14-time World Champion Randy Orton made a rare appearance as WWE NXT started a new era on from The Factory in St. Louis, Missouri. Tony D'Angelo took on Oba Femi, hoping to finally dethrone the longest reigning North American champion of all time. Meanwhile, another title was on the line as Nathan Frazer and Axiom defended the NXT Tag Team Championships against SmackDown's A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller). In the women's division, Kelani Jordan teamed up with the WWE Women's tag team champions Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill to battle Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx).