WWE NXT Live Coverage - August 12th, 2025
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Oba Femi, Trick Williams, Je'Von Evans & Moose join forces to battle DarkState
A huge Eight-Man Tag Team Match will take place when NXT Champion Oba Femi, TNA World Champion Trick Williams, Je'Von Evans and TNA's Moose join forces to battle the villainous DarkState. Dion Lennox, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin and Cutler James have terrorized NXT and TNA all year, prompting The Ruler, Trick-NA, The Young OG and the leader of The System to team up to take them down once and for all. Can this super team consisting of NXT and TNA Superstars defeat DarkState?
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– We are live! Vic Joseph, Booker T, and Corey Graves greet audiences at home as Lash Legend makes her way to the ring. Nia Jax follows.
Nia Jax vs. Lash Legend
The bell rings and the two lock up. Legend fires off a couple of shoulders on Jax's midsection in the corner, but Jax cinches in a Guillotine on her. Legend escapes by sending Jax into the corner, but Jax dumps Legend out of the ring. Legend sends Jax crashing into the ring apron repeatedly, then sends her head bouncing off the top turnbuckle repeatedly back in the ring. She drapes Jax through the middle rope and fires off chops on her from the apron before she lands a standing splash on her back in the ring.
Jax levels Legend with a big clothesline, but Legend sends Jax crashing out of the ring and rocks her with a forearm. Jax returns the favor, but Legend sends Jax crashing into the ring steps. She drags over one of the ring steps next to the announce desk, but Jax clocks Legend from behind and sends her crashing into the ring post. She clears the announce desk, then gets back inside the ring with Legend.
Jax lands a back elbow on Legend's spine, then wears her down with a submission. Legend lands a chop on Jax, but Jax responds with a Samoan Drop on Legend. Legend sends Jax crashing into the mat, but Jax pulls on the ring skirt. As the referee fixes it, Jax rakes Legend's eye and follows it up with a senton.
Jax sends Legend crashing into the barricade on the outside, but Legend drags Jax up the ring steps next to the announce desk and looks to suplex Jax through the announce desk. Jax blocks Legend, but Legend gets Jax up and sends both herself and Jax crashing through the announce desk.
The referee beats a ten count, but both women beat it. Jax and Legend exchange forearms with one another, but Legend lands a bodyslam on Jax and goes for a pin. Jax kicks out, but Legend ascends to the top rope. Jax joins her up there, but Legend looks to pull Jax off. Jax counters into an An-Nia-Lator, then delivers a second one to Legend for the win.
Winner: Nia Jax
– Kelly Kincaid talks to DarkState backstage. DarkState talks about how they have a match with four top stars and that they'll deliver the beat down.
– Chelsea Green is with The Secret Hervice and they go through the women's roster and Green makes a match between Alba Fyre and Kendall Grey.
– Charlie Dempsey and Wren Sinclair then make their way to the ring. Joe Hendry follows.
Joe Hendry vs. Charlie Dempsey (w/ Wren Sinclair)
They lock up at the bell and Hendry takes Dempsey down with a shoulder check and they trade holds on the mat. Hendry rolls up Dempsey for a quick one count and then slams down Dempsey. Dempsey slams down Hendry and throws him in an arm bar but Hendry counters out and gets Dempsey on the mat. They trade holds until Hendry gets Dempsey on the mat again. Dempsey headbutts Hendry and then hits him with some elbows. Dempsey hits a gutwrench suplex and covers Hendry for a near fall. Hendry takes down Dempsey with a clothesline and Dempsey comes back with a couple northern lights suplexes and floats into a Guillotine Stretch submission. Hendry counters out of the hold with a suplex and slams Dempsey to the mat. Hendry clotheslines Dempsey and then hits a Fallaway Slam on Dempsey. Hendry goes for a chokeslam but Dempsey counters to a backslide and covers for two. Hendry then hits The Standing Ovation and gets the win.
Winner: Joe Hendry
– We see Josh Briggs walking backstage and then cut to a commercial break.
