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NXT TV RESULTS
OCTOBER 6, 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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-NXT has a new theme song: “Shabang” by Drake.
-A woman narrated a hype video for the 20-woman battle royal later tonight. Nikkita Lyons got the longest soundbyte and was also pictured in the most noticeable spot in a five-by-four displaying all twenty women, if you’re the type to read into such things (I am, and would at this moment call her the most likely to win).
-Arianna Grace and Lexis King, with the rest of Birthright with them, walked through the back and talked trash ahead of the opener. Separately, Zilla Fatu did the same.
(1) ZILLA FATU vs. LEXIS KING (w/Birthright)
Fatu jumped King on the ramp and Birthright kept their distance. It would be ridiculous given the numbers advantage, but Fatu’s repeatedly been shown to have zero problem with any number of opponents, so I guess it’s fair that they’re backing off. In the ring, the match got started and King had no luck with a toe hold on Fatu, who came back with a spinning heel kick. Fatu threw some rights, then absorbed one before leveling King with a forearm. Fatu took King to a corner, did his “Hello!” taunt along with the audience, and then threw several headbutts. The men of Birthright yanked King out to safety, and Fatu went up and hit them with a high cross-body.
Fatu posed to the crowd for just a moment, and with the ref distracted by Arianna Grace, King kicked the middle rope up into Fatu’s nethers. With King in control after his first piece of offense all match long, the match went to split-screen. [c]
Fatu kicked out at two. King worked a headlock and the crowd clapped Fatu back into it. Fatu missed a drop, and ate a few kicks to the chest before catching King with a Samoan Drop. Both men sold on the mat. Fatu strung together some rights, then hit a short lariat. Fatu draped King in a corner and hit a diving headbutt on his shoulder. Birthright got involved and Fatu effortlessly took them all out like little goombas. Fatu no-sold a chop and slammed King, then hit the Triple C finisher.
WINNER: Zilla Fatu at 9:18.
After the match, suddenly Birthright weren’t a bunch of ineffective losers and they immediately got the better of Fatu, nailing him with a chair, then taking him to the steel steps. They separated the two segments of the steps, trapped Fatu’s hand between, and slammed down to work an injury angle (or at least an out for him to struggle with his next match).
(Wells’s Analysis: I’m confounded by the way Fatu is presented. He’s almost completely invulnerable in matches, no matter the situation, but he immediately weakened after the match because they have to keep it looking like he could have problems eventually. The work was fine; I remain iffy on how long fans can accept an untouchable guy who just got here)
-Emily Agard interviewed Kelani Jordan, who talked about the battle royal. EVOLVE’s Chantel Monroe showed up and did her snotty diva routine, and Layla Diggs showed up to say before she left, she had won a title shot that she never ended up getting. I was wondering if they’d ever go back to that.
-Dusty Cup action is up next. [c]
-In a promoted segment, Dion Lennox had a pre-recorded sit-down segment. It was a continuation of his running down Cruz Montana for having to hit rock bottom before fighting his way out. He said it’s much harder to make the right decision from the beginning, knowing if you slip, you’ve given up a shot that only 1% of the 1% get. He said he could’ve partied and been a loser like Cruz, and thinks it’s ridiculous that a grown-ass man is getting cheered for his story. He said it took him two years to make it to NXT, and it took Montana twenty. He said after he beats Montana, he’s going to send him back to the dark place and see if he can pull him out of it again.
-Montana and Lizzy Rain were watching on a monitor. They gassed each other up ahead of Lizzy Rain’s segment later. Xia Brookside walked in and said Montana’s really changed, and she shook her head at him. Vic said “Quite the interaction,” possibly because he doesn’t know who Brookside is.
(2) HANK WALKER & TANK LEDGER vs. SHIDO ASH & VIKTOR ZANOV – Dusty Classic match
The EVOLVE team, Ash & Zanov, got an inset promo. They’re off to a very good start in the ring as monsters in Evolve, but on the mic they’re a very early work in progress. Ash took down Hank early, and there was a tag on both sides. Zanov, an Olympic judoka in 2024, took the early advantage, then absorbed some elbows before a hard judo throw. They grounded Hank & Tank in a corner and had control as the match went to split-screen. Vic said they could have another bracket-buster on their hands, but I’m not sure why it would be so in kayfabe when Hank & Tank lose 80% of their matches. [c]
A scoop slam by Zanov was good for two. Ash and Hank went next. Ash was in control until Hank rolled him up for a quick two. Ash hit another slam for two as the Creed Brothers, who face the winners in the next round, looked on somewhere in the back. Tank got the hot tag and dominated both opponents (I’d say “heels,” but they work as badass babyfaces in Evolve). Action spilled outside and Ash ate the announce table, which didn’t break. Hank & Tank isolated Zanova and went for their finiher, but Ash held Tank in check. Zanov was bleeding frrom the right eye, though I don’t know from what spot. Everyone got involved and Hank hit a Bossman Slam, then turned Ash inside out with a clothesline. Hank & Tank pancaked Ash and slammed him for the win.
WINNERS: Hank & Tank at 9:14.
