Original subtitles

>> NXT BATTLEGROUND IS GOING TO

COME TO LOWELL MAY 28.

>> THERE'S SO MUCH HAPPENING AT

THIS EVENT.

THE TICKET YOU HAVE TO GET.

>> WE'VE WITNESSED WWE HISTORY

IN THIS TOWN BEFORE.

>> WE ARE LIVE RIGHT HERE IN

LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

>> ROCK'S THE NEW CHAMPION.

>> FROM BEING FIRST TO CROWN THE

PEOPLE'S CHAMPION, TO BEING

FRONT AND CENTER TO WITNESS THE

EMERGENCE OF A NEW LATITUDE.

>> VINCENT, I DID IT.

>> THIS TOWN HAS ALWAYS EMBRACED

THE NEW GENERATION.

>> NXT LOWELL, ARE YOU READY?

[MUSIC]

>> THIS IS THE LOCAL GUY MAKES

GOOD STORY COMING BACK HOME.

>> YES.

>> I HAD ACTUALLY GONE AS A FAN

THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN LOWELL,

SO IT'S SO COOL TO GO NOW AS THE

CHAMP.

>> HISTORY SHOWS THAT WALKING

INTO THIS TOWN AS NXT CHAMPION

DOESN'T GUARANTEE YOU'LL WALK

OUT WITH THE GOLD.

>> AFTER BATTLEGROUND, YOU'RE

GOING TO REALIZE THAT YOU'RE NOT

HIM.

YOU'RE NOTHING.

>> BEATING YOU IS GOING TO HELP

ME CREATE THE DYNASTY THAT I'M

ABOUT TO BUILD OVER YOUR BODY.

>> WITH NXT BACK ON THE ROAD

BENEATH THE SHADOW OF BEANTOWN,

WE'VE ARRIVED AT THE PRECIPICE

OF ANOTHER NXT MILESTONE.

>> WHO WILL BE THE NEXT TO HOLD

THE PRESTIGIOUS WOMEN'S

CHAMPIONSHIP?

>> JUST WHO WILL BE LEFT

STANDING IN LOWELL?

>> THE BATTLEGROUND IS BEING

CREPT WITH POSSIBLE CHAMPIONS

TAKING CLAIM TO THE GOLD.

>> WITH THESE NXT SUPERSTARS ON

THEIR ROAD TO GLORY,

BATTLEGROUND IS ALL ABOUT MAKING

SOME HISTORY OF THEIR OWN.

[CROWD CHANTS "NXT"]

>> AND NOW, WWE PRESENTS NXT

BATTLEGROUND.

>> EVERY BATTLE BEGINS WITH

CONFLICT AS THE BATTLE IS ABOUT

TO BE LAID OUT TONIGHT.

WE ARE LIVE IN THE SHADOWS OF

BOSTON IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS

WHERE OUR SUPERSTARS ARE

PREPARED TO FIGHT.

WELCOME TO NXT BATTLEGROUND.

WELCOMING AT RINGSIDE, I'M VIC

JOSEPH ALONGSIDE WITH THE

TWO-TIME WWE HALL OF FAMER,

BOOKER T.

BOOKER, WE'VE FELT NOTHING BUT

EXCITEMENT SINCE WE HAVE

ARRIVED.

>> MAN, I HAD EXCITEMENT LAST

NIGHT.

I MUST CONGRATULATE THE BOSTON

CELTICS, MAN.

THAT BOY, JASON TATUM, THEY DID

IT, MAN.

THEY PUSHED-- GOING TO GAME 7.

IT'S ABOUT TO GET ON IN HERE,

MAN.

>> LET'S GET READY FOR THE FIRST

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH TONIGHT HERE

AT BATTLEGROUND.

[WES LEE'S MUSIC PLAYS]

[BELL RINGS]

>> THE FOLLOWING TRIPLE THREAT

MATCH SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS

FOR THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPIONSHIP.

INTRODUCING FIRST, HE IS THE NXT

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION, WES

LEE.

>> OUR LOVE FOR THE NXT UNIVERSE

BECAUSE WITH A VICTORY TONIGHT,

BOOKER, LEE WILL HAVE THE MOST

SUCCESSFUL TITLE DEFENSES OF THE

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

HOW CAN ANYONE QUESTION HIS

GREATNESS?

>> YOU CAN'T.

I LOOK AT THIS KID, WES LEE AND

I SAY IT ALL THE TIME, HE'S A

SPECIAL TALENT.

HE'S THAT KID, VIC.

HE'S THAT ROSE THAT JUST GREW

RIGHT OUT OF THE CONCRETE.

HE'S A SPECIAL, SPECIAL

INDIVIDUAL, AND TONIGHT HE'S GOT

A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE AND DO

SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE SQUARED CIRCLE.

OH MY GOD, MAN.

>> WES LEE'S DEFENDING THIS IN

OF COURSE THE TRIPLE THREAT

RULES.

THERE IS NO CHAMPION'S

ADVANTAGE.

[TYLER BATE'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGERS.

FIRST, TYLER BATE.

>> THE BIG STRONG BOI NO

STRANGER TO WEARING GOLD.

ONE OF THE YOUNGEST CHAMPIONS

EVER IN WWE HISTORY.

REALLY SINCE HIS FIRST

CHAMPIONSHIP REIGN AS THE UNITED

KINGDOM CHAMPION, HOW HAS HE

MATURED IN YOUR HALL OF FAME

EYES?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

I MUST SAY THIS YOUNG MAN, TYLER

BATE, HE'S SMART BECAUSE HE'S

SLIMED HIS WAY, HE STOLE HIS WAY

RIGHT INTO THIS MATCH.

THE THING IS, I'M NOT LOOKING

DOWN ON HIM FOR THAT, VIC.

THAT'S WHAT THIS BUSINESS IS ALL

ABOUT.

YOU GOT TO WATCH YOUR BACK ALL

THE TIME, MAN.

>> WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A

LITTLE BIT MORE AS THIS MATCH

CONTINUES BECAUSE TYLER BATE IS

VERY DESERVING OF A NORTH

AMERICAN-

>> OH, YES.

OH, YES.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M NOT SAYING THAT HE ISN'T,

VIC.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

>> YOU SAID IF YOU'RE NOT

CHEATING, YOU'RE NOT TRYING.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

DID I SAY I WAS DOUBTING HIM FOR

THAT?

I JUST SAID, LOOK, IF I'M GOING

TO GO INTO A BOUT, I'M GOING TO

TELL A MAN EXACTLY WHAT I'M ALL

ABOUT.

THIS MAN TYLER BATE IS NOT LIKE

THAT.

>> YOU COULD SEE WES LEE WON'T

EVEN LOOK TYLER BATE IN THE

EYES.

LOOKING RIGHT PASSED ONE OF HIS

TWO CHALLENGERS.

[JOE GACY'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> ACCOMPANIED TO THE RING BY

AVA, REPRESENTING SCHISM, JOE

GACY.

>> BOOKER, ONE THING WE'VE

ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT IS JUST HOW

DANGEROUS JOE GACY IS, AND HE

DOESN'T WANT THE NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPIONSHIP FOR HIS PRESTIGE.

HE WANTS IT FOR THE POWER, HE

WANTS IT FOR THE PLATFORM TO

CONTINUE TO SPREAD HIS MESSAGE.

>> JOE GACY, HE'S A MANIPULATOR,

MAN.

YOU LOOK IN HIS EYES, YOU COULD

FALL UNDER THAT SPELL OF JOE

GACY.

TONIGHT, LET ME TELL YOU

SOMETHING, HE'S A VERY, VERY

ACCOMPLISHED INDIVIDUAL IN THE

MIDDLE OF THAT SQUARED CIRCLE.

DON'T LET THE SMOOTH TASTE FOOL

YOU, MAN.

>> GACY NOT COMING ALONE.

THERE OF COURSE IS AVA, AND HOW

WILL SHE PLAY A FACTOR IN THIS

TRIPLE THREAT MATCH?

AGAIN, WES LEE, THE CHAMPION

DOES NOT NEED TO BE FACTORED IN

THE DECISION TO LOSE HIS

CHAMPIONSHIP HERE TONIGHT AT NXT

BATTLEGROUND.

>> YOU SAID THERE, VIC.

FACTOR, THE X-FACTOR, THAT'S

WHAT AVA IS.

>> WHAT A WAY TO KICK OFF

BATTLEGROUND HERE TONIGHT.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WES LEE

AGAIN REAL QUICK UPFRONT HERE.

FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD DOUBTERS

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, BOOKER-

[BELL RINGS]

-HOW HAS LEE PROVEN HIMSELF TO

THE NAYSAYERS?

THIS IS GOING TO BE QUICK.

FIRST COVER OF THE MATCHUP.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> BATE TRYING TO GET LEE DOWN

AND HERE COMES GACY CRUCIFIX

PIN.

HIS SHOULDERS ARE DOWN.

THE REFEREE DOING A LOT OF WORK

HERE UPFRONT.

>> THING'S FLUID RIGHT HERE OFF

THE TOP, AND I'M GOING TO TELL

YOU.

WES LEE IS THAT KIND THAT HAS

GONE OUT THERE AND PROVED HE'S A

MAN INSIDE THAT SQUARED CIRCLE

EACH AND EVERY NIGHT.

COMPETING AGAINST THE BEST HERE

AT NXT, AND PROVING THAT HE IS

THAT MAN, THAT GUY.

>> HERE'S WHAT YOU WERE TALKING

ABOUT EARLIER, THE FRIENDSHIP

BETWEEN LEE AND BATE, AND FOR--

OH, LEE GOES CHARGING AND BATE

TOOK A SE--

LOOK, JOE GACY,

BOOK, HAS DONE A MASTERFUL JOB

OF DRIVING A WEDGE BETWEEN THESE

TWO THAT BEING LEE AND BATE, BUT

HE JUST GOT TOSSED THE OUT

[CROSSTALK]

>> LOOK, VIC, ALL HE HAD TO DO

IS QUOTE THE OG.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> ALL HE HAD TO DO IS QUOTE THE

OG.

THEY'RE SMILING IN YOUR FACE

WHILE ALL THE TIME THEY'RE

STABBING YOU IN YOUR BACK.

THAT'S WHAT THIS KID TYLER BATE

HAS BEEN DOING.

>> GACY, I THINK THIS PLAN'S

GOING TO BACKFIRE BECAUSE BOTH

LEE AND BATE GOING TO THE

AGAIN, THERE'S NO COUNT OUTS,

THERE ARE NO DISQUALIFICATION.

SUBMISSION INSIDE THE SQUARED

CIRCLE.

FRIENDSHIPS IN HERE, VIC.

EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF RIGHT HERE

BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT ONE THING,

IT'S ABOUT THAT NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPIONSHIP.

OH YES.

IT'S HEATING UP A LITTLE BIT.

>> THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING

ABOUT.

THERE IS NO FRIENDSHIPS.

THERE IS JUST THREE SUPERSTARS

WITH ONE PIECE OF GOLD AND GACY.

GACY'S JUST WIPED OUT THE FIELD,

AND NOW LOOK, THIS IS THE DANGER

OF A TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR

LEE.

LEE'S TAKEN DOWN.

GACY PINS BATE, GACY WINS THE

NORTH AMERICAN TITLE.

>> GACY'S VERY CALCULATED RIGHT

THERE.

HE SAW THAT WINDOW OPENING, HE

JUST SLIPPED RIGHT INSIDE.

ALMOST PUT HIMSELF IN A POSITION

TO GET A VICTORY.

RIGHT NOW, THAT BIG STRONG BOI

IS LOOK-- WHOA.

YES.

>> HIGH IMPACT NASTY LANDING.

GACY INTO THE COVER AND WES LEE

JUST BREAKING UP THE COUNT.

>> ONE THING ABOUT JOE GACY,

HE'S CRAFTY, MAN.

HE'S A CRAFTY INDIVIDUAL.

CHECK HIM OUT RIGHT HERE.

>> JUST ABSOLUTELY ROLLING TO

START THIS MATCH WITH A BACK IN

THE RING.

BAM, BIG HIGH IMPACT FROM GACY

WHO'S A HALF-SECOND AWAY FROM

BECOMING THE NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT

GACY.

HIS BEST ATTRIBUTE IN THIS MATCH

REALLY IS MIND MANIPULATION.

ABLE TO DRIVE THAT WEDGE BETWEEN

TWO FORMER FRIENDS WE'VE SEEN

TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN HIS

CAREER.

HE GOES UP AND OVER.

>> GERMAN SUPLEX.

QUICK SHOULDERS DOWN AND A NEAR

FALL.

WES LEE.

WOW.

>> HE'S GETTING RILED UP, VIC,

TRYING TO GET INTO YOUR

OPPONENT'S HEAD.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, ONE THING

ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN, WES LEE,

HE HAS BEEN LASER-FOCUSED.

CHECK HIM OUT.

>> WES LEE, A NICE JOB TOO OFF

THE GERMAN, PRESENCE OF MIND TO

SECURE THE PIN.

NOW WES LEE, THE ONE WHO IS IN

CONTROL, DOUBLE STOMP, RIGHT TO

THE BACK.

>> YES.

WES LEE, LIKE I SAY, HE'S NOT A

GUY THAT'S GOING TO SIT AND

WATCH THE ACTION GO DOWN AND NOT

GET IN.

>> SHOULDERS UP ONE MORE TIME.

ANOTHER NEAR FALL.

>> ABOUT THIS KID, HE WANTS TO

GET RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE ACTION.

WE KNOW HE'LL THREW CAUTION TO

THE WIND, VIC.

CHECK IT OUT.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS

YOU SPEAK.

>> OH, YES.

>> BEHIND OVER WES LEE, JUST

ABLE TO KICK OUT WAS TYLER BATE.

WHEN IT COMES TO WES LEE, WE

RECORDS, ABOUT THE

LONGEST-REIGNING NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION.

HE SAID HE'S NOT FOCUSED ON THE

NUMBERS.

HE'S FOCUSED ON BEING THE BEST.

>> THAT'S WHAT MAKE GREAT

CHAMPIONS.

YOU THINK ABOUT BEING THE BEST

IN THAT LOCKER ROOM

CHAMPIONSHIP, JUST FOLLOW ALONG,

TRUST ME, I'M A LIVING PROOF.

35, 35, VIC.

>> WE CAN ADD THEM ALL MIGHT,

BOOK.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO ADD

UP YET ANOTHER SUPLEX ON TYLER

BATE.

>> OH, YES.

>> THE BIG STRONG BOI NOW HAS

TURNED THE MOMENTUM AROUND IN

THIS MATCHUP.

>> WITH A LITTLE ATTITUDE THERE

WITH THAT LITTLE NIP UP.

>> WE TALK ABOUT GACY'S GREATEST

ATTRIBUTE.

IT WILL BE THE STRENGTH OF TYLER

BATE HERE TONIGHT.

>> WOW.

BATE NOW STANDING SHOOTING STAR.

HE'S INTO THE COVER, INTO THE

COUNT.

OH, HE SAW GACY COMING.

PRESENCE OF MIND BY BATE.

NOW BATE TRYING TO HOIST UP

GACY, EASILY THE LARGEST ATHLETE

IN THIS MATCHUP.

A LITTLE [INDISTINCT]

BUT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

OH, SECOND TIME THE CHARM.

>> NICE JAB THERE BY THE-- THE

STRENGTH OF THIS YOUNG MAN, VIC.

>> ROUND AND ROUND, A LITTLE

SPIN.

BATE, NO WAY.

>> NO WAY.

NO WAY HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO

DO THIS.

HELL, NO.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> NXT UNIVERSE IN AWE OF THE

BIG STRONG BOI.

CAN YOU-- AN AIRPLANE SPIN AND A

SWING?

[LAUGHTER]

>> BATE DOING IT ALL, AND OH

BOY, RIGHT CENTER OF THE RING AS

WELL.

BATE NOW LEADS DOWN.

BATE IN THE COVER AND-- OH.

>> I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.

ONE THING ABOUT THAT

CHAMPIONSHIP RUN IS ALWAYS WHEN

YOU HIT THE WALL, WE'VE BEEN

WONDERING FOR A LONG TIME, WHEN

IS THIS YOUNG MAN, WES LEE,

GOING TO HIT THAT WALL, VIC?

>> LOOK, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT

TYLER BATE EARLIER.

AS YOU SEE, THIS SONG IS CENTER

HERE IN THE SHADOWS OF AUSTIN,

FIRED UP FOR NXT BATTLEGROUND.

YOU CAN'T BLAME TYLER BATE.

HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING MALICIOUS.

HE SAID HE WAS COMING AFTER THE

CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> COME ON, VIC.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I DON'T MIND YOU COMING OUT FOR

THE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT DON'T TRY

TO BE MY FRIEND ALONG THE WAY

BECAUSE THIS IS A MAN'S GAME,

VIC.

IT IS ABOUT COMPETITION.

I DON'T MIND THAT, BUT DON'T TRY

TO SNEAK YOUR WAY IN LIKE THIS

LION DID RIGHT HERE, THIS TYLER

BATE.

>> 50-50 SPLIT HERE BETWEEN LEE

AND BATE FROM THE NXT UNIVERSE,

BUT LEE, THE ONE IN CONTROL

RIGHT NOW, NICE.

WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE.

OH, WAIT, GACY?

>> RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT

TIME, VIC.

>> TWO FOR ONE SPECIAL.

>> COVER HIM.

>> UH-OH.

>> COVER HIM.

>> GACY LOOKING TO MAKE SCHISM'S

ROOTS STRONGER HERE TONIGHT.

GACY GETS CAUGHT BY BATE.

BATE WITH THE KNEE LIFT, CHARGES

HIM.

GETS CAUGHT, THOUGH, BY GACY.

ONE MORE TIME, GACY TAKING OUT

THE FIELD.

>> CAN YOU IMAGINE, VIC?

CAN YOU IMAGINE JOE GACY

BECOMING THE NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION?

HOW STRONG WOULD THAT MAKE WITH

SCHISM?

>> GACY LOOKING FOR A

SUBMISSION.

>> OH, HE'S GOT HIM LOCKED IN.

>> WES LEE HAS NOWHERE TO GO.

>> THE MIDDLE OF THE RING, VIC.

HE'S STUCK.

HERE, GACY TALKING RIGHT IN

LEE'S EAR.

LEE, THE HEART OF A CHAMPION BUT

HOW MUCH IS LEFT IN LEE TONIGHT?

>> THE REFEREE MAY HAVE TO HAVE

THE WHEREWITHAL AND THE

UNDERSTANDING AND KNOW HOW TO

STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING.

OH, WOW.

>> BATES STEPPED IN, TRIED TO DO

SOMETHING.

LOOK AT GACY, LOOKING IN THE

EYES OF BATE.

NOW, LOOK IN THE EYES OF GACY.

>> SADISTIC MAN.

>> WHILE THIS IS GOING ON, IS

LEE GOING TO TAP?

YOU SEE THE ARM HIGH IN THE AIR.

BATE, TRYING TO GET RIGHT BACK

IN.

FINALLY, BATE, SWINGING AWAY TO

BREAK UP AND SAVE THIS MATCHUP

AS THIS TRIPLE THREAT MATCH

ROLLS ON.

>> I WAS WONDERING FOR A SECOND

WHAT'S TAKING HIM SO LONG.

THE TITLE IS ON THE LINE RIGHT

THERE.

WES LEE COULD HAVE TAPPED OUT.

THIS THING COULD HAVE BEEN OVER,

VIC.

>> GACY COMING IN WITH THAT

STRATEGY WAS SMART.

I SUPPOSE THEY KNEW HE NEEDED TO

MANIPULATE THE FRIENDSHIP THAT

HE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE AT THE

TWO-ON-ONE DISADVANTAGE.

>> HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

>> HE WAS STANDING TALL ON

TUESDAY, BUT IT'S BATE STANDING

TALL FOR A MOMENT, MISSED THE

SHOOTING STAR AND RIGHT BACK IN.

>> OH, YES.

HE'S GOING TO DIVIDE AND

CONQUER, VIC.

>> RING'S LOCK DOWN ON BATE.

IS BATE NOW GOING TO TAP?

FINALLY, WES LEE, HAVING TO

BREAK IT UP.

>> WOW, WE JUST GETTING STARTED,

VIC.

I'M SWEATING ALREADY, MAN.

>> IT'S THE FIRST MATCH HERE AT

NXT BATTLEGROUND, AND WHAT A

MATCHUP.

[CROWD CHANTING]

>> NXT UNIVERSE, SHOWCASING

THEIR LOVE FOR ALL THREE OF

THESE SUPERSTARS.

WHAT A BIG RIGHT FROM LEE.

AT THIS POINT IN THE MATCHUP,

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE JUST HOW WE

STARTED AT A STALEMATE.

>> WES LEE IS A LATE-GAME

PLAYER.

SEEMS LIKE HE GETS STRONGER THE

LONGER THE MATCH GOES.

THIS MATCH RIGHT HERE, HE'S GOT

HIS HANDS FULL, VIC.

>> WELL, THE LEGS GETTING ROCKED

AND-- WAIT A MINUTE.

WHOA.

FINALLY, BATE AND GACY WERE

WORKING FOR A MOMENT.

WES LEE TURNING IT RIGHT AROUND.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

>> DOUBLE CARDIAC KICK FOR THE

CARDIAC--

>> WHOA.

>> TRY AGAIN, ANOTHER COVER.

NO.

I THINK LEE-- BOOKER, IF YOU

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT, LEE

PULLED SO BACK ON THE LEG IN THE

PIN, ALMOST THE MOMENTUM OF BATE

ROLLED HIS SHOULDER UP.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ACTION.

SAME MINDSET, THE CHALLENGERS

WIPED EACH OTHER OUT.

THEN LEE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE

WITH A DOUBLE KICK

>> MAN, LIKE A GUILLOTINE RIGHT

THERE COMING DOWN.

THIS KID, WES LEE, LIKE I SAY,

HE'S SPECIAL, VIC.

I'M WONDERING, I'M WONDERING,

DID THAT TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE

OUT OF HIM RIGHT THERE?

