Tonight NXT hosts a Booker T appreciation night! On the card for this evening, Jacy Jayne defends her NXT Women's Title against Zaria and Sol Ruca in a Triple Threat Match, Tatum Paxley puts her NXT Women's North American Championship on the line against Izzi Dame in a Steel Cage Match, Wren Sinclair looks to dethrone WWE's Women's Speed Champion Fallon Henley, The Birthright battle Hank & Tank, The Vanity Project (Jackson Drake, Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes) collide with WWE's Los Americanos (El Grande, Bravo & Rayo) and more!
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The show opens with Booker T arriving in his Cybertruck. Tatum Paxley, Izzi Dame with Shawn Spears & Niko Vance are also shown and they're walking backstage.
Match 1 - NXT Women's Champion Triple Threat Match: Jacy Jayne(c) w/Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) -vs- Sol Ruca -vs- Zaria
At the bell, Zaria and Ruca stare at each other and Jayne backs away. Jayne superkicks Zaria and Ruca goes at Jayne. Jayne gets Ruca to the mat and covers her for a near fall. Jayne tries for another cover and Ruca bridges out and rolls up Jayne. Jayne kicks out and Zaria comes back and Ruca rolls up Zaria. Zaria tries to chokeslam Ruca but Ruca counters and Jayne sends Ruca into Zaria who kicks Ruca. Zaria chokes Ruca on the ropes and Ruca is kicked out of the apron and Jayne stuns Zaria and covers her. Ruca breaks the pin and covers Jayne and Jayne kicks out at two. Ruca superkicks Jayne and Zaria pulls Jayne out of the ring and gets in the ring. Ruca suicide dives onto Henley, Reid and Jayne and Reid and Jayne then take out Zaria and send her out of the ring and we cut to a break.
Back to the match, Zaria and Jayne battle in the middle of the ring. Ruca cross body's onto Zaria and Jayne. Zaria rolls out of the ring and Ruca takes down Jayne with some forearms. Jayne is slammed down and Zaria comes in and kicks Jayne. Zaria and Ruca are now left in the ring and the two have a standoff. Zaria and Ruca punch each other in the middle of the ring. Ruca kicks Zaria and Jayne Sentons on Ruca and hits a Neckbreaker on Zaria. Zaria spears Jayne and Ruca spears Zaria. Ruca climbs the ropes and Zaria knocks her off. Jayne and Zaria attack Ruca and Jayne climbs up with Ruca and Zaria comes from behind and all three women crash to the mat. Zaria tries to cover both Ruca and Jayne and they both kick out. Zaria attacks Ruca and slams her head into the mat. Zaria throws Ruca and Jayne connects with a missile dropkick on Zaria. Jayne somersaults onto Zaria and Ruca in the corner. Zaria tosses Jayne and covers her and Ruca breaks the pin. Ruca kicks Zaria and Zaria headbutts Ruca. Zaria goes for an F-5 and Ruca counters to a facebuster and then throws Zaria out of the ring. Ruca hits Jayne with a Sol Snatcher and covers her, Zaria breaks the pin and F-5s Ruca outside the ring. Henley and Reid stop Zaria from getting in the ring, Zaria F-5's Henley and in the ring Jayne pins Ruca for the win.
Winner and STILL NXT Women's Champion: Jacy Jayne
Kendall Grey & Wren Sinclair talk backstage. The Birthright come by and Sinclair asks Charlie Dempsey why he turned on Tavion Heights. Dempsey says he's found people who understand him. Arianna Grace, Stacks, Lexis King and Dempsey leave. Lola Vice approaches Grey and Sinclair and she tells Grey that she knows Grey wants the NXT Women's Championship but so does she.
Ricky Saints walks backstage and we cut to a commercial.
