Ricky Saints defends the NXT Championship against Trick Williams
The NXT Championship will be on the line when Ricky Saints defends his title against Trick Williams. A two-time NXT Champion and one-time TNA World Champion, Williams enters NXT Halloween Havoc aiming to become just the second Superstar to thrice win the NXT Title. Saints, meanwhile, is looking to cement his status as NXT’s best after dethroning Oba Femi at NXT No Mercy in September. Can Saints stave off Williams, or will history be made in Arizona?
Location:
Findlay Toyota Center, Prescott Valley Arizona
Available on:
Peacock, Netflix (outside of the US)
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NXT Championship:
Ricky Saints (c) vs. Trick Williams
NXT Women’s Championship:
Jacy Jayne (c) vs. Tatum Paxley
NXT Tag Team Championship – Broken Rules Match:
The Hardy Boyz (Broken Hardys) (c) vs. Dark State
NXT Women’s North American Championship:
Zaria vs. Blake Monroe
Zaria defending on behalf on Sol Ruca
NXT North American Championship – Day Of The Dead Match:
Ethan page (c) vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater vs. Mr. Iguana & La Parka
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— We are live! Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home as Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater make their way to the ring. La Parka and Mr. Iguana follow.
Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater vs. La Parka and Mr. Iguana
Evans and Parka begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns locking one another in submission holds, but Slater and Iguana tag in. Slater runs over Iguana with a shoulder tackle, but Iguana plays dead. Slater looks to land a kick, but Iguana catches it. Slater manages to land a second kick on Iguana, but Iguana responds with a hurricanrana to Slater.
Evans tags back in and sends Iguana crashing into the mat face first with Slater. Parker tags back in and catches Evans with a backbreaker, then clotheslines Slater out of the ring and dumps Evans over the top rope to join him. Iguana tosses La Yesca at Evans and Slater, then connects with a tope suidica as Evans and Slater toss LaYesca back to one another. Parka then lands a double moonsault on Slater and Evans off the top rope before he dumps Evans back in the ring and pins him. Evans kicks out.
Iguana tags in and Parka delivers a bodyslam to Evans. Evans delivers a German suplex to Parka using the bottom rope for some assistance, then looks to tag in Slater. Parka prevents Evans from tagging out and connects with a German suplex to him, then tags in Iguana as Evans manages to tag in Slater on his side.
Slater delivers a DDT to Iguana off the middle rope and pins him, but Iguana kicks out. Evans tags back in, and Slater helps him land a splash on Iguana before he delivers one of his own. Iguana then tags in Parka, who runs over Evans and Slater with clotheslines. He sends Slater (who has tagged back in) crashing into the mat with a spinning sidewalk slam, then connects with a chop on Slater. Slater responds with a chop of his own on Parka, and the two go back and forth landing them on one another.
Evans and Iguana tag back in, and Iguana dares Evans to fire off chops on him. Evans levels Iguana with one, then tags in Slater. Iguana grabs La Yesca and uses him to land chops on Slater and Evans, then grabs Slater's hand with La Yesca's mouth before he delivers a diving hurricanrana to Evans off the top rope.
Slater and Parka tag back in, and Slayer delivers a crossbody to Parka off the top rope. Evans then tags back in and lands a splash on Parka off the top rope. He goes for a pin, but Parka kicks out. Parker gets Slater up on his shoulders and drives him into the mat, then goes for a pin but Evans sends himself and Iguana crashing into the two men to break the fall.
Evans flies out of the ring to level Parker on the outside, and Slater delivers a 450 Splash-Swanton Bomb combination to Iguana off the top rope back in the ring for the win.
Winners: Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater
— Backstage Ethan Page was interviewed. He said that it wasn’t personal with Dr. Wagner, he was just trying to keep the train rolling and Wagner cost him a chance to become a double champion. He called Wagner a “Dangerous intruder” in NXT and promised to defend it against him. He then ate a bunch of buttertarts and drank some maple syrup.
— Zaria and Sol Ruca were shown in the back, with Zaria mentioning that Ruca would be allowed to be at ringside for the Womens North American title coming up. Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley interrupted them to say that Paxley will win her match tonight and Zaria won’t.
— El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. makes his way to the ring. Ethan Page follows.
