Butch & Duke Hudson Added to NXT Global Heritage Invitational
NXT revealed the next set of participants of the NXT Global Heritage Invitational Tournament.
NXT took to its Twitter handle to reveal that Butch will represent England whereas Duke Hudson will represent Australia in the NXT Global Heritage Invitational starting from August 29.
🚨 The next two competitors in the NXT Global Heritage Invitational 🚨
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 26, 2023
In Group A representing England 🏴: @PeteDunneYxB
In Group B representing Australia 🇦🇺: @sixftfiiiiive
The NXT Global Heritage Invitational begins THIS TUESDAY on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/NfGKT2TqPF
Butch will be in group A alongside fellow Britishman Tyler Bate. On the other hand, Duke Hudson will join group B alongside Scotland’s Joe Coffey. NXT has already announced Bate & Coffee for the tournament.
This tournament will adopt the round-robin format where each group will have four participants. The matches will have a time limit of 12 minutes where a win will earn the fighter 2 points whereas a draw will earn each fighter 1 point.
The finals of this tournament will take place on the September 26 episode of NXT and then the winner will face Noam Dar at NXT No Mercy for the Heritage Cup.
Dar reclaimed his Heritage Cup by defeating Nathan Frazer at NXT Heatwave 2023. Stay tuned for more details of this tournament.