As she enters free agency, Bea Priestley — former WWE wrestler Blair Davenport — is looking forward to having the freedom to make her own schedule.
Priestley was released by WWE in February and officially became a free agent this week. In an interview with Cultaholic, Priestley said that, while she’d be open to having conversations with AEW, she would like to take a little bit of time to do her own thing right now.
“Definitely now with Toni [Storm], everyone knows how close me and Toni are. We’re like sisters at this point. She lives in Orlando as well, we see each other fairly often. But I’m also along the lines of — I’m definitely open to having conversations but I do also want a little bit of time just to do my own thing because I’ve just come out of a contract where it’s like you have an app [with your schedule]. If you’ve got a dot on this day, you have to be there, you have to show up,” Priestley said. “If you’re sore from the gym or you’ve had a hard match and they book you the next day, you can’t say you don’t feel like it. You have to go do it even when you don’t feel 100 percent or you don’t particularly feel wanting to do it. You just have to.
“So I kind of just want to be able to take things that I want to do and do it because I’m looking forward to it or enjoying it rather than doing it because someone else is telling me to…Even WWE, I was very happy like, ‘Tell me what to do. I’m more than happy to do whatever.’ I’m not one of those people who is like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to lose.'”
Priestely spent nearly four years with WWE, starting in NXT UK before moving to NXT and then the main roster. Her last match before being released took place on SmackDown in November 2024, losing in a Women’s United States title tournament match.
Priestley told Cultaholic that she does want to face Toni Storm again.
“I’m just generally excited, say if there’s an opponent who I really want to wrestle that I can push that and get excited to wrestle someone who I’ve always wanted to and never had the chance to, or have another match with someone who I really enjoyed wrestling in the past. I’m looking forward to taking on my own stuff for a little bit and then maybe after I’ve done that, maybe I’ll push a little bit harder,” she said. “But I know Toni really wants to wrestle me so we’re hoping it’s going to happen someday.”
Later when someone in the chat was upset over her release, Davenport again said it was just part of the job, mentioning some of her friends in NXT including Lyra Valkyria, Cora Jade, Tiffany Stratton, and Giulia.
“You’ll definitely still see me wrestle somewhere or other, so yes, don’t worry. I’m not going to disappear forever.”
Davenport was featured in NXT UK and later was a part of NXT itself until she was moved up to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2024 WWE Draft. However, she only appeared a few times on television before ultimately disappearing.
PWInsider and Fightful are reporting that AOP (Rezar & Akam), Paul Ellering, and Blair Davenport have been released by WWE. Both also report that Sonya Deville’s contract with the company is not being renewed and will become a free agent in a few weeks.
Earlier on Friday, Cedric Alexander announced on social media that he had been released from WWE, and would become a free agent in 90 days.
After being released by WWE in 2020, AOP were re-signed in 2022 but were not brought back to television until 2023, when they returned with their NXT manager Paul Ellering. They joined forces with Karrion Kross and Scarlett to form The Final Testament. The highlight of their run was at WrestleMania XL, where they lost to Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits in a Philadelphia Street Fight.
Sonya Deville had been with WWE since 2015 following her performance on that year’s Tough Enough. She is a one time Women’s Tag Team Champion with Chelsea Green, although she later had to vacate the title due to injury. Upon her return last May, she formed the Pure Fusion Collective stable with Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark.
Davenport was called up to the main roster in 2024 as part of that year’s WWE Draft but was only used sparingly, last wrestling on television in November.
More NXT stars were called up during the second night of the WWE Draft.
During Raw, it was announced that Ilja Dragunov and Lyra Valkyria would be heading to Raw, while Blair Davenport will now be a part of the SmackDown brand. On social media, Dijak was announced as the newest member of the Raw roster.
EXCLUSIVE: The #WWEDraft isn't over just yet! Which #WWENXT Superstar just got drafted to #WWERaw?
SmackDown this past Friday had Carmelo Hayes and Baron Corbin were drafted to SmackDown, while Kiana James was called up to Raw. Cody Rhodes defeated Hayes in the main event.
Dragunov is a former NXT Champion, losing the title to Trick Williams on last week’s NXT, the first night of Spring Breakin’. Valkyria is a former NXT Women’s Champion, having lost the title recently to Roxanne Perez at NXT Stand & Deliver during WrestleMania weekend.
