By John Moore, ProWrestling.net Staffer (@liljohnm)
NXT TV
Orlando, Florida at the WWE Performance Center
Aired live June 10, 2025, on The CW Network
[Hour One] Highlights from last week’s NXT show aired… Vic Joseph, Corey Graves, and Booker T were on commentary. Mike Rome was the ring announcer…
They were showing separate shots of the wrestlers arriving at the arena, but during Oba Femi’s shot, he was beat down and chokeslammed on the windshield of a car by Jasper Troy… Entrances for the opening match took place…
1. “All Ego” Ethan Page vs. Sean Legacy for the NXT North American Championship. Page dominated the early collar and elbow into a side headlock takedown. Page dropped Legacy with a shoulder tackle. Legacy came back with a huracanrana, but Page sidestepped a dropkick and put Legacy back in a Kesa Gatame. Legacy got to a vertical base to escape the hold. Legacy gave Page a basement and a side dropkick to dump Page to ringside.[c]
Back from break, Page caught Legacy with a Yakuza Kick. The crowd started chanting “E-g-o is A-s-s”. Legacy came back with a Missile Dropkick. Legacy rallied with running right hands, strikes, and a German Suplex. Legacy caught Page with a Gamengiri for a two count. Page caught Legacy with a High Roundhouse. Legacy came back with a Moonsault into a Sidewalk Slam for a good nearfall. Page met Sean on the top rope and gave him a backbreaker on the top buckle.
Legacy escaped an Ego’s Edge attempt and sent Page into the ringpost. Legacy hit Page with a Flip Dive. Page sidestepped a Slingshot 450. Page hit Legacy with a Twisted Grin (Twist of Fate) for the victory.
All Ego Ethan Page defeated Sean Legacy via pinfall in 10:23 to retain the NXT North American championship.
Ricky Saints beat up Page after the match and brawled with him to the back…
Jacy Jayne (w/Fallon Henley, Jazmyn Nyx) was chatting with GM Ava about not getting a heads up on the unnamed Mariah May signing. Lainey Reid showed up to get in Jacy’s face. Jacy gave her a few slaps and walked away. Jacy asked Ava for a match with the title on the line against that “little bitch”. Ava granted Jacy the match…[c]
John’s Thoughts: A good match with the Evolve wrestler looking good in defeat. It would be good to get a little bit more characterization from these Evolve wrestlers, but this was fine as an athletic showcase for someone WWE is high on. I like Ethan Page plucking out clean wins as a heel. Being a heel because of his ego. He’s someone I’m surprised is still at the NXT level, given how talented, versatile, and experienced he is.
The show cut to a Sol Ruca and Zaria Tik Tok video where they were acting like best buddies. Behind them was Lash Legend trash talking Wren Sinclair and Karmen Petrovic. Kelani Jordan joined in on the bickering…
The show cut to Shawn Spears with Niko Vance and Izzi Dame. Spears asked Dame why she attacked Brooks Jensen. Izzi noted that Jensen wasn’t paying attention and had darting eyes during their planning sessions. Izzi said Jensen also cost the Culling a shot at the tag team titles. Spears and Vance thanked Izzi for seeing something they didn’t. Spears asked Izzi if she sees something else? Izzi said she has her eyes on “something”…
Dame, Vance, and Spears made their entrance. Vic Joseph wondered if Izzi is the new leader of The Culling. Their opponents were Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura. Psycho Clown and Octagon Jr were on the crowd as Graves hyped AAA’s Triplemania Regia show for this weekend…
2. Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Shawn Spears and Niko Vance (w/Izzi Dame). Spears pressured Inamura to the corner, but Inamura no-sold the chops and then gave Spears rapid chops in the corner. Briggs tagged in and gave Spears an assisted slam. Briggs gave Spears a slingshot backbreaker. Spears hit Briggs with a superkick. Briggs came back with a crossbody. Briggs hit Spears with his signature baseball slide into a right hook.
Dame grabbed a steel chair. Vance ran through Briggs when he was distracted by Izzi. Vance worked on Briggs with grounded strikes. Vance hit Briggs with a Pounce. Spears tagged in and mocked Inamura’s sumo pose. Briggs stumbled and tagged in Inamura. Inamura dumped Vance to ringside and took down Spears with a right hand. Inamura hit Spears with Sumo Palms and a Stinger Splash.
Vance tagged in. Briggs tagged in. Briggs took down Vance with a Big Boot and a standing splash. Briggs was bleeding from the forehead. Inamura took down Spears at ringside. Vance crotched Briggs and hit him with a Dominator for the victory.
