WWE NXT Live Coverage - December 30th, 2025
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Je'Von Evans and Ricky Saints set to battle
The Young OG and The Absolute will take their heated rivalry to the ring. Ricky Saints cost Je'Von Evans a chance to win the NXT Championship from Oba Femi, and the two Superstars responded with a heated brawl and vicious barbs. Who will gain a huge win heading into 2026?
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— Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home as Moose and Ethan Page both make their way to the ring.
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NXT North American Championship Match: Ethan Page (c) vs. Moose
Page blindsides Moose during the ring announcements before the bell sounds and he fires off right hands on him in the corner. Moose turns Page inside out with a spear, but Page sends Moose crashing into the ring steps. Moose responds by sending Page's shoulder crashing into the ring post, but Page catches Moose with a boot when the pair return to the ring and follows it up with a Twisted Grin.
Back from the break, Page delivers a boot to the side of Moose's face. Moose responds with a suplex to Page and delivers an uppercut to him in the corner, then sends him crashing into the mat with a spinebuster and delivers an elbow drop to him. Page then ascends to the middle rope, but Moose pulls him off with a modified sit-out powerbomb and goes for a pin. Page kicks out.
Page rocks Moose with a forearm strike, but Moose responds with one of his own. The pair go back and forth, but Page levels Moose with a clothesline and follows it up with a Codebreaker. He goes for a pin, but Moose kicks out.
Page fires off strikes on Moose, but Moose sends him crashing into the corner and sits him on the top rope. He lands a dropkick on Page that sends him crashing out of the ring, then spears him through one of the barricades and dumps him back in the ring. Moose connects with another spear on Page, but immediately grabs onto his shoulder and pins Page. Having had a few seconds to recover, Page gets his foot on the bottom rope to break the fall.
Page sends Moose crashing into the ring steps with a back body drop when the action spills back out of the ring. He dumps Moose back inside and lands a splash on him. He goes for a pin, but Moose kicks out and Page catches him with a Twisted Grin for the win.
Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Ethan Page
— Vic Joseph and Booker T let us know who the NXT Male SuperStar of 2025 is. It's between Je'Von Evans, Ricky Saints, Trick Williams, Ethan Page & Oba Femi.
NXT Male SuperStar of the Year is: Je'Von Evans
— Izzi Dame talks to Shawn Spears and Niko Vance and wants to confront Tatum Paxley right now. Spears stops her and Dame leaves and says she's not afraid of Paxley.
— Wren Sinclair runs backstage and sees Kendal Grey laid out. Sinclair yells for help.
— At ringside, Izzi Dame is in the ring.
Dame says she never should've taken Tatum Paxley's potential and tried turning it into something more. She says Paxley went back to playing with her dolls and into her fantasy land one day after things didn't go her way, then says if Paxley looked in the mirror, she'd see the reason for all her problems. She says she had to be the bad guy and break Paxley's heart, and while she's the one who took out Paxley, Paxley still went after Shawn Spears and Niko Vance. She says Paxley is doing nothing more than proving her point, then says she was never the villain but Paxley's cure. She says she's not scared of Paxley's mind games and saved her from that place, but put her back there the second Paxley refused to evolve.
Paxley's music hits and she makes her way out. She says she did listen to Dame and cared about her, then says she saw and felt everything. She apologizes about Dame's insecurity, then says Dame has lost sight of who she is and feels like she needs power to control others. She says she knows Dame is too scared to look in the mirror herself, then says she realized she doesn't need friends like Dame. She says she needs friends who have been with her from the start like the fans have been, then says while Dame got her at NXT Deadline, she's here to end things for her.
Dame says Paxley hasn't been listening to her because if Paxley had, she would still be NXT Women's Champion. She gives Paxley the floor to make her next move, and Paxley says the bugs eating her mind in the dirt will see the memory of what she did to Dame at NXT New Year's Evil. She says it'll be just her and Dame rather than Spears, Vance, or her dolls, and Dame accepts Paxley's challenge. Dame says playtime will be over for Paxley next week and looks to leave, but Paxley says Dame isn't in control and things won't be over until she says so. Dame then looks to land a big boot on Paxley from behind, but Paxley ducks out of the way and connects with the Psycho Trap on Dame.
