> 01:00:35,288 I believe in myself so much because that's all I had 1092 01:00:35,321 --> 01:00:36,888 at the end of the day. 1093 01:00:36,921 --> 01:00:38,555 I was just supposed to be another kid 1094 01:00:38,588 --> 01:00:40,855 who slipped through the cracks in New Orleans. 1095 01:00:40,888 --> 01:00:43,671 I know where I don't want to go back to. 1096 01:00:43,705 --> 01:00:45,871 And every single day, 1097 01:00:45,904 --> 01:00:49,421 I make sure that I progress just a little bit more, 1098 01:00:49,455 --> 01:00:50,855 just a little bit more. 1099 01:00:50,888 --> 01:00:52,988 So I never have to go backwards. 1100 01:00:53,021 --> 01:00:58,621 That is why I believe so much in myself because it's all about survival. 1101 01:00:58,654 --> 01:01:01,571 [pensive music continues] 1102 01:01:01,605 --> 01:01:02,888 Since I was little, 1103 01:01:02,921 --> 01:01:06,638 I did not let a circumstance define me. 1104 01:01:09,938 --> 01:01:10,838 That is the reason why I love 1105 01:01:10,871 --> 01:01:12,088 coming back to New Orleans, 1106 01:01:12,121 --> 01:01:15,871 because it is a great reminder that it isn't just about me. 1107 01:01:15,904 --> 01:01:18,321 It's about my family, and it's about the people. 1108 01:01:18,355 --> 01:01:21,021 I represent those who have made it beyond 1109 01:01:21,055 --> 01:01:23,904 what everyone thought they were going to get to. 1110 01:01:23,938 --> 01:01:27,855 Every single person that I talked to, every single hug, 1111 01:01:27,888 --> 01:01:30,338 you see a reflection of Ricky Saints. 1112 01:01:30,371 --> 01:01:32,538 The city of the Saints, the home of the Saints, 1113 01:01:32,571 --> 01:01:35,605 -the Son of a Saint. Yeah! -The Son of a Saint. Come on now! 1114 01:01:35,638 --> 01:01:37,638 I couldn't be any more proud than that. 1115 01:01:38,921 --> 01:01:40,388 I wouldn't want to go against you. 1116 01:01:40,421 --> 01:01:41,571 That's what I'm saying. 1117 01:01:44,504 --> 01:01:47,488 This Saturday isn't just about winning the NXT Championship. 1118 01:01:47,521 --> 01:01:49,004 [tense music playing] 1119 01:01:49,038 --> 01:01:52,205 It's about making all the non-believers into believers. 1120 01:01:52,238 --> 01:01:55,455 And ultimately, it is proving to myself that all the gambling 1121 01:01:55,488 --> 01:01:58,171 and all of the sacrifices that I made pays off. 1122 01:01:58,205 --> 01:02:01,588 I proved to myself that I am exactly who I say I am. 1123 01:02:02,388 --> 01:02:04,654 Doesn't matter if it's Oba or if it's Trick. 1124 01:02:05,388 --> 01:02:07,188 What matters is that I get it done. 1125 01:02:08,871 --> 01:02:12,571 I am going to leave Fort Lauderdale, your new NXT Champion, 1126 01:02:12,605 --> 01:02:15,705 and I'm going to usher in a new era, an absolute era. 1127 01:02:15,738 --> 01:02:17,671 [upbeat pensive music playing] 1128 01:02:18,788 --> 01:02:19,705 Because I have to. 1129 01:02:22,004 --> 01:02:23,254 [music ends] 1130 01:02:25,254 --> 01:02:28,338 [Vic] Well, will the Son of a Saint become a champion? 1131 01:02:28,371 --> 01:02:30,605 Will he usher in a new era? 1132 01:02:30,638 --> 01:02:33,921 The question is, who will Saints face? 1133 01:02:33,955 --> 01:02:38,638 Will it be Trick Williams? Or will it be The Ruler, Oba Femi? 1134 01:02:38,671 --> 01:02:45,521 Our massive title vs. title match is moments away in the Main Event of NXT. 1135 01:02:47,988 --> 01:02:52,605 Elsewhere this Saturday, the champion is headed to the challenger's backyard. 