>> BOOK, WES LEE'S PUT JUST

ABOUT EVERYBODY HE'S FACED AWAY

WITH THAT CARDIAC KICK.

IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH THE

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP

MEANS TO ALL THREE.

AS WES LEE NOW, WHO HAS SHOWN

THAT HE IS WILLING TO FIGHT

ANYONE, ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME.

IT GETS-- OH, BATE PULLED HIM

RIGHT BACK.

NICE SHARP ELBOW THIS TIME FROM

LEE.

LEE RIGHT NOW, CONTROLLING THE

MOMENTUM OF THIS MATCHUP.

TYPICALLY, WE SEE LEE USE HIS

SPEED TO HIS ADVANTAGE.

>> RIGHT NOW, THE KEY IS HIS

CARDIO IT LOOK LIKE, BUT RIGHT

THERE, JUST OUT OF PLACE AT THE

WRONG TIME.

RIGHT THERE, GACY JUST TOOK

ADVANTAGE OF IT, VIC.

>> GACY GOT CAUGHT.

OH, NOW A SUBMISSION BY LEE.

LEE TRYING TO PUT GACY TO SLEEP,

TRYING TO SENSE THIS SLEEPER.

LOOK AT GACY'S KNEES, BOOK.

HE'S STARTING TO FADE.

GACY'S STARTING TO BEND.

>> YES, YES.

>> GACY'S DOWN TO A KNEE.

>> YES, HE'S DOWN TO A KNEE,

VIC.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS STRATEGY

RIGHT HERE.

I MEAN, THIS IS JUST NOT THE

RIGHT-- YOU WANT TO GET BIG

SHOTS.

YOU WANT TO HIT BIG SHOTS.

STICK AND MOVE.

>> LEE, TRYING TO CINCH IN AND

LEE TRYING TO SQUEEZE, BUT GACY

WHO CAN HEAR AVA ON THE OUTSIDE.

UH-OH, WHOA.

>> THAT'S THE BIG SHOT I'M

TALKING ABOUT.

COVER HIM, COVER HIM.

THAT COULD BE IT.

>> WELL, GACY, PRESENCE OF MIND

TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU SAID, INTO

THE COVER BUT BATE?

>> WOW.

>> BATE NOW, CAN HE HOOK IN

TYLER DRIVER '97?

>> OH, LOOK.

BATE'S ABOUT TO DEMONSTRATE.

>> GOT ALL OF IT AT BATE.

>> IT'S OVER.

IT'S ALL OVER.

>> COUNTING.

OH, A METEORA.

COVER, COVER, COVER, COVER.

GACY BREAKING IT UP.

OH, LEE DUMPED TO THE OUTSIDE.

GACY NOW, YOU SEE A SENSE OF

URGENCY IN GACY.

LEE, JUST FLIPPING THE SWITCH

HERE IN THIS MOMENT.

LEE'S BEEN IN THESE DEEP WATERS

BEFORE.

IN COMES BATE.

BATE'S STARTING TO QUICKEN IN

THIS TRIPLE THREAT MATCH.

THIS IS A PACE, EVERYONE MOVING

RIGHT NOW, BOOK.

>> YES, INDEED.

LIKE I SAY, THIS GUY, WES LEE,

HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO FIND A WAY.

HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO FIND THAT

ANSWER.

WILL HE FIND IT TONIGHT HERE AT

BATTLEGROUND?

>> LOOK, LEE HAS BEEN AT THE

DISADVANTAGE ALL NIGHT LONG.

GACY NOW WITH LEE IN HIS SIGHTS

BUT SO MUCH TAKEN OUT.

LEE, OH.

>> WHAT THE?

>> LEE DODGED GACY TO WIPE OUT

BATE.

BATE TO OUR LEFT, NOT MOVING

TURNED ON LEE.

OH, HIS SCHISM ABOUT TO GET

GOLDEN ROOTS.

COMING IN AND-- LEE WITH A

CARDIAC KICK.

>> YOU CAN'T.

HEY.

>> COVER.

>> ONE, TWO, THREE.

[BELL RINGS]

>> LEE RETAINS HIS TITLE.

[WES LEE'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> HERE IS YOUR WINNER, AND

STILL THE NXT NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION, WES LEE.

>> DAMN RIGHT, YOU'RE GETTING A

STANDING OVATION, WES LEE, WHO

HAS JUST SET THE RECORD FOR THE

MOST SUCCESSFUL TITLE DEFENSES

OF THE NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> TEARS OF JOY, VIC.

>> WOW.

>> TEARS OF JOY RIGHT THERE.

THIS YOUNG MAN IS INCREDIBLE.

>> I MEAN, THIS ACTION WAS

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

TYLER BATE HERE.

HE HAS WON COUNTLESS

CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE IN NXT AND

WWE-

>> HE HAD IT WON.

HE HAD IT WON RIGHT THERE.

>> -BUT TYLER BATE

IN '97 TO THAT METEORA WAS ABLE

TO CONNECT AND JUST IN THE LAST

PRESENT, GACY WAS ABLE TO BREAK

UP THE COUNT.

THIS MATCH WILL CONTINUE TO

ROLL, BUT LOOK AT THE PRESENCE

OF MIND BY LEE.

SIDE STEP GACY.

GACY ACTUALLY DUCKED OUT OF THE

WAY TO WIPE OUT BATE BACK INTO

THE RING.

WES LEE WAS TRYING TO TAKE

CONTROL, BAM GETS PLANTED BY

GACY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT

CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE, HAVING

THAT MINDSET.

RIGHT HERE, BAM, ABLE TO DIG

DOWN DEEP FOR THE CARDIAC KICK.

FOR THE CARDIAC KICK TO RETAIN

THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

[CHEERS]

>> HERE IS YOUR WINNER.

>> FOR WES LEE, HE'S STILL

FIGHTING AS THE NORTH AMERICAN

CHAMPION.

HE'S A RASCAL FOR LIFE.

LEE'S RECORD-BREAKING REIGN

CONTINUES IN NXT.

[MUSIC]

>> THERE'LL BE A TOURNAMENT TO

CROWN A NEW NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION

CULMINATING AT NXT BATTLEGROUND.

>> INDI HARTWELL, YOUR 15

MINUTES OF FAME ARE OVER.

SORRY LADIES, BUT I HAVE IT.

IT'S TIFFY TIME.

[MUSIC]

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO

COMPETE IN THIS TOURNAMENT.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDED THE

WOMEN'S TITLE.

SURVIVE THE EVIL TURKEY TONIGHT-

>> STRATTON, THE FIRST TO

ADVANCE IN THE NXT WOMEN'S

TOURNAMENT.

>> -THEN TWO MORE AND THEN GO ON

TO BECOME THE NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPION.

[CHEERS]

>> WHOA.

>> IT'S STRATTON.

IT'S HEADED TO BATTLEGROUND.

>> TONIGHT, THE CENTER OF THE

NXT UNIVERSE CLAIMED HER

RIGHTFUL SPOT AT THE TOP OF THE

WOMEN'S DIVISION.

[MUSIC]

>> I NEVER ASKED TO BE THE

IT-GIRL AT NXT.

WHEN YOU'RE THE CENTER OF THE

UNIVERSE, EVERYTHING JUST

PERFECTLY FALLS INTO PLACE.

>> THE FINALS ARE SET.

VALKYRIA, STRATTON, WHO IS

WALKING OUT THE NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPION?

>> IT'S OFF THE BATTLEGROUND TO

BECOME THE NXT WOMEN'S CHAMP.

TRAVELING FIRST CLASS, OF

COURSE, TOODLES

>> WE'LL FIND

OUT IF STRATTON WILL BECOME

CHAMPION LATER TONIGHT, BUT

THERE IS THE CHALLENGER BRON

BREAKKER ARRIVING READY TO

REGAIN THE NXT TITLE AND RUIN

THE CHAMPION'S HOMECOMING HERE

IN THE SHADOWS OF BOSTON AT NXT

BATTLEGROUND.

THERE WE SEE CARMELO HAYES,

TRICK WILLIAMS ARRIVING AS WELL.

AS WE MENTIONED THE HOMECOMING

THERE, OF COURSE, SEAN GRANDE,

THE VOICE OF THE BOSTON CELTICS.

HIM AND CARMELO HAYES WON FINAL

PREP TALK AND ALSO SEAN GRANDE,

THE VOICE OF THE CELTICS ALSO

VOICED OVER THE OPENING TO

BATTLEGROUND.

HUGE MAIN EVENT STILL TO COME

LATER TONIGHT HERE AT NXT

BATTLEGROUND.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A

CHAMPIONSHIP, HOW ABOUT THE

PRESTIGIOUS HERITAGE CUP?

AS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON US

SOIL, NOAM DAR WILL DEFEND THE

HERITAGE CUP AS HE FACES DRAGON

LEE IN A MATCHUP THAT IS A TEST

OF STRATEGY AND STAMINA.

[CHEERS]

>> THE HERITAGE CUP, A

CELEBRATION OF THE RICH HISTORY

AND LINEAGE OF EUROPEAN

WRESTLING, THAT DATES BACK TO

THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

ALL HERITAGE CUP MATCHES ARE

CONTESTED UNDER SIX THREE-MINUTE

ROUNDS, WITH A 20-SECOND BREAK

BETWEEN EACH ROUND.

DURING THIS BREAK, THE

COMPETITORS GO BACK TO

RESPECTIVE CORNERS TO RECEIVE

TREATMENT OR ADVICE FROM THEIR

CORNER MAN.

HERITAGE CUP MATCHES ARE TWO OUT

OF THREE FALLS.

FALLS CAN BE SCORED BY PINFALL,

SUBMISSION OR COUNT OUT.

WHEN A FALL OCCURS, THE ROUND

ENDS IMMEDIATELY.

IN THE EVENT OF A

DISQUALIFICATION OR KNOCKOUT,

THE MATCH ENDS INSTANTLY.

IF THE CONTEST HAS NOT BEEN

DECIDED BY THE END OF THE SIXTH

AND FINAL ROUND, WHOEVER IS

AHEAD ON FALLS WOULD WIN THE

MATCH.

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE, THE

CHAMPION WOULD RETAIN AND BE

AWARDED THE HERITAGE CUP.

[CHEERS]

>> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS FOR

THE NXT HERITAGE CUP

CHAMPIONSHIP AND WILL BE

CONTESTED BY HERITAGE CUP RULES.

[DRAGON LEE'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> GET READY BOOKER, BECAUSE

THE FIRST NXT PREMIUM LIVE EVENT

EVER IN MASSACHUSETTS IS GONNA

SEE THE FIRST EVER HERITAGE CUP

CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENDED ON US

SOIL.

[BELL RINGING]

>> INTRODUCING FIRST THE

CHALLENGER, ACCOMPANIED BY

NATHAN FRAZER, DRAGON LEE.

[CHEERS]

>> THERE YOU SEE NATHAN FRAZER

AND HE'S GONNA BE THE CHIEF

SECOND, THE CORNER MAN FOR

DRAGON LEE IN THIS MATCHUP,

WHICH IS UNUSUAL ON ITS OWN

RIGHT.

HOW VITAL CAN A CORNER MAN BE TO

A SUPERSTAR IN THIS SORT OF

MATCH UP THAT, AGAIN, IS GONNA

BE SIX, THREE-MINUTE ROUNDS.

PINFALL OR SUBMISSION OR COUNT

OUT TO EARN A FALL.

FIRST SUPERSTAR TO TWO DECISIONS

WINS.

>> TWO SECONDS IS VERY

IMPORTANT, VIC.

[INDISTINCT]

THAT SECOND SET OF EYES.

SEE THINGS YOU CAN'T SEE.

NATHAN FRAZER, HE'S BEEN THERE,

HE'S DONE THAT.

HE COMPETED FOR THAT HERITAGE

CUP.

HE KNOWS, VIC.

>> HE DOES, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

NOAM DAR KNOWS THAT HE HAS TO

BLAME HIMSELF FOR BRINGING LEE

AND FRAZER TOGETHER FOR THIS

MATCHUP, A COMMON ENEMY, AND

DRAGON LEE LOOKING TO WEAR GOLD

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE FORM

OF THE HERITAGE CUP HERE IN NXT.

[NOAM DAR'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> AND HERE FROM COVID, HE IS

THE NXT HERITAGE CUP CHAMPION

SUPER NOVA 11, NOAM DAR.

[CHEERS]

>> WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING

ABOUT WEARING THE GOLD AND

HOLDING A TITLE, CARRYING THE

HERITAGE CUP.

THERE'S NO TAKING AWAY FROM NOAM

DAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

BUT HE'S BEEN A LITTLE RELUCTANT

TO DEFEND THAT HERITAGE CUP.

WHAT'S HE SCARED OF?

>> LISTEN, I WOULDN'T CALL IT

RELUCTANCY OR ANYTHING LIKE

THAT.

>> WHAT WORD WOULD YOU USE FOR

IT?

>> WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME

TROUBLING TIMES.

WE'VE JUST GOT THROUGH COVID

TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND ALL

THAT.

YOU WANT EVERYBODY-- PEOPLE LIKE

DRAGON LEE TO BE A PART OF THIS

TOURNAMENT.

THE BEST TOURNAMENT IN THE

WORLD.

THIS HERITAGE CUP, WE NEED

EVERYBODY.

MAN, COME ON.

IT'S SIMPLE, RIGHT?

>> I THINK FOR NOAM DAR, HE'D

LOVE TO HOLD ONTO WHAT HE CALLS

HIS BABY FOR THE REST OF HIS

LIFE.

DID YOU EVER ROCK ONE OF YOUR

CHAMPIONSHIPS TO SLEEP?

DID YOU EVER HOLD THE TV TITLE,

THE WORLD TITLE, THE TAG TEAM

TOP?

DID YOU EVER ROCK ANYTHING AND

TALK TO IT?

>> FIRST TIME-

>> HE'S WHISPERING TO IT,

BUT HE WAS

WHISPERING TO THE CUP.

>> MAN, THE TELEVISION

CHAMPIONSHIP, JUST LIKE THIS

HERITAGE CUP MAN, IT MEANS

EVERYTHING VIC.

WHEN I SAY EVERYTHING, I MEAN

EVERYTHING.

YES, BUT THE MAN IS GONNA DEFEND

IT, NOAM DAR, GIVE HIM HIS

PROPS, VIC.

>> ALL I HEARD YOU-

>> GIVE HIM HIS PROPS.

>> ALL I HEARD YOU SAY WAS YOU

DIDN'T SAY NO.

I'M ASSUMING YOU TALKED TO YOUR

TITLES AT ONE POINT IN YOUR

CAREER.

>> OH YES.

>> WE ARE SET FOR THE HERITAGE

CUP, FIRST TIME EVER

DOMESTICALLY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIX

THREE-MINUTE ROUNDS.

KNOCKOUT OR DISQUALIFICATION, I

DO WANT TO ADD THIS MATCH ENDS.

IT'S OVER.

IF THIS GOES THE FULL DISTANCE

AND IT'S TIED, NOAM DAR RETAINS

AT THE HERITAGE CUP.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

THE CRAFTSMANSHIP ON THAT

HERITAGE CUP.

I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE IT UP

CLOSE IN PERSON.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IT'S A

BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CUP.

[CHEERS]

[BELL RINGS]

>> WELL THERE'S THE BELL.

THREE MINUTES WILL BEGIN, AS

THERE YOU SEE THE COUNTDOWN IN

YOUR LOWER RIGHT.

HOW WILL THE HERITAGE CUP RULES,

BOOKER, THROW DRAGON LEE OFF?

>> I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING

TO THROW DRAGON LEE OFF OR

ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THIS

KID'S AN ATHLETE AS WELL AS HE

GOT NATHAN FRAZER IN HIS CORNER

TO GIVE HIM THOSE WHAT NOT TO

DOS MORE THAN THE WHAT TO DOS,

VIC.

>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

I'M SURE FRAZIER OVER THE LAST

FEW DAYS HAS LENT SOME ADVICE TO

DRAGON LEE, AND WE DO NOTICE

THAT NO ONE OUT HERE FOR NOAM

DAR, SO AT LEAST THAT'S A LITTLE

ADVANTAGE FOR DRAGON LEE.

WHOA, RIPPING AT THE EYES.

>> NO.

I DON'T THINK IT IS.

I'M GONNA TELL YOU I GOT A

CHANCE TO SEE NOAM DAR LAST WEEK

ON TELEVISION AGAINST NATHAN

FRAZER.

I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THIS KID IS

AN EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.

HE'S HUMBLE, HE'S SPECIAL.

LOOK AT HIM WITH THAT CONTROL

RIGHT THERE OVER DRAGON LEE,

JUST CONTROLLING THE BODY.

THAT RIGHT THERE IS SMART.

THAT'S A SKILL, VIC.

>> NOW BOTH THESE SUPERSTARS

THOUGH HAVE REALLY BEEN ON YOUR

RADAR SINCE THEIR ARRIVALS TO

NXT.

>> YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE ON THE

RADAR.

I MEAN THE BOOKER T'S FAV 5

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED INTERNATIONAL

SUPERSTARS LIKE THESE TWO GUYS.

>> OUR FIRST 60 SECONDS HAS GONE

BY IN THIS OPENING ROUND AND

NOAM DAR CERTAINLY HAS BEEN IN

CONTROL OF THIS MATCHUP.

DAR KEEPING THE PACE NICE AND

SLOW AGAIN.

NOAM DAR'S BEEN HERE BEFORE.

HE'S HAD TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL

OF THESE ROUNDS.

HE'S BEEN DEEP INTO THE WATERS

OF THESE SORT OF MATCHES.

THIS IS THE UNKNOWN FOR DRAGON

LEE.

AS LEE NOW TRYING TO QUICKEN THE

PACE A LITTLE BIT AS 90 SECONDS

JUST ABOUT TICKED OFF THE CLOCK

HERE IN THIS OPENING ROUND.

>> RIGHT NOW IT'S A PRETTY EVEN

MATCH VIC, IN THESE FIRST COUPLE

OF MINUTES.

>> YOU SEE RIGHT NOW EVERYONE'S

SETTLING INTO THIS MATCH, ALMOST

LIKE A FEELING OUT PROCESS IS

DAR.

A LITTLE TAKEDOWN OF DRAGON LEE

AND NOW FOCUSING ON A

SUBMISSION, THE LEFT KNEE.

NOW TRYING TO TRANSITION OVER,

AND DRAGON LEE RIGHT NOW IN A

PRECARIOUS POSITION AS DAR

TRYING HIS BEST AND LEE ABLE TO

KICK OUT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?

NOAM DAR KNOWS, "IF I CAN START

WEAKENING THE BODY PART HERE IN

ROUND 1, HOW'S THAT GONNA FARE

IN ROUND 3, IN ROUND 5?"

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO,

VIC.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS

TRY TO WEAKEN THE BODY.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET

THE WIN IN ROUND 1 OR ANYTHING

LIKE THAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND

WEAR THAT MAN DOWN.

YOU WANT TO LEAN ON HIM AS MUCH

AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN LIKE DRAGON

LEE IS DOING RIGHT NOW.

>> YOU SEE THE CLOCK NOW,

TICKING UNDERNEATH 45 SECONDS.

DAR, RIGHT BACK IN CONTROL OF

THIS MATCH-UP.

>> NICE ESCAPE THERE BY NOAM

DAR.

ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS KID,

NOAM DAR-- NOAM DAR, THAT'S A

CHAMPIONSHIP NAME RIGHT THERE.

>> YOU ARE BIG ON THE NAMES.

>> I AM.

YOU'RE SUPERNOVA.

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, A

LUMINOUS EXPLOSION OF A STAR.

>> OH.

>> THAT'S WHAT THIS KID IS.

>> OH, WAIT A MINUTE, A MISS TO

THE LEFT HIGH KNEE, THEN,

CONNECTS, SWING AND A MISS BY

SUPERNOVA.

LOOKING FOR THAT K-- LOOK, DAR

HAS FELT THAT FOOT UNDER HIS

JAW.

IT HAPPENED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO

WHEN DRAGON LEE WAS FACING

FRAZER.

WE'RE APPROACHING THE FINAL 10

SECONDS IN THIS OPENING-ROUND

MATCH-UP.

>> NEITHER ONE OF THESE GUYS HAS

BROKE A SWEAT.

>> THERE YOU-- OH.

OH, YOU HEARD THE CLAP, THAT'S

THE FINAL 10 SECONDS.

[CROWD COUNTS DOWN]

>> RIGHT NOW, FOUR, THREE,

COMING IN-- OH.

>> OH.

[BELL RINGS]

>> WHOA.

AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY THE

RULES.

LEE NOW HAS TO STOP.

HIS MOMENTUM JUST ENDED WHEN THE

CLOCK HIT AND-- WHAT?

THAT'S ORO MENSAH.

APPARENTLY MENSAH'S HAD A CHANGE

OF HEART.

NXT ANONYMOUS CAUGHT THE

CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY.

IT WAS ON THE KICKOFF SHOW.

DAR, SWEETENING THE DEAL.

IT LOOKS LIKE NOAM DAR NOW

INDEED HAS A-

[BELL RINGS]

>> -CHIEF SECOND.

IT CAUGHT FRAZER OFF GUARD.

HIS EYES GOT REALLY BIG.

DRAGON LEE NOW, THE BELL HAS

SOUNDED, AND ROUND 2 HAS BEGUN.

BOOKER, LET'S PUT ON A DIFFERENT

MINDSET HERE FOR YOUR HEAD.

IF YOU WERE SCORING THIS ON

POINTS, WHO WOULD YOU HAVE AHEAD

HERE IN TERMS OF MOMENTUM INTO

ROUND 2?

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

AFTER DRAGON LEE LANDED THAT BIG

SHOT RIGHT THERE AT ROUND 1, I

WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE DRAGON LEE

THE UPPER HAND.

RIGHT NOW, HE'S ROLLING

DOWNHILL.

HE'LL GET BIGGER, FASTER, AND

STRONGER, VIC, RIGHT NOW.

HERE WE GO.

>> DRAGON LEE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT

HERITAGE, WHICH IS WHY HE PUT

DAR ON NOTICE AT SPRING BREAKIN'

FOR THIS MATCH-UP, AND PICKING

UP RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFF IN

ROUND 1 AND 2, YOUR POINT IN THE

FIRST 30 SECONDS.

