WEBVTT 00:00:33.570 --> 00:00:39.429 And welcome to Finishers and Factions Does NXT. 00:00:40.549 --> 00:00:44.310 This week's NXT is taking place from Las Vegas, 00:00:44.310 --> 00:00:49.609 Nevada in the Fountain Blue Theatre, which is 00:00:49.609 --> 00:00:51.549 a nice change of pace from the Performance Center, 00:00:51.649 --> 00:00:55.119 I will be honest. As always, my name is Adam, 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:57.780 and I would normally be joined by my co -host, 00:00:58.060 --> 00:01:00.939 Rich. As I mentioned in our Raw episode, it is 00:01:00.939 --> 00:01:07.680 a case that I've been... How do I... We came 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.480 to an agreement to split the workload. WrestleMania 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:16.200 weekend is an incredibly busy weekend for wrestling 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:21.060 fans in general. Whether you're... Attending 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:23.459 the events live or whether you're watching them 00:01:23.459 --> 00:01:27.959 from home. It is a brutal weekend of wrestling 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:31.359 as you get sort of like especially if you're 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:36.280 just watching WWE there's Five days worth of 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:39.519 wrestling some days. There are two events on 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:43.760 at once or two events on in that day as you have 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:47.379 friday night smackdown we had stand and deliver 00:01:47.379 --> 00:01:52.299 for nxt in the uh on the saturday uh saturday 00:01:52.299 --> 00:01:55.180 early well for the uk it was uh sort of early 00:01:55.180 --> 00:01:58.640 afternoon later that night we had wrestlemania 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:04.159 night won and on Sunday we had WrestleMania night 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:06.900 two and then things did not let up from there 00:02:06.900 --> 00:02:10.780 as we had the next night we had the Monday after 00:02:10.780 --> 00:02:14.680 WrestleMania which we've covered in our last 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:17.599 episode which was just myself and then we come 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:23.900 to this episode which is NXT after Stand and 00:02:23.900 --> 00:02:29.550 Deliver. We have said, myself and Rich, that 00:02:29.550 --> 00:02:34.110 our experiences of NXT are limited or non -existent 00:02:34.110 --> 00:02:37.509 at best. Now, this was my very first Stand and 00:02:37.509 --> 00:02:40.590 Deliver, and do you know what? I really enjoyed 00:02:40.590 --> 00:02:43.990 it. I enjoyed this. I enjoyed Stand and Deliver. 00:02:44.030 --> 00:02:46.490 I thought it was really well put together. I 00:02:46.490 --> 00:02:49.669 thought the performances were solid. The storylines 00:02:49.669 --> 00:02:53.530 were well told. Yeah, just loved every aspect 00:02:53.530 --> 00:02:57.580 of it. Really did. Now, let's dive into this 00:02:57.580 --> 00:03:00.580 episode of NXT, which I'm assuming will work 00:03:00.580 --> 00:03:03.840 very much. I assumed going into it that it worked 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:07.439 very much the same way as as the roar after WrestleMania, 00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:10.719 that it's the it's the restart. It's the reset 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:14.900 button going into going into the new the new 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:19.960 wrestling year, if you like. Now. We have an 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:23.240 opening VT to begin with, which recaps stand 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:25.539 and deliver as an event in very much the same 00:03:25.539 --> 00:03:28.080 way we did on Monday Night Raw with WrestleMania. 00:03:29.219 --> 00:03:33.560 We then go straight into match one, which is 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:38.580 a WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match, which 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:45.060 sees our four time new… World Tag Team Champions 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:50.340 Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, just 24 hours 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:55.000 removed from winning back their titles, are putting 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:59.419 them on the line yet again against NXT's own 00:03:59.419 --> 00:04:07.639 Tatum Paxley and Gigi Dolin. Now, I feel it's 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:10.819 necessary to point out Paxley and Dolan earn 00:04:10.819 --> 00:04:13.719 this opportunity on the Stand and Deliver pre 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:15.740 -show, the countdown show, whatever you want 00:04:15.740 --> 00:04:19.120 to call it, in a four -way elimination tag team 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:24.480 match. Now, they beat Fatal Influence, I believe 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:30.379 it was, as their last sort of team to beat, to 00:04:30.379 --> 00:04:34.459 then move on and have this match pre -ordained 00:04:34.459 --> 00:04:38.980 for them. Now... To start the match off, Liv 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:43.480 and Tatum start. Now Liv taking very early control 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:47.860 as the veteran in the ring, as the one with the 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:53.459 most experience. I believe that's true. And yeah, 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:56.800 I mean, Paxley showing again that she's that 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:00.379 she's just not intimidated by the champs at all. 00:05:01.300 --> 00:05:06.060 Once Rodriguez is in there, she's yeah. If you've 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:11.199 ever seen Tate and Paxley and Gigi Dolin, they're 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:15.160 impressive athletes for sure, but to look at 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:19.579 them, they are such slight women, it is untrue. 00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:25.639 And nothing demonstrates that more than Raquel 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:29.860 Rodriguez using Tate and Paxley as a hammer throw 00:05:29.860 --> 00:05:35.319 in the middle of the ring. Now... once sort of 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.439 Paxley had got out of the ring and let a tag 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:41.220 team partner have a quick go a quick go at trying 00:05:41.220 --> 00:05:44.060 to put this away for them. Dolan was actually 00:05:44.060 --> 00:05:46.839 doing some some impressive chain wrestling. I 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:53.339 enjoyed watching Dolan work. Now, Gigi went high 00:05:53.339 --> 00:05:57.100 did go high risk at one point, but was thwarted 00:05:57.100 --> 00:06:00.839 by Liv as Liv was taunting Gigi from the apron. 00:06:01.660 --> 00:06:05.560 Paxley came came and gave her a shove off the 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:09.139 apron and then delivers a standing moonsault 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:13.220 off the apron itself, which, yeah, it was just 00:06:13.220 --> 00:06:15.660 all really well choreographed. Everyone was where 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:18.850 they were supposed to be. Really well polished 00:06:18.850 --> 00:06:22.790 loved it now part a standard part of Liv Morgan's 00:06:22.790 --> 00:06:25.910 offense of light And has been her delivering 00:06:25.910 --> 00:06:29.250 a three amigos now This wouldn't be a Liv Morgan 00:06:29.250 --> 00:06:31.529 match if she didn't do this at least in this 00:06:31.529 --> 00:06:34.389 match as well Which she 100 % did she delivered 00:06:34.389 --> 00:06:40.660 a three amigos to Titan Paxley? and Yeah, Paxley 00:06:40.660 --> 00:06:43.339 ends up reversing another move later on with 00:06:43.339 --> 00:06:46.699 a DDT according to the notes that I've got down 00:06:46.699 --> 00:06:50.639 here Now I did happen to notice that Paxley, 00:06:50.860 --> 00:06:53.120 Tatum Paxley seems to be doing a lot of the heavy 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.240 lifting in this Spending a lot of time in the 00:06:56.240 --> 00:07:01.139 ring getting the bejesus beaten out of her Whereas 00:07:01.139 --> 00:07:04.399 Gigi's quite content to hang on the hang on the 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:09.350 apron a little bit now In the closing segments 00:07:09.350 --> 00:07:13.610 of this match, Tate and Paxley and