WWE NXT live results: Tony D’Angelo vs. Naraku NXT Championship street fight
WWE NXT is live tonight on the CW.
The NXT Championship will be on the line tonight as Tony D’Angelo defends against Naraku in a street fight.
Also scheduled for tonight, Nattie and Jaida Parker go one-on-one. Reina Volcan makes her NXT debut against Skylar Raye. Saquon Sugars teams with Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno to face DarkState’s Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, and Cutler James in a six-man tag team match.
Hank Walker and Kiana Carver are scheduled to go one-on-one, while Shawn Spears will battle his former protege, Niko Vance.
The full lineup for the July 21, 2026 episode of WWE NXT is below:
- NXT Championship street fight: Tony D’Angelo defends against Naraku
- Nattie vs. Jaida Parker
- Reina Volcan vs. Skylar Raye
- Saquon Sugars, Noam Dar & Romeo Moreno vs. DarkState (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, and Cutler James)
- Hank Walker vs. Kiana Carver
- Shawn Spears vs. Niko Vance
Our live coverage kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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I won’t lie. Last week’s show was a little frustrating. However, when I look over the advertised card for this weeks show, I see a glimmer of hope. Six matches, all with stories behind them and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to that street fight.
So, with all that said, let’s dig into the meaty offering that is this weeks episode of NXT!
The show opened (of course) in Robert Stone’s office, with Stone telling Security that Naraku and D’Angelo can’t touch before their match. Then Thea Hail came in but before she could say much, Nattie walked in to say “tonight I’m ending Jaida Parker” and then leave, with Stone chasing after her. Coulda been an e-mail, Nattie, coulda been an e-mail.
Saquon Shugars, Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno vs DarkState (Dion Lennox, Cutler James and Osiris Griffin)
Saquon Shugars got kicked out of Darkstate and has been carrying around a baseball bat about it. He begged anyone and everyone to be his partners in this match last week and came up with Dar and Moreno. I have always loved Dar, so the way things are going if at least 1/6 of the people in the match are exciting, then I’m ok with it.
The brawling started right as DarkState entered the arena. When the bell rang, Lennox and Dar started the match. Lennox had a serious size advantage, but when Shugars tagged in, he quickly tagged Griffin to avoid having to face him.
Cutler tagged in and he and Griffin double teamed Shugars with soome hard strikes. Shugars turned the tide with a chop-block and then taggedin Moreno woul double teamed Griffin with Dar. Moreno and Dar hit stereo knees from the apron on Cutler and Griffin on the outside.
Then Shugars got thrown from the anounce table to the ring apron by DarkState because Dar and Moreno were… elsewhere?
Back in the ring, Lennox stomped Dar and flipped him with a bridged northern lights suplex. Cutler tagged in and beat up Dar for a bit before joining with Griffin for a pop up uppercut. DarkState continuted taking it to Dar with rotating strikes and pin attempts.
Finally, Dar managed to get a hot tag to Shugars who went right for Lennox, sending him running. Griffin pulled him back but Shugars took out both Cutler and Griffin with a crossbody. He hit a falcon arrow in Cutler, but Lennox broke up the pin.
Shugars fell to a backbreaker from Cutler and DarkState triple teamed him with an attempted powerbomb, but Shugars countered and got out of it. He started throwing dropkicks along with Moreno to clear the ring. Moreno went off the top rope and crushed Cutler and Griffin on the outside.
Then Shugars picked up Lennox and drove him through that one panel in the NXT set that everyone gets thrown through.
Back in the ring, Cutler and Griffin double teamed Moreno and got the pin to win the match.
Match Result: DarkState defeated Saquon Shugars, Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno
After the match, security had to pull Shugars and Lennox apart because apparently they can’t touch either.
-In the women’s locker room Jaida Parker, Wren Sinclair, Kendall Grey, Thea Hail Skylar Raye and Lizzy Rain were all conveniently standing in front of lockers with their names on them. They took turns complaining about how they aren’t getting opportunities and then Parker left to go fight Nattie.
