NXT Review: Trick Williams vs Mike Santana for the TNA World Title

<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the NXT Podcast, your home for weekly NXT
<v Speaker 1>reviews and insights. The beautiful part of NXT is that
<v Speaker 1>when one dream ends, another dream begins. Find all of
<v Speaker 1>your NXT news recaps and analysis right here. So with
<v Speaker 1>that being said, we only have one question for you.
<v Speaker 1>Ah we thought, so let's get the show started right now.
<v Speaker 2>Hey everybody, it's Jay with your NXT report for Jue
<v Speaker 2>the third, twenty twenty five. Before I get into the show,
<v Speaker 2>I just wanted to to share my thoughts about releases
<v Speaker 2>again this week. More more importantly, Ron Killings Our Truth.
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna miss him. I don't think he's gone forever.
<v Speaker 2>I think he's gone for now. Obviously, there's a whole
<v Speaker 2>big thing now going on with the amount of money
<v Speaker 2>that TKO and WWE are in debt. You know, if
<v Speaker 2>you're if you've heard about it, something like three billion dollars.
<v Speaker 2>They're in debt, which is why they have all these
<v Speaker 2>new sponsors and why they are cutting costs of getting
<v Speaker 2>rid of people they're not using, which they were using
<v Speaker 2>Our Truth. But he's probably he's probably making a lot
<v Speaker 2>of money. He's been on the roster for seventeen years
<v Speaker 2>or something. Like that, So it makes sense if he's
<v Speaker 2>making a lot of money. It's sad. I told my
<v Speaker 2>dad about it, you know, and he's like, he's like, really,
<v Speaker 2>that's that sucks because like I don't think I've ever
<v Speaker 2>heard of so I mean that said, I don't like
<v Speaker 2>that our truth. He doesn't really do anything for me,
<v Speaker 2>like he does something for everybody. And yeah, I listen,
<v Speaker 2>I heard this from Carrying Cross, something that he posted.
<v Speaker 2>You know, they're not the people that they released. They're
<v Speaker 2>not gone. I'm still following Elena Black, which was formerly
<v Speaker 2>known as Courage Aide on all social media platforms. I'm
<v Speaker 2>following Ron Killings. You know, just follow the people and
<v Speaker 2>give them some life, because you know they've they've put
<v Speaker 2>some enjoyment in your life with their talents, and you
<v Speaker 2>know this you can do is follow them on social
<v Speaker 2>media if you if you do social media. Yeah, so
<v Speaker 2>it just kind of sucks. We have officially lost three
<v Speaker 2>of our of our top women's wrestlers from NXT officially,
<v Speaker 2>and we gained somebody this week which I'll talk about
<v Speaker 2>in a second, but we lost officially. We lost you know,
<v Speaker 2>the last two weeks, Roxanne and Julia and now Stephanie,
<v Speaker 2>which you know I loved. I love doing these annex
<v Speaker 2>tier reviews when Stephanie was there. But now I'm not
<v Speaker 2>gonna lie. I mean, listen, but the new acquisition and
<v Speaker 2>maybe it may still be pretty cool, but you know,
<v Speaker 2>it's just not like Stephanie's my girl. She's like my
<v Speaker 2>favorite wrestler right now, and just the look and the
<v Speaker 2>way she does things in the range, it's just it's amazing.
<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna predict I thought about doing this as
<v Speaker 2>a mailbag show, but I think it's too late now
<v Speaker 2>to submit it. Maybe not, I don't know, but I'm
<v Speaker 2>gonna predict that by the end of the year Stephanie
<v Speaker 2>vicer will be the world champion. Maybe even sooner than that,
<v Speaker 2>but I'm gonna be conservative and say by the end
<v Speaker 2>of the year, I think she'll be world champion. I
<v Speaker 2>don't think she's gonna take it from EO directly, although
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't be surprised if they had a matchup world
<v Speaker 2>at Evolution and a lie, I don't. I mean, she's
<v Speaker 2>obviously qualified now for money in the bank, I don't
<v Speaker 2>think she's gonna win. She just doesn't have the personality
<v Speaker 2>for the cash in that Tiffany had that Live had
<v Speaker 2>like I think that. I think that. I think Naomi
<v Speaker 2>and Rhea they have a temper temper, temperamentality, I guess
<v Speaker 2>temper of mentality too to do the cash it. I
<v Speaker 2>just can't see Stephanie running down with a briefcase and
<v Speaker 2>throwing it into her ref's face and saying, I want
<v Speaker 2>to cash it. I don't see that from her, I don't.
<v Speaker 2>I see it from Julie a little bit. I definitely
<v Speaker 2>see it from Roxanne. I don't see that from I
<v Speaker 2>don't think Stephanie. I mean, yeah, it'd be great if
<v Speaker 2>Stephanie want I don't see that though happening, just because
<v Speaker 2>of not that she wouldn't be good enough to win
<v Speaker 2>the match, but that she would that she doesn't have
<v Speaker 2>the mentality to cash in. Just my own personal opinion. Anyway,
<v Speaker 2>let's talk about NXT. This was a really this week
<v Speaker 2>was a really good episode, so much crossover with TNA,
<v Speaker 2>and I don't think I told you guys last week.
<v Speaker 2>I finally bit the bullet. I'm actually gonna watch TNA
<v Speaker 2>the next two nights. Tomorrow night is their ple. But
<v Speaker 2>I finally bit the bullet and got TNA Plus and
<v Speaker 2>they have to say, I'm pretty sad. They also show
<v Speaker 2>they have on their on their platform, they have you know,
<v Speaker 2>old TNA from you know the twenty and twenty ten,
<v Speaker 2>So it'd be kind of nice to see some of
<v Speaker 2>that stuff from you know, when aj was there, I
<v Speaker 2>was champion, which I heard a rumor that that wouldn't
<v Speaker 2>it be wouldn't it be interesting if right before aj
<v Speaker 2>Styles retires that he gets he regains the TNA championship.
