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WWE NXT REPORT: HEATWAVE, TIFFANY SPEAKS, THE SCHISM NEEDS A NEW CREED, ILJA VERSUS TRICK, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2023-08-22 22:03:00

Your announcers are Booker T and Vic Joseph.

We begin with Tony D'Angelo talking to Channing Lorenzo and Channing runs past him and dives into the pool with all of the NXT wrestlers.  Tony talks about the mixed tag match.  Channing mentions Ilja and Trick.  A friend brings some guests for the party.  The Men's Title Match is the next match to be discussed.  Tony says summer is coming to an end so let it go out with a bang.

Match Number One:  Ilja Dragunov versus Trick Williams

Ilja with a boot as the bell rings followed by a chop and kicks.  Ilja with a forearm or two.  Ilja with a chop in the corner and he sends Trick into another turnbuckle.  Trick with forearms and he tries for a slam but Ilja escapes and tries for a German suplex.  Trick escapes and hits a shoulder tackle.  Ilja with an enzuigiri.  Ilja with a waist lock and forearm to the back.  Ilja with a spinning back fist.  Ilja with a chop and a spinning chop.  Ilja with a boot to the head.  Trick blocks a kick and he connects with forearms.  Ilja with a chop.  Trick with a drop kick.  Ilja goes for Konstantin Special but Trick blocks it.  They go to the floor and Ilja runs Trick into the apron and connects with a boot to the head.  Ilja with an uppercut and he sends Trick back into the ring.  Ilja with a boot to the back of the head.  Ilja with a chop.

Ijla with a hip lock take down into a side head lock.  Trick gets to his feet and Ilja with a shoulder tackle and boot.  Trick blocks a suplex and Trick tries for a suplex of his own but Ilja blocks it.  Ilja floats over on a suplex attempt and lands on his feet.  Ilja with a chop and a running knee for a near fall.  Ilja with a rear chin lock.  Trick with a forearm and Ilja fires back.  They continue the exchange.  Ilja with slaps to gain the advantage.  Ilja with a boot to the head.  Ilja with an Irish whip and chop in the corner.  Ilja with a running boot into the corner.  Ilja with Kobashi chops in the corner.  Trick with a chop to Ilja and Ilja with more Kobashi chops.  Trick blocks a chop.

Trick with a forearm and Ilja fires back.  Trick with a clothesline and Ilja with an enzuigiri.  Trick with a kick to Ilja.  Trick with a forearm and Ilja fires back.  Trick with more forearms and punches.  Trick with an uppercut that sends Ilja to the mat.  Trick with a boot to the head and more kicks.  Ilja wants more from Trick and Trick obliges with a kick and he chokes Ilja against the ropes.  Ilja blocks a suplex and Ilja with forearms.  Trick kicks Ilja away.  Trick with a flapjack.  Trick with a running knee for a near fall.  Ilja with a DDT and a second one for a near fall.  Ilja backs Trick into the corner and puts him on the turnbuckles.  Ilja sets for a superplex but Trick blocks it.  Trick with a uranage off the turnbuckles for a near fall.  

Trick goes for the cyclone kick but Ilja blocks it and hits a German suplex followed by a kick.  Trick escapes a power bomb but Ilja is able to hit a power bomb followed by a falling forearm for a near fall.  Trick slaps Ilja and Ilja kicks Trick.  Ilja goes to the turnbuckles and pulls Trick into position.  Ilja with a diving forearm for the three count.

Winner: Ilja Dragunov

After the match, Ilja nods at Trick to approve of his performance.

Tyler Bate is in the locker room and Nathan Frazer arrives.  Nathan asks Tyler what is he up to.  Tyler says he is getting through the pain.  Tyler says Nathan needs to prove who is the true Heritage Champion.  Nathan asks Tyler to be his second.  Nathan says Tyler will be the first to get a shot at Nathan after he beats Noam.

We are back with Dom and Rhea.  

Mustafa Ali interrupts and Rhea wants to know why he is here.

Ali says he is here to wish them luck and he tells them to literally break a leg so NXT can have a North American Champion to care about.

Dom says he doesn't care about NXT.  He only cares about Mami.

Rhea tells Ali he has ten seconds to get out of the locker room or they will show him what they are going to do with Lyra and Lee.

Ali says that they are used to ten seconds.

Match Number Two:  Ivy Nile versus Ava (with Joe Gacy, Rip Fowler, Jagger Reid, and the Schismnators)

Ivy is distracted by Joe and Jagger so Ava attacks her from behind and sends Ivy into the turnbuckles.  Ava with a slam and another slam.  Ava with an Irish whip and splash into the corner.  Ava with a back breaker and she gets a near fall.  Ava with an Irish whip but she misses a splash.  Ivy with a series of kicks to the head.  Ava with a scorpion kick for a near fall.  Ava chokes Ivy in the ropes.  Ivy with a dragon sleeper and Ava taps out.

Winner:  Ivy Nile

After the match, a woman in a mask gets on the apron.  More people get on the apron and Ivy with a kick and German suplex to masked people.  Ava is pulled to safety by two of the masked men.

