Tonight on NXT, Sean Legacy, EK Prosper & Tate Wilder collide with BirthRight (Lexis King, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Uriah Connors, Charlie Dempsey & Arianna Grace) in a Six-Man Tag Team Match, Kendal Grey battles Kelani Jordan, Noam Dar takes on Jackson Drake, Lizzy Rain & Tatum Paxley take on Zaria & Nikkita Lyons, Naraku makes his NXT debut and more!
Check back for live results when the show airs at 8/7 C.
Match 1: Tatum Paxley & Lizzy Rain -vs- Zaria & Nikkita Lyons
Rain and Zaria start off. They lock up and Rain is tossed to the mat. Rain gets Zaria in a waistlock and Zaria powers out and knocks Rain to the mat. Rain is headbutted and Zaria is taken down with a leg scissors. Rain tries to roll up Zaria but can't. Zaria strikes Rain to the mat. Paxley is tagged in and she hits a facebuster on Zaria and then tries for a pin but Zaria kicks out. Lyons tags herself in and Zaria is a little pissed. Paxley kicks Lyons and rolls her up. Lyons kicks out and strikes Paxley. Lyons slams Paxley to the mat and then stands on Paxley. Lyons misses a leg drop and Zaria tags herself in. Rain and Paxley kick Lyons and Zaria out of the ring. Rain and Paxley kicks Zaria and Lyons through the ropes and we get our first break.
Back to NXT, Lyons has Paxley on the mat and Paxley powers out of the hold. Lyons runs into the corner and collides with the turnbuckle. Paxley strikes Lyons and Lyons comes back with a sitout powerbomb and covers Paxley for a near fall. Lyons tosses Paxley into the corner and Zaria is tagged in. Paxley kicks Zaria and Zaria catches Paxley and tosses her but Paxley lands on her feet and sends Zaria outside the ring. Paxley crawls to Rain to make the tag and finally gets to Rain. Lyons is tagged in as well and is taken down by Rain. Rain slams Lyons down and chops her in the corner. Zaria runs in and Rain hits her with a stunner. Lyons knocks Rain down and punches her. Paxley is tagged in and she superkicks Lyons. Lyons kicks Paxley back and both women are laid out. Lyons goes to tag out and Zaria jumps off the apron and leaves Lyons stranded. Paxley kicks Lyons and tags in Rain. Rain hits Thunderstruck and gets the win.
Winners: Tatum Paxley & Lizzy Rain
Backstage, Kendal Grey talks to Wren Sinclair. Grey says she'll get Kelani Jordan back for Sinclair. Sinclair tells Grey she feels like she's holding Grey back. Grey tells Sinclair she's out of her mind. Lola Vice comes in and says she thinks a rematch with Grey is what she wants and wants to tap Grey out again. They go back and forth and Sinclair tells Grey to prepare for her match against Jordan tonight. Vice tells Grey she'll be watching.
We come back from a commercial break and head into our second match.
Match 2: Naraku -vs- Lince Dorado
We get the bell and Naraku kicks Dorado and works on Dorado's arm. Naraku gets Dorado in a headlock and takes Dorado with a shoulder check. Dorado is kicked and hammered by Naraku. Naraku chops Dorado and Dorado uses his quickness and takes down Naraku and tries for a pin. Naraku reverses the pin and stomps on Dorado. Naraku suplexes Dorado into the corner and then kicks Dorado down. Naraku chops Dorado and then tosses him to the mat. Dorado is clotheslined down and Naraku kicks Dorado around and then chops him some more. Dorado chops Naraku back and Naraku goes back and slams Dorado into the corner. Dorado is slammed to the mat and Naraku wraps Dorado up in a submission hold and then gets Dorado in a headlock. Dorado tries to break the hold and kicks Naraku. Dorado hits a dropkick and drops Naraku. Dorado kicks Naraku and slaps and chops him. Dorado hits a stunner and Naraku kicks Dorado down. Dorado is slammed into the corner and Naraku slams Dorado with a fisherman's suplex and then hits another one. Naraku hits Enter the Abyss and gets the win.
Winner: Naraku
Backstage, Sean Legacy, EK Prosper and Tate Wilder talk backstage. Legacy and Prosper welcome Wilder to NXT. Dorian Van Dux comes by and says he'll be back wrestling next week. The newbies all pump each other up.
