WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:13.240 Hey everyone, Welcome to this week's NXT review. This is 2 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:20.079 Jay here on the WWE podcast Network. I am coming 3 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:23.320 to you from my living room today. Normally I actually 4 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:26.199 record these in my car, but I decided today that 5 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:29.480 I just felt like relaxing in my living room and 6 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:34.560 recording this podcast. I am going to be reviewing the 7 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:40.359 episode for NXT that was on October tenth and twenty 8 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:48.240 twenty four, I'm sorry, October eighth, twenty twenty four, and 9 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:55.880 it was from the factory in Saint Louis, Missouri. So 10 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:01.600 interesting actually, So I watched one in I RAW on Monday, 11 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:05.599 which was from Saint Louis, and then I watched an 12 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:11.560 XT and I just originally thought that the NXT episode 13 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:17.959 would be from the same arena as uh, excuse me 14 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:22.079 as the RAW episode, and then when I when they 15 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:26.840 came on for the episode, it was obviously not. It 16 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:32.799 had a little bit of a of a TNA feel 17 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:37.319 if you've watched, ever watched a TNA wrestling event, it 18 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:44.239 had a little bit of that feel, that vibe that 19 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:48.879 the whole thing with the people sitting on the ramp 20 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:53.040 on either side of the ramp as people would as 21 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:57.560 the wrestlers would walk out from the backstage area was weird. 22 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:00.719 It was really weird like and then they were look 23 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.640 like they were, if I remember correctly, kind of like 24 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:07.920 they were facing in towards each other, so like when 25 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.240 they wanted to watch the wrestling matches, they had to turn. 26 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:13.080 I don't know, the whole the whole thing, the whole 27 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.280 thing with them being on the ramp was weird, but 28 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:19.479 the venue was really cool. Actually reminds so I'm from 29 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:21.680 the Hudson Valley area and back when I was a kid, 30 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:23.680 we used to go watch wrestling events at the Mid 31 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:28.039 Hudson the Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, and they used to 32 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:31.039 do money net ross from there too. And the funny 33 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:33.000 thing is I'm trying, I'm gonna try to describe as 34 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:35.840 best I can. So basically, it's an auditorium. There's a 35 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:40.319 stage on one side, there's just a square I guess 36 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:44.080 floor in the middle, and then seats that go up 37 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:48.039 just on one side. So there's walls on either side 38 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:51.639 of the floor, and then the backside of it has 39 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:54.879 has like you know, seats that go that go up 40 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:00.000 and and it's funny because they but when they would 41 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:03.479 tape Monday Night Raw this, and I say tape because 42 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:06.360 it was taped back then they would put the camera 43 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.120 on the stage facing the seats, so it looked the 44 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:12.400 Civic Center looked like a lot bigger than it was. 45 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.479 And I kind of got that feel from, you know, 46 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:18.439 not exactly, but I kind of got that general feel 47 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:23.560 from from this arena arena. It was a small facility. 48 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:27.680 But I have to tell you this is why it worked. 49 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:31.759 Last week they were in Chicago, they did this huge 50 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:37.000 arena event, place was packed, people went crazy. This week 51 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:40.280 they did it in a smaller venue, now not as 52 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.759 small as the Performance Center where they have usually do 53 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:51.000 NXT shows, but it was kind of in between, in 54 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:56.240 between the arena and the Performance Center, and so it 55 00:03:56.360 --> 00:04:01.120 seemed like their goal. I'm wondering. It seems like the 56 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.599 goal was they're stepping down, starting in the arena in Chicago, 57 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:07.400 the All State Arena the first week, the Factory in 58 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:09.719 Saint Louis, which was obviously not the big arena in 59 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:13.439 Saint Louis, and then now stepping down. Next week they're 60 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:15.560 gonna be back at the Performance Center, I'm assuming, because 61 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:19.279 they haven't made any announcement otherwise, so it seems like 62 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:23.120 now they're stepping down to the performance center, which you know, 63 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.480 for somebody who hasn't watched NXT before it was on 64 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:30.639 the CW, you know, they're kind of fading it down, 65 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:34.199 which makes sense for those of us that have been 66 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:36.639 watching NXT for for a better part of a few 67 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.439 years or however long you've been watching it, you're just 68 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:41.399 gonna be like, oh, now they're back at the performance center. 