WWE NXT is live tonight from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.
Scheduled for tonight’s show are four matches. The first will be a #1 Contender’s Battle Royal for the NXT Women’s Championship. Bianca Belair, Candice LeRae, Chelsea Green, Dakota Kai, Vanessa Borne, Kayden Carter, Mia Yim, Santana Garrett, Io Shirai, Shotzi Blackheart, Xia Li, and new signee Mercedes Martinez will all participate. The winner will face Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women’s Championship next Wednesday on WWE NXT.
Also scheduled for tonight is the continuation of the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. KUSHIDA and Alex Shelley will reunite to take on NXT UK’s Grizzled Young Veterans in a first round match. This will be Shelley’s first televised match in WWE. The second first round match will see Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne take on Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews of NXT UK.
Also advertised for the show is a triple threat match with Lio Rush, Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, and Tyler Breeze with the winner entering into the Fatal 4-Way match for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship at WWE Worlds Collide. WWE.com is also promoting there will be some fallout from the Undisputed ERA attacking Imperium at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II on Sunday.
We will have live coverage of NXT tonight at 8:00 p.m Eastern/7:00 Central.