NXT Review: Oba Femi Defends the NXT Championship Against Eddy Thorpe

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<v Speaker 2>Hey guys, it's Jay. Welcome to the NXT review for
<v Speaker 2>our episode airing January twenty first, twenty twenty five, from
<v Speaker 2>the Performance Center in Winter Park, Florida. So, yeah, this
<v Speaker 2>is a this was this was an interesting episode. I'm
<v Speaker 2>gonna get right into it. I don't have a lot
<v Speaker 2>to say about the episode. What I can say is
<v Speaker 2>that it was an interesting episode. Excuse me, it was
<v Speaker 2>so the weird here's the weird thing. There were three
<v Speaker 2>title matches in this episode. And you would think that
<v Speaker 2>with three title matches it would be a really good episode,
<v Speaker 2>and it it kind of wasn't like it was okay
<v Speaker 2>or you know, is I you know, it was okay,
<v Speaker 2>Like it was just I don't know. Last week was
<v Speaker 2>really good. But I mean, obviously, uh, the the uh
<v Speaker 2>New Year's EVA was amazing. Last week was pretty good too.
<v Speaker 2>This week was just okay with some decent matches. I
<v Speaker 2>have to be honest Thatie Thorpe did a lot better
<v Speaker 2>than I thought he would. But yeah, I want to
<v Speaker 2>go through things. I want to just kind of talk
<v Speaker 2>about what happened and kind of give my thoughts. Like
<v Speaker 2>I said, I don't really have a lot to say.
<v Speaker 1>Uh.
<v Speaker 2>The first thing I will say is so the commentators
<v Speaker 2>were Vic, Joseph Booker, T and Corey Graves. So apparently
<v Speaker 2>the whole Corey Graves thing either got settled or wasn't
<v Speaker 2>a thing. Something came up and he just couldn't. I
<v Speaker 2>don't know what it was I heard. I heard a
<v Speaker 2>lot of people talk about, well, it's kay fabe and
<v Speaker 2>the reason why he the reason why he wasn't there
<v Speaker 2>is because he wanted to get into uh back and
<v Speaker 2>forth with Pat McAfee. Yeah, they don't get along, but
<v Speaker 2>I didn't. I never really thought it was a I
<v Speaker 2>never really thought it was an issue between Corey Graves
<v Speaker 2>and Pat McAfee. I think, you know, Corey, he's he's
<v Speaker 2>good at what he does. Like he's not my favorite,
<v Speaker 2>but he's not a He's not bad at all. He's
<v Speaker 2>way better than Booker T. And believe me, if somebody said, hey,
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna switch out Booker T for Corey Graves, I'll
<v Speaker 2>be like sold please again. I like Bookers as a wrestler,
<v Speaker 2>but as a as a commentator, he drives up a
<v Speaker 2>wall every week, every week. So yeah, let's talk about
<v Speaker 2>the show. So the first match we had was Tony
<v Speaker 2>di'angelo with the Family in tow And against Rich Holland
<v Speaker 2>for the North American Championship. This was a pretty good match.
<v Speaker 2>This was a match that I that I particularly liked.
<v Speaker 2>Tony D'Angel is growing on me. He uh he you know,
<v Speaker 2>he's a he's a good North American champion. I don't
<v Speaker 2>ever see him attaining to anything more than the North
<v Speaker 2>American Championship. I don't. I mean, I don't really see
<v Speaker 2>him being an NXT champion. I definitely don't see him
<v Speaker 2>on the main roster. I think he's good where he is,
<v Speaker 2>but you know, he's he's pretty good. Rich Holland is
<v Speaker 2>getting so much better recently. Like his heel work is great. Obviously,
<v Speaker 2>the number one heel right now in NXT is is
<v Speaker 2>Ethan Page. But but Rich Holland's heel work is really
<v Speaker 2>good too. And this was this was a decent match.
<v Speaker 2>At the end of the match, we had uh Tony
<v Speaker 2>D'Angelo win via pinfull He won with so he ducked
<v Speaker 2>under a couple of clothes lines and Angelo uh D'Angelo
<v Speaker 2>Spirit Holland. Holland family got into a massive brawl with
<v Speaker 2>Brooks and dench And and Nico Vance who came out and
<v Speaker 2>and started being try to try to start messing with
<v Speaker 2>the family, and then they came in and so there
<v Speaker 2>was a back and forth between them, which led to
<v Speaker 2>a tag team match later on, which I'll talk about
<v Speaker 2>how Holland then headbutted D'Angelo and then is it Dame
<v Speaker 2>came in while everybody was brawling on the outside and
<v Speaker 2>hit Rich Holland with a big boot behind the referees back,
<v Speaker 2>and then D'Angelo hit a spinebuster to pick up the
<v Speaker 2>That's the one thing I think he does really well.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, obviously, a spinebuster is one of the simplest
<v Speaker 2>moves in professional wrestling, but let me tell you, man,
<v Speaker 2>the way he hits it, it's it looks painful. Like
<v Speaker 2>I said, it was a bit. It was a good match.
