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NXT TV RESULTS
DECEMBER 16, 2025
WINTER PARK, FLA. AT THE CAPITOL WRESTLING CENTER
TAPED PREVIOUSLY 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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-Thea Hail was shown walking with the North American Women’s Championship over her shoulder, and she’ll be addressing the NXT Universe later.
(1) LOLA VICE vs. IZZI DAME (w/Shawn Spears & Niko Vance)
Dame went at Vice with blocks in the corner, but Vice reversed a rollup for two. Vice went at Dame with kicks and body shots until the ref got them away from the ropes. Dame put Vice down with a lariat. Vice trapped Dame in a triangle but Dame rolled up Vice to break. Vice hit a springboard arm drag and then put down Vice with a palm strike. Vice took out Dame on the outside. Vic mentioned that Vice vs. Jayne from No Mercy was nominated for NXT match of the year, which is beyond suspect – it isn’t even Jayne’s best match of the last couple of months, as the match with Tatum Paxley eclipsed it by far. Vice hopped up and worked a sleeper and Dame slammed back to the mat. Both women sold for a moment. Dame took control again as the match went to commercial. [c]
Vice ot back into it, but Spears grabbed her ankle on a rope run, opening things for Dame to boot Vice from the ring. Suddenly there was the sound of a chainsaw, and Tatum Paxley burst through the perch with a hole she created, distracting Dame long enough for Vice to nail a backfist for the victory.
WINNER: Lola Vice at 9:57.
Kelani Jordan charged the ring in street clothes and mauled Vice, beating her savagely until the ref held her back. Jordan smiled darkly at her work.
(Wells’s Analysis: Passable action here leading to an angle for each woman related to her main TV feud at the moment. I’d almost rather have had Paxley continue her title reign, but the way she’s progressing with her rage, it’s hard to argue that this wasn’t the story to tell with her)
-Thea Hail and Jordynne Grace talked in the locker room, where Grace said she had been reviewing the footage and said Thea clearly won and the ref did his job. Hail thanked her for standing up for her last week. Hail headed out ahead of her talk segment, and Grace said “I’ve gotta see what she’s going to say now.” [c]
-Ethan Page bothered Myles Borne in the locker room, saying he gave him perfect advice to find success, but he didn’t listen. He said Leon Slater was glad, because he won the four-way match last week. He pointed out Trick Williams and Ricky Saints as getting better after tapping into their dark side. He said Raw and SmackDown aren’t the shark tank, this is. He told him to grab a pen and take this down: he said next week he’d show TNA’s best how the best do business. Borne never spoke during the entire segment.
-Thea Hail hit the ring to her painfully terrible theme song. She said last week was controversial, and people couldn’t believe she won, and she thought the same. She said she’s heard what it’s like to be a champion but nothing can prepare you for having it on your shoulder. She said it was the greatest thing of her life. She said we all watched her grow up and she got opportunities you never think you’ll get when you’re so young. She thanked Mr. Chase for helping her get here, and the friendships she had and lost on the way. She said when you believe hard enough, you make history. She became the youngest NXT North American Champion in history. She said it’s been difficult and messy, but it’s been real, and she finally feels the confidence she’s been missing and she finally feels like a grown ass woman. Blake Monroe’s music and Booker T said “Thank god!” He said Thea was losing it. She’s actually killing it on the mic in this segment.
Monroe said sadly, “Make it end. That was a fluke. That was a mistake. An inconvenience that I now have to deal with.” She said she never thought the number three would haunt her so much, but here we are. She said she wants her championship back. Right now. She told Hail to hand it over, giving into the madness she’s descending into. Monroe said they both know the referee had no idea what he was doing. Hail said if Monroe had won, there would be no rematch, but since she’s the champion, they’re on for New Year’s Evil. Monroe told Hail not to pity her and threw a hard right. They fought briefly until they were separated. Very good segment all around, and they’ve made chicken salad out of the chicken something else that happened with the weird finish last week.
-In a promoted segment, Eli Knight said he’d show what he’s all about tonight. The segment continued into a short bit for Tavion Heights, who’s going to be his opponent. [c]
-Sol Ruca and Zaria were with Sarah Schreiber. Ruca said she watched both titles evaporate without her losing them, and she didn’t blame anyone. Zaria was eyeing coldly during that line. Ruca stated that Zaria is her best friend and she’s glad that she’ll be there for her tonight.
