A major announcement was made by NXT General Manager William Regal during last night's episode of NXT that NXT Champion Karrion Kross will defend his NXT Title against Johnny Gargano on next week's show, with William Regal's enforcer, Samoa Joe, as the special guest referee. Kross and Gargano had a face-to-face segment last night on NXT, with the NXT General Manger and Samoa Joe keeping an eye on things and it was during the segment that the match was made official.
The segment also saw Kross saying that he thinks of three things when he wakes up every day and those things are never losing the NXT Championship, one day main-eventing WrestleMania and one day becoming the WWE Champion. As previously reported, NXT Champion Karrion Kross has been working dark matches on RAW and SmackDown prior to the show and he has been working them in front of officials as he has been rumored to be called-up to the main roster down the line.
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"Let's get the formalities out of the way, YOU SUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK." - @JohnnyGargano
No else seems to find that funny. 😬 #WWENXT #NXTGAB @WWEKarrionKross @SamoaJoe @RealKingRegal pic.twitter.com/bYA2hTJs5w— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 7, 2021
NEXT WEEK: @WWEKarrionKross will defend his #NXTTitle against @JohnnyGargano... with special guest referee @SamoaJoe! 👀 #WWENXT #NXTGAB @RealKingRegal pic.twitter.com/CslNWBmq4X
— WWE (@WWE) July 7, 2021
NEXT WEEK on #WWENXT@JohnnyGargano vs. @WWEKarrionKross#NXTChampionship
SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: @SamoaJoe#NXTGAB pic.twitter.com/i6fl17ntzg— WWE (@WWE) July 7, 2021
.@SamoaJoe will be non-biased next week... unless provoked. #WWENXT #NXTGAB @WWEKarrionKross pic.twitter.com/NPePRmzkMg
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) July 7, 2021