<v Speaker 2>Wasn't like my favorite, but it wasn't terrible. Uh So anyway,
<v Speaker 2>Tony D'Angelo is still the North American champion. Then Wesley
<v Speaker 2>took issue with Dion Lennox declaring himself himself championship material.
<v Speaker 1>Uh.
<v Speaker 2>Dian Lennox said that, uh, somebody will have to somebody
<v Speaker 2>will have to defeat ob Femmi one day, and it's
<v Speaker 2>not going to be Wesley. So why why can't you
<v Speaker 2>beat him? There's a traffic, there's a drastic difference between
<v Speaker 2>the superstar with potential and a very decorated superstar like Wes.
<v Speaker 2>Lee Lennox decides to challenge Lead to a match, and
<v Speaker 2>Trick Williams enters the locker room and Lee says that
<v Speaker 2>Trick came from the penthouse to the outhouse. That was
<v Speaker 2>That's a good like that line, that's a good line.
<v Speaker 2>Then Bailey comes out to the ring just so happen
<v Speaker 2>that that last thing happened backstage. Then Bailey comes out
<v Speaker 2>to the ring and you know, the crowds chanting welcome home,
<v Speaker 2>welcome home, and Billy's like, you're right, this is my home.
<v Speaker 2>That's why I came out talked to Rockxtane Perez because
<v Speaker 2>I care about her. I care about the legacy she's building,
<v Speaker 2>care about everything she's done for the Women Act Women's Division.
<v Speaker 2>But all that all that got me was a little
<v Speaker 2>big spiegeld slap in the face. And then she went
<v Speaker 2>out and tell me that that I'm like Seapomper and
<v Speaker 2>Sandpomper in Italian and that's a compliment. People like them
<v Speaker 2>built the foundation we're walking on. People like Italia taught
<v Speaker 2>me how to give back and help. So sorry, this
<v Speaker 2>got a little bit of a sorry, gotta got a
<v Speaker 2>little sidetracked. Um. Anyway, she didn't come back because she
<v Speaker 2>thought NXT oed or something. She doesn't even even oh
<v Speaker 2>Roxanne anything. If anything, she ow she ows NXT to
<v Speaker 2>get rid of entitleed little idiots, like little idiots like Roxanne.
<v Speaker 2>But unfortunately it may be too late for that, because
<v Speaker 2>not only did I get a slab in the face,
<v Speaker 2>but she says Krass says, if somebody in the crawd
<v Speaker 2>says I love you, she says, I love you too.
<v Speaker 2>But I think Roxanne loves me because she showed up
<v Speaker 2>on SmackDown and Talk Crap during my title match with
<v Speaker 2>Trift Tiffany Stratton, and then she showed up on a
<v Speaker 2>night Raw last night and put her hands on me
<v Speaker 2>during a match with Nia Jacks. Now, if this is
<v Speaker 2>the WWE's way to start to transition Roxanne Perez into
<v Speaker 2>the main roster, I think it's great. I think it's brilliant.
<v Speaker 2>So they started out having any show on NXT. Obviously
<v Speaker 2>everybody knows both Bailey and Roxanne and NXT. Then Roxanne
<v Speaker 2>comes to SmackDown. Okay, obviously people that watch NXT at
<v Speaker 2>SmackDown know who she is and know what you know,
<v Speaker 2>know why she's there, or that watch NXT rather, and
<v Speaker 2>then you start to kind of like broaden her like
<v Speaker 2>who is this? What does she know? That's that's text rocks.
