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NXT TV RESULTS
MARCH 10, 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): Blake Howard
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-We kicked off with Vengeance Day replays, covering all five matches in the order in which they happened, with the exception of saving Tatum Paxley vs. Izzi Dame for last because it was the only title change on a show with just two championship matches (this isn’t a criticism; it was a very good show).
-This transitioned into new NXT North American Women’s Champion Paxley opening the show. She got a nice ovation and a “You deserve it” chant, which is maybe a little redundant since she’s won a championship higher up the card than this, but she did seem genuinely touched to hear it. She talked about her loniliness and self-doubt, and said she had thought about being “a little less Tatum.” The crowd went “Noooo!” She said she didn’t get lucky, she won the championship because of everyone in the crowd. She said she’s feeling something she’s been searching for for her entire life: confidence. She said she won it for “us.”
Dame’s music played and Paxley went “aaagh, GO AWAY!” Nice touch. Dame insisted on reminding everyone who she used to be, and she threw to a video of Paxley’s signing and early days in the Diamond Mine getting crushed by basically everyone she faced. Dame said she’d almost be touched except Tatum’s just like she’s always been: a weirdo outcast. She said she’s impressed that Paxley keeps “reinventing” herself but said she’s just the same weirdo inside. She said Paxley can borrow her championship but she wants it back. Niko Vance and Shawn Spears distracted Paxley long enough for a pump kick and a beatdown by Izzi.
-Ricky Saints and Ethan Page talked in the locker room about their miscommunication at Vengeance Day where Ethan Page shoved the championship belt past Saints, unlikely not actually a kayfabe mistake. Saints talked up the team but Page still looked like a man conflicted.
-Jasper Troy was introduced ahead of the opening match. [c]
(1) SEAN LEGACY vs. ELI KNIGHT vs. JASPER TROY – Triple Threat Match
Knight and Legacy both got full entrance after return from commercial, which isn’t something that happens a lot in NXT, but guys like Legacy and Knight can really use it as they’re still in the process of really getting over. Troy overwhelmed Legacy and Knight as the match started, hitting a huge high release slam on Knight. He held up both guys and Legacy slipped out of his grasp and fell, and Knight and Troy had different ideas of how to deal with it, and there was a real awkward moment as Troy had to let Knight down and then he picked him up and slammed him on top of Legacy. There was a small “NXT” chant despite the fact that this was a pretty rough moment. Good for them, I guess. Troy kept it up in the early going until both undersized babyfaces nailed him with superkicks. Troy was neutralized for the time being, so the others paired off. Out of nowhere, Keanu Carver showed up, grabbed Troy and chokeslammed him through the announce table. There was a pretty big reaction for this, as I think Carver’s meant to be a heel but he’s starting to look like an anti-establishment Steve Austin-type babyface. The match went to commercial kind of abruptly and without commentary as Carver jawed at Booker T, perhaps going for a worked-shoot feel. [c]
Knight and Legacy were at it. Knight took the upper hand with a springboard plancha outside and a moonsault inside for two. “Both these guys” chant. The two exchanged some quick reversals until Legacy hit a slam for two. Troy was shown still being tended to by a gaggle of officials out by the announce table. Knight and Legacy threw rights. Legacy took a moment to dropkick a semi-recovered Troy. Legacy hit a scoop slam and fired up, but Troy made it into the ring and charged Legacy to a corner and then hit a lariat on Knight. Troy picked up Legacy but couldn’t handle him, much like in the weird moment earlier. Maybe Troy isn’t the powerhouse he appears to be. To make a liar of me, he put both guys on his back and hit a driver on both simultaneously. Chokeslam on Knight. Legacy hit a double stomp to break up the pin. Troy wanted a Black Hole Slam but Knight hit him with a dropkick. Springboard 450 by Legacy to Troy. Knight hit a moonsault on Troy. Knight and Legacy covered. The official call was that both guys won. Uh…sure?
WINNERS: Sean Legacy & Eli Knight at 12:04.
(Wells’s Analysis: I’m all for trying new things, I guess. Both guys could use the win, so they went ahead and gave it to both of them. Vic covered by calling it a “good decision” but Booker was all over him. Troy was pretty sloppy in the match, unfortunately, because the moments where he was good were really good)
-Tatum Paxley looked backstage for Izzi Dame and ran into Shiloh Hill. She said she really needs to find Izzi before she goes. Hill said “Before she goes? Well, I can help you with that.” He picked up a tire iron and shared a laugh with Paxley.
