Follow along as the Starman recaps tonight’s NXT Halloween Havoc PLE, live from the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona.
—
Aerial shots of Prescott Valley and the Findlay Toyota Center is aired as we then see wrestlers arrive to the arena, where the stage is decked out in a graveyard theme, similar to the days when this was an annual WCW event. A horror style video package is aired that sets the theme and highlights tonight’s card.
Match 1: Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater vs. La Parka & Mr. Iguana
Je’Von Evans starts the match off against La Parka and the two go at it with a series of quick lucha styles moves before they both tag in their partners. Mr. Iguana and Leon Slater start going at it as they crowd begins an “Iguana!” chant. Evans and La Parka are tagged in and the match breaks down for a bit with Mr. Iguana taking Slater and Evans out on the floor with a flip over the top rope and La Parka following with a dive off the top rope and onto the floor.
Back in the ring, La Parka takes Evans down with a gut buster for a near fall before tagging Mr. Iguana back into the match. Mr. Iguana ties up Evans and then tags La Parka back in who picks up another near fall. Evans is able to counter La Parka with a snap suplex and makes the hot tag to Slater, as La Parka tags in Mr. Iguana. Slater takes control of the match as Slater and Evans use double team moves to pick up a pin fall on Mr. Iguana. Evans begins to dance in front of La Parker, which gives Mr. Iguana a chance to turn the tide and tag in La Parka.
Slater is also tagged in and is quickly taken down with a sidewalk slam for a near fall. La Parka and Slater get into a chop fest, until Evans and Mr. Iguana are tagged in. Evans is taken down with one chop and he brings La Yezca, the iguana, into the match and hits Evans with it. La Yezca gets tossed around a bit as the match breaks down with La Parka and Mr. Iguana being dumped to the floor. Slater jumps over the ring post to land on both of them and rolls La Parka back into the ring and hits a splash for a near fall. Evans is tagged in and he hits a Frog Splash on La Parka for another near fall.
The match breaks down once again and Mr. Iguana hits Slater with La Yezca and La Parka takes him down with a slam a near fall that is broken up by Evans. Mr. Iguana and Evans miss each other with springboards and Slater is tagged in. Slater then hits the Swanton 450 and picks up the pin fall over Mr. Iguana.
Winners: Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater vs. La Parka & Mr. Iguana by pin fall.
Zaria and Sol Ruca are backstage where Zaria promises to retain Sol’s NXT North American Championship. Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley appear to talk some trash and say that they know there will be a new NXT Women’s Champion tonight.
Match 2: Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Ethan Page (Day of the Dead Match for NXT North American Championship)
Ethan Page comes to the ring with half of his face painted in a Canadian theme. The bell rings and this match is being wrestled with black lighting. The match quickly finds its way to the floor where Dr. Wagner uses a chair on Page. Back in the ring, Dr. Wagner is able to pick up a pin fall before tying Page up and kicking a chair into his backside. Dr. Wagner then brings a trash can into the ring and hits Page with it, however, Page is finally able to counter and sends Dr. Wagner off the top rope and into the trash can.
Page begins to use the trash can lid as a weapon and picks up a near fall in the process. The match goes out to the floor where Page uses a skeleton leg to choke out Dr. Wagner and sends him into the legs of a table that was partially set up under the ring. Page slides the table into the ring and continues on the assault by hitting Dr. Wagner across the back with a chair. Page rolls Dr. Wagner back into the ring and sets up a couple of chairs in the corners. Page is visibly busted open and sends Dr. Wagner into both chairs in the corner before landing a sidewalk slam through another chair for a near fall.
Page begins tearing the mask off of Dr. Wagner and rips the top half open, which makes Dr. Wagner very irritated. Dr. Wagner then gets up and stares Page down, and takes Page down with a series of quick moves and picks up a near fall in the process. Dr. Wagner grabs another trash can and sets it between the ropes against Page, who is sitting in the corner. Dr. Wagner then hits the coast to coast dropkick and picks up a near fall.
Dr. Wagner picks up Page as Page tries to tear the rest of the mask off. Page then sends Dr. Wagner into the corner chair and drives him into the trash can for a near fall of his own. Page sets up a chair in the ring and sets Dr. Wagner in the corner, but Dr. Wagner counters and sends Page into the chair with a hurricanrana for a near fall. Dr. Wagner then hits a top rope moonsault for another near fall. Dr. Wagner then sets up the table and the two fight in the corner until Page blinds Dr. Wagner with some dust and sends Dr. Wagner through the table with a Twisted Grin to pick up the pin fall to retain the NXT North American Championship.
Winner: Ethan Page defeated Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. by pin fall to retain the NXT North American Championship in a Day of the Dead Match.
Kelani Jordan is in her own locker room and is confronted by Jordynne Gracee, who wonders if she has a problem with her or if she thinks she is untouchable being the TNA Knockouts Champion. Kelani tells her to leave as she is waiting for Santino Marella to talk to her about her next challenge. Jordynne says she is going to stick around as her and Santino have a long history. Kelani says the Knockouts Championship now holds more weight with her as champion as Jordynne slaps her across the face and Kelani says she is going to regret that.
