WWE NXT Live Coverage 8/26: Blake Monroe Vs. Kelani Jordan, Lexis King In A Blindfold Match

Welcome to Wrestling Inc's live coverage of "NXT" coming to you from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida!

At Heatwave, Blake Monroe defeated Jordynne Grace. Tonight, Monroe will take on Kelani Jordan. Jordan came up short in the triple threat match to become the Number One contender for the NXT Women's Championship.

The Number One contender, Lola Vice will team up with Women's North American Champion and Speed Champion, Sol Ruca and ZARIA against Fatal Influence. Women's Champion Jacy Jayne lost the TNA Knockouts Championship on Sunday.

In tag team action, The Culling's Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley will face Wren Sinclair and a mystery partner.

Lexis King challenged Myles Borne to a Blindfold match.

Ricky Saints makes his way to the ring to say he wanted to kick off the show "the right way, the Ricky Way." He will always put his money behind Je'Von Evans. He calls out Oba Femi, but is answered by Josh Briggs. The two argue about why they're next.

Ava said no one has heard from Evans since Heatwave and she needs a new Number One contender. Saints and Briggs will compete tonight for that spot. The winner faces Femi at No Mercy.

Parker immediately dropkicks Monroe when the bell rings and takes her down again. Monroe rolled her up. Jordan kicks her, but Monroe sends her to the mat and pummels her. Monroe sends her into the corner and punches her in the back several times. Monroe works on Parker's arm. Parker takes her down with a leg lariat. They exchanged blows before Parker took her down with two consecutive slingblades. Parker kicks Monroe in the face from the apron when Jordynne Grace chases Monroe through the crowd. Monroe tries to leave, but Grace forces her back to the ring. Parker immediately delivered a Kelani drop and a moonsault for the win.

Winner: Kelani Parker

Myles Borne makes his way to the ring. Sarah asks about his eyesight. He said "you're a little blurry". He asked the crowd for help when he's getting close to King because he feeds off their energy. 

King comes to the ring during the commercial break. Both men put bags over their heads and feel their way around the ring. King punches at the air. They get near each other, but punch away from each other. They eventually lock up and King gets Borne in the corner. Borne dropkicks King and falls over to pin him. King thought Borne was on the outside and dove through the ropes. He backs into the ringpost and punches it before following over the steps. Borne makes his way to the outside and hits him before sending him back in the ring. King misses with a dropkick. King finds Borne and strikes him several times and hits a scoop slam, but Borne rolls out of the way. The ref nearly gets Superkicked. Both men are crawling around the mat before finding each other and exchanging blows. Borne gets wrist control and hits two clotheslines. King backs him in the corner. He felt the ref's beard and apologized. He poked him in the eyes. While the ref is distracted, King lifts his cover and lowblows Borne and pulls his bag back down before hitting Shake, Rattle, and Roll for the win.

Winner: Lexis King

Backstage, Charlie Dempsey reveals Kendal Grey as Wren's mystery partner. 

Sinclair and Grey make their way to the ring, accompanied by Dempsey. The Culling make their way to the ring next.

Grey puts Dame in a waistlock only to get tossed. Sinclair and Grey double team Dame. Paxley tagged in and sent Sinclair in the turnbuckle. Sinclair took her down with a shoulder tackle and followed with a front face bulldog. Paxley kicks her in the gut and tagged in Dame. Sinclair kicked Dame in the knee and Dame responded by grabbing her hair. When she backed into the ropes, Paxley tagged in. Paxley held Sinclair in the ropes while Dame hit her with a crossbody. Paxley puts Sinclair in a leg lock around the waist and keeps her from tagging in. Grey finally tagged in and hit multiple slingblades and suplexes Paxley.

Grey double stomped Paxley over the ropes. Dame turned her around, but Grey connected with a flatliner. Paxley suplexed her. Sinclair tagged in and hit a double underhook suplex on Paxley. Paxley sent her face first into her knee. Paxley went to the middle ropes when Dame tagged herself in. She looked to be going for a sidewalk slam and when Sinclair's legs were behind Dame, Sinclair rolled her up, but Paxley broke up the pin. Grey flipped Paxley into an armbar while Dame Superkicked Sinclair before powerbombing her for the win.

Winner: The Culling

Both men are in the ring. Briggs keeps swinging and missing. Saints chopped him. Briggs tossed him in the corner, but Saints sidestepped him and chopped him again. Briggs puts him back in the corner and chopped him. Briggs elbowed him in the neck and splashed him in the corner. He put him in an opposite corner and Saints followed him and hit him with a big boot. Saints went for a tornado DDT, but couldn't connect. Briggs hit a Bossman Slam and put him in a headlock. Saints fight out and Briggs hits him with a body shot.

They exchange offense. Saints walked the rope and hit him with a forearm. Briggs hits him in the gut and sends him over the ropes. Saints pull him out and chop him. Briggs threw him into the steps, but Saints stopped himself and jumped over them. Saints went for a crossbody from the steps, but was caught. Briggs ran at the ringpost with Saints, but Saints got down and sent him into the ringpost. Both men go down.

After the break, they exchange blows. They run the ropes, but Briggs takes him down with a crossbody. Briggs sends him to the corner, slamming him into the turnbuckle. Saints gets sent to the other turnbuckle and hit his face. They run the ropes and Saints slides to miss a crossbody. Saints hit Briggs repeatedly and finally took him down with a flying forearm and a driver. Saints kicked Briggs in the face before going up top. Briggs punches him and climbs up top. Saints shoved him off and Briggs kicked him. He followed with a back breaker and a big boot.

