Match Number Four: Axiom and Nathan Frazer versus Mark Coffey and Wolfgang (with Joe Coffey) for the NXT Tag Team Championships
Axiom wants Frazer to start and Frazer finally decides to start against Mark. Mark backs Frazer into the corner and he misses a punch. Frazer with a chop and Mark with an Irish whip and Frazer floats over and flips across the ring. Frazer with a rollup for a near fall. Frazer with a wrist lock and Axiom is not ready to tag in. Mark with a back elbow and Wolfgang tags in. Frazer with elbows and forearms. Mark with a back slide and Wolfgang with a knee drop to the face. Wolfgang kicks Frazer and he chokes Frazer in the ropes.
We see Luca and Channing watching MONITOR in ROM.
Axiom tags ina nd he connects with a back elbow and kicks followed by a head scissors to Mark. Frazer with a suicide dive to Mark and Axiom misses Wolfgang and hits Joe. Frazer with another suicide dive but Axiom collapses. Wolfgang with a uranage and Frazer is sent into the apron.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Mark with an Irish whip to Axiom. Mark kicks Axiom in the back and head. Wolfgang tags in and he catapults Axiom to Mark for a back body drop. Wolfgang gets a near fall. Wolfgang with a wrist lock and Irish whip. Mark tags in and Mark tries to Irish whip Wolfgang into Axiom but Axiom moves and tags in Frazer. Frazer with a springboard clothesline and a flying forearm. Frazer sends Wolfgang to the floor and he hits a shooing star press on Mark for a near fall. Frazer goes to the apron for a springboard move but he lands on his feet when Mark moves. Frazer with a kick and frog splash for a near fall.
Mark with a forearm and Wolfgang tags in and Mark with a jumping round kick and Wolfgang with a power slam for a near fall. Mark tags in and then he tags Wolfgang back in. Mark with a uranage and Wolfgang with a swanton but Axiom breaks it up. Mark sends Frazer to Wolfgang and Axiom with a super kick to Mark. Frazer with a rollup for a near fall. Frazer with a sleeper and Axiom goes for a Golden Ratio but Wolfgang ducks and he hits Frazer. Axiom is catapulted by Wolfgang and he gives Mark a Destroyer. Frazer with a poisonrana. Wolfgang and Frazer exchange forearms. Frazer wtih an enzuigiri. Frazer is dropped on the turnbuckles and Wolfgang with a clothesline.
Wolfgang goes to the turnbuckles and Frazer leaps to the turnbuckles. Axiom tags in and Wolfgang blocks a Frankensteiner. Axiom with Spanish Fly and then they both go up top and Axiom with a swanton onto Joe and Mark. Frazer with a Phoenix Splash to Wolfgang for the three count.
Winners: Axiom and Nathan Frazer (retain championship)
Je'Von is in the back with Hank and Tank and he tells them it was a big win last week. Evans suggests that Hank and Tank will be the NXT tag champs in 2025. Evans talks about what he did in 2024.
Ethan Page walks past them and we go to commercial.
We are back with Charlie Dempsey and Lexis King's training session.
Lexis asks about the cards Charlie is holding and they run the deck.
Lexis holds his own with Charlie and Charlie says he is impressed. Charlie says he will keep his promise and Lexis has hit title match next week.
Ethan Page comes out and he says, in a very low key way, that he is sorry. He says he needs to get this off his mind. He says everyone has every right to boo him. He says this is the same energy he has gotten at home the last few weeks. No one understands his journey to get into this ring. Nobody understands the promises he made to his family. He told his daughter he would win the big one and he did. He says he did it in NXT and he became champion. Not only did he become champion, he did it in record time. Faster than Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Finn Balor. He fought for 18 years to keep his promise to his daughter. He says he did it for his daughter, son, and wife.
Ethan says he wants to talk to his wife. Without you, there is no Ethan Page. He would not be standing in this ring and these lights and cameras would not on him, and these fans would not be having the time of their lives without you. Ethan says he got to live his dream because of you. He says he did it, but every time he loses, she loses, his son loses, and his daughter loses. When his daughter checks his bags and doesn't see the title belt. He talks about being shown videos of his son crying. He sees the disappointment in his wife's eyes. That is what is eating him alive. Ethan says he doesn't know if he loves this any more. Ethan says he has lost his smile.
