NXT Halloween Havoc (2022)

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NXT Halloween Havoc
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PromotionWWE
Brand(s)NXT
DateOctober 22, 2022
CityOrlando, Florida
VenueWWE Performance Center
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The 2022 NXT Halloween Havoc is the upcoming third annual Halloween Havoc professional wrestling event produced by WWE, and 15th Halloween Havoc event overall. It will be held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. Unlike the previous two years, which aired as television specials, the 2022 Halloween Havoc will be a livestreaming event. It will take place on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Production[]

Background[]

Halloween Havoc is a professional wrestling event currently produced by WWE. As the name implies, it is a Halloween-themed show held in October. It was originally produced as an annual pay-per-view by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1989 until 2000 as WWE purchased WCW in 2001. The 2000 event was the final Halloween Havoc until WWE revived the show as an annual event for their developmental brand NXT in 2020.[1] The 2020 and 2021 events were held as television specials of the NXT program, but for 2022, it will be a livestreaming event, airing on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets.[2] The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at NXT's home base, the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. It will be the 15th Halloween Havoc event overall and the third annual held for NXT.[3][4]

Storylines[]

NXT Halloween Havoc will include several matches. The matches result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters to build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines are produced on the weekly television program, NXT, and the supplementary online streaming show Level Up.[5][6]

After winning the NXT North American Championship on the final episode of NXT 2.0 on September 13 (which reverted to NXT), Solo Sikoa, who replaced Wes Lee due to an attack by Carmelo Hayes,[7] was informed by Shawn Michaels that he was stripped of the title because he was not sanctioned to compete in the match. Due to him being called up to SmackDown after debuting at Clash at the Castle two weeks prior, it was announced that Hayes and four other challengers would compete in a ladder match for the vacant championship. That same episode, Oro Mensah became the first to qualify by defeating Grayson Waller.[8]

Matches[]

No. Matches* Stipulations
1 Bron Breakker (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov vs. JD McDonagh Triple threat match for the NXT Championship[9]
2 Carmelo Hayes (with Trick Williams) vs. Oro Mensah vs. Wes Lee vs. Von Wagner (with Mr. Stone) vs. Nathan Frazer or Axiom Ladder match for the vacant NXT North American Championship[10]
3 Roxanne Perez vs. Cora Jade Weapons Wild match[11]
4 Julius Creed vs. Damon Kemp Ambulance match[12]
If Julius loses, Brutus Creed will have to leave NXT.
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • *Card subject to change

References[]

  1. ^ Moore, John (October 4, 2020). "NXT Takeover 31 results – Moore's live review of Finn Balor vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the NXT Title, Io Shirai vs. Candice LeRae for the NXT Women's Title, Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Title, Santos Escobar vs. Isaiah Scott for the NXT Cruiserweight Title, Kushida vs. Velveteen Dream". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Defelice, Robert; Tessier, Colin (September 20, 2022). "Solo Sikoa Forced To Relinquish NXT North American Title, Ladder Match Set For Halloween Havoc". Fightful. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Harris, Jeffrey (August 31, 2022). "WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Reportedly Returning in October, Will be a PLE". 411mania. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Lee, Joseph (September 21, 2022). "Details On How Fans Can Get Tickets For WWE NXT Halloween Havoc". 411mania. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  5. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  7. ^ Moore, John (September 13, 2022). "9/13 NXT 2.0 results: Moore's review of Pretty Deadly vs. The Creed Brothers in a cage match for the NXT Tag Titles, Carmelo Hayes defends the NXT North American Title against the winner of a fan poll, Axiom vs. Nathan Frazer in the second match of their best of three series, Zoey Stark and Nikkita Lyons vs. Kiana James and Arianna Grace". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  8. ^ Moore, John (September 20, 2022). "9/20 NXT results: Moore's review of Tyler Bate vs. JD McDonagh for an NXT Title shot, Grayson Waller vs. Oro Mensah, Von Wagner vs. Sanga, Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams vs. Andre Chase and Bodhi Hayward, Cora Jade vs. Wendy Choo, Axiom vs. Nathan Frazer in a best of three series match, Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid vs. Malik Blade and Edris Enofe". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  9. ^ Bryant, Nathan (September 29, 2022). "NXT Champion Bron Breakker vs. Ilja Dragunov vs. JD McDonagh". WWE. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  10. ^ Bryant, Nathan (September 30, 2022). "North American Title on the line in Ladder Match". WWE. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  11. ^ Bryant, Nathan (October 4, 2022). "Roxanne Perez vs. Cora Jade (Weapons Wild Match)". WWE. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  12. ^ Bryant, Nathan (October 4, 2022). "Julius Creed vs. Damon Kemp (Ambulance Match)". WWE. Retrieved October 5, 2022.

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