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NXT TV RESULTS
SEPTEMBER 1, 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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-Vic threw to a video package recapping Heatwave, which would’ve been in match order but the two Borne losses were shown back-to-back to tell the story of his heel turn on Tavion Heights. The women’s and then men’s NXT Championships finished the segment, promoting our two new champions ahead of tonight’s fallout show. Kelani Jordan and Shiloh Hill were shown arriving earlier.
-Zilla Fatu made his entrance for an apparent non-wrestling segment. He slapped hands with people outside so any hope that his obvious nepo story would end with him being positioned as a heel was dashed; on the other hand, he’s going to be a very good challenger to chase Grayson Waller. He said although he promised he’d be Champion, things didn’t go his way. He said the stars were aligned but he didn’t get the job done. He said fighting for a WWE Championship felt amazing. He said it’s not only a matter of when, it’s when the main one taks that title (not a typo; he misstated the saying).
Tristan Angels hit the ramp saying “Order, order.” He said Zilla lost and proved he’s not ready to be the main one in NXT, and he’s not even the main one in the family. He said the further down the bloodline we go, the less talent we find. He said Zilla doesn’t look or act like a champion, unlike himself. Zilla said he likes Tristan’s accent but he doesn’t like his attitude. He said he’d gladly wrestle Angels in front of his other family – the one here in Orlando. Fatu got in a couple of shots before Angels skinned out.
-In Rob Stone’s office, EK Prosper and Saquon Shugars were both up in his business about their next matches after their recent performances. Keanu Carver showed up and said these two definitely aren’t the only ones interested in a shot at Grayson. He said Stone was in a pickle and asked what he’s going to do.
-In a promoted segment, Naraku said Shiloh Hill doesn’t truly understand the mystery of the mist. He said he’d show the world that Hill is about to live in darkness. He did his silly laugh and Vic said they’re up after the break. [c]
-In a car selfie video, Myles Borne talked about playing the thing he did to Tavion Heights over and over in his head. He felt some shame, but said he got Tavion before he got him, because he knew it was going to happen again. He said he was unable to make both money and friends and was naive to believe otherwise. Kind of an interesting framing here – much more believable than the usual turn.
(1) SHILOH HILL vs. NARAKU
Standing switches early. Hill took Naraku down but Naraku elbowed out of trouble. Naraku hit a shoulder tackle. Hill returned with a bigger one of his own. Naraku begged off long enough to get in a cheap throat chop. They exchanged shots until Naraku bumped Hill to the floor and followed. Naraku uncovered the table, Vic said “Hey, hold on a second!” and the show went to commercial with no split-screen basically the one time they definitely should’ve used it. [c]
Hill tried to power out of a headlock but Naraku chopped him down and covered for two. Naraku got in a big chop and a couple more. Naraku missed in a corner and they started running the ropes, where Hill hit a big boot and a body slam and standing senton for two. Naraku hung up Hill on the top rope but Hill rolled him up for two. Naraku hit a fireman’s carry spinebuster (called Darkness Falls in New Japan) for two. After some back and forth, Naraku forced green mist into Hill’s eyes (from his hand, unexpected by Hill) and took him out to finish.
WINNER: Naraku at 9:43.
-Earlier today, Noam Dar, Romeo Moreno, Sean Legacy and Dorian Van Dux talked cordially until DVD got fired up about the eight-man loss they had earlier. This all led to their tag match, up next. [c]
(2) ROMEO MORENO & NOAM DAR vs. SEAN LEGACY & DORIAN VAN DUX
Moreno & Dar did a team entrance while DVD & Legacy each got their own theme music played. Legacy and Moreno opened it up. They went to evasions, then an exchange of arm drags and some lightning-quick mat reversals. Legacy nailed a dropkick. Both guys tagged.
