WWE NXT Results 5/12 - Zaria & Nikkita Lyons Face Tatum Paxley & Lizzy Rain, More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE NXT" on May 12, 2026, coming to you live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida!

Zaria will be teaming up with Nikkita Lyons to go head-to-head with Women's North American Champion Tatum Paxley and Lizzy Rain. With Zaria having called her shot for the Women's North American Championship during last Tuesday's edition of "NXT", Rain made it known that she had her eye on the Women's North American Championship as well. This prompted Lyons – who Rain had scored a victory against on the April 28 episode of "NXT" – to follow out Rain and a brawl to break out between all four women.

Naraku (formerly known as EVIL) made his debut on April 28 when he confronted NXT Champion Tony D'Angelo moments before a brawl broke out between D'Angelo, Tavion Heights, and Mason Rook. Following such, he will be taking part in his first ever WWE match.

Kendal Grey will be returning to action as she goes one-on-one with former Women's North American Champion Kelani Jordan. Jordan emerged victorious against Grey's WrenQCC tag team partner and reigning Women's Speed Champion Wren Sinclair on April 28.

Noam Dar will be competing on "NXT" for the first time since losing the Heritage Cup on the April 22, 2025 episode of the show as he collides with Vanity Project's Jackson Drake. With Vanity Project having gotten a new member in Myca Lockwood last Tuesday, Dar came to the defense of Romeo Moreno when Moreno had found himself involved in a backstage verbal confrontation with Vanity Project.

Additionally, BirthRight's Lexis King, Uriah Connors, and Heritage Cup Champion Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo will be taking on EK Prosper, Tate Wilder, and Sean Legacy.

We are live! Vic Joseph and Booker T greet audiences at home as Tatum Paxley and Lizzy Rain make their way to the ring. Zaria and Nikkita Lyons follow.

Zaria and Rain begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Rain rocks Zaria with a dropkick, but Paxley tags in and sends Zaria's head bouncing off her knee. Lyons tags in, but Paxley lands a kick on her head through the middle rope and pins her back in the ring. Lyons kicks out.

Rain tags back in and clothesline Lyons out of the ring over the top rope with Paxley. The pair then level Zaria and Lyons on the outside before Paxley tags in and Rain flies off the ropes to take down Zaria during the commercial break. Zaria looks to chokeslam Paxley, but Paxley counters into a roll up. Zaria kicks out.

Zaria connects with a backbreaker on Paxley, but Lyons tags back in and wears down Paxley with a submission hold. Zaria tags back in, but Paxley fights her off and tags out to Rain back from the break as Lyons tags back in on her side.

Rain fires off chops on Lyons' chest in the corner, but Lyons looks to tag out to Zaria. Zaria hops off the apron before Lyons can tag her in, leaving Lyons alone in the ring. This opens the door for Rain to tag in and delivers Thunder Struck to Lyons for the win.

Winners: Tatum Paxley and Lizzy Rain

We then head backstage, where Wren Sinclair tells Kendal Grey that she doesn't want to be a distraction to her on her quest to the NXT Women's Championship or have their friendship end up like Sol Ruca and Zaria. Grey assures Sinclair that she won't be a distraction, but Lola Vice interrupts the pair and gets into a verbal confrontation with Vice.

Back at ringside, Lince Dorado makes his way out. Naraku follows.

The bell rings and Naraku lands a chop on Dorado's chest. Dorado catches Naraku with a springboard crossbody, but Naraku sends Dorado crashing into the mat face first with a Gorilla Press and levels him with a forearm.

Naraku lands a forearm on Dorado, but Dorado responds with a chop to Naraku's chest. Naraku sends Dorado crashing into the mat and rains down Hammer and Anvil elbows on him, then catches him with a boot and sends him crashing into the corner. He follows it up with a STO for the win.

Winner: Naraku

BirthRight then makes their way to the ring.

Back from the break, we head over to a video of Jaida Parker crashing an interview that Nattie is doing to promote "WWE LFG". 

Back at ringside, EK Prosper, Tate Wilder, and Sean Legacy make their way down.

Wilder and Channing "Stacks" Lorezno begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Wilder levels Stacks with a dropkick and pins him, but Lorenzo kicks out.

Charlie Dempsey and Legacy tag in, but Legacy sweeps Dempsey's legs and lands a dropkick on him. Prosper tags in and delivers a double stomp to Dempsey's spine off the top rope as Legacy holds him in place. He then delivers an Asai Moonsault to Dempsey off the middle rope, but Uriah Connors tags in and levels Prosper with a dropkick. Prosper responds with a hurricanrana to Connors, but Connors lands a senton on Prosper's spine off the ring apron during the commercial break.

Legacy dumps Connors back in the ring, but Connors tags out to Dempsey. Legacy clotheslines Dempsey out of the ring and lands a dive on him through the middle rope to take him out, but Stacks tags back in and Legacy fires off right hands on him.

Back from the break, Stacks lands a double stomp on Legacy's spine as Legacy is draped through the middle rope. Legacy rocks Connors with an enzuigiri and follows it up with a Spanish Fly, but Wilder and Dempsey tag in.

Wilder levels Dempsey with a pair of strikes and a shoulder tackle, then follows it up with a suplex to him and goes for a pin. Dempsey kicks out, but Wilder gets him up on his shoulders. Connors comes to Dempsey's aid, but Prosper takes out Dempsey. Stacks levels Prosper and rocks Legacy with a big boot, then gets Legacy up on his shoulders and sends his head bouncing off his knee.

