NXT Showdown: Trick Williams Defends TNA World Title – Live Blog

Here’s a place to check results and comment along with the newest episode of WWE NXT, airing live on Tuesday night in the 8 pm ET time slot on CW.

Advertised for tonight: Trick Williams will defend the TNA world championship against Josh Briggs.

Meanwhile, Evolution Eliminator matches finished up last week and the result was a number one contender’s Fatal 4-Way pitting Lash Legend vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Izzi Dame vs. Jaida Parker, a new Heritage Cup champion will be crowned when Stacks takes on Tony D’Angelo, build to The Great American Bash and Evolution 2 , and a whole lot more!

Come right back here at 8 pm ET when the NXT live blog kicks off once the show starts on CW. A running record of everything that happens will be below this line here.

Enjoy the show!

WWE NXT RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR JUNE 23

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The show opens with promos from tonight’s entrants into the four-way #1 contender’s match for the NXT Women’s Championship match at Evolution 2 about how they each intend to win.

Josh Briggs vs. Trick Williams (c) (TNA World Heavyweight Championship)

Briggs shoots right in, Williams ducks him, turns him around, they jaw at each other, go-behind, Josh ducks a spin kick and Trick shows off! Big shoulder block, smashing Williams’ face into the turnbuckles a few times, clubbing blow, off the ropes, big lariat, cover for two! Straight suplex connects, Williams clocks him in the jaw but Briggs shrugs it off!

Charging in, trading hard right hands, big dropkick from Trick sends Josh to the floor! Yoshiki Inamura gives his pal a pep talk, Trick Willy gets in his face and makes a big show of hands off before taking a swing! Inamura catches the shot and throws the champ into a boot from Briggs and we go to break!

Back from commercial, Williams in control and he drops Briggs with a leg lariat! Second try, Josh catches the boot and turns it into a side slam! Axhandles, whip across, another big side slam into a Big Splash, charging in with a series of elbows... TRICK SHOT OUT OF THE TURNBUCKLES BUT BRIGGS FINDS A WAY TO KICK OUT!

Trick floats out of a chokeslam, Josh counters a powerbomb, chokeslam connects on the second try but Williams gets a hand on the ropes! Back and forth, trading kicks, pump kick from the champion, Briggs cuts him off, short-arm lariat! Moonsault, nobody home, Trick charges in...

Trick Williams wins by pinfall with Trickshot, retaining the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Post-match, Trick gets on the mic.

He says he went from carrying HIM to carrying two brands at once and claims he’s the greatest TNA World Heavyweight Champion of all—

Joe Hendry’s music plays and he appears behind Trick! He clobbers Williams with a couple lariats and sends him out of the ring to boot!

We get footage of No Quarter Catch Crew bickering earlier today. Tavion Heights was injured training and Charlie Dempsey tries to get him to back out of his match tonight but Tavion says he’s cleared and the doc gave him a protective face mask and nothing’s gonna stop him from beating Je’Von Evans and getting out of NQCC.

And so we go to break.

Back from commercial, Myles Borne is chatting with some football men whose names don’t stay on screen long enough for me to catch.

Lexis King rolls up to be a jerk and SPEAK REAL LOUD AT THE DEAF GUY. He offers advice and Myles says he’s not interested and they’re not alike. King calls the football guys losers and they take offense, so he backs down in a hurry.

We see Jaida Parker pacing in the locker room ahead of our main event tonight.

Je’Von Evans vs. Tavion Heights

Heights shoots right in with a series of waistlock takedowns, pressing his attack, locking a top wristlock in to ground Evans. Je’Von with a sunset flip, cover for two, springboard crossbody takes Tavion off his feet! Arabian press Frankensteiner, Heights goes to the floor, Evans off the ropes with a huge suicide dive that sends us to break!

Back from commercial, Heights is on Evans, waistlock blocked with an elbow, vicious headbutt connects but Tavion stays at it and gets a German suplex! Roll through, cover for two, Je’Von explodes off the ropes with a corkscrew kick! Boot up in the corner, Evans goes up top...

Je’Von Evans wins by pinfall with a double jump tornillo.

Post-match, Jasper Troy appears out of nowhere and takes Evans out with a Bossman Slam!

We get a recap of D’Angelo Family business, including some social media business where Noam Dar is hurt again and got stripped of the NXT Heritage Cup and Luca Crusifino got Tony D’Angelo the match for the vacant cup against Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, earning some of Tony’s trust back all while Stacks still claims Luca is working as his consigliere.

Ashante “Thee” Adonis vs. Ricky Saints

Brawling to start, trading right hands, Saints with a knucklelock, up top for Old School, sending Adonis to the floor and he poses as we go to break!

Back from commercial, Saints blocks a whip but Adonis drops him with a DDT, fireman’s carry dropped into a brainbuster... NOT ENOUGH! Back and forth, Ricky gets the better of him...

Ricky Saints wins by pinfall with Roshambo.

Post-match, “All Ego” Ethan Page appears on the tron but his video shorts out on the screen.

In any case he attacks Saints from behind, thinks better of Twisted Grin before hitting a Roshambo of his own!

Darkstate get a promo branded by Progressive Insurance, because nothing says making your insurance payments like a gang of wrestling vigilantes.

Oba Femi is shown walking backstage to send us to break.