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Lexis King wins WWE Speed title on NXT

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Lexis King is the new Speed Champion.

King defeated EK Prosper to win the vacant title on Tuesday. The finish had Prosper taking out everyone at ringside, but walked into a King superkick. King then followed that up with the coronation to win his first title in WWE.

After his title win, King posted a picture of himself with the title next to a photo of his father Brian Pillman, doing the same pose after he won the WCW Light Heavyweight title years ago.

The men’s Speed title became vacant recently after the former champion, Elio LeFleur, tore his labrum during a house show match forcing him to take time off. A new tournament was held with Propser, who LeFleur encouraged to enter, and King ended up going to the finals.

King has seen a resurgence in NXT since starting the new Birthright stable, joining forces with the likes of of Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connors, Stacks, and Arianna Grace. They recently competed in a tournament to crown new number one contenders for the Tag Team titles, but ultimately lost to Los Americanos.

First competitor in men’s WWE Speed title tournament advances

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The first match to crown the next men’s Speed Champion went down on NXT.

Lexis King defeated the debuting Chaz ‘Starboy’ Hall on Tuesday to advance to the finals. The former Starboy Charlie looked impressive, but with under a minute to go King got the knees up after a shooting star press attempt and scored the pinfall with the Coronation. He will now face the winner between the debuting Dorian Van Dux and EK Prosper, which will take place on next week’s show.

The men’s Speed title became vacant after Elio LeFleur tore his labrum at a house show last month, putting him on the shelf for the next six months. Upon that announcement, he encouraged Prosper to enter the tournament to win the title.

Van Dux was introduced as a friend of LeFleur on Tuesday who was excited to make his NXT debut. A former WXW standout from Belgium, he made his AAA televised debut over the weekend where he teamed with LeFleur and Axiom to defeat Charlie Dempsey, Nathan Frazer, and Tristian Angels as part of new international trios teams competing in the promotion.

Report: Injury updates on Elio LeFleur and Lexis King

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Latest reports have emerged about Elio LeFleur and Lexis King’s injury status.

Over the weekend at the March 20 NXT house show, WWE Men’s Speed Champion Elio LeFluer suffered an arm injury while competing in a tag team match. While King got “banged up” by a knee to his head, although King was later noted to be feeling better.

Fightful Select recently noted that sources close to LeFleur believed that he did suffer an arm injury at the live house show and has been in a sling due to it. Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer also opened up and covered these NXT injuries on Sunday’s episode of Wrestling Observer Radio.

On the March 24 episode of NXT, LeFluer and Eli Knight were ambushed ahead of their scheduled tag team match and later replaced by Bravo and Rayo Americano. On the same episode, while Birthright’s Charlie Dempsey was in action, Vic Joseph on commentary shared an update on King. Joseph revealed that King was not cleared to compete in in-ring action.

There are currently no confirmed updates on LeFleur and King’s in-ring returns.

New match added to next WWE NXT

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A new match has been added to Tuesday’s NXT.

During NXT Vengeance Day, Charlie Dempsey turned down the offer to join Lexis Kings’ new stable. King asked Demspey to change his mind, noting that their fathers William Regal and Brian Pillman were former champions and paved the way for them to be a success. Tavion Heights cut off King and after some back and forth, King’s stable left. Heights then suggested to Dempsey they reunite the No Quarter Catch Crew for one night in order to take out King’s group. It was later announced that the two would take on King and Uriah Connors.

Throughout the last few weeks King, Stacks, and Arianna Grace have formed a stable and recently recruited Connors, who turned against Andre Chase and Kale Dixon.

Already announced for Tuesday is a three-way match between Jasper Troy, Sean Legacy, and Eli Knight. The women’s Speed finals will also take place between Wren Sinclair and Thea Hail.

WWE NXT (March 10)

  • Women’s Speed tournament finals: Wren Sinclair vs. Thea Hail
  • Tavion Heights & Charlie Dempsey vs. Lexis King & Uriah Connors
  • Jasper Troy vs. Eli Knight vs. Sean Legacy

CM Punk: Lexis King ‘will shock a lot of people’ before his career ends

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CM Punk praised NXT’s Lexis King during a recent interview.

In an interview with Complex held before the Royal Rumble, Punk listed Carmelo Hayes, Oba Femi and others as up-and-coming wrestlers he sees big things in the future for. He also mentioned Lexis King as being someone he feels will “shock a lot of people” before his career is done.

Punk said:

“The pipeline is just jam-packed full of people. You mentioned Oba. Trick just showed up on SmackDown. Carmelo Hayes has been holding it down. Even then, there are still so many people that I think are just like ‘next up,'” Punk said before turning his attention to King.

