Week one of NXT Revenge kicks off tonight and on tonight’s card… Tony D’Angelo puts his Men’s NXT Championship on the line against Ethan Page, Lola Vice defends her Women’s NXT Championship against Jacy Jayne, Jaida Parker and Kelani Jordan go at it, Kali Armstrong makes her NXT debut, EK Prosper and Dorian Van Dux collide in a WWE Men’s Speed Tournament Match, Joe Hendry is live in concert and more!
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We kick off NXT Revenge: Week One with clips from Stand and Deliver highlighting Lola Vice and Tony D’Angelo winning NXT gold and how everyone wants a piece of the champions. We also see the shenanigans between Jaida Parker and Kelani Jordan and how all this drama sets up for retaliation and revenge.
Match 1: Jaida Parker -vs- Kelani Jordan
Jordan and Parker mouth each other off when Jordan enters the ring and they’re separated by the ref. Jordan continues with her entrance and the bell rings. Parker and Jordan lock up and they stay locked up for a while until Jordan is pushed out of the ring. They lock up again and this time Parker gets dinged on the ropes. Parker strikes Jordan a couple times and Jordan rolls up Parker but Parker rolls through. Parker gets Jordan in a headlock and slams Jordan to the mat with a snapmare. Jordan is still caught in a headlock and she tries to power out. Parker doesn’t let her and keeps her on the mat. The two trade elbows and Jordan kicks Parker and Parker takes down Jordan with an armdrag and hits a big back body drop on Jordan and Jordan rolls out of the ring. Jordan trips Parker on the apron and both women clothesline each other outside the ring and we cut to a break.
Back to NXT, Jordan locks Parker in a crab submission and Parker rolls up Jordan breaking the hold and Jordan kicks out at two. Jordan stomps on Parker’s leg and throws Parker into the ropes. Jordan uses the ring post to hyperextend Parker’s knee and then slams Parker’s leg into the ring post. Jordan gets back in the ring and chops down Parker with an elbow to the back of Parker’s knee. Parker fires back with slamming Jordan’s head into the turnbuckle and then suplexes Jordan and Jordan pulls the middle turnbuckle pad off at the same time. Jordan kicks Parker down and puts Parker in a chin lock submission hold. Parker almost gets to the ropes and Jordan pulls her back to the middle of the ring and starts slapping and pushing Parker as she’s on the mat. Parker strikes Jordan and Jordan kicks Parker back down. Parker hits Jordan with punches and Jordan kicks her back down. Parker dodges a splash in the corner and hits a Samoan Drop on Jordan. Parker takes down Jordan and hits a backstabber on Jordan. Jordan is hung up in the middle rope and Parker punches her and does her booty drop on Jordan in the corner. Jordan rolls outside the ring, Parker comes out to get her but Jordan punches Parker and sends her back in the ring. Jordan hits a springboard cutter off the ropes on Parker and covers her for a near fall. Jordan climbs the ropes and Parker starts punching her. Jordan hits a crossbody but Parker rolls through and tries to slam Jordan who counters and Parker counters her counter and hits a Falcon Arrow and covers Jordan who kicks out at two. Parker goes for Hipnotic and Jordan moves, Parker collides with the exposed turnbuckle. Jordan hits her Split Legged Moonsault and gets the win.
Winner: Kelani Jordan
Shiloh Hill is backstage going over a list. Ricky Saints comes by and tells Hill that every time he sees Hill, Hill is up to something. Ethan Page comes by and tells Saints they need to talk about friends turning on friends at Stand & Deliver. They go back and forth. Page says when divided they’re weak and together they’re strong. Page tells Saints he needs his help winning the title tonight. Page and Saints are on the same page.
Joe Hendry is seen getting ready for his concert and we go to a commercial break.
A video package for Sol Ruca plays where she says Zaria used her as an excuse and we get a build up to the last woman standing match next week between Ruca and Zaria.
At ringside, Joe Hendry comes out. Hendry gets in the ring and gets his guitar and sits in a chair in the middle of the ring. Hendry starts by talking about losing the NXT Championship. He says he has questions.. should he quit? Should he stop now? Is this the end of the road? He says after asking these questions he says “Joe says no.” And this is why he’s here to lift his and our spirits with a Joe Hendry concert. Hendry then starts singing about his title loss and reclaiming it. As Hendry is singing, Keanu Carver comes out. Hendry says they’re not going to do this and tells Carver he’s seen Carver try to ruin things in NXT. Carver attacks Hendry and Hendry hits Carver with a guitar. Carver doesn’t budge and attacks Hendry. Officials come out and Carver takes them down and spears Hendry through the barricades.
