WWE NXT 12/2/2025

WWE NXT 12/2/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/wwe-nxt-11252025-gold-rush-2025-week-2.html

Vic Joseph and Corey Graves are on commentary.

Ava hosts the Iron Survivor Summit in the ring with Sol Ruca, Jordynne Grace, Kendal Grey, Lola Vice and Kelani Jordan. Sol says Ethan Page told her she's a world champion caliber talent. She says she should start seeing herself that way too. She say winning at Deadline is the only way to get her peace back.

Grace says she's lost too many times and there's not a woman in the ring who can stop her. Lola says no matter how many times she has been screwed, she still believes in herself.

Grey says she's the only champion in the ring. Kelani tells her to shut up and says she's swimming with the sharks with blood in the water. Kelani asks how many more failed attempt will it take to realize that none of them are good enough for the women's title. She says there's no match like the Iron Survivor Challenge. Kelani says she will walk out the winner. She says they are all stand in's and she's the stand out.

Fatal Influence comes out. Jacy says she can't wait to see who the lucky loser will be. She says all order is restored now that she's women's champ. She asks in what world do they think she will let them ruin it for her? Jacy rips the girls in the match.

Jacy brings up Kelani losing her TNA Title. Kelani blames Grace for it. They fight then everyone goes at it. Sol, Lola and Grey end up standing tall.

We see clips of Joe Hendry and Thea Hail talking in the back. Stacks and Arianna Grace come in laughing. Grace says Thea let Joe down at Gold Rush and says they should have been chosen instead. The says she believe she can kick Arianna's @ss tonight.

Ava talks to security guards in the back with one of them being Jax Presley of Evolve. She says to make sure Kelani and Jordynne stay away from each other. Ava says Fatal Influence isn't going anywhere when she sees them. She says they will face Sol, Lola and Kendal tonight.

Thea Hail vs Arianna Grace

AG points at her and Thea bops her in the head. AG side headlock takeovers her and armlocks her. Thea armdrags AG. Stacks distracts Thea then AG double throat thrusts Thea. AG clubs on Thea and twisting neckbreakers her.

AG corner lariats Thea. The backslides her for 2 then rolls her up for 2. AG is thrown out then Thea topes her. Thea exploders her then basement dropkicks her. Stacks trips Thea. Joe Hendry then hits Stacks with a standing ovation on the apron. Thea catches AG with a kimura and submits her.

Thoughts: It was a short one here with a ton of shenanigans. AG didn't get to do much but she did okay with what she got. 

We see OTM walking in the parking lot earlier in the week. Kale and Uriah of Chase U almost run them over. Andre Chase apologizes. Nima says if this happens again, we won't be having this conversation. Chase tells his crew that OTM is threatening them and asks if they are stupid. 

We get a John Cena video where he talks about how fast time passes.

Je'Von Evans, Myles Borne, Leon Slater and Joe Hendry talk about Darkstate with Ava. Evans wants to know how they will beat them. Borne thanks them for the help last week. Robert Stone gives Ava a box that came for her. Ava says the winner of tonight's match gets to pick their spot in the Iron Survivor Challenge. Ava then find some kind of broken item (maybe a black flower pot) in the box.

Josh Briggs vs Tavion Heights

They fight outside before it starts. Tav is sent into the steps. Tav spinebusters him outside and hits mounted shots on him. Briggs boots him out of the corner and then chokeslams him. Briggs boots Tav in the corner. Tav germans him. 

Tav waistlock takedowns him twice. Tav hits shots on him while he's down. Tav blocks a boot and capture suplexes him for 2. Tav does a fireman's carry takeover for 2. Briggs forearms him in the face. Briggs pull him out then boots him in the face.

Tag picks up Briggs and rams him through the rails, which look pretty flimsy. We go to PiP break and return. Tav hits forearms on Briggs and Briggs side slams him. Briggs splashes him for 2. Briggs armlocks him and misses an elbow drop on the arm. Tav hits forearms then running dropkicks him. 

