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.
Tonight’s episode of
WWE NXT is presented from the WWE Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida. If you missed the most recent episode on July 27th, you can catch up on those results here.
Quick Results:
Ridge Holland defeated Ikemen Jiro
Roderick Strong defeated Bobby Fish
Grizzled Young Veterans defeated L.A Knight & Cameron Grimes
Trey Baxter defeated Joe Gacy
Johnny Gargano defeated Dexter Lumis
Hit Row (Ashante “Thee” Adonis & “Top Dolla”) w/ Isaiah “Swerve” Scottt & B-FAB vs Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) w/ Santos Escobar:
As soon as the bell rings the four men in the match brawl inside the ring. Hit Row clears the ring, and it’ll be Adonis facing off against Mendoza. Adonis repeatedly Irish-whips Mendoza from one corner to the other. Heading to the top rope, he misses a cross body allowing Mendoza to tag Joaquin Wilde into the match. Adonis lays out Wilde with a neckbreaker, before tagging in Top Dolla. Top Dolla immediately l
The NXT Breakout Tournament is down to its final four wrestlers.
Trey Baxter defeated Joe Gacy on tonight s NXT to advance to the semifinals of the Breakout Tournament. Odyssey Jones will be Baxter s opponent in the next round.
Duke Hudson vs. Carmelo Hayes is the Breakout Tournament s other semifinal match. The winner of that match will advance to face the winner of Jones vs. Baxter in the finals. WWE hasn t announced when the finals will be taking place.
Jones advanced to the semifinals by defeating Andre Chase in the first round. Hudson defeated Ikemen Jiro in the first round, while Hayes defeated Josh Briggs.
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.