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Preview.
- NXT Championship Match: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Von Wagner (w/ Mr. Stone).
- NXT Women's Championship - Last Woman Standing Match: Mandy Rose (c) vs. Alba Fyre.
- Apollo Crews vs. JD McDonagh.
- Shawn Michaels Makes an Announcement for NXT Deadline.
- Indus Sher (Veer Mahan & Sanga) Return to Tag team Competition.
- Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs (w/ Fallon Henley) vs. The Dyad (Rip Fowler & Jagger Reid) (w/ Joe Gacy & Ava Raine).
- Indi Hartwell vs. Tatum Paxley.
- Booker T Host Contract Signing with NXT North American Champion Wes Lee & Carmelo Hayes (w/ Trick Williams).
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WWE NXT (11/15/2022) Live Coverage.
- Vic Joseph and Booker T welcomed the audience to the broadcast before quickly transitioning to the opening match, pitting Von Wagner against NXT Champion Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship.
NXT Championship Match.
Bron Breakker (c) vs. Von Wagner (w/ Mr. Stone).
Wagner tossed Mr. Stone before hitting Breakker with a big boot to begin the match. Wagner then hit a running back elbow on Breakker before laying his knee on Breakker's neck onto the bottom rope. Breakker slid under Wager before hitting a shoulder tackle, a Northern lights Suplex, and a Hurricanrana on Wagner. Breakker got Wagner in a side headlock, but Wagner created some separation by slinging Breakker onto the top rope. Wagner got Breakker in a wrist lock before hitting a body slam on Breakker. Wagner then hit a standing elbow drop on Breakker for a near fall. Wagner made Breakker run the ropes, but Breakker caught him with a vertical suplex . Breakker ran the ropes in furious fashion before hitting a vicious lariat on Wagner before posing like a bulldog as Wagner was bamboozled by Breakker's offense. Wagner attacked Breakker before trying to choke Breakker with the bottom rope. Wagner got Breakker in a modified Chicken Wing before getting an arm lock. Breakker ran the ropes against and got Wagner in a side headlock takedown, keeping an S-Grip on the hold. Wagner reversed it with Head scissors on Breakker, but Breakker popped back up and got Wagner in a headlock again. Wagner pushed Breakker to the topes before hitting a knee strike on Breakker. Wagner got Breakker in a headlock, but Breakker reversed it with leg scissors of his own before transitioning into a rolling Guillotine choke. Breakker transitioned from the Guillotine into another side headlock on Breakker but Wagner reversed it with a back suplex, sending him to the outside. Wagner tossed Breakker onto the stairs before hitting a vicious Chokeslam on Breakker onto the stairs. In the ring, Wagner got Breakker in a single-leg hook for only a two-count fall. Wagner hit a Double-Under Hook Suplex, a body slam, and a back suplex on Breakker for another near fall. Wagner got Breakker in a Cobra Clutch before breaking the hold inexplicably. Wagner placed Breakker on the top rope and climbed, but Breaker pushed Wagner off the corner before hitting a top rope lariat on Wagner. Breakker hit two punches, two shoulder tackles, a pop-up spinebuster, and a top rope bulldog before attempting a spear on Wagner, but Wagner caught him and hit the Death Valley Driver on Breakker for a near fall. Wagner ranted on the referee long enough for Breakker to pull his straps as Wagner pushed Stone off the apron. Wagner went for another Death Valley Driver, but Breakker rolled off and hit a Spear on Wagner for the pinfall win, retaining the NXT Championship.
Winner & Still NXT Champion: Bron Breakker.
- There was a video package highlighting the feud between Alba Fyre & NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose, which was set to conclude in the Main Event.
- Backstage, an exhausted Bron Breakker st down before being confronted by JD McDonagh. McDonagh congratulated Breakker before saying that he would never be done with him.
