WWE: NXT Tag Titles & TNA World Tag Titles Winner Takes All Match To Kick Off 10/7 WWE NXT Showdown Show, John Cena on His All-Time WrestleMania Dream Opponent, Jordynne Grace on Her Match with Giulia at 5/6 WWE NXT Show

NXT Tag Titles & TNA World Tag Titles Winner Takes All Match To Kick Off Tuesday’s WWE NXT Showdown Show

WWE announced that the NXT Tag Team Championship and TNA World Tag Team Championship, Title vs. Title match of DarkState (NXT) vs. The Hardys (TNA) will be kicking off tonight’s WWE NXT Showdown show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

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The Winner Take All Tag Team Championship Match between @ThisIsTNA Tag Team Champion, The Hardy Boyz, and #WWENXT Tag Team Champion, DarkState, will KICK OFF #NXTShowdown TONIGHT!

📺 8ET/7CT on @TheCW pic.twitter.com/ebFK3Ew47J

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 7, 2025

Current card for October 7th WWE NXT Showdown show:

• NXT North American Championship – Mustafa Ali vs. “All Ego” Ethan Page (c)
• NXT Tag Team Championship and TNA World Tag Team Championship, Title vs. Title match – DarkState (Osiris Griffin & Dion Lennox) (NXT) vs. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) (TNA)
• NXT vs. TNA Men’s Survivor Series Special Guest Referee match – Myles Borne, Je’Von Evans, Trick Williams, & Ricky Saints (NXT) vs. Frankie Kazarian, Moose, Leon Slater, & Mike Santana (TNA) (with special guest referee Joe Hendry)
• NXT vs. TNA Women’s Survivor Series Special Guest Referee match – Jaida Parker, Sol Ruca, Lola Vice, & Jacy Jayne (NXT) vs. The IInspiration (Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee), Mara Sade, & Kelani Jordan (TNA) (with special guest referee Jordynne Grace)
• The Dudley Boyz (D-Von & Bubba Ray Dudley) to appear

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John Cena Comments on His All-Time WrestleMania Dream Opponent

A recent Fan Expo Chicago event in Chicago, Illinois featured a Q&A panel with John Cena as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Cena’s thoughts about who would be his choice for an all-time WrestleMania dream opponent for a main event match.

“Just selfishly, Andre, because he was like the measuring stick. The folklore behind Andre the Giant is mythical, in both physical as his presence but also in like the folklore of the fraternity of the brotherhood of wrestling, especially the WWF territory. I’m sure it’s across the world, because Andre was a global phenomenon. But, selfishly, yes, that would be the one: Andre the Giant.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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Jordynne Grace Comments on Her Match with Giulia at May 6th WWE NXT Show

Self Made held a recent interview with Jordynne Grace. One of the topics discussed included Grace’s thoughts about her NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contender match against Julia from the May 6th episode of WWE NXT.

“I thought it was a great match. It was a very, like, Japanese-style match. The producer obviously knew everything that was going to happen. Maybe they just didn’t know the way it was gonna happen.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com