-Back from break, NXT Women’s Champion Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair came out to the ring to talk at #1 Contender Lola Vice. Grey said that she is glad Vice won ther #1 Contenders match and Vice said thanks, I’m great. She then ran through how hard it was for her to get the NXT title and Great sympathized.
They debated what a champion is, who needs validation about what, and so on and so forth. Vice said that she looks like a champion, but we have to acknowledge that might be because she’s one half of the AAA Mixed Tag Champions.
Vice said that Grey can beat her in a match, but not a fight. Sinclair and Vice both tried to stop Grey, but in the end they agreed to a match in the Underground for the NXT Women’s Title.
Hank Walker W/ Tank vs Keanu Carver
Carver jumped Hank (and Tank) at the Great American Bash BBQ a few weeks ago, but it took them until now to get into the ring about it.
Not schokingly, it was a brawl from the get go. They fought in and out of corners with Hank getting the upper hand in the early going. Carver came back and sent Hank to the outside where Tank threw him back in where he immediately hit a Boss Man Slam on Carver.
Carver fought back with a backbreaker, lifting Hank like he was Noam Dar for the move. He put Hank down and then moved to the outside to send Tank into the steel steps. Hank flew at him and knocked Carver’s head on the ring post.
Back in the ring, Hank went for a splash, but Carver stepped aside and grabbed him for a big slam to get the 1-2-3. “That was easy!” exclaimed my daughter.
Match Result: Keanu Carver defeated Hank Walker
After the match, Carver continued the beat down. Tank tried to help, but Carver slammed him on the announce table. EK Prosper then flew in and stomped Carver, sending him back into the ring to get dropped by Hank and Tank.
-In the warehouse, Nattie and co. crossed paths with Thea Hail and offered to train her since she’s not doing great on her own. Hail said that she didn’t like Nattie and that shocked everyone (myself included) so hard that they left.
-Next, footage from “last night “of Shiloh Hill meeting Danhausen in his lab was shown. Hill showed off his missing tooth to a fellow “tooth guy” and Danhausen gave him one from his collection. Danhausen asked for Human Monies for the tooth and Hill paid him in Cryptocurrency instead.
Jaida Parker vs Nattie w/ Nikkita Lyons and Karmen Petrovic
Right off the bell, Nattie and Parker worked through a technical exchange. Lyons got up on the apron, but had little to no effect. They ran through a few more takedowns and holds with neither one getting out in front.
Nattie got Parker off her feet with a waistlock takedown but Parker countered it and went to work on Nattie’s arm, trying to wrench it out of the socket. Parker flattened Nattie with a lariat and sent her to the corner for some smacks and a rump attack.
Lyons and Petrovic pulled Nattie out of the ring, but Parker followed and Nattie chop blocked her knee to send her sprawling. She threw Parker back into the ring and wrapped her leg around the ring post to further injure the knee.
Nattie put Parker in the figure four around the post and then celebrated when the Ref told her to break the hold. Nattie dropped a few elbows in the ring and put Parker in a knee stretch hold. Perker got her other leg over and worked out of the hold.
Nattie went back to the knee, working it over in anticipation of the Sharpshooter. Parker countered into a rings of Saturn. The hold was broken and Nattie went for the Sharpshooter, but Parker kicked her off. Nattie took her head off with a clothesline in response.
Nattie hit. dragonscrew through the ropes on Parker’s knee. Parker managed to hoist Nattie up on her shoulders for a modified Samoan drop. They got to their feet and traded shots, trying to set up each other for finishers. Parker got Nattie with a Falcon Arrow, but only got a two count.
Nattie came back with a Michinoku driver for a two count of her own. Nattie stomped Parker and stepped through for the Sharpshooter. Parker managed to get under the ropes to break it but ended up on the outside. Nattie followed and Parker sent her knee-first into the steel steps.
