WWE NXT 4/22/2025

WWE NXT 4/22/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/wwe-nxt-4152025.html

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We are in Las Vegas, Nevada. Booker T, Vic Joseph and Corey Graves are on commentary.

WWE Women's Tag Titles - Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez (c) vs Gigi Dolin and Tatum Paxley

Liv throws TP down by the hair and pounds on her chest. Liv then stomps on her in the corner. RR spins TP around with a front facelock. Liv basement dropkicks TP. Gigi shotgun dropkicks Liv.

RR catches Gigi in the air and powerslams her. Gigi rolls up RR for 2. Gigi boots RR out of the corner then Liv pushes Gigi off the buckles. TP moonsaults off the apron onto Liv and RR.

We go to break and return. RR does a grounded cobra clutch to TP. TP jawbreakers her then takes a stiff lariat. Liv suplexes TP then holds on for 2. Liv step up enzugiri's TP for 2. RR clubs on TP then TP ddt's her off a suplex attempt.

Gigi hits forearms on Liv then high kicks her. Gigi lariats Liv then half-nelson suplexes her for 2. TP and Gigi nearly run into each other then take a double lariat from RR. TP hurricanrana's RR. Gigi corkscrew swantons a standing RR then TP top rope 450's RR.

TP step up enzugiri's Liv. RR takes a double step up enzugiri. RR takes a double headbutt. Liv 2nd rope diving codebreakers TP. RR hits a single arm powerbomb on Gigi. Liv hits oblivion on Gigi and wins.

Thoughts: Liv and RR won as expected here. They just won the titles back last night and weren't losing them here. It was a decent match though. Gigi looks a lot better when she's in a team as opposed to singles. 

Lexis King is with Penn and Teller. He wants his Heritage Cup back. Penn says they can give it back with a few conditions. Penn says one of them is that King has to defend The Cup tonight. King agrees. King gets his trophy back and Penn says it will be a surprise.

We see clips of WWE wrestlers at Bloodsport this weekend. Wren asks why Borne wasn't at Bloodspot and he doesn't know. The Darkstate come in. Shugars says Borne can't handle Bloodsport and isn't a real shooter like Tavion. Cutler says the NQCC should go their separate ways before they break them apart. Borne says they should give them a run for their money when they come back. Je'Von Evans comes in and has words for Darkstate. Borne says he has Evans' back and says let's see a how 2v2 goes.

Ricky Saints comes out to talk. He says he kicked off Mania Weekend with a bang against Page. Ricky says he's the man around here. He says Stand and Deliver felt good and it felt better to do it against Page.

Lexis King comes out. King says he spent his weekend looking for the Heritage Cup as Penn and Teller made it disappear. King threatens him and Ricky says he's writing a check his tush can't cash. King says no one likes him and tells him to put his NA Title on the line against him next week. King says they can make it a dobule title match. Ricky agrees but says King is brave since he has a mystery opponent. Security then comes down.

Sol Ruca, Zaria, Hank and Tank talk. Thea jumps on Hank and says he's proud of them. Thea says she liked the ladder match and wants to do another. Jaida Parker comes in and says  the last thing she needs is Thea's energy. Kelani Jordan comes in and says this isn't the same locker room Thea left 6 months ago. Fatal Influence come in. Fallon says Kelani needs to put Thea in her place. Jacy says if she wants something done, she needs to do it herself. Fallon then says Jacy never could so she will. 

NXT Hertiage Cup - Lexis King (c) vs Noam Dar

Dar is the surprise opponent. He cut his hair and looks 18.

Dar hits flying forearms on King and high kicks him. Dar tries a bridge pin for 2. Dar ankle locks him and is sent into the buckles. Dar pump kicks King then chest kicks him. Dar then corner dropkicks him for 2.

Dar licks his wrist and rubs it on King, trying to rub his beard off. Dar hits downward elbows on King for 2. King running knees him from behind for 2. King hits punches to the face. 

King hits Kawada kicks. They trade forearms for chops. Dar hits high kicks. King chops him then spin kicks him in the gut. King superkicks him for 2. Dar hits urakens then a spinning back elbow for the win.

