WWE NXT 9/27/2022
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/wwe-nxt-9202022.html
Ilja Dragunov comes out in a black suit and turtleneck. Drag said the last time he was in NXT he beat Walter to become champ. He said pain has always been his best friend. He said he returned to repeat history and achieve his destiny one more time by beating an unbeatable machine to claim gold and said it's Bron Breakker.
JD McDonagh comes out. He says he's a sneaky rat who followed him to the US. Drag said he kicked him out of NXT UK and JD says his body was so battered from him that he lost his title and didn't get to keep it anyway. JD said it was his time and not Ilja's. He told him to stay where he has been - on the sidelines. He said he will end his career if he has to and Bron Breakker comes out.
Bron welcomes Ilja to NXT. Bron says his NXT title isn't going anywhere. JD says he is the #1 contender for the NXT title. The crowd chants for a triple threat when he says he has an idea for it then JD says Ilja and Bron should beat the snot out of each other then he will take his shot. Bron implies he won't fall for that and makes a reference to Scott Steiner's math promo, saying JD has a 33 1/3rd chance of winning in a triple threat and Bron makes the challenge for it. He said he will see them at Halloween Havoc.
We cut ot the back with Briggs, Jensen and Gallus fighting and the fight being broken up.
We see Toxic Attraction in the back. Mandy says Fallon is about to find out what happens when you cross the baddest b!tch in NXT and calls out Alba Fyre during it.
The Schism does a promo on Grimes. They said he refused their embrace and now the same limbs that reached out to him will bind him. They say he brought this on himself and they say they have to make an example out of him. Gacy says Grimes will be back where he started - alone.
Fallon Henley vs Mandy Rose
Mandy picks her up and takes her down. Fallon gets in her face and side headlocks her. Mandy cartwheels as she is seated on the mat and dropkicks her. Mandy footshoves her and facekicks her then Fallon comes back with a chop. Fallon slides out of the ring and forearms her. Fallon fallaway slams her. Mandy hits corner spears then suplexes her. Many abdominal stretches her then picks her up for a side slam but suplexes her out of it. Fallon hiptosses her then lariats her. Fallon back elbows her in the corner and they kind of collide with forearms.
Fallon hits a reverse slingblade and they trade forearms. Fallon hits kicks on her then Mandy hits a nice pumping knee to win it.
Not perfect but okay enough for these two. There wasn't a great story but I thought Fallon had some decent comebacks here.
Mandy does a promo on Alba Fyre. She said she was jealous that Mandy conquered two continents titles while she was playing with logs in fire. Mandy said Alba can keep the fire going, but she starts them. Alba appears on the tron. She said she doesn't do verbal warnings and shows a bat on fire. She says she is more of a visual woman then we see her lighting up the words "#AndNew" to imply she will beat her.
Apollo Crews does a promo on Grayson Waller. He said he tried to hurt his vision but his presence stopped Waller from getting a chance at the NA title. He said everything he sees is still hazy, but then we see a shot of Waller with two red eyes. He then tells Waller to keep an eye out because "I'm not done with you b!tch".
Ilja Dragunov and Xyon Quinn talk in the back. Xyon isn't impressed and introduces himself as the x-factor of NXT. He said he heard a lot about him but the hype was for nothing. He said in the book of Xyon, Ilja can't carry the weight as champ. Xyon said he has never even gotten a chance to carry the ball and he thinks it's because they are worried no one can take it from him. Ilja says Xyon has unlimited potential but is a mental moron. Ilja says no one wil lever call Xyon a champ. He then says the ball is in Xyon's court.
Wes Lee vs Tony D'Angelo
Wes came out with another cancer kid. Tony throws Wes to start. Wes puts a side headlock on and is rolled and we see Trick/Melo watching. Tony misses an elbow drop then wes bodyscissor takedowns him. wes dropkicks him. Wes goes for a dive outside and Stacks blocks the way then Wes dives on him. Stacks tries to go into the ring but Tony prevents it. Tony tells him enough then Stacks pushes Wes off. Stacks is kicked out by the ref and we go to PiP break.
