NXT TV RESULTS (6/17): Wells’s live report on former Mariah May signing contract, Trick & AJ Francis & KC Navarro vs. Briggs & Inamura & Elijah, Evolution Eliminator matches, more

NXT TV RESULTS
JUNE 17, 2025
ORLANDO, FLA. AT CAPITOL WRESTLING CENTER
LIVE ON CW NETWORK
REPORT BY KELLY WELLS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR

NXT Commentators: Corey Graves, Vic Joseph, Booker T

Ring Announcer: Mike Rome

Backstage Correspondent(s): Sarah Schreiber

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(Wells’s Analysis: That’s a great way to give a heel a win on occasion, to the point where I’m surprised we haven’t seen it a little more. Hail is totally protected and you can put some real heat on the heel for the cheap victory. The ref has to look kind of pathetic, but I don’t think that’s a big deal in moderation. Of course, there’s also the issue that people just really like Parker and she’s miscast as a heel, but given that she is one, I like what they went for here)

-Josh Briggs, Yoshiki Inamura and Elijah talked together ahead of their six-man match and pumped each other up. Elijah left the scene and tag team champions Hank & Tank showed up and fired up Briggs and Inamura as well. Oba Femi showed up and Hank & Tank put over his match last week. Femi accepted this graciously and reminded everyone he’s still the ruler around here. Trick Williams rounded out the cast and he held up the TNA Championship belt at Femi, who responded with his NXT Championship.

-Another throwback Bewitched-style promo for Blake Monroe promoted her contract signing tonight. It was said that a big contract deserved a great outfit.

(2) KELANI JORDAN vs. LASH LEGEND – NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contender Eliminator

Legend had a tweaked look, with some lighter hair highlights, different music, and an all-around different swagger. She shoved Jordan effortlessly to open the match, and absorbed a few shots and laid in a knee and then hit a body slam. Rope run and a missed splash by Legend. Jordan laid in some kicks and ran the ropes and hit a rolling senton with a stutter-step as Legend wasn’t in the ideal spot when she landed. Jordan worked a headlock and ran the ropes for a rana, then dropkicked Legend to the floor. Jordan hit a springboard moonsault and the match went to commercial with no split-screen. [c]

Vic said “Power advantage, Lash Legend. Athleticism advantage, maybe Kelani Jordan.” Definitely Kelani, but announcers always hedge on the “athleticism” bit for fear of upsetting the other person. Legend took over as the match slowed down and worked a backbreaker over her shoulder. Jordan finally got herself free and hit a codebreaker. Both sold for a bit, and Jordan struck with a lot of quick offense. Sliced Bread by Jordan, who went up for a frog splash that got two. Jordan hit a single-leg crab and went up for the split-legged moonsault, but Legend went up with her. She tried a superplex but Kelani whipped around and landed on Legend for two. 450 attempt, but Legend got the knees up. Lash hit her finisher.

WINNER: Lash Legend at 9:55.

(Wells’s Analysis: Legend is getting a new push, apparently. I’m still stunned by the plug being pulled on the Legend/Jakara Jackson team that visited the main roster a few times. Decent action here, though Legend will never be the wrestler that Jordan is. Jordan really is one of the best pure wrestlers they have on this brand, but it would be a bad time for her to move up with so much female talent moving up recently. Hopefully the time for her not to get lost in the shuffle isn’t too far away)

-There was a hype segment for the Family saga, followed by Tony D’Angelo being annoyed that Luca Crusifino was just showing up. Tony’s up next. [c]

-Tony D’Angelo, in the ring, said you have to have your head on a swivel and look for enemies on all sides. Weird framing, given that Tony keeps missing them. He called out Luca Crusifino to talk it out in the ring. Luca asked if it was really going to be like this. D said if Luca was going to lie, he had to lie to his face in front of everyone. D asked a bunch of questions about the moment out in the desert. Crusifino said D’Angelo can trust him, and D’Angelo said Crusifino should’ve attacked Stacks. Crusifino said he was a consigliere, and was just supposed to make decisions for the family. He said Adrianna Rizzo is his soundboard but she isn’t around right now. D’Angelo told Crusifino to look him straight in the eye and tell him whether he was with Stacks. Crusifino started a sentence, but Stacks hit the ramp to his music, flanked by some vaguely Italian-looking silent goons. Stacks asked Crusifino if he had ever lied to him, or asked him if he was still loyal. He said there’s a reason he saved Crusifino in the desert. He told Luca he knows what to do next. A brawl broke out, and Crusifino fought off the goons, but of course accidentally struck D’Angelo to keep the story running in place.

-Trick Williams and First Class talked backstage, and KC Navarro was apparently not cleared to go tonight. Williams was annoyed, but AJ Francis said they had someone in mind. Wes Lee, flanked by Tyriek Igwe and Tyson Dupont, made his entrance. It was tense for just a moment, but Williams was on board with Lee teaming with him. Frist Class did their “Money, money, money” taunt and High Rise took off, and Williams chastised First Class for hitting their taunt. [c]

-In a sponsored segment, Andre Chase introduced the rest of the class to Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors, now finally part of the group, I guess. Dixon tried to ask a series of questions, but Chase kept cutting him off and told them they had to get tough and he didn’t let them talk. Dixon and Connors walked out on the class and Chase shouted a bleeped expletive in response.