LEE IS ROLLING RIGHT NOW.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING

TO TAKE-- BEING IN THERE WITH A

MAN UNTIL YOU SEE HIM FACE TO

FACE, EYE TO EYE.

DRAGON LEE RIGHT NOW SEEMS

LIKE-- HE'S FEELING LIKE HE'S

GOING TO WALK AWAY WITH THIS

HERITAGE CUP HERE TONIGHT.

>> LOOK, NOAM DAR'S TRYING TO

COVER UP IN HIS OWN RIGHT.

HE'S COMING RIGHT BACK IN ON

DAR.

LEE'S GOT TO REMEMBER, TIME IS

THE ENEMY IN THIS MATCH.

EVEN THOUGH IT IS ROUND 2, EVERY

SECOND MATTERS.

>> WOW.

>> A BIG EXPLOSIVE KICK, RIGHT

INTO THE CORNER, INTO THE COVER,

AND DAR JUST GOT THE SHOULDER

UP.

ANOTHER REMINDER, IF THERE'S A

PIN, IF THERE'S A SUBMISSION, OR

A COUNT OUT, THE BELL WILL

SOUND.

THE ROUND ENDS AT THAT VERY

MOMENT.

>> I COULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW,

NOAM'S NOT LIKE THAT.

IF WE STOPS THIS MATCH RIGHT

NOW-- IF WE STOPS THIS MATCH

RIGHT NOW.

>> NICE COUNTER ROLL THROUGH.

>> DRAGON LEE WOULD BE--

>> DAR'S THE ONE WITH THE

SHOULDERS DOWN AND IT-- OH.

>> WOW, SO CLOSE.

>> DAR, ALMOST GETTING-

>> SO CLOSE.

>> -THE FIRST FALL.

ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS, CAUGHT

THE BACK ELBOW THOUGH RIGHT ON

THE EAR.

GOING UP, GOING AROUND, DAR NOW,

INTO THE COVER, AND WHOA.

>> OH.

[BELL RINGS]

>> THE WINNER OF THE FALL, NOAM

[CROWD BOOS]

>> WOW.

LIKE FRAZER SAY, "LET'S GO.

TRY TO GET LEE'S MIND BACK INTO

THIS."

THE REFEREE DOING A NICE JOB

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW QUICK-

[BELL RINGS]

>> -IT HAPPENS.

ROUND 3, NOW, THE MOMENTUM HAS

SWUNG IMMEDIATELY TO DAR WHO HAS

ONE FALL.

NOW, HOW DOES THIS CHANGE THE

STRATEGY FOR DRAGON?

>> MIND GAMES RIGHT THERE.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, HOW

UNORTHODOX WOULD THAT SHOT THERE

FROM NOAM DAR TO GET THAT

PINFALL THAT QUICK?

>> OH, LOOK AT IT NOW.

LEE REALIZING-- I THINK MAYBE

THAT'S SOMETHING FRAZER TOLD HIM

THAT-

>> OH.

>> -TIME-- OH, THE SUBMISSION.

>> RIGHT THERE, DRAGON LEE JUST

WALKED RIGHT INTO THAT SHOT

RIGHT THERE.

HE GOT A LITTLE OVERZEALOUS,

PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THAT ONE

PINFALL.

HE'S DOWN RIGHT NOW.

>> IT LOOKED LIKE DAR WAS TRYING

TO THROW SOME HAMMER FISTS.

NICE KICK THOUGH BY LEE, WHO IS

ABLE TO FIGURE OUT AND NAVIGATE

HIS WAY FREE.

IT'S WORTH 30 SECONDS INTO ROUND

3.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BOOKER.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A TRUE TEST

OF STRATEGY AND STAMINA, AND A

NASTY LANDING FOR LEE.

LEE IMMEDIATELY GRABBED THE LEFT

KNEE INTO THE COVER AND ANOTHER

KICK OUT OF DAR WOULD'VE

FINISHED THAT PIN.

IF THE REFEREE WOULD'VE HIT

THREE, THIS WAS OVER IN THREE

ROUNDS.

>> YES, DRAGON LEE'S GOING TO

FEEL A LITTLE DESPERATE RIGHT

NOW, BEHIND ONE.

RIGHT NOW-- IN DIRE STRAIGHTS,

VIC.

>> DAR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE

SITUATION.

>> MEAN, NASTY ELBOWS.

>> BOOKER, THIS IS A MATCH I

THINK, YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCESS

OVER THIS MATCH.

[CROWD BOOS]

>> MATCHES LIKE THIS, VIC, YOU

GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF STAMINA.

YOU GOT TO WANT TO GO OUT THERE

AND COMPETE AND COMPETE ALL

NIGHT LIKE THOSE TENNIS PLAYERS

PLAYING FOUR HOURS A MATCH.

LOOK, NO.

I'M NOT THAT TYPE OF GUY, VIC.

>> RIGHT NOW, NOAM DAR, LOOKING

FOR A KNEE.

NICE COUNTER THOUGH BY LEE,

SHOULDERS ARE DOWN, AND OH.

90 SECONDS LEFT HERE IN ROUND 3.

OF COURSE, DAR WITH AN ADVANTAGE

OF ONE FALL.

BIG KNEE, OH, KICK UNDER THE

JAW, AND DRAGON LEE NOW STARTING

TO GET SOME MOMENTUM.

>> THAT BIG KNEE WAS RIGHT UNDER

THE CHIN.

THE FIRST TIME I SAW DRAGON LEE,

I SAID "THIS GUY, HE'S A

SUPERSTAR," VIC.

TONIGHT CAN MAKE HIS NIGHT,

WINNING THIS CUP.

>> LOOK AT DAR.

DAR REALIZES ANY EXTRA SECOND HE

CAN HAVE TO REGROUP--

>> WHOA.

>> NO REGROUPING NOW.

APPROACHING 60 SECONDS.

BOOK, THIS IS THE BEST SHOT FOR

DRAGON LEE.

>> DRAGON LEE'S ON THE MOVE

RIGHT NOW, VIC.

HE'S KILLING IT.

>> HE'S GOT HIM ON THE CLOCK.

>> HE'S KILLING IT.

>> FRAZER'S GOT TO LET HIM KNOW

THERE'S ONLY 60 SECONDS IN THE

ROUND.

BIG SUICIDE DIVE CONNECTS.

>> GOT TO GET HIM BACK IN THE

RING, VIC.

GOT TO GET HIM BACK IN THE

MIDDLE OF THAT RING.

HIT ONE BIG SHOT, TRYING TO EVEN

THIS THING.

>> SO MUCH TAKEN THOUGH OUT OF

LEE.

YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, LEE GRABBED

THE KNEE WHEN HE CAME DOWN

AWKWARDLY FROM THE MIDDLE ROPES

SEVERAL MOMENTS AGO, CHARGES IN,

BIG KNEE TO THE SIDE OF THE

FACE, 40 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK,

INTO THE COUNT, AND DAR KICKED

OUT.

FOR DRAGON LEE, BOOK, YOU LOOK

AT THE CLOCK, THERE'S 35

SECONDS.

HE IS DOWN A FALL.

RIGHT NOW, DAR IS ON THE BACK

FOOT.

>> LOOKS LIKE THAT BIG KNEE

STRUCK HIM.

DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING WAS

WRONG WITH THE KNEE, VIC.

RIGHT NOW, HE SEEMS LIKE HE'S

MAYBE LABORING JUST A LITTLE

BIT.

I'M WONDERING WHY ISN'T HE ON

HIS FEET.

>> WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

WITH THE TYPE OF MATCH-UP THIS

IS, THE STRATEGY, THE STAMINA.

IT'S A DIFFERENT TEST THAN A

TRADITIONAL ONE-ON-ONE MATCH-UP,

AS WE'RE INSIDE THE FINAL 15

SECONDS HERE OF ROUND 3.

LEE, CONTINUING TO PUNISH NOAM

DAR.

DAR IS UP ON POINTS.

HE IS UP ONE FALL TO NONE AS

WE'RE INSIDE THE FINAL FIVE

SECONDS.

[CROWD COUNTS DOWN]

>> LEE'S SWINGING AWAY.

>> HE'S NOT WATCHING THE TIME

THOUGH, VIC.

HE'S NOT WATCHING THE CLOCK.

>> DAR GETS THROUGH-

[BELL RINGS]

>> -ROUND 3.

WHOA, WHAT A CHEAP SHOT.

>> WHOA.

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT THE ---- WAS THAT?

[CROWD BOOS]

>> HE DIDN'T HEAR THE BELL,

VIC.

HE DIDN'T HEAR THE BELL.

>> OH BOY, HE DIDN'T HEAR THE

BELL, BOOK.

IF THAT'S A DISQUALIFICATION,

THIS IS OVER.

>> VIC--

>> REFEREE, USING HIS

DISCRETION.

DRAGON LEE WAS ROLLING

THROUGHOUT THIS ROUND 3, MAYBE

THE BEST OPPORTUNITY THUS FAR,

TO THE OUTSIDE, BIG DIVE.

RIGHT HERE AFTER THE FALL, THE

BELL RANG, AND BAM, CHEAP SHOT.

LOOK AT DAR, LET'S GET GOING,

LET'S GET GOING, ALL OF A SUDDEN

NOW, DAR, KNOWS DRAGON LEE'S NOT

AT 100%.

[BELL RINGS]

>> RIGHT OFF A RIB, UNABLE TO

MOVE.

THERE'S WHERE THAT CORNER MAN

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ABLE TO

COME INTO PLAY.

I THINK FRAZER'S ABLE TO GIVE

LEE THE HEADS-UP.

OH, BIG KICK.

>> IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

STRATEGY, VIC.

YOU MUST ADMIT THIS IS A GREAT,

GREAT STRATEGY BY NOAM DAR.

>> FOR SURE, BECAUSE-

>> NO.

>> -IF HE GETS THE PIN HERE,

IT'S OVER.

INTO THE COVER, IT JUST--

>> WHOA.

>> THE RIGHT SHOULDER UP WAS

LEE.

>> WHETHER THAT SHOT WAS LEGAL

OR THERE WAS A LEGA-- I DON'T

KNOW, BUT THIS IS A GREAT

STRATEGY.

>> YOU DON'T KNOW.

30 SECONDS OFF THE CLOCK HERE IN

ROUND 4.

NOW, NOAM DAR, SENSING THE END

IS NEAR, LOOKING FOR THAT NOVA

ROLLER, LOOKING AROUND.

THEN INSTEAD, COMING RIGHT BACK

IN.

HE CEASE DRAGON IN.

THIS IS DAR'S MATCH-- WAIT, IT'S

THAT TURTLE.

IT'S THAT TURTLE.

OH, DAR ABLE TO KICK OUT.

>> DRAGON LEE PLAYING A LITTLE

POSSUM RIGHT THERE, BUT JUST GOT

CAUGHT WITH THAT QUESTION MARK

KICK RIGHT AROUND THE EAR.

OH, RIGHT INTO IT.

>> GOING FOR A SUBMISSION,

TRYING TO STRETCH OUT THE LEFT

ARM, HYPEREXTEND THE ELBOW.

CAN HE BREAK THE GRIP THOUGH OF

LEE?

LEE, TRYING TO FIGHT, TWO

MINUTES LEFT.

IF LEE TAPS OUT, THIS IS OVER.

LEE NOW, CONTINUING TO FIGHT,

DAR'S GOT HIM CINCHED IN.

>> WENT RIGHT INTO THAT

DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON SPECIAL.

>> OH, SO CLOSE.

>> ALMOST PULLED IT OFF, ALMOST

PULLED IT OFF, GOING RIGHT BACK

TO IT.

>> RIGHT BACK IN, CLOCK TICKING

DOWN TO 1:44.

>> OH.

>>OH, QUITE A DARE, VIC.

>> OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

>> OH, DAR HAD TO RELINQUISH THE

HOLD TO CONTINUE THIS MATCH, AND

A CRESCENT KICK UNDER THE JAW.

LEE NOW, THAT URGENCY BACK.

IS HE LOOKING FOR A SUBMISSION?

LOOKING FOR A TEXAS CLOVERLEAF?

>> PLENTY OF TIME LEFT HERE,

VIC.

1:30 LEFT IN THE B--

>> 90 SECONDS.

IS DAR GOING TO TAP OUT?

THERE'S ORO MENSAH WHO CAME OUT

AFTER ROUND ONE.

WAIT, HE JUST PUSHED THE ROPE.

>> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WHO HE'S TALKING TO?

>> OH, WHAT'S GOT INTO MENSAH?

OH, DAR'S GOING TO STEAL IT FROM

BEHIND.

WHOA, LEE, ABLE TO KICK OUT

AGAIN.

1:05 HERE IN ROUND 4.

DRAGON LEE, COMING RIGHT BACK

IN, GOING UP, GOING AROUND,

DROPS DAR, COVER.

>> WHOA.

[BELL RINGS]

>> WE'RE TIED.

>> THE WINNER OF THE FALL,

DRAGON LEE.

>> I UNDERSTAND WE'RE TIED AT

ONE, BUT LOOK AT MENSAH,

STICKING HIS NOSE-- OH, THERE'S

FRAZER.

>> WHAT THE ---- IS GOING ON

HERE?

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> THE CORNER MAN.

FINALLY, SOME OFFICIALS, AND I

BELIEVE, I JUST LOOKED UP, THE

OFFICIAL HAS TOSSED OUT BOTH

CORNER MEN.

NOW, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE

GAME PLANS HERE?

>> BAD IDEA TO HAVE ANY CORNER

MAN OUT HERE ANYWAY, I THINK.

>> WELL THESE TWO GO IN ROUND 5.

WE'RE TIED AT ONE AND BOOKER

THERE'S ONLY SIX MINUTES LEFT OR

LESS THAN THAT AT THIS JUNCTURE

IN THE MATCHUP.

IF THIS STAYS AT ONE, AFTER THE

NEXT TWO FALLS, DAR'S GOING TO

RETAIN.

DRAGON LEE NOW HAS TO REALIZE

THE MOMENT IS NOW.

SWING AND A MISS AND AN ANKLE

LOCK BEING APPLIED BY DAR.

>> I LIKE IT, VIC.

THIS IS ABOUT TWO MEN IN.

ONE MAN LEAVE.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT THE HERITAGE CUP AND

WHO'S GOING TO WALK AWAY THE

WINNER?

>> DRAGON LEE.

THE SECOND TIME, WAS IT THE

CHARM?

>> OH, NO, VIC.

>> LEE MIGHT BE OUT.

BIG ELBOW AGAIN FROM DAR.

DAR'S GOING TO FALL INTO THE

COVER TO RET-- HEY HO.

>> HOW DID DRAGON LEE KICK OUT?

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

FEEL THE IMPACT.

A NASTY LANDING.

>> NASTY.

>> UNDER TWO MINUTES LEFT IN

ROUND 5.

EVERY SECOND COUNTING, EVERY

SECOND THAT TICKS AWAY, AN ENEMY

TOWARDS DRAGON LEE AS THIS

HERITAGE CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

MATCHUP TIED AT ONE.

>> THEY JUST KICKING OUT THERE

JUST PROLONGING THE INEVITABLE,

VIC.

THIS THING IS GOING TO BE OVER

WITH HERE IN A MINUTE.

THAT WAS A BAD SPILL.

>> IF YOU'RE DRAGON LEE, YOU GOT

TO REMEMBER WHEN EVERYTHING GOT

HEATED OUT IN SUPERNOVA SESSIONS

A FEW WEEKS AGO.

EVERYTHING THAT NOAM DAR HAS

SAID, DRAGON LEE, WHY HE'S HERE

IN NXT.

WHY HE'S BECOME THE

FASTEST-RISING SUPERSTAR ON THIS

BRAND, BUT HE'S HAVING A TOUGH

TIME STANDING.

SNAP GERMAN SUPLEX.

DAR'S ON [INDISTINCT]

BIG KNEE UNDER THE JAW.

DAR IS ROCKED.

TIME IS TICKING UNDER 1:20.

LEE HOISTING UP LOOKING FOR THE

BIG POWERBOMB.

>> DAR JUST ABLE.

JAKARA JACKSON?

>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

>> IT'S UNDER 60 SEC-- LASH

LEGEND?

THE OFFICIAL DIDN'T SEE LEGEND.

BOOM.

NOVA ROLLER.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT THE--?

COVER.

NOAM DAR HAS DONE IT.

>> THE WINNER OF THE MATCH AND

STILL THE NXT HERITAGE CUP

CHAMPION, NOAM DAR.

>> WHAT IN THE WORLD?

YOU'RE LAUGHING.

>> NOT LIKE THIS, MAN.

THE KIDS A PLAYER.

>> ORO MENSAH WHO WAS TOSSED

EARLIER IN THE MATCH UP COMING

OUT.

NOAM DAR SNAKES HIS WAY TO

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE OF

THE HERITAGE CUP.

AGAIN, THIS MATCH WAS A TRUE

TEST OF STAMINA AND STRATEGY.

THIS WAS THE FIRST FALL FOR NOAM

DAR.

HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE SHOULDERS

DOWN.

HAD THE ONE FALL ADVANTAGE IN

THIS MATCHUP.

DRAGON LEE WOULD COME BACK AND

DO HIS BEST TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT

THROUGH THE PAIN OF HIS LOWER

BODY TO PICK UP A FALL ON HIS

OWN RIGHT TO TIE THINGS AT ONE.

AFTER BOTH CORNER MEN WERE SENT

TO THE BACK, LEE LOOKED LIKE HE

HAD IT ALL WRAPPED UP.

HUGE POWERBOMB AND DAR SOMEHOW

WAS ABLE TO KICK OUT, BUT THAT'S

WHAT MADE HIM THE GREATEST

HERITAGE CUP CHAMPION TO DATE.

THIS IS WHERE THINGS GETS A

LITTLE CLOUDY.

JACKSON COMING DOWN, TURNING THE

OFFICIALS EYES TO HER, WHILE

LASH LEGEND COMING IN FROM THE

CROWD.

BAM, THAT CORNER BUCKET, THAT

SPIT BUCKET TO THE BACK TO THE

SPINE, SETTING UP FOR THE NOVA

ROLLER FOR NOAM DAR TO ONCE

AGAIN RAISE IN VICTORY THE

HERITAGE CUP.

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR YOU

DON'T, THERE'S NO DOUBT THERE IS

GOING TO BE A PINKY PARTY

TONIGHT FOR SUPERNOVA

[CROSSTALK]

>> WHERE THE PARTY AT, VIC?

WHERE THE PARTY GOING TO BE?

OH YES.

>> WELL, JAYNE AND DOLIN ARE

GOING TO KICK OFF TUESDAY NIGHT

INSIDE THAT WEAPONIZED CAGE.

NO TELLING WHAT EVIL THOUGHTS

THESE TWO WILL COME UP WITH WHEN

IT ALL GOES DOWN LIVE ON NXT

THIS TUESDAY.

HOW ABOUT WE CONTINUE WITH THE

ACTION BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN

NOTHING BUT EVIL THOUGHTS GOING

THROUGH THE MIND OF BOTH DIJAK

AND DRAGUNOV.

IT'S BEEN THE MOST BRUTAL

RIVALRY IN RECENT MEMORY, AND

TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT

WHO IS THE LAST MAN STANDING.

>> NOTHING IN LIFE WORTH HAVING

COMES EASY.

>> DRAGUNOV HAS SAID IN THE

PAST, PAIN MAKES HIM FEEL ALIVE.

HE'S JUST A DIFFERENT BREED OF

INTENSITY.

>> I WILL SUFFER.

I WILL ENDURE A GREAT DEAL OF

PAIN.

>> DRAGUNOV, HE'S ON A DIFFERENT

LEVEL.

HE FIGHT WITH A FURIOUS PASSION.

>> HE DOESN'T FEAR PAIN.

HE WELCOMES IT.

>> I'VE NEVER FEARED PAIN.

PAIN MAKES YOU FEEL ALIVE.

>> YOU SAY THE PAIN MAKES YOU

FEEL ALIVE?

>> YES.

>> THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I'M

GOING TO MAKE YOU A MORTAL.

>> IT'S ABOUT AUTHORITY, MY

AUTHORITY.

>> DIJAK ALL ABOUT MAYHEM, ALL

ABOUT DESTRUCTION.

>> HE IS THE BIGGEST AND HE IS

THE BADDEST.

>> ILJA DRAGUNOV, I GAVE YOU

FAIR WARNING.

>> DIJAK GOT TO BE THE TOUGHEST

MAN I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

>> AND NOW LOOK AT YOU.

SO HELPLESS.

>> YOU.

YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF

BREAKING ME.

>> THERE'S NOT A MAN ALIVE THAT

I CAN'T BREAK.

>> I INVITE YOU TO TRY.

NOT EVEN CLOSE.

>> I TOLD YOU I'D BREAK ANY MAN.

>> I'M STILL STANDING.

>> LAST WEEK WAS TORTURE.

AT THE END, I WAS STILL

STANDING.

I WILL SIGN THE AGREEMENT

TONIGHT.

>> THE HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT

TO SIGN TONIGHT.

>> THESE GUYS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT

IT MEANS TO GO TO WAR.

>> WE BETTER BUCKLE UP BECAUSE

IT'S DIJAK AND DRAGUNOV IN A

LAST MAN STANDING MATCH AT

BATTLEGROUND.

>> I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE.

I CAN BREAK ANY MAN, AND ILJA,

I'M FINALLY GOING TO BREAK YOU.

>> DIJAK WILL UNDERSTAND WHEN I

SAY THAT I'M INVINCIBLE,

UNBREAKABLE.

[DIJAK MUSIC PLAYING]

[BELL RINGING]

>> THE FOLLOWING IS A LAST MAN

STANDING MATCH.

INTRODUCING FIRST, DIJAK.

>> REMEMBER, THE ONLY WAY TO WIN

THIS MATCHUP IS TO INCAPACITATE

YOUR OPPONENT SO THEY CANNOT

REACH THEIR FEET BY THE COUNT OF

10.

