{"id":148998,"date":"2025-12-18T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=148998"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:51:01","slug":"thea-hail-was-not-meant-to-win-the-womens-north-american-championship-on-nxt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/18\/thea-hail-was-not-meant-to-win-the-womens-north-american-championship-on-nxt\/","title":{"rendered":"Thea Hail Was Not Meant to Win The Women&#8217;s North American Championship on NXT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/17\/wwe-nxt-results-12-16-2025-thea-hail-and-leon-slater-on-top-of-nxt\/\" target=\"_self\">on NXT<\/a><\/span>, Thea Hail shocked the world when she defeated Blake Monroe and became the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/17\/was-a-new-nxt-womens-north-american-champion-crowned-on-12-16-wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_self\">NXT Women&#8217;s North American Champion<\/a><\/span>. As seen on TV, Hail and Monroe were both surprised and shocked. The officials didn&#8217;t ring the bell immediately. It seemed like things didn&#8217;t happen the way they were supposed to.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, winning the WWE NXT North American Women&#8217;s Championship was not the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pwinsider.com\/article\/203351\/what-happened-on-wwe-nxt-with-the-unplanned-finish-and-title-change.html?p=1#goog_rewarded\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">originally planned finish<\/a><\/span>. The plan going in was for Monroe to retain. She had the wind knocked out of her when Hail came off the ropes and tried to recover to get her shoulder up, but wasn&#8217;t able to do it in time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AND NEW WOMENS NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TgfBN6om6G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/TgfBN6om6G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thea Hail (@theahail_wwe) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theahail_wwe\/status\/2001142686720352565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>What Happened?<\/h2>\n<p>Since Hail is young, she likely didn&#8217;t realize she needed to give Blake a moment to catch her breath and went right for the pin. The referees have to call pinfalls as if they are legitimate. So, the referee had no choice but to count the three-count. Monroe did try to get her shoulder up, which WWE later used as a storyline point. WWE played Monroe&#8217;s music at the finish, then stopped it and played Hail&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n<p>Sources indicated that there was a \u201cscramble backstage\u201d during the botched finish and following. The change caused issues, as there were creative plans in place that revolved specifically around Hail not being the Champion. NXT Officials made the necessary changes immediately. The situation led to several people\u2019s creative plans over the next couple of weeks being affected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Este segmento improvisado entre Thea Hail, Blake Monroe y Jordynne Grace, tras lo sucedido con la coronaci\u00f3n de Thea, puede molar para hacer una triple threat entra las tres.<\/p>\n<p>A ver c\u00f3mo juegan con ello. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fUtYfrBeMi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/fUtYfrBeMi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LuigiWrestling (@LuigiWrestling) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LuigiWrestling\/status\/2001258955172118770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next?<\/h2>\n<p>The show featured a segment later in the show where Hail was emotional over the win. Jordynne Grace showed up to congratulate her and said Hail seemed to have figured it out before she did. Monroe then appeared and said that she would get a rematch and win the title back. She blamed the referee and said that he should be fined.<\/p>\n<p>WWE taped two episodes of NXT last night at the WWE Performance Center. A <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/18\/wwe-nxt-spoilers-12-23-30-25-taping-results-before-nxt-new-years-evil-2026\/\" target=\"_self\">rematch<\/a><\/span> will take place at NXT New Year&#8217;s Evil on January 6, 2026. Established on April 6, 2024, the NXT Women&#8217;s North American Championship was the first secondary Women&#8217;s Championship in the company&#8217;s history. At NXT Halloween Havoc, on October 25, Blake Monroe defeated Zaria, who wrestled on behalf of an injured SolRuca, to win the title.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AND NEW! 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