Gigi Dalin 00:07:13.610 --> 00:07:16.449 do go for a cemetery driver on Rodriguez, not 00:07:16.449 --> 00:07:21.269 realising that Liv is the legal superstar. They 00:07:21.269 --> 00:07:23.870 obviously come to soon realise that when Liv 00:07:23.870 --> 00:07:26.910 Morgan comes flying off the top rope into a code 00:07:26.910 --> 00:07:31.670 breaker on Tate and Paxley. Gigi is then forced 00:07:31.670 --> 00:07:35.230 to eat a tahuna bomb from Raquel Rodriguez and 00:07:35.230 --> 00:07:39.589 an oblivion from Liv as Liv gets the cover to 00:07:39.589 --> 00:07:44.350 win and retain their championships. Which, yeah. 00:07:44.569 --> 00:07:47.350 can't say much fairer than that. Now, switching 00:07:47.350 --> 00:07:50.230 gears from there, we get a bit of a throwback 00:07:50.230 --> 00:07:53.110 to Stand and Deliver. Now, one part of Stand 00:07:53.110 --> 00:07:55.009 and Deliver that I particularly enjoyed, and 00:07:55.009 --> 00:07:57.290 it's got nothing, well, no, it has, it's got 00:07:57.290 --> 00:07:59.730 everything to do with the fact that I find Lexus 00:07:59.730 --> 00:08:02.290 King to just be dead slimy and just, yeah, no, 00:08:02.410 --> 00:08:06.930 I've got nothing to like about the guy. But Lexus 00:08:06.930 --> 00:08:10.449 King, during Stand and Deliver, encountered Penn 00:08:10.449 --> 00:08:13.759 and Now, if you don't know who Penn and Teller 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.160 are, they are a magical double act which are, 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:21.060 well, they practically live in different venues 00:08:21.060 --> 00:08:26.040 on the Las Vegas Strip. They have been residents 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:28.480 there for, wow, probably longer than I've been 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:34.879 alive. And I'm 33. It is a case that, yeah, just 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:40.509 absolute dons of magicians and... phenomenal 00:08:40.509 --> 00:08:44.629 showman and they performed a magic trick using 00:08:44.629 --> 00:08:50.149 Lexus King's Heritage Cup where Penn was able 00:08:50.149 --> 00:08:53.269 to make the cup disappear and replace it with 00:08:53.269 --> 00:09:00.639 Teller. We never actually saw Lexus King have 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.659 that heritage cup returned to him for very good 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:07.460 reason because he didn't get it Now we do see 00:09:07.460 --> 00:09:11.340 in this VT promo here from earlier in the day 00:09:11.340 --> 00:09:15.259 Penn and Teller bring back Lexus Kinks Championship 00:09:15.259 --> 00:09:19.399 Cup On the conditions that Lexus King looks straight 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:22.600 down the camera Apologizes to Penn and Teller 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:26.759 for insulting them and admits that they are magic, 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:29.679 that magic is real and that magic is what's about 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:34.159 to bring his heritage cup back. Now, the other 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:39.580 thing is that he is then forced to agree to defend 00:09:39.580 --> 00:09:44.000 the heritage cup later on in the card, which 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:48.539 the only problem is he's got no idea who he's 00:09:48.539 --> 00:09:52.940 facing, which is difficult for anybody under 00:09:52.940 --> 00:09:56.259 any circumstances because Again, he's got no 00:09:56.259 --> 00:09:59.500 way of knowing who he's up against and what sort 00:09:59.500 --> 00:10:02.960 of offense to prepare for but Lexus King takes 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:06.620 it on the chin and Walks off with his heritage 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:09.480 cup knowing that he's got a match later on in 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:13.059 the card now We are then showing a slightly different 00:10:13.059 --> 00:10:18.080 VT showing Tavion Heights and Charlie Dempsey 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:23.059 of No Quarter Catch Crew competing in Bloodsport 00:10:23.059 --> 00:10:26.519 over WrestleMania weekend which is a combat sports 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:30.159 show. It was basically pitted some of the best 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:34.179 of the best against one another and seeing what 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:38.759 happens. We did see, I've seen clips on social 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:42.970 media of not just Tavion and Charlie competing 00:10:42.970 --> 00:10:46.950 but also I've seen Carrie and cross competing 00:10:46.950 --> 00:10:52.210 as well and yeah just Fantastic to see loved 00:10:52.210 --> 00:10:56.309 it Supposed to have been a really good show now 00:10:56.730 --> 00:11:00.769 Once we'd seen that footage of them doing, Charlie 00:11:00.769 --> 00:11:04.370 Dempsey and Tavion doing really, really well 00:11:04.370 --> 00:11:07.490 at Bloodsport, we cut to backstage where we see 00:11:07.490 --> 00:11:09.870 the rest of No Quarter Catch crew being Miles 00:11:09.870 --> 00:11:14.059 Bourne and Ren Sinclair. Discussing between themselves 00:11:14.059 --> 00:11:16.840 why they weren't involved in blood sport themselves. 00:11:17.179 --> 00:11:20.639 It turns out neither of them were invited But 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.259 this is when they seem to encounter Dark State 00:11:24.259 --> 00:11:30.580 who had a phenomenal stand and deliver But these 00:11:30.580 --> 00:11:35.100 guys are led by one Saquon Shuggers who basically 00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:37.559 says that Yeah, there's no way that you guys 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:40.409 were going to be able to handle blood sport So, 00:11:40.710 --> 00:11:42.570 quit dreaming. I don't know what you're on about. 00:11:42.690 --> 00:11:48.529 They also go as far as to say that no quarter 00:11:48.529 --> 00:11:51.649 catch crew should split up now, basically, before 00:11:51.649 --> 00:11:54.309 Dark State has to do it for them. Now, another 00:11:54.309 --> 00:11:56.690 familiar face that we see coming down the corridor 00:11:56.690 --> 00:12:03.139 behind them is a Mr. Mr. Young OG himself, Jovan 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:08.720 Evans, who again, despite losing his match at 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:11.259 Stand and Deliver, I think he had a phenomenal 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:14.120 Stand and Deliver. That young man has nothing, 00:12:14.700 --> 00:12:21.919 nothing to be ashamed of, in my opinion. He's 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.700 come down. He's spoiling for a fight. He lost 00:12:24.700 --> 00:12:26.779 at Stand and Deliver and feels he has something 00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:30.059 to prove So he's gonna pick up an old rivalry 00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:35.460 with with Dark State And it turns out that him 00:12:35.460 --> 00:12:37.940 and Miles Bourne will be teaming up in a two 00:12:37.940 --> 00:12:41.000 -on -two against Dark State later on which will 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:45.120 be a really interesting one to to sit and listen 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:49.100 to it to sit and watch and From there we get 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:52.340 another promo from somebody else who is doing 00:12:52.340 --> 00:12:56.759 a victory lap and the revolution is televised 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:03.659 people as we see Ricky Saints fresh off his first 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:06.860 title defense of that North American Championship. 