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WWE NXT 24 MARCH 2026 JOHNAYY GARGANO FULL MATCH

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00:03And for Shiloh Hill,
00:04he said he also wanted to do this tonight, not only for himself, but
00:09also for his mentor, The Undertaker.
00:11And he'd love to become the number one contender on The Undertaker's birthday.
00:15And he better be on top of his game right here, because let me tell you,
00:18this young kid right here, Jackson Drake, Evolve Champion.
00:22This kid still got his championship, right?
00:24Right?
00:24He still got his title, right?
00:26Jackson Drake.
00:26He hadn't given it up.
00:28No, no, no, he lost it.
00:29Aaron Rourke.
00:30My God, I missed out on that.
00:32But let me tell you something, this kid right here, this kid right here,
00:35Jackson Drake, he's a future NXT Champion in the making.
00:41And I'm gonna tell you right now, he can put himself in line for tonight if he wins.
00:46He's got Tubi, right?
00:48Tubi every Wednesday, 8 Eastern, I know you're on Central Time.
00:51It's hard for me to keep up with everything.
00:53It's hard for me to do that.
00:54It's hard for Shiloh Hill to stand.
00:55I got five jobs.
00:58It's hard for Shiloh Hill to stand after Jackson Drake, who, yes,
01:01signed his NXT contract earlier this year, as we've talked about the year of opportunity,
01:06certainly for this man, and for Vanity Project.
01:09And they've made the most of their opportunity.
01:11That's the word, that's the word.
01:11Into the cover, hook of the leg, and a near fall.
01:13At the beginning of the year, if you're talking about opportunity, this kid right here,
01:16Jackson Drake, I'm sure losing his championship, he was not really focusing on small fries.
01:22He's thinking about the big fish, he's thinking about the NXT championship right there.
01:26And if anybody in Vanity Project can do it, there's this guy right here.
01:30He's also probably thinking about Stan and Deliver.
01:32And it's hard to believe Booker, Stan and Deliver, a week from Saturday in St. Louis.
01:36Tickets on sale now, streaming domestically on YouTube, internationally on Netflix.
01:41And remember, in this gauntlet eliminator, another superstar will be entering here in maybe
01:45about 90 seconds or so.
01:46Don't have a clock in front of me, but it's every three minutes.
01:49Eliminations can happen at any point, like right here, right now, and Hill survives.
01:55Let me tell you something, Shiloh Hill definitely looked like he just had something
01:59to prove, wanna come out here, first entrant into this match right here,
02:02feeling like he has the mental attitude, the intestinal fortitude to catch the hole here.
02:07And another kick out.
02:08Well, I wanna bring up something you just talked about, Booker.
02:10How fast do you wanna compete following a loss?
02:13Again, congratulations to Aaron Roark, the new Evolve Champion.
02:15You definitely wanna get back in there and get back on the horse, but
02:19it could be a detriment as soon, because you lose another match.
02:23You always have that thought of having a lack of confidence going into the future.
02:30Right now, here we go, we've seen this before.
02:32Off that tilt-a-whirl slam, a little innovation, into a cover,
02:35and almost the first elimination of the matchup.
02:39Again, these are superstars one and two.
02:41We do not know who is three, four, and five in that order.
02:45We also don't know who the fifth competitor is in this matchup.
02:49But Shiloh Hill does not care.
02:51Big elbow, into the cover.
02:53First elimination.
02:54I like that.
02:54No, not the way, but look, here we go.
02:57Here we go.
02:58Who's next to join this match?
03:00Three, two, one.
03:03Here we go.
03:04Here we go.
03:07And it's gonna be Deion Lennox.
03:11And it's been dark times for Dark State.
03:14Of course, Cutler James, he's been sidelined.
03:18And- Ooh!
03:19I tell you, this guy right here, Deion Lennox has been chomping at the bit,
03:23because he said he's gonna do it.
03:25He's gonna break singles gold to Dark State.
03:28And you're talking about, you're talking about LeFleur, all right?
03:31You're talking about the guys getting put out of pieces.
