WWE NXT Results, live recap, and grades: THE UNDERTAKER PUTS A CHAMPION ON NOTICE: DARKSTATE TAKES OUT JOE HENDRY!

Iyo Sky is having a pretty good April ...

FULL RESULTS FOR WWE NXT FOR APRIL 29TH, 2025.
RICKY SAINTS defeats Lexis King by pin.
SOL RUCA defeats Karmen Petrovic by pin.
HANK WALKER and TANK LEDGER defeat Josh Briggs and Inamura by pin.
IYO SKY and JORDYNNE GRACE defeat Roxanne Perez and Giulia by pin.

All four women came to dance in the main event!

GRADE FOR WWE NXT (APRIL 29TH, 2025): C+.
The main event was the clear standout in a night of clunky matches. The second half of the tag title match helped that bout, but the other matches were either average or forgettable. The showdown between Stacks/The Don was a letdown. The Joe Hendry stuff was interesting, as was having the Undertaker show up with some guys from LFG.

After the main event, Ava is talking with Stephanie Vaquer. She books Giulia vs. Jordynne Grace in a #1 Contender's match for next week.

Grace and Giulia fight on the apron. They fight up the entrance, leaving Perez and Sky. They trade pins. Sky shurgs off Pop Rox. Roxy hits a few kicks on the Champ. Sky flips out of Pop Rox, landing a big kick. She hits the Over the Moonsault for the win.
Result - Iyo Sky and Jordynne Grace defeat Roxanne Perez and Giulia by pin.

GRADE: A.
Not surprising given the women in the main event. Easily the best match of the night, with great counters and tandem moves. Both teams worked well together, and each woman had a chance to shine. It's a shame that Perez ate another pin, though.

Iyo fires herself up, and Roxy tags in. Sky goes for her moonsault, but Perez decks her before hitting a top-rope Hurricanrana. She tags Giulia in, and they hit a headbutt/Superkick combo. Giulia hits her Northern Lights' driver, and Perez adds a middle-rope springboard moonsault, but Grace busts up the pin.

Grace gets the hot tag and drops Giulia with a series of moves. She hoists Roxy on her shoulders and hits a Death Valley Driver. She adds a backfist before suplexing both opponents for a near pinfall. Roxy breaks up a pin, but all four women are spent.

Giulia has Sky in a submission off the commercials. Roxy tags in but gets stomped by the Champ. Giulia tries to stop Sky from tagging out, but Perez knocks Grace off the apron. Iyo hits a backbreaker on Perez.

Roxy distracts the ref, allowing Giulia to break out of a hold by raking Grace's eyes. Perez tags in. Grace suplexes both opponents at the same time. Iyo tags in and drops Giulia with a springboard dropkick. Grace and Sky go for a tandem move off the apron, but Perez and Giulia trip her to prevent it.

Sky controls Perez early on, but Giulia comes in to turn the tide. Sky fights through it anyway. Grace tags in, and Sky hits a Senton off her shoulders for a near fall. Grace and Giulia trade counters until the Juggernaut dumps The Beautiful Madness with a shoulder block.

Corey Graves mentions how wrestling legend Meiko Satomura had her retirement match over the weekend.

Kelani Jordan vs. Zaria and the battle royal are announced for next week. Ava also announces a six-man tag match between Honk If You Believe and DarkState.

It's main event time as Roxanne Perez teams with Giulia against Iyo Sky and Jordynne Grace.

Hank and Tank walk in to check on Joe Hendry. They all want to get a piece of DarkState.

Kelani says she'll take a shot next week before Zaria cuts her off and says Kelani has to go through her first if she wants a shot at Ruca.

WE see a new version of Chase University with different faces. He says it's a new day at Chase U, and his main buddies, Uriah Connors and Kale Dixon, walk in late. He then swears a bunch to everyone's delight, except one guy. We then see Sol and Zaria talking before Kelani Jordan comes in to try and talk. She says she defended the title every week, but missed the earlier match I guess.

Is the Deadman working on a new faction??

Backstage, we see NQCC talking about their futures. Myles Borne is excited for the battle royal and wants to break out, regardless of what Charlie Dempsey says. Tavion says Charlie is still mad at Borne for teaming with Je'Von last week. Tavion also wants a shot, so he declares for the battle royal.

Inamura picks Hank up but swings him feet first into Briggs. Hank and Tank take advantage to hit a tandem headbutt/powerslam move for the win.
Result - Hank Walker and Tank Ledger defeat Inamura and Josh Briggs by pin.

GRADE: B-.
The match started off slow and plodding, but picked up after the ads. The pace was a bit too hectic at points, but it recovered enough to make it a decent match.

Hank and Inamura trade strikes off the commercial break. Briggs tags in, but Hank misses it. He eats a big boot. The challengers hit a big boot German Suplex combo for a near fall. Hank fights back with a shoulder block off the top before tagging in Tank. They hit a move on Inamura, but Briggs pulls Hank out of the ring before they can hit their pancake move. Briggs hits a chokeslam before dropping Tank with a boot. Inamura hits a Frog Splash, but Hank breaks up the pin.

Briggs and Inamura slow down the pace a bit before using some quick tags to leave Tank on the mat.

Inamura wastes little time in attacking Tank, but the Champs quickly recover. Briggs tags in, dropping Hank. He quickly tags Inamura back in, but he almost gets rolled up.