“Lexis King, I think, is in line to do great things. He’s a lot different than a lot of those people. I think he almost has to work harder. Like an Oba Femi is obviously a first-round blue chip prospect. I think a guy like Lexis King is viewed more like me back in the day, where they look at him and are like, ‘Okay, I don’t know if I get it.’ So he has to work that much harder.”

Punk continued:

“He’s really open to ideas. His mind is not closed. He’s one of the guys that I think will shock a lot of people when it’s all said and done. When it’s time to hang up the boots, they can look back at his career and think, ‘This is a guy who maybe I didn’t think much of when I first saw. He put the work in, he busted his ass and became really, really good.’”

The 32-year-old son of Brian Pillman has been with WWE since the summer of 2023. He debuted that August in a series of vignettes, revealing his NXT name and character. His last match on NXT programming was an eight-second loss to Tavion Heights in a WWE Speed match on the December 30 episode (taped December 17). He teamed with Charlie Dempsey on NXT’s house shows in Tennessee last week.

Punk’s full interview with Complex is available below. His comments about Lexis King come in around the 18-minute mark of the video below.

Daily Update: Lexis King, Carlos Silva, wXw

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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is out with the fallout of three major shows this past weekend and what key things we learned from them:

  • Reader polls on the weekend shows
  • Key points we learned from WWE going after AEW
  • Numbers for all three shows and how they did
  • Does the price make a difference, how is afternoon vs. evening?
  • What we’ve learned about AEW that goes against the grain of 30 plus years of PPV numbers
  • Mistico vs. MJF looked at as well as Mistico’s place in Lucha Libre history
  • Misconceptions about John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
  • The next big shows from WWE & AEW
  • Lots of injury updates
  • Advanced ticket sales for the major shows over the next month
  • Odds for last weekend and next weekend
  • Where wrestling shows stood in the weekly ratings and comparisons with the same week in 2024 and 2023
  • Exactly how much the audience makeup has changed for AEW on television this past year
  • For every major TV show, what percentage of viewers were women this past week
  • Blue Panther wins title at 65 years old
  • Big head-to-head battles in Mexico City on Saturday and Sunday this week
  • Lineup for the women’s Grand Prix match in Mexico City with talent from RevPro, Stardom and AEW/ROH
  • Notes from the Pokemon CMLL crossover event
  • Story about the changes in the crowds at Arena Mexico and leading reporter opposes the story
  • Lots of health updates
  • Real American Freestyle signs first woman gold medalist
  • Masha Slamovich controversy
  • Zuffa Boxing close to announcing TV deal
  • Former WWE developmental talent signs with UFC for November debut
  • International promotion in talks with ESPN Unlimited
  • Jake Paul vs. Tank Davis silliness
  • Cody Rhodes talks Paul Levesque’s successor
  • Mark Shapiro talks how WWE & UFC will decide on locations for big shows
  • ESPN review of Wrestlepalooza and the controversy allows ignoring the far bigger story
  • Jazmyn Nyx turns down WWE offer, says it’s too low

This Week’s Back Issue

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Thursday Update

WWE

  • Lexis King (Brian Pillman Jr.) announced the passing of his brother Jesse Morgan:
    • I lost my brother today.
    • He was a badass, highly intelligent, witty and charismatic dude who grew up in the 90s.
    • He loved video games, Warhammer, R.A. Salvatore, among many other cool bro stuff.
    • Recently we had been on Discord playing StarCraft 2 co-op together and he was enrolled in classes at the University of Cincinnati.
    • He was a veteran who suffered from issues after surviving some traumatic events while serving in Afghanistan.
    • He loved his country, his last Facebook post was this:
    • ‘Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.’ —Franklin D. Roosevelt
    • Some words to live by…
    • The battle with your demons is now over brother.
    • Rest in Peace Jesse Morgan
  • In recognition of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bret Hart shared a video from his daughter Jade, who successfully completed cancer treatment in 2024:
    • I’m so immensely proud and joyful that my daughter Jade has triumphantly battled breast cancer with a courage and strength that will always define her. As a cancer survivor myself, I can’t begin to express how grateful I am, that my beautiful daughter Jade has won her fight. She proved that faith and love can beat anything when one’s heart is full. I am so proud beyond words. 
    • I wanted to share this video she made for #breastcancerawarnessmonth as a reminder to everyone that early detection is the best protection. Please remember to self examine and schedule your mammogram.
  • Charlotte Flair appeared on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football today and will be attending tonight’s Thursday Night Football game between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers. At the game, Charlotte and her father Ric Flair will serve as honorary Rampede Captains:
    • Retired professional wrestler RIC FLAIR and second-generation professional wrestler Charlotte Flair will get fans on their feet and kick off the game as the honorary Rampede Captains.
  • AFL Today interviewed Bronson Reed.
  • Fashion designer Kristin Juszczyk was the guest on the latest episode of “What’s Your Story?” with Stephanie McMahon.

