WWE NXT live results: Two championship matches

Newcomers challenging for gold is the theme tonight on WWE NXT.

Jasper Troy, the male winner of WWE LFG season one, has attempted to make an immediate impact in his NXT career by targeting Oba Femi. Tonight, the two will face off with Troy challenging Femi for the NXT Championship.

A North American title match is also set with WWE ID wrestler Sean Legacy challenging Ethan Page, who is coming off a successful defense against Laredo Kid, Je’Von Evans, and Rey Fenix in a fatal four-way at Worlds Collide. Legacy has impressed in NXT and on Evolve. A title win could secure him a permanent spot in WWE.

The Culling’s Shawn Spears & Niko Vance are teaming up against Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura tonight. Plus, another tag match will see Tony D’Angelo & Luca Crusifino take on Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe.

Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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NXT opens with some wrestlers arriving at the Performance Center in Orlando for the live broadcast tonight. One of those arriving is NXT Champion Oba Femi. He is suddenly ambushed by LFG winners Jasper Troy.

Troy attacks Femi and smashed him into a Ford crossover in the parking lot. Troy stomps on Femi. Troy then chokeslams Femi onto the hood of the Ford, smashing the glass and denting the hood.

From the parking lot, we go to the sound stage at the PC with the entrance of “All Ego” Ethan Page.

NXT North American Champion Ethan Page defeated Sean Legacy to retain his title

Page pinned Legacy in a really good opener. The closing minutes were great. Ricky Saints ran in after the match to attack Page, and they had a brawl. During the match itself, Legacy was given a lot of time to shine.

Legacy is getting to shine just before the show cuts to its first commercial break. Page bails out of the ring as the show cuts to picture-in-picture on CW. Page regains momentum when the show returns from the break, until Legacy hits Page with a missile dropkick.

The action really heats up down the home stretch. Legacy takes a backbreaker on the top turnbuckle, and and he takes a bump on the floor. Page teases powerbombing him on the announce desk, but Legacy escapes. Page posts himself, and Legacy dropkicks him. Legacy with a tope con hilo, and Legacy is on fire.

For the finish, no water in the pool when Legacy goes for a springboard 450 splash. Page then delivers a Twist of Fate (which he calls “Twisted Grin”), and Page covers Legacy for a three count. And still…

Ricky Saints rushes into the ring after the match, and Saints jumps Page. Saints and Page brawl their way out of the ring and off the sound stage.

In a contrived skit in the office of NXT GM Ava, Lainey Reid twice slaps NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne. Reid then rushes away, leading to Jayne putting her title on the line in a match against Reid.

Izzi Dame explains why she culled Brooks Jensen from The Culling, with the blessing of cult leader Shawn Spears.

Psycho Clown and Octagon Jr. from AAA make a cameo appearance sitting ringside with the live studio audience.

Shawn Spears & Niko Vance (with Izzi Dame) defeated Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura

Vance pinned Briggs with some help from Spears. Good tag bout, and they planted seeds for the eventual split of Briggs & Inamura. They get along so great and make such a good team, bookers are bound to split them up.

Hot tag to Inamura, who cleans house. Briggs blind tags back into the match, and he drops Spears with a big boot. Briggs climbs the ropes, and Spears grabs at his leg trying to trip him up. Although Briggs kicks Spears away, the misdirection allowed Vance to recover. Briggs is crotched on the top rope, and Vance executes a Dominator on Briggs. Vance then scores the pinfall.

Meanwhile in the principal’s office, Ava yells at Ricky Saints for jumping Page earlier tonight. Saints is not even cleared for action, selling his throat as he still cannot even talk. Ava orders Page to leave the building.

Roving reporter Sarah Screiber says the NXT title is still on tonight, even with Oba Femi still in the trainer’s room.

Chase U is back in business after Andre Chase addresses his two new students. If they want to do this, they are doing it the right way. Be there on time and follow the rules.

Blake Monroe (Mariah May) is the focus of a vignette.

