WWE announces North American title match for NXT

The North American Championship will be on the line on NXT this Wednesday night.

In a tweet posted by William Regal tonight, WWE announced that Damian Priest will defend his North American Championship against Dexter Lumis on this week’s episode of NXT: “I have been extremely impressed with @ArcherOfInfamy as of late, and as a fighting champion, he should welcome all challengers. @DexterLumis was unfortunately injured before his last opportunity … but he’ll have it tomorrow night! Lumis vs Priest for the #NXTNATitle! #WWENXT”

Priest won the North American title in a five-way ladder match at NXT TakeOver XXX this August. Lumis had originally qualified for the ladder match but was removed after suffering an ankle injury.

Lumis returned to NXT two weeks ago during a backstage segment where he stared at Cameron Grimes as Grimes was looking for Regal. Grimes called Lumis a freak and told him to get out of his face. Last week, Lumis defeated Austin Theory after answering Theory’s open challenge. Grimes then laid out Lumis with a double stomp after the match.

Priest has had successful title defenses against Timothy Thatcher and Johnny Gargano since becoming North American Champion.

Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch vs. Undisputed Era’s Roderick Strong & Bobby Fish is also set for this week’s NXT. The winning team will become the number one contenders to Breezango’s NXT Tag Team titles.