Fresh off her victory from WWE NXT Battleground, all eyes were on Tiffany Stratton, this past Tuesday night, the champion hosted a Tiffybration to begin her title reign with a bang. Stratton also invited the entire women’s division down to ringside to join her and get blasted by her in a heel promo segment.
It was during this segment that Stratton also revealed how her first title challenger would be decided. She announced that WWE NXT will host a battle royal, next week to determine the top contender for her newly won NXT Women’s Championship. 17 women are being advertised to participate in the match including some big NXT residents like Roxanne Perez, Cora Jade, Gigi Dolin, and Jacy Jayne.
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Former MMA performer to debut on NXT
The released graphic for the June 6 WWE NXT battle royal also essentially confirms that four of the talents will make their in-ring debuts on the show. Former MMA fighter Valerie Loureda, now going by the name of Lola Vice, is one of the notable names who makes her debut.
Back in June 2022, she got signed with the WWE who went on to make her live event in-ring debut in November. Besides, the house show outing, Vice has competed in six matches on the WWE NXT Level Up show which airs on Peacock. Vice has also been seen teaming up with Elektra Lopez.
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Jakara Jackson came to the news after she appeared at WWE NXT Battleground to join Noam Dar’s new faction alongside Lash Legend and Oro Mensah. She also had competed in multiple matches on Level Up since October, but now she’s set to make a splash on the mainstay NXT scene through this battle royal.
Another name added to the melee is Brooklyn Barlow who recently returned from an injury at a WWE NXT house show. She previously participated in four matches at Level Up in 2022 against the likes of Ivy Nile, Kiana James, and Thea Hail until her injury happened.
The fourth debuting competitor in the match will be Kelani Jordan who recently teamed with Wendy Choo on the May 19 episode of Level Up to pick up a win over the team of Vice and Lopez. The winner of the battle royal will get a title shot for the WWE NXT Women’s Championship but WWE is yet to announce the time and place for the match.
