In two weeks’ time, WWE NXT will present its next themed episode in NXT Spring Breakin’ 2023 edition. But before that night, another episode from NXT’s third brand will be airing, next week which also contains two huge title match encounters over the mid-card championship belts.
The April 18 episode of WWE NXT will feature an NXT North American Championship match where the champion Wes Lee will defend his title against Charlie Dempsey. The challenger in this match is the son of pro wrestling legend and former long-time NXT General Manager, William Regal. He receives his first title shot of his career in a matchup which is also a first-time-ever match lineup.
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Dempsey has been signed with the WWE since January 29, 2021. At that time, he was a roster member of the NXT UK brand who later made his WWE debut later under the ring name Bailey Mathews. Then in September 2021, he was repackaged as Charlie Dempsey.
Lee has been the WWE NXT North American Champion since he won the then-vacant title in a fatal-5-way ladder match at the 2022 Halloween Havoc event. His latest championship defense on weekly TV went down on the April 4 episode against Axiom. Afterward, he successfully defended it in a fatal-5-way match at Stand & Deliver on April 1.
WWE NXT Tag Team Titles to be on the line on April 18
The second title match announced for next week’s WWE NXT will see NXT Tag Team Champions Gallus, the duo of Mark Coffey and Wolfgang, defending their titles in a triple threat against The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed) and The Dyad (Jagger Reid and Rip Fowler).
Coffey and Wolfgang are the reigning WWE NXT Tag Team Champions since February when they defeated former champions The New Day – Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods, Elton Prince & Kit Wilson, and Andre Chase & Duke Hudson at NXT Vengeance Day in a fatal-4-way.
In addition to these matches, former WWE NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez also returns to competition after dropping her belt to India Hartwell. Perez will compete in a match against Zoey Start, next week. Perez dropped the title at NXT Stand & Deliver in a Ladder Match featuring five more competitors.