THEY SIGNED THE HOLD HARMLESS

AGREEMENT, WHICH MEANS NO ONE IS

LIABLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS.

>> GET THEM OUT OF HERE.

THEY DON'T NEED TO SEE THIS.

>> LET'S GO.

>> BOOKER, DIJAK JUST TOLD HIS

WIFE AND KIDS.

HE DOESN'T WANT THEM TO SEE WHAT

IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, WHAT'S ABOUT

TO TRANSPIRE AND TAKE PLACE IN

THIS MATCHUP.

CAN YOU REMEMBER A RIVALRY THAT

HAS BEEN SO DESTRUCT-- SO

INTENSE IN RECENT MEMORY?

>> VIC, THIS IS THE WALL, MAN.

THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.

LOOK AT THE EYES.

NEVER SEEN THIS GUY HAPPY ONCE.

[ILJA DRAGUNOV'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> AND HIS OPPONENT, ILJA

DRAGUNOV.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT LOOKING IN

THE EYES, DRAGUNOV IS SEEING RED

HERE TONIGHT IN-- GOT A FUNNY

FEELING, WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE A

DIFFERENT SIDE OF ILJA DRAGUNOV

HERE AT NXT BATTLEGROUND.

>> TALK ABOUT THIS KID, ILJA

DRAGUNOV PLAYING HIS GREATEST

SYMPHONY.

HE HAS NO REVERSE GEAR, VIC.

HE DOESN'T GO BACK.

>> HE TRULY DOES NOT.

HE TALKS ABOUT ALWAYS WANTING TO

PERSEVERE AND PUSH FORWARD.

>> YES.

>> BOOK, WE GOT TO GET READY,

MAN, BECAUSE WE COULD BE IN-- WE

COULD BE GETTING READY TO

WITNESS WHAT COULD BE THE MOST

CHAOTIC, INTENSE, PHYSICAL LAST

MAN STANDING MATCH IN RECENT

MEMORY.

>> I AGREE.

I AGREE 100%.

DRAGUNOV AND THIS MAN DIJAK IS A

MOLOTOV COCKTAIL ABOUT TO

EXPLODE, MAN.

>> YOU TOLD ME EARLIER THERE'S A

REASON YOU NEVER WANTED TO

COMPETE IN ONE OF THESE MATCHES.

>> YES.

IT'S JUST ABOUT GOING OUT THERE

AND CREATING PAIN, MAYHEM,

DESTRUCTION.

SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET HURT.

>> THE REFEREE HERE ONLY TO

COUNT TO 10.

THE SLUGFEST HAS ALREADY BEGUN.

THE HERITAGE CUP THAT WE JUST

WITNESSED WAS REALLY ABOUT A

TEST OF SKILL.

THIS MATCH GOING TO BE ABOUT THE

TEST OF HUMAN WILL.

LOOK AT DIJAK.

>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PRETTY,

VIC.

LIKE DIJAK SAID, PUT THE WOMEN

AND CHILDREN TO BED.

>> THINKING ABOUT THEIR FIRST

ENCOUNTER, ONE POINT DIJAK, OH,

HAD DRAGUNOV, PINNED UNDER THE

STEEL STEPS, AND THEN DRAGUNOV

STOOD ON TOP OF THOSE STEPS.

IT WAS AN UNREAL SIGHT.

>> YES, INDEED, HE WON THE

BATTLE, VIC, BUT HE DIDN'T GET

THE JOB DONE.

HE'S IN A WAR RIGHT NOW.

>> IT IS EARLY GOING IN THIS

MATCHUP.

LOOK, THESE TWO COMING OUT WITH

A GAME PLAN AND IT'S PRETTY

SIMPLE, JUST BEAT THE HELL OUT

OF THE OTHER.

FEEL SOME OF THIS IMPACT.

YOU SEE THE BODY SNAPAND

MANIPULATE AROUND.

OH, AND RIGHT AWAY, LOOKING FOR

MAYBE AN EARLY SIGN OF

CONSTANTINE SPECIAL, INSTEAD

DIJAK JUST KNOCKING DRAGUNOV TO

THE GROUND.

YOU CAN HEAR DRAG-- RIGHT HERE

IN FRONT, YOU CAN HEAR HIM

AGONIZING, TROUBLE BREATHING,

TAKING DEEP BREATHS.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, VIC,

IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING KNOCKED

DOWN, IT'S ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES

YOU CAN GET UP AND KEEP MOVING

FORWARD.

>> I MENTIONED THOSE STEPS

EARLIER, BOOK.

>> YES YOU DID.

>> DIJAK'S EVIL MIND ALREADY

STARTING TO COME TO PLAY.

>> MOVING THE FURNITURE AROUND A

LITTLE BIT, LOOK LIKE HE'S READY

TO PLAY A LITTLE HOUSE INSIDE

THE MIDDLE OF THIS SQUARED

CIRCLE.

>> THESE TWO HAVE BEEN ALL

AROUND.

THEY'VE BRAWLED IN LOCKER ROOM,

BRAWLED IN WAREHOUSES, LOADING

DOCKS.

THIS MATCH, THIS BATTLE, OH, CAN

GO ANYWHERE.

>> VIC, THOSE ARE CALLED FOREARM

SHIVERS, AND THEY ARE STIFF,

MAN.

OH YES.

LET ME GET OUT OF THE WAY.

>> YOU BETTER GET OUT OF THE

WAY.

FEEL THE RAGE BOILING OUT OF

DRAGUNOV.

>> THE INTENSITY OF THIS YOUNG

MAN, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, HE

MATCHES UP WITH ANYBODY, VIC,

BECAUSE HE'S WILLING TO GO TO A

DIFFERENT PLACE, AND THAT PLACE

IS PAIN, IS HIS PLEASURE.

>> LOOK, I DON'T HAVE A CLOCK ON

ME, BUT WE GOT TO BE, WHAT,

MAYBE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES

INTO THIS MATCHUP, AND LOOK AT

THE WELTS THAT HAVE BEEN FORMING

ON EVERYONE'S BODY, AND YOU

MIGHT BE COUNTING TEETH.

>> WOW.

THAT UPKICK, VIC, CAUGHT HIM

STRAIGHT ON THE JAW.

>> FORGET ABOUT THE JAW.

WHAT ABOUT THE SPINE, BOOK,

BECAUSE YOU JUST SAW DRAGUNOV

LOOK OVER FOR A LANDING SPOT,

AND THAT'S NOT BOSTON LOGAN

AIRPORT.

AGAIN, THE OFFICIAL ONLY HERE TO

COUNT TO 10.

>> I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU.

THE FINAL SHOW.

>> WHAT?

DRAGUNOV GO-- BAM.

THAT WAS AN UPKICK RIGHT UNDER

THE JAW, WHICH FOR DRAGUNOV, HE

MAY HAVE LOST A FEW TEETH.

>> LOOKED LIKE HE LOST A COUPLE

OF BICUSPIDS.

>> UH OH.

LOOKS LIKE THIS BATTLE COULD

GO ANYWHERE.

LOOK, WE KNOW DRAGUNOV CAN

ABSORB A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF

PUNISHMENT, BUT IT'S ALMOST--

OH, DRAGUNOV JUST WENT THROUGH

THE TABLE

>> WOW.

>> -TO TAKE OUT DIJAK.

>> LET ME TELL YOU-

[CROWD CHANTS "NXT"]

-THIS KID'S WILLING TO DO

SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HIMSELF,

JUST IMAGINE WHAT HE'S WILLING

TO DO TO YOU, VIC.

>> DON'T WANT TO EVER KNOW WHAT

HE'S WILLING TO DO TO ME.

>> THAT'S THE THING.

HE'S BUSTED OPEN, VIC.

HE'S BUSTED.

>> THERE YOU SEE THE REFEREE

STARTING HIS COUNT.

REFEREE IS AT SIX.

BOTH SUPERSTARS STARTING TO

MOVE, TRYING TO GET BACK TO

THEIR FEET.

DRAGUNOV UP.

LOOK AT DIJAK JUST STRUGGLING

BUT THE OFFICIAL USING

HIS DISCRETION

DIJAK'S FEET BOTH UP.

LOOK AT THE PAIN FOR DIJAK,

EVERYTHING HIS BODY HAS GONE

THROUGH EARLY ON IN THIS

MATCHUP.

THERE'S NO PREDICTING THE

BARBARIC LENGTHS, BOOKER, THAT

THESE TWO ARE GOING TO BE

WILLING TO GO FOR VICTORY.

>> THERE'S NO RULES.

ANYTHING GOES IN A MATCHUP LIKE

THIS.

IT'S ABOUT DEBILITATING YOUR

OPPONENT TILL HE QUITS.

>> THERE'S DIJAK.

LET'S GO BACK TO SOME OF THE

ACTION THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN

IN A VERY PHYSICAL MATCHUP, AND

WE KNEW IT WOULD BE.

FIRST, THE KICK AND THEN LISTEN,

THAT IS A HUMAN BEING'S SPINE ON

STEEL, BUT DRAGUNOV-

-BACK TO HIS FEET AND THEN

SACRIFICED HIMSELF.

YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WHAT ARE

THEY WILLING TO DO TO EACH

OTHER, HOW MUCH THEY'RE WILLING

TO SACRIFICE TO DESTROY THE

OTHER.

NOW LOOK AT THE HARD CHOPS, BIG

KICK, AND A ROUNDHOUSE BUCKLING

THE KNEES OF DIJAK.

WHOA.

BOOK, YOU'VE EVEN BEEN A LITTLE

SQUEAMISH OVER HERE, NEXT TO ME,

FOR SOME OF THESE LEFTS AND

RIGHTS.

[CROSSTALK]

>> I'M JUST THINKING THE BATTLE

SCARS AFTER A MATCHUP LIKE THIS,

YOU GOT TO WONDER, BUT IT

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE NEITHER ONE OF

THESE GUYS REALLY CARE ABOUT

THAT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S JUST ABOUT BEATING THE HELL

OUT OF EACH OTHER, VIC.

>> WE ARE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT

TYPE OF INTENSE IN THIS MATCHUP,

AND WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE

LIKES OF MAYBE WE'VE NEVER SEEN,

OH MY GOSH, IN NXT.

>> WOW.

>> THE REFEREE DOING A GREAT

JOB, RIGHT ON TOP OF EVERYTHING.

>> WOW.

>> DEREK SANDERS, I DO NOT ENVY

HERE TONIGHT.

LOOK AT DIJAK.

DIJAK DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE

COUNT.

HE WANTS TO BEAT THE HELL

OUT OF DRAGUNOV.

>> DRAGUNOV, HE ALWAYS SAID HE'S

A GUY WHO DON'T MIND A LOT OF

PAIN, BUT RIGHT NOW--

>> DDT.

>> OH MY GOD, MAN.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE BACK OF

DRAGUNOV AGAIN?

DESTROYING EACH OTHER,

DESTROYING THEMSELVES.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT THAT PLACE,

THAT SACRED PLACE THAT THIS

YOUNG MAN DRAGUNOV IS WILLING TO

GO, VIC.

[CROWD CHANTS "NXT"]

>> IT HAS BEEN AN ELECTRIFYING

ATMOSPHERE, AS THE OFFICIAL UP

TO FIVE, AND DRAGUNOV LIKE A

PHOENIX JUST RISES UP AND GOES

RIGHT AFTER DIJAK.

AGAIN, THESE GUY-- BOOK, THEY'RE

STOPPING THE REFEREE'S COUNT.

THEY'RE STOPPING THE REFEREE'S

COUNT.

>> HOW IS DRAGUNOV STILL MOVING

AFTER ALL THE PAIN HE'S GONE

THROUGH?

RIGHT NOW, NOT JUST MOVING, HE'S

TAKING OVER.

>> DRAGUNOV SAID PAIN MAKES HIM

FEEL ALIVE.

DIJAK HAS PROMISED TO MAKE

DRAGUNOV MORTAL.

>> VIC, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN

DIJAK IN THIS MUCH TROUBLE EVER.

OH NO.

GOOD GOD.

>> EVERYTHING DRAGUNOV HAS BEEN

THROUGH IN THIS MATCHUP--

REMEMBER THE BIG BOOT UNDER THE

JAW?

MEDICAL TEAM DOC CAME OUT HERE,

CLEARED ILJA DRAGUNOV TO

CONTINUE, AND DRAGUNOV HASN'T

LET UP, HASN'T TAKEN HIS FOOT

OFF THE GAS.

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS HE

THINKING?

>> THE MAN IS WILLING TO CRAWL

TO GET TO THIS TOP ROPE, VIC.

WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO?

>> OH.

THAT COULD'VE BEEN THE KISS OF

DEATH FROM DRAGUNOV.

>> WOW.

>> REFEREE STARTING HIS COUNT.

>> CHECK IT OUT, VIC.

>> LOOK AT THIS NASTY LANDING

FIRST.

BAM.

>> MAN.

>> THAT PUT DIJAK ON DREAM

STREET, AND DRAGUNOV STILL

WOULDN'T BE DONE.

>> COAST-TO-COAST.

>> THEN THE IMPACT, BAM.

>> OH MY GOD.

>> THAT WASN'T A TRASH CAN, THAT

WASN'T A CHAIR, THAT WAS STEEL

STEPS.

THE OFFICIAL CONTINUING TO CLIMB

ALMOST TO NINE, AND SOMEHOW

DIJAK, NICE BRIDGE, HE'S BACK ON

HIS FEET.

GREAT JOB BY THE OFFICIAL IN

THIS MATCHUP.

THAT WAS AS CLOSE, BOOKER, AS

WE'VE BEEN TO A 10-COUNT.

>> THIS IS NXT BATTLEGROUND, AND

RIGHT NOW WE GOT TWO GROWN MEN

IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS RING

TRYING TO CHOP EACH OTHER DOWN,

VIC.

>> OH.

OH.

>> NO QUIT.

NO QUIT IN DIJAK.

>> DIJAK DECLARED HE COULD BREAK

ANY MAN.

DRAGUNOV CHALLENGED HIM TO TRY

TO BREAK HIM.

THAT RAISED YOUR EYEBROWS.

IT'S DRAGUNOV WHO IS UP AND

DELIVERING POSSIBLY THE FINAL

BLOW, BUT DRAGUNOV GOES DOWN

TOO, BODY ALMOST GIVING OUT.

AGAIN, THE REFEREE WILL START

HIS COUNT TO 10.

>> BOTH OF THESE MEN HAVE GIVEN

A LOT HERE TONIGHT, VIC.

>> OH.

DRAGUNOV GIVING A LITTLE BIT

MORE.

>> OH YES.

>> OH.

>> ONE.

>> WOW.

>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO

SAY.

>> TWO.

[CROWD CHANTS "THIS IS

AWESOME."]

THREE.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY

RIGHT THERE, VIC.

>> FOUR.

[CROWD CHANTS "THIS IS

AWESOME."]

FIVE.

>> REFEREE'S UP TO FIVE.

DRAGUNOV'S UP.

REFEREE CONTINUING TO COUNT TO

SIX.

DRAGUNOV SENSING DIJAK WAS CLOSE

TO GETTING BACK TO HIS FEET,

GOING RIGHT BACK ON THE

OFFENSIVE IN THIS LAST MAN

STANDING MATCH, OH, TURNING

DIJAK INSIDE OUT.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

AS FAR AS THIS YOUNG MAN,

DRAGUNOV, HE MATCHES-- OH WOW.

>> WHO'S GOING TO BREAK WHO?

DRAGUNOV TRYING TO HOLD ON,

TRYING TO BREAK THAT GRIP OF

DIJAK, BUT DIJAK NOW-- OH.

>> GOD, VIC.

>> WHEN WE SAID WE WERE

WITNESSING SOMETHING THAT COULD

BE THE MOST CHAOTIC, INTENSE,

AND PHYSICAL LAST MAN STANDING

VIC.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THAT'S

THE APRON RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S THE HARDEST PART OF THE

RING RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S WHERE THE STEEL RUNS

DOWN, AND RIGHT THERE, HE FELT

EVERY BIT OF THAT STEEL, VIC.

>> REFEREE HAS HIS COUNT GOING.

DIJAK BEATS IT AT SIX, BUT LOOK

AT DRAGUNOV, DRAGUNOV'S ON A

KNEE.

REFEREE'S AT EIGHT RIGHT NOW.

DRAGUNOV CAN'T GET BACK, AND AT

NINE, JUST, JUST, JUST, JUST,

JUST ABLE TO BEAT THE COUNT.

>> WOW.

[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

>> THAT RAGE STILL BOILING, I

DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT IT IS IN

DRAGUNOV, AND THAT JUST MIGHT'VE

ANGERED DIJAK.

FEAST YOUR EYES.

>> THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SHOT,

VIC, THAT SEPARATED THIS MAN,

DRAGUNOV FROM HIS SENSES.

OH MY GOD, VIC.

>> DRAGUNOV, BY THE WAY, IS

STILL UP BECAUSE HE'S STILL ON

HIS FEET.

I DON'T KNOW HOW.

>> NO, THE ONLY THING HOLDING

HIM UP IS THE ROPES, VIC.

>> GREAT POINT, BOOK.

THAT IS A GREAT POINT.

>> THE ONLY THING HOLDING HIM

UP.

>> YOU GOT TO WONDER DIJAK'S

MIND, TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO

BREAK ANYBODY, EVERYTHING HE'S

PUT DRAGUNOV THROUGH ALREADY

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS,

EVERYTHING HE'S PUT DRAGUNOV

THROUGH HERE TONIGHT AT

BATTLEGROUND, AND SOMEHOW,

DRAGUNOV STANDING.

>> LAST OUTING, LIKE I SAY,

DIJAK DIDN'T FINISH THE JOB.

TONIGHT, HE'S MORE THAN WILLING

TO GO OUT HERE AND FINISH THIS

JOB AND FINISH THAT JOB WELL.

OH, YES.

>> THE UNEASY TENSION FILLING

THE AIR HERE INSIDE THE TSONGAS

CENTER, AS DIJAK HAS YET ANOTHER

WEAPON AT HIS DISPOSAL, AND IT'S

ALL LEGAL.

>> YOU SAID THAT YOU LIKE PAIN?

YOU LIKE THIS, ILJA?

>> COME ON.

[CROWD CHANTS "ONE MORE TIME"]

>> HOW'S THAT FEEL?

DO YOU FEEL ALIVE?

>> NOT EVEN CLOSE.

>> NOT EVEN CLOSE?

NOT EVEN CLOSE?

WHAT ARE YOU FORCING ME TO DO?

WHAT ARE YOU FORCING ME TO DO?

STAY DOWN.

STAY DOWN.

STAY DOWN.

LET IT GO, MAN.

LOOK AT THAT.

LOOK AT THAT.

YOU LIKE THAT?

LOOK AT THAT.

I WANT YOU TO STAY DOWN.

YOU NEED TO STAY DOWN.

YOU NEED TO STAY DOWN.

DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS.

DON'T YOU MAKE ME DO THIS.

>> HE DID IT.

>> VIC, I CAN TELL YOU HOW

EXCRUCIATING THAT KENDO STICK

REALLY, TRULY IS.

I CAN TELL YOU THE PAIN THAT

THIS YOUNG MAN, DRAGUNOV IS

FEELING RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT.

>> BOOK, THIS IS JUST

ABSOLUTELY--

>> TORTURE.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, VIC.

>> IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE.

>> IT'S TORTURE.

>> DIJAK-- THESE ARE A DIFFERENT

BREED OF HUMAN HERE AT

BATTLEGROUND.

>> HE'S AT INTERROGATION RIGHT

NOW, VIC.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

HE'S IN INTERROGATION MODE.

>> YOU FORCED THIS, ILJA.

YOU FORCED MY HAND.

>> DRAGUNOV FIGHTING BACK AS

BEST HE CAN.

OH.

COME ON.

YOU SEE THE LEVEL OF THE BRUISE

ON DRAGUNOV'S ARM?

>> THIS IS REAL, VIC.

THIS IS AS REAL AS IT'S GOING TO

GET.

>> OH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW DRAGUNOV HAS

ANYTHING LEFT FROM THE WELT ON

HIS LEFT ARM, THE BRUISE ON HIS

LEFT ARM TO THE SWELLING OF HIS

BODY.

>> DESPERATION SHOT RIGHT THERE,

VIC.

[CROWD CHANTS "THIS IS AWESOME"]

>> AND WITH A REAL NASTY

[CROSSTALK]

>> FOREARM IT IS.

>> BUT DIJAK NOW HAS TO BE IN

DISBELIEF BECAUSE DRAGUNOV

CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD,

CONTINUES TO PERSEVERE.

HOW THE HELL ARE THESE

GUYS MOVING?

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE DRAGUNOV JUST

WON'T QUIT.

>> WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE?

>> HE WON'T STOP, VIC.

HE WON'T QUIT.

HE WILL NOT LAY DOWN.

>> LAST MAN STANDING, I DON'T

KNOW WHAT THE OTHER'S GOING TO

HAVE TO DO.

OH.

DIJAK JUST DRIVEN FACE-FIRST

INTO THE STEEL CHAIR.

REFEREE'S COUNT HAS STARTED.

NEITHER MEN HAS MOVED, YET AT

SIX, BOOK, REFEREE CONTINUING TO

COUNT.

>> DIJAK'S OUT.

>> CLOSING ON NINE.

DIJAK HASN'T MOVED.

DRAGUNOV NOW AT NINE, GETS TO

HIS FEET.

[BELL RINGS]

>> HERE IS YOUR WINNER, ILJA

DRAGUNOV.

[ILJA DRAGUNOV'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE TEST OF

HUMAN WILL, THE INTESTINAL

FORTITUDE TO PERSEVERE.

LOOK AT THE BODY OF DRAGUNOV,

THE BODY OF DIJAK.

[ILJA DRAGUNOV'S MUSIC PLAYS]

BOOK, LISTEN, JUST LISTEN TO

THIS IMPACT ACROSS THE SPINE.

NOTHING DIJAK WOULD DO, BAM,

WOULD KEEP DRAGUNOV DOWN.

A HUMAN MACHINE IS DRAGUNOV.

BAM.

