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NXT TV RESULTS
OCTOBER 7, 2025
ORLANDO, FLA. AT CAPITOL WRESTLING CENTER
LIVE ON CW NETWORK
REPORT BY KELLY WELLS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
NXT Commentators: Vic Joseph, Booker T
Ring Announcer: Mike Rome
Backstage Correspondent(s): Sarah Schreiber
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-The show opened with a hype video promising a once-in-a-lifetime showdown. Video clips were shown of the major players in tonight’s matches, with much of the footage coming from last week’s show that set this up. The two men’s teams were shown arriving, and Vic said that would be tonight’s main event. The women’s teams were shown arriving also.
(1) THE HARDY BOYZ (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) (TNA Tag Team Champions) vs. DARKSTATE (Dion Lennox & Osiris Griffin) (w/Cutler James & Saquon Shugars) (NXT Tag Team Champions) – Champions vs. Champions, winner takes all
DarkState tried to swarm, but the Hardy Boyz cleared the ring of them. Referee Adrian Butler sent James & Shugars to the back. The bell sounded and Jeff faced off with Lennox. In the audience, Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley were shown, as members of both companies’ hall of fame. Jeff controlled Lennox and made a couple of early covers, but Lennox made a tag and Griffin grounded Jeff with basic power stuff. Griffin missed a standing leg drop and Matt tagged in. Matt fought off Griffin in a corner, but got caught on a charge. He set up a twist of fate but Lennox had made the blind tag and he grounded Jeff. The match went to commercial with no split-screen. [c]
Lennox was still dominating Jeff upon return. He went with some ground & pound followed by a splash. He tagged Griffin, who kept it up with some kicks, then a choke over the second rope. Lennox tagged in and laid out Jeff with a big DDT for two. The hot audience chanted for the Hardy Boyz. Griffin hit a big elbow for two. Lennox tagged in as the heat sequence reached five minutes. Jeff finally fought free of the would-be double team and hit the whisper in the wind on both men. He leaped for the hot tag. Matt hit a bunch of rights, a side effect on Lennox, and a spike DDT on Griffin. He battered Lennox in a corner, and the Hardyz teamed up for the Plot Twist for two. “This is awesome” chant.
DarkState hit a big spinebuster on Matt, then set up a Doomsday Device. Matt wriggled free in a very awkward spot, but the guys saved it without injury. Matt put down Lennox with a Twist of Fate. Jeff tagged in and immediately hit the Swanton Bomb for the win and the titles.
WINNERS: The Hardy Boyz at 10:43.
(Wells’s Analysis: No real surprise, as this was clearly set up to allow the Hardy Boyz to win another tag title they’ve never won before. DarkState really could have used the win as while they’re champions, the jury is still out on them, but between history – and the fact that TNA had yet to win an NXT Championship while NXT has repeatedly won TNA Championships, this outcome was inevitable. The match was okay, and was set up for the Hardy Boyz to play their greatest hits)
-Vic promoted the women’s Survivor Series match, up next. [c]
-While he didn’t mention their relationship, Vic was clearly jazzed to introduce TNA ring announcer McKenzie Mitchell (his wife, formerly of NXT).
(2) TEAM NXT (Jacy Jayne & Sol Ruca & Lola Vice & Jaida Parker) vs. TEAM TNA (Kelani Jordan & Mara Sade & The Iinspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay) – Survivor Series Style Match with Jordynne Grace as Special Referee
After Parker was introduced, she and Vice did Parker’s litte entrance dance together, and when Ruca got there, the three did hers, too. They were less excited about joining Jayne, but they did so.
