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Hello everyone, and welcome to our live WWE NXT coverage on 411! Jeremy Thomas here as per the norm, and tonight’s show will see the Heritage Cup on the line as the No Quarter Catch Club’s Charlie Dempsey defends against Tony D’Angelo. In addition, the NXT North American Championship qualifiers kick off with Sol Ruca vs. Izzi Dame and Ivy Nile vs. Lash Legend while Je’Von Evans takes on Noam Dar and Edris Enofé & Malik Blade battle OTM. We’ll also likely get more in the feud between Dar and Trick leading into what appears to be the NXT Championship match at Battleground. Looks like a decent little show.

I had a productive week at Thomas HQ as I did a ton of movie watching. As has been the case in 2024, it’s a mix of new watches and rewatches; my new watches included the documentary Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House on Hulu which will make you want to take a shower, but didn’t offer a ton of insight beyond shining a light on a loathsome person. I also watched the new spider horror flick Sting, which had some great practical effects and solid performances but was weighed down by a slapdash script to just being “okay.”

For my rewatches, I started off with the badass Ti West slasher X to whet my appetite before Maxxine arrives later this summer, and then went on a bit of a ’90s kick with A Few Good Men, The Mummy, Grosse Pointe Blank, Desperado, The Firm and The Insider, all of which go from good (and at least fun) to absolutely great. I also watched High Fidelity, one of my all-time favorite romcoms; Ocean’s Eleven which holds up incredibly well as a heist film, and The Untouchables which is exactly as good as you remember.

On TV, I’m staying caught up on X-Men ’97 and finished watching Dark Side of the Ring, getting caught up to current. I also got caught up on season four the drag docuseries We’re Here on Max, which is a must-watch; checked out the very meh docuseries The Ashley Madison Affair from 2023, and got caught up to current on season two of The Jinx. Finally, I am finally — FINALLY — getting around to finishing The Good Place after all this time and am in the last season. If you somehow didn’t know: it’s a really, really good show.

Anyway, we’re gonna have a lot to cover tonight so let’s hop right in.

As a reminder, the GoFundMe for Larry’s daughters is still active and if you can make a donation, that would be awesome. Thank you so much to everyone who’s done so thus far.

* We start with a video from moments ago of Noam Dar backstage having been apparently attacked. The rest of Meta-Four is there and Lash denies that Trick Williams did it.

* We next get a recap of the NXT Women’s North American Title match announcement and the NXT Women’s Combine from last week and the reveal of who moved on to the qualifiers. Ava says the qualifiers begin tonight, as we know.

* Backstage, Kiana James and Izzi Dame are backstage. Kiana says Izzi is a superstar and she’ll run Raw while Izzi runs NXT, so it’s time to go out and win the qualifier. Meanwhile Sol Ruca says she finished #1 in the combine and will win tonight before moving on to become our first NXT Women’s North American Champion.

Circle and lockup to start, Dame shot into the ropes and runs Sol over. She comes off the ropes but gets run over by Sol, who then locks in a waistlock. Izzy counters into a wristlock, Sol goes to flip out but gets put on the mat. Sol kippups and hits a suplex, she charges in the corner but Izzi dodges. Enzuigiri, kick to the midsection and a flip off the corner to take Dame down. Izzi to the outside and Sol goes to the apron. She kicks Izzi and hits a moonsault onto her! Roll back in and a cover for two.

Izzi pushes Sol into the corner and sends her over the ropes hard to the floor. Izzi out and slams Sol into the commentary table, then talks shit before rolling her back in. One-armed backbreaker by Izzi, cover gets two and she goes right into a torqued-in chinlock.

Sol to her feet and snapmares Izzi over, Izzi slides off Sol’s shoulder and hits a flapjack, then an elbowdrop to the back for two. Izzi right back into the chinlock, Sol back her feet and his whipped into the corner. Sidewalk slam attempt but Izzy flips out of it and runs over Izzi a couple of times, springboard forearm and then a fireman’s carry press slam. Springboard but Izzi moves, she hits a backdrop on Sol and eats a big boot for two.

