NXT HALLOWEEN HAVOC RESULTS (10/25): Ricky Saints vs. Trick Williams, Jacy Jayne vs. Tatum Paxley, Hardy Boyz vs. DarkState, more

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NXT HALLOWEEN HAVOC RESULTS
OCTOBER 25, 2025
PRESCOTT VALLEY, ARIZ. AT FINDLAY TOYOTA CENTER
STREAMED LIVE ON PEACOCK (U.S.) & NETFLIX (International)
REPORT BY KELLY WELLS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR

Commentators: Vic Joseph, Booker T

Ring Announcer: Mike Rome

-“Prescott” isn’t pronounced as you would think if you’ve never lived in Arizona, and Vic nailed it, so someone had the forethought to brief him. Some of tonight’s players were shown doing their thing and arriving at the venue. Tatum Paxley was shown wearing glasses, which is something we almost never see wrestlers doing, even in these semi-candid moments.

-There was a spooky female-narrated hype video for the event, outlining each of tonight’s matches interspersed with shots of the unforgiving desert (which is actually pretty forgiving in late October).

(1) JE’VON EVANS & LEON SLATER vs. MR. IGUANA & LA PARKA

Evans was introduced first and messed around, grabbing a skeleton prop from the set and talking to him on the way to the ring. Slater is the TNA X-Division champion and his work has to be seen to be believed (just like that of Evans, of course). We got a shot of the announcers, and Vic was wearing a Riddler suit. Nice reaction for La Parka, and a much bigger one for the bonkers Mr. Iguana.

Evans & La Parka started, and of course we had some speedy reversals and some lucha posturing early. The two went for lariats and went to a stalemate. La Parka danced a little and they went back to rights, then kicks. They vascillated between American-style cruiserweight wrestling and lucha libre near-falls and heavily-choreographed reversals. Iguana and Slater tagged in, both to cheers. Iguana played dead on an early bump to his back, then evaded a spot and hit a huracanrana, and they went to speedy reversals themselves, and Iguana did a cross-legged pose with his hand on his face like Jack Benny, for all the seventy-year-olds reading. Evans made a blind tag and he and Slater double-teamed Iguana and planted him on the mat, then danced a little as Iguana played dead again.

Parka tagged in and dumped both of his opponents, then tuned up the band. Iguana threw his stuffed iguana out to them, and they threw it back and forth to each other, treating it like a real animal to be avoided, until Iguana hit them with a plancha. Everyone got involved for a moment and it once again settled to Parka and Evans. Parka caught Evans, pressed him a couple of times, then slammed him for two. He tagged Iguana, who trapped Evans in the paradise lock, a move not seen regularly in WWE since Jack Gallagher. He sat on Evans and posed, then ran the ropes and dropkicked him in the back porch. Parka tagged in and covered for two. Evans got back into it by catching Parka for a snap suplex. He jumped for the hot tag but Parka expertly snatched him out of the air and slammed him back.

Both guys made tags shortly after. Slater got his shine segment by hitting Iguana with some quick offense. He got a “TNA” chant. There was a “Triple A” chant right after. Evans hit a dropkick on Iguana for two. Iguana caught Evans in an arm submission, but Evans lifted him and walked over to make the tag. Parka tagged in as well and he laid out Slater with a side suplex for two. Slater got in some chops and palm strikes. Parka took off one of his skeleton hand gloves and laid in a bunch of chops. Again, both men tagged.

Iguana opened his gear and asked for a chop. Evans obliged and Iguana did another flat-back bump. Iguana broke out his stuffed iguana and used it as a puppet and a weapon against his opponents until it got ripped off and tossed in the air, distracting him for a dropkick. Slater was the next to be featured, and he hit his awesome fly over the corner onto Iguana. Back inside, he hit a high cross-body on Parka, and made the tag. Evans tagged in, hit a frog splash and got a very long two. Evans and Slater hyped each other up, but behind them appeared the Iguana puppet, making for a very silly visual. Everyone got involved and the iguana was vaguely involved in the spots. Iguana smacked Slater with his iguana, leading to a powerslam by Parka, who got two – broken up as Evans knocked Iguana into the pile.

Parka and Evans settled as the legal men, and Parka hit a brainbuster. He tagged Iguana and the two went up in the same corner, but Evans fought them and joined them. Slater cleared Parka off the corner and again it was bonzo gonzo for a bit. Slater hit a cutter on La Parka and as Evans dealt with Parka outside, Slater hit his top rope finisher on Iguana inside to get the duke.

