Tonight on NXT – Ricky Saints and Lexis King go at it with Saints’ North American Title on the line, Tony D’Angelo looks to get answers from Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, Hank & Tank put their NXT Tag Titles on the line against Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura, Joe Hendry’s potential appearance tonight following Shawn Michaels’ request will be answered, Iyo Sky will be on hand as she hunts for Roxanne Perez and Giulia and more!
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NXT kicks off with clips from Stand and Deliver and clips from the TNA Rebellion PPV where Trick Williams shows up to attack Joe Hendry.
The TNA World Champion, Joe Hendry, opens NXT and makes his way to the ring. Hendry talks about his journey with the WWE and him fighting Randy Orton at WrestleMania as well as defending his title at the TNA PPV. He talks about being attacked by Trick Williams and how Williams just crossed the line. He says Williams isn’t just entitled but much worse, he just can’t stand that people are talking about Joe Hendry and not Williams. He says Williams is blaming everyone else, instead of looking within, for not being able to win the NXT title again – so he came to TNA to attack Hendry. He then calls out Trick Williams but instead The Dark State comes out and surrounds the ring. All four members maul Hendry and lay him out in the middle of the ring.
Ava talks to Iyo Sky backstage. Ava tells Sky she has a tag match against Roxanne Perez and Giulia but Sky still has to find a partner. Jordynne Grace comes in and offers to be Sky’s partner.
Karmen Petrovic is backstage with Tatum Paxley and Gigi Dolin. Ashante “Thee” Adonis comes by and tells her not to hang out with losers and says he’s gotten her a title match against Sol Ruca.
Match 1 – NXT North American Championship Match: Ricky Saints(c) -vs- Lexis King
King attacks Saints the second the bell rings. Saints is swung into the turnbuckles but Saints counters and drop kicks King. Saints chops King and slams him into the turnbuckle. Saints slams down King and King kicks Saints in the face. King strikes Saints in the corner and Saints turns around and punches and chops King. King is slammed down and sent out of the ring. Saints kicks King through the ropes and we cut to commercial break.
Back to NXT, King punches Saints and throws him in a stretch submission. Saints powers out of the hold and King punches Saints in the gut. Saints flips King onto his back and both men slam into each other. King climbs the ropes and hits a top rope Senton and covers Saints for a near fall. King throws Saints off his shoulder and Saints lands on Kings knee and we almost get a near fall. Saints dodges a superkick and slams down King. Saints is rolled up for two after missing a tornado DDT. King kicks Saints and sets up for the Coronation. Saints connects with a tornado DDT and hits the Rochambeau and gets the win.
Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Ricky Saints
NXT Spotlight is on The Culling. Shawn Spears tells his faction they’ve been coming up short. He tells them not to allow their fear to overcome them. He tells Izzi Dame to take someone’s spot on the women’s roster and tells Niko Vance and Brooks Jensen to rise up and be on top.
Tony D’Angelo makes his way out to the ring with a mic in hand. D’Angelo talks about betrayal and says people have asked him if he would have expected this to happen. D’Angelo says he didn’t expect this and when things started going sideways he gave Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo the benefit of the doubt. He says from when they were little he’s always had Stacks’ back because that’s what loyalty is about. He says Stacks always wanted to be a leader and always had big dreams. He talks about how Stacks stepped up in the past and handled business – this is why he was the Under Boss. He says he is The Don who makes the big decisions, not Stacks. He says Stacks waited for the right moment, for when the world would be watching to stab D’Angelo in the back. D’Angelo tells Stacks he’ll pay for his sins – the family is a mess. Stacks appears via video and says he’s going to tell D’Angelo exactly what he needs to hear. He tells D’Angelo he was getting soft and he’s done taking orders from D’Angelo. He tells D’Angelo he isn’t capable of being a leader and that’s why The Dark State got the better of him. It’s why Stacks had to put D’Angelo in his place. He tells D’Angelo that D’Angelo is losing power everyday. He asks if he can trust his own family – D’Angelo doesn’t even know who he can trust. The ring was flanked by security and some of them attack D’Angelo. D’Angelo clears the ring of the fake security guards and D’Angelo gets on the mic and tells Stacks to take his shot and to do it himself.
Sol Ruca and Zaria walk backstage ahead of Ruca’s match, next.
