Posted on 11/19/125 by Bob Magee
NXT Gold Rush is on the air from The Theater at MSG with a
raucous crowd in attendance. They pop big for the entrance
of mixed tag team Joe Hendry and Thea Hail. They challenge
tonight for the AAA Mixed Tag Team titles in the opening
match. The champions enter next.
Joe Hendry & Thea Hail vs. Ethan Page & Chelsea Green for
the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship
—
From the start, the crowd was hot. The babyfaces shine
before a commercial break. Before the show cuts to the
break, Hendry and Hail do some double team moves and a
stereo pose. Page cuts off Hendry as the show is in picture-
in-picture, and Page is working over Hendry as the show
returns from the break. Alba Fyre interferes, which allows
Page to derail a hope spot.
Comeback by Hendry, who does a hurricanrana and a fallaway
slam before hitting his signature pose. In turn, Hail with a
trust fall off the top rope to the outside. Hail and Page
run through some spots in the ring, and Hail gets a near
fall. Page jumps in to break up the pin, and Hail superkicks
him for his trouble.
Fyre interferes again, which allows Green to attempt an
Unprettier. Hail counters to catch Green with an armbar.
Hail with a Kimura lock as Page shoves Hendry backwards on
Hail. She releases the hold, and Green delivers an
Unprettier. Green then covers Hail for a three count. And
still…
Match result: AAA Mixed Tag Team Champions Ethan Page &
Chelsea Green defeated Joe Hendry & Thea Hail to retain
their titles.
— Lola Vice and Jordynne Grace are in a locker room for a
skit where TNA Knockouts Champion Kelani Jordan barges in to
bicker with them. This is designed to build up Grace against
Jordan in a title match set for next week on NXT.
— John Cena is featured in a plug for his final match at
Saturday Night’s Main Event.
— NXT General Manager Ava announces an Iron Survivor match
for NXT Deadline, and Cena will decide all of the
competitors for both men’s and women’s Iron Survivor.
— Rapper Lil’ Yachty is shown on camera sitting at ringside
in the front row.
— Sarach Schreiber interviews Tavion Heights in a spot
overlooking The Theater. Heights is asked about making big
moves, and Heights says it was a wild ride. Heights also
mentions growing pains of moving from collegiate wrestling
to the pros. Heights gets a cheap pop mentioning NYC, and
Heights says he needs to focus. Heights is hyped, and he
also mentions Cena picking the participants in the Iron
Survivor. As Heights vows to to become the Iron Survivor, he
is ambushed by Josh Briggs. They have a pull-apart brawl.
— Sol Ruca once again insists to Zaria that she is ready to
regain her title in the championship match tonight, and Ruca
insists she must regain the title on her own.
— NASCAR driver Jesse Love is shown in attendance in NYC in
what one can assume is a promotional tie-in with the CW.
Blake Monroe vs. Sol Ruca for the NXT Women’s North American
Championship
—
Monroe works a knee as she targets the brace on Ruca’s left
leg. Double down before a commercial break, as they both
deliver a lariat to each other on the floor. Monroe is back
to working the knee when the show returns from the break.
Ruca soon begins a comeback. Monroe briefly dashes the hope
spot, by Monroe nonetheless fires up. Missile dropkick off
the middle rope from Ruca. She then does kip up with one
leg, and Ruca gets a two count on Monroe.
Double down in the ring, and Monroe rolls outside. Ruca runs
and jumps over the ropes to springboard off the middle
turnbuckle into a quebrada. Back in the ring, Monroe cuts
off Ruca. Monroe then applies a half crab, which she had
applied earlier in the match as well.
To further targeted the knee with the brace, which was
coming loose. Monroe tries rips the brace off Ruca’s knee.
Ruca went to superkick, but her leg gave out. Monroe applies
another submission hold as Zaria screams at the timekeeper
to ring the bell.
Zaria grabs a white towel, and the crowd gasps. Zaria
hesitates and teases throwing in the towel before ultimately
doing so. Zaria throws in the towel, and Monroe is awarded
the match. And still…
Match result: NXT Women’s North American Champion Blake
Monroe defeated Sol Ruca when Zaria threw in the towel.
— The Fatal Influence trio cut promos in a backstage skit
where they vow to win all the gold the next two weeks at
Gold Rush.
— Footage from after NXT went off the air in Orlando shows
Oba Femi confronting NXT Champion Ricky Saints. Another clip
shows Femi, the former champion, confronting Saints at a NXT
spot show in Chicago. The new champ is then seen headed to
the ring for a confrontation with the former champ.
Saints and Femi set up title match for NXT Deadline
—
Saints is dressed in street clothes with the title belt
slung over his shoulder. Femi towers to the ring in jeans
with no shirt. Femi also has his fist tapes for some reason.
They face off in the ring and cut promos on each other. That
led to Saints giving Femi a rematch for the title at
Deadline.
