WWE NXT Halloween Havoc 2024 10/27/2024

WWE NXT Halloween Havoc 2024 10/27/2024

Pre-show: I just saw the Ridge Holland segment only. Dave LaGreca and Bubba Ray Dudley talked about Ridge Holland. Ridge walked in and complained, saying they seem to be having a good time running him down. Ridge says they don't know who he is. Bubba says he gets int, saying it's a big night for Ridge and he's trying to make a big night even bigger. Ridge says Bubba did whatever it took to get to where he got and he says Bubba pushed the envelope until he became a Hall of Famer. He says he'll do the same thing to put chase U down for good.

WWE NXT North American Title - Tables, Ladders and Scares - Tony D'Angelo (c) vs Oba Femi

Tony D interrupts the intros and nails Oba. Tony spears him and lariats him over the top. Oba hits euros then is sent into the post. Tony then spears him through the rail. Tony goes for a ladder and Oba chairs Tony.

Tony throws a chair at Oba's head and Oba chairs Tony's back. Oba chokeslams him on a chair for 2. Oba chair's Tony's back then chairs him in the gut. Tony is sent into a ladder. Tony's head is banged off a ladder. Tony's back is rammed into the apron edge. Oba knees him in the gut.

Oba slams Tony onto the ladder in the corner. Tony hits punches on Oba and takes a running euro into a table in the corner. Tony grabs a chair. Oba crowbars it then hits Tony in the back with the crowbar. Oba pulls the crowbar into Tony's face.

Oba stomps on Tony then chokes him with the crowbar. Oba lariats Tony from behind. Tony back body drops Oba. Tony chairs him then belly to belly suplexes him. Tony then spinebusters him for 2. 

Tony sets a table up and Oba F-5's Tony. Tony grabs his knee after. Oba zipties Tony to the bottom rope connector. Tony's Family comes out and Luca and Stacks get beaten up. Stacks is thrown hard back-first into the post. Rizzo tries to untie Tony. Oba gets up in Rizzo's face and teases putting her through a table. Oba follows her and Rizzo grabs a crowbar. Oba takes the crowbar and Tony frees himself. Tony then spears Oba onto a bridge ladder.

Oba hits a big lariat on Tony. Oba pop up powerbombs Tony for 2. Tony's family hits Oba with weapons then hits a shatter machine on him using a chair. Tony spinebusters Oba through a table and wins.

Thoughts: It was a good match. They got off to a hot start here and beat each other up good. The finish was a bit sudden. The Family interfering made sense but it wasn't exactly face like and it didn't make Tony look strong. I don't love Oba losing again here and I'm curious as to what is next for him, though he did not lose clean by any means.

Lexis King is interviewed by Sarah Schreiber. He says he hasn't found his cornerman for the Heritage Cup Match. He says he's trying to be his own man and says rejection does suck. William Regl walks in and offers to be his cornerman. Regal says he knew his cornerman. He says 5 decades in the business taught him the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. He says he appreciates he's trying to be his own man. King says he can't think him enough.

We see clips of Fatal Influence and Kelani Jordan talking in front of the wheel earlier. Fallon says their match will be a gauntlet match since it landed on Spinner's Choice.

Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez vs Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer

G = Giulia, SV = Stephanie Vaquer

G and SV have some facepaint on. Steph has a half-skull for hers. Steph really looks like Thunder Rosa with this. Cora and Perez have matching outfits on. SV and Cora start us off. SV pulls the arms backwards. Cora reverses it. G top rope double axe handles Cora's arm then yanks on it.

Perez and SV go at it. Perez slaps her and is shoved. SV side headlocks her then waistlock throws her down. Perez armdrags her and legsweeps her. Perez yanks the arm then la magistrals her. SV bangs Perez's face off the mat with the headscissors.

Perez takes a 619 and a basement dropkick. SV superkicks Cora then SV and G hit a double elbow drop on Cora. G and SV do stereo STF's. G slap Perez then headkicks her. G top rope dropkicks her for 2. Cora trips G then Perez hits G from behind. Cora then joins in.

Vic brings up Booker's Reality of Wrestling promotion. Perez dropkicks G against the ropes. Cora back elbows G against the ropes for 2. Cora chinlocks G. G rolls up Cora for 2. Cora lariats G over. Cora step up knees G in the corner but ends up going over the top.

G hits forearms on Perez then they slap each other down at the same time. SV is tagged in and springboard crossbodies Perez. SV hits a soul foot on her then hits headbutts on Cora. SV then corner meteora's her. SV hits a nasty dragon screw on Perez for 2.

All 4 girls fight and SV and G hit headbutts. They both then take stereo superkicks. Perez hits a double tope outside and Cora 2nd rope coffin drops both opponents. Perez la mistica crossfaces SV. SV gets hit while up top. Perez 2nd rope hurricanrana's her then Cora hits a top rope swanton SV for 2.

