WWE NXT 8/11/2026

WWE NXT 8/11/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-nxt-842026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-nxt-8182026.html 

We are in Orlando, FL. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary.

Lizzy Rain is looking for Shawn Spears in the back. Izzi Dame and Niko Vance laugh and say, "We told you he'd do this".

The Culling (Izzi Dame and Niko Vance) vs Lizzy Rain and EK Prosper

Shawn Spears doesn't come out with Rain.

LR hits shots on Izzi and Izzi back elbows her down. The ref then rings the bell. LR dropkicks Izzi. Izzi facekicks her down and hits corner spears. They trade forearms. LR springboard back elbows her.

Niko tags in. EK Prosper then comes out. EK asai moonsaults Niko outside. EK springboard crossbodies and Niko rolls back with him. EK hits shots on Niko. EK dropkicks Niko for 2.

EK pump kicks him and Niko drops him. EK dropkicks him. The girls get in and LR enzugiri's Dame. The faces hit stereo chop flurries in the corners then hit stereo tornado ddt's. EK topes Niko. Izzi sweeps LR on the apron. Izzi swings her head into the steps.

We go to PiP break and return. LR hits back elbows on Izzi then high kicks her. LR suplexes Izzi. LR top rope hurricanrana's Izzi down. LR death valley rivers Izzi for 2. Niko breaks the pin up.

EK enzugiri's Niko and Izzi lariats LR. Izzi crucifix bomb's EK. Niko top rope diving headbutts EK for 2. EK stunners Niko. EK boots Niko out of the corner and top rope swantons him. LR is launched up in the air by Niko and Izzi sitout powerbombs LR off of it for 2.

Izzi neckbreakers LR over the back and LR cutters him. LR flying euros Izzi. LR hits her thunderstuck on Niko and EK shining wizard's Niko. EK top rope moonsaults Niko and pins him.

Thoughts: I hated this. This was a handicap mixed match where the sexes can't hit each other. Make sense of that. Oh yeah, then the women hit the men anyway and the ref did nothing about it. 

We see clips of the locker room congratulating Tavion and Borne for winning the tag titles last week. Nima says loyalty is worth more than any titles. Legacy accuses Dux of wanting a tag title shot. Tav says the NXT tag division is underrated and says they will be fighting champs. Tav says it's anyplace, anywhere and anybody. Romeo Moreno wants to challenge and Dar stops him.

Kendal Grey is being worked on in the back and has ear taped up.

EK Prosper and Lizzy Rain are interviewed. EK says the men's division needs to step it up and that's what he's doing. Kali Armstrong then takes the mic and comes out. Kali tells Kendal Grey she wants her title shot.

Kelani Jordan comes out and says no. KJ says she pinned her and says Kali will get behind her in line. KJ says she's next in line for the title. Kendal Grey then comes out with Wren Sinclair. 

KG says KJ's been saying the same thing for months now and they are tired of her complaints. KG says KJ got knocked out in NXT Underground and she beat the queen of the underground. She then gives KJ a contract for a title shot. KG tells her to pick a time and place. Wren tells KG she's not 100%. Kali asks when she will get her title shot and KG says after KJ gets hers. KJ says she can choose when this match happens and she chooses NXT Heatwave. KG says KJ will find out she can't keep up with her.

Kali says "hell naw" and she wants a title shot. Kali swings at Wren but nails KG in her injured ear. Wren hits Kali and KJ and Kali beat up Wren. Refs then come out to stop this.

Cruz Montana talks to Robert Stone and says he will earn his shot at the title. Keanu Carver comes in and complains about people coming in and getting a title shot. Keanu wishes Cruz good luck. Stone asks Keanu why he's been acting like this. Keanu says he's figuring things out. He says his match against EK was smooth last week and he's got more coming. He says Stone hasn't seen nothin' yet.

Dion Lennox vs Saquon Shugars

SS goes up and over Dion then dropkicks him for 2. SS pounds on Dion. SS hits chops. SS rolls him up for 2. SS backbreakers him into a flatliner for 2. SS low dropkicks him. SS dropkicks him through the ropes. 

