Sol Ruca and Zaria battle in a Last Woman Standing Match

Sol Ruca and Zaria will look to settle the score in an unforgiving Last Woman Standing Match. Together as ZaRuca, Zaria and Ruca dominated NXT for nearly a year, but it fell apart when Zaria became increasingly frustrated with her perceived role in the duo. Zaria attacked her friend, kickstarting one of the biggest and best rivalries in NXT history. The two will now battle in a Last Woman Standing Match to determine who is the better Superstar.




— Dion Lennox (with DarkState) and Myles Borne open the show. Both men make their entrances.


NXT North American Championship Match: Myles Borne (c) vs. Dion Lennox (w/DarkState)

Lennox hoists Borne up with a Spinebuster as soon as the bell rings! Lennox remains in control as Borne goes into one corner, then the next. A big Clothesline and Dropkick, however, puts Borne back into the fight. A slugfest between the two competitors ends in a Northern Lights Suplex from Lennox that puts the champion on notice.

Lennox wears Borne down, but Borne responds with a high-impact Powerslam. Lennox goes to the outside to recuperate, but Borne looks to fly up and over, and onto DarkState! Borne gets Lennox back in the ring, but DarkState surround the champion like hungry hyenas. The distraction is enough for Lennox to flatten Borne with a Clothesline, before lifting up the ring apron. He's not looking for a weapon: the iron undercarriage of the ring is the weapon, and Borne is going spine-first into exposed metal!

After a bit of wailing on the champion, Borne leaps up and over Lennox to disrupt the DarkState member's rhythm. He barely scores a flash pin on Lennox, however, as Lennox comesback with a vengeance. He scores a near-fall on the champion, before tossing him to DarkState's hungry members as he distracts the referee! Borne is on wobbly feet as Lennox drives him head-first into the apron, but the champion, known for his heart, refuses to yield.

That Calf Crusher from Lennox looks nothing short of excruciating. Borne, however, manages to break out of it by slamming Lennox's head into the canvas, and even with a bad back, proceeds to put the challenger under pressure with a comeback sequence! His success is short-lived, however, as Lennox uses Borne's building momentum to banish him to the outside, where Lennox pins him against the steel steps for a big move...and Borne dodges to send Lennox's foot into the steel steps! Lennox is only temporarily phased — if anything, he might have been angrier. He hoists Borne up and lays him out back-first against the steel steps!

It's yet another slugfest between these two bitter rivals, but while Lennox thought he had the job done with a rope-hung, ricochet Sit-Out Powerbomb, Borne astonishes all by kicking out! Another attempted Slam sees Borne land on his feet, and when Lennox looks to hoist him up again, Borne shocks all by laying him out with a DDT! The champion is on a roll now, but even after slamming Lennox over his knee, Lennox stays in the fight!

It's precarious on the top rope, and Borne now knows that reality too well. Saquon Shugars first attempted to knock him from his third-rope perch, but Lennox is the one to actually knock Borne crotch-first into the turnbuckle. The two of them come crashing down, only to continue their exchange of slow, painful punches.

DarkState is scheming on the outside. Shugars leaps to the apron and distracts the referee as Cutler James looks for Borne Again. In a shocking turn of events, however, Borne manages to knock Lennox into Shugars, and the chaos between DarkState is enough for Borne to connect with Borne Again for the victory!

Winner and STILL NXT Men's North American Champion: Myles Borne

— Blake Monroe is with The Vanity Project. Ricky Smokes tells Monroe that she has it tonight and not to worry. Jackson Drake and Brad Baylor want to go across the street on a date and Monroe says they can go. Vanity Project leaves and Monroe stays behind and looks at her custom title.

— Joe Hendry and Keanu Carver are seen split screen walking backstage and we go to a commercial break.

— Robert Stone walks backstage, Saquon Shugars asks him to give DarkState another chance. They walk by Shiloh Hill and Tatum Paxley who talk about Paxley's casket match. Hill wishes Paxley luck and lets her know he set up the date for Vanity Project so they won't interfere in her match.

Joe Hendry vs. Keanu Carver

Hendry comes out hot! He gets Carver in the corner with some fierce chops, and manages to outsmart the young, inexperienced wrestler as he grounds him with a Knee Block. It doesn't keep Carver down — if anything, it makes him angrier. Carver chokes Hendry back into the corner before driving him in between the ropes with his shoulder. It's Carver's game now, as Hendry crumbles over, and over as he is Irish Whipped across the ring.

Hendry's back cannot feel great, as Carver hoists him up for a Torture Rack! Hendry manages to squirm out of Carver's grasp and trip him into the ropes, but Carver becomes even more irate as Hendry spills him to the outside. We then cut to commercial as Carver paces back and forth.

