We see Johnny Gargano in the locker room.
We cut to Pretty Deadly.
They talk about Indi Hartwell winning the Women's Title. They have trouble saying that Gallus retained the tag titles. They are outside Bron's locker room and they are about to interview him. Kit asks Elton to knock on the door and Elton tells Kit to do it. Kit says he doesn't want to do it. Elton says he doesn't want to talk to Bron while he is in the Zone, so they send it back to Booker and Vic.
Match Number Three: NXT North American Championship Match: Wes Lee versus Dragon Lee versus Ilja Dragunov versus JD McDonagh versus Axiom
Wes surveys his four opponents standing in the corner and he lets them go. Dragon slaps JD and then Axiom sends JD to the floor. Dragon sends Ilja to the floor. Wes wants Axiom and Dragon to go at it and Wes avoids kicks from both men. Wes sends Dragon into the corner and Axiom kicks Dragon to the floor. Axiom and Wes with flying arm drags. Ilja chops Axiom while JD kicks Wes to the floor. Ilja finishes his Kobashi sequence. JD and Ilja remain in the ring and Dragon hits JD from behind. JD with an Irish whip and Dragon with a boot. Dragon with a running kick into the corner and a slingshot kick in the corner. Ilja kicks Dragon. Dragon with an Irish whip to Ilja and a drop kick in the corner. Dragon with forearms to Ilja and a running drop kick to JD and then Ilja. Dragon avoids Axiom off the turnbuckles.
Axiom goes for a leap frog and Dragon with a drop kick. Dragon with a flip dive onto Wes and Axiom. Wes avoids a kick and he squares off with Dragon. Wes with an Irish whip but Dragon sends Wes to the apron. Wes with a slingshot snap mare and another snap mare followed by a drop kick to teh back of Dragon's head. Ilja with a German suplex to Wes but Wes lands on his feet and he tells Ilja to bring it. Wes with a head scissors that sends Ilja into the corner. Wes with a running knee in the corner. Wes goes for a flip dive to the floor but JD moves but Wes lands on his feet.
Wes sends JD back into the ring. Axiom with a shoulder and he goes up top but Wes knocks Axiom off the turnbuckles with an uppercut. JD with a snap mare to Wes and Dragon with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. JD with a back elbow to Dragon and then JD kicks Ilja to the floor. Axiom with a sleeper but JD with a snap mare. Axiom with an elbow to JD. JD with a shoulder to Axiom and a forearm to Wes. Wes with a hard Irish whip to JD. JD kicks Ilja from the apron. JD avoids Axiom on a baseball slide and hits an Asai moonsault. JD with a senton to Wes and Spanish Fly to Dragon. JD with Devil Inside to Wes and Ilja stops the referee's count.
Ilja yells at JD and they go head to head. Ilja backs off and then Axiom, Dragon, and Ilja hit a triple drop kick. Ilja with a German suplex to JD. JD falls to the floor and Ilja stands in the center of the ring. Ilja with a chop to Wes and a kick to Dragon. Axiom with a kick but Ilja with a kick to Axiom. Ilja with a German suplex on Dragon and then Wes. Axiom with a waist lock and Ilja with an elbow. Ilja with Konstantin Special. Ilja with knees to Dragon and Wes. Ilja goes to the turnbuckles for a knee drop on Dragon. Ilja chops Wes.Ilja with a Death Valley Driver into Dragon in the corner. Ilja goes up top and hits a back senton on Wes. Ilja goes back up top. JD pushes Ilja off the turnbuckles to the floor. Axiom kicks JD off the turnbuckles to the floor.
Axiom goes up top for a moonsault onto JD and Ilja on the floor. Dragon goes up top and Wes with a kick to the head. Axiom stops Wes and Dragon on the turnbuckles. Wes knocks Axiom to the mat. Wes and Dragon exchange forearms on the turnbuckles. Dragon with a double stomp off the turnbuckles onto Wes hanging on the ropes. They fall to the floor. JD with a chop to Axiom and a side head lock. Axiom with a head scissors to Ilja and JD catches him. Axiom with a kick to JD and that turns into a DDT on Ilja. Axiom with a double head scissors. Axiom with an ankle lock on Ilja but JD with a kick. JD with Kawada kicks. Axiom with a jumping thrust kick on JD and Axiom with a hammer lock on one arm and he stretches Ilja. Ilja with a choke on JD and Axiom with a Fujiwara arm bar on JD.
Dragon with a rear naked choke on JD and Ilja power bombs Axiom onto them. Wes with a Spiral Tap onto everyone to break up the cover. Wes goes for the flip kick but Axiom with Golden Ratio. Dragon with a German suplex and clothesline to JD. Ilja with knees to Dragon. Ija with a uranage for a near fall. Wes with a back flip stomp on Ilja for a near fall. Dragon blocks a rana from Wes and hits a sit out power bomb for a near fall. JD with a uranage of Axiom onto Dragon and JD follows with a moonsault for a near fall. Axiom with a springboard DDT for a near fall on JD.
