WWE NXT live results: Je’Von Evans vs. Ricky Saints, Joe Hendry concert
The final WWE NXT of 2025 takes place tonight from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
After costing Je’Von Evans in his challenge of NXT Champion Oba Femi, former champion Ricky Saints will take on Evans in a grudge match.
Joe Hendry will host a New Year’s Eve Eve concert.
NXT North American Champion Ethan Page puts up the title against former TNA World and X-Division Champion Moose.
Ahead of defending against Kendal Grey at New Year’s Evil, NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne will defend against Wren Sinclair in non-title action.
As always, our live coverage begins at 8 pm Eastern.
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NXT is on the air with an episode taped in front of a live studio audience.
Ethan Page vs. Moose for the NXT North American Championship
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Page jumped Moose during the ring introductions, and the fight was on. The fighting soon spilled outside the ring. Page dodged a charging Moose, and Moose collided with the metal ring steps. They both work an arm, as Moose posted Page shoulder first moments later.
The match goes through a commercial break. Both were selling their shoulders, but Page was in control as the show cut to commercials. Comeback by Moose after the show returns from the break. Moose was on fire, yet still selling his arm. Page takes an avalanche tree slam into a sit-out powerbomb, and Moose gets a two count on Page. They trade strikes and kicks, they trade near falls. Codebreaker by Page, but Moose kicks out.
In a stunt, Moose speared Page through a gimmicked section of the barricade. Another spear by Moose in the ring, only for Page to get his foot on a bottom rope to break a count. The fight spilled outside again, where Moose takes an ugly bump on the ring steps. Page with a back body drop, and Moose looked to have struck the edge of the steps. Page follows up with a flying body press off the top rope, but Moose gets his shoulder up on a pin attempt. Page then delivers his Twisted Grin finisher, and he covers Moose for a clean pin.
Match result: NXT North American Champion Ethan Page defeated Moose via pinfall.
— Up next is the first of many year-end awards.
NXT Awards: Male Superstar of the Year
Je’Von Evans is awarded the trophy shaped like a ring bell, signifying him as Male Superstar of the Year. Other nominees included Ricky Saints, Trick Williams, Ethan Page, and Oba Femi.
— Izzi Dame wants The Culling to confront Tatum Paxley right now, but Shawn Spears is hesitant. Dame storms off mumbling about having to do everything herself. Dame is headed to confront Paxley in the next segment after a commercial break.
— After the commercial break is a Tonya Harding skit where WWE Evolve Women’s Champion Kendal Grey is Nancy Kerrigan. Grey was attacked by an unknown assailant. Wren Sinclair wails after finding Grey on the ground after the attack.
Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley set up match at New Year’s Evil
— Dame cut a promo on Paxlet before being interrupted by her. They banter back and forth until they set up a grudge match for New Year’s Evil. Paxley stops Dame from leaving by saying she dictates when things are over. Dame goes to attack Paxley, but she does a Matrix move to dodge Dame. Paxley then executes her finisher on Dame to end the segment.
NXT Awards: Tag Team of the Year
Sol Ruca & Zaria get the award for Tag Team of the Year. Other nominees included the team of Hank & Tank, along with factions like The Culling, Fatal Influence, and Darkstate.
NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne (with Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) vs. Wren Sinclair in a non-title match
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Sinclair shines in the first half of the match, and she works an arm on Jayne. Before the show cuts to a commercial break, NXT Women’s North American Champion Fallon Henley tries to interfere. Sinclair avoids the interference, but falls for the distraction by Fatal Influence. Jayne with a superkick cut offs Sinclair, and the show heads into the commercial break.
Sinclair makes a comeback after the show returns from the break. Running lariats and butterfly suplex by Sinclair for a two count on Jayne. Sinclairs eats a knee strike. A moment later, Sinclair targets an arm to cut off Jayne. High cross off the top by Sinclair, followed by a cattle mutilation submission hold applied on Jayne in the center of the ring. Sinclair wrenches in the hold, only to switch to an arm bar. Jayne then escapes with a counter.
Just before the finish, Jayne also escapes an inside cradle. Jayne then strikes with Rolling Encore, and Jayne pinned Sinclair.
Match result: NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne defeated Wren Sinclair via pinfall in a non-title match.
In a post-match attack, the Fatal Influence trio all jump Sinclair. They gang up on her until Wren Sinclair runs down for a save in a takeoff of the Spirit of ’76 comeback. Sinclair showed no signs of injury despite the apparent assault earlier.
Grey runs wild on the heel trio, and she catches Jayne in an arm bar. The heels flee the ring as Grey holds up the women’s title belt.
— Joe Hendry is warming up for his concert with vocal exercises before heading to the ring for his musical performance.
Joe Hendry in concert
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Booker T was going wild on commentary singing along to Hendry’s theme song, as Hendry gets a full entrance.
Hendry sits down with a guitar and talks about his accomplishments this past year. Hendry then introduces a song about NXT. Hendry proceeds to perform a song while strumming an acoustic guitar, with him referencing other talent and moments from the WWE brand in 2025. T
he hook for the song: “Join us on CW. You won’t believe your eyes. NXT was the show for me in 2025.”