Izzi hits a shoulder to the gut in the corner, she whips Sol into the other corner and charges in — Sol counters with a Sol Snatcher! That’s it.

Winner: Sol Ruca (5:36)
Rating: ** 3/4
Thoughts: Very good match between these two without any sloppiness. That finishing sequence was pretty dope to boot.

* Ava tells Tony D and the Family that they can’t just kidnap people. He says he doesn’t know where they are and they’re wherever they wanted to go. Ava says she might take away the title match, but Rizzo and Luca say it would be false advertising. Ava fines Tony $20,000. Tony hands over an envelope and says it’s all there plus some more. He says Ava is tough but fair and promises no funny busines.

* Malik asks Edris if he’s ready for tonight. Edris seems to be in his head about his bad look and says he’ll be good as he pets a rabbit’s foot. Brinley walks in and says they don’t need the rabbit’s foot, and off they go.

* Kelly asks Lola Vice and Shayna about Shayna’s win last week and Shayna says that she’s been dominant and is sticking around to see who Ava makes Roxy’s opponent at Battleground. Karmen Petrovic blindsides Lola and Natalya attacks Shayna, which leads to a pull-apart brawl.

Malik starts off against Nima and gets backed into the corner, but ducks a clothesline. Nima puts Blade in the corner and hits a back elbow, whip across the ring and Blade goes up and over. Blind tag to Edris, drop-toe hold and am elbow to Nima. Cover for one.

Nima powers Edris into the corner and tags in Price, tandem takedown and stomp for two. Price chucks Edris into the corner but Edris dodges a punch for some strikes. Price puts him back in the corner and decks him, tag to Nima for a double suplex but Blade makes the save. OTM beat on Blade and Enofe in opposite corners, they to a turnaround as they’re whipped at each other and then take out OTM! Double rana sends OTM to the outside and they DIVE on them!

Back in the ring, Edris sent into the ropes and Jaida trips her, allowing Nima to clothesline him down. Brinley attacks Jaida and the guys get involved in holding her back as we go to break.

We’re back as Nima plants Enofe on the mat with an atomic drop slam as Brinley and Jaida go at it again on the outside. They battle toward the back and officials try to separate them as Nima hits Enofe with a kneelift. Price tags in and they both charge in for a running strike to Edris for a nearfall.

Edris fights back but gets a bodyshot. Whip into the ropes, Price with a uranage and he lies in wait as Edris crawls to his feet in the corner — charging lariat. Price applies a wheelbarrow crossface and lifts him fully off the ground — but Enofe elbows his way out! Nima tags in and hits some back elbows as Edris’ boot is starting to come off. Enofe off the ropes and dodges OTM to get the hot tag to Blade! Leaping clothesline to Nima, blockbuster to Price and then up top for a double crossbody!

Edris tagged in but Nima powers Blade over the top. Enofe dropkicks Nima and goes for a dive but he stops to fix his boot and gets planted. Double spinebuster to Enofe for three.

Winner: OTM (10:46)
Rating: ** 1/2
Thoughts: Solid match, slightly dinged with the need to do the Brinley and Jaida brawl twice along with Edris’ bad luck. One of that would have been fine in any case, but all of it combined was a bit much. Still decent though.

* Noam Dar is in medical with Meta-Four and the doc won’t clear him. Dar thinks it was a Je’Von trick and Jakara questions why Lash doesn’t think it was Trick. She ignores the question because her match is next.

* Axiom and Nathan Frazer see Ridge Holland hanging out and say he’s in a good mood. Ridge says that Chase U are good folks to hang out with, and Axiom says that if they get a Tag Title shot he may need to pick a side.

