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NXT TV RESULTS
JUNE 24, 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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-Before recaps, we got pre-recorded hype from Lash Legend, Izzi Dame, Jaida Parker and Jordynne Grace ahead of tonight’s four-way match to determine Jacy Jayne’s opponent for Evolution.
(1) JOSH BRIGGS (w/Yoshiki Inamura) vs. TRICK WILLIAMS (c) – TNA Championship match
In case you thought there was any chance of a title change, this match went on first to dispel that completely. Briggs took the early advantage with a slam and some battering in the corner. Despite the fact that Williams has been getting effectively booed at long last, there were some performative booers in the audience every time Briggs hit a move. Briggs hit a flying lariat for two. Trick laid in some chops but Briggs battered him some more. Trick hit a throat chop and grounded Briggs with a headlock.
Briggs tried to escape but Williams rolled with him and held on. Briggs broke with a big suplex that Trick sold like gold with his face as the camera caught him crumbling. Williams caught Briggs with a shot to the jaw but Briggs laughed it off. The two exchanged blocks and Trick hit a dropkick that sent Briggs outside. Williams went outside and tried to slap Inamura, who blocked it and tossed Williams into a big boot by Briggs. Briggs posed and the vocal males booed as the match went to split-screen. [c]
Briggs caught Williams on an axe kick attempt and suplexed him. Slam and a big splash by Briggs. Briggs hit some back elbows in the corner, but Williams came out of the corner with a knee. Some of the audience counted along like they bought it as a finish. Weird. Corey got in a playful dig at Tom Hannifan (formerly Tom Phillips in WWE), saying TNA was making so much money that maybe “that clown will get a raise.”
Briggs and Williams exchanged some power spots and Briggs hit a chokeslam for a long two, broken up when Williams grabbed the bottom rope. “NXT” chant. The two got to their knees and did some yay/boo strikes that didn’t break according to intended face-heel roles. Briggs hit another boot and Williams hit a back kick, then a pump kick. Short-arm clothesline by Briggs. Briggs went up and missed a moonsault. Trick Shot finished.
WINNER: Trick Williams at 11:28.
Trick said “It’s about time y’all put some frickin’ respect on my name.” He’s possibly the most respected guy on the brand, but pretend he isn’t to make that work, I guess. Joe Hendry’s music played and he showed up behind Williams to a much smaller pop than previously, as there are diminishing returns on his many re-debuts and after all, he’s facing Trick Williams.
(Wells’s Analysis: I’ve run out of ways to ask why the hell this brand felt the need to try Trick out as a heel before his eventual callup. This was a pretty exceptional hoss fight to open the show and everything would be pitch-perfect if the crowd didn’t want to cheer Trick so much)
-The three remaining members of No Quarter Catch Crew talked. Charlie Dempsey insinuated Tavion Heights had a training injury that would keep him out of tonight’s match with Je’Von Evans, but Heights insisted. Wren Sinclair tried to keep the peace. [c]
-Myles Borne was talking to Gators football players George Gumbs Jr. and Tyreak Sapp. Lexis King ruined the party and was annoyed that Borne was too deaf to hear him. The Gators tried to tell Borne about King, but Borne was simply ignoring King. King took a swipe at the Gators program and almost got decked, so he took off.
(2) JE’VON EVANS vs. TAVION HEIGHTS – If Heights wins, he’s allowed to leave No Quarter Catch Crew
Heights was in a facemask from whatever training injury he had. Vic openly questioned whether there was a true injury. Heights grappled Evans to the mat and dominated him there for a while. Heights shoved Evans to a corner and worked a brief armbar, then covered for two. Heights worked an anaconda vise for a bit, and Evans rolled around Heights’ back and rolled up Heights for two. Evans hit a springboard rana and Heights ended up on the ramp side, where Evans flattened himwith a plancha. It replayed in slo-mo as the match went to commercial. [c]
The two chopped each other as they hit their feet. Heights hit a back elbow for two. Heights went fora German suplex but Evans elbowed out. Heights hit one anyway for a long two. Heights held on and tried another but Evans countered with a rollup for two. Evans hit a superkick out of the corner and hopped up for a twisting splash for the win.
