- 5/26/2025
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00:00.
00:24Graves, how has the Dark Angel redefined the women's division
00:29you just spoke about?
00:30Viqueer has led by example.
00:33Stephanie said she wanted to be a fighting champion.
00:36She became double champion.
00:38She's still the NXT Women's Champion.
00:41And Stephanie Viqueer is raising the bar for the entire industry,
00:45night after night after night.
00:48The look who has a front row seat,
00:51two women you mentioned earlier, longstanding history.
00:54Viqueer, Tormenta, and Dalisse from AAA, luchadoras.
00:59AAA, as I mentioned earlier,
01:01perhaps potential implications for the World's Collide event.
01:05And you got to imagine that those two women
01:07don't believe Stephanie Viqueer is the number one luchadora in the world.
01:11Nice.
01:11I guarantee you they take exception with Viqueer referring to herself as La Primera.
01:17They might want to rethink that.
01:19All right?
01:19I'm just saying.
01:21I'm just saying.
01:22Well, let's get ready for the NXT Women's title to be defended.
01:25We go up to Mike Rome.
01:27The following contest scheduled for one fall
01:32is for the NXT Women's Championship.
01:42Introducing the challenger from Austin, Texas,
01:49is Jordan Grace.
01:59And her opponent, from San Fernando, Chile.
02:04She is the NXT Women's Champion, Stephanie the King.
02:13NXT WWE Universe has been loud and rowdy all night long.
02:37And they continue to be vocal.
02:45Both these women want to be at the top of the best women's division
02:48in professional wrestling.
02:50Only one will.
02:54And Booker, it's hard to argue that Stephanie Viqueer hasn't backed up
02:57everything she said since making her WWE in-ring debut last summer.
03:02Stephanie Viqueer took the most direct route to the top.
03:06Double champ.
03:07Double champ.
03:08The only one.
03:09The only one that ever did it.
03:10She's a very, very extraordinary talent victim.
03:14And now you see a little of the technical ability.
03:19And Graves, you are one who always tells me about, you know, strategies.
03:22How you look at both athletes that are in the ring differently.
03:25Do you see this as a power versus technical ability sort of matchup?
03:29Absolutely.
03:30And I would suggest both of these women sort of live in their wheelhouses.
03:34Jordan Grace brings next-level power to every match she competes in.
03:37Viqueer, as we're seeing right before our very eyes, is a technical wizard.
03:41Stephanie can really do it all.
03:43But is Stephanie starting to stretch herself a little bit too thin?
03:46You think about going to Monday Night Raw, still the NXT obligation.
03:49No, I think this is the case of riding the hot hand.
03:51Oh, baby!
03:52Viqueer is firing on all cylinders right now.
03:54The onus is on her to continue that momentum.
03:57Jordan Grace needs to stop the Dark Angel.
03:59Boom!
04:00Stephanie Viqueer represents NXT with pride wherever she goes.
04:04And I'll tell you what I noticed in the opening moments of this matchup.
04:07How much time Jordan Grace is spending looking around the arena.
04:10Almost as if she's humbled by the atmosphere here in the Yingling Center.
04:14Will she crumble under the moment or will she become a diamond?
04:17No, I don't see it that way.
04:18Jordan Grace is going to the top.
04:19And right now she's here at NXT to conquer NXT.
04:22And right now she's in the ring to deal with Stephanie Viqueer.
04:25She could beat Stephanie Viqueer.
04:27That puts her at the top of the food chain, man.
04:29The top of the food chain.
04:30You know, Booker, I want to take something you just said.
04:32You talked about Jordan Grace being to the top.
04:34And right now a little back and forth between these two.
04:37But Stephanie Viqueer said it best.
04:38Grace has been to the top of some brand.
04:41Shoulders down in a near fall.
04:42Oh, baby!
04:43Grace going right back in now.
04:44Crucifix style.
04:45Shoulders down.
04:46Another kick out.
04:47Grace shifting one more time.
04:48And these two obviously have done a lot of film study.
04:51And here we see a nice little bend but not breaking is Jordan Grace.
04:57Grace has been champion all over the world.
04:59Something you just pointed out.
05:00Yes.
05:01Stephanie Viqueer said, yeah, you've dominated other brands.
05:03I've dominated Patents.
05:04I mean, you know, I mean, of course there's a little bit of respect there.
05:08But this is about competition.
05:10This is about being the best.
05:11Stephanie Viqueer, she came all the way across the water for this championship.
05:15And she's not going to let anybody take it away from her.
05:19Healthy show of respect from those here in attendance.
05:22And you know, Viqueer called Grace her toughest challenge, Corey.
05:25Is that an insight to the mind of what Jordan Grace is thinking?
