WWE NXT live results: Great American Bash go-home show
The final stop before this weekend’s Great American Bash is tonight’s live WWE NXT from the Performance Center.
The show will feature contract signings for the two headlining matches: NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo vs. Naraku and NXT Women’s Champion Lola Vice vs. Kendal Grey.
Women’s NXT Speed Champion Wren Sinclair will get her next challenger tonight as Izzi Dame takes on Arianna Grace in a no. 1 contender’s match.
Ahead of their match this weekend, Saquon Shugars and Dion Lennox will have a final face-to-face confrontation.
In tag team action, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger face BirthRight’s Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo and Uriah Connors.
EK Prosper goes one-on-one with Keanu Carver while the announced lineup is rounded out by Evolve Champion Aaron Rourke defending against Tristan Angels.
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NXT is back on the air in front of a live studio audience from a sound stage at the Performance Center in Orlando.
The show begins with NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo in the office of NXT General Manager Robert Stone. Tony D wants to know if Naraku signed the contract for their title match. Stone assures the champ that Naraku will sign tonight while also slightly gaslighting him. More to come from this story after the opening bout and throughout the show.
Wade Barrett is back in NXT tonight for color commentary in the broadcast booth alongside the longtime voice of NXT — Vic Joseph.
Opening the show in the sound stage is an Evolve title match.
Aaron Rourke vs. Tristan Angels for the Evolve Championship
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The match goes through a commercial break. Before the show cuts to the break, the lights in the sound stage go dark and a flickering red light illuminates the ring. A cackle rings out, and Angels is briefly terrified. Shiloh Hill might be playing mind games with Angels.
Later in the match, the “Mr. NXT” sash becomes involved in the bout. Angels goes to retrieve his sash outside the ring (which he stole from Hill last week), and he is dragged underneath the ring. Presumably more shenanigans from Hill, as Angels gets back into the ring looking bewildered. Hill is never identified by name, but was programmed with Angels in recent weeks.
Back in the ring, a disheveled Angels walks into a pump kick. Rourke then executes his Merry Go Round (somersault senton) off the top rope, and the champion hooks a leg to cover the challenger.
Match result: WWE Evolve Champion Aaron Rourke defeated Tristan Angels via pinfall to retain his title.
— NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo confronts Naraku in the parking lot with Robert Stone in tow trying to play peacemaker. Tony D wants to know if Naraku has the contract. Naraku hands Tony D the contract. Then comes a fireball gimmick soon thereafter. D’Angelo opens the contract and is blinded by a fireball. Robert Stone panics while Naraku offers a sinister laugh.
D’Angelo leaves in an ambulance after the show returns from a commercial break. The champ is yelling and threatening to kill Naraku. Stone watches as the ambulance leaves as sirens blare. To be continued…
— Saquon Shugars and Dion Lennox are both in street clothes as they meet in the ring for a face-to-face confrontation. They cut promos on each other, with Shugars arguably gaining the upper hand in the verbal battle.
Shugars says he does not move scared, but he moves smart instead. That is why to took out the other members of Darkstate ahead of his upcoming match against Lennox. Shugars plays on the idea he is just an indie wrestler compared to the others in Darkstate. Shugar put emphasis on him being a wrestler.
Lennox asks which one of them looks more like a superstar, meaning himself. Darkstate was never supposed to include Shugars. Lennox insists they took him in to get what they need from him, and they wil leave him in the past after Sunday (at The Great American Bash). Shugars claims there is no Darkstate without him, and was the glue holding them together.
Shugars puts down both Cutler James and Osiris Griffin before saying Lennox cannot lace Shuagrs’ boots. Shugars’ wrist tape could burn the wrists of Lennox, and Shugars boasts that his jock strap would not fit Lennox.
Lennox claims them dropping Shugars was a correction. Lennox concludes with bold statements, insinuating that Shugars signed his own death warrant for The Bash on Sunday.
This was a decent go-home segment, albeit far too long. Too much like community theater instead of a blood feud.
— Comedian Matt Mathews is back on NXT, and he will apparently be in the corner of Hank & Tank in the next match on tonight’s card.
Hank Walker & Tank Ledger (with Matt Mathews) vs. Birthright (Uriah Connors & Stacks with Lexis King, Charlie Dempsey & Arianna Grace)
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This is a fun match, and it is really good. Hank & Tank are over with the audience, and the comedian did not take away from the match itself while being in the corner. Birthright looks like bumbling heels as they try to assault the comedian just before the finish.
At ringside, the comedian has Lexis King’s scepter, and King wants it back. He hooks the comedian so Charlie Dempsey can wind up for a punch. The comedian dodges and Dempsey decks King. Dempsey then goes to punch the comedian, but he ducks and trips Dempsey, who falls face first into the crotch of King. Meanwhile in the ring, Hank & Tank execute their double-team finisher on Stacks. Hank then pins Stacks.
Match result: Hank Walker & Tank Ledger defeated Uriah Connors & Stacks when Hank pinned Stacks.
