WWE NXT 12/30/2025

WWE NXT 12/30/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/wwe-nxt-12232025.html

Note - This is the last WWE TV show of 2025.

Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary. We are in the Performance Center as usual. 

We see Ricky Saints arrive.

WWE NXT North American Title - Ethan Page (c) vs Moose

Page hits Moose during intros and pounds on him in the corner. Moose rolling spears him. Moose goes into the steps outside when Page moves. Page's shoulder is pulled into the post. 

Page boots Moose out of the corner. Page kicks him from the buckles then neckbreakers him. We go to break and return. Page kicks him in the arm and the face. Moose suplexes him. Moose uranages him then sentons him. Page elbows him out of the corner and is hit with a sky high for 2. 

They trade forearms. Moose hits chops. Page high kicks him and hits lariats. Moose facekicks him and Page lariats him. Page jumping codebreakers him for 2. Page hits punches on Moose. Moose headbutts him. Page is sat up top and Moose dropkicks him down to the outside.

Moose spears him through the rails. Moose rolling spears him in the ring for 2. Page rolls out. Moose runs around the ring and is back body dropped on the stairs. Page hits a top rope splash for 2. Page hits a cutter on him and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like Moose losing here especially clean. There was no real reason for that. Moose did a good job of selling his arm. It was okay enough and they did try to make the most of this that they could.

We see the candidates for Male Superstar of the Year. Je'Von Evans somehow wins. Evans says he didn't expect to win but he got the W. He says it was a crazy year for him and talks about going to Vegas and Mexico. He says it was a crazy year for him and wait to see 2026. He says 2026 is about to get real bouncy. 

Thoughts: Oba or Trick should won this, not Evans. Evans didn't win anything this year except the Iron Survivor Challenge.

The Culling talk. Izzi complains about Tatum Paxley chasing them with a chainsaw. Izzi says they need to confront her now. Shawn says she doesn't understand what they have seen and says it's not the time. 

Kendal Grey is down in the back and Wren Sinclair calls for help. 

Izzi Dame is in the ring. She says she shouldn't of tried to turn Tatum's potential into something more. She says she has one bad day and goes back to her fantasy land where she plays with dolls. She says if she once looked t herself in the mirror, she would see the real reason of all her problems. She says she had to be the bad guy and break her heart. She says she did all that yet Tatum went after Niko and Spears. She says Tatum can't be fixed and nothing she does will scare her. She says she wasn't the villain, she was her cure. She says she saved her from rock bottom and put her back in it when she refused to evolve.

Tatum Paxley comes out. She says she learned so much from her. She says she was listening. She says she did care and felt everything. She says she's sorry...that she's just so insecure. She says she has to control people to feel good. She says she doesn't need friends like Izzi. She needs friends that have been there from the start like the fans. Tatum says she's in this for herself.

Izzi says it's a lie that Tatum was listening to herself. Tatum says when it's her time and she rots in the dirt, she says she will see the memory of her screaming over what she does to her next week. She says there will be no Spears, Niko, dolls or chainsaws, just the two of them. Izzi says playtime will be over. Tatum says Izzi isn't in control and it's not over until she says so. She ducks a shot from Izzi and hits a tequila shot on her.

The Tag Team of the Year is between Hank and Tank, Zaruca, The Culling and Darkstate. Zaruca somehow win. Zaruca talk. Sol says they've been together for a year and are happy to be the tag team of the year. Zaria says they are the tag team of the year and the best tag team in NXT. Zaria says it's just the beginning.

Thoughts: Hank and Tank should have won since they had the belts and won the NOAH tag titles while Zaruca won nothing.

Fatal Influence laugh about Wren being by herself as they head to the ring.

Jacy Jayne vs Wren Sinclair

Fatal Influence are with Jacy. Jacy armdrags her and shoulders her over. Jacy sentons her. Jacy then dances. Jacy backs her up on the ropes and calls her a loser. Wren shoves her and yanks on the arm. Wren armbreakers her. Jacy lariats Wren. 

Jacy beats up on Wren in the corner. Jacy short arm clotheslines her for 2. Jacy kicks her in the back then Wren rolls her up for 2. Wren hits a soul foot to the ribs. Wren elbows the arm and euros it. Wren kicks her in the arm. Wren cranks back hard on the arm.

Wren shoulders her over then does a sliding facebuster for 2. Wren spin kicks her in the gut. Jacy superkicks her. Wren is catapulted throat first into the 2nd rope. We go to break and return. 

Wren elbows Jacy in the gut and forearms her. Jacy neckbreakers her. Jacy is tripped into the ropes. Wren hits chops then lariats. Wren flying lariats her then double underhook suplexes her. Jacy pumping knees her for 2. Jacy is pulled into the buckles then Wren top rope crossbodies her.

Wren does cattle mutilation on her then armbars her. Jacy goes for a pumping knee and is rolled up. Jacy spinning forearms her and wins.

Thoughts: It was a kind of a basic match. It made sense and they did what they were supposed to but the match should have stood out more for their experience levels and for how much time this got.

Fatal Influence stomp Wren after. Kendal Grey comes out to make the save. She superkicks Jacy and forearms the other heels. She rolling armbars Jacy. The heels then get out of the ring. Grey holds up the women's title.

Joe Hendry practices singing in the back. Joe is told his guitar is set up in the ring for the concert.