Dar tried to tackle DVD and it went nowhere. Dar strung together quick kicks and strikes but DVD was too tough, and eventually he hit an inside-out lariat. Legacy tagged back in and dropped his legs onto Dar’s worked arm. DVD tagged back in but got stuck in the opposition’s corner and they briefly double-teamed. Moreno tagged in and both of his team hit ankle locks, broken at the same time. Action spilled outside with all four of them there and Legacy & DVD took control heading into break, again with no split-screen. [c]
Moreno missed a lariat and DVD tagged in to dominate Moreno & Dar. Dar hit a headscissor takedown and went up for a moonsault that almost overshot. Vic said “he got all of that moonsault,” which was a weird lie because it was a tailor-made moment to say he didn’t get all of it. The two went to quick reversals, then threw kicks to the head at the same time and fell into tags. Dar and Legacy kept up the speed and Dar trapped Legacy for two. Dar dropped Legacy into an armbar while Moreno broke up a save attempt by hitting a superplex on DVD. Legacy ended up breaking the hold and all four sold on the mat.
Legacy hit (but mostly missed) a tope suicida on Dar. DVD hit an Asai moonsault that took out both Moreno and Legacy. Everyone was briefly involved and Dar & Moreno hit a spinebutter/cutter thing and got two in a believable near-fall spot, because we haven’t seen them win yet. Dar accidentally nailed Moreno and checked on him, leaving him open. I thought this was the out for the loss, but Dar actually trapped a leaping Legacy for the win.
WINNERS: Moreno & Dar at 11:35.
Immediately afterward, the Creed Brothers attacked all four men and Vic said they’re back.
(Wells’s Analysis: With both teams being smaller babyface teams, this was a workrate match, but it never felt egregious or messy, at least. One would think Dar & Moreno are top contenders but the vastly underused Creed Brothers could seriously shake things up. Strange for them to show up just days after heels won the tag championships, though)
-Backstage, Rob Stone asked Zaria which one of her championships would endure. She said she wanted to forget Sol Ruca, so she would happily forget the Speed Championship. Stone turned the other way and ridiculously, all of Birthright was there and he told them because the Speed Title was gone, so is his. Nice of them to explain how this was working beforehand, eh? Cruz Montana showed up and made his case for a title shot. Carver showed up again and said everyone did. He said “Sucks to be you, Stone” and Montana said he had a point.
-Kelani Jordan walked through the back ahead of the next segment. [c]
-Jordan said she and Kendal Grey had a great match and “the best women’s match of the day, if you ask me.” She said Grey said she was going to revolutionize women’s wrestling, so what does that make Kelani? She said after she yanked Grey’s head into the turnbuckle, Kelani’s in the ring while Grey is in the hospital. She said she’s sure Kendal’s good little sidekick Wren Sinclair will show up for her, though. She put over the fact that she was one of the only wrestlers in history to win this championship on her first try. She said nobody does it like Lani and then yelled “I was not finished” as Jaida Parker’s music played.
Parker said Lani won the big one, but Parker eliminated the biggest thorn in her side also. She said she’s already beaten Jordan, and she’s got her gear in the back, so let’s run it tonight. Jordan said she wasn’t surprised that Parker was interrupting a champion on her first night. She said Parker has upped her game a few levels but she’s still a few below Jordan. She fired up the crowd about a match, then pulled the rug under the crowd and said…not tonight. She said she’d see her next week. As Lani left, Thea Hail made her entrance and the two eyed one another warily but didn’t get physical. Hail-Lyons is up next. [c]
(3) THEA HAIL vs. NIKKITA LYONS (w/Karmen Petrovic)
Lyons is vastly improved over the past year, but that entrance mask is still beyond silly. Lyons missed a roundhouse kick right at the bell and Hail struck swiftly and often afterward, covering for two. These two wrestled for the Evolve Women’s Championship a couple of weeks ago in a match where Lyons retained, but I don’t expect that to be brought up here. Lyons monkey flipped Hail up into a rope, then leaned on her in a corner. Lyons tossed Hail and covered her for two. Lyons worked a camel clutch that she quickly transitioned into a chinlock. Hail got to her feet and slammed backward to break.
