WWE NXT Results – January 17, 2023
Kicking off this week’s NXT with a recap of last week’s New Year’s Evil
Tag Team Match
Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams vs. Apollo Crews & Axiom
Match starts off with Trick Williams & Axiom lock up. Axiom delivers a dropkick, but Williams fires back with a pair of shoulder tackles and a vicious right hand then Carmelo Hayes tags in and Axiom takes him down. He delivers an arm drag and a kick to his head, then tags in Apollo Crews. Crews delivers a dropkick before Hayes delivers a dropkick and plants Crews with the headscissors. He knocks him to the outside, and Williams checks on him. Crews tosses Axiom on Hayes & Williams to take them both out that takes us to a break.
After the break Axiom rolls up Hayes. Hayes kicks out and levels Axiom before Crews & Axiom deliver simultaneous German suplexes to Williams & Hayes. Williams takes out Crews as Hayes beats down Axiom in the center of the ring. Williams tags in and continues to wear down Axiom, then tags Hayes back in. Axiom delivers a dropkick to knock Williams off the apron, then tags in Crews.
Crews delivers a big boot and a right hand, then follows it up with a splash in the corner and an enziguri. He delivers a military press and a standing 450 Splash, then goes for a pin but Williams breaks the fall before Axiom levels him with Golden Ratio on the outside. Hayes then looks to connect with Nothing But Net but Crews catches him and rolls him up for the win.
Winners: Apollo Crews & Axiom
We then head to a video of Tony D’Angelo & Stacks on a bridge. Stacks asks why they are there and D’Angelo says bridges can represent both the beginning and the end. He thanks Stacks for putting himself on the line for him time and time again, and Stacks says if this is the end he will still remain loyal. D’Angelo tells Stacks his days of being a soldier are over and tells him it’s time for him to be the other boss & he gives him the D’Angelo family crest.
After the break, we head backstage to McKenzie Mitchell is with Tiffany Stratton. Mitchell throws it to a video of Stratton being unable to get into her dressing room and Indi Hartwell answers the door. Hartwell tells Stratton she doesn’t deserve her own locker room, then pulls down the sign with her name off and replaces it with one for the entire women’s locker room. Stratton says that Hartwell could fit her entire wardrobe in a garbage bag and she now has to show the entire women’s division there is only one star in it.
Toxic Attraction tell the NXT Universe that they told them so after they managed to win the 20 Woman Battle Royal last week. They put themselves over, then say while they tried to eliminate each other, they’re a team at the end of the day. Gigi Dolin says there’s no animosity or jealousy between them, then says the Toxic Attraction revenge tour is in full swing. Jacy Jayne then puts Roxanne Perez on notice.
Lyra Valkyira’s music hits and she heads to the ring. Valkyria says she would’ve won last week if it wasn’t for Cora Jade, then says she doesn’t see a champion in either one of them. Jayne asks Valkyria where she came from and says they’ve been champions longer than she’s been here. Dolin tells her to go to the back of the line. Valkyria says she sees two women that can’t beat Perez on their own. Toxic Attraction then attacks Valkyria, but Womens Champion Roxanne Perez runs to the ring and makes the save.
We go backstage to the Creed Brothers arguing over who gets to face Jinder Mahal next. Ivy Nile & Tatum Paxley walk in and Nile screams at them. She asks what happened to them and says they’re far from where they need to be.
We are back from the break, we head to a live stream from Stevie Turner. She reacts to last week’s #1 Contenders 20 Woman Battle Royal.
Alba Fyre vs. Sol Ruca
Match starts off with a lock up before Sol Ruca trips Alba Fyre, then plants her with a facebuster. She goes for a pin, but Fyre kicks out. Fyre delivers a pair of kicks to her chest, then delivers a chop and a superkick. Isla Dawn then appears to watch the match & Fyre gets distracted and that allows Ruca to deliver Sol Snatcher for the win.
Winner: Sol Ruca
Back from the break, we head to a video from Dijak. He says he came back to NXT to collect punitive damages and Wes Lee will fill his bag by giving him championship gold. He tells him that high damage awaits.
