Surprises galore took place on NXT ahead of next week’s Homecoming event at Full Sail University.
Former NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes was the first to make a surprise appearance, backing up Trick Williams against DIY. However, Carmelo made it clear the former friends had not patched things up, accusing Williams of ‘squatting’ in his house. DIY challenged the two for a match for next week’s show, which will be live at Full Sail.
Later, after Tavion Heights defeated Ethan Page in a flag match, Tyler Breeze made his surprise NXT return, coming out to his old music and wearing his old outfit. He laid down and took selfies next to the laid out Page, setting up a North American title match for next week.
The end of NXT saw Jacy Jayne enraged that Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx failed to win the number one contendership match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles. She berated her two stablemates as two cars pulled up to the Performance Center. After the commercial break, Stephanie Vaquer, Tiffany Stratton, and Rhea Ripley all came out after Jayne declared she was the greatest NXT Women’s Champion of all time. The three NXT veterans headed down to the ring and took out Fatal Influence to close out the show.
During a commercial hyping next week’s show, NXT teased that additional names from the past could be appearing with Bobby Roode, William Regal, and Triple H all being shown.