We see Wes Lee on the phone and Ilja Dragunov shows up and he is in pain.

Wes asks if he is good and Ilja says he is good.  Trick Williams is no longer in his way to the NXT Title.

Wes says there is going to be a new champion and it is going to be him.  The title that Ilja wants is going to be on his shoulders.  Wes says he made his own destiny.  He beats Carmelo Hayes tonight and he looks forward to facing the Mad Dragon as champion.

Match Number Three:  Noam Dar (with Oro Mensah, Jakara Jackson, and Lash Legend) versus Nathan Frazer (with Tyler Bate) for the NXT Heritage Championship

Round One

They lock up and Dar with a wrist lock.  Dar with a take down.  Frazer with a wrist lock but Dar with an arm bar and he gets a near fall.  Dar with a wrist lock

Frazer with a side head lock.  Frazer with a shoulder tackle and they both stay on their feet.  Dar with a side head lock.  Frazer with a reversal.  Frazer avoids Dar and gets a near fall with a rolup but Dar goes for a Lebell Lock.  Frazer goes for a quebrada but he lands on his feet.  Dar slaps Frazer and Frazer slaps back.  Frazer with punches and he goes for a cover but Dar escapes as the round ends.

Round Two

Dar with a kick to the leg.  They lock up and Dar backs Frazer into the ropes.  Dar misses a kick and Frazer with a side head lock take down.  Dar with a rollup for a near fall.  Dar with a head scissors.  Frazer with a headstand to escape and he drop kicks Dar.  Frazer with a side head lock.  

Dar with a snap mare and he gets a near fall.  Dar with a reverse chin lock and he runs his forearm across the bridge of the nose.  Dar with knees to the midsection followed by forearms.  Frazer with a running drop kick.  Dabba-Kato choke slams Bate on the apron and the distraction allows Dar to get the three count with a rollup.

Noam Dar: 1 Fall
Nathan Frazer: 0 Falls

Round Three

Dar with a running elbow in the corner followed by punches.  Frazer with punches and Dar with an Irish whip and Frazer floats over.  Frazer with a Maple Leaf into an STF.  Dar gets to the ropes.  Dar kicks Frazer when Frazer goes for a springboard move.  Dar gets a near fall.

Dar with kicks to the midsection.  Dar with a kick to the ribs.  Frazer with punches but Dar with a dragon screw into an ankle lock.  Frazer rolls through to send Dar to the floor.  Frazer with a suicide dive and they return to the ring.  Frazer with a springboard moonsault into a reverse DDT followed by a shooting star press for a near fall.

After the end of the round, Dar with an uppercut.

Round Four

Frazer gets a near fall.  Dar backs into the corner and Frazer with a chop.  Frazer flips out of the corner and hits a power slam for a near fall.  Frazer goes up top for a Phoenix Splash but Dar moves and Frazer rolls through.  Frazer with a rollup for a near fall.  Dar with a back elbow for a near fall.  Dar puts Frazer's leg on the rope and he goes up top.

Frazer recovers and punches Dar.  Frazer with a superplex followed by a Final Cut for the three count.

Noam Dar: 1 Fall
Nathan Frazer: 1 Fall

Round Five

Frazer with a double leg take down and forearms.  Frazer goes up top for a Phoenix Splash and Dar catches him and applies a triangle.  Frazer with a one arm sit out power bomb for a near fall.  Frazer goes to the apron and he sets for a springboard move but he stops when Dar goes to the apron.  They fight to the turnbuckles and they connect with forearms and both fall to the floor.

Lash sends Dar into the ring and she tries to stop Frazer from getting back into the ring.  Dar with a kick and a fisherman's buster for a near fall.   Dar runs into a boot in the corner.  Frazer goes up top and he hits a swanton onto Dar and Mensah.  Lash grabs Frazer as he gets back into the ring.  Frazer gets a near fall as the round ends.

Round Six

They both throw forearms and then go back and forth.  Dar with kicks to the leg and forearms.  Frazer with forearms and Dar goes down.  Dar with a kick to the knee and he kicks Frazer in the shoulder.  Frazer covers up to avoid a Nova Roller.  Frazer with a kick.  Frazer misses a boot and Dar kicks Frazer's leg while Frazer is in the ropes.  Dar misses a double stomp.  Frazer with a crescent kick.  Dar rolls through to avoid a reverse DDT and applies a knee bar.

Frazer rolls over and punches Dar to get out of the hold.  Frazer with a super kick.  Frazer goes up top for a Phoenix Splash but Dar stops him.  Frazer kicks Mensah off the apron into Lash and Jakara.  Frazer misses a Phoenix Splash and Dar with a Nova Roller for the three count.

Winner:  Noam Dar (new champion)

Ava is in the back and she says thanks to the bravery of these two loyal followers, she stands under the Schism's tree.  You tried to end my career, but you failed.  You are a failure, like the Creed Brothers and Diamond Mine.  If you want to prove her wrong, you know where to find her.

Tiffany Stratton walks in the back.

We go to commercial.

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