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WWE NXT on Tuesday night was full of surprise debuts, but one wrestler made more noise than the rest when she entered the ring.
Lizzy Rain, niece of late Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, vowed to keep heavy metal alive when she came to WWE from PROGRESS Wrestling, where she was the PROGRESS Women’s Champion. The British wrestler, previously known in the ring as Rayne Leverkusen, faced Nikkita Lyons in her first match in NXT.
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Lizzy Rain celebrates her victory during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida on April 28, 2026. (Kevin Sabitus/WWE)
She avoided a mid-rope splash from Lyons and then nailed her opponent with a knee to Lyons, which was dubbed Thunderstruck. He pinned Lyons and got his first victory.
Rain talked about how her uncle inspired her life in “Busted Open After Dark.”
“Clive, he inspired me a lot. To be honest, when I was younger, I didn’t really know who he was,” she said via Wrestle Talk. “He died, I think it was 13 years ago, something like that, so I was 15. And when I was a kid, and he was fine, he died of MS, unfortunately, he wasn’t very well when I got into my teens, he didn’t talk or anything.”
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“Then I was younger and with him I had no idea who he was. I liked music, I always liked Alice Cooper, I always liked Iron Maiden, but as a kid I didn’t really know, ‘Oh, my uncle is the original drummer for Iron Maiden,’ until I was a teenager.”
Unfortunately, Rain said, he wasn’t able to really talk to Burr about his life in Iron Maiden before his death in 2013.
Elsewhere some other newcomers appeared.
Evil faces Tony D’Angelo during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida on April 28, 2026. (Chansey Agustín/WWE)
The former IWGP champion known as EVIL stepped up against Tony D’Angelo, the current NXT champion. After EVIL left the ring, former PROGRESS Atlas Champion known as Will Kroos assaulted D’Angelo.
Kam Hendrix, Tristan Angels and Tate Wilder also appeared for the first time in NXT.
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Ricky Saints enters the ring during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida on April 28, 2026. (Chansey Agustín/WWE)
NXT results
Myles Borné defeated. Saquon Shugars to retain the NXT North American Championship.
EK Prosper and Sean Legacy defeat. Stack Lorenzo and Uriah Connors.
Lizzy Rain defeated. Nikkita Lyons.
Kelani Jordan defeated. Wren Sinclair.
Shiloh Hill defeated. Ricky Santos.
