Tonight’s WWE NXT on USA Network.
Wrestling fans in Indianapolis, Indiana, will have plenty to look forward to in the coming years, as WWE is bringing three of its tentpole events to the city. According to a press release put out by the company and the Indiana Sports Corp on Monday morning, the 2025 Royal Rumble and future WrestleMania and SummerSlam shows will emanate from the city as part of a unique partnership.
The first event to hit Indianapolis will be next year’s Royal Rumble, which is scheduled to take place from the Lucas Oil Stadium. No dates have been confirmed for the other premium live events at the time of this writing, but everyone involved is excited about WWE bringing three of its biggest shows to the city.
“We are excited to bring this groundbreaking partnership to Indianapolis and our state,” said Patrick Talty, President of Indiana Sports Corp. “For over four decades, our city’s sports strategy has brought in millions of visitors and priceless hours of international brand-building media coverage. This partnership with WWE continues to push that strategy forward in new and exciting ways. We look forward to welcoming the WWE Universe to our community and state and showing them all that Indy has to offer.”
The company will host “Raw,” “SmackDown,” and “NXT” live events across Indiana in the forthcoming months, but no dates have been confirmed yet. Similarly, WWE and the Sport Corp plan on introducing a collaborative program that will ensure the city benefits from the partnership after the announced shows are over.
While some of the announced Indianapolis shows remain shrouded in secrecy, other cities are already bracing for WWE’s biggest events. WrestleMania 41 has been confirmed for Las Vegas and SummerSlam 2026 is scheduled to emanate from the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Late last year, WWE announced that their development show, “WWE NXT,” would be making the jump from USA Network to The CW Network. As the date of transfer looms over the heads of WWE’s newest stars, PWInsider Elite has offered more information regarding the nature and magnitude of this broadcast home transfer.
Starting October 1 at 8pm Eastern, fans can expect to tune into an episode of “NXT” filmed not within the walls of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, but “on the road in a major arena.” “NXT’s” debut episode on The CW is expected to be a high-profile event, with one internal source comparing it to the hallowed “NXT” Takeovers of the past in terms of significance to the overall brand. The reported spectacle comes from WWE’s desire to impress The CW as the two companies begin working together.
There are several locations being discussed for the location of “NXT’s” new network debut. As of writing, the most significant argument has been made for a Chicago-based show, as the Windy City is home to one of the Nexstar Media Group’s headquarters — Nexstar Media Group is The CW’s current owner, and the group that verified the “NXT” deal. However, it should be noted that the location for the October 1 episode of “NXT” is still in discussion, and may change in the coming months. There is also no announced special theme or premium live event planned in October for the developmental brand as of writing.
The shift in “NXT”‘s broadcasting home comes from an earlier deal to move “WWE SmackDown” off of Fox and onto USA Network. Despite gaining the rights to WWE’s Friday-based show, USA Network and parent company NBCU failed to outbid Netflix, who is slated to assume the broadcasting rights for “WWE Raw,” and The CW.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Say his name and he appears – TNA Wrestling’s Joe Hendry appeared on this week’s episode of WWE NXT.
On this week’s edition of WWE NXT, a 25-man battle royal to determine Trick Williams’ challenger for the NXT Championship at NXT Heatwave took place in the opening match.
Both Joe Hendry and Frankie Kazarian from TNA Wrestling competed in the battle royal. Hendry wound up being quickly eliminated by Kazarian, which the crowd at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL wasn’t happy with.
WWE main roster stars Dragon Lee, Angel, Berto, Apollo Crews, and Tyler Bate all participated in the match.
Kazarian wound up making it to the final four, with Je’Von Evans taking out Shawn Spears to win the match. We’ll now see Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Williams taking place at WWE NXT Heatwave.
Tonight’s WWE NXT on USA Network.