WINNERS: Leon Slater & Je’Von Evans at 17:55.

(Wells’s Analysis: It didn’t have a lot of classic tag team action as all four are popular guys who work babyface, and it was often closer to a tornado match than a standard tag match, but it’s undeniable that it worked as an opener for the hot Arizona crowd)

-Blake Howard sat down for an interview with Ethan Page, who said the proof is there that he’s the greatest North American Champion of all time. I don’t know if this segment was shown to everyone, or just to premium subscribers as everyone else got a few commercials.

-Zaria, with more elaborate makeup than usual, tried to cheer up Sol Ruca and convinced her she’d be defending Ruca’s championship successfully after Ruca wasn’t cleared to compete tonight. Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley walked up and Izzi stirred crap, saying she didn’t know about that, but Paxley would be taking the Women’s Championship later tonight. She said when Paxley wins, the Culling all win, but she doesn’t think it’s the same for ZaRuca.

(2) EL HIJO DE DR. WAGNER JR. vs. ETHAN PAGE (c) – Day of the Dead match for the NXT North American Championship

Page had the left side of his face painted with Day of the Dead iconography, thought there was a red maple leaf around the eye black. They even photoshopped it onto his face on the ring video for tonight.

The two had some quick escapes and landed a large number of chops in the corner early. The match was contested in low light, which I guess is part of the Day of the Dead gimmick. The action spilled outside early, where Wagner got a chair from under the ring and laid in a big shot to Page’s back. A “we want tables” chant went out early, as usual when something more interesting is happening. The action went back inside shortly after, and Wagner put Page into the paradise lock and then set up a chair against his posterior, then dropkicked it. That kind of takes the wind out of the sails of the paradise lock spot in the previous match.

Wagner went out and got a trash can and lid, and held them up to get the pop before he brought them inside and slammed the can down on Page. He tried to powerbomb Page onto it, but Page slipped out the back. He ate the can from a Wagner shot for his trouble. Wagner went up but Page hit him with a thrust kick, then hit a jawbreaker using the trash can lid for two. He used the lid repeatedly on Wagner’s back, then fired up to boos.

The two fought over the rope with Wagner outside on the apron, and Page charged Wagner into a turnbuckle and he crumbled to the floor. There was a “We want tables”/”No we don’t” dueling chant. The two fought outside, and Page choked Wagner out with a femur from one of the skeletons (I didn’t see the bone very well during the spot, so I’m taking Vic’s word that it was the femur). Wagner started getting a table out, and the legs on one side were up. Page yanked Wagner down into the upturned table legs, and soon after there was blood splatter everywhere and Wagner was making some gutteral hacking sounds, so it may have been a worse spot than intended. Oh, never mind, Page’s forehead is caked in blood. I missed in real time how it happened. The ref had his gloves on, of course.

The action went back inside, where a chair was set up in a corner, and another on the mat. Page charged Wagner to the one in the corner and transitioned into a sidewalk slam onto the other chair, then covered fo two. The table was in the ring also, laying flat, upside-down. Page ripped away at Wagner’s mask to a chorus of boos. He snapped it from the eyes and pulled the top part back, and Wagner had face paint, though it was quickly fading with all the sweat. He shook and sold his rage at what Page had done, and Page sold fear that he made the wrong decision. Wagner went into a flurry, hitting a springboard gutbuster for a long two.

The two sold for a bit, and Wagner recovered enough for a thrust kick in the corner. He trapped a trash can between the ropes but against Page, and he jumped coast-to-coast to dropkick the can into Wagner for a long two, as Vic sold it as an inevitable finish (I didn’t buy it as a finish, but I appreciate that out of an announcer in the right dosage). Wagner fought Page taking off his mask, but it allowed Page to hit a powerslam onto the downed trash can, and get a near-fall that would have been convincing but Wagner was clearly watching the ref and waiting for the right moment to kick out. There was a “Let’s go Ethan”/”Ethan sucks” dueling chant that was close to even, which I can understand because we still haven’t seen enough out of Wagner to have a huge emotional attachment to him.

Wagner hit a couple of impact spots and then a moonsault for a long two. He sold frustration for just a bit, then set up the (as usual, branded) table and set it up near the corner. Wagner took Page up in the corner. They fought for position for a while, and Page slipped out underneath, then messed with Wagner’s mask and turned it around to blind him. Wagner kicked Page away, but Page threw salt into Wagner’s eyes and hit the Twisted Grin through the table to finish.

