The John Report: WWE NXT No Mercy 2025 Live Review
This is WWE NXT No Mercy, featuring title defenses from Oba Femi, Jacy Jayne, Ethan Page, Sol Ruca, and a Weaponized Steel Cage Match.
NXT No Mercy is the sixth NXT PLE of the year. They have six matches scheduled for the show.
Before the show, it was announced that Lainey Reid is out of the Women’s Speed Title match against Sol Ruca, but Sol will be in action against another opponent.
The NXT brand made its presence felt at TNA Victory Road on Friday as Kelani Jordan won the TNA Knockouts Title just like Jacy Jayne had done earlier this year. Anyway, it’s time for No Mercy. Let’s get to it.
WWE NXT No Mercy
From FTL War Memorial in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Saturday, September 27, 2025
There was some superstar pre-show walking shown of Lola Vice, Jacy Jayne with Fallon Henley, Jordynne Grace, Blake Monroe, Ricky Saints, and Oba Femi.
A video package aired to set up the show. Great video as usual.
The commentary team was the usual NXT duo of Vic Joseph and Booker T.
Je’Von Evans vs. Josh Briggs
There was a ramp connecting the entrance to the ring, so no dives on the floor on that part of the ring. They will likely do the dives on the other sides of the ring.
They did a spot near the ropes, and it looked like Evans’ right leg/hip got caught in the ropes. Briggs sent Evans over the barricade, but Evans recovered and sent Briggs into the steel steps. Back in the ring, Evans hit a springboard cross body block. Evans hit a hurricanrana, along with a dropkick. Briggs caught Evans and tackled him into the turnbuckle. Briggs gave Evans a hiptoss across the ring. Briggs stood on Evans’s back to cause some more pain. Evans bounced off the ropes and got a rollup for two, but Evans came back with a backbreaker. Evans hit another backbreaker onto the knee for two. Briggs sent Evans hard into the turnbuckle. Evans came back with an elbow to the face, along with some punches. Evans kicked Briggs in the head, followed by a punch. Evans wanted a move off the ropes, but Briggs shoved him off the apron and crashed back-first into the barricade. Briggs hit a sidewalk slam, but Evans avoided a splash. Evans bounced off the ropes and hit a German Suplex. Evans tried two clotheslines that didn’t move Briggs much, so Evans hit a superkick and a running clothesline. Evans hit a spinning kick to the head. Evans punched Briggs so that he was against the turnbuckle, and then Briggs left the ring and hit the floor. Evans jumped off the top with a cross body block on Briggs on the floor.
Evans went up top and hit a Frog Splash about 60% across the ring for a two count. The fans bought that as a nearfall. Briggs came back with a lariat to the back for a two count. Evans got a sunset flip for two. Evans hit a superkick and forearm, but then Briggs came back with an elbow smash, along with a boot to the face. Briggs hit a backbreaker onto the knee. Briggs flipped Evans over and hit a knee to the face for a two count. Briggs pulled up Evans to the top rope. Briggs went for a Chokeslam-style move, but Evans did a backflip. Evans hit a kick to the jaw (I don’t think he touched him, but the leg slap helps), but a springboard attack didn’t work because Briggs hit him with a Chokeslam for two. Evans sent Briggs out of the ring, but Briggs caught a leaping Evans and hit a clothesline. Briggs hit a Clothesline from Hell like JBL for two and Evans’ right foot was on the ropes during the pin attempt. Evans teased a move off the turnbuckle, but Evans fought back with some shoving and slaps to the face. Evans hit a jumping kick. Evans went for a springboard attack, but Briggs kicked. Briggs went for a Chokeslam, and Evans countered it with a Cutter! Wow. Evans went up top and jumped off with the OG Cutter for the pinfall win at 16:29.
