WWE NXT Results 2/20 - North American Title Match, We Hear From Carmelo Hayes & The Wolf Dogs
Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE NXT" on February 20, 2024, coming to you from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida!
Last week, Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin dethroned Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo of The Family as "NXT" Tag Team Champions, having won the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic to earn their shot. Then, this past Friday, Breakker signed a contract to become an official member of the "WWE SmackDown" roster. In light of such, The Wolf Dogs will be holding a title commemoration tonight.
Another star will be speaking tonight, as Carmelo Hayes has something to say. Between turning his back on Trick Williams at "NXT" Vengeance Day earlier this month, being called out by "NXT" Champion Ilja Dragunov for his attack on Williams, and defeating Joe Gacy in singles competition last week, Hayes has had no shortage of adversaries as of late.
Oba Femi will be putting the North American Championship on the line against Lexis King in his second title defense since dethroning Dragon Lee as titleholder on the January 9 edition of "NXT". Not only did Femi and King find themselves entangled in a verbal exchange last week, but this will be King's second time challenging for the title, having previously come up short against Lee on the same night Femi won the title.
Following her win against Lola Vice on the February 6 episode of "NXT", Roxanne Perez looks to score another win as she collides with Wren Sinclair. The pair found themselves face-to-face backstage last week, which ultimately ended with Perez slapping Sinclair.
Additionally, Lash Legend will be taking on Kelani Jordan elsewhere in the women's division after encountering one another last week. Josh Briggs will also be going head-to-head with Brooks Jensen following a major brawl between them backstage last week.
We are live! Vic Joseph and Byron Saxton greet audiences at home as Oba Femi and Lexis King are waiting inside the ring.
Oba Femi (c) vs. Lexis King for the North American Championship
The bell rings and the two lock up. King delivers a series of chops, then looks to land a springboard crossbody. Femi blocks it and lands a back body drop, then follows it up with a pair of right hands to King's midsection. King connects with a pair of kicks on Femi's chest, but Femi sends him crashing out of the ring and gets him back inside.
King dropkicks Femi off the apron, then sends Femi crashing into the ring post and sends his arm bouncing off it. The pair get back inside the ring as we see Von Wagner and Mr. Stone watch the action from backstage. Stone announces he's going out to ringside, and King ascends to the top. Stone appears, and King delivers a double stomp to Femi's arm. King slides out of the ring and shoves Stone.
When King gets back in the ring, Femi looks to chokeslam him. King prevents him from doing so and fires off a few forearms, but Femi runs him over with a clothesline and sends him crashing into the mat. Femi tosses King across the ring and connects with a pop-up powerbomb for the win.
Winner (and still): Oba Femi
We then head backstage and see Thea Hail venting about her relationship issues with Riley Osborne to Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx. Arianna Grace overhears and gives Hail some advice of her own, and questions the advice Jayne gave her. Jayne steps up for herself, leading to a verbal confrontation to Grace.
Back from the break, we see Lyra Valkyria tell Tatum Paxley to stay in the back during her "NXT" Women's Championship defense against Shotzi later tonight.
Back at ringside, The Wolf Dogs make their way down.
We Hear From The Wolf Dogs
Breakker and Corbin reflect on their journey to becoming "NXT" Tag Team Champions, and Corbin reminds Breakker that he beat him at the event. The two then reflect on hitting the End of Days and spear to become the titlehodlers, and Breakker names their finisher the Spear of Days.
Chase U's music hits, and Andre Chase and Duke Hudson make their way down to the ring. Hudson says it's impressive they beat seven other teams to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Breakker tells Chase U to take their school spirit and shove it up their asses, and Chase says that The Family promises them a title shot. He says they won't take no for an answer.
Axiom and Nathan Frazer then make their way down to the ring, and Frazer says that just because they were promised a title shot, that doesn't mean they're going to get it. Axiom says that they've been the closest to beating Breakker and Corbin, and Hudson questions who invited Axiom and Frazer to the party. He tells them to get to the back of the line, and Corbin says him and Breakker have stuff to do and places to be.
Ava appears on the ramp, and announces that Chase U will be colliding with Axiom and Frazer in a Number One Contenders Match for the "NXT" Tag Team Championship.
Roxanne Perez then makes her way down to the ring.
