NXT Breakout Tournament

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NXT Breakout Tournament
Promotions WWE
Brands NXT
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 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]

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Winners, dates and venues of finals

YearEventDateCityVenueWinner
2019 NXT August 10, 2019 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Scotiabank Arena Jordan Myles
2021NXTAugust 23, 2021 Orlando, Florida WWE Performance Center Carmelo Hayes
2022NXTJune 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

ChampionshipVictoriesAttemptsSuccess rate
NXT Championship 01.000
NXT North American Championship 201.000
Total21.667
  – Championship victory
  – Championship match loss
#WinnerEventDateChampionship match
1 Jordan Myles NXT August 15, 2019Myles lost to Adam Cole for the NXT Championship.
2 Carmelo Hayes NXTOctober 12, 2021Hayes 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 NXTJanuary 9, 2024Femi 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

ChampionshipVictoriesAttemptsSuccess rate
NXT Women's Championship 02–
NXT Women's North American Championship 00–
Total00–
  – Championship victory
  – Championship match loss
#WinnerEventDateChampionship match
1 Roxanne Perez NXT July 12, 2022Perez lost to Mandy Rose for the NXT Women's Championship.
2 Lola Vice Vengeance Day February 4, 2024Vice 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

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.

2024 Women's

First round
NXT 		Semifinals
NXT 		Final
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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