Easily the largest athlete in this matchup, will bop and bang but
didn't happen.
Second time the charm.
>> Nice jab there by [INAUDIBLE].
The strength on this young man, Vic.
>> Round and round,
a little spin and Bate, no way.
>> No way, no way he's gonna be the new [INAUDIBLE] hell no.
>> NXT universe.
[NOISE]
>> In awe of the big strong boy.
Can you? [LAUGH] An airplane spin and a swing?
>> [LAUGH] >> Bate doing it all, and
now right center of the ring as well.
And Bate now leads down.
Bate into the cover and.
[NOISE]
>> Wait a minute.
>> Whoa.
>> Finally, Bate and Gacy were working for a moment and
Wes Lee turning it right around.
>> You got to be kidding me.
>> Double cardiac kick for the cardiac kick, and Gacy, holy.
>> Wow.
>> Try again, another cover and no, and I think Lee.
Booker, if you take another look at that, Lee pulled so back on the leg in the pin.
Almost the momentum of Bate rolled his shoulder up.
Lee's been in these deep waters before.
In comes Bate, pace starting to quicken in this Triple Threat Match.
And this is a pace everyone moving right now, Book.
>> Yes, indeed, like I say, this guy Wes Lee, he always seemed to find a way.
He always seemed to find that answer.
Will he find it tonight here at Battleground?
>> Look, Lee has been at the disadvantage all night long.
And Gacy now with Lee in his sights.
But so much taken out.
Lee.
[NOISE] >> Of course,
Dar with an advantage of one fall.
Big knee, kick under the jaw.
And Dragon Lee now starting to get some momentum.
>> That big knee was right.
>> Wow.
>> And I said, the first time I saw Dragon Lee, I said, this guy,
he's a superstar, Vic.
Tonight could make his night winning this cup.
>> Well, look at Dar.
Dar realizes any extra second he could have to regroup.
>> Wow.
>> Regrouping now, approaching 60 seconds.
Book, this is the best shot for Dragon Lee.
>> Dragon Lee is on the move right now, Vic.
>> He's got to remember the clock.
[CROSSTALK] know there's only 60 seconds in the round.
Big suicide dive connects.
Get him back in the ring, Vic.
[NOISE] >> And Lee continuing to punish Noam Dar.
But Dar is up on points.
He's up one fall to none as we're inside the final five seconds.
Lee swinging away.
>> He's not watching the clock go, Vic.
He's not watching the clock.
>> And Dar gets through round three.
[SOUND]!
>> Whoa.
>> What are you doing?
>> What the hell was that?
>> He didn't hear the bell, Vic.
He didn't hear the bell.
>> Boo, he didn't hear the bell, Book.
[NOISE] >> If that's a disqualification,
this is over.
>> Vic. >> Referee using his discretion.
Noam Dar has said, Dragon Lee, why he's here in NXT?
Why he's become the fastest rising superstar on this brand?
But each is having a tough time.
Standing snap German Suplex, Dar's on Dream Street.
Big knee under the jaw.
Dar is rocked.
Time is ticking, under a buck 20.
Lee hoisted up, looking for the big power bomb.
>> One, two.
>> [LAUGH] Dar just able to,
Jakara Jackson?
It's under 60 seconds left, Lash Legend.
[NOISE] >> He may have lost a few teeth.
[NOISE] >> Uh-oh.
[NOISE] >> This battle could go anywhere.
And look, we know Dragunov can absorb a ridiculous amount of punishment.
But it's almost like, Dragunov.
>> I don't think we've seen Dijak in this much trouble ever.
>> Good God.
[NOISE] >> And
everything Dragunov has been through in this matchup.
You remember the big boot under the jaw?
Medical team doc came out here, cleared Ilja Dragunov to continue.
And Dragunov hasn't let up, hasn't taken his foot off the gas.
And what in God's name is he thinking?
>> The man is willing to fall to get to this top rope, Vic.
What is he gonna do?
[NOISE]
>> That could have been the Kiss
of Death from Dragunov.
[NOISE] >> Vic,
I can tell you how excruciating that Kendo stick really truly is.
I can tell you the pain that this young man, Dragunov,
is feeling right now at this point.
>> This is just- [NOISE]
>> Absolutely.
>> It's torture, that's what this is, Vic.
>> It's uncomfortable.
>> It's torture.
>> Dijak, these are a different breed of human here at Battleground.
>> Self interrogation right now, Vic, that's what this is.
He's in interrogation mode.
[NOISE] >> You forced this, Ilja.
You forced my hand.
>> And Dragunov fighting back as best he can.
Come on, uh-oh.
>> [INAUDIBLE] suplex, this kid's strength is unbelievable.
Watch it [INAUDIBLE] he's going on a ride, one more time.
The hip action is incredible from this kid, Julius, right here, wow.
[NOISE] >> What?
[NOISE] >> Are you kidding?
Again?
>> [LAUGH] Yes,
here we go, Vic.
>> Now, you talking about no bread, water and meat.
