WWE NXT Live Coverage - December 23rd, 2025

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Chelsea Green defends the Women's United States Championship against Sol Ruca

The Women's United States Championship will be on the line when Chelsea Green defends her title against Sol Ruca. NXT General Manager Ava granted Ruca the championship opportunity after her historic win over Bayley at Saturday Night's Main Event. Can Green overcome this challenge, or will Ruca once again make history?

— Thea Hail, Ricky Saints, Je'Von Evans, Chelsea Green, Alba Fyre & Ethan Page, Sol Ruca & Zaria are all shown arriving to NXT.

— Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home as Lola Vice makes her way to the ring. The Culling follows.

Lola Vice vs. Izzi Dame (w/ The Culling)

The bell rings and Dame fires off shoulders on Vice's midsection. Vice rolls up Dame, but Dame kicks out and locks in a Triangle on Dame. Dame escapes, but Vice lands an arm drag on Dame and sends her crashing out of the ring. She follows it up with a running knee to her off the ring apron. Vice and Dame then return inside the ring, and Vice cinches in a sleeper on Dame.

Back from the break, Dame has a Boston Crab cinched in on Vice. Vice sends Dame crashing into the middle turnbuckle face first to escape and rolls her up, but Dame kicks out. Vice then connects with a Crucifix Bomb on Dame and pins her, but Dame kicks out.

Vice fires off rapid alternating kicks on Dame and sets up for a Hip Attack on her in the corner. Dame escapes, but Vice catches her with a German suplex and a Hip Attack in the corner. She lands a back elbow on Dame, but Shawn Spears grabs Vice's ankle as Dame distracts the referee. This opens the door for Dame to deliver a big boot to Vice.

Spears and Dame hear chainsaw noises coming from inside a piece of the set, and Tatum Paxley emerges with a chainsaw in hand. She chases Spears to the back, opening the door for Vice to connect with the 305 on Dame for the win.

Winner: Lola Vice

— After the match, Kelani Jordan appears out of nowhere. She attacks Vice from behind and sends her crashing into the bottom turnbuckle, then fires off stomps on her in the corner. The referee breaks things up and holds Jordan back.

— Jordynne Grace is backstage watching Thea Hail's match where she wins against Blake Monroe. Hail comes in and Grace tells her that she's reviewed the tapes and Hail won fairly. Hail thanks Grace for having her back and says she is going to address everyone as the new champ and leaves.

— Ethan Page talks to Myles Borne backstage. Page tells Borne that he lost his chance because he didn't listen to Page. He talks about other wrestlers who made a change to their attitudes and they're soaring. Page invites Borne to watch him in his match next week.

— Thea Hail makes her way to the ring.

Hail says she knows her win of the Women's North American Championship last week was a bit controversial and she couldn't believe she won herself. She says she's heard people talk about being a champion, but nothing can actually prepare you for it. She says it's been the greatest week of her life being the Women's North American Championship, then recalls getting tons of opportunities at 18 years old which led her to becoming a champion. She says she believed in the moment that meant the most, and in doing so, she made history as the youngest Women's North American Champion in history.

Blake Monroe's music hits and she makes her way to the ring in a disheveled state. She says she wants her Women's North American Championship back and demands Hail just hand her the title, but Hail declines to do so and says Monroe lost it. She says Monroe would do the same thing in her position, but agrees to give Monroe a Women's North American Championship rematch at NXT New Year's Evil.

Monroe tells Hail not to pity her, then clocks Hail. The pair begin brawling, and officials run down to the ring to break things up.

— Sarah Schreiber talks to Sol Ruca and Zaria. Ruca talks about what 2025 has taught her and she'd love to end her 2025 as a champion. Ruca talks about how she lost her two titles without actually losing but says she's lucky especially with having a best friend like Zaria. Zaria tells Ruca she has her back.

— Eli Knight makes his way to the ring. Tavion Heights follows.

Men's Speed Tournament Match: Tavion Heights vs. Eli Knight

The bell rings as the three minute timer begins and Knight levels Heights with a dropkick. He delivers a shotgun dropkick to Heights that sends him crashing off the apron, then delivers a moonsault to him on the outside off the top rope and dumps Heights back in the ring.

Knight delivers a Frog splash to Heights off the top rope and pins him, but Heights kicks out and gets Knight up on his shoulders. The clocks approaches two minutes as Knight levels Heights with a double back heel kick and follows it up with a moonsault to him off the top turnbuckle, then looks to land a second moonsault off the top rope. Heights moves out of the way and delivers a belly-to-belly suplex to Knight before he pins him for the win with one minute still left on the clock.

