Butch announced for WWE NXT Global Heritage Invitational

NXT’s Global Heritage Invitational tournament will include at least one WWE main roster wrestler.

It was announced today that Butch will be competing in the Global Heritage Invitational. The tournament is being held to determine who will challenge Noam Dar for the Heritage Cup Championship at NXT No Mercy.

Tyler Bate, Joe Coffey, Butch, Duke Hudson, Charlie Dempsey, and Nathan Frazer are the first six participants that have been confirmed for the round-robin tournament. It will feature eight wrestlers in total, with the participants being divided into two groups.

Butch, Bate, and Dempsey are in Group A. Coffey, Hudson, and Frazer are in Group B.

Here is the full list of rules for the tournament:

• There will be two groups with four wrestlers in each group in a round-robin style tournament.
• Matches have a 12-minute time limit.
• Pinfall and submission victories are worth two points. A draw will earn each wrestler one point.
• The winner of Group A faces the winner of Group B on Tuesday, September 26 and the winner of that match will challenge Noam Dar for the Heritage Cup on Saturday, September 30 at NXT No Mercy.

The invitational tournament kicks off on NXT this Tuesday.

Butch was in action on SmackDown last night, teaming with Ridge Holland in a loss to The Street Profits. It was billed as a Terry Funk memorial hardcore tag team match.