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The CW and Netflix will air tonight the first day of the NXT Gold Rush special, with Vic Joseph and Booker T at the commentary table, live from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. The show will feature several title defenses, highlighting a rematch that will see Tatum Paxley and Jacy Jayne facing off for the NXT Women's Championship.
In addition, Ethan Page and Chelsea Green will defend their AAA Mixed Tag Team Championships for the first time against Joe Hendry and Thea Hail. Blake Monroe will also have her first defense as the new NXT North American Champion against a recovered Sol Ruca. As always, we invite you to comment on the post to give your opinion on what happened on the show.
NXT Gold Rush begins on Netflix!
We see the arrival of some of tonight's protagonists at the venue: ZaRuca (Sol Ruca and Zaria), Blake Monroe, Fatal Influence in full, as well as The Culling.
Match for the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championships
Ethan Page and Chelsea Green (c) (with Alba Fyre) vs. Joe Hendry and Thea Hail
Chelsea and Thea start the match. Green kicks Hail to take the lead, but her opponent quickly takes down the champion to play with her. Annoyed, Green crawls to her corner to tag in Ethan. "All Ego" faces Joe, starting a first feeling-out phase. Hendry catches Page's arm to take him down to the mat.
Ethan kicks Hendry. "You're nobody!" he yells. Joe quickly recovers to execute a Vertical Suplex. 1..2..NO. Chelsea interrupts the count. Thea traps Green in a Kimura Lock. Ethan tries to rescue his partner, only to be caught in the same hold. Now it's Chelsea who comes to Page's rescue. Joe and Thea join forces to expel the champions from the ring. "We Believe!" chant the fans.
Hendry and Page continue the fight. Joe takes down his opponent with a flying back elbow. 1..2..NO. Ethan blocks a Freak of Nature to respond with a slap. "All Ego" knocks down the Scotsman to unleash a flurry of punches. Page keeps hitting Hendry in his corner, forcing the referee to intervene. Chelsea takes advantage of the distraction of the referee to illegally punish Joe with the help of the ropes.
Ethan traps Hendry in a headlock on the mat. "We want Chelsea!" chant the fans. Joe frees himself to start a counterattack. Green distracts the referee, a moment Alba seizes to grab one of Joe's legs. This distracts him enough to allow Ethan to surprise him with a direct kick to the face, followed by a facebreaker. 1..2..NO. "All Ego" tries to submit his rival in a submission hold, but he escapes by applying a suplex.
Joe launches a counterattack. Hendry applies a scissors hold on Ethan before executing a Freak of Nature. Page ends up outside the ring. Chelsea charges at Joe. He dodges her, causing the Canadian to reach the ropes, which Thea lowers to make her fall to ringside. Chelsea regroups with Ethan and Fyre. Hail seeks height to dive with a diving back senton on her enemies.
The action returns to the ring with Thea and Green. Hail takes down Chelsea before applying a dropkick. 1..2..NO. Ethan interrupts the count. Thea traps Green in a Kimura Lock. Page tries to intervene, but Joe stops him. "All Ego" pushes the Scotsman, who falls on his own partner. Chelsea takes advantage of the situation to trap Thea, on whom she executes an Un-Pretty-Her. 1..2..3.
Winners and STILL AAA Mixed Tag Team Champions: Chelsea Green and Joe Hendry
Lola Vice and Jordynne Grace converse backstage about title opportunities. Lola thinks it might have been a good idea to challenge Green and Page for the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championships alongside Mr. Iguana. Grace, on the other hand, recalls that next week she will have a new opportunity against Kelani Jordan. Jordynne asks Lola if she saw how Jordan hit her with the Knockouts World Championship to win their last match. "That was unpleasant," says Vice. Kelani Jordan approaches them "Wow, two women I've already defeated hanging out together", says Jordan. Lola advises her to say it to her face if she has any issues with her. "Don't play the victim, because you had no problem kicking me out of the locker room," says Kelani. Vice reminds her that it was she who chose TNA over NXT. Grace advises Lola not to waste her breath on Kelani, as she is only behaving this way because she knows this will be her last week as champion. "Envy doesn't suit you well, Jordynne," says Jordan. She expects Grace to get used to seeing her with the gold, as it will be like that for a long time. With that, she leaves the place. "She's changed, Jordynne," says Vice as the segment comes to an end.
Ava delivers a promo backstage. After reviewing 2025, the General Manager reminds us that the last PLE of the year is just around the corner. Deadline will be back in December, and with it, the Iron Survivor Challenges, where two talents will earn a shot at the brand's top championships. However, this year there will be a novelty. And it is that, the male and female participants will be chosen by someone very special: the legend John Cena.
We see Lil Yachty in the front row.
Sarah Schreiber interviews Tavion Heights in the seating area. Tavion is pleased with his trajectory in 2025. A year in which he has grown a lot as a professional. Heights does not regret being part of the No Quarter Catch Crew, as he learned more with his teammates than during his participation in the Olympics. Now his goal is set on the Iron Survivor Challenge. "I can't imagine John Cena picking me. But one thing I do know. If he does, that will be all the approval I need. And then, Sarah, I'll see you at Deadline and you'll see me as the NXT Iron Survivor", he says as he looks at the camera. Suddenly, Josh Briggs attacks Heights! Both men start a scuffle that must be stopped by numerous officials.
Zaria tries to convince Sol Ruca not to compete tonight. Zaria reminds her that Ava offered her the opportunity to postpone the match for a few weeks. Sol understands her partner's concern, and that she wants the best for her, but she needs to regain her NXT Women's North American Championship. "There is only one person who can do it, and that's me", says Ruca before heading to the ring.
We see Jesse Love in the front row.
Match for the NXT Women's North American Championship
Blake Monroe (c) Sol Ruca (with Zaria)
Blake and Sol grapple. Ruca traps the Brit in a headlock. Monroe tries to break free, but her opponent takes her down to cover her. 1..2..NO. Blake grabs her opponent's damaged leg, who responds with an enzuigiri. Monroe recovers to apply a Blake-O-Round. Sol responds with a spinning facebuster before executing a superkick. 1..2..NO.
Blake grabs Sol by the hair to slam her to the mat. Monroe focuses again on Ruca's injured leg, but she frees herself to execute a dropkick. Blake dodges a charge in the corner. Sol impacts against it. Monroe grabs Sol's left leg to hit it against the post. Ruca manages to escape to go after her opponent. Both women knock each other down with a clothesline in unison. Champion and challenger lie on the mat.
The action returns to the ring, where Blake regains control. Monroe hits Ruca's head against one of the turnbuckles before rubbing her face on the top rope. Sol knocks down Blake before applying La Tapatia. Sol punishes Monroe in one of the corners before executing a standing moonsault. 1..2..NO.
Monroe blocks a kick to hit Sol's left leg. Blake continues to punish the damaged area. Ruca crawls to the ropes. Monroe taunts her. Blake focuses her attacks on Sol's knee again, trapping it in a painful submission hold. Sol catches the champion in a crossface. Monroe puts her weight on Ruca to cover her, thus forcing her release.
Sol launches a counterattack on Monroe, whom she takes down with a release german suplex. Ruca continues with a missile dropkick. Sol stands on one leg to finish off the Brit with a Penalty Kick. 1..2..NO. Monroe recovers to execute a headbutt. Sol responds with a superkick. Both women lie on the mat. "NXT, NXT!" chant the fans.
Monroe ends up outside the ring, where she receives a moonsault from Ruca (using one leg to support herself on one of the posts). "Holy Shit!" chant the fans. Sol brings Blake back into the ring. Monroe surprises her with a chop block before trapping her in a Single Boston Crab. Despite the pain, Sol refuses to surrender. Blake then decides to remove Ruca's knee protection, which she throws against the entrance ramp.
