WWE NXT Live Coverage - February 18th, 2025
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A Game-Changing Contract Signing Takes Place on NXT
After last week’s shocking arrival, NXT’s newest Superstar will sign the contract and officially become a member of the silver-and-black brand. You will not want to miss this contract signing and more live TONIGHT on the CW Network.
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Your announcers are Booker T, Vic Joseph, and Corey Graves.
They show highlights from Vengeance Day.
In Ring:
NXT Champion Oba Femi enters the sound stage area backstage and a backstage assistant talks into his mic quickly and tells someone to start the music as Femi stares at him. lol Femi makes his way to the ring. Femi grabs a mic and says let’s get to business. The group that jumped him made one mistake at Vengeance Day, they did not finish the job.Femi calls them down the ring to finish what they started.
The lights go out. A soilohuette of a figure can be seen in blue. Standing there is TNA Champion Moose.
Moose gets in the ring to confront Femi. Moose says he just burst the bubble you live in because he is the one man you can not rule over. Femi says where you are the man, it is his place. Moose says this has to happen, you and I, one on one. Femi says no worry, it will. Title belts are raised.
They show Jordynn Garce and Ricky Starks arriving
Backstage:
Ava is with Eddy Thorpe and he is asking for a title match. Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors enter and they invite them to a party. Kale asks Eddy to be their DJ. Ava says no. Thorpe says that if they had Andre Chase involved, he would just bring them down. Dixon and Connors say that Chase would have beaten him and challenge Thorpe to a match, on behalf of Chase.
Number One Contender Match for the Women's North American Championship
Jaida Parker vs. Kelani Jordan vs. Karmen Petrovic (w/ Ashante Thee Adonis)
Jordan avoids Parker and Jordan punches Jaida. Karmen sends Jaida into Jordan and Karmen gets a few near falls. Jaida with forearms to Karmen. Jaida with a shoulder tackle to Kelani. Jordan drop kicks Jaida. Jordan sends Karmen into the ropes and Karmen goes to the floor. Jordan teases a dive to the floor and lands on the apron. Jordan with an Asai Moonsault. She sends Jaida into the apron and then back into the ring. Jordan sends Karmen into the ringside barrier. Jordan with punches to Jaida. Jaida fires back and they exchange forearms. Jaida sends Jordan to the mat. Jaida chokes Jordan in the ropes. Jaida with a hard Irish whip to Jordan followed by a suplex. Jaida with a suplex to Jordan and she gets a near fall.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Jordan and Jaida exchange forearms. Jaida with a reverse suplex to Jordan. Karmen kicks Jaida and sends her to the apron. Karmen with a head scissors driver to Jaida. Jordan puts Karmen in the ropes and hangs her in the ropes. Jordan with a twisting leg drop to Karmen. Jaida with a forearm to Jordan's back. Jordan lands on her feet on a reverse suplex attempt. Jordan with a step over leg lariat for a near fall. Jordan goes for a cross body but Jaida catches her. Jaida puts Jordan in the tree of woe and she chops Jordan. Jaida with a clothesline to Karmen and Jordan breaks up the cover with a frog splash.
They exchange forerms. Jordan with an uppercut to Karmen and she blocks a kick from Jaida and leaps into a back drop driver. Karmen kicks Jordan after Jordan puts Jaida on the turnbuckles. Karmen with forearms to Jordan and Jaida. Karmen puts Jaida on the turnbuckles. Karmen with a handstandcanrana to Jaida. Karmen goes for one against Jordan and Karmen sends Jordan onto Jaida. Karmen gets a near fall on Jordan. Jaida chops Karmen. Jaida with a hip strike to send Jordan to the floor. Karmen goes for a baseball slide to Jaida but Jaida blocks it. Jaida puts Karmen in the ropes and she hits the springboard seated splash.
