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>> ALL RIGHT, NORTH CAROLINA,

IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME.

NXT IS BACK ON THE ROAD, A BRAND

THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THIS

INDUSTRY.

TONIGHT, IT'S NOT ABOUT THEM.

IT'S ABOUT THIS GENERATION,

STARTING WITH THIS MAN, NXT

CHAMPION, BRON BREAKKER.

HE WILL SPEAR YOU SO HARD YOUR

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WILL FEEL

IT.

HIS OPPONENT, GRAYSON WALLER, A

SILVER TONGUED AUSSIE WHO

BELIEVES IT'S NOT TALKING SMACK

IF YOU CAN BACK IT UP.

TWO CAGED ANIMALS, BUT ONLY ONE

WILL COME OUT AS CHAMPION.

FROM ONE CHAMPION TO ANOTHER,

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE A

21-YEAR-OLD PRODIGY, ROXANNE

PEREZ.

THIS NEW CHAMPION HAS TO FEND

OFF TWO TOXIC VULTURES WHOSE

MISSION IS TO STOP THE FUTURE

AND REBUILD THEIR EMPIRE.

GIGI DOLIN AND JACY JAYNE WILL

DO IT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.

>> YES, THERE WE GO.

>> FOR THE 10 PEOPLE IN THE

WORLD THAT DON'T KNOW THE NEW

DAY, THEY'RE ONLY THE GREATEST

TAG TEAM IN WWE HISTORY.

TONIGHT, THREE TEAMS RESPECT

HISTORY, BUT WANT TO WRITE THEIR

OWN.

A UNIVERSITY RICH IN PASSION,

RICH IN TRADITION.

A FLAMBOYANT DUO, WHO'S PRETTY

ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT DEADLY

INSIDE THE RING.

TWO BRUISERS WHO ARE READY TO

REIGN OVER A NEW KINGDOM.

IF WE'RE TALKING TAG TEAMS,

WHERE ARE MY LADIES AT?

KATANA AND KAYDEN, PLEASE STAND

UP.

SINCE DAY ONE, RIDE OR DIE, AND

YOU CHOSE TO RIDE ALL THE WAY TO

THE LONGEST REIGN IN WOMEN'S TAG

TEAM HISTORY.

RAW, SMACKDOWN, NXT, PERIOD.

THERE ARE TWO BITTER RIVALS,

FALLON HENLEY AND KIANA JAMES.

THEY PUT THEIR DISDAIN ASIDE FOR

THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THE

STREAK AND CAPTURE CHAMPIONSHIP

GOLD.

IF THERE IS A WAY TO GET THAT W,

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, WES

LEE, WILL FIND IT.

DIJAK IS A MAN ON A MISSION,

READY TO SERVE JUSTICE.

IT'S THE CLASSIC TALE OF DAVID

VERSUS GOLIATH FOR THE NORTH

AMERICAN TITLE.

FINALLY, THERE'S TALENT, AND

THEN THERE'S THESE TWO MEN,

APOLLO CREWS AND CARMELO HAYES.

THEY HAVE MORE ATHLETICISM IN

THEIR PINKY FINGER THAN 99% OF

MEN HAVE IN THEIR WHOLE BODY.

DON'T BLINK, YOU'LL MISS

SOMETHING INCREDIBLE, BECAUSE

THESE TWO MEN ARE ABOUT TO PUT

ON A SHOW, NOT FOR ONE FALL, BUT

FOR TWO OUT OF THREE.

THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.

THIS IS YOUR DAY.

THIS IS VENGEANCE DAY.

>> NOW WWE PRESENTS NXT

VENGEANCE DAY.

[MUSIC]

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE

TOOK OVER PORTLAND, 1,084 DAYS

AGO, WE ARE ON THE ROAD TO RAISE

THE BAR ONCE AGAIN.

EACH SUPERSTAR LOOKING TO STEAL

THE SHOW.

WELCOME TO VENGEANCE DAY.

VIC JOSEPH ALONGSIDE THE

TWO-TIME, TWO-TIME WWE HALL OF

FAMER, THE ONE, THE ONLY BOOKER

T.

BOOKER, DO YOU HEAR CHARLOTTE?

CAN YOU FEEL IT?

ARE YOU READY?

>> I'M EXCITED, MAN.

I STARTED MY CAREER IN CITIES

JUST LIKE THIS.

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

IT WAS ALWAYS HOT.

WE AIN'T GOT TIME, LETS SPIN

THIS UP.

SHUCKY DUCKY QUACK QUACK.

>> LET'S GET SET FOR THE FIRST

OF FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

TONIGHT AT VENGEANCE DAY.

[WES LEE'S MUSIC PLAYS]

[BELL RINGS]

>> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST

SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS FOR

THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPIONSHIP.

INTRODUCING FIRST, HE IS THE NXT

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, WES

LEE.

>> BOOK, FOR WES LEE IT'S ALL

BEEN A DREAM.

HE USED TO READ WWE MAGAZINE,

NOW HE'S CHAMP RIDING WITH SHAWN

UP IN THE LIMOUSINE.

HE HAS TURNED AWAY EVERYTHING,

ALL THE DOUBTERS, ALL THE

NAYSAYERS OVER THE LAST YEAR TO

RISE ABOVE IT ALL.

>> I LIKE THIS KID, WES LEE, BUT

I HOPE THAT DREAM DON'T TURN

INTO A NIGHTMARE TONIGHT BECAUSE

HE'S TAKING ON DIJAK.

THAT MAN, OH, MY GOD, THIS IS

GOING TO BE GOOD.

>> YOU SEE THE CONFIDENCE OOZING

FROM WES LEE WHO HAS PUT IT ALL

ON THE LINE TO HOLD HIS FIRST

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP EVER IN HIS

ENTIRE CAREER.

>> YOU GOT TO LOVE THAT THIS KID

DID THAT ONE THING, VIC.

HE'S WORKED TO GET TO THIS SPOT

AND I'M SURE HE WANTS TO KEEP

IT.

[DIJAK'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGER,

DIJAK.

>> BOOK, KEEPING IT IS EASIER

SAID THAN DONE.

I WANT TO BRING FORWARD

SOMETHING THAT THE CHALLENGER

SAID RECENTLY.

HE SAID WES LEE HAS NO CHANCE

TONIGHT.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I

DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.

THE REASON WHY, I HAD TO DO SOME

RESEARCH ON THIS KID WES LEE.

THIS KID HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE

WORLD, HE STANDS FOR EVERY

INDEPENDENT SPOT OUT THERE, THE

SMALL ONES AS WELL AS THE BIG

ONES.

YOU KNOW WHEN HE GOT IT COMING,

HE HAS BEEN CHAMPION IN EACH AND

EVERY ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS

AND NOW HE IS THE NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION HERE IN NXT.

HE'S WORKED FOR THAT, VIC.

HE'S EARNED THAT SPOT, THAT'S

WES LEE.

>> TONIGHT FOR WES LEE IT'S MORE

THAN JUST A TITLE DEFENSE, BOOK.

BECAUSE LEE REFUSES TO LET

ANYONE PASS JUDGMENT ON WHO HE

IS OR WHAT HE REPRESENTS.

THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP TO

WES LEE.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

WHEN YOU COME UP WITH CERTAIN

WINS, WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH

FIRE, WHEN YOU'VE SEE IT AND I'M

SURE THIS KID KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT

I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR.

THIS MAN IS JUST ANOTHER

OBSTACLE IN FRONT OF HIM.

[BELL RINGS]

>> LISTEN TO THE NXT UNIVERSE

HERE IN CHARLOTTE, WE ARE

SETTING THE TONE FOR VENGEANCE

DAY TONIGHT.

[CROWD CHANTS "WES LEE"]

>> BOOK, THERE'S NO DOUBT

EVERYONE IN THE CORNER OF WES

LEE AKA THE CARDIAC KID, AND IF

THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAS PROVED

ANYTHING.

>> LAST CHANCE, WES, YOU CAN

JUST GIVE UP.

>> AS YOU HEAR DIJAK SAY, GIVE

UP, THERE'S NO QUIT IN WES LEE.

IF THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAS PROVED

ANYTHING, LEE CAN NEVER BE

COUNTED OUT.

>> THAT'S TRUE, BUT TONIGHT WES

LEE IS GOING TO HAVE TO WALK

THROUGH FIRE AT VENGEANCE DAY.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO WEATHER A

STORM AND THAT STORM COULD BE AN

F5, VIC, WITH THIS KID DIJAK.

>> WE TALK ABOUT DIJAK LOOKING

TO BECOME THE 15TH DIFFERENT

SUPERSTAR TO HOLD ON TO THE

NORTH AMERICAN TITLE AND ALREADY

SHOWCASING THE SIZE IN THIS

MATCHUP.

THERE YOU SEE THE NUMBER ONE

TREND WORLDWIDE, BOOK, THAT'S

RIGHT HERE VENGEANCE DAY,

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

>> YES, INDEED, RIGHT THERE.

THAT SHOT THAT WES LEE JUST

TOOK.

HE IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF

SHOTS LIKE THAT.

HE'S GOING HAVE TO FIGURE OUT

HOW TO COUNTER SOME OF THOSE

SHOTS IN ORDER TO STAY IN THE

GAME HERE, VIC.

>> IS THERE DOUBT CREEPING IN

WES LEE?

LEE BAITING IN DIJAK.

I WAS CONCERNED FOR A SECOND,

BOOK.

>> THIS KID'S SMART, HE'S GOING

TO HAVE TO USE HIS QUICKNESS,

HIS AGILITY TO STAY ON HIS

BICYCLE HERE TONIGHT WITH THIS

MAN.

>> WES LEE DOING JUST THAT,

SHOWCASING THAT SPEED, THAT

QUICKNESS, THAT ATHLETICISM

BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE OBVIOUS

SIZE ADVANTAGE, BOOK.

>> I DON'T LIKE THAT RIGHT

THERE.

I DON'T LIKE THAT MOVE RIGHT

THERE.

>> WHOA HE'S HEARD ALL THE

CHIRPING, HE ISN'T BIG ENOUGH TO

BEAT DIJAK, HE ISN'T STRONG

ENOUGH TO RETAIN THE

CHAMPIONSHIP.

HE'S CONTINUING TO SILENCE ALL

THOSE THAT DOUBT HIS REIGN AND

HIS ABILITY INSIDE THE SQUARED

CIRCLE.

>> I LIKE EVERYTHING THAT THIS

KID WES LEE IS DOING, BUT RIGHT

NOW HE'S MAKING A MISTAKE.

>> OH, BUDDY.

>> HE'S JUST GETTING A LITTLE

TOO CLOSE TO THIS MAN DIJAK.

HE NEEDS TO KEEP HIS DISTANCE,

SO TO SPEAK.

>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW

WHAT'S GOING THROUGH WES LEE'S

MIND, BUT HE COULD BE LOOKING TO

CLOSE THE DISTANCE, NICE

DROPKICK AND OUT.

DIJAK GETTING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE

TO US OVER HERE.

GAME PLAN FOR LEE.

RIGHT NOW TARGET ACQUIRED.

OH, NO.

>> GOT CAUGHT, VIC.

OH, THAT'S THAT STORM I'M

TALKING ABOUT.

THE CLOUDS RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE

GETTING DARKER BY THE MINUTE.

>> LOOK, THAT COULD BE IT,

THOUGH.

DIJAK SENSING IT, REALIZING IT

QUICKLY, GETTING LEE BACK INTO

THE RING, THE ONLY PLACE DIJAK

CAN WIN THE NORTH AMERICAN

TITLE.

INTO THE COVER AND, OH, JUST

GETTING THE LEFT SHOULDER UP.

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

BOOK, THIS IS RIGHT HERE IN

FRONT OF US JUST NASTY IMPACT.

>> MAN, I LOVE THAT DIJAK TOOK

ADVANTAGE OF THAT 10 SECONDS TO

LAND THAT ONE BIG BLOW AND THEN

GET WES LEE BACK.

ALMOST GOT THE COVER.

>> ANOTHER COVER AND ANOTHER

KICK OUT.

BOOK, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OOMPH

ON THOSE KICK OUTS.

>> VIC, ASK ME WHAT I THINK OF

DIJAK.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF DIJAK?

>> HE'S A MONSTER.

HE'S A MONSTER, BABY.

RIGHT NOW, WES LEE IS GOING TO

HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

>> DIJAK, WHO FEELS THAT WES

LEE'S TITLE REIGN IS CRIMINAL,

RETURN TO NXT AS WE'VE SEEN,

BOOK WITH GREAT VENGEANCE AND

FURIOUS ANGER.

IS IT JUST?

DOES HE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE

THAT ANGRY?

WE STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT

ONE OUT.

HE JUST TALKED ABOUT SERVING HIS

BRAND OF JUSTICE.

>> YES.

YOU REMIND ME OF SOMETHING RIGHT

THERE AND WILL STRIKE ANY MAN

THAT TRY TO STRIKE FEAR IN MY

BROTHER.

A LITTLE SOMETHING-[CROSSTALK]

>> INTO THE COVER.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

DIJAK IS A MAN ON A MISSION,

VIC.

DIJAK IS A MAN HERE TO STRIKE

FEAR IN A MAN.

HE'S HERE TO CREATE DESTRUCTION

AND TONIGHT THIS MAN HAS GOT TO

HUMAN DESTRUCTION.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DISTANCE, THE

NASTY LANDING FOR WES LEE.

LOOK, DIJAK MADE HIS GOAL VERY

CLEAR SINCE HIS RETURN, IT WAS

TO BECOME THE NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION.

EARNED THIS OPPORTUNITY BY

DEFEATING TONY D'ANGELO SEVERAL

WEEKS AGO.

SOLIDIFIED THIS PAST TUESDAY

THAT HE IS THE BIGGEST AND HE IS

THE BADDEST AND HE COULD BE

CLOSING IN ON BECOMING NORTH

AMERICAN CHAMPION, JUST

DISPOSING OF THE CHAMPION ON THE

FLOOR.

>> WOW.

>> UNREAL STRENGTH BEING SHOWN

BY DIJAK AND HE'S SHOWING US,

BOOK.

HE MIGHT JUST BE ANSWERING MY

QUESTION.

>> CHECK THIS OUT.

>> THIS IS HIS BRAND OF JUSTICE.

>> THAT'S JUST TAKING OUT THE

TRASH RIGHT THERE.

THIS MAN, DIJAK IS HERE TO

CREATE PAIN, DESTRUCTION, CHAOS,

HAVOC.

RIGHT NOW, WES LEE IS FEELING

EACH AND EVERY BIT OF IT.

TRUST ME, VIC.

>> DIJAK GAVE WES LEE THE

OPPORTUNITY TO HAND OVER THE

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

IN A MOMENT, WES LEE LAID DOWN

TONIGHT, BUT FOR DIJAK.

RIGHT NOW, SCARY STRENGTH.

INTO THE COVER AGAIN, FINALLY

GET HIS SHOULDERS DOWN AND LEE

POWERING OUT AGAIN AT TWO, AND

LOOK AT DIJAK.

IS THAT FRUSTRATION?

>> HE'S A FIGHTER.

NO, THAT'S NOT FRUSTRATION.

THAT'S JUST KNOWING I JUST GOT

TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK.

I JUST GOT TO PUNISH THIS MAN A

LITTLE BIT MORE.

I JUST GOT TO MAKE HIM FEEL THIS

PAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

TRUST ME, DIJAK DON'T MIND DOING

THAT.

CHECK THIS OUT.

OH MY GOODNESS.

OH MY GOODNESS, VIC.

>> YOU CAN HEAR LEE, IT'S HARD

FOR HIM TO BREATHE AT THIS

MOMENT.

YOU GOT TO START WONDERING THE

GOING BACK TO GETTING TOSSED

OVER THE TOP ROPE.

THESE JUST VILE SHOTS RIGHT NOW

FROM DIJAK.

>> REMEMBER WE HAD WES LEE RIGHT

AT THIS TABLE?

HE SAID, THIS IS WHAT HE WANTS.

HE WANTS TO BE THE BEST IN THE

BUSINESS AND HE'S WILLING TO

TAKE ON THE BEST.

HE'S WILLING TO GO THROUGH

ANYTHING TO HOLD ON TO THAT

CHAMPIONSHIP, AND TONIGHT, VIC,

I'M THINKING THIS COULD BE OVER.

THIS RUN COULD BE OVER HERE

TONIGHT.

>> DIJAK LOOKING FOR THE JUSTICE

THAT HE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT

FOR WEEKS.

LOOKING TO FINALLY CALL HIMSELF

THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION AS

HE JUST CONTINUES TO PUNISH WES

LEE, BUT THAT COULD BE A TURNING

POINT.

LEE'S GETTING SEVERAL SECONDS

RIGHT NOW.

VALUABLE SECONDS TO REGROUP AND

REFOCUS.

>> LIKE I SAY, NOT BE ABLE TO

AVOID.

YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO COUNTER

HERE, VIC.

WES LEE NEEDS TO LAND A BIG SHOT

TO TRY TO LEVEL THE PLAYING

FIELD SOMEHOW.

>> WE TALK ABOUT HIS SPEED, HIS

QUICKNESS.

WELL, NOW LEE TRYING TO BECOME

VERY ELUSIVE, BUT AS WE TALKED

ABOUT EARLIER, SHOULD HE BE

TRADING RIGHTS AND LEFT WITH

DIJAK?

>> THE KID GOT A LOT OF FIGHT,

GOT A LOT OF HEART, BUT STANDING

UP AGAINST A BIG GUY LIKE THIS,

I DON'T THINK IT'S WISE, BUT

HE'S DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

>> WELL HE IS SHRINKING THAT BIG

GUY.

WHAT A RIGHT HAND BY LEE.

LEE RIGHT NOW WITH DIJAK.

POSSIBLY ON THE ROPE, PUTS ON

THE BRAKES RIGHT BACK IN, TAKING

DIJAK DOWN.

>> OH, WOW.

THAT'S SMART.

THAT'S SMART.

TOO MUCH WEIGHT FROM THIS BIG

MAN DIJAK.

>> IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T

SUCCEED, TRY TO GO ANOTHER

ROUTE.

THIRD TIME WILL IT BE THE CHARM?

GOT HIM OVER.

BRIDGE, COUNT.

KICK OUT BY DIJAK.

DIJAK MIGHT NOT EVEN REALIZE

WHAT THE HECK JUST TRANSPIRED AS

YOU ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE

SPECTRUM CENTER IN CHARLOTTE.

IT IS HITTING RIGHT NOW A

SHOWCASE FROM WES LEE BATTLING

BACK THROUGH OUT THE ADVERSITY

IN THIS MATCHUP.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE STRENGTH ON

DISPLAY BY WES LEE ALMOST

RETAINING THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> LIKE I SAY, VIC, THIS KID HAS

BEEN CHAMPION ALL OVER THE

WORLD.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW FOR HIM

BEING IN THIS POSITION WITH

SOMEONE LIKE A DIJAK.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU TONIGHT,

HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DIG DEEP.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DIG REAL

DEEP AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO

PULL IT OUT WITH THIS MAN HERE,

DIJAK TONIGHT.

>> NOT AGAIN, BOOK.

LEE SENSED IT.

LEE TRYING TO WIGGLE FREE.

TRYING TO GET DOWN.

>> WRONG PART OF TOWN RIGHT

THERE, VIC, WRONG PART OF TOWN

RIGHT THERE ON THAT APRON, THE

HARDEST PART OF THE MAT.

>> WHAT WERE YOU JUST SAYING,

BOOK?

THIS IS NOW THAT MOMENT FOR LEE,

WES LEE, THE NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION.

FIRE IN HIS EYE.

LOOKING TO FLY.

>> GOODNESS.

WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE, THE

BALANCE, TECHNIQUE, TIMING, THIS

KID.

WOW.

>> THIS IS WHAT NXT IS ABOUT,

RAISING THE BAR, SETTING A NEW

STANDARD AND WES LEE DOING JUST

THAT AS NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION.

OH, OH, NO, NO.

DIJAK CAUGHT LEE.

>> FELL RIGHT INTO IT, VIC.

>> DIJAK LOOKING FOR FEAST YOUR

EYES.

TRYING TO COUNTER.

COUNTER BY LEE.

POISON RANA AND LEE NOW TURNING

THINGS RIGHT AROUND.

WHAT THE HECK IS LEE THINKING?

THAT'S GOT TO BE IT.

WHAT ACTION.

BOOK, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST

MATCH OF THE NIGHT HERE AT

VENGEANCE DAY.

YOU TALKED ABOUT IT, THE

BALANCE, THE AGILITY.

>> TIMING.

>> THE ATHLETICISM.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> PICTURE PERFECT.

>> MY GOD, WITH THE GREATEST OF

EASE.

>> THEN NOT TO BE OUTDONE,

SHOWCASING MORE POWER.

YET AGAIN, THOUGH, DIJAK JUST

ABLE TO GET THAT SHOULDER UP.

>> THIS KID, WES LEE.

I DON'T SAY THIS TOO OFTEN, VIC.

>> CLIMBING INTO THAT VIBE,

BOOK?

>> HE'S EXTRAORDINARY.

RIGHT NOW HE'S WEATHERED THAT

STORM.

RIGHT NOW, DIJAK, HE'S IN DIRE

STRAITS.

HE'S IN THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN.

>> LEE SENSED IT AND ABLE TO GET

OUT THE WAY.

CAUGHT DIJAK WITH A SUPER KICK

UNDER THE JAW.

LEE LOOKING TO FLY.

>> OH, LOST HIS BALANCE THERE

FOR A SECOND.

>> THAT HESITATION.

>> LOST HIS BALANCE FOR A

SECOND, VIC.

>> THAT HESITATION OPENS THE

DOOR FOR SOME HIGH JUSTICE.

>> OH, THAT'S IT.

>> DIJAK TO CROWN HIM-- OH, NO,

NO, NO.

>> LEE, LOOK.

LOOK IN THE EYES, VIC.

THAT RIGHT THERE TELLS ME A

STORY.

THIS KID GOT A LOT LEFT IN THE

TANK.

>> WAIT A MINUTE.

DIJAK TRYING TO LOOK FOR A,

LOOKS LIKE ALMOST A VERSION OF

THE CROSSFACE CHICKEN WING.

HE'S FADING.

>> DIJAK TRYING TO SLOW THIS

THING DOWN RIGHT NOW.

HE'S TRYING TO SLOW IT DOWN AND

PUT THIS KID TO SLEEP.

>> THAT'S ONE WAY TO PUT OUT

THAT FIRE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT,

BOOK.

TRY TO EXTINGUISH THAT FLAME

INSIDE LEE.

>> LEE'S GOT, LIKE I SAY, HAD A

LOT OF FIGHT IN HIM, AND RIGHT

NOW DIJAK TRYING TO JUST SAP ALL

OF IT OUT OF HIM RIGHT NOW.

>> LEE, YOU SEE THE AGONY ON THE

FACE OF THE CHAMPION.

CHALLENGER TRYING TO HOLD ON AND

LEE TRYING TO ROLL THROUGH AND

HE MIGHT'VE JUST PUT HIMSELF IN

A WORSE POSITION AND HE DID.

BODY SCISSORS.

>> HE'S ABOUT TO GO TO SLEEP.

HE'S GOING TO GO TO SLEEP.

HE'S NOT GOING TO TAP.

HE'S ABOUT TO TAP.

HIS HEART'S NOT [INDISTINCT]

>> REFEREE IS IN GREAT

POSITION.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHAMPION'S

EYES STARTING TO FADE.

ARE WE MOMENTS AWAY FROM

CROWNING A NEW NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION?

>> THE REFEREE MAY HAVE TO HAVE

THE WHEREWITHAL TO UNDERSTAND

AND THE KNOWHOW TO DO HIS JOB

AND JUST STOP THIS THING RIGHT

NOW.

THIS KID IS GOING TO SLEEP.

HE'S GOING TO SLEEP.

>> UH-UH.

LEE WITH ONE LAST SURGE.

ONE LAST BURST OF ENERGY.

>> OH.

LIKE I SAID, VIC.

STILL GOT SOME FUMES LEFT IN THE

TANK.

>> REACHING, SO CLOSE.

SO CLOSE.

FINGERTIPS AWAY.

OH, NO.

OH, GETTING HOISTED UP BY DIJAK.

CHALLENGER NOW.

FEAST- COUNTER.

>> WOW.

THERE'S THE COUNTER I WAS

TALKING ABOUT.

>> WHOA.

ANOTHER NEAR FALL.

DIJAK ONE MORE TIME LOOKING FOR

HIGH JUSTICE.

>> OH, THIS KID IS SPECIAL.

THIS KID IS EXTRAORDINARY.

THAT BALANCE RIGHT THERE IS

UNBELIEVABLE.

WOW.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT DIJAK BEING

BIGGER, BEING STRONGER, BUT IT'S

LIKE LEE SAID, "IT'S NOT ABOUT

WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, IT'S ABOUT

WHAT YOU DO."

FROM THIS SEAT, LEE IS SHOWING

YOU HIS HEART AND HIS UNYIELDING

DESIRE TO WIN.

>> HEART, WILL, DETERMINISM.

>> DIJAK SMILING.

>> BOTH OF THESE GUYS WANT TO BE

THE TOP GUY, TO BE THE MAN IN

THIS GAME.

