Following a 313-day reign as NXT’s cruiserweight champion, Santos Escobar’s next goal is a second run with the title.
Escobar won the belt in May 2020 after it was vacated when reigning champ Jordan Devlin, who was based out of the U.K., was unable to travel to Florida for shows due to the pandemic. Escobar defeated Jordan Devlin on the second night of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver last month to become the undisputed champ, then dropped the title days later to former New Japan star Kushida. In a short amount of time, Escobar and Kushida have added stakes and meaning to their feud, and they meet tonight in a two-out-of-three falls match for the belt.