Trick Williams and 24 others will feature in a battle royal during next week’s “WWE NXT” to find out Oba Femi’s next challenger.
Williams emerged during last weekend’s TNA Revolt event to attack World Champion Joe Hendry, who had last week got in the way in which of Williams’ latest try to get a shot on the NXT Championship. Hendry had appeared earlier to call Williams out, just for Dark State to emerge as an alternative. But Williams did appear later to deal with his actions, claiming he had been calling Hendry’s name all night long and he hadn’t appeared, dismissing the TNA World Champion as “local talent” before getting back to his pursuit of the title.
“NXT” General Manager, Ava, appeared on the doorway ramp to query how Williams believes he’s entitled to a title match, on condition that he had caused drama during last week’s show after which gone to a different promotion to cause further issues. Williams retorted that he had realized he was greater than “NXT,” prompting Ava to let him know he is only one amongst 25 potential challengers within the pool to challenge Femi, confirming that there can be a battle royal to find out the primary contender.
“That is your yard… for now.”
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— WWE (@WWE) April 30, 2025
Femi appeared in a later backstage segment joined by The Undertaker, introducing Anthony Luke, Shiloh Hill, and Jasper from “WWE LFG,” who’re also trying to challenge for his title. No Quarter Catch Crew’s Myles Borne and Tavion Heights later made it clear they wanted in on the match, although they were unsure how Charlie Dempsey would feel about it. Dempsey has been announced for the match alongside Timothy Thatcher, Chris Island, Ridge Holland, Sean Legacy, Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes, Ethan Page, Josh Briggs, Niko Vance, Brooks Jensen, Shawn Spears, Je’Von Evans, Eddy Thorpe, Lexis King, Wes Lee, Tyrike Igwe, and Tyson Dupont.