00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:13.000 I believe he, I forget who he faced at Stand 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:18.559 and Deliver, damn. Yeah, but he Ethan page he 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:21.440 faced Ethan page at stand and deliver Wow, I 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:24.860 can't believe I managed to forget that one And 00:13:24.860 --> 00:13:27.720 what a match they had absolutely adored every 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:33.840 last second of that match not gonna lie now First 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:38.159 thing that Ricky Saints does is call out Ethan 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:41.240 page for being an eternal pain in the ass so 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:44.100 much so that apparently even Ricky's own mother 00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:50.580 agrees and Yeah, it's basically saying he's dead 00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:54.539 proud of himself for For getting us getting as 00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:59.000 far as he's gotten He knows how hard it was and 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.980 yeah looking forward to what future holds now 00:14:02.190 --> 00:14:05.190 Lexus King at this point interrupts, coming out 00:14:05.190 --> 00:14:09.029 for what looks to be his match, which would be 00:14:09.029 --> 00:14:12.110 next on the card, congratulates Ricky on his 00:14:12.110 --> 00:14:15.230 win, but then basically proceeds to threaten 00:14:15.230 --> 00:14:19.730 Mr. Saints, saying that if he doesn't get out 00:14:19.730 --> 00:14:23.269 of his ring, he's going to take the North American 00:14:23.269 --> 00:14:28.519 title away from him. Now, Ricky Ever the... self 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:31.779 -confident young man basically turns to Lexus 00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:34.980 and say dude I'm pretty sure your mouth is writing 00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:40.100 checks that your ass can't cash so shut your 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:48.860 hole and fuck off but Lexus rather ironically 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:54.559 tells Saints that no one likes Saints I mean 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:59.039 I personally not a huge fan of him I Don't really 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:01.440 see what all the hype is about. I will be honest. 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:04.220 He cuts an intense promo. Don't get me wrong, 00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:09.220 but in ring Not really seeing the magic not yet. 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:12.299 I'm waiting for something really special because 00:15:12.299 --> 00:15:14.980 that's what I'm expecting but at the moment he 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:22.950 feels a little bit like a Yeah, he's all mouth 00:15:22.950 --> 00:15:27.490 and no action little bit He puts he puts the 00:15:27.490 --> 00:15:30.730 working in the ring. I'm just not seeing The 00:15:30.730 --> 00:15:33.649 amount of fanfare that he came in with relating 00:15:33.649 --> 00:15:39.210 in in ring ability now Lexus King not one to 00:15:39.210 --> 00:15:42.809 be diminish diminished at any point then challenges 00:15:42.809 --> 00:15:46.409 Saints to a champion versus champion match next 00:15:46.409 --> 00:15:52.660 week winner take all style and Saints wholeheartedly 00:15:52.660 --> 00:15:58.720 accepts. We then switch from there to backstage 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:08.960 where we see Zarya Sol Ruka, Hank and Tank discussing 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:12.120 their respective stand and delivers. Now Hank 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:14.539 and Tank are more so deciding on how they're 00:16:14.539 --> 00:16:18.559 going how best to wear their brand spanking new 00:16:18.909 --> 00:16:22.429 shiny tag team championship belts as they won 00:16:22.429 --> 00:16:28.230 their match against Fraxium in a absolute barn 00:16:28.230 --> 00:16:35.269 burner at Stand and Deliver. When Thea Hale, 00:16:35.509 --> 00:16:40.659 returning hero, chased you alum, comes along 00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:44.299 to congratulate Sol Ruka specifically on her 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:47.759 win in the the women's North American title ladder 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:52.879 match which Thea Hale was a participant in and 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:55.720 basically goes on to say that you know what if 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:58.000 I couldn't win it you're the one I wanted to 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.659 win it which shows a tremendous tremendous sense 00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:08.299 of turnabout fair play I like it It's not something 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:12.480 we see very often, it's very refreshing. Now, 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:17.259 at this point or at some stage during this promo, 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:20.920 I can't quite remember, Hank and Tank have fucked 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:28.380 off. They've gone elsewhere because... Fatal 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:35.019 injury... Hang on, bear with me. Yeah. Thea Hale 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:37.579 comes in, congratulates Sol Rooker with her normal 00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:43.960 high energy. Yeah, I'm on crack. And Jada Parker 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:49.180 comes along behind them. She could very well 00:17:49.180 --> 00:17:51.960 be hungover. I will be honest as that is the 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:55.779 impression I got from her to shut the energy 00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:59.240 down basically and say, do you know what, Thea 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:01.380 Hale, go fuck yourself. I'm really not in the 00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:05.400 mood for your bullshit. Kalani Jordan then comes 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:09.019 out of nowhere to basically echo the same sentiment 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:18.160 and When Yeah, so Jada Park has fucked off at 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:21.339 this point Kalani Jordan and Thea Hale are left 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:28.099 in the left to continue on and Yeah, they are 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:30.859 then interrupted by JC Jane and the rest of fatal 00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:35.240 influence as Fallon Henley apparently seems to 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:42.380 think she's still big bad boss bitch who is capable 00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:47.059 of barking orders as she tries telling JC Jane 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:51.680 and Kalani to shut Thea up and they both tell 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:56.579 her to go fuck herself and do it a damn self 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:59.640 which, do you know what? Turn about fair play, 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:04.720 love it. I absolutely adore it. Now, from there, 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:07.359 we go into the second match, which was the Heritage 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:12.039 Cup Championship match, which, yeah, we saw Alexis 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:15.980 King defending against a seemingly unknown opponent 00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:19.039 at the moment. And it's at this point we find 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:25.170 out that... Lexus King's Heritage Cup Championship 00:19:25.170 --> 00:19:31.650 opponent is none other than Noam Dar who is originally 00:19:31.650 --> 00:19:36.910 from Tel Aviv, Israel but is introduced by the 00:19:36.910 --> 00:19:41.150 ring announcer as being from Air Scotland which 00:19:41.150 --> 00:19:46.130 also happens to be where one Drew McEncry hails 00:19:46.130 --> 00:19:54.339 from as well. Now it is a case that He's been 00:19:54.339 --> 00:19:57.720 out of action for a very long time, but comes 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:03.440 with a rather impressive pedigree of championship 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:07.380 accomplishments, which include Heritage Cup gold 00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:12.180 on three different occasions before now. It's 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:15.119 a case that he was out of action because of Ethan 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:17.799 Page, basically. An attack from Ethan Page put 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:22.089 him on the shelf for 11 months. but being a three 00:20:22.089 --> 00:20:26.369 time heritage cup champion before that and currently 00:20:26.369 --> 00:20:30.509 holds the second longest heritage cup championship 00:20:30.509 --> 00:20:36.029 reign at 341 days. But if you total up all of 00:20:36.029 --> 00:20:38.829 his reigns, it is a case that he comes to a total 00:20:38.829 --> 00:20:44.109 of 790 days, which is a phenomenally long time. 00:20:45.009 --> 00:20:47.789 I mean, 790 days. What are we looking at there? 