WWE NXT Live Coverage - March 18th, 2025
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Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe battle in an NXT Underground Match
Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe will take their rivalry to the underground when they will battle in an NXT Underground Match. Anything goes and anything can happen live TONIGHT
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– NXT kicks off with clips of last week's show.
– Stephanie Vaquer, Trick Williams, Eddy Thorpe, and Ricky Saints are all shown walking into the Performance Center.
– Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home as Chelsea Green, Piper Niven, and Alba Fyre make their way down to the ring. Sol Ruca and Zaria follow.
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WWE Women's United States Championship Match: Chelsea Green (c) w/Piper Niven & Alba Fyre vs. Sol Ruca w/Zaria
The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns locking one another in submission holds, but Ruca runs over Green with a shoulder tackle and follows it up with a facebuster. Green whips Ruca into the corner and looks to connect with a Codebreaker, but Ruca lands on her feet and surfs on Green's spine. Fyre distracts the referee as Niven looks to trip Ruca on the apron, but Ruca fights off Green. This opens the door for Green to begin targeting Ruca's knee, which she then continues doing by sending it bouncing off the mat, using the bottom rope to wrench back on it, and delivering a Dragon Screw to Ruca.
Green cinches in a Half Boston Crab on Ruca, then sends her leg bouncing off the mat and uses her shoulder to wear down Ruca's knee. Ruca delivers a missile dropkick to Green off the middle rope, then fires off chops on her chest. Ruca's knee gives out, opening the door for Green to pin her. Ruca kicks out, then sends Green crashing into the mat using the ropes.
Ruca ascends to the top rope and delivers a Cartwheel style DDT to Green. She goes for a pin, but Fyre gets Green's foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. Zaria spears Fyre, but Niven levels Zaria. Ruca flies off the apron to take out Niven, but walks into a Codebreaker from Green when she gets back in the ring. Green looks to deliver the Unprettier to Ruca, but Ruca escapes and sets up for the Sol Snatcher. Green avoids it and connects with the Unprettier on Ruca for the win.
Winner and STILL WWE Women's United States Champion: Chelsea Green
– Je'Von Evans and Trick Williams are backstage and Evans tells Williams he understands what he meant about when you're on top - everyone's looking for you. Williams says he's focused on winning his title back and reminds Evans he's not a champion. Lexis King comes by and tells Evans to be grateful because at least he can eat solid food again. Evans punches King and leaves.
– The D'Angelo Family is backstage and they're discussing what they'll do to The Culling. Stacks suggests The Don stay behind so he doesn't get attacked. Tony agrees and tells Stacks he's now thinking like The Under Don.
– Stephanie Vaquer then makes her way down to the ring.
Vaquer says while English isn't her first language, wrestling is her first language. She says she had the opportunity to go to any promotion she wanted, but she chose "NXT" to make history and make the women's division the best on the planet. She says she proved why she's "La Primera" last week against Giulia, then says holding both the NXT Women's Championship and Women's North American Championship proves that she is the best before she says she's on the lookout for her first opponent which will be the first person to come to the ring.
Jordynne Grace's music hits, and she makes her way out to the ring. Grace says that Vaquer is a trailblazer, but she wasn't the only woman who accomplished something last week. Jaida Parker then attacks Grace out of nowhere and delivers a Hip Attack to Grace, then grabs a mic and tells Grace she isn't the first in line since the line starts with her. Parker says she isn't waiting until "NXT" Stand & Deliver to make her own point, then congratulates Vaquer and tells her to maximize being a double champion since it won't be much longer. She says she's looking Vaquer in the eyes to be her next opponent, then says she'll make Vaquer reap what she sows.
– Hank and Tank talk backstage and talk about taking it to the extreme.
– Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura then make their way down to the ring. Hank Walker and Tank Ledger follow.
Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Hank Walker and Tank Ledger
The bell rings and Briggs and Inamura waste no time going after Walker and Ledger. Walker and Briggs brawl in the ring as Inamura and Ledger go at it on the outside. Briggs levels Walker, then delivers a chokeslam to him and tags in Inamura. Ledger tags in and connects with a shoulder block on Inamura off the middle rope. Inamura fires off right hands and chops on Ledger in the corner, but Ledger delivers a double chop to Inamura.
Ledger sends Inamura crashing out of the ring and low bridges Briggs over the top rope, then looks to land a springboard splash on Inamura on the outside as Walker does the same thing to Briggs. Briggs and Inamura side step Walker and Ledger. Inamura then dumps Ledger back inside the ring, and delivers a spinning bodyslam to him.
Briggs tags in and lands a boot on Ledger, then whips Inamura into him. Walker tags in and levels Briggs with a pair of strikes, then lands a splash on him in the corner and whips him into the opposite one. He delivers a splash and a Bulldog to Briggs, then levels Inamura on the outside and ascends to the top rope. He looks to fly, but Briggs moves out of the way. Walker levels Briggs, then tags in Ledger. Ledger and Walker deliver a double splash to Briggs and continue double teaming on him before Ledger pins Briggs.
Briggs kicks out, then ascends to the top as Walker does the same. Ledger looks to land a Swanton Bomb on Briggs, but Briggs moves out of the way. Inamura pushes Walker off the top rope, then tags in before he delivers a Frog Splash to Ledger for the win.
Winners: Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura
– The D'Angelo Family and The Culling are shown walking backstage ahead of their match.
– Eddy Thorpe walks into the locker room and other superstars avoid him. He stops and chats with Ridge Holland and tells him they're very similar. They call their opponents "entertainers" and say they'll lay waste to Trick Williams and Ricky Saints.
– The Family then make their way out to the ring. The Culling follows.