05:28You talk about the atmosphere, but it's also the opponent.
05:31Listen, I have no reason to doubt Stephanie Viqueer's assessment.
05:34If she says Jordan Grace is her toughest challenge, then we might as well start treating Jordan Grace as Viqueer's toughest challenge.
05:40You think about all the times Viqueer has been up in this ring all the moment.
05:44Oh, wow.
05:45And another near fall.
05:48She's been champion all of 2025.
05:51Nothing short of dominant nice suplex from Viqueer.
05:57Talk about healthy respect, Booker.
05:58You still think that there's a healthy respect between these two?
06:01I mean, it does respect, Vique, but I mean, true respect, that's something that's coming out many, many years later down the road when their careers are over with.
06:10Right now, it's about competition.
06:12Oh, baby.
06:17Oh, we gon' see it.
06:19Oh, we gon' see it.
06:20A great decision by Jordan Grace.
06:23Brilliant.
06:24And there's that power.
06:26There's the power from Viqueer.
06:28Whoa!
06:33Give us some sound effects now, Book!
06:36I'm not talking about that one.
06:38Jordan Grace just burned a hole in Booker as she's trying to put her fist right through the champion so that she could finally achieve.
06:49Her destiny.
06:51Jordan can't afford to waste any time here.
06:54Utilize these valuable moments.
06:56She's continuing to inflict punishment on the Dark Angel if she's in trouble.
07:02But Jordan knows she has to get Stephanie Viqueer back into the ring.
07:06It's the only way she can win the NXT Women's Championship here tonight at Battleground in Tampa.
07:12Hell of a counter into the cover.
07:14Will it be enough?
07:15And an ear fall.
07:16You okay over there, Book?
07:17You need a cold shower or something?
07:18I mean, come on, man.
07:19Come on.
07:20What the hell was that all about?
07:22What do you mean, what the hell was it about?
07:23Grace pointed out.
07:24That was a great counter for the challenge.
07:26It was astoundingly brilliant.
07:28That was maybe the most impressive thing I've seen from Jordan Grace thus far.
07:31I've been putting Jordan Grace over.
07:33What's she got against me?
07:34What's she got against me?
07:35She's got nothing to do against you, but she hears what you say every week.
07:38She's trying to prove a point to you, prove a point to the world, and prove a point to Stephanie the care right now.
07:43And the back of the care grave went right off of our monitors.
07:47This, again, is sound strategy by the challenger, who's continuing to hold the hold.
07:51I love this.
07:52Utilize the full five seconds allotted by the official.
07:56I like what we're seeing at Jordan Grace.
07:57She obviously understands the assignment tonight.
08:00She's not going to let this opportunity slip through her fingers.
08:03Think about what we just saw in the last match with Channing Stax, Lorenzo, and Tony D'Angelo.
08:07The ribs.
08:08How much any damage to your core can affect every aspect of your offense and defense in this ring.
08:14You know, Booker, I think there's something else important to bring up here.
08:16Corey wasn't here last year, but at this same event, it was Jordan Grace who crossed the line, challenged Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women's Championship.
08:24Graves couldn't, or excuse me, Grace couldn't get it done on that night, Graves.
08:28Does that add any more fuel to her fire tonight?
08:30Listen, I think every time that Jordan Grace...
08:32Oh!
08:33Good man!
08:34Every time she's ever come up short, which isn't frequent in her career, she's a master at utilizing failure as fuel.
08:44Learning from it.
08:45Getting better at it.
08:46Improving your game each and every night out, because that's what it takes.
08:49I mean, Jordan Grace, she's a multi-time Women's DNA Champion.
08:52Right now, she's here to capture the NXT Champion.
08:55I'm sure she's got her sights on Raw and SmackDown as well, but it starts right here tonight against Stephanie McGinn.
09:02And the juggernaut with a big slam looking for...
09:05Oh!
09:06Oh, he's looking for that Vader bomb out of the corner.
09:08Vaquer, though, able to roll out of the way.
09:11They say if the devil is showing aces, be careful how you play your hand.
09:16That might be very important for Jordan Grace as we go through the deep waters of this matchup.
09:22Has watched Vaquer closely for years.
09:24One of the athletes she wanted to face when she chose NXT!
09:28Oh, baby!
09:29And right now, Vaquer, turn to the table!
09:31One, two!
09:32Come on!
09:33Referee in great spot.
09:34Great position.
09:35And Vaquer right now, flying through the air with a high cross body.
09:39And seemingly that momentum shift has come right back into the way of the champion.
09:46Eat the feet.
09:47Puts Grace on Dream.
09:48Straight!
09:49And then following in with a closing.
09:50Stephanie's digging real deep right now showing why she became double champion here in NXT so quickly.