00:20:47.890 --> 00:20:53.480 It's like two years. give or take total of being 00:20:53.480 --> 00:21:01.380 the NXT Heritage Cup champion and yeah it is 00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:04.960 a case that I've put down here Dar takes early 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:09.480 control. Dar has a vast majority of the control 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:13.799 in this match. Lexus King seems to be completely 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:20.109 outmatched here. even goes to the point of trying 00:21:20.109 --> 00:21:23.509 to rub off Lexus King's beard, which honestly 00:21:23.509 --> 00:21:27.589 I'm really glad somebody has. I'm glad that I've 00:21:27.589 --> 00:21:30.069 seen somebody do it because his beard really 00:21:30.069 --> 00:21:38.029 annoys me. But very much a case that it's a contrast 00:21:38.029 --> 00:21:43.670 in styles between Lexus King and Noam Dar. Noam 00:21:43.670 --> 00:21:47.880 Dar is very much a he's a very technical wrestler 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:51.299 from what I've gathered and it is a case that 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:58.160 he is oh what's the word a lot of his strikes 00:21:58.160 --> 00:22:01.519 and moves are small moves which on their own 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:04.140 don't cause a huge amount of damage but when 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:06.900 you tie all them all together it is a case that 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:11.849 he does huge damage whereas Lexus King Little 00:22:11.849 --> 00:22:15.430 bit more stocky a bill not quite as fast around 00:22:15.430 --> 00:22:19.150 the ring So he relies on doing a lot of damage 00:22:19.150 --> 00:22:21.809 in not a lot of moves So it's kind of a case 00:22:21.809 --> 00:22:25.250 that he's a lot heavier hitting whereas no I'm 00:22:25.250 --> 00:22:29.049 da lot quicker lot lighter Gets around his opponent. 00:22:29.049 --> 00:22:36.029 No problem at all now Yeah, as I said this match 00:22:36.029 --> 00:22:40.890 Isn't terribly long think it lasted maybe four 00:22:40.890 --> 00:22:45.549 to six minutes in total, which was time enough 00:22:45.549 --> 00:22:50.049 for Noam Dar to win with basically some precision 00:22:50.049 --> 00:22:54.289 striking. Had a fantastic striking game out there 00:22:54.289 --> 00:22:58.210 during that match and walks out the new Heritage 00:22:58.210 --> 00:23:02.650 Cup champion, which obviously raises some questions 00:23:02.650 --> 00:23:06.539 around the match that Alexis King had. put in 00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:09.160 place for next week, but I think we may find 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:13.160 out about that a little bit later on. So we'll 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:15.539 we'll circle back round to that in just a little 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:23.180 while. And we go from that match to a backstage 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:26.380 promo, which sees Sarah Schreiber interviewing 00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:32.779 the prodigy Roxanne Perez. And and yeah, basically 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:36.539 on how she got the NXT Championship match tonight 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:39.720 because she wasn't in the running for it before 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:43.319 and yeah seems to have gotten this all on her 00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:46.480 own. Apparently after Stand and Deliver went 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:50.400 and really got in Stephanie Vacua's face and 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:52.700 ended up sort of getting her title shot that 00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:59.920 way I suppose but yeah it's a case that Perez 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:04.450 confirms it was getting into Vickie's face, taking 00:24:04.450 --> 00:24:10.069 what she believes she deserves. Perez always 00:24:10.069 --> 00:24:15.609 has this massive air of entitlement and the entitlement 00:24:15.609 --> 00:24:18.789 on its own really bugs me. But it's a case that 00:24:18.789 --> 00:24:21.210 we take what we can get at this point, I suppose. 00:24:21.750 --> 00:24:24.049 What works for her works for her. We can't sort 00:24:24.049 --> 00:24:27.190 of go any any further on that. Now, she does 00:24:27.190 --> 00:24:30.849 say that. She had no idea that Julia had the 00:24:30.849 --> 00:24:34.589 same idea that she did on Monday Night Raw. So 00:24:34.589 --> 00:24:38.089 they weren't in cahoots as we thought they might 00:24:38.089 --> 00:24:41.369 have been. It is a case that they were operating 00:24:41.369 --> 00:24:44.589 separately, but achieving the same thing, I suppose. 00:24:48.710 --> 00:24:51.450 Perez is relatively confident that she's gonna 00:24:51.450 --> 00:24:54.450 beat Stephanie tonight only because she feels 00:24:54.450 --> 00:24:56.529 that Stephanie is just gonna be way too tired 00:24:56.529 --> 00:25:00.069 with everything to do with a Everything to do 00:25:00.069 --> 00:25:03.789 with a championship run Where is she gonna have 00:25:03.789 --> 00:25:06.069 time to do anything else which you know what 00:25:06.069 --> 00:25:09.210 I can't really blame her for I can't really say 00:25:09.210 --> 00:25:13.410 Boo to a goose for it now the next match is match 00:25:13.410 --> 00:25:15.410 three on the card. It's another women's singles 00:25:15.410 --> 00:25:21.430 match and and Well, I say another one. I don't 00:25:21.430 --> 00:25:23.690 think I've actually talked about one just yet. 00:25:24.369 --> 00:25:25.950 I've got to go back. I'm just going to double 00:25:25.950 --> 00:25:30.029 check myself now. No. So it is a women's singles 00:25:30.029 --> 00:25:35.190 match rather than another one. And this is Fallon 00:25:35.190 --> 00:25:38.349 Henley accompanied to the ring by Jacey Jane 00:25:38.349 --> 00:25:45.079 and Jasmine Nix versus somebody who's becoming 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:47.700 one of my very quick favorites in this which 00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:51.839 is Thea Hale I'm just really enjoying the energy 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:54.900 she brings I honestly wish I had that much energy 00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:59.440 in day -to -day life because yeah energy levels 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:04.980 for me are an issue believe it or not it is a 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:10.359 case that This isn't for a title or anything 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:15.019 like that. This sort of predates back to another 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:20.740 section earlier on in the card for it. Fallon 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:24.819 Henley takes up my early control, but very much 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:28.180 underestimating Thea Hale. Now Thea Hale used 00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:31.240 to be part of Chase U, which was run by Andre 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:34.859 Chase. A bunch of up and coming superstars were 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:39.299 all brought through all bought through sort of 00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:43.220 Chase U to try and basically give them some working 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:45.819 skills, I suppose is probably the best way to 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:52.039 put it. And yeah, there's not really been many 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:56.380 Chase U alum that have gone on to do fantastically 00:26:56.380 --> 00:27:00.480 great things, I don't feel, but it is something 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:05.740 that very much hangs on Thea Hale's resume for 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:12.670 it. and yeah Henley showing a lot of offense 00:27:12.670 --> 00:27:19.210 and power whereas sort of Hale was being manhandled 00:27:19.210 --> 00:27:22.750 especially early early doors of the match however 00:27:22.750 --> 00:27:28.170 Hale at one point is sent to the outside now 00:27:28.170 --> 00:27:30.369 at one side of the ring is we've got Jasmine 00:27:30.369 --> 00:27:35.259 Nicks distracting the ref We see fatal influence 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:38.359 do this on a regular basis Very much play the 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:42.279 numbers games to to tip the scale in there in 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:48.059 their favor. It is a case that As