Posted on 8/06/125 by Bob Magee
The show opens with the entrance of Blake Monroe. Her new
entrance includes a mirror. It was cool enough I think if
The Narcissist had the camera shot as part of his act in
1993, he might have gotten over better.
The entrance of Kelani Jordan is next, and she rushes into
the ring, and the opening match is quickly under way. Maybe
they were born with it. Or maybe it was Maybelline, which is
a sponsor with their brand name on the center of the mat.
Blake Monroe vs. Kelani Jordan
Jordynne Grace returns during the match wearing a neck
brace. Monroe flees the ring and Jordan wins via countout.
The bout itself was rather short, but it was more of a
vehicle for an angle. More on vehicles later, as Monroe
would speed away in an SUV to escape Grace. Monroe with heat
on Jordan early in the match. Jordan with a comeback, and
she locks in a half crab. Monroe gets a rope break.
Jordan leaps off the top rope, but Monroe cuts her off with
a headbutt. Running knee strike by Monroe and a near fall on
Jordan. Monroe goes to follow up when the theme music for
Jordynne Grace blares on the speakers.
Out comes Grace wearing a neck brace, and Grace walks
straight into the ring like she is on a mission. Monroe
powders, and she runs for her life. Monroe gets into the
back of a waiting SUV, and the automobile speeds away.
Meanwhile, the referee is counting out Monroe. After a ten
count, Jordan wins the match.
Match result: Kelani Jordan defeats Blake Monroe via
countout
— In a backstage skit ahead of the next bout, Andre Chase is
giving Chase U students Uriah Connors and Kale Dixon a pep
talk. Chase did not like their odds in the tag title match,
and they did the “so you’re saying there’s a chance” bit
from Dumb & Dumber.
NXT Tag Team Champions Hank Walker & Tank Ledger vs. Uriah
Connors & Kale Dixon (with Andre Chase)
Hot match, even with babyfaces on both sides. Connors &
Dixon get to shine some, and Dixon does a flip dive over the
top rope. He misses and rolls through a leap off the top
rope. Dixon is then in the crosshair of Hank & Tank. Connors
pushes Dixon to take a bullet for his partner.
Hank & Tank with a high/low powerslam combo on Dixon, and
Hank covers Dixon while Tank blocks Connors from breaking
the count. The ref stops the count anyway, and he claims
Dixon got his shoulder up. The live studio audience was not
buying it, and rightly so. Not sure it that was a botch, but
it certainly was a bad spot.
Hank & Tank sandwich Dixon with a double standing splash,
and they follow by once again doing their combo finisher.
Hank then scores a pinfall on Dixon as the referee counts to
three this time.
Match result: Hank & Tank defeat Connors & Dixon to retain
the NXT Tag Team titles
Suddenly, the lights in the sound stage go dark. Darkstate
is running in, and they jump everyone in the ring. They lay
waste to Connors and Dixon. Darkstate with triple team moves
on Hank & Tank. Darkstate stand pose under strobe lights
over their fallen prey.
— The Personal Concierge cuts a promo on behalf of Ash by
Elegance. He delivers message to WWE NXT/TNA Knockouts
Champion Jacy Jayne, with The Personal Concierge vowing that
Ash will win the title Thursday on Impact.
— Myles Borne and Tavion Height chat in a backstage skit,
which plays off their past in the No Quarter Catch Crew.
They remain buds in this skit.
— Vic Joseph voices over a plug that advertises bull riding
on CW. Professional Bull Riders (PBR) is part of TKO Group
Holdings alongside WWE, hence the cross-promotional. PBR
recently inked a deal to air their team series bull riding
events on CW.
— Izzi Dame gives Tatum Paxley a pep talk on behalf of The
Culling.
— Thea Hail gets coffee in a skit posted on social media.
She cuts a promo on Nia Jax, and Hail is go wound up over
Jax that she almost forgets her coffee.
Myles Borne vs. Lexis King
The match goes through a split-screen commercial break.
