The 2022 Worlds Collide was a

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produced by

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. It was the third Worlds Collide and while the event was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT and

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brand divisions, Worlds Collide also featured some wrestlers from WWE's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. The event took place on Sunday, September 4, 2022, at the

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and aired via WWE's

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platforms. This was the first Worlds Collide to livestream on

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, and the first Worlds Collide event since

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. This was also the final event for NXT UK, which was meant to relaunch as NXT Europe in 2023. This was also NXT's last major event in which the brand was referred to as "NXT 2.0", as nine days later, the "2.0" moniker was dropped. Seven matches were contested at the event, including two

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es that were later streamed on '' Level Up''. All five matches that took place at the actual event were interbrand championship matches and three saw all but one of NXT UK's championships unified into their respective NXT championship counterparts. In the main event, NXT Champion

Bron Breakker Bronson Rechsteiner (born October 24, 1997) is an American professional wrestler and former football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Bron Breakker. He is a former two-time WWE Intercontinenta ...

defeated NXT United Kingdom Champion

Tyler Bate Tyler Bate (born 7 March 1997) is an English professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE where he performs on the Raw brand and is one of the two members of New Catch Republic, performing alongside Pete Dunne. In 2017, he became the inaugur ...

to unify both championships. In other prominent matches,

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defeated

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and

Blair Davenport Beatrice St. Claire Terry (née Priestley, born 22 March 1996) is an English-New Zealander professional wrestler. She is a freelancer, performing for various promotions such as New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). She previously performed in WWE und ...

in a

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to unify both women's championships, and Pretty Deadly ( Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) defeated

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( Brutus Creed and Julius Creed), NXT UK Tag Team Champions

Brooks Jensen Benjamin Buchanan (born August 21, 2001) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Brooks Jensen. He is a former one-time and the final NXT UK Tag Team Champion. Buchanan ...

and

Josh Briggs Joshua Bruns (born March 5, 1993) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Josh Briggs. He is signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand. He was a one-time and the final NXT UK Tag Team Champion. Bruns previou ...

, and Gallus (

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and Wolfgang) in a fatal four-way tag team elimination match to unify both tag team championships. The

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was the only championship between the two brands that was not defended at the event and it was later transferred to NXT in April 2023.

Production

Background

Worlds Collide is a series of

shows that began on January 26, 2019, when

held an interbrand tournament featuring wrestlers from the NXT,

, and the now-defunct 205 Live

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. After not being held in 2021 due to the

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, WWE announced on August 18, 2022, that Worlds Collide would return on Sunday, September 4, 2022, and be held at the

. It was the third Worlds Collide event and primarily featured wrestlers from the NXT and NXT UK brands. The announcement also confirmed that this would be the final event for NXT UK; following the event, the brand went on hiatus and will relaunch as NXT Europe in the future. In addition to the

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in international markets, it was the first Worlds Collide to

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after the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock in March 2021.

Storylines

The card included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results was predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT and NXT UK brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television programs, '' NXT'' and ''

'', and the supplementary online streaming show, '' Level Up''. After

successfully retained the

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, NXT United Kingdom Champion

appeared to confront Breakker. On the August 23 episode of ''NXT'', both Bate and Breakker signed a contract for a

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match to take place at Worlds Collide. On the August 23 episode of ''NXT'',

confronted

and demanded respect from her.

joined the confrontation, and the two champions argued who was better. The champions then agreed to a title unification match at Worlds Collide, with Davenport also being added to the match due to being the number one contender for the NXT UK Women's Championship, thus making it a triple threat title unification match. On the August 30 episode of ''NXT'',

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Katana Chance Kacy Esther Catanzaro (born January 14, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and a former gymnast and obstacle racer. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Katana Chance. Alongside Kayden Carter, s ...

and

Kayden Carter Allyssa Lyn Lane (born May 20, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Kayden Carter. Alongside Katana Chance, she is a one-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion, ho ...

were confronted by

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and Nikki A.S.H. from Raw, who challenged the champions for the titles at Worlds Collide, which was made official. At Heatwave, while

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(

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, and

Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) were talking about

' success, they were interrupted by Gallus ( Joe Coffey,

, and Wolfgang), who laid them out. Later that night, Gallus interrupted NXT UK Tag Team Champions

and

, and a brawl broke out, leading to a title match the following week, where Gallus won via countout after

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attacked

Fallon Henley Theresa Schuessler (born September 25, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. , she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Fallon Henley, and is a member of the Fatal Influence stable. She is a former one ...