Thoughts: This was random. Dar is back and as a face for some reason. He looked good here as he did all strikes but the crowd didn't care that much and the title switch didn't mean a whole lot. The match was just average.

Roxanne Perez is interviewed. She says Vaquer won't claim a division she built. She says she earned the moment she deserved. She says if Vaquer has a problem, she should do something about it tonight. Perez says Vaquer is drained from a busy weekend. She says Vaquer walked into Vegas as champ but Perez will walk out a 3x women's champ.

Thea Hail vs Fallon Henley

They lock up. FH rams her in the corner and chops her. Thea crossbodies her. Thea rolls her up off a pumphandle attempt. FH bodyscissors takedowns her. FH does an armbar. FH throws Thea throat first into the ropes and facekicks her. Thea headscissors her then hits polish hammers. FH does a wrist-clutch suplex on her.

Jacy kicks FH on a failed double team outside. Thea headbutts Jacy. Thea double underhook twisting drops FH then taps her out with a kimura.

Thoughts: It was short and not that great. They didn't have the best looking offense here and it met my low expectations.

Oba Femi comes out to talk. He says he did what he said he would do at Stand and Deliver. He says he set Trick and Evans' dreams and burned them to ashes. He said he then told them to wake up. He said he had a lot of negative words for Evans but he's better than he thought. He says his time hasn't come but his best years are ahead of him.

He says he has no love for Trick but says as good as Trick is, he's that much better. Trick Williams comes out. He says Oba found the easy way out and only won as he beat Evans. Oba asks what more does he want? Trick says he wants his 1v1. Trick says when you think of NXT, you think of Trick, not Oba.

Joe Hendry then comes out. Joe says he's back in NXT. He says Trick isn't the same person he tagged with in the fall and says Trick has changed. Joe says all Trick does is soak in self pity. Joe says he proved what happens when you listen to the fans and he did it at Wrestlemania. Joe says Trick isn't hungry, he's entitled.

Joe says Trick didn't win the title because of himself. He says did Trick think that maybe he was a whiny b!tch? Trick says Joe had his 5 minutes of fame on Sunday. Trick says Joe doesn't belong here and is an outsider. He says he doesn't fit in and got his @ss whooped on Sunday. Trick tells him to go take his title back where he belong. Joe says he lost to the RKO in front of 60,000 people. He saysh e was in the ring while Trick was in the stands.

Joe says he's defending his title at Rebellion this Sunday and says he has business to discuss with Oba. Oba tells him not to make the same mistake that Moose made. Trick gets between them and shoves Joe. Trick is by both and thrown out.

Thoughts: This one is definitely leading somewhere. Again, I don't like them trying to turn Trick back heel. I say it every week, but he was the most over guy in the company a year ago and they are slowly destroying that.

We get a video of Stacks in the desert with a car. Luca meets him there. Luca asks what Stacks was thinking. Luca talks about how close of friends they were. Luca says Stacks needs to make this right. Stakcs asks if Luca knows why he invited him out here. Luca then says "oh f--k" as we cut away. 

Zaria and Sol Ruca are interviewed. Sol says the ladder match was exhausting. Liv and Raquel walk in. Liv says Sol is a double champ and Zaria doesn't have a thing. Raquel says maybe Sol can give her one of her titles. Sol says nothing will come between them and tells them to walk away before she adds a 3rd title to her collection.

We go to the back. trick is throwing stuff around and Ava yells at him to stop. Trick says he's coming for Oba. 

Je'Von Evans and Myles Borne vs The Darkstate (Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin)

Dion backs up MB in the corner. Dion side headlock takeovers him. MB headsicsors him. They botch a spot. Evans 2nd rope double axe handles Dion's arm. Evans flying headcissors Dion then seated springboard headscissors him.

Evans hits punches on OG and OG hits a hard forearm. Evans hits a nice dropkick then MB hits a nice dropkick as well. Evans is caught on a tope by OG. Borne then tope con hilos both opponents outside. NQCC comes out to watch as we go to break.

We return. Evan ans OG trade forearms. Evans' springboard is caught and OG hits a nasty exploder. Evans is held for shots to the guy. Evans hits a short arm clothesline for 2. Evans is popped up into a powerslam for 2.

