WWE NXT live results: Roxanne Perez vs. Chelsea Green title match
The NXT Women’s title will be on the line when Green challenges Roxanne Perez on tonight’s episode, presumably as the main event.
An angle from last week set up the title match, where Perez complained about not being called up in the WWE Draft. NXT general manager Ava later informed Perez that she had a title defense scheduled against Green.
In addition to Green, main roster wrestlers Michin and Shayna Baszler have matches announced for tonight. In single matches, Michin faces Arianna Grace and Baszler is against Karmen Petrovic.
Wes Lee returns to action for the first time since November, taking on Josh Briggs. Lee is back in NXT after an emotional exit months ago.
The road to crowning the first-ever NXT Women’s North American Champion begins tonight with a combine taking place. The top performers in the combine advance to compete in qualifying matches.
Also on the show is a Supernova Sessions segment with NXT Champion Trick Williams appearing as Meta-Four’s guest. We could likely find out what was in the envelope held by Lash Legend.
Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
This episode of NXT begins with a video package recapping Wes Lee journey in WWE, before being sidelined with a terrible injury and forfeiting his championship. The former North American Champion says he is ready to get back to work.
Other wrestlers from the roster surround Lee backstage to show their support. They cheer him on as Lee wipes away tears. Lee breaks the fourth wall by looking directly into the camera.
“I missed this,” says Lee. “It feels good to be home.”
Lee then walks through the curtain, entering the sound stage for his return match.
Wes Lee defeated Josh Briggs
Lee pinned Briggs in a triumphant comeback, and Lee looked as if he never missed a beat. A post-match brawl with Ivar seems to set up a triple threat with all three.
Lee got to shine early on, until he is cut off by Briggs. Lee fights back with a flying headscissors. He is cut off again by the brute strength of Briggs, only for Lee to counter by posting Briggs. Lee also flings Briggs into the barricade with a another flying headscissors.
Briggs blocks Lee’s Cardiac Kick finisher with a backbreaker. Briggs ragdolls Lee, as Ivar enters the scene. Ivar watches the match from the aisle. Briggs glares at Ivar as the show cuts to a split-screen commercial break. When the show returns from the break, Ivar is doing guest commentary at the announce desk.
Babyface in peril with Briggs targeting Lee’s back, playing on the injury that caused Lee’s exit many months ago. Lee soon makes a comeback, and he does a dive through the ropes on Briggs. They land and at the feet of Ivar, who then stands up. Briggs is dropkicked into Ivar, as they collide at ringside.
Briggs is selling the collision with Ivar while Lee rolls him into the ring. Lee climbs the turnbuckles and leaps off into a wicked corkscrew senton. Lee then covers Briggs for a three count.
More action after the bell, as Briggs and Ivar start brawling at ringside. Lee then wipes out both of them with a running flip dive out of the ring. The post-match melee would seem to set up a triple threat match.
As notable is the currentvNXT North American Champion, Oba Femi, watching the match and angle from a perch overlooking the ring. He smiles, seemingly enjoying the sight of the brawl.
A recap highlights the NXT Underground match from last week, which plays into the next match.
Shayna Baszler (with Lola Vice) defeated Karmen Petrovic (with Natalya)
Baszler submitted Petrovic with a Kirifuda Clutch. Both having a martial arts background made it an interesting match-up from the start.
Baszler targets Petrovic’s arm early on, and Baszler using the ring itself to help dismantle the arm. Baszler traps the arm in the metal support beam that is usually hidden by the ring skirting. Baszler wanks on the arm, all while working over Petrovic.
Petrovic makes a brief comeback and evens gets a near falls on Baszler. Not for long, she climbs the turnbuckles. Petrovic leaps off the top rope into the clutches of Baszlers. Kirifuda Clutch applied by Baszler, and Petrovic taps out.
Fallon Henley and Kelani Jordan get into a brief scuffle in a locker room skit, playing off Henley’s heel turn from last week.
