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Jeff Hardy mentions the last time they were at NXT, they beat Fraxiom, but the titles were not on the line. They will be on the line next week. Matt says they don't know who they will face, but the other two members will be banned from ringside so things will be even. They need to cement their status as the GOATs and that is by winning the tag titles they never won.
Match Number Two: Myles Borne versus Josh Briggs in a Team NXT Qualifying Match
They lock up and Josh pushes Myles to the mat and Myles pushes Josh. Josh goes for a choke slam but Myles escapes. Myles with a side head lock. Josh with punches and Myles goes for a shoulder tackle but Josh does not move. They go face to face and Myles with a European uppercut and belly-to-back suplex. Myles with an elbow drop for a near fall. Myles with a flip dive onto Josh. Myles goes up top and hits a cross body for a near fall. Myles runs into a back elbow. Josh sends Myles into the turnbuckles while Ricky and Trick watch in LOCKER ROOM on MONITOR. Josh gets a near fall while we see the TNA war room and interviews.
Josh with back elbows into the corner. Josh with a cross body and a choke slam for a near fall. Josh with a forearm. Josh with another forearm. Myles avoids a clothesline and hits a jumping neck breaker for a near fall. Myles with an arm bar. Myles escapes a side slam and hits an arm drag and goes back to the arm bar. Myles with a hammer lock and Josh with an elbow. Josh with a side slam and splash for a near fall. Josh with a reverse chin lock. Myles with punches and an enzuigiri. Myles is sent to the apron and Myles wit a kick. Josh stops Myles on the turnbuckles. Myles punches Josh back to the mat.
Myles leaps over Josh and Josh with a spinning back breaker and another back breaker for a near fall. Josh misses an elbow drop. Josh misses a splash into the corner. Myles with clotheslines and Irish whips. Myles with a power slam for a near fall. Josh escapes a slam and Josh with an elbow. Myles with a belly-to-back suplex. Myles with a Codebreaker but Josh bounces off the ropes and connects with a kick.
Josh takes the chain from around his neck and he wants to use it, but Matt Cardona stops him. The referee takes the chain and Myles with a drop kick and a Zig Zag for the three count.
Winner: Myles Borne
Jordynne is with Kelani and she congratulates her on winning. Jordynne says TNA means a lot to her and she does not trust Jacy. She wants to be on Team TNA.
Kelani says we don't know where her and Joe stand.
Jordynne says the name and the meme occurs.
Joe says he understands the logic, but.
Mike Santana says they have one foot in and one foot out. He is not leaving anything up to chance.
They say they are close to picking their team.
Match Number Three: Lola Vice versus Fallon Henley in a Team NXT Qualifying Match
They lock up and go to a stalemate. Lola with a jackknife cover for a near fall. Lola with a rollup for a near fall. Lola gets another near fall. Lola with an arm bar. Lola pulls Fallon down by the hair. Fallon with a back elbow and she sends Lola to the mat and follows with a drop kick for a near fall. Lola with a kick to the leg and Fallon goes into the corner. Lola with more kicks. Lola with a back elbow and Jacy gets on the apron and she distracts Lola but Lola is able to connect with knees and punches. Lola misses a splash into the corner and Fallon with a forearm to the back and a sliding German suplex. Fallon with a punch. Fallon with a sliding forearm. Fallon with an Irish whip and kicks in the corner.
Fallon with a flying hair take down for a near fall. Lola with kicks and a suplex. Lola with a belly-to-back suplex. Lola with Naomi kicks and then she kicks Fallon through the ropes to the floor. Fallon trips Lola on the apron. Fallon misses a forearm and Lola with a back fist for the three count.
Winner: Lola Vice
We are back and Saquon says they take it all. Osiris says everyone else will say it is an honor to face the Hardys. Cutler says they don't feel that way. Saquon says it isn't a 'happy to be here' moment. Dion says it doesn't matter who you are, the result will be the same. Osiris says him and Dion are going to take the TNA titles, just like they took the NXT titles.
Jacy and Fallon are in the back and Jacy says she shouldn't have put Fallon in the match.
Lainey shows up and Fallon says they weren't cleared.
Lainey says not being cleared didn't mean that she wasn't involved. She throws a hood and says that Jazmyn didn't really belong.
