WWE NXT Live Coverage - January 20th, 2026

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Ethan Page defends the NXT North American Championship against Elio LeFleur

The NXT North American Championship will be on the line when Ethan Page defends his title against Elio LeFleur. The French Luchador will be making his NXT debut after dazzling fans all over the world, including in AAA. Can Page overcome this test, or will LeFleur shock the world in his first NXT match?

— Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home before throwing it to a video recapping Ava's announcement about the NXT Championship Six Man Ladder Match on February 3 and the qualifiers to determine who will be competing in it.

— We then head over to a meeting between Ava and several security guards, where Ava tells them to keep an eye out for Tony D'Angelo tonight.

— Ethan Page then makes his way to the ring. Elio LeFleur follows.

NXT North American Championship Match: Ethan Page (c) vs. Elio LeFleur

The bell rings and the two lock up. LeFleur mocks Page by patting him on his head, then connects with an enzuigiri on him and charges at Page in the corner. Page moves out of the way, but LeFleur pulls him out of the ring over the top rope and delivers a hurricanrana to Page off the ring steps.

Page delivers a boot to LeFleur that sends him crashing off the ring apron, then dumps him back in the ring during the commercial break and levels him with a right hand before he gloats. Page then delivers an elbow drop to LeFleur and pins him, but LeFleur kicks out and Page whips him into the mat spine first.

Page rocks LeFleur with a knee to his face, then connects with a suplex to him and locks in a Boston Crab on him. LeFleur crawls over to the bottom rope to break the hold, then rocks him with a right hand back from the break and follows it up with an over the shoulder powerslam. LeFleur sends Page crashing into the match with a variation of a neckbreaker, then ascends to the top rope and looks to connect with a 450 Splash to Page.

Page avoids it and runs over LeFleur with a big boot, but LeFleur looks to fly off the ropes. Page catches LeFleur with a shotgun dropkick, but LeFleur responds with a DDT and a moonsault to Page off the top rope and on the outside. He dumps Page back in the ring and lands a knee strike on Page off the top rope, then goes for a pin but Page kicks out.

LeFleur hits a Coast to Coast to Page off the top rope, but Page sets up for Ego's Edge on him. LeFleur reverses into a hurricanrana and a boot to Page's face, but Page catches LeFleur with a powerbomb and pins him with a handful of tights for the win.

Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Ethan Page

— After the match, Ricky Saints' music hits and he makes his way out. He tells Page to go relax and put his feet up, then joins the commentary desk for the upcoming match.

— We see a clip from LFG where Booker T and Keanu Carver do some arguing and then see Carver leaving Shawn Michaels' office all pissed off.

— Josh Briggs then makes his way to the ring. Shiloh Hill follows.

NXT Championship Ladder Match Qualifier: Shiloh Hill vs. Josh Briggs

The bell rings and Hill runs over Briggs with a shoulder tackle. Briggs sends Hill crashing into the top turnbuckle face first, but Hill whips Briggs into the corner and lands a shoulder on his midsection. He follows it up with a twisting neckbreaker and a basement shoulder tackle, then goes for a pin but Briggs kicks out.

Briggs dumps Hill out of the ring, but Hill flies off the ring steps with a cannonball to level Briggs on the outside. Briggs levels Hill with a clothesline and delivers a right hand to him, then sends him crashing into the ring apron during the commercial break. He dumps Hill back in the ring and jams his boot into the back of his neck, then runs him over with a shoulder tackle.

Hill fires off right hands on Briggs, but Briggs wears down Hill with a submission hold. Briggs sends Hill crashing into the middle turnbuckles face first back from the break, then runs him over. Hill ascends to the top rope, then delivers a clothesline to Briggs off the top rope and sends Briggs crashing into the mat. He delivers a pair of flipping knees to Briggs' midsection and pins him, but Briggs kicks out.

Briggs runs over Hill with a boot, then connects with a chokeslam and goes for a pin. Hill kicks out and trips Briggs on the ropes, but Briggs looks to respond with a moonsault off the top rope. Hill moves out of the way and delivers a variation of a neckbreaker to Briggs for the win.

Winner: Shiloh Hill

— After the match, Tony D'Angelo appears out of nowhere having seemingly snuck into the building and chokeslams both Briggs and Hill. He stares down Saints and leaves.

— We then head backstage to a locker room, where Zaria tells Sol Ruca she's not 100% after challenging Léi Yǐng Lee for the TNA Knockouts Champion at TNA Genesis this past Saturday. She makes it clear that she doesn't want to be blamed if herself and storms out.