<v Speaker 2>Let's google search rox San Perez. Who she Oh, she's
<v Speaker 2>at NXT, like, I mean, she was in the Rumble
<v Speaker 2>two years ago and then she had a match the
<v Speaker 2>day after WrestleMania last year. But other than that, you
<v Speaker 2>really have if you don't watch NXT, you really don't
<v Speaker 2>have much of an idea who roxand Perez is. So
<v Speaker 2>this is actually like having her come to SmackDown after
<v Speaker 2>you know, giving Bailey crap at the n XT last
<v Speaker 2>week and then showing up on a raw like we're
<v Speaker 2>opening up Roxand's visibility, and I think that I think
<v Speaker 2>doing it this way is actually great. Not that what
<v Speaker 2>they did with Tiffany Strand last year wasn't great. She
<v Speaker 2>went to the Rumble and it just kind of took
<v Speaker 2>up from there. She's the elimination chain where it was
<v Speaker 2>it was, it was a good a good combination. But
<v Speaker 2>what they're doing right now with Roxanne, I think is great.
<v Speaker 2>Slowly introducing her to the main roster so that when
<v Speaker 2>she does and let's let's be clear, Roxanne is going
<v Speaker 2>to be on the main roster and starting her out
<v Speaker 2>with a with a rivalry, with a good obviously one
<v Speaker 2>of the pinnacle women's wrestlers in the last ten years,
<v Speaker 2>makes perfect sense. And if this is gonna be Bailey's
<v Speaker 2>role kind of lifting up, you know, not always losing maybe,
<v Speaker 2>but lifting up the wrestlers from the past, I think,
<v Speaker 2>or the wrestlers coming up. I don't think that's a
<v Speaker 2>bad thing, especially Roxanne. Like Roxanne, she has been the
<v Speaker 2>one of the biggest stars in NXT for the last
<v Speaker 2>two two and a half years. She should not like
<v Speaker 2>she should like when Lyra Valkia came up, she hadn't
<v Speaker 2>been on the big stage of NXT for that long.
<v Speaker 2>Roxanne Perez is as you know, she's young, she's twenty
<v Speaker 2>twenty three, but she's paid the dues, like between her
<v Speaker 2>and Tiffany Stratton moving forward, and then of course Ria,
<v Speaker 2>who's you know, in her mid to upper twenties. I
<v Speaker 2>think these these women are gonna be the pinnacle of
<v Speaker 2>women's wrestling in ww for the next twenty years fifteen
<v Speaker 2>at least. So let's let's get him going. Let's get
<v Speaker 2>him going anyway. Eventually Julia comes out and Julia says, Bailey,
<v Speaker 2>coming from Japan and seeing WWA, I wanted you. I
<v Speaker 2>wanted to be in NXT. Roxanne may not look up
<v Speaker 2>to you, but I do, and I hope that this
<v Speaker 2>title will with I hold this title with as much
<v Speaker 2>love and honor for NXT as you did. And Bailey says,
<v Speaker 2>thank you so much. It means a lot. I love,
<v Speaker 2>I have so much respect for you, and I have
<v Speaker 2>such a such a huge fan of yours. When you
<v Speaker 2>won the title, I was, you know, a little happy,
<v Speaker 2>a little happy especially with beating and a lot happy,
<v Speaker 2>especially with beating Roxanne. Now that you're going to make
<v Speaker 2>some historic moments of your own because this title changes
<v Speaker 2>your career, it changes your life. It means everything to me,
<v Speaker 2>and it means everything to us. The title changes the
<v Speaker 2>landscape of women's division, not just an NX tabment in
<v Speaker 2>w w A. And then Roxanne comes out. She says, boring, Well, BLI,
<v Speaker 2>I'm surprised you were actually able to show your face
<v Speaker 2>around here after two embarrassing back to back losses both
<v Speaker 2>on NXT, both on SmackDown and Ross. She lost to
<v Speaker 2>Tiffany on SmackDown, and then I believe Naya. Yeah, she
<v Speaker 2>lost to Naya on Monday night, which I had a
<v Speaker 2>front row seat for. Seriously, I think you need to
<v Speaker 2>drop the act and stop being so innocent, because if
<v Speaker 2>you actually cared about the future, you wouldn't have punched
<v Speaker 2>me in the face last night. And I'm the only
<v Speaker 2>one who sees through you because she does too. I mean, Cora,
<v Speaker 2>could you actually believe that she does that she was
<v Speaker 2>a role model. And of course Coora jad is at
<v Speaker 2>Roxanne's side. And by the way, Coura Jade as an aside,
<v Speaker 2>showed up at the pay per view for TNA UH
<v Speaker 2>to confront the knockout Women's Champion on TNA Slamovich so
<v Speaker 2>she's probably she may get a title on table Shot
<v Speaker 2>on TNA as well as ben NA. So this, so this,
<v Speaker 2>this agreement between w W and TNA is going full
<v Speaker 2>force now on Thursday night, this coming Thursday, like tonight,
<v Speaker 2>I guess because I'm recording it. On Thursday, there's a
<v Speaker 2>match on on TNA Impact between Phraxium and the Rascals.
