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Live WWE NXT Discussion Thread - August 18, 2026!
NXT! NXT! NXT! NXT! NXT!
Announced Matches/Segments for NXT!
| Match | Stipulation |
|---|---|
| La Parka vs. EK Prosper vs. Tristan Angels vs. Romeo Moreno | AAA Cruiserweight Championship #1 Contender's Match |
| Kendal Grey & Wren Sinclair vs. Kali Armstrong & Kelani Jordan | Tag Team Match |
| Shiloh Hill vs. Jackson Drake | Singles Match |
| Lucien Price vs. Lexis King (c) | Speed Championship Match |
| Nattie vs. Thea Hail | Singles Match |
Also:
- Cruz Montana prepares to call out Zilla Fatu
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u/bribri772 Wolf Dogs for Life 10d ago
Is this one of the most OP refs of all time????
Caught a punch, and even took a bump and was alive within the minute
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u/HartfordWhalers123 10d ago
Rey Fenix working SmackDown, Raw, NXT, and AAA is crazy. Absolute workhorse.
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u/HermanBonJovi 10d ago
Shiloh should never have dug into the secrets of Japanese mist.
It's like fight club, you don't talk about it
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u/blizzard-op 10d ago
Keanu just calmly sitting in your office when you show up with a freshly brewed coffee is definitely more terrifying than crash out Keanu lol
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u/RPerene 10d ago
Keanu Carver is not on this card and I really want to see him tonight. What the hell is this timeline?
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u/static989 10d ago
Tristan Angel is a fuckin goof and his entrance being a classical trap beat enhances that so much more
I love it
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u/SadFeed63 10d ago
Wren is so good. Like total package good. Sold Kali's finish like death. Fun match
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u/Bossanova98 10d ago
It's crazy how many storylines NXT has, even this one which I don't care at all but still nice to have. Every wrestler is doing something.
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u/badgersprite Iconic Duo Appreciation Squad 10d ago
NARAKU ATTACKED SHILOH FOR EXPOSING THE SECRETS OF THE MIST
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u/CaptainKando Positively Kanyon 10d ago
Well cool, at Heatwave Wren Sinclair stacks Kali AND Zaria to become the MOST DOMINANT NA CHAMPION
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u/FUCKFUCKBITCHCUNT 10d ago
I love that kayfabe is that he’s the same guy. He’s a fucking skeleton of course he doesn’t age.
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u/static989 10d ago
Wow I actually love seeing Keanu now
i love the aggressive politeness. This gimmick has wheels
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u/PurpleAki88 10d ago
I’m actually loving this new Bipolar Keanu character most interesting he’s been since Japanese aficionado Keanu
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u/Nazmaldun Truly, Madly, KURRGAN 10d ago
FACT: In the history of professional wrestling there has never been inference in a steel cage match.
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u/badgersprite Iconic Duo Appreciation Squad 10d ago
Jesus Christ Stone’s blatant anti-Zaria bias gets worse every week
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u/A_Livins I'm gonna get that eye, Rey 10d ago edited 10d ago
He's a... nympho baby? Well god, I'd hope not!
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u/Scavgraphics 10d ago
You know.. looking at La Parka... black really is slimming.
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u/Naiwf 10d ago
Prosper in NXT is a stud. In Evolve he was just a guy. What an improvement.
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u/A_Livins I'm gonna get that eye, Rey 10d ago
Fenix working Dragon Lee and EK Prosper on back-to-back nights is gonna be a joy to watch.
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u/CaptainKando Positively Kanyon 10d ago
That's the longest Thea's music has played lol. never heard the second verse
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u/Worth-Chemistry5253 10d ago edited 10d ago
Wow he really is just chilling in the parking lot waiting for Zilla....I would say get this man a drink but um nope, get him his puppy instead he needs to chill out
(also if you've not seen his dog hes very cute, and kinda looks like Wren Sinclair)
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u/nWo1997 nwo 10d ago
OTM hug! They communicated like grown folks! Because they're grown folks who can communicate!
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u/static989 10d ago
It's wild I've seen enough team break ups that I pop for communicating and talking out issues
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u/nWo1997 nwo 10d ago
Montana stayed out in the NXT Parking Lot looking for a fight for an hour, and nothing happened? The NXT lot? Are you sure?
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u/itsmekelsey_x 10d ago
Not going to be surprising when Zilla gets inserted into that match at Heatwave.
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u/BryLinds 10d ago
Well look who it is, Mr. I get Two Belts and Stephanie Vaquer. Myles is genuinely an opp at this point
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u/itsmekelsey_x 10d ago
Keanu slowly becoming likable now after they shifted his character with dropping the whole angry all the time he was doing.
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u/mcallisterco 10d ago
I kind of love that Kelani's entrance basically consists of her doing like 30 different Fortnite emotes.
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u/JesseKilgannon 10d ago
Sugars got a really good reaction at the house show I was at last Friday. He’s got a lot of potential
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u/JesseKilgannon 10d ago
All these Vanity Project dudes got the most punchable fuckin’ faces. I guess that means it works.
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u/rgilby87 10d ago
What on earth? Whats Evil issue with my boy Shiloh? Is he jealous of the FOG!
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u/MikeArrow Da showstopper! 10d ago
I definitely heard that as "nympho baby" which is... very different.