OH, MY GOD, THAT COULD BE IT.

>> THIS MIGHT JUST LEAD TO

ORLANDO.

A KICK OUT.

>> MAN, DID YOU SEE THAT?

WES LEE, ALL THE MOMENTUM RAN

RIGHT INTO THAT BIG BOOT.

THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IT, VIC.

>> DIJAK SHOCKED.

LEE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE

HE EXACTLY IS AT.

>> OH, ONE MORE.

LET'S DO IT, FINISH IT.

>> BOOM.

>> WES LEE'S GOT TO BE OUT RIGHT

NOW.

HE'S GOT A HEART AS BIG AS

TEXAS, BUT THAT'S GOT TO BE IT.

>> BOOK, YOU ARE SHOCKED.

>> COME ON, VIC.

>> DIJAK IN DISBELIEF.

FOR WES LEE, THE QUESTION

BECOMES, IS THIS INSTINCT?

WHAT DOES HE HAVE LEFT?

WHAT DOES HE HAVE LEFT?

>> RIGHT NOW WES LEE IS WORKING

OFF PURE HEART, THE WILL, THE

DESIRE.

RIGHT NOW, THE PERSON THAT'S

REALLY QUESTIONING HIM AND

THAT'S DIJAK.

I'M SURE DIJAK THOUGHT HE HIT

THE BIG MOVE 5-10 MINUTES AGO.

>> DIJAK HAS TOLD US ABOUT HIS

BRAND OF JUSTICE.

THIS WOULD BE WRONGING A RIGHT,

AND FOR DIJAK NOW, LOOKING FOR

THAT EXCLAMATION POINT HERE

TONIGHT.

>> VIC, WHAT IS THAT ROLE?

WHAT IS IT?

DO YOU KNOW?

>> TO DIJAK?

>> YES.

>> IT'S EVERYTHING THAT'S

HAPPENED IN HIS PAST, IT'S THE

FACT THAT HE HAS NEVER BEEN

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION.

HE'S TRYING TO RIGHT THAT WRONG

HERE TONIGHT AND HE COULD BE

LOOKING FOR--

>> OH, MY GOD, I

DON'T LIKE THIS.

>> DIJAK NOW.

>> DIJAK IS LOOKING TO FINISH

THIS KID.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THE OFFICIAL,

THE OFFICIAL NOW-

>> WES LEE

SOMEHOW GETTING BACK TO HIS

FEET, SOMEHOW ABLE TO CLIMB TO

THE TOP.

DIJAK'S NOT MOVING, LEE LOOKING

TO FLY.

BOOM.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

>> BRO, YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING

ME, VIC.

>> THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID BOOK.

>> YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME,

DIJAK JUST TOOK A HARD SHOT,

PROBABLY THE HARDEST SHOT OF

THIS BATTLE, THIS CONTEST AND

HE'S STILL-- OH, MY GOD.

WOW.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT NASTY

LANDINGS, ONE RIGHT THERE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PERFECT

LANDING AGAIN BY WES LEE.

WES LEE IS RISKING IT ALL, WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT HIGH RISK, WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT HIGH REWARD, RIGHT

THERE WAS THE REWARD.

IT WAS RETAINING HIS TITLE ON

THIS STAGE, VENGEANCE DAY, IN

CHARLOTTE.

DIJACK HAD IT SCOUTED, SAW IT

COMING.

>> DIJAK GOT TO BE THE TOUGHEST

MAN I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

OH, MY GOD.

>> THIS IS JUST THE FIRST MATCH

HERE AT VENGEANCE DAY TONIGHT,

AND YOU SAID YOU WERE

SPEECHLESS.

WE ARE RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT

DIJAK, WHO HAS TAKEN THE BEST

SHOT FROM WES LEE--

YOU HEAR THE

OFFICIAL, THIS IS REFEREE'S

DISCRETION AT THIS MOMENT.

NOWHERE FOR LEE TO GO.

IS THIS JUSTICE, BOOK?

>> THIS IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP

MATCH.

>> IS THIS JUSTICE?

>> THIS IS STREET JUSTICE RIGHT

HERE.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, VIC.

>> STREET JUSTICE?

>> THIS IS STREET JUSTICE.

>> THIS IS ABOUT THE NORTH

AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

WES LEE IS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT

OF US NOT MOVING.

>> OH, MY GOD, HE'S NOT GOING TO

DO THIS.

>> DIJAK.

>> THERE'S NO WAY HE'S GOING TO-

>> YES, BUT--

>> THERE'S NO WAY

HE'S GOING TO DO THIS.

>> DIJAK- D'ANGELO AND STACKS.

DIJAK DIDN'T GET EXACTLY WHAT HE

WAS LOOKING FOR.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

DIJAK JUST YELLED, "STAY OUT OF

MY BUSINESS."

DIJAK, OH, GOT CAUGHT.

KNEES BUCKLED, DIJAK CAN'T GET

BACK TO HIS FEET.

>> LOOK, THAT WINDOW JUST OPENED

FOR THE KID WES LEE.

>> WES LEE.

>> THAT WINDOW JUST OPENED AND

HOPEFULLY HE JUST CLOSED IT.

>> COVER.

>> WOW.

[BELL RINGS]

[WES LEE'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> HERE IS YOUR WINNER AND

STILL THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION, WES LEE.

>> HOW GOOD IT MUST FEEL FOR WES

LEE TO COME TO CHARLOTTE AND

SILENCE ANOTHER DOUBTER IN

DIJAK.

>> MAN, WE SAID DIJAK WAS ABOUT

MAYHEM, DESTRUCTION AND CHAOS.

VIC, THIS IS VENGEANCE DAY.

OH, MY GOD.

>> AGAIN, THIS IS HOW WE'RE

KICKING OFF THE NIGHT.

THE TONE HAS BEEN SET AND YOU

TAKE A LOOK AT DIJAK.

DELIVERED SOME NASTY RIGHTS,

SOME NASTY LEFTS, THE SUPER KICK

AND BAM.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> DEVASTATING, CLOTHESLINE, AND

FOR DIJAK HE WAS CLOSE.

FOR WES LEE, THOUGH, THIS IS

ABOUT AS CLOSE AS IT GOT TO

LANDING IN THE FRONT ROW.

>> THAT ONE BIG SHOT RIGHT

THERE, BUT IT WAS BIG SHOT AFTER

BIG SHOT, BUT NONE AS BIG AS

THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, VIC.

>> TONY D'ANGELO, STACKS, THEY

SAVED WES LEE.

OPENED THE DOOR FOR LEE TO

CONNECT WITH A SUPERKICK AND

THEN ABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR, AS

YOU MENTIONED, WHEN THE WINDOW

OPENED.

>> WHEN YOU SAY THEY SAVED WES

LEE, I THINK THEY SAVED THAT

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

YES.

>> WES LEE STANDING TALL.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DESTRUCTION,

THE DEVASTATION, THE FINGER OF

DIJAK, THE CARDIAC KID OVERCOMES

IN SEARCH OF HIS BRAND OF

JUSTICE.

>> THERE WE SEE GRAYSON WALLER,

THE CHALLENGER TO THE NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP LATER TONIGHT.

HE HAS BEEN ONE STEP AHEAD OF

THE CHAMPION.

WILL HE INDEED HAVE HIS VIRAL

MOMENT TONIGHT OR WILL THE

CHAMPION BE ABLE TO DO WHAT HE

SAID HE CAME TO CHARLOTTE TO DO,

CONQUER AND RETAIN.

WHAT A WAY TO KICK OFF VENGEANCE

DAY HERE IN CHARLOTTE, BUT WE

WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING

ON BACK IN ORLANDO.

IT'S THE NXT WATCH PARTY

CURRENTLY GOING ON RIGHT NOW

WITH THE ASPIRING SUPERSTARS OF

NXT.

THEY'RE ALL LINED UP, THEY GOT

THEIR EYES LOCKED ON POSSIBLY

WHAT THEY CAN DO ONE DAY WHEN

THEY CAN GO FROM ASPIRING TO A

BONAFIDE SUPERSTAR HERE IN NXT.

WELL, LET'S CONTINUE ROLLING ON

WITH THE NIGHT, OUR VERY OWN

MCKENZIE MITCHELL STANDING BY

WITH THE NXT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS.

>> KATANA, KAYDEN, WE ARE

MOMENTS AWAY FROM YOU DEFENDING

YOUR NXT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM TITLES

AGAINST THE UNORTHODOX TEAM OF

KIANA JAMES AND FALLON HENLEY.

>> UNORTHODOX TEAMS, IN-SYNC

TEAMS, BEST FRIENDS, BITTER

ENEMIES, WE HAVE FACED THEM ALL

ON THE ROAD TO BECOMING THE

LONGEST-REIGNING WOMEN'S TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONS IN WWE HISTORY.

>> YES, AND WHATEVER LOVE

TRIANGLE, RECTANGLE, KIANA AND

FALLON GOT GOING ON, THAT

DOESN'T CONCERN US.

WHAT CONCERNS US ARE THESE

TITLES RIGHT HERE.

LOOK, I'M NOT TRYING TO SOUND

LIKE I'M COCKY OR I'M BRAGGING,

BUT WE BUSTED OUR ASSES TO GET

THESE TITLES AND TO BE CALLED

CHAMPIONS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S ABOUT TIME WE GO DO WHAT WE

DO BEST.

SEE YOU LATER.

>> BEST OF LUCK LADIES.

[KIANA JAMES' MUSIC PLAYS]

[BELL RINGS]

>> CAN THIS DUO END THE RECORD

REIGN OF CARTER AND CHANCE HERE

TONIGHT.

>> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST

SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS FOR

THE NXT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIP.

INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGERS,

ACCOMPANIED BY JOSH BRIGGS AND

BROOKS JENSEN, THE TEAM OF

FALLON HENLEY AND KIANA JAMES.

>> BOOK, THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN

THEIR FIRST OUTING.

CAN THEY DO IT AGAIN?

>> SOMETIMES, VIC, YOU GOT IT.

WHEN YOU GOT IT YOU GOT IT.

THAT WIN WAS BIG.

THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, TONIGHT,

WIN OR LOSE, IT'S GOING TO TELL

ME A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THIS DUO.

>> MAN, I LIKE THIS, BEST SEAT

IN THE HOUSE.

[CHANCE AND CARTER'S MUSIC

PLAYS]

>> 186 DAYS AND COUNTING,

CHANCE AND CARTER, THE

LONGEST-REIGNING TAG CHAMPS EVER

IN THE WOMEN'S DIVISION.

BOOK.

LISTEN TO THIS, ON ANY BRAND,

RAW, SMACKDOWN, NXT, THEY'VE

SURPASSED THEM ALL.

WHAT IS THE RECIPE?

GO AHEAD.

>> NO.

BEFORE YOU EVEN GET THERE,

BEFORE YOU EVEN ASK THAT

QUESTION, WHEN I THINK THIS TEAM

IS I LOOK BACK IN THE DAY, IN

THE HISTORY OF TAG TEAMS AND THE

ROCK 'N' ROLL EXPERESS,

EVERYBODY ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY

WERE GOING TO BEAT THAT TEAM,

BUT THEY WERE THE BEST IN THE

BUSINESS.

>> THEIR OPPONENTS, THEY ARE THE

NXT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS,

KAYDEN CARTER AND KATANA CHANCE.

>> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,

BOOK, BUT I WANT TO TAKE IT A

STEP FURTHER WITH YOU.

WHAT'S THE RECIPE OF SUCCESS

BEEN FOR THE CHAMPIONS?

HOW COME THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO

HOLD ONTO THOSE TITLES FOR OVER

185 DAYS.

>> THAT' EASY, VIC, THAT'S EASY.

THE CHAMPIONS, VIC, THEY'VE

ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO FIND A WAY,

ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO WORK IN

SYNC, IN UNISON, TOGETHER.

THAT ONE THING, YOU GOT TO BE

ABLE TO WATCH YOUR SIX.

THAT'S MILITARY TALK.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DO BEST.

>> WELL, WE ARE SET NOW FOR THE-

>> RING THE BELL.

>> -SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

TONIGHT.

[BELL RINGS]

>> YOU ARE ON ANOTHER ONE

TONIGHT, AREN'T YOU, BOOK?

>> SOMETHING.

>> YOU'RE EXCITED, YOU'RE HAPPY.

>> NO.

I'M JUST SAYING, MAN.

IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.

>> NEW CHAMP ALERT.

NEW CHAMP ALERT.

NEW CHAMP ALERT.

WOO.

>> A LITTLE BIT OF TRASH TALK.

OF COURSE, BROOK AND JENSEN ON

THE OUTSIDE, A LOT OF ISSUES

BETWEEN FALLON HENLEY AND KIANA

JAMES BRINGS US HERE TONIGHT.

I DO WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION

ABOUT THE CHAMPIONS BECAUSE

CHANCE AND CARTER REALLY HAVE

OVERCOME A LOT, EVEN THE

PERCEPTION OF JUST BEING A TEAM

THAT WAS MAKING TIKTOKS.

>> HEY, HEY, HEY, DO NOT LOOK AT

THAT, BROOKS.

>> FOCUS.

>> I'M NOT DOWN WITH THE TIKTOK

WORLD TODAY, BUT THESE YOUNG

GUYS, THESE YOUNG KIDS, THEY WAY

THEY USE IT, IF THEY DO IT

COME ON, LET'S GO.

INSIDE, KAYDEN.

LET'S GO.

>> OH.

>> OH.

>> OH, I LIKE-- WHAT'S GOING ON,

THERE?

>> WHOA, HEY.

LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THE PAST.

>> WHAT DID SHE DO TO YOU?

>> OF COURSE-

>> WHAT PAST?

WHAT PAST ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> -BROOKS JENSEN WAS

FRIEND-ZONED BY CARTER A LONG

TIME-- IT'S IN THE PAST, THOUGH.

KIANA JAMES NEEDS TO FOCUS ON

THE MATCH, NOT FOCUS ABOUT

JENSEN AND HIS FORMER LOVE LIFE.

>> WHAT FORMER LOVE LIFE?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> HE GOT FRIEND-ZONED.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY

HOOKED UP?

>> THEY DIDN'T HOOK UP.

COVER, COUNT, AND ALMOST

CHAMPIONS.

WE NEED TO REFOCUS ON THE MATCH,

BOOK->> OKAY.

MY BAD.

MY BAD.

>> -BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THIS

VENGEANCE DAY NXT WOMEN'S TAG

TEAM TITLES MATCH, NUMBER ONE

TREND AROUND THE WORLD.

US HERE IN CHARLOTTE, TAG MADE,

FALLON HENLEY IN FOR FOR THE

FIRST TIME.

>> FALLON HENLEY IS A BOSS, VIC.

SHE'S ALL ABOUT WINNING-

>> OH.

>> -BOTH OF THESE LADIES.

>> OH, WELL, YOU SAW IT.

FALLON HENLEY DIDN'T WANT TO

THROW THE RIGHT.

>> MISCOMMUNICATION.

>> WELL, IT WAS BECAUSE JAMES

WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HAIR.

FALLON HENLEY WANTS TO WIN THIS

THE RIGHT WAY.

>> YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS

A NEW TAG TEAM.

THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES-

>> OH.

>> -BUT THEY'RE RIGHT BACK ON

TRACK, AND THEY'RE LOOKING GOOD.

LOOK AT THIS.

>> CRUCIFIX, COVER, COUNT,

ANOTHER NEAR FALL.

HERE'S THE THING ABOUT FALLON

HENLEY, AND WE'VE SEEN IT TIME

AND TIME, SHE WANTS TO DO IT THE

RIGHT WAY.

SHE DOESN'T WANT TO CUT CORNERS.

THE FIRST TIME THEY TEAMED-

>> LET ME TELL YOU--

>> -LET'S NOT

FORGET KIANA JAMES CHEATED.

>> VIC, LET ME TELL YOU

SOMETHING, VIC, THE CLOSER THESE

TWO WOMEN ARE TOGETHER, THEY'RE

GOING TO REALIZE THEY'RE NOT

THAT FAR APART.

ONE THING ABOUT THEM, THEY ARE

BOSSES.

WHAT'S BETTER THAN ONE BOSS?

>> OH.

WHAT?

>> TWO BOSSES.

>> RIGHT TO THE COVER, AND

ANOTHER NEAR FALL.

AGAIN, IN SYNC TAG TEAM TANDEM,

CHANCE AND CARTER, CLAIM TO BE,

BOOK, THE REALEST TEAM IN ALL OF

NXT.

>> TAG.

>> ANOTHER TAG WAS MADE.

JAMES NOW LEGAL.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

WHEN YOU'RE THE TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS, WHEN YOU CAN HOLD

ONTO THOSE TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHEN YOU CAN

DEFEND THEM, THAT MAKES YOU THE

TEAM.

THAT MAKES YOU THE NUMBER ONE

TEAM IN THIS BUSINESS.

>> ANOTHER BACK SUPLEX.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> COVER, AND ANOTHER COUNT, AND

ANOTHER KICK OUT THIS TIME BY

CHANCE.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS TEAM.

YOU'RE A TAG TEAM SPECIALIST,

YOU'VE GOT THE HALL OF FAME

HARDWARE TO PROVE IT, HARLEM

HEAT.

>> EXTRAORDINAIRE.

>> I WON'T DOUBT THAT->> FIVE

DIFFERENT PARTNERS.

>> -BUT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE

CHALLENGERS WHO HAVE TO BE THE

UNDERDOGS, THERE'S NO

EXPERIENCE.

THEY HAVEN'T TEAMED LONG ENOUGH.

>> THAT'S TRUE, VIC.

LIKE I SAID, ONE THING ABOUT TAG

TEAMS, EITHER THEY GEL QUICKLY

OR MAYBE NOT PERHAPS.

>> OH.

>> THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE, THEY'RE

LOOKING GREAT.

THEY'RE LOOKING GREAT TOGETHER.

>> WELL, IT'S ALSO A VERY--

>> LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT.

LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT.

>> IT'S ALSO A VERY GOOD-

>> WHOA.

>> -PAIRING.

NICE TAKEDOWN BY HENLEY.

HENLEY TRIES FOR THE GOLDEN

OPPORTUNITY, PARENTS WATCHING

AND ALMOST SAW THEIR DAUGHTER

BECOME CHAMPION.

>> VIC, VIC, THAT'S WHAT I'M

TALKING ABOUT.

THESE TWO LADIES, JUST NOT TOO

LONG AGO, AT EACH OTHERS'

THROATS.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

>> RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE IN HERE AS

A TEAM.

THAT RIGHT THERE IS LIKE PEANUT

BUTTER AND JELLY.

SOMETIMES, IT COULD BE GOOD,

MAN.

>> LOOK, THEY ARE A VERY UNIQUE

TEAM BECAUSE TYPICALLY TEAMS

COME TOGETHER THROUGH A COMMON

ENEMY, CORRECT?

OPPOSITES ATTRACT FOR THAT

REASON.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THEY HAVE COME TOGETHER,

THOUGH, BECAUSE OF THE GENUINE

SUPPORT THEY HAVE FOR BROOKS

JENSEN, AS YOU SEE HIM ON THE

OUTSIDE.

>> BROOKS JENSEN, THAT TELLS ME

ONE THING, HE'S A MAN ABOUT

BRINGING TOGETHERNESS.

I LIKE THAT.

I LIKE THAT IN THIS YOUNG MEN.

>> WELL, HE IS TRYING TO BRING

OUT THE BEST IN KIANA JAMES.

HE'S CERTAINLY ALONG WITH

BRIGGS.

>> WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO BE THE

BEST EVER?

WOULDN'T YOU?

>> NO, I'M MARRIED.

>> I'M NOT TALKING IN THAT WAY,

ALL RIGHT?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT, BOOK.

>> LISTEN, KEEP YOUR MIND ON THE

ACTION.

>> WELL, NOW, WE SEE HENLEY

CONTROLLING THE PACE OF THIS

MATCHUP.

YOU BROUGHT UP THE PAST, DOES

THE PAST STILL WEIGH ON FALLON

HENLEY?

JAMES DID TRY TO BUY HER FAMILY

BAR.

>> LOOK, MAN, ONE THING ABOUT

SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT DID

BRING YOU CLOSER.

I MEAN, ONE IN ODDS.

KNOWING THAT BOTH OF YOU GUYS

ARE THINKING THE SAME WAY.

LIKE I SAY, BEING A BOSS MEANS

YOU GOT TO BE IN CHARGE, AND

BOTH OF THESE LADIES ARE WELL IN

CHARGE OF THIS MATCHUP.

>> TAG.

>> OH, NOT RIGHT NOW, THOUGH.

>> CHANCE MADE A TAG, HENLEY

DOESN'T REALIZE THAT.

CARTER IS LEGAL.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

LOOK AT THAT.

>> CARTER NOW HITTING ANYTHING

THAT'S MOVING, TAKING OUT BOTH

JAMES-- NOW, GOING RIGHT BACK IN

ON HENLEY.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING

ABOUT, VIC, AS FAR AS THIS TEAM,

CARTER AND CHANCE, THEY ARE

SPECIAL AS A TAG TEAM, VIC.

THEY'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT

EACH OTHER, AND OH LOOK AT THAT,

THAT'S HUGE AS FAR AS TAG TEAM

WRESTLING GOES.

>> THAT WAS A TWO-FOR-ONE

SPECIAL.

NOW, IN HER SIGHTS.

CARTER CHARGING IN.

A TAG WAS MADE-

>> WOW.

>> -CHANCE IS LEGAL.

THE CHALLENGERS ARE ROCKED.

>> THERE COMES CHANCE.

ANOTHER TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL.

ALL ABOUT HAVING A GOOD TIME,

ALL ABOUT PARTYING, ALL ABOUT

GETTING AT IT, BUT THEY ARE

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS HERE

TONIGHT.

>> I LIKE FALLON HENLEY AND

KIANA JAMES.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARD NIGHT

FOR THEM TO TRY TO GET A

VICTORY.

>> PROVING WHY THEY ARE THE

LONGEST-REIGNING CHAMPIONS IN

NXT HISTORY.

>> THESE TWO, THEY'RE JUST TOO

GOOD, THEY'RE JUST TOO GOOD

RIGHT NOW.

>> TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, THE

HIGH-FLYING-- BOOM, CHANCE

TAKING OUT BOTH.

THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN

CONTROL, BUT HENLEY JUST

SHUTTING DOWN CHANCE.

IF YOU LOOK AROUND, JAMES IS

BACK ON HER FEET FINALLY MAKING

A TAG.

>> TAG.

>> THIS COULD BE THAT MOMENT,

MAYBE THAT TURNING POINT, MAYBE

THEY NEED THAT NASTY SIDE OF

BEING A TEAM.

MAYBE THEY NEED TO CUT A CORNER.

>> I DON'T THINK THEY NEED THAT,

VIC.

RIGHT NOW, THESE TWO LADIES ARE

DOING SOMETHING IN THE RING, AND

THAT'S TRYING TO STAY A STEP

AHEAD, BUT THIS TAG TEAM AS FAR

AS THE CHAMPIONS GO.

CARTER AND CHANCE--

>> CARTER

BACK ON HER FEET CHARGING IN.

GETS PICKED UP.

DROPPED WITH SPINEBUSTER.

>> OH.

WHOA.

>> COVER.

DO WE HAVE NEW CHAMPIONS?

A NEAR FALL.

>> WOW.

>> JENSEN ALMOST CAME OUT OF HIS

NEW SUIT OR SUIT JACKET I SHOULD

SAY.

CHANCE ALMOST IN DISBELIEF AS

CAN SEE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF

THE RING.

THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL.

TALK ABOUT UNDERDOGS, WE COULD

SEE A HUGE UPSET HERE TONIGHT.

>> TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IS

ON THE LINE HERE.

THE CHAMPIONS HAVE BEEN ONE STEP

AHEAD THIS WHOLE MATCH.

RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS TO BE

FALLING BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT.

>> OH, THEY HAVE BEEN.

>> SEEMS TO BE LOSING THE PACE.

>> OH.

>> THAT PACE IS A LITTLE BIT

DIFFERENT NOW, VIC.

>> JAMES ABLE TO GET THE KNEES

UP.

CARTER NOW REALIZING IT.

SHE GETS TAKEN OUT, BUT CHANCE

WORSE FOR WEAR ON THE OPPOSITE

SIDE OF THE RING.

LOOK AT JAMES.

JAMES SENSING IT.

BRIGGS, JENSEN ON THE OUTSIDE,

THEY'RE STARTING TO COACH A

LITTLE BIT HERE.

NOW, WE'RE SEEING THIS TEAM

MAYBE GELLING TO YOUR POINT.

>> THEY'RE MORE SO CHEERLEADING

RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE DOING A HELL OF A JOB

BECAUSE-

>> WOW, WHAT A NECKBREAKER.

>> -WE'RE NOW SEEING TEAM BOSSES

IN TOTAL CONTROL RIGHT NOW, VIC.

>> HOW ABOUT A TWO-FOR-ONE

SPECIAL IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, AND

IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

CARTER JUST ABLE TO BREAK THINGS

UP.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

AS FAR AS THE TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS.

THEY'RE ALWAYS WATCHING EACH

OTHER'S BACKS.

>> JAMES RUNNING A LITTLE BIT OF

INTERFERENCE.

>> IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE

RIGHT TIME.

HERE WE GO, THROWING CAUTION TO

THE WIND HERE.

>> AS WELL, WE TALK ABOUT THOSE

TRUST ISSUES, JAMES RIGHT NOW

WILLING TO-- OH.

WELL, FORGET ABOUT THE TRUST

ISSUES, THE CUTTER TAKING OUT

JAMES BUT ALSO TAKING OUT--

>> CHECK ON HER, BROOKS.

CHECK ON HER, BROOKS.

CHECK ON HER.

[CROWD CHANTS "NXT"]

>> VERY CONCERNED RIGHT HERE IN

FRONT OF US.

>> VIC.

>> BROOKS JENSEN IS--

>> VIC, IT'S CALLED COMPETITION.

>> NOW, LOOK AT BRIGGS.

BRIGGS IS TRYING TO SAY TO

JENSEN, "WE NEED TO GET HER BACK

UP," BECAUSE NOW IT IS JUST DOWN

TO CHANCE AND FALLON HENLEY.

>> OH, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS

COMPETITION, AND THESE LADIES

ARE GOING TO THROW CAUTION TO

THE WIND.

THEY'RE GOING TO THROW

EVERYTHING OUT TONIGHT, VIC,

BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT THE TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP.

WHO WANTS IT MORE?

WHO WANTS IT THE MOST?

WHO WANTS IT?

>> WELL, HENLEY FAR FROM HER

CORNER, NOT IN THE RIGHT PART.

AS NOW, TWO-ON-ONE.

>> WOW.

LOOK AT THAT BIG SHOT.

>> AGAIN, CARTER NOW LEGAL,

SHOWING WHY THEY HAVE BEEN THE

LONGEST-REIGNING CHAMPIONS IN

THIS BRAND HISTORY BY BEING ABLE

TO THINK AS ONE, HAVE ONE MIND.

CHANCE AND CARTER NOW.

OH, HENLEY WITH A HEADBUTT,

CARTER ROCKED, LOOKING AROUND

FOR KIANA JAMES.

HENLEY IS IN THIS BY HERSELF.

>> LIKE I SAID, VIC.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED

THE PACE HAS SLOWED DOWN A

LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IN

THE ADVANTAGE OF THE

CHALLENGERS, I REALLY DO.

>> OH, WAIT JUST A MINUTE, BOOK.

>> OH.

OH, MY-- WHOA.

THAT'S IT.

>> LOOK WHO'S LEGAL.

IT'S CHANCE.

CHANCE MADE A TAG.

HENLEY JUST KICKED OUT.

>> WOW.

THAT'S WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS

TAG TEAM.

VIC, ALWAYS TRY TO FIND A WAY TO

PULL IT OUT BY ANY MEANS

NECESSARY, ALWAYS SPECTACULAR,

LIKE THAT MOVE RIGHT THERE.

WHAT A MOVE.

>> YOU TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

IT WAS SO CLOSE.

[INDISTINCT]

ANOTHER QUICK TAG, AND BOOK--

>> THE CHAMPIONS GOING TO PUT IT

AWAY RIGHT HERE.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

>> GOING TO PUT IT AWAY.

OH, WHOA.

>> REMEMBER, IT IS CARTER WHO IS

LEGAL.

CHANCE JUST GOT TAKEN OUT.

HENLEY NOW TURNING RIGHT BACK

AROUND.

SHOULDERS ARE DOWN, OH, JUST

ABLE TO KICK OUT.

WE ARE REALLY SEEING A BATTLE

HERE FOR THE NXT WOMEN'S TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SHOULDERS DOWN ONE MORE TIME.

>> WHOA.

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

[BELL RINGS]

>> WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,

WHOA.

>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

[FALLON HENLEY'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

>> HERE ARE YOUR WINNERS AND

NEW-

>> WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE?

>> -NXT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS-

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

>> -FALLON HENLEY AND KIANA

JAMES.

>> THE REIGN IS OVER.

>> THAT WAS IT RIGHT THERE, VIC.

I THINK THAT WAS IT.

I THINK THAT WAS THAT SHUCKY

DUCKY QUACK QUACK MOMENT.

CHECK THIS OUT, VIC.

>> WE GOT TO GO BACK.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> WE'VE SEEN THIS TIME AND TIME

AGAIN ON THEIR RECORD REIGN.

CHANCE TAKEN OUT, CARTER WAS

LEGAL, BUT THIS BOOK, TAKE A

LOOK.

FALLON HENLEY DIDN'T REALIZE

KIANA JAMES ON THE OUTSIDE WITH

THE ASSIST.

>> THAT WAS PLANNED, VIC.

>> COME ON.

>> THAT WAS SET UP.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU.

I COULD SEE IT A MILE AWAY.

>> LET THE CELEBRATIONS BEGIN

FROM FOES TO CHAMPIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HENLEY AND

JAMES.

>> HANK.

HANK, GET IN HERE.

>> WHAT'S UP?

WHAT'S UP, COACH?

>> DID YOU SEE HOW WES COUNTERED

DIJAK'S POWER WITH HIS SPEED?

>> YES.

SAW THAT.

>> THAT IS GOING TO BE THE GAME

HIGH FLYERS.

YOU HAVE TO GROUND THEM.

>> GROUND THE HIGH FLYERS.

YES, SIR.

>> ONE MORE THING TOO.

DO YOU SEE HOW NICE ALL THE

SUPERSTARS ARE DRESSED HERE AT

VENGEANCE DAY?

>> YES, THEY LOOK GOOD.

>> WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE

HERE TO REPAIR MY SINK?

>> SEE THESE?

THESE IS JUST MY CLOTHES, MAN.

>> JUST MY CLOTHES, MAN?

WELL, LOOK, WE NEED TO GET YOU

SOME PROPER RING ATTIRE.

>> OKAY.

I'LL GET ON IT RIGHT AWAY.

>> OKAY.

GOOD.

I'M BUILDING A SUPERSTAR, HANK.

NOT A HOUSE.

>> I CAN DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MY DAY OF VENGEANCE WAS

SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE LAST TUESDAY.

CORA JADE WAS GOING TO, AS SHE

PUT IT, TEACH ME MY PLACE HERE

IN NXT.

>> I WILL VERY HAPPILY BE THE

ONE TO TEACH HER THAT VALUABLE

LESSON.

>> I GUESS CORA CHANGED HER

MIND.

I CAN'T RESPECT A WOMAN WHO SAYS

ONE THING AND THEN DOES THE

OPPOSITE.

CORA JADE'S TIME WILL COME AND

SHE WILL PERISH.

THIS TUESDAY I'M GOING TO BE

STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

RING, SO WHO AMONG THE WOMEN'S

LOCKER ROOM IS READY TO SOAR?

>> WELL THE VISIONS ARE ABOUT TO

BECOME CLEAR.

TWO SUPERSTARS WITH THE SAME

GOAL TO PROVE THEY'RE THE BEST.

THE STAGE IS SET, 2 OUT OF 3

FALLS.

THE RUBBER MATCH.

CREWS, HAYES.

>> IT TAKES GUTS TO CHASE A

DREAM.

YOU CAN FALL ON YOUR FACE.

YOU CAN COMPLETELY FAIL, AND

THEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT OF

REACHING YOUR DREAM AND IT JUST

DOESN'T FEEL REAL, EVEN THOUGH

YOU'VE DREAMT ABOUT IT YOUR

WHOLE LIFE.

>> APOLLO.

[MUSIC]

>> I'VE BEEN IN MANY TITLE

WON THE UNITED STATES

CHAMPIONSHIP, WALKED OUT OF

WRESTLEMANIA AS THE

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION,

CAREER MAKING MOMENTS.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I'D HEAR

THOSE ECHOES DEEP INSIDE MY

SOUL.

THE ECHOES OF THOSE THREE

LETTERS, NXT.

>> WE SAY EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.

APOLLO CREWS IS IN NXT.

>> WHEN I LEFT NXT FOR THE FIRST

TIME, I LEFT WAY TOO SOON AND I

LEFT A LOT OF THINGS THAT I

WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH ON THE

TABLE.

I CAME BACK TO CAPTURE THE

TITLE.

IT DIDN'T GO DOWN LIKE THAT.

THAT IS OKAY.

I AM NOT OUT OF CHAMPIONSHIP

CONTENTION.

>> HEY, APOLLO.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO'S

NEXT IN LINE FOR CONTENTION, I

AM.

LET'S TALK ABOUT MELO FOR A

SECOND.

WE TALKING ABOUT BREAKOUT

TOURNAMENT WINNER.

THE CRUISERWEIGHT UNIFIER.

WE LED THE WARGAMES TO VICTORY

AND ON TOP OF THAT TWO-TIME

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION.

>> MELO LOOKS LIKE MONEY, HE

WALKS LIKE MONEY, HE TALKS LIKE

MONEY BECAUSE MELO IS MONEY.

>> NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU THINK

YOU ARE, THERE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS

SOMEBODY OUT THERE BETTER THAN

YOU.

TWO MEN, ONE SPOT.

I BEAT YOU BEFORE.

>> CREWS DON'T MISS AND CREWS

GETS ONE ON HAYES.

>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO

ME BECAUSE I BEAT YOU TOO.

>> HE SHOOTS, HE DON'T MISS.

NOTHING BUT NET.

>> THAT'S ALL IT IS AND THAT'S

ALL IT'S GOING TO BE.

>> LOOK MAN.

YOU BEAT ME.

I BEAT YOU.

HOW ABOUT AT VENGEANCE DAY WE

SETTLE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL?

WE GO TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS.

>> HEY.

CHILL.

ALL RIGHT.

TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS.

IT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRY.

ALL RIGHT.

BET.

TWO OUT OFF THREE FALL IN

CHARLOTTE.

>> A LOT AT STAKE BECAUSE THEY

BOTH CLAIM TO BE NEXT IN LINE

FOR THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP.

SAME GOAL FROM TWO SUPERIOR

ATHLETES.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO GET MONEY

MELO.

>> MONEY MELO IS GOING TO BE

FAST.

HE'S GOING TO BE FLASHY, BUT I

AM READY FOR MELO'S GAMEPLAN.

I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE THAT

POWER, I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE

THAT INTENSITY AND I'M

DEFINITELY GOING TO CHALLENGE

THAT SPEED.

IF TRICK WILLIAMS WANTS TO GET

INVOLVED, WELL, TRICK'S GOING TO

GET HANDLED.

>> YOU NEED TO BE REMINDED IS

THAT YOU ARE THE PAST AND I AM

THE PRESENT.

>> THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THE

PAST, IT CAN ALWAYS PREDICT THE

FUTURE.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS

AND GIRLS, TRICK AND MELO FANS

OF ALL AGES, I NEED FOR YOU TO

STRAP ON YOUR SEATBELT AND GLUE

YOUR WIGS ON TIGHTS.

MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THE 2021

BREAKOUT SUPERSTAR, THE LONGEST

COMBINED NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPIONSHIP, THE NXT WARGAMES

WINNER, THE UNIFIED

CRUISERWEIGHT, AND NORTH

AMERICAN CHAMPION, HIM.

[CARMELO HAYES' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> THE FOLLOWING IS A 2 OUT OF

3 FALL MATCH.

INTRODUCING FIRST, ACCOMPANIED

BY TRICK WILLIAMS, CARMELO

HAYES.

>> THERE YOU SEE HAYES SENDING A

MESSAGE TO CREWS, YOU SAW THE

BANNERS FALL, WILL MELO RISE?

THIS IS THE MOMENT.

TONIGHT, THE DEBATE ENDS.

WHO IS THE BEST?

>> THAT DEBATE IS GOING TO GO ON

FOR YEARS TO COME BETWEEN THESE

TWO, BUT TONIGHT, VIC, THIS IS

SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR

A LONG TIME.

TWO HIGH-CLASS, HIGH CALIBER

ATHLETES.

>> HAYES HAS REFERRED TO HIMSELF

AS A GENERATIONAL TALENT.

HE IS LOOKING TO SHOWCASE THOSE

SKILLS HERE TONIGHT AT THE

VENGEANCE DAY.

HE IS TAKING ON A SUPERSTAR

TONIGHT WHO HAS QUITE THE

IMPRESSIVE RESUME IN APOLLO

CREWS.

>> YES, INDEED.

[APOLLO CREWS' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> HIS OPPONENT, APOLLO CREWS.

>> CARMELO HAYES CALLED CREWS

THE PAST.

ANOINTED HIMSELF THE PRESENT,

CREWS QUICK TO REMIND HAYES,

THOUGH, AS WE JUST HEARD THE

PAST CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE.

>> THAT IS TRUE, VIC.

THE PAST CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE,

BUT YOU HEARD WHAT TRICK SAID.

HE SAID, "STRAP UP" BECAUSE THIS

GUY'S, THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE

THE DAYTONA 500, IT'S GOING TO

BE HIGH OCTANE, TWO FUEL

INJECTED BROTHERS.

IT'S ABOUT TO BLOW UP.

>> WE SAW THAT HIGHLIGHT

PACKAGE, CREW AS A FORMER

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION, A

FORMER UNITED STATES CHAMPION,

VICTORIES ON THE GRANDEST STAGE

OF THEM ALL, WRESTLEMANIA.

THAT SUCCESS THAT CARMELO HAYES

WANTS ONE DAY.

YOU CAN'T DENY THAT.

IS HE JEALOUS OF THE SUCCESS?

>> THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR

MELO, BUT I DON'T WANT MELO TO

GRADUATE TOO SOON.

I WANT FOUR YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE,

MAN.

TONIGHT, THIS IS A FINAL EXAM.

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE TEST IN

APOLLO CREWS, DAWG.

>> 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS A STAPLE OF

NXT.

YOU THINK OF THE PAST, SAMI

ZAYN, JOHNNY GARGANO, TYLER

BATE, AND THIS CERTAINLY IS THE

ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ALLOW YOU

TO LEAVE YOUR MARK LIKE THESE

TWO SUPERSTARS WILL WANT TO DO.

[BELL RINGS]

>> BEING UNDER THESE BRIGHT

LIGHTS, VENGEANCE DAY,

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, THESE

TWO YOUNG MEN, OH, LET'S DO IT.

SPIN THIS UP, VIC.

>> THERE YOU SEE BOTH SUPERSTARS

SIZING EACH OTHER UP.

NOW I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS,

BOOK.

IT'S 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS, RIGHT?

HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT FIRST

FALL?

NEITHER OF THESE TWO GUYS WANT

TO MAKE A MISTAKE EARLY ON.

>> OH, BEAUTIFUL TWIST THERE.

THAT FIRST FALL IS VERY

IMPORTANT.

GIVE YOU THAT COMFORTABLE SPOT

TO WHERE, IF I WIN THE NEXT ONE

IT'S OVER.

IF I DON'T, WE STILL GOT ONE

MORE.

THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S ALL IT DOES.

>> NICE TAKE DOWN, RIGHT OFF THE

RIP, AND AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF

A STALEMATE HERE.

OF COURSE, TONIGHT MAIN EVENT IS

GOING TO BE THAT STEEL CAGE

MATCH.

PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE

STILL TRENDING NUMBER ONE

WORLDWIDE WITH VENGEANCE DAY.

AS BRUTAL AS THAT MAIN EVENT

WILL BE, THIS REALLY IS SOMEWHAT

OF THE OPPOSITE IN TERMS OF AN

ENDURANCE TEST.

HOW GRUELING IS THIS SORT OF

MATCHUP?

EVENT ABOUT THE STEEL CAGE

MATCH.

THIS RIGHT HERE MELO, APOLLO,

THIS IS THE MAIN EVENT ANYWHERE

IN THE WORLD.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THESE

TWO GUYS ARE REALLY THAT GOOD.

WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION AGAIN?

I'M SORRY.

>> YOU ANSWERED IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GRUELING

MATCH.

THESE TWO GUYS ARE REALLY GOING

TO HAVE TO PUT FORTH, THEY'RE

GOING TO HAVE TO PACE

THEMSELVES.

>> NOT ONLY THAT, I LOOK AT A

YOUNG MAN LIKE CARMELO HAYES AND

HE'S STILL GOT A LOT TO LEARN.

I LOOK AT APOLLO CREWS, THE GUY

WHO HAS BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP,

HAS HAD MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

UNDER HIS BELT, BUT HE HAS A A

FEW MORE MILES ON THE ODOMETER

AS WELL.

>> WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT A

SECOND AGO, THOUGH, NOT WANTING

TO MAKE THAT EARLY MISTAKE HERE

IN THE FIRST FALL.

BOTH MEN STILL GET THAT FEELING

OUT PROCESS HERE.

LOOK, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT

APOLLO CREWS RETURN TO NXT LAST

SUMMER, HAD UNFINISHED BUSINESS

ON THE BRAND.

YOU HEARD OUT OF HIS MOUTH.

HE HEARS THE ECHOES.

HE WANTS TO BECOME THE NXT

CHAMPION.

POINT BLANK, BOOK, THAT DOESN'T

SIT WELL WITH CARMELO HAYES.

>> COME ON, CARMELO HAYES IS

THAT MAN.

WHAT'D HE CALL HIMSELF?

HIM.

WHEN YOU GIVE YOURSELF A MONIKER

LIKE THAT, THAT TELLS ME

SOMETHING, MAN.

THAT TELLS ME WE DON'T NEED NO

EXTRAS RUNNING AROUND.

>> WELL, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT

HAYES, HE'S ALWAYS VERY

CONFIDENT IN HIS ABILITY.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO MENTION

TRICK WILLIAMS ON THE OUTSIDE,

BUT NOW LOOK AT HAYES TRYING TO

STRETCH AWAY HERE.

CREWS TRYING TO FIND A

SUBMISSION EARLY ON AND MAYBE

TRYING TO COUNTER SOME OF THAT

POWER OF CREWS.

>> I LIKE THAT JACKET TRICK

WILLIAMS GOT ON, BUT

DAMN JACKET?

WE GOT 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH,

BOOK.

>> THE THING IS CARMELO HAYES,

HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT

THIS THING LIKE A MARATHON.

HE CAN'T THINK OF THIS AS A

SPRINT.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PUSH THIS

THING IN THE LATE ROUNDS AS FAR

AS I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS

KID, APOLLO CREWS, HE'S

EXPERIENCED, HE'S WELL SEASONED.

HE KNOWS EVERY TRICK IN THE

BOOK.

>> THERE YOU SEE TRICK WILLIAMS

ALL SMILES MIGHT NOT BE SMILES

HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

>> SURELY, VIC, HE SURELY KNOWS

WHAT HE'S DOING.

>> NOW CREWS PICKING UP SOME

STEAM.

SO IS HAYES, AND SWING AND A

MISS.

HAYES COMING RIGHT BACK IN, GOES

UP, GOES OVER LANDS ON HIS FEET.

OH.

>> A SIDE JOB RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S ALL THAT IS, VIC.

I'M ONE STEP AHEAD OF YOU.

I'M ONE LEVEL ABOVE.

THAT'S ALL THAT IS, VIC.

>> WELL, I SAW ONLY ONE GUY GET

SLAPPED AND FALL, AND THAT WAS

CARMELO HAYES.

>> TALK ABOUT A HARD SHOT.

>> GET YOUR ASS UP.

>> DID YOU HEAR CREWS?

CREWS TELL HIM, "GET BACK UP,"

BECAUSE CREWS WANTS TO DO IT

TONIGHT.

HE WANTS TO PROVE HE IS THE

BEST.

HE WANTS TO PROVE WHILE HE'S

BACK.

LOOK, THERE'S A LOT OF

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BOTH THESE

SUPERSTARS.

LET'S NOT TAKE ANYTHING AWAY.

>> NO.

SPEED, AGILITY, QUICKNESS, IQ.

BOTH OF THESE MEN KNOWS EXACTLY

WHAT IT TAKES, BUT, LIKE I SAY,

THIS TEST RIGHT HERE FOR CARMELO

HAYES IS HUGE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT

HE'S ALL ABOUT IN THIS MATCHUP.

THAT RIGHT THERE, JUST THAT

LITTLE, THAT LITTLE AVOIDANCE UP

THERE.

THAT ONE SHOT RIGHT THERE SHOWED

ME SOMETHING, BUT GOT CAUGHT.

GOT CAUGHT WATCHING THE PAINT

DRY.

>> OH, HE DID AND NOW CREWS

KNOWS WHERE HE WANTS TO SEND

HAYES.

HAYES LANDING ON HIS FEET.

OH.

COMING RIGHT BACK IN.

>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF

THIS, IT'S A CHESS MATCH.

>> THESE TWO- THAT TIME THE

DROPKICK CONNECTS FROM CREWS.

A MESSAGE BEING SENT TO MELO.

TAKE A LOOK, A BEST OFFENSE

SOMETIMES BANG.

>> YES INDEED.

APOLLO JUST GOT THE FIRST PAWN

RIGHT THERE.

THAT WASN'T A ROOK.

THAT WASN'T A QUEEN OR ANYTHING

LIKE THAT.

THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF

THIS THING.

THIS IS A DANCE RIGHT HERE, VIC.

>> NOW WE SAW HAYES TRY TO LIMIT

THAT POWER OF APOLLO CREWS, AND

I JUST SEE CREW'S POWER MAY BE

OVERTAKEN A LITTLE BIT HERE IN

THE EARLY GOING.

AGAIN, THIS IS 2 OUT OF 3 FALL,

HE NEED TO WIN TWO TO WIN THE

MATCH.

>> WE'RE JUST PICKING IT UP.

>> BE IT PINFALL, SUBMISSION,

COUNTOUT, HOWEVER IT HAPPENS.

YOU GOT TO WIN TWO.

>> APOLLO JUST PICKING UP THE

ACTION RIGHT NOW.

>> BOTH MEN WITH GRIPES AGAINST

EACH OTHER, WE'VE HEARD TO GO

BACK AND FORTH.

IN AND OUT THE DINER.

>> RIGHT THERE.

YOU SEE THAT?

>> IN AND OUT OF THE BARBERSHOP

AND WE SEE NOW THE EFFECTS OF

FIRST THE DROPKICK, BUT NOW WHAT

IS TO COME FOLLOWING.

>> OH, RIGHT THERE.

APOLLO JUST THAT WAS A HARD

SHOT.

>> THAT SHOT WAS SET UP BY THAT

DROPKICK OFF AT THE TOP ROPE.

THERE'S NOW A BULLSEYE, BOOK, ON

MELO.

>> NOW, VIC, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

SAW THAT, BUT CARMELO HAYES'

RIBS, HE JUST TOOK A HARD SHOT

INTO THAT TURNBUCKLE, AND RIGHT

NOW HE COULD HAVE DISLOCATED

SOMETHING, AND TRUST ME, THAT

THE RIB AREA IS TOUGH BECAUSE OF

CARTILAGE.

>> YES.

WELL, NOW YOU DON'T REALLY HEAR

HAYES TALKING THAT MUCH AS NOW

HAYES TRYING TO HOLD ON.

HE CAN SENSE IT NOW.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF

DESPERATION EARLY ON IN THIS

MATCHUP.

IF THE RIBS ARE AS INJURED AS

YOU THINK THEY ARE, HOW DOES

THAT PLAY INTO LOOKING FORWARD

TO THE SECOND FALL, THE THIRD

FALL?

OH WE MIGHT SEE THE FIRST FALL

HERE IN A MOMENT.

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT BEING

ABLE TO BREATHE PROPERLY.

RIGHT NOW--

>> THAT GERMAN

SUPLEX JUST PUT HAYES'S EYES IN

THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.

>> OH, HEY.

>> TRYING TO DESPERATELY GET

OUT, TRYING TO DESPERATELY GET

AWAY AND, WELL, THERE'S A LITTLE

BIT OF SEPARATION.

>> ABOUT TO CREATE SOME SPACE

RIGHT THERE.

>> LOOK AT CREWS.

>> RIGHT NOW, CARMELO HAYES,

LIKE I SAID, HE'S IN A LOT OF

PAIN.

HE'S TRYING NOT TO SUCK IT UP.

HE'S TRYING TO SUCK IT UP AND

RIGHT NOW HE DEFINITELY NEED TO

PULL OFF SOMETHING BIG TO TRY TO

GET SOME MOMENTUM.

>> HEY, DON'T TOUCH HIM.

>> WHAT DID HE SAY?

>> CREWS IS DISTRACTED BY

WILLIAMS.

THAT'S THAT VETERAN OF A APOLLO

CREWS HAS BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK

A TIME OR TWO.

WE TALK ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP,

WE TALK ABOUT THE ACCOLADES.

HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS COMING.

THAT VISION ON DISPLAY OF CREWS

TONIGHT.

APOLLOS GOT IT DOWN RIGHT THERE.

THAT ONE, RIGHT?

YOU SAW IT?

>> YOU TALKING ABOUT STICKING A

LANDING AND RIGHT BACK TO THE

INJURED RIBS, BUT AT THE SAME

TIME, HOW MUCH DAMAGE DONE TO

CREWS?

>> PERFECT 10.

SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU

GOTTA DO, VIC.

RIGHT NOW APOLLO'S HERE TO WIN

THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

>> OH, BEAUTIFUL.