Tony grounds him with a bulldog choke then Tony is tripped into the 2nd buckle. Tony goes down and doesn't get up. Wes wins via ref stop due to injury.
This really wasn't much before the injury.
Melo and Trick are interviewed. Melo said he doesn't feel anything about Wes then Oro Mensah walks in. He said he looks forward to facing Melo. Melo says he knows who he is and they can get him a t-shirt, but say at Halloween Havoc, it's every man for themselves. Oro says he is looking forward to it.
We get a Sol Ruca promo with her playing guitar, surfing and doing flips on the beach. She debuts next.
Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett take us to a "Day in the Life of Pretty Deadly" segment. They get up at 10AM and eat in bed. They say they feed each other and it's implied they sleep in the same bed. They brush each others hair, drink tea and go to the gym. They don't lift heavy weights, they say they are works of art and not animals. They then say they appreciate each other. I didn't really like this. I liked the idea of showing us what they do outside of they ring but they strongly implied they were gay and that was never part of the gimmick.
Sol Ruca vs Amari Miller
This is Sol's TV debut, though she has been on Level Up. She does a split on the apron then rolls into a handstand and walks.
Amari grabs an armlock and pushes her down then Sol sunset flips her. Sol gets her back kick caught and tries to flight out but messes up and falls on her butt. Sol then back rolls off the ropes into a headscissors. She flips out of a hiptoss and facebusters her. Sol hits a sunset flip and Amari reverses it then is reversed. Sol goes into the ropes then backflips off and rolls backwards. She then dropkicks her and Amari hits kicks.
Amari strangleholds her and monkey flips her. Sol armdrags her and hits flying shoulders. Sol dropkicks her then forward flips into a corner splash on her. She then holds onto the corner ropes and flips on her into an legdrop on the butt to win.
Joey Gacy vs Cameron Grimes
Grimes hits kicks early and flurries him on the ropes. Gacy pulls Grimes out of the ring then pounds and stomps on him. Gacy hits punches and Grimes running forearms him. Grimes runnning knees him then flips over the Dyad to dive on Gacy. Gacy spinning uranage's him then ddt's him. Grimes armdrags out of a uranage then superkicks him. Grimes has to fight off the Dyad then Gacy does his handspring lariat and wins it.
It was quick and a lot was going on with the Dyad. It wasn't anything too special as a match and was more to push this storyline.
Grayson Waller is interviewed. He said he saw Crews' vision and said his eyes can't get red like Crews saw. He said his eyes are emerald and not red. McKenzie said he shouldn't show up if he is that worried but Waller says he has the next episode of his show next week and said he will just hire extra security.
Nikkita Lyons vs Kayden Carter
Carter runs into her butt early and Lyons shakes it. Lyons picks her up and takes her down. Carter cartwheels over her and shakes her butt then Lyons kips up. Lyons hits some shots and spin kicks her in the face. Lyons rolls into a handstand and headscissors her over. Carter armdrags her, kicks her in the leg and rolls her up. Lyons michinoku drivers her for 2. Carter diving facekicks her through the middle rope. Carter walks up the buckles but is kicked and falls off then Lyons spin kicks her and splits on her. Lyons gets the win.
Really wasn't bad for the women and both girls did some things they don't usually do here. Lyons' roll into a handstand and headscissors was interesting and I don't know if I saw Kayden walk the buckles before.
We go to Chase U at a pep rally. They are all hyped up outside and Chase talks about beating Carmelo Hayes. He said he has earned a spot in the NA title qualifying match. He says his opponent is Von Wagner, but he will beat him and become the new NA champ. A press member named Dave asks him a question about facing Von Wagner and Chase flips out at him. He said every time he touches Von Wagner, he's going to think of his stupid, smug face.
We see Ilja Dragunov in the back.
We get a video package on Nathan Frazer. He said he has been in overtime before in soccer and said him and Axiom are all square. We see clips of him playing soccer. He says Axiom will do moves we never have seen before in their next match, but so will he. He said the clock is ticking down and the game is on the line.
