WWE NXT live results: Cruz Montana vs. Grayson Waller No. 1 contender’s match
NXT is back on The CW tonight.
The featured match on the show will be Cruz Montana, formerly known as Mike Santana, going up against Grayson Waller in a No. 1 contender’s match for the NXT Championship.
Also tonight, Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair will challenge Zaria for the NXT Women’s North American Championship.
Shawn Spears will team with Lizzy Rain against Niko Vance and Izzi Dame. Saquon Shugars will go one-on-one with Dion Lennox. Lucien Price vs. Lexis King and Mason Rook vs. Kam Hendrix are also scheduled.
The lineup for tonight’s show is below:
- Cruz Montana vs. Grayson Waller in an NXT Championship No. 1 contender’s match
- NXT Women’s North American Champion Zaria vs. Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair
- Shawn Spears & Lizzy Rain vs. Niko Vance & Izzi Dame
- Saquon Shugars vs. Dion Lennox
- Lucien Price vs. Lexis King
- Mason Rook vs. Kam Hendrix
Our live coverage kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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Let the kicking begin! There are a lot more matches (and a lot fewer talking segments) than usual scheduled tonight, so let’s see how this shakes out!
-The show opened with a recap of last week and then Lizzy Rain was shown backstage wondering to no one where Shawn Spears was. Nico and Izzi Dame walked by on their way to the ring and said “told you” to which Rain responded, “guess I’m going in alone.”
Shawn Spears & Lizzy Rain vs. The Culling (Izzi Dame & Niko Vance)
It’s weird that he’s missing because Spears made this match in the warehouse last week because he… is still mad about the Culling kicking him out? I guess? Since only Dame and Nico are left of the group, I kinda think he dodged a bullet to be honest, but that’s just me. Rain happened to be in the proximity of the match making, so she got included too, proving once again that the warehouse is a dangerous place to hang out.
Rain and Dame got into it while Nico hung out on the corner. Since women wrestle women and men wrestle men in the mixed tag matches, and there’s no one there to tag, it’s just a singles match?
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Anyway, Dame and Rain wrestled for a bit then Nico tagged in, at which point EK Prosper showed up and hit him with a Moonsault. Prosper and Nico started fighting so I guess he’s Rain’s new partner.
Prosper dodged a charge with a springboard and planted a kick on Nico’s head. Dame tagged in, so Rain ran over and hit it with a spin kick. Rain and Prosper then threw chops on their opponents in the corner. They hit spingboard DDT’s at the same time and then Dame and Nico bailed from the ring.
Rain went after her, but Dame caught her and swung her into the steel steps, whacking Rain’s shoulder. Dame threw Rain back in the ring and dropped her with a lariat. They traded shots and rollups, but neither could get a pin. Rain got a hot tag to Prosper which brought in Nico who ate a blockbuster right away.
Prosper went for a cover, but Nico kicked out. Prosper went up top, but Dame distracted him and Nico grabbed him for a swinging DDT. Rain got a tag and threw feet at Dame. She hit a gutwrench suplex, but on the charge, Dame got her knee up. They climned the turnbuckle and Rain hit a hurricanrana to take Dame down.
Rain went for a cover, but Nico broke up the pin. That made Prosper mad, so he dropkicked him. Then Dame hit a powerbomb on Prosper and Nico landed a diving headbutt. He went for the cover, but Prosper kicked out at two.
Prosper went up top for a swanton and Rain tagged in. Nico grabbed her and threw her to Dame who powerbombed her for two. Dame and Rain fought, but Nico grabbed a blind tag. Rain took out Dame and Prosper hit a shining wizard on Nico before nailing him with a moonsault and winning the match he was never supposed to be in.
Match Result: Shawn Spears EK Prosper & Lizzy Rain defeated The Culling (Izzi Dame & Niko Vance)
I’d say that was a weird start to the show, but let’s be honest, it’s pretty standard.
