NXT No Mercy (2024)

Background in Denver, Colorado. No Mercy was first held by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE as a United Kingdom-exclusive pay-per-view (PPV) event in May 1999. A second No Mercy was then held later that same year in October, but in the United States, which established No Mercy as the annual October PPV for the promotion until 2008. No Mercy was discontinued in 2009, but it was reinstated in October 2016 following the reintroduction of the brand extension, which brought back brand-exclusive PPVs. Following WrestleMania 34 in April 2018, however, No Mercy was again discontinued as WWE ended brand-exclusive PPVs, resulting in the reduction of yearly PPVs produced. In 2023, WWE again revived No Mercy to be held in September as a livestreaming event for their developmental brand, NXT. On July 9, 2024, it was reported that the second No Mercy under the NXT banner, and 15th overall, would be held on Sunday, September 1, 2024, in Denver, Colorado at the Ball Arena. This report was confirmed by WWE on July 15, thus establishing No Mercy as an annual September event for NXT. It aired on the livestreaming services Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network and most international markets. Storylines The event comprised six matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT, and the supplementary online streaming show, Level Up. On the August 13 episode of NXT, the brand's General Manager Ava announced that on the next episode, a No Mercy six-woman Gauntlet Eliminator would be held featuring various women who had never previously challenged for the NXT Women's Championship, with the winner facing Roxanne Perez for the championship at No Mercy. Wren Sinclair, Adriana Rizzo, Sol Ruca, Jaida Parker, Kendal Grey, and Brinley Reece were announced as the six competitors. The match was won by Parker. On the August 13 episode of NXT, as Ethan Page was celebrating his successful NXT Championship defense from Week 2 of NXT: The Great American Bash, he was interrupted by Joe Hendry from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), who confronted Page and stated that one of the reasons he was in NXT was to win the NXT Championship. As Hendry stared Page down, Wes Lee appeared and superkicked Hendry. Later in a backstage segment, Raw's Pete Dunne also stated that he wanted the NXT Championship. Later that night, Lee was confronted by Dunne. Hendry then came out and attacked Lee, as security tried to separate them. Later, NXT General Manager Ava announced that Dunne, Hendry, and Lee would face each other in a triple threat match the following week, with the winner challenging Page for the NXT Championship at No Mercy. On the August 13 episode of NXT, Chase University's Andre Chase and Ridge Holland defeated Axiom and Nathan Frazer to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. The following week, Jordan, who sat ringside for a match between Paxley and Lola Vice, was attacked by Choo from behind, with Choo posing with Jordan's title. Jordan then interfered in Choo's match against Vice the next episode, only for Vice to accidentally strike Jordan. Choo subsequently attacked Vice with a pillow to win the match. Jordan subsequently challenged Choo for the title at No Mercy, which Choo accepted and was later made official. Throughout July 2024, then-NXT Heritage Cup Champion Tony D'Angelo was interrupted in interviews by NXT North American Champion Oba Femi. On the August 13 episode of NXT, D'Angelo lost the Cup to No Quarter Catch Crew (NQCC) member Charlie Dempsey. The following week, Dempsey and his stablemates Myles Borne and Wren Sinclair celebrated his victory, but were interrupted by Femi, who stated his interest in winning the Cup. D'Angelo subsequently appeared, seemingly to ask Dempsey for a rematch, only to incite a brawl between his D'Angelo Family stablemates Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Luca Crusifino, and Adriana Rizzo and the NQCC while staring Femi down. The two subsequently brawled with D'Angelo getting the upper hand. It was later announced that Femi would defend his title against D'Angelo at No Mercy. At NXT: The Great American Bash Night 2, Wes Lee attacked fellow Rascalz members Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz from TNA after he and Wentz failed to win the NXT Tag Team Championship, turning heel for the first time in his career. The following week, Lee addressed why he attacked Miguel and Wentz, saying that Wentz abandoned him and went to TNA. Lee then issued a challenge to Wentz for No Mercy. On the next episode, Lee faced Joe Hendry and Pete Dunne in a triple threat match to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Championship, which Hendry won. After the match, Wentz attacked Lee and both men had to be separated by security as the show went off the air. The following week, they both agreed to a match at No Mercy. ==Event==