The O.C. walk in and say that Ridge needs to leave NXT like all the main roster guys, and Ridge says that unlike them he started here. Gallows tells Ridge to find a friend and face them, but Anderson says he has no friends as they walk off.

Lash charges in with a back elbow off the bell for a quick cover for one. She knocks Ivy down with shoulder blocks and throws her shoulder-first into the corner. Ivy spills to the outside and Lash follows, grabbing Nile and driving her elbow-first into the apron. Bodyslam onto the ringside mats. Jakara tries to tell Lash to slow down, Lash charges in but Ivy ducks and Lash hits the steps.

Ivy knocks Lash down and rolls her in, high crossbody off the top! She hits a roundhouse kick and comes off the ropes for a rana, then a charging kick in the corner. She charges in again but Lash grabs her and chucks her in the corner, then goes up for mounted punches. Nile slips under Lash and pulls her into the top turnbuckle, then climbs up to lay in punches. Lash grabs Ivy around the neck — she goes for a chokeslam, but Ivy counters into a top-rope bulldog for a nearfall!

Off the ropes, Ivy goes for a rana but Lash catches her. Ivy turns it into a dragon sleeper, she gets close to the ropes and Jakara grabs her foot. Ivy is distracted which allows Lash to get the charging big boot for three.

Winner: Lash Legend (3:54)
Rating: ** 1/4
Thoughts: Fine for the time it got. There was a little awkwardness but mostly because they were rushing to get the match in on time.

* Je’Von is asked if he attacked Noam Dar and he says he didn’t, but he’s taking on Ora Mensah so it’s about to get bouncy!

* Carlee Bright walks up to Ava and says she wants Lola Vice tonight. She says she almost made the top 12 in the Combine and Ava says she did great. She deserves her shot and Ava says the match is set for tonight. She gets a phone call and walks away from her office door.

Ora attacks Evans before the bell and pounds away at him. He knocks Evans to the ground with an overhead shot and Lash has come out now to support Ora. Evans catches Mensah’s foot and pushed it, Ora flips over (that was mistimed) and Mensah takes over, hitting a springboard moonsault for two.

Ora with a suplex but Evans counters out of it, he jumps to the apron and then into the ring dodging Ora before hitting a rana and dropkick. Over gets two. Evans with a sprinboard into a rana but Ora catches him and tosses him to the outside onto the floor, as we go to PIP break.

Back from break with Ora in charge, but Evans fights his way out. Ora knocks him down and comes off the ropes, taking Evans down, and then hits an overhead slam for two. Evans on the apron now, Ora batters him but he fights back and drops Ora with a shot. Evans goes up top, Ora catches him and lays in the strikes. Evans chops Ora but gets battered, they trade shots and Evans escapes to the apron for an enzuigiri!

Evans with a springboard clothesline! They trade shots in the center of the ring, chops back and forth and then Evans with a leaping right cross. He dodges a lariat, Ora hits a back elbow and comes off the ropes but Evans dodges and hits a springboard cutter! Ora to the outside, and so Evans DIVES on top of him!

Back in the ring, Ora stops Evans’ momentum with a clothesline and Jakara distracts the ref. Lash grabs a chair — and here’s Trick! He tells Lash to drop the chair and she does while inside the ring, Ora with a BIG lariat. He goes for a powerbomb, Evans counters and hits a roundhouse. Ora fires back with a punch and Evans with a superkick! Corkscrew splash off the top gets the win!

Winner: Je’Von Evans (10:12)
Rating: ***
Thoughts: This started off a bit sloppy but it REALLY picked up at the end. Very good effort and a big win for Evans.

Post-match, Trick congratulates Evans and raises his hand as Meta-Four are upset on the outside.

* Kelly asks Charlie Dempsey about his strategy tonight. Dempsey says Demon and MYles are on their way, but they’re in rough shape. He says he’s never cried in his life and he’s going to beat Tony D’Angelo to within an inch of his life tonight.

* WestLee is WALKING backstage.