It was announced at Wednesday’s NXT TV tapings in Winter Park, FL at Full Sail University that Shinsuke Nakamura would challenge Samoa Joe for the NXT Title at NXT Takeover: Back To Brooklyn.
This match has been teased for weeks but it had not been officially announced until the tapings on Wednesday.
NXT Takeover: Back To Brooklyn takes place on August 20, 2016 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and will air live on the WWE Network.
It’s also expected that Bayley vs. Asuka for the NXT Women’s Championship will be announced for the show.