We come back from a commercial break and Ricky Saints makes his way out to the ring. Saints poses on the ropes and almost falls. Saints gets on the mic and says Saints may slip but he never falls. Saints says things are looking up and after a small setback, he and Ethan Page are back on the same page because they're pivoters. He talks about how they beat Myles Borne and Joe Hendry. Saints says he and Page would be in the tag team tournament but their buddies The Vanity Project are the champs so they'll focus on singles gold. He says Page will focus on the North American championship and he will go for the NXT Championship. Ethan Page comes out and reminds Saints that he pinned Hendry last week and Saints reminds Page that Page has lost to Borne a few times and gives Page the floor to call out Myles Borne. Page says he would call out Borne if he wanted to be a two time North American champ but he wants to be a two time NXT champ. Joe Hendry comes out interrupting them. Hendry doesn't want to get in the middle of this tiff but Page has some fair points and tells Saints that Page did something Saints couldn't and Hendry says he feels Saints doesn't want it as bad as Page. Page says Hendry can't troll them and Hendry says Saints is trying to ride Page's coattails because Saints has been failing. Hendry says Page and Saints battle last year and maybe they should do that again to figure out who will battle Hendry. Saints and Page start going back and forth and they both attack Joe Hendry. Hendry clotheslines both Saints and Page and tosses Saints with a Fallaway Slam and does the same to Page. Tony D'Angelo comes out of nowhere and spears Hendry and then chokeslams Saints and Page. D'Angelo stands tall in the ring with bodies laying around him.
We see a backstage segment from last week with The Birthright
(Lexis King, Stacks, Arianna Grace & Uriah Connors), Fit Finlay and William Regal. They tell Dempsey he made the right decision and Robert Stone comes by and Regal says Stone has been doing a great job and he'll talk to Shawn Michaels to make Stone's position permanent.
Match 2: Los Americanos (El Grande, Bravo & Rayo) -vs- The Vanity Project (Ricky Smokes, Brad Baylor & Jackson Drake)
Smokes and Rayo start and Rayo takes Smokes down with a headscissors and Bravo is tagged in. Smokes takes down Bravo and Bravo flips around and sends Smokes to the mat. Bravo punches Smokes and uppercuts him. Bravo punches Smokes in the corner. Baylor distracts the ref and Drake hits Bravo. Vanity Project take out all the Americanos and send them out of the ring and then dance in the ring. Bravo crossbody's onto them and the Americano take out Vanity Project. The Americano fly over the ropes onto the members of the Vanity Project and then dance in the ring. Bravo kicks Smokes and tags in Rayo. Smokes is double teamed and then Bravo and Smokes trade punches. Baylor is tagged in and Rayo is double teamed. Drake is tagged in and he German Suplexes Rayo and covers him for a near fall and we cut to a commercial break.
Back to the match, Smokes kicks Rayo in the middle of the ring. Baylor is tagged in and Rayo is double teamed. Baylor dances and Rayo tries to roll him up. Drake is tagged in and he stomps on Rayo. Drake back drops Rayo and kicks Rayo's neck and covers him for a near fall. Drake tries to unmask Rayo and Rayo takes Drake down but meets a forearm and gets knocked back down. Drake has Rayo in a headlock and then suplexes Rayo going for the Three Amigos. Rayo counters the last one and suplexes Drake. Americano is tagged in and he takes out Baylor, Smokes and Drake. Americano hits a double block buster on Smokes and Baylor and covers Baylor - Drake breaks the pin. Bravo takes out Drake and then Rayo and Bravo put on cowboy hats and suicide dive onto Smokes and Drake. Back in the ring, Americano slams down Baylor and covers him for a near fall. Drake is tagged in and he kicks Americano and then flies over the ropes onto Bravo and Rayo. Back in the ring, Drake hits a Burning Hammer on Americano and Americano kicks out at two. Baylor is tagged in and he tags in Smokes who tags in Drake. Americano is triple team and covered and Americano kicks out at two. Drake kicks Americano and Americano no sells it and asks for more. Americano kicks Drake in the face and Drake rolls him up. Rayo shows the ref that Drake has hit feet on the ropes. Americano puts a metal plate in his mask. Rayo is tagged in and Smokes is as well. Bravo is now tagged in and Smokes is double teamed. Americano is tagged in and he headbutts Smokes and gets the win.
