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On the June 29 episode of NXT, Grimes challenged Knight for the title at The Great American Bash, which he accepted on the condition that if Grimes lost, he would become Knight's personal butler. [ 110 ] [ 111 ] At The Great American Bash on July 6, Knight retained the title against Grimes, who became Knight's butler per the stipulation. [ 112 ]
In the opening match, LA Knight defended the Million Dollar Championship against his butler Cameron Grimes with a stipulation that Ted DiBiase would become Knight's butler if he won. Grimes tried to win with the Dream Street, but Knight escaped. Knight tried to leave with the title, but DiBiase stopped him and threw the title into the ring.
On December 5, Dupri had her first match in NXT where she and Alpha Academy defeated The Meta-Four in a six-person mixed tag team match. [19] On the December 11 episode of Raw, Dupri faced the Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley in a non-title match where she was conclusively defeated by submission in just over two minutes. [20]
Samoa Joe relinquished the title due to what WWE reported as an unspecified injury; Joe later clarified that the vacancy happened due to him testing positive for COVID-19 as well as the overall directional change of NXT, which saw NXT rebranded as NXT 2.0. [33] [34] [35] 24 Tommaso Ciampa: September 14, 2021: NXT 2.0: Orlando, FL: 2 112: 111
On the May 25 episode of NXT, LA Knight confronted Grimes during the Million Dollar Face-Off segment between Grimes and DiBiase, the latter of whom Knight defended and allied with. [14] The following week, it was announced that a singles match between Grimes and Knight was scheduled for TakeOver: In Your House. [13]
The main event was the men's WarGames match, which saw Team 2.0 (Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, Tony D'Angelo, and Grayson Waller, accompanied by Trick Williams) take on Team Black & Gold (Johnny Gargano, Pete Dunne, LA Knight, and Tommaso Ciampa). Hayes and Gargano began the match. Team 2.0 had the WarGames advantage as Waller entered next.
It is held by first-time champion Oba Femi, who defeated Trick Williams in a triple threat match also involving Eddy Thorpe at NXT: New Year's Evil on January 7, 2025. [19] The secondary title for male wrestlers is the NXT North American Championship. It is held by first-time champion Tony D'Angelo, who defeated Oba Femi on NXT on October 8 ...
On the following episode of NXT, Hayes revealed that he was the one who attacked Williams back in October 2023. [29] After Tony D'Angelo defeated Hayes at NXT: Roadblock, Williams made his return and attacked Hayes. [30] The following week on NXT, Williams challenged Hayes to a match at NXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, which Williams won.