-The second-generation faction talked in the back. Lexis King asked Uriah Connors if he “called them.” Connors said no, but his dad (Finlay) did, and “they’re on the way.” [c]
(2) CHARLIE DEMPSEY & TAVION HEIGHTS vs. LEXIS KING & URIAH CONNORS
Dempsey and Heights were finishing their entrance as the show came back. King was rolled out on his throne, with Stacks & Arianna Grace riding the platform on one side, and Uriah Connors on the other. Grace had edgy new gear that looked really cool.
Vic laid it on thick that he was enjoying the NQCC reunion, which would seem to suggest Dempsey will turn before long. Dempsey and Connors opened and went to evasions and some technical throws and holds. Dempsey controlled Connors on the mat and tagged Heights, who hit a fallaway slam on Connors. King made the blind tag but Heights caught him with a slam to maintain momentum. Press slam by Heights. Dempsey tagged in and covered for one. King bailed to the apron and dropped Dempsey on his neck there. Back inside, Connors made the blind tag but again, the face fought it off for a moment. Connors got in a series of chops and they went to a face in peril situation as the heels made some quick tags in their own corner. It wasn’t overlong as Dempsey hit a couple of backbreakers and made a “hot” tag to Heights after the quick segment. Heights dominated with his impressive power. It went bonzo gonzo and all four brawled on the ramp side. The babyfaces controlled and hugged outside, but Dempsey was distracted by the ramp. Finlay and William Regal were standing there. Dempsey shoved Heights into the ring and hit him with a German suplex, then rolled him inside to eat The Coronation. King got the duke.
WINNERS: Lexis King & Uriah Connors at 4:37.
Afterward, the faction was in the ring celebrating. Dempsey rolled into the ring. Uriah Connors offered a fist bump and Dempsey obliged.
(Wells’s Analysis: There’s your foregone conclusion. They didn’t overstay the welcome of the scene. Dempsey didn’t dip his toes in babyface waters for long, which is just as well as it’s his birthright to be naughty)
-The parking lot was a wild scene as car alarms were going off and The Culling were screaming about their cars being targeted. Shiloh Hill started walking back in with his tools. Rob Stone showed up and asked him what he had done. He tried to yell over the noise and Stone said he couldn’t hear him, so they should go inside. They went inside and Hill yelled again, so Stone told him he didn’t have to because they’re inside. Fantastic. Hill said he didn’t know which car was Izzi’s so he just “did all of them.” He said they’re not going anywhere soon, and technically, nobody is.
-Tony D’Angelo walked through the back. [c]
-D’Angelo entered to his overwrought music. He said when he returned, it was for two reasons. The first was DarkState, and Vengeance Day was the culmination of that mission. He said although he despises Dion Lennox, he went out on his shield. He said now we get to reason #2. He said he looked at the man in the mirror while he was gone and there was one thing that man wasn’t capable of achieving. He said in that moment, he buried that version of himself six feet under and become the toughest son of a bitch in NXT. Up to this point, there were a few d-bags in the ring saying “Yeah?” in an irritating way after literally every phrase.
He said the previous version of him would have asked Joe Hendry to sit down and break some bread, but that’s not him. He said he might break Hendry’s face. He told Hendry to prepare himself for his actions, because Tony D’Angelo will be the next NXT Champion.
(Wells’s Analysis: It was always obvious what #2 was going to be, but it was still a good hook with Tony not saying it until now. On one hand it’s kind of annoying that the bookers wanted him to be a hit so badly that they’ve just found ways to shove him down our throats for five years, but on the other, D’Angelo continues to look and carry himself like a genuine star during this run. He still hasn’t had a true long-form match since his return, and an NXT Championship match will be exactly that, and that’s the biggest test because he was always dull in them before)
-Lola Vice and Sol Ruca gassed each other up in the locker room and talked about their unfinished business. [c]
[HOUR TWO]
-Wren Sinclair, Kendal Grey and Myles Borne talked in the halls somewhere. Borne said he needed to find his partner. Wren said his name, and then checked a refrigerator, assuming he’d be in there. There was just a birthday cake. Hendry appeared from around the corner and said “Refrigerator? Been there, done that.” He and Borne started talking about their main event match. Wren was looking offscreen. The camera panned and Grey was pigging out on the cake, eating it with her bare hands. She went “What? I don’t have a match tonight” with a mouthful of cake. That’s the most personality we’ve gotten to see from Grey, and it was a nice touch.
(3) SOL RUCA vs. LAINEY REID (w/Jacy Jayne & Fallon Henley)
Vic called out Reid’s job as softening Ruca ahead of the triple threat next week in Houston. Reid couldn’t sustain offense as Ruca was too crafty with her reversals. Reid kept going to talk with Fatal Influence, who would fan her and dispense advice. Reid hit a block and then took Ruca down into a headlock. Ruca tried to roll up Reid to break, but eventually got it with a headscissors. Dropkick by Reid. Reid tried a backsplash, but Ruca caught her, planted her and got two.