Match 3: Blake Monroe vs. Zaria (w/ Sol Ruca) (NXT Women’s North American Championship)
Zaria is defending the NXT Women’s North American Championship for the injured Sol Ruca in this match. Blake Monroe goes right on the attack as the bell rings, but a big kick from Zaria is able to bring that to a halt. Zaria begins to pick her opponent apart until Blake hangs up Zaria’s left arm in the ropes. Blake begins to focus on the arm and picks up a two count after hitting a dropkick from the middle rope. Blake continues to work over Zaria’s arm until Zaria is able to counter and takes Blake down with a series of strikes and a back suplex for a near fall.
Zaria picks up Blake, but Blake is able to counter and locks in another arm submission, but Zaria is able to break free. The match then heads out to the floor, where a charging Zaria hits the steel steps with her injured arm. The referee checks her over, where Sol pushes her into the steel ring to pop her shoulder back in place. Back in the ring, Blake is able to pick up a near fall over Zaria after connecting with a kick. Blake then grabs her hair pick, but Zaria hits a spear for a near fall.
Blake rolls out to the floor and Zaria follows, as Blake trips up Sol Ruca, who is standing with a cane. Zaria attends to her friend, as Blake sends Zaria into Sol and hits a Glamour Shot DDT on the floor. Blake then rolls Zaria back into the ring and hits another Glamour Shot DDT to pick up the pin fall and become the new NXT Women’s North American Champion. As Blake celebrates, Zaria and Sol sit on the floor next to the guard railing in defeat.
Winner: Blake Monroe defeated Zaria by pin fall to become the NEW NXT Women’s North American Champion.
Wren Sinclair, Karmen Petrovic and Kendal Grey are talking backstage and are interrupted by Lash Legend. Kendal Grey challenges Lash to a match on Tuesday and puts her Evolve Women’s Championship on the line.
Match 4: Tatum Paxley (w/ The Culling) vs. Jacy Jayne (w/ Fatal Influence) (NXT Women’s Championship)
The match starts and Jacy Jayne gets the early advantage and toys around with Tatum Paxley in the opening moments. Tatum is able to finally hit a cross body block in the corner and picks up a one count and continues on the attack until Jacy rolls out to the floor. Jacy then traps Tatum in the ring apron and then sends Tatum throat first into the steel ring apron under the ring.
Jacy sends Tatum back into the ring and begins to focus on Tatum’s neck, while Fatal Influence gets in on the action while the referee is distracted. Jacy the locks in a leg lock around Tatum’s neck and picks up a near fall after hitting a clothesline. Jacy continues working over the neck with a headlock until Tatum is able to comeback with a back drop.
Tatum hits a flurry of offense and takes Jacy down with a fisherman’s suplex. Tatum heads to the top rope, but Jacy is able to knock Tatum down and Jacy hits an Avalanche Neckbreaker from the top rope, but Shawn Spears puts Tatum’s foot on the rope to break the pin attempt. Fatal Influence and The Culling begin fighting around the ringside area as the referee sends both factions to the back.
Back in the ring, Jacy is able to pick up a near fall after hitting a running knee strike to Tatum’s face. The two begin trading near falls until Tatum hits the Rolling Encore and then goes to the top rope for a 450 splash, but Jacy is able to kick out. The fight heads out to the floor, where Tatum drops Jacy face first into the ring apron. The fight goes back into the ring where the two trade blows and take each other down with dropkicks.
The Culling and Fatal Influence begin to battle in the ring entrance once again as Izzi Dame grabs the NXT Women’s Championship and looks like she is going to hit Tatum with it, but she ducks and Jacy hits Izzi. Tatum then hits the Cemetery Drive to pick up the pin fall and become the new NXT Women’s Championship.
Winner: Tatum Paxley defeated Jacy Jayne by pin fall to become the NEW NXT Women’s Champion.
Myles Borne is backstage with Ava and is interrupted by Tavion Heights. Ava says both of them have something to prove and books them in a match together for this Tuesday.
Match 5: DarkState vs. The Hardy Boyz (Broken Rules for the NXT Tag Team Championship)
The Broken Rules match will allow for all four wrestlers to be in the ring without tags, but the pin fall must occur in the ring, as the ringside area has ladders set up. The Hardys are announced to the ring as the Broken Hardys, although, the graphics call them the Hardy Boyz. Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin are the two members of DarkState that are in the match. The Hardys pick up near falls on both Lennox and Osiris in the early part of this match, but Cutler James and Saquon Shugars get involved to turn the tide of the match.
Jeff Hardy takes Osiris out with a suplex through a table on the floor. Meanwhile, James and Shugars begin working on Matt Hardy in the ringside area, but Jeff Hardy comes swinging a chair to break it up. Matt Hardy works over Shugars with a chair and sends him into the ring post as Jeff Hardy sets up a couple more tables on the floor. The Hardys them lay James and Shugars on the tables and takes them out with a Swanton from Jeff and a leg drop from Matt to level the playing field.
