Posted on 10/07/126 by Bob Magee
The Dusty Rhodes Classic will continue as Sean Legacy &
Dorian Van Dux take on the Tokyo Bad Boys. The winners of
that match will advance to face AAA Tag Team Champions El
Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno, who received a first-round
bye.
Also in the Dusty Rhodes Classic, Hank Walker & Tank Ledger
will take on Shido Ash & Viktor Zanov, with the winners
advancing to face the Creed Brothers.
Our live coverage of tonight’s show kicks off at 8 p.m.
Eastern.
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It’s Tuesday night and (sigh) you know what that means…
Complaining! Interruptions! Warehouses! NXT!
Tonight’s got some potential with a big battle royal and the
last two Dusty Cup first round matches, but I assume that to
earn those we are going to have sit through a few
“struggles” and “not being appreciated’s” and maybe even
Myles Borne being all weird and stuff. But before all that:
What appears to be a new theme song and opening package for
NXT that are, frankly, shockingly bad. The video is good,
but the song, Drake’s track “Shabang,” is terrible and the
exact opposite of a pump up track that should kick off a
wrestling show.
Ariana Grace started off the show by saying that she’s going
to win the battle royal, before Lexis King said that Zilla
Fatu will not be winning their match tonight. Then it
switched to Zilla himself saying, as you can imagine, that
it will he him who wins the match. So without further ado:
Lexis King vs. Zilla Fatu
Last week the show closed with Fatu promising to “f*ck Lexis
King up” for the grevious crime of wanting him to join
Birthright. So tonight, we’ll see if Fatu makes with the
f*cking.
Fatu jumped King before he could even walk through the fog
machine and make it to the ring. He clobbered him on the
entrance ramp and then threw him into the ring while the
rest of Birthright jawed at Fatu.
Fatu hopped into the ring and the match officially started,
with Fatu sending King to the corner. King dodged a splash
attempt and went to drop-toe Fatu, but Fatu blocked it and
dropped him with a spinning heel kick. Fatu reddend King’s
chest with some chops and flung him into the corner.
King tried a comeback, but Fatu clotheslined him back down
to the ring. He kept up the chops and headbutted King in the
corner until Birthright pulled him out. Fatu leapt off the
ringpost and took them all out though before throwing King
back into the ring. King caused a distraction and Brithright
pulled Fatu back out. Fatu fought them off, but King
dropkicked him back to the outside.
King ran Fatu into the LED board but Fatu fought back. King
bounced Fatu’s head off the ring apron and then hit a
sidewalk slam on the edge. Throwing Fatu back into the ring,
King dropped a bunch of elbows and threw some kicks. Fatu
picked up King and sent him to the corner. King countered
with a dropkick.
King hit a bulldog for a two count and then went for a
headlock. Fatu broke out of it and King went up top for a
blockbuster from the top rope for two. Fatu whipped off a
sleeper and countered a sunset bomb but missed on the
dropdown. King went for a runing kick, but Fatu caught him
with a pop up samoan drop.
Fatu started throwing clotheslines, knocking King to the
mat. King went for a big boot, but Fatu countered with a
headbutt. Stacks and Connors tried to cause a distraction,
but Fatu took care of them and then Charlie Dempsey. King
went for a superkick, but Fatu no sold it and dropped him
with a facebuster. Fatu hit the Triple Z spike and made the
pin to win the match.
Match Result: Zilla Fatu defeated Lexis King
After the match, Birthright attacked Fatu with Connors and
Stacks holding him while Dempsey hit him with a chair.
Dempsey rolled Fatu to the outside and ran him into the
steel steps. They then put Fatu’s hand in between the steps
and slammed it between them.
-Backstage, Kelani Jordan was interviewed about the battle
royal tonight for a chance to face Jordan for her NXT
Women’s Championship. Jordan talked until Chantal Monroe
interrupted her saying she is going to win the match. But
then Layla Diggs arrived to say she was winning the battle
royal. Jordan called them desperate and then left.
