WWE NXT Results – December 20, 2022
Kicking off this week’s NXT with a recap of Roxanne Perez winning the Women’s Title from Mandy Rose last week.
Carmelo Hayes vs. Axiom
Caremlo Hayes pushes Axiom to the mat. Axiom delivers a snapmare and an arm drag before they exchange submissions. Hayes delivers a back elbow, but Axiom manages to deliver a dropkick and a northern lights suplex. Hayes delivers a back elbow then looks for Fade Away but Axiom catches him with a kick that sends us to a break.
After the break Hayes is working on Axiom’s arm. Axiom delivers a few knee strikes before they exchange chops. Axiom delivers a dropkick, followed by an overhead suplex. Hayes delivers a boot, then locks in a crossface. Axiom escapes, then ascends to the top and delivers a crossbody. He locks in a Triangle hold, but Hayes escapes after he manages to counter it into a powerbomb. Hayes delivers a series of boots to Axiom’s face, but Axiom fires back with an overhand chop.
They teeter on the top rope before Axiom delivers a hurricanrana while the referee is distracted, Trick Williams shoves Axiom to the mat from the apron, allowing Hayes to deliver Nothing But Net for the win.
Winner: Carmelo Hayes (Recommend)
After the match Axiom delivers a moonsault off the ropes to Williams.
We head backstage to McKenzie Mitchell is with the #1 Contender to the NXT Title Grayson Waller. Mitchell asks Waller why he requested this time and says if Roxanne Perez can get her title match early, then he can too. Mitchell informs him that he’s on a media tour to promote Vengeance Day but Waller disregards this and tells him to meet him in the ring tonight.
We head backstage to Tony D’Angelo & Stacks. D’Angelo gets off the phone and says Wes Lee has agreed to grant him a North American Title match next week. He tells Stacks to find Dijak and tell him to stay out of it. Waller walks in and tells D’Angelo to let him know if he sees NXT Champion Bron Breakker.
Zoey Stark vs. Nikkita Lyons
As Nikkia Lyons was heading down to the ring Zoey Stark tries attacking her from behind, but Lyons sees her coming and manages to catch her with a kick to her midsection. They get in the ring and the bell rings. Lyons delivers a kick to Stark, then hits several shoulders to her midsection and a jumping forearm.
They spill to the outside and Stark sends Lyons into the ring post. Stark chokes Lyons on the middle rope, then delivers an overhand chop. She sends Lyons to the mat, but Lyons fires back with a pair of lariats and a suplex. She hits a few kicks, then goes for a pin. Stark kicks out and delivers a superkick to Lyons. Stark delivers a dropkick and a roundhouse kick to Lyon’s head, then goes for a pin.
Lyons kicks out and delivers a right hand to Stark. Lyons delivers a superkick, then follows it up with a forearm. She then looks for a roll up, but Stark reverses the fall and grabs the ropes for the win.
Winner: Zoey Stark
We go backstage to McKenzie Mitchell is with Cora Jade & Mitchell asks Jade for her thoughts about losing the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge and Roxanne Perez winning the Women’s Title. Jade says Perez got lucky before Wendy Choo comes out of nowhere and attacks her.
We are back from the break, we head to Fallon Henley going through financial records with Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs. Briggs says he thinks things will pick up and they just need to think of something. Kiana James and her assistant walk in. She tells her assistant to take stock of everything and Henley asks what they’re doing here, all the while Jensen is charmed. James says a little birdie told her that the bar is struggling and she went to the bank. She says she paid off the debts and can now buy the property from the bank. Henley challenges her to a match next week and says if she wins, then she keeps the bar but if she loses then she can buy the bar. James agrees.
NXT Women’s Tag Team Title Triple Threat Match
Kayden Carter & Katana Chance (c) vs. Toxic Attraction vs. Ivy Nile & Tatum Paxley
Match begins with Gigi Dolin sends Kayden Carter into the top turnbuckle face first. Jacy Jayne tags in and delivers a cannonball. Ivy Nile tags herself in and delivers a kick to Jayne’s face. Paxley tags in and they deliver a double suplex. Paxley then delivers an assisted flip, then tags in Nile. Nile delivers a kick to Jayne’s midsection, but Jayne delivers a forearm as Carter makes the blind tag. They spill to the outside before Carter delivers a crossbody that takes us to a break.
