Elio LeFleur wins men’s Speed title on WWE NXT
Elio LeFleur has won his first title in WWE.
The French NXT competitor defeated Jasper Troy and Eli Knight in a three-way match on Tuesday to win the men’s Speed Championship. The end of the bout had LeFleur hit his finish on Troy as Knight followed through with a moonsault. As Knight attempted to recover, LeFleur swooped in and pinned Troy to become champion with less than 90 seconds to go.
Troy had been champion since October, defeating El Grande Americano to become the first NXT wrestler to win the title. In the most recent tournament, Knight and LeFleur both won their opening round matches but reached a time limit draw in the finals. Interim GM Robert Stone then came out and announced that he would make the upcoming championship match a triple threat, and instead of the normal five minute time limit the three wrestlers would get seven minutes instead.
This is the first of two title changes to take place as of this writing. The show opened with The Vanity Project (Ricky Smokes & Brad Baylor) defeating DarkState to win the NXT Tag Team titles.
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