Tonight's episode of WWE NXT (May 5, 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 is advertised to be there to follow up on her Last Woman Standing victory over Sol Ruca. This should likely mean a promo segment where it is possible someone interacts with her to start a new feud and direction for her.
In women's division action, Kali Armstrong looks to prove herself as a newcomer to the roster by taking Jaida Parker down a peg, who immediately didn't take to the way Armstrong was talking to the locker room. I'd assume Armstrong will get the victory as the fresh heel who could use the momentum boost, even though I could certainly imagine Parker getting the victory and attacked by Armstrong after the match or something along those lines. I think this will likely go beyond this match and be a feud for at least a few weeks.
Jackson Drake is up against Jasper Troy, who essentially just randomly took offense to Drake and The Vanity Project in a backstage segment last week, picking a fight and threatening the former WWE EVOLVE champion. The numbers game, especially if Myka Lockwood is there, will be too much for Troy, I'll guess, and he'll come up short, which helps build Drake up a bit more as an eventual contender for the NXT Championship or North American Championship, at least. Never fully trust that the heels just don't win, though.
In the main event, Izzi Dame and Niko Vance are in mixed tag team action against a team that is very familiar in teaming with each other, as Lola Vice and Mr. Iguana are AAA mixed tag team champions together. That should give them the advantage, and if that's the case, I kind of expect Mr. Iguana to get the pin over Niko Vance so that Dame can still get a future match against Vice without already doing that finish. Then again, the simplest way to build a challenger is for them to get a victory over the champion, so if the game plan is to run Izzi Dame getting a shot at the NXT Women's Championship on an upcoming episode or special event, The Culling getting the win is the right way to go.
Here are your results for WWE NXT - May 5, 2026:
- TBD - Jackson Drake vs Jasper Troy
- TBD - Mixed Tag Team Match: Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana vs The Culling's Izzi Dame and Niko Vance
- TBD - Jaida Parker vs Kali Armstrong
- TBD - Zaria promo
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