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NXT TV RESULTS
JANUARY 13, 2026
WINTER PARK, FLA. AT THE CAPITOL WRESTLING CENTER
AIRED 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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-A narrated video ran down the happenings at New Year’s Evil, including Tatum Paxley defeating Izzi Dame, Jacy Jayne beating Kendal Grey, Dame beating Thea Hail in an Open Challenge for the Women’s North American Championship, and Oba Femi defending successfully against Leon Slater before leaving his belt in the ring.
-Lights went up on the NXT Championship, and Ava was in the ring talking about it, with the ring surrounded by the men’s roster from the top to the bottom of the food chain. She said there was no better moment than right now. Theme music played the one man who wasn’t standing there, Ricky Saints, to the ring to boos.
Saints thanked everyone for coming as he was booed loudly. He brown-nosed Ava as well, and said Femi didn’t want a rematch with him because he’s afraid. He said Femi and Je’Von Evans are the past, and he’s the then, now and forever, and together we’ll be watching him. He said there are a lot of future champions around the ring, but they’re the future, and he’s the now. He said he’d let Ava do the honors and let her hand the title to him. She said everyone around the ring went to her office and wanted the same thing. She said on February 3rd, there will be a six-man ladder match, and the winner will be the new NXT Champion. She said qualifying matches will begin next week. That likely means three matches on the 20th and three on the 27th; I’m surprised tonight isn’t part of it. Joe Hendry got in the face of Saints and they battled, and everyone around the ring did the same. Keanu Carver, a major standout in Evolve, hit the ring and launched guys all over and the camera followed him, making his appearance the focal point of the segment. Carver was the only man standing as a pile of bodies laid around everywhere. [c]
(Wells’s Analysis: I’ve been not-so-patiently waiting for Carver to make it to NXT, and with Femi and Evans moving up, among others, it’s the perfect time for some elevation. With this segment, Carver is placed near the top of the card in NXT and has to be considered to be a threat to win it all in three weeks)
-Ava confirmed with someone on the phone that he or she was on their way. Robert Stone had words about Blake Monroe arriving, and what should be done about it. Far in the background, Tony D’Angelo passed by, just to establish that he’s in the building tonight (with the spectre in the background thing he’s doing, he wasn’t in the opening segment).
(1) LOLA VICE vs. KELANI JORDAN
Jordan dropkicked Vice off the apron during her entrance, and then beat her up outside the ring a little bit. Jordan rolled Vice inside and went to the top, but Vice nailed her with a shot to the midsection. The ref kept them apart long enough for a bell. They went to quick evasions before Jordan laid in a kick. In an inset, Izzi Dame was shown walking while wearing her new championship belt, flanked by Niko Vance and Shawn Spears. Jordan kept it slow as she worked a heat sequence on Vice.
Rope run and Vice managed a knee to the midsection, then another on the other side of the ring. Each woman managed a couple of near-falls on rollups, and Vice trapped Jordan in an arm submission but Jordan reached a rope quickly. Vice laid in some MMA-style body shots in a corner. Jordan bailed and evaded until she could boot Vice into the announce table. Jordan hit a hard lariat on the floor and jawed at Vice as the match went to commercial. [c]
The match came back to a two-count for Vice. The women hit stereo pump kicks and both sold on the mat. The exchanged forearms from their knees, then their feet. They hit a couple of big kicks and then Vice hit a suplex. Vice hit a series of kicks and then her rapid-fire alternating kicks to put down Jordan in a corner. Vice did her taunt and Jordan bailed. Jordan crawled all over to get away, but ended up in a corner to receive a few hip attacks. Jordan hit a kick but Vice caught her in a body scissors. Jordan rolled Vice up to break, then put down Vice with a kick. Jordan went up and hit a frog splash for a long two. Jordan pulled Vice closer to the ring and hit the split-legged moonsault, but Vice spread her legs to catch Jordan in another trap, though again Jordan rolled her up to break. Jordan countered a backfist into the Angle Slam.
The two exchanged some reversals, and Jordan rolled Vice up and held the ropes while covering. She got caught, and started arguing with the ref, and Vice hit the backfist to finish. The backfist is one of those finishers that really looks legit, but it also feels like Vice could just hit it anytime, so why doesn’t she hit it earlier? Vice made her intentions to face Izzi Dame for the North American Championship known.
WINNER: Lola Vice at 11:26.