G hits a glorious driver on Perez and drops her on her head. Cora gutwrench suplexes G. Cora hits forearms on SV. SV back body drops Cora. Cora step up knees G against the ropes. G stops an electric chair move then backdrops Cora. G top rope double underhook suplexea Cora. SV hits a top rope cancun tornado on Perez. SV pins Perez.

Thoughts: I liked this one a lot. They didn't slow down the whole time. Cora had some rough moments and is clearly not comfortable doing dives. It was action packed, fast paced and SV's finisher looked good here. This really couldn't have went much better than it did.

The lights go out after and we see a Zaria video. Zaria appears up high in the stands and gets the spotlight put on her.

Cedric Alexander and Je'Von Evans talk in the back. Evans says the kid in him should be enjoying the run and he said he shouldn't of slapped Nathan Frazer. Ced says sometimes bad things can lead to good things though as  they are getting a tag title shot. Ced says he's here to get some gold.

Dave LaGreca and Bubba Ray Dudley talk. Bubba says the show is awesome and says the women had a hell of a women's match. He gets excited for Zaria. Bubba puts over tables, ladders and scares.

Ambulance Match - Andre Chase vs Ridge Holland

I think Chase maybe has a Freddy Kreuger style Chase U sweater on, but it's debatable. Ridge came out in a mask. The ambulance is a smaller and older car.

They trade punches and Ridge pushes him over. Chase running facekicks him and lariats him over the top. Chase kicks him from the apron then cannonballs him off the apron.

Ridge headbutts him and throws him over the rails. Chase dives on him off the rails and pounds on him. Chase is rammed into the side of the ambulance. Chase is put in the ambulance but boots his way out. Chase sprays him with a fire extinguisher. Ridge overhead belly to belly suplexes Chase on the floor. He rams a stretcher into him. then Chase jumps off the stretcher to hit him.

Chase is dropped on the stretcher then takes an overhead belly to belly. Ridge corner splashes him. Ridge suplex lifts him then powerslams him down. Ride hits Chase with a kendo stick. Ridge chairs him. Chase is in a chair and Ridge pounds on him. Chase trips him into the chair. They duel kendo stick shots. Chase hits him in the gut and back. Chase white russian legsweep him then does C-H-A-S-E-U stomps.

Chase top rope crossbodies him then chairs him in the back. Ridge slams him on the floor. Ridge takes a back body drop on the exposed floor. Chase rams Ridge with the stretcher.

They get on the commentary table and Chase ddt's him on it. Ridge sends Chase into the steps. They head back over to the ambulance area. Ridge pounds on him. Chase throws the stretcher board at Ridge and throws pumpkins at him. Chase then flips off the ambulance onto him.

Chase tries to put Ridge in the ambulance but can't close the door. Ridge eye rakes him while in the ambulance. Chase gets hit with the ambulance door then is catapulted into it. Ridge lifts him for a ddt on the floor and Ridge closes the ambulance door on him. Ridge wins.

Thoughts: It was a good match. It was mostly based around weapons usage. Chase put over that he hated Ridge well. I was kind of surprised to see Ridge win but it made sense. They got a lot of time for this one.

We see clips from earlier in the week of Fraxiom talking at the PC. Frazer apologizes about what happened with Evans. Axiom says he's used to it as Frazer starts a fight and he backs them out of it. Ax brings up him being happy that Orton calls him a hothead.

Sarah interviews Ava. Ava says she wants to see if Fraxiom can beat Cedric and Je'Von. Ava says Regal has a lot of knowledge about Heritage Cup matches and Charlie Dempsey. Ava says she's excited for NXT to be at the ECW Arena. She says Lola Vice will face Jaida Parker in a hardcore match with Dawn Marie as the special ref.

WWE NXT Women's North American Title - Gauntlet Match

Leg 1 - Kelani Jordan (c) vs Jasmyn Nyx

They lock up. KJ yanks on the arm. KJ flips out of a wristlock and puts her own on. KJ misses a high kick then tiger feint dropkicks her. KJ dropkicks her out. KJ asai moonsaults her outside. KJ low crossbodies her while she's seated for 2.

Nyx bulldogs her and PK's her for 2. They have a messy sequence and KJ olympic slams her. KJ 450's her and pins her.

Leg 2 - Kelani Jordan (c) vs Jacy Jayne

Jacy flying headscissors her then is pulled over the top. KJ corkscrew plancha's her. KJ top rope crossbodies her. KJ leg lariats her. KJ is put in tree of woe and booted. Jacy corner cannonballs her. Jacy sentons her for 2.

Jacy pumping knees her. KJ's cartwheel is caught and she throws her over. Jacy rolls her up for 2. Jacy neckbreakers her. KJ backrolls her and bridges her. kj pins her.

Jacy then decks her and knocks her down.