1136 01:02:52,638 --> 01:02:57,404 Lola Vice, the No. 1 Contender, looks to lend a fatal blow 1137 01:02:57,438 --> 01:03:00,438 to Jacy Jayne's championship reign. 1138 01:03:00,471 --> 01:03:07,004 Who will walk out of No Mercy this Saturday as NXT Women's Champion? 1139 01:03:07,038 --> 01:03:10,654 [upbeat music playing] 1140 01:03:10,688 --> 01:03:14,488 Tavion Heights pinned Ethan Page once again. 1141 01:03:14,521 --> 01:03:17,688 If he can do it, he'll become Champion. 1142 01:03:17,721 --> 01:03:19,771 He made him tap out earlier tonight, Booker, 1143 01:03:19,805 --> 01:03:22,555 but that obviously was under different circumstances. 1144 01:03:22,588 --> 01:03:24,438 But can he do it when it matters the most? 1145 01:03:24,471 --> 01:03:28,105 This Saturday, can Tavion's career reach new heights? 1146 01:03:28,138 --> 01:03:31,705 Or will Page retain the North American Championship? 1147 01:03:31,738 --> 01:03:33,588 Saturday at No Mercy. 1148 01:03:34,821 --> 01:03:36,971 [upbeat music continues] 1149 01:03:37,004 --> 01:03:39,888 Also, the Women's Speed Title will be defended. 1150 01:03:39,921 --> 01:03:42,671 We learned earlier tonight it will be Lainey Reid, 1151 01:03:42,705 --> 01:03:47,171 who won the No. 1 Contender Speed Women's Championship tournament. 1152 01:03:47,205 --> 01:03:49,654 Sol Ruca will defend against Reid. 1153 01:03:49,688 --> 01:03:52,488 Which woman will leave No Mercy with gold 1154 01:03:52,521 --> 01:03:55,671 around her waist, Saturday in Fort Lauderdale? 1155 01:03:56,754 --> 01:03:58,838 [upbeat music continues] 1156 01:03:58,871 --> 01:04:01,571 And look, these two will meet once again, 1157 01:04:01,605 --> 01:04:03,988 but things have gotten more personal. 1158 01:04:04,021 --> 01:04:08,421 The Young OG looks to knock Josh Briggs down a few levels. 1159 01:04:08,455 --> 01:04:12,071 Can he do that at No Mercy on Saturday? 1160 01:04:13,238 --> 01:04:14,971 [upbeat music playing] 1161 01:04:15,004 --> 01:04:17,438 And this will get ugly. 1162 01:04:17,471 --> 01:04:21,355 Blake Monroe, Jordynne Grace will meet 1-on-1. 1163 01:04:21,388 --> 01:04:24,921 But this time, this time, it's gonna be inside 1164 01:04:24,955 --> 01:04:27,888 a weaponized steel cage. 1165 01:04:27,921 --> 01:04:32,238 Who survives? We'll find out at No Mercy. 1166 01:04:32,271 --> 01:04:36,338 [upbeat music continues] 1167 01:04:37,705 --> 01:04:40,671 Je'Von. Clearly, a lot of TNA wrestlers are interested 1168 01:04:40,705 --> 01:04:42,055 in the upcoming title for title match. 1169 01:04:42,088 --> 01:04:44,621 Yeah, yeah. TNA, they got all their eyes on that match for sure. 1170 01:04:44,654 --> 01:04:46,504 But this Saturday at No Mercy, 1171 01:04:46,538 --> 01:04:48,488 -you go 1-on-1 with Josh Briggs. -Alright. 1172 01:04:48,521 --> 01:04:52,038 I would love to get your comments about what he had to say about you earlier. 1173 01:04:52,071 --> 01:04:55,105 Okay. Well, look, last time, Josh won that match for sure, 1174 01:04:55,138 --> 01:04:58,088 but this time, your boy's gonna win, you know? 1175 01:04:58,121 --> 01:04:59,471 And look, he's still talking. 1176 01:04:59,504 --> 01:05:01,588 You feel me? He's talking like he know The Young OG, 1177 01:05:01,621 --> 01:05:03,921 -but he-- -[distant loud clanging] 1178 01:05:04,621 --> 01:05:05,521 What was that? 1179 01:05:06,205 --> 01:05:07,471 Uh… I don't know. 1180 01:05:07,504 --> 01:05:08,588 -Anyway… -But he don't. 1181 01:05:08,621 --> 01:05:11,571 But at this weekend, I'ma jump around him. 1182 01:05:11,605 --> 01:05:13,271 I'ma punch his ass in the mouth. 