Dijak Beats Tony D’Angelo, Earns North American Title Shot On NXT New Year’s Evil

Dijak has earned a shot at the NXT North American Championship.

On the “New Year’s Evil” episode of WWE NXT on January 10, the powerhouse faced Tony D’Angelo in a match where the winner would earn a shot at NXT North American Champion Wes Lee. D’Angelo delivered an impressive outing, but in the end, Dijak scored the victory. After the bell, he stared down Lee.

Here’s how the match broke down, courtesy of our play-by-play coverage:

Dijak hits a spinning hangman’s DDT. D’Angelo fires up and lands a flurry of strikes. Spinebuster by D’Angelo. Dijak kicks out. After a series of counters, Dijak lands a nasty superkick. Dijak lands High Justice. D’Angelo kicks out. Stacks gets in the ring and tells D’Angelo to let him handle this, boss. D’Angelo tells Stacks to move and that he is family. D’Angelo pushes Stacks out of the way and eats a cyclone boot from Dijak. Dijak pins D’Angelo.

Dijak, formerly known as Dominik Dijakovic, returned to NXT on the November 22 episode of NXT, where he attacked Lee. He has had his sights set on the champion ever since.

Update: WWE later announced that Dijak will challenge Lee for the title at NXT Vengeance Day on February 4; Kelly Kincaid shared the news in a WWE Digital Exclusive.

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