WWE NXT Results - September 23, 2025: Lights Out Mayhem, Masked Swerves, and a Cross-Brand Melee to Close the Show
NXT followed last week’s Homecoming with a high-octane night of brawls, swerves, and a wild finish that spilled into a full-on locker room fight. Here’s everything that went down in Orlando.
Opening notes
- Quick recap of NXT Homecoming → arrivals montage → straight to chaos.
Lights Out Match
Myles Borne def. Lexis King (Borne Again through a table)
With the arena bathed in blue and minimal lighting, King and Borne tore into each other using chairs, steps, and a belt. Highlights included Borne catapulting King into a wedged chair and then spearing him through the barricade. After a superkick from King briefly swung momentum, Borne planted him with Borne Again off the steps through a table for the pin.
Backstage beats: Stevie Turner & Robert Stone fielded a call from GM Ava (checking in from England) and were told to “handle things.” TNA faces were spotted roaming the hallways. Ethan Page nodded at a victorious Borne as he walked by. Mance Warner & Steph De Lander lurked in the background.
Ethan Page calls out Wagner… and gets Heights
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. def. Ethan Page (ankle lock)
Post-match reveal: Wagner unmasks → it’s Tavion Heights.
“All Ego” went to the ring to boast about last week and taunt Wagner, even inviting him to No Mercy. Wagner “accepted,” tapped Page with an ankle lock in quick fashion… then unmasked to reveal Tavion Heights had duped him. Page fumed as Heights smirked from the aisle.
Speed Women’s #1 Contender Tournament Final
Lainey Reid def. Candice LeRae (running knee)
LeRae started hot (springboard crossbody to the floor, apron facebuster), but the closing scramble favored the rising contender. Reid survived a Gargano Escape counter sequence and stunned Candice with a short-range knee for the three. Post-match, Reid promised some “Southern hospitality” when she challenges for the WWE Speed Women’s Championship.
Grace vs. Grace (No relation)
Jordynne Grace def. Arianna Grace (spin-out Argentine powerbomb)
Jordynne bulldozed early (front kick, splash, World’s Strongest Slam), missed a Vader Bomb, then reasserted control with short-arm lariats and a spinning spinebuster → Argentine rack spin-out to win. Stacks whisked Arianna away, but Blake Monroe ambushed Jordynne with a pink kendo stick.
Announcement: Turner & Stone made it official—Jordynne Grace vs. Blake Monroe at No Mercy in a Weapons Match… inside a Steel Cage. The brawl reignited as officials swarmed.
Jacy Jayne & Lola Vice: Mic-check before Miami
In-ring promo segment
Jayne reminded everyone she’s been NXT Women’s Champion 100+ days, dismissing Lola Vice as a social-media star playing wrestler. Vice fired back: last year she was just a fighter; this year she’s a full-fledged WWE Superstar. When Jacy threatened to send Lola home a disappointment, Vice dropped her with a spinning backfist and shimmied with the title to end the segment.
Chase U & Joe Hendry try to Believe…
Darkstate def. Chase U (Kale Dixon & Uriah Connors) & Joe Hendry (tossing assisted powerbomb on Connors)
Fast tags and highlight reels (Dixon hit a Sasuke Special) kept this lively. The numbers finally caught up to Chase U as Darkstate isolated Connors and finished him with a tossing assisted powerbomb. Earlier, Andre Chase welcomed NASCAR guests, teased a “say his name and he appears” gag—then Joe Hendry materialized to a pop.
Backstage thread: Je’Von Evans promised to “bounce around” Josh Briggs later this week; a thud in the hall revealed Jazmyn Nyx laid out. Fallon Henley and Jayne didn’t seem overly concerned.
Women’s Division threads keep weaving
- Lyra Valkyria tried to keep her friends from “going crazy” and leaned on Tatum Paxley… until Izzi Dame pulled Lyra away with a reminder of past issues.
- Asuka/IYO/Rhea/Kairi friction from Raw carried over in quick cut-ins as Asuka prepared for her match on Monday (receipts are coming).
Main Event: Title Showdown (NXT vs. TNA)
Oba Femi (NXT Champion) vs. Trick Williams (TNA World Champion)
Result: Oba Femi wins by disqualification after outside chaos
This was a heavyweight sprint: Trick rocked Oba with Cyclone Kills and a Trick Shot, while Femi answered with chokeslams, a Big Ending, and Fall From Grace (Trick kicked out!). The crowd became a who’s who of TNA—Zachary Wentz, Steve Maclin, Matt Cardona, Eric Young, Frankie Kazarian, even Mike Santana on commentary.
The boiling point: Trick slapped Santana, Santana slapped back, and the ref called it, awarding the DQ to Oba Femi.
Aftermath: The ring filled with TNA and NXT rosters throwing hands. In the final image, Ricky Saints calmly picked up the NXT title—until Oba rose, took it back, and held it high as the show faded.
🗣️ Wrestling.news | Backstage Take
NXT cooked with variety and velocity tonight. The Lights Out opener set a gritty tone, Tavion Heights’ mask swerve was perfectly timed, and Lainey Reid continues to climb with a real signature win. The women’s scene is layered—Jayne/Vice is peaking at the right time, while Jordynne vs. Monroe getting a Cage Weapons Match feels like a savvy escalation for No Mercy.
The headline, though, is the NXT–TNA temperature. Planting this many TNA faces around a champion vs. champion main event wasn’t subtle—this is a slow burn to a bigger inter-brand moment. If NXT keeps threading these cross-overs while protecting its own pillars (Oba, Trick, Jayne), the brand will be the most unpredictable weekly wrestling show on TV.
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