Wrestling Inc. Picks The Winners

WWE NXT Vengeance Day 2026 is officially upon us! The most recent PLE from WWE’s developmental brand features two championship matches, an NXT Underground match, a Street Fight, and the match that would potentially see Tony D’Angelo complete his conquest of DarkState! Three out of the five matches are also happening in the ladies’s division, which is unusual — though perhaps not for “NXT,” where the ladies continuously take center stage — and can be set to see an announcement concerning the NXT Women’s Championship.

What that announcement could be is anyone’s guess, but it surely’s not what we’re here to discuss. We’re here to discuss who’s going to win the five matches on the cardboard. The Wrestling Inc. staff didn’t achieve this hot in our Elimination Chamber picks, admittedly, but we’re hoping to bounce back here — despite the incontrovertible fact that there’s one Vengeance Day match we just couldn’t agree on. Who will walk out of the Performance Center in Orlando with their titles untaken, their pride unblemished, and their blood still of their body? Let’s get to the picks!

Tony D’Angelo might be competing in just his second televised match back following his hiatus after losing his “Don of ‘NXT'” status, despite defeating former members of the family Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo and Luca Crusifino in a match back in July. Since his return at Deadline in December, where he made an impact by taking out Iron Survivor winner Je’Von Evans, D’Angelo has made it his mission to take out DarkState, the faction with whom “The Family” was feuding with before their very own breakup last yr.

D’Angelo has taken out every member of DarkState outside of Dion Lennox, who has proved in some ways to be the faction’s leader. They’ll finally go face-to-face at Vengeance Day, and a overwhelming majority at 93% of us here at WINC consider the brand new D’Angelo is walking out of the premium live event victorious.

He hasn’t done much since his return, outside of taking out nearly all of DarkState in backstage segments, though he did defeat Cutler James in his first match back in February. Having D’Angelo lose here, in our opinion, could be an enormous mistake when “NXT” is attempting to set him up as this latest, brutal character who is probably going headed toward the NXT Championship scene. His return has already been a bit confusing, as he first targeted Evans, who had nothing to do with DarkState. D’Angelo then pivoted toward DarkState, who didn’t exactly have a direct, outward tie to his hiatus, along with his last match being “The Family” triple threat.

Lennox can take the loss here, but we’re not convinced D’Angelo can, and that is why we’re just about all in on the previous “Don” here. D’Angelo goes to complete his domination of DarkState, but just what’s next for him is not entirely clear.

Written by Daisy Ruth

“The Glamour” Blake Monroe looks to be getting extreme once more as she takes on Jaida Parker this weekend in a Street Fight at Vengeance Day. Parker returned to the ire of Monroe in January, marking her first televised appearance since October last yr, interrupting her in the course of the latest of her promos taking issue with Thea Hail taking her North American title.

They met in a match on and February 10 episode, but it surely led to a double count-out, with the pair getting somewhat too invested of their fight. Parker got the subsequent laugh, costing Monroe a Speed Tournament match against Hail, and that prompted Monroe to say that she had “brought the Hell out of her” and make the challenge for a Street Fight.

Monroe is the favourite among the many Wrestling Inc. staff going into this weekend, with 79% backing her to get the win over Parker. After all that does mean 21% see Parker getting the win. But the overall feeling is that Monroe could use her first win of 2026 if she goes to get back heading in the right direction. Parker at the least has a win over Nikkita Lyons this yr, while Monroe has not won a match since she retained the North American title over Sol Ruca at Gold Rush. Ultimately, time will tell who proves the victor as Satruday approaches.

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With all due respect to Kelani Jordan, and all of the work she’s put in over her time in WWE, in addition to the work she’s put in as a heel, she shouldn’t be the form of ass-kicker required for a NXT Underground match.

Lola Vice has never lost an Underground Match, and the Wrestling Inc. Staff don’t think her streak will end at Vengeance Day. Well, 86% of the staff at the least, there is a minority that consider Jordan can pull it off.

Jordan is athletic, she’s coordinated, but I just don’t consider her as a “hard-hitting” wrestler like Vice. I do not think it should be a straightforward win for Vice, as she has to catch the slippery Jordan to either submit her or knock her out, but so long as Vice maintains some form of momentum within the match, I expect Jordan to be on her back foot your complete way through.

Jordan has also held the North American Title, in addition to the TNA Knockouts Championship, whereas it doesn’t feel like Vice has had the identical opportunities. A win on Saturday could quickly correct that, and put Vice heading in the right direction for either North American and even NXT Women’s gold.

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We at all times do our greatest to avoid ties in these picks, but sometimes there’s nothing you’ll be able to do. As a collective unit, Wrestling Inc. simply cannot resolve who’s walking out of Vengeance Day with the ladies’s North American Championship, with 50% voting for a brand new champion in Tatum Paxley while the opposite 50% consider The Culling’s Izzi Dame retains.

The argument for Dame is a fairly easy one: It feels somewhat early for her to lose the title. She’s held it for 60 days and has only notched a single defense to this point; even Stephanie Vaquer notched two successful defenses in her 45 days as champion last yr. Blake Monroe only had one successful title defense during her reign, but she was never speculated to lose the title to Thea Hail, so that hardly counts. Considering there have been three champions within the last 4 months and alter, one would think “NXT” could be very keen on keeping things stable and giving Dame a lengthy title reign.

That said, is not about time for Paxley to come back out on top in her feud with Dame and The Culling? She and Dame are 1-1 in singles matches and Paxley did win their most up-to-date bout at Latest 12 months’s Evil, but Dame won the North American title in a while that very same show, so she didn’t exactly feel vanquished. On condition that she’s the one person to this point who’s been in a position to dethrone Jacy Jayne for the NXT Women’s Championship, the yellow brand clearly sees something in Paxley; perhaps she’s the one who gets the longer, stable title reign — perhaps that is why Dame won it in the primary place.

It is a hard alternative to make, and we actually cannot make it. Chalk it as much as collective indecision, but your guess on this one is pretty much as good as ours.

It was just over a month ago that Joe Hendry claimed the NXT Championship, which had previously been relinquished to make way for Oba Femi’s main-roster call up. Two months prior, Femi conquered Ricky Saints to re-capture the title at “WWE NXT” Deadline. And just two months before that, Saints dethroned Femi at “NXT” No Mercy.

Useless to say, the most recent NXT Championship reigns have not been wealthy in length. Femi’s second reign, despite it ending on purpose, spanned a mere 31 days. Meanwhile, Saints’ stretched 70 days. In Hendry’s case, his title run has just surpassed 30 days with the potential of concluding by the hands of Saints at Vengeance Day.

Admittedly, the sight of Saints regaining the NXT Championship would feel like poetic justice to a few of us as his first one appeared to end abruptly. More importantly, that title loss interrupted a wave of momentum that would have catapulted Saints right into a top babyface position. As a substitute, he awkwardly turned heel and is now playing off-key live shows…in his pajamas.

Despite the karmic relief a Saints win might bring, the overwhelming majority of Wrestling Inc. staff (86%) are confident that “NXT” will further capitalize on its current top babyface, Joe Hendry. In spite of everything, Hendry does good numbers across social media, and everyone knows WWE loves good numbers.

Speaking of numbers, we also imagine that WWE will wish to boost the quantity of days in Hendry’s NXT Championship reign, especially considering the aforementioned short reigns before his and the incontrovertible fact that the corporate left the title vacant for an entire month as well.

Written by Ella Jay