WWE NXT 1/20/2026

WWE NXT 1/20/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/wwe-nxt-1132026.html

We are at the Performance Center in Orlando, FL. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary. 

Ava talks to security in the back. She says Tony D'Angelo will probably show up tonight and tells security to be on high alert tonight.

WWE NXT North American Title - Ethan Page (C) vs Elio LeFleur

This is Elio LaFleur's TV debut. Page shoulders him over and pats him on the head. Page shoulders him over. Elio kips up then springboard headlock takeovers him. Elio then pats him in the head. Elio upkicks him then bodyscissors him out. Elio jumps off the steps with a hurricanrana on the floor. 

Elio goes to springboard and is pulled down on the ropes. Page side slams him on the top buckle. Page dropkicks him from the apron. We go to PiP break and return.  

Page yanks him into a powerslam. Page grabs his mask and yells at him. Elio back body drops him. Elio springboard twisting crossbodies him the enzugiri's and twisting suplexes him for 2. Elio misses a top rope 450 and is facekicked for 2.

Page beats up on him while he's down. Elio slaps him then dragon suplexes him. Elio springboard and Pade dropkicks him in mid-air. Page yanks him up and is hit with a tornado ddt. Elio moonsaults him off the buckles outside.

Elio springboard flying knees him for 2. Elio hits a near coast to coast springboard dropkick for 2. Page gets his knees up on Elio's top rope 450. Elio hurricanrana's him then flying facekicks him in the corner. Elio tries it again but is powerbombed down. Page pins him while holding the tights.

Thoughts: I've seen Elio before and he wrestled like he usually does where he does a bunch of spots, doesn't sell any of them and goes fast. I thought they would have Elio get the upset here and I'm not sure why they didn't. Why start him off with a loss when he could win? It was acceptable but Elio's gotta slow down and do less.

Ricky Saints comes up to Page as he goes to leave. RS says they are the glue that keeps this place together. Page says he knocked sense into him the last time they crossed paths. RS tells him to relax in the back while he watches qualifiers.   

Ricky Saints joins the commentary team. The commentators bring up Keanu Carver and said he didn't join for 2 years due to disciplinary reasons. We see Booker T and Keanu Carver argue on LFG, which we haven't seen yet. 

Cam Hendrix talks in the back and Keanu Carver is yelling and slamming doors. 

Booker has nothing to say about Keanu.

NXT Title Ladder Match Qualifier - Shiloh Hill vs Josh Briggs

Hill hits punches on JB to start and hits him in the corners. Hill shoulders him over. JB clubs on him and bangs his head off the buckles. JB slaps and boots him. Hill hits a shake, rattle and roll and low diving shoulderblocks him. Hill legdrops him on the apron. JB side slams and splashes him. 

Hill flying headscissors him. Hill is sent out and thrown under the bottom buckle. Hill cannonballs him off the steps. JB swings at him then drops a lariat on him. We go to PiP break and return.

Hill is sent into the buckles and takes a running back elbow. JB piefaces him and Hill hulks up. Hill hits some shots and flying shoulders him. Hill top rope diving lariats him. Hill twisting double underhook drops him then inverted flips on him for 2.

JB facekicks him then chokeslams him. JB elbow drops him for 2. Hill double underhook suplexes him for 2. JB misses a top rope moonsault. Hill neckbreakers him and wins.

Thoughts: I was surprised to see Hill win here. It was a hard hitting battle and I found it entertaining. Hill showed some charisma and energy here and these guys both moved pretty well.

Tony D'Angelo comes in the ring and beats up Briggs and Hill after. Tony then stares at Saints before leaving.

Zaria and Sol Ruca talk in the back. Zaria asks where Sol was at the end of the Genesis match. Zar says her shoulder taken as a beaten the last few months. Sol says she can take most of the beating tonight. Zaria says she's not 100% and don't blame her if it costs them the match.

Swipe Right (Ricky Smokes and Brad Baylor) vs Chase U (Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors)

UC and RS go at it. They each do the side headlock takeover into a headscissors spot. RS shoulders him over and UC hurricanrana's him from the mat. RS forearms Kale and tags out. Kale rolls over Brad's back Brad takes a superkick in the gut, a legdrop then a standing moonsault. The heels take stereo superkicks. The faces then hit stereo topes on them outside. 

