Jacy Jayne defends the NXT Women’s Championship against Zaria

The NXT Women’s Title will be on the line when Jacy Jayne defends against the powerhouse Zaria. Last week, Zaria betrayed her friend Sol Ruca to allow Jayne to retain her title, but she parlayed the assist into a championship opportunity of her own. Can Jayne overcome this latest challenge, or will Zaria win her first championship in NXT?




— The show kicks off with a video recapping the events of last Tuesday's episode of the show.

— Vic Joseph and Booker T then greet audiences at home as Myles Borne makes his way to the ring.

The live crowd tells Borne that he deserves it as Borne says it feels good to be the new North American Champion. He says he's not in the ring to tell his sob story, then says the fans know what he's been through and what he fights for. He says instead of thanking the fans and his family for supporting him, he wants to thank his biggest hater Ethan Page for doubting him. He says Page taught him that he poured the gasoline on the fire inside of him and unleashed the demon in him, then says he's not a boy scout or an angel.

Page's music hits and he makes his way out. He says Borne would be mild mannered if it wasn't for him, then says Borne got lucky last Tuesday by catching him on a bad night. He runs down his accomplishments in "NXT" and AAA thus far, then says he deserves a rematch as the man who's carried "NXT" for two years.

Borne says he knew Page would come to the ring, then says Page can have his North American Championship rematch. Page says he wants his rematch tonight, but Robert Stone appears and tries making the match next week. Page insists that he wants his match tonight, and Stone calls for a referee to get to the ring.


NXT North American Championship Match: Myles Borne (c) vs. Ethan Page

The bell rings and Borne fires off uppercuts on Page. He rains down right hands on Page on top of the announce desk, then dumps him back in the ring during the break. Page catches Borne with a powerslam, but Borne fires off right hands on Page back from the break and follows it up with a dropkick to him.

Borne rips off Page's pants, but Page hits Borne with his belt and pins him. Borne kicks out and delivers Borne Again for the win.

Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Myles Borne

— Zaria is walking into the building. Sarah Schreiber asks her why she attacked Sol Ruca. Zaria says if Schreiber needs to ask the question then she doesn't get. Zaria leaves and DarkState is waiting for Tony D'Angelo. Robert Stone comes by and tells them to come inside and wait. They leave. Tony D'Angelo shows up in the parking lot and enters the building.

— Blake Monroe is shown walking backstage. She's about to call out Jaida Parker.

— Back from the break, Blake Monroe makes her way to the ring.

Monroe says she expected to feel disrespected when Jaida Parker interrupted her upon her return to NXT, and expected to feel angry at Parker for costing her the First Round Match For The WWE Women's Speed Championship Number One Contenders Tournament match she had against Thea Hail last Tuesday. She says she ended up feeling reassurance when she realized that Parker needs her, then says every time she talks, she goes viral. She says people love to hate her more than they've ever loved Parker, then says Parker acts on emotions and asks questions later.

Monroe says the NXT women's division revolves around her, then says she'll waltz through Parker at Vengeance Day this coming Saturday. Parker's music hits and she makes her way out, then says her presence is felt before she's seen and she's the definition of relevance. She says Monroe can say everyone loves to hate her, but all that's left when it's stripped back is a mediocre wrestler.

Monroe and Parker begin brawling with one another, but Parker clotheslines Monroe out of the ring and stands tall.

— Backstage, Ricky Saints talks to Ethan Page. The Vanity Project comes in and apologizes for not being there for Page. Page asks for some time and Saints tells Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes and Jackson Drake to get ready for their match and Vanity Project leaves. Saints tells Page that Page is great and lists off the things Page has done and tells Page he will be champion again. Saints says he has to go prep and leaves.

— Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey warm up backstage. Nikkita Lyons walks backstage to their match which is up next.

— Sean Legacy talks to Eli Knight. Elio LeFleur comes in and Knight congratulates him for winning the Speed Title. They talk about Legacy's match against Keanu Carver. Jasper Troy comes in and says he wants his speed title back. Josh Briggs says they're right and Troy says he wants to beat up Knight and Legacy and the beat up LeFleur.

— Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey make their way to the ring. Nikkita Lyons follow.

WWE Women's Speed Tournament Match: Wren Sinclair (w/Kendal Grey) vs. Nikkita Lyons

The bell rings as the three minute time limit begins, and the two lock up. The two go back and forth with one another as the clock passes one remaining minute, but Sinclair levels Lyons with a chop and a clothesline. Lyons looks to land a single legged leg drop on Sinclair on the ring apron, but Sinclair moves out of the way and Lyons hits the apron. Lyons levels Sinclair with a kick and pins her, but Sinclair reverses into a pin of her own. Lyons kicks out, but Sinclair transitions into a submission hold on Lyons. Lyons taps out.

