WWE NXT 10/27/2026

WWE NXT 10/27/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/wwe-nxt-10202026.html

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

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2026 Semi Final Match - Noam Dar & Romeo Moreno vs. The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes)

Dar has his head all taped up here.

RS running dropkicks RM off the apron to start. Dar takes a dropkick + spinebuster combo for 2. Dar hits leg kicks. RM 2nd rope double stomps Brad's back. RM hits punches on Brad. RS is tripped into a low enzugiri for 2. Brad pounds on Dar in the corner.

Brad takes a double suplex. Dar is sent into the steps. RM spaceman plancha's outside. We go to PiP break and return. Brad chinlocks RM. Grayson Waller does an inset video and he's at Tony D'Angelo's house. Dar comes in and high kicks RS down. He then rolls up RS for 2. Dar rebound germans RS and superman punches him for 2. 

RS takes a double kick and double team suplex for 2. Brad knees Dar in the face and Dar armbars Brad. RS spears Dar and Brad ushigoroshi's Dar for 2. Dar rolls up Brad for 2. The heels are put in stereo ankle locks.

RS nails Brad on accident. Dar spinning back elbows RS on accident then gets codebreakered. Dar takes a top rope double stomp + reverse ddt combo.   

RM northern lights suplexes Brad on the floor. Dar ankle locks RS. Myka Lockwood takes a shot at Dar. Dar headbutts RS down. RM springboard dropkicks Brad. RM hits a 2nd rope death valley driver while Dar hits a death valley driver. Brad eats a top rope double stomp + reverse ddt then RS takes a high/low. Dar pins RS.

Thoughts: It was the usual match these guys have every week with lots of kickouts and fast paced action. The Project were good as usual. It was alright enough. I would have liked to have seen the heels win.

Tony D'Angelo talks to Robert Stone in the back. He threatens Waller and says he will rip his throat out if he's at his house. Stone tells the camera's to follow Tony.
 
Cruz Montana does a video. He says the worst part of last week was the call he had to make. He says he wasn't the Cruz we see today when security held him down. He says he was the man he tried to keep buried away. He says when he gets his hands on Dion Lennox, no one can pull him away. He says the worst thing Dion could have done is bring his family into it and says his past becomes Dion's future.

Lizzy Rain vs Chantel Monroe

Liz wristlocks her and CM snapomares her down. CM tells her she's better than her. Liz flips her by the wrist. CM side headlock takeovers her. Liz side headlock takeovers her. Liz shoulders her over. 

Liz does a unique low spinning heel kick. Liz step up enzugiri's her. CM hits natural selection on her for 2. Liz backslides her for 2. Liz springboard back elbows her and fisherman suplexes her. 

CM knees her in the face and neckbreakers her over the 2nd rope for 2. We go to break and return. Liz hits punches and CM swinging neckbreakers her for 2. Liz's head is banged off the buckles. CM boots her in the face. Liz superkicks her on the apron and facebusters her on the apron. Liz hits lariats and high kicks her. Liz suplexes her. 

Liz hits chops in the corner. Liz germans her and spinebusters her. Liz goes for pin, CM backrolls her and pins her.

Thoughts: It didn't get enough time to be anything too much. Monroe winning was an upset. Rain's stock is sliding if she's losing matches like this. 

Izzi Dame does a video on Zaria. She says she knew Zaria's mask would come off but didn't think it would happen so quick. She says all Zaria knows how to do is hide. She says Zaria tried to become a big, bad monster to fix the broken girl she is. She says Sol Ruca broke down Zar's walls and now she's hiding behind the North American Title. She says she will make her face all her demons. She says she will take the only thing she has left to hide behind.

Saquon Shugars vs Sean Legacy

They lock up and SS grabs him by the chin and arm. SS wristlocks him and SL armdrags him. SS shoulders him down twice. SL armdrags SS twice and back body drops him. SL slams him then standing moonsaults him for 1.

We go to break and return. SL hits punches. SS face and armlocks SL. SL spin kicks him in the gut and SS knees him in the gut. SS corner splashes him then backbreakers him into a sister abigail for 2. 

SS facekicks him twice then SL superkicks him. SL rebound germans him then step up enzugiri's him in the corner. SL shiranui's him for 2. SS boots him out of the corner. SL asai moonsaults and then does a bad looking assisted vertigo (Ricochet's move) on him for 2.

SL does a springboard 450 but SS gets his knees up. SS drops him chest first on the mat for 2. They botch a spot and SL rolls him up for 2. SL standing spanish flies him and pins him.

Thoughts: Huh? Why did Sean win here? It wasn't good. Neither of these two are that over and they had a sloppy indy style match with lots of things not looking good.

Tony D arrives at his home looking for Waller. Waller calls him and taunts him. Tony then says he's coming to find him.

Kam Hendrix does a video at a gym. He says Halloween Havoc is Saturday and he's on the sidelines. He asks how EK Prosper can be in an NA Title match. We see him playing basketball. He says he's the future.

Myles Borne and Tavion Heights talk in the ring with guards between them. We then see the "Spin the wheel, make the deal" wheel. Tav says Borne won't do nothing unless his back is turned. Tav says Borne wanted him to do good but not better than him. Tav says he's a b!tch and says he's looking for someone to blame his mistakes on. 

Borne says Tav is the problem. He says he ditched him before and got titles. He said Tavh ad a shot at the North American Title but failed. MB says Tavk new if he stumbled on him, he might stumble into a title. MB says he gave him everything and Tav leeched off of him. Tav says maybe it's time he becomes the god of suplexes and got an olympic medal. Borne says his medal is the only thing that makes him relevant. He says he will show Borne is not who he thinks he is and threatens to give him a whooping. Security breaks it up.

