Here are the results for Vengeance Day 2025 from the CareFirst Arena in Washington, DC
Fallon Henley (c) w/Fatal Influence vs Stephanie Vaquer, North American Championship
Vengeance Day starts off strong with this. Crowd are incredibly hot for Vaquer tonight. Both women show off their technical ability, wrestling to a stalemate. Vaquer gets an STF locked in but Henley reaches the ropes. She tries to do her signature head smashing move with her legs but Henley gets to the ropes. They continue to impress me and the fans with counters, pin attempts and submission moves. Vaquer locks in a hanging triangle choke on the ropes. Henley and Jazmyn Nix distract the referee, Jacy Jayne drops Vaquer with a pump kick on the outside.
Henley wears down Vaquer in the ring. A running seated forearm gets a 2. Modified blockbuster from Henley gets a near fall. Vaquer finally builds some momentum. She hits a brutal roundhouse kick, followed by the 619 and a springboard splash. She finally hits her signature head smashes but it only gets a 2 count. They trade running strikes and counters. Stephanie hits eat defeat, followed with a brutal dragon screw. Meteora on Henley gets a near fall. Pumphandle Exploder by Henley. Another attack by Jacy Jayne on Vaquer, but the challenger kicks out.
Vaquer knocks Henley out of the ring. Vaquer takes out Fatal Influence. She hits a huge springboard from the ring to all 3 women on the outside! She hits the SVB, followed by the spiral tap to win. Vaquer gets vengeance against Fatal Influence.
Analysis
B Grade – A predictable result, but the right result. This was a great way to start the show. Fallon Henley wrestled well and did not rely on her allies too much. Vaquer over comes the odds and wins her first championship in WWE. She is the first ever South American to win a WWE title. I’m looking forward to what should be a fun, lengthy reign for Vaquer.
Nathan Frazer & Axiom (c) vs Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura, NXT Tag Team Championships
Axiom and Inamura start. Some fun tag team offence, Frazer hitting an assisted DDT, but Axiom only gets a 2. Inamura with a huge chop to Axiom. Briggs has some huge boots for the champions. He chokeslams Axiom onto Inamura’s knee. Briggs wears down Axiom. Inamura throws a blitz of strikes on Axiom, the champ fires one back but collapses. They have a chop exchange that Inamura dominates, Axiom hits the Golden Ratio!
Briggs and Frazer get tags in. Frazer uses his quickness to take out Briggs, tornado DDT for a 2. Frazer hits a huge splash and accidentally connects with Briggs’ face. That look painful. Briggs has a huge powerbomb for a 2. Briggs boots Frazer out a sit-out powerbomb. This is awesome chants. Axiom hits Inamura with a top rope Spanish Fly. Briggs with a top rope chokeslam to Frazer into Axiom! Frazer and Axiom wear down Briggs with enziguiris. Poison rana by Axiom on Briggs. There is so much action it is hard to keep up. Inamura has both Frazer and Axiom wrapped around him as he goes for an airplane spin.
Fraxiom dodges the Inamura splash. Axiom with a moonsault to Briggs on the outside. A Hi-Lo combination by Fraxiom on Inamura for the win. Both teams shake hands out of respect. 4 unknown rookies invade and destroy all 4 men! Commentary identify them as Performance Center rookies.
Analysis
A- Grade – A real showcase of tag team wrestling. These 2 teams went to war. I think Inamura is a great pairing for Josh Briggs to take his game to the next level. I thought this might have been it for Fraxiom, but they retain. We will have to wait and find out what the deal is with the 4 NXT rookies launching an assault.
-Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo plans to take care of business next week. He will take out Shawn Spears and get vengeance for The Family.
Trick Williams vs Eddy Thorpe, Strap Match
Thorpe attacks Trick before the bell and it starts as a brawl, the strap hasn’t been secured yet. Both men looking for vengeance in one way or another. Trick wins the brawl and he has the strap and he straps them both in. He pulls Thorpe towards him for a clothesline twice for a 2 count. Trick hits the pop-up punch. He goes for a top rope move, Eddy yanks the strap. Thorpe ties Trick up with the strap and stomps him out. Eddy goes for a top rope move, Trick yanks him off the top.