(2) ELI KNIGHT vs. TAVION HEIGHTS – Speed Tournament to determine #1 contender to Jasper Troy
I’ve somehow fallen two months behind on Evolve and have no comment on Knight, but he’s worked for Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling and Booker put him over big. Heights got dumped and Knight hit him with a springboard moonsault to make a big first impression. Back inside, Heights hit a couple of moves but Knight evaded, then hit a spinning heel kick. Knight set up Heights with a scoop slam in a corner and then hit a crazy quick snap moonsault – I can’t call it anything else – in the corner. Knight hit a cutter and went up for a huge moonsault, but missed. Heights caught Knight with a big belly-to-belly and it was enough to finish.
WINNER: Tavion Heights at 2:01.
They had a moment outside the ring where Heights endorsed the young Knight.
(Wells’s Analysis: Very nice showcase for the young Eli Knight, although they’re kind of well-stocked with energetic high flyers right now, so he needs a hook that goes beyond that. This was a nice first statement for him, though, and it doesn’t hurt him to lose to a somewhat-established much larger power wrestler)
-Kelly Kincaid stood by for her next talk segment. [c]
-Blake Monroe, toeing the line between looking both haggard and alluring, sulked backstage. The three members of the Vanity Project sucked up to her and said she’d definitely win. They all had wrapped gifts for her. Ricky Smokes screwed it up by wondering aloud what it would be like if Hail won and then held the title for months. Monroe sent them off, then called Smokes back so she could take his gift (though she didn’t open it). Offstage, one of the three said “Hey, do you think she saw my abs?” Monroe contorted her face in a way that might have been partially to fight laughter.
-Kelly Kincaid sat between Leon Slater and Oba Femi in a backstage segment. Femi said the usual (very cool) stuff about how he was an unbeatable machine and Slater would learn soon. Slater said Femi believes everything he says, but so does he. He talked about being a wrestler all his life, and when it’s the only thing you want to do, it doesn’t sound so mad. He said he has no intention of slowing down and he’s a record breaker, a moment maker, and soon he’ll make another. Femi said it was a nice story, but when you’re across from him, your sob story has no happy eding. Slater made some final statements and extended a hand, which Femi took, and they stared intensely ahead of what should be a fantastic match a couple weeks from now. [c]
-Ava was in the ring with security. Is there anything that looks more false in wrestling than green wrestlers trying to look like normal security guys? She said she’s trying again with these guys, and she introduced Je’Von Evans, then Ricky Saints. Booker continued his lovefest for Saints since his heel turn, and said that now he’s all about bidness (he actually spelled it out to make the point).
Saints said Evans can barely rent a car, let alone stand in the ring with him. Evans said he couldn’t lie – he was about to rock Saints. Saints said Evans can barely string two sentences together while he checks every box. Evans said he checks enough boxes to go to Raw and SmackDown, which Saints hasn’t been on, and he was asked by John Cena to be on his retirement show. He asked if he’s supposed to slow down just because Saints can’t keep up.
[HOUR TWO]
It nearly came to blows, and Ava said they’ll meet next week just one last time, and it ends next week. The security guys tried to look like actual humans as they held the two apart.
-Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey jabbered with Fatal Influence backstage. Wren talked some smack and Jayne returned fire and said she wanted a tuneup match. She suckered Sinclair into a match next week.
-Vic promoted Chelsea Green vs. Sol Ruca, up later. It’s likely the main event, though this hasn’t been stated.
-Backstage, Stacks yanked Arianna Grace closer to him using a giant novelty candy cane. Yes, really. They kissed.
-Shiloh Hill and Skylar Raye were introduced ahead of their “Christmas Chaos Mixed Tag Team Match” with Stacks and Grace. [c]
-They showed the Christmas trees and presents surrounding the ring and Vic said “Do you know what it’s time for now?” and Booker said “Eggnog?” Vic said sure, after the show, but now it’s time for the Christmas Chaos match.
(3) SHILOH HILL & SKYLAR RAYE vs. STACKS & ARIANNA GRACE – Christmas Chaos Mixed Tag Team Match
Real-life couple Stacks and Grace were kissing so long before the match that they didn’t see their opponents appear at their sides. They brawled into the ring. Stacks and Grace were wearing beautifully obnoxious gear with frizzy green accents all over; it kind of has to be seen to be appreciated. Apparently the Christmas-themed stuff around the ring is in play. Raye dropped Grace through a gift. Hill got a keyboard out of one of them and hammered Stacks with it. Raye and Grace fought over a kendo stick made to look like a candy cane, or maybe the other way around, and the men put them on their shoulders so they could play chicken (Vic called in the same). The heels got put up in trees of woe and the faces hammered their midsections with two kendo sticks. It’s also tornado rules, in case that was unclear. Hill and Raye held up their sticks as the match went to commercial. [c]
Hill was down in a corner. The heels unwrapped a gift that was a bowling ball. Grace reached back to roll it, and of course nailed Stacks in the junk as she went back. He sold it like agony as the audience ate it all up and chanted “You deserve it!” Hill took out his false tooth and shoved it into Grace’s hand, and she freaked out at how gross it was. Hill took down Stacks for two. Hill charged Stacks to the outside near the announce table and Booker said “Watch the cookies, man!” like a threat, as there was a pan of them on the table. Hill forced a wreath over Stacks’ body and the faces threw cookies to the crowd. Grace got back into it and bashed both opponents with the pan. Again the heels got hung up in a kiss, and Raye yanked back Grace with a candy cane into a post. Hill set up a bunch of pinecones on a table and then hit a powerbomb through it. Inside, Raye hit a frog splash on Grace to finish.