Earlier today, Nattie is doing an interview about LFG. Jaida Parker comes in and wants to talk to Nattie. Parker and Nattie get in each other's faces and Parker is escorted out and Nattie starts her interview again.
Match 3: BirthRight (Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Uriah Connors & Charlie Dempsey) w/Arianna Grace & Lexis King -vs- Sean Legacy, EK Prosper & Tate Wilder
Stacks and Wilder start the bout. Stacks gets Wilder in the corner and they slap each other. Wilder flips Stacks down and slams him around with arm drags and a dropkick. Wilder covers Stacks and Stacks kicks out at two. Dempsey is tagged in and Wilder clobbers Dempsey and tags in Legacy. Legacy and Dempsey trade arm holds and Dempsey slides around and breaks the hold and uppercuts Legacy. Legacy trips Dempsey and dropkicks him down and covers Dempsey for a near fall. Prosper is tagged in and Dempsey is double teamed. Dempsey hits Prosper with a forearm and Prosper flips around the ring and kicks Dempsey. Dempsey is slammed down and Prosper hits a Moonsault and covers Dempsey for a near fall. Connors is tagged in and Connors grounds Prosper with a dropkick. Connors slams into Prosper and Prosper hits a headscissors and Connors ends up outside the ring and we cut to a break.
Back to the match, Dempsey is tagged in and Legacy knocks him out of the ring. Legacy jumps through the ropes and takes Dempsey out. Dempsey is sent back into the ring and Stacks is tagged in. Stacks and Legacy trade punches and Dempsey is tagged back in and Stacks is kicked out of the ring. Legacy goes after Stacks and Dempsey attacks Legacy and sends him out of the ring. Dempsey hits Legacy outside the ring and sends him back in the ring and covers him for a near fall. Stacks is tagged back in and Legacy is double teamed. Stacks elbows Legacy and Connors is tagged in. Legacy is double teamed some more and Connors kicks Legacy. Stacks is tagged back in, Legacy is double teamed and covered, Legacy kicks out at two. Legacy kicks Connors and hits a Spanish Fly grounding both Legacy and Connors. Dempsey and Wilder are tagged in. Wilder takes down Dempsey and then clotheslines Stacks and Connors. Wilder beats up Connors and Stacks and then slams down Dempsey. Dempsey is covered and he kicks out at two. Prosper takes out Connors, Stacks takes out Prosper, Legacy takes down Stacks and Stacks then drops Legacy. Wilder hits Stacks with a Slingblade and Dempsey attacks Wilder. Wilder suplexes Dempsey and then climbs the ropes. Wilder kicks Connors and Dempsey catches Wilder on the top rope. Dempsey climbs up with Wilder and hits a double underhook superplex and Prosper breaks the pin before it starts. Prosper kicks Connors and Connors slams Prosper on the apron. Connors is taken in, and Wilder slams down Connors and covers him, Stacks breaks the pin. Legacy looks to tag in and Wilder instead takes out everyone with a suicide dive. Back in the ring, Wilder slams down Dempsey and climbs the ropes. Wilder hits a Frog Splash and Dempsey kicks out at two. Wilder doesn't tag out and goes for a Moonsault and misses. Stacks is tagged in and then Connors is tagged in. Wilder is double teamed and covered for the win.
Winners: BirthRight
Lizzy Rain and Tatum Paxley are buzzin' backstage. Paxley wants to give Rain first dibs at the North American Championship. Shiloh Hill comes in and talks about Tristan Angels and Hill rattles off info about Angels and how he's Mr. England and Paxley wonders who would be Mr. NXT and Hill says he'd win that. Angels comes in and reminds Hill he's missing a tooth and that Hill would never win a beauty pageant. Angels says he'll have his debut next week and tells Hill to keep his eye out.
We get a quick promo for Mason Rook and his NXT contract signing.
NXT Focus is on The Culling. Izzi Dame tells Niko Vance that their win last week is great for them. Vance tells Dame that she eliminates the weak and promotes the strong. Shawn Spears says this is why The Culling is on top. Vance and Spears thank Dame and go to leave, Dame asks Vance to stay back and tells Vance that she's going to watch out for Lola Vice.