>> THE NXT UNIVERSE HERE IN

CHARLOTTE AS CREWS NOW AGAIN

GETTING HAYES BACK INTO THE RING

WITH CREWS FEELING THE EFFECTS

IN HIS OWN RIGHT AFTER THAT LAST

MOONSAULT AND NOW GOES UP, GOES

OVER AND GOES INTO THE COVER.

ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE THE FIRST

FALL OF THE MATCH?

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

VIC.

THAT WAS WHAT TRICK WAS DOING.

GO AHEAD.

>> OH, NO.

LIKE I SAID, DEALING WITH A RIB

INJURY IS NOT SOMETHING YOU YOU

WANT TO PLAY AROUND WITH.

I HAD ONE FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

IT DEFINITELY KEPT ME IN A

POSITION OF WHERE I JUST

COULDN'T SHAKE IT.

RIGHT NOW.

>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, HAYES GOING

TO HAVE TO SHAKE SOMETHING OFF

BECAUSE APOLLO CREWS IS MAKING

HIM THINK, MAKING HIM WAIT.

APOLLO IS A PATIENT MAN.

OFF THAT DELAYED STANDING

VERTICAL SUPLEX, STILL COULDN'T

GET THE THREE, BUT HE'S CLOSING

IN.

THE ONE THING WE HAVEN'T TALKED

ABOUT, BOTH THESE GUYS WANT

GOLD, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> DOES THIS MATCH TO YOU HAVE

FUTURE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP

RAMIFICATIONS?

>> WHOEVER WIN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP

DEFINITELY PUT THEMSELVES IN

LINE FOR THE BIG ONE, AND THAT'S

WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP,

YOU KNOW THIS TITLE WILL PUT YOU

RIGHT IN LINE TO--

>> OH, THE

GAME JUST GOT CHANGED ON CARMELO

HAYES, AND MAYBE MORE

IMPORTANTLY FOR HAYES, HE'S ABLE

TO GET-- WHAT THE- WILLIAMS HAS

TO BE CAREFUL RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE

IF HE GETS HIMSELF DISQUALIFIED,

THAT'S GONNA BE A FALL FOR

APOLLO CREWS.

>> LOOK AT THIS.

IF TRICK DON'T BE CAREFUL, HE'S

GOING TO GET BOOTED AND THAT'S

NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR CARMELO

HAYES.

TRUST ME.

>> YES, WELL, THERE'S THE SHOT.

CALLS HIS SHOT HE DON'T MISS.

THAT'S THE MONIKER OF HAYES, BUT

HAYES RIGHT NOW FEELING THE

EFFECTS.

IT'S NOT THE SAME CARMELO HAYES

WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

THERE'S NOT THAT PEP IN HIS

STEP.

>> LIKE I SAY, CARMELO HAYES IS

FEELING.

HE'S A LITTLE WORSE FOR WEAR,

LIKE I SAY, HE'S TRYING NOT TO

SHOW IT AND THAT'S WHAT

CHAMPIONS DO.

>> NOW RIGHT IN AND HERE WE GO.

LOOK AT HAYES AND NOW IT SEEMS

THAT HAYES TAKING A DEEP BREATH,

TRYING TO TIME BLOCK OUT THE

PAIN.

>> TAKE YOUR TIME.

HE NEED TO TAKE HIS TIME RIGHT

HERE.

GETTING A LITTLE TOO OVERZELOUS

IN MY BOOK.

>> COVER, COVER, COVER, COVER,

AND A KICK OUT.

HERE'S THE THING THOUGH, BOOK.

RIGHT NOW, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT HE

NEEDS TO DO TO BLOCK OUT THAT

PAIN, TO LET THAT ADRENALINE

COURSE THOUGH HIS VEINS.

>> VIC, YOU GOT TO PICK YOUR

SHOTS.

RIGHT THERE, THAT'S GOING TO

WEAR ON YOU.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU BREATHE

JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER, AND

THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT

CARMELO HAYES NEEDS RIGHT NOW AT

THIS POINT.

>> AS MUCH AS HAYES HAS THAT

BULLSEYE ON HIS RIBCAGE, IT

LOOKS LIKE HAYES EVEN EARLIER IN

THE MATCHUP HAS PUT A BULLSEYE

ON THE NECK OF APOLLO CREWS.

TRYING TO WEAR DOWN CREWS, AND

THIS IS A GREAT STRATEGY BY

HAYES TO KEEP CREWS GROUNDED.

I MEAN THAT'S EASY MONEY, RIGHT?

>> TRYING TO SLOW THIS THING

DOWN.

TRYING TO EVEN THE ODDS JUST A

LITTLE BIT, TO ENSURE THOSE

RIBS, THAT ONE LITTLE AREA IS

STILL BURNING.

NEEDS TO TRY AND JUST SLOW IT

DOWN JUST FOR A MINUTE.

LET ME GET MY WIND, LET ME GET

MY FEET UNDER ME.

TRY TO PUSH THIS THING IN THE

LATER ROUNDS, AND I THINK THAT'S

WHERE CARMELO HAYES IS GOING TO

BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUCCESSFUL

IN THE LATER ROUNDS WITH SOMEONE

LIKE APOLLO CREWS.

>> HAYES HAS SAID HE HAS PUT

MORE PREPARATION INTO THIS MATCH

THAN ANY OTHER IN HIS CAREER.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRACK

RECORD OF WINS.

HE'S DEFEATED THE LIKES OF

RICOCHET, HE WAS THE BREAKOUT

WINNER AS WE SAW BY THE BANNER,

THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, HAS

UNIFIED CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT THIS

IS A DIFFERENT TEST TONIGHT FOR

HAYES.

JUST DROPPED APOLLO CREWS AGAIN.

THROAT, NECK, AND QUICKLY COVER.

COUNT FOR THE FIRST FALL, AND

CREWS POWERING OUT.

IT GOES BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID,

BOOK.

BOTH THESE GUYS KNOW HOW

IMPORTANT THIS FIRST FALL IS

HERE AT VENGEANCE DAY.

>> THESE ARE THESE MOMENTS, VIC-

>> ANOTHER COVER, ANOTHER KICK

OUT.

>> -WHERE YOU'RE TIRED, BRUISED,

BATTERED, TORN.

THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT MAKE

YOU GREAT.

THESE ARE THOSE HALL OF FAME

MOMENTS RIGHT HERE, AND BOTH OF

THESE MEN ARE WILLING TO PUT

THEMSELVES THROUGH IT.

I RESPECT THAT, VIC.

I RESPECT IT TO THE UTMOST.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT HAYES.

WITH EVERY BREATHE HE'S TAKING,

IT'S TOUGH FOR HIM TO MOVE.

>> VIC, WE DON'T KNOW IF CARMELO

HAYES GOT INTERNAL BLEEDING.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW, BUT RIGHT

NOW HE'S FIGHTING THROUGH THE

PAIN AND THAT TELLS ME A WHOLE

LOT ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN, WHO

WANTS TO LOOK DOWN UPON

EVERYONE.

I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD, MA.

THAT'S THIS KID RIGHT HERE,

CARMELO HAYES.

>> WHAT A SHORT ARM CLOTHESLINE,

AND YOU DON'T SEE CREWS GET

ROCKED LIKE THAT OFTEN, AND HE

JUST GOT DROPPED.

NOW, THE LOOK IN THE EYES OF

CARMELO HAYES IS TELLING THE

STORY.

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

FEEL THE IMPACT.

>> SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO

GRIT YOUR TEETH, VIC.

YOU JUST GOT TO BITE DOWN ON

YOUR MOUTH PIECE.

>> GET YOUR ASS UP.

>> THAT'S DIGGING DEEP DOWN IN

THAT WELL.

JUST TELL ME, WHO'S THAT MAN?

>> DON'T FORGET ABOUT WHO'S THAT

MAN, WHO'S THE MAN IN CONTROL

RIGHT NOW.

GERMAN SUPLEX AFTER GERMAN

SUPLEX.

LOOKING FOR THE TRIFECTA IS

APOLLO CREWS.

HAYES PUTTING ON THE BRAKES.

UH-OH.

UP AND OVER ON HIS FEET.

CHARGING RIGHT BACK IN.

ANOTHER COUNTER, AND A BIG BACK

DROP.

>> WOW.

>> THE THING IS, BOOK, THERE

HASN'T BEEN A FALL YET.

>> DID YOU SEE THAT?

>> THERE HASN'T BEEN A FALL.

THERE HASN'T BEEN A DECISION YET

IN THIS MATCH.

>> DID YOU SEE THE EXTRA OOMPH

ON THAT BACK DROP THAT-- THIS

GUY STILL GOT A LOT OF STRENGTH

AT THIS STAGE OF THIS FIRST

ROUND.

>> YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

TALKING ABOUT THAT EXTRA OOMPH,

THAT IMPACT.

WHERE WAS THE IMPACT ON HAYES TO

HIS RIBS, TO HIS LOWER BACK.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING

ABOUT.

BOTH OF THESE MEN, THEY'RE

FIGHTING FOR A SHOT, VIC.

THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR BEING IN

THAT MAJOR LEAGUE SPOT,

CHAMPIONSHIPS, TITLES.

>> YOU SAW THE NXT UNIVERSE.

YOU FEEL THE TENSION RISING HERE

IN THE SPECTRUM CENTER.

NOW, YOU SEE APOLLO CREWS

STARTING TO ROLL.

COULD BE CLOSING ON THAT FIRST

FALL HERE IN THIS MATCHUP.

OH, GOT CAUGHT.

SWING AND A MISS.

HAYES NOW TRYING TO TURN IT

AROUND.

COULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A

GORE BUSTER.

IT WAS COUNTERED.

LANDING ON HIS FEET, COMING BACK

RIGHT BACK, AND THIS TIME CREWS

SUCCESSFUL.

>> YES.

CARMELO HAYES WENT TO THAT SPOT,

BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU.

THOSE RIBS PLAYED A BIG, BIG,

BIG PART OF WHAT JUST HAPPENED

RIGHT THERE, VIC.

OH, WHOA.

>> CHARGING RIGHT-- OH, NOBODY

HOME THIS TIME.

THESE TWO TRADING BLOW FOR BLOW.

HAYES SAID IT WOULD BE TAT FOR

TAT.

WHAT A KICK.

MODIFIED ENZUIGIRI, AND YOU CAN

SEE THE EYES OF HAYES.

>> CARMELO IS DAZED RIGHT NOW,

AND RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE

PERFECT TIME FOR APOLLO TO CASH

IN AND HE NEEDS TO DO IT QUICK.

>> TRICK RIGHT NOW BESIDE

HIMSELF.

HAYES OUT OF DESPERATION JUST

TRYING TO HOLD ON.

UH-OH, UH-OH, UH-OH.

>> WE'VE SEEN THIS.

WOW.

>> HOLY COW.

DID YOU SEE THAT STRENGTH?

THAT'S GOT TO BE IT.

FIRST FALL IN THE BOOKS FOR

APOLLO CREW-- HAYES KICKED OUT.

>> THAT WAS ALL INSTINCT RIGHT

THERE, VIC.

>> THE UNBRIDLED STRENGTH ON

DISPLAY OF APOLLO CREWS, AND I

KNOW THE KICK OUT.

YOU SEE TRICK WILLIAMS RIGHT NOW

TALKING TO WHOMEVER, BUT NOW

WHAT'S GOING THROUGH THE MIND.

CREWS KNOWS HE MIGHT HAVE TO GO

TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

APOLLO IS LOOKING TO LAND THAT

ONE KILLER BLOW, AND HE'S

GETTING THE PEOPLE READY.

HE'S GETTING THE PEOPLE READY

FOR IT HERE AT VENGEANCE DAY.

>> CREWS HAD HEARD ALL THE

TALKING.

HE HEARD HAYES SAY, HE WAS A

YOUNGER, BETTER, MORE ATHLETIC

VERSION OF APOLLO CREWS.

THAT DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH CREWS

WHO RIGHT NOW IS GOING INTO THAT

ZONE WE'VE SEEN HIM IN THE PAST

ENTER.

>> VIC, THAT'S WHAT FIGHTERS DO.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAY YOU'RE

NOT BETTER.

YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND

SAY, I'M GOING TO PUT THIS MAN

TO SLEEP.

I'M GOING TO PUT HIM DOWN

TONIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS MAN-- THAT'S

WHAT->> COUNTER BY HAYES.

HAYES WAS LOOKING FOR THE

CROSS-FACE.

GETS COUNTERED.

COUNTER FOR COUNTER.

ROLLING THROUGH IS HAYES.

HAYES TRYING TO LOCK IN.

ROLL THROUGH, SHOULDERS DOWN.

IS IT ENOUGH?

JUST ABLE TO KICK OUT, BUT ALSO

HAVING TO LET GO OF THAT

CROSS-FACE WAS HAYES, WHO GETS

WITH A PUMP KICK.

GOES UP, GOES DOWN, GOES AROUND,

AND THIS TIME COULD BE THE

MOMENT.

SHOOTS THE HALF.

HOOKS THE LEG.

OH, NO.

NOW, HAYES BESIDE HIMSELF.

>> WRESTLING IQ RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, VIC.

RIGHT NOW CARMELO HAYES-

>> NICE CUTTER

>> -IS GOING INTO HIS

TRICK BAG AND GOING INTO HIS

PLAYBOOK.

WHAT'S GOING TO WORK?

>> ANOTHER KICK OUT.

>> BEAUTIFUL TRANSITION.

>> NOW INTO THE CROSS-FACE.

>> BEAUTIFUL TRANSITION.

>> INTO THAT CROSS-FACE.

IT ALSO OPENED THE MOUTH FOR

CREWS.

CREWS CAN'T GET ANY BREATHE IN,

HE CAN'T GET ANY AIR TO HIS

LUNGS.

YOU GOT TO WONDER RIGHT NOW FOR

CREWS, HOW MUCH CAN HE TAKE?

CREWS TAPS.

>> WOW.

>> CREWS TAPS.

>> CARMELO HAYES HAS SCORED A

FALL.

>> HAYES NOW IS UP ONE FALL TO

NONE.

>> WOW.

>> THE NXT UNIVERSE NOT LIKING

THAT DECISION.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

VIC.

>> NOT LIKING THAT HAYES IS UP

ONE NIL.

>> THAT COMBINATION RIGHT THERE,

AGAIN, BY CARMELO HAYES AS WELL

AS THAT BURST OF ENERGY THROUGH

TRANSITION WAS UNBELIEVABLE TO

CAPTURE THAT FIRST VICTORY.

UNBELIEVABLE.

PASS THE TEST, PASS THE FIRST

EXAM.

>> I DO WONDER THOUGH.

FOR CREWS, HE'S BEEN IN THIS

POSITION BEFORE.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LONG HE'S

BEEN IN THE GAME.

DID HE TAP QUICKLY TO PRESERVE

SOME ENERGY?

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

APOLLO CREWS RIGHT NOW HE'S

WONDERING, HOW THE HELL DID I

FIND MYSELF IN THAT POSITION?

I HAD THIS THING GOING MY WAY.

THAT'S WHAT HE'S THINKING RIGHT

NOW.

>> THERE'S NO REST.

RIGHT NOW HAYES RIGHT BACK UP,

BUT NOW LOOK AT CREWS.

THERE IS NOT MUCH ON THOSE

RIGHTS AND LEFTS, AND YOU GOT TO

WONDER, HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN

DONE TO THE LEFT SHOULDER OF

CREWS.

YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER, HAYES

WAS WORKING THE NECK OF APOLLO

CREWS EARLY ON IN THAT FIRST

FALL.

>> LOVE THIS ACTION RIGHT HERE.

LIKE I SAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE

HIGH-OCTANE BETWEEN THESE TWO

YOUNG MEN RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT NOW, ITS SEEMS LIKE WHO'S

THE GUY THAT'S GOT MORE LEFT IN

THE TANK.

WHO'S THE GUY THAT'S WILLING TO

GO THE LONG HAUL.

>> IS IT HAYES?

>> THAT'S CARMELO HAYES.

THAT'S THAT MAN.

>> HAYES WOKE UP EARLIER TODAY,

SENT OUT THE TWEET.

HE WOKE UP UNDENIABLE.

HE KNOWS THERE'S TWO MEN THAT

WANT ONE SPOT.

WOW.

DID YOU SEE THAT NASTY LANDING,

BOOK?

HAYES RIGHT NOW REALIZES, THIS

IS IT.

>> RIGHT NOW, CARMELO HAYES FEEL

LIKE HE IS STILL THE UNCROWNED

CHAMPION RIGHT NOW.

THE ONLY WAY TO GET BACK TO THE

MOUNTAIN TOP IS THROUGH APOLLO

CREWS.

YES, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY, AND

TONIGHT, HE'S DOING A HELL OF A

JOB, VIC.

>> HAYES DOESN'T NEED THE

UNIVERSE'S LOVE.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE A

CASANOVA.

HE WANTS TO BE A CHAMPION, BUT

RIGHT NOW CREWS SHOWING THE

HEART OF CHAMPION.

AGAIN, GOING RIGHT BACK TO A

SERIES OF GERMAN SUPLEXES.

>> APOLLO CREWS RIGHT NOW TRYING

TO LET IT ALL HANG OUT RIGHT

HERE.

THIS MIGHT BE-

>> STANDING SHOOTING STAR.

DIDN'T GET IT ALL, BUT DID HE

GET ENOUGH?

HAYES.

>> MIGHT BE THAT LAST GAS TO TRY

BOOK.

>> HE GOT TO TRY TO GET A WIN.

RIGHT NOW, JUST LOOK AT HIS BODY

LANGUAGE.

HE'S STILL LABORING PERHAPS FROM

BEING CAUGHT IN THAT CROSS-FACE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

HE'S GOT TO TIE IT UP.

AGAIN, HAYES QUICKLY STOPPING

ANY SORT OF MOMENTUM, AND BACK

TO THE LOWER BA-- NICE COUNTER

BY HAYES.

ROCKING CREWS.

NOW, CREWS.

>> RIGHT NOW, VIC-

>> BACK TO

THE NECK, AND NOW HE'S LOOKING

FOR THAT FADE AWAY.

>> CARMELO HAYES IS ONE, TWO,

PERHAPS EVEN THREE STEPS AHEAD

OF APOLLO CREWS RIGHT NOW.

>> WHO CARES ABOUT THE STEPS.

IF HE WINS IT HERE, THE MATCH IS

OVER.

COVER.

CREWS JUST ABLE TO GET THAT

RIGHT SHOULDER UP.

BOOK, YOU SAID IT A SECOND AGO.

THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT IN CREWS.

HE'S REALLY GOT TO FIND A NEW

ZONE TO GO INTO BECAUSE HE RIGHT

NOW IS ON THE BACKFOOT.

>> HE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER GEAR.

I TALKED ABOUT THOSE GEARS.

CARMELO HAYES SEEM TO FOUND THAT

FIRST-- OH, MY GOD.

>> TRY A BLOCKBUSTER DDT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

IT WAS EFFECTIVE, BUT IT DIDN'T

KEEP HAYES DOWN.

>> I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT

NOW, THAT KICK OUT RIGHT THERE

GOT TO MAKE APOLLO CREWS FEEL,

"WHAT THE HELL DO I GOT TO DO

HERE?"

>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING

LIKE THAT?

>> GOOD NIGHT.

>> CREWS HAS TO-- THAT WAS

CLOSE.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

RIGHT NOW, APOLLO CREWS IS IN

ALICE IN WONDERLAND WONDERING

WHAT THE HELL DO I HAVE TO DO?

BOY, WHAT DO I GOT TO DO TO

FINISH THIS GUY?

>> HE'S PULLING OUT ALL THE

TRICKS.

YOU TALKED ABOUT GOING INTO THE

BAG EARLIER FOR APOLLO CREWS.

RIGHT NOW HE IS DOWN A FALL.

THERE IS NO TOMORROW FOR APOLLO

CREWS.

NOW, YOU'RE WON, YOU'RE DONE,

YOU ARE ELIMINATED, YOU ARE

GOING HOME.

THERE'S ANOTHER NASTY LANDING

FOR CREWS WHO SOMEHOW TRYING TO

PULL HIMSELF BACK UP.

>> YOU COULD MAKE A HUGE MISTAKE

KNOWING YOU'RE DOWN, AND YOU'RE

GOING TO TRY SOMETHING.

YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING,

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A MISTAKE,

NORMALLY, THAT'S WHEN THAT

HAPPENS AND APOLLO CREWS HE'S IN

THAT DANGER ZONE RIGHT NOW.

>> WELL THERE'S ONLY ONE SPOT.

LOOK AT TRICK WILLIAMS.

HE'S A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT

COULD HAPPEN.

BOTH- HAD THE SAME THOUGHT IN

MIND, CRASH AND BURN.

>> YOU STAY DOWN AND YOU'RE ALL

RIGHT.

>> WOW.

>> SO MUCH HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF

BOTH OF THESE SUPERSTARS IN THIS

MOMENT.

HAYES IS UP ONE FALL TO NONE IN

THIS BEST 2-OUT-OF-3 FALLS

MATCHUP.

TAKE ONE MORE LOOK, ONE MORE

TIME.

OH, SAME THOUGHT PROCESS.

THE REFEREE IS STARTING HIS

COUNT HERE.

>> I THOUGHT CARMELO TOOK THE

WORST OF THAT, BUT BOTH OF THOSE

GUYS, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH EVEN

ODDS.

>> REFEREE'S AT SEVEN.

HAYES TRYING TO GET THAT

COUNT-OUT WIN.

HE WOULD WIN IT.

HE WOULD SWEEP, AND CREWS JUST-

>> WHOA.

>> -BREAKING THE COUNT.

>> WHOA.

>> I MEAN JUST BROKE THE COUNT.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO

DO?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

>> CREWS SAYING DON'T TAKE THE

EASY STREET.

HE WANTS TO EARN THIS VICTORY.

HE WANTS TO FIGHT FOR IT.

OH, KNEE UNDER THE JAW.

HAYES ROCKED.

HAYES COMING BACK IN, ABLE TO

ROLL THROUGH, ANOTHER COUNTER BY

HAYES.

LOOKING FOR THAT CROSSFACE ONE

MORE TIME.

THAT'S HOW HE WON THE FIRST

FALL, NOT THIS TIME.

>> APOLLO NEEDS TO STAY COMPOSED

RIGHT NOW, DON'T LET HIS ANGER

GET TO HIM LIKE SOME OF THESE

FOOTBALL PLAYERS GETTING A FLAG

THROWN ON THEM LATE IN THE GAME.

YOU DON'T WANT THAT.

>> UH-OH.

BAM.

THAT'S WHAT CREWS WAS LOOKING

FOR.

THAT'S WHAT CREWS WANTED, BUT SO

MUCH HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF CREWS

AND COULDN'T CAPITALIZE, BOOK.

>> THAT CROSS-FACE STILL

LINGERING EFFECTS STILL LASTING

RIGHT NOW.

>> WHAT THE HELL?

>> THE OFFICIAL CHECKING ON

HAYES.

TRICK WILLIAMS.

WHAT THE--

I DON'T KNOW, VIC.

>> THE OFFICIAL HASN'T REALIZED

YET WHAT WILLIAMS HAS DONE.

>> THERE'S A CRAFTY PLAN BEING

HATCHED HERE, BUT I JUST DON'T

LIKE IT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN

HAVING A HELL OF A COMPETITION

HERE, VIC.

>> OH, CREWS, ABLE TO SHAKE THAT

OFF AND NOW LOOK AT APOLLO CREWS

UNLOADING, UNLEASHING, DOWN A

FALL.

OH.

>> OH.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I DON'T LIKE IT, VIC.

>> IT BACKFIRED, AND THE REFEREE

CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THINK ABOUT THE INJURED RIBS AS

NOW-- WHO THE-

>> WHAT THE-

>> DABBA-KATO

>> WHAT THE HELL IS

HE DOING HERE?

>> WILLIAMS IS SHOCKED.

WILLIAMS IS ISOLATED.

TURNING BACK AROUND.

HAYES FLYING THROUGH THE AIR.

THIS MATCHUP CONTINUING.

REFEREE AGAIN USING THAT

DISCRETION IN THIS MOMENT.

>> OH, CARMELO HAYES GOING UP IN

THE HIGH-RENT DISTRICT.

HERE WE GO.

>> NOTHING BUT NET TO THE

INJURED NECK OF CREWS.

INTO THE COVER, AND BOOK-

[BELL RINGS]

>> -HAYES SWEEPS THIS MATCH.

[CARMELO HAYES' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> HERE IS YOUR WINNER, CARMELO

HAYES.

>> TWO FALLS TO NONE-

>> WOW.

>> -FOR HAYES.

MELO WAS MONEY TONIGHT.

HE SAID HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE

MONEY MELO, AND HE CASHED IN

HERE IN CHARLOTTE.

WHAT A MATCH BETWEEN THESE TWO--

WHOA, WHOA.

THIS MATCHUP WAS NOT WITHOUT ITS

SHENANIGANS LEAD-

>> YOU THINK?

>> -BY TRICK WILLIAMS.

BOOK, THIS WAS LATER ON IN THE

MATCHUP.

REFEREE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,

WE WERE SITTING HERE SHOCKED,

WILLIAMS WAS SHOCKED, BUT THAT

WOULD OPEN THE DOOR, YOU SEE A

BIG HIGH FIVE.

CREWS TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE BALL

AND THAT LED TO BAM.