— Back at ringside, Vanity Project makes their way out. Chase U follows.

Chase U (w/ Andre Chase) vs. Vanity Project (w/ Jackson Drake)

Uriah Connors and Ricky Smokes begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Smokes runs over Connors with a shoulder tackle, but Kale Dixon and Brad Baylor tag in and Baylor cinches in a waist lock on Dixon. Connors makes the blind tag back in, then delivers a double superkick to Smokes and Baylor with Dixon. Chase U then flies out of the ring to level Vanity Project on the outside.

Smokes sends Dixon crashing into the ring post spine first as Baylor pulls Connors off the top rope. We see Lexis King watching the action backstage and both Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Arianna Grace approach him as Smokes tags back in and knocks Dixon off the ring apron. Connors delivers a stiff chop to Smokes, but Smokes and Baylor deliver a high dropkick-spinebuster combination to Connors.

Dixon tags in and dumps Smokes out of the ring and flies over the top rope to level Smokes and Baylor on the outside. Dixon dumps Smokes back in the ring and delivers a spinning splash to him, then goes for a pin but Smokes kicks out.

Connors tags back in, and Chase U delivers a cutter-Stunner combination to Smokes. Baylor drags Smokes into his corner to tag himself in, but all four men then begin brawling with one another. Dixon gets Baylor on his shoulders, but Smokes pulls Connors out of the ring. Baylor takes advantage and delivers a jumping knee to Dixon. He holds Dixon in place for Smokes to land a stomp to Dixon's midsection, and Smokes then pins Dixon for the win.

Winners: Vanity Project

— We then head over to Ava's office, where she tells Mr. Stone that she's called the police on Tony D'Angelo. Lola Vice and Thea Hail both approach Ava looking for a Women's North American Championship match, and Avan informs them that they can both challenge Izzi Dame for her title in a Triple Threat Match on February 3.

— We then head to a sit down interview between Blake Howard and Keanu Carver, where Carver tells Howard that he's there because he was told he has to be as Howard looks to talk to Carver about his NXT Championship Ladder Match Qualifier next week.

— Back at ringside, Jaida Parker makes her way out.

Parker says while things have changed around "NXT", nothing has changed in her book. She says she kept hearing about the new era of "NXT" in her absence, then gives Kendal Grey and Lola Vice their flowers while Blake Monroe doesn't deserve her flowers for acting like the spotlight owed her rent. She says she wants to let her hard work speak for herself, then says she represents the standard.

Parker opens up about not being able to catch a break and having people constantly pressure her to do better, but says she catches eyes and says pressure happens when she walks through the door to show the world what she can do before adding she says she deserves to take up space.

The lights go out, and when we come back on, we see Blake Monroe telling the spotlight to go where it belongs on her as she stands on a platform. She tells Parker that she made a grave mistake interrupting her last week, then says Parker feeds off attention and there's no one better to interrupt Parker than her. She says Parker is all talk, but Parker says Monroe talks so much because if she had to stop talking, then she would have to prove something.

— Ava is backstage with Myles Borne and Elio LeFleur. Ava tells LeFleur to not worry about his loss. Ricky Saints walks by and Borne talks to him about his recent actions. Ethan Page comes in and asks Borne which version of him they'll get when he tries to qualify for the title ladder match.

— Sean Legacy then makes his way to the ring. Eli Knight follows, and Ricky Saints joins the announce desk once again.

NXT Championship Ladder Match Qualifier: Sean Legacy vs. Eli Knight

The bell rings and the pair go back and forth with one another. Legacy delivers a crossbody to Knight off the top rope, but Knight levels Legacy with a dropkick to him and looks to take flight over the top rope. Legacy moves out of the way, but Knight levels Legacy with a moonsault off the ropes.

During the commercial break, Knight looks to land a senton on Legacy off the ropes. Legacy moves out of the way, then fires off a couple of kicks on Knight's midsection. Knight fires off a few right hands and left hands on Legacy's midsection, but Legacy levels Knight with a right hand.

Knight and Legacy level one another with clotheslines as the commercial break comes to an end, and the pair exchange right hands before Knight catches Legacy with a big boot and follows it up with an enzuigiri to him. Legacy catches Knight with a Spanish Fly and follows it up with a 450 Splash, then goes for a pin but Knight kicks out.

