WWE NXT live results: Deadline go-home show
With two weeks of Gold Rush now over, WWE NXT is back tonight with its Deadline go-home show.
An eight-man tag team match headlines tonight’s card with Je’Von Evans, Myles Borne, Leon Slater & Joe Hendry taking on DarkState. The bout features all five of the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge competitors, with Evans, Borne, Slater, Hendry, and Dion Lennox set to face off at Saturday’s PLE.
The women’s Iron Survivor participants — Kelani Jordan, Sol Ruca, Jordynne Grace, Lola Vice, and Kendal Grey — will meet for a summit in advance of their upcoming match. The Iron Survivor bouts at Deadline will determine future challengers for the NXT Championship and NXT Women’s Championship.
Jacy Jayne is the NXT Women’s Champion once again after winning the belt from Tatum Paxley at Gold Rush. The Culling will address their betrayal of Paxley tonight.
Plus, Tavion Heights vs. Josh Briggs is set to take place on the episode. Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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NXT is on the air from a sound stage at the Performance Center in Orlando with a live studio audience. Vic Joseph is commentary as usual, but Booker T is not on the show this week. Instead, Corey Graves is back on NXT for tonight’s episode.
In the ring is NXT General Manger Ava, and she is joined by the participants of the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge. Sol Ruca, Jordynne Grace, Kelani Jordan, Lola Vice and WWE Evolve Women’s Champion Kendal Grey are in the ring for a summit of sorts.
All five participants gets to speak, but they are soon interrupted by the Fatal Influence trio. Before the interruption, each of the five cuts a promo of some kind. Sol Ruca speaks first, and she mentions Ethan Page putting her over in a recent promo. Ruca then talks her trials this year, but there is an easy path back to a championship. That is winning at Deadline and going on to win the women’s title.
Jordynne Grace interjects to say no one can stand in her way. Lola Vice says John Cena all picked her for a reason. Kendal Grey says she is the only women in the ring with a title. Kelani Jordan cuts a promo and is booed more than anyone else in the ring.
Fatal Influence interrupts the summit, with NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne cutting a promo flanked by Women’s Speed Champion Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. Jayne says she cannot wait to see which loser she faces after Deadline. Jayne then singles them all out to cut promos on all of them. In the ring, Jordan insults Grace by calling her a “meat head”, which ignites a brawl.
Cut away from the melee to footage for earlier today with Joe Hendry talking with Thea Hail backstage. In walks Stacks and Arianna Grace. Hail and Grace exchange words, which sets up a match between the two that is up next.
But first, Ava wants to talk with Fatal Influence. Ava books them in a trio match later on against three of the women they interrupted earlier tonight.
Thea Hail (with Joe Hendry) vs. Arianna Grace (with Stacks)
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They had a fun match for an NXT show, although it was short. Hendry gets involved to counteract Stacks, and Hendry chokeslams Stacks on the ring apron. Hail then applies a Kimura lock, and Grace taps out.
Match result: Thea Hail defeated Arianna Grace via submission.
— A skit from earlier this week in the parking lot, Andre Chase apologizes to OTM after the Chase U students almost run over OTM with a Tesla. OTM says next time it’s on sight, and Chase cuts a promo on the students. This sets up a tag match for later on tonight.
Josh Briggs vs. Tavion Heights
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They had a really good match in what is continuation of their feud. They picked up where they left off by brawling before the bell. They trade near falls before the fight spills outside again, where Heights sends Briggs crashing through a gimmicked section of the barricade.
After a commercial break the match continues with Briggs getting another near fall. Briggs gets heat on Heights, but Heights eventually makes a fiery comeback. When they collide together, Briggs rips off the chain he was wearing as a necklace. The referee grabs the chain and goes to toss it out of the ring. With the ref distracted with the chain, he is late to see Heights covering Briggs after a belly-to-belly. With the ref late to count, Briggs has time to get his foot on the rope.
For the finish, Briggs lands a big boot. He follows with a Stan Hansen lariat, and Briggs covers Heights for a three count.
Match result: Josh Briggs defeated Tavion Heights via pinfall.
— The Culling faction is headed to the ring for a promo. After a commercial, they are in the ring for a promo from Izzi Dame. The reception for my local CW affiliate is in and out like a fiddler’s elbow, so Dame’s promo was a bit jumbled for me. She is basically cutting a promo on Tatum Paxley, which addresses Dame turning on Paxley on a previous episode. That turn cost Paxley the NXT Women’s Championship. Dame and Paxley are booked in a grudge match at Deadline.
