At NXT Halloween Havoc, it was announced that the November 18th and November 25th episodes of WWE NXT would be specials dubbed NXT Gold Rush, taking place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
One match that we know will go down there—to an extent—will be Blake Monroe defending the NXT Women's North American Championship.
Who her opponent will be has yet to be revealed, but Monroe cut a promo (via one of her bathtub vignettes) about how New York City was a special place to have her first defense, and that no matter who challenges her, she'll give them both The Glamour and her darker side.
Which of those two dates she would have that match has also not yet been announced.
There is an implication that Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater will face DarkState for the NXT Tag Team Championship titles on those Gold Rush nights, but that not only hasn't been confirmed, we don't even know what is happening next week, exactly. Tonight, DarkState rolled up on to Je'Von Evans and threatened him, implying a match for next Tuesday with Evans against one of those four (possibly Dion Lennox, who was more prominently featured in the segment), but WWE didn't specifically announce anything.
We also don't know for sure who is going to be competing in the tournament for the WWE Women's Speed Championship, though NXT General Manager Ava announced that it would begin next week. Zaria is the only person who has said they would enter themselves into the tournament.
Next week, there will also be a six-woman tag team match with Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne, and Lainey Reid) against The Culling's Tatum Paxley and Izzi Dame, along with Lola Vice. Fatal Influence attacked all three during Paxley's match with Vice for the NXT Women's Championship.
In two weeks, on the November 11th episode of NXT, Jasper Troy will face El Grande Americano for the WWE Speed Championship, having beaten Axiom in a No. 1 contender's match this week to earn the opportunity.
Also, NXT Champion Ricky Saints will be against Trick Williams in a Last Man Standing match, which we can assume will be for the NXT Championship, though that wasn't clarified at the time of the announcement with any graphics or other verifying information.
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