WEBVTT 00:00:33.469 --> 00:00:38.369 And welcome to another episode of Finishes and 00:00:38.369 --> 00:00:43.049 Factions Does NXT. Yet again, we are coming to 00:00:43.049 --> 00:00:47.409 you from the WWE Performance Center in Lando, 00:00:47.469 --> 00:00:53.070 Florida. And after such a phenomenal roar the 00:00:53.070 --> 00:00:56.189 night before, NXT had a lot to match up with. 00:00:56.590 --> 00:00:59.649 But introductions first. I, of course, am your 00:00:59.649 --> 00:01:03.030 host, Adam. I am doing this on my own this week 00:01:03.030 --> 00:01:06.069 just because Rich had some family issues that 00:01:06.069 --> 00:01:08.549 he had to deal with. He wanted to be, yeah, he 00:01:08.549 --> 00:01:11.370 had other shit he needed to do. So as a good 00:01:11.370 --> 00:01:16.250 co -host, I step in and take the reins. Now, 00:01:17.049 --> 00:01:22.090 we are looking this week at, well, I mean... 00:01:22.140 --> 00:01:24.760 Even straight from the off, we had an opening 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:27.719 interview promo with Stephanie Vacure as she 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:30.079 makes her way to the ring. She will reveal that 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:33.859 she is calling her shop for Stand and Deliver 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:37.980 tonight. This very evening she is doing that. 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:44.500 as she makes her way from backstage into the 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:48.239 into the performance area and she will be at 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.560 ringside for the very first match which is a 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.980 women's singles match featuring Jordan Grace 00:01:54.980 --> 00:01:59.459 and Jada Parker and honestly this match came 00:01:59.459 --> 00:02:03.099 across much more than it came across less like 00:02:03.099 --> 00:02:06.620 a wrestling match and more like a straight up 00:02:06.620 --> 00:02:12.000 fight as these two forces clashed almost immediately. 00:02:12.620 --> 00:02:15.379 It was a phenomenal match. And if you haven't 00:02:15.379 --> 00:02:18.340 seen it, please go and watch it. But of course, 00:02:18.460 --> 00:02:20.860 I will break down my personal highlights for 00:02:20.860 --> 00:02:25.539 you. Jada Parker with a huge blockbuster at one 00:02:25.539 --> 00:02:28.360 point during the match. Parker trots out some 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:31.520 of her classics as well, like that corner bomb 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:38.219 that she so happily does. Grace showing off that 00:02:38.219 --> 00:02:44.060 immense strength and power that seems to be just 00:02:44.060 --> 00:02:48.199 her signature trademark at the moment. There 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:52.099 were a few missteps as well. Grace seems to go 00:02:52.099 --> 00:02:54.699 for a dive through the ropes but fumbles it. 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:57.159 I think her knees or her feet might get caught 00:02:57.159 --> 00:03:00.139 on the middle rope as she's making her exit. 00:03:00.180 --> 00:03:02.580 But this is one of the reasons they call it high 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:06.120 risk, folks, and one of the reasons why here 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:09.199 at Finishes and Factions we emulate the WWE's 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:13.780 message of do not try this at home. These are 00:03:13.780 --> 00:03:18.949 trained professionals, of course. Now... As I 00:03:18.949 --> 00:03:22.789 mean the match itself ends in a no contest because 00:03:22.789 --> 00:03:25.770 Stephanie Vecure cannot seem to keep herself 00:03:25.770 --> 00:03:29.349 out of the action here She seems to be seems 00:03:29.349 --> 00:03:32.409 to have gotten herself involved. It ends in a 00:03:32.409 --> 00:03:37.509 complete no contest and honestly the match just 00:03:37.509 --> 00:03:43.930 degenerates down into a full -on fight between 00:03:45.079 --> 00:03:48.400 Stephanie Vercure, Jordan Grace and Jada Parker. 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:51.840 We are no closer at this stage to knowing what 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:55.419 the the outcome of this is going to be but just 00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:58.419 as quickly as it starts it changes into a very 00:03:58.419 --> 00:04:01.659 much a two -on -one situation where Jordan and 00:04:01.659 --> 00:04:06.080 Jada both go in after the champion in this case 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:12.300 and they are not stopping for anything well until 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:17.779 Of course, we see the return of the former NXT 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:20.980 Women's Champion, Julia, who we haven't seen 00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:25.160 since she lost her title a good few weeks ago, 00:04:25.459 --> 00:04:28.480 to Stephanie Vakir herself. And seems to come 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:32.899 out to very much help her friend, one of her 00:04:32.899 --> 00:04:36.560 very best friends. But even that seems to be 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:42.100 a complete fugazi as - As soon as the ring is 00:04:42.100 --> 00:04:44.879 cleared, even to the shock of Jordan Grace and 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:48.639 Jada Parker themselves, Julia hits a Northern 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:54.560 Lights bomb to Stephanie Vacure to end the segment. 00:04:54.620 --> 00:04:58.620 I mean, we end the segment with shock painted 00:04:58.620 --> 00:05:03.360 well and truly across the faces of both Jordan 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.819 Grace and Jada Parker, and we are just left with 00:05:06.819 --> 00:05:12.959 an image of... Julia with a foot on the face 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:16.759 of the champion with the belt in hand, standing 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:21.220 over the lifeless body of our current women's 00:05:21.220 --> 00:05:25.660 champion. And what a way to start NXT this is. 00:05:25.779 --> 00:05:27.540 I mean, I don't know about you, but at this point, 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:32.279 I was gassed. We then move on from that match 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:38.240 to the VT recap from last week where we see obviously 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:42.920 Ricky Saints claiming the North American title 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:48.379 from Sean Spears who held it for what seemingly 00:05:48.379 --> 00:05:51.720 a very short amount of time for what it was worth. 00:05:55.200 --> 00:06:00.579 He hadn't even held it for 20, 30 seconds before 00:06:00.579 --> 00:06:04.819 all of a sudden, Ethan Page hit a twisted smile 00:06:04.819 --> 00:06:09.540 on him in the middle of that ring. And yeah, 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:12.079 we know that we're getting a programme involving 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:17.569 these two gentlemen coming up so very soon. Yeah, 00:06:17.649 --> 00:06:21.589 we had that VT recap and then went into a backstage 00:06:21.589 --> 00:06:26.069 promo where we see one of our favorite tag teams 00:06:26.069 --> 00:06:30.050 from NXT or one of my favorites anyway is Hank 00:06:30.050 --> 00:06:34.269 and Tank still reeling from the tongue -lashing 00:06:34.269 --> 00:06:38.610 they got from Nathan Frazier last week and are 00:06:38.610 --> 00:06:42.819 joined by Well, the tag team champions opponents 00:06:42.819 --> 00:06:47.600 for this week, which is swipe right from WWE 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:51.839 evolution, which is their new developmental brand. 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:54.660 Apparently they're doing some really phenomenal 00:06:54.660 --> 00:06:58.620 work down there in evolution. I personally have 00:06:58.620 --> 00:07:03.500 not seen it as I honestly between raw SmackDown 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:08.509 and NXT. plus the PLEs and being able to go out 00:07:08.509 --> 00:07:11.689 and earn a living, I simply do not have time 00:07:11.689 --> 00:07:15.189 to sit and watch more wrestling in my week. It's 00:07:15.189 --> 00:07:17.649 one of the reasons why I don't watch any TNA 00:07:17.649 --> 00:07:21.970 or AEW either. If I had to watch all of them, 00:07:21.970 --> 00:07:24.709 I would have to give up work. And if I give up 00:07:24.709 --> 00:07:27.310 work, I'm not going to have anything to watch 00:07:27.310 --> 00:07:33.730 those programs on. It is as simple as that. So. 00:07:34.580 --> 00:07:37.639 They are basically coming along to offer some 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:39.839 advice obviously in the last few weeks. We've 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:43.220 seen Hank and tank trying Desperately to get 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:47.040 as much advice as they can from different tag 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:50.180 teams basically tank and tanks seem to be suffering 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:55.399 with one hell of a identity crisis as Yeah, it 00:07:55.399 --> 00:08:00.079 just carries on from there now Swipe Right do 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:03.160 leave at this point to go for their match versus 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:06.779 Fraxium, which is the next match out. However, 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:10.180 before that happens, we have another VT promo. 