1183 01:05:13,305 --> 01:05:14,338 And then I'm gonna get the dub, 1184 01:05:14,371 --> 01:05:16,488 and everybody's gonna know that that boy is 1185 01:05:16,521 --> 01:05:18,188 -bouncing-- -[official] Help, hey, help! 1186 01:05:18,221 --> 01:05:20,538 I need help! Can we get a medic, please? 1187 01:05:20,571 --> 01:05:21,671 Come on. 1188 01:05:21,705 --> 01:05:24,038 She's not moving. Jazmyn, you okay? 1189 01:05:24,071 --> 01:05:25,855 -Hey, we need help. -[Izzi] Jazmyn? 1190 01:05:25,888 --> 01:05:27,638 What the hell? I thought you were with her. 1191 01:05:27,671 --> 01:05:29,921 I was. I left for one minute. 1192 01:05:30,938 --> 01:05:32,305 You don't think it was… 1193 01:05:32,338 --> 01:05:33,254 Doesn't matter. 1194 01:05:33,955 --> 01:05:35,904 -It was time to drop her anyway. -[audience jeering] 1195 01:05:35,938 --> 01:05:37,321 Only the strong survive. 1196 01:05:38,221 --> 01:05:39,438 -That's true. -Let's go. 1197 01:05:41,904 --> 01:05:43,955 We need medical. Come on! I need a medic. 1198 01:05:43,988 --> 01:05:45,988 [Vic] What the… 1199 01:05:46,021 --> 01:05:49,338 [Trick Williams' theme playing] 1200 01:05:52,388 --> 01:05:54,188 [Booker T] Here we go. 1201 01:05:54,221 --> 01:05:56,121 -[audience chants] Whoop that trick! -[Booker T] Uh-huh. 1202 01:05:56,154 --> 01:05:57,338 [audience] Whoop that trick! 1203 01:05:57,371 --> 01:05:58,404 [Booker T] That's right. 1204 01:05:58,438 --> 01:05:59,521 [audience] Whoop that trick! 1205 01:05:59,555 --> 01:06:01,605 -[Booker T] What? -[audience ] Whoop that trick! 1206 01:06:01,638 --> 01:06:03,404 -[Booker T] Yeah! -[audience ] Whoop that trick! 1207 01:06:03,438 --> 01:06:05,504 -[Booker T] Uh-huh! -[audience ] Whoop that trick! 1208 01:06:05,538 --> 01:06:06,738 [Booker T] I like it. 1209 01:06:06,771 --> 01:06:08,438 -[audience] Whoop that trick! -[Booker T] Oh yeah. Bad! 1210 01:06:08,471 --> 01:06:10,438 -[audience] Whoop that trick! -[Booker T] That's bad boy. 1211 01:06:10,471 --> 01:06:12,605 -[indistinct chatter] -Trick Williams. 1212 01:06:12,638 --> 01:06:15,705 -TNA World Heavyweight! -[audience] Whoop that trick! 1213 01:06:15,738 --> 01:06:18,855 -[Booker T's indistinct exclaim] -[audience] Whoop that trick! 1214 01:06:18,888 --> 01:06:22,421 [Booker T] Oh, that's bad! This is gonna be good. 1215 01:06:26,488 --> 01:06:28,305 [Vic] In a matter of moments, 1216 01:06:28,805 --> 01:06:31,288 it is Champion vs. Champion. 1217 01:06:31,321 --> 01:06:35,021 It is Title vs. Title. 1218 01:06:35,055 --> 01:06:37,038 -[audience] Whoop that trick! -[Booker T] Uh-huh. 1219 01:06:37,071 --> 01:06:39,355 [Vic] But, Booker… 1220 01:06:39,388 --> 01:06:41,154 -[audience] Whoop that trick! -[Booker T] That's right. 1221 01:06:41,188 --> 01:06:42,855 [Vic] Booker, look around. 1222 01:06:42,888 --> 01:06:44,738 [audience] Whoop that trick! 1223 01:06:45,388 --> 01:06:47,271 Whoop that trick! 1224 01:06:47,305 --> 01:06:49,771 -[Booker T] Oh, this is… This is serious. -[Vic] I'm looking to my right. 1225 01:06:49,805 --> 01:06:50,988 [Trick whooping] 1226 01:06:51,021 --> 01:06:52,504 I'm looking to my left. 1227 01:06:53,805 --> 01:06:55,621 We have some visitors. 1228 01:06:55,654 --> 01:06:59,221 That have arrived for this massive Main Event. 