WINNER: Je’Von Evans at 8:52.
Heights left with NQCC, and Jasper Troy showed up and destroyed Evans in the ring. He then casually walked up the ramp past NQCC. Wren sold it with a beatiful look of horror and awe.
(Wells’s Analysis: Good stuff here as Heights keeps improving as a mat technician and Evans continues to kill it from all directions. It ended up serving Jasper Troy more than either of these guys, though)
-There was a recap of the scene where Ava informed Tony D of the match where Stacks was to face Noam Dar for the Heritage Cup. Later in the week, Ava announced on socials that Dar had to relinquish the championship due to injury. Awful if true. Tonight’s match is instead Stacks vs. D’Angelo for the vacant championship.
(3) RICKY SAINTS vs. ASHANTE “THEE” ADONIS
Adonis threw his jacket at Saints for an attempt at some cheap offense, but Saints ducked and threw rights. Rope running ended with some kicks from Saints. Saints walked the ropes and dropped an elbow on Adonis, then hit his familiar pose as the match went to commercial. [c]
Vic said it was all Adonis during the break. Grappling exchange led to a DDT by Adonis. Adonis hit a cutter called the Cash Out and got two. Adonis charged Saints to a corner and kept up the offense and got a decent amount of heat. Saints fired himself up and hit some strikes, then a suplex. Tornado DDT by Saints got two. Rope run and a spear by Saints, who fired up and hit Roshambo to finish.
WINNER: Ricky Saints at 7:56.
Ethan Page had a video on the tron that had a blip after just a moment that looked like a glitch. It was a ruse, as Page ran in behind Saints and hit him with his own Roshambo.
(Wells’s Analysis: Strong match. Adonis was very good with a long offensive sequence though I struggle to figure out where he fits in on a bigger stage. He really hasn’t ever seemed like a perfect fit since Hit Row. The pairing with Karmen Petrovic was benefiting both of them, and I have no idea why that was killed as soon as it was)
-DarkState spoke in a sponsored segment. They said just because you haven’t seen them doesn’t mean they aren’t making moves. They said something big was coming soon. [c]
-Oba Femi strutted out to his music, reminding us all of his fashion plate status. He said he allowed comers from all sides, and they are now footnotes, despite being capable opponents. He said he gets restless when he’s idle and when there’s no competition. He called out an open challenge and said anyone could answer it.
Yoshiki Inamura’s music played, bringing him out in a button-up shirt also holding a mic. He said he came to NXT to chase glory, just like Oba. He said when it didn’t come, he went home and realized all the things he missed. His partner Briggs, his best friend. He also missed NXT. He said he loves NXT and he loves the culture and passion of the fans. He said he wants to pay them back by becoming the NXT Champion. He said he wants “bigger,” and said Oba and the title are bigger.
[HOUR TWO]
Femi said they both know what it’s like to be strangers here, but the difference is that Inamura had some struggles, but he came back and turned the tide. He said he knows Inamura has a warrior spirit but he’ll fall just like everybody else. Inamura got in Femi’s face and said “I. AM. READY.” I imagine this is our Great American Bash match.
Inamura tried to leave, but he was leveled by Jasper Troy. Troy hopped to the apron and got in Femi’s face.
-Izzi Dame gave a new Barbie to Tatum Paxley, dressed as Izzi herself, and asked her if she wanted to join Dame for the main event. Sol Ruca and Zaria showed up and tried to talk sense into Paxley, but the gift was clearly working. Dame and Paxley left the scene to join Niko Vance and Shawn Spears in a new one. Spears said Izzi has told them a lot about Paxley, who looked flattered to finally have friends. Spears said he and Vance may not be in Dame’s corner tonight, as they have “something in the works” and have their eyes on gold as well.
