By John Moore, ProWrestling.net Staffer (@liljohnm)
NXT TV
Orlando, Florida, at the WWE Performance Center
Aired live August 4, 2026, on The CW Network
[Hour One] An “In memory of…” graphic aired for the late Dory Funk Jr. The WWE Signature played…
Highlights aired of last week’s “pipebomb style” promo cut by Grayson Waller. The highlight package also shifted to the closing segment of last week’s show where Mike Santana, Grayson Waller, and Tony D’Angelo mixed it up regarding the NXT Championship…
Arrival shots were shown of Lola Vice, and Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair…
Vic Joseph and Booker T were on commentary. Mike Rome was the ring announcer…
Entrances for the opening match took place…
1. Jaida Parker and Thea Hail vs. “The Dungeon” Nikkita Lyons and Karmen Petrovic (w/Nattie Neidhart). Jaida and Karmen started the match with Karmen landing a side headlock takedown. Hail blind tagged in and hit Karmen with a body slam. Parker slammed Hail on Petrovic for a nearfall. Petrovic hit Hail with a savate kick. Lyons tagged in. The heels hit Hail with a high low karate kick combo for a nearfall.
After Hail escaped a submissions, the face team dumped the heels to ringside and hit them with studio dives. Jaida missed Hip Notic at ringside into the steel steps. Nattie gave Hail a cheap shot. Nikkita hit Hail with a sitout Power Bomb for a nearfall.[c]
The Dungeon members cut the ring in half on Hail back from break. Hail managed to jump out of the corner and brought in Jaida for a hot tag. Parker planted Petrovic with a Gourd Buster. Nattie dragged Karmen away from Jaida’s Banzai Drop. Karmen and Nikkita hit Jaida with a Hart Attack. Hail broke up Karmen’s pin. Hail and Petrovic took each other out with headbusts at ringside. Jaida hit Nattie with Hip Notic to knock her off the apron. Lyons rolled up Jaida for a nearfall.
Jaida hit Nikkita with her signature draping Banzai Drop. Hail hit lyons with her signature Trust Fall for the victory.
Thea Hail and Jaida Parker defeated Nikkita Lyons and Karmen Petrovic via pinfall in 9:20.
The Dungeon jumped Hail and Parker after the match. Hail ducked Nattie’s punch to cause Nattie to accidentally hit Petrovic. Parker and Hail dumped the heels to ringside to stand tall to end the segment…
Tavion Heights was trying to hype up Myles Borne backstage. Borne joked about not being able to hear him. Both of them hugged and were on the same page. Height said he doesn’t know what he’ll do if they don’t win? Myles and Tavion continued to hype each other up…
NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo was shown walking backstage…[c]
John’s Thoughts: A well worked opening match. I continue to praise Nikkita Lyons’s improvement compared to her rough start all the way back in NXT 2.0. I’m not the biggest fan of how NXT has introduced the “Dungeon” faction as they made their debut at Great American Bash, and less than a week after they were setting up their downfall and implosion. Very strange way to integrate Nattie’s badass character into NXT. You should have your heels run roughshod for a bit for character development, and instead the Dungeon look like bumbling fools.
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