Generation NXT - NXT recap for September 23, 2025

Before the next match, the lights go out, and Myles Borne attacks Lexis King from behind.

Myles Borne beats Lexis King in a Lights Out Match.

Backstage, Stevie Turner and Robert Stone are in charge this week. As they talk to General Manager Ava about Total Nonstop Action wrestlers being backstage, Ava cannot hear them, and Stevie and Stone are on their own.

"All Ego" Ethan Page heads to the ring. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. is seen in the front row. Ethan says he should be celebrating his victory against Tyler Breeze, but El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. is in the crowd. Ethan accuses him of screwing him out of being a double champion, then invites him to watch him embarrass Tavion Heights in the ring at No Mercy. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. stands up, and Ethan Page takes this as a challenge and demands a referee. The bell rings, and Ethan Page is quickly overpowered and put in an ankle lock, to which Ethan quickly taps out to. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. wins, then he unmasks and reveals he is really Tavion Heights.

Backstage, Jordynne Grace is watching Blake Monroe's recent promo when Arianna Grace mentions Blake Monroe, and when Jordynne wants Arianna to walk it back, Arianna says that she wanted Blake to know that she and Jordynne are not related. This leads to Jordynne challenging Arianna to a match tonight.

NASCAR driver Cole Custer is the special guest ring announcer for the next match.

Lainey Reid beats Candice LeRae with 34 seconds (0:34) left to advance in the WWE Women's Speed Championship Tournament. The Angel Warriors (Xia Brookside and Lei Ying Lee) are seen backstage during the match. Also during the match, Sol Ruca and Zaria are seen with dry erase boards with messages making fun of both competitors.

We hear from Jaida Parker, who says that while Lash Legend got one up on her in their recent match, she put her through a barricade. She says she can see through Lash Legend and says that in their next match, Lash will be on her back from the reality check she will give her.

Backstage, Lyra Valkyria meet with Tatum Paxley, and the latter finds out that she can relate with Lyra concerning the situation with Bayley. Steve Maclin and Victoria Crawford (formerly Alicia Fox) are seen in the background, as are Hank Walker and Tank Ledger. Izzi Dame shows up, then tells Tatum that Lyra left her once before and that she will do it again given the chance before leaving with Tatum. Lyra is confused.

Backstage, Andre Chase introduces Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors to Cole Custer and Sam Mayer in order to teach them how to slow down. They mention Joe Hendry without saying his name, then DarkState (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin) shows up and threatens Custer and Mayer. Zachary Wentz and Cedric Alexander are seen in the background, then Hendry is mentioned and Hendry shows up dressed like a race car driver. DarkState challenges Hendry and Chase University (Chase, Dixon, Connors) to a six-man tag match.

Jordynne Grace beats Arianna Grace. After the match, Blake Monroe shows up with a pink shinai, but Jordynne Grace fights back with a metal folding chair until Blake Monroe hits her in the gut. Jordynne hits Blake with the takedown, then officials and security show up to break things up. Stevie Turner and Robert Stone show up, and Turner announces that Jordynne and Blake will have a weapons match at No Mercy. Stone says that they can also bring all the weapons that they want, because the match will also be in a steel cage.

Backstage, Kelly Kincaid interviews Lainey Reid, who says that she has gotten her opportunity and that she has taken advantage of it. She hopes to give Sol Ruca some Southern Hospitality and become the next Women's Speed Champion. Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, Jazmyn Nyx) shows up, and Jacy Jayne wishes Lainey luck before telling Fallon and Jazmyn that she can handle Lola Vice on her own.

Jacy Jayne heads to the ring alone. She asks that everyone pretend that last week's match did not happen, as nothing about it really matters because she has been NXT Women's Champion for over 100 days. Jacy says she has gotten rid of every single label that everyone has tried to put on her, calling them all "so cute" and "so wrong," while stating that it is laughable that everyone thinks Lola Vice will dethrone her. She calls Lola Vice "a crossover act pretending to be a wrestler in [her] division," and while Lola has a good Instagram and has improved since she showed up, she is not ready to be champion. Jacy also mentions that Lola may have the hometown advantage, but she is the one who shocked the world and that she, not Lola, is the underdog in this story after busting her ass to the top while Lola was shaking her ass. She says that nothing and nobody is going to save Lola and that her moment will not be ruined, then Lola shows up and says that she actually has an ass compared to Jacy, then says Jacy has always needed someone to win while she did not. She also says that she was knocking women out to earn her opportunity while Jacy Jayne was on the rise, and that this time, she is a completely different person compared to a year ago when she last wrestled for the NXT Women's title. She says that she is not winning the title not just for herself, her family and her culture, but also her fans, and at No Mercy, she will knock Jacy Jayne out and become champion. Jacy says Lola might beat her ass, but she can see her and she knows Lola has been looking for validation from her family, and she will still be walking out champion while Lola tells her parents that their sacrifices were for nothing. She says that she will walk out champion while Lola will walk out her family's biggest disappointment, and that leads to Lola knocking Jacy out with a spinning back fist.

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We hear from Josh Briggs, who says that the fans never cared about him and never will, and that the fans who hypocrites who boo him when he shows up yet cheer his matches after they end. He says that Je'Von Evans lives and dies by the fans' approval and that this makes him week, and that he will prove to Je'Von Evans that everything is just noise, for he does not care if he connects with the fans.

DarkState (Dion Lennox, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin) beats Joe Hendry and Chase University (Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors) after Cutler James distracts the referee so that DarkState can hit a three-man powerbomb. Mike Santana is seen entering the arena during the match.

We see Ricky Saints back at home in New Orleans, Louisiana. He stands in the site where his childhood home once stood before "The Storm" took it away and talks about how he was supposed to fall through the cracks. He also talks about how he has not let circumstance define him and how he hopes to make New Orleans proud while also proving that he is who he says he is at No Mercy.

Backstage, Kelly Kincaid interviews Je'Von Evans. Je'Von says Josh Briggs won last time, but he will win this time even though Josh talks about him like he knows him. A loud bang is heard, and as Je'Von Evans says that he will win, it is revealed that Jazmyn Nyx has been attacked with what looks like a cooler. Jacy Jayne and Fallon Henley show up, and while Fallon says she was with Jazymn a minute ago, Jacy Jayne says it was time to drop her anyway, as only the strong survive. Fallon agrees with Jacy.

Numerous Total Nonstop Action wrestlers are seen in the crowd before the next match.

Trick Williams vs. Oba Femi in a Winner Takes All Match for the NXT Championship and the Total Nonstop Action World Championship ends in a no-contest. Trick Williams retains the Total Nonstop Adction World Championship. Oba Femi retains the NXT Championship. During the match, multiple TNA wrestlers are seen in the crowd, including Matt Cardona, who has not been seen in WWE since his release from the company. Mike Santana also joins in on commentary mid-match, and Trick Williams eventually mouths off at Santana and slaps him. Santana slaps Trick back, ending the match. The show ends with all the TNA wrestlers in the crowd jumping the barricade and brawling, with the NXT locker room jumping into the fray not long afterwards. The show ends with Ricky Saints showing up and looking at the NXT Championship only for Oba Femi to have a staredown with Saints.

Here are the highlights from tonight's show!