MetaFour is backstage and they talk about a reunion party. Lash Legend says they need to talk and says a lot has changed. She talks about how much they’ve done without Noam Dar. She talks about her lashing out and doing her own thing and for Jakara Jackson to focus on her and for Oro Mensah to be his own man. MetaFour has broken up and they all say bye to each other.
Match 2: Sol Ruca w/Zaria -vs- Karmen Petrovic w/Ashante “Thee” Adonis
The women go to lock up but Petrovic attacks Ruca with kicks. Ruca hits an X-Factor on Petrovic and it sends her out of the ring. Ruca goes for a moonsault but misses and Zaria catches her to make the save. Back in the ring, the women both dodge and counter each other’s moves. Petrovic kicks Ruca some more and then punches her. Petrovic covers Ruca and Ruca kicks out. Petrovic slaps Ruca in a headlock and throws her into the corner and hits a basement dropkick followed by a drop kick and covers Ruca for a two count. Ruca takes down Petrovic with some forearms and hits a cradled stunner on Petrovic. Ruca goes for Sol Snatcher but Petrovic counters and sends Ruca out of the ring. Petrovic covers Ruca for two and Ruca covers for two. Ruca hits Sol Snatcher and covers Petrovic for the win.
Winner: Sol Ruca
After the match, Adonis keeps trying to pull Petrovic back to talk to her and she strikes him with a kick to his face and leaves.
Trick Williams is seen walking backstage.
We come back to NXT and in the Performance Center, Trick Williams’ music plays with Booker T on the playback soundtrack and Williams comes out to the ring. Williams calls out Joe Hendry and he doesn’t appear and Williams says Hendry is lucky Dark State got to him first. He says Hendry doesn’t belong here. He says he wasn’t feeling himself lately until he whooped Hendry’s ass at the TNA PPV. Williams says while he was in LA he did some business and Williams is hitting the big time in Hollywood. He tells Hendry they’re not on the same level – Hendry is local talent and he’s Hollywood Trick. He compares himself to The Rock, and John Cena and says Hendry can’t see him. He then talks about getting his title back from Oba Femi and asks for his rematch. Ava comes out and says Williams doesn’t get it. She talks about him attacking Hendry on TNA. Williams says he’s bigger than NXT so he doesn’t need to answer to Ava. He says he’s the biggest superstar on NXT and now on TNA. Ava says he gets a title shot if he wants one but he will take 25 steps back. She puts him in a 25 man battle royal for the number one contender’s spot for the championship.
Roxanne Perez and Giulia are stretching backstage. Perez tells Giulia they’ve buried the hatchet. Giulia says together they’re unstoppable.
Kelly Kincaid talks to Oba Femi backstage. She asks Femi about his thoughts about Williams and the Battle Royal. Femi says it doesn’t matter how many times he battles Williams he will always come out on top. The Undertaker comes by and tells Femi NXT is his yard now… for now. He says there are some guys from LFG who will be coming for Williams. Anthony Luke, Shiloh Hill and Jasper Troy appear and Femi walks away.
Match 3 – NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Hank & Tank(c) -vs- Josh Briggs & Yokishi Inamura
Inamura flattens Tank when the bell rings. Tank kicks Inamura and tags in Hank. Inamura is double teamed and covered by Hank for a near fall. Inamura tags Briggs and Hank is now double teamed and Briggs takes out Hank on the apron too. Hank punches Briggs and Briggs collides with Hank and Briggs hits a cross body on Hank. Inamura is tagged in and Hank rolls up Inamura for a two count. Tank is tagged in and Inamura is double teamed and Tank covers for two. Tank and Inamura collide in the middle of the ring and Inamura punches Tank and sends him to the mat with a chop. Briggs is tagged in and Tank is double teamed and booted by Briggs and we cut to commercial break.
Back to NXT, Hank boots Inamura and then the men trade punches. Briggs is tagged in and superkicks Hank. Briggs hits a sidewalk slam and tags Inamura. Hank is double teamed and covered for a two count. Inamura places Hank on the top rope, Hank elbows Inamura off of him and comes off the top rope and clotheslines Inamura. Tank is tagged in and Inamura is double teamed and Briggs twarts a double team and takes out Hank. Briggs and Inamura double team Tank and cover him but Hank breaks the pin. Briggs takes out Hank again and Inamura tags Briggs. They double team Hank and Inamura goes to slam Hank and knocks into Briggs. Hank and Tank double team Briggs and get the win.
