Tony D’Angelo appears on “Lashing Out with Lash Legend”
Toxic Attraction is also expected to appear tonight to celebrate last week’s title wins. Mandy Rose captured the NXT Women’s Title from Raquel Gonzalez, while Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne won the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles in a Scareway to Hell Ladder Match with Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta, and the former champions, Io Shirai and Zoey Stark.
Chucky had a bone to pick with Bron Breakker at Halloween Havoc, much like he did with his dad Rick Steiner 23 years ago.
Chucky wasn’t bothering Bron Breakker and making random references to Rick Steiner for no reason. It was an obscure homage to WCW that many fans might not be aware of.
Halloween Havoc called NXT home on Tuesday night and played host to no fewer than three title changes. The Women’s Title and both sets of Tag Team Championships changed hands on the show. The only Superstar who was unable to win his title match was Bron Breakker who tried but failed to dethrone Tomasso Ciampa.
Those who watched Halloween Havoc will have had to put up with multiple Chucky references. The creepy doll was NXT’s special guest for the evening. However, not all of Chucky’s appearances were entirely random. The ones that revolved around Breakker were actually pretty cool tributes to his father, Rick Steiner.
In case you didn’t know, which is entirely likely as it happened on an episode of Nitro 23 years ago, Chucky was once a guest on WCW Nitro. The doll bothered Steiner that night, hence the multiple references involving Breakker at Halloween Havoc. The first one featured Breakker, who was preparing for his match at the time, being startled to find Chucky sitting in his locker.
The doll then played the role of hype man for Breakker and Ciampa’s main event match. Chucky even wondered out loud whether being a loser runs in Breakker’s family. No, that wasn’t a cheap shot at the Steiners by WWE as some fans may have interpreted it. It was indeed a call back to the obscure interaction between Steiner and Chucky on Nitro.
Despite what many fans thought might happen in the main event, Breakker did not come away from it the new NXT Champion. While he has been getting a monster push since NXT became NXT 2.0, and fans seem to be gravitating to him, that’s probably for the best. The title match at Halloween Havoc was only his fourth since signing with NXT.
Tonight’s WWE NXT 2.0 episode on the USA Network will be the 2021 Halloween Havoc special, airing live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
It’s been reported that the first 30 minutes of tonight’s show will air commercial-free on the USA Network.
Several NXT Superstars will be dressed in Halloween costumes on tonight’s show, and fans attending the show have been invited to wear their favorite Halloween costumes. The best fan costume will get to meet a NXT Superstar, and some fan costumes will be shown on the broadcast.
Below is the current line-up for tonight:
Halloween Havoc Host: LA Knight
Halloween Havoc Special Guest: Chucky
NXT Title Match Bron Breakker vs. Tommaso Ciampa (c)
Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal: NXT Women’s Title Match Mandy Rose vs. Raquel Gonzalez (c) Wheel stipulation to be revealed tonight.
Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal: NXT Tag Team Titles Match Imperium’s Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner vs. MSK’s Wes Lee and Nash Carter (c) Wheel stipulation to be revealed tonight.
Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal: Scareway To Hell Ladder Match for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta vs. Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne vs. Io Shirai and Zoey Stark (c)
Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis have invited NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams to a Haunted House to get Hayes’ missing title belt back
Triple Threat Match to determine who spins the wheel – A Triple Threat with one member of each team in the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles Triple Threat – Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne, Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta, champions Zoey Stark and Io Shirai. The winner will get to “Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal” for the match at Halloween Havoc
Tonight’s WWE NXT 2.0 episode will feature a NXT North American Title match and the build for Halloween Havoc will continue.
* NXT North American Champion Isaiah “Swerve” Scott defends against Santos Escobar
* NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa vs. Joe Gacy in a non-title match. If Gacy wins, he will be added to Bron Breakker vs. Ciampa for the NXT Title at Halloween Havoc
* Von Wagner and Kyle O’Reilly vs. Ridge Holland and Pete Dunne
* The second edition of “Lashing Out with Lash Legend”
Tonight’s WWE NXT 2.0 episode will feature a follow-up to Toxic Attraction attacking NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez at the end of last week’s show.
* LA Knight vs. Odyssey Jones
* Cora Jade will be in action
* NXT Tag Team Champions MSK vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams vs. Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen in a non-title Fatal 4 Way
* Tony D’Angelo will make his official in-ring debut
* Lash Legend hosts the second episode of “Lashing Out with Lash Legend”
* The feud between Bron Breakker and NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa is also expected to continue tonight after the two appeared for vignettes on last week’s show.
WWE Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development Paul “Triple H” Levesque took to Twitter this evening with his first public comments since his recent heart surgery.
As we’ve noted, WWE announced back on September 8 that Triple H underwent successful heart surgery the week before at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT. It was stated that the operation was needed after Triple H suffered a cardiac event, caused by a genetic heart issue. WWE’s statement noted how Triple H is expected to make a full recovery.
In an update, Triple H tweeted this evening and said he’s doing well in his recovery. He also commented on being grateful for the support from WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, and everyone else at NXT.
“I’ve been blown away by the outreach and support from so many people. I’m recovering, doing well, & deeply grateful for all the love in my life. Especially grateful for @ShawnMichaels & all the Superstars & crew @WWENXT! (Steph and the girls loved the snacks!) See you soon [folded hands emoji] [red heart emoji],” he wrote.
There is no word on when Triple H will return to work, but we will keep you updated. It was reported on September 17 that Triple H was in good enough shape that he’d been taking phone calls. WWE talents were told that they can call and wish him well, but that they were not to talk about any WWE business with him. Triple H did miss last week’s NXT 2.0 revamp episode.
I’ve been blown away by the outreach and support from so many people. I’m recovering, doing well, & deeply grateful for all the love in my life. Especially grateful for @ShawnMichaels & all the Superstars & crew @WWENXT! (Steph and the girls loved the snacks!) See you soon 🙏❤️
Tonight’s WWE NXT 2.0 episode on the USA Network will feature fallout from last week’s revamp episode.
The only match announced for tonight’s show is NXT Cruiserweight Champion Kushida defending against Roderick Strong.
It’s expected that new NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa will appear tonight, possibly for a follow-up to the face-off with Bron Breakker. There should also be a follow-up to the wedding of Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis.
It will be interesting to see if last week’s pulled NXT Women’s Title match Raquel Gonzalez vs. Franky Monet will take place tonight.
WWE Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development Paul “Triple H” Levesque is reportedly doing well after his recent heart surgery.
As noted, WWE announced back on September 8 that Triple H underwent successful heart surgery the week before at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT. WWE noted that the operation was needed after Triple H suffered a cardiac event, which was caused by a genetic heart issue. WWE also said Triple H was expected to make a full recovery.
In an update, word is that everything remains quiet regarding Triple H’s condition, but he’s in good enough shape that he’s taking phone calls, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
WWE talents have been told that they can call Triple H and wish him well, but that they are not to talk about any WWE business with him.
Triple H missed this week’s WWE NXT 2.0 reset taping, and there’s no word yet on when he will be back to work full-time.
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