WWE reveals plans to crown new NXT Champion
It’s another ladder match.
The start of Tuesday’s NXT show had Ava in the ring surrounded by male NXT talent. It was there that she announced that a six-man ladder match would be held on the February 3 edition of NXT. The winner of that match will be crowned the new champion, with qualifying matches starting on next week’s show.
After the announcement, a brawl broke out amongst the talent. But one stood out in particular: EVOLVE’s Keanu Carver, who quickly took out everyone in his path by throwing them into the crowd and even took out one person by putting them through the announce table. In the end, he was the only man left standing.
Oba Femi had successfully retained the NXT Championship at last week’s New Year’s Evil when a backstage segment was shown featuring Ava talking to EVOLVE talent. Suddenly Mr. Stone arrived and asked Ava if she had saw what Femi had just done. The final moments of the show revealed that Femi had left the NXT Championship in the ring, with Tony D’Angelo looking on in the background. NXT confirmed later in the week that the title had been declared vacant.
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