WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Night One Results 10/24 - Two Title Bouts, Lexis King Debuts
Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for Night One of "NXT" Halloween Havoc on October 24, 2023, coming to you live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida!
Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo will be putting the "NXT" Tag Team Championship on the line against Chase U's Andre Chase and Duke Hudson. Chase and Hudson secured their spot in the match after winning the Bada Bing Bada Boom Battle Royal last week.
The Family won't be the only one defending a title tonight, as Becky Lynch will be putting her "NXT" Women's Championship on the line as she takes on Lyra Valkyria Not only did Lynch retain her title against Indi Hartwell on last night's episode of "WWE Raw", but Hartwell played a role in Valkyria securing her spot in tonight's bout as she defeated her and Roxanne Perez in a Triple Threat Number One Contenders Match on the October 3 episode of "NXT".
Speaking of Perez, she will be competing in a bout of her own tonight as she faces Kiana James in a Devil's Playground Match. The pair have had no shortage of issues with one another, with Perez costing James her match against Shotzi last week before agreeing to Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal. Perez was not the only one to Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal, as Gigi Dolin did so last week following Blair Davenport's challenge to a match. Per the wheel, the longtime foes will be squaring off in a Lights Out Match.
On September 5, Bron Breakker sidelined Von Wagner with an injury when he attacked him with the ring steps following their No Disqualification Match. Mr. Stone has made his anger with Wagner being put on the shelf crystal clear, and even challenged Breakker to a match amidst a heated backstage confrontation last week. Breakker accepted, and Stone has the chance to exact his revenge tonight when the two go one-on-one.
Additionally, Lexis King will be making his in-ring debut against an opponent who has yet to be revealed.
We are live! The show kicks off with a live performance from New Years Day of their song, Vampyre.
Vic Joseph and Booker T then greet audiences at home before the hosts of tonight's show, Shotzi and Scarlett, welcome fans to Halloween Havoc and introduce Roxanne Perez and Kiana James.
Roxanne Perez vs. Kiana James in a Devil's Playground Match
The bell rings and James looks to hit Perez with a handbag. Perez wrestles it away from her, but James overpowers her and fires off shoulders on her midsection. Perez lands a senton off the middle rope, then follows it up with a tijeras and sends James crashing out of the ring. She follows her out and rolls her up, but James kicks out. Perez then delivers a Sunset Flip off the ring steps and looks to suplex James onto a slide connected to a play set on the outside. James counters into a suplex of her own on the floor and cracks a laptop across Perez's spine
Back from the break, James uses a chain to wear Perez down before using it to send her arm bouncing off the ring post. Perez pulls the chain and causes James to go crashing face first into the ring post, then delivers an uppercut and follows it up with a tope suicida. She grabs a plank of wood from the prop fence and hits James' midsection with it, then cracks it across her spine and delivers a Side Russian Leg Sweep that sends her colliding with the slide. James sends Perez crashing into the barricade, then plants her on top of a garbage can and grabs the seesaw from the play set. She hits Perez in her midsection with it, then hits her across the spine.
The pair find themselves on top of a barricade, and Perez looks to land a Side Russian Leg Sweep. James fights her off and sets up for a moonsault, but Perez rolls out of the way and clocks James with a handbag (that has been filled with bricks). She then lands Pop Rox on top of the bag for the win.
Winner: Roxanne Perez
Carmelo Hayes Sits Down With Vic Joseph
We head over to a video of Vic Joseph sitting down with Carmelo Hayes. Joseph asks Hayes if he was responsible for the attack launched on Trick Williams last week that caused him to pull out of the Number One Contenders bout, and Hayes puts his guard up, denying that he did so. The two then discuss Hayes' "NXT" Championship match against Ilja Dragunov next week at Night Two of Halloween Havoc before Joseph questions if Hayes would've become Number One Contender if Williams was in the match. Hayes insists that they would and says he has to do what he has to do, then dedicates his title match to Williams and walks off.
Back from the break, we head backstage to Shotzi and Scarlett providing Meta-Four with a tarot reading as Akira Tozawa steals Noam Dar's Heritage Cup from him.
Back at ringside, Lexis King heads down to the ring. Dante Chen is already waiting inside.
