NXT REPORT, 4/1/25

Vic Joseph, Booker T and Corey Joseph are on the call for tonight’s episode from The Capital Wrestling Center in Orlando, FL.

Tonight’s Announced Card and Happenings.

Trick Williams will meet NXT Champion, Oba Femi face to face to speak….

Shawn Spears will defend the North American Championship against Ricky Saints.

Stephanie Vaquer comes out first in street clothes with the NXT and N American titles.  Ava greets her.  Reluctantly Stephanie hands over the N American Title.  A Tournament will be determined to crown a new champion. Steph says she wants one condition, she wants to pick the challenger at Stand and Deliver.   Jordynne Grace and Jaida Parker come out both give their reason they want the shot.  They start brawling.  Steph tells them they need to work it out.

Match 1.  Ladies N American Title Match Qualifier Match.  Zaria (with Sol Ruca) VS Lash Legend (Jakara Jackson)

Power vs power here.  They start with bullish power moves and tests of strength.  Then they trade chops.  Neither can gain an advantage.  Back from break they clothesline each other.  They get to their feet brawling.  Zaria finally suplexes Lash and boots her in the face.  Lash catches her dive off the ropes and backbreakers her.  Zaria rannas Lash and suplexes her.  Chokeslam by Lash for two.  Spear by Zaria and then an F5 and it is over.

Winner, Zaria

Briggs and Inamura are confronted by Wes Lee, Dupont and Igwe backstage.  This is going to set up a match.  Kelani Jordan and Roxanne Perez will meet later to see who can qualify for the N American title match.  The D’Angelo Family go over the group that attacked him backstage.  They go over each attacker.  They look like a bunch of college athletes, except one street kid that is the leader and turned down an offer from Harvard.  Stacks continues to look like he is very annoyed with the boss.  Hank and Tank take some fashion advice from Pretty Deadly backstage.

Match 2.  Hank and Tank VS NQCC, Myles Borne and Tavion Heights (with Wren Sinclair and Charlie Dempsey)

Hank and Tank work over Tavion and Borne to start the match.  Luckily they lost the belly shirts they were in earlier.  Myles and Tavion take control when Hank ends up in their corner.  Tank tags in eventually and belly to bellies Tavion and lariats Myles into the ring and splashes him and then Tavion off the top.  Myles breaks up a pin attempt off a fishermans buster.  Tavion racks Hank and then Myles and Tavon hit the NQCC and it is over.

Winners by pinfall, Borne and Heights

Trick Williams heads to the ring next.  He runs how and why he is the man in NXT.  Je’Von Evans comes out next.  Trick belittles Evans yet again.   Evans says last year, he was him.  Evans says he doesn’t need to break out of anyone’s shadow.  Evans then basically says Trick has turned into Carmelo Hayes and a hypocrite. Oba Femi walks out.  Evans runs down Oba, but Femi talks him down.  Williams tells Evans to leave.  Femi tells Trick to stop talking.  Ava walks out next.  She announces the match will be now be a triple threat match.  Williams then decks Evans and Femi lariats Williams from the ring.  Darkstate enters the ring and attacks everyone except Williams, but he is circled and theityn beat on even worse.

Andre Chase gets some help by his followers.  Parker and Grace are seen next brawling in the back.  Fraxiom and Hank and Tank have a confrontation and Swight Right from Evolve challenge the champs to a match next week.

Match 3.  N American qualifying match.  Kalani Jordan VS Roxanne Perez

Kalani’s newfound killer instinct starts the match as she controls the first few mins, but Perez throws Jordan into the corner and reminds her who the real vicious one is by stomping her elbow while draped over the ropes.  It was a brutal move visually.  Perez stays on the arm, but Jordan manages a rollup for two and another.  Perez works the arm further.  Back from break, Jordan landed a sit out DDT.  She follows up with a spin kick, but misses split legged.  Perez gets two off a cartwheel knee-drop.  Kalani blocks a pop rocks, lands a DDT, split legged and it is over.

Winner by pinfall, Kalani Jordan

Ava announces Trick, Evans and Oba will face Darkstate next week.  Ricky Saints cuts a promo on Shawn Spears.  He is very smooth on the mic.

Main Event.  Ricky Saints VS North American Champion, Shawn Spears (with The Culling, Brooks Janson, Niko Vance and Izzi Dame)

Spears tries for mind games, by leaving the ring, but Saints dives on him and they brawl back into the ring.  Ricky lands a dropkick and throws hands, before going back to the floor and beating on Spears more and posing for the crowd.  Back from break, Spears has gained control, but Saints catches him on the top rope.  They fight until Saints delivers a super jackhammer.  Saints continues with lariats, kicks and a spinebuster.  Spears bails to the floor and still eats a DDT.  Izzi gives Spears the belt and he levels Ricky, but only manages a two count.  Ricky hits a C4 and then takes out the Culling.  Spears by Saints and then a Roshambo and it is over.

New Champion, Ricky Saints

Saints soaks in the cheers, but as he celebrates, Ethan Page attacks him from behind and he stands tall with the belt as the show ends.