Late Iron Maiden drummer's niece makes WWE NXT debut

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

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

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

She avoided a mid-rope scatter from Lyons and past nailed her force pinch a step-up knee changeable to Lyons, which was dubbed Thunderstruck. She pinned Lyons and picked up her first win.

Rain talked astir really her uncle inspired her successful her life connected "Busted Open After Dark."

"Clive, he inspired maine truthful much. To beryllium honest, erstwhile I was younger, I didn’t really cognize who he was," she said, via Wrestle Talk. "He died, I deliberation it’s 13 years agone now, thing for illustration that, truthful I was 15 years old. And erstwhile I was increasing up, and he was well, he died from MS, unluckily truthful he wasn’t very good by nan clip I sewage into my teens, he was not verbal aliases anything.

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"Then I was younger and astir him I didn’t person a hint who he was. I liked music, I ever liked Alice Cooper, I ever liked Iron Maiden but arsenic a kid I didn’t really know, ‘Oh, my uncle is nan original drummer of Iron Maiden,’ until I sewage into my teens."

Unfortunately, Rain said, she was incapable to really talk to Burr astir his life successful Iron Maiden earlier he died successful 2013.

Elsewhere, a fewer different newcomers appeared.

Evil confronts Tony D'Angelo during NXT astatine nan 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, nan existent NXT champion. After EVIL near nan ring, erstwhile PROGRESS atlas champion known arsenic Will Kroos assaulted D’Angelo.

Kam Hendrix, Tristan Angels and Tate Wilder besides appeared connected NXT for nan first time.

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

NXT Results

Myles Borne def. Saquon Shugars to clasp nan 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.