Worlds Collide 2022 was a professional wrestling event produced by American promotion WWE. The event took place on September 4, 2022 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. It was the third Worlds Collide event by the WWE, along with being the first since 2020, and featured wrestlers from the NXT and NXT UK brands. It was also the final NXT UK event, with NXT UK being relaunched as NXT Europe in 2023.
Production
Background
The inaugural WWE Worlds Collide event took place on January 26 and 27, 2019, and featured wrestlers from the NXT, NXT UK, and the now discontinued 205 Live brands. The second Worlds Collide took place on January 25, 2020, however, the event was not held in 2021. On August 16, 2022, WWE announced that Worlds Collide would be held on September 4, 2022 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida for the NXT and NXT UK brands, marking the last NXT UK event before its relaunch as NXT Europe in 2023. As a result, the event will see the NXT UK championships unified with their NXT counterparts.
Storylines
On August 30, 2022 episode of NXT, after defeating Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley, NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Katana Chance and Kayden Carter were challenged by Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. It was made official that night that Chance and Carter would defend the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship against Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. at Worlds Collide.
It was announced on the August 30, 2022 episode of NXT that at Worlds Collide, a Fatal Four Way Elimination Tag Team Match would take place to unify the NXT Tag Team Championship and NXT UK Tag Team Championship. The announced participants were NXT Tag Team Champions The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed), NXT UK Tag Team Champions Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs, Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang), and Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson).
On the August 30, 2022 episode of NXT, North American Champion Carmelo Hayes questioned why he had been left off the Worlds Collide card. Proclaiming no one was on his level, Hayes was interrupted by Ricochet. Ricochet proceeded to challenge Hayes to a North American Championship Match at Worlds Collide before Trick Williams attempted to attack him. After fending off Williams, Ricochet also fought back Hayes, before draping the championship over the champion. It was made official that night that Ricochet would challenge Hayes at Worlds Collide.
Following her victory over Indi Hartwell the August 23, 2022 episode of NXT, Blair Davenport declared she was the number one contender for the NXT UK Women's Championship but would settle for the NXT Women's Championship. This brought out NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose, who stated that she ran NXT. However, Rose was cut off by NXT UK Women's Champion Meiko Satomura, with Rose and Satomura agreeing to a champion vs. champion match. Davenport restated that she was the number one contender, and as a result, a championship unification triple threat match was announced for Worlds Collide.
Following his successful defence against JD McDonagh at Heat Wave, NXT Champion Bron Breakker was confronted by NXT UK Champion Tyler Bate. The following week, Bate and Breakker agreed to a championship unification match, making the match official for Worlds Collide.
Match Preview
| Katana Chance & Kayden Carter vs. Doudrop & Nikki A.S.H. | Preview |
| Fatal Four Way Elimination Tag Team Match | Preview |
| Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricochet | Preview |
| Triple Threat Match | Preview |
| Bron Breakker vs. Tyler Bate | Preview |
Results
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Carmelo Hayes (c) (w/Trick Williams) defeated Ricochet to retain the NXT North American Championship (15:57)
- Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) (w/Lash Legend) defeated The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed & Julius Creed) (c) [NXT] (w/Damon Kemp) and Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs (c) [NXT UK] (w/Fallon Henley) and Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) (w/Joe Coffey) in a Fatal Four Way Elimination Tag Team Match to unify the NXT Tag Team Championship and NXT UK Tag Team Championship (15:06)
- Mandy Rose (c) [NXT] defeated Meiko Satomura (c) [NXT UK] and Blair Davenport in a Triple Threat Match to unify the NXT Women's Championship and NXT UK Women's Championship (13:18)
- Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (c) defeated Doudrop & Nikki A.S.H. to retain the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship (10:20)
- Bron Breakker (c) [NXT] defeated Tyler Bate (c) [NXT UK] to unify the NXT Championship and NXT UK Championship (17:11)
Other on-screen talent
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See also
External links
Worlds Collide 2022 Official Website
Worlds Collide 2022 on WWE Network
Worlds Collide 2022 at CAGEMATCH.net
| Worlds Collide 2022 previews |
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Katana Chance & Kayden Carter v Doudrop & Nikki A.S.H. • Fatal Four Way Elimination Tag Team Match • Carmelo Hayes v Ricochet • Triple Threat Match • Bron Breakker v Tyler Bate |
| 2022 NXT pay-per-views |
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Stand & Deliver • NXT In Your House • Worlds Collide • Halloween Havoc • Deadline |