NXT celebrates Memorial Day weekend with its Battleground special taking place in Lowell, Massachusetts tonight.
In his home state, Carmelo Hayes puts the NXT Championship on the line against Bron Breakker. It’s a rematch from Stand & Deliver, but things are a bit different this time around. Breakker turned heel after losing the NXT Championship to Hayes and has his sights set on winning the title back.
A new NXT Women’s Champion will be crowned tonight as Tiffany Stratton faces Lyra Valkyria in the finals of a tournament. The title was vacated by Indi Hartwell earlier this month.
Three other title matches are part of the Battleground card. Wes Lee defends the North American Championship in a triple threat match against Joe Gacy and Tyler Bate. The Creed Brothers challenge Gallus for the NXT Tag Team titles. And Noam Dar puts his Heritage Cup trophy up for grabs against Dragon Lee.
Plus, Ilja Dragunov battles Dijak in a Last Man Standing match.
Tonight’s show streams live on Peacock starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time. There will also be a 30-minute pre-show.
The pre-show is a canned 30-minute preview hosted by Megan Morant, Matt Camp and Sam Roberts. Done in a studio with the co-hosts standing behind a desk, it begins like a glorified control center segment.
Morant throws it to McKenzie Mitchell, who is in Lowell, MA at the Tsongas Center. She pitches to a video package hyping Ilja Dragunov against Dijak in a grudge match that involves assault and kidnapping. Back in the studio, the pundits discuss.
The finals of the NXT Women’s Championship tournament gets some hype, ahead of Tiffany Stratton facing Lyra Valkyria to decide the next women’s champ. Both Stratton and Valkyria get hype videos.
A great video package breaks down the rules for the Heritage Cup title bout tonight as Noam Dar defends against Dragon Lee. This is the first defense of the Heritage Cup on United States soil.
In a backstage skit, Dar tries to recruit Oro Mensah as Dar’s second to be in his corner. Mensah says he will think about, and a fretting Dar cradled his trophy, clearly worried about losing his Heritage Cup.
Some hype for the triple threat match for the NXT North American Championship, and the pre-show concludes with a video package hyping the main event for the NXT Championship.
Minutes away from NXT Battleground.
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