1229 01:06:59,254 --> 01:07:00,254 It's live. 1230 01:07:00,288 --> 01:07:01,988 It's winner take all. 1231 01:07:02,021 --> 01:07:02,971 Next. 1232 01:07:03,004 --> 01:07:04,154 What you doing here? 1233 01:07:06,471 --> 01:07:09,154 [Oba Femi's theme playing] 1234 01:07:09,188 --> 01:07:14,254 [Vic] It's time for our Main Event that will alter either Bound for Glory 1235 01:07:14,288 --> 01:07:16,788 or Saturday's No Mercy. 1236 01:07:16,821 --> 01:07:20,071 -[Oba Femi's theme continues] -[audience chants] 1237 01:07:32,105 --> 01:07:33,955 [audience chants] Oba! 1238 01:07:33,988 --> 01:07:35,521 [audience chants] Oba! 1239 01:07:35,555 --> 01:07:37,355 [audience chants] Oba! 1240 01:07:37,971 --> 01:07:42,471 [chanting continues] Oba! 1241 01:07:42,504 --> 01:07:46,754 [Vic] And NXT No Mercy takes place at Fort Lauderdale, 1242 01:07:46,788 --> 01:07:50,254 War Memorial Auditorium, Saturday, September 27, 1243 01:07:50,288 --> 01:07:55,055 [chanting continues] Oba! 1244 01:07:55,088 --> 01:07:59,038 [Vic] Look, we got to thank Grayson Waller for this matchup. 1245 01:07:59,071 --> 01:08:00,988 But again, I still look around and I… 1246 01:08:01,021 --> 01:08:03,971 I see a number of TNA wrestlers 1247 01:08:04,004 --> 01:08:06,305 that have emerged, you saw before the break, 1248 01:08:06,338 --> 01:08:09,838 Taz is here, Moose is here, who we've seen before. 1249 01:08:09,871 --> 01:08:11,888 Xia Brookside is to my left. 1250 01:08:13,404 --> 01:08:16,438 And Trick Williams is focused on Oba Femi, 1251 01:08:16,471 --> 01:08:19,604 as it's time to go up to our ring announcer Mike Rome. 1252 01:08:20,321 --> 01:08:21,154 [bell rings] 1253 01:08:22,288 --> 01:08:25,521 The following contest, scheduled for one fall… 1254 01:08:25,554 --> 01:08:26,688 [audience chants] One fall! 1255 01:08:26,721 --> 01:08:31,705 …is a Champion vs. Champion, 1256 01:08:31,738 --> 01:08:37,021 Title for Title match. 1257 01:08:37,054 --> 01:08:38,638 [audience cheering] 1258 01:08:38,671 --> 01:08:43,721 Introducing first from Columbia, South Carolina, 1259 01:08:43,755 --> 01:08:48,054 weighing in at 240 pounds, 1260 01:08:48,088 --> 01:08:54,088 he is the TNA World Champion, 1261 01:08:54,121 --> 01:08:59,588 -Trick Williams! -[whooping] 1262 01:08:59,621 --> 01:09:03,438 [Vic] A man calls himself a headliner anywhere in the world. 1263 01:09:03,471 --> 01:09:04,471 [Booker T] Let's go! 1264 01:09:04,505 --> 01:09:07,421 [audience] Whoop that trick! 1265 01:09:07,455 --> 01:09:09,005 And his opponent… 1266 01:09:10,471 --> 01:09:13,571 from Lagos, Nigeria, 1267 01:09:13,604 --> 01:09:18,755 weighing in at 310 pounds, 1268 01:09:18,788 --> 01:09:24,821 he is the NXT Champion, 1269 01:09:24,854 --> 01:09:30,888 -Oba Femi! -[shouting] 1270 01:09:30,921 --> 01:09:33,005 [Vic] But the same can be said, Booker. 1271 01:09:33,571 --> 01:09:34,488 For Oba Femi. 1272 01:09:35,521 --> 01:09:37,921 [Booker T] I mean, no bread, no water, just meat. 1273 01:09:37,955 --> 01:09:39,955 That's Oba Femi. [stammers] 1274 01:09:39,988 --> 01:09:41,404 Let's take this for what it is, man. 1275 01:09:41,438 --> 01:09:42,438 This is history. 1276 01:09:42,471 --> 01:09:45,988 This is a history-making match that being taking place right here tonight. 1277 01:09:46,021 --> 01:09:51,238 [Vic] This is the biggest Championship match since this partnership began. 1278 01:09:51,271 --> 01:09:53,955 One man is going to walk out with both titles. 