Your announcers are Wade Barrett and Vic Joseph.
We begin with a video package for the Triple Threat Match for the NXT Men's Championship.
Match Number One: Cora Jade and Raquel Gonzalez versus Wendy Choo and Dakota Kai in a Semifinal Match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
Cora and Wendy start things off and Wendy with a single leg trip and a side head lock. Cora with a reversal and Wendy rolls around to avoid Cora and Wendy is a bit sleepy. Cora quietly goes to make the tag. Raquel misses an elbow drop when Wendy 'wakes up'. Wendy with a side head lock and Raquel with an airplane spin. Raquel with a round trip on the airplane spin and a side slam for a near fall. Raquel with n Irish whip and Cora tags in. Cora with a running uppercut and a near fall. Dakota tags in and they send Cora into the turnbuckles. Wendy with a running kick and Dakota with a running boot for a near fall.
Mandy is now alone in the Toxic Lounge while Dakota gets a near fall. Dakota with kicks to the back and she gets a near fall. Wendy tags in and kicks Cora. Dakota tags back in and kicks Cora. Dakota with a forearm and kick. Cora with a punch but Dakota with forearms and an arm bar. Wendy tags in and they trip Cora and Dakota with a thrust kick and Wendy with the Sleeple's Elbow for a near fall. Cora blocks a suplex attempt and Wendy backs Cora into the corner. Wendy with a side head lock take down. Wendy with a forearm and she goes for a suplex again but Cora continues to block it. Cora and Wendy with inside cradles for a near fall and then they roll around until Choo can get another near fall. Wendy with a baseball slide to Cora on the floor.
Cora runs Wendy into the apron. Dakota sees Raquel in front of her and Dakota starts to freak out. Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne attack Gonzalez with a lead pipe and they send Raquel's leg into the ring post.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kai with a straitjacket choke on Jade. Kai misses an elbow in the corner and Cora with a rollup for a near fall. Cora with a sunset flip for a near fall. Cora with a drop kick. Wendy tags in and Cora with a clothesline and back elbow. Jade with an enzuigiri and a running knee into the corner. Raquel finally gets back on the apron and Cora with a running knee into the corner. Cora gets a near fall. Wendy with a full nelson slam and Dakota tags in. They get Cora up and hit a double face plant for a near fall.
Raquel tags in and connects with a clothesline to Dakota and a power slam for a near fall. Dakota with a scorpion kick and a Kairopractor. Kai goes for the running boot into the corner and Raquel drops down due to the damage done to her knee. Raquel blocks the kick and Raquel cannot get Dakota up for the Chingona Bomb and Dakota with a DDT. Kai with a running boot. Choo tags in and hits an inward splash and Kai with a double stomp for the three count.
WInners: Dakota Kai and Wendy Choo (advance to the FInals)
Tommaso Ciampa says tonight he becomes a three time NXT Champion. That is a legacy he is proud of. This one feels different. Maybe it is Dolph trying to tear down the brand that he built. Maybe it is the respect he has for Bron Breakker. Ciampa says the title has been his life, but a win tonight means he is the champion and he walks into Stand and Deliver as the main event. He has done it before and it is a ghost he continues to chase. Dolph and Bron can fight over who is 2A and 2B. There has never been a gap between 1 and 2 and you are looking at number one.
Tiffany Stratton is walking in the back and Sarray is standing behind her.
We see The Creed Brothers down in the MOST DANGEROUS PARKING LOT IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT with crowbars near them. Strong and Nile show up to check on Julius and Brutus.
We go to commercial.
We are back and the Creeds are being checked out in the training room and we see Raquel Gonzalez being led into the training room as well.
Match Number Two: Tiffany Stratton versus Fallon Henley
They lock up and Henley with a wrist lock take down but Stratton with a reversal. Henley with a take down and Stratton blocks an arm drag. Stratton gets Henley on her shoulders but Henley escapes and hits a drop kick. Stratton sends Henley into the ropes and hits a series of running hip strikes against the ropes. Stratton gets a near fall. Stratton with front face lock. Henley with chop and forearm. Henley with a back breaker and clothesline combination. Henley with an elbow in the corner and she goes for a bulldog but Stratton pushes her away. Stratton catches Henley and hits a fallaway slam.
