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NXT/TNA Partnership: Nearly a Year After, Who Made The Most of The Opportunity?

2- Championships – Advantage NXT

With 4 vs. 1, NXT clearly has the advantage. The Knockouts are supposed to be one of TNA Wrestling’s prides. They have shown that female wrestlers don’t just have to be beautiful; they can also be kick-ass fighters. However, the TNA Knockouts World Championship escaped the TNA Knockouts’ hands twice in a year.

Jacy Jayne held the Knockouts title for 36 days, ending Masha Slamovich’s 267-day reign at TNA Slammiversary, only to drop it
a month later to Ash by Elegance at NXT Heatwave. She held the title for 33 days before forfeiting it, leading to NXT talent Kelani Jordan claiming it at TNA Victory Road 2025. At NXT Gold Rush, Jordan lost the title to Léi Ying Lee, ending a 53- day reign.

At NXT Battleground, Trick Williams defeated Joe Hendry to win the TNA World Championship. This marked the first time a contracted WWE wrestler won a TNA title. Mike Santana ended the “Trick-NA” era 140 days after. At TNA Final Resolution 2025, Stacks defeated Steve Maclin to win the TNA International Championship.

At NXT vs. TNA Showdown on October 7, the Hardy Boyz defeated DarkState (Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin) in a Winners Take All match to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. As such, the Hardy Boyz achieved several records, becoming the first contracted TNA wrestlers to win a WWE title. It lasted only 18 days, but the only tag team to win a WWE Tag Team Championship in four different decades made a deserved statement.

About Steph Franchomme

Steph, for Stephanie, is not only eNYGMAtic, charismatic, but also “très chic.” Living in France, her birth country, she broke the language barrier to become a respected writer and interviewer on many wrestling promotions. She has developed a very special bond with TNA Wrestling over time to the point of becoming an Authority on the company. The French Nygma, as she loves to call herself, has been a wrestling writer and editor for nearly a decade for SteelChair Magazine/Wrestling SC, TWM and Distortion Media. She has interviewed hundreds of wrestlers from WWE, MLW, TNA, NXT, AEW, and many more promotions. The Nygma is now the new “Authority” on TNA Wrestling and NXT for Last Word on Pro Wrestling. The writer/editor also runs @3WWrestling, her own platform.

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