Posted on 9/16/126 by Bob Magee
It’s Tuesday night, and you know what that means! Robert
Stone! Robert Stone’s Office! Playsets! People being weird
and complaining! It’s all the NXT Action you’ve come to know
and love! With four advertised matches and one apology
segment on the card I am literally terrified by how they
plan to fill out the next two hours, so let’s get into like
El Carnicero at a Circus!
Kali Armstrong vs. Lizzy Rain
You know, one day people are going to realize that the 80’s
heavy metal thing wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I was
there. Anyways, this match is about how they both keep
interrupting each other in interviews. Armstrong has Titles
on her mind, but Rain likes to pose and rock out which might
help? Maybe? Any way, This match will either keep Armstrong
on her championship trajectory or give Rain a chance to step
past her in the race to NXT gold.
Armstrong took control off the top with an arm drag and a
scoop slam. Rain drove Armstrong to the ropes and hit her
with a springboard back elbow, followed by a fisherperson’s
suplex. She continued working the arm, trying to take away
Armstrong’s power.
Rain went for a rollup while Commentary discussed the
upcoming Money in the Bank PLE, featuring neither of these
wrestlers. Rain hit a spin kick and she rolled up Armstrong
for two. Armstrong reveresed an Irish whip into the corner
and then ran it back with a charge, but Rain moved and
Armstrong went tumbling to the outside where Rain dove onto
her.
Rain threw Armstrong back into the ring and went up top, but
Armstrong knocked her down. She stomped Rain in the corner
and sent her off the ropes for a knee to the gut. Armstrong
hit a clothesline from the second rope for a two count. She
started throwing jabs at Rain and put her in an abdominal
stretch.
Rain got out of it and started a comeback with kicks and
punches. Armstron put an end to it with a sidewalk slam and
a spinebuster for two. When Rain kicked out, Booker T
exclaimed “What the hell!?” as if he’d never seen a kickout
before, which was actually kinda funny.
Rain tried to steal one with a backslide but no dice.
Armstrong ate a kick to the face and then another
fisherperson’s suplex. Rain started “making it rain” with
chops in the corner and then countered a powerslam into a
cutter for two. Rain set Armstrong up on the turnbuckle and
hit a superrana.
Rain connected with a head butt off the ropes and went for
Thunderstruck, but Armstrong took her down with the Kali
Connection shoulder and that was it. Armstrong gets the
victory.
Match Result: Kali Armstrong defeated Lizzy Rain
After the match, Skylar Raye returned and went after
Armstrong. Security broke it up and we transitioned to
Grayson Waller on a treadmill for no reason.
Then we caught up with Sean Legacy and Dorian Van Dux in the
NXT Lunchroom Playset. They were warming up for their match
when Birthright showed up and said that they were going to
take out any team that got in the way of them getting Tag
Team gold. Then Van Dux and Legacy left for their match that
I’m sure will not include any interference from Birthright.
-Back from break, in the Robert Stone Office Playset, Cruz
Montana and EK Prosper were talking about how they lost last
week when Vanity Project came in and talked some trash.
Montana suggested the he and EK take them on tonight, which
Stone, never one to not jump on someone else’s idea, agreed
to.
DarkState (Osiris Griffin & Cutler James) vs. Sean Legacy &
Dorian Van Dux
The second most important thing in wresting (next to
paperwork/contracts) is on the line in this match: Momentum.
Momentum of the tag team viarety as DarkState’s Griffin and
James test their mettle against Legacy and Van Dux. There
are a ton of tag teams looking to stake their claim for an
NXT Tag Team Championship match at the moment, so a win for
either of these teams would be a big step forward.
James and Legacy started things off with Cutler taking
control and sending Legacy to the corner. Legacy came back
with a dropkick, but James picked him up and threw him.
Legacy went off the turnbuckle and countered an armdrag into
a sliced bread. He tagged in DVD and then Griffin came in
and knocked them both down.
Griffin threw DVD to the mat with a powerslam and then
whipped him into the corner for a splash. DVD tried to catch
him with an arm drag but Griffin blocked it. DVD then
started throwing hands until Griffin was on the mat. DVD hit
him with a clothesline off the ropes and tagged in Legacy.
