New match announced for WWE NXT show in New York

WWE NXT is airing live from New York City next week, and they’ll be presenting a very big match—literally. 

After their confrontation in Houston last week, Jasper Troy and Keanu Carver will be meeting one-on-one in Manhattan. The two have a combined weight of 630 pounds.

Trouble started between the two during NXT’s Booker T Appreciation Night ceremony. Carver crashed the affair, laying out several of Booker’s trainees and threatening the man himself. Troy then hit the ring to defend his mentor on Legends & Future Greats and sent Troy packing. 

Troy first signed with WWE in August of 2022. Under Booker T’s watch, he won the first season of LFG, defeating Shiloh Hill in the finals. He joined the NXT roster full-time last May. He unsuccessfully challenged Oba Femi for the NXT Championship, but went on to defeat El Grande Americano (the second version) for the Speed Championship. He lost that title to Elio LeFleur last month. 

Carver signed with WWE in late 2023 and spent most of his time since then competing on Evolve and Level Up. He officially joined the NXT brand in January of this year. Though he never appeared on LFG, the WWE released footage of him arguing with Booker T, with the story being that Booker had him kicked off the show. 

It’s a match between two former Division I football linemen—Troy played on offense for Kansas and Northern Iowa, while Carver played defense for Temple.

NXT airs from the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, March 31. Tickets are available here.