WWE NXT Live Coverage - October 28th, 2025

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Kelani Jordan defends the TNA Knockouts Title against Jordynne Grace

Kelani Jordan defends the TNA Knockouts Championship against legendary former champion Jordynne Grace. The Juggernaut disapproves of Jordan’s new attitude since winning the gold and is aiming to restore the title's glory. Can Jordan overcome this challenge, or will Grace once again become TNA Knockouts Champion?

— The show kicks off with a video recapping the events of Halloween Havoc.

— Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home before we head backstage and see Trick Williams yelling at everyone in the production office. He then sets his sights on Ricky Saints as he searches for him around the Performance Center and becomes increasingly enraged.

Williams appears at ringside, grabbing a microphone and telling Saints that they gave each other the best they had at Halloween Havoc. He says he won't leave until he gets an NXT Championship match, prompting Ava to make her way out and tell Williams that they can have a real conversation like adults. She says there was no controversy at Halloween Havoc because Williams simply lost, but Williams tries his best to dispute her statement. He rattles off all his accomplishments as a means of trying to get his NXT Championship rematch, but Saints appears at ringside and begins brawling with Williams. Ava calls for more security guards to get the two men separated from one another.

— Axiom makes his way to the ring. Jasper Troy follows.

WWE Speed Tournament Finals Match: Axiom vs. Jasper Troy

The bell rings and Axiom lands several kicks on the back of Troy's leg. Troy gets fired up as Axiom fires off a few open palm strikes on him, then sends Axiom crashing into the corner of the ring after Axiom jumps on his back. We see Los Americanos in the crowd to watch the action as Axiom fires off right hands on Troy and the clock hits two minutes.

Troy delivers a backbreaker to Axiom and uses his knee to wear down Axiom with a submission before landing a headbutt on him that sends him crashing out of the ring. Axiom responds with a Dragon Screw to Troy using the middle rope, then flies off the top to level him as the clock approaches one minute. Axiom lands a knee strike on Troy, but Troy levels Axiom with a forearm. Axiom jumps on Troy's spine and wears him down with a submission hold, but Troy escapes and levels Axiom with a clothesline. He follows it up with a slam and a Sidewalk Slam to him for the win with only 5 seconds left on the clock.

Winner: Jasper Troy

— Ava talks to Sol Ruca and Zaria backstage. Ava says the doctors have told her she's rehabbing great but they still don't have a return date for her. Ava asks Ruca what she should do with her Speed Championship. Ruca relinquishes her title and says she will rehab herself and come back and win back her titles, both of which she never lost. Zaria storms out and Ava tells Ruca to not rush her recovery.

— We come back from a commercial break and The Culling makes their way out to the ring.

Holding onto her new NXT Women's Championship, Paxley says that she and the fans did it. She says she's dreamt of being NXT Women's Champion for a long time, then says she'll never forget the heartache she went through and thinking that her moment of winning the NXT Women's Champion would never come. She says if she can hold the title, then anyone can and says she wants to be the kind of champion to give everyone a fighting opportunity.

Izzi Dame cuts off Paxley and asks if she's being serious. She says she can't picture Paxley as the kind of champion to give everyone opportunities and risk losing the NXT Women's Championship. She says Paxley earned the NXT Women's Championship, but she needs to remember that she's chased after the title for a long time and asks if she's sure that she wants to give out title matches.

Paxley stops Dame and says she's going to give chances to those in the back, then says she brought back the wheel since everyone missed it at Halloween Havoc. She says whichever name the wheel lands on will be the person she defends against tonight, and while Dame looks to protest, Shawn Spears points out that Dame's name is missing from the wheel. Paxley explains that she wants nothing to come between her and Dame, then spins the wheel which lands on Lola Vice.

— Trick Williams is still bulldozing around backstage looking for Ricky Saints. He walks by Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair. Sinclair apologizes for being responsible for Grey having to battle Lash Legend tonight. Grey asks Sinclair to be at ringside for her match.

