WWE NXT Live Coverage - June 30th, 2026
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Dr. Wagner Jr. and Galeno come to NXT to challenge The Vanity Project
The NXT Tag Team Championship will be on the line when Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes defend the gold against Dr. Wagner Jr. and Galeno of AAA. The AAA Superstars came to NXT Great American Bash looking for a fight, and they got it in the form of a championship opportunity. Who will walk out as the NXT Tag Team Champions?
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— The show kicks off with a video recapping the events of The Great American Bash this past Tuesday.
— Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home as Kendal Grey makes her way to the ring.
Grey says she's more nervous coming to the ring to talk to the fans than she was wrestling in The Great American Bash this past Sunday. She says she's never been good at talking in public since she was a young kid afraid of reading in front of the class, then says since John Cena picked her to be in the 2025 Women's Iron Survivor Challenge, her life has been crazy. She says she heard the people and the expectations, which puts a lot of pressure on her. She says no one puts more pressure on her than herself, then says she wasn't used to losing before coming to "NXT" when she was an Olympic wrestler. She says every time she came close to the NXT Women's Championship, she dropped the ball and had to deal with self doubt as the voices in her head questioned if she belonged in "NXT".
Grey says she got her answer on Sunday, then says she sat across a table from a glammed up Lola Vice last Tuesday. She remembers thinking that Vice is what a champion looked like, but that's not her style and says she can't sit in a makeup chair for more than 5 minutes. She admits to wiping off half the makeup that the makeup team usually puts on her face and says she'll probably be nervous when she talks to the fans. She says while she can't guarantee she'll talk like a champion, she'll wrestle like a champion and welcomes the target on her back as the NXT Women's Champion. She says she thrives under pressure and when you step in the ring with her, it's her match at her pace. She says the women in the back will find out that they can't keep up with her.
Wren Sinclair's music hits and she makes her way out with a cake in hand for Grey. She says she wanted to surprise Grey because she deserves it and says both herself and Grey walked out of The Great American Bash as champions. She says Grey had an idea for a two layered cake for the two champions, but Kelani Jordan's music hits and she makes her way out.
Jordan tells Grey to give her a NXT Women's Championship shot and says she was attacked, but Tatum Paxley sneaks up behind Jordan and delivers a crossbody to her off the barricade. The two women brawl to the back as Sinclair and Grey eat their cake and welcome fans to "NXT".
— We then head backstage, where we see that Keanu Carver has attacked El Hijo del Vikingo backstage with a lead pipe. Carver notes that EK Prosper doesn't have an AAA Latin American Championship match anymore tonight as Robert Stone and other officials check on Vikingo.
— Back from the break, Jordan yells at Stone about what happened with Paxley. Stone makes a match between Jordan and Paxley official, then finds Carver to tell him that he has a match against Propser.
— El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and Galeno del Mal make their way to the ring. Vanity Project follows.
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NXT Tag Team Championship Match: The Vanity Project (c) (w/Myka Lockwood & Jackson Drake) vs. Dr. Wagner Jr & Galeno
Ricky Smokes and Galeno begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Brad Baylor tags in, but Wagner Jr. tags in on his side and fires off right hands on Baylor. Wagner Jr. then flies over the top rope to level Baylor and Smokes on the outside, but Baylor and Smokes fire off stomps on Wagner Jr. in the corner during the commercial break.
Baylor and Smokes send Wagner Jr. crashing into the mat with a double sidewalk slam as they take turns tagging in and out to one another to continue wearing down Wagner Jr.. Galeno tags in back from the break and delivers a pair of shoulder tackles to Baylor, then lands a kick on Smokes and fires off clotheslines on Baylor in the corner. He follows it up with a bodyslam and runs the ropes to land a splash on Baylor, then goes for a pin but Smokes breaks the fall.
Galeno dumps Smokes out of the ring, then pulls him back inside and delivers a step-up knee to him. Wagner Jr. tags in and rocks Baylor with a forearm to knock him off the apron, then delivers a shotgun dropkick to Smokes in the corner with assistance from Galeno. Baylor places Smokes' foot on the bottom rope from the outside to break the fall, but Smokes rolls up Wagner Jr. while Wagner Jr. is distracted by Baylor. Baylor then tags in and delivers a dropkick-spinebuster to Wagner Jr.. Vanity Project then delivers a double stomp-reverse DDT combination to Wagner Jr. for the win.