Winners: Los Americanos
Shawn Legacy, Eli Knight & Elio LeFleur are backstage with Robert Stone. Legacy is hurt and LeFleur takes Legacy's place against The Culling next week. Sol Ruca barges in and tells Stone she wants to meet face to face with Zaria next week.
We come back from a break, Vic Joseph is in the ring and kicks off the Booker T Appreciation segment. Booker T gets in the ring and hugs his family and friends who are in the ring. Joseph says he and Booker T have worked together for three years and Booker T has always been focused on giving the fans "moments". Joseph plays a video with some of his peers giving him props. Shawn Michaels, Vic Joseph, Jasper Troy, Joe Hendry, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Jacy Jayne, Stephanie Vaquer, Trick Williams, The Miz, The Usos, and Roxanne Perez all have some kind words to say about Booker T. We cut back to the ring, and Booker T is in tears and Joseph gives Booker T a plaque to commemorate tonight as The Booker T Appreciation Night. Booker T gets on the mic and thanks everyone and says he's been doing this for over 35 years and thanks everyone for making this the best ride. Keanu Carver interrupts Booker T and tells everyone to shut up. Some of Booker T's friends try to stop Carver and he throws them into the steel steps. Carver tells Booker T to leave his ring. Some of Booker T's wrestling students try to stop Carver and he throws them out of the ring. Jasper Troy runs out and starts fighting Carver. Troy clotheslines Carver over the ropes and officials hold Carver back as Troy asks them to let him go. Booker T and Troy stand in the ring as Carver is escorted out of ringside. The rest of the NXT roster comes out and claps for Booker T. Booker T asks for his music to be cut and wants to know what's going on. Booker T tells Robert Stone stuff like this shouldn't be happening and someone needs to do something about Carver and we cut to a commercial.
Match 3 - WWE Women's Speed Championship Match: Fallon Henley(c) w/Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne & Lainey Reid) -vs- Wren Sinclair w/Kendal Grey
We get the bell, and the women lock up. Henley is rolled up three times and she kicks out all three times. Henley strikes Sinclair but is taken down with a shoulder check. Henley is rolled up again and she kicks out. Sinclair and Henley roll around the ring. Henley takes down Sinclair and slams into her in the corner. Henley slams Sinclair down and covers her for a near fall. Sinclair punches Henley and Henley kicks Sinclair to the mat. Sinclair throws Henley across the ring and covers her for a near fall. Sinclair tries for a submission and Henley reverses out and throws Sinclair onto the apron. Henley kicks Sinclair off the apron and the action ends up outside the ring. Sinclair drops Henley on the apron and back in the ring, Henley is kicked down. Henley drops Sinclair with a hairmare and Sinclair slams down Henley with her arm. Henley chops Sinclair and Sinclair chops back several times. Sinclair rolls up Henley and Henley counters and Sinclair gets Henley in The Final Wrench and Henley taps out.
Winner and NEW WWE Women's Speed Champion: Wren Sinclair
Robert Stone talks to Ethan Page and Ricky Saints backstage. Saints and Page are pissed they got attacked today and tells Stone to do something about it. Page says Saints wants Tony D'Angelo and Saints gets pissed and asks Page why he's doing this. Page says because Saints is going to destroy D'Angelo.
Match 4 - No. 1 Contender's Tag Team Tournament Match: Hank & Tank -vs- Birthright (Stacks & Uriah Connors) w/Arianna Grace, Charlie Dempsey & Lexis King
Stack and Connors attack Hank & Tank before the bell. We get the bell and Stacks runs at Tank but Tank moves. Hank is tagged in and Stacks is double teamed. Stack is taken down with a bulldog and a Senton. Connors runs and he's taken out. Stacks hits a missile dropkick on Hank and Hank is then beaten in the corner. Connors is tagged in and he kicks Hank in the corner. Stacks is tagged in and Hank is double teamed and covered for a near fall. Connors is tagged back in and he takes down Hank and covers him again and Hank kicks out. Connors gets Hank in a headlock and Hank tries to fight out and does but Stack is tagged in and Hank sneaks to Tank and Tank is tagged in and he goes after both Connors and Stacks. Tank sentons onto King and Dempsey outside the ring after kicking Connors off the apron.. Back in the ring, Stacks is slammed down and Hank is tagged in and Stacks is double teamed and covered by Hank and Connors breaks the pin with a Swanton Bomb and all four men are laid out. Connors is kicked down and Stacks is slammed down by Hank. King gets in the ring and is knocked down. Connors is tagged in and he rolls up Hank for the win.
