Top Raw Superstar Dolph Ziggler is set to make his in-ring debut, next week on WWE NXT. Several matches have been announced for the February 22 edition on the USA Network and the former world champion has been added to the card.
Ziggler has been involved in a feud with Ciampa and the current WWE NXT Champion Bron Breakker for the past couple of weeks. After getting physical with Ciampa on this past episode of RAW, Ziggler attacked Bron during this week’s Vengeance Day main event where Bron took on Santos Escobar.
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Ciampa attacked Ziggler and brawled with him to the back while Breakker hit his finishing maneuver on Escobar to get the pinfall win. WWE later confirmed Ziggler vs. Ciampa for next week’s show while a three-way WWE NXT title match featuring the champion, Ciampa and Ziggler is also being teased in the near future.
The much-anticipated matchup between LA Knight and Grayson Waller will also take place on WWE NXT February 22 episode. Waller and his bodyguard Sanga tried to arrest Knight with the police as he violated his restraining order, last week. But the officials determined that it was Waller who violated the order first. Hence, police left without arresting LA. Sanga tried to take out LA but he was pushed out of the ring. Afterward, LA vs. Waller was announced.
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Newbie WWE NXT Superstar, Nikkita Lyons will also make her in-ring debut, next week. She was previously known as Faith Jeffries and Faith The Lioness around the indie scene over whom WWE has been airing some recent vignettes to promote the arrival.
Nikkita apparently plays a character of a daughter to parents who were in the entertainment industry whereas she has a background in MMA and dancing/rapping. While her opponent is yet to be announced, it was noted in her promo that she is coming with a knockout blow in the ring. She also sent a warning to WWE NXT female locker room by saying that “a whole lotta woman who is ready to do a whole lotta whooping.”
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The first round of the 2022 WWE NXT Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will also begin, next week, but nothing regarding the teams and matches have been confirmed.
