Dark matches Before the event went live on the streaming services, two
dark matches took place. In the first,
Kiana James defeated
Valentina Feroz, while in the second, Axiom defeated Javier Bernal.
Pre-show No matches took place on the pre-show, however, Halloween Havoc hosts Shotzi and Quincy Elliott appeared alongside Apollo Crews and Grayson Waller. They spun the wheel, which landed on "
Casket match", which was the match stipulation for Waller and Crews' match.
Preliminary matches The actual event began with the ladder match for the vacant NXT North American Championship, featuring Carmelo Hayes, Nathan Frazer, Wes Lee, Oro Mensah, and Von Wagner as the five participants. Frazer performed a springboard Spanish Fly suplex on Hayes onto a ladder. Trick Williams interfered by taking Mensah off of a ladder and out of the ring. Williams and
Mr. Stone tried to retrieve the title belt, but Stone knocked Williams off with a shoe. Williams then tipped the ladder over, causing Stone to fall out of the ring. Frazer performed a frog splash on Wagner through a ladder. Afterwards, Lee performed a Plancha on Frazer, followed by dropkick by Mensah on Lee. Hayes performed a crossbody from the barricade on Mensah before Lee performed a cannonball on Hayes. Wagner threw Lee over the top rope and onto the announce table. After Frazer and Wagner vied for the title belt, Mensah took both of them out at ringside. Frazer and Mensah threw Wagner over the barricade and slammed a ladder onto him. After Mensah and Frazer fought at the top of the ladder, Mensah shoved Frazer off. Hayes then positioned another ladder between the ropes and one of the other ladder's rungs before pulling Mensah off the ladder. In the closing moments, Lee performed a meteora on Hayes onto the ladder bridge and unhooked the belt to win the title for the first time. Following this, Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin, Jacy Jayne, and NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose) pulled up to a haunted house. As they explored the house, Alba Fyre dragged Jayne behind a curtain before slamming Dolin onto a table. Afterwards, Fyre attacked Rose with a bat. After Rose was distracted by creepy characters, Fyre got the better of Rose before placing her in an SUV. Fyre then drove the SUV back to the Performance Center. In the second match, Apollo Crews took on Grayson Waller in a casket match. During the match, Waller poked Crews in the eye and sent him through the casket, but since the lid wasn't closed, the match continued. Afterwards, the lights flickered, and Crews led some druids to ringside with a new casket. Waller sent Crews into the casket, but Crews used his feet to prevent the lid from closing. Waller then performed an Ace Crusher on Crews and looked for the Tombstone Piledriver, but Crews countered into a modified gutbuster. In the climax, Waller prevented the lid from closing. Waller then attempted an Ace Crusher, but Crews countered and slammed Waller into the casket before closing the lid to win the match. Afterwards, a
Chase University segment took place with Andre Chase grading his students about the history of Halloween Havoc. One of the students, Bodhi Hayward, got a question wrong, with
Duke Hudson getting that question right. After the class ended, Hayward stated that he didn't trust Hudson. Following this, footage was shown of Alba Fyre driving NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose to the Performance Center. In the third match, Cora Jade took on Roxanne Perez in a Weapons Wild match. Perez had a clown makeup as she made her entrance. In the opening moments, Perez blocked Jade's weapon shots with a skateboard. After Perez set up a table, Jade sprayed her in the face and swung her into the barricade. After Jade dominated the next few minutes, Perez came back with bullrope shots to Jade and a trash can lid shot. Jade blocked a Pop Rocks attempt before performing a High Knee in the corner. Perez then performed a frankensteiner off the ropes on Jade for a nearfall. The two then made their way to the elevated platform, where Perez performed a legsweep on Jade, causing both to fall through tables. In the closing moments, Perez backdropped Jade onto the chairs and followed up with Pop Rocks on Jade onto the chairs to win the match. Afterwards, footage was shown of a man burning a mask in a fire (possibly teasing the potential return of
T-Bar to NXT under a new ring name). Following this, Halloween Havoc host Shotzi, who was dressed as a beetlejuice, rode a giant tank to the ring and talked about how great the event has been so far, and Quincy Elliott, who was dressed as a banana, entered the fray. However, they were interrupted by
Lash Legend, and after the three traded insults, Shotzi attacked Legend with a DDT. It was later announced that Legend would take on Shotzi on the following episode of
NXT. Next,
The Schism (
Joe Gacy,
Jagger Reid, and
Rip Fowler) cut a promo about masks and the other person following them. They promised to unmask that person on the following episode of
NXT. In the fourth match, Julius Creed took on Damon Kemp in an Ambulance match under the stipulation that if Julius loses, Brutus Creed must leave NXT. Kemp made his entrance while holding a chair that had the name Julius written on it. Julius picked pumpkins to chuck at him and performed a dropkick on Kemp with the match officially starting moments later. After Julius dominated, Kemp prevented the ambulance door from closing with a crutch. After Kemp used a fire extinguisher on Julius, Julius sprayed him with it. Kemp performed a drop toehold on Julius onto the concrete, but Julius kicked the ambulance door to prevent it from closing. Kemp slammed Julius onto the steel ring steps. However, Julius placed Kemp on a wheelchair and placed a crutch to trap Kemp in it. Kemp was able to get the crutch off and rammed the fire extinguisher into Julius while Julius attempted a suicide dive on him. Kemp tossed Julius into a crate and rammed it into the ambulance. However, Julius used his fingers to prevent the door from closing. Julius performed an elbow drop on Kemp through a table, after which, Julius repeatedly hit Kemp with a chair. In the end, Julius powerbombed Kemp onto the stretcher before placing him in the ambulance and closing the doors to win the match. Afterwards, Diamond Mine members
Ivy Nile and Brutus Creed celebrated the moment with Julius. While the ambulance was leaving the Performance Center, Alba Fyre and NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose continued their brawl, and their match officially began when they were in the ring. Rose performed a spinebuster on Fyre and looked for a double underhook facebuster, but Fyre blocked and followed up with a powerbomb for a nearfall. In the climax, Fyre performed a Swanton Bomb, but Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne pulled the referee away. Fyre performed a superkick on Jayne, who incapacitated the referee. Fyre then performed a Gory Bomb on Rose, but no referee was there to make the count. Afterwards, Jayne cheap shotted Fyre and moments later, Rose performed Kissed by the Rose on Fyre to retain the title.
Main event In the main event, Bron Breakker defended the NXT Championship against JD McDonagh and Ilja Dragunov in a triple threat match. Breakker used a shovel to break two tombstones with Dragunov and McDonagh's names on them. After a brutal match between the three, Breakker performed a Military Press Powerslam on Dragunov, but McDonagh pulled Breakker out of the ring and pinned Dragunov himself for a nearfall. Dragunov performed the Torpedo Moscow on Breakker, but McDonagh prevented the referee from counting to three. After McDonagh and Dragunov battled outside the ring, Dragunov performed a Torpedo Moscow on McDonagh, but sold head pain. In the closing moments, Dragunov and Breakker traded blows, with Dragunov getting the upper hand after an enziguri, German suplex, and a lariat. As Dragunov went for a Torpedo Moscow on Breakker, Breakker intercepted Dragunov with a Spear to retain the title. ==Aftermath==