Good morning, good afternoon and good evening
and welcome to another episode of Finishes and
Factions Does NXT. This week we are from the
Performance Center as normal and it is just me
this week. So without further ado, let's get
into NXT. To start the episode off this week
we had an in -ring promo between Ava and Stephanie
Baker basically saying that after last week's
episode of NXT where Stephanie defended her both
her NXT title and her women's North American
Championship in the same show and retaining both
of them that she has shown everyone why she's
the number one the women's division and they've
come to the tough decision between Ava and Stephanie
Baker that Stephanie is going to relinquish her
North American title and at Stand and Deliver,
a new champion will be decided for that title
in a six -woman ladder match. The qualifiers
for that start tonight. We have two matches for
those. We'll get into them a little bit as we
go. This week was mainly filler. to be fair,
just finishing off some storylines, adding a
few extra bits in that needed to be there and
kind of carrying on towards stand and deliver
in from the point I'm recording this two weeks
time, just under two weeks time. So Stephanie
Baker says that she knows it's not a popular
decision because the reaction from the crowd
in the performance center was very, very... loud
and Bowie for the announcement and she basically
just says that I know it's not popular but NXT
has given me a lot of opportunities and she wants
to do the same for everyone else and she doesn't
want to hold the division back she wants to push
it and to do that she's gonna give you know another
wrestler an opportunity to to take on this North
American title and carry it around as theirs.
On the condition that she gets to choose her
opponent for Stand and Deliver. So for those
of you who are not aware, Stand and Deliver is
basically NXT's version of WrestleMania. And
so from now over the next, well, we've got two
episodes left, I think. Possibly only one episode,
I'm not 100 % sure, do not quote me on that one.
To kind of work out who her opponent for Stand
and Deliver is gonna be. at which point we get
the juggernaut, Jordan Grace come out and basically
say that, you know, after she dealt with Jada
Parker last week and she's out the window, you
know, it's her time to have a crack at that NXT
title in Las Vegas for stand and deliver. And
it basically, we then get Jada Parker coming
out saying that if Jordan Grace had kept her
ass on the floor where it should have been, it
would have been Jada. Jada Parker would have
been holding that title rather than Stephanie
Baker and Stephanie knows it. But it's gonna
be one of those things. Jordan says that Jada
Parker had her shot, she fumbled it and she basically
may not know how championships work if she's
never had one. and that she basically needs to
go to the back and restart from the beginning.
We then end up getting a point where Stephanie
Vacar says that they need to work out and we
then get a little bit of a brawl from Jordan
Grace and Jada Parker with security coming in
and we have it basically finishing with Jordan
Grace tossing a security member over. the top
rope as though he was just an empty water bottle
that she'd taken into the ring with her. And
basically works out that so from this promo we
have a series of matches building up to a six
woman ladder match at Stand and Deliver and both
Jordan, Grace and Jada Parker feel that it should
be them. We do then go into a like Adam calls
them a social media promo. And it's kind of pretty
much, and it's all about Trick Williams saying
that he challenged Ober Femi to a match at Stand
and Deliver. And he hasn't heard anything back
yet, where we then cut into Ober Femi being interviewed
in the car park. And he basically responds saying
that Trick Williams isn't the champion. over
family is you know and he doesn't answer to trick
williams and uh he'll and trick williams will
basically find out tonight why you don't call
out the ruler and we then go to a section of
um into the backstage where we get reactions
to the news that we heard at the start of the
evening about stephanie vaker relinquishing her
title and basically all hell breaks loose backstage
verbally and Fallon Henley seems to be getting
it worse. There is a large group of women in
the backstage and they are all just insulting
each other to the point. And Fallon Henley gets,
yeah, she gets pretty much the worst of it. That
brings us in to our first match of the evening,
which is the first of the women's qualifying
matches. for that six -woman ladder match in
Las Vegas. And this first one, we get Zarya versus
Lash Legend. So Zarya is accompanied to the ring,
sorry, by her tag partner, Sol Ruka. And Lash
Legend comes to the ring with her tag team partner,
Jakara Jackson, part of the Meta Four. So this
is, like I said, the first of the qualifying
matches for that six -woman tag match. and to
be fair this match when it came to it I was quite
impressed by both Zarya and Lush legend are both
very strong powerful women and it kind of we
got a showcase here of what strong wrestlers
can do sort of within these matches especially
the the women's division and both of these guys
in ring and the guys on the outside with their
tag teams have both had a decent run recently.
