{"id":76544,"date":"2020-09-23T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=76544"},"modified":"2020-09-23T02:22:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T06:22:32","slug":"preview-wwe-nxt-9-23-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/09\/23\/preview-wwe-nxt-9-23-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE &#8212; NXT (9\/23\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NXT is all about the opportunity this week as the No. 1 contender for the NXT Championship and NXT Women&#8217;s Championship will be named ahead of <em><strong>NXT TakeOver<\/strong><\/em> in two weeks. Here&#8217;s the preview for the card.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>NXT Championship No. 1 Contender Gauntlet Eliminator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wednesday&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GauntletEliminator?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GauntletEliminator<\/a> Match on The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a> Take Off to TakeOver just became COLOSSAL! <\/p>\n<p>@bronsonreedwwe is the final entrant! <\/p>\n<p>@KUSHIDA_0904 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KORcombat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KORcombat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGrimesWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CGrimesWWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TimothyThatcher?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TimothyThatcher<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k2N6GFencg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/k2N6GFencg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1308121456589574154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first-time ever Gauntlet Eliminator match will go down on Wednesday night to find <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong>&#8216;s first opponent for his NXT Championship. Five competitors get a shot to earn their first NXT Championship opportunity of their careers. <strong>KUSHIDA<\/strong> has long awaited a shot like this, as has <strong>Kyle O&#8217;Reilly<\/strong> who seems to be breaking off from the <strong>Undisputed Era<\/strong> for a little singles run of his own. <strong>Timothy Thatcher<\/strong> is looking to redeem his loss against Damian Priest last week, &#8220;The Colossal&#8221; <strong>Bronson Reed<\/strong> looks to continue his hot streak, and <strong>Cameron Grimes<\/strong> will try to go &#8220;straight to the moon&#8221; with a massive win with the hope of facing Finn Balor for the third time.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>NXT Women&#8217;s Championship No. 1 Contender Battle Royal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/mhqX0Dh.jpg\" alt=\"NXT Battle Royal\" width=\"1470\" height=\"827\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NXT is giving everyone one of their talented women a chance to earn a spot to face <strong>Io Shirai<\/strong> at <em>NXT TakeOver<\/em>. <strong>Rhea Ripley<\/strong> will be the massive favorite going in with plenty of feuds being involved as well. <strong>Tegan Nox<\/strong> and <strong>Candice LeRae<\/strong> will be at each other&#8217;s necks,<strong> Dakota Kai<\/strong> and<strong> Reina Gonzalez<\/strong> could team up to eliminate the competition, and <strong>Shotzi Blackheart<\/strong> will try and build off her awesome match against Shirai last week. Safe money is on Ripley, who has yet to face Shirai since she won the championship.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jake Atlas vs. Tommaso Ciampa<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/3FtjySq.jpg\" alt=\"NXT Atlas Ciampa\" width=\"1470\" height=\"827\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jake Atlas<\/strong> is looking to get payback following <strong>Tommaso Ciampa<\/strong>&#8216;s continuous attacks on him in recent weeks. Ciampa returned with his vintage persona of &#8220;Psycho Killer&#8221; and made Atlas pay in his first showing. While Atlas is good and it&#8217;s great to see him get some shine, Ciampa could deliver another message to the rest of NXT with Atlas once again.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>More From LWOPW<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">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.\u00a0WWE fan? You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NXT is all about the opportunity this week as the No. 1 contender for the NXT Championship and NXT Women&#8217;s Championship will be named ahead of NXT TakeOver in two weeks. Here&#8217;s the preview for the card. 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