Just one week after announcing this year’s NXT Breakout Tournament, WWE has announced the competitors.
WWE did so during the NXT Great American Bash episode with the names of the eight wrestlers:
- Trey Baxter: Formerly known as Blake Christian, who faced Kushida on the June 15 NXT episode
- Carmelo Hayes: Formerly known as Christian Casanova, who wrestled Kushida on the June 1 episode T and Adam Cole on the June 22 episode.
- Andre Chase: Formerly known as Harlem Bravado who defeated Guru Raaj on the July 2 episode of 205 Live to qualify for.
- Josh Briggs: A former EVOLVE Champion.
- Ikemen Jiro: He has worked on 205 Live since making his debut in May.
- Joe Gacy: He beat Desmond Troy on the July 2 episode of 205 Live to qualify for it.
- Odyssey Jones: Formerly known as Omari Palmer, who has worked NXT dark matches as well as wrestled Robert Roode in a dark match last week at SmackDown.
- Duke Hudson: Formerly known as Brendan Vink, who hasn’t wrestled since May 2020 on Raw.
The tournament will begin on the July 13 episode of NXT with Jiro vs. Hudson. Next week’s show will also feature NXT Champion Karrion Kross defending the title against Johnny Gargano.