- After betraying Nikkita Lyons on the 11/8/2022 edition of NXT, Zoey Stark came to the ring to cut a promo. Stark said her back felt much lighter for not having to carry Nikkita Lyons for another week. Stark said that she was told by management to team with Nikkita Lyons for the WWE Women's Tag Team Title Tournament. Lyons said that after she got injured after her match against Mandy Rose, Stark said that Lyons told her that she was not mad at her for getting injured. Stark emphasized that she carried Lyons' ass (her words, not mine) and only got endless apologies instead of endless results. She emphasized that she was tired to putting people over and said that NXT is now about her. She called herself the hunter and that the NXT Roster were now the prey.
- Andre Chase confronted Duke Hudson backstage on the Chase University office. Hudson said that he threw the towel in the match so that Chase could fight another day. Hudson said that if he went down, the entire University would fall and that he did it for the college and that he was guilty as charged for bleeding black and red. Thea Hail came in to interrupt before Hudson walked out of shot.
- Apollo Crews confronted Breakker backstage and told him to keep an eye on him as he wanted a shot at the NXT Championship.
Indus Sher (Veer Mahan & Sanga) vs. George Cannon & Ariel Dominguez.
Snaga began the match slamming down Cannon onto the mat before launching him onto the top rope. Snaga hit a Full Nelson slam on Cannon before Sanga tagged in Veer and hit a double splash on Cannon. Veer tossed Cannon onto his corner before he forcibly tagged in Cannon's partner, Ariel Dominguez, and hit a vicious Big Veal on the partner. Veer & Sanga hit a double splash on the competitor before Sanga hit two one-handed body slams before tagging in Mahan, who hit a leaping elbow drop on Ariel Hernandez. Sanga & Veer hit a draping Big Boot on Cannon. Mahan and Sanga got Dominguez up and hit a Sideslam/ elbow drop combination for the pinfall win.
Winners: Indus Sher (Veer Mahan & Sanga).
- Sanga & Mahan cut a promo calling out The Creed Brothers. Mahan and Sanga said that they respected them but they would, unfortunately, take down Creed Brothers to rise. Creed Brothers watched along the promo backstage.
- Wendy Choo was interviewed backstage, saying that she would challenge Cora Jade next week. Choo promised to give Jade two black eyes for her comments on her.
JD McDonagh vs. Apollo Crews.
The match began with JD getting Crews in a headlock, but Crews turned it into a pin for only a near fall. The two locked up before JD kicked Crews in the abdomen. Crews flipped over JD before hitting JD with an arm-drag takedown. Crews hit a shoulder tackle on JD, but JD responded with a wicked arm drag. Crews went for an arm drag on JD, but JD evaded and hit an elbow drop on Crews' back. Crews hit two chops and a punch on JD hitting an Irish Whip into a back body drop on JD. Crews launched JD out of the ring with a wicked shoulder tackle. Crews tossed JD into the broadcast table before the commercial break. Back from the break, Crews launched himself and JD off the top rope, but McDonagh locked in a sleeper hold on Crews. JD hit a back suplex to reverse the sleeper hold from Apollo. Crews tossed JD out of the ring before hitting an Asai Moonsault on JD to the outside. Crews hit a side pump kick and a lariat on JD. Crews hit a pump kick on McDonagh before hitting two vicious powerbombs on McDonagh for a near fall. Crews and McDonagh got on the top rope, but McDonagh slammed Crews right on his nards on the top turnbuckle before dropping him into the mat. McDonagh slammed himself onto the mat before getting on the apron and sending Crews to the outside. JD hit a PK to the chest of a Crews from the ring apron. JD got Crews back in the ring and went for a 450 Splash, but Crews met him at the top rope and hit a Super Angle Slam on McDonagh. Crews and McDonagh exchanged strikes before the two exchanged Inside Cradles on each other. McDonagh caught Crews from running the ropes before hitting a running Spanish Fly. Crews went for a roll-up before transitioning into a powerbomb, but McDonagh reversed it with a Sunset Bomb on Crews for a near fall. McDonagh went for a Top Rope Moonsault on Crews, but Crews evaded and hit the Standing Ovation Slam (One-Hand Spinebuster) on McDonagh for the pinfall win. Breakker and Crews locked out after the match, teasing a match between the two at a later date.