Lexis King vs. Dante Chen
The bell rings and the two lock up. King delivers a kick to Chen's midsection and looks for a vertical suplex, but Chen escapes and lands a dropkick. King lands a splash in the corner and jams his boot into Chen's jaw, then delivers a kick across his spine and a clothesline to the back of his neck. Chen delivers an Atomic Drop and a big boot, but King executes a twisting neckbreaker using the ropes for the win.
Winner: Lexis King
After the match, King says that it's his way and his life.
We then head backstage and see The Family approach Chase U, telling Andre Chase it's nice to see him "under better conditions". Duke Hudson questions what they meant, and Chase tells him not to worry about it.
Back at ringside, Kelani Jordan heads down to the ring. Arianna Grace follows.
Arianna Grace vs. Kelani Jordan in a Semifinals Match for the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament
The bell rings and Jordan lands an arm drag. She follows it up with a dropkick.
Back from the break, Grace delivers an elbow to the back of Jordan's neck but Jordan hits a suplex. Grace then delivers a swinging Fireman's Carry Slam before Jordan connects with a crossbody. She plants Grace, but Grace sends her into the ropes and follows it up with a back suplex. The two women then find themselves teetering on the top rope until Jordan pushes Grace off and delivers a split legged moonsault for the win.
Winner: Kelani Jordan
Back from the break, Shotzi and Scarlett promote their YouTube show at ringside, Chamber of Horrors. The Creed Brothers and Ivy Nile interrupt them to demand a match against Los Lotharios next week, and the Halloween Havoc hosts suggest they Spin The Wheel, Make The Wheel. Nile does so, and the wheel lands on a Tables, Ladders, and Scares match.
The Family then heads down to the ring for their title defense. Chase U follows.
The Family (c) vs. Chase U (w/ Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne) for the NXT Tag Team Championship
Chase and Stacks begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. The action quickly spills out of the ring, and the now legal D'Angelo helps Stacks go flying over the top rope to level Chase U on the outside.
Back from the break, Stacks tags in and cinches in a front face lock on Chase. He lands a bodyslam and looks tor an elbow drop, but Chase rolls out of the ring before he can connect. D'Angelo gets in the ring, and Chase hits an enzuigiri. He tags out to Hudson, and Hudson lands the Chase U right hands on D'Angelo. He sends Stacks crashing on top of D'Angelo, then lands a pair of overhand chops and plants him on the mat. Chase and D'Angelo tag in, and D'Angelo lands a spinebuster on Chase. Stacks tags in and delivers a pair of running uppercut-back suplex combinations with D'Angelo. D'Angelo then becomes legal and the pair look to double team on Chase, but Hudson takes out Stacks.
Chase lands a Side Russian Leg Sweep on D'Angelo back in the ring and follows it up with the Chase U stomps. The pair end up on the top rope, and Stacks makes the blind tag in. D'Angelo lands a superplex, and Stacks follows it up with a flying headbutt off the top rope. He goes for a pin, but Hudson delivers a German suplex to D'Angelo on top of the top of them to break the fall. D'Angelo tags back in, and Chase delivers a swinging neckbreaker. Jayne slides a crowbar over to Chase, but Chase opts to use it. D'Angelo runs the ropes, but Jayne accidentally gets knocked off the apron. Chase then rolls him up for the win, inadvertently taking advantage having not seen what happened.
Winners (and new): Chase U
Back from the break, Gigi Dolin heads down to the ring. Blair Davenport follows.
Blair Davenport vs. Gigi Dolin in a Lights Out Match
The lights go out as the bell rings and Davenport looks to grab something from under the ring. Dolin catches her with a dropkick through the middle rope, then fires off right hands and gets her back inside the ring. Davenport lands a knee on Dolin, then pulls out a chair from under the ring. Dolin wrestles it away from her and sets it up, then sends Davenport's head colliding with it. Davenport then sends Dolin's head repeatedly bouncing off the ring steps and looks to stomp on the back of her neck, but Dolin moves out of the way and sits Davenport on the chair. She then delivers a senton off the apron.
Back from the break, Dolin pulls Davenport off the top rope with a hurricanrana before she grabs a table from under the ring and slides it inside the ring. She sets it up in the corner, but Davenport sends her face first into a chair. She then sends her colliding into the ring post shoulder first and dumps the table out of the ring. She uses a strap to attack Dolin and grabs a garbage can and a chair from under the ring and tosses them inside.
