On Wednesday night, the Yellow Brand held their latest batch of television tapings at Full Sail. Please be aware that everything you read in the subsequent paragraphs is an actual, massive, legitimate spoiler for what will happen over the next several weeks of NXT television. You may read on only at your own risk. But if you’re the sort of person who just simply cannot wait until next week to find out what happens next, congratulations! This post is for you!
These tapings should take NXT television all the way up through NXT TakeOver: WarGames in November.
Results from the October 4, 2017 tapings:
— No Way Jose defeated Marcel Barthel. This was a dark match, and Jose won by pinfall with the pop-up punch.
1.Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli defeated Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch. Moss and Sabbatelli got the pinfall after a combination Gory bomb and bulldog.
2. Nikki Cross won a women’s battle royal. The battle royal was for the fourth and final spot in the NXT Women’s Championship Fatal 4-Way at TakeOver. William Regal announced earlier in the night that Cross would have a spot in the battle royal due to interference in her last qualifying match. The final four were Cross, Billie Kay, Mercedes Martinez, and Bianca Belair.
The Fatal 4-Way for the vacant NXT Women’s Championship will be Cross vs. Kairi Sane vs. Ember Moon vs. Peyton Royce.
— Aleister Black made his entrance but was jumped by Velveteen Dream, who tied him up in the ring ropes and slapped him, demanding Black say his name. Black was able to escape and run Dream off.
3. Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated Roderick Strong. Zelina sent Strong into the ring steps on the outside with a hurricanrana, and then Almas hit the hammerlock DDT and got the pin.
— After the match, the Undisputed Era came out to talk to Strong. Cole offered Strong an Undisputed Era armband and left him to dwell on the decision.
4. Nikki Cross defeated Taynara Conti.
5. Fabian Aichner defeated Johnny Gargano. Aichner rolled through to pin Gargano and get the upset victory.
— Drew McIntyre came out for a contract signing. Andrade Almas and Zelina blindsided McIntyre, beat him down, and then Almas signed the contract.
6. NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Authors of Pain defeated SAnitY (c) via disqualification. The Undisputed Era ran into the ring to cause the disqualification. The three factions brawled and Roderick Strong came out. He appeared to join Undisputed, but then took the armband off and began attacking them.
— William Regal appeared and announced there would be a three-team trios WarGames match at TakeOver. Strong and the Authors of Pain vs. SAnitY vs. The Undisputed Era.
7. Heavy Machinery defeated local talent.
8. Kairi Sane defeated Billie Kay. Sane got the pin after connecting with the elbow drop.
9. The Velveteen Dream defeated Cezar Bononi. Dream got the pin after connecting with the elbow drop. After the match, Dream said he will force Aleister Black to say his name at WarGames.
10. Street Profits defeated Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli.
11. Lars Sullivan defeated Raul Mendoza. Sullivan continued the beatdown on Mendoza after the match until Kassius Ohno made the save.
12. Ember Moon defeated Mercedes Martinez. Moon hit Eclipse and got the pin.
— Drew McIntyre came to the ring and cut a promo, saying that Almas is in trouble at TakeOver. Zelina came to ringside and distracted McIntyre, allowing Almas to sneak in and beat the champ down.
13. Roderick Strong defeated Adam Cole via disqualification. Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish got involved to force the DQ. SAnitY and the Authors of Pain ran down and all nine men brawled to close the show.