Dion back elbows him. SS is thrown into the 2nd rope. Dion lariats SS from behind for 2. Dion sleepers him. Dion euros him down. Dion northern lights suplexes him for 2. Dion sleepers him.

Dion misses a corner charge. SS back elbows him and lariats him. SS knees him in the gut. SS flying back elbows him from behind on the ropes. SS triangle crossbodies him on the apron. Griffin and Cutler go up to SS outside and SS grabs his bat. Dion grabs the bat and SS high kicks him. Dion's buddies pull SS down onto the commentary table. Dion emerald flowsion's SS and pins him.

Thoughts: The feud that never ends continued here. It didn't get any more over than last time and it was a shorter and no so special match.

Darkstate beat up Shugars after. Shugars is thrown into a powerbomb. 

Robert Stone talks to Rey Mysterio on the phone. Rey asks what's next for the AAA/NXT relationship. Stone says Rey Fenix can defend his title on NXT and he will book a 4-way #1 Contender's match for it. Rey Mysterio says EK Prosper should be in it then he recommends La Parka for the match too. Rey says Stone can pick the final 2.

Saquon Shugars is being worked on by a doc. Grayson Waller comes in. GW yells at him for making jokes and says he needs to do something about Darkstate running over him. Shugars then grabs his bat and a chair.

WWE NXT Women's North American Title - Zaria (c) vs Wren Sinclair

Wren backrolls Zar then rolls her up again. Zar shoulders her and sends her shoulder first into the buckles. Zar totally misses a pump kick on the ropes for 2. Zar butt drops Wren's arm.

Wren rolls up Zar for 2. Wren shoulders her over and bangs her face off the mat for 2. Zar pump kicks Wren for 2. Zar boots her out of the corner and sends her shoulder into first into the buckles. Zar hanging sleepers Wren from the buckles. Wren pulls Zar's arm down over the top rope. Wren tries to dropkick her under the bottom rope but mostly misses.

We go to PiP break and return. Zar blocks Wren's sunset flip and bangs her face off the mat. Zar boots Wren in the face. Wren takes her down and pounds on her. Wren chops Zar. Zar shoves her down. Wren 2nd rope crossbodies her. Wren lariats Zar and double underhook suplexes her. 

Zar lariats Wren and headbutts her from behind. Zar germans Wren. Wren sunset flips her for 2. Zar spinning lariats her. Wren takes a big spear. Saquon Shugars comes out and hits Dion Lennox with a bat. They get in the ring and Shugars crossbodies him over the top. Cutler James comes in the ring and Wren dropkicks a chair into his face. Zar F-5's Wren and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't good at all. Wren didn't hit anything clean and missed on most of her offense. Then we had a lame finish with Darkstate running into the ring at the end.

Shiloh Hill does a video. He says he went to the doctor and says his bones are healing fast. He says he can wrestler a lot sooner than planned. He says he then wrestled with masks this weekend. We then see him with various masks. He says the fog is coming and talks about Naraku. He says his poison fog comes in different colors with different effects. He says he will try to find some and test the colors out.

Mason Rook vs Kam Hendrix

Rook forearms him down twice. Rook slams him and back body drops him and Kam goes out. Rook back body drops him again. rook's throw is pulled down over the ropes and his head is rammed into the 2nd buckle. Kam pounds on him and boots him in the head.

Kam corner lariats him then rolls into a lariat on him for 1. Kam punches MR in the back. Rook hits chops. Kam spinebusters him for 2. Rook's face is banged off the mat. Kam hits superman punches and forearms. Rook hits punches and corner enzugiri's him. Rook crossbodies him. Rook hits corner splashes and slams Kam.

Rook sentons him. Rook release germans him. Rook corner splashes him from behind then blue thunders him for 2. Kam has pulled the top buckle pad off. Rook is sent face first into the exposed buckle. Kam pins him after a showtime kick.

Thoughts: It was fine. rook did some good stuff for his size. Kam took some nice back body drop bumps here.

