WWE NXT live results: Vengeance Day fallout, Bayley appears
Bayley is headed to NXT for tonight’s Vengeance Day fallout edition of the show.
Bayley will make a special guest appearance on NXT as she hosts a “Ding Dong, Hello!” segment with Toxic Attraction’s Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne. Dolin and Jayne came up short when they challenged Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women’s Championship in a triple threat match at Vengeance Day this past Saturday.
Bron Breakker is still the NXT Champion after retaining his title against Grayson Waller in a steel cage match at Vengeance Day. After disrupting Shawn Michaels’ post-Vengeance Day press conference, Waller is currently “suspended” for one week.
Carmelo Hayes, who stared down Breakker at the end of Vengeance Day, looks to be the next challenger for Breakker’s title. Hayes defeated Apollo Crews on Saturday, winning two straight times in a best-of-three falls match.
Gallus and Fallon Henley & Kiana James are NXT’s new tag team champions coming out of Vengeance Day, while Wes Lee retained the North American title against Dijak after Dijak was distracted by Tony D’Angelo.
Lyra Valkyria vs. Valentina Feroz and Zoey Stark vs. Sol Ruca have been made official for tonight.
Our live coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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As the show begins, Bayley is seen entering the Performance Center.
Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams enter the soundstage, and they are headed to the ring for a promo. Williams starts the in-ring promo by hyping up Carmelo Hayes. Hayes then speaks, and brags about beating Apollo Crews in a match at Vengeance Day.
Hayes says he has run through almost everyone, but there is one for him left to face. Before Hayes can say who that is, he is interrupted by JD McDonagh. He says its sounds like Hayes is about to challenge for the NXT title. McDonagh mocks Hayes as McDonagh makes his way onto the ring apron.
McDonagh admits that Hayes may be the coolest in NXT, but McDonagh claims that “in the ring where it matters, you’re not fit to hold my jockstrap, pal.” McDonagh also said that Hayes is not ready to be champion, nor is Hayes ready to be the face of NXT.
Hayes bickers with McDonagh, and McDonagh threatens Hayes. That leads to Hayes suggesting they have a match tonight, and McDonagh gets in Hayes’ face to accept the challenge. The match is made official for tonight.
The new NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions, Kaina James and Fallon Henley, are walking together backstage. Henley calls out James for cheating to win the titles, and James tries to get Henley to relax about that. Henley vows they will give the former champions a rematch.
Henley again brings up the mystery caller that James was overheard talking to, and Henley says she is going to tell Brooks Jensen about it. Henley storms in a dark room looking to spill the beans. She flips on the lights. Surprise! It’s a party for Henley. The room is filled with party goers there to congratulate Henley and James on winning the tag titles.
Grayson Waller is shown crashing Shawn Michaels’ post-show media call on Saturday after Vengeance Day. Waller is ranting at Michaels when Matt Bloom comes in and pushes Waller out of the room.
Zoey Stark defeated Sol Ruca
Stark pinned Ruca to win the match. Ruca was able to save face by giving Stark a stunner while counteracting a post-match attack.
Just before the finish, Ruca springboards into a Superfly splash, but Stark gets her knees up to block it. Stark then smashes Ruca into the turnbuckles, and Ruca delivers her modified GTS finisher. Stark then covers Ruca for a three count.
Stark jumps Ruca after the bout for a post-match attack. Ruca counters Stark to leave her laying with a stunner. Starks wins the match, but Ruca is the last standing between them.
The party celebrating the new women’s tag champs is still going, and Pretty Deadly is there looking disheveled after losing at Vengeance Day. They claim to have not slept since their loss on Saturday. Andre Chase and Chase U enter the scene, and Chase is pissed off. An apparently drunk Chase is so angry he challenges Pretty Deadly to a tag match tonight.
Dabba-Kato defeated Dante Chen
Dabba-Kato pinned Chen in a short, glorified squash match. Aside from a brief surge by Chen, this was all Dabba-Kato. Chen begins a rally, and Chen knocks Kato down to his knees. Dabba-Kato soon chops down Chen, and Kato lifts Chen into a sit-out tree slam. A three count follows.
