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Triple H and Cody Rhodes Announce The WWE Draft Round 1 Picks
Triple H then quickly reviews a couple things about the draft before Rhodes announces that Bianca Belair is the Number One Draft pick to “SmackDown”. Triple H then says Jey Uso has been drafted to “Raw” as the number two pick, Rhodes announces that Carmelo Hayes has been drafted to “SmackDown” as the number three pick, and Triple H announces that Seth “Freakin” Rollins is the number four pick and has been drafted to “Raw”.
Carmelo Hayes vs. Cody Rhodes
The bell rings and the two lock up. Rhodes delivers his signature open palm strike to Hayes, but Hayes responds with a springboard lariat to Rhodes. Rhodes responds with a clothesline of his own.
Back from the break, Rhodes fires off strikes on Hayes. Hayes delivers a boot to Rhodes’ midsection, then lands a couple strikes on Rhodes and jams his boot into his neck in the corner. Hayes and Rhodes then exchange chops in the adjacent corner before Rhodes delivers a back body drop to Hayes. Rhodes then connects with a shoulder tackle, but Hayes responds with a facebuster and Fade Away. He looks to connect with Cross-Rhodes on Hayes, but Rhodes rolls Hayes up. Hayes kicks out.
Rhodes delivers the Disaster Kick to Hayes, then follows it up with a running powerslam and goes for a pin. Hayes kicks out and Rhodes catches him with a Cody Cutter. He goes for another pin, but Hayes kicks out. Hayes lands The First 48 and ascends to the top, then looks to land Nothing But Net. Rhodes avoids it and delivers a superkick before both men fly off the ropes looking to level one another. Rhodes then hits Cross-Rhodes for the win.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
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Carmelo Hayes makes his way down to the ring with a chair in hand.
Hayes sets the chair up and sits on it as boos rain down from the crowd. He picks it back up and says not yet before saying that it’s not time yet and heading to the back.
Back at ringside, Carmelo Hayes is sitting on a chair in the middle of the ring once again. Fans chant “You’re not Him” at Hayes, and Hayes says the villain is always the villain when the hero is telling the story. He questions why no one wants to hear his side of things, then says he isn’t jealous of Trick Williams’ success. He says he wanted him to achieve the highest of highs and make his parents proud, and he had to be the one to take everything away from him to remind him of his place and show him what happens when you cross him. Hayes says Williams crossed him first, and says they had an agreement. He says they agreed Williams would go after the North American Championship while he went after the “NXT” Championship, but Williams started believing the people and his hype. He says Williams went behind his back and went after something that belonged to him, and he knew what he had to do at that moment. He says he attacked Williams and would do it again.
Williams’ music hits, but he’s nowhere to be found. Hayes begins laughing, making it clear he orchestrated the whole thing. He says Williams isn’t coming back, and says no one should be surprised. He reminds everyone that he’s a two time North American Champion while Williams is a two day North American Champion, then says nothing gets on “NXT” without being run by him. Hayes says Williams wanted to be like him so bad that he started copying his appearance and behavior. He says it was never a collaboration between them, as Williams was his hype man. He says that’s all it is and all it’ll ever be.
After Ilja Dragunov vs. Dijak, Carmelo Hayes appears out of nowhere and delivers a chop block to Dragunov. He fires off right hands on him, then grabs the “NXT” Championship and clocks Dragunov with it. He then holds the title above his head, standing tall as the show goes off the air.
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Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Wes Lee for the NXT Championship
The bell rings and the two lock up. They level one another with dropkicks and exchange forearms, then take one another down with a double pump kick before Hayes delivers a standing Spanish Fly.
Back from the break, Wes delivers a kick to Hayes. Hayes fires back with Fade Away and a forearm. Lee fires back with one of his own, and the two go back and forth once again before Hayes delivers a chop and a boot to Wes’ midsection. He follows it up with a clothesline and sends Wes into the corner face first, but Wes fires back with a meteora and a superkick. He plants Hayes, then ascends to the top and lands a corkscrew. He then delivers a kick to his spine and looks for the Kardiak Kick, but Hayes catches him and delivers a cutter. He delivers a Codebreaker.