, leading to Pretty Deadly ( Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) brawling with Briggs and Jensen outside the ring, but Briggs and Jensen retained. On the August 30 episode, during a six-person mixed tag team match pitting Henley, Jensen, and Briggs against Pretty Deadly and Legend, Gallus interfered in favor of Legend and Pretty Deadly and helped them to win. On the same episode, after Joe, Mark, and Wolfgang defeated Damon Kemp and The Creed Brothers, a brawl started between both teams, and Pretty Deadly, Briggs, and Jensen joined the fight. This led to a fatal four-way tag team elimination match being scheduled between The Creed Brothers, Briggs and Jensen, Gallus, and Pretty Deadly at Worlds Collide, which would also be a title unification match. On the August 30 episode of ''NXT'',

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, alongside Trick Williams, discussed how no one could match Hayes' level.

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from SmackDown then appeared to challenge Hayes for the title at World Collide, which was made official.

Aftermath

Tyler Bate opened the following episode of ''NXT'' to talk about his loss to Bron Breakker, only to be interrupted by Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, and Wolfgang). They attacked Bate and also took out security guards. Breakker made the save, and a tag team match pitting Breakker and Bate against Joe and Mark was scheduled for that episode's main event, where Breakker and Bate won. Afterwards, they were attacked by

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, who wanted another shot at the NXT Championship after losing to Breakker at Heatwave. This set up a match between Bate and McDonagh to determine the number one contender for the title on the September 20 episode where McDonagh was victorious. On the September 13 episode of ''NXT'', The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) took on Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) in a

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for the NXT Tag Team Championship. Pretty Deadly retained after Damon Kemp handcuffed Julius to the top of the cage, leaving Brutus to fight Pretty Deadly alone. The Creed Brothers would continue their feud with Kemp over the next few weeks and on the October 4 episode, an ambulance match between Julius and Kemp was scheduled for

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, with the added stipulation that Brutus must leave NXT should Julius lose. For costing them the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship,

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(

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and

Jacy Jayne Taylor Grado (born June 2, 1996) is an American professional wrestler. , she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT (WWE brand), NXT WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Jacy Jayne, and is the current NXT Women's Champion in he ...

) faced Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. on the following episode of ''NXT'' in a losing effort. For costing him the NXT North American Championship, Trick Williams took on Ricochet on the following episode of ''NXT'' in a losing effort. On the September 20 episode of ''NXT'', a Pub Rules match pitting Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen against Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) was scheduled for the following week, where Briggs and Jensen won. Following the match, Mark, Joe Coffey, and Wolfgang attacked security guards and a referee before they were arrested as ''NXT'' ended. Afterwards, it was announced that Gallus were suspended indefinitely. Gallus made their return at ''NXT'': New Year's Evil on January 10, 2023, where they won a

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to become the number one contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship. They replaced Gallus in the match, setting up another match between the two teams for the following week, where Gallus was victorious, ending the feud. The 2022 Worlds Collide would be NXT's last major event in which the brand was referred to as "NXT 2.0". At the end of the September 13 episode of ''NXT'', a video package aired that summarized the past year of NXT's "2.0 era" and was narrated by

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. He talked about the brand consistently evolving with a focus on the future. Afterwards, a new gold-and-white logo was introduced, with the "NXT" logo remaining unchanged but the "2.0" moniker dropped. The

was the only title between NXT and NXT UK that was not defended at the event. The title's status remained unknown until April 2023 when reigning champion

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appeared on the April 4, 2023, episode of ''NXT'' with the Heritage Cup. It was subsequently transferred to NXT and renamed to NXT Heritage Cup.

Results

Fatal four-way tag team elimination match

References

External links

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