69 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:47.759 So I thought that was a really interesting concept. The 70 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:51.439 episode of NXT from last night was not nearly as 71 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.279 to me, for me personally, it was not nearly as 72 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:55.720 good as the one from last week. But the one 73 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:58.240 from last week was like that was like the first 74 00:04:58.240 --> 00:04:59.959 one on the CW. We're running out of the gate. 75 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:03.240 We're punching you in the face with the best stuff 76 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:06.040 we have, and they did and it worked this week. 77 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:10.160 It was by halfway between last week and what it 78 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:14.160 usually is. I will say that, you know, we're gonna 79 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:19.079 go through the matches and the backstage, the backstage stuff, 80 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:21.279 and I'm gonna kind of give you my opinion on 81 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:26.839 some stuff. Some stuff was great and some stuff. So 82 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:30.439 this way on this morning, on my way to work, 83 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.720 I was listening to Matt's Raw review, and a couple 84 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:36.839 of things crossed over from the from RAW to NXT. 85 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.040 So I'm so I always wanted to listen to see 86 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:41.680 what his thoughts were on something. But I'm just gonna 87 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.199 get this out of the way before I say anything 88 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:49.240 else about the NXT show. Please stop a sexy red 89 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:53.879 please it's it doesn't work. It doesn't work, and I'm 90 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.680 sorry to anyway. So they brought her in to quote 91 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:01.040 sing one of her songs, which she did sing, but 92 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.319 basically she did the same thing that when I turn 93 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:08.079 on my radio and I sing to my radio, that 94 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:13.399 I do like. She sang to a recording of herself 95 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:20.000 singing her song what please Stop. And I've never been 96 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.279 so happy. And now listen, I've said I think I've 97 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:24.839 said to you before. I really like Ethan Page. I 98 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.639 love his heel character. I think he's he's just great 99 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:32.040 at it. But I've never been happier to see him 100 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:37.480 walk out while she was quote singing her song and 101 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:41.079 interrupting her. I know it was supposed to be a 102 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.160 heel move. And I know they're trying, I mean, Matt 103 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:47.360 said yesterday, they're trying to open up to a wider audience, 104 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:54.680 and I get that, but like, find somebody else, Please, 105 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:59.959 find somebody else. It doesn't work. She doesn't work, she's annoying. 106 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:04.800 And maybe it's just because of my background. I don't 107 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:08.160 really prefer that kind of music that she has that 108 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:13.000 she does, but it doesn't work, and they need to 109 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:15.079 This is not the first time they brought her in. 110 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:17.839 They even felt they need to bring it a raw 111 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:20.639 two days ago. Well at this at the time of 112 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:24.079 recording would be two days ago. It just was not 113 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.480 good and they need to stop. They just need to stop. 114 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:31.519 Personal opinion. I understand that maybe some of you listen 115 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:35.000 to it, you know, listen to this podcast, so like, no, 116 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:38.600 it's wonderful, blah blah blah. I mean, please, if you 117 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:41.360 think it was wonderful, justify it to me in the comments, 118 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:44.839 because I don't. I don't see. I can't see how 119 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:48.439 it was anything but just god awful. And I know 120 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:53.759 that's extreme, but that's the way I feel. Okay, So 121 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:59.600 the show opens up with a package recalling what happened 122 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:01.759 last week. I'm not gonna go through it because I 123 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:03.800 went through it for an out half an hour last week, 124 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:08.959 but the two highlights were Trick Williams obviously winning the 125 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:13.000 NXT title from Ethan Page. And they touched on this 126 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.639 last not last night, but two days ago on Raw 127 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:24.759 about how see him punk quote cost Ethan Page the title. 