Other Wrestling

  • AEW aired a video package on Dynamite last night celebrating the show’s anniversary and its first six years.
  • Will Ospreay thanked chicken restaurant Nando’s for sending him a care package as he recovers from neck surgery:
    • Never cried over food before…
    • Didn’t expect such a lovely gift from someone that works in @NandosUK near me.
    • Whoever done this…genuinely thank you so much for the love
    • Super hard right now but this hit me in the feels.
    • Your chicken gives me strength.
  • TNA President Carlos Silva spoke to TV Insider about the NXT-TNA relationship and next week’s Showdown special:
    • Working with the NXT folks as well as WWE folks has been very easy. There has been great coordination. We’ve kind of supported each other with last-minute asks on both sides, which I think is a testament to a good partnership. It’s not just one asking. We might ask, or they might ask, and we always find a way to move things forward. This big Showdown episode of NXT happening down in Orlando is going to be great. You saw it on The CW live with the teams sort of aligning. I think the theme is building. There is also intrigue and maybe a little strangeness the way certain teammates are on each team, but they have certain alliances and allegiances to the other organization. Whether they’ve come from that organization or been there or holding the belt from one organization even though they work for the other. I think all of that there. I think as a result it’s going to be awesome Tuesday night on NXT down in Orlando.
  • Silva reiterated that he wants TNA Impact to air more live episodes in 2026:
    • All of us that are new to the organization are live sports and entertainment executives. I brought in a new executive producer in George Veras, and he is working closely with Eric Tompkins (VP of TV production and executive creative director) and our team down in Nashville. We all want to do more live. We’re all live guys. So, I think building TNA and continuing to be healthy as an organization gives us the ability to do more live. In a perfect world, I’d love to be live every week. But there are different operational implications and budgets to being live every week including a place to do some of them because you’re probably not going to be traveling 52 weeks a year. The short answer is we’re going to continue to do more live in 2026 and lay out that schedule right now. The talent responds to live in a way that is great also. They all tell us, so we want to continue to build this all together and do more live in 2026.
  • German promotion wXw has ended its relationship with wrestler Marius Al-Ani after he posted a social media video using a Nazi marching song. Along with cutting ties with him, wXw has vacated the European Championship at Al-Ani held.
  • In an interview with Tokyo Sports, Tetsuya Naito gave an update on how he’s feeling after working back-to-back dates for wXw and RevPro at the end of September:
    • After leaving New Japan, I did feel like I wasn’t wrestling enough. This time, wrestling back-to-back matches brought back that familiar ache in my body. It felt nostalgic. That’s when I realized, ‘This is what being a pro wrestler is all about.’ I want to get back in the ring soon, and there are so many countries that haven’t seen pro wrestling yet. I want to show people all over the world the real Tetsuya Naito.
  • Naito has matches coming up in Hong Kong this month and Singapore in November, with Tokyo Sports writing that more are “expected to be added, primarily in Asia and Europe.”
  • Daisuke Sekimoto is out of action with a broken leg.
  • Women’s promotion Genesis Premier League announced that it has signed Leyla Hirsch and Abaddon to its roster.
  • Indi Hartwell will be defending her House of Glory Women’s Championship against Zayda Steel at With Glory Comes Pride in Queens, New York on October 10.
  • Chris Van Vliet interviewed MMA legend Mark Kerr on a new edition of Insight.

Opening segment announced for WWE NXT

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WWE has announced the opening segment for tonight’s episode of NXT.

Lexis King vs. Myles Borne in a Lights Out match will kick off the show. WWE revealed the news Tuesday afternoon, writing, “The Lights Out Match between @mylesborne_wwe and @LexisKingWWE will KICK OFF #WWENXT tonight!“

This will be the fourth singles match between King and Borne on WWE television. Borne picked up wins over King on the June 24 and August 5 editions of NXT, while King got a win back in a Blindfold match on the August 26 episode. The two also split a series of Blindfold matches during NXT house shows last month.

Three matches are confirmed for tonight’s show. The updated lineup is below:

WWE NXT lineup for Tuesday, September 23:

  • Double title match: NXT Champion Oba Femi vs. TNA World Champion Trick Williams
  • WWE Women’s Speed Championship tournament: Candice LeRae vs. Lainey Reid
  • Lights Out match: Lexis King vs. Myles Borne

Stipulation match set for next WWE NXT

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Three matches are set for this Tuesday.

