{"id":126072,"date":"2024-08-20T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=126072"},"modified":"2024-08-20T05:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T09:09:28","slug":"preview-wwe-nxt-8-20-24-championship-eliminator-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/08\/20\/preview-wwe-nxt-8-20-24-championship-eliminator-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE NXT (8\/20\/24) &#8211; Championship Eliminator Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s episode of\u00a0<em><strong>WWE NXT<\/strong><\/em> moves the build towards the <em><strong>No Mercy<\/strong><\/em> PLE into high gear. This week&#8217;s show focuses primarily on the matches we could see at <em>NXT No Mercy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is all you need to know ahead of the August 20 <em>NXT<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>WWE NXT Full Match Card:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>WWE NXT Championship Eliminator Match: Wes Lee vs. Joe Hendry vs. Pete Dunne<\/li>\n<li>WWE NXT Women&#8217;s Championship Six-Woman Gauntlet Eliminator Match: Wren Sinclair vs. Adrianna Rizzo vs. Sol Ruca vs. Jaida Parker vs. Kendal Grey vs. Karmen Petrovic<\/li>\n<li>Tag Team Match: Hank Walker &amp; Tank Ledger vs. Luke Gallows &amp; Karl Anderson<\/li>\n<li>Singles Match: Lola Vice vs. Wendy Choo<\/li>\n<li>Singles Match: Dion Lennox vs. Ashante &#8216;Thee&#8217; Adonis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>WWE NXT Championship Eliminator<\/h3>\n<p>The August 20 edition of <em>NXT<\/em> will feature an NXT Championship eliminator match. The title is currently held by <strong>Ethan Page<\/strong>, who has dared any of these three men to step up to him on September 1st.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pete Dunne<\/strong>, <strong>Joe Hendry<\/strong>, and <strong>Wes Lee<\/strong> all have their motivations to get the title. On August 20, it will come down to who wants it more, and who is willing to do whatever it takes to get to the gold.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, expect Page to be watching this match closely, as his next challenger will be one of the three Superstars.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pete Dunne, Joe Hendry and Wes Lee get in a massive fight: NXT highlights, Aug. 13, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QNMxyfn-3Zo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>WWE NXT Women&#8217;s Contender Determined By Gauntlet Eliminator<\/h3>\n<p><em>NXT<\/em> General Manager <strong>Ava<\/strong> recently announced a gauntlet eliminator match to determine the next challenger for <strong>Roxanne Perez<\/strong>. Having won the NXT Women&#8217;s Championship at <em><strong>Stand &amp; Deliver<\/strong><\/em> on Saturday, April 6, Perez has ruled over the women&#8217;s division for over 136 days.<\/p>\n<p>On August 20, six Superstars step into the ring for a chance to be next to challenge Perez&#8217;s reign. Namely, these six will consist of <strong>Wren Sinclair<\/strong>, <strong>Adrianna Rizzo<\/strong>, <strong>Sol Ruca<\/strong>, <strong>Jaida Parker<\/strong>, <strong>Kendal Grey<\/strong>, and <strong>Karmen Petrovic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The women of <em>NXT<\/em> have been known to bring it when it comes to these types of matches and, with a title opportunity on the line, nothing less should be expected here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With some help from <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrStoneWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MrStoneWWE<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevieTurnerWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@StevieTurnerWWE<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avawwe_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@avawwe_<\/a> announces a Gauntlet Eliminator Match to determine <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roxanne_wwe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@roxanne_wwe<\/a>&#39;s opponent at <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTNoMercy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTNoMercy<\/a>. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kLoAw2VsBC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/kLoAw2VsBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1824959394271903854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s episode of\u00a0WWE NXT moves the build towards the No Mercy PLE into high gear. This week&#8217;s show focuses primarily on the matches we could see at NXT No Mercy. Here is all you need to know ahead of the August 20 NXT. WWE NXT Full Match Card: WWE NXT Championship Eliminator Match: Wes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4545,"featured_media":126495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,4,5,3],"tags":[8985,8888,246,8686,8986,536,8820,7262,8894,47,1251],"class_list":["post-126072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-nxt","category-wwe-universe","tag-adrianna-rizzo","tag-jaida-parker","tag-joe-hendry","tag-karmen-petrovic","tag-kendal-grey","tag-pete-dunne","tag-sol-ruca","tag-wes-lee","tag-wren-sinclair","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-nxt"],"modified_by":"Chinyere Okafor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4545"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}