Taking a more extensive look back on his crowning moment, Borne noted that his mother, who watched on from amongst the gang that night, was fully convinced that his title bout would lead to a loss. Fortunately for her, she was improper, and a post-match celebration unfolded.
“I remember I rolled out and go to my mother,” Borne said. “Literally the entire time, she checked out me and he or she said, ‘I am unable to consider you. I assumed you were losing.’ The moment Vanity Project comes out and cracks me with the title, she said, ‘I assumed that was it.’ I’m so glad that my mother got to witness that live with a real response.”
The truth of the situation didn’t initially strike Borne within the aftermath. Once he and his family accomplished their congratulatory dinner, though, a wave of emotions flooded in suddenly. Sitting amongst the highest was pride.
“I remember I saw the belt sitting there and I said, ‘Wait a minute,'” Borne recalled. “Once I was just a little kid, this was my dream, to only make it into the WWE. Now I needed to literally confer with myself in third person. I used to be like, ‘Myles, you are not just in WWE, you’re a champion. Wow. That’s insane.’ The little me sitting crisscross applesauce in front of that TV going nuts, I wish I could walk into that room, see that little guy and say, ‘Hey, take a look at this.'”
Within the months following his victory, the 26-year-old has successfully defended the NXT North American Championship against Shugars, Dion Lennox, WWE veteran Johnny Gargano, and Page, the latter of whom had cashed in a rematch. Following it, Page received his official call as much as WWE’s predominant roster as a member of the “WWE Raw” brand. Borne stays in “NXT,” determined to proceed his reign for so long as he can.
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