WWE NXT Results 1/27 - NXT Tag Team Championship On The Line, Three NXT Championship Ladder Match Qualifiers

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE NXT" on January 27, 2026, coming to you live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida!

Saquon Shugars and Osiris Griffin of DarkState will be putting the NXT Tag Team Championship on the line for the first time since retaining against Hank Walker and Tank Ledger at a "NXT" Live Event on December 13 as they defend against OTM's Bronco Nima and Lucien Price. Nima and Price made it clear during last Tuesday's edition of "NXT" that they had their eye on the NXT Tag Team Championship, putting them on notice in the parking lot of the Performance Center.

With the Six Pack Ladder Match to crown a new NXT Championship right around the corner on February 3, the final entrants will be determined tonight as Keanu Carver squares off with Andre Chase while Joe Hendry takes on reigning EVOLVE Champion and Vanity Project member Jackson Drake and Myles Borne takes on Shugars and Griffin's stablemate Dion Lennox in a trio of qualifiers. Although Shiloh Hill and Sean Legacy defeated Josh Briggs and Eli Knight respectively to secure their spots in the February 3 match, "NXT" General Manager Ava automatically inserted former NXT Champion Ricky Saints into the match.

We are live! Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home as Ava finds Vanity Project standing over a laid out Joe Hendry and Jackson Drake holding a chair. Vanity Project insist that they didn't attack Hendry as Ava is informed that Tony D'Angelo just pulled up outside the Performance Center.

Ricky Saints then joins the announce desk as DarkState makes their way to the ring. OTM follows.

Saquon Shugars and Bronco Nima begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. They go back and forth with one another, but Lucien Price tags in and levels Shugars with a headbutt. Osiris Griffin tags in, but Nima tags back in on his side nad levels Griffin with an arm drag. OTM then send Griffin and Shugars crashing into the mat face first, and the latter two men take a second to regroup on the outside.

Shugars looks to land a kick on Nima's midsection back in the ring, but Griffin sneaks up behind Nima and blindsides him from behind. We see Hank Walker and Tank Ledger watching the action from backstage as Price pins Griffin. Griffin kicks out, but Shugars tags back in and wears down Price. Griffin then tags back in, but Price takes out him and Shugars with a bodyslam each.

Nima tags back in and runs over Shugars with a shoulder tackle, then follows it up with The Three Amigos. Price tags back in, but Nima catches Griffin with a Curb Stomp during the commercial break before he tags back in. Shugars tags in on his side and rolls up Nima, but Nima kicks out and Griffin fires off a right hand and an uppercut on him.

Griffin runs over Nima with an uppercut, but Shugars wears down Nima's leg back from the break. Griffin and Nima then level one another with crossbodies, but Price tags back in and takes out both Shugars and Griffin with clotheslines. He delivers alternating clotheslines to Shugars and Griffin in opposite corners, then sends Shugars crashing on top of Griffin with a uranage.

Price pins Shugars, but Griffin breaks the fall as we see Vanity Project bolting to ringside backstage. Hank Walker and Tank Ledger take notice and follow them. Vanity Project then emerge at ringside and hop up on the apron, opening the door for Shugars to roll up Price for the win with his feet on the ropes.

Winners (and still): DarkState

After the match, Vanity Project, Walker, Ledger, and OTM begin brawling. Chase U joins in, but Shawn Spears and Niko Vance sneak up behind DarkState in the ring and blindside Shugars, Griffin, and James. Spears and Vance couple team on Griffin, standing tall over him and Shugars.

Nikkita Lyons then makes her way to the ring. Jaida Parker follows. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. Parker rocks Lyons with a shoulder block, then wears her down with a submission hold and transitions into a pinfall. Lyons kicks out and rains down forearms on Parker, then levels her with a right hand and goes for a pin.

Parker kicks out, but Lyons takes her down with a suplex and a powerbomb. Parker and Lyons then rock one another with forearms, then connects with her signature Hip Attack on Lyons in the corner and follows it up with a pump handle sit-out powerbomb for the win.

Winner: Jaida Parker

After the match, Blake Monroe appears on the Titan Tron and says no one gets away with taking the spotlight from her before telling Parker that she'll see her soon. Parker responds by telling Monroe that she knows where to find her.

Dion Lennox then makes his way to the ring. 

Back from the break, we head over to a conversation between Vanity Project and Ava. Ava automatically puts Jackson Drake in the NXT Championship Six Man Ladder Match next week, but says Joe Hendry will also be inserted into it if he's medically cleared. 

Back at ringside, Myles Borne makes his way out. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. They take turns wearing one another down with submission holds, but Borne connects with a dropkick on Lennox and Lennox whips him into the corner. He lands a splash on him, then whips Borne into the opposite corner and lands another splash on him.

Borne lands a pair of uppercuts on Lennox in opposite corners, but Lennox clotheslines Borne out of the ring as Ethan Page emerges at ringside. Borne sends Lennox crashing into the ring steps shoulder first, then goes for a pin but Lennox kicks out.

During the commercial break, Borne delivers a suplex to Lennox. Lennox runs over Borne with a clothesline and rains down right hands on him, then spikes him with a DDT and goes for a pin. Borne kicks out, but Lennox delivers a double underhook suplex to him back from the break. Borne responds with a series of right hands to Lennox and takes him out with right hands, then delivers a dropkick to him and connects with a suplex on him. Lennox pins Borne, but the referee catches his feet on the ropes and stops his count.

