{"id":210174,"date":"2026-01-07T12:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=210174"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:00:57","slug":"nxt-hits-misses-1-6-tatum-paxley-vs-izzy-dame-kendal-grey-vs-jacy-jayne-oba-femi-vs-leon-slater-with-intriguing-final-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/01\/07\/nxt-hits-misses-1-6-tatum-paxley-vs-izzy-dame-kendal-grey-vs-jacy-jayne-oba-femi-vs-leon-slater-with-intriguing-final-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES (1\/6): Tatum Paxley vs. Izzy Dame, Kendal Grey vs. Jacy Jayne, Oba Femi vs. Leon Slater with intriguing final scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2681130265\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>Tatum Paxley vs. Izzy Dame: Minor Hit<\/h3>\n<p>A few clunky moments, but overall a decent match. Hopefully this puts the nail in the coffin of the feud between Paxley and Dame. I\u2019m not sure where this will lead for either woman, but I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing Dame in the North American title picture. Paxley is over with the crowd, but I wonder just how much legs her crazy, chaotic character has in the long run. Ditching the dolls is a good first step and I could see her filling a \u201cNikki Cross-like\u201d role.<\/p>\n<h3>Kendal Grey vs. Jacy Jayne: Hit<\/h3>\n<p>I can see why the WWE is high on Grey. For her relatively short time in the business, she has great athleticism, and Jayne is an always reliable go in the ring. The outcome wasn\u2019t ever really in question, especially with the numbers game that is used, sometimes, far too often by Fatal Influence. I know heels cheat, but at the same time, it tends to diminish the credibility of the champion. I wouldn\u2019t mind seeing them run this matchup back in the future.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of &#8220;PWT Talks NXT&#8221; with Kelly Wells and Nate Lindberg, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/pwt-talks-nxt-lindberg-cattani-discuss-new-year-s-evil-including-oba-femi-vacating-nxt-championship-after-defeating-leon-slater-more--69336322\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PWT Talks NXT - Lindberg &amp; Cattani discuss New Year's Evil including Oba Femi vacating NXT Championship after defeating Leon Slater, more\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=69336322&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Thea Hail vs. Izzy Dame: Hit<\/h3>\n<p>Hey, look: I\u2019m psychic! I said I wouldn\u2019t mind Dame in the NA Title hunt and voila\u2026you\u2019re welcome! Nice win for Dame. I remember her debuted on NXT and I\u2019ve watched her solid growth since then and she\u2019s definitely earned a run with the title. Hail loses nothing in defeat based on the beatdown to kick off the show. This is the most relevant The Culling has been in a while, thanks to Izzy Dame. On a side note: I like open challenges, but NXT seems to be the only brand that has referees trying to stop people from getting into the ring. On the other hand, on the main roster you see one person stroll to the ring unchallenged by anyone else. There should be a happy medium in there somewhere.<\/p>\n<h3>Oba Femi vs. Leon Slater: Hit<\/h3>\n<p>Classic big man\/little man match-up. Slater is a ton of fun to watch and Oba is just genetically gifted. Like the Women\u2019s Championship match, there was no real mystery as to the outcome (outside of that OUTSTANDING crucifix pin attempt by Slater), but it was nice for Slater to given a chance to shine in a one-on-one matchup with the big guy. Nothing was shown, but was the championship left in the ring a sign that Femi vacated the title? I was surprised his call up didn\u2019t come sooner, but this was rather abrupt. The time constraints on The CW have led to some awkward moments on NXT in 2025.<\/p>\n<h3>For a full, detailed report, check out John Moore&#8217;s thorough review at ProWrestling.net <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2026\/01\/06\/nxt-tv-results-1-6-moores-review-of-new-years-evil-with-oba-femi-vs-leon-slater-for-the-nxt-championship-jacy-jayne-vs-kendal-grey-for-the-nxt-womens-championship\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PWT Talks NXT - PWTorch NXT Post Show (1\/6) w\/ Lindberg &amp; Cattani\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4_bjq3d0B7U?start=25&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1271785546\"><div id=\"pwtor-2492694989\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tatum Paxley vs. Izzy Dame: Minor Hit A few clunky moments, but overall a decent match. Hopefully this puts the nail in the coffin of the feud between Paxley and Dame. I\u2019m not sure where <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/01\/07\/nxt-hits-misses-1-6-tatum-paxley-vs-izzy-dame-kendal-grey-vs-jacy-jayne-oba-femi-vs-leon-slater-with-intriguing-final-scene\/\" title=\"NXT HITS &#038; MISSES (1\/6): Tatum Paxley vs. Izzy Dame, Kendal Grey vs. Jacy Jayne, Oba Femi vs. Leon Slater with intriguing final scene\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,28,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-specialists_hitsandmisses","category-specialists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-at-12.36.09-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210186,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210174\/revisions\/210186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}