NXT – 11.10.26

By Niz on 10 November 2026

Last week on NXT: Ultra-Nueva captured the 2026 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Cup and earned a title shot for tonight’s broadcast! A whole lot of main roster folks turned up, as well.

NXT comes to your screens this evening LIVE AND IN LIVING COLOR from The Performance Center in Orlando, FL. The announcing squad for tonight’s show consists of Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett (!) on match calls and analysis, Mike Rome handling ring introductions, and Blake Howard roaming the backstage area for news and interviews. We are now on the ROAD TO NXT TLC and it’s time, so let’s watch some wrestling!

Here’s a look back at last week’s big Wednesday night NXT. Some folks have arrived for work: Ultra-Nueva are nervously warming up, and The Vanity Project appear nervous as well. Wade Barrett has joined the announce team tonight as our pal Booker has taken a well-earned vacation.

“Cult of Personality” brings out NXT Men’s Champion Grayson Waller to the annoyance of everyone. Waller’s new t-shirt is reminiscent of Punk’s “Chicago Flag with Crossed X Fists” shirt and I dig it thoroughly. Waller says he’s the landlord and “that brother” didn’t pay his rent. Waller says he was surprised just how quickly he’s made the NXT Men’s title important again. Waller mentions pinning Punk in the middle of the ring and Punk is an all-time legend. Waller speculates on what’s next and says he put Tony D’Angelo on that bridge, and beaten CM Punk, which makes him the Best in the World. Waller wants a new challenger and here’s Shiloh Hill.

Hill says he’s been battling demons and on a unique adventure, but he’s been eyeing up Waller. Hill mentions Waller using a handful of tights while beating Punk, and says the locker room noticed when Waller called everyone soft and lazy. Hill says he stepped to Waller after being hurt and Waller concedes he did do that. Hill puts over the year he’s had while mentioning he couldn’t believe Waller’s cheek in saying everything he said and you DON’T RUN YOUR MOUTH ABOUT SHILOH HILL. Waller tells Hill he’s not ready and leaves. Here’s Mason Rook out to smash Waller from behind and send him back into the ring. Rook hoists Waller and hits a running cannonball driver into a corner. Rook and Hill eye each other as Waller writhes in pain.

Here’s Kam Hendrix on his way out complaining that he wasn’t invited into the John Cena Classic last week. “Big trippin’, cutty” says Hendrix, and he’s about to wreck who’s up next. EK Prosper is heading out and says he will show everyone how to knock Hendrix’s lights out. Let’s take a commercial break, shall we?

EARLIER TODAY here’s John Cena greeting Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno. Cena mentions Dar being with WWE for a decade and then puts over Moreno’s world wide credentials before joining the company. Cena invites both Dar and Moreno to the Classic and they are really excited. Cena also gives Dar and Moreno haliburtons and says he’s truly excited to have both guys in the Classic. Back live, NXT Tag Team Champions Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes are very upset about this development. NXT Men’s North American Champion Jackson Drake tries and fails to calm them down. Myka Lockwood: “Y’all are pissed? LET’S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!”.

Kam Hendrix vs EK Prosper

Hey, some wrestling on a wrestling show! Adrian Butler is refereeing this one. Hendrix cost Prosper in a big way during Prosper’s NA Title shot a few weeks back to set this up. Prosper got a bit of payback at Halloween Havoc but wanted this match in addition to that bit of skullduggery. Hendrix grabs a wristlock and Prosper theatrically reverses. Hendrix cranks Prosper down to the mat after reversing and drives in a knee. Prosper smashes a charging Hendrix with a high boot and then fires off a rana. Prosper dropkicks Hendrix to the floor and then smashes him back down there when Hendrix tries to return. Hendrix runs into a Prosper blockbuster and Prosper’s cover gets two. Hendrix fires up with a lariat and pulls Prosper in for an overhead reverse slam. Prosper bails to the apron and dumps Hendrix to the floor when he charges. Prosper hits a springboard moonsault and we go to commercials.