This will be Dijak’s second run on the main roster after first being called up as part of the group Retribution in 2020 under the name T-Bar. After the group disbanded, he remained on the main roster until 2022, when he returned to NXT under the name Dijak.
WWE has added a new match to the lineup for Tuesday’s NXT.
Blair Davenport vs. Karmen Petrovic is now scheduled for the show.
The match comes one week after Petrovic eliminated Davenport from the #1 Contenders battle royal. After being eliminated, Davenport dragged Petrovic to the outside and delivered a knee strike before rolling her back in the ring. Arianna Grace eliminated Petrovic shortly after.
After what went down during last week's Battle Royal, @karmen_wwe and @BDavenportWWE will go one-on-one THIS TUESDAY on #WWENXT!
Davenport is coming off a win over Nikkita Lyons on January 9 and a loss to NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyrie at New Year’s Evil. Petrovic has dropped three singles matches in a row on NXT programming, to Lola Vice, Grace, and Cora Jade.
WWE NXT lineup for Tuesday, January 23, 2024:
Vengeance Day WWE NXT Women’s Championship match contract signing with Lyra Valkyria & Roxanne Perez
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic semifinal: Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin vs. Nathan Frazer & Axiom
Blair Davenport will meet Nikkita Lyons on Tuesday’s show. This past Tuesday, Lyons confronted Davenport after she came up short in the NXT Women’s title match, losing to Lyra Valkyria. The two exchanged words and nearly came to blows before they were escorted away by backstage personnel.
Lyons was out of action for 10 months in storyline after being taken out by Davenport in a backstage attack. It was eventually revealed that Davenport was behind a string of backstage attacks, putting people such as Sol Ruca and Wendy Choo out of action. In reality, Lyons was out recovering from a torn ACL. She made her return last month and has targeted Davenport ever since.
The announced lineup for the Tuesday, January 9 WWE NXT:
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic begins
NXT Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo & Stacks Lorenzo defend against OTM’s Bronco Nima & Lucien Price
WWE’s New Year’s Knockout Week continues tonight with a special episode of NXT.
TTwo championship matches headline NXT New Year’s Evil 2024. Trick Williams and Blair Davenport are getting the title shots that they earned by winning the Iron Survivor Challenge matches at NXT Deadline. Williams is challenging Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Championship. Davenport is facing Lyra Valkyria with the NXT Women’s Championship on the line.
A grudge match between Tiffany Stratton and Fallon Henley will go down tonight. If Stratton wins, Henley has to become her servant for a day. If Henley wins, Stratton will need to spend 24 hours working as a ranch hand for Henley.
The winner of the Men’s Breakout Tournament will be crowned when Riley Osborne and Oba Femi face off tonight.
With Dragon Lee unable to appear due to visa issues, Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro will have a mystery partner against the No Quarter Catch Crew (Drew Gulak, Damon Kemp & Myles Borne). Roxanne Perez vs. Arianna Grace is also set.
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The show begins with a video package highlighting tonight’s supercard. The first of two title matches opens the show, which is live from a sound stage at the Performance Center in Orlando.
The first 30 minutes is commercial free. That is special, but the setting itself is run-of-the-mill. Special graphics on the video screen aside, this looks like any other episode of NXT from the PC.
NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria defeated Blair Davenport to retain her title
Valkyria pinned Davenport after a Michinoku Driver/fireman’s carry combo finisher. Seemed very snug at times, like they were beating the heck out of each other.
In setting up the finish, Davenport executes an avalanche Falcon Arrow off the top, but Valkyria rolls outside the ring before Davenport can cover her. Davenport goes outside after Valkyria, and Davenport is tossing her around near the announce desk. Davenport goes for a knee strike, Valkyria moves, and Davenport strikes the desk. Davenport sells her knee after she broke a hole in the desk.
Back in the ring, Davenport goes for a suplex, but her knee gives out. She goes for a double stomp, after delivering one earlier in the match. No water in the pool this time around. Davenport lands on the mat, and sells her knee. Valkyria boots her in the face, and Valkyria executes a finisher. One, two, three, and Valkyria retains via pinfall.
Lola Vice ran down to ringside with her contract she recently earned. The gimmick is the contract is like Money in the Bank, and it can be cashed it at any time. Vice is about to cash in when Tatum Paxley jumps out from the front row to attack Vice. In runs Elektra Lopez to back up Vice, and she brawls with Paxley. Valkyria makes a save, and there is a brawl at ringside. Seems to set up a tag match with Valkyria teaming with Paxley for sometime soon.
A crawler at the bottom of the TV screen during the last match promised breaking news, and it involved the men’s NXT Championship match scheduled for the show. NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov is not cleared to compete, so they title bout for later tonight is reportedly off.
In another change to the advertised card, Dragon Lee is having some of sort of issue with his visa. Therefore, Dragon Lee is missing the show. He is replaced by Carlito in a trios match that is up next.
LWO (Carlito, Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro) defeated No Quarter Catch Crew (Drew Gulak, Damon Kemp & Myles Borne) in a six-man tag team match
Kemp drops the fall for his team, after he is pinned by Del Toro.
Wilde does a wild dive to the outside, where Carlito and Del Toro help by launching him off the middle rope. Wilde is soon cut off, and the heels work him over. That builds to a hot tag, where Carlito tags in and cleans house.
Wildes wipes out Gulak and Borne, after a corkscrew senton off the top to the floor. Kemp goes for an O’Connor roll on Carlito, not realizing there was a blind tag. Kemp takes a backstabber from Carlito, and Del Toro follows up with a Phoenix Splash. Del Toro then scores a pinfall on Kemp. Playing into his gimmick, Carlito spits an apple in Gulak’s face after the match.
Grayon Waller returns to NXT when he interrupts an interview with Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes. Hayes hypes up Trick, before Hayes promises that Williams will put up his title shot tonight in a match against Waller. Trick is not happy with Hayes, but Waller accepts the challenge nonetheless.
Riley Osborne is featured in a vignette from Chase U. In the skit, Osborne recites and essay he is writing about his match later tonight.
Arianna Grace defeated Roxanne Perez via a reversed decision
Perez attacks Grace after the match, and the referee reverses his decision. That awards the match to Grace, despite Perez scoring a pinfall. Perez teases a heel turn, or something like that.
Perez pinned Grace after Pop Rox (Code Red). Grace got some offense with some heel tactics, as she worked over Perez. Eventually, Perez hulks up. Perez looks to make a comeback. Grace cut her off, but Perez counters into her finisher. Perez then cradles Grace for a three count.
Grace yells at Perez after the match, screaming that Perez “needs help!” Perez snaps and jumps Grace. Perez locks in a crossface, and several referees have to pry her off Grace. Perez flashes a sinister smile before letting go of the hold. I will never be comfortable with that sport after living through the summer of 2007.
Blair Davenport and Nikkita Lyons argue in a backstage skit, nearly leading to a fight. This would seem to set up a singles bout between the two.
Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton in a servant or ranch hand stipulation match
Henley pinned Stratton to win this grudge match. Thus, Stratton has to serve as a ranch hand for Henley.
This is a takeoff of an angle done with Jimmy Garvin and David Von Erich in World Class, during the heyday of that promotion in the 1980s. Garvin lost a match, and he had to serve as Von Erich’s valet for a day. That led to humorous skits where Von Erich ordered Garvin (and Garvin’s valet Precious) to do various chores around the ranch. The angle was likely done elsewhere at other times, by the World Class version I recall fondly the most.
The match goes through a split-screen commercial break. They had a good grudge match. The setting hurt it some, as they likely would have more heat in an arena setting outside of the sameness of the sound stage.
For the finish, Stratton grabs a metal folding chair. Stratton looks to use the chair as a weapon. The referee takes the chair from Stratton. With Stratton distracted by the chair, Henley charges at her to deliver a running knee strike. Henley then covers Stratton for a pinfall.
Baron Corbin and Bron Breakker star in a lackluster skit where they agree to team up for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. They still bickered, but they are a team. Whatever, dudes. Why should we care?
Oba Femi cuts a promo ahead of his match tonight in the finals of the Men’s Breakout Tournament. Oba Femi is such a promising new character.
Cora Jade and Gigi Dolan get into a argument over a locker. So, we have another grudge match over a locker. Half expecting to see Mr. Belding run in to ask, “What is going on her!?” Even Saved by the Bell had more complex storylines than fights over a dern locker.
