CM Punk announces NXT title challenge at Halloween Havoc
Grayson Waller retained the NXT championship against Tony D’Angelo in the main event of Halloween Havoc. Waller used a weapon shot while the referee was down before hitting a Rolling Stunner for the pinfall victory. The show concluded with CM Punk announcing he will challenge for the NXT title.
CM Punk announced he will challenge for the NXT championship next week on NXT TV. The announcement came during the Halloween Havoc television special that aired on Saturday, October 31, 2026 from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. In the main event of the show, Grayson Waller defended the NXT title against Tony D’Angelo. Waller had won the championship from D’Angelo in a Fatal 4-Way at Heatwave by stealing a pinfall from Cruz Montana.
Waller opened the match with a shoot style promo in which he claimed to be resetting the standard for the division. His quick title win earlier had backed up those words according to observers. During the bout D’Angelo appeared to score a visual pinfall that the live crowd counted to around nine. The referee was knocked out at that point and unable to make the official count.
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