128 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.959 If anybody saw it, you realized that didn't happen. He 129 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:29.959 attacked him after the match, Well, they attacked each other 130 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.879 after the match. But I was kind of to be honest, 131 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.200 and I actually said this in the comments of one 132 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:40.320 of Matt's recordings recently about you know, they don't have 133 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:42.519 anything for punk to do. And he obviously came out 134 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:46.080 on Raw, you know, beaten and battered from the hell 135 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:50.360 in the cell match, which wow. And I'm still like, 136 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:53.759 I know this is not a main show review, but 137 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:57.240 that bump that Drew McIntyre took where he went for 138 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:00.200 the claymore and knocked and hit his back on the 139 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.879 corner of the stairs, Like to this day, it just 140 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:05.440 gives me like the willies just thinking about how much 141 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:09.279 that had to hurt. Anyway, going back to my point, 142 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:12.360 so Ciampunk for a while is not gonna have really 143 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:14.240 a program with anybody, and I know that he had 144 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.279 one point he did say that, So that's that he 145 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:20.320 wanted to go for the world title and to be 146 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:24.440 honest I had said that maybe he could do a 147 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:28.960 mini program with Ethan Page. Doesn't even necessarily have to 148 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:32.480 be an NXT but Ethan Page right now, I mean, 149 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:37.000 he's he's going to be in a triple threat match 150 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:38.759 next week for the you know, to be the number 151 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:43.840 one contender for Trick Williams title. Okay, fine, but he 152 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:49.559 doesn't really have a program himself. So this whole NXT 153 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:51.600 in the last two weeks, the whole thing just seems 154 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:55.919 to be one big reset. And it started out and 155 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:58.240 we're going to talk about the first segment, which was 156 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:01.559 which was Trick Williams coming out and kind of doing 157 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:07.360 a victory lap with the NXT title. And it's clear 158 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:09.799 to me, it's clear. I think it's clear to pretty 159 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:15.200 much everybody that Trick Williams is now the new the 160 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:19.080 new face of NXT, and they're going to be marketing 161 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:24.320 him first, which I think is great. I love Trick Williams. 162 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.480 I honestly think I think he'll be in the main 163 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:29.679 I think come the draft of twenty twenty five back, 164 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.440 you know, I guess said in April or May or 165 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:35.799 whatever it is, I think he's bound for the main roster. 166 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:37.919 And if he doesn't get to the main roster, then 167 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:41.919 I'm gonna wonder why, to be honest, because he's he's 168 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:44.879 got it all. He's got it all. He's got the personality, 169 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:48.960 he's got the charisma, he's got the skills like he 170 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:51.960 just he needs he's you know, let him cook a 171 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.240 little bit with the title. I think you let him 172 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.440 keep it till Stand and Deliver, which is the WrestleMania 173 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:02.879 weekend at p l E. But let him let him cook, 174 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:07.360 let him simmer, and then unleash him. Uh next next summer, 175 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:13.320 just unleasham they like they did similarly with Carmelo Hayes 176 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:16.639 and Brown Breaker this year. That's my own personal opinion. 177 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:18.559 I think he's great. I think it's I think it's 178 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:23.519 very smart. It's extremely smart that they are making him 179 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.440 the face of NXT right now, and they made it. 180 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:28.720 They did it in the fashion that they should have 181 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.559 with making him win the title in the first episode, 182 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:35.840 as as if NXT is saying to the CW world, 183 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:38.960 here's our guy. This is the guy you need to 184 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:41.519 look at. Oh yeah, we have out the other other 185 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:44.639 people too, but this is the guy and he is 186 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:48.200 the guy. So in the beginning of NX team, we'll 187 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:50.320 talk about talk about the review in the dading and 188 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.679 it was t Trick Williams opens up the show for 189 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:57.240 a promo to address the NXT NXT Championship title win, 190 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:04.039 and then as he's giving himself his props, rightfully so 191 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:08.639 out comes Wesley. He's in the balcony of one of 192 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:11.559 the sides of the arena. And again it's a small arena. 