Before Hayes goes to the ring, the LED around the seating area has shirts for all of the people Hayes has beaten as champion and then he shows one with Ricochet’s name on it over the entrance.
Match Number One: NXT North American Championship Match: Carmelo Hayes versus Ricochet.
They lock up and Ricochet and Hayes hold on as they come off the ropes. Ricochet with a take down and a waist lock but Hayes with a standing switch. Ricochet and Hayes with standing switches until Ricochet takes Hayes down. Hayes with a head scissors. Hayes with a take down and Ricochet with a head scissors. They miss a series of kicks and Ricochet does his Superhero landing. Hayes pushes Ricochet and Ricochet pushes back. Ricochet with a handstand head scissors but Hayes lands on his feet. Ricochet with a drop kick. Ricochet with a chop followed by a snap mare and kick. Ricochet tries for a cover but Hayes gets his shoulders up.
Hayes goes to the floor to talk to Williams about strategy. Hayes pulls Ricochet’s arm onto the ropes. Ricochet with a side head lock and he holds on when Hayes tries to send him off the ropes. Ricochet slides to the floor because he expected Williams to trip him as he came off the ropes. Hayes tries to attack Ricochet from behind but Ricochet with a forearm and chops. Ricochet sends Hayes back into the ring and Hayes with a kick to stop Ricochet and Hayes gets a near fall. Hayes with a chop in the corner and he slaps Ricochet. Hayes with a slam and he shoots and does not miss. Hayes with a snap mare but Ricochet lands on his feet. Ricochet misses an enzuigiri and Hayes pulls Ricochet to the mat but Ricochet gets back up. Hayes with a super kick for a near fall.
Hayes runs into a boot from Ricochet and Ricochet with a springboard back flip and when Ricochet lands on his feet, Hayes hits a springboard clothesline for a near fall. Ricochet with a back elbow and chop. Hayes goes for an atomic drop into a gourdbuster but Ricochet rolls through and hits a double stomp. Hayes with a clothesline to Ricochet against the ropes. Ricochet and Hayes both go for clotheslines at the same time. Both men go for springboard cross body presses and both men go down. Ricochet with an uppercut and kicks to the chest that bounce Hayes off the ropes. Ricochet with an O’Connor Roll but Hayes rolls through. Ricochet with a jumping heel kick. Ricochet gets Hayes on his shoulders and goes for Recoil but Hayes blocks it. Hayes goes for the face buster but Ricochet escapes and Ricochet hits a super kick. Hayes with a shot to the throat. Ricochet with Recoil and Williams puts Hayes foot under the rope to break the count.
Ricochet with a drop kick through the ropes to Williams. Ricochet says something to Williams before returning to the ring and Hayes with La Mistica and a suplex into a TKO for a near fall. Hayes goes up top and Ricochet gets to the turnbuckles and he sets for a superplex and hits it. Ricochet gets to his feet first and he kicks Hayes in the chest and pie faces him. Hayes slaps Ricochet and Ricochet with a forearm. Hayes fires back. Ricochet with a kick and Hayes chops Ricochet. Hayes with a bicycle kick and Ricochet follows with a series of forearms. Hayes with a jumping knee and Ricochet with one of his own. Ricochet with a brainbuster and then he gets Hayes up for Recoil. Hayes with a Codebreaker and both men are down. Hayes takes too long to make the cover and can only get a near fall. Ricochet with a crucifix cover for a near fall.
Hayes with kicks but Ricochet pulls him off the turnbuckles. Ricochet with a punch. Hayes pulls Ricochet off the turnbuckles and connects with a punch. Both men try to get to the turnbuckle and Ricochet with a spinning back heel kick and a poisonrana. Ricochet avoids Williams and Ricochet with a springboard drop kick to Williams. Ricochet goes up top and goes for a shooting star press but Hayes moves and Ricochet lands on his feet. Hayes with an inside cradle for the three count.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes (retains championship)
We go to footage of Roderick Strong in the MOST DANGEROUS PARKING LOT IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT after being attacked and bloodied. We see Strong being stretchered out and Ivy leaves with him.
Julius says they are not going out there to be hunted. Damon says they cannot worry about Strong. They are going to unify the titles and do it for Diamond Mine.