YOU SAW THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT, BUT

THEN YOU SAW HAYES TAKE

ADVANTAGE AND WIN THIS MATCHUP,

TWO FALLS TO NONE.

>> I'M CONFUSED, VIC.

I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

>> HAYES CALLED HIS SHOT ONE

MORE TIME, AND AS HE HAS STATED

IN THE PAST, WHEN MELO SHOOTS HE

DON'T MISS.

[CROWD APPLAUSE]

>> BOOK.

>> IT'S ABOUT COMING UP, VIC.

IT'S ABOUT COMING UP AROUND HERE

IN NXT.

OH, GOD.

>> OH.

WHY?

>> IT'S ABOUT DEAD PAPERWEIGHT.

IT'S ABOUT COMING UP AT ANY

MEANS NECESSARY, VIC.

>> Y'ALL, HELLO?

>> HI.

>> I'M GOING TO TAKE VALKYRIA UP

ON THE CHALLENGE.

>> GOOD FOR YOU, VALENTINA.

I THINK YOU CAN DO IT.

>> LIFE IS TOUGH, YOU KNOW?

YOU MIGHT NEED SOME HELP WITH

THAT.

>> SHE DOESN'T NEED HELP, BUT IF

SHE NEEDS SUPPORT, I'LL BE IN

HER CORNER.

>> THANK YOU.

VALKYRIA, ON TUESDAY, WELCOME TO

MY JUNGLE, BABY.

JUNGLE SLEEP.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

>> AND NEW NXT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS.

>> HELL, YES, GUYS.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE WE DID IT.

BELIEVE IT.

CONGRATULATIONS, DAUGHTER.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMP.

>> ACTUALLY, IT WAS BROOK'S

IDEA.

>> GUYS, I LOVE THIS RIGHT HERE.

I LOVE IT.

>> I GOT AN IDEA.

LET'S GO DRINK, Y'ALL.

>> THERE YOU SEE THE CHAMPION,

BRON BREAKKER, PUTTING IN THOSE

FINAL MOMENTS OF MENTAL

PREPARATION BEFORE HIS NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP IN THAT

STEEL CAGE MAIN EVENT HERE AT

VENGEANCE DAY.

>> I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A WWE

SUPERSTAR.

IN MY HEART, THIS WAS WHERE I

WANTED TO BE AND WHAT I WANTED

TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE.

I WAS LEGITIMATELY ON THE VERGE

OF GETTING A SHOT AT THE WWE

CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN 11 YEARS.

>> KOFIMANIA IS RUNNING WILD.

>> I'M DOWN WITH KOFIMANIA.

LET'S FEEL THIS.

>> HIS STRUGGLE WAS, BEING

PASSED OVER.

THAT'S A VERY REAL THING.

>> EVERYTHING THAT I DID HAS

LEAD UP TO THIS POINT.

[CROWD CHANTS '"KOFI"]

>> KOFI DID IT.

KOFI IS CHAMPION.

>> THIS MEANT A LOT TO BE ABLE

TO REPRESENT BLACK KIDS, LET

THEM KNOW THAT IT'S NOT

IMPOSSIBLE TO BREAK THROUGH.

>> THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE.

>> NOT ONLY IS KOFI KINGSTON THE

LONGEST-REIGNING AFRICAN

AMERICAN WWE CHAMPION, BUT WHEN

HE AND WOODS WON THE NXT TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS, HE BECAME

THE MOST DECORATED TAG TEAM

CHAMPION OF ALL TIME WITH 15

REIGNS.

KOFI KINGSTON CONTINUES TO BREAK

DOWN BARRIERS.

OF COURSE, BOOK, LATER ON

TONIGHT, THE NXT TAG TEAM TITLES

WILL BE DEFENDED IN A FOUR-WAY

MATCHUP, BUT HERE IN CHARLOTTE,

NORTH CAROLINA, IT'S A

HOMECOMING FOR A SUPERSTAR IN

ONE OF THOSE TEAMS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT ANDRE CHASE.

>> MR. CHASE, IT'S FREEZING.

WHAT ARE WE DOING OUT HERE?

>> DUKE AND THEA, I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT HERE.

SPECTRUM CENTER, CHARLOTTE,

NORTH CAROLINA, A PLACE WHERE I

GREW UP WATCHING SO MANY GREAT

MOMENTS.

TOMORROW NIGHT, WE GET THE

OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR MOMENT

BECAUSE JUST LIKE NORTH CAROLINA

LEGEND MICHAEL JORDAN SAID,

"HEART IS WHAT SEPARATES THE

GOOD FROM THE GREAT."

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE LOOKING

AT US LIKE WE'RE THE UNDERDOGS,

BUT NOT IN CHARLOTTE.

NOT IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH

CAROLINA, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE

HAVE HEART, ANDRE CHASE

UNIVERSITY HAS THE HOME FIELD

ADVANTAGE.

LET'S GO OUT THERE AND GIVE

THOSE OTHER THREE TEAMS AN ANDRE

CHASE UNIVERSITY SIZED ASS

WHOOPING.

COME ON, DUKE, COME ON, DUKE.

[CHASE U'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> HOMECOMING FOR ANDRE CHASE.

ALL THE FIELDS FOR CHASE HERE

TONIGHT, AS HE AND DUKE HUDSON

LOOK TO PUT GOLD AROUND THEIR

WAIST.

>> I'M THINKING ABOUT PUTTING

SOME MONEY TOWARDS CHASE U,

SCHOLARSHIPS HERE, SCHOLARSHIP

THERE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> I THINK THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO

YOU WANTED NOTHING TO DO--

>> I'M LIKING THE DIRECTION

OF DUKE HUDSON.

>> OF COURSE.

>> DUKE HUDSON THE PARTY.

ONE OTHER THING, I LIKE THIS.

>> THE CHASE U SECTION LIVING IT

UP HERE TONIGHT.

LOOK, FOR ANDRE CHASE, I HAD A

CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM EARLIER

TONIGHT.

HE SAID COMING BACK HERE HE HAS

SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE

SPECTRUM CENTRE, WHETHER IT'S

COMING TO RAW, COMING TO

SMACKDOWN, COMING TO PREMIUM

LIVE EVENTS.

HIS FAMILY IS HERE, HIS BROTHER

SPECIFICALLY WHO IS HIS FIRST

TAG TEAM PARTNER IS IN

ATTENDANCE.

HE IS LOOKING TO DO IT FOR HIS

FAMILY HERE TONIGHT.

>> GOOD THING AND BAD THING.

I DON'T LIKE THAT, VIC, I'M

SERIOUS.

>> NOW YOU DON'T LIKE IT?

>> BEING AT HOME, IT'S NOT GOOD

BEING AT HOME.

TRUST ME.

>> YOU LOVE BEING AT HOME.

>> NO, NOT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE

RING.

[PRETTY DEADLY'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> THERE IS NO

DISQUALIFICATION, THERE IS NO

COUNT OUT, PINFALL, SUBMISSION

HAS TO TAKE PLACE INSIDE THE

RING.

HERE'S A PAIR OF SUPERSTARS WHO

HAVE WORN THE GOLD BEFORE,

TRYING TO DO IT AGAIN.

LOOK, BOOK, ALL THEY NEEDED TO

DO, THAT BEING PRETTY DEADLY,

WAS FOLLOW AND COMPLETE A SIMPLE

LIST THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THEM

BY THE NEW DAY.

THEY WOULD HAVE FACED NEW DAY

STRAIGHT UP.

IT'S THEIR FAULT THAT THEY FOUND

THEMSELVES IN THIS FOUR-WAY

MATCHUP.

>> PRETTY DEADLY, A DEBONAIR

DUO.

THESE GUYS SHOULD NOT BE HERE,

THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN THIS MATCH,

THEY SHOULD JUST BE THE TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW

THAT, I KNOW THAT.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT, THEY'RE

NOT THE TAG TEAM, THE NEW DAY IS

THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS.

THAT'S WHO THE TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS ARE.

>> TWO GUYS THAT PASS THAT

AIRPORT TEST EVERY TIME.

WHO ARE THEY?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY LOOK

GOOD.

[GALLUS BOYS' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> THIS MATCHUP COULD BE JUST

UP THE ALLEY OF GALLUS, THE MORE

CHAOS, THE BETTER FOR THESE TWO.

WE'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND SINCE

THEY RETURNED FROM THEIR LENGTHY

SUSPENSION EARLIER THIS YEAR.

>> COFFEY, WOLFGANG LIKE TWO

PITBULLS THEY HUNGRY, DAWG.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

THEY READY TO EAT.

GALLUS BOYS READY TO GO, I LIKE

THE ATTITUDE.

[NEW DAY'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> YES, HERE WE GO.

THE PARTY JUST GETTING STARTED

NOW, BOOK.

GET UP, GET ON YOUR FEET.

>> MAN, DON'T TOUCH ME, DON'T DO

THAT.

>> LISTEN TO THE NXT UNIVERSE.

KOFI'S GOT HIPS LIKE SHAKIRA,

THEY DON'T LIE.

YOU SEE HIM?

>> I WASN'T LOOKING AT HIS HIPS.

>> HE WAS JUST GROOVING AND

GROOVING.

>> OKAY.

YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK AT KOFI'S

HIPS IF YOU LIKE.

>> THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN

LOOKING AT.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT NEW DAY,

THE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS WHO

HAVE BEEN REPRESENTING THIS

BRAND ALL OVER THE WORLD, TAKING

THE GOLD TO AUSTRALIA, TAKING IT

TO NASCAR, TAKING IT TO LOS

ANGELES, TAKING IT TO CHARLOTTE,

TAKING IT TO TUESDAY NIGHT,

TAKING IT TO FRIDAY NIGHT.

>> THERE'S A FREAKING GUY IN THE

FRONT ROW THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE

XAVIER WOODS, MAYBE THEY SHOULD

SWITCH PLACES.

>> YOU ARE THE DEFINITION OF A

HATER ACCORDING TO KOFI

KINGSTON.

[BELL RINGS]

>> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS A

FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH MATCH FOR

THE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP.

INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGERS.

FIRST, ACCOMPANIED BY THEA HAIL,

REPRESENTING CHASE UNIVERSITY,

DUKE HUDSON AND ANDRE CHASE.

NEXT, KIT WILSON AND ELTON

PRINCE, PRETTY DEADLY.

THE TEAM OF MARK COFFEY AND

WOLFGANG, GALLUS.

>> GALLUS BOYS ON TOP.

>> GET YOUR EYES OFF ME.

YOU'LL NOT RECORD.

>> THEIR OPPONENTS, THEY ARE THE

NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, XAVIER

WOODS AND KOFI KINGSTON, THE NEW

DAY.

[CROWD CHANTS "THE NEW DAY

ROCKS"]

>> ALL ABOUT THE NXT TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIPS.

OF COURSE, BOOK, WE SAW EARLIER

TONIGHT THE NXT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM

TITLES CHANGE.

THE LONGEST REIGN IN THE ERA, IN

THE HISTORY OF THOSE TITLES.

[BELL RINGS]

>> WE'RE KICKING THINGS OFF, IT

APPEARS TO BE KOFI KINGSTON AND

PRINCE.

>> HERE WE GO, BABY.

LET'S DO THIS.

>> THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE

MATCHUP, AND AGAIN, STILL

TRENDING NUMBER ONE, VENGEANCE

DAY BECAUSE OF THE ACTION WE'VE

HAD HERE IN NXT.

THE UNIVERSE THAT HAS ARRIVED,

THAT HAS COME WITH US HERE IN

CHARLOTTE.

>> I LOVE THESE OUTFITS THAT

PRETTY DEADLY IS SPORTING HERE

TONIGHT.

LIKE I SAID, VERY DEBONAIR DUO

THOSE TWO.

>> RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T MATTER

ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE WEARING

BECAUSE THEY ARE FINDING

THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG END OF

NEW DAY.

TAG WAS MADE, IN COMES WOODS.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT A TEAM THAT'S

ARROGANT.

>> THE NEW DAY IS NOT ARROGANT.

>> YOU GOT TO AGREE WITH ME.

>> THEY ARE NOT ARROGANT.

>> THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST FACE

ONE TEAM, NOT TWO, THEY WANT TO

FACE THREE TEAMS TO PROVE THAT

THEY'RE THE BEST.

HOW MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS YOU SAID

KOFI HAD?

HOW MANY?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING,

HOW ARROGANT IS THAT?

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN ARROGANT,

BOOK?

WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S QUITE THE TEAMWORK.

>> YES, BOY.

>> THERE IS KOFI.

HE'S SEEN IT ALL, BUT NOW THEA

HAIL GETTING IN THE ACTION.

>> GO AWAY.

>> THEN COMES WOODS.

XAVIER WOODS NOW, AND I WANT TO

GET BACK TO YOUR POINT.

YOU TALK ABOUT THEY WON ALL

THESE-- WHAT'S WRONG WITH--

>> ARROGANT.

>> THEY WANT TO PROVE THAT

THEY'RE THE BEST, AND WHAT'S

WRONG WITH GIVING THE

OPPORTUNITY TO THOSE HERE IN

NXT?

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT, THAT'S

WHAT YOU SAID, IT'S ALL ABOUT

THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> COME ON, GALLUS,

ANDRE CHASE, DUKE HUDSON AND

PRETTY DEADLY.

THESE THREE, THEY'RE GREAT TAG

TEAMS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A

LOT OF CONFUSION OUT THERE.

WHO'S GOING TO CAPITALIZE ON ALL

OF THAT CONFUSION?

IT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW DAY.

THAT'S THE MASTER PLAN OUT OF

THIS WHOLE THING, VIC.

YOU MAY NOT SEE IT, BUT I KNOW

EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> WHO CARES WHAT THE MASTER

PLAN IS, THEY'RE GIVEN THE

OPPORTUNITY, THEY HAD THE NEW

DAY INVITATIONAL, THAT'S HOW

ANDRE CHASE AND CHASE UNIVERSITY

ENTERED THIS MATCHUP.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, VIC, THAT'S

THE ONLY PART OF THAT WHOLE

LITTLE THING THAT I LIKE.

>> TAG.

>> ALL THESE GUYS ALL GETTING

THE OPPORTUNITY, GETTING A

CHANCE AT GREATNESS.

HOPEFULLY ONE OF THEM CAN PULL

IT OUT.

>> KIT WILSON, OH, GOING TO BE

SINGING AN OCTAVE HIGHER AFTER

THAT.

>> THIS IS A TEACHABLE MOMENT.

>> CERTAINLY WASN'T-- ANOTHER

TAG WAS MADE AND THIS IS THAT

CHAOS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT

EARLIER, BOOK, TO ME.

EVERYTHING, EXPECT THE

UNEXPECTED IN THIS SORT OF

MATCHUP.

NOW YOU SEE MARK COFFEY ENTERING

THE FRAY.

LOOK, FOR GALLUS, THEY SHOW NO

REMORSE.

THEY LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN A

GOOD SCRAP.

>> OH, BABY.

>> THE MORE TEAMS THE MERRIER,

WHEN IT COMES TO THE GALLUS

BOYS.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I

LIKE THIS BRUISER RIGHT HERE

WOLFGANG.

NO PLAN, NO JIVING.

CHECK THIS OUT.

NO WASTED MOVEMENT-

>> TAG.

>> -JUST BUSINESS.

I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT,

AND WHEN I SAY EVERYTHING, I

MEAN EVERYTHING.

OH, YES.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT GALLUS, NOW

YOU SEE MARK COFFEY.

IMAGINE THIS, MARK COFFEY IS THE

LEVEL-HEADED ONE OF GALLUS.

ANOTHER TAG WAS MADE AND IN

COMES XAVIER WOODS.

WOODS WANTS HIM SOME OF ONE OF

THE GALLUS BOYS AND NICE.

JUST UNLOADING IS WOODS.

ANOTHER TAG WAS MADE, IN COMES

WOLFGANG.

>> OH, BABY.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT GALLUS IS

DOING.

GALLUS IS KEEPING ANYONE WHO'S

IN THE RING WITH HIM OVER IN

THEIR CORNER MAKING QUICK TAGS.

>> THAT'S GREAT TAG TEAMWORK.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT HOW BOTH OF

THESE GUYS GO OUT AND DELIVER

EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE

ROCK-SOLID.

>> I WAS PROVED WRONG AS A TAG

WHO'S MADE AND IN COMES PRINCE,

ANOTHER TAG IS GOING TO BE MADE.

OF COURSE, PRETTY DEADLY,

HISTORY WITH THE NEW DAY, BUT

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT EVERYONE IN

THIS MATCHUP.

CHASE U RESPECTS THE NEW DAY.

GALLUS REALLY CAN CARE LESS

ABOUT THE NEW DAY AS RIGHT NOW

IT IS WILSON IN CONTROL OF

PRETTY DEADLY, WHO WANT TO ONCE

AGAIN CALL THEMSELVES CHAMPIONS.

>> DEFINITELY GOT TO GIVE CHASE

U SOME LOVE BECAUSE THEY FOUGHT

THEIR WAY INTO THIS MATCHUP

RIGHT HERE BEATING ENOFE AND

BLADE AS WELL AS THE SCHISM.

THAT WAS A BIG, BIG DEAL FOR

THOSE GUYS.

>> OFF A SUPLEX WITH A FLOAT

OVER, COVER, OH, AND A NEAR

FALL.

CLOSING ON THOSE TAG TITLES WAS

PRETTY DEADLY.

PRINCE, WILSON HAVE STATED KOFI

AND WOODS RUINED THEIR LIFE.

>> THEY DID.

VIC, THEY SHOULD DESPISE

EVERYTHING ABOUT THE NEW DAY.

THOSE GUYS WERE HAVING ONE OF

THE GREATEST TAG TEAM RUNS IN

THE HISTORY OF NOT JUST NXT, IN

THE HISTORY OF THIS BUSINESS.

>> THEY COULD GET ANOTHER ONE

HERE, ANOTHER COVER AND ANOTHER

KICK OUT BY XAVIER WOODS.

>> YOU RUINED MY LIFE.

>> ALMOST ON CUE, AND AGAIN,

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN HIDING THEIR

EMOTIONS, THAT BEING WILSON AND

PRINCE.

I'LL ASK YOU THIS MUCH.

YOU TAKE THE FOUR TEAMS,

UNLIKELY TO SEE ANY ALLIANCES,

BOOK, AS WE SEE A SHORT-TERM

ALLIANCE BETWEEN PRETTY DEADLY

AND GALLUS.

>> I DOUBT IT.

THOSE TWO TEAMS ARE ON TWO

DIFFERENT ISLANDS, TWO DIFFERENT

PLANETS, VIC.

>> WOODS TRYING TO FEED OFF THE

NXT UNIVERSE HERE IN CHARLOTTE,

DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET BACK

OVER TO MAKE A TAG, AND SO MANY

BODIES IN THIS MATCHUP.

OH, DOUBLE NOGGIN' KNOCKER AND

RIGHT BACK IN ON THE ELBOW.

>> THIS KID JOSTLING RIGHT NOW

IS JUST BLOWING THE BOOM ON

THIS-

>> THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

>> -KID, XAVIER WOODS.

NOT THIS KID, XAVIER WOODS.

THIS GROWN MAN, XAVIER WOODS.

>> THAT'S THE MOST RESPECTFUL

THING YOU'VE SAID ABOUT WOODS.

>> I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, BUT

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.

KIT WILSON AND ELTON PRINCE WAS

JUST HERE FOR SOME FRIENDLY

COMPETITIONS, SOME FRIENDLY

BOUTS.

THEY DIDN'T EXPECT THE

CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE STOLEN,

HIJACKED.

THEY DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.

>> IT WASN'T STOLEN, IT WASN'T

HIJACKED.

THEY LOST A MATCH.

THEY LOST THAT MATCH TO THE

NEW DAY, WHO HAVE SINCE TAKEN

THE NXT TAG TEAM TITLES AROUND

THE WORLD AND HAVE GIVEN THESE

THREE TEAMS THE OPPORTUNITY AT

THE GOLD ON THIS STAGE.

VENGEANCE DAY HERE IN CHARLOTTE,

AND A CHEAP SHOT, BUT QUITE

SMART BY PRINCE.

>> ELTON PRINCE.

THIS KID IS A JEWEL.

HE'S A JEWEL.

HE'S A DIAMOND.

>> THAT DIAMOND JUST GOT ROUGHED

UP, AND NOW WOODS HAS A LITTLE

BIT OF AN OPENING.

HE'S GOT TO MAKE A TAG.

KOFI IS READY, KOFI IS WILLING.

>> DON'T LET KOFI GET IN BECAUSE

HE DEFINITELY KNOWS EVERY TRICK

IN THE BOOK.

>> THE FORMER WWE CHAMPION

COMING RIGHT IN AND JUST

DROPPING EVERYBODY, EVEN GIVING

SOME TO GALLUS.

>> HERE HE GOES.

TAKE NOTHING AWAY FROM KOFI

KINGSTON.

HE IS TRULY ONE OF THE BEST THIS

BUSINESS HAS EVER SEEN.

HIGH FLYING, GROUND GAME AND

EVERYTHING, HE'S GOT IT ALL.

>> KINGSTON NOW TRYING TO TAKE

OUT EVERYBODY.

>> OH, HE'S ABOUT TO BOOM DROP.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.

[CROWD YELLS "NEW DAY"]

>> BAM.

IT SEEMS YOU KNOW EVERYTHING

HE'S ABOUT TO DO, YOU MUST BE A

BIG FAN OF THE NEW DAY.

I SEE YOU PROBABLY WEARING THE

NEW DAY SHIRT UNDERNEATH THAT

SUIT, BOOK.

SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS.

>> I HATE THEM.

>> NEW DAY WHO'S IN THE

CONVERSATION AS ONE OF THE

GREATEST TAG TEAMS EVER IN THE

WWE, IN RAW, SMACKDOWN OR NXT.

SOS

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING

ABOUT.

>> NOT ENOUGH TO RETAIN.

WOOHOO.

>> KOFI KINGSTON ONE OF

ENTERTAINING SUPERSTARS I'VE

EVER SEEN, BUT TONIGHT HE'S IN

TROUBLE.

THESE YOUNG GUYS, ALL OF THEM

WANT IT ALL.

HERE COMES BIG DUKE HUDSON.

>> EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET INTO

THIS MATCHUP.

WE TALKED ABOUT CHAOS.

THAT'S WHERE GALLUS THRIVES, AS

MARK COFFEY STANDING.

OOH, NOT FOR LONG.

TAKE A LOOK NOW AT WHO'S UP.

>> THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING

ABOUT, THE CHAOS, THE MADNESS,

IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SOONER OR

LATER.

>> WHO'S UP?

WHO'S DOWN?

IT'S KOFI.

>> I THOUGHT THE NEW DAY WOULD

CAPITALIZE HERE.

>> IS THIS IT?

TITLES ON THE LINE.

>> OH, NO.

SO CLOSE.

>> KINGSTON JUST ABLE TO KICK

OUT.

>> OKAY, LOOK.

>> PRETTY DEADLY RIGHT NOW, TO

THEIR CREDIT, STAYING COMPOSED

IN THIS SITUATION.

>> THEY NEED TO MOVE.

>> EVERYBODY'S DOWN, BOOK.

THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES UP.

>> YES, BUT THE TIME IS A

WASTING.

THAT SAND IN THE HOURGLASS IS

RUNNING OUT QUICK.

>> KINGSTON UP, KINGSTON OVER.

RIGHT NOW, PRETTY DEADLY'S

OPPORTUNITY AS YOU POINTED OUT-

>> OH, WOW.

>> -BOOK, COULD BE GONE.

>> THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING

ABOUT, YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR MOVE

IN A MATCHUP LIKE THIS.

RIGHT NOW.

XAVIER AND KOFI, LOOK AT THAT

TAG TEAM TANDEM.

LOOK AT THAT TAG TEAM WORK

BETWEEN THESE TWO.

CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM THEM.

THEY'RE GOOD.

THEY'RE REAL GOOD.

>> THIS IS HOW KOFI AND WOODS-

>> OH, NO.

>> -HAVE WON SO MANY MATCHES.

DO IT AGAIN?

EVERYBODY GETTING INVOLVED TO

BREAK IT UP.

>> THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT THE TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT'S ABOUT THAT GOLD, BABY.

>> IT'S ABOUT VENGEANCE DAY,

IT'S ABOUT CHARLOTTE, NORTH

CAROLINA.

IT'S ABOUT SETTING THE BAR ONCE

AGAIN.

>> SO CLOSE, VIC.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE HEIGHT OF

KOFI, AND THEN BOOM, STICKING

THAT LANDING.

YOU GOT TO ADMIT, IF THESE OTHER

TEAMS DIDN'T GET INVOLVED, NEW

DAY COULD HAVE BEEN RETAINING

THEIR NXT TAG TEAM TITLES.

>> THESE TWO GUYS, MAN, KNOW HOW

IMPORTANT A MATCHUP LIKE THIS

IS.

TO CASH-IN TO BECOME TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS IN A MATCHUP LIKE THIS

TO SAY, "I BEAT THEM ALL.

WE BEAT EVERYBODY.

WE'RE ON ANOTHER LEVEL.

OH, YES, I GET IT."

