WWE NXT 9/30/2025

WWE NXT 9/30/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/wwe-nxt-9232025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/wwe-nxt-1072025-nxt-vs-tna-showdown.html 

Notes - Next week's show was supposed to be called Invasion but instead it's being called Showdown. They changed it due to the Israel/Hamas war where October 7 is an important date. I don't agree with that call and was excited to see the Invasion name brought back.

We see clips from No Mercy.

Ricky Saints comes out to talk. He's the new NXT champ and gets a "you deserve it" chant. He says every giant needed to rest and he did that at No Mercy when he put him down. He says the question was "can he do it?" and he asks the crowd if they did it. He said he bet on himself and walked out the new NXT champ. He says you only need to worry about and bet on yourself. He says the only person you gotta look at when you sleep is yourself. 

Jacy Jayne comes out. She says we have bigger things to worry about in TNA. She says they have both of TNA's titles and she'd be upset if she were them too.

Ava comes out. She says they will be the NXT team captains and they will do the same. Santino Marella interrupts. He says Tricky Williams won't be his captain but he will let his captains pick the teams. He brings out Mike Santana and Kelani Jordan as the team captains. 

Santino says it's not an invasion but a showdown (they had to rename Invasion) or a summit. Jacy complains about Kelani being a captain. Ricky says he will see Santana at the end of the night and they don't need to be focused on the captains.

Je'Von Evans talks to Leon Slater in the back. Evans says they will have the youngest wrestling dream match in history. The Culling walk in. Spears complains about Evans being friends with the enemies. Niko asked if he missed that part. Evans says if they are on different teams next week so be it. Niko invites them to test themselves against them tonight and they agree. Lyra Valkyria walks in and talks to Tatum. She says she has something for her and it's a Lyra doll. Tatum loves it. Izzi pulls Tatum away. 

Lash Legend vs Jaida Parker

Lash hits corner spears to start. JP boots her and is hit with a euro. Lash does a delayed suplex for 2. JP boots Lash over the 2nd rope and is forearmed down. JP samoan drops her on the floor. 

We go to break and return. Lash is sunset flipped for 2. Lash half crabs her. Lash misses a splash and is hit with a headhunter. Santino, Mike and Slater are talking in the back. JP shoulders her and twisting neckbreakers her for 2. 

JP goes for a hip attack and Lash grabs her by her bottoms. JP lays her on the 2nd rope and step up buttpresses her down. Lash pump kicks her. JP is sent into the steps and rails. JP armdrags her into the ropes and running shoulders her for the win.

Thoughts: It didn't go too long but it was alright. I had no issues with it. Jaida was the favorite going in and won.

Ricky Saints talks to everyone in the back. Trick Williams interrupts. Trick says he's his co-captain. He says they need to work together and pick 2 more. Ricky says one needs to be Evans. Trick says he doesn't like him but they need him. Ricky then says Myles Borne should be the other pick. Trick says he doesn't think Borne hears what he's saying. Trick wants Josh Briggs. Evans says Josh is selfish. Trick says Josh and Borne should fight to determine who the last man is. 

Ethan Page comes out to talk. He said he turned away another dangerous threat in Tavion Heights. He said he showed there's a talent gap between Olympic athletes and the greatest North American athlete. He says a medical professional is coming after his title - El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. He says the only doctorate he has is in p!ssing him off.

Someone arrives in a limo. Page tells that person to come out and it's Mustafa Ali. Ali says he had no issues with what he said but with the title he is holding. Page says he doesn't have issues with him and says he hopes he will announce he is the unmasked version of Dr. Wagner. Ali says Page doesn't owe him anything but NXT does. He said he earned a title shot at the North American Title but never got the shot. He says he was promised a match 2 years ago. He said instead of a title match, he got a phone call telling him his services aren't needed. He says he's still waiting for that title match that he earned. 

Page says this is a sob story. Ali says he won't cry for a title match, he will politic for it. He says he gets to end the curse next week as Page will defend his title against him. 

Page says it's a good story but he will disappoint him. He says he won't call him on the phone to fire him but will wish him his best in his future endeavors. Ali then hits him and ends up dropkicking him out of the ring.

Thoughts: I vaguely remember the situation Ali talked about and it's cool that they brought it up again.

Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey talk in the locker room. She gives her make-up. Jacy Jayne walks in. She says she was put in charge of Team NXT. She says she needs winners and picks Sol. Sol says she's in. Lola says if she needs to win, she has to pick her. Lola says she will put their differences aside to defend NXT. Fallon says the last spot goes to her. Lainey Reid comes in and says Jacy can't trust Lola. Jacy says it'll be Fallon vs Lola for the last spot on her team. Zaria then asks to talk to Sol privately. 

The Hardy Boyz talk. They said they beat Fraxiom last time but the titles weren't on the line. They say they are this time. Matt says they don't know who of Dark State they will face but it'll be a fair 2v2 match. Matt says when it's a fair match, they are the best in the world. They say they are trying to get the tag team goats and needs to do that by winning the titles they never won - the NXT Tag Titles. Matt says they are coming to win them and it's time for the deletion of Dark State.

Winner gets to be on Team NXT - Myles Borne vs Josh Briggs

JB shoves him over. MB side headlocks him. JB shoves him and they butt heads. MB euros and backdrops him. MB sliding lariats him for 2. MB tope con hilos him outside. MB top rope crossbodies him for 2. JB throws MB's head into the buckles then stomps him. JB hits a crossface shot for 2. The crowd chants, "Briggs go away". 

