{"id":128395,"date":"2021-10-12T23:11:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T04:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=128395"},"modified":"2021-10-12T23:11:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T04:11:17","slug":"new-champion-crowned-on-nxt-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/12\/new-champion-crowned-on-nxt-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"New champion crowned on NXT 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4208096590\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Carmelo Hayes defeated Isaiah &#8220;Swerve&#8221; Scott to become the new NXT North American Champion. On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/12\/10-12-nxt-on-usa-report-wellss-report-on-swerve-vs-escobar-ciampa-vs-gacy-oreilly-wagner-vs-dunne-holland-more\/\">this week&#8217;s episode of NXT<\/a>, Hayes cashed in his championship opportunity contract after Scott defeated Santos Escobar in the main event. He earned the contract by winning the NXT Breakout Tournament earlier this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carmelo_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Carmelo_WWE<\/a> doesn&#39;t miss. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndNew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AndNew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWENXT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTNATitle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NXTNATitle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_trickwilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_trickwilliams<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ULDIP01KUB\">pic.twitter.com\/ULDIP01KUB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1448125618739204097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Scott won the championship from Bronson Reed on Jun 29. This is the first title win for Hayes since debuting on NXT.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/06\/nxt-2-0-returns-to-pre-revamp-average-in-terms-of-demo-ratings-and-viewership-after-two-week-surge\/\">NXT 2.0 returns to pre-revamp average in terms of demo ratings and viewership after two week surge<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1301105973\"><div id=\"pwtor-201872845\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Carmelo Hayes defeated Isaiah &#8220;Swerve&#8221; Scott to become the new NXT North American Champion. 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