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't be cool. It was kind of kind of
<v Speaker 2>cool if it was against Trick Williams too. I'm just
<v Speaker 2>saying anyway, just some thoughts going crazy. I'm going all
<v Speaker 2>over the place. But it's just some thoughts that I've had.
<v Speaker 2>So let's talk about the the episode. It aired on
<v Speaker 2>April third, twenty five, from the WWE Performance Center in
<v Speaker 2>Winter Park, Florida. Your commentators, as always are Vic, Joseph,
<v Speaker 2>Booker T, and Corey Graves. And by the way, I
<v Speaker 2>love having Corey Graves on this on this show. Now,
<v Speaker 2>booker T drives me insane. He's annoying. I mean, I
<v Speaker 2>like him as a wrestler and I like him. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>he's okay as but he's just the things that he says,
<v Speaker 2>and he just has to get his little bookerisms in
<v Speaker 2>every every episode, whereas Corey actually, like Corey Graves, actually
<v Speaker 2>brings substance to commentary like obviously Vic Joseph and he's
<v Speaker 2>great and he does a great job and play by play.
<v Speaker 2>But but to me, Corey Graves really does really great
<v Speaker 2>in the color commentary, and I think, honestly, I think
<v Speaker 2>right now Booker t is just there to get his
<v Speaker 2>charisms in, and he's all upset now because Stephanie Vacare
<v Speaker 2>is not there and he can't watch her do the
<v Speaker 2>Devil's Kiss, which oh well, anyway, So in the beginning
<v Speaker 2>of this episode, we had oh by the way, and
<v Speaker 2>the ring anouncer, of course is Mike Rome, who now
<v Speaker 2>will forever be who will forever have that look on
<v Speaker 2>his face in my mind after Stephanie lost the title
<v Speaker 2>to J C. Jane last week. So we had a
<v Speaker 2>we had a I'm in a ring segment, a prom
<v Speaker 2>promo promo segment sort of to to to hype up
<v Speaker 2>Worlds Collide, which is which is again is on Saturday
<v Speaker 2>at three o'clock on YouTube and it's also on YouTube
<v Speaker 2>in Spanish. Let me tell you watch it. It's gonna
<v Speaker 2>I have a feeling that it's gonna be the best
<v Speaker 2>premium event, premium live event that not a lot of
<v Speaker 2>people will see. I'm hoping that, excuse me, I'm hoping
<v Speaker 2>that if you all are listening to me, that your
<v Speaker 2>fans enough of WWE to watch World's Collide at three o'clock.
<v Speaker 2>And yes, I know it's a commitment because you're also
<v Speaker 2>watching Money in the Bank and Money in the Bank
<v Speaker 2>is like probably the fifth biggest ple of the year,
<v Speaker 2>maybe even overtaking Survivor series potentially. But watch World even
<v Speaker 2>if you don't watch it, Even if you don't watch
<v Speaker 2>World's Collide at you know, while it's live, watch it
<v Speaker 2>at some point. I have a feeling that it's gonna
<v Speaker 2>be really good. I may review it. I'm not sure yet,
<v Speaker 2>depends on how my day goes on Sunday. But since
<v Speaker 2>it is kind of a half of an NXT event,
<v Speaker 2>I may give it a short reaction. I may, I'm
<v Speaker 2>not sure yet. Anyway, So even pages in the ring
<v Speaker 2>he's talking about how Ray Phoenix, Ray Phoenix has sucked
<v Speaker 2>on a plane, He's not gonna be there. If you
<v Speaker 2>don't remember there's a fatal four way match between Ray Phoenix,
<v Speaker 2>Javon Evans, Ethan Page, and the Laredo Kid or Laredo If,
<v Speaker 2>depending on what you call them, this is gonna be
<v Speaker 2>a great match. They're not like most of the match
<v Speaker 2>is going to take place above the ring. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>like three of the four I didn't even eat the
<v Speaker 2>Page to an extent, but not as much. But three
<v Speaker 2>of those four guys are like high flyer extraordinaries Javon Evans,
<v Speaker 2>Ray Phoenix and the Rado Kid. And it's it's let
<v Speaker 2>me let me tell you. There was a match later,
<v Speaker 2>and I want to say this before I forget. Laredo
<v Speaker 2>Kid got tripped up in the in the wires and
<v Speaker 2>in the in the ring ropes on a suicide dive
<v Speaker 2>and landed right flat on his face and he's got
<v Speaker 2>right back up. But I feel like it's been happening
<v Speaker 2>a lot more like I don't know if they changed
<v Speaker 2>the configuration of the ropes, I feel like it's been
<v Speaker 2>happening where people go for suicide dives and get tripped
<v Speaker 2>up and land on their faces. Is that am I
<v Speaker 2>a top of at least three or four times in
<v Speaker 2>the last few months that I can remember. Okay, so
<v Speaker 2>he says he's on Saturday, Saturday, he's got to defend
<v Speaker 2>the championship. And then apparently Ava, this is Ethan Page.
<v Speaker 2>Apparently AVA has him said for a title defense against
<v Speaker 2>some evolved kids, showing legacy. The worst part about it
<v Speaker 2>is is that Ethan Page and agree to what Ricky
<v Speaker 2>Saints did, but and and he didn't agree to this.
