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00:00Closed Captioning by Kris Brandhagen.com
00:30through the smoke is a man looking to reclaim his gold oh yeah man he's fully rested dog
00:44100 ready for this moment and you know what i say you know what i say no bread no water
00:52just beat tonight dog and look have you ever been around someone who has a certain dominance
01:03dominance since day one like this man over there 2023 breakout tournament winner to go on to become
01:13the north american champion to go on to become the nxt champion the longest reigning nxt champion
01:19at 273 days oh yes man nxt north american champion longest reigning that is that is i just wanted to
01:28make sure i don't want i don't want social media to yell at you this is the revolution
01:49the electricity in here is unreal what a way to kick off the night and as we talk about the
02:10dominance of the challenge let's talk about the champion book do you think the champion's ambition
02:15the ambition he has had the ambition he has talked about since his arrival threatens
02:20obafemi's legacy because there's the man that beat obafemi that's a huge word right there but let me
02:27tell you something this man right here with the saints he came in with one intention on his mind and
02:33that was champion champion captain gold big gold north american champion and now nxt champion
02:40the question is can he beat the man twice i don't know dog saints beat femi for the championship
02:48at no mercy challenger does not look very good look at the eyes the eyes never lie chief no yeah but
02:57listen to the nxt universe for our champion as we get set to kick things off tonight we go up to our
03:03ring announcer for the evening mike rome
03:06the following contest scheduled for one fall
03:12is for the nxt championship
03:19introducing the challenger
03:24from lagos nigeria
03:28wing in at 310 pounds
03:32obafemi
03:36and his opponents
03:43from new orleans louisiana
03:46wing in at 210 pounds
03:50he is the nxt champion ricky
03:58sanks
04:00and i ask you that about ambition booker because it was saints whose revolution overthrew the ruler
04:12at no mercy both these men have worn the same gold you ran through the list of it both though pulled
04:17no punches in new york city only one will head into the new year as champion
04:22the only different now though man i'm gonna tell you catching that
04:25that champion at the right time
04:27you always on call like you're a doctor with a stethoscope when we get a champ
04:31and at that time
04:33obafemi had been run hard man
04:35let's see what happens tonight
04:37look at the atmosphere that this is
04:39that's not gonna work
04:40last nxt premium live event in san antonio was a glorious night bobby rude won this very championship
04:47the nxt title by defeating shinsuke nakamura
04:51and he didn't like the early strategy and look obafemi's giving him the leg obafemi saying try it again
04:57you're not gonna shoot a single on obafemi right out the gate i mean it's not gonna happen
05:02a little bit of a cat and mouse game between the champion and the challenger
05:07first time the nxt title has opened an nxt premium live event as we've mentioned
05:12and what a way to kick off the final premium live event of the year as saints getting the early control
05:16i don't like this strategy by saints right now trying to keep oba close to the body
05:20this this guy's too big he's too strong for this right now
05:23and like i say this is a bad idea
05:25okay so let's break it down then this is gonna be a two-parter here book you ready
05:28how does saints retain and how does oba reclaim
05:31i mean saints is gonna have to go out there real determination heart you know uh intestinal 40
05:36all of that is gonna have to come into play but obafemi he just have to do what obafemi does
05:41and let's go out there and rule in the middle of that square circle that 20 by 20 man
05:46we talk about the title how about this we found out last night on smackdown that the winner of this matchup
05:51will face the undisputed wwe champion cody rhodes saturday night's main event next saturday i mean
05:57that's that's huge for this brand and its representation as we get a backbreaker from the challenger
06:02you got to give it up for cody rhodes going out there thinking about the young guys just like john
06:07cena's doing it this time john cena's handprint is on this show here tonight give it up for john cena
06:12it certainly is and it's going to be a huge opportunity can you imagine if
06:16whoever wins this matchup heads to the nation's capital and then i'm not even saying defeats cody
06:21rhodes but is able to hang with cody rhodes
06:23it's all about opportunity getting that opportunity from a veteran the guy that's been in the game like
06:27like like cody rhodes had been he's done it all man he's the champ he's the champ let's go champ and
06:33now we're seeing that power of obafemi coming into display huge night still oh yes and going right
06:38back to the body see that don't goes over nice uppercut right there oba's taking his time
06:45he's not rushing anything right now you can see he just wait a minute
