05/28/2026
On the November 27, 2019 episode of NXT, the entire NXT roster, including members of NXT UK, came together to celebrate the brand’s successful showing at Survivor Series after defeating both Raw and SmackDown throughout the weekend. During the celebration, The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish, and Roderick Strong) interrupted the roster and took credit for NXT’s dominance. Tommaso Ciampa spoke up and reminded UE that it was his team at War Games that defeated UE the night before Survivor Series. He made it clear that he intended to go after Cole’s NXT Championship. Finn Bálor also interrupted and claim he was the next challenger in line.
Ciampa challenged Bálor to a match later that night, which Bálor accepted. During the match, Adam Cole interfered, allowing Bálor to defeat Ciampa. After the match was over, Bálor surprised Cole by attacking him with a Pele Kick.
The following week on NXT, Ciampa teamed with Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic in a six man tag team match against Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly of The Undisputed Era. Ciampa, Lee, and Dijakovic picked up the victory after Lee pinned Cole.
Afterwards, WWE announced that Keith Lee, Tommaso Ciampa, and Finn Bálor would compete in a triple threat match on the December 11 episode of NXT to determine the new number one contender for Adam Cole’s NXT Championship. The match was won by Bálor, officially earning him a championship opportunity against Cole the following week where he was ultimately defeated by Cole to due to interference from Johnny Gargano! 🔥
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