193 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:13.360 So like if it was if this, if that was 194 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:15.919 done the balcony of a big arena, like it would 195 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:18.960 be he would be completely excrew, like crazy far away. 196 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:21.919 But doing it in this little venue, he wasn't that 197 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:23.600 far away from the range so they could talk to 198 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:30.039 each other. They talked to each other. Trick Williams calls 199 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:39.039 Wesley light skin, which okay, that's fine, and they uh 200 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:42.879 and Wesley basically says, you know, I you you know 201 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:45.240 you had a major win, so did I last week? 202 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.919 I got rid of some extra weight, he said, he claims, 203 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:53.159 and that he wants to go against Trick Williams for 204 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:57.720 the title and uh, and Lee thinks that he's gonna 205 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:01.039 leave him in the desk based like he said, like 206 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.720 your partner did, which I'm assuming he means Carmelo Hayes 207 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:10.919 and then they're both interrupted now now and again this 208 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:13.080 is a main this is a main roster guy. But 209 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:17.600 they're interrupted by jay Uso, main event. Jay Uso. He 210 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:20.639 kind of he comes out of the crowd, which in 211 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.039 this in this venue took a lot less time for 212 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:27.600 him to get from the hallway to the ring because 213 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:32.200 it was such a small such a small venue. And 214 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:36.039 here's the thing, like jay Uso right now and then 215 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:38.600 he did He's not like, yeah, he's got the Intercomental 216 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:41.759 title and you know, it puts a lot of credible 217 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:44.559 credibility on him. But he could have done exactly what 218 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:48.039 he did last night in n XT without the title. 219 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:51.799 He could have done exactly the same thing. All he did. 220 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:56.879 All he did last night was come out congratulate Trick Williams. 221 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.360 They went back and forth with whooped that trick and 222 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:02.159 yeat and that was the end of it. He didn't 223 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:05.279 really even do anything. He didn't say anything. It was 224 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:08.639 just Hi, I'm jay Jusso, yeat, Hey, this guy's good. 225 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:12.039 Whooped that trick? Back and forth bye, and that was 226 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:15.720 the end of it. But he didn't have to like 227 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.720 it was just it was like you know you kind 228 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:21.360 of like like, oh wow, he like, I'm so happy 229 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:23.000 to see him here. And that's the way I felt, 230 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:24.759 and I could tell the crowd felt the same way. 231 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:27.039 They were just happy to have jay Uso in the building. 232 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.399 And it was it was a cool thing. Again, didn't 233 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:33.919 do anything, but it was just he just was there. 234 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:39.519 So anyway, that ended, and then we had the six 235 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:43.480 woman tag team match, which pitted Bianca bell Air, Jade 236 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:50.000 Carr Gill and Keanni Kilanni James versus Fatal Influence of 237 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:55.360 Fallon Henley, j C Jane and Jasmine Nicks. And this 238 00:14:55.519 --> 00:15:02.320 was an okay match. There's a lot of of uh, 239 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:07.519 what is it the the script of a Jade and 240 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.000 Bianca match? Where Jade goes out there, kicks some butt 241 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:13.320 for a while, gets her butt kicked for a while, 242 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.960 hot tags, hot tags Jade to come in, and then 243 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:21.440 Jade just beats the crap out everybody this time, though 244 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:24.080 there were some there were some times where the three 245 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:26.720 of them would and Colonie Jordan would join them and 246 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:30.639 beating up everybody, and then at the end it was 247 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:34.639 very cool. So at the end they did Brianka and 248 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:37.039 Jade did their finisher. I don't know what it's called. 249 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:41.519 I forgot what it's called. But then they allowed Colonie 250 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:44.200 Jordan to do her split legged Moon Salt and pin 251 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:51.919 Fatal Influence for the wind. So ultimately this helped push 252 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:54.559 four people in the next day. It helped push the 253 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:58.960 three members of Fatal Influence and extremely helped pushed, helped 254 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:02.440 push Jordan, who, by the way, she's a North American 255 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.240 champion right now, she doesn't really need a huge push. 256 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.799 It was cool to have it, and maybe they're setting 257 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:09.600 her up for in the future to go for the 258 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:12.879 world title, which which right now is clogged with people, 259 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:15.639 which we'll talk about. The NX Team Women's title is 260 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:19.080 clogged with people in a good way. And I know 261 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:23.720 that sounds weird, but I'll explain later. So anyway, bottom 262 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.480 line is is that Jade, Bianca and Kloni got the 263 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:30.080 win and it was just again, it's nice to see 264 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:34.200 the main talent roster main talent roster people come down 265 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:37.600 and do a little something. Later on in the show, 266 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:43.639 there's actually an interaction between Jade and Bianca and metaphor 267 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:47.279 lash Legend and I forgot the other person's name. It's 268 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:52.120 your somewhere anyway, and they actually set up a match 269 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:54.879 for the two of them Meta from Metaphor to go 270 