The 2023 NXT The Great American Bash was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE.

In the main event, Carmelo Hayes defeated Ilja Dragunov to retain the NXT Championship.

In other prominent matches, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio defeated Wes Lee and Mustafa Ali to retain the NXT North American Championship and Tiffany Stratton defeated Thea Hail in a submission match to retain the NXT Women's Championship.

The event was notable for the professional wrestling in-ring debut of Olympic Gold medallist Gable Steveson.

Following WWE's acquisition of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in March 2001,[2] the promotion revived the event as their own annual pay-per-view (PPV) in 2004,[3] which continued until 2009.

[9] The following week, during a promo where Breakker talked about his match against Raw's Seth "Freakin" Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship during the first week's Gold Rush special, he was interrupted by Ilja Dragunov, who said that Breakker was between him and the NXT Championship.

[10] On July 7, Michaels announced via Twitter that Dragunov and Breakker would face each other on the next episode, with the winner receiving a match against Carmelo Hayes for the NXT Championship at The Great American Bash.

Bate then showed up and told Ali that there was no telling who would have won had the match been called fairly.

After the match, Ali challenged Lee for the title at The Great American Bash,[10] which was made official on July 9.

[13] The following week, a triple threat match between Mysterio, Lee, and Ali was scheduled for The Great American Bash.

Steveson answered that Corbin made his decision easier and challenged him to a match at The Great American Bash, which was later official.

[16] During the pre-show, Nathan Frazer, Dragon Lee, Yulisa León, and Valentina Feroz took on Meta Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, and Jakara Jackson) in an eight-person mixed tag team match.

In the closing stages, Frazer delivered a springboard inverted DDT on Dar, but Jackson broke up the pin.

Perez then delivered a knee strike into the steps, a diving splash onto a table and a Pop Rox onto a pile of chairs for the win.

Both men then threw themselves over the announce table as the referee reached the count of 10, forcing a double countout.

[19] Next, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio (with Rhea Ripley) defended the NXT North American Championship against Wes Lee and Mustafa Ali.

As Lee was attempting to bring Dominik back into the ring, Ripley stopped him and delivered a Riptide to him through the table.

As Hail was attempting to reach the ropes, Stratton dragged her back into the ring and locked in a half Boston Crab.

To prevent more damage to the back, cornerman Andre Chase threw in the towel, forcing the referee to call the match and thus Stratton retained the title.

[19] In the main event, Carmelo Hayes (with Trick Williams) defended the NXT Championship against Ilja Dragunov.

In the opening stages, Hayes delivered a shoulder tackle, a springboard clothesline and a pump kick for a two-count.

As Dragunov was attempting a chop, Hayes delivered a knee smash, a lariat and the springboard DDT for a nearfall.