Match Number Two: Tag Team Championship Unification Elimination Match: NXT Champions The Creed Brothers versus NXT UK Champions Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs versus Gallus versus Pretty Deadly
The start to brawl before the bell rings and everyone is separated by officials.
Julius and Briggs start things off and Julius with a few suplexes. Josh with forearms. Josh with a forearm to the back and a side slam and splash. Josh with a shoulder tackle to Brutus. Jensen with a reverse atomic drop and Josh with a boot. Wilson tags in and gets a near fall on Julius. Kit tags in Wolfgang and Julius with a waist lock. Brutus tags in and applies a side head lock. Brutus bounces off Wolfgang and then Brutus lands on his feet on a hip toss. Brutus with a fireman’s carry and gutwrench suplex. Lash trips Jensen and Fallon punches Lash and Lash rolls into the ring. Fallon and Lash fight in the ring and then Josh pulls Fallon off and Fallon goes after Elton.
Elton and Kit go after The Creeds and hit a spear and European uppercut combination. Josh clotheslines Pretty Deadly over the top rope to the floor. Jensen is sent over the top rope onto Prince and Julius. Briggs with a dive onto Wilson. Woflgang sends Mark onto everyone. Brutus knocks Wolfgang to the floor and then Brutus goes up top for the cannonball but Wilson tries to stop thim. Wolfgang with a punch.
Wolfgang with a superplex to Brutus. Jensen with a Fameasser but Mark breaks up the cover. Josh sends Mark to the floor. Pretty Deadly pull Briggs ot the floor. Wolfgang with a rollup for a near fall on Jensen. Jensen with a spinning heel kick. Jensen goes up top and Mark trips him. Mark tags in and Mark with a jumping round kick and Wolfgang with a power slam for the three count.
Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs Eliminated
Pretty Deadly get in the ring and so do the other two teams. Pretty Deadly go after Julius while Gallus goes after Brutus. Mark and Wolfgang kick Brutus and Julius to the floor. Joe gets on the apron and Elton and Kit turn around into them. They exchange punches. Prince with an inside cradle on Mark for a near fall. Mark with a uranage for a near fall. Prince with an O’Connor Roll on Mark for a near fall. Prince with an uppercut and he tries to slam Mark but Mark gets to his feet. Mark with a jumping kick. Brutus pulls Wilson off the apron and Brutus tags in and sends Prince to the floor. Brutus with shoulders to Wolfgang and a double leg take down. Brutus with forearms and a dead lift German suplex. Julius tags in and he gets Wolfgang on his shoulders. Brutus with a cannonball to Wolfgang and then he knocks Mark off the apron. Julius with a clothesline to Wolfgang for the three count.
Gallus Eliminated
Gallus needs many members of security to send them to the back.
Brutus tags in and Wilson with a forearm. Brutus with a forearm and Wilson with a European uppercut. Wilson with kicks and European uppercuts. Prince tags in and Wilson with an uppercut into the corner. Prince drops Brutus onto Kit’s knees and Prince with a near fall. Prince with a European uppercut to the back and elbows. Brutus with punches but Elton with a knee. Wilson tags in and he kicks Brutus. Wilson kicks Brutus and Brutus blocks a kick. Wilson with a DDT and he gets a near fall. Wilson with a knee to the head and a forearm to the back of the head. Wilson keeps Brutus from making the tag. Wilson with a kick to the back of the leg and Prince tags in but Julius makes the tag. Julius with forearms to Prince followed by an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Prince with a sleeper and a body scissors on Julius.
The other two teams fight back to the ringside area.
Julius with a delayed vertical suplex and Julius goes down to his knee but picks himself up and hits the suplex. Julius leaps to the turnbuckles and hits a moonsault followed by an Olympic Slam for a near fall. The mass of humanity collide into the referee and he is down.
Julius drop kicks Wilson and Prince with a drop kick to Julius. Julius with a rolling slam to Prince. Kemp with a spear to stop Wilson from using a chair. Kemp hits Julius with the chair and hits a uranage.
Kemp sends the referee back into the ring and Prince gets the three count.
Winners: Pretty Deadly (new champions)
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