-Back from break, in response to Cruz Montana’s NXT Focus
segment last week, Dion Lennox had an NXT Focus segment. He
talked about how Montana’s mother was a drug dealer and how
he chose to live a better life with good parents so take
that, Cruz! Lennox talked about the pressure of being an
awesome football player and how he didn’t want to let anyone
down. Yeah, there were times when he wanted to be a loser
like Montana (?) but he chose not to. He then talked about
how it took him 2 years to get on NXT but it took Montana
20.
After that, in the NXT Lunchroom Playset, Montana talked
with Lizzy Rain and told her to go out and win the battle
royal. Then Xia Brookside, a former co-worker of Montana,
came up and said “wow, you’ve changed.” ZING!
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic First Round Match: Shido Ash &
Viktor Zanov vs. Hank And Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger)
Ash and Zanov are being served to Hank and Tank on a silver
platter with fries and a Coke here, so I expect that it will
be Hank and Tank that move on to the next round to face the
Creed Brothers.
Ash and Hank started things off with Ash showing off some of
his martial arts skills throwing Hank with a judo toss. Hank
tagged in Tank and Zanov came in as well, sending Tank to
the corner. Tank exploded out of it and grabbed a headlock.
Zanov countered it into a sling blade much to the surprise
of Hank and Tank.
Tank pulled Zanov into something of a crucifix before
tagging in Hank who hit a senton for a one-count. Ash lured
Hank to the outside where he stomped on him before sending
him back into the ring. They isolate Hank in their corner
and beat on him for a few minutes before Ash hit another
judo throw for two.
Hank threw some right hands into Zanov’s gut, but Zanov
countered with a power slam. Ash hit a side slam for another
near fall. Hank tried to steal one with an inside cradle,
but Ash kicked out. Zanov went for a cover, but Tank ran in
to break it up. Zanov charged Hank in the corner, but he
dodged it and got a hot tag to Tank.
Tank threw Ash with an Angle Slam before whipping him to the
outside and hitting a diving Senton on Zanov. Hank Joined
tank and they threw Ash over the announce table. They put
Zanov back into the ring and Tank hit a moonsault. Then the
shirts came off, but Ash pulled Tank to the outside.
A bleeding Zanov went for a double chokeslam on Hank with
Ash, but Hank got out of it. Hank caught Ash with a Bossman
slam and then a big clothesline. He tagged in Tank and they
caught him with the Honk Honk and then went high/low for the
pin, in what was a surprisingly excellent showing from Ash
and Zanov.
Match Result: Hank And Tank defeated Shido Ash & Viktor
Zanov
-The scene abruptly switched to the NXT Warehouse Playset,
next to the clanky poles, where Birthright were shown
beating up Sean Legacy and Dorian Van Dux. Stacks said they
were next after Fatu and then we went to a break.
-Back from break, NXT Champion Grayson Waller came down to
the ring to be shocking and edgy. Waller talked about how ne
retained his title against EK Prosper last week and for no
reason whatsoever took a shot a Robert Stone, which I can’t
wholly deem unworthy.
Waller gave Prosper his props-pers for their match last week
and said hat Prosper will one day be NXT champion, but not
now. Waller then ran through the same things he always says,
making the title great again, no one breathing can beat him,
etc. He asked who was next and that turned out to Myles
Borne who came down to the ring.
Waller handed him a mic and Borne said that he’s done doing
what’s expected of him. He said that he deserves to be a
champion and now that Tavion Heights isn’t holding him back,
he’s ready to take the one title he hasn’t won in NXT.
Waller said that Borne has the fire he was hoping to see and
of course, that brought out Tony D’Angelo who said that
Borne could take his new attitude elsewhere because he has
business with Waller. D’Angelo said that he knows Waller
would have hated it if he had answered the open challenge
last week so he didn’t for some reason.
D’Angelo said that he wanted his title back and Waller said
that next week, D’Angelo and Borne can fight it out and the
winner can face him for the title. Borne answered that with
a punch to D’Angelo’s face and then the segment mercifully
ended.
I’m sorry, but the Myles Borne heel turn is not working.
Every time he comes to the ring and tries to be mean and
menacing, I just don’t buy it. The last time we saw Borne in
action, he lost two titles in the same night. Why would he
be even close to an NXT Title shot? Who let him come out
here and demand one? Isn’t Robert Stone supposed to be
handling this stuff? Borne is better than this.
