Tonight on NXT, LFG Season One Winner Jasper Troy makes his NXT debut, Tatum Paxley takes on Jaida Parker, Ethan Page challenges Ricky Saints for his NXT North American Championship, Stephanie Vaquer defends her NXT Women’s Championship against Jacy Jayne, Mike Santana battles Tavion Heights, the new TNA Champion – Trick Williams, will be on hand and more!
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We start the show with clips from NXT’s Battleground.
Fatal Influence (Jazmyn Nyx, Fallon Henley & Jacy Jayne), and Stephanie Vaquer are shown arriving to the arena.
Security surrounds the NXT ring for our first match.
Match 1 – NXT North American Championship Match: Ricky Saints(c) -vs- Ethan Page
Before the bell rings, Page and Saints start to brawl. Security runs in and breaks them up and the match starts. Saints throws Page in the corner and then slams him down. Saints slams Page to the mat again and places him in a headlock. Page and Saints swap holds until Page gets Saints in the corner and delivers some gut punches. Saints kicks Page and tries to powerbomb him but Page back body drops Saints. Page sets up for the Ego’s Edge but Saints counters and both men fumble out of the ring. Page slams Saints into the steel steps and grabs a chair. Security stops Page from using the chair and security separates them. Ava comes out and tells the ref and commentators that we need a clear winner today. Page and Saints start fighting again and Saints takes down Page coming off the steel steps and we get a commercial.
Back from commercial break, Saints and Page fight out in the crowd. The action spills over the barricades and Saints spears Page onto the announce table. Security breaks them up again. The ref tells Page and Saints to take the fight back in the ring and Page then hits a neckbreaker on Page on a chair outside the ring halting the match. Saints finally gets his shit together and makes his way back into the ring. Page hits The Ego’s Edge on Saints and covers for a near fall. Page mounts Saints and delivers a bunch of punches. Saints gets Page in the corner and punches him – Page chops Saints in the neck and Saints buckles to the mat. The men punch each other in the middle of the ring. Saints punches Page and Page superkicks Saints. Page gets Saints on his shoulders and Saints counters to a Tornado DDT. Saints clotheslines Page and hits a released German Suplex. Saints takes down Page with a neck breaker and covers him for two. Page hits Saints with a clotheslines and covers him for two. Saints connects with a forearm and goes for Rochambeau but Page counters and holds the ropes. Saints is guillotined on the top rope, and then hits The Twisted Grin and pins Saints.
Winner and NEW NXT North American Champion: Ethan Page
Sarah Schreiber is with Fatal Influence backstage. Fatal Influence are not on the same page. Jayne makes fun of Henley for losing Vaquer and Henley thinks she should be challenging Vaquer.
A video package for TNA’s Mike Santana plays.
Josh Briggs is backstage with Yokishi Inamura. Inamura says he came back for Briggs. Briggs gives Inamura his vest back and Inamura says he couldn’t leave when they have stuff to finish. Briggs has sights set on winning the tag championship and Inamura says to think bigger.
Match 2: Mike Santana -vs- Tavion Heights w/No Quarter Catch Crew (Charlie Dempsey & Wren Sinclair)
We get the bell and the men lock up. Heights gets Santana on the mat and in a waist lock. The two trade holds and Santana gets Heights in a headlock. The men collide in the ring and neither loses footing. The men run the ropes and Santana connects with a dropkick. Santana takes down Heights with a springboard splash and Heights slams down Santana with a hip toss. Santana gets Heights outside the ring and suicide Swanton’s Heights and we cut to commercial.
Back to NXT, Santana chops Heights in the corner. Heights chops Santana back and Heights then takes down Santana with a solid clothesline. Heights clobbers Santana again and again against the ropes. Heights gets Santana on his shoulders and Santana rolls up Heights for a near fall. Heights hits a suplex on Santana and locks him in a headlock. Heights gets kicked in the face and Heights is chopped against the turnbuckles. Santana kicks Heights in the face and then hits a rolling cutter (Rolling Buck 50) and covers for a near fall. Heights flips Santana to the mat and then hits a sling blade on Santana. Heights hits a modified Death Valley Driver and covers for two. Heights runs into a superkick and Santana then hits a spinning clothesline and gets the win.
Winner: Mike Santana
After the match, the men shake hands in a show of respect.
