Finn Balor Match Confirmed For WWE NXT TakeOver: XXX

Taking to Twitter this afternoon, WWE has confirmed that former Universal Champion Finn Balor will be in action this weekend at NXT TakeOver: XXX as he takes on Timothy Thatcher.

Finn Balor might have lost to Velveteen Dream last night on NXT in a match to earn the final spot in the five-man North American championship ladder match this weekend at TakeOver.

JUST ANNOUNCED: @FinnBalor will go one-on-one with Timothy Thatcher THIS SATURDAY at #NXTTakeOver XXX! #WWENXT @WWENetwork https://t.co/fVhiP4Wojl

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 20, 2020

The match was made after Thatcher cost Balor in his match with Dream on last night’s show. The bout this weekend will be Thatcher’s first on the TakeOver stage.

Here’s what WWE.com‘s article had to say about the match announcement:

When you come at The Prince, you’d best not miss, and Timothy Thatcher may learn that the hard way.

As ordered by NXT General Manager William Regal, Finn Bálor will take on Thatcher at NXT TakeOver XXX in a what figures to be a heated bout after Thatcher cost The Prince a chance to become North American Champion.

But in Thatcher’s mind, Bálor already cost him as well. The pugnacious technician had The Prince locked in an Achilles hold last month in a Triple Threat Match to qualify for the North American Title Ladder Match. However, with Thatcher preoccupied, Dexter Lumis applied Silence for a victory over Thatcher by technical submission.

Bálor had one more chance to qualify when he took on The Velveteen Dream this past Wednesday, but Thatcher intervened to ensure he wouldn’t.

The Prince had been laser-focused in recent weeks on seizing the one accolade missing from his NXT resume: the North American Title. What price might Thatcher pay for ruining Bálor’s plans

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