Tonight on NXT, Lola Vice is set to appear, Lexis King defends the Speed Title against Romeo Moreno, North American Champion Myles Borne teams with Tavion Heights against DarkState, Lizzy Rain throws down with Zaria, Tony D’Angelo defends the NXT Championship against Kam Hendrix and more!
Check back for live results when the show airs at 8/7 C.
Tony D'Angelo and Kam Hendrix are shown arriving to NXT.
Match 1: Zaria -vs- Lizzy Rain
We get the bell, Rain charges at Zaria but Zaria catches her and sends her into the corner. After some shoulder checks by Zaria, Rain drop kicks Zaria into the other corner. Zaria tosses Rain out of the ring and Rain gets back in the ring and is sent to the mat. Zaria gets Rain on the apron and Rain strikes Zaria and climbs the ropes and Zaria moves out of the way. Rain hits a headscissors on Zaria and headbutts her in the corner. Zaria throws Rain into the corner and Rain kicks Zaria. Rain chops Zaria in the corner. Zaria connects with a pump-kick and Rain is knocked down and Zaria smacks her around a bit. Rain is pulled off the ropes and slammed back first onto the mat. Rain is sent into the turnbuckles and Tatum Paxley comes out to ringside. Zaria gets rolled up and she kicks out at two. Rain strikes Zaria and Rain climbs the ropes and gets punched off the top rope and Rain is sent out of the ring and we cut to a break.
We are back and Paxley is sitting on commentary talking with Vic Joseph and Booker T about the match. Paxley puts over Rain and back in the ring, Zaria slams down Rain with a back breaker. Zaria chokes out Rain in the corner. Rain breaks free and punches Zaria as she's sat on the top rope. Rain headbutts Zaria and hits a top rope hurricanrana. Rain is immediately speared by Zaria and both women are laid out. Rain and Zaria trade punches in the middle of the ring. Zaria kicks Rain and Rain clotheslines Zaria to the mat. Rain hits a springboard back elbow followed by a springboard DDT and Zaria is covered for a near fall. Rain is headbutted to the mat and Zaria is then rolled up for a near fall. Zaria kicks Rain and hits a discus clothesline and covers Rain who kicks out at two. Rain hits a neckbreaker and she drops Zaria and covers her for a near fall. Rain kicks Zaria and Zaria slams down Rain and spears her. Zaria hits an F-5 and gets the win.
Winner: Zaria
After the match, Zaria goes to F-5 rain again and Paxley runs in and stops Zaria. Paxley says Zaria can have a match against her next week.
Dorian Van Dux, Sean Legacy, Myles Borne and Tavion Heights talk backstage. Heights tells Van Dux and Legacy to be a tag team. Niko Vance and Shawn Spears talk backstage and they talk about Spears attacking OTM. Izzi Dame comes in and says they should forget about everything from last week and she's going to put her championship plans on hold and tonight it's about them and they leave.
Match 2: DarkState(Osiris Griffin & Cutler James ) w/Dion Lennox -vs- Myles Borne & Tavion Heights
As DarkState makes their entrance through the crowd, Saquon Shugars attacks Cutler James with a pipe of some sort. Lennox and Griffin go to check on James and Shugars flees and we cut to a commercial break.
No Contest
We come back from a commercial break to find out from Vic Joseph that the tag match has been postponed due to Saquon Shugars attacking Cutler James and instead Robert Stone called an audible and we have another tag match up next.
Match 3: OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) -vs- The Culling (Shawn Spears & Niko Vance) w/Izzi Dame
Price and Nima attack Spears and Vance before the bell rings. Vance and Spears are beaten up around the ring and the bell rings. Nima and Spears battle in the ring and Nima slams Spears down and then chokes him out. Price is tagged in and Spears is double teamed. Price chops Spears and Spears comes back with a dropkick. Vance is tagged in and he clobbers Price into the corner. Price punches back and Vance punches him some more in the corner. Vance kicks Price and Price swings him into the other side of the ring. Vance and Price trade punches and strikes and Vance sends Price across the ring. Price clotheslines Vance to the mat and then hits Spears on the apron. Vance rolls out of the ring and Price goes to get him. The two fight outside the ring and Price sends Vance back in the ring. Vance knocks Price back out of the ring and then sends him into the ring post and we get a commercial.
