WWE NXT December 19th & 26th Spoilers

Wide shot of an NXT event at the WWE Performance Center

WWE has taped the final episodes of NXT in advance.

As the next 2 scheduled episodes of NXT are close to the holidays, WWE has made the decision to batch-tape multiple episodes of the developmental brand to give talent an extended break. The next live edition of the show will be the New Year’s Evil special on Tuesday, January 2.

Fans in attendance for the taping have been able to provide spoilers to the matches that took place for the shows that will be broadcast in the coming weeks. The spoilers have been obtained via PWInsider.

The WWE NXT Spoilers Are As Follows:

December 19 episode:

  • Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton. After the match, Stratton attacked Henley as they fought to the back, with Stratton dumping the contents of a trash can on Henley.
  • Ilja Dragunov came out for a promo to look back on what he accomplished in 2023 and what he planned to do for 2024. Ridge Holland came out and told Dragunov that although he wasn’t looking for a match now, he wanted to win some matches in order to get a shot at Dragunov. In response, Dragunov said they didn’t have to wait and could do the match tonight.
  • Trick Williams confronted Dragunov backstage and wanted to know why he was giving Holland a match. Dragunov told Williams that he is the challenger at New Year’s Evil, and the champion picks his matches.
  • Lexis King defeated Dion Lennox in the Men’s Breakout Tournament. After the match, Trey Bearhill came out but King escaped.
  • Izzi Dame and Kiana James defeated Jacy Jayne and Thea Hail. Hail was pinned by Dame after Hail had James in the kimura, but James wasn’t the legal person in the match.
  • Roxanne Perez gave her thoughts on the previous tag team match when Arianna Grace responded to Perez’s comments. Perez ended up slapping Grace.
  • Dragon Lee defeated Charlie Dempsey and Joe Coffey in a three-way match to retain the North American Championship. Before the match started, Gallus came out and Coffey added himself to the match. The rest of Gallus were sent to the back during the match. Lee got the pin on Dempsey. After the match, the No Quarter Catch Crew attacked Lee but Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro made the save.
  • There was a Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes segment in the locker room.
  • Cora Jade in a backstage segment took back her locker, which now belongs to Karmen Petrovic. Jade ended up throwing the contents of Petrovic’s locker out. Petrovic then came into the locker room and asked what happened, with Gigi Dolin telling Petrovic that Cora Jade did it.
  • Tavion Heights defeated Luca Crusifino in the Men’s Breakout Tournament.
  • Nikkita Lyons defeated Tatum Paxley.
  • Hank Walker and Tank Ledger talked about their upcoming match against Gallus.
  • Gallus [Wolfgang and Mark Coffey] defeated Hank Walker and Tank Ledger
  • Ilja Dragunov and Ridge Holland went to a no-contest after Dragunov was injured. Holland had Dragunov in a front face lock and lifted him up, then dropped Dragunov on his head. Dragunov was put in a neck brace and was stretchered out, with Holland showing concern.

It should be noted that as reported by Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, the injury to Dragunov was part of the storyline.

December 26 episode:

  • Lucien Price and Bronco Nima defeated Duke Hudson and Andre Chase in an All or Nothing match. The end of the match had Hudson in control of the match. He tagged in Chase, who was quickly pinned. Tony D’Angelo and Stacks were looking on from the balcony overlooking the ring.
  • Noam Dar defeated Josh Briggs to retain the Heritage Cup. Briggs was disqualified in the fourth round after attacking Dar with a spit bucket. Lash Legend had hit Briggs with the bucket shortly before he used it.
  • Cora Jade defeated Karmen Petrovic. Jade won the match with a future shock DDT.
  • Bron Breakker defeated Nathan Frazer
  • Joe Gacy defeated Joe Coffey. Hank Walker and Tank Ledger came out to prevent Mark Coffey and Wolfgang from interfering.
  • Riley Osborne defeated Lexis King in the Men’s Breakout Tournament semi-final match. Trey Bearhill distracted King from the aisle.Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne were in the Chase U student section during the match.
  • Oba Femi defeated Tavion Heights in the Men’s Breakout Tournament semi-final match. Femi will face Osborne in the finals.
  • Eddy Thorpe defeated Dijak in an NXT Underground match after the referee counted to ten after Thorpe gave Dijak a DDT through the announce table.

While this was the final time in 2023 that NXT Superstars competed on the Tuesday night show, a former NXT Champion is set to make their in-ring debut on SmackDown on December 15th.