09:58Another woman Jordan Grace wanted to face was Julia, whom she defeated for this opportunity, but Meteora.
10:06Double knees connect.
10:08And Stephanie Vaquer right now almost in cruise control in this championship match.
10:13Oh, baby!
10:15Oh!
10:16Oh, we gon' see it!
10:19Here we go!
10:23Ha!
10:24Ha!
10:25Ha!
10:26Ha!
10:27Ha!
10:28Ha!
10:29Ha!
10:30Ha!
10:31Ha!
10:32Ha!
10:33Ha!
10:34Ha!
10:35Ha!
10:36Ha!
10:37Ha!
10:38Ha!
10:39Ha!
10:40Ha!
10:41Ha!
10:42Ha!
10:43Ha!
10:44Ha!
10:45Ha!
10:46Ha!
10:47Ha!
10:48Ha!
10:49Ha!
10:50Ha!
10:51Ha!
10:52Ha!
10:53Even Sol Kalani, who started the night.
10:55There are plenty of women from around the world,
10:58or a ball, or even AAA,
10:59that would love a championship opportunity.
11:03They'll be looking for that SVB.
11:06And he gets countered again for the moment.
11:08And Grace right now trying to fight through.
11:10Too much power there from John Grace.
11:12Still got so much left in the tank.
11:14You just get started, guys.
11:16I'm telling you, with this matchup.
11:17Stephanie McPhair has been a barrier breaker
11:20since she arrived.
11:22Right now able to create a little bit of separation.
11:24But right now, Jordan Grace has to find
11:27almost a different zone she's got to enter
11:30in this match.
11:32And Grace showcasing her own athleticism.
11:35And then, ooh.
11:37Well, there's that juggernaut mentality, Graves,
11:40of the challenger.
11:43Big spine buster by Jordan Grace.
11:46Trying to follow up now.
11:48Oh!
11:52Sit-down style with the powerbomb for the title.
11:56Ooh.
11:57Wow.
11:59And that look on Jordan's face,
12:01I don't want to call it desperation, Graves.
12:04But is that frustration,
12:05or is she seemingly feeling this match slip through her hands?
12:09Potentially be both.
12:11I mean, Jordan Grace has thrown everything she's had so far
12:14out of the care and not been able to solve the champion.
12:16But this is not the point in the match to doubt yourself.
12:19This is not the point in the match to give up and quit.
12:22Jordan Grace needs to figure out how to soldier forward.
12:26One more time, almost looking like she's getting ready
12:28to enter into beast mode.
12:29Big clothesline following up.
12:32Ooh.
12:32Booker, I asked this at Graves.
12:36I'll ask you,
12:36is this a crucial moment for Jordan Grace in her career?
12:39This is the most crucial moment in Jordan Grace's career.
12:43A loss tonight, Vic,
12:44could definitely do something to Jordan Grace's confidence.
12:47Oh, God!
12:48DDT connected.
12:49The care now.
12:50Looking to retain Lee.
12:52Almost able to get it done,
12:54but that right shoulder just off the mat.
12:57You talk about taking on Roxanne Perez
12:59and coming so close,
13:00and now being in this moment here,
13:02again, just inside a year later.
13:05Come on, man.
13:07Look, between these two women,
13:09as we are entering maybe a crucial juncture of this match,
13:11as Graves, there are a lot of similarities,
13:13but also a lot of differences.
13:16Grace said there are more similarities,
13:17even than she cared to admit,
13:19when she takes a look at the champion.
13:23Doing a nice job of overpowering Stephanie Viqueira
13:25in this moment.
13:27And whoa!
13:30You know, Booker, you've sat ringside with me
13:34and called a lot of Stephanie Viqueira matches
13:36since she arrived.
13:37Is she being pushed to a new limit here?
13:39Let me tell you something.
13:40This is Stephanie Viqueira's toughest test to date.
13:44Bar none.
13:45Here.
13:48Hear that?
13:48Jordan says she wants it more.
13:51Well, she's going to have to prove it.
13:56And Jordan Grace
13:58looking to prove just that from the top.
14:03Double up.
14:04Double up.
14:05Oh, baby.
14:06One, two, three, four.
14:08Not quite yet.
14:11Grace, take a look.
14:13Incredible power from the challenger.
14:17Superplex immediately followed by a jackhammer
14:20from Jordan Grace.
14:21And the juggernaut came within an eyelash
14:24of becoming the new NXT Women's Champion.
14:26He's now going to the well once again,
14:35looking to overpower the champion.
14:37Oh, float over.
14:39Near fall again.
14:40So much taken out of both these athletes,
14:42both these superstars is now just shocking.