 Joe Hendry comes out for his concert. Booker sings his own version of the song and it's something. Joe says it's been an amazing year for NXT and Joe Hendry. He says he won the TNA Title, was at The Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania. He says he also slammed The Miz at SNME and joined NXT. He says he made a song to celebrate that. Joe says the women's division has been on fire, Evans has been bouncy, Ethan is miserable as an iguana stole his car. He says NXT was the show for him in 2025 and uses that as the chorus. He says Trick Williams was the champ for so long and is back to crying and releasing terrible songs. He says we thought Ricky Saints was cool and rich but he's a whiny b!tch since losing the title. We see Tony D'Angelo watching in the rafters. He says Darkstate will destroy the show and says no one knew who they were until he made them famous. The lights go out on him.

Darkstate appears in the stands. Joe gets jumped 4v1. Joe is thrown into a double powerbomb.

Ava talks to Robert Stone in the back and says make sure the rest of the awards are ready. Ava goes into her office and the door is open with Blake Monroe in it. Blake is crying. Ava says if she wants to win her title, The Glamour needs to show up. She says she knows she has it in her. Blake then walks off. 

Matt Cardona picks Leon Slater against Oba Femi. Elijah picks Leon. Arianna Grace picks Oba. Stacks picks Oba. Mike Santana picks Leon. Mara Sade picks Leon. Hank picks Oba and Tank picks Leon, they argue then swap picks. 

WWE Men's Speed Tournament Final - Tavion Heights vs Lexis King

Tav belly to belly suplexes King and pins him in 8 seconds. Vic says it's a record.

The NXT Match of the year is between Evans/Trick/Williams at Stand and Deliver, Sol/Kelani at Battleground, Page/Saints at The Great American Bash, Jacy/Lola at No Mercy, Oba/Evans at Fastlane and the The Women's Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline. Evans/Trick/Williams at Stand and Deliver wins.

Swipe Right (Ricky Smokes and Brad Baylor) vs OTM (Bronco Nima and Lucian Price)

Brad leg kicks Price twice and hits him in the corner. RS is thrown into the bcukles and onto the apron. Price chops down Brad. Price shoulders RS. RS takes a double back elbow and Nima does a low lariat on RS. Nima throws RS on a backdrop.

Nima rib breakers Brad on his shoulder. Nima curbstomps Brad. Jackson Drake knees Nima in the back and is thrown in. RS clips Nima. Brad short ddt's Nima. Brad clubs on Nima. RS kicks the middle rope into Nima's face. Brad splashes Nima for 2 then hits downward elbows. 

Nima gordbusters Brad then lariats him. Price hits lariats on RS then flips Brad into a big chop. Price htis corner lariats on Swipe then uranage's Drake. RS takes a double team spinebuster and is pinned.

Thoughts: OTM actually got over for once which was nice. The crowd popped for Price's chops here. Swipe Right did some great bumping here and really helped this one get over.

Jordynne Grace talks to Thea Hail about Blake Monroe ruining her celebration. Thea talks about trying to make her more positive and asks her to be in her corner at New Year's Evil. She says she knows she wants to and wants to see Blake Monroe cry again. Thea hugs her and Grace says she doesn't like this hugging thing.

Female Superstar of the Year's nominees are Kelani Jordan, Sol Ruca, Tatum Paxley, Blake Monroe and Jacy Jayne. Sol Ruca wins. She does a promo. She says she became a double champ this year and says she was also successful with Zaria. She says she's proud of her and herself.

Thoughts: This was another unusual pick as Jacy should have won since she won the Women's Title and the TNA Knockout's Title. At least Sol was a better pick than Evans.

Ricky Saints vs Je'Von Evans

Evans hits punches on RS in the corner. RS fires back and clubs on him. Evans hits Terrale Tempo's viralplex and superkicks him for 2. RS kicks him in the knee and drives his knee into the mat. RS slams him. RS slams Evans' leg into the ropes. He clips him and stomps the leg.

RS slaps Evans down then throws him out. Evans is sent into the rails and breaks them. Evans' head is banged off the commentary table. Evans lariats him out then suicide dives him. Evans throws RS into the rails and bangs his head off the commentary table. Evans hits punches on him on the table. Evans springboard lariats him inside for 2. RS bangs Evans' chin off the apron. 

We go to break and return. RS guillotines him. Evans suplexes him. Evans superkicks him, flying forearms him and corkscrew kicks him off the ropes. RS facekicks him. Evans high kicks him. Evans tornado ddt's him and flying knees him for 2. Evans comes off the top and runs into a knee. RS tiger drivers him for 2.

RS goes out for some reason and Evans suicide dives him over the commentary table. Evans hits a top rope frogsplash for 2. Evans is tripped on the 2nd rope and RS gets a 2 count on him. RS spears him for 2. RS tornado ddt's him for 1. Rs jumps at him and is caught with a cutter. Evans tries a double jump cutter but ends up getting the ref with it. 

RS low blows him and hits a roshambo. RS pins Evans.

Thoughts: I never like working the leg matches on high flyers that much as it's hard to do both. Evans did try to sell it though. They did a lot with bumps into the rails and the commentary table. Both guys did their usual offense. It did have a bit more high spots than I expected here but this didn't fully do it for me.

Overall thoughts: The award winners were kind of bogus here with Trick and Jacy not winning. They definitely wanted faces to win the awards here. I didn't like Moose losing to Page in the opener. Jacy/Wren was somewhat basic and should have been better for their experience levels. OTM/Swipe Right was a lot better than I expected and Swipe Right really bumped well for their opponents. They tried in the main and Evans flew a lot but I didn't love it as much as others will. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as some of the decisions here were questionable and there was nothing too memorable on this.