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NXT Universe! It’s time for a new edition of the Tuesday Night Delight live from the Mother Base, the Performance Center! With the NXT Men’s World Heavyweight Title being decided next week in a ladder match, tonight will help us to solidify the picture and who will be involved in the match.

From events that took place last week, we know that Sean Legacy and Shiloh Hill are in the match by virtue of their respective victories, and we know that Ricky Saints is in the match because, well, he’s Ricky Bloody Saints! But tonight, the other half of the match will be filled out, starting with Joe Hendry and Evolve Men’s World Champion Jackson Drake. Myles Borne will face DarkState member Dion Lennox, while Andre Chase has the unenviable task of facing the human wrecking machine known as Keanu Carver.

In non-ladder match related events, DarkState will defend the NXT tag team titles against OTM, who are cashing in on an opportunity at the titles after having Hendry’s back two weeks ago when he faced Lennox. All of this and, of course, so much more in store for us tonight!

So, how is everyone doing tonight? There is still a lot of snow sitting in my yard, but not on my porch, steps, or gravel, so that’s something lol.

I also wanted to take this chance to let everyone know that, for the second straight year, I have had the honor of partaking in the Voice of Wrestling’s Match of the Year countdown, which started yesterday with the honorable mentions, and continues today with the #100-75 and #75-50 ranked matches. So far, three of the matches that I put on my ballot have appeared (two in HM, one in the 100-75 stretch), with, hopefully, seven more yet to appear from #75 to #1! So, feel free to follow along with the yearly list this week, and you not only will you see yours truly popping up, but you will also see fellow writer Theo Sambus, as we hold it down for the 411Mania brand!

The link for that can be found here: Match of the Year

So, enough about me and enough about you, let’s get ready to chant N-X-T!

THEN!

NOW!

FOREVER!

TOGETHER!

Tonight, NXT is live from the Mother Base in Orlando! Vic Joseph and the ever excitable Booker T are on the call tonight!

Vic complains about it being cold in Orlando. Haha, that’s cute. It sounds like Ricky Saints is on commentary, as he says he will see who his next opponent for the ladder match is.

SAY HIS NAME AND HE APPEARS, I BELIEVE IN JOE HENDRY!

Except, we don’t, because we see Hendry is down and hurt in the back, as The Vanity Project are standing over him. Ava arrives and wants to know what happened. They don’t know, they are just here to help out though. A ref shows up and tells Ava that Tony D’Angelo is here, so Ava speaks into the mic to someone. We see D’Angelo being walked into the arena by security.

Apparently, we’re going to the tag team title match! Ricky says he is out of here lol.

NXT Tag Team Title Match: DarkState (C) vs. OTM

Saquon Shugars and Bronco Nima to start for their respective teams. Nima throws Shugars into the corner and tries to play keep away from his corner. Lucien Price gets the blind tag, double team offense from OTM, and a one count follows. Osiris Griffin gets the tag, as Price and Griffin collide in the middle of the ring.

Nima in the ring, OTM with a double team front face drop. OTM give Shugars the same treatment. DarkState head to the floor and they have a temper tantrum, but they regroup and get back into the ring. Griffin falls victim to a double team big boot from OTM and that’s a two count.

Griffin is able to get away and tag in Shugars. Saquon wrings the arm of Price and thinks he is cute lol. Griffin in the ring as his leisure, and he gets a scoop slam. Price also has a scoop slam for Shugars. Nima gets the tag, Bronco with two vertical suplexs but a third one is fought off by Shugars. Blind tag by Griffin, but he gets dropped by Nima. Bronco throws Shugars out of the ring onto Cutler James while Price gets bouncy on Griffin in the ring as we hit the break.

After getting bounced around pretty much the whole match, DarkState are able to turn the tables during the break, isolating Nima in their corner. Nima fights out of the DarkState corner, he tries to box Griffin to the middle of the ring, but Griffin isn’t having it. Shugars into the ring, as DarkState hit a back suplex neck breaker combination for a two.

