Tonight on NXT, Ricky Saints goes up against Ridge Holland, Chelsea Green defends her Women’s United States Championship against Sol Ruca, Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe collide in the NXT Underground, The D’Angelo Family (Luca Crusafino, Adriana Rizzo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo) battle The Culling (Niko Vance, Izzi Dame & Brooks Jensen) and more!
Check back for live results!
NXT kicks off with clips of last week’s show.
Stephanie Vaquer, Trick Williams, Eddy Thorpe, and Ricky Saints are all shown walking into the Performance Center.
Match 1 – WWE Women’s United States Championship Match: Chelsea Green(c) w/Piper Niven & Alba Fyre -vs- Sol Ruca w/Zaria
We get the bell and the match starts with both women locking up and Green hitting Ruca with punches and singling out her arm. Ruca cartwheels out of the hold and gets Green on the mat with an armbar. Green traps Ruca in a hold using her legs and Ruca powers out and places Green in another armbar. Green is taken down with a shoulder check and Ruca hits a facebuster and covers for two. Ruca is thrown in the corner and Green kicks her and sends her across the ring. Green attempts a slingshot but Ruca lands on her feet and slams her down. Ruca connects with a kick and then trips Green. Piper Niven distracts Ruca allowing Green to capitalize and get Ruca down on the mat and we cut to commercial.
Back from commercial break, Green trips Ruca and throws her in a single leg crab. Green kicks Ruca after breaking the hold and works on Ruca’s leg. Ruca gets on the top rope and hits a missile drop kick on Green from the top rope. Ruca is selling her leg injury that was inflicted by Green. Both women punch each other in the ring. Ruca chops and kicks Green and hits a shoulder check on Green. Green slams down Ruca and covers for a near fall. Ruca slams against Green in the corner and Green hits The RoughRider and covers for a near fall. Ruca throws Green off the top rope and climbs the ropes herself and hits a flipping DDT and covers until Alba Fyre breaks the pin. Zaria takes out Fyre outside the ring and Niven takes out Zaria. Ruca hits a moonsault on Piper and as she gets back in the ring, Green takes her down and Ruca rolls her up for two. Ruca goes for Sol Snatcher and Green doesn’t let her and hits The Unpretti-her and gets the win.
Winner and STILL WWE Women’s United States Champion: Chelsea Green
Je’Von Evans and Trick Williams are backstage and Evans tells Williams he understands what he meant about when you’re on top – everyone’s looking for you. Williams says he’s focused on winning his title back and reminds Evans he’s not a champion. Lexis King comes by and tells Evans to be grateful because at least he can eat solid food again. Evans punches King and leaves.
The D’Angelo Family is backstage and they’re discussing what they’ll do to The Culling. Stacks suggests The Don stay behind so he doesn’t get attacked. Tony agrees and tells Stacks he’s now thinking like The Under Don.
Stephanie Vaquer is introduced and she comes out with both her NXT Titles. Vaquer gets on the mic and says she needs to be honest that this promo will be difficult for her as English isn’t her first language. She says wrestling is her first language. She talks about how she was offered a main roster spot when she first signed and she chose NXT to make history. She talks about defeating Giulia and she says she is now the best of the best and she now waits for her first opponent. Jordynne Grace interrupts her and congratulates her. Grace reminds Vaquer that she beat Roxanne Perez last week and Jaida Parker comes out of nowhere and attacks Grace. Parker tells Grace she isn’t in line for anything here as the line starts behind Parker. Parker congratulates Vaquer and tells her to revel in all this because this all won’t last long and Parker is standing in front of her and she will make Vaquer reap what she sows.
Hank and Tank talk backstage and talk about taking it to the extreme.
