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 new arrivals on NXT (usually WWE Performance Center recruits making their NXT television debuts). The winner receives a championship match of their choice which they can cash in anytime.[1]
| NXT Breakout Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Promotions | WWE |
| Brands | NXT |
| First event | 2019 |
Winners, dates and venues of finals
edit| 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 |
Male winner's championship opportunity
edit| Championship | Victories | Attempts | Success rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| NXT Championship | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| NXT North American Championship | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | .667 |
- – 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 | 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. |
Female winner's championship opportunity
edit| Championship | Victories | Attempts | Success rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| NXT Women's Championship | 0 | 2 | – |
| NXT Women's North American Championship | 0 | 0 | – |
| Total | 0 | 0 | – |
- – Championship victory
- – Championship match loss
| # | Winner | Event | Date | Championship match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roxanne Perez | NXT | July 12, 2022 | Perez lost to Mandy Rose for the NXT Women's Championship. |
| 2 | Lola Vice | Vengeance Day | February 4, 2024 | Vice lost to defending champion Lyra Valkyria, and Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women's Championship, after cashing in during a singles match between the two, thus converting it into a triple threat match. Valkyria pinned Vice to retain her title. |
Tournament history
edit2019
editIn 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
editAfter 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
editIn 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[15] | |||||||||||||
| Fallon Henley | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Sloane Jacobs | 4:28[13] | |||||||||||||
| Tiffany Stratton | 8:48[16] | |||||||||||||
| Roxanne Perez | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Roxanne Perez | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kiana James | 5:15[14] | |||||||||||||
| Roxanne Perez | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Lash Legend | 3:19[15] | |||||||||||||
| Lash Legend | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tatum Paxley | 3:50[14] | |||||||||||||
† 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
editThe 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
edit| 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.
2025 Women's
editReferences
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