Sol surprises Blake with a roll-up. 1..2..NO. Monroe kicks Sol before trapping her once again in a Single Boston Crab. Desperate, Zaria goes for a towel. Ruca realizes her partner's intentions and asks her not to do it. However, the Australian is not willing to see her friend suffering. Zaria throws the towel into the ring. The referee rings the bell to declare Monroe the winner.
Winner and STILL NXT Women's North American Champion: Blake Monroe
Fatal Influence converse backstage about their title opportunities at Gold Rush. Lainey Reid recalls how she had to earn hers by attacking the Evolve Champion. Jacy Jayne smiles, pointing out that this is the kind of attitude that got her accepted into this faction. Jayne promises that tonight she will regain the NXT Women's Championship. Fallon Henley is convinced of it. This is how they will show that Tatum Paxley's victory at Halloween Havoc was pure luck. Jacy assures that next week, Lainey and Henley will win their respective title matches. That way, Fatal Influence will leave New York bathed in gold.
Ricky Saints makes his entrance. The NXT Champion heads to the ring. Saints asks for a microphone, but before he can say anything, Oba Femi bursts onto the scene. "Oba, Oba, Oba!" chant the fans. The Nigerian enters the ring, where he takes another microphone. Both men silently observe each other. Ricky welcomes Oba to NXT. Saints is not surprised, as he knew he would return sooner or later. What did surprise the world was his victory over "The Ruler" at No Mercy to win the top championship. Something that didn't surprise him, as he is Ricky Saints. Ricky points out that the biggest mistake Femi made was underestimating him. Saints informs Oba that in his absence, he has been leading the brand against TNA and kicking Trick Williams' butt. The brand moved forward without Oba. And now that he has returned, does he think he can snatch the NXT Championship from him? Not a chance.
Oba points out that Ricky is still the same person he remembered. The same bully with the same look. "That's good, because I expected to defeat the same version of you that was better than me. And that's why I took my time to come back. Because you see, I didn’t want to get involved in all that NXT vs. TNA nonsense. I didn’t want to come back to get involved between you and Trick Williams to see who dresses better. No, no, no. All those things. All that nonsense is beneath The Ruler. So I came back home. I trained. I returned to my homeland. I went back to the foundations that created the version of me you cannot beat. And now I’m here! I congratulate you on your sportsmanship. You have had your time under the Sun, but now the Sun is setting on the era of The Absolute. And I am the one casting the shadows. I’m the one who will go all the way! I’m the one who will destroy you, because The Ruler has returned! The Destroyer has returned! The Bringer of War has returned! Your daddy is home!", he exclaims.
"Do you want a rematch at Deadline?", Ricky asks. Oba extends his arms. "You got it", Saints says before raising the title in front of "The Ruler".
Trick Williams interrupts the segment
Trick makes it clear that his story with Ricky is not over. It won’t be over until he says so and gets the NXT Championship back. Myles Borne attacks Williams from behind with a steel chair! Myles grabs Trick’s microphone. "I heard you, Trick. You’re done. Revenge is a bitch", he says before addressing the men in the ring. "You two. You’re looking at your next Iron Survivor. I’ll see one of you at New Year's Evil", Borne says. Saints and Oba square up again to end the segment.
Ava confronts Myles Borne backstage. The General Manager doesn’t understand why Myles won’t listen to her. Borne assures her that he does. Last week she asked him not to attack Trick Williams, and he didn’t. He waited until today. Ava points out that this is not how things are done. However, since he wants it so badly, she will allow him to settle his issues with Williams next week in a one-on-one match. Ava receives a phone call informing her that Tavion Heights and Josh Briggs are still fighting backstage. We move there to see the two men trading blows inside a room. Briggs surprises Tavion with a steel chair before executing a chokeslam through a catering table, which is destroyed. Several officials rush in to separate Josh from his victim.