Myles Borne will meet Lexis King in a blindfold match on the next episode of NXT. Ava was talking to King following an angle that took place last Tuesday where King sprayed Borne with mace, blinding him in the process. King told Ava that he was doing Borne a favor as he loves playing the sympathy card. Ava says she should suspend him for blinding Borne, but he instead insisted on a match, announcing that the two will wrestle in a blindfold match.

Meanwhile, a six-woman tag team match was also added to Tuesday’s show. As Jacy Jayne was reeling from her TNA Knockouts title loss with Fatal Influence, Lola Vice confronted Jacy, pointing out she was the next contender for the NXT Women’s Championship. Zaria and Sol Ruca came out and the six argued, setting up their match Tuesday.

A tag team match is also set as Wren Sinclair and a mystery partner will take on Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley of The Culling.

Here is the updated card for NXT:

WWE NXT (August 26, 2025):

  • Blindfold match: Myles Borne vs. Lexis King
  • Jacy Jayne, Jazmyn Nyx, and Fallon Henley vs. Lola Vice, Sol Ruca, and Zaria
  • The Culling (Tatum Paxley & Izzi Dame) vs. Wren Sinclair and ???

Noam Dar replaces Joaquin Wilde on WWE Speed, defeats Lexis King

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Serving as a replacement for the injured Joaquin Wilde, Noam Dar picked up a victory in his WWE Speed debut.

A new Speed episode premiered on Friday with Dar defeating Lexis King in a number one contender’s tournament match. Pitting two NXT wrestlers against each other, the match was taped at the Performance Center on Tuesday after Wilde’s injury forced WWE to change up its plans. Dar connected with Elbow Galactico to defeat King with 18 seconds remaining of the three-minute time limit.

Dar vs. Berto (Humberto Carrillo) will now take place on Speed next Wednesday with the winner earning a title shot against WWE Speed Champion El Grande Americano (Chad Gable). That will be the first title defense Americano has made since dethroning Dragon Lee for the belt.

In NXT, Dar is the current Heritage Cup Champion.

It was originally supposed to be Wilde vs. King in the first round of the Speed tournament. Their match was being filmed before Raw on Monday when Wilde was knocked out cold, causing the bout to end in a no contest.

Wilde posted on social media that he’s doing well despite that scary moment. Because of the injury, he will not be able to compete at WWE & AAA’s Worlds Collide event this weekend.

JDC appears on WWE NXT, set to challenge Lexis King next week

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JDC has returned to WWE.

The TNA star made his return to NXT on Tuesday night, confronting Lexis King as he was talking about amending the Heritage Cup rules. Coming out to his old Fandango music, JDC scored a big reaction from the NXT audience.

Reintroducing himself, JDC explained he was representing TNA as part of The System and said he wanted to win some gold for the group, saying he talked to Ava and set up a trophy match for next week. 

JDC was part of the WWE system starting in 2006 and later best became known as Fandango, who managed to get over due to his theme song. After a initial push, he was later known for teaming with Tyler Breeze, at one point holding the NXT Tag Team titles. He was cut from WWE in 2021 and joined TNA the following year.

During his promo on Tuesday, King bragged about his trophy win and declared that the European rounds rules for the title was done and moving forward, the belt would be a one fall, winner take all match.

Lexis King vs. Charlie Dempsey Heritage Cup match announced for WWE NXT

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A new match has been announced for tonight’s episode of WWE NXT.

Lexis King defending the NXT Heritage Cup against Charlie Dempsey has been added to the show. The bout was set up in a backstage segment on last week’s show.

Tonight’s match will be the fourth time Dempsey and King have clashed over the Heritage Cup since October. Dempsey retained against King in October, but King defeated Dempsey for the cup on the December 17 episode in Lowell, MA. King successfully defended it against Dempsey at New Year’s Evil but only retained it after he inadvertently headbutted Dempsey in the groin before giving him the Coronation. 

On last week’s show, King and Dempsey discussed the controversial finish to their previous match and agreed to face each other again to settle the score. 

From WWE.com:

“Lexis King is determined to be a fighting champion, and that’s why he’ll defend the NXT Heritage Cup against former titleholder Charlie Dempsey. Despite Dempsey claiming he was still the Heritage Cup Champion, King controversially defeated his rival to retain the Heritage Cup after inadvertently hitting him below the belt, leading to a Coronation DDT. A backstage conversation between King and Dempsey found the two agreeing that a rematch would settle the score once and for all. The bout will occur live TONIGHT at 8/7 C on the CW Network.”