Preliminary matches The event began with Chase University (Andre Chase and Ridge Holland, accompanied by Duke Hudson, Riley Osborne, and Thea Hail) defending the NXT Tag Team Championship against Nathan Frazer and Axiom. Near the end of the match, Frazer took out Chase and Holland with a missile dropkick and a suicide dive. After Chase performed a neckbreaker on Axiom, Frazer blind tagged in. Axiom performed a Spanish Fly on Chase followed by a Phoenix Splash by Frazer to win the title. After the match, Holland viciously attacked Chase, Hudson, and Osborne, including performing a DDT on Chase on the announce table. After that, TNA X Division Champion Zachary Wentz faced Wes Lee in a non-title match. Lee performed a Phoenix Splash and the Cardiac Kick on Wentz, but both resulted in nearfalls. Outside the ring, Wentz send Lee into the steel steps. In the end, as Lee retrieved a steel chair, Trey Miguel took it from him. This allowed Wentz to perform a Canadian Destroyer from the apron and a UFO Cutter on Lee to win the match. In the third match, Kelani Jordan defended the NXT Women's North American Championship against Wendy Choo. During the match, Jordan performed a Tornado DDT into a split-legged DDT on Choo for a nearfall, after which, Choo mocked The Undertaker's situp. Choo applied a rear naked choke on Jordan, who escaped. Jordan then performed a 450 splash and the One of a Kind Moonsault on Choo to retain the title. After the match, Tatum Paxley knocked out Choo with a Dragon Sleeper. Next, Oba Femi defended the NXT North American Championship against Tony D'Angelo (accompanied by Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Luca Crusifino, and Adriana Rizzo). In the climax, Femi took out Lorenzo and Crusifino when they attempted to introduce a crowbar). After Femi and D'Angelo traded finishers, Femi pinned D'Angelo with Fall from Grace to retain the title. In the penultimate match, Roxanne Perez defended the NXT Women's Championship against Jaida Parker. In the closing moments, Parker performed a Hip-notic on Perez, who rolled out of the ring. As Parker attempted the same move, Perez sent Parker into the barricade. Perez performed Pop Rox on Parker in the timekeeper's area and the same move back inside the ring to retain the title. After the match, Giulia made her WWE debut and confronted Perez. Before the main event, NXT General Manager Ava announced that there would be an NXT Championship match at NXTs debut on The CW. Main event In the main event, Ethan Page defended the NXT Championship against Joe Hendry with Trick Williams as the special guest referee. During the match, Hendry performed a Standing Ovation Uranage on Page, who placed his foot on the bottom rope. Page sent Hendry into Williams and performed the Standing Ovation Uranage on Hendry. A second referee came out and Hendry kicked out. Page performed a DDT on Hendry onto the title belt when Williams recovered. Page then punched the other referee and while Williams was distracted by that, Page performed a low blow on Hendry. Page then performed Ego's Edge on Hendry to retain the title. After the match, Pete Dunne pulled Williams out of the ring and performed a Bitter End on Williams. ==Aftermath==

Trick Williams opened the following episode of NXT to call out Pete Dunne. Instead, NXT Champion Ethan Page appeared and promised to defend the title at NXT's CW premiere. Dunne and Williams then engaged in a brawl which was broken up by officials. Later that night, Dunne and Williams fought to a double countout, and engaged in another brawl which had to be broken up. As a result, a Last Man Standing match between Dunne and Williams to determine the number one contender for the title was scheduled for the following week, which was won by Williams after he backdropped Page through the announce table. It was also announced that CM Punk would serve as the special guest referee for the match. On The CW premiere, Williams defeated Page to win the title. Also on NXT, NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez talked about her title defense when SmackDown's Chelsea Green interrupted, followed by Giulia, who set up a title match against Perez at NXTs CW premiere. After the latter, Chase returned to save Osbourne from being taken out by Holland. No Mercy became the final NXT event to carry the NXT logo. Following the series premiere on The CW, all future NXT events began to carry the WWE logo starting with Halloween Havoc. ==Results==