<v Speaker 2>So like this, they're they're starting out strong and and bye,
<v Speaker 2>by God, Joe Hendry will I more and more I
<v Speaker 2>see things. I am convinced that Joe Hendry will be
<v Speaker 2>on at the World Rumbo. He's got he's got a
<v Speaker 2>signing up quote Wreussell con on in Indianapolis just happens
<v Speaker 2>to be on the thirty first of January, the first
<v Speaker 2>of the February, so he's going to be in Indianapolis.
<v Speaker 2>Clearly we know this. On the day of the Royal Rumbo.
<v Speaker 2>I know that my friend I told you recently. My
<v Speaker 2>friend said he's going to be joining the cruise, that
<v Speaker 2>the wrestling cruise that he's on with Chris Jericho. He's
<v Speaker 2>going to be joining the cruise on February second. So
<v Speaker 2>I know I got off to a tangent, but I'm
<v Speaker 2>all about Joe Hendry and the Rumble God. I hope
<v Speaker 2>that the entire stadium, Lucas Oil Stadium is singing his
<v Speaker 2>theme song. That would just be great. So anyway, Corean
<v Speaker 2>Roxanne keeps keep talking smack and eventually Bailey and Julia
<v Speaker 2>start getting into a fight with Roxanne. Perez and Kora
<v Speaker 2>Ja to close a segment and Jada Parker comes is
<v Speaker 2>in the back and is not buying this new little
<v Speaker 2>attitude change from Colonnie. Jordan. Clonnie says that she is
<v Speaker 2>being rude, but doesn't make you That doesn't make you real.
<v Speaker 2>Jada and Colonne continue to bicker with each other until
<v Speaker 2>Karen Petrovitch steps in and says love is in the air.
<v Speaker 2>Jada shoves Colonie the side. Jada wants to know why
<v Speaker 2>Carmen is is inserting herself in her business. Maybe it's
<v Speaker 2>just because she's with a guy that's gonna give her
<v Speaker 2>gonna leave her ass in a few months quote unquote,
<v Speaker 2>that's a quote. Carmen tells Jada to keep her relationship
<v Speaker 2>out of her mouth, and Jada and Carmen proceed to
<v Speaker 2>get into a shoving contest in the locker room. So
<v Speaker 2>the second match we have is Wesley versus Dion Lennox
<v Speaker 2>and Wesley has Tyson and Tarique with him a ringside.
<v Speaker 2>This was a decent match. Dion Lennox I think is underrated.
<v Speaker 2>I think Dion Lennox I kind of like the glasses
<v Speaker 2>look that he has. Obviously he can wear the glasses
<v Speaker 2>while he's wrestling, but it kind of differentiates him from
<v Speaker 2>other guys. He's gotta, he's I think he's gotta. I
<v Speaker 2>think he's pretty good. I mean, Wesley is at some point,
<v Speaker 2>Wesley is going to be in the main roster right right,
<v Speaker 2>him and Trick right and OBA Like anyway, Wesley is amazing.
<v Speaker 2>He continued to be amazing. There was a great match
<v Speaker 2>against the a Lens. At the end of the match,
<v Speaker 2>Wesley connects with the cardiac kick to pick up the victory.
<v Speaker 2>After the match, Wesley grabs the microphone and says that
<v Speaker 2>he's going to take care of Trick Williams in Atlanta
<v Speaker 2>next week and then lead it into a brawl with
<v Speaker 2>Trick and Trick closed lines Lee over the top rope
<v Speaker 2>and accepts Wesley's challenge. So next week we're gonna have
<v Speaker 2>a match between Wes Wesley and Trick Williams, which will
<v Speaker 2>be awesome. They both are awesome. So the winner of
<v Speaker 2>the match against Wesley the Olymics was Wesley. Then you
<v Speaker 2>have a little vignyete about Lexus King, and then Sarah
<v Speaker 2>Schreiber has a backstage interview with Stephanie v the Kerr,
<v Speaker 2>the care and I never I never say her name right.
<v Speaker 2>Stephanie wants to win too. Once the North American Women's
<v Speaker 2>title fatal influences doing everything they can to get in
<v Speaker 2>their way. She's not going to stop just because Fallon
<v Speaker 2>Henley wants to play with the opportunity that she has.
