WWE NXT TV Tapings Spoilers for December 19th & 26th Episodes

WWE held a new set of NXT television tapings at their Performance Center On Wednesday in Orlando, Florida.

This new set of tapings will be for the December 19th and December 26th episodes of NXT.

In terms of notable moments from the tapings, Ilja Dragunov was initially believed to have suffered a potential serious injury during his match against Ridge Holland at the tapings. This match took place for the December 19th show and Dragunov appeared to have suffered a head or neck injury after landing hard from a suplex by Holland. NXT medical staff and officials came out to attend to Dragunov and had him stretchered out to the back. Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that his source stated that this was not a legitimate injury and instead only done for storyline purposes.

Pray for Ilja Dragunov just got his neck broke by ridge he is done…
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— ashley // suga military wife. (@kotaswhore) December 14, 2023

Full results from WWE’s NXT tapings for December 19th episode:

• Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton by pinfall via a Roll-up. Following the match, Stratton and Henley engaged in a brawl that spilled over to the backstage.
• NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov gave an in-ring promo talking about what he had accomplished in 2023 and his goals for 2024. Holland came out to interrupt and stated that he was back in NXT and is looking for redemption. Holland also stated that he did not come out looking for a match against Dragunov now but wants to win some matches first to get a shot at his NXT title. Dragunov responded stating that Holland does not have to wait and he will grant him a match tonight.
• In a backstage segment, Trick Williams confronted Dragunov and asked why he had given Holland a match for his NXT title. Dragunov responded stating that he is the challenger and the champion is the one who gets to pick his matches.
• 2023 NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament First Round match – Lexis King defeated Dion Lennox. Following the match, Trey Bearhill came out to confront King but King escaped before Bearhill could get to him.
• Izzi Dame & Kiana James defeated Jacy Jayne and Thea Hail. Following the match, Roxanne Perez was seen in the Women’s locker room commenting on the tag match. Arianna Grace responded to Perez’s comments which led to Perez slapping Grace in return.
• NXT North American Championship Triple Threat match – Dragon Lee (c) defeated Charlie Dempsey and Joe Coffey. Prior to the start of the match, all four members of the No Quarter Catch Crew were in the ring and Damon Kemp, Drew Gulak, and Myles Borne all took a step back revealing Dempsey as Lee’s opponent. Before the bell could ring, Gallus came out to interrupt and Coffey inserted himself into the match. During the match itself, Gallus was sent to the back by the referee which led to Coffey being pulled under the ring by a mysterious person resulting in Lee pinning Dempsey. Following the match, No Quarter Catch Crew attacked Lee resulting in the LWO’s Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro running out to save Lee.
• In a backstage Men’s locker room segment, Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes had a talk with each other.
• In a backstage Women’s locker room segment, Cora Jade entered and talked about how she is back in NXT and is taking back her locker that now belongs to Karmen Petrovic. Jade took down Petrovic’s name plate and tossed her belongings out of the locker. Petrovic entered the locker room afterwards and wondered what had happened to her stuff which led to Gigi Dolin telling Petrovic that it was Jade who did it.
• 2023 NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament First Round match – Tavion Heights defeated Luca Crusifino
• Nikkita Lyons defeated Tatum Paxley
• In a backstage segment, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger are seen talking about their upcoming tag team match against Gallus.
• Gallus (Wolfgang & Mark Coffey) defeated Hank Walker & Tank Ledger
• Ridge Holland vs. Ilja Dragunov went to a No Contest. This match was stopped following Dragunov suffering an injury that required medical attention.

Full results from WWE’s NXT tapings for December 26th episode:

• All or Nothing match – OTM (Lucien Price & Bronco Nima) defeated Chase U (Duke Hudson & Andre Chase). NXT Tag Team Champions watched along from the balcony overlooking the ring.
• NXT Heritage Cup Championship – Noam Dar (c) defeated Josh Briggs by Disqualification. The score was 1 point to 0 point in favor of Briggs going into the fourth round. Briggs was disqualified for hitting Dar with the spit bucket.
• Cora Jade defeated Karmen Petrovic by pinfall via a Future Shock DDT
• Bron Breakker defeated Nathan Frazer by pinfall via a Spear
• Joe Gacy defeated Joe Coffey. During the match, Gallus tried to interfere leading to Hank Walker and Tank Ledger coming out to put a stop to them.
• 2023 NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament Semifinal Round match – Riley Osborne defeated Lexis King. During the match, Trey Bearhill came out to distract King from ringside leading to Osborne pinning King for the victory.
• 2023 NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament Semifinal Round match – Oba Femi defeated Tavion Heights
• NXT Underground match – Eddy Thorpe defeated Dijak by countout. Thorpe locked in a sleeper to Dijak and then hit a DDT through the announcer’s table for the match’s finish.