1279 01:09:53,988 --> 01:09:57,838 It's winner take all, and right off rip, Oba getting the better at Trick, 1280 01:09:57,871 --> 01:10:01,088 but Trick answering right back, couple of shots going right into the champion. 1281 01:10:01,121 --> 01:10:03,821 And what? What is it you say about golden power? 1282 01:10:03,855 --> 01:10:07,371 [Booker T] He who has the gold makes all the rules, man. 1283 01:10:07,405 --> 01:10:08,771 That's what this is all about. 1284 01:10:08,804 --> 01:10:10,721 Who has the gold has all the power. 1285 01:10:10,755 --> 01:10:13,554 [Booker T] Right now, both of these men have championships. 1286 01:10:17,804 --> 01:10:19,988 [Vic] Booker, these two have had quite a ride. 1287 01:10:20,021 --> 01:10:22,488 They've been on a collision course since the end of last year, 1288 01:10:22,521 --> 01:10:23,838 and quite the history between the two. 1289 01:10:23,871 --> 01:10:26,405 But how about this? This is the first time it's straight up. 1290 01:10:26,438 --> 01:10:28,421 This is the first time it's a 1-on-1 meeting. 1291 01:10:28,455 --> 01:10:30,538 New Year's Evil in Los Angeles. You remember that? 1292 01:10:30,571 --> 01:10:31,638 -[Booker T] Yeah, indeed. -[Vic] It was Triple Threat. 1293 01:10:31,671 --> 01:10:32,771 Stand & Deliver Main Event, 1294 01:10:32,804 --> 01:10:35,505 Wrestlemania Saturday, it was Triple Threat. 1295 01:10:35,538 --> 01:10:37,105 -[Booker T] Yes, indeed. -[Vic] I mean, these guys are finally 1296 01:10:37,138 --> 01:10:40,638 going to find out who indeed is the best. 1297 01:10:40,671 --> 01:10:42,338 [Booker T] We got two heavyweights right here, 1298 01:10:42,371 --> 01:10:46,355 Oba Femi has Trick Williams by about 60 pounds, 1299 01:10:46,388 --> 01:10:48,304 if you can believe it, I mean. 1300 01:10:48,338 --> 01:10:50,238 But these guys, they're going to bring the fight. 1301 01:10:50,271 --> 01:10:51,471 They're going to bring the fight here tonight. 1302 01:10:51,505 --> 01:10:52,971 [audience chanting] 1303 01:10:53,005 --> 01:10:54,688 [Vic] For the first time, 1304 01:10:54,721 --> 01:10:56,971 one man will carry two separate companies 1305 01:10:57,005 --> 01:10:59,021 as the NXT and TNA Champion. 1306 01:10:59,054 --> 01:11:02,288 Of course, we saw Jacy Jayne become the first one to ever do that, 1307 01:11:02,321 --> 01:11:06,638 the first woman to do it and we saw the pressure she faced. 1308 01:11:06,671 --> 01:11:11,538 Which one of these two men do you think is better equipped to handle that pressure? 1309 01:11:11,571 --> 01:11:13,855 I mean, it's hard to say right there, both of these guys are… 1310 01:11:13,888 --> 01:11:18,188 They have been champs and have been through a lot of this. 1311 01:11:18,221 --> 01:11:20,355 But the thing is, it's all about… 1312 01:11:20,388 --> 01:11:21,554 It's all about 1313 01:11:21,588 --> 01:11:24,288 who can stay the most focused in a matchup like this, 1314 01:11:24,321 --> 01:11:27,838 because, like I said, it's a primetime match right here tonight, Vic. 1315 01:11:27,871 --> 01:11:30,605 [Vic] Look, it's "Great men are not born great, 1316 01:11:30,638 --> 01:11:32,688 they grow to be great." 1317 01:11:32,721 --> 01:11:34,138 -And, well, there's a familiar face. -[Booker T] Oh! 1318 01:11:34,171 --> 01:11:35,988 -[Vic] But yet another… -Ugh! 1319 01:11:36,021 --> 01:11:38,271 TNA wrestler. That's Zachary Wentz. 1320 01:11:38,304 --> 01:11:41,804 As right now, Oba, big chokeslam-- Countered by Trick. 1321 01:11:41,838 --> 01:11:44,638 [Booker T] That just has a lot of spectators here looking at this match. 