Niko Vance and Shawn Spears defeated Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura via pinfall in 5:09.
Vic hyped the unnamed Mariah May appearing after the break…[c]
John’s Thoughts: Not really sure where anything is really going here. Briggs and Inamura lose handily in their first match back together (Maybe they are moving towards Inamura being singles, which they teased a few weeks ago). Not sure why they rushed and got rid of Brooks Jensen out of The Culling unceremoniously. They are also teasing Izzi Dame being more of a leader of the group. Everything here is a bit contrived and doesn’t seem very interesting at that.
Ava was berating Ricky Saints backstage. Saints responded with a cough and had tape on his throat. Ava ordered Saints to go back home and return when he’s medically cleared…
Sarah Schreiber was outside the medical room. She said that the Oba Femi vs. Jasper Troy match is still on, but in jeopardy after Troy’s attack earlier. The camera panned to Andre Chase yelling at Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors about having to do things his way. He told them to show up on time, follow the rules, and follow directions. Dixon and Connors agreed. Chase said if that’s the case, it’s time to go back to class…
The commentators checked in. Vic sent the show to a Mariah May video package.
Mariah was in a bubble bath. The video package was grainy and styled like a 1970s TV show. The narrator kept calling May “The Glamour”. May introduced her new name as “Blake Monroe”…
Lash Legend made her entrance to non-Noam Dar entrance music…[c]
John’s Thoughts: Not a bad name change. This one will probably be easier to get used to compared to Ricky Saints due to her being on the scene less. Good little video package. I wonder if this is similar to how Toni Storm is reaching back to the 1920s with her actress character, if Monroe is going to do a similar gimmick of a starlet from the 1970s? We’ll see, but I’m looking forward to seeing what they have in store for “The Glamour” Blake Monroe in NXT.
No Quarter Catch Crew (now without Myles Borne) made their entrance. Wren sent Tavion and Dempsey to the back, saying that she’s got this. Kelani Jordan joined the commentary table…
3. Lash Legend vs. Wren Sinclair. Wren was quick out of the gate. Wren tripped Lash and worked on her with a modified Rings of Saturn with some leg movement. Lash got to her feet and hit Wren with a Pump Kick. Lash beat down Wren while also jawing with Jordan. Lash hit Wren with a standing Splash for a two count. Lash put Wren in a Bear Hug. Wren rallied back with chops and a huracanrana.
Wren hit Lash with a DDT. Wren rolled to ringside to avoid a pin. Lash blocked a Huracanrana. Wren gave Lash a Enzuigiri. Lash caught Wren out of the air and sorta botched her finisher into a side slam for the victory.
Lash Legend defeated Wren Sinclair via pinfall in 4:04.
A Lainey Reid introduction vignette aired. She called herself the “southern sensation”. She talked about her rodeo and track background. She said she saw her opportunity then and sees opportunity now. She said she sees Jacy Jayne as the most beatable champion in WWE and she’ll take that title from Jayne…[c]
John’s Thoughts: I felt bad for Lash at the end of that match because she’s been hitting that move clean in her recent appearances. I think what made it hard here was her trying to do it off catching Wren out of the air. If anything, this might be a good teachable moment to tell Lash to maybe adopt a secondary and simpler finisher, which is easy to do when you are a powerhouse wrestler. Botch aside, Lash is someone I’m really high on given her size, look, and talking ability. Things were rough when they rushed her on TV with no experience in the 2.0 days, but I think she’s really developing into someone with a high ceiling, given her natural positives.
Sarah Schreiber interviewed Jasper Troy about putting his title match in jeopardy. Troy said he didn’t cost himself anything. He said Oba may be hurt, but he’s a warrior. He said he’s counting on Oba bouncing back and defending the championship…
[Hour Two] Lainey Reid made her entrance to some banjo music. Fatal Influence made their entrance. Mike Rome handled the formal in-ring championship match introductions…
4. Jacy Jayne (w/Fallon Henley, Jazmyn Nyx) vs. Lainey Reid for the NXT Women’s Championship. Reid rolled up Jayne for a nearfall in the opening seconds. Reid then used a Sunset Flip for a one count. Reid beat up Jayne in the corners with boots and elbows. Reid hit Jayne with a springboard crossbody for a nearfall. Jayne hit Reid with a backbreaker and a lariat for a two count. Jayne hit Reid with two Sentons. Reid rallied with right forearms.
