North American title match to kick off Tuesday’s WWE NXT

Gold will be on the line to kick off WWE NXT this week.

During NXT Battleground tonight, there was a segment with general manager Ava revealing that Ricky Saints vs. Ethan Page for the North American Championship will open Tuesday’s NXT episode. Ava also announced that whoever walks out of that match as champion will defend the North American title belt at Worlds Collide on Saturday, June 7. Their Worlds Collide challenger has not been named yet.

Saints won the North American Championship from Shawn Spears this April and has already defended against Page once, getting the victory at Stand & Deliver over WrestleMania weekend. This is Saints’ first title reign in WWE after being let out of his AEW contract in February.

Worlds Collide is being held at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California and will include wrestlers from WWE, NXT, and Lucha Libre AAA. It’s taking place in the afternoon prior to WWE Money in the Bank at the Intuit Dome.

Also during Battleground, it was set up that TNA star Mike Santana will make his WWE in-ring debut against Tavion Heights on NXT this Tuesday.

WWE NXT (Tuesday, May 27) —

  • New TNA World Champion Trick Williams appears
  • NXT Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer defends against Jacy Jayne
  • Mike Santana vs. Tavion Heights
  • Tatum Paxley vs. Jaida Parker
  • WWE LFG winner Jasper Troy in action
  • NXT North American Champion Ricky Saints defends against Ethan Page