Date: 05/31	7:00 PM
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Nickolye's WWE NXT recap for May 24, 2022 at 8 PM ET! Tonight is the go-home show before the premium live event, NXT: In Your House. We'll see a women's championship summit with Toxic Attraction with all their opponents Wendy Choo, Kitana Chance and Kayden Carter before their matches at In Your House. Also, Cameron Grimes takes on Nathan Frazer, Thea Hail makes her debut, Cora Jade faces Elektra Lopez, and the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament continues. All this and more! Who will step up in NXT 2.0? Hit F5 or refresh as often as you like for the latest updates!

All of Diamond Mine are heading to the ring, but Roderick Strong tells The Creed Brothers and Ivy Nile that they have the night off. The Creed Brothers are upset while Strong and Damon Kemp head to the ring.

* Diamond Mine vs. Pretty Deadly {NXT Tag Team Champions}
  [non-title match]

Strong starts the match against Elton Prince and he's immediately already not doing well. Pretty Dealy deliver a double suplex as the crowd chant "Pretty Ugly" at them. Strong fares better against Kit Wilson as he hits a calf kick to finally go on offense. Damon Kemp tags in for his first action and Strong admonishes him for not doing better, then he SLAPS him! Kemp woke up form that and suplexes Prince all over the place, hits a shoulder tackle, and puts him in a rear chinlock. Strong gets the tag, Prince kicks his leg out from under him, and Pretty Deadly are back in control with quick tags. Kemp tags in, delivers more suplexes to Kit Wilson, hits a slingshot spear, Strong runs in to attack Prince, and they hit dueling backbreakers before our first commercial break.

We get picture-in-picture for the first break and Kemp has Wilson in the chinlock. Pretty Deadly soon gain back control by tagging in and out, plus double team moves and wear-down submissions to keep the momentum.

When we come back, Kemp tries to get out of a chinlock but gets put back in, until he gets back up and tries to reach for the tag, avoids both men, and makes the hot tag. Strong takes out both men with a clothesline, chops, backbreakers, a gutbuster, and elbow strikes. Strong tries twice for the Strong Hold but can't lock it in, but he continues to attack both men back and forth, then he hits a back suplex to Wilson. Prince threw Kemp into the steel steps, while Strong and Wilson clothesline each other. Pretty Deadly sneak in the tag belts, Prince gets caught as part of the plan, but Julius Creed pushes Strong out the way and takes the belt shot to the head for it. Strong rolls Wilson up in a schoolboy for a near-fall, Strong yells at The Creed Brothers for being there, but then Pretty Deadly hit their Spilt Milk finisher to get the victory. WINNER: PRETTY DEADLY.

Julius Creed sacrificed himself to save Roderick Strong, and he got yelled at for it. Diamond Mine are NOT on the same page.

Solo Sikoa and Cameron Grimes speak in the locker room about having each other's back tonight, and Solo reminds him that he's got next after his match with Carmelo Hayes. Duke Hudson shows up to mock them, Grimes mocks his haircut and leaves, Hudson claims he's next for an NXT Title match after winning by DQ last week, and Solo challenges him to a match tonight. Breaktime.

Earlier today, Grayson Waller was whining about something to do with Tiffany Stratton, mentioning how she ran through "that stupid American hick" Fallon Henley last week. Josh Briggs showed up behind him and challenged to "take an American ass beating" later. Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett briefly mention the Special Olympics, then take us to the meeting between Tony D'Angelo and Santis Escobar.

We get a video of Tony D'Angelo and his two goons on the docks to meet with Santos Escobar and Legado Del Fantasma on his yacht. They head out on  the water and they talk back and forth about not trusting each other. They discuss their terms on the future, and agree to a 6-man tag match at In Your House - Stacks, Two Dimes & Tony D'Angelo vs. Legado Del Fantasma. They agree that the losers of the match will go into the other's family and listen under their rules. This is a turf war where the winners will acquire the other's family. Breaktime.