Adonis pulls Karmen to the floor when Jordan goes up top. Jaida with a superplex to Jordan and then Jaida puts Jordan on the middle rope and she connects with a springboard seated splash. Jaida prepares for something and Adonis puts Karmen back in the ring and Karmen gets the three count.
Winner: Karmen Petrovic
After the match:
CHAOS! Parker and Jordan fight to the back while Petrovic celebrates with Adonis.
They show Jordynne Grace walking in the back.
Back in the ring, Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Jazmyn Nyx and Fallon Henley) attack Petrovic while Adonis is waving to the back to get someone out to help. A referee comes out and says something but that doesn't do anything. They continue to triple team Karmen. Jayne goes and gets a chair and she hits Adonis in the back with it whicj knocks him rolling out of the ring. They throw Petrovic in front of the commentator table and Jayne attacks her there. Fallon has a mic and says something.
NXT Women's North American Champion Stephanie Vaquer's music hits and she makes her way to the ring.
NXT Women's Champion Guilia's music hits and makes her way to the ring.
It is three on two in the ring and Jacy, Jazmyn, and Fallon attack the two champions and the brawl continues.
NOTE: During all of this the referee was on the outside of the ring trying to stop them fighting. It was quite funny. lol
Jordynne Grace's music hits and she makes her way to the ring.
Grace takes care of Vaquer and Giulia and they go to the outside of the ring. Grace makes sure Guilia and Grace are ok and then she gets a mic. Grace says she came to NXT to be a part of the greatest women's division in wrestling and she doesn't want to waste a moment. She says you want to fight and so do they. Let's fight tonight. Everyone seems to agree.
Backstage:
The D'Angelo Family are talking, Rizzo and Luca ask Channing Loranzo if he is sure about this. Lorenzo says Tony wants him to step up so he will take care of business himself.
Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson vs. Zaria and Sol Ruca
Lash and Sol start things off and Sol goes to the turnbuckles but Lash holds on. Lash with an elbow drop to the back. Sol with a side head lock. Jakara tags in and Jakara with a drop toe hold followed by an elbow drop from Lash and a drop kick by Jakara for a near fall. Sol with a suplex and a back handspring seated splash for a near fall. Zaria tags in and they hit a double suplex. Zaria gets a near fall. Zaria gets Jakara up and Lash comes in to stop her. All four battle. Zaria gets Jackson up and Lash gets Sol up on her shoulders. Lash presses Sol and drops her behind her. Zaria does the same to Lash. Zaria with a head butt. Lash catches Sol off the turnbuckles and they go over the top rope. Jackson with a missile drop kick to send Zaria to the floor. Jackson with a suicide dive to the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Sol escaps a slam. Lash with a forearm and Sol fires back. Sol with a thrust kick and forearm followed by chops. Lash blocks an Irish whip and Sol with a springboard shoulder tackle. Both women are down and each go for tags and Zaria and Jakara tag in. Zaria with clotheslines to Jakara and a boot to Lash. Zaria with a splash to Jakara and one to Lash. Zaria with another splash to Jakara and Lash misses Zaria and hits Jakara. Zaria with a spear to Lash. Zaria with a suplex for a near fall. Sol tags in and Jakara with a jaw breaker to Zaria. Sol with a super kick and then she hits a super kick into a German suplex from Zaria. Sol gets a near fall.
Lash tags in and she grabs Sol for a choke slam but Sol gets to her feet and she hits a head scissors take down. Sol goes to the turnbuckles but Lash stops her. Sol with a kick and a cross body but Lash catches her. Lash goes for the reverse slam but Sol with an arm drag. Jakara tags in and hits a tornado DDT on Zaria for a near fall. Lash tags in and she gets Zaria up but Zaria escapes and she kicks Jackson. Zaria and Lash exchange punches. Both with bicycle kicks and they go down. Both grab the other by the throat. We get a head butt and Zaria gets Lash on her shoulders but Lash escapes. Jakara tags in and Zaria sends Jakara into Lash. Zaria with a spear and an F5. Sol tags in and hits Sol Snatcher for the three count.