Winner: Tavion Heights

— After the match, Heights shakes Knight's hand and hugs him as a show of respect.

— Leon Slater and Oba Femi sit down with Kelly Kincaid, next.

— We come back from commercial break, and Blake Monroe is looking for Thea Hail. Jackson Drake, Brad Balor & Ricky Smokes hit on Blake Monroe and tell her they have presents for her. They also tell her she is supposed to be the champ and they believe her. They call it the Orlando Screwjob. They talk about who will win and Monroe is pissed they think she can lose. She tells them to leave but to leave the gifts.

— Kelly Kincaid talks to Oba Femi and TNA X-Division Champion, Leon Slater backstage. Kincaid talks about Femi's dominant year and asks of his feelings for his 2025. Femi says his 2025 was almost a perfect reign. He says he's the ruler of NXT, and actually the ruler of WWE. He says at Saturday Night's Main Event there was a shift and everyone felt it. Slater says he knows this is the biggest and most difficult match in his life. Kincaid asks for more insight into who Slater is. Slater says he started very young and when he found wrestling he filled a void. He talks about training at 9 yrs old and says he had to become who he is and he has no intention of slowing down and in two weeks he'll win. Femi says he has an inspiring story but against him, his sob story goes nowhere. Femi and Slater shake hands.

— Je'Von Evans walks backstage and we cut to a commercial.

— We come back and Ava is standing in the ring surrounded by security.

Ava says both Saints and Evans asked for this time tonight, then introduces both men and they both make their way out.

Evans looks to get straight to business,but Saints cuts him off and says that shows his lack of emotional intelligence. Evans tells Saints he's about to clock him, but Ava and the security in the ring stop him before anything can happen.

Evans says Saints didn't have to get involved in things between him and Oba Femi in their NXT Championship match, then says Saints knows that he had Femi beat. He says Saints isn't the guy he thinks he is, but Saints insists he's every bit of the man he says he is. He says he could go on Good Morning America and kiss babies while Evans can't even string two words together, then adds that he checks all the boxes.

Evans reminds Saints that he checks the boxes for both Raw General Manager Adam Pearce and SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis seeing as he's a free agent and has been on both Raw and SmackDown, then says he checks the boxes for John Cena and reminds Saints he was featured on Cena's last ever WWE show.

Saints and Evans look to brawl with one another next week, but security holds them both back and tells Saints and Evans they can square off in the ring with one another next week.

— Backstage, Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Lainey Reid) approach Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair. Henley starts by making fun of Grey and her Kendal Grey train continuing to roll right along. Sinclair talks about WrenQCC and how Grey will be the next champion. Reid and Sinclair get in each other's faces. Jayne tells them all to quiet down and tells Grey that she's not her level and wants a warm up match against Sinclair next week.

— Stacks and Arianna Grace warm up backstage for their match tonight.

— Shiloh Hill and Skylar Raye then make their way to the ring. Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Arianna Grace follow.

Mixed Tag Team Match: Skylar Raye & Shiloh Hill vs. Stacks & Arianna Grace

As Grace and Stacks kiss under the mistletoe on the entrance ramp, Raye and Hill tap their shoulders. They attack Grace and Stacks, and the bell sounds when Raye and Grace get in the ring. Raye sends Grace crashing into the top turnbuckle and connects with an atomic drop on her. Stacks gets in Raye's face, but Hill delivers an atomic drop of his own to Stacks.

Hill connects with a bodyslam on Stacks in the ring as Raye breaks a present over Grace's head and traps her in it. Hill then dumps Raye on top of Grace and Stacks on the outside to level him, and Raye looks to hit Grace with a candy cane kendo stick in the ring. Grace moves out of the way as Hill cracks a keyboard across Stacks' spine.

Grace hits Raye with the candy cane kendo stick and looks to do so again, but Raye looks to take it back from her. Hill and Stacks get Grace and Raye in electric chair positions as they continue fighting over the kendo stick, creating a chicken fight.

Hill and Raye drape Stacks and Grace off the top rope by their knees. They each grab candy cane kendo sticks and hit Grace and Stacks with them across their chests.

Back from the break, Grace fires off stomps on Raye on the outside. Stacks has Hill tangled up in Christmas lights inside the ring, and Grace grabs a present from under the tree. Stacks unwraps it to reveal a bowling ball, and hands it to Grace. Grace looks to hit a strike on Hill, but accidentally hits one on Stacks. Hill then hands Grace his tooth, and as Grace is grossed out by it, Hill dumps Stacks across the ring. Raye flies off the top rope to level Grace, and Hill runs over Stacks with a shoulder tackle.

