WWE NXT Review – December 5, 2023
Kicking off this week’s NXT with a video of Roxanne Perez & Kiana James getting into a physical altercation yesterday at the Performance Center is shown.
Fatal 4 Way Women’s Iron Survivor Qualifying Match
Fallon Henley vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Thea Hail vs. Kiana James
Roxanne Perez & Kiana James waste no time going after each other as Thea Hail & Fallon Henley pull them apart to go after them themselves before hitting James with a double shoulder tackle.
Hail sends Perez & Henley crashing into the mat and the 3 women take turns pinning one another before Hail sends Perez crashing into the corner and charges at her but Perez catches her with a boot and ascends to the top rope.
James knocks her off then gets caught with a strike from Hail then Hail sends Henley crashing out of the ring and looks to fly but James clocks her.
Hail delivers a drop toe hold to James before James begins brawling with Perez on the outside.
Hail levels Perez with a tope suicida and James hits Perez across the spine with her handbag then sends her crashing into the barricade as we go to a break.
After the break Henley & Hail are teetering on the top rope before James pulls them both down but Perez delivers a dropkick and a running uppercut to her in the corner before firing off right hands.
She does the same to Henley then delivers a boot to her midsection and looks for Pop Rox but James prevents her from landing it and they end up on the outside near the announce desk.
Perez sends James crashing into the barricade and they end up teetering on top of it before James & Perez crash through it.
Back in the ring Hail looks to pin Henley but Henley kicks out and connects with a Shining Wizard to get the win.
Winner & Gets Into The Women’s Iron Survivor Match: Fallon Henley
Backstage Kelly Kincaid is with Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria & Valkyria said that she looked forward to the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge but Lola Vice confronted her by telling her not to get ahead of herself. Tatum Paxley interrupted and challenges Vice to a match.
Wes Lee says Deadline is only 4 days away and he was imagining the feeling of what it would be like to beat down Dominik Mysterio and take the North American Title away from him. He says unfortunately it won’t be happening that way and thanks fans for their support. He says that won’t bring back the feeling to his legs or take away the excruciating pain that he’s in. He says it’ll take surgery and time, and says while he’s unsure when he’ll be back. He says it’s not goodbye it’s see you later because he’s far from being done.
North American Champion Dominik Mysterio’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring mocking Lee for going home. He says he doesn’t doubt that Lee needs back surgery then complains about his back hurting from carrying WWE for the past 2 years. He tells Lee to watch what he does from the North American Title but now that Lee won’t be at Deadline he has the night off. Lee informs Mysterio that he will still be defending his North American Title at Deadline as Rey Mysterio then appears on the Titan Tron to tell Dominik that he will be defending his North American Title against Dragon Lee and he will be in his corner to support him.
Dragon Lee’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. He levels Mysterio and looks to powerbomb him but Mysterio slides out of the ring before he can.
We then head backstage to the medical area where Kiana James & Roxanne Perez find themselves in yet another verbal exchange that almost turns physical. Officials prevent them from attacking one another and Ava walks in to tell them that she’ll make sure to get them a match against each other at Deadline.
There was a video package for all the participants of the Breakout Tournament.
Lola Vice vs. Tatum Paxley
Match starts off with a lock up before they take turns locking one another in submission holds before Tatum Paxley delivers a crossbody to Lola Vice in the corner and follows it up with a powerbomb.
She delivers a boot to her midsection but Vice manages to cinch in an Ankle Lock on her.
Paxley makes her way to the bottom rope to break the hold and Vice delivers a kick to her in the corner then follows it up with a hip attack follow by a roundhouse kick for the win.
Winner: Lola Vice
There was a video segment from last week showing Axiom & Nathan Frazer talking backstage where Axiom gifted him a mask as a joke after Frazer’s match against Ilja Dragunov before they agreed to a match,
Baron Corbin was interviewed in the NXT Parking Lot where he said that it would be sweet when he wins the NXT Title on Saturday.
There was a video of Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams talking backstage before they headed out of the room.
Joe Gacy sits amongst the NXT Universe and tells Vic Joseph that he & the rest of the fans love him.
6 Person Tag Team Match
Meta 4 (Heritage Cup Champion Noam Dar, Oro Mensah & Lash Legend) vs. Alpha Academy (Chad Gable, Otis & Maxxine Dupri)
Noam Dar & Chad Gable lock up to get this match started before Gable sends Dar crashing into the mat then locks in an Ankle Lock but Dar quickly makes his way over to the ropes to break the hold then Oro Mensah tags in and Gable fires off chops on him.
He follows it up with a pair or arm drags and cinches in an Ankle Lock but Lash Legend tags in to force the hold to be broken. Maxxine Dupri enters the ring and connects with a boot on Legend then looks for a hurricanrana but Legend catches her before Dar & Otis tag in.
Otis lands a shoulder tackle on Dar but Mensah tags in as Dar & Mensah fire off right hands on Otis’ spine but Otis levels them both with a suplex.