The action spills to the outside, and Hayes gets Wes onto the announce desk. He then goes flying off the apron with a modified DDT and sends Wes crashing through the announce desk. He gets him back in the ring and looks for Nothing But Net, but Wes avoids the maneuver and delivers the Kardiak Kick. Hayes rolls out of the ring before he can be pinned, and Wes looks to level him on the outside. Hayes ducks out of the way and both men slide back in the ring before the referee can finish the ten count. Hayes then ascends to the top and delivers Nothing But Net for the win.
Winner (and still): Carmelo Hayes
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Elton Prince introduces himself and Kit Wilson as the hosts of “Stand & Deliver” before Wilson says their first act as hosts will be to erase the footage of their “NXT” Tag Team Championship loss to Gallus and being put through a table by Carmelo Hayes and Bron Breakker during their contract signing last week. The pair then begin discussing their outfits for the upcoming Premium Live Event, and say Hayes and Breakker’s outfits last week sucked.
Hayes’ music hits, and he and Trick Williams head to the ring. Williams says Pretty Deadly interrupted both Breakker and Hayes which is why they were put through the table, and says he and Hayes can talk their talk while Pretty Deadly walk their walk. Prince says if they’re trying to get a match for tonight, then they’re on. Williams agrees to their terms, then says he won’t be Hayes’ partner, but Breakker will be.
Pretty Deadly blindsides Williams and Hayes with an attack, but Breakker runs down to the ring and tosses them out of the ring. He helps Hayes up and tells him he doesn’t want anything happening to him between now and “Stand & Deliver”.
Back from the break, we head backstage to Hayes and Williams. Hayes asks Williams why he made Breakker his partner tonight, and Williams explains he did it so Hayes could see how he moves in the ring to prepare for their “Stand & Deliver” match.
Back at ringside, Pretty Deadly heads down. Carmelo Hayes, Trick Williams, and Bron Breakker follow.
Bron Breakker and Carmelo Hayes (w/ Trick Williams) vs. Pretty Deadly
The bell rings and Pretty Deadly charge at Hayes and Breakker. Wilson pins Hayes, but Hayes kicks out before hitting a dropkick. Prince tags in and delivers an uppercut, then tags Wilson back in. Hayes delivers a shoulder tackle before Wilson hits a flapjack and tags in Prince. Pretty Deadly looks to double team on Hayes, but Breakker interjects. The two teams go at it, and Breakker and Hayes toss Wilson and Prince out of the ring.
Back from the break, Wilson is wearing down Breakker. He shoves him into the corner before Hayes and Prince tag in. Hayes rocks Prince with a kick, then suplexes Wilson on top of Prince. Prince delivers a series of stomps in the corner, then tags in Wilson. Wilson and Prince deliver a leg drop-splash combination. Wilson then delivers a second leg drop and a right hand, then plants Hayes and delivers a knee. Prince tags in and delivers a back elbow, but Hayes lands a few forearms. Breakker and Wilson tag in. Wilson gets planted with a German suplex, then delivers a shoulder tackle and a second German suplex. He hits a bulldog and goes for a pin, but Prince breaks the fall. Wilson looks to send Breakker into Hayes, but Breakker stops himself before the two collide. Hayes pushes Breakker out of the way and delivers a Codebreaker to Wilson. Breakker then delivers a Spear and tags Hayes back in. Hayes ascends to the top and delivers Nothing But Net for the win.
Winners: Bron Breakker and Carmelo Hayes
After the match, Hayes ands Breakker the “NXT” Championship. Breakker raises it over his head, and the two stare one another down.
