2025-05-13 WWE NXT - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
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NXT/TNA Crossover in Storyline # 9 ....
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STORYLINES:
(1) Miles Borne goaded into putting up his NXT title by Ethan Page, who also has an ongoing feud w/ Ricky Saints…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Coming out party for new #1 contender, Miles Borne…
(B) Ethan Page gets Miles Borne to put up his title shot, at the encouragement of his own stablemate, Charlie Dempsey, but Borne defeats Page…
(C) Oba Femi vs Charlie Dempsey…
(D) Ethan Page / Ricky Saints rivalry… Page attacks Saints to end the show…
Details:
Enter Ethan Page… DISCUSSION… Ethan Page goads Miles Borne into putting his title shot on the line tonight, thanks to encouragement from Charlie Dempsey!…
Enter Ava, who apprehensively books that match and introduces the next match…
-Match: Oba Femi vs Charlie Dempsey w/ Miles Borne, Tavion Heights, Wren Sinclair…
Winner: Oba Femi…
-Backstage Segment w/ Ethan Page, Ricky Saints…
-Backstage Segment w/ No Quarter Catch Crew (Miles Borne, Tavion Heights, Charlie Dempsey, Wren Sinclair)… Dempsey is super messed up from his match w/ Oba Femi…
-Match: Miles Borne vs Ethan Page…
Winner: Miles Borne… who keeps his NXT title shot at Battleground….
-Backstage Segment w/ Ethan Page, Ricky Starks shows Starks attacked...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Well, ok. here’s what i think. i was actually very impressed w/ the idea of giving Miles Borne a push, but accepting putting his title shot on the line was kind of stupid. so i didn’t like that for him… also, the Ethan Page / Ricky Saints
stuff kind of took the attention away from
what i felt should have been a serious coming out party for Borne. those 2 guys already had a match. Page attacking Saints backstage, it didn’t really need to be on this show tonight, imo. there was enough on this show already…
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(2) Tatum Paxley having a hard time w/ the release of her friends from WWE, takes it out on Thea Hail…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Kelani Jordan, Zaruca (Zaria, Sol Ruca)
👉Subplots:
(A) Tatum Paxley distraught over losing Gigi Dolan, who was recently released…
(B) Jaida Parker / Thea Hail feud… Jaida Parker pleased to see Thea attacked by Tatum Paxley…
Details:
Enter Tatum Paxley…
-Match: Thea Hail vs Tatum Paxley… Jaida Parker watches from a monitor in the back…
Winner: Tatum Paxley…
-Afterbirth: Tatum Paxley continues crazed attack on Thea Hail… the attack must be broken up by security…
-Backstage Segment w/ Jaida Parker, Sol Ruca, Zaria… Jaida Parker is happy that Thea Hail “got what she deserved…”
Enter Kelani Jordan…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: I was gonna list the apparent friendship between Thea Hail and Karmen Petrovic as a subplot here but Karmen didn’t even come out to help Thea Hail from the Tatum Paxley attack, so i guess that’s not really a thing… i like them using the wwe releases as an angle for friends who’ve been left behind…
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(3) Stacks gets one over on the Don…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Tony D’Angelo loses to Wes Lee thanks to Stacks appearing on the big screen…
(B) Tony D’Angelo / Stacks feud… Tony falls into Stacks’ trap, gets jumped at Rizzo’s safe house…
Details:
Plenty of Distraxtion & Physical Interference from Tyson Dupont & Tyreke Igwe, but regardless, Tony D’Angelo looks set to win when…
Enter Stacks on the big screen, who is at Rizzo’s safe house… this distraction leads to the fall…
Winner: Wes Lee…
-Out in the parking lot, Tony D’Angelo throws a cameraman into his car and orders his driver to take them to Rizzo’s safe house…
-Off Site at Adriana Rizzo’s safe house… Tony D’Angelo arrives but is jumped by Stacks… Stacks cuts a promo over Tony…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - ❤️
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: I am freakin loving this. can’t wait for the match… and also, when is the Don gonna get a call up?!
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(4) Chase U’s Dixon & Connors happy to get their first tag match in NXT, but it’s against a returning OTM! 😬…
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package has Bronco Nima & Lucien Price cutting a promo over footage of their highlights…
-Backstage Segment w/ Ava, Kale Dixon, Uriah Connors…
Enter Andre Chase…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: such a small little segment for Chase U, but it made me laugh… they are sure ready to give OTM another chance at a push. they better make it happen this time and get to the main roster, or else they might end up on the chopping block too!