They double teamed Griffin with a double back body drop.
They went for a double suplex, but Griffin countered it into
a double suplex the other way. James came in and they
charged, but DVD and Legacy dodged it and they flew to the
outside. DVD and Legacy followed, but Griffin and James beat
them down.
Back in the ring, James pulled DVD into the corner where he
and Griffin double teamed him. DVD got a diving tag to
Legacy who came in and was immediately crushed by Griffin.
James came in and slammed him for a two count. James hit a
clothesline and then whipped Legacy into the corner.
Griffin tagged in and cut off Legacy from making a tag.
Griffin hit a Vader Bomb on Legacy and they double teamed
him with a double backbreaker. Legacy came back with an open
handed chop but James responded with an uppercut. James sent
Legacy to the outside where he pulled Griffin off the apron.
James came after him and Legacy went back into the ring to
tag in DVD who hit a springboard crossbody. DVD hit a double
cutter on Griffin and James from the top rope, but only got
a two count. Grayson Waller was shown picture in picture
still on the treadmill.
DVD hit a couble moonsault on Griffin and James, sending
them to the outside where Legacy dove through the ropes on
them repeatedly. DVD hit an Asai moonsault on Griffin and
threw him back into the ring. He went up top and hit a
shooting star press, but James broke up the cover.
Suddenly, Dion Lennox arrived and clocked DVD on the
outside. He sent him back into the ring where Griffin and
James hit a double powerbomb to pick up the win.
Match Result: DarkState defeated Sean Legacy & Dorian Van
Dux
After the match, Brithright showed up and said that everyone
should pay attention to what they did to Zilla Fatu. They
re-stated that they were going to take out anyone who got in
the way of their tag team ambitions and beat up LEgacy and
DVD. But that brought Zilla Fatu running out who cleared the
ring of Birthright until Charlie Dempsey jumped him. DVD and
Legacy tried to help and the brawl moved, leaving Dempsey
alone in the ring so Fatu could hit him with the samoan
spike.
More footage of Grayson Waller on the treadmill was shown
before the scene switched to Robert Stone and Skylar Raye in
the NXT Warehouse Playset. Miles Borne showed up and asked
if Robert Stone had allotted sufficient time for his apology
to Tavion Heights. Stone said he had and Borne headed for
the ring.
-In the NXT Medical Playset, Zaria was having her arm looked
at by a doctor for some reason. Izzi Dame wandered in and
asked if people were born wicked, which seemed to upset
Zaria and she stormed off.
-In the ring, Miles Borne was waiting with a mic. He called
Tavion Heights to the ring and so he came. Heights said that
brother fight sometimes, but what Borne did was over the
line. Borne said that he was sorry and that he jumped the
gun and let his emotions get to him. Borne said that he
acted out of fear and he’s not proud of what he did and that
he’s sorry.
Heights said that he appreciated the apology, but he is
still hurting from Borne’s betrayal. Heights said that Borne
kicked him when he was down and Borne abandoned him. Borne
reminded him of when he did something similar to him at the
Great American Bash. Borne said he forgave Heights then and
when they are together, no one can stop them.
Borne then asked Heights to forgive him. Heights said that
maybe he could have handled it better. Borne said that he
loves Heights like a brother and Heights began to tear up.
He said that he forgives Borne and wants to get things
rolling again. Then they hugged it out.
Then Borne hit Heights with a Borne Again and threw him
through the ropes and into the NXT LED Barricades. He tossed
Heights back into the ring and pulled a chair from
underneath. He put Heights ankle in the chair and stomped
it. Staff came down to help Heights and send Borne to the
back.
-Back from break we joined Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey in
a doctors office. The doctor came in and told Kendal that
her problem was simple: Trauma. The doctor continued
violating patient confidentiatlity and said that Grey would
not be cleared and should see a shrink for her mental
health.
Non-Title Match: Cruz Montana & EK Prosper vs. NXT Tag Team
Champions The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes) w/
Myka Lockwood
This match was made earlier in the NXT Robert Stone’s Office
Playset when Vanity Project, Montana and Prosper all
occupied the same space, so naturally a tag mat came out of
it. If Montana and Prosper had known losing would have meant
they had to wrestle Vanity Project, maybe the’d have worked
harder. Also, why no Keanu Carver? Is he too busy looming
over Robert Stone somewhere?