Tav is sent into the buckles. Briggs pounds on him and hits a running back elbow. Tav hiptosses him then hits lariats. Tav slingblades him. Briggs takes his chain and off and then is pushed and hit with a belly to belly for 2. Briggs boots him from behind. Briggs hits a big lariat and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a hard hitting battle. Tav showed some okay fire and they stiffed each other. It ended at about the right time. It was alright and Tav looked a little better than usual here. 

The Culling comes out. Izzi says the fans like Tatum as they are just like her. She says none of them know how to be alone. She says she didn't betray Tatum but corrected a mistake. She says Tatum had no right to ignore the woman who dragged her out of the hell hole. She says she cared about her and give her voice and confidence. She says Tatum tripped over the same insecurities she tried to get out of her. She says she was selfish and stubborn.

She asks if it's a coincidence that she took Tatum under her win then became a champ. She says Tatum only became champ because she allowed her to. She says she showed that everything she gives she can take. She says they will fight 1v1 at Deadline and she will finish what she started. She says she will end the version of her that refused to Evolve.

Tatum Paxley then appears in The Culling's spot. She looks messy and asks why Izzi tore apart what was steady in her life. Izzi says she gave Tatum the world and she rejected it. She tells her to come out and something about it. Tatum says she's scared because she don't know what she will become without her hand on her shoulder. She says she will have to make her feel all her pain.

Thoughts: Tatum's look really fit the angle here and she did a good job with her lines.

Sol and Zaria talk in the back. Sol says she's sorry she didn't come last week for her. Zar says she's moving on just fine and tells her not to expect her to be out there with her. Grey and Wren say they have Sol's back tonight. 

We get a video on the Iron Survivor Challenge.

Kendal Grey, Lola Vice and Sol Ruca vs Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid)

LR piefaces Lola. The 6 girls yell at each other then fight. LR is thrown out by Lola. Lola la silla's her off the apron and takes a wraparound kick from Fallon. Grey top rope plancha's the girls outside and Jacy cannonballs off the apron. Sol top rope moonsaults outside.

Lola kicks Fallon in the corner. Sol flying back elbows LR and standing moonsaults her for 2. Sol takes a double team for a 2 count. Sol high kicks Fallon. Fallon hits corner spears on Grey. Grey basement dropkicks her for 2. LR dropkicks Grey. Grey overhead belly to belly suplexes her. Grey trips Jacy and rolls her into a pin attempt. Fallon trips Grey on the apron and Jacy sentons Grey.

Grey is tripped into a headhunter and a superkick from Jacy for 2. Jacy superkicks Grey. Jacy backsplashes Grey in the corner. Lola tags in and hits kicks on the heels. Lol hits hip attacks on the heels. Lola germans Fallon for 2. Fallon is spin kicked in the gut and takes a shoulderbreaker for 2. 

Sol superkicks Jacy and throws her out. Fallon 2nd rope blockbusters Sol. Sol takes a double knee to the face for 2. Grey casadora flaliners LR. Sol slingshot facebusters Fallon. Jacy rolls up Sol for 2. Sol hits a sol snatcher on Jacy and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a good, fast paced tag here. We got a lot of action in this and it went about as well it could. Sol's sol snatcher at the end looked good here as she hit it a different way than usual.

Zaria nails Grey with a spear after though it seems like she was going for Sol. They fight.

Je'Von Evans talks in the back to Ricky Saints about the ISC. Saints says Oba won't be in this year. Saints teases him and says he beat Oba when Evans didn't.  

Darkstate talk in the back. Dion says he wants to give up a tag title to one of his teammates as he is chasing a singles title. Cutler tells Shugars to take it. Oba Femi walks in. He says Dion made it to the ISC. Dion says Oba blew him off last time they were here. Dion says to look at him now and says he hopes Oba is the one he gets at New Year's Evil. He says he'd love nothing more than to snatch his gold and knock his teeth down his throat. Oba tells him not to get ahead of himself. Dion says to watch tonight so he can get a peak of his future. 

OTM (Bronco Nima and Lucian Price) vs Chase U (Uriah Connors and Kale Dixon)

Chase U attack to start. OTM are sent over the top then Chase U topes them. UC top rope swantons Price for 2. Price flips UC over his back and chops him down hard. Nima boots UC in the corner. 