Hail hit a big headbutt and dropped a knee on Lyons. Exploder by Hail. Running neckbreaker by Hail for two. Hail got caught in a corner and Lyons hit a German suplex. Big backfist by Lyons for two. Thea reversed a double-underhook and trapped Lyons for two. Hail leaped up and cinched in a kimura lock but Lyons broke against the turnbuckle. Roundhouse kick by Lyons, who missed a senton. Hail hit a senton right after for the win.
WINNER: Thea Hail at 4:16.
(Wells’s Analysis: Hail got her win back, though very few NXT fans will know that she had one coming. Decent work but it’s surprising that this didn’t get more time with both women warranting it at this point. I get the feeling this is more about Hail being elevated to be fed to Jordan than to set up anything with the Evolve Championship)
-Mason Rook entered ahead of the next match. [c]
-Vic said Kendal Grey suffered vertigo as a result of the shot into the turnbuckle Sunday. They replayed the spot in slow motion, which looked pretty run of the mill, so I’d guess that there’s another injury to cover for, or Grey is just being kept off TV for a minute in the wake of her title loss.
(4) MASON ROOK vs. KAM HENDRIX
Rook attacked Hendrix on the ramp. They brawled into the ring for a bell. They spilled right back out, where Hendrix shoved Rook into the steps. Back inside, Hendrix covered for two. Hendrix hit a running senton for another two. They exchanged strikes until Hendrix went for a body slam on the huge Rook. Silly Kam. Kam settled for a big forearm for two. Thesz press by Hendrix. He hit the Heisman pose and then went back to battering Rook. They jockeyed for suplexes and couldn’t hit. Rope run and a cross-body by Rook. Rook hit a hard larait, then a second and a third. He ducked one and hit a Blue Thunder Bomb for two.
Hendrix hit an O’Connor roll for two. Hendrix ran and hit a kick for two. Hendrix went to a turnbuckle and exposed it, but Rook immediatly charged him into it twice. Back body drop by Rook. Rook hit his finisher for his first singles victory. Wait, seriously?! They haven’t had him win yet? Well, he’s up one on Bobby Fish now.
WINNER: Mason Rook at 4:34.
(Wells’s Analysis: Passable hard-hitting stuff by these two as Rook finally wins something; both guys have eaten a lot of pins but have somehow remained important, which isn’t always easy to pull off.)
-Vic reminded us that Fatu-Angels is still to come. [c]
-Sarah Schreiber talked to Tavion Heights backstage, who said he was feeling a wave of emotions. He said he’s pissed about losing the championships but more than that, he’s hurt and he doesn’t understand why Borne thought he was going to betray him.
Vanity Project showed up and mocked him and acted like he was the weak link. Heights got in Drake’s face and Drake said he’d like nothing better than an easy dub over a former Olympian, so he’ll go talk to Stone real quick.
(5) ZILLA FATU vs. TRISTAN ANGELS
There’s a lot of time left in the show, so even if there’s a post-match angle, there’s time for a Waller appearance that sets up the next feud. Fatu back Angels up in a corner and Angels hit some chops out of it, then blocked Fatu down to the mat. Fatu hit some hard chops and a corner splash, then a huge back body drop. Fatu trapped Angels in the ropes, chopped him on the back, and hit a leg drop. Angels yanked Fatu back throat-first into a rope to take control. Angels stomped a mudhole in the corner. Fatu dumped Angels to the announce table side and hit a tope suicida that sent Angels onto the table.
Fatu rolled Angels back inside and went high. Angels hung up the ref long enough to crotch Fatu on the top. He dumped Fatu, who may have been bleeding from the mouth, and the match went to commercial. No split-screen at all this week. [c]
They exchanged shots near a corner. Fatu did the Samoan no-sell when his head was charged into the buckle, and he fired up and bumped Angels off of one. He hit a big uranage and a senton for two. Fatu was indeed bleeding pretty good from the mouth. He missed in a corner and Angels hit a backstabber for two. Vic said it would’ve been a huge upset even as they position Angels fairly high up the card, so if there was any doubt, Fatu is meant to stay in the main event scene. Angels missed a step-up enzuigiri in the corner and Fatu hit a Samoan Drop. Fatu hit Triple Z to become the second guy to gain his first NXT win ever tonight.
