NXT Results – Apr. 12, 2022 – Three Title Matches

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Apr 12, 2022

Results by Richard Trionfo of PWInsider.com

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Orlando, FL – NXT Arena (WWE Performance Center)
Commentary: Vic Joseph & Wade Barrett

Quick Match Results

NXT North American Championship: Cameron Grimes (c) defeated Solo Sikoa via the Cave In
Von Wagner defeated Ikemen Jiro via TKO
NXT Women’s Championship: Mandy Rose (c) defeated Dakota Kai via jumping knee after a distraction by Toxic Attraction
Xyon Quinn defeated Draco Anthony via running forearm
NXT Tag Team Championship Gauntlet Match: Pretty Deadly won, last eliminating the Creed Brothers – New Champions
- The Creed Brothers eliminated Legado del Fantasma via clothesline by Julius on Wilde
- The Creed Brothers eliminated Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen via clothesline by Brutus on Jensen
- The Creed Brothers eliminated Grayson Waller & Sanga via clothesline by Julius on Sanga
- Pretty Deadly eliminated The Creed Brothers via Spilt Milk on Brutus

NXT North American Championship
Cameron Grimes (c) vs. Solo Sikoa

Sikoa gets Grimes up on his shoulders but Grimes gets to his feet. Grimes goes fro the ankle and Sikoa backs to the ropes. Grimes with a wist lock and an O’Connor Roll for a near fall. Grimes misses a round kick and Sikoa with a rollup for a near fall. Grimes with a waist lock and Sikoa blocks a German suplex attempt. Grimes with an arm bar. Sikoa with a head scissors. Grimes escapes. Grimes with an arm drag into an arm bar. Sikoa sends Grimes into the turnbuckles and floats over. Grimes with an arm drag into an arm bar. Grimes with an arm bar as Sikoa goes for a slam to escape. Sikoa with a shoulder tackle. Grimes drops down and Sikoa with a back senton. Grimes with a rollup and he goes for Cave In but Sikoa moves. Grimes offers his hand to Sikoa and they shake. Grimes says he respects him but his bloodline can kiss his ass.

Sikoa with a forearm and Grimes fires back. Grimes with a kick and he send Sikoa into the turnbuckles a few times but it has no effect on Grimes. Sikoa sends Grimes into the turnbuckles and he clotheslines Grimes over the top rope to the floor. Sikoa goes to the floor and Grimes gets back in the ring. Grimes with an enzuigiri to knock Sikoa to the floor. Grimes with a kick from the apron and then he hits a cannonball off the apron. Grimes sends Sikoa back into the ring and Grimes with a forearm. Grimes with kicks to the chest. Sikoa blocks a kick and gives Grimes a leg trip followed by kicks. Sikoa with more kicks to Grimes. Sikoa with punches and a hard Irish whip to Grimes. Sikoa gets a near fall. Sikoa with kicks to Grimes and a back senton. Sikoa gets a near fall.

Sikoa with an arm bar. Sikoa with an arm drag into an arm bar. Grimes with an arm drag and forearms. Sikoa with forearms. They go back and forth. Sikoa with a head butt and Grimes drops to his knees. Sikoa with a running back elbow into the corner. Sikoa misses a running hip strike and Grimes with a rana. Grimes with a running forearm and a German suplex for a near fall. Grimes charges at Sikoa but Sikoa with a hip toss that sends Grimes into the turnbuckles. Sikoa with a running hip strike and he gets a near fall. Sikoa tries to get Grimes on his shoulders but Grimes with forearms. Sikoa with a thrust kick and then Sikoa runs into a boot in the corner. Grimes goes up top and leaps over Sikoa. Grimes with a Spanish Fly cross body for a near fall.

Grimes sets for Cave In and Sikoa catches Grimes and hits a Samoan drop for a near fall. Sikoa goes up top and Grimes stops Sikoa. Grimes with forearms. Trick Williams grabs Sikoa’s leg while the referee deals with Grimes. Sikoa with a kick to Williams and a splash off the apron. Grimes with Cave In for the three count.

