WWE NXT 7/21/2026

WWE NXT 7/21/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-nxt-7142026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-nxt-7282026.html 

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

Robert Stone tells a ref that Naraku and Tony D can't touch each other before the main event. Thea Hail comes in and wants to talk but Stone say he can't. Natalya then says she will tap out Jaida Parker tonight. Nattie then argues with Thea and says she will end Jaida tonight. Stone then leaves before Thea can say anything.

Noam Dar, Romeo Moreno and Sayquon Shugars vs Darkstate (Dion Lennox, Cutler James and Osiris Griffn)

The heels enter and the faces fight them in the isle. The heels get the edge. The bell rings and Dar rolls up Dion for 2. Dar kicks and punches Dion for 2. SS gets in and Dion backs off. SS hits leg kicks on OG. SS clubs on him and OG slams him. SS takes a double back elbow.

CJ euros SS and OG hits SS in the gut. SS slingshot chopblocks OG. RM is caught off the ropes. OG takes a high/low kick. RM and Dar hit stereo apron PK's. SS wants to put Dion through the commentary table and it gets broken up. SS is thrown from the table to the apron edge.

We go to PiP break and return. Dion misses a corner spear. CJ and SS get in. SS dropkicks Dion through the ropes. SS lariats CJ and top rope twisting crossbodies CJ and OG. SS suplexes and cartwheels into a basement dropkick on CJ. SS dropkicks Dion off the pron then takes a CJ swinging backbreaker. SS is thrown into a powerbmb but he hits a hurricanrana off of it. SS lariats CJ over the top and enzugiri's OG. RM springboard dropkicks Dion. SS crossbodies Dion over the top.

RM spaceman plancha's outside. SS rolling death valley drivers Dion through the riser. Dar is powerslammed on the floor. RM rolls up CJ for 2. CJ pump kicks him. RM takes a double team pop-up twisting powerbomb and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was fine. Cutler's looking better and better these days and is really figuring it out. The Shugars vs Darkstate feud is totally no dimes though and just won't go away.

Dion and Shugars have to be separated after.

We go to the girls locker room. Lizzy Rain complains about Izzi Dame. Thea Hail says she can't get 30 seconds with Stone. Skylar Rae says she hasn't gotten anywhere since LFG and is going to start tonight. Jaida complains about Nattie and Thea tells Jaida to kick her @ss tonight.

Lola Vice talks in the ring with Kendall Grey and Wren Sinclair. Lola says she worked too hard for too long to step to the side. She says she told Ken she would dominate the division when she's done but she's not done yet. She say vice city continues to grow. Lola says Ken said she saw a champ in her but Lola says she sees someone who needs validation in her. Ken says her title is validation. Lola says she got there fast and let's see how far she goes down.

Lola says she herself looks like a champ with or without the belt. Ken says there's not a girl she can't beat. Lola says she beat her once. Lola says Ken beat her in a match but can't beat her in a fight. Wren says she doesn't like where this is going. Ken says it's a perfect idea. Lola challengers her to an NXT Underground match on August 4th. Ken agrees. She say she will her in the Underground and says when she's done kicking her @ss, Lola can go back to shaking it.

We get a video on Tony D vs Naraku.

Keanu Carver vs Hank Walker

Hank runs in and hits shots on KC. KC rams him into the corner. KC forearms him. Hank boots him in the gut. KC back elbows him. Hank knees him in the gut then hip attacks him on the ropes. Hank running facekicks him. 

Hank boots him from the ropes then KC facekicks him out. Hank black hole slams KC for 2. KC backbreakers Hank. KC elbow drops him. KC lariats him from behind. KC knees him in the gut and fallaway slams him. KC sends Tank into the steps outside. Hank topes KC.

Hank sends KC into the post and flying forearms him in the ring. KC pounces Hank then alabama slams him for the win.

Thoughts: It was short and fast paced. I thought it went well and it was an explosive little match here. KC won as expected.

Tank hits KC after. KC sends him into the apron edge and slams him on the commentary table. KC grabs steps, EK Prosper kicks him from behind and double stomps him into the steps. KC takes a double team slam from Hank and Tank then a top rope moonsault from EK.

Natalya says she's happy to help Thea Hail and make her relevant if she wants. She says what Thea is doing on her own isn't working. She says she can aspire to be a legend like her on a soft b!tch like Jiada. Thea says she doesn't mind Jaida but doesn't like her. Lyons then takes Thea's towel and Thea says she hopes Jaida punches Nat's teeth in.

We see video from last night. Shiloh Hill visits Danhausen's lair. Dan asks if he's here to get experimented on. Hill says Tristan Angels is obnoxious and he smashed his tooth. He says he wants a replacement tooth. Dan shots off his tooth collection and gives him one. He says he will cost him a lot of money. He asks if he will take crypto currency. Dan accepts it and says he will figure it out. 

Jaida Parker vs Nattie

JP takes her down and pounds on her. Nat rolls JP up for 2. Nat side headlock takeovers her. JP slaps Nat. JP shoulders her over. JP yanks on Nat's arm. Nat upkicks her and they slap each other. JP lariats her down twice. JP lays her on the 2nd rope and chops her. JP step up butt drops her there. Nat's buddies Karmen and Lyons pull her out. JP baseball slides Karmen and Nat chopblocks JP.

We go to PiP break and return. Nat spinning lariats her for 2. Nat dragon screws JP over the 2nd rope. Nat bangs JP's leg off the mat. JP samoan drops her. They trade forearms. JP falcon arrows him for 2. Nat is laid on the 2nd rope and JP misses her butt press. Nat michinoku drivers her for 2.