At ringside, Robert Stone stands in the ring with a contract. Stone says while it's been chaotic he's proud that talent from all over wants to make NXT their home. Stone calls out Mason Rook to sign his NXT contract. Rook comes out and gets in the ring with Stone. Rook gets on the mic and tells us who he is. Rook says he's been all over Europe, Japan and all over the world. He says everywhere he goes, he turns heads and even John Cena sees him. He calls himself a flying human tank and says he's not satisfied with being the talk of the town, because he wants more. This is why he's now in NXT because he's the best in the world and the NXT roster will find out if you try to stop a tank, you'll get crushed. Tony D'Angelo comes out and says he's just here to talk. D'Angelo says Rook got everyone's attention because Rook started at the top but attacking D'Angelo twice was not a good move. D'Angelo says Rook won't make a name for himself at D'Angelo's expense. Kam Hendrix runs out and attacks D'Angelo. Rook gets on the top rope and moonsaults out onto D'Angelo and Hendrix and security. Rook then gets back in the ring and signs his contract and throws it at Stone.
Noam Dar is backstage with Romeo Moreno. Moreno talks about all the stuff Dar has done. Dar says it's been a year since he's competed so he doesn't know if he's that good anymore.
Emily Agard is with OTM at a BBQ. Bronco Nima is cooking as Lucien Price looks on. Agard and OTM go to eat and Nima introduces Agard to his little brother, JJ. Agard dives in on OTM's past. Price says Bronco is tough and loyal and talks about Nima losing his mom early on and how he looks after his brother JJ. Nima dives into his past and gets all emotional and talks about his challenges. Agard thanks Nima for sharing that and asks JJ what OTM means to him. JJ says they're about overcoming adversity. Agard asks Nima to talk about Price. Nima says Price is smart and he watches and says Price is an artist and is a good artist. Agard says they balance each other and OTM says they want the tag titles. They decide to eat.
Match 4: Jackson Drake w/The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes & Myka Lockwood) -vs- Noam Dar
They lock up at the bell and Dar kicks Drake. Dar gets Drake on the mat and then in an arm bar. Drake gets Dar against the ropes and goes to strike Dar but Dar dodges it. Dar knocks Drake to the mat and then gets Drake in an ankle lock. Drake counters out but gets chopped to the mat. Dar covers Drake and Drake kicks out at two. Drake punches Dar and Dar kicks Drake out of the ring and we cut to a break.
Back to the match, Drake suplexes Dar into the corner and then covers him, Dar kicks out. Drake hits a leg drop and then rakes Dar's back. Drake elbows Dar and Dar kicks Drake off the ropes. Dar climbs the ropes and Drake runs into the ropes dropping Dar. Drake climbs the ropes with Dar and hits a superplex on Dar. Drake goes for a pin and Dar kicks out. Drake hits a cutter and covers Dar for a near fall. Drake mounts Dar and punches him out. Dar strikes Drake and Drake punches Dar back. Drake slaps Dar around and Dar punches Drake and hits a German Suplex. Dar takes Drake down with a flying forearms and hits another German Suplex. Dar collides with Drake in the corner and suplexes Drake. Drake kicks Dar and then slams down Dar with a double knee gutbuster and almost gets the win. Dar rolls up Drake and Drake reverses. They trade pinning attempts and then kick each other. Dar slams down Drake and locks him in an arm bar. Drake breaks the hold and kicks Dar. Dar strikes Drake back and the two trade blows. Drake kicks Dar's knees and Dar kicks Drake in the gut and they're both laid out. Drake rolls out of the ring, Dar follows him and Lockwood stands in Dar's way. Smokes and Baylor try to get involved and Dar gets rid of them. Lockwood holds Dar and Drake strikes him and then hits a 450 Splash and gets the win.
Winner: Jackson Drake
As Vanity Project celebrates in the ring, DarkState comes out and we cut to a commercial break.
We come back from the break, Tavion Heights and Myles Borne talk backstage. Heights wants to be in a tag match with Borne and Borne tells Heights he's teaming with Tony D'Angelo. Heights gets pissed at Borne and says the second Borne got championship gold he's only aligning with champions.
