– On tonight’s episode of WWE NXT, general manager William Regal announced that NXT Women’s Champion Bayley will be defending her championship at NXT TakeOver: Dallas against Asuka. It will serve as Asuka’s first title match in WWE.
The duo teamed up on tonight’s episode to easily defeat Eva Marie & Nia Jax.
– Also on tonight’s WWE NXT, Sami Zayn came out and cut a promo saying that even though he didn’t become number one contender last week, he feels like he deserves a special match. William Regal agreed and announced that at NXT TakeOver: Dallas, Zayn would face Shinsuke Nakamura.
Nakamura appeared on the video screen in a cell-phone recorded clip. Dallas will mark the first time Nakamura has ever worked for the WWE.