1322 01:11:44,671 --> 01:11:47,421 [Booker T] What happens here is highly anticipated, with all the steps. 1323 01:11:47,455 --> 01:11:48,638 That's what this is about. 1324 01:11:48,671 --> 01:11:52,571 [Vic] Let's try to focus on the task at hand, and well… 1325 01:11:52,605 --> 01:11:54,788 That was one half of The IInspiration. 1326 01:11:54,821 --> 01:11:56,338 [Booker T] But, yes, it was. 1327 01:11:56,371 --> 01:11:58,071 [audience chants] 1328 01:11:58,105 --> 01:12:01,388 [Vic] I'm a little bit… I don't mean to be taken away by what's going on, 1329 01:12:01,421 --> 01:12:05,288 but it's very interesting what's transpiring right now 1330 01:12:05,321 --> 01:12:10,021 inside the Performance Center is this matchup is continuing. 1331 01:12:10,054 --> 01:12:13,838 [Booker] There's a lot of interest in the TNA World heavtweight Championship. 1332 01:12:13,871 --> 01:12:16,271 I think that's gonna do it more than anything. 1333 01:12:16,304 --> 01:12:19,521 [Vic] Trick Williams, the first man to be under contract 1334 01:12:19,554 --> 01:12:21,455 to win a TNA title, 1335 01:12:21,488 --> 01:12:24,938 declared he is the greatest NXT superstar ever. 1336 01:12:24,971 --> 01:12:26,205 What's Trick… 1337 01:12:27,855 --> 01:12:29,788 That is Mike Santana… Whoa, hey hey! 1338 01:12:31,054 --> 01:12:33,021 Sit your ass down this is my house. 1339 01:12:33,054 --> 01:12:34,455 [Booker] Calm down, Trick. 1340 01:12:34,488 --> 01:12:37,921 [crowd chanting] 1341 01:12:43,038 --> 01:12:44,688 [speaking foreign language] 1342 01:12:45,221 --> 01:12:48,388 Gentlemen, I hope you don't mind that I join you here. 1343 01:12:48,421 --> 01:12:49,671 Not at all. 1344 01:12:50,988 --> 01:12:55,421 [Vic] Looks like Mike Santana is going to join us on commentary. 1345 01:13:01,538 --> 01:13:05,438 This championship match continuing and joining us on 1346 01:13:05,471 --> 01:13:09,888 commentary is winner-take-all to our left, Mike Santana. 1347 01:13:09,921 --> 01:13:12,521 -[Booker] You okay, Mike? -[Mike] I'm chill, you okay, Book? 1348 01:13:12,554 --> 01:13:14,488 [Booker] You have a certain look in your eye. 1349 01:13:14,521 --> 01:13:16,705 [Mike] Always. You know … 1350 01:13:17,371 --> 01:13:18,988 [Vic] I have to ask a question. 1351 01:13:19,021 --> 01:13:22,455 Why have you and others from TNA, including Steve Maclin, 1352 01:13:22,488 --> 01:13:26,838 decided to arrive in the Performance Center tonight? 1353 01:13:28,838 --> 01:13:31,021 Holy crap! That was a … 1354 01:13:31,571 --> 01:13:33,255 … I believe. 1355 01:13:33,288 --> 01:13:34,588 That was a rock bottom! 1356 01:13:34,621 --> 01:13:36,505 Into the cover and a kickout. 1357 01:13:36,538 --> 01:13:37,905 [Booker] … good already. 1358 01:13:37,938 --> 01:13:39,321 [Vic] Let's get focused. 1359 01:13:39,355 --> 01:13:46,355 [Mike] You guys felt the need to make this match and not give any heads up to TNA. 1360 01:13:46,388 --> 01:13:49,255 So I felt like it was only right that me and all my boys 1361 01:13:49,288 --> 01:13:53,021 come here and enjoy this match front and center. 1362 01:13:53,054 --> 01:13:56,971 [Vic] You and so many others are here. Everyone taking their phone out. 1363 01:13:57,005 --> 01:14:02,155 … was Trick Williams and everyone might be here from TNA 1364 01:14:02,188 --> 01:14:05,921 to get a view of who will be the next ruler of that kingdom. 1365 01:14:05,955 --> 01:14:08,288 And it could just be Oba Femi. 1366 01:14:08,321 --> 01:14:10,455 [Booker] So y'all just spectating, right? 