Kale hits punches on Price. Price superkicks him then corner splashes him. Nima foot presses Kale down for 2. Kale dropped gut first onto Nima's knee for 2. Kale codebreakers Price off the chokeslam. UC high kicks Nima then bottom rope cutters him for 2. 

Kale hits kicks on Price and Price is hit with a double superkick. UC bottom rope springboard cutters Nima. Chase U get off diving off the apron and have their backs banged into each other. Kale is suplex lifed into a spinebuster and pinned.

Thoughts: It was a fast paced one here and it was fine. Chase U busted out some new offense though not all of it was clean. OTM won as expected. 

Ava talks to Ethan Page in the parking lot as he tries to leave. Page thinks he deserves a night off. Ava says Page is due for a North American Title defense. Page says no one wants to face him and Ava says she has someone who does. Mr. Iguana then appears in Page's car and steals it.

Shiloh Hill does a video. He says he had an awesome Thanksgiving. He said he ate racoon. He talks about riding a snowmobile that he had upgraded. He says he rode past everyone with him then crashed. He said he went into survival mode and became one with the earth. He says he felt so alive when he heard wolves howl. He says having Undertaker as a coach on LFG was tough and says Taker told him to rip out wrestler's soul's. He gets excited and screams. He says he'll be back and he needs to find his bleach.

Joe Hendry, Je'Von Evans, Leon Slater and Myles Borne vs DarkState (Sayquon Shugars, Cutler James, Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin)

The winning team can pick their spot in the ISC. OG pulls down MB on the lock up and shoulders him over. OB slams Shugers onto MB but MB gets his knees up. Shugars shoulders over MB. MB powerslams him for 2. Shugars takes a double back elbow. Joe side headlocks Shugars then shoulders him over. Joe hiptosses Shugars and neckbreakers him for 2.

Cutler euros Joe. Joe side headlocks him then Cutler runs into a Leon dropkick. Evans double stomps Cutler's back for 2. Evans chops Cutler and Cutler swinging backbreakers him for 2. Dion hits punches on Evans and is upkicked. Evans seated springboard headscissors him and dropkicks him for 2.

Dion spinebusters MB. MB is tripped into a kneedrop. All 8 men fight. Evans and Leon plancha outside and are caught (OG falls over though) and slammed into the apron. Joe is sent into the steps. 

We go to PiP break and return. Evans hits punches on Shugars and gets a 2 count on him. Joe comes in and hits shots on the heels. His throat is pulled over the top rope. Dion works Joe on the 2nd rope. Joe's head is banged off the buckles and he is choked on the ropes. 

Joe fights off a double team. Joe suplexes Dion. Leon comes in and leg lariats Cutler. Leon rewind kicks OG. Leon is caught with a double powerbomb for 2. Leon is thrown but hits a double dropkick off of it. Evans comes in and topes Shugars over the commentary table. Evans then suicide dives Cutler. Evans springboard diving lariats OG. Evans cutters OG then double jump os cutters him for 2. 

We get some fast paced action. Joe fallaway slams the heels into each other. Joe and Dion trade outside. Evans corkscrew kicks OG off the ropes. Leon swanton 450's OG. MB hits a zigzag on OG and wins.

Thoughts: It was an entertaing and solid tag here. The faces did a bunch of flying and the heels did their part. The pace was very fast here and it was heard to keep up with at times. We've seen various of this many times but it's usually good so I don't mind.

Ava has Oba Femi and Ricky Saints sign a contract for Deadline. Oba says this version of him will destroy him. Saints asks what happens if he doesn't beat him. Saints says we will never know. He says there's an exception to the rule and the ruler and it's Ricky Saints. Ava then says the match will open the show which is the first time the NXT Title match will do that.

Overall thoughts: It  was a very busy show with a million things going on. They covered a lot of ground here and did good with it. The women's trios match was the best match of the night but I also liked the main. Briggs/Heights was decent too and Keli and Jacy both did some good work on the mic here. I would give this a 7 out of 10 and would recommend it as we good stuff going on inside and outside of the ring.