Back from the break, we see another mysterious message: "Men deny their truth, I will be a mirror to it."
Back at ringside, Wren Sinclair makes her way down.
Roxanne Perez vs. Wren Sinclair
The bell rings and the two lock up. Sinclair shoves Perez, and Perez fires off right hands on Sinclair on the outside. The pair get back inside the ring, and Sinclair lands a forearm on Perez. She sends Perez crashing into the mat, and connects with a forearm to her on the outside. Perez sends Sinclair crashing into the floor, then sends her arm crashing into the floor and her face colliding with the ring apron twice.
Perez and Sinclair get back inside the ring, and Perez wears Sinclair down with a submission hold. She continues to wear down her arm before Sinclari delivers a boot to Perez's face and follows it up with a pair of clotheslines. Sinclair lands a dropkick and Perez responds with a boot to her midsection, then connects with Pop-Rox. She transitions into a crossface for the win.
Winner: Roxanne Perez
Back from the break, we see Meta-Four and No Quarter Catch Crew get into a verbal exchange with one another.
Back at ringside, Josh Briggs makes his way down to the ring. Brooks Jensen follows.
Josh Briggs vs. Brooks Jensen
The bell rings and the two lock up. Briggs delivers a shoulder tackle, but Jensen responds with one of his own. Briggs lands another shoulder tackle, then sends him crashing into the turnbuckle. Jensen fires off chops and clotheslines and Briggs in the corner, then delivers a modified bulldog and a dropkick. He delivers an open palm strike to Briggs through the middle rope before he sends him crashing into the barricade on the outside and tosses him over it. He then stomps on his chest.
Back from the break, Jense connects with an enzuigiri on Briggs. Jensen executes a backslide, but Briggs kicks out. Briggs fires off right hands on Jensen, then delivers a stomp to him in the corner and follows it up with a standing splash. Jensen slaps Briggs and fires off right and left hands, then follows it up with a dropkick. Briggs responds with a boot and a chokeslam, then goes for a pin.
Briggs kicks out and the pair exchange right hands with one another. Briggs lands a boot, and Jensen hits a spinning heel kick. He follows it up with a suplex and goes for a pin, but Briggs kicks out. Briggs then hits a pair of springboard clotheslines for the win.
Winner: Josh Briggs
We then see Carmelo Hayes arrive at the barber shop.
We Hear From Carmelo Hayes
As he sits in the barber shop, Hayes says this is where everything began. He says despite being all alone, he's not lonely. He says he didn't get too big for his own good, and says Williams was his boy. He says Williams could've been number, number three, or even number two, but he wanted to be number one. He says no one is second to him, and to stay at the top, you need to have a killer instinct. He says he saw all the times Williams side eyed his "NXT" Championship, and says he's Williams' biggest competition. He says he knew he had to attack Williams before he did it to him, and tells Williams that his fifteen minutes is up. He tells Ilja Dragunov to get in line if he wants to talk to him, and he won't talk to him unless it's about the "NXT" Championship.
Back at ringside, Arianna Grace makes her way down to the ring. Jacy Jayne, Thea Hail, and Jazmyn Nyx follow.
Jacy Jayne (w/ Thea Hail and Jazmyn Nyx) vs. Arianna Grace
The bell rings and the two lock up. Jayne trips Grace, but Grace responds with a shoulder tackle and demands that Jayne kiss her hand. Jayne refuses to do so.
Jayne connects with a senton on Grace, but Grace sends her crashing into the turnbuckle. She then delivers a bodyslam and an elbow drop before the action spills to the outside and Jayne connects with a back elbow. Jayne distracts the referee, and Nyx takes advantage by landing a forearm on her spine on the outside. Nyx then dumps Grace back in the ring, and Jayne follows it up with a spinning forearm for the win.
Winner: Jacy Jayne
Andre Chase, Duke Hudson, and Riley Osborne make their way down to the ring, and Chase questions Jayne's methods to win the match as they pass one another. As Jayne and Nyx make their way to the back, Hail stays for a minute looking conflicted.
Back fr the break, we see Ridge Holland sit down with Sarah Schreiber to discuss his feud with Gallus.
Back at ringside, Axiom and Nathan Frazer make their way out.
