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NXT TV RESULTS
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
ORLANDO, FLA. AT CAPITOL WRESTLING CENTER
LIVE ON CW NETWORK
REPORT BY KELLY WELLS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
NXTCommentators: Vic Joseph, Booker T
Ring Announcer: Mike Rome
Backstage Correspondent(s): Sarah Schreiber, Byron Saxton
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-The show opened with heavy recaps from last week with a long focus on the end of Chase University. Chase U’s music played and there was a pep rally-style paper for the team to run through, but it was a ruse as Ridge Holland broke through it instead, smirking. He said “I told you so” to heavy boos. “Trick Williams…Deadline…I’ll be seein’ ya.” He dropped the microphone and took his leave.
(1) AXIOM (w/Nathan Frazer) vs. “ALL EGO” ETHAN PAGE – Iron Survivor Qualifying match
Grapples and rollups to open. Page bailed as Axiom went for the Golden Ratio and the match went to commercial. [c]
We returned with the babyface in control for once. Axiom hit a rana from the apron that sent Page into the announce table. Back inside, Axiom went for a submission but Page rolled up Axiom to break. Page hit a big boot on a kipping-up Axiom and took control. The two went to an exchange of punches and chops, and then we were shown an inset of a bunch of NXT tag teams watching on a monitor, since the champs were involved. Axiom hit a standing Spanish Fly and Ego got a shot in as well, and both sold on the mat to cheers. Vic brought up War Games, and mentioned Booker T losing to the Shockmaster as he does most years.
Page worked a waistlock and Axiom fought to his feet. Page charged Axiom to a corner. There was an “Ego sucks”/”No!” dueling chant. Page hit a backbreaker from the second rope. Page went up but Axiom went up with him and hit a super Spanish Fly for two. Axiom went up and Page charged in with a right, then went up with him. Axiom worked a brief arm submission from the top and Page hit him with a backbreaker, up high, and Axiom spilled to the ropes and then out to the floor. The match went to a second commercial. [c]
Axiom hit a spike DDT for a long two. “Axiom” chant. Axiom laid in some kicks and rights to a recovering Page, who laid in a big forearm. Axiom went for a sleeper and Page backed him into the corner. Axiom jumped and snapped on a front chancery and Page suplexed him into the corner. Page hit another big backbreaker and covered for two. The two went up in the corner and Page went for Ego’s Edge, but Axiom hit a rana. Axiom wanted the Golden Ratio, but Page charged and hit him with a big lariat to finish.
WINNER: Ethan Page at 16:45.
Page joins Wes Lee, Je’Von Evans and Nathan Frazer in the Iron Survivor match, with one spot left open. He put over Axiom and Nathan Frazer charged into the ring and said Page hasn’t won anything yet. Page tried to stir the pot by saying Axiom was the driving force in their tag team. Wes Lee walked in, with his hair cut short, and there was a “Who are you?” chant. He got a bit of time and then Je’Von Evans got some basic stuff in. OTM showed up and said they didn’t care about the Iron Survivor, but they wanted Axiom and Frazer. The entire tag division hit ringside and Frazer & Axiom took them out with a splash and a cross-body. The gaggle of men battled to the back.
(Wells’s Analysis: It’s pretty rare that any match on NXT TV goes this long, and especially so when it’s not in the main event slot. Axiom certainly got to look good in defeat. A good enough clash of styles TV opener, but I’d love to know why they were given this much time. Maybe it’s a sign of things to come, but they have a lot of people on the roster who need TV time right now)
-Lola Vice and Stephanie Vaquer exchanged some words in Spanish in the locker room, and Wren Sinclair tried to get in on it and ended up getting herself into a match with Vice later tonight. [c]
-Ashante “Thee” Adonis and Nikkita Lyons talked in one of the lounges. Adonis talked up Karmen Petrovic but Lyons tried to keep up the flirtation. She said “If it’s a little girl like you or a grown woman like me, you know he’s gonna pick me every time” and took off, saying Adonis knew where to find her. Petrovic heard much of this stuff here, and took issue with Adonis, who mentioned that he had indeed texted Lyons, but only because he “texted everybody.”
(2) LOLA VICE vs. WREN SINCLAIR (w/Charlie Dempsey)
Dempsey had the Heritage Cup in the corner with him. Lots of mat stuff early, with Vice countering every time Sinclair tried to get into it. Vice snapped an arm submission on as they were grounded, and Sinclair rolled Vice up for two. Vice hit a suplex and then turned it into Three Amigos, complete with the shimmy. Sinclair countered a move and whipped Vice to the mat by her arm. Sinclair snapped the arm back against the mat twice, then trapped it behind Vice’s body. Wren rolled Lola into a head scissors and then had a few counters of her own as Vice tried to escape. “Wren XT”/”No” dueling chant.
Vice escaped but Sinclair hit a hard lariat. Sinclair took Vice out to the steps and Dempsey wanted her to stomp Vice’s arm there, but she hesitated and got tossed. Sinclair dropkicked Vice into the steps, but once inside, Vice hit a backfist out of nowhere and scored the three.