– Lola Vice and Kelani Jordan warm up backstage and talk about their upcoming match. Vice says she's on a roll and they have to win tonight and they both talk about being the next champion. Jaida Parker comes by and says she's next in line.
– Josh Briggs makes his way to the ring.
Briggs says you should believe someone when they show you who they really are. He says Yoshiki Inamura showed him who he really was, then says Inamura was more concerned with becoming NXT Champion rather than their friendship. He says there is no honor in "NXT", then asks how many times he has to say that he's not a man of honor. He challenges Inamura to face him in a Street Fight.
Inamura's music hits, and he makes his way out. He tells Briggs that he's a jackass, then accepts Briggs' challenge to a Street Fight and goes after him. He shoves him into the mat, then sends him crashing onto the floor with a shoulder tackle. Briggs and Inamura continue brawling as a few security guards run out to the ring. Inamura sends Briggs crashing on top of them off the ropes and into several of the security guards.
– Kelly Kincaid talks to Jordynne Grace earlier today. She asks Grace how she's handling the stuff Blake Monroe said about her. Grace says Monroe is right because of the longest time she hated looking in mirrors and that the real battle has always been with her mind. She feels she's never good enough. Kincaid says Monroe brought out a softer side in Grace. Grace says she always felt like an outsider and that's why she went out of her way to befriend Monroe. Grace says she now sees through Monroe and real strength doesn't feed on someone else's weakness. Grace says she is going into this match to silence bullies like Blake Monroe.
– Blake Monroe and Ava are in Ava's office. Ava tells Monroe that she and Jordynne Grace will meet face to face to discuss their match at HeatWave next week.
– Blake Howard talks to Fatal Influence. Fallon Henley answers questions intended for Jacy Jayne. Jayne thanks Henley for answering her questions and thanks Jazmyn Nyx for getting them a match tonight. Lainey Reid wishes Jacy Jayne good luck tonight and we see Masha Slamovich is in the arena to watch this match.
– Moose, Oba Femi, Je'Von Evans and Trick Williams are backstage. Femi says they're the alpha males of their species and while they're not friends they need to be on the same page. Hank & Tank come by dressed as cleaners and are kicked out by Robert Stone.
– Fatal Influence then make their way to the ring. Kelani Jordan and Lola Vice follow, and we see Ash By Elegance, The Personal Concierge, and Masha Slamovich in the crowd to watch the upcoming match.
Fatal Influence (w/ Jazmyn Nyx) vs. Kelani Jordan and Lola Vice
Jordan and Henley begin the action. The bell rings and the two go back and forth. Jordan delivers a crossbody to Henley, then tags in Vice. Vice and Jayne tag in, but Henley catches Vice with a knee to her spine from the apron as Vice runs the ropes. Henley then tags in and sends Vice crashing into the corner spine first before Jayne tags back in and rolls up Vice. Vice kicks out and cinches in a Sleeper on Jayne. Jayne counters into a pinfall, but Vice kicks out and fires off a kick on Jayne's thigh.
Jordan tags in and looks to land a double suplex on Jayne with Vice, but Henley comes to Jayne's aid. Jordan and Vice deliver arm drags to Henley and Jayne, and Jordan lands a double dropkick on both women. Jordan then chases Jenley and Nyx around the ring, but Jayne intercepts her with a knee strike on the outside.
Jordan rolls up Henley, but Henley kicks out. Henley lands a Bulldog on Jordan, then sends her crashing into the turnbuckles and tags in Jayne. Jayne and Henley jam their boots into Jordan in the corner, and Jayne wears down Jordan with a submission hold. Jordan fires off right hands on Jayne's midsection, but Jayne responds with a knee strike to Jordan.
Vice and Henley tag in and levels Henley and Jayne. She fires off rapid fire kicks on Jayne, then lands Hip Attacks on Jayne and Henley in opposite corners.
Jordan tags in and delivers a leg drop to Henley off the ropes. She whips her into the corner. Jayne tags in and looks to land a pump kick on Jordan, but Jordan counters into a roll up. Jayne kicks out, but Nyx hops up on the apron. Jordan levels her, and the referee checks on her. As the referee has his back turned, Vice hits Jayne with the 305. Jordan follows it up with the split legged moonsault and pins Jayne for the win.