WINNER: Zilla Fatu at 9:27.
Birthright hit the ring. Uriah Connors said he welcomed him to NXT, and he’s just like them. Charlie Dempsey said people take Fatu seriously, so he wants to extend an offer to join them. He said he’d be the bottom of the Bloodline and it’ll be a long time before he’s the “main one” over there. Lexis King said they can be family and he can be the main one with them. He said he’s a target and the roster are snakes that want to sink their teeth into them. He said this was a genuine invite.
Fatu said “HELLO!…More like HELL, NO.” He got in one shot on King before skinning out to avoid the numbers game.
(Wells’s Analysis: We’ve moved past the rough presentation of Fatu’s early run and now he’s genuinely just a guy worth cheering for as this bunch of jerks sets their target on him. With Fatu being as good as he is, and perhaps a deadlock to win the NXT Championship if he sticks around long enough, working through a faction is a good idea. Even if he’s not there long enough for a title reign, this feels like a good use of him. Very strong work here)
-Grayson Waller walked through the back. The king of trolling t-shirts was wearing one with Cruz Montana on the mat reacting to his defeat at Heatwave. [c]
-Next week, Kelani Jordan defends against Jaida Parker, and Jackson Drake defends against Tavion Heights.
-Robert Stone introduced new NXT Champion Grayson Waller. It was still eight minutes to the hour, so plenty of time for him to annoy the crowd and still get jumped by a challenger (or ten). As he got booed, he asked if the crowd thought someone else was going to win. He said he knew Rob Stone was jumping for joy because he had a bona fide superstar as champion. He heeled on Vic, who was cheering against him at Heatwave. Booker laughed.
Waller said he had to thank the people who got him here. He said there was just one: Grayson Waller. He said he worked off despite the fact that they “gave him nothing.” He said he’s the one who took out Zilla Fatu and forced the world to listen. He got in the face of the camera and said he’d get back to Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce when he’s ready. He asked who would be the one to step up and knock him off his pedestal. He said Zilla’s DNA got him opportunities but sometimes talent doesn’t pass through the genes. He went to Cruz Montana and said he saw him crying on Sunday. He said Cruz is good, just TNA good. He said if you want to find Tony D, you have to find Two Dimes and a shovel. That’s an amazing line for those of us who watch all the time but I’m not sure the audience remembered Two Dimes.
Saquon Shugars showed up with a mic. He made some threats, but Cruz Montana was out soon to do the same. He said Shugars might not be ready, but he is. He said Waller sure as hell didn’t beat him at Heatwave.
EK Prosper was next. He lost his last match, but…okay, let’s go with it. He said he’s turning heads and getting closer to gold, so he might as well keep swinging for the fences.
Mason Rook kept it going. Waller said to get the widescreen camera ready.
Finally, Tony D said he held the division together with his bare hands, and he wants his one-on-one rematch. Rob Stone said we’re not doing this now.
Keanu Carver showed up and said Stone’s got to make a call. He suggested a six-man tag next week with the winners going on to a triple threat the following week for a shot. This was a LOT in one segment, but it’s great to start getting a challenger so early after a PLE.
FINAL THOUGHTS: That was a busy and probably pretty rushed main event segment as we got our next set of challenger hopefuls. Waller really is good enough to anchor NXT and should have been a much bigger deal on the main roster (playing him as second fiddle to Austin Theory was a huge miscalculation, for starters) and it’ll be fun to see him talk tough but do a lot of running when the going gets tough. This show was actually kind of thin on developments but had just enough to make for a podcast, so I’ll go ahead and do PWT Talks NXT with Nate Lindberg.
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