Winner: Cameron Grimes (retains championship)

After the match, Carmelo Hayes attacks Cameron Grimes and kicks and punches him. Sikoa punches Hayes but Williams with a forearm to the back of the leg. Williams sends Sikoa shoulder first into the ring post. Hayes punches Grimes and then Williams punches Grimes. Hayes with a springboard clothesline. Hayes grabs the title belt and then puts it on Grimes’ chest.

Backstage: Grayson Waller, Sanga

Vic mentions that the tag titles were vacated over the weekend and we see the five teams involved in the match.

Grayson Waller shows up on the HBKTron. Waller says they should have been handed the title on a silver platter, but they have to face four teams. That has riled Sanga up and he is pissed. He is going to shred those teams. Sanga is going to do all the work while I stand on the apron.

Backstage: Malcolm Bivens, The Creed Brothers

Malcolm Bivens tells Pretty Deadly they are pretty stupid for what they did. This isn’t NXT UK. Brutus says they are going to kill two birds with one stone. Julius says they do not feel pressure, they apply it. Bivens says them and three other teams will find out why it is Diamond Mine forever.

We go to footage from earlier today when The Creeds selected their spot in the gauntlet and they were happy with their number.

In-Ring: Bron Breakker, Joe Gacy

WWE NXT Men’s Champion Bron Breakker makes his way to the ring. Bron says Joe Gacy wanted to send him a message and get his attention. You got it. My dad is home now, safe and sound. You have some nerve pulling that crap last week. No one messes with my family. My father gave 20 years to this business. A Hall of Famer and a legend in this business. How about you come out and get in the ring and see who the real tough guy is when you are standing in front of me.

Joe appears on the GameTron and he apologizes for not being there tonight. He had fun with Bron’s dad. You are tough because your father took a beating like a man. We let him go but he left something behind. Joe shows Rick’s Hall of Fame Ring. Joe mentions what Rick did to earn the ring and the sacrifices Rick made. A family’s sacrifice can only be measured by fire. Gacy tosses the ring into the fire.

Backstage: Toxic Attraction

We take a look at Toxic Attraction winning the tag titles last week.

Toxic Attraction is with McKenzie Mitchell. Mandy asks McKenzie how good does it feel to be with all of the gold. She says that Jacy and Gigi got their titles back. Dakota has a lot of voices in her head and none of them are telling her that she is going to win. Mandy says that she is going to win tonight and show that they are the measuring stick that no one can match.

Backstage: Kushida, Ikemen Jiro, Von Wagner, Robert Stone

What has @WWEVonWagner done?!#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/zF6y6ypkor

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) April 13, 2022

KUSHIDA and Ikemen Jiro are in the back and they are attacked by Von Wagner. Von kicks Jiro and then he power bombs KUSHIDA into oblivion.

Robert Stone shows up and he says it looks like there is no match for them.

Backstage: Bron Breakker

We are back with a Moments Ago Moment of Bron Breakker leaving the building and he tells the camera man to leave because he has nothing to say to them. Bron drives away as his car is conveniently ready to go.

Von Wagner vs. Ikemen Jiro

Robert Stone and Von Wagner are in the ring. Stone says it looks like Jacket Time has run out of time. What this man did to them, you are never going to see them again. This is Von Wagner’s world and you are living in it.

Ikemen Jiro limps to the ring. Jiro with an enzuigiri and he goes after Stone but Stone gets to the floor. Jiro says that he is pissed. He says he is going to kick Wagner’s ass.

Jiro kicks Wagner and punches him in the corner. Wagner with snake eyes and a slam. Wagner with elbow drops and a head butt. Wagner with an Irish whip and fallaway slam. Jiro with punches and Wagner with a bear hug. Jiro with forearms to escape. Wagner with a knee and he goes for a belly-to-back suplex but Jiro lands on his feet. Jiro with kicks and punches. Jiro with a drop kick and a super kick. Jiro goes to the turnbuckles and he hits a swanton for a near fall. Stone distracts Jiro and Wagner with a boot to the head. Wagner gets Jiro up and Wagner with a Death Valley TKO for the three count.

Winner: Von Wagner

After the match, Stone tells Wagner to finish him. The woman who has been seen with Von Wagner signals for Wagner to do something to Jiro. Wagner presses Jiro over his head and tosses him into the front row.

