WWE NXT Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights From May 26

WWE NXT refuses to slow down, promising a heated NXT Women's Championship collision and plenty of Speed action for its May 26 show.

Lola Vice finally fought Izzi Dame one-on-one with her NXT Women's Championship on the line. NXT champion Tony D'Angelo was unlikely to stay quiet after his latest collision with Mason Rook and Kam Hendrix.

Shiloh Hill hoped to keep his growing momentum against Charlie Dempsey. The next Men's Speed Championshio tournament began with the return of Nathan Frazer.

Who would deliver on the night? Could fans see a brand new women's champion by the end of the night?

Kelani Jordan vs. Wren Sinclair (w/ Kendal Grey)

Last Time in Action: Kelani Jordan defeated Kendal Grey (NXT, May 12); Wren Sinclair lost to Jordan (NXT, April 28).

Jordan attacked Sinclair mid-entrance to start this match with control. As Sinclair tried to rally, her knee buckled.

While Jordan's initial attack on the knee was thwarted, she quickly got a hold of the injury and wrenched away at the knee with various submissions.

Sinclair refused to tap out for a while, even dodging the One of a Kind Moonsault into a near-count pin, but she ran out of answers.

Jordan locked in an elevated inverted reverse figure-four (similar to the Haas of Pain) for the tap-out.

The dynamic of this match was an easy sell to this crowd that wanted to fully support Sinclair. Jordan went after the established knee injury and got steady heat.

This was as good as Sinclair has ever looked in an NXT ring. Her selling was tight and gave Jordan a fantastic vehicle to build heel heat with the crowd.

While Jordan is always at her best as the high flier, she pulled out a variety of strong leglocks throughout this match that showed off her technical chops.

By the end, it became clear though that Sinclair was once again the loser for the sake of Grey's rise, and she lost more credibility as the current Women's Speed champion.

Result

Jordan def. Sinclair by submission.

Grade

B+

Notable Moments and Observations

To start the match, the crowd chanted "Happy Birthday" in honor of Sinclair, who celebrated her 31st birthday yesterday.

The crowd was completely behind Sinclair, finding new chants to root her on throughout.

Booker T though was all for Jordan, allowing him and Vic Joseph to easily argue over who was right in this match.

Kali Armstrong mocked Sinclair in the trainer's room and warned Lola Vice to watch out for her.

DarkState Explains The Attack on Saquon Shugars

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DarkState (before the betrayal)

DarkState called out Saquon Shugars' lack of athletic traits next to their collegiate background, mocking his independent wrestling background.

Cutler James called Shugars reckless while Dion Lennox admitted that he could have been the odd man out as well.

Osiris Griffin refocused the group on their goal to take down champions and capture gold.

This was a solid follow-up to last week's attack, though it was odd for Lennox to reclaim the lead mic role for the group so easily.

This could have been the moment to test Griffin and see if he was ready to stand out as the lead man of DarkState.

Instead, Lennox brushed past his recent mistakes and claimed to be the reason DarkState even exists despite not being the leader.

Whatever happens next, NXT has clearly chosen Lennox and Shugars as the driving forces behind this story while Cutler and Griffin likely remain the tag team.

Grade

B

Notable Moments and Observations

The modified tron of DarkState showed one skull mask crossed out.

The crowd started with a DarkState chant but quickly turned against the trio, especially Lennox, though there were some hating on Shugars as well.

Backstage, Shiloh Hill went Zaria hunting with Lizzy Rain, who was looking for revenge from last week's attack.

Men's Speed Championship Tournament: Sean Legacy vs. Dorian Van Dux

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Dorian Van Dux

Last Time in Action: Sean Legacy alongside EK Prosper and Tate Wilder lost to BirthRight (NXT, May 12); Dorian Van Dux lost to Prosper in the last Men's Speed Championship Tournament (NXT, April 14).

Legacy and Van Dux were rushing from the start, trying to find a way to catch one another, but they always had an answer to the other man's offense.

The three-minute time limit ran out as Legacy laid out Van Dux with a Superplex, and both competitors were left frustrated. They showed each other respect afterward.

These two are phenomenal athletes, but this format had them rushing from the outset. It led to multiple sloppy mistakes.

This is the risk of the Speed format. Even good wrestlers are going to struggle to get in all their offense over three minutes.

With the time-limit draw though, hopefully a rematch can come out of this without a clock, allowing them both to show out.

It is honestly surprising by NXT standards that time-limit draws are mostly rare. This time it made sense to protect both men and fuel a potential friendly rivalry.

Result

Legacy vs. Van Dux goes to a three-minute time-limit draw.

Grade

C-

Notable Moments and Observations

Van Dux carries himself with a heel edge despite playing nice with the faces for now. This is probably why Booker T likes him.

Both men have great looks and unreal athleticism that should carry them far if they can move beyond the Speed Tournament format.

NXT should consider raising the standard time limit to five minutes for Speed matches since that gives more room for talent to recover from mistakes.