Winners: Zaria and Sol Ruca
Backstage:
Wes Lee is with Tyriek Igwe and Tyson Dupont, when they are approached by Sarah Schreiber for an interview. Lee is cutting a promo when Ricky Starks walks by. Schreiber quickly excuses herself to interview Starks. Lee is freaking out about it in the background. Starks says there are a lot of questions, and he will answer them shortly.
Video:
Footage of LFG. The Undertaker teaching.
In Ring:
NXT GM Ava makes her way to the ring with a contract in her hand. A table and two chairs are in the ring. Ricky Starks music jits and he makes his way to the ring. Ava says that he is the hottest free agent and welcomes him to NXT. Starks thanks Ava and he says NXT is amazing but before he signs, he wants to get a few things off his chest.
Starks says people talk about how making it to NXT is the dream. It is reality. Main eventing every NXT PLE, that is reality. Winning the NXT Championship, that is reality. The absolute truth is that he is the man in NXT. He is going to do waht he always does to the best of his ability. He is going to show up and show off. Stark goes to sign the contract.
Ethan Page's music hits interrupting the contract signing.
Page says he is impressed, you shocked the world by appearing in NXT. Now you stand in the middle of the ring to sign your NXT contract. Page bets that in that contract somewhere suggests that your first match will be for an NXT championship. Page calls him a genius and says that he is following the Ethan Page playbood.
Starks says he got to Ethan. Is it because he showed up and Page realized the spotlight isn't big enough for the two of them. HStarks makes a point that Page is insecure about him. Starks says he walks the walk and talks the talk and he will take it to a different level. Page is not impressed and says Starks will not reach the highest bar he has for himself. Starks says this should be a celebration. Starks says he is signing his contract and EPage beat Je'Von Evans at Vengeance Day last weekend. Evans showed that he has the dog in him. Out of nowhere Evans attacks Page and punches him and they fight into the crowd. Officials go into the crowd to try to break things up but will probably fail as always, maybe just save the crowd. Starks says he wasn't wrong and he goes to sign his contract.
Wes Lee's music hits and makes his way to the ring. lol
Lee says he knows who he is and he will give him a pass since he is new. (UOW NOTE: Pass for what?) There are some rules, the first rule is that you don't disrespect Wes Lee. If he signs the contract, he wants to be the first to face him and welcome him to NXT. Starks asks if everyone is always angry around here. lol He tells Lee that him and Ethan are peas in a pod. He accepts Lee's challenge. Lee says this will be a one and done.
Starks says that Wes will be welcomed to the revolution and he punches Lee out of the ring. Lee goes to get back in the ring but officials stop him .. officials do work sometimes it seems. Starks goes to sign the contract.
Everyone around the world waits ..... no one comes out.
Ricky Starks signs his contract.
Backstage:
Sarah Schreiber interviews Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer and Axiom). Schreiber congratulates them on their victory but asks about what happened after the match. Axiom says they are trying to figure out what happened. No Quarter Catch Crew (Charlie Dempsey, Myles Borne, Tavion Heights and Wren Sinclair) turn up and Heights congratulates them on Saturday for their victory. Frazer says they know why they are here and just because they want a title match, you don't get it. Borne says they don't want to face Fraxiom, they want to face the best tag team in the world, maybe the best tag team in history. Heights says they are challenging The Hardy's. Borne says for them to make it happen on NXT next week in Cincinnati.
Backstage:
A lot of wrestlers are down in the back and Ricky Saints walks in and says, "Damn, this place is crazy".
