Ethan Page escaped Santino Marella (and his Cobra) to retain this NXT North American Championship on this week’s “WWE NXT” important event.
For the primary time since 2014, Santino Marella entered a WWE ring to challenge Page for the NXT North American Championship following their confrontation last week. Marella seized early control with a pair of arm drags and a couple of quick roll-ups. In response, the defending champion fought back with an enormous boot and a headlock, which the WWE veteran countered into an airplane spin. When Page then searched for Twisted Grin, Marella again countered, this time with a stunner.
Within the match’s closing moments, Marella launched himself onto Page, who lay on the surface floor. Upon their return to the ring, Marella then unleashed the Cobra, though the referee stopped him before it could strike. Because the referee’s turned his back from Page to accomplish that, Page thumbed Marella in the attention and followed up with a Twisted Grin for the win, which now extends his reign to 64 days.
Last week, Page unveiled a new edition of the NXT North American Championship, ditching the maroon-strapped belt for one marked with the Canadian flag on the strap. Naturally, Page began boasting in Canadian pride, a lot in order that he prepared to sing the country’s national anthem. Marella, a fellow Canadian and TNA’s Director of Authority, nonetheless, interrupted under the idea that the aforementioned title needs to be within the hands of somebody with respect, like himself.
Marella, now 51 years old, continues to wrestle on a part-time basis, together with his most up-to-date non-WWE match taking shape in AAA alongside “NXT” star Lola Vice earlier this month.