WWE NXT Notes: Corey Graves Fills In For Booker T, Tavion Heights vs. Myles Borne for NXT North American Title and Saqon Shugars vs. Dion Lennox Matches Set for NXT Great American Bash 2026, Izzi Dame & Arianna Grace Advances in WWE Speed Women’s #1 Contender Tournament, 6/23 Card

Jun 16, 2026

Corey Graves Fills In For Booker T on NXT Commentary

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured RAW commentator Corey Graves filling in for Booker T on NXT commentary.

Prior to the start of the show, NXT lead commentator Vic Joseph had teased on social media that he had a “special guest” for commentary for tonight’s show.

At the start of the show, Joseph welcomed Graves on commentary and revealed he was the surprise special guest for the show. In a follow-up, Joseph stated that Booker T was on a much deserved vacation break for the reason for his abscense from tonight’s show.

Corey Graves is on the call this week in place of Booker T#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/bDhsMKGIBC
— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) June 17, 2026

Tavion Heights vs. Myles Borne Announced for NXT Great American Bash 2026

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured one newly updated match for the card of NXT Great American Bash 2026.

This newly updated match announced was a NXT North American Championship match of Tavion Heights vs. Myles Borne (c).

This newly updated match was setup following Heights defeating Jackson Drake in a #1 Contender’s match for the NXT North American Championship.

.@TavionHeights is HEADED to The Great American Bash!! 😤

Is the NXT North American Title in his future? pic.twitter.com/cJeZcQEoD6
— WWE (@WWE) June 17, 2026

Izzi Dame & Arianna Grace Advances in WWE Speed Women’s #1 Contender Tournament

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured the start of WWE’s newest WWE Speed Women’s Championship #1 Contender tournament and two First Round matches.

The first match was Izzi Dame defeating Thea Hail.

Izzi ADVANCES 👊@izzi_wwe is into the next round of the Women's Speed Title Tournament! pic.twitter.com/0wVZ58JSU9
— WWE (@WWE) June 17, 2026

The second match was Arianna Grace defeating Layla Diggs.

Off the distraction, Ariana Grace MOVES ON! 😱

A tough break for Layla Diggs! pic.twitter.com/holqk7FfMO
— WWE (@WWE) June 17, 2026

As a result of their victories, Dame will be facing off against Grace in the Finals of WWE’s newest WWE Speed Women’s Championship #1 Contender tournament at next week’s show.

Saquon Shugars vs. Dion Lennox Matches Announced for NXT Great American Bash 2026

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured one new match for the card of NXT Great American Bash 2026, which takes place on June 28th at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

This new match announced was a singles match of Saquon Shugars vs. Dion Lennox.

This new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over the bad blood issues between Shugars and Lennox over DarkState kicking Shugars out of the group.

Saquon Shugars vs Dion Lennox is official for #NXTGAB #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/KlyomtdwM8
— Cory of False Finish (@Cory_Hays407) June 17, 2026

Current card for WWE NXT Great American Bash 2026:

NXT Championship – Naraku vs. Tony D’Angelo (c)
NXT Women’s Championship – Kendal Grey vs. Lola Vice (c)
NXT North American Championship – Tavion Heights vs. Myles Borne (c)
WWE Speed Women’s Championship – winner of Izzi Dame/Arianna Grace vs. Wren Sinclair (c)
Saquon Shugars vs. Dion Lennox

Current Card for Next Week’s WWE NXT Show

Tuesday’s WWE NXT show also featured five new matches announced for the card of next week’s show on June 23rd at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Current card for June 23rd WWE NXT show:

WWE EVOLVE Men’s Championship – Tristan Angels vs. Aaron Rourke (c)
WWE Speed Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Tournament Finals – Izzi Dame vs. Arianna Grace
Hank & Tank (Hank Walker & Tank Ledger) vs. Birthright (Uriah Connors & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo
Dorian Van Dux & Sean Legacy vs. The Culling (Niko Vance & Shawn Spears)
Keanu Carver vs. EK Prosper
NXT Championship match contract signing with Naraku and Tony D’Angelo
NXT Women’s match contract signing with Kendal Grey and Lola Vice
Saquon Shugars and Dion Lennox to go face-to-face