Winner: Apollo Crews.
- NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose was interviewed backstage by McKenzie Mitchell from the Toxic Lounge. Rose called herself a one-in-a-billion superstar and said that she would be the last woman standing in the Main Event of the show.
- Javier Bernal was interviewed backstage by Mckenzie Mitchell and challenged Axiom for a match. Mitchell revealed that Axiom is sidelined with an injury. Bernal then called out Ilja Dragunov, but Mitchell revealed that Dragunov was rehabbing in Germany. Bernal then opened the challenge to any member of Gallus, but Mitchell revealed that The Coffey Brothers & Wolfgang were still suspended. Bernal blamed Mitchell that she was the reason he cannot reach his potential.
- Booker T moderated the contract signing of Carmelo Hayes (alongside Trick Williams) and NXT North American Champion Wes Lee ahead of their match for the 11/22/2022 edition of NXT. When asked about the possibility of being a three-time champion, Hayes said that Lee's limit was when he pulled up and start before promising Lee that the worst moment of his life would end after he beat Lee for the title. Williams put over Lee but reassured it would be Lee's first and last title defense. When asked about the match being his first defense, Lee said that he would show the world he would become the new standard for being the North American Champion. Hayes and Lee signed the contract making their match official. Lee and Hayes argued backstage before Booker T simmered things down and told them to argue with their mommas.
- There was another vignette of a man drinking whisky. The man said that NXT was a sad society, but that he would bring hard justice to NXT.
- Odyssey Jones was backstage with Malik Blade & Edris Enofe. Blade explained that he wore the sweater vest as a tribute to his dad, who was a pastor. Blade said he is wearing the vests to honor his dad's memory.
Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs (w/ Fallon Henley) vs. The Dyad (Rip Fowler & Jagger Reid) (w/ Joe Gacy & Ava Raine).
Fowler & Jensen began the match locking up before Fowler hti a shoulder tackle on Jensen. Jensen hit a dropkick on Fowler for a near fall. Jensen got slammed to the corner by Fowler before tagging in Reid. Jensen hit a facelsam on Reid before Briggs hit a wicked shoulder tackle on Reid. Jensen tagged back in and got an arm lock on Reid before locking in a headlock before hitting a shoulder tackle on Reid. Jensen and Briggs slid to the outside before hitting a double forearm strike on Reid. Back in the ring, Fowler pulled Jensen out of the ring before Reid hit a vicious Tope Suicida on Jensen to the outside. Fowler got himself and Reid back in the ring, but Jensen dropped Fowler before tagging in Briggs. Briggs hit a double under-hook back-breaker on Fowler before going outside and hitting a lariat off the apron on Fowler. Briggs hit a rebound forearm strike on Reid before hitting a diving lariat onto the ring on Reid, followed by a side slam and a standing splash for a near fall. Kiana James came to ringside but Henley slapped James onto Jensen. After Briggs got distracted by this, Reid & Fowler caught Briggs with a double Codebreaker on Briggs for the pinfall win.
Winners: The Dyad (Rip Fowler & Jagger Reid) (w/ Joe Gacy & Ava Raine).
- WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels cut a promo backstage, revealing that there will be a new match introduced in NXT Deadline, called the Iron Survivor Match. Michaels revealed that the competitors of the men's and women's matches on the upcoming weeks.
Indi Hartwell vs. Tatum Paxley (w/ Ivy Nile).
