WWE NXT (1/21/2025) Results: Oba Femi vs. Eddy Thorpe for NXT Title, Tony D'Angelo Defends, More

On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, WWE hosted a new episode of NXT on The CW from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

The show was headlined by Oba Femi facing Eddy Thorpe for the NXT Title. The full results are listed below

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WWE NXT (1/21/2025).

  • NXT Championship Match: Oba Femi (c) vs. Eddy Thorpe.
  • NXT North American Championship Match: Tony D'Angelo (c) vs. Ridge Holland.
  • NXT Heritage Cup Match: Lexis King (c) vs. Charlie Dempsey.
  • Bayley Appears.

Live Coverage.

  • Vic Joseph, Booker T. Huffman & the returning Corey Graves welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning into the opening match.
  • NXT North American Championship Match: Tony D'Angelo (c) (w/ Adrianna Rizzo, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo & Luca Crucifino) def. Ridge Holland via Pinfall (Standing Ovation).
    • Shawn Spears watched the match from ring-side. Niko Vance & Brooks Jensen then brawled with Lorenzo & Crucifino to try and cost D'Angelo the title, but Izzi Dame of all people appeared to boot Spears in the head, allowing D'Angelo to hit the Standing Ovation to pick up the win.
  • Dion Lennox was comforted by Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe. Lee made fun of Lennox confronting Oba Femi last week before challenging him to a match tonight. Lee then tried to make fun of Trick Williams, who had just arrived in the locker room, but he responded by slapping the piss out of Lee.
  • Bayley appeared int he ring for a promo, saying she felt like Roxanne Perez comparing her to CM Punk & Natalya was a compliment before saying Perez may not be ready for being in the main roster. The newly crowned NXT Women's Champion Giulia interrupted, saying she had looked up to Bayley's NXT run as inspiration to join the company. Cora Jade & Roxanne Perez interrupted and talked trash to Giulia & Perez, but they were bombarded with boos from the crowd, but Jade said they did not need to go overseas to suceed. They engaged in a brawl after wards.
  • Jaida Parker watched the promo backstage, where Kelani Jordan interrupted by telling her to simmer down. Karmen Petrovic interrupted them and said that "love is in the air", but Parker told Petrovic Ashante Adonis would leve her for someone else.
  • Wes Lee (Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe) def. Dion Lennox via Pinfall (Cardiac Kid).
    • Wes Lee then challenged Trick Williams to a match next week. Williams then appeared to attack Lee before accepting his challenge.
  • There was a vignette of Lexis King ahead of him defending his NXT Heritage Cup Match tonight.
  • Sara Schreiber interviewed Stephanie Vaquer, where Vaquer said she would keep an eye on the winner of Shotzi and NXT Women's North American Champion Fallon Henley.
  • NXT Heritage Cup Match: Lexis King (c) def. Charlie Dempsey (w/ Wren Sinclair, Myles Borne & Tavion Heights) via Pinfall (Coronation) (R4: 2-1).
  • WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair & Naomi cut a promo backstage, where they said The Meta Girls (Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend) would need to bring everything they got to win the titles off them.
  • Andre Chase appeared backstage, noticing multiple NXT Trainees (including Kale Dixon) watching old footage of Chase University. Dixon tried to tell Chase to bring back the university, but Chase refused.
  • Karmen Petrovic (w/ Ashante Adonis) def. Jaida Parker via Pinfall (Schoolboy Roll-Up).
  • ZARIA and Sol Ruca spoke with The Meta Girls (Jakara Jackson and Lash Legend) to wish them luck in their tag title match against Bianca Belair and Naomi next week. Legend said she wants to return to Atlanta to win the gold in her hometown.
  • Brooks Jensen & Niko Vance (w/ Shawn Spears) def. The D'Angelo Family (Luca Crucifino & Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo) (w/ Adrianna Rizzo) via Pinfall (King Kong Lariat from Vance on Crucifino).
  • Sara Schreiber interviewed NXT Tag Team Champions Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom). Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura tried to call their shot at the Tag Titles, but OTM (Lucien Price & Bronco Nima) attacked Briggs & Inamura.
  • Tony D'Angelo met Izzi Dame briefly before being confronted by The D'Angelo Family (Luca Crucifino, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Adrianna Rizzo). D'Angelo told Stacks he needed to handle things properly as he had been the Under Boss.
  • Ethan Page had a vignette regarding his attack on Je'Von Evans and Dante Chen, where he said next time Evans tried to get involved in his business he would not stop the ambush.
  • Je'Von Evans spoke with Ava before Cedric Alexander appeared, where he said he would get his revenge on Ethan Page next week. After that, A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory & Grayson Waller) met with Ava before they agreed to host "The Grayson Waller Effect" with the winner of tonight's main event.
  • NXT Championship Match: Oba Femi (c) def. Eddy Thorpe via Pinfall (Fall from Grace Powerbomb).
    • Diamond Dallas Page was in the crowd for the match.
    • Trick Williams confronted Oba Femi after the match. Eddy Thrpe tried to attack Williams, but Williams blasted him with a V-Trigger. Williams & Femi stood face-to-face to end the broadcast.

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