WWE has announced that on next week’s final show of 2020 Johnny Gargano will defend the NXT North American Championship against former champion Leon Ruff.
Ruff defeated Gargano on the November 11 episode of WWE NXT to capture the title, after Gargano was distracted by Damian Priest. Gargano regained the title at “NXT: TakeOver WarGames 2020″ back on December 6 with the help of Austin Theory.
Also, on next week’s show will be the Year-End Awards.
Is the curse real?@JohnnyGargano will be put to the test when he defends his #NXTNATitle against @LEONRUFF_ NEXT WEEK on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/GejEcquetT
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 24, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: @LEONRUFF_ plans on making the most of his opportunity to become #WWENXT North American Champion once again. pic.twitter.com/5CbuCw9YIj
— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) December 24, 2020
Who is @WWENXT's brightest star of the future? Tweet #NXTAwardFuture + one of the below to make your pick! #NXTYearEndAwards#AustinTheory#JakeAtlas#LeonRuff#KacyCatanzaro#KaydenCarter#IndiHartwell#XiaLi#PrettyDeadly#AKid#AoifeValkyrie pic.twitter.com/vj6lHhbPB6
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 23, 2020