00:08:10.379 --> 00:08:14.399 Now, this VT is based all around the culling 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:18.720 and basically how, well, everybody apart from 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:23.639 Sean Spears is still reeling from his loss last 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:26.060 week to Ricky Saints, where he lost his title. 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.410 Now... The members of the Cullin are trying to 00:08:29.410 --> 00:08:31.689 take responsibility. They're trying to say, look, 00:08:31.689 --> 00:08:34.009 Sean, we let you down, mate. We let you down 00:08:34.009 --> 00:08:39.029 and it didn't go the way we wanted it to. And 00:08:39.029 --> 00:08:41.190 Sean is very honest with them and says, look, 00:08:41.990 --> 00:08:45.750 I am thankful for the fact that I got a championship 00:08:45.750 --> 00:08:47.970 reign while I was at the head of this group, 00:08:48.009 --> 00:08:50.909 but ultimately that is not what this group is 00:08:50.909 --> 00:08:58.480 about. We are about getting... success for you 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.960 guys that's who we're getting it for and we're 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:07.820 gonna start by refocusing and focusing on Izzy 00:09:07.820 --> 00:09:11.240 Dame and her qualification for the Women's North 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.299 American Championship ladder match at Stand and 00:09:14.299 --> 00:09:18.779 Deliver which is later on and Jensen Brooks and 00:09:18.779 --> 00:09:22.909 Nico Vance's target is going to be Hank and Tank 00:09:22.909 --> 00:09:26.049 this week which is another match we get later 00:09:26.049 --> 00:09:30.490 on in the card. Now this does bring us very nicely 00:09:30.490 --> 00:09:33.629 back to the second match of the evening which 00:09:33.629 --> 00:09:38.330 is a men's tag team match which sees Fraxium 00:09:38.330 --> 00:09:43.049 the current NXT men's tag team champions versus 00:09:43.370 --> 00:09:47.809 Swipe right which is made up of Brad Baylor and 00:09:47.809 --> 00:09:51.450 Ricky smokes again They are from WWE evolution 00:09:51.450 --> 00:09:55.269 and honestly, I can't fault what these two gentlemen 00:09:55.269 --> 00:09:58.090 put out there. They are incredibly young incredibly 00:09:58.090 --> 00:10:03.169 hungry and they put on a fantastic match and 00:10:03.169 --> 00:10:05.509 Obviously, we know with fraction. We're gonna 00:10:05.509 --> 00:10:08.090 get it thick. We're gonna get it fast and it's 00:10:08.090 --> 00:10:13.320 gonna be absolute chaos in the ring but whatever 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:15.340 these gents have been doing has obviously been 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:18.200 working for them as they have ascended to the 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:23.580 tippy top of NXT tag team division but let's 00:10:23.580 --> 00:10:28.299 break it down a little bit further as Well, we've 00:10:28.299 --> 00:10:30.220 seen in the last week or two there have started 00:10:30.220 --> 00:10:35.259 to be cracks forming in Fraxium's armor as It 00:10:35.259 --> 00:10:38.080 was revealed. I think it was last week on NXT 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:39.779 or it might have been last week on one of the 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:46.059 main roster shows that Nathan Frazier and Axiom 00:10:46.059 --> 00:10:49.299 while tag team partners and obviously that they 00:10:49.299 --> 00:10:52.879 hold what every tag team in NXT is going to aspire 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:57.259 to and they are not friends. They do not consider 00:10:57.259 --> 00:11:00.279 themselves friends. They consider themselves 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:03.779 allies and associates. And that's the one thing 00:11:03.779 --> 00:11:06.059 that I think Axiom wishes he had with Nathan 00:11:06.059 --> 00:11:09.639 Fraser. But honestly, Nathan Fraser is coming 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:13.019 across more and more like a narcissist every 00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:16.960 time the man opens his mouth as he lives to tear 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:23.159 down his opponents. And yeah, it's giving major 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:27.580 narky vibes. And honestly, I'm not here for it. 00:11:28.019 --> 00:11:33.440 Not a fan of Nathan Fraser as a character. His 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:35.980 performance in Ring, however, speaks entirely 00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:38.580 for itself. The reason I'm talking about this, 00:11:38.580 --> 00:11:42.740 of course, is because Fraxiom have a little disagreement 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:46.159 at the beginning. They can't... decide between 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:48.139 the two of them who's going to start the match. 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:50.700 Soon as they get to that point they're still 00:11:50.700 --> 00:11:54.799 arguing and Ricky Smokes of Swipe Right decides 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:59.539 to take advantage and runs and drop Kicks Axiom 00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:02.740 off the ring apron to get the match started and 00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:05.620 honestly I think if I had to take a choice between 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:09.200 either one of these two gentlemen I would probably 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.240 take out Nathan Fraser, especially as he started 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:19.419 this match. And yeah, as I said, we know that 00:12:19.419 --> 00:12:21.659 with a Fraxian match, we're going to get it thick, 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:25.259 we're going to get it fast. And they did not 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:30.159 disappoint. Smokes and Baylor managed to work 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:34.000 up an early offence, but ultimately, you're against 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:37.740 a championship team. You're not going to get... 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:40.519 Very far when you're from a developmental brand 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:45.799 and nobody really expected these two to Nobody 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:48.559 really expected these two to walk out of here 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:50.960 with a win. I mean it would have been a massive 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:56.620 upset win if they had But ultimately once Fraxium 00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:59.080 gained some control they managed to start increasing 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:02.200 the pace Which is where they like it where they 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:05.299 want it. It means that they're getting what they 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:09.360 need out of the match and yeah there were a few 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:13.179 bits and pieces where Swipe Right still developed 00:13:13.179 --> 00:13:16.419 a good amount of offense but ultimately I mean 00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:20.019 mover the match did come from Nathan Fraser himself 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:27.000 with a butter smooth float over springboard Double 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:31.559 neck breaker DDT combo and honestly that is the 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.879 best way I can think to describe it in words 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:36.779 because otherwise You're gonna have to see this 00:13:36.779 --> 00:13:41.940 shit to believe it But Axiom did manage to get 00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:44.220 his own move in as well with a super Spanish 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:49.279 fly followed by Frasier hitting a phoenix splash 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:57.379 as Fraxiom gained the win over swipe right, which 00:13:57.379 --> 00:14:01.679 closed out that match. Moving on from here, we 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:06.720 know that since last week and Stephanie Vicure 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:10.559 vacated the Women's North American Championship, 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:15.100 there has been a ladder match put together at 00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:17.580 