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WWE NXT 2023

2023

NXT Vengeance Day

2023-02-04, Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

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  1. North American championship:
    Wes Lee (ch) def. Dijak
    Dijak locks Lee in a sleeper hold, but Lee manages to break out. Lee hits a corkscrew from the top rope on Dijak, but only gets a two-count. Dijak sets up Lee outside the ring, but Tony D'Angelo and Stacks come ringside and push him aside. Dijak takes them out, but allows Lee to get back into the ring. Lee hits a superkick as Dijak jumps back in to the ring, getting the pinfall.
  2. NXT Women's tagteam championship:
    Fallon Henley & Kiana James [w/Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen] def. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (ch) def.
    The champions take out James, concentrating on Henley. Chance hits a double-team hurricanrana from the top rope on Henley, but only gets a two-count. Carter tries to roll up Henley, but Henley reverses, and with James outside the ring holding her down, she just barely manages to get the three-count to become new champions.
  3. Two out of three falls:
    Carmelo Hayes [w/Trick Williams] def. Apollo Crews
    The two men fight, but it takes a long time before either is able to get the first fall on the other. Eventually, Hayes drops Crews in a cutter and then locks Crews a cross-face, forcing Crews to tap out, giving Hayes the first fall. With the referee distracted, Williams remove the padding of the top turnbuckle. Dabba-Kato comes ring-side with a steel chair, helping Crews, but with Crews distracted, Hayes lands a kick to the back of the neck on Crews from the top rope, getting the pinfall to win by two straight falls. After the match, Dabba-Kato attacks Crews.
  4. NXT tagteam championship, Triple threat match:
    Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) def. New Day (Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston) (ch), Chase U (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson) [w/Thea Hail], Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson)
    Chase lands several kicks on Coffey and hits a flying cross-body, but only gets a two-count. He then goes on to lock the figure four on Coffey, but Wolfgang breaks it up with a Swanton bomb. Kingston breaks up Gallus vs. Chase. Kingston is taken out by Pretty Deadly outside the ring, while Woods is caught from the top roppe by Gallus, who hits a double body-slam, allowing Coffey to pin Woods to become new champions.
  5. NXT Women's championship, triple threat match:
    Roxanne Perez (ch) def. Gigi Dolin, Jacey Jane
    The co-operation between the Toxic Attraction stablemates only goes so far, and they soon turn on each other. Perez gets to the top rope, taking both opponents with her. Perez throws Jane out, where she goes thorugh a table, leaving her and Dolin on the top turnbuckle. Perez hits a super pop rocks on Dolin to retain the championship.
  6. NXT championship, Steel cage match:
    Bron Breakker (ch) def. Grayson Waller
    Waller climbs to the edge of the steel cage, but Breakker climbs after and hits a superplex. Breakker hits a spear to get the pinfall to retain the championship.

NXT Stand & Deliver

2023-04-01, Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA

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  1. NXT Women's championship, ladder match:
    Indi Hartwell def. Gigi Dolin, Tiffany Stratton, Lyra Valkyria, Zoey Stark, Roxanne Perez (ch)
    Valkyria and Dolin climb the ladder, but Dolin throws Valkyria off. As Dolin reaches for the championship, her former tag partner Jacy Jane climbs up and throws her off. Hartwell clears the ring, and Dexter Lumis comes to the ring, helping her to the top, grabbing the championship.
  2. NXT tagteam championship, triple threat match:
    Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) (ch) def. Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus) [w/Ivy Nile], Tony D'Angelo & Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo
    Joe Coffey comes ringside and takes out Stacks. Gallus double-team Stacks, allowing Wolfgang to get the pinfall to retain the championships.
  3. NXT North American champinship, Open challenge:
    Wes Lee (ch) def. Ilja Dragunov, Dragon Lee, JD McDonagh, Axiom
    Axiom looks Dragunov in an armbar, while Dragunov simultaneously locks McDonagh in a triangle. Dragunov, Wes Lee and Dragon Lee battle it out in the ring, but Dragunov manages to hit a lariat on Dragon Lee. Dragunov goes for a torpedo on Dragon Lee, but Wes Lee intercepts with the Cardiac kIck to get the pinfall to retain the championship.
  4. Unsanctioned match:
    Johnny Gargano def. Grayson Waller (subm.)
    The competitors make use of all kinds of weapons inside and outside the ring, with Gargano going through a table and being attacked with a steel chair. Gargano ducks a steel chair shot and starts fighting back with a kendo stick, handing it over to his wife Candice LaRae who continues the attack. Gargano hits Waller with a couple of steel chair and locks him in the Gargano escape, gettin the submission victory.
  5. NXT Women's tagteam championship:
    Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn def. Fallon Henley & Kiana James (ch) [w/Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen]
    James asks for her bag from Jensen, but Briggs stops him from giving it to her. Dawn and Fyre uses the confusion to hit a backstabber on James, getting the pinfall victory to become the new champions.
  6. NXT championship:
    Carmelo Hayes [w/Trick Williams] def. Bron Breakker (ch)
    Breakker spears Hayes and inadvertently takes out the referee at the same time. Hayes applies the Boston Crab and Hayes taps out. The refere is out. Williams runs in, attacking Breakker with the championship belt. Hayes goes to the top turnbuckle, hits the Nothing but Net to get the pinfall.