Hill tangles Stacks in a wreath as Raye sends Grace crashing into a mini Christmas tree. Hill lands a leg drop on Stacks and eats some cookies with Raye, but Grace runs over Hill and Raye with a Christmas tree. Grace hits Hill with the tray the cookies once sat on, then hits Raye with it.

Hill dumps out pinecones from a stockings on top of a table, then powerbombs Stacks through the table. Back inside the ring, Raye delivers a Frog Splash to Grace off the top rope and pins her for the win.

Winners: Skylar Raye and Shiloh Hill

— After the match, Grace grabs a cookie and eats it as she cries about her and Stacks' loss.

— Ava is backstage with DarkState (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, Cutler James & Saquon Shugars). Griffin talks about how Joe Hendry ruined Lennox's chance at being champ. Ava asks what they want her to do. Lennox asks for Joe Hendry and Hendry comes out. Lennox gets in Hendry's face and Ava says not here. DarkState leaves and James tells Hendry that they're watching him. Ava thanks Hendry for not making this worse, Hendry says he has an idea and wants to give something back to NXT. He suggests he has a concert next week, Ava agrees.

— Kelly Kincaid talks to OTM backstage. OTM promises a successful 2026. The Vanity Project comes in and they give Kincaid some presents and introduce themselves to OTM. OTM tells them to never interrupt them again.

— Andre Chase makes his way to the ring. Lexis King follows.

Men's Speed Tournament Match: Lexis King vs. Andre Chase

The bell rings as the three minutes on the clock begins and King delivers a boot to Chase's midsection. He whips Chase into the corner, but Chase levels King with a swinging neckbreaker and follows it up with a step-up enzuigiri that sends King crashing onto the floor.

King flies off the apron with a clothesline to level King on the outside, then dumps him back in the ring and ascends to the top rope. King connects with a kick on Chase and fires off right hands on him as the clock passes the two minutes mark, but Chase catches King with a codebreaker.

The clock hits one minute as Chase lands a Russian Leg Sweep on King. Chase levels King with a right hand, but King catches Chase with a strike to his formerly broken nose and follows it up with The Coronation for the win.

Winner: Lexis King

— Kelani Jordan comes out of the women's locker room saying Lola Vice got what she deserved and beaks off Myles Borne and Tavion Heights as she walks away. Borne and Heights talk about Jordan's attitude change. Heights talks about his match against Lexis King and Borne says that Ethan Page might be right and something has to change. Hank Walker and Tank Ledger come in and talk about their setbacks and how the highs are high and lows and low and to keep going and leave. Heights is pumped up but Borne looks lost in thought.

— Sol Ruca and Zaria make their way to the ring. Chelsea Green, Alba Fyre, and Ethan Page follow.

WWE Women's United States Championship Match: Chelsea Green (c) (w/Ethan Page & Alba Fyre) vs. Sol Ruca (w/Zaria)

The bell rings and Ruca sends Green crashing into the mat with a drop toe hold. She sends her knees crashing into the mat, then connects with a Bow and Arrow on her before sending her crashing into the mat face first.

Ruca looks to pull Green away from the edge of the ring, but Fyre grabs her arms and Page holds Fyre in place. Zaria takes out Fyre, but Green rocks Ruca with a right hand inside the ring. Ruca responds by clotheslining Green out of the ring, then ascends to the top rope and lands a moonsault to level Green, Page, and Fyre on the outside.

Back from the break, Ruca rains down right hands on Green to escape a submission Green has cinched on her. She follows it up with a German suplex to her and a missile dropkick off the top rope, then intercepts Green with a back elbow.

Green catches Ruca with a German suplex off the middle rope, then looks to land a corkscrew elbow on her off the ropes. Ruca sees Green coming and rolls out of the way, then delivers a cartwheel DDT to Green off the ropes and pins her. Page puts Green's foot on the bottom rope to break the fall while the referee is distracted.

TNA star Moose appears on the entrance ramp and begins brawling with Page. As the referee is distracted by them, Ruca sets up for Sol Snatcher on Green. Fyre trips Ruca from the ring apron as Green trips her from inside the ring, opening the door for Green to deliver the Unprettier to Ruca for the win.

Winner and STILL WWE Women's United States Champion: Chelsea Green

— After the match, an enraged Zaria delivers a double spear to both Green and Fyre. Ruca follows it up with a double Sol Snatcher to Green and Fyre, then stands tall with Zaria as the show goes off the air.

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