As he is leaving the ring, Dabba-Kato is asked why he attacked Apollo Crews at Vengeance Day. Dabba-Kato says Crews knows what he did after he “dropped his ass.”
McKenzie Mitchell is interviewing NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez when they are interrupted by Katana Chance and Kayden Carter. The forner tag team champions are salty over being cheated out of the tag titles. Carter and Chance heel on Perez, and they say Perez has no friends here. Perez is going to make a phone call to prove to them she has friends. This sets up a tag match for next week, and Perez’s friend in question is later revealed to be Meiko Satomura.
Isla Dawn (with Alba Fyre) defeated Tatum Paxley
Dawn pinned Paxley after a modified slop drop. This match was set up with a skit where Dawn accuses Paxley of being the unknown assailant that attacked Nikkita Lyons.
Dawn and Fyre circle a prone Paxley after the match, but Ivy Nile runs down to make a save. Dawn and Fyre scamper and flee. That seems to set up an upcoming tag match.
A mystery person arrives to the building in a Mercedes-Benz. Only the person’s dress shoes and black slacks are visible as the mysterious figure exits the vehicle.
Carmelo Hayes (with Trick Williams) defeated JD McDonagh
Hayes pinned McDonagh after the surprise return of Ilja Dragunov. The match itself was pretty good, but the psychology was odd considering neither are a protagonist. Both have been portrayed as heels. Nevertheless, McDonagh was the aggressor for much of the match, and he took most of the offense.
McDonagh works over Hayes, which builds to a comeback by Hayes. McDonagh is working over Hayes as the match goes through a split-screen commercial, and McDonagh dashes a few hope spots. Running Spanish Fly leads to a near fall for McDonagh. They would go on to trade near falls.
Hayes springboards off the middle rope to deliver a guillotine legdrop, but McDonagh kicks out at two. McDonagh kicks out again seconds later after taking a suplex into a stunner. McDonagh also gets a rope break when Hayes applies a crossface. Sit-out powerbomb by McDonagh for yet another near fall. Hayes pops up for a codebreaker, and McDonagh kicks out again.
Just before the finish, McDonagh knocks down Hayes with a headbutt. Suddenly, theme music blares as Ilja Dragunov runs down to take out Trick Williams with a leg lariat. McDonagh is distracted, which allows Hayes to cradle McDonagh for a three count.
Dragunov gets into the ring after the match, and he teases attacking Hayes. Dragunov instead attacks McDonagh, who in storyline put Dragunov out of action with an injury. Dragunov is out for revenge, and McDonaghs powders. Dragunov then chases McDonagh into the crowd.
Tiffany Stratton and Thea Hail argue in a backstage skit. Hail is then kidnapped by Ava Raine when Raine sneaks in to snatch Hail in a chokehold. Raine drags Hail away.
Lyra Valkyria defeated Valentina Feroz (with Wendy Choo)
Valkyria pinned Feroz to win the match. Elektra Lopez comes down to ringside looking to help Feroz. Lopez gives Feroz brass knux. That backfires on Feroz, and Valkyria lands an enzuigiri before Feroz can even use the knux. Valkyria follows with a roundhouse spin kick, and she covers Feroz for a pinfall.
A personality profile features NXT North American Champion Wes Lee from Saturday as he prepared to defend his title at Vengeance Day. The video package also features Lee’s wife. This is great stuff. Following the video diary is an interview with Lee. He is interrupted by Tony D’Angelo and Stacks. Lee dares D’Angelo or Stacks to answer Lee’s open challenge for a title match next Tuesday on NXT.
Kofi Kingston is recognized in a video package celebrating Black History Month.
Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo (with Tony D’Angelo) defeated Odyssey Jones
Stacks wins via pinfall in what could be considered an upset. Stacks is clearly getting a push as in his new role as an “underboss” within D’Angelo’s mafia family.
