By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
The following matches are advertised for the NXT No Mercy event that will be held on Saturday in Bakersfield, California at Mechanics Bank Arena.
-Carmelo Hayes vs. Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Championship
-Becky Lynch vs. Tiffany Stratton in an Extreme Rules match for the NXT Women’s Championship
-Dominik Mysterio vs. Trick Williams for the NXT North American Championship
-Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo vs. Bronco Lima and Lucien Price vs. Julius Creed and Brutus Creed vs. Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo in a four-way for the NXT Tag Team Titles
-Noam Dar vs. Butch for the NXT Heritage Cup
-Bron Breakker vs. Baron Corbin
-(Kickoff Show) Blair Davenport vs. Kelani Jordan
Powell’s POV: Shawn Michaels made the Davenport vs. Jordan match official for the pre-show during his media call on Thursday. Williams won a four-way match to earn the North American Championship match. It was originally advertised as Dominik Mysterio vs. Mustafa Ali, but the company released Ali from his contract last week. Join me for my live review of NXT No Mercy as the show streams Saturday on Peacock in the United States beginning with the pre-show match. The main card starts at 7CT/8ET. My same night audio review will be available as this week’s Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast.
Other than the midget match for the Heritage Booster Seat, everything there has the potential to be good and a few of those matches could be really good.
As a person who loathes “Extreme” matches, or any match where no-disqualification is involved, I’m expecting Tiffany to regain the NXT title due to interference by Jade Cargill. Which, honestly, isn’t a terrible plan; Becky loses the title without any damage and is easily distracted into a feud with Jade. Then Jade, Tiffany, and NXT as a whole all get good Becky Rubs.