Winners and STILL NXT Tag Team Champions: Hank & Tank
No Quarter Catch Crew is backstage talking about the Battle Royal next week. Borne asks where Charlie Dempsey is – and Heights says Dempsey is pissed at Borne for teaming with Je’Von Evans. Borne says it’s time to think for themselves and he’s in the Battle Royal and Heights says he wants to be in it too but is afraid of what Dempsey will say or do.
The Dark State is overheard talking smack about Joe Hendry via audio.
Andre Chase is holding a Chase U class. He talks about Chase U being closed due to Ridge Holland and how he was unsure he’d ever open Chase U again. Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors come in late. Chase decides to not answer questions and says “F everything”.
Sol Ruca and Zaria are backstage. Kelani Jordan comes in and says when she was champ she defended her title all the time, unlike Ruca. Ruca says she’ll defend her title against Jordan next week and Zaria says that won’t happen. Zaria tells Jordan she has to go through Zaria before she gets to Ruca.
Joe Hendry is backstage with medical staff. Hank & Tank come by and check up on Joe Hendry. Hank & Tank tell Hendry they want to take out Dark State for him. They all do the “Honk Honk”.
Match 4: Iyo Sky & Jordynne Grace -vs- Roxanne Perez & Giulia
We get the bell and Sky starts the bout with Perez. Perez rolls out of the ring and Sky goes after her. Giulia is out there too and same with Grace and all four women go at. In the ring now, Sky kicks Perez in the corner and delivers a double knee to Perez. Sky goes to slam Perez and Giulia runs in and Sky takes out both Perez and Giulia with a drop kick. Grace is tagged in and Perez is double teamed by Sky and Grace and Grace covers Perez for a two count. Perez armdrags Grace and tags in Giulia. Giulia and Grace trade submission holds and Giulia is knocked down with a shoulder check and then she’s slammed down. Grace spins Giulia and hits an inverted gutbuster and covers Giulia for a near fall. Perez distracts the ref allowing Giulia to rake Grace’s eyes. Perez is tagged in and she boots Grace in the corner as Giulia holds her in place. Perez takes down Grace and covers for two. Perez stomps on Grace and slams her into the mat. Giulia is tagged in and Grace suplexes both women and tags in Sky. Sky hits a dropkick on Giulia off the ropes and covers for a near fall. Grace is tagged in and Giulia is elbowed and Sky is tagged in. Perez and Giulia take out both Grace and Sky sending them out of the ring and we cut to commercial.
Back from commercial break, Sky is double teamed by Giulia and Perez and Giulia puts Sky in a modified surfboard submission. Perez is tagged in and Sky elbows Perez and stomps on Perez. Giulia runs in and Sky kicks her and Perez takes down Sky and Sky hits a double underhook backbreaker and both women are laid out. Grace and Giulia are tagged in. Grace takes down Giulia and slams her and then beats on Perez. Grace uses Perez as a weapon and smokes Giulia. Perez and Giulia are both suplexed and Grace covers Giulia for two. Grace slams Giulia into the corner and tags Sky. Giulia is double teamed and covered and Perez breaks the pin splashing onto Grace who falls on Sky and Giulia. Perez is tagged in but Sky doesn’t see it. Sky attacks Giulia and Perez sneaks attacks Sky and hits a top rope Hurricanrana. Perez takes out Grace and SKy is double teamed by Giulia and Perez. Giulia hits a Northern Lights Bomb and Perez hits an Asai Moonsault and covers Sky until Grace breaks it up. Grace and Giulia battle on the apron and their fight spills outside the ring. In the ring, Perez calls for Giulia for a tag. Perez and Sky trade pinning attempts and Sky punches Perez and Perez tries for PopRox. Perez kicks down Sky and tries for another PopRox but Sky counters with a back handspring. Sky hits Over the Moonsault and gets the win.
Winners: Iyo Sky & Jordynne Grace
Sky celebrates in the ring as Perez has a tantrum outside the ring.
Backstage, Ava talks to Stephanie Vaquer. Vaquer says she’s ready to defend her championship. Ava sets up a number one contender’s match next week pitting Giulia and Jordynne Grace against each other to challenge Vaquer at Battle Ground.
We cut back to the ring, and Sky is still celebrating as the end credits are shown.
