Ilja Dragunov vs. Roderick Strong Set For 4/7 NXT UK, Three Matches Announced For Next Week

A lot is going on in the world of NXT UK.

In two weeks time, Ilja Dragunov is scheduled to defend his NXT UK Championship against NXT 2.0 mainstay Roderick Strong. The match was made after Strong ventured his way to the international brand and defeated WolfGang in a singles bout. After the match, Strong called out Dragunov for a title match. On this week's edition of the show, Dragunov accepted the challenge.

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Strong and Dragunov faced each other back on the August 17th edition of NXT. Dragunov pulled out the victory in that match, as he was prepping to face WALTER for the NXT United Kingdom Championship at Takeover 36.

Before the title clash in two weeks, there are three matches set for next week's episode of the red and black brand.

NXT UK (3/31)

  • Ashton Smith vs. Trent Seven
  • Amale vs. Xia Brookside
  • Hertiage Cup Championship Match: Noam Dar (c) vs. Mark Coffey

In other NXT UK news, Meiko Satomura successfully defended her NXT UK Women's Championship against Isla Dawn in the main event of this week's show. Click here to see full results from that show.

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