Trick comically wiggles his foot to demonstrate he is stuck on the top rope. Eddy starts the whip Williams with the strap. Some of these whips are weak. Eddy ties him to the ring post with the strap and continues to whip and beat Williams. Thorpe hits a Randy Orton style backbreaker for a 2. He uses the strap to launch Trick head first into the turnbuckles. Trick powers up and starts to comeback but Thorpe cuts it off. Elbow drop by Thorpe gets a 2.
Uranage by Trick. He uses the strap to lock in an STF. Trick uses the strap and whips the hell out of Thorpe. Brutal noises coming of the connection. Trick hits a pair of flapjacks. He nearly stomps on Eddy’s head trying to kip-up. Williams hits the Trick Shot but Thorpe falls out of the ring. Back in the ring, they go back into an exchange. Thorpe uses the strap the do a low blow. He hits the running knee strike for a shock victory.
Analysis
C Grade – Thorpe had to win this match. He would have looked so foolish and probably never would have recovered. This was fine, I enjoyed this as much as I could have. I don’t really like watching Eddy Thorpe and I don’t really like watching Strap matches so I was kinda screwed here. They did all of the usual stuff. It was okay. I don’t think a heel should want this type of match. I also don’t think this match type should happen again unless they plan to do something creative with it.
-Last week we saw this debut. We will see him appear again next week.
Je’Von Evans vs Ethan Page
If there is any match on the card about vengeance, it is this one. Ethan runs away from Je’Von. Evans with an insane suicide dive, I’ve never seen such force and distance. He pummels him on the commentary table. Evans dives onto him from the table. Headscissors and an atomic drop by Evans. Je’Von hits a Blue Thunder Bomb, the fans unfairly blame the referee for a poor pin. Huge springboard dive by Evans for a 2. Page counters a springboard cutter, Evans drops him with a superkick on the apron.
No offence from Page thus far. Je’Von hits a springboard cutter on the apron! Evans sets up Page on the steel steps. He goes for vengeance with a stomp, but Page escapes. Evans’ foot is caught in the steps and Ethan kicks it. He proceeds to stomp on injured ankle. Page has blood coming from his nose. Page DDT’s the foot. He locks in a modified half Boston crab. Then he locks in an ankle lock. Page with a scoop slam into the ropes, followed by a powerslam for a near fall.
Page cinches in another ankle lock. Evans manages to escape and hits a superman punch off one leg. Page hits a brutal Ego’s Edge but Evans kicks out! Page tries to stomp on the jaw but he is caught. Evans fires back into the match. He hits the Red Dot, some crazy athleticism and precision. Evans stomps on Page’s jaw. A huge dive to the outside by Evans. He goes for a springboard but Page catches him in mid-air with a forearm! He hits the Twisted Grin and pins Evans to win.
Analysis
B- Grade – I honestly got more dragged by this the longer that it went. I think this should have been a bit shorter. They showcased that Evans was resilient and looking for his pound of flesh, but all it took was one shot to the jaw to put Evans out of commission. I don’t really know why they needed to add another injury angle into this with the foot. Still, this was a good match. It would have been more impactful if it was cut short a bit.
-We have some introductions to some of the rookies that are on the new show, LFG. Some notable people here including a gold medalist and the son of Evander Holyfield. I wish them the best of luck.
Oba Femi (c) vs Grayson Waller vs Austin Theory, NXT Championship
Austin Theory and Grayson Waller come out seperately, Waller interrupting Theory’s entrance. A-Town Down Under work together to beat down the NXT champion. Femi drops them with stereo spinebusters! Waller drops Femi with a pair of kicks. Femi suplexes both challengers at the once. Oba catches Theory and launches him into Waller. ATDU knock Femi out of the ring. Waller asks Theory to lay down and be pinned. They shove each other and tease a fight, Femi drags Waller out and he chops THE HELL out of both of them. The Ruler dominates.
He double chops both men. Femi launches the steps at Theory’s head. Waller dodges and trips Femi into the steps. He DDTs Femi onto the steps. Waller uses a chair to wear down the champion. He sits Femi in the chair, Femi reverses him with a sidewalk slam through the chair. Theory drops Femi with a roll-in dropkick. ATDU regroup, but Femi fights them both off once again. Austin has Femi on his shoulders, Femi grabs Waller for an awesome double suplex spot. Theory gets a near fall on Femi.