EXPLOSIVE BLOW AFTER EXPLOSIVE

BLOW, BUT THIS, THE LAST ONE,

AND LOOK AT THE LANDING WHICH

BOUNCED DIJAK OFF THAT STEEL

CHAIR.

ONE MORE TIME.

PIN-POINT PRECISION.

BAM.

THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL BLOW IN

ONE OF THE DAMNDEST THINGS WE

HAVE EVER SEEN, AS DRAGUNOV IS

THE LAST MAN STANDING.

[ILJA DRAGUNOV'S MUSIC PLAYS]

[CHASE U'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE INPUT THE RESULTS OF

EVERYONE'S QUIZ INTO THE SYSTEM,

AND I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT YOU

ALL DID VERY WELL-

[CLASS APPLAUDS]

-EXCEPT YOU, RICKY.

YOU SUCK, RICKY.

YOU SUCK, YOU SUCK, YOU SUCK.

MOVING ON.

BEING THE MVP OF CHASE

UNIVERSITY AND SERVING AS

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER HERE HAS BEEN

CONSUMING, SUCKING MY WILL TO

LIVE, SO I'VE BROUGHT IN TWO

SPECIAL GUESTS WHO ARE GOING TO

HELP TEACH THE ART OF CATCH

WRESTLING.

PLEASE WELCOME DREW GULAK,

CHARLIE DEMPSEY.

[CLASS APPLAUDS]

OH, IF YOU OR ANYONE NEEDS ME,

I'M GOING TO BE AT THE BACK

WORKING ON THE MONEY IN THE BANK

STUDY GUIDES.

>> THANK YOU, DUKE.

CHASE U STUDENTS, NORMALLY, WHEN

YOU COME TO THIS CLASSROOM, YOU

LEARN WHAT TO DO.

TODAY, I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON WHAT

NOT TO DO WHEN YOU HEAR THAT

BELL RING.

>> AND WHO BETTER TO USE AS AN

EXAMPLE THAN CHASE U'S VERY OWN

THEA HAIL.

>> WHAT?

>> AS YOU CAN SEE, THEA'S LACK

OF GRAPPLING KNOWLEDGE PUTS HER

AT A SEVERE DISADVANTAGE AGAINST

EVERY SINGLE OPPONENT SHE STEPS

IN THE RING WITH.

THIS IS NOT HOW TO BECOME A

SUPERSTAR.

>> GOOD NEWS IS NOT ALL CHASE U

STUDENTS HAVE TO FAIL LIKE THEA

DOES.

WITH THE RIGHT GUIDANCE, YOU TOO

CAN LEARN HOW TO CRUNCH AND

CRACK YOUR OPPONENTS IN HALF.

>> HEY, THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

>> TRYING TO SHOW YOUR STUDENTS

WHAT NOT TO DO IN THE RING.

>> THAT'S THE LESSON, BUT YOU

JUST HAD A STUDENT LEAVE THE

ROOM CRYING.

>> THERE'S NO CRYING IN WWE.

THAT WAS A REALITY CHECK.

>> LOOK, NO ONE TALKS TO THEA

THAT WAY OR ANY OF MY STUDENTS,

CHASE U STUDENTS.

LOOK, DO ME A FAVOR, NEXT WEEK,

HAVE A BETTER LESSON PLAN

PREPARED.

GET OUT OF HERE.

SORRY, GUYS.

CLASS DISMISSED.

SOMEONE GO CHECK ON THEA.

>> OLÉ, OLÉ.

HEY, HEY, HEY.

>> EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME.

>> WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?

>> NOAM DAR, CONGRATULATIONS ON

RETAINING THE HERITAGE CUP, BUT

WHAT IS ALL OF THIS?

WHAT ARE WE WITNESSING RIGHT

NOW?

>> THIS IS HISTORY.

WE JUST DEFENDED THE NXT

HERITAGE CUP CHAMPIONSHIP ON

AMERICAN SOIL FOR THE FIRST

TIME.

LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL MISS JACKSON

IS HOLDING THE CUP.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LASH THE LEGEND.

MY MAIN MAN MENSAH.

I'VE BEEN SAYING THERE'S LEVELS

TO THIS AND I'M AT THE TOP.

NOW, WE'RE AT THE TOP.

CHECK, PLEASE, TIMES FOUR.

THANK YOU.

BUH-BYE.

[SINGING]

[THE CREED BROTHERS' MUSIC]

>> WILL TONIGHT BE THE NIGHT

FOR THE CREED BROTHERS?

SEEM TO BE BACK ON THEIR PATH OF

DESTINY HERE IN NXT UNDER THE

GUIDANCE OF IVY NILE.

>> AND THE UNIVERSE.

CHECK OUT THE UNIVERSE.

EVERYBODY'S BEHIND THE CREED

BROTHERS.

THE SIGNS, MAN.

THAT RIGHT THERE TELLS YOU THEY

GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT, AND LIKE

YOU SAY, IVY'S THE ONE THAT

LEGITIMIZE A MAN.

>> NXT UNIVERSE, AS WE TALKED

ABOUT, BEEN ON FIRE HERE

TONIGHT.

NO DOUBT A LOT OF SUPPORTERS

HERE FOR JULIUS AND BRUTUS AS

THEY COMPETE FOR THE TAG TEAM

GOLD.

[GALLUS'S MUSIC PLAYS]

THEY'RE ROUGH, THEY'RE RUGGED,

THEY'RE NASTY.

THEY'LL FIGHT ANYONE.

THEY CERTAINLY LOOK CONFIDENT

DEFENDING THE NXT TAG TEAM

TITLES ONCE AGAIN HERE THIS

EVENING.

>> THEY'RE NO-NONSENSE, VIC.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS TEAM,

THESE GALLUS BOYS, NO PLAYING,

NO JIVING, JUST BEEN THE HELL

OF A TRIO, VIC.

A HELL OF A TRIO.

>> HAVE ONLY GOTTEN STRONGER

SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF JOE GACY,

WHO'S ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING

ON THE FLOOR, WHEN HE MADE HIS

RETURN AT STAND & DELIVER

WRESTLEMANIA SATURDAY IN LA.

>> JOE COFFEY.

>> JOE COFFEY, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

>> GOOD TO THE LAST DROP, VIC.

REMEMBER THAT.

[CHUCKLES]

[GALLUS'S MUSIC PLAYS]

[BELL RINGS]

>> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST

SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS FOR

THE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP.

INTRODUCING FIRST, THE

CHALLENGERS, ACCOMPANIED BY IVY

NILE, JULIUS AND BRUTUS, THE

CREED BROTHERS.

THEIR OPPONENTS, ACCOMPANIED BY

JOE COFFEY, WOLFGANG AND MARK

COFFEY, THEY ARE THE NXT TAG

TEAM CHAMPIONS, GALLUS.

>> I WAS MAKING SURE YOU WERE

LISTENING TO THAT.

I MEAN, YOU WEREN'T LOOKING AT

AN APP ON YOUR PHONE OR LIKE

THAT, AT THIS MOMENT.

I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT JOE

COFFEY IN ALL SERIOUSNESS.

HE'LL BE HERE RINGSIDE.

CREEDS CALLED OUT THE CHAMPIONS

FOR NOT HAVING ANY MORE

SURPRISES HERE TONIGHT, LIKE

THEY DID AT STAND & DELIVER.

THEY ALSO DEFEATED THE FAMILY IN

LOS ANGELES, WE REMEMBER, AND

COFFEY HAD SOME OFF-PUTTING

COMMENTS ABOUT THE DON AND HIS

LEGAL SITUATION THIS PAST

TUESDAY.

>> CAN'T BLAME ANYBODY BUT

YOURSELF, VIC.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

LET'S NOT COME INTO THIS MATCH

LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE, LOOKING

FOR A WAY OUT.

THE CREED BROTHERS, THEY ARE

TRULY A GREAT TAG TEAM, ONE-TIME

TAG TEAM CHAMPION.

I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE MORE

TIME TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THAN

THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOOD.

THEY REALLY ARE GOOD, VIC.

>> YOU BRING UP A GREAT POINT.

IT WAS AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR

AGO THAT JULIUS AND BRUTUS

ACTUALLY WON THE NXT TAG TEAM

TITLES FOR THE FIRST TIME.

CAN THEY RECREATE THAT MAGIC

HERE TONIGHT AT BATTLEGROUND?

>> THIS MATCH'S GOING TO SAY A

WHOLE LOT, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU

RIGHT NOW.

THESE GALLUS BOYS, YOU GOT TO

GIVE THEM A WHOLE LOT OF CREDIT.

THEY CAME BACK WITHIN ONE MONTH,

VIC, ONE MONTH.

THEY HAD PRETTY MUCH CLEANED OUT

THE TAG TEAM DIVISION.

>> THAT FIRST TAG OF THE

MATCHUP, AND HERE COMES BIG

BRUTUS, THE POWERHOUSE OF THE

CREEDS IN THERE WITH MARK

COFFEY, WHO SOME WOULD CONSIDER

THE CALM MEMBER OF GALLUS, WHICH

IS INTERESTING IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

WHEN YOU TALK TO THE CREED

BROTHERS AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO

KNOW THEM, THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT

RE-ENGAGING IN A MINDSET, A

MINDSET THAT MADE JULIUS

UNDEFEATED IN THE ACC, A MINDSET

THAT LED BRUTUS TO HAVE AN

UNDEFEATED SEASON IN NCAA

COMPETITION AS A SENIOR.

THIS IS PART OF IT.

LOOK, THEY'RE NOT BACKING DOWN

TONIGHT, THE CREEDS.

>> THEY SHOULDN'T BACK DOWN.

YOU LOOK AT THEM, THEY'RE TWO

BIG GUYS.

JUST STANDING NEXT TO THESE GUYS

FOR THE FIRST TIME, I SAID, "THE

HELL YOU GOT HERE?"

>> WOLFGANG TRYING TO CHARGE IN

AND GETS CAUGHT IN A NICE

FIREMAN'S TAKEDOWN BY BRUTUS.

WHAT I MEAN FOR GALLUS, THEY'RE

NOT USED TO HAVING OTHER

SUPERSTARS, OTHER MEN, OTHER

TEAMS NOT BACK DOWN.

THEY'RE USED TO PEOPLE JUST

RUNNING AWAY.

THEY'RE USED TO BRINGING THE

FIGHT TO A TEAM.

IT'S RIGHT NOW THE CREED

BROTHERS WHO ARE BRINGING THE

FIGHT TO THE NXT TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS.

[CROSSTALK]

>> YOU GOT JULIUS CREED, YOU

GOT BRUTI, TWO GUYS WHO'S GOT A

BACKGROUND AND A PEDIGREE IN--

THESE KIDS BEEN FIGHTING THEIR

WHOLE LIVES, VIC.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE

INTIMIDATED BY ANYBODY, IT

SHOULD BE THE CREED BROTHERS-

>> OFF THE BELLY-TO-BACK AND

A KICK OUT.

>> -NOT SAYING THAT THE GALLUS

BOYS ARE INTIMIDATED OR ANYTHING

LIKE THAT.

>> BACKTRACKING?

>> NO, NO.

I'M NOT.

I'M JUST SAYING 'CAUSE THAT'S--

>> WE TALKING ABOUT IVY NOW, WHO

OF COURSE, IS ON THE OUTSIDE FOR

THE CREED BROTHERS.

DOES SHE GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR

THE GUIDANCE OF THE CREEDS

BRINGING THAT MINDSET BACK, SO

TO SPEAK?

>> YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT

IVY IS LIKE A PLAYER-COACH RIGHT

THERE.

SHE'S GOT HER OWN BUSINESS, BUT

RIGHT NOW SHE'S DOING A HELL OF

A JOB JUST TRYING TO KEEP THESE

BOYS FOCUSED MORE THAN ANYTHING.

>> OH, NICE JOB.

TAG WAS MADE.

MARK COFFEY DOESN'T REALIZE THAT

BRUTUS IS ACTUALLY THE LEGAL

SUPERSTAR.

JULIUS POINT AROUND.

MARK CONFUSED, NOT CONFUSED ANY

LONGER.

DOUBLE AXE HANDLE, AND IT LOOKS

LIKE BRUTUS READY TO SMASH.

>> GROUND AND POUND RIGHT THERE.

THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL

MISDIRECTION TAG RIGHT THERE

MADE BY THE CREED BROTHERS.

[CROSSTALK]

>> OH, YOU TALK ABOUT

MISDIRECTION, WOLFGANG BAITING

OVER BRUTUS, AND THAT ALLOWED

MARK COFFEY FOR HALF SECOND TO

GET A BREATH.

LOOK AT THE TAKEDOWN.

THIS, THAT AMATEUR BACKGROUND

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OF

BRUTUS COMING RIGHT INTO PLAY IN

THIS MATCHUP.

>> I LOVE BRUTI, MAN, BECAUSE HE

DON'T MIND GETTING INTO A FIGHT,

AND THAT'S WHAT THE CREED

BROTHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO

DO.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT

THERE AND GET INTO A FIGHT IF

THEY EXPECT TO WIN THIS MATCHUP

TONIGHT.

OH.

WOLFGANG IN THE HOUSE.

[CROSSTALK]

WOLFGANG, HE'S MAKING A NICE

TAG, A BLIND TAG TO MARK COFFEY

TO GET INTO THIS MATCHUP, AND

TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE NOW.

BOOKER, BRUTUS IS HURT.

BRUTUS CAME DOWN NASTY ON THAT

TOP ROPE.

>> WALKED BY WOLFGANG IN THE

BACK AND HE'S JUST TALKING TO

HIMSELF.

HE'S READY FOR THIS MOMENT RIGHT

HERE, THIS RIGHT HERE, AND BRING

THE PAIN TO THESE BOYS.

>> TAG MADE.

BACK IN COMES MARK COFFEY.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NASTINESS

OF THAT LANDING FROM BRUTUS

THROAT-FIRST.

YOU CAN SEE BRUTUS NOW GRABBING.

HE'S HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING AT

THIS JUNCTURE.

LOOK AT MARK.

LOOK AT WHERE THE KNEE PLACEMENT

WAS, BOOK.

RIGHT ON THE FACE, RIGHT IN THE

THROAT.

NOW, GOING RIGHT BACK TO THE

BODY.

>> MARK COFFEY RIGHT NOW, VIC,

HE'S TAKING HIS TIME.

HE'S GETTING VERY, VERY PRECISE.

HE'S DISSECTING BRUTI RIGHT NOW

PIECE BY PIECE.

HERE COMES BRUTI WITH THOSE BIG

SHOTS.

>> TRYING TO FIGHT BACK, AND

RIGHT BACK INTO THE STOMACH,

DRIVING THE AIR OUT OF LUNGS.

QUICK TAG AND HERE COMES

WOLFGANG TO FLATTEN BRUTUS,

CENTER OF THE RING.

IT HAS BEEN A VILE RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS DATING

BACK TO LAST SUMMER.

IT'S TRULY COMBUSTIBLE ELEMENTS

BETWEEN THESE SUPERSTARS IN THIS

TAG TEAM MATCHUP.

>> YOU SEE THAT BIG SHOT THERE

BY WOLFGANG?

HE JUST CAME AND JUST LAID ALL

OF HIS WEIGHT ON BRUTI.

IT WASN'T PRETTY OR ANYTHING

LIKE THAT, BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY

EFFECTIVE.

>> ALSO, YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT

THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON THE

BODY, THE RIBS, THE MIDSECTION,

THE THROAT.

BRUTUS, NOT ABLE TO BREATHE.

HOW DOES THAT CHANGE WHAT GOES

ON INSIDE THAT RING FOR A

SUPERSTAR?

HOOK OF THE LEG.

JULIUS SAW HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO

INTERVENE.

BRUTUS WAS ABLE TO KICK OUT.

NOW JUST GRINDING DOWN BRUTUS

ARE THE GALLUS BOYS.

>> RIGHT NOW, GALLUS BOYS, LIKE

YOU SAID, GRINDING DOWN ON

BRUTI, JUST LEANING ON HIM, JUST

TRYING TO KEEP ALL THE WEIGHT ON

THE BODY.

RIGHT NOW, HE'S DOING A HELL OF

A JOB, BUT BRUTI IS BACK UP TO A

BASE, BACK UP TO HIS FEET.

>> TRYING TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT

SEPARATION.

PERHAPS THE TWO TOUGHEST TEAMS

IN NXT, BOOKER, BATTLING OVER

THE GOLD RIGHT NOW.

A NICE TAKEDOWN BY COFFEY.

>> THAT WAS CALLED A HIP LOCK

RIGHT THERE, VIC.

YOU HAVE TO CHECK THAT

BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BASE RIGHT

THERE, JUST USED HIS BALANCE TO

TAKE BRUTI OVER.

>> YOU SEE JULIUS ON THE OUTSIDE

TRYING TO GET HIS BROTHER TO

MAKE THE TAG, LIKE A CAGED

ANIMAL PATIENTLY WAITING.

BRUTUS TRYING TO-- OH, AND HE

DID, BUT SO MUCH HAS BEEN TAKEN

OUT OF BRUTUS.

COFFEY BOUNCING RIGHT OVER,

MAKES THE TAG.

IN COMES WOLFGANG.

JULIUS TRIED HIS BEST.

DID YOU SEE HOW HE MOVED

CORNERS, GRABBED THE ROPE TAG TO

MAKE IT ALL LEGAL, REACH OUT,

BUT STILL JUST NOT CLOSE ENOUGH

FOR BRUTUS.

[CROSSTALK]

>> WOLFGANG GETS TO WORK BRUTI

BACK INTO HIS CORNER.

THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A FULL

ADVANTAGE HERE FROM A TAG TEAM

PERSPECTIVE.

THAT'S LEGAL, VIC.

THAT'S LEGAL.

>> TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE BALL AND

WOLFGANG-- THAT ALLOWED BRUTUS

TO MAKE THE TAG.

NOW, WOLFGANG MIGHT BE

REGRETTING THE ACTIONS.

>> HERE COME JULIUS.

[INDISTINCT]

BEAUTIFUL SUPLEX.

THIS KID'S HIPS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

[INDISTINCT]

HE'S GOING ON A RIDE.

ONE MORE TIME.

THE HIP ACTION IS INCREDIBLE

FROM THIS KID JULIUS RIGHT HERE.

WOW.

>> WHAT?

AGAIN?

>> OH YES.

HERE WE GO, VIC.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT NO BREAD,

WATER, AND MEAT, TAKE A LOOK AT

JULIUS CREED.

>> WOW.

>> YOU SAID HE WAS LIKE A CAGED

ANIMAL ON THE OUTSIDE READY TO

POUNCE.

OH, NO.

ADD THEM UP.

>> HOW MANY IS THAT, VIC?

HOW MANY IS THAT?

IS THAT 10 YET?

ARE WE AT 10?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK ON

PEACOCK AND WATCH THIS LATER TO

COUNT.

LOOK AT THIS, SHOOTING STAR

FOLLOWED BY A MOONSAULT.

INTO A COVER FOR THE TITLE.

>> WHOA.

>> COFFEY JUST ABLE TO KICK UP.

WHAT AN OFFENSIVE FLURRY THAT

WAS FROM THE CREEDS.

>> YES, BUT THAT-

>> WOW.

>> -TOOK A LOT OF ENERGY OUT OF

JULIUS RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN'T KEEP GOING LIKE THAT,

VIC.

>> A STANDING SHOOTING STAR,

PICTURE-PERFECT, GOT ALL THAT.

BIG BRU CAME IN, MOONSAULT, GOT

HIM SOME TOO, BUT COULDN'T GET

THE THREE.

>> LOOK AT BRUTI RIGHT NOW, HE'S

STILL LABORING, VIC.

LIKE I SAY, EXERTING ALL THAT

ENERGY LIKE THAT, IT DOES

SOMETHING TO YOU.

>> WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE

CREEDS, WE GOT TO GIVE CREDIT

WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, TO THE

CHAMPIONS, MARK COFFEY, GALLUS,

WOLFGANG AS WELL, REALLY SHOWING

THEIR RESILIENCE IN THIS

MATCHUP, BUT THERE MAY BE NO

COMING BACK.

WAIT, ROLL THROUGH.

COFFEY-- OH.

CLOSING ON WOLFGANG-- BRUTUS

HANGING OUT UP TOP.

WE TALK ABOUT THOSE COMBUSTIBLE

ELEMENTS, BOOKER, THINGS

STARTING TO BREAK DOWN.

>> YES, WE TALK ABOUT JULIUS

USING ALL THAT ENERGY COMING IN

THERE JUST GOING CRAZY.

>> OH, THE BRUTUS BALL.

>> YOU CALL THAT A CANNONBALL?

>> NO, BRUTUS BALL.

CANNONBALL IS WHEN HE'S SITTING

IN THE-- WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT

LATER.

BRUTUS OFF THE TOP, CHANGING THE

COMPLEXION, ALL FOUR MEN DOWN.

[CROWD CHANTS "THIS IS AWESOME"]

HERE'S WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT

IVY NILE EARLIER, BOOK.

YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING ON THE

OUTSIDE, SHE IS IN THE EAR OF

THE CREEDS, BUT SO IS JOE

COFFEY.

JOE COFFEY IN THE EAR.

>> NOBODY ELSE I'D RATHER BE OUT

HERE WITH, BABY.

LET'S GET OUT TITLES BACK.

I LOVE YOU, BABY.

>> I LOVE YOU, BABY.

LET'S DO IT, BROTHER.

LET'S DO IT.

I LOVE YOU.

>> BROTHERS GOING INTO THAT

MINDSET.

>> COME ON.

>> THIS IS OUR KINGDOM.

>> GALLUS WANTED A FIGHT, LET'S

GO.

>> THERE WE GO, VIC.

IT'S BREAKING OUT HERE.

>> NICE TAKEDOWN.

THE REFEREE RIGHT NOW TAKING A

LOOK AROUND SEEING THE

LANDSCAPE.

THAT'S WHAT THE REFEREE'S TRYING

TO DO, CREATE IT AND THERE WE

HAVE THE LEGAL PARTICIPANTS,

JULIUS, MARK COFFEY.

MARK COMING IN, GOING UP, BAM,

GETS PLANTED.