Winner: Wren Sinclair

— Myles Borne is backstage and Joe Hendry comes by and congratulates Borne for being a champ. Hendry says Borne is an inspiration and Borne says there are advantages in being deaf and that he doesn't have to listen to Ricky Saints. Hendry says sometimes he wishes he was deaf and Borne pretends to get offended but then is all "I'm just kidding" and does the Hendry turn.

— NXT Spotlight plays and the spotlight shines on Kelani Jordan and she takes us on a training session with Shayna Baszler for her Underground Match against Lola Vice.

— Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley sit backstage for a conversation. Paxley says she notices Niko Vance & Shawn Spears aren't around and Dame says it's because she's safe and Paxley can't hurt her. Paxley says she beat Dame when Spears and Vance weren't around. Dame takes credit for Paxley's rise to the top of the roster when she won the title. Dame says Paxley is the reason people leave her because Paxley is unloveable. Dame says without her, Paxley has nothing. Dame says Paxley is pathetic and tells Paxley she's incapable of being fixed. Paxley tells Dame nothing lasts forever and the pain Dame caused her is temporary. Paxley says she can't wait to take Dame's title and then Dame will understand that Paxley was never meant to be played with and Paxley leaves. Dame destroys the set.

— Back at ringside, Shiloh Hill, Hank Walker, and Tank Ledger make their way out.

Hank & Tank and Shiloh Hill vs. The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes & Jackson Drake)

Jackson Drake, Brad Baylor, and Ricky Smokes blindside Hill, Walker, and Ledger on the entrance ramp. Baylor brawls with Ledger during the break as Walker brawls with Smokes and Drake brawls with Hill. Vanity Project are left standing tall, and Baylor and Smokes look to hit Walker and Ledger with the ring steps.

Walker and Ledger move out of the way, and all six men continue brawling with one another. Security and Robert Stone run down to the ring to get all six men separated, and they manage to do so in order to get the match underway.

Walker and Smokes then officially begin the action as the bell rings. Walker sends Smokes crashing into the corner face first, then tags in Ledger. Ledger delivers a splash to Smokes in the corner, but Drake tags in and delivers a dropkick to Ledger. He fires off knees on Ledger's midsection, but Hill tags in and Drake looks to land a chop on him.

Hill stays standing and charges at Drake in the corner back from the break. Smokes pulls Drake out of the way and tags in, then fires off stomps on Hill in the corner. Baylor tags in and fires off stomps on Smokes, but Walker tags in and delivers a triple bodyslam to Vanity Project along with Ledger and Hill.

Baylor makes the blind tag in, and Smokes delivers a kick to the side of Ledger's head. Baylor follows it up with a standing splash to him, but Drake tags back in and delivers a knee strike to Walker. Walker lands a chop on Drake, but Baylor tags in and immediately tags out to Smokes. Ledger tags in on his side and levels Smokes and Baylor with a pair of back elbows, then levels Baylor with a clothesline.

Smokes sends Walker crashing into the ring post on the outside, but Ledger delivers a suplex to Drake. Baylor and Smokes pull Ledger out of the ring as Drake distracts the referee, then trap Ledger in the ring steps. Drake then lands a dropkick on Ledger's spine.

During another commercial break, Vanity Project continues to wear down Ledger as they tag in and out to one another. Baylor lands a flatliner on Ledger and Smokes pins him, but Ledger kicks out and Smokes wears him down with a submission hold.

Hill tags in back from the break, then levels Smokes and Baylor with right hands. Hill levels Baylor and Smokes with a double shoulder tackle, then delivers a double cannonball to both Smokes and Baylor. Hill then pins Baylor, but Drake breaks the fall before Walker sends Drake crashing into the mat with a Boss Man Slam. Walker and Ledger then deliver a double splash to Drake and fly out of the ring to level Smokes and Baylor on the outside as Hill delivers a spear to Drake through the middle rope. Hill then catches Drake with a cutter and pins him for the win.

Winners: Shiloh Hill, Hank Walker, and Tank Ledger

— Blake Monroe reemerges at ringside and calls out Jaida Parker. She says things between then end at Vengeance Day in a Street Fight, and Parker storms out to ringside. Officials, Hill, Walker, and Ledger then keep the two women apart.

