Santino Marella challenging for WWE NXT gold
TNA’s director of authority will challenge for an NXT title next week.
Wrestling under the WWE banner for the first time since a brief cameo in the 2020 women’s Royal Rumble match, Santino Marella will take on Ethan Page in an NXT North American Championship match on the Tuesday, July 29 NXT TV.
Page unveiled a new customized version of the North American Championship on this week’s episode, with a Canadian flag strap. Page strongly put over his Canadian heritage and denounced the United States in a promo on Tuesday’s live episode in Houston.
Marella interrupted and threw out a challenge for next week.
The TNA authority figure’s full-time in-ring career ended after leaving WWE in 2014, but Marella has wrestled sporadically for TNA and on the independent scene in the years since. 2025 has been his most active in-ring year since 2014, including appearances for MLP, AAA, TNA, and on the indies.
Our full coverage of this week’s NXT which also featured an appearance from The Undertaker is available here.