Xyon Quinn vs Ilja Dragunov
Drag does a nice rolling leg takedown into a headlock. Drag hiptosses him then uses his leg for a side throw. Drag hits hard chops and Xyon hiptosses him out of an abdominal stretch. Xyon punch combos him in the corner and does his double forearm block to knock him down. Xyon backbreakers him from the side and jumping splashes him for 2. Xyon slaps him hard and takes an enzugiri.
Ilja is thrown into the ropes but does a tiger feint then running forearms him. Drag germans him and hits a nice suplex. He then falling drop forearms him. Drag does his running head battering ram and wins it.
This was one of the better things Xyon has ever been involved in and Ilja did a good job here. While some of the NXT UK guys aren't working in NXT, he is.
We see Damon Kemp heading to the ring and see the Creed's hugging and hyping up.
Kemp has new music and gets jumped on his entrance. They fight outside then Brutus double leg takedowns him. Brutus hits Karelin's lift then takes a stun gun on the ropes. Kemp kicks him and cravates him. Brutus backdrops him while he holds it on but Kemp holds onto the cravate. Kemp bangs Brutus' head off the buckles and works the cravate more.
Brutus slams him as he holds it then goes into the 2nd buckle. Kemp mocks Brutus' walk then takes a pounce out of the ring. Kemp grabs a chair and hits Brutus with it and gets DQ'd.
Kemp hits him with it more and yells into the camera that if you want some, come get some.
This was short and was mostly all cravate work. It was entertaining but I don't know if it fit the storyline.
We see Sanga and Quincy Elliot in the back. Sanga is upset he lost last week and Quincy tells him to keep his head up. Xyon Quinn then walks in. Quincy says he doesn't see Xyon's x-factor that he talks about and walks off.
Nikkita Lyons and Zoey Stark are interviewed .Lyons said they are coming for the tag titles. Zoey said they are unstoppable. Toxic Attraction comes in and says they aren't ready. They said T-A lost the tag titles and aren't champs. Mandy said they should shut up as there are 3 of them and 2 of them. Alba Fyre then lights a fire and says the odds are even. T-A then leaves.
Cora Jade and Grayson Waller are on The Grayson Waller Effect next week along with Andre Chase vs Von Wagner in an N-A Title qualifier and a State of the Commonwealth address with Pretty Deadly.
Pub Rules Match - Gallus vs Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen
They waste no time to start fighting here. Jensen is hit with a rope and Briggs throws a trash can at Mark. Wolg gets double shouldered and all 4 brawl again. Gallus gets knocked out of the ring and set up a table. Briggs and Jensen then grab a table and put it in the corner. They stand off and kind of stare each other down then B&J get chairs.
Gallus gets hit with chairs and go outside the ring. During the PiP break, Gallus takes baseball slides outside. Jensen is thrown shoulder first into the post. Wolf and Briggs fight on the apron and Briggs jumps off the apron into a Mark forearm. Briggs takes a gamengiri into a slam on the floor.
Jensen fights off a 1v2 and is shouldered into a senton. Jensen has a chair knee'd into his face. Briggs is catapulted into a forearm then B&J get whipped with belts. B&J get the belts and give it back to them. They then slide out and punch them on the ropes. They find empty beer glasses and hit Gallus with them. Mark is put upside down in a trash can then Joe tries to interfere but is fackeicked off the apron into a table. Wolf then goes into the table in the corner. Mark has the trash can on his head and takes a high/low and Jensen grabs the win.
It was okay, but it was slower and not really the big match they aimed for here. Gallus just didn't really do a lot and didn't seem super interested in this one. B&J were okay and I think this was supposed to be a big moment for them, but it didn't really come across as such.
Gallus is pushed away from the ring by security and they start decking security and refs. Gallus is arrested and ushered out.
Overall thoughts: Felt like a long episode with a lot of things going on. We had some decent matches here and it was an okay show overall.
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