WWE NXT Results 7/1 - NXT Championship #1 Contenders Match, Joe Hendry Collides With Wes Lee

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE NXT" on July 1, 2025, coming to you from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Pennsylvania!

Oba Femi will be finding out who his next challenger for the NXT Championship is tonight, as Yoshiki Inamura goes one-on-one with the winner of season one of "WWE LFG" Jasper Troy in a Number One Contenders Match. Inamura's tag team partner Josh Briggs was unsuccessful in dethroning Trick Williams as the TNA World Champion during last Tuesday's edition of "NXT", while Troy previously unsuccessfully challenged Femi for the NXT Championship on the June 10 episode of "NXT".

Speaking of Williams, he is currently preparing to put his TNA World Championship on the line against Joe Hendry at TNA Slammiversary on July 20. After Williams' aforementioned successful defense last week, Hendry looks to gain some momentum of his own heading into the match as he collides with Wes Lee. Williams met with Lee and his High Ryze stablemates Tyriek Igwe and Tyson DuPont backstage last Tuesday, promising that if they agreed to help him deal with Hendry, then they would be owed a favour from him.

Additionally, former No Quarter Catch Crew member Myles Borne will be squaring off with former NXT Heritage Cup Champion Lexis King following a backstage verbal confrontation between them last Tuesday.

We are live! Vic Joseph, Booker T, and Corey Graves greet audiences at home as Trick Williams makes his way to the ring to join the commentary desk. Joe Hendry and High Ryze follow.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Hendry wears down Lee with a submission hold, but Lee lands a dropkick on Hendry under the bottom rope. Hendry turns Lee inside out with a clothesline and stares down Williams.

Back from the break, Lee flies through the middle rope to level Hendry on the outside. He dumps Hendry back inside the ring, then delivers a Phoenix Splash to him off the middle rope and goes for a pin. Hendry kicks out, but Lee fires off right hands and follows it up with a boot to his face. He looks to land a Tornado DDT on Hendry, but Hendry intercepts Lee and counters into a vertical suplex.

Hendry fires off right hands on Lee, then levels him with a clothesline and a Fallaway Slam. Lee and Hendry then fire off strikes on one another, but Hendry sends Lee crashing into the mat with a slam and goes for a pin. Tyson DuPont gets Lee's foot on the bottom rope when the referee isn't looking to break the fall, then gets in Hendry's face with Tyriek Igwe. Mike Santana appears out of nowhere to pull both men off the ring apron, opening the door for Hendry to land The Standing Ovation on Lee for the win.

Winner: Joe Hendry

Luca Crusifino then makes his way out to the ring.

Crusifino says Tony D'Angleo has been questioning his loyalty since "NXT" Stand & Deliver and calls him out to the ring. D'Angelo's music hits and he obliges Crusifino's request. He says the tables have turned, and says Crusifino screwed him last week during his NXT Heritage Cup Match with Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. Crusifino reminds D'Angelo that he punched him in the face after the match, then says if D'Angelo wants to talk about loyalty. He says loyalty is leaving college when D'Angelo asked him to and turning down job offers from top law firms for D'Angelo and the chance to compete in WWE.

Stacks' music hits, and he makes his way out with his Heritage Cup in hand. He says he wouldn't be standing as the Heritage Cup Champion if it wasn't for Crusifino and thanks him, but Crusifino says Stacks is no longer part of the Family and things are between himself and D'Angelo. D'Angelo agrees with Crusifino, but Crusifino knocks D'Angelo to the floor with a punch out of nowhere and does the same to Stacks. Crusifino says his loyalties lie with just himself and leaves the ring.

Lexis King then makes his way to the ring. Myles Borne follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. They roll around on the mat with one another, but King connects with a superplex on Borne and goes for a pin. Borne kicks out, but King connects with a dropkick on him in the corner and wears him down with a submission hold. Borne levels King with a pair of clotheslines and connects with an uppercut on him, then follows it up with a belly-to-belly suplex. Borne responds with an Angle Slam to King and goes for a pin, but Borne kicks out. Borne then sends King crashing into the mat with a jumping reverse bulldog for the win.

Winner: Myles Borne

Thea Hail then makes her way to the ring. Lainey Reid follows.

The bell rings and Hail lands a moonsault on Reid. Reid responds with a German suplex to Hail and jams her boot into Hail's throat, then levels her with a back elbow and connects with a shoulderbreaker. She goes for a pin, but Hail kicks out. Hail levels Reid with a basement clothesline and a spinning neckbreaker, but Reid pins Hail with her feet on the ropes. The referee catches her, but Reid delivers a running knee to Hail for the win.

