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Two new matches announced for next WWE NXT

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A pair of new matches have been booked for next week’s WWE NXT episode.

Week three of NXT on The CW Network will feature Lexis King facing off against Oro Mensah in what’s being billed as a “Gentleman’s Duel.” Also added to the card is a grudge match between Riley Osborne and Ridge Holland.

The ruleset for the Gentleman’s Duel has not been revealed. The idea came up during a backstage segment on the most recent NXT episode. While speaking with Heritage Cup Champion Charlie Dempsey, King (Brian Pillman Jr.) wanted advice on how he and Mensah could fairly settle their rivalry.

King and Mensah traded victories in their past two matches with both cheating to win.

Osborne attacked Holland during an interview on NXT earlier this week, igniting a brawl between the two. Osborne — who lost to Holland when they faced off in September — is out for revenge after Holland betrayed Chase U.

WWE NXT (Tuesday, October 15) —

  • NXT Championship number one contender’s match: Wes Lee vs. Ethan Page vs. Je’Von Evans (winner challenges Trick Williams at Halloween Havoc on Sunday, October 27)
  • Stephanie Vaquer vs. Wren Sinclair
  • New NXT North American Champion Tony D’Angelo celebrates his title win
  • Lola Vice vs. Nikkita Lyons
  • The Halloween Havoc wheel (Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal) returns
  • Gentleman’s Duel: Lexis King vs. Oro Mensah
  • Riley Osborne vs. Ridge Holland

Three matches added to next WWE NXT

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A match for the Heritage Cup trophy is set for Tuesday’s NXT.

After Lexis King posted a video on social media calling out Tony D’Angelo, the Heritage Cup trophy holder called out King, asking General Manager Ava to set up the match for this coming Tuesday. The match was then made official during Heatwave.

Also made official was Karmen Petrovic taking on Arianna Grace. The two were successful in defeating Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx on the Heatwave pre-show. During the premium live event, the two ended up arguing who the better wrestler was. Ava, who witnessed the argument, responded by setting up a singles match between the two for Tuesday.

Following several weeks of back and forth attacks, Gallus will take on Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe. And after failing to defeat Oba Femi for the North American title, Wes Lee will address his future.

Here is the updated lineup for this Tuesday’s NXT:

  • Heritage Cup trophy: Tony D’Angelo defends against Lexis King
  • Karmen Petrovic vs. Arianna Grace
  • Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. OTM
  • Gallus vs. Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe
  • Wes Lee addresses his future
  • Brooks Jensen sits down with NXT GM Ava

Cody Rhodes shares moment with former AEW wrestlers on WWE NXT

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On WWE NXT last night, Cody Rhodes shared the screen with some former AEW colleagues.

Rhodes stopped by NXT for an appearance on the Battleground fallout edition of the show. He announced that, next week, there will be a 25-man battle royal to determine a new number one contender for NXT Champion Trick Williams. The winner challenges Williams at NXT Heatwave on Sunday, July 7.

Later in the night, Rhodes encountered fellow former AEW wrestlers Shawn Spears, Ethan Page, and Lexis King (Brian Pillman Jr.) in a backstage segment. Spears, Page, and King each stated their intention to win next week’s battle royal.

“Seems like you guys are…in a good place,” Rhodes said to them.

The list of battle royal participants has not been announced. Rhodes said that some of the entrants may be from “different locker rooms,” potentially teasing that TNA wrestlers could be involved. A collaboration between WWE and TNA saw Jordynne Grace, the TNA Knockouts Champion, compete at Battleground. She lost to NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez.

“You may know some of them, but some of them might be from different locker rooms,” Rhodes told Williams.

Williams defeated Page to retain the NXT Championship in the main event of Battleground.

Also on NXT last night, Rhodes presented a special gift to Jacy Jayne, giving her his old “Dashing” Cody Rhodes face mask. Jayne is recovering from a broken nose.

Rhodes will be defending his Undisputed WWE Championship against AJ Styles in an “I Quit” match at WWE Clash at the Castle in Scotland this Saturday.

Baron Corbin vs. Lexis King added to WWE NXT lineup

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A new match has been added to the lineup for tonight’s NXT. 

Lexis King vs. Baron Corbin is now scheduled for the show. 

Yesterday, WWE posted a video of King attempting to give Corbin a parting gift, as he assumed Corbin would be leaving NXT now that his tag partner Bron Breakker is on the main roster. 

“I don’t know where you heard that. I think what you’re hearing is there are a lot of people out there that are saying they hope I leave NXT,” Corbin responded to King.

“I just thought maybe you were having second thoughts now that your buddy Bron is up on SmackDown living the high life. I mean, sheesh, it’s gotta be rough, man,” King said. “Anyway, you should probably just strap your wagon onto the next second-generation superstar that comes your way, and he’ll probably be a bigger and better star but, I tell you what, I accept and you’re welcome.”

“That dude is a tool bag and there’s no way that beard is real,” Corbin finished the segment saying. 