Match 2: Josh Briggs & Yokishi Inamura -vs- Hank & Tank
Inamura attacks Hank and Briggs goes for Tank in the ring and we get the bell. Briggs takes down Hank with a cross body and chokeslams Hank and covers for a two count. Inamura is tagged in and Tank tags in Hank and Hank takes down Inamura and covers for two. Inamura chops Hank in the corner and punches Tank too. Hank now punches Inamura and Inamura hits back with a striking combo and then is set out of the ring. Briggs and Inamura almost gets hit by rope assisted splashes to the outside but Briggs and Inamura move out of the way. Back in the ring, Tank punches Inamura and Inamura chops Tank back and hits a spinning powerslam on Tank. Briggs is tagged in and Tank is double teamed. Briggs covers Tank for a near fall. Briggs slams Tank against the turnbuckle with an Irish whip and tries again, but Tank comes back with a clothesline on Briggs. Hank is tagged in and he cleans house and tags Tank back in. Hank and Tank double team Briggs and go for an extreme move but get wiped out. Tanks is tagged in and Briggs takes him down, tags in Inamura who splashes on Hank for the win.
Winners: Josh Briggs & Yokishi Inamura
The D’Angelo Family and The Culling are shown walking backstage ahead of their match.
Eddy Thorpe walks into the locker room and other superstars avoid him. He stops and chats with Ridge Holland and tells him they’re very similar. They call their opponents “entertainers” and say they’ll lay waste to Trick Williams and Ricky Saints.
Match 3 – Six Person Tag Match: The D’Angelo Family (Luca Crusafino, Adriana Rizzo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo) -vs- The Culling (Niko Vance, Izzi Dame & Brooks Jensen) w/Shawn Spears
Before the bell, all six competitors start fighting outside the ring. In the ring, Rizzo drop kicks Dame and beats on her in the corner. Rizzo hits a cross body and tags in Stacks. Stacks and Jensen go at, and Stacks boots Jensen in the corner. Jensen is taken down with a clothesline and Vance is tagged in. Vance throws Stacks out of the ring, Rizzo comes in and Dame runs in and drops Rizzo. Rizzo hits a code breaker and tags in Stacks again. Stacks attacks Vance hits a springboard forearm sending Vance out for the ring, Jensen is thrown out too and Crusafino hits a Senton on Jensen. Stacks takes out Vance with a Senton. Dame comes out of the ring and takes out Stacks with a suicide dive and Rizzo does the same to Dame and we cut to commercial.
Back from commercial, Vance assaults Stacks in the ring and pummels him in the corner. Jensen is tagged in and hits an elbow on Stacks and covers for a near fall. Stacks is hammered against the turnbuckles. Vance is tagged back in and Jensen and Vance double team Stack and chop him. Jensen is tagged in and Stacks is tag teamed again and Jensen hits a scissor kick and covers but Crusafino breaks the pin. Dame slaps Stacks when the ref isn’t looking and Vance is tagged in and he covers Stacks for a near fall. Vance gets Stacks in a headlock/sleeperhold and Stacks powers out of it but Vance throws him back down in the hold. Stacks hits a stunner on Vance and tries to tag out. Jensen is tagged in and he misses an elbow on Stacks. Rizzo takes out Dame and Crusafino is tagged in and he takes down both Jensen and Vance. Crusafino takes down both Vance and Jensen with a flying clothesline. Crusafino his a springboard shoulder check and covers Vance for a two count. Stacks and Crusafino take out Jensen and go to take out Vance but we cut backstage and see Tony D’Angelo being attacked by those four masked men. In the ring, Vance hits his finisher on Crusafino and gets the win.
Winners: The Culling
Ava talks to Stephanie Vaquer backstage and tells her Jaida Parker will be her next challenger. Fallon Henley comes in and asks where her rematch is. Vaquer agrees to fight both Jaida Parker and Fallon Henley on the same day next week.
We are taken back to see the attack on Tony D’Angelo and the four masked men saying no one is safe.
Match 4: Karem Petrovic /w Ashante “Thee” Adonis -vs- Jacy Jayne w/Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx)
We get the bell and Jayne and Petrovic lock up. Jayne kicks Petrovic in the corner and chokes her using her leg. Petrovic does a fireman’s carry and covers for a one count. Petrovic kicks Jayne in the corner and trips her and then hits a dropkick. Petrovic gets Jayne in an arm bar and then kicks Jayne in the stomach. Jayne counters and takes down Petrovic and kicks her in the middle of the ring. Jayne teases Adonis outside the ring and swings Petrovic into the corner and somersaults onto her and covers for two. Jayne drives her knees into Petrovic’s back and slaps her in a headlock. Petrovic and Jayne punch each other in the middle of the ring. Both women clothesline each other and Adonis gives Petrovic a chair and Petrovic slides the chair back to Adonis. Jayne punches Petrovic in the face and covers to get the win.