A slickly produced vignette features the combine, which determines the qualifiers that will get a shot to become the first ever NXT Women’s North American Championship.
The combine is testing four categories — speed, power, strength and conditioning. It began with a 10-yard sled push. From there was the 10-yard sprint. Next was the in-ring shuttle drill.
Thea Hail and Kelani Jordan broke out as the early front-runners of the combine. To be continued later in the show.
Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe defeated No Quarter Catch Crew (Charlie Dempsey & Myles Borne with Damon Kemp)
The assigned referee for the match was announced as “unavailable”, and the D’Angelo Family was apparently responsible for the disappearance. Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo was then announced as the guest referee.
To set up the finish, Dempsey gets mad at Stacks for not counting a fall. Stacks then hits Dempsey with a right hand, and Dempsey is rolled up for a pinfall. The D’Angelo Family is there to watch from ringside, and the Catch Crew are rather upset at the result.
Kelly Kincaid interviews NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez about her title match tonight. Perez cuts a promo on Chelsea Green.
Michin defeated Arianna Grace
Michin pinned Grace to win the match. Grace got some offense, but this match seemed more of a showcase for Michin. T
hey had a competitive match, but it is hard to take Grace seriously with her current persona. She did some comedy spots early on. Setting up the finish, Grace was yelling at the referee when Michin executed a German suplex. Michin follows up with her finisher, and she pinned Grace.
Thea Hail is talking with Ridge Holland. In walks Andre Chase and Duke Hudson. Lexis King then barges in to interrupt and insult. King as words with King, but Duke Hudson steps in to cut a promo on King. This clearly sets up a match.
Now for a talk show segment.
Supernova Sessions with NXT Champion Trick Williams
Meta-Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend) host Supernova Sessions with the newest champion of the brand.
They throw to a video package highlights Williams being a modern day traveling champion, meaning he doing media appearances.
Williams says he is out here for one reason only, which is to see what is in the envelope. Lash Legend opens the envelope to reveal a photograph of Williams supposedly pinning Dar in a match weeks ago.
The photo reveals that Dar’s foot was underneath the plain of the ropes, meaning the deciding pinfall should not have counted to end the match. Dar says that Williams’ title reign is built on a lie. Dar vows to “expose” Williams.
Williams stands up and says, “That’s all you got for me?” He is right, ya’ know. That was a lackluster reveal.
Williams goes on to say that all Dar had to do was ask for a title match, instead doing this. Williams gets in a Maury Povich reference in a remark aimed at Legend.
Williams hints at something between himself and Legend. He asks Legend if she wants to tell them, or does she want him to tell them.
Legend goes to address Williams, but she accidently calls him “babe” instead of his name. Williams says they should tell everyone her other pet name for him. Legend goes to leave, and Williams stops her.
As she is saying this is not the time and place, Dar ambushes Williams. The champ is out cold, and Dar poses with the championship. Trick’s first challenger is apparent.
Back to the combine for the “power” portion. First is the vertical jump, then the broad jump, followed by the rotational punch. Jaida Parker shined in this portion. To be continued…
Fallon Henley defeated Kelani Jordan
Henley pinned Jordan after a shining wizard. Thanks in part to an exposed turnbuckle for the finish.
Jordan showed a lot of fire at the start, underscoring the bout being a grudge match. She also got to shine in the match, as she got a lot of offense.
Henley viciously cut her off, showcasing her new rough heel persona. The lucha libre term “rudo” fits well in describing the Henley’s character shift.
Very competitive match, with Henley carrying things. The padded cover is inadvertently pulled off a turnbuckle by Henley. Moments later, Jordan is launched into the exposed metal. Henley follows up with a shining wizard, and Henley scores a three count.
Charlie Dempsey announces that No Quarter Catch Crew will accept Tony D’Angelo’s challenge for a shot at the Heritage Cup. Dempesy puts over the “Catch clause”, which is a take on the the “Freebird rules” gimmick. “The Don” does no know which one of the Crew he faces in the Cup match next week on NXT.
