In backstage footage from earlier today via Instagram, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger make some noise for Cole Custer, who arrives in a truck. All of a sudden, OTM (Bronco Nima, Lucien Price, Jaida Parker) show up and take offense to Custer being at NXT, and this leads to a tag team challenge.
Backstage, Brinely Reece, Sol Ruca and Karmen Petrovic are met by Ashante "Thee" Adonis as they are working out. Adonis thinks he and Karmen have a connection, but Karmen says she was repaying the favor for costing her a match and tells him not to assume. Sol Ruca says Karmen is not interested, but Adonis says "We'll see," and leaves. Afterwards, Sol Ruca and Brinley believe there is chemistry between them, but Karmen denies it.
Jaida Parker beats Tatum Paxley. After the match, referees and security are seen keeping Lola Vice away from Jaida Parker, and Wendy Choo grabs Tatum Paxley from behind before shoving her into a road case.
Backstage, Lexis King thanks Charlie Dempsey, but says people still do not believe he is trying to be a gentleman as he wants people to stop seeing him as a loose cannon. He says that he needs to win the Heritage Cup to see if he can get some respect, and while Dempsey is willing to give him that match, he tells Lexis he will not like the outcome. Wren Sinclair also tells Lexis King that he will need a cornerman for the match.
Backstage, Cedric Alexander and Je'Von Evans are met by Nathan Frazer and Axiom. When Nathan Frazer tells Je'Von Evans that he has time to become a champion, Je'Von takes this as a dig on his age and slaps him. Wes Lee, who has seen this, says that he has been where Je'Von is right now, then jokingly says he still has time, which irritates Je'Von.
We see a video package for Stephanie Vaquer and Giulia, where Vaquer talks about she has travelled the world and collected championships all over on her way to WWE while Giulia talks about how she became friends with Vaquer prior to entering NXT.
Backstage, it is revealed that Adrianna Rizzo has been attacked.
Oba Femi beats Luca Crusifino. After the match, Oba throws Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo out of the ring when he checks on Crusifino, then continues to attack Crusifino. Stacks soon fights back, but Oba still overpowers him. Oba pulls a toolbox and a table out from underneath the ring, but Tony D'Angelo shows up and brawls with him, and he too gets overpowered. Oba then pulls out some zipties and ties D'Angelo to the ring post. Stacks gets back to his feet, but Oba choke slams him through the table. Oba then clears off the announce table and pulls a ladder out from underneath the ring before placing it on both the apron and the announce table. From there, Oba powerbombs Crusifino through the ladder, smashing it in half as D'Angelo can only watch.
We see the woman who made it to the skyscraper last week. We then see the NXT Halloween Havoc logo on a brick wall, which she punches. We then see the name "Zaria."
We see a video package where Andre Chase talks about what Chase University is all about, then says Ridge Holland came back to NXT for redemption and got it through Chase University only for him to betray them. He says that the measure of a man comes in defeat and that Ridge Holland cannot be helped, then says he will make Ridge feel the pain he felt and he will put an end to his misery in an ambulance match at Halloween Havoc.
"All Ego" Ethan Page and Trick Williams head to the ring individually for a face-to-face meeting before Halloween Havoc. Trick says that he should have come to the ring and dropped Ethan like a mixtape, but she promised General Manager Ava no physicality until Sunday. He then says Ethan is "all ego" and also "all desperate." Ethan says he wanted Trick to think that, as he has been in the game for over seventeen years, but when he talks about his career, he often glosses over everything he had to go through to get here. He then says he and Trick have different paths, as he never had a Performance Center to cater to him and prepare him for a position in the top company, and that he had to go through hell to get where Trick is at. Trick says they both have their stories, but he will not let Ethan shame him because he is blessed. Ethan says Trick does not get it, and asks him if he had ever been taken to his physical limit and still had to get up and keep fighting. He also asks Trick if he has tasted his own blood enough times to eventually like the taste of it, then Trick says he is glad Ethan is used to it because he will bust him up again on Sunday. Ethan says Trick is "all flash and fake confidence," and that he hit him with a light to give him a taste of the Devil's Playground match, where anything goes and it only benefits him. Ethan says Trick looks nice right now, but he has the devil inside of him and not Trick, and that Trick is "not tough" and not built for the Devil's Playground. Ethan also tells Trick that all of Trick's previous opponents in NXT are not as savage as he is, and that on Sunday, Trick will see a version of him few have seen. Trick says Ethan is all talk and has done everything except beat him even when he was champion. After Trick says Sunday will be no difference, Ethan warns Trick that he is a desperate man and that it took him seventeen years to become a champion in WWE, and after he got a taste, he became addicted, and he will satiate that taste on Sunday. He says that they are entering the Devil's Playground, and for the first time in Trick's career, Trick will be made to go through hell as they play by the Devil's rules, which are also his. Trick says he looks forward to it.
Backstage, Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez talk about how Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer have no chance at Halloween Havoc when Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, Jasmyn Nyx) show up and agree with them before Jacy states that Kelani Jordan does not deserve to be champion. As Roxanne says the five of them have been the backbone of the NXT women's division, Kelani shows up and says that while that is true, they are stressing because they can feel it slipping through their fingers. When she asks who she will face on Sunday, Fallon says that when one has power, one does not just give it up, and Jacy says that the wheel will decide what their match is tonight.
Sol Ruca beats Karmen Petrovic. During the match, Ashante "Thee" Adonis is seen in the crowd with another woman, and when they leave at the end of the match, Sol Ruca hits a distracted Karmen with a Sol Snatcher.
Backstage, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe chat with Nikkita Lyons. Tyson says he and Tyriek are waiting for their moment, but Nikkita says they need to take their moment. Oba Femi shows up with Nikkita's robe and tells her she dropped it, then leaves.
Hank Walker and Tank Ledger beat OTM (Bronco Nima and Lucien Price) after Lola Vice attacks Jaida Parker on the outside and NASCAR driver Cole Custer hits Bronco Nima on the outside as the referee is distracted. After the match, Hank, Tank, Custer and Lola all celebrate in the ring.
Backstage, Nathan Frazer wants a match with Cedric Alexander and Je'Von Evans, much to Axiom's frustration, and gets it next week. Lexis King then shows up after they leave, and is looking for a cornerman, but finds out that nobody can be forced to be his cornerman, much to his disappointment.
We hear from Ridge Holland, who tells Andre Chase that he wore the Chase University colors proudly, then asks Chase how it feels from being in control to having none at all as his university falls apart around him. He then says he can now be the most dangerous man in NXT that everyone expected him to be, then says that Chase University will be finished for good at Halloween Havoc and that Andre Chase will be going for an ambulance ride.
Backstage, Sarah Schreiber interviews Tony D'Angelo, who admits he does not know what is going on and that it is now personal between him and Oba Femi and that he will use everything to beat Oba Femi's ass at Halloween Havoc. He tells Oba Femi that he should have been careful what he wished for when he wanted him alone, because now he is going to get it.
Stephanie Vaquer and Giulia beat The Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne and Fallon Henley) after Roxanne Perez shows up to distract Giulia only for Kelani Jordan to show up and beat up Roxanne. After the match, Cora Jade and Roxanne stare down Giulia and Vaquer from the balcony as Kelani Jordan stares down The Fatal Influence (Jacy, Fallon, Jazmyn Nyx) from inside the ring. Jacy Jayne spins the wheel, which lands on Spinner's Choice. Before The Fatal Influence can make their choice, Zaria suddenly shows up.
Here are the highlights from tonight's show!
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