WWE NXT live results: Kendal Grey vs. Lola Vice Underground title fight
The WWE NXT Women’s title will be on the line in the headliner for tonight’s WWE NXT as Kendal Grey defends against Lola Vice in an NXT Underground fight.
The MMA style match can only be won by pin or submission, a format that favors the former Bellator MMA star in Vice.
NXT Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair defends against NXT Women’s North American Champion Zaria in a champion vs. champion match where if Sinclair wins, she earns a future title shot.
In tag team action, Evolve Women’s Champion Nikkita Lyons teams with Karmen Petrovic against Thea Hail and Jaida Parker. Nattie will be in Lyons and Petrovic’s corner as her feud with Parker continues.
The NXT Tag Team titles will be on the line as The Vanity Project’s Ricky Smokes and Brad Baylor defend against NXT North American Champion Myles Borne and Tavion Heights, earned when Borne defeated Kam Hendrix.
The announced card is rounded by EK Prosper vs. Keanu Carver.
Our live coverage kicks off at 8 pm Eastern.
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We’re down ’til we’re underground on tonight’s NXT NX-Travaganza! Championships! Fights! Speed! And also Robert Stone will be there!
The show started with a recap of Grayson Waller’s “pipe bomb” promo from last week in which he called them all losers. Also, Cruz Montana arrived, Tony D’Angelo made a timely “Kangaroo Jack” reference, and in cast you missed it, Grayson Waller thinks all the men in NXT are losers. And that’s what you missed on NX-Glee.
Jaida Parker & Thea Hail vs Karmen Petrovic & Evolve Women’s Champion Nikkita Lyons w/Nattie
My only quesiton about this match is are Angel and Berto of Perros Del Mal hanging out to back up Petrovic like they did Bronco Nima? Just curious.
Lyons started the match high-stepping, but it was Parker and Petrovic that actually started wrestling. Parker used Hail as a weapon to lay out Petrovic, but she fought back and tripped up Hail just as Lyons tagged in a high kicked her. Lyons went for a submission move, but when Hail got out of it, Lyons came in for a double team. Parker didn’t like that though and a brawl moved to the outside.
In the ring, Lyons put Hail down with a pearl river plunge for a two count. Hail and Lyons went back and forth, but Lyons was able to keep Hail from getting a tag to Parker. She isolated her in the corner and Lyons and Petrovic traded fast tags to beat up Hail. Lyons hit Hail with a big right hand for a two count and then locked in a choke hold, trying to get her to pass out or tap
Hail tried to sneak in a crucifix driver, but Lyons countered it. Hail could not get a tag to Parker, with Lyons pulling her back at every attempt. She finally leapt across the ring and got the tag to Parker who came in and threw elbows, sending Lyons to the outside. Petrovic got an assist from Nattie and Lyons grabbed Parker so she and Petrovic could land a Hart Attack.
Parker and Lyons fought in the ring until Nattie got up on the apron. Parker knocked her off and tagged in Hail who dropped Petrovic and made the cover to get the win.
Match Result: Jaida Parker & Thea Hail defeated Karmen Petrovic & Nikkita Lyons
After the match, Nattie, Lyons and Petrovic beat up on Parker and Hail. They managed to fight off the trio, sending them scrambling while Hail and Parker celebrated.
-Miles Borne and Tavion Heights discussed their Tag Title match tonight in the locker room. Heights said he doesn’t know what he’ll do if they don’t win tonight.
-Back from break, NXT decided that it was important to show us clips from the Oba Femi/Brock Lesnar match from Summerslam. They were the same clips that you’ve seen everywhere, including Brock’s retirement announcement.
-NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo made his way to the ring next. Tony breathed at the camera for a few minutes before responding to the things that he responded to last week, most notably Grayson Waller. D’Angelo said that he will not be a stepping stone for Waller to find his way back to the main roster. He then called Waller “old news” and turned his attention to Cruz Montana, calling him to the ring.