-Again we heard about the Ricky Saints larynx injury. Thankfully, Corey Graves covered it because he can pronounce larynx, unlike Vic.

-Ethan Page talked to The Vanity Project’s three NXT-ready members. Saints showed up and warned them he’s on his way back next week. Ashante Thee Adonis was also in the locker room and he talked tough to Saints, likely setting up a match for next week.

-Blake Monroe showed up in a revealing dress ahead of her contract signing.

-Elijah played a song on the way to the ring about he, Briggs and Inamura kicking some ass tonight. He asked who wanted to walk with Elijah, and introduced two men that he knew would do so.

-JeVon Evans, Tavion Heights & Wren Sinclair talked backstage. Evans was trying to get Heights to talk to Charlie Dempsey. Jasper Troy walked by and Evans tried to greet him, but Troy told him to get out of his face. Evans returned to Heights and Sinclair, now joined by Charlie Dempsey. Dempsey said Heights can leave the group if he beats Evans in a match. Evans said it wasn’t great because Heights will be stuck with Dempsey a while longer. Heights assured Evans he’ll be ready.

[HOUR TWO]

(3) JOSH BRIGGS & YOSHIKI INAMURA & ELIJAH vs. TRICK WILLIAMS & WES LEE & AJ FRANCIS (w/KC Navarro & Tyriek Igwe & Tyson Dupont)

Was it always spelled “High Ryze”? I guess I haven’t seen it onscreen before now. Inamura and Lee opened things. Lee took the early advantage with quick, low kicks before Inamura laid him out with a block. Briggs tagged in and he and Inamura did a tandem release slam that wasn’t timed perfectly and Lee fell ugly. Francis tagged in next and absorbed some offense, and shortly after, Elijah and Williams were legal. They went to quick reversals for a good while until Elijah hit a running clothesline. Elijah walked the ropes for a falling knee strike and covered for two. Williams cleared Elijah from the ring soon after and all action spilled outside. Briggs and Inamura caught Lee out of the air on a tope suicida attempt. AJ Francis ran the ropes like he was going to try one after his high-profile botch on main roster TV a couple of years ago, and got meta as he put on the brakes and trolled the fans, not attempting it after all. The match went to split-screen break. [c]

Inamura laid in some chops on Francis. Inamura blocked Francis, who came back with a spear. Francis hit a running knee on Inamura and flipped forward out of the ring and stared into the camera. Lee tagged in and cut down Inamura with some quick offense, but Inamura caught a charging Lee and spun him around and hit a powerslam. They each tagged to Williams and Briggs. Briggs hit a flying ax-handle where each guy thought it was a different move and there was about a mile of light between them. Elijah tagged in and fired up and hit a Paige Turner for two. Everyone got involved and it was a mess of activity. After everyone cleared out, Inamura set up and then hit his frog splash on Trick for the victory. Vic mentioned the importance of Inamura pinning the TNA Champion.

WINNERS: Inamura & Briggs & Elijah at 11:02.

(Wells’s Analysis: You’d think Trick would be a winning babyface right now, but he’s instead a heel taking losses (to promote championship matches, but still, he’s eating pins). Inamura is such a satisfying, hard-hitting guy to watch, so it’s an interesting way to go when the smart money would be on TNA guy Elijah to score the victory, but apparently it’s not time for that yet.)

-Sol Ruca and Zaria walked backstage and pumped each other up about the coming opportunity for Zaria, then left the scene. Tatum Paxley started following them with one of her Barbies, but stopped short and sadly watched them walk away, never aware she was there. [c]

-Robert Stone, Ava and Stevie Turner briefly spoke to put over Evolve, but Tony D & Luca Crusifino were arguing outside the room. D’Angelo tried to get Crusifino to prove himself with a match against Stacks next week, but Ava said that couldn’t happen because Stacks has a match for the Heritage Cup against Noam Dar next week. She said he got the match because he just beat a former Heritage Cup champion (Tony himself) and that Stacks’ consigliere signed off on it. Of course, this set D’Angelo off as Crusifino tried to convince him he wasn’t the one.

(4) ZARIA (w/Sol Ruca) vs. IZZI DAME (w/Shawn Spears & Niko Vance) – NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contender Eliminator

Both women went hard early, exchanging haymakers until Zaria leveled Dame and hit a corner splash and a suplex for two. Zaria rolled up Dame for two, but Dame came back by charging Zaria to a corner. Zaria held up Dame in the corner with a headlock and released, then took her down for two. The match went to split-screen. [c]

Zaria wanted a German suplex but Dame ran her into a corner. Izzi laid in chops and strikes, then a pump kick for two. Huge chokeslam by Dame got two. Zaria slammed Dame and ran the ropes for a couple of lariats and a pump kick, then a body slam. German suplex by Zaria. She fired up. Tatum Paxley showed up near Ruca and distracted Zaria long enough for Dame to finish her with a spinebuster.

