WWE NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 Results: Winners, News And Notes

WWE NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 advertised three championship matches. The NXT North American Championship was on the line in a five-man Ladder Match, while Alba Fyre challenged Mandy Rose for the NXT Women’s Championship. In the night’s main event, Bron Breakker defended the NXT Championship against Ilja Dragunov and JD McDonagh.

Last week’s broadcast of WWE NXT garnered 676,000 viewers against stiff competition from the MLB playoffs, NBA opening mic and, of course, Tuesday Night Dynamite, which garnered a 2022-low 752,000 viewers.

WWE NXT Ratings

• October 18, 2022 | 676,000
• October 11, 2022 | 737,000
• October 4, 2022 | 625,000
• September 27, 2022 | 660,000
• September 20, 2022 | 688,000

WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Results | October 22, 2022

• Wes Lee wins WWE NXT North American Title Ladder Match
• Apollo Crews def. Grayson Waller | Casket Match
• Roxanne Perez def. Cora Jade | Weapons Wild Match
• Julius Creed def. Damon Kemp | Ambulance Match
• Mandy Rose def. Alba Fyre | WWE NXT Women’s Championship
• Bron Breakker def. Ilja Dragonuv and JD McDonagh | NXT Championship

WWE NXT Halloween Havoc 2022 Results

Wes Lee Wins NXT North American Title Ladder Match

You can tell there was an ongoing battle between all stars involved as to who would steal this match. Carmelo Hayes and Nathan Frazer were in a stiff competition for the top spot, but not without furious competition from the rest of the field.

The spot of the match (one of many) saw Nathan Frazer hit a modified springboard Spanish Fly from the second rope. It resulted in the second holy [expletive] chant in less than a minute.

Poor Von Wagner was met with “no” chants anytime he came near a ladder.

Watching Booker T try to keep up with this extremely fast-paced match was a treat in and of itself.

If it weren’t for Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricochet from Worlds Collide, this would be the best NXT PLE opener of the year. Some may even still argue it was.

Apollo Crews def. Grayson Waller

Prior to this match, Toxic Attraction was involved in a very cliched, uninspiring and overacted horror sketch where they searched for Alba Fyre. At one point, Gigi Dolin laughed off Jacy Jayne’s bloodcurdling screams after Fyre attacked Jane.

There was roughly 15 minutes between matches, and it felt like an eternity.

It was suggested that the winner of this match would be next in line for the WWE NXT Championship, and either of these guys has potential to be Bron Breakker’s best NXT feud to date.

Apollo Crews going from Nigerian warrior to a spooky Undertaker archetype was not a turn I saw coming in 2022.

Apollo Crews took a nasty bump through the coffin, yet the referee hesitated to ring the bell as Booker T called for the finish. Crews promptly disappeared, only to return with several druids.

The druids brought another casket to the ring, suggesting Apollo Crews has an extra life in this match.

In a backstage segment, the answer to a Halloween Havoc trivia question about whom the Outsiders beat to win the WCW Tag Team Championships in 1995. The answer was Harlem Heat, and the crowd could be heard audibly gasping with Booker T in the building.

Roxanne Perez def. Cora Jade

Roxanne Perez looked way too cheerful waking out to the ring considering she was carrying a cart full of weapons in a grudge match.

Perez is doing the same “killer instinct” storyline as Liv Morgan, right down to the kendo stick.

While promoting Reality of Wrestling, where Roxanne Perez trained, Booker T called Cora Jade’s training “freelance wrestling.”

Stretches of this match came off like a sloppy impression of a hardcore match.

Fans finally got into this one after a spot where both women dive from the elevated stage through a table.

WWE NXT’s “final” Premium Live Event of 2022 will e called “Deadline.” It will air the same night as ROH Final Battle.

Halloween Havoc host Shotzi showed up an hour and a half into the show. Good work if you can get it.

Julius Creed def. Damon Kemp

Having a Casket Match and an Ambulance match on the same show is an interesting choice. Having said that, the crowd was into this match. Julius Creed and Damon Kemp knocked this feud out of the park.

These festive fans became restless and eventually started chanting “use the pumpkin.”

This was a highly physical match that, much like the promos, mimicked a real fight.

Mandy Rose def. Alba Fyre

Alba Fyre kidnapped Mandy Rose and drove her to the vaunted NXT parking lot. There were no entrances, just Rose and Fyre brawling into the CWC to start the match.

Booker T was tremendous in the “Wade Barrett” role of putting over Mandy Rose on commentary.

Mandy Rose won this match with outside interference from Toxic Attraction, and I don’t think a single soul was surprised.

Bron Breakker def. Ilja Dragunov and JD McDonagh

Bron Breakker’s big entrance featured the headstones of both Ilja Dragunov and JD McDonagh.

There was an incredible spot where Bron Breakker hit a Frankensteiner into a sitout power bomb from JD McDonagh.

Booker T, who was having the time of his life calling this match, salivated over JD McDonagh. McDonagh even made it into Booker T’s elusive Fave Five list.

In another creative spot, JD McDonagh grabbed the referee’s hand just as he was about to hit the mat a third time. This received even more “this is awesome” chants.

As much as fans were into this match, many in the building didn’t seem too thrilled to see Bron Breakker retain. He might be the most underappreciated NXT champion in recent memory.