Jones manhandles Stacks at certain points, as the size difference is evident. Nonetheless, Stacks is able to cut off Jones. Jones makes a comeback, but Stacks cuts him off again with a DDT out of nowhere. Stacks follows with a wind-up punch and a knee drop. Stacks then scores a three count.
Jinder Mahal is with Indus Sher (Veer and Sanga) for a pre-taped promo. There two phase takeover of NXT is underway. Phase one is complete, and phase two is all three winning gold.
Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) defeated Chase U (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson)
Prince pinned Chase to win the match. Thea Hail runs down during the match, and she is distraught over her kidnapping earlier in the show.
Usually dressed to impress, Pretty Deadly are still looking as disheveled as they did earlier in the show. They regain some confidence during the match, and their attitudes perk up. They rally as the match goes through a split-screen commercial break.
Hot tag to Chase, and he cleans house on Pretty Deadly. Chase is a house of fire, but he is soon cut off and double teamed by Wilson and Prince. Hudson jumps back into the action to help save Chase. Hudson clotheslines Wilson out of the ring, leaving Chase alone in the ring with Prince for a Garvin Stomp.
Chase is running wild when a distraught Thea Hail runs down to ringside. She screams and yells, as Hudson tries to confront a fraught and distressed Hail. Meanwhile, Pretty Deadly make a bling tag. They execute Spilt Milk on Chase, and Prince covers Chase for a three count.
Hank Walker is backstage talking with his mentor, Drew Gulak. In walks Charlie Dempsey. There is some arguing and insults, which looks to set up a match with Walker against Dempsey.
Advertised for next Tuesday on NXT:
- NXT Champion Bron Breakker returns
- Open challenge for Wes Lee’s NXT North American Championship
- NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez teams with Meiko Satomura against Kayden Carter and Katana Chase
- Tyler Bate vs. Grayson Waller
Bayley hosts “Ding Dong, Hello!” with guests Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne
Bayley is back in NXT for a talking segment. She introduces the duo of Toxic Attraction. Dolan and Jayne enter together, but they tease dissension as they sit down for an interview by Bayley.
Bayley basically cuts to the chase and asks what happened between the two on Saturday. Jayne snarkily asks Dolan what happens, and Dolan turns the question around on her. You tell me. No, you tell me.
Jayne accuses Dolan of costing her the NXT Women’s Championship. Dolan responds by pointing out that Jayne dropped the fall, thus Dolan insists that Jayne cost Dolan the title. Jayne tells Dolan she wasn’t being a team player. They continue to bicker amongst themselves, and next come the personal insults.
Jayne says that Dolan’s gear on Saturday made her look like “a hobo who banged a Chucky doll.” Dolan again chided Jayne for dropping the fall on Saturday. Jayne was looking up at the lights. Dolan called it the “Jacy Jayne position.”
Bayley chimes in to try talking sense into Toxic Attraction. Before they split up and break up as a team, Bayley asks if they thought about what they would do as individuals. Dolan hadn’t thought about it she says, but Dolan said the sky is the limit for herself. Jayne says she is going straight to the top. Bayley seems skeptical.
Bayley reminds them it is easier to get to the top with a “ride or die” friend by their side. Dolan and Jayne then make up, and they vow to have one more run. They are like sisters to each other. Dolan and Jayne ponder making another run at the NXT women’s tag titles, but then they begin pondering challenging Damage CTRL (Io Sky & Dakota Kai) for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. Damage CTRL is of course aligned with Bayley.
Bayley tries to change the subject by focusing on the here and now. Bayley gets Toxic Attraction to hug it out, and they seemingly are united again. Then comes a Shawn and Marty moment. Just like in the Barber Shop, Jayne lifts up Dolan’s hand like they are a team again, … just before a superkick of doom. Jayne turns on Dolan, and Jayne superkicks her.
Jayne smashes Dolan into the door that is part of the set. Jayne then boots Dolan in the face, and Dolan curls up in tears. Jayne stands over a fallen Dolan as the show goes off air.