WWE NXT Notes: Stephanie Vaquer Gets Attacked by Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez & Got Payback, Eddy Thorpe Reveals He Staged His Attack to Con His Way Into NXT Title Shot, Shotzi Makes Surprise Return, Card for 12/17 Show

WWE
Dec 10, 2024

Stephanie Vaquer Gets Attacked by Cora Jade & Roxanne Perez

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured Stephanie Vaquer suffering a “injury” at the hands of Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez.

Vaquer’s injury was revealed during an in-ring promo segment involving Giulia, Perez, and Jade. At the start of the show, Giulia came out to the ring to talk about her Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge victory and upcoming match against Perez for the NXT Women’s Championship at NXT New Years Evil. Giulia’s speech was quickly interrupted by Perez who came out to the ring.

After some banter between the two, Jade interrupted and came out from the crowd holding a bat. Jade stated that Giulia won’t make it to New Year’s Evil because of them and she won’t have Vaquer protecting her this time.

This led to a video airing on the big screen revealing Vaquer laying on the ground backstage in pain and clutching her shoulder while being attended to by NXT officials and medical. After the video ended, Giulia engaged in a brawl with Jade and Perez that resulted in Kelani Jordan running out to save Giulia and helped clear the ring of Perez and Jade.

In a follow-up segment, Perez and Jade defeated Giulia and Jordan in a tag team match. While Giulia and Perez had brawled their way to the back near the end of the match, Jade was left alone to celebrate leading to it being cut short by Vaquer’s music playing. Jade waited in the ring looking at the stage for Vaquer to show up only to get attacked from behind by Vaquer and get sent out of the ring. Vaquer then picked up Jade’s bat and broke it over her knee and chased Jade out through the crowd.

Eddy Thorpe Reveals He Staged His Attack as Grand Plan to Con His Way Into NXT Title Shot

Tuesday’s NXT show also featured Eddy Thorpe revealing who was his mystery attacker on last week’s show.

During the show, Femi came out to the ring and talked about him winning the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge and his upcoming match against Trick Williams for the NXT Championship at next month’s New Year’s Evil 2025 show. This led to Williams’ music interrupting and him coming out to the ring. Before anything else could happen, Thorpe’s music played interrupting the two and he came out to the ring. Thorpe stated that this match between Femi and Williams isn’t happening and he will not ignore what Oba did to him. Thorpe stated that his people have been through enough and claimed that Femi attacked him last week and took his spot in the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge match at Deadline.

Femi responded telling Thorpe to shut up and he is making some bold accusations. Femi then asked if he actually saw who attacked him. Thorpe responded stating that he did not since he was hit from behind and claimed that he has never been hit that hard before. Femi responded stating that he is done with Eddy and proceeded to ignore him and turned his attention back to Williams.

After some back-and-forth banter between Femi and Williams, Femi proceeded to leave the ring. An upset Thorpe then turned his attention towards Williams and after some back-and-forth banter, Williams agreed to give Thorpe a shot at his NXT title next week and followed it by laying out Thorpe before leaving the ring.

In a follow-up segment, Thorpe was seen backstage in Ava’s office signing his match contract for the NXT Championship. Thorpe talked about how he can not believe that this is happening for him. Ava responded stating that they are still trying to figure out who had attacked him last week. Thorpe responded stating that they don’t need to worry about that anymore since he knows who did it. Thorpe then told Ava that she was looking at his assailant and revealed he did it just to get a NXT title shot without having to go through “25 minutes of hell” to do so.

Shotzi Makes Surprise Return on Tuesday’s NXT Show

Tuesday’s NXT show also featured Shotzi making her surprise return from injury to WWE’s NXT brand.

During the show, Gigi Dolin and Tatum Paxley were seen walking backstage and talking about their upcoming match against Fatal Influence. Dolin brought up how Fatal Influence has three people and they are at a disadvantage. Paxley responded telling Dolin to not worry since she has a new friend while holding a doll with green hair.

In a follow-up, Fatal Influence defeated Dolin & Paxley in their tag team match and proceeded to attack the two after the bell rang. This led to Shotzi’s music playing and her running out to save Dolin & Paxley revealing her to be the person Paxley had talked about. Shotzi, Dolin, and Paxley then cleared the ring of Fatal Influence.

Current Card for Next Week’s NXT Show

Tuesday’s NXT show also featured four new matches announced for the card of next week’s show in Lowell, Massachusetts.

These matches were all setup following promos, storyline angles, and match card graphics shown throughout the show.

Current card for December 17th WWE NXT show:

  • NXT Championship – Eddy Thorpe vs. Trick Williams (c)
  • NXT Tag Team Championship – Gallus (Wolfgang & Mark Coffey) vs. Axiom & Nathan Frazer (c)
  • Sol Ruca & Zaria vs. Meta-Four (Jakkara Jackson & Lash Legend)
  • Axiom vs. Oba Femi
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