WWE NXT No Mercy Review – September 30, 2023
Blair Davenport vs. Kelani Jordan (Pre Show)
Blair Davenport immediately took control and locks Kelani Jordan in a headlock but Jordan responded with a flurry of moves. Davenport sent Jordan out of the ring after countering her offense in the corner. Back inside the ring Davenport attempted a pin after delivering a bodyslam.
Davenport locks Jordan in a Boston Crab but Jordan sends Davenport into the corner. Jordan & Davenport traded blows in the center of the ring. Jordan hits a cutter from the ropes then attempted a cover after hitting a series of moves.
Davenport turned the tables before Jordan counters and locks in a sleeper but Davenport broke the hold. Jordan sends Davenport down and missed with a split legged moonsault.
Davenport followed up with a double stomp to the spine from the top rope before Davenport drove Jordan to the mat with Falcon Arrow to get the win.
Winner: Blair Davenport (6:38)
Rate: 5
After the match Gigi Dolan attacks Davenport.
Bron Breakker vs. Baron Corbin
Bron Breakker dove onto Baron Corbin before the bell sounded and then they fought into the crowd. Corbin lands some punches as they brawl through the crowd before they head back to the ringside area where Breakker punches out some security guards then Corbin clotheslines Breakker back over the barricade.
Back ringside and Corbin sets Breakker on the announce table then tries a senton but Breakker moves and the table refuses to break then they get into the ring eventually.
Breakker is in control immediately and hits a belly 2 belly suplex. Corbin fights back with a boot out of the corner and a diving clothesline. Body blows from Corbin then a suplex for a 2 count.
Breakker just bounces up and gets clotheslined down but Breakker fights back and slams Corbin then starts landing elbows to the back of the head on the mat then a running knee from Breakker in the corner. Breakker sets Corbin on the top rope and climbs up with him but Corbin shoves him off only for Breakker to run up and hit a super Frankensteiner then he follows with a gorilla press into a powerslam for a 2 count.
Corbin calls on Breakker & Breakker is happy to attack him in the corner for a bit before Corbin starts fighting back with rights then a Death Valley Driver for a 2 count. Breakker avoids a half nelson suplex and tries a Steiner Recliner but Corbin scrambles to the ropes to break that attempt. Corbin catches a running Breakker with a Deep Six but again only gets a 2 count.
They start trading punches again then Corbin lands a leg kick and Breakker responds with a knee to the face. Breakker avoids End of Days and cradles Corbin for a 2 count right near the ropes.
Clothesline from Breakker and he hits another one then a 3rd to send Corbin out of the ring. Breakker heads out of the ring and runs into a chokeslam from Corbin that puts Breakker through the announce table.
Breakker just sits up no selling and fires up, then Spears Corbin on the floor. Back in the ring Breakker takes the straps down but here’s Mr. Stone to get caught and thrown into a pile of bodies but all that allows Corbin to hit End of Days to get the win.
Winner: Baron Corbin (9:33)
Rate: 7
North American Title Match
Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. Trick Williams
Match starts off with Dominik Mysterio hitting a dropkick for a 2 count and then he whines at Dragon Lee then Trick Williams with a school boy for a 2 count and again Mysterio whines to Lee.
Williams with more attacks then a shoulder block and dropkick and then Mysterio takes a powder. Mysterio gets his North American Title and decides to walk away but Williams intercepts him with a clothesline on the floor.
Back in the ring Williams with a scoop slam then some strikes then Mysterio powders again but again Williams follows him and sends him back into the ring but takes time getting back in so Mysterio kicks the middle rope into his crotch and sends him back to the floor.
Mysterio lands a chop and then sends Williams back into the ring then a high knee from Mysterio & it gets a 2 count then he grabs a rest hold. Williams tries to fight free but Mysterio clubs him down. Mysterio avoids a Stinger Splash and snaps Williams over the top rope then messes with the crowd to set up a hilo for a 2 count.
Some mounted punches from Mysterio then he misses an elbow drop. Williams lands a boot and then starts landing rights to the body and head. High side kick from Williams then a dropkick and a 2 count. Backslide from Mysterio gets a 2 count then we get a double down on a double clothesline.