(Wells’s Analysis: This was a nice long showcase for an Evolve team with a great deal more upside than Hank & Tank, who should still be serviceable underdog fan favorites)
-Backstage, Sean Legacy and Dorian Van Dux were shown having just been beaten down by Birthright. Uriah Connors put his face into the camera and said “First it was Zilla, and now it looks like Legacy & DVD won’t be making the Dusty Cup.” I wondered why the last first-round match wasn’t being promoted for tonight. [c]
-NXT Champion Grayson Waller headed to the ring with a mic. “Aaaaaand still.” He said last week was what it had to be, and he buried his opponent like his biking shorts and Hawaiian shirts. He put over EK Prosper and said he crushed it, and he shouldn’t be down on himself because he got the Grayson Waller rub. A fan yelled that they wanted it too and Waller immediately spit out “Oh, you can’t afford it, lad” to a big reaction. He wondered who was going to step up next.
Myles Borne’s music played him out to the ring. Interesting. Waller went and got a second mic, handed it to Borne, and gave him the floor. Borne said “Not who you were expecting?” He said now that he doesn’t have the dead weight of Tavion behind him, now he wants the one title he’s never gotten. He said he stopped caring about “all of them” and only cares about himself now. He said Waller has become ruthless and cold, and now he is too.
Tony D’Angelo showed up next and Waller asked why D wasn’t there fighting for a shot last week. D’Angelo said some nonsense about wanting to pick his opportunity rather than hear Waller whine about it. I guess that’s an okay attempt at a cover for the fact that they didn’t want D in the scene just to have him fail. Waller said D’Angelo and Borne should figure it out, and he’ll give the winner the Waller rub. Borne turned and hit D’Angelo with a loaded fist, putting him on the mat.
-Hill & Naraku are up next. [c]
-Vic said that next week, WWE Main Event will be moving to Rumble. I didn’t know Rumble existed and I wasn’t sure Main Event still did either.
-William Regal walked up to EK Prosper to endorse him on TV, which is a good sign that NXT is really digging Prosper right now, as they should. Prosper thanked Regal and moved on. Rob Stone showed up next and Regal stopped him in the hall and suggested that two members of Birthright may be out of the tournament, but maybe the other two can replace them. Stone tried to say he didn’t want to reward bad behavior, but Regal said sometimes you have to make quick decisions and he put a heavy hand on Stone’s shoulder. Stone reluctantly said that Birthright is in.
[HOUR TWO]
(3) SHILOH HILL vs. NARAKU
They tied up and reset, then did so a second time. Naraku charged himself into a body slam, and then a second. Hill worked a headlock on the mat. Naraku tried to break free and Hill took him down again. Rope run and Hill hit a shoulder tackle. Side suplex by Naraku. Both guys sold for a moment. Naraku hit a neckbreaker and covered for two. Vic talked about how EVIL Naraku is. I think he’s called back to the man’s former name every time he’s had a match on the brand. Action spilled outside and Hill took the advantage. Back inside, Hill charged himself into a boot. They hit a double clothesline and sold on the mat as the match went to split-screen. [c]
Hill took control but then ran into a cutter onto the top rope. Ax-handle and a standing senton by Naraku. Naraku worked a crossface on the mat but Hill fought to a rope. Evil monkey flipped Hill into the bottom rope, then hit a spinebuster for two. The two both hit impact spots and Naraku went for a mist spot, and Hill ducked. It flew into the eyes of referee Derek Sanders. The ref called for the bell immediately. Hill and Naraku fought up the ramp and the feed immediately cut to more Kendal Grey at the therapist.
WINNER: Hill by disqualification, I think, at 10:56.
(Wells’s Analysis: If Naraku is sticking around, he could really use a win at some point, because he’s had very few. If this was going to continue, Hill – who I assume will be winning the feud – should maybe have taken the L tonight)
-In her therapy session, Kendal Grey said she can win 100 times but all she thinks about is the one time she didn’t. She said people don’t see her overanalyzing any mistake. She said at some point, she told herself if she beat herself up enough, nobody else could. She said that once you live like that for long enough, you stop learning how to celebrate. She thinks her biggest opponent is herself. She said defeating it wouldn’t happen overnight. The unseen therapist said there’s no finish line for this kind of thing, but they’ll stop for today. He said his door is always open.
-More Dusty Cup action next. [c]
(4) THE TOKYO BAD BOYS vs. BIRTHRIGHT (Charlie Dempsey & Lexis King) – Dusty Cup first round match
If you’ve got Lexis King on the roster, you’ve got to give him two matches on one show. I’m not familiar enough with the Tokyo Bad Boys to properly call their match, but they work in much more of a lucha cruiserweight style than strong style, which is no surprise as they work in AAA. They dominated the first couple of minutes of the match, getting all their high-risk stuff in as quickly as possible before moving on to the inevitable victory by Birthright when Dempsey hit a suplex and held on.
WINNERS: Birthright at 4:41.
Dempsey yelled into the mic that nobody steps up to Birthright.
(Wells’s Analysis: A fun enough diversion to get new (to us) talent to TV while having an excuse to move Birthright into the second round. I’ve been saying Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno are my favorite to win, but these two entering the tournament this way might throw a wrench into that)
-Myles Borne, on his way out of the building, talked trash about his match with Tony D’Angelo next week.
-Izzi Dame was introduced ahead of the Women’s Battle Royal, followed by Indi Hartwell, who said “remember me?” out to the fans. [c]
