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Hey kids! Steve Cook here with you for the latest edition of WWE NXT on the CW! Two of my worlds are colliding, as we’re seeing some of the AAA crew in action this week! El Hijo del Vikingo will defend the AAA Latin American Championship while the Wagner Brothers will challenge for the NXT Tag Team Championship. We’ll also see Mason Rook take on Jackson Drake, Jaida Parker vs. Karmen Petrovic, and much more tonight, so it’ll be a good time!

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We open by looking back at Sunday’s Great American Bash event. Saquon Shugars beat Dion Lennox but still got beat up by DarkState. Shiloh Hill used some under the ring shenanigans to defeat Tristian Angels. Tony D’Angelo overcame a bad eye to beat Naraku. Kendal Grey won the NXT Women’s Championship from Lola Vice, I’m sure she cheated somehow.

We’re in Orlando! Wren Sinclair tells Kendal Grey it’s her moment, so she won’t accompany her to the ring. Kendal makes her way into the arena. Vic Joseph & Booker T are our hosts tonight. Kendal says she’s going to be honest with us: she’s more nervous coming out and talking to the people than she was main eventing on Sunday. She was never good at talking, not even in elementary school. Ever since John Cena chose her to be in Iron Survivor, her life has been crazy. She’s received a lot of opportunities she wasn’t sure she was ready for. Nobody puts more pressure on her than her. Before coming to NXT she was never used to losing. She was dominant in high school wrestling & EVOLVE. Once getting to NXT, she kept coming up short in championship matches. She wasn’t sure if she belonged. This Sunday she got her answer and the title proves it. She might not look like the normal champion. Lola had her designer dresses & was all glammed up, that’s what a champion looks like. That’s not her style. She doesn’t last long in a makeup chair. She won’t be comfortable dressing like a Barbie, she won’t always sound like a champion. She will wrestle like a champion and take the division to a level no one has seen before. She welcomes the target on her back, she thrives in competition. It’s her match, tempo and pace. All the girls will find out that they can’t keep up with Kendal.

Wren Sinclair comes out with a cake! Wren wanted Kendal to have her moment out here because she deserves it. Last week, Kendal’s vision came true and they both walked out of the Bash as champions. A two layer cake for the two champs bringing gold home for the NQCC.

Kelani Jordan comes out and is outraged. She wants the chance she deserves at the NXT Women’s Championship. She didn’t even get a match on the Bash, she was attacked by a lunatic instead. Tatum Paxley attacks Kelani from behind! Wren & Kendal eat the cake while Kelani & Tatum fight off.

We go backstage and see Keanu Carver with a big pole standing over El Hijo del Vikingo! Robert Stone screams for medical as we go to commercial.

Izzi Dame says she would hold all three women’s singles championships in NXT right now if not for circumstances. I mean, same. Zaria comes in to disagree, their conversation is drowned out by music, which we find out is due to Lizzy Rain. The girl’s a one woman rock band, baby! OK, she didn’t say that.

Kelani Jordan yells at Robert Stone, so he gives her a match with Tatum in tonight’s main event. Keanu Carver gets booked against EK Prosper. Not gonna lie, getting Carver in a match instead of Vikingo is quite the downgrade.

NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes w/Jackson Drake & Myka Lockwood) (c) vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno: The advertising for this match left off the “El Hijo de” and just called the guy Dr. Wagner Jr., they at least got it right in the match introductions here. I’m not going to get mad at Booker not being able to tell the Wagners apart since I still have issues with telling Baylor & Smokes apart. Galeno powers Smokes down, Smokes goes for a headlock, that doesn’t work and Galeno shoulderblocks him down. Baylor slips out of a slam and Wagner tags in. Big smack to the back of the head. Wagner superkicks Smokes out of the ring, then he flops onto Smokes & Baylor on the floor! We go to commercial!

We return and Wagner is sent into the corner. He kicks Smokes and tries to make a tag, he finally gets there. Galeno all over Baylor. Faceplant to him, splash in the corner and some strikes. Slam by Galeno, a lot of running the ropes, then a splash gets two. Smokes breaks it up. Baylor gets out of a slam and tags Smokes, Smokes gets tossed into the ring. Wagner tags in, Galeno sends him over his head and Wagner hits a kick in the corner for two. The foot was on the ropes apparently. Smokes with a quick rollup on Wagner, a dropkick Hart Attack gets two. Baylor slips out of a slam attempt. Wagner wins the strike exchange. Enziguri by Wagner. Galeno tags in and hits a reverse suplex for two. Wagner goes up top, he mounts Galeno’s shoulders and splashes Baylor. Baylor runs into a boot. A distraction leads to Wagner taking a cheap shot or two, a reverse DDT/double stomp combo gets three for the Vanity Project.

Winner: The Vanity Project (6:15 shown via pinfall)

BirthRight talks about how Vanity Project doesn’t defend the Tag Team Championship very often. OTM and them get into it, then Sean Legacy appears, then DarkState appears. I’m guessing this leads to some multi-team match to determine a #1 contender, and Stone books a Fatal 4-Way for next week. Romeo Moreno despairs that they’re being left out, Stone tells them to build up their resume. Noam Dar tells him it’s fair and they can do just what Stone asked for.

Mason Rook vs. Jackson Drake (w/The Vanity Project): Jackson tries to stick and move early in the match. The headlock takeover doesn’t work, Rook shoulderblocks Drake down and bodyslams Jackson like he’s a dad for two. Big chop in the corner by Rook. Another big chop sends Drake down for two. Rook stretches Drake, Booker T’s phone goes off at a loud volume. It’s Kam Hendrix, he’s coming back real soon and he’ll go after Mason Rook then. OK. Drake with a hilo to Rook, he slips out of a slam attempt and misses a moonsault. Some splashes in the corner by Rook, then a senton gets two. Drake recovers on the outside alongside his Vanity Project buddies as we go to commercial.

Drake blocks a splash with his knees and hits a Lethal Injection for two. Rook with some chops. Back drop by Rook, then a spinning slam. Cannonball in the corner by Rook. Cover gets two on Drake. Drake slips out of a lift then avoids a sit-down splash. Drake hits a Lion Double Stomp for two. Blue Thunder gets two for Rook. Rook misses in the corner, Drake hits a tornado DDT for two. Headbutt by Rook, a powerbomb is turned into a Code Red by Drake! Drake hits a poison rana, Rook pops up and clotheslines Drake! A sitout powerbomb gets two for Rook! Myka distracts the referee, Smokes & Baylor get dumped outside by Rook, but Drake catches Rook with a backstabber! Myka holds Rook’s leg on the three count!

Winner: Jackson Drake (7:48 shown via pinfall)

Rook takes out his frustrations on Smokes & Baylor after, they get crushed with a cannonball in the corner.

EK Prosper is upset that his match has been changed. Tate Wilder builds him up, saying he can get revenge against Carver for putting him through a table. Prosper heads out of the locker room.

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