So at the start of this, both women are basically
trying to power each other out, trying to push
the other one back and forth. There's a little
bit of a here and there, a little bit of turnaround,
a little bit of catch, a little bit of just trying
to get to know each other a little bit and just
kind of get themselves loose, I suppose. The
first opportunity we had for a count was Lush
Legend. she got she managed to pick up a two
count off a suplex and uh I mean at one point
within this series Zarya tried to go for that
hurricane runner um she can't quite get the end
off and uh which didn't really help but she did
manage to get a pretty good slap off afterwards
And they go to trading pretty much in the middle
of the ring. Now, for these guys, I wasn't 100
% sure what we were gonna get. They're both in
tag teams. They're both doing well in their tag
division. Neither of them are holding gold at
the moment. But, you know, the fact they've given
these guys a bit of a... An incentive with a
singles run with this this tournament is actually
going to be quite interesting do I Think that
either of the women in this ring at the moment
have the ability to go on and win it. Yes, I
personally Would like to see Zarya do very well
in this purely just for the fact that I've really
started to enjoy the way she wrestles recently
And a move set's quite impressive as well, to
be fair. At one point, she manages to lock in
a front face lock and Lash Legend has to basically
use her movement to break this one up. And we
sort of, at one point, a little bit later on,
Lash Legend goes to throw Zarya out of the ring.
Zarya manages to counter this into a roll up
two count. And then lash legend manages to get
a slam in and goes for an elbow drop and misses
it as Does Zarya on her next? section of of moves
We got to see a few impressive bits in this lash
legend with a kip up I do not care what wrestler
it is a kip up is always impressive in my eyes
purely for the fact I'm too fat to do one and
I think even if I tried I would probably break
something whether that be on me or within the
surrounding area Kind of think of Rikishi trying
to do the worm and that's what it would look
like if I was trying to do a kip up So this one
ultimately finishes with With Zarya winning.
I mean there is There was a few bits that led
up to that that were quite interesting. You know,
Lash Legend caught Zarya on a cross body attempt
and manages to hit with her with a back breaker.
She then attempts a power bomb opportunity, which
gets reversed by Zarya. She then has an opportunity
to pull off that head scissors. hits the pump
kick afterwards and then on the return from the
pump kick finishes with a German suplex. We've
got a selection of spears from or attempted spears
from Zarya. LashLegend actually manages to pull
off a choke slam on Zarya for a two count. Now
bearing in mind, like I've said previously, these
women are both very tall, very stocky, muscular
women. That choke slam, I was quite impressed
to see it go off, to be fair. But like I said,
at the end, Zarya qualified for the ladder match
at stand and deliver with basically what was
just a slam and a count. I think these two put
enough damage across each other for it to be...
You could tell by the end that they were both
pretty hurting and I'm not gonna lie I think
I would be if I'd have taken some of the moves
that those women did in that match. We then end
up going into a backstage segment with Josh Briggs
and Inamora, I can't remember. I want to say
it's Yasuki Inamora, but I think I'm wrong with
that one. Basically talking about going to stand
and deliver and And the match that they're gonna
try and get themselves there when wesley basically
says Don't bother boys. I've won a match at stand
and deliver and trust me you boys do not have
what it takes Um innamora then starts going off
about how wesley used to fight with honor and
everything he did was quite honorable and um
And he no longer does that and he thinks that
he is going to uh teach wesley how to fight with
Honor again, and he wants a match. Now, there
was a little bit I spotted here. Both Briggs
and Inamura were wearing what looks like biker
cuts, something very similar to what the aces
and eights from TNA were wearing a few years
ago when they were doing that storyline. Just...
Yeah, there wasn't a lot of patches, but there
was a few in the right place that suggested it
made it an MC style thing, but you don't get
to see the back of it to be able to see what
else is there. I mean, could we have a new gimmick
change possibly? I don't know why they'd want
to, but it's one of those. While we are backstage,
we see Kalani Jordan backstage. after talking
with Ava, sorry, saying that she wants to repeat
history in Vegas as she's basically, she was
the first women's North American champion and
she wants to become the second, the first person
to hold that title twice. Out of the holders
that have had it since it's been brought in,
you've had Kalani Jordan, Fallon Henley and Stephanie
Baker. So it's been held by three people. None
of them have held it twice and Kalani Jordan
thinks that she's going to be the woman to do
that one. At which point we get Roxanne Perez
coming in saying, actually, that's not the case.
She'll be taking it because she wants to become
the first Grand Slam holder in NXT. And Kalani
Jordan basically says, look, I will beat you
for the chance. And Ava hears that, gets a slight
little smile on the face and goes well actually,
funny you two say that because you guys are going
one -on -one for a spot in that ladder match.
