WWE NXT 10/6/2026

WWE NXT 10/6/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwe-nxt-9292026.html

We are in the Performance Center in Orlando, FL. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary.

We get a new intro song for the show and it's awful.

The Birthright talk backstage. Grace says they will take over every division. King says he will handle the Zilla Fatu problem. He says he told him your with us or against us and he will live with his choice.

Zilla Fatu talks. He says he's not worried about his last name. He says he will be called the main one when he whips his opponent's @ss.

Zilla Fatu vs Lexis King

Fatu knocks King over as he enters. Kign's head is banged off the apron. Fatu chops him. They go in and Fatu lariats him. Fatu corner splashes him then misses a corner splash. King corner chops him. Fatu blocks his trip attempt then spinning heel kicks him. 

Fatu forearms King down. Fatu lariats him and hits mounted corner headbutts. King's Birthright buddies pull him out. Fatu then top rope plancha's them all. Fatu goes to get in and the heels trip him and distract the ref. King kicks the middle rope into Fatu's crotch then dropkicks him through the ropes.  

We go to PiP break and return. King pulls Fatu's throat down over the top rope. King top rope diving blockbusters him for 2. King sleepers him. Fatu misses a legdrop. King hits chest kicks. Fatu pop-up samoan drops him. 

Fatu hits lariats on King. King hangs off the top rope and Fatu flying headbutts him. Birthright gets on the apron. Fatu nails one of them then throws Stacks in and lariats him out. Dempsey is knocked off the apron. King superkicks Fatu and Fatu no sells it. Fatu twisting half-nelson drops him. Fatu flying samoan spikes him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. The heels cheated and Fatu fought through it and won. It was nothing groundbreaking but it made enough sense.

Fatu gets jumped by Birthright after. Dempsey hits Fatu in the gut and back with a chair. Fatu is sent into the steps. Fatu then has the top step dropped on his hand while his hand is against the bottom step. Refs then come to check on his hand.

Kelani Jordan is interviewed. She says there's 20 women desperate to prove they belong in the ring with her. Chantel Monroe interrupts. She says she will prove she is 1 of 1 when she takes her title. Layla Diggs then comes in. She says she won her title shot and then got injured and lost it. Diggs says she will win the battle royal. KJ says there will be a moment made but it will be made by her.

Dion Lennox does a video. He says Cruz Montana's story is powerful and he can see why people like him as he spoke from the heart. He says Cruz bailed himself through a situation he put himself in and he's not impressed. Dion says he used his past to build a machine that never runs out of gas. He says he wasn't dealt a better hand but built a better life. He says his parent gave him the tools to succeed. Dion says living up to expectations and making the right decision is right. He says sometimes he wanted to party and be a loser like him but he didn't. He says Cruz is being patted on the bat for finally making the right decision. He says his story doesn't bring people to tears like his. He says it took him 2 years to get to NXT and it took Cruz 20. He says Cruz beat his addiction but didn't beat him. He says he will send him to a dark place and see if he can pull himself out of the hole again.

Thoughts: Dion's segments have been good, though they are not exactly segments you'd boo the heel for.

Cruz Montana and Lizzy Rain talk. Cruz says Rain has a big opportunity tonight and tells him to show it down. Xia Brookside walks in and asks if he's supporting her. She says he has really changed. Cruz says, "I've changed?".

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic First Round - Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger) vs Shido Ash and Viktor Zanov)

Ash and Vik do an inset promo. Ash says to remember their names. Vik says they are judo olympians where if you make one mistake, you lose. Ash says they've been breaking each other for years and says to imagine what happens if they stop breaking each other and break opponents.

Ash rolls Hank and guillotines him in mid-air. Ash rolling hip throws him. Vik rams Tank in the corner. Tank face kicks him. Vik hip throws Tank. Ash sling blades Hank.

We go to PiP break and return. Hank takes a running back elbow then a pop-up hip throw from Ash for 2. Hank cradles Ash for 2. Hank is thrown up into a german. The Creed's watch this in the back. Vik's throat is pulled down over the top rope. Tank tags in. He lariats Ash and knees Vik in the face. Tank lariats Ash down then backdrops Vik. 

Tank overhead throws Ash. Tank cannonballs Vik from the apron. Hank pounces Ash on the commentary table. Tank top rope swantons Vik. Vik powerslams Hank for 2. Ash shoulder throws Tank outside. 

Vik takes a flying lariat + spear combo. Ash takes a black hole slam from Hank. Tank topes outside and Hank lariats Ash. Ash takes a sandwich bodyblock then a back elbow + powerslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: I liked it and it was a good match. Ash and Zanov had their best showing yet. It was a hoss match here. Hank and Tank were on fire and set up a nice pace. It was full of action and made everyone look good.