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Day Of The Dead Match for the NXT North American Championship: Ethan Page vs. AAA Latin American Champion El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
The bell rings and Wagner fires off chops and forearms on Page in the corner of the ring. Wagner lands a hurricanrana on Page off the ring steps, then grabs three chairs from under the ring and slides them inside. He uses one of them to hit Page across his spine, then lays Page across the announce desk.
Page escapes and gets back in the ring, then grabs one of the chairs. Wagner flies off the top rope to level Page before he can use the chair, but Page catches Wagner with a forearm. Wagner then lays one of the chairs on Page and connects with a dropkick on him, then sets up for an Ego's Edge on Page on top of a garbage can. Page avoids it, then pulls Wagner off the ropes to send him crashing into the garbage can. He then uses the lid of the garbage can to hit Wagner with repeatedly across his spine.
The action spills out of the ring, and Wagner whips Page into one of the barricades at the bottom of the entrance ramp. Page uses a skeleton leg to choke Wagner, then sends him crashing into the ringsteps face first. Wagner returns the favor, then looks to get a table from under the ring. Page stops Wagner and sends him crashing into the leg of the table as it's sticking out from under the ring, then sends him crashing into the ring steps midsection first. He grabs one of the chairs and cracks it across Wagner's spine, then dumps Wagner back in the ring.
Page gets up a chair in the corner with the legs sticking out, then lands a stomp on Wagner. He sends Wagner crashing into the first chair and a second chair set up in the opposite corner before he sends him crashing into a third chair spine first with a spinning sidewalk slam. He goes for a pin, but Wagner kicks out.
Page rips off Wagner's mask, Wagner gets fired up and runs over Page with a clothesline. He catches Page with a codebreaker off the top rope and goes for a pin, but Page kicks out. Wagner gets Page up in an electric chair position and looks to send him crashing into the garbage can face first. Page pulls the remnants of Wagner's mask to escape and sends him crashing on top of the garbage can face first, then goes for a pin but Wagner kicks out.
Wagner sets up a table near the corner of the ring, then sends Page crashing into it face first. He sits Page on the top rope, then joins him up there. Page slips behind Wagner on the ropes, but Wagner fights him off. Page throws some powder into Wagner's eyes, then sends him crashing through the table off the middle rope with a Twisted Grin for the win.
Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Ethan Page
— Backstage Kelani Jordan, TNA Knockouts Champion and Jordynne Grace, in a Velma costume, discussed Jordan’s bad attitude. Grace told her that she’s got a great idea for Jordan’s next challenger: Her. Grace slapped Jordan and she stormed out of her own locker room.
— Blake Monroe makes her way to the ring. Zaria and Sol Ruca follow.
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NXT Women's North American Championship Match: Zaria (w/ Sol Ruca) (c) vs. Blake Monroe
The bell rings and the two lock up. Zaria levels Monroe and sends her crashing into the top turnbuckle repeatedly, then runs her over with a pump kick and goes for a pin. Monroe kicks out, then gets the upperhand over Zaria and uses the ropes as leverage to wear down Zaria's arm.
Monroe continues wearing down Zaria's arm with a submission hold, but Zaria escapes and levels Monroe with a pump kick. She follows it up with a back suplex, then delivers another suplex to Monroe and cinches in a Torture Rack on her. Monroe escapes and transitions into an armbar, but Zaria powers up to her feet and delivers a powerbomb to Monroe to break the hold.
Monroe and Zaria exchange right hands with one another, but Monroe lands a Sling Blade on Zaria. Monroe sends Zaria crashing into the ring steps, and Ruca shoves Zaria crashing into the ring post as a means of getting Zaria's arm to wake up and to get her hyped up.
Zaria slides back in the ring and continues wearing down Monroe. She sets up for an F5 on her, but Monroe reverses it and sends Zaria crashing into the mat. She cinches in a Fujiwara Armbar on her, but Zaria transitions into a pinfall to break the hold. Monroe kicks out and delivers a running knee to Zaria, but Monroe trips Ruca on the outside. Zaria chases her back in the ring and runs over her with a clothesline, then checks on Ruca. Ruca insists that she's fine, but Monroe clocks Ruca from behind and delivers a DDT to her on the floor. She gets her back in the ring, then lands a second DDT on Zaria for the win.