Smoke appears by the entrance and Sarray kicks Stratton in the back of the head. Henley with a running boot for the three count.
Winner: Fallon Henley
After the match, Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs celebrate with Fallon.
We go to Chase University and Andre welcomes everyone. He says their goal is to perform like they practice. Andre mentions the entrance from last week and he calls it a clusterf***. Andre says that cost him the match. Andre says they turn negatives into positives. He says Bodhi was a star. One of the students ask if Bodhi should get his eye checked out. Andre yells at him and then throws a basketball at him.
We go to commercial.
We are back at the barber shop with Carmelo Hayes.
Trick brings up how Hayes beat Strong and Grimes.
Hayes says it ain't easy being the A Champ. He says he has the Golden Rules. He says he has been climbing rung by rung by rung to the top. He wants to run it back in a ladder match at Stand and Deliver.
They ask who Carmelo's opponent is. Hayes says he isn't facing only one person. Trick says Melo is great but why do it in a ladder match?
Hayes says they are doing this because he can. He is going to stand at the top of the ladder and deliver that he is the greatest North American Champion.
We will find out next week who will start to qualify for the other four spots in the ladder match.
We go to Lash Legend and Lashing Out.
Lash welcomes everyone to the show. She says tonight's guest wants to talk about it and she brings out Nikkita Lyons.
Lash asks Lyons about her journey to NXT. She asks if Lyons' mom was with her dad or everyone.
Lyons says her mom taught her not to be judgmental.
Lash says Lyons is trending because of whose show Nikkita is on.
Nikkita tells Lash to get her hand out of her face.
Nikkita says she is all natural and Lash is full of s***.
Imperium is with McKenzie in the back and she asks about the attack on the Creeds.
Marcel says they would never take the honor of this sport by using underhanded tactics. It is a shame the Creeds got hurt before they got to face them. Fabian says their pedigree did not keep them from a title match.
MSK shows up and they tell Fabian and Marcel that they are not going to deal with this. If the Creeds cannot go, they want the title match and then they will give the Creeds their title shot.
We are back and Fallon Henley is in the back with Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen. Fallon talks about the Creeds.
They see Legado del Fantasma and accuse them of attacking the Creeds.
Legado says they will attack people from the front, not from behind.
Brooks and Josh accuse Legado because they lost to The Creeds in the tournament.
Elektra says they won't deal with a guy who can't get laid.
Brooks says he is trying.
Match Number Three: LA Knight versus Grayson Waller in a Last Man Standing Match
Knight attacks Waller in the aisle and punches Waller. Knight sends Waller into the apron and then he grabs a trash can but Waller kicks Knight and sends him into the railing. Knight Irish whips Waller into the ring steps. Knight with an elbow across the chest while Waller hangs over the apron. Knight with a catapult into the bottom rope and then he sends Waller into the turnbuckles. Knight kicks Waller in the corner. Knight with a punch. Waller hot shots Knight on the top rope. Waller kicks Knight while Knight tries to get up. Waller kicks Knight in the back of the leg and connects with an elbow to the back of the neck. Waller with a cravate and knees.
The referee starts his count but Knight gets back up and Waller with an elbow to the back of the neck. Waller is sent to the apron and Waller drops Knight on the top rope. Waller with a rolling cutter to Knight and the referee starts his count. Knight returns to his feet and Waller gets Knight up on his shoulders but Knight gets back to his feet and he tries for BFT but Waller escapes and connects with a shoulder tackle. Knight with an Irish whip and he runs into a boot. Waller goes up top and Knight leaps up and hits a superplex. Knight with BFT and the referee starts his count. Waller rolls to the floor to land on his feet to stop the count. Knight with a clothesline to Waller on the apron. Waller hits Knight with a trash can.
Waller hits Knight in the back with a trash can lid. Waller puts Knight in the corner and puts the lid against his head. Waller kicks the lid into Knight's head. Waller goes under the ring for a table. Knight with a kick to the midsection and punches. Knight goes for a power bomb on the floor but Waller counters with a back body drop. Waller punches Knight and connects with elbows to the back of the head. Knight blocks a trash can lid and hits Waller many times.
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