Lyons and Petrovic tended to Nattie sending her back into the ring just in time for Parker to chop block her. Paker then put Nattie in the Sharpshooter in the middle of the ring. Nattie couldn’t reach the ropes, and Lyons and Petrovic argued about throwing in the towel. Suddenly a towel flew into the ring, immediately ending the match.
Match Result: Jaida Parker defeated Nattie via towel throwage
After the match, it was revealed that it was Thea Hail who ran to ringside and threw in the towel, not Lyons or Petrovic. Why that counted as a way to stop the match is beyond me, but I guess it’s near the back of the rule book.
-Back from break, Robert Stone was on his phone but interrupted by Kelani Jordan who showed him footage from his own show about how she was ‘robbed’ in the #1 Contenders Match. He said “so?” and then she left so OTM could wander by and Stone could deal with the HR task of asking Bronco Nima if he’s going to be on AAA or NXT in a couple of weeks when they both have shows on the same day. He didn’t make a decision.
Shawn Spears vs Niko Vance
A while back, Shawn Spears started a spooooky group called the Culling with Vance, Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley. Paxley left to play with dolls and Dame and Vance saw that Judgement Day segment with Finn Balor, so they threw Spears out of his own group.
Spears appeared behind Vance from the darkness and they started brawling on the outside. Vance tried to jump on Spears from the apron, but Spears clocked it and punched him inthe tummy before sending him back into the ring.
Vance turned the tables, sending Spears to the corner, which he exploded out of with chops. Spears hit a Thez Press and stomped Vance. Vacne came back with some strikes and sent Spears to the corner, which he came out of with a clothesline.
Vance exited the ring and Spears followed, suplexing him on the floor and getting into a staredown with Dame. Nico came back with a powerslam on the floor. Vance threw Spears back into the ring and hit a backbreaker and then a falling headbutt from the second rope.
Spears rolled out and landed in front of Dame. Vance followed and dropped Spears spine-first on the ring apron (the cullingest part of the ring!). Vance sent Spears back into the ring and went for a cover, but only got two.
Vance went up top, but Spears met him there and pulled him down. The chops flew again and Spears hit Vance with a flurry of offence. Spears went for a superkick, but Vance caught it and countered with a DDT for a two count.
Spears left the ring and lured Vance out with him to drop him with a punch, bounce his head off the steel steps and send him back in. Spears then grabbed a chair and the ref told him not to use it on Vance. Dame got up on the ring, but then Lizzy Rain showed up and pulled her off the apron.
Spears did the Eddie Gurerro thing and dropped to the mat while the ref was distracted, throwing the chair to Vance. The ref turned around, saw Vance with the chair and Spears “laid out” and called for the bell.
Match Result: Shawn Spears defeated Niko Vance via Guererro DQ
-In the lunchroom, Kam Hendrix told Robert Stone he’s only at 67% health, and Myles Borne and Tavion Heights wandered by. They asked Stone for a tag team title match. In spite of no one asking, Borne offered to defend his North American title next week if they could get their tag match. Kam then “got a text from medical” that said he was totally cleared and Stone was like “OK, less work for me.” So next week, Borne vs Hendrix is happening.
Reina Volcan vs Skylar Raye
This is Volcan’s NXT debut match. She’s kind of like if Zaria, Stephanie Vaquer and Nia Jax fell into that machine from The Fly.
They tied up and Volcan immediately scoop slammed Rae. Rae tried a headlock, but Volcan send her off the ropes into a shoulder block, followed by a power slam for two. Volcan charged and Rae stepped aside, sending Volcan into the turnbuckles.
Rae threw some strikes, but Volcan came back with a tilt o whirl back breaker for another two count. Volcan went the submission route, but Rae kicked her way out of the hold. Rae managed to knock Volcan off her feet and then hit a DDT, but Volcan kicked out at two.
Volcan hoisted Rae up on her shoulders for a Natural Disaster, which is kind of a jiggling torture rack. Rae quit, Volcan wins.