Nick's is distracting 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:53.079 the ref JC and Fallon try to double team Hale 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:58.140 by with Fallon holding Hale in a sort of like 00:27:58.140 --> 00:28:02.019 a full Nelson sort of lock it is a case that 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:05.299 Jaycee was going to come in and plant a boot 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:09.420 right on Hale to basically take a lot of the 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:12.500 offense out of her, make Fallon's night a little 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:14.680 bit easier. That would have been the case had 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:19.539 it not been for Thea Hale slipping the hold and 00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:25.119 Jaycee delivering a big boot to Fallon Henley 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:29.359 sending her careening into the steel step shoulder 00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:37.650 first which god damn look painful. Now Hale comes 00:28:37.650 --> 00:28:41.210 back from this dropping her headbutt to JC Jane 00:28:41.210 --> 00:28:45.009 tossing Fallon Henley into the ring and then 00:28:45.009 --> 00:28:48.170 as she gets in the ring herself manages to go 00:28:48.170 --> 00:28:52.029 and bump Jasmine Nix off the ring apron onto 00:28:52.029 --> 00:28:57.150 the floor before locking in a Kamura lock to 00:28:57.150 --> 00:29:01.640 win via submission. All in all, relatively short 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:04.799 match, not much to go over at all with that one. 00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:09.039 But yeah, still really entertaining. Can't take 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:13.480 anything away from that match. It's a case that, 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:19.559 yeah, it's grown a bit of a fandom for Thea Hale. 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:21.640 I think she's got some big things coming and 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:24.599 I'm really looking forward to seeing what it 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:30.329 is that they do with her in NXT. Quick drink 00:29:30.329 --> 00:29:33.329 myself there just while I got that sorted next 00:29:33.329 --> 00:29:37.130 we switch to in ring put we switch back to in 00:29:37.130 --> 00:29:42.390 ring promo here where we see raining defending 00:29:42.390 --> 00:29:50.579 NXT champion Ober Femi Who Has held the title 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:55.460 for over 100 days at this point As he won it 00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:58.259 back at New Year's Evil in January the debut 00:29:58.259 --> 00:30:04.400 episode of NXT on Netflix and the very first 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:06.579 episode that we covered here on finishers and 00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:12.539 factions And he's out here doing his doing his 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:17.599 victory lap on a another successful defense and 00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:24.140 Yeah, it is a case that Javon, he acknowledges 00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:27.759 that while he has said in the run -up to Stand 00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:31.339 and Deliver, he said some rather nasty things 00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:39.319 to Javon Evans, but sort of regrets saying them 00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:42.619 a little bit as at Stand and Deliver, Javon really 00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:46.430 sort of showed his metal and... and impressed 00:30:46.430 --> 00:30:52.150 the ruler. And well, and he over even goes as 00:30:52.150 --> 00:30:55.609 far as to say, even though it is not Jevon's 00:30:55.609 --> 00:30:58.670 time now, his best years are ahead of him and 00:30:58.670 --> 00:31:02.190 he gives major props to the young OG. That must 00:31:02.190 --> 00:31:05.869 have done absolute wonders for that young man's 00:31:05.869 --> 00:31:10.390 confidence because yeah, it is a case that he's... 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:13.539 he did a phenomenal job in that stand and deliver 00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:20.480 match. Now, he then turns his attention to Trick 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:26.259 Williams and other than the fact that Ober really 00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:28.900 can't stand Williams, he says, as great as he 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:35.539 is, the ruler is that much better. This obviously 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:39.799 triggers Trick Williams to come out. he is not 00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:46.079 very happy at all comes out to demand again another 00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:51.160 or make another demand for a one -on -one and 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:53.539 I can sort of understand trick Williams's point 00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:57.220 here is that every time he is asked for a match 00:31:57.220 --> 00:32:00.059 he's got the match but then other people have 00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:03.119 been allowed to muscle in on that match such 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:08.450 as Eddie Thorpe and Javon Evans Trick Williams 00:32:08.450 --> 00:32:13.609 has never really got his like a rematch one -on 00:32:13.609 --> 00:32:18.089 -one with Ober Femi which is sort of becoming 00:32:18.089 --> 00:32:21.630 a bit of a pressure point for him I feel but 00:32:21.630 --> 00:32:30.269 it is a case that so it comes out yeah using 00:32:30.269 --> 00:32:34.630 the rationale that Ober won that match by pinning 00:32:34.630 --> 00:32:41.069 Jovan Evans so legitimately beat Javon but didn't 00:32:41.069 --> 00:32:45.869 actually be trick which again I can sort of see 00:32:45.869 --> 00:32:49.250 the logic behind it's not completely lost on 00:32:49.250 --> 00:32:57.170 me as it goes now We also find out that this 00:32:57.170 --> 00:33:00.390 episode of NXT takes place on Ober Femi's birthday. 00:33:01.210 --> 00:33:04.609 So many happy returns of the day. Obviously we're 00:33:04.609 --> 00:33:07.470 past that day now, but many happy returns of 00:33:07.470 --> 00:33:10.730 the day to the ruler himself. And hope you had 00:33:10.730 --> 00:33:13.710 a fantastic birthday there, brother. Love that. 00:33:14.609 --> 00:33:19.029 Now, this did also trigger a rather surprising 00:33:19.029 --> 00:33:25.549 entry from, well... an outsider essentially as 00:33:25.549 --> 00:33:32.630 we saw we said his name and he appeared because 00:33:32.630 --> 00:33:38.970 we all believe in Joe Hendry who came back to 00:33:38.970 --> 00:33:45.829 NXT and yeah Joe is not here to mince words today 00:33:45.829 --> 00:33:51.049 he calls out trick for changing giving into self 00:33:51.049 --> 00:33:55.779 -pity basically lays down some honest talk saying 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:59.759 that Trick is not a hungry superstar anymore 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:05.640 he's made the step over into entitled and I think 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.800 what he's referring to with that is that Trick 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:11.000 Williams keeps coming out and making all these 00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:13.860 demands for these matches which is great for 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:17.659 Trick Williams but the reason that Trick Williams 00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:20.380 has never really got that one -on -one is because 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:24.039 every time He gets a match. It shouldn't really 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:26.739 make any difference if it's one -on -one. It 00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:31.039 is a case that Trick Williams is sort of getting 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:38.300 in his own way and Even goes a like a step further 00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:43.239 and just ends up calling him a whiny bitch now 00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:46.159 Trick obviously is not going to take very well 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:48.119 to being called a whiny bitch even though he 00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:55.000 is a whiny bitch and Trick is belittled by or 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:59.440 