Jackson Drake Set For North American Title #1 Contenders Gauntlet Match On WWE NXT

Jackson Drake will be fighting for a shot at the NXT North American Championship on next week’s episode of WWE NXT. As announecd on Tuesday, a Gauntlet Eliminator match is set to take place on next week’s show. The winner of the match will challenge Myles Borne for the North American Title at NXT Stand & Deliver on April 4th.

NXT General Manager Robert Stone announced on Friday that Drake, who lost the Men’s Evolve Championship on this week’s WWE EVOLVE, is the first competitor announced for the match. Stone will be announcing a new competitor every day until the episode.

You can see the updated card for next week’s episode of WWE NXT below. The show takes place on Tuesday from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The show airs live on The CW in the United States and Netflix internationally.

* Gauntlet Eliminator North American Title #1 Contenders Match: Jackson Drake vs. More Competitors TBA.
* NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Tournament Match: Eli Knight & Elio LeFluer vs. The Culling.
* Ricky Saints vs. Tony D’Angelo.
* Thea Hail vs. Kelani Jordan.
* Lainey Reid & Fallon Henley vs. Wren Sinclair & Kendal Grey.
* Sol Ruca and ZARIA meet face-to-face.

411 will have live coverage of the show as per usual.

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