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We are back and McKenzie is with Jacy Jayne and asks about facing a former champion. Jacy says she isn't confident at all and wonders why they are having the match. Jacy laughs off the joke and says she will need better questions when she wins the title. Roxanne's time is up and she was hoping to face Gigi in the second round but she failed like she always does. Jacy says she is a winner. She is the opposite of Gigi. She will have to picture Gigi's face when she bashes in Roxanne's head
Match Number Three: Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams versus Drew Gulak and Charlie Dempsey
Trick and Charlie start things off and Charlie with a wrist lock take down. Dempsey with a back slide and bridge for a near fall. Trick with shoulders and drop kicks to Charlie. Hayes and Drew tag in. Drew with knees to Hayes followed by a hip lock take down. Hayes with a take down and a side head lock. Hayes with a snap mare take down. Hayes with a shoulder and an arm drag out of the corner. Hayes with an arm bar. Drew with a side head lock and Drew with a rolling double leg nelson for a near fall. Dempsey tags in and they connect with a double kick and Dempsey gets a near fall. Dempsey with a hammer lock and Hayes with a reversal and take down. Hayes with side head lock take downs and a near fall. Dempsey tries for a Boston Crab but Hayes counters and escapes. Trick with a flying clothesline for a near fall.
Drew with a clothesline to Trick from the apron. Dempsey with a punch and Drew tags in. Drew with a snap mare and he sets for a surfboard. Drew works on the back and gets a near fall. Dempsey tags in and hits a German suplex and gets a near fall. Charlie with kicks to Trick. Trick kicks Dempsey away. Drew and Hayes tag in and Hayes with a forearm to Dempsey. Hayes with a thrust kick to Drew and Charlie tags in and Drew with a springboard clothesline. Hayes with a uranage for a near fall. Hayes lands on his knees on a belly-to-back suplex attempt. Trick tags in and hits a flying shoulder tackle. Trick with a cyclone kick and Hayes tags in and hits Nothing But Net for the three count.
Winners: Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams
After the match, Carmelo asks Bron to come out.
Bron is on the ShawnTron. He asks how does Hayes' ribs feel. Bron says he had to make a pit stop and it doesn't feel the same in here.
Bron asks why everyone is so nervous. Bron says he was thinking about getting a hair cut before he finishes what he started.
Thea shows up while Duke is grading papers and she wants Duke to join her for her match. Thea runs out of the room as we go to commercial.
We are back and Noam is carrying his cup and he stops by Jakara Jackson and Lash Legend.
Noam asks Lash how was she.
Lash talks about all of the talk shows on NXT. Lash says the only talk show they should be talking about is Lashing Out with Lash Legend.
Match Number Four: Thea Hail (with Duke Hudson) versus Kiana James
Kiana pushes Thea down twice and Thea with a waist lock take down and she runs on Kiana's back. Kiana sends Thea to the mat and then Kiana goes for her bag but Thea with a rollup for a near fall. Thea floats over in the corner and hits a few arm drags. Thea with an Irish whip and a back body drop. Thea seeks approval from Duke and Kiana with a punch. Thea sends Kiana to the floor and hits a suicide dive. Thea sends Kiana back into the ring and Thea goes up top and misses a frog splash. Kiana with knees to the midsection for a near fall. Kiana with knees to the midsection and shoulders in the corner. Kiana gets a near fall. Kiana sends Thea into the turnbuckles and follows with a forearm to the midsection. Kiana with another forearm. Thea with a back elbow.
Thea with forearms and knees. Thea with double sledges to Kiana followed by a hip into the corner. Thea with a Northern Lights suplex and she shakes the ropes and follows with a springboard back splash. Thea goes up top and hits a cross body for a near fall. Kiana blocks a suplex and Kiana wit a gourdbuster and a hot shot. Kiana with 401(k) for the three count.
Winner: Kiana James
Hank and Tank are in the back looking at Tank's new tooth.
Brooks and Josh show up and Josh says they were impressed with them throwing hands in the ring. Josh says he hasn't hit anyone as hard as he did since he hit Brooks. Josh says it made them a stronger team.
Tank says if they want to be a great tag team, they need to be close. Tank suggests they wrestle each other next week.
McKenzie is with Wes Lee and Tyler Bate.
Tyler is still being checked out.
She asks why would Schism attack Wes. Wes says he will talk about it in front of the NXT Universe.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Dabba-Kato came back with one mission. Then there was the draft where he was hoping to go to Raw or Smackdown, but he is not going anywhere. He has so much more to accomplish. He will capture NXT gold. Every NXT Superstar is his prey.
Edris says Dabba looks pissed. Eddy and Axiom talk about Dabba. Axiom says the view from the top is breathtaking.
Wes Lee makes his way to the ring.
Wes says he was supposed to team with his friend Tyler Bate, but Schism attacked them and the match is off. Wes tells Gacy preaches friendship and unity, but you are not friends. Tyler is a friend.
We see Tyler watching in the back.
If you wanted it, all you had to do was ask.
Joe and Ava are on the HBalKony. Joe says he has always said what he wanted. He wants the North American Champion. Ava says Wes moves closer to being the greatest North American champion. What does that make Joe when he beats you at Battleground? Joe says he is asking. All you have to do is break the bad news to the big strong liar that he is getting the title match.