— Lash Legend then makes her way to the ring. Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair follow.

Evolve Women's Championship Match: Kendal Grey (c) w/Wren Sinclair vs. Lash Legend

The bell rings and the two lock up. Legend dumps Grey straight out of the right, but Grey gets back inside and rolls up Legend. Legend kicks out and Grey looks to land a double stomp on her, but Legend catches Grey's feet and sends her crashing back out of the ring. Legend gets Grey back in the ring and sends her face bouncing off the mat during the commercial break, then lands a right hand on her spine and continues wearing her down.

Legend fires off shoulders on Grey in the corner, then wears her down with a submission hold. Grey fires off a couple of right hands on Legend's midsection back from the commercial break, then levels her with a forearm and goes for a pin. Grey kicks out, then lands a dropkick on Legend and follows it up with a German suplex. She grabs onto Legend's ankle and looks to trip her, but Legend delivers a boot to her head to fend her off. Grey then sweep's Legend's legs to trip her and looks to land a basement dropkick on her.

Grey ascends to the top rope, and looks to land a crossbody on Legend back in the ring. Legend intercepts Grey and sends her bouncing off the top rope, then looks to land a boot on her in the corner. Grey avoids it and connects with a flatliner on Legend for the win.

Winner and STILL Evolve Women's Champion: Kendal Grey

— Tatum Paxley walks backstage. Lola Vice comes up to her and congratulates her. Vice tells Paxley that she earned the title and she finally gets a fair shot. Vice tells Paxley that she'll knock her out tonight and win. Paxley says her reign won't end that quickly because fought hard for this. Izzi Dame comes by and Vice leaves. Dame tells Paxley she thinks it's not smart to take on Vice. Paxley tells Dame to chill.

— Tavion Heights makes his way to the ring. Myles Borne follows.

Myles Borne vs. Tavion Heights

The bell rings and the two men fist bump one another. They then lock up, but Heights looks to get Borne up on his shoulders. Borne then rolls up Heights, but Heights kicks out and cinches in a submission hold on Borne. Heights runs over Borne with a springboard clothesline and goes for a pin, but Borne kicks out.

During the commercial break, Heights wears down Borne with a submission hold. Borne escapes by delivering a back suplex to Heights as Josh Briggs emerges at ringside to join the announce desk. Borne lands a moonsault on Heights off the middle rope back from the break and pins him, but Heights kicks out and cinches in an Ankle Lock on Heights. Borne escapes and delivers a scoop powerslam to Heights.

Heights and Briggs get in one another's faces on the outside, but Heights gets back in the ring. Briggs hops up on the apron, and Borne takes advantage by sending Heights crashing back out of the ring onto the floor. Borne lands a crossbody over the top rope to level Briggs and Heights on the outside. Heights and Borne then get back in the ring, and Heights looks to land a belly-to-belly suplex on Borne. Borne counters into a flatliner for the win.

Winner: Myles Borne

— After the match, Briggs pulls Heights out of the ring and brawls with him to the back as security tries separating the two men. Trick Wililams sneaks up behind Borne and hits him with a chair across his spine, then grabs a microphone. Williams calls out Ricky Saints once again, but Saints sneaks up behind Williams and the two men begin brawling with one another once again. Security nuns out and tries to separate the two men, but they continue brawling with one another.

— Kelani Jordan is seen backstage getting ready for her match tonight.

— Chelsea Green, Alba Fyre and Ethan Page walk backstage. They talk about their mixed tag match AAA match. Page asks Green if she's still looking for Slaygents. Thea Hail comes by and says Joe Hendry's name and he jumps out of a garbage can. Hail comes by and wheels Hendry out of camera shot.

— Tatum Paxley and Izzi Dame make their way to the ring. Lola Vice follows.

