WWE NXT 4/29/2025

WWE NXT 4/29/2025

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Booker T, Vic Joseph and Corey Graves are on commentary.

Joe Hendry comes out. Joe says he's back and just wrestled Randy Orton at Wrestlemania. He said he defended his title at Rebellion then Trick attacked him from behind. He said he expected retaliation from Trick but says Trick just crossed the line. He says Trick can't stand that they were talking about Joe and not him. He said Trick couldn't get the NXT Title so he thought he could hop over and get a TNA Title shot. He says he will say Trick's name and make him appear, then tells him to come out.

The Dark State come out and group jump Joe. Joe then is thrown into a group powerbomb.

We see clips from earlier of Ava talking to Iyo Sky. She asks if she has a partner for tonight. Iyo says not but she will find one. Jordynne Grace comes in and says she wants to be one step closer to the NXT Title. 

Karmen Petrovic, Gigi Dolin and Tatum Paxley talk in the back. KP says they were so close twice this week. Gigi says they weren't even pinned at Rebellion. Ashante "Thee" Adonis comes in, calls them losers and says she needs to get ready for her match with Sol. He tells her it's tonight and she says she's not ready. He tells her to get ready as "we" will have a title match after.

WWE NXT North American Title - Ricky Saints (c) vs Lexis King

King nails RS from behind before it starts. RS boots him out of the corner and hits a 2nd rope dropkick. RS hits shots to the head and gut. RS chops him then euros him over. 

RS overhead belly to belly suplexes him then dropkicks him through the ropes. We go to break and return. They double crossbody each other at the same time. King hits a top rope swanton for 2. King fireman's carry gutbusters him for 2. RS hits lariats and throws him down. RS charges into the corner when King moves. King rolls him up for 2.

King superkicks him. RS tornado ddt's him. RS hits a roshambo and wins.

Thoughts: It was a short one with RS winning as expected. I hope there's a bigger picture to this because it did nothing for King. This wasn't anything too noteworthy.

The Culling do a video. Shawn Spears says his crew has fallen short of expectations. He says his crew must let his failures teach them and not define them. He says the NXT women's roster is deep so Izzy needs to focus. He says he needs her to take the spotlight and put it on herself. He brings up Hank and Tank being champs and says they need to focus on being a stronger team. He says he's here for them and needs them to rise up and seize control.

Tony D'Angelo comes out to talk. He says he didn't expect Stacks to betray him. He says when things turned sideways, he gave Stacks the benefit of the doubt. He said he always had Stacks' back as that's what loyalty is all about. He says Stacks has always wanted to lead the family. He said Stacks has had his back and stepped n and handled business when he couldn't. He says Stacks' impulses endangered the family and he had to show why he makes the big decisions. He says Stacks stuck the knife right in his back. He says his family is in disarray.

We see Stacks on a bridge. He says he will tell Tony what he needs to hear. He says he's sick of taking his orders. He says Tony was getting soft and was making decisions that let Dark State push them around. He says Tony isn't capable of leading them anymore. He says Tony was never going to leave the family so he had to take the reigns and put him in his place. He says he knows Tony is shaking. He says Tony is losing more power everyday.

He says Tony's probably wondering whether he can trust his own family. Stacks says Tony doesn't know who he can trust. Security, including Drako Knox, comes out and attacks Tony. They get thwarted and Drako is belly to belly suplexed over the top. Tony tells him if he wants to be The Don, he has to come take it himself.

Meta-Four is reunited and talks in the back. Dar says it's reunion time. Lash says they need to talk. She says a lot has changed since Dar was gone. Lash says she was in The Rumble and Oro has been killing it in Evolve. She says it's time for Oro to be his own main man on Evolve and not Dar's. She says Jakara needs to be on her own and Lash says she needs to lash out on her own. Dar agrees. They group hug and he says he's proud of everyone. Dar then talks to his Heritage Cup.

Thoughts: Meta-Four was never a big deal on this show and it's hard to feel much about them breaking up.  

