Brian Pillman Jr. under his new WWE in-ring name of Lexis King competed in his first-ever match for the company, at the NXT house show at the Largo Events Center in Largo, FL on Friday night.
Pillman Jr. got the win over Brooks Jensen.
Pillman left AEW this past July after his contract was not renewed. Shortly after, he signed a deal with WWE and then officially began at the Performance Center in August.
Over the past few weeks on NXT television, vignettes have been airing to hype up Pillman’s NXT debut. A promo with Pillman Jr. aired during this past Tuesday’s NXT. In the video he gave the reason why he is not using his father’s last name. He said that he lost his father when he was just four years old. He then said that it seems everyone has memories of his father, but he does not any. Pillman said that he is nobody’s junior and he is taking on the last name of the real man who raised him, the real father figure in his life and that his name was King and now so is his. Pillman then said that he wants to inflict pain on the business that has brought him so much grief.
WWE filed a trademark for “Lexis King” back on October 2.
Below are the results from the event, courtesy of Fightful.
-Hank Walker and Tank Ledger defeated Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe
-Arianna Grace defeated Breanna Ruggiero
-Gable Steveson defeated Javier Bernal
-Myles Borne (w/ Damon Kemp) defeatedTrey Bearhill
-Jacy Jayne (w/Thea Hail) defeated Karmen Petrovic
-Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo defeated Malik Blade and Edris Enofe
-Lexis King defeated Brooks Jensen (w/ Fallon Henley)
-DIJAK defeated Andrezj Hughes-Murray
-Thea Hail (w/Jacy Jayne) defeated Ivy Nile
-Tyler Bate, Nathan Frazer and Axiom defeated Gallus (Mark Coffey, Joe Coffey and Wolfgang)