JD slaps Axiom on the apron and Axiom kicks JD. Dragon with a head scissors over the top rope to send JD into Wes on the floor. Ilja superpelxes Axiom back into the ring and Ilja with a flying forearm for a near fall when Dragon and Wes break up the cover. Ilja with forearms to Wes and Dragon but they chop back. Wes with a kick to Ilja and then Dragon kicks Ilja. Ilja kicks back. Dragon with a thrust kick to Ilja but Ulka with a chop to Dragon and a kick to Wes. Dragon with a knee to Ilja but Ilja with a clothesline to Dragon. Wes with a Cardiac Kick to Ilja when Ilja tried for Torpedo Moscow on Dragon and Wes gets the three count.
Winner: Wes Lee
Grayson Waller is in the back.
We see Pretty Deadly at Carmelo Hayes' locker room door.
Elton says they are here for a scoop from the challenger. Kit says they are going to get some behind the scenes news but Elton reminds Kit about what happened the last time they saw Carmelo. They talk about the proper knock but Trick Williams comes out and yells at Kit and Elton. Trick says Hollywood, LA, and Bron Breakker are not ready for what Carmelo is going to do. Today, the world knows why Carmelo Hayes is HIM.
As Grayson Waller makes his way to the ring, he stops by Candice LeRae and Quill to say something.
Match Number Four: Unsanctioned Match: Johnny Gargano versus Grayson Waller
Gargano hits Waller with a chair and then hits a suicide dive as the referee starts the match. Gargano sends Waller over the announce table. Waller hits Gargano in the thigh and kicks him. Waller moves towards Vic and Johnny with a cross body. Johnny with punches and he hits Waller with a monitor. Johnny gets a trash can and throws it in the ring. He does the same with a kendo stick. Gargano with a sliingshot spear and punches to Waller. Gargano hits Waller in the back with the trash can. Gargano puts the trash can in the cocrner and Waller hits Gargano. Gargano clotheslines Waller over the top rope. Gargano sets for a suicide dive and he leaps into a trash can lid. Waller gets a chair and jams it into the chest.
Waller sets up chairs on the floor. Waller gets Gargano on the apron and Waller gets Johnny on his shoulders. Johnny escapes and he punches Waller but Waller holds on to the ropes. Waller goes for the slingshot cutter but Gargano blocks it. Waller with a buckle bomb into the trash can in the corner. Waller goes for the power bomb onto the chairs but Johnny blocks it. Johnny is sent to the apron and he connects with a shoulder. Gargano suplexes Waller onto the chairs on the floor. Johnny sends Waller back into the ring. Johnny sees a table under the ring and the crowd goes crazy for its presence. Johnny sets up the table and then he tries to suplex Waller through it. Gargano goes for a slingshot suplex and Waller with a running knee to the head.
Waller tunes up the band for Sweet Chin Music and Gargano blocks it. Johnny with a forearm and Waller with a jumping knee. Gargano with an enzuigiri. Waller with a forearm that sends Johnny to the floor. Waller slides to the floor for a punch but Gargano hits the hand with a chair. Gargano with a DDT on the floor and then he puts Waller on the table. Johnny limps back onto the apron and then he goes up top but Waller gets off the table and he leaps over the table and hits a rolling cutter. Waller with a power bomb through the table. Waller gets a near fall. Waller drives the top fo the chair into the midsection. Waller with punches and then he hits a double sledge to the back. Johnny with forearms. Waller with a side slam through a chair for a near fall. Waller grabs the kendo stick and hits Johnny in the back with it. Johnny goes to the floor and Waller hits Johnny with the kendo stick and then he has something to say to Candice.
Waller punches Johnny in front of his wife and son. Waller misses with a chair and hits the ring steps. Johnny with kendo stick shots to Waller. Candice passes off Quill and she goes over the guardrails and hits Waller with the kendo stick. Waller grabs the kendo stick but Johnny gets another one and hits Waller in the back with it. Gargano with One Final Beat for a near fall. Gargano with the GargaNo Escape but Waller with a thumb to the eyes. Waller goes for the knees and hits a flip Unprettier.
Waller gets a trash can from under the ring. Waller puts the trash can on top of Johnny and then Waller goes to the turnbuckles for a coast to coast springboard drop kick and he hits it for a near fall. Waller sends Johnny to the floor. Waller adjusts the announce table and he puts Johnny on it. Waller puts a broken chair on top of Johnny and Waller goes up top. Johnny throws the chair at Waller to knock him off the turnbuckles. Johnny power bombs Waller through the table. Waller with a low blow to Johnny and then he hits the leaping rolling cutter for a near fall. Waller puts his foot on Johnny's head and hits him with the chair many times.
Johnny with a low blow to Waller and Johnny hits Waller in the back with the chair. Gargano continues with the chair shots and then he puts the chair around Waller's head and he swings and hits it with another chair. Gargano with GargaNo Escape and Waller taps out.
Winner: Johnny Gargano
After the match, Indi and Dexter celebrate with Johnny and Candice on the stage.
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