-Some footage of Myles Borne and Tavion Heights celebrating their tag title win last week was shown. Heights said that they are going to be fighting champions and show the world what the NXT Tag Division has to offer.
-In medical, Kendal Grey was being looked at by a medic. He said that she needed at least another week before returning to the ring. So, she ignored him and walked right to the ring to talk at us.
-Before that though, EK Prosper and Lizzy Rain were interviewed. Prosper said that he felt like the Men’s locker room needs to step up so that’s what he did. Then Kali Armstrong literally ripped the mic out of his hands and walked to the ring to demand a women’s title shot. That of course, brought out Kelani Jordan who disputed that Armstrong deserved a chance.
Jordan said that she was next in line for the NXT Women’s championship, and then she was interrupted by Kendal Grey who I guess took the long way to the ring from Medical. AND she was carrying a contract.
Grey said that everyone is sick and tired of hearing Jordan complain. Jordan said “nuh-uh!” and Grey said that she was prepared for Jordan’s song and dance. She then handed over the contract which gave Jordan a shot anywhere, any time. Wren Sinclair said that maybe Grey should take some time off and heal, but Grey blew her off.
Jordan said that she wanted her match away from the ungrateful fans in Orlando, so she’ll take her match at Heatwave. Grey said that was no problem, but Armstrong said that she came for a title shot and punched Grey in the head. Sinclair tried to protect her, but she fell to the damn numbers game and Jordan and Armstrong beat her up.
-Backstage, Robert Stone was watching Cruz Montanta work out when Keanu Carver showed up and complained about another “new guy” getting a shot before him. He stormed off and Stone followed wanting to know what was up. Carver said that he was just trying to figure things out and Stone ain’t seen nothing yet.
So let’s see, Split intro, check. Pointless complaining about title shots from multiple people, check and check. Interrupted interview? Check. Robert Stone being weird, check. Contracts and paperwork involved? Check. It’s like they are playing wrestling mad libs.
Dion Lennox w/ James Cutler & Osiris Griffin vs. Saquon Shugars
Last week an emotional Lennox declared that he was going to end it with Shugars once and for all so DarkState could move onto other things. Osiris Griffin and James Cutler said, “ok…” and seemed a little concerned about Lennox’s mental state.
Lennox tried to jump Shugars off the top, but Shugars saw it coming and threw some heavy strikes. He rolled up Lennoxn and tried to steal one using the ropes, but Lennox kicked out.
Shugars keep the offense up with dropkicks and slams, causing Lennox to roll out of the ring to recover. Lennox got back in and tried to deliver a spinebuster, but Shugars kept coming. Cutler tripped Shugars up which broke his momentum, letting Lennox take over the near falls.
Lennox grabbed a headlock, but Shugars worked out of it and ate a few forearms. Lennox hit a northern lights suplex, but Shugars kicked out of the cover. Lennox went back to the headlock and Shugars started fading for a moment, but then powered up and broke the hold.
Shugars leapt over a charge and started hitting Lennox with knees and lariats. Shugars hit a spingboard knock-Lennox-off-the-apron, and then tossed him back in. Shugars then picked up his baseball bat and menaced Cutler and Griffin. Lennox grabbed the bat, and the ref tried to take it away from him. That let Cutler and Griffin slam Shugars through the announce table.
They tossed him back in and Lennox made the cover to pick up the win.
Match Result: Dion Lennox defeated Saquon Shugars
-In Robert Stone’s office, AAA GM Rey Mysterio was on speakerphone. They set up a match for Rey Fenix (pronounced fen-nicks, by Stone) to defend his AAA Crusierwieght title on NXT. Then they set up a fatal four way match that included La Parka and EK Prosper because, why not? Rey said he had to go and he trusted Stone to pick the final two. Silly, Rey…
NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Zaria vs. Wren Sinclair
Last week, Zaria failed to capture the Speed Championship from Sinclair, so this week Sinclair gets to see if she can pry the North American title off of Zaria. Isn’t turnabout fun?
Match Result: Zaria vs. Wren Sinclair
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