WWE NXT Notes: Noam Dar Makes Surprise Return & Wins Heritage Cup Title, Fatal Influence Teases More Group Dissension, Joe Hendry Surprise Appearance, Andre Chase Announces Return of Chase U, NXT North American Title & More for 4/29 Show

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Apr 22, 2025

Noam Dar Makes Surprise Return & Wins NXT Heritage Cup Title

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the BleauLive Theater in Paradise, Nevada featured Noam Dar making his surprise return from injury.

Dar was revealed to be the mystery opponent for Lexis King’s match for his NXT Heritage Cup Championship.

Dar ended up defeating King to become the new NXT Heritage Cup Champion for the fourth time in his NXT career.

This was Dar’s first appearance since May of 2024 due to an undisclosed injury believed to have been a torn tendon.

Fatal Influence Teases More Group Dissension on Tuesday’s WWE NXT Show

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured Fatal Influence’s Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne, and Jazmyn Nyx teasing more dissension and a potential future break-up of the group.

During the show, Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger), Sol Ruca, and Zaria were seen backstage celebrating Hank & Tank’s newly won NXT Tag Team titles and Ruca’s newly won NXT Women’s North American title. This led to a very happy and energetic Thea Hail showing up to celebrate and talked about how happy she was for Ruca because if she wouldn’t win the ladder match, then she wanted Ruca to be the one to win it. This led to Jaida Parker showing up and telling Hail that she is sick of her loud energy and was followed by Kelani Jordan showing up next saying that she agrees and is sick of Thea. Fatal Influence then showed up and mocked Thea leading to the two bickering a bit before Henley told Jayne and Nyx to take care of Thea and Jordan, which they refused and walked out on her. This led to Henley trashing talking the two behind their backs.

In a follow-up segment, Fallon competed against Hail in a match. Near the end of the match, Fallon held up Hail on the outside for Jayne to kick her while Nyx distracted the referee. This led to Hail escaping and Jayne kicking Henley instead by accident. Hail then took out Jayne and Nyx on the outside and hit a butterfly suplex to Henley in the ring and followed it with a Kimura Lock for the submission victory.

Joe Hendry Makes Surprise Return Appearance

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured current TNA World Champion Joe Hendry making a surprise return appearance to the NXT brand.

During the show, NXT Champion Oba Femi came out to the ring and talked about his victory over Je’Von Evans and Trick Williams to retain his title at NXT Stand & Deliver. Femi then gave his praise of Evans for proving him wrong and said he will be a future big star. Femi then turned his attention towards Williams and gave him no praise and bad mouthed him instead. This led to Williams’ music interrupting and came out to the ring. Williams grabbed a microphone and complained that the only reason Femi retained was due to him pinning Evans and not him. Williams then demanded to be given another shot at the title.

This led to Hendry’s music playing to interrupt and made his surprise return coming out to the ring.

Hendry and Williams then engaged in insults-filled banter and Hendry giving a cheap plug to TNA’s Rebellion 2025 event this weekend. After some more words, Hendry stated that he was not going to leave because he has some business to discuss with the NXT Champion. This led to Femi warning Hendry and a brawl breaking out between Williams and Hendry & Femi that ended with Williams getting tossed out of the ring.

This was Hendry’s first appearance in NXT since this past December and first appearance in WWE since this past Sunday’s WrestleMania 41 Night 2 show.

Andre Chase Announces Return of Chase U on Tuesday’s WWE NXT Show

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured Andre Chase officially announcing the return of Chase University.

Chase U previously disbanded this past November following Ridge Holland defeating Chase in a match that featured the stipulation of Chase U had to shut down if Chase lost.

Current Card for Next Week’s Show

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured two new matches announced for the card of next week’s show on April 29th at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

These matches were setup following promos, storyline angles, and match card graphics throughout the show.

Among the notable matches announced was a NXT North American Championship match of Lexis King vs. Ricky Saints (c).

This match was originally setup as a NXT Heritage Cup Championship and NXT North American Championship, Title vs. Title match following an in-ring promo segment involving King and Saints. This match was later changed to just Saints putting his title on the line after King lost his title to Noam Dar afterwards.

Current card for April 22nd WWE NXT show:

  • NXT North American Championship – Lexis King vs. Ricky Saints (c)
  • NXT Tag Team Championship – Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura vs. Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger) (c)
  • Tony D’Angelo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo face-to-face confrontation
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