WINNER: Ethan Page at 18:21.

(Wells’s Analysis: A decent enough street fight that was elevated with the sub-story of the mask leading into all the most critical spots in the endgame. Page is reaching five months as champion and has quite a few big defenses at this point)

-Kelani Jordan, dressed as the red queen from Alice in Wonderland, was run upon by Jordynne Grace, dressed as Velma from Scooby-Doo. They had a chippy conversation about Jordan siding with TNA during the invasion, and it led to Grace giving Jordan a hard slap. Jordan said Grace would regret it.

-NXT: Gold Rush, a two-week Tuesday night event in NXT in mid-November, was promoted. Evolve, AAA and TNA will all be part of the shows.

-Kelly Kincaid sat down with Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley in another segment that might be for Premium subscribers. Dame talked over Paxley a couple of times and said nobody else had her best interests at heart, and Lyra Valkyria is going to abandon Paxley again, and Dame will be there to pick up all of the broken pieces. Dame was pretty strong in this segment, and continues to become a better long-term prospect by the week after a long stretch of going nowhere until she got comfortable in her role with The Culling.

(3) ZARIA (defending Sol Ruca’s championship) (w/Sol Ruca) vs. BLAKE MONROE – NXT Women’s North American Championship match

Monroe jumped Zaria before the bell and it looked like the ref forgot his role before he finally called for it, but I might be overthinking that. Zaria recovered quickly and hit a slam for two, and then went to reversals until Monroe jumped on the back of Zaria but Zaria slammed her forward. Zaria charged Monroe hard into a turnbuckle. On the outside, Ruca was on a cane. The action went near a rope, where Monroe slipped out to the floor and yanked Zaria’s arm over the middle rope.

Monroe reentered and slammed the worked arm into the mat a couple of times. They went to a corner, where Monroe hyperextended the arm over the top rope as she dangled upside-down and did a taunt with her fingertip in her mouth and a faux-sweet look on her face. Ruca was shown with concern on the outside; hopefully she remembers not to join in if the crowd chants “this is awesome” this time. Zaria sold the arm pain but got in some shots with the other arm and some kicks. She hit a suplex using just the strong arm. She hit a backdrop for two.

Zaria put up Monroe in a torture rack and wrenched her back there until Monroe flipped out of the move and transitioned skillfully into an armbar. Zaria lifted and slammed Monroe to break the hold. Both women sold on the mat. There was a loud “Booker T” chant that the announcers didn’t vocally acknowledge, so I don’t know what happened to bring that on.

The action went outside, where Zaria was charged into the steel steps, and she was near tears with the pain to the worked arm. Suddenly Ruca shoved Zaria into the post to a big reaction, but the spot was designed to pop Zaria’s arm into place, and Zaria fired up, thanked Ruca, and hit the ring.

Zaria tried an F-5, but Monroe transitioned to another armbar. Zaria rolled Monroe up to break. Flash knee by Monroe got two. Ruca reached in and held Zaria’s hand and tried to fire her up. On the other side of the ring, Monroe smiled evilly as she produced the hair pick she’s used on Zaria once already, in the match between these two that was just meant as a precursor to the intended Monroe-Ruca match. Zaria speared Monroe and the pick went flying. They went outside, and Monroe accidentally tripped Ruca by running into the cane. Zaria went out to check on Ruca, opening her up to a Glamour Shot. Back inside, one more Glamour Shot, and we’ve got a new champion.

WINNER: Blake Monroe at 11:03.

(Wells’s Analysis: Decent action as we led to the inevitable finish that would’ve carried greater weight if Ruca had been able to go, but given their constraints in that way, I think they told a pretty good story here and all players stayed well within their characters believably.)

-Hype for Survivor Series.

Wren Sinclair talked to Karmen Petrovic and Kendal Grey in a side room. Grey was carrying the Women’s Evolve Championship, so apparently I missed something by being a couple of weeks behind on Evolve. Hopefully this means a callup is coming for the impressive Kali Armstrong. Lash Legend showed up and talked down all the women, and it led to Grey insisting on Legend challenging for the Evolve championship so she could shut her up. She said Legend isn’t ready for the “Grey Area.” Yikes.