* Cora Jade vs. Elektra Lopez

Cora tries a waistlock early on but Elektra throws her down, but Cora keeps fighting and takes her down with an armdrag and basement dropkick. Elektra throws her down again some more, body slams her, clips her leg, and hits her own basement dropkick for a 2-count. Elektra ties her up in a submission, Cora counters sending her out the ring, starts fighting back with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors, shining wizard, springboard double stomp, and covers for 2. Lopez hits a sit-out suplex bomb, Cora grabs the ropes to break the count, they battle over the ropes, Cora hits the diving senton, and gets the 3-count! WINNER: CORA JADE.

Wes Lee gets interviewed about why he's challenged Xyon Quinn to a match tonight, and he says he's been awaiting this match for weeks. Wes knows that the past couple of weeks haven't gone his way, but he can't back down now. Sanga shows up to give Wes some words of advice saying he's got a giant heart and wishes him luck. Breaktime.

When we come back, we get a video package for Roxanne Perez on her rise in NXT and being in the finals of the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament. Roxanne has trained with Booker T in his wrestling school on her path to WWE, and she credits Cora Jade as helping her to the Performance Center and eventually NXT 2.0 to compete.

* Wes Lee vs. Xyon Quinn

Both men go at it right at the bell, Wes Lee connects with the strikes and double stomp to the back. Quinn counters a sunset flip to throw him on the ropes and slingshots him back into the ring., then he basically toys with him like he means nothing. Wes angers up enough to punch a Samoan on the head - bad idea. Quinn scoop slams him, covers for 2, laughs it off, and continues his domination. Wes gets in a couple of kicks, but Quinn catches him and lawn darts him into the turnbuckles, then Wes does a surprise roll-up for 3! WINNER: WES LEE!

Roderick Strong shouts at The Creed Brothers for showing up at ringside, Ivy Nile tells him that Julius got smashed in the head with the tag title belt, but Strong argues that he would've gotten the win by DQ and continues to admonish them. Strong demands The Creed Brothers to win the NXT Tag Team Titles at In Your House, or they're out of Diamond Mine.

After the break, Joe Gacy has a video package for us talking about Bron Breakker growing up in the house of The Steiners watching their chaos and fighting with his brothers. Gacy goes on to talk about the tough upbringing he's had and wants his anger to consume him in their match at In Your House, trying to provoke him to get himself intentionally disqualified which will force the NXT Championship to switch hands. Bron Breakker was watching the video in his locker room, McKenzie Mitchell shows up to get a quick interview, and Breakker says he will not lose his championship to Gacy at In Your House. The lights flicker and we can hear Gacy's laughter, Breakker stands ready to fight, grabs a TV to throw, but thinks twice and puts it back down. "You know what? Maybe Gacy's right, I am predictable. But it's not a weakness, it's a strength. And this Saturday, I'm gonna rip Joe Gacy apart!"

Wade Barrett stands in the ring to host the women's championship summit leading to In Your House. Everybody has already signed the contracts. All four women involved in the Women's Tag Team Titles talk back and forth at each other making points and counter-points. Wendy Rose keeps whining for them to sign the contract. Mandy Rose finally chimes in to say she will do whatever to keep her championship and not allow Wendy to win. Mandy says her title reign is 200 days and counting, and she signs the contract. Wendy shoots a spitball, and all six women start brawling with Toxic Attraction getting the worst of it. Wendy Choo gets the final blow by putting Mandy Rose through a table with the sleepy elbow drop from the top rope! Wendy Choo, Kitana Chance and Kayden Carter all stand tall with the women's titles before the break.

When we come back, Ivy Nile is doing push-ups in the locker room. Kiana James shows up asking if working out is all she does, Ivy is always training, and Kiana claims that The Creed Brothers will lose at In Your House and be out of Diamond Mine. ivy takes exception to this, Kiana says she ran the numbers to less than 12% chance for them, and Ivy hems her up against the lockers asking what's her percentage of getting her ass kicked!

* Solo Sikoa vs. Duke Hudson

Hudson backs him into a corner and tries to bully him, but Sikoa is not one to back down, so Hudson slams Solo's head on the top turnbuckle, and Sikoa's Samoan head has no effect. Sikoa clotheslines him, headbutts him in the neck, Hudson avoids the running hip attack, hangs his neck on the ropes, and slingshots into a German suplex. Hudson has his opponent reeling with a back elbow, overhead belly-to-belly suplex, another belly-to-belly suplex, covers for 2, then twists his neck. Sikoa blocks a powerbomb, back body body, punches and kicks combo into a Samoan drop, avalance in a corner, superkick, hits the running hip attack, goes up top, hits the Samoan splash, and gets the 1-2-3! WINNER: SOLO SIKOA!