06:49little pose there oh a little pectoral action
06:54well he's not going to get a championship for flexing his pecs book he's got to get the job
06:58done he has to defeat ricky saints for the count of three or make the tap as we get a little snake
07:03eyes show business people want to see it the people want to see obafemi go out there and dance
07:11listen to the paper it's almost as if you're piped into the nxt universe here tonight and they heard you
07:15almost right on cue as saints really trying to fight at this juncture to get out of the gates of
07:21this matchup people they're behind ricky they like ricky oba oh nice counter by ricky saints saints now
07:28nice and now how about this strategy he went to the legs to begin but now he's going to the upper body
07:33he's trying to take away one of the arms some of the strength of the much more powerful challenge
07:38he's trying to go toe-to-toe with obafemi and like i say for me i'd love to see it ricky
07:42say still in his body hey how about that he's showboating he's showboating that's what you just
07:47said it's all about people wanted to see oba dance they're looking at ricky dance and pose did i say
07:52it was a bad thing did i say it was a bad thing sometimes i don't know which way you're going to
07:56go it's a crap shoot every single tuesday or in this case a saturday in san antonio is a nice counter
08:00from obafemi sliding right through underneath goes ricky saints saints back up looking for the drop to
08:04hold counter too much power from oba now just chopping down the challenger stiff kick to the spine
08:09taking out the arm and saints is beating down obafemi you know what i always say big right
08:14preparation preparation is the only look you're going to have you can tell that ricky saints has
08:19prepared for everything he could possibly prepare for in this match for obafemi and let's go back
08:25saints made it clear he has believed in himself what since his arrival there is no self-doubt oh wow there
08:31may be something now to add to that ricky says is the only person that has believed in him no one else i
08:38don't think you believed him i'm talking about it before he's reaching that pinnacle well why
08:41wouldn't i believe in him i've seen the potential i'm a big fan of ricky saints when ricky saints came
08:45it's not your job it's not your job it was not my job it's not your job you care about it we're
08:50we're going to remember this a little bit later on tonight drop kick cover hook of the leg to retain
08:54and a kick out again the winner of this matchup doesn't only win the nxt championship in ricky's case
08:59retaining the championship but also be a date with cody rhodes in one week it's not a date it's an
09:05opportunity of a lifetime is what it is vick and it's all about the nxt championship when saints
09:10first made his interest known in that very title he did not come quietly if you remember booker he
09:15confronted obafemi how many men can say that even you have to respect the fact that ricky saints walked
09:22right up to ovates and i'm coming for that time i get a lot of respect i mean for going up there and
09:26doing that but let me tell you something wasn't a wise wise choice to go out there and rile this man up
09:32this monster this beast oh no here we go we're going for the ride son well when he originally did
09:38it he was able to defeat oba to win the title right now though different story hosted hosted high above
09:46the elbow is locked and a long drop man for saints
09:53and just like that oba turns this matchup around you know also i talk about saints not only he didn't just
09:59win the title he stripped obafemi of his power how big of a blow is that to someone like like i say
10:06now look timing is everything ricky saints just happened to get over at the right time not saying
10:11that he can't go out there and do it again but to do it twice look here look here look here i take my
10:16hat off you know i get it i can really take my crown if you can do it twice but i don't think you can
10:21well i want to ask you this thing is that why oba disappeared after no mercy is that why oba went
10:27away you told me earlier this year you don't run you questioned javon evans for running away not
10:32showing up what about obafemi what they said when they landed on the move huh wasn't alive
10:38so you tell me what they said one step is a giant leap or something like that sometimes you
10:42you don't even know sometimes you got to take oh oh just like that right there that's what i'm
10:48talking about forget the leap how about the toss look obafemi he just playing ricky saints into the
10:54cover women into the cover for the title and he did it when he that tells me that obafemi has been
10:59in the gym he's been trained and he's ready for this moment and the thing is it's not just about the
11:05the title it's about the reckoning sun well look for obafemi went back to his alabama track and field
11:12days moments ago and just tossed ricky saints shot you saw it you saw it oh muscle this guy right here