Osiris and Lennox take out Matt and Jeff anad send them into the ring and start tossing in trash cans, kendo sticks, and chairs into the ring. DarkState begins using the weapons to wear down the Hardys and Lennox slides a ladder into the ring. Lennox sets up the ladder in the corner and drives Matt Hardy into the ladder. DarkState then hits Matt with a 3D for a near fall. Jeff comes into the ring with two kendo sticks and attacks Lennox and Osiris until the ring is cleared.
On the floor, Lennox takes out the Hardys with a double clothesline. Lennox then dives onto Matt in the time keepers area and Osiris sends Jeff through the guard railing into the time keepers area as all four of them are taken out. The four make it back into the ring where Matt hits Osiris with a Twist of Fate and Jeff hits a Swanton Bomb, but the pin is broken up by Lennox. The Hardys then hit Lennox with the Plot Twist for another near fall.
The Hardys go out to the floor where Matt grabs two tables and sets them next to each other as Jeff positions a ladder next to them. the Hardys put Osiris onto the table as Jeff climbs the large ladder and drops for a Swanton Bomb, but Osiris rolls off the table and Jeff crashes through both of them.
Matt goes into the ring where Lennox slams Matt down to the canvas for a near fall. Lennox then sets up a table and puts Matt onto it. Lennox then heads to the middle rope, but Matt gets up and the two fight on the turnbuckle. Osiris rolls Jeff into the ring. Matt tries to fight off both members of DarkState as Jeff tries to fight back. Matt is tied up into the turnbuckle as Osiris puts Jeff on his shoulders and Lennox dives off the ringside ladder to hit the Doomsday Device through a table and Lennox is able to pick up the pin fall to become the NEW NXT Tag Team Champions.
Winner: DarkState defeated The Hardy Boyz in a Broken Rules Match to become the NEW NXT Tag Team Champions.
Je’Von Evans and Leon Slater are backstage and wonder if they should have been in the corners of the Hardys. The two of them say they have unfinished business with DarkState and set their sights on the NXT Tag Team Championships. The announce team hype next Tuesday’s episode of NXT and run down a few of the matches. They then hype tonight’s main event, which is coming up next.
Match 6: Trick Williams vs. Ricky Saints (NXT Championship)
The match starts and Trick goes right after Saints and quickly takes him down before sending him out to the floor. Trick sends Saints into the announce table. Back in the ring, Saints is able to turn the momentum into his favor and Saints sends Trick out to the floor. Trick levels Saints with a clothesline and sends him into the guard railing and ring post before rolling Saints back into the ring. Trick then connects with a kick for a near fall over the champion.
Trick locks Saints in a facelock as Saints is seen with a small cut above his right eye. The two begin to fight on the middle turnbuckle until Tricks fights off Saints and hits a Blockbuster for a near fall. Trick again locks Saints in a facelock and drops Saints with a neckbreaker for another near fall. Trick continues on the attack until Saints counters with a Samoan drop. Saints then walks the ropes and takes Trick down with a Russian leg sweep. Saints then drops Trick with an inverted DDT for a pin attempt of his own.
Saints then tries for a moonsault, but Trick rolls out of the way. Trick them counters Saints with a Boston Crab and hits a Rock Bottom for a near fall. Trick then hits an Attitude Adjustment, but Saints is still able to kick out of the pin attempt. Saints is able to counter Trick’s offense and locks Trick in a crossface, but Trick is able to crawl and grab the bottom rope to break the hold.
Trick heads out to the floor and grabs the NXT Championship, but Saints hits Trick with a dropkick through the ropes. Trick is able to recover and drives Saints through the announce table. Saints is rolled back into the ring and Trick hits Saints with the Trick Shot, but Saints kicks out of the pin attempt. Saints then recovers enough to take Trick out with a clothesline that leaves them both on the canvas.
The two begin battling in the middle of the ring and Saints coutners an attempt at an Attitude Adjustment with a stunner. Saints then hits Trick with a spear and follows with a Tornado DDT to pick up the pin fall to retain the NXT Champion.
Winner: Ricky Saints defeated Trick Williams by pin fall to retain the NXT Championship.
After the match, Booker T threw off his headset in disgust as Ricky Saints celebrates the victory. The Culling is seen backstage celebrating Tatum Paxley’s victory. Tatum then says if people thought NXT was already crazy, just wait to see how crazy it is next Tuesday, as Halloween Havoc comes to a close.
Quick Results
– Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater vs. La Parka & Mr. Iguana by pin fall.
– Ethan Page defeated Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. by pin fall to retain the NXT North American Championship in a Day of the Dead Match.
– Blake Monroe defeated Zaria by pin fall to become the NEW NXT Women’s North American Champion.
– Tatum Paxley defeated Jacy Jayne by pin fall to become the NEW NXT Women’s Champion.
– DarkState defeated The Hardy Boyz in a Broken Rules Match to become the NEW NXT Tag Team Champions.
– Ricky Saints defeated Trick Williams by pin fall to retain the NXT Championship.