We get a video package for The High Ryze.
Chase U is backstage, Andre Chase tells Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors to know when to take a risk. The boys interpret that as Chase telling them to take a risk. Ava walks by and Connors and Dixon tell her they want to take risks and she schedules a match against DarkState next week. Andre Chase is pissed.
Tony D’Angelo is in a woodshop with Luca Crusifino. Crusifino says Stacks abandoned him and he didn’t reach out because he didn’t want to put people at risk but he had to come back. D’Angelo asks Crusifino what his intentions were and then says he can’t trust anyone right now. Crusifino says to trust him.
Trick Williams walks backstage, he’s up next but first we have a commercial.
Trick Williams is in the ring and he says he’s finally arrived. Williams reminds us he’s made history and rattles off the accolades from his resume. He asks those who sang along with Joe Hendry last week if they feel stupid now. He says he is going to TNA with his TNA gold and get the respect he should be getting in NXT. He lists off the wrestlers who have held the TNA title. He says he’s turning his back on NXT like NXT turned his back on him. He says he’s going to make changes in TNA starting with changing the name to TrickNA. Mike Santana comes out and interrupts Williams. Santana gives Williams props for his win. Williams says Santana made a mistake by interrupting the champion. Santana says TNA has been killing the game and Williams is not his champion. He says he won’t let Williams destroy TNA. Williams tells Santana that when he’s world champ, then he gets to call the shots but right now Williams calls the shots. Santana says people like Williams piss him off and he’s not backing down. Santana tells Williams he’s a pretend fighter, pretend rapper and makes fun of Williams’ high heeled boots and says Williams is a pretend champion. He tells Williams that he’s real and he’s going to spit some facts – he says he will dethrone Williams. Williams tells Santana to chill or he’ll fight him right now. Santino Marella comes on the screen and says next week Williams will battle Mike Santana next week. Santana puts his hand out for Williams to shake, but instead Williams goes to attack Santana. Santana ends up sending Williams out of the ring and then holds Williams’ belt in the middle of the ring and poses and Williams scowls outside the ring.
Ava talks to Stephanie Vaquer backstage and tells her that she’ll be in a tag team match at Worlds Collide. Lola Vice offers her services as Vaquer’s partner.
Match 3: Jaida Parker -vs- Tatum Paxley
At the bell, Parker gets Paxley into the corner and Paxley turns it around and gets Parker in the corner. Parker takes down Paxley with a shoulder check and then Paxley rolls up Parker for two. Paxley hits a double underhook suplex and then slams Parker into the corner. Parker connects with a backstabber on Paxley and then drives her into the corner. Parker sets Paxley on the middle rope and then sits on Paxley. Parker kicks Paxley in the middle of the ring and throws her into a stretch submission hold. Paxley rolls up Parker for a two count and rolls her up again for two. Paxley connects her knee to Parker’s face and then takes down Parker with a kick to the face. Paxley splashes into Parker in the corner and then hits a flipping leg drop followed by a drop kick sending Parker out of the ring. Parker throws in the Gigi Dolin Barbie Paxley carries with her distracting Paxley. Parker hits Hipnotic and gets the win.
Winner: Jaida Parker
After the match, Thea Hail runs down and takes out Parker.
A video package for Jasper Troy plays and then we see him backstage with some training chains.
Match 4: Dante Chen -vs- Jasper Troy
The men lock up at the bell. Troy gets Chen in the corner and drags him along the ropes. Chen gets Troy in a headlock and Troy just lifts Chen up and sets him on the apron. Chen climbs the ropes and misses a splash. Troy back body drops Chen and then clotheslines him over the ropes sending him outside. Troy throws Chen into the apron and sends him back in the ring. Troy guillotines Chen on the top rope and then squishes him in the corner. Troy connects with a back breaker and Chen then kicks Troy. Chen kicks Troy and hits a flying elbow on Troy. Chen then hits a Tornado DDT on Troy and knocks him down with a pump kick. Troy runs at Chen and barrels thought him. Troy slams down Chen and gets the win.
Winner: Jasper Troy
After the match, Oba Femi comes out to the balcony. He tells Troy he’s impressed and reminds Troy he could have jumped him from behind like Troy did to Femi. Femi tells him to enjoy his five seconds of fame as he will make sure it’s over quick.
