WWE NXT Review – March 19, 2024
Roxanne Perez vs. Tatum Paxley
Roxanne Perez wastes no time and attacks Paxley on the ramp.
She sends her face bouncing off the ring apron then gets her inside the ring.
Paxley fires off right hands on Perez in the corner.
She lands a dropkick on Perez but Perez plants her in the center of the ring and stomps on her.
She whips Paxley in the corner then hits a side Russian leg sweep and stomps on Paxley’s face.
She begins targeting Paxley’s arm and wearing it down before Paxley responds with a forearm and a dropkick.
She follows it up with an enzuigiri and charges at Perez in the corner but Perez moves out of the way.
Paxley then sends Perez’s head bouncing off her knee and plants her but Perez manages to land Pop Rox then locks in a crossface and Paxley taps out.
Winner By Submission: Roxanne Perez
After the match Perez calls for a mic and says it’s been a week. She says she’s not waiting any longer then calls Ava to the ring and demands that the General Manager put the Women’s Title on her.
Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria’s music hits and she marches down to the ring. She begins brawling with Perez & Paxley tries helping Valkyria out. Perez sends Valkyria crashing into Paxley and locks in a crossface on Valkyria. Officials run down to the ring to pull Perez off Valkyria & Perez stands tall as she holds up Valkyria’s title.
We then head backstage to Meta 4 and see Noam Dar chat with Oro Mensah about his upcoming match against Trick Williams as Lash Legend seemingly swoons over Williams. They then run into Alpha Academy.
After the break we see Ava approach Valkyria as she’s being checked on in the medical office. The medical official says Valkyria is cleared and Valkyria demands that Ava make a Women’s Title match between her & Perez at Stand & Deliver official and Ava agrees.
Josh Briggs then grabs a mic at ringside and enters the ring. He says Oba Femi is about to come out and talk about how he defeated Brooks Jensen last week. He says he’s angry that Femi beat down Jensen with a smile on his face, then calls Femi down to the ring and challenges him to try and put him through the ring.
Femi’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. He says he relishes the idea of testing a man’s limits and pushing them to the edge then says there’s no place for emotion when he steps through the ropes. He says all that matters is results and his results speak for themselves. He gives Briggs props for being a man of courage.
Briggs says Femi walks around with confidence and thinks he’s the baddest dude in NXT but like everyone else, he ends up meeting someone just a little bit tougher. Briggs introduces himself to Femi as the man of mayhem then challenges Femi to a North American Title match. Femi agrees but tells Briggs not to say he didn’t warn him.
Dijak’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. He tells Femi that he promised that he would be the man waiting for him and says Femi either forgot or has been ducking him. Briggs tells Dijak that this is between him & Femi & Femi interrupts them. He says it’s him and everyone else.
Briggs, Dijak & Femi then begin brawling. Femi clotheslines Briggs out of the ring before officials run down to break things up.
Shawn Spears watched the segment backstage but Joe Gacy was spotted from the back watching Spears.
Semi Final Match Of The NXT Tag Team Titles #1 Contenders Tournament
Nathan Frazer & Axiom vs. No Catch Quarter Crew (Charlie Dempsey & Myles Borne)
Match starts off with Charlie Dempsey & Axiom lock up then they go back & forth taking turns locking one another in submission holds.
Nathan Frazer tags in and lands a kick on Dempsey.
Axiom follows suit with a baseball dropkick but Myles Borne tags in.
Frazer lands a single leg dropkick on Borne but Frazer clotheslines Borne out of the ring.
Axiom hits a kick to Dempsey’s chest on the opposite side of the ring before he & Frazer fly to takedown No Catch Quarter Crew on the outside.
Axiom hits a crossbody to Borne but Borne catches him and tags in Dempsey as we go to a break.
After the break Axiom looks to fly off the middle rope but Dempsey catches him and plants him with a t bone suplex then exchanges chops with Axiom.
Frazer & Borne tag in and Frazer delivers a double dropkick to No Quarter Catch Crew.
He follows it up with a running Shooting Star Press to Dempsey then ascends to the top rope and looks to fly.
Borne moves out of the way and Frazer then looks to fly from the apron.
Borne catches Frazer with a powerslam mid air then hits a spinning powerslam.
He goes for a pin but Axiom sends Dempsey crashing into them to break the fall.
Axiom tags in and hits a double enzuigiri to Borne with Frazer.
Frazer tags back in and Axiom delivers a Spanish Fly to Borne off the top rope.
Frazer follows it up with a Phoenix Splash and pins Borne for the win
Winners: Nathan Frazer & Axiom
We then head over to a video posted to the NXT Anonymous account of Von Wagner & Mr Stone arguing over Wagner carrying Stone out of the Performance Center and helping him last week.
After the break we see Alpha Academy come face 2 face with NXT Tag Team Champions The Wolf Dogs. Maxxine Dupri challenges The Wolf Dogs to a tag team match on behalf of Alpha Academy next week with the catch being if they win then they get added to the NXT Tag Team Title match at Stand & Deliver. The Wolf Dogs accept.