Before picture-in-picture, Borne slingshots himself over the
top rope with a plancha on King. During the commercial
break, King cuts off Borne. King targets Borne’s ear, which
plays on Borne’s backstory.
Borne eventually makes a comeback with Saito suplexes, and
then he strikes with Borne Again (which is the name for what
was formerly called the Zig Zag finisher). Borne then covers
King for a three count.
Match result: Myles Borne defeats Lexis King via pinfall
— Darkstate as a group cut promos saying they are focusing
on getting the tag titles. Despite being played as a serious
promo, they included a crude joke for comedy. So much for
taking them seriously.
Nia Jax vs. Thea Hail
The match goes through a commercial break. Jax played the
monster heel and Hail was the babyface in peril. Hail fought
valiantly, but Jax was merciless. Jax with a Bonsai Drop,
and she sits on Hail as the referee counts three.
Match result: Nia Jax defeats Thea Hail in the in-return of
Jax to NXT
Kelly Kincaid is the ring for a post-match interview. Jax
snatches the microphone out of Kincaid’s hands, and she cuts
a promo on Lash Legend.
Out comes Legend to confront Jax. Legend flubs a line and
then rushes into the ring for a pull-apart brawl with Jax.
Security and officials pour in to separate them. Good thing
security was there, unlike when Darkstate runs in.
— Jordynne Grace was pacing in the office of NXT General
Manager Ava. Still in a neck brace, Grace ensures she will
be cleared by the time of NXT Heatwave, where Grace meets
Blake Monroe in a singles match.
Moose makes surprise appearance and a melee ensues
NXT Champion Oba Femi enters the ring for a monologue. He is
soon interrupted by TNA Champion Trick Williams. Trick
confronts Femi in the ring and they face off while cutting
promos on each other. Soon comes another interruption as
Je’Von Evans joins the party. The bickering continues, but
with three people instead of two.
Moose from TNA makes a surprise appearance, and he cuts a
promo on Trick. Moose vows to win the TNA title from Trick.
Suddenly, the lights go dark on the sound stage. Darkstate
runs and a schmoz ensues and everyone brawling in the dark.
— More cross-promotion as Vic Joseph voices over a plug for
the Canelo vs. Crawford boxing match that TKO is co-
promoting.
— Arianna Grace and Heritage Cup Champion Stacks flirt with
each other as Nia Jax and Lash Legend brawl in a backstage
pull-apart.
— Wren Sinclair is in a kitchen lounge with Charlie Dempsey.
She sings the Joe Hendry song, and Hendry appears. Hendry
pops out of a refrigerator. The skit sets up a match between
Dempsey and Hendry. Dempsey is referred to as a “sourpuss”,
which Sinclair repeats for comedic effect. Dempsey storms
off, and Sinclair asks Hendry to take a picture with her. 1`
Yoshiki Inamura vs. Heritage Cup Champion Stacks in a non-
title match
Stacks ambushes Inamura before the bell. Stacks gets heat on
Inamura. Comeback by Inamura and he runs wild. The fight
spills outside the ring, where Inamura gives Stacks a stiff
slap. Arianna Grace runs down to ringside and slaps Inamura
across the face. The referee ejects Grace from ringside, but
not before another run-in.
With the referee distracted by Grace, Josh Briggs rushed
into the ring on the far side. Briggs ambushes Inamura with
a big boot. Stacks then covers Inamura to win the match.
Match result: Stacks defeats Inamura via pinfall
— Vic Joseph reads a voiceover that plugs NASCAR on CW.
Tavion Heights confronts North American Champ Ethan Page and
Chelsea Green appears
NXT North American Champion Ethan Page is in the ring for a
monologue. Page cut a promo bragging on his victory over
Santion Marella. Page then talks about the greatest
Canadians, and Page puts himself at the top of the list.