The combine continues with strength and conditioning portions. The medicine ball challenge was dominated by Lash Legend. Wren Sinclair also had a “good showing” with the medicine ball. Michin was highlighted with the iso mid thigh pull, but Izzi Dame had the best numbers in that event.
The last portion of the combine was the conditioning gauntlet, which consisted of “several different cardiovascular fitness drills.” Ivy Nile shined in the gauntlet.
The 12 women advancing from the combine to the qualifiers are (in order of how they placed in the worked combine) Sol Ruca, Thea Hail, Jaida Parker, Brinley Reece, Michin, Fallon Henley, Lash Legend, Ivy Nile, Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, Tatum Paxley, and Wren Sinclair.
Lexis King defeated Duke Hudson (with Thea Hail & Andre Chase)
King pinned Hudson in a match where Ridge Holland got involved to cause an inadvertent distraction.
Moments before the finish, King ends up outside the ring on the floor. He trades barbs with Thea Hail. Andre Chase walks over to backup Hail and confront King. Begging off and backpedaling, King keeps looking backwards towards the entrance ramp. That foreshadowed and telegraphed Ridge Holland entering the sound stage with a metal folding chair.
Holland chases King into the ring. Andre Chase pulls Holland away as he tries to get in the ring with the chair. As Holland is pulled out and away from the ring, Hudson is the squared circle. He goes to pick up the chair, but the referee takes it from him. As the ref is tossing the chair outside, Hudson is distracted with that. King swoops in to strike with a superkick. King follows up with The Coronation, and King covers Hudson for a pinfall.
In a nod to Chelsea Green’s history in NXT with Mr. (Robert) Stone as her manager, she passes Stone on her way to the ring for the main event. They nod at each other.
In a skit outside the building, Je’Von Evans has a confrontation with Meta-Four where they try to intimidate them.
Jazmyn Nyz cuts a promo on Thea Hail, over the injury angle where Hail injured Jacy Jayne. Nyz basically vows revenge.
In a backstage skit, Ridge Holland apologizes the Chase U faction for costing Hudson the match earlier on. Hudson accepts the apology on the condition Holland buy them dinner. Riley Osborne on the other hand, he clearly is not convinced. Nonetheless, Holland vows to earn their trust.
NXT Champion Roxanne Perez defeated Chelsea Green to retain her title.
Perez pinned Green, and still…
Lots of pomp and circumstance, which includes ring entrances and the introductions by ring announcer Alicia Taylor.
No real protagonist here, as both worked as heels. That hurt the psychology of the match with no clear crowd favorite. Regardless, both worked hard in trying to have a good match.
The pace was quick early on, leading into a split-screen break. They wrestle through the commercial break, with Green getting heat on Perez. Fighting back, Perez comes back with a flurry of offense.
Back-and-forth down the stretch. In a nod to Green’s husband Matt Cardona, she executes a Rough Ryder. Green is looking dominate at times, but Perez kicks out for a near fall.
As they near the homestretch, Green is tripped up while trying to climb the turnbuckles. That led to Green taking a big bump when Perez does a Super Frankensteiner off the ropes.
Missile dropkick by Green for the last near fall. Perez counters an Unprettier, and Green in turn counters Pop Rocks. They trade near falls after each reversed an O’Connor Roll. Perez is sent into the ropes. She bounces off the ropes and looked to deliver Pop Rocks. Somewhat botched, but they went home anyway. Perez covers Green for the deciding pinfall, and still…
Concluding the show is a cliffhanger angle where The D’Angelo Family engages in more organized criminal activity. Tony D’Angelo and company assault and kidnap Damon Kemp and Myles Borne. That leaves Charlie Dempsey as the lone member of the Catch Crew, ahead of the Heritage Cup match next week against D’Angelo.