Sol Ruca vs. Brinley Reece
Match starts off with a lock up before they take turns locking one another in submission holds before Sol Ruca hits a facebuster.
Brinley Reece lands a pair of clotheslines on Ruca then follows it up with a bodyslam and a handspring clothesline. She gets Ruca up on her shoulders but Ruca escapes.
Ruca then pulls Reece off the middle rope then hits a pair of shoulder tackles and a double underhook suplex. Reece sends Ruca crashing into the corner and charges at her.
Ruca ducks out of the way and Reece is sent crashing into the ring post shoulder first.
Ruca then hits Sol Snatcher for the win.
Winner: Sol Ruca
After the match Blair Davenport attacked Ruca as she hits her with a forearm before hitting Kamigoye.
Gigi Dolin & Wren Sinclair spoke backstage before Arianna Grace interrupted them where Grace said that her hitting a low blow on Dolin was accidental and promised to find the inner lad inside of her. Grace named Dolin Ms NXT In Training.
Ridge Holland cut a promo addressing his loss against Shawn Spears from his house where he admitted that he needed to become what everyone wanted him to be.
D’Angelo says the biggest Stand & Deliver will be 2 weeks from now and he will get his shot at the NXT Title . He says The Family is currently expanding and explains that he brought Luca Crusifino into The Family because of his law and sociology degrees.
D’Angelo says NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov knows that wisdom equals power and calls for the audience to give a round of applause to his new consigliere. Crusifino pledges his allegiance to The Family before D’Angelo addresses Dragunov.
D’Angelo says he respects Dragunov’s mother for moving him from Russia and what Dragunov does for his own family but he’s shown that he’s the man to break the unbreakable.
Dragunov appears on the Titan Tron and says D’Angelo left him on a bridge last week with nothing but his own thoughts. He says D’Angelo can feel the NXT Title in his grasp but the title has more power beyond his reach. D’Angelo says that Dragunov has it all wrong and tells him he has no idea what he can do. He says there’s plenty of opportunity between now and Stand & Deliver, then informs Dragunov he has a match against Stacks next week. He questions what shape Dragunov will be in when he gets there and promises that one wrong move on Dragunov’s behalf will make him wish he never messed with him.
We then head backstage and see Thea Hail apologize to Riley Osborne about not being herself on their date. She asks Osborne if they can still be friends and Osborne says that goes without saying. He leaves for his upcoming match and Andre Chase & Duke Hudson congratulate her on the conversion.
Heritage Cup Title Match
Drew Gulak (c) vs. Riley Osborne
Round 1
Match starts off with a lock up then they take turns locking one another in submission holds before they land monkey flips on one another.
Riley Osborne then hits an arm drag but Drew Gulak catches him with an overhand chop.
Osborne then hits a knee off the bottom rope to Gulak and ascends to the top rope.
He then hits a Shooting Star Press to win the 1st Round.
Osborne 1-0
Round 2
Gulak rolls out of the ring & he encounters Chase U on the outside and Osborne takes advantage. He flies to level Gulak then ascends to the middle rope and lands a crossbody.
Gulak rolls through and pins Osborne but Osborne kicks out and lands a dropkick.
He then flies but Gulak rolls him up to win the 2nd round.
Gulak 1-1
Round 3
After the break Gulak has a submission hold cinched in on Osborne.
Osborne escapes and delivers an enzuigiri then flies off the ropes.
Gulak then locks Osborne in a Dragon Sleeper as Round 3 comes to a close.
Round 4
Osborne hits a hurricanrana and goes for a pin but Gulak reverses the fall but Osborne kicks out. Osborne lands a chop but Gulak flips him inside out with a clothesline.
Gulak & Osborne teeter on the top as Thea Hail & Jacy Jayne begin brawling.
They enter the ring and the referee becomes distracted trying to break them up.
This allows for Jazmyn Nyx to trip Osborne as he hits a superplex and Gulak to reverse into a crossbody then pins Osborne for the win.
Winner & Still Heritage Cup Champion: Drew Gulak (R4) (2-1) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
We then head outside to the Performance Center parking lot. Brooks Jensen leaves the Performance Center and Fallon Henley catches up to him. She asks Jensen where he’s going, and Jensen snaps. He tells her that while she and Briggs are doing well, he doesn’t know what he wants. A fired up Kelani Jordan then enters as Jensen storms off, demanding to know where Kiana James & Izzi Dame are. Henley calms her down and offers to help her out.
After the break we see a frustrated Hail & Hudson enter Ava’s office. Ava tells Hail that Nyx will be having her 1st match next week and Hail becomes excited. She then informs Hudson that he will have a match of his own next week, and should he win, he will find himself in the North American Title at Stand & Deliver. Hudson agrees.
Semi Final Match Of The NXT Tag Team Titles #1 Contenders Tournament
Hank Walker & Tank Ledger vs. Good Brothers (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson)
Both teams begin brawling with one another before Tank Ledger clotheslines Luke Gallows out of the ring and Hank Walker sends Karl Anderson out to join him.