JB hits back elbows in the corner. MB takes a beale throw but rolls to his feet and no sells it. JB crossbodies him and chokeslams him for 2. We go to PiP break and return. MB step up enzugiri's him in the shoulder. JB spinning backbreakers him and double underhook backbreakers him for 2.

JB misses a corner splash and is hit with lariats. MB powerslams JB for 2. MB backdrops JB then jumping codebreakers him. JB facvekicks him. JB wraps his chain around his hand. He goes to use it but Matt Cardona of TNA comes out and stops him. The ref takes the chain. MB dropkicks and zigzag's him for the win.

Thoughts: The ending was out of nowhere here. What did Matt Cardona have to do with this? The match was fine otherwise. MB did his usual nice looking offense and I assume we will get a JB vs Cardona match out of this. 

Kelani Jordan and Jordynne Grace talk in the back. JG puts her over for winning the Knockouts Title. She says it's prestigious and hopes she carries it well. JG says she can't trust Jacy and wants to be on Kelani's team. Kelani says nobody knows where JG or Joe Hendry stand because of their TNA ties. Joe appears. Mike Santana then walks in. Mike says Grace and Joe have one foot in and one foot out. Mike says he's not leaving things up to chance next week. He then says he has people for Kelani to meet - everybody. 

Winner gets to be on Team NXT - Lola Vice vs Fallon Henley

Thoughts: Fallon did a nice swinging facebuster here. They did a dumb spot where Lola stood on the apron and Fallon pulled the ring skirt out causing her to fall down. The problem was, she wasn't even on the ring skirt. They then got in and Lola won with a quick uraken. It was a fast paced and shorter match and it was fine for what it was. I didn't get why Jacy just didn't choose her partner Fallon though.

Dark State does a video. Shugars says they leave to hunt. Griffin puts over The Hardy's. Cutler says what they started doesn't stop for anyone. Shugars says they have never been happy to be here or basking in the moment. Griffin says they are the moment. Griffin says they took the NXT Tag Titles and will take the TNA Tag Titles. Dion says the Dark State takeover will continue. Cutler says it's not a threat but a guarantee. 

Fatal Influence talk in the back and Lainey Reid joins in. Jacy says Fallon's loss is on her for putting her in a match like that. Reid comes in and says she will do anything for her. She says she wasn't cleared but it didn't stop her from going against orders. She then shows them a mask - the one she interfered in the Speed match at the PLE with. She then says the attack on Jazmyn was free as she didn't belong in Fatal Influence.

Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater vs The Culling (Shawn Spears and Niko Vance)

Leon side headlocks Spears. Leon enzugiri's him then hits a flying corner lariat. Leon hits mounted corner punches on him. Leon leg lariats him. Leon dropkicks Niko. Evans hits punches on Niko. Evans seated springboard headscissors Niko then dropkicks him. 

Leon top rope clubs Niko's arm. Niko shoulders him over. Tatum isn't paying attention outside and Izzi yells at her. Evans comes in and in spinebustered by Spears. Tatum is distracted by the doll and Izzi grabs Tatum and yells at her. Niko is sent out. Evans germans Spears. Leon's team hits stereo plancha's outside. We go to break and return. 

Niko full nelson's Leon. Leon jawbreakers him. Spears slams Leon. Leon upkicks him and enzugiri's him. Leon rewind kicks Niko. Evans comes in and cleans house on the heels. Evans is whipped into the ropes and topes Spears outside. Evans springboard lariats Niko then corkscrew kicks Spears off the ropes. Evans top rope splashes Niko for 2.

Evans sunset flips Niko for 2. Evans superman forearms him. Evans handstands in the corner then is alabama slammed down for 2. Evans escapes a double suplex. Leon does his corkscrew dive over the post onto the heels. Leon blue thunders Spears for 2.

All 4 men fight. Leon jumps off the top into a Spears knee. Evans is caught on a springboard then Leon does a double lethal injection. Evans then does a double os cutter. Evans suicide dives Niko outside. Leon 450 swantons Spears and picks up the win.

Thoughts: It was a good match as expected here. Leon and Evans brought the impressive flying and the heels did their job. This got a "this is awesome" chant and Leon showed up big in his biggest match to date. 
 
The TNA wrestlers agree all grouped together and arrive in a parking lot with a car. The NXT wrestlers greet them out there. The two sides argue and get in each others faces. We go to a quick PiP break and return.

The TNA and NXT wrestlers are at ringside. We have a summit going on in the ring with Ava, Santino, Santana, Saints, Trick, Kelani and Jacy. Ava talks and Trick interrupts. Saints and Trick argue over who the captain is. Saints picks Evans and Borne for his team. Santana picks Frankie Kazarian, Moose and Leon Slater. 

Jacy says when she was champ, she repped NXT. She says Kelani is a two-timing traitor. Jacy picks Sol Ruca, Jaida Parker and Lola Vice. Kelani picks The Iinspiration and Mara Sade (She goes to call her Jakara Jackson but stops herself). 

Santana says TNA will win Showdown next week like he will bring the TNA Title home at Bound for Glory. 

Everyone then fights in a massive brawl to close the show.

Shawn Michaels comes out to watch the big brawl as refs and officials try to break it up.

Thoughts: Kelani's picks are funny as everyone she picked is either in WWE or used to be in WWE. The idea of her being the flagbearer for TNA is pretty stupid.

Overall thoughts: Evans and Leon as a team was the highlight of the night along with the final segment which was fun. The wrestling was fine here and there was no lack of stars popping in from TNA. I think they did a good job in setting up Showdown next week. It's a shame they didn't have more time to hype it up, but they are only doing it because Dynamite will be on next Tuesday against Showdown. I'd give the show a 6 out of 10 total and thought it was good overall.