Shugars keeps Nima down on the mat, and as soon as he gets up, Shugars hits a Dragon Screw. Nima to the apron, he hits a DVD on Shugars, and Nima and Griffin collide in the middle of the ring. Both men make the tag, and Price beats up Shugars. Corner clotheslines for both members of the DarkState. Shugars jumps into the arms of Price, who hits a Urnage and drops him onto his tag team partner.

Price grabs Shugars by this hair, but here comes the Vanity Project! Price is distracted, allowing Shugars to roll him up and steal it!
WINNERS: DarkState (Still Champions)
TIME: 11:05
THOUGHTS: OTM dominated this match, which makes sense that they WOULDN’T win, right? Probably because DarkState need the titles for their tough guy persona or something.
RATING: ***

Post-match, Hank and Tank are here to do battle with the Vanity Project! Uriah Connors is here as well to even the odds. DarkState celebrate, but here comes The Culling! Nico and Shawn Spears lay out the champions.

In the women’s locker room, we see Nikkita Lyons front and center. Here comes Blake Monroe. Lyons says she knows about Monroe, and she tries to sing her a song. She says Blake needs some spirituality and to touch some grass. Lyons says she will take out Jaida Parker. Monroe says you would do that for me and asks what she wants in return. Lyons says to call her a Saint as she dances off. That match is next!

COMMERCIALS!

Jaida Parker vs. Nikkita Lyons

The bell rings. Parker with wild punches that Lyons ducks. Lock-up, Lyons throws Parker to the mat. Lyons goes behind, but Parker with a snapmare and head control. Parker works over the arm of Lyons and lays in some shoulder blocks. Lyons fights to her feet, but Parker takes her down to the mat.

Lyons back to her feet, Parker keeps arm control though. Lyons sends off Parker, but her hip toss is canceled out by a clothesline from Parker for a two. Parker goes behind Lyons, but Nikkita frees herself and hits a roundhouse kick. Lyons mounts Parker and lands some strikes. Lyons with the 3-point stance and a clothesline follows.

Lyons slams Parker face first into the corner and then runs across the ring and does it a second time. Lyons stands on the arm of Parker and then stomps on her face. Parker back to her feet, trying to create separation, but Lyons feeds her a forearm and then poses. A cover gets Lyons just a one.

Lyons with a snap suplex, she picks up Parker and hits a Tiger Driver for a two. Lyons with a chin lock. Parker to her feet as she breaks the hold. Parker talks, and they trade strikes. Jaida takes over with clotheslines and a spinebuster! Lyons gets trapped in the corner, Parker with strikes, and an ass drop onto Lyons. Hipnotic from Parker followed by Deja-Vu for the win!
WINNER: Jaida Parker
TIME: 5:15
THOUGHTS: A level above a squash. Parker is obviously the one to build around now that she is back, and for good reason.
RATING: ***1/4

Post-match, Blake Monroe is on the screen. What a great win, but it wasn’t glamorous! No one takes the spotlight from Blake Monroe, so she will be seeing her real soon! MUAH!

Parker tells the camera that she is coming for Monroe. MUAH!

In the back, we have Tavion Heights, Elio LeFleur, and Eli Knight. Heights hypes them, but here comes Lexis King, Stacks, and Ariana Grace. Heights wants to know what their problem is. King says that he and Ariana have a birthright to stardom, and they aren’t asking anymore, they are taking it. There is a scuffle between Heights and King until it is broken up.

COMMERCIALS!

The Elegance Brand are here! Zaruca! What a stupid name! But they are in line for a title shot at the TNA Knockouts tag team titles. They try to sow dissention between Ruca and Zaria by saying that Zaria left her best friend high and dry. They are going to keep the tag team titles forever! FOREVER! HEHEHEHEHEHE!

Zaria is in the women’s locker room. She is calling Sol Ruca, who picks up, and Zaria asks if she sees what the Elegance Brand are saying about them. She asks where Ruca is, and the phone call ends. Here comes Thea Hail. Hail asks her where Ruca is, and Zaria says she doesn’t know. Hail says that’s probably better, because friends come and go around here. Zaria mocks Hail for stumbling into a title win, and Hail says she didn’t stumble in; she earned it. Zaria says she will earn a match with her later.