Oba Femi pulls out a table to the fans delight. ATDU stomp Femi out at ringside. Waller hits a diving elbow drop on Femi through the table. Theory pins Femi for a 2, Waller looks pissed. Theory dodges Femi who knocks off Waller. Oba with a brutal spinebuster to Austin. Waller accidentally hits Theory with a clothesline. Femi takes out both men. He throws Waller through the commentary table! Theory DDTs Femi. He hits A Town Down! 1-2-Waller pulls out the referee! Theory is pissed, he argues with Waller. Femi moves out of the way, Waller drops Theory with the stunner! Femi hits the Fall From Grace on Waller to retain.
Analysis
A Grade – This match gets bonus points from me not only for being a great match, but some brilliant storytelling too. Waller and Theory do a great job to demonstrate the cracks within their alliance and ultimately affecting their chances of winning. Femi was always going to win, but they managed to book this in a way that remained interesting. It is only a matter of time before ATDU split up.
-The lights go out. The 4 men we saw earlier are back and this time they target the NXT champion. They hit like a modified version of the Shield Bomb, 2 men throwing Femi up to be slammed by the other 2. There are some definite Shield vibes here.
-NXT GM Ava is introduced to the TNA director of authority. It’s Santino Marella! They go for a meeting because they have some ideas. (Nice to see Santino Marella again in WWE.)
Giulia (c) vs Bayley vs Roxanne Perez vs Cora Jade, NXT Women’s Championship
Commentary highlight 3 eras of NXT are present here. Giulia watches her opponents brawl. She hits a double dropkick onto Cora and Perez. Giulia takes Bayley down with a headscissors. All 4 women duel pin attempts. Cora and Giulia are sent out of the ring, Bayley and Perez hit stereo dives onto them before going head to head.
Cora takes out Bayley, she wants a piece of Perez. They trade counters, Giulia drops them both with a dropkick. She has running face washes for Cora and Perez. Giulia and Bayley have a showdown. They have a great wrestling sequence. Giulia and Bayley work together to take out Perez and Cora. Cora saves Perez, they agree to put differences aside and beat down their opponents.
Their teamwork doesn’t last long, Cora drops Perez with a corner high knee. She stomps Giulia. Diving swanton onto both Giulia and Bayley. Perez attacks Cora, Bayley hits her with a knee mid-move. Bayley hits a cutter with help from Cora! She hits a Sasha Banks style knee in the corner. Bayley hits stunners to Perez and Cora. Giulia with a Northern Lights suplex. Giulia locks in an octopus stretch. She hits a crucifix bomb for a 2.
Perez and Giulia exchange submissions. Giulia hits the Northern Lights bomb. Bayley hits a spin-out side slam for a 2. Some great counters from Cora, Bayley and Perez. Jade hits the DDT on Bayley, Perez breaks the pin. Giulia has suplexes for everyone. We get a 4-woman tower of doom. All 4 women recover and slug it out with each other. Perez hits Bayley with 2 Pop Rox but Cora breaks the pin. She hits the DDT to Perez, Giulia hits a running knee strike. She hits Perez with the Northern Lights Bomb again and wins the match.
Analysis
A Grade – A phenomenal main event. This was a very action heavy main event. All 4 women put in a great showcase. I think it is clear that Giulia is still adapting to the style. The focus was a lot more on Perez, Cora and Bayley. I liked the storylines between those 3 women. Ultimately it was drama-free Giulia who was able to remain focused and retain.
-Stephanie Vaquer comes out to stand alongside her friend and they hold up the championships. Vaquer glances up at Giulia’s NXT title, that was a nice touch. Here comes Jordynne Grace! She sizes up both women to close the show.
Final Thoughts
A- Grade Overall – A great night of wrestling here. We open with the crowning of Vaquer as a champion and we ended with the official NXT debut of Jordynne Grace as an NXT signed star. The women’s division in NXT is on an unbelievable level. There is plenty of fun to be had in the men’s division too. The strap match was weak to me but other people might feel otherwise. I foresee an incredibly stacked card for NXT’s Stand & Deliver.
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