NXT Breakout Tournament
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BrandsNXT
First event2019

The NXT Breakout Tournament is a professional wrestling single elimination tournament produced by WWE for the NXT brand. First introduced in 2019, the tournament features eight wrestlers, who are either members of the WWE Performance Center making their NXT television debuts, or new arrivals on NXT. The winner receives a championship match of their choice which they can cash in anytime.[1]

Winners, dates and venues of finals

Year Event Date City Venue Winner
2019 NXT August 10, 2019 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Scotiabank Arena Jordan Myles
2021 NXT August 23, 2021 Orlando, Florida WWE Performance Center Carmelo Hayes
2022 NXT June 7, 2022 Roxanne Perez
2023 Halloween Havoc October 31, 2023 Lola Vice
2024 New Year's Evil January 2, 2024 Oba Femi

Championship match for winner

  – Championship victory
  – Championship match loss
# Winner Event Date Championship match
1 Jordan Myles NXT August 15, 2019 Myles lost to Adam Cole for the NXT Championship.
2 Carmelo Hayes NXT October 12, 2021 Hayes defeated Isaiah "Swerve" Scott to win the NXT North American Championship by cashing in the title on Scott after Scott retained the title against Santos Escobar.
3 Roxanne Perez NXT July 12, 2022 Perez lost to Mandy Rose for the NXT Women's Championship.
4 Oba Femi NXT January 9, 2024 Femi defeated Dragon Lee to win the NXT North American Championship by cashing in the title after Lee retained the title against Lexis King

Tournament history

2019

In 2019, WWE introduced a new tournament called the NXT Breakout Tournament, featuring eight male wrestlers of the WWE Performance Center, who would be making their NXT television debuts.[2] The tournament was held through various television tapings of the weekly NXT show in June and the final occurred in August, which Jordan Myles won by defeating Cameron Grimes.[3]

First round
NXT
Taped 6/12/19[4]
Air dates 6/26/19, 7/3/19, 7/10/19, and 7/17/19 		Semifinals
NXT
Taped 6/13/19[5]
Air dates 7/24/19 and 7/31/19 		Final
NXT
Taped 8/10/19[6]
Air date 8/14/19
         
Dexter Lumis 7/17
Bronson Reed Pin
Bronson Reed 7/31
Cameron Grimes Pin
Isaiah "Swerve" Scott 7/3
Cameron Grimes Pin
Cameron Grimes 8/14
Jordan Myles Pin
Angel Garza Pin
Joaquin Wilde 6/26
Angel Garza 7/24
Jordan Myles Pin
Jordan Myles Pin
Boa 7/10

2021

After a one-year hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Breakout Tournament returned for a second edition in 2021, introducing eight new wrestlers from the Performance Center.[7] Two qualifiers were held on the July 2 episode of 205 Live, which Andre Chase and Joe Gacy won by defeating Guru Raaj and Desmond Troy respectively.[8] The Breakout Tournament began on the July 13 episode of NXT.[9] The tournament final occurred on the August 24 episode of NXT. Carmelo Hayes won the 2021 tournament by defeating Odyssey Jones in the final.[10]

First round
NXT, 7/13-8/3 		Semifinals
NXT, 8/10 and 8/17 		Final
NXT, 8/24
         
Duke Hudson Pin
Ikemen Jiro 7/13
Duke Hudson 8/17
Carmelo Hayes Pin
Carmelo Hayes Pin
Josh Briggs 7/27
Carmelo Hayes Pin
Odyssey Jones 8/24
Andre Chase 7/20
Odyssey Jones Pin
Odyssey Jones Pin
Trey Baxter 8/10
Joe Gacy 8/3
Trey Baxter Pin

2022

In 2022, the tournament featured eight female wrestlers from NXT for the first time, with the winner earning a NXT Women's Championship opportunity any time. The 2022 edition began on the May 10, 2022 episode of NXT 2.0.[11] Roxanne Perez defeated Tiffany Stratton in the final on the June 7 episode of NXT 2.0.[12]

First round
NXT
May 10-17 		Semifinals
NXT
May 24 		Final
NXT
June 7
         
Nikkita Lyons Pin
Arianna Grace 3:09[13]
Tiffany Stratton † Pin
Fallon Henley 5:02[14]
Fallon Henley Pin
Sloane Jacobs 4:28[13]
Tiffany Stratton 8:48[15]
Roxanne Perez Pin
Roxanne Perez Pin
Kiana James 5:15[16]
Roxanne Perez Pin
Lash Legend 3:19[14]
Lash Legend Pin
Tatum Paxley 3:50[16]

† Nikkita Lyons was injured during training and her semi-final opponent. Fallon Henley, originally got a bye to the finals but, Tiffany Stratton challenged Henley to earn her spot in the finals in which Stratton then replaced Lyons in the tournament.