<v Speaker 2>SHATSI benefited from the situation, and Stephanie says, if Shatti wins,
<v Speaker 2>then she'll meet She'll meet her as far as Fallen
<v Speaker 2>is concerned. She can run, but she can't hide from
<v Speaker 2>the devil. I mean, I'm not I'm not gonna get
<v Speaker 2>into the whole thing with Valon. Helene needs to get
<v Speaker 2>rid of that belt. She's not doing much with it.
<v Speaker 2>She needs to give it to somebody who's deserving. I
<v Speaker 2>don't think Fallon Henley's deserving the belt. During match, we
<v Speaker 2>have Lexus King versus Charlie Dempsey and Charlie has the
<v Speaker 2>no quarter catch crew in his corner and Lexus King
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have any add in his He does have a bucket,
<v Speaker 2>and we during the match we see that he does
<v Speaker 2>have the pair of brass the pair set whatever it's called,
<v Speaker 2>of brass knuckles in the bucket. He he takes him
<v Speaker 2>out a couple of times, looks at him, but then
<v Speaker 2>puts him back. He decides not to use them. I
<v Speaker 2>don't particularly care for Heritage Cup matches. I'm not gonna lie.
<v Speaker 2>I don't like the way they the way they're set up.
<v Speaker 2>I don't like like I love the belts. I don't
<v Speaker 2>really like the whole carrying the cup around thing. I
<v Speaker 2>understand why they do it. It's coming back, you know,
<v Speaker 2>comes out of n X t U K. I just
<v Speaker 2>it's not it's not my thing. Ultimately, Ultimately, Lexus King
<v Speaker 2>doesn't whinnying. I'm not gonna even get into the particulars.
<v Speaker 2>Lexus King doesn't winning to match two falls to one
<v Speaker 2>via pinfall. It was it was a good match. Alexis
<v Speaker 2>King starting to get a little going back to his little,
<v Speaker 2>his little heel tactics. I guess he because he delivered
<v Speaker 2>a low blow behind the referees back to get the
<v Speaker 2>final pin. So anyway, it's gonna be interesting to see
<v Speaker 2>how that plays out. But generally speaking, like I said,
<v Speaker 2>I don't particularly care for heritage cut matches. It's just
<v Speaker 2>my own personal opinion. Uh. Next we have Biancabella, Aaron Naomi.
<v Speaker 2>They are very much looking forward to putting on the
<v Speaker 2>WWE Women's tag titles against the Metaphor Girls next week.
<v Speaker 2>They hope that Lash into Car can bring that same
<v Speaker 2>energy to Atlanta, And yeah, next week is in Atlanta.
<v Speaker 2>I always liked the shows better when they're on the road,
<v Speaker 2>so hopefully next week will be a better show this
<v Speaker 2>week in the week before. But that that's gonna be
<v Speaker 2>a banrier match. You have. You have Bianca and Naomi
<v Speaker 2>versus Lash and Jakara, and it's going to listen. Maybe
<v Speaker 2>my maybe my hopes are too high, but with the
<v Speaker 2>four of them, how could they How could they be
<v Speaker 2>too high? Bianca and Lash are amazing, Naomi's great, Jakara
<v Speaker 2>is great. I don't I don't see them putting on
<v Speaker 2>a bad match. I really don't, So I can't wait
<v Speaker 2>to see that one. Then, Hank and Tank are not
<v Speaker 2>happy that Andrew Chase walked out of their match recently.
<v Speaker 2>Chase tells Hank and Tank that they to break up already,
<v Speaker 2>and all tag teams just end up in heartbreak. They
<v Speaker 2>should be looking out for themselves. Chase gets very depressed
<v Speaker 2>after Cale Dixon tried to try to came up to
<v Speaker 2>him and to watch to watch old Chase you highlights.
<v Speaker 2>Why they were watching Old Chase you Highlights in the
<v Speaker 2>back of the arena, I have no idea. And then
<v Speaker 2>of course under a Chase does this whole whole hum
<v Speaker 2>thing and walks away. So the fourth match we have
<v Speaker 2>is Jada Parker versus Karmen Petrovitch and Carmen has Ashante
<v Speaker 2>the Adonis in tow. I love how Jada Parker does
<v Speaker 2>that one move where she lays She lays the opponent
<v Speaker 2>on the second turnbuckle and I don't know, like sits
<v Speaker 2>on her. I think that's this is a really cool move. Anyway,
<v Speaker 2>at the end of the match, Petrovitch uh with she
<v Speaker 2>has two flying forms, smashes drops Parker with a discus lariat.