Paxley interrupts the macabre promo on the Titantron. A dejected Paxley is sad and seemingly in tears over the turn. Dame calls her out to come to the ring unless she is scared to face her. Paxlet admits she is scared and does not know what to do without Dame in her corner.
— Sol Ruca apologizes to Zaria for not being in her corner, with Ruca saying she needed some space. Zaria is not buying it, and says she will not be in Ruca’s corner tonight. They are in the locker room with others, which led to Wren Sinclair volunteering to be in Ruca’s corner. Zaria seems displeased with that development.
— After a commercial break and hype video that explains the Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline, up next is the trios match made earlier tonight.
Fatal Influence (NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne, WWE Women’s Speed Champion Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) vs. WWE Evolve Women’s Champion Kendal Grey, Lola Vice and Sol Ruca (with Wren Sinclair) in a six-woman tag team match
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The match goes through a commercial break. The heel trio is in control as the show goes into the break. When the show returns from the break they build to a hot tag. Vice runs wild after tagging in. For the finish, Ruca executes a Sol Snatcher on Jayne. Ruca then covers the women’s champ to win the match.
Match result: Sol Ruca, Kendal Grey & Lola Vice defeated Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid when Ruca pinned Jayne.
In a post-match angle, Zaria runs in out of nowhere to spear Grey. The bayface team was on the floor celebrating when Zaria came running in for the sneak attack on Grey. Ruca shoves Zaria, and they argue as Vice steps in between them.
OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) vs. Chase U (Kale Dixon & Uriah Connors with Andre Chase)
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This match was set up with the parking lot skit shown earlier in the show. Babyfaces shine in the early stages of the tag bout, which led to stereo dives. Both teams have improved greatly in the ring, and both teams have far more stage presence. Dixon & Connors especially show a ton of fire. Too bad they lost clean. They are running wild ahead of the finish, but Nima & Price catch them on dives to cut off the babyface duo. For the finish, OTM execute their assisted spinebuster on Connors.
Match result: OTM defeated Chase U when Lucien Price pinned Uriah Connors.
— In a skit from the parking lot, NXT North American Champion Ethan Page is in his car. Ava is outside the car talking with Page when Mr. Iguana scares Page with La Yesca. Page freaks out at the sight of the stuffed lizard. Mr. Iguana then commits grand theft auto in front of Ava and a national wide television audience, as he steals Page’s car.
— Shiloh Hill is featured in another weird personality profile. He tells a story of getting lost on a snowmobile trip as a youth, and he took shelter. He rejoiced in being one with the earth, and he marks out for wolves. He then shifts to talking about his Undertaker being his coach on LFG. Hill concludes by rushing off to get some bleach. Not sure what the heck to think of this vignette.
— This has been a weak go-home show so far, albeit with good matches. Next up is the main event, which is far from exciting. Nevertheless, there is a stipulation. If the babyface team wins, the wrestler that scores the win gets his choice of when to enter the Iron Survivor. On the other hand, Dion Lennox gets to choose if the heel team wins.
Je’Von Evans, Joe Hendry, Leon Slater & Myles Borne vs. Darkstate (Cutler James, Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin & Saquon Shugars) in an eight-man tag team match
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This was pretty good eight-man tag, although it did not have the feel of a main event. Nonetheless, they all worked hard. The match goes through a commercial break. Wild brawl as the show cuts to commercials. After the break, hot tag brings in Joe Hendry.
Lot of wild action down the stretch. Evans does some impressive high spots, including flying over the announce desk. The babyfaces get several near falls. Setting up the finish, Slater does a 450 splash on Griffin. Borne tags in and somewhat steals the pin after executing a Borne Again (Zig-Zag). Borne then covers Griffin for the deciding pinfall. Therefore, Borne gets to determine when he enters the Iron Survivor. There is tension among the babyfaces over Borne getting the pin.
Match result: Myles Borne, Je’Von Evans, Leon Slater & Joe Hendry defeated Darksate when Borne pinned Griffin.
— Closing the show is a contract signing with NXT Champion Ricky Saints and Oba Femi, which builds towards their title match at Deadline. They cut quick promos on each other in this backstage segment. While this closed the show, Ava announces the NXT men’s title match will open the card at Deadline for the first time in NXT history. Despite that announcement, this remains a weak go-home show. However, the wrestling itself was decent enough.