1367 01:14:11,321 --> 01:14:12,638 [Mike] That's it. 1368 01:14:12,671 --> 01:14:15,538 [Vic] Oba looking to become a man on a short list 1369 01:14:15,571 --> 01:14:18,588 that have held the TNA and NXT title. 1370 01:14:18,621 --> 01:14:20,738 He would be the sixth man to do so 1371 01:14:20,771 --> 01:14:23,955 as he just de … Trick Williams. 1372 01:14:23,988 --> 01:14:25,304 Williams looks out. 1373 01:14:25,338 --> 01:14:29,771 And Mike, you may be meeting the Ruler and bound for glory. 1374 01:14:29,804 --> 01:14:31,205 [Booker] This could be it. 1375 01:14:31,238 --> 01:14:34,138 [Vic] Oba into the cover, hook of the leg, and a nearfall. 1376 01:14:34,171 --> 01:14:37,054 [Mike] Book, I feel this table shaking, you all right over there? 1377 01:14:37,088 --> 01:14:40,888 [Booker] I am good, I'm just, I feel unsafe right now. 1378 01:14:40,921 --> 01:14:44,621 Everybody just seem like just walking into the building. 1379 01:14:44,655 --> 01:14:46,971 Where is security? 1380 01:14:47,005 --> 01:14:49,255 Where the hell is security? 1381 01:14:49,288 --> 01:14:51,905 [Vic] There's an open door policy, a partnership. 1382 01:14:51,938 --> 01:14:54,738 Everybody here for this matchup. 1383 01:14:54,771 --> 01:14:58,971 Everybody here to see who will represent two brands. 1384 01:14:59,005 --> 01:15:01,605 Will it be Oba or Trick Williams? 1385 01:15:01,638 --> 01:15:03,538 Trick with the big shot right there. 1386 01:15:03,571 --> 01:15:09,054 Trick was the first to win a TNA title under WWE contract could win it. 1387 01:15:09,088 --> 01:15:10,455 Nearfall. 1388 01:15:10,488 --> 01:15:11,838 [Mike] That was close. 1389 01:15:12,605 --> 01:15:19,121 [Vic] Take another look. Bam! Right on the butt was Trick Williams. 1390 01:15:19,871 --> 01:15:24,088 But not able to keep Oba Femi down. 1391 01:15:24,121 --> 01:15:27,488 We talk about champion … bound for glory, 1392 01:15:27,521 --> 01:15:32,655 Ricky Saints will meet the winner this Saturday at No Mercy. 1393 01:15:36,221 --> 01:15:40,388 I'm with Booker, everybody in the Performance Center on their feet standing. 1394 01:15:40,421 --> 01:15:44,405 So is Trick Williams, Trick got pummeled with a forearm under the jaw. 1395 01:15:44,438 --> 01:15:45,838 Back around, big kick. 1396 01:15:45,871 --> 01:15:49,021 Oba right now is rocked. 1397 01:15:49,054 --> 01:15:53,221 Oba though, just tossing another human being. 1398 01:15:53,255 --> 01:15:56,921 [Booker] That's 260 pounds, man. 1399 01:15:59,638 --> 01:16:02,888 [Vic] And a fall from grace, countered! 1400 01:16:04,638 --> 01:16:06,271 Trick's got the shoulders down. 1401 01:16:06,304 --> 01:16:07,971 For the title and a kickout. 1402 01:16:08,005 --> 01:16:12,471 There wasn't a lot on Oba Femi's powering out. 1403 01:16:12,505 --> 01:16:16,888 And Oba right now might be … trick shot knee. 1404 01:16:16,921 --> 01:16:18,905 Winner takes… oh! 1405 01:16:20,438 --> 01:16:22,171 Mike, you have felt that trick shot. 1406 01:16:22,205 --> 01:16:25,138 I can't believe Oba Femi was able to kick out. 1407 01:16:25,171 --> 01:16:27,971 [Mike] That's a testament to how strong Oba is, right, 1408 01:16:28,005 --> 01:16:30,121 he's been carrying this brand for the longest. 