WWE NXT live results: Final episode on USA Network
Before moving to The CW, WWE NXT has one last episode on USA Network.
NXT closes out its USA Network run tonight with an episode building up next week’s premiere. Roxanne Perez vs. Giulia for the NXT Women’s Championship, Ethan Page vs. Trick Williams for the NXT Championship, and Zachary Wentz vs. Wes Lee in a street fight are scheduled to take place next Tuesday. Tonight, there will be a special press conference involving those six wrestlers.
In two weeks, Grayson Waller & Austin Theory will challenge Nathan Frazer & Axiom for the NXT Tag Team titles. Waller & Theory will be on NXT tonight for a Grayson Waller Effect segment with Frazer & Axiom as their guests.
Gold is on the line in tonight’s opening match as Kelani Jordan defends her NXT Women’s North American Championship against Wren Sinclair.
Rosemary & Wendy Choo vs. Karmen Petrovic & Brinley Reece, Riley Osborne vs. Ridge Holland, and Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows vs. Hank Walker & Tank Ledger have also been announced.
Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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NXT is recorded in front of a live studio audience at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. While practically a lame duck episode before the move to CW, it feels more like a go-home show. The episode opens with a title match.
NXT Women’s North American Champion Kelani Jordan defeated Wren Sinclair (with Charlie Dempsey, Tavion Heights & Myles Borne)
Jordan pinned Sinclair after a split-legged moonsault. This was a fun opener.
The match goes through a split-screen commercial break. Before the break, Sinclair was working over Jordan. The champ makes a comeback, and Jordan wipes out Sinclair on a tornillo splash just before the show cuts to commercials. They wrestle through the break, and Sinclair is in control much of the way. She has Jordan in a headscissors as the show returns from the commercial break.
Jordan begins another comeback, while also selling her ribs. Jordan lands on her feet when missing a splash, and Sinclair targets the ribs. Sinclair is seemingly on a roll with suplexes, until she is caught by an O’Connor roll. Sinclair kicks out, which sends Jordan sailing outside the ring. Jordan lands on the floor in front of the No Quarter Catch Crew. They taunt Jordan at ringside, and Sinclair goes for a high cross off the top. Jordan moves, and Sinclair wipes out Borne and Heights instead. Jordan rolls Sinclair back into the ring, and Jordan lands a kick. After a split-legged moonsault, Jordan covers Sinclair for a pinfall. Jordan retains.
A video package plugs to the move to CW. Video clips show Trick Williams and Shawn Michaels doing local and national media to plug the debut on CW.
NXT Champion Ethan Page is at a worked press conference. He answers a few questions, but Page cuts his time short. Page says he is going to talk with CM Punk. After a commercial break, Punk makes an appearance on the show.
Punk is in a locker room talking with Je’Von Evans. In walks Trick Williams, and Evans excuses himself to leave. Williams talks with Punk, and they compliment each other. Punk tells Trick he knows Page will try to cheat, and Punk is there to keep both Page and Williams from cheating in their title match. Punk says he is there to see who is the best man, and Punk vows to not play favorites.
The Grayson Waller Effect with the NXT Tag Team Champions
Grayson Waller & Austin Theory are in the ring surrounded by props for The Grayson Waller Show. Waller insults the crowd before introducing the tag champs. Waller dubs them “Fraxiom” during his introduction. The champions sit down with Theory & Waller for a talking segment.
Waller & Theory look to tease dissension between Frazier & Axiom. The champs turn the tables and try causing dissension between their challengers. Frazier asks why Austin Theory’s name is nowhere in the title of “The Grayson Waller Effect.” Theory mulls it over a moment, and Theory takes the bait. Theory begins to question it, and Waller changes the subject with a cheap shot on Frazier. Axiom comes to his partner’s defense, and Theory waylays him. A-Town Down Under beat down the champions, and the challengers pose with the title belts while standing over the champions.
Lexis King and Oro Mensah were in a blood feud, but King comes to Mensah to talk instead of fighting or blindsiding each other. King tries relating to Mensah by empathizing over their late fathers. They shake hands, with King saying may the best man win tonight. So much for the blood feud.
Ashante “Thee” Adonis is in the women’s locker with a rose. He tries to hit on some of the women wrestlers, but they all turn him down.
Hank Walker & Tank Ledger defeated Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows
Ledger pinned Gallows to win the match in an upset for the upstart team. Hank & Tank go over clean, and this win should help them get over.
The Good Brothers have a competitive match, before they put over the up-and-comers. Just before they go home, Hank takes a superplex from Anderson. Gallows follows up by giving Tank a spinebuster on top of Tank. A moment later, Good Brothers go for a tandem move, but Tank pulls Anderson out of the ring. Hank counters Gallows, and Hanks lifts him into a powerslam. Tank spears Gallows as Hank delivers the power slam, and Tank covers Gallows for a three count. Hank & Tank score an upset.
Oro Mensah (with Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend) defeated Lexis King
They match itself was decent enough, but the storytelling going into this was odd. A segment earlier in the show cooled off the heat between these two. King has apparently turned over a new leaf, after they were in a blood feud in recent weeks. King shoved Mensah out of the ring at one point, but King sold like he was remorseful for a moment. Later in the match, something similar would cost King. He went to put his feet on the ropes for illegal leverage. King stopped himself, and King insists he will not win that way. Mensah then catches King in a roll-up, and Mensah puts his feet on the ropes for leverage. Mensah scores a pinfall to win the match.
