Ricky Saints cost Je’Von Evans the NXT Championship in his challenge against Oba Femi within the predominant event of “WWE NXT.”
Evans interrupted Saints earlier within the show as the previous champion sought a rematch for the title he had lost at Deadline. And on condition that Evans was the Iron Survivor coming out of the identical event, he made the case that he should get the following opportunity on the title and didn’t need to wait for Latest Yr’s Evil. Saints originally pushed back on the thought, but Evans appeared to speak him down and he stepped aside for Evans to challenge Femi within the predominant event.
The challenger went on to endure every little thing the champion could throw at him, getting the higher of things on the surface of the ring before returning and seeming to have the match under wraps. He connected together with his springboard cutter and went for what looked just like the winning cover, just for the referee to be yanked from the ring before the three-count may very well be made.
Evans turned to understand that it was Saints that had cost him, with them staring each other down as Femi got back to his feet. He clattered his challenger with a lariat, delivering the ending powerbomb for the winning pinfall.
After the match, Femi walked off together with his title, confirming that it is going to be him going into this weekend’s Saturday Night’s Important Event against WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes. He gave a disapproving look to Saints, who simply shrugged it off and continued to smile at Evans defeated within the ring because the show went off air.