WWE NXT Notes: Kendal Grey Revealed as Wren Sinclair’s Mystery Tag Partner, Ricky Saints vs. Oba Femi for NXT Title Set for NXT No Mercy 2025, Competitors Revealed for WWE Speed Women’s Title #1 Contender Tournament, 9/2 Show Card

Kendal Grey Revealed as Wren Sinclair’s Mystery Tag Partner

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured Kendal Grey being revealed as the mystery tag team partner for Wren Sinclair.

During the show, Sinclair was seen backstage being worried over her upcoming tag team match against The Culling’s Tatum Paxley and Izzi Dame. This led to Charlie Dempsey showing up with a happy look on his face and Sinclair asking him how he can be happy when she has to deal with Paxley and Dame. Dempsey responded revealing Grey as Sinclair’s mystery partner and Grey showing up. Dempsey stated that Kendal impressed him in the ring and they talked and Greyl is going to listen to a true pro. Grey responded stating that she was not doing this for him and she would help Wren. Grey then chopped Dempsey before leaving with Sinclair.


Ricky Saints vs. Oba Femi for NXT Title Set for NXT No Mercy 2025

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured one new match announced for the card of NXT No Mercy 2025, which takes place on which takes place on September 27th at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

This new match announced was a NXT Championship match of Ricky Saints vs. Oba Femi (c).

This new match was setup following Saints defeating Josh Briggs in a #1 Contender’s match.

Current card for WWE NXT No Mercy 2025:

  • NXT Championship – Ricky Saints vs. Oba Femi (c)
  • NXT Women’s Championship – Lola Vice vs. Jacy Jayne (c)
  • WWE Speed Women’s Championship – winner of #1 Contender tournament vs. Sol Ruca (c)

Candice LeRae, Lainey Reid, Faby Apache, & Xia Brookside Announced for WWE Speed Women’s Title #1 Contender Tournament

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured the full field of competitors announced for the upcoming WWE Speed Women’s Championship #1 Contender tournament.

During the show, a video aired hyping up the WWE Speed Men’s and Women’s Championships moving over to the NXT brand. NXT GM Ava was seen in her office and announced that SmackDown talent Candice LeRae, NXT talent Lainey Reid, AAA talent Faby Apache, and TNA talent Xia Brookside are the official competitors for this tournament that will start on next week’s NXT show.

The winner of this tournament will earn a shot at the WWE Speed Women’s Championship against Sol Ruca at NXT No Mercy 2025.


Current Card for Next Week’s WWE NXT Show

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured three new matches announced for the card of next week’s show on September 2nd at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

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

Current card for September 2nd WWE NXT show:

  • WWE Speed Women’s Championship #1 Contender Tournament First Round match – Candice LeRae vs. Xia Brookside
  • Eight-Man Tag Team match – Ricky Saints, Oba Femi, & Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger) vs. DarkState (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, Saquon Shugars, & Cutler James)
  • Lash Legend vs. Jaide Parker