Stand and Deliver this year to determine the 00:14:17.580 --> 00:14:21.500 new champion. And this will be a six woman ladder 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:26.639 match. The combatants involved are being determined 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:30.980 by qualifying matches last week, this week and 00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:35.480 then finally next week as well. Now this next 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:38.759 backstage promo involves seeing Fatal Influence, 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:42.960 which of course is Fallon Henley, former North 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:49.330 American champion. JC Jane and Jasmine Nix who 00:14:49.330 --> 00:14:52.070 are discussing the North American Championship 00:14:52.070 --> 00:14:55.210 Qualifier. Basically Fallon Hemley as the former 00:14:55.210 --> 00:14:57.570 champion believes she's more entitled to enter 00:14:57.570 --> 00:15:01.210 the match so comes in and says look I need you 00:15:01.210 --> 00:15:03.750 guys in my corner I'm going into the qualifier 00:15:03.750 --> 00:15:07.330 match whereas JC Jane sort of points out the 00:15:07.330 --> 00:15:10.830 fact that hang on you had the title you lost 00:15:10.830 --> 00:15:16.500 it it's my turn and an argument erupts between 00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:21.620 the two of them as we sort of see this little 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:25.940 power vacuum evolving between Fallon Henley and 00:15:25.940 --> 00:15:30.820 JC Jane, which gives Jasmine Nix a phenomenal 00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:34.379 opportunity to just step in and go, actually 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:39.840 ladies, hold my phone, I'm going to go and get 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:43.600 this match, I need you both in my corner. peace 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:48.200 out, basically walks off for the match happily 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:53.240 to go and take part in this match for it. Now, 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:56.240 Jasmine Nix, we haven't seen her compete in a 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:03.350 singles match for over six months. on NXT. We've 00:16:03.350 --> 00:16:06.370 seen her a lot in tag team competition, but as 00:16:06.370 --> 00:16:09.409 far as a singles competitor goes, I did a quick 00:16:09.409 --> 00:16:11.789 bit of research. I think the last time she might 00:16:11.789 --> 00:16:14.470 have competed was somewhere around the July mark 00:16:14.470 --> 00:16:17.870 of last year. And even then, I don't think she 00:16:17.870 --> 00:16:21.830 walked out of that a winner. So she doesn't have 00:16:21.830 --> 00:16:26.919 a tremendous amount of like... momentum going 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:30.580 into this match especially considering her qualifier 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:38.799 is to be against the surfer chick herself Sol 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:46.080 Ruka and Sol Ruka has well Sol Ruka obviously 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:50.539 already has skin in the game as Tag Team partner 00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:53.879 Zarya has already qualified as well as Kalani 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:57.440 Jordan, both of which will be competing at Stand 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:01.659 and Deliver for that title. Now, this match, 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:07.460 I will be honest, I think Nick's put on a passable 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:10.579 performance, but in terms of the fact that we 00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:14.400 haven't seen her on NXT TV compete in a singles 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:17.900 match for over six months, it really showed. 00:17:18.109 --> 00:17:21.049 There were some real signs of ring rust to me. 00:17:21.069 --> 00:17:24.289 I didn't get a massive amount from her. There 00:17:24.289 --> 00:17:27.150 were some brilliant moves. Do not get me wrong. 00:17:28.109 --> 00:17:32.549 I mean, she gets Sol Ruka in a headlock, which 00:17:32.549 --> 00:17:35.910 admittedly Sol Ruka gets out of it with a handstand, 00:17:36.089 --> 00:17:40.170 which could have been massively problematic for 00:17:40.170 --> 00:17:42.910 her, but it seems to have worked really well 00:17:42.910 --> 00:17:47.430 in her favor on that on that that particular 00:17:48.969 --> 00:17:52.869 that particular instance. Nix actually performs 00:17:52.869 --> 00:17:56.829 a really smooth move of a, it's called a perfect 00:17:56.829 --> 00:18:01.529 plex, into an inverted camel clutch, which I 00:18:01.529 --> 00:18:07.690 really like the look of. Whereas... I mean Fallon 00:18:07.690 --> 00:18:10.769 Henley and JC Jane were trying to get involved 00:18:10.769 --> 00:18:13.869 from the outside trying to give Knicks the best 00:18:13.869 --> 00:18:16.349 chance she could have winning but Knicks just 00:18:16.349 --> 00:18:18.769 didn't have it in her. She did manage to land 00:18:18.769 --> 00:18:22.470 the Knicks kick on Ruka but only manages to score 00:18:22.470 --> 00:18:27.970 a two count but Sol Ruka eventually qualifies 00:18:27.970 --> 00:18:32.470 for the ladder match at stand and deliver after 00:18:32.470 --> 00:18:38.089 hitting a picture perfect soul snatcher for the 00:18:38.089 --> 00:18:41.069 win which honestly couldn't have been better 00:18:41.069 --> 00:18:45.670 if somebody had drawn it if somebody had animated 00:18:45.670 --> 00:18:47.869 that shit it still wouldn't have come out as 00:18:47.869 --> 00:18:51.369 perfect looking as that one did and congratulations 00:18:51.369 --> 00:18:57.119 to Sol Ruka who moves on as the third entrant 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:00.119 so this match is now at this point in the in 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:02.960 at this point in the episode it is half full 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:08.920 and we are moving swiftly on as Sarah Schreiber 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:12.019 starts the first of three interviews that she 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:14.619 has this evening with the members of the main 00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:19.079 event for the evening starting with Jovan Evans 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:22.940 basically asking him about his match now he has 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:27.859 a match later on versus dark state or three members 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:31.759 of dark state of which we haven't been told who 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:35.279 they are just yet and he will be facing them 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:40.160 with his uh stand and deliver opponents the nxt 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:44.880 champion oba femi and the chat and his other 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:52.279 is co -challenger trick williams um now evan 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:55.940 says basically He knew that Dark State was going 00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:58.400 to be a problem. He has been trying to point 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:00.960 this out to anyone and everyone that will listen, 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:04.440 but he's just sick of being little bro'd now 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:09.000 because he is such a young superstar. I think 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:11.940 he feels a bit babied by the rest of the roster, 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:15.539 especially Trick Williams and Ober Femi, who 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:18.539 a lot of people seem to compare him to, which 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:21.339 understandably, they share a lot of the same 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:25.859 attributes. But, Javon Evans moves, wrestles, 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:28.900 he conducts himself in an entirely different 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:34.420 way to the ruler and Mr Williams. And he's just 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:36.859 sick of being babied by them. He's not looking 00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:39.559 to emulate any of them. He is very much looking 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:43.900 to win on his own terms, being his own man, and 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:48.880 all the rest of it. Now... He is just gonna take 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:51.859 this one step at a time He is focused solely 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:55.660 on beating dark state tonight And then we'll 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:59.160 shift his focus afterwards to over and trick 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:04.650 