Ridge Holland sits down for an interview, where he discusses the injury angle with Dragunov. Holland also discussing other injuries he either suffered or was part of during his WWE career.
Holland talks about blowing out his knees in a NXT match. Holland returns and joins the main roster, and Holland gets smashed in the face. He had reconstructive surgery. Now Holland is back. Holland goes on to say he had no ill intend when Dragunov suffered an injury in their match.
Holland concludes by saying he is going to show who he truly is by running through the NXT roster.
In a backstage skit, Thea Hail marks out when she high fives her crush, Riley Osborne.
Oba Femi defeated Riley Osborne to win the NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament
The match probably went too long, but it was a tournament final so they were given a lot of time. Femi is portrayed like a monster heel.
As they went home, Osborne is going for a shooting star press. Oba Femi gets his knees up, and he awakens like a Kraken. Femi gives Osborne a snake eyes, and Femi tosses Osborne with a suplex that seems rather unsafe. Femi then delivers a powerbomb, and Femi covers Osborne for a pinfall.
OTM cut a promo on NXT Tag Team Champions The Family. This hypes up a tag team title match on the next episode of NXT.
Kiana James and Izzi Dame are interviewed by Kelly Kincaid. Another interview on this show where no one interrupted them. That has to be some kind of record.
More tension between Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes, as Williams tells Hayes that Williams wants to wrestle on his own tonight. That means no Hayes at ringside, which visibly upsets Hayes.
Jacy Jayne is somehow no in charge of Chase U, or at least their booking of matches. Jayne tells Andre Chase to only focus on his debt, and she is now in running things. Jayne replaces Chase with Riley Osborne as Duke Hudson’s tag team partner in the Dusty Classic. Jayne vows to restore Chase U to glory. I was unaware her character cared so deeply about education until now.
Tatum Paxley continues to freak out WWE Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria.
Nathan Frazier and Axiom agree to team up for the Dusty Classic. Edris Enofe and Malik Blade overhear Frazier bragging, which is Frazier’s new gimmick where he stick his foot in his mouth.
NXT Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo cut a promo on OTM. Tony D also introduces the audience to Adriana Rizzo, who has been featured in skits over the last several weeks. Joe Gacy also locked himself in a trunk for some unrelated reason. Tony D was not alone in being confused by Gacy’s gimmick. Same here.
Trick Williams defeated Grayson Waller
Williams pinned Waller, after a surprise appearance by Kevin Owens. Carmelo Hayes also did a run-in, as he argued with Williams just before the finish. In winning, Williams remains the number one contender.
Not a bad match, but anti-climatic after it replaced a main event title match that was build up for a few weeks. A cameo by Kevin Owens at least made it feel a little more special.
The match goes through a split-screen commercial break. Probably did not need to be that long, but it was the main event so they got main event time. They did some good near falls after the show returns from the commercial break. Waller is overheard at times loudly calling spots. Kayfabe, brother.
Carmelo Hayes runs down and jumps on the apron at one point. Williams and Hayes argue as Waller looks to capitalize. Kevin Owens suddenly appears at ringside. Owens attacks Waller, and Owen rolls Waller back into the ring. Williams abandoned his argument with Hayes just in time to hit Waller with a flying knee. Williams then covers Waller for a three count. Williams retains his number one contender status.
Signing with WWE earlier this year, Osborne just recently started making appearances in NXT as a Chase U student. On last week’s NXT, he advanced to the semifinals of the Men’s Breakout Tournament, defeating Keanu Carver. He will face Lexis King on next week’s show.
A storyline has also started in recent weeks with Thea Hail developing an attraction towards Osborne, with her and Jacy Jayne appearing in the Chase U student section to cheer him on during his matches.
Davenport, who has been with the WWE since 2021 as part of the NXT UK brand, made her NXT debut in 2023 as the person responsible for attacking people backstage. She won the Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline earlier this month, earning a Women’s Championship match. She will face Lyra Valkyria for the title at NXT New Year’s Evil on January 2.
Trick Williams and Blair Davenport are the NXT Iron Survivor Challenge 2023 winners.