11:19look at ricky saints is in a whole lot of trouble here tonight going right to the body is over and over
11:25now just beating down the oh yes oh yes oh yes that's that right hand that's that left hand that's that
11:32right hand boom shakalaka this is an nba jam booker this is the nxt championship match as obafemi
11:40though is applying the pressure and i will say this and i will agree with you obafemi is a man
11:45that is powered by discipline i think so i think so over 50 like i said since day one 2023 breakout
11:56this guy's thinking about one thing and that's the next level i'm talking about main roster i'm
12:00talking about legacy i'm talking about history i'm talking about hall of fame that's what this
12:04man is thinking about obafemi called saints a and this is a quote this isn't something i said book
12:09this is something oba said about the champion as he's wearing down states he's alive by night
12:13he's here today he's going to let me get the quote i was just wondering i was just wondering what that
12:18is he called saints a little man and vowed to take it all away here tonight i wouldn't i wouldn't
12:24necessarily say he's a little man before his staffer he's not as big as oba but this guy got a lot of
12:29heart you got to give up uh this gift from new orleans trust me it's a hard it's a hard hard road
12:35to hold in new orleans trust me on that and as we're talking about this matchup and we talk about
12:40cody rose who awaits the winner next saturday as we get it covered by the challenger to have the gold
12:45for the second time as the nxt universe now is letting their voice heard into another cover and a kick out
12:51another kick out oh man oh yes oh yes but the winner will immediately have to turn their attention
13:03to our main event who will be the men's iron survivor challenge winner who will get that nxt
13:08to match the new year's evil but look at ricky saints standing in the face of obafemi not backing down
13:14saying bring me the fight no ricky says right now he's fighting down on his mouthpiece he's gonna
13:19go in here and he he come to fight tonight i love it man he certainly is and saints now charging in target
13:25acquired
13:31saints earlier tried to walk the tightrope tried to bless obafemi will the second time be the charm
13:39one
13:43whoa in a unique way hurricanrana spear
13:48femi's rocks got all of it he's got all of it and whoa almost did it for the second time book
13:56wait a minute feel the impact first for her and then ricky saints switching gears
14:03bang for a near fall
14:11well you go back to obafemi taking that time off they also say time off could be your worst enemy you
14:17never want to take yourself out of the game because there's no replication for being in the middle of
14:21that square circle there's no way you can train cardio if you're not inside that square circle and that
14:27might be what gets ricky saints over the finish line here tonight oh but maybe maybe looking oh baby
14:35able to block for a moment up goes saint table to counter land on his feet big forearm under the jaw
14:39by the challenger champion right now wheeling right around answering back with a clothesline oba bouncing back
14:45and got caught with a stunner and can we have a stunning conclusion oh baby oh whoa yeah that was so
14:53close here you can talk obafemi right now that time off is it's messing with him a little bit
15:00caught out of nowhere hit that stunner near falling ricky right now is really pulling out all the stops and
15:06now looking for a submission looking for a guillotine how about this strategy booker late in the game i like
15:11it right now trying to trying to suck all the oxygen out of obafemi all all of that muscle the lactic
15:16acid has to be building up late here in this matchup you can feel the ground swell here in san antonio
15:27saints trying to hold on trying to get oba back down but oba has solved half of the equation getting
15:32back to a vertical base took a lot of pressure off himself right now if he could just get to the road
15:37break this hole everything will be all right right now oba's oh wait a minute the ruler is fading you
15:43gotta be kidding me saints is even doing a better job of trying to lock his legs around with a body
15:48scissors obafemi we have never seen femi in a position like this i get that locked because oba's
15:55torso is is quite large man might be emptying the tank right now is obafemi the challenger rising back up
16:04can he create some separation between oh you gotta be kidding me wow that's certainly one way to do it
16:12but the damage is done look at obafemi flat on his back we haven't seen that quite often since his
16:18arrival back in the spring of 2023 look i say time off the legs man the legs are the first to go but
16:24right now we're trying to bounce something but you can see it right now he's laboring obafemi's laboring
16:30right now man he certainly is he might have telegraphed that just a little bit because ricky
16:34saints ain't new to the game saints right now oh yeah right into the challenger challenger drop
16:42challenger rock challenger book the challenger may be out doesn't matter where my count on
