Join 411’s Live NXT Halloween Havoc Coverage

Hey kids! Steve Cook here with you for NXT Halloween Havoc 2025! Growing up, Halloween Havoc was always one of my favorite wrestling events of the year. For one thing, Halloween is always a good time with costumes & candy & pumpkins and general spookiness. Then you add in some pro wrestling, some fun stipulations & décor, and it’s just fun for everyone! I’m happy NXT brought back the tradition, and it’s become a staple of the brand’s year. We’ve got five big title matches, so let’s get it started!

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Then! Now! Forever! Together!

Prescott Valley, Arizona hosts Halloween Havoc! Looks nice! Trick Williams is WALKING. Ricky Saints is WALKING. Zaria & Sol Ruca ARE SITTING ON A COUCH. Blake Monroe is GETTING MADE UP. Fatal Influence are WALKING. The Culling are WALKING AND WEARING WHITE.

We get a video hyping the show and showing desert scenery & darkness. Tatum Paxley says she’ll become champion, Jacy Jayne says she’ll leave her heartbroken & all alone. The Hardys promise deletion, DarkState don’t want that. Ethan Page promises to defend his title. Ricky Saints & Trick Williams will be champion or live in defeat.

Vic Joseph & Booker T are on commentary.

Je’Von Evans and Leon Slater vs. Mr. Iguana and La Parka: Well, this seems like the perfect choice to open this show. This action should get the crowd going & ready for more. Evans & Parka start things off with some arm wringing. Evans gets caught in a hammerlock, he gets out and they exchange clotheslines & strikes. Parka hits some dance moves, and I’m not sure Booker knows that isn’t the same La Parka from WCW. Enziguri by Parka, Evans gets bouncy with a springboard rana, Parka tries one, Evans flips out, they both kip up. Tags to Iguana & Slater. Iguana arm drags Slater, Slater has issues understanding Iguana’s evasiveness, but comes back with a rana of his own. Iguana flips into Indian-Style. Iguana up top, Slater catches him, they go back & forth, Evans tags in and Slater back elbows Iguana. Some double teaming and dancing from Slater & Evans. Parka tags in with a backbreaker and a clothesline outside. Slater & Evans outside, Iguana tosses Yeska to them and then hits the flip dive! Parka up top, walks the ropes into a moonsault! Evans is rolled inside for a two count. Parka gorilla presses Evans into a gutbuster for two. Tag to Iguana, Parka slams Evans, Iguana ties him into a ball and sits on him. Parka dropkicks Evans’ raised backside for two. Evans fights back, slings through the ropes and German suplexes Parka! Parka Germans Evans so he can’t tag Slater in. Slater finally does get the tag and hits Iguana with a tornado DDT. A powerslam gets two for Slater. Evans elbows Iguana in the corner, then kicks him down for two. Fans chant “AAA” for a little bit. Evans acts like he jammed his knee but is merely mocking Parka on the apron. Iguana with an armbar, then a triangle. Evans buckle bombs Iguana out of it, but Iguana makes the tag to Parka. Flapjack to Evans. Slater gets caught, Parka dances before dropping him down for two. Parka gets chopped by Slater, so he removes the glove and chops Slater. Parka goes to town with the chops. Evans comes in and gets some too. Parka gets sent into the corner and tags Iguana. Evans has Iguana hold his shirt open for a shot to the chest. Iguana does his raised leg sell and pops back up. He wants more! Slater & Evans get chopped by Yeska. Yeska-assisted headscissors by Iguana. Slater hits a big boot for Iguana, then one for Parka gets two. Iguana twists out of a move and drops Evans on his head. Slater drops Iguana & Parka outside, then hits the twisting splash to the floor! Crossbody by Slater, Evans tags in and hits Parka with a frog splash that gets two. The fans say it’s awesome. Slater & Evans have Yeska rise up behind them. Iguana misses getting a cutter, kinda ugly. Parka set up for a move, Iguana breaks it up with Yeska. Parka with an inverted spinning jackhammer gets two. Parka hits a brainbuster on Evans. Iguana & Parka both back up, Slater takes Parka out, Iguana takes him out. Slater & Iguana dive at each other and miss. Evans dives onto Parka outside so Slater can hit a swanton 450 for three!

Winners: Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater (17:56 via pinfall)

Zaria asks why Sol Ruca is still down. Zaria promises to retain Sol’s title, then Tatum Paxley & Izzi Dame come out and talk about how Tatum will win the World Championship tonight. Sol will be in Zaria’s corner tonight.

