WWE has announced that NXT Tag Team Champions MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) will face Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) in a non-title match on tonight s episode of NXT.
On NXT two weeks ago, MSK & NXT Cruiserweight Champion Kushida lost a six-man tag match to Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde). Kushida is defending his Cruiserweight title against Escobar in a two-out-of-three falls match on tonight s NXT.
Mendoza pinned Carter to win the six-man tag match. On last week s show, Mendoza & Wilde cut a promo saying that they want a title match against MSK.
MSK have been NXT Tag Team Champions since defeating The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) and Mendoza & Wilde in a triple threat match at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver last month. The titles were vacant going into that match.
Three matches have been added to the card for next week s NXT episode.
- The NXT Cruiserweight Championship will be on the line as Kushida defends against Santos Escobar in a two-out-of-three falls match on NXT next Tuesday. Kushida became champion by answering Escobar s open challenge three weeks ago and defeating him to win the title.
On last week s NXT, Legado del Fantasma (Escobar, Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) defeated Kushida & NXT Tag Team Champions MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) in a six-man tag match. That match was set up when MSK saved Kushida from an attack by Legado del Fantasma the previous week. The attack happened after Kushida issued his own open challenge and defeated Oney Lorcan to retain the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.
Finn Balor returns to NXT tonight for the first time since losing the NXT Championship at TakeOver: Stand & Deliver.
At last month s TakeOver event: Karrion Kross defeated Balor to become NXT Champion. Tonight, Balor will speak on NXT TV for the first time since that loss.
Two stipulation matches are also set for tonight s show. The NXT Women s Tag Team titles will be on the line in a street fight as champions Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon defend against The Way s Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell, while Leon Ruff and Isaiah Swerve Scott will look to settle their rivalry in a falls count anywhere match.
Three matches have been made official for next week s episode of NXT.
Bronson Reed vs. Austin Theory will take place on NXT next Tuesday. if Reed wins, he ll get a future shot at Johnny Gargano s NXT North American Championship.
Mercedes Martinez vs. Dakota Kai and a six-man tag with Kushida & MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) facing Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) are the other two matches that have been announced for next Tuesday s NXT.
Reed won the Gauntlet Eliminator match at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver night one earlier this month and advanced to challenge for Gargano s North American title on night two, but Gargano defeated him to retain. Reed confronted Gargano on NXT tonight and said he still has his eyes on Gargano s title. Gargano told Reed to get to the back of the line, but Theory said he already talked to NXT general manager William Regal and Regal said the only way Reed will get another title shot is if he defeats Theory.
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TakeOver: Stand & Deliver event, streaming on Peacock.
The brand’s 34th TakeOver got started last night with six matches (read our recap & reactions to Night One
here), and continues tonight with four title bouts and a fight so General Manager William Regal washed his hands of the whole thing.
TakeOver: Stand & Deliver
here. Now let’s get you up to speed on the five matches on tap for Thursday night, and our big question for each one.