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A Love Her or Lose Her match headlines tonight s episode of NXT.
Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis will face off in tonight s main event. If Lumis wins, he ll be able to date Indi Hartwell. If Gargano wins, Hartwell who has been infatuated with Lumis for months will have to stop pursuing a relationship with Lumis.
The first round of the NXT Breakout Tournament will conclude tonight as Trey Baxter faces off with Joe Gacy. Plus, Bobby Fish vs. Roderick Strong, Hit Row (Top Dolla & Ashante Thee Adonis) vs. Legado del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde), LA Knight & Cameron Grimes vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans, and the in-ring return of Ridge Holland are set for the episode.
WWE has announced two new matches for tonight’s edition of NXT, which will once again air on SyFy due to USA Network’s ongoing coverage of the Tokyo Olympics. Ridge Holland will return to action for the first time since his injury last October, while LA Knight and Cameron Grimes will team up to take on the Grizzled Young Veterans.
Here’s the release from WWE on the matches:
Ridge Holland returns to action tonight
Ridge Holland is back and ready to make a statement.
After shocking the NXT Universe with his return last week by aligning with Pete Dunne & Oney Lorcan and laying waste to Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher, Holland is officially back in action tonight on NXT.
After turning against Raquel Gonzalez last week, Dakota Kai is set to appear on NXT tonight.
WWE has announced that Kai will explain her actions on tonight s episode of NXT. There was an angle on last week s show where Kai turned against Gonzalez and laid her out with a kick. That happened at the end of a segment where Gonzalez and Kai addressed the NXT women s division. Kai said Gonzalez would always be NXT Women s Champion as long as Kai had her back.
Kai is expected to challenge for Gonzalez s NXT Women s Championship at NXT TakeOver 36 on Sunday, August 22. That match has yet to be officially announced.