<v Speaker 2>Petrovitch hits the shing blade for a two can. It's
<v Speaker 2>called a it's the same sling blade, but she has
<v Speaker 2>a sword when she comes out, so she calls it
<v Speaker 2>the shame blade because it's supposed to be like she
<v Speaker 2>like a soid makes this sword makes this sound. I
<v Speaker 2>guess they explain this during the During the show, Parker
<v Speaker 2>avoids a roundhouse kick and hits it, hits her with
<v Speaker 2>a hits Petrovitch with a discus back elbow smashed. Parker
<v Speaker 2>then with a goardbuster and gets distracted by Klonie Jordan, Jeddah,
<v Speaker 2>Parker gets distracted by Klonie Jordan, and Patrivick then rolls
<v Speaker 2>up Parker for the victory. So Karmen Petrovitch is your winner.
<v Speaker 2>Then we have Metaphor, who are looking forward to bringing
<v Speaker 2>the action to the to Bianca and Bianca and Naomi
<v Speaker 2>next week. Jakari says that when they become the ww
<v Speaker 2>Women's Tight Team Champions, Zaria and so Ruka can get
<v Speaker 2>a shot at those titles Gigi Dolm Tatum packs. They
<v Speaker 2>are also hoping that Metaphor brings those titles back to NXT.
<v Speaker 2>Can I just ask a question, and I mean this
<v Speaker 2>is rhetorical because I'm the only one talking right now
<v Speaker 2>in this room. My question is what are they doing
<v Speaker 2>with Zaria like okay, they teamed her with the most
<v Speaker 2>polar opposite person in Soroko, who I love, by the way,
<v Speaker 2>don't get me wrong. So Ruka is awesome. I love
<v Speaker 2>so Ruka. I like Zaria a lot. I'm hoping. So
<v Speaker 2>this is my thought. If I'm wrong, tell me I'm wrong.
<v Speaker 2>If I If you think I'm wrong, tell me I'm wrong.
<v Speaker 2>If not, We'll see how it plays out. My thoughts. So,
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you remember, but the end of
<v Speaker 2>the ten women tag match that they had in the fall,
<v Speaker 2>Zaria was getting looks from from Jordan Grace. Now I
<v Speaker 2>would love to see Zaria versus Jordan Grace. That would
<v Speaker 2>be an amazing match. Hopefully, I'm hoping that they're putting Zaria
<v Speaker 2>in a holding pattern. They're putting They're putting Zaria with
<v Speaker 2>sol Ruka just to kind of buy time until until
<v Speaker 2>Jordan Grace god Willing comes over to d n XT
<v Speaker 2>full time or WW full time. I'm hoping that's the
<v Speaker 2>reason that this is happening. Otherwise, she was she was
<v Speaker 2>in a backstage segment. I don't remember who was who
<v Speaker 2>was about, but she was in a backstage segment tonight,
<v Speaker 2>just like one of the one of the girls like
<v Speaker 2>that just watches on as something goes on, but she's
<v Speaker 2>wearing the whole Czaria like outfit, like Dasaria outfit, the makeup,
<v Speaker 2>like she looks completely out of place in the locker
<v Speaker 2>room with the rest of the girls back there, like
<v Speaker 2>give her something to do or please. If this is
<v Speaker 2>a holding pattern, fine, but like hopefully Jordan Grace, if
<v Speaker 2>this is, if I'm correct, that Jordan Grace comes over
<v Speaker 2>and just and just starts, and that's gonna be a
<v Speaker 2>great few to two of them. It's gonna be amazing.
<v Speaker 2>That's my own personal opinion based on my observations from
<v Speaker 2>the past. Okay uh. Fifth match we have is the
<v Speaker 2>family with Adria Rizzo Adriana Rizzo against Brooks Jensen and
<v Speaker 2>Nico Vance and showing Spears is out there with them,
<v Speaker 2>and basically this match, before the bell rings, they all
<v Speaker 2>start beating the crap out of each other. At the
<v Speaker 2>end of the match, we've got Vance delivering, delivering the
<v Speaker 2>pounds in order into the steel ring. Steps Jensen, tags
<v Speaker 2>tags Advance. Jensen then with a spinning heel kick and
<v Speaker 2>Dvance connects with the running warry to pick up the victory.
