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00:00I would think it would be Sugars as he continues to just inch closer and closer.
00:06You know I would love to see the Sugar Man step in this ring and do his thing, man,
00:10because you're talking about unpredictability.
00:14That's that, man.
00:18Well, it's all about the NXT Tag Team titles.
00:23But again, right now there's six men in the ring.
00:24We need four.
00:30Mind Gaines.
00:34Who's it going to be?
00:35Mind Gaines, man.
00:37I love it.
00:38We got the Sugar Man.
00:39We got the Sugar Man here, baby.
00:42A pair of Sugars.
00:43Referee.
00:44Oh!
00:45Well, that was Dion Lennox.
00:46He official hasn't called for the bell yet.
00:48This hasn't officially...
00:49And finally, there it is.
00:51So take a look now, book at the field.
00:53It is going to be Osiris and Dion Lennox taking on Hank and Tank.
00:57I like the player there by Darksteady.
00:59This is going to be turned around just a bit, but not a lot.
01:01Oh, yes!
01:02Dion Lennox, this guy right here.
01:04This one is the smart one, brotherly, right here.
01:06You got to watch him.
01:07Played that good boy gimmick when he first came in.
01:10But look at him now.
01:11He's also the hothead of the group.
01:13He can go from zero to 60 very quickly.
01:15Sugars on the outside was the one pulling the strings,
01:18manipulating the champions.
01:19Had a plan.
01:20It looks like they executed it for a moment.
01:22But as you said, Hank and Tank, they're prepared.
01:25Right now, Tank's in.
01:26Whoa!
01:27Gets him!
01:28Oh, yeah!
01:29Won't some!
01:30But he better be picking up back up.
01:31Takes him!
01:31All right, shoulder tackle, cover, and a kick.
01:34You know, what has really impressed you with the duo of Hank and Tank?
01:37I mean, they're resilient.
01:38I mean, these guys, what?
01:39Tag Team Champions now for a hundred...
01:41...hundred and twenty-six days.
01:43...seven after the day.
01:44I mean, right now, these guys definitely have...
01:46...that they're going to fly by night.
01:47No flash in the pants.
01:49Here today, going tomorrow.
01:50No, these guys, they're the real team.
01:52They also were able to defend those titles in that reality of wrestling.
01:55You know what?
01:56Giving these guys the opportunity.
01:58That was their first Tag Team Championship.
01:59That right there motivated Hank and Tank.
02:01That they could go out there and do anything.
02:03And that right there put them in a position to win the Tag Team Championship.
02:06Oh!
02:06Axiom and Nathan Frey, the best Tag Team draft in NXT's history.
02:10Well, there's Osiris with just pure power.
02:13You know what I call it, right?
02:15Osiris to Fires.
02:16Oh, yes, man!
02:18Well, right now, he's trying to take down Hank and Tank.
02:21And another one with E just hoisting up.
02:23Nice counter, though.
02:24Again, Tag Team Titles on the line.
02:26First Championship match of the night.
02:28And, ooh!
02:28Dion Lennox on the outside.
02:30Sugar's holding on!
02:31And finally able to break away and make the tag.
02:34And now all four men in the ring.
02:36I like this right here.
02:37Pull it down just a bit.
02:39And look at the others on the outside.
02:40I like this.
02:41Trying to get some equalizers.
02:42Fischl has his hands full tonight.
02:44I'll tell you what.
02:46We need another ref out here.
02:47What?
02:48He may do, but I want you to think about Hank and Tank, who just wiped out Osiris.
02:51That's yourself.
02:52They've been attacked by Dark State.
02:54They've been stopped at some points.
02:56They were attacked two months ago.
02:58Even a few weeks back.
03:00And now the champion.
03:01Oh, baby!
03:02Oh, yes!
03:03Oh, yes!
03:04Oh, yes!
03:06The Barry Boys!
03:08That's the Barry Boys!
03:09Did I get a shucky-ducky?
03:11That's a shucky-ducky crack crack moment right there, dawg!
03:15Take another look!
03:17There was a lot of meat flying through the air.
03:20That's just the confidence of Hank and Tank, man.
03:22These guys have definitely shown the growth over these past four months.
03:26And right now to go in here and pull off a win against Dark State, just tell these guys
03:30that they're in.
03:31They're the team.
03:32They're the team of these.
03:32And here's the thing, too.
03:33Hank and Tank represent what Dark State despises.
03:36Hard work.
03:37They trained.
03:38They waited.
03:39Remember when Dark State arrived?
03:40They didn't want to wait.
03:41They just wanted to take.