03:34Who do you think doing it?
03:35Huge spinebuster from Deion Lennox.
03:38Is that the man who's gonna be the number one contender?
03:42Gauntlet match continuing.
03:44Deion Lennox is the fresh competitor.
03:46And again, he's gonna have three minutes to try to do as much damage as he can.
03:51This is elimination style.
03:53Just because you get one decision does not mean you win.
03:56Does not mean you become the number one contender to Myles Bourne.
04:00And this is starting to break down in Shiloh Hill and Lennox.
04:03Same thought process now.
04:06Whoa, whoa, whoa, what's in the cover?
04:07That's smart.
04:08Dr. First almost with the first elimination.
04:11Tell me something, Jackson Drake right there almost stole one right there.
04:15That would have been a nice little victory there for this kid.
04:18It wouldn't have been a victory, it would have been an elimination.
04:20That's exactly what I mean.
04:22I said elimination, didn't I?
04:23I said victory, but I'm not gonna keep correcting you all right.
04:26Sandy shooting star into the cover for the first elimination and still,
04:30we are whole in this matchup.
04:32Three of the five have entered.
04:35And for Jackson Drake, I go back to, again, Vanity Project.
04:40And how much potential do you see in this individual?
04:44Like I said, from the beginning, this kid right here, you can tell he's got a lot of talent.
04:51You look at him, I stood next to this guy, and he doesn't look as big as he actually is,
04:56because he's got a long frame.
04:59He's slender, but very, very chiseled out of granite.
05:02I'm gonna tell you right now, another year, another year, this kid, Jackson Drake,
05:06is gonna grow into that frame, and he's gonna be a monster around here in this bitch.
05:11Just trust me on that.
05:12He's been so close to becoming NXT champion.
05:15We can't forget that ladder match that these three men were part of.
05:20To crown an NXT champion, which was won by Joe Hendry.
05:23We saw Joe Hendry get in the face of Ethan Page and Ricky Saint.
05:27Saint's gonna take on Tony D'Angelo, still to come here live on NXT.
05:31That will be in our main event, and it has been nothing but chaos since the beginning.
05:37And you go back to Robert Stone, and you've already brought it up, who had to figure out
05:41what the hell's going on with Elio LeCleur and Eli Knight, and they were found down.
05:47We don't know how, let's not jump to conclusions.
05:49Dog State, that's what happened, Dog State did it.
05:52You understand what I'm saying?
05:54You know what I'm not, I'm not- Whoa!
05:56I'm wrong with the strength of this young man.
05:58Was it perfect, and it was not, but that clock's back up.
06:01Who's next?
06:02Three, two, one.
06:21Charlie Dempsey of Birthright.
06:28And this is a man who's been sitting in the back,
06:30scouting the competition, ready to pick apart bodies, pick up the scraps,
06:35and pick the bones of those three in this match.
06:43Gypsy's on fire.
06:46Yeah!
06:50Again, still no eliminations.
06:53Four men are here, one man still to make his way to the ring, but who is it?
06:58Who will challenge Miles Bourne?
07:05Gauntlet Eliminator, four of the five competitors are in the ring.
07:08We will now find out who is that mystery man in this matchup.
07:12All fighting to become the number one contender to the North American title to go to
07:17stand and deliver in St. Louis a week from Saturday and face Miles Bourne.
07:22And look at this unique submission, four of a kind.
07:26Somebody's gonna have to let go sooner or later, or somebody's going to sleep.
07:30And we talked about Cutler James, he's been sidelined with Dark State,
07:33part of those dark times that they're going through.
07:36Also, anything about Birthright, and you take a look at who's here.
07:39We see the TNA Knockouts Champion.
07:41We see counters, and we see Channing Stacks Lorenzo.
07:44We do not see Lexus King.
07:45He is not medically cleared to be here tonight.
07:49More on that later on.
07:51What we are seeing right now, Shiloh Hill decimate the field,
07:55looking for some eliminations.
07:57And another near fall again.
07:59No one has been eliminated.
08:01Who will be the last one standing?