WINNER: Izzi Dame at 8:21.

(Wells’s Analysis: Are any babyfaces going to win a match, given that this is a spot to face champion Jacy Jayne? I suppose the main event is face-face, but it feels obvious that whomever with the Vice-Grace match will advance to the championship match. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think Dame is surpassing Zaria as a monster type. Zaria remains just okay as Dame really is expanding her skills and moveset)

-Briggs pumped up Inamura backstage and said Inamura earned himself a title match. Inamura said he came back to help Josh Briggs, and wanted to give him the match. He said he wanted to think bigger: Briggs as TNA Champion, and Inamura as NXT Champion. Briggs said hell yeah.

(5) LOLA VICE vs. JORDYNNE GRACE – NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contender Eliminator

They wasted no time getting into this, perhaps running long with five matches all getting decent time before the Blake Monroe match, which is likely to get time as well. Vice took the early advantage and hit the “I’m a Latina” hip attack as the match went to commercial, with no split-screen. Weird that this one didn’t get the treatment, but we had the option of watching Zaria-Dame during the break. [c]

Vice was working a guillotine but Grace rolled out of trouble. Grace hit a Death Valley Driver and covered for one. Grace hit a full body slam in a corner, then tried a backsplash, but Vice trapped her in a crossface. Grace got Vice up and slammed her to break. The crowd gave a light “NXT” chant to a match that’s been just fine. Grace put up Vice in a corner and hit a loud palm strike, then went up with her. They jockeyed for position. Vice got the advantage and slammed Grace, then hit a spin kick for a long two. There was a “That was three” chant, though it wasn’t that close. Grace hit Beast Mode shortly after to finish.

WINNER: Jordynne Grace at 8:37.

(Wells’s Analysis: I get it from a four-way standpoint; they want Grace to really climb a mountain, and she’ll really appear to be doing so when she faces three badass heels all at once. On the other hand, it’s not very believable that any of the others would be tabbed to face Jacy Jayne (maybe Jaida Parker, if they allow her to pivot again) so it feels like a perfunctory four-way before a match where Jayne will likely cheat to win somehow with Grace on her way to the main roster)

-Next week, it’s Izzi Dame vs. Jaida Parker vs. Lash Legend vs. Jordynne Grace for #1 contendership.

-Backstage, Tatum Paxley tried to apologize to Sol Ruca and Zaria. Ruca tried to keep the peace but Zaria wasn’t having it. Izzi Dame showed up to once again stir some crap, saying if Ruca and Zaria cared about Paxley, she’d be in their TikToks. Dame and Paxley each left, and Zaria told Ruca to let Paxley go. Blake Monroe then walk-skipped by the remaining pair, ahead of the final segment. [c]

-In a sit-down segment, Noam Dar promoted the Heritage Cup championship. He said he’s been the champion more than anyone, and he’s going to keep it that way. He never even mentioned Stacks; this could have promoted a match aganst anyone.

-Next week, Josh Briggs will face Trick Williams for the TNA Championship.

-Ava teed up the Blake Monroe contract signing and introduced her at just seven to the hour. She called her “The Glamour” Blake Monroe. Not “Glamorous?” Huh. Monroe was being overtly sensual during her introduction and was still wearing the small black dress and garter belt as before. She put over the women’s division, and looked into the camera and said she was looking forward to “hopping into bed” with some of the women in the division. She said it was no secret WWE had always been her dream, and now the spotlight is firmly on The Glamour, Blake Monroe. She signed the contract.

Fatal Influence’s music played. So…Monroe is being positioned babyface (I could have seen either choice equally here). Jacy Jayne said Fatal Influence has been running this division all year, which drew some laughs from the crowd as they almost always lose. The three members of Fatal Influence called her delusional for thinking she would go through them. Monroe said they were as delusional as they are bitches. There wasn’t a huge response for that, as it was so weirdly worded. Monroe eventually threw a forearm at Jayne, but the numbers caught up and eventually, Jayne and Fallon Henley put Monroe through the table in the ring. Jacy Jayne held her title up and yelled at the camera.

-The announcers promoted Noam Dar vs. Stacks, Josh Briggs vs. Trick Williams, and the women’s four-way for next week.

-A replay of the table spot was shown, and the show ended on Jacy Jayne jawing into the camera, as NXT desperately tries to make her happen.

(Wells’s Analysis: It’s weird to see Fatal Influence in this spot, as they’re so far down the card that it’s kind of a dull feud for Monroe to debut into, but indeed, Jacy is the champion so technically she’s starting at the top. I figure Grace will get her shot, fail but look good, and go full-time to the main roster while Monroe shortly after becomes next champion)

FINAL THOUGHTS: Storylines were kind of at a standstill this week, as four of the five matches existed for the same reason, all putting together one match for next week’s show. There were some small steps taken in other places, but unless Briggs or Inamura convert on a major challenge soon, I’m not sure this is going to be one to remember. Nate Lindberg and I will try to mine it for gold on PWT Talks NXT shortly. Check us out live or stream tomorrow.

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