WWE NXT Results & Highlights (1/16): Roxanne Perez Earns Women’s Title Match, Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Continues, More
WWE’s latest edition of NXT went down (1/16/24) from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida! Roxanne Perez outlasted 19 other women to earn an NXT Women’s Championship match against Lyra Valkyria at ‘Vengeance Day,’ Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams as well as the LWO successfully advanced in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, Dragon Lee challenged Oba Femi to a rematch for the NXT North American Title, and more!
Live Coverage
The show begins and our commentary team of Booker T and Vic Joseph welcome us to tonight’s show.
Without wasting any time, it’s time for our opening contest.
Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams def. Edris Enofe & Malik Blade — Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
We then see Fallon Henley backstage with Kelly Kincaid. Fallon says it’s been all fun and games since she came to NXT but tonight, she plans on outlasting 19 other women and earning her first NXT Women’s Championship match.
NXT North American Champion, Oba Femi makes his way down to the ring. Oba says growing up as a young Nigerian boy, he was always aiming to be the best athlete that he could be…and that’s not going to change in NXT. Oba says dominating NXT is in his destiny, but Dragon Lee’s music hits and out comes the now-former North American Champion. Lee says he could be angry about what happened last week but Oba saw an opportunity and rightfully took it. Lee says Oba has made the fastest impact that he’s ever seen in NXT and holding the North American Title holds a massive amount of weight. Lee asks Oba if he’s going to continue the tradition of the open challenge, then he’s going to be the first challenger…tonight.
Oba simply says no and says open challenges are now closed. Lee says he’s deserved a rematch and he wants it at Vengeance Day. Oba says Lee doesn’t get to decide how things go down anymore and swiftly makes his exit.
Lyra Valkyria & Tatum Paxley def. Lola Vice & Elektra Lopez
Ridge Holland def. Joe Coffey (with Mark Coffey & Wolfgang)
After the match, Gallus attacks Ridge Holland and the trio stand over Ridge Holland to close the segment.
We then seen most of the 20 women that are competing in tonight’s battle royale main event warming up in the locker room. Arianna Grace says she’s ‘Miss NXT’ and tonight is her night.
Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin are backstage being interviewed by Kelly Kincaid…and this newly found comradery between Bron and Baron is….something else.
LWO (Cruz del Toro & Joaquin Wilde) (with Zelina Vega) def. Chase U (Duke Hudson & Riley Osborne) (with Andre Chase) — Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
WWE Hall of Famer, John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) appeared backstage to offer up a bit of advice for Josh Briggs…
Before tonight’s main event, it was confirmed that Cora Jade suffered a torn ACL during a match at a live event, this past weekend and will be out for the better part of 2024.
Everyone at BodySlam wishes Cora a healthy and speedy recovery.