2023 Women's

The fourth edition of the Breakout Tournament was held in 2023, beginning on the October 3 episode of NXT.[17][18] The semifinals of the tournament were held at the Halloween Havoc night one on October 24 and the final was held at Halloween Havoc night two on October 31.[19][20] Lola Vice defeated Kelani Jordan in the final to win the 2023 tournament.[21]

First round
NXT
October 3-17 		Semifinals
NXT Halloween Havoc
October 24 		Final
Halloween Havoc
October 31
         
Kelani Jordan Pin
Izzi Dame 4:52
Kelani Jordan Pin
Arianna Grace 7:35
Arianna Grace Pin
Brinley Reece † 2:56
Kelani Jordan 6:56
Lola Vice Pin
Karmen Petrovic Sub
Jaida Parker 3:38
Karmen Petrovic 3:36
Lola Vice Pin
Dani Palmer 3:59
Lola Vice Pin

† Reece replaced Jakara Jackson after Jackson was not medically cleared to participate.

2023 Men's

First round
NXT
December 12-19, 2023 		Semifinals
NXT
December 26, 2023 		Final
New Year's Evil
January 2, 2024
         
Riley Osborne Pin
Keanu Carver 3:28
Riley Osborne Pin
Lexis King 3:43
Lexis King † Pin
Dion Lennox 2:59
Riley Osborne 9:45
Oba Femi Pin
Oba Femi Pin
Myles Borne 3:35
Oba Femi Pin
Tavion Heights 4:10
Tavion Heights Pin
Luca Crusifino 3:25

† King replaced Trey Bearhill after he attacked Bearhill with a chair.

References

  1. ↑ John Clapp (June 19, 2019). "NXT Breakout Tournament to begin next week". WWE. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Twiss, Andrew (June 12, 2019). "TOURNAMENT AT TONIGHT'S WWE NXT TV TAPING, LOTS OF TV DEBUTS SET FOR TONIGHT". PWInsider. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ John Clapp (August 14, 2019). "Jordan Myles def. Cameron Grimes in the NXT Breakout Tournament Finals". WWE. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "6/12 NXT TV taping spoilers: Zack Zimmerman's report on the taping for upcoming television shows (spoilers)". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. June 13, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  5. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (June 13, 2019). "Complete Spoilers - NXT Television Tapings From Full Sail (6/13/19)". Fightful. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  6. ↑ Powell, Jason (August 10, 2019). "NXT TV taping spoilers: Breakout Tournament finals and full results of the matches taped prior to NXT Takeover: Toronto for Wednesday's TV show (spoilers)". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ Joseph Currier (June 29, 2021). "NXT Breakout Tournament returning in two weeks". WON / F4W. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Anish V (July 2, 2021). "7/2 WWE 205 Live results: Anish V's review of Joe Gacy vs. Desmond Troy, and Andre Chase vs. Guru Raaj in NXT Breakout Tournament qualifiers". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "2021 NXT Breakout Tournament set to begin July 13". WWE. June 29, 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  10. ↑ Joseph Currier (August 24, 2021). "Carmelo Hayes wins 2021 NXT Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  11. ↑ Joseph Currier (May 10, 2022). "WWE reveals bracket for NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. ↑ Bryan Rose (June 7, 2022). "Roxanne Perez wins NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  13. 1 2 Moore, John (May 10, 2022). "5/10 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Cora Jade vs. Natalya, NXT Tag Team Champions Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne vs. Roxanne Perez and Wendy Choo, the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament begins". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  14. 1 2 Moore, John (May 24, 2022). "5/24 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of NXT Champion Bron Breakker vs. Duke Hudson in a non-title match, NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose vs. Indi Hartwell in a non-title match, Nikkita Lyons vs. Fallon Henley and Roxanne Perez vs. Lash Legend in NXT Breakout Tournament semifinal matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  15. ↑ Moore, John (June 7, 2022). "6/7 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Roxanne Perez vs. Tiffany Stratton in the NXT Breakout Tournament final, Josh Briggs vs. Von Wagner, Tatum Paxley vs. Alba Fyre, fallout from NXT In Your House". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  16. 1 2 Moore, John (May 17, 2022). "5/17 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Tony D'Angelo vs. Santos Escobar, Cameron Grimes and Solo Sikoa vs. Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams, The Viking Raiders vs. The Creed Brothers, Wes Lee vs. Xyon Quinn, the NXT Women's Breakout Tournament continues". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  17. ↑ Bryan Rose (September 12, 2023). "WWE announces return of NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  18. ↑ Robert Defelice (September 12, 2023). "NXT Women's Breakout Tournament Announced As 'Coming Soon'". Fightful. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  19. ↑ Bryan Rose (October 17, 2023). "Semifinals set for WWE NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  20. ↑ Bryan Rose (October 24, 2023). "Finals set for NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  21. ↑ Bryan Rose (October 31, 2023). "Lola Vice wins WWE NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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