WWE NXT Live Coverage - July 1st, 2025
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Joe Hendry takes on Wes Lee in singles action
Say his name and he appears: Joe Hendry is back in NXT and he will go one-on-one against Wes Lee. Hendry is on the hunt for the TNA World Championship currently held by Trick Williams, and Williams has enlisted Lee to take on the TNA star on his behalf. Can Hendry stave off Lee or will Trick's master plan come to fruition?
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– Vic Joseph, Booker T, and Corey Graves greet audiences at home as Trick Williams makes his way to the ring to join the commentary desk. Joe Hendry and High Ryze follow.
Joe Hendry vs. Wes Lee (w/ High Ryze)
The bell rings and the two lock up. Hendry wears down Lee with a submission hold, but Lee lands a dropkick on Hendry under the bottom rope. Hendry turns Lee inside out with a clothesline and stares down Williams.
Back from the break, Lee flies through the middle rope to level Hendry on the outside. He dumps Hendry back inside the ring, then delivers a Phoenix Splash to him off the middle rope and goes for a pin. Hendry kicks out, but Lee fires off right hands and follows it up with a boot to his face. He looks to land a Tornado DDT on Hendry, but Hendry intercepts Lee and counters into a vertical suplex.
Hendry fires off right hands on Lee, then levels him with a clothesline and a Fallaway Slam. Lee and Hendry then fire off strikes on one another, but Hendry sends Lee crashing into the mat with a slam and goes for a pin. Tyson DuPont gets Lee's foot on the bottom rope when the referee isn't looking to break the fall, then gets in Hendry's face with Tyriek Igwe. Mike Santana appears out of nowhere to pull both men off the ring apron, opening the door for Hendry to land The Standing Ovation on Lee for the win.
Winner: Joe Hendry
– Backstage, Sol Ruca and Zaria talk to Tatum Paxley about Izzi Dame not being her friend.
– Luca Crusifino is shown walking backstage and we come back from a commercial and Crusifino is making his way to the ring. Crusifino talks about Tony D'Angelo not trusting him, so he calls out D'Angelo. D'Angelo comes out and Crusifino tells D'Angelo that he's paranoid about everyone being out for him. D'Angelo tells Crusifino that he has been against him for the last little bit. Crusifino talks about loyalty, and says he left school and turned down jobs because D'Angelo asked him to be in The Family. Crusifino swears by his loyalty and this calls out Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. Stacks thanks Crusifino for helping win the Heritage Cup. Crusifino tells Stacks to shut up and says this is between him and D'Angelo. Crusifino then punches D'Angelo and Stacks and says his loyalty lies with Luca Crusifino and he leaves.
– Kelly Kincaid talks with Oba Femi backstage. Femi talks about the Jasper Troy/Yoshiki Inamura match tonight. Femi says he's looking for tenacity from Inamura. Inamura and Josh Briggs come by and Inamura says he's ready to show Femi.
– Lexis King then makes his way to the ring. Myles Borne follows.
Myles Borne vs. Lexis King
The bell rings and the two lock up. They roll around on the mat with one another, but King connects with a superplex on Borne and goes for a pin. Borne kicks out, but King connects with a dropkick on him in the corner and wears him down with a submission hold. Borne levels King with a pair of clotheslines and connects with an uppercut on him, then follows it up with a belly-to-belly suplex. Borne responds with an Angle Slam to King and goes for a pin, but Borne kicks out. Borne then sends King crashing into the mat with a jumping reverse bulldog for the win.
Winner: Myles Borne
– Dark State is seen in a video package where they say this is their playground.
– Thea Hail then makes her way to the ring. Lainey Reid follows.
Lainey Reid vs. Thea Hail
The bell rings and Hail lands a moonsault on Reid. Reid responds with a German suplex to Hail and jams her boot into Hail's throat, then levels her with a back elbow and connects with a shoulderbreaker. She goes for a pin, but Hail kicks out. Hail levels Reid with a basement clothesline and a spinning neckbreaker, but Reid pins Hail with her feet on the ropes. The referee catches her, but Reid delivers a running knee to Hail for the win.
Winner: Lainey Reid
– No Quarter Catch Crew is backstage. Tavion Heights is upset he didn't win and Charlie Dempsey tells Heights he still needs NQCC. Heights asks for a match with Dempsey like Myles Borne got. If he wins he's out of NQCC. Dempsey agrees.
– Jasper Troy cuts a video promo on Oba Femi.
Tatum Paxley and Izzi Dame (w/ The Culling) vs. Zaria and Sol Ruca
The bell rings and Ruca and Paxley get in one another's faces, but Zaria and Dame step in the ring. Zaria and Ruca level Paxey and Dame, but Dame fires off a shoulder on Ruca's midsection in the corner and fires off a few strikes on her. Paxley tags in and fires off stomps on Ruca's midsection, but Ruca whips Paxley into the corner and lands a back elbow on her. Zaria tags in and sends Paxley crashing into the mat with Ruca before the pair land a double elbow drop on Paxley and go for a pin. Paxley kicks out.
Dame tags in and gets in Zaria's face, but Paxley tags in and levels Zaria with a crossbody off the top. She goes for a pin, but Zaria kicks out. Ruca tags in and Zaria then sends Paxley crashing into the mat face first. Ruca lands a Facebuster on Paxley and a second one on Dame before tagging Zaria back in.