Take a look at Julius Creed.
>> Wow.
>> Well, he said he was like a caged animal on the outside, ready to pounce.
No, add him up.
[NOISE] >> Let's go.
>> There we go, Vic.
He's breaking out here.
[NOISE] >> And we know next takedown.
And the referee right now taking a look around.
>> Who's legal? Who's legal? >> See the landscape,
that's what the referee is trying to do.
Created and there we have the legal participant, Julius, Mark Coffey.
Mark coming in, going up, baam, gets planted.
And we've seen this in the past.
Julius could be looking for that knockout blow.
[NOISE]
>> And Ivy, no surprises tonight.
Joe wiped out.
Is this The Creed's moment?
[NOISE]
>> Continuing to focus on the knee.
Smart strategy by Stratton.
And I say that about Charlotte Flair because Charlotte Flair ironically won her
first title in the championship tournament for the NXT Women's Championship.
>> Beautiful work here by Tiffany Stratton.
What a person to admire Charlotte Flair?
For me, it was guys like Rick Flair and Bob Wakel Simmons.
And you know what they had in common?
They were champions, Vic.
This is about reaching to the star.
>> And look at the bridge.
>> It's about going to the nebula right now, Vic.
>> Worried about the nebula, I'm worried about the meniscus.
And take a look at the body being bent.
Stratton, look at Valkyria's eyes.
The fight said, hell no, she's not gonna tap.
Somehow breaking the grip and breaking the hold.
>> Lyra's face. >> I don't know how Lyra's eyes even up
right now.
And there's that gymnastics background, got caught.
>> Baby, wow.
>> Big suplex for Valkyria.
>> [LAUGH] That's that fighting spirit, Vic.
>> Mustering up everything she's got.
But we've seen that roundhouse kick connect, the knee buckled.
>> This is after right there, Vic.
>> And Stratton to pick up the scraps, hoisting up Valkyria.
And this could be the beginning of the end.
>> Man, we got to see it, no.
>> Nobody home, moonsualt didn't connect.
Valkyria back to her feet.
Boom, this time it does connect.
Valkyria on one wheel, trying to crawl, trying to inch,
trying to scrap her way over, the cover to.
[NOISE]
[MUSIC]
>> We all know this is gonna be a hostile environment for
the challenger, more rabid than ever.
His attitude, reasonable men never achieve anything.
>> You know the saying, Vic, no bread, no water, just meat.
We talk about that dog in this young man.
He's out, he's that lone wolf, Vic.
He doesn't need anybody watching his back.
And that's a very, very dangerous dog.
>> The city of champions.
[NOISE] >> The city of green.
[NOISE] >> The city of the Red Sox.
[NOISE] >> The city of those baked beans.
[NOISE] >> To the city under the Celtics.
[NOISE] >> Point where we still get the win.
To the city of Boston, him.
[MUSIC]
>> Come on, it's just Dragunov, his fans right now giving it to him.
He's love it.
>> Well, you can say that because not only is he driving the air out of the lungs of
Carmelo Hayes,
he's driving the air out of the home court advantage Hayes has here at Battleground.
And he certainly has silenced the majority and
the masses here tonight that came in support of Carmelo Hayes.
>> Let me tell you something.
>> The wind almost has left the Sanga Center as right now,
Bron Breakker could be looking for one more devastating suplex.
>> Run land the shot right here, Vic.
It's gonna be hell from Carmelo Hayes's ribs.
>> Hayes back to the knee.
Kind of soften up earlier with that single leg crab.
Back in goes Bron to the top.
Frankenstein, and for the third time, can Bron Breakker become NXT champion?
Hayes kicking out.
The challenger, taking control of the champion.
And it doesn't see anything.
>> Beautiful. >> I was about to say,
nothing the champion can do.
He can't continue to get momentum, but right now,
maybe the momentum is finally swung back into the hometown kid.
>> Talking about momentum.
Carmelo just used all of his momentum to add that beautiful DDT on Bron Breakker.
And right now, this thing is about to even up just a little bit.
>> Back to their feet.
And now, that emotion that maybe we thought he had a little bit too much of
early on, that being Carmelo Hayes.
He's gonna have to channel all that emotion right now.
>> One thing about being champion, Vic,
I always tell you that being champion gives you that cloak of invisibility.
And right now, Carmelo Hayes is, he's feeling it.
>> Hayes going to the body, turning right back around face first.
Pressing kick under the jaw.
Then Hayes big pump kick connects the second time.
Champion finding the rhythm, feeling the flow, looking to fly, connects.
>> He got it.
He landed it.
Big uppercut by Bron.
>> Catching, and now hoisted up.
>> Wow, what a counterbutt.
>> Certainly worst. >> By hill.
>> That first 48 is now to the top.
Looking for nothing but able to roll through, presence of mind, turn around.
Breakker looking for the spear, found the post instead.
Hayes back up, my God.
>> That's it, Vic, new champion, what?
>> [NOISE]