Tony D’Angelo cuts a video promo and he talks about Ethan Page and his match against Page tonight.
Lola Vice backstage with Stephanie Vaquer. The two champs glaze each other and Vaquer wishes Vice luck in her match tonight.
Match 2: Kali Armstrong -vs- Skylar Raye
Raye goes to shake hands and Armstrong knocks her hand away. Armstrong slams Raye to the mat and lifts her and slams her back to the match a couple times. Armstrong kicks Raye down and Raye kicks her back. Raye takes Armstrong down with a facebuster. Armstrong hits a spinebuster on Raye and then slams her shoulder into Raye in the corner. Armstrong hits a powerslam and covers Raye who kicks out at two. Armstrong slaps Raye around and Raye strikes Armstrong in the gut. Armstrong hits some jabs on Raye and she covers Raye for a near fall. Armstrong gets Raye in a chinlock and throws Raye to the mat. Raye kicks Armstrong and headbutts her. Raye takes down Armstrong with a spear and then slams into Armstrong in the corner. Raye DDTs Armstrong and covers her for a near fall. Raye climbs the ropes and comes down on Armstrong who punches Raye mid air. Armstrong hits another powerslam on Raye and hits the Kali Connection and gets the win.
Winner: Kali Armstrong
Blake Monroe and Vanity Project are backstage with Robert Stone. Monroe is told she has a match with Tatum Paxley with a stipulation Paxley gets to select. Jackson Drake tells Stone this is unfair. Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes tell Monroe she’ll be fine. Monroe is sad and she leaves. Drake and Baylor follow her and Smokes asks Stone if he likes making women cry and Stone kicks Smokes out of his office.
Blake Monroe and Vanity Project are backstage with Robert Stone. Monroe is told she has a match with Tatum Paxley with a stipulation Paxley gets to select. Jackson Drake tells Stone this is unfair. Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes tell Monroe she’ll be fine. Monroe is sad and she leaves. Drake and Baylor follow her and Smokes asks Stone if he likes making women cry and Stone kicks Smokes out of his office.
Match 3 – NXT Championship Match: Tony D’Angelo(c) -vs- Ethan Page
We get the bell, Page and D’Angelo get in each other’s faces. Page goes to strike D’Angelo but D’Angelo dodges it and starts beating on Page. Page’s head is drilled into the turnbuckles and D’Angelo slams him down in the center of the ring. D’Angelo clotheslines Page to the mat and Page punches and delivers some elbows to D’Angelo. Page goes for a suplex but D’Angelo counters and Page counters D’Angelo and suplexes him. Ricky Saints runs down and gets pulled under the ring by someone. In the ring, D’Angelo and Page clotheslines each other. On the other side of the ring, Shiloh Hill comes out pulling Saints out from under the ring hogtied. D’Angelo slams down Page in the ring and covers him for a near fall. Page rolls out to the apron and D’Angelo meets him there. Page kicks D’Angelo and sends D’Angelo to the outside. Page hits a swinging neckbreaker outside the ring and we get a commercial.
Back to the title match, Page has D’Angelo in a headlock – D’Angelo tries to power out of it but Page locks it in harder. D’Angelo gets the crowd to help him get pumped up and he elbows Page several times breaking the hold. D’Angelo elbows Page in the corner and Page hits a powerslam on D’Angelo and covers him – D’Angelo kicks out at two. Page punches D’Angelo and it does nothing to D’Angelo. D’Angelo punches Page and then suplexes him. D’Angelo runs into Page in the corner and suplexes him again and again. D’Angelo spears Page and covers Page for a near fall. Page and D’Angelo take turns punching each other. Page kicks D’Angelo and D’Angelo hits a flying forearm and a facebuster. D’Angelo hits a powerslam and covers Page who kicks out. D’Angelo goes for a chokeslam and Page gauges D’Angelo’s eyes. D’Angelo gets tossed into the ring post and Page sits D’Angelo on the top rope. Page climbs up with him and drapes D’Angelo on his shoulders and hits a middle rope powerslam and covers D’Angelo for a near fall. Page climbs the ropes and splashes onto D’Angelo from the top rope and covers D’Angelo who kicks out at two. Page leaves the ring and grabs the NXT Championship and gets back in the ring. D’Angelo rolls up Page and Page kicks out. Page hits an Ego’s Edge sending D’Angelo crashing onto the NXT title. Page covers D’Angelo and D’Angelo kicks out. The fight spills outside the ring, Page clears the announce desk and sets D’Angelo on the desk. Page goes for Twisted Grin but D’Angelo counters and sends Page into the barricades and then puts Page on the announce desk. D’Angelo comes off the barricade and spears Page on the announce desk. Back in the ring, D’Angelo hits Fuggetaboutit and gets the win.
