mobanmarketThe first round of the NXT Women's Championship tournament concludes with tonight with the last two quarterfinals matches.
Roxanne Perez vs. Jacy Jayne and Cora Jade vs. Fallon Henley are tournament bout on the card tonight. The winners will earn their spots in the semifinals of the tournament.
The winner of Perez vs. Jayne will take on Tiffany Stratton in the next round of the tournament. Lyra Valkyria will be waiting to face either Jade or Henley in the semifinals. The tournament will culminate with a new Women's Champion being crowned at NXT Battleground on Sunday, May 28.
Noam Dar's Supernova Sessions talk show comes stateside as Dragon Lee appears as tonight's guest. The segment should continue the build to a Dar vs. Lee match for the Heritage Cup Championship.
A tag team match between The Creed Brothers and The Dyad has been announced for tonight as well. Our live coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Opening the show is a match in the ongoing women's tournament. Kicking off the show is the first of two quarterfinal matches in the tournament.
Cora Jade defeated Fallon Henley to advance in the NXT Women's Championship tournament
Jade pinned Henley, and Jade now advances to a semifinal match next week against Lyra Valkyria. There were inset promos before the match like an old episode of Superstars.
Things started fairly even, but Jade soon targets a knee. Jade works the leg, and Jade works over Henley. Jade also applies a leglock, but Henley escapes as she fights back.
Henley makes a comeback and has a rally. She continues to sell her leg, but she is still able to counter Jade's DDT finisher. Henley delivers a shining wizard, but she unable to make a cover. Jade rolls outside, and Henley is unable to stop her due to her wounded leg.
Jade is then able to orchestrate one of the oldest heel tricks in the leg. Rolling outside was part of the ploy. She easily beats Henley back into the ring, and Jade waylays Henley with a chop block as she is coming through the ropes. Jade executes a Cactus Jack DDT, and she covers Henley for a pinfall.
Lyra Valkyria appears at ringside after the match, and she has a staredown with Jade. They meet next week in the semifinals of the women's tournament.
Much of the NXT women's roster and others are watching the show on a monitor, and a skit unfolds that sets up a match later tonight between Kiana James and Thea Hail. James insults Hail, and Hail vows to kick her "prissy ass" in a match tonight.
Tyler Bate and NXT North American Champion Wes Lee are meditating in smog-filled locker room. They are ambushed by Joe Gacy and Ava. Bate and Lee are laid out as part of a message directed at Lee.
NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams are heading to the ring for a promo, only to find themselves in a quick skirmish that sets up a tag match for later on. Hayes is sporting Kinesio tape on his ribs, selling a spear last week from Bron Breakker.
Hayes calls out Breakker, but instead out comes Drew Gulak and Charlie Dempsey. For some reason they have beef with Hayes and Williams. Gulak and Dempsey attempt to ambush Hayes and Williams. They were ready, as Hayes and Williams clear the ring of the smarmy heels. This all sets up a tag match for later tonight.
The Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus Creed with Ivy Nile) defeated The Dyad (Jagger Reid & Rip Fowler with Ava)
Julius Creed pinned Rip Fowler to win an greatly exciting tag match. Ivy Nile and Ava got involved just before the finish.
The Creeds added a new feat of strength spot to their repertoire where they traded Fowler several times while holding him upside down in a delayed vertical suplex.
The Dyad will not be outdone, as they use teamwork and some underhanded tactics to gain an advantage on Julius. He powers out to fight back as the show cuts to a split-screen commercial break.
Heat on Juius as the show returns from the break, as The Dyad work him over. Hot tag to Brutus, and he wrecks shop. Brutus is a brute, and he pulls down the straps as he lets out a primal yell. He gets a near fall, but Brutus is soon cut off. He saves himself with a great spot where Brutus has Reid rolled up, while Brutus simultaneously giving Fowler a Northern Lights suplex.
Double down when Brutus and Reid hit each other with lariats, and the live studio audience chants "NXT." Julius and Reid try to top the other as both at the same time execute stereo 2 Cold Scorpio 450s. Quite a sight.
The match really heats up down the home stretch. Fowler is outside the ring selling on the floor when grabs Ivy Nile's leg. Fowler apologizes and backpedals. He begs off, but it was a ploy for Ava and her sneak attack on Nile. Nile counters Ava, and Nile traps her in Nile's version of a Dragon sleeper. Meanwhile, Brutus leaps off the apron into a cannonball on Fowler. In the ring is Julius and Reid. Julius hits a sliding lariat, and he then covers Reid for a three count.
After a commercial break, the Creeds come to the announce desk. They issue a challenge to Gallus for a tag team title match at NXT Battleground.
A skit from "yesterday" shows Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo eating an an Italian restaurant. Stacks leaves the table to take a phone call. In walks two member of law enforcement, and they Tony D to the police station for questioning. Stacks returns from his phone call, and he acts perplexed over Tony D being taken away by the police.
