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title: "NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament Announced, First Participants Confirmed"
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published: "2022-04-27T00:46:07Z"
modified: "2022-04-27T07:54:15Z"
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# NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament Announced, First Participants Confirmed

WWE has announced an NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament on tonight’s (April 26) episode of WWE NXT 2.0.

WWE announced that the tournament will begin in two weeks, before confirming the first participant as Arianna Grace.

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[Arianna Grace is the NXT name for Bianca Carelli, daughter of former WWE star Santino Marella.](https://wrestletalk.com/news/santino-marella-daughter-bianca-carelli-wwe-name/)

WWE later announced two more participants as Kiana James and Sloane Jacobs. Lash Legend also mentioned getting ready for the tournament during an interview, though WWE have not yet confirmed her for the tournament.

The previous two NXT Breakout Tournaments were won by Jordan Myles and Carmelo Hayes.

> A BIG couple of weeks coming up on [#WWENXT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWENXT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [pic.twitter.com/QxoVDxfMi8](https://t.co/QxoVDxfMi8)
>
> — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) [April 27, 2022](https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/1519114646183157761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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