WWE Hall of Famer makes bold claim following recent return

WWE has used several Hall of Famers for recent storylines and angles. Triple H and the creative team have received praise for booking legends who have not been over-used recently. One 18-time world champion has just made a bold claim about his recent return and the success surrounding it.

WWE's NXT 2300 Special went head-to-head with AEW Dynamite this week. The show aired on a special night due to Election Night coverage on Tuesday and drew 619,000 viewers and a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 key demographic, up from last week. Dynamite drew 523,000 viewers and a 0.16 key demo rating, down from the previous week. In the key demo, NXT out-drew in male viewers, 73,000 to 60,000, while both shows tied at 155,000 for female viewers. Despite NXT airing on a different night, WWE's third brand topped Dynamite for the third time.

The second hour of NXT 2300 opened up with Bubba Ray Dudley and Trick Williams teaming up for a loss to Ethan Page and Ridge Holland. D-Von Dudley was also involved, and a post-match segment took them closer to 9:30 PM. Borrowing a nickname from longtime rival Chris Jericho, Bubba Ray took to X/Twitter to take credit for the ratings win, declaring Trick and The Dudleys to be Demo Gods.

"Demo Gods. 🤓," Bubba Ray Dudley wrote.

Jericho has not publicly responded to Dudley as of this writing. The current ROH World Champion was also in action on Wednesday as his faction, The Learning Tree, was defeated by The Conglomeration in a Fight Without Honor.

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The title match and more set for WWE NXT

The WWE NXT brand will return to the Performance Center in Orlando for next Tuesday's episode. The show will feature fallout from NXT 2300 and the build to Deadline.

Officials have announced that Fallon Henley will defend the NXT Women's North American Championship against former champion Kelani Jordan next week. Henley just ended Jordan's inaugural reign at Halloween Havoc.

The Men's and Women's Iron Survivor Challenge qualifying matches will also begin on Tuesday's NXT, but no participants have been confirmed. The winners will advance to the gimmick match at Deadline.

Nikkita Lyons vs. Adriana Rizzo has also been booked for next week's NXT, along with Ava's meeting with the men's tag team division.