Williams afterwards Now we do go from there into 00:21:04.650 --> 00:21:07.130 the parking lot at the Performance Center where 00:21:07.130 --> 00:21:10.089 we see Julia leaving for the evening, I believe, 00:21:10.490 --> 00:21:12.990 where she's flagged by a camera crew. Simply 00:21:12.990 --> 00:21:16.609 ask, why did you go about attacking what everybody 00:21:16.609 --> 00:21:19.849 believed to be your best mate? You had your best 00:21:19.849 --> 00:21:22.910 mate there with you and decided, no, I'm going 00:21:22.910 --> 00:21:26.309 to attack them. What do you do it for? Now we 00:21:26.309 --> 00:21:28.710 have pointed out on this podcast before that 00:21:28.710 --> 00:21:33.390 Julia's command of the English language because 00:21:33.390 --> 00:21:37.650 she is not an a English is not her first language 00:21:37.650 --> 00:21:42.769 has always been sort of Broken but this time 00:21:42.769 --> 00:21:45.410 she sort of really plays to it as she simply 00:21:45.410 --> 00:21:50.089 responds by saying stand and deliver no friends 00:21:50.089 --> 00:21:54.910 rematch I don't think you can get any clearer 00:21:54.910 --> 00:21:58.410 than that in this instance because Yeah, she 00:21:58.410 --> 00:22:00.609 wants a rematch, which she hasn't officially 00:22:00.609 --> 00:22:05.589 had for losing her NXT title. And she also, she's 00:22:05.589 --> 00:22:07.710 not going into this thinking of Stephanie as 00:22:07.710 --> 00:22:12.450 a friend because Stephanie is her opponent. So 00:22:12.450 --> 00:22:14.910 it'll be interesting to see how this plays out 00:22:14.910 --> 00:22:18.250 because as we know, part of the trade off for 00:22:18.250 --> 00:22:22.859 Stephanie Vacure. abandoning her title or vacating 00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:25.240 the North American Championship was that she 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:28.680 got to call her spot for stand and deliver and 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:33.119 the NXT Women's title. Now we move on from here 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:39.839 into match four of the evening where we see Hank 00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:45.299 and Tank versus Brooks Jensen and Nico Vance 00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:49.519 of The Culling. Now The one thing that I did 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:52.579 find funny about this match was actually something 00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:56.059 that happened on the Cullings entrance. So Nico 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:58.700 Vance manages to make it into the ring, no issue 00:22:58.700 --> 00:23:01.960 at all. Brooks Jensen, however, seems to have 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:04.460 a real problem getting up the ring steps as he 00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:07.720 falls up the steps on his way in and he could 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:10.640 have... He could have tried to ignore it. He 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.500 could have gotten really annoyed with himself, 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:16.039 but no fair play to the man He sat there. He 00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:19.319 laughed about it as the crowd were laughing well 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:21.480 I think they initially started as laughing at 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:24.380 him But they were laughing with him as a British 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:27.099 person that sees somebody fall over the first 00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:33.430 thing that comes to mind is Yeah Basically, the 00:23:33.430 --> 00:23:36.670 same thing that happens when waiters drop glasses 00:23:36.670 --> 00:23:39.650 or plates in a pub or restaurant. It's the same 00:23:39.650 --> 00:23:42.430 all over Britain. So for anybody listening outside 00:23:42.430 --> 00:23:45.170 of the UK, you will not understand that reference 00:23:45.170 --> 00:23:49.170 at all. Whereas most people in the UK will have 00:23:49.170 --> 00:23:52.410 done this or heard this at some point in their 00:23:52.410 --> 00:23:55.410 life, if they've ever been to a pub, bar or restaurant. 00:23:56.130 --> 00:23:59.460 Anyway. I didn't get a fantastic amount of notes 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:02.140 for this because honestly the fan took over the 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:07.220 podcast it didn't but Hank and Tank had everything 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:10.019 they had all of the right ingredients to get 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:14.720 this going right and just could not close the 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:18.160 deal for it and honestly I felt so sorry for 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:21.440 them and because they came out they did they 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:24.599 wrestled a phenomenal match with some fantastic 00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:29.039 spots in it but the culling were just that little 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:31.740 bit more laser focus. They had that little bit 00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:36.480 more of an edge coming into the match. And yeah, 00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:38.519 it was just a case that the culling ended up 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:42.220 walking out with the victory for that one. It 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:44.700 is a match I implore you to go and watch because 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:47.960 I did genuinely enjoy it. And I think it's easy 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:52.180 to see why I got to a point where I was feeling 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:55.259 a little bit sorry for Hank and Tank by the end 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:59.579 of it. we go from there into an in -ring promo 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:06.000 for the new men's North American champion Ricky 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:09.880 Saints. Now, I haven't been terribly complimentary 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:13.859 about Ricky Saints on finishers and factions, 00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:17.500 and the reason why is because I've said it before, 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:21.400 I just don't think he's worth the money. So far, 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:26.339 he hasn't showed me personally what... the money 00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:29.680 they are likely to be paying him is paying for. 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:33.640 I just don't see the appeal of Ricky Saints. 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:36.740 He's half decent on the mic, I will give him 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:39.880 that. His in -ring ability? I couldn't do it 00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:42.960 but then again I couldn't match the worst superstar 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:46.460 out there. I haven't got the stamina or the athletic 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:50.960 ability to do any of it. But... I think in comparison 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:53.519 to some of his colleagues who are currently in 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:56.660 NXT, I think that he has been brought in with 00:25:56.660 --> 00:26:00.140 a lot of bluster and a lot of pomp and circumstance, 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:04.180 but I'm just not seeing where you back that up. 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:09.119 Now... Saints comes out basically talking about 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:11.680 how he's a man of his word He promised us on 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:15.480 day one that he would turn NXT on its head and 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:18.960 in fairness, he's done that he's he's possibly 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:23.779 approached or if not broken a record of the distance 00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:28.259 for the distance in time between when a Superstar 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:31.799 debuts in NXT as to when they end up with gold 00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:36.440 around their waist because yeah, I think What 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:39.119 are we looking at maybe for six weeks since he 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:43.839 first appeared on NXT? It's got to be somewhere 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:46.680 around there. I think but yeah, it's not been 00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:51.200 a tremendously long time But he's turning his 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:54.799 attention to all ego Ethan Page obviously earlier 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:57.619 on we talked about I talked about very quickly 00:26:57.619 --> 00:27:01.700 a VT promo that was shown which we saw Ethan 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:07.519 Page put in the new champ down with a with a 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:12.619 twisted smile slam and Yeah, basically Saints 00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:16.819 talks about how all egos little ego is obviously 00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:23.720 that damage beyond repair that It's obviously 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:28.519 can't take how quickly Saints has got from where 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:31.599 he started to where he is now, and basically 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:34.140 calls Paige out. He's like, dude, seriously, 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:36.839 instead of sneak attacking me, come out and talk 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:39.220 to me like a man, and we'll figure this out. 