After the break Dolin delivers a clothesline to Nile. Carter tags in and delivers a pair of back elbows. Paxley tags in and Carter delivers a crossbody to her. Katana Chance tags in and delivers a hurrcanrana to Paxley off the top rope. She goes for a pin but Nile breaks it up. Dolin tags in and delivers a forearm to Nile’s head. Jayne tags in and delivers a superkick to Nile. She follows it up with a senton, then goes for a pin but Carter breaks the fall.
Jayne then delivers a hip attack and looks for a cannonball, but Nile rolls out of the way and tags in Paxley. Paxley goes flying, then tags in Nile. Jayne delivers a neckbreaker before Chance tags herself in and delivers a codebreaker. Carter tags in and Nile locks in Diamond Chin Lock but Carter uses the ropes to reverse the hold into a pin for the win.
Winners & NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions: Kayden Carter & Katana Chance (STILL CHAMPIONS!!!)
We then head to a video hyping up Oro Mensah.
We head to a video of Booker T & Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez sitting down earlier today backstage. Booker T tells Perez he’s proud of her and asks how she felt after her win. She says she was overwhelmed, but she managed to pull out the win. She says she never looked back after walking into Booker T’s school. She says her goal was to be the youngest NXT Women’s Champion after, but she’s already managed to capture the Women’s Tag Team Titles and win the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge. Booker T asks why she didn’t wait until New Year’s Evil and she says he remembers him telling her to bet on herself. Booker T congratulates her before Perez asks him for advice. Booker says he’s always been about checks and championships. He says you’ll always have butterflies and nerves, but you have to turn the butterflies on their backs.
Apollo Crews congratulates Perez on her Womens Title win, then says it was well deserved. He then says he felt like he would be leaving Deadline as the new NXT Champion to accomplish what he set out to do on NXT and says even though he didn’t win, he’s not out of championship contention. He says when NXT gets back on the road, he sees himself challenging for the NXT Title once again.
Carmelo Hayes’ music hits and he heads to the ring. He tells Crews he has it all and he has no problem adding Crews to the list of all the jerseys he has put on the rafters. Crews says Hayes has everything from the swagger to the in-ring skills, but Hayes cuts him off. He says that even though the one thing he may not have is the title, neither dies Crews. Crews humbles Hayes and says there is always someone better than he is and tells him to name him the time and place.
We head backstage to NXT Tag Team Champions New Day in the locker room. Pretty Deadly walk in with a bunch of presents. New Day asks if they got everything on their Christmas list and Kit Wilson says they didn’t quite get anything. New Day says they don’t get their NXT Tag Team Title shot until they do as they say. Elton Prince complains to Wilson.
We then see Alba Fyre heading to the ring backstage, but Isla Dawn ambushes her and blows red powder into her face.
After the break, we head to a video from last week of Edris Enofé,Malik Blade & Odyssey Jones running into Ava Raine. Raine asks when they will get serious and Enofé says they’re just trying to have fun. Blade says they don’t believe in Schism, & The Schism tells them they need to smarten up.
We head backstage to Alba Fyre being checked on in the medical office. Grayson Waller walks in looking for Breakker and the medical official tells him that they’re dealing with a serious situation
Elektra Lopez vs. Indi Hartwell
Indi Hartwell shoves Elektra Lopez into the corner. She delivers several shoulders to her midsection and a big boot, but Lopez fires back with a boot of her own. She follows it up with a forearm before they spill to the outside and she sends Hartwell shoulder first into the ring post. Lopez tosses Hartwell back in the ring, then delivers a series of kicks and whips her to the mat.
Hartwell delivers a few right hands and a pair of clotheslines before they level each other with crossbodies. Lopez delivers a boot, then ascends to the top rope as she puts on a pair of brass knuckles. Hartwell pulls her off and looks for a move, but Lopez hits her with a right hand to put Hartwell away.
Winner: Elektra Lopez
We go backstage to Alba Fyre in the medical office. The medical official clears her for in ring competition.
We are back from the break, we go backstage to McKenzie Mitchell is with North American Champion Wes Lee. Mitchell asks why he wanted to defend the North American Title against Tony D’Angelo next week and he says he wants to be a fighting champion. He says the North American Title won’t be leaving his shoulder anytime soon.
Sol Ruca vs. Alba Fyre
Alba Fyre gets in the ring. Isla Dawn comes out of nowhere and attacks Fyre. She traps her arm between the ring post and ring steps, then picks up Fyre’s bat and hits her arm with it.
