WWE NXT 10/18/2022
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/10/wwe-nxt-10112022.html
Pick Your Poison Match - Rhea Ripley vs Roxanne Perez
Perez is thrown out early then she grabs a wristlock and kicks Rhea. Perez rolls through a clothesline then spinning headscissors her. They trade chest slaps then Rhea hits some strikes and a lariat. Perez tries to fight back then takes a kick to the gut. Perez hurricanrana's Rhea out and Rhea walks away on her dive attempt.
Perez slides out then tries to hurricanrana her off the apron but it slammed head first on the apron. We go to PiP break where Rhea hits a nice dropkick. We return and Perez avoids some stomps and kicks her in the leg. They botch something then Rhea spears the post. Perez then topes her.
They fight up top and Perez slips out. Perez 2nd rope hurricanrana's her. Perez is slammed body first on the mat. Dominic Mysterio distracts the ref then Perez takes a chest headbutt and a pumphandle slam for the Rhea win.
It had it's usual diva sloppy moments but Perez was good here as an underdog face. It really wasn't bad at all.
Grimes, Doc and Anderson are in the back. Grimes says he has the hottest tag team in the business with him. Doc asks why he thinks they accepted his offer and Grimes shows his money and says it's because of the paper. Karl then says it's because they want to go to the moon.
Grayson Waller is interviewed. McKenzie says Waller seems off. Waller says he has already beaten Crews and Waller says he blinded Crews with his star power. Waller says Saturday caps off the worst comeback story ever then Chucky the doll appears on the screen. Chucky says Waller's match will be a spin the wheel, make the deal match. Chucky tells him not to fear the wheel, it's his friend til the end, if he makes it.
Stacks vs Shinsuke Nakamura
Tony D says he can tell Stacks is ready to go and asks him to help him in the ring. He said he will announce who his opponent is after the break. Shinsuke Nakamura is brought out as his opponent, which I didn't expect.
Stacks hits some punches and a side headlock early. Nak hits a knee to the gut then axe kicks. The crowd sings his theme song then Nak jumping knees him. Nak gordbusters him and hiss knees to the body. Stacks hits some euros and forearms then a fist drop for 2. Nak hits a nice flying kick. Nak hits more kicks and an enzugiri.
Nak sliding germans him then flying armbars him. Stacks euros him. Nak kicks him in the face and Stacks falls out of the ring. Nak motions at Tony D and Stacks tells him to bring it. Nakamura running knees him and gets the win.
It was mostly a squash as expected but Stacks took a great bump to the floor and put up a decent little fight before being beaten. The crowd was real into Nakamura here.
Tony D says Stacks showed guts he didn't know he had and said he was proud of him.
Axiom and Nathan Frazer talk in the back about their match. They say they brought the best out of each other and Ax said he is cheering for him to win the N-A title ladder match. Mr. Stone and Von Wagner walk in. He said they made history but Von says their classics amount to nothing because they don't get titles for it. Von calls Frazer soccer boy and Frazer says he will smash his face with a ladder.
Alba Fyre vs Sonya Deville
They shove each other and Alba headbutts her chest. Alba running forearms her and is pulled off the 2nd rope. Sonya pump kicks her then Alba hits chops. Alba gordbusters her and Toxic Attraction get in the ring. Sonya accidentally facekicks Gigi then Alba rolls her up to win. This was real quick.
T-A and Sonya beat up Alba after then Mandy Rose comes out. Mandy tells her she made the wrong decision of abducting her and Mandy says she will fight fire with fire. Alba escapes the 1v3 and hits T-A with her bat. She puts the bat up against Mandy and Mandy leaves.
ORo Mensah and Wes Lee talk in the back. They get jumped by Trick and Melo and fight. They head out to the entrance area and the refs break it up.
Oro Mensah and Wes Lee vs Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams
We were told this began during the break. Wes headlocks Trick and Trick pops him up into a punch. Oro and Melo get in and Oro springboard dropkicks him. Oro headscissors him then axe kicks him with Melo doing a nice bump on his head. Oro goes to springboard but Trick trips him on the ropes. Oro flip kicks Trick then Wes flurries on Melo. Wes bulldogs Melo.
Trick throws Wes off the top then Oro kicks Trick on the apron. Oro jumps off the steps onto Trick and pounds him. Melo jumping codebreakers Wes then hits his top rope legdrop to Wes' neck to win it.
This was a real short one but it was action packed.
Trick and Melo beat up Oro after then Oro and Wes fight them off. Trick is double clotheslines out. Wes and Oro go over the top with him then Melo flips on Wes and Oro. Von Wagner comes out, face kicks Melo then Frazer top rope crossbodies Von.
We go to the Schism in the back. Gacy accuses Grimes of hyprocrisy for joining the OC. He says it will be no use though as The Schism will tear Grimes down.
Bron Breakker is interviewed. He said Ilja started things with him and he'll finish it. Bron says he can go around Ilja and JD or through them and he wants to go through them. Bron says he looked up to Kevin Owens and said there is always something good going on at his show. He will be on his show tonight with Ilja and JD.
Cameron Grimes and The OC vs The Schism
Grimes is wearing matching red and black with them. Grimes trips Jagger then shoulders, knees and baseball slides him. Grimes kick combos Rip in the corner then Rip lariats him after Jagger helps him in the corner. Grimes is stomped 2v1 and Grimes eventually hurricanrana's both. Karl back elbows Rip then Gallows beas up Rip in the corner.
Gallows short arm lariats Rip then elbow drops him. Rip hits Karl in the back with a knee then Karl takes a nice bump out. Jadder pounds on Karl outside. Jagger comes over the top and drops an elbow on Karl while he is in Rip's backbreaker. The Schism them hug. Jagger hits punches on Karl and they trade forearms. Karl running euros him then Grimes top rope crossbodies him.