Back to NXT, Nima hits Spears with a back breaker and Vance saves Spears and pulls him out of the ring. Spears and Vance beat up Nima outside the ring and Dame is calling the shots. Spears gets back in the ring and tags in Vance. Vance gets Nima from the outside and sends him back in the ring. Vance comes off the top rope with a headbutt and covers Nima for a near fall. Vance punches Nima several times and tags in Spears. Spears stomps on Nima and then tries for a suplex but Nima keeps countering. Spears knees Nima and Nima suplexes Spears to the mat. Vance is tagged in and he goes at Nima and misses. Price tags in and slams Vance on the apron and then takes out Spears. Back in the ring, Price takes out both Spears and Vance and then slams into both of them in opposite turnbuckles. Price tosses Spears around and then slams down Vance and covers him for a near fall. Spears apologizes to Vance and Price grabs him. Vance takes out Nima from the apron and then slams down Price. Spears is tagged in and Price is double teamed and covered for a near fall. Price kicks Vance off the apron and then he slams down Spears. Spears is slammed down and covered for the win.
Winners: OTM
After the match, Dame and Vance look disappointed.
Tate Wilder and EK Prosper talk backstage. Prosper tells Wilder to fight smarter and not faster. Prosper tells him to slow down and Kam Hendrix says Wilder is reckless. Hendrix talks about how much better he's doing that Wilder. Wilder says he'll win his match tonight and leaves. Hendrix tells Prosper it's a big night for him too as he'll witness Hendrix win tonight.
Match 4: Jackson Drake w/The Vanity Project (Myka Lockwood, Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes) -vs- Tate Wilder
The men lock up and Wilder tosses Drake down and they lock up again. Drake gets Wilder in a waist lock and they both reverse holds and flip around. Wilder chops Drake and Drake kicks Wilder. Wilder takes Drake down with a Slingblade and Drake rolls out of the ring. Wilder takes out Drake, Smokes and Baylor outside the ring and we cut to a break.
Back to the match, Drake kicks Wilder and then knees him in the gut. Wilder is locked in an abdominal stretch and Wilder elbows out of the hold and slams Drake down. The two trade punches and Wilder smacks Drake down with some clotheslines and a dropkick. Wilder slams into Drake shoulder first and then takes Drake down with a shoulder tackle. Drake is slammed down with a spinning neck breaker and covered for a near fall. Drake chops Wilder and Wilde punches Drake to the mat. Wilder and Drake collide with each other and both men roll out to the apron. The two trade punches on the apron. Wilder kicks Drake and Drake kicks Wilder back. Drake spears Wilder on the apron and Drake then climbs the ropes and misses a 450 Splash. Wilder hits a TKO and covers Drake for a near fall. Wilder climbs the turnbuckles and Drake knocks him down nutting him in the corner. Drake climbs up with Wilder and tries for a slam but Wilder reverses and powerbombs Drake. Wilder climbs the opposite end and hits a corkscrew splash and covers Drake who kicks out at two. Smokes gets on the apron and Wilder knocks him off, Baylor gets on the apron and Wilder takes him out. Lockwood slams Wilder into the ring post. Back in the ring, Drake hits a 450 Splash and gets the win.
Winner: Jackson Drake
Emily Agard talks to Robert Stone backstage. Stone talks about the upcoming PLE. Osiris Griffin storms in about Cutler James being attacked. Jasper Troy comes in, he and Griffin start getting in each other's faces. Dion Lennox comes in, and DarkState goes nuts backstage and they take out Troy.