NXT Spring Breakin’ Night one, Tuesday, April 23 —

  • NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov defends against Trick Williams –If Williams loses, he leaves NXT
  • NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez defends against Lyra Valkyria & Tatum Paxley in a triple-threat match
  • No Quarter Catch Crew’s Charlie Dempsey, Damon Kemp & Myles Borne vs. The Family’s Tony D’Angelo, Stacks & Luca Crusifino
  • Sol Ruca vs. Blair Davenport in a Beach Brawl
  • Baron Corbin vs. Lexis King
  • Natalya & Lola Vice contract signing

NXT Spring Breakin’ Night two, Tuesday, April 30 —

  • Natalya vs. Lola Vice in an NXT Underground match

WWE NXT star Lexis King to appear for Reality of Wrestling

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WWE NXT star Lexis King will wrestle on a Reality of Wrestling independent show next month. 

Reality of Wrestling, a Texas indie promotion run by Booker T, announced on Thursday that King will be in action on their Saturday, May 11 No Limits event. 

Booker T himself made the announcement in a social media post: 

No Limits will be held in Texas City, Texas at the Walker Texas Lawyer Arena. 

In addition to his work as a WWE NXT commentator, Hall of Famer Booker T operates the Reality of Wrestling promotion and training school where talent such as NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez got their start. 

King joins Perez, Ivy Nile, Trick Williams, Axiom, and Charlie Dempsey as NXT talent that have appeared for Reality of Wrestling since the group announced a partnership with NXT last February.

In his most recent program on NXT television, King defeated Von Wagner in the blow-off match on the April 2 WWE NXT show.

Prior to joining WWE NXT in 2023, King worked under the ring name of Brian Pillman, Jr. in AEW and on the independent scene. He is the son of the late Brian Pillman, though technically not a Jr. as the two have different middle names.

Brian Pillman’s grandson, Lexis King’s nephew honored for thwarting school shooting

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Jackson Swallen is a hero. 

The 15-year-old high school student, who also goes by the name Boom, is Brian Pillman’s grandson and Lexis King’s nephew. 

The Uvalde Foundation For Kids has announced Swallen will receive its National Student Hero award for helping stop a planned mass casualty event at Mariemont High School in Cincinnati recently. 

A 14-year-old student has been charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder in relation to the case. The student is also said to have conspired with an out-of-state adult, believed to be around 22-24 years old. 

Authorities have referred to the case as a “credible plot to harm students and staff.”

The student is said to have had access to a weapon in their home and a “kill list” of eight students and one teacher.

Upon learning of the plan, Swallen notified his father, despite having been threatened by the student not to tell anyone. His father quickly notified police.

“The kid had the firearms and had a very elaborate plan and had every intention of carrying out that plan,” said Swallen’s father, Zach Swallen. “My son, he doesn’t lie. He’s very literal, I could tell by his tone. And it was told to my son that if he disclosed anything about the plan to anybody, he would be shot and killed. But my son literally told me he didn’t care if he got killed as long as he could protect his classmates.”

King took to social media on Monday to say how proud he is of his nephew. 

King would later add that his nephew has inherited some of his family’s athletic genes as well. 

Amy Carlier has a daughter who attends the school and spoke to WCPO about how grateful she is for Swallen’s actions. 

“My daughter texted me that two people that I know and love dearly were on that list,” Carlier said.

“I feel very grateful for the swift action of our school system, of the student who told his dad, the dad taking it seriously and the police to take action,” she continued. “That’s why our kids are alive and safe today.”

Daniel Chapin, founder of the Uvalde Foundation For Kids, praised Swallen and his father’s actions. 

“This student who helped extinguish a possible threat to fellow students, represents the reality of how the climate of violence plaguing our nations schools and threatening student lives can come to an end — not through gun control or more safety planning meetings; but rather through alert, caring students such as this young man who refuse to stand by when a potential threat stands against their friends,” he said.  

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Lexis King says signing with WWE was a ‘necessary transition’

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Lexis King says he suffered from self-doubt during his AEW run. 

The former Brian PIllman Jr. took part in an interview with Chris Van Vliet recently and opened up about having a newfound sense of confidence since he’s been in WWE. 

King said:

I spent so many months of my career at the previous company just second-guessing myself, am I really any good? Am I worth it? A lot of self-doubt. And just to see how my career has done a total 180 since then, it went from just sitting in the back and filming a few dark matches in Orlando, here and there, six-minute tag matches, barely getting in the ring and feeling the canvas.

Now I’m sitting on a throne, and I’m making my entrance in the biggest wrestling company in the world. They have this confidence in me and it kind of fuels me, I now have confidence in myself.

When asked about signing with WWE last year, King responded that it was a “necessary transition” after it became apparent AEW was not going to use him further. 

King continued: 

It wasn’t so much of a decision as it was just a necessary transition. I think my time came up at AEW, and it was a great, great run, a great deal financially, I did very well there. But like I said, just that sort of that self-doubt of not knowing the future, not knowing if I’m going to be used, or if I’m going to do anything? Well, it was pretty apparent when they didn’t re-sign me that I wasn’t going to be doing anything there anymore.