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:44.759 And we do get somebody come out, but it's not 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:49.599 Ethan Page. So he is joined in the ring by the 00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:53.759 current Heritage Cup champion Lexus King now 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:57.339 He hasn't got a very good rap on this On this 00:27:57.339 --> 00:28:00.039 podcast either, but that's because he looks like 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:05.200 a complete moron or I might be being a bit strong 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:08.279 there but basically Lexus comes out and says 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:12.079 yeah no I'm looking to expand my golden collection 00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:15.019 I've got the Heritage Cup nobody's challenging 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:17.579 me for that one so I'm gonna come out and challenge 00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:20.759 you for the North American Championship instead 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:24.180 at which point we're then joined in the ring 00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:29.740 by Eddie Thorpe who comes out and talks about 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:32.319 the fact that Saints is being handed opportunities 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:36.259 while others, namely himself, are left out in 00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:39.500 the cold and basically Thorpe lays claim to the 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:42.380 title because of his ancestors. He believes it's 00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:49.140 his birthright. Now, this is when we are joined 00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:54.160 again. Another interruption where we are joined 00:28:54.160 --> 00:29:00.640 by Mr. Wes Lee flanked by Tyreke Igwe and Tyson 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:06.599 Dupont to stake his claim. Now, during this promo, 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:09.720 I'm going to be honest, out of everything that's 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.180 said, and there isn't a lot that I don't cover 00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:15.180 in my notes, but it's a case that Eddie Thorpe 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:18.059 makes what I find to be a potentially problematic 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:23.549 statement about King being just another entitled 00:29:23.549 --> 00:29:27.230 white man who isn't happy with what they have. 00:29:27.990 --> 00:29:31.509 Now we know that he's coming at this from his 00:29:31.509 --> 00:29:34.309 Native American background and things like that 00:29:34.309 --> 00:29:38.450 but even Wesley stands in the ring and is visibly 00:29:38.450 --> 00:29:42.109 shocked at the fact that this is what this man 00:29:42.109 --> 00:29:45.529 decides he's coming out with and honestly I can 00:29:45.529 --> 00:29:48.630 understand why I think he possibly could have 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:52.440 Chosen his words maybe a little bit better. There 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:55.200 is definitely some discussion around what was 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:57.680 said. I've done the research Obviously, I'm not 00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:59.960 recording this as it goes out. I've recorded 00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:03.539 this a few days afterwards and Yeah, there's 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:05.680 definitely been some discussion around what was 00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:09.839 said by Eddie Thorpe. So but no action has been 00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:17.490 taken at this stage and basically Saints cuts 00:30:17.490 --> 00:30:20.250 in and says look you guys are going to have to 00:30:20.250 --> 00:30:22.269 find a different time and place to figure this 00:30:22.269 --> 00:30:26.250 out. At which point Ethan Page comes in from 00:30:26.250 --> 00:30:29.730 behind and hits him with a second twisted smile. 00:30:31.829 --> 00:30:35.390 Now this match ends, or this promo ends sorry, 00:30:36.390 --> 00:30:41.220 as all four men in the ring grab the title as 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:44.519 Saints is laid out in the ring and this just 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:47.740 starts a brawl between all four gentlemen in 00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:51.839 the ring and in the end Wes Lee is the one that's 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:54.039 left standing which is probably a good thing 00:30:54.039 --> 00:31:00.579 as he's got the next match on the card. We then 00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:04.880 go backstage where we join Ava, Robert Stone 00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:08.819 and Stevie Turner as Stephanie Viqueur comes 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:11.619 in to announce that her match at Stand and Deliver 00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:15.500 will be a fatal four -way featuring obviously 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:20.660 her as the champion Jordan Grace, Jada Parker 00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:26.920 and Julia. So the Women's NXT Championship will 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:31.150 be defended at Stand and Deliver in a fatal four 00:31:31.150 --> 00:31:34.930 way match, which honestly, I'm not mad at. I'm 00:31:34.930 --> 00:31:38.210 not mad at this match booking at all because, 00:31:38.470 --> 00:31:40.750 yeah, you're not getting much better than these 00:31:40.750 --> 00:31:44.430 four women in this division. Jordan Grace, obviously 00:31:44.430 --> 00:31:48.170 the outsider coming in. Stephanie Vacure and 00:31:48.170 --> 00:31:50.430 Julia, we already know can have a good match 00:31:50.430 --> 00:31:54.190 in singles competition. And we've seen recently 00:31:55.259 --> 00:32:01.759 that Jada Parker can 100 % throw down. But yeah, 00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:06.420 phenomenally done and phenomenally booked. Now, 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:09.400 we do go to a slightly different area of backstage 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:15.220 where we see Sarah Schreiber in the second interview. 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:18.690 I really just realised that... actually later 00:32:18.690 --> 00:32:21.009 on when we speak to Ober Femi he's not being 00:32:21.009 --> 00:32:23.990 interviewed by anyone he is just speaking directly 00:32:23.990 --> 00:32:26.809 to the camera he is breaking that fourth wall 00:32:26.809 --> 00:32:30.730 speaking to us directly at home and in the arena 00:32:30.730 --> 00:32:34.230 but Trick Williams is asked about his match at 00:32:34.230 --> 00:32:36.269 Stand and Deliver and feels that there's always 00:32:36.269 --> 00:32:38.849 somebody else in his way before it was Eddie 00:32:38.849 --> 00:32:42.769 Thorpe now it's Javon Evans he's not just getting 00:32:42.769 --> 00:32:50.049 ever a straight shot at being Going for the championship 00:32:50.049 --> 00:32:54.849 that he feels he should never have lost now trick 00:32:54.849 --> 00:32:57.710 is planning on bringing his a a game from now 00:32:57.710 --> 00:33:02.970 until stand and deliver and He hopes that Javon 00:33:02.970 --> 00:33:05.730 and Ober are planning on doing exactly the same 00:33:05.730 --> 00:33:08.970 thing as he plans on walking out one way or the 00:33:08.970 --> 00:33:15.450 other as NXT champion which You can't deny the 00:33:15.450 --> 00:33:19.309 guy's ambition. He's definitely been through 00:33:19.309 --> 00:33:22.809 the wringer to try and get his rematch with Oberfemi 00:33:22.809 --> 00:33:30.190 since losing the match at New Year's Evil. So, 00:33:30.690 --> 00:33:35.029 yeah, 100%. Now, our fifth match comes