Winner and STILL NXT Champion: Tony D’Angelo
Myles Borne walks backstage and he’s up next after a commercial break.
Ricky Saints looks for Shiloh Hill. He finds Hill and tells him this isn’t over and Hill just laughs at him.
In the ring, Myles Borne addresses the NXT Universe. Borne says he sent Johnny Gargano back to SmackDown by defeating him. Borne says he was about to go home and celebrate with his favorite dessert but he was attacked by Dion Lennox. Borne says, while being deaf, he heard and felt it. He says last week he Dark stated DarkState and they stole his moment. He tells DarkState that when they attack the North American Champion, no one is safe. The lights go off and DarkState appears in the crowd. Lennox says in the last year they’ve dropped champions and won titles and Lennox has been fingertips away from a singles title. He says the DarkState slump is over and their future is on Borne’s shoulder. He tells Borne to either accept his fate or deny the inevitable. Borne says he wants option three – where he keeps this title and says they can have a title match next week or they can try to take him out now – but if they do that, he may not get a title match. Borne says either way he’s ready and tells Lennox as the leader of DarkState he should make the decision. Saquon Shugars says there is no leader and wants to attack Borne. Lennox and Shugars go back and forth and Shugars runs in to attack Borne. Borne drops Shugars and the rest of DarkState pull Shugars out of the ring and they argue with him.
Dorian Van Dux and EK Prosper are shown in a split screen backstage warming up for their match.
We get a response from Zaria to Sol Ruca’s video promo from earlier tonight. Zaria calls Ruca selfish and says all Ruca has ever wanted was gold. Zaria says she tried to be the best best friend and Ruca was always screwing things up and it always ends up being her fault.
Match 4 – WWE Speed Tournament Match: EK Prosper -vs- Dorian Van Dux
We get the bell and Prosper tries to take Van Dux down but Van Dux counters. Prosper flies around the ring and Van Dux catches him and throws him out of the ring. Van Dux hits a suicide dive and tosses Prosper back in the ring and flies off the top rope across the ring onto Prosper and covers him for a near fall. Van Dux gets knocked down and rolls out of the ring. Prosper hits a middle rope Moonsault to the outside taking out Van Dux. Back in the ring, Prosper kicks Van Dux and Van Dux hits a middle rope dropkick and then hits a running clothesline and covers Prosper and Prosper kicks out. Van Dux gets kicked on the top rope and Prosper takes him down with a headscissors. Prosper hits a shining wizard and tries for a pin. The two kick each other and Van Dux hits a top rope cutter and then climbs to the other side and misses a shooting star press. Prosper hits a Moonsault and gets the win.
Winner: EK Prosper
After the match, Prosper and Van Dux shake hands. The Birth Right (Lexis King, Arianna Grace, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, Charlie Demspey & Uriah Connors) come out to check out Prosper as he faces King for the speed championship.
Robert Stone yells at Keanu Carver for attacking Hendry. Stone tells Carver he’s forcing his hand for next week. Carver says next week will be Hendry’s funeral.
An NXT Chronicles plays and Kendal Grey is featured.
Robert Stone meets Tatum Paxley backstage. Stone asks her about the stipulation she wants for her match against Blake Monroe. Paxley wants a casket match. Shiloh Hill brings a casket he made for her and they laugh as Stone loses his mind.
DarkState is backstage. Dion Lennox asks Saquon Shugars why he did what he did. Lennox and Shugars go back and forth. Sugars says Lennox is out for himself and isn’t thinking about the team. Lennox says they need gold and he doesn’t get why Shugars risked the match. Osiris Griffin and Cutler James try to calm Shugars and Lennox down. Shugars leaves pissed off.
Match 5 – NXT Women’s Championship Match: Lola Vice(c) -vs- Jacy Jayne w/Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid)
We get the bell, Vice squares up and Jayne circles her. They lock up and Jayne smushes Vices face and the lock up is broken. They lock up again and Vice gets Jayne on the mat and in a leg hold. Jayne breaks free and they lock up again and it’s broken up. Vice strikes Jayne several times and hits an armdrag. Jayne slams Vice down and Vice trips Jayne and tries for some pins but Jayne kicks out. Jayne knocks Vice down with a shoulder check and Vice then gets Jayne in an arm bar and then strikes Jayne in the stomach. Vice kicks Jayne against the ropes and then kicks her out of the ring. Vice goes to jump onto Jayne but Lainey Reid gets pulled in the way and Vice takes out Reid. Jayne then clotheslines Vice and we cut to a break.