Tyler leaves the medical room.
Ava says Tyler is deceiving Wes.
Tyler Bate makes his way to the ring.
Tyler says he has had it with all of this high school name calling rubbish. He does not know what Joe's problem is. Maybe it is the loss at Stand and Deliver. There is a receipt coming.
Wes says it looks like Joe has to wrestle twice in one night.
Tyler tells Wes they are friends, but Tyler says he would be lying if he said he did not want a title match.
Wes tells Joe to shut up. He asks Tyler why didn't he tell him before.
Tyler apologizes and he says he should have told him. They should do it in the spirit of competition. He wouldn't let their friendship get in the way.
Ava says Tyler is lying. Joe asks will it be the man who comes at you to your face or the one who stabs you in the back.
Wes thinks about it and he agrees to a Triple Threat Match.
Roxanne says a year ago, her dream to be Women's champion started in the Breakout Tournament. She won the tournament and then won the title. Where did the time go. It went so fast. She looks at her memories of the last 365 days. What will her next year look like? She says the unknown is nerve wracking but so exciting. She knows where she wants to go and it is about how she gets there.
Von Wagner walks in the back with the woman who was with Luca and she apologizes for what he said.
Von sees Luca and he grabs him and tells him they can settle it in the ring.
Robert Stone asks Von if he was sticking up for him.
Von says Stone is the only one who has believed in him the whole time.
Stone says he knows there is a superstar in him. He wants to know if Von will talk about the picture. Von tells Stone nice try and walks away.
Match Number Five: Roxanne Perez versus Jacy Jayne in a First Round Match in the NXT Women's Championship Tournament
They lock up and Jacy backs Perez into the corner. Perez with a rollup for a near fall. Perez with a forearm and a waist lock. Jacy with a standing switch but Perez with a wrist lock. Jacy with a forearm. Perez with a victory roll and bridge for a near fall. Perez with a La Magistral for a near fall. Perez goes for an O'Connor Roll but Jacy holds on to the ropes. Jacy with a kick and Perez with a rollup for a near fall. Perez with an arm drag into an arm bar and she gets a near fall. Jacy with a forearm to the back. Jacy runs into a back elbow. Jacy pushes Roxanne off the turnbuckles but Perez holds on to the ropes and lands on the apron. Jacy knocks Perez off the apron into the announce table.
Jacy with a forearm to the back. Jacy stretches Perez. Jacy with a body scissors and Perez leans back to get a near fall. Jacy with a rear chin lock and she sends Perez into the turnbuckles. Perez with a rollup for a near fall. Jacy gets a near fall. Jacy with a running shoulder into the corner. The referee pulls Jacy out of the corner. Jacy with a spin move on the referee but that extra distance allows Perez to get out of the corner and avoid a cannonball. Jacy and Roxanne with forearms and Perez blocks a kick. Perez with windmill forearms and a drop kick that sends Jacy to the floor. Perez with a suicide dive onto Jacy. Perez goes up top and hits a cross body followed by a jumping knee. Perez with a side Russian leg sweep and she gets a near fall. Jacy blocks a kick and connects with a knee.
Perez goes for Pop Rox but Jacy does not let her go over. Jacy with a super kick and a forearm for a near fall. Jacy with punches to Perez. Jacy gets Perez on her shoulders and Perez holds on to the ropes. Jacy with a knee to Perez. Perez with Pop Rox for the three count.
Winner: Roxanne Perez (advances to face Tiffany Stratton)
Tiffany Stratton and Roxanne Perez face off iin front of the title belt.
Gigi Dolin attacks Jacy Jayne in the ring. Jacy goes to the floor and she pulls Gigi to the floor. Officials show up to hold them back.
Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams come out and he wants to know where Bron is since traffic is not that bad.
We go to commercial.
We are back with more Saw featuring Dijak and Dragunov.
Dijak says he will break any man. Ilja says he is still standing.
Next week, Nathan Frazer will face Noam Dar. We will have the two semifinals matches in the Women's Championship tournament.
Hayes and Trick are still in the ring, ready for a fight.
Bron's music plays and he makes his way to the ring.
Security flanks Bron and stands between him and Hayes.
Bron says the security is not for him. It is to protect Hayes from him. Without them, there will be no Melo homecoming and no main event at Battleground.
Bron tells Trick to keep it quiet because he beat him last week.
Hayes says some told him that Bron changed for the better. Don't blame the people or Hayes, blame yourself. You thought you were untouchable until you got touched. At Battleground, you are not taking his title.
Bron says they fight for two different reasons. You want to go to Battleground and retain the championship. Bron isn't about the title. He wants to destroy Hayes in front of his family and people so they can say that their hero didn't get the job done.
Hayes says there is a reason they are in the main event. No one else is cut like them. You think you are going to ruin his homecoming. Beating you will help him create the dynasty he will build over Bron's body.
Bron says Carmelo's home city has a history a dynasties coming to an end. He says he will put an end to your dynasty before it begins. You aren't HIM, you are nothing and there isn't a think you can do about it.
Hayes with a flip dive onto security and then Hayes goes after Bron.
Security takes care of Trick while Hayes and Bron are in the ring. Bron with a clothesline and a press slam attempt but Hayes lands on his feet and he kiccks Bron in the ding ding. Hayes hits Bron with the title belt.
We go to credits.
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