Posted on 6/11/125 by Bob Magee
NXT opens with some wrestlers arriving at the Performance
Center in Orlando for the live broadcast tonight. One of
those arriving is NXT Champion Oba Femi. He is suddenly
ambushed by LFG winners Jasper Troy.
Troy attacks Femi and smashed him into a Ford crossover in
the parking lot. Troy stomps on Femi. Troy then chokeslams
Femi onto the hood of the Ford, smashing the glass and
denting the hood.
From the parking lot, we go to the sound stage at the PC
with the entrance of “All Ego” Ethan Page.
NXT North American Champion Ethan Page defeated Sean Legacy
to retain his title
Page pinned Legacy in a really good opener. The closing
minutes were great. Ricky Saints ran in after the match to
attack Page, and they had a brawl. During the match itself,
Legacy was given a lot of time to shine.
Legacy is getting to shine just before the show cuts to its
first commercial break. Page bails out of the ring as the
show cuts to picture-in-picture on CW. Page regains momentum
when the show returns from the break, until Legacy hits Page
with a missile dropkick.
The action really heats up down the home stretch. Legacy
takes a backbreaker on the top turnbuckle, and and he takes
a bump on the floor. Page teases powerbombing him on the
announce desk, but Legacy escapes. Page posts himself, and
Legacy dropkicks him. Legacy with a tope con hilo, and
Legacy is on fire.
For the finish, no water in the pool when Legacy goes for a
springboard 450 splash. Page then delivers a Twist of Fate
(which he calls “Twisted Grin”), and Page covers Legacy for
a three count. And still…
Ricky Saints rushes into the ring after the match, and
Saints jumps Page. Saints and Page brawl their way out of
the ring and off the sound stage.
In a contrived skit in the office of NXT GM Ava, Lainey Reid
twice slaps NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne. Reid then
rushes away, leading to Jayne putting her title on the line
in a match against Reid.
Izzi Dame explains why she culled Brooks Jensen from The
Culling, with the blessing of cult leader Shawn Spears.
Psycho Clown and Octagon Jr. from AAA make a cameo
appearance sitting ringside with the live studio audience.
Shawn Spears & Niko Vance (with Izzi Dame) defeated Josh
Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura
Vance pinned Briggs with some help from Spears. Good tag
bout, and they planted seeds for the eventual split of
Briggs & Inamura. They get along so great and make such a
good team, bookers are bound to split them up.
Hot tag to Inamura, who cleans house. Briggs blind tags back
into the match, and he drops Spears with a big boot. Briggs
climbs the ropes, and Spears grabs at his leg trying to trip
him up. Although Briggs kicks Spears away, the misdirection
allowed Vance to recover. Briggs is crotched on the top
rope, and Vance executes a Dominator on Briggs. Vance then
scores the pinfall.
Meanwhile in the principal’s office, Ava yells at Ricky
Saints for jumping Page earlier tonight. Saints is not even
cleared for action, selling his throat as he still cannot
even talk. Ava orders Page to leave the building.
Roving reporter Sarah Schreiber says the NXT title is still
on tonight, even with Oba Femi still in the trainer’s room.
Chase U is back in business after Andre Chase addresses his
two new students. If they want to do this, they are doing it
the right way. Be there on time and follow the rules.
Blake Monroe (Mariah May) is the focus of a vignette.
Lash Legend defeated Wren Sinclair
Legend pinned Sinclair after a botched finish. That pretty
much sums up the bout. Kelani Jordan is on guest commentary
for the match. The match and Jordan’s involvement was set up
in a Tik Tok video.
Lainey Reid is the focus of vignette sponsored by an
insurance company. Reid talks about her success as a barrel
racing champion in rodeo and also a track athlete. Reid vows
to win the women’s title tonight.
Sarah Schreiber interviews Jasper Troy about him attacking
Femi. Troy dismisses any worry Femi will not be able to
compete. Troy insists that Femi is a warrior, and he will
sill face Troy tonight. Troy is “counting on it!”
NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne (with Fatal Influence) vs.
Lainey Reid
Jayne pinned Reid to win the match. They wrestle through a
commercial break, and they are given a lot of time. They
also had a good match where they worked hard. Fallon Henley
caused a distraction at ringside, which allowed Jayne to
deliver a roaring elbow (called a “Rolling Encore” on
commentary). And still…
Suddenly, Ava is in a perch overlooking the ring. Ava
announces that Jayne will defend her title at Evolution
against the winner of a eight-woman tournament. Several
wrestlers then surround the ring and glare at the champion,
who is still in the ring.
AJ Francis and KC Navarro introduce themselves as a team
known as First Class as they boast to Yoshiki Inamura & Josh
Briggs. In walks Elijah (The Drifter), who strums his guitar
and cuts a promo on First Class.
Luca Crusifino tells an unknown caller he will take care of
something. Up walks Tony D’Angelo, who overhears some of the
phone call. “The Don” seems to distrust Crusifino.
Mr. Iguana (along with his hand puppet named La Yesca) is
sitting in the front row alongside El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
High Ryze (Tyriek Igwe & Tyson Dupont with Wes Lee) defeated
The Family (Luca Crusifino & Tony D’Angelo)
Dupont pinned D’Angelo to win the match. Stacks runs in
during the match, which plays a part in the finish.
During the match came “breaking news” that Blake Monroe will
sign her NXT contract next Tuesday on NXT.
Before cutting to a commercial break, Crusifino does a flip
dive out of the floor. However, “The Don” still seems
skeptical of Crusifino. High Ryze gets heat on Crusifino
when the show returns from the break.
They build to hot tag, where an eager D’Angelo tags into the
match. He runs wild until Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo runs in
with a crowbar. Stacks is pulled into the ring by D’Angelo.
Stacks begs off, but not before dropping the crowbar.
After “The Don” throws Stacks out of the ring, he turns
around to see Crusifino holding the crowbar. Crusifino
pleads his case, but D’Angelo is certain Crusifino was about
to turn on him. D’Angelo and Crusifino are sent crashing
into each other. D’Angelo then takes a double-team finisher
from Dupont & Igwe. Dupont then covers D’Angelo for a
pinfall.
TNA Champion Trick Williams is interviewed by Sarah
Schreiber, and Williams cuts a promo where he announces a
six-man tag match next week. Trick teams with First Class
against Briggs, Inamura & Elijah. Part of this was set up in
a skit earlier in the show. That skit made little sense at
the time it aired, but it makes so much more sense now that
a six-man match is announced.
NXT Champion Oba Femi defeated Jasper Troy to retain his
title
Femi pinned Troy in a hoss fight. Femi’s ribs are bandaged
for the match, selling the injury angle from earlier in the
show. They work the ribs during the match. Femi is sent into
a corner, and the middle turnbuckles pops off before the
final commercial break, leaving the middle rope hanging
limp.
They fight continues after the break, with the middle rope
back in place. Femi takes a backdrop on the ring apron, and
he sells big. They go on to trade near falls.
Comeback by Femi and he tosses Troy around, only for Troy to
cut him off. Femi fought back with a spinebuster for a two
count. Chokeslam by Troy for two. Black Hole Slam by Troy,
but Femi kicks out.
Femi gets his knees up when Troy goes for a Vader bomb. Femi
charges at Troy with a Cactus Jack clothesline that sends
them back over the top rope. Femi sends Troy crashing into a
gimmicked barricade that collapses. Fall From Grace by Femi,
but Troy still kicks out at two and a half. A second Fall
From Grace by Femi is enough, and Femi then covers Troy for
the deciding pinfall.