Gable then tags in and delivers a double clothesline off the middle rope then everyone begins brawling on the outside as we go to a break.
After the break Dar delivers a knee to Gable’s midsection before Gable responds with a suplex to Dar then tags in Otis as Mensah tags in and Otis connects with a shoulder tackle then delivers a bodyslam and a back elbow.
Dar tries to interfere but Otis plants him with a powerbomb. Mensah connects with a knee and looks for a springboard moonsault but Otis catches him and hits a slam then follows it up with The Caterpillar but Mensah tags in Legend.
Legend delivers a bodyslam to Otis but is unaware that Durpri has ascended to the top rope & hits an hurricanrana and a suplex then goes for a pin.
Mensah pulls Dupri off Legend but Dupri fires off right hands on him and Gable clotheslines him out of the ring. Dupri looks to hit Legend with a boot from the apron but Otis catches her.
Dupri climbs on top of Gable’s shoulders and levels everyone on the outside then back in the ring Dar looks for Nova Roller on Gable but Gable catches him in an Ankle Lock and Dar taps out.
Winners By Submission: Alpha Academy
Hank Walker & Tank Ledger were at Gallus’s bar before they were confronted by Gallus before Ledger & Walker challenges Mark Coffey & Wolfgang to a match next week which they accepted.
Bryon Saxton introduces Tiffany Stratton, Lash Legend, Blair Davenport, Kelani Jordan & Fallon Henley then says that each woman has the chance to take the floor and explain why they should win the match. He informs the women that if someone brings up their name they are allowed to quickly respond. Stratton kicks things off and says she’s the favorite to win as the most talented and athletic star in the match. She brags about Charlotte Flair giving her a shout out and says she’s the only person in the ring who has previously held the Women’s Title. She says she sees 4 participant trophies and 1 winner.
Jordan is next to speak and says that while she may be the competitor in the match with the least experience. She says while she doesn’t know what to expect none of her opponents know either given that they haven’t been in the match before either. She says gymnastics has afforded her endurance and says she can compete for 25 minutes. Lash Legend is the next one up and tells Jordan no one wants to hear her speak. She says if Stratton wants to talk about how athletic she is, she was indeed athletic when Becky Lynch dethroned her as Women’s Champion. She says she knows a thing or two about scoring multiple pinfalls from watching Noam Dar defend his Heritage Cup then says she’ll be putting everyone in the penalty box. Jordan questions what happens when she sends Legend to the penalty box and Legend assures her it won’t happen.
It’s Davenport’s turn and she says she doesn’t like anyone in the ring. She says she’s pit both Sol Ruca & Nikkita Lyons on the shelf then says take a look at Gigi Dolin as an example of what she can do. Henley cuts her off and takes shots at all her opponents except Jordan and says she intends to ride the momentum of her win tonight heading into Deadline. Stratton tells Henley that she has no chance of winning the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge and Legend takes issue with Stratton cutting her off. Saxton tries to regain control of things but is unable to do so. All 5 women begin brawling with one another in the ring and officials run down to pull all 5 women apart.
Nathan Frazer vs. Axiom
Nathan Frazer & Axiom waste no time going after one another before Axiom delivers an arm drag and a dropkick but Frazer lands a hurricanrana then they level one another with boots before Axiom ascends to the top and looks to fly.
Frazer catches him with a superkick mid air and the action spills to the outside then Frazer hits a moonsault off the ropes.
5 women in the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge still brawling with one another spill out into the ringside area then inside the ring so the ref calls for the bell.
Winner: No One (No Contest)
After the match Blair Davenport separates herself from the rest of the women and ends up on the ramp but gets caught with a kick from the returning Nikkita Lyons.
We head backstage to the Chase U students in an assembly. Andre Chase addresses them all, and says while assemblies are usually cause for celebration that’s not the case. He says he put the school in jeopardy with the misuse of school funds and gambling, then says the results of the investigation mean Chase U is under academic probation. He says students who applied for financial debt will no longer be available to new students and Chase reveals that he owes hundreds of thousands of dollars when asked by Thea Hail. He says after losing all of his personal finances he used school funds and took out a loan from a third party asset that he is now unable to pay back. He says that he will restore Chase U’s glory and students begin suggesting how they can help from bake sales to car washes to crash courses on how to avoid financial troubles. Hail seemingly has a crush on the student who suggested the crash course as Chase wraps up the assembly.
We head over to Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes where Williams confronts Hayes about a video posted to the NXT Anonymous account showing Hayes following Williams out of a room after checking his phone the night that he was blindsided several weeks ago. Williams demands answers and Hayes says they can talk about things after his Fatal 4 Way Iron Survivor Qualifying Match.
Lexis King calls out Carmelo Hayes in a pre recorded promo.
Fatal 4 Way Iron Survivor Qualifying Match
Tyler Bate vs. Joe Coffey vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. Eddy Thorpe
Joe Coffey goes after Eddy Thorpe as he targets Thorpe’s injured ribs before Carmelo Hayes rolls Thorpe up but Thorpe kicks out and levels Hayes then delivers a boot to Tyler Bate’s midsection and looks for an airplane spin on him.
