William Regal, the general manager of WWE NXT has announced a big main event for next Tuesday’s NXT episode on the USA Network. This match will see NXT Champion Karrion Kross defending his title against Johnny Gargano in a singles contest. Regal’s associate, Samoa Joe will be serving as the special guest referee of the match that makes sense in terms of storylines.
Kross and Gargano have been involved in a feud for the past several weeks where they have beat each other down on several occasions. Samoa Joe and his security team had to separate these two, almost every time. On this week’s NXT Great American Bash 2021 special, Regal and Joe hosted a face-off segment between Kross and Gargano which was already announced for the show.
The WWE NXT Championship match was made official during this segment as Regal didn’t want them to fight at backstage areas of parking lots, anymore. Kross mentioned during this segment that he thinks of three things when he wakes up every day – never lose the NXT Title, main event WrestleMania, and one day become the WWE Champion.
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Per the reports, Kross has worked several RAW and SmackDown dark matches, as of late since WWE officials wanted to get a better look at him. He and former NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed performed in a recent episode of Main Event, as well. During the next edition of Draft, he is rumored for a main roster call-up from WWE NXT. His manager cum real-life girlfriend Scarlett is also expected to get the call-up.
The eight competitors for the 2021 WWE NXT Breakout Tournament have also been announced as the tourney will go down from next week. During NXT Great American Bash special it was announced that the following newcomers will be participating in the tournament – Trey Baxter, Carmelo Hayes, Andre Chase, Josh Briggs, Ikemen Jiro, Joe Gacy, Odyssey Jones, Duke Hudson.
The tournament begins next Tuesday night with Jiro vs. Hudson going down on the USA Network. Last Friday’s WWE 205 Live episode saw Gacy defeat Desmond Troy to qualify for the tournament, while Chase defeated Guru Raaj to qualify. This tournament didn’t take place while the inaugural and only edition takes place in 2019.