Page slides his North American Championship belt to Borne and distracts the referee as he tries to get Borne to use it. The referee catches Borne with the North American Championship, opening the door for Lennox to deliver a bodyslam to Borne for the win.

Winner: Dion Lennox

After the match, Page berates Borne. Borne grabs the North American Championship belt from Page and clocks him with it.

We then see Tony D'Angelo enter Ava's office as she talks with Ricky Saints. After Saints leaves, Ava admits that "NXT" needs D'Angelo and asks him if he's in or out. D'Angelo says she needed to get Ava's attention somehow, then says  he'll reveal more about his intentions next week. 

Back at ringside, Tavion Heights makes his way to the ring. Lexis King follows. 

The bell rings and King looks to land a boot on Heights' midsection. Heights avoids it, but King levels him with a clothesline off the top rope and goes for a pin. Heights rolls through and sends King crashing into the mat, but King manages to gain the upper hand.

Arianna Grace and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo emerge at ringside as King lands a chop on Heights. Heights rocks King with a right hand, but King delivers a double boot to Heights' face. Heights gets King up on his shoulders and sends him crashing into the mat with a Gorilla Press, but King sends Heights crashing out of the ring and gets back inside to beat a ten count from the referee. King then catches Heights with The Coronation when he gets him back in the ring and pins him for the win.

Winner: Lexis King

Zaria then makes her way to the ring. Thea Hail follows, and Izzi Dame joins the announce desk. 

The bell rings and Zaria shoves Hail. Hail looks to cinch in a Kimura Lock on Zaria, but Zaria avoids it and runs over Hail with a shoulder tackle. Zaria levels Hail with a back elbow and gets Hail up on her shoulders, but Hail escapes and sends Zaria crashing out of the ring with a dropkick.

Hail delivers a dive to level Zaria on the outside, and the two women return to the ring. Zaria sends Hail crashing into the top rope face first and pins her, but Hail kicks out. Zaria jams her knee into the back of Hail's neck during the commercial break, then runs over Hail with a clothesline and cinches in a Texas Cloverleaf on her.

Hail escapes, but Zaria sends Hail crashing into the corner and fires off shoulders on her midsection. Zaria then looks to fly off the ropes, but Hail delivers a codebreaker to her arm and rocks her with a headbutt. Hail lands a back elbow on Zaria, but Zaria lands a back suplex on Hail. Hail cinches in the Kimura Lock on Zaria, but Zaria sends Hail crashing into the mat with a back body drop. She follows it up with a spear.

Tatum Paxley sneaks up behind Dame and lands a crossbody on her off the barricade. She chases Dame to the back as Zaria watches, opening the door for Hail to roll up Zaria for the win.

Winner: Thea Hail

After the match, Hail extends her hand to Zaria. Fatal Influence's music hits, and Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid make their way out to confront Zaria and Hail. Although Hail looks to team up with Zaria, Zaria blindsides Hail with an F5 out of anger for losing to her.

We then head backstage, where Lexis King, Arianna Grace, and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo approach Charlie Dempsey looking for a word with him as Dempsey speaks with Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair.

Back at ringside, Andre Chase makes his way down. Keanu Carver follows. 

The bell rings and Chase rocks Carver with a boot. Carver runs over Chase, then fires off shoulders on his midsection and dumps him out of the ring. Carver rips off Chase's face mask and sends him crashing into the ring apron, then uses the ring post to cinch in a crossface on Chase and dumps him back in the ring.

Carver delivers a knee to Chase's throat, but Chase fires off kicks on the back of Carver's thigh and sets up for a Russian Leg Sweep on Carver. He lands a Tornado DDT on Carver and lands a crossbody on him off the top rope, then goes for a pin but Carver kicks out.

Carver sends Chase crashing into the ring apron spine first, but Chase sends himself and Carver crashing over the announce desk. Carver quickly recovers and sends Chase crashing into the announce desk spine first. He gets Chase back in the ring and delivers a running powerslam to Chase for the win.

Winner: Keanu Carver

After the match, Carver sends Chase into the exposed bottom turnbuckle and the ring post. Carver then grabs a microphone and says he's going to take out the field in the NXT Championship Ladder Match next week. He dares anyone who has something to say to meet him in the ring.

Hill says while what Carver just did to Andre Chase might scare some people, he's not because it reminds him of his roots and the woods. Dion Lennox intervenes and says DarkState has been taking out everyone, and Sean Legacy chimes in to say that while he's the new guy, he's been working hard and has nothing to lose. He says the NXT Championship Ladder Match is the biggest opportunity of his life, but Jackson Drake says Legacy will choke next week and says he's calculated. He says everyone in the ring will be able to say that they were part of history when they watch him become the youngest double champion in WWE history.

Ricky Saints' music hits, and he makes his way out with a ladder in hand. He sets up the ladder and climbs it as he says the view from the top of the ladder is beautiful. He says he sees a lot of potential and future champions in the ring, but they're the seeds who have not sprouted yet while he is the rose. He says he's absolutely built to be a two time NXT Champion, but Carver says everyone is doing to much talking.

Legacy and Drake begin brawling with one another. Legacy delivers a Spanish Fly to Drake and sends him crashing out of the ring as Carver, Lennox, and Hill brawl with one another. Carver dumps Hill and Lennox out of the ring, but Saints levels Carver with a ladder and ascends up the ladder.

Before he can grab the NXT Championship belt from above the ring, Joe Hendry's music hits and he makes his way out. He takes out Saints, but Carver sneaks up behind Hendry and levels him with a running powerslam. Carver stands tall above everyone else and stares at the NXT Championship as the show goes off the air.