Vice yelled into the camera, “Jaida Parker! This isn’t over! Very soon…we’re going Underground.”
WINNER: Lola Vice at 4:24.
(Wells’s Analysis: This was a pretty nice technical match they had going up to the end. I waffle on whether I think Vice can go as high as HBK clearly wants her to, but this was another good outing. Sinclair seems to be liked enough to get TV time but not enough to pick up wins. Hopefully her time will come, as she’s got a ton of talent both in the ring and out of it)
-Tony D’Angelo and Adrianna Rizzo briefly spoke. D’Angelo reassured her he wasn’t hurting anymore. Elsewhere, Brooks Jensen gassed up Shawn Spears for his brilliant manipulation of the situation. They seem to be up next. [c]
-Tatum Paxley played with her dolls, and Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx showed up to bully her before they took off. Tatum said quietly “your past will haunt you” as she set down a red-headed doll. She left, and an arm came into frame and picked up the doll, though we didn’t see who it was. (Though I would think we can guess)
(3) TONY D’ANGELO (c) (w/Adrianna Rizzo) vs. SHAWN SPEARS (w/Brooks Jensen) – NXT North American Championship match
Mike Rome handled formal intros. D’Angelo laid in some rights before the bell sounded. Spears hit a body block but D’Angelo hit a lariat. D sold pain in his knee and Vic said there was no doubt Spears would target it now. The two threw rights in a corner and Spears got in a few shots to the bad knee as the match went to commercial. [c]
Spears had controlled throughout the break, per Vic. D’Angelo got a breather by hitting a superplex, and as both sold on the mat, we got a shot of the many tag teams still fighting out in the parking lot. D’Angelo hit a belly-to-belly, then tried to charge but he buckled. Spears snapped on a figure four.
[HOUR TWO]
D’Angelo crawled very slowly and finally got to a rope as Rizzo cheered him on. Spears tried to go to it again but D’Angelo dumped him. Spears ran right into a D’Angelo spear for two. Tony D fired up, still hobbling, and tried an inverted atomic drop but buckled again. The two had a couple of rollups for two. D’Angelo hit Fuhgeddaboudit to finish.
WINNER: Tony D’Angelo at 8:33.
Tony D fought off Spears and Jensen, but Nico showed up and took down D’Angelo. All three heels stared out at Adrianna Rizzo as Vic wondered why.
(Wells’s Analysis: I question the heights this threesome can go to when their leader is losing matches where the opponent is doing an injur angle, but I suppose maybe their time will come. A decent if forgettable title defense)
-We once again went outside where all the tag teams were brawling. They did some high spots on cars, even smashing through one windshield. Robert Stone and Stevie Turner showed up and tried to break it up to no avail. [c]
-Sad music played as Andre Chase packed up the last of Chase University. He took longer looks at some of the items that recalled big moments in their long storyline. He packed up and left the room that said “Andre Chase” and from behind him, a male voice said “Hey! Mr. Chase!” He turned and raised an eyebrow, but we didn’t see who Chase saw.
(4) KELANI JORDAN vs. GIULIA – Iron Survivor Qualifying match
Good reactions for both, but once the match started, there was a “Giulia” chant. The two exchanged mat grapples until Jordan hit a cross-body splash for two. The two exchanged headlocks next and Giulia hit a crucifix for two. The two rolled into frequent covers that didn’t get one counts. They reset. Jordan went for a handshake and Giulia eventually obliged. Jordan held on and charged Giulia into a rope run, but Giulia trapped Jordan with an armbar on the mat. She had her other arm trapped with her legs, and Jordan eventually was able to kick off the mat and roll up Giulia to break.
Jordan hit a back elbow and Giulia charged in with a headbutt, then a hip toss. Jordan kicked Giulia to the mat but Giulia rolled quickly to the apron to evade the split-legged moonsault. Action briefly went outside, then back in. They hit tandem lariats and then stared each other down as the match went to commercial. [c]
The two reversed a few times and Jordan hit a thrust kick. Giulia bailed and Jordan hit a twisting plancha. Back inside, Jordan got in a series of shots and the two then exchanged a couple more rollups. Jordan kipped up and dropkicked Giulia into a corner. Giulia fought off the next one, and the two women went up in the corner. They jockeyed for position and Giulia cleared Jordan with a headbutt. Giulia tried a missile dropkick but Jordan sidestepped it. Jordan went up for the split-legged moonsault but Giulia cleanly trapped her in a submission. I genuinely thought this was the finish but after a second effort, Jordan lifted Giulia for a powerbomb and covered for two. Both women sold on the mat to an “NXT” chant.
The two got to their knees and threw rights. The two countered a large number of moves, then exchanged impact shots. Giulia hit the Northern Lights Bomb to finish. If there’s a second chance four-way to get into the Iron Survivor match, I’m guessing Jordan gets in.
WINNER: Giulia at 12:27.
Giulia joins Zaria, Stephanie Vaquer and Sol Ruca in a match that shows off all three new acquisitions in the women’s roster.
