Could the “New” DarkState Defeat Myles Borne and Tavion Heights on 6/2 NXT?

For the past few months, DarkState had been dealing with fighting between two of its members. Dion Lennox has given up his half of the NXT Tag Team Championships in order to pursue a solo career. The only problem was that Saquon Shugars thought he was putting himself before the faction. Lennox actually did pretty well in his solo run, including an impressive performance at the Iron Survivor Challenge last November. But as his success grew, so did the resentment of Shugars.

>Tensions got even worse when he challenged Myles Borne for his NXT North American Championship. On Night 1 of NXT Revenge, he lost and disappointed everyone.

>On the May 19, 2026 episode of NXT, they challenged for the NXT Tag Team Championships against the Vanity Project and lost. Afterward, Cutler James and Osiris Griffin beat down Shugars, with Lennox following their lead. With DarkState down to three members, would they still be a strong unit, or would kicking out Shugars prove to be a mistake?

New DarkState Take Care of Borne and Heights in a Great MatchEven though Borne beat Lennox two weeks ago, the members of DarkState still aren’t done with him, as they attacked him last week. With three of them versus just one of him, he had to figure out someone who could be his tag team partner. The one closest to him was Tavion Heights, his former faction mate in No Quarter Catch Crew. But things haven’t been good between them either.

>When Kam Hendrix and Mason Rook showed up to attack Tony D’Angelo on the April 28 NXT, they weren’t the first to do so. Heights was the first man to attack him, and he lost to him the very next week. Borne questioned why he would sneak up on D’Angelo, worried the same thing would be done to him.

>However, the match was in doubt as Shugars arrived when DarkState made their entrance and attacked James. Eventually, things got settled down, and things proceeded as normal.

>The match started with Lennox locking up with Borne and immediately shoving him into the turnbuckle. Both of them exchanged holds before Borne put him in a headlock. After about a minute, he escaped, and the two exchanged punches—Borne tagged in Heights, who grappled with him until Griffin was tagged in. Heights kicked him in the face before headbutting him in the stomach. He led him to the opposite turnbuckle, where more kicks were delivered.

>Borne tagged in, and the two dropkicked Griffin right before he tagged Lennox. The latter got dropped to the ground by them before being thrown into Griffin. After the chaos, Borne and Griffin were the legal competitors. Borne kicked Griffin, but got slammed into the turnbuckle.

>He responded with a kick and a clothesline, sending both men out of the ring. They got back into the ring, where Lennox was tagged back in. After a backbreaker to him, Borne kicked out of the pin attempt.

>Lennox then dragged him to the edge of the ring, where he tagged in Griffin, who immediately hit him with a ton of offense. He tried to tag in Heights, but was unsuccessful.

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>Once again, Lennox was tagged in and started to stomp on him. He then flipped him to Griffin, who slammed him to the ground for the failed pinfall. Lennox got him in a headlock, but a backdrop led to him tagging in Heights. He then began to kick, punch, and toss both Griffin and Lennox in an energetic display.

>But after he got thrown into the turnbuckle and hoisted onto Griffin’s shoulders, Lennox dove onto him for the pinfall victory. However, Shugars was on the balcony, aware of their impressive win. DarkState might be celebrating now, but a confrontation with Shugars will come sooner rather than later.

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