WWE NXT 10/25/2022

WWE NXT 10/25/2022 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/10/wwe-nxt-10182022.html

NXT Women's Tag Titles - Katana Chance and Kayden Carter (c) vs Nikkita Lyons and Zoey Stark

Carter rolls out of a wristlock and kicks Lyons' leg to make her split. Zoey lariats Carter. Zoe misses a kick then takes an upkick for it then Chance slingshot sentons her. Chance headscissors Zoey but Zoey flips and lands on her feet out of it. Chance and Carter do a silly string and Chance headscissors Zoey off of it.

Lyons punches Kacy then Kacy gets out and makes a tag. Lyons and Carter trade kick attempts and Lyons ankle locks her. Kacy gets on Lyons' shoulders and rolls her into a pin attempt for 2. She shotgun dropkicks her then Lyons takes a double dropkick out. Zoey is thrown out with her then both Zoey and Lyons catch dives and slam their opponents on the floor off of it.

We go to PiP break and return. Chance takes a swinging slam then Carter dropkicks Zoey into Lyons and hits both in the corner. Carter then dropkicks Lyons and lands on Zoey with a splash. Carter flips Chance onto an opponent. Chance is alley oop'd into the buckles then is reverse slammed by Zoey. Chance rolls up another reverse slam into a pin attempt. Carter takes Zoey over the top, but she skins the cat and is back in. She then rolls up Chance off a missed kick and wins it.

Or did they? another ref comes in and says there was an unseen tag and the match isn't over. All 4 girls fight and Chance plancha's Lyons on the outside. Chance top rope spanish flies Zoey and gets 2. Zoey germans Chance. Lyons spin kicks Carter in the face then does a jumping split ofr 2. Chance hurricanrana's Zoey over the top. Carter hits superkicks on Lyons then they do their 450 + neckbreaker combo and Chance picks up the win.

Athletically, it was pretty good with them performing much better than the women usually do. I didn't like the kick out of the spanish fly. I was fine with the false finish here as Lyons and Zoey needed some credibility, and them getting their win overturned was a way to do it. I did not think Chance and Carter should have lost here. 

Ilja Dragunov talks about the 3 way at Halloween Havoc and says JD McDonagh needs removed again like he removed him from NXT UK. 

We get a quick video with T-Bar burning his mask and saying it's not about retribution, but justice.

Wes Lee comes out to talk. He said he never expected to be in WWE or be a champ. He said he is grateful to be in a place where he is loved and thanks the fans for chanting "you deserve it" while he was on top of the ladder.

Grayson Waller comes out. He said he hates Halloween and Wes says he can't rain on his parade because he lost his match. He said he technically won. Waller says congrats on winning the ladder match, as he climbed a ladder at Heom Depot. He says he is up 1-0 on Apollo Crews. R-Truth comes out. He welcomes everyone to Halloween Havoc and asks if they are ready for the psookiest night of the year. Waller interrupts and Truth says he has a British accent. Truth then does the accent and Waller says he's Australian. The crowd chants, "no, he's not". Waller explains Halloween Havoc was 3 days ago and Truth says he is trying to okey-doke him. Wes confirms it already happened and Truth congrats Wes on winning the N-A Title.  Truth asks Waller how he did and Truth finds out Waller lost. Truth says he would be scared of being put in the casket. They argue more, Waller goes to hit Truth and gets hit and thrown out. Wes and Truth then celebrate.

Blade and Enofe are in the locker room. Blade is nervous. Enofe says they have more than a shot at the tag titles tonight. Enofe tries to hype him up and it works with Blade saying let's win the tag titles.

Apollo Crews does a promo. He says Waller is Truth's problem now. He says his focus is to become NXT champ. He said he wants to hear what Bron Breakker has to say next week.

Quincy Elliot brings out Shotzi.

Lash Legend vs Shotzi

No entrance for Lash. Lash hits knees to the gut and throws her by the hair. Lash throws her over the top and Shotzi dropkicks her in the knee. She tries to trip her but is just kicked then Shotzi chokes Lash with her legs over the top rope. Lash pump kicks her off the apron. Quinc distracts Lash outside then Shotzi goes out to fight with her. Lash slams Shotzi on the inside then Lash stretch mufflers her. Shotzi does a ddt variation on her and wins it.

It was short and not particularly special.

Brutus Creed gets hyped in the back for his 5 minutes with Damon Kemp.

The Creeds come out. He shows that his hands are bloody from beating up Damon Kemp. He says the pain is nothing though if he had costed Brutus his career. Brutus thanks him for svaing his career and then calls out Damon Kemp for his 5 minute beating.

Damon Kemp appears on the tron. He says he's not medically cleared but says he has 5 minutes that are waiting for him. Brutus says every day he has to wait, the whooping will get worse. Sanga and Veer then come in and jump The Creed's. Sanga hesitates and Veer nails Julius. Sanga then pounds on Burtus and chokeslams him.

