Posted on 9/17/125 by Colin Vassallo
The NXT Homecoming episode last night was full of appearances
from NXT alumni as the stars came out to celebrate their
first show back at Full Sail University in five long years.
Opening the show was Triple H, the man who is always
associated with the brand. The current leader of NXT, Shawn
Michaels also joined the festivities, before things took a
turn when Triple H asked what if he wanted to come back.
Shawn said they will have a problem if that happens, and out
came former NXT General Manager William Regal to settle
things down…offering to fix this in WARGAMES!
Shayna Baszler, who no longer works with WWE, made a surprise
appearance backstage to knock some sense into Sol Ruca and
Zaria to patch up their differences. Just seconds before,
Candice LeRae was also involved due to the Speed tournament.
The Miz, who is not synonymous with Full Sail, helped Trick
Williams and Carmelo Hayes defeat Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny
Gargano in a tag match. Miz and Hayes have a partnership on
Smackdown, hence the helping hand.
In backstage segments, Damian Priest, the former NXT North
American champion, gave a pep talk to Tavion Heights while
former NXT champion Sami Zayn did the same to Je’Von Evans.
Former WWE Tag Team champion Montez Ford had an encounter
with the current NXT Tag Team champions, DarkState, and
former NXT champion Bobby Roode was involved in a backstage
segment with Charlie Dempsey, Wren Sinclair, and TNA’s Joe
Hendry.
Former NXT champion Finn Balor returned with his old theme
song after interrupting Lexis King, who was running his mouth
thrashing the old NXT and Myles Borne. Balor then hit the
Coup de Gras on King for his troubles.
Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, both NXT alumni were also
involved, defending the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles against
Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley.
Tyler Breeze, the man known as Prince Pretty, had his first
NXT match since 2021 but fell short in winning the NXT North
American title after he was defeated by current champion
Ethan Page.
And last but not least, three former NXT Women’s champions –
Rhea Ripley, Stephanie Vaquer, and Lyra Valkyria – returned
to their old stomping grounds to battle Fatal Influence in
the main event of the show.