It stand and deliver to join Zarya. So that was
definitely an interesting one. That means that
later on this evening we are going to see Roxanne
Perez versus Kalani Jordan. Which on paper I
think is going to be a really good match. after
watching it we'll get into it a little bit later
down the line but was still actually a very enjoyable
match we then I mean I'm finding this difficult
doing this on my own guys I'm not gonna not gonna
lie to you I'm used to having Adam to talk to
and Adam is not currently with us this week as
I said it is just me and yeah we are gonna carry
on we go into a VT promo with Tony D 'Angelo
and the D 'Angelo family where basically Tony
set the D 'Angelo's a little bit of a challenge
trying to get some information on dark state
Which is now the name that the four masked amigos
that have been running wild on NXT have have
bought in with themselves So they basically give
us the four names of the people that are in dark
state, and a little bit of their background.
If you get an opportunity to go back and watch
this promo, I would, because I'm not, without
quoting it word for word, which I'm not gonna
be doing, because I noted form, you know, I took
notes on it. There is some really interesting
parts in this promo. So. Mast Amigo number one,
we know as Dion Lennox. We've known this one
for a little while. We just knew very little
about him and Google said that he was a linebacker
as a professional footballer for the American
Football League. So we find out now that he used
to be a linebacker for Oregon State University
and there we are informed that he's a mouthy
hothead. who once attacked a teammate in the
locker room. That's not necessarily a good thing.
The next one, Osiris Griffin, former defensive
lineman from Syracuse. Again, an NCAA team. Apparently
this gentleman broke or hurt his own quarterback's
ribs. in an incident on field but he does have
some great instincts we are then told the third
gentleman is a name by the name of cutler james
he was a high level wrestler an all -american
and this guy basically has unlimited stamina
and likes to take part in spartan races now i
am was not 100 sure what a spartan race was but
Did find out that they do a few different ones
and it's basically just an endurance race but
They do not look like your standard endurance
races at all these look absolutely mental and
Not something I think I would be able to do at
this moment But looking at these, you know what,
I might have a little go and try to see what
one of these is like maybe next year with a bit
of training. Definitely need a bit of training
first. He's described as a bit of a John, I wanna
be John Wick. Now, if you have the movement that
John Wick has in a wrestling ring, God damn,
that is dangerous. And the final guy that we
are introduced to that is a member. Dark state
is a gentleman by the name of Saquon sugars He
was a high school wrestler who is now a or who
turned basically into a street fighter But he's
not the dumb thug you think he is this gentleman
turned down Harvard, but we don't know why so
after finding out a lot of this Tony D 'Angelo
says that they're gonna have to go after them
and basically Tells stacks that the last time
he made a plan. It didn't work out so well So
stacks is gonna have to trust Tony and then stacks
is pretty much. I've got your boss, you know
You're the boss. I'm the under boss. I'll do
what you say. I've got this um Now this next
bit I'm not gonna lie was actually quite funny,
and I don't know why I found it quite funny,
but we We kind of zoom into another backstage
segment a lot of this week's Matches or Well
a lot of this week's episode. Sorry was mainly
it was a lot of filler I've said this I'll probably
say a few more times in the next 20 minutes half
an hour But it was an awful awful lot of filler
And we got to see Hank and tank Wearing pretty
Deadly's costumes only the top half of those
basically just enough to cover the arms in the
top chest plate But if you can imagine these
two boys in a very sparkling sequenced Outfit
that yeah, pretty much there. We also got to
see pretty deadly. They made an NXT appearance
basically a pretty deadly like they love it absolutely
love the fact that Pretty deadly. Um that hank
and tank looked that good and you know They basically
tell them if you want to be stars you need to
look like a star And then we get a little side
action of no quarter catch crew say they're gonna
get their ass kicked as they go out and they
um They pretty much just rip the tops off and
walk off. They were not happy. They were getting
picked on a little bit And then we got a small
little promo from sean spears Basically just
talking about his North American title match
with Ricky Saints a little bit later on in the
evening Basically just how he was going to retain
and make like Ricky's life quite difficult standard
standard, you know, I've got title match later
I'm gonna kick your butt gonna make sure it's
not very easy. I'm gonna embarrass you and then
you know We all know what it's like. We're all
big fans of Wrestling we've seen how these promos
go. I'm gonna kick your butt. No, I'm gonna kick
your butt, but I'm gonna kick your butt harder
No, I'm gonna kick your butt harder. It's just
one of them Which takes us in to our second match
of the evening Which was miles born and Tavian
Heights of no quarter catch no quarter catch
crew versus Hank and Tank now I could sit here
and tell you this was a great match and I wish
it had gone on forever. In theory, actually,
I was glad this one was the shortest match on
the card and my notes for this match pretty much
cover my opinions of it. It started off with
Miles Bourne and Hank at the start of the match
and the first sort of big thing that I spotted
was basically it was a tag team trip into a crossface
style hold. I mean it was nice to watch it was
very smooth very silky you can see they probably
practiced that one once or twice it wasn't too
bad. There was a few double teams around and
about but quite frankly there wasn't really a
lot of things to talk about with this match it
was basically I think them just trying to get
Some time in somewhere or just feel like is this
match wasn't really long enough to probably qualify
as a match Definitely it wasn't a squash match.
