On November 12, 2024,
Niko Vance made his debut on NXT aligning himself with Spears and Jensen. During this time, Spears, Jensen, and Vance would begin to feud with
The D'Angelo Family. Vance would have his first bout in
NXT on January 21, 2025, teaming with Jensen to defeat The D'Angelo Family (
Luca Crusifino and
Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo). In early 2025,
Izzi Dame was accepted into The D'Angelo Family (
Tony D'Angelo, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo,
Adriana Rizzo and Luca Crusifino) when she was stalked by Spears, who was attempting to recruit her into his stable. On the February 11 episode of
NXT, D'Angelo successfully defended his
NXT North American Championship against
Ridge Holland in a
steel cage match (which was suggested by Dame herself to D'Angelo in the prior week). After the match, Dame turned on The D'Angelo Family and sided with Spears. On the March 4 episode of
NXT, Spears defeated Tony D'Angelo to win the NXT North American Championship. A week later, at
NXT: Roadblock, during a vignette with all four members, they officially started calling themselves
The Culling. On the April 1 episode of
NXT, Spears lost the NXT North American Championship to
Ricky Saints despite interference from The Culling, ending his reign at 28 days. On the June 3, 2025 episode of
NXT, Jensen was kicked out of The Culling by Dame for being that he lost them the match at
NXT Battleground, and believed
Tatum Paxley was a more valuable asset to the group. On the July 1 episode of
NXT, Paxley and Dame defeated
Zaria and
NXT Women's North American and
Speed Women's Champion Sol Ruca in a tag team match for Paxley to join The Culling. For pinning Ruca in the tag team match, Dame received a NXT Women's North American Championship match at
NXT Great American Bash on July 12 but failed to defeat Ruca for the title. At
Evolution on the following day, Dame and Paxley entered the 20-woman
battle royal for a women's world championship match at
Clash in Paris but the pair were immediately eliminated at the start of the match by
Nia Jax. On the July 22 episode of
NXT, The Culling (Spears, Vance, Dame and Paxley) defeated
NXT Tag Team Champions Hank and
Tank, Zaria, and Ruca in an
eight-person mixed tag team match in The Culling's first match as a whole stable. On the August 5 episode of
NXT, Paxley challenged Ruca for the NXT Women's North American Championship, but failed to win the title. On October 14 episode of
NXT, Paxley won a battle royal to become the #1 contender for the
NXT Women's Championship by last eliminating Dame and
Jordynne Grace. At
NXT Halloween Havoc on October 25, Paxley defeated
Jacy Jayne to win the title. Throughout her title reign, Paxley was handing out title matches, which did not sit well with the stable. At Week 1 of
NXT: Gold Rush on November 18, Paxley lost the title back to Jayne after The Culling turned on her, ending her reign at 24 days while exiling Paxley from the stable. At
NXT Deadline, Dame defeated Paxley due to distraction from The Culling. On January 6, 2026, at
NXT: New Year's Evil, Dame lost to Paxley in a rematch. Later that night, Dame answered
Thea Hail's open challenge for the NXT Women's North American Championship and defeated Hail to win the title, marking the first championship in her career. She would hold the title until
NXT Vengeance Day on March 7, 2026, when she lost it to former stablemate Paxley, making her the second superstar alongside
Stephanie Vaquer to hold both the NXT Women's and North American Championships. == Members ==