Nat sharpshooters JP. JP crawls out of the ring to break it. Nat is sent into the steps. JP then sharpshooters Nat. Lyons wants to throw the towel in and Karmen won't let her. The towel is thrown in and Nat loses.

Thoughts: Not sure about the ending here. I didn't think Nat took enough punishment for that and Lyons isn't exactly the caring type. I liked it otherwise though and would have liked to have seen more of it. It was an okay bout here with them showing aggression and Nat working the knee.

We get another Tony D'Angelo vs Naraku feud recap video.

Stone and Kelani Jordan talk. KJ complains about getting pinned and says she was robbed. Stone says it's borderline and says the ref's decision is final. KJ says she was screwed over once again.

OTM comes in and Stone says they can face Birthright next week. Stone says they need to figure out what show Nima will be on when AAA and NXT run the show same day. Price says to tell him later.

Shawn Spears vs Niko Vance

SS shows up behind Niko and hits punches. SS lariats him over the top. Niko's head is banged off the apron edge. SS then has his head banged off the apron edge. Niko punches SS. Niko jumps off the apron and SS hits him in the gut. SS chops him outside. Niko shoulders him over. Niko punches SS and bangs his head off the buckles.

SS chops Niko. SS thesz presses him and hits punches. Niko flying lariats him. Niko forearms and punches him in the corner. SS running lariats him. SS tries a dive but kind of stops himself. SS suplexes Niko on the floor. Niko slams SS on the floor. 

We go to break and return. SS chops Niko and throws him out. Niko is up top and SS overhead throws him down. SS atomic drops him twice then hits chops. SS lariats and stomps Niko. Niko headbutts him then lifts him into a spinning ddt for 2. 

Niko boots him. Niko jumps off the apron and is hit. SS sends him into the post and bangs his head off the steps. SS grabs a chair. The ref stops him. Izzi Dame gets on the apron and Lizzy Rain attacks Izzi. SS then pretends SS hit him with the chair. The ref DQ's Niko.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything too special. Like the Darkstate split, this story didn't get over that much. They just did a lot of the basics here and it wasn't too exciting.

Niko goes to attack Shawn after but refs stop him.

Stone asks Kam Hendrix what his health status is. Kam says he had a setback and is at 62%. Myles Borne and Tavion Heights come in. Borne asks if him and Tav can get a tag title match. Kam says they can't and says Borne needs to defend his title. Borne says he will put his title on the line next week if they can get a tag title match. Stone says he needs an opponent and Borne says he was thinking Kam but he's not able to. Kam says he just got a text from the NXT medical staff and he's cleared. Stone then sets up the matches.

We get a short Reina Volcan video.

Reina Volcan vs Skylar Rae

This is Reina Volcan's TV debut. Sky deserves better than this.

RV throws down Sky off the lock up. RV slams her. Sky side headlocks her and RV shoulders her over. RV powerslams her. RV misses a corner charge. Sky hits shots to the gut. Sky running back elbows her in the corner. RV tilt-a-whirl backbreakers her. RV rolling elbow drops her. RV jumping elbow drops her for 2.

Sky upkicks RV. RV misses an elbow drop. Sky hits RV in the gut. Sky flying shoulders her then la mistica facebusters her for 2. Sky is swept off the ropes. RV torture racks Sky and submits her.

Thoughts: They didn't do anything wrong but RV didn't really stick out in any way. She does pretty basic stuff and she's really only notable for being wide. Sky lost as expected.

Robert Stone is eating popcorn chicken in the back. Shiloh Hill comes in and Stone offers him some. Stone makes a joke about Dan cursing him. Hill says Angels tried to embarrass him and vengeance consumes him. He says Angels needs to be put down. Stone sets up Hill vs Angels for next week. Hill then takes all 7 boxes of Stone's popcorn chicken in this obvious advertisement.

We see someone arrive in a car.

WWE NXT Title - Street Fight - Tony D'Angelo (c) vs Naraku

They ignore the intros and Nar red mists him to start. Tony is lariated over the top and sent into the LED board rails and steps. Nar hits Tony in the body with the steps for 2. 

Nar throws weapons into the ring. Nar chairs him in the gut and back. Nar slams him. Tony is suplexed onto a 2x2 set of chairs. Tony back body drops him on a chair. Tony pours water in his eyes to get rid of the mist then he drives Nar into the rails.

We go to PiP break and return. Tony baseball slides a ladder into Nar. Tony then throws a ladder at Nar's head from the ring. Nar kicks him in the gut and TD catapults Nar face first into a trash can between the buckles. Tony is crotched on the top rope and Nar lariats him down.

Tony hits Nar in the gut with a ladder outside. Nar STO's Tony on the floor. Nar slams Tony through the commentary table. Nar gets a 2 count on him in the ring. Tony blocks Nar's red mist with his hands. Tony rubs his hands in Nar's eyes. Tony hits Nar with a kendo stick then crotches him with it. Tony chokes Nar through a table while standing on steps. Tony wins.

Thoughts: Tony was dumb not to have any kind of preparation for the mist. He had to know it was coming. It was an okay hardcore match but nothing you would remember. Tony blocking the mist at the end was the coolest spot in this one. Thankfully Tony won, though neither he or Naraku are that hot right now.

Mike Santana's music hits and he arrives in the crowd. Mike look at Tony and Tony holds his title up at him.

Overall thoughts: I liked the opener. Keanu/Hank was a decent bout as Jaida/Nattie was okay. Shawn/Niko was average. Reina Volcan debuted, squashed Skylar Rae and didn't impress. The main was an okay hardcore match but nothing too memorable. The big news coming out of this was Mike Santana arriving in NXT. I don't know where NXT is going to fit all these people in as the roster keeps growing yet no one is leaving and NXT is not getting more TV time. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10 as this show was fine overall.