NXT North American Championship Day of the Dead Match: Ethan Page (c) vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.: Ethan is wearing Danhausen-style facepaint on half of his face tonight. At least that’s what it reminds me of. OK, so the Day of the Dead match gets spooky lighting to make things dark. Wagner with some chops, but Ego fights back before getting sent outside. Wagner hits a rana on the floor. Wagner goes under the ring and pulls out some chairs. Wagner hits Ego in the back with a chair, then rolls him on the announce table. Wagner up top, but Ego rolls in the ring so he can eat a missile dropkick for two. Ego with some punches, Wagner with an elbow in the corner then kicks Ego down. Ego is rolled into a ball, and a chair is placed against Ego’s backside. Wagner dropkicks it for two. A spot I haven’t seen on WWE programming in who knows when twice on this show. Kinda weird. Wagner sets up a garbage can, Ego fights out but gets hit with it instead. Ego kicks Wagner in the head and hits the Iconoclasm on the garbage can! That gets two. Ethan goes to town with the trash can lid. Wagner with a boot, Page misses in the corner. Wagner with a punch, but Page runs Wagner’s head into a chair. The fans want tables but I don’t know if they’re legal in this match. Wagner whips Page into the barricade, hits some punches before Page hits him with a prop and sends him head first to the steps. Wagner sends Page’s head into the steps, then pulls a table out from under the ring. OK, guess they’re legal. Ego drops Wagner throat first on the table legs. Ego puts the table in the ring, then sends Wagner into the steps. Ego hits Wagner with a chair. Back in the ring, Ego places one chair in the corner and hits Wagner with another. Wagner is sent into two chairs in corners, then side slammed through another one. Cover gets two lol. Ego rips at Wagner’s Rey Mysterio Halloween Havoc tribute mask! This causes Wagner to go into a rage! Wagner runs into a boot, but then hits several strikes. Flying clothesline, then a big forearm and armbreaker. Lungblower gets a two count for Wagner. Wagner picks Page up and liver kicks him down in the corner. A trash can lid is placed against Ego, and Wagner goes Coast to Coast! And of course that gets two. Ego is placed in an electric chair, so he pulls at Wagner’s mask! Ego takes Wagner down in his confusion with an Ego’s Edge through a trash can for two. Ego goes for the Iconoclash from the top rope through a chair, but Wagner drops him on the chair instead for two! Moonsault gets two for Wagner. Now Wagner sets up the table in the ring. THE SLIM JIM TABLE. Wagner goes for a move, Page slithers out and goes for a suplex of his own, then goes back to the mask. Wagner can’t see! Now he can, but Ego has powder! Send that crap back to Smoky Mountain! A cutter through the table ends things in favor of Page.

Winner: Ethan Page (18:35 via pinfall)

Jordynne Grace & Kelani Jordan talk about how they don’t really know each other. Jordynne has an idea for Kelani’s next challenger, which happens to be her. Jordynne slaps Kelani and Kelani promises that she’ll regret it.

NXT Gold Rush will take place on November 18 & 25 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Zaria (defending for Sol Ruca) (c) vs. Blake Monroe: Blake has the Bride of Chucky thing going on, which she works pretty darn well if you ask me. Blake attacks right away but then gets clotheslined and sent into the corner by Zaria. Zaria with punches, misses in the corner but boots Blake down for two. Blake goes for a sleeper but Zaria flips her out. Snake Eyes in the corner by Zaria. Blake yanks Zaria’s arm on the ropes, then hits an armbreaker. Blake working the arm, she sends Zaria into the corner and runs her along the rope. Sol calls her “Z”, in case you were wondering. Armbar on the ropes has Zaria in some pain. Front dropkick to the shoulder gets two for Blake. Blake with a bridging arm submission. Blake goes for a double arm DDT but Zaria flips her out of it and hits some clotheslines. Big boot, then a back suplex by Zaria. Zaria hits an overhead drop for two. Zaria places Blake in the torture rack, but Blake reverses into an armbar! Zaria powerbombs Blake out of it. Not sure why we’re chanting for Booker T. Punches are exchanged. Zaria with some kicks, then both headbutt each other. Zaria runs towards Blake, but misses and crashes into the stairs. Zaria is in a ton of pain and Booker wants the ref to stop the match. Sol pushes Zaria off the steel post and pops her shoulder back in place! Zaria back in the ring hitting suplexes and a spear. Blake counters an F5 into an armbar! Zaria breaks it with a rollup, then gets kneed in the dome for two. Blake appears to have a hair pick in her hand, but she gets speared for two anyway. Blake walks away from Zaria on the outside, then trips Sol! Zaria pounds on Blake in the ring before going outside to check on Sol. Blake attacks from behind and hits the Glamour Shot on the floor! Another one in the ring gets a three count, HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE IN PRESCOTT VALLEY!