Prosper and Baylor started things off at a quick pace, with
prosper getting a dropkick in. Prosper ran up the
turnbuckles and hit another one on Smokes before Montana and
Baylor tagged in. Smokes tried to overpower Montana, but no
dice. He kicked him in the stomach and that seemed to work,
but Montana came back with a bunch of chops.
Montana hit a rolling cutter on Smokes for a two count and
then whipped him over to the corner where Prosper tagged in
and scoop slammed Smokes. Baylor tried to help, but Montana
cut him off and sent him to the outside.
Back in the ring, Montana and Prosper keopt control with
Prosper sending Smokes to the corner for a massive chop from
Montana. Baylor tagged in and took down Montana for some
stomping. Smokes tagged in and hit Montana with a big boot
for two. They traded quick tags, with splashes and stomps on
Montana as the result.
Baylor started thrusting his hips which seemed to really
offend commentary as Montana started a comeback. It was
short lived though as Smokes and Baylor hit him with a
double team. Smokes grabbed a headlock, but Montana punched
his way out of it. Smokes knocked Prosper off the apron and
Montana rolled him up for two.
Smokes tried to dodge Montana off the ropes, but Montana
caught him with a death valley driver. Prosper made it back
to the corner and Montana got him a hot tag. Baylor came in
and Prosper hit them both with a double dropkick. Smokes
went tothe outside and EK hit a moonsault off the second
rope on Baylor.
Prosper went up top for a blockbuster on Baylor, but only
got a two count. Prosper went for a stomp from up top, but
Baylor dodged it and tagged in Smokes who speared Prosper.
Prosper got back up and hit a shining wizard on Smokes. He
and Montana went up top with Smokes and Prosper hit him with
a super rana.
Montana sent Baylor to the outside and Prosper sent Smokes
and they dove on them both. Then Jackson Drake showed up and
clocked Montana to get himseld and Lockwood thrown out.
Back in the ring, Smokes went for a cover on Prosper with a
handful of tights but missed. He tried again with a
backslide and Baylor held Prosper’s legs out of view of the
ref so that they could get the three count and the victory.
Match Result: The Vanity Project defeated Cruz Montana & EK
Prosper
-Backstage, Saquon Shugars was incohearently interviewed. It
made no sense, as did Tristan Angels wandering in to
complain about Zilla Fatu. He fact-of-the-mattered Shugars,
saying he was the only one deserving of the NXT Title.
Shugars said a bunch of catchprases and then more footage of
Grayson Waller on the treadmill aired.
I’m old enough to remember a Monday Nitro where they
repeated showed Goldberg waiting for someone in the back,
but he had a different drink every time. Coke, Tea, Water,
etc. The Waller on the treadmill running (heh) gag reminds
me of that.
-Back from break, NXT Women’s Champion came to the ring to
tell us how she struggled, was under-appreciated, is the
best and sets the standard, etc. She mentioned that Wren
Sinclair got herself suspended and that there’s no one in
the locker room who can step up to her, which of course
brought out new AAA Reina de Reinas champion La Catalina to
step up to her.
Catalina congratulated Jordan on her rise to the top and
said that she was here to take Women’s wrestling to the next
level. That conjured NXT Women’s North American Champion
Zaria who came out to say she was the most dominant champion
in NXT because she unified the Speed and North American
titles.
They all then agrued about who was interrupting who until
Thea Hail interrupted them to say that it’s about time
someone talked about her. Hail said that she may be young,
but she’s proved she’s championship material. No one liked
that, so they brawled. Catalina and Hail formed an alliance
and hit double hip attacks and then double dancing. Then the
segment ended, accomplishing absolutely nothing.
More footage of Grayson Waller on the treadmill played us
into a commercial break.
-Back from break, Shiloh Hill posted a TikTok about the
poison mist. He’s running a lot of tests in his shed to see
what the different colors do. He then tested a yellow mist
that totally didn’t look like pee on himself and said he
felt pretty normal. But then a totally not AI Raccoon family
started talking to him, so I want whatever’s in that mist.
