Originally published on ProWrestlingSheet.

Karion Kross and Scarlett Bordeaux appeared on NXT for the first time since Kross was forced to vacate the NXT Championship back in August.

This week's edition of NXT on the USA Network opened with NXT Champion Finn Balor declaring that he will defend his title at NXT's upcoming New Year's Evil show. Pete Dunne and Kyle O'Reilly both came to the ring to throw their names into the mix of potential challengers.

But they weren't the only ones to confront The Prince.

Karion Kross's theme started playing as Balor was making his way up the ramp. But Kross himself was nowhere in sight. Instead, his valet Scarlett Bordeaux emerged. "Hell's Mistress" stared Balor down, clearly attempting to get in his head ... but to no avail.

"I got a message for your boy. When HE'S ready, Finn's ready," Balor told Bordeaux.

Later in the night, Kross himself appeared and attacked Damien Priest

As we previously reported, Kross suffered a separated shoulder on back in August during his NXT title match against Keith Lee at TakeOver: XXX. He won the match but vacated the NXT Championship a few days later.

Check out the confrontations in the videos below.