Winner and NEW NXT Women's North American Champion: Blake Monroe
— Backstage, Lash Legend bullied the Evolve Women’s Champion, Kendal Grey into a match next week on NXT.
— The Culling make their way to the ring. Fatal Influence follows.
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NXT Women's Championship Match: Jacy Jayne (w/ Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid) (c) vs. Tatum Paxley (w/ Izzi Dame)
The bell rings and the two lock up. Jayne whips Paxley into the mat and jams her knee into the side of her neck, then levels her with a shoulder tackle. She follows it up with a running senton, then looks to land a second one. Paxley avoids it and connects with a shoulder tackle on Jayne, but Jayne responds with an arm drag to Paxley. Paxley then delivers an elbow drop to Jayne and cinches in a reverse Texas Cloverleaf on her.
Jayne fights off Paxley by delivering a dropkick on her. Paxley looks to land a basement dropkick on Jayne under the bottom rope, but Jayne traps her in the ring skirt and looks for Paxley under the ring. Paxley sneaks up behind Fatal Influence and levels Henley, but Jayne catapults her into the hardware under the ring skirt.
Jayne dumps Paxley back in the ring and pins her, but Paxley kicks out, but Jayne fires off right hands on Paxley and jams her boot in her in the corner. Reid takes a cheap shot at Paxley as Jayne distracts the referee, and Jayne then follows a cannonball to Paxley. She wears down Paxley with a submission hold, but Paxley escapes by pinning Jayne. Jayne kicks out and runs over Paxley with a clothesline, then wears her down with another submission and lands a back suplex on her. Paxley levels Jayne with a pair of forearms, then connects with a suplex on her. Jayne and Paxley then teeter on the ropes, and Jayne delivers a neckbreaker to Paxley.
Reid delivers a crossbody off the ropes to level Shawn Spears and Niko Vance on the outside, but Dame takes her out. Henley uses the ring post to deliver a kick to Dame, but the referee then ejects Spears, Vance, Dame, Reid, and Henley from ringside after the disturbance they've created.
Back in the ring, Paxley rolls up Jayne. Jayne kicks out and lands a jumping knee strike on Paxley. She goes for a pin, but Paxley kicks out and ascends to the top rope. She lands a 450 Splash on Jayne and goes for a pin, but Jayne manages to kick out.
Paxley sets up for the Cemetery Drive on Jayne, but Jayne escapes. Paxley then sends Jayne crashing into the ring apron face first on the outside, but Spears and Vance reemerge at ringside as officials try to stop them. Reid and Henley jump them, and while the referee is distracted by all this, Dame grabs the NXT Women's Championship belt. While it looks like she's initially aiming for Paxley when she looks to use the title belt to hit someone with, Paxley moves out of the way and Dame aims for Jayne instead. Jayne levels Dame with a forearm, but Paxley responds with the Cemetery Drive to Jayne for the win.
Winner and NEW NXT Women's Champion: Tatum Paxley
— Backstage, Ava talks to Miles Borne about his beef with Josh Briggs. Tavion Heights showed up with his own Briggs issues. Ava suggested that Borne and Heights fight each other next week.
— DarkState make their way to the ring. The Broken Hardys follow.
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Broken Rules Match for the NXT Tag Team Championship: Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero (c) vs. Darkstate (w/ Saquon Shugars and Cutler James)
The bell rings and all four members of DarkState surround the ring. While Matt and Nero try fighting them off, Osiris Griffin and Dion Lennox overpower them. Nero lands a splash on Griffin in the corner using Matt's spine as a launch pad. The Broken Hardys then deliver a double DDT to Griffin, and Matt connects with a Side Effect on Lennox.
Nero lands a splash on him off the middle rope and goes for a pin, but Lennox kicks out. Saquon Shugars sneaks up on Matt and lands a knee strike on him. Cutler James delivers a shoulder to Matt's midsection, and Shugars grabs a table. He sets it up on the outside near the bottom of the entrance ramp and takes a chair that James offers him before siding it to Lennox. Matt and Nero grab the chairs and begin hitting Lennox and Griffin with them, then use them on James and Shugars.
Nero dumps Griffin out of the ring, then lands a double ax handle on Shugars off the ring apron. Griffin is sent crashing through the table by Nero with a suplex, and Shugars lands a knee on Matt off the apron. He fires off right hands on Matt, but Nero hits him and James with a chair. Matt sends Shugars and James crashing onto one of the barricades, and Nero flies to send him crashing over it.
