Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Spring Breakin' - NXT recap for April 25, 2023

The D'Angelo Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo) beat Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) in a Trunk Match. After the match, Tony D'Angelo and Channing Lorenzo drive off in the car.



We hear from Tiffany Stratton, who says that she will give the fans a break when she takes her place at the top of the women's division when she beats Roxanne Perez and Indi Hartwell for the NXT Women's Championship.

Backstage, Duke Hudson meets with Andre Chase, who is gathering his thoughts. He knows that it will be a battle against Bron Breakker, but he must stand up for himself and for Chase University, and Chase says he will give Breakker a Chase University-sized ass whupping.

Bron Breakker beats Andre Chase with the Steiner Recliner.



We see a video package for Carmelo Hayes.

Backstage, Mackenzie Mitchell tries to interview Ilja Dragunov, but Dragunov gets booted in the face by Dijak, who proceeds to throw Dragunov into multiple ladders and trap him underneath a steel sliding door. Multiple officials try to restore order.



Cora Jade beats Lyra Valkyria as the referee tries to keep Cora Jade from using her Kendo stick.



Outside of the arena, Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo are driving around when Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) start making noises. Stacks slams the trunk door on them several times, then tells D'Angelo it was nothing.



Carmelo Hayes retains the NXT Championship against Grayson Waller. After the match, Carmelo Hayes challenges Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship at Battlegrounds on May 28th while simultaneously calling him out. When Bron Breakker shows up, Trick Williams sees Bron Breakker rushing in from behind, but Bron Breakker lays him out and powerslams Carmelo Hayes before putting Trick in the Steiner Recliner. Breakker then puts Carmelo Hayes through part of the stage with a Spear, and Carmelo Hayes has to be taken out on a stretcher.





We hear from Roxanne Perez, who talks about how her friends wanted to be more like Disney princesses and how she saw WWE for the first time and got hooked. After talking about how she represents young female fans who want to be seen, she says she has a chance to win back the NXT Women's Championship and do it not just for herself, but for those fans.

Backstage, Joe Coffey is met by Joe Gacy. Ava Raine also shows up and says The Dyad (Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid) want a far tag team title match, and Gacy knows that Joe Coffey wants to punch him in the face and tells him that he can get the chance to do so next week. Ava Raine adds that if Joe Coffey wins, The Dyad cannot challenge for the NXT Tag Team Championships as long as Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, Wolfgang) are champions. Joe Coffey accepts the challenge.



Josh Briggs and Fallon Henley beat Brooks Jensen and Kiana James in a mixed tag tea match after Jensen tosses Kiana's bag at Briggs and misses. After the match, Kiana tries to slap Jensen, but Jensen catches the slap, Kiana tells Jensen that she never loved him, takes her bag and leaves. Afterwards, Briggs tells Jensen he is still there for him.





Backstage, Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Dragon Lee, who says that he has seen a little of what Noam Dar can do and that he will show him what heritage is when they meet again. Suddenly, a message from Scrypts is shown on the nearby screen, where Scrypts says that he has gotten to Axiom and that everyone will learn who believes in themselves more between the two of them.



Oba Femi debuts next!

We hear from Indi Hartwell, who says that is has been a long year and that the NXT Women's Championship was all she ever wanted. She says everyone can say what they want, but she fought hard for the title and that this was the result of a long career in WWE. Indi then says it can be undone in three seconds, but it will not happen tonight.

We see footage from "NXT Anonymous" of Sol Ruca being attacked outside of the Performance Center by an unknown assailant.



Oba Femi beats Oro Mensah. After the match, Gigi Dolin takes a commentary headset and calls out Jacy Jayne for involving her family in everything and mocking her life choices and tells her that her baby brother will be watching at ringside when she pounds her face in.





Backstage, Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Drew Gulak and Charlie Dempsey. Both of them agree that Wes Lee uses his talents improperly as he defends the North American title at a record pace, and Drew Gulak says he will break Wes Lee, telling him this is a marathon, not a sprint.



Backstage, Tyler Bate meets with Wes Lee and says he is worried that Wes will wear himself out. Wes Lee says he is okay, but Tyler Bate asks to be in his corner to bring some balance. Wes Lee agrees to the idea.



Despite injuring her leg and being taken to the back, Indi Hartwell retains the NXT Women's Championship against Roxanne Perez and Tiffany Stratton in a Triple Threat Match.



We find out that Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo have thrown Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) into the ocean, and that they are focusing on the NXT Tag Team Championships. They then head out to celebrate.

Here are the top ten moments from tonight's show!





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