at this 00:33:35.029 --> 00:33:40.599 stage, which sees... Wes Lee with Tyree Gigwe 00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:44.680 and Tyson DuPont versus Yoshiki Inamura with 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:47.980 Josh Briggs in his corner. Now this match was 00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:50.759 born out of a promo that was cut last week where 00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:53.619 Inamura basically said look I've been a fan of 00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:56.299 yours for a long time Wes but you're not the 00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:59.000 same as you used to be which do you know what 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:02.529 is fair comment I see that as fair comment. I 00:34:02.529 --> 00:34:06.410 don't know Wesley all that well, but the Wesley 00:34:06.410 --> 00:34:10.070 that we have now is more than likely not going 00:34:10.070 --> 00:34:13.570 to be the Wesley that we had so very long ago. 00:34:14.050 --> 00:34:16.449 So yeah, no, it's definitely not the same as 00:34:16.449 --> 00:34:21.320 it was, but do you know what? Inamora starts 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:24.000 this match in the best way he possibly can, which 00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:26.780 is he starts strong and early. The minute he 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:30.300 comes face to face with Wes Lee, he picks him 00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:36.099 up and spinebusters him into the ring apron and 00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:39.000 rolls him inside. It's a fantastic way to gain 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:42.159 an advantage in a match and I can't fault Inamora 00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:46.800 for doing it realistically. Now, a majority of 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:50.920 the... A majority of... the notes that I get 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:54.460 for this are mainly focused around Inamura's 00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:57.940 offense. At one stage he does a huge one -armed 00:34:57.940 --> 00:35:01.139 flip on Lee and I mean the weight difference 00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:04.320 between the two men is obvious just by looking 00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:09.780 at them. Not saying that Yoshiki Inamura is an 00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:12.440 overweight gentleman, by all means not. He is 00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:17.340 just of a stockier build than Wesley is in comparison 00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:20.929 and yeah. loved every second of this match as 00:35:20.929 --> 00:35:27.090 well. Now Wesley seems to compete with an almost 00:35:27.090 --> 00:35:29.789 cocky offense. I mean at one stage he literally 00:35:29.789 --> 00:35:35.289 sits across the shoulders of the challenger Yoshiki 00:35:35.289 --> 00:35:38.929 Inamura and tries to pin him that way at which 00:35:38.929 --> 00:35:41.469 point he gets launched face first into the ropes 00:35:41.469 --> 00:35:45.929 which honestly I can't say I blame Inamura for 00:35:45.929 --> 00:35:50.760 at all. Yoshiki Inamura does stay in control 00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:53.340 for a vast majority of this match, just sort 00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:56.880 of powering his way through. And this is where 00:35:56.880 --> 00:36:01.920 Tyson and Tyreek get involved. I've called it 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.960 snapping the ropes. Now they didn't actually 00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:07.800 break the ropes, but it was enough to sort of 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:11.119 ping the ropes as Inamura was up on the top rope. 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:15.969 He was getting ready to do a... frog splash that 00:36:15.969 --> 00:36:19.650 we've seen him do so many times before and this 00:36:19.650 --> 00:36:22.449 snap of the rope basically destabilised his balance 00:36:22.449 --> 00:36:28.690 he ended up falling at which point Lee hits something 00:36:28.690 --> 00:36:32.269 called a cardiac kick and ends up scoring the 00:36:32.269 --> 00:36:36.010 win over Inamora now this obviously leaves Inamora 00:36:36.010 --> 00:36:38.710 being incredibly frustrated that this all could 00:36:38.710 --> 00:36:43.329 have been avoided Tyson and Tyreek not been out 00:36:43.329 --> 00:36:47.789 at ringside and honestly I would say this is 00:36:47.789 --> 00:36:51.969 more on in a more often not sort of stipulating 00:36:51.969 --> 00:36:54.389 that there's no outside interference or anything 00:36:54.389 --> 00:36:59.150 like that as Wesley has proven in his most recent 00:36:59.150 --> 00:37:02.650 matches that Tyson and Tyreek will get involved 00:37:02.650 --> 00:37:06.840 at any point they possibly can We go from there 00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:10.960 into the final backstage into again, I can't 00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:12.840 call it an interview because it is very much 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:17.739 a promo at this point. We see Ober Femi training 00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:21.579 up doing that last little bit of resistance band 00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:26.519 training ahead of his match against Dark State 00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:29.940 later on. And basically he encourages Dark State. 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:34.360 Put your best foot forward. Do your best because 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.820 You are you've only ever dropped me from behind. 00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:40.960 It is a case that you aren't gonna get the better 00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:46.699 of the ruler and then says look I'm gonna Focus 00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:50.099 on you tonight. Once I've put you down. It is 00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:53.039 a case that trick and Jevon have all of my focus 00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:56.500 and I encourage them to do the same thing as 00:37:56.500 --> 00:38:01.550 well as they will not Will not under any circumstances 00:38:01.550 --> 00:38:07.190 take advantage of the ruler in this way And basically 00:38:07.190 --> 00:38:11.949 yeah believes that no one beats the ruler Now 00:38:11.949 --> 00:38:15.309 obviously we know this isn't true But he is obviously 00:38:15.309 --> 00:38:18.429 very very pleased with himself at the moment 00:38:18.429 --> 00:38:23.039 with how he's been getting on now We move from 00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:26.559 there into match six, which is another women's 00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:29.179 North American championship ladder match qualifier 00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:32.099 Which sees Izzy Dame who is accompanied to the 00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:35.340 ring by Nico Vance and Brooks Jensen of the culling 00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:42.099 versus Ren Sinclair who is also Well, she's accompanied 00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:49.659 by the rest of no quarter catch crew Now Izzy 00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:52.840 Dain came out of this hyper aggressive as we 00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:57.820 sort of thought she might now Ren Sinclair I 00:38:57.820 --> 00:39:02.519 haven't seen her wrestle at all Not even in tag 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:07.840 competition since she's been since NXT has been 00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:12.780 As being on Netflix, so I don't really have a 00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:16.820 massive amount to compare her against but honestly 00:39:17.570 --> 00:39:21.309 Seeing as how this was a first attempt against 00:39:21.309 --> 00:39:23.550 somebody who's as much of a heavy hitter as Izzy 00:39:23.550 --> 00:39:26.789 Dame, I think Ren Sinclair did amazingly well. 00:39:27.630 --> 00:39:29.889 I didn't get a fantastic amount of notes for 00:39:29.889 --> 00:39:32.710 it because there wasn't a lot of spots in it. 00:39:33.170 --> 00:39:36.010 There wasn't a lot of sort of highlights almost. 