WWE NXT Gold Rush Week 2 Live Coverage - November 25th, 2025

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Zaria and Fallon Henley battle for the vacant Women’s Speed Title

A new WWE Women’s Speed Champion will be crowned when Zaria takes on Fallon Henley. Sol Ruca vacated the title on NXT, and NXT General Manager Ava announced a tournament to crown the new champion. Ruca’s best friend Zaria and Fatal Influence’s Henley have shined in the tournament, with the final set to take place in New York City.

— We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping the events of Gold Rush Week One.

— Vic Joseph, Booker T, and Peter Rosenberg then greet audiences at home as Sean Legacy then makes his way to the ring. Jackson Drake and Vanity Project follow.

WWE Men's Evolve Championship Match: Jackson Drake (c) (w/The Vanity Project) vs. Sean Legacy

The bell rings and the two lock up. The action spills out of the ring, and Legacy sends Drake's face bouncing off the ring apron. He connects with a chop on his chest and dumps him back in the ring, then gets in Smokes and Baylor's face on the outside. This opens the door for Drake to clock Legacy from behind, but Legacy dumps Drake back in the ring and goes for a pin. Drake kicks out.

Back from the break, Drake levels Legacy with a kick to his head and whips him into the corner. He delivers a kick to him and goes for a pin, but Legacy kicks out. Legacy delivers a German suplex to Drake, then lands a dropkick on him off the top rope. Legacy responds with a kick to Drake in the corner and sends him crashing into the mat with a Falcon Arrow, then goes for a pin but Drake kicks out.

Drake delivers a pair of double knees to Legacy's midsection, but Legacy responds with a suplex to Drake off the top rope and goes for a pin. Drake kicks out, but Legacy sets up for a Death Valley Driver on him. Drake avoids it and sends Legacy crashing into the mat, but Drake responds with The Unaliving on Legacy for the win.

Winner and STILL WWE Men's Evolve Champion: Jackson Drake

— After the match, Drake celebrates in the ring with Baylor and Smokes.

— Sol Ruca is sitting backstage, Ethan Page comes in and asks her if she's missing a white towel and throws one at her. He tells Ruca she would be champion if she stopped worrying about Zaria. Ruca says it's complicated and Page tells her she shouldn't play second to nobody but she's sitting here thinking of Zaria. Page tells her to think of herself. Myles Borne comes in and tells Ruca to not listen to Page. Page tells Borne to mind his own business and tells Borne that he knows Trick Williams and Williams will win because he focuses on himself.

— Fatal Influence makes their way to the ring. Zaria follows.

WWE Women's Speed Championship Match: Fallon Henley (w/Fatal Influence) vs. Zaria

The bell rings as the five minute time limit begins, and the two women lock up. Henley cinches in a sleeper on Zaria, but Zaria sends her crashing into the corner spine first to escape and rolls her up. Henley kicks out, then lands an open palm strike on Zaria.

Zaria rolls up Henley as the clock passes four minutes, but Henley kicks out and Zaria sits into a second pinfall. Henley kicks out, but Zaria catches her with a boot on her midsection and whips her into the corner. She lands a splash on her as the clock hits three minutes, then goes for a pin. Henley kicks out, but Zaria cinches in a Boston Crab on her. Henley crawls over to the bottom rope to escape, but Zaria catches Henley with a right hand. Henley then responds with a strike on Zaria in the corner as the clock approaches a minute and thirty seconds. Zaria lands right hands on Reid and Jayne on the outside. She ascends to the top rope, then lands a dive on her. Henley delivers a DDT to Zaria and pins her, but Zaria kicks out as the clock hits ten seconds. Zaria gets Henely up for the F5, but before she can land it, the five minute time limit on the match expires.

After the match, Ava makes her way out and says there needs to be a new Speed Women's Champion. She says Zaria and Henley will now be facing one another in sudden death.

The bell rings once again and Zaria gets Henley up on her shoulders. She sets up for an F5, but Henley dumps Zaria out of the ring.

Back from the break, Henley trips Zaria on the middle rope. Zaria fires off forearms on Henley, but Henley responds by cinching in a scissored armbar crossface on Zaria. Zaria reverses into a pinfall, but Henley reverses into a fall of her own. Zaria kicks out and levels Henley with a clothesline, then runs her over with a big boot and sends her crashing into the mat. Henley then sends Zaria crashing into the mat with a Famouser for the win.

Winner and NEW WWE Women's Speed Champion: Fallon Henley

— We get a video promo for Shilo Hill where he talks about his life and where he comes from. He talks about him missing a tooth and when he broke his tooth he couldn't stop smiling because it makes him look tough.

— We then head over to a video from John Cena, who announces that Je'Von Evans, Leon Slater, Joe Hendry, and Dion Lennox of DarkState will be competing in the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge, with the last competitor in the match being determined by whoever wins the upcoming match between Borne and Williams.

— Jordynne Grace makes her way to the ring. Lei Ying Lee and Kelani Jordan follow.

TNA Knockouts Championship Triple Threat Match: Kelani Jordan (c) vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Lei Ying Lee

The bell rings and Jordan slides out of the ring. Lee rolls Grace up, but Grace kicks out and Jordan rains down right hands on her. Grace whips Jordan into the corner, but Lee connects with a boot on Grace. Lee connects with a double blockbuster on Grace and Jordan off the middle rope, then rains down right hands on Grace and dumps her across the ring.

