NXT Roadblock 2025

NXT's final stop before their WrestleMania equivalent Premium Live Event; known as 'Stand & Deliver', is this formerly main roster event; 'Roadblock'. I have been watching NXT's weekly shows a loyal more regularly, having been enticed back by some excellent PLE's of late. The card looked like all sorts of fun, and featured some pretty major matches.

The night started with one of the matches I was most excited for; the TNA Tag Team Championship match between the legendary Hardy Boys and the NXT Tag Team Champions Fraxiom. This was a corker of a match to start the evening, which started hot and kept on going that way. It was fast and frantic from start to finish, and was a terrific way to start the night's action.

The second match of the evening saw Roxanne Perez take on relative newcomer Jordynne Grace. These ladies went hell-for-leather - with Perez's speed and Grace's power, the two had instant and natural chemistry. I also thought that the in-match storyline was really strong, and gave both the live crowd and TV audience a great hook to invest in. I really enjoyed this match, and while the winner felt a little predictable, I was still a huge fan of everything these women did.

The third match saw TNA X-Division Champion Moose take on the NXT champion Oba Femi, with the latter's title on the line. This was a big fight with a big fight feel - it's safe to say I was hyped up for this one. The crowd was so into this one, and both men clearly fed off of that energy. The physicality was top notch, and the back and forth was very easy to buy into. There was some big shots in this one, and it was very fun. Again, the winner wasn't necessarily in doubt, but that wasn't really what this match was about.

Match four of the night saw the next chapter in the ongoing rivalry between 'All Ego' Ethan Page and Je'Von Evans in a 'street fight'. I had hoped this would be a tough match, and tough it was. There were some brutal weapons spots interspersed amongst some hard-hitting wrestling. I loved this match - it was exciting, unpredictable, and gave us more reasons to appreciate the talents of both men. The post-match segment was pretty wild, but also fairly cool.

Between the penultimate and final matches of the night was a frantic segment between rivals Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe, which served as an exciting prelude to their 'Underground' match, on the next standard NXT show. It wasn't a super necessary segment, but the live audience enjoyed it, and it does set-up the next show a little as well.

Finally, it was time for the main event, which was a championship versus championship match, with both the NXT Women's title, held by Giulia, and the NXT Women's North American title, held by Stephanie Vaquer, on the line. Although it felt very soon to be doing it, I can't deny that I was extremely excited to see this match go down. This match was so damn good - these are truly two of the best women's wrestlers in the world. It was a brilliant match - back and forth, high stakes, hard to predict, and extremely exciting. My only complaint was that it was far too short. It deserved another five to ten minutes. Regardless, the right woman won, and the post-match scenes were great.

Overall, this was a slam dunk of a wrestling show, which capitalised on its phenomenal matchcard, and executed a series of immensely entertaining matches. There wasn't a single bad match on the card, with the only let-down being rhe brevity of the main event. Everything else was pretty much as good as could have been hoped for, in my opinion. It really feels like NXT is slowly returning to its golden age, though time will tell if they'll ever reach the heights of the so-called 'Black & Gold' era again.