William Regal announces the new NXT North American Championship, and the first champion will be crowned at NXT Takeover: New Orleans. EC3 makes his ‘debut’ on the show, saying it’s nice of Regal to give him a title. Regal says nothing is given to him here, and he will earn the title if he can win a six man ladder match at Takeover.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
Authors Of Pain defeated Street Profits
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
Pete Dunne & Roderick Strong defeated Sanity
Lars Sullivan defeated John Silver
Dakota Kai comes out for a match, but it never happens as Andrade Cien Almas and Aleister Black are shown fighting backstage. They brawl into the arena, and Almas ends up blasting Black with a chair to stand tall.
The final five competitors in the North American Championship ladder match are:
- Killian Dain
- Lars Sullivan
- Adam Cole
- EC3
- Velveteen Dream
- Ricochet