The teams have been chosen for the TNA vs. NXT Showdown special event set to take place next Tuesday, October 7th.
Previously announced at NXT No Mercy by NXT General Manager Ava, she and TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella had agreed to a set of Survivor Series elimination tag team matches between the two brands, picking their options for the wrestlers to represent those companies on tonight's show.
Ava announced in the opening segment that NXT Champion Ricky Saints and NXT Women's Champion Jacy Jayne would be leading their squads as captains entrusted to pick the best team. Marella quickly denounced the idea of picking TNA World Champion Trick Williams for his men's team, going with Mike Santana instead, but did choose the new TNA Knockouts World Champion Kelani Jordan to lead the women's team, despite her being an NXT Superstar.
Throughout the night, the locker rooms were filled with people wanting to join the teams, such as Jasper Troy and Thea Hail.
Myles Borne defeated Josh Briggs to earn a spot on the men's NXT team, while Saints outright picked Je'Von Evans and Trick Williams as the other two members. Lola Vice defeated Fallon Henley, who assumed her Fatal Influence teammate would obviously pick her. Jayne and Vice will be joined by Jaida Parker (who defeated Lash Legend on tonight's episode) and Sol Ruca for being a double champion right now as she holds the WWE Speed Women's Championship and the NXT Women's North American Championship.
Other matches announced for the show will be Mustafa Ali facing Ethan Page for the NXT North American Championship to play off a title shot he earned 2 years ago, as well as The Hardys against DarkState in a Winners Take All match for both the NXT Tag Team Championship and TNA World Tag Team Championship titles.
To recap, here is the lineup for next week's episode of WWE NXT Showdown:
- Survivor Series Tag Team Match: Women's Team NXT (Jacy Jayne, Jaida Parker, Sol Ruca and Lola Vice) vs. Team TNA (Kelani Jordan, Cassie Lee, Jessie McKay, and Jakara Jackson)
- Survivor Series Tag Team Match: Team NXT (Ricky Saints, Je'Von Evans, Trick Williams, and Myles Borne) vs. Team TNA (Mike Santana, Frankie Kazarian, Moose, and Leon Slater)
- Winners Take All Title-for-Title Match: TNA World Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) vs. NXT Tag Team Champions DarkState (Dion Lennox & Osiris Griffin)
- NXT North American Championship Match: Ethan Page (c) vs. Mustafa Ali
Who do you think has the edge for next week's show? Drop your predictions and thoughts in the comments below!