Jayne came back with a Superkick. Jayne hit Reid with a catapult into the 2nd rope heading into break.[c]
Jayne ended Reid’s rally by sending her throat into the bottom rope. Jayne staggered Reid on the top rope with a Gamengiri. Reid used a headbutt to knock Jayne to the mat. Reid hit Jayne with a diving shoulder tackle that was supposed to be a blockbuster. Reid rallied with strikes and clotheslines. Reid gave Jayne an Atomic Drop and Russian Leg Sweep. Reid hit Jayne with a reverse Final Cut for a good nearfall.
Jayne came back with a huracanrana. Reid came back with a knee lift for a good nearfall. Henley got on the apron for the distraction, which allowed Jayne to trip her and hit her with a Discus Forearm for the victory.
Jacy Jayne defeated Lainey Reid via pinfall in 10:27 to retain the NXT Women’s Championship.
NXT GM Ava made her entrance at the crow’s nest. Ava said that since Jayne got to pick her first challenger but she gets to set up the next opponent. Ava said they’ll be four singles matches and the winner of those matches will face in a four-way. Ava said the winner of that four-way will challenge Jayne for the NXT Women’s Championship at Evolution. Various women were shown around ringside…
A clip from Cody Rhodes’s podcast was shown, with Damian Priest as the guest…
John’s Thoughts: A good showing for Reid’s NXT debut. Rough at certain points, but that’s expected in developmental. She looked solid in her nearfalls in the end of the match. I do hope that Jayne’s title reign isn’t the same as Henley’s North American Title reign, where every match ended with someone getting on the apron for the distraction. At this point, distraction finishes don’t put a lot of heat on heels.
Josh Briggs was berating himself in the locker room while Yoshiki Inamura tried to cheer him up. The former Top Dolla, AJ Francis, and KC Navarro, the First Class team, showed up to talk trash to Inamura and Briggs. Elijah showed up with his guitar, talking about how AJ and KC cost Mike Santana the TNA title last week. KC dragged AJ away when it looked like AJ was going to go after Elijah…
Tony D’Angelo and Luca Crusifino made their entrance with Tony D looking a bit paranoid over trusting Luca…[c]
Charlie Dempsey apologized to Myles Borne backstage. Borne accepted and thanked Dempsey for the opportunity with NQCC. Borne left. Je’von Evans showed up acting friendly. Tavion said he’s considering leaving NQCC to do things on his own. Dempsey didn’t like this and Evans said that it looks like Dempsey is holding Wren and Tavion back…
A video package was shown that touted WWE’s successful World’s Collide event…
Mr. Iguana and El Hijo Del Dr. Wagner Jr were shown in the crowd. High Ryze made their entrance…
5. Tony D’Angelo and Luca Crusifino vs. “High Ryze” Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe (w/Wes Lee). Igwe and Luca started the match. Tony D refused to tag in when Luca had the advantage. Dupont tagged in and took down Luca with a right hand. Luca managed to tag in Tony D. Tony D refused to do tandem offense with Luca. Tony D took down Dupont with a flying right hand. Dupont tackled Tony D to his corner and tagged in Igwe.
Wes Lee distracted Luca, which caught Tony D’s attention when he went to yell at Luca. Tyson and Tyriek used quick tags to cut the ring in half on Tony D. Tony managed to bring in Luca, who rallied with right hands. Luca dumped Dupont to ringside. Luca hit Igwe with a slingshot Shoulder Tackle. Luca tagged in a reluctant Tony D. Tony hip tossed Luca into Tyson and Tyriek heading into break.[c]
High Ryze cut the ring in half on Luca back from the break. Luca managed to surprise Igwe with a Codebreaker. Tony D caught the hot tag and rallied with right hands and suplexes on both opponents. Tony D planted Tyriek with a Spinebuster. Stacks got on the apron with a crowbar and was tossed in the ring by Tony D. Tony dumped Stacks to ringside and Luca picked up the crowbar. Tony D yelled “I knew it” thinking that Luca was betraying him. Igwe dumped Luca to ringside and Dupont hit Tony D with a cool looking assisted Slam Dunk move.
High Ryze defeated Tony D’Angelo and Luca Crusifino via pinfall in 9:47.
John’s Thoughts: Good to see High Ryze pick up a win. Now that they have a team name, I hope that means they’ll be protected more often, as Igwe, Dupont, and Wes have been putting over too many people to look credible. I did like their slam dunk style finisher. Meanwhile, I’m not into what they are doing with Tony D at the moment. The story is simple, Tony D is paranoid, but they are having Tony D act way too melodramatic to the point where it makes him look a bit idiotic and unlikable.