Dolin hits Davenport with a leather strap of her own, then sends her face bouncing off the chair and sits her in it. She looks to run the ropes, but Davenport hits her with the chair face first and follows it up with a belly-to-back suplex. She grabs a second table from under the ring and sets it up on the outside near the announce desk and looks to get back inside the ring. Dolin cracks the trash can across her head, then delivers a dropkick to her chest and plants her on the garbage can with a modified Blue Thunder Bomb.
Davenport clears the announce desk and the two end up on top of it. Davenport sends Dolin crashing through the table she set up with a Falcon Arrow and gets her back inside. She then delivers a boot to the side of her jaw for the win.
Winner: Blair Davenport
We head over to a video of Ilja Dragunov sitting down with Vic Joseph to talk about his journey to the "NXT" Championship and his upcoming defense against Carmelo Hayes next week. We then see Hayes watching from backstage as Shotzi and Scarlett approach him and tell him that all signs point to him. He assumes they're referencing him winning back the "NXT" Championship, and the two of them clarify that they're referring to him attacking Trick Williams last week.
Back from the break, we see Fallon Henley impersonate Tiffany Stratton to her face, which results in the duo getting into a heated altercation with one another.
Back at ringside, Karmen Petrovic and Lola Vice are already waiting inside.
Karmen Petrovic vs. Lola Vice (w/ Elektra Lopez) in a Semifinals Match for the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament
The bell rings and Vice lands a boot on Petrovic. Petrovic fires back with a kick of her own on Vice's chest, but Vice hits one on Petrovic's midsection that sends her crashing out of the ring. She then fires off strikes on her in the center of the ring, but Petrovic connects with a kick on her head and a discus lariat. She follows it up with a kick to her head before the action spills to the outside and Petrovic lands a tope suicida. She gets Vice back inside the ring and walks into a roundhouse kick to her head for the win.
Winner: Lola Vice
We head backstage and see Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne get into a verbal exchange with Chelsea Green and Piper Niven, which ultimately results in the former team demanding a Women's Tag Team Match from the latter team.
Back at ringside, Jade Cargill takes her seat in a throne to watch the action as Lyra Valkyria and Becky Lynch make their way down to the ring.
Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria for the NXT Women's Championship
The bell rings and the two lock up. Valkyria lands a spinning back heel kick.
Back from the break, Lynch sends Valkyria into the top turnbuckle face first. Valkyria delivers a crossbody to Lynch, but Lynch fires back with one of her own from the middle rope. Both women then level one another with crossbodies before Valkyria delivers a kick to Lynch's midsection and follows it up with a Scissor Kick. Valkyria hits a pair of clotheslines, but Lynch responds the Bexploder and a kick to Valkyria's midsection. She ascends to the top and looks to go flying off the top with a leg drop, but Valkyria moves out of the way.
The action spills out of the ring, and Lynch sends Valkyria colliding with the ring post face first. Valkyria fires off right hands on Lynch's spine after draping her through the middle rope and delivers a Scissor Kick off the top rope. She gets Lynch up on her shoulder, but Lynch escapes and looks tor the Man Handle Slam. Valkyria escapes and delivers an enzuigiri, then follows it up with a forearm and ascends to the top. She then hits a dropkick, but Lynch catches her with a rolling Stunner off the top rope.
Lynch locks in an Armbar, but Valkyria escapes and locks in a shoulder submission on Lynch. Lynch escapes and Valkyria ascends to the top. She looks for a splash, but Lynch rolls out of the way and locks in the Dis-Arm-Her. Valkyria gets her foot on the bottom rope to break the hold and powerbombs Lynch. The two women end up on the top rope, and Lynch executes a superplex. She transitions straight into a DDT and goes for a pin, but Valkyria manages to kick out. A frustrated Lynch fires off right hands on Valkyria, but Valkyria catches her with a kick to her head.
Valkyria gets Lynch up on her shoulders, but Lynch escapes and delivers a Man Handle Slam and goes for a pin. Valkyria kicks out and delivers a series of kicks to Lynch's head, but Lynch looks for the Man Handle Slam. Valkyria counters into a pinfall for the win.
Winner (and new): Lyra Valkyria
After the match, Cargill watches Lynch hand the "NXT" Women's Championship to Valkyria as a passing of the torch and hugs her as the show goes off the air.