So God bless agents and attorneys that picked up the phone that day, my contract was up and got the conversation started. I think I got a paycheck from both companies in the same month. That’s how quickly the ball got rolling. 

In the months leading up to his contract expiring last July, Pillman was only used sparingly in AEW. While he wrestled frequently on episodes of Dark and Dark: Elevation, he hadn’t wrestled a match on AEW television since losing to Swerve Strickland on the February 1, 2023, edition of Rampage. 

Lexis King replacing Trey Bearhill in WWE NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament

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Lexis King has been inserted into the Men’s NXT Breakout Tournament.

An angle took place on Tuesday’s NXT when the participants of the tournament were introduced. After everyone came out on stage, King appeared and attacked Trey Bearhill from behind with a steel chair. Later backstage, King boasted about what he had done to Ava, who has served as a liaison to Shawn Micheals in recent weeks. Ava told King that the other participants in the tournament wanted him in and as a result, would take Bearhill’s place in the tournament.

The first two quarterfinal matches took place on Tuesday. Oba Femi defeated Myles Borne in the first match of the tournament, while Riley Osborne defeated Keanu Carver. Lexis King will now face Dion Lennox, with the winner facing Osborne in the semifinals. The other quarterfinal match will have Tavion Heights face Luca Crusifino.

In the last few weeks, King has inserted himself into the situation between Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes, angering Hayes enough to challenge him to a match at this past weekend’s NXT Deadline. After Hayes won, King told Hayes that he had nothing to do with Williams being attacked, but thanked Hayes for the PLE spot.

Fight Game: What’s next for CM Punk in WWE?

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John LaRocca and I are back with a brand new Fight Game Podcast, starting off the show talking about, who else, but CM Punk as he made his return to WWE last Saturday at Survivor Series.

We then got to the rest of the Top 5 which included:

  • The idea of Punk vs. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
  • Punk vs. Roman Reigns
  • Punk’s promo from Monday’s Raw
  • Thoughts on the AEW Continental Classic so far
  • Adam Copeland and Christian together
  • Lexis King’s finisher in NXT
  • Baron Corbin’s NXT character

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Lexis King/Brian Pillman Jr. makes WWE in-ring debut at NXT house show

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Brian Pillman Jr. competed in his first-ever WWE match on Friday night.

Now going by the name Lexis King, Pillman was in action at Friday’s NXT house show in Largo, Florida. He defeated Brooks Jensen at the event.

Pillman departed AEW this July when his contract with the promotion was not renewed. He signed with WWE shortly after, officially joining the Performance Center in August.

Vignettes building up Pillman’s debut have been airing on NXT the last few weeks. He cut his first WWE promo in a video that aired on NXT this past Tuesday. In the promo, Pillman explained why he isn’t using his father’s last name in NXT. Pillman said he lost his father when he was only four years old. It seems like everyone has fond memories of his father, but Pillman doesn’t. Pillman said he wants to inflict pain on the business that has brought him so much grief.

“But when they see this face, I don’t want them to think about my dead father,” Pillman said. “I want them to think about me. I’m nobody’s junior. And from this day forward, I am going to take on the last name of the real man who raised me, the real father figure in my life. And his name was King. And now so is mine.”

WWE filed a trademark for the name “Lexis King” on October 2.

Brian Pillman Jr. gets new last name in WWE NXT

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Brian Pillman Jr. will have a new name when he makes his WWE NXT debut.

During Tuesday night’s NXT episode, a video aired where Pillman spoke about his upcoming arrival. Pillman revealed that he won’t be using his father’s last name in NXT. He’ll instead be going by the last name King.

Pillman said it seems like everyone has fond memories of his father, but he doesn’t. He was only four years old when his father died. Pillman tried other careers besides wrestling, but he’s never been able to escape the industry. Pillman said he wants to inflict pain on the business that has brought him so much grief.

Pillman said the real father figure in his life, the man who raised him, had the last name King. Now Pillman is going to use that last name too.

My father was one of the most infamous superstars in this business. Everywhere I go, people stop to tell me, ‘Man, I loved your dad. Such a trailblazer he was.’ It seems like everybody has such fond memories of my father. Well you know who doesn’t? Me. His own damn son.

I lost him when I was just four years old. I don’t know him. And you’d think being a WWE superstar would be the last thing that I’d want to be. And you’re right. And trust me, I’ve tried. I’ve tried everything. I’ve tried football, lacrosse. Hell, I even have a college degree. But this industry has been in my blood since birth and I could never escape it. I’ve got no choice but to embrace it. I have no choice but to inflict pain on the very business that has brought me so much grief.

But when they see this face, I don’t want them to think about my dead father. I want them to think about me. I’m nobody’s junior. And from this day forward, I am going to take on the last name of the real man who raised me, the real father figure in my life. And his name was King. And now so is mine.

WWE filed a trademark for the name “Lexis King” earlier this month.

Pillman vignettes have been airing on NXT for the past two weeks, but this is his first time speaking in them. Pillman joined the WWE Performance Center this August. He departed AEW in July when his contract with the promotion was not renewed.