WWE NXT 9/2/2025

WWE NXT 9/2/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/wwe-nxt-8262025.html 

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/wwe-nxt-992025.html 

We see various stars arrive. 

Jaida Parker vs Lash Legend

They shove each other and JP slaps her. Lash rams her in the corner and hits corner spears. JP hits corner spears. Lash shoulders her over. Lash splashes her for 2. Lash hits the double dribble on JP.

JP chest forearms her and yanks on the arm. JP la magistral's her for 2. JP armlocks her. We see Je'Von Evans arrive during the match. JP slips off the top but dives on Lash inside for 2. JP goes for a buttpress but Lash catches her with a chokeslam for 2.

We go to PiP break and return. Lash slams her then misses a splash. JP hits shots and shoulders her over. JP backcrackers her. JP headhunters her for 2. Lash swinging pendulum backbreakers her for 2.

Lash misses a corner charge. JP clubs on Lash on the 2nd rope and buttpresses her down. Lash pump kicks her outside. Lash swinging drops her on the commentary table. Lash back rack drops her (they now call it the lash extension) and pins her.

Thoughts: Neither of the two are the best in-ring workers so this wasn't that great quality wise. The trip outside near the end lost some of the flow here.

Lash taunts JP as she leaves and JP goes after her. Lash is sent into the buckles. JP running hip attacks her through the rails.

Arianna Grace and Blake Monroe talk in the back. Grace looks like a different person with her hair up. She gives Blake some make-up. Blake says she thought she was done with Jordynne Grace until she interfered in her match. Arianna says she doesn't love Jordynne and they aren't related. Jordynne comes in and the wrestlers try break it up. Kali Armstrong gets mad at Jordynne. She says she messed up her NXT debut and now this. She says this place doesn't revolve around here and never will. She says she thought she had problems with Blake but now she has problems with Kali.

Je'Von Evans comes out to talk. Evans says he's expected to talk about the positives but can't do it after Heatwave. He said he felt nervous and felt like the walls were talking to him. He said if there was a night he was gonna be champ, he thought it would be Heatwave. 

Evans says he let everyone down and wants to apologize. He said he let himself down. We then see someone arriving on a motorcycle on the tron. The Undertaker's gong hits but Josh Briggs comes out. Josh asks if we were expecting someone else. He says Taker isn't here to save him with words of wisdom. He says Evans is immature and everything he hates about NXT.

He says Evans is 21, getting title matches and main eventing PLE's. He says Evans' problem is he thinks it's just okay to wait. He said he's from the generation where they just tweet about stuff. He said he should have gotten in Oba's face and asked for a title shot but Ricky Starks now has the shot. 

Josh says he's been waiting for an opportunity for years knowing he's better than everyone in the locker room. Evans says he's not in the mood for Josh to big bro him. Josh says he won't ever beat Oba as he's good but not good enough. Evans says, "oh you know me?" and Josh facekicks him. Josh then chokeslams Evans through an open chair.

Thoughts: Josh pretending to be Taker was good stuff here and the crowd really reacted.

We get a video on Xia Brookside. She says she was in NXT UK and the Mae Young Classic and now she's in TNA. She says she will make her debut in NXT and says LeRae won't stop her from becoming the next Speed champ.

Candice LeRae says she's in NXT to reclaim what is hers. She says she's just a stepping stone in her path.

Oba, Starks, Hank and Tank talk. Hank says it's a moment for all of them. Tank says they can get tag title shot if they want. Hank puts over Starks. Tank says Oba is the most dominant NXT champ of all time and says Oba has his back. 

Saints tells Oba to be locked in and Oba says to be worried about yourself. 

WWE Women's Speed Title Tournament 1st Round - Xia Brookside vs Candice LeRae

Well Xia finally made NXT, just 3 years late. Xia rolls her up to start then sunset flips her. CL knees her in the gut  then Xia flying headscissors her. Xia misses a corner charge and 2nd rope diving headscissors her.

Xia dropkicks her. Xia corner meteora's her and russian legsweeps her for 2. Xia is on the ropes and is pushed down hard to the floor. Xia rolls her up for 2 and CL low single leg dropkicks her. CL misses an asai moonsault.

Xia codebreakers her for 2. The lights go red as we have 1 minute left. Xia hits corner spears. CL blocks an iconoclasm and hits a tornado ddt. CL step up sentons her then asai moonsaults her for the win.

Thoughts: It was short as all Speed matches are. Xia had a good night here and definitely put a bit more effort in than usual before going down. They had some new colors and graphics up here and the format kind of works for this show so we will see where things go.

Josh Briggs talks to the men's locker room. He says they don't have the balls to say anything. Chase U then gets up and says he bullied Evans. Josh says he will do what he wants and they won't do anything about it. Andre Chase comes in and defends them. Chase's students say he will teach Josh respect tonight and school him.

Ava talks to Fatal Influence, The Culling, Sol and Zaria in the back. She says she wants a team from NXT to get a Tag Title shot. The girls make their cases for why they should get one. Ava says there will be a triple threat next week and the winner will get a shot.

DarkState talk. Griffin says they are being stepped over and disrespected. Dion says they are four renegades. Dion says Griffin was passed up by the NFL. Cutler says Bubba passed him up on LFG and tried to end his career. Griffin says it took Shugars 6 years to get to WWE for being a wildcard. Dion says he watched, got pushed around by Trick and was told he wasn't championship material by Oba. Griffin says they were then security . Shugars says they played the game and says Dion wasn't trying to wait to go from security to superstars. Shugars says potential doesn't pay the bill but violence will. Dion says look at what he got in his hands when he was told he's not championship material. They say when DarkState strikes, ain't nobody safe.

Thoughts: I liked them bringing up all the stuff from the past here and showing clips. That was cool.