WE'VE SEEN THIS IN THE PAST.

JULIUS COULD BE LOOKING FOR THAT

KNOCKOUT BLOW.

IVY.

NO SURPRISES TONIGHT.

JOE WIPED OUT.

IS THIS THE CREED'S MOMENT?

>> OH.

>> AVA STICKING HER NOSE IN

BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO

HER, GETTING INTO THE RING.

GALLUS GATE CONNECTS.

REFEREE DIDN'T SEE.

OH, COME ON.

[BELL RINGS]

COME ON.

>> HERE ARE YOUR WINNERS AND

STILL THE NXT TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS, GALLUS.

>> WOW.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL THE

PIECES IN PLACE SITTING HERE.

IN THE END, WOLFGANG, COFFEY

RETAIN.

OH, YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO THE

CREED BROTHERS, WHO MANY

BELIEVE-

>> WHY YOU GOT TO BE SO

SARCASTIC?

>> -WERE-- I'M NOT BEING

SARCASTIC, BOOK-- CLOSING IN.

AVA, WHO WEEK AFTER WEEK-- THIS

IS THE ISSUE THAT IVY HAS HAD

WITH AVA, STICKING HER NOSE

WHERE IT DOESN'T BELONG, WHICH

IS ONE OF YOUR MOTTOS, BOOKER,

AND THAT LEFT JULIUS CREED IN

DISBELIEF, WHICH OPENED THE DOOR

FOR GALLUS GATE, BAM.

GALLUS GATE CONNECTED, DROPPED

JULIUS CREED.

THE OFFICIAL DID NOT SEE THE

ILLEGAL SUPERSTAR.

>> AND STILL.

>> YES, AND STILL AS THE GALLUS

BOYS CONTINUE TO BE ON TOP IN

NXT.

>> BROTHERS TO THE BONE.

[MUSIC]

>> I HAVE WREAKED HAVOC ON THE

NXT WOMEN'S DIVISION FOR MONTHS.

THIS TUESDAY, I WILL REVEAL

MYSELF.

[MUSIC]

>> FINALLY ON TUESDAY, WE WILL

FIND OUT WHO'S BEEN WREAKING

HAVOC, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO

EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO

PVRIS FOR ANIMAL, THE OFFICIAL

THEME SONG OF NXT BATTLEGROUND.

THE SONG IS AVAILABLE NOW ON

APPLE MUSIC AND ON SPOTIFY.

HERE AT BATTLEGROUND, WE ARE

MOMENTS AWAY FROM HISTORY, AS IT

WILL BE MADE IN THE CROWNING OF

A NEW NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION.

WILL IT BE THE "THE CENTER OF

THE UNIVERSE" TIFFANY STRATTON

OR WILL LYRA VALKYRIA BE GUIDED

TO THE GOAL?

[MUSIC]

>> PREPARE TO WITNESS THE RISE

OF LYRA VALKYRIA.

I LEFT MY HOMELAND CHANNELING

SPIRIT OF THE MORRIGAN.

[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

AS MY OLD FEATHERS FALL TO THE

GROUND, NEW FEATHERS EMERGE

STRONGER.

I AM EVOLVING, ADAPTING, AND

SHARPENING MY WEAPONS, READY FOR

A NEW BATTLEGROUND.

THREE WOMEN HAVE BEEN MARKED ON

MY ROUTE TO THE NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPIONSHIP.

KIANA JAMES, YOU ARE THE FIRST.

>> THEY'RE LASER-FOCUSED,

THINKING ABOUT ONE THING AND

THAT'S GETTING TO THE TOP OF

THIS DIVISION.

>> OH, THAT COULD'VE BEEN THE

KNOCKOUT BLOW.

VALKYRIA INTO THE COVER, AND

VALKYRIA ADVANCES.

>> CORA JADE WAS GOING TO TEACH

ME MY PLACE HERE IN NXT, BUT I

GUESS CORA CHANGED HER MIND.

>> SHE'S GOT ALL THE TOOLS AND

ALL THE TALENT, MAN.

>> OH, DEVASTATING STRIKE.

VALKYRIA INTO THE COVER, AND

VALKYRIA'S DONE IT, SHE'S HEADED

TO LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

>> TO BECOME WOMEN'S CHAMPION, I

MUST RISK IT ALL, EMBRACE THE

UNKNOWN OF WHAT'S TO COME

BECAUSE LIFE AS A WOMEN'S

CHAMPION BEGINS TONIGHT.

[LYRA VALKYRIA'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> THIS IS IT, BOOKER.

IT IS THE FINALS OF THE NXT

WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

LYRA VALKYRIA LIVES BY THE

MOTTO, A SINGLE DREAM IS MORE

POWERFUL THAN 1,000 REALITIES.

THE GOLD YOU SEE ON VALKYRIA

REPRESENTS HERSELF MOLDING

HERSELF INTO THE CHAMPION SHE IS

ABOUT TO BECOME HERE TONIGHT AT

BATTLEGROUND.

>> I READ THAT, VIC.

WHAT A POWERFUL STATEMENT TO

LIVE BY THAT DREAM.

BUT TO BRING THAT DREAM TO

FRUITION, AND MAKE THAT DREAM

REALITY HERE TONIGHT AT

BATTLEGROUND, THAT'S THE TICKET,

MAN.

>> NOW, WE GOT A QUESTION, IS

VALKYRIA AT A 100% AFTER CORA

JADE'S KENDO STICK ATTACK THIS

PAST TUESDAY?

YOU SEE THE BRACE ON THE LEFT

KNEE OF VALKYRIA, HEADING IN TO

THE FINALS HERE TONIGHT.

[TIFFANY STRATTON'S MUSIC PLAYS]

"THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE" IN

HER OWN MIND, TIFFANY STRATTON

HAS BEEN ON A WHIRLWIND OF

MEDIA.

SHE HAS ALSO NOTED THAT THIS IS

THE FIRST-EVER SINGLES

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH IN HER

CAREER.

SHE SOUNDED CONFIDENT, SHE LOOKS

CONFIDENT, BUT THAT CAN'T SHRINK

THE BUTTERFLIES DEEP DOWN IN

TIFFANY STRATTON HEADING INTO

THIS MATCH.

>> TIFFANY STRATTON'S NOT

WORRIED ABOUT THOSE BUTTERFLIES,

VIC.

SHE'S GOING TO MAKE THOSE

BUTTERFLIES LINE UP AND FLY

STRAIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS THAT

MOMENT OF THE NIGHT, VIC.

THIS IS THAT SHUCKY DUCKY QUACK

QUACK MOMENT AND SHE IS, OH,

TIFFANY STRATTON.

MY GOD, MAN.

>> BETTER WATCH YOUR BLOOD

PRESSURE, BOOK.

>> UNBELIEVABLE.

[BELL RINGS]

>> THE FOLLOWING IS THE FINAL

MATCH IN THE WOMEN'S

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, WHERE

THE WINNER WILL BECOME THE NEW

NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION.

INTRODUCING FIRST, LYRA

VALKYRIA.

HER OPPONENT, TIFFANY STRATTON.

>> BOOKER, WHAT A MEMORIAL DAY

WEEKEND IT HAS BEEN FOR THE

WOMEN OF THE WWE.

WE KNOW THIS IS THE FINALS FOR

THE NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

PERHAPS THE GREATEST NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPION OF ALL TIME, ASUKA, WON

THE WOMEN'S TITLE AT NIGHT OF

CHAMPIONS YESTERDAY IN SAUDI

ARABIA.

WOMEN TAKING CENTER STAGE HERE

TONIGHT AT BATTLEGROUND.

>> CONGRATS TO ASUKA, MAN.

>> WE SEE BOTH WOMEN SOAKING IN

THIS MOMENT.

IT WAS LYRA VALKYRIA WHO

DEFEATED KIANA JAMES, CORA JADE,

WHO WE MENTIONED ATTACKED THE

LEFT KNEE WITH THAT KENDO STICK

AFTER THAT MATCHUP.

FOR TIFFANY STRATTON, DEFEATED

ROXANNE PEREZ, WHO IS A FORMER

NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION, AND GIGI

DOLIN.

WHO HAD THE HARDER PATH TO GET

HERE TO THE FINALS?

THIS MATCHUP STARTING TO BREAK

DOWN.

>> YES, IT IS.

WHO HAD THE HARDER PATH?

I THINK TIFFANY STRATTON HAD THE

HARDER PATH, COMING OFF OF THE

BIGGEST VICTORY PERHAPS OF HER

CAREER OVER ROXANNE PEREZ, LIKE

YOU SAY, FORMER CHAMPION.

THAT TELLS ME A WHOLE LOT ABOUT

TIFFANY STRATTON.

SHE'S READY, VIC.

SHE'S READY FOR PRIMETIME, MAN.

>> TOURNAMENT BEGAN EARLIER THIS

MONTH, OF COURSE, AFTER INDI

HARTWELL HAD TO RELINQUISH THE

CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER SHE WAS

DRAFTED TO MONDAY NIGHT RAW.

THE TOURNAMENT BEGAN WITH EIGHT

SUPERSTARS HANDPICKED BY SHAWN

MICHAELS AND THE COACHES AT THE

PERFORMANCE CENTER.

IT'S DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO.

ONE OF THESE TWO WOMEN WILL BE

WEARING GOLD BY THE END OF THE

NIGHT.

>> YES, INDEED.

RIGHT NOW, LYRA VALKYRIA, SHE'S

DRAPED OUT IN GOLD, SO SHE MUST

HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND HERE

TONIGHT, VIC.

>> VALKYRIA BELIEVES THIS IS THE

BATTLEGROUND SHE WAS BORN TO

FIGHT IN.

NOW LOOKING FOR-- NICE COUNTER

INTO A CRUCIFIX PIN, AND A NEAR

FALL.

>> I LIKE THAT.

I LIKE THAT LITTLE CONNECTION

YOU MADE WITH BATTLEGROUND.

THAT WAS SMOOTH.

>> THANK YOU.

SAID ON TWITTER SHE WILL

REDEFINE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE

CHAMPION AS WELL, AND VALKYRIA--

>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WE'VE HAD GREAT CHAMPIONS HERE,

ROXANNE PEREZ, INDI HARTWELL.

>> THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME EXCITED

TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE LYRA

VALKYRIA BECOME CHAMPION, OR

TIFFANY STRATTON, WHO COUNTERS

RIGHT BACK, BUT LOOK AT

VALKYRIA.

COUNTER FOR COUNTER.

SHOULDERS DOWN ONE MORE TIME.

STRATTON HAVING TO KICK OUT AT

TWO AND A HALF.

LOOK, TIFFANY STRATTON HAS NOT

BEEN IN THIS SORT OF-- LOOK AT

VALKYRIA, PUMPED UP, READY TO

GO.

AGAIN, BELIEVES SHE WAS BORN FOR

THIS MOMENT.

>> YOU LOOK AT TIFFANY STRATTON,

SHE CHECKS OFF ALL THE BOXES,

VIC.

WE TALK ABOUT THAT AIRPORT TEST,

SHE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

HER IN-RING PROWESS, VIC, IS

DEFINITELY OFF THE CHART FOR

SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN LESS THAN

TWO YEARS.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TIME FOR

STRATTON TO START SHOWBOATING

YET, AS SHE'S PICKING UP THE

PACE HERE WITH VALKYRIA--

>> OH.

>> WHOA, WHOA.

>> IT'S THAT BAD WHEEL, VIC.

>> LITTLE BIT OF AN AWKWARD

LANDING, BUT LOOK, VALKYRIA

READY TO GO.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING SHE JUST

CAN LET SLIP.

>> VIC, DON'T THINK THAT IT'S

NOT A BULLSEYE ON THAT LEFT

KNEE.

TRUST ME, THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN

WORK THROUGH THE PAIN.

IT'S GOING TO CATCH UP WITH YOU

SOONER OR LATER.

>> TAKE ONE MORE LOOK.

JUST A REGULAR, OLD LEAPFROG AND

THEN-

>> OH, MAN.

>> -JUST COMING DOWN A LITTLE

AWKWARD.

YOU'RE RIGHT, BOOK, BECAUSE

STRATTON SAW WHAT HAPPENED.

NOW THE TEST OF STRENGTH HERE BY

TIFFANY STRATTON.

SHE OBVIOUSLY IN HER OWN MIND

THINKS SHE IS THE STRONGER OF

THE TWO.

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY STRATTON IS

THE STRONGER OF THE TWO IN THIS

MATCHUP.

>> WITH THE GYMNASTICS

BACKGROUND, THE YOUNG LADIES

THAT DID GYMNASTICS, THEY GET

THAT, AND EARLY IN THEIR

LIFETIME.

RIGHT NOW, VALKYRIA LOOKING

PRETTY GOOD.

>> SHE IS.

>> EVEN ON THAT BAD WHEEL.

>> YOU COME BACK TO THE

STRENGTH, HOW STRONG CAN

VALKYRIA BE IF SHE'S JUST ON ONE

WHEEL?

THE ADRENALINE'S GOING TO WEAR

OFF AT SOME POINT.

>> THE ADRENALINE IS GOING TO

WEAR OFF, BUT RIGHT NOW, VIC,

VALKYRIA'S TRYING TO TAKE IT--

OH, YOU SEE THAT MISSTEP RIGHT

THERE?

>> YOU SAW IT FOR A MOMENT.

DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SHE WAS GOING

TO HAVE ALL THE SPEED ON THE

ATTACK AS SHE WAS GOING TO

POUNCE TO THE OUTSIDE, AS

STRATTON BACK INTO THE MATCHUP.

COULD YOU IMAGINE THOUGH ALSO--

I DO WANT TO FOCUS ON STRATTON

FOR A SECOND-- IF SHE WINS, THE

DEMANDS SHE WOULD MAKE AS

CHAMPION?

>> WHAT DO YOU EXPECT, VIC?

[CROSSTALK]

>> SHE'S GOING TO EXCEED THE

DEMANDS SHE'S TRIED TO MAKE

BEFORE.

>> LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE CHAMPION,

MAN, YOU WANT YOUR OWN LOCKER

ROOM, YOU WANT FIRST-CLASS

TREATMENT.

YOU WANT THE LIMO SERVICE, AND

I'M TALKING ABOUT LIMO SERVICE

EVERYWHERE, MAN.

>> WHOA, AND THIS TIME VALKYRIA

WENT FOR IT, GOT CAUGHT, AGAIN

RIPPED RIGHT DOWN.

>> YOU SEE THAT RIGHT THERE,

VIC?

TIFFANY STRATTON JUST LURED LYRA

VALKYRIA TO THAT SPOT RIGHT

THERE TO PUT HER IN A, OH, BAD

POSITION.

JUST BOUNCED RIGHT OFF OF THAT

STEEL.

>> THAT STEEL POST AND JUST THE

KNEE CAP, AND THERE GOES

STRATTON TO WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT,

THAT BULLSEYE.

HOW EFFECTIVE IS VALKYRIA GOING

TO BE ABLE TO BE ON ONE LEG?

SHE'S SOMEONE WHO USES HER

SPEED, BOOK.

[CROSSTALK]

>> YOU MIGHT AS WELL MAKE IT

EASY ON YOURSELF, VIC.

IT'S NOT ABOUT GOING OUT HERE

AND TRYING TO [INDISTINCT]

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S

ABOUT HURTING VALKYRIA.

IT'S ABOUT WALKING AWAY TONIGHT

WITH THAT CHAMPIONSHIP AROUND

THAT WAIST.

>> LOOK, STRATTON RIGHT BACK IN

BECAUSE-- YES, SHOWBOAT A LITTLE

BIT, BUT BOOKER, IF VALKYRIA

CAN'T GET BACK INTO THE MATCHUP,

VALKYRIA GETS COUNTED OUT.

SHE'S GOING TO LOSE AND, BAM,

STRATTON'S GOING TO BECOME THE

NEW CHAMPION.

>> BUT TIFFANY SAID NO, SHE

DOESN'T WANT TO WIN IT LIKE

THAT.

SHE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE RING.

>> NO, WHAT STRATTON WANTS TO DO

IS SHE WANTS TO EMBARRASS

SOMEBODY.

SHE CONTINUOUSLY TALKS DOWN TO

EVERY WOMAN IN THE DIVISION.

SHE WANTS TO--

>> WHAT IS SHE

SUPPOSED TO DO, VIC?

>> SHE JUST WHIPPED THE KNEE

BRACE AT US, BOOK, AND YOU

DIDN'T EVEN SEE WHAT WAS GOING

ON BECAUSE YOU'RE SO--

>> NO.

SHE WHIPPED IT AT YOU, AT YOU,

VIC, BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T LIKE

YOU.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

>> STRATTON RIGHT BACK IN, AND

NOW THAT KNEE IS EXPOSED,

BOOKER.

THAT LEFT KNEE IS EXPOSED.

HOW MUCH CAN LYRA VALKYRIA TAKE?

NICE DRAGON SCREW, JUST WHIPPING

VALKYRIA DOWN TO THE MAT.

>> WORKING ON THAT KNEE RIGHT

THERE, THAT REMINDS ME OF RIC

FLAIR GOING RIGHT TO THAT BODY

PART, TRYING TO WEAR YOU DOWN

AND THEN TAKE YOU OUT.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, VIC.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING YOU SAY

RIC FLAIR BECAUSE STRATTON HAS

SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN, SHE

IDOLIZES AND WANTS TO FOLLOW IN

THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHARLOTTE

FLAIR, A SUPERSTAR ANYONE SHOULD

ADMIRE.

INTO THE COVER, HOOK OF THE LEG.

SHOULDERS ARE DOWN, AND A NEAR

FALL.

A HALF SECOND AWAY FROM BECOMING

THE NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION, AND

JUST CONTINUING TO WORK THE

INJURED, AWKWARD HYPEREXTENSION

AND THEN FOLLOWING UP, BAM,

RIGHT BACK DOWN AND RIPPING IT

RIGHT BACK OUT, TRYING TO RIP

THE LIGAMENT OUT AND SETTING UP

ONE MORE TIME, CONTINUING TO

FOCUS ON THE KNEE.

SMART STRATEGY BY STRATTON.

I SAY THAT ABOUT CHARLOTTE FLAIR

BECAUSE CHARLOTTE FLAIR

IRONICALLY WON HER FIRST TITLE

IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

FOR THE NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> BEAUTIFUL WORK HERE BY

TIFFANY STRATTON, AND WHAT A

PERSON TO ADMIRE, CHARLOTTE

FLAIR.

FOR ME, IT WAS GUYS LIKE RIC

FLAIR, BOCKWINKEL, SIMMONS.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY HAD IN

COMMON?

THEY WERE CHAMPIONS, VIC.

IT'S ABOUT REACHING TO THE

STARS.

>> OH, AND LOOK AT THE BRIDGE.

>> IT'S ABOUT GOING TO THE

NEBULA RIGHT NOW, VIC.

>> FORGET ABOUT THE NEBULA, I'M

WORRIED ABOUT THE MENISCUS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE BODY BEING

BENT.

STRATTON-- LOOK AT VALKYRIA'S

EYES, THEY'RE FIGHTING SAYING, -

- NO, SHE'S NOT GOING TO TAP,

SOMEHOW BREAKING THE GRIP AND

BREAKING THE HOLD, BUT AGAIN,

HOW MUCH IS LEFT?

[CROSSTALK]

>> HAS THE DAMAGE BEEN DONE?

HAS THE DAMAGE BEEN DONE TO THAT

LEFT KNEE, VIC?

>> QUICK COVER, HOOK OF THE LEG,

AND A KICK OUT.

ONLY GETTING A ONE COUNT.

VALKYRIA RIGHT NOW, SHE CAN'T

EVEN GET BACK TO HER FEET.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW

VALKYRIA ON HER OWN TWO FEET IN

THIS MATCHUP?

IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MINUTES.

>> TALKING ABOUT DREAMS, TALKING

ABOUT PERHAPS SHATTERED DREAMS

HERE TONIGHT FOR VALKYRIA.

>> NEVER SEEN STRATTON TARGET A

BODY PART LIKE SHE IS HERE

TONIGHT, PICKING UP HER GAME

WEEK IN, WEEK OUT, MONTH IN, AND

MONTH OUT, AND COULD BE CLOSING

IN ON SOME GOLD AROUND HER

WAIST.

>> TIFFANY STRATTON, VIC, I TALK

TO MY STUDENTS ABOUT HAVING THAT

[INDISTINCT]

ABOUT MAKING SURE YOU GO DEEP,

DEEP INTO YOUR TOOL BAG, AND

RIGHT NOW TIFFANY STRATTON HAS

BEEN LOOKING GREAT IN THIS

MATCHUP HERE TONIGHT.

>> IT'S EASY WHEN YOUR OPPONENT

COMES IN AT LESS THAN 100%.

NOW MAYBE LOOKING FOR A STRETCH

MUFFLER.

STRATTON TRYING TO GET BACK TO

HER FEET POSSIBLY, BUT RIGHT

NOW, LOOK AT THE TORQUE, LOOK AT

THE BEND.

OH, VALKYRIA SO CLOSE TO THAT

ROPE.

>> VIC, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANY

EXCUSES FOR VALKYRIA.

SHE COULD'VE FORFEITED, SHE

COULD'VE STAYED AT HOME.

>> OH YES, SHE'S GOING TO

FORFEIT, BOOK.

[CROSSTALK]

>> SHE COULD'VE STAYED AT HOME,

VIC.

VICTORY, IF SO FOR TIFFANY

STRATTON.

LET'S NOT DO THAT.

>> BOOKER, IS IT EXCUSE OR IS IT

FACT THAT VALKYRIA WAS ATTACKED,

HEINOUSLY ATTACKED ON TUESDAY,

NOT IN A 100%, BUT SHE'S NOT

GIVING UP.

UP, OVER, SHOULDERS DOWN, AND A

NEAR FALL.

>> THAT WAS CLOSE, AND

INNOVATIVE TOO AT THE SAME TIME.

>> LOOKING FOR MAYBE A FIGURE

FOUR COUNTER.

THIS COULD BE NOW FOR VALKYRIA,

SOMEHOW UP, ROLLING RIGHT BACK

THROUGH.