-Back from break, in the Nxt Warehouse Playset, Steven Regal
(thank goodness!) approached EK Prosper. Regal said that
Prosper’s match last week showed that he’s got stardom
written all over him, so he shouldn’t be down on himself.
Robert Stone wandered by and Regal got his attention. Stone
was trying to get a replacement for DVD and Legacy after
Birthright took them out. Regal suggested King and Dempsey
take their place and Stone said “No, I can’t do that! They
just took out Zilla Fatu’s hand! And DVD and Legacy! And….I
guess you’re right, Birthright is in.”
Naraku vs. Shiloh Hill
This match is the 77nd in a 400 match series about Hill
doing exploratory scientific experiments on poison mist and
Naraku not liking that for some reason. Also there were
talking raccoons at one point. So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They locked up off the top and then locked up again. Then
they locked up. Then Naraku hi a knee off of a lock up and
sent Hill over the top rope. Hill came back with some scoop
slams and grabbed a headlock. Naraku rolled out of that and
right into a shoulder tackle from Hill.
Naraku recovered and hit a swinging neckbreaker for a two
count. Naraku clocked Hill with a right hand, sending him
out of the ring. Naraku followed right into a discus forearm
from Hill. Hill tossed him back in the ring and they hit
forearms at the same time. Then headbutts at the same time.
Then clotheslines at the same time. Then lying on the mat at
the same time.
They got to their feet and traded chops before Naraku threw
a kick and then tossed Hill into the ropes, Enzo Amore
style. Hill got back in the ring and Naraku grabbed a
headlock. Hill countered that into a rollup for two. Naraku
went to a facelock and Hill drove him into the corner.
Hill hit a suplex and then a shoulder breaker for a two
count. Hill went up top, but Naraku punched him in the gut.
Hill shoved Naraku off and then hit a clothesline from the
top rope. Naraku responded with a facebuster and a chop
followed by a senton for two.
Naraku put Hill in a crossface but Hill dragged them to the
ropes to break the hold. Naraku hit a spinebuster for a two
count. Hill started powering up and threw strikes and a big
boot. He hit Naraku with a pop up powerbomb and then a
standing senton for two.
Naraku went to spit some mist, but Hill dropped down and the
ref got misted by accident and called for the bell.
Naraku vs. Shiloh Hill went to a no contest after errant
misting.
-They continued to fight, but we went to therapy with Kendal
Grey instead. Grey said that her current injury and loss of
the NXT Women’s Championship was her fault (which it kind of
was). The therapist asked if she was always this hard on
herself and Grey said that she is because no one sees the
woman outside of the ring obsessing over every mistake. Grey
said that she has stopped being proud of herself and that
her biggest opponent has always been herself. The therapist
said that there’s no finish line, but this was a good place
for them to stop now that Grey had met her three-appointment
obligation and then therapy was over?
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2026 First Round Match:
Birthright (Lexis King & Charlie Dempsey) vs. Tokyo Bad Boys
(Kento & Takuma)
So, Brithright took out Dorian Van Dux and Sean Legacy who
were supposed to be in this match and Robert Stone was so
mad he punished them by putting them in the Dusty Classic.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Dempsey and Kento started things off by exchanging technical
moves until Dempsey got him up in a surfboard. Kento
repsonded with a few armdrags and tagged in Takuma. They
double teamed Dempsey, shooting him off the ropes for a
double back drop. King grabbed a blind tag and shot Takuma
off the ropes.
Takuma got a tag to Kento who hit King with a crossbody.
King bailed from the ring and Takuma and Kento dove onto
them both on the outside.
Back in the ring, Dempsey and Kento fought with Dempsey
throwing kicks and strikes. Kento got a diving tag to Takuma
who hit a Spanish Fly on Dempsey and went up top for a
spingboard 450. He made the cover, but King broke it up at
two. Takuma kicked King off the apron and Kento speared King
through the ropes.
Dempsey recovered and threw Takuma in a superplex from the
top rope. He hit a bridging suplex and held Takuma down for
a three count to advance to the second round.
