WWE NXT Gold Rush Week One Results 11/18 - NXT Women's Championship On The Line, Three Other Titles Up For Grabs

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE NXT" Gold Rush Week One on November 18, 2025, coming to you live from The Theatre At Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York!

Tatum Paxley of The Culling will be putting the NXT Women's Championship on the line tonight as she defends against Fatal Influence's Jacy Jayne. Not only did Paxley previously dethrone Jayne as NXT Women's Champion at "NXT" Halloween Havoc on October 25, but Jayne also convinced Paxley to give her a title shot in a verbal exchange between the pair during last Tuesday's edition of "NXT" despite Paxley's stablemate Izzi Dame's best attempt to try talking Paxley out of agreeing.

Three other titles will be on the line tonight, as Sol Ruca looks to win back the Women's North American Championship tonight when she challenges current titleholder Blake Monroe. Although Ruca was sidelined with a knee injury and Monroe won the title by defeating Ruca's ally Zaria (who defended on Ruca's behalf) at Halloween Havoc, Ruca has insisted that she's ready to return to action after being medically cleared despite lingering concerns from Zaria and "NXT" General Manager Ava.

Osiris Griffin and Dion Lennox of DarkState will be putting the NXT Championship on the line for the first time since becoming two time titleholders at Halloween Havoc when they dethroned "Broken" Matt Hardy and Brother Nero in a Broken Rules Match as they defend against Je'Von Evans and reigning TNA Wrestling X-Division Champion Leon Slater. After Evans challenged Griffin and Lennox to tonight's match last Tuesday, himself and Slater managed to outsmart DarkState when they tried to get the better of them with the number's game by pretending that Slater wasn't in the Performance Center and having him present during the segment virtually.

Chelsea Green and Ethan Page will be putting the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship on the line for the first time since dethroning AAA stars LA Hiedra and Mr. Iguana at AAA Alianzas on November 2 as they defend against Thea Hail and TNA star Joe Hendry. Hail managed to score a win over Green's ally Alba Fyre last Tuesday as Green, Page, and Hendry watched on from ringside.

We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping the vents that have led to all four title matches tonight.

Vic Joseph and Booker T then greet audiences at home as Thea Hail and Joe Hendry make their way to the ring. Chelsea Green, Ethan Page, and Alba Fyre follow.

Hail and Green begin the action. The bell rings and Hail delivers a kick to Green's chest. She mocks Green by waving her hands in the air for her, but Page and Hendry tag in. Hendry and Page lock up, but Hendry delivers a delayed vertical suplex to Page and goes for a pin. Green breaks the fall and sends Hail crashing into the top turnbuckle face first as Hendry brawls with Page, but Hail dropkicks Green into Page.

Hendry levels Page with a back elbow and goes for a pin during the commercial break, but Page kicks out and lands an open palm strike on Hendry. He rains down right hands on Hendry, but Green rakes Hendry across the bottom rope while Page distracts the referee. Page jams his boot into Hendry's face, then lands a codebreaker on Hendry back from the break and goes for a pin.

Hendry kicks out, but Page wears him down with a front face lock. Hendry counters into a vertical suplex, then follows it up with a Fallaway Slam and kips up. Hail then tags in and delivers a Coffin Drop to Page and Fyre off the middle rope on the outside. Page sends Hendry crashing into the ring apron spine first, but Green sends Hail crashing into the ring apron. She dumps Hail in the ring, but Hail cinches in a Kimura Lock on Green. Green escapes and connects with the Unprettier on Hail, then pins her for the win.

Winners (and still): Chelsea Green and Ethan Page

We then head backstage, where Ava explains that one person will be selecting all the competitors in the Men's and Women's Iron Survivor Challenges at "NXT" Deadline: John Cena.

We then head over to Sarah Schreiber standing by with Tavion Heights in the crowd. Heights pleads his case to Cena for competing in this year's Men's Iron Survivor Challenge, but Josh Briggs blindsides him out of nowhere and the pair begin brawling with one another.

We then head backstage and see Zaria ask Sol Ruca if she's sure she wants to challenge Blake Monroe for the Women's North American Championship. Ruca insists she's good to compete.

Back at ringside, Monroe then makes her way out. Ruca and Zaria follow.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Ruca rolls up Monroe, but Monroe kicks out and Ruca sends her crashing into the mat with a spinning front face slam. She follows it up with a thrust kick to her head, but Monroe fires off kicks on Ruca's injured knee and wrenches on it to continue targeting it. Ruca escapes and delivers a shotgun dropkick to Monroe that sends her crashing into the corner, then sends her knee bouncing off the ring post twice.

During the commercial break, Monroe sends Ruca crashing into the top turnbuckle repeatedly. Ruca cinches in a Bow and Arrow on Monroe and sends her crashing into the mat face first with a kick to her spine, then follows it up with a standing moonsault to her. Monroe sends Ruca's knee bouncing off her shoulder and mocks Ruca by pretending her own knee is injured, then places Ruca's leg on the bottom rope and sits out on it.

Back from the break, Ruca lands a missile dropkick on Monroe off the middle rope and follows it up with a knee strike. She goes for a pin, but Monroe kicks out and rocks Ruca with a headbutt. Ruca delivers a moonsault to Monroe off the middle rope on the outside, but Monroe delivers a chop block to Ruca back inside the ring and locks in a Half Boston Crab on her.

Ruca escapes, but Monroe rips off her knee brace and tosses it all the way up the entrance ramp. Ruca rolls up Monroe, but Monroe kicks out and wrenches back on Ruca's knee. Being unable to take it anymore, Zaria finds a white towel at ringside and throws it into the ring to call off the match as a means of calling off the match on Ruca's behalf.

