Preview by Josh Nason The Bruiserweight will become the next in line to try and dethrone NXT Champion Finn Balor in the main event of Sunday s NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day on the WWE Network.
Pete Dunne will be looking to hand Balor his first singles loss since August 12th (Velveteen Dream) while the champion will be gunning for the third defense of the title he won in September by defeating Adam Cole at Super Tuesday II.
In other action, NXT Women s Champion Io Shirai will defend against both Mercedes Martinez and Toni Storm in a triple threat; Johnny Gargano will defend the NXT North American title against Kushida in a highly anticipated match, and both the men s and women s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournaments will conclude as the Grizzled Young Veterans will face MSK while Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez will take on Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart, respectively.
Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai defeated Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon on Sunday at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day to win the first-ever women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Gonzalez tossed Moon onto the entrance ramp and then threw her to the floor..
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WWE Signs Former Impact World Champion, Appears at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
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WWE has signed former Impact World Champion Eli Drake to a contract, according to a report from PWInsider. Drake originally signed with WWE as a Performance Center trainee back in 2013 under the name Slate Randall, but was used primarily as a jobber until he was released from his contract in August 2014. He then developed a following in Impact Wrestling, working for the promotion from 2015-19 and holding Impact World, Impact World Tag Team and TNA King of the Mountain Championships once apiece.
He made the jump to the National Wrestling Alliance in 2019 and won the NWA World Tag Team Championships with James Storm in January 2020. The pair lost the titles in November and Drake was quietly released from the company.
NXT TakeOver Vengeance Day features the anticipated finals matches for both the Women s and Men s Dusty Cup, and while we are still waiting for one of the winning teams to be crowned, we know the winners of the Women s finals already. It was Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez that took the win, and [.]