Briggs went for a chokeslam, but it's countered. Saints with a step up enzuiguri. He tried to pick up Briggs. He took him down with a spear. Saints missed with a flying elbow. Briggs chokeslammed Saints, but he kicked out. Saints ducks an elbow. They exchange blows. Saints hit the tornado DDT for the win.

Winner: Ricky Saints

Femi makes his way to the ring to confront Saints. Saints said he barely made it out of Heatwave and he can't be "The Ruler" forever. He says he is the man to end the terror and reign of Femi. Femi says he sees fear in his eyes. Saints' career will be taken to new heights when he faces him. Femi makes "the exceptional average and in your case, I'm going to make the 'absolute', absolutely mediocre." DarkState surround the ring. Dion said DarkState is leading the way. They aren't content with just the tag titles. They tell Femi and Saints to leave. Everyone exchange blows in the ring. Hank and Tank come to even things up and clear the ring. 

The Secret Hervice and Ethan Page make their way to the ring. Steele follows, accompanied by Tavion Heights.

Fyre sends Steele in the ropes twice. She tried to roll her up, but couldn't. Steele put her in a gut wrench before suplexing her. Steele grabbed her legs and rolled her around the ring before putting her in a bow and arrow. Fyre superkicked her out of the ring. Green tried to get involved, but Page protected her. Fyre used the distraction to dive on Steele. 

Fyre sent her back into the ring and covered her. She got wrist control and stomped Steele repeatedly. Fyre stayed on the offense. Steele fights back and punches her repeatedly. Steele went to the corner and did a Rear View from the middle rope before ascending to the top rope. She missed with a splash. Fyre spiked her with a DDT. Steele suplexed her and put her in an ankle lock, but Page got in the ring to pull on Fyre's other leg. The ref yelled at Page and Steele stomped his fingers. Fyre missed with a Superkick, allowing Steele to roll her up for the win.

Winner: Tyra Mae Steele

After the match, Green got in the ring to yell at Steele. Heights stepped in between them and stopped Green from slapping him. Page hit him in the back with the North American title. He pummeled Heights and covered him with a Canadian flag.

After the match, Green got in the ring to yell at Steele. Heights stepped in between them and stopped Green from slapping him. Page hit him in the back with the North American title. He pummeled Heights and covered him with a Canadian flag.

Vice makes her way to the ring. She's followed by ZARIA and Sol Ruca. Fatal Influence follows.

Ruca and Henley lock up and Ruca rolled her up for a cover. Henley sent her down with a headscissors takedown. Ruca kicks her in the face and sends her into the corner. Ruca went for a splash, but Henley moved. Ruca put her on the turnbuckle and Henley punched her in the face before suplexing her. Nyx tagged in and they double teamed her. Nyx dropkicked Ruca, but Henley responded by spinning her around and slamming her to the mat. She followed with a pumpkick. ZARIA tagged in and they double teamed Nyx.

ZARIA hits her with a boot before going to the top rope. She picked Nyx up by the neck and dangles her over the mat. She hits a clothesline from the top. Nyx takes her down by kicking her in the leg. Nyx went for a kick, but ZARIA caught her. She went for a chokeslam, but Nyx reversed it into a roll up. ZARIA slammed her down and tagged in Vice. She dropped Vice down on top of Nyx. Vice kicked her into the corner and Jayne tagged in.

They stare each other down and lock up. Jayne backed her into the ropes and pushed her face. Vice got away and put her in an armbar. Vice does an armdrag, but Jayne plants her. Jayne splashed her in the corner before tagging in Henley. Henley bounced off the rope and took Vice down. Vice kneed her in the gut and backed her into the corner. Ruca tagged in and they double teamed Henley. Henley charged at Ruca in the corner, but she moved and Henley went shoulder first into the ringpost. Ruca surfs on her back while she's between the ropes. Ruca started to bounce off the ropes, when Jayne pulled the bottom rope down, making Ruca fall to the floor. Jayne kicked her from the apron.

After the break, Nyx threw Ruca into the corner and she hit Jayne with an elbow, sending her to the floor. Henley tagged in and knocked ZARIA off the apron. Ruca kicked her in the leg and went to tag in Vice, but Jayne pulled Vice off the apron and sent her into the steps. Henley sends Ruca to her corner and tagged in Nyx and they double teamed her. Jayne tagged herself in and takes her down with a big boot. Jayne kicks Ruca in the corner. 

Henley tagged in and splashed Ruca. They double teamed her, but Ruca stumbled back into her corner and tagged in ZARIA. ZARIA cleaned house. She sent Nyx and Henley to the corner and splashed them. Jayne superkicked ZARIA. ZARIA takes them down with a double suplex. Nyx tagged in and went for a cutter, but was caught and suplexed. Ruca tagged in and they double teamed her. Henley broke up the pin. ZARIA suplexed Henley. Jayne with a neckbreaker on ZARIA. Ruca and Jayne went for clotheslines at the same time. All six women are down in and outside of the ring.

Vice tagged in and went after all of Fatal Influence with rapid kicks. Vice hits both women in hip attacks. Nyx takes her down with a Nyx Kick and tagged in Jayne. She immediately tagged Henley in and they double teamed Vice. Henley goes for the pin, but Ruca kicks her in the face to break up the pin. Jayne immediately throws her out. Jayne distracted the ref and Ruca pulled her out of the ring. ZARIA speared Jayne. Vice shoved Henley into Nyx as Ruca got in the ring. Ruca takes out Nyx while Vice hits Henley with a backfist and makes the cover for the win.

Winner: Lola Vice, Sol Ruca, and ZARIA