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((short description|Professional wrestling stable))
((more citations needed|date=March 2021))

((Infobox wrestling team
|article_name   = Kings of NXT
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|members        = [[Pat McAfee]] (Original leader) <br>[[Pete Dunne]] (New leader)<br>[[Ridge Holland]]<br>[[Danny Burch]]<br>[[Oney Lorcan]]
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|names          = '''Kings of NXT'''
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The '''Kings of NXT''' was a villainous [[professional wrestling]] [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#stable|stable]] performing in [[WWE]] on the [[NXT (WWE brand)|NXT]] brand. The group was initially led by former [[National Football League|NFL]] player [[Pat McAfee]], and also featured [[Danny Burch]], [[Oney Lorcan]], [[Pete Dunne]], and [[Ridge Holland]], with Dunne emerging as its second leader after McAfee.

== History ==
=== Background ===
On July 23, 2020, [[Adam Cole]] was a guest on McAfee's podcast.  Cole became very frustrated with him during the interview for saying that [[The Undisputed Era]] was the reason for his success and that he would not have achieved all that he had on his own because he was a small guy. This would cause Cole to eventually curse out McAfee, break his microphone, push his friend and storm out of the interview. [[Triple H]] would appear on McAfee's podcast a few days later to invite him to come to an episode of ''NXT'' to talk things out with Cole.  He appeared on the August 5 episode of ''NXT'', appearing to have made up with Cole.  However, later in the evening, as he was a guest commentator for an NXT tag team match between [[Bobby Fish]] and [[Kyle O'Reilly]] of the Undisputed Era and [[Fabian Aichner]] and [[Marcel Barthel]] of [[Imperium (professional wrestling)|Imperium]], Cole noticed him at the commentary table and began to insult and attack him, resulting in McAfee punting Cole's head. The next day, Triple H challenged McAfee to a match on behalf of Cole at [[NXT TakeOver: XXX]], which he accepted. At the event, McAfee, in his first match for WWE, was defeated.

=== Formation ===
McAfee returned to NXT on October 21, 2020, interfering in an [[NXT Tag Team Championship]] match between defending champions Breezango ([[Fandango (wrestler)|Fandango]] and [[Tyler Breeze]]) against [[Danny Burch]] and [[Oney Lorcan]], resulting in Burch and Lorcan winning the championships and aligning with McAfee, in which all three turned heel.  A week later, [[Pete Dunne]] appeared to help O'Reilly go up against McAfee, Burch and Lorcan, only to attack O'Reilly instead, aligning himself with the group as they became known as "The Kings of NXT". On December 6 at [[NXT TakeOver: WarGames (2020)|NXT TakeOver: WarGames]], Team McAfee (McAfee, Dunne, Lorcan, and Burch) took on The Undisputed Era in a [[WarGames match]]. During the match, McAfee hit a senton from the top of the cage onto the other competitors, but in the end his team was defeated.

=== Championship pursuits ===
While McAfee disappeared from the brand following the loss, Burch and Lorcan continued to align with Dunne, feuding with The Undisputed Era as well as pursuing championship success. Dunne became the #1 contender for the [[NXT Championship]] in 2021, challenging the champion [[Finn Bálor]] at [[NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day]] on February 14. Bálor defeated Dunne at the event to retain his championship, to which Lorcan and Burch ran out to assist Dunne in attacking Bálor. Cole, O'Reilly, and [[Roderick Strong]] would come out and fend them off, only for Cole to superkick first Bálor, then O'Reilly, betraying both a mutual ally and a member of The Undisputed Era. This spurred McAfee to appear in a pre-recorded video on a plane during the February 17, 2021 episode of ''NXT'', bragging that he was right about Cole all along.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2021/02/17/2-17-nxt-on-usa-report-wellss-report-on-takeover-fallout-including-the-kyle-oreilly-adam-cole-situation-austin-theory-still-missing-more/|title=2/17 NXT ON USA REPORT: Wells's report on TakeOver fallout including the Kyle O'Reilly-Adam Cole situation, Austin Theory still missing, more|work=Pro Wrestling Torch|first=Kelly|last=Wells|date=February 17, 2021|access-date=February 24, 2021))</ref>