08:02Tell you what, Shiloh Hill is making the case for himself.
08:05Coming out here at number one and still going strong.
08:09You gotta love it.
08:10Four of the five are in this matchup.
08:12And Book, is this match more about luck, or more about skill?
08:15As you see Myles Bourne looking out.
08:17I think a little bit of Bulldog is involved.
08:19I mean, you gotta have a lot of heart in matchup.
08:21You think about Shawn Michaels winning the Royal Rumble twice, twice.
08:26I mean, years back to back.
08:28That can't be just luck, Vince.
08:29That can't be just luck.
08:31You gotta have a lot of heart, a lot of will, determination.
08:34Yes, man.
08:34You gotta imagine if, if Charlie-
08:37Whoa!
08:38If Charlie Dempsey can get through this, it could be big moment for Birthright.
08:43Because Birthright also in that tag team championship tournament.
08:47I understand Rob Stone right now working the phones to find a replacement for
08:51Elio and Eli.
08:53But this match continuing with Deion Lennox turning things inside out.
08:59Looking to my right, Shiloh Hill is down.
09:03Shiloh Hill is down, Vic.
09:05This is awesome, this is awesome, this is awesome.
09:12And it's all for the right to become the number one contender to the North American
09:17championship.
09:18We saw Myles Bourne looking on, who knows what's going through that man's mind.
09:23But now we're about to find out who is the final competitor.
09:28Here we go.
09:32So sorry to interrupt this match, but I have tried everything to snap him out of this funk.
09:44Everything except this one thing, or rather a place, a place that we've called home for so long.
09:58A place he built his name.
10:00Ladies and gentlemen, the last entrant in the Elimination Gauntlet.
10:08Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
10:11Johnny Gargano.
10:15Parker.
10:16What a surprise.
10:18What a surprise.
10:29Is he here?
10:35With Candice LeRae, he indeed is back.
10:39But I even got to admit, can this man even find who he once was?
10:47He's been lost, but the NXT Universe is trying to help him.
10:51Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
11:05Well, we'll step in.
11:08Gargano, he doesn't want to be here, big.
11:10Jackson Drake just dropped Gargano and this match continuing, still, no eliminations.
11:15And right above Johnny, was Deion Lennox taking full advantage.
11:18That's it.
11:19And no, it is not, as now all five men are in here.
11:22And one of these five men will be facing Miles Bourne,
11:25Stan and Deliver, St. Louis.
11:26Get your tickets on sale now, streaming domestically on YouTube, internationally on Netflix,
11:31a week from this Saturday, takedown by Dempsey.
11:34Dempsey looking for the submission, and
11:36there's no doubt who the fan favorite is here right now amongst the NXT Universe.
11:42Johnny Wrestling, Johnny Wrestling.
11:46Dempsey trying to hold on, but Deion overpowering.
11:50And it's hard to argue that this fight right now may not belong to Deion.
11:54Johnny Gagano is laid out on the apron.
11:57Have a heart, for God's sake.
11:59Holy.
12:00What the hell?
12:01OTM going, and OTM has been wanting a piece of Dark State.
12:05And they got, right now, D.L. Lennox, nowhere to go.
12:09Hold, hold, hold.
12:11What do you call that boy?
12:13Hold, hold, hold.
12:16And Lennox, Lennox, D.L. Lennox is out.
12:21Shiloh Hill who started this entire thing, taking advantage.
12:25And just like that, into the cover, and that's our first elimination.
12:31Theon Lennox has been eliminated.
12:35One man down, four men to go, who's gonna face Miles Bourne?
12:42You know, Shiloh Hill, a man who always goes around the dark web.
12:46He's even unsure what to think about when he sees Johnny Gargano.
12:51Johnny Gargano is not right right now, Vic.
12:54Wait, I mean, it's hard to, I mean, look, I know Johnny better than most, and I gotta admit,
13:03yeah, he's trying to find his way once again, and maybe he doesn't wanna be here.
13:10But this matchup continuing again, birthrights out here, it's a two-on-one right now.
13:16Charlie Dempsey throwing Drake off, he wants to get himself a piece of Shiloh Hill.
