WWE NXT Homecoming live results: Big returns at Full Sail University
Tonight, WWE NXT returns to where the brand first rose to prominence.
NXT is back at Full Sail University for a Homecoming special. The card features some of NXT’s biggest names from the Black & Gold past, including stars like Rhea Ripley, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, and Tyler Breeze.
Ripley will team with Stephanie Vaquer & Lyra Valkyria as they battle the new-era trio of Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx). Valkyria is replacing Tiffany Stratton in the match due to Stratton not being medically cleared to compete.
Tonight’s show will also see DIY (Gargano & Ciampa) team up to face the reuniting duo of Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes.
Gold will be on the line as Charlotte & Bliss defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles against The Culling’s Izzi Dame & Tatum Paxley. Plus, Breeze challenges Ethan Page for the NXT North American Championship.
A Grayson Waller Effect segment will see NXT Champion Oba Femi and Ricky Saints build up their title match ahead of No Mercy on September 27.
In addition to all that, WWE has announced that Finn Balor, Sami Zayn, Bianca Belair, Bobby Roode, William Regal, and more will be in the building.
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NXT is back on the air with a supercard this week to celebrate Homecoming, and the show returns to Full Sail.
The show begins with a retrospective video package highlighting the history of the brand, with notable moments from Full Sail.
The first talent seen in the video package is Triple H, and he also kicks off the show live in the Full Sail arena. Big pop for Triple H as he enters, and the crowd chants for him.
Triple says he can hardly tell the audience how good it feels to be home. He says NXT and Full Sail are something special. He goes on to say all of the superstars over the years are special, and he puts over the fans of NXT. What started as a whisper, they turned into a roar.
Triple H says their passion for NXT “shattered conventions” and “allowed NXT to take over” (which is an obvious play on the TakeOver specials of years past). Triple H cued the crowd to help him finish the phrase “We are N-X-T.” Triple H tells them thanks when the tones of “Sexy Boy” blare.
Shawn Michaels enters and joins Triple H in the ring. HBK is wearing a nice sports coat, but his cowboy hat looks as if it was run over beforehand in the parking lot. He used to wear a nice Stetson hat way back in the day. That might pair better with the sports coat.
Michaels tells Triple H that we know he’s been out there selling out million dollar gates with Raw and Smackdown, and he has also cut billion dollar deals. But HBK has to let Trips know that the current NXT roster is ready to knock it out of the park. Triple H puts over the current NXT. They are “lighting the world on fire.”
Triple H then suggests, “What if I want to come back?” Michaels gets in Trips’ face and says, “Then we would have a very, very big problem.”
Suddenly, the entrance of William Regal interrupts the standoff. Regal also ran NXT, much like Triple H and Michaels. Regal says there is only one way to settle this. Someone in the crowd off camera yells, “War Games!” In a funny bit, Regal remarks that was his line. Pretend you did not say that, and “take that off the edit.”
Regal then screams, “WAR GAMES!”
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Charlotte Flair and Alexis Bliss then enter and stand beside Regal. They joke about Tripe H and Shawn arguing more than they do, as the champs are an odd couple team of sorts. Flair says, respectfully, that the women have always been in charge in NXT. The “Women’s Revolution” started right here in Full Sail.
Flair and Bliss wait out the crowd chants to list off names of women wrestlers from NXT. Bliss says the women have always been the backbone of NXT, and if they are not down with that. She has two words for ya’, and the crowd chants “Suck it!”
Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Izzi Dame & Tatum Paxley for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Shawn Spears and Niko Vance are in the challengers’ corner. The tag title bout goes through a commercial break. At one point, Alexa goes for Twisted Bliss. Paxley gets her knees up thanks in part to a distraction from The Culling. Paxley follows up with a roll up and her feet on the ropes for a near fall.
Paxley executes her own finisher for another near fall. Flair breaks up the pin, and Dame brawls with her. Paxlet misses a 450 and rolls through, only to eat an elbow from Bliss. Sister Abigail from Bliss, and Bliss covers Paxley for a pin. And still…
Macth result: Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss defeated Tatum Paxley & Izzi Dame to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship (when Bliss pinned Paxley).
— Sol Ruca and Zaria are bickering in a backstage skit when in walks Lainey Reed, followed by Candice LeRae. They argue about who is winning the Speed tournament. The winner faces Ruca for the Speed title at No Mercy.
Shayna Baszler walks in for a cameo, and her glare makes both Reed and LeRae to leave. Baszler then urges Ruca and Zarua work out their differences.
Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes vs. Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano
The tag match goes through a commercial break. DIY run wild before the break. Double down as the show returns from the break, and hot tags. Garagno runs wild. He and Hayes do some cool spots on the entrance ramp (which is the same height as the ring).
Tricks soon tags in and cleans house. He signals for his finisher, but Hayes makes a blind tag. Trick and Carmelo tease dissension, but they double team instead with an electric chair/springboard lariat. Ciampa soon tags in, and he gets a near fall after giving Hayes a backbreaker bomb.
Trick retrieves his TNA World title belt, and the referee takes it from him. DIY set up Trick for their finisher, but Hayes pushes Trick out of the way. DIY then double team Hayes for another near fall.