UC is thrown off the top by Brad. We see Lexis King watching in the back with Stacks and Arianna coming up to him. RS facekicks UC for 2. UC hits slaps on Brad. UC takes a dropkick + spinebuster for 2. 

Kale is tagged in. He forearms RS and goes up and over him. Kale hits lariats on RS. Kale hits kicks to the body and chops him from behind. RS is back body dropped over the top. Kale fosbury flops the heels outside. Kale top rope tornillo splashes RS inside for 2. 

UC springboard stunners RS for 2. Brad is superkicked. Brad pumping knees Kale. Kale takes a top rope double stomp + reverse ddt and is pinned.

Thoughts: The announcers basically said that Chase U aren't doing that well which was interesting and truthful. The match wasn't bad. Chase U did more flying than usual and RS bumped big for the faces.

Ava talks to Robert Stone and says officers are coming here for Tony D. He says he can't keep having this. Lola vice comes in. She says she already beat Izzi Dame and talks about going to AAA. Thea Hail comes in. She says open challenges are risky and she wants her rematch. Lola says she's next for a title shot. Ava says they can fight on 2/3 with Izzi in a triple threat match.

Jaiaa Parker heads to the ring.

Keanu Carver does a sitdown interview. He says he's only here because he was told he has to be here and he says he's not answering questions. He is asked about disciplinary actions taken towards him. He goes to leave, Blake tries to help him get the mic off and he pushes him and says don't touch me.

Jaida Parker comes out. She says she's back but hasn't changed. She says she was out and watching some of the new girls. She says standards don't need to check and says standards get up again and again. She says she's the standard that refuse to bend. She says everyone has their opinions about her. 

She says she might not be able to catch a break but she catches eyes and attention. She says pressure happens when she walks through the door and makes everyone sit up straighter. She says she is not going to pretend that she fits into a box. She says she won't dim her light so someone can feel safe next to her.

The lights go out and Blake Monroe talks on the riser. Blake says she made a mistake interrupting her last week. She says JP is just talk and doesn't get to stand in her way. JP says she talks so much as if she stopped talking, she might have something to prove. She says she'd have to deal with her at the end of the day if she kept talking.

Thoughts: This was an interesting and unique segment with JP kind of doing a shoot promo. She did good with it too. What she said to Blake wasn't a lie either.

Ava talks to Myles Borne in the back. Elio LaFleur comes in and thanks her for the opportunity. Ava tells him not to worry about the loss. Ricky Saints walks past them. Borne says he will see him in the ladder match when he beats Dion Lennox. Ethan Page comes in and says that'll depend on the version of him that shows up. He says it depends on whether he will have killer instinct or be the guy that always loses. Page says the choice is Borne's but they both know what he needs to do.

NXT Title Ladder Match Qualifier - Sean Legacy vs Eli Knight

Sean does an inset promo. He says he fought to reach every rung on the ladder. He says he and his opponent traveled similar roads but only one can take the next leap and it's him. Eli does an inset promo. He says he grew up 20 mins from the PC. He says he saw the future get built and is now an NXT Superstar. He says he will bring everything he learned in ROW to Evolve to now. He says it's all about hunger and no one is hungrier than him.

Eli armdrags him and is armdragged. They sweep each other and try to boot each other at the same time. Eli side headlock takeovers him. SL then side headlock takeovers him. They try to dropkick each other at the same time and stand off.

SL armdrags him then dropkicks him. SL topes him outside. SL springboard crossbodies him for 2. SL hits chops. Eli slingshot flips over him then flips over him. Eli dropkicks him out. Eli asai moonsaults him outside. We go to PiP break, full break and return.

They trade punches. Eli facekicks him. Sean euros him. Eli step up enzugiri's him. Sean lariats him. They each get nearfalls on each other. Eli rolls and Sean superkicks him. Sean standing spanish flies him and springboard 450's him for 2. Eli overhead belly to belly suplexes him into the buckles. Eli does a top rope moonsault into a standing moonsault for 2.

Sean gets a 2 count on him. Eli hits a standing shiranui. Eli top rope moonsaults into Sean's boots. Sean hits shambles on him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was the high flying match you'd expect. They didn't sell that great here but Eli looked good and is doing well for some one who is so brand new. Tony D comes back out and beats up both after. He chokeslams Sean on the commentary table. Saints picks up his chair to fend him off. Ava comes out with police who then arrest Tony.