WINNERS: Shiloh Hill & Skylar Raye at 11:35.
(Wells’s Analysis: That was, of course, dumb as hell, but I was into all of it as an amusing holiday diversion, and Grace and Hill especially know their way around comedy spots and this was the best version of itself as a result)
-DarkState talked to Ava in her office. Dion Lennox said Joe Hendry’s name, and he appeared. Ava asked Hendry if he’s been in her room all show long. He ignored her and jawed with Lennox. After a bit, DarkState took off and Cutler James told Hendry to keep his head on a swivel. Hendry asked Ava if he could perform a concert next week, and she said yes.
-Lexis King vs. Andre Chase in a Speed semifinal is up next. [c]
-Kelly Kincaid talked to OTM about what’s next. They said they made no excuses for their loss, and they would be back to Hank & Tank eventually. The Vanity Project showed up and tried to give Kelly the remaining gifts, and not to think of them as regifts but as a free upgrade. OTM said if Vanity Project interrupted them again they’ll pay. Smokes tried to make good by handing Nima one of the gifts originally meant for Blake Monroe, and Lucien Price said “You’ll pay in pain. Think on that.”
(4) ANDRE CHASE vs. LEXIS KING – Speed Tournament to determine #1 contender to Jasper Troy
The winner faces Tavion Heights in the finals. Both guys got inset promos. Chase, wearing a protective mask, is apparently coming back from a nasal injury, framed as a training injury with Chase U. Action spilled outside early where Chase jumped off the apron to hit King with a lariat. Back inside, King hit a suplex for two. King pawed at Chase’s mask as he fought King off. Chase missed a big kick and King hit a drive-by for two. Chase countered the Coronation and drove King to the mat. Chase laid in a chop and they went to reversals. Russian leg sweep into an arm submission by Chase. King desperately fought to freedom and threw a big right. King hit a big kick to the protected face and hit the Coronation to finish.
WINNER: Lexis King at 2:46.
(Wells’s Analysis: Maybe King is back for real after being sent to Evolve for a while. This was a nice quickie of a match, though conspicuous by his near-total absence is Speed Champion Jasper Troy)
-Kelani Jordan jawed backstage at unseen women, and then threw some shade at Myles Borne and Tavion Heights, who were hanging out in the pantry. After she passed through the scene, Hank & Tank showed up, boosting the two men, saying last year they were going nowhere and had to fight their way to Stand & Deliver, reminding everyone of the storyline of Hank & Tank jobbing to everyone, establishing them as losers, and then beating everyone else in one match, establishing the rest of the tag division as losers. Not sure why they’d want to bring up the storyline that set their tag division back a year, but here we are. [c]
-Vic promoted Evans vs. Saints next week, along with Ethan Page vs. Moose for the North American Championship, Jacy Jayne vs. Wren Sinclair, and “Joe Hendry’s New Year’s Eve…Eve Concert.”
(5) SOL RUCA (w/Zaria) vs. CHELSEA GREEN (c) (w/Alba Fyre & Ethan Page) – Women’s United States Championship match
Mike Rome handled formal intros. Green still got plenty of cheers as a heel, but less than usual as the partnership with Page has helped, and Ruca is a popular opponent. Ruca tripped Green early and set her up in what seemed like a surfboard, but she stomped down on Green’s knees instead. Ruca planted Green and this time actually went through with a surfboard. Ruca leaned back with torque and then stomped Green forward into the mat. Fyre and Page tried to save Green from trouble but Zaria appeared behind and broke it up. There was a “Zaria” chant. When is one of them turning?
In the ring, Green got into it with a back elbow, but Ruca returned fire with a forearm. Ruca sent Green over and out in an awkward bump, and then Ruca took out all three heels with a splash. Ruca and Zaria posed on the barricade heading to commercial. [c]
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