Leg 3 - Kelani Jordan (c) vs Fallon Henley

Fallon comes down and immediately tries to pin a downed KJ. Fallon bangs KJ's head off the buckles. Fallon tornado suplexes her. Fallon running forearms her. Kelani blocks a tornado suplex then hits a leg slice for 2. 

Fallon eye rakes her then they double lariat each other. They trade forearms. KJ hits lariats then cartwheel back elbows her. Fallon blockbusters her for 2. KJ does a sitout spinning ddt. KJ split-legged moonsaults and Nyx comes down and gets in. KJ knocks her away. Jacy gets on the apron and is booted. KJ goes for a 450 and Fallon gets her knees up. Fallon hits a shining wizard and wins.

Thoughts: This whole thing was an absolute joke. Credit to the heels though for not being stupid and picking a stipulation that benefited them though. There was nothing good about this. It had a bunch of shenanigans. All 3 matches were short and Kelani had an off night with sloppy moments during the first two legs of this.

Fatal Influence get on the mic after. Another Zaria video airs. The lights are out. Zaria appears behind Fatal Influence and knocks them all down. Zaria spears and F-5's Fallon then stands tall.

The D'Angelo Family celebrate in the back. Tony said he didn't know they were coming. He said Oba tried to take the family out but he retained. Tony says he wants to give a big shoutout to big Rizz. Rizzo says she knows who attacked her and said she will come after her Tuesday, though they don't say who did it.

Dave LaGreca and Bubba Ray Dudley talk about Kelani losing the title. Bubba then says Zaria put the women's division on notice. They mention Ridge Holland. Ridge then comes in. He says he told him but doesn't put his mic up to his mouth so we can't hear what he says. He says he's giving everyone a warning.

Bubba says Ridge interrupted him twice (Ridge interrupted him on the pre-show when Bubba talked to Dave). He says don't let it happen again. They stare down and Ridge leaves.

Vic and Booker talk on the stage about the next match. Tatum Paxley appears in a box and Ava says they need to get Tatum to medical. Tatum says she wants a match with Wendy Choo. Tatum says let's make it more interesting and spins the wheel. It lands on a casket match and Ava makes it official.

WWE NXT Title - Devil's Playground Match - Trick Williams (c) vs Ethan Page

Trick comes out with a top hat, gloves and a cane. Page hits Trick during intros and stomps on him. Page pounds on him. Page running knees him. Page grabs a chair and tells Trick to come back in. They duel chairs and Trick chairs him in the back several times. Page rams Trick's back into the apron edge. Page tells Vic he looks like a dumb@ss in his jack o'lantern jacket and Booker laughs.

Page grabs a pumpkin. Trick hits him, the pumpkin flies and Trick catches it. Trick puts it on Page's head, hits some punches then corkscrew kicks it. The crowd chants, "whop that pumpkin". Trick grabs a piece of a ladder. Page is dropped on the apron then sent over the rails. They fight in the crowd. Trick throws him into the rail. Page hits him with a trash can. Page is lariated over the rail.

Page pump kicks him then ddt's him on a chair. Page side slams him through an open chair for 2. Page throws Trick down on a chair. Trick ddt's him. Trick hits some punches and hits leg lariats. Trick flapjacks him. Page high kicks him and Trick pumping knees him.

Page pours out a bag of nuts and bolts. Trick neckbreakers Page on them for 2. Trick double axe handles Page off the steps. Trick's mouth gets busted open. Page gets on the steps and hits an ego's edge on Trick on the commentary table.

Doctors come to check on Trick. Page slams Trick on the steps. Page misses a shot with the steps then takes a rock bottom on the steps. Page low blows him and slaps him around. Page grabs the steps then Trick low blows him. Trick slaps him then hits him with the steps. Trick flying pumping knees him and wins.

Thoughts: It was mostly a hardcore match here and wasn't that special. There wasn't a lot but weapons shots. It did feel like either guy could maybe win though.

Ridge Holland attacks Trick Williams after. Page says this is his business and not Ridge's. Page runs into him and tells him if he wants to do it, do it right. Ridge then lifting ddt's Trick. Bubba Ray Dudley comes out and beats up the heels. The heels back off and the four stand off to end the show.

Thoughts: I watched this after it happened. I had seen someone say that Bubba Ray Dudley stood tall to end the show over the heels and I'm like "what?". We know why they did this - NXT is going to be in the ECW Arena and they wanted some ECW names for it, but it's pretty bizarre.

Overall thoughts: Everything was fine except for the gauntlet match, which was a disaster. Oba/Tony and the women's tag match were the best matches on this one. It was a fun event and a good offering from NXT. I'd give it a 7 out of 10. A great main may have really put this over the top, but Trick and Page's past bouts haven't been that good and it wasn't expected. Bubba Ray Dudley standing tall to close the show though was something I never imagined we'd see in 2024.