It was just short really short And I think they
probably really could have used that time better
elsewhere But it was one of those Hank through
miles born out of the ring. He quickly jumped
up jumped back in with a drop kick And it was
very very rushed there was a change of tag to
get Tavion Heights in They basically worked off
a few double team maneuvers And at the end of
it the one two three went with no quarter catch
crew picking up. What was probably one of the,
I'm not gonna say an easy win, but probably one
of the fastest wins we've seen them have. And
it's not purely for the fact that Hank and Tank
were poor quality. They're not generally poor
quality wrestlers. It's just. Don't think they
were given particularly long I think you were
kind of like you've got seven minutes boys go
and do something with it I don't even think it
was that if I'm being honest with you the entire
episode of NXT this week was an hour and 14 minutes
after edit So it was definitely this was This
was the one thing on the card today that I feel
didn't really make sense And the talk about making
sense though we do get to see trick williams
right now so trick williams comes out to the
ring uh we're not getting a match from trick
williams we are getting a promo he basically
comes out and says oba i called you out last
week i ain't heard shit so what's going on because
let's not get it and i i wrote this through he
says let's not get it twisted you may be the
champion but trick williams is still the man
and he's been the man since he took it upon himself
to get that nxt title back around his waist he
says though but all the success that he has had
has come at a cost and he is absolutely hated
by everyone in the back because of how great
and how much he's done for himself And he kind
of gets, you know, he gets it. He'd be angry
at someone if they were doing the same thing
he'd be doing. We then get, well, I'd say interrupted.
We get joined in the ring by Javon Evans. And
he comes up basically and says, Trick Williams
says, don't come out here interrupting me, dog.
He knows he's upset. He was collateral damage,
but it's stand and deliver season and the grown
folks are talking. Trick Williams does not have
a lot of good things to say about Javon Evans
at the moment. Now, Javon Evans has kind of been
puppy -dogging him for the last few weeks. And
just kind of like, you know, I can learn from
you. You can learn from me. This could be cool.
We could do a thing. Trick Williams is basically
like, look, dude, just because we look the same
doesn't mean we are the same. You know, leave
me alone. I've got bigger fish to fry. I'm NXT
Championship level. You don't have nothing going
on right now. You know? But, Javon Evans says,
I understand you now. I understand what you've
been saying, but I wanna know something. When
did you know it was your time? He said, when
Trick Williams won the NXT Championship, he was
NXT's golden child. And Javon Evans, basically,
he just wants to have the same treatment. The
only difference is, is Javon Evans doesn't need
to break out a shadow, and he's ready to fight
right now. I mean, Trick Williams says that he's
in his shadow now and he knows nothing about
being a champion. Well, Javon Evans really hasn't
had too much experience with holding titles that
we have seen within the finishes and factions
period of NXT. So basically, the Netflix era,
I did not watch a lot of NXT, if any NXT before
the Netflix era. Actually, I think the last lot
of NXT I watched, Enzo Moray and Big Cass were
still in NXT. So that was definitely a little
while ago. Jevon Evans calls Trick Williams,
basically Carmelo Hayes. He's like, dude, what
you're saying to me now is what, you know, what
you're saying now is what Carmelo Hayes said
a year ago. And since, you know, people want
to talk about things Jevon Evans has done that
no one else has done, there is only one thing
he could mention. And he says, and he claims,
and he's the only person to drop Oberfammy. So,
I mean, that's a pretty big statement to put
out there. I mean, we know it's true because
he wouldn't have said it otherwise. but the only
person to get one over on the NXT champion. Which
we do get to see as his name is mentioned. Ober
Femi is starting to turn into NXT's version of
Joe Hendry. You say his name, he appears. And
he comes down to the ring and says Javon Evans
should say that nonsense to his face. And he
goes, you know. Congrats, you dropped the ruler.
It was a lucky shot and trust me. It won't happen
again And Javon Evans is saying that I only needed
one more second to change history and if he'd
have changed history and beaten over Femi You
know over Femi wouldn't have beat Rick Wittons
for the title because Javon Evans would have
had it and Yeah, I mean when you look at it that
way you think well If That's a weird series of
events Over Femi wouldn't have beaten trick Williams
for that title because Javon Evans would have
had it That could have been an interesting scenario
but you know The the time is there and It's stand
and deliver. It's going to be the time of over
Femi apparently and I mean, Ober Femi's been
great with this championship. He's had some phenomenal
matches. His stuff with Moose, wha! So he's not
exactly been a slack champion with that title
belt. He's kept hold of it and he's kept hold
of it really, really well. So Trick Williams
says, stand and deliver. The NX title will be
Ober Femi and Trick Williams, at which point
Jovan Evans starts getting a little bit like,
oh, you can't do that without me. And Oberfemi
stops Javon Evans and says, Tric Williams needs
to stop talking, otherwise he'd be the, you know,
if Tric Williams needs to, he needs to stop talking
because he'd be champ already. If he could act
with his fists the way he runs his mouth, he'd
still be champion, you know? But we then get
to see our glorious NXT general manager, Ava,
come to the ring. Well, she comes out onto the
ramp anyway, and she says, look, I've seen this
before, and there is only one way it's going
to end. So it's stand and deliver. Ober Femi
is going to defend his title against Trik Williams.