At Saturday’s NXT Deadline event, Williams and Davenport emerged victorious in the Iron Survivor Challenge matches. With those victories, Williams has earned an NXT Championship shot and Davenport has earned an NXT Women’s Championship shot. They’re both getting their title matches at NXT New Year’s Evil on Tuesday, January 2.
The Iron Survivor Challenge is a 25-minute match where the wrestler who has scored the most falls by the time runs out is declared the winner. The match debuted in 2022 with Grayson Waller and Roxanne Perez becoming the first Iron Survivors.
Williams defeated Bron Breakker, Tyler Bate, Dijak, and Josh Briggs to win the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge. Williams only had one fall entering the final minute, but he went on a flurry where he pinned Dijak, Bate, and Breakker to end the match on top with four falls.
In the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge match, Davenport won with three falls. She defeated Lash Legend, Tiffany Stratton, Fallon Henley, and Kelani Jordan.
Davenport took the lead with a late fall over Henley. Davenport then ran away from Legend so that Legend had no chance to even things up.
Following the match, Davenport had a staredown with NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria. Cora Jade then made her NXT return by ambushing Valkyria and posing with the NXT Women’s Championship belt.
New Year’s Evil is the first NXT episode of 2024. It’s currently set to feature the following title matches:
NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov defends against Trick Williams
NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria defends against Blair Davenport
Two more NXT stars have qualified for the upcoming Iron Survivor Challenge match.
Blair Davenport and Josh Briggs both qualified for the match, which will take place at Deadline on December 9 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Briggs won his match on Tuesday after Lexis King hopped on the apron and distracted Hayes. Briggs then picked up the upset win after hitting a lariat then followed with a moonsault.
Later in the night, Davenport was the next to qualify for the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge match, defeating Thea Hail with a knee to the face. Hail had been looking to the Chase U section of the crowd for support but found it empty, with students walking out last week following the announcement that Chase U and Andre Chase were under investigation.
Briggs joins Trick Williams and Dijak in the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge match, while Davenport will join Tiffany Stratton and Lash Legend in the women’s match.
JBL made the qualifier matches for this week’s NXT. For next week’s show, Jerry Lawler will make the qualifying matches.
WWE has revealed the next round of Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying matches.
Carmelo Hayes vs. Josh Briggs and Blair Davenport vs. Thea Hail will air on NXT this Tuesday (November 21). The winners will qualify for the Iron Survivor Challenge bouts that are taking place at NXT Deadline on Saturday, December 9.
In storyline, these competitors were chosen by JBL. WWE has been using legends to announce the Iron Survivor Challenge qualifiers. Mick Foley and Lita revealed the first two weeks of matches.
Dijak and Trick Williams have already qualified for the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge match at Deadline. Tiffany Stratton and Lash Legend are the first two competitors to qualify for the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge.
At Deadline, the Iron Survivor Challenge matches will determine new number one contenders for the NXT Championship and NXT Women’s Championship.
Tuesday’s NXT episode has already been taped in advance. Spoilers from the taping can be found here.
Here’s the updated announced lineup for Tuesday’s NXT:
Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match: Carmelo Hayes vs. Josh Briggs
Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying match: Blair Davenport vs. Thea Hail
NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria defends against Xia Li
NXT Heritage Cup Champion Noam Dar defends against Chad Gable
Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo vs. Edris Enofe & Malik Blade
This week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina before Monday’s episode of Raw.
Two good matches and two Main Event debuts helped to freshen up the feel of the show this week.
Kayden Carter w/Katana Chance defeated Blair Davenport (5:07)
These two worked well together, giving it their all and making it look good. Carter has a new finisher that feels like it could get over well.
Davenport made her main roster debut here, having gained a fair bit of traction over on NXT. Her win at Halloween Havoc over Gigi Dolin was the latest in a long line of victories since she joined the company from Stardom in 2021.
Davenport took control in the early going, thwarting Carter. Chance played cheerleader on the outside, trying to rally Carter who found herself locked in a Boston Crab.
When Carter broke the hold on the ropes, she made her come back. She got a near fall with a springboard leg drop but quickly found herself in trouble again as she ate a forearm to the face for a two count.
After Carter nailed Davenport with a boot to the face, she used a rope-hung pedigree for her finish, yelling ‘Party over!’ before she hit the move.