belittles Hendry, calling him an outsider, saying 00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:02.460 that he doesn't belong and telling him to go 00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:08.260 back to where he came from. Now, this is where 00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:11.659 sort of Joe reveals his true purpose for being 00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:14.920 here as he says, well, to be fair, dude, I don't 00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:17.860 have any business with you. Henry basically turns 00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:21.059 around and says that my business is more to do 00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:28.019 with the NXT champion, Ober Femi. Now, at this 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:33.820 point, it is a case that Ober Femi just basically 00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:36.679 says, look, dude, don't make the same mistake 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:40.619 that Moose did. At this stage we can see Trick 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:43.400 Williams very much getting between the two not 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:46.900 to stop the fight but so that basically he doesn't 00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:52.019 get pushed into being secondary in this story 00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:56.579 and honestly him muscling in between these two 00:35:56.579 --> 00:36:00.690 heavyweight champions basically just causes those 00:36:00.690 --> 00:36:02.909 two heavyweight champions to have a common enemy 00:36:02.909 --> 00:36:06.829 at this point as both Hendry and Femi gang up 00:36:06.829 --> 00:36:10.809 on Trick and toss him out of the ring. Now the 00:36:10.809 --> 00:36:16.530 idea of Joe Hendry versus Ober Femi is incredibly 00:36:16.530 --> 00:36:21.969 intriguing to me. He adds Obviously his WrestleMania 00:36:21.969 --> 00:36:25.469 debut this year, which was against Randy Orton 00:36:25.469 --> 00:36:28.889 I felt that match was a little bit squashy not 00:36:28.889 --> 00:36:32.409 gonna lie, but I feel like it could have been 00:36:32.409 --> 00:36:35.929 a little bit more competitive potentially but 00:36:35.929 --> 00:36:38.570 a lot of people enjoyed it just for the fact 00:36:38.570 --> 00:36:42.269 that Joe Hendry turned up so I'm not gonna say 00:36:42.269 --> 00:36:47.809 any more about it realistically Now we go from 00:36:47.809 --> 00:36:53.360 there into a VT promo showing Stax in the middle 00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:59.539 of the desert now Obviously Stax is at odds at 00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:03.099 the moment with the D 'Angelo family after low 00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:07.679 -blowing Tony D 'Angelo in the six -man tag match 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:15.139 at stand and deliver and Yeah, he's there waiting 00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:19.780 for Luca Crucifino Lucas turns up in a bright 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:23.719 red, looks like a Mustang to me. I could be wrong, 00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:30.340 but it did look like a Mustang. Now, Luca goes 00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:33.260 off on stacks basically saying, dude, what the 00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:36.119 fuck? Why did you do what you did? What's the 00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:38.280 deal? You need to come and have a sit down with 00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:40.679 Tony, sort this shit out. You guys have been 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:43.619 friends since you were, since your assholes were 00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:47.639 the size of shirt buttons sort of thing. And 00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:52.199 all Stax does is go, dude, shush, points out 00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:55.920 that they are out in the middle of nowhere. Luca 00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:58.719 sort of has a realisation and all we hear is, 00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:03.880 ah, fuck, and everything goes black. We don't 00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:07.699 get anything else to do with Stax and Crucifino 00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:10.599 following that or anything like that. We do get 00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:14.059 another D 'Angelo family vignette, sort of leading 00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:18.550 up to... leading up to later on in the card. 00:38:18.610 --> 00:38:23.670 So we'll get to that as well. Now we return from 00:38:23.670 --> 00:38:30.570 that VT to the announce desk. The announcers 00:38:30.570 --> 00:38:32.789 start talking about something when all of a sudden 00:38:32.789 --> 00:38:40.110 we are interrupted and shown a brief video VT 00:38:40.110 --> 00:38:46.760 of. Trick Williams crashing out again in the 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:50.340 background or in the in the backstage area to 00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:54.159 the point that even video feed cuts out and all 00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:57.760 we are able to hear is Trick going absolutely 00:38:57.760 --> 00:39:01.820 ape shit and Ava we assume it is Ava in the back 00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:05.559 there trying to trying to pull everything back 00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:12.050 together for it and Yeah, just complete chaos. 00:39:12.570 --> 00:39:16.010 We then find out later on in the card that Ava 00:39:16.010 --> 00:39:19.969 basically kicked Trick Williams out of the building 00:39:19.969 --> 00:39:24.630 and we'll likely face some repercussions for 00:39:24.630 --> 00:39:27.909 that next week. But that takes us very nicely 00:39:27.909 --> 00:39:31.869 into... Match four, which is a men's tag team 00:39:31.869 --> 00:39:35.570 match, which sees Miles Bourne and Javon Evans 00:39:35.570 --> 00:39:40.929 facing two members of Dark State. The two members 00:39:40.929 --> 00:39:43.670 in question on this occasion were Dion Lennox 00:39:43.670 --> 00:39:47.170 and Osiris Griffin, who were accompanied to the 00:39:47.170 --> 00:39:51.429 ring by Saquon Sugars and Cutler James. As when 00:39:51.429 --> 00:39:53.869 you face Dark State, you don't just face one 00:39:53.869 --> 00:39:57.010 or two or three of them. You face all four at 00:39:57.010 --> 00:39:59.809 once and have to be very aware. of that normally. 00:40:00.610 --> 00:40:03.869 Now, in fairness to Dark State for this match, 00:40:05.250 --> 00:40:08.429 the Sequan Sugars and Cutler James were very 00:40:08.429 --> 00:40:11.489 well behaved. It wasn't a case that they got 00:40:11.489 --> 00:40:13.650 involved where they shouldn't have been or anything 00:40:13.650 --> 00:40:17.889 along those lines. And I think that was mostly 00:40:17.889 --> 00:40:22.349 because Osiris Griffin, complete powerhouse. 00:40:22.630 --> 00:40:26.820 Dion Lennox, complete powerhouse. yeah we're 00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:31.639 not looking at this being like horrendously they 00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:35.019 weren't they weren't seeing the threat that they 00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:43.039 posed even with uh even with uh javon evans's 00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:46.719 uh fantastic performance at stand and deliver 00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:51.820 um now i'll be honest i didn't get a massive 00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:55.349 amount of notes on this match um It was a case 00:40:55.349 --> 00:41:00.309 that, for the most part, Dark State had a lot 00:41:00.309 --> 00:41:03.070 of the control. They had a lot of the control. 