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:58.320 onto SmackDown. So this this Friday night on SmackDown, it'll 271 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:02.120 be metaphor Or against Jade and Bianca for the tag 272 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:05.599 team titles because basically, Beyanca's like, they want a tag 273 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:07.440 team tunnel Matching back, He's like, well, we're not coming 274 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:09.079 to you. You got to come to us. You have 275 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:12.279 to come to smack Down, which I mean, you're there now. 276 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:17.759 I don't understand, but whatever. If you hear Matt, he 277 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:20.000 calls them the mean girls, and they it's what it 278 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:23.319 kind of is. They're kind of like demean girls. But anyway, 279 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:27.599 so after the match, backstage, we've got Randy Orton and 280 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:35.119 Randy Orton and he sees Proxium, which is Nathan Fraser 281 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:40.559 and Axiom, and they he asks them how fast Javon 282 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:43.119 Evans is because in case, you know, in case you forgot, 283 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:46.559 the main event that night was Randy Orton versus Javon Evans, 284 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:49.880 which we'll get to you later about how that match went. 285 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:55.240 And Axiom says, uh, oh, he's the fastest guy in NXT. 286 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:58.960 And then Nathan Fraser's like, dude, I'm right here and 287 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:03.880 he's like, he apologizes and uh and says and then 288 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.200 uh and he says, I'm sorry for being a hot head. 289 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:11.559 And Randy says, you don't have to feel started for 290 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:14.720 being a hot head. You can be a hot head sometimes. Anyway, 291 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:19.759 after that interaction, then we had Roxanne Perez come to 292 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:22.279 the ring and to do a promo and she was 293 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:26.359 bad mouthing the fans for hyping up Julia and thinking 294 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:28.039 that she would win the title, but she did not. 295 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:33.680 Then again Roxanne did get help. But when everyone props 296 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:36.240 up another person to fight her, she she'll be drinking. 297 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:39.759 I love this line. She'll be drinking the tears of 298 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:43.799 all the fans when she retains. Again it's a great line. 299 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:47.440 It was such a great line. But she but now 300 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:50.359 she's like, now she says she won't be drinking alone anymore. 301 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:54.319 Now she is going to have courage aide and that 302 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:58.000 and then courage Aid comes out to do the promo 303 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:02.079 with now courage aide. Coury j Aid looks great. She's 304 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:08.400 extremely good looking. She looks the part, but her promo 305 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:15.000 skills she needs work. Like Roxannis is choppy times at 306 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:19.519 times doing the promos. But Kora j aide is very choppy, 307 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:23.079 and I'd like you to if you haven't seen it yet, 308 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:25.279 I'd like you to watch it and just let me 309 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:27.799 know if you think that I'm right, because it was 310 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:31.599 just awkward. You know, it was very awkward, and then 311 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:34.519 unfortunately you've got well, we'll talk about it in a second. 312 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:40.680 I'm jumping ahead. I apologize. So she's talking to the Cory. 313 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:43.759 J talks about singing home, hearing how everybody talks about 314 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:47.480 the women's division, and not giving her enough props when 315 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:49.680 she came back. She wanted to make sure that everyone 316 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:53.720 paid for forgetting about courage aid. No one saw it 317 00:19:53.839 --> 00:20:00.119 coming that she cost Julia the match, including even Roxanne. 318 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:02.440 Jade used to be the young girl trying to make 319 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:04.839 it at an NXT, but the woman she is now 320 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:10.759 is the woman who will make NXT, who will make NXT. Yeah, okay. 321 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:13.799 Roxanne deserves to be champion and that is her version 322 00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:17.279 that she always wanted her to be. So she talks 323 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:19.359 a little bit about it, and then all of a sudden, 324 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:23.960 Julia's music hits. Now I forgot to mention earlier there 325 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:30.880 was an interview done with with Julia, and in the 326 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:32.680 middle of this you know in the beginning of the ending, 327 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:35.240 before Julie Reeling got to talk, somebody walked in the 328 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:37.759 room that you couldn't see and she's like, Julia is 329 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:41.759 ah my old friend, and then they cut, so we 330 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:44.440 didn't know who the old friend was. Come to find out, 331 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:47.799 Julia comes out and before she hits the ring, Stephanie 332 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:50.160 Ricord's music comes out and the two of them come 333 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:54.759 out and just start beating on Roxanne and Cora, and 334 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:58.880 at the end, both of them picked up the belt 335 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:02.160 that Roxanne left in the ring. Roxanne and Cora were 336 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:04.920 outside the ring, both of them picked up the belt 337 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:07.519 upside down. I just I noticed that. I thought that 338 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:11.680 was kind of weird and just stared at them. I 339 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:13.599 don't know it was it was weird. I just I 340 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:17.839 didn't understand exactly what that was all about. So they 341 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:22.440 had they hold they hold the championship together. I don't know, 342 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:26.599 it was kind of weird. Backstage, no quarter Catcher then 343 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:29.599 approaches Lexus King, who is watching the match with Ora 344 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:34.680 Mensa back on tablet. King Lexus King asked for some advice. 