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Find out who was the first woman to advance in the NXT Women’s Championship tournament after the first round kicked off tonight (May 9).
In the opening bout of tonight’s edition of NXT, the first match in the first round of the NXT Women’s Championship tournament.
After the episode opened with all of the quarterfinalists on the entrance ramp, the first match was between Tiffany Stratton and Gigi Dolin.
After hard hitting action, it was Tiffany Stratton who was able to hit her finisher ‘The Prettiest Moonsault Ever’ and capture the pinfall victory over Dolin to advance.
In the second tournament match of the night, Lyra Valkyria took on Kiana James to see who would advance.
In the end it was Lyra Valkyria who took home the pinfall and advances in the tournament.
The final of the NXT Women’s Championship tournament is set for NXT’s premium live event, NXT Battleground on May 28, 2023.
In the semi-finals, Stratton will face the winner of next week’s quarter-final between Roxanne Perez and Jacy Jayne, while Valkyria will face the winner of Cora Jade vs Fallon Henley.
You can check out the entire card for tonight’s upcoming edition of NXT below:
Bron Breakker vs. Trick Williams
Dijak vs. Ilja Dragunov
NXT Tag Team Championship – Mark Coffey & Wolfgang (c) vs. The Dyad
Gigi Dolin vs. Tiffany Stratton in the NXT Women’s Championship tournament
Lyra Valkyria vs. Kiana James in the NXT Women’s Championship tournament
Eddy Thorpe vs. Damon Kemp
Duke Hudson vs. Javier Bernal
Tyler Bate w/ Wes Lee vs. Charlie Dempsey w/ Drew Gulak
Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen vs. Hank Walker & Tank Ledger
Ladies and gentleman…
The NXT Women’s Championship Tournament 👏👏👏#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/VcIdbnJpjY
— WWE (@WWE) May 10, 2023
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