Winner by pinfall: Je’Von Evans
Analysis: **** The match was great. Four stars. It was a bit better than the Evans/Zayn match on SmackDown because they got some more time, and I loved the story. It went how I thought it would go, with Briggs in control for a lot of the match until Evans found a way to make a comeback. Briggs dominated a lot of the matc,h and his offense looks great, so the way Evans sold for everything was believable. Evans is so talented, and I’m glad he got the win because he needs PLE wins like this. I have written for weeks that I think Evans losing to Oba Femi at Heatwave was done to set up another match for Evans going after the NXT Title, and I think Evans will get the title, perhaps at Halloween Havoc or another show.
A commercial aired promoting WrestleMania 42 tickets on sale.
There was a video showing an NXT No Mercy classic from 2023 with Trick Williams facing Dominik Mysterio. Trick beat Dominik to win the NXT North American Title. I assume they showed this to us on Netflix while Peacock in the US was showing ads.
They showed the end of NXT last Tuesday when Mike Santana and Trick Williams fought in the ring, followed by male and female wrestlers from NXT and TNA. It was a wild brawl to end the show.
A clip was shown of Kelani Jordan winning the vacant TNA Knockouts Title at Victory Road. There was a promo from Jordan about how happy she was to be the champion.
Sol Ruca made her entrance with Zaria for the Women’s Speed Championship match. Sol is also the NXT Women’s North American Champion. No Lainey Reid against Sol. It was Jaida Parker as the opponent and she got a big reaction.
Women’s Speed Championship: Sol Ruca (w/Zaria) vs. Jaida Parker
There is a 5-minute time limit for the match. If there’s no decision, then the champion retains. The non-title matches have a 3-minute time limit.
Sol and Parker each got pin attempts early. There was a clock counting down from 5 minutes on the screen. Sol kicked Parker out of the ring. Sol jumped off the steel steps with a somersault dive onto Parker on the floor. Parker blocked a slide by Sol, and Parker punched Sol in the face. Sol used both feet to hit Parker in the back. Parker trapped Sol against the turnbuckle and Parker hit a hip drop by the ropes. Parker hit a Falcon Arrow for two. Sol countered Parker and missed a backbreaker, so she just covered Parker. Sol hit a knee that knocked Parker out of the ring by the ramp. Parker punched Sol back into the ring. There were 2 minutes left as Sol countered Parker with a DDT for two. Parker caught Sol on her back and hit a Samoan Drop. Sol did a necksnap across the top rope. There were 60 seconds left as Sol sent Parker into the steel steps. Sol went for a moonsault, but Parker moved and Parker hit Hipnotic on the floor. Parker sent Sol into the ring and Parker shoved Zaria. Lash Legend showed up, Parker avoided her and Zaria hit a Spear on Lash on the floor. Sol recovered in the ring, and when Parker went into the ring, Sol hit a Soul Snatcher off the turnbuckle for the pinfall win at 4:48.
Winner by pinfall: Sol Ruca
Analysis: **3/4 It was a fun match for the time given. These matches are tough to rate because the wrestlers are limited in the time they get, but as long as you do some creative spots and make it interesting, the fans are going to be into it. Parker hit her Hipnotic finisher on the floor, but then she focused on Zaria, which also led to Lash Legend showing up, and all of that allowed Sol to recover. The Soul Snatcher remains one of the coolest finishers in WWE.
There was a commercial for Survivor Series tickets on sale.
A video aired about the Evolve show on Wednesdays, and it led into some promos from wrestlers on the show. I don’t watch it, so I won’t recap it.
Joe Hendry was interviewed at NXT last Tuesday after he lost in a tag team match against Darkstate. Joe said he appreciated what Darkstate stands for. Darkstate’s four-man group said when they see him, it’s on sight with a four-way beatdown. They said that when Darkstate strikes, nobody is safe. Joe said it was interesting that you are either with them or against them.
The Blake Monroe-Jordynne Grace Weaponized Steel Cage match was next, so a video package aired to set it up. Blake won at Heatwave last month, but the feud continued after that.
Weaponized Steel Cage Match: Jordynne Grace vs. Blake Monroe
A steel cage surrounded the ring. There were weapons hanging from the side of the cage. It’s pinfall or submission only. No escape the cage win option.