And Javon Evans. We are going a triple threat
in the main event of stand and deliver. But let's
face it. This has got to be the main event. Is
there? Any other match that has been set up for
standing deliver so far that deserves to be main
event material Over over Femi versus trick Williams
versus Javon Evans for the NXT title Not only
is that gotta be main event I'm gonna call it
now that that's gonna be the match of the night
when we see when we see stand and deliver go
off So after we have Ava explain what is going
on, Trick Williams punches Jevon Evans and Oba
Femi goes off on Trick Williams and basically
tosses him out the ring. At which point we get
to see our four masked amigos again. Dark state
come out and basically run down to the ring and
give Oba Femi and Jevon Evans a bit of an ass
kicking. Now they've got this four man double
team type move they do which is basically like
the power bomb the shield used to use but instead
of slamming a guy in the floor they throw him
halfway across the ring and it works really well
it's kind of like an overpowered 3d but without
the uh the ending so to speak it's like a like
a diamond cutter ending it's not quite that way
at the moment they just hoist him up and fling
him It's like a cannonball. I'd love to see them
do it to Ray Mysterio just to see how far he'd
fly. But I digress. They give him a bit of an
ass kick in. Notice to start off with that they
only go for Oberfammy and Jovan Evans. Bear in
mind, Trick Williams is out there too. And don't
worry, Trick Williams gets what he deserves.
So we see him stood in the middle of the ring
at one point. with all four members of Dark State
stood around him. Now I'm sat there thinking,
are we about to find out that Dark State is already
being run by Trick Williams? No. They beat the
brakes off Trick Williams. They absolutely destroyed
him. I mean, it don't take a lot. To be fair,
I'm not saying the guy is not very good, I'm
just saying they're four big animals. Trick Williams,
I mean, he's big, but he's not that big. He's
not a linebacker big. He's not football big.
Even if you look at the fact you've got linebacker
and defensive lineman, these guys, they're big
fellas. Trick Williams, not that big. Or not
as big as them, anyway. Now, our next little
section takes us into the medical tent. as we
see Chase Yu, there's Andre Chase from Chase
Yu in the medical, basically finding out that
after his match with Ethan Page last week, he's
got crack ribs. And the doctor's asking him,
you know, have you got anyone to take you home?
And he's like, no, it's all right, I've got this.
And then the chase you students come in from
the side, which was bear with me a second and
I will find out for you. Yeah, I don't think
they were actually members of Chase You. They
were just fans of Chase You. And they're fans
whose name I can't quite remember off the top
of my head. And I definitely didn't make a note
of it because he didn't show it on the screen.
So basically, they turn around and say, it's
cool. We'll take him home. And they leave. just
out the side door of medical as we go into the
back underground section of the arena where we
see Jada Parker and Jordan grace fighting again
like these guys absolutely going tongue and nail
at it not only um you know did they is basically
set off in the rings at the start of the show
where um Something was gonna explode. It just
happened that Jordan Grace and Jada Parker decided
they could not wait to To get at it to see who
they feel should be facing Stephanie Baker for
the NXT Women's title in Las Vegas I mean Let's
be honest Jordan Grace versus Jada Parker in
a no DQ who's winning? My money's on Jordan Grace
every time. Right, I don't know why. I think
it's just because she's the biggest, like the
bigger person now. I think she's, but yeah, my
money would be on Jordan Grace and that one.
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anytime you want and one of us, either myself
or Adam, will get back to you ASAP. We then see
a little bit from Fraxiom backstage saying to
Hank and Tank about the fact that yes, they've
lost their way but don't embarrass yourselves,
it will come. And while they're having a conversation,
we get two gentlemen by the name of Brad Taylor
and Ricky Smokes come in. So apparently these
gentlemen are part of a tag team called Swipe
Right in WWE Evolve. Now I haven't watched any
of Evolve. We've said this before, but we watch
so much wrestling throughout the week. own clips
conversations this podcast i think the only time
me and adam actually talk now is it's either
have you seen such and such depending on the
program or do you want to play some cod outside
of the conversations we have within this podcast
it's pretty much how far we get cod yeah go on
mate and then it's just two hours of not silence
but just us playing cod and being douches But
um, they came in and say that they basically
they'd quite look up to to Fraxium and they want
a match purely just to see where their weaknesses
are and Who doesn't want a match against your
idols at which point Nathan Fraser says sure
go for it. We'll do that So Brad Taylor and Ricky
smokes from swipe, right at some point. I'm gonna
get a match with which is Axiom and Nathan Fraser.