Sean Legacy and Dorian Van Dux are down in the back and Birthright has attacked them. They say if you mess with Birthright, they will leave their mark.

Grayson Waller comes out to talk. GW says he's still the champ and says last week was what he wanted and needed. He says the old GW would have freaked out but he buried that brother with the boxing shorts and Hawaiian shirts. He says he fights for titles now. He says he knows Stone was trying to get him to freak out with the open challenge but that's why he's back here. He says EK Prosper came out first for the open challenge so he fought him. 

GW says EK crushed it in his first match. He says he got The Grayson Waller Rub and he's welcome. He says EK will hold the title one day but as long as it's around his waist, there isn't a man who can take it from him. He says he wants to restore the importance of the NXT Title. He ask who will step up next.

Myles Borne comes out. He says he's doing what's best for him. He says he deserves to be a champ and will go after the one title he hasn't held yet without the dead weight of Tavion. He says what he did to Tavion shows what he's capable of. He says he learned the only way to the top is to be selfish and unbreakable like GW. GW says finally someone is listening to him and it's what he likes to see.

Tony D'Angelo comes out. He says Myles can take his new attitude and test it on someone else and he has unfinished business. Waller says he didn't come out last week and where was he? Tony says GW didn't change and would have complained if he came out. Borne says this isn't about him and Tony tells him he's talking now. Tony says GW has his title and he takes it personally. GW says Tony and Borne should fight and the winner can get The Grayson Waller Rub.  Borne gets up in GW's face and punches out Tony with what they say was a loaded fist.

William Regal talks to EK Prosper. Regal asks why he's down. EK says he stepped up to Waller last week and fumbled. Regal says he has SD/Raw superstar and world champ written on him. Regal tells him not to put himself down. 

Robert Stone walks past and Regal talks to him. Stone says he's now scrambling to get replacements for DVD and Sean Legacy. Regal says no one knows more about that him. Regal says King and Dempsey were never put in the tournament. Regal puts his hand on him and says sometimes you have to make quick decisions. He says he doesn't see how he has anyone but King and Dempsey. Stone agrees and Regal says he knew he was the right man for the job. 

Naraku vs Shiloh Hill

They lock up and let go. Nar knees him in the gut and tries to throw him out but Hill skins the cat in. Hill slams him twice. Hill side headlock takeovers him. Nar headscissors him and Hill side headlocks him. Hill flying shoulders him.

Nar backdrops Hill. Nar neckbreakers him for 2. Nar side headlocks him. Nar throws Hill down backwards. Nar running forearms him. Hill tiger feint forearms him under the bottom rope outside. Nar boots him out of the corner. They headbutt each other at the same time then double lariat each other down.

We go to PiP break and return. Hill top rope diving lariats him for 2. 

Hill takes a stun gun then twisting facebuster on the mat. Nar headbutts him, back elbows him and sentons him for 2. Nar crossfaces him then catapults him throat first into the bottom rope. Nar hits darkness falls for 2.

Hill hits shots on Nar and running boots him. Hill pop up drops him then hits mounted shots. Hill standing inverted flip dives him for 2. Nar tries to mist him and is blocked. Hill then ducks and Nar mists the ref. The ref DQ's Nar.

Thoughts: It was slightly acceptable. They didn't do anything wrong but it wasn't anything too great work wise. It was better than it could have been.

People come out to break the fight up after and the ref is checked on.

Kendal Grey talks to the psychologist again. She says she should be in the battle royal tonight and blames herself for the injury. She says she injured herself vs Lola and fought Kelani when injured. Grey says all she can ever think about is the one time she does something wrong. She says people don't see her sitting alone and analyzing mistakes.  She says you stop learning how to celebrate and be proud of yourself. She says she's her own biggest opponent. She said she thought she would hate these therapy sessions but she doesn't. The psychologist says this is a good place to stop with these and says his door is always open.

Thoughts: I haven't liked these segments and I hope this is the last one. There aren't working. 

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic First Round - Birthright (Lexis King and Charlie Dempsey) vs Tokyo Bad Boys (Kento and Takuma)

Tokyo Bad Boys do an inset promo. They say they are AAA's fasting rising team and it's time to win the Dusty Cup. Takuma says they are here and can't be stopped now.

CD euros Kento. Kento wristlocks him. Kento springboard twisting crossbodies him. Kento wristlocks him and CD water wheel drops him. Kento headscissors him. CD headflips out and surfboards him. 

Kento hits armdrags and dropkicks CD. Takuma tags in. CD takes a double boot and a enzugiri/gamengiri combo. CD is double back body dropped. Takuma chops King then flying headscissors him. Kento springboard crossbodies King for 2.

Kento tope con hilos out and Takuma walks up the ropes and blind moonsaults out. Takuma goes for a dive and CD knocks him off the apron. The Wagner Brothers watch this in the back. CD euros Kento down then gutwrench suplexes him for 2. 