Walker & Ledger then fly off the ropes to level Good Brothers and Ledger gets Anderson back inside. Ledger levels Anderson then tags in Walker.
Walker sends Anderson crashing into the top turnbuckle face first and Ledger plants him.
Ledger & Walker then sandwich Anderson between them with a double running splash and Ledger follows it up with a boot to Anderson’s midsection. He follows it up with a suplex.
Gallows tags in and Walker fires off right hands on his midsection.
Gallows charges at Walker in the corner but Walker catches him with a boot and ascends to the top.
Gallows knocks him to the outside with a right hand then sends his face bouncing off the barricade and the ring apron.
He gets him back in the ring and delivers a boot, then rains down right hands on him.
He fires off right and left hands on Walker’s midsection in the corner before Anderson tags back in and fires off stomps on Walker.
Gallows tags back in and continues wearing down Walker. Anderson tags in and locks in a submission hold on Walker.
Walker lands a dropkick on Anderson before Gallows tags back in and Walker hits a headbutt to him before Anderson & Ledger tags in and Ledger levels Anderson.
He hits a flying shoulder tackle off the middle rope before Walker hits a back suplex with some assistance from Ledger and goes for a pin but Gallows breaks the fall.
Walker & Ledger then hits a double shoulder tackle to Anderson then Ledger tags in and Gallows pulls Walker out of the ring.
He brawls with him and sends him crashing into the ring steps.
In the ring Anderson lands a spinebuster on Ledger.
Gallows then tags in and Good Brothers hits Magic Killer for the win.
Winners: Good Brothers (They will face LWO & Frazer & Axiom in the Finals)
Trick Williams was interviewed by Kelly Kincaid where he promised to stick and move against Dar tonight. After being told that Carmelo Hayes was in the building Williams said he hoped Hayes had a close eye on his match.
Roxanne Perez was interviewed in the parking lot where she said that if Lyra Valkyria wouldn’t give her the Women’s Title she would rip it off her hands.
Kiana James & Izzi Dame met with Jacy Jayne & Jasmyn Nyx to talk trash about Thea Hail. After Jayne & Nyx left Fallon Henley & Kelani Jordan attacked Dame & James backstage.
Trick Williams vs. Noam Dar
Trick Williams lands a pair of bodyslams on Noam Dar then locks in a submission on Dar but Dar escapes and looks to land a shoulder tackle.
Williams stays standing on his feet then looks to land a kick before Dar counters into an Ankle Lock but Williams escapes.
He connects with a dropkick before firing off a couple right hands on Dar and leveling him.
Williams ascends to the middle rope but Dar catches him with a kick to his midsection.
He fires off a couple more kicks on Williams’ chest and follows it up with a low dropkick.
Williams lands a pop up uppercut on Dar then Dar rolls out of the ring and Jakara Jackson checks on him as we go to a break.
After the break Dar has a sleeper locked in on Williams but Williams escapes by sending Dar crashing into the top turnbuckle but Dar manages to lock in a Triangle.
Williams counters into a sit out powerbomb before exchanging a few right hands with Dar.
Williams hits Dar with a flying clothesline and plants him with a spinebuster.
Dar counters it and pins Williams but Williams kicks out.
Dar then cinches in an Ankle Lock, but Williams makes it to the bottom rope to escape.
Dar fires off stomps on Williams but Williams plants him with a uranage and a back heel kick.
He follows it up with a flapjack then Oro Mensah hops up on the apron but Williams clocks him. Jackson checks on him and Lash Legend hop up on the other side.
She flirts with Williams and looks to clock him but Williams prevents her from doing so.
Dar takes advantage and lands a German suplex then follows it up with a back elbow and goes for a pin but Williams manages to kick out and Dar sets up for Nova Roller.
Williams counters into the Trick Shot for the win.
Winner: Trick Williams
After the match Williams grabs a mic and tells Carmelo Hayes that it’s personal. He says they don’t have to wait until Stand & Deliver then calls Hayes down to the ring.
Hayes’ security team marches down the ramp and surrounds Williams in the ring. Hayes’ music then hits and a hooded figure appears. 1 of the security guards reveals himself to be Hayes & Hayes attacks Williams. His security team joins in and holds Williams in place as Hayes berates him and fires off right hands on him then connects with a running knee and continues berating Williams standing tall to close out this week’s NXT.
Finals (April 2nd)
Latino World Order (Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde) vs. Nathan Frazer & Axiom vs. Good Brothers
Next Week’s NXT
Non Title Match
NXT Tag Team Champions The Wolf Dogs (Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin) vs. Alpha Academy (Akira Tozawa & Otis) (If Alpha Academy wins they get added to the NXT Tag Team Titles Match)
Non Title Match
NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov vs. Stacks
Thea Hail vs. Jazmyn Nyx
Duke Hudson vs. Josh Briggs
Shawn Spears vs. Dijak
