Three titles change hands at WWE NXT Halloween Havoc
Three titles changed hands at NXT Halloween Havoc.
Tatum Paxley defeated Jacy Jayne to win the NXT Women’s Championship. The finish came when both were knocked down. The Culling, who had been booted out of the match earlier after arguing with Fatal Influence, came back as Izzi Dame grabbed the title. She seemed as if she was going to take out Paxley, but instead struck Jayne who was going in for the rolling encore. Paxley hit her finish and pinned Jayne to win the title.
Blake Monroe defeated Zaria to win Sol Ruca’s North American title. The finish of the match had Monroe “accidently” shove Zaria into Ruca, who was supporting her friend at ringside on crutches. Monroe followed that with a double arm DDT on the mat then followed with a second when they re-entered the ring, allowing Monroe her first championship in WWE.
The match was originally scheduled to be Ruca defending her title against Monroe. However, the champion injured herself in a Women’s Tag Team Championship match on SmackDown last Friday. On this past Tuesday’s NXT, she announced she was medically unable to compete. After Monroe came out and insisted on being given the title, Zaria instead asked Ruca if she could step in and take on Monroe for her. Ruca agreed, setting up the new match.
In a Broken Rules match, DarkState regained the titles from The Hardy Boyz in a match filled with ladders and tables, a Hardy staple. The Hardyz emerged under their broken personas but it was not enough to score the win. Osiris Griffin put Matt in a tree of woe position as he and Dion Lennox gave Jeff a doomsday device off a ladder, sending him through a table and allowing themselves to win the NXT Tag Team titles for a second time.
Ricky Saints was the only champion to keep his title on Saturday, defeating Trick Williams in the main event to retain the NXT Championship.
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