Night II of NXT Spring Breakin’ is finally here and did we get a show or what!
Scheduled we have Jacy Jayne vs. Thea Hail, a special announcement involving the Women’s North American Championship and in our main event my girl Nattie is taking on Lola Vice in NXT Underground!
Before we get into women’s action though, Lash Legend appears in the opening segment with the NXT Champion, Trick Williams! While this seemed more about advancing a potential feud between Noam Dar & Trick Willians, it’s about time MetaFour gains a bigger spotlight! Hopefully this spotlight for Lash (and Jakara!) translates into the women’s division.
Pre-taped segment aired between Arianna Grace and Gigi “Georgina” Dolin. Good stuff all around, both performers play off each other well
Jacy vs. Thea is next and we see Hail backstage with Fallon Henley, the former is trying to convince Fallon to accompany her ringside but Fallon is feeling shaken after her loss last week and not getting drafted. Thea enthusiastically convinces Fallon and we get the grudge match of Jacy vs. Thea next!
Match starts with a quick back and forth action between the former friends turned enemies, both going counter for counter with neither landing a definitive blow to gain the upper hand before the commercial break!
Back from the break, both women are still jockeying for position. Thea hits a nice somersault splash and goes for a springboard moonsault that gets countered into a sweet neck breaker by Jayne! Jacy gets arrogant and Thea, a student of the game, sees her opening and finally gets the upper hand locking in the arm bar for the submission victory! Prior to the finish, Henley is clocked with a pele kick from Jazmyn Nyx on the outside as she was trying to help Hail.
Winner- Thea Hail
After the match, a bloodied Jacy looks on to the outside as Henley approaches the Chase U celebration. After the rest of the university exits the ring, Fallon pulls Thea in for a sucker puck, signifying a controversial heel turn for some.
General Manager Ava is in the ring whose GM presence is growing by the week. She makes the announcement Sunday June 9th, NXT Battleground we will crown the first ever Women’s North American Champion in a Ladder Match!! NXT officials will select 12 competitors after the roster competes in a Combine next week! Followed by six qualifying matches to determine which six out of the 12 will move on to the ladder match at Battleground.
Jaida Parker interrupts the promo and claims herself as the next history maker and declares herself as the inaugural champion! Sol Ruca is out next, and is pretty good on the mic herself! Arianna Grace joins the fun and I’m literally lolling, what is this nonviolent gimmick? I love it.
MICHIN IS OUT NEXT!!! OH NOW WE’RE TALKING!!!
Big pop from me, love Mia Yim who declares herself for the Combine next week as well! The segment breaks down after Arianna introduces herself to Michin and everything she says is so backhanded, that by the third sentence, Michin clocks her one which cues the entire roster to come out in all out brawl!! That explanation doesn’t do the chaos of it all justice, you just gotta watch it. Fun segment!
NXT packs in a lot of content with it’s final segment before the main event. Hail is contemplating her constant betrayals backstage, Lash & Jakara further their involvement in the NXT Title picture and Fallon storms out with Kelani on her tail asking for an explanation with Henley simply stating she’s finally putting herself first.
Onto our main event!!
Backstage segments featuring both women have been playing all night in preparation for this match. The NXT ring is transformed into a fight arena to represent NXT Underground. Lola Vice is out first and is all business, no hip swivels or sass tonight. Nattie makes her entrance wearing shades but you can still feel the intensity in her gaze! Both women are serious!
The match starts out with both Vice relying heavily on her striking ability, but Natalya has her both outpaced and outwrestled. If you follow the Queen of Harts on social media, you can see how much her cardio & endurance training has really paid off throughout this match.
Back from the break, Nattie is still out pacing Vice with her wrestling skill, Nattie is in her element here! After a few sharp snap suplexes, Nattie basks in adulation a little too much when she steps onto the announce table. Lola takes the opportunity to sweep Nattie right into her back! Nattie’s hurt but determined, the two women grappled back in the ring but now that Lola has a target she relentlessly attacks her prey.
Natalya powers through the pain and not only puts Lola in her place, but thwarts every interference by the Queen of Spades, Shayna Baszler when this breaks down into a 2 on 1 assault. After throwing Baszler onto the outside, Natalya locks in the sharpshooter and Vice is seconds away from tapping until Shayna targets Karmen Petrovic on the outside. After locking in the Kirifuda Clutch on the helpless blonde, Natalya ultimately decides to help her friend which ends up costing her as Lola capitilizes on the distraction and knocks Nattie out with a spinning back fist.
Winner: Lola Vice
Backstage to end the show General Manager Ava and NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez are bantering back in forth when Ava introduces Chelsea Green as Roxanne’s next challenger for the NXT Women’s Championship…next week!!
Author’s Note:
That was a really unexpected cliff hanger to end the show! I thought the surprise next opponent was going to be Tatum based off how the segment played out earlier in the night, but Chelsea Green is a welcome anytime in NXT!
Lola vs. Nattie is definitely worth a watch just for the sheer intensity brought by both women. It amazes me that this far into her career, Natalya is still challenging herself at this level and paying it forward to yet another generation of up and coming talent.
The Women’s North American Title scene is giving more purpose and motivation for the women’s mid-card. There were so many character segments on last night’s show it was hard to keep up!! It’s a good problem to have though, as the NXT women’s division shows no signs of slowing down. See ya’ll next week for what will undoubtedly be another fun show. Until then, stay Phonie!