NXT Tag Team Championship Match
DarkState (Osiris Griffin and Dion Lennox) (c) (with Shaqon Shugars and Cutler James) vs. Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater
The champions try to attack the challengers, but they respond with two superkicks. Je'Von dives onto Shugars, James and Griffin while Leon takes on Dion inside the ring. Osiris gets the tag to deliver a running powerslam to Slater. 1..2..NO. Evans breaks it with a stomp. Lennox sends Je'Von out of the ring.
The action continues. Evans fights Osiris at ringside before returning to the ring, where he knocks Dion down. Je'Von and Leon combine against their opponents, who once again end up at ringside. The challengers fly with a parallel tope, landing on all of DarkState. "NXT, NXT!", chant the fans.
Leon and Je'Von keep combining against Lennox. He manages to reach his corner and tag Griffin, who quickly takes control. Je'Von uses his agility to dodge Osiris’ attacks, cornering him. Shaquon distracts Evans, allowing Griffin to knock him off the top rope.
Osiris drops Je'Von on the top rope so Lennox can finish him with a flying clothesline. Griffin covers Evans. 1..2..NO. Osiris continues punishing Je'Von. "You can’t fight!", fans chant. Griffin hits Slater in his corner before helping Dion, who plants Evans with a DDT. 1..2..NO. Lennox traps Je'Von in a painful submission. Evans escapes to kick both opponents. Je'Von crawls to his corner to tag his partner.
Leon comes in full force, taking care of both opponents at once. Slater surprises Griffin with a handspring back elbow. Leon follows with a diving crossbody. 1..2..NO. Je'Von and Leon team up against the champions. Leon jumps over a ring post to crash onto his rivals. Leon brings Osiris back into the ring, where the former receives an OG Cutter from Evans, followed by a frog splash. 1..2..NO.
Shugars distracts Leon, who quickly kicks him. That small distraction allows Osiris to take down the challenger with a shoulder tackle. Griffin tags Lennox and together they deliver a double slam to Slater. Dion covers him. 1..2.. Je'Von lands on Lennox with a frog splash. Cutler grabs Dion’s leg to pull him out just in time. Evans lands on his own partner. Dion throws Je'Von out of the ring before tagging Osiris. He lifts Leon onto his shoulders so Dion can finish him with a diving clothesline. 1..2..3.
Winners and STILL NXT Tag Team Champions: DarkState
Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey talk backstage. Wren still can’t believe the slap Grey received last week from Lainey Reid. Kendal promises that next week no one will stop her from getting her hands on Lainey, especially at Gold Rush, the biggest stage she’s ever competed on. Sinclair is convinced Lainey will get the lesson she deserves. Kendal changes the subject, asking Wren about Charlie Dempsey. Sinclair admits that his return to the U.S. caught her by surprise. However, she still hasn’t been able to talk to him, as if her partner were avoiding her. But now they must focus not on that, but on Wren QCC and Grey’s title defense next week. Both leave to end the segment.
Shiloh Hill stars in a presentation video. The winner of the second season of WWE LFG notes that many think he’s a great college athlete because he played football, while others think he’s a nerd because he graduated from Stamford. However, the truth is that his childhood was complicated, as his family moved too often. Besides, neither he nor his sister liked school, so many days they simply skipped to play in the woods. Hill confesses he finished his studies easily, allowing him to focus on more fun things like quantum mechanics or the Dark Web. But what he liked most was playing football, especially when he hit his opponents. That got him in trouble with his coaches, but it didn’t matter, because by the end of the year, he had 61 offers to play as a linebacker elsewhere. And that’s how he ended up at Stamford. "I don’t know how to explain how good it feels to hear the air leave a man's lungs. I call that feeling the thunder", says a smiling Shiloh before promising more in an upcoming video.
We see a promotional video starring "Super" Sean Legacy and Jackson Drake, who will compete next week for the WWE Evolve Championship.