Trick Williams comes out to talk. Trick says he said things he meant last week. Trick says he said he was the greatest NXT star but no one had anything to say on the contrary. He says they may know what he knows that he's the hottest star to ever live or they don't care about NXT anymore. 

Trick says he doesn't blame them one bit. He says when he gets his contract, we won't see him again. Trick says the crowds favorites don't love them.

DIY then came out. The crowd chants "welcome home". Johnny says they do love the fans. He says today is the 10 year anniversary of their NXT debut. Johnny calls Trick the greatest NXT start in history. They say he's a 2x NXT champ but Ciampa says he is too. They say Trick held the NXT North American Title and Johnny did too, three times. Ciampa says Trick is the current TNA champ and they didn't win that. Ciampa says Johnny won the NXT Tag Title and says he bets his partner was great.

Johnny says Trick's resume speaks for itself but the jury is out on Trick being the greatest of all time. He makes references to Undisputed Era and Bobby Roode. Ciampa says they bled black and gold and paved the way for Trick. 

Trick puts them over but says not to touch him. Trick says he came in, took their accolades and kicked it to medieval times where it belongs. He says he's still carrying Melo and still the greatest NXT star. Ciampa pushes Trick, Trick goes after him. Johnny superkicks Trick and Trick takes a meet in the middle. 

Thoughts: Eh, DIY were kind of jerks here for interrupting Trick and attacking him. I'm on Trick's side.

Je'Von Evans is being worked on by a doctor. Ava comes in. She says he can face Josh Briggs if he doesn't interfere in his match. We saw Drako Knox and the one blonde guy from Evolve (who I think only appeared once or twice) in this.

We get a video on Kali Armstrong.

Ethan Page and Tavion Heights talk with Ava in between. Tav gives Page the Canadian flag he put on him last week. Page wants to make a flag match thinking Ava will make it then she does.  

Kali Armstrong vs Jordynne Grace

Kali misses a corner charge and gets booted. Kali hits gut shots in the corner and foot chokes her. Kali back body drops her. Kali hits a corner spear. JG goes up and over and chops her. JG hits chops then flips her with a side slam. JG camel clutches her. 

Kali snapmares her and back elbows her. Kali throws her backwards into the buckles. We go to break and return. Kali stretches JG over her knee. JG rams Kali into the buckles from the backslide then lariats her. JG springboard lariats her. Kali powerslams her for 2.

Kali runs the ropes into a spinning back elbow. JG hits a made in japan and wins.

Thoughts: I don't like Kali losing here since she's Evolve champ and is this is one of her first full length matches on NXT but I'm not shocked. What we got was acceptable but not too much more.

Blake Monroe comes out after and fights Grace. Blake is sent into the steps and Grace hits mounted shots. Security comes to break it up. Blake's mouth is busted open.

Lola Vice talks about growing up in Miami in a video.

Josh Briggs vs Andre Chase

Josh back elbows Chase. Chase back elbows him and 2nd rope diving headscissors him. Chase superkicks him from the apron. Josh catches his dive and rams his back into the post.

We go to PiP break and return. Chase spinning ddt's JB for 2. JB side slams and splashes him for 2. They fight on the 2nd buckle. JB sidewalk slams him. JB goes for a suplex but is stunnered. Chase top rope crossbodies him for 2.

Chase hits kicks. JB chokeslams him. Josh running facekicks him and wins.

Thoughts: It didn't get a ton of time and was just a match for the most part. Chase got some offense in before being put down as expected.

Josh attacks Kale Dixon then chokeslams Uriah Connors through the commentary table after.

Trick is asked about DIY attacking him. He says he won't let it slide and will see them next week.

Oba Femi, Ricky Saints, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger vs DarkState (Sayquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin, Dion Lennox and Cutler James)

DarkState jumps in and all 8 go face to face. Shugars jumps on Tank and hits shots. He headlock takeovers him. Dion flying lariats Tank for 2. Tank crucifixes James. Hank corner back splashes James and bulldogs him. Tank sentons James for 2.

Saints hits chops on James, rope walks and tags in Oba. Oba hits short arm shoulderblocks on James and then takes a big punch. Oba then drops James with a forearm. Oba does Saints' pose and gets a pop from everyone. Oba hits a big ending on James. James takes a four person bodyblock. 

We go to PiP break and return. Hank is quadruple teamed on the ropes. James punches down Hank. Hank takes corner attacks. Griffin powerslams Hank then twists his head. Hank is sent hard in the corner. Hank is choked on the ropes. Griffin euros Tank in the corner. 

Hank hits a big lariat on Griffin. Tank comes in and cleans house on the heels. He hits a nice lariat on Dion then atomic drops him. Tank 2nd rope twisting shoulderblocks him then topes outside. Saints tornado ddt's Dion. Oba tags himself in on Saints and they argue. Saints is knocked into Oba. Shugars is thrown into Saints. Saints then punches Oba and Oba lariats him over the top. They then fight to the back.

Shugars takes a double team bodyblock. Tank is crotched into the post. Shugars eye rakes Tank. Tank sends Griffin into the steps. James knocks down Hank. James tells Hank no one is saving him and Hank says, "Joe Hendry". Joe's music hits and he appears. James takes a back elbow + powerslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: I don't like DarkState losing here. Joe appearing was a surprise and definitely random. I would think this would lead to DarkState heading back to TNA. I popped for the spot where Oba did Saints' taunt and they did the four person bodyblock.

Hank and Tank wave their hands with Joe to his song after. Oba and Saints are fighting in the back and security tries to break them up. 

Overall thoughts: This wasn't one of the better NXT episodes. Nothing was that great here but they did get me interested in seeing Saints/Oba and Josh Briggs.. It was a very average episode and I'd give it a 5 out of 10.