Kelly Kincaid interviews Oba Femi about the battle royal. He says he'll face Trick at Battleground if he wins, but no matter how many times he faces him, he'll beat him. The Undertaker then appears to tell Oba that NXT is his yard... for now, because he has some guys from LFG coming for him. Shiloh Hill, Jasper Troy, and Anthony Luke all walk up, but Oba isn't fazed. He shakes Taker's hand before leaving.

Up next is Hank and Tank's first defense of the NXT Tag Team titles. They'll face Inamura and Josh Briggs.

We then see Giulia and Roxanne Perez backstage. Perez says she didn't like her at first, but that she understands the hype. Giulia says that Perez was right about how she was handling things as Champion, hence her change in attitude.

After some glad-handing, he resorts to his usual whining about wanting the NXT title back. Ava then comes out, saying that Trick doesn't get it. He claims he's bigger than NXT and is the biggest star in TNA. After all the whining and complaining, Ava says he can have a title shot again - if he can outlast 24 other stars in a battle royal next week.

Trick says he's been calling Joe Hendry's name all night, but he hasn't shown up. He admits that Hendry got him last week. Trick says he went to Joe's show and made it the Trick Williams show. He brings up his appearance on the season finale of the All American show on CW. The crowd chants "Hollywood Trick" before Trick calls Hendry "local talent." Trick then compares himself to The Rock and John Cena.

The crowd that was booing Trick an hour ago cheers him when he comes out. Make up your minds already!

Sol and Zaria leave, but Adonis tries to reason with Karmen. She tries to leave, and he grabs her arm. He gets kicked in the face, and the crowd cheers.

Sol battles back with a few strikes and a shoulder block. She adds a backpack neckbreaker and a kick before going for the Sol Snatcher. Karmen pushes her legs out as she climbs the buckle. Petrovic misses a move and falls victim to the Sol Snatcher.

Result - Sol Ruca defeats Karmen Petrovic by pin.

GRADE: C.
A few sloppy spots hurt the flow. The match was short and clunky, but was okay for what it was - an impromptu match.

Sol hands the title to Zaria as she leaves the ring, and Zaria briefly stares at it before leaving. Sol hits a facebuster early on, sending Karmen from the ring. She misses a moonsault but is caught by Zaria. Petrovic barely lands a kick on Ruca. Sword Girl hits a sliding kick and a front dropkick for two.

Karmen Petrovic challenges Sol Ruca for the Women's North American Championship. So much for someone earning a shot.

Oro and Noam Dar are backstage with the Meta Girls, celebrating Noam's regaining the Heritage Cup last week. Lash says a lot has changed while he's been out injured. She essentially says it's time for them all to go their separate ways. Noam surprisingly agrees, and they mutually part ways.

GRADE FOR D'ANGELO/STACKS SEGMENT: C.
With the tension sown over the last week, the stakes were high for this showdown. Instead of having the two sides meet in the ring, a bunch of random, faceless people got screen time. Stacks did appear on the big screen, but the segment fell a bit flat than it should have, especially since D'Angelo's allies ringside did nothing to help him when the "security" attacked him.

He's outside somewhere by a bridge. He says he's sick of taking The Don's orders. His decisions are making groups like Darkstate think they can push the group around. Stacks then sows doubt in the rest of The Don's family as some security guys rush the ring to attack D'Angelo. He yells that if Stacks wants to be The Don, he has to come down face to face and take it.

Tony says he didn't expect a betrayal at Stand and Deliver, but instead to have a conversation. He says he always had Stacks' back because that is what loyalty is all about. The Don knows that he has always wanted to lead the family. Some of the family are standing on the ring apron. They don't look like mob members, but guys in jeans. More security comes out as Stacks appears on the big screen.

Up next, we get a powwow between Tony D'Angelo and Stacks Lorenzo. What will happen??

Shawn Spears gives the Culling a pep talk. He says not to fear their failures but instead learn from them. He wants Izzi to stand out from the rest of the women's roster in NXT and rip the spotlight from someone else. It's interesting to see a leader so calm and not beat the cr*p out of his/her minions for losing.

Both stars go for crossbodies at the same time. King recovers first, hitting a Swanton off the top for two. He hits a gutbuster for another near fall. King whiffs on a Superkick, allowing Saints to drop him. Saints misses a Tornado DDT. Lexis hits the Superkick and goes for the Coronation, but Saints blocks it and hits the Tornado DDT. He hits Rochambeau for the win.
Result - Ricky Saints defeats Lexis King by pin.

GRADE: B-.
Nothing groundbreaking. A decent match with some good exchanges.

King rushes Saints before the bell rings, and Saints can take off his vest. Saints quickly recover. He drops King but eats an upkick from the King. While the match is going on, Vic and Corey Graves reference Gunther and Pat McAfee for some reason. Graves mentions that he's had his issues with McAfee in the past, but doesn't advise stepping up to Gunther.

The first of two title matches pits Lexis King against Ricky Saints.

Before the first match, we see Gigi and Tatum talking to Karmen Petrovic about losing last week and at Rebellion on Sunday. Ashante Adonis comes in to call Gigi and Tatum losers, and that he got her a match with Sol Ruca. I thought they were done, but I guess the teenage love puppy saga continues.