Shawn Spears (w/ Izzi Dame, Niko Vance, and Brooks Jensen) vs. Channing Lorenzo (w/ Adriana Rizzo and Luca Crusifino)
Spears goes to the floor when Lorenzo enters and the referee starts the match. Lorenzo sends Spears into the apron. Spears with a kick and chop. Spears with more chops. Lorenzo with chops. Spears with an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Lorenzo with a punch and a boot to the head for a near fall. Spears sends Lorenzo to the apron and Lorenzo with a boot but Spears blocks it. Spears with a super kick and he slingshots Lorenzo to the top rope and he hits a hanging DDT. Spears ties Lorenzo's arm in the ropes and he connects with knees. Spears with a neck breaker for a near fall. Lorenzo with punches but Spears with a knee and a swinging neck breaker. Spears with punches to Lorenzo. Spears with a boot to the back of the head and he grinds the head into the mat.
Spears sends Lorenzo over the top rope but he lands on the apron. Lorenzo with a boot from the apron and a slingshot Codebreaker.
Security has to stand between Izzi and Rizzo.
Lorenzo with punches to Spears and an enzuigiri. Lorenzo with an uppercut into the corner followed by a spinebuster. Lorenzo goes up top and hits a missile drop kick. Spears with an ushigoroshi and he gets Lorenzo up for C4 and hits it for the three count.
Winner: Shawn Spears
After the math:
Rizzo and Luca check on Lorenzo.
Backstage:
TNA X Division Champion Moose walks in the back and Lexis King stops him and says that Moose must know him because he beat JDC last week. He says that they have big balls in the System to challenge Femi. King says they aren't putting their championships on the line. Moose says if you want a shot at the X Division chmapionship, just ask. King wants to make sure that Moose is going to put the most prestigious championship in TNA history on the line in his home town where he never loses. Moose leaves and walks by Andre Chase, Uriah Connors and Kale Dixon in the background. Chase wants to know why Connors and Dixon spoke for him. Chase is told that they said bad things about him and Chase gets pissed off. He says Chase University is dead and walks off.
Match Number Four: Andre Chase versus Eddy Thorpe
They lock up and Eddy misses a chop. Chase with chops to Eddy. Eddy with punches and kicks in the corner. Eddy with an Irish whip and Chase floats over and he hits a cross body for a near fall. Chase with a front face lock. Chase with a rana to send Thorpe to the floor. Chase kicks Eddy and hits a cannonball off the apron. Chase sends Thorpe back into the ring and he goes up top. Chase leaps over Eddy but Eddy with a kick and a back elbow for a near fall.
Eddy kicks and punches Chase while Uriah and Kale are wearing the sweaters. Eddy with a kick to the chest for a near fall. Eddy with a cobra clutch. Eddy with forearms. Eddy with a front face lock but Chase with a suplex. Kale and Uriah come to ringside and Chase with forearms and a double thrust. Chase with a forearm for a near fall. Chase gets Eddy on his shoulders but Eddy escapes. Chase with a punch and side Russian leg sweep. Chase wtih the C- . . . stomp but Chase has to stop and Eddy hits Chase from behind and gets a near fall. Eddy with a German suplex and an Impaler DDT for the three count.
Winner: Eddy Thorpe
After the match:
The lights go down and Trick Williams appears on the ShawnTron. Williams says if Thorpe thought he was done with Williams, he is mistaken. It isn't over until he says it is over and if he is going down, he is taking Thorpe with him.
Backstage:
Ricky Saints and NXT GM Ava walk in the back and Starks says he doesn't know how she deals with what is going on. Ethan Page stops Ava and he says he is not worried about Ricky, but he is done with Je'Von. Wes Lee shows up and then Je'Von Evans shows up. Ava says next week, Page and Lee will face Saints and Evans.
Video:
in a video posted to social media, Matt & Jeff Hardy cut a promo where they accept the challenge from No Quarter Catch Crew. Next Tuesday on NXT in Cincinnati, Ohio it will be the Hardy's vs. Heights & Borne.
They announce matches for next week WWE NXT in Cincinati, Ohio:
- Non Title Match: The Hardy's vs. Heights & Borne.
- NXT Women's North American championship: Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Karmen Petrovic.
- TNA's X Division Championship: Moose (c) vs. Lexis King.