Ivy Niles stares at them as they are leaving and yells, "why?".

WWE NXT Tag Titles - Pretty Deadly (c) vs Malik Blade and Edris Enofe

I lost my review of this, but it was a pretty good one. The action was fast paced and both teams had one of their best matches yet. These guys worked really well together and I'd love to see them do it again.

JD McDonagh does a video promo about Ilja Dragunov. He calls himself a necessary evil and and says he wants to make Ilja damaged beyond repair tonight. During his promo, the lights went red on his face and there was a Darth Vader voice as he said some things.

Zoey Stark is interviewed. she said she had the tag titles in the palm of her hand and then they were taken away. She says Carter and Chance are the luckiest women in WWE. Nikkita Lyons walks in and blames herself. Zoey said they have a rematch and will win the belts when they get that match.

 

The Schism come out wearing yellow masks with glow in the dark writing on them and a platform. 

Gacy says togetherness is the greatest accomplishment. He says to remove your mask and join The Schism or be torn down. Rip says NXT is a den of selfishness and greed. Rip says all hope will dry out. Jagger has his beard back and says love brings love while anger devices. He says The Schism only builds stronger together as a unit. Gacy says it's time for the person in the red hoodie to reveal their true self, but says there is no going back. The mask comes off and the crowd yells for Ava Raine, and it turns out to be here. She's The Rock's daughter and had done some house shows. She says Schism is her family and completes her and introduces herself. They all hug and Gacy says 4 roots, 1 tree. they then all hold up peace signs.

I don't like Ava not using The Rock's last name. That's why she is signed and that's why people are interested in her. It makes little sense not to use it.

Sol Ruca is interviewed. She says she is nervous but excited for tonight. She says Indi Hartwell is a bad@ss competitor then Indi walks in. Indi says her doing tricks will only take her so far and it is all about winning.

We get played a call from the WWE Performance Center. It says to let go of all of your pain and to listen with your eyes and speak with your ears. It says to awake from the dark and says this is just the start. It says it plans to rip all of NXT apart and says, "Sincerely, Scripts".

Indi Hartwell vs Sol Ruca

Sol does her usual handstand in and is slammed as soon as it starts. Indi slams her again and kicks her then Sol does a nice kip down and kip up into a slam on Indi. Sol does a forward cartwheel but Indi moves then Indi lariats her. Indi hits some short arm clotheslines then forearms her in the back of the head and wins it.

This was very short and the ending was pretty lame. It seems like they are turning Indi heel here which I don't like since the audience really supports her.

Elektra Lopez attacks Indi after, though they called her Alexa Lopez. She throws Indi into the post then does a driver on Sol. Lopez then kicks Sol in the ribs and says he is back.

We go to Chase U. Bodhi is not there then Duke walks in. Duke says he was looking for Bodhi. Chase says he is disappointed in Bodhi. Duke gives Chase an apple then takes Bodhi's seat. Chase says November is a historic month for the world and wrestling. Duke gives Thea a pen then says he doesn't need to write, he knows everything. Chase yells at him for this and tells him to take some notes. Duke apologizes and takes someone else's pen.

We see a countdown clock and it is for NXT DeadL1ne without any more details as to what that is.

Roxanne Perez does a promo on Cora Jade. She said she doesn't like the person she became and she said she isn't sorry for what she did. She said Cora was afraid of her potential.

Blade and Enofe leave the arena and Odyssey Jones drives in with a truck full or girls. He says we will go out and have the time of our lives and says to forget about the match. He says they can return next week and Enofe jumps in. Blade is pulled in. This is the return of Jones, who has been out for nearly a year.

Next week has a 1 year celebration for Mandy Rose's title reign, Bron Breakker, R-Truth vs Grayson Waller and more.

Ilja Dragunov vs JD McDonagh

JD poses on the top and is thrown off. Drag germans him twice then lifts him from between the legs for a suplex. JD hits chops on Drag then Drag jumping front kicks him in the head. JD hits back elbows on Drag and knees him in the gut. Drag slams JD and JD tries to suplex him to the outside from the apron. Drag is bumped off the apron into the commentary table (which is now in the usual WWE place instead of on the side).

Drag holds his elbow/arm and the ref calls the trainers out. We go to break and return with JD in control. JD drops him body first on the top rope and he flips forward from it. They trade forearms and Drag hits spinning chops. JD hits a punch then Drag saves himself from falling and enzugiri's him. Drag jumping knees JD then kneedrops him from the 2nd rope. Drag goes for a 2nd rope senton but JD gets his knees up. They fight up top and Drag top rope superplexes him. Drag falling forearms him.

Drag charges at him and is caught with a grounded cobra twist. Drag passes out due to the pain and blood is all over Drag's face.

This was short but it made sense and was good for what it was. The ending helped JD after taking some losses recently and it's cool to see them following up on their NXT UK feud. Drag is stretchered out after.

Overall thoughts: Pretty good episode overall with the two tag matches being good plus some returns and debuts.