Sol Ruca confronts Zaria for throwing in the towel in her match. Zaria says Blake Monroe already had her trapped and sooner or later she would have tapped. "Exactly, so why...?", Ruca asks before being interrupted by her partner. She makes it clear she wasn’t willing to watch Monroe destroy her knee, putting her out for a year because of her stupid pride. Sol stands up. "My pride is what made me a double champion", Ruca says. "And you’ll be champion again. But you won’t be if you’re injured. Let’s forget about this for now. Let’s focus on next week when I win that WWE Speed title back, okay?", the Australian says. "Whatever," Sol says as she hands Zaria a towel. Ruca leaves, abandoning her partner.
NXT Women’s Championship Match
Tatum Paxley (c) (with Izzi Dame, Shawn Spears and Niko Vance) vs. Jacy Jayne (with Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley)
"Tatum Tuesday!", chant the fans. Paxley and Jayne grapple while the champion keeps the challenger’s arm trapped. Jayne forces her to the ropes to break free. Furious, Jacy chops Tatum. "I’m going to become a two-time champion, Tatum!", she yells. Paxley responds with another chop. Tatum kicks Jacy in a corner before hitting a corner crossbody.
Paxley continues her offense, but Lainey and Fallon pull their partner to safety. Tatum pushes the challenger, who lands on her partners. Paxley flies onto all of them with a standing Moonsault. Tatum brings Jayne back into the ring. The referee checks on her, giving Fallon the chance to grab Paxley’s legs. Paxley kicks Henley, only to be caught by a punch from Jacy.
Jayne follows with an apron cannonball. Jacy brings Paxley back into the ring to deliver a senton. Jacy keeps attacking the champion, hitting a suplex. Jayne traps Tatum in a bodyscissors. Paxley escapes, only to take a huge clothesline. 1..2..NO. Tatum goes up top, but Jayne kicks her with an enzuigiri before sending her crashing down with a hurricanrana. Jayne goes for a running knee strike, but Paxley stops her with a superkick. Both women lie on the mat.
Champion and challenger exchange attacks. Tatum takes the lead. Paxley kicks Jacy before delivering a release german suplex. Tatum kicks Jacy from the apron. Back in the ring, she hits a spinning guillotine legdrop. 1..2..NO. Jacy sends Paxley into a corner and hits a cannonball. Jayne goes up top. Tatum hits her with an enzuigiri before executing a superplex, followed by a powerbomb. 1..2..NO.
The referee assists Jayne, giving Izzi time to hand a steel chair to Paxley. However, she refuses it. Action continues. Lainey tries to grab Tatum’s legs, but gets kicked by the champion. Paxley goes to ringside to confront Lainey, allowing Jayne to surprise her with a Penalty Kick. Jayne hurts her foot. The challenger fights through the pain and brings Tatum into the ring to finish her with a Rolling Encore. 1..2..NO.
Reid grabs the NXT Women’s Championship, ready to hand it to Jacy, but Dame knocks her out with a punch! Izzi grabs the belt and throws it into the ring while the referee argues with Fallon. Jacy grabs the championship, ready to strike Tatum, but the referee catches her, ruining her plan immediately. Paxley surprises Jacy with a roll-up. 1..2..NO. Jayne shoves the champion to escape the pin. Tatum ends up at ringside.
Jacy refuses to let go of the title, starting an argument with the referee. Meanwhile, Paxley tries to return to the ring, but Niko and Shawn block her path. Tatum doesn’t understand what’s happening. Suddenly, Izzi kicks Paxley with a big boot! Dame brings her partner back into the ring, where Jayne finishes Tatum with a Rolling Encore. 1..2..3.
Winner and NEW NXT Women’s Champion: JACY JAYNE
Fatal Influence celebrate on the entrance ramp while The Culling pose over a knocked-out Tatum. Izzi bends down to grab Paxley by the hair. The show ends before we can hear what Dame has to say to Tatum.