- Wes Lee and Ethan Page vs. Je'Von Evans and Ricky Saints.
Jordynne Grace, Giulia, and Stephanie Vaquer vs. Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Jazmyn Nyx)
Vaquer and Fallon start things off and Vaquer sends Fallon into the turnbuckles and gets a near fall. Fallon with shoulders in the corner and Nyx tags in. She chokes Vaquer in the corner. GIulia tags in and she connects with a knee and a forearm. Giulia tells Nyx to hit her and she connects with a forearm and slap. Giulia iwth a foerarm and a wrist clutch package suplex for a near fall. Grace tags in and she runs into boots but Grace blocks it and hits a reverse Alabama slam followed by a German suplex. Jacy tags in and Grace blocks a kick. Jacy with a forearm but Grace blocks an Irish whip. Jacy with a rollup for a near fall. Grace gets Jacy up but Fallon and Nyx make the save in the ring so Vaquer and Giulia enter.
All six pair up and battle in the ring. Vaquer suplexes Fallon and then they send Jacy to the floor. Grace with a suicide dive onto all three women. Grace sends Jacy into the ring and she gets a near fall. Vaquer tags in and she kicks Jacy against the turnbuckles. Jacy with a clothesline but she misses a back senton. Vaquer with a head scissors and she drives Jacy's head into the mat. Fallon blocks a Tiger Feint Kick from Vaquer and Jacy kicks Vaquer. Jacy sends Vaquer into the turnbuckles and she chokes Vaquer. Jacy gets a near fall. Jacy sends Vaquer into the turnbuckles and Fallon tags in. Fallon with an irish whip and a running hip into the corner. Fallon with a suplex and she gets a near fall.
Vaquer ith forearms but Fallon with a forearm. Fallon with a chop and a running forearm to Vaquer for a near fall. Fallon with an Irish whip and Nyx tags in. Nyx with a side head lock and she hits a bulldog into the turnbuckles. Nyx with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Jacy tags in and she snap mares Vaquer and follows with a kick to the back. Jacy with a rear chin lock. Jacy sends Vaquer into the corner. Vaquer catches Jacy in the corner and she sends Jacy into the turnbuckles. Vaquer with a drop kick and a rollup for a near fall. Jacy wtih a neck breaker. Jacy with an Irish whip and Nyx tags in. Nyx with a drop toe hold and Jacy with a kick. Fallon with a bulldog take down for a near fall.
Both women go down after they connect with slaps. Jacy tags in and knocks Giulia off the apron. Vaquer avoids a kick and Grace tags in. Grace with shoulder tackles to everyone and she slams Jacy and then Fallon. Nyx does not get left out. Jacy kicks Grace and Grace with a double Northern Lights suplex to Jacy and Nyx. Grace with a reverse atomic drop and a clothesline to Fallon. Grace kicks Nxy and sets for a Muscle Buster on Jacy and connects with a clothesline on Nyx before hitting the muscle buster. Grace gets a near fall. Grace goes for a pump handle driver. Grace with a slam and she goes to the turnbuckles but Fallon tries to interfere. Grace kicks Fallon away. Grace misses a Vader Bomb and Jacy with a running knee for a near fall.
Jacy with a thrust kick and Fallon tags in and hits a blockbuster. Nyx with a kick for a near fall when Giulia and Vaquer break up the cover. Fallon with a pump handle suplex. Giulia with a side slam to Fallon. Jacy is sent into the turnbuckles and Giulia hits a Saito suplex. Giulia is tripped by Fallon and then Jacy and Fallon send Giulia into the ring steps. Vaquer with a cross body. Grace with a back fist to Nyx followed by the Juggernaut Driver for the three count.
Winners: Giulia, Jordynne Grace, and Stephanie Vaquer
Outside:
We see the four masked men walking away as Ava walks into her office and it is a disaster with Robert Stone on the floor looking like he was ambushed. No one is safe is written on the wall.
End of show.