00:41:03.170 --> 00:41:06.170 Osiris, Griffin, Dion, Lennox, very much exerting 00:41:06.170 --> 00:41:09.869 their pressure in any way, shape or form they 00:41:09.869 --> 00:41:13.650 possibly could. Now, that's not to say that the 00:41:13.650 --> 00:41:16.730 young OG and Miles Bourne didn't get their fair 00:41:16.730 --> 00:41:20.250 share of licks in on this. And they were even 00:41:20.250 --> 00:41:26.510 joined by... Charlie Dempsey and Tavian and Tavian 00:41:26.510 --> 00:41:30.769 Heights Who were looking on from the stage at 00:41:30.769 --> 00:41:35.250 one point and but even so Dark state would just 00:41:35.250 --> 00:41:42.849 sort of dominating 100 % It's a case that Honestly, 00:41:42.849 --> 00:41:44.989 I thought at one stage towards the end of the 00:41:44.989 --> 00:41:49.280 match miles born came in for a For a bit of a 00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:53.500 comeback a bit of a hot tag comeback and he very 00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:57.119 much channeled his inner coat his inner Randy 00:41:57.119 --> 00:42:01.199 Orton in my opinion like even to the point where 00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:06.380 a Lot of what he was do a lot like even he's 00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:15.230 oh What's the word? Even he's Like the way he 00:42:15.230 --> 00:42:18.349 looked was like a shorter version of Randy Orton 00:42:18.349 --> 00:42:21.570 his body build and everything else Yeah, just 00:42:21.570 --> 00:42:24.889 I got huge Randy Orton vibes off Miles Bourne 00:42:24.889 --> 00:42:32.289 but Dark State do end up despite all of Javon 00:42:32.289 --> 00:42:35.469 Evans and Miles Bourne's efforts at Dark State 00:42:35.469 --> 00:42:41.489 Do end up walking out with the win after What 00:42:41.489 --> 00:42:45.010 I can only describe as a dark state spine buster 00:42:45.010 --> 00:42:50.489 to miles born for the win now We go from that 00:42:50.489 --> 00:42:55.409 match into Ava's office catching the tail end 00:42:55.409 --> 00:42:59.380 of a conversation between the lovely lady herself, 00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:03.380 and Sean Spears, where apparently he's just looking 00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:08.159 out for his friends. Now, as Spears leaves Ava's 00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:11.980 office, it is a case that Yoshiki Inamura comes 00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:17.579 in, and he's very respectful, very, like, he... 00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:20.500 Yeah, it doesn't feel either gets enough respect 00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:23.380 out of out of the roster for all the work that 00:43:23.380 --> 00:43:26.519 she puts in and Yeah, very much crawling up her 00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:33.280 asshole. I feel but In a mora basically says 00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:38.019 look my time is short. I'm not gonna be I'm due 00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:43.099 to go back to Japan soon and Honestly, I just 00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:47.989 feel a bit bad for for my tag team partner we 00:43:47.989 --> 00:43:52.829 came so so so so so so close to tag team gold 00:43:52.829 --> 00:43:55.750 and I just feel like I've let him down it's it's 00:43:55.750 --> 00:43:59.389 a huge source of shame for me really laying on 00:43:59.389 --> 00:44:04.989 the emotional blackmail thick and Ava being the 00:44:04.989 --> 00:44:09.300 soft heart that she is basically says look Don't 00:44:09.300 --> 00:44:11.920 feel bad, tell you what we'll do. We'll get you 00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:15.480 a match for next week against Hank and Tank for 00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:18.860 the Tag Team Gold. Gives you one more opportunity. 00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:25.420 Now, Josh Briggs has come in part way through 00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:30.300 this, seeing Inamura as being upset and... it's 00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:33.099 only after Ava leaves and leaves Briggs and Inamura 00:44:33.099 --> 00:44:36.679 in the office on their own that Inamura sort 00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:40.380 of turns to Briggs after he's been asked what 00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:42.360 happened? Like how did you manage to get that 00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:46.219 match? He was like old Japanese secret which 00:44:46.219 --> 00:44:49.440 is turn on the waterworks and they give me what 00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:54.679 I want. So yeah, it looks like Briggs and Inamora 00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:57.719 have got a tag team title opportunity against 00:44:57.719 --> 00:45:02.539 Hank and Tank next week Now moving on from there 00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:07.420 we go into another VT promo Now this one gives 00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:12.059 us an aerial shot of Las Vegas strip to begin 00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:16.679 with and then a generic hotel hallway Which sees 00:45:16.679 --> 00:45:19.920 Tony D 'Angelo going to what turns out to be 00:45:21.290 --> 00:45:24.769 Rizzo's hotel room and she seems quite reluctant 00:45:24.769 --> 00:45:27.710 to let him in to begin with. Like, he'd been 00:45:27.710 --> 00:45:31.809 followed and all the rest of it. She seemed very 00:45:31.809 --> 00:45:37.469 cagey, very scared of what was happening within 00:45:37.469 --> 00:45:45.849 the family. Now, I have got some very disjointed 00:45:45.849 --> 00:45:49.090 notes here. It didn't all happen in this order, 00:45:49.090 --> 00:45:53.599 but... Yeah, so once Tony's been let in, Tony 00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:55.920 says that he's basically taking what Stax did 00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:59.599 as an act of war. Rizzo doesn't know where to 00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:02.340 put her loyalty as Stax helped her with bullies 00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:04.860 when she was younger, but Tony's looked after 00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:08.460 her since she's been part of the family, so she's 00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:11.820 got very torn loyalties there. very much trying 00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:14.820 to play the diplomat like saying what if we call 00:46:14.820 --> 00:46:17.500 a sit down and all the rest of it and Tony's 00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:20.239 already said on numerous occasions that he's 00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:24.980 had his trust in Stacks has wavered on several 00:46:24.980 --> 00:46:28.179 different occasions so I got a feeling that this 00:46:28.179 --> 00:46:31.420 didn't come as a shock to Mr Diat to the Don 00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:36.900 at all Basically Tony wants to put Rizzo in a 00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:40.739 safe house for her own protection And yeah, it 00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:44.219 just seems like no matter what I think stacks 00:46:44.219 --> 00:46:49.539 could save his Tony's wife and kids and still 00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:53.380 his heart would be cold to Stax no matter what. 00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:56.000 I don't think there's much that Stax can do at 00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:59.460 this point to redeem himself in with the family. 00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:02.860 I think he's burnt his bridges and I know that 00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:07.000 next week we are due to find out from a confrontation 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:12.179 between Tony and Stax what basically happened, 00:47:12.260 --> 00:47:16.199 what caused this rift. And what goes on from 00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:23.099 there? Now, we go backstage for the next promo, 00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:26.039 which sees Sarah Schreiber interviewing Ricky 00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:29.920 Saints, who confirms that despite Lexus King's 00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:33.179 loss, he will still get a shot at the North American 00:47:33.179 --> 00:47:38.340 title next week. Basically saying, look. I've 00:47:38.340 --> 00:47:40.420 got nothing to gain from this apart from another 00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:44.480 title defence but I'm a man of my word I'll give 00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:48.280 you the opportunity you ask for and who knows 00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:50.440 you might be able to pull something out of the 00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:53.719 bag. Ethan Page interrupts the interview but 00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:56.019 appears to be sort of acting as a distraction 00:47:56.019 --> 00:48:00.380 for Lexus King himself who just basically blindsides 00:48:00.380 --> 00:48:04.119 Ricky Saints blaming him for losing the Heritage 00:48:04.119 --> 00:48:08.530 Cup and Page just simply says to him Look Ricky, 00:48:08.750 --> 00:48:12.369 I think we'll pick up our shit later, dude. And 00:48:12.369 --> 00:48:16.210 leaves him there in a broken heap on the floor. 