Winner: Jacy Jayne
Hank & Tank are backstage and frustrated because they did what The Hardyz told them and they took it to the extreme and failed. Hank says maybe they should talk to more legendary tag teams. Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont, and Tyriek Igwe come in and make fun of them and we cut to ringside.
Jaida Parker comes out of Ava’s office and says she will be the new champion after next week as no one stands in her way.
Match 5: Ricky Saints -vs- Ridge Holland
The bell rings and Saints and Holland grapple and Holland connects with a right hand and kicks Saints. Saints is punched in the corner and Saints starts punching Holland. Saints hits a drop kick on Holland and Holland then cheap shots Saints and slams him down and covers for a one count. Saints is choked out on the ropes and Holland then suplexes Saints and covers for two. Holland is rolled up for a two count and then he takes down Saints with a clothesline. Holland punches Saints and we see Trick Williams getting ready for his match in a split screen. Saints takes down Holland with a shoulder check and then slams into Holland in the corner. Holland takes down Saints and hits a back breaker on Saints. The fight spills outside the ring and Holland slams Saints into the apron and they both get back in the ring. Holland takes down Saints with a shoulder check/forearm and then Holland suplexes Saints out of the ring and we cut to commercial.
Back from break, Holland has Saints in a waist lock. Holland attempts a Full Nelson Bomb but gets rolled up for a two count. Holland punches Saints in the back a few times and Saints comes back with a forearm and right hand. Holland drops Saints again and covers for a near fall. Eddy Thorpe is shown via split screen before his match and in the ring, Holland has Saints in a waist lock. Holland slams Saints back onto the mat and then puts Saints on his shoulders. Saints connects with a kick and hits a swinging neckbreaker and the action rolls outside. Saints chops Holland and they get back in the ring. Saints is sitting on the top rope and Holland climbs the ropes and punches Saints. Saints kicks down Holland and hits a rope assisted DDT. Saints hits his finisher and gets the win.
Winner: Ricky Saints
We see the attack on Tony D’Angelo again and then we cut to the parking lot where the four men are leaving the arena. We are told they don’t like the landscape of NXT and they’re changing it. They tell us when the Dark State strikes no one is safe.
Kelly Kincaid talks to Ricky Saints backstage and he says he will deliver on all the promises he made. The Culling comes by and Izzi Dame tells Kelly Kincaid to leave. Niko Vance tells Saints that they’ve already started the Revolution. Dame tells Saints he doesn’t measure up and he tells Dame he does. Shawn Spears scoffs at Saints before leaving.
Match 6 – NXT Underground Match: Trick Williams -vs- Eddy Thorpe
Some of the NXT roster is lined around the ring and we get the bell. Williams and Thorpe lock up and Thorpe gets Williams on the mat and mounts Williams and punches him. The men roll outside the ring and fight around the ring. Thorpe is sent into the steel steps and Williams sends him back in the ring and punches him off the ring into some of the roster outside. Williams jumps off the ring onto Thorpe outside. Back in the ring, Thorpe kicks down Williams who ends up outside the ring. Thorpe throws Williams onto the announce table which collapses under Williams. Back in the ring, Williams punches Thorpe and slams him down on the mat. Williams hits another bodyslam. Thorpe slaps Williams in a triangle sort submission. Williams tries to power out and throws Thorpe onto some of the roster lined around the ring. Williams hits his Trickshot and knocks out Thorpe.
Winner by TKO: Trick Williams
After the match, Williams calls out Oba Femi. Femi comes out to the ring and gets in the ring with Williams. The lights go out and the four masked men come out through the crowd. Je’Von Evans comes to the ring and tries to get between Williams and Femi. All hell breaks loose and everyone, including the NXT roster around the ring, are in the ring and everyone is fighting. Evans hits a cutter on Femi taking him out. Evans and Williams stand in the ring as everyone else is laid out as the show goes off the air.