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Carmelo Hayes vs. Tyler Bate
The bell rings and the two lock up. They go back and forth with submission holds before Bate offers Melo his hand. Melo slaps it away, and Bate rolls Melo up. Melo reverses the fall, but Bate kicks out. The two try pinning one another, but are unsuccessful in doing so. Bate delivers an uppercut and a back body drop, then follows it up with a dropkick. Melo rolls to the outside, and Bate goes flying over the top to level him.
Back from the break, Melo whips Bate into the corner. Bate charges at Melo, but Williams pulls him out of the way. Bate then delivers a running shooting star press and an Airplane Spin, then delivers a vicious right hand. He delivers a series of uppercuts, but Melo fires back with a few forearms. Bate fires off several right and left hands on Melo’s midsection, but Melo plants him and delivers a knee. He delivers a cutter, then ascends to the top. Bate meets him there and delivers a superplex, then climbs to the top. Williams tries to interfere, but Bate fights him off and goes flying. Melo takes advantage and rolls out of the way, then delivers a Codebreaker and a leg drop off the top rope for the win.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes
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Backstage, Carmelo Hayes gives Trick Williams props for his match against Drgaonov tonight. Tyler Bate walks in and does the same. Williams and Bate get on well. Hayes tells Bate that he’s cool and all, but it’s a good thing Bate’s path isn’t moving toward the NXT Championship because that’s all him.
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We Hear From Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams
Williams says “Vengeance Day” will go down as the day Melo changed Apollo Crews from a vision seer into Stevie Wonder. Melo then gloats about his win, then says the “NXT” Universe knows he is everything he says he is. He says history doesn’t lie and says he did what he said he would. He says there is still one man who needs to get put on a t-shirt. He says only one event can hold them both, but before he can finish his sentence, JD McDonagh’s music hits and he cuts him off.
McDonagh says his ears must be deceiving him and says it sounds like he was about to challenge for the “NXT” Championship. He says Melo comes from an entitled generation, and while he loves calling himself “The A Champ”, he isn’t ready to be the face of “NXT”. Melo says he thought he beat everyone, but it seems as if he left a survivor. McDonagh cuts him off and says while he counts merchandise sales, he counts body parts. He tells Melo he should call the hospital in advance because that’s where he’s going to send him. Melo then challenges McDonagh to a match, and McDonagh accepts.
Carmelo Hayes vs. JD McDonagh
The bell rings and the two lock up. McDonagh delivers a few knees to Melo’s midsection. Melo looks to hit his signature pose, but McDonagh kicks him while he looks to do so. This angers Melo, and he hits McDonagh with a shoulder tackle before sending him to the outside. He follows it up with a crossbody over the top, then gets him back in the ring. Melo delivers a chop and several forearms, but McDonagh plants him face first. He rains down right hands, then delivers a back suplex and sends him bouncing off the top rope.
Back from the break, McDonagh whips Melo into the corner before Melo fires back with a bodyslam. McDonagh manages to deliver a Spanish Fly, then follows it up with a double stomp and ascends to the top. Melo meets him there and delivers a pair of kicks, then follows it up with Fade Away. Melo fires off several rapid rights and lefts, then delivers a cutter and plants McDonagh face first. He locks in a Crossface, but McDonagh gets his foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. He rolls up McDonagh, but McDonagh bridges up and hits a powerbomb. He follows it up with a headbutt, and right as he does so, Ilja Dragunov’s music hits and he runs down to make his return! Dragunov levels Williams as Melo takes advantage of a distracted McDonagh. He rolls him up for the win.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes
After the match, Dragunov stares down Melo, then attacks McDonagh.
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Carmelo Hayes vs. Apollo Crews (Two-Out-Of-Three-Falls Match)
The two men start out grappling, going back and forth to feel each other out, but Carmelo Hayes then nails a couple of slaps with Apollo Crews replying with one of his own. Crews then catches Hayes and looks to slingshot him to the corner but he jumps up to the ropes and then leaps back only for Crews to catch him with a dropkick in mid-air as he follows it by slamming Hayes onto the turnbuckles.