Kento dragon screws CD. Takuma springboard diving lariats CD. Takuma standing spanish flies CD. Takuma springboard 450's CD for 2. Takuma knocks CD off the apron. Kento spears King off the apron. CD top rope double underhook suplexes Takuma. Takuma is sent into the post shoulder first then CD cradle backdrops Takuma. CD pins Takuma.

Thoughts: I liked this a lot more than I thought. Takuma got some shine here to get over and he did. This worked out well and definitely was a success. Tokyo Bad Boys needed to show up big here and they did. This was good.

CD gets on Vic Joseph's mic after and says everyone will realize you don't step up to Birthright.

Myles Borne is in the back and says he's just leveling up to where he belongs. He says he will take out Tony then he will see Waller for the NXT Title.

NXT Women's Title #1 Contender's Battle Royal

Everyone fights to start. La Catalina ends up on the apron from M By Elegance. Izzi Dame throws Layla Diggs. I don't know if Diggs was supposed to go out as she was trying to skin the cat. Zaria throws Izzi Dame out right after.  Officials/Guard try to remove Dame but she beats them up. Dame is carried out.

Skylar Rae is laid on the top rope by Reina Volcan. Adelicious stops that, but Vic Joseph messes up and thinks she's Lady Shani. Ade and Sky's heads are banged together. Thea Hail tries to dump Kiana James over the top. Ade headscissors Sky on the apron. Reina Volcan double lariats both.

We go to break and return. Reina gorilla presses Heather By Elegance. Ivy Nile sent Chantel Monroe out during the break. Arianna Grace forearms Reina in the back. Grace tries to hug M and Heather By Elegance. She wants to work with them but they dump her out. Thea then sends both M and Heather By Elegance out. Thea dances.

Thea boots Diggs. Lizzy Rain chops Nikita Lyons and Zaria in the corner. Rain suplexes Zaria. Rain pulls Lyons' leg down over the bottom rope. Reina throws a group of girls off of her. Rain tries to german Ivy off the apron. Rain headbutts Ivy off the apron. Reina is group eliminated.

Reina powerslams Ade on the floor. We go to PiP break and return. Rain springboard back elbows Zaria. Zaria throws Rain over the top. Zaria spinning lariats Kiana. Zaria and Indi Hartwell bump into each other. They both hit pump kicks and stare down. Zaria hits a double spear on Thea and Xia Brookside. Zaria F-5's La Catalina. Izzi Dame comes back in, goes after Zaria and is thrown out again.

Zaria is on the ropes yelling at Izzi. Kali Armstrong sends Zaria out. Zaria and Izzi fight outside. Xia boots Indi out of the corner. Indi throws Xia out. Xia then grabs her by the hair and pulls her out. Those two fight outside.

The final 5 are Kiana, Thea, Kali, La Catalina and Lizzy Rain. Kiana and Thea fight on the apron. Kiana knocks Thea off the apron for the elimination. Kali spinebusters Rain. Catalina top rope double dropkicks Kiana and Kali. Catalina hits corner hip attacks on 3 girls. Kali dumps Cat to the apron and Cat seems to get eliminated when she's not supposed to. 

Kiana corner spears Kali and Rain flying headbutts Kiana. Kali powerslams Rain. Kali spears Kiana off the apron. Rain cutters Kali. Rain and Kali end up hanging from the top rope when Rain lariats her. Rain pulls Kali's head into the post. Rain runs at her with a headbutt but Kali knees her in the face. Lady Shani then comes in and throws out Kali...but it's Wren Sinclair under the mask. Wren then wins.

Thoughts: There was a very big screw up here. Adelicious was in the battle royal, not Lady Shani. Vic Joseph kept calling her Lady Shani. That was bad on its own, but what was a bigger problem was that the finish had "Lady Shani" throw Kali Armstrong out to win. The problem was that Shani was just Wren Sinclair in disguise (Wren Sinclair was suspended so she couldn't be in this). I think at least 2 girls here got eliminated on accident with La Catalina being one of them. It was cool to see all the girls from different brands go at it, but it was a battle royal so the quality was limited and they messed up the finish. That brought this down.

Kelani Jordan is on the riser and Wren stares her down after.

Overall thoughts: King/Fatu was acceptable. Hank and Tank's tag match was good. Hill/Naraku was acceptable. Birthright vs Tokyo Bad Boys was also good with Takuma standing out. It was nice to see various outsiders in the battle royal and it made it feel more important. But there were some sloppy moments there and Vic Joseph made some major commentary errors during this as he confused Adelicious and Lady Shani. Waller had a good night here in his segments. I'll give the show a 7 out of 10 as it was a good show overall.