<v Speaker 2>He didn't agree to anything. And then the Laredo kid
<v Speaker 2>comes out and says, you talk a lot, but you
<v Speaker 2>don't have any balls. I think I think you said
<v Speaker 2>that in Spanish. Actually cuevos, right, juevos? Or is that eggs?
<v Speaker 2>I don't remember. I'm really bad at Spanish. You would
<v Speaker 2>think I didn't take it for like six years in
<v Speaker 2>high school and college. But anyway, Javon Evan says that's facts,
<v Speaker 2>and you cost me my match on SmackDown, and Ethan pageays, oh,
<v Speaker 2>I know, Yavon. You see that's what happens when you
<v Speaker 2>keep sticking your nose in my business. Javon says, you right,
<v Speaker 2>you right. Maybe instead of sticking my nose in your business,
<v Speaker 2>maybe I'll stick my foot up your ass. I'm quoting,
<v Speaker 2>but I think it's better, like take that North American
<v Speaker 2>championship off you. On Saturday, Ethan Page says, you know what,
<v Speaker 2>I don't need to deal with this right now. The
<v Speaker 2>champ is going home. Then Sean Legacy comes out and says, Ethan,
<v Speaker 2>you said, whoever walks out of World's cloud the title
<v Speaker 2>I get next. Look, it'd be an honor to challenge you,
<v Speaker 2>Laredo and Javon. I have a feeling that you and
<v Speaker 2>I are not dancing just yet. But hopefully, and I
<v Speaker 2>mean hopefully it's not you when he looks at Ethan Page.
<v Speaker 2>But if it is, I'll be ready because tomorrow night
<v Speaker 2>I have a chance to become the first ever WWE
<v Speaker 2>Men's Evolve Champion, and next Tuesday have a chance to
<v Speaker 2>become the NXT North American Champion. Finally, a valve is
<v Speaker 2>putting your titles on, which I don't know. I watched
<v Speaker 2>it a couple times. I like it. It's good. It's
<v Speaker 2>a lot of TV. There's a lot of TV that
<v Speaker 2>people weren't watching though, like Main Event, who's watching that?
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if people are watching Speed. I like
<v Speaker 2>the fact that so workers the champion, but I don't
<v Speaker 2>know who. I don't even know who's the men's champion
<v Speaker 2>right now. I think it's on Drotty or was on Drotty.
<v Speaker 2>I don't remember if it is still or not. Anyway,
<v Speaker 2>then uh, then the Swipe Right guys come out. Uh,
<v Speaker 2>Ricky Smoke says, Legacy, you're kind of killing the Vibero
<v Speaker 2>and Ethan don't worry. The Vanity Project, the hottest faction
<v Speaker 2>in Evolve is here. Brad Baylor, also from Swipe Right,
<v Speaker 2>says Hunt when it comes to show a Legacy, you
<v Speaker 2>don't have to worry. You see our boy Jackson Drake
<v Speaker 2>here is going to take care of you tomorrow night
<v Speaker 2>at Evolve. I believe me when I tell you he's
<v Speaker 2>taking the title home with him. And for the rest
<v Speaker 2>of the bums in the ring, Ethan, we got your back,
<v Speaker 2>and then Page attacks Legacy from behind, and then a
<v Speaker 2>brawl ensues and Evans, Legacy and Kid clear the ring,
<v Speaker 2>triple stage dive and hell all Hell's breaking loose and
<v Speaker 2>they closed the segment and then we see that l
<v Speaker 2>e ha, that would be VIKINGO who just won the
<v Speaker 2>triple A was it Mega Champion, Mega Champions something like that.
<v Speaker 2>He beats he beats Alberto del Rio whatever his name
<v Speaker 2>is in Triple A because they didn't want him. They
<v Speaker 2>didn't want Alberta to del Rio on w w E.
<v Speaker 2>If you know what's going on, he's he has a big,
<v Speaker 2>huge fallout with with w w E. The only reason
<v Speaker 2>why he's still in contract with Triple A is because
<v Speaker 2>here he has a contract, but he was the champion
<v Speaker 2>of Triple A and now so that he doesn't he
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have to defend the title at World's Clyde. They
<v Speaker 2>put it. They put the title on l Ejo del Vikingo.
<v Speaker 2>So he will be facing Chad Gable at not El
<v Speaker 2>Grande Americano Chad Gable at World's Collide. So the first
<v Speaker 2>match is Dark State versus Chase you This match was
<v Speaker 2>It was exactly what you would would you expect dark State.
<v Speaker 2>You know, they talked a lot a lot during commentary.
<v Speaker 2>They talked a lot about uh, what's his name, Lennox?
<v Speaker 2>What's his name? Lenox? I forgot his name? Anyway, they
<v Speaker 2>talked a lot about him, and uh, it was it
<v Speaker 2>was an okay match. This was this was the match
<v Speaker 2>that if you if you went to get a snack
<v Speaker 2>during this match. You probably didn't miss a whole heck
<v Speaker 2>of a lot. Uh. The winner was Dark State after
<v Speaker 2>the the the power bomb, the three man power bomb
<v Speaker 2>that they do. They they you know they did that
<v Speaker 2>on uh one of the guys from Chase You. I
<v Speaker 2>don't remember, so I'm saying I don't remember the names.
<v Speaker 2>I don't remember the names of Dark State either, but
<v Speaker 2>at least they have a bit of an impact on things.
