L.A. Knight falls in defeat before his main event match.
Kicking off the debut episode of NXT’s reboot was a singles match between L.A. Knight and Bronson Rechsteiner, now going by ‘Bron Breakker’. This was Breakker’s NXT TV debut and he scored a win over Knight by hitting a pop-up powerslam.
Knight is scheduled to be in the main event of NXT which is the four-way to determine the new NXT Champion. Joining Knight in the match will be Pete Dunne, Kyle O’Reilly and Tommaso Ciampa.
WHAT DID WE JUST WITNESS?! @bronbreakkerwwe has DEFEATED #NXTTitle No. 1 Contender @LAKnightWWE in his #WWENXT DEBUT! pic.twitter.com/keX0om8Ftg
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 15, 2021
Bron Breakker is the son of former two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner. It was announced this past February that Breakker signed with WWE.
