After announcing that a series of Triple Threat matches would occur to help crown a new NXT North American Championship, Bronson Reed shocked the NXT world by winning the first set of matches, advancing to NXT TakeOver: XXX.
Pitted against Johnny Gargano and Roderick Strong, Reed was a serious underdog heading into the match, but came out on top. Reed survived a handful of vicious bumps from his opponents, but ended things after diving off the top rope onto Strong as he was pinning Gargano. With Gargano and Strong both out, Reed simply pinned Strong for the win. Now, he’ll head into NXT TakeOver: XXX as one of five participants in a Ladder Match to determine the newly vacated NXT North American Championship.
Who will earn a spot in the Ladder Match at #NXTTakeOver: XXX to crown a NEW NXT North American Champion???
@bronsonreedwwe, @roderickstrong and @JohnnyGargano are going to WAR on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/rc5vkA5Zy7
— WWE (@WWE) July 23, 2020
For more on how the match ended, check out below:
Gargano counters Reed and Strong’s doomsday device attempt with a poison ranna on Reed. Strong knees Gargano in the face and tries to steal the pin. Gargano superkicks Strong in the head to break up the pin. Gargano tries a sunset bomb to the outside but Reeedd puts on the break. Strong knees Reed in the head, Reed loses his grip and Gargano hits the powerbomb. Back in the ring, Strong reverses the Gargano Escape into a pin. Gargano kicks out. Gargano lawn darts Strong into the middle turnbuckle. Strong responds with the power breaker. Gargano in turn hits his slingshot DDT. Before Gargano can pin Strong, Reed dives off the top and crushes Strong with a splash for the win!
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