Kendal Grey Upsets Lash Legend on 10/28 WWE NXT

At Evolve: Succession, which aired on October 15, 2025, a major title change happened. Evolve Women’s Champion Kali Armstrong defended her title against Kendal Grey. In a long and hard-fought battle, Grey beat Armstrong, ending her reign at 151 days. It was a long time coming for her. She had been showing how talented she was on NXT, Level Up, and Evolve.

Now that she’s champion, she will be able to get more opportunities on both NXT and Evolve. Luckily, a big opportunity came rather quickly. On the October 28, 2025, episode of NXT, she got her first match as Evolve Women’s Champion against Lash Legend. Was she able to beat a scrappy veteran like Legend in her first retention?

Grey Takes Down Legend in Statement Victory

Since late 2021, Legend has been doing great things in NXT. She was notably a part of the faction Meta Four. Her tag team skills were also on display while she was with Jakara Jackson. However, things have changed a lot in the past couple of months. Meta Four is no longer a group. Jackson and Oro Mensah were released, and Noam Dar has been out with an injury. Legend is truly on her own now. But it hasn’t all been sadness for her.

At Evolution, a battle royal was held for a future Women’s World Championship title match. Legend and Stephanie Vaquer were the final two competitors, but Vaquer ended up winning. That strong showing proved she could wrestle with some of the best women on the main roster.

Was she going to make the match against Grey an easy win and take the Evolve Women’s Championship for herself, or would Grey shock everyone with a retention against a strong competitor? The match was a good one, with Legend showing her athleticism and Grey showing why she’s a champion. Both women were even until Legend made a crucial mistake. She lifted Grey up onto her shoulders and threw her against the rope. Bouncing off, Grey went into the corner where she attempted to kick her.