Evans gets a 2 count on Dion. MB comes in. He hits shots on both opponents. MB dropkicks OG then powerslams Dion and OG. MB belly to belly suplexes Dion. MB ushigoroshi's Dion for 2.

Evans springboard elbows OB then OB catches his plancha. OG rams Evans into the apron edge. Dion spinebusters MB. MB takes a double team powerbomb and is pinned.

Thoughts: This was good. Both Borne and Griffin had good showcase performances here. Borne hit great dropkicks and was explosive. Griffin showed off a lot of power and some great forearms. This couldn't have gone much better than it did.

Ava talks to Shawn Spears in the back. He says he's looking out for his friends. Yoshiki Inamura comes in. He says he's going back to Noah in Japan and wants to thank her. He says she deserves more respect. He says he feels bad as him and Briggs were almost tag champs. Ava says they can get a shot at the tag titles next week. Briggs asks how he did that. Inamura says it's an old Japanese secret.

We see Tony D'Angelo go up to Rizzo's hotel room. She seems worried about Stacks. She says she can't believe Stacks did what he did. Rizzo says she hasn't heard from Luca and Tony hasn't either for a few hours. Tony says him and Stacks will have to go to the matresses on this one. Rizzo says Big Ange used to bully her and Stacks taught her how to fight her. Rizzo said she told him she'd always be loyal.

Tony says Stacks hasn't been right for a while. Tony says he doesn't trust Stacks. He says Stacks declared war and he can't sit down with him. Tony says he doesn't know what Stacks is willing to do. Tony says Rizzo can't go home as it's not safe. Tony says he needs Rizzo to hide out while this blows over. 

Ricky Saints is interviewed. Ricky says he feels for Noam Dar and says he knows what it's like to be out for a while. He says he is a man of his word and will defend his title though. Ethan Page comes in. Ricky stares him down. King nails Ricky from behind and said he cost him his Heritage Cup. King says he will take Ricky's title from him. Page then says him and icky will pick this up another time.

Andre Chase pulls his old Chase U sweater out of a briefcase. He says, "we're f--king back, baby" and we see the Chase U logo and music. 

WWE NXT Women's Title - Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs Roxanne Perez

They shove each other. SV blocks a shot and RP pulls at her hair. RP wristlocks her then SV trips her with a leglock. They try pins on each other and get up.

SVrolls her up for 2. They sweep each other and RP la magistral's her. SV bridges her for 2. RP throws her down by the hair. RP side headlocks her then takes her over. SV backdrops her. SV headscissors her and RP rolls to the apron. RP eye rakes her.

RP knee drops her on her arm. We go to PiP break and return. They trade forearms and RP codebreakers the arm. RP basement dropkicks her. They go on the ramp. SV spin kicks her and headbutts her. SV superkicks her. SV 619's her. SV then springboard crossbodies her.

SV hits a soul foot then a corner meteora. SV bangs RP's head off the mat with a headscissors. RP superkicks her then SV backbreakers her in a botched spot. RP pulls SV's arm down over the top rope. RP la mistica crossfaces SV. 

SV spin kicks her in the gut. SV dragon screws RP while she's seated on the 2nd buckle. SV hits an SVB and pins RP.

Thoughts: I assume that RP's swan song in NXT. I can't really see her staying after doing that job and after appearing on the main rosters so much lately. The match got sloppy at times and wasn't as good as it should have been. RP targeted the hand and arm here.

Giulia comes out and stares down SV after. We then see Jordynne Grace staring SV down too.

Overall thoughts: The Evans and Borne tag match was the best match on the show with Griffin and Borne both looking good. Noam Dar came back and randomly won the Heritage Cup. Stacks either killed or kidnapped Luca and we appear to be getting some Stand and Deliver rematches with Giulia/Grace wanting Vaquer and Trick still wanting a piece of Oba. Fatal Influence also appears on the be on the verge of splitting up. The booking really wasn't that great on this one and there was nothing that great going on in the ring. I wouldn't recommend this one and would only give it a 5 out of 10