Coffey pulls Thorpe off and gets caught with one of his own then Hayes fires off a chop on Bate but Bate responds with a dropkick then delivers a knee to Coffey and looks to go flying off the middle rope with an uppercut but Coffey catches him with a waist lock.
Hayes looks to break it up but Coffey catches him with a back body drop and sends Bate crashing into the mat then connects with a springboard clothesline to Thorpe but gets leveled with a crossbody by Thorpe off the top rope as does Bate.
Hayes levels Bate with a kick but Thorpe hits him with a spinebuster as we go to a break.
After the break Hayes goes flying off the ropes with a springboard DDT to plant Bate and Coffey. Thorpe then levels him and delivers a crossbody to Coffey. He catches Hayes with a German suplex then delivers a Brainbuster to Bate and goes for a pin.
Coffey breaks the fall and the action spills out of the ring then Thorpe levels Bate & Coffey with tope suicidas then catches Hayes with a boot to his face.
Coffey then sends him crashing into the rings steps spine first and the referee calls on medical officials to check on him then back inside the ring Coffey goes flying off the top to level Bate & Hayes.
Hayes hits a sunset flip to Coffey as Coffey hits Bate with a German suplex then Coffey sends Hayes crashing into Bate and catches both men with a strike.
Hayes then sends Coffey crashing on top of Bate then delivers a Codebreaker to Bate and looks to pin him but Coffey breaks the fall and Hayes catches him with a superkick then looks to flying off the ropes.
Coffey catches him with a Glasgow Send Off mid air and begins brawling with Bate before Bate catches him with a springboard clothesline follow by Tyler Driver 97 for the win.
Winner & Gets Into The Iron Survivor Match: Tyler Bate
After the break Tyler Bate spoke about winning Iron Survivor before Dijak makes his way down to the ring & hits Thorpe with a boot before Bron Breakker comes down & speaks follow by Josh Briggs then all 4 men put each other on notice taking jabs at one another and talk themselves up. Trick Williams joins in and wastes no time. He tells Bate, Breakker, Dijak & Briggs that he’ll beat all of them, then attacks Dijak. Breakker, Bate & Briggs join in and all 5 men begin brawling with one another before officials run down to separate them.
After the break we see Hayes asking Ava for a favor. She agrees and walks off to take care of things. Williams then storms in and demands to know if Hayes asks Lexis King to attack him. Hayes denies he did so and tells Williams he asked Ava to get him a match at Deadline against King in order to prove that he didn’t attack Williams. Williams then says that Hayes will be opening the show this time around while he will be closing it.
Baron Corbin volunteers to go first but NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov cuts him off and flips over his own chair. He says Corbin has turned their Deadline match into much more than a NXT Title match when he brought his personal life into things. He says Corbin can mock his accent or demeanor but he crossed the line and now his body will pay. Corbin says the sacrifices Dragunov makes are really excuses then says he turned his back on his son when he left him at home. He says what Dragunov is doing to his son is what his father did to him.
Dragunov takes off his suit jacket and tie. He gets fired up but says he’s trying to contain his anger. He explains that if he unleashes it now there won’t be an NXT Title match at Deadline because Corbin will be leaving in an ambulance. He calls Corbin a materialist son of a b*tch and Corbin says this isn’t about materialistic things. He says it’s about vindication for himself because he’s never stopped through brand changes or Covid-19. He says he’s been a prominent figure in WWE for over 8 years then says Dragunov is about to lose it given that he misses his son and his son misses him. He says that if this is about Dragunov’s family he should do something about it right now. Dragunov flips the table over and Corbin continues to provoke him.
Corbin offers Dragunov a shot at him and turns away from him then calls Dragunov a coward. Dragunov starts playing mind games of his own with Corbin and hugs him instead of striking him telling him that no one can destroy the dragon except the dragon himself. He backs away and creepily smiles at him.
The 5 competitors in the Iron Survivor Challenge then spill out into the ringside area continuing to brawl with one another in the ring. Bron Breakker looks to hit Dijak with a Spear but Dijak throws Breakker crashing into Williams & they go crashing through a table set up in the corner and Bate levels Dijak then stands tall to close out this week’s NXT.
Deadline Card (Dec 9th)
Iron Survivor Match
Dijak vs. Trick Williams vs. Josh Briggs vs. Bron Breakker vs. Tyler Bate
Women’s Iron Survivor Match
Tiffany Stratton vs. Lash Legend vs. Blair Davenport vs. Kelani Jordan vs. Fallon Henley
NXT Title Match
Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. Baron Corbin
North American Title Match
Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. Dragon Lee
Steel Cage Match
Roxanne Perez vs. Kiana James
Carmelo Hayes vs. Lexis King
Nathan Frazer vs. Axiom (Pre Show)
Next Week’s NXT
Quarter Final Match Of The 2023 Breakout Tournament
TBD vs. TBD
Tag Team Match
Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) vs. Hank Walker & Tank Ledger