Before Montana could arrive, Waller cut him off from that balcony that people sometimes talk from above the wall panel people usually get thrown through. Waller said that anyone who wants that title has to go through him. D’Angleo called him a bitch, used the phrase “panties in a wad” and ran down the history that he and Waller share.
D’Angelo said that Waller is nothing and he needs to be honest with himself. Waller came back to NXT to make himself relevant again. Waller once again referred to the “Male NXT” roster and speculated on D’Angelo’s lack of balls. Waller started ranting about talent “tweeting” until Cruz Montana showed up.
Montana talked from the audience, so all three members of the conversation were at least, I’m going to say, 40 feet apart. Montana gave Waller props for rattling cages, but he thinks that Waller needs to put in the work like he did. Montana From The Block said that he doesn’t have a lot of sympathy for Waller because he doesn’t know struggle and hasn’t proven that he belongs in NXT.
Waller ticked the “audience’s opinion doesn’t matter” box and said that he’s going to piss all over Montana’s fire. D’Angelo said nothing.
Montana said that Waller only fights for himself and doesn’t know what its like to be held accountable to the people. D’Angelo chimed in and spoke for the viewing public, saying that none of this matters (thanks Tony) and that they should just go talk to Stone and make a three way for Heatwave already. Then it was over.
I’m pretty sure this promo segment was literally cut and pasted from last week’s show.
-In the other locker room, Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey talked about Sinclair’s Speed Title match. Sinclar was feeling the pressure and Grey said that this was what they wanted and she should just get after it.
Women’s Speed Championship Match: Wren Sinclair (c) vs Women’s North American Champion Zaria
For some reason, Zaria got a full entrance for this match, but Champion Sinclair did not. Anyway, Zaria has a chance to become a double champion here and Sinclair has a chance to not get killed by Zaria.
They started off trading arm drags until Zaria shoved Sincalir into the corner and started throwing bombs. Sinclair managed to knock Zaria’s head off the ropes and then hit her with a bulldog. Sinclair sent Zaria into the corner with a headscissor and went up top, but Zaria pulled her down to the mat and ran her into the ringpost.
Sinclair rolled away as the clock ticked down to 3:00 and Zarka followed with a big elbow. Zaria hit a pump kick on the corner and went for a cover, but Sinclair kicked out at two. Sinclair returned the kick, but stepped into a back elbow from Zaria as the clock hit 2:00.
Sinclair started throwing shots and rolled up Zaria for two. They traded chops with Sinclair knocking Zaria down and hitting a facebuster. The clock hit 1:00 as Sinclair ate a high knee. Zaria picked up Sinclair who rolleed through for two. She suplexed Zaria and went fot a cover with 0:30 left.
Sinclair went to the top and hit a crossbody on Zaria, who caught her and drove her through the ropes to the outside. Zaria threw Sinclair back into the ring, but time expired, meaning the title stays with Sinclair.
Match Result: Wren Sinclair vs Zaria went to a time limit draw
After the match, Zaria punched out Sinclair.
-In the lunchroom, Bronco Nima and Lucien Price talked about how they are still good after last week’s loss. Birthright showed up so Lexis King could remind OTM that they were crumbling. Price made a comment about the Speed Championship and Lexis King gave him a shot at it next week. I guess maybe Robert Stone doesn’t need to be around to make matches.
NXT is doing this thing where they will introduce one participant in a match, then go to commercial, then come back with a promo segment, THEN either do the second entrance or the other participant is just magically in the ring. It’s very strange. I can’t say if they do this on the main roster, because I use the 20-30 minutes main roster entrances take to make sandwiches, run to the store or write essays about long wrestling entrances.
-As if they heard me say that, after doing the Vanity Project entrance then going to a break, NXT came back in the break room, where Grayson Waller talked to Kelani Jordan who immediately started complaining she hasn’t gotten any title shots. Mason Rook wandered in and said Waller is going to get his butt kicked. Then Kam Hendrix showed up and started a fight with Rook. It looked like it was going to be good, but they cut to the entrance for Borne and Heights.
