Ricky Saints turns against Je’Von Evans on WWE NXT
Je’Von Evans failed to capture the NXT Championship on Tuesday thanks to one person: Ricky Saints.
In a surprise, Je’Von Evans cashed in his New Year’s Evil title match on Tuesday’s NXT against Oba Femi. Although Femi dominated, Evans made a comeback and managed to land his cutter not once, but twice towards the end of the match. Evans went for the cover but right as the referee went to count three, Saints emerged and pulled the referee out of the ring. Evans wasted no time in laying out Saints with a dive, but the momentum had already shifted as back in the ring Femi cut him off and landed his powerbomb for the win. The show closed with Saints smirking at the result of the match.
NXT opened with Femi coming out to talk about his upcoming match against Cody Rhodes at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Saints came out and said he admitted that Femi was the better man at Deadline, but he wanted a rematch for the title. Evans came out and said that while he had the title match for New Year’s Evil, he wanted to challenge Femi tonight. After Saints asked Evans why he was in a rush, Evans said he’s not the future, he’s the now and no one is touching him right now.
Evans previously hinted about his plans during Deadline when he consoled Saints following his loss, saying he wasn’t going to wait for New Year’s Evil if he went on to win the Iron Survivor Challenge. Evans then proceeded to win the match, earning him another NXT Championship match.
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