WWE NXT Great American Bash 2026 Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights

For the first time in WWE NXT history, a premium live event aired on The CW, highlighting the best young talent in WWE today with Great American Bash.

This was a crucial night for NXT from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida including multiple major title matches.

Would Tony D'Angelo survive the threat of Naraku? Could Kendal Grey achieve her massive potential and capture the NXT Women's Championship from Lola Vice?

All the results, grades, reactions and highlights for GAB 2026 can be found below.

NXT Championship: Tony D'Angelo (c) vs. Naraku

Last Time in Action: Naraku defeated Mason Rook (NXT, June 9); Tony D'Angelo defeated Kem Hendrix to retain the NXT Championship (NXT, June 2).

Naraku headed outside to grab a steel chair outside, but D'Angelo immediately Speared him through the stage.

The former EVIL fought back by targeting the bandaged eye of the NXT champion. He even sent him eye first into the apron with Enter the Abyss.

After the Picture-in-Picture break, Naraku sent D'Angelo hard into the barricade. The NXT champion fought his way back with a Running Powerbomb and a pair of German Suplex.

Naraku responded with his own German Suplex, but D'Angelo rolled through, fired up and hit his Elevated Spinebuster for the victory.

Despite the build and attempted hype, D'Angelo vs. Naraku felt fairly ordinary when it finally went down beyond relying on the silly-looking bandaged eye as an obvious target for the former EVIL.

A hot open to the match slowed to a basic beatdown sequence as Naraku took advantage of D'Angelo's vulnerability, but they did not build to a dramatic near-fall at any point.

When the NXT champion fired up and hit his Spinebuster, it was almost a shock that the match was over.

A rushed build and the promise of Naraku delivering "evil" amounted to a fairly standard TV-level title defense.

It is a shame that NXT was not ready to reveal anything big with Naraku or at least sell him as a bigger threat to D'Angelo, who was battling a bandage nearly over both his eyes down the stretch.

Result

D'Angelo def. Naraku by pinfall to retain the NXT Championship.

Grade

C+

Notable Moments and Observations

• Because this was in the Performance Center and on network television, the presentation was identical to a usual NXT television show.
• Wade Barrett stayed on commentary with Vic Joseph for Great American Bash.
• Naraku showed an extra heel edge than NXT stars usually use, even biting hard at the fingers of D'Angelo to escape a Crossface.