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00:00Lainey Reid, tonight on Level Up, you'll be facing Wendy Chu for the very first time.
00:05She is both mysterious and creepy.
00:09How do you prepare for an opponent like that?
00:12Well, here's the tea, Sarah.
00:13Sweet, of course.
00:15This isn't my first rodeo here on Level Up, but you're right.
00:18The Southern Sensation, Lainey Reid,
00:20I haven't been in the ring with somebody like Wendy Chu.
00:23And she's been pretty darn suspicious recently.
00:27Truthfully, I don't even know what to think of her.
00:30But what I do know is, I am hungry for a victory.
00:33And in my match with Rizzo a couple weeks ago, I just felt something change in me,
00:37and I was one second away from my first ever victory.
00:41So tonight, Wendy, I'm focused on leaving my fear in the locker room,
00:46because this spell's gonna turn your nightmare into a sweet Southern dream.
00:53Thanks, Sarah.
00:54Good luck.
00:58Coming up, more action from the NXT Women's Division.
01:01As straight from the heart of Dixie,
01:03rookie Lainey Reid squares off with NXT's resident sleepy psycho, Wendy Chu.
01:08That is next.
01:12Welcome back to Level Up.
01:13The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
01:15Introducing first, Wendy Chu.
01:18Well, after returning to the ring a few months back,
01:23certainly awoken from her slumber with an entirely different outlook,
01:28the sleepy psycho makes up another opponent's dreams to rest tonight.
01:33Welcome back to Level Up.
01:34As straight from the heart of Dixie,
01:36rookie Lainey Reid squares off with NXT's resident sleepy psycho, Wendy Chu.
01:41That is another opponent's dreams to rest tonight.
01:43Wendy Chu looks like she's possessed by something that should be boxed up and
01:47buried immediately.
01:48I don't know what it is, but I want no part of it.
01:52What a transformation you've seen from Wendy Chu.
01:55You think?
01:56Reid's a narcoleptic now.
01:58Wendy!
01:59Wendy!
02:00Wendy!
02:01The creepy aura of Wendy Chu joins us here.
02:04And the whole sleepy psycho thing, you might want to tone that down,
02:08now that Wendy's actually out here.
02:09Just FYI.
02:11Didn't you bring that?
02:12Huh?
02:13Didn't you bring that?
02:14I got it from you!
02:15Huh?
02:17I've certainly stayed far away from Wendy Chu ever since her return.
02:20What do you think is going through the mind of Wendy Chu right now?
02:23She appears to be dead inside.
02:24Well, that's obvious.
02:27Scary, but obvious.
02:28That could be some new investigative journalism.
02:30Nope, I'm off the clock.
02:36Ah, this feels better.
02:41And her host,
02:43Lainey Reid!
02:47Well, from track and field to the rodeo ranches,
02:49the modern Southern Belle looks to wrangle perhaps her strangest prize to date.
02:54That is perhaps the understatement of the year.
02:57Lainey Reid's got a heart of an angel,
03:00reputation as one of the most selfless competitors in the locker room.
03:05But how does one prepare for Wendy Chu in this current iteration?
03:11Certainly a very interesting question right there.
03:14Maybe some holy water?
03:15Could be one way.
03:16Sage, you know?
03:17A little garlic?
03:19I know a guy.
03:21As right now, Wendy Chu, Lainey Reid looking to square off.
03:24Look at this!
03:25We've seen Lainey Reid several times here on Level Up.
03:28How different is Wendy Chu than any superstar that Lainey Reid has been in the ring?
03:31Well, you just see the way this match started.
03:33Lainey Reid was looking to lock up with Wendy Chu,
03:35and Wendy Chu was just staring daggers at her.
03:38Lainey Reid, we know she's feisty, we know she's aggressive.
03:42Looking to really make her mark here in NXT.
03:45Oh, and Lainey looking to stay one step ahead.
03:47Crucifix!
03:48Only gets one.
03:49The thing with Lainey Reid we've talked about in the past is that
03:52for as sneak as she is outside the ring,
03:54she's really trying to prove to people that she is the force to be reckoned with.
03:57That she's not just a nice young lady.
04:00Oh, Lainey Reid, look at the athleticism here.
04:03Gets two.
04:04I don't want to mistake her kindness for weakness,
04:06that she can hold her own inside that ring.
04:08And to do that against Wendy Chu and all the different machinations that come with Wendy Chu
04:12would be a huge statement by Lainey Reid.
04:14Certainly looking at these two superstars, Byron.
04:17Very much polar opposites here.
04:19As the bubbly Lainey Reid looking to take advantage now.
04:24Oh, look at Wendy.
04:25I think it's Wendy Chu, yeah, looking to take advantage.
04:27And Wendy Chu with a slingshot!
04:31And Reid connects face first with that top turnbuckle.
04:37Variation of a flatliner right there on Wendy Chu.
04:40Oh, please, please, please, not a close-up.
04:42I'm really going to play by the standards.
