Preliminary matches
The television special began with Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) taking on Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo in a trunk match, where the only way to win is to put both members of a team into a car trunk. In the closing moments, Pretty Deadly performed Spilt Milk on Lorenzo and put him in the trunk, but as they tried to do the same to D'Angelo, Lorenzo sprayed a fire extinguisher on Pretty Deadly. Afterwards, D'Angelo struck Wilson with a crowbar to put him in the trunk. D'Angelo and Lorenzo then sent Prince through a table with a spinebuster before putting him in the trunk to win the match.
Next, Andre Chase (accompanied by Duke Hudson) took on Bron Breakker. Chase managed to dominate Breakker throughout the match, but the turning point came when Breakker broke up the Chase U boots at the "H". Breakker then performed a Powerslam on Chase and forced him to submit to the Steiner Recliner to win the match.
Following this, Ilja Dragunov entered a parking garage, but was attacked from behind by Dijak, who sent Dragunov into the production tools before slamming the garage door on him.
In the third match, Cora Jade took on Lyra Valkyria. In the closing moments, the referee prevented Jade from using a kendo stick, but Jade used the referee to block Valkyria's crescent kick. Jade followed up with a DDT on Valkyria to win the match.
After that, Carmelo Hayes (accompanied by Trick Williams) defended the NXT Championship against Grayson Waller. During the match, Waller introduced a chair, which the referee tossed out, allowing Waller to strike Williams with another chair. Waller and Hayes were able to prevent the others' finishing moves, and Waller performed a crescent kick and a Sitout Powerbomb for a nearfall. Waller performed the Ace Crusher on Hayes, who rolled out of the ring to avoid the pinfall. Afterwards, Waller sent Hayes through the announce table. Back in the ring, Hayes was able to kick out. In the climax, Waller attempted the Ace Crusher again, but messed up the roll, allowing Hayes to perform a kick and the Nothing But Net on Waller to retain the title. After the match, Hayes challenged Bron Breakker to a title match at Battleground, only for Breakker to attack Hayes and Williams from behind, ending the attack with Breakker spearing Hayes through a barricade.
Following this, while Joe Coffey was on the phone with Mark Coffey, Joe Gacy and Ava interrupted. Ava asked for an NXT Tag Team Championship match pitting The Dyad (Jagger Reid and Rip Fowler) against champions Gallus (Joe, Mark, and Wolfgang). Gacy then challenged Joe to a match where if Gacy won, The Dyad would get a title match, but if Joe won, The Dyad would not get a title match as long as Gallus were the champions. The match was subsequently scheduled for the following week.
In the fifth match, Josh Briggs and Fallon Henley took on Brooks Jensen and Kiana James in a mixed tag team match. In the closing moments, James handed Jensen a designer bag, but Briggs moved out of the way of the bag shot. Jensen accidentally knocked James off the ring apron, allowing Briggs to perform a clothesline on Jensen to win the match. Following the match, James stated that she never loved Jensen and left. Jensen and Briggs then hugged it out.
Next, Dragon Lee was being interviewed backstage, and set his sights on Noam Dar and the NXT Heritage Cup.
In the penultimate match, Oba Femi, in his debut match on NXT, took on Oro Mensah. In the end, Femi performed a Powerbomb on Mensah to win the match.
Immediately after the match, Gigi Dolin took the headset from commentator Vic Joseph and called out Jacy Jayne for abandoning her family. Dolin promised to defeat Jayne with Dolin's family at ringside the following week.
Before the main event, Charlie Dempsey and Drew Gulak were being interviewed backstage about how wins and losses mattered. Gulak stated that he would defeat Wes Lee for the NXT North American Championship the following week.
