{"id":319027,"date":"2026-04-15T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=319027"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:30:04","slug":"wwe-nxt-revenge-night-1-3-things-we-loved-and-three-we-hated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/wwe-nxt-revenge-night-1-3-things-we-loved-and-three-we-hated\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE NXT Revenge – Night 1: 3 Things We Loved And three We Hated"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The primary night of “WWE NXT Revenge” has come and gone, and while the night was light on actual revenge, there was plenty that happened. Want the detailed blow-by-blow, that is over in the outcomes page.<\/p>\n

Now, it is time for the Wrestling Inc. Staff to interrupt down the most effective and the worst of the weekly edition of WWE’s developmental brand. There have been highs, just like the debut of Kali Armstrong, and there have been lows, just like the umpteenth Joe Hendry concert, or the undeniable fact that a show called “Revenge” was mostly about starting latest stories and will’ve been every other episode of “NXT.”<\/p>\n

Enough of my bloviating, let’s get to the sweet, sweet opinion content.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Loved: Myles Borne is Ready To Run With The Ball<\/h2>\n
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WWE NXT North American Champion Myles Borne is coming into his own at just the proper time. As WrestleMania nears, the post-Mania call-ups to the important roster threaten to hole out much of “NXT’s” important event scene. Without the likes of Joe Hendry or Ethan Page, “NXT” goes to wish champions like Borne to step up into the roles and carry the show, similar to Oba Femi or Bron Breakker or the myriad other developmental stars who needed to step-in for important roster call-ups. It is going to some day be Borne’s turn, at the speed he’s progressing, to likewise get the brand able to be carried by the Keanu Carvers and Shiloh Hills of the world.<\/p>\n

Seeing Borne handle Darkstate on Tuesday was a reminder that Borne has just somewhat little bit of that John Cena swagger. He delivered a superb promo after which outsmarted the faction and stood tall at the top of the segment.<\/p>\n

With Tony D’Angelo settling into his role as NXT Champion, it is sweet to see Borne handle the midcard so well. It is a time of change in “NXT,” and the champions are making it clear there are latest benchmarks for the brand.<\/p>\n

Written by Ross Berman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hated: Very Little Revenge in This Revenge<\/h2>\n
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For a show called “Revenge,” it kinda felt like all episode of “WWE NXT.” It wasn’t a nasty show. It just didn’t exactly give me my fill of violence or retribution. Next week’s casket match definitely seems that way, but an excessive amount of of this show was focused on the longer term and latest stories for me to actually buy the name.<\/p>\n

There was a debut, a tournament match, a failed probability at revenge by Jaida Parker, but nothing that actually made me feel that some form of payback had been delivered, and particularly only one month after Vengeance Day. If “NXT” goes to have this obsession with naming things like Vengeance and Revenge, then it is going to have to deliver greater than Shiloh Hill constructing a coffin or Joe Hendry concert events, which might be interrupted by guys Hendry barely has beef with.<\/p>\n

Only a weird name for a solid show.<\/p>\n

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Loved: Two Rookies Get The Highlight<\/h2>\n
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I’ll rarely say this about “NXT” and let alone WWE basically, but they really made an excellent decision tonight by having Kali Armstrong make her debut on “NXT” against one other rookie in Skylar Raye. Not only did this allow Armstrong to point out what she will do within the ring, but this was also a incredible opportunity for Raye to point out what she will do as well in her first proper introduction to the “NXT” Universe.<\/p>\n

Armstrong and Raye also placed on a superb showing on this match, especially if you consider that they’ve just somewhat over a combined three years of experience within the ring since making their official debuts on WWE programming. While it was pretty expected that Armstrong would emerge because the winner, provided that Raye wasn’t advertised as her opponent, Armstrong and Raye were still given a superb period of time on television. It didn’t feel prefer it was a squash match in any respect, despite having a transparent winner, which worked perfectly on this context as a method of helping to get each Armstrong and Raye over quite than simply Armstrong. From top to bottom, I thoroughly enjoyed this, and it ended up being the thing that stood out essentially the most to me during what I believed was a fairly incredible Week One in every of “NXT” Revenge throughout.<\/p>\n

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Hated: Jaida Parker takes yet one more loss<\/h2>\n
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I do not know what’s happening with Jaida Parker. I hope she’s not being punished for that botched suplex spot against Blake Monroe back in February, the one where Parker was said to have suffered a neck injury, after which she was out for just a few weeks, but I do not understand why she’s taken yet one more loss. The group loves her, and it’s strange for “NXT” to not capitalize on that in matches like tonight, where Kelani Jordan taking the loss didn’t exactly matter.<\/p>\n

