WWE NXT Results 1/21 - Oba Femi Defends NXT Title Against Eddy Thorpe, North American Title On The Line

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE NXT" on January 21, 2025, coming to you live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida!

Oba Femi will be putting the NXT Championship on the line against rival Eddy Thorpe after becoming the new titleholder at the "NXT" New Year's Evil special earlier this month. Not only was Thorpe involved in the January 7 match when he ensured that Trick Williams wouldn't retain his title in a Triple Threat Match, but Thorpe and Femi then met one another in a tense verbal confrontation during last week's edition of "NXT".

Another title will also be on the line tonight, as Ridge Holland looks to put an end to Tony D'Angelo's 106 day reign as North American Champion. After D'Angelo had become involved in the aforementioned verbal confrontation between Femi and Thorpe last week to make his intentions of coming for the NXT Championship known, Holland appeared to mock D'Angelo leading to a long brawl between the two throughout the rest of that same night.

We are live! Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home as The Family make their way out to the ring. Ridge Holland follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. D'Angelo delivers a hip toss to Holland, then wears him down with a submission hold and connects with a back body drop. Shawn Spears emerges at ringside and captures D'Angelo's attention. Holland tries taking advantage, but D'Angelo sees him coming and clotheslines him out of the ring.

Holland sends D'Angelo crashing into the ring post spine first, then sends him crashing into it a second time shoulder first and sends his arm bouncing off it. Holland then dumps D'Angelo back into the ring and trips him, but D'Angelo levels Holland with a right hand and sends him crashing into the mat with a belly-to-belly suplex. He lands a second suplex and pins Holland, but Holland kicks out.

D'Angelo and Holland exchange right hands with one another, but Holland lands a boot on D'Angelo and follows it up with a German suplex. D'Angelo responds with a spear to Holland, then level Spears on the apron with a right hand. Brooks Jensen and Niko Vance run down to the ring and begin brawling with The Family, opening the door for Izzi Dame to deliver a boot to Holland and D'Angelo to follow it up with a spinebuster for the win as security breaks apart the brawl on the outside.

Winner (and still): Tony D'Angelo

Bayley then makes her way down to the ring.

Bayley says she tried talking to Roxanne Perez last week because she cares about her, but all she got was a big slap in the face. She says although Perez tried using the comparison to Natalya and CM Punk as a negative, but she sees it as the opposite. She says that while "NXT" doesn't owe her anything, she owes it to "NXT" to get rid of Perez and addresses her confrontation with Perez during her match against Nia Jax last night on "WWE Raw". She says Perez is not a locker room leader in the women's "NXT" locker room with a NXT Women's Championship like Giulia before she says that there are plenty of hungry talent in the back including Kelani Jordan and Jaida Parker.

Giulia's music hits and she makes her way out. She says she looks up to Bayley and wants to be a champion like her, and Bayley tells Giulia that she'll know that she'll have plenty of historic moments as NXT Women's Champion.

Perez's music hits and she makes her way out to the ring alongside Cora Jade. She mocks Bayley's two recent losses on "Raw" and "WWE SmackDown", then says if Bayley really cared about the future, she wouldn't have punched her in the face. Jade says she was a naive Bayley fan once too, but she's not a role model. She says Giulia might as well hand back the NXT Women's Championship to Perez because no one can carry the title like her. Perez tells Bayley she won't take anything away from all that she's accomplished in WWE, and inspired girls like her and Jade. She says Bayley's services are no longer needed, and says Bayley came back to "NXT" looking at Giulia's NXT Women's Championship in order to be the number one women in another division.

Bayley, Giulia, Perez, and Jade begin brawling with each other, but Giulia and Bayley dump Perez and Jade out of the ring to stand tall. The four women then continue to brawl until security manages to pry them apart, but they rip away from the guards and continue brawling in the backstage area.

Dion Lennox then makes his way out to the ring. Wes Lee, Tyriek Igwe, and Tyson DuPont follow.

Lee surprises Lennox with a kick to his head. The bell rings and Lee sends Lennox crashing to the outside. He connects with a tope suicida, then dumps him back in the ring and rocks him with an enzuigiri to his head. Lennox sends Lee crashing into the mat with a spinebuster and pins him, but Lee kicks out and delivers the Kardiak Kick for the win.

Winner: Wes Lee

After the match, Lee calls out Trick Williams and tells him that he'll take care of him next week in Atlanta, Georgia. Williams' music hits and he makes his way out, clotheslining Lee over the top rope to the outside. He then accepts Lee's challenge.

Lexis King then makes his way down. No Quarter Catch Crew follows.

Round one kicks off, and King sends Dempsey crashing into the mat. Dempsey pins King, but King kicks out and rolls up Dempsey. Dempsey kicks out, but King levels him with a shoulder tackle. The two continue taking turns pinning one another as round one comes to a close.

Round One: King 0-0 Dempsey

Round two begins as we see King has a pair of brass knuckles stored in his bucket of supplies. Dempsey connects with a Monkey Flip on King, but King sends Dempsey crashing into the mat. King then pins Dempsey to score a point.