AGAIN, SHOULDERS ARE DOWN.

OH, ANOTHER NEAR FALL.

>> THAT KNEE, JUST NOT ENOUGH

KNEE STRENGTH RIGHT THERE, VIC,

TO HOLD TIFFANY DOWN.

>> THE REFEREE DOING A NICE JOB

AT IT.

VALKYRIA SAID, "I AM GOOD.

I CAN CONTINUE."

AND SHE'S CONTINUING TO FIGHT IN

THIS MATCH.

LOOKING FOR SOME HIGH RISK.

WILL IT PAY OFF?

OH.

>> WOW.

>> MISSILE DROPKICK.

VALKYRIA RIGHT TO HER INJURED

LEFT KNEE, IMMEDIATELY GRABBED

THE KNEE, COULD NOT CAPITALIZE

ON THAT DROPKICK.

>> YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, COULDN'T

CAPITALIZE, COULDN'T GET A COVER

OUT OF THAT BIG SHOT RIGHT

THERE.

>> QUITE THE ATMOSPHERE HERE

TONIGHT NXT BATTLEGROUND.

THIS, THE FINALS FOR THE NXT

WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

SOMEBODY AT THE END OF THE NIGHT

WILL HAVE THAT TITLE AROUND

THEIR WAIST, WILL HAVE THE

PRESTIGIOUS NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPIONSHIP, AND WIN THIS

TOURNAMENT.

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

VALKYRIA RIGHT IN DESPITE THE

KNEE, BAM, ABLE TO CONNECT.

WASN'T ABLE TO CAPITALIZE.

NOW FOR VALKYRIA, SHE'S GOT TO

BLOCK OUT THE PAIN.

SHE'S GOT TO PUT ALL THAT BEHIND

HER.

SHE'S GOT TO SETTLE IN.

SHE'S GOT TO FOCUS, AND SHE'S

GOT TO SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT A

SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM THAT IS

TIFFANY STRATTON.

>> VALKYRIA HAS WORKED HER WAY

INTO THIS POSITION.

SHE SHOWED UP IN DECEMBER AND

HAS BEEN ONWARD AND UPWARD.

SHE'S SOARED HERE IN NXT AND

RIGHT NOW SHE'S IN A HELL OF A

POSITION, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT

THAT LEFT KNEE, VIC.

>> COMBINATION OFFENSE

CONNECTING, ABLE TO BLACK OUT

THE PAIN FOR THE MOMENT.

YOU TALK ABOUT BEING HERE SIX

MONTHS AGO, COMPETED AT STAND &

DELIVER, HERE TONIGHT IN THE

FINALS, NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX

ROLLING RIGHT THROUGH, AND ON

ONE LEG, COMPLETES IT AGAIN WITH

THE BRIDGE.

INTO THE COVER.

>> OH, WE GOING FOR THE

TRIFECTA.

WE GOING FOR ONE MORE, VIC.

>> OH, TO THE KNEE.

STRATTON RIGHT TO THAT KNEECAP.

BUCKLING VALKYRIA.

OH.

I WONDER IF THAT WAS AN

ENZIGUIRI OF SOME SORT.

>> YES, IT WAS, BUT I'M GOING TO

TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, VALKYRIA MAY

HAVE TAKEN THE WORST OF THAT

SHOT RIGHT THERE, EVEN SO SHE

DELIVERED IT.

>> WELL, I THINK EVERYTHING

RIGHT NOW FOR VALLKYRIA,

ANYTHING SHE DOES, WALKS,

BREATHES, IT'S JUST SHOOTING

PAIN.

YOU'VE HAD KNEE INJURIES, BOOK,

IT'S NOT EASY TO COMPETE AT THIS

LEVEL.

OH, BUT THROWING CAUTION TO THE

WIND IS VALKYRIA.

>> THE ADRENALINE RIGHT NOW IS

PUMPING, VIC.

VALKYRIA RIGHT NOW, SHE'S JUST

TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH THE PAIN,

AND LIKE I SAY, IT'S A SHORT

WINDOW, A VERY SHORT WINDOW,

VIC.

>> VALKYRIA PULLING HERSELF,

TRYING TO SHAKE SOME FEELING

BACK INTO THE LEFT KNEE.

DOES SHE HAVE ENOUGH TO CLIMB TO

THE TOP?

A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN SHE

WANTED, BUT SHE'S RAINING DOWN.

CONNECTS.

THIS THAT STRENGTH.

THIS THAT STRENGTH OF STRATTON.

>> WOW.

>> OVERPOWERING.

OH.

COVER.

COVER.

>> ONE.

TWO.

>> NO.

>> WOW.

>> RIGHT SHOULDER JUST.

YOU COULD HAVE SLID A PIECE OF

PAPER UNDER HER SHOULDER JUST

GETTING UP FOR STRATTON TO

CONTINUE IN THIS MATCHUP.

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT STRATTON

WAS LOOKING, BAM, THAT CRUCIFIX

BOMB.

REFEREE COMES RIGHT OVER AND

JUST, BUT THAT WAS CLOSE.

THAT WAS CLOSE.

>> ALLOWING VALKYRIA TO MAINTAIN

CONTACT AND TO REVERSE THAT INTO

SOMETHING AWESOME.

WOW.

>> OH, NOW YOU'RE GIVING HER

CREDIT.

LOOK AT VALKYRIA.

>> OF COURSE.

>> OH, BUCKLING THE KNEES, AND

RIGHT UNDERNEATH-- AND STRATTON

RIGHT IN.

>> DON'T WASTE ANY TIME.

DON'T WASTE ANY TIME.

>> STRATTON MOVING WITH PURPOSE,

WITH URGENCY.

OH.

WE'VE SEEN STRATTON WIN IN THE

PAST.

>> ONE.

TWO.

>> CAN SHE-- OH, AND A KICK OUT

BY VALKYRIA.

WE'VE SEEN TIFFANY STRATTON

EARLY ON IN HER CAREER.

STRATTON WAS RACKING UP THE

VICTORIES WITH THAT MOVE.

>> LET ME GIVE VALKYRIA A LOT OF

CREDIT, VIC, BECAUSE I THOUGHT

THIS MATCH WOULD'VE BEEN OVER

ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO, BUT

SHE'S TOUGH.

SHE'S WEATHERED THE STORM.

>> WE HAVE WITNESSED THE RISE OF

VALKYRIA FIRSTHAND, BUT WE'VE

ALSO SEEN THE RISE OF TIFFANY

STRATTON .THESE TWO HERE IN THE

FINALS, BOTH PICKED BY THE

COACHES, BY THE TWO-TIME HALL OF

FAMER, SHAWN MICHAELS.

VALKYRIA TRYING TO HOIST UP, AND

BACK AGAIN TO THE KNEE.

RIGHT BACK-- GOT CAUGHT AGAIN.

SHOULDERS DOWN.

>> ONE.

TWO.

>> SHOULDERS DOWN, NEAR FALL.

BOOM.

THIS HAS TO BE IT, BOOKER.

>> ONE.

TWO.

>> HIGH IMPACT FOR THE-- NO.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

>> BOOK, THIS IS THE NXT WOMEN

CHAMPIONSHIP.

THIS IS THE FINALS TO WIN THE

NXT WOMEN'S-- SO THINK ABOUT ALL

THE WOMEN THAT HAVE HELD THE

WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, WHAT THEIR

CAREERS HAVE GONE ON TO BE.

CHARLOTTE FLAIR WE MENTIONED.

YOU TALKED ABOUT RHEA RIPLEY.

THE LIST GOES ON.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ASUKA.

THESE SUPERSTARS WANT TO FOLLOW

IN THAT LINEAGE.

>> WHAT DID LYRA SAY, VIC, A

DREAM IS WORTH MORE THAN A

THOUSAND REALITIES.

SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE THAT

REALITY COME TRUE TONIGHT.

>> THAT'S JUST ABOUT PART OF HER

PASSION THAT SHE HAS HAD OOZING

OUT IN THIS MATCHUP, BUT FROM

BOTH SUPERSTARS.

>> THAT HIT HARD.

I SEE THE PAIN RIGHT THERE.

SEE THE GRIMACING LOOK RIGHT

THERE IN LYRA'S FACE.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW LYRA'S EVEN

UP RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S THAT GYMNASTIC

BACKGROUND, GOT CAUGHT.

>> OH, BABY.

>> BIG GERMAN SUPLEX FOR

VALKYRIA.

>> THAT FIGHTING SPIRIT, VIC.

>> MUSTERING UP EVERYTHING SHE'S

GOT.

OH, BUT WE'VE SEEN THAT

ROUNDHOUSE KICK CONNECT.

THE KNEE BUCKLED.

>> JUST LEFT HER RIGHT THERE,

VIC.

>> STRATTON TO PICK UP THE

SCRAPS.

HOISTING UP VALKYRIA, AND THIS

COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE

END.

BOOM.

>> OH MAN.

OH, WE ABOUT TO SEE IT.

OH NO.

>> NOBODY HOME.

MOONSAULT DIDN'T CONNECT.

VALKYRIA BACK TO HER FEET.

BOOM.

THIS TIME IT DOES CONNECT.

VALKYRIA ON ONE WHEEL TRYING TO

CRAWL, TRYING TO INCH, TRYING TO

SCRAP HER WAY OVER.

THE COVER.

>> ONE.

TWO.

>> WOW.

YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME, VIC.

WOW.

>> BY THE TIPPY TOP OF HER TOE,

TIFFANY STAYS IN IT.

>> CHINNY CHIN CHIN, THAT'S WHAT

THAT WAS, VIC.

[CROWD CHANTING "NXT"]

>> WHO IS WALKING OUT OF

BATTLEGROUND NXT WOMEN'S

CHAMPION.

THAT WAS THE KNOCKOUT BLOW THAT

WE'VE SEEN VALKYRIA DELIVER

THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE

TOURNAMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG RISK.

WILL IT PAY OFF?

VALKYRIA SETTING HER-- STRATTON

GETTING BACK INTO THE FIGHT.

WHAT IS ON THE MIND OF VALKYRIA

NOW.

>> THAT KNEE, VIC.

>> UP AND-- OH, LOOKING FOR A

POWERBOMB OUT OF THE CORNER.

STRATTON TRYING TO HOLD ON.

STRATTON ABLE TO TAKE DOWN

VALKYRIA.

RIGHT BACK IN.

AGAIN.

>> DOUBLE UP.

HERE WE GO, VIC.

>> THERE IT IS.

MOONSAULT.

COVER.

>> OH, GOD.

>> ONE.

TWO.

THREE.

[BELL RINGS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

[TIFFANY STRATTON'S MUSIC]

>> STRATTON MAKES HISTORY

TONIGHT.

>> HERE IS YOUR WINNER AND NEW

NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION, TIFFANY

STRATTON.

>> TAKE NOTHING AWAY FROM LARA

VALKYRIA, BUT HATS OFF TO

TIFFANY STRATTON.

ALL THE EMOTION, ALL THE PASSION

POURING OUT OF BOTH THESE

SUPERSTARS NOT JUST HERE TONIGHT

AT BATTLEGROUND, THROUGHOUT THIS

ENTIRE NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

TOURNAMENT, AND THERE YOU SEE

YOUR WINNER AND NEW CHAMPION.

WHAT A MOMENT THAT IS FOR

TIFFANY STRATTON.

BACK INTO SOME OF THE ACTION.

THIS IS WHEN THE PROBLEMS BEGAN

FOR VALKYRIA IN THIS MATCHUP

STEMMING FROM THAT KNEE INJURY

TUESDAY NIGHT.

STRATTON WAS THERE TO INFLICT

DAMAGE, TO INFLICT PAIN, AND

CONTINUE TO BULLSEYE THAT LEFT

KNEE.

WHEN VALKYRIA WAS LOOKING TO

STRIKE, THAT KNEE AGAIN,

BUCKLING LATER ON IN THIS

MATCHUP FOR VALKYRIA.

SHE REALLY WAS ON ONE LEG THIS

ENTIRE MATCH.

FOR TIFFANY STRATTON, STRATTON

WAS WILLING TO GO TO ALL THE

LENGTHS IN THE WORLD TO FINALLY

CONNECT WITH THE PRETTIEST

MOONSAULT EVER.

TIFFANY STRATTON HAS BEGUN HER

JOURNEY AS NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION,

AND TONIGHT, STRATTON HAS MADE

IT TO THE TIPPY TOP OF THE

WOMEN'S DIVISION HERE IN NXT.

[MUSIC]

>> ANOTHER TOXIC CHAPTER

WRITTEN TUESDAY, AS FORMER TAG

TEAM PARTNERS NOW BITTER ENEMIES

ARE GONNA KICK OFF NXT INSIDE A

WEAPONIZED CAGE.

DON'T MISS NXT LIVE THIS TUESDAY

ON USA.

WHILE THIS MATCH IS NOT ABOUT--

MAN, THAT'S NOT ABOUT GOLD, THIS

ONE IS IN OUR MAIN EVENT AS

WE'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE

HOMECOMING OF CARMELO HAYES.

IS IT THE ONE HE'S DREAMED OF OR

IT'S THE MASSACRE THAT BRON

BREAKKER HAS PREDICTED?

>> THIS IS THE HIM ERA.

>> 18 MONTHS IN THE MAKING WAS

WELL WORTH THE WAIT BECAUSE NOW

THERE'S NO QUESTION ON WHO THE

MAN IS BECAUSE I AM THE NXT

CHAMPION AND I AM HIM.

>> STAND & DELIVER WAS THE

CULMINATION OF MY YEAR-LONG

REIGN AS NXT CHAMPION.

>> THERE IS BRON BREAKKER WHO

PASSED THE TORCH AT STAND &

DELIVER.

>> AT THE END OF THE MATCH, YOU

PRESENTED ME THIS CHAMPIONSHIP,

AND MAN, I GOT TO SAY, THAT WAS

REAL COOL TO YOU TO DO THAT,

MAN.

ON BEHALF OF ME AND EVERYBODY

HERE AT NXT, THANK YOU.

THAT TITLE HOLDS GREAT LEGACY.

IT'S MY HONOR RIGHT NOW, MAN, TO

CONGRATULATE YOU THE MOST

RESPECTFUL WAY.

GIVE IT UP FOR THE NEW NXT

CHAMPION, CARMELO HAYES.

I FINALLY REALIZED THAT I DON'T

NEED THE APPROVAL OF THESE

SCUMBAGS ANYMORE.

YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE A

SIDE OF ME THAT YOU HAVE NEVER

SEEN BEFORE.

>> BIG MATCH AFTER BIG MATCH,

DEFENDING THIS BRAND, CARRYING

THE TITLE, ALL FOR WHAT?

SO I CAN PASS THE TORCH TO A GUY

THAT I'M BETTER THAN?

NO ONE CAN HAVE THE TORCH

BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO BURN THIS

BITCH DOWN.

>> BRON BREAKKER, EVERYTHING

BETWEEN YOU AND I WAS SUPPOSED

TO BE ABOUT RESPECT, AND AT NXT

BATTLEGROUND, I WANT YOU, MY

NECK OF THE WOODS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

>> I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF

CARMELO HAYES HAVING THE NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP.

I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING, COME

HERE.

COME HERE.

MELO, YOU'RE GOING TO REALIZE

THAT YOU'RE NOT HIM.

YOU'RE NOTHING.

>> ANYONE CAN BE HIM, NOBODY CAN

BE ME.

SEE YOU AT BATTLEGROUND.

>> BRON DECIDED THAT HE WANTED

TO SEND ME A LITTLE MESSAGE.

WELL, GUESS WHAT, BRON?

MESSAGE RECEIVED.

TO COME INTO MY HOUSE, INTO MY

BACKYARD, AND TO BEAT ME, THAT'S

CRAZY.

BRON BREAKKER IS LITERALLY GOING

TO WALK INTO A HOSTILE

ENVIRONMENT.

I'VE EARNED A LOT OF RESPECT AND

A LOT OF LOVE IN THIS AREA.

THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

HOMECOMING, AND I KNOW BRON

WANTS TO RUIN THAT FOR ME, AND I

REFUSE TO LET HIM DO THAT.

YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE UNTOUCHABLE

UNTIL YOU GOT TOUCHED.

AT NXT BATTLEGROUND, WE'RE IN MY

YARD, AND IN MY YARD, WE DON'T

BARK, WE BITE.

YOU ARE NOT TAKING MY NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> I'M NOT COMING TO LOWELL TO

WITNESS A HOMECOMING, I'M COMING

TO LOWELL IN FRONT OF YOUR

FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, TO DISH

OUT A MASSACRE.

>> WELL, THERE YOU ARE LOOKING

IN THE EYES OF BRON BREAKKER WHO

HAS BEEN OPERATING ON A TOTALLY

DIFFERENT LEVEL SINCE LOS

ANGELES AT STAND & DELIVER.

WELL, THERE YOU SEE THE CHAMPION

ALONGSIDE TRICK WILLIAMS GETTING

READY FOR THE MOST EMOTIONAL

MATCH OF HIS CAREER.

[MUSIC]

[DOGS BARKING]

[BRON BREAKKER'S MUSIC PLAYS]

>> WE ALL KNOW THIS IS GOING TO

BE A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE

CHALLENGER, MORE RABID THAN

EVER.

HIS ATTITUDE, "REASONABLE MEN

NEVER ACHIEVE ANYTHING."

>> YOU KNOW THE SAYING, VIC, "NO

BREAD, NO WATER, JUST MEAT."

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DOG IN THIS

YOUNG MAN.

HE'S THAT LONE WOLF, VIC.

HE DOESN'T NEED ANYBODY WATCHING

HIS BACK, AND THAT'S A VERY,

VERY DANGEROUS DOG.

>> WELL, WE KNOW THE HISTORY,

CAME TO NXT AT THE SAME TIME,

BOTH TOLD BY THE BRASS THEY'D BE

THE TWO TO TAKE NXT TO THE NEXT

LEVEL.

TOXIC COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE

CHAMPION AND THE CHALLENGER.

THE NEXT CHAPTER IS WRITTEN

TONIGHT BETWEEN BRON BREAKKER

AND CARMELO HAYES.

[CHUCKLES]

YES, LOOK AT THE EYES.

LOOK AT THE EYES, VIC.

OH, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET BUSY.

[MUSIC]

>> THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS, THE

CITY OF GREED, THE CITY OF THE

RED SOX, THE CITY OF THOSE BAKED

BEANS.

TO THE CITY OF THE CELTICS, PLAY

WHILE WE STILL GET TO WIN, TO

THE CITY OF BOSTON, HIM.

[CARMELO HAYES' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> WELL, THE CHAMPION'S FAMILY

IS HERE, FRIENDS ARE HERE.

HE'S IN HIS OWN BACKYARD WHERE

HE WENT FROM A KID WITH A DREAM,

TO GROW INTO A CASANOVA, TO

BECOME A CHAMPION.

HE'S GOING TO BE TO BE AMPED UP

TONIGHT, BOOKER, THERE'S NO

DOUBT ABOUT IT.

HOW CAN HE CONTAIN HIS EMOTIONS?

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF

CARMELO HAYES WAS ANYWHERE

BESIDES HERE IN THIS CITY, I

WOULD SAY, "MAN, THIS KID IS

ABOUT TO GO OUT HERE AND DO IT."

THAT RIGHT THERE, THAT PRESSURE

OF FIGHTING AT HOME, FIGHTING IN

FRONT OF FAMILY, GIVING AWAY

ABOUT 150 TICKETS, RIGHT THERE

IS ENOUGH PRESSURE, VIC, FOR ANY

MAN TO BREAK.

I'M WONDERING IF HE CAN JUST

HOLD IT TOGETHER.

ALTHOUGH HE IS TRULY THAT MAN.

>> LOOK AT BRON BREAKKER, NOT

IMPRESSED.

MELO LOOKING TO BUILD HIS

LEGACY, BRON LOOKING TO CEMENT

HIS.

IT'S MAIN EVENT TIME FOR THE NXT

TITLE AT BATTLEGROUND.

>> YES, YOU CAN FEEL IT.

[BELL RINGS]

>> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST

SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL IS FOR

THE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP.

INTRODUCING FIRST, THE

CHALLENGER, BRON BREAKKER.

HIS OPPONENT, ACCOMPANIED BY

TRICK WILLIAMS, HE IS THE NXT

CHAMPION, CARMELO HAYES.

[CROWD CHEERS]

[CROWD CHANTS]

>> IT'S ALL BOUT THE NXT TITLE.

HEARD ALL WEEK CARMELO HAYES

TELL THE STORY ABOUT ATTENDING

AN NXT LIVE EVENT HERE IN

LOWELL.

NOW HE'S HERE AS CHAMPION.

CERTAINLY A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT,

BUT WILL IT BE THE HOMECOMING OR

WILL IT BE THE MASSACRE?

HERE IN OUR MAIN EVENT.

[LAUGHS]

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,

CARMELO HAYES IS GOING TO BE

ABLE TO ALLOW EMOTION TO TAKE

HIM.

I HOPE HE DOESN'T RUN INTO

SOMETHING BIG WITH BRON BREAKKER

HERE TONIGHT.

>> WE TALK ABOUT EMOTION, IT'S

COMING HAYES COMING OUT FIRING

RIGHT OFF THE RIP, RIGHT ON THE

BELL, COMING RIGHT AT BRON

BREAKKER.

THIS BRINGS UP A QUESTION I

WANTED TO BRING UP TO YOU, WHAT

CHANGED IN TERMS OF STRATEGY FOR

BOTH SINCE STAND & DELIVER

BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A

DIFFERENT GAME PLAN FROM THE

CHAMPION?

>> IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT I CAN

TELL YOU THIS.

BRON BREAKKER IS ABOUT NOT

FOLLOWING THE RULES, VIC, HE'S

ABOUT MAKING THE RULES, AND IF

SO, HE MAY JUST GO OUT AND BREAK

THE RULES.

THAT'S WHAT THIS MAN IS ALL

ABOUT NOW.

>> OH, PUMP KICK CONNECTED.

