By John Moore, ProWrestling.net Staffer (@liljohnm)
NXT TV
Orlando, Florida, at the WWE Performance Center
Aired live May 26, 2026, on The CW Network
[Hour One] Arrival shots of Lola Vice, The Culling, and DarkState were shown…
Vic Joseph and Booker T were on commentary. Mike Rome was the ring announcer…
Entrances for the opening match took place. Kelani Jordan attacked Wren Sinclair before the bell. The referee ran the bell when Wren agreed that she was ready…
1. WWE Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair (w/Kendal Grey) vs. Kelani Jordan in a non-title match. Wren rolled up Kelani for a two count. Wren rallied with armdrags and a dropkick. Kelani tried to make a comeback, but got hit by a vertical suplex. Kelani came back with a Northern Lariat and mounted elbows. Wren turned the tables into some ground and pound. Wren managed to drag Kelani into a Fujiwara Armbar.
Wren got up and kicked Kelani’s arm a bit, right back into the Fujiwara. Kelani got to her feet and glazed Wren with a Superkick. Kelani tossed Wren into the bottom buckle. Wren pulled Kelani into the ringpost. Wren hit Kelani with an impressive Wrecking Ball kick along the ringpost. Wren’s injured leg gave out on her, which caused Kelani to go after her. Wren backropped Kelani at ringside heading into break.[c]
Back from break, Kelani was dominating the match, focusing her attack on Wren’s injured knee. Vic pointed out Kelani Jordan being trained by The Submission Magician Shayna Baszler in the past. Kelani dominated for a few minutes after the break, with Wren’s comebacks shut down. Wren managed to land a backdrop on Kelani. Wren worked on Kelani with chops.
Wren hit Kelani with a Butterfly and Gutwrench Suplex. Wren flipped out of the corner, but tweaked her injured knee. Wren dodged a One of a Kind. Wren got a two count on Kelani. Kelani twisted Wren into an STFU (Vic made the John Cena reference). Kelani switched into a modified heel hook-Sharpshooter for the victory.
Kelani Jordan defeated Wren Sinclair via Submission in 11:22.
John’s Thoughts: A nice little feud away from the NXT Women’s Championship. This was a good win to keep Kelani Jordan looking strong, while also elevating Wren Sinclair a bit with the plucky performance. Wren is clearly a tier or two below Kelani in terms of credibility, but the leg injury both built up sympathy for her and served as a good handicap to make her look strong in overcoming the injury. After seeing how far Kelani has come on the mic, she is definitely ready to be a main player on the main roster, but the main roster might not need a main player at the moment. Looking forward to see Kelani Jordan and Kendal Grey lock-up as that looks like a wonderful match on-paper.
Tatum Paxley and Lizzy Rain were chatting backstage. Tatum apologized for putting Lizzy in Zaria’s crossairs. Lizzy said she’ll get back at Zaria. Shiloh Hill showed up to brag about all the signatures he got for his Mr. NXT petition. Tristan Angels showed up and looked at the list. Angels red off Papa Shango, Timothy Chalamet, and Mike Tyson. Angels said contests aren’t won by names but by talent and lineage. He said he hopes that Shiloh’s honorable opponent destroys him later on…
A replay aired of the end of last week’s NXT where DarkState turned on Saquon Shugars after he lost the tag team match…[c]
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