I mean, that's kind of cool, I suppose. If we've
basically got four weekly programs from WWE now
with it being Raw, NXT, SmackDown, and Evolve,
it could be some interesting stuff floating around,
some interesting stuff floating around. But talking
about interesting stuff, let's move on to our
next match. this would be the second of the women's
North American tournament qualifiers and As we
found out earlier We are getting a match between
Roxanne Perez and Kalani Jordan now On paper
this has got poor quality match written all over
it in my opinion Because on paper Roxanne Perez
should walk out of this one pretty quickly as
the winner I feel considering the experience
Roxanne Perez has had in NXT and the stuff that
she's done on the main roster, obviously she
featured in the elimination chamber, she's been
in the Royal Rumble. We've seen her on episodes
of Raw and SmackDown when she was running around
chasing Bayley for a little while. And now we
see her go into this match for basically a qualifying
session to get into the Women's North American
title match at Stand and Deliver. which I think
personally could be actually a really good match.
I'm going to look forward to it. But apart from
Zarya, who we know is already qualified for the
first match, who else are we going to find? Well,
let's crack into this one and see if it's Roxanne
Perez or Kalani Jordan that is going to be in
the six women ladder match in Las Vegas. So it
starts off pretty evenly. It's not a lot of stuff
going on. It's all just like I said feeling outweighed
Just getting themselves sort of like warm flexible
kind of going right sweet. We've got this sorted
and We are informed while this is going on that
we've heard from a lot of different people about
different things within the NXT universe You
know whether it be the North American title vacation
Whether it's been to do with you know the families
dark state Culling in the D 'Angelo's, that's
what I mean by the families there. We've not
heard from one person in a couple of weeks. So
at NXT's last pay -per -view, which I believe
was only a few weeks ago, just trying to find
where it was. Anyway, and like I said, At NXT's
last pay -per -view a few weeks ago, there was
a title versus title match at, I want to say
it was Roadblock. And this was basically Julia
versus Stephanie Baker to find out who was the
best woman in the women's division. And these
women had won hell of a match. And it was an
incredible match and it basically finished with
Stephanie Vacar walking out of Madison Square
Gardens with both titles. She defended them both
last week and she's obviously dropped the North
American one this week. So. but we still haven't
heard from Julia so we don't actually know what's
going on there why the title was dropped if there
was a specific reason why Stephanie Baker was
given it or what is going on now I'm guessing
and like I said this is purely a guess I think
there was possibly an injury somewhere they just
don't want to comment on or I can't see them
you know Not wanting to use Julia. She's a fantastic
talent. There might be some family issues. I'm
guessing I'm not 100 % sure. I'm personally gonna
go with the injury which is somewhere I thought
Kalani Jordan was gonna go because at one point
Roxanne Perez was doing some really Interesting
stuff to Kalani Jordan's arm which finished with
her basically stomping on her arm as it was laying
on the turnbuckle that holds the ropes onto the
ring posts while she was sat in the corner with
her arm through the rope. Roxanne Perez jumped
on it to the apron and it looked like she'd done
some, that hurt. There was definitely a hyperextension
of the elbow. It was very, very like she's gonna,
the two arms, the forearm, the hand off the apron
and we know those rings are. Definitely pretty
sturdy and there is no way they are gonna break
anytime soon Especially not with an arm. Anyway
You know, we had a few little bits go up and
weigh a few more stumps on the arm Roxanne Perez
really did just keep going back to the arm whenever
she had an opportunity and You know, but it wasn't
just the arm that she was working on we got suplexes
multiple times from Roxanne Perez and Kalani
Jordan But Kalani Jordan wasn't there Just to
be you know she wasn't just there to take part
she wanted to take over And eventually that's
what she does she got a two count off. I've written
it down as a sit -down face buster But I'm pretty
sure someone mentioned. It was a face down. It
was a sit -down DDT So I'm not entirely sure
where we're gonna go from I think face buster
sounds better because she basically just as she
jumped like split like it was a Yeah, like she
had a split leg bulldog, so to speak, like she
bulldogged Roxanne Perez through her own split
legs as she sat, like hit the floor in a seating
position onto the mat. It was interesting. I
really enjoyed it. Killarney Jordan missed one
of a kind a few times. And there was a bit of
a nasty kick from Roxanne Perez, which looked
like it hit Kalani Jordan in the back of the
neck. And she did make the most of that to try
and get two count. And then we've spoken recently
about when Jimmy Uso slapped Gunther as the slap
that was heard around the world. The slap that
Roxanne Perez put on Kalani Jordan, very close
to being as impressive. by decimals, it was still
a phenomenal slap. And Kalani Jordan was not
happy with that. That's a, the fuck did you just
do to me? And she got up and she was swinging
for the fences. She was not happy. Kalani Jordan
in that process counted a Pop Rocks attempt.