Supernova Sessions sets up two matches
Noam Dar, along as always by his Heritage Cup trophy, is the host for a Supernova Sessions talk show. Dragon Lee is the guest, and Dar insults Dragon Lee right from the start. Dar gets out a Spanish book looking to communicate Dar, assuming Dragon Lee cannot speak English. Dragon Lee is quick to correct Dar, showing him that Lee speaks English just fine.
They banter back-and-forth. Dragon Lee wants a match against Dar for the trophy. Out comes Nathan Frazier, and wants to call out Dar as a fraud. Frazier also wants Dragon Lee to get a shot at the trophy. Dar is finally goaded into two matches. Dar puts the trophy on the line in a match against Dragon Lee at Battleground. Dar faces Frazier in a match next week in a match where the trophy is not on the line.
Dijak has kidnapped Ilja Dragunov, and Dijak is torturing him.
NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams defeated Charlie Dempsey & Drew Gulak
Hayes pinned Dempsey to win the match. At the finish, Williams delivers a pump kick on Dempsey, and Hayes tags in. Hayes leaps off the top rope to deliver a guillotine legdrop. Good match.
After the match, Hayes again calls out Bron Breakker. He is apparently not in the building, as Breakker interrupts with a message that plays on the Titantron. Breakker is at the barber shop that Hayes is known to frequent. Breakker leaves after making everyone nervous.
Thea Hail is pumped up for her match tonight, and she exictedly tells Duke Hudson they are ready to go to the ring. Hudson had forgotten he gave Hail permission to be in a match tonight. A distracted Hudson has been grading papers, but he heads to the ring anyway.
Kiana James defeated Thea Hail (with Duke Hudson)
James pinned Hail, no thanks to a distracted Hudson. Hudson is grading paper at ringside in Hail's corner, and he barely pays attention to Hail's match. She fights from underneath to rally. Hail makes a comeback, but Hudson is too busy to watch.
Hail with a high cross for a near fall. James counters Hail and cuts her off. James then executes her 401k finisher, and James covers Hail for a three count.
A backstage skit sets up Tank Ledger vs. Hank Walker for next week. They encounter Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and that inspires Tank to convince Hank they need to face each other in a "hoss fight."
McKenzie Mitchell is a roving reporter in the training room. Tyler Bate is having his arm wrapped in the aftermath of suffering a sneak attack earlier tonight. Wes Lee is at his side, and Lee tells Mitchell he normally enjoys interviews with her. However, tonight is different. Lee storms off, headed to the ring to call out Joe Gacy.
Dabbo-Kato is the focus of a vignette.
An angry North American Champion Wes Lee storms to the ring, and he calls out Joe Gacy. Bate is seen watching on from the trainer's room. He gives a wink and nod to the trainer as he brings him some ice. Foreshadowing, perhaps?
Gacy, flanked by Ava, appear on a perch overlooking the ring. They cuts promos on Lee, which leads to Gacy challenging Lee to a title match at Battleground. Gacy and Ava also warn that Bate is deceiving Lee.
Out comes Bate with his arm bandaged, and he cuts a promo on Gacy. Bate says he has a receipt waiting for Gacy. Lee takes that to mean Bate also wants a match against Gacy at Battleground. Bate corrects Lee, before saying that he and Lee are friends. But, Bate admits he wants a title shot as well. Bate insists he would never let the title come between their friendship, as Ava and Gacy chirp at them from above.
This all sets up a triple threat match at Battleground, which was Lee's idea. Lee looks at Bate before leaving and says, "Thought I could trust you, brother."
Roxanne Perez in a vignette is admiring her journey board, and she looks forward to what filling her next journey board.
Roxanne Perez defeated Jacy Jayne to advance in the NXT Women's Championship tournament
Perez pinned Jayne after Pop Rocks. In winning the match, Perez now advances to the semifinals against Tiffany Stratton.
The quarterfinal match goes through a commercial break. Jayne works over Perez, but Perez eventually counters Jayne to execute Pop Rocks. Good enough match.
Gigi Dolan runs in after the match to attack Jayne. Dolan and Jayne brawl at ringside before being separated.
Dijak still has Ilja Dragunov kidnapped, but Dragunov is defiant despite being bloody and beaten.
Out comes Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams to again call out Bron Breakker. The show cuts to commercial as Hayes and Williams are waiting in the ring.
After a commercial break, Breakker comes out with a security detail. Breakker says the security is there to protect Hayes and Williams from Breakker himself. There is some banter back-and-forth. Breakker insults Hayes's hometown sports teams.
Hayes cannot stand to hear any more, so Hayes does a flip dive onto the security detail. Breakker and Hayes brawl their way into the ring. Security tries to separate them to no avail. Breakker hits Hayes with a cheap shot, but Hayes counters by hitting Breakker with a low blow. Hayes then lays out Breakker with a belt shot, as Hayes hits Breakker with the championship belt. They are both down in the ring selling as the show goes off the air.
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