(Wells’s Analysis: These two meshed very well in yet another meeting, and it would seem Vice still has time left in NXT despite the rumored callup. She really came back from a semi-hiatus a much more complete wrestler, so kudos to her for doing work behind the scenes. There doesn’t seem to be any imminent callup for Jordan, but she’s so good in the ring it’s hard to believe they don’t have a spot for her)
-Tavion Heights and Jasper Troy each got a short pre-taped segment to hype their Speed Championship match, which I assume is up next. [c]
-Vic promoted the WWE podcast slate.
(2) TAVION HEIGHTS vs. JASPER TROY (c) – Men’s Speed Championship
Both men stood ready for the belly. Heights hit an early dropkick and managed a couple of quick takedowns for one counts. Front chancery by Heights took Troy down, but Troy lifted the large Heights and charged him to the corner. Troy clubbed Heights to the mat and hit him with a series of splashes. Heights bailed for a moment just past the one minute mark.
Troy got in a couple of stomps, then put Heights in a corner with an Irish whip. Heights hit a series of rights but Troy caught him and splashed him for two. Shiloh Hill was shown in an inset ahead of his TNA International Championship challenge later tonight. The match slowed down pretty significantly for a speed match as Troy dominated with slow offense. With two minutes left, Heights managed a scoop slam and an overhead belly-to-belly. Heights hit a frog splash for two. Troy hit a Black Hole Slam to retain. Booker T clapped and said “That’s my guy!”
WINNER: Jasper Troy at 4:07.
After Troy took off, Lexis King hit Heights with a drive-by knee and then the Coronation, and he yelled down at Heights.
(Wells’s Analysis: Troy was quite a bit better here than in past matches, and I think the Speed division remains the right place for him in his current role. Heights is just great as a power wrestler but still doesn’t seem to have the hook that draws fans deeply into his story. As a big Heights supporter, I hope he finds it)
-Outside Ava’s room, Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair talked about challenging Jacy Jayne. Sol Ruca and Zaria showed up and made their own intentions known. Jacy Jayne popped her head out of the door and told everyone to pipe down, because they were in a meeting with Ava. Everyone stormed into the room and Ava said although it wasn’t the point of the meeting, Santino Marella has offered a challenge from an NXT team to face the TNA Knockouts tag team champions. The three sides all talked over each other. [c]
-Lexis King happened upon Uriah Connors and Kale Dixon and talked up what he did just before. Andre Chase said this was a teachable moment about what not to do. King said he’s going to win the title because it’s his birthright. Stacks & Arianna Grace showed up and continued the scene with King, as they bonded over some people just not getting it. Robert Stone and Myles Borne continued the shot as Borne demanded a spot in a qualifying match.
-Elio LeFleur hype segment. He’s a masked lucha-style wrestler from France. He gave his promo in France about an instructor holding a seminar in France and awarding a mask to the best prospect – him. He finished with just one statement in English – though his accent is very thick – by saying Elio LeFleur, the French Luchador, is coming to NXT.
-Ethan Page cornered Ava and said he wanted a spot in the ladder match. She said no, but he can have a qualifying match. She said he’d have to vacate the NXT North American Championship, though, since he’d have to give it up if he became the NXT Champion anyway (recent storylines don’t support this, but whatever). She said furthermore, he’s going to defend his championship against Elio LeFleur in his debut. He was incredulous that LeFleur would get a title shot in his first match, and she reminded him that he should know something about that. [c]
[HOUR TWO]
-Blake Monroe hit the ring for a talk segment. She said all she did was unleash a little hell, and she had her shot pulled from her. She said this is a little secret: when you’re as talented as she is, people don’t know what to do with you. Some of the men in the crowd tripped over each other trying to clap the loudest. She said the spotlight only exists when she wants it to. She said she didn’t lose control last week, she lost patience with a system that doesn’t know what to do when it can’t control everybody. She said there are stars, and there are women who spend their careers –
Jaida Parker hit the ring to her music after a bit of a layoff. The audience loudly chanted “Miss Parker” with her music. She blew a kiss to the fans, which isn’t like her, but it has to be nice to come back to that. She tried to talk, and Monroe got booed by immediately talking over her. Parker asked “Did she not hear me talking?” and they brawled. Parker put Monroe on the outside with Hipnotic, and the crowd chanted something the network deemed naughty and muted for a bit. Parker stood tall at the end of the segment.