On March 23, Burch and Lorcan were stripped of the tag team titles after Burch suffered a shoulder injury. On April 16, McAfee officially moved to the  ''[[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]]'' brand as a color commentator on April 16, 2021, marking the end of his association with the stable as well as the "Kings of NXT" name. On July 27, [[Luke Menzies|Ridge Holland]] returned from injury to help Lorcan and Dunne defeat [[Timothy Thatcher]] and [[Tommaso Ciampa]], officially joining their alliance. Likewise, Burch returned after Holland's victory over Thatcher on August 24, running in alongside Lorcan to aid the group in a post-match beatdown of Thatcher and Ciampa. On September 27, Burch and Lorcan would challenge [[MSK (professional wrestling)|MSK]] ([[Nash Carter]] and [[Wes Lee]]) for a chance to regain the NXT Tag Team Championship. Burch and Lorcan lost, however, and were subsequently kicked out of the stable by Holland and Dunne. On the October 4 during the second night of the [[2021 WWE Draft]], Ridge Holland would be drafted to [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]], disbanding the Kings of NXT.

=== Aftermath ===
Lorcan would be released from his WWE contract on November 2, with Burch following suit on January 5, 2022. Holland would form a protégé and mentor alliance with [[Sheamus]] on the November 19 episode of SmackDown. Dunne, after a brief face run and feud with [[Tony D'Angelo]] on NXT 2.0, would make his main roster debut on the March 11, 2022 episode of SmackDown by aligning himself with Holland and Sheamus, who introduced him by his new ring name Butch. This trio would be officially named as [[The Brawling Brutes]] on the May 27 episode of SmackDown.

== Members ==
=== Members ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!class="unsortable" | Member
!class="unsortable" | Joined
|-
|((sort|Pete Dunne|[[Pete Dunne]] (New leader)))
|[[NXT: Halloween Havoc|October 28, 2020]] - October 4, 2021
|-
|((sort|Ridge Holland|[[Ridge Holland]]))
|July 27, 2021 - October 4, 2021
|-
|((sort|Pat McAfee|[[Pat McAfee]])) (Original leader)
|October 21, 2020 – April 16, 2021
|-
|((sort|Danny Burch|[[Danny Burch]])) 
|October 21, 2020 – September 7, 2021
|-
|((sort|Oney Lorcan|[[Oney Lorcan]]))
|October 21, 2020 – September 7, 2021
|}

== Championships and accomplishments ==
* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
**Rookie of the Year (2020) – McAfee<ref name="PWI20">((cite journal|year=2021|journal=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]|title=2020 Achievement Awards|publisher=[[Kappa Publishing Group]]))</ref>
*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''
**Rookie of the Year (2020) – McAfee<ref name="WON2020Awards">((cite web |last1=Meltzer |first1=Dave |title=March 1, 2021, Wrestling Observer Newsletter 2020 awards issue, Elimination Chamber |url=https://members.f4wonline.com/wrestling-observer-newsletter/march-1-2021-observer-newsletter-2020-awards-issue-elimination-chamber |website=Figure4Weekly |publisher=Wrestling Observer Newsletter |access-date=26 February 2021 |ref=WON2020))</ref>
* '''[[WWE]]'''
** [[NXT Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of NXT Tag Team Champions|1 time]]) – Burch and Lorcan
** [[NXT Year-End Award]] (1 time)
*** Rivalry of the Year  (2020) – McAfee ((small|vs. [[Adam Cole]]))<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/article/nxt-year-end-award-winners-announced-revealed|title=2020 NXT Year-End Awards Winners|work=WWE|author=WWE.com Staff|date=December 30, 2020|accessdate=December 31, 2020))</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

((WWE personnel))

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