Jayne and Jordan – the captains – started the match and went to quick mat reversals and near-falls. After a few shots neither could land, Vice tagged herself in, to the annoyance of Jayne. Jordan held Vice in an arm wringer and the Iinspiration made two tags, grounded Vice, and did a pose to cheers. Santino Marella and Carlos Silva watched on a monitor in a room somewhere in the CWC. Parker and Sade tagged in. Parker and Vice did a stereo hip attack on Sade. Sade threw some rights, then hit a neckbreaker and covered for two. Parker and Sade got chippy, and Grace tried to get control, but then she told them to just go ahead and fight. It was pier eight for a moment and all women got some shine as action spilled out to the ramp side. Ruca hit a plancha to the outside on all four TNA women, and the NXT team jumped up and down together excitedly, totally giving in to being a team for one week that will likely be ignored soon when it’s time to just be faces and heels again, and the match went to commercial, again with no split-screen. [c]
Cassie Lee had Sol Ruca grounded, and Mara Sade tagged in to keep it up. The audience was doing the wave for some reason. Sade hit a knee drop on Ruca for two, then tagged each member of the Iinspiration, but Ruca hit them with a double suplex as they attempted to suplex her. Jordan and Jayne each tagged in, and Jayne played a babyface house of fire, which was…a strange decision. She hit a cannonball on Jordan in a corner, then a senton from the second buckle for two. Jordan hit a split-legged stunner and both Parker and Sade tagged in. Lee and McKay made tags again and Parker beat them both down and stacked them in the corner for the teardrop. She missed in the corner on Sade, who hit a reverse x-factor. Sade went up and completely missed a moonsault by overshooting Parker. Yikes. Parker hit a falcon arrow and got a near-fall, broken up by Ruca. Yet again, every woman got involved and hit impact moves. Parker laid out a bunch of TNA women, but Sade rolled her up for three. Immediately afterward, Ruca came in and hit the Sol Snatcher to eliminate Sade. I’m guessing the formula of TNA getting some quick rollups and NXT getting pins via finishers will continue. [c]
First elimination: Parker by Sade at 12:37
Second elimination: Sade by Ruca at 13:05
McKay & Jayne were going at it evenly. McKay got dumped but Lee quickly got her back to the ring. Vice made a hot tag and hit impact kicks on all of TNA. Vice hit Jordan and McKay with repeated hips in the corners, and Lee reentered. Vice finished off Lee with a backfist, and then finished McKay with a submission, with Jordan able to break it up but electing not to.
Third and fourth: The Iinspiration by Lola Vice at 19:00 and 19:24
Jordan hit the split-legged moonsault and had the visual pin on Jayne, but Grace was hung up with the Iinspiration and she didn’t get the pin. Jordan did, however, roll up Vice for the pin shortly after. McKenzie Mitchell said “The winners of the match, team – ” but thankfully caught herself at the last moment.
Fifth elimination: Vice by Jordan at 21:19
Fans chanted “traitor” at Jordan. She fought both women, but eventually got hit with a Sol Snatcher. Jayne tagged herself in and stole the pin.
Sixth elimination: Jordan by Jayne at 23:12.
WINNERS: Jacy Jayne & Sol Ruca at 23:12.
(Wells’s Analysis: Jayne continues to be a big priority for whatever reason. Vice got plenty of shine, scoring two eliminations, but didn’t get to survive; however, her elimination came at the hands of someone who’s actually NXT, so it’s not like she took a fall to TNA. The only NXT star to take a fall to TNA was Parker, and it was a flash rollup that did her in. Fun action through most of this, but Mara Sade’s completely missed moonsault and McKenzie Mitchell nearly calling the winner too early might reinforce the stereotypes that some WWE fans feel about most any other company)
-Mustafa Ali and Ethan Page separately walked through the back ahead of their match. [c]
-In a promoted segment, Matt Cardona had apparently been blowing up Ava’s phone all day. He apologized to her, and said he had to get involved somehow. Cardona hid behind the door as he heard Briggs coming, and Briggs demanded a match with Cardona next week. Ava said she was pretty sure that would be okay with Cardona. After Briggs left, Cardona told Ava he loves how this place works, and he left too.
[HOUR TWO]
(3) MUSTAFA ALI vs. ETHAN PAGE (c) – NXT North American Championship
During Page’s introduction, the audience kept getting muted, although I think they were maybe just saying “Ego” (even if it was “asshole,” it isn’t worth muting). I’m starting to think this rinkydink station has an AI censor that responds to literally anything the audience says. Ali got a very strong babyface reaction, and Page got the heel response he’s supposed to get. The fans chanted something after Page’s introduction and AGAIN they kept muting, just completely steamrolling the ability of the announcers to do their part to sell the match.
