Tonight on NXT, The Culling (Shawn Spears & Niko Vance), Hank & Tank, OTM (Lucien Price & Bronco Nima) and The Vanity Project (Brad Balor & Ricky Smokes) collide to determine the No. 1 Contender's for the NXT Tag Team Championships, Elio LeFleur & Eli Knight battle it out in the Men's Speed Tournament Final, Ethan Page defends his NXT North American Championship againsts Shiloh Hill, Lola Vice -vs- Kelani Jordan kicks off the show and more!
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Match 1: Lola Vice -vs- Kelani Jordan
Vice runs at Jordan as she comes out for the match. The women battle outside the ring and Vice sends Jordan into the ring and Jordan is slammed down once the bell is rung. Vice kicks Jordan a few times and sends Jordan in the corner. Vice punches out Jordan and Jordan goes for Vice's bandaged up hand. Vice is slammed to the mat and Jordan beats on Vice's injured hand. Jordan lands a knee on Vice's arm and knees Vice's hand again. Vice gets Jordan in a Vice grip and Jordan rolls around and rolls up Vice and she kicks out at two. Vice goes for a pin and Jordan kicks out. Vice gets Jordan in a neck submission hold putting Jordan in a scissor lock. Jordan breaks the hold and Jordan is kicked down to the mat. Jordan reverses some kicks and suplexes Vice and covers her for a near fall. Vice kicks Jordan and Jordan dodges a hip attack but Vice pumpkicks Jordan down. Jordan is armdragged and Vice punches Jordan and then grabs her hand. Jordan is knocked out of the ring and Vice gets tripped on the apron. Vice is kicked and smashed against the steel steps. Jordan chokes Vice outside the ring and slams Vice's hand into the steel steps and we cut to a commercial.
Back to NXT, Jordan uses the turnbuckle clamps to twist Vice's hand and then locks Vice in a submission hold. Vice punches out of the hold and Jordan slams Vice's hand into the turnbuckle. Vice catches Jordan and slaps her in a sleeperhold. Jordan flips over and tries to pin Vice who breaks the hold and kicks out. Jordan is tripped onto the ropes and both ladies are on the mat. Vice punches Jordan and unleashes some striking combos. Vice hits a German Suplex and hits a running hip attack on Jordan in the corner. Vice suplexes Jordan again and covers her for a near fall. Vice tries for another pin and Jordan kicks out. Jordan rolls out of the ring and Vice hits a Thesz Press off the apron onto Jordan. Vice goes to elbow Jordan and Jordan moves, Vice elbows through the wall outside the ring. In the ring, Vice catches Jordan and gets her in a submission hold. Jordan breaks the hold by stomping on Vice's hand. Jordan know gets Vice in a submission hold and Vice taps out.
Winner by Submission: Kelani Jordan
Tony D'Angelo cuts a promo. D'Angelo walks at night and calls out DarkState. D'Angelo says he's not surprised Cutler James has stepped up to the plate but D'Angelo says he will slowly dismantle DarkState.
DarkState is backstage. Cutler James gets ready for his match. Dion Lennox tells Saquon Shugars and Osiris Griffin to stay back and says that he and Cutty will take care of D'Angelo.
Ricky Saints walks in the parking lot and he's attacked by Joe Hendry. Officials come out to break up the battle.
Sarah Schreiber talks to Shiloh Hill backstage. Schreiber asks Hill about his game plan going against Ethan Page tonight. Hill says he's studied Page and he's ready for Page. Hank & Tank come by and Hill says he'll be the champ and leaves. Tank says Hill is weird and that they have no idea what he's saying half the time.
Back at ringside, Joe Hendry storms out to the ring. Hendry calls out Ricky Saints. Hendry says he's in a kick Ricky Saints' ass around the area kind of mood and tells Saints to come out. Saints shows up on the NXT balcony and tells Hendry that he makes Saints sick. He talks about how Hendry stole his title and says he doesn't know why so many people like Hendry even though he isn't very good. Saints says NXT builds champions but now we have a social media/meme star as the champion. Saints says everyone who likes Hendry is a loser and that having talent and being the best and being attractive makes a good champion and that's him. Hendry says it's a fact that he's the champ and Saints isn't and that makes Hendry the best in NXT. Saints says Hendry is the best at marketing and that's the only reason he's champion. Saints says he's gifted and that's why he's the best and Hendry is just here to be relatable. Saints says he's worked too hard to elevate NXT and he won't let Hendry ruin that. Hendry tells Saints to come down ot the ring to settle this. Saints suggest they go at it at Vengeance Day for the NXT Championship and Hendry agrees.
Izzi Dame is backstage watching Tatum Paxley's promo from last week. Shawn Spears and Niko Vance join her. Dame says Paxley is incapable of change and Vance says that's why they cut ties with her. Dame says she'll beat Paxley at Vengeance Day. Spears says they'll win the tag titles and Vance says he needs to be the variable no one is prepared for. Spears says they'll be the new number one contenders. Dame says and that's what it's supposed to be.