Mysterio hits 619 to the back of the head then tries a superkick but misses Williams and hits Lee by accident. Lee is down on the outside now. Williams avoids a corner charge and hits a neckbreaker but by the time another ref gets down he can’t get a 3 count.
Some corner chops from Williams then a flapjack then a tornado kick from Williams gets another 2 count before they bang heads out of the corner and both men are down again. Mysterio then runs into the replacement ref and crossbodies Williams out of the ring.
Mysterio posts Williams then tosses him into the ring then he climbs the ropes for a Frog Splash but Williams avoids it and covers for another visual win but no ref. Williams goes to check on Lee as Mysterio gets the North American Title and misses a swing Williams then with a flying knee to to send the North American Title into Mysterio’s face to get the win.
Winner & New North American Champion: Trick Williams (9:28) (NEW CHAMPION!!!!!)
Rate: 6
We get a recap of Joe Gacy claiming all hope is gone and declaring the death of the Schism.
NXT Tag Team Titles Fatal 4 Way Match
The Family (Tony D’Angelo & Stacks) vs. Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus) vs. Out The Mud (Lucien Price & Bronco Nima) vs. Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo
Angel Garza & Julius Creed start this match off as they trade chops then we get shoving between everyone and suddenly everything breaks down into a brawl between everyone. Julius dives onto a pile of bodies on the floor. Brutus Creed fights Over The Mud alone before a Hook kick connects from Lucien Price then he tags in Bronco Nima and Brutus takes a tandem attack.
Humberto Carrillo tags himself in and Brutus rolls over to tag in Stacks. Stacks with some aerial moves before Stacks hits a Manhattan Drop and some stomps. Tony D’Angelo tags in and Carrillo takes some offense. Garza gets in the ring illegally so The Family double team them for a bit including D’Angelo tossing Stacks into both men in the corner.
Carrillo tags in Garza & D’Angelo tries to lift them both but he drops holding his right leg as things break down for a second as medical checks on D’Angelo. Stacks uppercuts Carrillo but then gets tripped up into the ropes and Garza knees him in the face.
High low attack from Garza & Carrillo with the hands instead of legs and they’re in control now. D’Angelo has been taken out of frame. Garza hoists Stacks into a Gory Special and Carrillo comes in with a flipping facebuster.
Nima tags in and starts unloading on Stacks then Price with a cheap shot and then he stalks Stacks and clotheslines him in the corner. Chin lock from Price but Stacks fights free though he can’t tag out. Scrypts pulls at Julius so Ivy Nile kicks him and Brutus tags in.
Brutus runs wild for a bit then Ankle Lock to Garza but Carrillo breaks that up. Julius with suplexes to everyone while Brutus cranks the Ankle Lock on Garza & Julius with a double northern lights suplex to Out The Mud.
Brutus still has the Ankle Lock and Carrillo breaks it up. Out The Mud run wild for a bit and hold Stacks up for Carrillo & he superkicks him.
D’Angelo begins his typical comeback and limps to the ring as he clotheslines down Carrillo on the entrance ramp. D’Angelo attacks Out The Mud then hits Carrillo with a spinebuster. then Garza, Carrillo & Out The Mid all wind up on the top rope and we get a 4 corners superplex spot that leaves everyone down.
Creed Brothers & The Family in the ring to brawl for a bit that goes for Creed Brothers but now everyone gets a turn to take out another team then a assisted slam from Out The Mud to D’Angelo but only a 2 count. Julius knees down Price then hoists Nima on his shoulders but it’s Carrillo as he hits a Doomsday dropkick.
Garza with an assisted dropkick to Julius then Brutus sends both Garza & Carrillo out of the ring and then hits Brutus Bomb onto a pile of bodies. Stacks kicks Price then The Family hits Bada Bing Bada Boom to get the victory.
Winners & Still NXT Tag Team Champions: The Family (12:05) (STILL CHAMPIONS!!!!!)
Rate: 6
In the back new North American Champion Trick Williams shows up in a locker room to celebrate his win with NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes. They take a moment to enjoy being at the top of the mountain together.