Knight delivers a moonsault to Legacy, but Legacy rolls out of the way. Knight immediately transitions into a standing moonsault and goes for a pin, but Legacy kicks out and Knight catches him with a Sliced Bread. He ascends to the top rope and looks to land another moonsault on Legacy, but Legacy gets his boots up and delivers a Death Valley Driver-twisting neckbreaker combination to Knight for the win.

Winner: Sean Legacy

— After the match, the men share words and shake hands. Tony D'Angelo runs in and beats up both Legacy and Knight. D'Angelo chokeslams Legacy on the announce desk and stares down Ricky Saints who is on commentary. Ava comes out with the police, D'Angelo exits the ring and faces the cops and allows himself to get arrested.

— We come back from a commercial break and see Tony D'Angelo being escorted out of the venue in handcuffs. Blake Howard tries to get a word from D'Angelo but he stays silent. OTM comes by and push Howard out of the way and call out DarkState. They challenge DarkState to a title match next week.

— Brad Balor, Jackson Drake and Ricky Smokes pump themselves up backstage with some women. They talk about Drake's ladder match next week. Robert Stone comes in and says Drake will face Joe Hendry. Hendry shows up and says he looks forward to the qualifier match.

— Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars talk backstage about OTM calling them out. Cutler James comes by and talks about Tony D'Angelo attacking Dion Lennox last week. Lennox comes in and talks about qualifying for the ladder match.

— Back at ringside, Fatal Influence make their way to the ring. ZaRuca and WrenQCC follow.

TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Titles No. 1 Contender's Match: ZaRuca vs. Wren-QCC vs. Fatal Influence (w/Jacy Jayne)

Sol Ruca, Lainey Reid, and Kendal Grey begin the action. The bell rings and all three women take turns rolling one another up and breaking the falls. Zaria tags in and levels Reid and Grey with a double clothesline, then delivers a back elbow to Grey in one corner and a splash to Reid in the opposite corner.

Wren Sinclair tags in, but Reid delivers a standing splash to her. Zaria levels Fallon Henley with a superkick on the outside, then tags in Ruca. Ruca looks to fly off Zaria's shoulders, but one of Zaria's shoulders gives out. Ruca checks on Zaria, but Fatal Influence take advantage and send Ruca and Zarua crashing out of the ring. Sinclair delivers a crossbody to Fatal Influence, and Grey lands a moonsault on Ruca and Zaria off the top rope.

Grey dumps Ruca back in the ring and pins her, but Ruca kicks out as we head to a commercial break. Grey and Sinclair double team on Ruca before Henley tags back in and Sinclair cinches in a submission on her. Ruca scoops up Sinclair, but Reid tags in and continues wearing down Grey after she tags back in.

Zaria tags back in and runs over Grey with a clothesline. Henley cinches in a sleeper on her, but Zaria sends Henley crashing into the corner spine first. Henley then manages to get Grey in an Electric Chair position, and hits a Doomsday Device on her as Zaria flies off the middle rope with a clothesline. Sinclair then fires off chops on Ruca when they tag back in, but Sinclair sends Ruca into the mat and sends her crashing into the corner and Reid after Reid tags back in as well.

Grey tags back in and double teams on Ruca with Sinclair. Reid rolls up Grey, but Grey kicks out and avoids a cheap hand from Jayne. Grey then cinches in an armbar on Reid, but Ruca delivers a splash off the top rope to break the hold and pins Grey. Grey kicks out. Reid, Grey, and Ruca exchange right hands, but Ruca lands a facebuster on Grey from the apron and delivers a German suplex to Reid. Zaria tags herself in, then delivers a double spear to Reid and Grey. She levels Reid with a headbutt, but Grey catches her with a variation of a flatliner and pins her.

Reid breaks the fall and sends Grey crashing out of the ring, where Jayne is waiting with a superkick to her. Sinclair delivers a double stomp to Jayne off the apron, but Henley sends Grey crashing into the barricade.

Reid rocks Zaria with a superkick and follows it up with a Crucifix Bomb to her back in the ring and tags in Henley. Henley takes out Zaria and pins her, but Ruca pulls Henley out of the ring to break the fall and levels her. Zaria gets Henely up on her shoulders, but Reid helped Henley escape and delivers a double Sol Snatcher to Fatal Influence. Zaria then delivers an F5 to Henley and pins her for the win.

Winners: ZaRuca

— Ruca and Zaria celebrate in the ring and we cut to the card for next week's NXT and the show then goes off the air.

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