The vitriol between these two men has spilled to the outside! Despite some solid shots from Hendry, Carver maintains control, and tosses Hendry into the crowd barricade and the steel steps like a ragdoll. Back inside the ring, Carver attempts to hoist Hendry up, but Hendry responds with two flash pin combinations. Hendry manages to pump the brakes on Carver's momentum with a fierce Neckbreaker and DDT combo, but Carver refuses to stay down for longer than two!

Hendry attempts to hoist Carver up, but all it does is invite Carver to drive him in between the turnbuckle once more. Carver manages to get Hendry on the ground and in a headlock as we come back from commercial.

Do you believe in the resiliency of the human spirit? Hendry does, as he manages to fight out of Carver's viper-strong grip...only to get Suplexed across the ring. Carver continues to lay the pain on the former "NXT" Champion who is slow to his feet as Carver hoists him up and down for an over-the-knee Backbreaker.

A shoulder-first trip into the steel post just might be what Hendry needs! As Carver is shaken off of his momentum, Hendry stages an impressive comeback, punctuated with a Fallaway Slam! He riles the crowd up for his iconic turn, and...he is Clotheslined by Carver. Carver follows it up with a Spinebuster and some falling Elbows, and it is utterly grotesque as Carver continues to pummel Hendry again, and again, and again. The referee calls off the match and wrestles Carver off of the unconscious Hendry, as another referee enters the ring in an attempt to separate the two men.

Winner: Keanu Carver

— NXT Spotlight is on Lizzy Rain and she's debuting on NXT next week.


WWE Speed Championship Match: Lexis King (w/The Birth Right) vs. EK Prosper

Entrances are done, and the bell has rung! Prosper wrestles absolute circles around King, who is struggling to keep up with the high-flying Prosper. Prosper lays King out with a Springboard Leg Drop over the back of his neck, and King is forced to head to the outside to recuperate.

Prosper looks for the top-rope Suicide Dive, but you can't hurt a lady! He's forced to abort as BirthRight pull TNA Knockouts Champion Arianna Grace in front of them. This allows King to stage an impressive comeback with a second-rope Double Stomp on a rope-hung Prosper, but Prosper refuses to yield. He fights back with some impressive chops and what looks to be a Running Bronco Buster — but honestly, Prosper is just moving too fast to tell!

King is getting fed up as Prosper continues to kick out, even after a nasty over-the-knee BackBreaker. His hesitancy, however, allows for Prosper to come back with an Enzuigiri before he absolutely flattens King with a Belly to Back Suplex into the corner! He attempts to follow up with a top-rope dive, but King knocks him down. Both men are on the apron, and it is a long way down, as King learns from a slam back-first onto the apron! Prosper gets the top-rope dive he was looking for as he takes out BirthRight, only to be distracted by a slap from Ariana Grace! The distraction is enough for King to hit a Superkick/Coronation combo to score the victory, in a major upset!

Winner and NEW WWE Speed Champion: Lexis King

— Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes join us via video and we find out Jackson Drake got stood up - we already know this because Shiloh Hill set up this fake date. A large muscular woman shows and asks Drake if she heard right and he got stood up.

— DarkState is backstage. Saquon Shugars tells Cutler James, Osiris Griffin and Dion Lennox they have a rematch. Shugars says it's him that gets the rematch. Shugars tells Lennox this is a change for DarkState to get gold. They seem to now be all on the same page.


NXT Women's North American Championship Casket Match: Tatum Paxley (c) vs. Blake Monroe

Both women make their entrance, and the stipulation is explained: the only way to win is to place your opponent in the ringside casket, and close the lid shut. Monroe discards her blazer to reveal a simple black tank top, while Paxley removes her funerary veil.

The match is underway, and Monroe nearly falls into the Casket after being tossed over the ropes by Paxley! Paxley looks strong in the opening of the match, but Monroe nearly has Paxley's number as she tries to toss a perched Paxley into the casket. Monroe attempts to strike Paxley with a rose bouquet, but Paxley dodges, and proceeds to beat Monroe down. Petals and buds litter the outside as Paxley brings out a toy from underneath the ring: a dollhouse! The two attempt to put each other through it, but ultimately, the back of Paxley's head cruses the delicate wood.