The Vanity Project talk to Robert Stone in the back. Tavion and Borne walk in. Smokes wants his rematch tonight. Stone says if Drake can beat Borne last week, he gets an N-A Title shot and Swipe Right get a tag title shot. If Drake loses, he gets nothing. Borne asks if he has to wrestle twice in the same night. Brad tries to get Borne to do it. Borne says if Drake wins, he will wrestle twice in one week. Stone then says Drake will face Shiloh Hill to determine this.

Bronco Nima wants to go to the ring with Lucien Price but Price says he's got this.

Lexis King vs Lucien Price

King offers a handshake and chops him. Price no sells the chops. King boots him out of the corner. King comes off the 2nd rope and is chopped down. King goes up and over and Price headbutts him. King flying knees Price then double stomps his arm. King codebreakers the arm.

King armbars Price. King goes for a triangle and Price powerbombs him down. Price lariats and superkicks him. Price throws him. King superkicks him and top rope twisting crossbodies him. Price backbreakers King.

King kitchen sink's Price from behind. Price one arm powerbombs him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. Price looked big and bad here and him busting King's chest open with a chest was pretty cool. Price made some goofy noises here and I thought it was someone throwing up in my house.

Wren and Kendal talk to Stone. Wren wants another match with Zaria. Stone says he has to think about it. Wren offers up a Unification Match with her title vs Zaria's N-A Title. Stone then sets up Grey and Wren vs Kali and Kelani.

Thea Hail and Jaida Parker talk. Jaida said they had the number of Nattie's crew last week. Thea says she wants Nattie. Jaida says Nattie isn't as easy as she looks and she doesn't want her to have to go through that. Thea says she feels good now. Jaida wishes her luck and says she will be there for her.

Romeo Moreno tells Noam Dar he can't be in the Fatal Four Way next week. Romeo says he doesn't want to abandon his team with Dar. Dar says it'll be a fiesta when he wins. Tristan Angels comes in. He says he's the 4th guy in that match. He says he will extinguish Rey Fenix's flame and will beat him, EK and La Parka. 

#1 Contender's Match - Grayson Waller vs Cruz Montana

Tony D'Angelo is on commentary. 

GW hits leg kicks and they hockey fight. GW hits shots in the corner and Cruz lariats him down. Cruz suplexes GW. GW elbows him in the corner. GW dropkicks him in the back of the neck. GW suplexes him for 2. 

Cruz forearms him and is facekicked. GW hits him while he's down. Cruz slaps him and is dropkicked. Cruz chops him in the corner. GW is catapulted into the buckles and Cruz drops him on his chest. Cruz sentons him. Cruz then topes him into the commentary table.

We go to PiP break and return. GW is up top and Cruz superplexes him down. Cruz hits punches and flying lariats him. Cruz enzugiri's him. GW jumping knees him and Cruz hits doi fives. GW spinning forearms him. Cruz death valley drivers him for 2. Cruz backrolls into a cutter on GW. 

Cruz pump kicks him off the apron and GW stops his dive attempt. GW rolls in and flatliners him for 2. Cruz back elbows him. GW jumping curbstomps him from behind for 2. GW 2nd rope elbow drops him for 2. GW running boots him.

GW comes off the buckles and is atomic dropped. Vic accidentally calls Cruz "Santana". GW stunners Cruz over the 2nd rope. GW rolls in and takes a hard spinning lariat. Zilla Fatu then comes in and pop-up samoan drops Cruz for the no contest.

Thoughts: These two are similar wrestlers who both do a lot of unnecessary rolls on each move and do some weird offense. It went okay but then Zilla Fatu made his debut and ended the match. Fatu is like a younger and less athletic Jacob Fatu, but he has his intensity and I think he'll be fine. It doesn't really hurt that he's related to like 5 other top people in the company either. Waller's curbstomp was cool here.

Fatu flying samoan spikes GW down then top rope splashes Cruz and GW. Zilla then stares down Tony and says he needs that (at his title). He says "new champ" and says get ready. 

Overall thoughts: The opener made no sense whatsoever. Dion/Shugars did not impress and that feud just won't die. Wren had a bad night vs Zaria. Price/King was fine. The main event was going alright but then Zilla Fatu debuted and ended it. We had a ton going on backstage as usual. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as there was some lows in the ring tonight and the show didn't impress overall. It was average.