Cut to Myles Borne and Ethan Page in the back. Moment of truth, says Page, which side of Myles will be seeing tonight. Page says that DarkState are nefarious for breaking the rules. Borne says don’t worry about him, because he is going to win this match. Here comes Ricky Saints. Borne tells him to stay away from him or he will knock his ass out. Borne stalks off, and Page says who knew that it only took Ricky being arrogant to get this out of Borne. LMAO!

COMMERCIALS!

Ava is on her phone in the back. She knows the Royal Rumble is this Saturday, and she says they have the deepest women’s division. The Vanity Project arrive. They want to know how Joe Hendry is. Ava says don’t play dumb; she knows that they did this. They say she can’t prove that, and eventually she cedes that after threatening to rip up their contracts. Ava says that Drake is in the ladder match, but Swipe Right is banned from ring side, and if Hendry is cleared, he will also be in the ladder match next week.

NXT World Title Ladder Match Qualifier: Dion Lennox vs. Myles Borne

Early test of strength between the men at the bell. Borne puts his head down and runs into Lennox and hits the mat. Lennox tries to keep Borne grounded, but he reverses that with a leg lock.

Off the ropes and a roll-up from Borne gets him a two. An inside cradle gets him another two. Lennox rolls up Borne for a two. Backslide from Lennox gets him another two. Borne fires back with a dropkick to Lennox. Dion whips Borne across the ring and follows up with a clothesline. He does it a second time. Awkward pin situation follows for a two.

Borne uses Lennox’s momentum against him for a roll-up for a two. Inside cradle from Borne for another two. Lennox back in control for a second, as he misses another corner charge. Borne’s turn to send off Lennox, as he follows up with a flying back elbow. Borne tries to suplex Lennox, but he abandons ship and sends Lennox to the corner. Dion fires back with a lariat and another one to send Borne to the floor.

Ethan Page is here, as Borne reverses Lennox and throws him into the ring steps. Page says that’s what he wants to see and he tells Borne he is doing great! What a swell guy! That’ll take us to the break.

Booker T, after laughing about Hendry being taken out earlier, says that it sucks that he has been taken out and it’s a terrible situation. Consistency, the game! Lennox has turned the tables during the break and hits a back elbow. Borne fights that off and hits a bridging German for a two. Powerslam from Borne follows.

Both men to their feet, Borne with running forearms and a dropkick. Jumping knee from Borne followed by a Saito Suplex. Lennox manages to trip up Borne and he tries to pin Borne with his feet on the ropes. The ref stops his count, and Lennox pokes the eye of Borne. Page slides Borne his North American Title! Borne looks at it, the ref takes it, and Lennox with the Falcon Arrow for the win!
WINNER: Dion Lennox
TIME: 10:30
THOUGHTS: Not so good, Al. The best thing about this match was Ethan Page coming out and being awesome, as he always is. This match had awkward offense and some botches.
RATING: **1/4

Post-match, Page berates Borne. Borne takes the North American title and he tattoos Page with it.

We see Tony D’Angelo being walked by security to Ava’s office. We see Ricky Saints there, asking Ava to make sure that nothing goes wrong with the ladder match next week. He makes his escape, and D’Angelo wants to know why Ava bailed him out. Ava says Tony has no friends or family around here anymore. Others are in it for themselves, so she wants to know if Tony is in or is he out.

Tony says he will let her know next week, but this is not the same Tony D’Angelo. Ava warns him to not interfere in the ladder match next week. So, he will interfere in the ladder match next week, then.

Tavion Heights is here for his match after the break!

COMMERCIALS!

Chase U are arguing in the back. Andre wants to know what the hell is that earlier. Connors says he has done things the Chase way and it isn’t working out, so he did things his way. Dixon says he needs to listen to Mr. Chase. Andre says he has to worry about Keanu Carver tonight and walks off. Here comes Lexis King. He tells Connors that his father should be proud, he knows his would be. He gets in his chair for his entrance.

