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NXT Breakout Tournament

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NXT Breakout Tournament
PromotionsWWE
BrandsNXT
First event2019
Last event2024

The NXT Breakout Tournament is a professional wrestling single elimination tournament produced by professional wrestling promotion WWE for the NXT brand. It was first introduced in 2019 and features eight wrestlers who are new arrivals on NXT (usually WWE Performance Center recruits making their WWE NXT television debuts). The winner receives a championship match of their choice, which they can cash in at any time.[1]

Winners, dates and venues of finals

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

NXT Breakout Tournament winner's championship opportunity

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Color key
       Won championship match
       Lost championship match

Male

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No. 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 cashed in after Isaiah "Swerve" Scott retained the NXT North American Championship against Santos Escobar.
3 Oba Femi NXT January 9, 2024 Femi cashed in after Dragon Lee retained the NXT North American Championship against Lexis King.

Female

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No. 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 cashed in during a singles match between the defending champion Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women's Championship, thus converting it into a triple threat match.

Tournament history

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2019

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In 2019, WWE introduced the NXT Breakout Tournament, featuring eight male wrestlers from the WWE Performance Center making their NXT television debuts.[2] Jordan Myles won the tournament by defeating Cameron Grimes in the final.[3]

2021

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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, where Andre Chase and Joe Gacy won by defeating Guru Raaj and Desmond Troy, respectively.[8] Carmelo Hayes won the tournament by defeating Odyssey Jones in the final.[9]

2022

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The inaugural Women's Breakout Tournament featured eight female wrestlers from NXT for the first time, with the winner earning a NXT Women's Championship opportunity at any time. Roxanne Perez became the first winner by defeating Tiffany Stratton in the final.[11]

2023 Women's

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The second Women's Breakout Tournament began on the October 3, 2023, episode of NXT.[17][18] Lola Vice defeated Kelani Jordan in the final to win the tournament.[19]

2023 Men's

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The third Men's Breakout Tournament began on the December 12, 2023, episode of NXT. Oba Femi defeated Riley Osborne in the final to win the tournament.

References

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  1. ^ John Clapp (June 19, 2019). "NXT Breakout Tournament to begin next week". WWE. Retrieved November 1, 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 November 1, 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 November 1, 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 November 1, 2023.
  9. ^ Joseph Currier (August 24, 2021). "Carmelo Hayes wins 2021 NXT Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  10. ^ "2021 NXT Breakout Tournament set to begin July 13". WWE. June 29, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  11. ^ Bryan Rose (June 7, 2022). "Roxanne Perez wins NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  12. ^ Joseph Currier (May 10, 2022). "WWE reveals bracket for NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  13. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.
  15. ^ a b 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Bryan Rose (September 12, 2023). "WWE announces return of NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  18. ^ Robert Defelice (September 12, 2023). "NXT Women's Breakout Tournament Announced As 'Coming Soon'". Fightful. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  19. ^ Bryan Rose (October 31, 2023). "Lola Vice wins WWE NXT Women's Breakout Tournament". WON / F4W. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
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