Gacy and Jagger get sent over the top and we go to PiP break. We return from break and see Grimes being swung into a powerbomb. Gacy pounds on Grimes. Grimes crossbodies him then Gacy hits corner lariats on him. Gacy takes a standing spanish fly. Gallows gets the hot tag in and lariats everyone then flying shoulders Rip. Gallows does a reverse full nelson bomb on Rip then everyone starts getting moves in. Jagger step up enzugiri's Karl then Grimes M. Bison stomps Rip. Karl spinebusters Jagger then Jagger is hit with a magic killer. Doc thne picks up the win.
Not a classic or anything, but it was a decent 6-man tag.
The OC wants the money from Grimes after.
Veer is interviewed after. He said we won't get any info on what he said to Sanga. Sanga then walks in and says he is ready.
We get a video on Kayden Carter and Katana Chance vs Zoey Stark and Nikkita Lyons. We see them sign contracts for the match together. Zoey said they will prove that they are an actual tag team. Kayden said they will learn what it is like to think they can win and they can't. Nikkita says the better team will win and Chance says it's them.
Julius Creed and Damon Kemp do a split screen interview. Julius says he's nervous and says his parents told him his nerves can be used for good. Creed calls Kemp a clown. Kemp says there are two sides to Creed and says he is an arrogant loser on a side you don't see. Creed says Kemp is a clout chaser who doesn't want to do the work. They talk about using weapons on each other in the amublance match and Creed says he won more amateur matches in a month than Kemp did in his career. Creed tells him he isn't the best wrestler in his own family. Kemp says he knew all along he was better than him and says he will prove it when he puts him in the ambulance. Creed says there will be no remorse or sympathy and this isn't a match, but it's a fight. Kemp says Brutus will need a job after he beats him as Creed will have to retire if Julius loses.
We are told Shotzi is the guest h ost at Halloween Havoc, then she comes out in her tank. Shotzi said we need to go more balls to the wall and said her and she will make this years Halloween Havoc, the most terrifying extravaganza in NXT history. Xyon Quinn comes out. He wants to be a co-host. Quincy Elliot then comes out and says he wants to be co-host. Shotzi said since they are going to have a match right now anyway, they should make it for co-host privileges.
Winner gets to be co-host at Halloween Havoc - Quincy Elliot vs Xyon Quinn
Xyon is backdropped and lariated out. We go to PiP break and return with Xyon hitting a big lariat. Shotzi is on commentary then Xyon puts Quincy in the cobra clutch. quincy fights back with punches and takes a boot in the corner. Xyon puts Quincy on his shoulders but collapses. Quincy misses a splash. Xyon goes to get a weapon then Hank Walker is there and stops him. Quincy splashes Xyon when he gets in then banzai drops him for the win.
This was short and mostly cut off by the break. The winner here was no surprise.
We go to Chase U. Thea Hail wants another match with Kiana James and is going crazy. Chase tells us the history of Halloween Havoc and even goes into the Yeti and the Chamber of Horros match, which he says we will skip. Chucky appears on the screen and tells them their homework is to watch Havoc. Bodhi goes after Chucky and Chucky threatens him then says "that is a teachable moment", Thea then yells, "what the ****" in a fun segment.
Cora lays on the top rope to start. They kick each other and Cora goes down. Cora is then thrown into the buckles chest first. RR hits snake eyes on Cora then chops her outside. RR then chops the table when Cora moves. Cora pounds on RR. Cora gets a stick and RR blocks the shot then nails her with it. The ref immediately DQ's her. Cora laughs after as she got out of the match.
Perez hits Cora from behind after and throws her in the ring. Perez superkicks her then RR gives her the stick. Perez swings it at Cora but Cora escapes.
We see a poker game in the back and Jensen tells everyone the KO show is coming on. Briggs and Henley argue with them over drinking games then Sol handstand walks in. Briggs tells Jiro to drink when something stupid happens and everyone gets hyped up.
The KO Show with Bron Breakker, Ilja Dragunov and JD McDonagh
Kevin Owens said Shawn Michaels asked him to do this and he couldn't say no. OWens backs away from JD and JD says Owens will call him champ in a few days. Jd says he has been on his best behavior and said he didn't lay out Bron, that was Ilja. JD said he didn't spear Ilja, Bron did. JD said he doesn't care about being the toughest in NXT, he wants the NXT title. Ilja says hitting Bron was not a mistake been though he didn't aim for him. Ilja says he will prove the NXT title should have been his in the first place.
Bron says Ilja is the czar and only his spear could put him down. Bron says it sucks he had to reliquinish his title and knows he wants it back. He says that's too bad and if he wants a friend, get a dog. Owens says JD is trying to get them to tear each other apart and says he can't let that happen. He says no one wants JD as NXT champ. He says JD's mom doesn't want him as champ and is creeped out by him. JD says he doesn't care and says he has spent every second since being run off from NXT UK by Ilja thinking of ways to torture him. He says taking the NXT title will be something Ilja never recovers from. Kevin calls him creepy. Ilja says JD will always be a contender but never a champ. Bron says he will put Ilja in the same category as him. Ilja says Bron lost his title the last time he was in a triple threat then tells him to put him in that category right now.
They get up and move the chairs. Kevin exits the ring and tells them to fight. Bron and Ilja fight as JD laughs. Bron beats up security and spears Tank Ledger. Ilja spears Bron then Ilja headbutts JD. Ilja flying headbutts JD and holds the title up.
Austin Theory comes out with his MITB briefcase and they tease he could cash in.
The ending segment was really good and helped out a feud that wasn't going that great.
Overall thoughts: A different show than usual with lots of main roster people on it. It was a decent show with some fun segments but some of the matches were too shot.
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