00:39:37.010 --> 00:39:39.050 I mean, the big thing that came out of it, Izzy 00:39:39.050 --> 00:39:41.550 Dame secures a victory with a sit -down style 00:39:41.550 --> 00:39:45.789 spine buster. And the only thing is, is that 00:39:45.789 --> 00:39:49.929 Izzy Dame ends up actually sort of, she ends 00:39:49.929 --> 00:39:52.070 up celebrating the victory of the match before 00:39:52.070 --> 00:39:55.510 the three counts even finished. She broke, she 00:39:55.510 --> 00:39:59.489 technically broke the pin before the three count 00:39:59.489 --> 00:40:02.150 was finished, which caused a little bit of confusion 00:40:02.150 --> 00:40:10.110 in Ring. But we worked past it regardless. So 00:40:10.110 --> 00:40:14.239 we went. from that match knowing now that the 00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:16.000 fourth member of that ladder match is going to 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:19.559 be Izzy Dame. So we now know that it's Zarya, 00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:25.980 Sol Ruka, Kalani Jordan, and Izzy Dame in that 00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:28.820 Women's North American Championship ladder match 00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:36.639 at Stand and Deliver. We went from there into 00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:39.719 a back. Well, I I called it a backstage promo. 00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:44.860 I think it was a GM office promo which sees Ava 00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:48.239 really getting it in the neck from meta meta 00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:51.739 girls fatal influence and Roxanne Perez none 00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:56.000 of them having a match at stand and deliver currently 00:40:56.000 --> 00:41:00.010 and and Basically, we're treat to the fact that 00:41:00.010 --> 00:41:02.409 Ava has come up with some kind of plan to do 00:41:02.409 --> 00:41:04.349 with these We don't know if it's going to be 00:41:04.349 --> 00:41:07.590 a tag team match if it is it means that Roxanne 00:41:07.590 --> 00:41:11.590 Perez doesn't have a tag team partner Yeah, there's 00:41:11.590 --> 00:41:14.170 there's we're waiting to find out what Ava's 00:41:14.170 --> 00:41:18.849 plan is with these These women that don't have 00:41:18.849 --> 00:41:23.760 a match at stand and deliver We then go into 00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:26.619 a backstage promo which sees initially Uriah 00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:29.139 Conners and Kale Dixon watching their match tapes 00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:33.019 figuring out ways to improve As we see Andre 00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:36.099 Chase come up behind them and basically say look 00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:38.039 Nothing wrong with your confidence. You just 00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:40.659 need to slow down. You're moving too quickly 00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:44.179 As they probe for more guidance Andre sort of 00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:46.820 walks away, but they're not letting this go It's 00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:49.980 a case look we want to learn please tell us and 00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:52.699 he goes do you know what? fuck it, I'll go for 00:41:52.699 --> 00:41:56.940 it, as he turns back around and goes to give 00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:59.659 them some pointers, at which point we hear a 00:41:59.659 --> 00:42:04.119 massive crash as Hank and Tank steel focus completely. 00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:07.159 They're just becoming more and more frustrated 00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:10.019 at their lack of wins, at which point they've 00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:13.019 probably got the best people to speak to out 00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:19.059 of anybody, which is the... WWE men's tag team 00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:23.400 champions, the Street Profits come in who have 00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:28.139 suffered more than their fair share of identity 00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:36.139 crisis, crises in recent memory. And yeah, I 00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:40.980 mean, it's a case that basically Street Profits 00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:44.059 give them the best advice they could possibly 00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:48.909 hope for, which is Be yourself You don't need 00:42:48.909 --> 00:42:51.429 to be like anybody else because you are Hank 00:42:51.429 --> 00:42:56.070 and tank be Hank and tank and they also sort 00:42:56.070 --> 00:42:58.789 of drop a little spoiler for just a few moments 00:42:58.789 --> 00:43:03.130 time, which mean which is that there is a Gauntlet 00:43:03.130 --> 00:43:05.849 match with a chance to face Fraxium at stand 00:43:05.849 --> 00:43:09.409 and deliver now This match is then rolled into 00:43:09.409 --> 00:43:12.150 this match announcement is then rolled into by 00:43:12.150 --> 00:43:15.690 commentary who basically come across and say 00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:20.280 that the match has been announced where we'll 00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:23.820 see Briggs in Inamora versus Tavian Heights and 00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:27.360 Miles Bourne of No Quarter Catch Crew versus 00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:30.519 Hank and Tank versus Brooks Jensen and Nico Vance 00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:33.699 of The Culling versus Tyson Dupont and Tyreek 00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:39.570 Igwe which of course are Wes Lee's flunkies and 00:43:39.570 --> 00:43:42.570 they will all face each other in a tag team gauntlet 00:43:42.570 --> 00:43:46.369 match for the number one contenders and I believe 00:43:46.369 --> 00:43:50.989 that is next week on NXT. So a massive match 00:43:50.989 --> 00:43:54.989 to be announced. As well as that we have confirmed 00:43:54.989 --> 00:43:58.070 that another number one contenders match is set 00:43:58.070 --> 00:44:01.659 for next week as well. This one for the Men's 00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:03.599 North American Championship, which you'll see 00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:07.139 Eddie Thorpe versus Ethan Page versus Lexus King 00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:12.639 versus Wes Lee so We have got some killer matches 00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:16.940 for next week, but Speaking of killer matches. 00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:20.000 I think we've got nothing left to do other than 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:24.400 go into the main event of the evening Which was 00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:27.940 the six -man tag team match which saw? Ober Femi, 00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:36.119 the current men's NXT champion, versus Trick 00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:39.739 Williams and Javon Evans, his opponents at Stand 00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:43.159 and Deliver, versus Dark State. Now it isn't 00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:46.000 until the match begins that we know that it is 00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:51.679 Dionne Lennox, Saquon Sugars and Cutler Jones, 00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:55.920 who is... in the match officially with Osiris 00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.380 Griffin hanging around on the outside. Now, Rich, 00:44:59.420 --> 00:45:02.500 who presented last week's episode, did a phenomenal 00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:06.980 job of breaking down who these men were and what 00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:09.920 we could expect of them. If you haven't listened 00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:13.639 to it, please go back and listen to Rich's Finishes 00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:18.440 and Factions does NXT for last week, which would 00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:21.730 be for the second of April. I implore you to 00:45:21.730 --> 00:45:23.610 go back and listen to it because he did a really 00:45:23.610 --> 00:45:28.869 nice succinct, really nice sort of to the point 00:45:28.869 --> 00:45:31.489 breakdown of what we can expect from each of 00:45:31.489 --> 00:45:36.010 these men. Now, as soon as Dark State hit the 00:45:36.010 --> 00:45:38.510 ring, it wasn't a case that they came out and 00:45:38.510 --> 00:45:40.980 the three members that are in the match burst 00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:44.659 onto the scene. It is a case that all four members 00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:48.699 go in and just completely decimate Oberfemi, 00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:51.780 Trick Williams and Jovan Evans. I mean, Jovan 00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:55.920 Evans is thrown from the ring like a rag doll. 00:45:57.559 --> 00:46:01.679 The guy wasn't meant to fly that way as much 00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:06.920 as he is bouncy. Oberfemi and Dionne Lennox start 00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:10.440 the match and Dark State take control really 00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:12.980 easily to begin with and it's partially because 00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:17.659 of this sort of initial explosive attack they've 00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:20.579 come out the gates with. And throughout the early 00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:23.300 stages of this match, I'll be honest, it does 00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:25.940 seem, it does very much, we very much get the 00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:28.940 impression that Dark State have got an answer 00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:32.800 for almost everything that the Stand and Deliver 00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:39.440 main event team are sort of... dishing out. And 00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:41.480 at one stage, it even looks like Trick Williams 00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:44.260 is going into business for himself, trying to 00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:48.219 take out Dark State all by himself. And honestly, 00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:51.679 I think Out of this match, the biggest egos in 00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:54.420 that ring were Ober Femi and Trick Williams. 