NXT Women's championship tournament 2023

2023-05-09 to 2023-05-28, WWE Performance Center, Orlando, Florida, USA

When women's champion Indi Hartwell is drafted to the main roster, she relinquishes her NXT title and a tournament is set up.

First round matches:

  1. NXT 2023-05-09: Tiffany Stratton def. Gigi Dolin
    Stratton hits a moonsault on Dolin to get the pinfall victory.
  2. Lyra Valkyria def. Kiana James
    Valkyria hits a spinning roundhouse kick, getting the pinfall victory.
  3. NXT 2023-05-16: Cora Jade def. Fallon Henley
    Jade pins Henley after a double underhook DDT.
  4. Roxanne Perez def. Jacy Jayne
    Perez hits the Pop Rocks to get the pinfall victory.

Semi-final matches:

  1. NXT 2023-05-23: Lyra Valkyria def. Cora Jade
    Valkyria hits a round-house kick to get the pinfall victory and advance to the final.
  2. Tiffany Stratton def. Roxanne Perez
    Stratton hits Perez with a moonsault to get the pinfall victory and advance to the final.
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Roxanne Perez Roxanne Perez
Jacy Jane
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Kiana James
Fallon Henley Cora Jade
Cora Jade

NXT Battleground

2023-05-28, Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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  1. North American championship, Triple threat:
    Wes Lee (ch) def. Joe Gacy [w/Ava], Tyler Bate
    Gacy goes for the top rope, but Lee jumps over the top rope to take out Bate. Coming back in, Lee takes out Gacy with a jumping back kick to retain the championship.
  2. Heritage Cup championsip:
    Noam Dar (ch) [w/Oro Mensah] def. Dragon Lee [w/Nathan Frazer]
    Dar get sthe first fall in the second round by pinfall after a back elbow. Lee gets the second fall in the fourth period by pinfall. In the fifth round Chikara Jackson runs in, distracting the referee, allowing Lash Legend ot hit Dragon Lee with a steel bucket, allowing Dar to get the deciding pinfall, to retain the Heritage cup.
  3. Last man standing match:
    Ilja Dragunov def. Dijak
    Dragunov plants Dijak on top a steel chair, and performs an elbow drop from the steel steps that was placed inside the ring. Dragunov gets up at nine, while Dijak stays down.
  4. NXT tagteam championship:
    Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) [w/Joe Coffey] (ch) def. Creed Brothers (Julitus & Brutus) [w/Ivy Nile]
    Nile takes our Joe Coffey who runs in, but is attacked by Ava. With the referee distracted, Gallus double-team Julius with the Gallus gate, allowing Coffey to get the pinfall victory.
  5. NXT Women's championship:
    Tiffany Stratton def. Lyra Valkyria
    Stratton reverses Valkyria's powerbomb attempt, and instead hits a moonsault from the second rope, getting the pinfall to win the vacant championship.
  6. NXT championship:
    Carmelo Hayes (ch) [w/Trick Williams] def. Bron Breakker
    Hayes hits a legdrop from the top rope to get the pinfall victory, retaining the championship.