Winners: Birthright
Joe Hendry tells Robert Stone he wants Tony D'Angelo next week and Stone says he can't because Ricky Saints is fighting him. We see DarkState beating up OTM outside in the parking lot and we cut to a commercial.
Tatum Paxley and Thea Hail talk backstage. Hail tells Paxley she has this match against Izzi Dame. Paxley gets pumped up and leaves. Kelani Jordan comes in and tells Hail that she needs to toughen up. Jaida Parker comes in and tells Hail not to listen to Jordan. Hail challenges Jordan to a match.
We cut to Fatal Influence backstage. Jacy Jayne is excited she won. Fallon Henley is upset because she took a hit from Zaria. Henley says she and Lainey Reid will take on Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair since Jayne won't be doing anything.
Robert Stone talks to Myles Borne and Borne wants to know who his next challenger is. The Birthright comes up to them and Lexis King says he should be up for Borne's title.
Match 5 - NXT Women's North American Championship Steel Cage Match: Tatum Paxley(c) -vs- Izzi Dame
Dame attacks Paxley as she is getting in the cage. Paxley is slammed into the steps and Dame jumps on Paxley's hand on the steps. Dame suplexes Paxley outside the ring and then slams Paxley in the cage door. Dame sends Paxley in the ring and then pulls out a chair and gets in the ring with a chair. The bell now rings and Paxley kicks and punches Dame. Paxley rolls up Dame and she kicks out at two. Paxley connects with a dropkick and grabs the chair Dame brought in the cage. Dame tries to climb out of the cage and Paxley gets to her with a chair but Dame kicks her away. Paxley climbs the cage with Dame and they both take turns slamming each other's heads into the cage. Dame elbows Paxley off the cage and Paxley then punches Dame as she hangs on the cage. Paxley climbs back up to Dame and they go back to slamming each other's heads into the cage. Both women fall from the cage into the ring and we cut to a commercial break.
Back to our Main Event, Dame chokes Paxley against the steel cage. Dame kicks Paxley's head into the cage. Paxley kicks Dame into the cage and elbows Dame. Paxley sends Dame into all four sides of the cage and kicks her down. Paxley hits some forearms and Dame punches her back. Dame starts to climb the cage and Paxley slams her down to the mat. Paxley climbs the turnbuckles and then climbs to the top of the cage. Dame knocks Paxley off and climbs up with Paxley on top of the cage. Both women punch each other as they straddle the top of the cage. Paxley smiles all creepily at Dame and starts with a flurry of punches. Dame smacks Paxley and superplexes Paxley off the top of the cage. Dame covers Paxley and Paxley kicks out at two. Paxley's mom is in the crowd and she cheers on Paxley. Paxley sends Dame shoulder first into the cage. Paxley hits a Whisper in the Wind and covers Dame for a near fall. Dame and Paxley kicks and punch each other. Paxley superkicks Dame and Dame sends Paxley face first into the cage. Dame hits barely hits Dame Over and Paxley kicks out at two. Dame smokes Paxley with a chair several times. Dame tries for Dame Over again and Paxley punches Dame so Dame slams Paxley into the cage a couple times. Paxley holds on to the cage and counters and hits a sunset bomb sending Dame into the chair. Paxley kicks the chair into Dame's face and hits Cemetery Drive and gets the win.
Winner and STILL NXT Women's North American Champion: Tatum Paxley
Paxley leaves the ring and celebrates by the entryway. Blake Monroe comes out from the floor and drags Paxley under the stage and then comes out and takes the North American Belt and goes back under the stage and the show ends.