13:21Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
13:34Johnny didn't want the fight, the fight is certainly back to him.
13:39And I mean, this is a man in Johnny Gargano, let's not forget a few weeks ago on SmackDown,
13:42thought he found who he was once again until Obafemi shut that down.
13:46And we've seen what Obafemi's done to Brock Lesnar.
13:50You know, one traumatic experience like running in, wait a minute, wait a minute.
13:54Like I said, traumatic experience, like running into Obafemi, yes, anything can happen.
14:01Whoa, well, I wanna get to Shiloh Hill here, who volunteered to start this match.
14:05How much growth have you seen in Hill since winning LFG?
14:09Cuz he's in the deep waters right now against Charlie Dempsey,
14:12who almost got the second elimination.
14:14I mean, I must say, I gotta give the young man a lot of credit.
14:18He's come out here at number one entry.
14:20He's still in the fight right now, and I must say,
14:23he's still looking, Shiloh Hill is still looking real good, if you fight, Vic.
14:28Johnny, get up, Johnny, get up, Johnny, get up, Johnny, get up.
14:34Well, again, there's Johnny Gargano.
14:36Come on, Johnny.
14:37Candice trying to talk to her husband.
14:40Come on.
14:40The NXT Universe trying to rally him right now.
14:43And again, he's just not the same man that he once was.
14:48And that's the best I can say and try to explain what's going through his mind is back in
14:52the ring, these three men continuing to fight.
14:54And it's all to find out who will be the number one contender.
14:59I think Shiloh Hill is trying to learn how to properly apply this hold as he's looking at
15:03Charlie Dempsey as we got a double submission blocked in.
15:06If anybody can teach him, this man.
15:10Hit in the ring, Johnny.
15:12Do it.
15:14Look at his face, he's not here, Vic.
15:18And I'm more impressed right now with Jackson Drake able to hang on in this situation.
15:23Double submission, he's not giving up.
15:26As Johnny's listening to people, don't give up on yourself either.
15:29Look at his hair, he's all disheveled.
15:32I mean, this guy's not right, Vic.
15:37Elimination style matchup again, there's only been one elimination.
15:40It was Deion Lennox, who was eliminated, Shiloh Hill drops Gargano.
15:48This matchup rolling on, and we still are gonna determine who is the number one
15:53contender to Miles Bourne's North American title.
16:02That is Johnny Gargano, one of the NXT pillars returning for this matchup.
16:07Basically because of his wife pulling him out here,
16:09he has not been able to get out of the gates.
16:11I think we can agree on that, can we not?
16:13Look, Johnny Gargano has gone through a lot over these last six months.
16:18It is showing, Vic.
16:19There's Miles Bourne looking on.
16:21He wants to find out who he's facing on the biggest stage we have.
16:23Stan in delivers.
16:24St. Louis, Missouri, week from Saturday.
16:27Has Jackson Drake flying over Gargano and Candice to wipe out the field?
16:32And Man Book, I gotta ask you, what's your strategy right now in this match?
16:37Where we're at, elimination style.
16:40Let it all hang out, Vic.
16:41That's all you're gonna do in a matchup like this, like this young man right here,
16:44Jackson Drake.
16:45He sees the opportunity.
16:46He sees that window open, and right now, he's gonna take a chance.
16:50Oh, 450 connects, cover, count, and no, Shiloh Hill able to kick out again.
16:59Hill and Jackson Drake were the two that started this matchup.
17:03And you're right, play it on the line.
17:04That's exactly what Drake is doing in this juncture.
17:07Because there's a championship match on the biggest stage we have on the line right
17:12now and chopping the body down.
17:13Here comes Charlie Dempsey.
17:15And how different is Dempsey?
17:18How different is Dempsey than the rest of NXT?
17:21Let me tell you something, this is Dempsey's playground here as far as being
17:25able to last the long haul, that's Dempsey's game.
17:28But right now, he's dealing with a flyer, my God, my God.
17:32High impact from Jackson Drake and the youth that's going through the body of
17:36Drake right now, the same thing can be said for Shiloh Hill.
