Spring Breakin' (2023)
| NXT Spring Breakin' | |||
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 Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | NXT | ||
| Date | April 25, 2023 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | WWE Performance Center | ||
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The 2023 Spring Breakin' is the ongoing second annual Spring Breakin' professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It is being held primarily for wrestlers from the NXT brand division. Spring Breakin' airs as a special episode of NXT. The television special takes place on April 25, 2023, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and airs on the USA Network.
Production
Background
Spring Breakin' is an annual professional wrestling television special produced by WWE. The inaugural Spring Breakin' event was held as a special episode of NXT, on May 3 and took place at NXT's home base of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.[1] On the April 11, 2023, episode of NXT, it was announced that the second Spring Breakin' would take place on April 25, 2023, thereby establishing Spring Breakin' as an annual Spring event for NXT.[2][3]
Storylines
The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand,[4][5] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT, and the supplementary online streaming show, Level Up.
On the April 11 episode of NXT, Grayson Waller won a fatal four-way match to become the number one contender for Carmelo Hayes' NXT Championship at Spring Breakin'.[6]
On the April 11 episode of NXT, while Chase University (Andre Chase, Duke Hudson and Thea Hail) were presenting an MVP award for Hudson, they were confronted by Bron Breakker, who laid them out.[6] The following week, Hudson challenged Breakker to face Chase at Spring Breakin', which was made official.[7]
Results
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | Times[10] | ||||
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| 1 | The Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo) defeated Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) | Trunk match | 12:31 | ||||
| 2 | Bron Breakker defeated Andre Chase (with Duke Hudson) | Singles match[8] | 2:20 | ||||
| 3 | Lyra Valkyria vs. Cora Jade | Singles match | — | ||||
| 4 | Brooks Jensen and Kiana James vs. Josh Briggs and Fallon Henley | Mixed tag team match | — | ||||
| 5 | Indi Hartwell (c) vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Tiffany Stratton | Triple threat match for the NXT Women's Championship | — | ||||
| 6 | Carmelo Hayes (c) (with Trick Williams) vs. Grayson Waller | Singles match for the NXT Championship[9] | — | ||||
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References
- ^ Hazelwood, Bruce Lee (April 19, 2022). "4/19 NXT 2.0 REPORT: Hazelwood's live alt-perspective on Hayes vs. Escobar, Natalya's first NXT match in eight years vs. Paxley, Sarray vs. Stratton, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (April 7, 2023). "NXT Championship #1 Contender Fatal 4-Way Set For 4/11 WWE NXT; Title Bout Set For NXT Spring Breakin'". Fightful. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ Aguilar, Matthew (April 11, 2023). "WWE Reveals NXT Spring Breakin' Date and Main Event". ComicBook.com. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ^ a b Hazelwood, Bruce Lee (April 11, 2023). "4/11 NXT REPORT: Hazelwood's live report on Women's Tag Championship match, #1 contender's match for Hayes, Stratton vs. Ruca, Jade's return promo, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ Lindberg, Nate (April 18, 2023). "4/18 NXT REPORT: Lindberg's live report on Carmelo Hayes on the Waller Effect, the return of Roxanne Perez and more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
- ^ Fightful Wrestling [@Fightful] (April 18, 2023). "Andre Chase vs Bron Breakker is set for next week at NXT Spring Breakin' #WWENXT" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (April 12, 2023). "NXT Title Match Set For NXT Spring Breakin' 2023". Fightful. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ Moore, John (April 25, 2023). "4/25 NXT TV results: Moore's review of Carmelo Hayes vs. Grayson Waller for the NXT Title, Indi Hartwell vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Tiffany Stratton for the NXT Women's Title, Bron Breakker vs. Andre Chase, Josh Briggs and Fallon Henley vs. Brooks Jensen and Kiana James, Cora Jade vs. Lyra Valkyria, Tony D'Angelo and Stacks Lorenzo vs. Pretty Deadly in a Trunk Match, Oba Femi debuts". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 25, 2023.