Winners and STILL NXT Tag Team Champions: The Vanity Project
— BirthRight is backstage with OTM and Robert Stone. Uriah Connors and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo ask for their title shot. Bronco Nima & Lucien Price say they want their tag title shot. Sean Legacy shows up and says he and his partner want theirs but his partner, Dorian Van Dux, is nowhere to be seen. DarkState (Cutler James & Osiris Griffin) come in and ask for theirs. Romeo Moreno and Noam Dar want one too. Stone makes a fatal four way match to determine the No. 1 Contenders for the Tag Titles with BirthRight, OTM, DarkState and Legacy/Van Dux and leaves Dar and Moreno out of it and tells them to build their resumes first as a tag team.
— Mason Rook then makes his way to the ring.
Jackson Drake (w/ Vanity Project) vs. Mason Rook
The bell rings and the two lock up. Rook delivers a chop to Drake and levels him with a second one, then goes for a pin but Drake kicks out. As the match continues, Booker T receives a video from Kam Hendrix who reveals he's close to being medically cleared.
Drake looks to land a springboard moonsault on Rook, but Rook steps out of the way and levels Drake with a clothesline. He follows it up with a senton and goes for a pin, but Drake kicks out and retreats out of the ring. He lands a kick on Rook's spine off the middle rope during the commercial break and delivers a dropkick to him off the top rope, then goes for a pin but Rook kicks out.
Rook fires off chops on Drake and lands a back body drop on him back from the break, then sends him crashing into the mat with a spinning slam and delivers a cannonball to him in the corner. He goes for a pin, but Drake kicks out and Rook looks to land a sit-out on him. Drake moves out of the way and lands a shotgun dropkick on Rook, but Rook responds with a sit-out powerbomb on Drake.
Drake catches Rook with a Tornado DDT and pins him, but Rook kicks out and Drake rolls him up. Rook kicks out, but Drake rocks him with an enzuigiri and a reverse hurricanrana. Rook lands a clothesline on Drake and delivers a second sit-out powerbomb to him.
Lockwood distracts the referee as Ricky Smokes gets in the ring. Rook dumps Smokes over the top rope to take out Baylor on the outside, but Drake catches Rook with a backstabber for the win as Lockwood grabs onto Rook's left foot for extra leverage.
Winner: Jackson Drake
— After the match, an angry Rook levels Baylor with a clothesline. Smokes tries jumping Rook, but Rook sends Smokes crashing into Baylor in the corner.
— We then head over to Robert Stone's office, where Kali Armstrong tries to convince Stone that she deserves a NXT Women's Championship shot. Stone reminds Armstrong that actions speak louder than words, not granting her the title shot.
— Back at ringside, EK Prosper makes his way out. Keanu Carver follows.
Keanu Carver vs. EK Prosper
The bell rings and Carver shoves Prosper into the corner. He rains down right hands on him, but Prosper rocks Carver with a dropkick and low bridges him out of the ring over the top rope. He uses the ring apron to take out Carver with a Tornado DDT on the outside, then ascends to the top rope and lands a Frog Splash on Carver back in the ring.
Prosper goes for a pin, but Carver kicks out and wears down Prosper with a submission hold during the commercial break. Prosper rocks Carver with a couple of kicks, but Carver levels Prosper with a clothesline and dumps him across the ring back from the break. Prosper sends Carver crashing out of the ring and looks to fly, but Carver sees him coming and sends him crashing into the announce desk face first.
Carver dumps Prosper in the ring, but Hank Ledger appears out of nowhere and sends Carver crashing through one of the barricades on the outside as the referee is checking on Prosper. The referee begins a ten count, but Carver manages to beat it. Prosper is waiting in the ring with a Shining Wizard for Carver and follows it up with a moonsault off the top rope for the win.
Winner: EK Prosper
— We head backstage to Robert Stone chatting with Kendal Grey in his office. Nattie, Layla Diggs, Nikkita Lyons, and Karmen Petrovic enter as Nattie makes her case for an NXT Women's Championship match. Stone agrees to grant her one.
