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WWE NXT REPORT: PRETTY DEADLY GET SOME HOSTING REPS IN, SIX WOMEN IN THE FIVE WOMEN LADDER MATCH, HOW MANY TAG TEAMS?, A BATTLE ROYAL, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2023-03-28 22:06:00

Your announcers are Booker T and Vic Joseph.

Match Number One:  Battle Royal to Determine Final Entrant in the North American Title Match at Stand and Deliver

Elliott is eliminated as soon as the bell rings and he tries to get back into the ring. Drew and Charlie work together but they cannot eliminate Jinder.  Chen with chops to Montana and Kemp.  Kemp drops Chen on the top rope and Jinder goes after Charlie.  Chen is on the apron.  Dijak eliminates hen.  Quinn head butts Montana into the turnbuckles and Montana is eliminated.  Frazer with a series of thrust kicks to eliminate Kemp.  Dijak runs into a boot from Jinder.  Enofe with a knee off the turnbuckles and Dijak is sent over the top rope by Blade and Enofe but he holds on until Jones eliminates him with a hip.  Dijak pulls Jones under the ropes and then connects with kicks and he sends Jones into the ring steps.  Jones is sent back into the ring.

Mahal sends Jones over the top rope for the easy elimination.  Blade drops kicks Mahal to the apron and then Mahal sends Enofe to the apron and he rolls back in.  Blade is sent to the apron.  Jinder is attacked by Malik and Enofe but Crews eliminates Enofe.  Blade is also eliminated.  SCRYPTS is sent over the top rope to the floor.  Crews press slams Bernal to eliminate him.  Dabba with a forearm to Crews.  Jinder with forearms to Quinn.   Hank punches Quinn on the apron and then Quinn is eliminated by Mensah.  Jinder kicks Oro and connects with a knee.  Drew and Charlie work over Frazer while Mahal connects with knees to Oro.

Oro floats over and Jinder catches him and eliminates Oro.  Crews punches Dempsey in the corner and Hank jumps in to help.  Jinder chokes Axiom and sends him over the top rope but Axiom lands on the apron and gets back into the ring.  Charlie with a butterfly suplex to Hank.  Drew with a forearm to Hank's back.  Charlie and Drew kick Hank in the corner.  Crews kicks Dabba in the corner and punches him.  Jinder goes to the turnbuckles and kicks Axiom.  Hank is sent into the ropes by Drew and Charlie but Hank holds on to the ropes.  Hank kicks Charlie.  Axiom holds on to the ropes to avoid elimination.  Hank sends Drew to the apron and applies a sleeper.  Drew tries to snap mare Hank over and Charlie eliminates Hank but Drew is also eliminated.

Hank and Drew fight to the back.

Crews punches Dabba and Crews with a kick.  Dabba catches Crews and tosses him over the top rope to the floor.  

We are down to Charlie Dempsey, Dabba-Kato, Axiom, Nathan Frazer, and Jinder Mahal.  

Frazer with a super kick that sends Jinder to the apron.  Frazer and Axiom combine to eliminate Jinder.  Frazer with a drop kick off Axiom's back to stagger Dabba and all three men eliminate him. Axiom kicks Charlie and Charlie kicks Frazer.  Axiom is caught in a wheelbarrow suplex by Dempsey.  Frazer with a missile drop kick.  Axiom clotheslines Dempsey to the apron but he does not go to the floor.  Axiom and Charlie exchange forearms.  Axiom and Charlie go down and Axiom kicks Charlie off the apron to eliminate him.

We are down to the final two with Frazer and Axiom.

They shake hands and then they miss kicks.  Axiom with a snap mare to counter a reverse DDT.  Frazer with an enzuigiri and Axiom with a springboard arm drag and thrust kick.  Frazer with a quebrada into a reverse DDT.  Frazer with a punch and Axiom with a forearm.  They go back and forth with Frazer gaining the advantage.  Axiom blocks a kick and connects with a forearm and a drop kick.  Axiom sets for the Golden Ratio but Frazer with a jumping thrust kick.  Frazer with a chop in the corner and then he puts Axiom on the turnbuckles.  Frazer with a kick.  Frazer with a superplex but Axiom escapes a Falcon Arrow.  Frazer with a super kick.  Frazer skins the cat but Axiom kicks Frazer but Frazer's momentum sends Frazer back into the ring.  Axiom eliminates Frazer.

Winner:  Axiom

After the match, Wes Lee joins Axiom in the ring.  Dragon Lee comes into the ring to shake hands.  Ilja Dragunov and JD McDonagh arrive on opposite sides of the ring to line up the participants in the North American Title Match.

Pretty Deadly announce a preview show for Stand and Deliver.  They talk about Axiom's performance to earn the final spot in the North American Title Match.  They discuss the other four participants.  They say the match will be unpredictable.  Kit wonders how will Wes retain.  Elton picks JD.  Kit picks Dragon Lee and says he is a wild card because we don't know anything about him.

Kit mentions we will hear more from them.

Tyler Bate is with Andre, Duke, and Thea and Andre says he was impressed with Tyler.  Tonight, Tyler will beat Von Wagner to lead them into Stand and Deliver.  Tyler says he will win and harness the momentum for the University.  Andre asks Duke if he is going and he says he wouldn't miss it for the world.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Brooks talks about how Kiana is answering her messages faster.  