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it was just an It was okay. Then
<v Speaker 2>Eve's trying to trying to calm down Javon Evans, Larta
<v Speaker 2>Kid and Show a Legacy in the backstage. She makes
<v Speaker 2>an eight man tag match for later on tonight and
<v Speaker 2>Dragon Lee steps up to the plate and will be
<v Speaker 2>their tight team partner. It will be Javon Evans, Laredo
<v Speaker 2>Kid and Dragon Lee and Uh and Shown Legacy versus
<v Speaker 2>Ethan Page and Vanity Project, which is Swipe Right and
<v Speaker 2>the other guy, which again they're really good. Don't get
<v Speaker 2>me wrong, I just don't remember their names. It's just
<v Speaker 2>too many names to remember. They keep they keep bringing
<v Speaker 2>people over from TNA, They're bringing people up from Evolved.
<v Speaker 2>I just I've at some point like your brain just
<v Speaker 2>can only handle so many things to remember. Then Sarah
<v Speaker 2>Scheimer at a backstage Jennifer with Trick Williams and how
<v Speaker 2>he plans take down Mike Santana. Trick knows that Santana's
<v Speaker 2>passionate uh Borriken from the Bronx. That's what it says.
<v Speaker 2>Tonight is the biggest match of his career. Trick knows
<v Speaker 2>that Santana is the standard of TNA, but he doesn't
<v Speaker 2>care how much he screams. The standard has changed and
<v Speaker 2>Trick Williams hasn't charge it right now. TNA has been
<v Speaker 2>looking for the for the one to take the company
<v Speaker 2>to do heights to make the TNA World Championship legitimate.
<v Speaker 2>It's not average Joe. It's Trick Williams and he knows
<v Speaker 2>what's best for TNA. It's Trick to NA. Let's talk
<v Speaker 2>about it. Then we see Tyram may Steele, who was
<v Speaker 2>the female winner for the Women's Winner from LFG, talking
<v Speaker 2>to Carly Brighten in the women's locker room. Winning the
<v Speaker 2>first season of LFG was incredible, disappointing. The Undertaker is
<v Speaker 2>just as scary as being in the Olympics. Ariana Grace,
<v Speaker 2>who just had a match. I think the first time ever.
<v Speaker 2>I don't know IF's the first time for ever, the
<v Speaker 2>first time on TNA last week she had a match
<v Speaker 2>with Santino Marella, who is her father in real life,
<v Speaker 2>so it was like a father daughter match, which was
<v Speaker 2>which is pretty interesting. Seymour Face though, like Arianna Seymour
<v Speaker 2>Face in TNA and now she's back at xteen. She's
<v Speaker 2>doing the Healish thing, the Healish beauty queen thing that
<v Speaker 2>she does. Arianna says that she she hates gossip. She
<v Speaker 2>hears at the Olympic gold medal that Tyra carries is
<v Speaker 2>not even one hundred percent gold, and she knows she
<v Speaker 2>wants to fit in the locker room. So here's some
<v Speaker 2>advice from Ariana Grace. Don't talk about yourself too much.
<v Speaker 2>Nobody likes a braggert, especially a tacky one. And Tyra
<v Speaker 2>says that she's found her first opponent on NXT as
<v Speaker 2>Ariana walks away. Second match, Okay, the second match is
<v Speaker 2>Milesbourne Batavian heights in his corner versus Charlie Dempsey with
<v Speaker 2>Ren Sinclair and Charlie's corner. And I have to say
<v Speaker 2>during as this match went on, and it was clear
<v Speaker 2>that Ren Sinclair's heart was not with Charlie Dempsey and
<v Speaker 2>this isn't this is in the style of the Heritage
<v Speaker 2>Cup rounds match uh, same same rules as Heritage Cup,
<v Speaker 2>except the Heritage Cup isn't obviously up for grabs. I
<v Speaker 2>do think you as on the side. I think it's
<v Speaker 2>weird that the day after WrestleMania, or the day after
<v Speaker 2>the Tuesday after WrestleMania, No m Dar came won the
<v Speaker 2>Heritage Cup and we basically haven't seen him since except
<v Speaker 2>to break up with to break up with metaphor. I
<v Speaker 2>don't really understand what's going on with the Heritage Cup,
<v Speaker 2>but I never really cared for anyway, so it's fine.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I like No MDR. I just don't particularly
<v Speaker 2>care for the Heritage Cup. This is a great match.
<v Speaker 2>I really like this match. I like they they really
<v Speaker 2>told the story like you ever you ever hear people
<v Speaker 2>say do you ever hear people say that? You know?
<v Speaker 3>They?
<v Speaker 2>It's it's one to tell a story like in a promo,
<v Speaker 2>but it's another thing to be able to tell a
<v Speaker 2>story in the ring wrestling. These two really told a story.
<v Speaker 2>And the idea is that if Milesbourne won that he
<v Speaker 2>could leave No Quarter Catch Crew, which the way they
<v Speaker 2>kind of ended things, it didn't even seem like he
<v Speaker 2>wanted to. It seems like, I don't know, he was
<v Speaker 2>really friendly with Ren and Tavian Heights, So I don't
<v Speaker 2>really understand, like, why can't he go on his own
<v Speaker 2>without it was still being a part of No Quarter
<v Speaker 2>Catch Crew. I don't really understand that anyway. The idea
<v Speaker 2>is for this match that you have to win the
<v Speaker 2>two falls in six rounds, and if you win the
<v Speaker 2>two falls within six rounds, then you then you win
<v Speaker 2>the match. So the first round pinfall went to to
<v Speaker 2>Miles Bourne. Then we went to commercial and we spent
<v Speaker 2>the entire commercial basically with the second round. There was
<v Speaker 2>no winner in the second round, but then the third
<v Speaker 2>round Charlie Dempsey does the regal plex to pin Miles Bourne.