Match Result: Birthright defeated Tokyo Bad Boys
-In the NXT Hallway Playset, Myles Borne cut the same promo
we just saw, about the promo we just saw, regarding him and
Tony D’Angelo.
With half an hour left in the program, the introductions
began for the 20-women battle royal, which should kill a
good 10-15 minutes.
WWE NXT Women’s Title #1 Contendership Battle Royal: Lady
Shani vs. Xia Brookside vs. La Catalina vs. Indi Hartwell
vs. Izzi Dame vs. Heather By Elegance vs. Ivy Nile vs. Zaria
vs. Adelicious vs. Nikkita Lyons vs. Arianna Grace vs. Kiana
James vs. Thea Hail vs. Lizzy Rain vs. M By Elegance vs.
Layla Diggs vs. Kali Armstrong vs. Chantel Monroe vs. Skylar
Raye vs. Reina Volcan
20 Women! 6 Brands! 1 Title shot! I have to say, all kidding
aside, with current champions like Xia Brookside, La
Catalina and Zaria as well as luchadoras like Lady Shani and
Adelicious in this match, it is looking pretty good!
A large scale brawl started the match off with Layla Diggs
being the first eliminated. Dame was then thrown out by
Zaria, but tried to get back in until security took her
away. LIzzy Rain narrowly avoided elimination, but Skylar
Rae and Adelicious were eliminated by Reina Volcan.
Back from break, The Elegance brand was taking on Reina
Volcan. There were eliminations what were missed during the
break, but the Elegance Brand eliminated Ariana Grace. Thea
Hail knocked M by Elegance into Heather for an elimination
and then Hail sent M out as well.
We were down to about 12 left when Izzy Rain worked over
Zaria and Nikkita Lyons in the corner. Volcan shook off
about five women who were working together to try and get
her over the ropes. Ivy Nile and Izzy Rain fought on the
apron with Rain eliminated Ivy with a head butt.
Brookside, Shani, Rain and more eliminated Reina Volcan who
took it out on Lady Shani. That brought us down to nine
remaining.
Zaria avoided elimination by punching Rain in the gut before
hitting her with a backbreaker. Kiana James went under the
bottom rope to eliminate Lyons from the outside. Zaria hit
Rain with a high knee before tossing her over the ropes, but
Rain skinned the cat and held on.
Zaria and Indi Hartwell formed a loose alliance until Zaria
double speared Brookside and then Izzi Dame snuck back in
only to be eliminated a second time by Zaria. After that,
Kali Armstrong eliminated Zaria and she and Dame brawled up
the ramp.
Back in the ring, Hartwell and Brookside, who have a date at
Bound For Glory on the weekend fought until Hartwell
eliminated Brookside. Brookside then ran back up and
eliminated Hartwell and they fought on the outside.
With five remaining in the ring, Thea Hail avoided
elimination, but Kiana James managed to knock her off the
apron to complete it. Izzy Rain, Kai Armstrong, Catalina and
James were the final four remaining.
Catalina hit a missile dropkick on Armstrong and James
before spamming hip attacks. Armstrong grabbed her and
eliminated her as James got caught by Rain with a high knee.
Armstrong power slammed Rain and then eliminated James.
Rain hit a cutter on Armstrong and then clotheslined them
both over the top rope. They traded headbutts on the apron
until Rain bounced off Armstrong to eliminate herself. Then
Lady Shani appeared, apparently not eliminated, and sent
Armstrong out to win the match.
Then, she pulled off her mask and underneath it was Wren
Sinclair! Even though she is currently suspended! And not in
the Match!
Match Result: Wren Sinclair wins the battle royal (I guess?)
and will take on Kelani Jordan for the NXT Women’s Title at
Halloween Havoc
Next week on Dawson’s NXT:
-Myles Borne vs Tony D’Angelo for the #1 Contendership to
the NXT title
-Round Two of the Dusty Classic kicks off with Fraxiom vs
Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno, as well as Vanity Project vs Mini
Vikingo and Chazz Hall
-Saquon Shugars will take on Tristian Angels for some reason