WWE NXT, Tuesday, January 21 —

  • NXT Champion Oba Femi defends against Eddy Thorpe
  • NXT North American Champion Tony D’Angelo defends against Ridge Holland
  • NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion Lexis King defends against Charlie Dempsey

Lexis King wins NXT Heritage Cup trophy

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A new Heritage Cup champion has been crowned.

Lexis King defeated Charlie Dempsey by disqualification to win the Heritage Cup for the first time. The finish had William Regal at ringside handing Lexis King the brass knuckles. King refused to use them. Regal responded by striking King, with the knuckles falling out of his hand. After Dempsey picked them up, the referee saw Dempsey with the weapon and disqualified him. As per the rules, King won the trophy as a result.

Prior to the match, Regal asked King backstage if he was ready. King said this was the best version of himself and was ready to win the trophy. As King walked away, Regal said that wasn’t what he was asking, revealing the brass knuckles.

King has undergone soul-searching in recent months, seeking to prove that he isn’t a loose cannon like his father, Brian Pillman. On the October 29 edition of NXT, Dempsey defeated King to retain the trophy. He would later agree to a rematch as long as King underwent a workout with him, which took place on last week’s show.

Heritage Cup match set for Christmas Eve edition of WWE NXT

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A Heritage Cup match is set for the Christmas Eve edition of NXT.

During Tuesday’s show, Lexis King asked Charlie Dempsey for a rematch for the trophy, saying he found closure while visiting Minneapolis and wanted another opportunity. Dempsey said he would think about it. Later, while talking to CW broadcaster Ryan Leaf, King was interrupted by Dempsey, who agreed to a Heritage Cup match in two weeks, but would have to survive a workout first. King agreed to the stipulation.

King and Dempsey last met on the October 29 edition of NXT, where Dempsey successfully retained the trophy. During a segment on NXT Deadline, King was shown outside of the arena saying that this was the city where his father, Brian Pillman, died in 1997. He said he has struggled to prove that he is different from his father, but would continue as it was a fight that was worth fighting for.

The lineup so far for the December 24 edition of WWE NXT:

  • NXT Heritage Cup: Charlie Dempsey defends against Lexis King

Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match announced for WWE NXT

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A new match has been added to the lineup for tonight’s WWE NXT.

An Iron Survivor Challenge Qualifying match between Je’Von Evans and Lexis King is now scheduled for the show.

Evans is coming off a win over Wes Lee on last week’s show. King is coming off a loss to Charlie Dempsey in a Heritage Cup match two weeks ago.

Three Iron Survivor Challenge qualifiers are scheduled for tonight’s episode, with the other two being Wes Lee vs. Cedric Alexander and Cora Jade vs. Sol Ruca. Both the men’s and women’s Iron Survivor Challenge matches will take place at NXT Deadline on December 7, 2024, at the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The announced card for the Tuesday, November 12 WWE NXT:

  • NXT Women’s North American Champion Fallon Henley defends against Kelani Jordan
  • Iron Survivor Challenge qualifier: Wes Lee vs. Cedric Alexander
  • Iron Survivor Challenge qualifier: Cora Jade vs. Sol Ruca
  • Iron Survivor Challenge qualifier: Je’Von Evans vs. Lexis King
  • Stephanie Vaquer & Giulia vs. Meta-Four (Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend)
  • Nikkita Lyons vs. Adriana Rizzo
  • Ava decides the next challengers to Nathan Frazer & Axiom’s NXT Tag Team titles
  • We will hear from NXT Champion Trick Williams

Two title matches set for next week’s WWE NXT

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Two title matches are set for next week’s NXT.

Axiom & Nathan Frazer will defend the NXT Tag Team titles against Je’Von Evans and Cedric Alexander. In a backstage segment that aired on Tuesday, the champions consoled Evans after he lost in the main event of last week’s show. Frazer, however, was more pandering in his comments, saying that Evans was young and had a lot of time, and told Evans to get used to it. Evans slapped Frazer as their partners held them back.

The champions were later seen in Ava’s office, where Frazer agreed to put up the NXT Tag Team titles with Axiom reluctantly agreeing.

Charlie Dempsey also agreed to give Lexis King a shot at the Heritage Cup trophy on next week’s show. King told Dempsey that he didn’t want to be seen as a loose cannon like his father. Later, King went into Ava’s office and asked her to appoint someone in his corner for the match. Ava said she couldn’t do it.

Here is the lineup for next week’s show:

  • NXT Tag Team titles: Axiom & Nathan Frazer defend against Je’Von Evans & Cedric Alexander
  • NXT Heritage Cup: Charlie Dempsey defends against Lexis King