North American title match official for WWE NXT No Mercy

Mustafa Ali will get the NXT North American Championship match at NXT No Mercy later this month.

Ali defeated Dragon Lee in a match that was set to determine the number one contender to Dominik Mysterio’s title. The finish had Mysterio, who was the special guest referee for the match, fast counted Lee when Ali rolled him up.

After the match, Ali seemed happy to have won at first, but then laid out Dominik Mysterio with a punch, not wanting to have won that way. He and Lee then left the ring as Mysterio recovered.

Mysterio last month successfully defended the North American title against Lee on an episode of NXT. However, Lee and Lyra Valkyria picked up a mixed tag team win over Mysterio and Rhea Ripley later in August. Ali later confronted Lee, saying Lee had his shot and now he wanted to be the next person to challenge Mysterio. 

In a video, Ripley and Mysterio said that they would let the two battle it out to determine the next challenger, with Mysterio serving as a special guest referee.

Here is the updated card for NXT No Mercy on September 30:

• NXT Championship: Carmelo Hayes defends against either Ilja Dragunov or Wes Lee
• NXT North American Championship: Dominik Mysterio defends against Mustafa Ali
• NXT Heritage Cup: Noam Dar defends against Global Heritage Invitational Tournament winner