17:40We're seeing a standout performance from a man that controlled a ball for
17:43a long time, trying to make his mark here tonight.
17:45But the same can be said for Hill, nice standing reverse.
17:49Coming right back in, duck to the clothesline.
17:51Jackson Drake answering back, got caught, and got dropped.
17:55Looking for another elimination.
17:57Can he make it two for two?
18:00He's dead.
18:02Shiloh's on the roll.
18:03Jackson Drake has been eliminated.
18:04He certainly is, and Shiloh Hill right now is in control.
18:08But back in comes Charlie Dempsey.
18:10Some call him a technical tiger.
18:12He right now is throwing it all at Shiloh Hill.
18:15Now, let me tell you, I gotta say, Charlie Dempsey, this is his comfort zone, Vic.
18:19I'm talking about grinding.
18:21That's what Charlie Dempsey's all about.
18:23Shoes the hand.
18:24Cover, cover, cover, and a kick out.
18:25And again, I agree with you.
18:26And certainly right now, with how Shiloh Hill has been in this match since the start.
18:30And well, a big pin with double hook of the leg and a kick out.
18:33And the stated Johnny Gargano, this is the spot for
18:37Charlie Dempsey where he can really start to break down some opponents.
18:40Birthright, that's what it's all about.
18:41Who's gonna be the quarterback of Birthright?
18:44I'm gonna tell you right now, if anybody got the potentials,
18:47it's gonna be this man right here, Charlie Dempsey duking it out right now.
18:51Going 101 with Shiloh Hill, yes.
18:55Dempsey coming right back in.
18:56And this is how flawless Charlie Dempsey is at what he can do inside the ring.
19:00He is a tactician.
19:01Look at this.
19:02And how many men have you ever seen have that sort of pitfall,
19:06that sort of bridge, that sort of body control?
19:08He's a guy that's been all over the world, Vic.
19:11I mean, you're talking about grappling in several different dimensions.
19:14I'm talking about some more.
19:16I'm talking about judo.
19:18I'm talking about, I'm talking about wrestling.
19:21This guy knows it all, Vic.
19:22Trying to fight back right now with Shiloh Hill.
19:24Looking for the trifecta.
19:27Center of the ring.
19:29No.
19:29And Shiloh Hill with another.
19:32What the hell?
19:33It's been eliminated.
19:35I mean, it's only a matter of time now for, whoa, Birthright.
19:41Snacks, Connors.
19:42God.
19:45And now Dempsey, it's a three on one attack.
19:49And this matchup continuing because Dempsey's been sent to the back.
19:53There's no DQs.
19:55Jackson, Jackson.
19:57Shiloh Wind in!
19:59Jackson, Jackson.
20:01Jackson.
20:01Hard-D, Jardino.
20:01Jackson, Jackson.
20:05Navi, Jardino, Jardino.
20:06Candice.
20:07My cover.
20:10Buckle.
20:14Here is your winner, Johnny Gargano.
20:21It's been odd times in the Gargano house, and yes,
20:26Johnny's been trying to find his way once more, but maybe, Booker,
20:32maybe he just did.
20:34What the hell?
20:35He's just as shocked as us.
20:37Just happy.
20:40Let's take a look at today's Your Way Replay brought to you
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20:45Have it your way.
20:46You rule.
20:47This did not rule for Shiloh Hill, who
20:52had eliminated every single person in the field
20:56until the numbers game came into effect for Birthright.
21:03And then because of Candice LeRae, Johnny literally
21:07fell into the cover and fell into the championship opportunity.
21:13And Johnny's the only man to have held that title three times.
21:18And you see the fire starting to burn once more as the pillar of this brand
21:22returns to stand and deliver.
21:25Born Gargano for the North American title a week from Saturday in St. Louis.
21:3120 minute, Kak
21:31Let's see what comes next.
21:37What's something new here?
21:37No a lot.
21:45Make a difference.
21:45I know nothing needs.
21:45Well, you know what I hope is.
21:46You look in curious.
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