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(5) Jordynne Grace to protect Stephanie Vaquer until their NXT title showdown… tonight, it’s Fatal Influence…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Stephanie Vaquer / Jordynne Grace feud… Jordynne Grace will protect Stephanie Vaquer until their match…
(B) Fatal Influence step up to Stephanie Vaquer, but don’t seem completely united… lose tag team main event…
Details:
Enter Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley), who want to take NXT title from Stephanie Vaquer, although they bicker amongst each other as well…
Enter Jordynne Grace, who promises to protect Stephanie Vaquer until their match… Fatal Influence say they will be ready to take the title from whoever leaves Battleground w/ the title…
-Tag Match: Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne) vs Jordynne Grace & Stephanie Vaquer…
Winners: Jordynne Grace & Stephanie Vaquer…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: now i see how things work in WWE and i don’t see it lasting much longer for Fatal Influence… Jacy Jayne took an amazing bump for Jordynne Grace’ finisher but overall, they’ve had time to run this gimmick and it’s not working. just because they’re given tv time, doesn’t mean i would be surprised to see them released some time soon. they’re being given a real opportunity to shine, but they are owed nothing… i’m thinking maybe a few more jobs and FUTURE ENDEVORED!… just my two cents. Fallon Henley is not believeable on the mic. i see more of a shot for Jacy Jayne but it doesn’t seem like she’s very over either. maybe a new gimmick because there is no toxic attraction w/o Mandy Rose…
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(6) LFG finalists on NXT, as winner will get NXT contract… several NXT stars arrive to defend their spot on the card from the newcomers…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Undertaker, Bubba Ray Dudley, Tyra Mae Steel, Zena Sterling…
Enter Izzi Dame, Nikkita Lyons…
Enter Lash Legend, Lola Vice…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👎
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: i don’t dig the lfg idea, so i don’t really want this on the show, til somebody wins and becomes part of the roster. can these “legends” stop selling out the business, please?!
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(7) WWEID talent Sean Legacy challenges Je’Von Evans, after magical spots in last weeks battle royal… Ashonte Thee Adonis puts involved in this as he puts down the indy scene…
Participants:
Details:
-X post by Sean Legacy has Legacy challenging Je’Von Evans after magical moment they had during battle royal…
Backstage Segment w/ Je’Von Evans, Ashonte Thee Adonis…
Enter Ricky Saints…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: i did really like the idea of Je’Von Evans vs Sean Legacy but now that they threw Ashonte Thee Adonis in there, this only gets a +1 pt from me. was ready to get it more, but Adonisly, they should have released Ashonte Thee Adonis… dumbest a*s gimmick ever, or at least tied for it. from what i’ve seen his work is pretty good but he hasn’t had any matches. haven’t seen him in the ring since athe tna genisis ppv pre show in january! how the hell does this guy still have a spot on the card?! and a pretty high profile one at that! he’s always got some backstage angle he’s involved in!…
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(8) Kelani Jordan, speared through a barricade last week, wants another crack at Zaria… will get shot at Sol Ruca’s North American title w/ win…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Kelani Jordan, Zaria, Sol Ruca…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: well last week i thought the bookers wanted to hint at some kind of love connection between Zaria & Sol Ruca. Kelani Jordan sorta mentioned something about it but nothing to outright. i guess we’ll see… maybe i’m reading this all wrong. but i can almost swear that Sol Ruca is in love w/ Zaria…
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(9) TNA world title match contract signing on NXT!…
Participants:
Details:
-CONTRACT SIGNING in GM’s office w/ Ava, Trick Williams, Joe Hendry…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: i really think Trick Williams is gonna win this. this is too crazy to me, how they’re putting this brand over, it really makes me think that they’re gonna put a lot of pressure to buy it outright… i’m hoping tna never falls into a hole where they need to be bailed out financially, because i’ve really dug this working relationship. would like to see it keep going just like it is…
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(10) Josh Briggs bummed over Yoshiki Inamura leaving for Japan…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Briggs / Inamura breakup… Briggs feels he put a lot of pressure on Inamura after losses, causing the end…
(B) Shawn Spears feels need to interject… Brings up Briggs / Brooks Jensen breakup…
Details:
Enter Shawn Spears…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Excellent use of Inamura’s departure. simple idea, but i dug it.
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