We come back from a commercial break and Lola Vice makes her way to the ring. Vice gets on the mic and talks about knocking out Izzi Dame and how she's dominating in AAA. Vice says she's the complete package and no matter what's in front of her she has been proving everyone wrong. Vice talks about how she envisioned this for four years and did what she could to get to where she is. She says she's not about excuses and her success has nothing to do with luck. Vice wants to know who is going to step up to her and Kelani Jordan interrupts Vice. Jordan asks if she's finally getting her chance to fight Vice for the title. Jordan says Vice has done a lot and has now become the champ but what bothers Jordan is that her story is similar to Vice's. Jordan talks about being the TNA champ and she was being questioned but they celebrate Vice's AAA championship. Jordan talks about the double standards and she is now demanding for her shot. Kendal Grey makes her way out with Wren Sinclair. Grey tells Jordan that she wants to top title too but Grey doesn't have to prove why she should be next in line and talks about pinning both Vice and Jordan. Grey says before she goes for the title she needs to take out Jordan for Jordan hurting Sinclair. Jordan says Grey can't win when it matters and Vice says Jordan and Grey can battle for the No. 1 Contender and the winner can face Vice at The Great American Bash. Vice goes to leave and Jordan stops her, Vice goes to hit Jordan with a back fist and smokes Grey instead. Jordan leaves the ring.
A promo for Tristan Angels and Shiloh Hill's Mr. NXT Pageant next week.
Shiloh Hill and Tatum Paxley talk backstage about the pageant. Paxley talks about Hill winning the Pageant and how she needs to talk to Robert Stone to see if she can be there for Hill. Hill leaves and Zaria comes in and attacks Paxley.
Tony D'Angelo and Mason Rook talk backstage. Rook says he should be fighting D'Angelo instead of Kam Hendrix. Robert Stone pops by and tells Rook he has a match against Naraku next week for a title shot. Stone tells Rook to not get involved in the match tonight.
Match 5 - WWE Speed Championship Match: Lexis King(c) w/BirthRight (Arianna Grace, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Uriah Connors & Charlie Dempsey) -vs- Romeo Moreno w/Noam Dar
We get the bell and King cheapshots Moreno. Moreno comes back with chops and King is rolled up and he kicks out. Moreno dropkicks King and then hits him with a jumping dropkick. King is rolled up and he kicks out. Moreno goes for a suplex but King counters. King kicks Moreno and stomps on him. King dropkicks Moreno in the corner and covers him for a near fall. King covers Moreno again and Moreno kicks out. King tries for another pin and Moreno kicks out. King kicks Moreno in the back a few times. King and Moreno chop each other and King takes Moreno down and tries for a single leg crab. Moreno kicks himself free and King kicks Moreno to the mat. Moreno rolls up King and rolls through and suplexes King to the mat. Moreno hits King with a superkick and slams King to the mat and covers him for a near fall. Moreno gets King in the Rings of Saturn and then tries for a pin and King kicks out. Moreno takes out Stacks and Connors outside the ring and King attacks Moreno. King gets Moreno in a single leg crab and kicks him. Moreno kicks King and tries for a springboard moonsault but misses. King kicks Moreno and hits Coronation and gets the win.
Winner and STILL WWE Speed Champion: Lexis King
Nattie talks to Jaida Parker backstage. Nattie tells Parker she is mediocre and Parker says she doesn't have time for this and to take this to the ring. Nattie says she isn't afraid of Parker and she doesn't buy Parker's crap and she sees through this and calls Parker soft. The NXT roster make fun of Parker and say they would cry if someone said something like that to her.
EK Prosper, Tate Wilder and Keanu Carver talk backstage. Prosper says Carver needs to be humbled. Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey are in medical too and Sinclair says she's been a hindrance and doesn't want to be in Grey's corner. Grey wants Sinclair there but Sinclair doesn't want to.
Match 5: Tavion Heights & Myles Borne -vs- DarkState (Osiris Griffin & Dion Lennox)
Borne and Lennox start and Borne is sent into the corner. Lennox knocks Borne down and Borne drops Lennox. Lennox is locked in a headlock and then slammed to the mat with a snapmare. Lennox tries to break free and Borne beats on him a beat. Heights is tagged in and Lennox and Heights grapple around the ring. Griffin is tagged in and he covers Heights for a near fall. Heights collides into Griffin in the corner and trips him up. Griffin is kicked and Borne is tagged in. Lennox blindtags in and is tossed by Borne and Heights. Griffin is tagged back in and he chokes Borne out in the corner. Griffin throws Borne and Borne kicks and knocks Griffin over the top rope. Heights checks on Borne and Lennox tosses Heights. Heights throws Lennox and we cut to a break.