Match 2: Tony D'Angelo -vs- Cutler James w/Dion Lennox
James goes after D'Angelo at the bell and is slammed down. D'Angelo beats on James in the corner and James kicks D'Angelo. James elbows and kicks D'Angelo in the corner and D'Angelo is thrown onto the ropes. James slams his shoulder into D'Angelo in the corner. D'Angelo fights back with punches and James is suplexed. D'Angelo suplexes James twice more and James knees D'Angelo. D'Angelo spears James and then hits a spinebuster and pins James.
Winner: Tony D'Angelo
After the match, Lennox attacks D'Angelo. D'Angelo hits a Spinebuster on Lennox and throws James out of the ring. D'Angelo beats up Lennox outside the ring and throws him into the barricades and the steel steps. D'Angelo slams Lennox onto the steel steps and goes to smash Lennox's leg between the steps and James saves Lennox. Officials come out to separate them all.
Ethan Page talks to the Vanity Project backstage. Myles Borne comes in and Page says he knew Borne would come to him. Page says he's given Borne enough title shots and says he didn't even take Page's advice. Borne says he'll get his title shot. Ricky Saints comes in, Brad Balor, Ricky Saints and Jackson Drake tell Saints he's being treated unfairly. Saints says they'll all be champions soon.
Match 3 - NXT Tag Team Championship No. 1 Contender's Fatal 4Way Match: OTM (Lucien Price & Bronco Nima) -vs- The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes) w/Jackson Drake -vs- Hank & Tank -vs- The Culling (Niko Vance & Shawn Spears)
Spears and Price start the bout and they lock up. Price tosses Spears down and goes for a slam. Spears counters and gets knocked down. Nima is tagged in and Spears is clotheslined and covered and Spears kicks out. Baylor and Smokes run in and Smokes gets beaten up. Hank is tagged in and Smokes is slammed down and Tank is tagged in and he covers Smokes for a near fall. Vance tags himself in and he takes down Tank. Price tags himself in and the two collide in the middle of the ring. Price clotheslines Vance to the mat and Spears runs in and gets knocked out of the ring. OTM takes out Hank and Tank and then throws The Vanity Project over the ropes onto the other teams and we cut to a commercial break.
Back to the match, Spears pounds away on Tank. Baylor tags himself in and he attacks Tank. Smokes tags himself in and Tank is double teamed and covered, Spears breaks the pin. Smokes knees Tank and Spears tags himself in and takes down Tank. Vance is tagged in and comes off the top rope and misses a headbutt. Hank is tagged in and he kicks Vance and drops Spears. Smokes is dropped and Baylor is as well and Hank takes out OTM. Hank slams down Baylor and hits a flying clothesline. Vance and Spears beat on Tank outside the ring, Hank comes out and takes out Spears. All the teams battle outside the ring. Back in the ring, Vance takes out Hank & Tank. OTM takes out Hank & Tank and Vance gets double teamed and Vance is covered and the other teams break the pin. OTM and Hank & Tank slam the other teams off the top rope and suplex Vance, Spears, Smokes and Baylor. OTM and Hank & Tank battle in the ring. Price is knocked out of the ring. Baylor tags in and takes out Tank and Hank takes out Baylor. Everyone is tossed out of the ring and in the ring, Baylor tries to roll up Spears. Spears hits C4 and covers Baylor and Drake breaks the pin. OTM takes out Hank & Tank and Spears. Spears gets pinned in the ring by Baylor.
Winners: The Vanity Project
Joe Hendry talks to Robert Stone. Hendry asks where Ricky Saints is. Stone says he kicked Saints out of the building and then kicks Hendry out too. Sol Ruca comes in and asks where Zaria is and sees Zaria. Zaria tells Ruca off and tells her the friendship is over and tells Ruca to go to hell.
We come back from a commercial break and Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) come out to the ring. Jayne says she's sure we all think she's out here to complain about her title defense against Sol Ruca next week but it's the opposite. Jayne says she's excited for this match and will be vulnerable with the NXT Universe. Jayne says she's jealous of Ruca because regardless of how awesome she is, everyone still looks at her and tells her Ruca is a bigger star than her. Jayne talks about being a double champ and talks about beating Stephanie Vaquer - Henley says Jayne is the champ but Ruca wins the superstar of the year. Jayne talks about John Cena's final match and how Ruca got to be on the show and not her. Jayne talks about being in the Royal Rumble and how Ruca got praise for being in the final three and all anyone talked about is Ruca. Jayne says Sol Ruca has been shoved down our throats and enough is enough. Jayne says Ruca got her title shot by sacrificing her best friend and next week Ruca will be alone. Jayne says she won the championship because she's the best and not some flashy wrestler who is flipping around everywhere. Sol Ruca comes out and interrupts Jayne. Ruca agrees with Jayne and says Jayne is always envious of people. Ruca says Jayne hasn't changed in like four years and she wonders what would happen with Jayne if she stopped comparing herself to everyone. Ruca says Jayne can say whatever she wants to her but tells her to not talk about her friendship with Zaria. Jayne tells Ruca that just like her friendship with Zaria ended, so does her dream about being champ. Ruca tells Jayne she will snatcher soul and become the new champ. Ruca says Jayne started toxic and now she's fatal but at the end of the day she'll never be better than Ruca. Henley, Reid and Fallon attack Ruca. Zaria runs down and tells them to get Ruca up. Zaria then takes out Henley, then Reid and throws Jayne onto Henley and Reid who are outside the ring. Zaria helps up Ruca and they hug in the middle of the ring.
