WWE NXT Notes: Card for Next Week’s Show, Breakout Tournament Finals, Danny Burch Returns, Elektra Lopez

Current Card for Next Tuesday’s Episode of NXT

Prior to the end of tonight’s episode of NXT, WWE announced several matches for the card of next week’s show, which will be taped on Wednesday at the Performance Center.

Current card for the August 31st episode of NXT:

• NXT UK Champion Ilja Dragunov appearance
• Roderick Strong Open Challenge match
• Tommaso Ciampa vs. Ridge Holland
• Johnny Gargano vs. L.A. Knight
• Kyle O’Reilly vs. Duke Hudson

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Carmelo Hayes Wins 2021 NXT Breakout Tournament

Tonight’s episode of NXT also featured the Finals of this year’s NXT Breakout tournament between Carmelo Hayes and Odyssey Jones, which was won by Hayes.

Following the match, Hayes was given a title match contract by William Regal as a reward for winning the tournament. Hayes stated that he was not going to announce right now which title he would be going after and instead wanting to just celebrate his tournament victory.

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Danny Burch Makes Return from Injury, Elektra Lopez Joins Legado

Tonight episode also featured both Danny Burch and Elektra Lopez making their returns to the NXT brand.

Following the Ridge Holland vs. Timothy Thatcher match, a big brawl took place involving Holland, Thatcher, Pete Dunne, Tommaso Ciampa, Oney Lorcan, and a returning Danny Burch. This was Burch’s first appearance on NXT since suffering a shoulder injury this past March.

Near the end of the main event 6-Man Tag Team match of Hit Row vs. Legado del Fantasma, Elektra Lopez made a surprise appearance and attacked B-Fab with a pipe to help even the odds between the two groups. Lopez also helped Santos Escobar score the pinfall victory over Isiah “Swerve” Scott to become the newest member of Legado del Fantsma as the show went off the air.

What’s @elektralopezwwe doing out here?! #WWENXT @BFabwwe pic.twitter.com/mj1fxHWCbG

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 25, 2021