Winner: Blake Monroe (11:05 via pinfall)

Wren Sinclair, Kendal Grey & Karmen Petrovic talk about last Tuesday night, then Wren blows off Charlie Dempsey on the phone. Lash Legend comes up and tells Kendal that she needs to step up to an actual NXT star. Kendal agrees to put the Evolve title on the line against Lash this Tuesday.

NXT Women’s Championship Match: Jacy Jayne (c) (w/Fatal Influence) vs. Tatum Paxley (w/The Culling): Collar & elbow tieup, arm wringer by Jacy, Tatum tries to get out, kips up but remains in the hold. Jacy hits a senton on Tatum, but misses the next one. Tatum takes Jacy down, then they exchange nearfalls. Jayne with a rana, misses in the corner. Tatum with a crossbody in the corner, then an elbowdrop for one. Tatum with a Gory Special into a backslide for two, then a standing shoulder stretch by Tatum. Jacy gets out, but gets enziguried by Tatum from the floor. Tatum slides under the apron thanks to Jacy, but Tatum goes around the ring and attacks Fallon & Lainey. Jacy gets the advantage and catapults Tatum into the ring apron! Back in the ring, neckbreaker gets two for Jacy. Jacy chokes Tatum in the corner with her boot. Lainey chokes Tatum behind the ref’s back, then a cannonball by Jacy gets two. Jacy gets Tatum in a headscissors. Tatum is in more of a hurry to get out than some would be. Tatum fights back briefly, but Jacy clotheslines her down for two. Jacy goes to the rear chinlock. Jacy misses in the corner, Tatum with a sleeper of her own and then a back suplex. Tatum with some clotheslines, then a kick sends Jacy down. Tatum with a perfectplex, then she goes up top. Jacy crotches her, then hits a kick before following her up. Jacy hits a spinning neckbreaker off the top for two. Spears put Tatum’s foot on the ropes, this leads to the faction members attacking each other. The referee ejects the Culling from ringside, then ejects Fatal Influence. O’Connor roll gets two for Tatum. Jacy hits Tatum with a J-Trigger for two. Jacy goes for another catapult, Tatum blocks it. Tatum with a crucifix for two. Jacy with a fancy rollup for two, Tatum down in the corner, Jacy misses a cannonball. Rolling Encore by Tatum, then a 450 splash gets two! Jacy blocks the Cemetery Drive, knees Tatum and hits a neckbreaker on the second rope. On the floor, Jacy gets dropped face first on the apron. Tatum with another nearfall, forearms exchanged, then they kick each other down. The Culling return to ringside, Izzi has the Women’s Championship! Jacy knocks her down, but Tatum hits the Cemetery Drive for the three count! HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE IN PRESCOTT VALLEY!

Winner: Tatum Paxley (16:29 via pinfall)

Izzi seems a little less happy for Tatum than everybody else in the room.

Myles Bourne wants a match with Josh Briggs and tells Ava about it. Tavion Heights wants a match with Josh Briggs as well. Ava makes a match between Tavion & Myles this Tuesday instead.