<v Speaker 2>So now we're one on one and then we'll go
<v Speaker 2>into the fourth round and at the end of the
<v Speaker 2>fourth round, basically Milesbourne drop kicks that crap out of
<v Speaker 2>Charlie Dempsey and gets to win. At the end of
<v Speaker 2>the match, Miles went to shake Charlie Dempsey's hand and
<v Speaker 2>he refused. There was a point where there was a
<v Speaker 2>cheap shot given by Charlie Dempsey in between one of
<v Speaker 2>the one of the sets of rounds, and Rens and
<v Speaker 2>Claire was like, well number one Tavian Heights was pissed,
<v Speaker 2>but ren Saint Clair was visibly pissed about that, and
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be really interesting to see how that moves forward. Actually, So,
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm in for this, I'm in for this.
<v Speaker 2>But apparently Miles Bourne won, so he can know he
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have to be any a part of No Quarter
<v Speaker 2>Touchscrow anymore. Okay, cool, I mean, Miles Bourne give a
<v Speaker 2>hell of a match, albeit very predictive, will a hell
<v Speaker 2>of a match against Obafemi, so I think he can
<v Speaker 2>do things on his own for sure. Okay, Then is
<v Speaker 2>he Dame attacks Brooks Jensen with a steel chair out
<v Speaker 2>of nowhere and basically says to Sean Spears and Nico Vance,
<v Speaker 2>that's uh, he never that that Brooks Jensen never fully
<v Speaker 2>bought into the culling after, after Sean Spears says it's
<v Speaker 2>basically is he, Dame, what are you doing? And she's like, oh,
<v Speaker 2>he never fully brought in and they're like okay and
<v Speaker 2>they walk away. It was short and weird. The third
<v Speaker 2>match we had was Tyra May Steele versus Ariana Grace.
<v Speaker 2>Good match, Arianna. You know she sometimes you forget how
<v Speaker 2>good she is actually in the ring because she plays
<v Speaker 2>this ditty airhead like beauty queen person. But she's actually
<v Speaker 2>pretty good in the ring too. You know, she's not
<v Speaker 2>like the top women's talents in NXT, but she's pretty good.
<v Speaker 2>And this was a good match, and of course this
<v Speaker 2>was the showcase Steele and she and she didn't end
<v Speaker 2>up winning the match with a bridging German suplex to
<v Speaker 2>pick up the victory. There was a lot of pinfalls
<v Speaker 2>tonight without like major finishing moves to get for what
<v Speaker 2>it's worth. I don't even know. Then we had Sarah
<v Speaker 2>Schreiber backstage with an interview with Mike Santana. For those
<v Speaker 2>of you that know Mike Santana, he's from TNA. He
<v Speaker 2>wants to bring the TNA Championship back fully the TNA
<v Speaker 2>because right now it's being held by an NXT wrestler
<v Speaker 2>and Trick Williams. And if you watch, I watched TNA
<v Speaker 2>last week and they are not none of them are
<v Speaker 2>happy over there. Well, apparently I guess I was wrong.
<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what I'll tell you what I mean
<v Speaker 2>at the end of this, at the end of the night.
<v Speaker 2>But a lot of people in TNA aren't happy with
<v Speaker 2>tricking the champion and not being from TNA. So so
<v Speaker 2>he's about to be the main the main event in
<v Speaker 2>n XT, fighting for the TNA world title. It's crazy
<v Speaker 2>times we're living in and Santana says, here reflect when
<v Speaker 2>he has a TEENA world title on his shoulder, it's
<v Speaker 2>time to get busy. Santana looked into Trick Williams eyes
<v Speaker 2>last week and he didn't see a fighting champion. He
<v Speaker 2>saw a pretender. He saw someone who's fighting for nobody
<v Speaker 2>but himself. Tonight, Santana is fighting for every single person
<v Speaker 2>who stepped foot in TNA. He's fighting for the legacy
<v Speaker 2>of the TNA of TNA. More importantly, Santana is fighting
<v Speaker 2>for his daughter. He doesn't break his promises spoiler alert,
<v Speaker 2>he broke his promise. Uh, so she's going to win
<v Speaker 2>this history tonight. Santana knows that how to get Trick,
<v Speaker 2>how to get Trick, how great Trick Williams is, but
<v Speaker 2>has he only has to be three seconds better. So
<v Speaker 2>I thought it was pretty cool. Actually, then we have
<v Speaker 2>this was to me. Besides the title match, which was
<v Speaker 2>really good, this was the spot of the night and
<v Speaker 2>it got really clunky with a major climax. So, like,
<v Speaker 2>so what happens is jac Jane comes out, She talks
<v Speaker 2>smack about everybody in the women's division and how how
<v Speaker 2>she is going to be one of the greatest women's
<v Speaker 2>women's champions ever and nobody has faith in her, and YadA, YadA, YadA.
<v Speaker 2>So then Lanye Reid comes out. She says, Hi, hi,
<v Speaker 2>sweet cheeks, I'm Lane Reid. It's so nice to meet you.
<v Speaker 2>Apparently she's one of the evolved wrestlers. Last week, you
<v Speaker 2>proved to everybody that anything is possible by beating Stephanie Vaquier.
<v Speaker 2>Uh and with with this division being so sacked, I
<v Speaker 2>was gonna wait my turn, but then I realized you
<v Speaker 2>are the most beatable champion of all time. True that that.
<v Speaker 2>Then Lolovice comes out. Now mind you, this is happening,
<v Speaker 2>so like, first, so there's about a bunch of people
<v Speaker 2>are gonna come out one after another. I'm gonna talk
<v Speaker 2>about a second, but they all started talking over before
<v Speaker 2>the last one was finished. So that's why I'm saying
<v Speaker 2>it got really really clunky. I don't know if they
<v Speaker 2>were doing that on purpose, if they were short for time,
<v Speaker 2>if they were trying to make a point, but obviously
<v Speaker 2>then it hit the climax of the of the segment,
<v Speaker 2>which I again I'll talk about in a second. It
<v Speaker 2>was just weird. The way they did it was weird.
