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NXT TV RESULTS
JULY 7, 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): Emily Agard, Blake Howard
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-Kali Armstrong opened the show with some tough talk about watching women whine in the locker room about not getting opportunities, and others get opportunities and blow them. She said after she jumped Kendal Grey, nobody was talking about Grey – they were talking about her. She wanted her shot as soon as possible.
Lola Vice showed up and said this didn’t make her look strong, it made her look impatient. She said she’s getting her championship back. They jawed a bit until…
Kelani Jordan’s music played and she ran through reasons that neither of them should have a shot. She said last week, she actually won a match against Tatum Paxley, and now she’s next in line despite people wanting to boo-hoo about Paxley. It got physical when Jordan and Vice went at it, but Kali ran the ropes and hit the Kali Connection on both of them. Her music played to end the segment.
-Nattie and Kendal Grey were shown with their running buddies arriving earlier tonight. Vic also mentioned the coming four-way match to determine the #1 contender for the Women’s North American Championship.
(1) OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) vs. SEAN LEGACY & DORIAN VAN DUX vs. BIRTHRIGHT (Stacks & Uriah Connors) vs. DARKSTATE (Cutler James & Osiris Griffin) – Four-way match to determine the #1 contenders to the NXT Tag Team Championship
DarkState and OTM got full televised entrances before the first commercial break, and Legacy & Van Dux were finishing theirs upon return. Birthright got full entrance afterward. Booker was asked who his favorite was, and he sidestepped a little but leaned toward OTM as the hungriest.
There was a very fast opening sequence where Legacy got some shine against all comers until Connors nailed him with a dropkick. It got messy early with members of all teams involved, which is no surprise in an NXT multi-man match. After the mess, Van Dux was next to get his shine, dominating both members of both heel teams. Nima tagged in and he destroyed Stacks with an stomach breaker. Price tagged in ad dominated Van Dux and Stacks, covering DVD until James broke it up. Price and James hit each other with lariats that staggered them, then pump kicks that staggered them further. Legacy and DVD teamed up next on James and a cover was broken up by Price. It again became a super-fast spotfest with no flow and nothing to latch onto as momentum changed every two to three seconds. DVD broke up a cover by Griffin, and Birthright teamed up on everyone next and they had James grounded, and they posed, as the match went to commercial with no split-screen. [c]
We came back to the same mess we left. Guys took turns hitting impact spots. All four made tags. Babyfaces Nima and DVD took control and paired off. Nima hit a backbreaker on him, then planted Connors. DVD flew in but Nima nailed him with a right. Then my Xfinity went down, which also happened during the break. It came back about thirty seconds later and Vic said “everything’s starting to break down” as if that hasn’t been the entire match story to this point. Birthright hit a combo move on DVD and Connors got a long two, leading to Connors making a terribly stagey shocked face. Stacks tried to leap and do a top rope move on someone but he fell off and out. Yikes. On the outside, Griffin hit a cross-body over the top rope and onto everyone.
There was a hubbub as Saquon Shugars showed up through the crowd, and Dion Lennox made a beeline for him. OTM did their finisher on Connors and had him prone, but Birthright’s illegal men dragged them out up the ramp. Legacy and DVD picked up the pieces and hit their respective finishers on Connors to finish.
WINNERS: Sean Legacy & Dorian Van Dux at 14:11.
(Wells’s Analysis: A mess, and not the fun kind, though some love these chaotic matches with no flow or story. We’ll hopefully see a much stronger outing when Legacy & DVD face Vanity Project for the championships next week)
-In a promoted segment, Jaida Parker got existential and talked about fighting through her adversity. She mostly had tough talk for Nattie, which makes it likely that Parker will cost Nattie tonight and get her win back soon enough.
-Tank Ledger and Keanu Carver walked through the back (separately) ahead of their match. [c]
-Backstage, Emily Agard interviewed Shugars. She said she didn’t go after them this time. He said he’s playing chess, and they’re playing Hungry Hungry Hippos. He said he can’t pick them off when he’s one-on-three. He said he’s got to make some friends or something, but he’s been spending a couple years alienating everyone. He said he’s got to shake some hands and kiss some babies, but he’s still up next, and they’re up never.
