WWE NXT: Edge takes on Finn Balor and Pete Dunne

Feb. 4 (UPI) – Royal Rumble winner Edge appeared on WWE NXT, where he cautioned NXT Champion Finn Balor and rival Pete Dunne.

Edge arrived at the scene after Dunne called Balor and challenged him for this NXT Championship. Balor accepted the challenge with the match that will take place on February 14 at the NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day pay-per-view event.

Edge can challenge any WWE World Champion at WrestleMania 37 due to the recent victory in the Men’s Royal Rumble match. Edge donated props to the NXT brand and said it helped him find his passion for returning to pro wrestling after a nine-year absence.

Edge also warned that he had never hosted the NXT Championship and said he found the title intriguing.

“If I didn’t take my pick by TakeOver who knows, this fight may cause me to make my pick,” Edge told Balor and Dunne.

Edge, as he was leaving NXT, was approached by Karrion Kross.

Kross has said Edge will have to live with his decision for the rest of his life when he decides which championship to challenge at WrestleMania 37.

Kross has vowed to return to the NXT Championship, a title he was forced to give up in August due to a separated shoulder. Edge responded that Kross’s threats were motivating and that he wasn’t sure Kross would really want Edge to switch to NXT.

Adam Cole and Roderick Strong of The Undisputed Era took on the unlikely duo of Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher in the Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, in the main event.

Thatcher and Ciampa had already gone to war inside the ruthless Fight Pit in January. Thatcher had won the fight.

Ciampa and Thatcher were still able to work well as a team. Thatcher saved Ciampa from Cole’s last blow and began a fight with Cole and Strong outside the ring.

Ciampa was able to recover and nail Strong with a Willow’s Bell as Strong entered the ring to win the match and advance in the tournament.

Other WWE NXT moments included Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez defeating Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter to qualify for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Women’s Tournament; Austin Theory defeating Leon Ruff; Legado del Fantasma defeating Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado; Toni Storm defeating Jessi Kamea by disqualification due to interference from Mercedes Martinez and NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai; and Santos Escobar successfully defending his title against Curt Stallion.

Scarlett, Kross’ partner, had mysteriously watched Escobar’s game. Kross arrived at the scene afterwards and got behind the wheel of Escobar partners Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza, before watching the Cruiserweight Champion.