(Wells’s Analysis: Easy match of the night, on a night where none of the matches have been bad. That’s quite the lineup for the women. I’m a little surprised that Giulia looks so human and vulnerable right now, but I suppose the monster spot has to be saved for Zaria)
-Ava talked to the men and women who lost their qualifying matches and indeed, she booked two second-chance four-way matches for next week where the winners will move on to the Iron Survivor matches. Eddy Thorpe complained that his match was the only one with interference, but he still has to beat three guys. Ava also made a tag team battle royal for next week where the winners would face Axiom & Nathan Frazer at Deadline. Axiom complained that they might have to wrestle twice in that case, and Frazer sort of riled him by saying he had already qualified, but Axiom still has to. As they jawed, Ava tried to go to her office and Thorpe stopped her again, saying he wasn’t done. He tried to yank her arm as she tried to get away, and she said “Eddy, DO NOT touch me.” Just after that, she was shot to the ground as some of the brawling teams ran into her door, which slammed on her.
-Shawn Michaels got into Eddy Thorpe’s face about what just happened. He yelled at Thorpe for hurting her and he threw Thorpe up against a wall. After the scene, Vic and Booker both said they had to agree with HBK. So we don’t have a single person present that actually saw what happened?
-Trick Williams hit the ring with a mic. He said Ava will be okay, because “we know what her bloodline is.” He then talked about the end of Chase U and how sad it was, and used the segue to talk about Ridge Holland and how he was going to take him down. He ran down the names of all the men who had challenged him. Holland showed up and got some mic time, and out of nowhere, Eric Bischoff showed up on the tron and said he was going to go to NXT next week. He said Ridge wants the championship and Trick wants to keep it, and next week he’ll see what makes them tick. He said if he thinks they dislike each other now, they’ll want to tear each other up afterward. Well…wow.
-Fatal Influence walked through the back ahead of Fallon Henley’s main event match. [c]
-Charlie Dempsey & Wren Sinclair reconnected and headed out of the building. Tavion Heights & Myles Borne showed up after a lot of brawling. Dempsey mentioned that Sinclair missed the news that she was in the second chance match next week with Jaida Parker, Cora Jade and Kelani Jordan. Sinclair freaked out about fighting them all at once.
-Vic ran down the matches made for next week, and also revealed that via social media, X-Pac said he was going to be at NXT next week because it looks too good to miss. X-Pac still lives here in Minneapolis, so his appearance could feasibly tie into Deadline.
(5) TATUM PAXLEY vs. FALLON HENLEY (w/Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx) – NXT Women’s North American Championship match
Very jarring to see Paxley in a main event when she had to fight so long from the bottom of the card. I’m glad she stuck with it. Collar and elbow to open. Henley got the better of it and worked the arm early. Henley posed and got rolled up for two. The two exchanged quick shots, then rollups. Paxley hit a double-underhook suplex and dumped Henley from the ring to the announce table. Paxley chased Henley around and put her back in the ring. The other members of Fatal Influence got in her face and called her a freak and took the advantage going into commercial. [c]
Henley continued the heat sequence on Paxley and laid in a basement forearm for two. Henley snapped on an arm submission but Paxley rolled her up to break. An inset showed that Nikkita Lyons and Karmen Petrovic will face off next week. That’ll be…something. Paxley and Henley laid each other out and fought from their knees, then got to their feet and exchanged strikes and kicks. Each missed a shot and Paxley finally landed some rights and kicks. Paxley hit a cross-body in the corner and hit her inverted Samoan Drop(?) for two. Fatal Influence distracted Paxley to allow Henley to hit a cradle blockbuster for two. Paxley shortly after hit a 450 splash from the top for two. More rollups and reversals. Henley fought off Psycho Trap and hit a Rocker Dropper to finish.
WINNER: Fallon Henley at 10:55.
All three members of Fatal Influence attacked, but Gigi Dolin’s music played her into the ring. She appeared behind Fatal Influence and destroyed them all, but once she checked on Paxley, they attacked again. And again, the babyfaces cleared them out. Vic said “Hell’s favorite harlot is back.” It’s wild that the women’s division is as stacked at it is, and people like Paxley and Dolin still aren’t getting lost in the shuffle. If this was late-stage WCW, we’d have a problem on our hands.
(Wells’s Analysis: A fine enough match that got its main event slot to allow Gigi to have her return in a big spot. It’ll be interesting to see if she gets anything resembling a sustained push with all the talent that has arrived since she was injured.)
FINAL THOUGHTS: We had two Iron Survivor qualifiers, two championship matches, big moments for Andre Chase, the tag team division, Eddy Thorpe & Ava, but even so, the big news coming out of the show is Eric Bischoff’s arrival ahead of next week. X-Pac will show up as well, and although he was always someone I liked a lot – even during the X-Factor days, seriously – his appearance feels very natural while Eric Bischoff’s seemed borderline impossible. We’ll see what nWo week brings on NXT next Tuesday. Nate Lindberg and I will cover tonight’s show on PWT Talks NXT. Stream us live or watch tomorrow.
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