The Creed Brothers (Julius and Creed Brothers) beat The Dyad (Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid) in a steel cage match to be reinstated in NXT. Before the match begins, the masked followers of The Schism (Joe Gacy, Fowler, Reid, Ava) beat up Brutus Creed and carry him off to the back to make the match a two-on-one handicap match, but Brutus Creed shows back up later and takes out all of the masked followers as he chases Joe Gacy and Ava around before ripping the cage door clean off its hinges.
We hear from Roxanne Perez, who says that she once respected Gigi Dolin and Kiana James, but now she does not care if she has to go over three bodies to become champion again and that she starts the road back to what she never lost in the first place tonight.
We are introduced to the Global Heritage Tournament for a shot at the NXT Heritage Cup, as well as the participants: Axiom, Tyler Bate, Charlie Dempsey and Butch for Group A and Duke Hudson, Joe Coffey, Akira Tozawa, and Nathan Frazer in Group B.
Backstage, Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo are met by Carmelo Hayes, and they in turn are met by The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford). Carmelo leaves, then The Street Profits joke around with Stacks and D'Angelo when a bunch of wrestlers in the women's division suddenly brawl in front of them.
Meta-Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, Jakara Jackson) are seen watching from a distance before the next match.
Butch beats Charlie Dempsey in Group A of the Global Heritage Invitational. Butch scores two (2) points.
Backstage, Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Dragon Lee. Dragon Lee is soon interrupted by Mustafa Ali, but says that he is more of a deserving of a championship match with Dominik Mysterio, and that Dragon Lee lost in his one chance and that he is now up to bat.
Ilja Dragunov is in the ring. He admits that Trick Williams impressed him in their match and says he is not a mere entertainer or a sidekick, and that he deserves everyone's respect. He then says nothing stands in the way of his destiny: the NXT Championship. As he addresses Carmelo Hayes, Noam Dar interrupts for an impromptu SPRNVA Sessions to say everyone wants to see him, not Dragunov. This soon leads to an argument where Noam Dar says he has the Heritage Cup while Dragunov has nothing but excuses. Dragunov considers walking up to their lounge, but Noam Dar proposes a match. Oro Mensah says he will be in the opposite corner, and Oro and Dragunov soon brawl. Dragunov quickly gets the upper hand, and Oro Mensah retreats.
We hear from Mr. Stone and Von Wagner. Wagner says Bron Breakker had to blindside him twice, and says that next week, it will be the two of them in a no-disqualification match.
Elektra Lopez and Lola Vice beat Kelani Jordan and Dana Brooke.
We hear from Gigi Dolin. She calls chaos "the devil she knows," and says Tiffany was smart for making the four biggest threats to her title battle it out for a chance to face her, yet she allowed her in this match. She tells Tiffany she will see her next week.
Backstage, Carmelo Hayes meets with Trick Williams. He says that he does not want people to think he retained the NXT Championship because of Trick, and doubts Trick when he asks him if he can beat Dragunov one-on-one and Trick says he thinks he can. When Carmelo leaves, Trick says he does not think Carmelo can win; he knows he can win.
Dijak beats Eddy Thorpe with a loaded right hand on the outside as the referee is putting away a chair that Dijak has introduced into the match.
We hear from Kiana James, who says that her name exudes success and that while her opponents are good, they all fall short. She says she does not make excuses and make things happen no matter the cost, and she will do whatever it takes to get her hand raised.
Backstage, Bron Breakker meets with Baron Corbin as Corbin messes with a backstage worker, and demands a thank you for saving him from Von Wagner. Corbin says he does not care about him or Von Wagner, even as Breakker threatens to end him if he gets involved in their match.
Angel Garza wakes up at home and finds blood on his chest. As he washes it off, Humberto Carrillo shows up saying he had a dream of their grandfather Humberto Garza and woke up with a scratch on his chest, then Humberto Garcia mentions that he had the same dream and scratches. Angel takes this as a sign from Humberto Garza that they must start from scratch. Angel and Humberto return next week.
WWE looks back on the life and career of Bray Wyatt. A lone wooden rocking chair is seen on the stage afterwards.
We hear from Blair Davenport, who says that after a decade of destroying women all over the world, she is smiling not just because she knows she will become #1 contender, but because of the pain she will deal to her opponents.
We hear from Rhea Ripley and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio. Rhea says people want a piece of Dominik, but Dominik will hold the North American Championship until he retires. Dominik tells Mustafa Ali and Dragon Lee to fight it out so he can fight the winner. At the behest of Rhea Ripley, who whispers into his ear, Dominik says that match must have a winner and that he will be special guest referee to ensure that.
Joe Coffey beats Nathan Frazer in Group B of the Global Heritage Invitational. Coffey scores two (2) points).
At Chase University, Thea Hail is noticeably absent. Chase asks Duke Hudson where Thea is, but Duke does not know and does not think she is skipping class. Chase mentions Duke Hudson being in the Global Heritage Tournament and the rules for the tournament, and after class lets out, Thea Hail shows up, and it becomes apparent that she is now hanging out with Jacy Jayne when Jacy suddenly shows up and Thea Hail skips out on study hall to hang out with her.
In footage from NXT Anonymous, Fallon Henley offers an invitation to Myles Borne to team with Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, which Myles Borne takes after they both discuss Myles being the errand boy for Drew Gulak, Charlie Dempsey and Damon Kemp.
We hear from Wes Lee, who says that he is clearing his mind as he is in the desert after Heatwave did not go his way.. He says that he and Carmelo Hayes are done and that he beat himself, but he says that the outcome will be different when they meet again.
Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Tyler Bate, who welcomes the challenge of Group A in the Global Heritage Tournament, especially with the history between himself and Butch involved. He then addresses Dabba-Kato, telling him he made a big mistake pushing him around before challenging him to a match next week so he can be the David to Dabba-Kato's Goliath.
Kiana James beats Gigi Dolin, Roxanne Perez and Blair Davenport in a Fatal 4-Way Match to become #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship. After the match, Tiffany Stratton has a staredown with Kiana James in the middle of the ring.
The show ends with Carmelo Hayes meeting with Shawn Michaels in his office.
Here's the top ten moments from tonight's show!
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