Hayes then hits the turnbuckles and damages his ribs with Crews following up on that by dropping him to his knee ribs-first. Hayes tries to change things up with a springboard but he gets caught into a German suplex. On the outside Trick Williams stands in the way but it doesn’t work as Crews steps aside when Hayes dives out at him, and then drops him before moonsaulting from the ring apron to land on him outside.
Crews dives over the ropes to land on Hayes’ ribs back in the ring and follows with a delayed standing suplex, which gets a near fall, but Hayes then gets some offense in after throwing Crews over the top rope and pulling him back down to hang him up on the top rope. Back in the ring, he drops him on the top rope again, but he isn’t able to get the first fall. Hayes talks trash but then eats two German suplexes before a big backdrop from Crews.
Crews picks up the pace with some strikes and clotheslines before hitting a big splash into the corner, but Hayes responds with an elbow strike. However, as he tries to leap into the ring Crews hits an enziguri as he then powers Hayes up from the apron and nails a superplex! Despite his dominance, Hayes turns things around with a cutter, and he immediately sets in a Crossface and which leads to Crews tapping.
Carmelo Hayes 1-0 Apollo Crews
Hayes immediately continues the aggression, slamming Crews’ neck into the top rope as he keeps focusing on that area, but Crews fires back with a trio of German suplexes and then a standing shooting star, but Hayes kicks out. However, Hayes manages to hit the Fade Away, but Crews keeps the match alive by kicking out, they then head to the turnbuckles but both spill to the floor as they just break the 10 count.
Back inside the ring, Crews hits a knee to the jaw as he then throws him up to his shoulders as he slams him back down. Williams then takes off the top turnbuckle pad, but inside the ring, Crews unloads on him and then fires Hayes into the exposed turnbuckle. Williams tries to get involved with a chair, but Crews’ former bodyguard Commander Azeez returns and pulls him down. However, Hayes launches in to take him down with an elbow strike as he then hits Nothing But Net.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes (2-0)
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Back from the break, we head to a video of Apollo Crews in the same barber shop Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams go to. Crews says he isn’t done chasing after the “NXT” Championship. Melo and Williams walk in. Melo becomes irate and the two trade insults with one another. Crews challenges Melo to a 2 out of 3 Falls Match at “Vengeance Day” and Melo accepts.
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Carmelo Hayes vs. Apollo Crews
The bell rings and the two lock up. Crews delivers a shoulder tackle, then follows it up with a dropkick. Melo delivers a kick to Crews’ spine, then delivers Fade Away. He goes for a pin, but Crews kicks out. Melo delivers a chop, then delivers a right hand to his head. Crews fires back with a series of chops, then delivers a delayed vertical suplex. Crews delivers a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, then delivers a pair of German suplexes. He follows it up with an overhead belly-to-belly toss, then tosses Melo to the outside and delivers a moonsault off the apron.
Back from the break, Melo sends Crews out of the ring. He beats him down, then tosses him back in the ring. He delivers several stomps to Crews, then sends him into the middle turnbuckle and delivers a powerbomb. He locks in a Single Leg Boston Crab, but Crews escapes and delivers an enziguri. Crews delivers a kick to Melo’s midsection, then delivers a clothesline and a backstabber. He follows it up with a jumping lariat, then hits another enziguri.
The two men ascend to the top rope before Crews delivers a superlex. Melo delivers a pump kick and a cutter, then climbs to the top rope and looks for a double stomp. Crews rolls out of the way and delivers a DDT off the ropes. He goes for a pin, but Melo kicks out. Crews charges at Melo, but Williams pulls Melo out of the way. Crews levels him, then delivers a German suplex. He looks for a standing 450 Splash, but Melo moves out of the way and ascends to the top. He hits the leg drop for the win.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes
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