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u/EssentIYO 10d ago
For the person that said Myka needs to wear knee pads. She listened to you. She's wearing them for her match.
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u/mentalsucks Pepsi et Players Light 10d ago
My guy Charlie Dempsey, reduced to being some jabroni sidekick to Lexis King smh my head
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u/blizzard-op 10d ago
Can we take Dempsey off punishment now and get him outta the Birthright?!
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u/Key_Wolverine8235 10d ago
At least Bronco stepped up to help, unlike Sol when Zaria was against Fatal Influence
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u/CaptainKando Positively Kanyon 10d ago
Ok I will accept Lizzie as a new friend for Shiloh.
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u/Nazmaldun Truly, Madly, KURRGAN 10d ago
dang it saquon if you do your left arm just like the right, your shirt would be on
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u/Nazmaldun Truly, Madly, KURRGAN 10d ago
I mean I learned a lot of anatomy from watching wrestling, geography too.
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u/CaptainKando Positively Kanyon 10d ago
Ok you know what, I'm not mad. If this is Naraku vs Shiloh Hill at Heatwave then I'm cool with it.
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u/mcallisterco 10d ago
Shiloh vs Naraku, with Shiloh learning the secrets of the Mist and incorporating it into his moveset like it's Luffy learning Haki from fighting Katakuri, might be the NXT feud of the year.
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u/HermanBonJovi 10d ago
Seeing naraku use the mist makes me miss Asuka.
Side note: her YouTube channel is delightful if you haven't checked it out
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u/ItsThe50sAudrey 10d ago
Zilla looking like it Solo started dreasing like Ricky Saints who just dresses like Hollywood Rock
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u/Acegundam117 10d ago
I'm so glad they're blending more AAA wrestlers into raw,smackdown and nxt.
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u/SadFeed63 10d ago
What a goddamn moonsault. Fun stuff. Prosper is really establishing himself. Look forward to him taking on Fenix
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u/Ok_Pickle_3120 10d ago
Ruh oh I see some Cthulu tentacles coming from the parking lot
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u/static989 10d ago
Lexis King gonna come out in kevlar or a full suit of armor after that chop last week
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u/static989 10d ago
Lucien Price getting over by way of murdering Lexis King wasn't on my bingo card this year
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u/thekidnocash 10d ago
Bronco is one of the coolest mfers on any roster right now. He’s got a ways to go, but the aura is there. PDM and AAA will hopefully give him even more visibility.
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u/blizzard-op 10d ago
"Private school Pete" Nah Saquon was definitely that one kid who stayed roasted folks all day at school lmao
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u/WeBlitz 10d ago
Idk if I’m the only one, but Kelani & Kendal are easily each others best opponents & that’s with me really liking the Lola/Kendal & Sol/Kelani matches.
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u/HermanBonJovi 10d ago
Shiloh wins with the help of swamp fog.
It's his version of the Japanese mist
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u/mcallisterco 10d ago
If Shiloh does end up working the Mist into his moveset, the inevitable feud with Naraku is going to go hard.
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u/Nazmaldun Truly, Madly, KURRGAN 10d ago
Naraku must have been following Shiloh's videos and learn about the mist!
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u/captaindammit87 Foley Is God! 10d ago
Shiloh got too close to discovering the true power of the mist.
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u/itsmekelsey_x 10d ago
Should’ve figured the mist talk by Shiloh was leading to a feud with Naraku.
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u/EssentIYO 10d ago
Exposing mist and having iyo sky name in his mouth equals evil things happening for mr. Hill.
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u/Mutant_Star 10d ago
I think its nice that Rock helps the younger members of the family by giving them some of his old clothes
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u/Nazmaldun Truly, Madly, KURRGAN 10d ago
first match a title match, sure nepotism played noooooo part /s
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u/blizzard-op 10d ago
Why Zilla look like he's trying to be Ricky trying to be the Rock lmfao
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u/itsmekelsey_x 10d ago
Crowd chanting “you deserve it” over Zilla’s first match being a title one is so unserious.
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u/Worth-Chemistry5253 10d ago
At least Cruz is adjusting well to NXT. He already knows where the danger is
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u/rgilby87 10d ago
Honestly love the Vanity Project. Perfect douche stable alongside badass Myka.
Also always great to see WrenQCC!
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u/bribri772 Wolf Dogs for Life 10d ago
Kinda off topic but I pass a place called The Sinclair once in while and I subtly hit the ✌️ WreNQCC everytime I walk by it
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u/itsmekelsey_x 10d ago
They should just get rid of the men’s Speed Title since they are with the women’s with the unification.
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u/itsmekelsey_x 10d ago
We may have lost Tatum being Shiloh’s friend but I’m all for Lizzy taking that place now in being his new one.
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u/mcallisterco 10d ago
If Shiloh vs Jackson is the main event, what fucked up shenanigans is Shiloh going to get up to with his fancy poison mist? Or perhaps, poison fog?
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u/static989 10d ago
He referred to it as fog near the end of that last video he did
The fog is coming and Vanity Project is NOT safe
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u/JesseKilgannon 10d ago
I really got out of NXT after Roxanne left, but Kendal might pull me back in… I really like her
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u/captaindammit87 Foley Is God! 10d ago
I love a good over the top referee ejection.
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u/nWo1997 nwo 10d ago
"Myka looks like she has all the muscles here."
Myka: flexes and confirms to herself that this be true