Elsewhere in the back Women’s Champion Becky Lynch has a shopping cart that she’s filling with various forms of plunder.
Heritage Cup Title Match
Noam Dar (c) vs. Butch
Round 1
Noam Dar & Butch lock up to start the 1st round then Dar grabs at a front facelock but Butch counters into an arm attack. Dar misses a head kick and Butch grabs a front headlock then both men miss kicks as Dar tries to stomp the hands of Dar but Dar avoids that and whines.
Butch unloads a chop but Dar responds with a couple of kicks then a side headlock from Dar then some rope running and Butch levels Dar with a clothesline before Butch goes for the fingers of Dar and stomps on them as well then more finger work from Butch as the round ends then Dar hits a back elbow after the bell.
Round 2
Dar lands a throw then a sliding elbow for a 2 count then Butch goes to the apron and Dar kicks him in the face back in the ring for a 2 count then a few elbows from Dar but Butch catches the arm and hits an arm breaker but Dar lands kicks only for Butch to drop him with an elbow.
Gamengiri attacks from Butch then a knee drop to the arm of Dar then a Shining Wizard from Butch connects and Dar rolls to the apron. Butch hits 15 Beats Of The Bodhran then the ref gets distracted and Oro Mensah kicks Butch in the face & that allows Dar to follow up with Nova Roller to get the 1st fall.
Noam Dar 1-0
Round 3
Butch lands a knee but runs into a kick then a bit of a double crossbody and both men are down. Butch flips out of a German suplex then lands a kick to the head. Dar to the floor, and Butch moonsaults onto him. Meta 4 get in Butch’s face to slow things up.
Butch with a superkick in the ring then tries a 2nd rope moonsault but Dar intercepts him with a kick before a elbow from Butch connects then hits Bitter End to get the 2nd Fall.
Butch 1-1
Round 4
Butch start hot with strikes then some mounted elbows from Butch as Dar is fading but he’s not knocked out. Dar tries a kneebar but Butch grabs an Ankle Lock then Dar counters into a rear naked choke. Butch gets free but Dar with an armbar but Butch rolls through and grabs his own armbar.
Another escape, Dar rolls into a triangle choke but Butch stomps on his hand to break the old then a rolling release suplex for a 2 count. Butch with some chops but Dar kicks his leg on the ropes and follows with a fisherman’s buster for a near fall.
Dar starts working the leg of Butch but jumps into a triangle choke as Butch locks down the choke but there are only 10 seconds left but it runs out.
Round 5
Dar slowly regains consciousness after being choked out as they start trading strikes now and Butch gets the better of things then tries a Bitter End but Dar escapes with a couple of knee strikes. Spinning back elbow from Dar but only a near fall.
Dar goes up top but Butch kicks him in the face up there. Butch climbs up with Dar and hits a butterfly suplex off the top for a 2 count.
Dar rolls to the apron but Butch meets him there but Dar kicks him in the head then hits a brainbuster on the apron but it takes him a bit too long to cover and Butch is able to kick out at 2. Butch grabs a finger and stomps on it to close out Round 5.
Round 6
Dar complains that his finger is broken after what Butch did before they trade elbows for a bit but Butch unloads but Dar hits a couple of back elbows only to get caught with a rebound German suplex. Butch stomps the fingers but Mensah with a kick to the head of Butch that the ref has to pretend he didn’t see.
That sets up Dar hitting a Nova Roller but only gets a near fall as Tyler Bate has had enough of this and wipes out Mensah as Butch hits a Tyler Driver 97 for a 2 count. Dar avoids a Bitter End and grabs a kneebar with 90 seconds left.
Butch rolls through and grabs the fingers of Dar snaps them then hits Bitter End for a 2 count. Armbar from Butch with a minute left. Gallus attacks Bate & Butch dives onto them as we get more distractions Joe Coffey wipes out Butch with All The Best For The Bells & Dar gets the win.
