WWE NXT Notes: Jasper Troy Wins WWE Speed Men’s Title, Sol Ruca Medically Cleared to Compete, Zaria vs. Fallon Henley Set for Vacant WWE Speed Women’s Title Tournament Finals, Oba Femi Surprise Return, 11/18 NXT Gold Rush Week 1 & 11/25 NXT Gold Rush Week 2 Shows Cards

Jasper Troy Wins WWE Speed Men’s Title

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured Jasper Troy defeating El Grande Americano to become the new WWE Speed Men’s Championship.

This was Troy’s first ever WWE Speed Men’s Championship and first ever championship victory in his WWE NXT career.


Sol Ruca Medically Cleared to Compete

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured Sol Ruca revealing that she is medically cleared for an in-ring return.

During the show, NXT GM Ava was seen backstage talking to WWE EVOLVE talent Sean Legacy. This led to ZaRuca’s Sol Ruca and Zaria showing up. Ruca informed Ava that she was medically cleared and wanted her title rematch against Blake Monroe for the NXT Women’s North American title at next week’s NXT Gold Rush Week 1 show. After some talk between Ava, Zaria, and Ruca over if Ruca was really ready and trying to persuade her to hold it off, Ava relented and agreed to give Ruca her rematch for next week’s show.

Prior to the announcement, Ruca had been out of action since the October 17th WWE SmackDown show due to a leg injury.


Zaria vs. Fallon Henley Set for Vacant WWE Speed Women’s Title Tournament Finals

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured one First Round match for the vacant WWE Speed Women’s Championship tournament.

This was Fallon Henley defeated Skylar Raye.

As a result of her victory, Henley will be facing off against Zaria in the Finals for the vacant WWE Speed Women’s Championship at NXT Gold Rush Week 2 show on November 25th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.


Oba Femi Makes Surprise Return

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured Oba Femi making his surprise return.

Following Ricky Saints defeating Trick Williams in a Last Man Standing match to retain the NXT Championship, Saints’ victory celebration was cut short by Femi’s music playing and green entrance lights shining the arena. Femi came out right as the show went to a close cutting off his surprise return.


Current Card for Next Week’s NXT Gold Rush Week 1 Show

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured three new matches announced for the card of next week’s NXT Gold Rush Week 1 show on November 18th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

The new matches announced for the Week 1 show were:

  • WWE NXT Women’s Championship – Jacy Jayne vs. Tatum Paxley (c)
  • WWE NXT Women’s North American Championship – Sol Ruca vs. Blake Monroe (c)
  • WWE NXT Tag Team Championship – Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater vs. DarkState (Osiris Griffin & Dion Lennox) (c)

Current card for November 18th WWE NXT Gold Rush Week 1 show card:

  • WWE NXT Women’s Championship – Jacy Jayne vs. Tatum Paxley (c)
  • WWE NXT Women’s North American Championship – Sol Ruca vs. Blake Monroe (c)
  • WWE NXT Tag Team Championship – Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater vs. DarkState (Osiris Griffin & Dion Lennox) (c)
  • AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship – Thea Hail & Joe Hendry vs. Chelsea Green & β€œAll Ego” Ethan Page (c)

Current Card for WWE NXT Gold Rush Week 2 Show

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured four new matches announced for the card of NXT Gold Rush Week 2 show on November 25th at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

Current card for November 25th WWE NXT Gold Rush Week 2 show card:

  • Vacant WWE Speed Women’s Championship Tournament Finals – Zaria vs. Fallon Henley (c)
  • WWE EVOLVE Men’s Championship – “Super” Sean Legacy vs. Jackson Drake (c)
  • WWE EVOLVE Women’s Championship – Lainey Reid vs. Kendal Grey (c)
  • TNA Knockouts World Championship Triple Threat match – Lei Ying Lee vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Kelani Jordan (c)