NXT Vengeance Day (2022)

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NXT Vengeance Day
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)NXT
DateFebruary 15, 2022
CityOrlando, Florida
VenueWWE Performance Center
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The 2022 NXT Vengeance Day was the 10th Vengeance professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event took place on February 15, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. It aired as a special episode of NXT. In lieu of its normal channel, the USA Network, the television special aired on Syfy due to USA's broadcasting of the 2022 Winter Olympics in NXT's normal slot.

In February 2021, WWE revived Vengeance as an NXT TakeOver event called Vengeance Day; the name was a reference to its Valentine's Day scheduling. That September, however, the TakeOver series was discontinued. With the scheduling of this 2022 event, Vengeance Day became its own event as well as NXT's annual Valentine's event. Unlike all previous Vengeance events, which aired on pay-per-view as well as the WWE Network in 2021, this will be the first Vengeance to air as a television special.

Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Bron Breakker defeated Santos Escobar to retain the NXT Championship.

Production[]

Background[]

Vengeance was originally established as a pay-per-view (PPV) event for WWE in 2001 and it was held annually until 2007, followed by a one-off event in 2011. In February 2021, WWE revived Vengeance for the NXT brand as a TakeOver event called Vengeance Day, and it aired on PPV and the WWE Network. Its title was also a reference to its Valentine's Day scheduling.[1] The TakeOver series was then discontinued in September 2021. On January 25, 2022, however, WWE announced that Vengeance would continue under the Vengeance Day name, but unlike all previous Vengeance events, the 2022 Vengeance Day would be held as a special episode of NXT. The 10th event in the Vengeance chronology, it was scheduled to be held on February 15, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. This in turn established Vengeance Day as NXT's annual Valentine's event. Additionally, due to USA Network's broadcasting of the 2022 Winter Olympics in NXT's normal slot, the television special will air on Syfy.[2]

Storylines[]

The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters to build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines are produced on their weekly television program, NXT.[3][4]

On December 5, 2021, at NXT WarGames, Tony D'Angelo took out Pete Dunne with a crowbar and took his mouth guard during the Men's WarGames match.[5] Dunne took it back from D'Angelo on the December 14 episode of NXT and defeated him in the main event the following week. After the match, D'Angelo attacked Dunne's hand with a crowbar, causing him to writhe in pain.[6][7] On the January 11, 2022 episode of NXT, D'Angelo defeated Dunne in a Crowbar on a Pole match.[8] The following week, D'Angelo conducted a memorial service for Dunne's career and set his sights on Carmelo Hayes' NXT North American Championship.[9] On the January 25 episode of NXT, D'Angelo fought Cameron Grimes in a number one contender's match for a shot at the title, but lost after Dunne appeared and hit his hand with a cricket bat.[10] The following weeks saw Dunne challenge D'Angelo to a steel cage match, but then upped the stipulation after avoiding his crowbar attacks during a match with Draco Anthony, throwing in chairs, crowbars, kendo sticks and a toolbox in the ring to make it a weaponized steel cage match at NXT Vengeance Day.[11][12]

Event[]

Preliminary matches[]

  • Tony D'Angelo vs Pete Dunne (Weaponized Steel Cage match)

Tony D'Angelo came out in a fancy new Maybach, confident in his success to come. Pete Dunne immediately went for the weapons to hurt Tony D. After a superplex off the steel cage, D'Angelo cuffed The Bruiserweight. Dunne was punished until he trapped his rival in a guillotine and got to the tool kit to cut himself free. Somehow, even with the extra punishment with weapons, both Dunne and D'Angelo kicked out of each other's finishers. Tony D grabbed the crowbar while Dunne pulled out a crowbar. The Bruiserweight smacked his opponent in the skull with the crowbar then hit a second Bitter End for the win.

Toxic Attraction came out as a unit, and Mandy Rose watched closely as Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne attacked Persia Pirotta and Indi Hartwell before the bell. The challengers recovered quickly, especially after the referee sent Rose to the back. Pirotta went on a tear, laying out both champions at once with a Samoan drop. Jayne sent Pirotta hard into the steel steps then tripped Hartwell before she could hit a diving elbow. Finally, Toxic Attraction hit a high-low combination for the victory.

Carmelo Hayes wore down Cameron Grimes with focused technical offense, hoping to take advantage of his own impressive stamina. Trick Williams helped as well in taking cheap shots on Grimes behind the referee's back. The Technical Savage tried to get back into the action but ran right into a springboard crossbody for a nearfall. Grimes responded with a spin-out side slam that nearly took the win. He then hit a big diving crossbody for a nearfall as well. Grimes caught Trick with a Cave-In on the outside, but Trick still got involved enough to make sure Melo held a crossface on Grimes that left the challenger vulnerable for a top rope diving leg drop to win.

MSK and The Creed Brothers spoke their piece ahead of their men's Dusty Tag Team Classic finals showdown. Malcolm Bivens pumped up Julius Creed and Brutus Creed just before walking out, telling them this was the moment Diamond Mine was made for. The Creed Brothers started off hot, but Julius especially took over after he sent Wes Lee face-first into the announce table. After taking a beatdown, Lee flipped Nash Carter onto Julius outside followed by a combination senton bomb and corkscrew bomb for a nearfall. Carter and Lee worked together for a combination double foot stomp that would have taken the win if Brutus had not broken it up. Julius caught Carter diving and slammed him to the floor followed by a low running clothesline for the win in the ring.

Main Event[]

Santos Escobar looked like he was outmatched early, but he managed to get some space and hit a tope outside that left Bron Breakker vulnerable. He threw the champion into the steel steps and hit a neckbreaker back in the ring for two. The challenger used steel outside and technical holds inside to grind down every limb of the champion. Breakker began to make a comeback, but Legado del Fantasma got involved. In the chaos, Ziggler superkicked the champion for a nearfall. Ciampa attacked Ziggler and sent him to the backj. Escobar hit a tilt-a-whirl DDT but missed a frog splash. Breakker speared him then hit the military press powerslam for the win.

Results[]

No. Results Stipulations Times[13]
1 Pete Dunne defeated Tony D'Angelo by pinfall Weaponized Steel Cage match[14] 9:52
2 Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) (c) (with Mandy Rose) defeated Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta by pinfall Tag team match for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship[15] 7:54
3 Carmelo Hayes (c) (with Trick Williams) defeated Cameron Grimes by pinfall Singles match for the NXT North American Championship[16] 15:57
4 The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) (with Malcolm Bivens) defeated MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) by pinfall Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals[17]
Winners receive a future NXT Tag Team Championship match 		9:36
5 Bron Breakker (c) defeated Santos Escobar (with Legado Del Fantasma) by pinfall Singles match for the NXT Championship[18] 12:05
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic bracket[]

First round
NXT 2.0
(January 18, 2022 – January 25, 2022) 		Semifinals
NXT 2.0
(February 8, 2022) 		Final
NXT Vengeance Day
(February 15, 2022)
         
MSK
(Wes Lee and Nash Carter) 		Pin
Jacket Time
(Ikemen Jiro and Kushida) 		11:42[10]
MSK Pin
Edris Enofé and Malik Blade 9:29[12]
Edris Enofé and Malik Blade Pin
Legado Del Fantasma
(Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza) 		3:17[9]
MSK Pin
The Creed Brothers 9:36[13]
Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs 5:33[9]
The Creed Brothers
(Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) 		Pin
The Creed Brothers Pin
Grizzled Young Veterans 12:01[12]
Chase U
(Andre Chase and Bodhi Hayward) 		5:11[10]
Grizzled Young Veterans
(James Drake and Zack Gibson) 		Pin

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