Dexter Lumis Out Of Takeover: XXX, Replacement To Be Set

Card subject to change. We are coming up on Takeover: XXX and the card is starting to come together. There are a lot of things left to cover though, including filling out the field for the North American title ladder match. The match will involve five participants, all of whom have to qualify by winning a triple threat. Two of them already have, but now things are already needing to be changed.

While it may be forgotten at times, NXT is a developmental system and is designed to set up new stars over the years. That can take some time to do on occasion but sometimes NXT finds something new and makes them into a bigger deal. At the same time though, fans might not always see things the same way as the company. That seems to be the case with a current star, but he might not be around for the time being anyway.

This week on NXT, Dexter Lumis was ruled out of the North American Title match at Takeover: XXX. Lumis suffered an ankle injury last week during his victory over Timothy Thatcher and Finn Balor. As a result, General Manager William Regal announced that there will be two singles matches between the four men who were not pinned in the triple threat matches with the winners moving on the Takeover.

Unfortunately, due to injury, @DexterLumis has been removed from the #NorthAmericanTitle #LadderMatch.

Therefore, in two weeks on #WWENXT, there will be two one-on-one matches between the Superstars who were not pinned or submitted in their respective #TripleThreat Matches. pic.twitter.com/q3drIzZhRW

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) August 6, 2020

The boss has a plan. Check out Regal’s announcement and what we will be missing with Lumis out:

Opinion: In a way, this is kind of a relief as I do not get the appeal of Lumis. The injury also seems like something storyline based, which will allow Lumis to come back later after having won a big match already. That could put him into a spot to challenge for the title later on when he is back in the ring, which fits into NXT’s tradition of planning ahead. This also opens some doors though, which can make for some interesting ways to go.

Who will take Lumis’ spot? Who will leave with the title? Let us know in the comments below.

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