Posted on 9/17/125 by Bob Magee
NXT is back on the air with a supercard this week to
celebrate Homecoming, and the show returns to Full Sail.
The show begins with a retrospective video package
highlighting the history of the brand, with notable moments
from Full Sail.
The first talent seen in the video package is Triple H, and
he also kicks off the show live in the Full Sail arena. Big
pop for Triple H as he enters, and the crowd chants for him.
Triple says he can hardly tell the audience how good it
feels to be home. He says NXT and Full Sail are something
special. He goes on to say all of the superstars over the
years are special, and he puts over the fans of NXT. What
started as a whisper, they turned into a roar.
Triple H says their passion for NXT “shattered conventions”
and “allowed NXT to take over” (which is an obvious play on
the TakeOver specials of years past). Triple H cued the
crowd to help him finish the phrase “We are N-X-T.” Triple H
tells them thanks when the tones of “Sexy Boy” blare.
Shawn Michaels enters and joins Triple H in the ring. HBK is
wearing a nice sports coat, but his cowboy hat looks as if
it was run over beforehand in the parking lot. He used to
wear a nice Stetson hat way back in the day. That might pair
better with the sports coat.
Michaels tells Triple H that we know he’s been out there
selling out million dollar gates with Raw and Smackdown, and
he has also cut billion dollar deals. But HBK has to let
Trips know that the current NXT roster is ready to knock it
out of the park. Triple H puts over the current NXT. They
are “lighting the world on fire.”
Triple H then suggests, “What if I want to come back?”
Michaels gets in Trips’ face and says, “Then we would have a
very, very big problem.”
Suddenly, the entrance of William Regal interrupts the
standoff. Regal also ran NXT, much like Triple H and
Michaels. Regal says there is only one way to settle this.
Someone in the crowd off camera yells, “War Games!” In a
funny bit, Regal remarks that was his line. Pretend you did
not say that, and “take that off the edit.”
Regal then screams, “WAR GAMES!”
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Charlotte Flair and Alexis
Bliss then enter and stand beside Regal. They joke about
Tripe H and Shawn arguing more than they do, as the champs
are an odd couple team of sorts. Flair says, respectfully,
that the women have always been in charge in NXT. The
“Women’s Revolution” started right here in Full Sail.
Flair and Bliss wait out the crowd chants to list off names
of women wrestlers from NXT. Bliss says the women have
always been the backbone of NXT, and if they are not down
with that. She has two words for ya’, and the crowd chants
“Suck it!”
Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Izzi Dame & Tatum Paxley
for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Shawn Spears and Niko Vance are in the challengers’ corner.
The tag title bout goes through a commercial break. At one
point, Alexa goes for Twisted Bliss. Paxley gets her knees
up thanks in part to a distraction from The Culling. Paxley
follows up with a roll up and her feet on the ropes for a
near fall.
Paxley executes her own finisher for another near fall.
Flair breaks up the pin, and Dame brawls with her. Paxlet
misses a 450 and rolls through, only to eat an elbow from
Bliss. Sister Abigail from Bliss, and Bliss covers Paxley
for a pin. And still…
Macth result: Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss defeated Tatum
Paxley & Izzi Dame to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team
Championship (when Bliss pinned Paxley).
— Sol Ruca and Zaria are bickering in a backstage skit when
in walks Lainey Reed, followed by Candice LeRae. They argue
about who is winning the Speed tournament. The winner faces
Ruca for the Speed title at No Mercy.
Shayna Baszler walks in for a cameo, and her glare makes
both Reed and LeRae to leave. Baszler then urges Ruca and
Zarua work out their differences.
Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes vs. Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny
Gargano
The tag match goes through a commercial break. DIY run wild
before the break. Double down as the show returns from the
break, and hot tags. Garagno runs wild. He and Hayes do some
cool spots on the entrance ramp (which is the same height as
the ring).
Tricks soon tags in and cleans house. He signals for his
finisher, but Hayes makes a blind tag. Trick and Carmelo
tease dissension, but they double team instead with an
electric chair/springboard lariat. Ciampa soon tags in, and
he gets a near fall after giving Hayes a backbreaker bomb.
Trick retrieves his TNA World title belt, and the referee
takes it from him. DIY set up Trick for their finisher, but
Hayes pushes Trick out of the way. DIY then double team
Hayes for another near fall.
The Miz suddenly runs in at ringside. Skull Crushing Finale
by Miz on Garagno, and he rolls Gargano back into the ring.
Hayes leaps off the top rope with Nothing But Net. Hayes
then hooks a leg and covers Gargano for a three count.
Match result: Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes defeated
Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano when Hayes pinned Gargano.