16:48it doesn't matter it doesn't matter for ricky he's the champion listen to the ref you don't have to
16:55win it vic you just don't have to lose it i'm trying to listen to the count referees at seven
17:00oba just starting to move referees at eight hope he's only got two seconds at nine can he beat the
17:05count in oh just able to get there and then gets dropped saints into the cover to retain his title
17:12tonight what a game what a game plan about ricky saints i must give him that you know but you can
17:19talk about the game plan look at the face of the champion you got to start wondering doubt settling in
17:23is now at frustration what does ricky saints have to do bam a famouser of sorts still not enough to
17:32put the ruler down i say time off could be your worst enemy like the best thing ricky say is going
17:37for him he's been in the action he's had no days off since winning that championship that's the best
17:41thing he's got going for him right here at this moment i don't know if this starts breaking down into
17:46a slugfest if i would favor the champion i'd probably favor the challenger but ricky saints is unlike
17:52any champion we've had in recent memory he's got a heart as big as the state of texas but he just got
17:59back up back down obafemi now the challenger's starting to feel it oh my that was killing across
18:06the chest and a coming blow across the back and obafemi now oba's unload oh wow locomotive driving through
18:16the body of saints
18:21you talk about you talk about spring break-ins debut less than three years ago for obafemi you're
18:27talking about a standard liver main event or a north american champion an iron survivor just last year
18:32but he's never defeated ricky saints who might have just outsmarted him again in another near
18:37fall what a counter that was so close ricky saints right now is pulling out all the stops i mean obafemi
18:42just unloading a fuselage and right now ricky saints is still what oh hello what ah that's it oh we got
18:52a new tab oh we got a new tab and not quite yet that right shoulder just off the mat but you talk about
19:00unbridled power yoking up a man from the ground like obafemi just did unreal
19:10and you start to wonder what's going through the mind of these two men because oba knows just how
19:15dominant he was his champion as you mentioned over 260 days ricky saints though is the one who dethroned
19:21the ruler and ricky saints just got out of the way into the post goes oba oba again rocked in saints
19:32like a rubber band snapping back in this match like i said i'm looking at obafemi's oh wait a minute
19:38just landed a big shot right there look at that obafemi's posture man and it doesn't look it doesn't
19:44look great to me right now vick obafemi though rocked in obafemi no well if you didn't like his
19:52posture before booker what are you going to think about it now talking about man ricky saints has a
19:56game plan he's executing that gameplay and i think i got to agree with you a ddt with a guardrail assist
20:07under the steel steps and the referee doing his job coming out to check on the challenger remember it
20:13wasn't just one ddt it was four ddt's that took over out at no mercy he's struggling to get over in
20:21the middle of that but saints got him back as saints doesn't want to count out ricky saints wants to
20:25win this match in the ring oh yeah exclamation point you gotta be kidding to retain what i was getting ready
20:40to talk about an absolute statement talking about ricky saints is questioning himself right now
20:50can he get the job done vick nxt universe can't believe nxt universe right now standing for this
20:55match our first night and look at the power you gotta be kidding looking for rochambeau obu is able to
21:00counter charging back in fall from grace and just like that oba champion whoa whoa whoa
21:11you gotta get it what is it gonna take
21:27and this is how book we're kicking off deadline i thought that was a three-count
21:31bit oh don't go oh let me though back up saints up as well challenger champion staring a hole in one
21:38another a second time fall from grace sit down style i love it femi reclaims the title
21:49and oba femi will now face wd champion cody rhodes in the spirit of opportunity
22:19next saturday at saturday night's main event but look at ricky saints this was the second ddt
22:26that one as i said with an exclamation point couldn't keep the ruler down late in the game
22:32here in this opening matchup ricky saints did his best this right here everyone thought was the end
22:39but saints showed the heart of a champion kicking out of that fall from grace but then the eyes locked
22:44the eyes of the ruler the eyes of the revolution in that moment right here
22:51it would be the ruler becoming the nxt champion for the second time
23:01standing ovation in san antonio
23:04as the revolution has ended and oba is the ruler once more of n x t
23:34it would be the ruler once more of n x t
23:53Cody Rhodes, be ready.
24:05Next Saturday, you face the NXT champion, Oba Femi.
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