We then head to a video of Vic Joseph is with the #1 Contender to the NXT Title Grayson Waller. Waller says New Year’s Evil was supposed to be the night he saved NXT and he had him beat. He says he knew exactly what Bron Breakker was going to do, but the reason he’s not sitting here as champion was something that was out of his control: the middle rope snapping. Joseph says he thought Waller would be crowned as NXT Champion after delivering a vicious knee, and Waller agrees. He says he ascended to the middle to finish him off, but next thing he knew, the referee was counting to 10 and he lost. He then pulls out a replica of the NXT Title and says at Vengeance Day he will pin Breakker no matter what happens.
After the commerical break, we head backstage and see Alba Fyre with a bat to the throat of the referee of her match earlier tonight. NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Katana Chance & Kayden Carter walk in and ask her what’s going on. Fyre says she can’t win title matches, losing to rookies and expresses her frustrations. Carter & Chance tell her to relax, and Fyre snaps at them. She says NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion Alba Fyre sounds good to her. Carter & Chance say they’ll take on anyone at any time, but she doesn’t have a partner. Fyre says she doesn’t need one and storms off.
Tag Team Match
Gallus vs. Josh Briggs & Brooks Jansen
Gallus goes straight after Josh Briggs & Brooks Jansen before Mark Coffey takes out Briggs on the outside as Wolfgang beats down Jensen. Coffey tags in and beats down Jensen. Wolfgang tags back in and shoves Jensen into the corner. Wolfgang becomes legal once again and delivers a series of right hands. Wolfgang & Briggs tag in. Wolfgang sends Briggs to the outside, where Coffey is waiting. He takes some cheap shots at Briggs and looks for a suplex, but Briggs reverses the momentum and delivers one of his own that sends us to a commercial break.
After the break Briggs delivers a back body drop to Coffey and tags in Jensen. Jensen delivers a spinning heel kick, then looks for a suplex, but Coffey blocks it. Wolfgang tags in and delivers an elbow drop off the middle rope. He sends Jensen shoulder first into the ring post, then tags in Coffey. Coffey delivers a right hand to Jensen’s back, then goes for a pin. Jensen kicks out and Coffey delivers a stomp. He delivers another right hand to Jensen’s spine.
Briggs tags in and knocks Coffey to the mat. He sends him onto the apron, then drops him to the floor with a right hand and delivers a shoulder tackle off the apron. Coffey drops Jensen on the exposed concrete before Briggs levels him. He gets him back in the ring, then delivers a side slam and a splash. Henley checks on Jensen and calls for medical as Coffey & Briggs level one another. Kiana James runs down to ringside to check on Jensen while medical officials help him up. Briggs & Coffey exchange forearms in the center of the ring, but Coffey gains the upper hand and delivers a back elbow. Wolfgang tags in and Gallus delivers their Powerslam/Kick combo for the win.
Winners: Gallus
We go backstage to Chase U as Thea Hail is preparing for her match later as Duke Hudson hypes her up. An angry Andre Chase walks in and plays a video of Hudson talking to another Chase U student. Hudson says Hail needs to win, as the tag team match that he and Chase lost a couple of weeks ago is reflecting badly on them. Chase says if Hudson has something to say to him, then he should do so to his face. Hudson says the conversation was taken out of context and deflects the focus onto Hail’s match.
After the break, we see Jensen getting checked on by a medical official. Fallon Henley storms in and asks why James was at ringside. Henley tells Jensen that James is using her, but Jensen says that’s not the case. Henley tells him that when she breaks his heart, she won’t be there to pick up the pieces.
Thea Hail vs. Valentina Feroz
Match starts off with a lock up then they exchange submissions before Thea Hail delivers an arm drag. Valentina Feroz returns the favor, then delivers a drop kick. Elektra Lopez makes her way down to the ring to watch on as Hail looks to roll up Feroz. Feroz sits into the pin, but Hail kicks out and delivers a moonsault. As Hudson and Chase argue on the outside and the referee is distracted, Lopez slides a pair of brass knuckles to Feroz. Feroz decides against using them, allowing Hail to plant her to the mat with Sports Manship for the win.
Winner: Thea Hail
We head outside the arena to Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams. Apollo Crews brags about his win and teases Hayes, then tells him that he needs a fresh cut.
Vic Joseph & Booker T then acknowledge the passing of Jay Briscoe and give their condolences to his family.
After the break, we head backstage to Elektra Lopez & Valentina Feroz. Lopez asks Feroz why she didn’t accept her help and Feroz says she didn’t want to cheat. Lopez says that it doesn’t matter if you play by the rules, you play to win and earn respect. She tells her to watch her match with Wendy Choo next week.