<v Speaker 2>So our winners for this match were Brooks, Jensen and
<v Speaker 2>Nico Vance and Shawn Spears is being weird, Like, I
<v Speaker 2>don't know what Shawn Spears is doing. I'm just gonna
<v Speaker 2>be interested to see how that goes out, how that
<v Speaker 2>plays out, because he's he's messing with is he Dane,
<v Speaker 2>He's He's just he's just kind of creeping around everywhere
<v Speaker 2>and more to report, hopefully at some point then. Cyrus
<v Speaker 2>Schreiver has a backstage Jennifer interview with Phraxium. Axiom says
<v Speaker 2>that that the way that things are going as of late,
<v Speaker 2>you never know who'll be coming after the NXT tag
<v Speaker 2>team titles. Nathan Frazer says they are the best tag
<v Speaker 2>team in the world and they plan how to prove
<v Speaker 2>it this Thursday at TNA against the Rascals. Josh Bray
<v Speaker 2>and Yoshiki Emira claim that they have the next shot
<v Speaker 2>and they don't care about phrase seems Field trips to TNA.
<v Speaker 2>Fraser says that there's a difference between wanting a tag
<v Speaker 2>team title shot and earning one, and who did they
<v Speaker 2>ever beat? And breaks in an Amora got get into
<v Speaker 2>a massive backstage ball with OTM who also comes out
<v Speaker 2>because they have they lost last week? Yes, yes, please,
<v Speaker 2>so you have so the words that were spoken by Fraser,
<v Speaker 2>there's a difference between wanting a tag team title shot
<v Speaker 2>and earning one. Who did they ever beat? Who did
<v Speaker 2>you ever beat? Did you ever have a tag match?
<v Speaker 2>I don't remember seeing a tag match? Maybe I just
<v Speaker 2>maybe I forgot because they're not that interesting. But who
<v Speaker 2>did you beat for a tag team title match? How
<v Speaker 2>did you earn it? You didn't? I'm talking about Briggs
<v Speaker 2>and in Amora, like you you have? Like why, I'm
<v Speaker 2>just gonna walk home and be like so it's you know,
<v Speaker 2>Matt always says, it's funny people can just declare that
<v Speaker 2>they want a title match. They just declare that they're
<v Speaker 2>in the World Rumble, and they are, and that's it.
<v Speaker 2>He's right, That's absolutely right. Like people just declare that
<v Speaker 2>they want something and magically that's what happens. It's just weird.
<v Speaker 2>So the family later on after this wants to know
<v Speaker 2>why the Don wasn't that wasn't at ringside during their match,
<v Speaker 2>and the Don says he was distracted by is he dame?
<v Speaker 2>Who couldn't keeper mouse shut? Stax has been in the Underwar.
<v Speaker 2>He says, Stax, you've been the underbos for two years
<v Speaker 2>and you don't need the don holding your hand. So
<v Speaker 2>maybe a little dissension in the family. We'll see how
<v Speaker 2>that goes. And then Ava says that Devon Evans is
<v Speaker 2>not cleared for competition, but Cedric Alexander is, and Cedric
<v Speaker 2>says that he'll get ethan page next week for both
<v Speaker 2>of them. Atown down Under joins the conversation, and Theory
<v Speaker 2>says that Ava is doing an amazing job as general manager,
<v Speaker 2>while points out to Ava as the final boss of NXT.
<v Speaker 2>Theory likes Ava way more than the rock he said,
<v Speaker 2>way more than he said. He likes Aa way more
<v Speaker 2>than Nick Aldis. Actually, uh. Waller wanted to thank Ava
<v Speaker 2>for granting the opportunity to have the winner of tonight's
<v Speaker 2>main event on a special edition of The Grayser and
<v Speaker 2>Waller Effect next week in Atlanta. And they're a big
<v Speaker 2>deal in Atlanta and requests special security. So if you
<v Speaker 2>don't remember a town down under his a town is Atlanta,
<v Speaker 2>because Austin Theory is from Atlanta. Case you didn't know,
<v Speaker 2>now you know. So next week on and NXT, We've
<v Speaker 2>got Bailey and Julia. Then they'll collide with roux Anne
<v Speaker 2>and Cora Jade. And then also as a little aside,
<v Speaker 2>we had Diamond Dallas Page WWE Hall of Famer Diamond
<v Speaker 2>Dallas Page in the crowd waving his hand. It's always
<v Speaker 2>nice to see DDP, like it's been twenty something years
<v Speaker 2>since we seen DDP wrestling. He looks, he looks good.