Brooks asks Kiana about her message.

Fallon tells her to tell Brooks.  Kiana says what they have is special.  Kiana says she feels horrible that they aren't part of Stand and Deliver so if they win their match tonight, they will be in the Tag Title Match on Saturday.

Fallon wants to tell Kiana to tell them what she told her but Josh and Brooks are more interested in the tag title opportunity.

Match Number Two:  Von Wagner (with Robert Stone) versus Tyler Bate (with Andre Chase, Duke Hudson, and Thea Hail)

Tyler with a side head lock and shoulder tackle but Von does not move.  Von with a clothesline and an elbow drop.  Von grabs Tyler by the throat and presses Tyler over his head and drops Tyler behind him.  Von with a kick to the ribs.  Tyler with a sunset flip attempt but Von does not go over.  Von misses an elbow drop but does not miss a clothesline.  Von with an Irish whip and clotheslines into the corner.  Von with Irish whips and a splash into the corner.  Von with an Irish whip but he misses a splash when Tyler moves.  Tyler with a boot and a running uppercut or three.  Tyler with uppercuts in the corner.  Von sends Tyler into the turnbuckles but Tyler with a knee lift.  Tyler with an uppercut off the turnbuckles followed by a rebound clothesline but Von stays on his feet.  Tyler with a jab.

Stone trips Tyler and Tyler sends Stone into the ring.  Thea with a Thesz Press to Stone and she kicks him to the floor.

Von with a forearm and Tyler with a flip dive onto Stone.  Tyler with a high five and Duke almost cares.  Tyler with a rebound clothesline and he goes up top for a twisting swanton for the three count.

Winner:  Tyler Bate

After the match Joe Gacy and the Schism appear on the ShawnTron with a video package to show how things will be different when they win on Saturday.

Rip says they will save a place for delinquents in the Andre Chase Memorial Detention Hall as we see graphics for Andre, Thea, Tyler, and Duke.

Roxanne Perez walks in the back looking for Shawn Michaels.

We go to commercial.

We are back in Shawn Michaels' office and Roxanne Perez enters and he asks how is she doing.  

Roxanne says she went to the doctors and she says it was anxiety and dehydration.  She is ready to go.

Shawn says he is excited that she is ready to go but her health is most important.  He says defending the title in a ladder match is not the best way to come back.  Shawn says she can get the next title match.

Roxanne says being champion is the most important thing to her.  Saying you want to be champion and being a champion is different.  She mentions that she has dealt with anxiety.  She wonders if she peaked at 21 and then her anxiety goes insane.

Shawn says she is fine physically but he has concerns about her mentally.  He says she has a long career ahead of her.  He says there will be more opportunities.

Roxanne says Shawn never had to deal with maybe there is next year.  She says she has to confront her anxiety.  The only way to win this battle is to climb that ladder to win back the title she never lost.  She wants to show that you don't have to be a prisoner.

Shawn says he wants to meet with the doctors.  He says she has the right to defend the championship and she is in the match.

Shawn tells Roxanne she is going to give him a nervous breakdown.

Match Number Three:  Valentina Feroz versus Elektra Lopez

Lopez with a knee to the midsection and an Irish whip followed by a back elbow.  Lopez tries to send Feroz into the turnbuckles but she blocks it.  Feroz with kicks but Lopez blocks a kick and connects with a leg sweep.  Lopez sends Feroz face first into the mat.  Lopez with an ankle lock and an elbow drop to the leg.  Lopez misses an elbow drop and Feroz gets a near fall.  Lopez misses an elbow in the corner and Feroz with judo throws and a take down.  Feroz gets a near fall.  Feroz goes to the turnbuckles and goes for a cross body but Lopez catches Feroz and hits Electra Shock for the three count.

Winner:  Elektra Lopez

We go to Eddy Thorpe and he says he will conquer this territory and everything in it.

Match Number Four:  Eddy Thorpe versus Myles Borne

They lock up and Myles with a wrist lock.  Eddy with a reversal.  Myles with an arm drag into an arm bar.  Myles with a shoulder tackle but Eddy with a cross body.  Myles with a drop kick.  Eddy with a chop and forearm.  Eddy kicks Myles away but Myles with punches and an uppercut.  Myles with a back elbow.  Myles with punches.  Myles blocks a hip toss and he hits a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall.  Myles with a rear chin lock.  Eddy with forearms and a back heel kick and a Pele Kick.  Eddy with a Yakuza Kick and a biel.  Eddy with a leaping elbow drop for a near fall.  Eddy with a front face lock but Myles with a waist lock and a kick.  Eddy with a Saito suplex and a swinging neck breaker for the three count.

Winner:  Eddy Thorpe

After the match, Eddy says he is coming for everything.

We return to Pretty Deadly.  They talk about Eddy's debut.  Kit mentions the Gargano/Waller match and how it is more than personal.  They say Johnny has to do everything to get revenge on Waller.  Kit wonders if Waller will sign the contract.  Elton brings up the brutality of a match.  Kit says he would do it but only to defend Elton's honor.  Elton says Kit is brave.

We go to commercial.

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