-In the Robert Stone’s Office Playset, Robert Stone
announced his new plan for the Tag Team Division: He’s
bringing back the Dusty Classic, with teams from AAA, Raw,
Smackdown, Evolve and NXT. Again, Robert Stone takes someone
else’s idea and turns it into an announcement. The Creeds
overheard this and came in to say that they wanted in. Stone
told them to wait to see the brackets.
NXT Championship #1 Contender’s Triple Threat Match: Mason
Rook vs. Tony D’Angelo vs. Saquon Shugars
After winning a six-man tag team match last week, teammates
turn to rivals as Mason Rook, Tony D’Angelo, and Saquon
Shugars enter into this Triple Threat Match to determine the
rightful #1 Contender to Grayson Waller’s NXT Championship
(assuming he ever gets off the treadmill). Last week, in
said six-man match, Rook stole a blind tag and scored the
pinfall even though D’Angelo’waas about to do it. Rude.
There’s also the other three participants of last week’s
match (Cruz Montana, EK Prosper and Keanu Carver) who might
be looking to cause trouble next to that balcony area where
everyone gets speared through the wall.
The match started with a healthy dose of trash talk that got
Shugars sent to the outside. Rook and D’Angelo rolled around
until D’Angelo caught Rook with a spear off the ropes. He
then dove through the ropes onto Shugars on the outside.
They got back in the ring and Shugars used a headscissor to
take D’Angelo down.
Rook came back in to clothesline D’Angelo and then give
Shugars a powerslam. He then powerslammed D’Angelo,
powerslammed Shugars onto D’Angelo and then sentoned them
both.
Shugars came back with a high knee to Rook, but got German
suplexed by D’Angelo. Shugars grabbed onto Rook and D’Angelo
suplexed them both at the same time, which was objectively,
pretty cool.
Rook came back with a hard shot and slam to D’Angelo before
going up top. Shugars met him there and the D’Angelo grabbed
them both from underneath and powerbombed both men, which
was objectively, also pretty cool.
Shugars tried a sunset flip on D’Angelo but no joy. D’Angelo
sent Shugars into the ringpost and went under the ring
looking for a chair. He found one, but Shugars knocked him
down and took it. He went’ to jump off of it but it broke.
Rook caught him with a superkick and D’Angelo threw Rook
back into the ring.
D’Angelo grabbed a sleeper on Rook. Shugars came back in and
grabbed a sleeper on D’Angelo who was still holding Rook.
Rook backed everyone into the corner and then went off the
ropes to crossbody D’Angelo. D’Angelo shoved him into
Shugars who went for a rollup on Rook but only got two.
Shugars clubbed D’Angelo in the corner and then Rook
backdropped him to the apron. Rook got caught by a drop te
from Shugars who then dropped a leg on him for two. Shugars
wanted to go up top, but Rook grabbed his leg and sent him
to the corner where Rook and D’Angelo hit stereo splashes.
D’Angelo suplexed Rook for a two count but Shugars caught
him with a backslide. The ref saw a foot on the ropes and
called off the count. Shugars went up top and D’Angelo
grabbed him and threw him into Rook, who got a two count off
of it.
Rook and D’Angelo traded shots in the middle of the ring
until D’Angelo snuck in a knee and then he sent them both
over the top rope. Rook tried to sent D’Angelo into the
stairs, but Shugars jumped off of Rook to hit D’Angelo. He
threw D’Angelo back into the ring where Rook hit him with a
cannonball.
Shugars hit Rook with a tornado DDT and went up top to hit
the reverse frog splash on D’Angelo. Tristan Angels then ran
in to break up the count. Shugars dove onto him and they
brawled. In the ring, D’Angelo’s back gave out on a suples
and Rook hit a Blue Thunder Bomb before going up top and
splashing D’Angelo for 1-2-3 and the victory to become #1
Contender.
Match Result: Mason Rook defeated Tony D’Angelo and Saquon
Shugars
Instantly, Grayson Waller’s music played and he ran out all
sweaty and waved the title belt in Rook’s face.