Round Two: King 1-0 Dempsey

King fires off chops on Dempsey as round three starts, and sends him crashing into the mat with an arm drag. Dempsey delivers a German suplex to King, then fires off right hands on him and rocks him with a superkick. Dempsey then sends King crashing into the mat with a suplex to score a point.

Round Three: King 1-1 Dempsey

King looks at the brass knuckles in his bucket and considers using them, but ultimately opts not to as round four starts. King levels Dempsey and lands a suplex on him, but Dempsey kicks out. King flies over the top rope to level Dempsey, Tavion Heights, and Myles Borne on the outside. He dumps Dempsey back in the ring and clocks Borne after he looks to take a cheap shot at him. Dempsey rolls up King, but King kicks out and connects with The Coronation for the win.

Round Four: King 2-1 Dempsey

Winner (and still): Lexis King

Karmen Petrovic and Ashante Adonis then make their way out to the ring. Jaida Parker follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Petrovic trips Parker and mocks her, but Parker delivers a knee to Petrovic's midsection. Petrovic responds with a Bulldog and fires off kicks on Parker's thighs, but Parker fires off shoulders on Petrovic's midsection in the corner. Parker wears down Petrovic with a submission hold, but Petrovic rolls up Parker. Parker kicks out, then lands a knee on Petrovic's midsection and gets her up in an Electric Chair position. Petrovic rolls up Parker to escape, but Parker kicks out.

Petrovic delivers a Sling Blade to Parker and pins her, but Parker kicks out. Kelani Jordan hops up on the apron and teases delivering an open palm strike to Jordan, opening the door for Petrovic to roll up Parker for the win.

Winner: Karmen Petrovic

Shawn Spears, Brooks Jensen, and Niko Vance then make their way down to the ring. The Family is already waiting inside.

The two teams begin brawling on the entrance ramp. Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Jensen brawl on the outside as Vance and Luca Crusifino go at it in the ring. The bell sounds and Stacks tags in. He dumps Vance out of the ring and sends an interfering Jensen out to join him, then flies over the top rope with some assistance from Crusifino to level Vance and Jensen on the outside.

Vance fires off shoulders on Crusifino's midsection in the corner after he's tagged in, then looks to land a bodyslam. Crusifino sends Vance crashing into the mat, then tags in Stacks as Jensen tags in on his side. Stacks takes down Jensen and an interfering Vance, but Jensen locks in a sleeper on Stacks. Stacks escapes and lands a double dropkick on Jensen and Vance, but Vance tags in and runs over Stacks with a clothesline for the win.

Winners: Niko Vance and Brooks Jensen

We then head backstage and see Sarah Schreiber chatting with Nathan Frazer and Axiom. Yoshiki Inamura and Josh Briggs approach them looking for an NXT Tag Team Championship match, but Frazer and Axiom tell them that they can't just have a shot at the title. OTM then approach the four men, and a brawl breaks out between OTM, Inamura, and Briggs.  

Eddy Thorpe then makes his way out to the ring. Oba Femi follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Femi whips Thorpe into the corner, but Thorpe responds with his signature elbow drop and fires off kicks on Femi's chest. Femi runs over Thorpe with a clothesline, then sends him crashing across the ring twice and connects with a back body drop.

Thorpe delivers a jawbreaker to Femi off the top rope, then dropkicks him off the apron and onto the floor as we see A-Town Down Under watching the action from ringside. Thorpe sends Femi crashing into the ring apron, then dumps him back inside the ring and lands a couple of boots on his head. Thorpe then lands a kick on Femi's chest and fires off a couple of chops on him in the corner before he wears him down with a submission hold.

Femi fires off strikes on Thorpe in the corner, then runs him over with a big boot and sends him crashing into the mat with a Sidewalk Slam. He follows it up with an uppercut and sends Thorpe crashing into the mat with a spinebuster, but Thorpe returns the favor. Femi turns Thorpe inside out with a clothesline, but Thorpe lands a Stunner on Femi and ascends to the top rope. He connects with an elbow drop and goes for a pin, but Femi kicks out.

Femi and Thorpe exchange strikes with one another, but Thorpe delivers a German suplex to Femi and looks to land his signature elbow drop on him. Femi intercepts Thorpe and sends him crashing into the mat with a chokeslam, then goes for a pin but Thorpe kicks out. Femi then charges at Thorpe, but Thorpe ducks out of the way and Femi is sent crashing into the ring post shoulder first. Thorpe looks to land a kick on Femi in the corner, but Femi intercepts it and sends Thorpe crashing into the mat. He follows it up with a powerbomb for the win.

Winner (and still): Oba Femi

After the match, Femi stares down A-Town Down Under. He turns around to find Trick Williams standing behind him and stares him down. Thorpe looks to blindside Williams, but Williams levels him with the Trick Shot. Williams then stares down Femi as Femi holds up his NXT Championship and the show goes off the air.