Hendrix is working a side headlock when the show returns. Hendrix gets driven back into a corner but he sends Prosper into a top turnbuckle when he charges. Hendrix drops an elbow and a knee before pulling Prosper up on his shoulder for a one handed slam that gets two. Prosper fires off a tornado DDT and we reset with both guys down. Prosper starts firing rights at Hendrix and then mashes him with some lariats and a superkick. Prosper hits another springboard moonsault before nailing Hendrix with a running kick that gets two. Prosper goes to the apron and Hendrix catches him with a showtime kick when he comes off the ropes. Hendrix cover gets two. Hendrix gets rolled up for two and then wanders into a roundhouse kick. Prosper ascends but Hendrix hits the ropes to crotch him. Hendrix hits a Death Valley Driver and his cover gets two. Hendrix eats a dropkick and then misses a charge. Prosper ascends again and hits his Five Star Moonsault to end things.

Okay, let’s have more of this match-up please. Hendrix’s best effort by a mile on the NXT roster thus far, and Prosper gets his revenge for the Drake match. Really liked this as an opener, it was athletic and had some big strikes, so I’m all good with the content. These two guys are solid prospects and this match should go on to both of their highlight tapes. 3.75*

Winner – EK Prosper (Five Star Moonsault)

Post-match sees an incandescent Hendrix destroying the ringside area before whipping a bunch of chairs around the arena. He’s hauled away by some referees.

THE FOCUS PRESENTED BY PROGRESSIVE sees Myles Borne approaching a grim-faced Tony D’Angelo on the bridge. D’Angelo tells Borne he’s coming to work, and a grinning Borne says okay!

Izzi Dame makes an entrance and is still announced as representing the Culling, in case you were wondering. We go to commercials.

The Vanity Project are destroying Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno backstage when the show returns. Jackson Drake uses a trashcan on Dar, and the Project exit as the fallen challengers roll around in pain.

Wren Sinclair vs Izzi Dame

Derek Sanders is overseeing this one. Dame trucks Sinclair down and then yanks Sinclair to the mat. Dame goes behind and rolls up Sinclair for two. Sinclair eats a lariat and Dame’s cover gets one. Sinclair works a wristlock and goes to some SMALL JOINT MANIPULATION. Sinclair slaps on an octopus and then rolls down and through for a two count. Sinclair gets a bunch of two counts and Dame blasts her with a kick to break up Sinclair’s flurry. Sinclair slips a charge and trucks Dame down. Sinclair wants the Final Wrench but Dame blasts her with a right. Sinclair kicks Dame to the floor and nails her with a dropkick. Sinclair puts the badmouth on Dame as we go to commercials.

They’re slugging it out when the show returns and Dame yanks up Sinclair for a slam. Sinclair wallops Dame with a leaping dropkick and we reset. Dame is up first but Sinclair nails her with an elbow. They slug it out and Sinclair nails Dame with some slaps and a double sledge. There are simultaneous clotheslines and Sinclair gets up first. Sinclair hits a double underhook suplex and covers her for two. (Sinclair is selling a back issue here, so the story is her being impaired while trying all this stuff heading to her back-centric finish.) Dame drops Sinclair with a backbreaker and then yanks her up for a chokeslam that gets two. Dame gets pulled into an inside cradle for two, and Sinclair puts on the Final Wrench. Dame rolls over and Sinclair sends her into a top turnbuckle. Dame wanders into a sort of airplane spin, but comes off the ropes with a huge knee to Sinclair’s temple that ends things.

Huh. Well, I wasn’t expecting a clean win there but that’s what we got. Izzi Dame is a one-note worker, but given that she’s meant to be a striker, she does it fairly competently. She could use some help in involving the crowd with her stuff, though. Sinclair is at the point now where wins and losses don’t really matter all that much, she can be heated up quickly and remains over with the crowd. Still, though, where the heck is Kendal Grey at this point? 2.5*

Winner – Izzi Dame (running knee strike)

Post-match sees NXT Women’s North American Champion Zaria fly in to attack Dame. Zaria drops Dame with a spear and an F5 before looming over her while hoisting her title.

EARLIER John Cena invited NXT Women’s Champion Kelani Jordan into the Classic. Jordan gets the token and a haliburton and she seems legit overwhelmed by it. Jordan is heading to the ring as it’s time to sell some more goods and services.

Here’s Blake Howard with Zilla Fatu, and Howard wants to know what’s next for him. Fatu says he’s “marking out” about being invited into the Classic. Fatu wants to be part of the NXT Championship scene and promises to call Grayson Waller out tonight.

Kelani Jordan is mid-ring and mentions defeating Paige last week, but she’s not surprised about that result or being selected for the John Cena Classic. Jordan says when you’re the best opportunities will always come your way, but she’s also held to a higher standard. Jordan says everyone is hoping she’ll slip up but that’s what comes with being the best. Jordan says no one else can handle her load and that’s why she’s going to rest up. Jordan says she’ll see everyone on December 14th for the Classic and here’s….Kendal Grey.