04:44Facial expression.
04:45At least she's not looking over here.
04:47Oh, good point.
04:48And, Byron, in recent weeks we've seen Wendy Chu show a very peculiar fascination with Tatum Paxley.
04:53It's one of those dolls she plays with.
04:55But I want to mention the strange turn of events that occurred this past Tuesday
04:58after Wendy put an unexpected sleeper hold on Tatum.
05:01Perhaps her focus has shifted to Kalani Jordan, the Women's North American Champion.
05:05I mean, if you're a champion in this division and you've got Wendy Chu lurking, good luck.
05:10Wendy Chu's gotten NXT Women's Championship opportunities in the past.
05:16Look at the face of Lainey Reid.
05:18Lainey Reid is out of it.
05:21But if you look at Lainey there, she's still making an attempt to fight,
05:24but Wendy Chu just taking full advantage.
05:27Lainey Reid came out here looking good in the early going,
05:30but Wendy Chu has completely altered the complexion of this match,
05:35and that's what she often does.
05:36And Wendy here into the cover hooks the outside leg.
05:38Oh, only gets one.
05:40Visually, obviously, looking much different.
05:41Moving around much different inside the ring.
05:43Let's take another look at the impact right there.
05:45But, Byron, what do you feel the biggest change Wendy has made ever since your return?
05:50She's just more vicious, more threatening.
05:54And you don't know if Wendy Chu's frustrated.
05:57You don't know if you've thrown her off her game,
05:59because that facial expression generally never changes.
06:02And that question mark certainly brings a whole lot of attention to her
06:06as it relates to the championships in the NXT Women's Division,
06:09as Lainey Reid right now in a compromising position.
06:12Oh, Wendy Chu pulls her right down into the Trio Wall.
06:15This night has gone from bad to worse for Lainey Reid.
06:19There's Wendy Chu there stalking around the ring.
06:22And Wendy, bam!
06:23Look at the impact there.
06:27And Chu into the cover.
06:30And again, Lainey Reid perseveres.
06:32Right in the thick of sweet tea season, Byron.
06:34Lainey Reid looking to fight.
06:35Well, now, maybe that's a little frustration there.
06:37We're finally seeing maybe a variation in the emotional output of Wendy Chu.
06:43But that frustration has completely turned into more aggression.
06:49It's certainly an expression on the face of Wendy Chu
06:51that we're not used to seeing.
06:53It looks to be the new normal here in the NXT Women's Division.
06:57And Lainey Reid continues to fight.
06:59That sort of perseverance, Byron,
07:01will take her a very long way here in the WWE.
07:03But against Wendy Chu, it could be a tall, tall task.
07:06Well, if you're Lainey Reid right now, well, case in point.
07:09Just wait for Wendy Chu to potentially make a mistake.
07:11But the other half is that you have to be able to capitalize on it.
07:15Take advantage.
07:16There you go.
07:17A little south in your mouth from Lainey Reid.
07:20And Lainey now picking up that intensity.
07:24You know she's the modern Southern Belle,
07:26but certainly has a little bit of sass to go along with it.
07:29This would be a great confidence booster for Lainey Reid.
07:32What a win this would be for Lainey.
07:34Now she's starting to cook a bit here.
07:36Wendy Chu in a bit of a daze.
07:38He'd be ready to go back into a slumber.
07:40Things were looking awful bleak for Lainey Reid,
07:42but now she's given herself a whole lot of hope
07:45to win this thing against Wendy Chu.
07:48And Wendy goes face first.
07:49Lainey can't make the cover.
07:52As that certainly could have been a huge opening for Lainey Reid.
07:56But Wendy now in position.
07:59Oh, and Lainey.
08:00Oh, oh.
08:01Into the cover.
08:02Upset, no.
08:03And Wendy Chu.
08:04Oh.
08:06Rolls through.
08:07Oh, use Reid's momentum against her.
08:09Oh.
08:10And it's locked in right here.
08:13Those legs grapevine.
08:16Lainey starting to fill up.
08:19And it's time for Lainey to go to sleep.
08:26Here is your winner by submission,
08:30Wendy Chu.
08:33Iron belly and effort right there from Lainey Reid.
08:35But once again, Wendy Chu proving her worth
08:38in the women's division.
08:41Remorseless, Alice, unforgiving.
08:44I could go on and on about Wendy Chu.
08:46To your point, Lainey Reid brought it.
08:49She brought it the best she could
08:51to give herself a chance against Wendy Chu.
08:53But in the end, it was Chu who would claim the victory.
08:58Who would claim yet another victory.
09:01Lainey Reid certainly pushed as hard as she possibly could,
09:04but Wendy Chu comes away with the victory.
09:06And now Byron, whether it's dolls
09:08or whether it's championship gold,
09:10Wendy Chu has her sights set here at NXT.
09:15And now we go to Sarah Strife,
09:16who's standing by with a superstar,
09:18making his long-awaited return from injury.