NXT Women's Championship Match: Tatum Paxley (c) (w/The Culling) vs. Lola Vice

The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns locking one another in submission holds, but Paxley lands a shotgun dropkick on Vice. She connects with a crossbody on her in the corner and charges at her in the opposite corner, but Vice sees Paxley coming as we see a fired up Fatal Influence arrive at the Performance Center.

Jacy Jayne clocks Dame from behind and sends her crashing into teh ring steps. Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid send Dame crashing into one of the barricades and surround the ring as Vice and Paxley stare them down. Fatal Influence then begins brawling with Paxley and Vice, causing the match ot be called off.

No Contest

— Jacy Jayne attacks Paxley while Henley and Reid go after Vice. They take turns beating up Paxley and Vice. Fatal Influence poses in the ring as Dame watches from the barricades she was thrown into and Vice/Paxley laid out in the ring.

— A video package for Blake Monroe plays. She talks about beating Zaria and getting Sol Ruca's North American Title. She says she will defend her title in New York City.

— NXT Anonymous catches Je'Von Evans talking on the phone backstage. He gets off the phone with Leon Slater. DarkState approach him and Saquon Shugars gets in Evans' face and threatens to hurt him before his tag match.

— Sol Ruca and Zaria are backstage. Kelly Kincaid comes by and asks them about Blake Monroe. Zaria says she'll win the speed title back for Ruca. Fatal Influence comes by and tells ZaRuca to get lost. Jacy Jayne calls out Lola Vice, Izzi Dame, and Tatum Paxley.

— Jordynne Grace makes her way to the ring. Kelani Jordan follows.

TNA Knockouts Championship Match: Kelani Jordan (c) vs. Jordynne Grace

The bell rings and the two lock up. Jordan delivers an open palm strike to Grace, but Grace gets fired up and delivers a Thesz Press to Jordan. She rains down right hands on her and looks to land a stomp on her off the middle rope, but Jordan moves out of the way and sends Grace's knee crashing into the ring steps. She sends Grace's knee bouncing off the ring steps during the commercial break, then sends it bouncing off the apron.

The two women get back in the ring, and Jordan sends Grace crashing into the turnbuckle face first. She continues targeting Grace's knee and cinches in a Half Boston Crab on her, but Grace looks to crawl over to the bottom rope to rebel the hold. Jordan pulls her back to the center, but Grace fights her off.

Back from the break, Jordan and Grace exchange right hands with one another. Grace connects with an open palm strike on Jordan and sends her crashing into the mat, then lands a bodyslam on her. Jordan delivers a chop block to Grace's knee, but Grace sends Jordan crashing into the top turnbuckle repeatedly and delivers a pair of clotheslines to her. She intercepts Jordan with a spine buster and goes for a pin, but Jordan kicks out.

Jordan rocks Grace with a kick to her head, then follows it up with a split legged Stunner to her and goes for a pin. Grace kicks out, then sends Jordan crashing into the mat with a slam and looks to ascend up the ropes. Jordan trips Grace, but Grace sends Jordan crashing into the mat spine first. Jordan rolls up Grace, but Grace kicks out. Jordan then levels Grace with a kick to her head and the two teeter on the ropes before Jordan delivers a moonsault to Grace.

Still going on, the brawl between Trick Williams and Ricky Saints spills out to the ringside area. Jordan looks to take advantage by grabbing her TNA Knockouts World Championship belt to hit Grace with. Grace sees Jordan take it and lands a German suplex on her. She goes for a pin, but Jordan kicks out after the referee begins the count late due to being distracted by the brawl. As the referee is watching Williams and Saints continue to brawl on the outside while security works to separate them, Jordan grabs her TNA Knockouts World Championship belt and hits Grace with it. She then pins her for the win.

Winner and STILL TNA Knockouts Champion: Kelani Jordan

— Saints and Williams continue brawling, and Saints spears Williams through a piece of the set. Ava emerges at ringside and tells Saints that he'll be defending his NXT Championship against Williams in a Last Man Standing Match two weeks from now. Security continues trying to separate to separate the two men when the begin brawling once again as the show goes off the air.

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