Lee ascends up to the top rope, but Jordan pushes her off. Grace fires off right hands and left hands on Jordan, then whips her into the corner face first and rocks her with a pair of double knees to the back of her neck. She delivers an uppercut to her and connects with a Vader Bomb, then goes for a pin but Jordan kicks out.

Jordan dumps Lee back out of the ring when she gets back inside, then lands a Hammer and Anvil style elbow on the back of Grace's neck and follows it up with a facebuster. She goes for a pin, but Grace kicks out. Jordan then sends Grace's face bouncing off her knee and connects with a knee strike on the back of her neck, then delivers a springboard moonsault off the ropes to take out Lee and Grace on the outside.

Back from the break, Jordan lands a Frog Splash and pins Grace. Lee breaks the fall, then fires off forearms on Grace in the corner while Grace has Jordan up on her shoulders and lands a dropkick off the middle rope. Grace delivers a German suplex to Lee, then teeters on the ropes with her. Lee fires off forearms on Grace, but Jordan sends Lee crashing into the mat off her shoulders. Jordan then lands a moonsault on Grace off the top rope, but Lee cinches in an Ankle Lock on her. Jordan escapes her submission hold.

Grace lands a powerbomb on Lee and pins her, but Jordan breaks the fall. She then delivers one to Jordan and powerbombs her, but Lee breaks the fall. Grace gets Lee up on her shoulders, but Jordan pulls her out of the ring and ascends to the top. She sets up for a 450 Splash on Lee, but Lee rolls out of the way and gets Jordan up on her shoulders. Jordan then rolls up Grace, but Grace kicks out and connects with a sit-out powerbomb on Jordan. Lee breaks the fall with a kick to Grace's head that sends her crashing out of the ring and pins Jordan herself for the win.

Winner and NEW TNA Knockouts Champion: Lei Ying Lee

— Fatal Influence talk backstage, Jacy Jayne asks Fallon Henley how she feels being champion. They tell Lainey Reid it's her turn now. Ava comes in and tells the ladies that Reid has to go out on her own for her match tonight.

— Sarah Schreiber talks to Ricky Saints. Saints says the whole world is watching him right now. He talks about his doubters and the pressure he's facing.

WWE Women's Evolve Championship Match: Kendal Grey (c) (w/Wren Sinclair) vs. Lainey Reid

The bell rings and Grey rains down right hands on Reid. Reid fires off stomps on Grey in adjacent corners, but Grey charges at Reid in the corner. Reid moves out of the way.

Back from the break, Reid sends Grey crashing into the mat face first with a uranage. The two women teeter on the ropes, but Grey fires off Reid with back elbows and delivers a moonsault to her off the middle rope. Grey levels Reid with a pair of back elbows, but Reid responds with a spinning sit-out powerbomb on Grey and goes for a pin. Grey kicks out, then lands a scoop powerslam on Reid. She goes for a pin, but Reid kicks out.

Grey cinches in a Fujiwara Armbar on Reid, but Jacy Jayne and Fallon Henley run down to the ring and hop up on the apron to cause a distraction. Sinclair levels Henley with a forearm on the apron, and Grey dumps Jayne out of the ring before the referee ejects Henley, Jayne, Sinclair, and Charlie Dempsey (who has appeared as well) from ringside.

Grey delivers a German suplex to Reid off the middle rope, then follows it up with a flatliner to Reid for the win.

Winner and STILL WWE Evolve Women's Champion: Kendal Grey

— DarkState talks backstage. Dion Lennox talks about being selected in the Iron Survivor Challenge. Osiris Griffin, Cutler James and Saquon Shugars pump up Lennox.

— We head over to a video from John Cena, who announces that Sol Ruca, Lola Vice, Kelani Jordan, Jordynne Grace, and Kendal Grey will be competing in the Women's Iron Survivor Challenge.

Iron Survivor Challenge Qualifying Match: Trick Williams vs. Myles Borne



The bell rings and Williams runs over Borne with a clothesline. Borne levels Williams with a dropkick, but Williams fires off right hands on Borne as we see Joe Hendry, Leon Slater, and Je'Von Evans watching the action from backstage. Williams lands a backstabber to Borne.

Williams fires off a chop on Borne, but Borne fires off uppercuts on Williams and connects with a bodyslam on him. Williams lands a Fireman's Carry on Borne, but Borne responds with a powerslam to Williams and levels Williams with a pair of clotheslines. He lands a right hand on Williams' chest, but Williams responds with a Uranage to Borne. Borne and Williams then take out one another with neckbreakers, but Borne lands a German suplex on Williams.

Williams sets up for a running kick on Borne on the outside, but Borne ducks out of the way and Williams is sent crashing into the ring steps. Borne then levels Williams with a jumping reverse Bulldog before he dumps him back in the ring and delivers a second one to him for the win.

Winner: Myles Borne

— After the match, DarkState appears at ringside and surrounds Borne. Slater, Evans, and Hendry run out to provide Borne with some backup, and all eight men stare one another down as the show goes off the air.

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