Great American Bash

2023-07-30, H-E-B Center, Cedar Park, Texas, USA

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  1. NXT tagteam championship:
    Tony D'Angelo & Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo def. Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) (ch) [w/Joe Coffey]
    Angelo pins Coffey after a double-team move, to become the new champions.
  2. Weapons wild match:
    Roxanne Perez def. Blaire Davenport
    Perez puts Davenport through a table set out the ring, and goes on to perform the pop rocks onto a steel chair, getting the pinfall victory.
  3. Baron Corbin vs. Gable Steveson (c-o)
    The match ends in a count-out, as the two competitor slug it out outside the ring.
  4. NXT North American championship, Triple threat:
    Dominik Mysterio (ch) [w/Rhea Ripley] def. Wes Lee, Mustafa Ali
    Ali hits a 450 splash on Lee, but Ripley throws Ali out before he can get the pinfall. Dominik then hits a frog splash to get the pinfall victory.
  5. NXT Women's championship:
    Tiffany Stratton (ch) def. Thea Hail [w/Chase U (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson)] (subm.)
    Stratton locks Hail in a sit-down Boston Crab, moving into a one-legged crab with a knee on the back of Stratton. Andre Chase throws in the towel to end the match.
  6. NXT championship:
    Carmelo Hayes (ch) [w/Trick Williams] def. Ilja Dragunov
    Hayes hits the Nothing But Net from the top rope, getting the pinfall to retain the championship.

No Mercy

2023-09-30, Mechanics Bank Arena, Bakersfield, California, USA

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  1. Baron Corbin def. Bron Breakker
    Action spilled outside the ring before the match even started, with Corbin laying up Breakker on top of the announce table. Breakker rolls out of the way before Corbin lands. The match eventually starts, but later Corbin chokeslams Breakker through the announce table. Breakker sits up and delvers a spear to Corbin. Breakker sets up Corbin for the pinfall, when Mr. Stone distracts him long enough to allow Corbin to hit the End of Days to get the pinfall victory.
  2. North American championship, Special guest referee: Dragon Lee
    Trick Williams def. Dominik Mysterio (ch)
    Mysterio goes for a superkick, but Williams ducks away and Mysterio instead takes out the Lee. Williams goes for a cover, but with the referee out, there is no-one to count. A new referee but is again taken out by Mysterio. Williams goes to check on the referee, when Mysterio grabs the championship belt. Williams turns that to his advantage, taking out Mysterio and getting Lee back in to count the pinfall.
  3. NXT tagteam championship, Fatal four-way match:
    The Family (Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo & Tony D'Angelo) (ch) def. Out The Mud (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) [w/Scrypts], Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo, Creed Brothers (Brutus & Julius) [w/Ivy Nile]
    Brutus has Garza in the ankle lock, while Julius cleans out the opponents. Garza is getting closer to tap out when Carillo manages to break the hold. Brutus takes out Garza and Carillo, leaving only the Family and Price in the ring. Angelo and Stacks double-team Price with a back bodyslam, allowing Angelo to get the pinfall victory to retain the championship.
  4. Heritage Cup championsip:
    Noam Dar [w/Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend & Oro Mensah] (ch) def. Butch [w/Tyler Bate]
    Dar gets the first pinfall after Mensah hits Butch with a kick to the head while the referee is distracted. Butch gets the second fall after a DDT. With less than a minute left in the last round, Gallus come out, attacking Bate. Joe Coffey knocks out Butch, allowing Dar to get the third pinfall and retain the heritage cup.
  5. NXT championship:
    Ilja Dragunov def. Carmelo Hayes (ch)
    Dragunov hits the Super H-Bomb from the top rope, getting the pinfall victory to win the championship.
  6. NXT Women's championship, Extreme Rules:
    Becky Lynch (ch) def. Tiffany Stratton
    Lynch comes to the ring with a shopping cart full of match weapons. Stratton runs off to attack her, and the match immediately spills into the audience. Stratton places Lynch on a table outside the ring and hits a Swanton bomb from the top rope through the table. After dragging Lynch back into the ring, she hits another Swanton bomb, but is only able to get a two-count. Stratton places Lynch onto a pile of steel chairs in the ring and goes for a moonsault, but misses. Lynch hits a man-handle slam onto the chairs to get the three-count to retain.

NXT Women's Breakout Tournament

2022-10-03 to 2022-10-31, WWE Performance Center, Orlando, Florida, USA

The winner of the NXT breakout tournament gets a title shot at their choosing.

