NXT Breakout Tournament

NXT Breakout Tournament
Promotions	WWE
Brands	NXT
First event	2019
Last event	2024

The NXT Breakout Tournament is a professional wrestling single elimination tournament produced by 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 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

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

Color key

	Won championship match
	Lost championship match

Male

#	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

#	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

2019

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]

Tournament bracket

1st Round NXT [4] June 12, 2019 (Aired: June 26 – July 17) Semifinals NXT [5] June 13, 2019 (Aired: July 24–31) Final NXT [6] August 10, 2019 (Aired: August 14)             Dexter Lumis 5:52 Bronson Reed Pinfall Bronson Reed 5:53 Cameron Grimes Pinfall Isaiah "Swerve" Scott 8:32 Cameron Grimes Pinfall Cameron Grimes 9:33 Jordan Myles Pinfall Angel Garza Pinfall Joaquin Wilde 7:23 Angel Garza 8:25 Jordan Myles Pinfall Jordan Myles Pinfall Boa 8:21

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 , 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]

Tournament bracket

1st Round NXT [10] July 13–21, 2021 (Aired: July 13 – August 3) Semifinals NXT August 10–17 Final NXT August 23, 2021 (Aired: August 24)             Duke Hudson Pinfall Ikemen Jiro 4:51 Duke Hudson 5:39 Carmelo Hayes Pinfall Carmelo Hayes Pinfall Josh Briggs 10:52 Carmelo Hayes Pinfall Odyssey Jones 8:50 Andre Chase 3:20 Odyssey Jones Pinfall Odyssey Jones Pinfall Trey Baxter 2:54 Joe Gacy 5:10 Trey Baxter Pinfall

2022

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]

Tournament bracket

1st Round NXT 2.0 [12] May 10–17, 2022 Semifinals NXT 2.0 May 24, 2022 Final NXT 2.0 June 7, 2022             Nikkita Lyons Pinfall Arianna Grace 3:09 [13] Tiffany Stratton [a] Pinfall Fallon Henley 5:02 [14] Fallon Henley Pinfall Sloane Jacobs 4:28 [13] Tiffany Stratton 8:48 [15] Roxanne Perez Pinfall Roxanne Perez Pinfall Kiana James 5:15 [16] Roxanne Perez Pinfall Lash Legend 3:19 [14] Lash Legend Pinfall Tatum Paxley 3:50 [16] Nikkita Lyons got injured during training. Her semifinal opponent, Fallon Henley, originally got a bye to the finals, but Tiffany Stratton challenged Henley to earn her spot in the finals. Thus, Stratton replaced Lyons in the tournament.

2023 Women's

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]

Tournament bracket

1st Round NXT October 3-17, 2023 Semifinals Halloween Havoc October 24, 2023 Final Halloween Havoc October 31, 2023             Kelani Jordan Pinfall Izzi Dame 4:52 Kelani Jordan Pinfall Arianna Grace 7:35 Arianna Grace Pinfall Brinley Reece [a] 2:56 Kelani Jordan 6:56 Lola Vice Pinfall Karmen Petrovic Submission Jaida Parker 3:38 Karmen Petrovic 3:36 Lola Vice Pinfall Dani Palmer 3:59 Lola Vice Pinfall Brinley Reece replaced Jakara Jackson after Jackson was not medically cleared to compete.

2023 Men's

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.

Tournament bracket

1st round NXT December 12-13, 2023 (Aired: December 12–19) Semifinals NXT December 13, 2023 (Aired: December 26) Final New Year's Evil January 2, 2024             Riley Osborne Pinfall Keanu Carver 3:28 Riley Osborne Pinfall Lexis King 3:43 Lexis King [a] Pinfall Dion Lennox 2:59 Riley Osborne 9:45 Oba Femi Pinfall Oba Femi Pinfall Myles Borne 3:35 Oba Femi Pinfall Tavion Heights 4:10 Tavion Heights Pinfall Luca Crusifino 3:25 Lexis King replaced Trey Bearhill after he attacked Bearhill with a steel chair.

References

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