On the Oct. 10 episode of NXT, Asuka took a trip to the brand and took on Roxanne Perez. This match was set up by Kiana James.
The match took place in the first 30-minutes of the show so it was luckily commercial free. Shotzi made a surprise appearance on commentary. She announced that she and Scarlett will be hosting Halloween Havoc. That event will be a two night event this year on both Oct. 24 and Oct. 31.
The final moments of the match had Asuka hitting Perez with several roundhouse kicks and punches before landing one final kick to the sixe of her head. Asuka got the three count and then showed respect to Perez before leaving the ring. This win by Asuka makes her still undefeated in NXT.
Kiana James emerged and attempted to jump Perez from behind but Shotzi entered and took her out. Shotzi then helped Perez up to end the segment.
Later on in the show, there was a meet and greet of sorts. James was with Asuka backstage and gave her thanks for showing up and defeating Perez.
Blair Davenport arrived and spoke some Japanese with Asuka. After she left there was Kelani Jordan who shook the hand of the Empress and was bashful so she just ran away. Fallon Henley attempted to introduce hersf but was cut off by Tiffany Stratton. This all led to Asuka retreating to her dressing room. Henley and Stratton have words which may lead to a match.
A second women’s match took place and it was a first round match for the Women’s Breakout Tournament. It was Lola Vice picking up the win over Dani Palmer. This match could have gone either way and is one of the less predictable matches in the tournament. Vice won with a roundhouse kick to the side of Palmer’s head to get the pin.
With Vice picking up this win she will face the winner between Karmen Petrovic and Jaida Parker. Kelani Jordan advanced last week and will take on the winner from Jakara Jackson and Arianna Grace.
A great video package was shown about the upcoming match between two women from Ireland. Becky Lynch will be defending the NXT Women’s Title on Oct. 24 against Lyra Valkyria. Their history was mapped out in the vignette seen below. Valkyria was then interviewed backstage and was interrupted by Tegan Nox.
Nox wanted Valkyria to put her title match on hold because she wants a rematch against Becky. Valkyria said that wasn’t gonna happen and that Nox had her shot and she lost. Now we will be seeing Nox vs. Valkyria next week.
There was also a Chase U segment with Thea Hail showing up late and she said she would not join the class unless Jacy Jayne was there also. Andre Chase agreed to it.
Cody Rhodes kicked off NXT. He announced that the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Tournament was returning. However, he did not specify if the women would be participating.
For Jade Cargill’s appearance and Paul Heyman talking to Ava, you can read here.
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