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Major Changes Made To WWE Halloween Havoc Card Tuesday Night On NXT

Sol Ruca is no longer able to defend her NXT Women's North American Title, while Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero have been awoken!
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Ricky Saints vs. Trick Williams
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Sol Ruca was scheduled to defend the NXT Women's North American Championship at Halloween Havoc this Saturday night, but that will no longer be happening.

She showed up to the 10/21 edition of NXT Tuesday night on crutches and announced that she suffered an injury last Friday night on SmackDown when Zaria and herself unsuccessfully challenged Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships.

With NXT General Manager Ava in the ring alongside her, Ruca said she would not be cleared in time to face Blake Monroe this weekend and that she was ready to relinquish the title. That was until Zaria stepped up and offered to fight in her place. The Glamour naturally objected to that proposal, but ended up getting dropped in the center of the ring after the match was made official.

Moments after Leon Slater successfully defended his TNA X-Division Championship against Stacks Tuesday night, Je’Von Evans and himself expressed their desire to compete at Halloween Havoc in a tag team match.

They were soon cut off by AAA’s Mr. Iguana and La Parka, who were more than happy to accept that challenge, and Eva later made the match official for Saturday's show in in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

Speaking of tag team match-ups... they're back! Halloween Havoc is about to be broken as Matt Hardy and Brother Nero have taken a dip in the Lake of Reincarnation ahead of their NXT Tag Team Title defense against the DarkState.

The Hardy Boyz were driven to take such extreme measures after they were attacked backstage by DarkState a week ago.

The greatest tag team of all-time is now promising to render this group of renegades obsolete when they battle inside of a Broken Rules Match at Halloween Havoc.

NXT Halloween Havoc Card (Announced):

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Ricky Saints (c) vs. Trick Williams for the NXT Championship

Jacy Jayne (c) vs. Tatum Pazley for the NXT Women's Championship

Ethan Page (c) vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. in a Day of the Dead Match for the NXT North American Title

Zaria (wrestling for Sol Ruca) vs. Blake Monroe for the NXT Women's North American Championship

The Hardy Boyz (c) vs. DarkState in a Broken Rules Match for the NXT Tag Team Championship

Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater vs. Mr. Iguana & La Parka

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Rick Ucchino is the Assistant Editor & Content Coordinator for The Takedown on SI. He also works full-time for 700WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio as a local news and sports anchor, in addition to his time covering the Cincinnati Bengals for Sirius XM. Rick has been on the professional wrestling beat since 2019, having provided coverage for a number of outlets, including Fightful, SB Nation’s Cageside Seats and the Bleav Podcast Network. With an educational background in theater, creative writing and journalism, Rick focuses primarily on the storytelling aspect of pro wrestling, but he’s no stranger to the squared circle himself. He had the privilege of training with former WWE & WCW cruiserweight Jimmy Wang Yang for nearly two years and retired early due to back issues with a perfect 1-0 record in singles competition. Rick is a married father of two incredibly adorable children, who are budding pro wrestling fans themselves. Much to the chagrin of their mother. You can reach Rick at rwucchino@gmail.com

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