Three matches, Karrion Kross segment added to WWE NXT
WWE has made a few more announcements for NXT’s Tuesday debut.
The NXT Tag Team titles will be on the line as MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) defend against Drake Maverick & Killian Dain this Tuesday night. Leon Ruff vs. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott has also been added to the episode, along with an eight-person tag match with The Way (NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano, Austin Theory, Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell) facing Bronson Reed, Dexter Lumis, and NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon.
WWE has also announced that new NXT Champion Karrion Kross (w/ Scarlett) will be kicking off Tuesday’s NXT. Plus, we’ll see footage of what happened after TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night two went off the air following Kyle O’Reilly defeating Adam Cole in their unsanctioned match.
Kross won the NXT Championship by defeating Finn Balor at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night two last week.
On night one of TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, MSK became the NXT Tag Team Champions by defeating The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) and Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) in a triple threat match. The NXT Tag Team titles were vacant going into that match after Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan had to relinquish them last month due to Burch suffering a separated shoulder.
Maverick & Dain became the number one contenders to MSK’s titles by defeating Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) on the TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night two pre-show.
Reed won the Gauntlet Eliminator match at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night one and advanced to challenge for Gargano’s North American Championship at night two, but Gargano defeated Reed to retain his title. Blackheart & Moon retained their NXT Women’s Tag Team titles against LeRae & Hartwell at night two.
Rivals Ruff and Scott were participants in the Gauntlet Eliminator. Scott eliminated Ruff during the match.
Here’s the updated lineup for Tuesday’s NXT:
- New NXT Champion Karrion Kross (w/ Scarlett) will kick off the show
- We’ll hear from new NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez
- Franky Monet debuts (Franky Monet appears to be former Impact Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie’s WWE in-ring name)
- We’ll see footage from what happened after Kyle O’Reilly and Adam Cole’s unsanctioned match at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night two
- Undisputed NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar will issue an open challenge
- New NXT Tag Team Champions MSK defend against Drake Maverick & Killian Dain
- Leon Ruff vs. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
- Eight-person tag match: The Way (NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano, Austin Theory, Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell) vs. Bronson Reed, Dexter Lumis, and NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon
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