We get a video package now for Tiffany Stratton praising all the tropies and awards that she's won in gymnastics. She talks next about Roxanne Perez making fun of her and her path to getting to NXT.

After a commercial break, we see that Thea Hail graduated high school last week, and will make her NXT 2.0 debut soon. Thea Hail sits at a table for a conference at the Performance Center to discuss her future. Which university will she join? "I will be attending Andre Chase University!"

* Grayson Waller vs. Josh Briggs

Waller complains that Briggs has his friends at ringside, so he wants them to leave. Briggs has no problem coming alone and beats Waller down all by himself. Waller hides in the ropes to get the cheap shot, hits a low spin kick to the head, and applies a cravate. Briggs doesn't like being treated like a horse so he bucks back, delivers a front suplex but misses the elbow drop, Waller hits his jumping elbow drop, and gets a 2-count. The fight continiues as Waller hits a crescent kick for 2, and dances like a cowboy. Briggs fights back with no laughing matter, delivers a back suplex, then suddenly out come Robert Stone and his lady friend. Briggs hits the big boot, clothesline, shoulder tackle, then hits the big boot to Von Wagner on the apron. Waller comes back in with the rolling stunner for the 3-count. WINNER: GRAYSON WALLER.

Von Wagner attacks Josh Briggs right when the match is over slamming his arm into the ringpost. Brooks Jensen makes the save and Wagner has to be held back. Nathan Frazer is warming up for his match backstage. Breaktime.

* Ivy Nile vs. Kiana James

Ivy backs her up quickly at the bell, shoves her down, wresles her into a ear chinlock, Ivy with a fireman's carry, and they go back and forth. Kiana hits a sidewalk slam, Ivy blocks a submission, hits a shoulder tackle, running kick in the corner, and covers for 2. Kiana hits a running shoulder to the ribs, Ivy blocks a suplex, Kiana counters the dragon sleeper, crucifix for 2, Ivy clotheslines her, and powerslams her for 3. WINNER: IVY NILE.

Pretty Deadly come down to mock Ivy and The Creed Brothers until they show up. Creeds chase off the champs and they fight for the titles this Saturday. We get a video of a woman narrating in Italian, and this is to hype up Giovanni Vinci coming soon to NXT. Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams will join commentary for the main event match.

* Cameron Grimes {NXT North American Champion} vs. Nathan Frazer 
  [non-title match]

The match gets underway, they use their athletic skills to go back and forth in the beginning, Grimes hits a shoulder block, Frazer dropkicks him, Grimes comes back with a back elbow, Frazer with a jumping hurricanrana, Grimes kicks him in the chest, and we take our final commercial break.

We get picture-in-picture for the last break of the night. Grimes brings him back to ringside, hits a back suplex on the apron, puts him in a wristlock, Grimes kicks him in the midsection, covers for 2, then puts him in an armbar, and throws him down by the arm.

When we come back, Frazer hits a flatliner into the turnbuckles, lands on his feet from a German suplex, backflips from a springboard and drops him. Frazer battles back, Grimes hits European uppercuts, a front suplex, forearm smashes, and Frazer superkicks him. Carmelo Hayes praises himself on commentary calling himself the next champion. Grimes gets the knees up to block the standing shooting star press, Frazer rolls him up for 2, Grimes hits a urinage slam, and covers for a near-fall.

Both men are down, Grimes and Frazer battle back and forth with forearm shots, Frazer hits a jumpin enzuigiri, Grimes clotheslines him, Frazer counters a powerbomb with the hurricanrana and hooks the legs for 2.5! Grimes and Williams are smiling on commentary. Frazer hits a suicide dive, throws the champ back into the ring, climbs up top, Grimes brings him back down with a super German suplex, hits The Cave In and gets the 1-2-3-count! WINNER: CAMERON GRIMES! 

Cameron Grimes immediately throws Trick Willaims out the ring, but Carmelo Hayes wasn't far behind, although Grimes was ready for him and Williams saves Hayes from disaster. See you this Saturday for NXT: In Your House!