03:42You know, we only know when we see on paper with Dark State.
03:45We don't know how well.
03:46Oh, no!
03:47Like that.
03:47You look at their bodies.
03:48The guys definitely got to be in training.
03:51Oh, look at that.
03:52Look at Osiris, the fighters.
03:53Big shot, man!
03:54Look, if we start breaking down the tag team champion a little bit differently, as right
04:00now Dark State has really turned this thing around.
04:02See, there's mind games right here, too.
04:04You know, with the two guys on the outside just stalking, that just gives you more to think
04:08about.
04:08Even if they don't do anything, it just gives you more to think about.
04:11Well, then, to that point, here is the hothead of the group.
04:15Here is a man who can just snap in a second.
04:19Deion Lennox.
04:20Is this, then, the first adversity the champions have faced since winning the gold in Vegas
04:25here at Heat Wave in Lowell?
04:26I mean, you might be right, as far as that goes.
04:29I mean, but one thing about Hank and Tank, these guys, I think they're built for adversity.
04:33I think they're built for being the tag team champions.
04:35Like I said, I don't think these guys slipped on a banana peel.
04:38It didn't happen by osmosis or anything like that.
04:40These guys work.
04:41I mean, Hank, I mean, form a security guard, for God's sake.
04:44Come on.
04:44That's true.
04:46As Osiris continue to apply the pressure on the outside, Darkstate knows they cannot win
04:51the tag titles via countout.
04:52They've got to get Hank back into the ring.
04:54This, of course, Darkstate's first attempt to win a championship.
04:58Darkstate love to recap.
05:00They've embraced chaos, crazy antics.
05:03Some would say Cutler James is a special kind of crazy who's on the outside.
05:07As Osiris trying to hang on to Hank, who's desperately trying to create some separation.
05:12It has, and now trying to make the tag.
05:14Long way away from his partner.
05:15Wait a minute.
05:16Wait a minute.
05:17Here we go.
05:17Wait a minute.
05:19Trying to lock in that headlock right there.
05:21They're trying to slow the momentum down just a bit.
05:24I was just starting to settle down as this tag team matchup is settling in.
05:28Reaching for the tag one more time.
05:30I mean, they were so close.
05:33And, oh, swing and a miss.
05:34And Osiris does switch the game up.
05:38Big power slam.
05:39Big thump right there.
05:40For the titles, and well.
05:42The thing is, Darkstate, it hasn't been about the championship.
05:45I just think it's been about the reckoning with Darkstate.
05:48It's about creating chaos here at NXT.
05:50They've been able to outmaneuver the champions for weeks.
05:53And, again, as I said, this match settling in.
05:56Bam!
05:57Do you like who Darkstate has selected for this championship matchup?
06:01I mean, Dionne Lennox, I mean, he's a hell of a talent.
06:04I mean, Osiris, I mean, you're not going to find anybody here at NXT with more muscle.
06:08Another cover by Dionne for the titles.
06:10Here we go.
06:11Hell yeah, I like the team, man.
06:13It's all about competition here at NXT.
06:16And now look at Dionne.
06:18Right back on top.
06:20Put the squeeze on him right there.
06:21That's a squeeze.
06:23He's squeezing Hank, that's for sure.
06:25Look, there's no fear in Darkstate.
06:26They truly believe in their mission to reshape this brand in their liking, to have all the power,
06:34which means they've got to have the gold.
06:36And, Booker, in your opinion, what happens to this division if these rogue athletes do win gold here tonight?
06:40You know, I don't think it's going to be catastrophic or anything like that.
06:43Other teams are just going to have to step up, step up and do exactly what these guys are doing right now.
06:47Oh, nice job.
06:48Cam.
06:49Cam.
06:49Oh, yes.
06:50Here we go.
06:52Tank sacrificing himself for a moment.
06:55And now, this is that moment.
06:57Needing to get into the match.
06:59Needing to tag back.
07:00Get in.
07:00Here comes Tank.
07:01Oh.
07:02Here comes Tank.
07:03And Tank is firing on all cylinders here in Lowell, Massachusetts.
07:08I love this guy right here.
07:09Boom.
07:10Belly bump.
07:14Look at that cartwheel.
07:16There's a little spring in his step.
07:17Oh, yes, man.
07:21He's on fire right now, dog.
07:23Well, Sugars doesn't want to get disqualified.
07:25He just got taken care of.
07:27And Tank.
07:29Again.
07:30That's just taking down.
07:32It's Art State.
07:33Yeah.
07:34And look, it was a rough year to start for these guys.
07:36Whoa.
07:36That's a little bit of a bubble bomb, if you'd call it that.
