Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Heatwave - NXT recap for August 22, 2023

Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo introduce everyone to tonight's show.



Ilja Dragunov beats Trick Williams.



Backstage, Tyler Bate is meditating when Nathan Frazer shows up. Tyler Bate tells Frazer it is all about him tonight, and Frazer asks Tyler Bate to be his second. Tyler accepts, and Frazer also offers Tyler the first shot at the Heritage Cup when he retains.

Backstage, Rhea Ripley and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio look forward to punishing Lyra Valkyria and Dragon Lee when Mustafa Ali shows up and wishes them luck before telling Dominik to actually break a leg so he is gone from NXT. Dominik says he does not care about NXT, only Rhea. Rhea threatens to beat Mustafa up if he does not leave in ten seconds. Mustafa says "Just ten seconds? Sounds like something you two are used to."

Ivy Nile beats Ava in Ava's debut match with the Dragon Sleeper. After the match, Ivy puts Ava in the Dragon Sleeper again as The Schism surrounds the ring, but Ivy lets go and fends some of the masked members off before Ava is saved.



Backstage, Wes Lee is met by Dragunov, who says that nothing stands in his way towards the NXT Championship, but Wes Lee says he will make his own destiny tonight and become the new champion before looking forward to facing Dragunov as a champion.

Noam Dar beats Nathan Frazer two falls to one (2-1) to become the NXT Heritage Cup Champion for a record-setting third time. Noam Dar scores the first fall with a schoolkid pin in Round 2 after Tyler Bate is choke slammed into the ring apron by Dabba-Kato, distracting Nathan Frazer. Frazer scores the second fall with 1:14 (one minute, fourteen minutes) left in Round 4 with a Superplex followed by a neckbreaker. Noam Dar scores the third and deciding fall with 0:28 (twenty-eight seconds) left in Round 6 after Frazer misses big on the Phoenix Splash and Noam Dar hits the Nova Roller for the win.



We hear from Ava, who thanks the two followers behind her for saving her. She says that Ivy Nile tried to end her career and do permanent damage to her, but she failed like Diamond Mine did. She shows off the tree behind her, then tells Ivy that she knows where she is if she wants to prove her wrong.

Tiffany Stratton is in the ring. Tiffany says "the summer of Tiff-Tiff" is coming to an end and that it has been a hot one. She talks about how she became NXT Women's Champion at Battleground and went on a winning streak at Gold Rush and The Great American Bash. She states that with summer ending and fall around the corner, she is going to make things much better even though she is a perfect champion, as perfection comes easy. She states that with summer ending and fall around the corner, she is going to make things much better even though she is a perfect champion, as perfection comes easy. Tiffany states that she will be better than every other champion before, but for now, she will stay at the top. Gigi Dolin shows up and tells Tiffany to shut up before saying she wants to see Tiffany fall and declaring herself her next challenger. Tiffany tells Gigi she does not deserve an opportunity against her, but Gigi says Tiffany does not deserve to be a champion, because she tapped out in her last match. Kiana James shows up and says Gigi must be lost and that she does not deserve a title shot as she cannot even beat her. Kiana then says that she is the one deserving of a title shot, then Blair Davenport shows up and says she is next in line for a title shot. Gigi Dolin tells Davenport she has to go through the division and that everyone still remembers her convenience store brawl with Roxanne Perez. As Blair Davenport says that she will plant her boot in Gigi's face so hard that her brother will not recognize her anymore, Tiffany is about to let everyone else argue when Roxanne Perez shows up and reminds Blair Davenport about how she beat her. She then punches Tiffany in the face, starting a brawl that referees quickly have to stop.



Backstage, Drew Gulak has Myles Borne staying busy in his dojo when Charlie Dempsey puts Borne in a sleeper hold from out of nowhere.

We hear from Ava, who says that the longer she waits for Ivy Nile, the more Ivy Nile proves she is a failure like she says she is. Ava sics her masked followers on her, but the masked men end up being The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed), who tells Joe Gacy that if he wants to see Ava again, then they will have a steel cage against The Dyad (Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid) where if The Creed Brothers win, they will be reinstated back into NXT.



Backstage, Meta-Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, Jakara Jackson) celebrate Noam Dar's Heritage Cup win. Jakara Jackson say they are not just back, they are better, and that Nathan Frazer's should never have happened. Noam Dar is then issued a letter from the Heritage Cup Committee stating that there will be an eight-man Global Heritage Invitiational tournament with the winner facing Noam Dar for the NXT Heritage Cup at No Mercy.



Dragon Lee and Lyra Valkyria beat The Judgment Day (Rhea Ripley and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio) after Raquel Rodriguez shows up and attacks Rhea Ripley on the outside.



Backstage, Trick Williams meets with Carmelo Hayes, who says that he wants his NXT Championship defense against Wes Lee to be strictly one-on-one.

Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Tiffany Stratton, who says that what happened in the ring earlier was not what she had in mind. She then announces that Roxanne Perez, Blair Davenport, Kiana James and Gigi Dolin will face each other for a chance to face her.



In backstage footage from last week, Thea Hail finds out she cannot get her recent loss off of her record when she is met by Jacy Jayne, who tells her that she changed in the last year and says that everybody has been let down by somebody backstage. She tells Thea that she will get through it and that people like them always get through it.



Von Wagner vs. Baron Corbin ends before it can begin. Corbin attacks Von Wagner before the bell rings, starting a brawl in which Corbin briefly gets his hands on Mr. Stone. Wagner is able to save Mr. Stone and is about to powerbomb Corbin through the announce table when he is Speared from out of nowhere by Bron Breakker.



We hear from The Schism (Joe Gacy, Rip Fowler, Jagger Reid). Joe Gacy wants to know where The Creed Brothers' (Julius and Brutus Creed) morality is after disguising themselves as Schism members, while The Dyad (Fowler and Reid) are also displeased with them. Rip Fowler tells The Creed Brothers that with the steel cage in place, they will be trapped inside with them, and Jagger Reid says that they will beat The Creed Brothers once and for all.

We hear from Dijak, who says that Eddy Thorpe ruined his chances at what he returned to NXT for, then tells Eddy he has seven days to be one with the spirits before he breaks his spirit and his soul.

Carmelo Hayes retains the NXT Championship against Wes Lee.



Here are the top ten moments from tonight's show!



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