Wren Sinclair dethroned Fallon Henley for the Women’s Speed Championship during “WWE NXT,” and she did it in her home state of Texas.

Sinclair earned her opportunity at Henley’s title with wins over Nikkita Lyons and former North American Champion Thea Hail in the latest contendership tournament, competing for her first title with the company. Henley was making the first defense of her title in 120 days, having defeated Zaria at “Gold Rush” last year to win it while it was vacant. 

The match was contested for around three and a half of the five minutes allotted, with both going to great efforts early on to get a pinfall. In what turned out to be the closing stretch, Henley delivered a slingblade to take Sinclair to the canvas, only for Sinclair to turn and cinch in the Final Wrench – aka the Cattle Mutilation – for the submission victory, and thus her first title in WWE. The match also occurred in Houston, a couple hundred miles from Sinclair’s hometown of Dallas.

Jacy Jayne and Lainey Reid were stood at ringside to support Henley, while Kendal Grey was at ringside for Sinclair. Jayne, having defended her title earlier in the show, hardly appeared pleased at her stablemate dropping the title.

“WWE NXT” live from Houston, Texas featured a celebration for two-time Hall of Famer and “NXT” commentator Booker T, but “Booker T Appreciation Night” was almost ruined by Keanu Carver. The moment started off nice, as Booker T’s broadcast partner, Vic Joseph, introduced the legend, who joined him in the ring, alongside Booker’s wife, Queen Sharmell, his kids, and two students from his school, Reality of Wrestling.

Joseph threw to a video package with footage of highlights from Booker’s career, as well as plenty of “NXT” alumni and current stars, and fellow legends, speaking about Booker T and how he influenced them throughout their careers. Joseph then presented his broadcast partner with a commemorative plaque. The man of the hour then got on the microphone himself and thanked the fans. He started to bring up the “NXT” talent, when Carver’s music hit.

Carver said that Booker T didn’t deserve a celebration and the RoW students had seconds to leave the ring before he did something to the Hall of Famer. Carver took out the students and stood face-to-face with Booker T, but Jasper Troy ran out to face Carver and make the save. Troy knocked him out of the ring and officials escorted Carver to the back.

The “NXT” locker room then came out to pay tribute to the Hall of Famer, but Booker got on the mic and told interim General Manager Robert Stone that he needed to get things under control.

The COVID-19 pandemic was a trying time for all of us. And while our spirits were down, wrestling’s spirits were up in its quest to entertain us during those unprecedented times. Of those mood boosters came AEW’s first-ever Mimosa Mayhem match, which saw Orange Cassidy conquer wrestling veteran Chris Jericho. But seriously, where was Cassidy’s mind when he went in and came out of that All Out 2020 match? In his reply, the “Freshly Squeezed” star was satisfied with the win over Jericho; however, he was disappointed in how the “mimosa” tasted, as mentioned in his question and answer segment on “Monopoly Events.”

“That tasted like garbage, by the way,” the former two-time International Champion noted. “I drank a little bit when I was in the Walls of Jericho, and then I had a sore throat for, like, two weeks…I don’t know what it was…I think someone said it was Tang or something. But it didn’t taste like Tang, I’ll tell you that much.”

As for his opponent in the match, Cassidy praised the former and inaugural AEW World Champion in his tremendous feats of making the company what it is today, and for helping Cassidy evolve into the worshipped wrestler fans dress like and come to see every week.

“He’s one of the best to ever do it,” Cassidy said bluntly. “The fact that he wanted to play with me and wrestle around for three months was incredible. I learned a lot. That’s it.”

The whereabouts of “Le Champion” remain unknown at this point. For months now, Jericho has been the talk of the industry, with new reports from Fightful Select that he is still “firmly” under contract with AEW, despite openness to returning to WWE. Jericho’s last match before his absence was at last year’s Dynasty, where he lost the Ring of Honor World Championship to Bandido in a title versus mask match.

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit “Monopoly Events” with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

After former friends Sol Ruca and Zaria involved themselves in each other’s NXT Women’s Championship opportunities, Interim “WWE NXT” General Manager Robert Stone arranged for both of them to challenge once more, this time in a triple threat bout with defending champion, Jacy Jayne. Despite the odds, neither Ruca nor Zaria emerged victorious.

Per usual, Jayne headed into tonight’s NXT Women’s Championship match with her Fatal Influence stablemates Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. Also per usual, Henley and Reid proved pivotal in its outcome.

In the match’s closing moments, Ruca familiarity with Zaria came to the forefront as she countered the Aussie’s F5 with an X-Factor and sent her crashing to the floor. With Jayne dazed, Ruca then delivered a Sol Snatcher for what seemed to be a guaranteed pinfall on the reigning champion. Instead, Zaria pulled Ruca to the outside and firmly dropped her with an F5.

Following up on her finisher, Zaria dumped Ruca back into the ring with the intention of pinning her. Before she could get back into the ring, though, Reid and Henley pulled Zaria backwards, allowing Jayne to cover Ruca for the match-winning fall in her place.

Jayne’s second and current reign began at “NXT” Gold Rush in November after Izzi Dame turned on her Culling stablemate Tatum Paxley. With her victory tonight, Jayne is now one step closer to ensuring that she approaches “NXT” Stand & Deliver on April 4 as the defending champion. As for Ruca and Zaria, their feud with one another appears far from over.