Sol Ruca vs Karmen Petrovic

Zaria is with Sol and Adonis is with KP. KP hits leg kicks and back kicks her. Sol facebusters her. Sol misses a 2nd rope moonsault but Zar kind of catches her. They each avoid shots and do a stand off.

KP spin kicks her. Sol flips over her. KP then hits mounted shots on her. KP sleepers her. KP basement dropkicks her. Sol hits some shots and flying shoulders her. Sol hits springboard twisting shoulderblocks. Sol does like a backpack stunner then running knees her.

Sol goes for a sol snatcher and is crotched on top. They go back in and Sol hits a sol snatcher soon after to win.

Thoughts: It was another short one here that didn't get a lot of time. Sol won as expected. Hopefully the post match angle ends this Adonis/Karmen thing that no one has ever cared about.

Adonis tries to comfort KP after. He grabs her as she goes to leave and she high kicks him.

Trick Williams comes out to talk. He says he's been calling Joe Hendry's name all night but he's not coming out. He says Dark State know Joe doesn't belong. Trick says Joe had his number last week. He said he came to Joe's show and made it the Trick Williams show. He said he went to Hollywood there and said he's hitting the big screen. He says he will be on a show called The All-American.

Trick says Joe isn't on the same level as him. The crowd chants "Hollywood Trick". He says he's Hollywood and Joe is local talent. Trick says his lane is the same as The Rock and John Cena. He says Joe can't see him. Trick says he's moving onto bigger things and that's the NXT Title. He says he wants his title back and says Oba's title belongs to him.

Ava comes out. She says Trick doesn't get it. She asks what he's doing? He says he used to think he was NXT but is bigger than NXT. He says he's the biggest star here and the biggest star at TNA too. Ava says Trick can get a shot but he can take 25 steps back. Ava says there will be a 25-man battle royale next week and says the winner faces Oba Femi at Battleground.

Thoughts: We definitely saw a new side of Trick here and I'm curious if he will keep up the Hollywood angle.

Giulia and Roxanne Perez talk. RP says she wasn't the biggest fan of hers, since she took her title. Giulia says she's a great champ and says RP is right. Giulia says they should be together and RP says they are unstoppable.

Oba Femi is interviewed in the back. He says Trick's complains sound like the cries of a child. He says it doesn't matter how many times he faces Trick, the title will stay on his shoulder. The Undertaker comes in. He says this is Oba's yard now. Taker says he has some guys from LFG who are coming for him soon. Shiloh Hill, Anthony Luke and Jasper Troy show up behind him. Oba says he looks forward to the challenge and Taker says he knew he would.

We then cut to Booker T who is choked up by the LFG crew. He says he's so excited in a fun moment.

WWE NXT Tag Titles - Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger) (c) vs Yoshiki Inamura and Josh Briggs

YI = Yoshiki Inamura

YI sumo shoulders Tank over. He then stomps him. Tanks boots him off the ropes. Hank corner splashes and facebusters YI. Tank sentons YI for 2. YI hits shots. JB back elbows Hank then crossbodies him. Hank sunset flips him for 2. Tank shoulders over YI. Tank then lifts Hank into a butt press on YI for 2.

Tank works YI's arm. They collide. YI chops him over. Tank takes a corner facekick and is whipped into another facekick. We go to break and return. Hank facekicks YI. They trade forearms. Hank running boots him then drops him down chest first. JB comes in and side slams Hank. He then splashes him. Hank takes a facekick + german combo for 2.

Hank top rope diving lariats YI. Hank is then popped up into a splash on YI. JB breaks up a double team then him and Hank go into the steps. JB chokeslams Tank. JB hits a big lariat on Tank then YI top rope splashes Tank for 2.

YI hits JB with Hank on accident. Tank forearms YI over. JB takes a double team shot + powerslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: I liked what we got of it as it was a fast paced heavyweight match with lots of kicks and people squashing each ohter. Hank and Tank had to win here so the result wasn't shocking.