(2) TANK LEDGER vs. KEANU CARVER
If we’ve seen Tank in a singles environment, it’s been a long time. Carver entered second to an ever-growing reaction. Vic threw to GAB where he took out Hank when he was hosting the tailgate party.
They went hard early given the issue. Tank hit some back elbows in the corner but Carver leveled Tank. Tank came back with a leaping block from the second rope. Vic said it was Tank’s first singles match in over two years. Carver bailed and Tank hit a tope suicida. Back inside, Carver pounced Tank, then threw clubbing blows against the ropes until the ref started counting. Carver threw some hard forearms downward at a prone Tank, then covered for two.
Carver chopped in a corner, then splashed in another. Carver threw a short-arm clothesline to keep up the heat segment. He went to a chinlock and the crowd tried to get Tank into it. Tank tried to punch his way free. Carver hit a powerbomb where he staggered to his knee, either legitimately or kayfabe, as he’s got a wrapped knee.
Tank got back into it with some rights, then a hard short-arm clothesline of his own. Tank fired up in a corner and went up and hit a swanton bomb for a long two. Add Carver to the list of guys who give away their kickouts by staring wide-eyed at the ref during the count. Side suplex and finisher by Carver.
WINNER: Keanu Carver at 4:46.
(Wells’s Analysis: Satisfying slugfest that definitely showed that Carver is the better man while giving Tank some decent hope spots. A nice panacea after the four-way opener)
-Vic promoted a look at Naraku up next. [c]
-Naraku sat in low light in a pre-taped segment. He said he wasn’t about to go away. He said he’d go to extreme lengths to win the championship, but what was Tony willing to do to retain it? He said thre’s more torture (wink wink) and pain in his feature. He said Tony’s done his research on his career, but still has no idea what he’s capable of, including becoming NXT Champion. He did his trademark laugh.
-Backstage, Kam Hendrix and Tate Wilder were watching. In a really nice twist, they were watching on an unseen screen rather than looking awkwardly sideways. Wilder said he’d really show up against Naraku next week but Hendrix warned him that it wasn’t going to go well for him. Mason Rook stormed into the room and the camera whipped around, clearly displaying that when pretending to watch on a screen, Hendrix and Wilder were looking up at some cupboards. Oh well. Rook tried to get into it with Hendrix, who’s nursing an injury, and Hendrix skinned out.
-Nattie talked herself up as Nikkita Lyons and Karmen Petrovic existed near her.
(3) LIZZY RAIN vs. THEA HAIL vs. IZZI DAME vs. LAYLA DIGGS – Four-way match to determine the #1 contender for the Women’s NXT North American Championship
Rain, then Hail, then Dame got full entrance before the bell. I understand they’re the big three here, but it’s funny that they saved the still-mostly-unestablished Diggs for last. [c]
Diggs finished her entrance.
[HOUR TWO]
Dame jumped out to the early lead with some corner blocks, but all three others took turns with big kicks on her to send her outside. The other three went to some quick covers and reversals as Vic said Booker was in trouble trying to remember “Lizzy/Izzi” and he said he had it written down to help him remember. Outside, Dame put Diggs down by yanking her head-first onto the apron, then took over inside briefly. Rain dumped Hail, and Diggs returned to roll up Rain for two. Rain threw some chops at Diggs and tried to set something up, but Dame cut it off. Springboard back elbow by Rain on Dame. Rain threw chops in the corner in triplicate so the fans could chant “Make/it/rain.” Diggs returned to the ring and took over, and hit a gourd buster on Dame. She rolled up Dame, who kicked out at two. Book said “Lizzy Rains,” so I guess he needs to write down last names, too. Hail hit a big move on all women on the outside as the match went to commercial. There haven’t been any split-screen segments tonight. [c]
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