We were told on commentary that she is calling it The Hangover, but it’s a creative move that the crowd certainly seemed to dig.
Akira Tozawa w/Maxine Dupri defeated Wes Lee (7:02)
This was a good, solid match that got going after the commercials when they started to really go back and forth.
It’s been pleasing to see Tozawa finally get something thrown his way on Raw after serving such a long time on Main Event. He is always value for money, so it will be good to see how they use him as he joins up with Alpha Academy.
This match marked Wes Lee’s first match on a main roster show and he did well. The former NXT North American champion has worked with other top talent lately over on NXT, with match-ups against the likes of Dominik Mysterio and Mustafa Ali.
After a sweet tope from Lee to nail Tozawa on the outside, they returned from the ads with Tozawa struggling to get out of a hammerlock. Dupri looked concerned on the outside and was slamming her hands on the apron to get Tozawa to break the hold.
Tozawa got out and used the ropes to get a head scissors, before nailing Lee with a high knee and top rope missile drop kick. It wasn’t enough to get the job done and the pair started to trade blows in the middle of the ring.
Lee and Tozawa went down and Tozawa was up first. He slowly climbed outside and began to climb the ropes, but Lee charged. He missed and ate a head kick to leave him prone for the senton that gave Tozawa his third straight win on this show.
Jordan will be one of the participants in NXT’s upcoming Women’s Breakout Tournament. The full bracket is set to be revealed during No Mercy.
Davenport was supposed to face Gigi Dolin on NXT this week. Instead, there was an angle where Davenport took out Dolin in a backstage attack.
The No Mercy pre-show begins at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday. The main card then starts at 8 p.m. Eastern. The show is airing live on Peacock/WWE Network.
Here’s the full lineup for No Mercy:
NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes defends against Ilja Dragunov
NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio defends against Trick Williams (Dragon Lee will be the special guest referee)
NXT Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo & Stacks defend against Bronco Nima & Lucien Price, The Creed Brothers, and Angel & Humberto in a fatal four-way match
NXT Heritage Cup Champion Noam Dar defends against Butch
Another match may be added to the card for NXT No Mercy.
After Tuesday night’s NXT went off the air, WWE uploaded a post-show video where Kelani Jordan challenged Blair Davenport to face her at No Mercy. The event is taking place at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California this Saturday (September 30).
Davenport was supposed to face Gigi Dolin on NXT last night, but the match didn’t end up happening. There was instead an angle where Davenport took out Dolin in a backstage attack.
Jordan, a former college gymnast, made her in-ring debut on NXT Level Up earlier this year. She won her televised NXT singles debut by defeating Tatum Paxley this July.
Jordan will be one of the entrants in NXT’s upcoming Women’s Breakout Tournament. The winner of the tournament receives a future Women’s title shot.
The full bracket for the Women’s Breakout Tournament is being revealed at No Mercy.
Jordan recently had a partnership with Dana Brooke in NXT. Brooke was released by WWE in last week’s roster cuts.
WWE hasn’t confirmed if Jordan vs. Davenport will be part of the No Mercy main card or if it will be on the pre-show. The pre-show airs live on Peacock/WWE Network starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time this Saturday. The main card then begins an hour later.
Here’s everything that’s been officially announced for No Mercy:
NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes defends against Ilja Dragunov
NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio defends against Trick Williams (Dragon Lee will be the special guest referee)
NXT Tag Team Champions Tony D’Angelo & Stacks defend against Bronco Nima & Lucien Price, The Creed Brothers, and Angel & Humberto in a fatal four-way match
NXT Heritage Cup Champion Noam Dar defends against Butch
Two matches have been added to the lineup for NXT this week.
WWE announced today that Blair Davenport vs. Kelani Jordan, and Ivy Nile vs. Kiana James will take place on Tuesday’s show.
Jordan called out Davenport in a social media post over the weekend after Dana Brooke told her to find her “killer instinct” on last week’s show.
“Dana told me to call somebody out and find my killer instinct and I’ve been thinking about her advice over and over again, so why not take it? I’m calling out one of the most feared women in NXT, Blair Davenport,” Jordan said in a video posted on 8/5.
Nile comes into her match against James following a loss to Tiffany Stratton in her last match on the 7/11 show. James defeated Gigi Dolin in her last televised match on 7/18.