NXT Tag Team Championship Match: The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes) (c) vs NXT North American Champion Myles Borne & Tavion Heights
Anyways, Heights started things off against Baylor, handling him pretty solidly with a power slam and a cover. That brought in Borne who tried an Angle slam. Smokes grabbed a blind tag off of that and Borne hit him with some clotheslines while Booker T screamed “DTA! DTA! DTA!” for some reason.
Smokes and Baylor started quick-tagging in and out to work over Heights while Jackson Drake and Myka Lockwood watched from ringside. Heights and Borne started with the quick tagging, throwing everything they had at Baylor. Baylor managed to get the drop on Borne, but Borne came back with a spine buster.
Drake assisted Smokes, helping him block a backstabber from Borne. That turned the tides enough to let Smokes and Baylor isolate Borne in their corner and beat him up until Baylor tried for a cover. Borne kicked out at two.
Heights tried to help, but the Ref sent him back to his corner (possibly with no dessert) and Baylor put a headlock on Borne. Baylor did a Rick Rude dance and punched Borne in the face. Baylor went for a knee, but Borne countered it into a rollup. Baylor kicked out and Smokes tagged in and he and Baylor double teamed Borne.
Borne and Baylor traded strikes in the middle of the ring, but Borne leapt to Heights for a tag. Heights took out Baylor and beat up Smokes, but couldn’t get a cover. Heights tagged in Borne for a Dropkick/Powerbomb combo on Baylor, but again no three count.
Smokes hit a meteora on Born and they used their Dropkick/Spinbuster combo, but Heights broke up the subsequent cover. Borne tagged in Heights and they over took Smokes and Baylor hitting stereo powerslams. Drake tried to help out, but got himself and Lockwood expelled from ringside.
Borne took Baylor over the ropes and Heights levelled Smokes with a massive powerslam. He made the cover 1-2-3 and Borne and Heights are the new NXT Tag Team Champions.
Match Result: Myles Borne & Tavion Heights defeated Vanity Project
-Backstage, Jackson Drake was screaming about the lost Tag Titles. Lockwood bumped into Keanu Carver and they either stared each other down or looked longingly at each other. It was kinda hard to tell.
-Back from the Netflix bumper screen where all the NXT superstars stare directly into your soul, Lizzy Rain ran into Izzi Dame by the road cases along with Nico of the Culling. Lizzy beat Izzi last week and suddenly Shawn Spears showed up and declared that all four of them have a mixed tag match next week. So there’s that.
EK Prosper vs Keanu Carver
If I understand this correctly, Prosper won a match against Carver back in June and since then Carver has simply hated him for existing. This is the third match between the two over this issue, with Prosper going 2-0.
They locked up and Carver countered a hammer lock into a suplex. Carver charged and Prosper dodged, giving Carver a kick to the head as he went by. Prosper hit a moonsault from the top rope and then locked Carver in a head lock.
Prosper dropkicked Carver then ran the ropes which gave Carver a chance to dropkick Prosper. Prosper added a third dropkick, sending Carver to the outside. Prosper jumped at him, Carver caught him then went to slam him on the table. Carver hit Booker instead and apologized profusely. That let Prosper dive onto Carver from the ring apron.
See that, kids? Never apologize or EK Prosper will land on you.
Back in the ring, Carver caught Prosper off of a spingboard cutter attempt. He powerslammed him and covered Prosper for two. Carver kicked Prosper while he was down and then suplexed him across the ring. Craver landed a backbreaker and then stretched Prosper over his knee, like Bane to Batman.
Prosper started fighting back, but Carver put him down with a quick shot. Prosper came back with something of a cutter, but Carver killed that comeback with a slam. Prosper came back off of that with a series of shots and a superkick, finally picking up some momentum. Prosper hit a springboard Moonsault and a DDT then went up top for a blockbuster. He made the cover, but Carver kicked out at two.
Carver and Prosper traded shots in the center of the ring until Carver got a kind of German suplex in for a two count. Crarver then mercilessly powerbombed Prosper but somehow, Prosper kicked out at two.
