NXT No Mercy card: Femi-Saints, Jayne-Vice, Speed title vs Ruca

NXT officials on Tuesday confirmed three championship matches and a cross‑brand tournament as the build for No Mercy intensified, setting the premium live event for Saturday, Sept. 27 at the FTL War Memorial in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. NXT Champion Oba Femi will defend against Ricky Saints, Jacy Jayne will put the NXT Women’s Championship on the line against Lola Vice, and Sol Ruca will defend the WWE Women’s Speed Championship against the winner of a four woman, interpromotional tournament that begins Sept. 2 on NXT television.

The card items were finalized in the wake of this past weekend’s NXT Heatwave event and Tuesday’s edition of NXT on The CW, where General Manager Ava Raine announced that the WWE Speed Championships are moving from the shortform X series to the NXT brand. Ava said she was “officially bringing men’s and women’s Speed titles to NXT” and confirmed that Ruca, the reigning Women’s Speed champion, will defend at No Mercy. She outlined the tournament format as featuring one competitor each representing WWE’s main roster, NXT, TNA Wrestling and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

NXT announced the four tournament participants on Tuesday as Candice LeRae representing...