On tonight's episode of WWE NXT, a few more things have been announced for next week's episode (November 11th at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, per usual), as well as the upcoming two special episodes of NXT dubbed Gold Rush (taking place inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 18th and November 25th).
What's interesting is that despite Gold Rush being advertised as featuring championship matches, the running theme for basically an entire month of NXT has been title bouts, and next week, two titles will be on the line, among other things.
Ricky Saints will still defend the NXT Championship against Trick Williams in a Last Man Standing match, and Jasper Troy will face El Grande Americano for the WWE Speed Championship. Those had been previously set up and announced last week, but there will also be a semifinals match for the tournament to crown the new women's WWE Speed champion, with Fallon Henley against Skylar Raye (aka Dani Sekelsky from WWE LFG).
The winner of Henley vs. Raye will go on to NXT Gold Rush to face Zaria (who defeated Wren Sinclair on tonight's episode) for the WWE Speed Women's Championship. As with everything so far announced for Gold Rush, nothing has been clarified for which of the two dates this match will appear at. Everything is just listed as both November 18th and 25th.
Also set up for next week are two mysterious segments, where Blake Monroe will have an exclusive interview with her "better half" and Tatum Paxley has "one last thing to do" before she can feel "satisfied", which was just advertised that she will be there "live" next week (as if she isn't already implied to be making an appearance as the top champion in the women's division—lazy effort on WWE's part, if I do say so myself).
Some other matches that have been set up for Gold Rush, though, are that despite Kelani Jordan trying to claim that nobody is worthy of challenging her, Santino Marella has booked her to defend the TNA Knockouts World Championship against both Lei Ying Lee and Jordynne Grace in a Triple Threat match, Jacy Jayne wants a rematch against Tatum Paxley for the NXT Women's Championship (but that hasn't been confirmed), Sol Ruca wants to get a rematch against Blake Monroe for the NXT Women's North American Championship (pending on if she's medically cleared), and Joe Hendry and Thea Hail put forth a challenge for Ethan Page and Chelsea Green's AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship titles (but that also wasn't given an official graphic or anything of that sort to confirm it).
NXT - November 11:
- Somebody has an "exclusive" interview with Blake Monroe
- Tatum Paxley will be there, as if you didn't think she would be
- WWE Speed Championship Match: El Grande Americano (c) vs. Jasper Troy
- WWE Speed Women's Championship Tournament First Round Match: Fallon Henley vs. Skylar Raye
- Last Man Standing Match for the NXT Championship: Ricky Saints (c) vs. Trick Williams
NXT - Gold Rush (November 18th and November 25th):
- Triple Threat Match for the TNA Knockouts World Championship: Kelani Jordan (c) vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Lei Ying Lee
- WWE Speed Women's Championship Match: Zaria vs. TBD (Fallon Henley or Skylar Raye)
- NXT Women's North American Championship Match: Blake Monroe (c) vs. TBA (possibly Sol Ruca, but not yet confirmed)
- UNCONFIRMED — AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship Match: Chelsea Green & Ethan Page (c) vs. Joe Hendry & Thea Hail
- UNCONFIRMED — NXT Women's Championship Match: Tatum Paxley (c) vs. Jacy Jayne
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