-Shiloh Hill segment. He said Christmas Chaos was sick, and it reminded him of a situation where he tried to wake up some hibernating squirrels. He told the kids not to do this at home, because it…is…awesome. Not for everyone else at Christmas, though. He promoted his match for the TNA International Championship.
-Stacks entered with Arianna Grace ahead of his defense against Hill. [c]
-DarkState segment. They played soundbytes of Corey Graves and Vic reacting during their debut, then went to the present as they all chaotically talked up their accolades. I swear, I never remember these guys are the tag team champions anymore. Dion Lennox talked up the group’s beatdown of Joe Hendry and said nobody’s safe.
(3) SHILOH HILL vs. CHANNING “STACKS” LORENZO (c) (w/Arianna Grace) – TNA International Championship match
Mike Rome handled formal introductions, which is rare for anything but the top championships in NXT, let alone a secondary TNA championship. Stacks and Ari shared a kiss, and then Grace slapped Hill, which fired him up with a wicked grin.
Hill started out hot, but Stacks caught him with a few shots and clapped his ears in a corner. Stacks missed a splash in a corner and Hill rolled him up deep for a very close call. “That was three” chant. Stacks slowed it down as Booker accidentally referred to Grace as “Rizzo,” who isn’t on TV these days. Action spilled outside where Hill evaded a charge and hit a lariat on the floor. He charged Stacks but Grace pulled him to safety. Hill immediately charged around the corner and laid out Stacks. The crowd chanted “Shiloh” as the match went to commercial. [c]
A few replays from the break played. Stacks hit a knee to the midsection and a charge to the jaw for two. Stacks charged right into a tilt-a-whirl slam. Hill fired up by pulling his tooth out, getting the usual “Toothless Aggression” chant. He planted Stacks in the center of the ring and hit a standing rolling senton for two. He got the crowd going and went for a slam, but Stacks got in a shot and then hit a gutbuster for two. Stacks missed a running knee and Hill rolled to the outside, where he freaked out Grace by putting his arm around her, getting Stacks angry. Stacks tried to cover while holding the ropes. The ref kicked his arm, and Hill got a rollup for two. Hill rolled up Stacks, but Grace shoved the pile to roll Stacks to the top for the victory. Booker T repeatedly said Hill’s not ready, willfully ignoring the cheating.
WINNER: Stacks at 10:27.
(Wells’s Analysis: Hill has the crowd in the palm of his hand, as well he should. I’m not sure why he was put in the position to lose a match to a relatively low-level guy who has a TNA championship, but a couple early losses shouldn’t hurt much as long as he responds to them. Good action throughout)
-Izzi Dame was once again walking with the Culling men ahead of her segment. Is she just doing laps around the building with a camera dolly in front of her? [c]
-A WWE: Unreal hype segment promoted Iyo Sky on the first episode of season two.
-Izzi Dame finally made it to the ring after all that walking. She welcomed everyone to their new reality. She said it wasn’t Tatum Paxley or Thea Hail and certainly not Blake Monroe. She said this wasn’t stumbling into success, it was simply outsmarting everyone else. She said it was funny that everyone was so happy she lost to Tatum Paxley. She wondered why, because it’s not like she was going to go to the back and cry. She doesn’t waste losses, she learns from them. She said she studies who thinks emotion is a strength instead of a witness. She said the Culling has always been about removing weakness and exploiting mistakes. She said she’s always three steps ahead and she engineered her opportunity. She said she heard Lola wants her title, but wanting it and getting it are two different things, “mamacita.” She said to Thea Hail that whining and crying won’t win the title back. She said everyone loves Tatum, but you don’t get to the top from love alone. “We want Tatum” chant. She said anyone who wants the title needs to –
Tatum Paxley broke through a bevy of officials to rain down rights on Dame. She caught one of the officials with a shot to the throat and Vic said it was going to cost her, possibly setting up a suspension angle.
-Kelly Kincaid talked to Ricky Saints backstage, who suggested that he’s going straight to the ladder match. He also mentioned he’ll be on the sidelines watching a couple of qualifying matches: Sean Legacy vs. Eli Knight and Josh Briggs vs. Shiloh Hill. Stacks and Arianna Grace stepped into the frame and Stacks wasn’t happy, because he just beat “that trailer park trash” Hill. Saints said “Your girl helped you win the match. You’ve still got the title and you’ve still got the girl!” He shook his head and took off as the audience laughed for the line.
-Joe Hendry was shown backstage ahead of the six-man main event. [c]
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