(4) TATUM PAXLEY (w/Izzi Dame & Shawn Spears & Niko Vance) vs. JACY JAYNE (c) (w/Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) – NXT Women’s Championship

Fatal Influence were in a matching purple & black motif with some light face paint. Henley and Reid looked…alluring, to say the very least. Mike Rome, wearing super bizarre sunglasses that looked like sunflowers, and a suit that was black and white, split down the middle. Still, the spookiest thing about him was his usual mile-long frosted tips. Paxley wore blood-red contacts.

The two stared across each other and made sarcastic smiles at one another. Collar-and-elbow. “Let’s go Tatum” chant went out for the woman who’s organically become a very beloved underdog (though their most recent beloved underdog, Thea Hail, is still nowhere to be found on TV most weeks). Jayne slowed it down early with a wristlock, then ran the ropes and blocked Paxley. On a second run, Paxley laid out Jayne and she jawed down at her. The two worked a few mat reversals for two counts. Jayne hit a rana and put her arm up to huge boos. Paxley blocked Jayne in the corner and hit an elbow drop for a one count.

Tatum set up what looked like a Gory Bomb, but she kept torquing Jayne forward and hit a backslide into a two count. Dropkick by Paxley. Paxley ended up on the apron where Jayne tried to dropkick her, but Paxley dropped to the floor and hit a step-up enzuigiri as the Culling cheered her on. On the other side of the ring, Jayne tried to trap Paxley in the apron, but Paxley was ready and fought her way out. Fatal Influence got involved and opened the door for Jayne to monkey flip Paxley face-first into the underside of the ring.

Jacy rolled Paxley in for two, then leaned on her with a boot. The ref got hung up with Jayne after she wouldn’t relent, and Reid got involved and choked Paxley during the distraction. Jayne hit a flying ax-handle for two. Jayne snapped on a headscissors and the match slowed down. The two went to some big rights and Jayne hit a quick knee lift into a short clothesline for two. Jayne trapped Paxley in a headlock and she shook her head during a “Jacy sucks” chant. There was a second chant that sounded like “You both suck,” but hopefully that’s wrong, though technically Paxley is in a heel faction (though she’s still essentially a babyface within it).

Paxley fired up and strung together some quick offense and hit a series of varied kicks. She shook off an attack and hit something that looked like both an exploder and a fisherman’s suplex. The two fought their way up a corner and Jayne managed a neckbreaker from the top. It was right by the ropes, and Spears put Paxley’s leg on a rope to break the count. Reid flew in with a high cross-body on Spears and Vance, and Henley got involved against Dame. The ref threw out the Culling and the Fatal Influence cronies laughed it up, but they freaked out when they got kicked out also.

Paxley got a quick rollup for two, and production showed some fans who were desperate for a Paxley win. Paxley hit a crucifix for two. She set up Cemetery Drive but Jayne rolled her up for two. Jayne did her licking taunt and went for a cannonball, but ate corner as Paxley moved. Paxley hit the rolling encore and then a beautiful 450 splash for a very long two that had the rabid crowd salivating.

Paxley wanted Cemetery Drive again and Jayne fought it off. There was a “Fight forever” chant that had to be extremely rewarding for two women who had very humble beginnings on this brand. Action spilled outside for some big spots and went back inside, where Jayne hit a forearm but got rolled up for two. The two reared back for some big yay/boo forearms. They both went down as they hit stereo big boots. In the background, both factions showed up. In the melee, Dame went into the ring and had the belt in her hands. She ran over Paxley, swinging the belt, and Vic sowed the seeds of doubt as he wondered who Dame was really trying to hit. She hit Jayne, and Paxley hit Cemetery Drive. The ref wasn’t there, leading to what I thought was an obvious visual victory before Jayne got the win, but indeed the ref showed up and counted the three. Dame looked on with mixed emotions.

WINNER: Tatum Paxley at 16:28.

(Wells’s Analysis: This was an absolutely fantastic match, with Paxley really climbing a hill to get to a title win possibly even more shocking than Jayne’s herself. Jayne definitely wasn’t my bag as this reign started, but she really got a lot better as she was given more minutes, and this match was one of the best ever for both women. The follow-up should give the Culling some interesting possibilities.)

-Deadl1ne will be in San Antonio on December 6th.

-There was a basic recap package for the next match that was possibly for premium subscribers.