The two went to mat wrestling early, each scoring an early near-fall. Ali rolled in from the apron and hit a neckbreaker, then a standing moonsault for two. Page tossed Ali to the ropes and he slipped between them and landed on his feet on the floor. Page followed, and Ali landed a chop. Page ran away through the ring, and Vic called out that he was running, and Page got in his face briefly. Ali hit a big DDT on Page on the floor and the fans chanted for him. Ali started going up the ropes, and Page tripped him. Page spun Ali around so his face would eat the ringpost, and it looked like a pretty hard connection. The match went to split-screen. Interesting to give us split-screen here but not in the previous Survivor Series match. [c]
The two jockeyed for position in the corner. Page went down, then tried to jump up, but Ali hit a powerbomb. The crowd said basically nothing at all, but the mute button was pressed anyway. The two went up in the corner, and Page was able to release Ali to hit snake eyes on the top rope. Page covered on the mat after a huge boot, but Ali bridged up and broke the count while also selling it like death. The two exchanged rights, and Ali hit a dropkick. Pump kick by Page. After some reversals, Page charged Ali hard into the corner. What a bump. He covered for two and sold the frustration, near tears.
Page tried Ego’s Edge, but Ali held it off by wrapping his toe up around the top rope. Tornado DDT by Ali got two. Ali missed a 450 and Page missed a big boot. Ali went up, Page nearly hit the Edge, and Ali trapped him with a rollup for two. Both guys missed a few shots again, and Ali threw himself into a big right. Twisted Grin was reversed into an O’Connor roll by Ali for two.
Rope run and a rana by Ali. Page bailed to the announce table, and Ali hit a tope suicida that sent both guys over the table. The censors were all over the usual chant in that situation. Ali laid out Page, but Ali had his leg twisted up in a headphone cable. There were people laughing in the crowd like it was an accident, but eagle-eyed viewers likely recognized it as the finish. Ali tried to unwrap himself, and Page tossed him outside to the floor. Back inside, he hit Twisted Grin.
WINNER: Ethan Page at 14:15.
(Wells’s Analysis: After the fanservice of the first match and the chaos of the second, this straightforward one-on-one was by far the match of the night. The match finishes this week really were never in doubt, but we’re having a good time getting there)
-Backstage, Sarah Schreiber interviewed El Hijo Del Dr. Wagner Jr., asking him about Ethan Page now that he’s successfully defended. Wagner started to cut a promo on him, and Lexis King showed up and said “You’re not fooling anybody, Tavion.” Even after Wagner spoke Spanish, King wasn’t convinced. Wagner walked off, and Tavion Heights showed up behind King and said “Why did I just hear my name coming out of your mouth?” King wondered how Heights pulled it off, still confused about the fact that he’d actually been talking to Wagner. [c]
-Backstage, the NXT women’s team celebrated, and Ruca told Jayne “you’re welcome for the last one” and Jayne acted like she didn’t know what she was talking about. Zaria showed up and said Ruca must be having a good time celebrating with her new friends. Blake Monroe showed up and stirred the pot, and Zaria said she just wanted the two titles Ruca was holding. Monroe said no, she only cares about one (she pointed at the North American Championship). She left.
(4) TEAM NXT (Ricky Starks & Trick Williams & Myles Borne & Je’Von Evans) vs. TEAM TNA (Mike Santana & Moose & Frankie Kazarian & Leon Slater) – Survivor Series Style match with Joe Hendry as special referee
The entrances of Hendry and the NXT team were saved for after the break. I’m assuming Trick is the last NXT guy and he gets hosed by Hendry, setting up a rematch between the two, but we’ll see if we can get there in an interesting way. [c]
Williams and Kazarian opened the match, with rights. Williams hit a dropkick and Borne tagged in and hit an atomic drop. Team NXT were wearing basketball jerseys (Borne #3, Starks #21, Williams #1 and Evans #67, in case anyone wants to decipher the meaning). Action got messy early and everyone was involved. Kazarian hit a rope-assisted cutter on Borne and got a shockingly early elimination just before a quick commercial. [c]
First elimination: Borne by Kazarian at 2:21
Kazarian was dominating Evans. Kazarian rolled up Evans and put his feet on the ropes, and Hendry wouldn’t count the fall, drawing the eyes of Kaz. Slater tagged in and everything sped up as he and Williams exchanged kicks and a lot of misses. Williams caught Slater for a big uranage and a big boot for two. Slater, as he did last week, provided some great bumps. Williams chopped Slater to oblivion in the corner. A corner graphic promoted Zaria vs. Blake Monroe for next week.
