Tatum Paxley became the primary contender to the NXT Women’s Championship with a battle royal win within the principal event of this week’s “WWE NXT.”
Paxley joined 19 other competitors from each TNA – Cassie Lee, Heather By Elegance, Jessie McKay, Lei Ying Lee, Mara Sade, Victoria Crawford, and Xia Brookside – and “NXT” – Arianna Grace, Jaida Parker, Jordynne Grace, Karmen Petrovic, Kelani Jordan, Kendal Grey, Lash Legend, Lola Vice, Zaria, Thea Hail, Kali Armstrong and Wren Sinclair.
Arianna Grace and Crawford were eliminated by Jordynne Grace concurrently to kick things off, with Armstrong then eliminating Lee, and Sinclair slipping from the apron under the chase of McKay and Lee to change into the third elimination.
Brookside was eliminated, then Legend eliminated Parker, prompting Parker to then attack Brookside at ringside; everyone still involved within the match then banded together to eliminate Legend, throwing her onto the ringside skirmish. Dame eliminated each Hail and Armstrong. It was then shown in the course of the business break that Heather By Elegance had been eliminated.
Earlier within the show, Sol Ruca offered Zaria her spot within the battle royal after she fell short in singles motion against Blake Monroe, reasoning that she agreed it might have been greedy considering she has the Women’s North American and Women’s Speed titles already. Monroe emerged to attack the double-champion at ringside, prompting Zaria to eliminate herself to assist her partner. McKay, Vice, Lee, after which Jordan were eliminated to depart a final 4 of Paxley, Dame, Grace, and Grey.
Dame eliminated Grey, before attempting to eliminate each Paxley and Grace at the identical time, just for her to go excessive rope with Grace as Paxley remained within the match. Paxley is now the primary contender for the title currently held by Jacy Jayne at Halloween Havoc on October 25, and may have a likelihood to capture her first title in wrestling altogether having failed alongside Dame to wrest the Women’s Tag Team Championship from Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss at “NXT” Homecoming.