WWE NXT Vengeance Day 2025 Results & Reactions

While Giulia ended up retaining, the match set the tone for the future of the division. First, Perez took out Bayley, and that is going to set up a major feud, one that could spill over to the main brand. But after the match, Stephanie Vaquer, victorious earlier in the night (see below), came out to celebrate with Giulia when Jordynn Grace’s music hit, and the former TNA champion made her way out to a significant pop.

This shakeup comes at the perfect time, as the main event showcased big spots from all four competitors, but the match lagged. This infusion of new matchups can amplify a division that was raised to heights by former NXT stalwarts like Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks.

Oba Femi(c) vs. Grayson Waller vs. Austin Theory—(Men’s NXT World Title)

It was the two-on-one triple threat match for the NXT championship, which was featured in the co-main event spot. A-Town Down Under teased a break-up last year and they managed to get over during that run as fans anticipated the split. They never did break-up, and they were traded over from RAW to SmackDown with plenty of optimism expressed.

Yet, they have butted heads over the past several weeks, and that brought us to this unique situation where former tag team titlists competing as an active tag team were placed in a triple threat match for such high stakes. Theory and Waller came out separately for a match for the first time since they became a tag team.

Oba Femi has been terrific as champ, and the visuals he’s capable of are special, and he delivered in this match. It never felt like Femi would lose the title to either man, but he was able to give an underdog sort of performance with the two on one visuals.

Femi was able to retain despite the ‘tag specialists’ strategies in the match, but the spot where Waller stunned Theory may be the ‘breaking point’ for the team. Oba Femi retained the title despite Waller dropping the elbow on him through the table on the outside moments earlier. After the match, the lights went dark, and the same masked men from earlier in the night (see below) came out to attack the champion.

In the backstage post-match angle, Ava was asked about the masked men, but it was disrupted by Grace and Santino Marella breaking down the NXT-TNA partnership. Ava said she had some ideas and was willing to listen to their ideas—this week’s NXT is shaping up to be a ‘can’t miss.’

Trick Williams vs. Eddy Thorpe—Strap match

After years of little to no use, it seems like not a year goes by before we get the ‘strap’ stipulation introduced into a feud. The month-long feud between Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe made the strap match necessary, especially after Thorpe initiated the leather weapon. Trick has been the ‘break-out’ NXT star with exceeding potential, yet he has been very generous in this feud with Thorpe. They had a brutal match, and it did not have the violence we have come to expect in recent strap matches. This factor helped the match and made spots feel genuinely painful.

After a strong start from Trick, Thorpe was able to survive long enough to take advantage of an opening and pick up the win after a cheap shot left Williams open for the running knee. Trick took the loss, but he was one of the most over superstars on the card and will be fine. After the match, Ricky Starks said he would ‘sign his contract’ on Tuesday’s edition of NXT.

Fallon Henley(c) vs. Stephanie Vaquer— (NXT Women’s North American Title)

Fallon Henley walked in as champ but failed to retain against the conquering Stephanie Vaquer, who picked up her very first WWE/NXT gold after debuting with the company last September. Fallon was aided in the match by her Fatal Influence faction, but that was still not enough to stop the ascension of Vaquer.

The match itself got sloppy at times, and it might have exposed the style and work rate differences between the Performance Center philosophy and that of the ‘major’ indie circuit. Vaquer was showcasing a versatile offensive, but the lack of chemistry between the two prevented sequences from truly flowing one into the next. The champ showed more in this match than in previous outings, but Vaquer’s performance marks an important achievement on the road to potential superstardom.

Je’Von Evans vs. Ethan Page

Page took the win in this grudge match, but Evans (still considered injured) was protected in the loss. Evans was cleared to compete tonight, but he was still dealing with the effects of Page’s assault that left Evans with a broken jaw. The match felt rushed despite the long build, but the two could have amplified the feud with more time. But there is likely something significant planned for “All Ego” come Mania weekend.

It was said on commentary that Evans had to sign a waiver in order to relinquish liability—a very nice addition to the match in real-time. “The Young OG” was left in a position with a strong motivation to keep this feud alive, and the character arch could produce a bonified star out of Evans.

Fraxiom(c) vs. Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura

Axiom and Nathan Frazer retained in one of the better matches of the night as expected. It was not an easy victory as Inamura’s ‘strong style’ was utilized effectively. There were not a bunch of outside dives or overly complicated spots; they benefited from a terrific style mash.

It is becoming a regular event for Axiom to be the standout in a match of show stealers, and he did not disappoint tonight. But the style matchup cannot be understated as Axiom delivered a crowd-silencing ‘super kick’ to Inamura in one segment and then landed a Spanish Fly on him in another—he paid for it after Briggs made his comeback.

They landed the ‘high/low’ on Inamura for the win after taking out Briggs, but after the match, they were attacked by four masked men (later identified as Dion Lennox and Cutler James, though the other two were unknown). This could be an interesting storyline if the ‘Performance Center’ begins some sort of ‘takeover’—just in time for Sunday’s debut of LFG on A&E.