>> NEW DAY HAS GIVEN THIS

OPPORTUNITY TO THESE THREE

TEAMS, HELD THAT NEW DAY

INVITATIONAL AND NOW THINGS ARE

BREAKING DOWN.

REFEREE'S GOT TO GET SOME SORT

OF CONTROL.

>> IT'S GETTING TOO CLOSE, VIC.

IT'S GETTING TOO CLOSE.

>> OOH.

SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US.

REFEREE RIGHT NOW.

THIS HAS TURNED INTO AN ALL-OUT

HOCKEY FIGHT.

>> OH, KOFI KINGSTON'S UP TOP.

>> I DON'T LIKE IT.

>> I LIKE IT.

>> I DON'T LIKE IT.

[CROWD BOOS]

>> BOOK, ANDRE CHASE THE ONLY

ONE.

OH, NO.

>> KIT WILSON HAS SOMETHING TO

SAY ABOUT THAT, VIC.

>> LOOK AT THE FIELD NOW, AND

WHAT'S ON THE MIND OF WILSON?

YOU TALK ABOUT WANTING THOSE NXT

TAG TEAM TITLES.

WILLING TO RISK IT ALL.

>> I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF

THIS, BUT I LIKE IT.

HE'S NOT GOING TO- NO.

>> COME ON, DUKE.

[CROWD CHANTS "HOLY --"]

>> OH, HOW SICK WAS THAT?

>> BOOK, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT

THIS HUMAN DEMOLITION DERBY.

>> HOW SICK WAS THAT, VIC.

>> HERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

AS BACK TO LIVE ACTION.

SOMEHOW ANDRE CHASE IS ON HIS

FEET.

CHASE TRYING TO SWING AWAY.

>> THAT'S ADRENALINE RIGHT

THERE, VIC.

THAT'S ADRENALINE.

THROWING THIS MAN'S BODY.

OH, MY GOD.

>> AGAIN, THERE'S NO COUNT OUTS,

THERE'S NO DISQUALIFICATIONS.

OH, WHOA, BOOK.

>> I KNEW IT WAS COMING.

OH, HERE WE GO.

OH, NO.

>> THANKFULLY FOR DUKE HUDSON.

>> COME ON.

>> HUDSON, OH, IN HERE AND CHASE

U NOW TAKING THINGS OVER.

>> DUKE HUDSON IS CLEANING HOUSE

RIGHT NOW, VIC.

NOW HE'S REARRANGING THE

FURNITURE.

>> YOU SAY THAT AGAIN.

OH.

PRETTY DEADLY NOW.

WE SAID THAT, BOOK, THIS IS

GOING TO BE PURE CHAOS.

IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT HAS TURNED

INTO.

>> OH, HELL.

OH, NO.

>> NO.

>> HUDSON TRYING TO HOLD.

>> THIS IS A BIG GUY.

>> PRETTY DEADLY TRYING TO TAKE

OUT DUKE HUDSON.

>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT,

VIC.

>> HUDSON.

OH, NO.

PRETTY DEADLY.

>> OH, WOW.

WOW.

DUKE HUDSON TOOK A SHOT RIGHT

THERE, VIC.

TOOK A BIG SHOT.

THANK YOU.

>> WHAT ARE YOU THANKING FOR?

>> THEY DON'T WANT NO PARTS OF

THIS.

>> THEY DIDN'T BRING ANY

CHAMPAGNE.

THEY DIDN'T BRING YOU ANY

CAVIAR.

>> THEY DON'T WANT ANY PARTS OF

THIS.

THEY DON'T WANT ANY PARTS OF

THIS, VIC.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> BACK INTO THE RING AGAIN.

IT'S THE ONLY PLACE THE TITLES

CAN CHANGE HANDS.

PINFALL, SUBMISSION, AND DUKE

HUDSON NOW.

OH, STEAMROLLING PRETTY DEADLY.

IS THIS THE NIGHT FOR CHASE U?

THE ONLY TEAM IN THIS MATCHUP TO

NEVER HOLD GOLD IN NXT OR IN THE

WWE.

BIG OVERHEAD BELLY-TO-BELLY

TOSS.

HUDSON NOW TAKING OUT ANYTHING

THAT'S MOVING.

NOW YOU CAN EVEN TAKE A LOOK AT

MARK COFFEEY.

COFFEEY GETS DROPPED.

>> DUKE HUDDSON IS COMING OFF

ONE OF THE BIGGEST WINS OF THE

YEAR RIGHT NOW-

>> CAN YOU

IMAGINE, BOOK, IMAGINE THE

ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

>> -IN THAT TRIPLE THREAT.

TALK TO ME.

>> IMAGINE THE ENROLLMENT

NUMBERS->> YES.

>> -IF CHASE U WINS THE NXT TAG

TEAM TITLES.

>> OH, THAT'S A BIG KIP-UP BY

THE BIG MAN.

OH, YOU GOT TO LOVE IT.

>> UH-OH, BOOK.

HUDSON WARMING UP THE MARCHING

BAND.

WOLFGANG HELPING OUT COFFEY.

AGAIN, RIGHT OUT HERE.

WHAT THE?

BOOK, WATCH OUT.

>> I'M TRYING TO MOVE, I'M

TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY,

VIC.

>> BOOK, YOU'RE IN FIGHTING

SHAPE, YOU WERE JUST NOT IN THE

ROYAL RUMBLE.

>> A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT HERE

RIGHT NOW.

OH, NO.

>> OH, NO, NO, NO.

>> OH, NO.

OH, MY GOD.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> OH, MY GOD, VIC.

GALLUS BOYS ARE BACK.

[CROWD CHANTS "NXT"]

>> DUKE HUDSON LOVES CHASE

UNIVERSITY, SAYS HE BLEEDS RED

AND BLACK, AND I THINK HE JUST

PROVED IT YET AGAIN, BUT NOW DO

THE MATH, BOOK, TWO ON ONE.

LOOK AROUND US, WHO'S STANDING?

IT'S ONLY THE GALLUS BOYS, BUT

WHO'S FIGHTING?

IT'S ANDRE CHASE IN HIS

HOMETOWN.

>> TWO-ON-ONE, VIC.

>> EVERYONE IN CHARLOTTE BEHIND

ANDRE CHASE.

CHASE RIGHT NOW TRYING TO MAKE

THIS HOMECOMING.

>> COFFEY JUST TOOK A BIG SHOT.

OH.

>> TRYING TO MAKE HIS DREAM COME

TRUE.

>> OH, ANDRE CHASE, HE'S

CAPABLE, VERY CAPABLE.

WE KNOW THAT.

>> OH, THAT BRAD ARMSTRONG TYPE

LEG SWEEP.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> GIVE ME A C.

[CROWD YELLS "C"]

>> H.

[CROWD YELLS "H"]

>> A.

[CROWD YELLS "A"]

>> S.

[CROWD YELLS "S"]

>> E.

[CROWD YELLS "E"]

>> U.

[CROWD YELLS "U"]

>> WHAT'S THAT SPELL?

[CROWD YELLS "CHASE U"]

>> OH, THE PEOPLE ARE IN THIS,

VIC.

HERE WE GO.

>> THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.

ANDRE CHASE CAME TO THIS

BUILDING MANY TIMES BEFORE.

CAN HE CALL HIMSELF A CHAMPION?

HIGH CROSSBODY.

COVER.

>> WOW.

SO CLOSE, VIC.

>> SO CLOSE, BUT LOOK, CHASE NOT

WASTING ANY TIME, AND NOW,

UH-OH.

>> OH, CHARLOTTE, NORTH

CAROLINA'S FAVORITE SON, "THE

NATURE BOY" RIC FLAIR.

OH, MY GOD.

YOU GOT TO LOVE IT.

>> WILL HE TAP?

THE FIGURE FOUR IS LOCKED IN.

THERE'S NO ONE AROUND.

MARK COFFEY REACHING,

DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND THAT

BOTTOM ROPE.

>> OH, WOLFGANG.

>> WHERE THE HELL DID WOLFGANG?

>> WOLFGANG JUST LOWERED THE

BOOM.

>> SWANTON BOMB CONNECTS, AND

NOW HOISTING UP ANDRE CHASE.

BAM.

>> DOUBLE TAP RIGHT THERE ON

ANDRE CHASE.

>> CHASE KICKS OUT.

>> WOW.

>> THAT'S HOW WE'VE SEEN GALLUS

HAVE A RECORD TAG TEAM TITLE

REIGN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

WE'VE SEEN GALLUS WIN TIME AND

TIME AGAIN IN NXT, BUT THEY

COULDN'T KEEP ANDRE CHASE DOWN

TONIGHT AND LOOKING FOR IT MAYBE

ONE MORE TIME, INSTEAD KOFI.

KOFI KINGSTON, NEW DAY TRYING TO

KEEP THEIR GOLD AROUND THEIR

WAIST.

>> THE MOST EXPERIENCED TEAM OUT

THERE STILL IN THIS THING, STILL

FIGHTING BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT

THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> SHOWING YOU JUST HOW MUCH

THOSE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> OH.

>> OH.

PRETTY DEADLY.

OH, IT'S REAL DEADLY RIGHT NOW.

>> SPILT MILK.

>> GOOD NIGHT, KOFI KINGSTON.

GET THIS MAN A PILLOW.

>> YES, PRETTY DEADLY VERY HAPPY

WITH THEMSELVES IN THIS MOMENT,

BUT STILL SO MUCH MORE GOING ON.

WOODS GETTING CAUGHT ABLE TO

STAND AND REVERSE RIGHT BACK IN.

BIG FOREARM.

THIS COULD BE IT FOR WOODS.

NEW DAY, CAN THEY OVERCOME THE

ODDS TONIGHT?

>> XAVIER'S GOING UP TOP.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> HE'S GOING TO TRY TO PULL IT

OFF ALL BY HIMSELF.

>> WALKING.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

OH, BABY.

>> OH.

HE GOT CAUGHT.

>> OH, BABY.

>> BAM

>> DOUBLE UP, ONE TIME.

HERE WE GO.

YES.

[BELL RINGS]

[GALLUS BOYS' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> YES, VIC.

>> HERE ARE YOUR WINNERS AND NEW

NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, GALLUS.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU THIS

HAPPY.

>> OH.

NO, VIC.

>> WHY?

WHY?

BECAUSE NEW DAY LOST?

>> NO, THIS IS YOUNG BLOOD.

THIS IS THE NEXT RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS THE NEXT LEVEL OF

SUPERSTARS HERE IN NXT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COFFEY,

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOLFGANG,

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GALLUS.

OH, MY GOD, MAN.

>> WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK

AT SOME OF THE ACTION.

AT THIS MOMENT IN THE MATCHUP,

CHASE U WAS ISOLATED.

DUKE HUDSON WAS WIPED OUT, ANDRE

CHASE WAS BY HIMSELF.

HE HAD A VALIANT EFFORT.

WOLFGANG, THOUGH, ABLE TO CHANGE

THE GAME IN THAT MOMENT.

KOFI KINGSTON, THOUGH,

SHOWCASING WHY HE AND WOODS HAVE

BEEN THE FACE OF THIS DIVISION

FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS

PUTTING THIS TAG TEAM DIVISION

ON THEIR BACK, BUT A LITTLE

SPILT MILK ON THE OUTSIDE WOULD

WIPE AWAY NEW DAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP

DREAMS.

WOODS GAVE IT HIS BEST EFFORT,

BUT RIGHT HERE IN THE END, BAM,

ANOTHER ONE, TWO COMBO BY

WOLFGANG AND MARK COFFEY.

>> OH, YES.

>> HERE TONIGHT, THE SECOND SET

OF TAG TEAM TITLES CHANGE HANDS,

AND IT IS CERTAINLY A NEW DAY

AND A NEW KINGDOM HAS RISEN.

WOLFGANG, MARK COFFEY, GALLUS

BOYS ON TOP.

[GALLUS BOYS' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> WELL, THERE YOU SEE THE

CHALLENGER FOR THE NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAYSON WALLER.

WILL HE INDEED HAVE HIS VIRAL

MOMENT TONIGHT IN THE MAIN EVENT

OF VENGEANCE DAY?

WE WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL

THANK YOU TO BEARTOOTH FOR

RIPTIDE, AN OFFICIAL THEME OF

NXT VENGEANCE DAY.

IT'S AVAILABLE NOW ON APPLE

MUSIC AND SPOTIFY.

>> WE TALK ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TRIPLE THREAT RULES NEXT, BOOK.

ROXANNE PEREZ HAS TO OVERCOME A

TOXIC CHALLENGE.

SHE DOESN'T NEED TO BE FACTORED

IN THE DECISION TO LOSE HER

TITLE.

ARE THE ODDS TO GREAT FOR PEREZ

AS SHE DEFENDS HER TITLE TONIGHT

HERE AT VENGEANCE DAY?

[MUSIC]

>> I'VE LITERALLY BEEN WORKING

TOWARDS THIS MY ENTIRE LIFE.

SINCE I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, I PUT

MY BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS INTO

THIS BUSINESS JUST SO I COULD

END UP HERE.

THIS IS ALL I'VE EVER DREAMED OF

AND NOW IT'S REAL.

>> PEREZ HAS MADE HISTORY

TONIGHT.

ROXANNE IS THE IRON WOMAN IN

NXT.

>> SHE IS A LIGHTING ROD,

ELECTRIFYING.

>> HELL, YES, KID.

>> WELCOME HOME, ROXANNE.

>> ROXANNE PEREZ IS THE FUTURE

NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION.

>> HISTORY WAS JUST MADE.

>> DESTINY BELONGS TO THE

UNDERDOG AND PEREZ FULFILLS HERS

BY BECOMING THE NEW NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPION.

[CROWD CHANTS "ROXY"]

>> THERE WILL BE A 20-WOMAN

BATTLE ROYAL AND THE WINNER WILL

BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO FACE ME

FOR THE NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

AT VENGEANCE DAY.

>> OH.

>> WHAT THE?

>> IT'S EVERY WOMAN FOR

THEMSELVES.

TOXIC ATTRACTION SAME IDEA.

[BELL RINGS]

>> BOTH HIT AT THE SAME TIME.

>> YOUR WINNERS, JACY JAYNE AND

GIGI DOLIN.

>> ALL EYES ARE ON JACY AND I.

WHILE THE ENTIRE WORLD WATCHES

OUR EVERY SINGLE MOVE, WE ONLY

WATCH AND CARE ABOUT ONE WOMAN,

ONE TARGET, ROXANNE PEREZ.

ROXANNE, YOU HAVE THE SAME

PERCENT CHANCE OF WINNING THAT

MATCH ON SATURDAY AS YOU DID OF

WINNING THE ROYAL RUMBLE, 0%

CHANCE.

WHEN YOU'RE GOING UP AGAINST THE

TWO BADDEST WOMEN IN NXT AT THE

SAME TIME-

>> YOU HAVE NO CHANCE.

>> YOU TWO HAVE THROWN INSULTS

AT EVERY SINGLE WOMAN IN THAT

LOCKER ROOM.

>> OH, WOW.

>> UH-OH.

>> THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

>> I'M GLAD YOU TWO ARE FEELING

THE SAME WAY YOU'VE MADE EVERY

SINGLE WOMAN FEEL.

YOU TWO LIKE TO ACT LIKE YOU'RE

BEST FRIENDS--

>> SHUT UP, ROXANNE, I'M

TALKING.

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, IT'S

GOING TON BE TWO AGAINST ONE.

>> AT VENGEANCE DAY, THE COURSE

OF THIS WOMEN'S DIVISION WILL

SHIFT BACK TO THE ATTRACTION

WHEN I-- WHEN WE BECOME THE NXT

WOMEN'S CHAMPION.

>> OH, WHERE IS SHE GOING?

>> SEE YOU.

BYE.

>> BYE.

>> IS SHE LEAVING?

>> IS SHE JUST GOING TO LEAVE IN

THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERVIEW?

>> WHERE'S SHE GOING?

SHE CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT?

>> THAT'S OUR CHAMP.

[MUSIC]

>> YOU TWO MADE MY LIFE A

LIVING HELL.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE TWO AGAINST

ONE.

>> AT VENGEANCE DAY-

>> ROXANNE,

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BEAT THE

TWO OF US?

>> KARMA IS A TOXIC --.

[TOXIC ATTRACTION'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> HERE WE GO, BOOK.

THIS ONE I KNOW YOU PERSONALLY

HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO.

>> YES.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO DOLIN,

JAYNE, AND TOXIC ATTRACTION,

THEY'RE LOOKING TO STOP THE

FUTURE TO REBUILD THEIR OWN

EMPIRE HERE IN NXT.

NOTE, BOOK, I'M TRYING TO SEE IF

THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY

DISSENSION.

I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S

ANYTHING GOING ON BETWEEN THESE

TWO BECAUSE THEY HAVE FOOLED ME

ONCE.

CAN THEY DO IT AGAIN HERE

TONIGHT?

ARE THEY ON THE SAME PAGE?

>> VIC, WE'RE JUST GETTING

STARTED.

WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT.

THIS IS TOXIC.

THIS IS GIGI.

THIS IS JACY.

OH, GIVE ME A DOSE OF THAT TOXIC

ATTRACTION, MAN.

THIS IS VENGEANCE DAY.

>> WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

>> NO, I'M JUST TELLING LIKE IT

IS.

>> I JUST HAD TO THINK ABOUT

WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

YOU'RE NOT ON PEREZ'S SIDE?

>> I'M NOT ON ANYBODY'S SIDE.

>> NO, THAT'S A DAMN LIE.

YOU'VE BEEN ON ROXANNE PEREZ'S

SIDE SINCE SHE ARRIVED.

>> I'M NOT ON ANYBODY'S SIDE.

IMPARTIAL.

>> IMPARTIAL.

HERE'S THE THING.

BOOK, I KNOW WHERE YOUR HEART

TRULY LIES.

YOU MAY NOT WANT TO SAY IT, BUT

I KNOW WHERE IT TRULY LIES.

YOU CAN'T SIT HERE AND FULLY

THINK THAT ROXANNE PEREZ IS

GOING TO RETAIN IN YOUR HEART OF

HEARTS.

>> DO I THINK ROXANNE CAN WIN

THIS MATCH?

YES, I DO.

DO I THINK THE ODDS ARE AGAINST

ROXANNE?

YES, THEY ARE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY ABOUT

OBSTACLES, VIC?

SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO GO OVER,

UNDER, AROUND.

SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO GO STRAIGHT

THROUGH THAT OBSTACLE, AND

THAT'S WHAT ROXANNE.

THAT'S WHAT ROXANNE IS TONIGHT.

I WAS GOING TO SAY MY GIRL.

I'M IMPARTIAL.

THAT'S WHAT ROXANNE IS RIGHT

THERE.

>> OH, WHAT A YEAR IT HAS

ALREADY BEEN FOR THE 21-YEAR-OLD

PRODIGY.

[BELL RINGS]

>> THE FOLLOWING TRIPLE THREAT

MATCH SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS

FOR THE NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPIONSHIP.

INTRODUCING FIRST THE

CHALLENGERS, REPRESENTING TOXIC

ATTRACTION, GIGI DOLIN AND JACY

JAYNE.

THEIR OPPONENT, SHE IS THE NXT

WOMEN'S CHAMPION, ROXANNE PEREZ.

>> YOU SEE PEREZ THERE, THAT

SMILE IS ON HER FACE.

WE TALK ABOUT THE YEAR THAT IT'S

BEEN.

AS YOU CAN HEAR THE NXT UNIVERSE

FOR ROXANNE PEREZ, THE YEAR IT'S

BEEN, SHE WON THE TITLE RIGHT?

THEN SHE SHOWS UP IN THE ALAMO

DOME IN THE WOMEN'S ROYAL RUMBLE

MATCH.

>> YES, INDEED.

YOU TALK ABOUT THAT SMILE, VIC?

DON'T LET THE SMOOTH TASTE FOOL

YOU.

[LAUGHS]

>> THERE IT IS, RIGHT OFF THE

RIP.

>> SHE'S A FIGHTER.

>> YES, BUT IT'S TWO.

THIS IS A GLORIFIED HANDICAP

MATCH, POSSIBLY IN SOME ASPECTS.

JUST TAKE A LOOK AT PEREZ AND

RIGHT OFF THE RIP, HERE WE GO.

TOXIC ATTRACTION, PLAYING THE

NUMBERS GAME AND IT'S SMART,

IT'S WISE, IT'S TO THEIR

ADVANTAGE.

>> IT'S SMART, YOU SAY THAT,

VIC, BUT I FEEL LIKE SOMEWHERE

ALONG THE WAY, SOMETHING IS

GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THOSE

TWO, GIGI AND JACY, TO MAKE THIS

THING MORE OF AN EVEN

COMPETITION.

I'M JUST FEELING THAT.

I COULD BE WRONG.

>> YOU CAN HEAR THE JEERS FROM

THE NXT UNIVERSE, AND SO IF

THERE'S DOUBT IN YOUR MIND, BOTH

ABOUT ROXANNE PEREZ, WHAT ABOUT

THE DOUBT IN HER MIND ENTERING

THIS MATCHUP?

SHE CAN'T BE AS CONFIDENT AS

EVER HEADING INTO THIS, KNOWING

THAT HER BACK IS UP AGAINST THE

WALL.

>> WHOA.

>> AGAIN, IT'S TWO ON ONE.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> DOUBT IS SOMETHING THAT'S

GOING TO CREEP INTO EVERY

CHAMPION'S MIND AT SOME POINT.

THAT'S WHAT MAKE YOU CHAMPION,

VIC.

THOSE MOMENTS.

BEING IN THOSE MOMENTS AND NOT

JUST BEING IN THOSE MOMENTS, BUT

BEING ABLE TO OVERCOME THOSE

MOMENTS.

THAT'S WHAT ROXANNE PEREZ IS

RIGHT NOW.

>> AGAIN, NO COUNT OUT, NO

DISQUALIFICATION.

TOXIC ATTRACTION WHO IN THEIR

OWN RIGHT ONE OF THE BEST TAG

TEAMS TO EVER GRACE THE SQUARED

CIRCLE HERE IN NXT.

SHOULDERS DOWN AND RIGHT UP.

THERE WE GO NOW.

PEREZ TRYING HER BEST TO FIGHT

BACK.

THERE IS JAYNE.

WHEN YOU CAN'T FIGHT EVERYBODY,

YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR EYES

EVERYWHERE IN A TRIPLE THREAT

MATCH.

FOR ROXANNE PEREZ, IT'S NOT

REALLY ONE-ON-ONE, IT'S

TWO-ON-ONE, IT'S TWO ON ONE.

SHE'S GOT TO OVERCOME THE ODDS

AND RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT LOOKING

GOOD.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

VIC, ROXANNE PEREZ IS ONE OF THE

YOUNGEST CHAMPIONS THAT WE'VE

EVER SEEN IN THIS BUSINESS.

>> EVER.

>> SHE DOESN'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT

ABOUT LOSING.

SHE KNOWS ABOUT TRYING TO GO OUT

THERE AND WIN.

THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ALL ABOUT.

>> HERE'S THE THING.

YOU SEE JAYNE AND DOLIN ON THE

SAME PAGE HELPING EACH OTHER.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO HELP

PEREZ.

THIS IS A LOSE-LOSE SITUATION

FOR HER.

SHE'S GOT TO OVERCOME TWO OTHER

SUPERSTARS.

SHE'S GOT TO DO IT BY HERSELF,

AND OF COURSE WE SAW A DIFFERENT

SIDE OF PEREZ THIS PAST WEEK.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KILLER

INSTINCT A LOT.

WE KNOW TOXIC ATTRACTION HAS IT.

HAS ROXANNE PEREZ FULLY GRASPED

THAT WAY OF THINKING?

>> VIC, SHE'S A FIGHTER.

SHE'S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE SHE

WAS 16 YEARS OLD.

IRON WOMAN CHAMPION.

HOW MANY CAN SAY THAT, VIC?

>> ONLY SHE CAN.

>> HOW MANY CAN SAY THAT?

>> ONLY SHE CAN.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M

TALKING ABOUT.

SHE KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

FIGHTING.

SHE DIDN'T SLIP ON A BANANA PEEL

AND BECOME CHAMPION.

SHE DIDN'T GET HERE BY OSMOSIS

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S TRAINING, VIC.

OH, BEAUTIFUL.

>> IT TOOK OUT DOLIN, JAYNE

THOUGH STILL STANDING, AND NOW

COMING RIGHT BACK.

>> OH, WOW.

>> JAYNE FINALLY REALIZING WHAT

SHE HAS DONE.

THIS IS THAT MOMENT.

YOU SAID IT EARLIER TONIGHT,

BOOK.

YOU GOT TO STRIKE WHILE THE

IRON'S HOT, RIGHT?

>> YOU GOT TO DO THAT.

>> THE IRON IS HOT RIGHT NOW FOR

ROXANNE PEREZ.

>> YOU GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.

YOU GOT TO FIND YOURSELF IN

THESE SITUATIONS SOONER OR

LATER.

YOU GOT TO HAVE TO FIGHT THROUGH

THEM, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS YOUNG

LADY, ROXANNE PEREZ, HAS BEEN

ABOUT SINCE SHE WAS 16, SINCE

SHE WAS SEVEN.

FIGHTING.

OVERCOMING THE ODDS.