Kelly Kincaid interviews WWE United States Champion Sami
Zayn. He is emotional over returning to NXT. Zayn then goes
on to put over Je’Von Evans. Interrupting the interview is
Josh Briggs, who barges in to cut a promo where he buries
Evans. Briggs is calling Evans a bum when Evans rushed in to
brawl with Briggs. Zayn stops Evans, and Zayn gives Evans a
pep talk. “The sky is the limit,” Zayn tells Evans.
Ethan Page vs. Tyler Breeze for the NXT North American
Championship
The title bout goes through a commercial break, much like
the other matches on the show. Like the other title match on
the show, the champ never felt in jeopardy of losing the
strap. Breeze did get a few near falls, and the match itself
was decent enough. Breeze looked good.
For the finish, Breeze was atop the turnbuckles when Page
tripped him up. Breeze crotched himself on the top
turnbuckle, and Page excited a draping Twisted Grin on
Breeze. Page then scores a three count.
Match result: Ethan Page defeated Tyler Breeze to retain the
NXT North American Championship
AAA Latin American Champion Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. is
ringside after the match, and he has a stare down with Page.
— Damien Priest is backstage talking with Tavion Heights.
Priest hypes up Heights. Priest then tells Heights he booked
him a title match against Page for the North American title
at No Mercy.
The Grayson Waller Effect with special guests Ricky Saints
and Oba Femi
Waller comments that he has never been in the arena at Full
Sail. Waller then introduces his guest — Ricky Saints and
NXT Champion Oba Femi.
Waller asks a condescending question, and Femi answers it by
cutting a promo on Saints. Femi is not impressed with
Saints. Femi accuses Saints of looking past NXT to the main
roster, where he can “carry Cody Rhodes’ bags.” Waller
laughs uproariously.
Femi goes on to say Saints can carry any bags he wants, but
Saints cannot carry the North American title. Saints
responds by talking about Femi being scouted and recruited
for NXT. Saints accuses Femi of being a “pampered athlete.”
Saints brings up a WWE tryout and not getting a deal, but he
is here now. Saints says he will always gamble on himself,
as Saints rises from his chair to cut a fiery promo on Femi.
Saints vows to win the NXT title at No Mercy.
Out comes TNA World Champ Trick Williams to interrupt. Trick
says Femi is holding something of his, which is the NXT
title.
Waller butts in to suggest a title vs. title match next week
with Trick Williams against Oba Femi. Then, the winner
defends against Saints at No Mercy.
Femi concludes the segment with a promo where he vows to
beat Trick for the TNA title, and he will successfully
defend both against Saints at No Mercy.
— “NXT Spotlight” sponsored by an insurance company is a
skit with Charlie Dempsey and Wren Sinclair, and cameos by
Bobby Roode and Joe Hendry. Dempsey informs Sinclair he is
going to Japan for a little while.
Roode then appears and Sinclair asks him to do the
“Glorious” pose. Roode poses, complete with sound effects.
Hendry then appears, and Roode tells Hendry to focus on the
NXT title. Hendry shakes hands with Roode.
— Lexis King is in the ring after a commercial break. King
cuts a promo proclaiming himself the “Homecoming King”,
before King buries the “Black and Gold” of NXT. King then
cuts a promo on Myles Borne, and King announces he and Borne
meet next week in a “lights out” match.
The lights in the arena goes dark, and Finn Balor gets a
full entrance. Balor, wearing street clothes, poses in a
corner. King is distracted with Balor as Borne jumps King.
Balor then jumps off the tope rope with a double foot stomp.
Borne and Balor pose together as King sells.
— Kelly Kincaid interviews Darkstate. Montez Ford interrupts
them, and he interacts with them.
— Bianca Belair in a cameo appearance is shown at watching
from ringside.
Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx) vs.
Rhea Ripley, Stephanie Vaquer & Lyra Valkyria in a six-woman
tag team match
The match goes through a commercial break. The babyface trio
cleans house before the break. During the commercials, the
Valkyria is cut off and worked over. The heels are in
control when the show returns from the break.
Hot tag to Vaquer, and she is a house of fire. Vaquer is cut
off, and the heels gang up on her. Henley gets a near fall
on Vauquer.
Hot tag to Ripley, and she runs wild. Vaquer and Ripley do a
stereo version of the Devil’s Kiss. The babyfaces are
looking strong. NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne tries to
flee, but Lola Vice blocks her path. They meet in a title
match soon. Vice hits Jayne with a spinning back fist, and
Ripley then executes a Rip Tide on Jayne. Ripley covers
Jayne for the deciding pinfall. Afterwards, Vice celebrates
with the babyfaces.
Match result: Rhea Ripley, Stephanie Vaquer & Lyra Valkyria
defeated Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyz
— Closing the show is a backstage stare down with NXT Champ
Oba Femi and TNA Champ Trick Williams. It is official. The
two champs meet next Tuesday in a title vs. title match.
Pretty big match for only a week’s notice.