Ridge Holland defeated Riley Osborne (with Thea Hail)
Osborne ambushes Holland during his entrance. Osborne takes the fight to Holland, and they get into the ring to start the match. Holland still has his robe on as the bell rings to start the match.
Osborne has some cool moves, but he plays the underdog here. They set up a stunt where Osborne sends Holland crashing through the barricade around ringside. Osborne goes to follow up with a high risk move off the top, and Holland gets his knees up. Osborne then lands on his feet to counter the counter. They run through a few more spots before Holland catches Osborne with an implant DDT. Holland then covers Osborne for a pinfall.
Hollands jumps Osborne after the match, and Holland teases hitting Osborne with a section of the barricade. Thea Hail gets involved by yelling at Holland. That distracts Holland while Osborne goes to spring off the ring steps with Air Sabu. Security and referees pour out to separate Osborne and Holland. The pull-apart ends a chaotic scene.
In a social media post, Miz announces Tony D’Angelo and NXT North American Champion Oba Femi are his guest next week for MizTV. This is ahead of their title match in two weeks. A video package hyped the title match between Femi and D’Angelo, and Femi is seen at a press conference. He answers a few question before leaving, and another press conference is cut short.
Wes Lee and Zachary Wentz are supposed to have a talking segment after a commercial break, but they get into a fight before the show comes back from commercial. They were waiting for the segment to start, where each is in a separate room for an interview segment on the face, like the old “Face-to-Face” segments on Superstars back in the day.
Lee and Wentz cut promos and curse each other. That leads to Lee insulting Wentz’s family, and an enraged Wentz leaves the interview to go find Lee. They meet in a backstage era, and they proceed to have a pull-apart brawl.
Vic Joseph and Booker T as the commentary team take time to thank USA Network for the last several years of NXT. The announcers throw to a video package that highlights the years of NXT on USA with video clips.
Lola Vice and Jaida Parker are both called to NXT GM Ava’s office. Vice and Parker bicker, before Ava announces she booked them as a team in a match against Fatal Influence.
Wendy Choo & Rosemary defeated Karmen Petrovic & Brinley Reece
Heat on Reece, which would seemingly build to a hot tag. However, out comes Ashante “Thee” Adonis with a rose. Petrovic leaves her corner as Reece is crawling for the tag, and Petrovic confronts Adonis. Reece cannot tag out, and she falls victim to Rosemary’s finishing move. Rosemary then covers Reece for a pinfall.
NXT Champion Ethan Page confronts CM Punk in a backstage skit. Punk insists he will not let either Page or his challenger (Trick Williams) cheat in their title match. Punk basically says he will call in right down the middle.
The Fatal Influence trio takes part in the worked press conference. They will have Freebirds’ rules for the upcoming match next Tuesday. Parker and Vice barge in looking to fight, but they are held back by security.
Grayson Waller & Austin Theory defeated Je’Von Evans & Cedric Alexander
Thoery pinned Evans to win the match. They had a good match, and the tag champs (Axiom & Frazier) get involved during the match. Evans drops another fall, despite him supposedly getting a push.
Evans is cut off from his corner, and he is worked over by A-Town Down Under. Alexander is sent crashing into the barricade, so he is unable to help Evans. Alexander is down on the floor selling as Evans is being worked over in the ring. Double-team and tandem moves from A-Town Down Under.
Evans makes a comeback as he fights back. Alexander rejoins the fighting, leading to a hot tag. But it was more like a mild tag, as Alexander is soon cut off. The hot tag would come later. Alexander counters. leading Evans & Alexander each doing a dive to the outside. From there, the show cuts to a split-screen commercial break.
When the show returns from commercials, Alexander is being worked over by the heel team. Hot tag and Evans is a house of fire. Evans runs wild, and he does dive outside the ring. A springboard by Evans sets up a near fall.
As the fighting spills outside the ring, Waller sends Alexander crashing into the ring steps. NXT Tag Team Champions — Nathan Frazier & Axiom — suddenly storm their way to ringside. Frazier goes to confront Waller, and Axiom tries to stop his partner. Waller then shoves Axiom into Frazier, and they both take a bump on the floor.
Back in the ring, Waller goes for a signature move. Evans counters and prepares to launch himself off the top rope. Frazier gets involved again, much to the chagrin of Axiom. Frazier jumps on the apron, and Axiom pulls him off. In doing so, Frazier shakes the top rope. That causes Evans to lose his balance. Waller then plants Evans with a finisher. Theory tags in, and he does his own finisher on Evans. Theory the covers Evans for a pinfall. Sure, the challengers needed to look strong ahead of their title match, but did Evans have to lose yet another fall. Oh, and this is the last NXT match on USA, but the show is no over yet.
Trick Williams does the worked press conference gimmick. He answers a few questions. The “final portion of the press conference” is in the ring for a face-to-face meeting between NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez and her challenger, Giulia. They are seen heading to the ring before the last commercial break on the show.
Perez and Giulia are in the ring at separate tables. Giulia is joined by Funaki, who translates for Giulia. Byron Saxton host this worked press conference, and Saxton takes questions about the title match. Giulia answers in Japanese. Not only does Funaki translate, there are also subtitles on the screen. Then, it was Perez’s turn to answer a question.
Perez cuts a heckuva promo on Giulia, and Giulia responds in both English and Japanese. Suddenly, Stephanie Vaquer appears “via satellite” to interrupt the press conference. The live studio audience pops as Vaquer basically says he facing the winner of Perez vs. Giulia. That is the final cliffhanger on the last episode of NXT on USA Network, at least until the next television deal. See you all next week on CW.