Late Iron Maiden drummer's niece makes WWE NXT debut

WWE NXT connected Tuesday nighttime was filled with astonishment debuts, but 1 wrestler made much sound than the remainder arsenic she entered the ring.

Lizzy Rain, the niece of precocious Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, vowed to support dense metallic live arsenic she came to WWE from PROGRESS Wrestling wherever she was the PROGRESS women’s champion. The British wrestler, formerly known successful the ringing arsenic Rayne Leverkusen, squared disconnected against Nikkita Lyons successful her archetypal NXT match.

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Lizzy Rain celebrates her triumph during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Florida, connected April 28, 2026. (Kevin Sabitus/WWE)

She avoided a mid-rope splash from Lyons and past nailed her hostile with a step-up genu changeable to Lyons, which was dubbed Thunderstruck. She pinned Lyons and picked up her archetypal win.

Rain talked astir however her uncle inspired her successful her beingness connected "Busted Open After Dark."

"Clive, helium inspired maine truthful much. To beryllium honest, erstwhile I was younger, I didn’t truly cognize who helium was," she said, via Wrestle Talk. "He died, I deliberation it’s 13 years agone now, thing similar that, truthful I was 15 years old. And erstwhile I was increasing up, and helium was well, helium died from MS, unluckily truthful helium wasn’t precise good by the clip I got into my teens, helium was not verbal oregon anything.

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"Then I was younger and astir him I didn’t person a hint who helium was. I liked music, I ever liked Alice Cooper, I ever liked Iron Maiden but arsenic a kid I didn’t truly know, ‘Oh, my uncle is the archetypal drummer of Iron Maiden,’ until I got into my teens."

Unfortunately, Rain said, she was incapable to truly speech to Burr astir his beingness successful Iron Maiden earlier helium died successful 2013.

Elsewhere, a fewer different newcomers appeared.

Evil confronts Tony D'Angelo during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected April 28, 2026. (Chansey Augustine/WWE)

Former IWGP champion known arsenic EVIL stepped up to Tony D’Angelo, the existent NXT champion. After EVIL near the ring, erstwhile PROGRESS atlas champion known arsenic Will Kroos assaulted D’Angelo.

Kam Hendrix, Tristan Angels and Tate Wilder besides appeared connected NXT for the archetypal time.

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Ricky Saints enters the ringing during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected April 28, 2026. (Chansey Augustine/WWE)

NXT Results

Myles Borne def. Saquon Shugars to clasp the NXT North American Championship.

EK Prosper and Sean Legacy def. Stacks Lorenzo and Uriah Connors.

Lizzy Rain def. Nikkita Lyons.

Kelani Jordan def. Wren Sinclair.

Shiloh Hill def. Ricky Saints.