Adam Cole Wins Fatal Five-Way, Will Face Johnny Gargano For NXT Title At TakeOver: New York, Updated Card
A new NXT Champion will be crowned at TakeOver: New York.
On tonight’s episode of NXT, Triple H opened the show and announced that due to Tommaso Ciampa’s neck injury, he had no choice but to vacate the NXT Title. Ciampa was scheduled to face Johnny Gargano at TakeOver: New York, but neck surgery has left Ciampa unable to compete at the event. Triple H stated that Gargano will still compete for the title at TakeOver in a two out of three falls match.
With @ProjectCiampa unable to compete due to injury, @tripleh announces a HUGE 2 out of 3 Falls Match to crown a new NXT Champion at #NXTTakeOver: New York! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/W3sjJ2MWrU
— WWE (@WWE) March 21, 2019
But first, he needed an opponent. A fatal five-way was booked between Ricochet, Aleister Black, Matt Riddle, Velveteen Dream and Adam Cole with the winner to challenge Gargano for the vacant NXT Title. After an action-packed contest, the Undisputed ERA leader punched his ticket to the TakeOver main event.
BRO!
BRO!
BRO!
BRO!@SuperKingOfBros #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/SiHoU122nU— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) March 21, 2019
.@WWEAleister, @KingRicochet, @VelveteenWWE, @SuperKingofBros, and @AdamColePro are laying it all on the line for a chance to challenge @JohnnyGargano for the NXT Title at #NXTTakeOver: New York! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/pLlJFJR9rm
— WWE (@WWE) March 21, 2019
Down they go! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/fVf61OLSz8
— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) March 21, 2019
It’s o̶f̶f̶i̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ undisputed.@AdamColePro is going to #NXTTakeOver, BAY BAY! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/jev6MSiOrr
— WWE (@WWE) March 21, 2019
The victory made it undisputed. Adam Cole and Johnny Gargano will battle in a two out of three falls match for the vacant NXT Title in the main event of NXT TakeOver: New York. Here’s a look at the announced card thus far:
Vacant NXT Championship – Two Out Of Three Falls
Johnny Gargano vs. Adam ColeNXT Tag Team Championships
War Raiders (c) vs. Winners of Dusty Rhodes ClassicWWE United Kingdom Championship
Pete Dunne (c) vs. WALTERNXT Women’s Championship – Fatal 4-Way
Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Io Shirai vs. Bianca Belair vs. Kairi Sane