Six Person Tag Match: The D'Angelo Family vs. The Culling
The Family and The Culling begin brawling on the entrance ramp before Izzi Dame dumps Adriana Rizzo into the ring and the bell sounds. Rizzo flies off the middle to level Dame, but Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Brooks Jensen tag in. Stacks beats down Jensen, but Niko Vance tags in before Stacks levels him with a beck elbow and a second one off the ropes.
Luca Crusifino flies off the ropes, but Vance catches him in a Sleeper. Stacks flies to level him, but Dame takes Crusifino and Stacks down. Rizzo then flies through the middle rope to level Dame.
Dame and Rizzo tag in, and Dame sends Rizzo crashing into the mat with a Fallaway Slam. She fires off strikes on Rizzo, but Dame levels her with a clothesline. Jensen and Stacks tag in and exchange strikes, but Stacks levels Jensen with a shoulder tackle and an open palm strike. Jensen rains down right hands on Stacks, then tags in Vance. Vance fires off shoulders on Stacks, then tags in Jensen. Vance delivers a slam to Stacks, and Jensen follows it up with an elbow drop off the middle rope.
Vance gets Stacks up on his shoulders and Jensen fires off chops on him. Jensen pins Stacks, but Crusifino breaks the fall. Vance then tags in and pins Stacks, but Stacks kicks out. Jensen tags back in and looks to land an elbow drop on Stacks off the top, but Stacks avoids it and tags in Crusifino. Crusifino delivers a spear to Vance over the top and pins him, but Dame breaks the fall.
Rizzo goes after Dame as Stacks and Crusifino double team on Jensen with a flapjack-Codebreaker combination. We see Tony D'Angelo watching the action from backstage, but Dion Lennox, Shaquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin, and Cutler James attack him backstage. This opens the door for Vance to deliver a Death Valley Driver to Stacks for the win.
Winners: The Culling
– We then head backstage to Ava's office, where Fallon Henley complains about not getting a rematch for the Women's North American Championship as Stephanie Vaquer stands by. Vaquer agrees to give Henley a shot next week despite already defending the NXT Championship against Jaida Parker as well.
– We are taken back to see the attack on Tony D'Angelo and the four masked men saying no one is safe.
– Karmen Petrovic and Ashante "Thee" Adonis then make their way down to the ring.
Jacy Jayne (w/ Fatal Influence) vs. Karmen Petrovic (w/ Ashante Adonis)
The bell rings and the two lock up. They trade strikes with one another, but Jayne fires off stomps on Petrovic and follows it up with a senton. She lands a cannonball on Petrovic in the corner, then lands a knee on her spine and wears her down with a submission hold. Petrovic and Jayne then level one another with clotheslines as Adonis slides a chair from under the ring for Petrovic to use. Petrovic opts against using the chair, opening the door for Jayne to level Petrovic with a rolling forearm for the win.
Winner: Jacy Jayne
– Hank & Tank are backstage and frustrated because they did what The Hardyz told them and they took it to the extreme and failed. Hank says maybe they should talk to more legendary tag teams. Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont, and Tyriek Igwe come in and make fun of them and we cut to ringside.
– Jaida Parker comes out of Ava's office and says she will be the new champion after next week as no one stands in her way.
– Ricky Saints makes his way down to the ring.
Ricky Saints vs. Ridge Holland
The bell rings and the two waste no time going back and forth. Saints delivers a dropkick to Holland, but Holland fires off shoulders on him in the corner and follows it up with a bodyslam. Saints runs over Holland with a shoulder tackle and ascends up the ropes, but Holland trips him and delivers a shoulder block to Saints.
Holland dumps Saints out of the ring, then continues wearing him down and dumps him back inside. Holland delivers an elbow drop to Saints, but Saints rolls up Holland. Holland kicks out, then lands a pair of backbreakers on Saints and stomps on his spine. Saints sends Holland crashing into the mat, then fires off right hands on him and follows it up with an enzuigiri. He then delivers a twisting neckbreaker on Holland, then fires off a couple chops on him on the outside and dumps him back inside the ring. Saints runs over Holland with a boot, then follows it up with a Tornado DDT and the Roshambo for the win.
Winner: Ricky Saints
– We see the attack on Tony D'Angelo again and then we cut to the parking lot where the four men are leaving the arena. We are told they don't like the landscape of NXT and they're changing it. They tell us when the Dark Stage strikes no one is safe.
– Kelly Kincaid talks to Ricky Saints backstage and he says he will deliver on all the promises he made. The Culling comes by and Izzi Dame tells Kelly Kincaid to leave. Niko Vance tells Saints that they've already started the Revolution. Dame tells Saints he doesn't measure up and he tells Dame he does. Shawn Spears scoffs at Saints before leaving.
NXT Underground Match: Trick Williams vs. Eddy Thorpe
The bell rings and the two lock up. Williams whips Thorpe into the ring steps, then dumps him back inside the ring. The action spills outside, and Thorpe sends Williams crashing through the announce desk. Thorpe locks in a submission on Williams back inside the ring, but Williams escapes and delivers the Trick Shot on Thorpe. He rains down right hands on Thorpe to knock him out for the win.
Winner: Trick Williams
– After the match, Williams calls Oba Femi down to the ring. Femi's music hits and he marches out to the ring. He stares down Williams, but the lights go out and Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, Cutler James and Saquon Shugars appear in the crowd. Je'Von Evans joins Williams and Femi in the ring, but Williams clocks Evans. Evans, Williams, and Femi all begin brawling with one another, and the competitors on the outside join in. They all brawl with one another, with Williams and Evans standing tall as they stare each other down and the show goes off the air.