<v Speaker 2>So Lola Ice says, let me bee the first SEC. Congratulations,
<v Speaker 2>but that ANXT Women's Championship is not about you or
<v Speaker 2>fatal influence, and it's about me. About time I bring
<v Speaker 2>that title home to Vice City, Baby, And then Jordan
<v Speaker 2>Grace comes out. You know, when I came to NXT
<v Speaker 2>to be a part of the best women's division in
<v Speaker 2>the world, I had a plan, but after seeing everything
<v Speaker 2>that's happened over the past week, it's apparent that anything
<v Speaker 2>can happen. I thought I knew something about wrestling, But
<v Speaker 2>in a world where Trick Williams is the NXT A
<v Speaker 2>t and a world champion, and JC Jane can beat
<v Speaker 2>Stephanie Vacare and then Jada Parker comes out, Jordan, no deal, Baby,
<v Speaker 2>you had your chance. That's right, you had your chances.
<v Speaker 2>Thank you and everybody, And so everybody's saying miss Parker,
<v Speaker 2>Miss Parker, and so she's thanking everybody. That's what thank
<v Speaker 2>you is for. Everybody knows that I am the baddest
<v Speaker 2>bee in this place, uh, and that NXT Women's title
<v Speaker 2>needs to be around this little waste of mine. And
<v Speaker 2>then Colonnie Jordan comes out and says, you know who's
<v Speaker 2>beating j C. Jane, Colonie Jordan, and you know who's
<v Speaker 2>never had a shot the NXT championship. Again, Colannie does
<v Speaker 2>have a point. And then Last Legend comes out and
<v Speaker 2>they're all jumping on top of each other. Like when
<v Speaker 2>I say that they're all, they're all, they're all starting
<v Speaker 2>before the last person is finished. So like I'm saying
<v Speaker 2>it separate, but I'm telling you that they were all
<v Speaker 2>just mashing on each other. She wrote. So Last Legend says, skirt,
<v Speaker 2>nobody cares, nobody wants you to hear you speak, So
<v Speaker 2>zip it, thank you. This is a huge Colonie Jordan. Now,
<v Speaker 2>as far as I'm concerned, I see a whole bunch
<v Speaker 2>of women who are ready to already have their turn.
<v Speaker 2>So if anybody is going to take that title off
<v Speaker 2>with jay Z, it's Last Last Legend. And then Fia Hale,
<v Speaker 2>doesn't say anything out of nowhere. She just comes out
<v Speaker 2>and just starts beating the crap out a lash Flash
<v Speaker 2>Legend or Jada Parker, sorry, out of Jada Parker because
<v Speaker 2>they're having a thing right now right So she doesn't
<v Speaker 2>even talk about the title. She just starts beating the
<v Speaker 2>crap out of Jada Parker and then all of a sudden,
<v Speaker 2>the lights go out. Now I have been hearing for
<v Speaker 2>a few weeks now that this person is supposed to
<v Speaker 2>be coming to WWE. We weren't sure if it was NXT.
<v Speaker 2>We weren't sure if it was the main roster. But
<v Speaker 2>who shows up in the balcony above the ring but
<v Speaker 2>Mariah May. Now, if you don't know who Mariah May is,
<v Speaker 2>you need to do something for me. Number one. I
<v Speaker 2>think that most people who watch NXT probably have an
<v Speaker 2>idea who Mariah May is. She was I actually I
<v Speaker 2>actually saw her as the aw Women's Champion in Albany
<v Speaker 2>earlier this year. I think her last year. I was
<v Speaker 2>like November. She's amazing, she is fabulous, glamorous. She's glamorous.
<v Speaker 2>She calls herself glamorous. We don't know her name yet.
<v Speaker 2>She's like just like Ricky Saints when he came in
<v Speaker 2>and Ricky Starks at the time, we didn't know. We
<v Speaker 2>didn't know if she was going to if he was
<v Speaker 2>gonna be Ricky Starks, if he was gonna be something different.
<v Speaker 2>We didn't know. So Mariah May comes out again, we
<v Speaker 2>don't know if that's gonna be her name. Probably not,
<v Speaker 2>It'll probably be something different. But she says, I have
<v Speaker 2>finally arrived. No, I'm sorry before I forget sorry, I mean,
<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say this and I and I and
<v Speaker 2>I got distracted. If you don't know who Mariah May is,
<v Speaker 2>or even if you do, you're gonna go on YouTube.
<v Speaker 2>Listen to me, Listen to me. You're gonna go on
<v Speaker 2>YouTube and you're gonna you're going to search Mariah May
<v Speaker 2>versus Tony Storm. That match that they did earlier this year,
<v Speaker 2>and I forgot the name of the event because I
<v Speaker 2>don't watch ae W, but I watched this match. The
<v Speaker 2>match they had earlier this year was fing phenomenal and
<v Speaker 2>you've got to watch it. Watch the match and you'll
<v Speaker 2>get a really good idea of what Mariah May is
<v Speaker 2>all about. Now. Tony Storm is absolutely my favorite wrestler
<v Speaker 2>outside of WWE. Okay, well, not including TNA and Tony Storm.
<v Speaker 2>Her character work is phenomenal. However, it took to to
<v Speaker 2>tango in that match, and Mariah May and Tony Storm
<v Speaker 2>watch the match. Go on YouTube and search this match.