We cut to ringside and DarkState is in the ring, as The Vanity Project stands outside the ring. Dion Lennox says they want the tag champions. Saquon Shugars says the belts belong around Osiris Griffin and Cutler James. Ricky Smokes tells them because they beat Hank & Tank it doesn't mean anything. Brad Baylor reminds DarkState that they beat them for the titles and says they're the reason Shugars and Lennox are butting heads. James says they want their rematch and says Robert Stone has already approved the match for next week. James says Shugars and Lennox will team for the rematch. James says they have to be united and this is the way they can be united. Griffin agrees and tells Lennox and Shugars to figure it out and get the titles. The Vanity Project tries to attack them and DarkState clears the ring.
Robert Stone congratulates Naraku for his debut and then goes in his office to see Kam Hendrix and Mason Rook in his office. He tells them they have a tag match next week against Myles Borne and Tony D'Angelo. Tate Wilder comes in and is looking for something to do next week. Keanu Carver storms in and wants a match next week. Stone says Wilder can battle Carver next week.
Kelani Jordan walks backstage before her match, she walks by Izzi Dame and Niko Vance who try to intimidate her.
Blake Howard is backstage with Kali Armstrong. Howard asks her what's next and Armstrong says she's going to scope out the scene before she makes her next move. Armstrong says she's coming for it all and she'll run through everyone like she did in Evolve. Kendal Grey pops in with Wren Sinclair and reminds Armstrong that she never went through Grey.
Match 5: Kelani Jordan -vs- Kendal Grey w/Wren Sinclair
Grey and Jordan talk smack to each other prior to the bell. We get the bell and they lock up. Jordan gets Grey against the ropes and they both push each other. Grey gets Jordan on the mat and in a headlock. Grey slams Jordan down to the mat and Jordan gets to the ropes and the ref creates space. Grey tries for a roll up but Jordan kicks out and kicks Grey. Jordan smacks Grey in the corner and Grey reverses and strikes Jordan back. Jordan hits a dropkick and sends Grey into the corner. Jordan gets deeked out and Grey catches Jordan and drops her face first. Jordan rolls out to the apron and she kicks Grey from between the ropes. Jordan goes for a pile-driver on the apron but Grey counters and kicks Jordan into the ring. Grey hits a double stomp and covers Jordan for a near fall. The two trade some pinning attempts and Grey rolls into an ankle lock. Jordan knocks Grey out of the ring and then moonsaults onto Grey. Grey is sent back in the ring and she kicks Jordan back out. Grey hits a top rope cross body to the outside onto Jordan and we get a commercial break.
Back to our Main Event, Jordan has Grey on the mat and Grey powers out and elbows Jordan. The two trade punches and both slam each other down with hair mares. Grey elbows Jordan and sends her to the outside. Jordan gets back in the ring and Grey hits some forearms and then hits a butterfly suplex. Grey tosses Jordan a few times and then gets on Jordan's shoulders and flips her into a pin and Jordan kicks out at two. Jordan counters a suplex and kicks Grey. Jordan hits a springboard forearm and then powerbombs Grey for a near fall. Jordan climbs the ropes and goes for her split legged moonsault but Grey catches her and puts her in an ankle lock. Jordan counters out of it and Grey holds on. Grey locks Jordan in an ankle lock in the center of the ring, Jordan breaks the hold and sends Grey in the corner. Grey slams down Jordan and gets her in an arm bar. Jordan knees Grey's face and she breaks the hold. Jordan hits Grey with a knee and the two trade kicks and punches. Grey hits a powerslam and covers Jordan for a near fall. Backstage, Izzi Dame attacks Lola Vice and back in the ring, Jordan hits a top rope Spanish Fly on Grey and covers her, Grey kicks out at two. Grey strikes Jordan as she climbs the ropes. Dame and Vice fight out to ringside and take out Sinclair. Grey is distracted and Jordan takes her out and hits her Split Legged Moonsault and gets the win.
Winner: Kelani Jordan
After the match, Grey checks on Sinclair as Jordan celebrates in the ring. Vice comes up to Sinclair to check on her, and Grey gets mad at Vice and starts pushing her. Dame runs in and kicks Vice to the ground and poses with her NXT Championship and we get the end credits.