Backstage: Nikkita Lyons, Lash Legend

McKenzie Mitchell is with Nikkita Lyons and she asks about what the victory last week meant to her.

Lyons says Lash has done a lot of trash talking. She does not have to prove herself to Lash. She says she needs to prove herself to the NXT Universe.

Legend with a thrust kick. Lash tells McKenzie to interview her next time.

Video Promo: Pretty Deadly

YES BOY!

Can #PrettyDeadly make history tonight on #WWENXT? @EltonPrince_PD @KitWilson_PD pic.twitter.com/2S8qgwQ1ZT

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) April 13, 2022

Pretty Deadly introduce themselves. Wilson says they are the most flamboyant and tastiest team in NXT. They dominated in NXT UK so they decided to take out the toughest team in NXT. Now they have them in a gauntlet match. Prince no one has won the tag titles in their first match so they are going to make history . . . YES BOY.

We see Kit and Elton pick their spot in the gauntlet and they are happy.

NXT Women’s Championship
Mandy Rose (c) vs. Dakota Kai

They lock up and Kai backs Rose into the corner and sends her head into the turnbuckles before breaking. Rose kicks Kai away and Rose with punches and forearms. Rose with a slam and she sends Kai into the turnbuckles. Rose with kicks and runs Kai’s face across the top rope. Rose goes for a slam but Kai escapes and gets a near fall with a crucifix. Rose with an Irish whip and Kai floats over and gets a near fall with a rollup. Kai with arm drags and a drop kick. Jayne grabs Kai’s ankle and Kai kicks Rose to the floor. Kai goes up top and hits a cross body on Rose, Jayne, and Dolin.

We are back and Rose with a body scissors. We see footage of a side suplex for a near fall during the commercial break. Rose with a knee to the midsection and Kai avoids Rose and then Kai goes for a handstand head scissors but Rose counters into a sit out face plant for a near fall. Rose with an Irish whip. Rose with a snap mare and reverse chin lock. Rose returns to the body scissors and she adds a chin lock. Rose rolls over and gets a near fall. Kai avoids Rose in the corner and Kai with a punch. Kai with forearms and a scorpion kick. Kai with a double stomp. Kai with a flying mare and a running boot in the corner. Kai gets a near fall. Rose clips Kai and misses a jumping knee. Rose with a spinebuster for a near fall. Kai with an inside cradle for a near fall. Kai with Kairopractor.

Dolin gets on the apron to distract the referee. Kai kicks Jayne from the apron. Rose with a jumping knee for the three count.

Winner: Mandy Rose (retains championship)

After the match, Wendy Choo shows up behind them on the apron and she sprays Toxic Attraction with Super Soakers.

Video Promo: Joe Gacy

Joe Gacy says we are a society that lives through social media and emotion. The world is run by the court of social opinion, not law. It is run by what people believe, not what they know. Bron Breakker cannot carry the weight of this brand on his back. Gacy says only he can run NXT. Breakker is too easy to manipulate. Look at what I did to him in two weeks. I made him angry in one moment and helpless in the next. When I am done, I will tear down everything in your life. I may hang on to one thing. Gacy grabs the ring out of the fire and puts it on his finger and he feels the pain of the fire.

Backstage: Legado del Fantasma, Tony D’Angelo

Santos Escobar tells Mendoza and Wilde they run the place.

Tony D’Angelo shows up and he says there might have been some kind of misunderstanding last week. Tony gives Santos a ‘peace offering’ in an envelope and Santos gives it back to Tony.

In-Ring: Cora Jade, Natalya

Cora Jade makes her way to the ring. Cora says that WrestleMania week was the most important week of her life. It was bigger than she could imagine. Her parents got to watch her wrestle. Through all of that, I got in there with three incredibly talented women and I held my own. I didn’t come up short. I truly felt like I was leaving Stand and Deliver as the new champion. Life does not always work out like you want. I thought I wanted to be Champion going into Stand and Deliver, I need to become NXT Women’s Champion after coming so close. If you think this is about changing my focus. When I was 8 years old, I wrote in my notebook that I would become WWE Champion and I meant that. I am going to work my ass off every day to get to that reality and make sure that my name is with the other women I idolized.