-Tony D’Angelo was introduced ahead of the Heritage Cup Championship match. [c]
-Vic promoted Saturday Night’s Main Event and Evolution in Atlanta in July.
-The High Ryze talked to Trick Williams in the locker room. Williams wasn’t in the mood to talk until Wes Lee told him he got himself a match with Joe Hendry to “take care of him” next week. Trick’s tune changed and he was way into it. He slapped hands with Lee. While I don’t condone the Williams heel turn in principle, the fact remains that the dude is really good at it, whether fans play along or not.
(4) TONY D’ANGELO vs. STACKS – match for the vacant Heritage Cup Championship
ROUND 1: Stacks had his three unnamed goons in his corner. Tony D didn’t have anyone, but the big intrigue here is about whether Luca Crusifino is with Stacks or not, so expect a change at some point. Bizarrely, the show elected never to let us know if this championship was returning to round rules or if it was just going to quietly be a basic singles match forever. I’m very relieved it’s a rounds match, as there’s little other reason for the title to exist. Stacks dominated the first round until Tony D hit a single-leg dropkick with 50 seconds left. D sold the work Stacks had done and couldn’t capitalize. Ground & pound by Tony. They brawled until time expired. The ref had to separate them but they both went for cheap shots, selling the personal affair.
ROUND 2: Tony D took the early advantage with a right, then charged Stacks into a corner. Back inside, Tony hit a spear and scored a pin at 0:36 in the round. D’ANGELO LEADS 1-0. The match went to commercial with no split-screen. [c]
ROUND 3: We joined with 20 seconds left in the round. Stacks hit an impact move but couldn’t score a pin. I think time was meant to expire, but D had to kick out at the last moment instead. Or maybe it was supposed to show that he almost won?
ROUND 4: Stacks used the work on Tony’s knee to score the pin at just 0:15 of the round with a small package.
Between rounds, Luca Crusifino ran to the ring and went to the corner of D’Angelo.
ROUND 5: Stacks continued working on the leg, but D eventually broke free and hit a release spinebuster, then a regular one. Isn’t that his finisher? I can’t remember because he hasn’t been winning. D threw Stacks out onto the goons and then fought them off. Luca tried to keep a goon from hitting D with a bucket, but when he wrenched it away, he swung it and hit D’Angelo, leaving him open to Stacks hitting his finisher and winning at 1:40 in the round.
WINNER: Stacks at 8:31 of combined time.
After the decision was rendered, the heels went up the ramp. Luca tried to explain the situation to Tony, who leveled him and told him he doesn’t trust him.
(Wells’s Analysis: So, Stacks is champion as was likely always the case, and the story with D’Angelo continues as it was likely supposed to happen in a much different way but an audible was called due to the Dar injury. As a match, it was…a Tony D’Angelo match)
-Sarah Schreiber talked with Fatal Influence. Jacy Jayne battled through some bland mic time about how she always wanted to be part of Evolution.
-Thea Hail tried to talk to a bunch of Evolve Kids in the pantry about last week, whenshe almost had a win over Lash. None of them were allowed to talk (some still don’t have names on Evolve, but some are figured in to a big degree). Lainey Reid showed up and talked down Thea, and Lash walked through to really put Thea over the edge.
-Ava and Ethan Page talked and Page annoyed Ava, who was done with his crap and said he and Ricky Saints are needed in her room next week. She said they’re both the problem. Ava then had to run off to deal with a backstage attack that we didn’t see.
-Schreiber talked to Joe Hendry, who put over his journey to regain the TNA Championship. He said next week, Wes Lee will face 252 pounds of pure motivation: the next TNA Champion.
-Jaida Parker and then Izzi Dame (with Tatum Paxley) got full entrances ahead of the main event. [c]
-In a Chase U classroom, Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors struggled to get motivated. Andre Chase teased an apology, but said he had to toughen everybody up. Connors said this was a toxic environment. Dixon said it’s the attitude that built the university, but also the attitude that shut it down. Dixon and Connors left again, and Dixon said he couldn’t believe he called out to Chase to open this place again.
