WWE NXT Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights From October 13

As WWE NXT continued to set the stage for Halloween Havoc, the October 13 show included a massive No. 1 contender battle between Tony D'Angelo and Myles Borne.

Continuing the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, Fraxiom collided with Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno, and The Vanity Project faced the underdog duo of Chazz "Starboy" Hall and Mini Vikingo.

Tristan Angels and Saquon Shugars also looked to settle their issues in the ring. Wren Sinclair appeared after her shocking battle royal win last week.

For live grades, highlights and full results for NXT, keep reading below.

Dusty Tag Team Classic: The Vanity Project vs. Chazz "Starboy" Hall and Mini Vikingo

Last Time in Action: Chazz "Starboy" Hall and Mini Vikingo defeated BirthRight to advance in the Dusty Classic (NXT, September 29); Ricky Smokes and Brad Baylor defeated Cruz Montana and EK Prosper (NXT, September 15).

Starboy caused problems for Smokes early, but it was a hot tag to Vikingo that truly caused problems for The Vanity Project.

They took over the ring until Myka Lockwood distracted them, allowing Smokes and Baylor to lay out the underdog team into the first Picture-in-Picture break.

Out of the break, Vikingo laid out Baylor with a Spanish Fly, forcing both men to tag in their partners. Hall laid into the champion including a Double Pele Kick then a Slice Bread and Standing Shooting Star on Smokes.

Smokes kicked out after a Springboard 450 Splash. Hall DDTed Baylor into a 630 Splash from Vikingo, but Smokes broke up the pin attempt.

Smokes got his knees up against a diving Starboy and followed up with Hit and Quit It for the victory.

Hall and Vikingo looked great throughout with unreal athleticism on display, but as this match went on, it became increasingly clear that the underdogs had no chance.

They hit the champions with everything in their arsenal, only to fall fairly easily at the end to the champions' finishing move despite them fighting from behind throughout.

The ultimate goal was to say that Vanity Project were just too good for the underdogs to take down, but the action said it was the champions that could not keep up with the new team.

Vanity Project needed to win at least once as the current NXT tag team champions, but hopefully they will get more actively involved in their semifinal battle.

Result

Baylor and Smokes def. Hall and Vikingo by pinfall to advance to the semifinals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

Grade

B

Notable Moments and Observations

• The show started with a recap of last week's main event.
• While Booker T praised Vikingo, he also called out that his offense was not as effective due to his size.
• The praise for Starboy as a representative of the WWE ID Program did not land when so many have recently left that program, including one of Starboy's primary rivals in EVOLVE, Cappucino Jones.