Chase U (w/ Riley Osborne) vs. Axiom and Nathan Frazer in a Number One Contenders Match for the NXT Tag Team Championship
Chase and Axiom begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. The pair level one another with dropkicks before Axiom executes an arm drag and a dropkick. Frazer tags in and delivers a standing moonsault, but Hudson tags in and Chase U delivers double right hands to his midsection and spine. Frazer connects with a single leg dropkick on Hudson, but Hudson runs him over with a shoulder tackle. Chase and Axiom tag in, and Axiom delivers a hurricanrana-arm drag special to Chase and Hudson. Axiom and Frazer then deliver a pair of tope suicidas to Chase U on the outside.
Back from the break, Frazer tags in and Axiom delivers a Half-and-Half suplex to Chase. Frazer trips Chase, then looks to land a flying lariat. Chase responds with a sit-out chokeslam and tags in Hudson. Axiom tags in and Hudson looks to level him with a powerbomb. Axiom escapes and delivers a superkick, but Hudson levels him. He delivers the Chase U right hands to an interfering Frazer, then delivers a senton-gutbuster combination to Frazer and Axiom. Axiom connects with an enzuigiri on Hudson. He joins him on the top rope, and delivers a Spanish Fly to Hudson. Frazer and Axiom then fire off kicks on Hudson, but Hudson levels them both with a double clothesline. Chase tags in, and delivers a crossbody to the legal Frazer. Frazer rolls up Chase, but Chase reverses the pin. Frazer kicks out, but Chase rolls him up for the second time for the win.
Winners (and new Number One Contenders): Chase U
After the match, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson appear out of nowhere and attack Chase U, Axiom, and Nathan Frazer. They deliver the Magic Killer to Hudson.
We then head over to a video from Ilja Dragunov, who delivers a message to Carmelo Hayes.
Back at ringside, Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson make their way down.
Back from the break, we head over to the women's locker room and see Thea Hail vent to Fallon Henley about her issues. Henley suggests they take a walk and tells Hail about her Valentine's Day last year.
Back at ringside, Kelani Jordan makes her way out.
Lash Legend (w/ Jakara Jackson) vs. Kelani Jordan
The bell rings and the two lock up. Legend executes a mat return, then connects with a pump kick and a shoulder block. She then connects with a backbreaker and a standing splash before locking Jordan in a back submission. She looks to hit a second splash, but Jordan gets her knees up. Jordan delivers a kick to Legend, then ascends to the top and delivers a hurricanrana. She dropkicks her into the corner, then delivers a back heel kick and climbs to the middle looking to fly. Jackson hops up on the ramp and captures Jordan's attention, opening the door for Legend to hit a chokeslam for the win.
Winner: Lash Legend
After the match, Kiana James and Izzi Dame march down to the ring and look to attack Jordan post-match. Jordan escapes before they can.
Back from the break, Shotzi makes her way down to the ring. Lyra Valkyria follows.
Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Shotzi for the NXT Women's Championship
The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns locking one another in submissions before Shotzi connects with a shoulder tackle. Valkyria connects with a pair of arm drags, but Shotzi lands one of her own out of the corner. Shotzi delivers a hanging DDT to Valkyria from the middle rope to the outside.
Back from the break, the referee has called off the match due to Shotzi injuring her knee.
Winner (and still): Lyra Valkyria (via referee stoppage)
Ava then appears at ringside, and declares that Shotzi can is no longer medically cleared. She announces that it will now be an open challenge for the "NXT" Women's Championship, and Lash Legend answers the call.
Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Lash Legend for the NXT Women's Championship
The bell rings and Valkyria fires off kicks on Legend's thigh. Legend responds with a forearm, but Valkyria responds with a few more kicks and a boot to Legend's face as she charges at her in the corner. Legend connects with a backbreaker and an elbow drop to her spine, then lands a forearm on her chest and a clothesline. Legend wears Valkyria down with a spine submission as we see three Superstars update Roxanne Perez on Legend answering the open challenge for an "NXT" Women's Championship match. Perez knocks over the TV off the table out of frustration.
Valkyria catches her with a hurricanrana, but Legend delivers a chokeslam. Valkyria delivers a crossbody off the middle rope, then looks to get Legend up on her shoulders. Legend connects with a pump kick on Valkyria before Valkyria delivers a Frog Splash off the top for the win.
Winner (and still): Lyra Valkyria