-Next week: Jasper Troy vs. Yoshiki Inamura for #1 Contendership, Myles Borne vs. Lexis King, and Joe Hendry v. Wes Lee.
(5) JORDYNNE GRACE vs. JAIDA PARKER vs. LASH LEGEND vs. IZZI DAME – Fatal four-way to determine the #1 Contender for the NXT Women’s Championship
Lash and finally Grace got full entrance a full ten minutes after the first two. Fatal Influence sat on the perch watching the action. Parker and Legend paired off for an early battle of strength. Legend and Dame were going to go next but the other two tried to interfere. Legend and Dame cleared them out and got their pair-off after all and the two tall drinks of water threw some chops. Legend cleared out Dame, then turned her attention to a revived Jordynne Grace. Legend missed in a corner and spilled to the floor, allowing a battle between Grace and Parker. Fisherman suplex broken up by Dame, who then paired off with Grace. I guess we’re doing the “lots of selling outside” type of multi-person match. Parker and Grace had a brief pair-off and soon after, all action spilled to the announce table side where each woman got in a huge power move on another. “NXT” chant. Back inside, Dame was in control but got distracted when Sol Ruca and Zaria showed up and removed Tatum Paxley from ringside. It was chaos as the match went to split-screen with ten minutes to the hour. [c]
Parker hit the teardrop on Dame in one corner, then Grace in another. Legend missed a pump kick and Parker put her up for a Samoan Drop. Golf clap from Fatal Influence. Dame got the next small showcase, with a slam and cover on Grace for two. Legend broke it up, then picked up Parker, used her against Dame, and then slammed Parker for two. In a corner, Parker hit a backstabber on Legend, then went up in the corner with Grace. Legend put up Parker in the electric chair, but Parker fought off a sunset flip. Parker did eventually hit one as Legend tossed Grace behind them, and Dame broke up a pin attempt.
Dame and Parker threw rights and then went up in a corner. Legend joined them, and finally Grace did too. Grace ended up being the one to slam the tower, and the network silenced a “holy shit” chant. Grace covered all three women for two counts, then sold frustration. Scoop slam by Grace on Parker, then she missed a splash. Parker hit Hipnotic on Grace, who spilled out. Chaos ensued with all women hitting big spots. Legend hit her finisher on Parker but Grace broke it up, then hit her Torture Rack Bomb to finish.
WINNER: Jordynne Grace at 12:48.
Grace, from a turnbuckle, jawed with Fatal Influence as now the Evolution NXT Women’s Championship match is set.
(Wells’s Analysis: Grace winning was the most obvious main event outcome on this show in a while, what with all others being heels who wouldn’t be tapped to face Jacy. It’s a strange decision, though, to job Parker here as she remains one of the women with the most upside on the entire brand. Then again, Legend and Dame could really be hurt by a loss, while Parker is so adept at talking herself back into the main event picture no matter what pins she eats. As a match, it was just okay, with too much of the things that make four-ways tiresome and really nothing in the way of innovative spots)
FINAL THOUGHTS: The show got back on track with some stories moving forward this week, making up for lost time with a show full of qualifying matches last week. Jordynne Grace converted in a match that unfortunately had no doubt about its outcome, and now the most intriguing bit is how Grace will try to get something out of Jayne in a big spot, and how a character like Jayne could possibly survive a match with Grace. Stacks is the new Heritage Cup Champion – which is something I never thought I’d say some months ago – as the never-ending family saga continues, still with no sign of Adrianna Rizzo. Joe Hendry seems a lock to be the one to relieve Trick Williams of his TNA Championship now, but will fans be on his side? On the men’s side of things, NXT remains committed to fresh ideas, as Yoshiki Inamura is a very unconventional next challenger for Oba Femi (it could be Jasper Troy, but with the talk segment focusing on Inamura, I’ll say it’s either Inamura or a three-way). Nate Lindberg and I will talk it out shortly on PWT Talks NXT. Check us out live on Youtube or stream tomorrow.
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