WWE has dropped the Invasion identify for the upcoming occasion between NXT and TNA subsequent month.
Invasion, the unique title of the WWE/WCW pay-per-view again in 2001, was set to be resurrected subsequent month for a Tuesday night time particular of NXT that may see the model go head-to-head with TNA Wrestling.
Nonetheless, complaints emerged concerning the title of the present and the date it was going down on October 7. Thus, WWE determined it was greatest to vary course and rename the occasion.
WrestleVotes took to social media previous to tonight’s episode of WWE NXT to disclose the brand new identify, tweeting out:
“The NXT vs TNA ‘Invasion’ present is getting a brand new identify. It’s now titled ‘Showdown,’” WrestleVotes mentioned in a publish.
On tonight’s episode of WWE NXT, Ava and Santino Marella introduced the lads’s and girls’s Survivor Collection groups for this occasion.
These groups are as follows:
NXT Males’s Survivor Collection Staff:
Ricky Saints
Je’Von Evans
Trick Williams
Myles Borne
TNA Males’s Survivor Collection Staff:
Mike Santana
Frankie Kazarian
Moose
Leon Slater
NXT Girls’s Survivor Collection Staff:
Jacy Jayne
Lola Vice
Sol Ruca
Jaida Parker
TNA Girls’s Survivor Collection Staff:
Kelani Jordan
Jessie McKay
Cassie Lee
Mara Sade
The NXT vs. TNA Showdown occasion will go head-to-head with AEW Dynamite: Title Tuesday as the corporate is pressured to maneuver to Tuesday one night time a yr as a result of MLB Playoffs.
What else is ready for Showdown?
Along with the 2 NXT vs. TNA Survivor Collection workforce matches, different matches presently introduced for this present embody:
Winner Take All for the NXT and TNA Tag Staff Titles: DarkState (c) vs. The Hardy Boyz
NXT North American Championship: Ethan Web page (c) vs. Mustafa Ali
Keep tuned to WrestleZone for extra info because it turns into obtainable.
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