Myles Borne talks to Tavion Heights. Charlie Dempsey and Wren Sinclair come by and Dempsey tells Heights and Myles that they’re not single wrestlers and they need to regroup. Myles asks if he beats Dempsey in a match he gets to compete in singles matches. Dempsey agrees.
We come back from commercial break and Ethan Page is in the ring with his North American Championship. He says he’s not waiting to celebrate and he’s celebrating tonight. Je’Von Evans comes out and congratulates Page. He says Page is undeserving and tells Page he talked to Ava and Page will defend his title at Worlds Collide against Evans. Page says Evans doesn’t deserve a title shot. Evans calls out Loredo Kid from AAA, who comes out from the crowd. Kid says he’s coming for Page’s title too and Page says he’s not doing a triple threat so Evans calls out Rey Fenix to join the party. Fenix comes out through the crowd and says it’s good to be in NXT. Fenix says at Worlds Collide it’s Fatal Fourway match between the four of them. Fenix vows to bring the fire and burn Page.
Robert Stone, Stevie Turner and Ava talk backstage. Ava explains that the fatal four way was done to have performers from other brands. Turner asks when Sean Legacy gets his shot and Ava tells her that the winner of the Fatal Four will be the guy Sean Legacy faces.
Jacy Jayne with Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx walk backstage ahead of her match. We also see Stephanie Vaquer walking past the women’s roster as she makes her way backstage. Lash Legend pushes Kelani Jordan out of the way so she can stare down Vaquer and we cut to commercial.
Tatum Paxley is a mess backstage. Sol Ruca and Zaria come up to her and say they’ll be her friend. The Culling lurks backstage watching all of this.
Match 5 – NXT Women’s Championship Match: Stephanie Vaquer(c) -vs- Jacy Jayne w/Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx)
Before the bell, Jayne attacks Vaquer. Vaquer slaps Jayne and then rolls her up for a two count. Jayne is kicked and flung across the ring. Vaquer tries pinning Jayne but fails and Jayne covers Vaquer and Vaquer kicks out. Vaquer tries for Devil’s Kiss but Jayne counters it and sentons onto Vaquer and covers Vaquer for two. Jayne kicks down Vaquer and covers her again. Vaquer kicks out. Jayne slams into Vaquer in the corner and then suplexes Vaquer and covers for a two count. Vaquer slams Jayne into the corner and smashes her face against the turnbuckle. Vaquer’s tag opponents run down and Lola Vice comes down and starts fighting them and the head backstage. Jayne tries to roll up Vaquer and Vaquer kicks Jayne and hits a springboard cross body and covers for two and we cut to a commercial break.
Back to our Main Event, Vaquer breaks out of a hold by running into the turnbuckle. Vaquer tries to roll up Jayne but Jayne connects with a solid kick and then punches Vaquer. Vaquer gets kicked and is covered for two. Jayne kicks Vaquer and hits a spinning sling blade back breaker kind of move. Vaquer catches Jayne and hits a tilt a whirl backbreaker, twice, and then both women take each other down with spinning facebusters. Vaquer connects with some headbutts and then hits Eat Defeat. Vaquer kicks Jayne in the corner and then connects with a running double knees against the corner. Jayne is covered for a near fall. Vaquer tries for a backslide but Jayne rolls out and knees Vaquer in the face. Vaquer is covered for a nearfall. Jayne tries for a cannonball but misses and Vaquer connects with a Dragon Screw and Jayne rolls out of the ring. Vaquer is tripped on the apron and Vaquer slams Jayne face first on the apron. Vaquer sends Jayne into the steel steps. Vaquer hits a stalled suplex codebreaker and then goes for SBV but Henley gets on the apron to distract her. Jayne slams into Henley and Vaquer sends Jayne out of the ring. Jayne and Henley start fighting, Jazmyn Nyx tries to intervene and is pushed aside. Vaquer comes off the top rope onto Jayne and Henley. Back in the ring, Vaquer slams Jayne down and then hits Devil’s Kiss and Booker T loses his mind. Vaquer gets Jayne in a submission as Nyx distracts the ref. Henley smokes Vaquer and Jayne hits her clotheslines and gets the win.
Winner and NEW NXT Women’s Champion: Jacy Jayne
Fatal Influence mocks Vaquer in the ring as Jayne holds up her title and we go off the air.