00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:57.099 And they just clashed with each other more than 00:46:57.099 --> 00:47:00.139 they clashed with their opponents. And unfortunately, 00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:03.860 the person that ends up losing out in that circumstance 00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:08.619 is Javon Evans. Now, Javon Evans is quickly becoming 00:47:08.619 --> 00:47:11.599 one of my personal favorites on the NXT roster 00:47:11.599 --> 00:47:14.559 just because his offense is really exciting. 00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:19.840 I relate to him quite a lot. He's, yeah, he's 00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:23.139 just a phenomenal talent. And I just don't, I 00:47:23.139 --> 00:47:27.039 think if at Stand and Deliver he lifts that title 00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:32.039 off Ober Femi, it will be completely circumstantial, 00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:35.079 but it would be a phenomenal boost to that boy's 00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:40.300 confidence. And I'm here for it. 100 % I'm here 00:47:40.300 --> 00:47:44.679 for it. It'll be the twist that nobody is expecting 00:47:44.679 --> 00:47:48.110 whatsoever, but... Javon Evans once he gets in 00:47:48.110 --> 00:47:51.369 this match, there's very little that's going 00:47:51.369 --> 00:47:54.550 to stop him but once Evans is in this match, 00:47:54.710 --> 00:47:57.889 unfortunately he is in it for the long haul as 00:47:57.889 --> 00:48:00.349 Dark State once they gain control with the match 00:48:00.349 --> 00:48:03.289 with him in it, it is a case that they are looking 00:48:03.289 --> 00:48:08.909 to keep him exactly where he is and they're not 00:48:08.909 --> 00:48:12.869 letting him go for love nor money nor anything 00:48:12.869 --> 00:48:18.469 else besides. to the point that Lennox drops 00:48:18.469 --> 00:48:21.389 a massive spine buster on him. I mean, the commentary 00:48:21.389 --> 00:48:26.309 even describe it as a spine jarring spine buster. 00:48:27.090 --> 00:48:29.630 I mean, spine busters aren't fun anyway, hence 00:48:29.630 --> 00:48:33.070 the name, but yeah, we're not looking at anything 00:48:33.070 --> 00:48:40.030 overly pleasant here. Now, Javon Evans desperately 00:48:40.030 --> 00:48:42.630 trying to get the tag at one stage, but Dark 00:48:42.630 --> 00:48:45.309 State playing a really good tag team game here. 00:48:46.439 --> 00:48:50.280 of once one gets kicked off they perform the 00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:53.739 quick tag which just keeps that ring sort of 00:48:53.739 --> 00:48:58.000 split directly in half but eventually manages 00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:08.480 to get manages to get the tag and I mean Oba 00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:12.019 sort of forces the tag onto himself as both him 00:49:12.019 --> 00:49:14.340 and Trick are stretching out there reaching for 00:49:14.340 --> 00:49:18.659 the tag. Javon has his choice but realistically 00:49:18.659 --> 00:49:21.039 Javon's just looking for a breather to get out 00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:24.360 of the match for a minute and Oba just pushes 00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:27.199 Trick's arm away, gets the tag for himself, gets 00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:30.039 in the match and in fairness completely decimates 00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:32.719 Dark State at that point. I mean he has had a 00:49:32.719 --> 00:49:36.869 long time at this point to... to sort of recover 00:49:36.869 --> 00:49:39.489 from that initial beating and he certainly seems 00:49:39.489 --> 00:49:47.250 to have done all of that and unfortunately now 00:49:47.250 --> 00:49:50.670 Ober may sort of throw this off as being accidental 00:49:50.670 --> 00:49:53.809 the angle of the throw tells me definitely not 00:49:54.619 --> 00:49:56.760 but he does end up throwing a member of Dark 00:49:56.760 --> 00:50:00.019 State into Trick Williams which just inevitably 00:50:00.019 --> 00:50:02.880 starts the beginning of the breakdown between 00:50:02.880 --> 00:50:06.500 the team of the main eventers as Trick Williams 00:50:06.500 --> 00:50:09.119 will not stand by and be disrespected in this 00:50:09.119 --> 00:50:14.880 way and basically goes off and goes off to fight 00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:18.539 Oberfemi back into the backstage area. Now this 00:50:18.539 --> 00:50:23.780 unfortunately leaves Jovan Evans on his own and 00:50:24.170 --> 00:50:29.670 despite a complete valiant effort, Javon completely 00:50:29.670 --> 00:50:36.449 succumbs to the numbers and Dark State do end 00:50:36.449 --> 00:50:38.869 up getting the victory with a poor decimated 00:50:38.869 --> 00:50:43.449 Javon Evans left completely prone in the middle 00:50:43.449 --> 00:50:49.590 of that ring and if Oberfemi and Trick Williams 00:50:49.590 --> 00:50:53.519 could have just kept their... Their egos in check 00:50:53.519 --> 00:50:57.300 they could have 100 % had this match in the bag 00:50:57.300 --> 00:51:01.559 But they just couldn't do it. They weren't physically 00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:05.460 capable of doing it and that is on them 100 % 00:51:05.460 --> 00:51:09.800 now After this match is over. We see dark states 00:51:09.800 --> 00:51:12.739 celebrating in ring when all of a sudden the 00:51:12.739 --> 00:51:16.800 D 'Angelo family's music hits now, we know as 00:51:16.800 --> 00:51:19.059 much as we know about Dark State because they 00:51:19.059 --> 00:51:21.639 went off and did some recon against them. They 00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:24.880 wanted to know what was going on. And they shared 00:51:24.880 --> 00:51:29.079 that information with us in a VT last week. Now, 00:51:29.380 --> 00:51:32.340 a different VT is playing on the Titan Tron over 00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:36.079 the ring or overlooking the ring, which sees 00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:39.980 Stacks Lorenzo of the D 'Angelo family calling 00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:43.400 Dark State out in the parking lot next week. 00:51:43.739 --> 00:51:49.780 Now. We are This is now the end of the NXT episode. 00:51:49.780 --> 00:51:52.860 We've got one more episode before stand and deliver 00:51:52.860 --> 00:51:58.440 and My god, it is slated to be an absolute bomb 00:51:58.440 --> 00:52:01.420 burner Now we use that fraterna phrase a lot 00:52:01.420 --> 00:52:03.960 here on finishers and factions But honest to 00:52:03.960 --> 00:52:06.679 God if you missed next week's NXT I wouldn't 00:52:06.679 --> 00:52:08.880 even bother watching stand and deliver because 00:52:08.880 --> 00:52:12.440 I feel like there's gonna be so many shockwave 00:52:12.440 --> 00:52:17.099 sent through NXT from next week's episode, it's 00:52:17.099 --> 00:52:20.500 going to be untrue. Now, thank you so much to 00:52:20.500 --> 00:52:23.059 each and every one of you that has decided to 00:52:23.059 --> 00:52:25.380 give me a listen today and listen to me ramble 00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:29.719 on. The next time you will hear from us will 00:52:29.719 --> 00:52:36.679 be... NXT does SmackDown. Now, I am also putting 00:52:36.679 --> 00:52:39.619 together a special Hall of Fame episode which 00:52:39.619 --> 00:52:43.940 will drop the day before the Hall of Fame ceremony 00:52:43.940 --> 00:52:46.619 is due to take place. And this will give you 00:52:46.619 --> 00:52:49.980 an overview of every last entry into the class 00:52:49.980 --> 00:52:55.599 of 2025. And my aim is for it to be about... 00:52:55.949 --> 00:52:59.269 Between 30 and 45 minutes long. We're not looking 00:52:59.269 --> 00:53:01.489 at it being a tremendously long episode like 00:53:01.489 --> 00:53:05.429 our normal episodes would be but We are looking 00:53:05.429 --> 00:53:07.730 to try and try and get something out for it. 00:53:07.730 --> 00:53:11.630 So keep your eyes peeled for that until then 00:53:11.630 --> 00:53:17.610 and Thank you to everybody until next time. See 00:53:17.610 --> 00:53:18.889 you laters