In June 2020, WWE revived In Your House as a subseries of the NXT TakeOver series. In September 2021, however, the TakeOver series was discontinued after NXT reverted to being WWE's developmental brand. With the scheduling of this 2022 event, In Your House became its own event for NXT. Unlike the previous year's event, which also aired on pay-per-view (PPV), the 2022 event was only available via livestreaming, as beginning with Stand & Deliver in April, NXT's major events no longer air on PPV. This would also be the final In Your House as an event was not scheduled for 2023.
Despite TakeOver's discontinuation, the announcement of the 2022 event confirmed that In Your House would continue on as NXT's annual June event. The 30th In Your House, and third annual for NXT,[6] was scheduled to be held on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at NXT's home base of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Unlike the previous year, which also aired on traditional PPV, the 2022 event was only available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets, as beginning with the prior NXT event, Stand & Deliver in April, NXT's events ceased airing on traditional PPV and instead just air on WWE's livestreaming platforms.[7][8]
The card included 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.[9][10]
At the NXT special Spring Breakin' on May 3, Bron Breakker defeated Joe Gacy to retain the NXT Championship.[11] After the show ended, Breakker was attacked by hooded minions under the command of Gacy before being carried out of the building on a stretcher by the henchmen.[12][13] The following week, Gacy offered an invitation to Breakker to join his movement.[14] On the May 17 episode of NXT, Breakker declined. Gacy then offered Breakker a rematch for the title, adding the stipulation that Breakker would lose the title if he was disqualified due to him not being able to control his anger, making the match official for In Your House.[15]
During the NXT Stand & Deliver Kickoff pre-show, Wendy Choo cost Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship.[16] However, on the following episode of NXT, Dolin and Jayne won back the titles, due to NXT Women's Champion and Toxic Attraction leader Mandy Rose preventing interference from Choo.[17] In the coming weeks, Choo kept targeting the stable, including an unsuccessful attempt at winning the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship.[14] On the May 24 episode of NXT, after Choo attacked Rose after the latter's match, Rose accepted Choo's challenge for an NXT Women's Championship match,[18] which was scheduled for In Your House in a Women's Championship Summit the next week.[19]
At NXT Stand & Deliver, Carmelo Hayes lost the NXT North American Championship to Cameron Grimes in a five-way ladder match.[16] At Spring Breakin', Hayes failed to win the title in a triple threat match also involving Solo Sikoa, who Grimes pinned to retain the title.[11] On the following episode of NXT, Sikoa wanted another shot at the title, and Grimes said that he would get the match after Grimes defeated Hayes at In Your House.[14] The next day, a match between Grimes and Hayes for the title was made official for In Your House.[20]
In April, Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro, Elektra Lopez, and Joaquin Wilde) began feuding with Tony D'Angelo, the self-proclaimed "Don of NXT", and his "family". On the April 26 episode of NXT, D'Angelo revealed his associates to be Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Troy "Two Dimes" Donovan, after they cost D'Angelo his match.[23] At Spring Breakin', D'Angelo and Escobar agreed to an uneasy truce.[11] The following week, Escobar stated that AJ Galante was fair game in the war due to his interference in the peace talks. D'Angelo responded by kidnapping Toro in his car trunk and leaving the Performance Center. A match between Escobar and D'Angelo was scheduled for the May 17 episode.[14] During the match, a brawl between Toro, Wilde, Lorenzo, and Donovan occurred at ringside, which allowed Escobar to strike D'Angelo with brass knuckles and give Escobar the win.[15] The following week, after Donovan and Lorenzo's match, the two teams brawled.[18] On the May 31 episode, the two teams agreed to a six-man tag team match at In Your House where the losing team would join the winning team's stable.[19]
Reception
Matthew McFarlin of Slam Wrestling reviewed the event and gave it 4 out of 5 stars, saying: "In terms of results, NXT got everything right tonight. There's a select group of guys like the Creed Brothers and Bron Breakker who are naturally over with the Orlando faithful, and they're cashing in. I think the matches themselves overstayed their welcomes, but overall, In Your House was pretty solid."[24] Kevin Berge of Bleacher Report called the men's NXT Tag Title bout the "best match of the night" for having "stakes and emotion" in their story and praised the men's NXT Championship match for showcasing Breakker and Gacy's "obvious chemistry" and the stronger conclusion elevating them. He was critical of both women's bouts, noting the NXT Tag Title match had a "rushed pace" and anticlimatic finish, and felt that Choo-Rose was merely an "okay defense" with sloppy action and lacking in drama throughout the contest. Berge added that: "[T]his show had potential, but it was far more down than up, with multiple matches not delivering."[25]
Thomas Hall of 411Mania gave praise to both the six-man tag team opener and the men's NXT Tag Title bout, felt that both women's title bouts were "only so good" and "not an awful match" respectively, and critiqued that the NXT Championship match "wasn't awful, but it also didn't feel like a big main event." He gave the event a 7 out of 10, concluding that: "[T]he show was pretty good for the most part with nothing bad, but to say this is a downgrade from the almost always incredible Takeover series would be the understatement of the year. There is nothing on here that you really need to see and it felt like an extended version of the TV show rather than anything special."[26] Kevin Pantoja, also writing for 411Mania, called the six-man tag team match a "fun opener boosted by a hot crowd", praised the North American and men's NXT Tag Title matches, called the women's NXT Tag Title bout "a really fun tag", saw Choo-Rose as fine despite the former's gimmick and felt the NXT Championship main event "told a fine enough story but a lot of it was boring." He also gave the event a 7 out of 10, calling it: "An enjoyable show that, at less than two and a half hours, is easy to recommend. It's good even with the weak ending though it's clear that this wasn't anything special. It would've worked better as a special episode of the weekly show rather than as a Peacock special."[27]
Aftermath
New NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes, with Trick Williams, opened the following episode of NXT, but was quickly interrupted by Solo Sikoa, who wanted a shot at the title. Grayson Waller interrupted, stating that nobody liked Sikoa, which is why they called him "Solo". Waller, Hayes, and Williams then laid out Sikoa, leading to a 2-on-1 handicap match pitting Sikoa against Waller and Hayes being scheduled for that episode's main event. However, after making his NXT return earlier that night, Apollo Crews teamed with Sikoa to defeat Waller and Hayes.[28]
With Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, and Elektra Lopez) joining The D'Angelo Family (Tony D'Angelo, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, and Troy "Two Dimes" Donovan), they would accompany each other during matches with them usually losing. On the following episode of NXT, Escobar lost his match after he didn't want to use his crowbar against his opponent.[28] On the June 21 episode (taped June 8), Escobar cost D'Angelo his NXT North American Championship match.[29] This was Donovan's final WWE appearance, as he was released on June 12 due to a policy violation.[30] On the June 28 episode, he was written off television when D'Angelo threw him off the bridge and into the water. D'Angelo thought that Donovan tried to steal his throne.[31] At NXT: The Great American Bash on July 5, D'Angelo revealed that Escobar was hospitalized and the other members of Legado began working with The D'Angelo Family.[32] Escobar returned on the August 2 episode of NXT, where he cost Lorenzo and D'Angelo their NXT Tag Team Championship match, signaling that their alliance had ended.[33] A street fight between D'Angelo and Escobar was later scheduled for Heatwave,[34] where D'Angelo won to end the feud and, as per the match stipulation, Escobar and the rest of Legado agreed to leave NXT if that happened.[35]
This would be the final In Your House as another event was not scheduled for 2023.