and then ends up holding onto the top rope and
using the not the leverage she got from that
but the safety that she got from that because
the hold was broken to hit a DDT on Roxanne Perez
and finally Killarney Jordan managed to hit that
one of a kind for the three count which means
that Roxanne Perez might be going to Las Vegas
but she's not going into the six women ladder
match for the North American title that So far
Zarya and Kalani Jordan So yeah, I mean so far
we've had two matches for this title for this
title Qualifier both being pretty spot -on. I
am I couldn't think of one that I've watched
so far where I've been a little bit like It was
it was this and it was that I still thoroughly
enjoyed the match And I'm not gonna take anything
away from the guys that are in it. It was a brilliant
match I personally think though, that it wasn't
long enough. And that is the problem I'm gonna
have with this match. I think that if they'd
have taken out the little section they had earlier
with the match we said they didn't need to be
there between Hank and Tank and caught a catch
crew. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that that match could
have. Had a little bit of extra time and given
us a little bit more from Kalani Jordan. So We
then go I mean we go backstage again And yet
again, we are seeing our general manager Ava
Ava has had a very very busy day today sorting
out multiple issues with multiple aspects of
her NXT division and To be fair so far. She's
pretty much got everything down to a T. But she's
in there with the general manager of WWE Evolve,
which I, like I said, I haven't watched. So I
am not sure who their general manager is. So
I think it's gonna be a case that I'm gonna have
to go back and do a little bit more research.
for this one because I'm really not sure where
it could go from this one. Stevie Turner is the
on -screen general manager for WWE Evolve. That
was announced on March 26th. She made history
being the first general manager of Evolve. and
she made her way onto NXT to have a conversation
with Ava about swipe right and Ava says look
at the moment I don't really have time for swipe
right my focus is dark state she states that
she says sorry that next week we are getting
a six -man tag match at which point we find out
that three members of the four of dark state
will be facing over Femi Tripp Williams and Jovan
Evans. So the main event of Stand and Deliver
are having to team up next week to stop Dark
State in their first official match on WWE NXT.
So tune in for that one because I think that
could be phenomenal. Purely, I just want to see
what Dark State can do because we've seen them
all run in and we've seen them beat people up
and throw them away. And for me, it's time to
see what they are capable of and what their stamina
is like and whether they're at a position where
they can have a full match. We then go backstage
and see Sarah Schreiber talking to Ricky Saints
about his match with Shawn Spears, which is our
NXT main event. This is for the North American
title and that basically Ricky Saints just says
that he's taken this title off Shawn Spears tonight
and And that's the end of that. But well, we'll
find out in the main event in a few moments because
we have another little section to go through
first. Well, actually we've got two. The first
one is where we see Zarya and Soruka backstage
and Zarya is telling Soruka that basically, you
know, when it comes to stand and deliver, I'd
like you to be at ringside with me. And I think
that's a fair show. It's a six woman ladder match.
This is gonna be an interesting match. And she
just wants her tag buddy there to make sure that
no one fucks her too hard. At which point Killarney
Jordan comes in from the side and she's like,
oh my God, did you see my match? How amazing
was that? I beat the prodigy. I'm off to this
match at Stand and Deliver. You know and basically
Soruka says well, let's face it. It's going to
be one of us two that wins that match at which
point Zarya looks at Soruka like the fuck and
We find out from then that Soruka has her qualifying
match next week. We just do not know who her
qualifying match is against Sure, we'll find
that out next week though as we see her match
and one more in the qualifier for the stand and
deliver not a match we do get another little
section from Dark State and They were basically
talking about the fact they've got a match next
week and they're pretty happy about the fact
they've got a match next week and How the D 'Angelo
family were too? Concerned about finding out
who they were and all they really need us to
know is they're here to take belts. They want
gold which Who can blame him really who gets
into professional wrestling and goes I don't
want to hold a title fuck that noise I just want
to sell more merch, you know, you know, it's
gonna be one of those and we're gonna get there
eventually but getting there is one thing we
have done and You guys are not gonna have to
hear my voice for much longer in this episode
because we have got to our main event of the
evening This was Ricky Saints and Shawn Spears
who was accompanied to the ring by the Culling
for their North American title match which uh
yeah won hell of a match and one that I actually
personally really enjoyed watching. Right so
this match this match was actually really good
it started off with uh the bell rings and Shawn
Spears is like nope fuck this I am out of here
and disappears out the under the bottom rope
down towards the announce table at which point
Ricky Saints is like I don't think so my good
sir come back here and flies over the top rope
to get him and go straight after him to be fair
gives him a few slaps around few punches and
then ends up pulling off I mean this isn't something
we see we see Damien Priest use this quite a
lot But Ricky Saints hit a rather naughty old
school off the barricade on to Sean Spears who
then climbs back up. We don't know what happens
from here because we went to a commercial break.