00:48:17.590 --> 00:48:23.309 Now, we go from there into another VT promo which 00:48:23.309 --> 00:48:28.469 sees an un, like, no, we don't recognise who 00:48:28.469 --> 00:48:31.349 it is who's walking through these hallways, then 00:48:31.349 --> 00:48:34.690 into an office turning on the light, all the 00:48:34.690 --> 00:48:39.059 while holding a briefcase. Which is then put 00:48:39.059 --> 00:48:45.539 on a desk opened up and we see a chase you Jumper 00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:48.380 sweater, whatever you want to call it a chase 00:48:48.380 --> 00:48:51.440 you a piece of chase you clothing bought out 00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:54.519 And is revealed to us that it is Andre chase 00:48:54.519 --> 00:48:56.519 who we have been following with the camera for 00:48:56.519 --> 00:49:00.000 the last few moments Declaring we're fucking 00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:04.019 back, baby So I think we're seeing a return of 00:49:04.019 --> 00:49:08.010 chase you I think Cale Dixon and crew have had 00:49:08.010 --> 00:49:11.630 a massive effect on Andre Chase and we will see 00:49:11.630 --> 00:49:16.590 the Andre Chase of old come back but we may have 00:49:16.590 --> 00:49:19.389 to wait for next week for more information around 00:49:19.389 --> 00:49:23.349 that because yeah I was not around for when Chase 00:49:23.349 --> 00:49:27.550 U originally went out so yeah 100 % really looking 00:49:27.550 --> 00:49:34.070 forward to that one and That leads us very nicely 00:49:34.070 --> 00:49:41.349 into the main event of NXT And that main event 00:49:41.349 --> 00:49:44.449 basically culminates in the NXT Women's Championship 00:49:44.449 --> 00:49:48.269 match which sees our champion Stephanie Vecure 00:49:48.269 --> 00:49:55.809 versus Roxanne Perez the prodigy and Yeah, it 00:49:55.809 --> 00:50:03.630 is a case that this match the uh the the momentum 00:50:03.630 --> 00:50:07.429 in this match is shifting by the second it is 00:50:07.429 --> 00:50:16.070 a case that we can't possibly um be getting uh 00:50:16.070 --> 00:50:20.829 yeah i just i there was a massive amount of feeling 00:50:20.829 --> 00:50:24.489 out considering this was the first time these 00:50:24.489 --> 00:50:27.530 two were faced off against one another but they're 00:50:27.530 --> 00:50:30.130 going to have known each other really well as 00:50:30.130 --> 00:50:34.989 it goes it just makes sense there was some absolutely 00:50:34.989 --> 00:50:40.190 gorgeous chain wrestling in this match Stephanie 00:50:40.190 --> 00:50:46.230 even goes for the kiss of death slamming Roxanne 00:50:46.230 --> 00:50:49.710 Perez's face into the mat but Roxanne Perez sees 00:50:49.710 --> 00:50:54.929 this coming and Yeah, basically rolls to the 00:50:54.929 --> 00:50:59.010 to the ring apron forcing the the ring the rope 00:50:59.010 --> 00:51:05.530 break Now as the cure drags Perez back into the 00:51:05.530 --> 00:51:10.369 ring from this Perez drags the ring apron up 00:51:10.369 --> 00:51:12.889 and into the ring with her which then triggers 00:51:12.889 --> 00:51:16.969 the ref to go and try and fix it While the ref's 00:51:16.969 --> 00:51:21.210 back is turned Perez typical heel move Rakes 00:51:21.210 --> 00:51:24.469 the eyes with those rakes vacuous eyes with those 00:51:24.469 --> 00:51:28.250 nails to try and gain an unfair advantage now 00:51:28.250 --> 00:51:33.929 with Perez in control a few moments after this 00:51:33.929 --> 00:51:38.070 fighting spills onto the entrance ramp where 00:51:38.070 --> 00:51:43.690 Basically the two women leave the ring with Perez 00:51:43.690 --> 00:51:47.269 in control Perez does not remain in control vacuous 00:51:47.269 --> 00:51:52.210 takes control again and Vakur manages to hit 00:51:52.210 --> 00:51:56.650 so normally when we see a 619 it's the opponent 00:51:56.650 --> 00:52:01.570 is draped over the second rope second rope facing 00:52:01.570 --> 00:52:04.670 outside of the ring this time Vakur did it the 00:52:04.670 --> 00:52:07.690 opposite way round she was at Roxanne was outside 00:52:07.690 --> 00:52:11.289 the ring propped up on the second rope facing 00:52:11.289 --> 00:52:15.289 in the ring and Vakur hit the 619 that way which 00:52:15.289 --> 00:52:18.110 do you know what I can't be mad at it for it 00:52:18.760 --> 00:52:22.300 and drops the dime with a springboard cross body. 00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:30.719 Now, the next kiss of death attempt that Stephanie 00:52:30.719 --> 00:52:37.599 tries to exact is dedicated to Booker T. And 00:52:37.599 --> 00:52:40.500 the reason we know it is because she stands in 00:52:40.500 --> 00:52:43.199 the ring. points to Booker T. Now this either 00:52:43.199 --> 00:52:47.500 means that it's dedicated to Booker T or we know 00:52:47.500 --> 00:52:51.780 that Booker T himself is a massive, massive advocate 00:52:51.780 --> 00:52:56.340 for Roxanne Perez. So it could be, yeah, you 00:52:56.340 --> 00:52:59.420 caused this Rock Booker or this one's for you. 00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:04.440 As we, like we saw a kiss of death on Raw, we 00:53:04.440 --> 00:53:08.219 didn't have. Booker T's input on it, and it just 00:53:08.219 --> 00:53:12.039 felt all kinds of wrong so this sort of soothed 00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:17.179 a sore of the soul to hear Booker T going ah 00:53:17.179 --> 00:53:21.099 knowing that he was going to end up on the couch 00:53:21.099 --> 00:53:27.900 when he got home that night now Roxanne does 00:53:27.900 --> 00:53:31.199 get her way back into this match, hits a hurricanrana 00:53:31.199 --> 00:53:34.460 and goes straight into a cross -face submission 00:53:34.460 --> 00:53:40.460 which Viqueur tries desperately to scramble to 00:53:40.460 --> 00:53:45.579 the ropes to force a break but Roxanne not wanting 00:53:45.579 --> 00:53:49.300 any of it, drags her back into the centre of 00:53:49.300 --> 00:53:53.800 the ring going from there and Yeah, it is it 00:53:53.800 --> 00:53:56.639 basically the cure finds another way out of this 00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:59.159 submission hold and it just ends up in a chain 00:53:59.159 --> 00:54:07.300 of a chain of pin falls One after the other Roxanne 00:54:07.300 --> 00:54:10.539 pins the cure the cure pins Roxanne and it just 00:54:10.539 --> 00:54:15.219 keeps going like this for a moment or two now 00:54:15.849 --> 00:54:19.070 The cure does walk out of this match retaining 00:54:19.070 --> 00:54:22.630 the title after hitting a dragon screw into an 00:54:22.630 --> 00:54:29.949 SV be for the three count and NXT closes with 00:54:29.949 --> 00:54:33.929 Julia coming out of the main entrance with Jordan 00:54:33.929 --> 00:54:39.619 grace off to off to the one side within the crowd 00:54:39.619 --> 00:54:44.679 just staring daggers into a once again victorious 00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:50.420 Stephanie Vecure now that does bring us to the 00:54:50.420 --> 00:55:00.179 end of finishers and factions does NXT does NXT 00:55:00.179 --> 00:55:04.860 and Yes, thank you for putting up with me throughout 00:55:04.860 --> 00:55:08.199 this entire thing. I've loved every last second 00:55:08.199 --> 00:55:13.880 of it. Now, next episode that we will be releasing 00:55:13.880 --> 00:55:18.400 will be Finisher's and Faction's Does Friday 00:55:18.400 --> 00:55:22.599 Night Smackdown. This Friday Night Smackdown, 00:55:22.679 --> 00:55:25.619 I believe, will take place from Fort Worth, Texas. 00:55:26.780 --> 00:55:29.679 So... Yeah, we are well and true. This is the 00:55:29.679 --> 00:55:32.320 last event that will take place in Las Vegas 00:55:32.320 --> 00:55:37.320 as part of WrestleMania weekend and What a WrestleMania 00:55:37.320 --> 00:55:40.599 it has been but we are now well and truly on 00:55:40.599 --> 00:55:46.719 the road to backlash and backlash I believe somewhere 00:55:46.719 --> 00:55:50.199 around the 10th of May I want to say somewhere 00:55:50.199 --> 00:55:55.559 around there and Yeah, well and truly looking 00:55:55.559 --> 00:56:00.090 forward to that but Yes, come back. And the plan 00:56:00.090 --> 00:56:04.010 is for me and Rich to do Finishes and Factions 00:56:04.010 --> 00:56:09.630 does Smackdown together. However, we are very 00:56:09.630 --> 00:56:12.489 aware of sort of how late this is going out. 00:56:12.489 --> 00:56:15.409 So we apologize for that. We are working our 00:56:15.409 --> 00:56:19.250 way to getting back on track. So yeah, this episode 00:56:19.250 --> 00:56:21.750 will drop as soon as we've managed to get it 00:56:21.750 --> 00:56:25.170 ready between both of our work schedules. So 00:56:25.170 --> 00:56:28.960 please bear with. I've been Adam, it has been 00:56:28.960 --> 00:56:33.260 my pleasure to talk your ear off. And there, 00:56:33.480 --> 00:56:39.099 this was finishers and factions does NXT. Thank 00:56:39.099 --> 00:56:39.519 you.