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Major Changes Made To WWE Halloween Havoc Card Tuesday Night On NXT

Originally posted on Wrestling on SI | By Rick Ucchino | Last updated Oct 22, 2025 7:00 AM ET

Sol Ruca was scheduled to defend the NXT Women's North American Championship at Halloween Havoc this Saturday night, but that will no longer be happening.

She showed up to the 10/21 edition of NXT Tuesday night on crutches and announced that she suffered an injury last Friday night on SmackDown when Zaria and herself unsuccessfully challenged Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships.

With NXT General Manager Ava in the ring alongside her, Ruca said she would not be cleared in time to face Blake Monroe this weekend and that she was ready to relinquish the title. That was until Zaria stepped up and offered to fight in her place. The Glamour naturally objected to that proposal, but ended up getting dropped in the center of the ring after the match was made official.

This changes EVERYTHING!

With @SolRucaWWE not medically cleared, @ZariaWWE_ will defend the Women's North American Championship against @BlakeMonroeWWE on her behalf at Halloween Havoc... pic.twitter.com/cwZZoM6WmX
— WWE (@WWE) October 22, 2025

Moments after Leon Slater successfully defended his TNA X-Division Championship against Stacks Tuesday night, Je’Von Evans and himself expressed their desire to compete at Halloween Havoc in a tag team match.

They were soon cut off by AAA’s Mr. Iguana and La Parka, who were more than happy to accept that challenge, and Eva later made the match official for Saturday's show in in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

Speaking of tag team match-ups... they're back! Halloween Havoc is about to be broken as Matt Hardy and Brother Nero have taken a dip in the Lake of Reincarnation ahead of their NXT Tag Team Title defense against the DarkState.

OH. MY. GOD.

DarkState have awoken Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero, and we're getting a Broken Rules Match at Halloween Havoc!! pic.twitter.com/Zmsrp3uXbe
— WWE (@WWE) October 22, 2025

The Hardy Boyz were driven to take such extreme measures after they were attacked backstage by DarkState a week ago.

The greatest tag team of all-time is now promising to render this group of renegades obsolete when they battle inside of a Broken Rules Match at Halloween Havoc.