Hendry then mentions Darkstate, singing how they will ruin the show. He gets a dig at them by saying no one knew who they were until Joe Hendry made them famous. Shortly thereafter, the lights in the sound stage go dark.
Darksate rush the ring and attack Hendry. They beat down Hendry in a four-on-one assault. Henry takes an assisted power bomb, and Darkstate stand over a prone Hendry.
— NXT General Manager Ava gets to her office to find her door already open. A disheveled Blake Monroe is there to greet Monroe. Ava gives her a bit of a pep talk, and she tells Monroe to get her glamour back if she wants to regain the Women’s North American Championship.
— Hard sell for the NXT title match set to headline New Year’s Evil, which is NXT Champion Oba Femi defending against TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater. Talent from NXT and TNA offer their picks in a video package hyping the title bout.
Tavion Heights vs. Lexis King in the finals of the WWE Speed Tournament
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Heights won in seconds after a belly-to-belly suplex. King has his back to Heights as the bell sounds to start the match. Heights shoots in and suplexed King mere seconds into the bout. Heights then covers King for a three count, and Heights wins in about eight seconds.
Match result: Tavion Heights defeated Lexis King via pinfall to win the the tournament final.
Vic Joseph on commentary pushed the result as the fastest loss in NXT history. By winning the tournament, Heights becomes number one contender for the WWE Speed Championship held by Jasper Troy. Jasper Troy enters the sound stage after the match for a stare down with Heights.
NXT Awards: Match of the Year
Winning match of the year honors is Oba Femi vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Williams in a triple threat match for the NXT Chanpionship at Stand & Deliver in Las Vegas.
Other nominees included the following matches:
- Sol Ruca vs. Kelani Jordan for the NXT Women’s North American Championship from Battleground in Tampa
- Ethan Page vs. Ricky Saints in a falls count anywhere match for the NXT Men’s North American Championship at Great American Bash in Orlando
- Jacy Jayne vs. Lola Vice for the NXT Women’s Championship at No Mercy in Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Oba Femi vs. Je’Von Evans for the NXT Championship at Heatwave in Lowell, MA
- Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline in San Antonio
OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) vs. Swipe Right (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes with Jackson Drake)
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The entire Vanity Project trio is there with WWE Evolve Champion Jackson Drake in the corner for Swipe Right. Not sure if OTM are babyfaces, but Swipe Right are definitively heels. The latter are certainly the foils in this tag bout.
Drake tries to interfere, only to be driven into the mat with a urnange slam. OTM execute their tandem finisher, and Nima pinned Smokes.
Match result: OTM defeated Swipe Right via pinfall in a tag team match.
— In a locker room skit, NXT Women’s North American Champion Thea Hail asks Jordynne Grace to be in her corner at New Year’s Evil. Grace reluctantly agrees, while also agreeing to a hug from Hail this one time.
NXT Awards: Female Superstar of the Year
Sol Ruca is Female Superstar of the Year. That makes two NXT awards for Sol Ruca. Jacy Jayne was robbed despite being nominated in this category. Other nominees besides Jayne included Kelani Jordan, Sol Ruca, Tatum Paxley and Blake Monroe.
— Hard sell for New Year’s Evil next Tuesday on NXT, and then comes the main event for tonight.
Je’Von Evans vs. Ricky Saints
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Melee at the start as Evans rushes the start by attacking Saints before the bell. They brawl in a fitting start to a grudge match.
Saints targets a knee, and Saints also sends Evans crashing through a gimmicked section of the barricade, which was similarly located in a section used for a stunt in an earlier match. Evans fights back, which leads to a dive to the outside. They fight atop the announce desk, and Evans springboards off the top rope into a flying clothesline.
Saints cuts off Evans and is pummeling him on the floor when the show cuts to a commercial break. Saints has Evans locked in a guillotine choke as the show returns from the break, but Evans counters into a vertical suplex.
Sueprkick and comeback by Evans, who runs the ropes and leaps into a flip kick and a near fall. Evans counters an attempted tornado DDT from Saints, and Evans executes his own tornado DDT. Flying knee by Evans for another near fall.
Evans with a flying boy press off the top rope, but Saints gets his knee up. Pearl River Plunge by Saints for two and a half. On floor, Saints is messing with the announce desk when Evans launches himself like a missile. Evans and Saints tumble over the desk. Back in the ring, Evans with a frog splash for yet another near fall.
Evans goes for a springboard, only for Saints to trip him in the ropes. Saints with his feet on the ropes for added leverage, but the referee catches him and stops the attempted pin. Spear by Saints, but Evans kicks out. Tornado DDT by Saint. Yet again, Evans kicks out.
Evans hulks up, and he counters a Roshambo. Evans catches Saints with a Diamond Cutter. Evans goes for a springboard cutter, but Evans drops the ref with the cutter instead of Saints.
For the finish, the assigned ref is out as Saints plays possum. Saints hits Evans with a low blow, and Saints follows up with Roshambo. A second referee rushes into the ring to count the pin as Saints covers Evans.
Match result: Ricky Saints defeated Je’Von Evans via pinfall.
Saints celebrated his tainted victory in the final scene from NXT in 2025.
