The NXT Cruiserweight Championship has been vacated. Former Jordan Devlin is stuck in the UK due to Coronavirus and is unable to fulfill his duties as champion.
A tournament will be held to crown a new Cruiserweight champion, as announced by NXT General Manager William Regal on Wednesday’s edition of WWE’s The Bump web series.
Details on the tournament, including the entrants and the full bracket, will be revealed in the coming days.
Devlin commented on the situation on Twitter. As seen below, he is not happy. Devlin calls it an ‘absolutely shocking and disrespectful decision’ to crown a new champion in his absence. He went as far as to label the tournament winner a ‘paper champion’ and claims NXT fans know who the real champion is. Devlin is setting up a potential unification bout down the road, which could generate a lot of fan interest.
NXT has been in somewhat of a limbo state as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. In recent weeks, WWE moved all television tapings to the WWE Performance Center. This included WrestleMania 36 this past weekend. It also resulted in the cancelation of NXT Takeover: Tampa Bay. Matches that were scheduled for that show are airing on NXT TV over the next several weeks.