345 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:39.880 Charlie Dempsey suggested an Admiral Lord Mount Evans Rules, which 346 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:44.680 is a Gentleman's Battle of Sorts. So I've never heard 347 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:46.960 of that. I'm sure they'll explain it next week. But 348 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.880 next week there will be there will be another match 349 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.400 between Oramensa and Lexus King, and it will be the 350 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:55.759 let me sure I get this right, Admiral Lord mount 351 00:21:55.799 --> 00:22:01.359 Evans Rules. So yeah, I guess it's something that was 352 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:04.279 in England, because if anybody doesn't know, Charlie Dempsey is 353 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:09.319 the son of Stephen Regal, William Regal whatever his name is, 354 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:14.920 and so and obviously he's from England. So anyway, the 355 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:20.240 next match after that is the North American title match 356 00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:29.039 between between Obafemi the Champion and Tony di'angelo the challenger. 357 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:35.519 And this match was it was okay, some really cool spots. 358 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:40.640 Uh Well, at one point Obafemi goes out and starts 359 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:48.599 talking smack to the family and he pushes I think 360 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:57.079 he pushes. He pushes one of them and then oh 361 00:22:57.079 --> 00:23:00.720 my god, I can't remember her name, Rizzo falls over. 362 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:04.599 Rizzo gets pushed and falls over, and Tony just snaps. 363 00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:07.400 But it was weird. So he snaps and he starts 364 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:11.319 beating the crap out of Obafemi, and but then he 365 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:14.240 starts getting beat up himself again. At one point though, 366 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:16.400 it was really cool. They were on the far side 367 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:20.680 of the ring by the announcer's table and Tony D'Angelo 368 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:24.559 takes Obafemi and gives him a spinebuster through the announced table, 369 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:26.680 which was really cool. Then they get back on the ring. 370 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:31.440 He does another spinebuster in the ring and then doesn't 371 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:36.200 get him covered. Obafemi like hulks up for a second, 372 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:40.440 goes to choke slam Tony D'Angelo and he does a 373 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:43.400 sunset flip during the choke slam and zesty pins him. 374 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:45.000 You know what his zesty pin is is when you 375 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:47.839 kind of like fold the person in half and stand 376 00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:50.599 over their legs. That's called that a zesty pin and 377 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:53.440 gets to win, and Tony D'Angelo is now you're a 378 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:59.920 new North American champion. Now, Tony D'Angelo. His character work 379 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.720 top notcher. I never particularly care for the whole Rocky 380 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.440 thing when they were like trying to get him like 381 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:09.319 not be scared quote unquote of Obafemi, But generally speaking, 382 00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:12.160 I love his work. I'm an Italian American myself. I 383 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:16.079 know I don't sound it, but I am, and I 384 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:20.400 love like the whole family, the whole Tony D'Angelo, the 385 00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:23.880 don of NXT. I love that. So he deserves a 386 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:26.519 title title winning like I'm not the Heritage Cop I 387 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:28.839 mean to me, I don't consider the Heritage Cop an 388 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:33.240 actual title. I consider it a piece of a piece 389 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:35.720 of equipment that people carry around to say they're the 390 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:39.000 Heritage Cup Champion. I'm talking about an actual title belt. 391 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:44.759 The North American title has been around forever, and he 392 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:50.240 deserves that title now. Obami, hardly anybody thought he was 393 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:54.519 going to lose anytime soon, and he did. Why, I 394 00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:58.359 honestly think that they're starting to groom him to go north, 395 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:05.599 to go to the w w A. Eventually they're either 396 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:08.480 they're either gonna a put the n XT title on 397 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:10.880 him within the next year and then move him up, 398 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:13.000 or they're just gonna say, you know what, he's ready 399 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:17.480 to go. I think that's gonna happen sooner than later. 400 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:22.880 My own personal opinion, but I think the main roster 401 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:30.359