Winner & Still Heritage Cup Champion: Noam Dar (15:53) (Round 6) (2-1) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 6
NXT Title Match
Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov
Ilja Dragunov immediately lands a boot and unloads with a chop then some corner offense from Dragunov before he stomps on Carmelo Hayes then a another chop from Dragunov drops Hayes then more stomps and chops from Dragunov then Hayes avoids a German suplex but Dragunov chops him in the back of the neck and tosses him to the apron so he can boot him to the floor then talk trash from the ring.
Hayes comes back in and hits a double leg then fires punches then some strikes from Hayes now then some corner work before Dragunov avoids a springboard move and then clobbers Hayes with a lariat. Senton from Dragunov then a running boot to the back of the head in the ropes. Bit of an anaconda choke from Dragunov then a knee to the head.
More strikes from Dragunov as he’s just not letting Hayes find momentum at all right now. Dragunov with stomps as he tells Hayes to bring more over and over eventually Hayes lands strikes to that call but Dragunov drops him with a spinning chop to the neck.
Another knee from Dragunov and more chops before Dragunov lands some elbows and chops to the back of the neck and again tells Hayes to bring more.
Kobashi chops in the corner from Dragunov but Hayes catches a spinning chop and starts unloading on Dragunov with his own chops. Chops and stomps from Hayes then Dragunov lands a headbutt to cut him off.
More strikes from Dragunov and then Hayes hits a palm strike and both men are down.
They trade some kicks on the mat then Hayes lands an elbow then more strikes on the mat before they trade strikes on the feet now Dragunov lands an enziguri and then Hayes comes off the ropes and hits one of his own. Springboard bulldog from Hayes gets a 2 count as Dragunov barely rolled the shoulder up there.
Hayes tries a running move but Dragunov blocks and hits a German suplex then he holds on though and hits a 2nd but Hayes blocks a 3rd one then Dragunov with some elbows to the back but Hayes comes off the ropes and hits the La Mistica DDT for a near fall.
Hayes with some stomps to the head of Dragunov but when he tries a pump kick Dragunov catches it and unloads with knees to the body to drop Hayes then a running knee strike to follow up then a release powerbomb from Dragunov but no cover and both men are down.
Dragunov climbs the ropes & he wants coast 2 coast but Hayes intercepts trying a Codebreaker but Dragunov counters as he hoists Hayes up and then hits him with a Death Valley Driver into the corner then once again Dragunov climbs the ropes for a Coast 2 Coast dropkick & this time it hits and he gets a near fall.
Dragunov puts Hayes on the top rope but Hayes hits him then lands a headbutt then a another headbutt from Hayes drops Dragunov and he climbs up but Dragunov slaps him down to the apron. Dragunov now wants a superplex and he hits it hauling Hayes up from the first rope and into the ring.
Hayes counters a Torpedo Moscow with a Codebreaker but Dragunov comes off the ropes with an H Bomb for a near fall then a stomp from Dragunov then he climbs the ropes and hits an avalanche H Bomb for only a near fall. Dragunov is losing his mind and he sets for the Torpedo Moscow but Hayes intercepts with a superkick and a near fall.
Both men pull themselves to the apron where Dragunov lands a kick which Hayes returns before they trade slaps and Dragunov calls on Hayes for more as they beat the crap out of each other. Hayes pulls Dragunov up and wants a suplex but Hayes hits a cutter to the floor.
They head back into the ring and Hayes goes up top but Dragunov counters Nothing But Net with a lariat and Hayes is down again. Dragunov climbs the ropes for a top rope H Bomb which connects to get the win.
Winner & New NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov (21:03) (NEW CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 11 (Recommend)
After the match Dragunov offers a hand to Hayes then pulls him into an hug. Hayes returns the handshake eventually and Dragunov then celebrates with the NXT Title.
Women’s Title Extreme Rules Match
Becky Lynch (c) vs. Tiffany Stratton
Becky Lynch with kendo stick shots then uses a hard hat to land headbutts then more kendo stick shots from Lynch as she chases Tiffany Stratton into the crowd but there’s no escape from Lynch.
Lynch bounces Stratton into the guard rail a few times then Stratton fights back with a right but Lynch gets a plastic gold necklace from a plant in the crowd and whips Stratton with it.