(5) THE BROKEN HARDYZ (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) (c) vs. DARKSTATE (Dion Lennox & Osiris Griffin) (w/Saquon Shugars & Cutler James) – Broken Rules match for the NXT Tag Team Championship

Although the Hardy Boyz have the TNA Tag Team Championships also, they aren’t on the line. The match is just a tornado match with pinfalls needing to happen in the ring, so it’s not that different from the majority of NXT tag team matches in terms of how it’ll be worked. However, a bunch of ladders were set up outside the ring, so they’ll come into play, too.

There was the usual tease of which members of DarkState would be in the match, and it turned out to be Lennox and Griffin, who were the two who had the titles and lost them to the Hardy Boyz in the first place. Apparently, it was also legal for the other members of DarkState to get involved, and they did early and often. As the legal members of DarkState controlled things in the ring, Shugars set up a table outside. Jeff backdropped Griffin, likely to mean to put him through the table, but he fell short. Jeff did a little improv and they paid off the table by putting James through it.

Jeff threw a bunch of chairshots at the legal and illegal members of DarkState, including a backhand unprotected shot to the head on Shugars, and a straight toss of the chair at someone else. Maybe he forgot what company’s paying him for this one. Jeff set up another table (the ones in this match are pumpkins with a third eye, like Jeff’s Brother Nero persona). There was a “We want tables” chant by a few people who didn’t understand that the tables that are set up aren’t going to be used for meetings. James and Shugars were set up on the tables. Jeff hit a swanton on Shugars to go through one, and Matt hit a legdrop on James through the other one. At least for now, the illegal men are out of the way.

Lennox & Griffin picked their spots on the spent Hardy Boyz and brought in trash cans and kendo sticks, and used all of them on Matt and Jeff. They leaned a ladder up in the corner and slammed Matt onto it. Booker T immediately went into insider lingo and asked “How many bumps on the bump card does Matt have left?” DarkState hit 3D on Hardy for a long two.

Action went outside and DarkState kept up the onslaught. Jeff got set up near a barricade, so naturally Griffin drove him through it. Lennox and Matt were in a heap right near them. Action went back inside and Griffin threw rights down on Matt. Matt reversed a move and hit a Twist of Fate on Lennox. Jeff hit a Swanton Bomb on Lennox and got two, broken up by Griffin. Plot Twist by the Hardyz got a long two on Lennox. The guys rolled outside and to the apron and sold for a while as production replayed a bunch of the recent spots.

Outside, there was one tall ladder set up at the foot of the ramp, and two tables set up next to it, and next to each other.They set up Griffin on the far table and Jeff went high. He went for a Swanton, but obviously Griffin moved and Jeff went through both tables (if Griffin was going through, why would the second table be there at all?). Inside, Lennox capitalized on the distraction by hitting a side slam on Matt. He set Matt up on a table and went north, but Matt ran and met him there, and tried to suplex him onto the table. Griffin got involved and saved Lennox from trouble. Lennox got dumped, but Griffin dominated Matt while Jeff sold in a corner.

Matt was trapped in the tree of woe as Lennox & Griffin worked over Jeff. They hit the Doomsday Device through yet another table and pinned Jeff/Nero to regain the championship.

WINNERS: DarkState at 19:07.

(Wells’s Analysis: Street fights and garbage matches aren’t my bag, so I didn’t fully engage with this although everyone had their working boots on. I’m not sure DarkState gained much by losing and gaining the championships just to pad the championship stats of the Hardy Boyz, but they certainly gained something by working with them in the first place)

-Je’Von Evans and Leon Slater talked in the back about the finish of the match, bemoaning the DarkState victory and wondering if they should’ve been out there. Their bodies were still covered in glitter that was out in the ring during the opener somewhere, so they may have just shot this right after the match. My Peacock feed had all sorts of issues during this segment so I didn’t catch it all, but I think they’re planning on challenging DarkState.

-Long hype for the main event. I imagine they need the time to clean all the debris around the ring.

(6) RICKY SAINTS (c) vs. TRICK WILLIAMS – NXT Championship match

Saints was wearing a golden chain…thing…that I don’t know how to subscribe. Booker T summed it up by asking if it was from Gladiator. Book was obsessed with how weird it was. Mike Rome handled formal intros, this time with no sunglasses, though he had Crow-type makeup on his eyes. Again, when Saints was onscreen, Booker went off about Saints’ ensemble.