Back from the break, Zaria has Paxley up on her shoulders. Dame dropkicks Paxley to get Zaria to let go of her. Dame and Zaria exchange strikes, but Dame levels Zaria and tags Paxley back in. Paxley lands a flip on Zaria and wears her down with a submission hold to her face, then follows it up with a step-up enzuigiri and goes for a pin. Zaria kicks out, then tags in Dame.
Ruca tags in on her side and takes down Dame and Paxley, then lands a back elbow on Dame in the corner and tags in Zaria. Zaria lands a bodyslam on Dame and assists Ruca in flying off the top rope to level Dame. Ruca then lands a backbreaker on Dame and Zaria looks to spear her, but accidentally hits Ruca instead. Paxley low bridges Zaria out of the ring, and Dame delivers a sit-out powerbomb to Ruca for the win.
Winners: Tatum Paxley and Izzi Dame
– Ava talks to Ricky Saints and Ethan Page backstage. Page is with The Vanity Project and Page says they're only here to make sure Page doesn't beat up Saints. Page says Saints can earn a title shot if Saints survives The Vanity Project Gauntlet Match. Saints says he doesn't mind playing this game Page is playing. Saints says if he wins he gets to pick the rules for his match against Page.
– A Chase U class is in session. Andre Chase says he realizes that it's time he learns some new tricks. He says he only knows tough love but he doesn't want to lose the glimmer of hope Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors gave him. Chase says he got Dixon a match next week and tells Dixon he wants him to show the world what he's learned in Chase U.
– Kelly Kincaid talks to Joe Hendry and Mike Santana backstage. Santana tells Hendry that they're united when it comes to defending TNA even though they will be opponents in two weeks. Kincaid tells them they have a tag match next week on NXT. Santana lets Hendry know that he'll bring the title back to TNA and not Hendry.
– Josh Briggs pumps up Yoshiki Inamura for his match. Inamura is going to go at it alone and tells Briggs to stay back.
– The Culling is backstage. Shawn Spears says Tatum Paxley is slowly becoming part of the family. Ava comes by and tells Izzi Dame that she has a title shot against Sol Ruca at The Great American Bash. Hank & Tank come by and argue with Spears and Vance. Ava sets up a match between them next week. Dame and Paxley and kind of cuddle.
Number One Contenders Match for the NXT Championship: Yoshiki Inamura vs. Jasper Troy
The bell rings and Troy lands a boot on Inamura's midsection. He follows it up with a bodyslam and an elbow drop, then wears Inamura down with a submission hold. Inamura sends Troy crashing into the mat and lands an elbow drop of his own on him, then goes for a pin but Troy kicks out. Inamura lands a stomp on Troy's back, but Troy responds with a Sidewalk Slam to Inamura and goes for a pin. Inamura kicks out, then sends Troy crashing out of the ring.
Back from the break, Troy runs over Inamura with a splash and follows it up with a trio of standing Frog Splashes. He goes for a pin, but Inamura kicks out. Troy lands a slam on Inamura, but Inamura sends Troy crashing into the ring post shoulder first and fires off forearm strikes on him. Troy then delivers a spinning slam to Inamura and sets up for another standing Frog Splash, but Inamura gets his knees up and lands a spinning slam on Troy. He follows it up with a Frog Splash to him off the top rope for the win.
Winner: Yoshiki Inamura
– After the match, Oba Femi comes out and locks eyes with Inamura. In the ring, Je'Von Evans takes out Troy.
– Jordynne Grace walks backstage and is on her way to the ring.
Grace says last week reminded her that she thrives under pressure and the bigger the battle is, the bigger the win is. She says she's about to walk into WWE Evolution not watching things from the sidelines, and says she will make history alongside the best women's wrestlers in the world. She says for the sake of honesty, she has to be something she's terrified to be: vulnerable. She says she's been thinking a lot lately about whether or not she's good enough to be in "NXT" or if she belongs in WWE, then says lots of the fans know her journey that included not saying she was born to be a WWE Superstar. She says she did everything she had to in order to get to WWE and became someone that couldn't be ignored, then says she will remind herself of exactly who she is at Evolution when she dethrones Jacy Jayne as NXT Women's Champion.
Fatal Influence's music hits, and Jayne makes her way out alongside Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx. Jayne asks Grace if she's done with her sob story, then says she's fully aware that Grace can bench press more than her. She says Grace can't carry the "NXT" women's division the way that she can, then says that Grace won't dethrone her as NXT Women's Champion at Evolution. She says she's at the top of her game, then says Grace and Blake Monroe are cut from the same cloth. She says that Grace and Monroe expect everyone to bow at their feet, but Grace cuts Jayne off and tells her to be quiet. She says Jayne shocked the world when she became NXT Women's Champion, but she will shock no one when she dethrones Jayne.
Grace clocks Jayne and Henley, but Henley and Jayne get the better of Grace and beat her down. Monroe's music hits and she runs down to the ring to even the odds. She levels Henley with a Sling Blade, and Grace connects with a spinebuster on Jayne. Ava then makes her way to the ring and announces that Jayne and Henley will be facing Grace and Monroe at "NXT" The Great American Bash. Jayne and Henley then run back down to the ring and brawl with Grace and Monroe as the show goes off the air.
