Tonight's episode of WWE NXT (May 12, 2026) emanates out of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and airs at 8 p.m. ET on the CW Network.
This post will be updated throughout the evening to reflect live coverage of all the important information, noteworthy things that transpire, winners for all the match results, recaps of promo/talking segments and more. Keep refreshing for the most up-to-date results!
Preview & Predictions for WWE NXT:
On tap for tonight's episode, Zaria will reluctantly team with Nikkita Lyons against Lizzy Rain and Tatum Paxley, who knows the other three are going after her NXT Women's North American Championship. There's a chance this leads to some more definitive "Zaria gets the next title shot because she pins Paxley in the match" type outcome here, so I'd lean more toward that happening than anything else, but it's just as likely Paxley beats Lyons or something along those lines.
Fit Finlay and William Regal are upset at how much BirthRight can't win more than a few matches here and there, so they've booked them in a six-man tag team match against three guys who are still fresh from EVOLVE in Tate Wilder, EK Prosper and Sean Legacy. WWE seems hell-bent on having BirthRight look foolish more times than not, so I could see them losing again here, but I'm at least hoping they pick up the win. They should win, if WWE wishes to make them anything other than a joke.
Jackson Drake will be up against a returning Noam Dar. I'm curious if the NXT Global Heritage Invitational will have anything to do with Dar, as that trademark and the lack of the NXT Heritage Cup and how much of that has revolved around Dar just feels like it could all point in the direction of Dar winning this match, but Drake is the one who benefits most from a win, so he's who I'm rooting for.
Kendal Grey and Kelani Jordan will battle it out in what is effectively a future No. 1 contender's match, even though Lola Vice has Izzi Dame on her heels. I'd expect Jordan to win this to set her up as the next challenger.
Lastly, the biggest draw is arguably the in-ring debut of Naraku. Whoever he's up against, he's going to win, as WWE won't have him lose his debut match in the company.
Here are your results for WWE NXT - May 12, 2026:
- TBD - Jackson Drake vs Noam Dar
- TBD - Lizzy Rain and Tatum Paxley vs Nikkita Lyons and Zaria
- TBD - Kendal Grey vs Kelani Jordan
- TBD - Six-Man Tag Team Match: BirthRight (Lexis King, Stacks, and Uriah Connors) vs "Super" Sean Legacy, EK Prosper and Tate Wilder
- TBD - Naraku's in-ring debut
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