— Up next, we have NXT's Tag Team of the Year - the nominees are: Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger), ZaRuca (Sol Ruca & Zaria), The Culling (Niko Vance & Shawn Spears), Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid), DarkState (Saquon Shugars & Osiris Griffin).
NXT Tag Team of the Year: ZaRuca
— Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) walk backstage and laugh at taking out Kendal Grey.
— Fatal Influence then make their way to the ring. Wren Sinclair follows.
Jacy Jayne (w/ Fatal Influence) vs. Wren Sinclair (w/ Kendal Grey)
The bell rings and the two lock up. Jayne sends Sinclair crashing into adjacent corners of the ring, then jams her boot into Sinclair's face and goes for a pin. Sinclair kicks out, but Jayne lands a boot on the side of her head.
Sinclair delivers a single leg Codebreaker to Jayne's left arm, then continues wearing it down and uppercuts her arm. Jayne tries blocking Sinclair from targeting her arm, but Sinclair overpowers her and sends her arm bouncing off the mat. Sinclair then runs over Jayne with a shoulder tackle and follows it up with a modified Bulldog, but Jayne tangles up Sinclair crashing into the ropes with a superkick and catapults her into the bottom rope after Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid cause a distraction.
Back from the break, Jayne hits a neckbreaker on Sinclair and looks to catapult her into the bottom rope on the other side of the ring. Sinclair fends off Jayne and sends her crashing into the ropes, then rocks her with a forearm and follows it up with a suplex. Jayne then catches Sinclair with a jumping knee strike and goes for a pin, but Sinclair kicks out.
Sinclair traps Jayne in a shoulder submission holds, but Jayne escapes and runs over Sinclair with the Rolling Encore for the win.
Winner: Jacy Jayne
— After the match, Fatal Influence beat down Sinclair in the ring by firing off stomps on her. Kendal Grey runs down to the ring and lands forearms on Henley and Reid. She lands a suplex on Reid and cinches in a Fujiwara Armbar on Jayne. Jayne taps out and Grey releases the hold, then grabs the NXT Women's Championship belt and holds it up.
— Joe Hendry sings backstage. He's told we are ready for his concert and he makes his way to the ring and we cut to a commercial break.
— Back from the break, Joe Hendry makes his way to the ring.
Hendry says 2025 has been an amazing year for "NXT" and himself, between winning the TNA World Championship, appearing in the 2025 Royal Rumble, and facing Randy Orton at WrestleMania 42. He says he also joined "NXT", then says he created a song to encapsulate the great year he's had.
Hendry performs his song for the fans at home, in which he touches on his great year, Ethan Page and Chelsea Green, viewers joining CW to watch "NXT", Trick Williams, Ricky Saints, and DarkState.
DarkState's music hits, and Osiris Griffin, Cutler James, Dion Lennox, and Saquon Shugars appear. They slide into the ring and rain down right hands and stomps on Hendry.
— Ava is backstage with Robert Stone and she asks him to make sure things don't go sideways. Ava's door to her officer is open and she walks in and sees Blake Monroe in a robe and she's a mess. Monroe asks for a new ref for her match. Ava tells Monroe that The Glamour needs to come back. A distraught Monroe leaves.
— Back at ringside, Tavion Heights makes his way to the ring. Lexis King follows.
WWE Speed Tournament Finals Match: Tavion Heights vs. Lexis King
The bell rings as the three minute time limit begin, and Heights delivers a belly-to-belly suplex to King. He pins him for the win.
Winner: Tavion Heights
— After the match, Jasper Troy comes out with the Speed Title and he and Heights stare each other down.
