Ivy Nile, TNA Stars Set For NXT Women’s Title Battle Royal

WWE NXT’s October 6 episode on The CW will feature a 20-woman Battle Royal to crown the next challenger for Kelani Jordan’s NXT Women’s Championship at Halloween Havoc, with Ivy Nile and a contingent of TNA wrestlers confirmed to be part of the massive field. The same episode is also set to continue the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, giving the show a stacked lineup as NXT builds toward its Halloween premium live event.

The involvement of TNA talent in a Battle Royal of this size underscores just how much WWE has leaned into its working relationship with TNA over the past year. Rather than treating the crossover as a novelty, NXT has folded TNA names into meaningful storylines and matches, and slotting them into a title-eliciting Battle Royal signals they’re being treated as legitimate threats rather than background dressing.

For Ivy Nile, this is a chance to get back into the title picture after spending stretches of the past year on the periphery of the women’s division. Nile has long been positioned as one of NXT’s most credible in-ring competitors, and a strong showing in a 20-woman gauntlet would be a logical way to remind fans of her championship potential heading into a stacked Halloween Havoc card.

As for Kelani Jordan, the champion now has to watch a crowded field jockey for position without knowing who she’ll actually be defending against until the Battle Royal plays out. That kind of format creates chaos by design — with 20 women in the ring, alliances, eliminations, and surprise near-saves are all but guaranteed, and it gives NXT a chance to spotlight several performers across the card even if only one walks away as the new number-one contender.

The continuation of the Dusty Classic on the same night adds even more stakes to the October 6 show. NXT has built the tag tournament into one of its signature annual traditions, and pairing it with a Battle Royal of this scale suggests the promotion is using this episode to accelerate multiple stories at once heading into Halloween Havoc.

With the challenger picture for Jordan’s title still unsettled, all eyes will be on how the Battle Royal shakes out — and whether Nile, the TNA talent, or another NXT regular emerges as the one standing across the ring from the champion when Halloween Havoc arrives. Expect NXT to keep adding names and stakes to this card as the go-home stretch continues.