<v Speaker 2>Please watch it. You gotta get the point anyway, So
<v Speaker 2>she comes out and says, I have finally arrived, and ladies, ladies,
<v Speaker 2>you can call me the next NXT Women's Champion because
<v Speaker 2>the best women's division in the world just got more glamorous.
<v Speaker 2>That's all she said. But it was it was slower
<v Speaker 2>than that. She did a really good job. She looked amazing,
<v Speaker 2>and it makes sense to me now. So I'm guessing
<v Speaker 2>they started working on this last week, and it makes
<v Speaker 2>sense to me now. While they would immediately take the
<v Speaker 2>title off of Stephanie and booster up to the main
<v Speaker 2>roster so they can make room for Mariah May, because
<v Speaker 2>nobody else is ready except Jordan Grace. There's nobody else
<v Speaker 2>on that roster that's ready to go up to the mean,
<v Speaker 2>nobody else an NXT it's ready to go up to
<v Speaker 2>the main roster. Stephanie was the only one. She was
<v Speaker 2>a champion. They had to get the title of her.
<v Speaker 2>They gave it to j C. Jane just so that
<v Speaker 2>just so that Mariah May could come in and start.
<v Speaker 2>And then who knows how they may give Mariah May
<v Speaker 2>the same treatment as Julian and Stephanie where they were
<v Speaker 2>only there for a few months and then eventually came up.
<v Speaker 2>Most likely that's what they're going to do. She could,
<v Speaker 2>she could walk into the main roster. She wanted to.
<v Speaker 2>I like how they're doing it. They're they're putting her
<v Speaker 2>in NXT first. It's it's it's it's good. It's gonna
<v Speaker 2>be good for her. It's gonna be good for NXT.
<v Speaker 2>Give them a bit of a boost. Everybody in the
<v Speaker 2>crowd knew, she knew who she was. They were all
<v Speaker 2>shouting Mariah, Mariah. I mean this again, that's probably not
<v Speaker 2>gonna be her name. I don't know what it's gonna be.
<v Speaker 2>But I'm really looking forward to seeing what's gonna happen.
<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna look forward to see if she's gonna
<v Speaker 2>be in Evolution or not doubting it, but who knows.
<v Speaker 2>Then we have STEVIEE. Turner in the in the trying
<v Speaker 2>to hype up the Evolve Women's division. Yeah, okay. Uh
<v Speaker 2>then Octagon Junior, Mister Iguana and Aerostar in the audience
<v Speaker 2>and uh uh Jack Jacking Wilde is now no longer
<v Speaker 2>able to compete at Joaking wild I went to jockey
<v Speaker 2>juking while I was no longer able to compete. A
<v Speaker 2>world to collide. So Lynce Dorado is going to be
<v Speaker 2>taking his spot in in the for the l w
<v Speaker 2>O Trios match. Yeah he got Joaking got injured last
<v Speaker 2>night on raw. Uh well in in the match prior.
<v Speaker 2>I think it was during during speed taping actually, So
<v Speaker 2>then we have the fourth match in the night, which
<v Speaker 2>is Javon Laredo tend Dragonly and Seawan Legacy versus Ethan
<v Speaker 2>Page and the Vanity Project. This was, This was a
<v Speaker 2>great match. This match was so good. Now, if you know,
<v Speaker 2>if you're if you haven't seen n XT episode and
<v Speaker 2>you want to see one single match, one match, watch
<v Speaker 2>this match. It was like with all the high flying
<v Speaker 2>Ethan Page being Ethan Paige being just a sorry son
<v Speaker 2>of a gun and this was it was such a
<v Speaker 2>good match. Please watch this. I mean there was high
<v Speaker 2>flying everywhere. In the end. Uh in the end, Dragonly
<v Speaker 2>Dragonly was actually he wasn't even supposed to be in
<v Speaker 2>this match, like it was Ray Phoenix that it was.
<v Speaker 2>But dragon Ly was a big part of this match.
<v Speaker 2>Dragon he got in his dragon Ly moves. I'm really
<v Speaker 2>looking forward to the Fatal four way, the Fatal four
<v Speaker 2>way match for the NXT North American Championship. I have
<v Speaker 2>no indication that Ethan Page will not win that match
<v Speaker 2>as far as I'm concerned, Ethan Page, listen what I'd
<v Speaker 2>love to see Jovon Evans get the North American Championship.
<v Speaker 2>App however, I think he can. Page is bound for
<v Speaker 2>this match, which is fine anyway. The winner of the
<v Speaker 2>match was Javon Evans is the Raido kid, Dragonly and
<v Speaker 2>Sean and Sean, like you say, looks great too, Like
<v Speaker 2>it's only a matter of time before he's an NXT
<v Speaker 2>more full time. Then we have that next week on NXT. Oh,
<v Speaker 2>but Family is gonna put his championship up against Jasper Troy.
<v Speaker 2>Two big dudes beating it like meat, big meaty dudes
<v Speaker 2>beating a crap out of each other. Excuse me, excuse
<v Speaker 2>me sorry. Then we have so Ruk and Zaria running
<v Speaker 2>against the Tatum packs in the backstage area. Tatum says
<v Speaker 2>that she still feels alone again, kind of like milking
<v Speaker 2>this whole Gigian Shatzi thing leaving h Soul tells Tatum
<v Speaker 2>that they're here if they're here for her, and is
<v Speaker 2>he Dame questions that Zaria says that is he doesn't
<v Speaker 2>have any friends, so that she has no leg to
<v Speaker 2>stand on in the situation. Is he purges people who
<v Speaker 2>do her wrong? And I don't think it's yeah, okay,
<v Speaker 2>it was, yeah, it was short. Then we got Luca
<v Speaker 2>Chris Apino understanding Tony Dangel doesn't trust him. Luca got
<v Speaker 2>them a match with high Rise, which is the tag
<v Speaker 2>team of that goes around with Wes Lee. He's gonna
<v Speaker 2>prove his loyalty to the Dawn. Tony says that Lucas
<v Speaker 2>doing stuff for the family without without his consent, and
<v Speaker 2>Lucas says, we all do respect. They're not There's not
<v Speaker 2>really a family anymore, true story, Luca, true story is
<v Speaker 2>not really a family. Where is a is Rizzo? Where
<v Speaker 2>is she? Please bring her back? She's awesome anyway. Last
<v Speaker 2>match Trick Williams against Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship.
