We see a video package for Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez vs. Aliyah and Jessi Kamea in the women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, which is up next.
In footage from earlier today, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Curt Stallion, who says that he has travelled great distances from town to town because it is the life and freedom he wants to live, and says the Cruiserweight title is the rocket he needs to become a superstar.
Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez beat Aliyah and Jessi Kamea to advance in the women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews The Way (Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell, Austin Theory). Candace and Indi are confident they will win the women's Dusty Cup, and Theory has to tell McKenzie not to mention KUSHIDA's name in front of Gargano. Meanwhile, Dexter Lumis reveals he has been listening in.
We hear from Scarlett, who reads tarot cards, saying "stay on your path, or else he will alter his."
We see footage of actress Brie Larson training with Tegan Nox as part of a preview of a video that will be available on Larson's YouTube channel tomorrow.
Tyler Rust beats Dante Rios (who is barely mentioned by name) by submission. (Dante Rios is actually independent wrestler Daniel Garcia.)
We see a short video package for Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) vs. KUSHIDA and Leon Ruff in the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, which is up next.
Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell is about to interview Finn Balor when Kyle O'Reilly shows up. O'Reilly asks Finn Balor "Ready?", to which Finn replies "I'm always ready." When O'Reilly asks if he can trust him, Finn says "What do you think?" O'Reilly says he does not have to trust him as long as they are on the same page. Both men then say they will see each other in the ring.
Before the next match, Zack Gibson says KUSHIDA and Leon Ruff's five minutes as a tag team cannot match his and James' Drake fifteen years as a unit, and that he and James Drake will win the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) beat KUSHIDA and Leon Ruff to advance to the semi-finals of the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. After the match, Johnny Gargano and Austin Theory run into the ring and attack KUSHIDA and Ruff. Suddenly, Theory notices Dexter Lumis and alerts Gargano, and both men leave.
Backstage, it is revealed that Curt Stallion has been attacked, and Stallion says that Santos Escobar did it.
Backstage, General Manager William Regal confronts Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Raul Mendoza). Escobar says he did not attack Curt Stallion, and Regal says the Cruiserweight Championship match against Curt Stallion will happen next week and that there will be serious consequences if Stallion is attacked again. Afterwards, they find a tarot card on Escobar's bag, and after a few seconds, pay it no mind.
Toni Storm gets in the ring and tells Io Shirai that when she wants something, she makes it happen, whether it is a tournament or a title, but when she wanted to win the women's Dusty Cup, Shirai took it away from her. As she says that she wants to hurt and ruin Io Shirai and take the NXT Women's Championship away from her, Shirai shows up and says she will fight her anywhere and that she does not like her. Storm attack Shirai, and as Shirai gets the upper hand, she is attacked by Mercedes Martinez, who soon takes a look at the NXT Women's title. When Storm confronts her, Shirai attacks them both, then Storm runs Martinez into the ring apron. Storm then hits Shirai with a few hip attacks in the corner before taking a look at the NXT Women's Championship in the center of the ring before raising it up.
Backstage, McKenzie interviews Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, who says everyone wants to point fingers at him following his actions towards Bronson Reed and that nobody is pointing back at them.
We see a video package for Imperium (Walter, Fabian Aichner, Marcel Barthel, Alexander Wolfe), who has been isolated on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean for the past year while holding tag team gold in NXT. They say their strength is in their unity, and Wolfe says his arrival is only the beginning.
Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Adam Cole and Roderick Strong. Cole says they know Tommaso Ciampa better than anyone else, and Strong says that while Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher are tough, they are the better team and they will win the men's Dusty Cup again.
Bronson Reed beats Isaiah "Swerve" Scott despite Swerve targeting his shoulder throughout the match.
We hear from Tommaso Ciampa, who says he has been wrestling for sixteen years and that there are fights you win, fights you lose, fights your remember and fights that command respect. Timothy Thatcher sits down with him and says that there are fights that change and grow, and Tommaso Ciampa says that the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic represents growth before proclaiming there will be war against The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole and Roderick Strong).
Kyle O'Reilly and Finn Balor beat Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch by submission following a heel hook from O'Reilly to Burch. After the match, Pete Dunne shows up to attack Balor, and while O'Reilly tries to stop Dunne, the numbers game catches up to Balor. Adam Cole and Roderick Strong show up as Dunne snaps Balor's fingers, then Lorcan, Burch and Dunne retreat.
Here are the top ten moments from tonight's show!
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