— We then immediately head backstage, where the rest of DarkState find Osiris Griffin laid out. When they ask him who attacked him, he says it was Tony D'Angelo. Out of frustration, Dion Lennox informs the nearby Robert Stone that he's calling out D'Angelo at ringside.

— Back from the break, we see Dr. Martin tell Lola Vice that she has a fracture on the outer part of her right hand and should take a break from competing in action due to a risk of worse injury. Vice insists that she competes in her "NXT" Underground match and hand the doctor paperwork clearing medical staff of being legally liable should she sustain further injury.

— Dion Lennox is in the ring and he calls out Tony D'Angelo. D'Angelo appears in the crowd and says the hunter is now the hunted. D'Angelo says Lennox is the reason his family fell apart and Lennox may have killed the old D'Angelo but he is now a more dangerous man than before. D'Angelo says he wants to kill Lennox's dreams and at Vengeance Day he will destroy DarkState by taking out Lennox. Lennox says he's fighting for four people on Saturday and this speed bump known as D'Angelo will be run over. Lennox says after he takes out D'Angelo he'll then go to being the champion and the DarkState takeover is far from over. Lennox says he's waiting for D'Angelo and D'Angelo makes his way down to the ring and officials stop him. D'Angelo says he'll whip Lennox's ass in the parking lot and then drag him to the ring and beat him in front of everyone.

— Sarah Schreiber talks to Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. Jayne says Sol Ruca will probably want revenge on Zaria so she isn't worried and if Ruca is here and gets involved, Reid and Henley know what to do.

— Charlie Dempsey and Tavion Heights are backstage. Myles Borne comes by and Heights is stoked for him and Dempsey is a little down. Borne leaves and Heights asks Dempsey why he's Debbie Downer. The Birthright comes in. Lexis King, Uriah Connors, Stacks and Arianna Grace tells Dempsey to join them and Heights is against the idea.

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


NXT Women's Championship Match: Jacy Jayne (c) (w/Fatal Influence) vs. Zaria

Zaria looks around for any sign of Sol Ruca as the bell rings and Jayne fires off stomps on Zaria in the corner. Jayne rolls up Zaria, but Zaria kicks out and levels Jayne with a boot. She sends Jayne's head repeatedly crashing into the mat, then lands a clothesline on her off the middle rope as Jayne stands off the apron.

Zaria charges at Jayne on the outside, but Lainey Reid pulls Jayne out of the way and Zaria is sent crashing into the ring steps. Jayne then delivers a cannonball to Zaria and delivers a pair of sentons to her back inside the ring during the commercial break. Jayne fires off stomps on Zaria in the corner and jams her boot into her neck, then wears her down with a pair of leg scissors and transitions into a crossface.

Back from the break, Zaria and Jayne teeter on the ropes. Zaria connects with a superplex on Jayne before the pair exchange right hands with one another and Zaria delivers a belly-to-belly suplex on Jayne. Jayne catches Zaria with a knee strike and pins her, but Zaria kicks out and lands a spear on Jayne. She sets up for a F5, but Jayne escapes and levels Zaria.

Sol Ruca runs down to the ring and takes out Reid with a clothesline. She delivers a thrust kick to Henley, then delivers a double Sol Snatcher to Jayne and Zaria to cause the disqualification. She grabs the NXT Women's Championship belt and holds it up, then hits Reid with it as she sees her charging at her.

Double Disqualification

— After the match, Ruca holds the Women's Championship and tells Zaria her soul is Ruca's and then clocks Reid with the belt.

— Ricky Saints walks backstage heading to the ring to give us an Absolute Experience.

— Sarah Schreiber talks to Robert Stone backstage. Stone cuts off Schreiber and thanks the NXT Universe for ticket sales. Schreiber asks him about the Women's Division and Stone says at Vengeance Day he'll make a decision about the Women's Championship.

— Ricky Saints then makes his way to the ring.

Saints says the fans are gathered for a once in a lifetime experience hosted by a once in a lifetime performer. He says he has a gift for the fans as a token of his appreciation, then picks up an acoustic guitar from a stand next to him and calls for the production to light him with his signature lasers. He begins to sing Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso", but stops himself when he realizes he can't sing every hit song that he's written and begins singing a second about Joe Hendry.

A pair of hands adjusts Saints' microphone for him as Saints continues to sing and claim various external factors that are contributing to his rather...off performance. Hendry sneaks up behind Saints and cracks the guitar across his spine. While Vanity Project looks to take out Hendry, Myles Borne comes to Hendry's aid. Hendry sends Saints crashing over the top rope and onto Vanity Project on the outside of the ring. Hendry and Borne then stand tall in the ring as the show goes off the air.