Page then does the Nikolai Volkoff gimmick of singing a
foreign national anthem. So, Page begins singing “O Canada”
to a chorus of boos. Tavion Heights interrupts the anthem
and confronts Page in the ring. Heights insults Page and
challenges Page to a title match. In doing so, Heights
mentions he is an Olympian.
The live studio audience chants “YES” while Page tries to
dismiss Heights. Suddenly, they are interrupted by the
entrance of Chelsea Green and Secret Service. Green is
flanked by Piper Niven and Alba Fyre as she storms the ring
and confronts Heights.
Green points out she was a United States Champion as a
Canadian. Green was going to sing the Canadian anthem, but
Heights interrupted that. Green insults Heights for being
American, but she says even a “rude” and “ignorant American”
would not hit a woman. Heights says she is right, and he
decks Page instead. Green jumps into the arms of Niven for
comedy. Heights then vows to find a woman that will hit
Green for him.
— The Fatal Influence trio insults Kelani Jordan and Lola
Vice in a backstage skit. Dual champ Jacy Jayne joins Fallon
Henley in cutting promos on Vice and Jordan. In walks Jazmyn
Nyx, and she hands Jayne the NXT and TNA women’s title
belts. Nyx informs them all she talked Ava into booking a
tag match next week, much to the chagrin of Jayne. Vice and
Jordan team up next Tuesday against Jayne and Henley.
— Sol Ruca and Zaria are chatting backstage when Lash Legend
and Nia Jax brawl their way into the skit. Amidst the pull-
apart brawl, Ava comes in to announce Legend and Jax meet
next week in a singles match.
— Ricky Saints sits down with Kelly Kincaid for an interview
in a segment sponsored by an insurance company. Saints talks
about Jasper Troy, which builds up a match between the two.
— Triplemania gets a plug, as does NXT live in Philadelphia.
NXT Women’s North American Champion Sol Ruca (with Zaria)
vs. Tatum Paxley (with The Culling)
Ruca retains after interference by The Culling and a doll.
Lash Legend and Nia Jax also continue their ongoing brawl,
which led to a stunt at ringside.
The title match goes through a split-screen commercial
break. Before the break, Sol Ruca does a moonsault to the
floor off the top turnbuckle. In setting up the spot, Shawn
Spears interferes in the match. Zaria makes a save, causing
Izzi Dame to get involved by arguing with Zaria. As they
huddle together to argue, Ruca leaps into the moonsault.
During the break, Paxley cuts off Ruca. Paxley works the
neck after targeting Ruca with a neckbreaker. Ruca with a
comeback and rally. Ruca superkicks Paxley, and Ruca
delivers a Rude Awakening neckbreaker. Ruca follows up with
a running knee strikes. That sends Paxley out of the ring to
regroup. Paxley then cuts off Ruca with a kick.
Paxley springboards into a Whisper in the Wind for a near
fall. The studio audience chants “this is awesome” in
admiration of the match. Ruca and Paxley tease a superplex,
only for Ruca to instead catch Paxley with a sunset bomb.
Ruca post herself when she misses a charge into a corner.
Paxley with a roll-up for another near fall. Ruca counters
Paxley’s finisher into a pinning combination, but Paxley
kicks out. Ruca lands on her feet after flipping off the
ropes, and Ruca Spears Paxley in a corner.
Ruca slips on the top rope going for a springboard. They
recover from the botch and they execute an avalanche
neckbreaker. Double down after Paxley gives Ruca the
neckbreaker. Meanwhile, Spears tries to slip Paxley her doll
(seemingly to use as a weapon). Izzi Dame chides Spears for
doing so, while Paxley picks up the doll.
Nia Jax and Lash Legend brawl there way onto the sound
stage, which interrupts the match. They brawl at ringside,
and they crash through a gimmicked section of the barricade.
Paxley is preoccupied with her doll, which allows for Ruca
to deliver the Sol Snatcher. Ruca then hooks a leg and
covers Paxley for a three count.
Match result: NXT Women’s North American Champion Sol Ruca
defeats Tatum Paxley to retain her title