— Up next, we have the Match of the Year. The nominees for this award are: Oba Femi vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Trick Williams at Stand and Deliver, Sol Ruca vs. Kelani Jordan at BattleGround, Ethan Page vs. Ricky Saints at The Great American Bash, Jacy Jayne vs. Lola Vice at No Mercy, Oba Femi vs. Je'Von Evans at HeatWave and Women's Iron Survivor Challenge at DeadLine.
— Ricky Saints warms up and gets ready for the main event tonight.
OTM vs. Vanity Project (w/ Jackson Drake)
Brad Baylor and Lucien Price begin the action. The bell rings and Baylor lands a kick on the side of Price's thigh. Ricky Smokes tags in, but Price whips him into the corner of the ring. He sends Baylor crashing into Smokes, then delivers a chop to Smokes' chest.
Nima tags in, but Smokes lands an open palm strike on him. Nima whips Smokes into the corner and lands a splash on him, then sends Smokes crashing into the mat face first. Baylor tags in and sends Nima crashing into the mat.
Nima pulls Jackson Drake into the ring, then gets Baylor up on one shoulder. Smokes comes to Baylor's aid and lands a chop block on Nima as Drake distracts the referee, and Baylor looks to cinch in a submission on Nima. He follows it up with a splash and pins Nima, but Nima kicks out.
Baylor rains down Hammer and Anvil elbows on Nima, but Nima sends Baylor crashing into the mat and tags in Price. Price runs over Smokes with a series of clotheslines, then lands alternating clotheslines on Smokes and Baylor. He takes out an interfering Drake with a chokeslam, then lands an Assisted Alabama Slam on Smokes with Nima for the win.
Winners: OTM
— Jordynne Grace and Thea Hail talk backstage. Grace says she saw how Blake Monroe ruined Hail's celebration. Hail asks Grace to be in her corner at New Years Evil. Grace agrees and they hug but Grace doesn't like hugs.
— The NXT Female of the Year is up next. Kelani Jordan, Sol Ruca, Tatum Paxley, Blake Monroe and Jacy Jayne are up for the honour.
NXT's Female SuperStar of the Year is: Sol Ruca
— Back at ringside, Je'Von Evans makes his way to the ring. Ricky Saints follows.
Ricky Saints vs. Je'Von Evans
Evans goes straight after Saints, and the bell rings. Saints fires off stomps on Evans and delivers a chop to him, then rocks Evans with a back elbow. Evans responds with a suplex to Saints and rocks him with a kick to his face.
Evans fires off right hands on Saints, but Saints levels Evans with a right hand of his own and dumps him out of the ring. Saints then sends Evans crashing through one of the barricades face first and sends his face bouncing off the announce desk repeatedly before he dumps Evans back in the ring.
Evans sends Saints crashing back out of the ring with a right hand and delivers a splash over the top rope to level him, but Evans sends Saints crashing into another one of the barricades and returns the favor when he sends Saints crashing into the announce desk face first. He rains down right hands and left hands on Saints, then dumps him back in the ring and connects with a clothesline on him off the top rope. He goes for a pin, but Saints kicks out.
Back from the break, Saints cinches in a front face lock on Evans. Evans levels Saints with a back elbow and a Kardiak Kick, then goes for a pin but Saints kicks out. Evans then rocks Saints with a kick to his face and spikes him with a Tornado DDT off the ropes, then lands a kick on him and goes for a pin. Saints kicks out before he lands a sit-out powerbomb on Evans.
Evans flies out of the ring with a dive to send himself and Saints crashing over the announce desk, then dumps him back in the ring and lands a Frog Splash on him. He goes for a pin, but Saints kicks out. Saints then spikes Evans with a Tornado DDT of his own off the ropes and sets up for Razor's Edge. Evans escapes and catches Saints with a cutter, then looks to deliver the OG Cutter on Saints.
Saints pulls the referee in front of him, and Evans accidentally lands the OG Cutter on him. As the referee is still down, Saints low blows Evans. A second referee slides into the ring, and Saints lands a Roshambo on Evans for the win.
Winner: Ricky Saints
— Saints celebrates in the ring and we get the card for New Years Evil and the final NXT of 2025 goes off the air.