Match Result: Reina Volcan defeated Skylar Raye
In his office, Robert Stone was eating Popcorn Chicken (now available at KFC). Shiloh Hill wandered in and said that Tristan Angels consumes him and Hill wants to put him down. So Stone made a match for next week, Hill vs Angels. Again. Hill then took Stones SEVEN boxes of popcorn chicken and left.
-Out in the parking lot a black SUV pulled up. Vic Joseph said that “This must be who Stone was on the phone with all day!” How he knew that? No idea. Maybe this is just another KFC delivery from Uber Eats. Regardless, we went to commercial before the identity of who was in the car could be confirmed.
-Back from break, the following matches were confirmed for next week: Tristan Angels vs Shiloh Hill, Kam Hendrix vs Myles Borne for the North American Title and Lizzy Rain vs Izzi Dame, which I assume is less a match and more a tounge-twister.
NXT Championship Street Fight: Tony D’Angelo (c) vs Naraku
Is anyone else a little disappointed when Street Fights don’t take place in the street? Anyway, Naraku and D’Angelo have been battling over the NXT title for weeks. There’ve been matches, fireballs and NO TOUCHING thanks to Robert Stone.
RIght off the bell, Naraku hit D’Angelo with a shot of poison mist sending him sprawling to the outside. Naraku followed and threw him through the LED board and the steel steps. Then he put him back in the ring along with the steel stairs.
Naraku hit D’Angelo with the steps and went for a cover. D’Angelo kicked out at two. Naraku went under the ring where they keep the trash cans, chairs and kendo sticks and threw a bunch of each into the ring. The crowd, never satisfied, chanted that they wanted tables.
Naraku hit D’Angelo with a chair, then set up a trash can in the ropes in the corner, He set up a four chairs and then suplexed D’Angelo through them for another two count. Naraku set up another chair and went to stomp D’Angelo’s head through it, but D’Angelo moved. Naraku went for a suplex, but D’angelo countered and suplexed him instead.
They rolled to the outsdie and D’Angelo stole someone’s water and rinsed his eyes out, bringing him back to 100% in time to drive Naraku through the ringside barricade.
They fought up the entrance and into the back. D’Angelo threw Naraku through HBK and Matt Bloom’s monitors. Naraku choked him with a cable in return and they fought their way back to the entrance where Naraku hit D’Angelo with a fallen light.
Naraku tried to suplex D’Angelo who countered it with one of his own and threw Naraku back into the ring. Naraku grabbed a Kendo stick and D’Angelo countered it with a crowbar. He smashed the kend stick and Naraku tried to run away, but D’Angelo took a swing and missed, but put the crow bar through the part of the set everyone gets thrown through (bad night for that dry wall).
Naraku went under the ring and pulled out a ladder. As he was putting it in the ring, D’Angelo hit him with a baseball slide then thew the ladder at him. D’Angelo pulled a table out from under the ring and set it up next to the steps in the ring.
D’Angelo went for an Alabama Slam through the table, but Naraku countered it, so D’Angelo threw him into that trash can he had set up earlier. Naraku came back with a chop to the throat before dropping D’Angelo junk-first on the ropes and clotheslining him out of the ring.
Naraku went looking for something under the ring but what he found was D’Angelo hitting him with the ladder. D’Angelo went to put Naraku through the announce table, but Naraku countered and sent D’Angelo through instead.
Naraku threw D’Angelo back into the ring and made the cover, but D’Angelo kicked out at two. Naraku loaded up his mist again, but D’Angelo blocked it with his hands. He rubbed the mist in Naraku’s face then beat him with a kendo stick.
D’Angelo took Naraku up the steps in the ring and then chokeslammed him through the official Slim Jim Table. D’Angelo made the cover and got the pin to retain his NXT Championship.
Match Result: Tony D’Angelo defaeted Naraku
After the match, as D’Angelo was celebrating, who should come wandering in through the crowd? MIKE SANTANA that’s who! Santana was revealed as the man Robert Stone has been on the phone with and he and D’Angelo locked eyes as the show came to a close.
Pretty good ending to a slightly better show than last week!
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