Tavion Heights vs. Lexis King

Heights tries to score another early pin at the bell, but King kicks out at two. Heights has King on his shoulder; he shakes him and slams him down. That gets him a two count. Tavion takes Lexis to the corner and hammers away. King tries to escape, but Heights with a back elbow. Heights finds himself on the floor, though, as King sends him from the ring.

King to the floor, and he throws Heights into the barricade. He chokes Tavion with his boot against the ring steps before throwing him back into the ring. King talks some smack and here comes Stacks and Ariana Grace. Heights fights back with some take downs. King with a kick, but it’s caught by Heights, and he drops King with a Military Press. Gut wrench suplex from Heights follows. Heights follows King into the ropes looking for a lariat, but his momentum takes him to the floor.

Heights to the apron, he looks to springboard in, but King moves, and Heights crashes to the mat. King to his feet, he hits the Coronation and gets the win.
WINNER: Lexis King
TIME: 3:50
THOUGHTS: King gets revenge for his eight second loss to Heights weeks ago in the Speed Tourney. Only a level above being a squash, but not nearly as bad as the Borne-Lennox match was from any standpoint.
RATING: **3/4

We see Zaria getting ready in the back for her match with Thea Hail, next!

COMMERCIALS!

We see the same vignette from last night featuring Paul Heyman and Triple H, leading to the reveal of the King of Kings cover for the WWE2K26 deluxe release.

NXT Origins, featuring Finn Balor. He feels like NXT turned him from a wrestler into a superstar. Without those years in NXT, he doesn’t feel like he would have been successful as he had been on Raw, Smackdown, and WrestleMania. He looks back on his years in NXT as some of the best of his life. I like this, and I hope they do this with more people from the WWE roster.

It’s time to get it on!

Zaria vs. Thea Hail

Izzi Dame is here on commentary. Booker tells Vic to stand up for the champion. The bell rings, and Hail looks for the Kimora, but Zaria throws her off. Zaria sends off Hail, but she takes Zaria to the mat and has head control. Zaria to her feet, but she can’t shake Hail. Hail off the ropes, she avoids Zaria and grabs another headlock.

Hail off the ropes, but Zaria throws her to the mat and looks to take over. But Thea sneaks out the back door and she hits a dropkick, sending Zaria to the floor. Hail takes off and hits a suicide dive to Zaria. Back in the ring, Zaria blocks the Kimora again, and Zaria throws Thea off the top rope face first. She stands over her in a Final Boss stance as we head out for break.

Vic suggests that Dame has experience in stabbing friends in the back during the break. Booker losses his mind, and Vic says at least he doesn’t call a spine buster a PINE buster lol.

Zaria with shoulders to the midsection as we return from the break. Zaria with a big blow to Hail, sending her to the mat. Zaria to the top rope, she rags dolls Hail. Zaria gets too overzealous, though, and Hail catches her with a code breaker variation. Hail ducks all of Zaria’s strikes and keeps her off-center. Running shoulder tackle from Hail. Zaria can’t pick up Hail, so Thea with a kick and a neck breaker for a two.

Hail off the ropes, but she lands in the arms of Zaria, who hits a back suplex. Zaria runs in, but Hail catches her and looks for a grounded Kimora. She gets it locked in, but Zaria gets to her feet. She breaks the hold with a back body drop. SPEAR from Zaria! Zaria picks up Hail, but Thea counters with a DDT. Both ladies hit heads in the middle of the ring, and in the inset, we see Tatum Paxley walking the barricade! She attacks Dame! They end up in the ring, and Tatum chases Dame out the other side of the ring. This allows Thea to roll up a distracted Zaria for the win!
WINNER: Thea Hail
TIME: 9:15
THOUGHTS: Ever the persistent one, that Thea Hail! A good win for her over a proven Zaria, and I liked the interpolation of the issues between Dame and Paxley.
RATING: ***1/2

Post-match, Thea wants to shake hands with Zaria, but Zaria knocks her hand away. Here comes Fatal Influence (sans Jacy). They get on the apron, Thea pats Zaria on the shoulder, but Zaria picks up Thea and hits her with an F-5! Lainey and Fallon back off, as Zaria screams.