Danhausen speaks on the loudspeaker. He says he loves this and says to spin the wheel. The wheel spins and they will fight in a "Weapons Wild Match".

Darkstate talk in the back. Dion talks about pushing Cruz Montana over the edge. Robert Stone comes in and asks what last week was about. Stone says Cruz wants to end him next week and Stone says he can't do it. Stone says it will be an Unsanctioned Match if it happens. Dion says it doesn't matter as he will send his sorry @ss to rock bottom.

Tony D is looking around for Waller in a restaurant. We are told Waller left a note for him. The note says to meet him where it all started.

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2026 Semi Final Match - Hank And Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger) vs. The Wagner Brothers (El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno)

Hank and Gal lock up. They collide with shoulders and Gal side headlocks him. Gal shoulders both opponents over. Tank takes a double back elbow and Doc is flipped onto him. Tank lariats Doc and corner splashes him. Hank chinlocks Doc. Stone talks to Vanity Project in the back and says no interference in the North American Title match.

Doc flying headscissors Hank then sends Tank out. Doc is back body dropped out onto them. We go to break and return. 

 Hank and Doc trade shots and tag out. Gal shoulders his opponents over then hits corner attacks on his opponents. Gal slams Tank then slams Hank onto Tank. Gal splashes both opponents for 2. Dr. Wagner Jr. is in the crowd. Doc takes a backdrop + powerbomb combo for 2. 

Doc hits a tope outside and Gal splashes Tank off the apron onto the floor. Doc backdrops Hank then triple jump moonsaults him. Gal top rope splashes Hank for 2. Gal takes a hip attack on the ropes. Hank lariats Gal down. Hank black hole slams Doc.

Gal takes a spear + lariat combo from his opponents. Tank and Hank hit top rope splashes on Gal and pin him.

Thoughts: What we got was alright. The Wagner's aren't that over and they really don't look like anything that will get over here. Hank and Tank did some new stuff and were fine as usual.

We see Kelani Jordan and Iyo Sky talking at Raw last night. Kelani complains about having to defend her title at Halloween Havoc. Adam says it will be great. Iyo Sky talks in. Kelani says she's tired of being walked over and says she will walk over Iyo when she gets called up. They argue.

Wren and Kendal talk in the back. Kendal is upset about Kelani attacking her. Ken tells Wren to go handle this for her. Wren says she will bring the title back to the WrenQCC.

Zilla Fatu is interviewed near the wheel. Fatu says it's get back season and all he knows is how to swang and bang. Arianna Grace comes out and says Zilla would be nothing without his last name. Fatu then gets hit with a shovel by druid. The druids turn out to be Birthright. They jump Zilla and hit him in the wrist with a shovel.

Shiloh Hill is doing mist experiments in a shed. He says he's still puzzled by the mist types. He says he has become the master of the mist instead of the victim of it. He tells Naraku to bring any mist he wants. He says he might not know what's in it, but he knows where he is in his mind. He then spits out mist.

WWE NXT North American Title Match - Jackson Drake (c) vs. EK Prosper

They lock up and EK flips out of a snapmare. EK then struts. JD slaps him and EK slaps him down. EK headflips out of a flying headscissors then flying headscissors him. EK plants off the top into a moonsault for 1. EK side headlock takeovers him.

EK bends over and is kicked. EK jumping dropkicks him then 2nd rope diving lariats him. JD's buddies pull him out then EK tope con hilos all of them. Myka trips up EK and EK is sent throat first into the bottom rope.

We go to break and return. They slap and forearm each other. EK lariats him down. EK superkicks him then asai moonsaults him. EK tornado ddt's him. JD claymore kicks him for 2. EK hits chops on JD then rolls him up for 2. 

EK spin kicks him in the head for 2. JD spinning forearms him. JD 2nd rope reverse spanish flies him. JD handspring cutters him for 2. JD is on the 2nd rope and is hurricanrana'd down. EK flying leg lariats him and fights off The Vanity Project. JD rolls him up for 2. EK poisonrana's him. Myka tries to come in. EK is pushed off the 2nd rope by Kam Hendrix. JD low flying knees EK and pins him.

Thoughts: It was the usual high flying match here. It wasn't too different from other stuff we saw on this show and the selling wasn't good here. We then had a lame finish to end this. I thought it was average.

John Cena will be on next week's show.

Grayson Waller is in the ring. He says he's always one step ahead of Tony. He says he wanted to drive Tony D crazy. He says Tony's future runs through him. He says he's the NXT champ and there's nothing Tony can do about it. We then see Tony D arrive. They fight in the parking lot and GW is slammed into bushes. Security breaks it up. Tony throws him into a truck bed and beats him up there to close the show.

Thoughts: Pretty generic ending here. It was not show closing material.

Overall thoughts: The show had a lot going on as usual. The matches were all mostly cruiserweight style matches and they ran together after a while. Storyline wise, there's nothing too interesting going on. The closing segment was pretty weak here. I'd say Hank and Tank's match was the best match on the show. We got some hype for Halloween Havoc since it's on Saturday, but they aren't being over the top with the Halloween gimmicks this year and the card has a lot of feuds that should be over already. We're basically back to Wednesday Night Wars NXT right now with a lot of acts who aren't over and won't ever make it on the roster. It's a very weak period for the show and I would not recommend this one at all. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was average.