Winners: Lola Vice and Kelani Jordan
– The NXT spotlight shines on Jasper Troy and he hates Ricky Saints.
– Kendal Grey makes her way to the ring. Alba Fyre and Piper Niven follow.
Alba Fyre (w/ Piper Niven) vs. Kendal Grey
The bell rings and the two lock up. Grey lands a dropkick on Green, then lands an uppercut on her and gets Fyre up on her shoulders. Niven slaps Grey from the outside, but Grey cinches in an Arm Bar on Fyre. Ethan Page makes his way to the irng as Grey lands a back elbow on Fyre and follows it up with a crossbody off the middle rope. She follows it up with a powerslam, but Fyre sends Grey crashing into the mat and delivers a knee strike to her. She then delivers the Gory Bomb for the win.
Winner: Alba Fyre
– After the match, Page mocks Grey by asking if this is the best that the USA has to offer. Tavion Heights' music hits and reveals that the woman he's asked to help him deal with Page and Green is Tyra Mae Steele. Steele sneaks up behind Page and lands German suplexes on Page, Fyre, and Niven.
– Fatal Influence argues backstage and Ava tells Jayne that she has a triple threat match at HeatWave against Masha Slamovich and Ash by Elegance and tells them next week there is a six woman tag with them against the Elegance Brand.
– Ethan Page is backstage with The Green Regime. Page is pissed that Heights brought in Steele. Green suggests a peace treaty between Canada and the US which will be next week.
– Oba Femi, Moose, Je'Von Evans, and Trick Williams all make their way to the ring. DarkState follows.
Oba Femi, Moose, Je'Von Evans, and Trick Williams vs. DarkState
The bell rings and all eight men begin brawling with one another. Evans fires off right hands and left hands on Saquon Shugars in the corner, then follows it up with a standing Shooting Star Press and lands a knee on his midsection. He connects with a hurrcanrana and a dropkick on Shugars, then lands a dropkick on Dion Lennox before he sends Cutler James and Osiris Griffin crashing out of the ring to join Shugars and Lennox. Femi then tosses Evans on top of DarkState to level them on the outside and tags in Williams.
Moose and Femi throw Williams out of the ring on top of DarkState, and Williams hugs Evans, Femi, and Moose. Williams looks to land a drop toe hold on James, but James stays standing. Williams then delivers a dropkick to James, but the two men level one another.
Moose tags in and looks to land an uppercut on James, but James ducks out of the way. Moose then fires off chops on James in the corner and rains down right hands on him, but Evans tags in and exchanges right hands with James. Femi tags in and lands a suplex on James, but Griffin tags in and exchanges right hands with Femi. Femi looks to level Griffin with a shoulder tackle, but Griffin stays standing on his feet and delivers a slam to Femi.
Lennox tags in and continues wearing down Femi, but Griffin tags in and wears down Femi with a submission hold. Femi sends Griffin crashing into the mat, then tags in Evans. Lennox tags in on his side, then flies out of the ring to take out Griffin before he begins taking out every member of DarkState.
James tags in and prevents Evans from tagging out, but Evans escapes and tags in Moose as Shugars tags in on his side. Moose sends Evans crashing into the mat with a sit-out powerbomb to Shugars off the middle rope. Williams delivers a right hand to Lennox, and Femi follows it up with a knee to Lennox's shoulder. Evans then tags in and lands a splash on Lennox before he pins him. DarkState send Williams, Femi, and Moose on top of Evans and Lennox to break the fall.
Griffin lands a back body drop on Evans, and Shugars delivers a leg drop to Evans off the top rope. James tags in and DarkState sets u for the quadruple powerbomb, but Moose and Femi catch Evans to come to his aid. Moose looks to spear Shugars, but Shugars ducks out of the way and Moose accidentally hits Evans.
DarkState surrounds Evans in the ring, but Williams watches on as DarkState delivers a quadruple powerbomb to Evans for the win.
Winners: DarkState
– After the match, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger make their way to the ring and begin brawling with DarkState as the show goes off the air.