NXT Men’s Tag Team Championship Broken Rules Match: Brother Nero and Broken Matt Hardy (c) vs. DarkState (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, and/or Osiris Griffin): This seems like a good time to point out that my Cock stream has been a bit jumpy since during the last match. Osiris & Lennox form the DarkState team tonight, and they dominate for the first few seconds until the Hardys do some stuff. Poetry in Motion, then a double DDT on Osiris gets two. Side effect on Lennox. Splash by Nero gets two. Well, now James & Shugars are in the ring too, so this is just a four on two beatdown. Tables are set up on the outside. SLIM JIM TABLES. The Hardys fight back with some chair shots. Nero with some chairshots. The attempt to send a DarkState member through the table on the floor ends badly, as dude missed the table. Osiris gets suplexed through a table. Cutler James is the last DarkState member standing, Shugars comes back. Matt rams the ladder into DarkState members, Shugars is sent into the crowd. Nero springs off the steps to clothesline DarkState. Matt rams the chair into Shugars’ chest, then sends him into the steps. The super tall ladder is set up as the Hardys continue to dominate and set up furniture. James & Shugars are set up on the tables for the Swanton/Leg drops through! Osiris attacks Matt & Lennox is on Nero. Kendo sticks are used on the Hardys, Matt takes a bunch before getting hit with a trashcan lid. Nero gets slammed on a trash can. Matt gets powerslammed by Lennox off the ladder. 3D gets a two count on Matt. Nero fights back with the kendo stick. Lennox clotheslines both Hardys on the floor and sends Matt into the timekeeper’s area. Lennox dives over the barricade onto Matt! Nero gets speared through the barricade by Osiris. Nero with a stunner, then Matt with a Twist of Fate! Swanton! But it only gets two! TOF/neckbreaker combo gets two on Lennox. More furniture is set up, ladders, tables, things like that. Two of the Slim Jim tables are placed in front of the ladder. Nero does the Swanton off the top of the ladder, but Osiris moves and Hardy crashes through the tables. Lennox spinebusts Matt for two. Lennox places the table up in the ring, puts Matt on it and goes up top. Matt meets him there. Matt tries the suplex, Lennox blocks. Nero’s back in the ring now. Lennox wipes out on the floor. Osiris places Matt up top and in the Tree of Woe. Nero tries to take both men on, but he’s too weak. Lennox goes on top of the ladder…it’s a Super Doomsday Device through the table! HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE IN PRESCO-ok, I’ve done that enough for one night.

Winners: DarkState (19:07 via pinfall)

Slater & Evans talk about going after the tag team championship. Slater insists he’s locked in after taking care of his X Division Championship responsibilities.

Vic runs down this Tuesday’s show, then we get a promo from El Grande Americano. His Spanish sure has improved during his time in the US.

NXT Men’s Championship Match: Ricky Saints (c) vs. Trick Williams: I think we all need someone to pump us up like Trick has Booker T to do. Booker is unimpressed with Ricky’s ring attire, I think I have to agree with him. Is Mike Rose dressing as Bayley tonight? Trick attacks right away. Trick tells Ricky he’s going through the announce table. Trick with a dropkick, then he tosses Ricky outside. Ricky gets pounded back into the ring, then back out of the ring. Trick sets the announce table up for destruction. I think that referee just counted from three to five. Without a four! Ricky runs into boots in the corner, Trick evades his punches but not the chops. Trick & Ricky try to hip toss each other, Ricky ends up skinning the cat. Trick mocks Ricky without knowing Ricky was right behind him. Ricky knocks Trick to the floor, but then Trick clotheslines Ricky on the floor. Ricky is sent into the barricade, ring post, barricade and announce table, then back into the ring. Side kick gets two. Ricky’s been busted open by gawd. Flapjack gets two for Trick. Ricky tries to fight back, gets some shoulderblocks in the corner and places Trick up top. Trick knocks Ricky away and hits a blockbuster for two. Trick with a front chancery on the mat. Ricky rises up, Trick hits a vertical suplex. Another one. Ricky blocks a suplex and hits a falcon arrow. HE DID THE DEAL! Trick with some spinkicks, then a neckbreaker gets two. Trick with a front guillotine. Ricky fights out, then suplexes Trick. Ricky walks the ropes, hits the New Orleans legsweep. Clothesline by Ricky, then a reverse DDT gets two. Trick avoids the moonsault, then puts Ricky in a Boston Crab! Book End by Trick, and another one gets two. Inside cradle gets two for Ricky, Trick AAs Ricky for two. Ricky avoids a neckbreaker, crucifix gets two, then Ricky locks in a Crossface. Trick makes the ropes. Trick goes outside & gets the NXT belt, but Saints kicks him down. Trick hits the Book End through the announce table! A Trick Shot back in the ring only gets two! Both men go down after a clothesline by Ricky. Ricky with some stomps, then some punches. Ricky forearms Trick down, Trick counters a Ricky move for a two count. Ricky hits a Slumdog Millionaire on Trick, then hits the spear! Tornado DDT gets a three count!

Winner: Ricky Saints (16:48 via pinfall)

Sarah Schriber talks to Tatum Paxley & the Culling. Izzi ducks Sarah’s question about what she was doing in the ring, and Tatum says NXT will get even crazier. Turn out the lights, the party’s over!

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