— Back at ringside, Jaida Parker makes her way out. Petrovic, Diggs, Lyons, and Nattie follow.
Jaida Parker vs. Karmen Petrovic (w/ Nattie, Nikkita Lyons, and Layla Diggs)
The bell rings and the two lock up. Parker lands an oblique breaker on Petrovic and delivers her signature Hip Attack to her, but Petrovic trips Parker on the ring apron when Parker and Nattie get into one another's faces. She sends Parker crashing into the corner face first twice and rains down right hands on her. Petrovic delivers Sole Food to Parker and pins her, but Parker kicks out and Petrovic fires off kicks on Parker's chest. Parker then catches Petrovic with a sit-out powerbomb for the win.
Winner: Jaida Parker
— Shiloh Hill and Tatum Paxley talk backstage. Hill talks about letting Thunder out to play and how Tristan Angels made him tap into his darkness. Hill wishes Paxley luck in her match tonight. Paxley leaves and Niko Vance approaches Hill and tells him they made the right choice kicking Paxley and Shawn Spears out of The Culling and how it's time to take out the rest of the roster. Hill tells Vance not to talk about Paxley like that. Vance laughs at Hill and leaves.
— Tony D'Angelo walks backstage and we cut to a commercial.
— Sean Legacy talks to Dorian Van Dux backstage. Legacy tells Van Dux about their match next week and tells him they need to be on the same page and that he shouldn't ditch him like earlier.
— Myles Borne asks Wren Sinclair if there is more cake. Tavion Heights comes by, Sinclair leaves, and Heights asks Borne if he saw what Tank did and they talk about being brothers and being a ride or die. Borne says he's always been telling Heights that and leaves.
— Back at ringside, Tony D'Angelo makes his way out.
D'Angelo says when something is used everyday in life like an eye, you don't think about it and take it for granted. He says he was sitting in an ambulance last Tuesday wondering if he would ever see out of his right eye again, and he had to side a bunch of waivers to defend his NXT Championship against Naraku at The Great American Bash. He says he had to think about if his health was worth risking for a minute, but he decided that it was and says he has a message for whoever his next challenger is. He says he's the master of his fate, then asks his next challenger what they're willing to do to take the NXT Championship to him. He says no one in the back is willing to swim in deep waters to take the NXT Championship from him.
Kendal Grey's music hits and she makes her way back out. She fist bumps D'Angelo on the entrance ramp, but Naraku dumps D'Angelo back out into the ringside area and sends him crashing on top of a chair with a Russian Leg Sweep. We go to a commercial break.
— Back from break, Tatum Paxley makes her way to the ring. Kelani Jordan follows, and Grey takes a seat at the announce desk.
Kelani Jordan vs. Tatum Paxley
The bell rings and the two lock up. Paxley wears down Jordan with a submission hold, but Jordan looks to deliver a springboard moonsault to Paxley on the outside. Paxley sees Jordan coming and levels her with a kick on the outside, but Kali Armstrong appears at ringside and takes out Grey as Grey is still at the commentary desk.
Paxley dumps Jordan back in the ring and looks to land a spinning kick on Jordan, but Jordan ducks out of the way and Paxley's ankle is sent crashing into the middle turnbuckle. Jordan then continues to target Paxley's right ankle and sends it crashing into the mat during the commercial break. She continues to wear down Paxley's right ankle, but Paxley delivers a standing Spanish Fly to Jordan back from the break.
Paxley uses the ring apron to deliver an enzuigiri to Jordan as Jordan is draped through the middle rope. She lands a flipping kick on the back of Jordan's neck and pins her, but Jordan kicks out and Paxley locks in a crossface on her.
Jordan ascends to the top rope, but Paxley looks to land a superkick on her. Jordan grabs Paxley's injured right ankle and delivers a pump kick to it from the ring apron, then sends her crashing into the mat with a spinning slam off her shoulders and follows it up with a split legged moonsault for the win.
Winner: Kelani Jordan
— After the match, the woman formerly known as Nikki Blackheart blindsides Paxley from behind. She cinches in a Torture Rack on her moments before the show goes off the air.