Sarah Schreiber congratulated Trick Williams for his title defense at TNA Against All Odds. Sarah brought up people questioning his win against Santana last week, due to First Class helping him. Trick said he doesn’t care what anybody has to say, like the loud and proud Mike Santana. Trick said Santana made a promise to his daughter, and then lied to his daughter’s face. Trick said Elijah needs to get guitar lessons and learn to squabble. Trick said that Elijah is trying to bring Yoshi and Briggs into the fold. Trick said he, AJ, and KC are challenging Inamura, Briggs, and Elijah to a six-person tag next week…
Jasper Troy was shown walking backstage. Oba Femi was shown in a different shot, selling a rib injury…[c]
Vic hyped up Blake Monroe’s NXT Contract Signing for next week. They also aired a graphic for the Evolution Elimator Matches…
A replay aired of Jasper Troy choke slamming Oba Femi on a windshield to open the show…
Jasper Troy made his entrance. Oba Femi made his entrance still selling a rib injury. Mike Rome handled the formal in-ring championship match introductions…
6. Oba Femi vs. Jasper Troy for the NXT Championship. Troy quickly went to the ribs with a right hook, World’s Strongest Slam, and a standing splash for a nearfall. Oba came back with a desperation Body Slam. Oba rallied with right hands. Jasper reversed a suplex with his own Brainbuster. Oba gave Jasper a chop to the chest, which Jasper no-sold and responded with a clothesline. Jasper gave Oba a power whip into the corner. The 2nd whip knocked off the seconnd turnbuckle and rope.[c]
Troy gave Oba a backbreaker on the apron back from break. Jasper hit Oba with a running splash for a nearfall. Oba got a window of opportunity after suplexing Troy. Oba rallied with right hands and managed to get Troy off his feet. Oba hit Troy with an Exploder. Troy came back with a corner splash. Oba came right back with a spinebuster for a good nearfall. Oba and Troy traded staggered strikes.
Troy tossed Oba into the corner. Troy hit Oba with a Chokeslam for a nearfall. Oba reversed a chokeslam with a crossbody. Troy backdropped Oba. Oba tossed Troy like a boulder. Troy came right back with a Black Hole Slam, but couldn’t get the cover. Troy crawled over and got a two count. Oba used his knees to block a Vader Bomb. Oba took Troy and himself out with a clothesline to ringside.
Oba tossed Troy through the barricade. Oba hit Troy with his Power Bomb finisher. Troy kicked out at two. Oba hit Troy with a second pop-up power bomb for the victory.
Oba Femi defeated Jasper Troy via pinfall in 11:21 to retain the NXT Championship.
The executive producer graphic aired to close the show…
John’s Thoughts: There was no reason to see them pulling a title change on this random show and this early in Troy’s career, but I thought it was a good showing by young Troy in a television main event. He’s still a bit plodding in the ring, but he has an amazing look that will carry him far. Oba’s a big dude, but Jasper looked bigger, which both helped Jasper come off well and made Oba come off well as the underdog. Oba doesn’t lose anything by having an extended match with the rookie, given that they gave him the “injury” handicap.
Given his ring gear and tough look, I would really consider swapping out Troy’s fellow LFG wrestler Cutler James with Jasper Troy in DarkState. They could really go full-on shield by protecting Troy as DarkState’s version of Roman Reigns. Being in a group is also a good way to hide a wrestler’s weaknesses while they develop. They might never go there, but I think it’s a good possibility. I also think that putting Troy in DarkState would be a good way to elevate that group, too, given Troy’s intimidating size.
This show was a step up from last week. Last week was a bit all over the place, with them trying to shoehorn in random plugs for World’s Collide and Evolve. I thought they did a better job at showcasing Evolve and AAA this week by giving Sean Legacy a showcase, having those Worlds Collide video packages, and having the luchadores in the crowd to plug the TripleMania Regia show.
Oba was beat down by Jasper Troy.
Blake Monroe?
I guess it’s better than MM Mateo, but that’s about it.
Blake Monroe sounds like an eighties prime time soap character,but obviously she’s doing a Marilyn Monroe gimmick.
It won’t be long before they start singing “Miss Blake Monroe, the lady is a ho!”
Pretty sure the Tyson/Tyriek finisher was called the Heartstopper awhile back and I don’t recall it changing. So I assume that’s still the name for it. FYI, John.
The OBA/Jasper match was a good old school WWF brawl between two grown men. They should draw a lot of money the next 10-15 years. I’m tired of watching 170 pound runts that look like they should be working at WAWA getting pushed. That goes double for AEW.