Winner: No One (Match Never Got Started)
We head to Chase U, who are holding a Christmas potluck. Thea Hail hands Andre Chase a sweater before several other students hand him food. One tries to give him fruitcake, but Chase calls him a dumbass because he’s allergic to it. Several other students with fruit cake leave the line while Duke Hudson, who doesn’t have a present, tells another student he needs to talk to the Dean and he’ll watch his present: a plaque that says #1 Professor Andre Chase. Hudson then goes over to Chase and gives him the plaque before they hug.
We head backstage to McKenzie Mitchell is with Fallon Henley, Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs. Kiana James walks in and Henley says she doesn’t want to deal with her tonight. James says she isn’t there for her, but for Jensen. She wishes him good luck in his upcoming match.
We head to a video of Drew Gulak teaching a student how to wrestle. Hank Walker walks in and says he’s noticed that he’s been scouting over the past few weeks. Walker says he’s been working hard and asks him for advice. Gulak invites him to a seminar he’s hosting next week so he can observe and Walker accepts.
NXT Tag Team Title Match
New Day (c) vs. Josh Briggs & Brooks Jansen
Kofi Kingston & Brooks Jensen lock up to get this match started then Kingston delivers a right hand to Jensen’s head, but Jensen fires back with a pair of shoulder tackles. He follows it up with a bodyslam then tags in Xavier Woods. Woods delivers a superkick then delivers a chop and a spinning back elbow. He follows it up with a forearm then tags in Kingston.
Kingston delivers a dropkick, then tags Woods back in. Woods delivers a basement dropkick, then follows it up with a slingblade. Josh Briggs tags in and delivers a reverse atomic drop. He delivers a forearm as we see Kiana James & her assistant watching on from the audience.
After the break Woods delivers an enziguri to Jensen and tags in Kingston. Kingston delivers a dropkick, but Jensen manages to deliver a boot to his midsection. Kingston fires back with a crossbody off the top rope, then follows it up with the Boom Drop. Kingston delivers SOS and goes for a pin, but Jensen grabs the bottom rope to break the fall.
Briggs & Woods tag in. Briggs delivers a massive right hand and a big boot. Jensen tags in and delivers an atomic drop, then goes for a pin. Kingston kicks out and Jensen whips him into the corner. Briggs tags in and sits Kingston on the top turnbuckle. He slips under Briggs before Briggs manages to hit him with a moonsault off the top rope. He goes for a pin, but Kingston kicks out.
Briggs sits Kingston on his shoulders as Jensen ascends to the top. Woods knocks him off the top as Kingston delivers a poisionrana and Trouble In Paradise to Briggs. Woods tags in and delivers an elbow drop for the win.
Winners & NXT Tag Team Champions: New Day (STILL CHAMPIONS!!!)
After the match New Day offers their hands to Jensen & Briggs they accept & all 4 men shake hands and hug.
We head backstage and see Stacks practicing what he’s going to say to Dijak. He then heads into his dressing room.
We then head to Grayson Waller who calls out Bron Breakker once again and says he’s headed to the ring.
Backstsge Diamond Mine is getting interviewed but they were confronted by Indus Sher to challenge them but Veer Mahaan told them that they wanted proof that they were ready. Creed Brothers revealed that Julius would face JD McDonagh next week.
Grayson Waller grabs a mic and says he’s calling his shot and wants his NXT Title match right now. He says he forgot Breakker and says he’s been carrying NXT on his back throughout 2022. He says no man or woman on the roster can do what he can and says he will soon be the greatest NXT Champion of all time. He continues to rag on Breakker before we see a car pull up. Breakker gets out of it and heads to the ring.
Breakker tackles Waller with a Spear, but suddenly goes unconscious. Waller unzips his jacket to reveal a steel plate and a vest. Waller says he outsmarted Breakker and says he will do so once again at New Year’s Evil then holds up the NXT Title to close out this week’s NXT.
Next Weeks NXT (Spoilers)
Julius Creed vs. JD McDonagh
Wendy Choo vs. Cora Jade
Scrypts vs. Ikemen Jiro
Lyra Valkyria vs. Lash Legend
Fallon Henley vs. Kiana James
If Henley wins her parents debts are paid off & Kiana James must leave the bar alone forever
If Kiana James wins she owns the bar
6 Man Tag Team Match
The Schism vs. Odyssey Jones,Edris Enofe & Malik Blade
North American Title Match
Wes Lee (c) vs. Tony D’Angelo