The Miz suddenly runs in at ringside. Skull Crushing Finale by Miz on Garagno, and he rolls Gargano back into the ring. Hayes leaps off the top rope with Nothing But Net. Hayes then hooks a leg and covers Gargano for a three count.
Match result: Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes defeated Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano when Hayes pinned Gargano.
Kelly Kincaid interviews WWE United States Champion Sami Zayn. He is emotional over returning to NXT. Zayn then goes on to put over Je’Von Evans. Interrupting the interview is Josh Briggs, who barges in to cut a promo where he buries Evans. Briggs is calling Evans a bum when Evans rushed in to brawl with Briggs. Zayn stops Evans, and Zayn gives Evans a pep talk. “The sky is the limit,” Zayn tells Evans.
Ethan Page vs. Tyler Breeze for the NXT North American Championship
The title bout goes through a commercial break, much like the other matches on the show. Like the other title match on the show, the champ never felt in jeopardy of losing the strap. Breeze did get a few near falls, and the match itself was decent enough. Breeze looked good.
For the finish, Breeze was atop the turnbuckles when Page tripped him up. Breeze crotched himself on the top turnbuckle, and Page excited a draping Twisted Grin on Breeze. Page then scores a three count.
Match result: Ethan Page defeated Tyler Breeze to retain the NXT North American Championship
AAA Latin American Champion Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. is ringside after the match, and he has a stare down with Page.
— Damien Priest is backstage talking with Tavion Heights. Priest hypes up Heights. Priest then tells Heights he booked him a title match against Page for the North American title at No Mercy.
The Grayson Waller Effect with special guests Ricky Saints and Oba Femi
Waller comments that he has never been in the arena at Full Sail. Waller then introduces his guest — Ricky Saints and NXT Champion Oba Femi.
Waller asks a condescending question, and Femi answers it by cutting a promo on Saints. Femi is not impressed with Saints. Femi accuses Saints of looking past NXT to the main roster, where he can “carry Cody Rhodes’ bags.” Waller laughs uproariously.
Femi goes on to say Saints can carry any bags he wants, but Saints cannot carry the North American title. Saints responds by talking about Femi being scouted and recruited for NXT. Saints accuses Femi of being a “pampered athlete.”
Saints brings up a WWE tryout and not getting a deal, but he is here now. Saints says he will always gamble on himself, as Saints rises from his chair to cut a fiery promo on Femi. Saints vows to win the NXT title at No Mercy.
Out comes TNA World Champ Trick Williams to interrupt. Trick says Femi is holding something of his, which is the NXT title.
Waller butts in to suggest a title vs. title match next week with Trick Williams against Oba Femi. Then, the winner defends against Saints at No Mercy.
Femi concludes the segment with a promo where he vows to beat Trick for the TNA title, and he will successfully defend both against Saints at No Mercy.
— “NXT Spotlight” sponsored by an insurance company is a skit with Charlie Dempsey and Wren Sinclair, and cameos by Bobby Roode and Joe Hendry. Dempsey informs Sinclair he is going to Japan for a little while.
Roode then appears and Sinclair asks him to do the “Glorious” pose. Roode poses, complete with sound effects. Hendry then appears, and Roode tells Hendry to focus on the NXT title. Hendry shakes hands with Roode.
— Lexis King is in the ring after a commercial break. King cuts a promo proclaiming himself the “Homecoming King”, before King buries the “Black and Gold” of NXT. King then cuts a promo on Myles Borne, and King announces he and Borne meet next week in a “lights out” match.
The lights in the arena goes dark, and Finn Balor gets a full entrance. Balor, wearing street clothes, poses in a corner. King is distracted with Balor as Borne jumps King. Balor then jumps off the tope rope with a double foot stomp. Borne and Balor pose together as King sells.
— Kelly Kincaid interviews Darkstate. Montez Ford interrupts them, and he interacts with them.
— Bianca Belair in a cameo appearance is shown at watching from ringside.
Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx) vs. Rhea Ripley, Stephanie Vaquer & Lyra Valkyria in a six-woman tag team match
The match goes through a commercial break. The babyface trio cleans house before the break. During the commercials, the Valkyria is cut off and worked over. The heels are in control when the show returns from the break.
Hot tag to Vaquer, and she is a house of fire. Vaquer is cut off, and the heels gang up on her. Henley gets a near fall on Vauquer.
Hot tag to Ripley, and she runs wild. Vaquer and Ripley do a stereo version of the Devil’s Kiss. The babyfaces are looking strong. NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne tries to flee, but Lola Vice blocks her path. They meet in a title match soon. Vice hits Jayne with a spinning back fist, and Ripley then executes a Rip Tide on Jayne. Ripley covers Jayne for the deciding pinfall. Afterwards, Vice celebrates with the babyfaces.
Match result: Rhea Ripley, Stephanie Vaquer & Lyra Valkyria defeated Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyz
— Closing the show is a backstage stare down with NXT Champ Oba Femi and TNA Champ Trick Williams. It is official. The two champs meet next Tuesday in a title vs. title match. Pretty big match for only a week’s notice.