Grey says it feels good to be back and says she loves Jordan’s victory lap. Grey says she’s been injured and in therapy before getting jumped and dragged to the floor by Jordan. Grey is now fully cleared and Jordan is clearly forgetting who’s standing in front of her. Grey wants her title rematch and Jordan says Grey is so far in her rearview that she barely remembers her face. Grey says she’s back to do what she does best and the only reason Jordan has the title is because Grey hasn’t had a rematch. Here’s NXT GM Robert Stone out to say that what’s fair is Grey getting her rematch NEXT WEEK.

Here’s Tony D’Angelo arriving to the NXT Parking Lot where he’s again greeted by Myles Borne. D’Angelo shakes that off and heads into work. We go to commercials.

Robert Stone is at Medical and is advised by a doc that Dar and Moreno are not cleared for action tonight after the Vanity Project attack. The Project sidle up and goof on Stone’s predicament, but Stone says the titles are still on the line tonight. The Project want to know who the opponents are and Stone exits while saying the match is happening soon.

Chantel Monroe vs Lizzy Rain

This is a rematch, and Monroe cheated to win the first one. Chip Danning is the referee in charge. Monroe grabs a roll up for one to start and then slaps Rain dead in the face. Rain chases Monroe to the floor and catches her on the aisle-side of the ring. Rain bashes Monroe around and shoves her back in for a lariat and some chops. Rain hits a snap-mare and fires off another chop. Rain’s back elbow gets two. Rain pushes Monroe to a corner and then nails her with a kick. Monroe takes control and fires off a double knee strike that gets two. Monroe eats a clothesline before Rain yanks her up for a Fisherman’s suplex. Rain wants a crab but Monroe bails. Rain bashes Monroe with a between-the-ropes dropkick and we go to a break.

They’re up on a top turnbuckle when the show returns. Rain fights Monroe off and sends her to the mat. Rain ascends for a missile dropkick that barely connects and both are down. They slug it out and Rain fires off a discus punch before eating a superkick. Rain yanks Monroe up for a Saito suplex and starts her shotgun chops in a corner. Monroe gets dropped in the middle of the ring but fights off the crab again. Rain hits a spinebuster and pulls Monroe into a Liontamer. Monroe makes the ropes to break it up. Rain gets pulled into an inside cradle for two. Monroe murders Rain with a knee and covers her for two. Monroe slaps on a submission and Rain rolls her over for two. Rain hits a roundhouse but misses a charge. Monroe tries to use the ropes again in a roll up but Danning catches her. Rain nails Monroe with a running uppercut and finishes her with Thunderstruck.

Rain gets her win back, and I would assume we’ll have a blow-off at some point. This was better than the first match but Rain is still really kind of a work in progress with her strikes actually connecting. Monroe is green and it shows, but I will say that she is not afraid to lay in her strikes at all. They were throwing bombs in there at one point. Not a bad effort but nowhere near great, either. 2.5*

Winner – Lizzy Rain (Thunderstruck)

Here’s Blake Howard with Mason Rook. Rook says he busted his ass to get back and cleared, and he was not happy about seeing all the Waller challengers while he was on the shelf. Rook says he’s made his title intentions known, and so has Shiloh Hill, but Rook wants to watch Zilla Fatu and see where he is before talking about what’s next.

The Vanity Project make their entrance and we go to commercials.

Blake Howard catches up with a still-grumpy Kam Hendrix in the locker room, and Hendrix runs his mouth about Tony D’Angelo. D’Angelo tells him to shut up, so Hendrix starts blasting him with rights. Hendrix is yanked out of the locker room as a dazed D’Angelo recovers on the floor.

NXT Tag Team Championship: The Vanity Project (Ricky Smokes and Brad Baylor) (C) vs Hank & Tank

Hank and Tank attack prior to the bell. Dallas Irvin is in charge of this one and sounds for the bell as the action continues. Tank smashes Smokes around and Hank tags in a for a double reverse slam that gets two. Hank mashes Smokes in a corner and runs him into a returning Baylor. Tank tags in and Smokes has no one to tag. Baylor limps in and he eats a reverse springboard elbow. Hank and Tank yank up Baylor and Smokes for a bashing and their covers get two. Baylor yanks Tank to the floor and Smokes takes over on Hank. Baylor tags in and fires off some rights before tagging Smokes. Smokes hits a spear and covers Hank for two. Baylor tags in and he fires Smokes past a quicker-than-you’d-expect Hank. Hank yanks Baylor up for a slam and tags in Tank. Tank hits a plancha and covers Baylor for two. Tank hits some jabs and a big right before Smokes interferes from the floor. Baylor drops Tank with a Bossman slam and Smokes covers him for two. We reset with everyone down and go to commercials.