14:45Desperation.
14:45It was desperation by Viqueira,
14:47pulling the challenger down into almost a body triangle
14:50for the moment, realizing it.
14:51Whoa.
14:53And now,
14:55could Viqueira S-V-B counter?
14:58Able to land on her feet was great.
14:59Swing and a miss.
15:00Wildly, though, was Viqueira.
15:02And now entering B-Smoke counter, though,
15:03by Viqueira.
15:04Beautiful counter.
15:04Center of the ring, still not enough
15:06to keep the challenger down.
15:10Right back in.
15:11Uh-oh.
15:17Certainly had to enter a new version of B-Smoke.
15:22The care, though.
15:24And, whoa!
15:26Is it enough?
15:27Another kick out.
15:29I don't know what it's going to take, Booker,
15:31to keep the other one down.
15:32What about the strength of...
15:34Jordan Grayson and...
15:36Combination off.
15:37Technical prowl with some...
15:39Stephanie Viqueira right now.
15:40They're matching each other right now.
15:42Tent for tact.
15:44Graves and I, at the beginning,
15:45we're talking about power,
15:46the technical ability
15:47at this juncture of the matchup.
15:51As much as we've seen both these women
15:53and what they put themselves through...
15:54Didn't I tell you a little while ago,
15:56it seemed like we were just getting started?
15:58This match, guys...
15:59This match could go all night long.
16:02Whoa.
16:02It certainly could.
16:05But Jordan Grayson...
16:07Oh!
16:10You want to rethink that statement, Book?
16:12Because that could be the end.
16:16And the cameras didn't see it,
16:18but there was a massive grin on the face
16:20of the champion for the moment.
16:21Feel this.
16:28Launched right through the barricade.
16:31And it was almost instantaneous
16:33how the expression on the champion's face changed.
16:36Realizing she has daylight.
16:38Realizing the challenger is hurt badly.
16:40This could be the champ's opportunity
16:42to retain.
16:43In trouble is Grace.
16:44As VB connects.
16:46Square to the back.
16:47And that's all it's good.
16:50Oh!
16:52Hard wheel determination right there
16:55by Joel Grace.
16:56What about the look on the character's face now, Graves?
17:00The complete opposite of moments ago.
17:04Now something resembling panic in the eyes
17:07of the NXT Women's Champion.
17:09We're going to fight!
17:09We're going to fight!
17:10We're going to fight!
17:10We're going to fight!
17:11We're going to fight!
17:11We're going to fight!
17:11Almost the same look Jordan Grace had earlier
17:14when I called it desperation.
17:16And now the care.
17:18Trying to cinch in a second SVB counter, though,
17:21by the strength of Jordan Grace.
17:23That power overcoming the technical ability
17:27of the champion.
17:29And if this breaks down into a slugfest right now,
17:32you've got to give the advantage to Grace.
17:34I mean, she's got the more power, I mean,
17:37but you can't take nothing away.
17:39She's definitely the creep.
17:40She's a hell of a champion.
17:51What a back fist!
17:53Yeah!
17:54I think the pair's only standing
17:56because the turnbuckles are there.
17:57Somehow able to roll right through.
18:00Presence of mind
18:01and a nasty dragon screw out of the corner.
18:05And the care now
18:06could be systematically dissecting her opponent.
18:10You got to go.
18:11You got to go.
18:12These two have laid it all on the line.
18:14Where's the care going?
18:17We don't see Stephanie leave her feet too often.
18:21Are you kidding me?
18:22We see how talented the care is on the ropes quite frequently.
18:26She's utilized the spinal tap
18:27to great effect many times.
18:28Yeah, every now and again,
18:30she knows she has to pull it out
18:33in certain situations.
18:35She knows when she needs a little bit extra,
18:37she has to go to the top.
18:38It's not often she does.
18:43And looking back
18:44is the care.
18:49Who do you point, Graves?
18:50He needs a little bit extra.
18:52Hallowed be thy name
18:55to retain.
18:59Here is your winner,
19:02and still,
19:04the NXT Women's Champion,
19:08Stephanie
19:09the King.
19:11What a match.
19:17What a defense
19:18for Stephanie
19:19the care.
19:21The spiral tap,
19:23which she has utilized
19:24to great effect
19:25numerous times
19:26in high-pressure situations.
19:28Perhaps the most well-rounded athlete
19:31in the game today.
19:33What a win
19:34for Stephanie Bacchera
19:36over a very,
19:38very credible,
19:39very game challenger
19:40in Jordan Grace.
19:48Well, on this night
19:49in Tampa,
19:52Stephanie Bacchera
19:53once again proves
19:54she's the measuring stick
19:56of women's wrestling.
19:59Forever.
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