Mia Yim Hypes Charlotte Match, Akira Tozawa Vs. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott Behind-The-Scenes, Drew Gulak
- The WWE Performance Center posted this behind-the-scenes look at the April 15 WWE NXT episode, which featured Akira Tozawa vs. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott in one of the first matches in the tournament to crown an Interim NXT Cruiserweight Champion. The video features Scott and Tozawa ahead of their first match against each other. Tozawa won that match to pick up his first win in Group B action.
The Group A and B action will continue this Wednesday and the competitors from each group with the best records will do battle in the near future to crown the interim champion. NXT Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin is currently in the UK, stuck and unable to defend due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- WWE SmackDown Superstar Drew Gulak turns 33 years old today while former WWE Superstar Alex Riley turns 39.
- Mia Yim took to Twitter today to hype her non-title match with NXT Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, which will air during tomorrow's NXT episode on the USA Network. Yim said this could be one of the biggest bouts of her career.
"TOMORROW! Don't miss possibly one of the biggest matches of my career thus far.. it's coming full circle, 5 years in the making. Bring the ruckus.. #WWENXT Charlotte flair vs Mia Yim 8pm est on USA," Yim wrote.
You can see Yim's full tweet below, which was re-tweeted by Flair:
TOMORROW! Don't miss possibly one of the biggest matches of my career thus far.. it's coming full circle, 5 years in the making. Bring the ruckus.. #WWENXT Charlotte flair vs Mia Yim 8pm est on USA. ?? pic.twitter.com/F4ruiK5f9y
— The HBIC (@MiaYim) April 28, 2020