Realizing that they had needed time to take the ropes off for the Underground match, Craver went for a pop up powerbomb, but Prosper countered it into a kick followed by a shingin wizard. Carver dodged a moonsault, but Prosper saw it coming and rolled him up in a small package to get the win.
Match Result: EK Prosper defeated Keanu Carver
-In the warehouse, Dion Lennox was sad. Osiris Griffin and Cutler James seemed concerned, but Lennox assured him that they are still united in their hatred of Saquon Shugars. Lennox then said that he was frustrated by Grayson Waller calling them soft so they are going to finish it with Shugars next week. Whatever that means.
-On TikTok, Shiloh Hill told us that he fractured his nose during his match with Tristan Angels last week and will be out for a while. Then he said he suspected that Kam Hendrix was lying about his injuries. Then he talked about a sprinter, the history of the Intercontinental Title and the history of “poison mist” in wrestling. Then he showed us his campfire.
-Next a tribute to Dory Funk jr played. WWE has always done a great job with these packages and this one was no different. Lots of classic footage and moments from Funk’s life and career and his love of training new talent, several of which went on to be world champions.
-In the warehouse, Robert Stone (Oh, hi Robert!) was on the phone with a “free agent” when Cruz Montana wandered over and Stone let him know that next week, he and Grayson Waller will have a #1 Contender’s Match. Then he left and Tristan Angels walked up to Montana and they said nothing of consequence to each other before the segment ended.
-The NXT locker room them emptied and the wrestlers surrounded the ring as Kendal Grey and Lola Vice were shown walking towards the entrance ramp.
NXT Women’s Championship Underground Match: Kendal Grey (c) vs Lola Vice
In an Underground Match (which isn’t really under ground, but it would be awesome if it was) there are no ropes on the ring and it’s surrounded lumberjack-style by the NXT locker room. There are no pinfalls, DQ’s or count-outs and the match can only end via knockout, ref stoppage/technical knockout (TKO), or submission.
Vice started the match with some kicks, pushing Grey around the ring. Grey got the first takedown, but Vice countered it into a headlock attempt. Grey broke out and tried to put an ankle lock on, but Vice rolled her to the outside. Grey sent Vice into the announce table, but Vice grabbed a face lock and Grey shoved her back into the steel steps.
Grey went to kick Vice from the apron, but Vice grabbed her leg and pulled her face first onto the steps. Grey started bleeding from the ear, but the Ref let the match continue. Grey tried to stand, but fell over. The ref called for medical. Grey insisted she was ok, but medical was concerned about the bleeding from the ear.
More doctors were called for as Vice paced in the ring. They wiped the blood from Grey’s ear as she looked ahead with a thousand-yard stare. They bandaged Grey’s head up and that snapped her back to reality. Medical let her get back into the ring where she stumbled and fell again.
Vice threw some kicks and Grey tried to respond with strikes, but she couldn’t get herself right. Vice hit her with a suplex and Grey grabbed her from the mat for one of her own. Grey seemed to be shaking things off, delivering four German suplexes and dropping her straps.
Vice hit Grey with a knee that sent her spilling to the outside. Vice put her back in the ring and threw some kicks, but Grey caught one and countered it into an ankle lock. Vice was able to reverse it into one of her own. Grey fought out of it and they traded kicks and punches while Grey got her bearings.
Vice hit a backfist, but Gret got thrown back into the ring by Hank and Tank and landed on Vice in perfect position for a sleeper hold. Grey transitioned to an arm bar. Vice threw another backfist, but caught the ref by mistake. She put Grey in a body scissor, but there was no referee.
Grey passed out, but no one was there to end the match. Wren Sinclair woke Grey up and she hit a superkick on Vice. Vice threw one of her own but missed and ended up putting Vice in an armbar. The ref woke up just in time to see Vice tap, giving the victory to Grey.
Match Result: Kendal Grey defeated Lola Vice
After the match Grey and Vice embraced and showed each other respect as the show ended.
That was a good Underground match. I really don’t know how hurt Grey is/was. She seemed to be legitimately bleeding from the ear, which is no good, but she was able to finish the match, hopefully for better and not worse.
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