1409 01:16:32,571 --> 01:16:35,221 [Vic] Oba, right now, still with the championship, 1410 01:16:35,255 --> 01:16:37,304 Trick with the TNA championship 1411 01:16:37,338 --> 01:16:40,905 and you start to wonder, not a lot on that from Trick Williams, that right hand. 1412 01:16:47,405 --> 01:16:49,488 NXT Universe fired up. 1413 01:16:49,521 --> 01:16:52,905 And, Book, could you imagine carrying WWE-- 1414 01:16:52,938 --> 01:16:54,188 Hold on. Fall from grace! 1415 01:16:55,521 --> 01:16:56,988 That is it! 1416 01:16:57,021 --> 01:16:58,738 [Booker] Oba Femi! 1417 01:16:58,771 --> 01:17:01,388 -[Vic] Unbelievable. -[Booker] So close! 1418 01:17:01,421 --> 01:17:03,588 [Booker] This guy is a generational talent. 1419 01:17:03,621 --> 01:17:07,838 If he can win this match tonight, they're gonna put him on Mount Rushmore. 1420 01:17:09,438 --> 01:17:13,071 [Vic] Bam! That fall from grace wasn't enough 1421 01:17:13,105 --> 01:17:20,105 Tricks comments have hurt many, whether it's NXT, TNA, those from TNA here. 1422 01:17:21,321 --> 01:17:25,721 He said he was the sole reason for the success of two brands. 1423 01:17:25,755 --> 01:17:29,655 You don't think Mike Santana sitting to your left or even 1424 01:17:29,688 --> 01:17:33,738 Trick Williams him didn't irk Oba Femi with those comments? 1425 01:17:33,771 --> 01:17:38,155 [Booker] Lot of animosity in the building. Everybody feeling a certain way 1426 01:17:38,188 --> 01:17:41,088 even Mike Santana. 1427 01:17:41,121 --> 01:17:43,438 He still has the look in his eye. 1428 01:17:43,471 --> 01:17:45,638 [Vic] We are getting into the deep waters of the match-up. 1429 01:17:45,671 --> 01:17:49,905 Mike, what compelled you to take to social media last week? 1430 01:17:49,938 --> 01:17:53,888 [Mike] I've never been one to go on social media and do the back-and-forth 1431 01:17:53,921 --> 01:17:55,121 with everybody. 1432 01:17:56,271 --> 01:18:00,804 I'm tired of the narrative that NXT has control of TNA. 1433 01:18:00,838 --> 01:18:03,005 It's old. 1434 01:18:05,355 --> 01:18:09,121 Like I said when I posted on Twitter and when I posted on X-- 1435 01:18:10,721 --> 01:18:13,288 [Vic] Hold on, don't mean to cut you off, both of these men spilling 1436 01:18:13,321 --> 01:18:15,171 in front of us. 1437 01:18:15,205 --> 01:18:18,338 It will be referee's discretion. 1438 01:18:18,371 --> 01:18:22,521 Neither man wants to be counted out, both championships on the line. 1439 01:18:22,554 --> 01:18:24,721 As Trick right now… Oh! 1440 01:18:27,621 --> 01:18:30,054 [Booker] Trick one step ahead right there. 1441 01:18:38,821 --> 01:18:41,388 Stake your claim, son. 1442 01:18:41,421 --> 01:18:42,905 -[Vic] Oh no! -[bell dinging] 1443 01:18:42,938 --> 01:18:44,621 [Vic] The referee had no choice! 1444 01:18:45,455 --> 01:18:47,121 Holy hell is breaking loose! 1445 01:18:47,155 --> 01:18:50,705 [Booker] Oh, my God, here we go. 1446 01:18:53,705 --> 01:18:55,971 Fight, fight. 1447 01:18:56,005 --> 01:18:59,054 [Vic] We need help out here! The rest of NXT. 1448 01:18:59,088 --> 01:19:02,871 Every man, every woman, they're coming to help! 1449 01:19:03,971 --> 01:19:05,405 [Booker] Pack it up, Vic. 1450 01:19:05,438 --> 01:19:11,471 [Vic] September 23, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day TNA 1451 01:19:11,505 --> 01:19:16,221 wrestling turned into total nonstop anarchy! 1452 01:19:22,605 --> 01:19:24,421 [Booker] Oh, yeah. 1453 01:19:26,738 --> 01:19:28,388 [Vic] we need some help out here. 1454 01:19:32,155 --> 01:19:36,105 In the eye of the storm, two men staying focused. 1455 01:19:36,138 --> 01:19:43,138 Everyone in NXT and TNA is showing No Mercy. sed.