Tank tosses Smokes away but Baylor prevents a tag by blasting Tank with a dropkick that gets two. Smokes tags in and nails Tank with a right before Baylor comes back in. Tank escapes from the Project corner and finally tags in Hank. Hank runs wild on the Project and nails Smokes with a running lariat. Hank yanks Baylor into another Bossman slam and covers him for two. Tank tags in and Smokes comes in to prevent a double team. Smokes gets dumped and then smashed onto a prone Baylor when he returns. Hank and Tank line up the Project and miss a HONK HONK. The Project put sleepers on and Hank and Tank drive them into opposite corners. HONK HONK hits on Baylor and Tank mashes Baylor with a lariat. Tank sends Smokes to the floor with a knee and then waffles Baylor with a swanton that gets a LONG two. Here’s a bandaged up Dar and Moreno out to attack the Project but while this is happening Myka Lockwood pushes Hank off a top turnbuckle. Baylor springs up and rolls Hank over for three.

So I think this will probably lead to a three-way dance at some point, but I’m fine with that as an outcome – although, this seems like a “go around the block to get to next door” type of deal with the booking. It’s not like the attack on Dar and Moreno wasn’t shown, so they run an injury angle and then Dar and Moreno end up costing Hank and Tank. Like that’s a long way to go to get to where this is presumably going. Anyway, this was every Hank and Tank match you’ve ever seen, way too fast, not enough selling, and a chaos finish that cost them this time. 3*

Winners AND STILL NXT Tag Team Champions – The Vanity Project (Baylor rolls up Hank)

Post-match sees a livid Hank and Tank confront Dar and Moreno and a lot of yelling and pointing breaks out.

Last week saw Chad Gable and Dragon Lee in the locker room with Saquon Shugars and Sean Legacy. Gable says Shugars needs to learn to listen. Here’s Tristan Angels in to put the badmouth on Legacy. Legacy talks shit to both Shugars and Angels before exiting.

Here’s Shiloh Hill walking past Zilla Fatu who’s on his way to chat with the NXT UNIVERSE after commercials.

Here’s Thea Hail and Layla Diggs chatting about Hail’s current medical stuff, and Hail wants things kept quiet. Chantel Monroe wanders in and calls Diggs and Hail losers, and Monroe then mentions Hail’s medical issue before flouncing away. Hail is upset and leaves with Diggs calling after her.

Joseph talks about next week’s card including the Women’s title match, and a newly-announced Hendrix-D’Angelo match.

Here’s Zilla Fatu out for a chat. Fatu says his time is now and he feels blessed. Fatu is wearing his John Cena Classic Starter jacket, and wants to call out Grayson Waller, but here’s Darkstate out as Fatu points out 946 stealing their catchphrase. Dion Lennox talks shit about Cruz Montana and 946 in a probably-terrible idea. Lennox says Fatu is not ready for the title and says Fatu will throw his shot away. Darkstate advance and here’s Birthright out to say Darkstate are hardly even relevant because they’re the top DOGS. Everyone lines up on the apron and Fatu calls out Lennox for next week. Fatu then mentions “DOGS” to Charles Dempsey, and here are Los Perros del Mal out with Karmen Petrovic. Everyone is on the apron and a gigantic fight breaks out as Fatu escapes to the floor. A ton of refs pour out and are helpless in trying to stop the incredible amount of brawling. The credits roll and we are OUT.

There was a lot of talk tonight with only four matches, but we’re moving towards a new PLE cycle and so some resets had to happen. The ring work was all mostly solid tonight, but the standout for me was the Hendrix-Prosper opener. I thought the two women’s matches were okay for the most part but nothing you have to go out of your way to see. The tag title match can also be skipped if you missed it only because you’ve seen it a million times before with other teams (too fast, no selling, chaos finish). I’m okay with tonight and we’ll move forward with about a month to go to the John Cena Classic, TLC, and Worlds Collide on the horizon.

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