Monroe is not done yet! She takes the dollhouse — plank and body — and breaks the childhood toy over Paxley's back. When it seems like Monroe was ready to put the champion's title reign to rest in the casket, however, "The Woman From Hell" looks for a different approach. She attempts to go for a fire extinguisher, only for Paxley to intercept her. Monroe fights back, and nearly puts Paxley in the grave, only for Paxley to roll back into the ring. Monroe, annoyed, attempts to use her title to strike a rope-hung Paxley into the casket, but the referees' hesitance to open the casket gives Paxley time to fight back. Monroe's title falls into the casket, but Monroe seems to be unilaterally focused on torture, as she closes the casket to bash Paxley head-first into the unyielding wood.

Monroe attempts to toss Paxley back into to the casket, but Paxley now has her wits about her. She wiggles her way out of Monroe's plans to stage an impressive comeback sequence, punctuated by a snappy Suplex. Paxley manages to roll Monroe into the basket, but Monroe retrieves one of the dead's final resting pillows to strike Paxley in the head. Both women fall in, and the casket door closes!

The referees refuse to call the match in a draw, and the bout continues. After maniacally laughing at each other, Monroe and Paxley spill out. The casket door is drawn shut as both women use it as a stage: first, for a DDT attempt from Monroe, then, for a phenomenal Spanish Fly by Paxley! Both women are down as "this is awesome" chants ring out through the stadium.

It's a race to the fire extinguisher, and Monroe gets it first! Paxley blindly squirms as Monroe gets Paxley to the casket's edge, only to land an elevated Glamor Shot on the champion. You would be forgiven if you thought the casket's shutting door spelled the end of the match. Monroe certainly did, but her title gets caught in the lip of the casket, and the title bout continues as Paxley re-emerges from the casket!

Monroe wails on Paxley with her custom Women's North American Championship. With Paxley sufficiently beaten, Monroe returns to the funerary pillow she originally used to strike at Paxley's head. She unloads it to reveal her iconic diamonds, but as she goes for the Glamor Shot, Paxley responds with a Cemetary Drive onto the diamonds! Monroe stumbles to the ropes, but that spells doom for the former titleholder, as another Cemetary Drive from Paxley sends Monroe, sufficiently defeated, into the casket. Paxley closes the coffin lid, and retains her title!

Winner and STILL NXT Women's North American Champion: Tatum Paxley

— We cut to the bar, and Jackson Drake has decided to go on a date with the muscular woman named Mika. Drake is happy he got stood up and Mika tells him that he was set up on a date with an AI bot when she looks at his phone. Vanity Project figures out it was Shiloh Hill who set them up. Mika invites Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes to join them for the rest of their date.

— Lola Vice walks towards the ring from the backstage area as she is up after the commercial break.

Back from a commercial break, Lola Vice makes her way out to the ring. Vice talks about beating Jacy Jayne last week in her very first title defense. She talks about the champion she is going to be and says Jayne elevated the NXT Women's Champion and reinvented herself. Vice says she wants to make her own mark on the championship and the hardest part isn't winning the belt, but keeping it.

Vice says she has a full list of women who are after her and they're not competition - they're threats. Vice says hold the top women's title on NXT could mean you're a future WrestleMania main eventer. Vice says she'll be the realest champion because the belt deserves a champion like her. Vice says when you challenge her you're stepping into a fight but you can't just walk up and try to get Vice's belt.

Izzi Dame comes out with Shawn Spears and Niko Vance. Dame thanks Vice for calling her a threat and asks Vice if she felt the shift. Dame says she is watching Vice and is waiting for the right moment for Vice to make a mistake and that's when she'll attack. Dame says she's not going to step into Vice's fight but she's going to walk into Vice's weakness. Vice says this all sounds like Dame is hesitating by waiting. Dame says she's two steps ahead and that's why she'll be a champion. Vance distracts Vice and Dame clocks Vice and knocks her out and then poses with her belt.

— Backstage Lexis King is interviewed by Sarah Schreiber. Schreiber says his win was questionable and King says he was born to be champion. He says he and Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connors, Stacks and Arianna Grace are all legends. King says they'll all have gold soon, not just him and Grace. Dorian Van Dux and EK Prosper come by and get into the Birth Right's faces. Grace says they'll take on Van Dux and Prosper next week.

— Robert Stone talks to Lola Vice backstage. Vice tells Stone she'll find back up to even the odds against The Culling. Stone runs to his office where Ricky Saints is attacking Shiloh Hill. Saints drops a shelf on Hill and Stone kicks Saints out and calls for medical.

— Sarah Schreiber catches up to Robert Stone and asks about Shiloh Hill. Stone says he's going to medical right now. Tony D'Angelo walks by and Stone tells D'Angelo that he'll find D'Angelo's next opponent. Keanu Carver comes by and tells D'Angelo to stay ready.