Winner (and still): Blake Monroe (via surrender/match stoppage)

Ricky Saints then makes his way to the ring. Oba Femi follows.

Saints says he knew Femi would show up again sooner rather than later and says he wasn't surprised he returned last week, but says that many were shocked when he dethroned Femi as NXT Champion at "NXT" No Mercy. He says he told Femi that the NXT Championship was wearing him down, then says he saw his opportunity and took it. He says Femi underestimated him, then says people like Femi can't handle losing. He says while Femi was in Nigeria, he was in "NXT" dealing with Trick Williams and says Femi is wrong in assuming that he'll take the NXT Championship from him.

Femi says Saints hasn't changed in his absence, but that's a good thing because he wanted to beat the exact same version of himself. He says he didn't want to come back during the issues between "NXT" and TNA Wrestling or when Saints and Williams were battling it out to see who was best dressed, then says he went back home to train and become the best version of himself. Femi says Saints has had his time in the sun, but the sun is setting and he'll cast a shadow on Saints. He says "The Ruler" is back and his daddy is home.

Saints extends an NXT Championship match to Femi at "NXT" Deadline, but Williams' music hits and he makes his way out. He says he told Saints he wasn't done with him him until he won back his NXT Championship, but Myles Borne appears out of nowhere and hits Williams with a chair. He tells Williams that payback is a b****, then vows to emerge victorious in the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline to go on to challenge for the NXTChampionship at "NXT" New Year's Evil.

Back from the break, we head over to Ava's office and see her berating Borne for getting involved in the confrontation between Saints, Femi, and Williams before we see Josh Briggs and Tavion Heights still brawling with one another.

Back at ringside, Leon Slater and Je'Von Evans make their way to the ring. DarkState follows.

The bell rings and Slater and Evans level Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin with superkicks. They send Griffin crashing out of the ring with a double superkick before Evans flies over the top rope to take out Griffin, James, and Shugars on the outside.

Lennox fires off right hands on Slater in the ring, and Giffin connects with an over the shoulder powerslam to him. He goes for a pin, but Evans flies off the top rope to break the fall. Evans then tags in and lands a dropkick on Lennox before he pins him, but Lennox kicks out and tags in Slater.

Slater holds Lennox in place for Evans to deliver a double ax handle on Lennox. Griffin tags in and rocks Evans with a right hand, then tags out to Lennox. Lennox and Griffin take turns tagging in and out to wear down Evans during the commercial break, but Evans fires off forearms on Griffin. Lennox then tags back in.

Evans levels Lennox with a knee strike back from the break and tags in Slater. Slater fires off right hands on Griffin (who's tagged back in on his side) in the corner, then levels him with a dropkick and connects with a springboard back elbow on him. He delivers a crossbody to him off the top rope and goes for a pin, but Griffin kicks out. Evans delivers a flipping kick to level Griffin, and Slater connects with a spinning powerbomb on Lennox.

Griffin runs over Slater with a shoulder tackle, then tags in Lennox. Lennox and Griffin then deliver a double powerbomb to Slater and Lennox pins him, but Evans looks to break the fall with a splash. James pulls Lennox out of the way and Evans lands on Slater by mistake. Lennox dumps Evans out of the ring and tags in Griffin. Griffin and Lennox then deliver a Doomsday Device to Slater for the win.

Winners (and still): DarkState

Fatal Influence then make their way to the ring. The Culling follows. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. Paxley delivers a pair of overhand chops to Jayne, but Jayne responds with one of her own. Paxley delivers another overhand chop to Jayne, but Jayne responds with a drop toe hold to her.

Paxley sends Jayne crashing off the ring apron on top of Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid, then lands a moonsault off the apron on all three members of Fatal Influence. She celebrates on the ring steps with Izzi Dame, but Jayne dumps Paxley back in the ring during the commercial break and fires off stomps on her in the corner. She connects with a suplex on her and goes for a pin, but Paxley kicks out.

Jayne wears down Paxley with a submission hold, then turns her inside out with a clothesline back from the break and goes for a pin. Paxley kicks out, but Jayne sends her crashing into the mat with a hurricanrana off the middle rope. Paxley rocks Jayne with an enzuigiri to her through the middle rope from the outside, then delivers a flipping kick from her back in the ring and goes for a pain. Jayne kicks out.

Niko Vance hops up on the apron and distracts the referee as Dame slides Paxley a chair to use on Jayne. Paxley pushes the chair back to her, but Jayne takes advantage and rolls up Paxley. Paxley kicks out, but Jayne lands a superkick on her. She lands a dropkick on Reid through the bottom rope, but Jayne lands a kick on Paxley off the apron and dumps her back inside. She then delivers the Rolling Encore to her and goes for a pin, but Paxley kicks out.

Jayne calls for Reid to slide her the NXT Women's Championship belt as Henley distracts the referee. Before she can, Dame runs over Reid with a right hand and slides the belt to Paxley in the ring. Paxley hesitates to use it, but Jayne picks up the belt. Before she can use it, the referee catches her an stops her.

Paxley rolls up Jayne, but Jayne kicks out and sends Paxley crashing out of the ring. As Jayne argues with the referee over the belt, Paxley looks to get back inside the ring. Shawn Spears and Niko Vance block Paxley's path before she can as Paxley stares at them confused. Dame then runs over her with a big boot and dumps her back in the ring, where Jayne is waiting with a second Rolling Encore for the win.

Winner (and new): Jacy Jayne

After the match, Dame stands over Paxley as Spears and Vance stand behind her having effectively kicked her out of The Culling. The trio continue standing tall as the show goes off the air.