First round matches:

  1. NXT 2023-10-03: Kelani Jordan def. Izzi Dame
    Jordan hits a moonsault to get the pinfall victory.
  2. NXT 2023-10-10: Lola Vice def. Dani Palmer
    Vice locks Palmer for a submission, but Palmer reverses into a pinfall attempt. Vice kicks out at two, hits a kick to the side of the head, getting the pinfall victory.
  3. NXT 2023-10-17: Karmen Petrovic def. Jaida Parker (subm.)
    Petrovic locks Parker's head in a reverse leglock submission, getting the submission victory.
  4. Arianna Grace def. Brinley Reece
    Brinley Reece substituted for Jakara Jackson, who was forced to relinquish here spot due to injury. Reece hits a clothesline, but Grace rakes the eyes of Reece and gets the pinfall.

Semi-final matches (Halloween Havoc night 1):

  1. NXT 2023-10-24: Kelani Jordan def. Arianna Grace
    Grace places Jordan on the top turnbuckle and goes for a back bodyslam, but Jordan throws her off. Jordan hits a split-leg moonsault to get the pinfall.
  2. Lola Vice def. Karmen Petrovic
    Vice hits a roundhouse kick, knocking out Petrovic to get the pinfall victory.

Final (Halloween Havoc night 2):

Kelani Jordan Kelani Jordan Kelani JordanLola Vice
Izzi Dame
Arianna Grace Arianna Grace
Jakara Jackson Brinley Reece
Karmen PetrovicKarmen PetrovicLola Vice
Jaida Parker
Dani Palmer Lola Vice
Lola Vice

NXT Deadline

2023-12-09, Total Mortgage Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

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  1. North American championship:
    Dragon Lee def. Dominik Mysterio (ch)
    Lee substituted for an injured Wes Lee. Lee hits a powerbomb on Mysterio, but Domink kicks out. Lee charges for Mysterio from the ring corner, Mysterio picks him up but Lee is able to reverse into a pinfall to win the championship.
  2. Iron Survivor Challenge:
    Blair Davenport (3) def. Lash Legend (2), Fallon Henley (1), Tiffany Stratton (1), Kelani Jordan (0)
    Most falls within 25 minutes win the match. The winner becomes the number one contender for the NXT Women's championship. Henley and Davenport enter first. Stratton comes out third after five minutes, Stratton hits an Alabama slam on Henley, but Davenport breaks the pinfall and pins Henley herself, just before the ten-minute mark when Jordan enters. Coming back from the penalty, Henley attacks Stratton hitting the Shining Wizard to get a pinfall. Lash Legend enters last at the 15 minutes mark. Legend chokeslams Stratton and powerbombs Henley, putting them in a pile and pins both at the same time for two points. Davenport stomps Jordan from the top rope, getting her second pinfall. Stratton hits a moonsault on Legend, scoring her first pinfall. Davenport pins Henley with fifteen seconds left to get her third fall, winning the match.
  3. Carmelo Hayes def. Lexis King
    Hayes hits the Nothing but Net on King to get the pinfall.
  4. Iron Survivor Challenge:
    Trick Williams (4) def. Dijak (3), Tyler Bate (3), Bron Breakker (3), Josh Briggs (2)
    The winner becomes the number one contender for the NXT championship. Dijak and Briggs enter first. Dijak hits a GTS on Briggs just before Tyler Bate enters as number four. Briggs comes back after the penalty and immediately clotheslines Dijak, getting a pinfall. Dijak comes back in, trying to attack Bate, but Bate reverses into a rollup, scoring a quick pin on Dijak. Williams enters fourth. Bate hits a Tyler Driver on Williams, getting his second pinfall. Breakker enters last, quickly spearing Briggs, Bate and Dijak to get three pinfalls. Dijak hits a big boot on Williams, scoring a pinfall. Bate hits a Frankensteiner into a Tyler Driver to get the pinfall on Dijak. Briggs and Dijak perform simultaneous moonsaults, pinning Breakker and Dijak, with just over three minutes left, leaving three men with three decisions each. With 90 seconds left, Williams rolls up Briggs to get his first pinfall. Dijak rolls up Breakker to get a pinfall, when Eddie Thorpe removes the referee. Williams uses the confusion to pins Dijak and then Bates, tying at three falls. With five seconds left, Williams manages to score a fourth pinfall on Breakker, to win the match.
  5. Steel cage match:
    Kiana James def. Roxanne Perez
    Perez has a steel chair and is about to attack Kiana, when Izzy Dame arrives, distracting Perez. James hits a dealbreaker through the steel chair, to get the pinfall.
  6. NXT championship:
    Ilja Dragunov (ch) def. Baron Corbin
    Corbin kicks out after Dragunov's H-Bomb, but Dragunov eventually hits the Torpedo Moscow to get the pinfall.
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