<v Speaker 2>Another great match. Mike Santana is great. He's really good again.
<v Speaker 2>He's showcasing him. Joe Hendry all these other people are
<v Speaker 2>really making me want to watch TNA more. I want
<v Speaker 2>to even Like, even though Mike Santana didn't win the
<v Speaker 2>match again and this is already spoiled it, so I'm
<v Speaker 2>gonna spoil it again. Even though Mike Santana didn't win
<v Speaker 2>this match, I want to see him more. Like, he's
<v Speaker 2>really good. The partnership, the bringing talent over back and forth,
<v Speaker 2>it's doing what it intended to do. It's making me
<v Speaker 2>want to see these these people, these wrestlers more. So. Yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna start watching TNA for evenually. I can't have
<v Speaker 2>four ten dollars a month for TNA and I'll stop
<v Speaker 2>watching it. But right now I'm in. I'm in. You
<v Speaker 2>sold me. This is a great match. Trick Williams ends
<v Speaker 2>up winning the match with some interference, so we've got okay.
<v Speaker 2>So the end of the match, so Elijah's sitting ringside
<v Speaker 2>because at on Friday, what's it called, there's a there's
<v Speaker 2>a p l e for TNA on Friday Friday night,
<v Speaker 2>and Elijah was supposed to take down the winner of
<v Speaker 2>Trick and Mike Santana, so he's at ringside. Towards the
<v Speaker 2>end of the match, Trick Williams is jarring with Elijah
<v Speaker 2>formerly Elias if you don't know, and grabs grabs his
<v Speaker 2>guitar and just destroys it against the ring steps. So
<v Speaker 2>Elijah comes out and distracts the referee. And then on
<v Speaker 2>the other side of the ring we have we have
<v Speaker 2>what are they called First Class from TNA. Now if
<v Speaker 2>you don't know who first Class is, we got Casey
<v Speaker 2>Navarro who you may or may not have heard of.
<v Speaker 2>But we also have a J. Francis a k A
<v Speaker 2>f K A I guess Dala, which, by the way,
<v Speaker 2>his eighteen partner is an n XT right now Chanti
<v Speaker 2>Diadonnas from from hit Row. And so AJ Francis and
<v Speaker 2>in Casey Navarro come out, they beat the crap out
<v Speaker 2>of Mike Santana, throwing back in the ring and then
<v Speaker 2>the the end ends and Trick Williams gets to win
<v Speaker 2>and retains the title. And now, so Trick is going
<v Speaker 2>to be taking on Elijah on Friday Night with TNA,
<v Speaker 2>the first time Trick Williams will be on the TNA
<v Speaker 2>show as champions. That's interesting. But it's interesting to see
<v Speaker 2>a J. Francis and Elijah, to be honest, because both
<v Speaker 2>of these dudes, and in the last year and a
<v Speaker 2>half or so, we're both maybe two years, we're both
<v Speaker 2>released from WWE. Now they're back, but they're not back
<v Speaker 2>as WWE people. They're back as TNA people, but with
<v Speaker 2>their TNA names. And if I wasn't confused already, I
<v Speaker 2>would be more confused. But it is what it is.
<v Speaker 2>This is a great so so after saying that all
<v Speaker 2>these TNA people are upset because Trick Williams is the
<v Speaker 2>TNA champion and he's not a TNA person apparently apparently
<v Speaker 2>it's like, what are they called again? I forgot what
<v Speaker 2>the first class? Apparently first Class is okay with this
<v Speaker 2>and they're on Chrick William's side. So fascinating. Maybe a
<v Speaker 2>cross cross promotional faction going on. Anyway, it was a
<v Speaker 2>great It was a great episode. It's a great really
<v Speaker 2>enjoyed the really enjoyed this episode. And World's Collide is
<v Speaker 2>going to be on at three o'clock and on on
<v Speaker 2>YouTube on Saturday. And like I said, I may what
<v Speaker 2>I may end up doing is I may end up
<v Speaker 2>doing a quick a quick instant reaction between between the two.
<v Speaker 2>That's what I did for standing deliver. If anybody remember that,
<v Speaker 2>let me know what you think. Put in the comments. J.
<v Speaker 2>J from the HV on X Twitter, what's called X
<v Speaker 2>and Twitter? J from the X, J J Y from
<v Speaker 2>the h V which is Hudson Valley. That's where I live.
<v Speaker 2>So J from the HV. J from the HV on
<v Speaker 2>Twitter and let me know what you think and the meantime,
<v Speaker 2>I will talk to you very soon. Bye.
<v Speaker 3>Thanks for listening to the WWE podcast. Don't forget to
<v Speaker 3>subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss
<v Speaker 3>a show, or head to WWE podcast dot com and
<v Speaker 3>for all of these shows add free head over to
<v Speaker 3>Patreon dot com slash WWE podcast. Until then, we'll see
<v Speaker 3>you next time.