NXT Halloween Havoc 2024 Recap: Trick Williams Triumphs Over Ethan Page, Vaquer and Giulia Steal the Spotlight!

Halloween Havoc (NXT, WCW, WWE) — Trick Williams vs. Ethan Page headlines NXT Halloween Havoc 2024. (Photo via WWE)

WWE NXT Halloween Havoc 2024 made for a fun Sunday night event at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. A WCW throwback event that first began in 1989, this year’s version featured a fun five-match lineup.

Outside of the tag team match between NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez and tag partner Cora Jade vs. Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer, all matches had a stipulation. They didn’t need one, though. That four-piece combination was awesome and Vaquer and Giulia are phenomenal and rightfully won.

Andre Chase and Ridge Holland went at it in the seventh Ambulance Match in WWE history. It was a fun time and mostly a progression for Holland who beat down Chase en route to a door-slamming victory. Holland and wrestling legend Bubba Ray Dudley have some issues that will be dealt with sooner rather than later.

The NXT Women’s North American Championship was contested in one of the three “Spin the Wheel: Make the Deal” matches. The champion Kelani Jordan spun gauntlet rules, which meant she had to get through all three members of Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne, and Jazymn Nyx) to retain her title. Unfortunately for her, the numbers game was too much in the end as Henley became the new champion after her friends caused the distraction in the final of three matches within the match. Jordan was the star even in defeat, but Henley and company were great dance partners.

Tony D’Angelo defended his NXT North American Championship against Oba Femi. Their “Spin the Wheel: Make the Deal” stipulation was Tables, Ladders, and Scares. This was a perfect kickoff match to the night and was filled with big spots between the big men. Femi looked like a beast but couldn’t overcome The D’Angelo Family as they helped Tony win in the anything-goes match.

Last but not least, the NXT Championship main event saw Trick Williams challenged by Ethan Page in the last of the three “Spin the Wheel: Make the Deal” matches. The match fell under Devil’s Playground match rules and lived up to the chaos. This had a bit of everything as they battled under Falls Count Anywhere rules and displayed Page’s well-known ego. The freedom to be creative got the best of Page when trying to put away the champion late. Williams retained and this built towards Holland’s involvement in the title scene and culminated with his Dudley interactions. There’s no way this doesn’t give us an ECW Arena tag team match with all four, at the very least.

It was a solid PLE overall. Nothing special but nothing bad. Perfectly fine and what you’d hope for out of a Halloween Havoc with a handful of creative stipulations. There were plenty of good moments, comedic and violent.

I’ve always been one to embrace the more hardcore elements of wrestling and enjoyed what we got from that realm tonight. However, the women were the highlights of the night. So, congrats on the great performances, ladies. I’m curious to see where things go from here. Even outside of matches, we saw Zaria make her mark by taking out Fatal Influence after their triumph.

Let’s hand out some Uncrowned awards to send us off for the night.

MVP: Stephanie Vaquer

Uncrowned gem of the night: Kelani Jordan’s overall work against Fatal Influence

Match of the night: Stephanie Vaquer and Giulia vs. Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade

Best spot of the night: Tony D’Angelo spearing Oba Femi through a ladder

I give NXT Halloween Havoc a crown score of: 6.5/10

NXT Championship: Trick Williams (c) def. Ethan Page — Devil’s Playground Match

North American Championship: Tony D’Angelo (c) def. Oba Femi Femi — Tables, Ladders, and Scares Match

Women’s North American Championship: Fallon Henley def. Kelani Jordan (c) — Gauntlet Match

Giulia & Stephanie Vaquer def. Roxanne Perez & Cora Jade

Ambulance Match: Ridge Holland def. Andre Chase

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Ridge Holland returned after Trick’s win and went on the assault. Page aligned with him shortly after, looking for another Ego’s Edge but Bubba Ray came in with the save!

We’re surely going to get a tag match out of this at the very least. The Bubba Ray and Holland build was evident throughout the show and we’re here for it.
Page tossed Trick into the steps at a horrendous angle when he got back in the ring. Page almost smashed him with the other steps but got countered with a Rock Bottom. They traded low blows and Trick came out on top with a shot from the steel steps followed by a Trickshot in the middle of the ring. The champ retains.

Match was a little short but they hit plenty of good spots for the “Devil’s Playground.”

Winner: Trick Williams

Best (or worst…?!) Spot: Page’s scoop slam onto the steps
Page hit the Ego’s Edge off the steel steps onto the announce table. This was a great spot aesthetically and despite the big impact scene, Williams managed to kick out. The medical staff came out to check on the champion.
Trick nearly won after a Trickshot landed. Page was by the ropes and got his foot on it to break the count. That was terribly stupid because of the stipulation this match has. Thankfully, the commentary saved it by explaining that and saying the ref made a mistake.

Page rolled out and found himself a bag of goodies. For this match? Some washers, nuts and bolts, rather than the classic thumbtacks.
Page and Trick went into the crowd briefly. Page went for a piledriver on a garbage can but got reversed. He kicked out of the pin and went on to just completely take over with every type of chair attack he could think of. To the back, the neck, Page was working over the champ, and a sidewalk slam onto an unfolded chair was a nice spot.
Page couldn’t wait to get the action going as he attacked Trick during his announcement from Rome. He rolled out of the ring to grab a chair and Trick found one, too. A chair battle!

When by the announce table, “All Ego” made fun of Vic Joseph’s pumpkin jacket and grabbed the pumpkin, which eventually got kicked off his head by Trick. You love to see it. Trick is getting the ladders involved next.
The main event has arrived. Trick walked out with a nice nod to Willy Wonka for his Halloween attire. Falls count anywhere.

Mike Rome makes the announcements and has a wonderful Beetlejuice suit on. I almost thought he was the referee with those stripes.
Booker T was hyping up the main event before Tatum Paxley hilariously emerged behind him from the closed container Wendy Choo put her in.

Tatum skittishly walked around Booker before Ava came out and requested a match against Choo. They were by the match wheel and Tatum spun it and got a Casket Match. So be it. Ava made it for Tuesday’s NXT. Let’s party.
Dudley and LeGreca were in the crowd doing another recap and preview. That was until Holland came and disrupted them when they talked about his win over Chase. Dudley was not having it and warned him not to do it again. This is setting up for the ECW show, for sure. Sounds good to me.
D’Angelo sold the beating of his match with Oba Femi. Rizzo noted she knew who attacked her and would reveal it on this week’s NXT. Stay tuned.
Zaria’s played again after Henley’s win and appeared behind the trio. Outnumbered? No problem. Zaria took them all out and let it be known she was about to be a force.
A gauntlet match is the perfect showcase match. That goes without saying, but having a champion get through or go against multiple opponents instills good faith in delivering and Jordan did that.

Jordan meshed the best with Henley but still had the odds stacked against her when the previous members of Fatal Influence interfered. That allowed Henley to survive, get her knees up on a 450 splash, and hit a running knee on the champion to take the title. And new!

The best was saved for last here and both women looked great but Jordan was the star of the match.

Winner: Fallon Henley

Best Spot: Jordan’s 450 splashes