We get an NXT Focus video on The Culling. Izzi says they won The N-A Title as it is what The Culling is all about. Niko says him and Spears need to reset their focus on the NXT Tag Titles. He says they will let OTM and Darkstate fight it out then focus on the winner. Izzi says she can count on them as The Culling always prepares.

TOny is taken out through the back and Ava says he left her no choice. Blake tries to interview Tony but Tony has nothing to say as he gets put in the car. 

OTM walk by and Lucian pushes Blake. He says last week was a warning and they are coming for the tag titles. Price says they will show them real things can get next week.

The Vanity Project is with 2 unknown girls in the back. Drake says Chase U had no shot against them. Brad says Chase U isn't a real school. Robert Stone comes in and says Drake will face Joe Hendry in his ladder match qualifier then Joe Hendry appears. Joe says he will see them next week as he won't miss a shot at the ladder match. Smokes asks where the girl went as he says he kissed Joe Hendry.  

Darkstate talk in the back. Shugars says OTM is tripping if they think they can take the titles. Cutler James says Tony cost them a match last week. He says Tony is safer behind bars than here. Dion says everyone wants a shot at them and that's what they asked for. He says he will whoop Borne's @ss and qualify next week. Shugars says they got NXT on lock. They say when they strike, nobody is safe.

TNA Knockouts Tag Titles #1 Contenders Match - WrenQCC (Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair) vs Sol Ruca and Zaria vs Fatal Influence (Lainey Ried and Fallon Henley)

George Iceman/The Persona Concierge is in the front row.

Sol sunset flips KG then KG tries a pin on LR. Sol sentons them for 2. Sol backflips into a pin on LR. KG meteora's Sol. Sol kips down, jips up and does a double dropkick. 

Zar hits a double lariat then hits corner attacks. KG rolls over Zar's back. Zar is chopped by KG's team then double backdropped. Wren bangs Zar's face off the mat and double underhook supelxes LR. Zar is sent into the buckles. Fallon trips KG and house call kicks her. Zar pulls Fallon out and kicks her. Zar backs up Jacy outside. 

Zar slams Wren. Sol tries to handstand on Zar but Zar's shoulder gives out. Zar and Sol are lariated out together. LR topes Zar. Wren plancha outside and KG top rope moonsaults outside. KG gets a 2 count in the ring. We go to PiP break and return.

Zar hanging sleepers KG on the 2nd rope. KG is put in the electric chair and takes a doomsday device. LR, Wren and Sol come in. LR and Wren hit shots. Wren double chops Sol. Wren corner splashes both opponents and double underhook suplexes Sol. She backdrops LR. Sol takes a legsweep + flying back elbow for 2. KG superkicks LR then LR blue thunders her for 2. 

KG rolling armbars LR. Sol splashes KG to break it for 2. The three trade shots on their knees. Sol eats a double superkick. KG overhead belly to belly LR. Sol slingshot facebusters KG. Sol backcrackers LR with her feet then germans her. Sol ends KG out. Zar hits a double spear.

Sol ends up out. Zar headbuts LR. KG flatliners Zar off the casadora for 2. Jacy Jayne nails KG outside. Wren dropkicks Jacy off the apron and is sent into the rails. LR crucifix bombs Zar. Fallon ddt's Zar then 2nd rope blockbusters her for 2.

Sol spears Fallon outside. Sol hits a double sol snatcher inside. Zar F-5's Fallon and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a good tag. It was very fast packed and packed with action. KG moved well here and kept up with the pace easy. We got some flying, they teased some of the Zar/Sol issues and the heels cheated a bit. Wren had a strong performance here. This couldn't have worked out much better than it did and they should run this one back.

Overall thoughts: It was a different NXT than usual with a lot of newer names getting time on the show. NXT is in a transition period and it was on display here. I liked the show. The main was good and worth a look and Hill/Briggs was an interesting brawling battle. Chase U's match wasn't bad either. Elio/Page and Eli/Sean were kind of flippy bouts though and not for me. Keanu Carver's new character was shown off a bit here. Jaida Parker had an interesting segment with Blake and poor Blake Howard got bullied here. I'd give this a high 6 out of 10 and I thought it was good.