— Shiloh Hill is interviewed backstage by Sarah Schreiber, and Hill is asked about Tristan Angels. Hill cuts a good promo on Angels. Hill insists that he and Angels are not even. Hill is calm at first before screaming into the camera and ending with a cackle.
— NXT Women’s Champion Lola Vice sits down with her challenger, Kendal Grey, for a pre-taped contract signing overseen by Robert Stone. Vice and Grey keep their cool as they cut promos on each other before signing the contract.
Keanu Carver vs. EK Prosper
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Lots of high flying by Prosper in this bout. Carver plays monster heel in this retelling of David against Goliath. Except instead of a slingshot and stone to defeat the larger foe, Prosper utilizes a sunset flip. Just before the finish, Prosper takes a Monty Brown Pounce from Carver. Prosper is on rubber legs, yet he manages to counter a powerbomb with a sunset flip to hold Carver down for a three count.
Carver gets his heat back after the match by pummeling Prosper and powerbombing him on the announce desk. Prosper takes an ugly bump on his neck as the desk implodes underneath him.
Match result: EK Prosper defeated Keanu Carver via pinfall.
— NXT Women’s North American Champion Zaria cuts a promo on Tatum Paxley in a pre-tape segment where video clips highlight the upcoming rematch between Zaria and Paxley. The return bout for the title is set for Great American Bash.
— Robert Stone is angry with Naraku. Stone threatens to suspend Naraku, who laughs at Stone and scoffs. Naraku says if Stone does that, he has not title match for The Bash. Keanu Carver walks by and Stone attempts to scold him for the attack on Prosper. Carver fires up he will continue to lay out people until he gets the title match he wants.
Izzi Dame (with The Culling) vs. Arianna Grace (with Birthright) in a number one contender’s match for the Women’s Speed Championship
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This is a tournament final with a three-minute time limit. The winner gets a title shot at The Great American Bash against WWE Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair.
With a minute remaining, Dame signals for a finisher. Shawn Spears is ringside reaching into the ropes wanting a high five from Dame. That distracts Dame, and she is caught in a small package for a three count.
Match result: Arianna Grace drafted Izzi Dame via pinfall to become number one contener for the Women’s Speed Championship.
After the match, Spears apologizes to Dame as she is upset with him. In the meantime, Sinclair comes down the ramp to pose with the title belt in stare down with Grace.
— Robert Stone is ending a phone call with AAA General Manger Rey Mysterio when Sarah Schreiber enters the office to interview the NXT GM about the status of the NXT title match on Sunday. Stone mentions AAA talent will be at The Bash. Stone then says he will announce who is Naraku’s opponent later tonight. The Vanity Project interrupts, and Jackson Drake is lobbies for a match. Stone does not seem impressed with Vanity Project.
— “NXT Origins” features the journey of Alexa Bliss in the black-and-gold brand.
Dorian Van Dux & Sean Legacy vs. The Culling (Shawn Spears & Niko Vance with Izzi Dame) in a tag team match
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Dame is still very mad at Spears, who remains apologetic ahead of this tag bout. The match goes through a commercial break, and angle bookends the match where Vance turns on Spears.
Van Dux gets to shine after a hot tag. He runs wild before leaping off the top rope with a big moonsault for a near fall. Vance jumps in to break up the subsequent pinning attempt. They trade near falls with Spears getting two and half after an assisted implant DDT from Vance.
As they go home, Legacy delivers sliced bread on Spears. Springboard 450 splash by Legacy on Spears, and Van Dux follows up with a shooting star press. Van Dux then covers Spears for the deciding pinfall.
Match result: Dorian Van Dux & Sean Legacy defeated Shawn Spears & Niko Vance when Van Dux pinned Spears.
After the match, Vance helps Spears to his feet before Vance turns on him. Vance helps him up before clotheslining Spears. Vance tosses Spears over the ropes, and Vance gives Spears a chokeslam on the announce desk. For the second time tonight, the desk implodes. Vance is flanked by Dame as they stand over a fallen Spears.
— GM Robert Stone heads to the ring holding the NXT title belt. Stone gets to the ring and announces the entrance of Naraku. He gets into the ring and gets in the face of Stone. Naraku demands the championship if Stone has no one to face Naraku on Sunday.
Mason Rook interrupts the confrontation, and he wants to fight Naraku for the title. Rook wants he and Naraku to run it back, but this time have gold on the line.
Out comes Jackson Drake and Vanity Project to a promo on Stone and Rook. Drake wants the title shot, and he keeps referring to Rook as “Pork Chop”. That leads to Rook and Drake having a pull-apart brawl.
Meanwhile, Naraku demands Stone declare him the champ if there is no one to wrestle for it. That is a swerve, as Stone informs Naraku that his opponent was always going to be Tony D’Angelo.
The NXT champion storms to the ring with a large bandage over part of his face. Spirit of ’76 comeback by D’Angelo as he trades strikes with Naraku. He targets the knee to escape the clutches of D’Angelo. Naraku flees the ring, and the title match at Great American Bash is still on!