Xavier Woods says him & Kofi Kingston look good. Kingston says they dressed to impress because they are done with Pretty Deadly. He says they will be facing Gallus at Vengeance Day for the NXT Tag Team Titles after they become #1 Contenders last week.
Pretty Deadly’s music hits and they head to the ring. Elton Prince says they look ridiculous and Kit Wilson asks if they think that mocking them is funny. Kingston says it is and laughs at them for failing to become #1 Contenders. Wilson says they’ve jumped through hoops for another NXT Tag Team Titles shot.
Gallus’ music hits and they head to the ring. Wolfgang tells Pretty Deadly they don’t deserve a shot at the NXT Tag Team Titles. Wilson says they weren’t even supposed to be in the match last week, but Coffey says everyone else’s chances of becoming NXT Tag Team Champions are finished now that they’re back. He puts New Day on notice and says their reign is over. Coffey says Gallus is all about turning up and ruining the fun. Woods says New Day is ready to fight whenever they are.
Pretty Deadly blindsides New Day & Gallus with an attack, but New Day & Gallus get the better of them and toss them out of the ring. New Day & Gallus then begin to brawl in the ring as officials run down to separate them.
We are back from the break, we head to a video of Vic Joseph sitting down with NXT Champion Bron Breakker. Breakker says no one wanted to see the NXT Title match at New Year’s Evil last week. He says he was blindsided and rocked by the knee he delivered before the middle rope broke for a second time and says all questions will be answered at Vengeance’s Day. Joseph addresses the upcoming Steel Cage Match and Breakker says he can’t think of a better scenario because there is nowhere for Waller to run or hide. He says he won’t be climbing over the cage to win, but will pin or submit him in the center of the ring. He says Waller would be a terrible person to lead NXT due to his selfish attitude, and says he will give everyone a definitive winner on February 4.
Back at ringside, Javier Bernal is holding a guitar and has a mic set up in the center of the ring. He says in honor of his album hitting the top 40, he wants to play the NXT Universe a song off it. Tyler Bate’s music cuts him off & he makes his way down to the ring.
Tyler Bate vs. Javier Bernal
Match starts off with Tyler Bate offers his hand to Javier Bernal & he goes to shake it, but Bate moves it away before he can do so. They then lock up before Bate delivers a dropkick and an arm drag. Bernal delivers a thumb to Bate’s eye, then follows it up with a clothesline.
He delivers a series of right hands, but Bate fires back with one of his own. He plants Bernal, then delivers a boot to his midsection and an uppercut.
Bate delivers a suplex and a standing shooting star press. He follows it up with a couple of right hands before he connects with Tyler Driver 97 for the win.
Winner: Tyler Bate
Fallon Henley apologized to Brooks Jensen backstage after her incident earlier in the night before revealing that she would team with Kiana James next week.
Tag Team Match
Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez & Lyra Valkyria vs. Toxic Attraction
Roxanne Perez fires off several forearms onto Jacy Jayne before she sends Jayne to the outside, then delivers a tope suicida. She tosses her back in the ring, then tags in Lyra Valkyria. Valkyria delivers a series of kicks, then tags Perez back in. Perez delivers a dropkick, then tags Valkyria in. Dolin tags in and Valkyria delivers an arm drag. Perez tags in and sends Gigi Dolin crashing to the mat.
Jayne makes the blind tag and rains down right hands. She whips her into the corner, then delivers a hip attack and tags in Dolin. Dolin delivers a series of kicks to her head, then tags Jayne back in. Jayne delivers a senton, then delivers a right hand to Perez’s spine. Dolin tags in and beats down Perez. Jayne tags back in and knocks Valkyria off the apron, then looks for a suplex. Perez escapes and delivers a slingblade.
Dolin & Valkyria tag in. Valkyria delivers a pair of clotheslines, followed by a series of kicks. She delivers a suplex, then ascends to the top rope. Cora Jade runs down out of nowhere and pushes her off. Jayne & Perez tag in. Perez rains down right hands as Valkyria takes down Jade and brawls with her to the back while the referee is distracted, Dolin delivers a superkick. Jayne sets up for a kick of her own, but Perez ducks out of the way and Jayne ends up hitting Dolin. Perez takes Jayne down with a side Russian leg sweep, then delivers Pop Rox for the win.
Winners: Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez & Lyra Valkyria