Match Number Four: Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater versus Shawn Spears and Niko Vance
Spears and Slater start things of and Slater with a drop kick and clothesline into the corner. Slater with punches in the corner. Slater with a jumping side kick and Niko tags in. Slater escapes a slam and hits a drop kick. Evans tags in and he punches Niko. Evans with a slingshot head scissors take down and a drop kick. Evans with an arm bar. Slater tags in and he goes up top and hits a chop to the arm. Slater misses a jumping side kick and Niko with a head butt. Spears tags in and Izzi tries to take Tatum's new doll away.
Spears with a spinebuster and he looks at Tatum and izzi having issues with dolls. Evans sends Niko to the floor. Evans with a German suplex to Spears and they hit stereo pescados. Spears with a chop to Slater. Spears with another chop. Spears with one more chop and then they go back and fort. Slater floats over in the corner and then Spears sends Slater over the top rope to the floor and Slater hits the ring steps and he looks like he is not sure he is in Orlando. Niko tags in and hits a boot off the apron. Niko sends Slater back into the ring and he slams Slater for a near fall. Niko with a punch. Niko with a European uppercut.
Spears tags in and he snap mares Slater and kicks him. Slater stops a boot to the head and he punches Spears. Spears punches Evans off the apron. Slater with a back body drop and Evans is not in the corner so Niko pulls Slater back into his corner and he punches Slater. Niko with a hard Irish whip that flips Slater and he gets a near fall. Niko with a full nelson. Slater escapes and Niko reapplies the full nelson. Slater with a jaw breaker and Spears tags in. Spears with a slam and he goes to teh turnbuckles but Slater gets his boot up and he kicks Spears. Slater with an enzuigiri and Niko tags in and Slater misses an enzuigiri but he hits a heel kick.
Evans tags in and he super kicks Vance and clotheslines Spears over the top rope tot he floor. Evans with a suicide dive to Spears. Evans with a springboard clothesline to Niko and a rebound spinning heel kick. Evans with a frog splash to Niko for a near fall. Evans with a sunset flip for a near fall. Evans with a kick. Niko with a kick to Evans on the turnbuckles and an Alabama slam for a near fall. Slater makes the tag and Niko and Spears are sent to the floor. Slater with a plancha over the ring post followed by a spinning uranage for a near fall. Spears with a super kick to Evans and Spears with a knee to Slater off the turnbuckles. Evans goes for a double cutter but Evans is caught. Slater with a handspring double cutter followed by a springboard cutter from Evans. Evans with a plancha to Niko. Slater goes up top and hits a Swanton 450 splash for the three count.
Winners: Leon Slater and Je'Von Evans
After the match, the TNA roster arrives and NXT shows up.
We have the most non-contact rumble in the history of historical things.
They walk back into the building into different parts of the building.
TNA goes into the bleachers while Slater and Evans stand off across from each other in the ring.
Both rosters make their way to ringside.
Ava says Showdown will be nothing less than historic.
Mustafa Ali faces Ethan Page for the North American title.
The Hardys face Dark State in a title versus title match.
Ava wants to make it official.
Trick interrupts and he says he has been doing some thinking as the co-captain.
Ricky tells Trick to hold on. He says he is the captain and Trick is riding shotgun.
Ricky says it will be him, Trick Williams, Je'Von Evans, and Myles Borne.
Santino has Mike Santana announce their team.
Mike says he has a locker room that would love to turn this place upside down. He knows who he is choosing. First, a true TNA OG, Frankie Kazarian. Second, a three time former World Champ, Moose. Last, but not least, the man who has been setting TNA on fire, the man they call the youngest in charge, Leon Slater.
Jacy says before you pick your team, she has something to say to her. When she was the TNA Knockouts Champion, she still led NXT. You are nothing more than a two timing traitor.
Jacy announces that Team NXT will be the only double champ left, Sol Ruca. Then, they saw what she was capable of earlier, Jaida Parker. Last, someone she knows very well. She is the hardest hitter in NXT, Lola Vice.
Kelani says you can think what you want. She accepts all responsibility as Knockouts Champ. Even if that means going against NXT. Especially if it means shutting you up. She is picking two iconic women, Jesse McKay and Cassie Lee. The final member is someone she shared a locker room with an someone to prove. Someone with a chip on their shoulder. Mara Sade.
Santana says next Tuesday, they are seizing the night and TNA is winning Showdown the same way he is going into Bound For Glory. He is bringing the title back where it belonds.
Santana punches Trick and everyone starts fighting.
Shawn Michaels walks out and smiles at what he is seeing.
We go to credits.
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