Elio LeFleur, Eli Knight and Sean Legacy talk about their matches and how they're here to slay some giants.
Match 4 - Men's Speed Tournament Finals: Elio LeFleur -vs- Eli Knight
We get the bell, LeFleur takes down Knight and splashes into him in the corner. Knight tosses LeFleur into the corner and covers him for a near fall. The men spill outside the ring and LeFleur kicks Knight and climbs the ringpost and misses a moonsault. Knight hits a moonsault off the ropes and then sends LeFleur back in the ring. Knight takes down LeFleur with a leg drop and covers LeFleur for a near fall. LeFleur slams down Knight and they trade pinning attempts. Knight superkicks LeFleur and LeFleur catches Knight and powerbombs him and covers him for a near fall. LeFleur slaps Knight and Knight slaps back. LeFleur slams into Knight and then comes off the top rope and misses a 450. Knight takes down LeFleur and LeFleur slams down Knight and we hit the time limit. Robert Stone comes out and says next week they'll have a triple threat speed championship match with a seven limit time limit.
No Contest
Shiloh Hill gets pumped up backstage and Myles Borne walks by and Hill tells Borne to not get involved. Borne tells Hill he doesn't have to listen to him and the two get in each other's faces and officials come by and tell Hill he's up next and get him to leave.
Uriah Connors talks to Charlie Dempsey. Connors tells Dempsey to think about joining their stable. Lexis King, Arianna Grace and Stacks come by and ask how it went. Connors says Dempsey is thinking about it. King says Connors will take on Kale Dixon next week. Connors asks how Stacks is part of this family lineage and Stacks says he's marrying into it.
Robert Stone talks to Fallon Henley backstage. Blake Monroe comes in and complains about Jaida Parker. Stone says Parker is suspended and Stone tells Monroe she's in the Women's Speed Tournament and Monroe will battle Thea Hail. Monroe leaves disappointed.
Dion Lennox thanks Cutler James for saving him. Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars come in and they talk about how they're the threat and they're going to strike again.
Sol Ruca and Zaria talk backstage and they make amends. Zaria gives Ruca her blessing to be the champ. Myles Borne walks by and tells them he knows what he'll do now.
Match 5 - NXT North American Championship Match: Ethan Page(c) -vs- Shiloh Hill
Page and Hill lock up at the bell and Page gets slammed down. They lock up again and Page gets Hill in a headlock. Hill powers out and knocks Page to the mat and then gets Page in an armlock. Page trips Hill and gets knocked down and put into another submission hold. Page gets to the ropes to break the hold. Hill knocks Page out of the ring and Page gets a chair and yells at Mike Rome. Hill takes the chair back out and when he gets in the ring, Page attacks Hill's arm. Hill and Page trade arm holds and Page starts punching Hill. Hill punches back and hits an atomic drop. Hill hits an inverted atomic drop and Page then drops Hill. Hill hits a jumping punch and knocks Page down. Hill sets Page on the top rope and punches and kicks Page knocking Page off the ropes to the outside. Page gets his championship and goes to hit Hill but Hill grabs the belt and puts it back. Page attacks Hill and Hill clotheslines Page outside the ring. The Vanity Project comes out and we cut to a commercial.
Back to our Main Event, Page dropkicks Hill and punches him. Page gets Hill in a headlock and Hill elbows out of the hold but is slammed down by his hair. Page kicks Hill and Hill punches Page back. Page kicks Hill down and covers him for a near fall. Page kicks Hill and hits a swinging neckbreaker and covers Hill again who kicks out at two. Hill sends Page into the corner and Hill climbs the ropes and Page punches Hill. Page punches Hill as he sits on the top rope and Page climbs the ropes and Page hits a top rope powerslam and covers Hill for a near fall. Page tells Vanity Project to take off the mat outside the ring to expose the concrete underneath. Page takes Hill outside the ring and tries to hit Ego's Edge on the concrete but Hill escapes. Back in the ring, Hill takes down Page and punches him. Page takes down Hill with a codebreaker and Hill takes off his tooth and gets behind Page. Hill punches Page and knocks him down. Hill takes Page down with a shoulder tackle and then hits a spinning sidewalk slam. Drake gets on the apron, so does Smokes and Baylor and Hill takes out all of Vanity Project. Hill beats them up outside the ring and Page comes out and hits Twisted Grin on the concrete. Back in the ring, Page hits Twisted Grin and gets the win.
Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Ethan Page
After the match, The Vanity Project gets in the ring and raise Page's arm in victory. Page gets everyone to attack Hill. Myles Borne runs down to help Hill and takes out Vanity Project. Hill gets up and suicide dives onto The Vanity Project. In the ring, Borne punches Page over and over again demanding a title shot. Borne puts Page's ankle in a chair and goes to crush Page's ankle and Page agrees to a match next week. Borne still jumps on the chair and Page screams in pain as the show goes off the air.