FOR CARMELO HAYES, HE'S AT LEAST

COME OUT AND BEEN ABLE TO

CONTAIN HIS EMOTIONS, BUT THE

RING CAN'T CONTAIN CARMELO

HAYES.

>> OH MY GOD.

WOW.

>> BRUSHING THE DIRT OFF HIS

SHOULDERS AND LOOKING TO KEEP

THE GOLD AROUND HIS WAIST.

HAYES BRINGING THE FIGHT TO

BREAKKER.

I DON'T KNOW IF BREAKKER THOUGHT

THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE SIDE OF

HAYES HE WAS GOING TO SEE.

>> LIKE I SAID, VIC, I LIKE

EVERYTHING I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW

WITH CARMELO HAYES, BUT LIKE I

SAID, HE'S FIGHTING WITH A LOT

OF EMOTIONS.

RIGHT NOW THE CITY GOT HIM

GOING, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, HE'S

GOING TO BREAK DOWN SOONER OR

LATER, VIC, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO

TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, CARMELO

HAYES IS NOT 100%.

>> WELL, WE'VE SEEN EVERYTHING

THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST

SEVERAL WEEKS WHEN IT CAME TO

BRON BREAKKER-- TARGETING

CARMELO HAYES AND THOSE RIBS AS

YOU SEE A LITTLE EXTRA WINCE

FROM HAYES, AS HAYES TRYING TO

PICK UP THE SPEED, COMING RIGHT

BACK AND CAUGHT AND DROPPED.

WELL, A LITTLE TIP OF THE CAP TO

HIS FAMILY FROM BRON BREAKKER

WHO'S LOOKING TO BECOME JUST THE

SECOND MAN TO HOLD THE NXT

CHAMPIONSHIP THREE TIMES.

>> COMING IN WITH ALL THAT ANGER

INSIDE, VIC, IT COULD MAKE HIM

MAKE SOME BIG MISTAKES, MAKE HIM

WALK INTO SOMETHING REALLY BIG

BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, HE IS

COMPROMISED.

LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK

CARMELO HAYES IS 100% BY ANY

MEANS, VIC.

>> ANYONE CAN ARGUE THAT POINT,

BOOK, AND THAT BRINGS UP THE

FACT OF WOULD YOU ARGUE THIS IS

A BRON BREAKKER WE'VE NEVER SEEN

BEFORE WHO'S BEEN LIVING IN THE

MIND OF CARMELO HAYES RECENTLY.

[CHUCKLES]

HE JUST TOOK OUT THE MARKET,

FORGET ABOUT LIVING IN THE MIND

RENT-FREE.

THIS DUDE RIGHT NOW, VIC, IS ON

ANOTHER LEVEL.

THAT'S THE MISTAKE I'M TALKING

ABOUT, THAT ONE LITTLE MISTAKE.

OH, YES.

>> LET'S GO, MELO.

[CROWD BOOS]

>> LOOK AT BRON BREAKKER, MAN.

HE'S ADOPTED THAT SUPERSTAR

MENTALITY, VIC, AND I LIKE IT.

>> LOOK AT RON JUST BAITING

ALMOST, MELO IN.

CARMELO ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING

FOR THE KICK.

BRON KNEW IT WAS COMING, WAS

ABLE TO CATCH THE FOOT EASILY,

AND RIGHT BACK ON THE OFFENSE,

AND LOOK AT BREAKKER.

>> OH YES, AND HE'S BRINGING THE

PAIN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL RIGHT

HERE.

LAYING IT ON THICK ON CARMELO

HAYES RIGHT NOW, VIC.

>> TRICK WILLIAMS ON THE

OUTSIDE.

NOTHING WILLIAMS CAN DO ABOUT

IT.

>> LET'S GO BACK A COUPLE OF

WEEKS AGO, VIC.

CARMELO HAYES WAS SPEARED

THROUGH THE STAGE.

I LIKE THE DISTRACTION RIGHT

THERE.

THEN, YOU JUST GO BACK TO LAST

WEEK, I MEAN CARMELO HAYES

SPEARED OUT OF THIN AIR, MAN.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW,

THOSE RIBS GOT TO BE GINGER

AFTER THIS MATCHUP, VIC, TRUST

ME.

>> CONNECTED WITH THE FADEWAY,

AND HAYES NOW INTO THE COVER,

TRYING TO THE HOOK THE LEG, AND

UNDER THE BOTTOM ROPE.

NICE JOB BY CARMELO HAYES'

PRESENCE OF MIND TO REALIZE

WHERE BRON BREAKKER WAS IN THE

RING, AND NOW CARMELO HAYES

TRYING TO SWITCH GEARS IN THIS

MATCHUP AND TAKE IT TO BREAKKER.

>> LET ME TELL YOU, WE'RE GOING

TO FIND A WHOLE LOT ABOUT

CARMELO HAYES TONIGHT, VIC,

TRUST ME.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO CARMELO

HAYES, YOU TALK TO HIM WEEKLY AS

WE SEE SOME OF HIS OFFENSES,

PATENTED FADEAWAY CONNECTED

RIGHT INTO THE BACK OF BRON

BREAKKER.

YOU TALK REGULARLY TO CARMELO

HAYES.

DID IT ANGER HIM TO BE TOLD THAT

HE HAD A DEFEAT BY THE

CHALLENGER?

>> OF COURSE IT DID.

IT MADE HIM ANGRY, BUT THAT'S

THE THING, VIC, BRON BREAKKER IS

LOOKING TO FIND ANY ADVANTAGE HE

POSSIBLY CAN COMING INTO THIS

MATCH TONIGHT, EVEN KNOWING THAT

CARMELO HAYES IS NOT THE THE

BEST FOR WEAR, LET'S JUST SAY

THAT.

>> LOOK AT BREAKKER.

NICE JOB OF KEEPING THE RIGHT

KNEE ON THE MAT, NOT ALLOWING

THE FULL STRETCH OF THIS SINGLE

LEG CRAB, BUT NOW HAYES HAS WORN

DOWN BREAKKER.

>> NOW WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO,

VIC, HE'S TRYING TO SLOW DOWN

THE MOMENTUM, VIC.

>> OH BACK TO THE RIBS.

>> THAT'S WHAT HE'S TRYING TO

DO, AND RIGHT NOW, BRON

BREAKKER, HE'S NOT GOING TO LET

HIM DO THAT.

>> TALKING ABOUT NOT BEING 100%,

BREAKKER A LITTLE GINGER RIGHT

NOW AS HAYES GOES UP, TURNS

RIGHT BACK AROUND.

ABLE TO TAKE DOWN BREAKKER, AND

SOME OF THAT SPEED-- OH, AND HOW

DO YOU STOP SPEED?

YOU RUN INTO A BRICK WALL.

>> ALL POWER RIGHT THERE, VIC,

JUST LORD, THE BOOM ON CARMELO

HAYES RIGHT THERE WITH THAT BIG

CLOTHESLINE.

NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT IT, BUT

EFFECTIVE.

>> CERTAINLY WAS, AND BREAKKER,

JUST LIKE THAT, CAN CHANGE THE

COMPLEXION OF THE MATCH UP, BAM.

BACK TO LIVE ACTION, JUST

TOSSING AGAIN AROUND THE

CHAMPION.

>> YES, HE DID.

CARMELO HAYES IS GOING TO HAVE

TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SWIM

AND NOT GET WET IN THIS MESS

TONIGHT, BUT RIGHT NOW, HE'S IN

A LOT OF TROUBLE, VIC.

>> BREAKKER RIGHT NOW JUST

ENJOYING-

>> OH YES.

>> -EVERY MOMENT, EVERY TOSS.

>> THAT YOU MADE WHILE IN THE

STREET, WE CALL THIS THE GANKING

ZONE, MAN.

[CROWD BOOS]

>> BRON BREAKKER DOESN'T GIVE A

DAMN ABOUT ANYONE IN THE NXT

UNIVERSE.

HE HAS SAID IT FOR WEEKS.

I'VE KNOWN BRON SINCE THE DAY HE

ARRIVED HERE.

IT'S HARD TO SIT HERE AND HEAR

WHAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT THE NXT

UNIVERSE THAT HE HAS TURNED HIS

BACK ON.

>> COME ON, VIC.

>> RIGHT NOW-- OH, NICE BELLY TO

BELLY.

>> HE TRIED TO PLAY BY THE RULE.

>> INTO THE COVER, BREAKKER FOR

THE TITLE.

>> TRIED TO MAKE THE FANS FEEL A

CERTAIN WAY.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF HAYES--

>> THE FANS TURNED ON HIM.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF HAYES KICKED

OUT OR IF BRON LET HIM UP JUST

TO GET OUT A COUPLE MORE

PUSHUPS.

>> BRON SAID HE'S GOING TO BRING

THE PAIN TONIGHT.

WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE AT.

YOU'RE IN NO SHAPE FOR THIS

MATCH UP HERE TONIGHT.

YOU'RE IN NO SHAPE TO GO THE

LONG HAUL.

[CROWD CHANTS "YOU SUCK."]

>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, BRON

BREAKKER JUST STALKING HIS PREY

RIGHT NOW, VIC.

I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF THIS

FOR CARMELO HAYES.

>> THIS IS WHAT BOASTING LOOKS

LIKE, RIGHT HERE.

[CHUCKLES]

>> OH YES.

>> YOU LIKE THIS NEW BRON

BREAKER.

>> YES.

>> HE SAID IT'S NOT A CHANGE OF

ATTITUDE.

HE SAID, "ALL I DID WAS WAKE

UP."

>> THIS IS THE REAL BRON

BREAKKER.

THIS IS THE BRON BREAKKER THAT'S

LOOKING TO BECOME A MULTI-TIME

CHAMPION IN THIS BUSINESS.

>> BREAKKER AGAIN ANOTHER

OVERHEAD BELLY TO BELLY TOSS.

>> IT'S GOING RIGHT TO THOSE

RIBS TOO, VIC.

GOING RIGHT TO THOSE RIBS.

>> THE FOCUS OF BREAKKER FROM

THE BEGINNING.

[CROWD CHANTS "YOU SUCK."]

>> BRON'S JUST THRIVING OF OFF

THESE FANS RIGHT NOW, GIVING IT

TO HIM.

HE'S LOVING IT.

>> WELL, YOU CAN SAY THAT

BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS HE DRIVING

THE AIR OUT OF THE LUNGS OF

CARMELO HAYES, HE'S DRIVING THE

AIR OUT OF THE HOME COURT

ADVANTAGE HAYES HAS HERE AT

BATTLEGROUND, AND HE CERTAINLY

HAS SILENCED THE MAJORITY AND

THE MASSES HERE TONIGHT THAT

CAME IN SUPPORT OF CARMELO

HAYES.

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING--

>> THE WIND ALMOST HAS LEFT THE

SAGA CENTER AS RIGHT NOW, BRON

BREAKKER COULD BE LOOKING FOR

ONE MORE DEVASTATING SUPLEX.

>> BRON, MAN, THIS SHOT RIGHT

HERE, VIC, IS GOING TO BE HELL

FROM CARMELO HAYES' RIBS.

>> OH HAYES, BACK TO THE KNEE,

KIND OF SOFTENED UP EARLIER WITH

THAT SINGLE LEG CRAB.

BACK IN GOES BRON TO THE TOP.

FRANKENSTEINER.

>> WOW.

>> FOR THE THIRD TIME, CAN BRON

BREAKKER BECOME NXT CHAMP-- AND

HAYES KICKING OUT.

>> OH, MAN, I'M IN BRON

BREAKKER'S FAVOR RIGHT NOW, VIC,

AND HE'S LICKING HIS CHOPS RIGHT

NOW.

OH, HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT

RIGHT NOW, VIC, AND I'M LOVING

IT.

>> BRON SAID IT WASN'T GOING TO

BE A HOMECOMING, IT WAS GOING TO

BE A MASSACRE.

>> MUCH AS I LOVE CARMELO HAYES,

I LOVE A GOOD BATTLE EVEN MORE,

VIC.

THAT'S WHAT WE GOT HERE TONIGHT

BETWEEN THESE TWO YOUNG MEN,

THESE TWO YOUNG LIONS.

>> LOOK AT-- MEASURING MELO.

>> I SEE THAT LOOK IN HIS EYES.

THAT LOOKS SO UNLIKE HIM.

>> HE'S JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU.

>> I FELT IT AS WELL.

>> BRON JUST PULLING THE

CHAMPION UP TO DROP HIM AGAIN.

>> GOING TO WAKE YOU UP JUST TO

PUT YOU BACK TO SLEEP.

I LIKE THAT MENTALITY, VIC.

>> BRON SAID TIME AND TIME

AGAIN, ALSO THIS PAST WEEK, HE

WAS THE FAVORITE COMING INTO

THIS MATCHUP.

>> OH, HE IS.

[CROWD CHANTS]

>> OH, AND NOW HAYES TRYING TO

GET HIS SECOND, MAYBE HIS THIRD

WIND BACK IN THIS MATCHUP.

SO MUCH HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF

THE CHAMP HERE.

JUST TRYING TO SWING BACK-- AND

LOOK AT THE SPEED, THE

QUICKNESS, THE POWER JUST

GETTING YOKED UP BY THE

CHALLENGER.

>> CARMELO DELIVERING THOSE

CHOPS RIGHT THERE, DIDN'T LOOK

LIKE HE HAD MUCH ON THEM.

LOOK LIKE HE'S OUT OF GAS RIGHT

NOW, VIC.

SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

>> ONE MORE TIME.

LOOK AT THE AWKWARD LANDING

THOUGH, BOOKER, FOR THE

CHAMPIONS JUST--

>> JUST THAT

ADRENALINE DUMP BEING HERE AT

HOME IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME

CROWD.

JUST THAT ADRENALINE DUMP ALONE.

>> TALK ABOUT THE EMOTION.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE RIBS, THE

LOWER BACK, AND BRON NOW SETTING

UP TO JUST RECLINE BACK ON THE

CHAMPION HERE IN FRONT OF HIS

FAMILY, IN FRONT OF HIS FRIENDS.

>> HE'S IN A POSITION TO DO IT

RIGHT NOW.

HE'S GOING TO DO IT.

HE'S GOING TO FINISH HIM OFF

RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S NOTHING CARMELO HAYES

CAN DO ABOUT IT, VIC.

>> HAYES REALIZING IT, SENSING

IT-- OH.

>> OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

FORGOT ABOUT THE CROWN JEWELS.

>> BRON MIGHT BE SINGING AN

OCTAVE HIGHER COME TOMORROW, BUT

RIGHT BACK IN GOES THE

CHALLENGER, TAKING CONTROL OF

THE CHAMPION, AND IT DOESN'T

SEEM ANY-- OH.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY NOTHING

THE CHAMPION CAN DO, HE CAN'T

CONTINUE TO GET MOMENTUM, BUT

RIGHT NOW, MAYBE THE MOMENTUM

HAS FINALLY SWUNG BACK INTO THE

HOMETOWN KID.

>> TALKING ABOUT MOMENTUM,

CARMELO JUST USED ALL OF HIS

MOMENTUM TO LAND THAT BEAUTIFUL

DDT ON BRON BREAKKER.

RIGHT NOW, THIS THING IS ABOUT

TO EVEN UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

>> BACK TO THEIR FEET.

NOW, THAT EMOTION THAT MAYBE WE

THOUGHT HE HAD A LITTLE BIT TOO

MUCH OF EARLY ON, THAT BEING

CARMELO HAYES, HE'S GOING TO

HAVE TO CHANNEL ALL THAT EMOTION

RIGHT NOW.

>> ONE THING ABOUT BEING

CHAMPION, VIC, I ALWAYS TELL YOU

THAT BEING CHAMPION GIVES YOU

THAT CLOAK OF INVINCIBILITY, AND

RIGHT NOW, CARMELO HAYES IS

FEELING IT.

>> HAYES IS GOING TO THE BODY,

TURNING RIGHT BACK AROUND FACE

FIRST.

OH, CRESCENT KICK UNDER THE JAW.

HAYES, BIG HOP KICK CONNECTS FOR

THE SECOND TIME.

CHAMPION FINDING THE RHYTHM.

FEELING THE FLOW, LOOKING TO

FLY.

CONNECTS.

>> HE GOT IT, HE LANDED IT.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> HAYES RIGHT BACK IN.

HE GOES UP, GOES AROUND.

DROPS BRON.

>> WOW.

>> INTO THE COVER.

>> CAN HE DO-- OH NO, NOT EVEN A

ONE, NOT EVEN A ONE, VIC.

>> OH.

THE WHOLE CROWD, WE'RE EVEN

OH, NICE CUTTER.

BRON GETS DROPPED.

MELO AGAIN INTO A COVER, HOOK OF

THE LEG THIS TIME, HE-- NEAR

FALL.

WHAT IS GOING THROUGH THE MIND

OF HAYES?

>> YOU SAW THAT THE BRAVADO OF

BRON BREAKKER ALMOST PUT HIM IN

A PRECARIOUS POSITION TO GET

BEAT.

>> BAM, THAT WAS A TURNING POINT

OF THIS MATCH UP.

REALLY ALLOWING HAYES TO GET

BACK IN.

CUTTER HERE CONNECTED

BEAUTIFULLY.

HAYES THOUGH, NOT ABLE TO PUT

BRON BREAKKER DOWN AS THIS

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH CONTINUES

HERE AT BATTLEGROUND.

>> YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE FREE

SHOTS LIKE BRON BREAKKER JUST

TOOK THERE A SECOND AGO, VIC.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

>> NO DOUBT WHO THE NXT UNIVERSE

IS BEHIND IN THIS MATCHUP.

CAN THEY RALLY HAYES?

OH.

>> BIG UPPERCUT BY BRON.

>> CATCHING-- OH, AND NOW

HOISTED UP.

>> WOW.

WHAT A COUNTER BY HIM.

>> CERTAINLY WAS.

THAT FIRST 48.

>> THIS GOING TO BE IT?

>> NOW TO THE TOP, LOOKING FOR

NOTHING BUT-- ABLE TO ROLL

THROUGH.

PRESENCE OF MIND.

TURN AROUND.

BREAKKER LOOKING FOR THE SPEAR,

FOUND THE POST INSTEAD.

HAYES BACK UP.

OH MY GOD.

>> OH.

THAT'S IT, VIC.

NEW CHAMPION.

WHAT?

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> WOO.

>> YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

>> YOU'RE IN DISBELIEF.

TRICK IN DISBELIEF.

>> CHECK THIS OUT.

HE GOT ALL OF IT.

>> BRON IN DISBELIEF.

>> OH MY GOD, MAN.

>> HE NOT ONLY GOT ALL OF IT,

BOOK.

HE GOT MORE THAN THE-- I HAVE

NEVER SEEN A SPEAR DELIVERED

FROM BRON BREAKKER LIKE THAT.

>> YOU HEAR THE IMPACT ON THAT

THING?

MY GOD, MAN.

>> BRON, GUT WRENCH, JUST

TOSSING HAYES AGAIN.

BREAKKER'S DONE PLAYING GAMES.

>> TAKING OUT THE TRASH RIGHT

NOW, VIC.

DOESN'T LOOK GOOD WHEN YOU'RE

TAKING OUT THE TRASH.

>> BREAKKER'S HERE TO DECIMATE,

HE'S HERE TO DESTROY, HE'S HERE

TO DETHRONE, AND ONCE AGAIN,

BECOME THE NXT CHAMPION.

HAYES IS OUT OF IT.

HOISTED UP.

OH, INSIDE CRADLE.

INSIDE CRADLE, SHOULDERS DOWN,

AND NO.

>> WHOA.

>> ANOTHER KICK CONNECT, BUT IS

THIS THE LAST WIN FOR HAYES,

BOOKER?

WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO TO

FINALLY DROP BRON BREAKKER?

>> ONE LAST GAS, ONE LAST EFFORT

HERE TO TRY TO-- OH, YES, THAT

COULD BE IT RIGHT THERE, VIC.

>> IT COULD BE IT.

THAT DDT CONNECTS.

NOW, LOOK AT HAYES.

>> HE'S GOING FOR IT, VIC.

FIRST 48.

>> HAYES COULDN'T CONNECT.

>> CAN HE DO IT, VIC?

>> TO THE TOP.

NOTHING BUT NET.

>> OH, WOW.

>> INTO THE COVER FOR CARMELO TO

RETAIN.

[BELL RINGS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

[CARMELO HAYES' MUSIC PLAYS]

>> HERE'S YOUR WINNER AND STILL

THE NXT CHAMPION, CARMELO HAYES.

>> THIS WAS GOING BACK AND

FORTH.

THAT LOOKED LIKE A BUZZER-BEATER

TO ME FROM CARMELO HAYES.

>> YES, IT WAS.

>> 2/10 OF A SECOND LEFT AND HE

DROPS BRON.

[LAUGHS]

RIGHT HERE AT HOME, BABY.

YOU GOT TO LOVE IT.

[CROWD CHEERS]

>> STANDING OVATION FROM THE

HOMETOWN CROWD.

WE GOT TO GO BACK TO THIS SPEAR.

BAM.

YOU HEARD THE IMPACT.

TRICK WILLIAMS FELT THE IMPACT,

BUT STILL ABLE TO KICK OUT WAS

THE CHAMPION.

THEN, THAT DISBELIEF KIND OF

FILLED IN.

THE EYES WERE BIG.

THE EYES HERE COULD'VE GOTTEN

ROLLED INTO THE BACK OF THE HEAD

FROM CARMELO HAYES ON ONE KICK

FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER AND THEN

LOOK AT THIS, BOOKER.

THING OF BEAUTY.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> BAM.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE, VIC.

>> DDT, AND THEN CARMELO HAYES

LOOKING FOR NOTHING BUT NET.

>> CHECK THIS OUT.

>> DRIVING BRON INTO THE MAT.

HUGE STATEMENT VICTORY FOR

CARMELO HAYES HERE TONIGHT IN

FRONT OF HIS FAMILY, IN FRONT OF

HIS FRIENDS, IN FRONT OF THE NXT

UNIVERSE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

MELO'S LEGACY CONTINUES TO GROW,

AND BOOKER, MELO'S DYNASTY IS

JUST BEGINNING IN NXT.

[MUSIC]