>> COVER TO RETAIN.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> JAYNE JUST ABLE TO KICK OUT,

AND RIGHT INTO A CROSSFACE.

IT WORKED FOR CARMELO HAYES

EARLIER TONIGHT.

WILL IT WORK OUT FOR PEREZ?

>> I LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE.

TRYING TO BREAK.

>> SHOULDERS DOWN, BUT PEREZ

ABLE TO BREAK THE HOLD, TO BREAK

THE COUNT.

>> TRYING TO BREAK DOWN JACY

RIGHT NOW.

TRYING TO SLOW THE PACE DOWN,

BUT WHEN YOU GOT TWO TO WORK

WITH, WHICH YOU JUST CAN'T GO

ALL OUT, ALL NIGHT.

YOU GOT TO SLOW IT DOWN JUST A

LITTLE BIT.

>> TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS HER

JAYNE.

NICE NECK BREAKER.

THIS IS HER OPPORTUNITY TO WEAR

DOWN JAYNE.

JAYNE REALIZING THAT, AND RIGHT

NOW, JAYNE BACK ON THE OFFENSE,

IT'S GIVING GIGI DOLIN A LITTLE

EXTRA TIME ON THE OUTSIDE.

>> JACY IS NO JOKE, MAN.

SHE'S A ROCKSTAR.

JACY WANTS TO BE CHAMPION.

SHE WANTS TO BE AT THE TOP OF

THE HEAP.

AT THE TOP OF THE CARD, AND TO

DO THAT WHAT SHE GOT TO DO?

SHE GOT TO BEAT ROXANNE PEREZ

AND SHE CAN NOT DO THAT WITH

GIGI DOLIN.

SHE NEEDS TO DO IT BY HERSELF.

>> JAYNE WAS ALREADY TALKING TO

THE DIGITAL TEAM ABOUT SIDE

PLATES THAT SHE'S GOING TO PUT

ON THE NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

WHEN SHE RETAINS TONIGHT.

YOU CAN'T TELL ME THEY'RE ON THE

SAME PAGE.

INTO ANOTHER COVER, INTO THE

COUNT AND ONE SECOND AWAY FROM

JAYNE HAVING THOSE SIDE PLATES.

>> NO.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING

ABOUT.

YOU CAN HAVE THAT FEEL GOOD

THING, GOING IN WITH CONFIDENCE.

WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE

CHAMPIONSHIP VIC, WHEN YOU WALK

IN THE ROOM AND PEOPLE GO, "HEY,

CHAMP."

THAT MAKES YOU FEEL A CERTAIN

WAY.

WHEN YOU A ROCKSTAR, YOU EAT

THAT AND THAT'S JACY JAYNE.

>> OH, JAYNE DROPPING PEREZ.

IT WAS JAYNE WHO ALWAYS SAID SHE

WAS TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT--

UH-OH.

>> WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO JUMP?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

>> LOOK, WE NEED TO FOCUS.

WORK WITH ME.

THANK YOU.

OH, MY GOD.

>> THEY MAY BE BACK ON THE SAME.

OH, WAIT.

DID DOLIN JUST PULL JAYNE IN

FRONT OF PEREZ?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW THAT OR

NOT, VIC.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF MY EYES ARE

PLAYING TRICKS ON ME OR NOT, BUT

I SAID SOONER LATER IT MIGHT

HAPPEN, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

HERE WE GO.

>> RIGHT NOW IT IS GIGI DOLIN

BECOMING UNHINGED IN THIS

MOMENT.

MUCH LIKE WE SAW WITH JACY

JAYNE, SHE'S TAKING FULL CONTROL

OF HER SOLO OPPORTUNITY HERE IN

THIS MATCHUP.

OH.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO BELIEVE ME,

RIGHT, VIC.

YOU'RE FINALLY GOING TO WISE UP

AND START FOLLOWING MY LEAD.

I TOLD YOU THIS WAS GOING TO

HAPPEN.

>> NOW JUDGE THIS FOR YOURSELF,

BOOK.

JUDGE IT, WHAT DID YOU SEE?

DID YOU SEE WHAT I SAW?

DOLIN PULLING JAYNE?

COME ON.

THOSE CRACKS ARE FORMING.

>> I CAN TELL YOU THIS.

IT LOOKED THAT WAY.

IT DID LOOK THAT WAY.

I TOLD YOU THAT SOME FORM,

SOMEWHERE IN THIS MATCHUP, IT

WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

GIGI AND JACY, IT HAD TO BREAK

DOWN.

IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY, MAN.

>> OH.

>> IT'S ABOUT GETTING PAID VIC.

>> STEPPING RIGHT THROUGH.

IS DOLIN HARD LANDING FOR PEREZ?

>> IF THESE YOUNG LADIES

DON'T KNOW, IT'S ABOUT CHECKS,

IT'S ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIP.

IF THEY DON'T KNOW THAT, I CAN'T

HELP THAT.

>> DOLIN COULD BE CLOSING IN ON

HER FIRST REIGN AS NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPION INTO THE COVER.

NO.

>> KEEP MOVING.

>> JAYNE SAYING THE SAME THING

TO DOLIN.

NOW SHE GOES IN THE COVER.

DOLIN NOT GOING TO LIKE THAT.

APPARENTLY IT'S NOT ALL FOR ONE,

ONE FOR ALL.

[CROWD NOISE]

>> FINALLY NOW, TAKE A LOOK,

BOOK, YOU CALLED IT, YOU SENSED

IT, HERE IT IS, JAYNE AND DOLIN,

AND REMEMBER-- INTO THE COVER,

INTO OF THE COVER, ROXANNE PEREZ

DOES NOT NEED TO BE FACTORED IN

THE DECISION TO LOSE THE NXT

WOMEN'S TITLE HERE TONIGHT.

>> YES, INDEED, THAT'S SOMETHING

THESE LADIES NEED TO UNDERSTAND.

>> THERE'S THE CHAMP.

>> IT'S ABOUT WINNING TONIGHT,

VIC, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER,

BUT TONIGHT SOMEBODY'S GOT TO

WIN.

>> OH, THIS IS THAT MOMENT, THIS

IS THE STAGE FOR ROXANNE PEREZ

THAT SHE DREAMED OF WHEN SHE

USED TO TAKE THAT GREYHOUND IN

HOUSTON TO YOUR SCHOOL, BOOK.

>> LIKE I SAID, 16-YEAR-OLD KID

WHO HAS GROWN UP TO BE A GROWN

WOMAN RIGHT NOW, VIC, SHE'S THE

NXT WOMAN'S CHAMPION, THAT RIGHT

THERE SAYS A LOT, THAT SAYS A

LOT.

>> PEREZ NOW, FIRST INTO DOLIN,

NOW INTO JAYNE, SHE SAW THAT

CRACK FOR ME, SHE'S STARTING TO

EXPLOIT IT AND MAYBE NOW WE HAVE

THE TRADITIONAL TRIPLE THREAT

MATCH, WHERE IT WILL BE EVERY

WOMAN FOR THEMSELVES?

OH, NICE COUNTER AND NOW A

LITTLE COMBINATION, RUSSIAN LEG

SWEEP.

DDT.

>> OH.

>> DOLIN DOESN'T KNOW WHERE

SHE'S AT, INTO THE COVER TO

RETAIN-- ABLE TO KICK OUT AND

WISELY PEREZ INTO ANOTHER COVER

TO RETAIN, ANOTHER KICK OUT BY

DOLIN THIS TIME.

>> THOSE MOMENTS, VIC, THESE

LITTLE CHAMPIONSHIP MOMENTS THAT

MAKE YOU WHO YOU ARE AND THAT'S

WHAT ROXANNE PEREZ IS GOING

THROUGH RIGHT NOW, HOW BAD DOES

SHE WANT IT?

HOW BAD, VIC?

[CROWD CHANTS "ROXY"]

>> NXT UNIVERSE HERE IN

CHARLOTTE NO DOUBT WHO THEY'RE

BEHIND IN THIS MATCHUP.

OH, PEREZ GETS CAUGHT AND NOW

A LITTLE BIT-- OH, LOOK AT

JAYNE,

THIS IS WISE OFFENSE, SHE'S THE

ONLY ONE STANDING RIGHT NOW.

>> LIKE I SAY, JACY JAYNE, MAN--

>> SAID SHE'S A ROCKSTAR.

>> SHE'S A ROCKSTAR, MAN, SHE'S

A ROCKSTAR.

>> BEATS TO HER OWN DRUM DOES

JAYNE, AND JAYNE NOW LOOKING AT

THE FIELD SHE WANTS THE

CHAMPIONSHIP, SHE CAN TASTE IT,

SHE CAN SENSE IT, SHE COULD BE

MOMENTS AWAY FROM HER MOMENT

HERE IN NXT.

AFTER BEING CALLED A THIRD

WHEEL, SHE COULD BE FRONT AND

CENTER-- OOH, IN THE NXT WOMEN'S

DIVISION.

WHAT A KNEE, INTO THE COVER, AND

DOLIN ABLE TO BREAK IT UP.

I'VE SEEN THAT KNEE BEFORE WIN

SOME WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS OUT

AND IT ALMOST CAME THROUGH FOR

JACY JAYNE, BUT NOW AGAIN WE SEE

PUTTING HEADS, TOXIC ATTRACTION.

>> DON'T THINK IT'S NOT IN THE

MIND OF JACY BEING CALLED A

THIRD WHEEL, DON'T THINK SHE'S

NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT RIGHT

NOW AND SAY NOW, "I'M FIT TO

MOVE UP THE LADDER TO FIRST

PLACE HERE TONIGHT IN THIS

MATCHUP."

HERE WE GO, VIC, A FIGHT JUST

BROKE OUT.

WOW.

>> OOH, JAYNE GETTING THE BETTER

ON THAT EXCHANGE-- A LITTLE

A LITTLE BIT OF SALT TO GO WITH

IT.

>> RIGHT NOW LOOK AT PEREZ,

PEREZ TRYING TO REACH UP, INSIDE

CRADLE, INSIDE CRADLE, BOOK.

>> WOW.

>> JAYNE JUST ABLE TO GET OUT

QUICKLY, NO WASTED TIME,

CRUCIFIX PIN DOESN'T WORK

EITHER.

>> THERE'S THAT PLAYBOOK, VIC,

COMING INTO PLAY RIGHT NOW, THE

IQ OF THIS YOUNG LADY IS

UNBELIEVABLE.

>> THEN AGAIN WHEN YOU TALK

ABOUT PEREZ YOU TALK ABOUT JAYNE

IN THIS MOMENT, THERE'S ONLY TWO

SUPERSTARS IN THE RING, YOU KNOW

JUST HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO WIN

THIS SORT OF MATCHUP.

>> YOU GO ALL AFTER IT, YOU GOT

TO LET IT ALL HANG OUT GOING FOR

THAT BIG SHOT ONE MORE TIME--

SHE GOT CAUGHT, GOT CAUGHT

SLEEPING, AND GOING FOR IT.

GOT CAUGHT SLEEPING, AND GOING

FOR IT.

>> NOW LOOKING FOR POP ROCKS AND

DOLIN RIGHT IN, AND DOLIN RIGHT

BACK IN, NICE KICK TO THE SIDE

OF THE FACE, AND FOR THE FIRST

TIME TONIGHT DOLIN TAKING OUT

BOTH SUPERSTARS.

SUPLEX, BRIDGE, AND-- OH, SENTON

SAVES THINGS FOR ALL THREE

SUPERSTARS AND DOLIN A HALF

SECOND AWAY CROWING HERSELF THE

NEW NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION.

>> TALKING GO BACK TO WHAT I

SAID EARLIER, VIC, WHO WANTS IT

THE MOST?

GIGI IS DEFINITELY FIGHTING

HARD, JACY IS IN THE FIGHT AND

MY GIRL ROXY.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NXT

WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP HERE AT THE

SPECTRUM CENTER IN CHARLOTTE,

NORTH CAROLINA.

[CROWD CHANTS "LET'S GO, GIGI"]

[CROWD CHANTS "LET'S GO, ROXY"]

>> [LAUGHS]

THE PEOPLE MIXED UP A LITTLE

HERE RIGHT HERE, VIC.

>> THEY CERTAINLY ARE, BUT ALL

THREE OF THESE WOMEN RIGHT NOW

SHOWING YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO

THEM TO BE CHAMPION.

DOLIN, JAYNE, THE CHAMPION,

PEREZ, WHO HAS BEEN FIGHTING OFF

BOTH MEMBERS OF TOXIC

ATTRACTION.

>> DOING A HELL OF A JOB, VIC,

DOING ONE HELL OF A JOB THIS

YOUNG LADY.

>> CAN SHE FINISH THE JOB WHICH

STARTED OUT AS A GLORIFIED

HANDICAP MATCH?

>> WHOA.

>> OH, NO, MIGHT HAVE JUST

TURNED BACK IN NOW.

>> WOW.

>> OH, HEADBUTT, DOLIN INTO THE

COVER, DOES JAYNE HAVE A COVER?

I THINK PEREZ JUST HAD TO KICK

OUT OF TWO SUPERSTARS.

>> WOW, THAT WAS THAT DOUBLE PIN

WHO WAS ALWAYS THOUGHT COULD

HAPPEN BY THESE TWO YOUNG

LADIES.

>> THAT CERTAINLY WAS A MOMENT

HERE AND ALMOST TOOK OUR BREATH

AWAY, WE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD

SEE ANY SITUATION HERE TONIGHT-

>> AT LEAST NOT LIKE THAT.

>> -THAT PEREZ WAS GOING TO HAVE

TO KICK OUT TWO PINNING

PREDICAMENTS.

>> LIKE I SAID, I THOUGHT SHE

WOULD BE DOUBLE TEAMED, BUT NOT

LIKE THAT.

>> WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE, IS THE

SISTERHOOD BACK ON BETWEEN THESE

TWO?

ARE THEY BACK ON THE SAME PAGE?

>> JACY, GET THE TABLE.

>> OH, HERE WE GO, VIC, DID I

HEAR WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD?

YES, GET THE TABLE.

>> FOR TOXIC ATTRACTION,

OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAD TO KNOW THEY

WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DIVIDE AND

CONQUER, THEY WEATHERED THAT

EMOTIONAL STORM THEMSELVES AND,

BOOK, THE THING TOO IS IT'S

ALL LEGAL, THERE'S NO

DISQUALIFICATIONS.

ATTRACTION CAN DO WHATEVER THE

HELL THEY WANT TO TO ROXANNE

PEREZ AND I'M HAVING FLASHBACKS

TO NXT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

>> WOW, WOW, ROXANNE'S IN A LOT

OF TROUBLE RIGHT NOW, SHE NEEDS

TO FIGHT AND SHE NEEDS TO FIGHT

HARD TO GET OUT THIS SITUATION.

>> RIGHT BACK IN PEREZ SOMEHOW

LOOKING FOR SOME POP ROCKS.

DOLIN MIGHT BE WIPED OUT-

>> ONE

DOWN.

>> -BUT YOU GOT TO WIN INSIDE

THE RING, PINFALLS, SUBMISSION

HAS TO TAKE PLACE INSIDE THE

RING AND PEREZ KNOWS THAT.

PEREZ BACK TO HER FEET.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIVIDED

CONQUER IT LOOKS LIKE ROXANNE

PEREZ HAS DIVIDED TOXIC

ATTRACTION AND SHE IS NOW

CONQUERING BOTH THESE

SUPERSTARS.

>> LOOK AT THE FIGHT, LOOK AT

THE FIGHT OF THIS YOUNG LADY,

SHE'S NOT GOING TO QUIT.

>> WE TALK ABOUT THAT KILLER

INSTINCT, PEREZ HAD A PRETTY

SADISTIC SMILE WHEN SHE LOOKED

AT THAT TABLE--

>> WHOA, WOW.

>> THAT TABLE WILL BE DAMNED

RIGHT NOW BECAUSE-- OH, NO, NO,

NO, NOT FOR PEREZ, JAYNE IS IN

CONTROL, JAYNE LOOKING FOR A

POSSIBLE SUPERPLEX, OR COULD SHE

BE LOOKING TO DROP PEREZ THROUGH

THIS TABLE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT

OF US?

>> ROXANNE IS BLOCKING IT.

>> PEREZ, AND THERE'S GIGI.

PEREZ TRYING HER BEST-- OH.

>> OH.

>> DOLIN ISOLATED, PEREZ IN

CONTROL, PEREZ LOOKING FOR SUPER

POP ROCKS.

>> WOW.

>> COVER HER.

[BELL RINGS]

>> PEREZ OVERCOMES THE ODDS

TONIGHT.

[ROXANNE PEREZ'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> HERE IS YOUR WINNER AND

STILL THE NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION,

ROXANNE PEREZ.

>> WOW, LOOK AT THE PEOPLE, VIC.

>> ON THEIR FEET IN CHARLOTTE.

TOXIC ATTRACTION HAD A PLAN.

IN THE END, PEREZ ABLE TO

OVERCOME RIGHT HERE, TRYING HER

BEST TO HELP OUT JAYNE, DOLIN

CRASH AND BURNED AND THEN

RISKING IT ALL.

SUPER POP ROCKS FOR ROXANNE

PEREZ TO RETAIN HER NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPIONSHIP HERE TONIGHT, ABLE

TO GO THROUGH THE ADVERSITY, TO

OVERCOME THE ODDS.

>> YES, CONQUERING THAT

OBSTACLE, WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH

IT, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, VIC.

>> PEREZ HAS GONE FROM SPECIAL

TO SENSATIONAL HERE AT VENGEANCE

DAY.

BOOK, IT IS MAIN EVENT TIME

TONIGHT HERE IN CHARLOTTE, AS

THESE TWO SUPERSTARS DESPISE THE

OTHER.

THERE IS NO ESCAPE, THE ONLY WAY

TO WIN PINFALL OR SUBMISSION.

"THE HEARTBREAK KID" SHAWN

MICHAELS WANTS A DECISIVE WINNER

INSIDE THE STEEL CAGE SHOWDOWN

FOR THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP.

[MUSIC]

>> THIS IS ABOUT PROVING THAT I

WILL BE THE BEST NXT CHAMPION OF

ALL TIME.

[MUSIC]

>> NXT IS MY LIFE.

>> BRON BREAKKER, STRONG, FAST,

ATHLETIC, BORING.

[MUSIC]

>> I'M SICK OF IT I'M DONE WITH

IT.

GRAYSON WALLER IS THE NAME.

I'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS BRAND FOR

18 MONTHS.

I'VE BEEN THE GUY I'VE BEEN THE

STAR AND NOW I'VE MADE THE

DECISION THAT I NEED TO BE NXT

CHAMPION.

>> WE ARE SET FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP

SHOWDOWN.

>> WE GOT A FIGHT.

>> WHOA, WHOA.

>> WOW.

>> THE ROPES BROKE.

THE REFEREE'S AT NINE.

>> WE GOT TO RUN THIS ONE BACK.

WE GOT TO DO THIS AGAIN, VIC.

[BELL RINGS]

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY HERE

AT NEW YEAR'S EVIL, IT IS BRON

BREAKKER WHO IS THE NXT

CHAMPION.

>> AT VENGEANCE DAY, THE NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE DEFENDED

INSIDE A STEEL CAGE.

>> LOCK ME IN.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE A FREAKING

CHANCE.

>> LOOK ME IN, SHAWN.

BRON BREAKKER IS A WILD DOG.

>> FROM THE MOMENT I FIRST

STEPPED FOOT INTO NXT MY TEMPER

HAS GOT THE BEST OF ME.

>> HE CAN'T CONTROL HIS

EMOTIONS.

HE CAN'T CONTROL HIS ANGER.

>> BRON BREAKKER'S BAD.

BRON BREAKKER IS ON FIRE.

>> THE LOCKER ROOM CAN'T EVEN

KEEP THESE TWO SEPARATED.

>> NO ONE HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF

IT LIKE I HAVE.

>> HOLY --

UNBELIEVABLE.

>> I'M LIVING RENT-FREE IN YOUR

HEAD, BRON.

>> THAT SINISTER ARROGANT SMILE

IS ON THE FACE OF GRAYSON

WALLER.

>> MY TEMPER HAS LED TO MY

BIGGEST VICTORIES AND MY MOST

CRUSHING DEFEATS.

>> I DON'T HAVE TO BEAT BRON

BREAKKER, BRON BREAKKER IS GOING

TO BEAT HIMSELF.

>> I SHOULD LEARN TO CONTROL IT.

THEN IT DAWNED ON ME.

WHEN THAT DOOR CLOSES AND THE

LOCK CLICKS, I DON'T HAVE TO

CONTROL IT ANYMORE.

I'M GOING TO BEAT WALLER WITHIN

AN INCH OF HIS LIFE AND PIN

WHAT'S LEFT OF HIM.

>> BRON, I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU

GOING TO DO.

YOU'RE LIKE A TEXTBOOK ON REDDIT

AND I'LL PASS THE TEST.

>> WALLER'S PUSHED MY LAST

BUTTON.

>> I DON'T WANT TO JUST BEAT

YOU, I WANT TO EMBARRASS YOU.

I WANT TO HURT YOU.

>> HE'S GOING TO REGRET WHEN I

BREAK HIM INSIDE THE STEEL.

>> THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS

LOCKED IN A STEEL CAGE.

>> OH, FROM THE TOP.

>> YOUR BOY WENT VIRAL.

JUST THINK WHAT AM I GOING TO DO

NOW WHEN EVERYTHING'S ON THE

LINE.

WHEN I DELIVER THE BIGGEST VIRAL

MOMENT IN NXT HISTORY I BECOME

NXT CHAMPION.

>> WALLER, THIS IS WHAT YOU

WANTED, BUT THIS WILL BE MY

VENGEANCE DAY.

[MUSIC]

>> BOOK, YOU SAW THE LOOKS OF

BOTH THE CHAMPION AND THE

CHALLENGER AS THEY GET READY TO

LOCK UP IS A STEEL CAGE.

[GRAYSON WALLER'S MUSIC PLAYS]

[BELL RINGS]

>> THE FOLLOWING IS A STEEL

CAGE MATCH FOR THE NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE ONLY WAY TO WIN THE MATCH IS

BY PINFALL OR SUBMISSION.

INTRODUCING FIRST THE

CHALLENGER, GRAYSON WALLER.

>> OH, THERE YOU SEE THE GOLDEN

SHOE THAT GRAYSON WALLER SAID HE

WILL CELEBRATE WITH TONIGHT, AND

CELEBRATION HE HAS SAID THAT

MANY GREAT OTHER AUSTRALIAN

CHAMPIONS HAVE DONE IT.

I THINK MAYBE NOW MAYBE IT'S

STARTING TO SET IN FOR GRAYSON

WALLER MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T BE

WORRIED ABOUT POPPING CHAMPAGNE

BOTTLES, MAYBE NOT WORRYING

ABOUT A GOLDEN SHOE TO DRINK OUT

OF.

MAYBE HE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT

NOT GOING VIRAL, BE WORRIED

ABOUT THE MAN WHO'S ABOUT TO

COME DOWN THE RING, BRON

BREAKKER WHO LITERALLY WANTS TO

BREAK GRAYSON WALLER LIMB BY

LIMB.

>> YOU SAY ALL OF THAT, VIC.

THIS GUY REMINDS ME OF COLBY

COVINGTON IN THE UFC, YOU HATE

THE GUY.

YOU DON'T LIKE ANYTHING ABOUT

HIM, BUT HE'S CAPABLE, YOU KNOW

HE CAN WIN AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS KID GRAYSON

WALLER HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT.

>> YOU SEE WALLER LOOKING

AROUND, MAYBE BITING OFF A

LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HE CAN CHEW

BECAUSE THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

YOU CANNOT WIN THE TITLE BY

ESCAPING THE CAGE.

YOU HAVE TO WIN BY PINFALL OR

SUBMISSION AND TYPICALLY A CAGE

IS DESIGNED TO KEEP OTHERS FROM

INTERFERING OR NOT ALLOWING

ANOTHER SUPERSTAR TO INTERFERE,

DESIGNED TO LEAVE NO EXCUSES

TONIGHT.

THE CAGE WILL CONTAIN THESE TWO

FOR A DECISIVE WINNER.

[BRON BREAKKER'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> YES, THIS MAN RIGHT HERE,

BRON BREAKKER, THE CAGE THAT NOW

HE CAN USE TO HIS ADVANTAGE IN

EVERY WAY, SHAPE, FORM AND

FASHION AND DON'T THINK HE'S NOT

GOING TO DO THAT.

SOME MIGHT SAY BRON BREAKKER

NEEDS TO TONE IT DOWN JUST A

LITTLE BIT, BUT I SAY BRON

BREAKKER NEEDS TO PUMP IT UP.

>> HIS OPPONENT, HE IS THE NXT

CHAMPION, BRON BREAKKER.

>> LET'S CALL IT LIKE IT HIS,

BOOK.

WE TALK ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO

ESCAPE THE CAGE, HOW DOES THAT

CHANGE THE GAME HERE TONIGHT FOR

THESE TWO?

>> IT JUST LETS ME KNOW THAT

EVERYTHING BRON BREAKKER HAS

BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR THESE

LAST PERHAPS THREE TO FOUR WEEKS

AND THAT'S GOING TO BREAK

SOMETHING, GO IN THERE AND

DESTROY SOMETHING HE'S GOING TO

HAVE A CAGE TO HELP HIM OUT WITH

ALL THAT.

