{"id":71286,"date":"2020-06-25T04:38:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T08:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=71286"},"modified":"2020-06-25T04:38:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T08:38:56","slug":"great-american-bash-returns-nxt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/06\/25\/great-american-bash-returns-nxt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great American Bash Returns For Special NXT Two-Week Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In somewhat an out of nowhere announcement, it was announced during the NXT broadcast that next week&#8217;s edition see the return of <em><strong>The Great American Bash<\/strong><\/em>, beginning a two-week special event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GreatAmericanBash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GreatAmericanBash<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a> next week! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTGAB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTGAB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EkvGmardY5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/EkvGmardY5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1275980450394144768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This will be the first event including <em>The Great American Bash<\/em> name since 2009, when WWE held <em><strong>The Bash<\/strong><\/em> on June 28 live on PPV.<\/p>\n<p>The name originally stems from the <strong>National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)<\/strong>, as the inaugural show happened all the way back in 1985. The main event of that one saw <strong>Tully Blanchard<\/strong> defend the NWA World Television Championship against <strong>Dusty Rhodes<\/strong> inside a Steel Cage. WCW carried on with the name before eventually closing down, and WWE used it as a PPV until 2009.<\/p>\n<p>35 years after the first event, it will be resurrected in a whole different way. Night one of the NXT two-night event will see the No. 1 contenders match for <strong>Io Shirai<\/strong>&#8216;s NXT Women&#8217;s Championship between <strong>Tegan Nox<\/strong>, <strong>Mia Yim<\/strong>,<strong> Candice LeRae<\/strong>, and <strong>Dakota Kai<\/strong> plus NXT&#8217;s first-ever strap match between <strong>Dexter Lumis<\/strong> and <strong>Roderick Strong<\/strong>, as well as <strong>Rhea Ripley<\/strong> facing off against <strong>Aliyah<\/strong>, and <strong>Robert Stone<\/strong> in a handicap match.<\/p>\n<p>Night two will see the first-ever Winner-Take-All match in NXT history as <strong>Adam Cole<\/strong> will put his NXT Championship on the line and Keith Lee puts his NXT North American Champion on the line after successfully defending it against <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong> and<strong> Johnny Gargano<\/strong> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>This special event is set to compete against AEW&#8217;s two-night event, <em><strong>Fyter Fest<\/strong><\/em>, which also begins next week.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>More From LWOPW<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\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.\u00a0 WWE fan? You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE and NXT content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In somewhat an out of nowhere announcement, it was announced during the NXT broadcast that next week&#8217;s edition see the return of The Great American Bash, beginning a two-week special event. 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