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With three more new matches added to the Halloween Havoc 2026 card during the October 20 episode of WWE NXT, the show appears to nearing its final state.
At the top of the card will be two major title matches, as both the NXT Championship and NXT Women’s Championship are defended in Orlando; matches that could very well change the landscape of the brand significantly.
Not only could new champions be crowned, but these matches could be the last for two of NXT’s most established names before moving on to pastures anew in November.
Here are two WWE NXT stars that could be leaving the show after Halloween Havoc 2026:
Tony D’Angelo
In what appears to be the best bet to close the show in Orlando on Halloween night, Grayson Waller will defend his NXT Championship against the man he beat to earn the title back at Heatwave 2026: Tony D’Angelo.
With D’Angelo already having won every championship available to him across a five year spell in NXT, this match feels like it could very well be the former “Don” of NXT’s last before moving onto the main roster.
Now, fans have thought that a move to Raw or SmackDown was coming D’Angelo’s way for a quite a while now and it has never happened, so it’s hard to say this is definitively going to be the time or not, but it’s hard to see what else D’Angelo can do on NXT if he fails to defeat Waller.
As fun as his mobster gimmick was in NXT, it was certainly questionable whether it would have translated to main roster. However, this more grounded version of Tony D has every chance of slotting in on the main roster.
Potentially stepping up to challenge Trick Williams for the United States Championship, or turning heel and joining his friend Bron Breakker in The Vision: WWE has options for D’Angelo that would finally get him away from the Performance Center.
Kelani Jordan
Kelani Jordan is another NXT star who has pretty much seen it all and done it all since first emerging on the scene four years ago.
While she’s now enjoying her first run as NXT Women’s Champion, there have been reports from Fightful that a main roster call-up will be coming her way once her run with the title comes to an end.
Her Money in the Bank qualifying match on the September 14 episode of Raw was said to be a way for WWE to introduce the main roster audience to her before being called up, and there is a chance that move could be coming fairly soon.
But will it come after Halloween Havoc? It doesn’t feel quite as nailed on as D’Angelo’s call-up. This is more due to the timing more than anything, as most would assume Jordan will be losing her title back to Kendal Grey and not to Grey’s tag partner Wren Sinclair.
However, NXT has pulled off unexpected title changes in the past; and Sinclair winning the title would be a show-stealing moment on October 31. It could also pave the way for an interesting Sinclair vs. Grey feud potentially heading into Stand & Deliver season, because we know how much NXT loves them a good BFF breakup situation.
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