Post WWE NXT 1/14/2024 Show Discussion Thread

MATCH RESULTS

Winner Loser Match Finish Stipulation
Shotzi Stephanie Vaquer Backslide following distraction by Fatal Influence #1 Contenders Match for the Women's North American Championship
Ethan Page Dante Chen EKO
Meta Four Unholy Union Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker #1 Contender for the Women's Tag Team Championships
Cora Jade Kelani Jordan Double Underhook
Fraxiom (c) OTM Golden Ratio For the NXT Tag Team Championships

IMPORTANT NOTES

  • Kick-off with the new NXT Champion Oba Femi making his way to the ring, he says dread it, run from it, destiny arrives just the same just as he has arrived. He says many men will win something like this and say they never believed they could do it but he always believed he could do it since from day one he has said he been backed by destiny. He was backed by destiny when he won the Break-Out Tournament, won the North American Champion, and it backed him to become NXT Champion. He says he has a lot of respect for Trick Williams but says he has a ceiling and calls Eddy Thorpe a rat and warns him to go bother someone else in this locker room. Tony D'Angelo comes out and congratulates Oba on his victory but says when he checks the record books it's the Don 2 and the Ruler 1. Oba may be the ruler now but he is the one man to defeat him and when he goes for that NXT Championship he'll be walking out as the Double Title Don. Oba says he's glad Tony found his confidence but says he just watched him get his ass dropped by Ridge Holland. Tony says he'll deal with Ridge when he gets to him when Ridge Holland makes his way out and says he has a late Christmas gift for Tony, a picture of Ridge ambushing him as Santa. Tony offers to sign it and makes a beeline for Ridge and the two brawl.

  • Backstage Dante Chen tells Ethan Page that after what he did to Je'von and Cedric no one wants him around here, Ethan asks if it was funny watching Je'von try to talk with his jaw wired shut and mocks him. Dante shoves him and says he'll get the match made later with Ava.

  • Backstage Sol Ruca tells Kelani not to change who she is since that's what got her her success in the first place bur Zaria disagrees and says maybe now it's time she makes some changes in her course. Cora Jade interrupts and says Kelani's time has passed and she's just the same little girl from Michigan State and that she'll win a title before she does. Kelani slaps Cora and the two brawl.

  • During an ad break Stephanie Vaquer is shown searching backstage for Fatal Influence shoving people out of her way. Eventually we shift focus to Ethan Page who makes his way out to the ring.

  • In Ava's office Oba Femi warns Ava that he is going to eliminate Eddy the next time he sees him and demands they give Eddy the title shot he wants so badly. Ava says there is no we, she makes decisions around here and she refuses to reward Eddy for his behavior. Robert Stone tells Oba he's being played by Eddy but Oba holds him against a wall and demands a match with Thorpe, Ava relents and gives him the match next week.

  • Following his match, Ethan Match continues to beat down Dante Chen before dragging him by his leg over to the ring post and starts to remove Chen's boot. He places his expose foot between the ringsteps and the ring before stomping the steps. WWE officials rush down to check on Chen and try to usher Ethan away. Je'von Evans returns and rushes at Ethan! Ethan escapes back into the ring where he strikes Ethan in the jaw, causing him to fall to the ground and start coughing up blood again as Ethan mocks Je'von asking where his smile is now.

  • Backstage Dion Lennox congratulates Oba Femi on being NXT champion and says he'll be challenging him someday. An argument is heard in the background where Adrianna Rizzo is telling Shawn Spears to back off as he tries to argue that the family needs her much more than she needs her. Izzy Dame steps up and tells Shawn to back off. After he leaves Adrianna tells her she had it handled but Izzy says now she's even with Tony. As she walks off we see Ashante Thee Adonis tell Karmen he wants to start 2025 on a different note and she agrees and kisses him.

  • Backstage DIY show up and say they are here to take a closer look at Fraxiom.

  • Ava congratulates Lexis King on winning the Heritage Cup and he says this is proof of four months of hard work paying off. Charlie Dempsey and Wren Sinclair come by and Charlie congratulates Lexis as well but Wren says it's clear that Lexis hit Charlie you know where and they got to be talking about a rematch. She tells Ava that she can hear everyone chanting for a rematch and does a dance. Suddenly the four of them hear a commotion outside where we find Tony D'Angelo brawling with Ridge Holland.

  • Eddy Thorpe is out under the wolf moon and says what a good night, he set the bait and Oba took it just like he thought he would and next week he's going to overthrow the ruler.

  • Before Cora Jade vs Kelani TNA Knock-Outs Champion Masha Slamovich is shown in the front row!

  • Backstage Brooks and Inamura approach Fraxiom and let them know that they got next but OTM interject and say they're talking to the wrong people since they'll be the next NXT Tag Team Champions since they've been chasing this dream since day one. They threaten to drag Brooks and Inamura through the mud and Inamura asks if they mud wrestle because that isn't his style. Lucien asks if he thinks he's a comedian but Inamura says he's no comedian, he is serious and the four brawl.

  • Roxanne Perez comes down to the ring, she says when she won the NXT Women's Championship at Stand and Deliver no one expected her to hold it over 260 days. Nine defenses later and she made the title special and says all she ever wanted to do was make this division special and with the help of everyone else they made this the best women's division in wrestling today. She says unfortunately the better woman last week and sadly it's what the fans wanted and what's even sadder is the state of the women's division without her on top. Roxanne says they can kiss how great the women's division is goodbye without her. Rox says before you needed the four horsewomen but now they only needed one. Bayley is here! She says ding dong Roxanne and says knowing her she knew she would be upset after her loss last week and knows she's at a crossroads right now about where to go next. Roxanne says she doesn't need her advice but Bayley says Rox has always been asking for advice, even when she was a little bit shorter and met Bayley when she was 14. Bayley says the division will survive without her because it is bigger than her. Roxanne says Bayley is just like CM Punk and Natalya and everyone else she used to look up to but now she's far surpassed them. Bayley says the difference between them is that Roxanne will be stuck down here while she goes on to Wrestlemania after beating Tiffany this Friday. Rox slaps Bayley and the two brawl.

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