Dempsey lands a forearm and an uppercut on Wilder, then drags Wilder up the ropes and delivers a double underhook suplex to him. He goes for a pin, but Prosper flies off the top rope with a splash to break the fall. Connors delivers a Death Valley Driver to Prosper on the ring apron, but Connors tags back in and Wilder catches him with an Over The Shoulder Cutter. He goes for a pin, but Stacks breaks the fall.

Wilder sends Dempsey crashing into the mat spine first and ascends to the top rope, but Legacy calls for Wilder to tag him in. Wilder decides to deliver a splash to Dempsey and pins him, but Dempsey kicks out. Legacy and Prosper both call to be tagged in, but Wilder doesn't listen and sets up for a moonsault on Dempsey. Dempsey rolls out of the ring, but Connors tags in and lands a Shining Wizard-dropkick combination on Wilder with Stacks for the win.

Winners: BirthRight

We then head backstage, where Tatum Paxley tells Lizzy Rain that she's decided to give her the next shot at the Women's North American Championship. Shiloh Hill approaches the pair and bonds with Rain over their mutual disdain for Tristan Angels until Angels overhears Hill and confronts him. 

Security surrounds the ring as Robert Stone says the landscape of "NXT" has changed, but talent from all over the world wants to make the brand their home. He introduces Rook, and Rook makes his way to the ring.

Rook grabs the microphone from Stone and says he's been all across Europe and travelled around the world. He says he turns head wherever he goes and has gotten the attention of John Cena, then says it's hard not to notice a flying human tank and says people must be asking themselves if he's satisfied with everyone talking about him in the United Kingdom and going viral. He says he's not satisfied and has come to "NXT" because he's not the super heavyweight but the best any weight class. He says anyone who tries to stop a tank like him will find out that they get crushed.

Tony D'Angelo's music hits and he makes his way out. He says Rook got his attention and there's no better way than starting at the top, then says Rook seized the moment attacking him once but not twice.

Kam Hendrix looks to sneak up behind D'Angelo, but D'Angelo sees Hendrix coming and security looks to separate the pair. Rook flies off the top rope with a moonsault to level D'Angelo, Hendrix, and the security guards, then grabs the contract from Stone and signs it to become an official member of the "NXT" roster.

We then head over to a video of Emily Agard sitting down with Lucien Price, Bronco Nima, and Nima's younger brother J.J. over a barbecue meal.

Back at ringside, Vanity Project makes their way out. Noam Dar follows. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. Drake rains down right hands on Dar, but Dar sends Drake crashing off the apron with a pump kick to send him crashing out of the ring.

Dar begins to wear down Drake's arm in the ring during the commercial break, then lands a kick on his spine. Drake responds with a leg drop to Dar, then lands a superplex on him off the top rope back from the break and follows it up with a cutter.

Drake pins Dar, but Dar kicks out and lands a right hand on Drake's oblique. He follows it up with a belly-to-belly suplex on Drake, but Drake delivers a dropkick to Dar and follows it up with a gutbuster on him. He goes for a pin, but Dar kicks out.

Dar and Drake take turns pinning one another, but Dar cinches in a Fujiwara Armbar on Drake. Drake escapes by pinning Dar, but Dar kicks out and Drake fires off forearms on him.

Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes look to take out Dar on the outside, but Dar levels them both. Myka Lockwood holds Dar in place as he stands on the entrance ramp for Drake to deliver a jumping knee to him with the referee not noticing and to follow it up with a 450 Splash off the top rope for the win.

Winner: Jackson Drake

After the match, DarkState appears in the crowd as a message to Vanity Project. DarkState ends up inside the ring back from the break, with Dion Lennox and Saquon Shugars making it clear that DarkState is looking to capture some gold in Baylor and Smokes' NXT Tag Team Championship. Baylor addresses the ongoing tension between Shugars and Lennox, then adds that Vanity Project doesn't give out hand outs. Cutler James says that DarkState never got their rematch for the NXT Tag Team Championship and informs Vanity Project that Lennox and Shugars will be challenging them next week in a match already proved by Robert Stone. James then turns to Shugars and Lennox and says that their match next week on them, with Osiris Griffin echoing James' sentiment that DarkState has to be a united front. Vantiy Project then tries to sneak up behind DarkState, but DarkState quickly takes out Baylor and Smokes. They send Drake crashing off the ring apron, but Lockwood catches him. 

Kelani Jordan then makes her way to the ring. WrenQCC follows. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. We see Lola Vice watching the action from ringside as Jordan fires off stomps on Grey's midsection in the corner and lands a springboard moonsault on Grey on the outside of the ring. Grey responds by ascending to the top rope and levelling Jordan with a crossbody.

During the commercial break, Jordan delivers a backbreaker to Grey inside the ring. Grey sends Jordan crashing into the mat face first, but Jordan catches Grey with a sit-out powerbomb back from the break and goes for a pin. Grey kicks out.

Grey sends Jordan crashing into the corner when Jordan charges at her, then cinches in a Fujiwara Armbar. Jordan powers up to her feet and escapes before the two women level one another with clotheslines and Grey catches Jordan with a scoop powerslam.

Izzi Dame finds Vice watching the match from backstage and blindsides her from behind, leading to a brawl between the two women that spills into the ringside area. Sinclair gets caught in the crosshairs of everything, distracting Grey as she teeters on the ropes. This opens the door for Jordan to trip Grey to send her crashing onto the mat and follow it up with a split legged moonsault on her for the win.

Winner: Kelani Jordan

Lola Vice comes back to the ringside are to check on Sinclair, but Grey gets in Vice's face and shoves her. Moments before the show goes off the air, Dame surprises Vice with a big boot from behind and holds up the NXT Women's Championship belt as Grey and Sinclair watch on.