Charlie Dempsey agreed to defend his Heritage Cup title towards Lexis King throughout “WWE NXT.” The pair met throughout a backstage section, with King likening himself to the cup-holder with reference to their technical wrestling abilities and daring facial hair types, earlier than saying that Dempsey’s father – William Regal – should respect him for being the champion and making the problem. Dempsey shrugged on the remark about his father however admitted he can relate to having to observe in his footsteps, alluding to King’s personal standing as Brian Pillman’s son. He then accepted the problem, with Wren Sinclair chiming in to say the challenger would wish somebody in his nook.
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The match set for subsequent week’s present stands to be King’s second try on the Heritage Cup this 12 months; he challenged former holder Tony D’Angelo to a 2-1 loss in July. It’s going to even be the fourth try at his maiden “WWE NXT” title, having didn’t seize the North American title from both Oba Femi or Dragon Lee final 12 months. He final gained a Gents’s Duel bout to blow off his feud with Oro Mensah, leaving him at 3-2 since his final Cup problem. Alternatively, Dempsey can be making the second protection of this reign having re-captured it from D’Angelo in August, final defending towards Je’Von Evans in September.