Natalya’s music plays and she makes her way to the ring. Natalya says she loves this place and this building brings back so many memories. She tells Cora that she is pleased to meet her. Cora says this is surreal to her because Natalya was one of the first who she cared about. She mentions sending Natalya a message on Twitter. Natalya says after Cora’s debut match that she saw Cora’s message and Natalya says that she pointed to the right girl. Destiny is always chasing. She says that Cora is humble, sweet, and kind. You have passion for this and Natalya says she loves that.

Cora says she could pass out and die now. Natalya says she has mentored and trained so many and faced some of the best superstars in WWE history. Natalya says she looks in the locker room and sees the landscape and that Cora is the future of the locker room. Natalya says the future is bleak.

Natalya knocks Cora down and Natalya applies a sharpshooter and Cora taps immediately since there is no match going on.

Backstage: Josh Briggs, Brooks Jensen, Fallon Henley

Josh Briggs says they have to focus tonight. Brooks says they have to go through all of the teams to win the titles. Fallon Henley tells them to kick some ass.

Video Promo: Nathan Frazer

Nathan Frazer says he made his name facing the best in NXT UK. Now he has a one way ticket across the Atlantic Ocean to show NXT what he is all about.

Xyon Quinn vs. Draco Anthony

They lock up and Anthony with a drop kick and he taunts Quinn. Quinn with a shoulder tackle. Quinn with a wrist lock and Anthony backs Quinn into the corner. Anthony pushes Quinn on the break. Quinn with shoulders and a biel. Anthony flips over Quinn when Quinn charges into the corner. Anthony with a shoulder tackle. Anthony with a Northern Lights suplex. Anthony mocks Quinn and Quinn with a head butt and clotheslines. Quinn with a running back elbow and a Death Valley Bomb. Quinn with a running forearm. Quinn with a forearm. Quinn picks up Anthony and hits a running forearm for the three count.

Winner: Xyon Quinn

Backstage: Kacy Catanzaro, Kayden Carter, Tatum Paxley, Natalya

Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter walk in the back. Tatum Paxley says that she wants to prove herself and wants to do it against Natalya. Natalya tells everyone that she is here and you are all put on notice.

Backstage: Indi Hartwell, Persia Pirotta, Dexter Lumis, Duke Hudson

We see Indi Hartwell, Persia Pirotta, Dexter Lumis, and Duke Hudson in the locker room. Indi and Persia talk about how if their men were in the gauntlet they would win. Duke doesn’t want to work with Dexter and Dexter doesn’t want to work with Duke. Eventually they agree to work together.

Next Week

Next week, Sarray faces Tiffany Stratton. Natalya faces Tatum Paxley.

NXT Tag Team Championship
Gauntlet Match

The Creed Brothers vs. Legado del Fantasma

Brutus with an Irish whip to Mendoza and Mendoza drop kicks Julius off the apron and then kicks Brutus to the floor. Wilde tags in and hits a springboard plancha onto Julius and Brutus. Wilde gets a near fall on Brutus. Wilde runs into a back elbow. Julius tags in and connects with a forearm. Mendoza tags in and hits a clothesline. Wilde tags in and hits a clothesline. Mendoza with a kick in the corner followed by a spinning brainbuster. Wilde with a somersault senton for a near fall. Mendoza tags in and he hits a slingshot senton for a near fall. Wilde kicks Julius but Julius with an ankle take down and then he applies an ankle lock. Brutus has Mendoza in an ankle lock. Wilde and Mendoza roll through to send Brutus into Julius. Julius with a German suplex to Mendoza and Brutus tags in and chops Wilde. Brutus with forearms to Wilde. Brutus with a power bomb for a near fall.

Julius tags in and so does Mendoza. Julius with an Irish whip but Mendoza with a drop kick to the knee. Mendoza with a springboard drop kick and Wilde tags in. Wilde goes up top and hits a 450 splash for a near fall. Brutus pulls Mendoza out of the ring and Julius with an Olympic slam to Wilde. Brutus tags in and Brutus with a spinebuster and Julius with a clothesline for the three count.

Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza eliminated

The Creed Brothers vs. Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen

All four men brawl in the ring as we go to commercial. We are back and Brutus gets a near fall on Briggs. Julius tags in and Brutus is sent over the top rope to the floor. Briggs with a clothesline to Julius and then he goes to the floor and him and Jensen sandwich Brutus. Briggs and Jensen with a choke slam and power bomb combination through the announce table. Briggs finally gets back into the ring to deal with Julius, who is the legal man in the match. Briggs with a punch and Julius escapes a slam attempt and hits a drop kick. Jensen and Briggs with a double shoulder tackle. Josh and Brooks with a double punch to Julius. Jensen with a rear chin lock on Julius. Briggs with a boot when Jensen hits a reverse atomic drop. Briggs and Jensen with a choke slam and power bomb combination for a near fall that is broken up by Brutus. Briggs tags in and they hit a knee from the turnbuckles and a dominator but Brutus breaks up the cover.

Brutus sends Jensen to the floor and Briggs with a boot to Brutus. Jensen tags in and Julius goes to the apron and Brutus tags in. Brooks and Josh bring Brutus into the ring with a double biel. Julius pulls Briggs to the floor and Brutus with a clothesline for the three count.

Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen eliminated

The Creed Brothers vs. Grayson Waller & Sanga

Sanga with a clothesline to Julius for a near fall. Sanga with a European uppercut to Julius and a second one. Sanga goes for a choke slam but Julius escapes and punches Sanga. Julius goes to the floor and Waller tags in and he knocks Brutus off the apron. Waller shows that his arm is okay. Waller sends Julius back into the ring. Julius with a double leg take down and forearms. Sanga tags in and he kicks Julius. Sanga with a forearm to the back. Sanga slams Julius and then he slams Waller onto Julius and Waller gets a near fall. Julius with a back body drop. Sanga and Brutus tag in and Sanga with a clothesline. Waller tags in and hits a leaping elbow drop and he gets a near fall. Waller with a reverse chin lock on Brutus. Brutus with a belly-to-back suplex to Waller. Julius tags in and he connects with a forearm and he goes for a drop kick to Sanga but Sanga gets off the apron. Julius with a shoulder to the knee. Brutus tags in and he kicks Waller. Sanga tags in and Brutus with a Gotch suplex. Julius tags in and hits a rolling suplex. Julius with a clothesline for the three count.

Sanga and Grayson Waller eliminated

The Creed Brothers vs. Pretty Deadly

Wilson and Prince kick Julius and send him to the floor. Prince sends Julius into the turnbuckles and he hits a back elbow and gets a near fall. Prince with a forearm to the back and he connects with a forearm across the chest. Wilson tags in and punches Julius. Wilson with a kick and elbow drop to the back. Wilson with more elbow drop and Prince tags in. Prince with a knee to the midsection. Prince with an elbow drop for a near fall. Julius with a chop and Prince with European uppercuts. Prince with knees and he sets for a suplex but Julius blocks it and takes Prince to the mat. Wilson tags in and he hits an elbow drop. Wilson gets a near fall. Wilson with a knee to the ribs. Prince tags in and they go for a double suplex and Julius blocks it. Julius blocks another one but Wilson and Prince with a double suplex for a near fall. Prince with an arm bar. Julius with a jaw breaker.

Wilson tags in and he kicks Julius. Wilson with a European uppercut and he taunts Brutus and hits an elbow in the corner. Prince tags in and he misses an elbow. Prince with a European uppercut. Julius with a belly-to-belly suplex and he crawls to the corner and Brutus tags in. Prince backs Brutus into the corner and Wilson with a forearm. Prince drops Brutus onto Wilson’s knees and Prince sends Julius into the ring steps. Wilson gets a near fall. Brutus with an inside cradle on Wilson for a near fall. Prince tags in and Wilson gets propelled to Brutus for a Codebreaker for a near fall. Wilson tags in and Prince is sent to the apron. Julius clotheslines Prince into the ring. Wilson with a forearm Brutus with a head butt and Prince with a boot to the head. Prince knocks Julius off the apron. Prince tags in.

They hit Spilled Milk on Brutus for the three count.

Winners: Kit Wilson and Elton Prince (new champions)