NXT wrestler returns to action after lengthy absence
Malik Blade is back after missing more than a year.
Blade has been out of action since suffering a torn ACL in November 2024. He returned at an NXT live event on Friday night in Bartow, Florida. He lost a singles match to Aigle Blanc on the show. It was his first match since an episode of NXT Level Up taped on October 15, 2024.
Blade posted to social media to celebrate his return, writing, “We are so back !” in response to an article about his match last night.
The full results from NXT’s house show on Friday night are available below (courtesy of Cagematch.net):
NXT House Show results from November 21, 2025:
- Jaida Parker defeated Nikkita Lyons
- Layla Diggs & Masyn Holiday defeated Bayley Humphrey & Skylar Raye
- Mike Derudder defeated Aaron Fara
- Zena Sterling defeated Sirena Linton
- Brooks Jensen & Lexis King defeated Nathan Angel & Tate Wilder
- Charlie Dempsey defeated Shady Elnahas
- OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) defeated Dante Chen & Zozaya
- Aigle Blanc defeated Malik Blade
- Kendal Grey, Wren Sinclair & Zaria defeated Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Lainey Reid)
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