Pre-show
Sami Callihan defeated Jonathan Gresham. Brawl on the outside to start before the match officially began. Gresham did serious damage to Callihan’s left arm. The Death Machine fought with one arm, and he received a little help from Kushida. The Time Splitter ran in to take a scientific sample of the Octopus’ black ink. Callihan benefit from the distraction for a piledriver to win.
Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Alisha Edwards & Masha Slamovich defeated Allysin Kay & Marti Belle to retain the titles. The Hex displayed smart teamwork for early control. Alisha grabbed Kay’s hair to help Slamovich out of a pickle. The pace was competitive from there. The Hex hit their X Marks the Spot teamwork finisher on Alisha, but Slamovich made the save on the pinfall. The champs cleared the ring to set up a doomsday bulldog with Alisha flying high to knock Belle off Slamovich’s shoulders. Alisha pinned Belle for the win. Fun match.
Against All Odds
Mike Santana & Steve Maclin defeated the Rascalz. The team of Santana and Maclin is supposed to be one and done to eliminate the Rascalz from meddling in their business. Hot opener with creative moves. Down the stretch, Maclin saved Santana from Trey Miguel’s spray paint. Santana repaid the favor by setting up Zachary Wentz in the Tree of Woe for Maclin to spear. Maclin handed over Trey for a discus lariat from Santana to win. Afterward, the crowd chanted for the winners to squash their beef. Maclin was impressed by the teamwork, so he offered a handshake. The crowd urged Santana to accept, and he obliged. Respect was earned between rivals. Perhaps it won’t be one and done?
PCO defeated Rich Swann. AJ Francis interfered throughout, so PCO took out Top Dolla on a suicide dive. The monster connected on a moonsault to win. Afterward, Steph De Lander said yes to a date with PCO. Love is in the air.
TNA World Tag Team Championship: Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards defeated the Nemeth Boyz to retain the titles. Screwjob! Alisha Edwards hooked Nic Nemeth’s foot early, then Fandango ran out to rat her out to the referee. Alisha was ejected. Dango rooted for the Nemeths. Later, Moose arrived to support the System. The Nemeth brothers hit the Danger Zone combo on Eddie, however, the referee was pulled out of the ring. There was confusion on if Moose or Fandango did it. (Moose did it.) As the referee argued with both men, Nic dove onto Moose. Dango went behind the ref’s back to punch a cheap shot on Ryan Nemeth. Eddie pounced for the Boston Knee Party to win. The fix was in. Afterward, the tag champs hugged the dirty dancer.
Frankie Kazarian defeated Joe Hendry. Even though Hendry hired Ace Steel as a trainer, he wasn’t present for the match. The finish was a sneaky win for Kaz. As Hendry lifted Kazarian for a back suplex, Kaz fiddled in his tights to pull out a foreign object to punch Hendry as the suplex hit the mat. Kaz laid on top for the cheating win. Afterward, Kazarian slapped a chickenwing submission on Hendry. Steel ran in for the save. When Kaz shoved him in the back, he popped Kaz with a punch in the kisser.
X-Division Championship: Mustafa Ali defeated Trent Seven to retain the title. Campaign Singh and Mike Bailey were banned from the building. Ali focused on damaging the left knee, and he also bent the rules, such as a low blow behind the referee’s back. When frustration boiled about Seven kicking out of pinfalls, Ali grabbed the title belt. The referee confiscated the foreign object. Seven took advantage for a low blow as payback. The challenger executed a Burning Hammer, however, the champion kicked out. Seven went high-risk for an avalanche Burning Hammer. Ali gouged the eyes to escape and knocked Seven down to the mat. Ali landed a 450 splash onto Seven’s legs, then he secured a sharpshooter submission to win.
Ace Austin & Chris Bey defeated Josh Alexander & Eric Young. Rowdy action. Heading into the show, signs pointed to ABC possibly imploding. However, it was the other tag team that suffered from miscommunication. In the end, Young aimed a strike for Bey, but he accidentally clobbered Alexander instead. Ace took advantage for The Fold on Young, and Bey went over the top for a jackknife pin to win. ABC appears to be a cohesive unit again with eyes on the TNA tag titles.
Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace defeated Tatum Paxley in an open challenge to retain the title. Paxley arrived from WWE NXT. Ash by Elegance watched the match from the stage. Grace was a juggernaut of power. Paxley made it respectable with a handful of nifty moves. Grace was just on a higher level. A pumphandle driver sealed the deal. Afterward, Ash launched a sneak attack on the champ. Grace came back for a spinebuster, and Ash screamed like her spine was busted into a million pieces.
TNA World Championship: Moose defeated Matt Hardy to retain the title. Broken Rules were in effect, which meant no disqualification. The System flanked Moose in full. The Nemeth Boyz ran out at the start to brawl with Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards to the back. Hardcore action commenced with tables, ladders, and chairs. Hardy had Moose down on a Twist of Fate with a chair, but Alisha Edwards went wild with a kendo stick to prevent the pinfall. Rebecca Hardy ran in for a Twist of Fate to Alisha. Matt had Moose sized up for a spear through a table, however, Moose pulled Reby in front to take the tackle. Matt speared his wife through a table instead. Moose struck with a spear on Matt to win.
Jeff Hardy returned to TNA! After the main event, the System wasn’t done pummeling Matt. The Nemeth Boyz and Joe Hendry tried for the save, but they were outnumbered. That’s when Jeff’s music played on the loud speaker. He was back in TNA. Jeff cleaned house on the System. Moose was victim to a pair of Twist of Fates from Jeff and Matt.
TNA Wrestling’s Matt Hardy could find himself back in a WWE ring as soon as next week as part of an upcoming high-stakes 25-man WWE NXT Battle Royal.
During this week’s episode of WWE NXT, a battle royal was announced for a shot at the NXT Championship that will feature stars from ‘all locker rooms.’
Given the recent NXT-TNA collaboration, many saw this line by Cody Rhodes as a tease that TNA stars could be involved. On Twitter, Matt suggested he would be in the match.
Hardy served as a ‘pro’ on the original format of WWE NXT back in early 2010. He parted ways with WWE in 2020 and left AEW earlier this year.
Cody Rhodes made a special guest appearance on this week’s episode of WWE NXT, wherein he was imparted some words of wisdom to Trick Williams about being a champion, as well as a message about Trick’s next challenger.
Rhodes revealed that on next week’s episode of WWE NXT, there will be a 25-man battle royal to determine who is the rightful No. 1 contender for the NXT World Championship. He also put out a teaser that while some of those Superstars will be from NXT, there may also be some from “other locker rooms.”
This was just vague enough that it allows fans to speculate on what this means. Will this be a situation where RAW and SmackDown Superstars are in the mix? Could this be another crossover with TNA Wrestling, bringing in some wrestlers from that company?
We’ll have to tune in to next week’s edition of WWE NXT to find out.
Source: eWn
Here is the lineup for tonight’s episode of WWE NXT in Orlando, Florida at the Performance Center on the USA Network:
Gigi Dolin has been absent from NXT TV for the past few weeks, and according to a recent report from Fightful Select, she is currently dealing with an injury.
Dolin’s storyline with Arianna Grace has been discontinued, and she has not been present backstage during the TV tapings. The former Toxic Attraction member is sidelined due to a “significant knee injury.”
Dolin had been featured on NXT TV alongside Grace in a storyline in which she was compelled to follow the latter’s guidance to refine her skills as a “proper lady.”
The report mentions that Dolin was the subject of discussions regarding a potential call-up to the main roster earlier this year.
In recent times, Dolin has not been present backstage during the TV tapings, and most of her segments with Grace were recorded outside of the WWE Performance Center. These segments were strategically utilized to maintain her television presence while she recuperates from her injury.
Dolin’s most recent appearance was in a match against Grace on the March 12th episode of WWE NXT.
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