NXT Vengeance Day (2024)

This was subsequently NXT's first livestreaming event to be held in Tennessee, and it aired on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets.

[6] On the January 9 episode of NXT, Ava announced a 20-woman battle royal where the last four remaining wrestlers would compete in a fatal four-way match to determine a number one contender for Lyra Valkyria's NXT Women's Championship at Vengeance Day, which was scheduled for the following week.

After the match, Oba Femi cashed in his NXT Breakout Tournament contract and defeated Lee to win the title.

[7] The opening match was the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic contested between Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker and Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams.

In the closing stages, Price and Nima performed a double Samoan Drop to D'Angelo and Stacks for a two-count.

[10] The next match was for the NXT Women's Championship contested between defending champion Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez.

In the opening stages, Perez attempted a suicide dive, but Valkyria impeded it with a forearm smash.

Vice them locked in a triangle choke on Perez, but Valkyria used a diving splash to break up the submission.

Vice attempted Buenas Noches, but Valkyria ducked and delivered Night Wish to retain her title.

[10] In the penultimate match, Oba Femi defended the NXT North American Championship against Dragon Lee.

In the opening stages, Lee delivered a corner dropkick and a diving double foot stomp to Femi for a two-count.

Femi then delivered a lariat, a hip toss and a pop-up powerbomb to Lee and pinned him to retain his title.

[10] In the main event, Ilja Dragunov defended the NXT Championship against Trick Williams (accompanied by Carmelo Hayes).

In the opening stages, Williams attempted a pop-up haymaker, but Dragunov countered it with an enzeguiri and then performed the Constantine Special.

Dragunov attempted the Torpedo Moscow, but Williams escaped and delivered a Cyclone Kick for a nearfall.

Dragunov attempted to deliver the Torpedo Moscow, while Williams wanted to impede it with the Trick Knee.

Hayes then covered Williams with a TMG (Trick-Melo Gang) shirt and started taunting him as the event went off the air.

I wouldn’t call it great, but the main event between Ilja Dragunov and Trick Williams was excellent.

The other match that stood out to me was the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals with Bron Beakker & Baron Corbin beating Trick & Melo in the opener; that was a lot of fun.

Oba Femi continues to impress with less than ten TV matches at this point, yet he’s good enough to keep up with a talented, quicker guy like Dragon Lee.

The opener set up vulnerabilities for Trick Williams that cost him his shot at Ilja Dragunov in the main event.

Dragon Lee and Oba Femi stole the show in what could be the night that made a future megastar.

Dijak and Joe Gacy overdelivered in a filler position, but The Family vs. OTM could have been left off the card.

[13] Coby Galenzoski of Wrestling Republic gave the overall show 4.25/5 stars, saying "WWE NXT Vengeance Day 2024 started off the 2024 PLE year for the brand off with a bang.

The show revolved around Trick Williams pulling double duty and his stories with Ilja and Carmelo.

The main event delivered along with the show ending with the heel turn from Carmelo Hayes to Trick Williams.