<v Speaker 2>It's all that d D yoga, right. I have a
<v Speaker 2>friend who does DDP yoga. He swears by it. Then
<v Speaker 2>we have an Ethan Page promo and he says, I
<v Speaker 2>didn't want to do that to you, Dante. If you
<v Speaker 2>don't remember Dante last Dante ten last week got his
<v Speaker 2>legs smashed the stairs, but I was riding high after
<v Speaker 2>shaking hands with the Final Boss. Dante, you wanted to
<v Speaker 2>stand on some more around Now you can't even stand
<v Speaker 2>at all still hearing the echoes in my head. I
<v Speaker 2>never knew I would enjoy the sound of human bones breaking.
<v Speaker 2>You were screaming out on pain, just like Cedric g Alexander,
<v Speaker 2>just like Javon Evans. Now, Javon, you must never want
<v Speaker 2>to speak normal again. Why else would you get into
<v Speaker 2>the ring in the state that you're in. I blasted
<v Speaker 2>you in the face one time and I drew blood.
<v Speaker 2>This is your last morning. Next time he crossed paths,
<v Speaker 2>it won't just be one punch. I won't stop. Last
<v Speaker 2>match of the night, we have Oba Femi versus Eddie
<v Speaker 2>Thorpe for the NXT Championship. Again. I said this to
<v Speaker 2>them beginning. I'll say it again. Addie Thorpe did a
<v Speaker 2>lot better than I expected. I had very low expectations
<v Speaker 2>from him. In the end, my expectations were confirmed. As
<v Speaker 2>far as what was going to happen, we had. You know, listen,
<v Speaker 2>Eddie Thorpe held his own against Obami. I don't see
<v Speaker 2>anybody in n XT right now beating Oba Femi except
<v Speaker 2>maybe Trick Williams. But I think Trick Williams is ready
<v Speaker 2>for the big show, not the wrestler. And uh I
<v Speaker 2>think that like Obafemi beat the living crap out of
<v Speaker 2>Eddie Thorpe. At the end, he picked him up, he
<v Speaker 2>tossed him across the ring like he does, and he
<v Speaker 2>and he did, and then he did the pop up
<v Speaker 2>power bomb, which she called. I forgot what he calls
<v Speaker 2>what is he called the pop up power? Pop up power?
<v Speaker 2>But fall from Grace during the match, atown down under
<v Speaker 2>his up on the balcony, kind of dancing around acting
<v Speaker 2>like fools. Again. They're they're supposed to have the winner
<v Speaker 2>of this match, which is, of course, was Oba Femy.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is not a spoiler, this is a
<v Speaker 2>this is of course, everybody knows that Obafemi beat the
<v Speaker 2>crap out of Eddie Thorpe. So next week ob Emi
<v Speaker 2>is gonna be on the Grayson Waller effect in Atlanta,
<v Speaker 2>so that'll be interesting. I'd be interested to see how
<v Speaker 2>that goes. At the end of after the match, Femi
<v Speaker 2>has an intense standoff with Trick Williams and Trick Uh.
<v Speaker 2>Eddie Thorpe then comes and runs up to them and
<v Speaker 2>Trick Williams just hits him with the trick shot and
<v Speaker 2>he behind knee and as the show goes off the
<v Speaker 2>air and Eddie Thorpe it gets laid out. So I hope,
<v Speaker 2>I hope this is the last we've seen of Eddie
<v Speaker 2>Thorpe for a while. Please just move on from him.
<v Speaker 2>Everybody wants to see one on one Trick versus Obafemi.
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if they're gonna keep it going from
<v Speaker 2>keep it going until stand and delivered between the two
<v Speaker 2>of them, because we're talking three months down the line,
<v Speaker 2>but it'd be interesting to see what happens. So anyway,
<v Speaker 2>that was the show. Like I said, it was, it
<v Speaker 2>was okay, it moves stuff for long. It was. It
<v Speaker 2>was a decent match or decent matches. It wasn't. I
<v Speaker 2>don't say there was a bad match per se, it
<v Speaker 2>just wasn't. It wasn't the best matches. That's all I'll say.
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<v Speaker 2>can't wait for the World Rebel next week in the
<v Speaker 2>Land's gonna be definitely gonna be fun women's tag team
<v Speaker 2>title matches. That'll be good. I Like I said, I
<v Speaker 2>always love when do these do the do the events
<v Speaker 2>outside of the performance center because usually something decent happens,
<v Speaker 2>So that's fun. In the meantime, I can't wait to
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