We see Keanu Carver sitting in the locker room. He closes the door on us. Rude.

COMMERCIALS!

NQCC are in the back. Wren Sinclair wants to know what Charlie Dempsey thought about their match last week. He says the had a good match, but they didn’t win. Wren says why do you have to be such a downer. Kendal Grey says that she knows that she could beat Jacy Jayne if she got one more chance. Here comes Lexis King, Ariana, and Stacks. Ariana says that Charlie is like them, but the promo cuts away while Charlie is in mid-sentence.

Oh, look, Andre Chase is here to face Keanu Carver. It’s been nice knowing him.

NXT Title Ladder Match Qualifier: Andre Chase vs. Keanu Carver

Chase bravely tries to take it to Carver at the bell, but Keanu isn’t having any of that. Carver runs over Chase and throws him into the corner, which causes Chase to bounce out of the ring and to the floor. Carver to the floor, he takes off Andre’s facemask and rams his face into the ring post.

Carver returns Chase to the ring and looks to attack. Chase fights back for a bit, but Carver puts an end to that. Carver misses a knee drop, though, and Chase goes after the knee in the corner. Andre kicks the knee of Carver, but Keanu cuts off Chase’s Russian Leg Sweep. Chase ducks Carver’s strike and hits a Tornado DDT for a two.

Carver ends up on the floor, so Chase gives, well, chase. Andre tackles Keanu over the announce table, and he gets onto the table and celebrates. However, much like the Terminator, Carve rises up to the announce table and hits a back suplex to Chase on the table. Carver returns Chase to the ring and hits a variation of the running powerslam for the win.
WINNER: Keanu Carver
TIME: 4:00
THOUGHTS: Never a doubt that Carver was going to win this match. Kind of surprised that it took as long as it did honestly.
RATING: **3/4

Post-match, Carver attempts to murder Chase by removing the bottom turnbuckle cover and stomping Chase’s face into the corner. Carver stomps Chase’s face into the ring steps, as he hits the floor with a thud. Refs and the medical team are here to check on Chase.

Vic runs down the matches and segments for next week’s show.

Carver has the mic. You thought that cornball teacher was going to stop me? You don’t know me, and you better not step to me.

We see the guys that will be involved in the ladder match in the back. Shiloh Hill scrams like a banshee, while Ricky Saints says screw this, he is getting his own ladder.

COMMERCIALS!

The Progressive Spotlight focuses on the history of the NXT Men’s World Title. We see the men who have won the title over the past decade-plus. We see the guys who will partake in the match next week. Who will become the new NXT Champion?

Five of the guys in the ladder match are in the ring. Shiloh Hill says what Carver did to Andre Chase doesn’t scare him. If you think about it, a ladder match works for Hill.

Dion Lennox says stop your yapping or you will lose some more teeth.

Sean Legacy says he might be the new guy, but he has busted his ass every night, and he has nothing to lose. This is the biggest opportunity of his life. he can be a little bit crazy and a little bit reckless.

Jackson Drake says that’s because you are a loser. You are reckless, but he is calculating. Drake made this match and didn’t even break a sweat. You will watch him climb that ladder and witness Drake become the youngest two-title champion.

Ricky Saints is here with his own ladder. He sets it up in the aisle and climbs it. He loves the view from up here. He looks down on future champions, but they have sprouted yet, Saints has.

Carver says y’all talk too much. We don’t have to wait until next week to do this. He drops the mic and goes after Hill. Everyone grabs a dance partner, and they fight to the floor. Saints enters the ring and he smacks Carver with his own ladder. He sets it up and climbs the ladder to the NXT.

BUT JOE HENDRY IS HERE! Saints looks like he has seen a ghost! He hits the ring and hits the Standing Ovation on Saints! Hendry does his spinning pose, but like the Terminator, Carver has risen again! He wipes out Hendry with his running powerslam! He talks to the camera, as we cut away, and Vic hypes the matches for next week again.

We cut back to see Carver standing tall over everyone else in the ladder match. And with that, we are done!