Spring Breakin'

Spring Breakin' was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was held primarily for wrestlers from the NXT brand division. Spring Breakin' aired as a special episode of ''NXT 2.0''. The television special took place on May 3, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and aired on the USA Network.

Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Bron Breakker defeated Joe Gacy to retain the NXT Championship.

Production

Background

On the April 19, 2022, episode of ''NXT 2.0'', it was announced that Spring Breakin' would be held as a special episode of ''NXT 2.0'', with the television special airing on May 3 on the USA Network and taking place at NXT's home base of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Storylines

The card consisted of matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were played out on NXT's weekly television program ''NXT 2.0'' and the supplementary online streaming show '' Level Up''.

On the April 5 episode of ''NXT 2.0'', following Bron Breakker’s successful NXT Championship defense, Joe Gacy appeared on the Tron and kidnapped Breakker's father, Rick Steiner. The following week, Gacy burned Steiner's WWE Hall of Fame ring. On the April 19 episode of ''NXT 2.0'', Gacy appeared on top of the overlook, but Breakker interrupted and climbed up to the concourse. He got his father's Hall of Fame ring back under one condition: Breakker had to defend the NXT Championship against Gacy at Spring Breakin'. Afterwards, Gacy said, "You need to take a leap of faith" before pushing Breakker off the concourse. Breakker was surrounded by Gacy's druids as ''NXT'' went off the air.

On the April 12 episode of ''NXT 2.0'', Natalya made her ''NXT'' return to seemingly wish a good future for Cora Jade, only to tell her that the future was bleak. She then placed Jade in the "Sharpshooter" and stood tall. On the April 26 episode, after Nikkita Lyons defeated Lash Legend, Natalya and Legend attacked Lyons until Jade made the save. Later that night, a tag team match pitting Lyons and Jade against Natalya and Legend was scheduled for Spring Breakin'.

On the April 12 episode of ''NXT 2.0'', The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) eliminated three teams, but were the last team eliminated in a gauntlet match for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship. On the April 26 episode, Roderick Strong booked The Creed Brothers in a match against SmackDown’s The Viking Raiders ( Erik and Ivar) at Spring Breakin'.

Aftermath

Joe Gacy and Bron Breakker would continue their rivalry. On the May 17 episode of ''NXT 2.0'', Gacy challenged Breakker to a rematch for the NXT Championship under the stipulation that if Breakker were to get disqualified, Gacy would win the title. The match was scheduled for In Your House.

On the May 17 episode of ''NXT 2.0'', The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) avenged their loss and defeated The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) after interference from Roderick Strong and Damon Kemp.

On the May 10 episode of ''NXT 2.0'', Cora Jade took on Natalya. Though Jade came very close to winning at some points, even when she applied Natalya's own "Sharpshooter", Natalya would win when Jade passed out to that submission. Afterwards, Natalya and Jade hugged each other.

Results

References

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