By John Moore, ProWrestling.net Staffer (@liljohnm)
NXT TV
Orlando, Florida, at the WWE Performance Center
Aired live April 28, 2026, on The CW Network
[Hour One] Highlights from NXT Revenge Weeks 1 and 2 aired…
The show cut to Shawn Michaels, Matt Bloom, and Robert Stone having a meeting. Stone talked about how NXT has lost a lot of wrestlers in the last week. Stone said he needs one or two fresh faces from Evolve, LFG, or internationally. HBK said NXT has gone through this a ton of times. HBK asked Stone to either give him a bunch of index cards with names of wrestlers he wants, or he can throw dynamite in the locker room and see who runs out…
Vic Joseph and Booker T were on commentary. Mike Rome was the ring announcer…
DarkState made their entrance first. Myles Borne made his entrance. Mike Rome handled the formal in-ring championship match introductions…
1. Myles Borne vs. Saquon Shugars (w/Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Osiris Griffin) for the NXT North American Championship. Borne sidestepped Shugars and gave him a flurry of right hands. Shugars came back with a twisting neckbreaker. Borne dodged Shugars again and gave him a modified X Plex. Borne then gave Shugars a deadlift Gutwrench followed by an Orton Power Slam.
Shugars dodged to ringside for a time out. Borne hit Griffin and Shugars with a flip dive. Borne went for a dropkick, but he hit air due to Shugars putting on the brakes by holding the rope. Borne came back with an Atomic Drop and clothesline. Shugars reversed a suplex and draped BOrne on the top rope, to the apron. Shugars pulled Borne’s head into the metal joint on holding the top turnbuckle. Borne was selling an injured throat heading into break.[c]
During the break, Shugars worked on Borne with methodical offense while Borne was selling a throat injury. Borne came back with a hip toss. Shugars gave Borne a knee to the back and a flying clothesline. Shugars hit Borne with a Slingshot Leg Drop for a nearfall. Shugars put Borne in a Key Lock. Borne fought out. Shugars gave Borne a Enzuigiri to the back.
Bourne countered Shugars on the top rope with a Super Crossbody for a nearfall. Both men traded rollup variations. Borne hit Shugars with a high dropkick to knock him off the top rope. Borne rallied with right hands and followed up with an Eye of the Hurricane. Borne hit Shugars with a Fisherman Suplex. Dion got on the apron for a distraction. This allowed Shugars to hit Borne with a Flip Northern Lights.
Griffin and James got on the apron for the distraction. Dion tried to hit Borne with a chair, but Shugars didn’t want to Dion to interrupt. The referee saw the chair in Dion’s hand. Borne shoved Shugars into Dion, sending Dion into the steel steps. Back in the ring. Borne hit Shugars with a Slingshot Borne Again for the victory.
Myles Borne defeated Saquon Shugars via pinfall in 11:04 to retain the NXT North American Championship.
After the match, a new wrestler named Tristan Angels. He called himself “Mr. England”. He said he’s here as a courtesy to let Borne and everyone know that you’ll be seeing a lot more of him from here on out. Suddenly, Borne was attacked from behind by Cam Hendrix from LFG. Hendrix stood tall to end the segment…
John’s Thoughts: We rarely see Shugars wrestle in singles matches, mostly because Dion Lennox was the one booked to wrestle in singles matches for DarkState while the other three are reserved for tags. Shugars looked good here, as expected from his solid work in tag matches. In this Temu produced version of the Shield, Dion Lennox was cast as the Roman Reigns golden boy role, while Shugars was casts as the “wild card” and cult of personality, like a Jon Moxley. They protected him in the end of this match and gave him an excuse to blame Dion for it. DarkState is currently dead in the water, but maybe excising Dion and elevating Saquon can revive DarkState? Maybe add a member (I still keep saying to put Jasper Troy there because he can talk, be protected, and learn on the job).
Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair were chatting backstage. Kelani Jordan showed up looking mopey, and complaining about Grey getting a lot of title shots while she was winning matches. Grey pointed out Grey getting her ass knocked out in NXT Underground. Jordan told Wren to look out or else Grey will betray her like Charlie Dempsey did. Jordan challenged Wren to a match later…
Tony D’Angelo was hyped for after the break…[c]
Vic Joseph hyped SummerSlam ticket sales…
NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo made his entrance. Tony D talked about how the more this place changes, the more it stays the same. Tony D said while people come and go, he remains the constant. He said there’s not a man on this roster who can knock him off the top of this mountain. Tony D said that’s including whoever sent him the box with that Japanese/Chinese letter on it. He said he has people comin’ left and right, Keanu Carver side eyeing him, but he’s more interested in whoever sent him the box.
Some new entrances music started playing. A man in a hood made his entrance and confronted Tony D. The crowd assumed it was former Bullet Club member and New Japan wrestler Evil. The man handed Tony D a rolled up cloth. The man took off the hood, and yes, it was Evil. Tony D opened the flag and it had the Kanji symbol for War. After Evil left, Tony D was blindsided by Tavion Heights, who left Tony D lying after a belly to belly. After Heights left, a random guy in a hoodie gave Tony D a moonsault. Vic asked “is that a fan?”…
John’s Thoughts: Last week when Tony D got that box, my half-chinese dumb ass thought that Dante Chen was stepping up to challenge Tony D due to me forgetting that Japanese people borrow Chinese characters to make their sentences shorter. Yes, in fact it was Evil. Vic didn’t say his name, so I’m assuming he’s getting a name change. In this case, I don’t mind, because I always thought Evil was a goofy name to begin with. I like that I came out of that segment intrigued, because Evil, despite declaring war, was the most peaceful one of the three men that came at Tony D. Also, I couldn’t recognize that was Tavion Heights, and that was a positive, because he looked great after changing up the look.
The show cut to a cinematic with Tatum Paxley and Shiloh Hill standing over a grave and hole for Blake Monroe. Shiloh said she hopes Blake’s soul finds peace. Tatum said she does too. She said when she defends the title, she goes into survival mode. Hill said the title is an extension of Tatum. He said Tatum also finds attachments to people and thi[c]ngs. Tatum hyped Hill for his match against Ricky Saints. Hill left, and Tatum decided to lie down next to the dug up hole…[c]
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