>> WHOA.

HOLD ON A SECOND.

>> WHAT NOW?

>> WALLER WHO HAS BEEN ONE STEP

AHEAD OF BREAKKER.

>> MIND GAMES.

>> YES, YOU JUST SAID IT.

MIND GAMES.

>> MIND GAMES.

GRAYSON WALLER SAID HE WAS GOING

TO COME OUT HERE AND HE WAS

GOING TO BEAT BRON BREAKKER

TONIGHT HERE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH

CAROLINA, IN FRONT OF ALL THESE

PEOPLE.

>> NOW BREAKKER FIRING BACK AND

BRON BREAKKER HAS BEEN WAITING

PATIENTLY FOR THIS.

OOH, LOOK AT THAT, BRON

REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED A FEW

WEEKS AGO WHEN HE WENT THROUGH

THE BARRICADE IN ORLANDO, NOT

TONIGHT HERE IN CHARLOTTE.

>> DIFFERENT DEAL, VIC,

DIFFERENT DEAL.

BRON BREAKER IS RIGHT IN HIS

ELEMENT.

HE'S AT HOME IN HIS ENVIRONMENT

RIGHT HERE AND YOU'VE GOT TO

LOVE THAT.

>> GRAYSON WALLER ISN'T GOING TO

LOVE IT NOW.

BRON BREAKKER HERE FIRMLY IN

CONTROL.

THESE TWO STILL HAVEN'T EVEN

ENTERED THE CAGE YET BUT AS YOU

MENTIONED EARLIER TO ME THAT

CAGE, THAT CAGE IS A WEAPON.

>> AMEN.

MY MAMA SAID YOU BIG ENOUGH TO

PASS A LICK, YOU BIG ENOUGH TO

TAKE ONE.

RIGHT NOW, WE GOING TO GET THIS

THING KICKED OFF RIGHT NOW LET'S

DO IT.

LET'S DO THIS THING, VIC.

>> LOOK HOW CONFIDENT BREAKKER

IS ENTERING IN.

>> OH, LOCKING UP.

>> NOW WALLER FINDS HIMSELF

LOCKED IN A CAGE.

>> LOCK IT UP, VIC.

[BELL RINGS]

>> WITH THE NXT CHAMPION, AND

NOW LOOK AT WALLER RUNNING AND

AGAIN WALLER CAN'T WIN THE TITLE

BY CLIMBING OVER THE TOP ROPE

ALL HE'S TRYING TO DO IS GET

AWAY.

HE'S SCARED, BOOK.

HE IS SCARED OF BRON BREAKKER.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT ABOUT

THIS KID.

>> WHAT'S HE DOING IN RUNNING

AWAY, BOOK?

>> SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT

TO DO IN A FIGHT.

YOU GOT TO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO

TO STAY IN THE FIGHT AND RIGHT

NOW THAT'S WHAT THIS GOOD

GRAYSON WALLER IS DOING.

LOOK AT HIM RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT BACK IN THE GAME.

THAT WAS A STRATEGY, VIC.

>> WELL, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT

STRATEGY WORKS OUT THROUGHOUT

THE MATCHUP.

I DO WANT TO GET A LEGITIMATE

ANSWER OUT OF YOU, BOOK.

HOW DOES ONE PREPARE FOR A CAGE

MATCH AS WE'RE FINALLY

OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY IN THIS NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP?

>> COME ON, MAN, THIS IS WHERE

YOU GO INTO THAT

SELF-INTERROGATION MODE.

>> OH, LOOK AT THIS.

OH, A LITTLE STEINER LINE FROM

BRON BREAKKER TONIGHT.

>> WOW.

START ASKING YOURSELF THOSE

QUESTIONS, AM I READY TO DO

THIS?

OH, YES, I'M READY.

>> THE DOGS ARE OUT IN FULL

EFFECT HERE IN CHARLOTTE AND

JUST LIKE THAT BREAKKER CAN

CHANGE THE COMPLEXION OF THE

MATCHUP, HE'S GOT THE SPEED HE'S

GOT THE POWER AND NOW LOOKING TO

EVEN SHOWCASE MORE OF AN IMPACT

HERE INSIDE THE STEEL CAGE

MAKING WALLER THINK ABOUT IT,

AND WHILE HE HOLDS WALLER, BRON

BREAKKER I'M SURE IS SMILING

DEEP DOWN INSIDE.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

WATCHING IT AT HOME IS ONE

THING, BUT THE QUICKNESS AND

EXPLOSIVENESS OF THIS MAN RIGHT

HERE BRON BREAKKER IS

UNBELIEVABLE.

>> NICE MOONSAULT, DIDN'T GET

ALL OF IT, CERTAINLY GOT ENOUGH

OF IT.

WE DO HAVE TO BRING THIS-- STILL

GOT TO BRING THIS UP.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, HERE'S THE

SPEED.

HERE'S THE POWER BRON BREAKKER

CHAMPION HERE IN NXT.

BRON'S NEVER DEFENDED THE TITLE

UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES

BEFORE.

THIS IS NEW GROUND FOR BRON

BREAKKER SO TO SPEAK.

>> VIC, THIS IS WHAT CHAMPIONS

SHINE UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS

OF->> OH, WHAT A RIGHT HAND.

>> -THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BECAUSE

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY WANT THAT MOMENT, WE ARE ON

THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA.

>> WE ARE, BUT AFTER THAT RIGHT-

AND, WALLER REALIZED IT DIDN'T

EVEN FAZE BREAKKER, BUT A SECOND

ONE JUST STUN THE NXT CHAMPION,

AND WALLER RIGHT IN, WALLER

RIGHT AROUND, AND PLANTING WITH

A DDT.

BREAKKER, COVER, THE COUNT,

CHAMPION'S STUNNED, BUT ABLE TO

KICK OUT AT ONE.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

WHEN YOU HIT BRON BREAKKER WITH

A SHOT, YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP

AND YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP QUICK

JUST LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE WITH

THAT DDT.

BEAUTIFUL.

>> WALLER NOW MEASURING THE

CHAMPION.

[WALLER BARKS]

>> FUNNY HOW WALLER NOW DECIDES

TO MOCK BRON BREAKKER.

>> HE'S LIKE A CHIHUAHUA MORE

THAN A PIT BULL OR A BOXER OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> WALLER HAS CALLED THE

CHAMPION OUT FOR HAVING EMPTY

THREATS, BUT SOMEHOW, SOME HAS

HAD AN UNCANNY ABILITY TO STAY

AHEAD OF BREAKKER.

ONE STEP, TWO STEPS FOR WEEKS.

AS HE'S A STEP AHEAD OF BREAKKER

HERE AGAIN.

INTO THE COVER, AND ANOTHER KICK

OUT AT ONE BY BRON BREAKKER, AND

NOW LOOK AT WALLER.

>> GRAYSON WALLER IS LOOKING FOR

ONE OF THOSE VIRAL MOMENTS HERE

TONIGHT IN THIS MATCHUP.

THAT'S ONE THING THAT WORRY ME

ABOUT THIS KID, GRAYSON WALLER.

ANOTHER GUY, DOLPH ZIGGLER.

A GUY THAT WANTED TO STEAL THE

SHOW.

I WONDER WHAT HIS CAREER COULD

HAVE BEEN IF HE DIDN'T THINK

THAT WAY.

IT'S THE SAME THING I THINK-

[CROSSTALK]

>> DOLPH ZIGGLER WON WORLD

TITLES.

DOLPH ZIGGLER WON MONEY IN THE

BANK.

>> HE COULD'VE WON SEVERAL.

HE COULD'VE WON MANY, MANY MORE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

>> YOU TRULY THINK WALLER'S TOO

FOCUSED ON THOSE VIRAL MOMENTS?

THAT OUTSIDE STUFF?

>> EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING

ABOUT.

THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT COULD

HINDER THIS KID.

COULD LITERALLY PUT HIM IN THAT

MODE WHERE EVERYTHING COULD JUST

GO HAYWIRE.

HERE WE GO.

>> GOT CAUGHT, AND NOW A BELLY

TO BELLY FROM BRON.

>> I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING OVER

THE TOP THERE FOR A SECOND.

>> THAT WAS A NICE JOB BY

WALLER.

ALMOST SHIFTING HIS WEIGHT A

LITTLE BIT.

MAKING BRON BREAKKER HAVE TO

SHIFT GAME PLAN.

AS NOW BREAKKER AGAIN PICKING UP

SOME SPEED, AND THIS TIME

CATCHING AND DROPPING.

>> SHADES OF THAT DOG FACED

GREMLIN RICK STEINER RIGHT

THERE.

I'VE SEEN THAT MOVE BEFORE.

I'VE FELT THAT MOVE BEFORE RIGHT

THERE.

>> BRON BREAKKER APPROACHING 370

DAYS AS NXT CHAMPION ACROSS TWO

DIFFERENT REIGNS WITH A BULLDOG.

ONLY TWO MEN, BOOK, HAVE SPENT

MORE TIME AS CHAMPION IN NXT

THAN BRON BREAKKER.

SHOWS YOU HOW SPECIAL BRON

BREAKKER IS.

I THINK BRON JUST SAID, IT'S

TIME TO WRAP UP.

>> TEXTBOOK RIGHT THERE THAT

BULLDOG OFF THE TOP RIGHT THERE,

VIC.

TEXTBOOK.

>> THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO,

GRAYSON.

YOU'RE IN A STEEL CAGE.

OH, NO.

THE CHAMPION HEAD AND SHOULDER

FIRST, AND NOW WALLER INTO THE

COVER QUICKLY TO BECOME

CHAMPION, AND A KICK OUT BY

BREAKKER.

WALLER AGAIN ONE STEP AHEAD, AND

I ASK YOU THIS.

BAM.

DID HE BAIT THE CHAMPION IN?

>> I THINK HE DID.

BRON FELL FOR IT RIGHT THERE.

THAT WAS THE OLD BAIT AND

SWITCH.

PULLED IT OFF PERFECTLY TOO.

>> LOOK, GRAYSON WALLER'S GOING

TO HAVE NO PROBLEM HOOK OR

CROOK.

HE WILL STEAL THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

HE WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO

BECOME CHAMPION HERE TONIGHT.

HE'S GOT NO PROBLEM CUTTING

CORNERS DOES GRAYSON WALLER.

WALLER NOW MEASURING BRON.

AGAIN, BRON JUST-- WE SAW THE

SPEED OF BRON BREAKKER IN THIS

MATCHUP, WE SAW THE POWER OF

BRON BREAKKER.

DID YOU SEE THE FORCE IN WHICH

HE HIT THAT STEEL CAGE?

DID YOU SEE THAT?

BRON'S ON DREAM STREET RIGHT

NOW.

>> BRON BREAKKER, LIKE I SAID,

MIGHT WANT TO TURN IT DOWN AND I

WANTED HIM TO PUMP IT UP.

THAT WAS THE WRONG TIME TO PUMP

IT UP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW GRAYSON

WALLER IS IN TOTAL CONTROL OF

THIS MATCHUP.

>> WHOA, WHOA.

AGAIN, WALLER REALIZING IT.

INTO THE COVER, ANOTHER HOOK OF

THE LEG, AND ANOTHER KICK OUT BY

THE CHAMPION.

LOOK, THIS STEEL CAGE RIPS

FLESH.

IT WILL BRUISE EGOS.

A TREMENDOUS TOLL IS GOING TO BE

TAKEN ON BOTH THESE SUPERSTARS

HERE TONIGHT, BUT LOOK AT WALLER

RIGHT NOW WITH PINPOINT

PRECISION GOING RIGHT AT BRON

BREAKKER.

>> TALKING ABOUT EGOS, VIC.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.

IF GRAYSON WALLER WINS THIS

MATCH TONIGHT, CAN YOU IMAGINE

HOW BIG THIS GUY'S HEAD IS GOING

TO BE JUST LIKE THAT.

OH, MY GOD.

>> THINK ABOUT HOW WE STARTED

THIS MATCHUP.

HE BROUGHT THIS GOLDEN SHOE OUT

HERE.

HE ALREADY HAD CHAMPAGNE

POPPING.

>> DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE

LADIES.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE LADIES,

MAN.

THAT WAS A PARTY, MAN.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING,

BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE

MATCHUP RIGHT NOW.

NOW IT'S WALLER LOOKING TO FLY.

AGAIN TASTING THAT STEEL IS

BREAKKER.

WHEN STEEL MEETS FLESH, STEEL IS

UNDEFEATED.

ONE MORE TIME NOW.

WALLER WITH THE CHAMPION IN HIS

SIGHTS, AND UH-OH.

BREAKKER TRYING TO HOIST UP

WALLER, AND RIGHT TO THE EYES.

AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED, WALLER

NOT GOING TO BE AFRAID TO CUT

ANY CORNERS IN THIS MATCH.

I'VE JUST LOOKED UP FROM MY

MONITOR HERE FROM THE TABLE.

THE WELTS ARE STARTING TO FORM

ON THE BACK.

BOOM, AND THAT CERTAINLY WAS

UNPRETTY, BUT WILL IT BE PRETTY

ENOUGH TO BRING HOME THE GOLD?

BREAKKER AGAIN ABLE TO GET THAT

LEFT SHOULDER UP.

>> BEAUTIFUL MOVE RIGHT THERE.

JUST RODE BRON BREAKKER LIKE

SURFBOARD TO THE MAT.

WOW.

>> TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE

INNOVATIVE OFFENSE BY THE

CHALLENGER TO WIN THIS MATCH.

>> WHAT DO WE CALL THAT, VIC?

>> YOU CAN CALL IT WHATEVER YOU

WANT.

>> SURFBOARD.

>> CALL IT WHAT?

>> SURFBOARD.

>> YES, I'LL LET YOU WRITE THAT

ONE DOWN.

YOU CAN USE IT EVERY SINGLE

WEEK, BECAUSE GRAYSON WALLER

RIGHT NOW COULD BE CRUISING,

COULD BE SURFING TO THE NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> THERE IT IS.

>> AS YOU START TO HEAR THE NXT

UNIVERSE HERE IN CHARLOTTE.

>> LIKE I SAID, THIS KID IS

VERY, VERY CAPABLE.

HE'S CRAFTY.

HE'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT YOU

MAY THINK YOU GOT ONE UP ON HIM

AND HE TURNS IT AROUND JUST LIKE

THAT.

THAT'S GRAYSON WALLER.

>> THERE YOU SEE BREAKKER ALMOST

TRYING TO GET BACK TO HIS FEET

TO GET BACK INTO IT SOMEHOW,

SOME WAY, BUT WALLER ABLE TO

FEND HIM OFF ONE MORE TIME.

AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO

REMEMBER.

WAIT A MINUTE.

BREAKKER CHARGING IN.

A LITTLE FRANKENSTEINER THIS

TIME.

IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH?

BREAKKER THE CHAMPION INTO THE

COVER, THE COUNT, AND WALLER

AGAIN GOT THAT LEFT SHOULDER UP.

>> TALK ABOUT PULLING OUT ALL

THE STOPS RIGHT THERE.

BRON BREAKKER WENT UP TOP RIGHT

THERE WITH THAT FRANKENSTEINER A

LITTLE DIFFERENT.

ADD A LITTLE SAUCE TO IT, A

LITTLE CHOLULA GREEN ON THAT

RIGHT THERE, BABY.

>> THAT ADRENALINE PUMPING RIGHT

NOW IN BRON BREAKKER AS JUST

SLOWING THINGS DOWN YET AGAIN.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TOO.

THE LAST TIME THESE TWO WERE IN

A CAGE TOGETHER, THEY WERE

TEAMMATES REPRESENTING A NEW

ERA.

HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGE BECAUSE

THE WINNER TONIGHT, LET'S NOT

FORGET, LEADS THIS BRAND INTO

LOS ANGELES, LEADS THIS BRAND

INTO WRESTLEMANIA SATURDAY AT

STAND & DELIVER.

THAT'S THE KNOCK OUT BLOW

POSSIBLY, BUT WALLER REALIZING

HE NEEDS TO FLY.

HE NEEDS THAT EXCLAMATION POINT.

OFF THE TOP, PINPOINT PRECISION.

>> RIGHT TO THE HEART.

>> INTO THE COVER FOR THE TITLE,

AND BREAKKER AGAIN.

AGAIN DEFIANT AS CHAMPION.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

YOU SEE THIS GUY GRAYSON WALLER,

YOU'RE THINKING HE'S OUT OF THE

GAME.

HE'S PLAYING POSSUM, VIC.

HE'S PLAYING POSSUM.

RIGHT THERE.

>> FIRST IT WAS THE KNEE TO BRON

BREAKKER.

THEN TO ADD TO IT, GRAYSON

WALLER WITH SOME AIRTIME.

A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN A LOT

OF HORNETS HAVE GOTTEN HERE IN

THE SPECTRUM CENTER.

DELIVERS THAT ELBOW, BUT BRON

BREAKKER ABLE TO KICK OUT.

>> YOU JUST HAD TO GO THERE,

DIDN'T YOU?

>> YOU JUST HAD TO GO THERE.

>> ABOUT WHAT?

>> KEEP IT GOING.

RIGHT NOW, THIS MAN RIGHT HERE,

BRON BREAKKER, HE'S A CERTAIN

HE HAS FIGHT ALL OVER HIS DNA,

VIC, SO HE'S NOT GOING TO QUIT.

>> WAIT A MINUTE, BOOK.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

IT'S ALL LEGAL.

>> EXACTLY.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> I THOUGHT GRAYSON WALLER

WANTED TO WIN THIS.

WE HEARD GRAYSON WALLER TALKING

ABOUT WANTING TO-

>> GRAYSON WALLER WANTS TO

PUNISH BRON BREAKKER.

THIS IS ABOUT SHOWING BRON

BREAKKER.

IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING ALL BRAUN.

IT'S ABOUT BEING ALL BRAIN

SOMETIMES, AND THAT'S WHAT

GRAYSON WALLER IS HERE TONIGHT,

VIC, AT VENGEANCE DAY, HE WANTS

THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

HE WANTS TO GO HOME TONIGHT AND

NEW NXT CHAMP.

>> ALL GRAYSON WALLER CARES

ABOUT IS HIMSELF.

HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THIS

BRAND.

>> WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO THINK

ABOUT?

>> HE'S NOT THE ONE LIKE BRON

>> WHAT ARE YOU

SUPPOSE TO THINK ABOUT?

>> -WHO HAS TAKEN THIS BRAND ALL

AROUND THE--

>> VIC, WHAT HE IS

SUPPOSE TO THINK ABOUT?

A CHAMPION.

THAT'S A CHAMPION WE CAN BE

PROUD OF.

NOT GRAYSON WALLER WHO ONLY

THINKS ABOUT HIMSELF, AND WE

COULD BE CLOSING IN ON THE

WALLER ERA.

>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M NOT

PROUD OF BRON BREAKKER.

OF COURSE I'M PROUD OF HIM, BUT

THIS BUSINESS IS ABOUT GOING OUT

THERE AND WINNING.

>> UH-OH.

BRON, WE TALK ABOUT THE DEFIANT

CHAMPION WHO'S PUT THIS BRAND ON

HIS BACK SINCE DAY ONE.

OVERCOMING, OVERPOWERING.

WALLER JUST REALIZING.

AGAIN, WALLER TRYING TO RUN TO

CREATE SOME DISTANCE, TO CREATE

SOME SEPARATION, BUT BRON

BREAKKER GOING TO HAVE NONE OF

THAT.

>> [LAUGHS]

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

>> BREAKKER RETURNING THE FAVOR.

>> THE LOOK IN THE EYES OF BRON

BREAKKER SAYS I'M TRIED OF

PLAYING FROM THIS POINT ON, NO

JIVING, NO PLAYING AROUND.

I'M GOING TO FINISH THIS.

>> BREAKKER NOW.

HOW SWEET IT MUST FEEL AFTER ALL

THESE WEEKS FOR BRON.

>> WOW.

>> PINBALLING WALLER AROUND.

[CROWD BARKS]

>> JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PURE

POWER ON DISPLAY BY BRON

BREAKKER.

YOU THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING

BREAKKER HAS OVERCOME IN THIS

MATCH.

AS NOW HIS EYES ARE SET ON

WALLER.

CHARGING IN.

WALLER'S ABLE TO OUTSMART

BREAKKER FOR THE MOMENT.

A LOW BLOW.

>> IN THE CROWN JEWELS.

>> WE SAID HE WOULD NOT BE

AFRAID TO CUT CORNERS.

A STUNNER TO BOOT.

>> IT'S LEGAL, VIC.

>> INTO THE DAMN COVER.

>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> BREAKKER KICKED OUT, BOOK.

>> IT'S LEGAL.

WOW.

>> UNREAL.

SOMEHOW BRON BREAKKER WAS ABLE

TO KICK OUT, AND YOU TAKE A LOOK

AT CHARLOTTE RIGHT NOW.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP.

FOR BOTH THESE SUPERSTARS, THIS

MATCH A DEFINING MOMENT.

WHEN A DEFINING MOMENT COMES

ALONG, YOU EITHER DEFINE THAT

MOMENT OR THAT MOMENT'S GOING TO

DEFINE YOU.

THIS IS ABOUT THE NXT TITLE.

CHAMPION, CHALLENGER, BREAKKER,

WALLER.

THOSE MOMENTS, VIC.

BE GONE JUST LIKE THAT.

>> DID YOU HEAR WHAT WALLER

SAID?

WHAT IS GOING THROUGH WALLER'S

MIND?

[CROWD CHANTS "LET'S GO WALLER"]

[CROWD CHANTS "WALLER SUCKS"]

VIRAL MOMENTS.

TAKING HIS EYES OFF THE BALL.

>> I THINK I KNOW, VIC.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS THAT VIRAL MOMENT, VIC.

GIVING IT TO THE PEOPLE.

SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> BOY, HERE'S YOUR VIRAL

MOMENT.

THERE'S NOWHERE FOR WALLER TO

GO, NOWHERE FOR HIM TO RUN.

HE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE CAGE.

YOU CAN'T WIN THE TITLE,

GRAYSON.

YOU CAN'T WIN THE GOLD.

YOU GOT TO DO IT IN THE RING.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, VIC?

I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET A

VIRAL MOMENT.

HE'S GOING TO GET THAT VIRAL

MOMENT.

>> SUPERPLEX.

YOU HEAR THE BARKS.

>> VIC, THAT SUPERPLEX LOOKED

LIKE IT ALL KNOCKED THE WIND

RIGHT OUT OF GRAYSON WALLER'S

BODY.

>> YOU HEAR NXT BRINGING IT TO

BRON BREAKKER.

THIS IS WHAT BREAKKER WANTED.

THIS IS THE MOMENT BRON'S BEEN

WAITING FOR.

GO FOR THE COVER.

BRON HAS IT.

BOOK.

>> IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT, VIC.

IT'S BIGGER THAN YOU AND I WOULD

EVER KNOW, VIC.

>> WALLER CAN'T EVEN GET TO HIS

FEET, BOOK.

>> VIC, IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT.

>> WALLER CAN'T STAND UP.

>> THIS IS PERSONAL AT THIS

POINT.

>> LOOK AT ME.

LOOK AT ME.

YOU WANT TO TALK TRASH NOW?

YOU WANT TO TALK TRASH ON SOCIAL

MEDIA TO ME NOW?

THIS IS MY DOG POUND.

I RUN NXT.

>> WALLER DEFIANT IN THE END.

AS BAM, HE JUST GETS DESTROYED

BY BRON BREAKKER, WHO RETAINS

HIS TITLE.

[BELL RINGS]

[BRON BREAKKER'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> HERE IS YOUR WINNER AND

STILL THE NXT CHAMPION, BRON

BREAKER.

>> WOW.

>> YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN, BOOK.

GRAYSON WALLER BROUGHT HIS BEST,

BUT IN THE END, YOU GOT TO

WONDER WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH

WALLER'S MIND BECAUSE BRON

BREAKKER CAME HERE WITH ONE

THING ON HIS, TO WIN, TO RETAIN.

LET'S GO BACK TO SOME OF THE

ACTION, THIS IS THAT VIRAL

MOMENT WALLER WAS LOOKING FOR,

AS YOU SAID IT, CERTAINLY GOT

ONE WITH THAT HUGE SUPERPLEX.

THEN BRON BREAKKER WOULD HIT

THIS DEVASTATING SPEAR, BUT THEN

THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

>> THIS IS MY DOG POUND.

I RUN NXT.

>> GRAYSON WALLER WOULD NO

LONGER BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF BRON

BREAKKER, WHO, BAM, DELIVERED

ONE OF THE DAMNEDEST SPEARS

WE'VE SEEN BREAKKER DELIVER HERE

IN NXT TO RETAIN HIS

CHAMPIONSHIP.

AS BRON CELEBRATING WITH HIS DOG

POUND HERE IN CHARLOTTE.

>> THERE IS CARMELO HAYES.

WHILE BRON SAID HE CAME TO

CHARLOTTE TO DESTROY, CONQUER

AND RETAIN, DID WE JUST WITNESS

POSSIBLY THE NEXT ROADBLOCK FOR

OUR CHAMPION ON HIS ROAD TO

STAND & DELIVER?

[MUSIC]