Parker hasn’t won on “NXT” television since January 27, when she defeated Nikkita Lyons, and sorry to Lyons, but that is not exactly a giant victory. Before that, she last defeated Lash Legend way back in September. This is not including “NXT” house shows, in fact, where she’s been more successful, but jeez. Her most up-to-date loss before tonight was back at Vengeance Day in March, where she was defeated in a street fight by Monroe. Between the premium live event and tonight, she hasn’t wrestled on TV.<\/p>\n

That is quite a lot of Cagematch information<\/a> to say that Parker must have won tonight on this feud against Jordan. Jordan is greater than established on “NXT,” because the inaugural Women’s North American Champion and former TNA Knockouts Champion. She’s also likely headed toward the important roster, as we all know WWE likes to maintain couples together, and he or she’s soon to marry “WWE SmackDown’s” Carmelo Hayes. It looks like she’s putting within the work on the live event loop, so it is a mystery as to what her future in “NXT” holds.<\/p>\n

And, after the loss, in fact, she wasn’t one among the ladies to step as much as challenge Lola Vice at the top of the show. Parker must have won tonight, and he or she must have been on the market. She could have followed Kali Armstrong and pushed her around and got in her face. That might be one heck of a match. Whatever’s happening with Parker, I don’t love it, and I suppose I didn’t realize just how bad all of it was until tonight.<\/p>\n

Written by Daisy Ruth<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Loved: Lola Vice has solid first defense, women’s title field revealed<\/h2>\n
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I believed Lola Vice had a really solid first defense of the NXT Women’s Championship tonight over Jacy Jayne, and there have been even two spots where they really had me sold that Jayne had just change into a three-time champion. Vice was capable of overcome the numbers game. Nevertheless, as Fatal Influence was ringside and got involved twice, and the sector for the ladies’s title going forward revealed itself because the show went off the air to cap off a very strong night of “NXT.”<\/p>\n

I actually liked how they did an analogous spot to the one which led to Jayne winning the title for the primary time against Stephanie Vaquer on this match. Vice had her in a submission hold within the ropes, and while Lainey Reid distracted the referee on the opposite side of the ring, Fallon Henley did the identical kick across the ring post to Vice that she previously nailed Vaquer with, though tonight’s definitely didn’t look as clean. It led to the Rolling Encore that won Jayne the title for the primary time, but Vice kicked out. It was a very nice callback for Jayne, and I believed it was special, even when Henley didn’t exactly land the kick.<\/p>\n

Even after Reid hit her across the face, Vice wasn’t rattled enough to remain down. She hit the 305 to Jayne for the victory. Within the closing segment, which I also really loved, the newly debuted Kali Armstrong took out Fatal Influence on the ramp and squared as much as Vice on the ring apron. On the opposite side of the ring, Kendal Grey reminded Vice she was also still on the lookout for gold, and Izzi Dame and The Culling appeared on the terrace in the gang. Zaria’s music also hit, and he or she attempted to make her way right down to the ring, but she was intercepted by her opponent next week, Sol Ruca.<\/p>\n

To me, this felt like “NXT” was form of showcasing who’s going to be around following presumed important roster call-ups after WrestleMania. It has been rumored for quite a while that Blake Monroe and Ruca are going up, and I consider Jayne’s name has also been thrown around before, and he or she participated within the Women’s Royal Rumble this yr. I believed this complete important event was great, and even when a few of “NXT’s” strongest stars do get called up, the division is in greater than capable hands, with Vice on the helm.<\/p>\n

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Hated: Nothing says revenge like a… concert?<\/h2>\n
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By this stage, I’m fully aware that the names of events are loose guidelines. There have been no Great Balls of Fire at said event, neither is there really any mania over this yr’s WrestleMania, neither is the Rumble every January actually royal.<\/p>\n

But this was “WWE NXT Revenge,” they usually had been quite big on the concept of revenge, and while the show itself did not deliver on much of that \u2013 it was still superb as a show \u2013 there was something much more peculiar concerning the decision to have Joe Hendry sing through his feelings.<\/p>\n

He lost the title at Stand & Deliver after being pinned by Tony D’Angelo, after which Ethan Page got handed the rematch for his part not losing within the four-way, and decided to sing concerning the pair of them and the opposite un-loser Ricky Saints. It kills me as a fan of Joe Hendry back when he was sharing time as a wrestler and a presenter for WhatCulture Gaming, but he’s just in a rut for the time being.<\/p>\n

Too popular to be anywhere else on the cardboard, not chosen to be the NXT Champion, and with little or no actual development on the character front. Hendry got immensely popular off the back of a very catchy song, but that can’t be all his character is, and a concert coming off the back of a title loss is not indicative of anything good.<\/p>\n

The segment did at the very least set something in motion between Hendry and Keanu Carver, but even then, there needs to be more to Carver than simply showing up and hurting someone. It wasn’t an act of vengeance; it was the beginning of something that may very well be quite entertaining, however it might have been done in every other way other than a half-baked musical performance that did nothing but undermine any sense of reality for Hendry.<\/p>\n

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