Williams jumped Saints before the bell. Williams warned Saints that he’d be going through the announce table sometime tonight. Saints got dumped but he went back into the ring and Booker said he was running from the fight; Williams was still looking to put Saints through the table. Saints was dumped yet again, and Williams threw his head into the table, then cleared the space of some of the cables, but Saints skinned out. Williams couldn’t find him, and looked under the ring as Saints showed up in the ring again. He did his pose. Back inside, Saints missed a basic punch in the face, and Williams did a weird little shimmy with his hips as Saints gave him a weird look. We’re in strange territory early on.

Williams got dumped and Saints followed, though Williams hit him with a lariat as he turned the corner. They jockeyed for the honor of putting the other through the table. Saints got close to converting, but Williams slipped out the back and charged Saints to the barricade. He noticed the ref had reached five, so he took Saints into the ring and again abandoned the smoking gun that is the announce table.

Rope run and a flapjack by Trick for two. Saints was bleeding from above the left eye, so the ref gloves got busted out again. Saints cornered Williams and threw some body shots as Williams tried to fight out of the corner. They fought for position in the corner until Williams exploded out of the corner with a blockbuster for two.

Williams trapped Saints in a front chancery. He followed up with a suplex. He went for another suplex, but Saints reversed into a DDT. After both guys nailed some kicks, Williams hit a neckbreaker for two. The two got some more rights in, and Saints hit a back body-drop to get some separation. Both guys sold in opposite corners, and Saints charged in with a block. Saints walked the rope with some swagger and hit a Russian leg sweep. Saints strung some stuff together and hit a clothesline and dropped Trick to the mat for two.

Saints went up and tried a moonsault, and although he landed on his feet, Trick quickly trapped him in a Boston crab. Trick let him go and hit a uranage, then another. Vic called it a Rock Bottom but Booker insisted it was a Book End because of the difference in Trick’s positioning, which was accurate. He covered for two.

Saints got to his knees and absorbed some chops. Crucifix got two for Saints, and he transitioned into a crossface. Williams broke free and went out and grabbed the championship belt off the podium to remind himself why he was there, and Saints kicked him into it. Trick soon after hit a Book End into the table, and it collapsed. He immediately tossed Ricky inside and hit the Trick Shot, which amazingly got just two (the match time would suggest there’s more to come, but the Trick Shot rarely fails to finish). Saints got in a lariat and the two sold on the mat.

Saints stomped down on Williams. Williams got up and hit a Capoeira kick. Reversals led to a couple of quick near-falls. Saints hit a big spear and then hit a tornado spike DDT to finish.

WINNER: Ricky Saints at 16:46.

Booker T threw his headset off in frustration, and Vic called him out.

(Wells’s Analysis: With three matches eclipsing this one in terms of length, I actually didn’t think this was about to end there, even with the Saints finishing sequence. It was a nice match throughout, if not a lock to be remembered)

-Backstage, Sarah Schreiber caught up with The Culling and asked Tatum Paxley about her win earlier. She was bouncy and boisterous as she celebrated. The men of the Culling cheered her on, and even Izzi Dame said “It’s not about me, tonight is about Tatum!” Paxley was fired up and said into the camera, “If you thought tonight was crazier, it’s going to get a whole lot crazier on Tuesday! AAAAHHHHH!”

FINAL THOUGHTS: Well, the show existed, we can’t deny that. While there weren’t any truly breathtaking matches on the night, Jayne-Paxley was quite strong (I never thought I’d say either would be involved in the match of the night for a PLE, but I do indeed think it was match of the night) and the main event was good also. Of course, your mileage may vary if you have a lot of love for street fights and especially table spots, of which they gave the crowd their fill in the tag championship. DarkState predictably took the tag team championships back and can get back to the reign that likely wasn’t meant to end so soon in the first place, and Paxley less predictably became the centerpiece of the women’s division as they’ve taken some big risks on she and Jacy Jayne while sure things like Jaida Parker, Jordynne Grace and maybe Lola Vice haven’t seen the same success with gold. Meanwhile, Blake Monroe also took home her first championship (if you told me a couple of months ago that she and Paxley would win gold the same night, I would definitely have guessed the specific titles were reversed) and while I remain skeptical of her, they told a good story with she, Sol Ruca and Zaria that could serve to turn Ruca heel, if that’s how they want to go, though I wouldn’t roll the dice on that given her popularity. Of course, they rolled the dice on turning Trick Williams, so we’ve got precedence for weird decisions. Nate Lindberg and I will cover this one for a VIP roundtable tonight and it’ll go up late tonight or tomorrow. Cheers.