Last Woman Standing Match: Sol Ruca vs. Zaria

Sol Ruca makes her entrance ahead of commercial break. Zaria tries to trick Ruca with a fake entrance, but Ruca spots her, and levels her with a Thesz Press! The fight almost immediately goes to the outside as Ruca flattens Zaria with a phenomenal Springboard Corkscrew, but when she tries to capitalize on Zaria against the crowd barricade, Zaria chucks a steel trash can at her to even the odds! Ruca attempts to use a kendo stick, but Zaria intercepts her once again with her handy dandy steel chair, and both women are down from the impact.

Ruca is the first to her feet, and she attempts to go towards a cornered Zaria. Zaria, cruelly, grabs the production ropes and lays them across Ruca's back before cinching them in her teeth. She deadlifts Ruca onto the apron with nothing but rubber cords in between her molars, and Ruca is left wheezing on the floor.

As Zaria gloats, she fails to notice Ruca has procured the matching trash can lid to her steel chair! She strikes Zaria, and it buys Ruca enough time to head back into the ring to lay her out with a Sit-Out Facebuster. Once Zaria rises to her feet, Ruca is waiting there with a kendo stick, and Zaria wobbles and collapses as Ruca splinters the wooden weapon over her former best friend's back. The crowd goes wild, but Ruca beckons them into silence as she returns the favor from earlier, and locks the kendo stick in between Zaria's teeth before sending her face-down into the canvas!

Zaria comes to her feet on the apron, but when Ruca attempts to capitalize with a Sunset Powerbomb to the outside, Zaria levels her with a Big Boot! Ruca eventually makes it to her feet, only to be hoisted into a Fireman's Carry by Zaria. Ruca manages to wiggle out of Zaria's grasp, and Orlando's jaws collectively drop as Ruca sends Zaria into the wooden corner stage with a Spear!

Both women make it to their feet, but just enough to leave the splintered carnage. They collapse to their feet once more as their bodies writhe in pain. Ruca is the first woman up, and she begins clearing the announce table as Zaria recuperates. Zaria is pure petty as she chucks a water bottle at Ruca's back, only to follow up with pure carnage as she throws Ruca over the guardrail and into the crowd!

It's an all-out slugfest in the NXT Universe! The two women ascend the steps of the Performance Center's Crowd, and Zaria shoves an unwitting member of the audience out of his seat to position Ruca for a nasty, wet-handed chop. Ruca fights back, and forces the two of them to descend the steps with some well-placed forearm strikes to the chest. The corner barricade is a bad place to be for both women, and an even worse place to trade strikes and slaps! The two wobble towards the announce table, which has long been abandoned by Joseph and Booker T. Good for them, as Zaria lays Ruca through the table with a modified F5!

As Ruca struggles to the ring apron, Zaria moves off-screen to procure a table! As Zaria is stepping back to admire her work, Ruca knocks the air out of her lungs with a Suplex, before knocking the light out of her eyes with a running Knee! Zaria is left near-motionless on the ground as Ruca struggles to her feet and procures Zaria's table. Ruca looks to be plotting something as she looks to the raised corner parapet, but Zaria shoves her from behind, and collects another table from the crowd. She keeps her eye on Ruca as she goes to form a double-table set-up in front of the raised platform, but as she's adjusting the details, Ruca strikes her with a broken part of the announce table!

Ruca's intentions are clear as she lays Zaria out on the table. Ruca heads into the NXT crowd once more as she ascends to the highest point in the Performance Center, and the protective chains snap underneath her weight. However, as she looks down at her target, she realizes Zaria is gone.

Like a bogeyman, Zaria emerges, and attempts to spear Ruca off the parapet! Incredibly, Ruca leaps out of the way, and before Zaria can fall off of the edge, Ruca catches her with a Sol Snatcher! Both women are down for a moment, but rise only to brutally — and dangerously — slug with each other with not even twenty feet of room between them and a tall fall to the unyielding Performance Center floor.

Zaria has one foot off of the parapet, and there is fear in her eyes as she looks to Ruca as her only lifeline. Ruca looks conflicted for a moment, before she pulls Zaria back. The two embrace, and Ruca looks to be near tears, before Zaria's gaze hardens. Somewhere, Scar from "The Lion King" is proud, as Zaria sends Ruca crashing into the table below. The back of Ruca's head hits the unyielding Slim Jim table, and Zaria stares on, unflinching, as the referee counts to the ten. The Performance Center is utterly silent as Zaria's music plays out the evening's gruesome scene.

Winner: Zaria

— Zaria stands on the balcony and looks down at Ruca in the rubble as the show goes off the air.