Lash Legend defeated Wren Sinclair

Legend pinned Sinclair after a botched finish. That pretty much sums up the bout. Kelani Jordan is on guest commentary for the match. The match and Jordan’s involvement was set up in a Tik Tok video.

Lainey Reid is the focus of vignette sponsored by an insurance company. Reid talks about her success as a barrel racing champion in rodeo and also a track athlete. Reid vows to win the women’s title tonight.

Sarah Screiber interviews Jasper Troy about him attacking Femi. Troy dismisses any worry Femi will not be able to compete. Troy insists that Femi is a warrior, and he will sill face Troy tonight. Troy is “counting on it!”

NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne (with Fatal Influence) vs. Lainey Reid

Jayne pinned Reid to win the matc. They wrestle through a commercial break, and they are given a lot of time. They also had a good match where they worked hard. Fallon Henley caused a distraction at ringside, which allowed Jayne to deliver a roaring elbow (called a “Rolling Encore” on commentary). And still…

Suddenly, Ava is in a perch overlooking the ring. Ava announces that Jayne will defend her title at Evolution against the winner of a eight-woman tournament. Several wrestlers then surround the ring and glare at the champion, who is still in the ring.

AJ Francis and KC Navarro introduce themselves as a team known as First Class as they boast to Yoshiki Inamura & Josh Briggs. In walks Elijah (The Drifter), who strums his guitar and cuts a promo on First Class.

Luca Crusifino tells an unknown caller he will take care of something. Up walks Tony D’Angelo, who overhears some of the phone call. “The Don” seems to distrust Crusifino.

Mr. Iguana (along with his hand puppet named La Yesca) is sitting in the front row alongside El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.

High Ryze (Tyriek Igwe & Tyson Dupont with Wes Lee) defeated The Family (Luca Crusifino & Tony D’Angelo)

Dupont pinned D’Angelo to win the match. Stacks runs in during the match, which plays a part in the finish.

During the match came “breaking news” that Blake Monroe will sign her NXT contract next Tuesday on NXT.

Before cutting to a commercial break, Crusifino does a flip dive out of the floor. However, “The Don” still seems skeptical of Crusifino. High Ryze gets heat on Crusifino when the show returns from the break.

They build to hot tag, where an eager D’Angelo tags into the match. He runs wild until Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo runs in with a crowbar. Stacks is pulled into the ring by D’Angelo. Stacks begs off, but not before dropping the crowbar.

After “The Don” throws Stacks out of the ring, he turns around to see Crusifino holding the crowbar. Crusifino pleads his case, but D’Angelo is certain Crusifino was about to turn on him. D’Angelo and Crusifino are sent crashing into each other. D’Angelo then takes a double-team finisher from Dupont & Igwe. Dupont then covers D’Angelo for a pinfall.

TNA Champion Trick Williams is interviewed by Sarah Screiber, and Williams cuts a promo where he announces a six-man tag match next week. Trick teams with First Class against Briggs, Inamura & Eilijah. Part of this was set up in a skit earlier in the show. That skit made little sense at the time it aired, but it makes so much more sense now that a six-man match is announced.

NXT Champion Oba Femi defeated Jasper Troy to retain his title

Femi pinned Troy in a hoss fight. Femi’s ribs are bandaged for the match, selling the injury angle from earlier in the show. They work the ribs during the match. Femi is sent into a corner, and the middle turnbuckles pops off before the final commercial break, leaving the middle rope hanging limp.

They fight continues after the break, with the middle rope back in place. Femi takes a backdrop on the ring apron, and he sells big. They go on to trade near falls.

Comeback by Femi and he tosses Troy around, only for Troy to cut him off. Femi fought back with a spinebuster for a two count. Chokeslam by Troy for two. Black Hole Slam by Troy, but Femi kicks out.

Femi gets his knees up when Troy goes for a Vader bomb. Femi charges at Troy with a Cactus Jack clothesline that sends them back over the top rope. Femi sends Troy crashing into a gimmicked barricade that collapses. Fall From Grace by Femi, but Troy still kicks out at two and a half. A second Fall From Gracy by Femi is enough, and Femi then covers Troy for the deciding pinfall.