Slater hit a rewind kick and a cutter for two, broken up by Evans. Kaz hit a backstabber on Evans, and all men got involved and hit impact spots. Santana and Williams, set for five days from now for the TNA Championship, nearly faced off but Williams tagged himself out to avoid it. Evans went in and struck early and often against Slater and anyone else who got involved. Evans tried a plancha onto Moose, who caught him, but Evans turned a powerbomb into a headscissor takedown. He played himself right into a springboard into Slater, who trapped him for the second elimination. The match immediately went to split-screen. [c]
Second elimination: Evans by Slater at 11:14.
Williams was playing NXT-in-peril against Moose and Kazarian, mostly. Williams got to his corner, but Starks had been yanked from the apron by Kazarian. Shortly after, Williams set up a big move on Slater but Starks tagged himself in. Vic tried to sell what was happening by saying “How strong are these bonds, where these men will team up with a rival to fight for what they believe in.” If you deconstruct that one, it’s a pretty sad condemnation of the guys involved, who all put some company ahead of personal issues. Williams ducked away from a tag from Saints just after this, and walked out to boos, leaving Saints alone.
Kazarian scored a couple of twos on Saints, but Saints trapped him just after.
Third (fourth?) elimination: Kazarian by Saints at 17:49
Slater flew in with a frog splash on Saints for two. Slater dropkicked Saints in a corner and went up for a 450, but ate knees for a Saints victory.
Fourth (fifth?) elimination: Slater by Saints at 19:06
Santana and Moose double-teamed Saints. Moose hit a uranage and a leg drop for two. Saints hit a spike DDT to fight off a Moose powerbomb, but Santana broke up a pin and tagged in. Santana threw rights and chops. Santana planted Saints for two. This channel cuts off no matter what’s going on, and they’ve got some hay to make here. Saints managed a superkick and both guys sold on the mat. Santana missed in the corner and Moose accidentally speared Santana. Saints covered for a long two. Are we going home here or what? Santana set up Santana and Moose set up Saints and double-teamed him with their finishers.
Sixth elimination: Saints by Santana at 22:48
WINNERS: Mike Santana & Moose at 22:48.
(Wells’s Analysis: NXT’s two biggest stars were protected here, as Williams walked out and Saints was stuck in a 1-on-4 situation where he performed admirably. Joe Hendry, weirdly enough, didn’t figure in whatsoever, so I guess we’re just meant to be happy he was on hand. I doubt highly that this week ends up going anywhere, and it’s amusing that there was an even number of matches so neither brand would have to take the loss)
-Ava and Santino Marella talked. Ava congratulated Marella on the win and they just wiped the whole week away by saying “now we’re on good terms again.” She invited Marella to find a TNA Knockout to be the #1 contender to Jacy Jayne, and Marella accepted. The show quickly ended as CW’s news coverage started.
FINAL THOUGHTS: I think most anyone who’s plugged into the show could have predicted all four match finishes here (though not necessarily which members of the winning Survivor Series teams would be standing victorious at the end, which is why I like the match style). The final scene and one line in particular from Ava just hand-waved the entire invasion, suggesting the partnership will now go on as normal, really driving home the whole counterprogramming of it all. It was good programming, though, as the matches delivered in the ways they were meant to, and the North American Championship match in particular was worth seeing. Nate Lindberg and I will talk it over on PWT Talks NXT. Cheers.
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