Ruca hit a monkey flip in the corner. Page & Saints were shown in an inset, preparing for their match. Reid got dumped and Ruca hit a moonsault off the apron right next to Fatal Influence. Ruca got hung up by Jayne long enough for Reid to hit a double stomp. Fatal Influence celebrated in a corner as Ruca licked her wounds. The show went to split-screen. [c]
Ruca hit a shotgun dropkick on Reid into the corner upon return. Ruca staggered Reid but missed in a corner. Reid strung together some kicks from the apron, then hit a jawbreaker for two back inside. Vic said that a lot of people online were experiencing weather affecting their ability to watch NXT. Lucky it’s not here, I guess. The two went to a shot exchange in the middle of the ring. Ruca strung together some strikes and back elbows followed by a German suplex. Ruca hit a very soft running knee for two. Yikes, what was that? Ruca doesn’t have a lot of missteps. Ruca missed off the ropes and Reid hit a sit-out slam for two. I’m stunned they’re giving Reid this much time with Ruca. Reid set up a submission but got rolled up for two. Ruca hit X-Factor and another slam for a long two. Yeaahhh, we’re not finishing a Sol match without her finisher. Reid rolled up Ruca for two. Ruca hit her with a thrust kick, then dump Reid to the apron. Reid walked into a superkick. Ruca went for the Sol Snatcher but Lainey tossed her away and hit a big crucufix bomb. Wow. In the opposite corner, Ruca did indeed hit the Sol Snatcher.
WINNER: Sol Ruca at 12:56.
Ruca looked out at Fatal Influence on the ramp. At the top of the ramp, Zaria lurked.
(Wells’s Analysis: This Lainey’s longest televised match by far. In fact, a lot of singles wrestlers on NXT haven’t reached this time. Vic called this a “star making performance” for Reid and that might actually be possible.)
-Sean Legacy and Eli Knight talked with Rob Stone, who apologized that these were the rules he inherited. The Vanity Project stopped by to annoy them for a moment. Elio LeFleur, Speed Champion, showed up also. Once VP left, Stone said he had an idea brewing.
-Wren Sinclair entered ahead of her Speed Championship title challenge. [c]
-In a sponsored segment, Blake Howard talked to Blake Monroe, who said Jaida Parker played with fire and got burned. She said this was her first Stand & Deliver and it would be all about her. Tatum Paxley walked by and was still looking for Izzi Dame. Monroe said “You need to change your name, because that – like other things around here – belongs to me.” She said the last part while looking off at champion Paxley.
(4) WREN SINCLAIR (w/Kendal Grey) vs. THEA HAIL – Speed Tournament final
Hail hit a quick dropkick and standing moonsault for a cover. She went for the Kimura lock early. Sinclair slammed and blocked Hail and covered for two. Sinclair ran into some trouble and rolled to the floor. Hail hit a tope suicida. Hail rolled Sinclair in and went high. She missed a high cross-body. Sinclair rolled her up for two. Hail transitioned to the Kimura but Sinclair fought it off. Sinclair transitioned to her own submission, the Final Wrench, and it was over quickly, even for a Speed match. Wren faces champion Fallon Henley next week in Houston.
WINNER: Wren Sinclair at 1:55.
(Wells’s Analysis: Thea once again seems to be on the bottom. Wren, for her part, spent her share of time there and is once again figured into something, even if it’s on this level. Wren is too likable to be forgotten, so this is a start. Then again, so is Thea)
-Rob Stone had a ton of tag teams in his room. He said he was going to run a tag team tournament to find Vanity Project’s opponents for Stand & Deliver. VP, who were on hand, weren’t interested. He asked them if they wanted to be left off the card. OTM stormed into the room and a brawl started with everyone. With the way OTM has been presented lately, I’d be stunned if they didn’t win the tournament. [c]
-Blake Howard talked to Fatal Influence. Jacy Jayne said she never thought she’d miss Sarah Schreiber, but here we are. Jayne ran through the many new champions company-wide and said the odds are stacked against her. Howard said we can’t forget Tatum Paxley. Jayne told Henley to talk because she couldn’t. Henley asked if Howard was suggesting her championship is in jeopardy next week. Wren and Kendal showed up and said the odds say at least one member of Fatal Influence will lose a championship next week. Reid said they don’t have time for this and they left.
-Tatum Paxley finally found Izzi Dame outside and they brawled. Robert Stone showed up and yelled that they’d battle in a steel cage next week in Houston.
-The heels were announced ahead of the main event. Vic asked if they can end their slump. [c]
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