NXT Main Event Controversy Dissected
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What happened in the NXT main‑event between Lola Vice and Kendall Gray?
Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast. This is Dave LaGrecka. On today's episode, Myself and Tommy Dreamer Talk NXT live in New York City. And the main event for the number one contenders match for Stand and Deliver. Kendall Gray and Lola Vice. And what an ending we got. Controversy. We talk about it right here on the Busted Open Podcast. This is the Busted Open Podcast. First and foremost, I thought Kendall Gray and Lola Vice killed it last night. I thought the match was absolutely incredible. And I actually went to social media, which I don't do much of nowadays as I used to, about really the progression and we've seen it with Jada Parker, and we'll get into her match a little bit later on in her big win.
But Kendall Gray and Lola Vice, like just the progression, how improved they've gotten. And I thought that match the match itself I thought was outstanding last night.
I agree. Um Kendall has really, really stepped up. Lola, we've watched her career before she even joined uh WWE, you know, coming on this show. Uh not knowing what to expect. She's quickly picked this up. The crowd loved both women and you and I were talking off camera about the finish. I really liked it. You did not. However We then kind of doing a deep dive onto Execution and why it happened the way it went down.
Yeah, and and and I guess if you're gonna talk about execution, I guess they did a good job because not only did the referee not see the tap, and just for anybody who wasn't watching, it looked like Kendall Gray was about to go out. Commentators, as always, did a fantastic job selling that. It looked like she was about to fade. And she was able to get bridge Lola Vice her shoulders on the mat for the one, two, three. And the Gray also tapped, but the referee didn't see it, or the referee in the ring didn't see it. The camera didn't see it. So everybody watching at home just assumed that Lola Vice got pinned. But there was a referee outside the ring. The referee was stopping Fatal Influence from interfering in the match.
There was a referee outside. He immediately jumped to the ring apron, alerted the referee in the ring that Kendall Gray tapped simultaneously with the one, two, three on Lola Vice.
Normally when this is done to perfection and I thought everything you said was done to perfection with the camera angles, all that stuff. In my opinion. And I know there's a lot of referee policemen out there. It's like the word policeman, but the referee policemen, you're allowed to step up today. When for this to go down proper, the the official referee gets knocked down. Gets taken out. He, then a secondary referee, continues the action. the first referee while he's on the floor, he then sees this while the same thing is happening because he is the official referee for the match. Last night, another referee. comes down. I don't know his referee name. I know his wrestler name. Um He's stopping fatal influence from getting involved and then he just ste sees it at the same time.
To me he's not the official referee and he's just causing problems. But Because it's not your match. And I get where you see it, but you were not like officially stated into it. I love Shawn Michaels coming down. I loved the controversy.
Why did the crowd think Kendall Gray tapped before the three‑count?
I loved all of it. The crowd at first was kinda stunned.
Mm-hmm.
But At the end they were they were going off with chaos is what you want. And if you look at the footage, Kendall tapped before the three. But again, that guy's not the official referee, so it really muddies the water because he was just there to to be special teams and block the interference. So uh that would be the next week cliffhanger and if this was what it was set up to do. Well it can't be a
next week cliffhanger 'cause we got the pay per view on on on Saturday.
We get
the P L E. So
A ruling Robert Stone has to get involved, Sean Michaels. uh overs superseded Robert Stone. And I think on Saturday we need to have a taped review. We need to go to the worldwide interwebs to get people to vote for it and then we could have a final decision on Tuesday. Um, but you're saying no.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened in the NXT main‑event between Lola Vice and Kendall Gray?
0:00–4:12
2
Why did the crowd think Kendall Gray tapped before the three‑count?
4:12–8:15
3
How did the outside referee’s involvement affect the official decision?
8:15–11:51
4
What are the arguments for and against the head referee’s call?
11:51–15:34
5
Could a different referee protocol have prevented the controversy?
15:34–19:27
6
What impact will the controversy have on the upcoming Stand and Deliver PPV?
19:27–23:14
7
How does Jimmy Corderas explain the referee’s role in this match?
23:14–26:44
8
What are the hosts’ final thoughts on the finish and future storylines?
26:44–30:04