They fight all the way up the steps and then Lynch hits her back down before they fight back to the ringside area but Stratton catches a jumping Lynch with a kendo stick shot then slams her into the ring steps.
Stratton gets the ring steps and hits Lynch with them then hits a suplex on the floor then in the ring and Stratton with a hip attack then a running double stomp for a 2 count as the crowd wants tables.
Stratton goes under the ring but didnt find anything so she goes back under the ring and Stratton finds a toolbox then hits Lynch with it before opening it up.
In the box Stratton finds a crescent wrench and hits Lynch in the body with it & now a crowbar and Stratton hits Lynch with that too then back into the box Stratton finds the chain and punches Lynch with it then a ball peen hammer from Stratton but Lynch avoids the shot and the hammer winds up out of the ring before Lynch gets caught in a side slam for a 2 count.
Stratton has a chair instead and Stratton whacks Lynch with the chair before wedging it in the corner. Lynch fights back with strikes but Stratton rolls through a crossbody only for Lynch to toss her into the chair. Bexploder from Lynch then she heads up top for a dropkick.
Stratton rolls out of the ring and they mistime a baseball slide from Lynch so she has to stop and then start again to hit it. Lynch just hits Stratton with the shopping cart then bundles her into the cart and drives the cart into the ring steps.
Lynch has a bag of some kind and gets into the ring with it & it’s dismembered Barbie doll parts and Lynch hits a reverse DDT onto them but only a 2 count.
Stratton rolls out of the ring and Lynch throws doll parts at her but Stratton gets a trashcan lid as a shield but then cracks Lynch in the head with it.
Stratton finds a trashcan under the ring and tosses it into the ring but Lynch catches her on the apron though with some strikes then she gets the can and puts it on Stratton’s head before hitting a guillotine leg drop. Lynch is up top again but misses her flying nothing and Stratton hits Lynch with the can a few times before dropping Becky onto it with a spinebuster for a 2 count.
Stratton goes back out of the ring and sends a number of chairs into the ring then back in the ring Stratton tries a powerbomb but Lynch counters with a hip toss into the chairs then Lynch grabs an armbar. Stratton rolls under the ropes and picks Lynch up for a powerbomb onto the bottom half of some ring steps then into the ring again Stratton gets a 2 count.
Stratton wants Prettiest Moonsault Ever but Lynch catches her on the top rope. They fight on the ropes but Stratton knocks Lynch to the floor then follows her but Lynch catches Stratton with an exploder suplex into the barricade. Lynch gets a table from under the ring.
Stratton comes in with a kendo stick shot to break that up but she decides to finish setting up the table on the floor. Lynch has disappeared but she’s under the ring though and we get the fire extinguisher spot and Lynch has a barbed wire baseball bat but Stratton avoids a shot and hits a Finlay roll.
Hurricanrana from Stratton then a discus clothesline then a handspring back elbow through the barricade by the timekeeper then Lynch fights back by tossing Stratton into the post then setting her on the announce table.
Lynch & Stratton fight on the table as Stratton avoids a Manhandle Slam and sets Lynch in a chair then hits a senton onto her.
Stratton sets Lynch on the regular table then she goes up top and hits a Swanton Bomb onto Becky but the table kind of breaks then back in the ring another Swanton Bomb from Stratton only gets a near fall then on the floor Stratton tries a moonsault but Lynch avoids it and hits Manhandle Slam on the floor then gets Stratton back in the ring but can only get a 2 count.
Lynch wants Dis Arm Her but Stratton rolls through then hits a Finlay Roll onto the pile of chairs but Lynch avoids Prettiest Moonsault Ever then hits Manhandle Slam onto the pile of chairs to get the win.
Winner & Still Women’s Champion: Becky Lynch (20:19) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 10 (Recommend)
After the match Lynch poses with the Women’s Title and stares down Tegan Nox as she was in the crowd.
In the back Williams has his North American Title & here comes Hayes to apologize for losing but Williams pumps him back up by saying he fought like a champion and has nothing to be ashamed of.