Then when we came back from the commercial break
Ricky Saints wasn't on the barricade he was on
his hands and knees in the middle of the ring
and Sean Spears was Basically just attacking
him from behind here I've got at one point Sean
Spears goes to lariat Ricky Saints into the corner
and Ricky bounces off the three padded turnbuckles
and kind of just lands on the floor about two
feet away and He's hurting. I don't know how
hard he hit that but he hit it pretty goddamn
hard Sean Spears jumped straight on top of him
and starts punching him in the face. I mean as
would anyone in this situation I suppose it's
it is one of those like You can go or you can't
go and Sean Spears decided that this particular
time he was going for it At one point again following
on from this Sean Spears throws Ricky on the
floor goes up to the top Rope and Ricky Saints
basically just gets up and goes running at him
and swings right at him to the point where Ricky
Saints actually takes a little bit more control
about what is going on climbs back up to the
top rope with Sean Spears up there and hits what
I can describe only as move of the evening this
was basically a jackhammer suplex so he went
from Sean Spears sitting on the ring post and
Ricky Saints standing on rope three. So we've
got like a suplex happening, but as Ricky Saints
lifts him up and over, he manages to turn himself.
So as he lands it, it basically is a jackhammer.
And it was incredible. Goldberg himself. Would
have been impressed with this jackhammer that
Ricky Saints managed to pull out of absolutely
nowhere by the way. There is no way on earth
I'd have looked at that and gone. That's what
Ricky Saints is gonna do. Nope. No, no, no, no,
no, no way Which is pretty much this entire match
I did not look at either of the any of the spots
in this match and go he's gonna do this He'd
say didn't you could not read this one from a
note -taking perspective. This match was a real
pain in the butt because I couldn't type fast
enough and if I pause it to type and unpause
it and yeah it messes with me and I end up forgetting
that I'm doing either the watching or the typing
and I just end up just typing a huge amount or
I don't type anything at all. Which again is
not particularly happy. We do get some pretty
phenomenal moves. So Sean Spears counted a tornado
DDT. Then a a spine buster for the privilege
of it the Ricky Saints literally was all over
Sean Spears for a majority of this match and
Then so at one point Sean Spears decides you
know what I've had enough. I need a breather
I'm just gonna nip to the outside of the ring
Again, Ricky Saints is like I do not think so
come here, please jumped Over to find him and
then hit a tornado DDT using the steps of the
apron and the floor the concrete floor of the
Performance Center and Sean Spears head made
some pretty sweet connections this evening The
end of the match though is not too far away And
it looks like it is going to go the way of Sean
Spears and the Culling when Nico starts trying
to distract the ref. Izzy Dame throws Sean Spears
his title and Sean Spears whacks Ricky Saints
right between his two eyes with that North American
title and still the hand went down for two on
that two count Ricky popped a shoulder as I just
say you are not gonna get me that easy and in
normal fashion he who laughs last laughs longest
because Ricky science Ricky Saints sorry hit
a c4 on Sean Spears if we then see him take Jensen
out with a Spear And Brooks as well and then
he Spears Sean Spears again and hits the Rochambeau
for the three count making Ricky Saints not only
our new North American champion with two weeks
left to go and to stand and deliver he beat Ethan
Page's record of the fastest signing or the fastest
debut to title by seven days and speaker the
devil again when you say his name and he generally
has a tendency to appear ethan page all ego ethan
page decided that he was not going to let this
stand and he comes running out and completely
drops ricky saints who by the way is just having
pretty stonking match against Shawn Spears. He's
fucked. And Ethan Page decides that he's having
a pop at him. Ethan comes out, steals the smile
of Ricky Saints, lifts up Ricky Saints newly
awarded North American Championship. And we basically
take the curtain call of this week's NXT to see
Ethan Page holding up Ricky's title. above Ricky's
cold -ass body lying on the floor which um Jesus
man We've had some matches today unfortunately
though my notes have finished for this one and
We are coming to an end of another episode of
finishers and factions this episode when it uploads
will be episode number 48 for finishes and factions
which means by the time next week's Monday Night
Raw comes round we will be celebrating the 50th
episode of finishes and factions so I will see
you the next episode which is finishes and factions
does smackdown and Hopefully Adam will be back
with us for that one because you don't want two
hours of me talking to myself Trust me But I
will thank you all for listening and thank you
all for your continued support and Without further
ado we're gonna end here one last thing before
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