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WWE NXT Tuesday night was filled with surprise debuts, but one wrestler made more noise than the rest when entering the ring.
Lizzy Rain, the niece of the late Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, vowed to keep heavy metal alive when she came to WWE after leaving PROGRESS Wrestling where she was the PROGRESS Women’s Champion. The British wrestler, formerly known in the ring as Rayne Leverkusen, faced Nikkita Lyons in her first NXT match.
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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, then nailed her opponent with a step-up knee strike to Lyons, who was nicknamed Thunderstruck. She pinned Lyon and earned her first victory.
Rain opened up about how her uncle inspired her life in “Busted Open After Dark.”
“Clive, he inspired me so much. 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’s 13 years ago now, something like that, so I was 15. And when I was growing up, and he was fine, he died of MS, unfortunately so he wasn’t very well by the time I got into my teenage years, he wasn’t verbal or anything.
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“Then I was younger and around him, I had no idea who he was. I loved music, I always loved Alice Cooper, I always loved Iron Maiden, but when I was a kid I didn’t really know, ‘Oh, my uncle is the original drummer for Iron Maiden,’ until I hit my teens.”
Unfortunately, Rain said, she wasn’t able to really talk to Burr about her life in Iron Maiden before his death in 2013.
Elsewhere, a few other newcomers appeared.
Evil faces Tony D’Angelo during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida on April 28, 2026. (Chansey Augustin/WWE)
The former IWGP Champion known as EVIL replaced Tony D’Angelo, the current NXT Champion. After EVIL left the ring, the former PROGRESS Atlas Champion known as Will Kroos assaulted D’Angelo.
Kam Hendrix, Tristan Angels and Tate Wilder also first appeared on 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 Augustin/WWE)
NXT Results
Myles Def. Saquon Shugars will retain the NXT North American Championship.
EK Prosper and Sean Legacy def. Stack Lorenzo and Uriah Connors.
Lizzy Rain def. Nikkita Lyons.
Kelani Jordan def. Wren Sinclair.
Shiloh Hill def. Ricky Saints.