Hartwell laid in the strikes on Paxley after the lights flickered. Hartwell hit a bodyslam on Paxley. Paxley went for an O'Connor roll but Paxley instead hit a dropkick. Paxley flipped over Hartwell's neck, but Hartwell caught her with a vicious lariat. Hartwell hit another lariat on Paxley for a near fall. Hartwell got Paxley in a headlock before getting a lateral press on Paxley for a near fall. Hartwell got another headlock on Paxley before connecting an uppercut on Paxley for a near fall. Hartwell got another headlock on Paxley before laying in a Dusty Rhodes punch on Paxley. Paxley slammed Hartwell's face on the mat before hitting a high kick and slamming Hartweell's head onto the top turnbuckle. Paxley hit a neck breaker and a standing moonsault on Hartwell for a near fall. Paxley got Hartwell with a Fireman's Carry, but Hartwell pulled Paxley's mask off her and hit a stomp on Paxley's back. Hartwell ended proceedings with the Hidden Blade on Paxley for the pinfall win.
Winner: Indi Hartwell.
- SCRYPTS revealed that he would be making his NXT Debut on the 11/22/2022 edition of NXT, saying that no one would get near its ability.
- Roxanne Perez congratulated Indi Hartwell backstage for her actions backstage, but Hartwell refuted that she was trying to make it to the Women's Iron Survivor Match and it did not matter what she had to do as long as she gets her goal.
NXT Women's Championship - Last Woman Standing Match.
Mandy Rose (c) vs. Alba Fyre.
The all-out brawl began with Rose getting out of the ring. Fyre chased down Rose and caught Rose's attempt at a pump kick. Rose got out of the ring to evade Fyre, but Fyre hit a Tope Suicida on Rose. Rose slammed Fure to the apron, but Fyre got up and tossed Rose on the ring post and across the barricade. Fyre hit Rose with a chair in the abdomen before getting another chair, but Rose hit a body slam on Fyre onto the newly introduced chair. Rose kicked Fyre in the abdomen and went for a running knee strike, but Fyre blocked it with a chair before locking in a steel pipe-assisted half crab on Rose on her injured right knee. Rose pushed Fyre off to break the hold before getting a trash can from under the ring. Rose laid the trash can shots at Fyre. Rose striked down Fyre's back before getting the steel pipe, but Fyre pushed Rose. Rose pushed Fyre before hitting her with a Spinebuster. Rose hit Fyre in the abdomen with a pipe before locking in a pipe-assisted camel clutch on Fyre, placing the pipe in Fyre's mouth. Fyre tossed Rose over and hit two clotheslines, a facebuster, two chest kicks, a corner splash, and a Tornado DDT on Rose. Rose rolled to the outside, but Fyre hit a climbing Tope Con Giro on Rose to the outside. Fyre pulled a ladder from out of the ring and hit Rose in the abdomen with the ladder. Rose hit an Irish Whip on Fyre onto the ladder and tried to slam the ladder on Fyre, but Fyre just slightly evaded. Rose slammed the ladder on Fyre's chest, but Fyre still got up at the count of eight. Back in the ring, Rose went for a Fireman's Carry but Fyre hit a Death Valley Driver on Rose onto the trash can. Rose got up at the count of nine and tossed Fyre to the outside with a back body drop, with Fyre landing on her knee. Rose tossed Fyre over the barricade, but the two laid in strikes on each other from the barricade. Rose launched Fyre onto the stairs off the barricade, but Fyre got up at the count of nine. Rose leaped off the barricade, but Fyre caught her with a Superkick before hitting a Gory Bomb on Rose onto the apron. Fyre hit Rose with a bat before setting up the ladder close to the broadcast table. Fyre placed Rose on the table and went for a Swanton Bomb on Rose, but NXT UK's Isla Dawn came from out of nowhere and misted Fyre in the face before pushing Fyre off the ladder onto the table. Rose got up as Fyre got laid out on the shattered table for the count of ten. Rose stood tall on the ramp as Dawn laughed mercilessly on the top of the ladder while the lights flickered to end the broadcast.
Winner & Stil NXT Women's Champion: Mandy Rose
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