07:39That could be it.
07:40That could be it.
07:41In the titles.
07:42Oh, Cyrus breaking up.
07:43It was a tough, rough start of the year for Hank and Tank.
07:45But they learned from the Hardys.
07:47They learned from Fraxium, who you talked about.
07:49Motor City Machine Guns.
07:50They listened.
07:51I mean, they actually listened.
07:52And maybe that was the key to winning the titles.
07:55Steven Tyler, you know what I mean?
07:56He said, you got to know how to use it.
07:58You got to know how to win it.
08:00And that's what these guys are going through.
08:01A lot of losses right now.
08:03They're looking to hold on to the championship tonight.
08:05You can't think.
08:05From behind.
08:05From behind.
08:06Here we go.
08:07Here we go.
08:08Man.
08:09It's able to kick out.
08:10And right now, if you're Tank and you just saw it happen to your partner, you got to realize.
08:13Man.
08:14Spinebuster, you're on your own.
08:15We're about to see you champions here, dog.
08:17Tag was made.
08:19We're close.
08:21Calculated chaos.
08:22Tank's on his own, man.
08:23It's how you would describe Dark State.
08:26That's it.
08:27And that.
08:27What the hell?
08:28No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
08:31There is still some gas left in the tank.
08:33Wow.
08:33Pun intended.
08:35Wow.
08:36Back to this right here.
08:38Boom.
08:38That is it.
08:39That is how we've seen Dark State win time and time again.
08:44But here tonight, in a high pressure situation, not yet.
08:51NXT Universe trying their best to rally Tank.
08:54I'm looking around, Book.
08:55I don't see his partner anywhere to be found.
08:59Tank is going to have to fight on his own.
09:02Right now, he's in a no man's land.
09:04But I'm going to tell you right now, Tank Ledger, he's a fighter.
09:06He's not as good.
09:07We just saw that.
09:09He just kicked out of that big move right there.
09:11That should have been a three count.
09:13Tank again.
09:14Trying to fight back.
09:16Trying to rally.
09:18Whoa, there's a little two for one.
09:19And Hank and Tank tonight have been able to outmaneuver Dark State,
09:24which hasn't been the case for months.
09:26It's on Tank's mind.
09:27Tank's going for it, man.
09:29Oh, yeah.
09:30Belly boy.
09:31Oh, yes.
09:33And that goes back to things he's learned from the Hardy Boys.
09:36A swan time.
09:39But Tank knows.
09:40As Hank's rallying back to his feet.
09:45Sugar's just got wiped out on his own accord.
09:48Tank, you got to make it back to your corner.
09:50Cutler take it down.
09:52Dark State is taking out themselves.
09:54Time.
09:54Time.
09:55Man, Hank and Tank, right before our very eyes.
09:58Oh, my God.
10:00Hank and Tank.
10:01Trying to overcome.
10:03Bam.
10:04Bust.
10:04Bam.
10:05Slam.
10:05You ain't driving.
10:06Can this be it?
10:07Can they do it?
10:08Hank and Tank looking to overcome the odds.
10:16What the hell?
10:21Wow.
10:22Booker, that was everybody in Dark State.
10:25But Deion Evans.
10:26Oh, baby.
10:28Like I said, man, Hank and Tank.
10:29It's your favorite part.
10:30Here we go, baby.
10:32Here we are.
10:33Oh, yeah.
10:35Boom.
10:36Deion.
10:37Deion.
10:40Shook.
10:41Dark State.
10:42The official D.C.
10:44Cutler James.
10:45Number's game.
10:45Oh.
10:46Number's game coming into play right here, Victor.
10:49No.
10:51Tank.
10:52Tank is down.
10:54Tank is lifted.
10:55And it's a Dark State.
10:59Dudes.
11:00Dang.
11:01That's it.
11:02Oh, no.
11:04Got to like this.
11:04Here are your winners and the new NXT 10-team champion, Dark State.
11:23Booker, what does this now mean for the tag team division?
11:29The landscape has shifted in the way of the Dark State.
11:34You're talking about a new era.
11:36This is it, man.
11:38Certainly a power shift.
11:41As Hank and Tank, it didn't matter which two members of Dark State they faced.
11:45They knew they were going to be outnumbered.
11:47They came in with a plan, but in the end, they were just overwhelmed by all four members.
11:55This the turning point.
11:57Bam.
11:58That.
11:58The nail in the coffin, so to speak.
12:01A Dark State, Doomsday device.
12:04As Osiris, able to bring gold to Dark State.
12:11And now, there's no easy way to say it.
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