Trick Williams interrupts them to cut a promo of his own.
However, Williams is ambushed by Myles Borne, who lays out
Williams. Borne cuts a quick promo saying payback is a
bitch. Borne then vows to become the Iron Survivor, ensuring
he sees the champ at New Year’s Evil.
Borne jumping Trick leads to a match between them next week
on part two of Gold Rush. That match-up is made official
later in the show.
— After a commercial break, Ava is scolding Borne in a
backstage skit.
— In a page from TNA Impact of old, it was TO THE BACK! Josh
Briggs and Tavion Heights are still brawling backstage.
Je’Von Evans & TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater vs.
Darkstate (Osiris Griffin & Dion Lennox with Saquon Shugars
and Cutler James) for the NXT Tag Team Championship
—
The match goes through a commercial break. Before the break,
Evans gets a near fall soon after he leaps over Griffin onto
the announce desk. Slater & Evans with double teams moves,
followed by stereo planchas. The babyfaces are standing tall
as the show cuts to commercials.
Darkstate are in control as the show returns from the break.
Evans is worked over, although he tries to fight back. Evans
with superkicks to create separation, and Evans tags out.
Hot tag to Slater, who is on fire and runs wild. Slater with
a two count after a high cross.
Slater & Evans with more tandem moves, and they are on a
roll. Slater runs corner to corner to leap outside with a
corkscrew plancha. Shugars tries to interfere, but Evans
kicks him away. Evans then leaps off the top rope with a
frog splash for another near fall.
Evans is shoved off the turnbuckles by Lenno, which left
Slater alone against Darkstate. Slater takes a double
powerbomb, and Lennox goes for a cover. Evans breaks up the
pin with a springboard body press, but in doing so he lands
on his tag partner. Slater is again alone against Darkstate.
Slater falls victim to a Doomsday Device, and Griffin covers
Slater for a pinfall. And still…
Match result: Darkstate defeated Je’Von Evans & Leom Slater
when Osiris Griffin pinned Slater.
— Evolve Women’s Champion Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair talk
in a backstage skit. They hype Grey’s title match for next
week, but they bring up the invasion of TNA.
— John Cena is again featured in a hype video plugging his
final match at SNME.
— A photo shows a basketball player from Michigan State
holding a title belt after winning the Champions Classic
game in MSG, which was head up with the NXT when the show
went on the air.
— Shiloh Hill is the subject of a personality profile
sponsored by an insurance company. Hill is the season two
winner of LFG. Hill’s gimmick plays on him being an athlete
and a nerd. He also talks about playing football while
attending Stanford University.
— Sean Legacy is featured in a vignette.
— Zaria and Sol Ruca argue over Zaria turning in the towel
earlier on.
Jacy Jayne (with Fatal Influence) vs. Tatum Paxley (with The
Culling) for the NXT Women’s Championship
—
The match goes through a commercial break. Paxley was
getting to shine before the break, after thwarting
interference by Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. Paxley takes
out Henley and Reid with a quebrada off the apron.
Jayne cuts off Paxley during the break, and Paxley is
getting worked over over as the show returns from the break.
Jayne gets a two count. She also uses a Frankensteiner, only
to eat a superkick from Paxley.
Double down in the closing minutes of the match. They square
off again in a exchange of fighting spirit. Paxley lands a
bicycle kick on Jayne for a near fall.
Jayne with a running cannonball to set up Jayne climbing the
ropes. That led to an avalanche twsiting neckbreaker off the
top. Paxley held out to deliver a sit-out powerbomb as well.
Jayne somehow kicked out for a close near fall.
From ringside, Izzi Dame tries to slide a metal folding
chair to Paxley, but Paxley tosses back in Dame’s direction.
Moments later, Paxley thwarts interference by Fatal
Influence. Jayne then strikes with a running soccer kick off
the apron.
Back in the ring, Jayne lands her Roaring Encore (roaring
elbow). Paxley kicks out at two and half for a very close
near fall. At ringside, Reid snatches the title belt from
it’s pedestal. Dame waylays Reid with a lariat. Dame then
slides the title belt into the ring, presumably for Paxley
to use as a weapon. Jayne intercepts the belt, and teases a
belt shot. The referee sees Jayne with the belt, and he
takes it from her. O’Connor roll by Paxley for a two count
down the home stretch.
In dramatic fashion, Shawn Spears and Niko Vance of The
Culling block Paxley’s way as she tries to get back into the
ring. Dame then comes out of nowhere with a big boot to
Paxley. Dame then rolls Paxley into the ring for a waiting
Jayne. Roaring Encore by Jayne, and she pinned Paxley to
regain the title. And new…
Match result: Jacy Jayne defeated NXT Women’s Champion Tatum
Paxley to win the title.
After the match, Jayne poses with the title alongside Fatal
Influence. Meanwhile, Dame and The Culling stand over a
fallen Paxley as the show goes off air.