Back to the match, Griffin kicks Heights to the mat and then goes to slam him but Heights counters and gets on Griffin's back. Borne is tagged in and so is Lennox. Lennox hits a spinning back breaker on Borne and Griffin is tagged in and he drops some elbows on Borne. Griffin hits a Vader Splash on Borne and tags in Lennox. Borne is double teamed and Lennox covers him for a one count. Lennox hits another backbreaker and covers Borne for a near fall. Lennox hits a body submission in the middle of the ring, hyper-extending Borne's leg. Griffin is tagged in and he hammers down on Borne and slams him down. Borne kicks Griffin to the mat and tries to tag out but Griffin stops him. Lennox is tagged in and Lennox kicks and strikes Borne. Borne gets tossed on Griffin who was just tagged in and Griffin slams him down and covers him for a near fall. Lennox is tagged back in, Borne tags in Heights. Heights slams Lennox down and takes him down with a Sling blade. Lennox is tossed with a belly to belly suplex. Griffin is tagged in and Heights tosses Griffin to the mat and tosses him again with a suplex. Lennox trips up Heights and Griffin sends Heights into the ringpost. Heights is double teamed and dropped with an Electric Chair and Lennox pins Heights.
Winners: DarkState
After the match, Saquon Shugars appears on the balcony and glares at Griffin and Lennox, while Heights is all pissy in the ring and Borne is trying to console him.
Naraku is seen observing the next match - which is our main event.
Match 6 -NXT Championship Match: Tony D'Angelo(c) -vs- Kam Hendrix
We get the bell, Hendrix dropkicks D'Angelo and covers him for a near fall. Hendrix hits a neck breaker and covers D'Angelo for another near fall. Hendrix hits a DDT and covers D'Angelo again and he kicks out at two. Hendrix strikes D'Angelo and delivers some punches. D'Angelo is slammed into the corner. D'Angelo runs back at Hendrix and slams him down. Hendrix rolls out of the ring and then gets back in the ring. D'Angelo punches Hendrix a few times and takes him down with a clothesline. D'Angelo slams into Hendrix in the corner and chops and punches him. Hendrix kicks D'Angelo and D'Angelo slams Hendrix down. D'Angelo tosses Hendrix again and clotheslines him out for the ring. Naraku stares down Hendrix and we cut to a break.
Back to our Main Event, Hendrix covers D'Angelo and D'Angelo kicks out. D'Angelo strikes Hendrix and Hendrix knocks D'Angelo down and covers him for a near fall. Hendrix gets D'Angelo in a headlock and Naraku has now left the crowd and is standing ringside. In the ring, D'Angelo rolls up Hendrix for a near fall. Hendrix slams D'Angelo down and covers him for a near fall. Hendrix tries for another pin and D'Angelo kicks out. Hendrix pushes D'Angelo around and delivers some punches. D'Angelo powers up and starts punching Hendrix back. D'Angelo tosses Hendrix a few times with suplexes and then hits a spinebuster on Hendrix. D'Angelo hits a fisherman suplex and Hendrix kicks out at two. Hendrix kicks D'Angelo and tries to pin him and puts his feet on the ropes and is caught. Hendrix and the official argue and D'Angelo hits Hendrix and slams him down and almost gets a pinfall. Hendrix hits a Showtime Kick followed by a sitout powerbomb and covers D'Angelo for a near fall. Hendrix and D'Angelo trade punches in the middle of the ring. Hendrix kicks D'Angelo and walks into a powerbomb by D'Angelo. D'Angelo covers Hendrix and Hendrix kicks out at two. Hendrix guillotines D'Angelo on the top rope and Hendrix crawls out of the ring and gets a chair. Mason Rook shows up and stops Hendrix from using the chair. D'Angelo comes out and throws Hendrix onto the announce table. D'Angelo slams down Hendrix with Dead to Rights and gets the win.
Winner and STILL NXT Champion: Tony D'Angelo
After the match, Naraku gets in the ring and hands D'Angelo his NXT title as Mason Rook and Kam Hendrix watch from outside the ring. D'Angelo poses with the belt and the show goes off the air.
