Bengaluru, September 9: Finn Balor was crowned the new WWE NXT Champion after the black and yellow brand was without a prime title-holder for the past few weeks. During NXT Super Tuesday II edition, the NXT Title match opened the show in which Balor defeated Adam Cole to win the vacant championship.
The finish came after Finn Balor countered a Panama Sunrise from Cole and then executed a Super 1916 off the top rope for the pinfall win in the match that was announced after last week's Fatal 4 Way Iron Man Match, featuring Cole vs. Balor vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano ended in a tie as both Balor and Cole scored two pins, each in the sudden death.
The NXT Championship was declared vacant in late August after the former champion Karrion Kross had to relinquish the belt, thanks to a separated shoulder he suffered during his title win over Keith Lee at the "Takeover: XXX" event. As seen on Twitter, Kross's girlfriend Scarlett sent a warning to the new champion saying that he holds the title on borrowed time.
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— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 9, 2020
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— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 9, 2020
🏆 @ArcherOfInfamy vs. Timothy Thatcher for the NXT #NorthAmericanTitle!
🏆 @MmmGorgeous & @WWEFandango vs. @FabianAichner & @Marcel_B_WWE for the #WWENXT #TagTeamTitles!
😈 @shirai_io vs. @ShotziWWE! pic.twitter.com/uR7xiOqduJ
The two babyfaces joined forces to send the Robert Stone Brand on a retreat, but the segment ended with Blackheart and Shirai stare at each other and thus sharing some tensed moments to set up the groundworks for the contest.