NQCC talk in the back. Borne says Evolve, LFG and NXT talent will be in the battle royal next week. He asks where Charlie Dempsey is. Tav says Borne teamed with Je'Von Evans and Dempsey mad about it. Borne says it's their time to break out. Borne says they did everything Dempsey asked for them and he says they need to do things for themselves. He says he's in the battle royal. Tav wants in. Wren says Dempsey is a complex man.

Dark State does a video on X. Shugars says they made Joe's @ss disappear tonight. They talk trash about him and Shugars says Dark State is just getting started.

We go to Chase U, which is now back. Chase says welcome back. He says it's been a while and said Ridge ended Chase U 5 months ago. He said he wasn't sure that he'd open the doors again but says never say never. He says it's a new semester with a new agenda. Kale and Connors walk in late as the other student complains. Chase goes off on him for doing it. He says it just feels right and Chase U is back.

Sol Ruca and Zaria talk in the back. Kelani Jordan walks in and says when she was champ, she defended it every single match. She said she picked the girl to fight who has more distractions than she can count. Sol says KJ can step up whenever she wants. Zaria interrupts and says Sol isn't defending the title next week. She says if Kelani wants to step up to Sol, she has to step up to her first.

Joe Hendry is in medical. Hank and Tank walk up to him and ask if he's okay. Joe says he needs to get his hands on Dark State. Hank says say honk honk if he needs them as they are there. Joe then does the "honk honk" thing with them.

Iyo Sky and Jordynne Grace vs Giulia and Roxanne Perez

G = Giulia

Corey brings up Meiko Satomura retiring today. RP goes out and Iyo goes after her. RP runs into JG. JG lariats G over. Iyo corner spears RP then stomps on her. Iyo pendulum double knees her in the corner. Iyo hits a double dropkick on her opponents.

Iyo gets on JG's shoulders then is rolled into a swanton on RP for 2. G side headlock takeovers JG. JG shoulders G over then side slams her, dropping her on her neck. JG does a spinning big ending on G for 2.

G rakes JG's eyes after RP distracts the ref. RP stomps on JG in the corner then stomps her. RP headscissors JG into a russian legsweep. RP bangs JG's head off the mat. JG hits a double northern lights suplex. Iyo springboard dropkicks G. G rams Iyo in the corner.

JG back elbows G. Iyo is on JG's shoulders on the apron. They get pulled down and Iyo bangs her face off the apron. We go to PiP break and return. G curbstomps Iyo for 2. Iyo rolls RP into a double stomp. RP headscissors facebusters Iyo down then Iyo double underhook backbreakers RP.

JG hits back elbows on G then drops her chest first. JG rolling death valley drivers RP. JG germans G and makes her northern lights suplex RP in the process. She then gets a 2 count on it. G is on JG's back and is top rope double stomped by Iyo. 

Iyo corner meteora's G. Iyo gets hit on the ropes and takes a top rope hurricanrana from RP. G hits a glorious driver on Iyo. RP double jump asai moonsaults Iyo for 2. G and JG fight on the apron. JG is pulled down by her hair. They roll on the floor and fight. RP and Iyo try pin attempts. RP bridges her and gets bridged. Iyo shotei's her. RP knees Iyo in the face and hits kicks. Iyo flips out of a sunset flip and buzzsaw kicks RP. Iyo top rope moonsaults RP and pins her to win.

Thoughts: It was a good tag here and they did what they were supposed to. Iyo was the highlight and made this one. She took some hard bumps and had a cool spot where she flipped out of a sunset flip. I liked this one and it was one of the few matches to truly get enough time tonight.

Ava talks to Stephanie Vaquer in the back. SV says she's ready to defend her title and wants to know who her next challenge is. Ava says Giulia or Jordynne Grace. She says the winner of that next week fights her at Battleground.

Overall thoughts: It was a decent NXT. There was nothing must see or truly great here though. We had some fairly notable stuff here with Chase U returning, the WWE LFG crew getting on the show and Meta-Four breaking up. I'd give this one a 6 out of 10 as it was fine and the main was good. You might want to see the main if you are really into the women but it wasn't a classic.