Winner: Lainey Reid

The bell rings and Ruca and Paxley get in one another's faces, but Zaria and Dame step in the ring. Zaria and Ruca level Paxey and Dame, but Dame fires off a shoulder on Ruca's midsection in the corner and fires off a few strikes on her. Paxley tags in and fires off stomps on Ruca's midsection, but Ruca whips Paxley into the corner and lands a back elbow on her. Zaria tags in and sends Paxley crashing into the mat with Ruca before the pair land a double elbow drop on Paxley and go for a pin. Paxley kicks out.

Dame tags in and gets in Zaria's face, but Paxley tags in and levels Zaria with a crossbody off the top. She goes for a pin, but Zaria kicks out. Ruca tags in and Zaria then sends Paxley crashing into the mat face first. Ruca lands a Facebuster on Paxley and a second one on Dame before tagging Zaria back in.

Back from the break, Zaria has Paxley up on her shoulders. Dame dropkicks Paxley to get Zaria to let go of her. Dame and Zaria exchange strikes, but Dame levels Zaria and tags Paxley back in. Paxley lands a flip on Zaria and wears her down with a submission hold to her face, then follows it up with a step-up enzuigiri and goes for a pin. Zaria kicks out, then tags in Dame.

Ruca tags in on her side and takes down Dame and Paxley, then lands a back elbow on Dame in the corner and tags in Zaria. Zaria lands a bodyslam on Dame and assists Ruca in flying off the top rope to level Dame. Ruca then lands a backbreaker on Dame and Zaria looks to spear her, but accidentally hits Ruca instead. Paxley low bridges Zaria out of the ring, and Dame delivers a sit-out powerbomb to Ruca for the win.

Winners: Tatum Paxley and Izzi Dame

We then head backstage to a meeting in Ava's office with Ricky Saints, Ethan Page, and Vanity Project. Page says he will give give Saints another North American Championship rematch if Saints can survive a Vanity Project Gauntlet Match, and Saints agrees to participate only if he gets to choose the stipulation of his North American Championship rematch with Page should he win. Ava then makes things official. 

Jasper Troy then makes his way to the ring. Yoshiki Inamura follows. 

The bell rings and Troy lands a boot on Inamura's midsection. He follows it up with a bodyslam and an elbow drop, then wears Inamura down with a submission hold. Inamura sends Troy crashing into the mat and lands an elbow drop of his own on him, then goes for a pin but Troy kicks out. Inamura lands a stomp on Troy's back, but Troy responds with a Sidewalk Slam to Inamura and goes for a pin. Inamura kicks out, then sends Troy crashing out of the ring.

Back from the break, Troy runs over Inamura with a splash and follows it up with a trio of standing Frog Splashes. He goes for a pin, but Inamura kicks out. Troy lands a slam on Inamura, but Inamura sends Troy crashing into the ring post shoulder first and fires off forearm strikes on him. Troy then delivers a spinning slam to Inamura and sets up for another standing Frog Splash, but Inamura gets his knees up and lands a spinning slam on Troy. He follows it up with a Frog Splash to him off the top rope for the win.

Winner (and new Number One Contender): Yoshiki Inamura

After the match, Oba Femi makes his way out and stares down Inamura as Je'Von Evans blindsides Troy with a dropkick off the top rope.

Jordynne Grace then makes her way to the ring.

Grace says last week reminded her that she thrives under pressure and the bigger the battle is, the bigger the win is. She says she's about to walk into WWE Evolution not watching things from the sidelines, and says she will make history alongside the best women's wrestlers in the world. She says for the sake of honesty, she has to be something she's terrified to be: vulnerable. She says she's been thinking a lot lately about whether or not she's good enough to be in "NXT" or if she belongs in WWE, then says lots of the fans know her journey that included not saying she was born to be a WWE Superstar. She says she did everything she had to in order to get to WWE and became someone that couldn't be ignored, then says she will remind herself of exactly who she is at Evolution when she dethrones Jacy Jayne as NXT Women's Champion.

Fatal Influence's music hits, and Jayne makes her way out alongside Fallon Henley and Jazmyn Nyx. Jayne asks Grace if she's done with her sob story, then says she's fully aware that Grace can bench press more than her. She says Grace can't carry the "NXT" women's division the way that she can, then says that Grace won't dethrone her as NXT Women's Champion at Evolution. She says she's at the top of her game, then says Grace and Blake Monroe are cut from the same cloth. She says that Grace and Monroe expect everyone to bow at their feet, but Grace cuts Jayne off and tells her to be quiet. She says Jayne shocked the world when she became NXT Women's Champion, but she will shock no one when she dethrones Jayne.

Grace clocks Jayne and Henley, but Henley and Jayne get the better of Grace and beat her down. Monroe's music hits and she runs down to the ring to even the odds. She levels Henley with a Sling Blade, and Grace connects with a spinebuster on Jayne. Ava then makes her way to the ring and announces that Jayne and Henley will be facing Grace and Monroe at "NXT" The Great American Bash. Jayne and Henley then run back down to the ring and brawl with Grace and Monroe as the show goes off the air.