Nero sets up a table as Matt sends Shugars crashing into the ring post. Matt sends James crashing into the ring steps face first while Jeff sets up a second table next to the first one. Matt drags one of the ladders on the outside next to the tables, then lays James on top of one of them as Nero lays Shugars on top of the other one. Matt climbs up the ladder as Nero ascends up the top rope. Nero lands a Swanton Bomb on Shugars to send him crashing through the table, and Matt flies off the ladder to send James crashing through the other table.
Griffin fires off right hands on Matt as Lennox wears down Nero and dumps him back in the ring. Lennox hits Matt with a kendo stick and the lid of a garbage can, and Griffin sends Nero crashing on top of the garbage can. Lennox gets Matt up on one shoulder and sends him crashing into a ladder set up in the corner of the ring. Lennox and Griffin then connect with a 3D on Matt before Griffin pins him. Matt kicks out.
Nero hits Griffin and Lennox with a pair of kendo sticks, and Lennox flies over the barricade near the timekeeper's area to send Matt crashing through a table. Griffin then spears Nero through the barricade and dumps both him and Matt back into the ring. He rains down right hands on Matt, but Matt catches him with a Side Effect. Nero ascends to the top rope and delivers a Swanton Bomb to Griffin, then goes for a pin but Lennox breaks the fall.
Nero lands a Stunner on Lennox, and Matt follows it up with a Twist Of Fate. Nero drags a ladder next to two tables that Matt has set up next to one another. Nero looks to land a Swanton Bomb on Griffin as he lays on one of the tables, but Griffin rolls out of the way and Nero is sent crashing through both tables.
Back in the ring, Lennox lands a spinebuster on Matt. He goes for a pin, but Matt kicks out. Lennox then lays Matt on one of the tables, then ascends up the ropes. Matt bails and joins Lennox on the ropes, but Griffin pulls Matt off the ropes and the pair brawl with one another. Griffin drapes Matt off the top rope by his knees and gets Nero in an electric chair position as Lennox ascends up the ropes. Lennox flies off the ladder to deliver a Doomsday Device to Nero through the table with Griffin. Griffin then pins Nero for the win.
Winners and NEW NXT Tag Team Champions: DarkState
— Backstage, Je’von Evans and Leon Slater decided they should take a run at the NXT Tag Team Titles.
— Trick Williams then makes his way to the ring. Ricky Saints follows.
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NXT Championship Match: Ricky Saints (c) vs. Trick Williams
The bell rings and Williams dumps Saints out of the ring. The two men return to the ring, and Williams connects with a dropkick on Saints. He sends him crashing into the turnbuckles face first, but Saints levels Williams with a forearm before the action spills back out of the ring. Williams sends Saints repeatedly crashing into the barricades and the ring post, then sends his face bouncing off the announce desk and dumps him back in the ring.
Williams pins Saints, but Saints kicks out and Williams levels him with a suplex. He follows it up with a jumping twisting neckbreaker and goes for a pin, but Saints kicks out and Williams wears him down with a front face lock. Saints lands a Samoan Drop on Williams before Williams manages to cinch in a Boston Crab on Saints.
Saints escapes and rolls up Williams, but Williams kicks out and gets Saints up on his shoulders. He sends him crashing into the mat face first and pins him, but Saints kicks out and Williams lands a chop on him. He lands a roundhouse kick on Saints and sets up for a second jumping twisting neckbreaker, but Saints ducks out of the way and locks in a crossface on Williams. Williams crawls over to the bottom rope to break the hold.
Williams grabs the NXT Championship belt and looks to use it, but Saints lands a dropkick on Williams to knock the belt out of his hands. He charges at Williams, but Williams catches him with a kick and sends both himself and Saints crashing through the announce desk.
Williams dumps Saints back in the ring and lands the Trick Shot on him, then goes for a pin but Saints kicks out. Saints fires off stomps, right hands, and forearms on Williams, then looks to roll him up. Williams sits down into the pin, but Saints kicks out. Williams then gets Saints up on his shoulders and looks to send him crashing into the mat, but Saints counters into a Stunner. He follows it up with a spear and a Tornado DDT on Williams for the win.