Ethan says you can mock him for being emotional . . .
Je'Von Evans comes out and he apologizes for what he said back there. Evans says it doesn't feel bad hearing about other people's accomplishments. Since you have been here, all we have heard is what you have done. You came in here with that cocky ego. Evans says that is not really Ethan. Evans says he knows the real Ethan Page. He saw him at Heatwave. It wasn't what you did during the match, but after the match. You won the title and you looked at your wife and kids and you told them that you love them. Not everyone can do that. The joy you had when you saw your family after the match. It was no regular smile. It was a proud dad smile. It was a proud husband smile. It is someone who has busted their ass for 18 years to get where they had to be. You deserve to be here. The people know you deserve to be here.
Evans says we don't want to see All Ego, we want to see the real Ethan Page. Evans says he is proud of him and everyone is proud of him.
Ethan thanks Je'Von and he says Evans is right. Everything you said made it clear to him. He shouldn't be worried about losing his smile, he should be worried about taking yours.
Ethan punches Evans. Ethan gets a chair and he brings it into the ring and he puts it around Evans' neck. Ethan says if you want the real me, this is the real me. Ethan stomps on the chair and Evans starts to bleed from the mouth.
We go to commercial.
Sarah asks Trick about his match against Eddy.
Trick says he wishes the best for Evans. He talks about how Eddy tricked his way to get a title match. Trick says he has proven all of the doubters wrong and he has proven himself right that he can carry this brand. The hard work will get it done. He says he has the fighting spirit.
Oba Femi shows up and he wishes Trick luck because the winner faces him. He hopes it is Trick because he will take the title in three weeks.
Trick says he is looking forward to it.
Stephanie Vaquer tells Cora Jade that she does not know her. She worked hard to be the best luchadora in the world. Cora signed with NXT in 2021 and she was part of the new face of NXT. Vaquer says she is here and she found her way and will be everything that Cora wants to be. Next week, she will take Cora to meet hell.
Next week, Stephanie Vaquer faces Cora Jade. The D'Angelos will face OTM, Hank and Tank, and No Quarter Catch Crew in a Number One Contender match. Vic says that Santa will be on NXT next week.
Match Number Five: Eddy Thorpe versus Trick Williams for the NXT Men's Championship
They lock up and Trick with a side head lock and take down. Trick with a shoulder tackle and a second one. Eddy goes to the floor. Eddy trips Trick but Trick kicks Eddy into the announce table. Trick chops Eddy around the ringside area before returning to the ring. Eddy with a twisting cross body. Eddy with a kick in the corner and he chops and kicks Trick. Trick with a pop up uppercut and a jumping side kick for a near fall. Trick with a drop kick. Trick misses a jumping side kick and crotches himself on the top rope. Eddy kicks Trick to the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Eddy with snap mares and kicks for a near fall. Eddy with a cravate. Eddy with a knee when Trick tries to power out of the hold and Eddy with a brainbuster for a near fall. Both men collide when Trick tries for a cross boy when Eddy goes for a leap frog. Trick with punches and a flying clothesline. Trick with a flap jack. Trick with a uranage for a near fall. Eddy with a German suplex and a leaping elbow drop for a near fall. They exchange forearms and Eddy with a back heel kick and an enzuigiri. Trick with a round kick. Eddy with a back breaker and Trick backs Eddy into the turnbuckles. Eddy with a waist lock and Trick gets Eddy up and he hits a Death Valley Driver. Eddy blocks a move and Eddy with an exploder into the referee.
Eddy makes the cover but the referee is down. Trick with a rollup for a near fall when a second referee shows up. Eddy with a German suplex and a Yakuza Kick. Eddy with a second Yakuza Kick. Trick with a jumping knee when Eddy goes for a third one. Trick falls onto Eddy and both men have their shoulders down as each referee makes the count.
Double Pin
The referees discuss what happened to Ava as we go to credits.
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