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Giulia challenges Roxanne Perez to Women’s title match on WWE NXT CW premiere

Giulia has called her shot.

The end of this week’s NXT saw Roxanne Perez come to the ring to boast about her win over Jaida Parker at No Mercy. Chelsea Green first interrupted her, saying that there was no reason for her not to be the number one contender for the NXT Women’s title. That was when Giulia came to the ring. She quickly took out Green before focusing on Perez, saying she wanted a title match on the premiere episode of NXT on the CW, which takes place on October 1.

“Me, you, CW,” she said before dropping the microphone. The show ended with the champion and challenger starting each other down.

After months of speculation, Giulia officially made her NXT debut at No Mercy, confronting Roxanne Perez following her title win. She had first been seen in the crowd earlier this year at NXT Stand & Deliver. Recently she had made several appearances for Marigold, with her final matches taking place last month.

It has already been announced that Ethan Page will be defending his title on the CW premiere in Chicago. His opponent has not been named.

Ethan Page to defend WWE NXT title on CW premiere episode

Ethan Page has his next title defense set.

During Sunday’s NXT No Mercy premium live event, general manager Ava announced that whoever won between Ethan Page and Joe Hendry in the main event would defend the NXT Championship on October 1, when NXT premieres on the CW Network.

Page successfully retained the title after hitting Hendry with a DDT on the NXT title and an Ego’s Edge, with guest referee Trick Williams counting to three.

After the match, Pete Dunne arrived at ringside and dragged Williams out of the ring, giving him the bitter end on the floor. The last moments of No Mercy saw Dunne staring down Page, who continued celebrating his win.

NXT’s move to the CW is just one of three moves WWE is making in the next few months. The last episode of SmackDown on Fox will air this coming Friday, as it will move to the USA Network on September 13. Raw will leave cable television for the first time at the end of the year, moving to Netflix starting on January 6.