WWE will be airing taped episodes of NXT on both December 19 and December 26 due to the talent and crew having time off for Christmas. WWE held TV tapings on Wednesday night. Here are the spoilers, courtesy of Pwinsider.com:
December 19
Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton. Post-match, Stratton attacked Henley, with Stratton dumping a trash can on Henley.
NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov did a promo on what he accomplished in 2023 and shared plans for next year. Ridge Holland told Dragunov that he wasn’t looking for a match now and was willing to wait while he won matches. Dragunov said they didn’t have to wait and could do the match tonight.
Trick Williams confronted Dragunov backstage because he wanted to know why he was giving Holland a match. Dragunov reminded him of their New Year’s Evil match coming up and said the champion picks his matches.
Lexis King defeated Dion Lennox in a Men’s Breakout Tournament first-round match. After the match, Trey Bearhill came out, but King walked out.
Izzi Dame and Kiana James defeated Jacy Jayne and Thea Hail when Hail had James in the kimura, but James wasn’t the legal person in the match, setting up Hail being pinned.
Roxanne Perez did a promo about the previous tag team match when Arianna Grace showed up, they exchanged words, and Perez ended up slapping Grace.
Dragon Lee defeated Charlie Dempsey and Joe Coffey in a three-way match to retain the North American Championship. Coffey added himself to the match before it started. After the match, the No Quarter Catch Crew attacked Lee before Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro made the save.
A Trick Williams/Carmelo Hayes segment in the locker room was filmed.
Cora Jade took back her locker in a backstage segment after it was said that it belonged to Karmen Petrovic. Jade threw stuff out of Petrovic’s locker. Petrovic asked what had happened, and Gigi Dolin told Petrovic that Jade did it.
In a Men’s Breakout Tournament first-round match, Tavion Heights defeated Luca Crusifino.
Nikkita Lyons defeated Tatum Paxley.
Hank Walker and Tank Ledger did a promo about their upcoming match against Gallus.
Gallus (Wolfgang and Mark Coffey) defeated Hank Walker and Tank Ledger
NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov and Ridge Holland went to a no contest after Dragunov was injured in storyline when Holland dropped Dragunov on his head. Dragunov was stretchered out.
December 26
Lucien Price and Bronco Nima defeated Duke Hudson and Andre Chase in an All or Nothing match. Tony D’Angelo and Stacks were looking from the balcony overlooking the ring.
Noam Dar defeated Josh Briggs to keep the Heritage Cup. Briggs was disqualified after attacking Dar with a spit bucket. Lash Legend used it as a weapon earlier in the match.
Cora Jade defeated Karmen Petrovic with a future shock DDT.
Bron Breakker defeated Nathan Frazer.
Joe Gacy defeated Joe Coffey. During it, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger came out to prevent Mark Coffey and Wolfgang from interfering.
Riley Osborne defeated Lexis King in a Men’s Breakout Tournament semifinal match when Trey Bearhill distracted King from the aisle. During it, Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne were in the Chase U student section.
Oba Femi defeated Tavion Heights in a Men’s Breakout Tournament semifinal match. Now, Femi will face Osborne in the finals.
Eddy Thorpe defeated Dijak in an NXT Underground match via countout after Thorpe gave Dijak a DDT through the announce table.
